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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

  }

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

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

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

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

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

  @media (min-width: 890px) {

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

  }

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

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

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

      grid-column-gap: 2.5rem;
    }

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

  }

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

  }

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

  }

  @media (min-width: 890px) {

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

  }

  @media (min-width: 990px) {

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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








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





OF THE 


HOUSE of COMMONS. 
























JOURNALS 


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OF THE Se 













HOUSE of COMMONS. 





From DECEMBER the 12th, 1854, 


In the EicuTeentH YEAR of the Reign of 


QUEEN VICTORTA, 


To DecemMBER the 11th, 1855, 


In the NINETEENTH YEAR of the Reign of 


QUEEN VICTORIA. 


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Sess. 1854—1855. 


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








Von. 110, 












JOURNALS 


OF THE 


HOUSE of COMMONS. 


SS 








OL. 110. 





Message to 
attend Her 
Majesty. 


Writs issued 
in the Recess. 


Members take 
the Oaths. 


Affirmation. 


J OUR 








NALS 


OF THE 


HOUSE of COMMONS. 





Sess. 1854-1855. 











Martis, 12° die .Decembris ; 
Anno 18° Victorie Regine, 1854. 
PRAYERS. 
A MESSAGE from Her Majesty, by Sir Augustus 
£\ Clifford, Gentleman 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- 
sudnce 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 Borough of King’s Lynn, in the room of the 
Honourable Robert Jocelyn, commonly called Vis- 
count Jocelyn, deceased ; for the Borough of Wigan, 
in the room of Ralph Anthony Thicknesse, Esquire, 
deceased ; for the Shire of Forfar, in the room of 
Lieutenant Colonel Lauderdale Maule, commonly 
called the Honourable Zauderdale Maule, deceased ; 
for the Borough of Frome, in the room of Lieutenant 
Colonel Robert Edward Boyle, commonly called the 
Honourable Robert Edward Boyle, deceased ; for 
the City of Coventry, in the room of Charles Geach, 
Esquire, deceased ; for the Borough of Bedford, in 
the room of Henry Stuart, Esquire, deceased ; for 
the Borough of Abingdon, in the room of Montague 
Bertie, Esquire, commonly called Lord Worreys, now 
Earl of Abingdon, called up to the House of Peers ; 
and also, his Warrant to the Clerk of the Crown in 
Ireland, to make out a new Writ for the Election of 
a Citizen to serve in this present Parliament for the 
City of Limerich, in the room of Robert Potter, 
Esquire, deceased. 





Several Members returned upon new Writs, took 
the Oaths required by law, and delivered to the Clerk 
of the House an Account of their Qualification ; and 
Member makes one Member, being one of the people called Quakers, 
made the Affirmation required by law ; and delivered 





Vou. 110. 





to the Clerk of the House an Account of his Quali- 
fication. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant Marylebone 
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 Marylebone, in the 
room of the Honourable Dudley Coutts Stuart, 
commonly called Lord Dudley Coutts Stuart, de- 
ceased. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant Limerick 
to the Clerk of the Crown in Jreland, to make out County Writ. 
a new Writ for the electing of a Knight of the Shire 
to serve in this present Parliament for the County of 
Limerick, in the room of Wyndham Goold, Esquire, 
deceased. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant Ayrshire 
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 Ayr, in the 
room of Lieutenant Colonel James Hunter Blair, de- 
ceased. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant Antrim 
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 
Antrim, in the room of Lieutenant Colonel Edward 
William Pakenham, killed in action at Inkerman. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant Fermanagh 
to the Clerk of the Crown in Jreland, to make out a W*%- 
new Writ for the electing of a Knight of the Shire 
to serve in this present Parliament for the County of 
Fermanagh, in the room of SirArthur Brinsley Brooke, 
Baronet, deceased. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant Gloucester 
to the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ pen - 
for the electing of a Knight of the Shire to serve in arse Writ. 
this present Parliament for the Eastern Division of 
the County of Gloucester,in the room of Sir Michael 


Hicks Hicks Beach, Baronet, deceased. 


A Bill for the more effectual preventing Clandestine Outlawries 
Outlawries, was read the first time; and ordered to Bill. 
be read a second time. 
B2 Ordered, 

















Public Income 


and Expen- 
diture. 


No. 1. 


Orders and 
Resolutions, 


Elections, 


Witnesses. 


4 


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 1854, 
together with the Balances in the Exchequer at the 
commencement and at the termination of the year, 
and the Amount of Funded or Unfunded Debt 
created or redeemed in the said year. 

Mr. Wilson accordingly presented the said Ac- 
count. 

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


Ordered, That all persons who will question any 
Returns of Members to serve in Parliament, for any 
County, City, Borough or place in the United King- 
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- 
dom do make their Election for which of the places 
they will serve, within one week from and after the 
expiration of the fourteen days before limited for 
presenting Petitions, provided there be no question 
upon the Return for that place; and if any thing shall 
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 Keturns 
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 ov his account, or with 
his privity, since the time of such Return, in pursuance 
or in furtherance of such bribery or corruption, may 
question the same at any time within twenty-eight 
days after the date of such payment; or, if this 
ilouse 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 Ireland as shall for the time being be 
actually elected, and shall not have declined to serve, 
for any County, City or Borough of Great Britain, 
hath any right to give his vote in the Election of 
any Member to serve in Parliament. 

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

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

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


12° Decembris. 





A. 1854, 


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 this House, and that no 
disorder be allowed in Westminster Hall, or in the 
—— leading to this House, during the sitting of 

arliament, 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. 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That he had 
received from the Clerk of the Crown in Chancery, 
a Certificate relating to the last Return for the Bo- 
rough of Barnstaple; and the same was read, as 
followeth : 


These are to certify, that the usual Writ for the 
Election of Two Burgesses to serve in Parliament 
for the Borough of Barnstaple having been issued 
on the 11th day of August, ultimo; whereby the 
Mayor of the said Borough was commanded and 
strictly enjoined to cause to be elected Two Bur- 
gesses for the said Borough, and the Names of such 
Burgesses to be inserted in certain Indentures to be 
thereupon made between the said Mayor and those 
who should be present at such Election; and the 
Election so made distinctly and openly under his 
seal and the seals of those who should be present at 
such Election to certify unto the Queen, in Her 
Chancery forthwith, remitting to Her one part of 
the said Indentures annexed to the said Writ. The 
said Writ was returned into my Office on the 19th 
day of August, ultimo, with the following Declara- 
tion thereunto annexed ; that is to say,— 


“ Borough of Barnstaple, in the County 
of Devon. 


“In obedience to the Precept hereunto annexed, 
I, the undersigned Robert Budd, Mayor of Barn- 
staple, do hereby declare that John Laurie, Es- 
quire, and Richard Samuel Guinness, Esquire, 
have been duly elected Members to serve in this 
present Parliament for the Borough of Barn- 
staple. 

“Given under my hand this Eighteenth day of 
August One thousand eight hundred and 
Fifty-four. 

“ Robert Budd, Mayor. (t.8.) 


“Signed, sealed, and delivered by the 
said Mayor, in the presence of 


“ Thomas Boyne, 
Clerk to Mr. L. Bencraft 
Town Clerk, Barnstaple.” 


That subsequently an Indenture, bearing date the 
25th day of August 1854, was delivered into my 
Office, of which the following is a copy : 

This Indenture, made the Twenty-fifth day of 
August, in the Eighteenth year of the reign of 
Our Lady Victoria the First, by the Grace of 
God of the United Kingdom of Great Britain 
and Jreland, Queen, Defender of the Faith, and 
in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hun- 
dred and Fifty-four, between Robert Budd, Es- 
quire, Mayor and Returning Officer for the Bo- 
rough of Barnstaple, in the County of Devon, of 
the one part, and John Marshall, Esquire, Wii- 
liam Gribble, Esquire, John Morris Fisher, Es- 
— and John Westacott, Gentleman, and other 

e Commonalty of the said Borough Electors to 
vote for Burgesses to serve in Parliament for the 


said Borough, of the other part: Witnesseth, that 
by 














Metropolitan 
Police. 














Barnstaple 
Election. 


No. 2. 


Pri 




































































ROTO NT” 























































































































aie. 


Prisoners of 
War. 


America. 


Mr. Speaker 
reports Her 
Majesty’s 
Speech. 





18 Vicroriz. 


by virtue of a Precept directed and delivered to 
the said Mayor, bearmg date the Eleventh day of 
August instant, for the Election of Two Burgesses 
for the said Borough, to serve in the present Par- 
liament (Notice of the said Election being first 
made and given), they the said Burgesses and 
Commonalty of the said Borough, and others | 
interested in the said Election, according to 
the tenor of the said Precept, have elected 
and chosen John Laurie, Esquire, and Richard 
Samuel Guinness, Esquire, to be Burgesses to 
serve in the present Parliament for the said Bo- 
rough, and do hereby give and grant to the said 
Burgesses so chosen full power and authority for 
themselves and the Commonalty of the said Bo- 
rough to do and consent to those things which at 
the said Parliament, by the Common Council of 
the Realm (by the blessing of God) shall happen | 
to be ordained. In Witness whereof, the Parties | 
to these Presents have interchangeably put their 
hands and seals, the day and year first above 
written. 

Robert Budd, Mayor. (1.8.) 

John Marshall. (1.s.) 

William Gribble. (1.8.) 

John Morris Fisher. (1. 8.) 

John Westacott. (1. 8.) 


Signed, sealed and delivered by the within- 
named Robert Budd, John Marshall, 
William Gribble, John Morris Fisher 
and John Westacott, in the presence of 
Thomas Boyne, Clerk to the Town Clerk: 
of Barnstaple, and an Elector. 


Given under my hand, at the said Office, this 
Twelfth day of December 1854. 
C. Romilly, 
Clerk of the Crown in Chancery. 


Ordered, That the said Certificate be taken into 
consideration To-morrow ; and be printed. 


Lord John Russell presented, by Her Majesty’s 
Command,—Copy of Convention between Her Mi: 
jesty and the Emperor of the French, respecting 
Prisoners of War. Signed at London, May 10, 1854. 

Copy of Convention between Her Majesty and 
the United States of America, extending the Term 
allowed for the Operations of the Mixed Commission 
established under the Convention of February 8, 
1853, for the Mutual Settlement of Claims. Signed 
at Washington, July 17, 1854. 

Copy of Treaty between Her Majesty and the 
United States of Americu, relative to Fisheries, 
Commerce and Navigation. Signed at Washington, 
June 5, 1854. 

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


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


My Lords, and Gentlemen, 


I have called you together at this unusual period 
of the year, in order that by your assistance I may 
take such measures as will enable Me to prosecute 
the great War in which we are engaged with the ut- 
most vigour and effect. 

This assistance I know will be readily given, for 
T cannot doubt that you share My conviction of the 
necessity of sparing no effort to augment My Forces 
now engaged in the Crimea. The exertions they 
have made, and the victories they have obtained, are 
not exceeded in the brightest pages of our history, 
and have filled Me with admiration and gratitude. 


12° Decembris. 5 


The hearty and efficient co-operation of the brave 
Troops of My Ally the Emperor of the French, and 
the glory acquired in common, cannot fail to cement 
still more closely the union which happily subsists 
between the two Nations. 

It is with satisfaction I inform you that, together 
with the Emperor of the French, I have concluded 
a Treaty of Alliance with the Emperor of Austria, 
from which I anticipate important advantages to the 
common cause. 

I have also concluded a Treaty with the United 
States of America, by which subjects of long and 
difficult discussion have been equitably adjusted. 

These ‘Treaties will be laid before you. 

Although the prosecution of the War will naturally 
engage your chief attention, I trust that other matters 
of great interest and importance to the general wel- 
fare will not be neglected. 

I rejoice to observe that the general prosperity of 
My subjects remains uninterrupted. 

The state of the Revenue affords Me entire satis- 
faction; and | trust that by your wisdom and pru- 
dence you will continue to promote the progress of 
agriculture, commerce and manufactures. 


Gentlemen of the House of Commons, 


In the Estimates which will be presented to you 
I trust you will find that ample provision has been 
made for the exigencies of the Public Service. 


My Lords, and Gentlemen, 


I rely with confidence on your patriotism and 
public spirit. I feel assured that in the momentous 
contest in which we are engaged you will exhibit to 
the World the example of a united People. Thus 
shall we obtain the respect of other Nations, and 
may trust that, by the blessing of God, we shall 
bring the War to a successful termination. 


Her Majesty, to convey to Her Majesty the Thanks 
of this House for Her Majesty’s most gracious 
Speech from the Throne : 

Humbly to thank Her Majesty for informing us 
that Her Majesty has called us together at this un- 
usual period of the year, in order that by our assist- 
ance Her Majesty may take such measures as will 
enable Her to prosecute the great War in which we 
are engaged with the utmost vigour and effect : 


To assure Her Majesty that this assistance will be 
readily given, and that we fully agree with Her Ma- 
jesty in the necessity of sparing no effort to augment 
Her Majesty’s Forces now engaged in the Crimea ; 
while we rejoice to learn that the exertions they have 
made, and the victories they have obtained, which 
are not exceeded in the brightest pages of our his- 
tory, have filled Her Majesty with admiration and 
gratitude : 

We participate in the conviction expressed by Her 
Majesty, that the hearty and efficient co-operation of 
the brave Troops of Her Ally the Emperor of the 
French, and the glory acquired in common, cannot 
fail to cement still more closely the union which 
happily subsists between the two Nations : 

That we learn with satisfaction that, together with 
the Emperor of the French, Her Majesty has con- 
cluded a Treaty of Alliance with the Emperor of 
Austria, from which Her Majesty anticipates im- 
portant advantages to the common cause: 

Humbly to thank Her Majesty for informing us 
that Her Majesty has also concluded a Treaty with 
the United States of America, by which subjects of 
long and difficult discussion have been equitably 
adjusted : 

To thank Her Majesty for the announcement that 
these Treaties will be laid before us: 

Humbly to concur in the hope expressed by Her 
Majesty, that, although the prosecution of the War 
will naturally engage our chief attention, yet that 





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other 


A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- Resolution 
posed, That an humble Address be presented to fr Address. 















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other matters of great interest and importance to the 
general welfare will not be neglected : 

That we rejoice to learn that the general prosperity 
of Her Majesty’s subjects remains uninterrupted, and 
that the state of the Revenue affords Her Majesty 
entire satisfaction ; while we humbly beg to assure 
Her Majesty of our desire to continue to promote the 
progress of agriculture, commerce and manufactures : 

To thank Her Majesty for expressing the hope 
that, in the Estimates which will be laid before us, 
we shall find that ample provision has been made for 
the exigencies of the Public Service : 

Humbly to thank Her Majesty for the confidence 
with which Her Majesty relies on our patriotism and 
public spirit, and for the conviction expressed 7 
Her Majesty that, in the momentous contest in whic 
we are engaged, we shall exhibit to the World the 
example of a united People; that we share Her Ma- 
jesty’s opinion, that we shall thus obtain the respect 
of other Nations, and may trust that, by the blessing 
of God, we shall bring the War to a successful ter- 
mination. 


continued to sit till after 


And the House a 
ednesday morning ; 


Twelve of the clock on 
Mercurii, 13° die Decembris, 1854: 


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


12°—13° Decembris. 


A. 1854. 


now holding in and for the City of London, at the 
Guildhall, in the said City; that the Petitioners are 
advised and believe, that it is essential to the case of 
the said informants that the Report from the Com- 
mittee on Group NN. of Railway Bills, in respect of 
the Devon and Dorset Railway Bill, which was pre- 
sented to the House by William Beckett, Esquire, 
the Chairman of the said Committee, on the First 
day of July One thousand eight hundred and fifty- 
three, should be produced to the Court and Jury on 
the trial of the said information ; that the Petitioners 
are also advised and believe, that the production of 
the short-hand writer’s notes of the Proceedings and 
Evidence had and taken before the said Committee 
are essential to the case of the said informants ; 
that the same cannot be produced without the leave 
of Parliament; and praying, that an Order may be 
made for the production of the said Report on the 
said Devon and Dorset Railway Bill, and of the 
Evidence and Proceedings taken and had before 
the said Committee at the trial of the criminal in- 
formation of “ The Queen v. Harrison,’ and that 
the proper Officer of the House do attend therewith 
and produce the same in Her Majesty's Court of 
Queen’s Bench at the said trial. 

Ordered, That leave be given to the proper Officers 
to attend accordingly. 


Petitions relating to Roman Catholic Soldiers and Public 
Sailors ;—Exciseable —— ;—and, War,—were Petitions. 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the yigo First 
Table. Report. 


Committee 
to draw up 
Address. 


Ordered, That a Committee be appointed to draw 
up an Address to be presented to Her Majesty upon 
the said Resolution: —And a Committee was ap- 
— of Mr. Henry Herbert, Mr. Leveson Gower, 

ord John Russell, Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer, 
Viscount Palmerston, Sir George Grey, Sir James 
Graham, Sir Charles Wood, Mr Secretary-at-War, | 
Sir William Molesworth, Mr. Attorney General, Mr. | 


Mr. Henry Herbert reported from the Committee Address 
appointed to draw up an Address to be presented to reported, and 
Her Majesty, That they had drawn up an Address ugreed to. 





Queen’s Speech 
referred. 


Votes and 
Proccedings. 


Privileges. 


Devon and 
Dorset Rail- 
way Bill 
(1853.) 


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. 

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


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


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


And then the House, having continued to sit till 
half an hour after Two of the clock on Wed- 
nesday morning, adjourned till this day. 


Mercuri, 18° die Decembris ; 
Anno 18° Victorie Regine, 18 54. 
PRAYERS. 


A PETITION of Francis Thomas Bircham, 
4 Robert Farre Dalrymple and William Richard 
Drake, all of Parliament-street, in the City of West- 
minster, Attorneys and Solicitors, was presented, and 
read ; setting forth, That the Petitioners are the 
Attorneys for the Honourable Francis Scott, a Mem- 
ber of the House, and other Gentlemen, at whose 
suit a Criminal Information hath, by leave of Her 
Majesty’s Court of Queen’s Bench at Westminster, 
been exhibited against the Printer and Publisher of 
“‘ The Times” newspaper ; that such criminal infor- 
mation is intituled, “The Queen v. Harrison,” and is 
now pending in Her Majesty’s said Court of Queen’s 
Bench, and the Petitioners are employed as Attor- 
neys for the said prosecution; that the said informa- 
tion is coming on to be tried at the present sittings 





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 humbly thank Your Majesty for informing 
us that Your Majesty has called us together at this 
unusual period of the year, in order that by our 
assistance Your Majesty may take such measures as 
will enable Your Majesty to prosecute the great War 
in which we are engaged with the utmost vigour and 
effect. 

We assure Your Majesty that this assistance will 
be readily given, and we fully agree with Your Ma- 
jesty in the necessity of sparing no effort to aug- 
ment Your Majesty’s Forces now engaged in the 
Crimea; at the same time we rejoice to learn that 
the exertions they have made, and the victories they 
have obtained, which are not exceeded in the bright- 
est pages of our history, have filled Your Majesty 
with admiration and gratitude. 

We F seve in the conviction expressed by 
Your Majesty, that the hearty and efficient co-opera- 
tion of the brave troops of Your Majesty’s Ally the 
Emperor of the French, and the glory acquired in 
common, cannot fail to cement still more closely the 
union which happily subsists between the two 
Nations. 

We learn with satisfaction that, together with the 
Emperor of the French, Your Majesty has con- 
cluded a Treaty of Alliance with the Emperor of 
Austria, from which Your Majesty anticipates im- 
portant a to the common cause. 

We humbly thank Your Majesty for informing us 


that Your Majesty has also concluded a Treaty with 
the United States of America, by which subjects of 
long and difficult discussion have been equitably 
adjusted. 

We thank Your mag d for the announcement 


that these Treaties will be laid before us. 


We 








nd 


Queen’s 
Speech to be 
considered. 


Barnstaple 
Llection. 


18 VicrortizZ. 


We humbly concur in the hope expressed by Your 
Majesty, that, although the prosecution of the War 
will naturally engage our chief attention, yet that 
other matters of great interest and importance to the 
general welfare will not be neglected. 

We rejoice to learn that the general prosperity of 
Your Majesty’s subjects remains uninterrupted, and 
that the state of the Revenue affords Your Majesty 
entire satisfaction; we also humbly beg to assure 
Your Majesty of our desire to continue to promote 
the progress of agriculture, commerce and manu- 
factures. 

We thank Your Majesty for expressing the hope 
that, in the Estimates which will be laid before us, 
we shall find that ample provision has been made for 
the exigencies of the Public Service. 

We humbly thank Your Majesty for the confi- 
dence with which Your Majesty relies on our pa- 
triotism and public spirit, and for the conviction 
expressed by Your Majesty that, in the momentous 
contest in which we are engaged, we shall exhibit to 
the World the example of a united People; we share 
Your Majesty’s opinion, that we shall thus obtain 
the respect of other Nations, and may trust that, by 
the blessing of God, we shall bring the War to a 
successful termination. 

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

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


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


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take 
into consideration the Certificate from the Clerk of 
the Crown in Chancery, relating to the last Return 
for the Borough of Barnstaple; and the same was 


13°—14° Decembris. 





7 


in the last Session of Parliament, for a Return of 
the Number of Coroners’ Inquests held by every 
Coroner in each of the last Three 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. 


Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the Clergy (City 
21st day of July in the last Session of Parliament, * London.) 


for a Return of the Sums of Money raised and paid 
by Parishes within the City of London, 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. 


Return to an Order, dated the 27th day of March Convicts 
in the last Session of Parliament, for a Return of (Ireland.) 


all Persons under Sentence of Transportation or 
Penal Servitude in each of the Gaols in Jreland, 
at any time from the Ist day of April 1852 to the 
Ist 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. 


Return to an Order, dated the 17th day of July Tenement 
in the last Session of Parliament, for a Return show- V#luation 


ing in each Poor Law Union in Jreland in which 
the Tenement Valuation is in force, the Name of 
each Union, the Date when the Tenement Valuation 
first came into force in each such Union, the Num- 
ber of Revisions under the 29th and 30th Sections 
of the Act 15 &amp; 16 Vic. c. 63, which have been 
made in each Union, the Date of each such Revision, 
the Cost of each such Revision of the Union or 
County, and whether the same has been paid by or 
charged against the Union or the County in which 
it is situated :—And, similar Details as to any corpo- 
rate Town, or Town under the Act 9 Geo. 4, in 
which the Tenement Valuation is in force. 








Return to an Order, dated the 17th day of July Deserted 
in the last Session of Parliament, for a Return show- Children 
ing the Name, Age and Sex of all deserted Children (Debiin.) 






again read. 
Ordered, That the Members chosen to serve in 


4 
\4 





Militia Bill. 
Bill 1. 


the present Parliament for the Borough of Barn- 
pret be called to the Table of the House, in order 
to be sworn. 

Richard Samuel Guinness, Esquire, and John 
Laurie, Esquire, were accordingly called to the 
Table, and sworn. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
enable Her Majesty to accept the Services of the 
Militia out of the United Kingdom, for the vigorous 
prosecution of the War: And that Viscount Pal- 
merston and Mr, Secretary-at-War do prepare, and 
bring it in. 

Viscount Palmerston accordingly presented the 
said Bill: 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. 





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 Maintenance 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. 

. Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 

able. 


Petitions relating to Roman Catholic Soldiers and public 
Sailors ;—Newspaper Stamps ;—Stage Carriages ;— Petitions. 


and, War,—were presented, and read; and ordered y;;, 7 
to lie upon the Table. 








Jovis, 14° die Decembris ; 
Anno 18° Victorie Regine, 1854. 


PRAYERS. 
R. Fitzroy presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 


irst 
Report. 


The following Paper, pursuant to the directions of Public Health 
Agricultural an Act of Parliament, was laid upon the Table by A¢t- 


Produce 


(Ireland.) 


Queen’s 
University 
Ureland, ) 


mand,—Returns of Agricultural Produce in 
Ireland, in the year 1853. 

Copy of Report on the Condition and Progress of 

the Queen’s University in Jreland, from September 1, 


the Clerk of the House,— Copies of Orders in 
Council applying the Public Health Act, 1848, to 
the under-mentioned Places :—Heanor; Wanstead ; 
Crumpsall; Arnold; Garston ; Houghton-le-Spring ; 


1853, to August 31, 1854, by the Right honourable 
Maziere Brady, Vice-Chancellor of the University, 
and Lord High Chancellor of Zreland. 
Mr. Fitzroy also presented,—Return to an Ad- 
~— to Her Majesty, dated the 6th day of April 
OL. 110. 


Barton-upon-Irwell; Burley; Malton. 








Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Deficiency 
Statements of the Amount of all Deficiency Bills, or Bills, &amp;c. 
other Bills in anticipation of the Public Revenue 

B4 (specifying 


Coroners’ 
Inquests. 


























































f{etropolis 
Buildings Act. 


Naval Stores, 
&amp;c. 


8 14° Decembris. 


(specifying whether payable out of the growing Re- 
venue of the then present or next Quarter), issued 
since the Return (No. 423) of last Session, and up to 
the 11th day of December ; with the Dates of their 
Issues, Dates of their Redemption, and Amount 
outstanding on the 11th day of December 1854; 
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 of the Go- 
vernment since said Return, 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 (nterest payable ; 
the Amount paid for Interest; and the Amount of 
such Bills or Securities outstanding on the 11th day 
of December 1854:—Of all Sales or Purchase of 
Stock, or Exchequer or Deficiency Bills, by the 
Commissioners for the Reduction of the National 
Debt since the said Return (No. 423) of last Ses- 
sion, either in respect of Savings Banks or the Sink- 
ing Fund; with the Dates of the Transactions and 
Rates of Purchase, and Rate of equivalent Stock, 
if any, created as respects Savings Banks; and 
Amount of Deficiency Bills, if any, now held by the | 
said Commissioners :—Of the Balances in the Ex- 
chequer at the end of the Quarters, on the 10th day 
of October and the 11th day of December 1854 :— 
Of all Additions to and Reductions of the Funded 
and Unfunded Debt respectively since the Return 
(No. 424) of last Session ; and of the Amount of the 
Funded and Unfunded Debt respectively on the 
11th day of December 1854 :—Of the Sums certi- 
fied, after the expiration of the Quarters ending the 
5th day of July, and the 5th day of October last, 
respectively, by the Lords Commissioners of the 
Treasury to the Commissioners for the Reduction of 
the National Debt, in pursuance of the Act 10 Geo. 4, 
¢. 27, as being the actual Surplus Revenue beyond 





A. 1854. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Statements of the Amount of Payments by the Bank 
of England, up to the 11th day of December 1854, 
in respect of the Sum of £. 12,874,505, appropriated 
under the Act 17 &amp; 18 Vic. c. 121, for the Navy 
Services during the present year, and of the Ba- 
lance of Credits now in Bank :—Same in respect of 
the Sum of £.8,810,059, appropriated in the said 
Act for the Army Services during the present year, 
and of the Balance of Credits now in Bank :—Same 
in respect of the Sum of £.4,583,701, appropriated 
in the said Act for the Ordnance Services during 
the present year, and of the Balance of Credits now 
in Bank:—And, same in respect of the Sum of 
£. 3,000,000, appropriated in the said Act for any 
additional Expense which may arise in consequence 
of the War with Russia, and of the Balance of 
Credits now in Bank. 

Mr. Wilson accordingly presented the said Paper. 

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


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to consolidate and simplify the Laws relating to 
Jurors and Juries in Zreland: And that Sir John 
Young and Mr. Solicitor General for Lreland do 
prepare, and bring it in. 


give directions, that there be laid before this House, 
a Copy of a Digest of the Poor Laws, prepared by 
Mr. Coode, late Commissioner of Statute Law; and 
an expurgatory List of Statutes, prepared by Messrs. 
Anstey and Rogers, late Commissioners of Statute 
Law. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Ter 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 





the actual Expenditure for the year preceding, with 
a Statement of the Sums which the Commissioners 
for the Reduction of the National Debt gave Notice 
in the Gazette would be applied during the then | 
next ensuing Quarter to the Reduction of the Na- 
tional Debt: —And, of the Sums actually applied, 
in pursuance of such Notice, 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 (all in continuation of Parlia- 
mentary Papers, Nos. 423 and 424, of last Session.) 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Copy of any Correspondence that has 
taken place between the General Board of Health 
and the Registrar of Metropolis Buildings, in re- 
ference to carrying out the provisions of the Metro- 
polis Buildings Act in relation to Noxious Trades 
and Cellar Dwellings ; together with a Copy of any 
Communication which may have been made by the 
General Board of Health to the Secretary of State 
for the Home Department, or the Chief Commis- 
sioner of Works. 

Ordered, That 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, 
Statements of the Amount paid by the Admiralty 
for Naval Stores, Freight of Ships for Victualling 
and Conveyance of Troops and Stores, Prisoners of 
War and Packet Service, respectively, on account 
of Sums granted for the Navy Services, up to the 1st 
day of December 1854, under the Act 17 &amp; 18 Vice. 
c. 121 :—And, the same for the Commissariat De- 
partment, on account of Sums granted for the Army 
and Ordnance Services, under the same Act. : 


since the 29th day of March 1853, with the Names 
of the Captains and the Ships that captured the 
same; specifying the Date of Capture, the Tonnage, 
the Nature of the Cargo, the Dates when Proceedings 
were taken in the High Court of Admiralty, the 
Dates of Condemnation or Restitution, the Amount 
of Proceeds of the Sale of the Vessel and of the 
Cargo, the Amount of all Costs, Charges and Ex- 
penses incurred, the Amount of the Balance for dis- 
tribution to the Captors, with the Date when Notice 
of the same was published in the Gazette. 


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 ix 
extenso of such Petitions, or of such parts of Peti- 
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. Bonham Carter, Mr. 
Thornely, Captain Jones, Mr. Brotherton, Mr. Scott, 
Mr. Duncan, Mr. Adderley, Mr. Owen Stanley, Mr. 
Whitmore, Mr. Whitbread, Mr. Henry Austin Bruce, 
Lord Robert Cecil, Mr. John Ball, Mr. Henry 
George Liddell, and Mr. Gregson. 
Ordered, That Three be the Quorum. 





Speech 


Navy Ser- 
vices, &amp;c. 


No. 3 


Jurors anc 
Juries (Ire- 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented to Statute Law 
Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased to Co™mission. - 


Russian 


Return of all Vessels seized under the Flag of Russia, Prizes. 


Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed, to Public 
whom shall be referred all Petitions presented to the Petitions. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take Queen’s Speech 
into consideration Her Majesty's most gracious considered. 


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was again read by Mr. Speaker. 
And a Motion being made, That a Supply be 
granted to Her Majesty ; 
Resolved, That this Hh ouse will, To-morrow, resolve 
itself into a Committee to consider that Motion. 








‘Militia BN. The Militia Rill was, according to Order, read a 
second time ; and committed to a Committee of the 
whole House, for Monday next. 

Jurors and Sir John Youn presented a Bill to consolidate 

wend) Bill and simplify the Laws relating to Jurors and Juries 

. Bill 2 in Ireland: And the same was red the first time ; 
* and ordered to be read a second time upon Friday 
the 22d day of this instant December; and to be 
printed. 
And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 
Veneris, 15° die Decembris : 
Anno 18° Victoria Regine, 1854, 
PRAYERS. 
Public N R. Bonham Carter reported from the Select 
Petitions i Committee on Public Petitions; That they 


(First Report.) 1.24 examined the Petitions presented upon the 
13th and 14th days of this instant December; and 
had directed him to make a Report thereof to the 
House. 

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


Publie 


: Petitions relating to Roman Catholic Soldiers and 
7 titions. 


Sailors ;—Licenses ;—Shipping, &amp;c.;— and, Grain, 
: Firs —were presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
Report. the Table. 

Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
a Return of all Orders given, and Contracts entered 
into, by the Board of Ordnance for Small Arms, 
since the Ist day of January 1853, with the Dates 
thereof, the Time of the Delivery of each Pattern, 
and also when each Material was given out to be 
set up; specifying, separately, London, Birmingham, 
and Foreizn Orders and Contracts; and stating 
what part of them have been received, and what 
Number of Materials and Muskets, or other Guns 
have been accepted of °577 bore, and all other 
kinds, and when. 


Small Arms. 


“The Prince.” 
No. 4. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
a Statement of Warm Clothing lost on board “ The 
“ Prince.” 

Mr. Monsell accordingly presented the said Paper. 

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


Lieutenants 
Perry and 
Creer, 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously p'eased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Copies of the Minutes and l’roceedings of 
the Courts Martial held at Windsor in September 
last upon Lieutenants Perry and Greer, of the 46th 
Regiment, together with the Finding and Sentence 
in each case:—And. of the Circular Letter of the 
Commander-in-Chief, approving and confi: ming the 
Sentences upon Lieutenants Greer and Perry, to- 
gether with his Remarks thereon. 

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


Austria, 


Lord John Russell presented, by Her Majesty’s 
Command,— Copy of Treaty of Alliance between 
Her Majesty, the Emperor of Austria, and the Em- 
peror of the French. Signed at Vienna, December 2, 
1854. 

Vou. 110. 


14°—15° Decembris. 
Speech to both Houses of Parliament; and the same ! 





9 


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


Resolved, Nemine Contradicente, That the Thanks The Crimea. 
of this House be given to Field Marshal the Right 
honourable Lord Ragian, Knight Grand Cross of 
the Most honourable Order of the Bath, for the 
energy and distinguished ability with which he has 
conducted the operations of Her Majesty’s Forces 
in the Crimea, for the brilliant and decisive victory 
obtained over the Enemy's Army on the Albna, and 
the signal defeat of a Force of vastly superior num- 
hers on the Heights of Inkerman. 

Resolved, Nemine Contvadicente, That the Thanks 
of this House be given to Lieutenant General Sir 
John Fox Burgoyne, Knight Grand Cross of the 
Most honourable Order of the Bath: 

To Lieutenant General Sir George Brown, 
Knight Commander of the Most honourable 
Order of the Bath: 

To Lieutenant General His Royal Highness 
the Duke of Cambridge, Knight of the Most 
Noble Order of the Garter : 

To Lieutenant General Sir De Lacy Evans, 
Knight Commander of the Most honourable 
Order of the Bath: 

To Lieutenant General Sir Richard England, 
Knight Commander of the Most honourable 
Order of the Bath : 

To Lieutenant General the Earl of Zucan : 

‘To Major General the Earl of Cardigan: 

To Brigadier General, now Major General the 
Honourable James Yorke Scarlett : 

To Major General Henry John William Ben- 
tinck : 

To Major General Sir Colin Campbell, Knight 
Commander of the Most honourable Order 
of the Bath: 

To Major General John Lysaght Pennefather, 
Companion of the Most honourable Order of 
the Bath: 

To Major General William John Codrington : 

To Brigadier General, now Major General 
Henry William Adams, Companion of the 
Most honourable Order of the Bath: 

To Brigadier General, now Major General Sir 
John Campbell, Baronet : 

To Brigadier General, now Major General 
George Buller, Companion of the Most 
honourable Order of the Bath : 

To Brigadier &lt;ieneral, now Major General Wi/- 
liam Eyre, Companion of the Mast honour- 
able Order of the Bath: 

To Brigadier General, now Major General 
Arthur Wellesley Torrens : 

And to the several other Officers, for their zeal, 
intrepidity and distinguished exertions in the several 
actions in which Her Majesty’s Forces have been 
engaged with the Enemy. 

Resolved, Nemine Contr:dicente, That this House 
doth highly acknowledge the distinguished discipline, 
valour, and exertions displayed by the Non-Com- 
missioned Officers and Soldiers of the Army, under 
the command of Field Marshal Lord Raglan, in all 
the operations in the Crimea; and that the same be 
sivnified to them by the Commanders of the several 
Corps, who are desired to thunk them for their dis- 
tinguished and gallant behaviour. 

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do communicate the 
snid Resolutions to Field Marshal the Right honour- 
able Lord Haylan, and that he be requested by Mr. 
Speaker to signify the same to— 

Lieutenant General Sir John Fox Burgoyne ; 

Lieutenant General Sir George Brown ; 

Lieutenant General His Royal Highness the 
Duke of Cambridge ; 

Lieutenant General Sir ?ichard England ; 

Lieutenant General the Earl of Lucan ; 





Major General the Earl of Cardigan ; 


c Brigadier 





Adjournment 


15°—18° Decembris. 


Brigadier General, now Major General the 

Teesusble James Yorke Scarlett ; 

Major General Henry John William Bentinck ; 

Major General Sir Colin Campbell ; 

Major General John Lysaght Pennefather ; 

Major General William John Codrington ; 

— General, now Major General Henry 

illiam Adams ; 

Brigadier General, now Major General Sir John 
Campbell, Baronet ; 

Brigadier General, now Major General George 
Buller ; 

Brigadier General, now Major General William 
Eyre ; 

Brigadier General, now Major General Arthur 
Wellesley Torrens ; 

And to the several Officers who served in the Army 
under his command, except to Lieutenant General 
Sir De Lacy Evans, he being a Member of this 
House. 

Resolved, Nemine Contradicente, That the Thanks 
of this House be given to Vice-Admiral James Whit- 
ley Deans Dundas, Companion of the Most honour- 
able Order of the Bath; to Rear-Admiral Sir 
Edmund Lyons, Knight Grand Cross of the Most 
honourable Order of the Bath; and to the several 
Captains and Officersin the Fleet under the command 
of the said Vice-Admiral ; and also to the Officers 
of the Navy and Marines employed on shore in the 
Siege of Sebastopol, for their indefatigable activity 
and exertions in conveying Her Majesty’s Land 
Forces to the Crimea, in effecting their disembarka- 
tion, and in co-operating with them during the Siege 
of Sebastopol. 

Resolved, Nemine Contradicente, That this House 
doth highly approve of and acknowledge the services 
of the Seamen and Marines on board the Ships under 
the command of Vice-Admiral Dundas, and also of 
the Seamen and Marines employed on shore in the 
Siege of Sebastopol, in their indefatigable activity 
and exertions in conveying Her Majesty’s Land 
Forces to the Crimea, in effecting their disembarka- 
tion, and in co-operating with them during the Siege 
of Sebastopol; and that the Captains of the several 
Ships do signify the same to their respective crews, 
and do thank them for their praiseworthy and gallant 
conduct. 

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do communicate the 
said Resolutions to Vice-Admiral Dundas, and that 
he be requested by Mr. Speaker to signify the same 
to Rear-Admiral Sir Edmund Lyons, and the several 
Officers and others referred to therein. 

Resolved, Nemine Contradicente, That this House 
acknowledges, with admiration, the distinguished 
valour and conduct of those who have perished during 
the present struggle in the service of their Country, 
and feels deep sympathy with their relatives and 
friends. 

Resolved, Nemine Contradicente, That the Thanks 
of this House be given to General Canrobert and the 
French Army, for their gallant and successful co- 
operation with Her Majesty's Land Forces in the 
attack on the Enemy’s position at Alma, for their 
energetic and timely assistance in repelling the Enemy 
at Inkerman, and for their distinguished exertions, in 
concert with Her Majesty’s Troops, in the Siege of 
Sebastopol; and that Field Marshal Lord Raglan be 
desired to convey to them the present Resolution. 

Resolved, Nemine Contradicente, That the Thanks 
of this House be given to Admiral Hamelin and the 
French Navy, for their cordial co-operation with Her 
Majesty’s Fleet in conveying the Allied Forces to 
the Crimea, in effecting their disembarkation, and in 
the Siege of Sebastopol; and that Vice-Admiral 
Dundas be desired to convey to them the present 
Resolution. 


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





A. 1854. 


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 ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee, 


Voters 


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


Return of all Persons appearing in the Revised Lists 
of Voters in the several eae Counties of Cities, 
and Counties of Towns in Jreland, and in Parlia- 
mentary Boroughs, as £.50 and £.20 Freeholders, 
and as Rated Occupiers of the yearly value of £.25 
and upwards; distinguishing the Numbers so appear- 
ing as rated at £.25, at £.30, at £.40, at £.50, and 
upwards. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to Judgments 
enforce, in any part of the United Kingdom, Decrees Execution, &amp;e. 
and Orders of the High Court of Chancery in 
England and Ireland, and of the Commissioners for 
Sale of Incumbered Estates in Ireland, and to allow 
Execution to issue in any part of the United King- 
dom under Judgments or Decreets obtained in certain 
Courts of Record in England, Scotland and Ireland ; 
and that Mr. Craufurd and Mr. Dunlop do prepare, 


and bring it in. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Blind Inmates 
Return of the Names and Ages of the Blind Inmates &lt; Workhouses 
in each Workhouse in Jreland. (Ireland.) 


Mr. Craufurd __ a Bill to enforce, in any Judgments 
part of the United Kingdom, Decrees and Orders of Execution, 
the High Court of Chancery in England and Ireland, ** Bill 
and of the Commissioners for Sale of Incumbered Bil 3. 
Estates in Jreland, and to allow Execution to issue 

in any part of the United Kingdom under Judgments 

or Decreets obtained in certain Courts of Record in 
England, Scotland and Ireland: And the same was 

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

time upon Wednesday the 31st day of January next ; 

and to be printed. 


And then the House adjourned till Monday next. 








Luna, 18° die Decembris : 
Anno 18° Victorize Regine, 1854. 


PRAYERS. 
ETITIONS relating to Shipping, &amp;C. s— Public 

Stage Carriages ;—Grain ;—and, Militia Sur- Petitions. 

geons,—were presented, and read; and ordered to 


he upon the Table. Vide Second 


Report. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Foreign 
Return of the Sums of Money annually expended in *°°P*- 
the Payment of Foreign Troops employed in the 
Service of the United Kingdom, from the year 1800 
to the year 1815 inclusive; together with the Number 
of Men so employed, and, as nearly as can be ascer- 
tained, the different Countries of which such Troops 
were Natives. 


The House was moved, That the Resolution of The Crimea 
the House of the 15th day of this instant December, 
That the Thanks of this House be given to Lieute- 
nant General Sir John Fox Burgoyne, Knight Grand 
Cross of the Most honourable Order of the Bath : 

To Lieutenant General Sir George Brown, 
Knight Commander of the Most honourable 
Order of the Bath: 

To Lieutenant General His Royal Highness 
the Duke of Cambridge, Knight of the Most 
Noble Order of the Garter : 

To Lieutenant General Sir De Lacy Evans, 
Knight Commander of the Most honourable 
Order of the Bath: 

To Lieutenant General Sir Richard England, 
Knight Commander of the Most honourable 
Order of the Bath: 

To 





Soi seer igen 


Board of 
Health. 


18 Vicroriz. 


To Lieutenant General the Earl of Lucan : 

To Major General the Earl of Cardigan : 

To Brigadier General, now Major General the 
Honourable James Yorke Scarlett ; 

To Major General Henry John William Ben- 
tinck : 

To Major General Sir Colin Campbell, Knight 
Commander of the Most honourable Order 
of the Bath: 

To Major General John Lysaght Pennefather, 


Companion of the Most honourable Order of 


the Bath : 

To Major General William John Codrington : 

To Brigadier General, now Major General 
Henry William Adams, oe of the 
Most honourable Order of the Bath : 

To Brigadier General, now Major General Sir 
John Campbell, Baronet : 

To Brigadier General, now Major General 
George Buller, Companion of the Most 
honourable Order of the Bath : 

To Brigadier General, now Major General Wil- 
liam Eyre,. Companion of the Most honour- 
able Order of the Bath: 

To Brigadier General, now Major General 
Arthur Wellesley Torrens: 

And to the several other Officers, for their zeal, 
intrepidity and distinguished exertions in the several 
actions in which Her Majesty’s Forces have been 
engaged with the Enemy, might be read; and the 


same was read, 


The House was also moved, That the Resolution 
of the House of the 15th day of this instant Decem- 
ber, That this House doth highly acknowledge the 
distinguished discipline, valour and exertions dis- 
played by the Non-Commissioned Officers and 
Soldiers of the Army, under the command of Field 
Marshal Lord Rag/an, in all the operations in the 
Crimea ; and that the same be signified to them by 
the Commanders of the several Corps, who are 
desired to thank them for their distinguished and 
gallant behaviour, might be read ; and the same was 
read. 

And Notice being taken that the Names of Briga- 
dier General, now Major General Richard Airey, 
Quartermaster General, and Brigadier General, now 
Major General James Bucknall Bucknall Estcourt, 
Adjutant General, were omitted in the said Motion; 

Resolved, Nemine Contradicente, That the like 
Thanks be given to Brigadier General, now Major 
General Richard Airey, Quartermaster General, 
and to Brigadier General, now Major General James 
Bucknall Bucknall Estcourt, Adjutant General. 

The House was moved, That the Resolution of the 
House of the 15th day of this instant December, 
That the Thanks of this House be given to Vice- 
Admiral James Whitley Deans Dundas, Companion 
of the Most honourable Order of the Bath; to Rear- 
Admiral Sir Edmund Lyons, Knight Grand Cross 
of the Most honourable Order of the Bath; and to 
the several Captains and Officers in the Fleet under 
the command of the said Vice-Admiral ; and also to 
the Officers of the Navy and Marines employed on 
shore in the Siege of Sebastopol, for their indefati- 
gable activity and exertions in conveying Her Majes- 
ty’s Land Forces to the Crimea, in effecting their 
disembarkation, and in co-operating with them during 
the Siege of Sebastopol, might be read ; and the same 
was read. 

And Notice being taken that the name of Rear- 
Admiral Montagu Stopford, Companion of the Most 
honourable Order of the Bath, and Captain of the 
Fleet, was omitted in the said Motion ; 

Resolved, Nemine Contradicente, That the like 
Thanks be given to Rear-Admiral the Honourable 
Montagu Stopford, Companion of the Most honour- 
able Order of the Bath, and Captain of the Fleet. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That there be laid before this House, a 
Vo. 110. 











18° Decembris. 11 


Copy ofa Letter from the Board of Health to the 
Home Office, dated the 27th day of May 1854, 
accompanied with the Reports from the Engineers 
to the different local Boards of Health of Rugby, 
Sandgate, Tottenham, and other places ; and, of the 
Letters of Mr. William Lees, Superintending Inspec- 
tor to the late General Board of Health, dated the 
4th and 20th days of May 1854, together with any 
Letter respecting such Reports from the Home Office 
to the Metropolitan Commission of Sewers :—And 
the said Motion was, with leave of the House, with- 
drawn. 


Sir George Grey presented, by Her Majesty’s Australian 
Command,—Further Papers relative to the Altera- Colonies. 
tions in the Constitutions of the Australian Colonies 
(in continuation of Papers presented 31st July and 
10th August 1854). 

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


The following Papers, pursuant to the directions Mint. 
of several Acts of Parliament, were laid upon the 
Table by the Clerk of the House,—Account of the 
Sums advanced in each year from the Consolidated 
Fund for the Purchase of Bullion for Coinage, and 
of the Sums? paid in each year to the Account of 
Her Majesty’s Exchequer at the Bank of England 
in Repayment thereof. 

Copy of Treasury Minute, dated 17 November Prisons 
1854, granting a Compensation Allowance to H. M. (reland.) 
Hitchins, Esquire, late Inspector of Government 
Prisons in Ireland. 

Copy of Treasury Minute, dated 13th June 1854, Public Works 
ns a Redundant Allowance to William 7, (teland.) 
Mulvany, Esquire, late a Commissioner of Public 
Works in Ireland. 


Sir John Young presented, pursuant to the directions Ecclesiastical 
of several Acts of Parliament,—Copy of the Report Commission 
of the Ecclesiastical Commissioners for Zreland, ees 
the year ending the Ist day of August 1854. 

Copy of Order of the Lord Lieutenant and Privy Nuisances 
Council (Jreland), putting in force Acts for Removal sao 
of Nuisances and Prevention of Contagious Epi-yention 
demic Diseases. (Ireland) Acts. 

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


Mr. Fitzroy presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- Turnpike 
mand,—Turnpike Trusts: England and Wales ;— sts. 
Copy of General Report by direction of the Secre- 
tary of State, under Act 3 &amp; 4 Will. 4, c. 80. 

Mr. Fitzroy also presented,—Return to an Ad- Metropolis 
dress to Her Majesty, dated the 14th day of this Buildings Act. 
instant December, for Copy of any Correspondence 
that has taken place between the General Board of 
Health and the Registrar of Metropolis Buildings, 
in reference to carrying out the provisions of the 
Metropolis Buildings Act in relation to Noxious 
Trades and Cellar Dwellings; together with a Copy 
of any Communication which may have been made 
by the General Board of Health to the Secretary of 
State for the Home Department, or the Chief Com- 
missioner of Works. 

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


Mr. Cardwell presented, pursuant to the directions Joint Stock 
of an Act of Parliament,—Statement of the Licenses Companies. 
granted by the Lords of the Committee of Privy 
Council for Trade, from the 21st January 1854 (the 
date of the last Return) to the 12th December 1854, 
to Joint Stock Companies to hold Lands, Tenements, 

&amp;c.; and specifying the nature and extent of the 

Powers contained in each License, and of the Lands 

so authorized to be held, and in cases of removal or 

extension of such Licenses showing the extent of 

Land actually held by the Company at the time of 
c2 


such 





Naval Stores, 
«Cc. 


Militia Bill. 
Bill 6. 


Answer to 
Address. 


12 


such extension, and the Counties within which such 
Lands are situate. 

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


Mr. Osborne presented,—Return to an Order, 
dated the 14th day of this instant December, for 
Statements of the Amount paid by the Admiralty 
for Naval Stores, Freight of Ships for Victualling 
and Conveyance of Troops and Stores, Prisoners of 
War and Packet Service, respectively, on account of 
Sums granted for the Navy Services, up to the Ist 
day of December 1854, under the Act 17 &amp; 18 Vic. 
c. 121:—And, the same for the Commissariat De- 
partment, on account of Sums granted for the Army 
and Ordnance Services, under the same Act. 

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


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on the Militia Bill. 


(In the Committee.) 


Preamble postponed. 

Cxiauses, N° 1 to N° 4, amended, and agreed to. 

SLAusEs, N° 5 and N° 6, agreed to. 

Crause, N° 7 (No Militia Officer to rank higher 
than Lieutenant Colonel). 

Amendment proposed: At the end of the Clause, 
to add the following words, “ But all Militia Offi- 
“ cers having also Army rank superior to that held 
“ by them in the Militia, shall in all garrisons rank 
“ according to the dates of their Commissions in the 
“ Army.” 

Question, That those words be there added— — 
put, and negatived. 

Clause agreed to. 

Criavusss, N° 8 and N° 9, agreed to. 

Crause, N° 10, disagreed to. 

Cuiauses, N° 11 to N° 15, agreed to. 

Ciause, N° 16, disagreed to. 

Clause (That the volunteering of any proportion 
of any Regiment of Militia for service Abroad shall 
not operate to disembody that portion of the same 
which shall, according to the provisions of this Act, 
be retained in this Country, and such portion shall 
retain the name of the Militia of the county in which 
it was originally raised)——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, That the total number of Officers, Non- 
commissioned Officers and Private Men, to be raised 
by this Act, by extending their services as herein- 
before-mentioned, shall not exceed Fifteen thousand) 
——brought up, and read 1°. 

Motion made, and Question proposed, That the 
Clause be read a second time. 

Motion and Clause, by leave, withdrawn. 

Clauses added. 

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 now taken into consideration: — The 
House accordingly proceeded to take the Bill into 
consideration. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
To-morrow ; and be printed. 


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


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A. 1854. 


with their Address of Wednesday last, was pleased 
to receive the same very graciously, and to give the 
following Answer : 

Your loyal and dutiful Address has afforded Me 
much satisfaction. 

I thank you for the assurance of your support in 
the measures which I consider to be necessary for the 
vigorous prosecution of the War in which We are 
engaged. And I trust that the result of your exer- 
tions and sacrifices may, under the blessing of the 
Almighty, be the establishment of the Peace of 
Europe on a secure and lasting foundation. 


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 Ma- 
jesty ; 

, LY 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. 

Resolved, ‘That a Supply be granted to Her 
Majesty. 

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. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- Sligo Election. 

posed, That there be laid before this House, a Copy 
of the Indictment found at the late Assizes for the 
County of Sligo against Michael Gethin, Henry 
Simpson and James Simpson, directed by this House 
to be prosecuted for certain grave offences by the 
Attorney General for Ireland :—And the said Mo- 
tion was, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Jurors and 
to amend the Laws relating to Jurors and Juries in tand) (Noa) 
Ireland: And that Mr. Whiteside and Mr. Napier a 
do prepare, and bring it in. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Clergy 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased (Canada. 
to give directions, that there be laid before this , 
House, a Copy of the Bill now pending in the Colo- 
nial Legislature of Canada, touching the future 
Appropriation of the Funds arising from the Clergy 
Reserves. 

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


Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed Printing. 
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. George Hamilton, Mr. John Greene, 
Mr. Wilson, Mr. Beckett, Mr. Divett, Mr. Gaskell, 
Mr. Hume, Mr. Vernon Smith and Mr. Sotheron. 

Ordered, That Three be the Quorum. 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That his Controverted 
Warrant for the Appointment of Members to serve Elections. 
on the General Committee of Elections, was upon No. 4:- 
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 Sir #rancis Thornhill 
Baring, 








Jurors and 
Juries 
(Ireland) 
(No. 2) Bill. 
Bill 5. 


Message from 
the Lords. 


Enlistment. of 
Foreigners 
Bill. 


Enlistment of 
Foreigners 
Bill. 


Bill 4. 


Public 
Petitions. 


Vide Second 
Report. 


Tickets of 
Leave Men, 


Clergy 
Reserves 
(Canada.) 


Hops. 


18 Vicrortiz. 





Baring, Baronet, Member for the Borough of 
Portsmouth ; 

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 Zan- 
caster ; 

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

Henry Arthur Herbert, Esquire, Member for 
the County of Kerry ; 

And, Thomas Henry Sutton Sotheron, Esquire, 
Member for the Northern Division of the 
County of Wilts ; 

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


Given under my hand, this 18th day of De- 
cember 1854. 


Cuarves Suaw Lerevre, Speaker. 
Ordered, That the said Warrant be printed. 


Mr. Whiteside presented a Bill to amend the 
Laws relating to Jurors and Juries 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. 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Serjeant 
Manning : 

Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 
to permit Foreigners to be enlisted, and to serve as 
Officers and Soldiers in Her Majesty’s Forces ; to 
which the Lords desire the concurrence of this 
House :—And then the Messenger withdrew. 


The Enlistment of Foreigners Bill 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. 








Martis, 19° die Decembris ; 
Anno 18° Victorie Regine, 16 54. 


PRAYERS. 
ETITIONS relating to Roman Catholic Sol- 
diers and Sailors ;— Decimal Coinage ;—Enlist- 
ment of Foreigners Bill ;—and, Sale of Beer Act 
(1854),—were presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be preseated 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased to 
give directions, that there be laid before this House, 
a Return of the Total Number of Tickets of Leave 
Men, and of the Committals and Convictions of the 
same, since the passing of the Abolition of Trans- 
portation Act; specifying, in each case of Committal 
and Conviction, the nature of the offence. 

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


The Order made upon the 18th day of this instant 
December, for presenting to Her Majesty an humble 
Address, that She would be graciously pleased to 
give directions, that there be laid before this House, 
a Copy of the Bill now pending in the Colonial Le- 
gislature of Canada, touching the future appropriation 
of the Funds arising from the Clergy Reserves, was 
read, and discharged. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the Number of Acres of Land under 
Cultivation for Hops in the year 1854, distinguishing 
the Number of Acres in each Parish, the Amount 
of Duty charged in each Collection of the growth of 


18°—19° Decembris. 


13 


the year 1854, from the 5th day of January 1854 to 
the 5th day of January 1855; distinguishing the 
Districts, and the old from the new Duty in each 
District ; showing the Average Amount of Duty per 
Acre in each Collection; and also showing, whether 
the Acres in the Sussex, Hereford or Worcester Col- 
lections are according to the Statute or any local or 
customary Admeasurement. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Returns of the Quantities of Malt made in England, 
Scotlind and Ireland, in each year, ending the 5th 
day of January 1854 and 1855 :—Of the Quantities 
of Foreign Barley imported into the United Kingdom 
in each year, ending the 5th day of January 1854 to 
1855 inclusive :—Of the Quantities of Foreign Hops 
imported in the year ending the 5th day of January 
1855, and the Rates of Duty charged ; also distin- 
guishing the Ports where imported, and the Coun- 
tries from whence exported :—Of the Quantity of 
English and Foreign Hops respectively exported in 
the year ending the 5th day of January 1855, dis- 
tinguishing the Countries to which the same have 
been exported, and also the Quantities to each 
Count'y, with the Dates of the years in which the 
British Hops were grown :—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 1854:—Of the Total Number of Pounds 
weight of Foreign Hops charged with Duties for 
Home Consumption in the year 1854 :—And, of the 
Quantity of Foreign Hops in Bond on the 5th day of 
January 1855. 





Malt, &amp;e. 


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


Return of the Number of Persons in each of the 
several Collections in the United Kingdom licensed 
as Brewers, Victuallers, to sell Beer to be drunk on 
the Premises, and to sell Beer not to be drunk on 
the Premises; stating the Number of each Class who 
brew their own Beer, and the Quantity of Malt con- 
sumed by them, particularising each Class in each 
Collection, from the 10th day of October 1853 to 
the 10th day of October 1854. 


lating to the Consolidated Fund might be read; and 
the same being read ; 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, resolve 
itself into a Committee to consider the said Acts. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the Names, Tonnage, Ports whence de- 
spatched, and Dates of Departure thence and of Arri- 
val at Malta and Constantinople, of all Transports em- 
ployed since the Ist day of January 1854, for the 
Conveyance of Troops or Stores to the Mediterra- 
nean from this Country for the Service of Govern- 
ment, distinguishing Steam from Sailing Vessels ; 
and of the Number of Steam Vessels so employed 
supplied by Companies holding Contracts for the 
Conveyance of Mails. 


The Clerk read the List of Members who have 
claimed to be excused from serving on Election Com- 
mittees, as being upwards of Sixty years of age, as 
followeth :— 

Sir Thomas Dyke Acland, the Honourable General 
Arbuthnoit, Sir Joseph Bailey, John Bagshaw, 
Esquire, the Right honourable George Bankes, 
William Beckett, Esquire, John Benbow, Esquire, 
Admiral Berkeley, Sir George Berkeley, John 
Brocklehurst, Esquire, Joseph Brotherton, Esquire, 
William Brown, Esquire, Lewis William Buck, 
Esquire, Sir Charles Merrih Burrell, Henry Negus 
Burroughes, Esquire, Benjamin Bond Cabbell, 
Esquire, Henry Combe Compton, Esquire, Sir Charles 
Henry Coote, Edmund Denison, oo Henry 
Drummond, Esquire, George Duncan, Esquire, the 
Right honourable Edward Ellice, the Honourable 





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The House was moved, That the several Acts re- Consolidated 


Fund. 


Transports. 


Controverted 


Elections. 


14 


John Edmund Elliot, Sir De Lacy Evans, William 
Johnson Fox, Esquire, Augustus Eliott Fuller, 
Esquire, Sir George Goodman, William Ormsby 
‘Gore, Esquire, the Right honourable Henry Goul- 
burn, Thomas Greene, Esquire, George Hadfield, 
Esquire, George Granville Harcourt, Esquire, John 
Heathcoat, 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, George Frederick Muntz, Esquire, Joseph 
Neeld, Esquire, Cornelius O’Brien, Esquire, Sir 
John Owen, Charles William Packe, Esquire, Sir 
George Brooke Pechell, Nicholas Power, Esquire, 
Lord Wiiliam Powlett, Sir Robert Price, David 
Pugh, Esquire, Edward Royd Rice, Esquire, Lord 
John Russell, Captain Scobell, Richard Spooner, 
Esquire, Sir George Strickland, Henry William 
Tancred, Esquire, Thomas Thornely, Esquite, Sir 
William Verner, John Ennis Vivian, Esquire, John 
Henry Vivian, Esquire, Harry Spencer Waddington, 
Esquire, Admiral Walcott, Edmond Wodehouse, 
Esquire, William Battie Wrightson, Esquire, General 
Wyndham. 

The Right honourable William Ewart Gladstone, 
Chancellor of the Exchequer, having stated that he 
could not attend Election Committees without ma- 
terial inconvenience to the public service, during the 
time he may hold the said office ; 

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

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

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


Turnpike 
Trusts. 


Mr. Fitzroy presented, by Her re sett Com- 


mand,—A Return showing the Total Receipts, Ex- 
penditure and Debts of Turnpike Trusts in England 
and North Wales, for Nineteen years (1834 to 1852 
inclusive), under the following Heads :—Receipts,— 
Tolls; Statute Labour and Highway Rates; Money 
borrowed; other Receipts, and Total Receipts. Ex- 
penditure,—Repairs ; Improvements; Salaries; Law 
Charges; Interest of Debt ; Bonded Debt paid off; 
other Payments; and Total Expenditure, Bonded 
Det, and Unpaid Interest. 

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


Land Revenue The following Paper was laid upon the Table by 
(East India.) the Clerk of the House,—Further Return to an 
Order, dated the 9th day of August 1853, for Copies of 
Decision, in English, of the Sudder Court in Cal- 
cutta, of the 13th day of August 1815, in the case of 
the Collector of Chittagong, Appellant, versus Ra- 
Jisserree Debea and others, Respondents :—Of Mi- 
nute or Resolution drawn up by the Governor of Ben- 
gal, dated the 5th day of February 1841, relative to 


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A. 1854. 


the Assessment of Government Revenue in Chitta- 
gong :—Of Letter, No. 13, dated the 5th day of 
January 1837, from the Secretary to the Government 
of Bengal to the Judge of the 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, No. 638, dated the 
27th day of July 1842, from the Commissioner of 
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, No. 560; and Let- 
ter 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 Lng- 
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 Sudder Court, dated the 18th day of 
August 1847:—Of Letter, No. 173, dated the 
30th day of April 1845, written by the Civil and 
Sessions 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. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Clergy (City Clergy (City 
of London), which was presented upon the 14th day of London.) 
of this instant December, be printed. No. 6. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Tenement Tenement 
Valuation (Jreland), which was presented upon the Valuation 


14th day of this instant December, be printed. -—— 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Deserted Deserted 
Children (Dublin), which was presented upon the Children 


14th day of this instant December, be printed. at ry 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to the Eccle- Ecclesiastical 
siastical Commission (Zre/and), which was presented Commission 


upon the 18th day of this instant December, be printed. “a h 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Metropolis Metropolis 
Buildings Act, which was presented upon the 18th Buildings Act. 
day of this instant December, be printed. No. 10. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Naval Naval Stores, 
Stores, &amp;c., which was presented upon the 18th day *«- 
of this instant December, be printed. No, 11. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- Succession 
posed, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to re- 24 Legacy 
lieve the Property and Effects of Officers, Non-com- 2" 
missioned Officers and Privates killed in the Crimea, 
or who have died or may die during the present Cam- 
paign, from Wounds, Disease or Fatigue, from the 
Payment of the Succession and Legacy Duties :— 

And the said Motion was, with leave of the House, 
withdrawn. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Biil Public. 
for further promoting the establishment of Free }#brarics ant 
Public Libraries and Museums in Municipal Towns ; * 
and for extending it to Towns governed under Local 
Improvement Acts, and to Parishes: And that Mr. 
Ewart, Mr. Brotherton and Mr. George Alexander 
Hamilton do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to Spirits 
amend an Act of the eighteenth year of Her Ma- (Ireland.) 
jesty, to amend the Laws for the better prevention 





of the Sale of Spirits by unlicensed persons, and for 
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Livings. 


Order of 
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Episcopal 
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Theological 
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the suppression of Illicit Distillation in Jreland: And 
that Mr. Vincent Scully, Mr. Bland and Mr, Cogan 
do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Copies of Correspondence between the Reverend 
Mr. Falkiner, Roman Catholic Chaplain to the 
House of Industry in Dublin, and the Poor Law 
Commissioners, relative to the Admission of Visitors 
into said House, together with the Evidence and 
Report made to the Commissioners upon the Inquiry 
arising therefrom :—Of the Rules and Orders for 
the Regulation of the Establishment :—And, Return 
of the Number of Inmates in the House, specifying 
those who are Roman Catholics, 


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 Livings the Pa- 
tronage of which belongs to each See in Eng- 
land or Wales, with the Aggregate Value of the 
Livings thereof respectively :--Of the Number and 
Aggregate Value of such Livings belonging to each 
See as are locally situate in another Diocese :—And, 
of the Number or Aggregate Value of the Livings in 
each Diocese the Patronage of which belongs to 
another See. 

Ordered, That 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- 

sed, That an humble Address be presented to Her 
Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased to in- 
stitute an “ Order of Merit,” to be bestowed upon 
persons serving in the Army or Navy, for distin- 
guished and prominent personal gallantry during the 
present War, and to which every grade and indi- 
vidual, from the highest to the lowest, in the united 
Services, may be admissible :—And the said Motion 
was, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to make better provision for the Management of 
Episcopal and Cuapitular Estates: And that the 
Marquis of Blandford and Lord Robert Grosvenor 
do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
an Amended and Supplementary Return to the Re- 
turns of Professors Dr. John Edgar, Mr. Edward 
Masson and the Reverend William Gibson, under the 
Order of this House, dated the 20th day of July last, 
and omitted in the Return ordered to be printed the 
12th day of August last; and also for Returns of the 
Reverend John Ferrie and J. R. Young, Esquire, 
under the said Order, and not made ; and also for the 
Accounts ordered, and not yet returned, of Fees and 
Emoluments (over and above Government Allow- 
ance) derived or received by the said Professors 
Dr. Edgar, Mr. Masson and Mr. Gibson, or by Pro- 
fessors the Reverend Dr. Cooke, Dr. W. D. Kellin, 
Dr. Montgomery and John Scott Porter, from the 
31st day of March 1853 to the 31st day of March 
1854, from Students under their Instruction respec- 
tively, or otherwise howsoever as such Professors, 
distinguishing the Amount paid by each Student to 
the said Professors respectively, and the Total 
Amount received during said last-mentioned period 
by each of such Professors; and also stating what 
Services were rendered, and when, and for what 
— and in what capacity, by the said Mr. 

Young, on account of which he has a Claim or Re- 
tiring Pension of £.150 a year. 


The Militia Bill was, according to Order, read the 
third time. 


Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Vou. 110. 


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15 


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





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 
Majesty. 

The said Resolution being read a second time ; 

Resolved, Nemine Contradicente, That this House 
doth agree with the Committee, in the said Resolu- 
tion, That a Supply be granted to Her Majesty. 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, resolve 
itself into a Committee to consider of the Supply 
granted to Her Majesty. 


Ordered, That an Estimate of the Charge for Navy, 


Naval Services, to the 31st day of March 1856, be 
laid before this House. 


Ordered, That an Estimate of the Charge for Army. 


Army Services, to the 31st day of March 1856, be 
laid before this House. 

Ordered, That an Estimate of the Charge for 
Ordnance Services, to the 31st day of March 1856, 
be laid before this House. : 

Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions to the proper Officers to lay before 
this House the said Estimates. 

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


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Enlistment of Foreigners 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 the word “ now,” and, at 
the end of the Question, adding the words “ upon 
“ this day six months.” 

And the Question being proposed, That the word 

“now” stand part of the Question ; 


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


Mercurii, 20° die Decembris, 1854 : 


And the Question being put ; 
The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right; 

The Noes to the Left. 


Tellers for the{ Mr. Hayter, Loar 
Yeas, \ Mr. Grenville Berkeley: {~*" 
Tellers for the{ Colonel Taylor, Veee 
Noes, (Viscount Mandeville : hacia 


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. 


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








Mercurii, 20° die Decembris ; 


Anno 18° Victorie Regine, 1854. 


PRAYERS. 


Ordnance. 


Enlistment 
of Foreigners 


’ I ‘HE Marquis of Blandford presented a Bill to Episcopal 
make better Provision for the Management of #%¢ Capitular 


Episcopal and Capitular Estates : And the same was 
read the first time ; and ordered to be read a second 
time upon Wednesday the 31st day of January next ; 
and to be printed, 

c4 Mr. 


Estates Bill. 
Bill 7. 





Public 
Libraries and 
Museums Bill. 


Bill 9. 


Minigration 
(Australia. ) 


Epidemic 
(Bermuda. ) 


Customs 
Duties 
(Colonies, ) 


16 


Mr. Vincent Scully presented a Bill to amend an 
Act of the eighteenth year of Her Majesty, toamend 
the Laws for the better Prevention of the Sale of 
Spirits by unlicensed Persons, and for the Suppres- 
sion of Illicit Distillation in Jreland: And the same 
was reed the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time upon Wednesday the 31st day of Ja- 
nuary next; and to be printed. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return showing, 1. The Amount of Poor Rate col- 
lected in the several Unions in /re/and, for the years 
ending the 29th day of September 1851, 1852, and 
1853 respectively ; 2. ‘The Amount expended in Pay- 
ments for the Rate-in-Aid and Consolidated Annui- 
ties; 3 Net Balance of Receipts to the credit of 
each Union in each of the said years; 4. The 
Amount expended for !In-maintenance, Out-relief, 
and Clothing of the Paupers; 5. The Amount ex- 
pended for Drugs, Surgical Apparatus, Vaccina- 
tion, Medical Officers’ Salaries, and all Dispensary 
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 \\ eekly Cost for Mainte- 
nance and Clothing of Paupers; 8. The Average 
Weekly Cost for Drugs, &gt;urgical Apparatus, Vac- 
cinition, Medical Officers’ Salaries, aid all Dis- 
pensary Charges; 9. Ihe Average Weekly Cost of 
Establishment Charges; distinguishing sep:rately 
those Unions in which the Total Number of Paupers 
relieved in each year was less than 1,000. 


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, 
Copies of Order by the Lord Advocate, directing 
inquiry to be maie into the state of the Poor in 
Knoydart, Inverness-shire, dated the 24th day of Ja- 
nuary 1854:—Of Reports of Sheriff Substitute, in 
compliance with that Order, dated the 15th day of 
February and 20th day of May 1854:—And, of 
Order by the Solicitor Gener.1, disposing of the Case, 
d.ted the 19th day of July 1854. 

Ordere/, That 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. Ewart present:d a Bill for further promoting 
the Establishment of Frees Public Libraries and 
Museums in Municipal Towns, and for extending it 
to ‘Towns governed under Local Improvement Acts, 
and to Parishes: And the same was read the first 
time; and ordered to be read a second time upon 
Friday next; and to be printed. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this House, 
Copies or Extracts of any lespatches relative to 
Emigration to the Austrudicn Colonies (in continua- 
tion of Parliamentary Paper, No. 436, of last Ses- 
sion). 

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


Resolred, That an hunhle Address be presented 
to Her Majes’y, that She will be graciously pleased 
to ¢.ve directions, that there !\e laid before this House, 
a Copy of a Despatch from the Governor of Ber- 
muda, enclosing a Report from the Commissioners 
appointed to inquire into the origin of the Epidemic 
which lately prevailed at Bermuda. 

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


Resolved, That »n humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously plea-ed 
to give directions, th.t there be laid before this House, 


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A. 1854. 


a Return of the Duties payable under Colonial Enact- 
ments on Goods imported into the British Colonies. 
Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty, by such Members of this House as are 
ajesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


of Her 


A Memorial of the Provincial Council of the Pro- New Zealand 
vince of Welson, in the Colony of New Zealand —— 


(signed by the Speaker), was presented, and read ; 
setting forth, That an Act was passed in the fifteenth 
and sixteenth years of the reign of Her Majesty 
Queen Victoria, intituled, “ An Act to grant a Re- 
presentative Constitution to the Colony of Mew Zea- 
land,” which Act was proclaimed as being in force 
within the colony by publication in the Government 
Gazette, dated the Tenth of March 1854; that by 
the said recited Act a General Assembly was con- 
stituted for the colony as a whole, and a Provincial 
Council for each of the six provinces into which the 
colony was divided ; but the subordination of the 
Provincial Councils was established by the fifty- 
third clause of the Act, which declares that any law 
passed by any such Council, “ so far as the same is 
repugnant to or inconsistent with any Act passed by 
the General Assembly, shall be null and void ;’’ that, 
in accordance with the terms of the fourteenth and 
forty-third clauses of the said recited Act, the writs 
for the election of members of the Provincial Coun- 
cils and of the House of Representatives were issued 
in the month of June last, and the election of mem- 
bers, both provincial and general, was completed in 
that province in the month of August; it was also 
notified in the Gazette that four gentlemen had 
accepted the honour of a seat in the Legislative 
Council or Upper Chamber of the General Assembly, 
which is constituted of members nominated by the 
Crown; that the forty-fourth paragraph of the said 
recited Act declares that “ the time so to be appointed 
for the first holding of such General Assembly shall 
be as soon as conveniently may be after the return 
of the first writs for the election of members of the 
said House of Representatives ;” that, notwithstand- 
ing such declaratory enactment, the General Assem- 
bly has not yet met; and it is of this circumstance 
that the Memorialists, for reasons which they will 
presently submit, beg respectfully to complain; that, 
from the relations established by the said recited Act 
between the General and Provincial Councils, and 
the subordination of the latter, it seemed obviously 
to be intended that the General Assembly should 
meet first ; that by it the respective sphere of action 
of the general and provincial governments should, as 
far as possible, be defined; that from it the legiti- 
mate authority to the provincial governments to deal 
with the departments placed under their control 
should proceed ; and, above all, it seemed necessary 
that the General Assembly should meet as soon as 
possible, in order that the revenue of the colony 
might be lawfully appropriated, and the portion to 
be transferred to the provincial government placed 
at their disposal in a legal and unquestionable man- 
ner ; that, stead however of convening the General 
Assembly, as directed by the said recited Act as 
hereinbefore recited, his Excellency the Governor 
addressed letiers to the superintendents of the various 
provinces, informing them that he had made a divi- 
sion of the revenue of the colony, under which one- 
third of that derived from the Customs would be 
retained for the purposes of the general government, 
and the other two-thirds handed over to the province, 
thereby putting himself in the place of the General 
Assembly, appropriating the revenue by his own fiat, 
and thus forcing the provincial gove nments to take 
one of these two courses, either to sanction, however 
reluctantly, this unlawful proceeding, or to leave their 
province without any machinery of government ; that 
his Excellency further made a partition of the 
different departments of government, reserving some 
as general, and assigning others as provincial, thereby 
also forestalling the General Assembly in one of its 

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most important functions; that in that province his 
Honor the Superintendent, having convened the 
Provincial Council, informed it that “ he was unable 
to discover any existing authority for appropriating 
the Customs revenue other than that possessed by 
the General Assembly,” and consequently declined, 
excepting at the express desire of the council, to 
submit to it any Bill for appropriating the revenue ; 
this sanction the council, seeing the necessity of the 
case, felt it its duty, however reluctantly, to give; 
that the Memorialists contend that this step of appro- 
priating a certain amount of the revenue of the 
colony, as well as other Acts which they have been 
obliged to pass in order to constitute and define an 
executive authority for the province, are measures 
taken under a condition of insecurity most injurious 
to the action of any government, and calculated pos- 
sibly to place that province in a position of serious 
embarrassment; for it is evident that it is in the 
power of the General Assembly, whenever that body 
shall meet, to over-ride and supersede all that has 
been done, and even to question the expenditure of 
the public money, which, in order that the necessary 
functions of a government should be carried on, the 
Provincial Council has been obliged to sanction ; at 
all events, it is believed that it will be necessary for 
the General Assembly to pass an Act of Indemnity 
with the object of legalizing what the Provincial 
Councils have done; and this extraordinary state 
of things they venture to submit arises entirely out 
of the circumstance that the General Assembly has 
not yet met; that this is not the only injury which 
the colony sustains in consequence of the non-con- 
vening of the General Assembly; for it is at the 
same time precluded from dealing with questions of 
general interest, which demand immediate considera- 
tion and action, and with which its well-bemg and 
advancement are intimately associated ; among these 
subjects may be mentioned steam communication 
between the different provinces, a subject to which 
too great importance cannot be attached, and which, 
though doubtless destined at no distant period to be 
carried out by private enterprise, appears in their pre- 
sent state to demand some assistance from the general 
government of the colony; that the price and mode 
of disposal of waste lands is another question of vital 
importance, upon which the colonists are precluded 
from legislating by the non-convening of the General 
Assembly; that the New Zealand Company’s debt 
is felt to be a question upon which it is urgently 
required that the colony as a whole should have an 
opportunity of expressing its views; postal com- 
munication, the present system of customs duties, the 
law of marriage, and other subjects expressly excepted 
from the jurisdiction of the Provincial Councils, also 
demand the immediate attention of the General 
Assembly; that the injury which above all others 
they complain of is this, that his Excellency, by the 
course he has seen fit to pursue, has to a great extent 
deprived the colony of that power of defining its 
own form of government which (within certain limits, 
of course,) the said recited Act conferred upon it, 
and which they have always regarded as the highest 
privilege which the generosity of the British Par- 
liament had conferred upon the colony ; and this his 
Excellency has done, by not convening the General 
Assembly, by substituting for the decisions of that 
body his own personal views, and by compelling the 
Provincial Councils to meet first, and by transferring 
to them the most extensive powers, even the control 
of departments expressly excepted from their juris- 
diction, as, for instance, the harbour department ; 
that by this course of proceeding the decision of the 
colonists, as represented at their General Assembly, 
has been anticipated; a form of government essen- 
tially provincial has been imposed upon the colony; 
and a course of proceeding has been initiated which 
(should it subsequently be deemed necessary to de- 
part from it) cannot be rectified without inconveni- 
ence and collision ; and the longer this state of things 
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continues, the more difficult will be the ultimate 
adjustment; that the Memorialists are of opinion 
that local authorities, intrusted with the power of 
deciding local questions, are essential to the gatisfac- 
tory working of government in that colony, but they 
cannot shut their eyes to the fact that this system 
pushed to excess has a tendency to produce isolation 
and weakness, and to foster feelings of a sectional 
and narrow character ; for this consequence of local 
government they consider the General Assembly to 
be the remedy provided by the constitution: to the 
unity and sympathy which would be conferred upon 
the colony by its meeting and legislation, they attri- 
bute very great importance, no less than to the due 
solution of various questions of limit of authority 
with which it alone is competent to deal; and they 
therefore cannot but consider it as a thing greatly to 
be regretted that his Excellency should not have 
thought proper to have convened it ere this, and still 
more that he should have left New Zealand without 
doing so; that, whether they are right or not in 
attributing the importance which they do to the 
action of the General Assembly, they submit, as a 
proposition which cannot be contested, that it was 
the obvious intention of the framers of the constitu- 
tion, that that branch of the legislature of the colony 
should have met first, and that by it, and not by the 
Governor, should have been defined the respective 
limits of the general and provincial authorities; the 
Memorialists therefore respectfully request that the 
House will take such steps in the matter as in its 
wisdom it may deem most expedient. 

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


A Petition relating to Wages, was presented, and Public 


read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the there-undersigned William Tite, garnstaple 
of Lowndes-square, in the County of Middlesex, Election. 


Esquire, was delivered in, and read; setting forth, 


\'That the Petitioner was a Candidate at the last 


Election of Members to serve in this present Par- 
liament for the Borough of Barnstaple, and he claims 
to have had, and had, a right to be returned at the 
said Election ; that the nomination for the said Elec- 
tion took place on the Fifteenth day of August, One 
thousand eight hundred and fifty-four; that at the 
said Election John Laurie and Richard Samuel 
Guinness, Esquires, and the Petitioner, were the 
Candidates, and a poll having been demanded and 
taken, the said John Laurie and Richard Samuel 
Guinness were declared, by the Returning Officer 
of the said Borough, to have the majority of votes, 
and to be elected, and were returned as Members to 
serve in Parliament for the said Borough ; that the 
said John Laurie procured his said Election and Re- 
turn by means of a corrupt and illegal bargain or 
agreement, against the Statutes in force, and the 
policy and law of Parliament, whereby the said 
John Luurie was and is wholly incapacitated and 
ineligible to serve in this present Parliament for the 
said Borough, and that the said Election and Return 
of the said John Laurie were and are wholly null 
and void; that the said Richard Samuel Guinness 
procured his said Election and Return by means of 
a corrupt and illegal bargain or agreement, against 
the Statutes in force, and the policy and law of 
Parliament, whereby the said Richard Samuel Guin- 
ness was and is wholly incapacitated and ineligible 
to serve in this present Parlament for the said Bo- 
rough of Barnstaple, and that the said Election and 
Return of the said Richard Samuel Guinness were 
and are wholly null and void; that an Election for 
Members to serve in this present Parliament for the 
said Borough was holden on or about the Eighth day 
of July, One thousand eight hundred and fifty-two, 
at which Sir Wi/ftam Augustus Fraser, Baronet, and 


| Richard Bremridge, Esquire, were returned as duly 


D elected, 








18 


elected, but which said Election was declared by a 
Committee of the House to be a void Election ; that 
at the said last Election for the said Borough the 
said Richard Samuel Guinness was not duly elected, 
and ought not to have been returned as one of such 
Members ; that the majority of votes so declared by 
the Returning Officer, in the month of August, One 
thousand eight hundred and fifty-four, in favour of 
the said Richard Samuel Guinness over the Peti- 
tioner was only an apparent and colourable majority, 
inasmuch as the votes of divers persons were accepted 
and recorded on the said poll in favour of the said 
Richard Samuel Guinness who were not legally 
entitled, and had no legal right to vote at the said 
last Election, and that the real majority of good and 
legal votes polled at the said last Election was in 
favour of the Petitioner over the said Richard Samuel 
Guinness, and the Petitioner was duly elected a 
Member to serve in the present Parliament for the 
said Borough of Barnstaple, and ought to have been 
returned as such Member ; that many persons were 
admitted to vote, and did vote, at the said last Elec- 
tion, and were reckoned on the poll at the said 
Election in favour of the said Richard Samuel 
Guinness, who were bribed to vote, or who had given 
bribes, or who had been guilty of bribery and other 
corrupt practices, at or before the said Election, so 
as to disqualify them from voting thereat, or who 
either before, during, or after the said Election, asked, 
received, or took money, bribes, rewards, or employ- 
ments, to vote, and that the votes of all such persons 
were bad, illegal, and invalid, and ought now to be 
struck off the poll; that at the time of the said last 
Election for the said Borough, and of the Return of 
the said Richard Samuel Guinness as one of the | 
Members as aforesaid, he, the said Richard Samuel | 
Guinness, 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 | 
Borough, and was, by reason of his want of such | 
qualification as is mentioned in the said Act for | 
Members to be elected to serve in Parliament for | 
Boroughs, incapable of being elected for the said | 
Borough ; that by reason of the want of qualifi- 
cation of the said Richard Samuel Guinness at the 
time of the said last Election for the said Borough 
of Barnstaple, the votes given for the said Richard | 
Samuel Guinness at the said last Election were bad | 
or thrown away ; that the votes of all such persons 
were bad, illegal and invalid, so far as the same were 
given for or in favour of the said Richard Samuel 
Guinness, and ought now to be struck off the poll as | 
votes in favour of the said Richard Samuel Guinness ; | 
that the said Richard Samuel Guinness was not, at 
the time of the said last Election for the said Bo- | 
rough of Barnstaple, and of his said Return as such 
Member as aforesaid, or at any time at and during 
the said Election, the eldest son or heir apparent of 
any Peer or Lord of Parliament, or of any person 
qualified by the statute in that case made and pro- 
vided to serve as Knight of the Shire; that the said 
Richard Samuel Guinness was not at the time of the 
said last Election and of his said Return, or at any 
time at and during the said Election, seised or entitled, 
for his own use and benefit, of or to an 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 ae 





| 


20° Decembris. 


to me during the whole term of my life, and whic 


A. 1854. 


the same ; nor was the said Richard Samuel Guinness, 
at the time of the said Election, or at the time of 
his said Return as such Member as aforesaid, pos- 
sessed or entitled, for his own use and benefit, at law 
or in equity, for his own life, or for the life or lives 
of any other person or persons then living, or for any 
term of years, either absolute or determinable on his 
own life or for the life or lives of any other person 
or persons then living, of which term not less than 
thirteen years were at the time of the said Election 
unexpired, or of or to personal estate or effects of 
any nature or kind whatsoever, situate within the said 
United Kingdom, or of or to the interests, dividends 
or annual proceeds of any such personal estate or 
effects, such personal estate or effects, interest, divi- 
dends or annual proceeds actually producing the clear 
yearly income of not less than three hundred pounds, 
over and above all incumbrances affecting the same ; 
nor did the said Richard Samuel Guinness, at the time 
of the said last Election, and of his said Return as 
such Member as aforesaid, or at any time at and 
during the said Election, possess more than one of 
the said several kinds of qualification hereinbefore 
mentioned, which said several qualifications” were 
jointly of sufficient value to qualify him as a Member 
to serve in Parliament for any Borough, according 
to the provisions of the statute in that case made and 
provided, although each of such Soe might, 
according to the said provisions, be separately insuf- 
ficient for that purpose, and, therefore, that the said 
Richard Samuel Guinness was not, by reason of his 
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 Bo- 
rough, and that the Election and Return of the said 
Richard Samuel Guinness weve and are wholly null 
and void; that on the Sixteenth day of August One 
thousand eight hundred and fifty-four, and at the 
time of the said last Election for the said Borough, 
the said Richard Samuel Guinness was duly required 
in writing, by two registered electors having a right 
to vote at such Election, to make and wo Sat a 
declaration of qualification, required to be made pur- 
suant to the provisions of the said Act of Parlia- 
ment passed in the second year of the reign of Her 
present Majesty, intituled, “An Act to amend the 

ws relating to qualifications of Members to serve 
in Parliament,” and that thereupon the said Richard 
Samuel Guinness made and subscribed the declaration, 
of which the following is a copy:— 1, Richard 
Samuel Guinness, 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 Victoria, intituled, ‘An Act to 
amend the Laws relating to the Qualifications of 
Members to serve in Parliament,’ and that my quali- 
fication to be so elected doth arise out of the follow- 
ing property (that is to say): ‘ An annuity, rent- 
charge, or annual payment of the sum of three hun- 
dred and twenty pounds (£.320), payable ao 


said annuity, rent-charge, or annual payment is 
charged upon and derived from lands, tenements and 
hereditaments, situate, lying and being at Bally- 
quirke, Kiltefadda, Boligelah, Bally Common, Bal- 
lyhasty, Kilcregane, Munnia and Bally in Assey, in 
the barony of Lower Ormond ; Bally-robbin and Ries 
Kevallagh, in the barony of Clan William; Kil- 
leneife, Cuolnelosty, Caraline and Knockbrack, in the 
barony of Upper Ormond ; Kil/enaule,in the barony 


of Shevardagh ; and which said baronies are all in the 


county of Tipperary, in Ireland ; and that part of the 
lands of Baggotrath, called and known by the name 
of New Holland, in the barony of Dublin, county of 
Dublin, in Ireland; and that the said annuity, rent- 
charge, or annual payment is wholly free and unin- 
cumbered, and actually produces the clear yearly 
income of three hundred and twenty pounds (£.320)’ 


R.S. 














18 Vicrortz. 20° Decembris. 19 


—R. S. Guinness ;” that the qualification mentioned 
and described in the said declaration is wholly insuf- 
ficient and invalid to qualify the said Richard Samuel 
Guinness as a Member to serve in Parliament for the 
said Borough; that at the time of the said Election 
and Return, and of making the declaration aforesaid, 
the said Richard Samuel Guinness was not seised or 
entitled, either at law or in equity, and had not such 
an estate for his own use and benefit of, in or to the 
annuity, rent-charge, or annual payment of the sum 
for the whole term of his life mentioned in the said 
declaration, or of, in or to the lands, tenements or 
hereditaments mentioned in the same declaration, or 
in the rents and profits thereof, for his own life, as is 
mentioned in the said declaration, or as would qualify 
him the said Richard S umuel Guinness to be elected as 
a Member for the said Borough, according to the true 
intent and meaning of the said Act, and that the quali- 
fication mentioned in the said declaration is insufficient, 
both as regards the title of the said Richard Samuel 
Guinness, and the value of the property described, to 
confer a qualification of the said Richard Samuel 
Guinness to be elected as a Member to serve in 
Parliament for the said Borough; that during this 
present Session of Parliament the said Richard 
Samuel Guinness delivered in to the Clerk of the 
House at the Table of the House, as by Law pro- 
vided, a paper, signed by him the said Richard 
Samuel Guinness, containing a statement of the 
estate and effects whereby he made out his qualifi- 
cation, to the purport and effect following (that is 
to say) : 


STATEMENT OF QUALIFICATION. 


Statement of the lands, tenements and heredita- 
ments, or of the interest therein, or arising therefrom, 
whereby I make out my qualification as a Member 
to serve in Parliament, pursuant to the Act of the 
first and second years of the reign of Her Majesty 
Queen Victoria, intituled, “ An Act for amending 
the Laws relating to the Qualification of Members 
to serve in Parliament.” 

Note.—If the Member qualifies in respect of lands, 
tenements or hereditaments, he must state the 
barony or baronies, parish or parishes, township 
or townships, precinct or precincts, and also the 
county or counties in which such lands, tene- 
ments or hereditaments are situate; and also 
the estate in the said lands, tenements or here- 
ditaments, or in the rents and profits thereof, of 
or to which he is seised or entitled. 





Estate in the Lands, Tene- 
ments or Hereditaments, 
or in the Rents. or Pro- 
fits thereof, of or to 
which the Party is seised 
or entitled. 


Barony, Parish, Township or Pre- | 
cinct in which the Lands, Tene- County. 
ments or Hereditaments are situate. 





the lands, tenements or hereditaments therem men- 
tioned, or the rents or profits thereof, as would qua- 
lify the said Richard Samuel Guinness to be elected 
as a Member for the said Borough according to the 
true intent and meaning of the said Act, and that the 
qualification mentioned in the said statement is in- 
sufficient both as regards the title of the said Richard 
Samuel Guinness and the value of the property de- 
scribed, to confer a qualification on the said Richard 
Samuel Guinness to be elected as a Member to serve 
in Parliament for the said Borough; that the said 
Richard Samuel Guinness was not, at the time of 
his said Election, by reason of his want of qualifica- 
tion, capable of being elected as Member for the 
said Borough, and was not qualified to serve in Par- 
liament, and that the Election and Return of the said 
Richard Samuel Guinness were and are wholly null 
and void ; and praying that the House will take the 
premises into consideration, and will declare that the 
said Election and Return of the said John Laurie 
and Richard Samuel Guinness were and are wholly 
null and void, or will declare that the said Election 
and Return of the said John Laurie were and are 
wholly null and void, or will declare that the said 
Election and Return of the said Richard Samuel 
Guinness were and are wholly null and void, or will 
declare that the said Election and Return of the said 
Richard Samuel Guinness were and are null and 
void, and that the said Richard Samuel Guinness was 
not duly elected and ought not to have been returned, 
and that the Petitioner had a majority of legal votes 
over the said Richard Samuel Guinness at the said 
last Election, and that the Petitioner was duly elected 
and ought to have been returned at the said Election 
as a Member to serve in this present Parliament for 
the said Borough, and will cause the Return to be 
amended accordingly, by erasing the name of the said 
Richard Samuel Guinness therefrom, and inserting 
the name of the Petitioner instead of the name of the 
said Richard Samuel Guinness, or will declare that 
at the time of the said last Election of Members to 
serve in this present Parliament for the said Borough 
of Barnstaple, the said Richard Samuel Guinness was 
disqualified by law and incapable of being elected 
as one of such Members, and ought not to have 
been returned at such last Election, and that his 
Election and Return were and are wholly null and 
void, or will declare that at the time of the said last 
Election of Members to serve in this present Parlia- 
ment for the said Borough of Barnstaple, the said 
Richard Samuel Guinness was disqualified by law 
and incapable of being elected as one of such Mem- 
bers, and ought not to have been returned at such 





last Election, and that in consequence of such dis- 
ability and incapacity all votes given for the said 
Richard Samuel Guinness at the said last Election 
were bad or thrown away; and that the Petitioner 
_was duly elected and ought to have been returned 
at the said Election as a Member to serve in this. 


Ballyquicke, Kiltefadda, Boligelah, | Tipperary and | Freehold. ¥ . 
Ballycommon, Ballyhasty, Kilere- | Dublin. | | present Parliament for the said Borough of Barn- 
gan, Munia and Bullymassey, in | (Signed) R. S. Guinness. | staple; and will cause the Return to be amended ac- 


the Barony of Lower Ormond ; 
also Ballyrobinand Ries Kevallagh, | 
in the Barony of Clan William ; 
Killeniefe, Coolnelosty, Caraline 
and Knockbrack, in the Barony of | 
Upper Ormond; Killenaule, in 
the Barony of Sheveragh; and 
Baggotrath or New Holland, in 
the Barony of Rathdowne. 








that the qualification mentioned in the said state- 
ment is wholly insufficient and invalid to qualify the 


said Richard Samuel Guinness to serve in Parlia- | 


ment for the said Borough; that at the time of his 
Election and Return, and delivering in the statement 
aforesaid, the said Richard Samuel Guinness was 
not seised or entitled, either at law or in equity, and 
had not such an estate for his own use and benefit, 
of, in or to the annuity, rent-charge or annual pay- 
ment during the whole term of his life of the sum 


cordingly, by erasing the name of the said Richard 
Samuel Guinness therefrom, and inserting the name 
of the Petitioner instead of the name of the said 
Richard Samuel Guinness ; and will give to the Peti- 
tioner such further and other relief 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 
shall be thought necessary by the several Parties on 
| the hearing of the matter of the said Petition. 





Ordered, That the Return relative to Waterford, Waterford, 
&amp;c. Mails, which was presented upon the 12th day &amp;c- Mails. 


of August last, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Turnpike Turnpike 





Trusts, which was presented upon the 19th day of Trusts. 


as mentioned in the said statement, or of, in or to | this instant December, be printed. 


VoL. 110. 


| 





D2 The 


Consolidated 
Fund. 


20 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Consolidated Fund Acts ; 

Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer, by Her Ma- 
jesty’s Command, acquainted the House, That Her 
Majesty, having been informed of the subject-matter 
of the Motion, relative to the Consolidated Fund 
Acts, recommends it to the consideration of the 
House. 

Then the House resolved itself into the Com- 
mittee. 

(In the Committee.) 


Resolved, That it is expedient to create a Charge 
on the Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom 
of Great Britain and Ireland, in respect of the Sums 


20°—21° Decembris. 


A. 1854. 


whether Civil or Military, held previously by any of 
said Persons, with the Amount of Salary and Length 
of Service :—And, of any Order, Minute or Letter 
made by the Lords of the Treasury, or the Lord 
Lieutenant of Ireland, directing the Dismissal or 
Removal from Office of the Officers entrusted with 
the Management of said Convict Prisons previous 
to the passing of said Act; together with their Age, 
Length of Service, and Amount of Compensation 
awarded by the Lords of the Treasury for the Loss 
lof Office. 

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





due to Savings Banks and Friendly Societies, and to | 
provide for the payment of Interest thereon to the | 
Commissioners of the National Debt at Three per 
centum per annum; and also to make provision out, 
of the said Consolidated Fund, or by Exchequer | 
Bills or Exchequer Bonds, for any difference which | 
may now or hereafter exist between the assets in the 
hands of the Commissioners for the Reduction of the 
National Debt in respect of Savings Banks and 
Friendly Societies, and the liabilities thereon; and | 
also for the Interest on such Exchequer Bills or Ex- | 
chequer Bonds. 

Resolution to be reported. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Foreign 
Return of the Sums of Money paid in cach year Officers. 
since 1815, as Half-Pay and Reduced Allowances to 
Officers of Disbanded Foreign Corps, as Pensions 
to Wounded Foreign Officers, and as Allowances to 
the Widows and Children of Deceased Foreign Of- 
ficers ; specifying in each year of such Return, the 
| Number of such Foreign Officers to whom such 
Hall-Pay has been allowed. 





Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Arctic 
Copies of all Despatches from the Commanding Expediticns. 
Officers of the various Ships employed in the Arctic 
nonenete \Seas in the Search for Sir John Franklin: and, of 
Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bou-| the Reports of Dr. Rae, in respect to the Relics of 
verie reported, That the Committee had come to a | the missing Expedition; and, of any Orders that 
Resolution. |may have been given, with the view of obtaining 
Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow. | further intelligence of the fate of that Expedition 
‘Gin continuation of Parliamentary Papers [1725], 
The Order of the day being read, for the Com- | Nos. 129,171 and 200, of Session 1854). 
mittee of Su oply 5 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, | 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 








Supply. 





Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant Norwich Writ. 
| to the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ 
for the electing of a Citizen to serve in this present 
Enlistment of |The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Parliament for the City of Norwich, in the room of 
Foreigners mittee on the Enlistment of Foreigners Bill ; Samuel Moreton Peto, Esquire, who, since his Elec- 
ou. And a Motion being made, and the Question being | tion for the said City, hath accepted the office of 
proposed, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the Chair ; Steward of Her Majesty’s Manor of Hempho/me. 


And a Debate arising thereupon And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 


A Member 
takes the ! 
Oaths. 
Enlistment of And the Question being again proposed :—The | 
Foreigners ath os 
Bill. House resumed the Debate. 

Ordered, That the Debate be adjourned till To- | 

morrow. 


A Member was sworn. | 


Jovis, 21° die Decembris ; 


Anno 18° Victoria Regine, 1854. 





PRAYERS. 
ETITIONS relating to New South Wales ;— pyc 

Stage Carriages;—and, Enlistment of Fo- Petitions. 

reigners Bill,—were presented, and read ; and ordered 


Turnpike 
Trusts 
(Ireland. ) 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased | 
to give directions, that there be laid before this | 4, jie upon the Table. 


Vide Second 
Report. 


| 





Government 
Prisons 


(Ireland. ) 


House, a Copy of the Queen’s Letter or Treasury 
Minute, appointing a Commission to inquire into 
certain Turnpike Trusts in Ireland, with a view to 
their Abolition, and the Instructions issued to such 
Commission :—And, Return of the Names of all 
Persons engaged in such Inquiry, the Number of 
Days occupied thereon, and Amount awarded to each 
of them; the Number of Witnesses examined on each 
Trust respectively, and the Sums ordered for their 
Attendance. 

(dered, That the said Address be presented to 
er 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 vive directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Copies of any Minute or Document con- 
stituting the Board of Commissioners pursuant to 
the provisions of | Vic. c. _ , for the Management 
of the Government Convict Prisons Establishment in 
Treland; with a Return of the Names, Ages, and 
Salaries of all Persons appointed under the said 
Minute or Order; also, the Nature of any Office, | 

| 


| 
| Copy of the Report to the Postmaster General on 
any Measure of Prevention employed in the General 
Post Office in relation to Epidemic Cholera in the 
year 1854. 


Returns of the Quantities of Linseed, Corn, Hemp, 
Flax or Tallow, imported, during the year 1854, into 
the United Kingdom, from the Black Sea or the 
Sea of Azoff; stating into what Port or Ports the 
same have been imported, and from what Ports the 
same have been exported ; with the Dates of such 
Exports and Imports, and the Names of the Vessels 
in which the same were imported:—And, of all 
Linseed, Rapeseed, Tallow, Hemp, Flax or Copper 
imported into the United Radlon. in the year 
1854, from the Baltic or any Port of the Prussian 
Dominions, and from what Port or Ports the same 
have been exported ; with the Dates of such Ex- 
ports and Imports, and the Names of the Vessels in 
which the same were imported. 

The 








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


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





Consolidated 
Fand. 


Enlistment of 
Foreigners 
Bill. 


(NOR CS Pocthhint Brat Hite 





Consolidated 
Fund 





Amendment 
(Ireland. ) 


Bill 10, 


Common Law 
ure Act 


21°—22° 


The Order of the day being read, for receiving 
the Report from the Committee on the Consolidated 
Fund Acts ; 

Ordered, That the Report be received after the 
other Order of the day. 


18 Vicroriz. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming 
the adjourned Debate on the Question proposed 
yesterday, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the Chair, 
(for Committee on the Enlistment of Foreigners 
Bill) ; 

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 House accordingly resolved itself into the 
Committee. 

(In the Committee.) 


Preamble postponed. 

Cuavuse, N° 1 (Foreigners may be enlisted, and 
Commissions may be granted to Foreigners, to be 
formed into separate Corps). 

Motion made, and Question, That the Clause be 
postponed put, and negatived. 

Clause agreed to. 

Cuiauses, N° 2 to N° 5, 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 To- 


morrow. 


Mr. Bouverie reported from the Committee on 
the Consolidated Fund Acts, a Resolution; which 
was read, as followeth : 

Resolved, That it is expedient to create a Charge 
on the Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom 
of Great Britain and Jreland, in respect of the 
Sums due to Savings Banks and Friendly Societies, 
and to provide for the Payment of Interest thereon 
to the Commissioners of the National Debt at Three 
per centum per annum; and also to make provision 
out of the said Consolidated Fund, or by Exchequer 
Bills or Exchequer Bonds, for any difference which 
may now or hereafter exist between the Assets in 
the hands of the Commissioners for the Reduction 
of the National Debt in respect of Savings Banks 
and Friendly Societies, and the Liabilities thereon ; 
and also for the Interest on such Exchequer Bills or 
Exchequer Bonds. 

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/son do prepare, and 


bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to extend to Ireland the Provisions of the Eighteenth 
Section of the Common Law Procedure Act, 1854: 
And that Mr. Isaac Butt and Mr. Napier do pre- 
pare, and bring it in. 

Mr. Isaac Butt accordingly presented the said Bill: 
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. 


Vou. 110. 


Decembris. 21 


Veneris, 22° die Decembris; 


Anno 18° Victoria Regine, 1854. 


PRAYERS. 


P ETITIONS relating to Licenses ; g 
Carriages ;— and, Enlistment of Foreigners 


— Stace Public 
Stag Petitions. 


Bill,—were presented, and read; and ordered to lie Vide Second 


upon the Table. 


Report. 


Mr. Fitzroy presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- Quarantine. 


mand,—General Board of Health: Appendix 5, to 
the Second Report on Quarantine,—Report of Dr. 
W. H. Burrell on the Plague of Malta in 1813. 

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


The following Paper was laid upon the Table by 
the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Address to 
Her Majesty, dated the 15th day of June last, for a 
Return from all Local Boards of Health of all Sums 
of Money expended in and about and preliminary 
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 Remu- 
neration, charged or claimed by, or paid or agreed to 
be paid or due, or accruing to any and what Inspector 
or Engineer, or other Person, or baving 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 and 
what Business for or on behalf of any such Local 
Board, and stating the Nature of the Business 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 ail 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. 


Local Boards 
of Health. 


The following Paper, pursuant to the directions Assessed 


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 Com- 
missioners acting in the execution of the Acts re- 
lating to the Assessed Taxes, subsequent to the 9th 
day of February last, being the Date ofa like Return 
made under the directions of the same Act in the 
last Session of Parliament. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Public Libraries and Museums Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Wednesday the 7th day of February next. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the Amount and Official Value of Tallow 
imported for Consumption into Great Britain in 
each half-year of the years 1852, 1853 and 1854, 
distinguishing the Countries whence imported :— 
The same in respect to Hemp :—The same in respect 
to Linseed :—The same in respect to Flax :—The 
same in respect to Tar:—And, the same in respect 
to Timber, so far as regards Deals. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Jurors and Juries (Ireland) Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Friday the 2d day of February next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Jurors and Juries (Ireland) (No. 2) 
Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Friday the 2d day of February next. 

D3+ Mr. 





Taxes. 


Public 
Libraries and 
Museums Bill. 


Tallow, &amp;c. 


Jurors and 
Juries 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Jurors 
Juries 
(Ireland) 
(No. 2) Bill. 

















Savings Banks 
and Friendly 
Societies 
Investments 
Bill. 


Bill 11. 


Coal 
(Heracles. ) 


Cathedral and 
Collegiate 
Churches. 


Gold 
(Australia. ) 


Epidemic 
(Bermuda. ) 


22 29°—93° 
Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer presented a Bill | 


to make further Provision for the Investment and 
Security of the Monies received by the Commis- 
sioners for the Reduction of the National Debt from 
Savings Banks and Friendly Societies: And the 
same was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time upon Thursday the 25th day of 
January next; and to be printed. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will he graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this House, 
a Return of such Information as may be in the pos- 
session of the Government respecting the Nature and 
Quantity of the Coal derivable from the Mines near 
Heraclea, on the Euxine; showing also, how far it 
has been, or may be, applicable to the purposes of 
Steam Navigation, and for Fuel for our Army. 

Ordered, That 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 ees from the Ecclesiastical Commissioners for 
England, of every payment made to them since the 
21st day of April 1853 on account of any suspended 
Stalls (specifying in each case how many) in the 
Cathedral and Collegiate Churches of England and 
Wales (in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 
442, 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. 


Mr. Peel presented, by Her Majesty’s Command, 
—Further Papers relative to the discovery of Gold 
in Australia (in continuation of Papers presented 
14th February 1854). 

Mr. Pee/ also presented,—Returu to an Address 
to Her Majesty, dated the 20th day of this instant 
December, for Copy of a Despatch from the Gover- 


Decembris. A. 1854. 


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


Sahbati, 23° die Decembris, 1854: 


And the Question being put ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right ; 

The Noes to the Left. 

Tellers for thef Mr. Hayter, 

Yeas, (Mr. Grenville Berkeley: 
Tellers for the f Viscount Mandeville, 
Noes, Colonel Taylor: 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Ordered, That the Bill be now read the third 
time :—The Bill was accordingly read the third 
time ; and Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made to 
the Bill by adding, at the end of Clause 4, the words 
“ Provided always, that at least one-third of the 
“ Officers of the said Ten thousand men shall be 
‘“* British subjects.” 

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

Another Amendment was proposed to be made to 
the Bill by adding, at the end of Clause 5, the words 
“This Act shall continue in force until the end of 
“ the next Session of Parliament.” 

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, with the Amendments, do 

ass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Hayter 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. 


}izs. 


\ 
135. 


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. 





nor of Bermuda, enclosing a Report from the Com- 

missioners appointed to inquire into the origin of 

the Epidemic which lately prevailed at Bermuda. 
Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 


The Common Law Procedure Act Amendment Common Law 


(Ireland) Bill was, according to Order, read a second ee 
time ; and committed to a Committee of the whole (jrejand) Bill. 





Corporal 
Punishments 
(Navy.) 


Enlistment of 
Foreigners 
Bill. 


Message from 
the Lords. 


Militia Bill. 


Enlistment of 
Foreigners 
Bill. 


Table. 


Mr. Osborne presented,—Return to an Order, 
dated the 9th day of August last, for a Return of the 
Number of Persons flogged in the 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). 

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


The Order of the day being read, for the third 
reading of the Enlistment of Foreigners Bill; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
proposed, That the Bill be now read the third time ; 

An Amendinent was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out the word “now,” and, at 
the end of the Question, adding 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. Serjeant 
Manning : 
Mr. Speaker, 
The Lords have agreed to the Militia Bill, without 
any Amendment :—And then the Messenger with- 
drew. 





And the Question being again proposed, That the 





word “ now” stand part of the Question ; 


House, for this day. 


Ordered, That a Standing Committee be ap- Kitchen and 


pointed to control the Arrangements of the Kitchen 

and Refreshment Rooms in the Department of the 

Serjeant-at-Arms attending this ‘House:—And a 

Committee was appointed of Mr. French, Colonel 

Dunne, Mr. Rich, the Earl of Mulgrave, Mr. Archi- 

bald Hastie, Colonel Boldero and Mr. Hayter. 
Ordered, That Three be the Quorum. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Fairs and 


for the Regulation of Fairs and Markets in Ireland : 
And that Sir John Young and Mr. Solicitor General 
fot Ireland do prepare, and bring it in. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Sheriff Courts 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased Scotland.) 


to give directions, that there be laid before this House, 
a Return of litigated Cases in the Sheriff Courts of 
Scotland, commenced subsequently to the 1st day 
of November 1852, and finally decided prior to the 
1st day of November 1853, with the Sums and Taxed 
Expenses decerned for therein :—Similar Return as 
to Cases commenced subsequently to the 1st day of 
November 1853, and finally decided prior to the 1st 
day of November 1854 :—Return of the Number of 
Cases sent to Proof between the 1st day of Novem- 
ber 1852 and the 1st day of November 1853, in 
which such Proof was concluded within that period ; 
showing the time occupied by such Proof in each 
case, and the Sums paid to Commissioners for — 

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18 Vicroriz. 


the same :—Similar Return for the period between | 
the 1st day of November 1853 and the 1st day of 
November 1854:—Return of the Number of Crimi- 
nal Cases before the Sheriff Courts of Scotland in 
which the Panels pleaded guilty, for the period 
between the 1st day of November 1852 and the Ist 
day of November 1853, and the Sums charged and 
paid in Exchequer on account of Witnesses in such 
Cases :—And, similar Return for the period between | 
the 1st day of November 1853 and the Ist day of 
November 1854. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to | 
Her Majesty, by such Members of this House as are | 





992° 23° Decembris. 


23 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Crown Lands 
Returns of the Amount payable by all Tenants and (ireland. 
Under-Tenants holding under the Crown, in the 
King’s County, on the Lands of Kilconcouse, and 
Amount of Arrears due up to and ending on the 1st 
day of November 1853:—And, of the Particulars of 
Sale of said Lands, and Number of Years’ Purchase 
produced by such Sale. 


Mr. Bonham Carter reported from the Select Com- Public 
mittee on Public Petitions ; That they had examined Petitions 
i 5 : (Second 
the Petitions presented from the 15th to the 23d days Report.) 
of this instant December, and had directed him to 





































of Her Majesty's Most honourable Privy Council. | poke a Report thereof to the House. 
; Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
Fairs and Sir John Young presented a Bill for the Regulation and be printed. 
Markets. of Fairs and Markets in Jreland: And the same 
Gan =. d the first time; and ordered to be read a : : 
Biie, We ree Se ae ee; = a " pontine Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Savings 
second time upon Friday the 2d day of February Return, in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. Banks. 
i. next; and to be printed. 70, of Session 1854, giving, under the head No. 1, 
ip And then the House, having continued to sit till the altered form of Classification of Depositors’ 
- Two of the clock on Saturday morning, ad-| Balances, as rendered by the Banks to the National 
journed till this day. 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 the 
’ ° &gt; " &gt; ? 
Sabbati, 23° die Decembris ; | year ending on the 20th day of November 1854. 
Anno 18° Victorie Regine, 1854. 
PRarvenrs Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Savings 
. ’ ; . : : . . Banks. 
Public ETITIONS relating to Stage Carriages ;— pe ber yaagenroneng . Parliamentary Paper, No. 
Petitions. Enlistment of Foreigners Bill;—and, F. H. “&gt; ° ‘ae anew h owing, in addition to the 
Vide Second Maberly,—were presented, and read ; and ordered to detailed Statements there given, the Aggregate 
Report. lie upon the Table. | Amounts, under column 1 to column 6 inclusive, for 
the year ending on the 20th day of November 1854, 
. . | and giving, under column 5,a detailed Account of the 
Public Ordered, That the Select Committee on Public | incidental Expenses defrayed by the National Debt 
Petitions. Petitions have leave to sit this day, during the sitting | Commissioners out of the Funds of the Savings 


of the House. Banks. 
A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Serjeant 
Manning : 
Mr. Speaker, 
The Lords have agreed to the Amendments made 


Message from 


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


the House this day, adjourn till Tuesday the 23d 
day of January next. 
Enlistment of 


Foreigners hy this House to the Enlistment of Foreigners Bill, oo V , 
_ without any Amendment :—And then the Messenger on’ aera yy canadian catia iia 
withdrew. Mr. Speaker, 
The Lords, authorized by virtue of Her Majesty’s 
Sunderland Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant | Commission, for declaring Her Royal Assent to 
rit. 


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 Sunderland, in the 
room of William Digby Seymour, Esquire, who, 
since his Election for the said Borough, hath accepted 
the office of Recorder of Newcastle-upon- Tyne. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Returns of all Officers under the Rank of Field 


several Acts agreed upon by both Houses, do de- 
sire 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, 





Officers now upon Half-pay, who are willing to serve, | where a Commission under the Great Seal was read, 
and the Number who are fit for active Service :— , giving, declaring and notifying the Royal Assent to 


Sey Se ka i a 


And, of the Number and Rank of all such Officers 
who have applied to be placed on Full-pay for 
active Service. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Returns of the Names, Dates of Appointment, Salaries 
and Emoluments of all Persons appointed to the 
Office of Commissioner of Taxes for Special Pur- 
poses since January 1848 ; the Date of the Certificate 
of every such Appointment laid upon the Table of 
the House of Commons by the Lords of the Treasury, 
pursuant to the provisions of the Act 5 &amp; 6 Vic. c. 
35, 8. 23 :—And, of the Days upon which the Com- 
missioners of ‘Taxes for Special Purposes sat in Zre- 
land to hear and decide upon Appeals against Assess- 
ments, the Name of each Commissioner, the Town 
or District where he sat, and the Number of Appeals 
left undisposed of at each Place. 

Vox, 110, 





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 enable Her Majesty to accept the Militia BilL 
Services of the Militia out of the United Kingdom 
for the vigorous Prosecution of the War : 

An Act to permit Foreigners to be enlisted and to Enlistment of 
serve as Officers and Soldiers in Her Majesty’s Foreigners 
Forces. 


Ordered, That the Returns relative to East India, East India. 
which were presented upon the 6th day of March No.14. 
1854 and the 19th day of this instant December, be 
printed. 


¢ Ordered, That the Return relative to Local Boards Local Boards 

of Health, which was presented upon the 22d day 

of this instant December, be printed. 
D 4 


of Health. 
No. 15. 





Ordered, 














Epidemic 
(Berniuda.) 
No. 16. 


Corporal 
Punishments 
( Navy.) 

No. 17. 


Common Law 


24 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Epidemic 
(Bermuda), which was presented upon the 22d day 
of this instant December, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Corporal 
Punishments (Navy), which was presented upon the 
22d day of this instant December, be printed. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 


Procedure Act mittee on the Common Law Procedure Act Amend- 


Amendment 
({reland) Bill. 


Supply. 


Cambridge 
Election. 





ment (Ireland) Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Tuesday the 
23d day of January next, resolve itself into the said 
Committee. 


The Order for the House to resolve itself into the 
Committee of Supply upon Wednesday next, was 
read, and discharged. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
the 24th day of January next, resolve itself into the 
said Committee. 

And then the House adjourned till Tuesday the 
23d day of January next. 





Martis, 23° die Januarii ; 
Anno 18° Victorie Regine, 1855. 


PRAYERS. 

\ PETITION of the Honourable George 
LAX James Finch Hatton, commonly called Vis- 
count Maidstone, and of Frederick William Slade, 
Esquire, Queen’s Counsel, whose names are there- 
unto subscribed, Candidates at the last Election of 
two Members to serve in the present Parliament for 
the Borough of Cambridge, was delivered in, and 
read; setting forth, That the Petitioners were Can- 
didates at the last Election of two Members to serve 
in Parliament for the said Borough of Cambridge, 
and that at the said last Election, which took place on 
the Seventeenth day of August, One thousand eight 
hundred and fifty-four, Robert Alexander Shafto 
Adair, Esquire, and Francis Mowatt, Esquire, were 
also Candidates; that at the Election of Members to 
serve in this present Parliament for the said Borough 
of Cambridge in the month of July, One thousand 
eight hundred and fifty-two, Kenneth Macaulay, 
Esquire, and John Harvey Astell, Esquire, the said 
Robert Alexander Shafto Adair, Esquire, and the 
said Francis Mowatt, Esquire, were Candidates to 
represent the said Borough in Parliament; that at the 
said Election in July, One thousand eight hundred 
and fifty-two, the said Kenneth Macaulay, Esquire, 
and John Harvey Astell, Esquire, were declared to 
be elected and were returned thereat ; that after the 
said Return of the said Kenneth Macaulay, Esquire, 
and the said John Harvey Astell, Esquire, a Petition 
of certain Electors of the said Borough was presented 
to the House, complaining of the said Election and 
Return of the said Kenneth Macaulay and John 
Harvey Astell, Esquires; that the said Petition came 
on in due course to be heard and tried before a Select 
Committee, and the said Committee, after having 
duly considered the sid Petition, resolved that the 
said Kenneth Mucaulay and John Harvey Astell, 
Esquires, were not duly elected Burgesses for the 
said Borough, and that the said Election for the said 
Borough of Cambridge in July, One thousand eight 
hundred and fifty-two, was a void Election, and that 
the said Kenneth Macaulay and John Harvey Astell, 
Esquires, were by their agents guilty of bribery at 
the last Election; that afterwards, on the Second day 
of June, One thousand eight hundred and fifty-three, 
certain Commissioners were duly appointed, according 
to the provisions of the Act of Parliament passed in 
the sixteenth year of the reign of Her present Ma- 
jesty, intituled, “‘ An Act to provide for more effectual 
Inquiry into the Existence of Corrupt Practices at 
Flections for Members to serve in Parliament ;” 


23° Decembris.—23° Januariz. 


A. 1855. 


that the said Commissioners so duly appointed were 
Graham Willmore, Esquire, George Boden, Esquire, 
and Thomas Tower, Seaton, that the said Com- 
missioners afterwards proceeded to the said Borough, 
and there publicly and duly made inquiries as to the 
existence of corrupt practices at the said Election in 
July, One thousand eight hundred and fifty-two, 
pursuant to the provisions of the said Act of Par- 
liament ; that the whole of the proceedings of the 
said Commissioners were well known, and were 
matter of public notoriety to all the inhabitants of 
the said Borough, and that the said Commissioners 
afterwards, on the Seventeenth day of August, One 
thousand eight hundred and fifty-three, duly made 
their report in writing to Her Majesty, in pursuance 
of the provisions of the said Act of Parliament, with 
regard to the result of their said inquiries, and that 
the said Report was afterwards duly presented to 
both Houses of Parliament by command of Her 
Majesty, and the said Report and the contents thereof 
thereupon became and were publicly and generally 
known to all the inhabitants of the said Borough, as 
well as to divers other persons ; that in their said 
Report the said Commissioners report and find, 
among other things, in the following terms, that is 
to say: “The first matter for our inquiry was as to 
the existence of corrupt practices at the last Election 
which took place on the Eighth of July, One thou- 
sand eight hundred and fifty-two, and the evidence 
given before us clearly proved at an early period of 
the inquiry the existence of such practices, and fully 
confirmed the Report of the Select Committee of the 
House of Commons.” “ That there was reason to 
believe that corrupt practices had extensively pre- 
vailed at the last Election for the said Borough ;” 
and the said Commissioners in their said Report also 
found and declared, among other things, as follows, 
that is to say: “We find that at all Elections for the 
Borough of Cambridge to which our inquiry has been 
directed, treating has extensively prevailed on behalf 
of the Candidates of both political parties, and that 
an expenditure has been openly and avowedly 
incurred by both sides in the employment of flag- 
bearers, protectors, messengers, &amp;c., to the number 
of from two hundred to three hundred, and at an 
expense on an average of three hundred pounds for 
each party, such persons being appointed on the re- 
commendation of voters, and their duties being for 
the most part merely nominal; that the said Election 
in July, One thousand eight hundred and fifty-two, 
at which the said Robert Alexander Shafto Adair 
and Francis Mowatt, Esquires, were Candidates, was 
the Election principally inquired into by the said 
Commissioners, and one of the Elections included in 
the last extract from their said Report; that from 
and after the presentation of the said Report to both 
Houses of Parliament, the Writ for the Election of 
two Members to serve in this Parliament for the said 
Borough was withheld until the month of August, 
One thousand eight hundred and fifty-four, when a 
fresh Writ was issued for the Election of two Mem- 
bers to serve in this present Parliament for the said 
Borough, in the room of the said Kenneth Macaulay 
and John Harvey Astell, Esquires, whose Election 
had been declared void as aforesaid ; that before, 
during, and after the said Election in July, One 
thousand eight hundred and fifty-two, the said Ro- 
bert Alexander Shafto Adair and Francis Mowatt, 
Esquires, were, by themselves, their agents, friends, 
and managers, and others on their behalf, guilty of 
bribery and treating, and did by themselves, their 
agents, friends, managers, and partisans, and by 
divers other persons employed in their behalf, by 
gilts, presents, money, rewards, and employments, 
and by agreements for money, gifts, rewards, and 
employments, and other corrupt and illegal practices 
and means, corrupt and procure divers persons at the 
said last-mentioned Election to give their votes at 
such Election in favour of them the said Robert 
Alexander Shafto Adair and Francis Mowatt, 





Esquires, 





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18 Vicrori#. 


Esquires, and to forbear to give their votes for the 
said Kenneth Macaulay and John Harvey Asteli, 
Esquires, and that the said Robert Alexander Shafto 
Adair and Francis Mowatt, Esquires, did by them- 
selves and by their agents, friends, and others acting 
for them, pay and give, before, during, and after the 
said last-mentioned Election, divers sums of money 
and other valuable considerations to divers persons 
entitled to vote at the said last-mentioned Election, 
and to other persons on behalf of such persons so 
then entitled to vote, and to other persons related to 
the persons so then entitled to vote as aforesaid, by 
kindred or affinity, on account of such persons so 
entitled to vote as aforesaid having voted or refrained 
from voting and being about to vote or refrain from 
voting at the said last-mentioned Election, and also 
to other persons, in order to induce divers voters to 
vote or refrain from voting, and on account of such 
voters having voted or refrained from voting at the 
said last-mentioned Election, and that the said Jo- 
bert Alexander Shafto Adair and Francis Mowatt, 
Esquires, before, during, and after the said Election, 
by themselves, their agents, friends, and partisans, 
and by other persons on their behalf, and by divers 
ways and means, did, directly and indirectly, give, 
provide, and cause to be given and provided, meat, 
drink, and provision to and for divers persons having 
votes at the said last-mentioned Election, in order 
that they might be elected, and for being elected, 
and did also knowingly allow to be given and pro- 
vided, and did pay, wholly or in part, the expenses 
incurred for meat, drink, and provision so supplied 
and provided to persons having votes at the last- 
mentioned Election; that gross and systematic bri- 
bery, treating, and other corrupt and illegal practices 
were resorted to by the said Robert Alexander Shafto 
Adair and Francis Mowatt, Esquires, their agents, 
friends, and partisans at the said last-mentioned 
Election, and that such bribery, treating, and corrupt 
practices were open and notorious to all the Electors 
of the said Borough; that by reason of the said 
bribery, treating, and illegal practices at the said 
Election in July, One thousand eight hundred and 
fifty-two, and also by reason of the said Report of 
the Commissioners aforesaid, the said Robert Alezx- 
ander Shafto Adair and Francis Mowatt, Esquires, 
became and were wholly incapacitated, disqualified, 
and ineligible to become Candidates, or to be elected 
and returned, or to sit in this present Parliament for 
tne said Borough on the vacancy occasioned by the 
setting aside of the said former Election and Return 
of the said Kenneth Macaulay and John Harvey 


Astell, Esquires ; that the fresh Writ having issued | 





23° Januarii. 95 


Esquires, then being Candidates to represent the 
said Borough, of the said incapacity, disqualification, 
and ineligibility of the said Robert Alexander Shafto 
Adair, Esquire, and also of the said Francis Mowatt, 
Esquire, to be elected aud returned to serve in Par- 
liament at the said Election, and that all votes given 
in favour of either of them would on account of such 
their ineligibility be of no effect, but entirely lost and 
thrown away; that such printed placards and notices, 
and also the notices personally delivered to each 
Elector as to the disqualification, incapacity, and 
ineligibility of the said Robert Alexander Shafto 
Adair, were in the words and figures following (that 
is to say):—“ You are hereby requested to take 
notice, that Alexander Shafto Adair, Esquire, did 
before, during, and after the Election of Burgesses 
to serve in Parliament for the Borough of Cambridge, 
which took place in the month of July, 1852, by 
himself, his agents, and others on his behalf, give, 
provide, and consent, and knowingly allow to be 
given, meat, drink, entertainment, and provisions at 
his expense, to divers persons then being Electors of 
the said Borough, for the purpose of corruptly in- 
fluencing such persons to give their votes at such 
Election, and did also, by himself and his agents, 
and in his behalf, give, provide, and consent, and 
knowingly allow to be given, meat, drink, entertain- 
ment, and provisions at his expense to divers other 
persons then being Electors of the said Borough, for 
the purpose of corruptly rewarding such persons for 
having given their votes, whereby and by means 
thereof the said Alexander Shafto Adair became and 
was and is incapable of being elected a Burgess for 
the said Borough of Cambridge during the present 
Parliament; and you are hereby required to take 
notice, that any vote given for tlie said Alexander 
Shafto Adair at the present Election will be thrown 
away and lost.— Charles Balls, Charles Edward 
Brown, Electors of the said Borough of Cambridge. 
Maidstone, F. W. Slade, Candidates for the repre- 
sentation of the said Borough of Cambridge. Cam- 
bridge, August 16th, 1854 ;” and such printed pla- 
cards and notices, and also the notices personally 
delivered to each Elector as to the disqualification, in- 
capacity, and ineligibility of the said F rancis Mowatt, 
Esquire, were in the words and figures following 
(that is to say) :—“ You are hereby requested to take 
notice, that Francis Mowatt, Esquire, did before, 
during, and after the Election of Burgesses to serve 
in Parliament for the Borough of Cambridge, which 
took place in the month of July, 1852, by himself, 
his agents, and others on his behalf, give, provide, 
and consent, and knowingly allow to be given, meat, 





in the month of August, One thousand eight hundred | drink, entertainment, and provisions at his expense 
and fifty-four, as afuresaid, such new Election was | to divers persons then being Electors of the said 
held on the Seventeenth day of August, One thousand | Borough, for the purpose of corruptly influencing 
eight hundred and fifty-four ; that at this last-men- | such persons to give their votes at such Election, 
tioned Election the said Robert Alexander Shafto | and did also, by himself and his agents, and in his 


Adair and Francis Mowatt, Esquires, notwithstand- 
ing their said disqualification and incapacity to be 
returned, or to sitin Parliament on the said vacancy, 
ugain became Candidates to represent the said Bo- 
rough as well as the Petitioners, who were also Can- 


behalf, give, provide, and consent, and knowingly 
‘allow to be given, meat, drink, entertainment, and 
| provisions at his expense, to divers other persons then 
being Electors of the said Borough, for the purpose 
of corruptly rewarding such persons for having given 





didates thereat; that a printed notice of such dis-| their votes, whereby and by means thereof the said 
qualification and incapacity of the said Robert Alex-| Francis Mowatt became, and was, and is incapable 
ander Shafto Adair and Francis Mowatt, Esquires, | of being elected a Burgess for the said Borough of 
and of each of them, to be elected and returned to | Cambridge during the present Parliament; and you 
serve in Parliament at the said last-mentioned are hereby required to take notice, that any vote 
Election for the said Borough, and that all votes | given for the said Francis Mowatt at the present 
given in favour of either of them at the said last-| Election will be thrown away and lost. Charles 
mentioned Election would on account of such their | Bal/s, Charles Edward Brown, Electors of the said 
incapacity be of no effect, but would be entirely lost | Borough of Cambiidge. Maidstone, F. W. Slade, 
and thrown away, was publicly given before, at, and | Candidates for the representation of the said Borough 
during the said Election by the posting and distri-| of Cambridge. Cambridge, August 16th, 1854 ;” 
bution of printed placards and notices, and also by | that, moreover, the incapacity and ineligibility of the 
the delivery to each of the voters personally before said Robert Alexander Shafto Adair and Francis 
and at the time of voting of notices signed by Charles , Mowatt, Esquires, by reason of acts of bribery and 
Balls and Charles Edward Brown, Electors of the | treating committed by them and their agents, at the 
said Borough of Cambridge, and by the said Lord | said Election in July, One thousand eight hundred 


Viscount Maidstone and Frederick William Slade, | and fifty-two, was a matter of public notoriety both 
VoL. 110. | E before, 





A. 1855. 


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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Unstamped 
Copy of Correspondence between the Board of Publications. 
Inland Revenue and Publishers of Unstamped 
Publications, to the 31st day of December 1854 (in 
continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 196, of 
Session 1854). 


26 23° Januariz. 
before, at, and during the said Election in August, 
One thousand eight hundred and fifty-four, and was 
well known to all the Electors of the said Borough, 
and also that the said Report and the finding of the 
said Royal Commissioners aforesaid as to the said 
acts of bribery and treating on the part of the said 
Robert Alexander Shafto Adair and Frarcis Mowatt, 
Esquires, at the said Election in July, One thousand 
eight hundred and fifty-two, were also before, at, 
and during the said Election in August, One thou-| Lord John Russell presented, by Her Majesty's Post-office 
sand eight hundred and fifty-four, matter of public |Command,—Copy of Convention between Her Ma- Arrangements 
notoriety, and were well known to all the Electors of | jesty and the Emperor of the French, additional to “ ith France. 
the said Borough ; that the votes of all persons who | the Convention of April 3, 1843, relative to Post- 

voted for the said Robert Alexander Shafto Adair | office Arrangements. Signed at Paris, December 

and Francis Mowatt, Esquires, after such notice and | 12, 1854. ‘ 

knowledge of their disqualification and incapacity to Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the Table. 

be elected as aforesaid, were lost, thrown away, and 
bad, and ought not to have been received or counted | 
on the poll for the said Robert Alexander Shafto |\to Her Majesty, dated the 23d day of June last, 
Adair and Francis Mowatt, Esquires, or either of | for an Abstract Return, showing, in separate Co- 
them, but should now be struck from the said poll; |lumns, the Population, the Amount of Property 
that the number of persons (if any) who voted for|on which Poor's Rate is levied, the Rate in the 





Mr. Fitzroy presented,—Return to an Address Population, 
&amp;c. (Scotland,) 


the said Robert Alexander Shafto Adair and Francis 
Mowatt, Esquires, at the said last-mentioned Elec- 
tion, to whom the disqualification and incapacity of 
the said Robert Alexander Shafto Adair and Francis 
Mowatt, Esquires, by reason of the several cireum- 
stances aforesaid, were unknown at the time of their 
so voting as aforesaid is much less than the number 
of good and sufficient voters whose votes were duly 
given at the said last-mentioned Election for the 


Pound on that Amount of such Rate, the Sum 
received 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 


Petitioners, and the Petitioners ought, by reason of | Medical Relief in the several Counties of Argyll, 
the premises, to have been returned as duly elected | Znverness, Ross and Sutherland (stating it separately 
at such Election to serve in this present Parliament |as regards the Islands in the several Counties of 
for the said Borough ; and praying that the House | Argyl/, Inverness and Ross), for the year 1853 :— 
will take the premises into their consideration, and | And, similar Return with reference to the whole of 
declare that the said Robert Alexander Shafto Adair | Scotland, with the exception of the above-mentioned 
and Francis Mowatt, Esquires, were not duly elected | Counties of Argyll, Inverness, Ross and Sutherland 
at the said last Election for the said Borough, and | (in continuation of former Returns). 


ought not to have been returned thereat, but that the | Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the Coes 
(Scotland. ) 


Petitioners were duly elected and ought to have been | 24th day of July last, for a Return, showing the 
returned thereat ; and that the House will direct the | Amount paid for Expenses of Criminal Prosecutions 
Return to be amended accordingly, by the substitu- 'in each County, City and Burgh in Scotland, at each 
tion therein of the Petitioners’ names in lieu of the | High and Cireuit Court of Justiciary, Sheriffs, Jus- 
names of the said Robert Alexander Shafto Adair | tices and Burgh Courts, in each year since 1846 ; 
and Francis Mowatt, Esquires, or to declare the said | stating also, the Fund from which the Expenses were 








last Election for the said Borough to have been i and distinguishing High Crimes from Minor 





wholly null and void, and to give to the Petitioners 
such further and other relief 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 shall be thought necessary by the several larties 
on the hearing of the matter of the said Petition. 


Petitions relating to Newspaper Stamps ;—Stage 
Carriages ; — Succession to Real Estates ; — and, 
Public Libraries and Museums Bill,—were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


The Right honourable Sir Francis Thornhill Baring, 
Baronet, the Right honourable Spencer Horatio 
Walpole and Robert Palmer, Esquire, being three of 
the Members appointed by Mr. Speaker to serve on 
the General Committee of Elections, and not objected 
t» by the House, were sworn by the Clerk at the 


Table. 


Mr. Cardwell presented, by Her Majesty's Com- 
mand,—Copy of Report of an Investigation into the 
Circumstances attending the Loss of the Steam Ship 
* Forerunner” on the Coast of Madeira, on the 25th 
October 1854, and into the Competency and Conduct 
of the Master and Officers of the said Vessel; with 
the Minutes of Evidence. 

Papers relating to the Case of the British Ship 
“ Golden Era,” James Tullis Peat, Master; Messrs. 
Pilkington and Wilson, Liverpool, Owners. 


Offences (according to the Form of Parliamentary 
Paper, No. 253, Session 1854, Criminal Prosecutions 
in England, Wales and Ireland). 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, 
2d day of August last, for a Return of the Number 
of Visitors to the Armouries of the Tower of London 
in each year, from the Ist 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 Re- 
turn 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 continua- 
tion of Parliamentary Paper, No. 494, of Session 
1850) :—Copies or Extracts of the Orders or Regu- 
lations for the Sale of Catalogues or Guides to the 
Tower of London :—Returns of the Number of Vi- 
sitors admitted Free of Charge to see the Apartments 
and Pictures at Hampton Court during the years 
1850, 1851, 1852 and 1853; distinguishing the 
Number in each Month (in continuation of Parlia- 
mentary Paper, No. 494, of Session 1850) :—Of the 
Number of Visitors at Westminster 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 Mo- 
ney; stating also the Amount of Fee charged at 
present for Admittance to see the Public Monuments 
in Westminster Abbey (in continuation of Parlia- 








mentary 





dated the Tower of 


ae 
3 
aA 
4 


Statute Law 
Commission. 


Government 
Prisons 
(Ireland.) 


Poor in 


Knoydart. 


Poor Law 
(Ireland. ) 


Court of 
Session 
(Scotland. ) 





18 VierorIz. 


mentary Paper, No. 494, of Session 1850) :—Similar 
Return for Saint Paul's Cathedral, for the same 
Period :—And, Return of the Number of Visitors 
admitted Free of Charge to each of the following 
Public Institutions; viz. the British Museum, the 
National Gallery, the Vernon Gallery at Marlborough 
House, the Geological Museum, Jermyn-street, and 
the Museum of Ornamental Art at Marlborough 


House, during each of the years 1850, 1851, 1852 | 
and 1853 ; disting uishing the Number in each Month, | | 


and the Total i in each Ye ear, and stating the Days of | 
the Week, and the Hours during which the Public 
are admitted to each Museum and Public Place. 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the | 
14th day of December last, for Copy of a Digest of 
the Poor Laws, prepared by Mr. Coode, late Com- | 
missioner of Statute Law; and an Expurgatory List | 
of Statutes, prepared by Messrs. Anstey and Rogers, 
late Commissioners of Statute Law. 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 
20th day of December last, for Copies of any Minute 
or Document constituting the Board of Commission- 
ers, pursuant to the Provisions of Vice. c. , for 
the Management of the Government Convict Prisons 
Establishment in Jreland; with a Return of the 
Names, Ages and Salaries of all Persons appointed 
under the said Minute or Order; also the Nature of 
any Office, whether Civil or Military, held previously 
by any of said Persons, with the Amount of Salary, 
and Length of Service :— And, of any Order, Minute 
or Letter, made by the Lords of the Treasury, or the 
Lord Lieutenant of Jreland, directing the dismissal 
or removal from Office of the Officers entrusted with 
the Management of said Convict Prisons previous 
to the passing of said Act; together with their Age, 
Length of Service, and Amount of Compensation 
awarded by the Lords of the Treasury for the Loss 
of Office. 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 
20th day of December last, for Copies of Order by 
the Lord Advocate, directing Inquiry to be made 
into the state of the Poor in Knoydart, Inverness- 
shire, dated the 24th day of January 1854 :—Of 
Reports of Sheriff Substitute, in compliance with 
that Order, dated the 15th day of February and 20th 
day of May 1854 :—And, of Order by the Solicitor 
General, disposing of the case, dated the 19th day 
of July 1854. 

Mr. Fitzroy also presented,—Return to an Order, 
dated the 20th day of December last, for a Return, 
showing, 1. The Amount of Poor Rate collected in 
the several Unions in Lreland, for the years ending the 
29th day of September 1851, 1852 and 1853 respec- 
tively ; 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 the said years ; 4. The Amount expended for 
In-maintenance, Out-relief and Clothing of the Pau- 
pers; 5. The Amount expended for Drugs, Surgical 
Apparatus, Vaccination, Medical Officers’ Salaries, 
and all Dispensary Charges ; 6. The Amount ex- 
pended for Establishment Charges, including Salaries 
and Rations of all Officers — Medical’ Officers) 
in each of the said years; 7. The Average Weekly 
Cost for Maintenance oa. "Clothing of Paupers ; 
8. The Average Weekly Cost for Drugs, Surgical 
Apparatus, Vaccination, Medical Officers’ Salaries, 
and all Dispensary Charges; 9. The Average Weekly 
Cost of Establishment Char es ; distinguishing, se- 
parately, those Unions in w hich the Total Number of 
Paupers relieved in each year was less than 1,000. 

Mr. Fitzroy also pr esented, pursuant to the direc- 
tions of an Act of Parliament,—A Return of the 
Number of Causes instituted and decided in the 
Court of Session in ‘Scotland, between the 1st day of 
January 1854 and the 1st day of January 1855, 
showing the Number of Causes "ready for Judgment, 
but not t disposed of, at the last of these Dates. 
Ordered, That the said Returns do lie upon the 
Table. 

Von. 110. 


23° Januari. 








27 


Mr. Cowper presented,—Return to an Address to 
Her Majesty, dated the 22d day of December last, 
for a Return of such Information as may be in the 
possession of the Government respecting the Nature 
and Quantity of the Coal derivable from the Mines 
near Heraclea, on the Euzxine; showing also, how 
far it has been, or may be, applicable to the purposes 
| of Steam Navigation, “and for Fuel for our Army. 

Return to an Order, dated the 19th day of De- 
cember last, for a Return of the Names, Tonnage, 
| Ports whence despatched, and Dates of Departure 
| thence, and of Arrival at Malta and Constantinople, 
| of all Transports employed since the 1st day of Ja- 
nuary 1854, for the Conveyance of Troops or Stores 
to the Mediterranean from this Country, for the Ser- 
vice of Government, distinguishing Steam from Sail- 
ing Vessels; and of the N umber of Steam Vessels 
|so employed supplied by Companies holding Con- 
tracts for the Conveyance of Mails. 

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


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
alter and amend the Public Health Act, 1848: And 
that Sir Benjamin Hall and Viscount Palmerston do 
prepare, and bring it in. 








Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
consolidate and amend the Nuisances Removal and 
Diseases Prevention Acts, 1848 and 1849: And that 
Sir Benjamin Hall, Viscount Palmerston and Sir 
William Molesworth do prepare, and bring it in. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Common Law Procedure Act Amend- 
ment (Jreland) Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Sir Benjamin Hall presented a Bill to consolidate 
and amend the Nuisances Removal and Diseases 
Prevention Acts, 1848 and 1849: And the same was 
read the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
time upon Monday the 12th day of February next ; 
and to be printed. 


The following Papers were laid upon the Table by 
the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, dated 


the Amount of all Deficiency Bills, or other Bills in 
anticipation of the Public Revenue (specifying whe- 
ther payable out of the growing Revenue of the then 
present or next Quarter), issued since the Return 


their Redemption, and Amount, outstanding on the 
11th day of December 1854 ; 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, 
emer by the Governor and Company of the 

ank of England of the Government since said Re- 
turn, 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 In- 
terest; and the Amount of such Bills or Securities 
outstanding on the 11th day of December 1854 :— 
Of all Sales or Purchase of Stock, or Exchequer or 
Deficiency Bills, by the Commissioners for the Re- 
duction of the National Debt since the said Return 
(No. 423) of last Session, either in respect of Savings 
Banks or the Sinking Fund; with the Dates of the 


Equivalent Stock, if any, created as respects Savings 
Banks ; and Amount of Deficiency Bills, if any, now 
held by the said Commissioners :—Of the Balances 
in the Exchequer at the end of the Quarters, on the 
10th day of October and the 11th day of December 
1854 :--Of all Additions to, and Reductions of the 
E2 Funded 








the 14th day of December last, for Statements of 


(No. 423) of last Session, and up to the 11th day of 
December ; with the Dates of their Issues, Dates of 


Transactions and Rates of Purchase, and Rate of 








Coal 
(Heraclea.) 


Transports. 


Public Health. 


Nuisances 
Removal and 
Diseases P: 
vention pon 
Consolidation 
and Amend- 
ment. 


Common Law 
Procedure Act 
Amendment 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Nuisances 
Removal and 
Diseases Pre- 
vention Acts 
Consolidation 
and Amend- 
ment Bill. 


Bill 13. 


Deficiency 
Bills, &amp;c. 














Cholera. 


Soane’s 
Museum. 


Nuisances 
Removal and 
Diseases Pre- 
vention Act 
(1848.) 


Duchy of 
Cornwall. 


Naval Receipt 
and Expen- 
diture. 


Post-office. 


Public 
Revenue and 
Consolidated 
Fund Charges 
Act. 


Public 
Petitions. 


Vide Third 
Report. 


The Crimea. 
No. 18. 


28 23°—24° 


Funded and Unfunded Debt respectively since the | 
Return (No. 424) of last Session; and of the Amount | 
of the Funded and Unfunded Debt respectively on | 
the 11th day of December 1854:—Of the Sums 
certified, after the expiration of the Quarters ending 
the 5th day of July, and the 5th day of October last 
respectively, by the Lords Commissioners of the 
Treasury to the Commissioners for the Reduction of 
the National 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 Commissioners 
for the Reduction of the National Debt gave notice 
in the Gazette would be applied during the then néxt 
ensuing Quarter to the Reduction of the National 
Debt :—And, of the Sums actually applied, in pur- 
suance of such Notice, towards the Keduction of 
the National Debt, during each of such Quarters, 
and of the Sums applied out of such Surplus in pay- 
ing Deficiency Bills (all in continuation of Parlia- 
mentary Papers, Nos. 423 and 424, of last Session). | 

Return to an Order, dated the 21st day of De- 
cember last, for Copy of the Report to the Post- | 
master General on any Measure of Prevention | 
employed in the General Post-office in relation to 
Epidemic Cholera in the year 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,—A Statement 
of the Funds of the Museum of the late Sir John 
Soane, on the 15th January 1855. 

Copy of the Directions and Regulations of the 
General Board of Health issued under the authority 
of the Nuisances Removal and Diseases Prevention 
Act (1848). 

An Account of the Receipts and Disbursements of 
the Duchy of Cornwall, in the year ended on the 
31st December 1854. 

Copy of an Account of the Naval Receipt and 
Expenditure, for the year ended 31st March 1854. 


Copy of Treasury Minute, dated 11th of a 


1854, granting a Compensation - Allowance to 
Young, late Receiver General of the Post-office. 

A Return of Rules and Regulations issued by the | 
Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury, in | 
pursuance of the Act 17 &amp; 18 Vic. c. 94, intituled, | 
“ An Act to alter the Mode of providing for certain | 
Expenses now charged upon certain Branches of the | 
Public Revenues, and upon the Consolidated Fund.” | 


r. 





And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 


Mercurit, 24° die Januarii; 
Anno 18° Victorie Regine, 1855. 


PRAYERS. 
PETITION relating to the Militia Act, was 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 


the Table. 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That he had 
received a Letter from Lord Raglan, in answer to a 
Letter communicating the Thanks of this House of 
the 15th and 18th days of December last, relative 
to the Operations of Her Majesty’s Forces in the 
Crimea, as followeth : 

Sir, Before Sevastopol, January 7th, 1855. 

I have had the honour to receive your Letter of 
the 18th December, transmitting the Resolutions of 
the House of Commons, and requesting me to com- 
municate them to the Officers and Men of the British 
Army, and to General Canrobert; and I beg to 
acquaint you that I have fulfilled your instructions, 
and am proud of having been charged with so 
agreeable a commission. 

The Officers and Men of the British Army derive 
the highest gratification from the knowledge that 





A. 1855. 


their gallant exertions in the cause in which they 
are engaged have been honoured by the approval of 
the Representatives of the British Nation, and they 
accept with feelings of the deepest gratitude the 
unanimous Thanks of the House of Commons. 

I shall best make known to the House the senti- 


Januarie. 


ments entertained by General Canrobert of the pub- 


lic recognition of the brilliant achievements of the 
French Army, in cordial co-operation with the Troops 
of Her Majesty, by transmitting to you a copy of 
his Excellency’s Letter* in reply to my communica- 
tion, and the General Order in which he announced 
to the Army under his command,the Resolutions of 
the House, and expressed his due appreciation of the 
Thanks they conveyed. 

I trust you will be so good as to assure the House 
that I am deeply sensible of the great distinction it 
has conferred upon me in noticing my services, and 
that you will yourself accept my warmest acknow- 
ledgments for the manner in which you have per- 
formed the duty of communicating to me _ its 
Resolutions. 


I have the honour to be, 
With the highest respect, 
Your most obedient servant, 
Raglan. 
The Right Honourabie The Speaker. 


Au Quartier Général devant Sébastopol, 
ad Mylord, le 6 Janvier 1855. 

Le Parlement Anglais, en prenant les Résolutions que 
vous voulez bien me transmettre, a comblé dhonneur 
l'Armée Francaise. En combattant X Alma 2 cété de 
l’Armée Britannique, dont Vinébranlable solidité a été si 
hautement remarquée, en l’aidant &amp; Jnkermann &amp; battre 
Yennemi commun, elle croyait avoir fait son devoir 
seulement, ct ne s’attendait pas &amp; recevoir des Représen- 
tants de la nation Anglaise un témoignage d’estime a la 
fois si bienveillant et si éclatant. 

Permettez que je vous prie d’étre auprés du Gouverne- 
ment de Sa Majesté Ja Reine et du Parlement Anglais 
l'interpréte des sentiments qu’ont fait naitre dans nos 
esprits ces actes solennels. tis rendront plus étroite, par 
les armées, la solidarité qui unit les deux peuples dans 
cette guerre entreprise pour la défense du droit. 

La lettre si affectueuse que votre Seigneurie a bien 

voulu m’adresser 2X cette occasion, ajoute un nouveau 
orix 2 honneur qui nous est fait. Je pense avec vous, 
Mtylord, que l'union entre les Généraux-en-Chef est la 
meilleure garantie de lunion entre les armées, et depuis 
qu’elles operent ensemble, votre beinveillance m’a rendu 
le concert si facile, qu’il est pour moi un entrainement 
naturel autant qu’un devoir de situation. 

Recevez, Mylord, l’expression de mon respectueux 
dévouement. 

Le Général-en-Chef, 
(signé)  G*!, Canrobert. 


AS. 8. le Feld-Maréchal 
Lord Raglan, 
Commandant-en-Chef de l’Armée Anglaise. 


P.S.—Jai VYhonneur de vous donner communication 
de YOrdre Général par lequel j'ai fait connaitre 4 1’Armée 
Francaise les Résclutions du Parlement Anglais. 

Pour copie conforme, 
Raglan. 


ORDRE GENERAL. 

Armée d’Orient.—Etat Major Général. 

Soldats, 

Je vous ai fait connaitre les termes si flatteurs et si 
dignes dans lesquels il a plu a Sa Majesté la Reine de la 
Grande Bretagne de louer, par l’organe de son Ministre 
de la Guerre, votre conduite devant l’ennemi. 

Aujourd’hui, j'ai &amp; vous informer, avec un légitime 
orgueil, que vous partagerez, de l’honneur insigne et rare 

ue les grands pouvoirs publics de l’ Angleterre viennent 
e vous décerner. 

A la date du 15 Décembre, la Chambre des Pairs et la 
Chambre des Communes vous ont voté solennellement 
des félicitations et des remercimens qu’elles ont chargé 
le digne Chef de l’Armée Anglaise, le Feld-Maréchal 
Lord Raglan, de vous transmettre. 

La Résolution des deux hautes Assemblées est ainsi 
congue : 

“ Résolu &amp; l’unanimité, que des remercimens seront 
portés &amp; l’Armée Frangaise et &amp; son Chef, pour leur 
vaillante et heureuse coopération, dans l’'attaque des 

itions ennemies &amp; Alma, avec les forces de terre de 
Ba Majesté ; pour l'assistance opportune et énergique 
quils leur ont prétée pour repousser l’ennemi i Jnker- 
MANN 5 


No. 161. 








No, 18, 


Controverted 
Elections. 


Leave of 
Absence, 


Population, 


18 Vicroriz. 


mann ; enfin, pour les efforts remarquables qu’ils déploient 
devant Sébastopol de concert avec l’'Armée Britannique. 

“ Le Feld-Maréchal Lord Raglan est chargé de leur 
transmettre la présente Résolution.” 

Cette éclatante manifestation n’est pas seulement un 
témoignage d’estime dont vos armes devront s’honorer. 
Elle est l’expression des sympathies d’un grand peuple 
notre allié dans une cause dont 1’ Europe entiére proclame 
la justice. 

Vous en sentirez tout le prix; et je vais assurer, en 
votre nom et au mien, le Feld-Maréchal Lord Raglan 
qu'elle resserrera encore, s'il est possible, les liens de 
bonne camaraderie qu’ont formés entre nos vaillants 
compagnons d’armes de l’'Armée Britannique et nous, 
une haute estime réciproque et le sang versé en commun, 

Le présert Ordre sera lu id trois appels consécutifs. 





Le Général-en-Chef, 
(signé) Canrobert. 
Pour ampliation, 
Le Général Chef d’Etat Major Général. 
Au Grand Quartier Général, 
devant Sébastopol, le 6 Janvier 1855. | 


Ordered, That the Copy of the Letter from Ge- | 


neral Canrobert be printed. 


Henry Arthur Herbert, Esquire, and Thomas 
Henry Sutton Sotheron. Esquire, two of the Members 
appointed by Mr. Speaker to serve on the General 
Committee of Elections, and not objected to by the 
House, were sworn by the Clerk at the Table. 

Ordered, That the several Petitions, complaining 
of undue Elections and Returns, which have been 
presented in the present Session, be referred to the 
said Committee. 

Ordered, That the corrected Alphabetical List of 
Members to serve on Election Committees be referred 
to the said Committee. 


Ordered, That Mr. Blackett have leave of absence 


till Easter, on account of ill health;—and, Mr. John | 


George Phillimore, and Mr. Robert Phillimore, a 
fortnight, on account of a domestic affliction. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Population, 


&amp;e. (Scotland.) &amp;e. (Scotland), which was presented upon the 23d 


No. 19. 


Criminal 
Prosecutions 
(Scotland. ) 


No, 20. 


Tower of 
London, &amp;c, 


No. 21. 


Poor Law 
(Ireland.) 


No. 22, 


Coal 
(Heraclea, ) 


No, 23. 


Transports, 
No, 24, 


Duchy of 
Cornwall. 


No. 25, 


Naval Receipt 
and Expen- 
diture, 


No. 26. 


Deficiency 
Bills, &amp;c. 


Coffee 
(Crimea ) 


day of this instant January, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Criminal 
Prosecutions (Scotland), which was presented upon 
the 23d day of this instant January, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Tower 
of London, &amp;c., which was presented upon the 23d 
day of this instant January, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Poor Law 
(Ireland), which was presented upon the 23d day 
of this instant January, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Coal (Hera- 
clea), which was presented upon the 28d day of this 
instant January, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Transports, 
which was presented upon the 23d day of this, 
instant January, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Account relative to the Duchy 
of Cornwall, which was presented upon the 23d day 
of this instant January, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to Naval Re- 


ceipt and Expenditure, which was presented upon the | © oe 
\for the Houses of Parliament and the Public Ser- 


23d day of this instant January, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Deficiency 
Bills, &amp;c., which was presented upon the 23d day 
of this instant January, be printed. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Su ly ; 


Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, | 


resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a! an Account of all Gold, Silver and Copper Monies 
Return of the Quantity of Coffee, Roasted and lof the Realm, coined at the Mint, from the Ist day 
Ground, sent to the Army in the Crimea previous to | of January to the 31st day of December 1854. 


Vou. 110. 


94° Januarie. 




















































ay 


the 22d day of December last, specifying the Ships 
in which it was sent, and the Date of Departure of 
those Ships from this Country. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Election 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased Auditors, 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return of the Names and Descriptions of 
the Election Auditors at the several Elections of 
Members to serve in Parliament, held within Great 
Britain and Ireland since the 10th day of August 
1854, with the Names of the Candidates at such 
Elections, and the Amounts of the Election Expenses 
of each of such Candidates. 

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


&amp;e. 





| Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Shipping. 
Return of the Number and Tonnage of Sailing 
Vessels registéred at each of the Ports of Great 
| Britain and Ireland, including the Isle of Man and 
ithe Channel Islands; distinguishing those under 
| and those above Fifty Tons’ Register, on the 31st 
day of December 1854 :—Similar 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 (in- 
cluding their repeated Voyages), distinguishing Bri- 
tish from Foreign Vessels, and Steam from Sailing 
Vessels, between the 31st day of December 1853 
-and the 31st day of December 1854 :—Like Return 
from and to the Colonies; further distinguishing 
| British from Foreign Vessels; also, from and to 
Foreign Ports; also distinguishing British from 
Foreign Vessels :— Return of the Number and Ton- 
‘nage of Sailing Vessels registered at each of the 
Ports of the Colonies of the United Kingdom 
| respectively ; distinguishing those under and those 
above Fifty Tons’ Register, on the 31st day of De- 
cember 1854:—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 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 1854 :— 
Of the Number of Colonial-built Vessels, and their 
Tonnage, registered at each of the Ports of the 
United Kingdom, in the year 1854; distinguishing 
the Number and Tonnage of each Colony respec- 
tively :—Similar Return of the Number of Foreign- 
built Vessels and their Tonnage :—And, Return of 
the Shipping employed in the Trade ef the United 
Kingdom, exhibiting the Number and Tonnage of 
Vessels that entered Inwards and cleared Outwards 
(including their repeared Voyages), separating Bri- 
tish from Foreign Vessels, also Steam from Sailing 
Vessels, and distinguishing the Trade with each 
Country, in the year 1654 (in continuation of Par- 






























liamentary Paper, No. 134, of Session 1854). 


Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed Printing 

to consider the cheapest, most expeditious and most — 
efficient mode of providing for the Printing required ge.) : 
vice:—And a Committee was appointed cf Mr. 
Muntz, Mr. Hadfield, Mr. Leicester Vernon, Mr. 
Hamilton, Mr. Hankey, Mr. Craufurd, Mr. John 
Greene, 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 there be laid before this House, Coinage. 


E 3 Ordered, 








30 24°—25° Januari. A. 1855. 


Public Income Ordered, That there be laid before this House, |sioners, was presented, and read; and a Bill was 
= Expen- an Account of the Public Income and Expenditure, | ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Sir George 
iture. ‘ nip s : 4 
No. 2g, for the year ended the 5th day of January 1855 ; | Brooke Pechell and Lord Alfred Hervey. 
together with the Balances in the Exchequer at the | 
Commencement and at the Termination of the year,| A Petition of the South Eastern Railway Com- South Eastern 
and the Amounts of Funded or Unfunded Debt | pany, for leave to bring in a Bill to enable the South (Capital ) 
created or redeemed in the said year. Resteen Railway Company to raise a further Sum of ; 
Mr. Wilson accordingly presented the said Ac- | Money, and to create Preferential Stock for the pur- 
count. pose of paying off their Mortgage Debt, was pre- 
Ordered, That the said Account do lie upon the | sented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
Table ; and be printed. |brought in accordingly, by Sir Edmund Filmer, 
and Mr. Masters Smith. 





And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 


| A Petition of the Ulster Railway Company, for Ulster 

leave to bring in a Bill to enable the Ulster Railway Railway. 

Jovis, 25° die Januari ; /Company to make a Railway from Armagh to Mo- 

naghan, and to enlarge their Station at Be/fast, and 

for other purposes, was presented, and read ; and a 

PRAYERS. | Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by 

Oldham Gas PETITION of the Mayor, Aldermen and Sir William Verner and Mr. Cairns. 

and Water. “\ Burgesses of the Borough of Oldham, for leave | 
to bring in a Bill to authorize the Mayor, Aldermen 
and Burgesses of the Borough of Oldham to con- 
struct additional Waterworks, and for other pur- 


Anno 18° Victorie Regine, 1855. 


A Petition of the Lands Improvement Company, Lands Im- 
| for leave to bring in a Bill to alter and amend “ The provement 
Lands Improvement Company’s Act, 1853,” was pre- CO™P""Y- 
poses, was presented, and read ;.and a Bill was | sented, and read ; and a Bill — ordered to be 

ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Cobbett brought in accordingly, by Mr. Milner Gibson and 

and Mr. William Fox. ’ Mr. Booker. 


Bolton and A Petition of Trustees acting in the execution of an C A ae ~« rene ee ne Bristol and 
Nightingales’ Act passed in the fifth year of the reign of his Ma- | “O™Pany, for leave to Dring ini “ ae 

Road. : ~ of the Powers of the Acts relating to the Bristol and es 
Exeter Railway Company, and to enable such Com- 

pany to raise further Sums of Money, to acquire 
additional Lands, to lease or purchase the Somerset 


Ca Biath pitas ia eee 





jesty King George the Fourth, relating to the Bolton 
and Nightingales’ Turnpike-road, for leave to bring 
ina Bill to repeal the Act relating to the Bolton 


and Nightingales’ Turnpike-road, and to make other : 
provisions in lieu thereof, was presented, and read ; Central and North Devon Railways, and to hold 


and a Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, additional ager in the Exeter and econo —~ 
by Mr. Wilson Patten, Mr. Heywood, Mr. William | ¥*Y&gt; and for other purposes, was presented, an 
Brown and Mr. Cheetham. read; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in ac- 
cordingly, by Mr. Miles and Mr. Henry Berkeley. 





Liverpool A Petition of Trustees of the Liverpool Docks, 
Docks. for leave to bring in a Bill to authorize the Trustees 
of the Liverpool Docks to construct. new Works, 


and to raise a further Sum of Money, and for other Dock C oer penne’ d 
purposes, was presented, and read; and a Bill was | OC \ompany, was presented, and reac; and a 


ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Henry Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by 
Thomas Liddell and Mr. Horsfall. Mr. Talbot and Mr. John Henry Vivian. 


A Petition of the Swansea Dock Company, for Swansea 
leave to bring in a Bill to authorize certain arrange- Docks. 
ments with respect to the Capital of the Swansea 





The following Paper was laid upon the Table by Commissioners : 
the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, dated °f Taxes. 
the 23d day of December last, for Returns of the 
Names, Dates of Appointment, Salaries and Emolu- 
ments of all Persons appointed to the Office of Com- 
missioner of Taxes for Special Purposes since January 
1848; the Date of the Certificate of every such Ap- 
pointment laid upon the Table of the House of 
Commons by the Lords of the Treasury, pursuant to 
the provisions of the Act 5 &amp; 6 Vic. c. 35, s. 28 :— 
And, of the Days upon which the Commissioners of 
Taxes for Special Purposes sat in Jreland to hear 
and decide upon Appeals against Assessments, the 
Monmouth- A Petition of the Monmouthshire Railway and | Name of each Commissioner, the Town or District 
no ye oad Canal Company, for leave to bring in a Bill for | Where he sat, and the Number of Appeals left undis- 
. "enabling the Monmouthshire Railway and Canal | posed of at each place. “tae 
Company to raise further Capital, and for other T he following Papers, pursuant to the directions East India. 
purposes, was presented, and read; and a Bill was | of several Acts of Parliament, were also laid upon 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Octa- | the ‘Table by the Clerk of the House,—Resolutions 
vius Morgan and Mr. Crawshay Bailey. of the Court of Directors of the East India Com- 
‘ pany, being the Warrants or Instruments granting 
Birmingham A Petition of the Birmingham Gas-Light and | any Pension. 
Gas. Coke Company, for leave to bringin a Bill to confer, Resolutions of the Court of Directors of the East 
further Powers on the Birmingham Gas-Light and | India Company, being the Warrants or Instruments 
Coke Company, was presented, and read; and a! granting any Salary or Gratuity. 
Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by) A Return, showing the Names, Dates of Appoint- Commissioners 
Mr. Muntz and Mr. Scholefield. "| ment, Salaries and Emoluments of all Persons ap-  7@*°* 
pointed to the Oftice of Commissioners of Taxes for 
Brighton A Petition of Commissioners for the Improve- | Special Purposes since 17th August 1853. 
ee ment of the Town of Brighton, for leave to bring in | 
and Municipal @ Bill to transfer to the Corporation of the Town of Ordered, That the Return relative to Government Government 
Corporation. Brighton the ie wet Powers, Privileges and Lia- | Prisons (Jreland), which was presented upon the (Ireland.) 
bilities of the Brighton Improvement Commis- | 23d day of this instant January, be — i ‘ No 29, 
rdered, . 


Wigan and A Petition of Trustees for executing an Act for 

a a more effectually repairing, widening, amending and 

ig improving the Road from Wigan to Preston, in the 
County Palatine of Lancaster, so far as such Act 
relates to the district of certain Roads north of 
Yarrow, for leave to bring in a Bill to repeal so 
much of the Act relating to the Wigan and Preston 
Roads as relates to the district of the said Roads 
north of Yarrow, and to make other provisions in lieu | 
thereof, was presented, and read; and a Bill was 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Hey- 
wood and Mr. Townley Parker. 

















ean Saeko 


Pera Se a eee, 














Poor in 
Knoydart. 


No. 30. 


Court of 
Session 
(Scotland.) 


No. 81. 


Public Revenue 
and Consoli- 
dated Fund 
Charges Act. 


No. 32. 


Public 


Petitions. 


Vide Third 
Report. 


War with 
Russia. 


Clergy 
Reserves, &amp;c. 
(Canada.) 


Controverted 
Elections. 


Controverted 
Elections. 


Controverted 
Elections. 


Savings Banks 
and Friendly 
Societies In. 
vestinents Bill. 


Leave of 
Absence. 


Statute Law 
Commission, 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Poor in 
Knoydart, which was presented upon the 23d day 
of this instant January, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Court of 
Session (Scotland), which was presented upon the 
23d day of this instant January, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Public Re- 
venue and Consolidated Fund Charges Act, which | 
was presented upon the 23d day of this instant 
January, be printed. 

Petitions relating to Bishoprics (Vorthumberland) ; | 
—Stage Carriages ;—Criminal Law ;—Poor Law ;— 
Public Libraries and Museums Bill ;—and, Wages,— 
were presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Sir George Grey presented, by Her Majesty’s 
Command,—Copy of Despatches from Governors 
of British Colonies, forwarding Addresses and Re- | 
solutions on the subject of the War with Russia. | 

Copy of a Despatch from the Governor General | 
of Canada, referring to the Clergy Reserves, and | 





Feudal Tenures Acts. 
Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the | 
Table. 


Mr. Walpole reported from the General Committee 
of Elections; That they had selected the following 
six Members to be the Chairmen’s Panel, and to 
serve as Chairmen of Election Gommittees for the 
present Session: — George Medd Butt, Esquire 
(Weymouth), George Alexander Humilton, Esquire 
(Dublin University), Robert Ingham, Esquire, the 
Right honourable Lord Seymour (Totnes), Henry 
Ker Seymer, Esquire (Dorset), the Right honourable 
James Stuart Wortley. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Walpole reported from the General Committee 
of Elections; That they had divided into five Panels 
the List of Members to serve on Election Committees. 

Whereupon the Clerk decided by lot, at the Table, 
the order of the said Panels, and distinguished each 
of them by a number, denoting the order in which 
they were respectively drawn, as follows :—Panel 
D, No.1; C, No.2; E, No.3; A, No. 4; and B, 
No. 5. 

Ordered, That the said Panels be printed. 


Mr. Walpole reported from the General Committee 
of Elections; That they had appointed Monday the 
12th day of February, to choose, from Panel No. 1, 
the Select Committee to try and determine the Barn- 
staple Borough Election Petition. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Savings Banks and Friendly Societies 
Investments Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time To- 
morrow. 


Ordered, That Lord Adolphus Vane Tempest have 
leave of absence during the time he is on active 
service. 


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 Papers relating to the construc- 
tion of the late Board for the Consolidation of the 
Statute Laws, and the Provision of Funds for de- 
fraying Expenses of and incident to such Board; 
and of any written Instruction or Note as to the 
Revision of the Statute Law given by the Lord 
Chancellor to Mr. Commissioner Bel/enden Ker, or 
to the late Commissioners of the said Board, Messrs. 
Coode, Anstey, and Rogers, and the Secretary of the 
present Board, Mr. Brickdale:—Of all Minutes of 
VoL. 110, 








18 Vicroriz. 25°— 9° Januariz. 31 


the Proceedings of the late Board for the Consolida- 
tion of the Statute Laws down to the presentation of 
Mr. Commissioner Bellenden Ker’s third and last 
Report (31st May 1854) to the Lord Chancellor :— 
Of the Paper on the Consolidation or Revision of 
the Statutes relating to Property :—Of all Papers 
relating to the Construction of the present Board for 
the Consolidation of the Statute Laws, and the Pro- 
vision of Funds for defraying the Expenses of and 
incident to such Board :—And, of all Minutes and 
Proceedings of the said last-mentioned Board, down 
to this Date inclusive. 

Ordered, That 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. 





Veneris, 20° die Januarii ; 
Anno 18° Victorie Regine, 1855. 


PRAYERS. 


M* Duncan reported from the Select Com- Public 


: ele Petitions 
mittee on Public Petitions; That they had (Third Re- 


examined the Petitions presented upon the 23d, 24th port.) 


and 25th days of this instant January, and had 
directed him to make a Report thereof to the 
House. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 


and be printed. 


A Petition of the Swansea Vale Railway Com- swansea Vale 

pany, for leave to bring in a Bill to enable the Swan- Railway. 

sea Vale Railway Company to extend their Railway, 

and to maintain and work the same as a Passenger 

Railway, and for other purposes connected there- 

with, was presented, and read; and a Bill was 

ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Sir George 

Tyler, Mr. Henry Bruce and Mr. Hussey Vivian. 


A Petition of the Staines, Wokingham and Woking Staines, 

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

: ‘ 4 4 and Woking 
vary the mode of carrying the Staines, Wokingham Raitway (Al- 
and Woking Railway across certain Roads, and for terations, &amp;c.) 
other purposes, was presented, and read ; and a Bill 
was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. 
Walter and Mr. Coles. 


A Petition of the Pudsey Coal Gas Company, for Pudsey Gas. 
leave to bring ina Bill to amend the Pudsey Gas 
Act, 1845, and to enable the Company thereby 
incorporated to raise a further Sum of Money, was 
resented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
ecasi in accordingly, by Sir George Goodman 
and Mr. Wickham. 


A Petition of Persons thereunto-subscribing, and Glasgow, 
also of the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway Com- Dumbarton 
pany, for leave to bring in a Bill for making certain Ss 

Railways, to connect Glasgow, Dumbarton and way. 
Helenshifgh, in the Counties of Lanark and Dumbar- 

ton, and for making provision for the use and working 

of the said Railways, was presented, and read ; and a 
Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by 
Mr. Smollett and Mr. Alexander Hastie. 


A Petition of the Staines, Wokingham and Woking staines, 
Railway Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to Wokingham 
empower the Staines, Wokingham and Woking a 
Railway Company to make a Railway to connect (Reading 
the Reading, Guildford and Reigate Railway with Junction.) 
the Railways of the Great Western Railway Com- 
pany, was presented, and read; and a Bill was 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Walter 
and Mr. Coles. 


A Petition of Suitors for a Bill for effecting the Aberdare 
purposes thereinafter-mentioned, for leave to bring V#ley 








in a Bill for making a Railway through part of the Railway. 
E4 Aberdare 














32 


Aberdare Valley, in ghe County of Glamorgan, to | 


join the Vale of Neath Railway, was presented, and 
read ; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in ac- 
cordingly, by Sir George Tyler, Mr. Gwyn and Mr. 
Hussey Vivian. 


A Petition of the Vale of Neath Railway Com- 
pany, for leave to bring in a Bill to empower the 
Vale of Neath Railway Company to raise further 
Monies for the purposes of their Undertaking, was 
presented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
brought in accordingly, by Sir George Tyler, Mr. 


Gwyn and Mr. Hussey Vivian. 


Vale of Neath 
Railway. 


A Petition of the North Yorkshire and Cleveland 
Railway Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to 
enable the North Yorkshire and Cleveland Railway 
Company to make a Branch from their Railway to 
the Middlesbrough and Guisbrough Railway, and 
also a Branch to Whorlton, and other Works, and to 
alter and amend the Act relating to the said Com- 
pany, and for other purposes, was presented, and 
read; and referred to the Select Committee on 
Standing Orders. 


North York- 
shire and 
Cleveland 
Railway. 


North York- 
shire and 
Cleveland 
Railway. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 


in respect of non-compliance with the Standing 
Orders in the case of the Petition for the North 
Yorkshire and Cleveland Railway Bill. 

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


Castisic and A Petition of Subscribers to and Promoters of 


Silloth Bay 
Railway and 


ry mentioned, for leave to bring in a Bill for making a 


Railway from the Port Carlisle Railway, in the 
‘Township of Drumburgh, to or near to the Coat 
Lighthouse in Si//oth Bay, in the Parish of Holme 
Cultram, in the County of Cumberland, and also a 
Dock and Jetty at Si/loth Bay, and for making 
Arrangements with the Port Carlisle Dock and 
Railway Company, and for other purposes, was pre- 
sented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
brought in accordingly, by Mr. Marshall and Mr. 
Joseph Ferguson. 


A Petition of the Company of Proprietors of the 
Regent's Canal, for leave to bring in a Bill to autho- 
rize the Company of Proprietors of the Regent's 
Canal to purchase the Hertford Union Canal, and 
for other purposes, was presented, and read; and a 
Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by 
Lord Robert Grosvenor and Mr. Repton. 


Regent’s Canal 
(Hertford 
Union Canal. ) 


London City 

Gas. 
enlarge and amend the provisions of an Act passed in 
the fifty-seventh year of the reign of his Majesty King 
George the Third, intituled, “An Act for better 
lighting the Streets and Houses of the Metropolis 
with Gas,” was presented, and read ; and a Bill was 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Sir James 
Duke and Mr. Masterman. 


Glasgow and A Petition of the Glasgow and South Western 

South Western Railway Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to 

ne enable the Glasgow and South Western Railway 
Company to make certain Branch Raiiways in the 
County of Ayr, to provide Steam-boats, and for 
viher purposes, was presented, and read ; and a Bill 
was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. 
Alexander Hastie and Sir James Anderson. 


A Petition of the Glasgow and South Western 
Railway Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to 
consolidate and amend the Acts relating to the 
Glasgow and South Western Railway, and for other 
purposes, was presented, and read; and a Bill was 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Alez- 
under Hastie and Sir James Anderson. 


Glasgow and 
South Western 
Railway (Con- 
solidation.) 


96° Junuariz. 


one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, | 


A, 1855. 
A Petition of the Leeds, Bradford and Halifax 
ford and Hali- 


Junction Railway Company, for leave to bring in a; : 
il to enchis the Lack, Dudted and Met ae 
Junction Railway Company to raise additional 

Capital, and for other purposes, was presented, and 

read; and referred to the Select Committee on 

Standing Orders. 


Leeds, Brad- 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Leeds, Brad- 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, ren and Flali- 
in respect of non-compliance with the Standing Orders oe -_ 
in the case of the Petition for the Leeds, Bradford ; 
and Halifax Junction Railway Bill. 

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


A Petition of the South Staffordshire Railway South 
Company, for leave to bring in a Bill for enabling — 
the South Staffordshire Railway Company to make ed 
certain Branch Railways, for the Purchase of addi- + 
tional Lands at Wicknor and Dudley, and for other 
purposes, was presented, and read; and a Bill was 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Lord 


Alfred Paget and Mr. Charles Forster. 


Mr. Muntz presented a Bill to confer further Birmingham 
Powers on the Birmingham Gas-Light and Coke &amp;#s Bill. 
Company: And the same was read the first time ; 
and ordered to be read a second time. 





the Railway and Dock Undertaking thereinafter- | 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to repeal so much Wigan and 
|of the Act relating to the Wigan and Preston Roads —— oe 
as relates to the District of the said Roads North of yarrow Bill. 
| Yarrow, and to 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 to repeal the Act Bolton and — 
relating to the Bolton and Nightingales’ Turnpike oa 
v7. . » Road Bill. 
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. 





} 

| Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to enable the Ulster Rail- 
Ulster Railway Company to make a Railway from Way Bill. 
Armagh to Monaghan, and to enlarge their Station 

at Belfast, and for other purposes: And the same 

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

| second time. 


and Lands 
Improvement 


Company Bill. 





Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to alter 
‘amend “The Lands Improvement Company’s Act, 
| 1853:” And the same was read the first time ; and 
| ordered to be read a second time. 


A Petition of the City of London Gas-Light and | 
Coke Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to alter, | 


_ Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to enable the South Eastern 
South Eastern Railway Company to raise a further Railway ill 
: . “ . sa (Capital) Bill. 
| Sum of Money, and to create Preferential Stock for 

the purpose of paying off their Mortgage Debt: 

And the same was read the first time; and ordered 

to be read a second time. 


Swansea 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to authorize cer- 
Docks Bill. 


tain Arrangements with respect to the Capital of the 
Swansea Dock Company: And the same was read 
the first time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to enlarge some Bristol and 
of the Powers of the Acts relating to the Bristol and Sate SO 
Exeter Railway Company, and to enable such Com- “*Y “™ 
pany to raise further Sums of Money, to acquire 
additional Lands, to lease or purchase the Somerset 
Central and North Devon Railways, and to hold 
additional Shares in the Exeter and Crediton Rail- 
way, 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 Liverped 


Trustees of the Liverpool Docks to construct new 
Works, 











r. Brighton 
4g Improvement 
3 Commissioners 


18 VicrorizZ. 


Works, and to raise a further Sum of Money, and 
for other purposes: And the same was read the first 
time ; po ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to transfer to the 
Corporation of the Town of Brighton the Property, 


and Manicipal Powers, Privileges and Liabilities of the Brighton 


Corporation 
Bill. 


Oldham Gas 
and Water 
Bill. 


Ee ES 


eee 


Monmouth- 
shire Railway 
and Canal 
Bill. 


Sinan beens GRE 


; Assistant 
i Surgeons 
(East India.) 


Civil Service 
(East India.) 


Wines and 
Spirits. 


Clergy 
Reserves, &amp;c. 
(Canada.) 


No. 33. 


Public 
Petitions. 


Vide Fourth 
Report. 





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


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to authorize the 
Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses of the Borough of 
Oldham to construct additional Waterworks, 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 
Monmouthshire Railway and Canal Company to 
raise further Capital, and for other purposes: And 
the same was read the first time ; and ordered to be 
read a second time. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Copy of the Report, dated the 13th day of January 
1855, sent to the Commissioners for the Affairs of 
India by the Examiners appointed under the 16 &amp; 17 
Vic. c. 95, for the Examination of Candidates for 
the appointment of Assistant Surgeon in the Service 
of the East India Company. 

Sir Charles Wood accordingly presented the said 
Paper. 

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


Sir Charles Wood presented, pursuant to the di- 
rections of an Act of Parliament,—A Copy of the 
Regulations framed by the Commissioners for the 
Affairs of Jndia, in pursuance of the Act 16 &amp; 17 
Vic. c. 95, for the Examination of Candidates for 
Appointments to the Civil Service of the East India 
Company. 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Accounts of the Number of Gallons of Foreign Wine 
imported ; of the Quantities upon which Duty has 
been paid for Home Consumption, and the Quantities 
exported; also the Quantities exported on Draw- 
back, and the Quantities retained for actual Con- 
sumption in the United Kingdom, for the year ended 
the 5th day of January 1855; 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 1855, distinguishing Zondon from the 
Country :—And, of the Number of Proof Gallons of 
Rum, distinguishing West India, East India, and 
Foreign; also of Brandy, Geneva, and other Foreign, 
Colonial, or Jersey Spirits imported ; of the Quan- 
tities upon which Duty has been paid for Home 
Consumption, the Quantities exported, and the 
Quantities shipped as Stores and used by the Navy, 
for the year ended the 5th day of January 1855; 
together with the Quantities of each Sort remaining 
in Bond on the 5th day of January 1855, distinguish- 
ing London from the Country (in continuation of 
Parliamentary Paper, No. 304, of Session 1854). 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to Clergy Re- 
serves, &amp;c. (Canada), which was presented upon 
the 25th day of this instant January, be printed. 


Petitions relating to Roman Catholic Chaplains 
(Army and Navy) ;—Newspaper Stamps ;—Paper, 
Newspaper Stamps, Foreign Books, &amp;c. ;—Stage 

arniages ; Education ;—Intoxicating Liquors ;— 
Newspapers ;— Poland ; —and, Wages,—were 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


26° Januariz. 


33 


December last, for Copies of the Minutes and Pro- 
ceedings of the Courts Martial held at Windsor in 
September last upon Lieutenants Perry and Greer, 
of the 46th Regiment, together with the Finding and 
Sentence in each case :—And, of the Circular Letter 
of the Commander in Chief, approving and confir- 
ming the Sentences upon Lieutenants Greer and 
Perry, together with his Remarks thereon. 
Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
Table. 


mittee of Supply + 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the — being read, for the second 
reading of the Savings Banks and Friendly Societies 
Investments Bill ; 


Monday next. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- 
posed, That a Select Committee be appointed to 
inquire into the condition of our Army before Sebas- 
topol, and into the conduct of those Departments of 
the Government whose duty it has been to minister 
to the wants of that Army :—And a Debate arising 
thereupon ; 

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. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the Name, Age, Nature of Office, Salary, 
and Length of Service, of all Persons employed in the 
Poor Law Office in Dublin, together with the Gross 
Amount (if any) contributed by each of them to the 
Civil Service Superannuation Fund since their Ap- 
pointment. 


Ordered, That a Standing Committee of Sixteen 
Members be appointed, to assist Mr. Speaker in the 
direction of the Library, and to whom shall be re- 
ferred all matters relating thereto :—And a Committee 
was appointed of Mr. Wilson Patten, Lord John 
Russell, Mr. Goulburn, Mr. Chancellor of the Ex- 
chequer, Mr. Napier, Sir James Graham, Mr. 
Monckton Milnes, Mr. Disraeli, Sir John Young, 
the Lord Advocate, Mr. Macaulay, Lord Naas, Mr. 
Sidney Herbert, Sir William Heathcote, Sir Thomas 
Acland, and Mr. Walpole; with Power to send for 
persons, papers, and records. 

Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this House, 
a Return of the 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 31st day of December 1853 
to the 31st day of December 1854; 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. 102, of Session 
1854). 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return exhibiting the Number of Principal and 
Assistant Teachers in the Service of the Board of 
Education in Jreland at any period of the year 1854; 
distinguishing the Number in each Class and Di- 
vision of the Class to which they respectively belong, 





Vou. 110, 


F and 


a 
Societies 

: Investments 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon Bil. 


Mr. Secretary-at-War presented,—Return to an Lieutenants 
Address to Her Majesty, dated the 15th day of — 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Supply. 


Savings Banks 


nd Friendly 


Army before 
Sebastopol. 


Adjournment. 


Poor Law 
Commission 
(ireland. ) 


Library of 
the House. 


Bullion, &amp;c. 


Education 
(Ireland. ) 


Friendly 
Societies. 


Newspaper, 
&amp;c., Postage 
and Stamp 
Duties. 


Friendly 
Societies Bill. 
Bill 14, 


Wolverbamp- 
ton Water. 


Ratcliff Gas. 


Inverury and 
Old Meldrum 
Railway. 


Colonial Life 
Assurance 
Company. 


Nottingham 
and Lough- 
borough Road. 


34, 


and exhibiting the Amount of Salary payable to the 
Teacher of each Division in the respective Classes, 
and also distinguishing the Number of Industrial 
Teachers in the Service of the Board, and their 
Classification of Salary. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
consolidate and amend the Law relating to Friendly 
Societies: And that Mr. Sotheron, Mr. Bonham 
Carter and Mr. Adderley do prepare, and bring it in. 


The House was moved, That the several Acts 
relating to Newspaper Stamps, the Printing and 
Publishing of Newspapers, and the Duties of Post- 
age, 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. 


Mr. Sotheron presented a Bill to consolidate and 
amend the Law relating to Friendly Societies: And 
the same was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time upon Wednesday the 14th day 
of February next; and to be printed. 


And then the House adjourned till Monday next. 











Luna, 29° die Januarii ; 
Anno 18° Victoria Regine, 1855. 


PRAYERS. 


PETITION of the Halifax Gas-Light and 

Coke Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to 
enable the Halifax Gas-Light and Coke Company 
to raise a further Sum of Money for better supplying 
with Gas the Borough of Halifax and the Neigh- 
bourhood thereof, within the Parish of Halifax, in 
the West Riding of the County of York, to repeal and 
amend the Act relating to the said Com , and 
for other purposes, was presented, and read; and a 
Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Sir 
Charles Wood and Mr. Crossley. 


A Petition of the Wolverhampton Waterworks 
Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to extend the 
Works of the Wolverhampton Waterworks Company, 
and to amend the Acts relating to that Company, 
was presented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to 
be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Charles Villiers 
and Mr. Thornely. 


A Petition of the Ratcliff Gas-Light and Coke 
Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to consolidate 
and amend the Provisions of the Act relating to the 
Ratcliff Gas-Light and Coke Company, was pre- 
sented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
i in accordingly, by Sir William Clay and 
Sir John Shelley. 


A Petition of Subscribers to the Undertaking or 
Company thereinafter referred to, for leave to bring 
in a Bill for making a Railway from and out of the 
Great North of Seotlund Railway, im the Parish of 
Inverury, to the Town of Old Meldrum, all in the 
County of Aberdeen, and for other purposes, was pre- 
sented, and read; anda Bill was ordered to be brought 
in accordingly, by Mr. George Thompson and Mr. 
Gordon. 


A Petition of the Colonial Life Assurance Com- 
pany, for leave to bring in a Bill for incorporating 
the Colonial Life Assurance Company, for enabli 
the said Company to sue and to be sued, to take a 
hold Property, and for other purposes relating to the 
said Company, was ted, and read ; and a Bill 
was ordered to be brought m accordingly, by the 
Earl of Dalkeith and Mr. Cowan. 


A Petition of Trustees for executing the Act for 
more effectually repairmg the Road from the Trent 


26°—29° Januariz. 





A. 1855. 


Bridge, in the County of the Town of Nottingham, 
to Cotes Bridge, in the County of Leicester, for 
leave to bring in a Bill to repeal the Act relating to 
the Nottingham and Loughborough Turnpike-road, 
and to make other provisions in lieu thereof, was 
a and read ; and a Bill was ordered to be 
rought in accordingly, by Mr. Barrow and Mr. 
Walter. 


A Petition of the Taunton Gas-Light and Coke Taunton Gas, 
Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to enable the 
Taunton Gas-Light and Coke Company to raise a 
further Sum of Money, and for other purposes, was 
presented, and read; and a Bill was a st to be 
brought in accordingly, by Mr. Labouchere and Sir 
John Ramsden. 


A Petition of the Torquay Market Company, for Torquay 
leave to bring in a Bill to enable the Torquay Market Market and 
Company to raise a further Sum of Money, to sell or — 
lease their Undertaking, and for other purposes, was 
presented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
brought in accordingly, by Sir John Yarde Buller 
and Sir Thomas Acland. 


A Petition of Persons whose Names are there- Wolver- 
unto-subscribed, for leave to actag in a Bill for ay 
better supplying with Water the Town and Parish “°” “““* 
of Wolverhampton, the Suburbs thereof, and the 
Parishes and Places adjacent thereto, was presented, 
and read ; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in 
accordingly, by Colonel Forester, Mr. Clive and 
Mr. John Lewis Ricardo. 


A Petition of Suitors for the Bill thereinafter-men- Dundalk and 
tioned, for leave to bring in a Bill for making . 
Railway from the Town of Dundalk, in the County“ ""** 
of Louth, to the Town of Black Rock, in the said 
County, was presented, and read; and a Bill was 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. 
Fortescue, Mr. Kennedy and Mr. Bowyer. 


A Petition of Commissioners for preserving, im- Dundalk 
proving and maintaining the River, Port and Har- Harbour and 
bour of Dundalk, for leave to bring in a Bill for the *°™* 
Conservancy and Improvement of Dundalk Harbour 
and Port, and for other purposes, was presented, 
and read ; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in 
accordingly, by Mr. Fortescue, Mr. Kennedy and 
Mr. Bowyer. 


A Petition of Subscribers to the Undertaking West Somerset 

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

for authorizing the making and maintaining of the “ 
West Somerset Mineral Railway, and the improving 

and regulating of the Harbour of Watchet, in the 

County of Somerset, 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 Wadhurst and 
thereinafter-mentioned, for leave to bring in a Bill hs a Farleigh 
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 
Road from Wadhurst to the Turnpike-road on Lam- 
berhurst Down, both in the County of Sussex, and 
from the Turnpike-road on Pullen’s Hill to West 
Farleigh-street, both in the County of Kent,” was 
— and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 

reught in accordingly, by Sir Edmund Filmer, Sir 
Edward Dering and Mr. Masters Smith. 


A Petition of Her Majesty’s Commissioners of Royal London 
Lieutenancy for the City of London, for leave to Militia. 
bring in a Bill to amend an Act of the first year of 
the reign of King George the Fourth, chapter one 
hundred, to enable Her Majesty’s Commissioners of 
Lieutenancy for the City of London to purchase 
certain Lands and Houses for building more con- 
venient and requisite Head-quarters, Hospital, Store- 
houses and other proper. accommodation cm “ 








18 Vicroriz. 


Royal Zondon Militia, and to’ confer certain other 
Powers, was presented, and read; and a Bill was 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Mas- 
terman and Sir James Duke. 


Pablic Mr. Bonham Carter reported from the Select 
Petitions Committee on Public Petitions; That they had ex- 
— Re- amined the Petitions presented upon the 26th day 
— of this instant January; and had directed him to 
make a Report thereof to the House. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 
Glasgow and =©Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to consolidate 
South Western and amend the Acts relating to the Glasgow and 
en hy Bi, South Western Railway, and for other purposes : 
nd the same was read the first time ; and ordered 
to be read a second time. 
Carlisle and Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for making a 
Silloth Bay Railway from the Port Carlisle Railway, in the 
— iu. «Township of Drumburgh, to or near to the Coat 
Lighthouse in Silloth Bay, in the Parish of Holme 
Cultrum, 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: And 
the same was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time. 
Aberdare Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for making a 
Md y Bill Railway through part of the Aberdare Valley, in the 
* County of Glamorgan, to join the Vale of Neath 
Railway : And the same was read the first time; and 
ordered to be read a second time. 
Swansea Vale Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to enable the 


Railway Bill. Swansea Vale Railway Company to extend their 
Railway, and to maintain and work the same as a 
Passenger Railway, and for other purposes con- 
nected therewith: And the same was read the first 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Staines, Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to empower the 
fn Staines, Wokingham and Woking Railway Company 
oking . J . 
Railway to make a Railway to connect the Reading, Guild- 
(Reading ford and Reigate Railway with the Railways of the 


Junction) Bill. "Great Western Railway Company: And the same 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time. 


Vale of'Neath | Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to empower the 

Railway Bill. Vale of Neath Railway Company to raise further 
Money for the purposes of their Undertaking: And 
the same was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time. 


Glasgow and Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to enable the 
South Western GJasgow and South Western Railway Company to 
ailway ° ° ° 
(Steam-boats) Make certain Branch Railways in the County of 
Bill yr, to provide Steam-boats, and for other pur- 
poses: And the same was read the first time; and 
ordered to be read a second time. 


um ; Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for enabling the 
Railway Bill South Staffordshire Railway Company to make 
’ certain Branch Railways, for the Purchase of addi- 
tional Lands at Wichnor and Dudley, and for other 
purposes: And the same was read the first time; and 

ordered to be read a second time. 
Pudsey Gas Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to amend “ The 
ul. Pudsey Gas Act, 1845,” and to enable the Com- 
pany thereby incorporated to raise a further Sum of 
Money: And the same was read the first time ; and 

ordered to be read a second time. 
ee Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to vary the mode 
aud Woking Of carrying the Staines, Wokingham and Woking 
Railway (Al- Railway across certain Roads, and for other pur- 


a &amp;c.) poses: And the same was read the first time; and 
, ordered to be read a second 
Vou. 110. 


time. 





99° Januarie. 


35 


Mr. Brotherton presented: a Bill to authorize the a Canal 
Company of Proprietors of the Regent's Canal to (“ertion 
purchase the Hertford Union Canal, and for other ay way 
purposes: And the same was read the first time; 

and ordered to be read a second time. _ 


The Select Committee on Standing Orders was Standing 
nominated of Mr. Wilson Patten, Mr. Henley, Mr. Orders. 
Sotheron, Mr. Thomas Greene, Sir John Yarde Bul- 
ler, Sir Robert Ferguson, Mr. Evelyn Denison, Ca 
tain Jones, Mr. Wrightson, Mr. Bramston, and Mr. 
Thornely. 


The Committee of Selection was nominated of Committee of 
Mr. Sotheron, Sir John Yarde Buller, Six Robert Selection. 
Ferguson, Mr. Bonham Carter, and the Chairman 
of the Select Committee on Standing Orders. 


The Order, That Mr. Smollett and Mr. Alexander Glasgow, 
Hastie do prepare, and bring in the Glasgow, Dum- Dumbarton 
barton and Helensburgh Railway Bill, was read, and ey ree 
discharged. 4 way. 

Ordered, That Mr. Smollett and Sir Archibald 


Campbell do prepare, and bring in the Bill. 


_ Mr. Masterman presented a Bill to alter, enlarge London City 
and amend the Provisions of an Act ee in the &amp;s Bill. 
fifty-seventh year of the reign of his Majesty King 

George the Third, intituled, “An Act for better 

lighting the Streets and Houses of the Metropolis 

with Gas :” And the same was read the first time ; 

and ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from West Somerset 
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 West Somerset 
Mineral Railway Bill. 

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


Petitions relating to Newspaper Stamps ;—Paper, Public 
Newspaper Stamps, Foreign Books, &amp;c.;—State Car- Petitions. 
riages ;—and, Her Majesty’s Ministers,—were pre- vide Fifth 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. Report. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Civil Service 
Copies of the Report, dated November 1854, from (East India.) 
the Committee a were requested to take into con- No. 34. 
sideration the subject of the Examination of Candi- 
dates for the Civil Service of the East India Com- 
pany :—And, of the Letter addressed on the 20th 
day of November 1854, by the President of the 
Board of Commissioners for the Affairs of India, to 
the Chairman and Deputy Chairman of the East 
India Company, as to the Company’s College at 
Haileybury. 

Sir Charles Wood accordingly presented the said 
Paper. 

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


Sir Benjamin Hall presented a Bill to alter and Public Health 
amend the Public Health Act, 1848: And the same Bil. 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a__ Bill 15. 
second time upon Monday the 12th day of February 
next ; and to be printed. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Cholera. 
Copy ofa Report on the Common and Model Lodging 
Houses of the Metropolis, with reference to Epidemic 
Cholera in 1854, addressed to the President of the 
General Board of Health by Mr. George Glover, 

_ of the superintending Medical Inspectors of the 
oard. 


Mr. Cowper presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- Excess of 
mand,—Statement of Excess of Expenditure for ¥2val Expen- 
Her Majesty’s Navy, for the year 1853-54. : Ne - 

Estimate of the Excess of Expenditure for Her “°°” 





Majesty's Navy, for the year 1854-55. 


F2 Ordered, 





Statute Law 
Commission. 


No. 36, 


Stores for the 
Kast. 


Mal te 


Coffee 
(Crimea.) 


National Debt. 


36 


Ordered, That the said Paper and Estimate be 
referred to the Committee of Supply; and be 
printed. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the Number of Bushels of Malt in stock 
on which the additional Duty was imposed in the 
last Session of Parliament in England, Scotland, and 
Ireland respectively, and the Dates on which the 
said Duty on stock has been paid, and the Amounts 
paid at each respective Date. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of any Banks, being Banks of Issue previ- 
ously to the passing of the Act 7 &amp; 8 Vic. c. 32, 
which have ceased to issue their own Notes, and of 
the Amountof Circulation of such Banks respectively. 


Ordered, That an Abstract of the Return relative to 
the Statute Law Commission, which was presented 
upon the 23d day of this instant January, be printed. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously — 
to give directions, that there be laid before this House, 
a Return of the Stores sent to the East, from the Ist 
day of January 1854 to the 1st day of January 1855; 
with the Totals of each, the Dates when sent, and 
when arrived in the East. 

Ordered, That 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 Ships engaged as regular Transports, 
with the Names (stating whether Steam or Sailing), 
from the Ist day of January 1854 to the Ist day of 
January 1855, with the Dates of Engagement, and 
if still in the Service; the Register Tonnage on 
which the Freight is calculated ; the Rates of Freight, 
and whether reduced or increased since first engaged ; 
the Service performed, with the Quantity of Cargo, 
Troops, or Stores taken by each ; the Length of the 
Passages; in Steam wes the Horse-power and 
Consumption of Coals or Fuel per Hour. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Returns of the Number of Bushels of Malt in Stock 
when the increased Duty was imposed :—Of the 
Number of Bushels of Malt made and brought into 
Charge from the 1st day of August 1854 to the Ist 
day of January 1855:—And, of the Number of 
Bushels of Malt made from the 1st day of August 
1853 to the 1st day of January 1854. 


The following Paper was laid upon the Table by 
the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, dated 
the 24th day of this instant January, for a Return of 
the Quantity of Coffee, Roasted and Ground, sent 
to the Army in the Crimea previous to the 22d day 
of December last, specifying the Ships in which it 
was sent, and the Date of Departure of those Ships 
from this Country. 

The followin : pursuant to the directions of 
several Acts of Parliament, were also laid upon the 
Table by the Clerk of the House,—An Account of 
the Gross Amount of all Sums received and paid by 
the Commissioners for the Reduction of the National 
Det, on account of Banks for Savings and Friendly 
Societies in Great Britain and Ireland, from their 
Commencement at 6th August 1817 to the 20th No- 
vember 1854, inclusive :—Also, an Account of the 
Expenses incurred by the said Commissioners, for 
Salaries of Clerks or other Incidental Charges, during 
the preceding year. 

An Account of the Gross Amount of all Bank An- 
nuities and Long Annuities, and any other Annuities 
for Terms of Years transferred, a of all Sums of 
Money paid to the Commissioners for the Reduction 
of the National Debt, and the Gross Amount of 
Annuities for Lives and for Terms of Years which 


29°—30° Januarii. 





A. 1855. 


have been granted for the same, under the Provi- 
sions of the Acts of 10 Geo. 4, c. 24, and 3 Will. 4, 
c. 14,and 15 &amp; 16 Vic. c. 45, within the year ending 
5th January 1855. 

An Account of the Gross Amount of all Monies 
received and paid by the Commissioners for the 
Reduction of the National Debt on account of the 
Fund for the Military Savings Banks, from the 
19th September 1845 to the 5th January 1855, in- 
clusive. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming Army before 
the adjourned Debate on the Question proposed Sebastopol. 
upon the 26th day of this instant January, That a 
Select Committee be appointed to inquire into the 
condition of our Army Sion Sebastopol, and into 
the conduct of those Departments of the Govern- 
ment whose duty it has been to minister to the wants 
of that Army ; 

And the Question being again proposed :—The 
House resumed the said adjourned Debate. 


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


Martis, 30° die Januarii, 1855: 


And the Question being put ; 
The House divided. 
The Yeas to the Right; 
The Noes to the Left. 
Tellers for the Mr. Drummond, 
Yeas, Mr. Craven Berkeley : 
Tellers for the (Mr. Hayter, 
Noes, The Earl of Mulgrave: 
So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 


}s05, 
}148, 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Common Law 
mittee on the Common Law Procedure Act Amend- Erocedure Act 
ment (Jreland) Bill ; Gireland) Dill 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, 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 Savings Banks 
reading of the Savings Banks and Friendly Societies #04 Friendly 
Investments Bill ; Bocieties In- 


Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon aan 
Friday next. . 


The Order of the day being read, for the Commit- Newspaper, 


tee on Newspaper, &amp;c. Postage and Stamp Duties ; poy mg 


Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, puties. 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Militia. 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this House, 
a Return of the Expense charged or to be charged 
on the County Rate of every County of England 
and Wales since the 1st day of January 1852, in pro- 
viding Depéts and Staff Houses for the Militia ; 
distinguishing the different Regiments and Counties, 
and specifying, in detail, the Nature and Extent of 
the Accommodation provided. 

Ordered, That 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 Coffee. 
Copy of any Correspondence which has taken place 
between Messrs. James Collier and Son, of the Steam 
Mills, 10, Foster-street, Bishopsgate, and the Admi- 
ralty and Treasury, upon the subject of Roasting and 
Grinding Coffee. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Royal Military 
Returns of the Gentlemen Cadets at the Royal see an 
Military College at Sandhurst, classified as follows : 


—Number of Sons of Civilians; Number of Sons of 
Officers 





Pah aa Dae EAR MEO acs diaeitiia 





Episcopal 
and Capitular 
Estates Bill. 


Ordnance. 


Chesterfield 
Water and 
Gas. 


Newport 
Corporation. 


Oxford, Wor- 
cester and 
Wolverhamp- 
ton Railway 
(Narrow 
Gauge.) 


Alford and 
Boston Road, 


Woolwich 
Consumers’ 
Ctive 
as, 





18 Vicrortiz. 29°—30° 


Officers of the Army; Number of Sons of Officers 
of the Navy and Marines; Number of Orphans of 
Officers of the Army; Number of Orphans of 
Officers of the Navy and Marines :—Of the Amount 
paid to that Establishment by the Gentlemen Cadets : 
—Of the Amount paid yearly by the Officers of the 
Senior Department :—Of the Total Annual Cost of 
that Establishment :—And, of the Total Amount 
received by the Exchequer above the Total Expenses 
of the Establishment since the year 1851, 


The Order for reading a second time, upon Wed- 
nesday next, the Episcopal and Capitular Estates 
Bill, was read, and discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Wednesday the 21st day of February next. 


Mr. Secretary-at-War presented, by Her Majesty’s 
Command,—Supplementary Estimate of the se 
which will probably be incurred during the year 
1854-55, for Ordnance Services. 

Ordered, That the said Estimate be referred to the 
Committee of Supply ; and be printed. 


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till a quarter of an hour before Two of the 
clock on Tuesday morning, adjourned till 
this day. 








Martis, 30° die Januari ; 
Anno 18° Victoria Regine, 1855. 


PRAYERS. 

F Wyatt of the Chesterfield Waterworks 
and Gas-Light Company, for leave to bring in 

a Bill to enable the Chesterfield Waterworks and 

Gas-Light Company to extend their Undertaking, 

and for other purposes, was presented, and read; 

and a Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, 

by Mr. George Cavendish and Mr. Thornhill. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Bur- 
gesses of'the Borough of Newport, in the County of 
Monmouth, for leave to bring in a Bill to enable the 
Corporation of Newport, in Monmouthshire, to pur- 
chase the Interest of the Freemen in Wewport 
Marshes, to extend the Limits of the said Borough, 
and for other purposes, was presented, and read ; 
and a Bill was ordered to be brought in accord- 
ingly, by Mr. Octavius Morgan and Mr. Crawshay 
Bailey. 


A Petition of the Oxford, Worcester and Wol- 
verhampton Railway Company, for leave to bring in 
a Bill to authorize the Completion and Maintenance 
of the Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton Rail- 
way on the Narrow Gauge; and to alter and amend 
the Provisions of the Acts relating thereto, and to 
certain Powers conferred on the Great Western 
Railway Company, was presented, and read ; and a 
Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by 
Colonel Rushout and Mr. Oliveira. 


A Petition of Trustees 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 eighth year of the reign of his 
Majesty King George the Fourth, intituled, “ An 
Act for repairing the Road from Alford to Boston, 
and from thence to Cowbridge, in the Township of 
Frithville, in the County of Lincoln, was presented, 
and read ; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in ac- 
cordingly, by Mr. Christopher and Sir John Trollope. 


A Petition of Directors of the Company therein- 
after-mentioned, for leave to bring in a Bill for in- 
corporating the Woolwich, Plumstead and Charlton 
Consumers’ Gas Company, was presented, and read ; 
and referred to the Select Committee on Standing 
Orders. 

Vou. 110, 





Januarii. 


37 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Woolwich 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, Consumers’ 
in respect of non-compliance with the Standing Protective 
Orders in the case of the Petition for the Woolvic ; 
Consumers’ Protective Gas Bill. 

Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Se- 

lect Committee on Standing Orders. 


A Petition of the Sheffield United Gas-Light Sheffield Gas. 
Company, for leave to bring in a Bill for merging 
the Sheffield Gas Consumers’ Company in the Shef- 
field United Gas-Light Company, and for other 
purposes, was presented, and read; and a Bill was 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Roe- 
buck and Mr. Hadfield. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Bur- Londonderry 
gesses of the Borough of Londonderry, for leave to Improvement. 
bring in a Bill for enabling the Mayor, Aldermen 
and Burgesses of the Borough of Londonderry to 
raise a further Sum of Money, and for other pur- 
poses, was presented, and read; and a Bill was 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Sir Robert 
Ferguson and Mr. Brady. 


A Petition of the Manchester, Sheffield and Lin- Manchester, 
colnshire Railway Company, for leave to bring in a Sheffield and 
Bill for enabling the Manchester, Sheffield and Lin- Raitway 
colnshire Railway Company to make a Branch Rail- (Lincoln 
way to Lincoln, to hire Vessels, and for other pur- Branch, &amp;c.) 
poses, was presented, and read; and a Bill was 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Had- 
field and Mr. Hindley. 


A Petition of the Cornwall Railway Company, Cornwall 
for leave to bring in a Bill for extending the Time Railway. 
for the Completion of the Cornwall Railway and 
Works, and for making further Provisions as to the 
Share Capital of the Cornwall Railway Company, 
and for other purposes, was presented, and on $ 
and a Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, 
by Mr. Michael Williams and Mr. Robartes. 


A Petition of the Over Darwen Gas-Light Com- Over Darwen 
pany, for leave to bring in a Bill t0 amend the Pro- &amp;@s. 
visions and extend the Limits of the Act relating to 
the Over Darwen Gas-Light Company, was pre- 
sented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
brought in accordingly, by Mr. Pilkington, Mr. 

Heywood and Mr. Wilson Patten. 


A Petition of the Dundee and Perth and Aber- pundee and 
deen Railway Junction Company, for leave to bring Perth and 
in a Bill for consolidating into one Act, and amend- ~ ang 
ing the Provisions of the several Acts relating to the ° 
Dundee and Perth and Aberdeen Railway Junction 
Company, and for enabling the Company to raise 
Money for the Payment of Debts, and for other 
purposes, was presented, and read; and a Bill was 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Dun- 
can and Mr. Kinnaird. 


A Petition of the Cork and Youghal Railway Cork and 
Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to enable the —— 
Cork and Youghal Railway Company to make a ®*!¥*y- 
Branch Railway to Queenstown, and to make cer- 
tain Deviations in, and an Extension of, their Line, 
and for other purposes, was presented, and read ; 
and a Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, 
by Mr. Isaac Butt and Mr. Talbot. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to renew the wadhurst and 
Term and continue the Powers of an Act passed in West Farleigh 
the ninth year of the reign of his Majesty King 4s Bill 
George the Fourth, intituled, “An Act for more 
effectually repairing and improving the Road from 
Wadhurst to the Turnpike-road on Lamberhurst 
Down, both in the County of Sussex, and from the 
Turnpike-road on Pullen’s Hill to West Farleigh- 
street, both in the County of Kent: And the same 
was read the first time ; and ordered to be read a 





second time. 
F3 Mr. 





Royal London 
Militia Bill. 


Dundalk and 
Blackrock 
Railway Bill. 


Dundalk 
Harbour and 
Port Bill. 


Taunton Gas 
Bill. 


Wolverhamp- 
ton Water 
Bill. 


Torquay 
Market and 
Slaughter- 
houses Bill. 


Ratcliff Gas 
Bill. 


Halifax Gas 
Bill. 


Colonial Life 
Assurance 
Company Bill. 


Wolverhamp 
ton New 
Water Bill. 


Inverury and 
Old Meldrum 
Railway Bill. 


38 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to amend an Act 
of the first year of the reign of King George the 
Fourth, chapter one hundred, to enable Her Ma- 
jesty’s Commissioners of Lieutenancy for the City 
of London to purchase certain Lands and Houses 
for building more convenient and requisite Head- 

uarters, Hospital, Storehouses and other proper 
} mee ne 2 for the Royal London Militia, and 
to confer certain other Powers: And the same was 
read the first time ; and ordered to be read a second 
time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for making a 
Railway from the Town of Dundalk, in the County 
of Louth, to the Town of Blackrock, 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 for the Conser- 
vancy and Improvement of Dundalk Harbour and 
Port, 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 
Taunton Gas-Light and Coke 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 to extend the 
Works of the Wolverhampton Waterworks Company, 
and to amend the Acts relating to that 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 
Torquay Market Company to raise a further Sum 
of Money, to sell or lease their Undertaking, and 


for other — : And the same was read the first 


time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 

Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to consolidate 
and amend the Provisions of the Act relating to the 
Ratcliff Gas-Light and Coke 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 
Halifax Gas-Light and Coke Company to raise a 
further Sum of Money for better supplying with Gas 
the Borough of Halifax and the Neighbourhood 
thereof, within the Parish of Halifaz, in the West 
Riding of the County of York, to repeal and amend 
the Act relating to the said 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 incorpora- 
ting the “Colonial Life Assurance Company,” for 
enabling the said Company to sue and to be sued, 
to take and hold Property, and for other purposes 
relating to the said Company: And the same was 
read the first time ; and ordered to be read a second 
ume. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for better sup- 
lying with Water the Town and Parish of Wolver- 

mpton, the Suburbs thereof, and the Parishes and 
Places adjacent thereto: And the same was read 
the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for making a 
Railway from and out of the Great North of Scot- 
land Railway, in the Parish of Jnverury, to the Town 
of Old Meldrum, all in the County of Aberdeen, and 
for other purposes: And the same was read the first 
time; and ordered to be read a second time. 


30° Januariz. 





A. 1855. 


Mr. Barrow presented a Bill to repeal the Act Nottingham 
relating to the Nottingham and Loughborough Turn- = Lough- 

“ nee ae rough Road 
pike-road, and to make other Provisions in lieu pjy, 
thereof: And the same was read the first time ; and 
ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. Edward Ellice presented a Bill for making Glasgow, 
certain Railways to connect Glasgow, Dumbarton Dumbarton 
and Helensburgh, in the Counties of Lanark and burgh Railway 
Dumbarton; and for making Provision for the use Bill. 
and working of the said Railways: And the same 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 


second time. 


Petitions relating to Book of Common Prayer ;— Public 
Stage Carriages ;—Intoxicating Liquors ; — Militia Petitions. 
Surgeons ;—and, War,—were presented, and read ; vide Fifth 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. Report. 


Ordered, That Mr. Smollett have leave of absence Leave of 
for a month, on account of illness in his family. Absence. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Steam Ship 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased “Philadelphia.” 
to give directions, that there be laid before this House, 

a Copy of Report of the Special Inspectors appointed 
to inquire into the circumstances attending the loss 
of the Steam Ship “ Philadelphia.” 

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


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


Ordered, That all Committees have leave to sit Committees. 


| To-morrow, notwithstanding the adjournment of the 


House. 


Mr. Fitzroy presented, pursuant to the directions Poor Relief 
of several Acts of Parliament,—Copies of three (Ireland.) 
General Orders issued by the Commissioners for the 
Relief of the Poor in Jreland. 

Nuisances Removal and Diseases Prevention Act Nuisances 
Lreland (1848) :—Copies of Directions and Regula- — and 

; “a ; a ; iseases Pre- 
tions issued by the Poor Law Commissioners in Zre- yention Act 
land. (Ireland) 


Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the '8*- 
Table. 


Mr. Cardwell presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- Steam Ship 
mand,—Copy of Report of an Investigation into the “ Erin’s 
circumstances attending the loss of the Steam Ship 
“ Erin's Queen” in the Bristol Channel by Collision 
with the Steam Ship “ Sabrina,” on the 6th January 
1855. 

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


The following Papers were laid upon the Table by Coinage. 
the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, dated 
the 24th day of this instant January, for an Account 
of all Gold, Silver and Copper Monies of the Realm, 
coined at the Mint, from the Ist day of January to 
the 31st day of December 1854. 

Return to an Order, dated the 29th day of this Cholera. 
instant January, for Copy of a Report on the Common 
and Model Lodging-houses of the Metropolis, with 
reference to Epidemic Cholera in 1854, addressed to 
the President of the General Board of Health by 
Mr. George Glover, one of the Superintending 
Medical Inspectors of the Board. 

The following Papers, pursuant to the directions of Bank of 
several Acts of Parliament, were also laid upon the Easland. 
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 Bhares 

ervice 








t. Foreign Office. 


Bankruptcy. 


Milton-next- 
Gravesend 
Royal Terrace 
Pier, 


Assist ant 
urgeons 
(East India. ) 


No. 34, 
Civil Service 
(East India.) 

No, 34. 


Coffee 
(Crimea. ) 


No. 38. 


National Debt. 
No. 39, 


Fisheries 
(North 
America, ) 


P, 


Act Amend. 
ment, 





18 Vicroriz. 


Service by the Governor and Company of the said 
Bank, in the year ending the 5th day of January 


30° Januarit.—1° Februariz. 


| of 


39 


Ordered, That the Return ordered on the 8th day Railways. 
May last, of all Sums of Money expended or then 


1855, showing what Amount of such Bills, before | due by the several Railway Companies, Proprietors 
the making up of this Account, has been paid off | or Shareholders in the United Kingdom, in obtaining 


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 | for Branches and Ad 


Company of the said Bank on the 5th day of January 
1855 aforesaid. 

An Account of the Amount of Balances of Sums 
issued for the Payment of Dividends due, and not 
demanded, and for the Payment of Lottery Prizes 
or Benefits which had not 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 
Dividends on account of the National Debt, for 
each of the four preceding Quarters respectively. 

An Account of the Receipt and Expenditure of 
£.2,794,722. 12s, 4d. in one year, from the 5th Ja- 
nuary 1854, to 5th January 1855, by the Commis- 
sioners appointed by the 26th Geo. 3, for the Reduc- 
tion of the National Debt. 

Copy of all Applications made by the First Lord 
of the Treasury and the Chancellor of the Exche- 
quer, to the Governor and Deputy Governor of the 

ank of England, for Advances to Government, 
authorized by Parliament, from the 5th January 1854, 
to the 5th January 1855 ; with a Copy of the Minutes 
of the Court of Directors thereon, and the Answers 
of the said Court thereto. 

Copy of Lemar | Minute, dated 26th of January 
1855, granting a Retired Allowance to Mr. R. C. 
Mellish, Third Senior Clerk in the Office of Her 
Majesty’s Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. 

Returns of the Official Assignees of the Court of 
Bankruptcy, showing the Total Amounts of their 
Receipts and Payments for the year ending the 31st 
December 1854, upon every Estate under their 
Charge as such Official Assignees; and also, the 
Balances appearing by their Books to be then in the 
Bank of England, standing to the credit of the 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, wale every 
Estate under their Charge, during the year 1854. 

A Copy of the Receipts and Applications of the 
Sums of Money received by the Commissioners of 
the Royal Terrace Pier, Milton-next-Gravesend, for 
the year ending the 31st December 1854. 


Ordered, That the —_ relative to Assistant 
Surgeons (East India), which was presented upon 
the 26th day of this instant January, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to the Civil 
Service (East India), which was presented upon the 
26th day of this instant January, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Coffee 
(Crimea), which was presented upon the 29th day 
of this instant January, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Accounts relative to the Na- 
tional Debt, which were presented upon the 29th day 
of this instant January, be printed. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
carry into effect a Treaty between Her Majesty and 
the United States of America: And that Mr. Peel and 


Sir George Grey do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
amend the Law relating to the Carriage of Passengers 
by Sea: And that Mr. Peel and Viscount Palmerston 


do are, and bring it in. 
oe 110. 








Acts of Parliament for establishing such Companies 
and their Undertakings, or subsequent thereto, and 
itions, or for purchasing other 
Railways, or amalgamating with Railways 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 in such 
Sums, Costs, Charges and Expenses, all Legal 
Charges and Engineering Expenses of any kind; 
and showing what proportion of the said Sums, 
Costs, Charges and Expenses has been paid and 
borne out of Capital, and what part has to be paid 
and borne out of the Profits of the said Companies 
respectively, be laid before this House forthwith by 
the Railway Companies who have not already com- 
plied with that Order. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the Number of Newspaper Stamps at One 
Penny issued to Newspapers in England, Wales, 
Scotland, and Ireland, for the year 1854 (in con- 
tinuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 117, of Session 
1854). 


Newspaper 
Stamps. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Common Law 
mittee on the Common Law Procedure Act Amend- Procedure Act 
ment (Ireland) Bill ; Gireland) Bu. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Mr. Peel presented a Bill to carry into effect a Fisheries 
Treaty between Her Majesty and the United States (North 
of America: And the same was read the first time ; “™°T) Bill. 
and ordered to be read a second time upon Thursday —_ Bill 16. 
next ; and to be printed. 


Mr. Peel presented a Bill to amend the Law Passengers 
relating to the Carriage of Passengers by Sea: And Act Amend- 
the same was read the first time ; and ordered to be ™°?* Bill 
read a second time upon Thursday next ; and to be Bill 17. 
printed. 


The Order for reading a second time, To-morrow, Judgments 
the Judgments Execution, &amp;c. Bill, was read, and Execution, &amp;c. 
discharged. — 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Thursday next. 


And then the House adjourned till Thursday next, 








Jovis, 1° die Februarii ; 
Anno 18° Victoria Regine, 1855. 


PRAYERS. 


PETITION of the Warrington Waterworks Warrington 
Company, for leave to bring in a Bill for ex- Water. 
tending the Powers of the Warrington Waterworks 
Company; and for other purposes, was presented, 
and read; and a Bill was ordered to be brought 
in accordingly, by Mr. Wilson Patten and Mr. 
Greenall. 


A Petition of Jsaac Booth, of Hyde, in the County Hyde Original 
of Chester, and also of Denton, in the County of &amp;* 
Lancaster, Gas Proprietor, and also of Subscribers 
to the Undertaking thereinafter-mentioned, for leave 
to bring in a Bill for lighting with Gas the Town- 
ship of Hyde, in the County of Chester, was pre- 
sented, and read; and a Bull was ordered to be 
brought. in accordingly, by Mr. Cheetham and Mr. 
Brotherton. 


F4 A Petition 





Cromford and 
High Peak 
Railway 


Dearness 
Valley 
Railway. 


Rotherham 
Gas. 


Commercial- 
road. 


Londonderry 
and Coleraine 
Railway. 


Cardiff 
Improvement. 


Derby Exten- 
sion and 
Improvement. 


40 


A Petition of the Cromford and High Peak 
Railway Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to 
alter and extend the Line of the Cromford and 
High Peak Railway, and to amend and consolidate 
the Provisions of the Acts relating thereto, was pre- 
sented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
brought in accordingly, by Mr. Colvile and Mr. 
Thornhill. 


A Petition of Subscribers to the Undertaking or 
Company thereinafter referred to, for leave to bring 
in a Bill to incorporate a Company for making a 
Railway from the Bishop Auckland Branch of 
the North Eastern Railway, in the Township of 
Elvet, to the Township of Brandon and Byshottles, 
all in the County of Durham, to be called “‘ The 
Dearness Valley Railway,” and for other purposes, 
was presented, and read ; and a Bill was ordered to 
be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Milner and Mr. 
John George Smyth. 


A Petition of the Rotherham Gas-Light and Coke 
Company, for leave to bring in a Bill for more 
effectually supplying with Gas the Parish of Ro- 
therham, and certain Places adjacent thereto, in the 
West Riding of the County of York, was presented, 
and read; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in 
accordingly, by Mr. Edmund Denison and Mr. 
Cheetham. . 


A Petition of Trustees for executing two several 
Acts for more effectually repairing the Commercial- 
road and other Roads connected therewith, in the 
Counties of Middlesex and Essex, for leave to bring 
in a Bill for amending “The Commercial-roads 
Act, 1828,” and “ The Commercial-roads Continua- 
tion Act, 1849,” and for other purposes, was pre- 
sented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
brought in accordingly, by Sir William Clay and 
Mr. Butler. 


A Petition of the Londonderry and Coleraine Rail- 
way Company, and of William M‘ Cormick, of Saint 
Martin’s-place, Trafalgar-square, in the County of 
Middlesex, for leave to bring in a Bill to enable the 
Londonderry and Coleraine Railway Company to 
lease a portion of their Undertaking, and for other 
purposes, was presented, and read; and a Bill was 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Sir Robert 
Ferguson and Captain Jones. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Bur- 
gesses of the Town of Cardiff, for leave to bring in 
a Bill for more effectually paving, cleansing, lighting 
and otherwise improving the Town of Cardiff, in the 
County of Glamorgan; for the construction of Re- 
servoirs for flushing the Sewers within the Town ; 
for opening new Streets and widening some of the 
existing Streets, and for —s a Cattle Market, 
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 Bur- 
gesses of the Borough of Derby, for leave to brin 
in a Bill for extending the Sasleiged Boundary of 
the Borough of Derby, and for more effectually 
paving, lighting and otherwise improving such Bo- 
rough, was presented, and read; and a Bill was 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Bass 
and Mr. Heyworth. 


A Petition of Lords in Trust for Charitable pur- 
poses of the Manor and Borough of Uxbridge, in 
the County of Middlesex, for leave to bring in a Bill 
for authorizing the Sale of the Uxbridge Burgage 
Lands, and directing the Application of the Proceeds 
thereof, and for other purposes, was presented, and 
read ; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in ac- 
cordingly, by Lord Robert Grosvenor and Mr. 
Tucker Smith. 


1° Februaria. 





A. 1855. 


A Petition of the Belfast and County Down Belfast ana 
Railway mee , for leave to bring in a Bill to County Down 
enable the Belfast and County Down coe j Com- “*°9- 
pany to extend their Railway in the County of Down, 
was presented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to 
be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Ker, Mr. Har- 
dinge and Mr. Kirk. 


A Petition of the Great North of Scotland Rail- Great North 
way Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to extend of Scotland 
the Great North of Scotland Railway, from Huntly ““"“*™ 
to Nairn, was presented, and read; and a Bill was 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Thomp- 
son and Mr. James Duff. 


A Petition of Subscribers to the Undertaking Banff, Macaut 
thereinafter-mentioned, for leave to bring in a Bill and Turriff 
for making a moveg | from the Great North of 84ilway. 
Scotland Railway to Turriff, in the County of Aber- 
deen, was presented, and read; and a Bill was or- 
dered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Thomp- 
son, Mr. James Duff and Mr. George Duff. 


A Petition of the Phoenix Gas-Light and Coke Phenix, South 
Company, the South Metropolitan Gas-Light and Metropolitan, 
Coke Company, the London Gas-Light Company aes 
and the Surrey Consumers’ Gas Company, for leave Companies, 
to bring ina Bill for altering the Districts within 
which the Phoenix, South Metropolitan, Zondon and 
Surrey Consumers’ Gas Companies may supply Gas 
within the Counties of Surrey and Kent, was pre- 
sented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
brought in accordingly, by Sir James Duke and Mr. 

Loche King. 


A Petition of the Provost, Bailies and Council of Renfrew 
the Royal Burgh of Renfrew, for leave to bring in a Police and 
Bill for establishing and maintaining an efficient 
System of Police for the Royal Burgh of Renfrew, 
for improving the said Burgh, and for other pur- 


Tmprovement, 


poses in relation thereto, was presented, and read ; 
and a Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, 
by Mr. Bouverie and Colonel Mure. 


A Petition of the Stockton and Darlington Rail- stockton and 
way Company, for leave to bring in a Bill for enabling Darlington 
the Stockton and Darlington Railway Company to ®*¥*y- 
make New Branches and other Works, to acquire 
additional Lands, and for other purposes, was pre- 
sented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
brought in accordingly, by Lord Harry Vane, Mr. 

Farrer and Mr. Cayley. 


A Petition of Persons thereunto subscribing, for Ayr Harbour. 
leave to bring in a Bill for maintaining and improving 
the Harbour of Ayr, and for the better regulation 
and management thereof, was presented, and read ; 
and a Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, 
by Mr. Craufurd and Sir John M‘ Taggart. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses Liverpool 
of the Borough of Liverpool, for leave to bring in a Improvement. 
Bill for enabling the Mayor, Aldermen and Bur- 


g | gesses of the Borough of Liverpool to acquire Lands 


and construct New Streets, and for other purposes, 
was presented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to 
be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Thomas Liddell 
and Mr. Horsfall. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses Liverpool 
of the Borough of Liverpool, for leave to bring in a —* 
Bill for amending the several Acts relating to the "*" 
Liverpool Corporation Waterworks, and for autho- 
rizing Deviations and the Construction of Works, 
and for other purposes, was presented, and read ; 
and a Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, 
by Mr. Thomas Liddell and Mr. Horsfall. 


A Petition of the London and South Western London o. 
Railway Company, for leave to bring in a Bill for ag 
authorizing 





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Madras 
Railway. 


Nottingham 
and Newhaven 
Road. 


East Kent 
Railway. 


London Dock. 


East and West 
India Dock, 


East Indian 
Railway. 


Birmingham 
Canal Navi- 
gations. 


Glasgow, 
Kirkintilloch 
and Balder. 
nock Roads, 


Aboyne, 

Ballater, 
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18 Vicroriz. 


authorizing the execution of Works by the London 
and South Western Railway Company, for regula- 
ting their Capital, and for other purposes, was pre- 
sented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
brought in accordingly, by Mr. Chaplin and Mr. 
Hutchins. 


A Petition of the Madras Railway Company, for 
leave to bring ina Bill to enable the Madras Rail- 
way Company to issue and register Shares and Se- 
curities in Jndia, and for other purposes in relation 
to such Company, was presented, and read; and a 
Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by 
Mr. Mangles and Mr. Robertson. 


A Petition of Trustees for executing four several 


1° Februarit. 





Acts of Parliament relating to the Wottingham and 
Newhaven Turnpike Road, for leave to bring in a 
Bill for continuing the Term of the Nottingham and 
Newhaven Turnpike Road and Districts Act, and for | 
other purposes, was presented, and read ; and a Bill | 
was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. | 


George Cavendish and Lord Robert Clinton. 


A Petition of the East Kent Railway Company, 
for leave to bring in a Bill to amend the East Kent 
Railway Act, 1853, was presented, and read; and a_| 
Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by 
Mr. Sadleiry and Mr. Lushington. 


A Petition of the London Dock Company, for 
leave to bring ina Bill to amend the Acts relating to | 
the London Dock Company, was presented, and 
read; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in 
accordingly, by Mr. Thomas Baring, Mr. Gregson 
and Mr. Glyn. 


| Chesterfield Waterworks and Gas-Light Company to 
extend their Undertaking, and for other purposes : 





41 


A Petition of the Plymouth and Stonehouse Gas- Piymouth and 
Light and Coke Company, for leave to bring in a Stonehouse 
Biil for extending the ena of the Plymouth and &amp;**- 
Stonehouse Gas-Light-and Coke Company, and for 
other purposes, was presented, and read; and a Bill 
was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. 

Collier, Mr. Roundell Palmer and Sir Erskine Perry. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for merging the Sheffield Gas 
Sheffield Gas Consumers’ Company in the Sheffield Bill. 
United Gas-Light 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 amend the Over Darwen 
Provisions and extend the Limits of the Act relating &amp;#8 Bill 
to the Over Darwen Gas-Light Company: And the 
same was read the first time; and ordered to be read 
a second time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for enabling the Manchester, 
Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway Sheffield and 
‘ ° Lincolnshire 

Company to make a Branch Railway to Lincoln, to Railway (Lin- 
hire Vessels, and for other purposes: And the same coln Branch, 


| was read the first time; and ordered to be read a *¢-) Bill. 


second time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to enable the Cork Cork and 
and Youghal Railway Company to make a Branch i Bill. 
Railway to Queenstown, and to make certain Devia- ee 
tions in and an Extension of their Line, 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 Chesterfield 
Water and 
Gas Bill. 


| And the same was read the first time; and ordered 


A Petition of the East and West India Dock 
Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to alter and 
amend the Acts relating to the East and West India 
Dock Company, was presented, and read; and a 
Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by 
Mr. Thomas Baring, Mr. Gregson and Mr. Glyn. 





A Petition of the East Indian Railway Company, | 
for leave to bring in a Bill to enable the Last Indian | 
Railway Company to issue and register Shares and | 
Securities in p ae and for other purposes in relation | 
to such Company, was presented, and read; and a | 
Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by | 
Mr. Glyn and Mr. Willcox. | 

| 

A Petition of the Company of Proprietors of the 
Birmingham Canal Navigations, for leave to bring 
ina Bill for enabling the Company of Proprietors 
of the Birmingham Canal Navigations to make and 
maintain additional Canals and Works, and for other 
purposes, was presented, and read; and a Bill was 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Muntz 
and Mr. Foley. 


A Petition of Trustees of the Turnpike-roads 
thereinafter-mentioned, for leave to bring in a Bill to 
amalgamate the Glasgow and Inchbelly Bridge, and 
Possi/l and Balmore Turnpike-road Trusts, and to 
make Branch Roads, and for other purposes, was 
presented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
brought in accordingly, by Mr. Stirling and Mr. 
Wiliam Lockhart. 


A Petition of Persons whose names are thereunto 
annexed, for leave to bring in a Bill for making and 
maintaining a Turnpike-road from Charlestown of 
Abcyne to Ballater, Crathie, and Castletown of 
Braemar to Cairnwell Hill, with a Branch at 
Crathie, in the County of Aberdeen, and for other | 
purposes, was presented, and read; and a Bill was | 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Layard | 
and Mr. Hutchins. 


VoL. 110. 


several Acts relating to the Dundee and Perth and 
| Aberdeen Railway Junction Company, and for ena- 


to be read a second time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to enable the Newport Cor. 
Corporation of Newport, in Monmouthshire, to Portion Bill. 


purchase the Interest of the Freemen in Newport 


Marshes, to extend the Limits of the said Borough, 
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 Londonderry 
Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses of Londonderry to Hprovement 
raise a further Sum of Money, 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 extending the Cornwall 
time for the Completion of the Cornwall Railway Bailvay Bill. 
and Works, and for making further Provisions as to 
the Share Capital of the Cornwa/l 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 consolidating Dundee and 


into one Act, and amending the Provisions of the Perth and 
Aberdeen 
Railway Bill. 


bling the Company to raise Money for the Payment 
of Debts, and for other purposes: And the same was 
read the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Billto renew the Term Alford and 
and continue the Powers of an Act passed in the — Road 
eighth year of the reign of his Majesty King George” 
the Fourth, intituled, “ An Act for repairing the Road 
from Alford to Boston, and from thence to Cow- 
bridge, in the Township of Frithville, in the County 
of Lincoln :’ And the same was read the first time ; 
and ordered to be read a second time. 


Oxford, 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to authorize the 
Worcester and 


Completion and Maintenance of the Oxford, Wor- yw oVham 
: . p- 
cester and Wolverhampton Railway on the Narrow ton Railway 


Gauge; and to alter and amend the Provisions of the (Narrow _ 
" G Acts Gauge) Bill. 


42 


Acts relating thereto, and to certain Powers conferred | 
on the Great Western Railway Company: And the 
and ordered to be read 


same was read the first time ; 
a second time. 


Mr. Greene reported from the Select Committee 
on Standing Orders, several Resolutions ; which | 
were read, as follow: | 

1. That in the case of the North Yorkshire and | 
Cleveland Railway Petition, the Standing Orders | 
ought to be dispensed with; that the Parties be, 
permitted to proceed with their Bill. | 

2. That in the case of the West Somerset Mi- | 
neral Railway Petition, the Standing Orders ought | 
to be dispensed with; that the Parties be permitted | 
to proceed with their Bill. | 

3. That in the case of the Leeds, Bradford and | 
Halifax Junction Railway Petition, the Standing | 
Orders ought to be dispensed with ; that the Parties | 
be permitted to proceed with their Bill, provided | 
that Notice has been given to every Shareholder be- | 
fore the 7th day of February ; that the Committee | 
on the Bill do report how far such Order has been | 
complied with on the Report of the Bill. 

The said Resolutions, being read a second time, | 
were agreed to. 


Standing 
Orders. 


North York- 
shire and 
Cleveland 
Railway. 


West Somerset 
Mineral 
Railway. 


Leeds, Brad- 
ford and 
Halifax Junc- 
tion Railway. 


The House was moved, That the Report from | 
the Select Committee on Standing Orders, in respect | 
of the Petition for the Leeds, Bradford and Halifax | 
Junction Railway Bill, might be read ; and the same | 
being read ; | 


Leeds, Brad- 
ford and 
Halifax Junc- 
tion Railway. 


1° Februari. 


A. 1855. 


The Liverpool Docks Bill was read a second time ; Liverpool 
and committed. Docks Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


The Monmouthshire Railway and Canal Bill was Monmouth- 
read a second time; and committed. shire Railway 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the General een tae 
Committee on Railway and Canal Bills. 


The Oldham Gas and Water Bill was read a se- Oldham Gas 
cond time; and committed. and Water Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


The South Eastern Railway (Capital) Bill was South Eastern 
read a second time; and committed. (Capital) Bill, 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the General ‘~*? 


Committee on Railway and Canal Bills. 


The Swansea Docks Bill was read a second time ; Swansea 
and committed. Docks Bill 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


The Ulster Railway Bill was read a second time ; Ulster 
and committed. Railway Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the General 
Committee on Railway and Canal Bills. 


The Earl of Mulgrave presented, by Her Majesty’s International 


Command,—Copy of Convention between Her Ma- Copyright 
Belgium.) 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to | jesty and the King of the Belgians for the Esta- ‘ 
enable the Leeds, Bradford and Ualifax Junction ‘hjishment of International Copyright. Signed at 








Railway Company to raise additional Capital, and Zondon, August 12, 1854. 


for other purposes: And that Mr. Edmund Denison | 
and Mr. Wickham 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 West Somerset Mineral Rail- 
way, might be read; and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for authorizing the making and maintaining of West 
Somerset Mineral Railway, and the improving and 
regulating of the Harbour of Watchet, in the County of 
Somerset, and for other purposes: And that Mr. Moody 
and Mr. Gore Langton do prepare, and bring it in. 


WestSomerset 
Mineral 
Railway. 


Ordered, That Sir John Yarde Buller be dis- 
charged from further attendance on the Select Com- 
mittee on Standing Orders. 

Ordered, That Mr. Deedes be added to the Com- | 
mittee. 


Standing 
Orders. 





Committee 
of Selection. 


Ordered, That Sir John Yarde Buller be dis- | 
charged from further attendance on the Committee | 


of Selection. 
Ordered, That Mr. Deedes and Mr. Greene be | 
added to the Committee. 


Birmingham 


The Birmingham Gas Bill was read a second 
Gas Bill, 


time ; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 
Brighton The Brighton Improvement Commissioners and 
ner meal Municipal Corporation Bill was read a second time ; 

ommissioners . 

and Municipal 2nd committed. 
Corporation Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
Bill. mittee of Selection. 


The Bristol and Exeter Railway Bill was read a 
second time; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the General 
Committee on Railway and Canal Bills. 


Bristol and 
Exeter Rail- 
way Bill. 


Lands The Lands Improvement Company Bill was read 
ne A a second time ; and committed. 
Company Bill. Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 


mittee of Selection. 





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


Petitions relating to Newspaper Stamps ;—Pro- Public 
bate Duty ;— Decimal Coinage ;— and, Grain,— Fetitions. 
—were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon yige Fitth 
the Table. Report. 


The following Papers were laid upon the Table Court of 
by the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, Chancery: 
dated the 6th day of July last, for 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 “Account of Monies 
placed out for the Benefit and 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 Suitors’ Cash in the 
Bank of England on the 1st day of October 1853: 

—Of the Amount of the Cash invested ia Stock 
placed to the Account of Securities, purchased with 
Surplus Interest arising from Securities 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 1st 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 Chancery; distin- 
guishing 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 1st 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; distinguishing the Amounts — 

rom 








Small Arms. 


Metropolitan 
mprove- 
ments. 


Dublin House 
of Industry, 


Trade and 
fanufactures 
(Scotland.) 





18 VicrorizZ. 





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 
balancing 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 | Commissioners appointed to inquire into the condi- 


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. 103, 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 Ist 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 1st day of 
October 1853:—Of the Number of Accounts in 
the Books of the Accountant General on the Ist 
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. 

Return to an Order, dated the 15th day of De- 
cember last, for a Return of all Orders given, and 
Contracts entered into, by the Board of Ordnance 
for Small Arms, since the 1st day of January 1853, 
with the Dates thereof, the Time of the Delivery of 
each Pattern, and also when each Material was 
given out to be set up; specifying, separately, Lon- 
don, Birmingham, and Foreign Orders and Con- 
tracts; and stating what part of them have been 
received, and what Number of Materials and Mus- 
kets or other Guns have been accepted of *577 bore, 
and all other kinds, and when. 

The following Paper, pursuant to the directions of 
an Act of Parliament, was also laid upon the Table 
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, &amp;c.; of the 
Application of the Funds so advanced ; and of the 
Monies paid into the Consolidated Fund between 
1st January and the 31st December 1854. 


Sir John Young presented,—Return to an Order, 
dated the 19th day of December last, for Copies of 
Correspondence between the Reverend Mr. Fathiner, 
Roman Catholic Chaplain to the House of Industry 
in Dublin, and the Poor Law Commissioners, rela- 
tive to the Admission of Visitors into said House, 
together with the Evidence and Report made to the 
Commissioners upon the Inquiry arising therefrom : 
—Of the Rules and Orders for the Regulation of 
the Establishment :—And, Return of the Number 
of Inmates in the House, specifying those who are 
Roman Catholics. 


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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
a Return of the Income and Expenditure of the 
Board for the Encouragement of Trade and Manu- 
factures in Scotland, for the years 1843 to 1854, 
both inclusive (in continuation of Parliamentary 
Paper, No. 176, of Session 1844). 
Vou. 110. 


1°—2° Februari. 





45 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant New Radnor 
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 Vew Radnor, in the 
room of the Right honourable Sir Thomas Frank- 
land Lewis, Baronet, deceased. 





Ordered, That Mr. Frederick Dundas have leave Leave of 
of absence till the 1st day of March next, on account 4&gt;sence. 
of ill health. 





Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Fairs and 
Copy of the Minutes of Evidence taken before the ireland.) 


tion of the Fairs and Markets in Jreland in 1852. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to Bills of 
facilitate the Remedies on Bills of Exchange and te and 
: ‘ Sates romissory 
Promissory Notes, by the prevention of frivolous or Notes, 
fictitious Defences to Actions thereon: And that Mr. 
Keating and Mr. Mullings do prepare, and bring 
it in. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Promotion and 
to Her Majesty, praying that She will be graciously jaa 
pleased to cause Her Royal Warrant for regulating 
Promotion and Retirement in the Army to be laid 
upon the Table of the 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 Fisheries (Vorth America) Bill was, according Fisheries 
to Order, read a second time; and committed toa (North 
. . , America) Bill. 
Committee of the whole House, for To-morrow. 


The Passengers Act Amendment Bill was, accord- Passengers 
ing to Order, read a second time; and committed on pe 
to a Committee of the whole House, for Thursday 
the 15th day of this instant February. 


Judgments 
Execution, &amp;c. 
Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Judgments Execution, &amp;c. Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Thursday the 15th day of this instant February. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 








Veneris, 2° die Februari ; 


Anno 18° Victoria Regine, 1855. 


PRAYERS. 
M* Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Torquay, Tor 
1 one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private = ~~ 
Bills, in respect of non-compliance with the Standing an 
Orders in the case of the Petition for the Torquay, 
Tor and Saint Mary Church Gas Bill. 


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


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from New River 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, Company and 
ages? e ‘ ‘ Stendion Trustees of the 
in respect of non-compliance with the Standing River Lee, 
Orders in the case of the Petition for the Vew River 
Company and Trustees of the River Lee Bill. 

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


Mr. Duncan reported from the Select Committee Public 
on Public Petitions; That they had examined the he -_ 
Petitions presented upon the 29th and 30th days rane 
of January last, and the 1st 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 


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44 

A Petition of Trustees for executing the Act for 
making a Turnpike-road from the Hope Turnpike 
in the Leominster and Hereford Road, to or near 
Burley Gate in the Hereford and Bromyard Turn- 
pike-road, and from thence to a place called the 
Trumpet in the Ledbury and Hereford Turnpike- 
road, all in the County of Hereford, for leave to 
bring in a Bill to repeal the Act relating to the Leo- 
minster and Ledbury Turnpike Trust, and to make 
other Provisions in lieu thereof, was presented, and 
read; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in 
accordingly, by Mr. Booker, Mr. Hanbury and 
Mr. Robert Phillimore. 


Glasgow 


A Petition of the Lord Provost, Magistrates and 
Water. 


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 and Suburbs thereof, and Districts and 
Places adjacent; to purchase and acquire the Glasgow 
Waterworks and the Gorba/s Gravitation Water- 
works, and to introduce an additional Supply of 
Water from Loch Katrine, and for other purposes, 
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. 


Birkenhead 
Dock 
Trustees. 


A Petition of Trustees of the Birkenhead Docks, 
for leave to bring in a Bill for exempting Vessels 
resorting to the Birkenhead Docks, and their Cargoes, 
from dues payable to the Trustees of the Liverpool 
Docks, and the Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses of 
the Borough of Liverpool respectively, and for other 
purposes, was presented, and read; and a Bill was 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Hutchins 
and Mr. Headlam. 


Birmingham 


A Petition of the Company of Proprietors of the 
Water. ’ 


Birmingham Waterworks, for leave to bring in a Bill 
to enable the Company of Proprietors of the Bir- 
mingham Waterworks to construct new Waterworks, 
and for other purposes, was presented, and read ; 
and a Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, 
by Mr. Muntz, Mr. Scholefield and Mr. Spooner, 


Dundalk and 
Enniskillen 
Railway. 


A Petition of the Dundalk and Enniskillen Rail- 

way Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to enable 
the Dundalk and Enniskillen Railway Company to 
construct Extension Railways, and for other purposes, 
was presented, and read ; and a Bill was ordered to 
be brought in accordingly, by Mr. George Alexander 
Hamilton, Mr. Kirk and Mr. Bowyer. 
Newport Gas. A Petition of the Newport Gas Company, for leave 
to bring in a Bill for better lighting with Gas the 
Town and Borough of Newport, and the Neighbour- 
hood thereof, in the County of Monmouth, was pre- 
sented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
brought in accordingly, by Mr. Octavius Morgan and 
Mr. Crawshay Bailey. 


Lightpill and 


Birdlip Road. A Petition of Trustees for executing the Acts 


thereinafter-mentioned, for leave to bring in a Bill to 
repeal the Acts relating to the Road from Lightpill 
to Birdlip, and make other Provisions in lieu thereof, 
was presented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to 
be brought in accordingly, by Mr Poulett Scrope 
and Mr, Horsman. 


Stroud, Cains- 
cross and 
Minchinhamp- 
ton Read, 


A Petition of Trustees for executing the Act there- 
inafter-mentioned, for leave to bring in a Bill to 
repeal the Act for making and maintaining a Turn- 
pike-road from Cainscross, through Stroud, over 
Rodborough and Minchinhampton Commons, to the 
Town of Minchinhampton, with some Branches 
therefrom, all in the County of Gloucester, and to 
make other Provisions in lieu thereof, was presented, 
and read; and a Bill was ordered to be brought 
in accordingly, by Mr. Poulett Scrope and Mr. 
Horsman, 


2° Februariz. 





A, 1855. 


A Petition of Commissioners of the Southampton Southampton 
Paving Trust, acting in the execution of the Acts wm Renton 
. " . . . 8. 
relating to that Trust, for leave to bring in a Bill for 
the further Improvement of the Southampton Paving 
Trust District, in the Parish of Saint Pancras, in 
the County of Middlesex, and for other purposes, 
was presented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to 
be brought in accordingly, by Sir Benjamin Hall 
and Sir John Shelley. 


A Petition of Trustees for executing the Act there- Gomersal and 
inafter-mentioned, for leave to bring in a Bill to pewsbury 
amend and extend the Provisions of the Act relating = 
to the Gomersal and Dewsbury Turnpike-roads, and 
to create a further Term therein, and for other pur- 
poses, was presented, and read ; and a Bill was or- 
dered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Edmund 
Denison and Mr. Cobden. 


A Petition of the Royal Conical Flour Mill Com- Royal Conical 
pany, for leave to bring in a Bill to repeal, alter and Flour Mill 
amend some of the Provisions of “The Royal Conical CO™P*"Y- 
Flour Mill Company’s Act, 1854,” to enable the 
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 Mr. 
Christopher and Sir John Shelley. 


A Petition of the Sunderland Dock Company, for Sunderland 
leave to bring in a Bill to authorize the Sunderland Deck. 
Dock Company to make further Works, and to 
amend and consolidate the Acts relating to the said 
Company, and for other purposes, was presented, 
and read; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in 
accordingly, by Mr. Hudson, Mr. Fenwick and Mr. 
Mowbray. 


A Petition of Price’s Patent Candle Company, Price’s Patent 
for leave to bring in a Bill to reincorporate Price’s Candle Com- 
Patent Candle Company, and to extend its Powers, ?*" 
was presented, and read; and a Bill was ordered 
to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Glyn, Mr. 

Thomas Baring and Mr. Raikes Currie. 


A Petition of the Southwark and Vauxhall Water Southwark 
Company, for leave to bring in a Bill for enabling #74 Vauxhall 
the Southwark and Vauxhall Water Company to —_ 
raise additional Capital, and for other purposes, was 
es and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 

rought in accordingly, by Sir William Clay and 
Mr. Hutt. 


A Petition of the Governor and Company of the New River 

New River brought from Chadwell and Amwell to Company and 
: ° a 2 ._ Trustees of the 

London, for leave to bring in a Bill for transferring River Lee. 
the Undertaking of the Trustees of the River Lee 
to the New River Company, and for other oe 
was presented, and read ; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Standing Orders. 


A Petition of the Torquay, Zor and Saint Mary Torquay, Tor 
Church Gas Company, for leave to bring in a Bil] 2nd Saint 
° ¢ Mary Church 
for granting further Powers to the Torquay, Tor g,;' 
and Saint Mary Church Gas Company, was pre- 
sented, and read; and referred to the Select Com- 
mittee on Standing Orders. 


A Petition of the Grand Junction Waterworks Grand Junc- 
Company, for leave to bring in a Bill for enabling tion Water. 
the Grand Junction Waterworks Company to raise 
further Capital, and for other purposes, was pre- 
sented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
brought in accordingly, by Sir William Clay and 
Mr. Hutt. 


The House was moved, That the Report from the North York- 
Select Committee on Standing Orders, in respect of — ae 
the Petition for the North Yorkshire and Cleveland Relbweye 

Railway 








18 VicrortZ. 


Railway Bill, might be read; and the same being 
read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to enable the North Yorkshire and Cleveland Rail- 
way Company to make a Branch from their Railway 
to the Middlesbrough and Guisbrough Railway, and 
also a Branch to Whorlton and other Works, and to 
alter and amend the Act relating to the said Com- 
pany, and for other purposes: And that Mr. Octa- 
vius Duncombe and Mr. Milner do prepare, and 
bring it in. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for enabling the 
Company of Proprietors of the Birmingham Canal 
Navigations to make and maintain additional Canals 
and Works, and for other purposes: And the same 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time. 


Birmingham 
Canal Navi- 
gations Bill. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to enable the 
Madras Railway Company to issue and register 
Shares and Securities in Jndia, and for other pur- 
poses in relation to such Company: And the same 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time. 


Madras 
Railway Bill. 


East Kent Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to amend the 

Railway Bill. Rast Kent Railway Act, 1853: And the same was 
read the first time ; and ordered to be read a second 
time. 

London and Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for authorizing 


South Western the execution of 


Railway Bill. orks by the London and South 


Western Railway Company; for regulating their 
Capital, and for other purposes: And the same was 
read the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
time. 


Nottingham Mr. Brotherton a a Bill for continuing 
and Newhaven the Term of the Nottingham and Newhaven Turn- 
Road Bill. ‘ ie . 
pike-road and Districts Act, and for other purposes : 
And the same was read the first time; and or- 
dered to be read a second time. 


Hyde Original Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for lighting with 
Gas Bill. Gas the Township of Hyde, in the County of 
Chester: And the same was read the first time; 
and ordered to be read a second time. 
Cromfordand Mr, Brotherton presented a Bill to alter and 
Hn he + extend the Line of the Cromford and High Peak 
y®™ Railway, and to amend and consolidate the Pro- 
visions of the Acts relating thereto: And the same 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time. 
Londonderry § Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to enable the 
ielver Ba Londonderry and Coleraine Railway Company to 
’ lease a portion of their Undertaking, and for other 
purposes: And the same was read the first time ; 
and ordered to be read a second time. 
tboyne, Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for making and 
— and Maintaining a Turnpike-road from Charlestown of 
Cairnwell  Aboyne by Ballater, Crathie, and Castletown of 
Road Bill. § Braemar to Cairnwell Hill, with a Branch at Cra- 
thie, in the County of Aberdeen, and for other pur- 
poses: And the same was read the first time; and 
ordered to be read a second time. 
Warrington Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for extending 
“ter Bil. the Powers of the Warrington Waterworks Com- 
pany, and for other purposes: And the same was 
read the first time; and ordered tu be read a second 
time. 
Ramercial ‘Mr. Brotherton presented ‘a Bill for amending 


“The Commercial-reads Act, 1828,” and “The 
Commercial-roads Continuation Act, 1849,” and for 
other purposes: And the same was read the first 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 

VoL. 110. 





2° Februariz. 


45 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for more effec- Rotherham 
tually supplying with Gas the Parish of Rotherham, &amp;@s Bill. 
and certain Places adjacent thereto, 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 more effec- Cardiff 
tually paving, cleansing, lighting and otherwise Improvement 
improving the Town ot Cardiff, in the County of 
Giamorgan; for the Construction of Reservoirs for 
flushing the Sewers within the Town ; for opening 
New Streets and widening some of the existing 
Streets, and for providing a Cattle Market: And 
the same was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for extending the perby Ex- 
Municipal Boundary of the Borough of Derby, and tension and 
for more effectually paving, lighting and otherwise — 
improving such Borough: And the same was read =~ 
the first time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for authorizing west Somerset 
the making and maintaining of the West Somerset Mineral 
Mineral Railway, and the improving and regulating ®*!wsy Bill. 
of the Harbour of Watchet, in the County of So- 
merset, 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 Dearness 
Company for making a Railway from the Bishop bend Bill 
Auckland Branch of the North Ewstern Railway, in ~ _— 
the Township of Elvet, to the Township of Brandon 
and Byshottles, all in the County of Durham, to be 
called “The Dearness Valley 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 extending the Plymouth and 
Powers of the Plymouth and Stonehouse Gas-Light —" 
and Coke 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 altering the Phenix, South 


Districts within which the Pheenix, South Metro~ Metropolitan, 
a ‘i ne London and 
politan, London and Surrey Consumers’ Gas Com- surrey Gas 


panies may supply Gas within the Counties of Surrey Companies 
and Kent: And the same was read the first time ; 3!) 
and ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to extend the Great North 
Great North of Scotland Railway from Huntly to of Scotland 
Nairn: And the same was read the first time ; and ny an 
ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to enable the Belfast and 
Belfast and County Down Railway Company to County Down 
; ; ‘ ‘ . Railway Bill. 
extend their Railway in the County of Down: And 
the same was read the first time ; and ordered to be 
read a second time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for authorizing Uxbridge 
the Sale of the Uxbridge Burgage Lands, and Burgage. 
directing the Application of the Proceeds thereof, comedienne 
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 Liverpool 
several Acts relating to the Liverpool Corporation Corporation 
Waterworks, and for authorizing Deviations, and the Vt Sill 
Construction of Works, 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 Liverpool 
Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses of the Borough of Improvement 
Liverpool to acquire Lands and construct new Streets, 


ill, 





and 


G 3 





46 


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


Leeds, Brad- 
ford and 
Halifax June- 
tion Railway 
Bill. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to enable the 
Leeds, Bradford and Halifax Junction Railway Com- 
pany to raise additional Capital, and for other pur- 
poses : 
ordered to be read a second time. 


Stockton and 
Darlington 
Railway Bill. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for enabling the 
Stockton and Darlington Railway Company to make 
new Branches and other Works, to acquire additional 
Lands, 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 amalgamate 
the Glasgow and Inchbelly Bridge and Possit and 
Balmore Turnpike-road Trusts, and to make Branch 
Roads, and for other purposes: And the same was 


Glasgow, 
Kirkintilloch 
and Balder- 
nock Roads 
Bill. 


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


time. 


Renfrew 
Police and 
Imprevemcnt 
Bill. 


Mr. Brotherion presented a Bill for establishing 
and maintaining an efficient system of Police for the 
Royal Burgh of Renfrew, for improving the said 
Burgh, and for other purposes in relation thereto : 
And the same was read the first time ; and ordered 
to be read a second time. 


Banff, Macduff 
and Turriff 
Railway Bill. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for making a 
Railway from the Great North of Scot/and Railway 
to Turriff, in the County of Aberdeen : And the 
same was read the first time ; and ordered to be read 
a second time. 


Ayr Ilarbour 


o- Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for maintaining 
ul. 


and improving the Harbour of Ayr, and for the 
better Regulation and Management thereof: And 
the same was read the first time ; and ordered to be 
read a second time. 


Bills of Ex- 
change and 
Promissory 
Notes Bill. 


Bill 18. 


Mr. Keating presented a Bill to facilitate the Reme- 
dies on Bills of Exchange and Promissory Notes, by 
the prevention of frivolous or fictitious Defences to 
Actions thereon: And the same was read the first 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time upon 
Wednesday next; and to be printed. 


East Indian 


Mr. Wilicox presented a Bill to enable the East 
Railway Bill. 


Indian Railway Company to issue and register 
Shares and Securities in /ndia, and for other pur- 
poses in relation to such Company: And the same 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time. 


Public 
Petitions. 


Vide Sixth 
Report. 


Petitions relating to Stage Carriages ;—Foreign 
Policy ; — and, Intoxicating Liquors,—were pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


Bolton and 
Nightingales’ 
Road Bill 


The Bolton and Nightingales’ Road Bill was read 
a second time ; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


The Wigan and Preston Roads, North of Yarrow 
Bill was read a second time; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Wigan and 
Preston Roads, 
North of 
Yarrow Bill. 


North Ame- 


Mr. Pee/ presented, by Her Majesty’s Command, 
rican Colonies. 


—North American Colonies: Copies of Acts recently 
passed by the Legislatures of Canada, Nova Scotia, 
New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island, for 
giving effect on the part of those Provinces to the 
recent Reciprocity Treaty with the United States. 
Convict Convict Discipline and Transportation (Australian 
Discipline and Colonies): Copy of further Correspondence on the 
ee. subject of Convict Discipline and Transportation (in 
lian Colonies.) Continuation of Papers presented May 1854). 


2° Februariz. 


And the same was read the first time ; and | 


A, 1855. 


Mr. Peel also presented,—Return to an Address Emigration 
to Her Majesty, dated the 20th day of December (Australia. ) 
last, for Copies or Extracts of any Despatches relative 
to Emigration to the Australian Colonies (in con- 
tinuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 436, of last 
Session). 

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





Com- Statistical 


Mr. Cardwell presented, by Her Majesty’s 
: Tables. 


mand,—Statistical Tables relating to Foreign Coun- 
tries, compiled for the most part from the Official 
Returns of the respective Countries: Part I. con- 
tinuing the information for the respective Countries 
| from the Supplemental Volume (Section A.) to Part 
XVIII. of Tables of Revenue, Population, Commerce, 
&amp;e. of the United Kingdom. 

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





Lieutenant General Sir De Lacy Evans, Knight Thanks of 
Commander of the Most honourable Order of the pr ana 
Bath, being come to the House, Mr. Speaker (sitting, De Lacy 
and uncovered) acquainted him with the Resolution Evans. 
of the House of the 15th day of December last, 
which he read, as followeth :— 

“ Resolved, Nemine Contradicente, That the Thanks 
of this House be given to Lieutenant General Sir 
De Lacy Evans, Knight Commander of the Most 
honourable Order of the Bath, and to the several 
other Officers therein named, for their zeal, intrepidity 
and distinguished exertions in the several Actions in 
which Her Majesty’s Forces have been engaged with 
the Enemy.” 


And then Mr. Speaker gave him the Thanks of 
the House accordingly, as followeth :— 

Lieutenant General Sir De Lacy Evans,—lIt is 
with feelings of pride and satisfaction that this House 
welcomes the return of one who has borne so con- 
spicuous a part in the brilliant achievements which 
have characterized the present War. 

At the Battle of the Alma you encountered and 
overcame with admirable coolness and judgment the 
almost insuperable difficulties which opposed the 
advance of the gallant Second Division against the 
position of the Enemy. 

Your repulse of the formidable attack of the 
Russians on the 26th of October, and the energy 
and valour with which you led the Troops upon that 
occasion, have been honourably recognized by Lord 
Raglan. 

But it was on the Heights of Jnkerman that you 
displayed that undaunted courage and chivalrous 
generosity-which have called forth the admiration of 
your Country, when, rising from a bed of sickness, 
you hastened to assist with your counsel and ex- 
perience the gallant Officer in temporary command 
of your Division ; and you refused to withhold from 
him the honours, whilst you shared with him the 
dangers, of that Battle Field. 

Your conduct throughout this memorable Cam- 
paign has been marked by the same intrepid gallantry 
which distinguished your early military career, and 
has justly earned for you the highest honour which 
it is in the power of this House to confer. 

It is therefore my agreeable duty, in the name and 
by the command of the Commons of the United 
Kingdom, to deliver to you their unanimous Thanks 
for your zeal, intrepidity and distinguished exertions 
in the several Actions in which Her Majesty’s Forces 
have been engaged with the Enemy. 





Upon which Sir De Lacy Evans rose, and said :— 
|__ Mr. Speaker,—I beg to assure you, Sir, and this 
| House, that I appreciate most deeply the very high 

honour which has now been conferred upon me. | 

| am quite aware, and ry impressed with the con- 
'viction, that there is no honour to which a British 
Subject can look with more ardent desire or be more 

proud of than the recognition of his services, pay sen 

they 





Leave of 
Absence. 


Jurors and 
Juries 
(Ireland) Bill, 


Jurors and 
Juries 
(Ireland) 
(No. 2) Bill, 


Fairs and 
Markets 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Savings Banks 

and Friendly 
ieties In- 

vestments Bill 


Newspaper, 
Xe. Postage 
and Stamp 
Duties, 


Supply, 








18 VicToriz. 


they may be, by the Representatives of his fellow- | 
subjects in this Kingdom. 

Sir, 1 hope I shall be pardoned if I very imper- 
fectly express my feelings on this occasion. It is 
almost a novelty to me to be received in this manner 
in this House, with reference to my Military Services. 

Sir, I am equally and indeed still more grateful to 
you for the reference which you have made to the 


9°___5° Februariz. 


| into a Committee on the Fisheries (Vorth America) 





47 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Fisheries 

* (North Ame- 
, . : ‘ ica) Bill. 
Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker in 
| resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bouverie reported, That 

ithe 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. 


Second Division, which I had the honour to com- | 


mand. I should not have had the most remote 
chance of obtaining the kind and honourable dis- 
tinction which I have this day received at the hands 


of this House, had it not been for the noble gallantry | 


of that Division, from the first Officer under my 
command to the humblest Soldier in its ranks. 

I know well, Sir, that my position here at this 
moment is almost exclusively attributable to the noble 
conduct and devotion to their duty of that Division. 

I feel deeply grateful for the honour which has 
been now conferred upon me. 


proper time for it, as regards the position of those 
who are still struggling gloriously in this contest. 1 
do hope that, although I am not completely prepared 
perhaps to take an arduous and constant part in the 
transactions of this House, I may have some oppor- 
tunity of expressing my feelings on that subject. I 
will only further say, that 1 am deeply convinced 
that the manifestation of the approbation of the 
House upon this occasion to so humble an individual 
of the Army as I am will have a considerable effect 
upon the feelings which animate my brother Soldiers. 
I again say, Sir, that | am most deeply grateful for 
the kind expressions which you have used towards 
me. 

Ordered, Nemine Contradicente, That what has 
been now said by Mr. Speaker in giving the Thanks 
of this House to Lieutenant General Sir De Lacy 
Evans, together with so much of his answer thereto 
as relates to such Thanks, be printed in the Votes of 
this day. 


Ordered, That Mr. Richard Fox have leave of 
absence till Easter, on account of ill health ;—and, 
Lord Edwin Hill till the 1st day of March next ; 
and Mr. Monsell till Easter, on account of domestic 
affliction. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Jurors and Juries (Zreland) 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 Jurors and Juries (Jreland) (No. 2) 
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 Fairs and Markets (Jreland) Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Savings Banks and Friendly Societies 
Investments 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 Newspaper, &amp;c. Postage and Stamp Duties ; 

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. 
Vou. 110. 


I should certainly | 
like to say a few words, but I think this is not the | 


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


The following Papers were laid upon the Table by crown Lands 
| the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, dated (Ireland.) 
the 23d day of December last, for Returns of the 
Amount payable by all Tenants and Under Tenants 

holding under the Crown, in the King’s County, on 

the Lands of Kilconcouse, and Amount of Arrears 
due up to and ending on the 1st day of November 
1853 :—And, of the Particulars of Sale of said Lands 
/and Number of Years’ Purchase produced by such 
| Sale. 

| Return to an Order, dated the 29th day of January Coffee. 
ilast, for Copy of any Correspondence which has 

| taken place between Messrs. James Collier and Son, 
of the Steam Mills, 10, Foster-street, Bishopsgate, 
and the Admiralty and Treasury, upon the subject 
of Roasting and Grinding Coffee. 

The following Paper, pursuant to the directions Arundel Port. 

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 1853, up to and including the 31st day 

of December 1854. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Small Arms, Small Arms. 
which was presented upon the Ist day of this instant No. 40. 


February, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to Metropolitan Metropolitan 
Improvements, which was presented upon the 1st Improvements. 
day of this instant February, be printed. No. 41, 


And then the House adjourned till Monday next. 








Luna, 5° die Februarii ; 
Anno 18° Victoria Regine, 1855. 


PRAYERS. 


PETITION of the Zondon and Blackwall London ana 
Railway Company, for leave to bring in a Bill Blackwall 
for enabling the London and Blackwall Railway ied 
Company to widen certain portions of their Rail- 
ways, and for amending some of the provisions of 
the Acts relating to such Railways, was presented, 
and read ; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in 
accordingly, by Mr. Mangles and Mr. Alcock. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses Newcastle- 
of the Borough of Newcastle-upon- Tyne, for leave to upon-Tyne 
bring in a Bill to authorize Improvements in the *™?*°ve™e™’s- 
Borough of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, was presented, 
and read; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in 
accordingly, by Mr. Headlam and Mr. Blackett. 


A Petition of Persons whose names are thereunto West Brom- 

subscribed, being engaged in the manufacture and wich Improve- 
smelting of Iron, in the Parish of West Bromwich, in —_— 
the County of Stafford, and Ratepayers liable to be 
rated under the provisions of the Act thereinafter 
mentioned, for leave to bring in a Bill to amend the 
provisions of the West Bromwich Improvement Act, 
1854, with relation to the Prevention of Smoke, was 
presented, and read ; and a Bill was ordered to be 
brought in accordingly, by Mr. Muntz and Mr. 
Charles Forster. 





a4 A Petition 

















Kilmarnock 
Gas, 


Airdrie Rural 
District Police. 


Bognor 
Railway. 


Heywood 
Water. 


Surbiton 
Improvement. 


Great North- 
ern Railway 
(Increase of 
Capital. ) 


Birkenhead 
New Dock. 


Cambridge 
University 
and Town 
Water. 


Basingstoke, 
Stockbridge 
and Lobeomb 
Corner Road. 


48 


A Petition of Persons thereunto subscribing, for 
leave to bring in a Bill to incorporate the Kilmarnock 
Gas-Light Company, established to supply with Gas 
the Town of Ki/marnoch, and the Suburbs thereof, 
and Villages and Places adjacent, all in the County 
of Ayr, was presented, and read; and a Bill was 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Bou- 
verie and Mr. Archibald Hastie. 


A Petition of Persons thereunto subscribing, for 
leave to bring in a Bill to amend the Act of the 
9 Vic. c. 32, for constituting a Police District within 
certain Parishes therein mentioned, near to Airdrie, 
in the County of Lanark ; to extend the Provisions 
thereof to adjoining Lands, and for other purposes in 
relation thereto; and to erect and maintain a Hall, 
Court-house and Public Offices in or near Airdrie, 
was presented, and read ; and a Bill was ordered to 
be brought in accordingly, by Mr. William Lockhart 
and Mr. Alexander Hastie. 


A Petition of the Bognor Railway Company, for 
leave to bring in a Bill for extending the Time for 
the Purchase of Lands, and for the Completion of a 
Railway from Chichester to Bognor, was presented, 
and read; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in 
accordingly, by Mr. John Abel Smith and Mr. 
Laing. 


A Petition of the Heuwood Waterworks Company, 
for leave to bring in a Bill to enable the Heywood 
Waterworks Company to extend their Undertaking, 
and to increase their Capital, was presented, and 
read ; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in ac- 
cordingly, by Mr. William Brown and Mr. Cheetham. 


A Petition of Inhabitants and Ratepayers of the 
Ecclesiastical District of Saint Mark’s, Surbiton, in 
the Parish of Kingston-upon- Thames, in the County 
of Surrey, or Owners of Property within the said 
District, for leave to bring in a Bill for paving, drain- 
ing, cleansing, lighting and otherwise improving the 
District of Saint Mark’s, Surbiton, in the Parish of 
Kingston-upon- Thames, in the County of Surrey, and 
for other purposes, was presented, and read; and 
a Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by 
Mr. Oliveira and Mr. Stuart. 


A Petition of the Great Northern Railway Com- 
pany, for leave to bring in a Bill to enable the Great 
Northern Railway Company further to increase their 
Capital, and for other purposes with relation to the 
same Company, was presented, and read; and a 
Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by 
Mr. Edmund Denison and Mr. Octavius Duncombe. 


A Petition of the Trustees of the Birkenhead 
Docks, for leave to bring in a Bill for authorizing the 
Trustees of the Birkenhead Docks to make and 
maintain the South Reserve Dock, and for other 
purposes, was presented, and read ; and a Bill was or- 


and Sir John Shelley. 


A Petition of the Cambridge University and Town 


Waterworks Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to | 


enable the Cambridge University and Town Water- 
works Company to raise further Money, was pre- 
sented, and read: and a Bill was ordered to be 
brought in accordingly, by Mr. Goulburn and Mr. 
Wigram. 


A Petition of Trustees for executing the several 
Acts thereinafter-mentioned, for leave to bring in a 
Bill to repeal certain Acts relating to the Basingstoke, 
Stockbridge and Lobcomb Corner 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 Mr. Coles and Mr. 
Cubitt. 


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A Petition of Suitors for the Bill thereinafter- Ossett Gas, 

mentioned, for leave to bring in a Bill for supplying 
with Gas the Townships ot Ossett-cum-Gawthorpe, 
in the Parish of Dewsbury, and Horbury, in the 
Parish of Wakefield, all in the West Riding of the 
County of York, was presented, and read; and a 
Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by 
Sir George Goodman and Mr. Sandars. 


A Petition of the Glossop Gas Company, for leave Glossop Gas, 
to bring in a Bill to authorize the Glossop Gas Com- 
pany to raise Money, and for other purposes, was 
presented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
brought in accordingly, by Mr. George Henry 
Cavendish and Lord Edward Howard. 


A Petition of the London and North Western and London and 
Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Companies, for en 
leave to bring in a Bill for enabling the London and ain — 
North Western and Lancashire and Yorkshire Rail- Yorkshire 
way Companies to enlarge the North Union Station R#ilways. 
at Preston, and to construct a Branch Railway there ; 
for vesting in them the Ribble Branch Railway, and 
for other purposes, was presented, and read; and a 
Bill was ordered to be brought in* accordingly, by 
Mr. Mangles and Mr. Wickham. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Citizens Manchester 
of the City of Manchester, for leave to bring in a Improvement. 
Bill for enabling the Mayor, Aldermen and Citizens 
of the City of Manchester to make a new Street from 
Manchester, across the River Jrwell, into Salford, 
and authorizing Arrangements with the Corporation 
of Salford, in refereuce thereto, and for other pur- 
poses, was presented, and read ; and a Bill was or- 
dered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Milner 
Gibson, Mr. Bright and Mr. Brotherton. 


A Petition of the South Wales Railway Company, South Wales 
for leave to bring in a Bill to consolidate and amend ae 
the Acts relating to the South Wales Railway Com- mes 
pany, and to authorize the Construction of new 

orks and alterations of existing Works, and for 
other purposes, was presented, and read; and a Bill 
was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. 

Talbot and Mr. Saunders Davies. 


The Order, That Mr. Hutchins and Mr. Headlam Birkenhead 
do prepare, and bring in the Birkenhead Dock Trus- Dock Trustees. 
tees Bill, was read, and discharged. 

Ordered, That Mr. Hutchins and Sir John Shelley 
do prepare, and bring in the Bill. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to authorize and Glasgow 
empower the Magistrates and Council of the City Water Bill 
of Glasgow to supply with Water the said City and 
Suburbs thereof, and Districts and Places adjacent ; 
to purchase and acquire the Glasgow 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. 
dered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Hutchins oe 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to amend and Gomersal and 
extend the Provisions of the Act relating to the pdf 
Gomersal and Dewsbury Turnpike-roads, and to 
create a further Term therein, and for other purposes : 

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


Royal Conical 
Flour Mill _ 
Company Bill. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to repeal, alter 
and amend some of the Provisions of “The Royal 
Conical Flour Mill Company’s Act, 1854,” to enable 
the 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 to enable the North York- 
North Yorkshire and Cleveland Railway Company oer! 
to make a Branch from their Railway to the Mid- Railway Bill 
dlesbrough and Guisbrough Railway, and also a 


Branch 











18 Vicrori2Z. 


Branch to Whorlton, and other Works, and to alter 
and amend the Act relating to the said Company, 
and for other purposes: And the same was read the 
first time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Leominster Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to repeal the Act 
ad relating to the Leominster and Ledbury Turnpike 
; Trust, and to make other Provisions in lieu thereof: 
And the same was read the first time; and ordered 
to be read a second time. 
Sunderland Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to authorize the 
Dock Bill. Sunderland Dock Company to make further Works, 
and to amend and consolidate the Acts relating to 
the said Company, and for other purposes: And the 
same was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time. 
Southwark Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for enabling the 
cg Southwark and Vauxhall Water Company to raise 


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


Grand Junc- 
tion Water 
Bill. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for enabling the 
Grand Junction Waterworks Company to raise 
further Capital, and for other purposes: And the 
same was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time. 


Price’s Patent 
Candle Com- 
pany Bill. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to re-incorporate 
Price’s Patent Candle Company, and to extend its 
Powers: And the same was read the first time; and 
ordered to be read a second time. 


Dundalk and 
Enniskillen 
Railway Bill. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to enable the 

Dundalk and Enniskillen Railway Company to con- 
struct Extension Railways, and for other purposes : 
And the same was read the first time ; and ordered 
to be read a second time. 
Newport Gas Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for better lighting 
Bill with Gas the Town and Borough of Newport and 
the Neighbourhood thereof, in the County of Mon- 
mouth: And the same was read the first time; and 
ordered to be read a second time. 


Stroud, Cains- 
cross and 

Minchinhamp- 
ton Road Bill. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to repeal the Act 
for making and maintaining a Turnpike-road from 
Cainscross, through Stroud, over Rodborough and 
Minchinhampton Commons, to the Town of Minch- 
inhampton, with some Branches therefrom, all in the 
County of Gloucester, and to make other Provisions 
in lieu thereof: And the same was read the first 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Lightpill and 


i Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to repeal the 
a Road 


Acts relating to the Road from Lightpill to Birdlip, 
and make other Provisions in lieu thereof: And the 
same was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time. 


Birmingham 


Water Bill Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to enable the 


Company of Proprietors of the Birmingham Water- 
works to construct new Waterworks, and for other 
purposes : And the same was read the first time ; and 
ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to amend the 
Acts relating to the London Dock Company: And 
the same was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time. 


London Dock 
Bill, 


Le ont West Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to alter and 
Bill, vck amend the Acts relating to the East and West India 


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


Southampton 
P aving ‘Trust. 

aint Pancras, 
Bill. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for the further 
Improvement of the Southampton Paving Trust 


District, in the Parish of Saint Pancras, in the 
Vou. 110. 


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49 


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


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That he had Controverted 
this day received a Report from the Examiner of "tions. 
Recognizances, stating that the Recognizance to 
the Election Petition of the Honourable George 
James Finch Hatton, commonly called Viscount 
Maidstone, and Frederick William Slade, Esquire, 
relating to the Borough of Cambridge, is unobjec- 
tionable. 


A Petition of Trustees for executing the Act Kingston- 
thereinafter-mentioned, for leave to bring in a Bill — 
for repairing the Road from the Town of Kingston- Ferriby Road. 
upon-Hull, through the Town of Hessle, to the East 
end of the Town of Ferriby, in the East Riding of 
the County of York, was presented, and read ; and a 
Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by 
Lord Hotham, ,Mr. Watson and Mr. Digby Seymour. 


The Aberdare Valley Railway Bill was read a Aberdare — 
second time; and committed. V mony? ae 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the General “’” “” 

Committee on Railway and Canal Bills. 


The Carlisle and Silloth Bay Railway and Dock Carlisle and 


Bill was read a second time ; and committed. ge 4 
Ordered, ‘hat the Bill be referred to the General pock BAL. 


Committee on Railway and Canal Bills. 


The Colonial Life Assurance Company Bill was Colonial Life 
read a second time; and committed. een 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- ee 
mittee of Selection. 


The Dundalk and Blackrock Railway Bill was Dundalk and 
read a second time; and committed. re a 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the General 7 
Committee on Railway and Canal Bills. 


Ordered, That the Dundalk Harbour and Port Dundalk 
Bill be read a second time To-morrow. Harbour and 
Port Bill. 
The Glasgow and South Western Railway (Steam- Glasgow and 
boats) Bill was read a second time; and committed. oe Western 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the General (Steam: boats) 
Committee on Railway and Canal Bills. Bill. 


The Glasgow, Dumbarton and Helensburgh Rail- Glasgow, 
way Bill was read a second time ; and committed. a 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the General burgh Railway 
Committee on Railway and Canal Bills. Bill. 

The Halifax Gas Bill was read a second time ; H: 
and committed. Bil 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 

mittee of Selection. 


lifax Gas 
1. 


The Jnverury and Old Meldrum Railway Bill was Inverury and 
read a second time; and committed. Old Meldrum 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the General #!way Bill 
Committee on Railway and Canal Bills. 


Ordered, That the London City Gas Bill be read London City 
a second time To-morrow. Gas Bill. 


The Nottingham and Loughborough Road Bill Nottingham 


was read a second time; and committed. and Lough- 
es / borough Road 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- pjy), 


mittee of Selection. 


The Pudsey Gas Bill was read a second time ; Pudsey Gas 

and committed. Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 

mittee of Selection. 


Ordered, That the Ratcliff Gas Bill be read a Ratcliff Gas 
second time ‘l'o-morrow. Bill. 
rf The 





Regent’s Canal 
(Hertford 
Union Canal) 
Bill. 


Royal London 
Militia Bill. 


South Staf- 
fordshire 
Railway Bill. 


Staines, 
Wokingham 
and Woking 
Railway 
(Reading 
Junction ) Bill. 


Staines, 
Wokingham 
and Woking 
Railway 
(Alterations, 
&amp;c.) Bill. 


Swansea Vale 
Railway Bill. 


‘Taunton Gas 
Bill. 


Torquay 
Market and 
Slaughter- 
houses Bill. 


Vale of Neath 
Railway Bill. 


Wadhurst and 
West Farleigh 
Roads Bill. 


Wolverhamp- 
ton New 
Water Bill. 


Wolverhamp- 


tun Water Bill. 


Sligo Gas. 


Highways. 


50 
The Regent's Canal (Hertford Union Canal) Bill, 


was read a second time; and committed. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the General 
Committee on Railway and Canal Bills. 


The Royal London Militia Bill was read a second 
time; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


The South Staffordshire 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 Staines, Wokingham and Woking Railway 
(Reading Junction) Bill was read a second time ; 
and committed. 


Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the General 


Committee on Railway and Canal Bills. 


The Staines, Wokingham and Woking Railway (Al- 
terations, &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 Swansea Vale 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 Taunton Gas Bill was read a second time; 
and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


The Torquay Market and Slaughter-houses Bill 
was read a second time; and committed. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 


mittee of Selection. 


The Vale of Neath 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 Wadhurst and West Farleigh Roads Bill was 
read a second time; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


The Wolverhampton New Water Bill was read a 
second time; and committed. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 


mittee of Selection. 


The Wolverhampton Water Bill was read a second 
time; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


A Petition of Richard Hand Wood, of Sligo, Ire- 
lund, Surgeon; George Leech, of Sligo aforesaid, 
lronmonger; Moses Monds, of Sligo aforesaid, Mer- 
chant; James Harper, of Sligo aforesaid, Steam 
Packet Agent; and Henry Lyons, of Sligo aforesaid, 
Merchant and Alderman, for leave to bring in a Bill 
for incorporating the Gas-Light Company of S/igo, 
and for other purposes, was presented, and read ; 
and a Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, 
by Mr. Jsaac Butt and Sir Robert Booth. 


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 Particulars of the Receipts 
and Expenditure on account of the Highways in 
each County of England and Wales, for the year 


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A. 1855. 


ending the 25th day of March 1853, made out in the 
form required by the Act 12 &amp; 13 Vic. ¢. 35; dis- 
tinguishing the Cuies, Boroughs, Towns and Places 
under Local Acts, from the ordinary Highways. 
Ordered, That 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- Common Law 
mittee on the Common Law Procedure Act Amend- Procedure Act 
ee Amendment 
ment (Jreland) Bill; (Ireland) 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 Savings Banks and Friendly Societies 
Investments Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Friday next. 


Savings Banks 
and Friendly 
Societies In- 
vestments Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Newspaper, 
mittee on Newspaper, &amp;c. Postage and Stamp &amp;¢. Postage 
Duties ; : = 

i , : , uties. 

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 Wednesday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Fisheries (North America) Bill was, according Fisheries 

to Order, read the third time. ——- pn 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. an 
Ordered, That Mr. Peel do carry the Bill to the 

Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- Army 
posed, That there be laid before this House, a Return (Crimea.) 
of the Total Number of Officers and Men in the 
Army who have been sent to the Seat of War in 
the Crimea: — Like Return of the killed; of the 
wounded ; of the wounded who have since died ; of 
those who have been invalided ; of those who have 
recovered and returned to their duty; of those who 
have died from sickness ; of those who are invalided, 
up to the latest date; and of the efficient Officers 
and Men, to the latest date ; distinguishing in each, 
Cavalry, Infantry, Artillery, Sappers and Miners, as 
well as Officers, Non-commissioned Officers and 
Men :—And, Return of the Total Number of Horses 
which have been sent out to the Seat of War; Total 
Number killed; Total Number dead from other 
causes ; and Total Number effective, up to the latest 
date :—And the said Motion was, with leave of the 
House, withdrawn. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- Poor Law 
posed, That there be laid before this House, a Return (Zreland.) 
of the Names of the Poor Law Board in Jreland, and 
the Names of the Poor Law Inspectors, as also the 
Names of the several Poor Law Inspectors removed 
or dismissed within the last Twelve Months, with the 
Dates of their respective Appointments, and whether 
Protestant or Roman Catholic ; together with the 
Correspondence that has taken place on the subject 
of the Removal or Dismissal of such as have ceased 
to be Inspectors :—And the said Motion was, with 
leave of the House, withdrawn. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Tithe 
Return, in a Tabular form, of the Applications for —— 
variation of Rent-charge in lieu of Tithe made —— 
or at the respective Quarter Sessions held in each 
County in Jreland during the year 1854; distinguish- 
ing those in which the Applications were successful 
from those refused, as also, where successful, the 
Amount or Extent of the variation made. 

Petitions 





Public 
Petitions. 
Vide Sixth 
Report. 


Dublin 
Turnpikes. 


Poor Relief 
(Scotland. ) 


Cathedral and 


Collegiate 
Churches. 


Steam Ship 
“ Phila- 
delphia.” 


Charlbury, 
Witney, &amp;c. 
Road. 


Dursley and 
Midland 
Railway. 


Controverted 
Elections. 


Stalybridge 
Gas, s 


Saint Katha- 
Tine Dock, 





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Petitions relating to Newspaper Stamps ;—Stage 
Carriages ;— Decimal Coinage ;— Intoxicating Li- 
quors ;— and, Petty Sessions Clerks (Ireland) ,— 


were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon | 
| other provisions in lieu thereof, was presented, and 


the Table. 


Mr. Fitzroy presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand,—Copy of Reports of the Commissioners ap- 
pointed to inquire into the Dublin Turnpikes ; with 
Notes of Evidence and Appendix. 

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

Mr. Fitzroy also presented,—Return to an Ad- 
dress to Her Majesty, dated the 22d day of Decem- 
ber last, for a Return from the Ecclesiastical Com- 
missioners for England, of every Payment made to 
them since the 21st day of April 1853, on account of 
any suspended Stalls (specifying in each case how 
many) in the Cathedral and Collegiate Churches of 
England and Wales (in continuation of Parliamen- 
tary Paper, No. 442, of Session 1853). 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 
30th day of January last, for a Copy of Report of 
the Special Inspectors appointed to inquire into the 
Circumstances attending the Loss of the Steam Ship 
“ Philadelphia.” 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 


Table. 
And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 








Martis, 6° die Februari ; 
Anno 18° Victoria Regine, 1855. 


PRAYERS. 

PETITION of Trustees 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 first year of the reign of his 
Majesty King George the Fourth, intituled, “‘ An Act 
to continue the Term and alter and enlarge the 
Powers of an Act of the fortieth year of his late 
Majesty’s reign, for repairing the Road leading from 
the Turnpike-road in Witney to the Road on Swer- 


5°—6° Februari. 51 


A Petition of Trustees acting in the execution of Peterborough 
the Act thereinafter-mentioned, for leave to bring in *°4 Welling- 
Bill f pk 7 borough Road. 
a Bill to repeal the Act relating to the Peterborough 
and Wellingborough Turnpike-road, and to make 


read ; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in ac- 
cordingly, by Mr. Vernon Smith and Mr. Augustus 
Stafford. 


A Petition of Trustees acting in execution of the Guildford 
Acts thereinafter-mentioned, for leave to bring in a 24 Farnham 
Bill to repeal the Acts relating to the Tumnpike-road “* 
from Guz/dford, to the Directing-post near the Town 
of Farnham, in the County of Surrey, and make other 
provisions in lieu thereof, was presented, and read : 
and a Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, 
by Mr. Mangles and Mr. James Bell. oe 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses Ashton-under- 
of the Borough of Ashton-under-Lyne, for leave to Lyne Gas and 
bring in a Bill for enabling the Mayor, Aldermen and ~— 
Burgesses of the Borough of Ashton-under-Lyne, in 
the County of Luncaster, to purchase and maintain 
Waterworks, and for other purposes, was presented, 
and read ; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in 
accordingly, by Mr. Hindley and Mr. Brotherton. 


A Petition of the Surrey Consumers’ Gas Com- surrey Gas. 
pany and the Deptford Gas-Light and Coke Com- 
pany, for leave to bring ina Bill to authorize the 
Transfer of the Undertaking of the Deptford Gas- 
Light and Coke Company to the Surrey Consumers’ 
Gas Company, and to wind-up the Affairs of the first- 
named Company, and for other purposes, was pre- 
sented, and read ; and a Bill was ordered to be 
brought in accordingly, by Sir James Duke and 


Mr. Pellatt. 


A Petition of the Folkestone Waterworks Com- Folkestone 
pany, for leave to bring in a Bill for granting further Water. 
Powers to the Folkestone Waterworks Company, was 
presented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
brought in accerdingly, by Mr. Brockman, Mr. 





Deedes and Sir Edward Dering. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses Kingston- 


ford Heath, and the Road leading from the Road | of the Borough of Kingston-upon-Thames, for leave upon-Thames 


from Woodstock to Birmingham, through Charlbury, 
to the Road from Chipping Norton to Burford, all 
in the County of Oxford,” was presented, and read ; 
and a Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, 
by Mr. Henley, Mr. Langston and Colonel North. 


A Petition of the there-undersigned, for leave to 
bring in a Bill for makinga Kailway from the Mid- 
land Railway, in the Parish of Cam, in the County 
of Gloucester, to the Town of Dursley, was pre- 
sented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
brought in accordingly, by Mr. Hale and Mr. Bro- 


therton. 


Ordered, That the General Committee of Elections 
have leave to sit this day till Five of the clock, during 
the sitting of the House. : 


A Petition of the Stalybridge Gas Company, for 


leave to bring in a Bill for more effectually lighting 
with Gas the Town of Stalybridge and the Neigh- | 


to bring in a Bill to extend the limits of the Borough a 
of Kingston-upon-Thames, and to provide for the 

better paving, lighting, draining, and otherwise 

improving the said Borough, and for other pur- 

poses, was presented, and read; and a Bill was or- 

dered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Alcock, 

Mr. Locke King and Mr. Evelyn. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses Fotkestone 
of the Borough of Folkestone, in the County of Kent, Improvement. 
for leave to bring in a Bill to extend the limits of 
the Borough of Folkestone; to enable the Corporation 
of the said Borough to construct a Market-house ; 
to make certain New Streets and other Improve- 
ments; and to pave, light, drain, and otherwise 
improve the said Borough, and for other purposes, 
was presented, and read ; and a Bill was ordered to 
be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Brockman, Mr. 

Deedes and Sir Edward Dering. 





A Petition of the there-undersigned, for leave to Newtown and 


bourhood thereof, in the Counties of Chester and | bring ina Bill for making a Railway from Oswestry, Oswestry 


Lancaster, and in the West Riding of the County of | in the County of Salop, to Newtown, in the County 


Railway. 


York, was presented, and read; and a Bill was or- | of Montgomery, was presented, and read ; and a Bill 


dered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. William 
Brown and Mr. Cheetham. 


A Petition of the Saint Katharine Dock Com- 
pany, for leave to bring in a Bill to alter and amend 
the Acts relating to the Saint Katharine Dock Com- 
pany, was presented, and read ; and a Bill was or- 
dered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Thomas 
Baring, Mr. Gregson and Mr. Glyn. 

Vou. 110. 


was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Sir 
Watkin Williams Wynn, Mr. Ormsty Gore, Colonel 
| Wynn and Mr. Pugh. 


A Petition of the Colchester, Stour Valley, Sud- Colchester, 
bury and Halstead Railway Company, for leave to Stour Valley, 


bring in a Bill to grant further Powers to the Col- poy + ee 


chester, Stour Valley, Sudbury and Halstead Railway Railway. 
Company, was presented, and read; and a Bill was 
H2 ordered 


























Woolwich 
Equitable Gas, 


Stourbridge 
Gas. 


Airdrie Rural 
District Police 
Bill. 


Glossop Gas 
Bill. 


Cambridge 
University 
and Town 

Water Bill. 


Basingstoke, 
Stockbridge 
and Lobeomb 
Corner Roads 
Bill. 


London and 
North Western 
and Lanca- 
shire and 
Yorkshire 
Railways Bill. 


South Wales 
Railway Con- 
solidation Bill. 


Kilmarnock 
Gas Bill. 


Surbiton 
Improvement 
Bill. 


Heywood 
Water Bill. 


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ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Haw- 
kins and Mr. Laing. 


A Petition of Directors of or Shareholders in the 
Company thereinafter-mentioned, for leave to bring 
in a Bill to incorporate the Woolwich Equitable Gas- 
Light and Coke Company, and to enable them to 
raise further Money, and for other purposes, was 
presented, and read; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Standing Orders. 


A Petition of Shareholders in the Stourbridge Gas 
Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to incorporate 
the Stourbridge Gas Company, and to enable them 
to light with Gas the Town of Stourbridge in Wor- 
cestershire, and other places, was presented, and 
read ; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in ac- 
cordingly, by Mr. Fo/ey and Colonel Rashout. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to amend the Act 
of the 9 Vie. c. 32, for constituting a Police District 
within certain Parishes therein-mentioned, near to 
Airdrie, in the County of Lanark; to extend the 
Provisions thereof to adjoining Lands, and for other 
purposes in relation thereto; and to erect and main- 
tain a Hall, Court-house and Public Offices in or 
near Airdrie: And the same was read the first time; 
and ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to authorize the 
Glossop Gas Company 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 to enable the 
Cambridge University and Town Waterworks Com- 
pany to raise further Money: And the same was 
read the first time ; and ordered to be read a second 
time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to repeal certain 
Acts relating to the Basingstoke, Stockbridge and 
Lobcomb Corner ‘lurnpike-roads, and to 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 
London and North Western and Lancashire and 
Yorkshire Railway Companies to enlarge the North 
Union Station at Preston, and to construct a Branch 
Railway there; for vesting in them the Ribdle 
Branch Railway, and for other purposes: And the 
same was read the first time ; and ordered to be read 
a second time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to consolidate 
and amend the Acts relating to the South Wales 
Railway Company, and to authorize the Construction 
of New Works, and Alterations of existing Works, 
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 the 
Kilmarnock Gas-Light Company, established to 
supply with Gas the Town of Kilmarnock and the 
Suburbs thereof, and Villages and Places adjacent, 
all in the County of Ayr: And the same was read 
te first time; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for paving, 
draining, cleansing, lighting, and otherwise impro- 
ving the District of Saint Mark’s, Surbiton, in the 
Parish of Kingston-upon-Thames, in the County of 
Surrey, 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 
Heywood Waterworks Company to extend their 
Undertaking, and to increase their Capital: And the 


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A. 1855. 


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


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to amend the West Brom- 
Provisions of the West Bromwich Improvement Act, Wich Improve. 
1854, with relation to the Prevention of Smoke: And ™™* aa. 
the same was read the first time ; and ordered to be 
read a second time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to enable the Great North- 
Great Northern Railway Company further to increase ern Railway 
their Capital, and for other purposes with relation to (Increase of 

“ Capital) Bill. 
the same Company: And the same was read the first 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for enabling the London and 
London and Blackwall Railway Company to widen Blackwall | 
‘ ‘ : . eas. i. - Railway Bill, 
certain portions of their Railways, and for amending 
some of the Provisions of the Acts relating to such 
Railways : And the same was read the first time ; 
and ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to authorize Im- Neweastle- 
provements in the Borough of Newcastle-upon-‘Tyne: "Pon-Tyne 
And the same was read the first time; and ordered ~ ica, 
to be read a second time. ‘ 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for exempting Birkenhead 
Vessels resorting to the Birkenhead Docks and their Dock Trustees 
Cargoes from Dues on Vessels and Cargoes payable - 
to the Trustees of the Liverpool Docks, and the 
Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses of the Borough of 
Liverpool respectively, and for other purposes: And 
the same was read the first time ; and ordered to be 
read a second time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for extending the Bognor Rail- 
Time for the Purchase of Lands, and for the Comple- way Bill. 
tion of a Railway from Chichester to Bognor: And 
the same was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time. 


Mr. Greene reported from the Select Committee on Standing 
Standing Orders, several Resolutions; which were Orders. 
read, as follow : 

1. That in the case of the Woolwich Consumers Woolwich 
Protective Gas Petition, the Standing Orders ought, COPs"™e"s 

: . ~~ .&gt;* Protective 
to be dispensed with ; that the Parties be permitted Gas, 
to proceed with their Bill. 

2. That in the case of the Torquay, Tor and Saint Torquay, Tor 
Mary Church Gas Petition, the Standing Orders = — 

; ° , Mary Church 
ought to be dispensed with ; that the Parties be per- Gas: 
mitted to proceed with their Bill. 

3. That in the case of the New River Company New River 
and ‘Trustees of the River Lee Petition, the Standing Company - 
Orders ought to be dispensed with ; that the Parties bg River Lee. 
be permitted 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 Woolwich | 
Select Committee on Standing Orders in respect of ———_ 
the Petition for the Woolwich Consumers’ Protective gg ' 
Gas Bill, might be read ; and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for imcorporating the Woolwich, Plumstead and 
Charlton Consumers’ Gas Company: And that Mr. 

Rolt and Mr. Montagu Chambers do prepare, and 
bring it in. 


The House was moved, That the Report from the Torquay, Tor 

Select Committee on Standing Orders in respect of $74 510M a, 
“a &gt; P $9" } y Chure 

the Petition for the Torquay, Tor and Saint Mary Gas. 
Church Gas Bill, might be read; and the same 
being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for granting further Powers to the Torquay, Tor and 
Saint Mary Church Gas Company: And that Sir 
John Yarde Buller and Sir Thomas Acland do 
prepare, and bring it in. - 

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Ossett Gas Mr. Sandars presented a Bill for supplying with The Order of the day being read, for the second Ratcliff Gas 
Bill. Gas the Townships of Ossett-cum-Gawthorpe, in the | reading of the Ratcliff Gas Bill ; ; = 
Parish of Dewsbury, and Horbury, in the Parish of | Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Wakefield, all in the West Riding of the County of} Friday the 16th day of this instant February. 
York: And the same was read the first time; and 
ordered to be read a second time. Mr. Isaac Butt presented a Bill for incorporating Sligo Gas Bill. 
: om the Gas-Light Company of Sligo, and for other 
Kingston- Lord Hotham presented a Bill for repairing the purposes: And the same was read the first time ; 
a Road from the Town of Kingston-upon- Hull, through | and ordered to be read a second time. 
Ferriby Roaa the Town of Hessle, to the East end of the Town of 
Bill. Ferriby, in the East Riding of the County of York:| Petitions relating to the Episcopal and Capitular Public 
And the same was read the first time ; and ordered | Estates Bill; and, Stage Carriages,—were presented, Petitions. 
to be read a second time. and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. Vide Sixth * 
al : Report. 
Alford and The A/ford and Boston Road Bill was read a : , 
Boston Road d time: and itted Ordered, That there be laid before this House, steam Vessels. 
il second time ; and committed. : 7 : : 
= Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com-| # Return, in a Tabular Form, with Consecutive 


Numbers, of the whole of the Steam Vessels regis- 
tered in the United Kingdom on or before the 1st 
Chesterfield The Chesterfield Water and Gas Bill was read a day of January 1855, stating, in separate Columns, 
Ween ont cscend tan: end comnited the following Particulars:—1. Vessels’ Names; 2. 
Gas Bill. e ° ; | Manet ; eee a 
: Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- Port of Registry; 3. Date of Register; 4. Regis 


mittee of Selection. 


, 7 . ae : sions of Vessels in Lencth 
mittee of Selection. tered Owners ; 5. Dimensions of Vessels in Leng 
and Breadth and Depth of Hold; 6. Tonnage (ex- 
Cork and The Cork and Youghal Railway Bill was read a clusive of Engine-room), and Gross Tonnage ; dis- 
Youghal ;, 4 tiene: tinguishing Vessels built of Iron, and also Vessels 
Railway Bill second time; and committed. 5 ~e _— 
. Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the General having Screw i ome 7. Estimated Horse Power 
Committee on Railway and Canal Bills. of their Engines, Length of Stroke and Diameter of 
Cylinder, and giving the Aggregate Number of 
Cornwall The Cornwall Railway Bill was read a second Vessels and Amount of Tonnage; with an Index 
Railway Bill. time: and committed for easy reference attached to it, giving the Names 
) . e ‘ ; 4 = 
Ordered, that the Bill be referred to the General | °f the Vessels in Alphabetical Order, with Numbers 
Committee on Railway and Canal Bills. to each, corresponding with those in the Return (in 
continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 141, of 
M4 ~ = ix &gt;. 
fone id ' The Dundee and Perth and Aberdeen Railway Gensiom 1854). 
ov Bill was read a second time ; and committed. : ; ; . 
Railway Bill. Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the General The Order for reading a second time, upon Wed- Episcopel and 
Committee on Railway and Canal Bills. nesday the 21st day of this instant February, the (ores Rin 
Episcopal and Capitular Estates Bill, was read, and ~~ . 
Glasgow and The Glasgow and South Western Railway Conso- discharged. 


South Western }; ° . : : . . 
inioey Com lidation Bill was read a second time; and committed. 


solidation Bill. Ordered, ‘that the Bill be referred to the General 
Committee on Railway and Canal Bills. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday the 28th day of this instant 
February. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Common Law 


Lentontorry The Londonderry Improvement Bill was read a| mittee on the Common Law Procedure Act Amend- Procedure Act 
3. Second time ; and committed. ment (Jreland) Bill; (ireland) Bill ! 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com-| Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 

mittee of Selection. next, resolve itself into the said Committee. } 


Manchester, The Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Rail- 


oe way (Lincoln Branch, &amp;c.) Bill was read a second 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Wool and 
Returns of the Total Imports of Sheep’s Wool into Woollen Ma- 


Railway time ; and committed. the Uni - “0 milion sei niga nufactures. j 
: om _— e United Kingdom for the year 1854; viz.: 
amaryl ; Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the General rem FF rs pe ‘ a . 

ranch, &amp;c, so on Y : rom Foreign States - - vs 
Bill. Commitiee on Railway and Canal Bills. pel temin ~~ 

Newport Cor- The Newport Corporation Bill was read a second Together, dbs. 
poration Bill. time ; and committed. Quantity re-exported - - 5 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- —_———- 
mittee of Selection. Left for Consumption - - Js. 


Over Darwen The Over Darwen Gas Bill was read a second| Of the Total Importation of Mohair or Angora 


G j : &gt; . 
—_ time ; and committed. Goats’ Wool, for the year 1854; viz.: 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- a are 
mittee of Selection. Re-exported - - - - 4, 
Shefleld Gas The Sheffield Gas Bill was read a second time ; Left for Consumption - - /hs. 


and committed. casenenas cussions 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 


‘ rm : And, of British Woollen Manufactures and Woollen 
mittee of Selection. 


Yarn exported, for the year 1854; viz.: 


Dundalk The Dundalk Harbour and Port Bill was, according Woollen . doctenet £ 
Port Bill. to Order, read a second time; and committed. , Yam be tee aa 
; Ordered, ‘That the Bill be referred to the Com- ecabhitieliedeabeinis 

mittee of Selection. Together, £. 
Canton City The Order of the day being read, for the second 
Jas Bill, reading cf the London City Gas Bill ; Mr. Fitzroy presented,—Return to an Address to Bullion, &amp;c- 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon | Her Majesty, dated the 26th day of January last, 
Friday the 16th day of this instant February. for a Return of tne Amount of Bullion purchased and 








Vou. 110, Hn 3 sold 





Arctic Expe- 
ditions, 


Metropolitan 
Police. 


West India 
Islands, &amp;c. 
Relief. 


Emigration 
(Austratia.) 


No, 42. 


Coffee. 
No, 43, 


Cathedral and 
Collegiate 
Churches. 
No. 44. 
Steam Ship 
* Phila- 
delphia.”’ 
No, 45. 


54 


sold by the Bank of England, distinguishing Gold 
from Silver, and Bar Gold from Foreign Gold Coin, 
in each Month from the 31st day of December 1853 
to the 31st day of December 1854; also the Excess 


of Payments to or of Receipts from the Public of | 
MESSAGE from the Lords, by Mr. Blunt: Message from 


British Gold Coin; and also the Amount received 


from the Mint during the same period (in continua- | 


tion of Parliamentary Paper, No. 102, of Session 
1854). 
Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 


Table. 


Mr. Osborne presented, by Her Majesty's Com- 
mand,—Further Papers relative to the Recent Arctic 
Expeditions 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. 


The following Papers, pursuant to the directions 
of several Acts of Parliament, were laid upon the 
Table by the Clerk of the House,—Accounts show- 
ing the Sums received and expended for the purposes 
of the Metropolitan Police, Police Superannuation 
Fund, and Police Courts, in the year ended the 21st 
December 1854. 

Account, pursuant to Act 6 &amp; 7 Vic. c. 63, inti- 
tuled, “ An Act for granting Relief to the Islands of 
Antigua, Saint Kitts, Nevis, Dominica and Mont- 
serrat,” of all Sums advanced to the said several 
Islands, and of all Sums repaid by reason of such 


6°—7° Februariz. 


A. 1855. 


] 


| Mercurii, 7° die Februarii ; 
Anno 18° Victoria Regine, 18 55. 
| 


PRAYERS. 


Mr. Speaker, the Lords. 
| ‘The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Cathedral 


|to continue, until the end of the present Session of Appointments 


Parliament, a Provision contained in the Act of the a 


sixteenth and seventeenth years of Her present Ma- 

|jesty, chapter thirty-five, concerning certain of the 
Estates of the Deans and Chapters of York and 
Carlisle; to which the Lords desire the concurrence 
of this House: And also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Bills of Ex. 
to permit the Registration of dishonoured Bills of ©@2ge Bill. 
Exchange and Promissory Notes in England, and 
to allow Execution thereon ; to which the Lords 
desire the concurrence of this House :—And then 
the Messenger withdrew. 


The Bills of Exchange Bill was read the first Bills of Ex 
time; and ordered to be read a second time upon change Bill. 
Wednesday next ; and to be printed. Bill 19. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for enabling the Ashton-under- 


Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses of the Borough of Lyne Gas and 
Ashton-under-Lyne, in the County of Lancaster, to Water Sa, 
purchase and maintain Waterworks, and for other 

purposes: And the same was read the first time; 

and ordered to be read a second time. 


Advances, with the Interest paid thereon, during the | 


year ending 5th January 1855. 

Account, pursuant to Act 11 &amp; 12 Vic. c. 130, 
intituled, “ An Act for guaranteeing the Interest on 
such Loans not exceeding £.500,000 as may be 
raised by the British Colonies on the Continent of 
South America, in the West Indies and the Mau- 


ritius, for certain purposes,” of all Sums issued out | 


of the Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom 
during the year ending 5th January 1855, to make 
good the Deficiency in the regular Payment on the 
part of the said Colonies of the Interest due on the 
Loans advanced to them respectively, and of all 
Sums repaid by the said Colonies by reason of such 
Advances, with the Interest recovered and to be 
recovered thereon. 

Account, pursuant to Act 11 &amp; 12 Vie. ¢. 22, inti- 
tuled, “‘ An Act for granting Relief to the Island of 


Tobago, and for aiding the Colonies of British | 


Guigna and Trinidad in raising Money for the 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for incorporating Woolwich 
\the Woolwich, Plumstead and Charlton Consumers’ Consumers’ 
Gas Company: And the same was read the first ey 


time ; and ofdered to be read a second time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to renew the Term Charlbury, 
and continue the Powers of an Act passed in the Witney, &amp;. 
first year of the reign of his Majesty King George “™* 
the Fourth, intituled, “ An Act to continue the Term 
and alter and enlarge the Powers of an Act of the 
fortieth year of his late Majesty’s reign, for repairing 
the Road leading from the Turnpike-road in Witney 
to the Road on Swerford Heath, and the Road 
leading from the Road from Woodstock to Birming- 
ham, through Charlbury, to the Road from Chipping 
Norton to Burford, all in the County of Ozford :” 

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


Promotion of Immigration of Free Labourers,” of , 


all Sums advanced to the said Islands or Colonies, 
and of all Sums repaid by reason of such Advances, 
with the Interest paid thereon, during the year ending 
5th January 1855. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Emigration | 


(Australia), which was presented upon the 2d day 
of this instant February, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Coffee, 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to alter and amend Saint Katha- 
the Acts relating to the Saint Katharine Dock Tine Dock 
= “ Bill. 
Company: And the same was read the first time ; 
and ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for making a Dursley and 
Midland 


_ Railway from the Midland Railway, in the Parish Railway Bill. 


lof Cam, in the County of Gloucester, to the Town 
of Dursley: And the same was read the first time ; 
and ordered to be read a second time. 


which was presented upon the 2d day of this instant 


February, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Cathedral 
and Collegiate Churches, which was presented upon 
the 5th day of this instant February, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Steam 
Ship “ Philadelphia,’ which was presented upon 
the Sth day of this instant February, be printed. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to repeal the Act Peterborough 
relating to the Peterborough and Wellingborough eondbit yA 
Turnpike-road, and to make other Provisions in lieu piu, 
thereof: And the same was read the first time ; and 
ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to repeal the Acts Guildford and 
relating to the Turnpike-road from G'ut/dford to the er 
_Directing-post near the Town of Farnham, in the 
| County of Surrey, and make other Provisions in lieu 
thereof: And the same was read the first time; and 
ordered to be read a second time. 


| Mr. Bretherton presented a Bill to extend the Kingston- 


| Limite . © -unon- upon-Thames 
| Limits of the Borough of Kingston-upon- Thames, and Seesoventt at 


to provide for the better paving, lighting, draining, pijj, 
and 





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18 Vicrori2. 


and otherwise improving the said Borough, and for | 
other purposes: And the same was read the first | 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time. | 


Stourbridge Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to incorporate | 
Gas Bill. the Stourbridge Gas Company, and to enable them | 
to light with Gas the Town of Stourbridge in Wor- | 
cestershire, and other places : And the same was read | 
the first time; and ordered to be read a second time. | 
Colchester, Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to grant further | 
eae Powers to “The Colchester, Stour Valley, Sudbury 
pews and Halstead Railway Company:” And thesame was | 
Railway Bill read the first time ; and ordered to be read a second | 


time. 


Newtown and 
Oswestry _ 
Railway Bill. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for making a, 
Railway from Oswestry, in the County of Salop, to 
Newtown, in the County of Montgomery: And the | 
same was read the first time; and ordered to be read | 
a second time. 


| 


Folkestone Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to extend the 
— limits of the Borough of Folkestone; to enable the 
: Corporation of the said Borough to construct a 
Market-house ; tomake certain new Streets and other | 
improvements ; and to pave, light, drain, and other- | 
wise improve the said Borough, and for other pur- 
poses: And the same was read the first time ; and | 
ordered to be read a second time. 
Folkestone Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for granting fur- | 
Water Bill. ther Powers to the Folkestone Waterworks Com- | 
pany: And the same was read the first time ; and | 
ordered to be read a second time. 
Surrey Gas Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to authorize the 
Bill. Transfer of the Undertaking of the Deptford Gas- 
Light and Coke Company to the Surrey Consumers | 
Gas Company, and to wind up the Affairs of the | 
first-named Company, and for other purposes: And | 
the same was read the first time ; and ordered to be | 
read a second time. | 
} 
Torquay, Tor Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for granting | 
Mary Chareh further Powers to the Torquay, Tor and Saint Mary | 
Gas Bil. Church Gas Company: And the same was read the | 
first time ; and ordered to be read a second time. | 
Stalybridge Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for more effectu- 
Ges Bill ally lighting with Gas the Town of Stalybridge and | 
the Neighbourhood thereof, in the Counties of Ches- 
ter and Lancaster, and 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. 
_ ee The House was moved, That the Report from the 
tittesct Select Committee on Standing Orders in respect of 


the River Lee, the Petition forthe New River Company and Trustees 
of the River Zee Bill, might be read ; and the same 
being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill | 
for transferring the Undertaking of the Trustees of | 
the River Lee to the New River Company, and for | 
other purposes: And that Sir John Johnstone and | 
Mr. Mills do prepare, and bring it in. | 





— The Aboyne, Ballater, Braemar and Cairnwell | 

Braemar ang .0ad Bill was read a second time ; and committed. | 

Cairnwell Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- | 

Road Bill. mittee of Selection. 

4 Harbour = The Ayr Harbour Bill was read a second time; | 
, and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 
er The Banff, Macduff and Turriff Railway Bill 
Railway Bi, WS read a second time; and committed. 





Vo. 110. 


7° Februaritz. 





55 


Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the General 
Committee on Railway and Canal Bills. 


The Belfast and County Down Railway Bill was Belfast and 
read a second time; and committed. County Down 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the General Reiwey Se. 
Committee on Railway and Canal Bills. 


The Birmingham Canal Navigations Bill was Birmingham 
read a second time ; and committed. Canal Navi- 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the General &amp;*#s Bil 
Committee on Railway and Canal Bills. 


The Commercial-road Bill was read a second Commercial- 
time ; and committed. road Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


The Cromford and High Peak Railway Bill was Cromford and 
read a second time; and committed. i Peak 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the General a 
Committee on Railway and Canal Bills. 


The Dearness Valley Railway Bill was read a Dearness 
second time ; and committed. Valley Rail- 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the General os 

Committee on Railway and Canal Bills. 


The East Indian Railway Bill was read a second East Indian 
time; and committed. Railway Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the General 
Committee on Railway and Canal Bills. 


The East Kent Railway Bill was read a second East Kent 
time ; and committed. Railway Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the General 
Committee on Railway and Canal Bills. 


and Baldernock Glasgow, 


Roads Bill was read a second time; and com- Kirkintilloch 
mitted nock Rous 
° : oc ds 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- Bill 


mittee of Selection. 


The Glasgow, Kirkintilloch 


The Great North of Scotland Railway Bill was Great North 
read a second time; and committed. de 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the General ““"™*Y * 


| Committee on Railway and Canal Bills. 


Ordered, That the Hyde Original Gas Bill be Hyde Original 


read a second time To-morrow. Gas Bill. 


The Leeds, Bradford and Halifax Junction Rail- Leeds, Brad- 
way Bill was read a second time; and committed. Tiana. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the General tion Railway 

ill. 


Committee on Railway and Canal Bills. B 


Ordered, That the London and South Western London and 
Railway Bill be read a second time To-morrow. South Western 
ailway Bill. 
The Madras Railway Bill was read a second Madras _ 
time ; and committed. Railway Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bi!l be referred to the General 
Committee on Railway and Canal Bills. 


The Nottingham and Newhaven Road Bill was Nottingham 
read a second time; and committed. = — 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 

mittee of Selection. 


The Plymouth and Stonehouse Gas Bill was read Plymouth and 
a second time; and committed. gag 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


The Renfrew Police and Improvement Bill was Renfrew Police 
read a second time ; and committed. and — 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com-"” 

mittee of Selection. 


H 4 The 


Rotherham 
Gas Bill. 


Stockton and 
Darlington 
Railway Bill, 


Uxbridge 
Burgage 
Lands Bill. 


Warrington 
Water Bill. 


West Somerset 


Mineral Rail- 
way Bill. 


South Wales 
Mineral 
Railway. 


Public 
Petitions. 


Vide Sixth 
Report. 


Stage 
Carriages. 


Tiverton 
Writ. 


Wilts (South- 
ern Division) 
Writ. 


Public 
Libraries and 
Museums Bill. 


56 


The Rotherham Gas Bill was read a second time ; 
and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


The Stockton and Darlington 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 Uxbridge Burgage Lands Bill was read a 
second time; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


The Warrington Water Bill was read a second 
time ; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


The West Somerset Mineral Railway Bill was 
read a second time ; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bil! be referred to the General 
Committee on Railway and Canal Bills. 


A Petition of the South Wales Mineral Railway 
Company, and also of Persons trading under the | 
Name of the G/yn Corrwy Coal Company, for leave 
to bring ina Bill to enable the South Wales Mi- 
neral Railway Company to grant a Lease of their 
Undertaking, was presented, and read; and a Bill 
was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. 
ZValbot and Mr. Gwyn. 


Petitions relating to Licenses ; — Grain ;— and, 
Public Libraries and Museums Bill, — were pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
T: ] ] ‘ 

apie, 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Returns of the Number of Prosecutions instituted 
by Order of the Commissioners of Inland Revenue, 
in each year since 1846, for Offences against the 
Stage Carriage Laws, stating the Nature of the 
Offences and the Result, and distinguishing the 
cases in the Metropolitan Districts from the cases 
in the Country Districts :—And, of the Number of 
Annual and Supplementary Stage Carriage Licenses 
issued for each of the same years, in England, Scot- 
lund and Wales, together with the Amount of Duty 
received for the same in each year, and the Amount 
of Mileage Duty, distinguishing in each case the | 
Metropolitan Carriages from the Country. 


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 Tiverton, in the room 
of the Right honourable Henry John Temple, Vis- 
count Palmerston, who, since his Election for the 
said Borough, hath accepted the Office of First 
Commissioner for executing the Office of Lord High 
Treasurer of Great Britain, and Treasurer of the 
Exchequer in Jreland. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant 


7° Februariz. 


A. 1855. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Bills of Ex- 
reading of the Bills of Exchange and Promissory oc = 
Notes Bill; Notes Bil 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself into Supply. 
the Committee of Supply. 


(In the Committee.) 


Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £. 1,200,000, Excess of 
be granted to Her Majesty, on account, towards de- Ordnance 
fraying the estimated Excess of the Ordnance Ex- =*Penditure. 

enditure beyond the Grants for the year ending on 
the 31st day of March 1855. 
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, To-morrow, again 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Incumberca 
Return of the Number of Appeals from the Incum- Estates Cour: 
bered Estates Court, Zreland, to the Privy Council, “eland.) 
Ireland, from the 24th day of March 1854 to the 
latest Date, and of the Reversals and Affirmations 
of such Appeals, separately stated, with the Names 
of the Parties in each case (in continuation of Par- 
liamentary Paper, No. 184, of Session 1854). 


A Petition of the Local Board of Health of the Wolverhamp- 
Corporate District of Wolverhampton, for leave to tall gg 
bring in a Bill for better supplying the Borough of "°°" “"" 
Wolverhampton, in the County of Stafford, and its 
Neighbourhood with Water, and for other purposes, 
was presented, and read ; and a Bill was ordered to 
be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Thornely and Mr. 

Charles Villiers. 


A Petition of Persons whose names are thereunto Bangor 
subscribed, for leave to bring in a Bill for constructing Markets and 
‘ ‘ +14: Public 
a Market-house, Market-place and other Buildings Jystitutions. 
for public accommodation, at Bangor, in the County 


of Carnarvon, and for the better Regulation and 


| Maintenance of the Markets there, and for other 


purposes, was presented, and read; and a Bill was 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Colonel 
Pennant and Mr. Bulkeley Hughes. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses Lancaster 

of the Borough of Lancaster, who have been duly Water and 
constituted and now act as the Local Board of Health *** 
'for the District of Zancaster aforesaid, for leave to 
| bring in a Bill to amend “The Lancaster Waterworks 
'and Gas Act, 1852,” and to raise an additional Sum 
of Money for the purposes of the said Act, and for 
other purposes, was presented, and read; and a Bill 
was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. 
Greene and Mr. Gregson. 








to the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ 
for the electing of a Knight of the Shire to serve in | 
this present Parliament for the Southern Division of | 
the County of Wilts, in the room of the Right | 
honourable Sidney Herbert, who, since his Election 


for the said Division of the said County, hath ac- ordered regarding the Supply of Coffee to the Crimea, 


cepted the Office of one of Her Majesty’s Principal 
Secretaries of State. | 


The Public Libraries and Museums Bill was, | 
according to Order, read a second time; and com- | 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for | 
Wednesday the 7th day of March next. 


| 
l 


Ordered, That Orders of the day have precedence Ordevs of 


1e Day. 


of Notices of Motions, To-morrow. 


Coffee 


Ordered, That, in addition to the Correspondence Cof 
(Crimea. ) 


there be added any Letters between the Public De- 
partments with Lord Raglan and the War Depart- 
ment. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Coinage, Coinage. 
which was presented upon the 30th day of January No. 46. 
last, be printed. 
Ordered, 








rt 





18 Vicrortiz. 





Bank of Ordered, That the Accounts relative to the Bank of 

England. Engiand, which were presented upon the 30th day of 
No. 47. January last, be printed. 

Bullion, &amp;c. Ordered, That the Return relative to Bullion, &amp;c., 
No. 48. which was presented upon the 6th day of this instant 

February, be printed. 

Metropolitan Ordered, That the Account relative to the Metro- 

Police. politan Police, which was presented upon the 6th day 
No. 49. P 


of this instant February, be printed. 
And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 





Jovis, 8° die Februari ; 
Anno 18° Victoria Regine, 1855. 


PRAYERS. 
faint George’s M R. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 
Harbour. 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 Saint 
George’s Harbour Bill. 


Ordered, Tnat the Report be referred to the Select | 


Committee on Standing Orders. 


Torquay Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 
District one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, 
me is respect of non-compliance with the Standing Orders 
in the case of the Petition for the Torquay District 
Churches Bill. 
Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Select 
Committee on Standing Orders. 
Oxford, Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 


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


pe in respect of non-compliance with the Standing Or- 
(Improve. ders in the case of the Petition for the Oxford, 
ments and 


Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway (Improve- 
ments and Branches) Bill. 

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


Branches.) 


Uphill and 


7°—8° Februariz. 





57 


a Company for manufacturing and supplying Gas for 
the se the Inhabitants of the Paris of Tormo- 
ham and Saint Mary Church, in the County of De- 
von, and for other purposes, was presented, and read; 
and a Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, 
by Mr. Palk and Mr. Malins. 


A Petition of the Saint George’s Harbour Com- Saint George's 
pany, for leave to bring in a Bill to amend the Saine Harbour. 
George's Harbour Act, 1853, was presented, and read; 
and referred to the Select Committee on Standing 
Orders. 


A Petition of Shareholders in the Birkenhead, Birkenhead, 
Lancashire and Cheshire Junction Railway Com- pm eel 
pany, for leave to © a Bill for a Lease of the and Great 

ndertaking of the Birkenhead, Lancashire and Western 
Cheshire Junction Railway Company to the Great Railways. 
Western Railway Company, and to authorize, until 
the granting of such Lease, Traffic Arrangements 
between the said two Companies, and for other pur- 
poses, was presented, and read ; and a Bill was or- 
dered to be brought in accordingly, by Viscount 
Barrington and Sir Watkin Williams Wynn. 


A Petition of Lawrence Palk, of Haldon House, Torquay 
in the County of Devon, Esquire, for leave to bring V4€*- 
in a Bill for better supplying with Water the Pa- 
rishes of Tormoham and Saint Mary Church, in the 
County of Devon, and for other purposes, was pre- 
sented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
brought in accordingly, by Sir John Yarde Buller 
and Sir Thomas Acland. 


A Petition of the Somerset Central Railway Com- Somerset 
pany, for leave to bring in a Bill for enabling the — 
Somerset Central Railway Company to construct ” 
Railways to Wells and to Burnham, and a Pier at 
Burnham, and to raise additional Capital, and for 
other purposes, was presented, and read ; and a Bill 
was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. 
Tudway, Mr. Danby Seymour and Major Reed. 


A Petition of Owners or Occupiers of Property in| A Petition of the Meweastle-under-Lyme Gas- Newcastle- 


Bleadon Road. the Line or in the Neighbourhood of the proposed | Light Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to extend — 
Road thereinafter-mentioned, for leave to bring in a | the Limits of the Mewcastle-under-Lyme Gas-Light ~~ 
Bill for making a Road from Uphill to Bleadon, in |Company’s Act, for the Supply of Gas, and to au- 


the County of Somerset, was presented, and read ; 


and a Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, 
by Mr. Miles and Mr. Knatchbull. 


A Petition of Directors of the existing Gas Com- 
pany in the Town of Weston-super-Mare, for leave 
to bring in a Bill for more effectually supplying with 
Gas the Town of Weston-super-Mare, in the County 
of Somerset, was presented, and read; and a Bill 
was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. 
Miles and Mr. Knatchbull. 


a A Petition of the Oxford, Worcester and Wolver- 
Cate hampton Railway Company, for leave to bring in a 
ton Railway Bill to enable the Oxford, Worcester and Wolver- 


Weston-super- 
Mare Gas. 


Oxford, 


ag hampton Railway Company to alter and improve 
Branches) certain of their Works, and to construct additional 
Works, and to authorize Arrangements with respect 
to the Stratford-upon-Avon Canal and the Stratford 
and Moreton Tramway, and for other purposes, was 
presented, and read; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Standing Orders. 
ae A Petition of Persons whose names are thereunto 
” subscribed, for leave to bring in a Bill for constructing 
a Railway from Bridport to Maiden Newton, on the 
Wilts, Somerset and Weymouth Railway, in the 
County of Dorset, was presented, and read ; and a 
Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by 
Mr. Thomas Mitchell and Mr. Floyer. 
Zermabam A Petition of Persons whose names are thereunto 
aint 


Mary Church SUbscribed, for leave to bring in a Bill to incorporate 
8. Vou. 110. 


Ga 


} amend the London 





thorize the raising of a further Sum of Money, and 
for other purposes, was presented, and read; and a 
Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by 
Mr. Christy and Mr. Jackson. 


A Petition of the London Necropolis and National London _ 
Mausoleum arg for leave to bring in a Bill to Necropolis 
‘ and National 
ecropolis and National Mauso- yausolcum. 
leum Act, 1852, and for other purposes, was pre- 
sented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
brought in accordingly, by Mr. Alcock and Mr. 
Berkeley. 


A Petition of the Saint Helen’s Improvement Saint Helen's 
Commissioners, for leave to bring in a Bill for the 1™Provement. 
Improvement of the Town of Saint Helen’s, and for 
other purposes, was presented, and read; and a Bill 
was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. 

William Brown and Mr. Greenall. 


A Petition of the there-undersigned, for leave to Hoarwithy 
bring in a Bill for erecting and maintaining a Bridge Bti4se. 
over the River Wye, at a Place called Hoarwithy 
Ferry, in the Parishes of Hentland and King’s Cople, 
in the County of Hereford, and for making con- 
venient Approaches thereto, was presented, and read ; 
and a Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, 
by Captain Hanbury, Mr. Booker and Mr. King 


King. 


A Petition of Trustees acting in the execution of Wigan and 


an Act relating to the Wigan and Preston Roads, a 
for leave to bring in a Bill to repeal so much of the Yarrow. 
Act 








58 


Act relating to the Wigan and Preston Roads, as 
relates to the District of the said Roads South of 
Yarrow, and to make other Provisions in lieu thereof, 
was presented, and read ; and a Bill was ordered to 
be brought in accordingly, by Colonel Lindsay and 
Mr. Acton. 


A Petition of Trustees acting in the execution of 
the Act thereinafter-mentioned, for leave to bring in 
a Bill to repeal an Act for making, widening, repair- 
ing and maintaining certain Roads leading to and 
from the Town of Honiton, in the County of Devon, 
and to make other Provisions in lieu thereof, was 
presented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
brought in accordingly, by Sir John Yarde Buller 
and Mr. Palk. 


A Petition of Persons whose names are thereunto 
subscribed, for leave to bring in a Bill for making a 
Railway from the Great Western Railway, at Southall, 
in the County of Middlesex, to Brentford, in the 
same County, with Docks at the last-mentioned 
place, and for other purposes, was presented, and 
read; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in ac- 
cordingly, by Mr. Francis Villiers and Mr. Brother- 
ton. 


A Petition of Directors and the Manager of the 
Western Bank of Scotland, for leave to bring in a 
Bill for incorporating the Banking Company, called 
“The Western Bank of Scotland,” for enabling the 
said Company to sue and be sued, and to take and 
hold Property, and for other purposes relating to the 
said Company, was presented, and read; and a Bill 
was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. 
William Lockhart, Mr. Alexander Hastie and Mr. 
Baird. 


A Petition of Directors and the Manager of the 
Union Bank of Scotland, for leave to bring in a Bill 
for incorporating the Banking Company, called ‘‘ The 
Union Bank of Scotland,” for enabling the said Com- 
pany to sue and be sued, and to take and hold 
Property, and for other purposes relating to the said 
Company, was presented, and read; and a Bill was 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Kin- 
naird and Mr. Fergus. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to enable the 
South Wales Mineral Railway Company to grant a 
Lease of their Undertaking : And the same was read 
the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for better sup- 
plying the Borough of Wolverhampton, in the County 
of Stafford, and its Neighbourhood, with Water: 
And the same was read the first time; and ordered 
to be read a second time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for transferring 
the Undertaking of the Trustees of the River Lee 
to the New River 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 constructing 
a Market-house, Market-place, and other Buildings 
for Public Accommodation at Bangor, in the County 
of Carnarvon, and for the better Regulation and 
Maintenance of the Markets there, and for other 
purposes: And the same was read the first time ; 
and ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. Greene presented a Bill to amend “ The Zar- 
caster Waterworks and Gas Act, 1852,” and to raise 
an additional Sum of Money for the purposes of the 
said Act, and for other purposes: And the same was 
read the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
time. 


8° Februariz. 


ford and Limerick Railway at Kil/onan to Castle- 





A. 1855. 


A Petition of Trustees for executing an Act re- London and 
lating to the Roads thereinafter-mentioned, for leave Brassington 
to bring in a Bill for more effectually repairing the 
Cavendish Bridge and Brassington Road, and for 
making a Branch Line of Road in connexion with 
the same, all in the County of Derby, was presented, 
and read ; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in 
accordingly, by Mr. Mundy and Mr. Colvile. 


A Petition of. the there-undersigned, for leave to Limerick and 

bring in a Bill for making a Railway from the Water- Castleconnell 
Railway. 

connell, to be called “‘ The Limerick and Castlecon- 
nell Railway,” and for other purposes, was presented, 
and read ; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in 
al by Mr. Serjeant O’ Brien and Mr. De 

ere. 


A Petition of Trustees for executing an Act for Kelso Bridge. 
building a Bridge over the River Tweed, at or near . 
the Town of Kelso, in the County of Roxburgh, for 
leave to bring in a Bill for further and more effectually 
— and maintaining the Bridge over the River 
weed, at or near the Town of Kelso, in the County 
of Roxburgh, was presented, and read ; and a Bill 
was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. 
Scott and the Earl of Dalkeith. 


The Hyde Original Gas Bill was, according to Hyde Original 

Order, read a second time; and committed. Gas Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 

mittee of Selection. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second London and 
reading of the London and South Western Railway a eaieg og 
Bill; ailway 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 the word “now,” and, at 
the end of the Question, adding the words “ upon 
“ this day month.” 

And the Question being put, That the word 
“ now ” stand part of the Question :—The said pro- 
— Amendment and Motion were severally, with 

ve of the House, withdrawn. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Thursday the 8th day of March next. 


Petitions relating to Episcopal and Capitular Public 
Estates Bill;—Licenses ;— Newspaper Stamps ; — Petitions. 
Grain ; — London Corporation ;— and, Transport yiae sixth 
Service,—were presented, and read; and ordered Report. 
to lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Poor Law 
Return of the Names of the Poor Law Board in (Jteland.) 
Ireland, as also of the Names of the Poor Law In- 
spectors in Jredand, with the Dates of their Appoint- 
ments, as also the Names of the several Poor Law 
Inspectors removed within the last Twelve Months, 
or about to be removed, in Zreland, with the Dates 
of their respective Appointments; together with a 
Copy of the Correspondence on the subject of such 
Removals or intended Removals. 


Mr. Walpole reported from the General Com- Controverted 
mittee of Elections ; That, in uence of the anti- Elections. 
cipated Adjournment of the me, they had 
— the day for choosing from Panel No. 1, 
the Select Committee to try and determine the 
Barns Election Petition, from Monday the 
12th day of Feb to Monday the 19th day of 
February, at Three o'clock. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Walpole reported from the General Com- Controverted 
mittee of Elections; That they had appointed Mon- Elections. 
day the 26th day of February to choose from Panel 

No. 2, 








Acts of 
Parliament. 


Army. 
No. 51. 


Royal Military 
College 
(Sandhurst. ) 


Staff and 
Garrison 
Appointments 
(Colonies. ) 


Navy. 

No. 52. 
Transport 
Service, &amp;c. 

No. 53. 


Civil Service. 
No. 50. 


Railway 
Accidents, 


Railway Acts, 


Coalwhippers. 





18 Vicrorix. 


No. 2, the Select Committee to try and determine | 
the Cambridge Borough Election Petition. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. | 


The followin 
by the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, 
dated the 7th day of August last, fora 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. 


Mr. Wilson presented, by Her Majesty's Com- 
mand,—Estimates of Effective and Non-effective | 
Army Services, from 1st April 1855 to 31st March | 
1856. | 

Mr. Wilson also presented,—Return to an Order, | 
dated the 29th day of January last, for Returns of | 
the Gentlemen Cadets at the Royal Military College | 
at Sandhurst, classified as follows:—Number of) 
Sons of Civilians; Number of Sons of Officers of | 
the Army ; Number of Sons of Officers of the N avy | 
and Marines; Number of Orphans of Officers of | 
the Army; Number of Orphans of Officers of the | 
Navy and Marines:—Of the Amount paid to that | 
Establishment by the Gentlemen Cadets :—Of the | 
Amount paid yearly by the Officers of the Senior | 
Department :—Of the Total Annual Cost of that 
Establishment: — And, of the Total Amount re-| 
ceived by the Exchequer above the Total Expenses | 
of the Establishment since the year 1851. 

Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the | 
Table; and that the Estimates be referred to the | 


Committee of Supply, and be printed. 


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 1853, | 
showing the ordinary Pay and Allowances, and the | 
Aggregate Charge to the British Exchequer in | 
each, and the Total in all the Colonies in each of | 
these years (in continuation of and according to | 
Parliamentary Paper, No. 154, of Session 1822). | 

Mr. Wilson accordingly presented the said Return. | 

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


Mr. Cowper presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand,—Navy Estimates, for the year 1855-56. 

Estimate for the Transport Service and Prisoners 
of War, for the year 1855-56. 

Ordered, That the said Estimates be referred to 
the Committee of Supply ; and be printed. 


Mr. Wilson presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand, — Civil Service: Supplementary Estimate, | 
1854 55: 

Class II. Printing and Stationery. 
Class V. Ministers at Foreign Courts, Extra- | 
ordinary Expenses. 

Ordered, That the said Estimates be referred to 
the Committee of Supply; and be printed. 


8° Februari. 





Mr. Cardwell presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand,—Copy of Report to the Lords of the Com- 
mittee of Privy Council for Trade upon Railway 
Accidents during the year 1854. 

Return of the Railway Acts passed in the Session 
of 1854; the Length of each Line; the proposed 
Capital Stock ; the Number of Shares authorized to 
be created ; and the Sums authorized to be raised 
on Loan. 

Mr. Cardwell also presented, pursuant to the di- 
rections of an Act of Parliament,—Coalwhippers : 
Balance Sheet from 31st December 1853 to 30th 
June 1854.— Balance Sheet from 30th June to 31st 
December 1854. 

. —- That the said Papers do lie upon the 
able. 














Vou. 110. 





Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Tyne Con- 
Copies of all Correspondence connected with the servancy. 
Construction of certain Works at the Mouth of the 
River Tyne, between the Admiralty, the Officers of 


Paper was laid upon the Table! the River Tyne Commissioners, Messrs. Clayton and 


Brooks, and Mr. James Walker, C.E., since the 
24th day of February 1853. 


The Order for reading a second time, upon Thurs- Judgments 


day next, the Judgments Execution, &amp;c. Bill, was _— 


read, and discharged. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday the 7th day of March next. 


Ordered, That Lord Harry Vane have leave of Leave of 
absence for a month, on urgent business. Absence. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Supply. 
into the Committee of Supply. 


(In the Committee.) 


Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £.1,615,600, Excess of 
be granted to Her Majesty, on account, towards — Expen- 
defraying the Estimated Excess of the Naval Ex- : 
penditure beyond the Grants for the year ending on 
the 31st day of March 1855. 


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 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, To-morrow, again 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Mr. Bouverie reported from the Committee of Supply. 
Supply, a Resolution ; which was read, as followeth : 

hat a Sum, not exceeding £. 1,200,000, be Excess of 
granted to Her Majesty, on account, towards de- Ordnance 
fraying the estimated Excess of the Ordnance Ex- ?*penditure. 
penditure beyond the Grants for the year ending on 
the 31st day of March 1855. 

‘he said Resolution, being read a second time, 


| was agreed to. 


Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- Ways and 


‘solve itself into a Committee to consider of Ways Means. 


and Means for raising the Supply granted to Her 
Majesty. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to Education. 
promote Education. in England : And that Lord 
John Russell and Mr. Hastings Russell do prepare, 


and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Mines 
for the further Encouragement of the Working of (Ireland.) 
Mines in Ireland: And that Mr. John FitzGerald, 

Mr. Napier and Mr. Francis William Russeli do 


prepare, and bring it in. 


Lord John Russell presented a Bill to promote Education 


| Education in England: And the same was read Bill. 


the first time; and ordered to be read a second Bill 20. 
time upon Wednesday the 28th day of this instant 
February ; and to be printed. 


Mr. John FitzGerald presented a Bill for the Mines 
further Encouragement of the Working of Mines in (Ireland) Bill. 
Ireland: And the same was read the first time; Bill 21. 
and ordered to be read a second time upon Thurs- 
day the 22d day of this instant February; and to 
be printed. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 


I2 








Caledonian 
Railway. 


Maryport 
and Carlisle 
Railway. 


Gateshead 
and Hexham 
Roads. 


Llyavi Valley 
and Bridgend 
Railways. 


Grand Surrey 
Canal. 


Torquay 
District 
Churches. 


Waterford 
and Limerick 
Railway. 


9° Februari. 


Veneris, 9° die Februarii ; 
Anno 18° Victorie Regine, 1855. 


PRAYERS. 


PETITION ofthe Caledonian Railway Com- 
pany, for leave to bring in a Bill to enable the 
Caledonian Railway Company to raise a further Sum 
of Money, was presented, and read; and a Bill was 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Wii- 
liam Lockhart and Mr. Archibald Hastie. 


A Petition of the Maryport and Carlisle Railway 
Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to consolidate 
and amend the Acts relating to the Maryport and 
Carlisle Railway ; to authorize the Company to im- 
prove their existing Railway ; to make new Branches, 
Stations and other Additions to their Works; to 
raise further Monies, and for other purposes, was 
presented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
brought in accordingly, by Mr. Hildyard and Mr. 
Steel. 


A Petition of Trustees under the Act for more 
effectually improving the Road from Gateshead, in 
the County of Durham, to the Church-lane, near 
Rytonlane Head, and from the Bartmoor to the 
Hexham Turnpike-road, near Dilston Bar, in the 
County of Northumberland, and other Roads therein 
described, and also for altering the Line of a certain 
part of the first above-mentioned Road, for leave to 
bring in a Bill for maintaining and improving the 
Road from Gateshead, in the County of Durham, to 
the Hexham Turnpike-road, near Dilston Bar, in 
the County of Northumberland, and other Roads 
connected therewith, was presented, and read ; and 
a Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by 
Mr. Henry George Liddell and Mr. Shafto. 


A Petition of the Llynvi Valley Railway Company, 
for leave to bring in a Bill to consolidate and amend 
the Acts relating to the Liynvi Valley ee Com- 
pany; to enable them to construct a new Railway 


from Llangonoyd to Bridgend, and to extend their 
present Line from Foce Toll-house to Saint Bride’s 
Minor ; to abandon Parts of their existing and au- 
thorized Lines; to dissolve the Bridgend Railway 
Company, and to abandon their Railway, and for 
other purposes, was — and read ; and a Bill 


was ordered td be brought in accordingly, by Mr. 
Talbot and Mr. Gwyn. 


A Petition of the Company of Proprietors of the 
Grand Surrey Canal, for leave to bring in a Bill to 
change the Corporate Name of the Company of 
Proprietors of the Grand Surrey Canal; to amend 
their Acts; to authorize them to construct a new 
Entrance from the Thames, and additional Docks 
and other Works ; to raise further Monies ; to amal- 
gamate with the Commercial Dock Company, and 
for other purposes, was presented, and read ; and a 
Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by 
Sir James Duke and Mr. Freshfield. 


A Petition of Lawrence Palk, of Haldon House, 
in the County of Devon, Esquire, for leave to bring 
in a Bill to facilitate the Erection of one or more 
Churches in the Parishes of Tormoham and Saint 
Mary Church, at or near the Town of Torquay, in 
the oe of Devon, and for other purposes, was 
presented, and read; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Standing Orders. 


A Petition of the Waterford and Limerick Railway 
Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to enable the 
Waterford and Limerick Railway Company to raise 
further Money, and for other purposes, was presented, 
and read; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in 
accordingly, by Mr. Monsell and Mr. Esmonde. 











A. 1855. 


A Petition of Trustees acting in virtue of the Acts Congleton 
thereinafter recited, for leave to bring in a Bill to Mclosure. 
enable the Congleton Inclosure Trustees to exchange 
certain Portions of the Lands vested in them for 
certain Portions of other Lands, was presented, and 
read; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in 
ra ae by Sir Philip Egerton and Mr. Tolle- 
mache. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for erecting and Hoarwithy 
maintaining a Bridge over the River Wye, at a Place Bridge Bill. 
called Hoarwithy Ferry, in the Parishes of Hentland 
and King’s Caple, in the County of Hereford, and 
for making convenient Approaches 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 Manchester 
Mayor, Aldermen and Citizens of the City of Man-  tcraa, 
chester to make a new Street from Manchester, across 
the River Jrwell, into Salford, and authorizing Ar- 
rangements with the Corporation of Salford in re- 
ference thereto, 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 constructing Bridport 
a Railway from Bridport to Maiden Newton, on Railway Bill. 
the Wilts, Somerset and Weymouth Railway, in the 
County of Dorset: And the same was read the first 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for better sup- Torquay 
plying with Water the Parishes of Tormoham and Water Bill. 
Saint Mary Church, in the County of Devon, 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 Tormoham 
Company for manufacturing and supplying Gas for a Sait 
the use of the Inhabitants of the Parishes of Tor- Ga. Bil. 
moham and Saint Mary Church, in the County of 
Devon, 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 Somerset 
Somerset Central Railway Company to construct fentral | 
Railways to Wells and to Burnham, and a Pier at” ""” 
Burnham, and 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 making a Uphill and 
Road from Uphill to Bleadon, in the County of Bleadon Road 
Somerset: And the same was read the first time ;™ 
and ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for more effectu- Weston-super- 
ally supplying with Gas the Town of Weston-super- Mare Gas Bill 
Mare, 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 repeal so much Wigan and 
of the Act relating to the Wigan and Preston Roads ee 9 
as relates to the District of the said Roads South eee Bill. 
of Yarrow, and to 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 the Improve- Saint Helen's 
ment of the Town of Saint Helen’s, and for other Improvement 
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 
Railway from the Great Western Railway at Southall, 
in the County of Middlesex, to Brentford, in the 
same County, with Docks at the last-mentioned 
place, and for other purposes: And the same oe 

rea 


Great Western 
and Brentford 
Railway Bill. 








Honiton Road 
Bill. 


Birkenhead, 
Lancashire 
and Cheshire 
and Great 
Western 
Railways Bill. 


London and 
Brassington 
Road Bill. 


Londonderry 
and Coleraine 
Railway Bill. 


Oxford, 
Worcester and 
Wolverhamp- 
ton Railway 
(Narrow 
Gauge) Bill. 


Phenix, South 
Metropolitan, 
London and 
Surrey Gas 
Companies 
Bill, 

Public 
Petitions. 


Vide Sixth 
Report. 


New Zealand 
Company. 





18 Vicroriz. 


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


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to repeal an Act 
for making, widening, repairing and maintaining 
certain Roads leading to and from the Town of Ho- 
niton, in the County of Devon, and to 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 a Lease of the 
Undertaking of the Birkenhead, Lancashire and 
Cheshire Junction Railway Company to the Great | 
Western Railway Company, and to authorize, until | 
the granting of such Lease, Traffic Arrangements | 
between the said two Companies, and for other pur- 
poses: And the same was read the first time; and 
ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. Mundy presented a Bill for more effectually 
repairing the Cavendish Bridge and Brassington 
Road, and for making a Branch Line of Road in| 
connexion with the same, all in the County of| 
Derby ; And the same was read the first time ; and | 


' 


ordered to be read a second time. | 


The Londonderry and Coleraine 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 Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton Rail- | 
= (Narrow Gauge) 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 Phoenix South Metropolitan, | 
London and Surrey Gas Companies Bill be read a 
second time upon Priday next. 








Petitions — to are Stamps —Stage | 
n 


Carriages ;—and, Intoxicating Liquors,—were pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the | 


Table. 


A Petition of the Commons of New Zealand, as- 
sembled in their House of Representatives (signed 
by the Speaker), was presented, and read; setting 
forth, That the Petitioners humbly beg leave to 
submit to the House the following Resolutions passed 
by the House of Assembly in reference to the claims 
of the New Zealand Company upon the land fund of | 
that colony : 

1. That the debt of 268,3701.15s. to the Mew 
Zealand Company imposed upon the colony by Act | 
of Parliament ought to be considered as an equiva- 
lent in money, at 5s. an acre, for 1,007,300 acres 
alleged to be surrendered to the Crown for the ser- 
vice of this colony. 

2. That at the time the arrangement was entered 
into by which this debt was saddled upon the colony, 
the Crown was, in terms of the 13th chapter of the 
Royal Instructions of 1846, a trustee of the land and 
land fund of the colony for the benefit of its subjects, 
and especially for the benefit of such of them as have 
settled or shall hereafter settle in New Zealand. 

3. That the arrangement of 1847 between the Vew 
Zealand Company and Lord Grey subsequently given 
effect to by the Act 10 &amp; 11 Vic. c. 112, was obtained 
by misrepresentation and suppression of the truth, 
and appears to have been entered into in a state of 
comparative ignorance on the part of the Crown of 
the position and transactions of the Company both in 
England and the colony, and in particular that the 
existence and extent of the claims of the settlers of 

Wellington and Nelson were not made known in 
Parliament. 

4. That the Company was not justified in applying 


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| tee on Public Petitions ; That ne 


61 


render to the colony to the liquidation of its out- 
standing and undisclosed liabilities, excepting engage- 
ments on the condition that the value of any land so 
applied by the Company or by the Government in 
fulfilment of the Company’s contracts should be de- 
ducted from the amount of the debt. 

5. That the minimum amount of loss of land fund 
sustained by the colony is, including the expense of 
surveying the compensation land, 120,000 /. 

6. That, inasmuch as the money advanced by 
Parliament was said to be afforded to the Company 
to restore the property of the existing settlements, 
and to promote the establishment of new settlements 
in the colony, the inhabitants of New Zealand have 
a right to inquire whether the public money given to 
the New Zealand Company was applied fully and 
fairly to the objects for which the Crown constituted 
it its trustee. 

7. That the compromise of claims of the Nelson 
land purchasers, carried into effect in July 1847, 
was essentially modified in favour of the Company by 
the following means: a legal opinion favourable to 
the claims of the settlers, which the Company had 
promised to obtain, and to make public among them 
for the adjustment of their mutual differences, was 
suppressed ; and a second opinion unfavourable to 
their claims was substituted and made use of by the 
Company’s agent, and, as appears by his own letters 
to the secretary of the Company, not without effect. 

8. That vigorous efforts ought to be made in the 
ensuing Session of Parliament, to obtain inquiry into 
and relief from the matters complained of in the 
foregoing Resolutions. 

9. That, should any amount be fixed on as ulti- 
mately due to the Company, the same ought to be 
distributed amongst the provinces upon principles to 
be settled by the General Assembly. 

10. That it is expedient that an Act should be 
obtained in the next Session of the Imperial Parlia- 
ment for obtaining such relief, and for enabling the 
General Assembly to effectuate such distribution ; 
and that it will be desirable in any such Act to obtain 
power to commute the Company’s claim for colonial 
or provincial securities. 

And praying that the House will be pleased to 
institute an inquiry into the origin, nature and extent 
of the debt to the New Zealand Company, and to 
take such steps as the House in its wisdom may think 
fit to give effect to the foregoing Resolutions, and to 
relieve that colony, in whole or in .part, from the 
burden of a debt which, the Petitioners venture to 
submit to the House, is excessive and unjust. 

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


A Petition of the Stockport, Disley and Whaley stockport, 
Bridge Railway Company, for leave to bring in a Disley and 
Bill to enable the Stockport, Disley and Whaley }itley Bridge 
Bridge Railway Company to construct a Junction ” 
Line to the Cromford and High Peak Railway, and 
for other purposes, was presented, and read; and 
referred to the Select Committee on Standing Orders. 


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


Mr. Brothertox reported from the Select Commit- Public 
had examined Petitions 
the Petitions presented from the 2d to the 9th days con &gt; 
of this instant February, both inclusive, and had” 
directed him to make a: thinest thereof to the House. 

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


The Order for the House to resolve itself into a Passengers 
Committee, upon Thursday the 15th day of this in- Act Amend- 
stant February, on the Passengers Act Amendment ™*™* Bi 
Bill, was read, and discharged. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday the 
26th day of this instant February, resolve itself into 





any, portion of the land which it professed to sur- 
OL, 110. 


the said Committee. 
13 Ordered, 











0° Februarii. 


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 New Windsor, in the 
room of the Honourable Charles Wellesley, com- 
monly called Lord Charles Wellesley, who, since his 
Election for the said Borough, hath accepted the 
Office of Steward of Her Majesty’s Manor of Hemp- 


holme. 


New Windsor 
Writ. 


War with 
Russia. 


Mr. Peel presented, by Her Majesty’s Command, 

—Copy of Despatches from Governors of British 
Colonies, transmitting Addresses and Resolutions on 
the subject of the War with Russia (in continuation 
of Papers presented 25th January 1855). 
Promotion Mr. Peel also presented,—Return to an Address 
and Retire- to Her Majesty, dated the ist day of this instant Fe- 
ment (Army.) bruary, praying that She will be graciously pleased 
to cause Her Royal Warrant for regulating Promo- 
tion and Retirement in the Army to be laid upon 
the Table of the House. 

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


Mr. Bouverie reported from the Committee of 
Supply, a Resolution ; which was read, as followeth : 

That a Sum, not exceeding £.1,615,600, be granted 
to Her Majesty, on account, towards defraying the 
Estimated Excess of the Naval Expenditure beyond 
the Grants for the year ending on the 31st day of 
March 1855. 

The said Resolution, being read a second time, was 
agreed to. 


Supply. 


Excess of 
Naval Expen- 
diture. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 


Supply. into the Committee of Supply. 


(In the Committee.) 


1. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £.176,400, 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the estimated 
Excess of Expenditure for Printing and Stationery 
of Public Departments, beyond the Grant for the 
year ending on the 31st day of March 1855. 

2. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £. 8,000, 
ranted to Majesty, to defray the estimated Excess 
of Extraordinary Expenses of Ministers at Foreign 
Courts, beyond the Grant for the year ending on the 
31st day of March 1855. 
Resolutions to be reported. 


Excess of Ex- 
penditure for 
Printing and 

Stationery. 


Excess of 
Extraordinary be 
Expenses of 
Ministers 
at Foreign 
Courts. 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bou- 
verie reported, That the Committee had come to 
several Resclutions. 


Ordered, That the Report be received upon F ti-| Lodge, Paddington, in the County of Middlesex, 


day next. 
Mr. Bouverie also acquainted the House, that he 





A. 1855. 


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 second Jurors and 
reading of the Jurors and Juries (/reland) Bill; = 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon’ 

Thursday the 22d day of this instant February. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Jurors and 
reading of the Jurors and Juries (Jreland) (No. 2) terry ag 
Bill ; il, 

Ordered, That'the Bill be read a second time upon 
Thursday the 22d day of this instant February. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Fairs and 
reading of the Fairs and Markets (Jrefand) Bill; Markets __ 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon a 
Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Savings Banks 
reading of the Savings Banks and Friendly Societies 224 Friendly 
Pp: &lt; ‘ Societies 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon Bill. 
Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Newspaper, 
mittee on Newspaper, &amp;c. Postage and Stamp &amp;c. Postage 
Duties ; — 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Staff Officers. 
Return of those Officers who have received Certifi- 
cates at the Senior Department of the Royal Military 
College, and have been subsequently employed on 
the Staff of ow Army, during the last T wenty 
years. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Agents of 
Return of the Names, Ages, and Length of Service TT™sports. 
of the Naval Officers employed in the Mediterranean 
and Black Sea as Agents of Transports. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Schools 
to amend the Law relating to Parish Schools in Scot- (S¢tland.) 
land: And that Mr. Stirling and Mr. Henry Baillie 
do prepare, and bring it in. 


A Petition of William Bowles, of Craven-hill Great North- 
ern London 


Gentleman; Henry Vigurs East, of 14, Canterbury Cemetery. 


Villas, Maida Vale, in the same County, Esquire ; 


on » Ta “he ‘ . &gt; . . e 
was directed to move, That the Committee may have | Charles Harrison, of 7, yo mney oP ye Padding- 


leave to sit —_ 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 
again resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Ways and 


be The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
eans. 


into the Committee of Ways and Means. 
(In the Committee. } 


Consolidated 


a Resolved, That, towards making good the Supply 
und. 


granted to Her Majesty for the deficiency in the 
Grants for the Service of the year ending the 31st 
day of March 1855, the Sum of £.2,000,090, 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 Friday 


next. 


| 


| 


| Ewart and Mr. Danby 





ton, aforesaid, Esquire; Henry Philip Hakewill, of 
38, Harrington-square, Hampstead-road, Middlesex, 
aforesaid, Engineer ; Thomas Hakewill, of 38, Har- 
rington-square, aforesaid, Esquire ; James M‘Gill, of 
4, Euston-place, Parish of Saint Pancras, in the said 
County of Middlesex, Esquire ; the Reverend Wit- 
liam Sloman Rowe, of 2, Marlborough-place, Wal- 


| worth-road, in the County of Surrey, Clerk; and 


Edmund Alexander Spurr, of 3, Newton-road, Bays- 
water, in the said County of Middlesex, Architect, 
for leave to bring in a Bill for making and maintain- 
ing the Great Northern London Cemetery, and for 
other purposes, was presented, and read; and a Bill 
was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. 
Seymour. 


Mr. Stirling presented a Bill to amend the Law Schools (Seot- 
relating to Parish Schools in Scotland: And the land) Bill 
same was read the first time; and ordered tobe read _ Bill 22. 
a second time upon Wednesday the 28th day of 
March next; and to be printed. “ 

r. 








9°—.1 6° 


Mr. Solicitor General for Zreland presented,—Re- 
turn to an Order, dated the 15th day of December 
last, fora Return of all Persons appearing in the 
Revised Lists of Voters in the several Counties, 
Counties of Cities, and Counties of Towns in Jreland, 
and in Parliamentary Boroughs, as £.50 and £.20 
Freeholders, and as rated Occupiers of the yearly 
value of £.25 and upwards; distinguishing the Num- 
bers so appearing as rated at £.25, at £.30, at £.40, 
at £.50, and upwards. 

Ordered, 'Yhat the said Return do lie upon the 
Table. 


18 Victoria. 


Voters 
(Ireland. ) 


Railway 


Mr. Cardwell presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
Accidents. 


mand,—Return of the Number and Nature of the 


Accidents and the Injuries to Life and Limb, which | 


have occurred on all the Railways in Great Britain 
and Jredand, from the 1st July to the 31st December 
1854. 

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


Banks of 
Issue. 


The following Paper was laid upon the Table by 
the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, dated 
the 29th day of January last, 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 Circu- 
lation of such Banks respectively. 

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 showing the 
Receipts and Disbursements on account of the Jrish 
Reproductive Loan Fund, up to and for 31st De- 
cember 1854. 


Irish Repro- 
ductive Loan 
Fund. 


Railway Acts. 
No. 54. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Railway 
Acts, which was presented upon the 8th day of this 
instant February, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Acts of 
Parliament, which was presented upon the 8th day 
of this instant February, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Royal 
Military College (Sandhurst), which was presented 
upon the 8th day of this instant February, be printed. 


And then the House adjourned till Friday next. 


Acts of 
Parliament. 


No. 55. 
Royal Military 


College 
(Sandhurst. ) 


No. 56. 





Veneris, 16° die Februari: : 
Anno 18° Victorie Regine, 1855. 


PRAYERS. 

M R. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private 

Bills, in respect of non-compliance with the Standing 
Orders in the case of the Petition for the Hyde Gas 
Bill. 

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


Hyde Gas, 


Stockport, 
Mw J and 

ey Brid 
Railway, e 


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 Stockport, 
Disley and Whaley Bridge Railway Bill. 

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


Holyhead 
ilway. 


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 Chester and 
Holyhead Railway Bill. 

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


Medica) 
Benevolent 
College, 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, | 
VoL. 110. 








63 


in respect of non-compliance with the Standing 
Orders in the case of the Petition for the Medical 
Benevolent College Bill. 

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


Februarii. 


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

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


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

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





| Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Westminster 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, Terminus 


‘in respect of non-compliance with the Standing (Clapham to 
Orders in the case of the Petition for the Westmin- Norwood.) 


ster Terminus Railway (Clapham to Norwood) Bill. 
Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Select 
Committee on Standing Orders. 
| Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Fife and Kin- 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, *°** R#ilway- 
in respect of non-compliance with the Standing 
Orders in the case of the Petition for the Fife and 
Kinross Railway Bill. 
Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Select 
Committee on Standing Orders. 





| 
| Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Mid Kent and 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, North Kent 
in respect of non-compliance with the Standing“ "*”* 
| Orders in the case of the Petition for the Mid Kent 
and North Kent Railway Bill. 
Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Select 
Committee on Standing Orders. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Fibre 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, ©°™P®"Y- 
in respect of non-compliance with the Standing 
Orders in the case of the Petition for the Fibre Com- 
pany Bill. 

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





| , Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant Cardigan 
| to the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ om 

_ for the electing of a Burgess to serve in this present 

| Parliament for the Borough of Cardigan, in the room 

| of Pryse Loveden, Esquire, deceased. 

Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That he had The Crimea. 
received a Letter from Rear-Admiral Sir Edmund 
Lyons, in answer to a Letter communicating the 
Thanks of the House of the 15th and 18th days of 
December last, relative to the exertions of the Fleet 
in conveying the Land Forces to the Crimea :—And 
the same was read, as followeth :— 

Agamemnon, off Sevastopol, 
Sir, , a&gt; demang 155 

Having succeeded Vice-Admiral Dundas in the 
Command of this Station, the honour has devolved 
upon me of communicating to Rear-Admiral the 
Soeseenhie Montagu Stopford, and to the several 
Captains, Officers, Seamen and Maines in Her 
Majesty’s Fleet in the Black Sea, the unanimous 
expression of the Thanks and Approbation of the 
House of Commons for the services rendered by 
‘them during the present War, and of communicating 
'to them also the unanimous acknowledgments of the 
distinguished valour and conduct of those who have 

14 perished 











ee 


Sa 





Limerick and 
astleconnell 


Railway Bill. 


Barrow 
Harbour. 


Furness 
Railway. 


64. 16° Februari. 


perished in the struggle, and the deep sympathy felt 
for their relatives and friends. 

All are deeply impressed with the honour conferred 
upon them. All are encouraged in the performance 
of their duty to their Queen and Country, and the 
Seamen and Marines more so, I believe, than on any 
former occasion, for the blessing of education enables 
them to appreciate, better than their predecessors, 
the Thanks and Approbation of Parliament. 


I have the honour to be, Sir, 
With the highest respect and regard, 
Your most obedient, humble servant, 


E. Lyons, 
Rear-Admiral and Commander in Chief. 


To the Right Honourable Charles Shaw Lefevre, 
Speaker of the House of Commons. 


Mr. Speaker also acquainted the House, That he 
had received a Letter from Vice-Admiral Sir Edmund 
Lyons, transmitting a Letter from Vice-Admiral 
Bruat, in answer to the Thanks of the House of 
the 15th day of December last, relative to the co- 
operation of the French Navy in conveying the Allied 
Forces to the Crimea, as followeth : 

Agamemnon, off Sevastopol, 
Sir, 30 January 1855. 

I have the honour to transmit to you herewith a 
Letter * which I have received from Vice-Admiral 
Bruat, who has succeeded Admiral Hamelin in the 
command of the French Fleet, showing how highly 
the French Navy feel honoured and gratified by the 
Thanks of Parliament. 


I have the honour to be, Sir, 
With much respect and regard, 
Your most obedient, humble servant, 
E. Lyons, 


Rear-Admiral and Commander in Chief. 


To the Right Honourable Charles Shaw Lefevre, 
Speaker of the House of Commons. 


Vu le Montebello, 
* Monsieur |’Amiral, le 21 Janvier 1855. 

[ se transmets aujourd’hui méme aux équipages de 
)’Escadre de la Méditerranée les remerciments publics 
qui leur ont été votés par les deux Chambres du Parle- 
ment d’ Angleterre, C'est un honneur insigne et rare qui 
leur est décerné. Je l'accepte pour eux et pour le digne 
Chef qui les commandait au début de cette grande ex- 
pédition, comme une —- récompense de leurs 
services, comme le gage d’une alliance plus intime encore, 

et comme l’heureux augure de nouveaux succes. 
Veuillez agréer, Monsieur l’Amiral, l’assurance de 

ma haute considération, 
Le Vice-Amiral, Commandant en Chef l’Es- 
cadre de la Méditerranée, 
Bruat. | 


To Rear-Admiral Sir Edmund Lyons, Bart., ¢.c. B. 
Commander in Chief, &amp;c. &amp;c. &amp;e. 


Mr. French presented a Bill for making a Railwa 
from the Waterford and Limerick Railway at Kiilo- 
nan to Castleconnell, to be called “The Limerick and 
Castleconnell Railway,” and for other purposes: And 
the same was read the first time ; and ordered to be 


read a second time. 


A Petition of the Barrow Harbour Commis- 
sioners, for leave to bring in a Bill for extending the 
limits of the Harbour of Barrow, in the County 
Palatine of Lancaster, and to enable the Commis- 
sioners of the said Harbour to raise a further Sum 
of Money, and for other purposes, was presented, 
and read; and a Bill was ordered to be brought.in 
accordingly, by Mr. George Cavendish and Sir me 
Paxton. 


A Petition of the Furness Railway Company, for 
leave to bring in a Bill to repeal and consolidate the 
several Acts relating to the Furness Railway Com- 
pany, to enable the said Company to raise a further 
Sum of Money, to give further Powers to the said 
Compan, and for other purposes, was presented, and 





A. 1855. 


read; and referred to the Select Committee on 
Standing Orders. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses Gateshead 
of the Borough of Gateshead, for leave to bring ina Quays and In- 
Bill for constructing and maintaining a Quay and Provement. 
other Works in the Borough of Gateshead, in the 
—— of Durham, and for the Improvement of the 
same Borough, and for other purposes, was presented, 
and read ; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in 
aaeey: by Mr. Hutt and Mr. Henry George 

iddell. 


A Petition of Trustees for executing the Acts Hedon an@ 
thereinafter-mentioned, for leave to bring in a Bill to Hull, &amp;. 
— the Acts passed for repairing the Road from 7 

edon, through Preston and Bilton, to Hull, and 
other Roads in the County of York, and to make 
other Provisions in lieu thereof, was presented, and 
read; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in 
accordingly, by Lord Hotham and Mr. Arthur 
Duncombe. 


A Petition of Trustees acting in the execution of Keighley and 
the Act thereinafter-mentioned, for leave to bring in Kendal Road. 
a Bill for maintaining the Yorkshire District of the 
Road from Keighley, in the West Riding of the 
County of York, to Kirkby in Kendal, in the County 
of Westmoreland, was presented, and read ; and a Bill 
was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. 

Edmund Denison and Mr. Farrer. 


A Petition of the Hartlepool Gas and Water Com- Hartlepool Gas 

pany, for leave to bring ina Bill for repealing an Act #"4 Water. 
called “The Hartlepool Gas and Waterworks Act, 
1849,” and granting other Powers in lieu thereof, 
and for enabling the Hartlepool Gas and Water 
Company to raise further Money, and for other pur- 
poses, the short Title of which is “The Hartlepool 
Gas and Waterworks Act, 1855,” was presented, and 
read; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in ac- 
cordingly, by Lord Harry Vane and Mr. Thor. 


A Petition of Commissioners of the Pier and Port Hartlepool 
of Hartlepool, for leave to bring in a Bill for the Pier and Port. 
Improvement, Maintenance and Regulation of the 
Port of Hartlepvol, for the construction of a Harbour 
of Refuge there, and for other purposes, was pre- 
sented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
brought in accordingly, by Lord Harry Vane, Mr. 

Farrer and Mr. Mowbray. 


A Petition of the Great Northern Railway Com- Great North- 
pany, for leave to bring in a Bill to authorize the ¢ ——. 
Great Northern Railway Company to erect and —— at 


endow a Church and Schools at Doncaster, was Doncaster.) 


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


brought in accordingly, by Mr. Edmund Denison 
and Mr. Octavius Duncombe. 


A Petition of the Waveney Valley Railway Com- Waveney 
pany, for leave to bring in a Bill for extending the Mad 
: ailway. 
imes granted to purchase Lands for, and to con- 
struct the Part of the Waveney Valley Railway 
between Bungay and Beccles, and for authorizing 
the Transfer of the Waveney Valley Railway to the 
Eastern Counties Railway Company, was presented, 
and read; and a Bill was ordered to be brought 
in accordingly, by Mr. Cobbold and Sir Samuel 
Bignold. 


A Petition of the Metropolitan Railway Company, Metropolitan 
for leave to bring in a Bill to alter certain Portions B4lw9y: 
of the p&gt; ayo Railway, and to amend the 
Provisions of the Act relating thereto, was presented, 
and read ; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in 
accordingly, by Mr. Thomas Duncombe and Mr. 


Malins. 
A Petition 





Oxford, Wor- 
cester and 
Wolverhamp- 
ton Railway 
(Broad 
Gauge.) 


Leek Im- 
provement. 


Medical 
Invalid and 
General Life 
Assurance 
Society. 


National Loan 
Fund Life 
Assurance 
Sovicty. 


Bombay, 
Baroda and 
Central India 
Railway. 


Salisbury 
and Yeovil 
Railway, 


Dublin, &amp;c, 
Roads, 


Executor 
and Trustee 
Society, 


18 Victoriz. 


A Petition of the Oxford, Worcester and Wolver- 
hampton Railway Company, for leave to bring in a 
Bill to amend the Acts relating to the Oxford, Wor- 
cester and Wolverhampton Railway, with respect to 
the Completion of such Railway on the Broad and 
Narrow Gauges, was presented, and read; and a 
Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by 
Colonel Rushout and Mr. Oliveira. 


A Petition of Commissioners for executing the 
Act thereinafter-mentioned, for leave to bring in a 
Bill for the Improvement of the Town of Leek, in 
the County of Stafford ; for purchasing the Market 
Tolls, and for providing more commodious Markets 
and Cemeteries, and for better supplying the Inha- 
bitants with Water, and for other purposes, was 
presented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
brought in accordingly, by Mr. Adderley and Mr. 
Child. 


A Petition of Directors of the Medical Invalid 
and General Life Assurance Society, for leave to 


bring in a Bill for better enabling the Medical In- | 


valid and General Life Assurance Society to sue and 
be sued, and to alter some of the Provisions of their 
Deed of Settlement, and to give further Powers to 
the Society, was presented, and read; and a Bill 
was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. 
Phinn and Mr. Otway. 


A Petition of Directors of the National Loan Fund 
Life Assurance Society, for leave to bring in a Bill 
to change the Name of “ The National Loan Fund 
Life Assurance Society” to the Name of “ The Inter- 
national Life Assurance Society”; and to enable 
the said Society to sue and be sued in the Name of 
the Chairman or Secretary, or any one Director of 
the said Society, and to give additional Powers to 
the said Society, was presented, and read; and a 
Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by 


Mr. Follett and Mr. Cairns. 


A Petition of Suitors for the Bill thereinafter- 
mentioned, for leave to bring in a Bill for incorpo- 
rating the Bombay, Baroda and Central India Rail- 
way Company, and for other purposes connected 
therewith, was presented, and read ; and a Bill was 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Ken- 
nedy, Mr. Otway, Mr. Robertson and Mr. Swift. 


A Petition of the Salisbury and Yeovil Railway 
Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to enable the 
Salisbury and Yeovil Railway Company to make a 


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65 


for leave to bring ‘x a Bill to incorporate the Exe- 
cutor and Trustee Society, was presented, and read ; 
and a Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, 
by Mr. Headlam and Mr. Montagu Chambers. ~ 


A Petition of the Most honourable Francis Na- — 
thaniel Marquis Conyngham, and of George Wynd- Estuary | 
ham, of Petworth, in the County of eng Sieue, —— 
| for leave to bring in a Bill for the Reclamation of 
_Land in the Estuary of the River Fergus, in the 
/County of Clare; in Ireland, was presented, and 
‘read; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in ac- 

, cordingly, by the Earl of March, Sir William So- 

| merville and Mr. William Fitzgerald. 

| 

| A Petition of Persons whose names are thereunto East of Fife 
| subscribed, for leave to bring in a Bill for making a Railway. 

| Railway from the Leven Railway, at the Town of 

| Leven, to the Town of Kilconquhar, in the County 

| of Fife, to be called “ The East of Fife Railway,” 
| was presented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to 
' be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Fergus and Sir 
| Graham Montgomery. 

| 





A Petition of Persons whose names are thereunto Leslie 
subscribed, for leave to bring in a Bill for making a Railway. 
Railway from the Edinburgh, Perth and Dundee 
Railway, at Markinch Station, to the Town of Leslie, 
with Branches to Prinlaws Works, Leven Bank 
Mills and Rothes Mills, was presented, and read ; 
| and a Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, 


| by Mr. Fergus and Mr. Edward Ellice. 








| A Petition of Persons whose names are thereunto Fife and Kin- 
subscribed, for leave to bring in a Bill for making a 18s Railway. 
Railway from Ladybank, on the Line of the Edin- 

burgh, Perth and Dundee Railway, by Auchter- 

muchty and Strathmiglo, to Milnathort and Kinross, 

was presented, and read; and referred to the Select 

Committee on Standing Orders. 


A Petition of Promoters of the Undertaking Abingdon 
thereinafter-mentioned, for leave to bring in a Bill Railway. 
for making a Railway from the Ozford Branch of 
the Great Western Railway to Abingdon, was pre- 
sented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
brought in accordingly, by Viscount Barrington and 
Major Reed. 





A Petition of the Portsmouth Railway Company, Portsmouth 
for leave to bring in a Bill to enable the Portsmouth Railway. 
Railway Company to make an Alteration in the Line 





Deviation in the Line of their Railway, and for other 
purposes, was presented, and read ; and a Bill was | 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Wil- | 


liam Wyndham and Mr. Danby Seymour. 


A Petition of Owners or Occupiers of lands and 
houses situated on or in the neighbourhood of the 
Turnpike-roads leading from Dublin to Carlow, | 
from Dublin to Dunleer, from Dublin to Mullingar, | 
from Dubiin, by Ashbourne, to Slane and Drogheda, 
from Dublin to Knocksedan, from Dublin to Clon- | 
tarf, Mulahide and Howth, from Dublin to Navan, | 
from Dublin to Ratoath, from Kinnegad to Athlone, | 
or some of them, and of Persons otherwise interested 
in the abolition of the Tolls payable on the said re-| 
spective ‘lurnpike-roads, for leave to bring in a Bill 
to discontinue the taking of Toll on the Turnpike- 
roads leading from the City of Dublin, and on the 
Turnpike-road from Kinnegad to Athlone, and to 
= for the Maintenance of such Roads as 

ublic Roads, and for the discharge of the Debts 
due thereon, and other purposes, was presented, and | 
read ; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in ac- 
cordingly, by Mr. Hans Hamilton, Colonel Taylor 
and Mr. Butt. 


_ A Petition of Members of the Provisional Execu- 
tive Council of the Executor and Trustee Company, 
Vou. 110. 








of their Railway, and for other purposes, was pre- 
sented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
brought in accordingly, by Mr. Mangles and Mr. 


Bonham Carter. 


A Petition of the Worcester and Hereford Rail- Worcester 

way Company, for leave to bring in a Bill for ex- nd Hereford 
tending the Time for completion of the Worcester _— 
and Hereford Railway, and authorizing the Midland, 
London and North Western, Oxford, Worcester and 
Wolverhampton, and Newport, Abergavenny and 
Hereford Railway Companies, to subscribe to and 
acquire and hold Shares in that Undertaking, and 
to work and use the Line, and for other purposes, 
was presented, and read ; and a Bill was ordered to be 
brought in accordingly, by Mr. Glyn and Sir Joseph 
Pazton. 


A Petition of the South Wales Railway Company, South Wales 
for leave to bring in a Bill to amend the South Wales Railway 
Railway, Pembroke Line, &amp;c. Act, 1853, was pre- Time 
sented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
brought in accordingly, by Mr. Talbot and Mr. 

Saunders Davies. 


A Petition of Persons thereunto subscribing, for Hamilton 
leave to bring in a Bill for the Sanitary Improve- Improvement. 
ment of the Burgh of Hamilton; for the removal of 

K decayed, 











Electric 


Telegraph 
Company. 


Weymouth 
Water. 


Scinde 


Railway. 


Hyde Gas. 


Luton, 
Dunstable 
and Welwyn 
Railway. 


Shrewsbury 
Improvement. 


Jedburgh 
Railway 


Stokes Bay 
and Isle of 
Wight Rail- 
way, Pier and 
Telegraph. 


Fibre 
Company. 


66 16° Februari. A. 1855. 


decayed, ruinous and dilapidated Buildings, and of! purposes, was presented, and read; and referred to 
Nuisances therein, and for other purposes, was pre-! the Select Committee on Standing Orders. 

sented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
brought in accordingly, by Mr. William Lockhart 
and Mr. Baird. 


A Petition of the Electric Telegraph Company, 
and the International Telegraph Company, for 
leave to bring in a Bill to consolidate the Capital 
Stock of the Electric Telegraph Company, and of 
the International Telegraph Company, and to grant 
further Powers to the Electric Telegraph Company, 
was presented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to 
be brought in accordingly, by Mr. John Lewis 
Ricardo and Lord Alfred Paget. 


A Petition of Shareholders in the Undertaking | 
thereinafter-mentioned, for leave to bring in a Bill to | 
enable the Weymouth Waterworks Company to | 
increase 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 | 


A Petition of Suitors for a Bill for effecting the British and, 
objects thereinafter-mentioned, for leave to bring in —— 
a Bill for incorporating the British and American a 
Great Railway Land Company, and for other pur- pany. 
poses, was presented, and read; and a Bill was 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Collier 


and Mr. Craufurd. 


A Petition of the Edinburgh and Glasgow Rail- Edinburgh 
way Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to enable SS 
the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway Company to ; 
enlarge their Station at Queen-street, Glasgow, to 
raise additional Capital, and for other purposes, was 
presented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
yy in accordingly, by Mr. Cowan and Mr. 

ard. 





A Petition of Trustees for carrying into execution Bridport and 
the Act thereinafter-mentioned, for leave to bring Broad Winsor 
‘ought in accordingly, by Mr. Bankes, Mr. Floyer | . “ng -s ao ° 5 Roads. 
— GC peconding xy Mr. £ , 4° | in a Bill for continuing the Term and amending and 
ae a ee extending the Provisions of the Act relating to 
A Petition of Persons thereunto subscribing, for | the Bridport and Broadwinsor ‘Turnpike-roads, was 
leave to bring in a Bill for incorporating the Scinde presented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to 


Railway Company, and for other purposes connected be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Bankes and 


therewith, was presented, and read; and a Bill was | Mr. Mitchell. 


ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Sir Thomas * io 
Maddock and Mr. Laing. | A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Citizens Gloucester 
: Water and 
Local Board 


of Health. 


of the City of Gloucester, in the County of the Cit 
A Petition of Shareholders in the Hyde Gas Com- | of Gloucester, acting as the Local Board of Healt 
pany, for leave to bring in a Bill to incorporate the for the said City, as well as in the capacity of a 
Hyde Gas Company, and to grant more effectual; Municipal Corporation, for leave to bring in a Bill 
Powers for supplying with Gas the several Town-, for the better Supply of the City of Gloucester and 
ships of Hyde, Werneth, Bredbury, Romiley, Newton | the Neighbourhood thereof with Water, and for 
and Godley, in the County of Chester, and of Denton | other purposes, was presented, and read ; and a Bill 
and Huughton, in the County of Lancaster, was pre- was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Ad- 


sented, and read; and referred to the Select Com- | 


: . . 
mittee on Standing Orders. 
| 


A Petition of Subscribers to the Undertaking 
thereinafteymentioned, for leave to bring in a Bill for 
making a Railway from the London and North 
Western Railway at Dunstable, in the County of} 
Bedford, to the Great Northern Railway, at or near | 
Welwyn, in the County of Hertford, to be called | 
“ The Luton, Dunstable and Welwyn Junction Rail- 
way,” and for other purposes, was presented, and | 
read ; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in ac- 
cordingly, by Mr. Hastings Russell, Mr. Cowper | 
and Mr. Thomas Chambers. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses 
of the Town of Shrewsbury, for leave to bring in a} 
Bill for the Improvement of the Borough of Shrews- | 
bury, in the County of Salop, was presented, and | 
read ; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in ac- | 
cordingly, by Mr. Yomline and Mr. Baldock. 


miral Berkeley and Mr. Price. 


A Petition of Trustees for carrying into execution Bridport 
the Provisions of the Act thereinafter-mentioned, 84°. 
for leave to bring in a Bill for continuing the Term 

and amending and extending the Provisions of the 

Act relating to the first District of the Bridport 
Turnpike-roads, in the County of Dorset, was pre- 
sented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
brought in accordingly, by Mr. Bankes and Mr. 
Mitchell. 


A Petition of the Limerick and Foynes Railway Limerick and 


_ Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to increase the _ aniuent 
| Borrowing Powers of the Limerick and Foynes “” 


Railway Company, was presented, and read; and 


_a Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by 
| Mr. Francis Russell and Mr. De Vere. 


A Petition of the thereunder-signed, for leave to Exeter and 


' bring in a Bill for making Railways from the South Exmouth 
| Devon Railway to Exmouth, an 


to the Basin of any. 


‘the Exeter Canal, to be called “The Exeter and 


A Petition of Persons thereunto subscribing, for | 
leave to bring in a Bill for making a Railway from 
the Town of Jedburgh to the Kelso Branch of the | 
North British Railway, at or near the Roxburgh 
Station, and for other purposes, was presented, and | 
read ; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in ac- 
cordingly, by Mr. Biliot and Sir Henry Davie. 


A Petition of Persons whose names are thereunto | 
subscribed, for leave to bring in a Bill for making a 
Railway and Pier to and at Stokes Bay, in the | 
County of Hants, was presented, and read; and a| 
Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by | 
Mr. Compion and Lord Henry Cholmondeley. 


A Petition of Persons whose names are there- | 
unto subscribed, for leave to bring in a Bill to incor- | 
orate a Company for preparing Materials from | 

lax, Straw and other fibrous substances, to be 
used in the manufacture of Paper, and for other 


Exmouth Railway,” was presented, and read; and 
a Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by 
Sir Thomas Acland and Mr. Palk. 


A Petition of Members of an Association, called Medical 
“The Medical Benevolent College,” for leave to —" 
bring in a Bill to incorporate the Medical Benevo- ; 
lent College, and for-other purposes, was presented, 
and read; and referred to the Select Committee on 
Standing Orders. 


A Petition of the thereunder-signed Persons, for Mid Kent and 
leave to bring in a Bill for making Railways from se 2 
the Farnborough Extension of the West London sia 
and Crystal Palace Railway to the North Kent Line 
of the South Eastern Railway, and to the London, 

Brighton and South Coast Railway, with Branches 
therefrom, and for other purposes, was presented 
and read ; and referred to the Select Committee on 
Standing Orders. 

A Petition 





Chester and 
Holyhead 
Railway. 


Manchester, 
Sheffield and 
Lincolnshire 
Railway 
(Capital. ) 


Newcastle- 
under-Lyme 
Gas Bill. 


Western Bank 


of Scotland 
Bill. 


Kelso Bridge 
Bill. 


Congleton 
Inclosure Bill. 


Union Bank 
of Scotland 
Bill. 


London 
Necropolis 
and National 
Mausoleum 
Bill, 


Caledonian 
Railway Bill, 


Liynvi Valley 


and Bridgend 


ways Bill. 


Maryport 
and Carlisle 
Railway Bill, 








18 Vicroriz. 


A Petition of the Chester and Holyhead Railway 
Company, and the London and North Western 
Railway Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to 
authorize an Extension of the Chester and Holyhead 
Railway to the New Harbour at Holyhead, and to 

ive further Powers to the Chester and Holyhead 

tailway Company, and to consolidate and amend 
the Acts relating to the said Railway, was presented, 
and read; and referred to the Select Committee on 
Standing Orders. 


A Petition of the Manchester, Sheffield and Lin- 
colnshire Railway Company, for leave to bring in a 
Bill for regulating the Share Capital of the Man- 
chester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway Com- 
pany, and for other purposes, was presented, and 
read; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in 
accordingly, by Mr. Hadfield and Mr. Hindley. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to extend the 
limits of the Newcastle-under-Lyme Gas-Light Com- 
pany’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. 


Mr. brotherton presented a Bill for incorporating 
the Banking Company, called “The Western Bank 
of Scotland,” for enabling the said Company to sue 
and be sued, and to take and hold Property, and for 
other purposes relating to the said Company: And 
the same was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for further and 
more effectually repairing and maintaining the 
Bridge over the River Tweed, at or near the Town 
of Kelso, in the County of Roxburgh: And the same 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to enable the 
Congleton Inclosure Trustees to exchange certain 
portions of the Lands vested in them for certain 
portions of other Lands: And the same was read 
the first time; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for incorporating 
the Banking Company, called ‘““The Union Bank of 
Scotland,” for enabling the said Company to sue and 
be sued, and to take and hold Property, and for 
other purposes relating to the said Company: And 
the same was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to amend the 
London Necropolis and National Mausoleum Act, 
1852, 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 
Caledonian Railway Company to raise a further Sum 
of Money: And the same was read the first time ; 
and ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to consolidate and 
amend the Acts relating to the Llynvi Valley Rail- 
way Company, to enable them to construct a new 
Railway trom Llangonoyd to Bridgend, and to ex- 


tend their present Line from Foce Toll-house to | 
Saint Bride’s Minor, to abandon parts of their existing | 


and authorized Lines, to dissolve the Bridgend Rail- 
way Company, and to abandon their Railway, and 
for other purposes: And the same was read the first 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to consolidate and 
amend the Acts relating to the Maryport and Car- 
lisle Railway; to authorize the Company to improve 
Vou. 110. 


16° Februarizz. 











67 
their existing Railway; to make New Branches, 
Stations, and other additions to their Works; to 
raise further Moneys, 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 raaintaining Gateshead 
and improving the Road from Gateshead, in the 94 Hexham 
County of Durham, to the Hexham Turnpike-road, eae 
near Dilston Bar, in the County of Northumberland, 
and other Roads connected therewith: And the same 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to enable the Waterford 
Waterford and Limerick Railway Company to raise #24 Limerick 
further Money, and for other purposes: And the oe 
same was read the first time; and ordered to be read 
a second time. 


Mr. Ewart presented a Bill for making and main- Great North- 
taining the Great Northern London Cemetery, and ¢™ London 
for other purposes: And the same was read the first ©metetY Bill 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Sir James Duke presented a Bill to change the Grand Surrey 
corporate Name of the Company of Proprietors of ©" Bill. 
the Grand Surrey Canal; to amend their Acts; to 
authorize them to construct a new Entrance from 
the Thames, and additional Docks and other Works; 
to raise further Moneys ; to amalgamate with the 
Commercial Dock Company, and for other purposes: 

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


A Petition of the Birkenhead Dock Company, for Birkenhead 
leave to bring in a Bill for exempting Vessels re- ot 
sorting to the Birkenhead Docks, and the Cargoes La ys oa 
thereof, from the Payment of certain Dues to the Liverpool 
Trustees of the Liverpool Docks, and the Mayor, D°ck Rates, 
Aldermen and Burgesses of the Borough of Liverpool ““? 
respectively, 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. 


A Petition of the Birkenhead Dock Company, for Birkenhead 
leave to bring in a Bill for vesting the Undertaking 204 Liverpool 
of the Birkenhead Dock Company in the Trustees haa i. 
of the Birkenhead Docks, for exempting Vessels re- Birkenhead 
sorting to the Birkenhead Docks, and the Cargoes Dock Trustees, 
thereof, from the Payment of certain Dues to the ” 
Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses of the Borough of 
Liverpool, and the Trustees of the Liverpool Docks 
respectively, 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. 


A Petition of Trustees for executing the Act Lyme Regis 

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

for repairing, widening and maintaining several 

Roads in the Counties of Dorset and Devon, leading 

to and through the Borough of Lyme Reyis, and 

from the Turnpike-road on Raymond’s Hill to the 
Turnpike-road at the Zhree Ashes, in the Parish of 

| Crewkerne, in the County of Somerset, was presented, 

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

| accordingly, by Mr. Pinney and Mr. Ker Seymer. 





* The Airdrie Rural District Police Bill was read a Airdrie Rural 

second time ; and committed. District Police 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Commit- 24 

tee of Selection. 


The Ashton-under-Lyne Gas and Water Bill was Ashton-under 
read a second time; and committed. Lyne Gas and 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Commit- va 

tee of Selection. 
The 





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68 


Basingstoke, 
——, Roads Bill was read a second time ; and committed. | 
enae iia Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
Bill. mittee of Selection. 


Birkenhead Ordered, That the Birkenhead Dock Trustees Bill 
park TFastees he read a second time upon Tuesday next. 

The Birmingham Water Bill was read a second 
time ; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Commit- 
tee of Selection. 


Birmingham 
Water Bill. 


The Bognor Railway Billi was read a second time ; 
and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the General 
Committee on Railway and Canal Bills. 


Bognor 
Railway Bill. 


Cambridge 
University 
and Town 

Water Bill 


The Cambridge University and Town Water Bill | 


was read a second time ; and committed. 
tee of Selection. 


Cardiff The Cardiff Improvement Bill was read a second 
— ment time; and committed. 
wi Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Commit- 
tee of Selection. 


The Charlbury, Witney, &amp;c. Road Bill was read 
a second time ; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Commit- 
tee of Selection. 


Charlbury, 
Witney, &amp;c. 
Road Bill. 


Colchester, The Colchester, Stour Valley, Sudbury and Hal- 

Stour Valley stead Railway Bill was read a second time; and 

Sudbury and itted 

Halstead committed. . 

Railway Bill. Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the General 
Committee on Railway and Canal Bills. 


The Dundalk and Enniskillen Railway Bill was 
read a second time ; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the General 
Committee an Railway and Canal Bills. 


Dundalk and 
Enniskillen 
Railway Bill. 


Orderea, That the Dursley and Midland Railway 
Bill be read a second time upon Monday next. 


Dursley and 
Midland 
Railway Bill. 


Fast and West 
India Dock 
Bill. 


Ordered, That the East and West India Dock 
Bill be read a second time upon Monday next. 


Folkestone 
Improvement 


Bill cond time; and committed. 


Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Commit- 
tee of Selection. 


Folkestone 


The Folkestone Water Bill was read a second time; 
Water Bill. 


and committed. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Commit- 
tee of Selection. 


The Glasgow Water Bill was read a second time ; 
and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Commit- 
tee of Selection. 


Glasgow 
Water Bill. 


Glossop Gas The Glossop Gas Bill was read a second time; 
Bill. end committed. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Commit- 
tee of Selection. 


The Gomersal and Dewsbury Road Bill was read 
a second time; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Commit- 
tee of Selection. 


Gomersal and 
Dewsbury 
Road Bill. 


Grand Junc- 
tion Water 
Bill. 


The Grand Junction Water Bill was read a second 
time ; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Commit- 
tee of Selection. 


16° Februarit. 
The Basingstoke, Stockbridge and Lobcomb Corner | 


Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Commit- | 


A. 1855. 


The Great Northern Railway (Increase of Capital) Great North- 
Bill was read a second time ; and committed. (In ae 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the General Conical) Bill. 


Committee on Railway and Canal Bills. 


The Heywood Water Bill was read a second time ; Heywood 
and committed. ” Water Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Commit- 
tee of Selection. 


The Kilmarnock Gas Bill was read a second time; Kilmarnock 
and committed. Gas Bi 

| Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Commit- 

tee of Selection. 


The Kingston-upon-Hull, Hessle and Ferriby Road Kingston- 
Bill was read a second time; and committed. Fe ge | 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Commit- Ferriby Road 


| tee of Selec tion. Bill. 





The Kingston-upon-Thames Improvement Bill was Kingston- 
read a second time ; and committed. — Thames 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Commit- gi) -°""™ 


tee of Selection. 


The Leominster and Ledbury Road Bill was read Leominster 
a second time ; and committed. and Ledbury 


Ordered, T hat the Bill be referred to the Commit- #4 Bil 
tee of Selection. 


The Lightpill and Birdlip Road Bill was read a Lightpill and 
second time ; and committed. = Road 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Commit- ® 
tee of Selection. 


Ordered, That the Liverpool Corporation Water Liverpool 


Corporation 
Bill be read a second time upon Tuesday next. Water Bill, 


Ordered, That the Liverpool Improvement Bill be Liverpool 


read a second time upon Tuesday next. Improvement 
Bill. 


The London and Blackwall Railway Bill was read sgoten and 
a second time; and committed. lackwall 


Ordered, T hat the Bill be referred to the General Ralivay -_ 
Committee on Railway and Canal Bills. 


The London and North Western and Zancashire London and 


and Yorkshire Railways Bill was read a second time ; oo 





The Folkestone Improvement Bill was read a se- | Committee on Railway and Canal Bills. 


| 


| and committed. shire and 


Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the General Yorkshire 
Railways Bill. 


Ordered, That the London Dock Bill be read a London Dock 
second time upon Monday next. Bill. 


The Newcastle-upon-Tyne Improvement Bill was Newcastle: 
read a second time; and committed. upon-Tyne 


Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Comnit- p —_—— 
tee of Selection. 


The Newport Gas Bill was read a second time ; Newport 

and committed. ” Gas Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Commit- 

tee of Selection. 


Ordered, That the New River Company and New River 
Trustees of the River Lee Bill be read a second time Company and 


T f the 
upon Friday the 2d day of March next. sey Bill. 


The 
a second time; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the General 
Committee on Railway and Canal Bills, 


Yewtown and Oswestry Railway Bill was read Newtown and 
Oswestry 
Railway Bill. 


The North Yorkshire and Cleveland Railway Bill North York- 
was read a second time; and committed. — a 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the General Railway Bill. 





Committee on Railw: ay and Canal Bills. 
The 





eto A oan 





18 Vicroriz. 


Ossett Gas The Ossett Gas Bill was read a second time; and 
Bill. committed. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Commit- 
tee of Selection. 
Peterborough The Peterborough and Wellingborough Road Bill 


and Welling- was read a second time; and committed. 
— Road = Ordered, ‘Vhat the Bill be referred to the Commit- 
‘ tee of Selection. 


Price's Patent  Price’s Patent Candle Company Bill was read a 
CandleCom- second time ; and committed. 


pany Bill. Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Commit- 
tee of Selection. 

Royal Conical The Royal Conical Flour Mill Company Bill was 

Flour Mill in read a second time; and committed. 

Company Bill. Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Commit- 
tee of Selection. 

Saint Katha- Ordered, That the Saint Katharine Dock Bill be 


rine Dock Bill. read a second time upon Monday next. 


Southampton Ordered, That the Southampton Paving Trust 
Paving Trust (Saint Pancras) Bill be read a second time upon 
(Saint Fan- Friday the 9th day of March next. 


cras) Bill. 

South Wales The South Wales Mineral Railway Bill was read 

Mineral —Ss a second time ; and committed. | 

Railway Bill Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the General 
Committee on Railway and Canal Bills. 

South Wales The South Wales Railway (Consolidation) Bill was 


Railway (Con- read a second time ; and committed. 


eae Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the General 
Committee on Railway and Canal Bills. 
Southwark The Southwark and Vauxhall Water Bill was read 


and Vauxhall g second time; and committed. 


Water Bill. Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Commit- 
tee of Selection. 
Stalybridge The Stalybridge Gas Bill was read a second time; 
Gas Bill. and committed. : 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Commit- 
tee of Selection. 
Stourbridge The Stourbridge Gas Bill was read a second time; 
Gas Bill. and committed. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Commit- 
tee of Selection. 
Stroud, The Stroud, Cainscross and Minchinhampton Road 
ome and Bill was read a second time; and committed. 
ton Raat? Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Commit- 
tee of Selection. 
Sunderland The Sunderland Dock Bill was read a second 
Bill time ; and committed. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Commit- 
tee of Selection. 
Surbiton The Surbiton Improvement Bill was read a second 


jnPtovement time ; and committed. 


Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Commit- 
tee of Selection. 


The Surrey Gas Bill was read a second time; and | 
committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Commit- 
tee of Selection. 


Surrey G 
= 


Torquay, Tor 
aNd Saint 
Mary Church 
Gas Pill, 


The Torquay, Tor and Saint Mary Church Gas 
Bill was read a second time; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Commit- 
tee of Selection. 


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Vou. 119. 





69 


The West Bromwich Improvement Bill was read West Brom- 
a second time; and committed. nr 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Commit- ™*"” 
tee of Selection. 


The Woolwich Consumers’ Protective Gas _ Bill Woolwich : 
was read a second time ; and committed. nena 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Commit- Gas Bill. 


tee of Selection. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second London City 

reading of the London City Gas Bill; Gas Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 

upon ‘Tuesday the 17th day of April next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Phenix, South 
reading of the Phoenix, South Metropolitan, London Metropolitan, 
and Surrey Gas Companies Bill ; Svar ees 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 


Companies 
Friday the 2d day‘of March next. Bill. 


The Ratcliff Gas Bill was, according to Order, Ratcliff Gas 
read a second time ; and committed. Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Commit- 
tee of Selection. 


A Petition of Merchants, Shipowners and others Liverpool 
interested in the Trade of the Port of Liverpool, for Port- 
leave to bring in a Bill for the Conservancy of the 
Port and Harbour of Liverpool, and for other pur- 
poses, was presented, and read ; and referred to the 
Select Committee on Standing Orders. 


A Petition of the North Staffordshire Railway North Staf- 
Company and the London and North Western Rail- —— 
way Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to amal- ““"™*™ 
gamate the North yj wre Railway Company 
with the London and North Western Railway Com- 
pany, and for other purposes, was presented, and 
read ; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in ac- 
cordingly, by the Marquis of Chandos and Mr. John 
Lewis Ricardo. 


A Petition of Trustees for executing the Act Stroud and 
thereinafter-mentioned, for leave to bring in a Bill ChalfordRoad. 
to repeal an Act for making and maintaining certain 
Roads from the Town of Stroud, and several other 
Places therein-mentioned, all in the County of Glou- 
cester, and to make other provisions in lieu thereof, 
was presented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to 
be brought in accordingly, by Sir William Codring- 
ton and Mr. Horsman. 


Petitions relating to Episcopal and Capitular Es- Public 
tates Bill;— Newspaper Stamps ;— Paper, News- Petitions. 
paper Stamps, Foreign Books, &amp;c.;—Stage Car- yiae Seventh 
riages ;— Bills of Exchange Bill ;— Bills of Exchange Report. 
Bill, and Bills of Exchange and Promissory Notes 
Bill ;— Grain ;— Harbours of Refuge (North-east 
Coast of Jreland);—Inland Revenue (Excise De- 
partment) ;—Intoxicating Liquors ;—Liverpool Port 
and Harbour Dues;—Keal Estates ;—Sale of Beer 
Act (1854) ;—Wages ;—War ;—and, Workhouses, 

—were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 


the Table. 


Mr. Wilson presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- Ordnance. 
mand,—Estimates of Effective and Neiveliaative No. 58. 
Ordnance Services for the year 1855-56. 

Ordered, That the said Estimates be referred to 
the Committee of Supply ; and be printed. 


Mr. Fitzroy presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- Poor Laws. 
mand,—Copy of Seventh Annual Report of the 
Poor Law Board, 1854. 

Copy of Report on the Common and Model Lodg- Lodging- 
ing-houses of the Metropolis (with reference to houses (Me- 
Epidemic Cholera in 1854), by George Glover, — 

K 3 Superintending 























































































SE ea eae 


Superintending Medical Inspector, General Board 
of Health; formerly Vice-President, Royal Scottish 
Society of Arts, and President, Royal Medical So- 
ciety ; Lecturer on Natural Philosophy and Medical 
— Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh. 


Tithe Com- opy of the Report of the Tithe Commissioners 

mission. to Her Majesty's Secretary of State for the Home 
Department, dated 31st January 1855 [for the year 
1854]. 

Copyholds. Copy of the Thirteenth Report of the Copyhold 


Commissioners to Her Majesty’s Principal Secretary 

of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the 

Act 4 &amp; 5 Vic. c. 35, s. 3. 
General Board Copy of Communication from the General Board 
of Health. of Health, and Reports from Superintending Inspec- 
tors of the Board made to the Secretary of State, in 
relation to the Reports of the Engineer of the Me- 
tropolitan Sewers Commission, in respect of the 
operation of Pipe Sewers. 

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 1854. 

Copy of Tenth Annual Report of the Inclosure 
Commissioners, 1855. 

Mr. Fitzroy also presented,—Return to an Ad- 
dress to Her Majesty, dated the 19th day of De- 
cember last, for a Return of the Total Number of 
Tickets of Leave Men, and of the Committals and 
Convictions of the same, since the passing of the 
Abolition of Transportation Act; specifying, in each 
case of Committal and Conviction, the Nature of 
the Offence. 


Factories. 


Inclosure 
Commission. 


Tickets of 
Leave Men. 


Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the | 


Table. 


70 16° Februariz. 


A. 1855. 


Majesty’s Works and Public Buildings, for the year 
ended 31st March 1854. 

Abstract Accounts of the Commissioners of Her woods, Forests 
Majesty’s Woods, Forests and Land Revenues, for #04 Land 
the year ended 31st March 1854. — 

ind, That the said Papers, except the first, No. 62, 
be printed. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to the War with War with 
Russia, which was presented upon the 9th day of Russia. " 
this instant February, be printed. No, 63, 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Promotion Promotion 
and Retirement (Army), which was presented upon 24 Retire- 


the 9th day of this instant February, be printed. “oa 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Sound Dues, 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Copies (or Extracts therefrom) of any De- 
spatches received by Her Majesty’s Secretary of 
State for Foreign Aftairs from the British Minister 
at Washington, relative to Negotiations between the 
Government of the United States and that of Den- 
mark, on the Sound Dues:— And, of the Corre- 
| spondence between the American and Danish Go- 
| vernments respecting the Sound Dues ; and, Extracts 
from the Message to Congress of the President of 
the United States, on the 1st day of January 1855, 





| relating to the same subject. 

___ Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty, by such Members of this House as are 

| of Her Majesty's Most honourable Privy Council. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself into Supply. 


| the Committee of Supply. 


Poor Law 
Commission 


(Ireland.) by the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, | 


dated the 26th day of January last, for a Return of | 
the Name, Age, Nature of Office, Salary, and | 
Length of Service of all Persons employed in the | 
Poor Law Office in Dublin, together with the Gross | 
Amount (if any) contributed by each of them to the 
Civil Service Superannuation Fund since their Ap- 
pointment. 
Coffee Return to an Order, dated the 7th day of this 
(Crimea.) instant February, That, in addition to the Corre- 
No. 43. spondence ordered regarding the Supply of Coffee 
to the Crimea, there be added any Letters between 
the Public Departments with Lord Raglan and the 
War Department. 

Russian- The following Papers, pursuant to the directions 
Dutch Loan. of several Acts of Parliament, were also laid upon | 
No. 59. the Table by the Clerk of the House,—An Account, 

made up to the 31st December 1854, of the Sums | 
which have been paid and applied within the year | 
1854, by virtue of an Act 55 Geo. 3, c. 115, imti- | 
tuled, “ An Act for carrying into effect a Convention | 
between his Majesty and the King of the Nether- 
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 | 
any of the Securities therein-mentioned, and towards | 
paying and satisfying the Principal thereof (in case | 
the Principal of any of the said Securities shall | 
have been paid), and also for paying the Expenses | 
of carrying the said Act into execution, and the Sink- | 
ing Fund for the extinction of the same. 
Greek Loan. An Account of Monies paid out of the Consoli- | 
No. 60. dated Fund under the Acts 2 &amp; 3 Will. 4, c. 121, | 
and 6 &amp; 7 Will. 4, c. 94, for Interest and Sinking | 
Fund on that part of the Greek Loan guaranteed | 
by this Country under the Authority of the said | 
Acts, and of the Amount repaid by the Greek Go- 

vernment on account of the same. 
Works and Abstract Accounts of the Receipt and Expendi- | 
Public ture of the Monies granted, or otherwise received 
"aaa and appropriated in the Department under the Con- 
o. 61. 











The following Papers were laid upon the Table | 


trol or Management of the Commissioners of Her | ending on the 31st day of March 1896. 


(In the Committee.) 


1. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £.'77,099, Excess of 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Excess of N#val Expen- 
the Naval Expenditure beyond the Grants for the 
year ending on the 31st day of March 1854. 

2. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £.322,504, 
be granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum for 
defraying the Estimated Excess of the Naval Expen- 
diture beyond the Grants for the year ending on the 
31st day of March 1855. 

3. Resolved, That 70,000 Men be employed for the Seamen, &amp;e. 
Sea Service for the year ending on the 31st day of 
March 1856, including 16,000 Royal Marines and 
10,000 Boys. 

4. Resolved, That aSum, not exceeding £. 2,885,567, Wages to a’. 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of 
Wages to Seamen and Marines, which will come in 
course of payment during the year ending on the 
31st day of March 1856. 

5. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £. 1,374,081, Victuals to a. 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of 
Victuals to Seamen and Marines in Her Majesty’s 
Fleet, which will come in course of payment during 
the year ending on the 31st day of March 1856. 

6. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £. 140,469, Admiralty 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Salaries of Office. 
the Officers and the Contingent Expenses of the Ad- 
miralty Office, which will come in course of pay- 
ment during the year ending on the 31st day of 
March 1856. 

7. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £. 50,000, Royal 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charges eto 
for the Royal Naval Coast Volunteers, which will 
come in course of payment during the year ending 
on the 31st day of March 1856. 

8. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £. 51,676, Scientific 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Salaries of — Navy. 
the Officers and the Contingent Expenses of the 
several Scientific Departments of the Navy, which 


will come in course of payment during the year 


9, Resolved, 





he co’ 


— h&amp;. 4 


go 


ne 





ts 





Naval Esta- 
blishments 
at Home. 


Naval Esta- 
blishments 
Abroad. 


Wages to 
Artificers at 
Home. 


Wages to 
Artificers 
Abroad. 


Naval Stores, 


New Works, 
&amp;e. 


Medicines 
and Medical 
Stores. 


Naval Mis- 
cellaneous 
Services. 


Ralf- Pay. 


Military 
Pensions and 
Allowances. 


Civil Pensions 
and Allow- 
ances, 


Transport 
Service, &amp;c, 


16°—17° Februariz. 71 


9. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £. 142,571, | verte reported, That the Committee had come to 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Salaries of| several Resolutjons. 
the Officers and the Contingent Expenses of Her| Ordered, That the Report be received upon Mon- 
Majesty’s Naval Establishments at Home, which will | day next. 
come in course of payment during the year endingon| Mr. Bouverie also acquainted the House, that he 
the 31st day of March 1856. was directed to move, That the Committee may 

10. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £. 26,919, | have leave to sit again. 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Salaries of| Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
the Officers and the Contingent Expenses of Her | next, again resolve itself into the said Committee. 
Majesty’s Naval Establishments Abroad, which will 
come in course of payment during the year ending 
on the 31st day of March 1856. 

11. Resolved, Thata Sum, not exceeding £.1,102,220, 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of 
Wages to Artificers, Labourers, and others employed 
in Her Majesty’s Naval Establishments at Home, 
which will come in course of payment during the year 
ending on the 31st day of March 1856. 

12. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £. 57,500, 
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 1856. 


13. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £.2,928,304, 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Expense of 


Naval Stores for the Building, Repair | fit of | ‘ - ' . 

pag a Sones, peg taggin a 1. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 176,400, be Excess of Ex- 

for other purposes connected therewith which will | granted to Her Majesty, to defray the estimated Printing oe 
, ee ; ’ . Excess of Expenditure for Printing and Stationer — 

come in counse: of payment’ during the yenr ending | of Public Sepuemsent beyond the Grant for the ® 

on the 31st day of March 1856. 


. , sitions | year ending on the 31st day of March 1855. 
14, Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £.567,568, | y o: Tine’ « Gm: uot 7 xceeding £.8,000, be Excess of Ex 
a a W ’ . ] 5] P id 


be granted = ae Majesty, ty citar Cie Chingy granted to Her Majesty, to defray the estimated ‘Taordinary 
of New Works, Improvements and Repairs in the Jy nose of Ex i E f Ministers at ExPemses of 
Naval Establishments, which will come in course coer edi Samer inne: fy-1 gente nageeagadnd 


of payment during the year ending on the 31st day ae — = bey nage = heres - asia a aa 
of March 1856. | ending on the 31st day of March 1855. ; 

15. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £. 62,100, Revco —. ait nasi cienetiaiamemniine 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of : - 

Medicines and Medical Stores, which will come in 
course of payment during the year ending on the 
31st day of March 1856. 

16. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £.73,086, 
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 1856. 

17. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £.635,497, 
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 &lt;r during the year ending on 
the 31st day of March 1856. Resolution: And that Mr. Bouverie, Mr. Chancellor 

18. Resolved, Thata Sum, not exceeding £.469,222, | of the Exchequer and Mr. Wilson do prepare, and 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of | bring it in. 

Military Pensions and Allowances, which will come 
in course of payment during the year ending on the 
31st day of March 1856. 

19. Resolved, Thata Sum, not exceeding £. 149,558, 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of 
Civil Pensions and Allowances, which will come in | 
course of payment during the year ending on the |: 
31st day of March 1856. The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Ways and 

20. Resolved, ThataSum, not exceeding £.5,181,465, | mittee of Ways and Means; Mosne. 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Salaries; Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
and Contingent Expenses of the Transport Service, | next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 
for the Freight of Ships, for the Victualling and Con- | 
veyance of Troops on account of the Army and Ord- | 
nance Departments, and for Expenses arising from | 
Prisoners of War, which will come in course of reading 
payment during the year ending on the 31st day of Prevention Acts 
March 1856. = 
Resolutions to be reported. 


And the House having continued to sit till after 
Twelve of the clock on Saturday morning ; opine 
tio ictiaia - Pm reading of the Public Health Bill ; 
Sabbati, 17° die Februari, 1855 : Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bou- upon Wednesday next. 
Von. 110. K 4 The 


18 Vicrortz. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Newspaper, 
mittee on Newspaper, &amp;c. Postage and Stamp &amp;¢. Postage 
. s and Stamp 
Duties ; ' F Duties. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Savings Banks 
reading of the Savings Banks and Friendly Societies 2"4 Friendly 
. 2 Societies 
Investments Bill ; Investasents 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time Bill 


upon Monday next. 


Mr. Bouverie reported from the Committee of Supply. 
Supply, several Resolutions; which were read, as 
follow : 








tationery. 


Mr. Bouverie reported from the Committee of Ways and 
Ways and Means, a Resolution; which was read, Means. 
as followeth : 

That, towards making good the Supply granted to Consolidated 
Her Majesty for the Deficiency in the Grants for *¥4- 
the Service of the year ending the 31st day of March 
1855, the Sum of £. 2,000,000 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 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Fairs and 
reading of the Fairs and Markets (Lreland) Bill ; Marhote a 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time land) Bill 


upon Monday next. 





The Order of the day being read, for the second Nuisances 

ng of the Nuisances Removal and Diseases —— and 
. ‘ ; iseases Pre- 

Consolidation and Amendment vention Acts 


Consolidation 


| Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time non ge 
‘upon Wednesday next. 





The Order of the day being read, for the second atte Health 



































































































































































































































72 16°—17°—19° Februari. A. 1855. 


Common Law The Order of the day being read, for the Com-| for other purposes, was presented, and read ; and a 


— ae mittee on the Common Law Procedure Act Amend-| Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by 


(Ireland) Bill, ment (Ireland) Bill; Sir George Tyler and Mr. Henry Bruce. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday . 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Serjeant Message from 
Manning : the Lords. 
;, oe , . Mr. Speaker 
Friendly The Friendly Societies Bill was, according to I ’ 


The Lords have agreed to the Fisheries (orth Fisheries 
America) Bill, without any Amendment :—And then Ce) 
the Messenger withdrew. ‘ 


Societies Bill. Order, read a second time; and committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for Wednesday the 
14th day of March next. 


A Petition of the Westminster Improvement Com- Westminster 


Bills of Ex- The Order of the day being read, for the second| missioners, for leave to bring in a Bill for extending 1™prove- 
change Bill. reading of the Bills of Exchange Bill; the Times granted to the Westminster Improvement 


Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time| Commissioners by “The Westminster Improvement 
upon Wednesday the 28th day of this instant Fe-| Act, 1845,” “The Westminster Improvement Act, 
bruary. 1847,” “The Westminster Improvement Act, 1850,” 
; and “The Westminster Improvement Act, 1853,” for 


, . - :, a er the compulsory Purchase of Lands, and the Comple- 
pe re . Order “ — — ome " a second tion of Works; and for altering the corporate name 
Promissory "eading of the Bills of Exchange and Promissory) of « The Westminster Association for improving the 
Notes Bill, Notes Bill; Dwellings of the Working Classes” to “The London 
and Westminster Association for improving the 
Dwellings of the Working Classes,’ and for other 
purposes, was presented, and read; and a Bill was 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Sir DeLacy 
Adjournment. Resolved, That this House will, at the rising of} Evans and Sir John Shelley. 

the House this day, adjourn till Monday next. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday the 28th day of this instant Fe- 
bruary. 


A Petition of William Mackenzie, for leave to Connaught 
Consolidated § Mr. Wilson presented a Bill to apply a Sum out yi a ° we to facilitate par moe. of Mines in ~— 7 
Fund of the Consolidated Fund to the Service of the year | 4”¢44”d, and to incorporate a Company for that pur- 


nr ending the Thirty-first day of March, One thousand so was presented, and read; and a Bill —. 
eight hundred and Fifty-five: And the same was ered to be brought in accordingly, by Sir Robert 
read the first time; avd ordered to be read a second Ferguson and Mr. Macartney. 
time upon Monday next. 
| A Petition of Persons whose names are thereunto Westabaster 
ether te Stee We foe: Land Come 
Spirits Ordered, That the Spirits (Jreland) Act Amend- subscribed, for leave to bring in a Bill for moltating any. 


the Completion of the Westminster Improvements, 


a ment Bill be read a second time upon Wednesday and for the Incorporation of the Westminster Land 
Bill. the 28th day of this instant February. Company for a limited period for that purpose, was 

eee os and read ; and a Bill was ordered to be 
Militia. Mr. Peel presented, by Her Majesty's Command, nrought in accordingly, by Sir De Lacy Evans and 


—Copy of Regulations made by the Secretary-at-| Sir John Shelley. 
War, in pursuance of the Militia Acts. Dated War 


Office, Ist September 1854. A Petition of the there-undersigned Persons, for Westminster 
Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the} leave to bring in a Bill for making a Railway from Terminus 

1" A ; &gt; Railway 

lable. the Manor-street Terminus of the authorized West- (Clapham to 


And then the House, having continued to sit minster Terminus Railway » in the Parish of Cla ham, eee 
till half an hour after Twelve of the clock | 1% the County of Surrey, to Norwood, in the Parish 
on Saturday morning, adjourned till Monday of Saint Mary, Lambeth, = the came County » Co 
ams ’ necting the Westminster Terminus Railway with the 
; West end of London and Crystal Palace Railway, 
ee was presented, and read; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Standing Orders. 








Lune, 19° die Februari ; | 
? *,* . . , + 
| A Petition of Trustees for executing the Act Wem and x 
_thereinafter-mentioned, for leave to bring in a Bill — 
PRAYERS. for more effectually repairing the Road leading from 


Public N R. Bonham Carter reported from the Select | Wem to the Lime Rocks at Bronygarth, in the 


Anno 18° Victoria Regine, 1855. 





Petitions Committee on Public Petitions; That they | County of Salop, and for making several Lines of 
ey had examined the Petitions presented upon the 16th | Bond a _ the same, in the Counties of 
port. ) — . : tp © . aah we ; 
" day of this instant February, and had directed him | Salop and Denbigh, was presented, and read ; and a 
dbs Binge ; RR G.. Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by 
to make a Report thereof to the House. ‘Sir Wathin Willi Wine Mr. West on M&gt; 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; | Or i Go —— a 
and be printed. oe 
= : st; ‘dians aT Tare Gun-barrel 
Lancashire A Petition of the Blackburn Railway Company, | A Petition of the Guardians, Trustees and War Proof-houses 
and Yorkshire fo» leay P saliey “im, _j;.| dens of the Gun-barrel Proof-house of the Town of 737° am 
or leave to bring in a Bill to authorize the consoli-| jp." . &gt; ~ (Birming 
and Blackburn 404: entihinn af tha: i hir || Birmingham, and of the Master, Wardens and So- and London.) 
Railways. dation into one Undertaking of the Lancashire anc  alety of dhe Miadtare of Gueveetians of Ga Cin of 
Yorkshire and the Blackburn Railways, and for other | . : singe Pane ay “es 
Se ee ca ; . .. | London, for leave to bring in a Bill for ensuring the 
purposes, was presented, and read; and a Bill was ae oe arg | 
; : -~ +. os. oe due Proof of Gun-barrels in England, and for other 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Wilson . 
P .: © , | purposes, was presented, and read; and a Bill was 
atten and Mr. Starkie. ~ : 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Muntz 
and Mr. Scholefield. 
Rhymney A Petition of the Rhymney Railway Company, for 
Railway. ,eave to bring in a Bill to enable the Rhymney Rail- | A Petition of Ratepayers and Inhabitants of the Newton in, 
way Company to extend their Railway to the Yaff| District thereinafter-mentioned, for leave to bring in Eeneovenett 


Vale Railway, to construct Branch Railways, and| a Bill for the Improvement of the Town of Newton 


in 




























—_ oo 





East of Fife 
Railway. 


Luton, Dun- 
stable and 
Welwyn 
Railway. 


Scinde 
Railway. 


Cape Town 
Railway and 
Dock. 


Royal Assent. 


Fisheries 
(North Ame- 
rica) Bill. 


Abingdon 
Railway Bill. 


Salisbury 
and Yeovil 
Railway Bill. 


Bridport 
Roads Bill. 


Limericks 
and Foynes 
Railway Bill, 


South Wales 
ilway (Ex. 

tension of 

Time) Bill, 


Stokes Bay 
and Isle of 
Wight Rail- 
Way, Pier and 
telegraph Bill 


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


18 Vicrortiz. 


in Mackerfield and Neighbourhood, in the County of 
Lancaster, was presented, and read ; and a Bill was 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Greenall 
and Mr. Daniy Seymour. 


Ordered, That Mr. Baird be added to the Gentle- 
men appointed to prepare, and bring in the East of 


Fife Railway Bill. 





Ordered, That Colonel Gilpin be added to the | 


19° Februariz. 





73 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for continuing the Bridport and 
Term and amending and extending the Provisions of Broad Winsor 
the Act relating to the Bridport and Broad Winsor ao 
Turnpike-roads: And the same was read the first 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for incorporating British and 
the British and American Great Railway Land Amétican 
. Great Railway 
Company, and for other purposes: And the same Land Com- 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a pany Bill. 


Gentlemen appointed to prepare, and bring in the | second time. 


Luton, Dunstable and Welwyn Railway Bill. 
Ordered, That Mr. Elliot and Mr. Pinney be 


added to the Gentlemen appointed to prepare, and | 


bring in the Scinde Railway Bill. 





A Petition of the there-undersigned, for leave to | 
bring in a Bill for incorporating the Cape Town 
Railway and Dock Company, and for other purposes | 
connected therewith, was presented, and read; and | 
a Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by | 
Mr. Craufurd and Colonel Tynte. 





the Black Rod: 
Mr. Speaker, 
The Lords, authorized by virtue of He 


A Message by Mr. Pulman, Yeoman Usher of | 


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, 
thereby authorized, had declared the Royal Assent | 
to the said Act, as followeth: 

An Act to carry into effect a Treaty between Her 
Majesty and the United States of America. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for making a 
Railway from the Ozford Branch of the Great 
Western Railway to Abingdon: And the same was 
read the first time ; and ordered to be read a second 
time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to enable the 
Salisbury and Yeovil Railway Company to make a 
Deviation in the Line of their Railway, and for other 
purposes: And the same was read the first time ; 
and ordered to be read a second time. 





Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for continuing the 
Term and amending and extending the Provisions of | 
the Act relating to the first District of the Bridport | 
Turnpike Roads, in the County of Dorset: And the 
same was read the first time; and ordered to be read 
a second time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Biil to increase the 
borrowing Powers of the Limerick and Foynes Rail- 
way Company: And the same was read the first 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to amend the 
South Wales Railway, Pembroke Line, &amp;c., Act, 
1853: And the same was read the first time; and 
ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for making a 
Railway and Pier to and at Stokes Bay, in the 
County of Hants: And the same was read the first 


VoL. 110. 











r Majesty’s | 
Commission, for declaring Her Royal Assent to an/ Borough of Gateshead, in the County of Durham, 


| Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to authorize the oe went 
lor ilw r . ern RKallway 
| Great Northern Railway Company to erect and (Chureh and 
endow a Church and Schools at Doncaster: And the 


- Schools at 
same was read the first time; and ordered to be read Doncaster) 
a second time. Bill. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to repeal an Act Stroud and 
for making and maintaining certain Roads from the Chalford Road 
Town of Stroud, and several other Places therein- 
mentioned, all in the County of Gloucester, and to 
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 constructing Gateshead 


and maintaining a Quay and other Works in the Quays and 
Improvements 


. Bill. 
and for the Improvement of the same Borough, and 
for other purposes : And the same was read the first 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for extending the Barrow __ 
Limits of the Harbour of Barrow, in the County Pa- #8rbour Bill 
latine of Lancaster, and for enabling the Commis- 
sioners of the said Harbour 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 enable the Edinburgh 
Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway Company to en- ore 4 
large their Station at Queen-street, Glasgow, to raise a a 
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 extending the Worcester 
Time for Completion of the Worcester and Hereford oe oe 
Railway, and authorizing the Midland, London and” 
North Western, Oxford, Worcester and Wolver- 
hampton, and Newport, Abergavenny and Hereford 
Railway Companies to subscribe to and acquire and 
hold Shares in that Undertaking, and to work and 
use the Line, 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 Weymouth 
Weymouth Waterworks Company to increase and ¥#*? Bill 
extend their Supply of Water, and to construct New 
Works, 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 maintaining Keighley and 
the Yorkshire District of the Road from Keighley, Kendal Road 
in the West Riding of the County of York, to Kirkby 
in Kendal, in the County of Westmoreland: And the 
same was read the first time; and ordered to be read 
a second time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for making a Jedburgh 
Railway from the Town of Jedburgh to the Kelso Railway Bill. 
Branch of the North British Railway, at or near the 
Roxburgh Station, and for other purposes: And the 
same was read the first time ; and ordered to be read 
a second time. 


Mr. 


L 


























































Hamilton 
Improvement 
Bill. 


Gloucester 
Water and 
Local Board 
of Health Bill. 





Exeter and 
Exmouth 
Railway Bill. 





Manchester, 
Sheffield and 
Lincolnshire 
Railway 
(Capital) Bill. 


Waveney 
Valley Rail- 
way Bill. 





i Medical 
Invalid and 
General Life 
Assurance 
Society Bill. 


Hartlepool 
Gas and 
Water Bill. 


Hartlepool 
Pier and Port 
Bill. 


. 
’ 
ty Leslie Ra‘lway 
, | Bill. 


a}! North Staf- 
fordshire 
Railway Bill. 


Portsmouth 
Railway Bill. 





Metropolitan 
Railway Bill. 





74 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for the Sanitary 
Improvement of the Burgh of Hamilton, for the re- 
moval of decayed, rumous and dilapidated Build- 


ings, and of Nuisances therein, 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 the better 
Supply of the City of Gloucester and the Neighbour- 
ha thereof with Water, 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 Rail- 
ways from the South Devon Railway to Exmouth, 
and to the Basin of the Exeter Canal, to be called 
“The Exeter and Exmouth Railway :” And the same 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for regulating the 
Share Capital of the Manchester, Sheffield and 
Lincolnshire Railway 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 for extending the 
Times granted to purchase Lands for, and to construct 
the part of the Waveney Valley Railway between 
Bungay and Beccles; and for authorizing the Trans- 
fer of the Waveney Valley Railway to the Eastern 
Counties Railway Company: And the same was read 
the first time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for better enabling 
the Medical, Invalid, and General Life Assurance 
Society to sue and be sued, and for other purposes 
with relation to the Society: And the same was read 
the first time; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for repealing an 
Act, called “The } sere Gas and Waterworks 
Act, 1849,” and granting other Powers in lieu there- 
of, and for enabling the Hartlepool Gas and Water 
Company to raise further Money, and for other pur- 
poses, the short Title of which is “The Hartlepool 
Gas and Waterworks Act, 1855:” 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, Maintenance and Regulation of the Port of 
Hartlepool, for the Construction of a Harbour of 
Refuge there, 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 
Railway from the Edinburgh, Perth and Dundee 
Railway at Markinch Station, to the Town of Leslie, 
with Branches to Prinlaws Works, Leven Bank 
Mills, and Rothes Mills: And the same was read 
the first time; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to amalgamate 
the North Staffordshire Railway Company with the 
London and North Western 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 enable the 
Portsmouth Railway Company to make an Altera- 


19° Februari. 


A. 1855. 


the Provisions of the Act relating thereto: And the 
same was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to consolidate Electric 
the Capital Stock of the Electric Telegraph Com- Telegraph 
pany, and of the International Telegra S Ceeuene, so 
and to grant further Powers to the Electric Tele- 
graph Company: And the same was read the first 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to change the National Loan 
Name of “ The National Loan Fund Life Assurance Fund Life 
Society” to the Name of “The International Life Society Bill 

_ Assurance Society,” and to enable the said Society ; 

| to sue and be sued in the Name of the Chairman or 

| Secretary, or any one Director of the said Society, 

and to give additional Powers to 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 incorporating Bombay, 

the Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway Baroda and. 
C d for other purposes connected there- Contes’ Eatin 

| Company, and fo purposes ‘ Railway Bill. 
with: And the same was read the first time; and 

, ordered to be read a second time. 





Lord Hotham presented a Bi!l to repeal the Acts Hedon and 
passed for repairing the Road from Hedon through Hull, &amp;. Road 
Preston and Bilton to Hull, and other Roads in the =. 
County of York, and to make other Provisions in 
lieu thereof: And the same was read the first time ; 
and ordered to be read a second time. 

Colonel Pinney presented a Bill for repairing, Lyme Regis 
widening and maintaining several Roads in the Roads Bill. 
Counties of Dorset and Devon, leading to and 

through the Borough of Lyme Regis, and from the 
_Turnpike-road on Raymond s Hill to the Turnpike- 
road at the Three Ashes, in the Parish of Crewkerne, 
in the County of Somerset: And the same was read 
\the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
time. 

Mr. Masterman presented a Bill for vesting the Birkenhead 
Undertaking of the Birkenhead Dock Company in ond ate 
the Trustees of the Birkenhead Docks; for ex~- property of 
empting Vessels resorting to the Birkenhead Docks Birkenhead 

.and the Cargoes thereof from the Payment of Dock Trstess, 
/certain Dues to the Mayor, Aldermen and Bur- po 
gesses of the Borough of Liverpool, and the Trustees 

of the Liverpool Docks respectively, and for other 

purposes: And the same was read the first time ; 

and ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. Masterman presented a Bill for exempting Birkenhead 
Vessels resorting to the Birkenhead Docks, and the 8nd Liverp 
: : Docks (Alte- 
Cargoes thereof, from the Payment of certain Dues ation of 
to the Trustees of the Liverpool Docks, and the Liverpool 
Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses of the Borough of oy 
Liverpool respectively, and for other purposes: And ~ 
the same was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time. 


| Mr. Oliveira presented a Bill to amend the Acts Oxford, Wor 
relating to the Oxford, Worcester and Wolver- cester and 
: : . Wolverhamp- 
hampton Railway with respect to the Completion of 5) Railway 
such Railway on the Broad and Narrow Gauges : (Broad Gauge) 
And the same was read the first time; and ordered Bill. 


to be read a second time. 


A Petition of the Severn Valley Railway Com- Severn Valley 


tion in the Line of their Railway, and for other pur- pany, for leave to bring in a Bill for the making and Railway. 


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


‘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 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to alter certain Colonel Forester, Sir Thomas Winnington, Mr. 


Portions of the Metropolitan Railway, and to amend 


| Pritchard and Mr. Whitmore. 


i 


Mr. 





— 


@2@AD Dh et of ee ito 


bed bead 


ht oo 





Fergus 
Estuary Re- 


clamation Bill. 


Bangor 
Markets and 
Public Insti- 
tutions Bill. 


Birkenhead, 
Lancashire 
and Cheshire 
and Great 


Western Rail- 


ways Bill. 


Bridport 
Railway Bill. 


18 Vicroriz. 


Mr. Oliveira presented a Bill for the Reclamation 
of Land on the se of the River Fergus, in the 
County of Clare, in Ireland: And the same was 
read the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
time. 


The: Bangor Markets and Public Institutions Bill 
was read a second time; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


The Birkenhead, Lancashire and Cheshire and 
Great Western Railways Bill was read a second 


time ; and committed. 


Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the General 
Committee on Railway and Canal Bills. 


The Bridport 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 Western The Great Western and Brentford Railway Bill 


and Brentford 
Railway Bill. 


Hoarwithy 
Bridge Bill. 


Honiton Road 
Bill. 


Lancaster 
Water and 
Gas Bill. 


London and 
Brassington 
Road Bill. 


Saint Helen’s 
Improvement 
Bill. 


Sligo Gas Bill. 


Somerset 
Central Rail- 
way Bill, 


Tormoham 
and Saint 
Mary Church 
Gas Bill. 


Torquay 
Water Bill, 


Uphill and 
eado 
Bill n Road 


was read a second time ; and committed. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the General 
Committee on Railway and Canal Bills. 


The Hoarwithy Bridge Bill was read a second 
time ; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


The Honiton Road Bill was read a second time ; 
and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


The Lancaster Water and Gas Bill was read a 
second time ; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


The London and Brassington Road Bill was read 
a second time ; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


The Saint Helen’s Improvement Bill was read a 
second time; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


The Sligo Gas Bill was read a second time; and 
committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


The Somerset Central 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 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 Torquay Water Bill was read a second time ; 
and committed. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 


mittee of Selection. 


The Uphill and Bleadon Road Bill was read a 
second time; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 

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19° Februarze. 





75 


The Weston-super-Mare Gas Bill was read a se~ Weston-super- 
cond time; and committed. Mare Gas Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Ordered, That the Wigan and Preston Roads Wigan and 


South of Yarrow Bill be read a second time upon £7eston Roads 
Monday next. Yarrow Bill. 


The Wolverhampton Corporation Water Bill was Wolverhamp- 
read a second time ; and committed. ton Corpora- 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- Ri oo 

mittee of Selection. 


The Dursley and Midland Railway Bill was, ac- Dursley and 
cording to Order, read a second time; and com- i Bill. 
mitted. rhe ties 

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 East and West 
reading of the East and West India Dock Bill; —. Dock 
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 the word “now,” and, at 
the end of the Question, adding 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 Lett. 
Tellers for thef Mr. Gregson, 
Yeas, LMr. Thomas Baring : 
Tellers for the (Sir James Duke, 
Noes, Mr. William Williams : 
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. 


26. 


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ee 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the London Dock Bill ; 

Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


London Dock 
Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Saint Katha- 
reading of the Saint Katharine Dock Bill ; rine Dock Bill 

Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


Petitions relating to Clergy (London) ;—Episco- Public 
pal and oe Estates Bill ;—Newspaper Stamps ; Petitions. 
—Stage Carriages ;—Intoxicating Liquors ;—and, vide Fighth 
Intramural Burials (Jreland), were presented, and Report. 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Wheat, &amp;c. 





Return of the Number of Quarters of Foreign and 
: Colonial Wheat, Wheat Flour, and all other kinds of 
|Grain, Meal and Flour imported from Foreign 
Countries into Jreland, from the 1st day of July 
1853 to the 31st day of December 1854 inclusive:— 





Similar Return of all Grain, Meal and Flour imported 
|from Great Britain into Ireland :—And, similar 
| Return of Grain and Flour of all kinds imported into 
| Great Britain from Jreland (in continuation of Par- 
liamentary Paper, No. 954, of Session 1853). 


| to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
| to give directions, that there be laid before this House, 
'a Return showing for what Crimes Capital Punish- 
'ment is still retained by the Law of Scotland, having 


L2 been 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Capital 
Punishment 
(Scotland.) 





Leave of 
Absence. 


Land Forces. 


Charge of d°. 


Newspaper, 
&amp;c. Postage 
and Stamp 
Duties. 


Savings Banks 
and Friendly 
Societies 
Investments 
Bill. 


76 


been abolished for similar Crimes by the Law of 
England. 

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 Return of the Number of Soldiers in the Infantry, 
Cavalry, Artillery and Marines respectively, who 
have purchased their Discharges during the last Ten 
years. 


Ordered, That Mr. Poilard-Urquhart have leave | 


19°—920° Februariz. 


A. 1855. 


Mr. Bouverie reported from the Committee of Supply. 
Supply, several Resolutions; which were read, as 
follow : 

1. That a Sum, not exceeding £.77,099, be Excess of 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Excess of Naval Expen- 
the Naval Expenditure beyond the Grants for the “™* 
year ending on the 31st day of March 1854. 

2. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 322,504, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum for 
defraying the Estimated Excess of the Naval Ex- 
penditure beyond the Grants for the year ending on 











the 31st day of March 1855. 
3. That 70,000 Men be employed for the Sea Seamen, &amp;e. 


. . ° . . | 
of absence for a fortnight, on account of illness in his | Service for the year ending on the 31st day of 
family; and, Mr. Beaumont till Easter, on account of | March 1856, including 16,000 Royal Marines and 


ill health. 


| 10,000 Boys. 
4 That a Sum, not exceeding £. 2,885,567, be Wages to a°. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself’ granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of 


into the Committee of Supply. 
(In the Committee.) 


1. Resolved, That a Number of Land Forces, not 
exceeding 193,595 Men (exclusive of the Men em- 
ployed in the Territorial Possessions of the East India 
Company), Commissioned and Non-commissioned 
Officers included, be maintained for the Service of 
the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, 
from the 1st day of April 1855 to the 31st day of 
March 1856, inclusive. 

2. Resolved, Thata Sum, not exceeding £. 7,353,804, 
be granted to Her Majesty, for defraying the Charge 
of Her Majesty’s Land Forces in the United Kingdom 
of Great Britain and Ireland, and on Foreign Stations 
(excepting Jndia), which will come in course of pay- 
ment from the 1st day of April 1855 to the 31st day 
of March 1856, inclusive. 


Resolutions to be reported. 





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


Martis, 20° die Februarii, 1855: 


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. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on Newspaper, &amp;c. Postage and 
Stamp Duties. 

(In the Committee.) 


1. Resolved, That it is expedient to repeal the ex- 
emption of Newspapers from Postage Duty ; and, in 
lieu thereof, to charge on Newspapers and Printed 
Books and Papers transmitted by Post, Rates of 
Postage according to Weight. 

2. Resolved, That it is expedient to alter and amend 
the Laws relating to the Stamp Duties on News- 
papers, the Printing and Publishing of Newspapers, 
and Registration and giving Securities in connexion 
therewith, and the Regulation of the Duties of 
Postage on Printed Papers. 

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. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Savings Banks and Friendly Societies 
Investments Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 


upon Friday next. 


| Wages to Seamen and Marines, which will come in 
| course of payment during the year ending on the 
31st day of March 1856. 

5. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 1,374,081, be Victuals to a’, 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of 
Victuals to Seamen and Marines in Her Majesty’s 
Fleet, which will come in course of payment during 
the year ending on the 31st day of March 1856. 

6. That a | not exceeding £. 140,469, be Admiralty 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Salaries of Office. 
the Officers and the Conteguat eeanene of the 
Admiralty Office, which will come in course of pay- 
ment during the year ending on the 31st day of 
March 1856. 

7. That a Sum, not exceeding £.50,000, be Royal 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charges for Naval Coast 
the Royal Naval Coast Volunteers, which will come ‘Veluntoen. 
in course of payment during the year ending on the 
31st day of March 1856. 

8. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 51,676, be Scientific 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Salaries of the a 
Officers and the Contingent Expenses of the several * “° “*Y% 
Scientific Departments of the Navy, which will come 
in course of payment during the year ending on the 
31st day of March 1856. 

9. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 142,571, be Naval Esta- 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Salaries of a 
the Officers and the Contingent Expenses of Her **“°™ 
Majesty’s Naval Establishments at Home, which 
will come in course of payment during the year 
ending on the 31st day of March 1856. 

10. That a Sum, not exceeding £.26,919, be Naval Esta- 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Salaries of blishments 
the Officers and the Contingent eeene of Her Abroad. 
Majesty’s Naval Establishments Abroad, which will 
come in course of payment during the year endin 
on the 31st day of March 1856. 

11. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 1,102,220, be Wages to 
— to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of — 

apes to Artificers, Labourers and others employed 
in Her Majesty’s Naval Establishments at Home, 
which will come in course of payment during the 
year ending on the 31st day of March 1856. 

12. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 57,500, be Wages to 
eg to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of — 

Vages 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 1856. 
13. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 2,928,304, be Naval Stores. 
ranted to Her Majesty, to defray the Expense of 
aval Stores for the Building, Repair and Outfit of 
the Fleet, the Purchase of Steam Machinery, and 
for other purposes connected therewith, which will 
come in course of payment during the year ending 
on the 31st day of March 1856. 
14. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 567,568, be New Works, 
nted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of &amp;* 
Rew Works, Improvements and Repairs in the 
Naval Establishments, which will come in course of 
payment during the year ending on the 31st day of 
March 1856. 





15. That 





ss 


Th &amp; 


we ed ee 


Medicines 
and Medical 
Stores. 


Naval Mis- 
cellancous 
Services. 


Half-Pay. 


Military 
Pensions and 
Allowances. 


Civil Pensions 
and Allow- 
ances, 


Transport 
Service, &amp;c. 


Marine 
Mutiny. 


Fairs and 
Markets 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Ways and 
Means. 


Consolidated 
Fund 

(£. 2,000,000) 
Bill. 


Convict 
isons 
(Ireland. ) 


Intramura’ 
Burials 
(Ireland.) 


Poor Relief 
(Ireland, ) 





18 Vicroriz. 19°—-20° 


15. That a Sum, not exceeding £.62,100, be 
ranted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of 

edicines and Medical Stores, which will come in 
course of payment during the year ending on the 
31st day of March 1856. 

16. That a Sum, not exceeding £.73,086, 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 1856. 

17. That a Sum, not exceeding £.635,497, 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 1856. 

18. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 469,222, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of 
Military Pensions and Allowances, which will come 
in course of payment during the year ending on the 
31st day of March 1856. 

19. That a Sum, not exceeding £.149,558, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of 
Civil Pensions and Allowances, which will come in 
course of payment during the year ending on the 
31st day of March 1856. 

20. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 5,181,465, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Salaries and 
Contingent Expenses of the Transport Service, for 
the Freight of Ships, for the Victualling and Con- 
veyance of ‘Troops on account of the Army and 
Ordnance Departments, and for Expenses arising 
from Prisoners of War, which will come in course of 
payment during the year ending on the 31st day of 
March 1856. 

The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for the Regulation of Her Majesty’s Royal Marine 
Forces while on Shore: And that Mr. Bouverie, Sir 
James Graham and Admiral Berkeley do prepare, 
and bring it in. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Fairs and Markets (Jreland) Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Ways and Means ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Consolidated Fund (£. 2,000,000) Bill was, 
according to Order, read a second time ; and com- 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for this 
day. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Copies of all Correspondence between the Jrish Ge- 
vernment and the Lords Commissioners of Her Ma- 
jesty’s Treasury, in the year 1854, in reference to 
fixing the Salaries and Allowances of the Directors 
of Convict Prisons in Jreland, and the Removal of 
Henry M. Hitchin from the Public Service in con- 
nexion with that Department. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
amend the Laws concerning the Burial of the Dead 
in Ireland, within the Limits of the Police District 
of Dublin Metropolis, and other Corporate Cities 
and Towns in Ireland: And that Sir John Young 


and Sir George Grey do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
amend the Laws in force for the Relief of the Desti- 





Februari. 77 
tute Poor in Jreland, and to amend an Act of the 
eleventh year of Her Majesty, providing for the exe- 
cution of the said Laws: And that Sir John Young 
and Sir George Grey do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That the Board of Trade do present to Harbours, &amp;c. 
this House, a Report upon the Private Bills for Har- 
bours, Docks, Navigations, &amp;c., in conformity with 
the practice in force wiih respect to Railway Bills. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Wrecks. 
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 1854 (in continuation of Parliamentary 
Paper, No. 337, of Session 1854.) 


Sir John Young presented a Bill to amend the Intramural 
Laws concerning the Burial of the Dead in Ireland, a , 
within the Limits of the Police District of Dublin ‘ — am. 
Metropolis, and other Corporate Cities and Towns Bilt 23. 
in Ireland: And the same was read the first time ; 
and ordered to be read a second time upon Friday 


next ; and to be printed. 


Sir John Young presented a Bill to amend the Poor Relief 
Laws in force for the Relief of the Destitute Poor (I¢lan4) Bill. 
in Ireland, and to amend an Act of the eleventh Bill 24. 
year of Her Majesty, providing for the execution of 
the said Laws: And the same was read the first 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time upon 
Monday next; and to be printed. 


Sir John Youny presented,—Return to an Order, ~~ apenas 
orKk- 


dated the 15th day of December last, for a Return herb a&gt; 
of the Names and Ages of the Blind Inmates in each Jand.) 
Workhouse in Jreland. ; 

Return to an Order, dated the 8th day of this instant 
February, for a Return of the Names of the Poor Law 
Board in Ireland, as also of the Names of the Poor 
Law Inspectors in Jreland, with the Dates of their 
Appointments, as also the Names of the several 
Poor Law Inspectors removed within the last Twelve 
Months, or about to be removed, in Jreland, with 
the Dates of their respective Appointments ; together 
with a Copy of the Correspondence on the subject 
of such Removals or intended Removals. 

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


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till a quarter of an hour before Two of the 
clock on Tuesday morning, adjourned till this 
day. 


Poor Law 
(Ireland.) 








Martis, 20° die Februarii ; 
Anno 18° Victorie Regine, 16 55. 


PRAYERS. 

PETITION of the Provost, Baillies, Trea- Paisley Burgh. 
surer and Councillors of the Burgh of Paisley, 

for leave to bring in a Bill for regulating the Affairs 

of the Burgh of Paisley and the River Cart Navi- 

gation, and for other purposes, was presented, and 

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

cordingly, by Mr. Archibald Hastie and Colonel 

Mure. 


A Petition of Persons whose names are thereunto Dagenham 
subscribed, for leave to bring in a Bill to authorize Docks. 
the Construction of a Dock on the North side of the 
River Thames, to be called “The Dagenham ( Thames) 


Dock,” was presented, and read ; and referred to the 





Vou. 110. 











Select Committee on Standing Orders. 


L3 Mr. 





Dagenham 
Docks. 


Barnet and 
Willesden 
Railway. 


Barnet and 
Willesden 
Railway. 


Ipstones 
Mineral 
Branch Rail- 
way. 


Carmarthen 
and Cardigan 
Railway. 


Gun-barrel 
Proof-houses 
(Birmingham 
and London) 
Bill. 


Shrewsbury 
Improvement 
Bill. 


Connaught 
Mining Com- 
pany Bill. 


Newton in 
Mackerfield 
Improvement 
Bill. 


Westminster 
Improvements 
Bill. 


Westminster 
Land Com- 
pany Bill. 


78 


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 Dagenham 
Docks Bill. 

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


A Petition of Persons whose names are thereunto 
subscribed, for leave to bring in a Bill for making a 
Railway from the Great Northern Railway to the 
West London Railway, with Branches, was presented, 
and read; and referred to the Select Committee on 
Standing Orders. 


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

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


A Petition of the there-undersigned, for leave to 
bring in a Bill for making a Railway from Jpstones 
to Froghall, in the County of Stafford, was presen- 
ted, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be brought 
in accordingly, by Mr. John Lewis Ricardo and 
Mr. Bramley Moore. 


A Petition of the Carmarthen and Cardigan Rail- 
way Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to enable 
the Carmarthen and Cardigan Railway Company to 
make certain Deviations in their line of Railway, and 
for other purposes, was —— and read; and a 
Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by 
Mr. Saunders Davies and Mr. Henry Bruce. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for ensuring the 
due Proof of Gun-barrels in England, 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- 
ment of the Borough of Shrewsbury, in the County 
of Salop: And the same was read the first time; 
and ordered to be read a second time. 





Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to facilitate the 
working of Mines in Jreland, and to incorporate a | 
Company for that purpose: 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 Town of Newton in Mackerfield and 
Neighbourhood, 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 extending the 
Times granted to the Westmins/er Improvement Com- 
missioners by “ The Westminster Improvement Act, 
1845,” “ The Westminster Improvement Act, 1847,” 
“ The Westminster Improvement Act, 1850,” and 
“The Westminster Improvement Act, 1853 ;” for the 
ce — Purchase of Lands, and the Completion 
of Works ; and for altering the-corporate Name of 
“The Westminster Association for improving the 
Dwellings of the Working Classes” to “'The London 
and Westminster Association for improving the | 
Dwellings of the Working Classes,” 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 facilitating the 
Completion of the Westminster Improvements, and 
for the Incorporation of the Westminster Land Com- 


90° Februariz. 





A. 1855. 


pany, for a limited Period, for that purpose: And 
the same was read the first time ; and ordered to be 
read a second time. 


Executor 
and Trustee 
Society Bill. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to incorporate 
the Executor and Trustee Society: And the same 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for making 
Railway from the Leven Railway, at the Town of 
Leven, to the Town of Seale, in the Count 
of Fife, to be called “ The East of Fife Railway :” 
And the same was read the first time ; and ordered 
to be read a second time. 


a East of Fife 
Railway Bill. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to discontinue Dublin, &amp;c. 
the taking of Toll on the Turnpike-roads leading eaten 
from the City of Dublin, and on the Turnpike-road 
from Kinnegad to Athlone, and to provide for the 
Maintenance of such Roads as Public Roads, and for 
the discharge of the Debts due thereon, and 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 Luton, Dun- 
Railway from the London and North Western Rail- — 
way at Dunstable, in the County of Bedford, to the Railway Bill. 
Great Northern Railway at or near Welwyn, in the 
County of Hertford, to be called the “ Luton, Dun- 
stable and Welwyn Junction 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 incorporating Scinde Rail- 
the Scinde Railway Company, and for other pur- Way Bill 
poses connected therewith : And the same was read 

the first time; and ordered to be read a second 

time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to enable the Rhymney | 
Rhymney Railway Company to extend their Railway Railway Bill. 
to the Taff Vale Railway, to construct Branch Rail- 
ways, and for other purposes: And the same was 
read the first time ; and ordered to be read a second 
time. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant Stirlingshire 
to the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ Writ. 
for the electing of a Commissioner to serve in this 
present Parliament for the Shire of Stirling, in the 
room of William Forbes, Esquire, deceased. 


The Manchester Improvement Bill was read a se- 
cond time; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Manchester 
Improvement 
Bill. 


The Birkenhead Dock Trustees Bill was, accord- Birkenhead 
ing to Order, read a second time ; and committed, Dock Trustees 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


The es Corporation Water Bill was, ac- Liverpool 
r 


Corporation 


cording to Water Bill. 


mitted. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 


mittee of Selection. 


der, read a second time; and com- 


Liverpool 
Improvement 
Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Liverpool Improvement 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 the word “ now,” and, at 
the end of the Question, adding 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 





Standing 
Orders. 


Saint George’s 
Harbour. 


Torquay 
District 
Churches. 


Oxford, Wor- 
cester and 
Wolverhamp- 
ton Railway 
(Improve- 
ment and 
Branches. ) 


Public 
Petitions, 


Vide ‘Eighth 
Report. 


Joint Stock 
Companies, 


Exchequer 
Bills, 


No. 64, 


Pupil 
Teachers, 


18 Vicroriz. 20° —21° Februari. 79 


posed Amendment was, with leave of the House, cember 1854 :—Of the Number who, having termi- 
withdrawn. | nated Apprenticeships, are now in Training Colleges : 
Ordered, That the Bill be now read a second time: | —Of the Number who, having terminated Appren- 
—The Bill was accordingly read a second time; and | ticeships, are now engaged as Assistant Teachers 
committed. ‘under Minute of July 1852, or are in charge of 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- | Schools :—And, of the Number who, having termi- 
mittee of Selection. nated Apprenticeships, are neither in Training Col- 
| leges nor engaged as Assistant Teachers, but have 
Mr. Greene reported from the Select Committee | gone off to other Occupations. 
on Standing Orders, several Resolutions; which! Ordered, That the said Address be ee to 
were read, as follow : Her Majesty, by such Members of this House as are 
1. That in the case of the Saint George’s Harbour | of Her Majesty's Most honourable Privy Council. 


Petition, the Standing Orders ought to be dispensed | ‘ 
with ; that the Parties be permitted to proceed with| | Ordered, That Mr. Pugh have leave of absence till Leave of 


their Bill ; that Notice of the provisions of the Bill be the 12th day of March next, on account of ill health. 4&gt;sence- 
given to the several Proprietors prior to the second | pon 

reading of the Bill; that proof be given before the | Mr. Walpole reported from the Genéral Committee Barnstaple 
Committee on the Bill that such Notice has been | 0f Elections, the names of the Members of the Select Election. 
given. | Committee appointed to try and determine the matter 

2. That in the case of the Torquay District of the Petition complaining of an undue Election and 


Churches Petition, the Standing Orders ought to be Return for the Borough of Bar nstuple, to which they 
dispensed with ; that the Parties be permitted to pro- had annexed the Petition referred to them by the 
ceed with their Bill, on proof being given before the | House relating thereto, and the List of Voters which 


Committee on the Bill that Notice of the Clauses af- | had been delivered in by the Petitioner :— George 
fecting the Parish of Upton be given in the local Medd Butt, Esquire, Chairman ; Sir John Hanmer, 
Newspapers published on Saturday, February 24 ; | Marquis of Blandford, Henry Danby Seymour, Es- 
Wednesday, February 28, and Saturday, March 3 ; | quire, Lord Lovaine. 

and that similar Notices be posted on the Church-| Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 
door of Upton on Sunday, February 25, and Sunday, 





Ordered, That leave be given to ae in a Bill to Tenants’ 


March 4. ; : ; 
3. That in the case of the Oxford, Worcester | provide Compensation for ne enants, and Seen 


and Wolverhampton Railway (Improvement and | to consolidate and amend the Laws relating to Leas- (jreland.) 
Branches) Petition, the Standing Orders ought to ™g Powers in Ireland : And that Mr. Serjeant Shee 

be dispensed with; that the Parties be permitted | and Mr. Pollard-Urquhart do prepare, and bring 

to proceed with their Bill, on depositing a fresh De- | !* In. 

claration in strict conformity with the ‘Terms of the 


: : ati 3s pro- Business of 
Standing Order, and that the Parties do prove the A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- Business o 


pag se Se ae ine get ag | posed, That this House will not allow any Public the House. 
The said Resolutions, being read a second time, | oe bs + a second time after the Ist day of 
cnn uly, without special leave :—And the said Motion 
5 ' was, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 





Petitions relating to the Episcopal and Capitular! Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to Dwelling- 
Estates Bill; — Licenses (Public-houses, &amp;c.) ;— | facilitate the Erection of Dwelling-houses for the — a 
Newspaper Stamps ;— Paper, Newspaper Stamps, | Working Classes in Scotland: And that Mr. Dunlop, a 
Foreign Books, &amp;c.;—Stage Carriages ;—Bills of | Mr. Baird and Mr. Cowan do prepare, and bring 
Exchange Bill, and Bills of Exchange Bill and Pro- | it in. 
missory Notes Bill ;—-Fairs and Markets (Jreland) 
Bill ;—Grain ;—Intoxicating Liquors ;— Charlotte ; 
Jones ;—Nuisances Removal and Diseases Preven- | for the Appointment of Public Prosecutors : 
tion Acts Consolidation and Amendment Bill i! that Mr. John George Phillimore and Mr. Watson 


Public Departments ;—Public Health Bill ;—Real | 40 prepare, and bring it-in. 
Estates ;—-Sale of Beer Act (1854) and Intoxicating 
Liquors ; — Wages; — and, War with Russia,— 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Public 
And Prosecutors. 





A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Serjeant Message from 


. eer the Lords. 
were presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon | Manning : 


the Table. | Mr. Speaker, 
— | The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Army Service 


‘to amend the Act for limiting the Term of Service Act Amend- 


7 P irecti p . 2 ill. 
Foy - _ eons _. _— ay in the Army ; to which the Lords desire the concur- pares 
oy am sick OF * ariament,_~Opy, oF Mepor™ by Mie rence of this House: — And then the Messenger 
Registrar of Joint Stock Companies to the Lords of | |: 
oN - ; : er withdrew. 
the Committee of Privy Council for Trade, for the | 
year 1854. | The Army Service Act Amendment Bill was read Army Service 
Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the | the first time ; and ordered to be read a second time A* — 
Table. To-morrow ; and to be printed. a 95 





Ordered, That there be laid before this House, an| A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- Russian 
Account of all Exchequer Bills raised, or authorized | posed, That there be laid before this House, a Re- Exports. 
to be raised, charged on the Aids or Supplies of | turn of Russian Exports from Archangel to this 
1855, unprovided for. | Country during the past year ; 
am Wilson accordingly presented the suid Ac- And the House havi 

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


og oomae to sit till after 


Twelve of the clock on Wednesday morning ; 


Mercurii, 21° die Februarii, 1855: 





Resolved, That an humble Address be presented to th oe — being put :—It was resolved in 
Her Majesty,” that She will be graciously pleased to | piupenerunte 
give directions, that there be laid before this House,| Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to Sea Coast 
teturns of the Number of Pupil Teachers appren- | assimilate the Law as to the Sea Coast Fisheries of Le eeey 
ticed, from the first operation of the Minutes of | Jreland to that of England: And that Mr. M‘ Mahon "&gt; 
August and December 1846 to the 31st day of De- | and Mr. Duffy do prepare, and bring it in. 6 4 

rdered, 


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Inland 
Fisheries 
(Ireland. ) 


Army 
(Crimea. ) 


Army. 


Supply. 


Land Forces. 


Charge of de. 


Mutizy. 


Newspaper, 
&amp;c. Postage 
and Stamp 
Duties. 


80 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
assimilate the Law as to the Inland Fisheries of 
Ireland to that of England : And that Mr. M‘Mahon 
and Mr. Duffy do prepare, and bring it in. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return of the Names of all Officers of Her 
Majesty’s Army who have been promoted for dis- 
tinguished Services since the commencement of the 
War in the Crimea, distinguishing between Officers 
on the Staff and Officers serving with their Regi- 
ments ; stating also the respective Ranks to which 
they have been promoted, the particular Services 
upon which they were employed during the Battles 
ot Alma, Balaklava and Inkerman, and whether they 
were actually engaged in any of the above Actions. 

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


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Returns of the Regulation Price for the 
Purchase of a Commission in the Line and in a Ca- 
valry Regiment :—Of the Regulation Price for the 
Purchase of each subsequent step in the Service :— 
Of the Annual Pay of Regimental Officers of all 
Grades :—Whether any, and if any, what Portion of 
the Money paid by an Officer on the Purchase of 
his Commission, and subsequent steps, is returned 
to his Representatives in the event of his death either 
in Action or under other circumstances :--Whether 
the whole of the Money paid by an Officer for his 
Commission, and subsequent steps, is sacrificed by 
him when he attains the Rank of Major General :— 
And, of the Annual Pay of a Major Sueth and of 
other Officers of higher grade. 

Ordered, That 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 reported from the Committee of Sup- 
ply, several Resolutions ; which were read, as follow : 

1. That a Number of Land Forces, not exceeding 
193,595 Men (exclusive of the Men employed in 
the Territorial Possessions of the East Jndia Com- 
pany), Commissioned and Non-commissioned Offi- 
cers included, be maintained for the Service of the 
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, from 
the 1st day of April 1855 to the 31st day of March 
1856, inclusive. 

2. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 7,353,804, be 
granted to Her Majesty, for defraying the Charge 
of Her Majesty’s Land Forces in the United King- 
dom of Great Britain and Jreland, and on Foreign 
Stations (excepting Jndia), which will come in course 
of payment from the 1st day of April 1855 to the 
31st day of March 1856, inclusive. 

The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 


20°—21° Februariz. 





A. 1855. 


Printing and Publishing of Newspapers, and Regis- 
tration and giving Securities in connexion therewith, 
and the Regulation of the Duties of Postage on 
Printed Papers. 

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. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Consolidated 
mittee on the Consolidated Fund (£. 2,000,000) Bill ; Fund 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, sana, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Mr. John George Phillimore presented a Bill to Public 
provide for the Appointment of Public Prosecutors, Prosecutors 
and for the Amendment of Criminal Procedure in 2M. 7 
England and Wales: And the same was read the Bill 26. 
first time; and ordered to be read a second time 
upon Tuesday the 6th day of March next; and to 





be printed. 


Sir James Graham presented a Bill for the Regu- Marine 
lation of Her Majesty's Royal Marine Forces while Mutiny Bill 
on Shore: And the same was read the first time ; 
and ordered to be read a second time this day. 


Sir James Graham presented a Bill for punishing Mutiny Bill 
Mutiny and Desertion, and for the better Payment 
of the Army and their Quarters : And the same was 
read the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
time this day. 


Mr. Wilson presented a Bill to alter and amend Newspaper, 
the Laws relating to the Stamp Duties on News- —— 
“i er ‘ amp 
papers, the Printing and Publishing of Newspapers, Duties Bill. 
and Registration and giving Securities in connexion ° 
; ae ~ No. 27. 
therewith, and the Regulation of the Duties of 
Postage on Printed Papers: And the same was read 
the first time; and ordered to be read a second time 
upon Friday next ; and to be printed. 


Mr. M‘Mahon presented a Bill to assimilate the Sea Coast 
Law as to the Sea Coast Fisheries of Zreland to Fisheries | 
that of England: And the same was read the firat ‘relen®) 
time; and ordered to be read a second time upon Bill 28. 
Wednesday the 28th day of this instant February ; 
and to be printed. 


Mr. M‘Mahon presented a Bill to assimilate the Inland 
Law as to the Inland Fisheries of Jreland to that of we ain 
England: And the same was read the first time ; — 
and ordered to be read a second time upon Wednes- Bill 28. 
day the 28th day of this instant February ; and to be 
printed. 


Resolved, That this House will, at the rising of Adjournment. 
the House this day, adjourn till Two of the clock 
in the afternoon. 


And then the House, having continued to sit till 








for punishing Mutiny and Desertion, and for the} 
better Payment of the Army and their Quarters :| 
And that Mr. Bouverie, Viscount Palmerston and | 
Mr. Peel do prepare, and bring it in. 


Mr. Wilson reported from the Committee on| 
Newspaper, &amp;c. Postage and Stamp Duties, several | 
Resolutions ; which were read, as follow : | 

1. That it is expedient to repeal the exemption | 
of Newspapers from Postage Duty; and, in lieu, 
thereof, to charge on Newspapers and Printed Books 
and Papers transmitted by Dost, Rates of Postage 
according to Weight. 

2. That it is expedient to alter and amend the Laws 
relating to the Stamp Duties on Newspapers, the 








a quarter of an hour before One of the clock 
on Wednesday morning, adjourned till this 
day. 








Mercurii, 21° die Februarii ; 
Anno 18° Victorie Regine, 1855. 


PRAYERS. 


\ R. Bonham Carter reported from the Select Public 
4 


Committee on Public Petitions; That they ene 


port. ) 


had examined the Petitions presented upon the 19th 
day of this instant February ; and had directed him 
to make a Report thereof to the House. 


Ordered, 


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fad Ot GO bet 





Saint George’s 
Harbour. 


Carmarthen 
and Cardigan 
Railway Bill. 


Ipstones 
Mineral 
Branch Rail- 
way Bill. 


Congleton 
Iuclosure Bill, 


Gateshead 
and Hexham 
Roads Bill. 


Kelso Bridge 
Bill. 


Limerick and 
Castleconnell 


Railway Bill. 


Llynvi Valley 
and Bridgend 
Railways Bill. 


London 
Necropolis 
and National 
Mausoleum 
Bill. 


Maryport 
and Carlisle 


Railway Bill. 


Newcastle. 
under-Lyme 
Gas Bill. 


Waterford 
and Limerick 
Railway Bill. 


Swansea Writ. 


Public 
Petitions, 


Vide Ninth 
Report, 








18 Vicrortz. 


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 Saint George's Harbour Bill, 
might be read ; and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
amend the Saint George’s Harbour Act, 1853: And 
that Mr. Macartney and Mr. Laurie do prepare, 
and bring it in. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to enable the 
Carmarthen and Cardigan Railway Company to 
make certain Deviations in their Line of 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 making a 
Railway from Jpstones to Froghall, in the County 
of Stafford: And the same was read the first time ; 
and ordered to be read a second time. 


The Congleton Inclosure Bill was read a second 
time; and committed. 

Ordered, ‘That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


The Gateshead and Hexham Roads Bill was read 
a second time; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


The Kelso Bridge Bill was read a second time; 
and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


The Limerick and Castleconnell 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 Liynvi Valley and Bridgend Railways 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 London Necropolis and Na- 
tional Mausoleum Bill be read a second time To- 
morrow. 


The Maryport and Carlisle 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 Newcastle-under-Lyme Gas Bill was read a 
second time; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


The Waterford and Limerick Railway Bill was 
read a second time ; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the 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 Burgess to serve in this present 
Parliament for the Borough of Swansea, in the 
room of John Henry Vivian, Esquire, deceased. 


Petitions relating to Affirmations ; — Maynooth 
College ;—Stage Carriages ; — Arbitration ;—-Court 
of Chancery ;—Dublin {mprovement Act ;—Public 
Health Bill;—and, Wages,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


21° Februarii. 





VoL. 110. 





81 





Mr. Dunlop presented a Bill to facilitate the Dwelling- 


Erection of Dwelling-houses for the Working — (Seot- 


Classes in Scotland: And the same was read the 
first time ; and ordered to be read a second time 
upon Wednesday the 21st day of March next; and 
to be printed. 


No. 30. 


Ordered, That Mr. Byng have leave of absence Leave of 


for three weeks, on urgent business. 


Absence. 


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


an Account of the Quantity of Copper exported 
from the Port of Zondon in the year ending the 5th 
day of January 1855 ; 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 1855, 
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 1855 ; distinguishing 
each Sort of Copper, from what Country, and 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 1855; distinguishing from what Countries 
imported :—Similar Return of Exports of Tin : — 
And, Account of all Zine and Zinc Ore imported 
and exported during the year ending the 5th day of 
January 1855, and the Duty paid thereon (in con- 
tinuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 310, of Ses- 
sion 1854). 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
teturns showing the Number of Paupers of all 
Classes in Receipt of Relief, on the 1st day of Ja- 
nuary 1854, and the Ist day of January 1855, in 
Unions, &amp;c. in England and Wales :—Ot the Num- 
ber of Adult Able-bodied Paupers in receipt of 
Relief on the Ist day of January 1854 and the 
Ist day of January 1855; together with a Return 
showing 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 England and Wales, during 
the Half-years ended at Michaelmas 1853 and Mi- 
chaelmas 1854 respectively. 

Mr. Baines accordingly presented the said Re- 
turns. 

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


The Names of the Five Members appointed to 
try and determine the matter of the Petition com- 
plaining of an undue Election and Return for the 
Borough of Barnstaple, were called over; and being 
come to the Table, they were sworn by the Clerk. 

Ordered, That the Petition and List relative to 
the said Election be referred to the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Committee do meet To-morrow, 
in one of the Committee-rooms of tle House, at One 
o’clock in the afternoon. 


Paupers. 


Barnstaple 
Election. 


The Cathedral Appointments Act Continuance Cathedral 


Bill was read the first time; and ordered to be read Afpointments 


a second time upon Friday next; and to be printed. 


ct Con- 


tinuance Bill. 


Bill 31. 


Mr. Fitzroy presented,— Return to an Address to Highways. 


Her Majesty, dated the 5th day of this instant Fe- 
bruary, for a Return showing the Particulars of the 
Receipts and Expenditure on account of the High- 
ways in each County of England and Wales, for the 
year ending th 25th day of March 1853, made out 

M in 





82 


in the Form required by the Act 12 &amp; 13 Vic. 
c. 35; ante voy | the Cities, Boroughs, Towns 
and Places under Local Acts, from the ordinary 
Highways. 

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


The following Papers, pursuant to the directions 
of several Acts of Parliament, were laid upon the 
Table by the Clerk of the House,—Finance Ac- 
counts, I. to VIII. of the United Kingdom, for the 
Quarter to 5th April 1854. 

An Account of the Revenue and Expenditure of 
the Royal Harbour of Ramsgate Trust, from 24th 
June 1853 to 24th June 1854. 


Finance, 


Ramsgate 
Harbour. 


The Nuisances Removal and Diseases Prevention 
: Acts Consolidation and Amendment Bill was, ac- 
Diseases Pre- 


Nuisances 
Removal and 


21° Februari. 





vention Acts cording to Order, read a second time; and com- 

Consolidation mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for Fri- 
d Amend- . 

ment Bil.  “@Y next. 


Public Health 
Bill. 


The Public Health Bill was, according to Order, 
read a second time; and committed to a Select 
Committee. 


CommonLaw ‘The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
Procedure Act into a Committee on the Common Law Procedure 
direland) Bill. Act Amendment (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, and directed him to report 
the same, without Amendment. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time To- 
morrow. 
Supply. The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into the Committee of Supply. 


(In the Committee.) 


Resolved, Thata Sum, not exceeding £. 17,183,000, 
be granted to Her Majesty, to pay off and discharge 
Exchequer Bills charged on the Aids of 1855, un- 
provided for. 


Resolution to be reported. 


Exchequer 
Bills. 





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. 


Ways and 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
Means, 


into the Committee of Ways and Means. 
An the Committee.) 


Consolidated 1, Resolved, That, towards making good the Sup- 


Fund. ply granted to Her Majesty, the Sum of £. 20,000,000 
be granted out of the Consolidated Fund of the United 
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. 

Deficiency 2. Resolved, That, towards making good the Sup- 


of Grants. = ply granted to Her Majesty, for the deficiency in the 


Grants for the Service of the year ending the 31st 
duy of March 1855, the Sum of £.1,300,000 be 
cranted out of the Consolidated Fund of the United 
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. 


Resolutions to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bou- 
rerie reported, That the Committee had come to se- 
veral Resolutious. 

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. 


A. 1855. 


Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday 
next, again resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Army Service Act Amendment Bill was, ac- Army Service 
cording to Order, read a second time; and com- Act Amend- 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for To 
morrow. 


The Marine Mutiny Bill was, according to Order, Marine _ 
read a second time; and committed to a Committee Mutiny Bill. 
of the whole House, for To-morrow. 


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. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Breach of 
Return of all Vessels seized under Neutral Flags for Blockade, &amp;c. 
Breach of Blockade, for carrying simulated Papers 
or Goods contraband of War, since the 29th day of 
March 1854, with the Names of the several Cap- 
tains, and of the Ships, or of the Authorities that 
seized the same, with the Dates of the several Sei- 
zures, and when Proceedings were taken in the Court 
of Admiralty, with the Dates of Condemnation or 
Restitution ; stating the Nature of the Cargo, the 
Tonnage, and the Amount of the Sale of each Vessel 
and of the Cargo, with the Amount of all Costs, 
Charges and Expenses incurred ; distinguishing the 
Expenses of the several Proceedings in the Court of 
Admiralty, and the Amount of Fees in each case 
paid to the Officers of the Crown and Counsel em- 
ployed, with the Amount of the Balance remaining 
for distribution to the Captors, and when Notice of 
the same was published in the Gazette. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to Court of 
make Provision for the more speedy and effectual Chancery 
ge of Business in the High Court of Chancery Crarindiceion.) 
in Ireland: And that Mr. Whiteside, Mr. Napier and 
Mr. Malins do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to Court of 
amend the Practice and course of Proceeding in the Chancery 
High Court of Chancery in Jreland: And that Mr. ane 
Whiteside, Mr. Napier and Mr. Malins do prepare, 
and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to Court of 
alter the Law and Practice of the High Court of Chancery 
Chancery in Jreland, in relation to the Appointment Ce seetvers) 
of Receivers and the Management of Estates under 
the Control of the said Court : And that Mr. Whiteside, 

Mr. Napier and Mr. Malins do prepare, and bring 
it in, 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill for Court of 
securing the Titles of Purchasers of Estates sold Chancery 
under the Court of Chancery in Jreland: And that eet 


Mr. Whiteside, Mr. Napier and Mr. Malins do pre- Estates.) 
pare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to Court of 


| facilitate and diminish the Expense of Appeals from Chancery 


the Court of Chancery in Zreland: And that Mr. poe 
Whiteside, Mr. Napier and Mr. Malins do prepare, 
and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to Court of 
amend an Act of the fourth year of the reign of Chancery 
King George the Fourth, for granting additional (cramp 
Stamp Duties on certain Proceedings in the Court of Duties.) 
Chancery and in the Equity side of the Court of 
Exchequer in Jreland: And that Mr. Whiteside, Mr. 

Napier and Mr. Malins do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That the proper Officers do attend at sligo Election. 
Sligo at the next Assizes, and produce such Docu- 
ments as may be necessary for the Trial of Michael 
Gethin, Henry Simpson and James Simpson, ordered 














by 


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(J 


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Court of 
Chancery 
(Ireland) 
(Jurisdiction) 
Bill. 

Bill 32. 


Court of 
Chancery 
(Ireland } 
(Procedure) 
Bill 


Bill 33. 


Court of 
Chancery 
(Ireland 
(Receivers) 
Bill 


Bill 34. 


Court of 
Chancery 
(Ireland ) 
(Sales of 
Estates) Bill. 


Rill 35. 


Court of 
Chancery 


(Irela 
(Appeals ) Bill. 


Bill 36. 


Court of 
Chancery 
(Ireland ) 
(Stamp 
Duties) Bill. 


Bill 37. 


Oxford, Wor- 
cester and 
Wolverhamp- 
ton Railway 
(Improve- 
ments and 
Branches. ) 


Torquay 
Cistrict 
Dhurches. 





18 Victoria. 21°—22° Februarii. 83 
by the House to be prosecuted on the 27th day of| the Parishes of Tormoham and Saint Mary Church, 

arch 1854; and that Henry Ker Seymer, Esquire, | at or near the Town of Torquay, in the County of 
a Member of this House, be at liberty to ettend and | Devon, and for other purposes: And that Sir John 
give evidence on the Trial. Yarde Buller and Sir Thomas Acland do prepare, 

and bring it in. 

Mr. Whiteside presented a Bill to make Provision | 
for the more speedy and effectual despatch of Bu- | Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for the making Severn Valley 
siness in the High Court of Chancery in Jreland : | and maintaining of the Severn Valley Railway, and Railway Bill. 
And the same was read the first time ; and ordered | for other purposes: And the same was read the 
to be read a second time upon Wednesday the 14th | first time ; and ordered to be read a second time 


day of March next; and to be printed. | , 
| Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to amend the Saint George’s 


| “ Saint George's Harbour Act, 1853 :” And the same Harbour Bil. 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time. 


Mr. Whiteside presented a Bill to amend the 
Practice and course of Proceeding in the High 
Court of Chancery in Jreland: And the same was 
read the first time ; and ordered to be read a second | 
time upon Wednesday the 14th day of March next; 
and to be printed. 


The Zondon Necropolis and National Mausoleum London 
Bill was, according to Order, read a second time ; em o 
| and committed. and Nation 


5 Mausoleum 

Mr. Whiteside presented a Bill to alter the Law oe hes the Bill be referred to the Com- Bil 
and Practice of the High Court of Chancery in Jre- | ™'°* OF election. 
land, in relation to the Appointment of Receivers and Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Woolwich 
the Management of Estates under the Control of the one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, Equitable Gas 
said Court: And the same was read the first time &gt; in respect of non-compliance with the Standing 
and ordered to be read a second time upon Wednes- | Orders in the case of the Petition for the Woolwich 
day the 14th day of March next; and to be printed. Equitable Gas Bill. 

Ordered, That the Report ‘be referred to the 

Mr. Whiteside presented a Bill for securing the | Select Committee on Standing Orders. 
Titles of Purchasers of Estates sold under the Court | 
of Chancery in Ireland: And the same was read the 
first time; and ordered to be read a second time upon 
Wednesday the 14th day of March next; and to be 
printed. 


Petitions relating to the Episcopal and Capitular Public 
Estates Bill ;—Oaths ;—Newspaper Stamps ;—Ann Petitions. 
Elizabeth Astrop ;—Grain ;—lIntoxicating Liquors ; vide Ninth 
—Municipal Corporations Act ;—Real Estates ;— Report. 





Mr. Whiteside presented a Bill to facilitate and 
diminish the Expense of Appeals from the Court of 
Chancery in Jreland: And the same was read the 
first time; and ordered to be read a second time upon 
Wednesday the 14th day of March next; and to be 
printed. : 


Mr. Whiteside presented a Bill to amend an Act 
of the fourth year of the reign of King George the 
Fourth, for granting additional Stamp Duties on 
certain Proceedings in the Court of Chancery and in 
the Equity side of the Court of Exchequer in Jre- 
land; And the same was read the first time ; and 
ordered to be read a second time upon Wednesday 
the 14th day of March next; and to be printed. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 








Jovis, 22° die Februarii ; 
Anno 18° Victorie Regine, 1855. 


PRAYERS. 
T HE House was moved, That the Report from 


the Select Committee on Standing Orders, in 
respect of the Petition for the Oxford, Worcester 
and Wolverhampton Railway (Improvements and 
Branches) Bill, might be read ; and the same being 
read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
enable the Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton 
Railway Company to alter and improve certain of 
their Works, and to construct additional Works, 
and to authorize Arrangements with respect to the 
Stratford-upon-Avon Canal, and the Stratford and 
Moreton Tramway, and for other purposes: And 
that Coionel Rushout and Mr. Oliveira 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 Torquay District Churches 
Bill, might be read ; and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
facilitate the Erection of one or more Churches in 

Vou. 110. 








Wages ;— and, War with Russia,—were presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented West India 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased Islands’ Relief. 


to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Copy of all Correspondence, since the 
[st day of January 1854, by or between the Go- 
vernors or Lieutenant Governors of any of the West 
India Colonies, the Treasury, the Colonial Office, 
or the Commissioners for the West India Island 
Relief Fund, relative to Estates in the West Indies 
indebted to Government for Advances made to 
them by reason of Losses sustained by them in the 
Hurricanes of 1831-32. 

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


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented New Zealand. 


to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this House, 
Copies of the recent Correspondence between Her 
Majesty’s Secretary of State for the Colonies and 
the Acting Governor of Wew Zealand, on the subject 
of Responsible Government. 

Ordered, That 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 Sugar. 


Return of the Number of Cwts. of Raw or Musco- 
vado Sugar admitted for Consumption, at each of 
the principal Ports of the United Kingdom, at the 
lowest Duty of 11s. per Cwt.; and also, of the 
Number thereof admitted for Consumption at the 
same Ports, at the highest Rate of Duty of 12s. 
per Cwt.; distinguishing the different Countries and 
Culonies from which the same was imported. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a savings 
Return of the Amount of Stock sold in each Week Banks. 


since the 1st day of July 1854, on account of the 
Savings Banks. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be preseuted Register of 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased to Vet. 


M 2 give 





Staff Officers 
( Crimea.) 


Intestacy 
(Scotiand. ) 


Mines 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Jurors and 
Juries (Ire- 
Jand) Bill. 


Jurors and 
Juries (Tre- 
land) (No. 2) 
Bill. 


Common Law 
Procedure Act 
Amendment 

(Ireland) Bill. 


Supply. 


Exchequer 
Bills. 


Ways and 
Means. 


Consolidated 
Fund, 


Deficiency 
of Grants. 


Army Service 
Act Amend- 
ment Bill. 


84 


give directions, that there be laid before this House, 
an Account of all Expenses paid by the several 
Counties in England and Wales relating to the Pre- 
paration and Completion of the Register of Voters 
fur the respective Counties for the year 1854-55, 
setting forth the Items of such Expenses. 

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


Ordered,,That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the Names of all Officers serving on the 
Staff in the Crimea, with the Dates of their Appoint- 
ments to the Staff; distinguishing such as have 
obtained Certificates at the Senior Department of 
the Royal Military College, Sandhurst. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
alter in certain respects the Law of Intestate moveable 
Succession in Scotland: And that Mr. Dunlop and 
Mr. Kinnaird do prepare, and bring it in. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Mines (Ireland) Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Thursday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Jurors and Juries (Jreland) 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 Jurors and Juries (Zreland) (No.2) Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Thursday next. 


The Common Law Procedure Act Amendment 
(Ireland) Bill was, according to Order, read the third 
time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, ‘That Mr. Butt do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Mr. Bouverie reported from the Committee of 
Supply, a Resolution ; which was read, as followeth : 

That a Sum, not exceeding £.17,183,000, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to pay off and discharge 
Exchequer Bills charged on the Aids of 1855, un- 
provided for. 

The said Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 


Mr. Bouverie reported from the Committee of 
Ways and Means, several Resolutions ; which were 
woe 4 as follow: 

1. That, towards making good the Supply granted 
to Her Majesty, the Sum of £.20,000,000 be granted 
out of the Consolidated Fund of the United King- 
dom of Great Britain and Ireland. 

2. That, towards making good the Supply granted 
to Her Majesty, for the deficiency in the Grants for 
the Service of the year ending the 31st day of March 
1855, the Sum of £.1,300,000 be granted out of the 
Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom of Great 
Britain and Ireland. 

The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That a Bill be brought in upon the first 
of the said Resolutions: And that Mr. Bouverie and 
Mr. Wilson do prepare, and bring it in. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on the Army Service Act Amend- 
ment Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. 
Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bouverie re- 

rted, 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. 


22° Februarii. 





A. 1855. 


resolved itself Marine 


The House, according to Order, Mutiny Bill 
ll. 


into a Committee on the Marine Mutiny 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 Thursday 
next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Mutiny Bill. 
mittee on the Mutiny Bill ; 

Resolved, ‘That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committce. 


Mr. Dunlop presented a Bill to alter in certain Intestacy 
respects the Law of Intestate moveable Succession (Scotland) Bill 
in Scotland: And the same was read the first time ; Biil 38. 
and ordered to be read a second time upon Wednes- 
day the 18th day of April next; and to be printed. 


Mr. Wilson presented a Bill to apply a Sum out Consolidated 
of the Consolidated Fund for the Service of the year aoa 000,000) 
One thousand eight hundred and fifty-five: And the Bil, |” 
same was read the first time; and ordered to be read 
a second time To-morrow. 


Mr. Cardwell presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- Trade and 
mand,—Accounts relating to Trade and Navigation, ®“visation. 
Month ended 5th January 1855, and Twelve Months No. 65. 
ended 5th January 1855. 

Returns of British Ships employed in the Trade British Ships. 
of the United Kingdom in the year 1854, as com- 
pared with the Four previous years, not including 
repeated Voyages (in continuation of No. 45, Session 
1854). 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table ; and that the Accounts relative to Trade and 
Navigation be printed. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Royal Military 
Return of all Students at the Senior and at the Junior a 8) 
Departments of the Royal Military College at Sand- — 
hurst, who since 1830 have received First Class Cer- 
tificates, specifying the Dates of their First and sub- 
sequent Commissions, and whether obtained by Pur- 
chase or not; as also the Staff Appointments held 
by any such Officer. 


Mr. Osborne presented,—Return to an Order, Wrecks. 
dated the 19th day of this instant February, for 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 1854 (in continuation of Parliamentary 
Paper, No. 337, of Session 1854). 

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


Ordered, That the Returns relative to Paupers, Paupers. 
which were presented upon the 21st day of this in- No, 66. 
stant February, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Highways, Highways. 
which was “compen are upon the 21st day of this instant No. 67. 
February, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Accounts relative to Finance, Finance. 
which were presented upon the 21st day of this in- No, 68. 
stant February, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Poor Law Poor Law 
(Ireland), which was presented upon the 19th day (Ireland.) 
of this instant February, be printed. No. 69. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Banks of Banks of 
Issue, which was presented upon the 9th day of this Tesue. . 
instant February, be printed. No. 70. 


Mr. Fitzroy presented,—Return to’ an Address Statute Law 
to Her Majesty, dated the 25th day of January last, ™™**™ 


for Copies of all Papers relating to the Construction 
of 





Nottingham 
and Newhaven 
Road Bill. 


Paisley Burgh 
Bill. 


Lancashire 

and Yorkshire 
and Blackburn 
Railways Bill. 


Wem and 
Bronygarth 
Roads Bill, 


Public 
Petitions 
(Ninth Re- 
port. 


Caledonian 
Railway Bill, 


Grand 


§ 
Canal Bill &gt; 


Bill, 


Great North. 
ern London 


Cemetery Bill, 


18 Vicroriz. 


of the late Board for the Consolidation of the Statute 
Laws, and the Provision of Funds for defraying Ex- 
penses of and incident to such Board ; and of any 
written Instruction or Note as to the Revision of the 
Statute Law given by the Lord Chancellor to Mr. 
Commissioner Bellenden Ker, or to the late Com- 
missioners of the said Board, Messrs. Coode, Anstey 
and Rogers, and the Secretary of the present Board, 
Mr. Brickdale :—Of all Minutes of the Proceedings 
of the late Board for the Consolidation of the Statute 
Laws down to the presentation of Mr. Commissioner 
Bellenden Ker’s third and last Report (31st May 
1854) to the Lord Chancellor :—Of the Paper on the 
Consolidation or Revision of the Statutes relating to 
Property :—Ofall Papers relating to the Construction 
of the present Board for the Consolidation of the 
Statute Laws, and the Provision of Funds for defray- 
ing the Expenses of and incident to such Board :— 
And, of all Minutes and Proceedings of the said last- 
mentioned Board, down to this Date inclusive. 

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


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 





Veneris, 23° die Februarii ; 
Anno 18° Victoria Regine, 1855. 


PRAYERS. 
PETITION of Trustees acting in the execu- 
tion of the Acts relating to the Nottingham 
and Newhaven Turnpike-road, praying that Provi- 
sion may be made in the Nottingham and Newhaven 


Road Bill for giving Power to the Petitioners to | 


abandon certain parts of the old Road, between 
Drake-lane, in the Township of Winster, in the 
Parish of Youlgreave, in the County of Derby, and 
the Junction of such portion of Road with the 
Cromford and Newhaven Turnpike-road, in the 
Township of Elton, in the said Parish and County, 
was presented, and read; and referred to the Exa- 
miners of Petitions for Private Bills. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for regulating | 


the Affairs of the Burgh of Paisley and the River 
Cart Navigation, 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 
Consolidation into one Undertaking of the Lan- 
cashire and Yorkshire and the Blackburn Railways, 
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 effectually 
repairing the Road leading from Wem to the Lime 
Rocks at Bronygarth, in the County of Sa/op, and 
for making several Lines of Road connected with 
the same in the Counties of Salop and Denbigh: 
And the same was read the first time ; and ordered 
to be read a second time. 


Mr. Bonham Carter reported from the Select Com- 
mittee on Public Petitions ; That they had examined 
the Petitions presented upon the 20th, 21st and 22d 


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. 


Ordered, That the Caledonian Railway Bill be | 


read a second time upon Monday next. 


Ordered, That the Grand Surrey Canal Bill be 
read a second time upon Monday next. 


The Great Northern Zondon Cemetery Bill was 
read a second time ; and committed. 
Vox. 110. 





99°— 23° Februariz. 





85 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 


mittee of Selection. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to enable the Oxford, Wor- 

Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway Wale and 
ss : ‘ » Wolverhamp- 

Company to alter and improve certain of their yo, Railway 
Works, and to construct additional Works, and to (Improve- 
authorize Arrangements with respect to the Strat- sa -s 
ford-upon-Avon Canal, and the Stratford and More- — 
ton Tramway, and for other purposes : And the same 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time. 





Sir Charles Wood presented, pursuant to the direc- Assistant 
tions of an Act of Parliament,—Copy of the Regu- Surgeons 
‘lations framed by the Commissioners for the Affairs (4) 
| of India, in pursuance of the Act 16 &amp; 17 Vic. ¢. 95, 
for the Examination of Candidates for the Appoint- 
ment of Assistant Surgeons in the Service of the 
| East India Company. 

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


Mr. Greene reported from the Committee of Se- Committee 
lection ; That they had formed into Groups certain of Selection 
Private Bills, which, in their opinion, it is expedient Pe 
| to submit to the same Committee; and had agreed No. 71. 
| to report the same to the House. 
| Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 

‘and be printed. 


! 





Mr. Hayter presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- Railway 
‘mand,—Copy of Reports of the Inspecting Officers Accidents. 
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 November and December 1854. 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Cholera 
Copy of Report made by Mr. Thomas E. Black- S@mdsate.) 
well, c. E., to the President of the General Board of 
Health (bearing date the 21st day of February 
1855), on the Drainage and Water Supply of Sand- 
gate, in connexion with the late Outbreak of Cholera 

in that Town. 

Sir Benjamin Hall accordingly presented the said 
| Paper. 

| Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 
be able. 


Mr. Deedes reported from the Select Committee Standing 
‘on Standing Orders, several Resolutions; which Orders 
were read, as follow: 

1. That in the case of the Bradford Corporation Bradford 
Waterworks Amendment Petition for leave to de- Corporation 
posit a Petition for a Bill, the Standing Orders oo 
ought to be dispensed with; that the Partics be 
permitted to deposit their Petition accordingly. 

©. That in the case of the Hyde Gas Petition, Hyde Gas. 
the Standing Orders ought not to be dispensed with. 

3. That in the case of the Chester and Holyhead Chester and 
Railway Petition, the Standing Orders ought to be — 
dispensed with; that the Parties be permitted to ~ 7” 
proceed with their Bill. 

4. That in the case of the Medical Benevolent Medical 
College Petition, the Standing Orders ought to be Benevolent 
dispensed with; that the Parties be permitted to ©s* 
proceed with their Bill. 

_ 5. That in the case of the Furness Railway Peti- Furness 
tion, the Standing Orders ought to be dispensed *#ilway. 
with ; that the Parties be permitted to proceed with 

their Bill. 

6. That in the case of the Liverpool Port Peti- Liverpuot 
‘tion, the Standing Orders ought to be dispensed Prt. 
| with ; that the Parties be permitted to proceed with 
their Bill. 
| 7. That in the case of the Stockport, Disley and Stockport, 
Whaley Bridge Railway Petition, the Standing Disley and 


° ‘ Whaley 
‘Orders ought to be dispensed with; that the Par- Bridge Rail- 
_ties he permitted to proceed with their Bill. way. 


| M 3 8. That 


Fife and 
Kinross 
Railway. 


Mid Kent and 
North Kent 
Railway. 


Fibre Com- 
pany. 


Dagenham 
Docks. 


North Metro- 
politan Water 
Trust. 


Liverpool 
Port. 


Medical 
Benevolent 
College. 


Fibre Com- 
pany. 


Dagenham 
Docks. 


Stockport, 
Disley and 
Whaley 
Bridge Rail- 
way. 


86 


8. That in the case of the Fife and Kinross Rail- 
way Petition, the Standing Orders ought to be dis- 
pensed with; that the Parties be permitted to pro- 
ceed with their Bill. 

9. That in the case of the Mid Kent and North 
Kent Railway Petition, the Standing Orders ought 
to be dispensed with ; that the Parties be permitted 
to proceed with their Bill. 

10. That in the case of the Fibre Company Peti- 
tion, the Standing Orders ought to be dispensed 
with; that the Parties be permitted to proceed with 
their Bill. 

11. That in the case of the Dagenham Docks 
Petition, the Standing Orders ought to be dispensed 
with; that the Parties be permitted to proceed with 
their Bill. 

12. That in the case of the North Metropolitan 
Water Trust Petition of William Burch for re-in- 
sertion of the Petition for the Bill in the General 
List of Petitions for Private Bills, the Standing 
Order ought not to be dispensed with. 

The first, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth, 
ninth, tenth and eleventh 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 Liverpool Port Bill, might be 
read; and the same being read ; 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 


for the Conservancy of the Port and Harbour of 
Liverpool, and for other 
Philip Egerton and Mr. 


pare, and bring it in. 


Pirie 
ohn Tollemache do pre- 


The House was moved, That the Report from the 
Select Committee on Standing Orders, in respect of 
the Petition for the Medical Benevolent College Bill, 
might be read ; and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
incorporate the Medical Benevolent College, and for 
other purposes: And that Mr. Freshfield and Mr. 
Gregson 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 Fibre Company Bill, might be 
read ; and the same being read ; 

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


incorporate a Company for preparing Materials | 


from Flax, Straw and other fibrous substances to 
be used in the Manufacture of Paper, and for 
other purposes: And that Sir Edward Bulwer 
Lytton a Mr. Edward Ball 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 Dagenham Docks Bill, might be 
read; and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
authorize the Construction of a Dock on the North 
side of the River Thames, to be called “ The Da- 
genham (Thames) Dock :” And that Mr. Bramston 
and Sir William Smijth do prepare, and _ bring 
it mn. 


The House was moved, That the Report from the 
Select Committee on Standing Orders, in respect of 
the Petition for the Stockport, Disley and Whaley 
Bridge Railway Bill, might be read; and the same 
being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to enable the Stockport, Disley and Whaiey Bridge 
Railway Company to construct a Junction Line to 
the Cromford and High Peak Railway, and for other 
purposes: And that Mr. George Henry Cavendish 
and Mr. Thornhill do prepare, and bring it in. 


23° Februari. 


: And that Sir) 


A. 1855. 


Mr. Serjeant Shee presented a Bill to provide Tenants’ 
Compensation for Improving Tenants, and to con- Improvements 

. : - _ Compensation 
solidate and amend the Laws relating to Leasing (qreland) Bill 
Powers in Jreland: And the same was read the first pi) 39 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time upon 


Wednesday next ; and to be printed. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Dublin Port. 
Returns of the Accounts of all Receipts and Dis- 
_bursements by the Corporation for preserving and 
|improving the Port of Dublin, from the 1st day of 

January 1853, up to the latest Period to which the 
/same have been made up, distinguishing the same 
| under different Heads, and under what Authority: 
| —Of all Monies borrowed by Debentures or other- 

wise under the authority of the Act 26 Geo. 3, c. 19, 

and of the Act 32 Geo. 3, c. 35, or of any other Act, 
| the Rate of Interest at which the same was borrowed, 
'what part of the same has been paid off, and the 
| Annual Amount of Interest payable on the subsisting 

Debt or Debts (in continuation of Parliamentary 
| Papers, No. 57, of Session 1851, and of No. 105, of 
Session 1853) :—And, Statement of the Surplus Re- 
| ceipts above Disbursements, for the years ending on 
| the 31st day of December 1853 and 1854 respectively, 
/and of the ‘Total Surplus on the last of these Days, 
and of the Application or Investment of such Surplus, 

and the Dates thereof, and of the Dividends received 
| thereon. 





Ordered, That Sir John Trollope have leave of Leave of 
absence till the 5th day of March next, on account Absence. 
of a domestic affliction. 


The following Paper was laid upon the Table by Tallow, &amp;. 
the Clerk of the House,—Return to an order, dated 
the 22d day of December last, for a Return of the 
Amount and Official Value of Tallow imported for 
Consumption into Great Britain in each half-year 
of the years 1852, 1853 and 1854, distinguishing 
the Countries whence imported:—The same in 
— to Hemp :—The same in respect to Linseed: 
he same in respect to Flax :—The same in respect 
to Tar :—And, the same in respect to Timber, so far 
as regards Deals. 
| ‘The following Papers, pursuant to the directions Court of 
'of several Acts of Parliament, were also laid upon Session 
|the Table by the Clerk of the House,—Copy of Act Stand) 
| of Sederunt extending the Winter Session of 1854-55 
of the first Division of the Court of Session (Scot- 
| land), to the 17th day of March. 
An Account of all Receipts and Disbursements by Queen Anne's 
the Governors of Queen Azze’s Bounty, during the Bounty. 
year ending on the 31st day of December 1853. 





Ordered, That the Return relative to Staff and Staff and 
Garrison Appointments (Colonies), which was pre- Garrison 


mabe. intment 
sented upon the 8th day of this instant February, be (Clonies.). : 
printed. 


No. 72. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Court of Court of 
Chancery, which was presented upon the Ist day of Chancery: 
this instant February, be printed. No. 73. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to British Ships, British Ships 
which was presented upon the 22d day of this instant No. 74. 
February, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Wrecks, wrecks. 
which was presented upon the 22d day of thisinstant No, 75. 
February, be printed. 


Petitions relating to Church Rates ;—Maynvoth Public 
College ;—Newspaper Stamps ;—Stage Carriages ;— Pettuons: 
Burial Grounds ;—Intoxicating Liquors ; — Public yjge ‘renth 
Health Bill;—Sale of Beer Act (1854) ;—and, War Report. 
with Russia,—were presented, and read; and or- 
ered to lie upon the Table. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Supply: 





mittee of Supply ; d 
An 











9 3°—.9.4° 


And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That the said Order be postponed 
till after the Notice of Motion for nominating the 
Select Committee on the Army before Sebastopol ; 


18 Vicroriz. 


ts 
n 


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


Sabbati, 24° die Februarii, 1855: 


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


The other Orders of the day being read ; 

Ordered, That the said Orders be postponed till 
after the Notice of Motion for nominating the Select 
Committee on the Army before Sebastopol. 


Orders of 
the Day. 


Army before 


The Select Committee on the Army before Sebas- 
Sebastopol. 


topol was nominated of Mr. Roebuck, Mr. Drum- 
mond, Sir John Pakington, Colonel Lindsay, Mr. 
Layard, Mr. Ellice, Lord Seymour, Sir Cornewall 
Lewis, General Peel. 

Anda Motion being made, and the Question being 
proposed, That Mr. Bramston be one other Mem- 
ber of the said Committee ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out the name of “ Mr. Bram- 
“ ston,” and inserting the name of “ Captain Scodell,” 
instead thereof. 

And the Question being put, That the name of 
Mr. Bramston stand part of the Question ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right; 

The Noes to the Left. 

Tellers for thef Mr. Hayter, 

Yeas, Mr. Grenville Berkeley: 

Tellers for thes Mr. Corry, 

Noes, Mr. Packe: 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Resolved, Vhat Mr. Bramston be one other Mem- 
ber of the said Committee. 

A Motion was made, and the Question being put, 
That Mr. John Ball be one other Member of the | 
said Committee ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right ; 

The Noes to the Left. 

Tellers for the { Mr. Hayter, lee 

Yeas, UMr. Grenville Berkeley : he 

Tellers for the j Mr. Bentinck, 

Noes, | Viscount Mandeville: 


} 62. 
So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 
Ordered, That the Committee have Power to send 
ersons, papers, and records. 


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


yen. 


1c 





} 
| 


| 


for 


Adjournment, 


Supply, The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Supply ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 


next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Ways and 
eans, 


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. 


Februarit. 87 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Consolidated 
into a Committee on the Consolidated Fund ey 
(£.2,600,000) Bill; and, after some time spent nn 
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 second Newspaper, 
j ; ‘ &amp;c. Post 
— ga Newspaper, &amp;c. Postage and Stamp “° Stamp 
s bul; Duties Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon sine 
Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Cathedral 
reading of the Cathedral Appointments Act Con- Appointment 
‘ ‘ Act Con- 
tinuance Bill ; tinuance Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Friday next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Nuisances 
into a Committee on the Nuisances Removal and Removal end 
Diseases Prevention Acts Consolidation and Amend- vention Acts 
ment Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Consolidation 
Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bowverie re- 24 —— 

orted, That the Committee had gone through the" 
BL Bill 40. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a Select 
Committee. 


The Army Service Act Amendment Bill was, ac- Army Servics 
cording to Order, read the third time. a 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. opens 

Ordered, That Mr. Peel do carry the Bill to the 
Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the same, without Amendment. 


The Consolidated Fund (£.20,000,000) Bill was, Consolidated 
according to Order, read a second time ; and com- Fund 


mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for "cates 


| Monday next. 


Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed Poor Removal. 

to inquire into the operation of the Act 8 &amp; 9 Vic. 
c. 117, relating to the Kemoval from England of 
chargeable Poor Persons born in Scotland, Ireland, 
the Isles of Man, Scilly, Jersey or Guernsey; and 
also into the operation of the Act 8 &amp; 9 Vic. c. 83, 
relating to én ener from Scotland of chargeable 
Poor Penen born in England, Ireland, or the Isle 
of Man. . 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Education 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased (Iteland.) 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Copies of the Terms of the Commission ap- 
pointed by Her Majesty, pursuant to an humble 
Address of this House on the 13th day of July 1854, 
praying for Inquiry into the Endowments, Funds, 
and actual Condition of all Schools endowed for the 
purposes of Education in Ireland; and the Nature 
and Extent of the Instruction given in such Schools: 

—And, of all Correspondence which has taken place 
between the said Commissioners and the Governors 
of Erasmus Smith Schools. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty, by such Members of this odie as are 





Savings Banks 
and Friendly 
Societies 
nvestme 

— 


being read, for the second | 
reading of the Savings Banks and Friendly Societies | 
Investments Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon | 
Friday next. 


The Order of the _ 


Intramural 
Burials 
(Ireland) Bill, 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Intramural Burials (Jreland) Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Wednesday next. 

Vou, 110, 








of Her Majesty's Most honourable Privy Council. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to Militia 
remove doubts as to the Commissions of Officers of (Iteland.) 
Militia in Jreland who have omitted to deliver unto 
the Clerk of the Peace descriptions of their Qualifi- 
cations, and to indemnify them against the Conse- 
quences of such omission, and to amend the Law 
relating to the Militia in Ireland: And that Sir John 
Young and Sir George Grey do prepare, and bring 


it in. 


M 4 


Ordered, 





88 93° _.94°—- 96° Februariz. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
authorize the Inclosure of certain Lands, in pursuance 
of a Report of the Inclosure Commissioners for Eng- 
land and Wales: And that Mr. Fitzroy and Sir 
George Grey do prepare, and bring it in. 


A. 1855. 


and to amend the Laws with reference to the Repay- 
ments in case of change of Districts, and the Ap- 
pointment of Commissioners of General Control and 
Correspondence: And the same was read the first 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time upon 
Monday next ; and to be printed. 


Commons 
Inclosure. 





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


Dean Forest, , . ' “ 
authorize the letting parts of the Royal Forests of 


&amp;e. Ordered, That there be laid before this House, @ Commissariat 


Dean and Woolmer, and certain other parts of the 
Hereditary Possessions of the Crown: And that Mr. 


Wilson and Sir Benjamin Hall do prepare, and bring | 


Copy of Treasury Minute, dated the 22d day of No, 76, 
December 1854, directing the Arrangements for the 
Transfer of the Commissariat to the War Department. 





_ Mr. Wilson accordingly presented the said Paper. 

| Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 

ArmyClothing tesolved, That an humble Address be presented Table ; and be printed. 

(Crimea.) to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased | 
to give directions, that there be laid before this | 
House, a Return showing the Number and Descrip- | 
tion of Articles of Clothing supplied from this Country | 
by the Government since the 1st day of October | 
1854, for the Troops serving in the Crimea; by | 
what Department contracted for ; the Price of each | Of J; as. 
Article ; how supplied, by Public Tender, or other- Luna, 26° die Februari : 
wise; the Names of the Parties supplying the same, | Anno 18° Victorie Regine, 1855. 
whether completed within the given time or not; if | 
not, whether the usual Fine for non-performance or | 


it in. 


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








PRAYERS. 


delay has been levied or not. 

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


Military 
Medical 
Officers 

( Turkey.) 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before 5, 
a Return of the Medical Officers attached to the 
Forces serving in Turkey; specifying the Name, 
Age, and Rank of each ; the Date of their Appoint- 
ment, and whether still serving in the East. 

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


Lunatic 
Asylunis 
(Trelana) 

( Advances. ) 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
make further Provisions for the Repayment of Ad- 
vances out of the Consolidated Fund for the Erection 
and Enlargement of Asylums for the Lunatic Poor 
in Ireland, and to amend the Laws with reference to 
the Repayments in case of Change of Districts, and 
the Appointment of Commissioners of General Con- 
trol and Correspondence: And that Mr. Wi/son and 
Sir John Young do prepare, and bring it in. 

Militia 
(Ireland) Bill. 
Bill 41. 


Sir Joha Young presented a Bill to remove doubts 
as to the Commissions of Officers of Militia in Jre- 
fand who have omitted to deliver unto the Clerk of 
the Peace descriptions of their Qualifications, and to 
indemnify them against the Consequences of such 
omission; and to amend the Law relating to the 
Militia in Jreland: And the same was read the first 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time upon 
Monday next; and to be printed. 


Commons 
Inclosure Bill. 


closure of certain Lands, in pursuance of a Report of 
Bill 42. 


the Inclosure Commissioners for England and Wales: 
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 authorize the let- 
iing parts of the Royal Forests of Dean and Wool- 
mer, and certain other parts of the Hereditary Pos- 
sessions of the Crown: And the same was read the 
first time. 

Crdered, That the Bill be referred to the Exami- 
ners of Petitions for Private Bills; and be printed. 


Dean Forest, 
&amp;c. Bill. 
Bill 43. 


Mr. Wilson presented a Bill to make further Pro- 
visions for the Repayment of Advances out of the 
Consolidated Fund for the Erection and Enlarge- 
ment of Asylums for the Lunatic Poor in Jreland, 


Lunatic 
Asyluns 
(Ireland) 
(Advances) 
Bill. 


sill 44. 


Mr. Fitzroy presented a Bill to authorize the In- | 


| JOHN Wilson Patten, Esquire, one of the Mem- Controverted 
'~ bers appointed by Mr. Speaker to serve on the Elections. 
General Committee of Elections, and not objected 

to by the House, was sworn by the Clerk at the 

Table. 

| Ordered, That the General Committee of Elec- Controverted 
'tions have leave to sit this day till Five o’clock, Elections. 
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 23d day of oa. ) 
per 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 House was moved, That the Report from the Furness 
| Select Committee on Standing Orders, in respect of Railway. 
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 
repeal and consolidate the several Acts relating to 
the Furness Railway Company; to enable the said 
_Company to raise a further Sum of Money; to give 
further Powers to the said Company, and for other 
purposes: And that Mr. George Cavendish and Sir 
Joseph Paxton do prepare, and bring it in. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to facilitate the Torquay 
Erection of one or more Churches in the Parishes of eee ll Bill. 
Tormoham and Saint Mary Church, at or near the 
Town of Torquay, in the County of Devon, 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 Dagenham 
Construction of a Dock on the North side of the Pecks Bi 
River Thames, to be called “ The Dagenham ( Thames) 

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


Stockport, 
Disley and 
Whaley 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to enable the 
Stockport, Disley and Whaley Bridge Railway Com- 
pany to construct a Junction Line to the Cromford pridge Rail- 
and High Peak Railway, and for other purposes : way Bill 
And the same was read the first time; and ordered 
to be read a second time. 


Medical 
Benevolent 
College Bill. 


Mr. Freshfield presented a Bill to incorporate the 
Medical Benevolent College, and for other pur- 
poses: And the same was read the first time; and 
ordered to be read a second time. 





The 





Wigan and 


Preston Roads 


South of 
Yarrow Bill. 


Fife and Kin- 
ross Railway. 


Abingdon 
Railway Bill. 


Barrow 


18 VicrorrzZ. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Wigan and Preston Roads South of 
Yarrow 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 Fife and Kinross 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 Ladybank, on the Line 
of the Edinburgh, Perth and Dundee Railway, by 
Auchtermuchty and Strathmiglo, to Milnathart and 
Kinross: And that Sir Grahem Montgomery and 
Mr. Duncan do prepare, and bring it in. 


The Abingdon 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 Barrow Harbour Bill was read a second 


Harbour Bill. time; and committed. 


Birkenhead 
and Liverpool 
Docks (Alte- 
ration of 
Liverpool 
Dock Rates, 
wc.) Bill. 


Birkenhead 


and Liverpool 


Docks (Trust 
Property of 
Birkenhead 


Dock Trustees, 


&amp;c.) Bill. 
Bridport and 


Broad Winsor 


Roads Bill. 


Bridport 
Roads Bill. 


British and 
American 


Great Railway 


Land Com- 
pany Bill. 


Carmarthen 
and Cardigan 
Railway Bill. 


East of Fife 
Railway Bill. 


Edinburgh 
and Glasgow 
Railway Bill. 


Electric 
Telegraph 


Company Bill. 


* Exeter and 
Exmouth 


Railway Bill. 


Fergus 
Estuary Recla- 
mation Bill. 





Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 


mittee of Selection. 


The Birkenhead and Liverpool Docks (Alteration 
of Liverpool Dock Rates, &amp;c.) Bill was read a se- 
cond time ; and committed. 

Ordered, Yhat the Bill be referred to the Com- 


mittee of Selection. 


The Birkenhead and Liverpool Docks (Trust Pro- 
perty of Birkenhead Dock Trustees, &amp;c.) Bill was 
read a second time ; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


The Bridport and Broad Winsor Roads Bill was 
read a second time ; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


The Bridport Roads Bill was read a second time ; 
and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Ordered, That the British and American Great 
Railway Land Company Bill be read a second time 
upon Friday next. 


The Carmarthen and Cardigan 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 East of Fife 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 Edinburgh and Glasgow Rail- 
way Bill be read a second time To-morrow. 


The Electric Telegraph Company Bill was read 
a second time ; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


The Exeter and Exmouth 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 Fergus Estuary Reclamation Bill was read 
a second time; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 
Vou. 110. 


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89 


The Gloucester Water and Local Board of Heaith Gloucester 
Bill was read a second time: and committed. toe 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- of Health Bill. 


mittee of Selection. 


The Gun-barrel Proof-houses (Birmingham and Gun-barrel 


London) Bill was read a second time; and com- Pr0of-houses 
sted (Birmingham 
mitted. and London) 


Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- Bill. 
mittee of Selection. 


The Hamilton Improvement Bill was read a se- Hamilton 
cond time; and committed. Improvement 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- ae 
mittee of Selection. 


The Hartlepool Gas and Water Bill was read a Hartlepool 
second time; and committed. Gas and 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- Water Bae. 
mittee of Selection. 


Ordered, That the Hartlepool Pier and Port Bill Hartlepool 
be read a second time upon Tuesday the 6th day of a and Fort 
March next. . 


The Hedon and Hull, &amp;c. Road Bill was read a 
second time; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection, 


Hedon and 
Hull, &amp;c. 
Road Bill. 


The Zpstones Mineral Branch Railway Bill was Ipstones 
read a second time ; and committed. ome 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the General way Bil 

Committee on Railway and Canal Bills. 


The Jedburgh Railway Bill was read a second Jedburgh __ 
time ; and committed. Railway Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the General 
Committee on Railway and Canal Bills. 


The Keighley and Kendal Road Bill was read a Keighley and 
second time; and committed. Kendal Road 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 2 
mittee of Selection. 


The Leshe Railway Bill was read a second time ; Leslie 
and committed. Railway Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the General 
Committee on Railway and Canal Bills. 


The Limerick and Foynes Railway Bill was read Limerick 
a second time; and committed. = *, Bill 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the General — 
Committee on Railway and Canal Bills. 


The Luton, Dunstable and Welwyn Railway Bill Luton, Dun- 
was read a second time; and committed. —— 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the General Salieny Bill 
Committee on Railway and Canal Bills. 


The Lyme Regis Roads Bill was read a second Lyme Regis 
time ; and committed. Roads Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


The Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Rail- Manchester, 

way (Capital) Bill was read a second time; and Sheffield and 

itted Lincolnshire 
committed. Railway 


Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the General (Capital) Bill. 
Committee on Railway and Canal Bills. 


The Medical Invalid and General Life Assurance Medical 


Society Bill was read a second time; and com- Ivalid and 
* d. General Life 
mitted. Assurance 


Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- Society Bill. 
mittee of Selection. 


The Metropolitan Railway Bill was read a second Metropolitan 
time; and committed. Railway Bill. 
Ordered, Vhat the Bill be referred to the General 
Committee on Railway and Canal Bills. 
N 


The 








90 


eee uaa The National Loan Fund Life Assurance Society 

a Bill was read a second time ; and committed. 

Society Bill. Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 

North Staf- The North Staffordshire Railway Bill was read 

an a second time; and committed. 

J Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the General 

Committee on Railway and Canal Bills. 

Newton in The Newton in Mackerfield Improvement Bill 

Mackerfield was read a second time; and committed. 


— Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Oxford, Wor- 
cester and 


The Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton Rail- 
way (Broad Gauge) Bill was read a second time; 


Wolverhamp- ‘ 

ton Railway and committed. 

G — Gauge) Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the General 
1 


Committee on Railway and Canal Bills. 


Portsmouth 


The Portsmouth 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. 


Rhymney The Rhymney 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. 


Salisbury 
and Yeovil 
Railway Bill. 


The Salisbury and Yeovil Railway Bill was read 
a second time ; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the General 
Committee on Railway and Canal Bills. 


Scinde 


The Scinde 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. 


South Wales 
Railway 
(Extension of 
Time) Bill. 


Ordered, That the South Wales Railway (Exten- 
sion of Time) Bill be read a second time To- 
morrow. 

Stokes Bay The Stokes Bay and Isle of Wight Railway, Pier 
doy ha and Telegraph Bill was read a second time; and 
eg Pier and Committed. 

Telegraph Bill. Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the General 
Committee on Railway and Canal Bills. 


Stroud and 


The Stroud and Chalford Road Bill was read a 
Chalford Road 7 


econd time ; and committed. 


Bill. - ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- | 
mittee of Selection. 
Waveney The Waveney Valley Railway Bill was read a se- 
ae cond time; and committed. 


Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the General 
Committee on Railway and Canal Bills. 


Weymouth 


The Weymouth Water Bill was read a second 
Water Bill. : 


time ; and committed. 
Ordered, ‘That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Worcester 
and Hereford 
Railway Bill. 


The Worcester and Hereford Railway Bill was 
read a second time; and committed. ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the General 
Committee on Railway and Canal Bills. 


Caledonian 
Railway Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Caledonian Railway 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 the word “ now,” and, at 





26° Februariz. 





A. 1855. 


the end of the Question, adding the words “ upon 
“ this day six months.” 
And the Question being proposed, That the word 

“ now ” stand part of the Onestion :—The said pro- 
posed Amendment and Motion were severally, with 
leave of the House, withdrawn. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday: next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Grand Surrey 
reading of the Grand Surrey Canal Bill ; Canal Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Monday the 12th day of March next. 


Mr. Isaac Butt presented a Bill for the Conser- Liverpool Port 
vancy of the Port and Harbour of Liverpool, and for Bill. 
other purposes: And the same was read the first 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. Edward Ball presented a Bill to incorporate Fibre Com. 
a Company for preparing Materials from Flax-Straw, P@"y Bill. 
and other fibrous substances, to be used in the 
Manufacture of Paper, and for other purposes: And 
the same was read the first time ; and ordered to be 
read a second time. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee on the Barn- Barnstaple 
staple Election Petition have leave to sit this day til] Election. 
Five of the clock, during the sitting of the House. 


A Petition of the Derbyshire, Staffordshire and Derbyshire, 
Worcestershire Railway Company, for leave to bring tee 
in a Bill to change the corporate name of the tershire 
Derbyshire, Staffordshire and Worcestershire Junc- Railway. 
tion Railway Company; to alter their Line; to 
abandon part of their Railway ; to reduce their Ca- 
pital, and for other purposes, was presented, and 
read ; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in ac- 
cordingly, by Mr. Henry Berkeley and Mr. Charles 


Forster. 


The House was moved, That the Report from the Mid Kent and 
Select Committee on Standing Orders in respect of North Kent 
the Petition for the Mid Kent and North Kent ®*!”*y- 
Railway Bill, might be read; and the same being 
read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for making Railways from the Furnborough Extension 
of the West London and Crystal Palace Railway, 
to the North Kent Line of the South Eastern Rail- 
way, and to the London, Brighton and South Coast 
Railway, with Branches therefrom, and for other 
purposes : And that Mr. Wilkinson and Mr. Samson 
Ricardo do prepare, and bring it in. 





| Petitions relating to the Episcopal and Capitular Public 
Estates Bill ;—Newspaper, &amp;c., Postage and Stamp Petitions. 
Duties Bill; Newspaper Stamps ;— Grain ;—In- Vide Eleventh 

toxicating Liquors ;—Militia ;—Nuisances Removal Report. 

‘and Diseases Prevention Acts Consolidation and 

| Amendment Bill;— Public Health Bill; — Real 

| Estates ;—Wages ;—and, War with Jussia,—were 

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

| 





Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant Montrose 
to the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ VW 
| for the electing of a Commissioner to serve in this 
present Parliament for the Montrose District of 
| Burghs, in the room of Joseph Hume, Esquire, 
| deceased. 


Ordered, .That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant London 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 London, in the room of 
the Right honourable John Russel’, commonly called 
| Lord John Russell, who, since his Election for the 





said 


























Halifax Writ. 


New Radnor 


Writ. 


Forfarshire 


Writ. 


Publication of 
Intelligence 
(Crimea. ) 


Fast India. 


War Depart- 


ment, 


Spirits, &amp;. 





18 Vicroriz. 


said City, hath accepted the Office of one of Her 
Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State. 


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 Halifax, in the room 
of the Right honourable Sir Charles Wood, Baronet, 
who, since his Election for the said Borough, hath 
accepted the Office of First Commissioner for execu- 
ting the Office of Lord High Admiral of the United 
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. 


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 New Radnor, in the 
room of Sir George Cornewall Lewis, Baronet, who, 
since his Election for the said Borough, hath accepted 
the Office of Chancellor and Under Treasurer of Her 
Majesty’s Exchequer. 


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 Forfar, in the 
room of the Right honourable Adam Duncan, com- 
monly called Viscount Duncan, who, since his Elec- 
tion for the said Shire, hath accepted the Office of 
one of the Commissioners for executing the Office 
of Lord High Treasurer of Great Britain, and Trea- 
surer of the Exchequer of Lreland. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there belaid before this House, 
a Copy of Letter from the Duke of Newcastle, dated 
the 6th day of December 1854, and addressed to 
certain Newspapers, respecting the Publication of 
Intelligence from the Seat of War in the Crimea. 

Ordered, That 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 the Letter from the Court of Directors of 
the East India Company to the Government of 
Bengal, dated the 2d day of August 1854, in the 
Judicial Department (No. 11); and, of the Reply of 
the Lieutenant Governor of Bengal, dated the 8th 
day of November 1854 (No. 26), with its Enclosures: 
—And, of Inquiry and Report, with reference to the 
Statement of Mtr Theobald as to the Employment of 
Torture by the Police. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this House, 
a Return of the Names of all the Secretaries, Clerks, 
and othgr Officers employed in the new War De- 
partment, with Dates of Appointment and Amount 
of Salaries, and the Minister from whom they re- 
ceived their first Appointment in the War Depart- 
ment, and whether they were transferred from the 
Colonial Office to the new War Department. 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Rétirn of the Consumption of British, Foreign and 
Colonial Spirits in the United Kingdom, in each year 
from 1853 to 1855 :—Account showing the Number 
of Bushels of Malt charged with Duty, and the 
Average Price of Barley per Bushel, from 1853 to 
1855 (in continuation 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, 
Vo. 110. 


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91 


in each year from 1853 to 1855:—Of the Quantity 
of Malt Spirits consumed in Englund, Scotland and 
freland, 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 (in con- 
tinuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 405, of Session 
1854). 


Viscount Palmerston presented, by Her Majesty’s Coasting 
Command,—Copy of Convention between Her Ma- T#4e- 


jesty and the Grand Duke of Tuscany, for the Re- 
ciprocal Opening of the Coasting Trade. Signed at 
Florence, December 30, 1854. 

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


The Order for reading a second time, upon Wed- Education Bill. 


nesday next, the Education Bill, was read, and dis- 
charged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Monday the 12th day of March next. 


Mr. Fitzroy presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand,—Copy of Letter of the President of the Ge- 
neral Board of Health to the Right honourable the 
Viscount Palmerston, Secretary of State for the 
Home Department, accompanying a Report from 
Dr. Sutherland on Epidemic Cholera in the Metro- 
polis in 1854. 


Epidemic 


Cholera 
(Metropolis. 


Mr. ttzroy also presented, pursuant to the direc- Friendly 


tions of several Acts of Parliament,—Report by the 
Registrar of Friendly Societies in Scotlaud, for the 
year 1853-54. 


Societies 
(Scotland.) 


Statements of the Receipts and Expenditure on Turnpike- 


account of the Turnpike-roads in South Wales in 
1854, together with the Estimates of 1855. 

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


Sir John Young presented,—Return to an Address 
to Her Majesty, dated the 20th day of December 
last, for Copy of the Queen’s Letter or Treasury 
Minute appointing a Commission to inquire into 
certain Turnpike Trusts in Ireland, with a view to 
their Abolition, and the Instructions issued to such 
Commission :—And, Return of the Names of all 


Persons engaged in such Inquiry, the Number of 


Days occupied thereon, and Amount awarded to each 
of them; the Number of Witnesses examined on 
each Trust respectively, and the Sums ordered for 
their attendance. 


roads (South 
Wales. ) 


Turnpike 
Trusts 
(Treland.) 


Return to an Order, dated the 26th day of Ja- Education 
nuary last, for a Return exhibiting the Number of (Ireland.) 


Principal and Assistant Teachers in the Service of 
the Board of Education in [reland at any period of 
the year 1854; distinguishing the Number in each 
Class and Division of the Class to which they re- 
spectively belong, and exhibiting the Amount of 
Salary payable to the Teacher of each Division in 
the respective Classes, and also distinguishing the 
Number of Industrial Teachers in the Service of the 
Board, and their Classification of Salary. 

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


The following Papers were laid upon the Table Land Tax 
by the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, (™4i.) 


dated the 9th day of August last, for 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 derived from 
Customs Duties, Excise, Stamps, Sayerand Abkaree, 
and all other sources of Revenue in each Presidency 

N2 since 





Newspaper 
Stamps. 


Assistant 
Surgeons 
(India. ) 


No. 77. 


Statute Law 


Commission. 


No. 78. 


Tallow, &amp;c. 
No. 79. 


Queen Anne's 


Bounty. 
No. 80, 


Supply. 


General Staff 


Officers, &amp;c. 


Public 
Military 


Departments. 


Royal Military 


College. 


Royal Military 


Asylum, &amp;c. 


Volunteer 


Corps. 


Militia. 


Rewards for 


distinguished 


Services. 


92 


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. 

Return to an Order, dated the 30th day of January 
last, for a Return of the Number of Newspaper 
Stamps at One Penny issued to Newspapers in Eng- 
land, Wales, Scotland and Ireland, for the year 1854 
(in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 117, 
of Session 1854). 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to Assistant 
Surgeons (India), which was presented upon the 23d 
day of this instant February, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Statute 
Law Commission, which was a upon the 22d 
day of this instant February, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Tallow, &amp;c., 
which was presented upon the 23d day of this in- 
stant February, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Account relative to Queen 
Anne’s Bounty, which was presented upon the 23d 
day of this instant February, be printed. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into the Committee of Supply. 


(In the Committee.) 


1. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £.314,984, 
be granted to Her Majesty, for defraying the Charge 
of General Staff Officers and Officers of the Hos- 
pitals, 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 
1855 to the 31st day of March 1856, inclusive. 

2. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £.151,108, 
be granted to Her Majesty, for defraying 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 day of April 1855 to the 31st day of March 
1856, inclusive. 

3. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £.17,795, 
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 1855 
to the 31st day of March 1856, inclusive. 

4. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £. 23,367, 
be granted to Her Majesty, for defraying the Charge 
of the Royal Military Asylum and Hibernian Mili- 
tary School, which will come in course of payment 
from the 1st day of April 1855 to the 31st day of 
March 1856, inclusive. 

5. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £.88,000, 
be granted to Her Majesty, for defraying the Charge 
of Volunteer Corps, which will come in course of 
payment from the 1st day of April 1855 to the 31st 
day of March 1856, inclusive. 

6. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £.3,813,383, 
be granted to Her Majesty, for defraying the Charge 
of Embodied Militia in the United Kingdom of Great 
Britain and Ireland, which will come in course of 
payment from the 1st day of April 1855 to the 31st 
day of March 1856, inclusive. 

7. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £.22,000, 
be granted to Her Majesty, for defraying the Charge 
of Allowances as Rewards for distinguished Ser- 
vices, of Allowances to Officers of Her Majesty’s 
Garrisons, including the Garrison of the Tower of 
London, and of Allowances to Serjeants as Rewards 
for distinguished or meritorious Service, which will 
come in course of payment from the 1st day of April 
1855 to the 31st day of March 1856, inclusive. 


Resolutions to be reported. 








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A, 1855. 


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


Martis, 27° die Februarii, 1855: 


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, ‘Vhat this House will, upon Wednesday 
next, again resolve itself into the said Committee. 


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 Sum of £.17,183,000 
be raised by Exchequer Bills for the Service of the 
year 1855. 

Resolution to be reported, 

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

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 Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Passengers Act Amendment Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday the 
12th day of March next, resolve itself into the said 
Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Fairs and Markets (Jreland) Bill; 


Ways and 
Means. 


Exchequer 
Bills. 


Passengers * 
Act Amend- 
ment Bill, 


Fairs and 
Markets 


Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon (Ireland) Bill. 


Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Poor Relief (Jreland) Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Monday next. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to 
take into consideration the Consolidated Fund 
(£.3,300,000) Bill, as amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time this 
day, at half an hour after Four of the clock. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself into 
a Committee on the Consolidated Fund (£.20,000,000) 
Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker 
resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bouverie réported, 
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 half an hour after Four of the clock, 


The Militia (Jreland) Bill was, according to Order, 
read a second time; and committed to a Committee 
of the whole House, for Thursday next. 


The Commons Inclosure Bill was, according to 
Order, read a second time; and committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Lunatic Asylums ( Jreland) (Advances) 
Bill ; 


Ordered, 


Poor Relief 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Consolidated 
Fund 

(£. 3,300,000) 
Bill. 


Consolidated 
Fund 

(£. 20,000,000) 
Bill. 


Militia 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Commons 
Inclosure Bill. 


Lunatic Asy- 
lums (Ireland 
(Advances) 
Bill. 





























Thomas 
Landers. 


Public Health 
Bill, and 
Nuisances 
Removal 
Amendment 
Bill. 


Promotion and 
Retirement 
(Ordnance. ) 


Barnstaple 
Election, 


Chester and 
Holyhead 
ilway. 


Furness 
Railway Bill. 


Fife and 
Kinross 
Railway Bill. 


Mid Kent and 
North Kent 


Railway Bill 





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Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Friday next. 





A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That there be laid before this House, a Copy 
of a Memorial addressed to the Jrish Executive by 
three Magistrates of the County of Waterford, and 
the Foremen of the Grand Jury and Petty Jury that 
investigated and tried the case, in favour of Thomas 
Landers, who, having been convicted of wounding 
one Tatty ina drunken brawl, and, as alleged, in 
self-defence, was sentenced by the Assistant Barris- 
ter (Mr. Bessonett), at the last Quarter Sessions held | 
in that County, to four years’ penal servitude :—And | 
the said Motion was, with leave of the House, 
withdrawn. 


The Select Committee on the Public Health Bill, | 
and the Nuisances Removal Amendment Bill, was | 
nominated of Sir Benjamin Hall, Mr. Irton, Mr. 
Wilkinson, Mr. Adderley, Lord Robert Grosvenor, 
Mr. Horsfall, Viscount Gederich, Mr. Freshfield, 
Mr. Henry Bruce, Sir John Hanmer, Mr. Knight, 
Mr. Henry Gore Langton, Mr. James M‘Gregor and 
Mr. Thomas Greene. 

Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
togive directions, that there be laid before this House, 
a Toon of the Royal Warrant for regulating Promo- 
tion and Retirement in the Ordnance. 

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

And then the House, having continued to sit till 


One of the clock on Tuesday morning, ad- 
journed till this day. 


Martis, 27° die Februarii ; 
Anno 18° Victorie Regine, 1855. 


PRAYERS. 
RDERED, That the Select Committee on 
the Barnstaple Election Petition have leave to 
sit this day till Five of the clock, during the sitting 
of the House. 


The House was moved, That the Report from the 
Select Committee on Standing Orders in respect of 
the Petition for the Chester and Holyhead Railway 
Bill, might be read; and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring ina Bill to 
authorize an Extension of the Chester and Holyhead 
Railway to the new Harbour at Holyhead; and to 
= further Powers to the Chester and Holyhead 

tailway Company; and to consolidate and amend 
the Acts relating to the said Railway: And that the 
Marquis of Chandos, Mr. Kinnaird and Mr. George 


Alexander Hamilton do prepare, and bring it in. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to repeal and 
consolidate the several Acts relating to the Furness 
Railway Company, to enable the said ee to 
raise a further Sum of Money, to give further Powers 
to the said 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 | 
Railway from ZLadybank, on the Line of the Edin- 
bugrh, Perth and Dundee Railway, by Auchtermuchty 
and Strathmiglo to Milnathort and Kinross: And 
the same was read the first time ; and ordered to be 
read a second time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for making Rail- 
ways from the Fa:nborough Extension of the West | 
— and Crystal Palace Railway to the North 

OL. 110. 


96°—27° Februariz. 





93 


Kent Line of the South Eastern Railway, and to the 
London, Brighton and South Coast Railway, with 
Branches therefrom, and for other purposes: And 
the same was read the first time ; and ordered to be 
read a second time. 


Mr. Brotherton P 
Extension of the Chester and Holyhead Railway to 
the new Harbour at Holyhead ; and to give further 
Powers to the Chester and Holyhead Railway Com- 
pany; and to consolidate and amend the Acts relating 
to the said Railway: And the same was read the first 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


resented a Bill to authorize an Chester and 
Holyhead 
Railway Bill. 


Mr. Wilson Patten reported from the Committee Committee 
of Selection; That they had formed other Private of Selection 


Bills into additional Groups, and had agreed to re- — 7” 
port the same to the House. No. 81 


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


Mr. Wilson Patten reported from the Select Com- Standing 
mittee on Standing Orders, several Resolutions ; Orders. 
which were read, as follow: 

1. That in the case of the Wigan and Preston Wigan and 
Roads Bill Petition of the East Lancashire Railway Preston Roads 
Company, for dispensing with Standing Order 110, 
and for leave to be heard upon their Petition against 
the Bill, the Standing Orders ought not to be dis- 
pensed with. 

2. That in the case of the Woolwich Equitable Woolwich 
Gas Petition, the Standing Orders ought to be dis- Euitable Gas. 
pensed with; that the Parties be permitted to proceed 
with their Bill. 

3. That in the case of the Barnet and Willesden Barnet and 
Railway Petition, the Standing Orders ought to be Willesden 
dispensed with; that the Parties be permitted to — 
proceed with their Bill. 

The second and third 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 Woolwich 
Select Committee on Standing Orders in respect of Equitable Gas. 
the Petition for the Woolwich Equitable Gas Bill, 
might be read ; and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to incorporate “ The Woolwich Equitable Gas-Light 
and Coke Company,” and to enable them to raise 
further Money, and for other purposes: And that 
Sir Edmund Filmer, Mr. Rolt and Mr. Montagu 
Chambers do prepare, and bring it in. 


The Connaught Mining Company Bill was read a Connaught 
second time ; and committed. Mining Com- 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- ?*¥ Bi 

mittee of Selection. 


Ordered, That the Westminster Improvements Westminster 

Bill be read a second time To-morrow. ccc 
ul. 

Ordered, That the Westminster Land Company Westminster 

Bill be read a second time To-morrow. Land Com- 
pany Bill. 

The Order of the day being read, for the second Fdinburgh 
reading of the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway Bill; and Glasgow 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon Railway Bill. 
Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second South Wales 
reading of the South Wales Railway (Extension of Railway 
Time) Bill; (Extension of 

. ‘ . Time) Bill. 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That the Bill be now read a second 
time—— 


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 an 





N3 Act 











Army Service 
Act Amend- 
ment Bill. 


South Wales 
Railway 
(Extension of 
Time) Bill. 


Barnstaple 
Election. 


Northampton 
Writ. 


Cambridge 
Election. 


Sewers 
&lt; Houses of 
Parliament.) 


Diplomatic 
Service. 


O4 


Act agreed upon by both Houses, do desire the im- 
mediate attendance of this Honourable House in the 
House of Peers, to hear the Commission read. 

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

Mr. Speaker reported, That the House, at the 
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, 
thereby authorized, had declared the Royal Assent 
to the said Act, as followeth : 

An Act to amend the Act for limiting the Time of 
Service in the Army. 





And the Question being again proposed, That the 
South Wales Railway (Extension of Time) Bill be 
now read a second time; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out the word “ now,” and, at 
the end of the Question, adding 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. 


Marc fartha Yong J Mr. Talbot, 
Tellers for the Y = Mr. Hadfield : 


a 
Oo 
or 
. 


Tellers for the Noes, he — 
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. 


— wt 
—_ 
w 
So 


Ordered, That the Select Committee on the Barn- 
staple Election Petition have leave to adjourn till 
Eleven of the clock on Friday next, forthe purpose of 


giving time for procuring the attendance of a Witness | 


whose evidence is sworn to be material for the pro- 
secution of the case of the Petitioner. 


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 Northampton, in the 


27° Februariz. 





room of the Right honourable Robert Vernon Smith, | 
who, since his Election for the said Borough, hath | 
accepted the Office of President of the Board of | 
Control for the Affairs of India. 


Mr. Walpole 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 Petition, complaining of an undue 
Election and Return for the Borough of Cambridge, 
to which they had annexed the Petition referred to 
them by the House relating thereto, and the List of 
Voters which had been delivered in by the Peti- 
tioners :— Robert Ingham, Esquire (Chairman), Lord 
Robert Grosvenor, John Henry Philipps, Esquire, 
Jumes Milnes Gaskell, Esquire, Marmaduke Wyvill, 
Esquire. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Copy of Mr. Gurney’s Report to the Office of Works, 
on his experiment for withdrawing and decomposing 
the noxious efHluvia from the Sewers in the Neigh- 
bourhood of the Houses of Parliament. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this ann. 
a Return of the Names of all Persons employed in 








A. 1855. 


the Diplomatic Service as Ambassadors, Envoys, 
Ministers, Chargés d’Affaires, Secretaries of Em- 
bassy or Secretaries of Legation, Paid Attachés or 
Unpaid Attachés, and the Countries where so em- 
ployed; stating the Period of Absence of each 
Officer in each year, during the last Ten years, from 
his Post. 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a War Office 
Return of the Names and Length of Service of the Clerks. 
several Clerks in the War Office ; also, Date of each 
Promotion from the Third to the Second Class, and 
from the Second to the First Class, during the last 
Three years ; together with a Statement of separate 
Allowances granted to Individuals independent of 
Salary, at any time during that Period. 





Date of Date of 


Allowance 


Length “ - 
Promotion Promotion 
Names. of f : “ | over and above 
Service. | o™ Third to from Second to Salary. 
| Second Class, | First Class. | 





| | 
| | 
| | 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Brougham: Message from 
Mr. Speaker, the Lords. 
The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Purchasers’ 
for the better Protection of Purchasers against Judg- P a 4 
ments, Crown Debts, Cases of Lis Pendens, and Lite my Bil, 
Annuities or Rent Charges; to which the Lords 
desire the concurrence of this House :—And then 
the Messenger withdrew. 








Mr. Fitzroy presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- Prisons (Scot- 
mand,—Copy of Sixteenth Report of the General !«n4.) 
Board 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 Vic. c. 27. 
Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the Table. 


Petitions relating to Newspaper Stamps ;—Stage Public 
Carriages ;— Bernal Collection ;—Grain ;—Intoxi- Petitions. 
cating Liquors ;—Public Health Bill;—Real Estates; yiae Twelfth 
—Sale of Beer Act (1854);—and, War with Russia, Report. 
—were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 

Petitions relating to the Public Health Bill, were 
also presented, and read; and referred to the Select 
Committee on the Bill. 


The following Papers, pursuant to the directions Entails, &amp;c. 
of several Acts of Parliament, were laid upon the (Scotland.) 
Table by the Clerk of the House,—Copy of Trea- 
sury Warrant, granting Compensation to Mr. Wii- 
liam Pitt Dundas, for loss ot Fees sustained by him 
as Keeper of the Register of Entails, &amp;c., year ending 
15th November 1854. 

Copy of Treasury Warrant, granting Compensa- Court of 
tion Allowances to Messrs. Hector, Mason, and others, Session and 
Assistant Clerks in the Court of Session in Scotland ; iaontlent.) 
and to Mr. John Barron, Depute Clerk of the Teind ~ 
Court, Scotland, year 1854. 

Abstract of the General Annual Account of the Bridlington 
Commissioners of Bridlington Piers «and Harbour, — 
from the 26th day of July 1853 to the 26th day of ~ 
July 1854. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to Cholera Cholera 
(Sandgate), which was presented upon the 23d day (Sandgate.) 
of this instant February, be printed. No. 82. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Newspaper Newspanst 
Stamps, which was presented upon the 26th day of 
this instant February, be printed. 


Stamps. 


No. 83. 
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18 Vicroriz. 


The Consolidated Fund (£.3,300,000) 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. 


Consolidated 
Fund 

(£. 3,300,000) 
Bill. 


Conneliieted The Consolidated Fund (£. 20,000,000) Bill was, 
un j . . ind ti 
1£. 20,000,000) according 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 desire their concurrence. 
Removal of A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 


Mr. Kennedy. nosed, That a Select Committee be appointed to 
inquire into and consider the grounds and justifica- 
tion of the removal of the Right honourable Thomas 
Francis Kennedy from the Ottice of Woods, Forests 
and Land Revenues of the Crown ; 


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


Mercurii, 28° die Februarii, 1855: 


The said Motion was, with leave of the House, 
withdrawn. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for abolishing the Jurisdiction of the Ecclesiastical 
Courts of England and Wales in Suits for Defamation: 
And that Mr. Robert Phillimore and Mr. Forster do 
prepare, and bring it in. 


Ecclesiastical 
Courts. 


Public Health Ordered, That Mr. Edward Egerton be added to 


ad = the Select Committee on the Public Health Bill, and 
Removal the Nuisances Removal Amendment Bill. 

Amendment 

Bill. 

Supply. Mr. Bouverie reported from the Committee of 


Supply, several Resolutions ; which were read, as 
follow : 

1. That a Sum, not exceeding £.314,984, be 
granted to Her Majesty, for defraying the Charge 
of General Staff Officers and Officers of the Hos- 
pitals, 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 payment from the 1st day of April 
1855 to the 31st day of March 1856, inclusive. 

2. That a Sum, not exceeding £.151,108, be 
granted to Her Majesty, for defraying the Charge 
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 Ist day of April 1855 to the 31st day of March 
1856, inclusive. 

3. Thata Suin, not exceeding £.17,795, be granted 
to Her Majesty, for defraying the Charge of the 
Royal Military College, which will come in course 
of payment from the 1st day of April 1855 to the 
31st day of March 1856, inclusive. 

4. That a Sum, not exceeding £.23,367, be granted 
to Her Majesty, for defraying the Charge of the 
Royal Military Asylum and Hibernian Military 
School, which will come in course of payment from 
the 1st day of April 1855 to the 31st day of March 
1856, inclusive. 


General Staff 
Officers, &amp;c. 


Public 
Military 
Departments. 


Royal Military 


College, 


Royal Military 
Asylum, &amp;c. 


Volunteer 5. Thata Sum, not exceeding £.88,000, be granted 

Corps. to Her Majesty, for defraying the Charge of Volun- 
teer Corps, which will come in course of payment 
from the 1st day of April 1855 to the 31st day of 
March 1856, inclusive. 

Militia, 6. That a Sum, not exceeding £.3,813,383, be 


granted to Her Majesty, for defraying the Charge of 
Smbodied Militia in the United Kingdom of Great 
Britain and Jreland, which will come in course of 
payment from the Ist day of April 1855 to the 31st 
day of March 1856, inclusive. 

7. That a Sum, not exceeding £.22,000, be granted 
Her Majesty, for defraying the Charge of Allow- 
VoL. 110. 


Rewards for 


distinguish 
r ed 
TViceg, to 


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Y5 


ances as Rewards for distinguished Services, of 
Allowances to Officers of Her Majesty’s Garrisons, 
including the Garrison of the Tower of London, and 
of Allowances to Serjeants as Rewards for distin- 
guished or meritorious Service, which will come in 
course of payment from the 1st day of April 1855 
to the 31st day of March 1856, inclusive. 

The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 


Mr. Bouverie reported from the Committee of Ways and 
Ways and Means, a Resolution; which was read, Means. 
as followeth : 

That, towards making good the Supply granted to Exchequer 
Her Majesty, the Sum of £.17,183,000 be raised by Bills. 
Exchequer Bills for the Service of the year 1855. 

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 and Mr. Wilson 
do prepare, and bring it in. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Commons 
into a Committee on the Commons Inclosure Bill ; Mclosure 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, ‘Yhat the Bill be read the third time this 
day. 


Mr. Robert Phillimore presented a Bill for abo- Ecclesiastical 
lishing the Jurisdiction of the Ecclesiastical Courts Courts Bill. 
of England and Wales in Suits for Defamation: And _ Bill 45. 
the same was read the first time ; and ordered to be 
read a second time upon Thursday next; and to be 
printed. 


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

3, De la Hay Street, Westminster, 
Sir, February 27, 1855. 

As Agent for Viscount Maidstone and Frederick 
William Slade, Esquire, Q. c., in the matter of their 
Petition, delivered in on the Twenty-third day of 
January last, complaining of an undue Election and 
Return for the Borough of Cambridge, I hereby beg 
to inform you, that itis not intended to proceed with 
the said Petition. : 

I have the honour to be, Sir, 
Your very obedient Servant, 
Markham Spofforth. 
To the Right Honourable 

The Speaker of the House of Commons. 

Ordered, That the appointment of the Committee 
on the said Petition be discharged. 


Ordered, That the Journal of this House, from Journal. 
the end of the last Session to the end of the present 
Session, with an Index to the 110th 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 
printed by such Person as shall be licensed by Mr. 
Speaker, and that no other Person do presume to 
print the same. 


The Order for reading a second time, this day, the Sea Coast 
Sea Coast Fisheries (Jreland) Bill, was read, and Fisheries 
discharged. (Ireland) Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Wednesday the 18th day of April next. 


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96 27°—28° Februari. A, 1855. 





Inland The Order for reading a second time, this day,| Ordered, That the Bill be now read a second time : 
Fisheries the Inland Fisheries (Jreland) Bill, was read, and | —The Bill was accordingly read a second time ; and 
(Ireland) Bill. |. ? ? : £ 
discharged. committed. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second timeupon| Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- | 
Wednesday the 18th day of April next. mittee of Selection. : 
And — pa — ae pe -s ’ = The Westminster Land Company Bill was, ac- Westminster Vi 
&amp; quarter of an hour betore Une of the cloc | cording to Order, read a second time; and com- Land Com. Re 


on Wednesday morning, adjourned till this | aslited pany Bill. 


day. | Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
: ===== | mittee of Selection. 


| 
| Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Ecclesiastical 
| to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased Offices (Tale 

| to give directions, that there be laid before this House, of Man.) 


|a Tabular Return showing the Name of each Person 





Mercurii, 28° die Februarii ; 
Anno 18° Victoria Regine, 1855. 


PRAYERS. 


Committees. RDERED, That all Committees have leave | holding any Ecclesiastical and Civil Situation, Judi- (h 
to sit this day, during the sitting of the House. | a and ———e in _ .“ of Man eg 
'the Customs and Post-office Departments), on the 
Public Mr. Duncan reported from the Select Committee | 5th day of January 1855 ; the Name of each Office ; 
oe on Public Petitions; That they had examined the | the Annual Amounts of Salary for each Situation ; Ey 
Sepert.) ' Petitions presented upon the 26th day of this instant | the Annual Average Amount of other Emoluments : 
February ; and had directed him to make a Report | of each Situation; and, where no Account has been 
thereof to the House. kept, the estimated Annual Amount; and the 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ;, Amount derived by Government from each Office, 
and be printed. /and by what Act or Authority each Appointment is 
Barnet and The House was moved, That the Report from the | — That the said Address be presented to 
= illesden Select Committee on Standing Orders, in respect of ee Sty , : i . 
iid the Petition for the Barnet and Willesden Rail ane ee, by ae ene SS ee eee ae ee 
+ Aga esden alway | of Her Majesty's Most honourable Privy Council. 
Bill, might be read ; and the same being read ; 
' Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Trials of 
for making a Railway from the Great Northern Rail- to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased Causes (Isle 
way to the West London Railway, with Branches : to give ra het dune be lela hokire die of Man.) 
« I . Yr ‘ a) . . , ? ‘ 
_ yore Sp tney and Colonel Knox do pre-| House, Returns showing the Number of Causes 
titanate nae tried and decided during the year ending the 5th 
Woolwich — Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to incorporate day of January 1854, by each High Bailiff in the 
Banitale Gas « The Woolwich Equitable Gas-Light and Coke Isle of Man, and the os Amount in British 
Company,” and to enable them to raise further Money they are empowered to decide on :—Showing 
Money, and for other purposes: And the same was the Number of Causes tried and decided by the 
read the first time ; and ordered to be read a se- Deemsters at the Southern and Northern Districts 
cond time. respectively of the Isle of Man, during the years 
ending the 5th day of January 1853, 1854 and 1855 ; 
Purchasers’ The Purchasers’ Protection against Judgments | and showing the Number of such Causes for Sums 
a de. Bill was read the first time ; and ordered to be read | not exceeding £. 5, 
ments Bill. @ second time upon Friday next; and to be printed. exceeding £.5 and not exceeding £.10 
Bill 46. 10 - - 20 
” ”? 
Reccator | Ordered, That the Executor and Trustee Society ” 20 - ~  ” 30 
ane a4) Bill be read a second time To-morrow. ” ” * -  » 40 
Society Bull. 40 " 50 
‘ ” is ” 
Great North- Ordered, That the Great Northern Railway ” = = + * 75 
&gt; temeegee A (Church and Schools at Doncaster) Bill be read a 9 75 = ~ * 100 
Schools at second time To-morrow. - 100: 
Doncaster) —And, showing the Number of Causes tried and 
Bill. . _ | decided by Vicar General Corlett during the years 
aoe or- The Oxford, Worcester and Wolrerhampton Rail- ending the 5th day of January 1853, 1854 and B 
Wolverhamp. W@Y (Improvements and Branches) Bill was read a| 1855. dl 
ton Railway Second time; and committed. Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
——. Ordered, ‘That the Bill be referred to the General | Her Majesty, by such Members of this House as are 
Branches) Biil. Committee on Railway and Canal Bills. of Her Majesty's Most honourable Privy Council. 
ee 1 . B 
cartel he Order of the day being read, for the second} Resolved, That an humble Address be ‘presented Vessels, d 
Bi reading of the Westminster Improvements Bill ; to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased sage gage Le 
And a Motion being made, and the Question |to give directions, that there be laid before  aeteaioaes ; 
being proposed, That the Bill be now read a second | House, a Return showing the Number of Vessels, 
time ; with the Amount of Registered Tonnage, which 
An Amendment was proposed to be made to the | arrived in each Harbour of the Jsle of Man, during S 
Qvestion, by leaving out the word “now,” and, at| each of the Ten years ending the 5th day of Ja- (I 
the end of the Question, adding the words “ upon | nuary 1855; with the Annual Amount of Money - 
“ this day six months.” ’ expended during that period on each Harbour of 
. And the Question being put, That the word | the Island; distinguishing the Amount for Altera- 
‘‘ now” stand part of the Question ; tions and Improvements, and that for Repairs and T 
The House divided. other necessary Outlays ; also showing the Annual DP 
‘The Yeas to the Right ; Amount of Money available during the above ; 
The Noes to the Left. Period for Expenditure on the Harbours of the ; 
lellers for the { Mr. Brotherton, 1 80 Island out of the Annual Grant of £.2,300, after 
Yeas, UMr. Thornely : J *"" | deducting the Interest and Repayment of the Money 
Tellers for the f Mr. Parker, . } 6 borrowed; also showing the several Amounts of I 
_ _Noes, Sir Henry Willoughby : * |Money at present owing by the Harbour Com- B 
So it was resolved in the Affirmative. missioners. . 
Ordered, 











18 VicrorizZ. 


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


Public Petitions relating to the Episcopal and Capitular 

Fetitions. —~_ Estates Bill ;—-Newspaper Stamps ;—Stage Car- 

Vide Twelfth riages ;—Emma Pedder Allen ;— Bills of Exchange 

Report. Bill; and, Bills of Exchange and Promissory Notes 
Bill ; —Grain ;— Inland Revenue (Excise Depart- 
ment) ;—and, Spirits (Jreland) Act Amendment Bill, 
—were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 

Petitions relating to the Public Health Bill, were 

also presented, and read ; and referred to the Select 
Committee on the Bill. 

Education Ordered, That the Return relative to Education 

— (Ireland), which was presented upon the 26th day 

No. 84. of this instant February, be printed. 
Episcopal and ‘I'he Order of the day being read, for the second 
Capitular 


reading of the Episcopal and Capitular Estates Bill ; 

And a Motion being made, ani 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 the word “ now,” and, at 
the end of the Question, adding 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 ; 

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. Liddell, 71 

Yeas, Mr. Hadfield : ' 
Tellers for the (The Marquis of Blandford,\ , 5. 
Noes, | Lord Robert Grosvenor : } . 
So it passed in the Negative. 
And the Question being put, That the word 
“now” stand part of the Question ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right ; 

The Noes to the Left. 

Tellers for the fThe Marquis of i ag 102 

Yeas, (Lord Robert Grosvenor : ” 

Tellers for the f Mr, Henry George os 66 

Noes, \Mr. Mowbray : ‘ 

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 23d day of May next. 


Estates Bill. 


Bills of Exe The Order of the day being read, for the second 
change Bill. yeading of the Bills of Exchange Bill; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Wednesday the 28th day of March next. 
Bills of Ex- The Order of the day being read, for the second 
sn reading of the Bills of Exchange and Promissory 
Notes Bu Notes Bill; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Wednesday the 28th day of March next. 
Spirits The Order of the day being read, for the second 
porn tee reading of the Spirits( /reland) Act Amendment Bill; 
Bill, Ordered, That the Bili be read a second time upon 


Wednesday the 14th day of March next. 


Tenants’ Im- 
provements 
ompensation 


(Ireland) Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Tenants’ Improvements Compensa- 
tion (Lreland) Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Wednesday the 18th day of April next. 


Intramural 
Burials 
(Ireland) Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Intramural Burials (Jreland) Bill ; 
Von. 110. 





28° Februarit. 





97 


Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time To- 


morrow, 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Supply. 
mittee of Supply ; 

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


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Way and 
mittee of Ways and Means; Means. 
Resolved, that this House will, upon Friday next, 

resolve itself into the said Committee, 


The Commons Inclosure Bill was, according to Commons 
Order, read the third time. Inclosure Bill. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bouverie do carry the Bill to 

the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Select Committee on Poor Removal was poor Removal. 
nominated of Mr. Baines, Sir John Trollope, Mr. 

Ingham, Mr. Liddell, Mr. Locke King, Mr. Dunlop, 

Lord Elcho, Mr. Stirling, Mr. Archibald Hastie, 

Mr. Alexander Hastie, Mr. George Alexander Ha- 

milton, Sir Robert Ferguson, Mr. John Ball, Mr. 

Maguire and Mr. De Vere; with Power to send for 

persons, papers and records. 

Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Poor Law 
Copies of General Order of the Poor Law Board, om 
dated the 15th day of February 1855, regulating the ; 
Tenure of Office by Poor Law Medical Officers in 
England and Wales, and of the accompanying 
Circular Letter, addressed to the several Boards of 
Guardians. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to Union of 
alter and amend two Acts of Her present Majesty, Benefices. 
so far as relates to the Union of Benefices, and for 

the better securing the Residence of the Clergy, 

and also to promote the Building of Churches and 
Chapels in certain cases: And that Mr. Frewen and 

Mr. Greenall do prepare, and bring it in. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being put, Army before 
That Sir George Tyler be added to the Select Com- Sebastopol, | 
mittee on the Army before Sebastopol ; 4 
The House divided. 
The Yeas to the Right; 
The Noes to the Left. 
Mr. Bentinck, 


Tellers for the Yeas, Mr. Deedes : } 74, 
Tellers for the Noes,{ My eo li: } 87. 


So it passed in the Negative. 

A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- 
posed, That Sir John Hanmer be added to the said 
Select Committee :—And a Debate arising thereupon ; 
and it being a quarter before Six o'clock, Mr. 
Speaker adjourned the Debate till To-morrow, 
without putting the Question. 


Mr. Frewen presented a Bill to alter and amend Union of 
two Acts of Her present Majesty, so far as relates to Benefices Bill 
the Union of Benefices, and for the better securing Bill 47, 
the Residence of the Clergy, and also to promote 
the Building of Churches and Chapels in certain 
cases: And the same was read the first time ; and 
ordered to be read a second time upon Wednesday 
the 21st day of March next; and to be printed. 


Mr. Wilson presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- Revenue 
mand,—Estimates, Revenue Departments, for the Departments, 
year 1855, ending 31st March 1856. No. 85, 

Ordered, That the said Estimates be referred to 
the Committee of Supply; and be printed. 


The House was moved, That the several Acts Customs. 
imposing Duties of Customs, might be read; and 
the same being read ; 





O + Resolved, 


98 


Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, resolve 
itself into a Committee to consider the said Acts. 


Mr. Wilson presented a Bill for raising a Sum by 
Exchequer Bills for the Service of the year One 
thousand eight hundred and fifty-five: And the same 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time To-morrow. 


Exchequer 
Bills 
(£.17,183,000) 
Bill. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 








Jovis, 1° die Martii; 
Anno 18° Victorie Regine, 18 5 5. 


PRAYERS. 
M R. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 


one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private 
Bills, in respect of non-compliance with the Stand- 
ing Orders in the case of the Petition for additional 
Provision in the Nottingham and Newhaven Road 
Bill. 
Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Se- 
lect Committee on Standing Orders. 


Nottingham 
and Newhaven 
Road Bill, 


Mr. Wilson Patten reported from the Committee 
of Selection ; That they had made certain Alterations 
in the Groups of Private Bills already formed, and 
had agreed to report the same to the House. 

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


Committee of 
Selection 
(Third Re- 
port.) 

No. 87, 


Barnet and Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for making a 

Willesden Railway from the Great Northern Railway to the 

Railway Bill, Weost Zondon Railway, with Branches: And the 
same was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time. 


Weston-super- A Petition of Directors of the Weston-super-Mare 

Mare Gas Bill. Gas-Light and Coke Company, praying that Pro- 
vision may be made in the Weston-super-Mare Gas 
Bill for enabling the said Company to construct 
additional Gas Works on a parcel of land in the 
occupation of Horatio Francis Parsley, bounded on 
the North by the Bristol and Ezeter Railway, on the 
South and East by lands in the occupation of the 
said Francis Horatio Parsiey, and on the West b 
the road leading from Uphill to Ashcombe, all in the 
Parish of Weston-super-Mare, in the said County, 
not any part of which land is situate within three 
hundred yards of any dwelling-house, was pre- 
sented, and read; and referred to the Examiners of 
Petitions for Private Bills. 


Executor 
and Trustee 
Society Bill, 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Executor and ‘l'rustee Society 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 Great Northern Railway (Church and 
Schools at Doncaster) 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 the word “ now,” and, at 
the end of the Question, adding the words “ upon 
“-his day six months.” 

And the Question being 
word “now” stand part of the 


Great North- 
ern Railway 
(Church and 
Schools at 
Doncaster ) 
Bill. 


roposed, That the 
chile :—The said 
proposed Amendment and Motion were severally, 
with leave of the House, withdrawn. 
Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


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


Dudley Writ. 


27°— 28° Februaru.—1° Marti. 





A. 1855. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant Stroud Writ. 
to the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ 
for the electing of a Burgess to serve in this present 
Parliament for the Borough of Stroud, in the room 
of Edward Horsman, Esquire, who, since his Elec- 
tion for the said Borough, hath accepted the Office of 
Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Jreland. 


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

to the Clerk of the Crown in Jreland, to make out 
a new Writ for the electing of a Burgess to serve in 
this present Parliament for the Borough of Athlone, 
in the room of William Keogh, Esquire, who, since 
his Election for the said Borough, hath accepted the 
Office of Her Majesty’s Attorney General for Jre- 
land. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant Ennis Writ. 
to the Clerk of the Crown in Jreland, to make out 
a new Writ for the electing of a Burgess to serve in 
this present Parliament for the Borough of Ennis, 
in the room of John David FitzGerald, Esquire, 
who, since his Election for the said Borough, hath 
accepted the Office of Her Majesty’s Solicitor Ge- 
neral for Ireland. 

Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Staff Officers. 
an Account of all Officers employed in every Situa- 
tion on the Staff, whether at Home or Abroad, now 
serving with the Army in the East, in the Colonies, 
and in Jndia; stating their Names, and in separate 
Columns their Age, the Date of their Appointment 
to the Staff, their actual Service (exclusive of periods 
of Leave of Absence) in Staff Situations or in Regi- 
ments, and distinguishing in each case whether they 
had passed Examinations at the Military School at 
Woolwich or Sandhurst. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented County 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased Courts. 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Returns from every County Court through- 
out England and Wales, established under the Act 
9 &amp; 10 Vie. c. 95, of the Total Number of Plaints 
entered in each Court from the 1st day of January 
to the 31st day of December 1854, both days inclu- 
sive :—Of the Total Number of Plaints entered in 
each Court above £.20 and not exceeding £.50, 
from the 1st day of January 1854 to the 31st 
day of December 1854, both .days inclusive :— 
Of the Total Number of Causes tried by each 
Court from the 1st day of January 1854 to the 31st 
day of December 1854, both days inclusive :—Of 
the Total Number of Causes tried by each Court 
from the 1st day of January 1854 to the 31st day of 
December 1854, both days inclusive, above £.20 and 
not exceeding £.50:—Of the Total Number of 
Days that each Court has sat, from the 1st day of 
January to the 31st day of December 1854, both 
days inclusive, and the Average Number of Hours 
comprised in each Sitting :—Of the Total Number 
of such Sittings held before a Deputy Judge :—Of 
the Total Amount of Monies for which the Plaints 
were entered in each Court during the last-mentioned 
period :—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 :—Of the Total Amount of 
Monies paid into each Court during the same pe- 
riod, in satisfaction of Debts sued for, without pro- 
ceeding to Judgment :—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 :—Ofthe Gross 
Total Amount of Monies received in each Court to - 
the Credit of the Suitors, and the Amount paid out 
to Suitors :—Of the Total Number of Causes tried in 
each Court during the same period, with the Assist- 
ance of a Jury, specifying the Number of such 
Causes in which a Verdict has been given in mp : 

o 











Trade and 
Navigation. 


Vaccination, 
No. 88. 


Tarkish 
Army. 


Electric » 
Telegrap 
between 
Bucharest 
and Varna, 





High Con- 
stables. 


Army 
(Crimea. ) 





18 Vicroriz. 


of the Party requiring a Jury to be summoned :— 
Of the Total Number of Executions issued by the 
Clerk of each Court during the same period against 
the Goods of Defendants :—Of the Total Number 
of Judgment Summonses issued by each Court during 
the same period :—Of the Total Number of Judg- 
ment Summonses heard by each Court during the 
same period :—Of the Total Number of Warrants of 
Commitment issued by the Clerk of each Court 
during the same period, and the Number of Persons 
actually taken to Prison under such Warrants :— 
And, of the Total Amount received by the Trea- 
surer of each Court on account of the General Fund 
of such Court, from the 1st day of January 1854 to 
the 31st day of December 1854, inclusive; and the 
Payments made thereout, during such period as 
given in the Balance Sheets rendered to the Com- 
missioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury, according to 
Article 48 of the Treasurer’s Instructions ; 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 Teens as are 
of Her Majesty s Most honourable Privy Council. 


Mr. Hayter presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand,—Accounts relating to Trade and Navigation, 
for the Month ended 5th February 1855. 

- jai That the said Accounts do lie upon the 
able. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Copy of Communication submitted by the Small- 
pox and Vaccination Committee of the Epidemio- 
logical Society to the President of the General 
Board of Health, on a proper State Provision for 
the Prevention of Small-pox and the Extension of 
Vaccination. 

Sir Benjamin Hall accordingly presented the 
said Paper. 

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


Viscount Palmerston presented, by Her Majesty’s 
acengue yhg of Convention between Her Ma- 


jesty and the Emperor of the’ French, relative to 











Supplies to be furnished to the Turkish Army. 
Signed at London, January 24, 1855. 

Copy of Convention between Her Majesty and 
the Emperor of the French, relative to the Esta- 
blishment of a Line of Telegraph between Bucharest 
and Varna. Signed at London, February 1, 1855. 

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 from each County in England and 
Wales, in a Tabular Form, of the Number of High 
Constables claiming to act under Appointments for 
life or during good behaviour in any such County, 
and whether the Hundred for which they respectively 
so claim extends to the whole or only a part of the 
County ; and whether, in respect of the Hundred 
for which they do respectively act, they receive any 
and what Remuneration for the Collection of the 
County Rate, in virtue of the 36th section of the 
Act 15 &amp; 16 Vic. c. 81; and in case their Jurisdic- 
tion does not extend to the whole County, then to 
state the Proportions in which the County Rate is 
collected by Boards of Guardians and by High Con- 
stables respectively 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 there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the Total Number of Officers and Men 
in the Army who have been killed in the Crimea :— 
VoL. 110. 


1° Martiz. 99 


Like Return of the Wounded; of the Wounded 
who have since died; of those who have been in- 
valided ; of those who have recovered and returned 
to their Duty ; of those who have died from Sick- 
ness; of those who are invalided, up to the latest 
Date; distinguishing in each Return, Cavalry, In- 
fantry, Artillery, Sappers and Miners, as well as 
Officers, Non-commissioned Officers and Men :— 
And, Return of the Total Number of Horses which 
have been killed; and Total Number which have 
died from other causes, up to the latest Date. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee on the Army Army before 
before Sebastopol have Power to report their Opinion Se&gt;sstopol 
thereupon from time to time. ens 

Mr. Roebuck reported from the said Select Com- eaen 
mittee, a Resolution; which was read, as followeth : 

Resolved, That, in the Opinion of this Committee, 
the objects for which’ they have been appointed will 
be best attained, the danger of injustice to indi- 
viduals be prevented, and the public interest best 
protected, if the Committee be a Committee of 
Secrecy. 

Ordered, That the Report be taken into considera- 


tion To-morrow ; and be printed. 


Ordered, That a Message be sent to the Lords, to Army beftre 
request that their Lordships will be pleased to give — 
leave to the Duke of Newcastle to attend to be exa- 
mined as a Witness before the Select Committee 
on the Army before Sebastopol: And that Mr. Roe- 
buck do carry the said Message. 


Petitions relating to the Bills of Exchange Bill ; Public 
and, Bills of Exchange and Promissory Notes Bill ; P — 
—tTribunals of Commerce ;—and, War with Russia, Vide Thir- 


—were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon teenth Report. 


the Table. 

Petitions relating to the Public Health Bill, were 
also presented, and read; and referred to the Select 
Committee on the Bill. 


Ordered, That all Petitions presented to the Public Health 
House during the present Session a to the | All 
Public Health Bill, and the Nuisances Removal Removal 
Amendment Bill, be referred to the Select Committee me 


on the Bills. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Poor Relief 
Returns showing, by Counties, the Total Number of (reland.) 
Paupers (In-door and Out-door) in Receipt of Re- 
lief on the 1st day of January 1854 and the Ist da 
of January 1855, in the Unions in Jreland, speci- 
fying pg Mc or Decrease in the latter as com- 

ared with the former period :—And, showing the 
Rrotal Number of Paupers in Receipt of Relief for 
each Province in Jreland at the close of the First 
Week (ending Saturday) of January 1849 to Ja- 
nuary 1855, and the Amount of Poor Rate lodged, 
and the Expenditure for the Relief of the Poor in 
Ireland during the year ended the 29th day of we! 
tember 1854, in comparison with the same for the 

receding year (in continuation of Parliamentary 
Paes No. 18, of Session 1854). 


Ordered, That an Abstract of the Return relative Coroners’ 
to Coroners’ Inquests, which was presented upon the inquests. 
14th day of December last, be printed. No. 89. 


Ordered, That an Abstract of the Return relative Voters 
to Voters (Ireland), which was presented upon the (Ireland.) 
9th day of February last, be printed. No, 90. 


The following Paper was laid upon the Table by Poor Law 
the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, dated — 
the 28th day of February last, for Copies of General , 
Order of the Poor Law Board, dated the 15th day 
of February 1855, regulating the Tenure of Office 
by Poor Law Medical Officers in England and 

ales, and of the a i Circular Letter, 
addressed to the several Boards of Guardians. 





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1°—2° 


Mines The Order of the day being read, for the second 
(Ireland) Bill. reading of the Mines (Jreland) Bill; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Thursday next. 


100 


Jurors and The Order of the day being read, for the second 
——_ reading of the Jurors and Juries (Jrelana) 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 Jurors and Juries (Zreland) (No. 2) 
Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Thursday next. 


Jurors and 
Juries (Ire- 
land) (No. 2) 
Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
consideration the Marine Mutiny Bill, as amended 


in the Committee ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be taken into consideration 


upon Monday next. 


Marine 
Mutiny Bill 


The Order of the day being read, for tie Com- 
mittee on the Mutiny Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Mutiny Bill 


Militia The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
(Ireland) Bill. mittee on the Militia (Ireland) Bill; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Intramural Burials (Zreland) Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Thursday next. 


Intramural 
Burials (Ire- 
land) Bill. 


New South 


= Sir George Grey presented, pursuant to the di- 
ales. 


rections of severai Acts of Parliament,—Copy of an 
Order of Her Majesty in Council, dated 8th February 
1855, for leasing Crown Lands in the Colony of 
New South Wales, supposed to contain Minerals not 
auriferous. 

Copy of an Order of Her Majesty in Council, 
dated 8th February 1855, declaring certain Lands 
to be within the settled District of New South Wales. 

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


Promotion 


A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- 
(Army.) Fler 


yosed, That an humble Address be presented to 
Majesty, praying that She will be graciously pleased 
to take into Her consideration the present system of 
Promotion in Her Majesty’s Army, under which 
Non-commissioned Officers rarely attain to the Rank 
of Commissioned Officer, and scarcely ever to that 
of Field Officer; and humbly to represent to Her 
Majesty that it is the Opinion of this House that 
the said system is injurious to the Public Service, 
and unjust to the Private Soldier in Her Majesty’s 
Army ; 


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


Veneris, 2° die Martti, 1855: 


And the Question being put ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right ; 

The Noes to the Left. 

Tellers for the {Viscount Goderich, 
Yeas, UMr. Layard: hia. 

Tellers for the; Mr. Hayter, lees 
Noes, { The Earl of Mulgrave: J ~ 


So it passed in the Negative, 


Criminal Con- | A Motion was made, and the Question being 


ut, 
versation and That leave be given to bring ina Bill to abolish 
Adultery. 


Actions for Criminal Conversation, except in cases 











Martit. A. 1855. 


of Special Damage, and to make Adultery a Misde~ 
meanor :—It passed in the Negative. 


Ordered, That Mr. John Ball be discharged from Poor Removal, 
further attendance on the Select Committee on Poor 
Removal. 

Ordered, That Lord Naas be added to the Com- 
mittee. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being put, Army before 
That Sir George Brooke Pechell be added to the Sebastopol. 
Select Committee on the Army before Sebastopol ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right; 

The Noes to the Left. 


Tellers for the oe tae ty es } 61. 
Tellers for the Noes, } 99. 


Mr. Roebuck, 
Sir John Shelley : 
So it passed in the Negative. 
The Ecclesiastical Courts Bill was, according to Ecclesiastical 
Order, read a second time; and committed to a Courts Bill. 
Committee of the whole House, for Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming the Army before 
adjourned Debate on the Question proposed upon Sebastopol. 
the 28th day of February last, That Sir John Hanmer 
be added to the Select Committee on the Army before 
Sebastopol ; 

And the Question being again proposed :—The 
House resumed the said adjourned Debate. 

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


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Customs Acts. 
into a Committee on the Customs Acts. 


(In the Committee.) 


Resolved, That the further decline of the several 
Duties of Customs made payable on Tea from and 
after the 5th day of April 1855, as provided by the 
Act 16 &amp; 17 Vic. c. 106, shall be suspended until 
the 5th day of April which shall first happen after 
the end of Twelve Months from the date of a Defi- 
nitive Treaty of Peace, on which day the said Duty 
shall be reduced to 1s. 3d. per Pound, and on the 
5th day of April, in the year following, to 1s. per 
Pound ; and that in the interval, in lieu of the said 
Duties provided by the said Act, there shall continue 
to be charged the Duty of 1s. 6d. per Pound. 


Resolution to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bou- 
verte reported, That the Committee had come to a 
Resolution. 

Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 


The rey mg Bills (£.17,183,000) Bill was, ac- Exchequer 
cording to Order, read a second time; and committed Bills 


to a Committee of the whole House, for this day. cacti 


The Order for reading a second time, upon Wed- Union of 
nesday the 21st day of this instant March, the Union Benefices Bill 
of Benefices Bill, was read, and discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Wednesday the 28th day of this instant March. 


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


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18 Victoriz. 


Veneris, 2° die Martii ; 


Anno 18° Victoria Regine, 1855. 


PRAYERS. 

Public M R. Bonham Carter reported from the Select 

oan Re Committee on Public Petitions; That the 

cat) had examined the Petitions presented upon the 27 
and 28th days of February last, and had directed 
him to make a Report thereof to the House. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 

and be printed. 

Derbyshire, Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to change the 

— corporate Name of the Derbyshire, Staffordshire and 

—— te Rai. Worcestershire Railway Company, to alter their 

way Bill. Line, to abandon part of their Railway, to reduce 
their Capital, and for other purposes: And the same 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time. 

Bombay, Ordered, That the Bombay, Baroda and Central 

—_ ~~" India Railway Bill be read a second time upon 

entrai iY , 

Railway Bill Monday next. 

Gateshead Ordered, That the Gateshead Quays and Improve- 

Quaysand ments Bill be read a second time upon Wednesday 


mi ovemen*s the 14th day of this instant March. 


The Paisley Burgh Bill was read a second time; 
and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Paisley Burgh 
Bill. 


Saint George's The Saint George’s Harbour Bill was read a se- 
Harbour Bill. cond time ; and committed. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Shrewsbury  . Lhe Shrewsbury Improvement Bill was read a 
Improvement second time ; and committed. 
I Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


British and The Order of the day being read, for the second 

Pee a reading of the British and American Great Railway 

fret @ul**Y Land Company Bill ; 

pany Bill. Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Tuesday the 17th day of April next. 

Executor The Executor and Trustee Society Bill was, ac- 

rere cording to Order, read a second time; and committed. 

une Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 

mittee of Selection. 

New River The Order of the day being read, for the second 


aay -_ reading of the New River Company and Trustees of 

the ony the River Lee Bill ; 

Bill. Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Tuesday the 27th day of this instant March. 


Phenix, South The Order of the day being read, for the second 
Leaeeaten, reading of the Pheenix, South Metropolitan, London 


nd ° : 
Surrey Gas and Surrey Gas Companies Bill ; 
jamPanies 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 the word “now,” and, at 
the end of the Question, adding 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 {Sir James Duke, 
Yeas, Mr. Brotherton: 
Tellers for the, Mr. William Williams, 
Noes, Mr. Wilkinson: 


Nn eal Seema 
_ 
me So 
o for) 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 
Vou. 110. 





2° Martiz. 


101 


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. 


Mr. Butt, from the Select Committee appointed Barnstaple 
to try and determine the matter of the Petition of Election. 
William Tite, complaining of an undue Election and 
Return for the Borough of Barnstaple, informed the 
House, That the Committee had determined, 

That Richard Samuel Guinness, Esquire, is duly 
elected a Burgess to serve in this present Parliament 
for the Borough of Barnstaple. 

That John Laurie, Esquire, is not duly elected a 
Burgess to serve in this present Parliament for the 
Borough of Barnstaple. 

That the last Election for the said Borough, so far 
as regards the Return‘of John Laurie, Esquire, is a 
void Election. 

And the said Determinations were ordered to be 
entered in the Journals of this House. 

Ordered, That the Minutes of the Evidence taken Minutes 
before the Committee be laid before this House.  *Fdered. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- Liverpool 
posed, That Standing Order, No. 90, be suspended Improvement 
in the case of the Liverpool Improvement Bill; and 
that it be an Instruction to the Committee of Selec- 
tion to add such local Members to the Committee: 
upon such Bill as they may think fit:—And the said 
Motion was, by leave of the House, withdrawn. 


The Order for reading a second time the Dublin, Dublin, &amp;c. 
&amp;c. Roads Bill, was read, and discharged. Roads Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to Dublin, &amp;e. 
discontinue the taking of Toll on the Turnpike-roads Roads (No. 2.) 
leading from the City of Dublin, and on the Turn- 
pike-road leading from Kinnegad to Athlone, and to 
provide for the Waditenenee of such Roads as Public 
Roads, and for the discharge of the Debts due 
thereon, and other purposes: And that Mr. Hans 
Hamilton, Colonel Taylor and Mr. Isaac Butt do 
prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee on the Public Public Health 
Health Bill, and the Nuisances Removal Amend- we and 
e as uisances 
ment Bill, have Power to send for persons, papers Removal 


and records. Amendment 
Bill. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Yeomanry 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased ©°'?* 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return of the Number of Yeomanry Corps 
in Great Britain, the Names of the Regiments or 
Troops, the Number of Officers, the Number of Non- 
commissioned Officers and Privates belonging to 
each Regiment or Troop ; together with the Number 
of Times they have severally been called out in aid 
of the Civil Service either by Regiments, Detach- 
ments or Troops, since they were respectively embo- 
died ; together with the Date of their Embodiment. 

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. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, an Children in 
Abstract of Return of the Number of Children in the Workhouses. 
Workhouses in England and Wales on the 25th day 

of March 1854 (in continuation of former Returns). 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Ecclesiastical 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased mee 
to give directions, that there be laid before this visions. 
House, a Return of all Monies paid by the Ecclesi- 
astical Commissioners or the Church Estates Com- 
missioners, during the years 1853 and 1854, out of 


Funds administered by them, to Solicitors, Survey- 





03 ors, 








102 


ors, and other Officers ; specifying the Names and 
Particulars of each Transaction (in continuation of 
Parliamentary Paper, No. 576, 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. 


Ordered, That Mr. Henry Bruce have leave of 
absence till Easter, on account of ill health. 


Leave of 
Absence. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Purchasers’ Protection against Judg- 
ments Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Monday next. 


Purchasers’ 
Protection 
against Judg- 
ments Bill. 


Metropolitan 


tro Mr. Fitzroy presented,—-Return to an Address 
Buildings Act. 


to Her Majesty, dated the 11th day of August last, 
for a Return fr 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 execu- 
tion of the said Act; also of all or any Sums of 
Money owing to or by the Departments of the Me- 
tropolitan sey 7 Office (in continuation of Par- 
liamentary Paper, No. 83, of Session 1851). 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 
26th day of February last, for Copy of the Royal 
Warrant for regulating Promotion and Retirement 
in the Ordnance. 

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


Promotion and 
Retirement 
(Ordnance.) 


The following Papers were laid upon the Table 
by the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, 
dated the 19th day of February last, for a Return 
of the Number of Quarters of Foreign and Colonial 
Wheat, Wheat Flour, and all other kinds of 
Grain, Meal and Flour imported from Foreign 
Countries into Jreland, from the 1st day of July 
1853 to the 31st day of December 1854, inclusive : 
—Similar Return of all Grain, Meal and Flour im- 
ported from Great Britain into Ireland :— And, 
similar Return of Grain and Flour of all kinds im- 
ported into Great Britain from Ireland (in con- 
tinuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 954, of 
Session 18538). 

Return to an Order, dated the 22d day of Febru- 
ary last, fora Return of the Amount of Stock sold in 
each Week since the 1st day of July 1854, on ac- 
count of the Savings Banks. 


Wheat, &amp;c. 


Blind Inmates Ordered, That an Abstract of the Return relative 

of Workhouses to Blind Inmates of Workhouses (Ireland), which 

(Ireland.) was presented upon the 19th day of February last, 
No.9]. pe printed. 


Ordered, That the Accounts relative to Trade and 
Navigation, which were presented upon the 1st day 
of this instant March, be printed. 


Trade and 
Navigation. 


No. 65—I. 


Public 


Petitions relating to Church Rates, &amp;c. ;— May- 
Petitions. 


nooth an gee i Stamps ;—Paper, News- 
ats Anas yaper Stamps, Foreign Books, &amp;c.;—Stage Carriages; 
plein = . Adeuaniailian “Bills ; — Bernal Wawme 
Bills of Exchange Bill, and Bills of Exchange and 
Promissory Notes Bill;—Criminal Law ;—Education 
(Jreland) ;—Friendly Societies Bill;—Grain ;—In- 
toxicating Liquors ;—Sale of Beer Act (1854);— 
Schools (Scotland) Bill;—Smoke Nuisance Abate- 
ment Act ;—Tenants’ Compensation (Jre/and) Bill; 
—Wages ;—and, War with Russia,—were presented, 

and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 
Petitions relating to the Public Health Bill,— 
were also presented, and read; and referred to the 

Select Cummittee on the Bill. 


2° Martii. 





A. 1855. 


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


Sir George Grey presented, pursuant to the di- Victoria. 
rections of an Act of Parliament,—Copy of an 
Order of Her Majesty in Council, dated 28th Fe- 
bruary 1855, empowering the Governor of Victoria 
to make certain Provisions respecting Rent in 
Leases of Lands for pastoral purposes. 
. ow That the said Paper do lie upon the 

able. 


Mr. Peel presented, by Her Majesty’s Command, Commissariat. 
—Commissariat Estimates for 1855-56. No. 92. 
Mr. Peel also presented,—Return to an Order, Staff Officers, 
dated the 9th day of February last, for a Return of 
those Officers who have received Certificates at the 
Senior Department of the Royal Military College, 
and have been subsequently employed on the Staff 
of our Army, during the last Twenty years. 
Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
Table; and that the Estimates be referred to the 
Committee of Supply; and be printed. 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Serjeant Message from 
Manning : the Lords. 


Mr. Speaker, 
The Lords have agreed to the Consolidated Fund Consolidated 


: ; a ‘ Fund 
 ‘rghadne Bill, without any Amendment: And (£, 3,200,000 
" lll. 


The Lords have agreed to the Consolidated Fund Consolidated 
Fund 

(£. 20,000,000) 
Bill. 


(£. 20,000,000) Bill, without any Amendment : And 
also, 

The Lords give leave to the Duke of Newcastle Army before 
to attend the Select Committee appointed by this S¢&gt;astopol. 
House in the present Session of Parliament, to in- 
quire into the Condition of our Army before Sebas- 
topol, and into the Conduct of those Departments of 
the Government whose duty it has been to minister 
to the wants of that Army (his Lordship in his place 
consenting), as desired by this House:—And then 
the Messenger withdrew. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to Army before 
take into consideration the Report which was yes- Sebastopol 
terday made from the Select Committee on the 
~~ before Sebastopol:—And the Resolution of 
the Committee was again read. 

A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That the Committee be a Committee of Se- 
ey, ge the said Motion was, with leave of 
the House, withdrawn. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Supply: 
into the Committee of Supply. 


(In the Committee.) 


1. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £.64,000, Pay of General 
be granted to Her Majesty, for defraying the Charge Of¢er*- 
of the Pay of General Officers of Her Majesty’s 
Forces, which will come in course of payment from 
the 1st day of April 1855 to the 31st day of March 
1856, inclusive. 

2. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £. 55,000, / 
be granted to Her Majesty, for defraying the Charge — ” 
of Full Pay for Reduced and Retired Officers of Her Officers. 
Majesty’s Forces, which will come in course of pay- 
ment from the 1st day of April 1855 to the 31st day 
of March 1856, inclusive. 

3. Resolved, Thata Sum, not exceeding £.318,000, Half Pay to 
be granted to Her Majesty, for defraying the Charge — - 
of Half Pay and Military Allowances to Reduced and Ogfcers. 
Retired Ofticers of Her Majesty’s Land Forces, which 
will come in course of payment from the 1st day of 
April 1855 to the 31st day of March 1856, inclusive. 

4. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £.32,707, Half Pay to 
be granted to Her Majesty, for defraying the Charge — ia 
of Half Pay and Reduced Allowances of Disbanded ““ 

' Foreign 


Full Pay for 








eral 


for 
und 


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Corps, 





2°3° 


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 
1855 to the 31st day of March 1856, inclusive. 

5. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £.124,454, 
be granted to Her Majesty, for defraying the Charge 
of Sie to be paid to Widows of Officers of Her 
Majesty’s Land Forces, which will come in course of 
payment from the 1st day of April 1855 to the 31st 
day of March 1856, inclusive. 

6. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £.81,000, 
be granted to Her Majesty, for defraying the Charge 
of Allowances on the Compassionate List, of Allow- 
ances as of Her Majesty's Royal Bounty, and of 
Pensions, Gratuities and Allowances to Officers for 
Wounds, which will come in course of payment from 
the 1st day of April 1855 to the 31st day of March 
1856, inclusive. 

7. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £. 31,787, 
be granted to Her Majesty, for defraying the Charge 
of Chelsea and Kilmainham Hospitals, and the In- 
Pensioners thereof, which will come in course of pay- 
ment from the 1st day of April 1855 to the 31st day 
of March 1856, inclusive. 

8. Resolved, Thata Sum not exceeding £.1,188,589, 
be granted to Her Majesty, for defraying the Charge 
of the Out-Pensioners of Chelsea Hospital, of Pen- 
sions granted to discharged Negro Soldiers, of Pen- 
sioners from Hanoverian Corps which served with the 
British Army in 1793, 1794 and 1795, and of the 
Military Organization of Out-Pensioners, which will 
come in course of payment from the 1st day of April 
1855 to the 31st day of March 1856, inclusive. 

9. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £. 38,700, 
be granted to Her Majesty, for defraying the Charge 
of Allowances, Compensations and Emoluments, in 
the nature of Superannuation or Retired Allowances, 
to Persons formerly belonging to Public Departments, 
which will come in course of payment from the Ist 
day of April 1855 to the 31st day of March 1856, 
inclusive. 

Resolutions to be reported. 


18 Vicroriz. 


Widows’ 
Pensions. 


Compassion- 
ate List, &amp;c. 


Chelsea and 
Kilmainham 
Hospitals. 


Out-Pension- 
ers of Chelsea 
Hospital, &amp;c, 


Superannua- 
tions. 





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


Sabbati, 3° die Martii,1855: 


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 
was directed to move, That the Committee may have 
leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, again resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Ways and 
Means, 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Ways and Means ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Lunatic Asy- 
lums (Ireland 
( Advances) 
Bill, 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
) — of the Lunatic Asylums (Jreland) (Advances) 
ill; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Monday next. » 


re a Banks 
and Friend] 
Societies oo ; 
vestments Bill. Investments Bill ; 
' Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 


pemsaper, The Order of the day being read, for the second 
and Stame”. Tending of the Newspaper, &amp;c. Postage and Stamp 


Duties Bil,’ Duties Bill ; 
’ Vou. 110. 


reading of the Savings Banks and Friendly Societies 


Martii. 103 


Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Cathedral 
reading of the Cathedral Appointments Act Con- {PPo\ntments 
tinuance Bill ; tinuance Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Friday next. 


Mr. Bouverie reported from the Committee on Customs Acts. 
Customs Acts, a Resolution; which was read, as 
followeth : 

That the further decline of the severa Duties of 
Customs made payable on Tea from and after the 5th 
day of April 1855, as provided by the Act 16 &amp; 17 
Vic. c. 106, shall be suspended until the 5th day of 
April which shall first happen after the end of Twelve 
Months from the date of a definitive Treaty of Peace, 
on which day the said Duty shall be reduced to 
1s. 3d. per pound, and on the 5th day of April in 
the year following to 1s. per pound; and that in 
the interval, in lieu of the said Duties provided by 
the said Act, there shall continue to be charged the 
Duty of 1s. 6d. per pound. 

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. Wilson 
and Viscount Palmerston do prepare, and bring 
it in. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself into Exchequer 
a Committee on the Exchequer Bills (£.17,183,000) ¥ mnend 
Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker i ew 
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 for reading a second time, upon Mon- Education Bill. 
day the 12th day of this instant March, the Educa- 
tion Bill, was read, and discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday the 16th day of April next. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being put, Members’ 
That leave be given to bring in a Bill to abolish the Qualification. 
Property Qualification of Members of Parliament ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right ; 

The Noes to the Left. 


Mr. Murrough, 
Tellers for the Yeas, yr Cr aufur a: \ 27. 
. Colonel Sibthorp ? 
Tellers for the Noes,) yy. Whiteside: s ae. 


So it passed in the Negative. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Postage 
a Copy of any Instructions issued to the Postmasters {1reland and 
|in Ireland in regard to the reduced Rates of Postage saaaees 
on Letters addressed to France, with the Date at 
‘which such Instructions were issued. 





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

|provide that the Property or Income Tax payable rime wee 
in respect of the Income from Ecclesiastical Pro- (reland.) 
perty in Jreland, shall be a Deduction in estimating 
‘the Value of such Property for the purpose of Taxa- 
| tion by the Ecclesiastical Commissioners: And that 

Mr. Napier and Mr. Hamilton do prepare, and 
bring it in. 





Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to Secretaries 
enable a third Principal Secretary and a third Under and Onder 
Secretary of State to sit in the House of Commons: state (House 
And that Viscount Palmerston and Sir George Grey of Commons. 
do prepare, and bring it in. 

O04 Mr. 








104 
Ecclesiastical | Mr. Napier presented a Bill to 
Property 
(Ireland) Bill. 
Bill 48. 


provide that the 
Property or Income Tax payable in respect of the 
Income from Ecclesiastical Property in Ireland, 
shall be a Deduction in estimating the Value of such 
Property for the purpose of Taxation by the Ecclesi- 
astical Commissioners: And the same was read the 
first time; and ordered to be read a second time 
upon Wednesday next ; and to be printed. 


Secretaries 
and Under 
Secretaries of 


Viscount Palmerston presented a Bill to enable 
a third Principal Secretary and a third Under Se- 


State (House cretary of State to sit in the House of Commons: 


~ * acces And the same was read the first time ; and ordered 


Bill 49. 


to be read a second time upon Monday next; and 
to be printed. 


Tea Duties Mr. Wilson presented a Bill to suspend the Decline 
a — of the Customs Duties on Tea from and after the 
er ’ Fifth day of April One thousand eight hundred and 
Bill 50. . 5 . 
Fifty-five: And the same was read the first time ; 
and ordered to be read a second time upon Mon- 
day next; and to be printed. 


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





Luna, 5° die Martii ; 


Anno 18° Victoria Regine, 1855. 





PRAYERS. 


M R. Bonham Carter reported from the Select 
Committee on Public Petitions; That they 
had examined the Petitions presented upon the Ist 
and 2d 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. 


Public 
Petitions 
(Thirteenth 
Report.) 


Bombay, 
Baroda and 
Central India 
Railway Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Bombay, Baroda and Central India 
Railway Bill ; 

Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


Bombay, 
Baroda and 
Central India 
Railway 

(No. 2.) 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for incorporating the Baroda Railway Company, 
and for other purposes connected therewith: And 
that Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Otway, Mr. Robertson and 
Mr. Swift do prepare, and bring it in. 


Stockton and 
Darlington 
Railway Bill. 


A Petition of the Stockton and Darlington Rail- 
way Company, and the Middlesbrough and Guis- 
brough Railway Company, praying that Provision 
may be made in the Stockton and Darlington Rail- 
way Bill for enabling the Stockton and Darlington 
Railway Company to guarantee Interest or Dividend 
on the Share or Borrowed Capital of the Middles- 
brough and Guisbrough Railway Company, wes 
presented, and read ; and referred to the Examiners 
of Petitions for Private Bills. 


Weston-super- 
Mare 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 inthe case of the Petition for additional Pro- 
vision in the Weston-super-Mare Gas Bill. 

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


The Dagenham Docks Bill was read a second 
time ; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


The Fibre Company Bill was read a second time; 
and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


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A. 1855. 


The Fife and Kinross Railway Bill was read a Fife and 
second time ; and committed. Kinross 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the General ny See. 
Committee on Railway and Canal Bills. 


The Furness Railway Bill was read a second time ; Furness Rail- 
and committed. way Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the General 
Committee on Railway and Canal Bills. 


Ordered, That the Liverpool Port Bill be read a Liverpool 
second time upon Thursday the 19th day of April Port Bill. 
next. 


The Medical Benevolent College Bill was read a Medical 
second time ; and committed. eg 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- re 
mittee of Selection. 


The Mid Kent and North Kent Railway Bill was Mid Kent and 
read a second time ; and committed. North Kent 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the General ®#wey Bill. 
Committee on Railway and Canal Bills. 


The Severn Valley Railway Bill was read a second Severn Valley 

time ; and committed. Railway Bill 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the General 

Committee on Railway and Canal Bills. 


The Stockport, Disley and Whaley Bridge Rail- Stockport, 
way Bill was read a second time; and committed. J ~~ F 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the General Relbewp Bil 
Committee on Railway and Canal Bills. 


The Wem and Bronygarth Roads Bill was read a Wem and 
second time; and committed. a 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- a 
mittee of Selection. 


The Woolwich Equitable Gas Bill was read a Woolwich 
second time; and committed. _—— Gas 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Caledonian 
reading of the Caledonian Railway Bill ; Bailway 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 proposed, That the Debate be now ad- 
journed 


A Message by Mr. Pulman, Yeoman Usher of Royal Asseut. 

the Black Rod : 
Mr. Speaker, 

The haste, authorized by virtue of Her Majesty’s 
Commission, for declaring Her Royal Assent to 
several Acts agreed upon by both Houses, do de- 
sire 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 apply the Sum of Three millions three Consolidated 
hundred thousand pounds, out of the Consolidated Fans 900,000) 
Fund, to the Service of the year ending the Thirty- a. ne 
first day of March One thousand eight hundred and 
fifty-five : 

An Act to apply the Sum of Twenty millions, out Consolidated 
of the Consolidated Fund, to the Service of the year Fu" 


000) 
One thousand eight hundred and fifty-five. ( em 


And 











18 Victoriz. 


Caledonian And the Question being again proposed, That the 
Railway Bill. Debate be now adjourned :—The sad Motion was, 
with leave of the House, withdrawn. 


Ordered, That the Caledonian Railway 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. 


Edinburgh The Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway Bill was, 
ancy according to Order, read a second time; and com- 
yO mitted. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the General 
Committee on Railway and Canal Bills. 
Liverpool A Motion was made, and the Question being put, 
—— That in the case of the Liverpool Improvement Bill, 


so much of Standing Order, No. 90, as relates to the 
appointment of Members locally interested, be sus- 
pended ; and that it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee of Selection to withdraw the local Members 
already appointed to serve in respect of that Bill ; 
The House divided. 
The Yeas to the Right; 
The Noes to the Left. 
Tellers for the f Mr. Milner Gibson, 1 06 
Yeas, \Mr. Hadfield: ee 
Tellers for the; Mr. Henry Thomas Liddell, } 
Noes, \Mr. Horsfall: 
So it passed in the Negative. 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Richards : 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the Common Law Pro- 
yon cedure Act Amendment (Jreland) Bill, with an 
(Ireland) Bill, Amendment; to which Amendment the Lords desire 
the concurrence of this House: And also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 
to explain and amend the Lunacy Regulation Act, 


116. 


Message from 
the Lords, 


Common Law 


Lunacy Regu. 
lation Act 


Amendment, . . 
— wae ; to which the Lords desire the concurrence of 
this House :—And then the Messenger withdrew. 
Public Petitions relating to Newspaper, &amp;c. Postage and 
Petitions. Stamp Duties Bill ;—Intoxicating Liquors ;—and, 
Vide Four. National History,—were presented, and read; and 


teenth Report. ordered to lie upon the Table. 
Petitions relating to the Public Health Bill,— 
were also presented, and read; and referred to the 

Select Committee on the Bill. 


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 Barnstaple, in the 
room of John Laurie, Esquire, whose Election has 
been determined to be void. 


Barnstaple 
Writ. 


Public Offices. | Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the Subjects of Examination to which 
Persons nominated to Clerkships in the following 
Public Offices—the Treasury, the Customs, the 
Excise, the Post-office, the Admiralty, the Board of 
Control, the Home, Foreign and Colonial Offices, 
are subjected, as a condition of Admission into the 
said Offices, with the Mode and Length of Notice 
given to each Person so nominated that such Exa- 
mination will be required of him. 


Kilmainham 


Hosni Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
ospital, 


to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Copy of the Royal Warrant issued to the 
Governors of Kilmainham Hospital in the year 
1853, under which the Establishment of that Hos- 
pital is at present regulated. 

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


Transport 
Trice, 


Ordered, That the Petition of the Vice-President 
of the Chamber of Commerce of Newcastle and 
— which was presented upon the 8th day 

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105 


of February last, relative to the Transport Service, 
be referred to the Select Committee on the Army 
before Sebastopol. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Poor Relief 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased (Scotland.) 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return relative to each Parish in Scotland, 
of all Inquiries instituted by the Board of Supervi- 
sion for the Relief of the Sie stating the Name 
of the Person employed, and the Time occupied in 
each such Inquiry, for every year from January 
1846 to January 1855. 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Regimental 
a Return‘of the Amount of the Value of all Regi- Commissions. 
mental Commissions in the Cavalry and Infantry, 
specifying the Number of Regimental Commissions 
of each Rank, and the Gross Value of the same. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Transports. 
Return of the Number of Transports employed in 
carrying Troops or Munitions of every description 
for War in the East, between the 1st day of Oc- 
tober 1853 and the ist day of March 1855, inclu- 
sive, under the following heads : 





| 


Variations from original 


Extra Expenses, if any, 
is purchased, the Amount 
of Purchase Money. 





super Contract. 


nage for Cargo. 
Contract. 


Contract. 


If Ship, Steam or Sailing, 


If Steam, available Ton- 
Terms and Duration of 
On what Service engaged. 


Date of Contract. 
Sailing or Steam. 
Horse Power. 


| Name of Ship. 
| Gross Tonnage. 
| Name of Owner, 
| For what Period, 
































| 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Chapters. 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return, from the Ecclesiastical Commis- 
sioners for England, of the Grants or Reductions 
allowed by them since the 1st day of January 1853 
to the several Chapters of England and Wales, to 
pay Substitutes for performing additional Duties 
cast upon them by the Suspension of Canonries, 
with the Names of the Persons who, as such Sub- 
stitutes, have received such Grants (in continuation 
of Parliamentary 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. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Fairs and 
reading of the Fairs and Markets (Jreland) Bill; (Ireland) om 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time , : 


upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Poor Relief 
reading of the Poor Relief (Jreland) Bill ; (Ireland) Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Reformatory 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased Schools. 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return of the Number and Names, and in 
what County situated, of the Private Reformatory 
Schools which have been certified by Government ; 
whether for Boys or Girls; and the Number of 
Boys or Girls which each School is capable of con- 
taining. 
Ordered, That the said Address be em to 
Her Majesty, by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy a. 
P e 











Brewers. 


Wool and 
Woollen 
Manufactures. 


Sewers 
(Houses of 
Parliament.) 


106 


The following Papers were laid upon the Table 
by the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, 
dated the 19th day of December last, for a Return 
of the Number of Acres of Land under Cultivation 
for Hops in the year 1854, distinguishing the Num- 
ber of Acres in each Parish, the Amount of Duty 
charged in each Collection of the Growth of the 
year 1854, from the Sth day of January 1854 to 
the 5th day of January 1855; distinguishing the 
Districts, and the old from the new Duty in each 
District ; showing the Average Amount of Duty per 
Acre in each Collection; and also showing whether 
the Acres in the Sussex, Hereford or Worcester Col- 
lections are according to the Statute or any local or 
customary Admeasurement. 

Return to an Order, dated the 19th day of 
December last, for Returns of the Quantities of 
Malt made in England, Scotland and Ireland, in 
each year ending the 5th day of January 1854 and 
1855:—Of the Quantities of Foreign Barley im- 
ported into the United Kingdom in each year 
ending the 5th day of January 1854 to 1855 inclu- 
sive :—Of the Quantities of Foreign Hops imported 
in the year ending the 5th day of January 1855, 
and the Rates of Duty charged ; also distinguishing 
the Ports where imported, and the Countries from 
whence exported:—Of the Quantity of English 
and Foreign Hops respectively exported in the year 
ending the 5th day of January 1855, distinguishing 
the Countries to which the same have been ex- 
ported, and also the Quantities to each Country, 
with the Dates of the years in which the British 
Hops were grown:—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 1854:—Of the Total Number of Pounds 
weight of Foreign Hops charged with Duties for 
Home Consumption in the year 1854 :—And, of the 
Quantity of Foreign Hops in Bond on the 5th day 
of January 1855. 

Return to an Order, dated the 19th day of De- 
cember last, for a Return of the Number of Persons 
in each of the several Collections in the United 
Kingdom licensed as Brewers, Victuallers, to sell 
Beer to be drunk on the Premises, and to sell Beer 
not to be drunk on the Premises; stating the Num- 
ber 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 1853 to the 10th day of October 1854. 

Return to an Order, dated the 6th day of Fe- 
bruary last, for Returns of the Total Imports of 
Sheep's Wool into the United Kingdom for the 
year 1854; viz.: 

From Foreign States - - lbs. 
British Possessions - 


Together, /bs. 
Quantity re-exported = - - 45 


Left for Consumption - - dbs. 


—_—— 


Of the Total Importation of Mohair or Angora 
Goats’ Wool, for the year 1854 ; viz.: 

Imported - = = = Ds, 

Re-exported - = . 9" 


Left for Consumption  - 


And, of British Woollen Manufactures and Woollen 


Yarn exported, for the year 1854; viz. : 
Woollen Manufactures, declared 
Value - £. 
Yarn - - - oy 


Together, £. 


” 


Return to an Order, dated the 27th day of Fe- 
bruary last, for Copy of Mr. Gurney’s Report to the 
Office of Works, on his Experiment for withdraw- 
ing and decomposing the noxious Effluvia from the 


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A. 1855. 


Sewers in the Neighbourhood of the Houses of 
Parliament. 


The following Paper, pursuant to Order, was also Barnstaple 


laid upon the Table by the Clerk of the House,— ™! 
Minutes of the Evidence taken before the Select 
Committee on the Barnstaple Election Petition. 


Mr. Cowper presented, by Her Majesty's Com- Church 
mand,—Copy of Fourth General Report from the Estates Com- 


Church Estates Commissioners; with Appendix ; 
under the Acts 14 &amp; 15 Vic. c. 104, s. 10, and 17 
&amp; 18 Vic. c. 116, s. 10. 


Copy of Seventh General Report from the Eccle- EKeclesiastical 
siastical Commissioners for England ; with an Ap- Commission. 


pendix (under the Acts 13 &amp; 14 Vic. c. 94, s. 26, and 
17 &amp; 18 Vie. c. 116, s. 10.) 

Mr. Cowper also presented,—Return to an Address 
to Her Majesty, dated the 10th day of August last, 
for 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- 
—— 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. c. 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;c. ; 
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. 


Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the Jurors. 


12th day of August last, for Returns of the Number 
of Persons on the Jury List for each County, City 
or Borough in England and Wales, for the years 
1852 and 1853; distinguishing the Number of Special 
from Common Jurors :—Of the Number of Persons 
actually returned to serve on any Panel at any 
Assizes, Sessions or Sittings in England and Wales, 
for the years 1852 and 1853; distinguishing the 
Number of Special 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. 

. Return 





Incumbered 
Estates Court 
(Ireland.) 


Charity 
Commission. 


Metropolitan 
Buildings 
Acts. 

No. 93. 


Promotion and 
Retirement 
(Ordnance. ) 


No. 94. 


Wheat, &amp;c. 
No. 95. 


Savings 
Banks. 


No. 96. 
Victoria. 


No. 97. 


Staff Officers. 
No. 98. 


Charitable 
Funds (Court 
of Chancery.) 


Supply. 


Military 
Academies. 


Barrack 
Supplies, &amp;¢, 





18 VicrorRiz. 5°—6° 


Return to an Order, dated the 7th day of February 
last, for a Return of the Number of Appeals from the 
Incumbered Estates Court, Jreland, to the Privy 
Council, Zreland, from the 24th day of March 1854 
to the latest Date, and of the Reversals and Affir- 
mations of such Appeals, separately stated, with the 
Names of the Parties in each case (in continuation of 
Parliamentary Paper, No. 184, of Session 1854). 

Mr. Cowper also presented, pursuant to the di- 
rections of an Act of Parliament,—Copy of Second 
Report of the Charity Commissioners for England 
and Wales, 1855. 

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


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Metropo- 
litan Buildings Acts, which was presented upon the 
2d day of this instant March, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Promotion 
and Retirement (Ordnance), which was presented 
upon the 2d day of this instant March, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Wheat, &amp;c., 
which was presented upon the 2d day of this instant 
March, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Savings 
Banks, which was presented upon the 2d day of this 
instant March, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to Victoria, 
which was presented upon the 2d day of this instant 
March, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Staff Officers, 
which was presented upon the 2d day of this instant 
March, be printed. 


Mr. Attorney General presented,—-Return to an 
Order, dated the 20th day of March last, for a Re- 
turn 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 the High Court of Chancery in England, to which 
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 Proceedings 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. 

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


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Supply ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That Mr. Speaker-do now leave 
the Chair ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word “ That” to 
the end of the Question, in order to add the words 
“ itis expedient that measures be taken for pro- 
moting the efficiency of our Military Academies, 
and other established provisions for preparing 
Officers for Regimental and for Staff Appoint- 
ments,” instead thereof. 

And the Question being proposed, That the words 
at one 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.) 


1. Motion made, and Question proposed, That a 


Sum, not exceeding £. 1,402,961, be granted to Her 
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Martii. 107 


Majesty, for defraying the Charge which will pro- 
bably be incurred to the 31st day of March 1855, 
on account of Barrack Supplies, &amp;e., Wages and 
Ordnance Stores, &amp;c. 

Whereupon Motion made, and Question put, 
That a Sum, not exceeding £. 1,387,961, be granted 
to Her Majesty, for defraying the Charge which 
will probably be incurred to the 31st day of March 
1855, on account of Barrack Supplies, &amp;c., Wages 
and Ordnance Stores, &amp;c. ; 

The Committee divided. 

Tellers for the{ Mr. Muntz, 

Yeas, \Mr. Newdegate : 

Tellers for the Mr. Hayter, 

Noes, \Mr. Grenville Berkeley : 

Original Question put, and agreed to. 

2. Resolved, That a Number, not exceeding Ordnance 
22,346 Men, Commissioned and Non-commissioned — 
Officers included, composing the several Ordnance _ 
Military Corps, be maintained for Her Majesty’s 
Service at Home and Abroad, from the 1st day of 
April 1855 to the 31st day of March 1856, inclu- 
sive. 

3. Resolved, Thata Sum, not exceeding £. 1,117,833, Pay, &amp;c. of 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the expense of Military” 
the Pay, Allowances and Contingencies of Ordnance Corps. 
Military Corps, which will come in course of pay- 
ment during the year ending the 31st day of March 
1856. 

4. Resolved, Thata Sum, not exceeding £.1,406,883, Commissariat 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the expense of Sir plies, &amp;c. 
Commissariat and Barrack Supplies for Her Ma- ; 
jesty’s Forces, Great Coats for the Army, and 
Clothing for the Militia, which will come in course 
of payment during the year ending the 3!st day of 
March 1856. 

5. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £.303,149, 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the expense of 
Establishments at Home and Abroad, which will 
come in course of payment during the year ending 
the 31st day of March 1856. 

6. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £.368,872, Wages. 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the expense of 
Wages at Home and Abroad, which will come in 
course of — during the year ending the 31st 
day of March 1856. 

7. Motion made, and Question proposed, That a Ordnance 
Sum, not exceeding £. 2,792,348, be granted to Her Stores. 
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 1856. 

Whereupon Motion made, and Question put, 

That a Sum, not exceeding £. 2,752,348, 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 
3ist day of March 1856 ; 


The Committee divided. 


j 


Ve 
| Nada 


34. 


Ordnance 
Establish- 
ments. 


Tellers for thef Mr. Muntz, 1 2 
Yeas, Mr. Scholefield : i 
Tellers for the; Mr. Hayter, lire 
Noes, |Mr. Grenville Berkeley: {  ~ 


Original Question put, and agreed to. 
Resolutions to be reported. 





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


Martis, 6° die Martii, 1855: 


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, That this House will, upon Wednesday 


next, again resolve itself into the said Committee. 





Mr. 


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108 


5°—6° Martiz. 








A. 1855. 


The Tea Duties Decline Suspension Bill was, ac- Tea Duties ’ 
| cording to Order, read a second time; and com- Decline Sus- ; 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for 7°" Bill. 
Wednesday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Lunatic Asy. 

reading of the Lunatic hanes (Jreland) (Ad- !ums (Ireland) 

vances) Bill; (Advances) 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 





upon Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Marine 


Her Majesty’s Forces, which will come in course of} consideration the Marine Mutiny Bill, as amended Mutiny Bill, 


|in the Committee ; 


Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a Com- 
mittee of the whole House, for Wednesday next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Mutiny Bil 
into a Committee on the Mutiny 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. 


Supply. Mr. Bouverie reported from the Committee of | 
Supply, several Resolutions; which were read, as 
follow : 

PayofGeneral 1. That a Sum, not exceeding £.64,000, be 

OBews. granted to Her Majesty, for defraying the Charge 
of the Pay of General Officers of Her Majesty’s 
Forces, which will come in course of payment from 
the 1st day of April 1855 to the 31st day of March 
1856, inclusive. 

Full Payfor 9, That a Sum, not exceeding £.55,000, be 

Reduced and ranted to Her Majesty, for defraying the Charge | 

Officers. of Full Pay for Reduced and Retired Officers of| 
payment from the ist day of April 1855 to the 31st 
day of March 1856, inclusive. 

Half Pay to 3. That a Sum, not exceeding £.318,000, be 

a and yranted to Her Majesty, for defraying the Charge of 

Officers. Half Pay and Military Allowances to Reduced and 
Retired Officers of Her Majesty’s Land Forces, 
which will come in course of payment from the Ist 
day of April 1855 to the 31st day of March 1856, 
inclusive. 

Half Pay to 4. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 32,707, be granted 


Foreign Corps, 
&amp;e. 


to Her Majesty, for defraying the Charge of Half 
Pay and Reduced Allowances of Dishanded 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 Ist day of April 1855 
to the 31st day of March 1856, inclusive. 


Widows’ 5. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 124,454, be 

Pensions. = cranted to Her Majesty, for defraying the Charge 
of Pensions to be paid to Widows of Officers of Her 
Majesty’s Land Forces, which will come in course 
of payment from the Ist day of April 1855 to the 
31st . of March 1856, inclusive. 

Compassion- 6. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 81,000, be granted 

ate List, &amp;c. 


to Her Majesty, for defraying the Charge of Allow- 
ances on the Compassionate List, of Allowances as 
of Her Majesty’s Royal Bounty, and of Pensions, 
Gratuities and Allowances to Officers for Wounds, 
which will come in course of payment from the Ist 
day of April 1855 to the 31st day of March 1856, 
inclusive. 

7. That a Sum, not exceeding £.31,787, be granted 
to Her Majesty, for defraying the Charge of Chelsea 
and Kilmainham Hospital, and the In-Pensioners 
thereof, which will come in course of payment from 
+ the 1st day of April 1855 to the 31st day of March 
1856, inclusive. 

8. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 1,188,589, be 
granted to Her Majesty, for defraying the Charge 
of the Out-Pensioners of Che/sea Hospital, of Pen- 
sions granted to discharged Negro Soldiers, of Pen- 
sioners from Hanoverian Corps which served with 
the British Army in 1793, 1794 and 1795, and of 
the Military Organization of Out-Pensioners, which 
will come in course of payment from the 1st day of 
April 1855 to the 31st day of March 1856, inclusive. 

9. Thata Sum, not exceeding £.38,700, be granted 
to Her Majesty, for defraying the Charge of Allow- 
ances, Compensations and Emoluments, in the nature 
of Superannuation or Retired Allowances, to persons 
formerly belonging to Public Departments, which 
will come in course of payment from the 1st day of 
April 1855 to the 31st day of March 1856, inclu- 
sive. 

The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 


Chelsea and 
Kilmainham 
Hospitals. 


Out-Pension- 
ers of Chelsea 
Hospital, &amp;c. 


Superannua- 
tions. 


Ways and 
Means. 


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 Newspaper, &amp;c. Postage and Stamp 
Duties Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Friday next. 


Newspaper, 
&amp;c. Postage 
and Stamp 
Duties Biil. 





Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration this day. 


eS eo 


‘The Purchasers’ Protection against Judgments Purchasers’ 
Bill was, according to Order, read a second time ; Protection 
and committed to a Committee of the whole House, *8%inst Jude- 

. ? ments Bill. 
for Thursday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Savings Banks 
reading of the Savings Banks and Friendly Societies and Friendly 
Investments Bill ; ae be 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon ' 


Friday next. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take Exchequer 
into consideration the Exchequer Bills (£.17,183,000) Bills_ 
Bill, as amended in the Committee. (517, 188ee) 
P Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time this 
ay. 


The Secretaries and Under Secretaries of State Secretariesand 
(House of Commous) Bill was, according to Order, —— re 
read a second time ; and committed to a Committee (Hw of 


House of 
of the whole House, for this day. Commons) Bill 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Ecclesiastical 
into a Committee on the Ecclesiastical Courts Bill ; Coutts Dill. 
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 Wednesday 
next, 


Ordered, That Mr. Walpole be added to the Se- Printing 


lect Committee on Printing (Houses of Parliament, —— of 
ihe ) — 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Promotion 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased (Marines) 
to give directions, that there be laid Kedoes this House, 

a Copy of Warrant regulating Promotion in the 
Marine Corps. 

Ordered, That 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 Amendment made by the Lords Common Law 
to the Common Law Procedure Act Amendment es 
(Ireland) Bill, be now taken into consideration :— ([reland) Bill 
The House accordingly proceeded to take the said 
Amendment into consideration; 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 
Lordships. = 

r 











18 Vicrort2x. 


Mr. Cowper presented,— Return to an Order, dated 
the 8th day of February last, for Copies of all Cor- 
respondence connected with the Construction of 
certain Works at the Mouth of the River 7yne, 
between the Admiralty, the Officers of the River 
Tyne Commissioners, Messrs. Clayton and Brooks, 
and Mr. James Walker, c. £., since the 24th day of 
February 1853. 

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


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till a quarter of an hour after One of the 
clock on Tuesday morning, adjourned till this 


day. 


Tyne Con- 


gervancy. 


Martis, 6° die Martii ; 


Anno 18° Victoria Regine, 1855. 





PRAYERS. 


yee PETITION of the West End of Zondon and 
Tene ann k Crystal Palace Railway Company, the London, 
Westminster Brighton and South Coast Railway Company, and 
Terminus = the London and South Western Railway Company, 
Railways, for leave to bring in a Bill for authorizing Arrange- 
ments with respect to the West London and Crystal 
Palace, and the Zondon and South Western Rail- 
ways, and for other purposes, was presented, and 
read ; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in ac- 
cordingly, by Mr, Chaplin, Mr. Laing and Sir 

Joseph Paxton. 


West London 


Saint George’s The Order for referring to the Committee of Se- 
Harbour Bill. jection the Saint George's Harbour Bill, was read, 
and discharged. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the General 
Committee on Railway and Canal Bills. 


Lunacy Regue The Lunacy Regulation Act Amendment Bill was 
lation Act —read the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
— time upon Friday next ; and to be printed. 

Bill 51. 
Lancashire — The Lancashire and Yorkshire and Blackburn 
and Yorkshire Railways Bill was read a second time; and com- 
and Blackburn 


Railways Bill, mitted. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the General 


Committee on Railway and Canal Bills. 


Hartlepool The Order of the day being read, for the second 

Pier and Port reading of the Hartlepool Pier and Port Bill ; 

ma. Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Tuesday the 20th day of this instant March. 


Dean Forest, 


fog? Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 
Cc. Dill, 


one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, 
That in the case of the Dean Forest, &amp;c. Bill, no 
Standing Orders are applicable. 


Committee Mr. Greene reported from the Committee of Se- 


oe lection ; That they had made certain alterations in 
port.) the Groups of Private Bills already formed, and had 
No. 99, formed certain additional Groups, which they had 
agreed to report to the House. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table; 
and be printed. : 
nding Mr. Greene reported from the Select Committee 
ers, 


on Standing Orders, several Resolutions; which were 
read, as follow : 

Nottingham 1. That in the case of the Nottingham and New- 
-_ Newhaven /aven Road Bill Petition for additional Provision, the 

“4Bill. —_ Standing Orders ought not to be dispensed with. 
Renfrew 2. That in the case of the Renfrew Police and 
Police and = Improvement Bill Petition of Archibald Alexander 
Bil, "Speirs and others, for dispensing with Standing Order 
110, and for leave to be heard upon their Petition 
against the Bill, the Standing Order ought to be 
dispensed with ; that the Parties be permitted to be 
— upon their Petition against the Bill, notwith- 
OL. 110. 





5°—6° Martiz. 








109 


standing the same shall have been deposited later 
than seven clear days after the poston reading of 
the Bill. 

The second Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant Portsmouth 

to the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ Writ. 

for the electing of a Burgess to serve in this present 
Parliament for the Borough of Portsmouth, in the 

room of the Honourable Charles Stanley, Viscount 

Monck, who, since his Election for the said Borough, 

hath accepted the Office of one of the Commis- 

sioners for executing the Offices of Treasurer of the 
Exchequer of Great Britain, and Lord High Trea- 

surer of Jreland. 


Ordered, That the Minutes of the Evidence taken Barnstaple 
before the Select Committee on the Barustaple Election. 
Election Petition, which were presented upon the No. 100. 
5th day of this instant March, be printed. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Metropolitan 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased Districts 
to give directions, that there be laid before this P*¥™&amp; &amp; 
House, a Return from the Vestry or other Authority 
or Authorities under whose jurisdiction the Paving, 
Cleansing and Lighting are carried out in each 
Parish and extra-parochial Place within the City of 
Westminster, and the several Parliamentary Boroughs 
of Marylebone, Finsbury, Tower Hamlets, South- 
wark and Greenwich, and the Parishes of Lewisham, 
Eltham, Lee, Kidbrook, and each of the Parishes 
and Places not being a Parish in the City of Zondon 
or the Liberties thereof, the City of Westminster, or 
the Parliamentary Boroughs mentioned in Schedule 
(A.) to the Act 15 &amp; 16 Vic. c. 85, and all other 
Parishes and Places, if any, except as before ex- 
cepted, included in the London Weekly Tables of 
Mortality ; setting forth, Whether any and which of 
the aforesaid Parishes, or part of any such Parish, is 
managed under the Act 57 Geo. 3, c. 90 (Regulating 
Streets of Metropolis), or the Act 3 &amp; 4 Will. 4, c. 
90 (for Lighting and Watching); the rateable Value 
of each such Parish, &amp;c.; the Total Amount of 
Money raised for the purposes of Paving, Cleansing 
and Lighting, under the authority of any General or 
Local Act, during the year ending the 25th day of 
March 1853 ; the Total Expenditure during the year 
ending the 25th day of March 1853, as shown by 
Returns made to the Secretary of State for the Home 
Department ; the Names of all Officers employed as 
Clerks, Surveyors, Collectors, Street-keepers, or 
otherwise, with the Amount of Salary, Fees, Pound- 
age, Perquisites, Value of House-rent, and other 
benefits received or enjoyed by each of such Officers; 
the Length of Roads and Streets, in Yards, within 
the jurisdiction of each such Authority ; the Amount 
of Debt owing at date of last Return by each such 
Authority ; the Number of Public Lamps, and the 
Number of Public Pumps, within each such District. 

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


Ordered, That the Return relative to Hops, which Hops. 
was presented upon the 5th day of this instant March, No, 101. 
be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Malt, &amp;c., Malt, &amp;c. 
which was presented upon the 5th day of thisinstant No, 102, 
March, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Brewers, Brewers. 
which was presented upon the 5th day of thisinstant No, 103. 
March, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Wool and Wool and 
Woollen Manufactures, which was presented upon Woollen 
the 5th day of this instant March, be printed. 

P 3 


Manufactures. 
Ordered, No. 104. 


Sewers 
(Houses of 
Parliament. ) 


No. 105. 
TIncumbered 


Estates Court 
(Ireland.) 


No. 106. 


Charity 
Commission. 


No. 107. 
Public 


Petitions. 


Vide Four- 
teenth Report. 


Masters and 
Operatives 
(France. ) 


Committees. 


Sound Dues. 


Public 
Petitions. 
Vide Four- 
teenth Report. 


410 6°—7° 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Sewers 
(Houses of Parliament), which was presented upon 
the 5th day of this instant March, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Incum- 
bered Estates Court (Ireland), which was presented 
upon the 5th day of this instant March, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to the Charity 
Commission, which was presented upon the 5th day 
of this instant March, be printed. 


Petitions relating to Lord’s Day ;— Maynooth 
College ;—Oaths ; -- Newspaper, &amp;c. Postage and 
Stamp Duties Bill ;—Newspaper Stamps ;—Paper, 
Newspaper Stamps, Foreign Books, &amp;c. ; — Stage 
Carriages ;— Adulteration of Food, &amp;c. ;— Bernal 
Collection ;—Bills of Exchange Bill, and Bills of 
Exchange and Promissory Notes Bill ;— Decimal 
Coinage ;—Grain ;—Hay (for the Army in the Cri- 
mea) ; — Intoxicating Liquors ; — Passengers Act 
Amendment Bill ; — Poor Relief (Jreland) Bill ; — 
Queen’s Plates (Ireland); —Real Estates ; — Sale 
of Beer Act (1854) ;—Schools (Scotland) Bill ; — 
Smoke Nuisance Abatement Act ;—-War with Russia; 
—and, Archibald White,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions relating to the Public Health Bill ; 
and, the Nuisances Removal Amendment Bill,— 
were also presented, and read; and referred to the 
Select Committee on the Bills. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That a Select Committee be appointed to 
inquire into the Operations of the “Conseils des 
Prud’ hommes” in France :—And the said Motion 
was, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 


Notice being taken, that Forty Members were not 
present :—The House was told by Mr. Speaker ; 
and Forty Members not being present, and it being 
then after Four of the clock :—The House was ad- 
journed by Mr. Speaker, without a Question first 
put, till To-morrow. 





Mercurii, 7° die Martii ; 
Anno 18° Victoria Regine, 1855. 


PRAYERS. 


RDERED, That all Committees have leave | 


to sit this day, during the sitting of the House. 


Sir George Grey presented,— Return to an Address 
to Her Majesty, dated the 16th day of February last, 
for Copies (or Extracts therefrom) of any Despatches 
received by Her Majesty’s Secretary of State for 
Foreign Affairs from the British Minister at Wash- 
ington, relative to Negotiations between the Govern- 
ment of the United States and that of Denmark on 
the Sound Dues:— And, of the Correspondence 
between the American and Danish Governments 
respecting the Sound Dues ; and, Extracts from the 
Message to Congress of the President of the United 
States, on the Ist day of January 1855, relating to 
the same subject. 

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


Petitions relating to Newspaper, &amp;c. Postage and 
Stamp Duties Bill;—Bills of Exchange and Pro- 
missory Notes Bill ;—Fast Day ;—Grain ;—Intoxi- 
cating Liquors ;—Poor Law ;—Public Libraries and 
Museums Bill;—Sale of Beer Act (1854) ;—and, 
War with Russia,—were presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition relating to Hay for the Army in the 
Crimea, was also presented, and read; and referred 
to the Select Committee on the Army before Se- 
bastopol. 


Marti. A. 1855. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Assessments 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased (Metropolis. 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return setting forth the Assessment of 
each Parish within the Metropolitan Cities and Bo- 
roughs of London, Westminster, Marylebone, Fins- 
bury, Tower Hamlets, Southwark, Lambeth and 
Greenwich, under the following heads :—The Assess- 
ment under the Property Tax (Schedule A.); Assess- 
ment to County Rate; and Parochial Assessment. 

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


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Tyne Tyne Con- 
| Conservancy, which was presented upon the 5th day S**V@"°y- 
of this instant March, be printed. No. 108. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Public Libra- 
into a Committee on the Public Libraries and Ties 204 


| Museums Bill. scusoumas Bill. 
Bill 52. 





(In the Committee.) 


Preamble postponed. 

Cuiavusgs, N° 1 and N° 2, agreed to. 

Cuausz, N° 3, amended, and agreed to. 

Cuavuse, N° 4 (The Council of certain boroughs 
may adopt Act). 

Amendment proposed, in p. 2, 1. 28: To leave 
out the word “ Five,” in order to insert the word 
a 

Question proposed, That the word “ Five” 
stand part of the Clause. 

Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 

Amendments made. 

Clause, as amended, agreed to. 

Cuavuse, N° 5, agreed to. 

Cravse, N° 6, amended, and agreed to. 

CuiausE, N° 7, agreed to. 

Cravuse, N° 8, amended, and agreed to. 

Cravse, N° 9, agreed to. 

Cause, N° 10, amended, and agreed to. 

Cause, N° 11, agreed to. 

Cravses, N° 12 and N° 13, amended, and agreed 





to. 
CrauseE, N’ 14, disagreed to. 


Criause, N° 15, amended, and agreed to. 

Cuiavse, N° 16, agreed to. 

Curausss, N° 17 and N° 18, disagreed to. 

Cause, N° 19 (Lands, &amp;c. may be appropriated, 
purchased or rented for the purposes of this Act). 

Amendment proposed, in p. 7, Is. 5 and 6: To 
leave out the words “ with the approval of Her Ma- 
“ jesty’s Treasury.” 

Question put, That the words proposed to be left 

out stand part of the Clause ; 

The Committee divided. 


(Mr. Ewart, 
Tellers for the Yess, Viscount Ebrington 


7 Mr. Hadfield, 
Tellers for the Noes, 3 Joseph Anderson : 
Amendments made. 


Clause, as amended, agreed to. 
Cravses, N° 20 and N° 21, agreed to. 
Cuause, N* 22 (General management to be vested 
in Council Board or Commissioners). 
An Amendment made. 
Another Amendment proposed, in p. 8, 1.1: After 
the word “ books,” to insert the word “ newspapers.” 
Question put, That the word “newspapers” be 
there inserted ; 
The Committee divided. 
Tellers for the { Mr. Ewart, 
Yeas, Mr. Brotherton : 
Tellers for the; Mr. Spooner, ae 
Noes, (Mr. Seymour Fitzgerald: § ~~ 
Another Amendment proposed, at the end of the 
Clause: To add the words “ Provided that all the 
“ Libraries 


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25. 


1 64. 











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nes ae bal 


Pee. MN psa ME aie Fa 


BROS ten 





18 Vicrortz. 
: “ Libraries established under this Act shall be 
) “ Lending Libraries.” 

Question put, That those words be there added ; 

The Committee divided. 

Tellers for the Yeas, “ on Perry ’ } 32. 

r. Spooner : 
J Mr. Ewart, } 

Tellers for the Noes, Lie, Siatlienten. 49. 

Clause, as amended, agreed to. 

CuauseE, N° 23 (Property of Library, &amp;c. to be 
vested in Council Board and Commissioners re- 
spectively). 

An Amendment made. 

Another Amendment proposed, at tlie end of the 
Clause: To add the words, “ Provided always, that 
“ no property so vested shall be liable to the repay- 

ment of any debt or incumbrance not incurred in 

“ the execution of or for the purpose of this Act.” 
— Question proposed, That those words be there 
added. 

Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 

Clause, as amended, agreed to. 

‘ Cuiausg, N° 24 (Museums to be free). 
: Amendment proposed, in p. 8, 1.14: After the 
word “ shall,” to insert the words “ at certain times.” 

Question proposed, That those words be there in- 
serted. 

Amendment, by leave, withdrawn, 

Clause agreed to. 

; Clause added. 

Clause (If any person shall give to any borough, 
district or parish, having respectively such a popula- 
tion as aforesaid, any books, collections of mine- 
ralogy, natural history, or works of science or art, 
sufficientin the opinion of the Council, Board or 
Vestry, as the case may be, for the establishment of a 
Library or Museum, then this Act shall be considered 
to have been duly applied for, and shall take effect 
and come into operation in such borough, district or 
parish, without taking the proceedings hereinbefore 
made necessary for its adoption, and such Library or 
Museum shall be considered to have been duly esta- 
blished under this Act)——brought up, and read 1°. 

Motion made, and Question proposed, That the 
Clause be read 2°. 

Motion and Clause, by leave, withdrawn. 

CuavsE (No person shall be assessed or rated 
to any county, borough, parochial or other local 
rates or cesses, in respect of any land, houses or 
buildings, or parts thereof respectively, belonging 
to any Library or Museum established under this 
Act, and occupied by it for the transaction of its 
business, and for carrying into effect its purposes) 

¢ ——brought up, and read 1°. 
Motion made, and Question proposed, That the 
Clause be read 2°. 
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 upon Wednesday 
the 25th day of April next; and be printed. 


Judgments The Order of the day being read, for the second 
&amp;e Bi” reading of the J udgments Execution, &amp;c. 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 the word “now,” and, 
at the end of the Question, adding the words “ upon 
“ this day six months.” 

And the Question being put, That the word 
“ now” stand part of the Question; 
The House divided. 
VoL, 110, 





7° Marti. 








11] 


The Yeas to the Right; 
The Noes to the Left. 


Tellers for the Yeas, i= ys. ig 


Tellers for the Noes, { Mr. Macartney, 89. 
(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. 


18, 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Ecclesiastical 
: . Fagen Seater 
—" of the Ecclesiastical Property (Jreland) (irelan Fs Bm 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday the 28th day of this instant 
arch. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- supply. 
mittee of Supply ; 

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


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Ways and 
mittee of Ways and Means ; Means. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Tea Duties 
into a Committee on the Tea Duties Decline Sus- Decline —y 
— Bill; and, after some time spent therein, °°" ”* 

r. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bouverie 
reported, That the Committee had gone through 
the Bill, and directed him to report the same, with- 
out Amendment. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
To-morrow. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Marine 
into a Committee on the Marine Mutiny Bill; and, Mutiny 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 Order of the day being read, for taking into Ecclesiastical 
consideration the Ecclesiastical Courts Bill, as Courts Bill 
amended in the Committee ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be taken into consideration 
To-morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Public Prose- 
reading of the Public Prosecutors Bill; cutors Bilt. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Tuesday next. 


Mr. Bouverie reported from the Committee of Supply. 
Supply, several Resolutions ; which were read, as 
follow : 

1. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 1,402,961, be Barrack 
granted to Her Majesty, for defraying the Charge Supplies, &amp;c. 
which will probably be incurred to the 31st day of ” 
March 1855, on account of Barrack Supplies, &amp;c. 

Wages, and Ordnance Stores, &amp;c. 

2. That a Number, not exceeding 22,346 Men, Ordnance 
Commissioned and Non-commissioned Officers in- Military 
cluded, composing the several Ordnance Military “?* 
Corps, be maintained for Her Majesty’s Service at 
Home and Abroad, from the 1st day of April 1855 
to the 31st day of March 1856, inclusive. 

3. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 1,117,833, be Pay, &amp;e. of 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the expense of the Ordnance 
Pay, Allowances and Contingencies of Ordnance 
Military Corps, which will come in course of pay- 
ment during the year ending the 31st day of March 


1856. 
4. That 


Military 
Corps. 


P4 





Commissariat 
and Barrack 
Supplies, &amp;c. 


Ordnance 
Establish- 
ments. 


Wages. 


Mutiny Bill. 


Exchequer 
Bills 

(£. 17,183,000) 
Bill. 


Secretaries 
and Under 
Secretaries of 
State (House 
of Commons) 
Bill. 


Education 
of Pauper 
Children. 


Appointment 
of Children 
(New South 
Wales.) 


112 7°—8° Marti. A. 1855. 


4. That a Sum, not exceeding £.1,406,883, be| A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- Lunatic Asy. 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the — of | posed, That there be laid before this House, an Ac- !ums (Ireland.) 
Commissariat and Barrack Supplies for Her Ma- | count of all Sums advanced for the Building of Lu- 
jesty’s Forces, Great Coats for the Army, and |natic Asylums in Jreland under the Acts 1 &amp; 2 Geo. 

Clothing for the Militia, which will come in course | 4, c. 33, 7 Geo. 4, c. 14, 8 &amp; 9 Vic. c. 107, and 9 &amp; 
of payment during the year ending the 31st day of| 10 Vic. c. 115, distinguishing the Sums advanced by 
March 1856. Orders in Council, and those advanced without 

5. That a Sum, not exceeding £.303,149, be | Orders in Council :—Copy of Schedule of the Sums 

ranted to Her Majesty, to defray the expense of | were to be charged to each County, under the 
Ectabllchmonts at Home and Abroad, which will | Bill before this House, on account of such Advances : 
come in course of payment during the year ending |—Account of the Cost of each Asylum built under 
the 31st day of March 1856. | such Acts, specifying the entire Sum laid out on each 

6. That a Sum, not exceeding £.368,872, be for Building and Purchase of the Site; together 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the expense of | with the Number of Inmates each is calculated to 
Wages at Home and Abroad, which will come in| contain:—Return of the Counties for which each 
course of payment during the year ending the 31st | Asylum was appropriated, and any change made in 
day of March 1856. such Counties, and any Sums proposed to be paid, 

7. Thata Sum, not exceeding £. 2,792,348, be | or paid, from one County to another, on account of 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the expense of such change :—And, Copies of all Correspondence 
Ordnance Stores for Land and Sea Service, which | in which Remonstrance was made, by Grand Juries 
will come in course of payment during the year) of Counties or from other Parties, on the subject of 
ending the 31st day of March 1856. these Asylums, to the Jrish Government or the 

The first Resolution being read a second time, | Treasury:—And the said Motion was, with leave of 
the Amendments following were made thereunto ; | the House, withdrawn. 
iz. by leaving “ £.1,402,961,” and inserting 
a ype 4 _— eset Yee by inserting after | Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Lunatic Asy- 
do.venk @ Majesty” the words “to complete the | 2” Account of all Sums advanced for the Building “™* (Ireland.) 
“ Sum granted ;” by leaving out the words “charge | of Lunatic Asylums in Jreland under the Acts 1&amp;2 
“ which will probably be incurred,” and inserting | Geo. 4, c. 33, 7 Geo. 4, c.14, 8 &amp; 9 Vie., c. 107, 
the words “estimated Excess of the Ordnance Ex-| and 9 &amp; 10 Vie. c. 115, distinguishing the Sums 
“ penditure beyond the Grants for the year ending | advanced by Orders in Council, and those advanced 
“ on,” instead thereof; and by leaving out the words | without Orders in Council :—And, Copies of all 
“ on account of Barrack Supplies, &amp;c. Wages, and | Correspondence in which Remonstrance was made, 
“ Ordnance Stores, &amp;c.” | by Grand Juries of Counties or from other Parties, 

And the said Resolution, so amended, was agreed | ©" the subject of these Asylums, to the Jrish Govern- 
to, as followeth : / ment or the Treasury. 

That a Sum, not exceeding £.202,961, be granted) Ordered, That the Dean Forest, &amp;c. Bill be read Dean Forest, 
to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum granted for |g second time To-morrow. &amp;c. Bill. 
defraying the estimated Excess of the Ordnance 


Expenditure beyond the Grants for the year ending’ Ordered, That there be laid before this House, District Luna- 
ums 


on the 31st day of March 1855. an Account showing the Totals issued on account &gt; oth 

Then the subsequent Resolutions, being read a of District Lunatic Asylums in Jreland, up to the 
second time, were agreed to. | 81st day of August 1854; the Amounts issued under 
Orders in Council ae Issues on account, 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take | and showing the Issues made by the Treasury, on 
into consideration the Mutiny Bill, as amended in application of the Board of Public Works in Jreland, 
the Committee. .,.. | Under the General Orders in Council directing the 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time To-| Work. 
morrow. | Mr. Wilson accordingly presented the said Ac- 


| count. 


The Exchequer Bills (£.17,183,000) Bill was,|  Q,dered, That the said Account do lie upon the 
according to Order, read the third time. Table 


Resolved, That the Bill do pass. | 
Ordered, That Mr. Wilson do carry the Bill to. And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 





The House, according to Order, resolved itself : _ » - 
into a Committee on the Secretaries and Under | Jovis, 8° die Mariii ; 
Secretaries of State (House of Commons) Bill; and, | Anno 18° Victorie Regine, 1855 
after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed - ‘ 
the Chair; and Mr. Bouverie reported, That the) PRaAvYERs. 

Committee had gone through the Bill, and directed | \ R. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Stockton and 
. . . —— - *. +4: : Darlington 
him to report the same, without Amendment. I one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private paitway Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time To- | Bills, in respect of non-compliance with the Stand- 
morrow. | ing Orders in the case of the Petition for additional 

; ; | Provision in the Stockton and Darlington Railway 

Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a! Bij), 
Copy of all Communications which have taken place! Q;dered, That the Report be referred to the Se- 
vetween the President of the Privy Council and the | ject Committee on Standing Orders. 
President of the Poor Law Board, relative to the 
Education of Children receiving Out-door Relief. Mr. Hayter presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- Trade and 
: : mand,—Annual Statement of the Trade and Navi- Navigation 

Ordered, That there be laid before this House; a| cation of the United Kingdom with Foreign Coun- 
Copy of all Communications which have taken _ tries and British Possessions in the year 1853. 
between the President of the Poor Law Board and Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 
the Emigration Commissioners, relative to appointing | Table. 
Boys and Girls from any Parish or Board of Guar- 
dians, of and above the age of Thirteen, with the! Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for incorporating Bombay, , 
consent of their Parents or the Guardians, under | the Baroda Railway Company, and for other pur- er 
certain conditions, to Employers in New South} poses connected therewith: And the same was read Railway 
Wales. the first time. (No. 2) Bill. 
Ordered, 

















18 Vicrortia. 


Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exa- 
miners of Petitions for Private Bills. 
Torquay, Tor &lt;A Petition of the Torquay, Tor and Saint Mary 
and — , Church Gas Company, praying that Provision may 
—— be made in the Torquay, Zor and Saint Mary 
Church Gas Bill for giving Power to the Petitioners 
to purchase certain land, called “ Little Goosemore,” 
in the Parish of Paignton, in Devonshire, and to 
construct their Works on such land, was presented, 
and read; and referred to the Examiners of Peti- 
tions for Private Bills. 


Tondon and The London and South Western Railway Bill 
South Western “— ai : : , 
Railway Bill. “°° according to Order, read a second time. 

Mr. Strutt reported from the General Committee 
on Railway and Canal Bills; That they had formed 
into Groups several Railway and Canal Bills, which 
No. 109. in their opinion it is expedient to submit to the 

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


Railway and 
Canal Bills 
(First Report.) 


Lands Mr. Bouverie reported from the Committee on 

Improvement the Lands Improvement Company Bill; That they 

Company Bill. ay : . ath te aly See 
had examined the allegations contained in the Pre 
amble 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 Amend- 
ments thereunto. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Over Darwen 
Gas Bill. 


Mr. Bouverie reported the Over Darwen Gas 
Bill, with Amendments. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Bouverie reported the Pudsey Gas Bill, with 
Amendments. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Pudsey Gas 
Bill. 


Mr. Bouverie reported from the Committee on 
the Taunton Gas 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. 


Taunton Gas 


Woolwich Mr. Bouverie reported the Woolwich Consumers’ 

met Protective Gas Bill, with Amendments. 

Gas Bil, Ordered, ‘That the Report do lie upon the Table. 

Cambridge Mr. Bouverie reported the Cambridge University 

pat med and Town Water Bill, with Amendments. 

Water Bill, Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 

War with Sir George Grey presented, by Her Majesty’s 

Russia. Command,—Copy of Despatches from the Secretary 
of State in reply to Communications from Governors 
of British Colonies, transmitting Addresses and Re- 
solutions on the subject of the War with Russia. 

Victoria. Sir George Grey also presented, pursuant to the 
directions of an Act of Parliament,—Copy of an 
Order of Her Majesty in Council, dated 28th Fe- 
bruary 1855, empowering the Governor of Victoria 
to issue Mining Leases of Land not auriferous. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 

Table. 

Public Petitions relating to Clergy (London) ;—News- 

—_— paper, &amp;c. Postage and Stamp Duties Bill ;—News- 


Vide Fifteenth Paper Stamps ;—Stage Carriages ;—Grain ;—Intoxi- 
Report. cating Liquors ;—Zondon and South Western Rail- 
way ;—Sale of Beer Act (1854) ;—Wages ;—and, 
War with Russia,—were presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 
Petitions relating to the Nuisances Removal 
Amendment Bill ;—and, the Public Health Bill,— 
Vou. 110. 








8° Martiz. 113 


were also presented, and read; and referred to the 
Select Committee on the Bills. 


Ordered, That a Message be sent to the Lords, to Army before 
request that their Lordships will be pleased to give Sebastopol. 
leave to His Royal Highness the Duke of Cam- 
bridge, the Earl of Cardigan, the Earl of Lucan 
and Viscount Hardinge, to attend to be examined 
as Witnesses before the Select Committee on the 
Army before Sebastopol: And that Mr. Roebuck do 
carry the said Message. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Coftee 
Return showing the Quantity of Coffee in a green (Crimea.) 
state sent to the Crimea for the use of the Army, 
the Quantity issued as Rations to the Troops; dis- 
tinguishing that distributed to the Soldiers in the 
Field, and that distributed to the Soldiers in the 
Hospitals, the Cost of each Ration of Coffee so dis- 
tributed, and the Sum ‘Total deducted from the Pay 
of the Soldiers for such Rations, to the latest Date 
to which such Return can be made up. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Metropolitan 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased cae _— 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Copies of any further Reports of the several 
Metropolitan Water Companies, in continuation of 
those presented to this House in Session 1854. 

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


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Clergy 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased (Canada) 
to give directions, that there be laid before this mei 
House, a Copy of an Act passed by the Legislature 
of Canada, and assented to by the Governor on 
the 18th day of December 1854, intituled, “ An Act 
to make better Provision for the Appropriation of 
Monies arising from Lands heretofore known as the 
Clergy Reserves, by rendering them available for 
Municipal purposes.” 

Ordered, That 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, by Her Majesty’s Com- Local Acts. 
mand,—Reports from the Admiralty relative to Ap- No. 110. 
plications for Local Acts :--1. Belfast and County 
Doun Railway ; 2. Carlisle and Silloth Bay Rail- 
way and Dock Company; 3. Carmarthen and Car- 
digan Railway; 4. Cork and Youghal Railway; 

5. Glasgow, Dumbarton and Helensburgh Railway ; 
6. Stockton and Darlington Railway; 7. Swansea 
Vale Railway. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 

Table; and be printed. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Spirits 
Return of the Number of Gallons of Foreign Spirits (5¢otland.) 
cleared for Home Consumption in Scotland in each 
Month of the Five years ending on the 31st day of 
December 1854, and in the Months of January and 
February 1855, and of the Number of Gallons of 
British Spirits so cleared in each period of Six 
Weeks during the same time. 


Thé following Papers were laid upon the Table by Linseed, &amp;c. 
the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, dated 
the 21st day of December last, for Returns of the 
Quantities of Linseed, Corn, Hemp, Flax or Tallow, - 
imported, during the year 1854, into the United 
Kingdom, from the Black Sea or the Sea of Azoff; 
stating into what Port or Ports the same have been 
imported, and from what Ports the same have been 
exported ; with the Dates of such Exports and Im- 
ports, and the Names of the Vessels in which the 
same were imported :—And, of all Linseed, Rape- 

Q seed, 


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| 
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114 


seed, Tallow, Hemp, Flax or Copper imported into 
the United Kingdom, in*the year 1854, from the 
Baltic or any Port of the Prussian Dominions, and 
from what Port or Ports the same have been ex- 
ported ; with the Dates of such Exports and Imports, 
and the Names of the Vessels in which the same 
were imported. 

Return to an Order, dated the 26th day of Feb- 
ruary last, for Copies of the Letter from the Court 
of Directors of the East India Company to the 
Government of Bengal, dated the 2d day of August 


fast India. 


1854, in the Judicial Department (No. 11); and, of 


the Reply of the Lieutenant Governor of Beugal, 
dated the 8th day of November 1854 (No. 26), with 
its Enclosures :—And, of Inquiry and Report with 
reference to the Statement of Mr. T'heubald as to the 
employment of Torture by the Police. 


Maynooth 
College. 
pointed to inquire into the Management and Govern- 
ment of the College of Maynooth. 
Ordered, ‘That the said Paper do lie upon the 
Table. 


Ordered, That the Account relative to District 
Lunatic Asylums (Jreland), which was presented 
upon the 7th day of this instant March, be printed. 


District Luna- 
tic Asylums 
(Ireland. ) 


No. 111. 


Education Mr. Wilson presented,—Return to an Address to 

CTreland.) 
for Copies of the Terms of the Commission ap- 
pointed by Her Majesty, pursuant to an humble 
Address of this House on the 13th day of July 1854, 
praying for inquiry into the Endowments, Funds 
and actual condition of all Schools endowed for the 
purposes of Education in Zre/and ; and the Nature 
and Extent of the Instruction given in such Schools : 
—And, of all Correspondence which has taken place 
between the said Commissioners and the Governors 
of Erasmus Smith Schools. 

Theological 

Professors, &amp;. December last, for an Amended and Supplemental 

nana Return to the Returns of Professors Dr. Johu 
Edgar, Mr. Edward Masson, and the Reverend 
William Gibson, under the Order of this House, 
dated the 20th day of July last, and omitted in 
the Return ordered to be printed the 12th day 
of August last; and also for Returns of the Reve- 
rend John Ferrie and J. R. Young, Esquire, under 
the said Order, and not made; and also for the 
Accounts ordered and not yet returned of Fees 
and Emoluments (over and above Government Al- 
lowance) derived or received by the said Professors 
Dr. Edgar, Mr. Masson and Mr. Gibson, or by 
Professors the Reverend Dr. Cooke, Dr. W. D. 
Kellin, Dr. Montgomery and John Scott Porter, 
from the 31st day of March 1853 to the 31st day of 
March 1854, from Students under their Instruction 
respectively, or otherwise howsoever as such Pro- 
fessors, distinguishing the Amount paid by each 
Student to the said Professors respectively, and the 
Total Amount received during the said last-mentioned 


Period by each of such Professors ; and also stating | 


what Services were rendered, and when, and for 


what Period, and in what Capacity, by the said Mr. | 


Young, on account of which he has a Claim or re- 
tiring Pension of £.150 a year. 
Convict Return to an Order, dated the 19th day of’ Feb- 
Prisons 
(ireland.) the Jrish Government and the Lords Commissioners 


of Her Majesty's Treasury, in the year 1854, in 


reference to fixing the Salaries and Allowances of 


the Directors of Convict Prisons in Jreland, and the 
removal of Heury M. Hitchin trom the Public Ser- 
vice in connexion with that Department. 
Contagious Mr. Wilson also presented, pursuant to the direc- 
and Epidemic tions of an Act of Parliament,—Copy of an Order 


(ireland) of the Lord Lieutenant and Privy Council of Zreland, 


8°—9° Maritiz. 


Mr. Cowper presented, by Her Majesty's Com- | 
mand,—Copy of Report of the Commissioners ap- | 


Her Majesty, dated the 23d day of February last, | 


Return to an Order, dated the 19th day of 


ruarv last, for Copies of all Correspondence between | 
’ ’ | | 


A. 1855. 


| dated 1st March 1855, for again renewing the Order 
| made on the 17th September 1853, for the Prevention 
of Contagious and Epidemic Diseases. 

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


| A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- Public Schools 
posed, That a Select Committee be appointed to and Univer- 
‘Inquire into the best means of affording to the "** 
Nation a full and equal participation in all the ad- 
vantages, which are not necessarily of an ecclesias- 
tical or spiritual character, in the Public Schools and 
| Universities of England and Ireland, and of improving 
| the educational system in those great seats of learn- 
| ing, with a view to enlarge their course of Instruction 
in conformity with the requirements of the Public 
Service :—And the said Motion was, with leave of 
‘the House, withdrawn. 


| 


A Motion was made, and the Question being put, Wages 
That leave be given to bring in a Bill to restrain (Hosiery-) 
| Stoppages from Wages in the Hosiery Manufacture ; 
| The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right; 
The Noes to the Left. 
_ Tellers for the {Sir Henry Halford, 
| Yeas, (Mr. Packe: 
Tellers for the{ Mr. Hayter, 
Noes, (Mr. Grenville Berkeley: 


| So it passed in the Negative. 


| 
| 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- Sir Charles 
n . . ° . 
posed, That there be laid before this House, a Copy Napier. 
| of any Correspondence which has passed between 
‘the Board of Admiralty, or any Member of Her 
| . &gt; be + oy . . 
Majesty’s Government, and Sir Charles Napier, since 
‘the 20th day of December last. 


And the House having continued to sit till after 
if hl . s - 
'welve of the clock on Friday morning ; 


Veneris, 9° die Martii, 1855: 


The said Motion was, with leave of the House, 
withdrawn. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Mines  _ 
reading of the Mines (Jreland) Bill ; (Ireland) Bill 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Wednesday the 18th day of April next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Jurors and 
reading of the Jurors and Juries (Jreland) Bill ; a 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Friday the 30th day of this instant March. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Jurors and 
reading of the Jurors and Juries (Zreland) (No. 2) a (iee- 
: and) (No. 2) 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Friday the 30th day of this instant March. 


Militia 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
(Ireland) Bill. 


mittee on the Militia (Jreland) Bill; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 





Intramural 
Burials 
(Ireland) Bill. 


| The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Intramural Burials (Zreland) Bill ; 

| Ordered, ‘That the Bill be read a second time upon 
| Monday next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Purchasers’ 
into a Committee on the Purchasers’ Protection saines 308 
| against Judgments Bill; and, after some time spent ments Bill. 
therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. 

Peel reported, That the Committee had gone through 
the Bill, and directed him to report the same, with- 

out Amendment. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon 

| Monday next. 
( The 





Teme 


Tea Duties 
Decline Sus- 
pension Bill. 


Marine 
Mutiny Bill. 


Ecclesiastical 
Courts Bill. 


Mutiny Bill. 


Secretaries 
and Under 
Secretaries of 
State (House 
of Commons) 
Bill. 


Dean Forest, 
&amp;e. Bill. 


Court of 


Chancery (Ire- 


land) (Juris- 
diction) Bill. 


Court of 


Chancery (Ire- 


land) (Pro- 
cedure) Bill. 


Court of 


Chancery (Tre- 


land) (Re- 
ceivers) Bill. 


Court of 


18 Victroriz. 


The Tea Duties Decline Suspension Bill was, ac- 


cording 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 Marine Mutiny Bill, as amended 
in the Committee. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time this | 


day. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take 
into consideration the Ecclesiastical Courts Bill, as 
amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, Vhat the Bill be read the third time this 
day. 


The Mutiny 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 a second time; and committed. 
| Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the General 
' Committee on Railway and Canal Bills. 


Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


8°— 9° Marti. 





115 


|___ Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
| Wednesday the 28th day, of this instant March. 


| 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, 9° die Martii; 
Anno 18° Victurie Regine, 1855. 


| PRAYERS. 
M R. Bonham Carter reported from the Select Public 


Committee on Public Petitions; That they onl 
had examined the Petitions presented upon the 5th, Report.) 
6th and 7th 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. 


The Chester and Holyhead Railway Bill was read Sues ant 
olyhea 
Railway Bill. 


The Secretaries and Under Secretaries of State | 


(House of Commons) Bill was, according to Order, 
read the third time. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 


Ordered, That Mr. Wi/son do carry the Bill to the | 


Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Dean Forest, &amp;c. Bill ; 


And a Motion being made, That the Bill be now 


read a second time ; 

Viscount Palmerston. 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 con- 
cerned, that the House may do therein as they shall 
think fit. 


Then the Bill was read a second time ; and com- 


mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for this | 


day. 


The Order for reading a second time, upon Wed- | 


nesday next, the Court of Chancery (Zreland) (Juris- 
diction) Bill, was read, and discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Wednesday the 28th day of this instant March. 


The Order for reading a second time, upon Wed- | Groups of Bills already formed, and had agreed to 


nesday next, the Court of Chancery (Jreland) (Pro- 
cedure) Bill, was real, and discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Wednesday the 28th day of this instant March. 


The Order for reading a second time, upon Wed- 
nesday next, the Court of Chancery (Jreland) (Re- 
ceivers) Bill, was read, and discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Wednesday the 28th day of this instant March. 


The Order for reading a second time, upon Wed- 


Chane . ‘ 
lend ye Ane nesday next, the Court of Chancery (Jreland) (Sales 


Estates) Bill. of Estates) Bill, was read, and discharged. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Wednesday the 28th day of this instant March. 


Court of 
Chancery (Ire- 
Jand) ( Ap- 


The Order for reading a second time, upon Wed- 
nesday next, the Court of Chancery (Jreland) (Ap- 


Peals) Bill, | peals) Bill, was read, ani discharged. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Wednesday the 28th day of this instant March. 
Court of The Order for reading a second time, upon Wed- 
Chancery (Ire- ‘ 


land) (Stamp 
Duties) Bill. 


nesday next, the Court of Chancery (Jreland) (Stamp 
Duties) Bill, was read, and discharged. 


VoL. 110. 


Ordered, That the Torquay District Churches Bill Torquay Dis- 


_ be read a second time upon Tuesday next. — 


The Order of the day being read, for the second ee oom 
l* : , 1 ay . aving st, 
reading of the Southampton Paving Trust, Saint oo ines 
Pancras Bill ; Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read-a second time upon 


| Friday the 23d day of this instant March. 


Ordered, That the London and South Western London and 

| Railway Bill, read a second time on the 8th day of South Westera 
‘this instant March, be referred to the Committee of eo 
Selection; and that it be an Instruction to the said 


| Committee to refer the said Bill to a Committee of 
| yr ~ . 
| Five Members, consisting, as far as may be, of the 


-same Members as the Devon and Dorset Railway 
| Bill was referred to in the Session of 1853. 


| _ Ordered, That the Board of Trade do present to Railway and 
| this House, a Report upon the Railway and Canal Canal Gis. 
| Bills of this Session, in conformity with the Recom- 

| mendation contained in the Fifth Report of the Se- 

lect Committee on Railway and Canal Bills of the 

| Session of 13853. 


Mr. Greene reported from the Committee of Se- Committee 


lection; That they had made certain alterations in the of Selection 
: (Fifth Report. 


report the same to the House. No. 112, 


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


Mr. Greene reported from the Select Committee we 
on Standing Orders, several Resolutions ; which were “"°*™* 


| read, as follow : 


1. That in the case of the South Wales Railway South Wales 
(Consolidation) Bill Petition of Shareholders in —” 
Bolton, for dispensing with Standing Order 110, and Bil. 
for leave to be heard upon their Petition against the 
Bill, the Standing Order ought not to be dispensed 
with. 

2. That in the case of the Hyde Gas (No. 2) Pe- Hyde Gas: 
tition for leave to deposit a Petition for a Bul, the (No, 2.) 
Standing Orders ought to be dispensed with; that 
the Parties ke permitted to deposit their Petition 
accordingly. 

3. That in the case of the Newcastle-upon- Tyne Newcastle- 
Improvement Bill Petition of Henry Turner, for dis- —— 

- P . ‘ . mprovemerss 
pensing with Standing Order 110, and for leave to be piy;, 
heard upon his Petition against the Bill, the Standing 
Order ought to be dispensed with ; that the Party 
be permitted to be heard upon his Petition against 
the Bill, notwithstanding the same shall have been 
deposited later than Seven clear days after the second 





reading of the Bill. 
Q2 The 





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Tamworth 
Writ. 


Quarantine 
(Gibraltar.) 


Lieutenant 
General the 
Earl of Lucan. 


Army. 


Publication of 
Intelligence 
(Crimea. ) 


Linseed, &amp;c, 
No. 113, 


Education 
(Treland.) 


No, 114. 


Theological 
Professors, 
&amp;c. ( Belfast. ) 


116 


The second and third Resolutions, being read a 
second time, were agreed to. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant 
to the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ 
for the electing of a Burgess to serve in this present 
Parliament for the Borough of Tamworth, in the 
room of Sir Robert Peel, Baronet, who, since his 
Election for the said Borough, hath accepted the 


Office of one of the Commissioners for executing the | 


Office of Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom 
of Great Britain and Ireland. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presente: 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, u Copy of the Report made by Dr. Baly to 
the Secretary of State for the Colonies, upon the 
subject of Quarantine at Gibraltar, under date the 
6th day of May 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. 


Mr. Peel presented, by Her Majesty's Com- 
mand,—Copies of Currespondence relating to the 
recall of Lieutenant General the Earl of Lucan from 
the Army in the Crimea. 

Mr. Peel also presented,—Return to an Address 
to Her Majesty, dated the 20th day of February 
last, for Returns of the Regulation Price for the 
Purchase of a Commission in the Line and ina 
Cavalry Regiment :—Of the Regulation Price for the 
Purchase of each subsequent Step in the Service :— 
Of the annual Pay of Regimental Officers of all 
Grades : —Whether any, and, if any, what portion of 
the Money paid by an Officer on the Purchase of his 
Commission and subsequent Steps is returned to his 
Representatives in the event of his Death either in 
Action or under other circumstances :—Whether the 
whole of the Money paid by an Officer for his Com- 
mission and subsequent Steps is sacrificed by him 
when he attains the Rank of Major General :—And, 
of the annual Pay of a Major General, and of other 
Officers of higher Grade. 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the | 
26th day of February last, for Copy of Letter from | 
the Duke of Newcastle, dated the 6th day of De- 
cember 1854, and addressed to certain Newspapers, 
respecting the Publication of Intelligence from the 
Seat of War in the Crimea. 

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


Ordered, That the Return relative to Linseed, &amp;c., 
which was presented upon the 8th day of this instant 
March, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Education 
(Ireland), which was presented upon the 8th day of 
this instant March, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Theological 
Professors, &amp;c. ( Belfast), which was presented upon 


4° Martiz. 





| 
| 


A. 1855. 


Bill ;—Biils of Exchange Bill, and Bills of Exchange 

and Promissory Notes Bill ; — Fortifications ; — 

Friendly Societies Bill ;—Grain ;—Intoxicating Li- 

quors ;—Postal Communication (Bandon and Cork) ; 

—and, Public Libraries and Museums Bill,—were 

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

Petitions relating to the Public Health Bill; and, 
Nuisances Removal Amendment Bill,—were also 
presented, and read; and referred to the Select 
Committee on the Bills. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this House, 
a Return of the Abstracts of Accounts of Election 
Expenses rendered by the different Election Audi- 
tors since the passing of the Act 17 &amp; 18 Vic. c. 102, 
specifying in each particular case the Amount of the 
Bills so paid, and the Names of the Parties to whom 

aid. 
4 Ordered, That the said Address be 


presented to 
Her Majesty, by such Members of this i 


ouse as are 


| of Her Majesty's Most honourable Privy Council. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Poor Law 
Annual Salary, Compensation Union Clerks. 


Return of existin 


and Allowance to the Clerk to each Poor Law Union 
in England and Wales. 


| 





of 


Compensation of Clerk for 
conducting Election 
Guardians, 


Number of ordinary Weekly 
or Fortnightly Meetings of 


Board in each Year. 
for use of Office as Register 


Number of Parishes. 
Population of Union accord- 
ing to last Census. 

Annual Payment to Clerk 
Office. 


Salary of Clerk. 























Mr. Wilson presented,—Return to an Order, dated Harbours, &amp;e. 


the 19th day of February last, That the Board of 
Trade do present to this House, a Report upon the 
Private Bills for Harbours, Docks, Navigations, &amp;c. 
in conformity with the practice in force with respect 
to Railway Bills. 

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


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


the House this day, adjourn till Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Supply. 


mittee of Supply ; 

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 


Election 
Expenses. 


the 8th day of this instant March, be printed. there be laid before this House, Returns of the Balances in 


Me 8. Balances at the Credit of the Exchequer on the the Exche- 


Malt. 


‘ 


‘ quer, &amp;c. 


Public 
Petitions. 


The following Paper was laid upon the Table by 
the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, dated 
the 29th day of January last, for a Return of the 
Namber of Bushels of Malt in Stock on which the 
additional Duty was imposed in the last Session of 
Parliament, in England, Scotland and Ireland re- 
spectively, and the Dates on which the said Duty 
on Stock has been paid, and the Amounts paid at 
each respective Date. 


Petitions relating to Seats in Parliament ;—Lord’s 
Day ;—Licenses (Public-houses, &amp;c.) ;— Newspaper, 


Vide Fifteenth &amp;c. Postage and Stamp Duties Bill ;—Newspaper 


Report. 


Stamps ;— Stage Carriages ; — Bills of Exchange 





24th day of February 1854, and on the 24th day 
“ of February 1855 :—Of the Amount of the Trea- 
“ sury Deficiency Bills at the Bank of England on 
the 24th day of February 1854, and on the 24th 
day of February 1855:—Of the Number and 
“ Amount of Exchequer Bills outstanding on the 
“ 24th day of February 1854, and on the 24th day 
“ of February 1855, stating the Interest per cent. 
per day, and when payable:—Of the Number 
and Amount of Treasury Bonds outstanding on 
the 24th day of February 1854, and on the 24th 
day of February 1855, stating the Dates when 
signed, when payable, and the Rate of Interest :— 
Of the Amount of the Capital of the Bank of 7 
“ n 


‘ 


‘ 








Message from 
the Lords. 


Army before 
Sebastopol. 


Supply. 
Ordnance 
Works and 
Repairs, 


Scientific 
Branch of the 
Ordnance, 


Non-effective 
Ordnance 
Services, 


18 Vicrori2z. 


“* land on the 24th day of February 1854, and on the 
“ 24th day of February 1855, stating the details of 
the said Capital as to how invested, and, if in Go- 
vernment Securities, showing the Value per cent. of 
such Securities on the above Dates, and also the 
Amount and Value per cent. of other than Govern- 
ment Securities held as Capital by the Bank of Eng- 
land on the same Dates :—Of the Amount of the 
“ Sum called the Rest in the Bank of England on the 
“ 24th day of February 1854, and on the 24th day of 
February 1855, stating the particulars in detail of 
the Amount of the said Rest, whether consisting 
of Bank Capital, Profits, Government and other 
Securities, Specie, and Bank Notes:—Of the 
Amount of other than Government Securities held 
“ by the Bank of England on the 24th day of Fe- 
bruary 1854, and on the 24th day of February 
1855, stating the particulars of such Securities, 
whether on Real Estate, Mines, Foundries, Bonds, 
Bills of Exchange, or Monies, and how convertible 
and payable :—Uf the Amount of Notes of the 
“ Bank of England on the 24th day of February 
“ 1854, and on the 24th day of February 1855, 
stating the Amount in circulation, and the Amount 
held on those days by the Bank ; distinguishing 
“ separately the Amount issued on account of the 
Bank Capital, and on account of the Bullion in 
“‘ the Bank :—And, of the Amount of Monies due 
as Deposits in the Savings Banks of England, 
“ Wales, Scotland and Ireland, separately, on the 
“ 24th day of February 1854, and on the 24th day 
of February 1855, stating in what Securities the 
said Deposits are invested, whether in the Funds, 
“ Treasury Bonds, or other and what Securities,” 
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. 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Richards: 
Mr, Speaker, 

The Lords give leave to His Royal Highness the 
Duke of Cambridge, the Earl of Cardigan, and the 
Viscount Hardinge, to attend the Select Committee 
appointed by this House, in the present Session of 
Parliament, to inquire into the Condition of our 
Army before Sebastopol, and into the conduct of 
those Departments of the Government whose duty 
it has been to minister to the wants of that Army, as 
desired by this House:—And then the Messenger 
withdrew. 


- 
. 


nan 
o 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 
Chair:—The House accordingly resolved itself into 
the Committee. 

(In the Committee.) 


1. Resolved, Thata Sum, not exceeding £. 1,387,500, 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Expense of 
Works, Buildings and Repairs, which will come in 
course of payment during the year ending the 31st 
day of ro 1856. 

2. Resv/ved, That a Sum, not exceeding £. 158,196, 
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 1856. 

3. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £.197,657, 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Expense of 
Non-effective Services, Military and Civil, which 
will come in course of payment during the year 
ending the 31st day of March 1856. 

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. Bourerie also acquainted the House, that he 
was directed to move, That the Committee may have 
leave to sit again. 


9° Marti. 





117 


Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, again resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Ways and 
mittee of Ways and Means; Meuns. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Lunatic Asy- 
reading of the Lunatic Asylums (Jreland) (Advances) !™™s (Ireland) 
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 tne 
Question, by leaving out the word “now,” and, at 
the end of the Question, adding 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 Amendment was, with leave of the House, 
withdrawn. 

Ordered, That the Bill be now read a second time : 

—The Bill was accordingly read a second time ; and 
committed to a Committee of the whole House, for 
Friday next. 


“ 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Savings Banks 
reading of the Savings Banks and Friendly Societies 2»4 Friendly 
Investments Bill ; ene 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Monday the 19th day of this instant March. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Newspaper, 
reading of the Newspaper, &amp;c. Postage and Stamp paar Nan 
Duties Bill ; Duties Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Monday the 19th day of this instant March. 


The Lunacy Regulation Act Amendment Bill was, Lunacy Regu- 
according to Order, read a second time; and com- yee ‘cone 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for zi sr 


Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Cathedral 
reading of the Cathedral Appointments Act Con- Appointments 
° : Act Con- 
tinuance Bill; tinuance Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Wednesday next. 


The Marine Mutiny Bill was, according to Order, Marine _ 
read the third time. Mutiny Bill. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Wilson do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Ecclesiastical Courts Bill was, according to Ecclesiastical 
Order, read the third time. ~ Courts Bill. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Robert Phillimore do carry 
the Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Dean Forest, 
into a Committee on the Dean Forest, &amp;e. Bill ; &amp;* ill. 
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 for reading the third time, upon Mon- Purchasers’ 
day next, the Purchasers’ Protection against Judg- ¥ necro 
ments Bill, was read, and discharged. aaa 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a 


Committee of the whole House, for Monday next. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Wounded 
Return of the Names of Officers who have received (Crimen) 
a Gratuity for Wounds in the Crimea, stating the ‘ 





Vou. 110. 





Q3 Amount 


Public 
Petitions 
(Fifteenth 
Report.) 


Torquay, Tor 
and Saint 
ae Church 
Gas Bill. 


Bombay, 
Baroda and 
Central India 
Railway 

(No. 2) Bill. 


Bombay, 
Baroda and 
Central India 
Railway 

(No. 2) Bill. 


West London 
and Crystal 
Palace and 
Westminster 
Terminus 


Railways Bill. 


Barnet and 
Willesden 
Railway Bill. 


Grand Surrey 


Cana) Bill. 


Liverpool 
Docks Bil). 


Clergy 
Reserves 
(Canada. ) 


118 9°—12° 


Amount of each Gratuity, as well as the Nature of 
each Wound, classifying them, Slightly, Severely, or 
Dangerously, 


And then the House adjourned till Monday next 





12° die Martii; 


Anno 18° Victoria Regine, 1855. 


Luna, 


PRAYERS. 


R. Bonham Carter reported from the Select |, 


4 Committee on Public Petitions ; That they | 
had examined the Petitions presented upon the 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. 


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 Torquay, Tor and Saint Mary Church 
Gas Bill, the Standing Orders have been complied 
with. 

Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee on the Bill, that they have Power to make 
Provision therein, pursuant to the Prayer of the said 
Petition. 


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


that in the case of the Bombay, Baroda and Central | 
the Standing Orders | 


India Railway (No. 2) Bill, 


have been complied with. 


Ordered, That the Bombay, Baroda and Central i 


2) Bill be read a second time. 


India Railway (No. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for authorizing 
Arrangements with respect to the West London and 
Crystal Palace and the London and South Western 
Railways, and for other purposes: And the same 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time. 


The Barnet and Willesden Railway Bill was, ac- 
cording to Order, read a second time; and com- 
mitted. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Genera 
Committee on Railway and Canal Bills. 


The Grand Surrey Canal Bill was read a second 
time ; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the General 
Committee on Railway and Canal Bills. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That it be an Instruction to the Committee of 
Selection, that they have Power to add the Members 
for South Cheshire to the Committee on the Liver- 
pool Docks Bill:—And the said Motion was, with 
leave of the House, withdrawn. 


Sir George Grey presented,—Return to an Ad- 
lress to Her Majesty, dated the sth day of this in- 
stant March, for Copy of an Act passed by the 
Legislature of Canada, and assented to by the Go- 
vernor on the 18th day of December 1854, intituled, 
“An Act to make better Provision for the Appro- 
wiation of Monies arising from 
nee as the Clergy Reserves, by 
available for Municipal purposes.” 


rendering them 


Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the | 


Table. 


Ordered, That Viscount Goderich have leave of 
absence for three weeks, on urgent business. 








Lands heretofore | land, 
| Bullion in the Bank of England, wp to the present 





Marti. A. 1855. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return showi ing the Number of Paupers relieved in 
the Fifty-one Unions referred to in Parliamentary 
Paper, No. 22, of Session 1855, pages 18 and 19, 
the Expenditure incurred for the Maintenance of such 
Paupers, the Salaries and Rations of Officers (except 
Medi cal Officers), and other Establishment Charges 
of such Unions, ‘for the Half-years ending on the 

25th day of March and the 29th day of September 
1853 res ctively, according to the annexed Form; 
also the ethene Accommodation in each of such 
Unions, distinguishing the Accommodation provided 
in the Original Buildings, in Permanent Buildings, 


lor in Temporary Buildings erected on Workhouse 


Site (exclusive of Fever Hospitals), and in orig | 
Buildings ; and the Rent (if any) payable for such 
Buildings. 


EXPENDITURE FOR MAINTENANCE, 


Poor Law 
(Ireland. ) 











Able-bodied 


Males 
aged 
15 Years | 15 Years 
and | and 
upwards. | upwards. 


Number 
of 


Paupers 


Name Healthy 
| Children | 
under 
15 Years 
of Age. 


Females 


of 
aged 


Union. 


relieved. Toran. 


Salaries and 
Rations 
Lunatics. | tn 

Medical 
Officers). 


All other 
Establish. 
ment 


Charges, 





| 
| 
| 
| 
| 








WORKHOUSE ACCOMMODATION. 





Erected on Workhouse Site. | 


Original Rent payable 


Auxiliary 

for same 
Permanent 
Buildings. 


Buildings. Temporary | 


Buildings. 
Buildings, 


(if any). | 


Name of Union. 








| 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return showing the Name, Age, Date of Appoint- 
ment, Salary and Office, of all Persons appointed or 
promoted to any Situation by the Poor Law Com- 
missioners (Jre/and), from the 1st day of January 
1854 to the Ist day of February 1855; specifying 
such Persons who may have previously held any 
Office under the Poor Law Commissioners, the 
Nature and Salary of such Office, and the Number 
of years during which they shall have held such 
Office; also the Office or Employme nt (if any), 
Salary, and Number of years’ Service, of such Persons 
who may not, pre viously to their Appointment by the 
Commissioners, have held any Office or Employment 
under the Poor Law Commissioners. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 

Copy of Ge neral Sutherland’s Report, dated the 12th 
day of October 1854, as well as all Documents trans- 
mitted therewith, relative to Troops being sent to the 
Mauritius in the “ Seringapatum,” during the course 
of last Autumn. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
» Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
“ give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Accounts of the Notes, Securities, Bullion, 
&amp;e. of the Bank of England, as published Weekly in 
the Gazette, according to the Act 7 &amp; 8 Vie. c. 32: 


'—And, of the Monthly Average Aggregate Amount 


of Promissory Notes payable to Bearer on demand 
in Circulation in the United Kingdom ; distinguish- 


ing those circulated by the Banks of England and 


Irelund, and by Private and Joint Stock Banks in 
England, Scotland and Ireland ; together with the 


time (in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 953, 
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. ’ 


Ordered, 


Poor Law 
Officers 
(Ireland.) 


Troops in the 
“ = 


Bullion, &amp;c. 








: 
I 
v 
' 
' 


Carrying 
Charges. 


Guano. 


Public 
Petitions. 


Vide Sixteenth 
Report. 


Sandhurst 
Royal Military 
College. 


Army. 
No, 116. 


Malt. 
No. 117. 


Harbours, &amp;c. 
No. 118, 


Passengers 
Act Amend- 
ment Bill. 


Fairs and 
Markets 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Poor Relief 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Supply. 


Ordnance 
Works and 
Repairs, 


Scientific 
Branch of the 
Ordnance. 


Non-effective 
Ordnance 
Services, 








18 Vicroriz. 12° Martie. 119 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House,a § The first Resolution, being read a second time, 
Copy of any Memorials or Statements to the Board was agreed to. 
of Trade, regarding Carrying Charges, since January , The second Resolution, being read a second time ; 
1854. r An Amendment was proposed to be made there- 
unto, by leaving out “ £.158,196,” and inserting 
Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a “£.105,196,” instead thereof. 
Return of all the Guano imported into the United And the Question being proposed, That £.158,196 
Kingdom in each of the years from 1852 to 1854 stand part of the Resolution :—The said proposed 
inclusive, distinguishing the Quantities imported from | Amendment was, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 


each Country respectively. _ And the said Resolution was agreed to. 
Then the subsequent Resolution, being read a 
Petitions relating to Parliamentary Papers ; — second time, was agreed to. 


Established Church (Wales) ; — Public-houses and | 
Beer-shops ;—Newspaper, &amp;c. Postage and Stamp The House, according to Order, resolved itself Supply. 
Duties Bill ;—Stage Carriages ;— District Schools; jnto the Committee of Supply. 
—Friendly Societies Bill ;— Grain ;— Harbours of ; ; 
Refuge (North-east Coast of Zreland);— Joseph (In the Committee.) 
Howard;—Intoxicating Liquors;—MilitiaSurgeons;; 1, Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Commissariat 
—Poor Relief (Ireland) Bill; —Sale of Beer Act £.9.351,199, be granted to Her Majesty, to defray Department. 
(1854);— and, War with Russia,— were presented, the Charge of the Commissariat Department, which 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. ‘will come in course of payment during the year 
Petitions relating to the Public Health Bill; and, | ending on the 31st day of March 1856. 
Nuisances Removal Amendment Bill,—were also| 2, Resolved, That a Sum, wot exceeding £.42,120, Half-Pay, &amp;c. 
presented, and read; and referred to the Select! be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of of @. 
Committee on the Bills. | Half-Pay, Pensions and “Allowances in the Com- 
| missariat Department, which will come in course of 
Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a; payment during the year ending on the 31st day of 
Return of the Number of Officers who have received March 1856. 
Certificates from the Senior Department of the Royal| —_ Resolutions to be reported. 
Military College, in each year during the last Twenty | ; 
years. | Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bou- 
verie reported, That the Committee had come to 
Ordered, That the Return relative to the Army, several Resolutions. 
which was presented upon the 9th day of this instant! Ordered, That the Report be received upon Wed- 
March, be printed. nesday next. 
; Mr. Bouverie also acquainted the House, that he 
Ordered, That the Return relative to Malt, which was directed to move, That the Committee may have 
was presented upon the 9th day of this instant March, leave to sit again. 
be printed. | Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
next, again resolve itself into the said Committee. 





Ordered, That the Return relative to Harbours,' : 
&amp;c., which was presented upon the 9th day of this | The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Ways and 
instant March, be printed. | mittee of Ways and Means; _ — 

| Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
The Order of the day being read, for the Com- | next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 
mittee on the Passengers Act Amendment Bill ; ; : ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday the The House, according to Order, resolved itself Militia 
23d day of this instant March, resolve itself into the | into a Committee on the Militia (Zreland) Bill; and, reland) Bill 
said Committee. after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed _ Bill 53. 

the Chair; and Mr. Bouverie reported, That the 

The Order of the day being read, for the second Committee had gone through the Bill. ; 
reading of the Fairs and Markets (/reland) Bill; | Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a Com- 

Friday the 28d day of this instant March. | mittee of the whole House, for Friday next. 


“ , ’ F | Th P rials (Jr i 1¢ - Intramural 
The Order of the day being read, for the second | o Extremal Ductels (evel) EER win, ae Burials 


reading of the Poor Relief (Jreland) Bill ; | ee tae am (Ireland) Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon : “9 ; “v 


Friday the 23d day of this instant March. : 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Purchasers’ 

Mr. Wilson reported from the Committee of) into a Committee on the Purchasers’ Protection re: my 
Supply, several Resolutions; which were read, as| against Judgments Bill; and, after some time spent ments Bill. — 
follow : therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. 

1. That a Sum, not exceeding £.1,387,500, be! Bouverie reported, That the Committee had gone 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Expense of | through the Bill. 
Works, Buildings and Repairs, which will come in| Ordered, ‘Vhat the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
course of payment during the year ending the 31st | mittee, be taken into consideration upon Wednesday 
day of March 1856. ’ | next. 

2. That a Sum, not exceeding £.158,196, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Expense of | The House, according to Order, resolved itself Lunacy Regu- 
the Scientific Branch, which will come in course of | into a Committee on the Lunacy Regulation Act reo or . 
payment during the year ending the 31st day of; Amendment Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Bill. = 
March 1856. | Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bouverie 

3. That a Sum, not exceeding £.197,657, be | reported, That the Committee had gone through the 
granted to. Her Majesty, to defray the Expense of | Bill, and directed him to report the same, without 
Non-effective Services, Military and Civil, which) Amendment. 
will come in course of payment during the yearending| Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
the 31st day of March 1856. upon Wednesday next. 

Vou. 110, | Q 4 The ‘ 








Dean Forest, 
&amp;c. Bill. 


Price’s 
Indemnity. 


Smoke 
Nuisance 
Abatement 
(Metropolis) 
Act. 


é 


Price's In- 
demnity Bill. 
Bill 54. 


Brighton 
Improvement 
Commissioners 
and Municipal 
Corporation 
Bill. 


Hoarwithy 
Bridge Bill. 


Folkestone 
Water Bill. 


Ratcliff Gas 
Bill. 


Price’s Patent 
Candle Com- 
pany Bill. 


Surrey Gas 
Bill. 


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The House, according to Order, proceeded to take 
into consideration the Dean Forest, &amp;c. Bill, as 
amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon 
Wednesday next. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
relieve William Philip Price, Esquire, one of the 
Members for the City of Gloucester, from disabilities 
which he may have incurred by reason of a certain 
Contract entered into for the Public Service: And 
that Mr. Solicitor General and Mr. Attorney General 
do prepare, and bring it in. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Returns of the Number of Prosecutions in 
the Metropolitan Police Courts, under the Smoke 
Nuisance Abatement (Metropolis) Act, stating the 
grounds of such Prosecutions, and the Amount of 
Fines imposed in consequence thereof:—Of the 
mode in which the Amount of such Fines has been 
applied :—And, of the Expenses attending such 
}’rosecutions. 

Ordered, That 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 
William Philip Price, Esquire, one of the Members 
for the City of Gloucester, from disabilities which 
he may have incurred by reason ofa certain Contract 
entered into for the Public Service: 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. 





Martis, 13° die Martii ; 


Anno 18° Victorie Regine, 1855. 
PRAYERS. 
M R. Bouverie reported the Brighton Improve- 


ment Commissioners and Municipal Corpora- 
tion Bill, with Amendments. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Bouverie reported the Hoarwithy Bridge 
Bill, with Amendments. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Bouverie reported from the Committee on the 
Folkestone Water 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 isill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Bouverie reported from the Committee on 
the Ratcliff Gas Bill; That they had examined the 
allegations contained in the Preamble of the Bill, 
and amended the same, by specifying the amount of 
the Shares as One hundred pounds each, and by 
stating that Eighty thousand pounds had been 
raised and expended; 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 Price’s Patent Candle 
Company Bill, with Amendments. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Bouverie reported from the Committee on 
the Surrey Gas Bill; That they had examined the 
allegations contained in the Preamble of the Bill, 





Martir. A. 1855. 


and amended the same, by reciting that the only 
Amounts due from the Deptford Gas-Light and 
Coke Company are mentioned in a Schedule an- 
nexed to the Bill, which it is just should be paid, 
with Interest; and by adding a recital that a sup- 
plemental agreement for extending the time for ar- 
bitration was made between the Companies, and at 
the time therein-mentioned, and also by making 
some 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. Poulett Scrope reported from the Committee Plymouth and 
on Group B. of Private Bills; That the Parties pro- a 
moting the Plymouth and Stonehouse Gas Bill had suas 
stated to the Committee, that the Evidence of 
Thomas Ingram was essential to enable them to 
establish their case before the Committee ; and it 
having been proved that his attendance could not be 
yee without the intervention of the House, he 

ad been instructed by the Committee to move the 
House, that the said Thomas Jnyram do attend the 
said Committee on Friday the 16th day of March, 
at Twelve of the clock. 

Ordered, That Thomas Ingram do attend the 
said Committee on Friday next, at Twelve o'clock. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Cambridge 

the Cambridge University and Town Water Bill, as University 

‘ ° and Town 

amended in the Committee. Water Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Over Darwen 
the Over Darwen Gas Bill, as amended in the Com- &amp;4s Bill. 
mittee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Pudsey Gas 
the Pudsey Gas Bill, as amended in the Committee. Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Taunton Gas 
the Taunton Gas Bill, as amended in the Com- Bill. 
mittee. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Woolwich 
the Woolwich Consumers’ Protective Gas Bill, = Dee 
° ° rotective 
amended in the Committee. Gas Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Torquay 
reading of the Torquay District Churches Bill ; | eee 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 the word “ now,” and, at 
the end of the Question, adding 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 ; 
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. 
(Mr. Bouverie, 
LMr. Brotherton: 


,. | Mr. Hadfield, 
Tellers for the Noes,) wir. Peliatt: 


Tellers for the Yeas’ 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 
Ordered, That the Debate be adjourned till Thurs- 
day next. 


Mr. Greene reported from the Select Committee Standing 
on Standing Orders, several Resolutions; which ders. 
were read, as follow: 

1. That 








18 VicTorRIz£. 


1. That in the case of the Stockton and Darlington 
Railway Bill Petition for additional Provision, the 
Standing Orders ought to be dispensed with; that 
the Parties be permitted to introduce their addi- 
tional Provision, if the Committee on the Bill shall 
think fit. 

2. That in the case of the Limerick and Castlecon- 
nell Railway Bill Petition of Messrs. Holmes, Anton 
and Jurnbull, for dispensing with Standing Order 
110, in the case of the Petition of Richard Bourke 
against the Bill, the Standing Orders ought not to 
be dispensed with. 

The first Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Stockton and 
Darlington 
Railway Bill. 


Limerick and 
Castleconnell 
Railway Bill. © 


The following Papers were laid upon the Table 
by the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, 
dated the 29th day of January last, for Returns of 
the Number of Bushels of Malt in Stock when the 
increased Duty was imposed :—Of the Number of 
Bushels of Malt made and brought into Charge from 
the 1st day of August 1854 to the Ist day of Ja- 
nuary 1855:—And, of the Number of Bushels of 
Malt made from the 1st day of August 1853 to the 
1st day of January 1854. 

Return to an Order, dated the 22d day of Fe- 
bruary last, for a Return of the Number of Cwts. of 
Raw or Muscovado Sugar admitted for Consumption, 
at each of the principal Ports of the United King- 
dom, at the lowest Duty of 11s. per cwt.; and also, 
of the Number thereof admitted for Consumption at 
the same Ports, at the highest Rate of Duty of 12s. 
per cwt.; distinguishing the ditterent Countries and 
Colonies from which the same was imported. 


Malt. 


Sugar. 


Clergy 
Reserves 
(Canada. 


No. 119, 


Railway and 
Canal Bills. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Clergy Re- 
serves (Canada), which was presented upon the 
12th day of this instant March, be printed. 


Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee of Selection, to appoint the first meeting of 
all Committees on Railway and Canal Bills. 


Leave of 


Ordered, That Mr. Bateson have leave of ab- 
Absence, 


sence till Easter, on account of ill health ;—and, 
Mr. Noel a fortnight, on account of a domestic 
affliction. 


Message from 
the Lords, 


Army before 
Sebastopol. 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Russell ; 


Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords give leave to the Earl of Zucan to 
attend the Select Committee appointed by this 
House, in the present Session of Parliament, to 
inquire into the Condition of our Army before Se- 
bastopol, and into the Conduct of those Depart- 
ments of the Government whose duty it has been to 
minister to the wants of that Army, as desired by 
this House :—And then the Messenger withdrew. 


Public 


Petitions relating to Marriage ;—Roman Catholic 
Petitions, 


Soldiers and Sailors ;—Newspaper, &amp;c., Postage and 
Stamp Duties Bill; — Paper, Newspaper Stamps, 
Foreign Books, &amp;c.;— Poor Rates ;—Stage Car- 
riages ;~—Border Marriages (Scotland) ;— Criminal 
Law ;— Friendly Societies Bill ;—Intoxicating Li- 
_— ;— Poor Law ;—Real Estates ;—Schools (Scot- 

nd) Bill ;—and, War with Russia,—were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition relating to the Public Health Bill, 
was also presented, and read ; and referred to the 
Select Committee on the Bill. 


Vide Seven- 
teenth Report. 


Marriage Law 
Amendment. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being: 
put, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to amend 
the Law as to Marriage with a deceased Wife’s 
Sister, or a deceased Wife’s N iece ; 

The House divided. 


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Vou. 110. 





121 


The Yeas to the Right ; 
The Noes to the Left. 


Tellers for the {Mr. Heywood, t 87 
Yeas, Mr. Edward Ball: p= 
Tellers for the {Sir Frederic Thesiger, 1 53 
Noes, UMr. Drummond : } bai 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative: And that 
Mr. Heywood and Mr. Headlam do prepare, and 
bring it in. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being put, Education 
That it is expedient that more effectual means of Pauper 
should be adopted to improve the Education of Caen ) 
Pauper Children in Ireland ; 

e House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right ; 

The Noes to the Left. 

Tellers for the{f Mr. John Ball, 1 - 

Yeas, \ Mr. Kennedy : i 
Tellers for the {an Hayter, } 80 


Noes, The Earl of Mulgrave : 

So it passed in the Negative. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to Vacating 
amend the Law concerning the vacating of Seats by of Seats in 
Members of Parliament: And that Mr. Wrightson, P**liament. 
Mr. Deedes and Mr. Headlam do prepare, and 
bring it in. 


Ordered, That’a Select Committee be appointed Metropolitan 
to inquire into the state and condition of the several Communi- 
Communications to and in the Metropolis, including ““°"™ 
the Bridges over the Thames and the Approaches 
thereto; to report whether the Communications and 
Approaches are adequate to the present and in- 
creasing Traffic to — in the Metropolis ; if not, the 
best mode of improving the same; and whether it 
will be desirable to have one or more Bridges over 
the Thames, and where ; and the best mode, out of 
Local Funds, of providing the Cost of such Bridges, 
and of improving the said Communications and 
Approaches, and throwing open to the Public the 
sbpunion Bridges. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Public 
reading of the Public Prosecutors Bill ; Prosecutors 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon _ 
Thursday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Price’s Indem- 
reading of Price’s Indemnity Bill; nity Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Friday next. 


Mr. Grenville Berkeley presented,—Return to an Railway and 
Order, dated the 9th day of this instant March, That ©#™4! Bills. 
the Board of Trade do present to this House, a Report 
upon the Railway and Canal Bills of this Session, 
in conformity with the Recommendation contained 
in the Fifth Report of the Select Committee on 
Railway and Canal Bills of the Session of 1853. 

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


Mr. Wrightson presented a Bill to amend the Vacating of 
Law concerning the vacating of Seats by Members —_ —— 
of Parliament: And the same was read the first ” Bill “a 
time; and ordered to be read a second time upon ~ °” 
Wednesday the 28th day of this instant March ; 
and to be printed. 


Ordered, That the Reverend Henry Melvill, General Fast. 

Bachelor in Divinity, Principal of the Last India 
College, Haileybury, Lecturer of Saint Margaret's, 
Lothbury, Chaplain of the Tower, be desired to 
preach before this House at Saint Margaret’s, West- 
minster, on Wednesday the 21st day of this instant 
March, being the day appointed by the Proclama- 
tion of Her Majesty for a General Fast: And that 
Viscount Palmerston and Sir George Grey do ac- 
quaint him therewith. 


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122 


Viscount Ebrington reported from the Committee 
on Group A. of Private Bills ; That, in consequence 
of the early sitting of the House To-morrow, the 
Committee had adjourned till Twelve o'clock on 
Thursday. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


And then the House adjourned til] To-morrow. 


Private Bills 
(Group A.) 


Mercurii, 14° die Martii; 
Anno 18° Victorie Regine, 1855. 


PRAYERS. 


RDERED, That all Committees have leave 
to sit this day, during the sitting of the House. 


Committees. 


Public 
Petitions 
(Sixteenth 
Report. ) 


Mr. Bonham Carter reported from the Select 
Committee on Public Petitions; That they had ex- 
amined the Petitions presented upon the 12th 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. 


Marriage Law 
Amendment 
Bill. 

Bill 56. 


Mr. Heywood presented a Bill to amend the Law 
as to Marriage with a deceased Wife’s Sister or a 
deceased Wife’s Niece: And the same was read the 
first time ; and ordered to be read a second time upon 
Wednesday the 25th day of April next; and to be 
printed. 


Stourbridge 


A Petition of Shareholders in the Stourbridge 
Gas Bill. 


Gas Company, praying that Provision may be made 
in the Stourbridge Gas Bill for making it compul- 
sory upon the Petitioners to sell their Undertaking 
to the Stourbridge Improvement Commissioners if 
the latter at any time shall be authorized to effect 
such Purchase, was presented, and read; and re- 


ferred to the Examiners of Petitions for Private 
Bills. 


Gateshead 
Quays and 
Improvements 
Bill. 


The Gateshead Quays and Improvements Bill was, 
according to Order, read a second time; and com- 
mitted. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Intramural 
Burials 
(Ireland) Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Intramural Burials (Jre/and) Bill ; 

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


Dwelling- 
houses (Scot- 
land) Bill. 


The Order for reading a second time, upon Wed- 
nesday next, the Dwelling-houses (Scotland) Biil, 
was read, and discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Thursday the 22d day of this instant March. 


Auckland 
Islands. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this House, 
Copies or Extracts of Correspondence relating to 
Mr. Enderby, the late Lieutenant Governor of the 
Auckland Islands (in continuation of Parliamentary 
Paper, No. 122, of Session 1853). 

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


Turnpike 
Trusts 
(Ireland. ) 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented to 
Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased to 
give directions, that there be laid before this House, 
a Copy of Letter addressed to the Secretary of State 
for the Home Department by the Chief Secretary 
for Ireland, in March 1854, praying that Her Ma- 
jesty’s Commission might issue to inquire into cer- 
tain Turnpike Trusts in Jreland, with the view to 
their Abolition, &amp;c. 


13°—14° Marti. 





A. 1855. 


Ordered, That 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 Newspaper, &amp;c. Postage and Public 
Stamp Duties Bill;—Friendly Societies Bill ;—Grain; Petitions. 
—lIntoxicating Liquors ;—Transport “ Prince ;’— yiae Seven- 
and, War with Russia,—were presented, and read ; teenth Report, 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


The following Paper was laid upon the Table by Supreme 

the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, a of 
dated the 23d day of March 1854, for Accounts, in a C™Utt® 
Tabular Form, of the various Estates to which the 
Registrars of the Supreme Court of Calcutta have 
administered, of which the whole or any part re- 
mains 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 remaining, 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 
each Estate in the hands of the Registrar, if claimed, 
and whether under Litigation :—Similar Account of 
all Monies belonging to Parties to whom the Regis- 
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 the Return relative to Sugar, which Sugar. 
was presented upon the 13th day of this instant No. 120, 
March, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Railway and Railway and 
Canal Bills, which was presented upon the 13th day Canal Bills. 
of this instant March, be printed. No, 121. 


Mr. Hayter presented, by Her Majesty's Com- Statistical 
mand,—Statistical Abstract for the United Kingdom Abstract. 
in each of the last Fifteen years, from 1840 to 1854. 

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 

‘able. 


Mr. Peel presented,—Return to an Address to Army 
Her Majesty, dated the 20th day of February last, (T™«) 
for a Return of the Names of all Officers of Her 
Majesty’s Army who have been promoted for dis- 
tinguished Services since the commencement of the 
War in the Crimea, distinguishing between Officers 
on the Staff and Officers serving with their Regi- 
ments; stating also the respective Ranks to which 
they have been promoted, the particular Services 
upon which they were employed during the Battles 
of Alma, Balaklava and Inkerman, and whether 
they were actually engaged in any of the above 
Actions. 

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


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Friendly - 
into a Committee on the Friendly Societies Bill. Societies 


Bill 57. 
(In the Committee.) 


Preamble postponed. 
Crause, N° 1, amended, and agreed to. 
Cuausss, N° 2 to N° 4, agreed to. 

’ Cxuause, N° 5, amended, and agreed to. 
Cxavuses, N° 6 to N° 8, disagreed to. 
Cuiavses, N°9 to N*° 11, amended, and agreed 


CLavsE, 














18 Vicrortz. 


Cuausxz, N° 12 (As to Friendly Societies here- 
after, how and for what purpose formed). 

Amendments made. 

Another Amendment proposed, in p. 6, |. 13: To 
leave out the word “ Fifty,” in order to insert the 
word “ Thirty.” 

Question, That the word “ Fifty” stand part of 
the Clause——-put, and agreed to. 

Clause, as amended, agreed to. 

Cuausg, N° 13 (No money to be paid on the death 
of a child without a copy of, entry of the Registrar 
of Births and Deaths, nor to exceed Six pounds if 
the child is under five years of age, nor Ten pounds 
if above five and under ten years of age). 

Amendment proposed, in p. 6, 1. 34: To leave 
out from “one or more than one Society ” to “ Ten 
““ pounds,” inclusive, in 1. 37, in order to insert the 
words “on the death of a child under ten years of 
““ age to a sum greater than can be insured by the 
“&lt; weekly payment of Two-pence, payable either to 
“ one or not more than two Societies.” 

Question, That the words proposed to be left out 
stand part of the Clause ——put, and agreed to. 

An Amendment made. 

Clause, as amended, agreed to. 

Cuausgs, Ne 14 to N° 18, amended, and agreed to. 

Cravuse, N° 19, disagreed to. 

Cravusss, N® 20 to N° 35, with Amendments to 
several of them, agreed to. 

Cravse, N° 36, disagreed to. 

Cxausgs, N° 37 to N° 39, amended, and agreed to. 

Cravuses, N° 40 and N° 41, disagreed to. 

Cuausss, N° 42 and N° 43, amended, and agreed to. 

Cuausez, N° 44, disagreed to. 

Curavuse, N° 45, agreed to. 

Cuavses, N° 46 and N°47, amended, and agreed to. 

Curavuse, N° 48, agreed to. 

Cxauszs, N° 49 to N° 51, amended, and agreed to. 

Cuause, N° 52, agreed to. 

Cuauszs, N° 53 and N° 54, amended, and agreed to. 

Curausz, N° 55, agreed to. 

Schedules amended, and 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 upon ga § the 
27th day of this instant March; and be printed. 





Spirits The Order of the day being read, for the second 
(Ire- y being 
land) Act == reading of the Spirits (Zreland) Act Amendment 
—m Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday the 18th day of April next. 


Cathedral The Cathedral Appointments Act Continuance 
pennants Bill was, according to Order, read a second time; 
tinuance Bil, 22d committed to a Committee of the whole House, 


for Wednesday the 28th day of this instant March. 


Supply. Mr. Bouverie reported from the Committee of 
Supply, several Resolutions ; which were read, as 
follow : 

Commissariat 1. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 2,351,199, be 

Department. 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 1856. 

Half Pay, 2. That a Sum, not exceeding £.42,120, be 

&amp;e. of d°, guns to Her Majesty, to defray the —- of 

alf Pay, Pensions and Allowances in the Com- 
missariat Department, which will come in course of 





me during the year ending on the 31st day of 
arch 1856. : 
Vou, 110. 


14°—-15° Martiz. 123 


The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- supply, 
mittee of Supply ; 

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


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- w a 
mittee of Ways and Means ; Messe. 
Resolved, ‘That this House will, upon Friday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to purchasers’ 
take into consideration the Purchasers’ Protection Fretection 
- . : inst Judg- 
— Judgments Bill, as amended in the Com- $eainet 108 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time To- 


morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third Lunacy Re- 
reading of the Lunacy Regulation Act Amendment gulation Act 
Bill; = 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
To-morrow. 


The Dean Forest, &amp;c. Bill was, according to 
Order, read the third time; and Amendments were te Bi 
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. 


Ordered, That Mr. George Alexander Hamilton poor Removal. 
be discharged from further attendance on the Select 
Committee on Poor Removal. 

Ordered, That Mr. Grogan and Mr. Horsfall be 
added to the Committee. 


Mr. Poulett Scrope reported from the Committee private Bills 
on Group B. of Private Bills; That Mr. Pilkington, (Group B.) 
one of the selected Members of the said Committee, 
was not present during the sitting of the Committee 
this day. 

Ordered, That Mr. Pilkington do attend the said 
Committee upon Friday next. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 








Jovis, 15° die Martii ; 
Anno 18° Victoria Regine, 1855. 


PRAYERS. 
R. Brotherton reported the Rotherham Gas Rotherham 
Bill, with Amendments. Gas Bill. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Brotherton reported the Glossop Gas Bill, Glossop Gas 
with Amendments. Bill. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Brotherton reported the Stalybridge Gas Bill, stalybridge 
with Amendments. Gas Bill. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming the Torquay 
adjourned Debate on the Amendment which, upon ee Bil. 
the 13th day of this instant March, was proposed to * “ 
be made to the Question, That the Torquay District 
Churches Bill be now read a second time; and 
which Amendment was to leave out the word “now,” 
and, at the end of the Question, to add the words 
“ upon this day six months.” 

And the Question being again proposed, That 
the word “now” stand part of the Question :—The 
House resumed the said adjourned Debate. 

And the Question being put ; 

The House divided. 

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124 


The Yeas to the Right ; 
The Noes to the Left. 
Tellers for the {Sir John Yarde Buller, 
Yeas, (Mr. Sotheron: 
Tellers for the (Mr. Robert Phillimore, 
Noes, Mr. Hadfield: 
So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 
Ordered, That the Bill be now read a second 
time: —The Bill was accordingly read a second 
time ; and committed. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 


mittee of Selection. 


A Petition of Promoters of the Bill thereinafter- 
mentioned, praying that Provision may be made in 
the Inverury and O/d Meldrum Railway Bill, for 
authorizing the Great North of Scotland Railway 
Company to subscribe to the Undertaking proposed 
by the said Bill, and to appoint a Representative at 
Mettions of the Company for carrying out such 
Undertaking, was presented, and read; and referred 
to the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills. 


‘95. 
J 


7 
f 75. 


15° Martz. 


4. 1855. 


Ordered, That 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 from Sugar or 
from Molasses; showing also, the Total Quantity of 
each Sort in the United Kingdom, for the year 
ending the 5th day of January 1855 :—Of the 
Number of Gallons of Proof Spirits (distinguish- 
ing the Sorts) on which Duty was paid ig mr 
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 Dut 
in the United Kingdom, for the year ending the bth 
day of January 1855:—Showing, under separate 
Heads, the Number of Gallons of Proof Spirits, 





Petitions relating to Marriage ;— Nunneries ; — | 
Mines ;—Newspaper, &amp;c., Postage and Stamp Duties | 
Bill ;—Newspaper Stamps ;— Stage Carriages ; — | 
Border Marriages (Scotland) ;— Education (North | 


Public 
Petitions. 
Vide Eigh- 
teenth Report. 


distinguishing the Materials from which made, im- 
pute fate each Kingdom from each of the others 
respectively; stating also, the Rate per Gallon, and 
the Total Amount thereof (in each case), and what 


Wales); — Friendly Societies Bill ; — Grain ;—In- | 
toxicating Liquors ;—Poor Law ;—Real Estates ;— | 
Wages ;—and, War with Russia,—were presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions relating to the Nuisances Removal 
Amendment Bill;—and, the Public Health Bill,— 
were also presented, and read; and referred to the 
Select Committee on the Bills. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Tabular Return, showing the Quantities of Sugar 
of the several Sorts imported into the United King- 
dom, and the Quantities retained for Home Con- 
sumption, together with the Rates of Duty charged 
thereon, and the Net Revenue accruing therefrom, 
in each year, from 1800 to 1854 inclusive ; followed 
by a Comparative Statement of the Average Prices 
of British Plantation and Foreign Sugar (ordinary 
Yellow Havannah), for the same series of —_ — | 
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 Jndia, for the years 1831 
to 1854 inclusive ; distinguishing the Quantities im- 
ported 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 imported into the United Kingdom in the 
years 1848, 1849, 1850, 1851, 1852, 1853 and | 
1854 respectively ; stating the Quantity retained for | 
Home Consumption, the Rates of Duty paid, and | 
the Quantity exported (in continuation of Parliamen- | 
tary Paper, No. 237, of Session 1854). 





Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a | 
Return of the Quantity of Foreign Sugar entered | 
for Home Consumption during each year, from 1831 

to 1854 inclusive ; distinguishing Refined from Un- 

refined, and also the several Places from whence 

such Sugar was a (in continuation of Par- 

liamentary Paper, No. 248, of Session 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 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 Mau- 
ritius (in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, 
No. 86, of Session 1854). 





portion of such Duty was paid on Removal of the 
Spirits from Bond, and what after their Arrival in 
Bagland ; 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 1855:—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 
-Wine permitted out of Rectifiers’ Stocks in Eng/and 


and Spirits of 


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 1855 :— 
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 1855 :—Of the Total Number of Proof 
Gallons of British Compounds and Spirits of Wine 
permitted from Rectifiers’ Stocks in England, Scot- 
land and Ireland, for Exportation to Foreign Ports 
under Drawback, for the year ending the 5th day of 
January 1854 and 1855 :—And, of the Total Number 
of Gallons of Spirits in Bonded Stores in England, 
Scotland and Ireland respectively, on the 5th day 
of January 1855 (in continuation of Parliamentary 
Paper, No. 160, of Session 1854). 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a British Spirit 


Return of the Number of Gallons of British Spirits 
exported to the Colonies and Foreigh Parts, in the 
years 1853 and 1854; distinguishing the Quantities 
sent to the respective Places of Export (in continua- 
tion of Parliamentary Paper, No. 195, of Session 
1854). 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Home-made 
an Account showing the actual Deficiencies on 5Pitits- 


Home-made Spirits, delivered from Warehouse in 
England, Scotland and Ireland respectively, from 
the 10th day of October 1853 to the 10th day of 
October 1854, and the proportion upon which an 
Abatement of Duty was made under the 28th section 
of the Act 16 &amp; 17 Vic. c. 37; distinguishing Al- 
lowances for Accidents and for natural Evaporation. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Income Tax. 


Return showing the Number of Persons charged to 
the Income Tax for the years ended the 5th day of 
April 1853 and 1854, under Schedule (D.); distin- 
guishing the Number charged in each of the ee 

lasses ; 








18 Victoria. 


Classes ; viz., under £.100 a year; £.100 and under 
£.150 a year; £.150 a year and under £. 200; 
£. 200 and under £. 300; £.300 and under £. 400 ; 
£. 400 and under £. 500; £.500 and under £. 600; 
£.600 and under £. 700; £. 700 and under £. 800 ; 
£. 800 and under £.900; £. 900 and under £. 1,000; 
£.1,000 and under £. 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; £. 59,000 and 
upwards ; and the Amounts of Tax received from 
each Class :—Similar Return, under Schedule (E.), 
to £.5,000 a year and upwards:—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. 341, 
of Session 1854) :—And, similar Return for Jreland. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Copies of the Letter from the Poor Law Commis- 
sioners of Jreland to the Treasury, dated the 10th 
day of June 1854, upon the Report of Messrs. 
Bromley and Stephenson ; together with the Letter 
of Mr. Stanley, Secretary to the Poor Law Com- 
mission, dated the 8th day of June 1854, with the 
Reply to the same by the Treasury, dated the 23d 
day of June 1854. 


Poor Law 
Commission 
(Ireland. ) 


Poor Law 
Commission 
(Ireland.) 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Copy of the Report of Messrs. Bromley and Ste- 
phenson to the Lords of the Treasury, dated the 4th 
day of March 1854, relative to the Poor Law Com- 
mission, &amp;c. (Jreland), and of any Minute or Order 
made by the Lords of the Treasury in reference to 
such Report. 


The following Papers, pursuant to the directions 
of several Acts of Parliament, were laid upon 
the Table by the Clerk of the House,—Copy of 
Treasury Warrants establishing Rates of Postage. 

A Return from the Accountant General of the High 
Court of Chancery, showing the state of the several 
Funds in his Name, called “The Suitors’ Fund” 
and “ The Suitors’ Fee Fund,” and the Charges upon 
the same respectively. 


Postage. 


Court of 
Chancery. 


Metropolitan 
Water Com- 
panies, 


Mr. Cowper presented,—Return to an Address to 
Her Majesty, dated the 8th day of this instant March, 
for Copies of any further Reports of the several Me- 
tropolitan Water Companies, in continuation of those 
presented to this House in Session 1854. 

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


Local Acts, 


Mr. Osborne presented, by Her Majesty's Com- 
No. 110, 


mand,—Further Reports from the Admiralty relative 
to Applications for Local Acts:—8. Somerset Central 
Railway ; 9. Dundalk Harbour and Port; 10. Sun- 
derland Dock; 11. East Kent Railway; 12. East 
of Fife Railway ; 13. Stokes Bay and Isle of Wight 
Railway, Pier and Telegraph; 14. Fergus Estuary 
Reclamation; 15. Dagenham Docks. 

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


Army 
(Crimea.) 
No. 122, 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Army 
(Crimea), which was presented upon the 14th day 
of this instant March, be printed. 
Sardinia, Mr. Hayter presented, by. Her Majesty's Com- 
mand,—Copy of Acts and Conventions relative to 
the Co-operation of his Majesty the King of Sardi- 
nia in the War. Signed at Turin, January 26, 1855. 

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


Message from 


the Lords, 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Russell : 

Mr. Speaker, 
pichequer The Lords have agreed to the Exchequer Bills 
(€. 17,183,000) (£. 17,183,000) Bill, without any Amendment: And 
Bn” als 


0, 


Vo. 110. 


15° Martz. 





125 


The Lords have agreed to the Marine Mutiny Marine 
Bill, without any Amendment : And also, Mutiny Bill. 
The Lords have agreed to the Mutiny Bill, with- Mutiny Bill. 
out any Amendment: And also, | 
The Lords have agreed to the Tea Duties Decline Tea Duties 
Suspension Bill, without any Amendment: And Pecline Sus- : 
also, pension Bill. f 
The Lords have agreed to the Secretaries and Secretaries 
Under Secretaries of State (House of Commons) &gt; soci t 
Bill, without any Amendment:— And then the state (House 
Messenger withdrew. of Cusmens) 
ill. ; 
A Motion was made, and the Question being Real Estates 
put, That leave be given to bring in a Bill for the of Intestates. 
etter settling of the Real Estates of Intestates ; 
The House divided. 
The Yeas to the Right ; 
The Noes to the Left. 
Tellers for the f Mr. Locke King, 7 
Yeas, (Mr. Massey: 
Tellers for the f Mr. Hayter, lise 
Noes, {Mr Grenville Berkeley: { ate 
So it passed in the Negative. 


Se ee a se RRS 


A Motion was made, and the Question being put, Real Property, 
That, in the opinion of this House, it is expedient &amp;- f 
that Real Property and Impropriate Tithes should 
be made to pay the same Probate Duty as is now 
payable on Personal Property, and that Property 
belonging to Corporations, Universities, Colleges, 
Bishoprics and Deans and Chapters, should pay a 
Duty equivalent to the Probate and Legacy Duties . 
levied on Personal Property ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right; 

The Noes to the Left. 

Tellers for the { Mr. William Williams, } 61 
Yeas, Mr. Hadfield: 
Tellers for the; Mr. Hayter, 1 94 i 
Noes, (Mr. Grenville Berkeley: { ~~ 

So it passed in the Negative. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being put, Factories. 
That leave be given to bring in a Bill to limit the 
Hours of Work of Females and Young Persons, in 
the Factories of the United Kingdom, to Ten in the 
day; and to provide the means of more perfectly 
inspecting the said Factories ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right ; 

The Noes to the Left. 


Tellers for thej Mr. Cobbett, 1 101 
Yeas, \Mr. Thomas Duncombe: JS*”* 
Tellers for the f Mr. Hayter, liog 


Noes, Mr. Grenville Berkeley: | 
So it passed in the Neyative. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring ina Bill to Burial- 
amend the Laws concerning the Burial of the Dead a - 
in Scotland: And that the Lord Advocate and Sip OO ) 
George Grey do prepare, and bring it in. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being put, Army 

That an humble Address be presented to Her Ma- (Ctimea.) 
jesty, that She will be graciously pleased to give 
directions, that there be laid before this House, 
Copies of any Despatches or Correspondence that 
has passed between Field Marshal Lord Raglan and 
the Minister for War, relative to the Wants of the 
Army in the Crimea :—It passed in the Negative. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Public 
reading of the Public Prosecutors Bill; i geen 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon" ” 
Wednesday the 28th day of this instant March. 


The Purchasers’ Protection against Judgments Purchasers’ 


Bill was, according to Order, read the third time. barton a ‘ 
Resolved, That the Bill, with the Amendments, do jens Bill. 


pass. 


R3 Ordered, 





126 


Ordered, That Mr. Walpole do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath to the same, with Amendments; to 
which Amendments this House doth desire the con- 
currence of their Lordships. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third 
reading of the Lunacy Regulation Act Amendment 
Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
To-morrow. 


Lunacy Regu- 
lation Act 
Amendment 
Bill. 


Newspaper The House was moved, That the several Acts re- 
Stamp Duties. Jating to Newspaper Stamps; the Printing and Pub- 
lishing of Newspapers ; and the Acts relating to the 
Duties of Postage, 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 Lord Advocate presented a Bill to amend 
the Laws concerning the Burial of the Dead in 
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 adjourned till To-morrow. 


me 

un 

(Scotland)Bill. 
Bill 58. 





Veneris, 16° die Marti ; 


Anno 18° Victoria Regine, 1855. 





PRAYERS. 
M®*: 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 Thames 
Embankment and Railway Bill. 
Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Select 
Committee on Standing Orders. 


Ordered, That the Return from the Board of Trade 
relative to the Railway and Canal Bills of this Ses- 
sion, which was presented upon the 13th day of this 
instant March, be referred to the Committees on 
such Bills. 


Mr. Freshfield reported the Torquay Market 
and Slaughter-houses Bill, with Amendments. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Thames 
Embankment 
and Railway. 


Railway and 
Canal Bills. 


Torquay 
Market and 
Slaughter- 
houses Bill. 


Public 
Petitions 
(Seventeenth 
Report.) 


Mr. Bonham Carter reported from the Select 
Committee on Public Petitions ; That they had exa- 
mined the Petitions ptesented upon the 13th and 
14th days of this instant March ; and had directed 
him to make a Report thereof to the House. 

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


The Cambridge University and Town Waier 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 Over Darwen 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. 


Cambridge 
University 
and Town 

Water Bill. 


Over Darwen 
Gas Bill. 


Pudsey Gas The Pudsey Gas Bill was read 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 Taunton 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. 


15°—16° Martii. 





A. 1855. 


The Woolwich Consumers’ Protective Gas Bill Woolwich 
was read the third time. Consumers’ 

A Clause (Saving rights of Metropolitan Com- 
missioners of Sewers) 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. 


Protective 
Gas Bill. 


Ordered, That the Minutes of the Evidence taken Cannock 
before the Committee on the Cannock Railway and very | and 
the South Staffordshire Railway Bills in the last South Staf- 
Session, be referred to the Committee on Group Railway Bills 
No. 1 of Railway and Canal Bills. (1854.) 


Viscount Ebrington reported the Birmingham Birmingham 
Water Bill, with Amendments. Water Bill. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


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 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 for raising the Sum of Seventeen millions Exchequer 
one hundred and eighty-three thousand pounds by ¥!"s 
Exchequer Bills, for the Service of on pen One  Slceaaamaa 
thousand eight hundred and Fifty-five : 

An Act to extend to Jreland the Provisions of Common Law 
the Eighteenth Section of the Common Law Pro- Erocedure Act 


Amend 
cedure Act, 1854: (ireland) Bill 


An Act for punishing Mutiny and Desertion, and Mutiny Bill 
for the better Payment of the Army and their 
Quarters : 

An Act for the Regulation of Her Majesty’s Marine _ 
—— Marine Forces while on Shore : Mutiny Bill. 

n Act to suspend the Decline of the Customs Tea Duties 
Duties on Tea from and after the Fifth day of April —— ag 
One thousand eight hundred and Fifty-five : ™ 

An Act to enable a Third Principal Secretary and 
a Third Under Secretary of State to sit in the House 
of Commons. 


Secretaries 

and Under 

Secretaries of 

State (House 

of Commons) 

Bill. 
Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Army _ 

to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased Comms" 

to give directions, that there be laid before this 

House, a Return of the Annual Number (distin- 

guishing the Cavalry from the Infantry, and the 

several Grades of Officers) of Army Commissions 

sold, and also of Army Commissions purchased, 

from the ist day of January 1845 to the Ist day 

of January 1855 :—Similar Return of Army Com- 

missions bestowed without Purchase: — Returns 

of the Total Annual Sum, in each such year, re- 

presenting the Value of the Army Commissions so 

sold and so bought, and the Amount of the Surplus 

that has arisen therefrom, and the Application 

thereof:—And, of the Regulation Prices of Army 

Commissions, from Rank to Rank (distinguishing 

the several Corps), and whether such Regulation 

Prices are prohibited from being exceeded, and if 


‘80, by what Order. 


Ordered, That the said Address be 
Her Majesty, by such Members of this 


company to 
ouse as are 
of Her Majesty's Most honourable Privy Council. 

Ordered, 





Workhouse 
and 


Farm 
Manufacture 
Accounts 
(Ireland. ) 


Education. 


Military 
Medical 
Officers 
(Turkey. ) 


Tools and 
Billhooks 
(Sebastopol. ) 


Turnpike 
sts, 





18 Vicroriz. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Returns from each Union in Jreland, showing the 
Extent of Land ander Crops or Garden Cultivation, 
the Number of Persons employed on the Farm, dis- 
tinguishing the Number under Fifteen years of 
age, and the Number above Fifteen years of age, 
and the whole Number of Persons in the Work- 
house ; Rent, by the English Acre; the Expenses 
incurred, distinguishing, 1st. the Value of the Stock 
on hand at the commencement of the year; 2d. the 
Amount of Rent and Rates paid; 3d. the Amount 
expended for Seeds; 4th. for Implements; 5th. for 
Live Stock purchased; and 6th. Total :— Also, 
showing the Tene Value of Produce, distinguish- 
ing, 1st. the Price of Articles of Food consumed in 
the Workhouse ; 2d. the Amount received from the | 
Sale of Surplus Crop ; 3d. from Live or Dead Stock ; | 
4th. the Value of Stock in hand at the end of the 
i and 5th. Total; and showing the Profit or 

ss for the years ending the 29th day of September 
1853 and the 29th day of September 1854 respec- | 
tively :—And, from each Union in Jreland, of the | 
Expenses incurred in Manufactures and Trade; | 
showing the Value of Stock in hand at the com- 
mencement of the year, the Amount expended, Ist. 
in Tools; 2d. in Raw Material; 3d. in other ne- 
cessary Articles; and 4th. Total expended ; and 
the Produce, distinguishing the Cost of the made- 
up Clothing used in the Workhouse, the Amount 
received from the Sale of Work or Manufactured | 
Articles, and the Cost Price of the Stock in hand at | 
the end of the year, and Total ; stating the Number 
of Persons employed in the Manufactures or Trades, 
distinguishing those under Fifteen years of age, and 
those above Fifteen years of age, with Total em- | 
ployed, for the years ending respectively the 29th 
day of September 1853 and the 29th day of Sep- 
tember 1854 (in continuation of Parliamentary | 
Paper, No. 904, of Session 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 
House, Copies of all Minutes of Committee of 
Privy Council on Education, arranged in Chronolo- 
gical Order, with marginal headings of subjects. 

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


Mr. Peel presented,—Return to an Address to 
Her Majesty, dated the 23d day of February last, 
for a Return of the Medical Officers attached 
to the Forces serving in Turkey; specifying the 
Name, Age and Rank of each; the Date of their 
Appointment, and whether still serving in the East. 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the Tools and Billhooks which have been 
used and found of bad quality at the Siege of 
Sebastopol, stating the Nature of the Defects, the 
Name of the Manufacturers, and the Prices at which 
they were purchased. 


Mr. Cowper presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand,—Copy of First Report, with Abstracts of 
Accounts relating to the circumstances of the 
under-mentioned Turnpike Trusts applying for 
Local Acts in the present Session of Parliament, 
made by direction of the Secretary of State for 
the Home Department, under the Powers con- 
ferred upon him by the Act of the 3d &amp; 4th of 
Will. 4, c. 80:—No. 1. Trebarwith Sands Road ; 
No. 2. Stockbridge and Busingstoke Road; No. 3. 
Alford and Boston (or Spilsby) Road ; No. 4. Not- 
tingham and Loughborough Road ; No. 5. Charlbury, 
Witney, &amp;c. Roads; No. 6. Gomersal and Dews- 
bury Roads; No. 7. Commercial-road Trust. 


16° Marti. 


| the 25th day of March 1853 ; the Total 




























































127 


Mr. Cowper also presented,--Return to an Address Turnpike 
to Her Majesty, dated the 14th day of this instant Cielo a) 
March, for Copy of Letter addressed to the Secre- 
tary of State for the Home Department by the Chief 
Secretary for Ireland in March 1854, praying that 
Her Majesty’s Commission might issue to inquire 
into certain Turnpike Trusts in Jreland, with the 
view to their Abolition, &amp;c. 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated Metropolitan 

the; 6th day of this instant March, for a Return dues 
from the Vestry or other Authority or Authorities ; 
under whose Jurisdiction the Paving, Cleansing 
and Lighting are carried out in each Parish and 
extra-parochial Place within the City of West- 
minster, and the several Parliamentary Boroughs 
of Marylebone, Finsbury, Tower Hamlets, South- 
wark and Greenwich, and the Parishes of Lewis- 
ham, Eltham, Lee, Kidbrook, and each of the 
Parishes and Places not being a Parish in the City 
of London or the Liberties thereof, the City of West- 
minster, or the Parliamentary Boroughs mentioned 
in Schedule (A.) to the Act 15 &amp; 16 Vic. c. 85, and 
all other Parishes and Places, if any, except as 
before excepted, included in the London Weekly 
Tables of Mortality ; setting forth, Whether any 
and which of the aforesaid Parishes, or part of any 
such Parish, is managed under the Act 57 Geo. 3, 
c. 90 (Regulating Streets of Metropolis), or the Act 
3 &amp; 4 Will. 4, c. 90 (for; Lighting and Watching) ; | 
the rateable Value of each such Parish, &amp;c.; the 
Total Amount of Money raised for the purposes of 
Paving, Cleansing and Lighting, under the authority 
of any General or Local Act, during the year ending 
xpenditure 
during the year ending the 25th day of March 1853, 
as shown by Returns made to the Secretary of State 
for the Home Department; the Names of all Offi- 
cers employed as Clerks, Surveyors, - Collectors, 
Street-keepers, or otherwise, with the Amount of 
Salary, Fees, Poundage, Perquisites, Value of 
House-rent, and other benefits received or enjoyed 
by each of such Officers ; the Length of Roads and 
Streets, in Yards, within the Jurisdiction of each 
such Authority ; the Amount of Debt owing at Date 
of last Return by each such Authority ; the Number 
of Public Lamps, and the Number of Public Pumps, 
within each such District. 

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


The following Papers were laid upon the Table Appointment 
by the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, 7 Sane t 
dated the 7th day of this instant March, for Copy Wales.) 
of all Communications which have taken place be- 
tween the President of the Poor Law Board and the 
Emigration Commissioners, relative to appointing 
Boys and Girls from any Parish or Board of Guar- 
dians, of. and above the age of Thirteen, with the 
consent of their Parents or the Guardians, under 
certain conditions, to Employers in New South 
Wales. 

Return to an Order, dated the 7th day of this Education 
instant March, for Copy of all Communications i 
which have taken place between the President of °"™ 
the Privy Council and the President of the Poor 
Law Board, relative to the Education of Children 
receiving Out-door Relief. 


Ordered, that the Return relative to Lieutenant Lieutenant 
General the Earl of Zucan, which was presented — 
upon the 9th day of this instant March, be printed. Ne. 128. 

Ordered, That the Return relative to the Court of Court of 
Chancery, which was presented upon the 15th day Chancery. 
of this instant March, be printed. No, 124. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Metropo- Metropolitan 


litan Water Companies, which was presented upon hater Com- 
the 15th day of this instant March, be printed. . No. 125. 





Vor. 110. 





R4 Petitions 








128 


Public Petitions relating to Lord’s Day ;—Public-houses 
Petitions. and Beer-shops;— Roman Catholic Soldiers and 
Vide Sailors ;—Newspaper, &amp;c., Postage and Stamp Duties 
Eighteenth Bill;—Newspaper Stamps; —- Stage Carriages ; — 
Report. Dwelling-houses (Scotland) Bill ;—Education Bill ; 
—Friendly Societies Bill; — Grain ;—Intoxicating 
Liquors ;—Poor Law ;— Real Estates ;— Sale of 
Beer Act (1854);—and, War with Russia,—were 
resented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
able. 
Petitions relating to the Public Health Bill,—were 
also presented, and read ; and referred to the Select 
Committee on the Bill. 
Lunatic Asy- The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
rr —* mittee on the Lunatic Asylums (Jreland) (Advances) 
Bill. Bill; 
Resolved, That this House will, after the first two 
Notices of Motions, resolve itself into the said 
Committee. 
Militia 


; The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
(Ireland) Bill. mittee on the Militia (Jreland) Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, after the first two 
Notices of Motions, resolve itself into the said 
Committee. 


Price’s In- The Order of the day being read, for the second 
demnity Bill. yeading of Price's Indemnity Bill; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
after the first two Notices of Motions. 


Intramural The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 

Burials _- mittee on the Intramural Burials (Jreland) Bill ; 

(ireland) Bill. Resolved, That this House will, after the first two 
Notices of Motions, resolve itself into the said 
Committee. 

Supply. The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 


mittee of Supply 5 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Ways and The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
Means. mittee of re and Means ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 
Lunacy Re- The Order of the day being read, for the third 
—- reading of the Lunacy Roguiien Act Amendment 
a «Cll; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
after the first two Notices of Motions. 
Education Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
(No. 2.) for the better Encouragement and Promotion of 
Education in England: And that Sir John Pakington, 
Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton and Mr. Adderley do 
prepare, and bring it in. 
Metropolis A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- 
a pe That leave be given to ning in a Bill for the 
: etter Local Management of the Metropolis ;_ 


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


Sabbati, 17° die Martii, 1855: 


And the Question being put :—It was resolved in 
the Affirmative: And that Sir Benjamin Hall, Sir 
George Grey and Sir William Molesworth do pre- 
pare, and bring it in. 


Lunatic Asy- 
lums (Ireland) 
( Advances) 
Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Lunatic Asylums (Jreland) (Advances) 
Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


16°—17° Marti. 


A. 1855. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Militia 
into a Committee on the Militia (Jre/and) Bill; and, (eland) Bill 
after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed 
the Chair; and Mr. Greene 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 oy for the second Price's In- 

reading of Price's Indemnity Bill ; demnity Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 

Monday next. 


to Order, resolved itself Intramural 
tramural Burials (Zreland) Burials 
Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker ‘¢!#24) Bill. 
resumed the Chair; and Mr. Greene 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, ere, 
into a Committee on the In 


The Lunacy Regulation Act Amendment Bill was, Lunacy Re- 

according to Order, read the third time. ye: 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. — 
Ordered, That Mr. Walpole do carry the Bill to 

the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 

agreed to the same, without Amendment. 


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


A Motion was made, and the Question being Public Health 
proposed, That it be an Instruction to the Committee and Nuisances 
to whom the Public Health and Nuisances Removal Removal 
Amendment Bills are referred, to hear Counsel on Bills, 
behalf of such Petitioners as have prayed to be heard 
by Counsel ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word “ referred” 
to the end of the Question, in order to add the words 
“ to hear two Counsel upon each class of Petitions 
“ praying to be heard by Counsel,” 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. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being put, Public Health 
That it be an Instruction to the Committee to whom and Nuisances 
the Public Health Bill, and Nuisances Removal —. ; 
Amendment Bill, are referred, to hear two Counsel Bills. 
upon each class of Petitions praying to be heard by 
Counsel ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right ; 

The Noes to the Left. 

Tellers for the {Mr. Muniz, 


116, 


Yeas, UMr. Spooner : 
Tellers for the (Mr. rman 48 
Noes, { Mr. Edward Egerton: } : 


So it passed in the Negative. 


Ordered, That Lord John Russell and Mr. Sidney tibrary of the 
Herbert be added to the Standing Committee on House. 
the Library of the House. 


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


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Army | 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased Com™™s#!™* 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return of the Names of all Gentlemen who 
have been appointed to Commissions in the Army 
by Purchase, from the 1st day of January 1853 to 
the present Date; when such Commissions have 
been sold on account of the Government, to state 
both the Regiment and the Amount paid in each 








instance, 





Burial Fees. 


Education 
(No. 2) Bill. 


No, 59. 


Sheffield Gas 
Bill. 


Poor Removal. O 


Pablic 
Petitions 
(Eighteenth 
Report.) 


England and 
Ireland 
improved 
Communica- 
ton, 


18 Vicroriz. 


instance, and the Total Amount realized :—And, of 
the Names of all Gentlemen appointed to Com- 
missions in the Army during the same Period without 
Purchase ; specifying those promoted from the in- 
ferior ranks of the Army. 

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


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Returns of the Tables of Fees determined on 
by each of the Burial Boards appointed under the 
Acts 15 &amp; 16 Vic. c. 85, 16 &amp; 17 Vic. c. 134, and 
17 &amp; 18 Vic. c. 87, for Burials in the Consecrated 
and Unconsecrated Ground respectively, with the 
mode of appropriating such Fees to parochial In- 
cumbents and other Officers, to Dissenting Mi- 
nisters, and to the general purposes of such Boards 
respectively. 

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


Sir John Pakington presented a Bill for the better 
Encouragement and Promotion of Education in Eng- 
land: And the same was read the first time; and 
ordered to be read a second time upon Wednesday 
the 2d day of May next; and to be printed. 


Mr. Poulett Scrope reported from the Committee 
on Group B. of Private Bills; That in the case of 
the Sheffield Gas Bill, they had examined the allega- 
tions contained in the Preamble of the Bill, and 
amended the same, by striking out from Is. 10 &amp; 11 
of p. 2, the words “ Forty-five thousand,” and in- 
serting, in lieu thereof, the words “ Forty-two thou- 
“‘ sand five hundred ;” such latter Sum being the 
present Amount of the Mortgage Debt of the united 
Company ; and by adding, after the word “ deed,” 
inl. 14, p. 3, the words “ except so far as the same 
“ be herein otherwise provided;” 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, having continued to sit 
till half an hour after One of the clock on 
Saturday morning, adjourned till Monday 
next. 











Lune, 19° die Marti; 
Anno 18° Victoria Regine, 1855. 


PRAYERS. 

RDERED, That the Select Committee on 
Poor Removal have leave to sit this day till Five 

of the clock, during the sitting of the House. 


Mr. Bonham Carter reported from the Select 
Committee on Public Petitions ; That they had ex- 
amined the Petitions presented upon the 15th and 
16th days of this instant March, and had directed 
him to make a Report thereof to the House. 

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


A Petition of the Zondon and North Western Rail- 
way Company, and of the Chester and Holyhead Rail- 
way Company, for leave to bring in a Bill for im- 
proving the Communication between England and 
Jreland, and for authorizing Arrangements between 
certain Companies in England and {reland in relation 
thereto, and for other purposes, was presented, and 
read; anda Bill was ordered to be brought in accord- 
ingly, by the Marquis of Chandos, Mr. Glyn and 
Mr. Jackson. 

Vou. 110. 





16°—17°—19° Marti. 





129 


A Petition of the Plymouth Great Western Dock Plymouth 
Company, for leave to bring in a Bill for extending Great Western 
the Powers of the Plymouth Great Western Dock “ 
Company, and for other purposes, was presented, and 

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

cordingly, by Sir John Yarde Buller and Mr. Collier. 


A Petition of Persons whose names are thereunto Thames 
subscribed, for leave to bring ina Bill for making an Embankment 
Embankment, Road and Railway on the North side *4 Railway. 
of the River Thames, between the Cities of London 

and Westminster, was presented, and read ; and re- 

ferred to the Select Committee on Standing Orders. 


A Petition of Directors of the Medical, Invalid and Medical, 
General Life Assurance Society, praying that Pro- Invalid and 
vision may be made in the Medical, Invalid and Qene™™! Lite 
General Life Assurance Society Bill, for the impo- society Bill. 
sition of a Stamp Duty of Five Pounds on the first 

and every subsequent Memorial in which the name 

or names of any person or persons shall for the first 

time be inserted, as a Trustee or Trustees of the said 

Society, subject to such provisions and regulations 

for the Collection thereof or otherwise as to the 

House may seem meet, was presented, and read; 

and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Motion being made, That this House will, To- Medical, 
morrow, resolve itself into a Committee to consider te 
of authorizing the imposition of a Stamp Duty on the assurance 
first and every subsequent Memorial which may be Society 
enrolled pursuant to any Act for better enabling the [Stamp Daty 
Medical, Invalid and General Life Assurance Society °°" °"°"*™ 
to sue and be sued, and for other purposes with re- 
lation to the Society, from which Memorial the names 
of the Trustees of the said Society shall appear, in 
lieu of the Stamp Duties which would otherwise be 
payable on deeds, surrenders, admissions or as- 
surances, in order to vest the annuities, messuages, 
lands, tenements, hereditaments, property, effects 
or monies of the said Society in the said Trustees ; 

Mr. Hayter, by Her Majesty’s Command, ac- 
quainted the House, That Her Majesty, having been 
informed of the subject-matter of this Motion, re- 
commends it to the consideration of the House. 

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


The House proceeded to take into consideration Brighton 
the Brighton Improvement Commissioners and Mu- Improvement 


nicipal Corporation Bill, as amended in the Com- Se Municipal 
mittee. ns 
Ald. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House ag to take into consideration Folkestone 
the Folkestone Water Bill, as amended in the Com- Wter Bill. 
mittee. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Hoarwithy 
the Hoarwithy Bridge Bill, as amended in the Com- Bridge Bill. 
mittee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Lands 
the Lands Improvement Company Bill, as amended Improvement 
in the Committee ; and Amendments were made to ©°™P#2y Bill. 
the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Price’s Patent 
Price’s Patent Candle Company Bill, as amended Candle = 
in the Committee. Cagney oe. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Ratcliff Gas 
the Ratcliff Gas Bill, as amended in the Committee. Bill. 
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, Bill 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 











8 Ordered, 


130 


Ordered, That the Bombay, Baroda and Central 
India Railway (No. 2) Bill be read a second time 


Central India upon Tuesday the 17th day of April next. 


Railway 
(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 Petition for additional Pro- 
vision in the Inverury and Old Meldrum Railway 
Bill, the Standing Orders have been complied with. 


Inverury and 
Old Meldrum 
Railway Bill. 


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

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


Sir Benjamin Hail presented a Bill for the better 
Local Management of the Metropolis: And the same 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time upon Monday the 16th day of April 
next ; and to be printed. 


Mr. Freshfield reported from the Committee on 
Group C. of Private Bills; That in the case of the 
Torquay, Tor and Saint Mary Church Gas Bill, 
they had examined the allegations 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 Table. 


Mr. Freshfield reported from the Committee on 
Group C. of Private Bills; That in the case of the 
Tormoham and Saint Mary Church Gas 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. 


Stourbridge 
Gas Bill. 


Metropolis 
Local Manage- 
ment Bill 


Bill 70. 


Torquay, Tor 
and Saint 
Mary Church 
Gas Bill. 


Tormoham 
and Saint 
Mary Church 
Gas Bill 


Mr. Freshfield reported from the Committee. on 
Group C. of Private Bills ; That on the application 
of the Promoters, and with the consent of the Op- 
ponents of the Bill under consideration, the Com- 
mittee had adjourned to Friday next, at Eleven 
o'clock. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Private Bills 
(Group C.) 


Petitions relating to Divorce ;—Lord’s Day ;— 
Newspaper, &amp;c. Postage and Stamp Duties Bill ;— 
Vide Nine. Newspaper Stamps ;—-Paper, Newspaper Stamps, 
teenth Report, Foreign Books, &amp;c.;—Stage Carriages ;—Bills of 
Exchange Bill ;— Decimal Coinage ; — Dwelling- 
houses (Scotland) Bill ;—Friendly Societies Bill ;— 
Grain ;—Intestacy (Scotland) Bill ;— Intoxicating 
Liquors ;— Poor omy ;—Poor Relief (Jre/and) Bill ; 
—Public-houses (Scotland) Act ;—Real Estates ;— 
and, Sale of Beer Act (1854),—were presented, and 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions relating to the Public Health Bill ;—and, 
the Nuisances Removal Amendment Bill,—were also 
presented, and read; and referred to the Select 
Committee on the Bills. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant 
to the Clerk of the Crown in Jreland, to make out 
a new Writ for the electing of a Knight of the Shire 
to serve in this present ullement for the County 
of Cavan, in the room of the Right honourable Sir 
John Young, Baronet, who, since his Election for the 
said County, hath accepted the Office of Chief Com- 


missioner of the Jonian Islands. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Military 
Medical Officers (Turkey), which was presented 
upon the 16th day of this instant March, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Metropolitan 
Districts Paving, &amp;c., which was presented upon the 
16th day of this instant March, be printed. 


Public 
Petitions. 


Cavan Writ. 


Military Medi- 

cal Officers 

(Turkey.) 
No. 126. 


Metropolitan 
Districts 
Paving, &amp;c. 


No, 127. 


19° Martiz. 


A. 1855. 


The following Papers were laid upon the Table Postage 
by the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, — and 
dated the 2d day of this instant March, for Copy of ce.) 
any Instructions issued to the Postmasters in Jre- 
land in regard to the reduced Rates of Postage on 
Letters addressed to France, with the Date at which 
such Instructions were issued. 

Return to an Order, dated the 12th day of this Guano. 
instant March, for a Return of all the Guano im- 
ported into the United Kingdom in each of the years 
from 1852 to 1854 inclusive, distinguishing the 
Quantities imported from each Country respectively. 

The followmg Paper, pursuant to the directions Bankruptcy. 

of an Act of Partismns, was also laid upon the 
Table by the Clerk of the House,—A Return show- 
ing the Total Amount of Monies paid into the Bank 
of England to the credit of the Accountant in Bank- 
ruptcy, for the year ending the 31st December 1854, 
distinguishing the Amount paid over by Her Ma- 
jesty’s Commissioners of Inland Revenue ; also, the 
Amount paid by Orders of the Lord Chancellor, the 
Lords Justices, the Vice-Chancellors and Commis- 
sioners, and the Amount transferred and paid out 
as Dividends, from the 31st day of December 1853 
to the Ist day of January 1855 ; also, the Balances 
standing on the following Accounts to the credit of 
Richard Clarke, Esquire, the Accountant in Bank- 
ruptcy, on the Ist day of January 1855 ; namely, 1st. 
The General Account of Bankrupts’ Estates; 2d. 
The Bankruptcy Fund Account; 3d. The Unclaimed 
Dividend Account ; 4th. The Chief Registrar’s Ac- 
count, together with an Appendix to the last-named 
Account of the Payments made therefrom, showing 
to whom made, and whether as Salaries, Compensa- 
tions, Annuities, Services, Travelling or other Ex- 
penses or Allowances. 


Mr. Cowper presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- gpidemic 
mand,—Copy of Report on the Results of the dif- Cholera. 
ferent Methods of Treatment pursued in Epidemic 
Cholera, addressed to the President of the General 
Board of Health by the Treatment Committee of 
the Medical Council. 

Mr. Cowper also presented,— Return to an Ad- Promotion 
dress to Her Majesty, dated the 5th day of this in- (Marines.) 
stant March, for Copy of Warrant regulating Pro- 
motion in the Marine Corps. 

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


Viscount Palmerston presented, by Her Majesty’s The “ Char- 
Command,—Copy of Report of an Investigation !tte.” 
into the Loss of the ‘‘ Charlotte,” of London, made 
under the direction of the Board of Trade, by Com- 
mander Robert Robertson, r.Nn. 

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


Sir George Grey presented, pursuant to the direc- New 
tions of an Act of Parliament,—New Brunswick ; Brunswick. 
—Copy of an Act to relieve certain Articles from 
the Payment of Duty. 

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


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Newspaper 
into a Committee on Newspaper Stamp Duties. Stamp Duties. 


(In the Committee.) 


1. Resolved, That it is expedient to amend the 
Laws relating to the Stamp Duties on Newspapers, 
and to provide for the Transmission, by Post, of 
printed Periodical Publications. 

2. Resolved, That any Periodical Publication, to 
be entitled to the privilege of Transmission and 
Re-transmission by the Post, shall be printed on 
Paper stamped for denoting the Stamp Duty im- 
posed by Law on a Newspaper, printed on the like 
number of sheets or pieces of paper, and of the like 
dimensions with respect to the superficies of the let- 


terpress thereof. 
3. Resolved, 











18 VicTroriz. 


3. Resolved, That printed Newspapers (British, 
Colonial or Foreign) shall be transmitted by the 
Post between Places in the United Kingdom and 
Her Majesty’s Colonies or Foreign Countries, or 
between any Ports or Places beyond the Sea (whe- 
ther through the United Kingdom or not), either free 
of Postage, or subject to such Rates of Postage, 
not exceeding Two-pence for each Newspaper, irre- 
spective of any Charge for Foreign Postage, as the 
Commissioners of the Treasury, or Her Majesty’s 
Postmaster General, with their consent, shall from 
time to time think fit. 


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. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself into 
the Committee of Supply. 


(In the Committee.) 


Motion made, and Question put, That the Chair- 
man do report Progress, and ask leave to sit again; 
The Committee divided. 
Tellers for the f Colonel Dunne, 1 19 
Yeas, Mr. Vance: F See 
Tellers for the Mr. Hayter, "9 
Noes, {Mr Grenville Berkeley : } ‘ 
Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £. 1,638,861, 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charges for 
Post-office Services, and the Collection of the Re- 
venue, which will come in course of payment during 
the year ending the 3Jst day of March 1856. 


Resolution to be reported. 


Supply. 


Post-office 
Services. 





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


Martis, 20° die Martii, 1855: 


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 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. 


Ways and 
Means. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Savings Banks and Friendly Societies 
Investments Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Friday next. 


Savings Banks 
and Friendly 
Societies In- 
vestments Bill. 


Newspaper, The Order of the day being read, for the second 
~_ Sea reading of the Newspapers, &amp;c. Postage and Stamp 
Duties Bil, Duties Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Friday next. 
Barial- The Burial-grounds (Scotland) Bill was, accord- 


ae ~ (Seot- ing to Order, read a second time; and committed 
) to a Committee of the whole House, for Monday 


next. 
ianatie The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
(livland) ‘an — on the Lunatic Asylums (Zreland) (Advances) 
Vances) Bill, Ut ; 


Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 
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131 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take Militia 
into consideration the Militia (Jreland) Bill, ag (Ireland) Bill. 
amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon 
Thursday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Price’s In- 
reading of Price’s Indemnity Bill ; demnity Bil. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Friday next. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take Intramural 
into consideration the Intramural Burials (Jreland) Burials, __ 
Bill, as amended in the Committee. (ireland) Bal. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon 
Friday next. 


Ordered, That Mr. Horsfall be discharged from Poor Removal. 
further attendance on the Select Committee on Poor 
Removal. 

Ordered, That Mr. Cheetham be added to the 
Committee. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Charities. 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this Teese, 
a Return relative to Charities, in continuation of 
Parliamentary Paper, No. 94, of Session 1852, con- 
taining the like particulars, brought down from the 
foot of that Return to the present time. A 
Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty, by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed to Loan Fund 
inquire into the Laws affecting Loan Fund Societies Societies 
in Jreland. (Ireland. ) 


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till One of the clock on ‘Tuesday morning, 
adjourned till this day. 








Martis, 20° die Martii ; 
Anno 18° Victoriz Regine, 1855. 


PRAYERS. 


M R. Bouverie reported from the Committee on gouth Eastern 
the South Eastern Railway (Capital) Bill; Railway 
That they had examined the allegations contained (C4Pital) Bill. 
in the Preamble of the Bill, and amended the same, 
by inserting therein a recital of the purposes for 
which the additional Capital is required, and also a 
recital of the Amount of the authorized Capital of 
the Company in Consolidated Stock and Shares; 
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 Leeds, Brad- 
Leeds, Bradford and Halifax Junction Railway ford and 
Bill; That they had examined the allegations con- Halifax 
tained in the Preamble of the Bill, and amended the Railway Bill. 
same, by stating the insufficiency of the original Ca- 
pital for the execution of the Works; 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 Plymouth and Stone- Piymouth and 
house Gas Bill, with Amendments. ae 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. &amp;** 3" 


Mr. Bouverie reported from the Committee on Bridport 
the Bridport Railway Bill; That they had examined Railway Bill 
the allegations contained in the Preamble of the 
Bill, and amended the same, by striking out such 
portion thereof as had reference to the Great Western 

$2 


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132 20° Martiz. 


Railway Company subscribing to 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. 


Warrington Sir Erskine Perry reported the Warrington Water 
Water Bil. Bill, with Amendments. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Chesterfield Sir Erskine Perry reported the Chesterfield Water 
Water and and Gas Bill, with Amendments. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Inverury and The House was moved, That the Report from the 
Old Meldrum Select Committee on Standing Orders in respect of 
Railway Bill. the Petition for additional Provision in the Inverury 
and Old Meldrum Railway 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. 
Hyde Gas A Petition of the Hyde Gas Company, for leave 
(No. 2.) to bring in a Bill to incorporate the Hyde Gas 


Company, and to grant more effectual Powers for 
supplying with Gas the several Townships of Hyde, 
Werneth, Bredbury, Romiley, Newton and Godley, 

*in the County of Chester, was presented, and read ; 
and a Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, 
by Mr. Tatton Egerton and Mr. Cornwall Legh. 


Medical, The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
peo into a Committee on the Medical, Invalid and General 
Life Assurance Society [Stamp Duty on Memorials]. 


Assurance 
(In the Committee.) 


Society 

[Stamp Duty 

nny Resolved, That a Stamp Duty of Five pounds shall 
be payable for and upon the first Memorial which 
may be enrolled pursuant to a Bill for better enabling 
the Medical, Invalid and General Life Assurance 
Society to sue and be sued, and for other purposes 
with relation to the Society, from which Memorial 
the names of the persons who shall be deemed, held 
and taken to be the Trustees of the said Societ 
shall appear; and for and upon every other suc 
Memorial in which the name of any person shall, 
for the first time, be inserted as a Trustee of the 
Society, the like sum of Five pounds, in lieu of the 
Stamp Duties which would otherwise be payable 
upon the deeds, surrenders, admissions or assurances 
in the law, in order to vest the annuities, messuages, 
lands, tenements, hereditaments, property, effects 
or monies of the said Society in the said Trustees. 


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 Thurs- 
day next, at the time of Private Business. 


England Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for improvi 
= — the Communication between England and Ireland, 
Caprwuniea. #0d for authorizing Arrangements between certain 
tion Bill. Companies in England and Ireland in relation 
thereto, and for other purposes: And the same was 


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


time. 
Plymouth Mr. Brotherton a a Bill for extending the 
oe oo Powers of the Plymouth Great Western Dock 
vexs™ Company, and for other purposes: And the same 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time. 
Glossop The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Gas Bill. the Glossop Gas Bill, as amended in the Committee. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 








A. 1855. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Hartlepool 
reading of the Hartlepool Pier and Port Bill ; coe One Seat 
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 the word “ now,” and, at 
the end of the Question, adding 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 Amendment was, with leave of the House, 
withdrawn, 
Ordered, That the Bill be now read a second time : 
—The Bill was accordingly read a second time ; 
and committed. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Colonel Wilson Patten reported from the Select standing 
Committee on Standing Orders, several Resolutions ; Orders. 
which were read, as follow : 

1. That in the case of the Nottingham and New- Nottingham 
haven Road Petition of Highway Ratepayers in 2nd Newhaven 
Bakewell, for dispensing with Standing Order 110, Rees Sm. 
and for leave to te heard on their Petition against 
the Bill, the Standing Order ought to be dispensed 
with ; that the Parties be permitted to be heard 
upon their Petition against the Bill, notwithstanding 
the same shall “vat, deposited later than seven 
clear days after the second reading of the Bill. 

2. That in the case of the Worcester and Hereford Worcester 
Railway Petition of Thomas Jackson, for dispensing #»4 Hereford 
with Standing Order 110, and for leave to be heard ®#!!way Bill. 
on his Petition against the Bill, the Standing Order 
ought not to be dispensed with. 

3. That in the case of the Newcastle-under-Lyme Newcastle- 
Gas Petition of Thomas Harding, for leave to de- under-Lyme 
posit a Petition against the Bill on behalf of the &amp;** 34 

ayor, &amp;c. of Newcastle-under-Lyme, the Standing 
Orders ought not to be dispensed with. 

The first Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Colonel Boldero reported from the Committee on Monmouth- 
Group (2) of Railway and Canal Bills ; That in the shire Railway 
case of the Monmouthshire Railway and Canal Bill, 4 C##! Bil. 
they had examined the allegations contained in the 
Preamble of the Bill, and amended the same, b 
adding a recital of the whole of the Capital which 
the Company are authorized to raise by Shares and 
Loan; and * Hr 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 Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant Liverpool 
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 Liverpool, in the 
room of the Honourable Henry Thomas Liddell, now 
Baron Ravensworth, called up to the House of Peers. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Poor Law 
Return of the Names of the Poor Law Inspectors, ™SPectrs 
the Dates of their respective Appointments, the 
Unions in the Districts allotted to each, the Dates 
of their Visits to each officially, during the years 
1853 and 1854, 


Resolved, That an humble a ep re mm goo 

to Her Majesty, that She will cious 

to give Mondlane, that there he laid before this **” — 
House, 2 Return of the Number of Visitors admitted 
to see the A ents and Pictures at Hampton 
Court, and the Gardens at Kew, during the year 
1854; distinguishing the Number in each month, 
and the Number on the several Sundays (in conti- 
nuation 


Fee ee 





Criminal and 
Statute Law 
Commissions. 


Shipping and 
onnage, 


Leave of 
Absence, 


Militia, 








18 Vicroriz. 


nuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 313, of Session 
1854). 

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


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this House, 
Returns of the Number of Royal and other Com- 
missions which have been appointed during the 
re of his late Majesty Wilitam the Fourth and 
of Her Majesty, to inquire into or report on the Cri- 
minal Law, and of the Number of years such Com- 
missions have lasted :—Of the Names of the paid 
Commissioners appointed on such Commissions, 
distinguishing the Names of such of them as may 
have been from time to time employed in ascertain- 
ing or investigating the state of the Statute Law in 
general, distinguishing the Names of those Commis- 
sioners who concurred in or dissented from the several 
Reports made to Her Majesty, or Her immediate 
Predecessor, by or on behalf of the said Commis- 
sions :—Of the entire Expense of the said Commis- 
sions, distinguishing how much was incurred for each 
Commission, and the Total Sum received for Salary, 
Fees or other Emolument by each and every Com- 
missioner by name, distinguishing the Length of Time 
each Commissioner has served :—Of the Number and 
Nature of the Bills prepared or approved by such 
Commissions, and afterwards laid before Parliament, 
and of the Names and respective Remuneration of 
the Draughtsmen of such Bills, distinguishing all 
such of the said Bills as have been passed into Laws 
from such as have not been so passed by Parliament: 
—Of the Authority (referred to in Parliamentary Pa- 
per, No. 78, of Session 1855) under which the Sum 
of £.3,650, voted by this House in 1853 for a par- 
ticular Plan of Statute Law Consolidation, was, after 
the Prorogation of Parliament, disappropriated, and 
converted to a wholly different Organization, as yet 
not sanctioned by Festianent :—And, Account in 
detail of the Sum of £.7,550, voted by this House 
for the Statute Law Commission, showing what has 
been expended, and the Balance now remaining in 
hand. 

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


Mr. Hayter presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand,—An Account of the Number and Tonnage of 
Vessels employed in the several Ports of the British 
Empire, in the a ending the 5th day of January 
1853, 1854 and 1855 respectively. 

An Account of the Number and Tonnage of Ves- 
sels, with the Number of Men and Boys usually em- 
ployed in navigating the same, that belonged to the 
British Empire, in the years 1852, 1853 and 1854 
respectively. 

An Account of the Number and Tonnage of Ves- 
sels (including their repeated Voyages) that entered 
Inwards and cleared Outwards. at the several Ports 
of the United Kingdom from and to Foreign Ports, 
during each of the three years ending 5 January 1853, 
1854 and 1855. 

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


Ordered, That Mr. Corbally have leave of absence 
for six weeks, on account of ill health. 


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 Volunteers from 
each Regiment of Militia into the Regular Service, 
between the 1st day of January and the 31st day of 
December 1854, stating the Quota of each Regiment, 
and also whether the Men have volunteered with or 
without previous sanction, 


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133 


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


Mr. Osborne presented,—Return to an Order, Russian 
dated the 14th day of December last, for a Return of Prizes. 
all Vessels seized under the Flag of Russia, since the 

29th day of March 1853, with the Names of the 
Captains and the Ships that captured the same; 
oe the Date of Capture, the Tonnage, the 
Nature of the Cargo, the Dates when Proceedings 

were taken in the High Court of Admiralty, the 
Dates of Condemnation or Restitution, the Amount 

of Proceeds of the Sale of the Vessel and of the 
Cargo, the Amount of all Costs, Charges and Ex- 
penses incurred, the Amount of the Balance for Dis- 
tribution to the Captors, with the Date when Notice 

of the same was published in the Gazette. 

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


Ordered, That the Return relative to Guano, which Guano. 
was — a the 19th day of this instant No, 128. 
March, be printed. 


Ordered, That an Abstract of the Return relative Bankruptcy. 
to Bankruptcy, which was presented upon the 19th No, 129, 
day of this instant March, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Promotion Promotion 
(Marines), which was presented upon the 19th day (Marines.) 
of this instant March, be printed. No, 130, 


Petitions relating to Lord’s Day ;—County Rates Public 
(Ireland) ; — Newspaper, &amp;c. Postage and Stamp Fetitions. 
Duties Bill ;— Border Marriages (Scotland) ;—Dect- y; 3. Nine- 
mal Coinage ;—Grain ;—Intoxicating Liquors ;— teenth Report, 
Passengers Act Amendment Bill ;—Public-houses 
(Scotland) Act ;—Sale of Beer Act (1854);—Schools 
(Scotland) Bill ;—and, War with Russia,—were pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions relating to the Public Health Bill,— 
were also presented, and read ; and referred to the 
Select Committee on the Bill. 


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


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, according to the 
last Census, of every Union, and of every Parish 
not in a Union, in England, showing the Amount of 
Workhouse Accommodation in each, for the year 
ending the 31st day of December 1854 :—Of the 
Population of every Parish in Scotland, showing the 
Amount of Workhouse Accommodation in each, for 
the year ending the 31st day of December 1854 :— 
And, of the Population of every Union in Jreland, 
showing the Amount of Workhouse Accommodation 
in each, for the year ending the 31st day of December 
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. 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Brougham: Message from 
Mr. Ss aker, the Lords. 
The Lords have agreed to the Commons Inclosure Commons _ 
Bill, without any Amendment: And also, Inclosure Bill. 
The Lords have agreed to the Amendments made Purchasers’ 
by this House to the Purchasers’ Protection against Protection 


Judgments Bill, without any Amendment: And also, *83ns, 3798" 


The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Criminal 
for diminishing Expense and Delay in the Adminis- Justice Bill, 
tration of Criminal Justice in certain cases, to which 
the Lords desire the concurrence of this House :— 

And then the Messenger withdrew. 





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134 


The Criminal Justice Bill was read the first time ; 
and ordered to be read a second time upon Monday 
next; and to be printed. 


Criminal 
Justice Bill. 
Bill 61. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That this House will, upon Thursday next, 
resolve itself into a Committee to consider of an 
humble Address to Her Majesty, praying that She 
will be graciously pleased to give directions,—Ist. 
That Ten Orphans, Sons of Officers of our Army, 
Navy and Marines, shall receive their Education, 
Board and Clothing free from Expense to their 
Friends: 2d. That the Number of Cadets at Sand- 
hurst, who are now admissible into the First Class, 
be increased to Fifty: 3d. That Departments in the 
Civil Branches of the Public Service shall be open 
to those Cadets who may entitle themselves to them 
by their good conduct, and by having a those 
esndnatioen which may be required of them ; those 
Cadets who prefer the Military Service to receive 
Commissions as at present upon — neces- 
sary Examinations ; and to assure Her Majesty that 
this House will make good the same :—And the 
said Motion was, with leave of the House, with- 
drawn. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
relieve Grand Juries from Fiscal Duties, and to place 
the Administration of Local Affairs in Ireland in 
Elected Councils: And that Sir Denham Norreys, 
Mr. Pollard-Urquhart and Mr. Fagan do prepare, 
and bring it in. 


Sandhurst 
Royal Military 
College 


Grand Juries 
(Ireland.) 


British A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- 

Museum, &amp;. hosed, That, in the opinion of this House, it would 
promote the moral and intellectual improvement of 
the Working Classes of this Metropolis, if the Col- 
lections of Natural History and of Art, in the Bri- 
tish Museum and the National Gallery, were open 
to the public inspection after Morning Service on 
Sundays ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word “ House ” 
to the end of the Question, in order to add the 
words “the National Gallery and the British Mu- 
“ seum should remain closed on Sundays as here- 
“ tofore, and that they should be opened every day 
“‘ in the week except Sundays; but, at all events, 
“ they should be open on Saturdays and Mondays, 
“ those days being most convenient for the Working 
“ Classes,” instead thereof. 

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


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


Mercurii, 21° die Martti, 1855: 


And the Question being put ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right ; 

The Noes to the Left. 

Tellers for the {Sir Joshua Walmsley, 

Yeas, (Mr. Biggs: 
Tellers for the (Mr. Hayter, less 
Noes, \Mr. Grenville Berkeley: {** 

So it passed in the Negative. 

And the Question being put, That the words “the 
“* National Gallery and the British Museum should 
“ remain closed on Sundays as heretofore, and that 
‘ they should be opened every day in the week 
“ except Sundays; but, at all events, they should 
“ be open on Saturdays and Mondays, those days 
“ being most convenient for the Working Classes,” 
be added instead thereof :—It was resolved in the 
Affirmative. 

Then the main Question, so amended, was pro- 
posed, “‘ That, in the opinion of this House, the Na- 
“* tional Gallery and the British Museum should re- 
** main closed on Sundays as heretofore, and that they 


\ 48. 


20°—21° Martii. 





A. 1855. 


“ should be opened every day in the week except 
“ Sundays; but, at all events, they should be open 
“on Saturdays and Mondays, those days being 
“ most convenient for the Working Classes :”— 
And the said Motion was, with leave of the House, 
withdrawn. 


The Select Committee on Metropolitan Communi- Metropolitan 

cations was nominated of Mr. Jackson, Sir William Communica. 
Molesworth, Lord Robert Grosvenor, Viscount Eb-"°™ 
ray Viscount Duncan, Lord Alfred Hervey, Sir 
John Shelley, Sir James Duke, Mr. William Williams, 
Mr. Oliveira, Mr. Laing, Mr. Scholefield, Mr. Pil- 
hington, Mr. Biggs and Mr. Heyworth ; with Power 
to send for persons, papers and records. 

Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Mr. Kennedy. 
Copies of Letter, dated the 2d day of March 1855, 
from the Secretary to the Treasury to the Right 
honourable Thomas Francis Kennedy, transmitting a 
Copy of a Minute of the Lords Commissioners of 
Her Majesty’s Treasury, also dated the 2d day of 
March 1855, together with a Copy of such Minute : 
—Of Letter from Mr. Kennedy to the Secretary to the 
Treasury, dated the 16th day of March 1855, ac 
knowledging the receipt of the said Letter and 
Minute :—Of Letter, dated the 16th day of March 
1855, from the Secretary to the Treasury to Mr. 
Kennedy, informing him that an Instrument had 
been passed under the Sign Manual of Her Ma- 
jesty, determining his Appointment as a Commis- 
sioner of Woods, &amp;c., and inclosing a Copy of such 
Instrument :—And, of such Instrument. 


_ Ordered, That the Select Committee of last Ses- Payment of 
sion, on Payment of Wages, be re-appointed, so far Wages 
as regards the Hosiery Manufacture. (Setery.) 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a British 
Return of the Number of Days on which the Museum. 
Trustees of the British Museum sat for general or 


special purposes (specifying which of the kinds) 


during the year ending on the 10th day of March 
1855, with the Numbers of the Trustees who at- 
tended the particular Meetings. 


Ordered, That a Committee be appointed to in- Expiring 

quire what Temporary Laws of a Public and Ge- Laws. 
neral Nature are now in force, and what Laws of 
the like nature have expired since the last Report 
upon the subject; and also what Laws of the like 
nature are about to expire at particular Periods, or 
in consequence of any contingent Public Event ; 
and to report the same, and their Observations 
thereupon, to the House :—And a Committee was 
appointed of Mr. Wilson, Mr. Bouverie, Mr. At- 
torney General, Mr. Solicitor General, Mr. Cowper, 
Mr. Freshfield, Mr. Hayter, Mr. Peel, Mr. William 
Williams, Mr. Horsman, Sir Benjamin Hall and 
Viscount Duncan ; with Power to send for persons, 
papers and records. 

Ordered, That Three be the Quorum. 


The Chancellor of the Exchequer reported from Newspaper, 
the Committee on Newspaper Stamp Duties, several Stamp Duties. 
Resolutions ; which were read, as follow : 

1. That it is expedient to amend the Laws relating 
to the Stamp Duties on Newspapers, and to provide 
for the Transmission, by Post, of printed Periodical 
Publications. 

2. That any Periodical Publication, to be entitled 
to the privilege of Transmission and Re-transmission 
by the Post, shall be printed on Paper stamped for 
denoting the Stamp Duty im by Law on a 
Newspaper, printed on the like number of sheets or 
pieces of paper, and of the like dimensions with re- 
spect to the superficies of the letterpress thereof. 

3. That printed Newspapers (British, Colonial or 
Foreign) shall be transmitted by the Post between 
Places in the United Kingdom and Her Majesty’s 

Colonies 





Supply. 


Post-office 
Services. 


Newspaper 
Stamp Duties 
Bill. 

Bill 62. 


Kilmainham 
Hospital. 


Theological 
Professors, &amp;c. 
( Belfast.) 


The House 
attends 
Church, 


18 Victoriz. 


Colonies or Foreign Countries, or between any Ports 
or Places beyond the Sea (whether through the 
United Kingdom or not), either free of Postage, or 
subject to such Rates of Postage, not exceeding Two- 
pence for each Newspaper, irrespective of any Charge 
for Foreign Postage, as the Commissioners of the 
Treasury, or Her Majesty’s Postmaster General, 
with their consent, shall from time to time think fit. 

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, the Chancellor 
of the Exchequer and Mr. Wilson do prepare, and 
bring it in. 


Mr. Wilson reported from the Committee of Sup- 
ply, a Resolution ; which was read, as followeth : 

That a Sum, not exceeding £. 1,638,861, be granted 
to Her Majesty, to defray the Charges for Post- 
office Services, and the Collection of the Revenue, 
which will come in course of payment during the 
year ending the 31st day of March 1856. . 

The said Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 


The Chancellor of the Exchequer presented a Bill 
to amend the Laws relating to the Stamp Duties on 
Newspapers, and to provide for the Transmission, 
by Post, of printed Periodical Publications: And 
the same was read the first time ; and ordered to be 
read a second time upon Monday next; and to be 
printed. 


Mr. Horsman presented,—Return to an Address 
to Her Majesty, dated the 5th day of this instant 
March, for Copy of the Royal Warrant issued to 
the Governors of Kilmainham Hospital in the year 
1853, under which the Establishment of that Hos- 
pital is at present regulated. 

Further Return to an Order, dated the 19th day of 
December last, for an amended and supplemental 
Return to the Returns of Professors Dr. John Edgar, 
Mr. Edward Masson and the Reverend William Gib- 
son, under the Order of this House, dated the 20th 
day of July last, and omitted in the Return ordered to 
be printed the 12th day of August last; and also for 
Returns of the Reverend John Ferrieand J. R. Young, 
Esquire, under the said Order, and not made ; and 
also for the Accounts ordered, and not yet returned, 
of Fees and Emoluments (over and above Govern- 
ment Allowance) derived or received by the said Pro- 
fessors Dr. Edgar, Mr. Masson and Mr. Gibson, 
or by Professors the Reverend Dr. Cooke, Dr. W. 
D. Kellin, Dr. Montgomery, and John Scott Porter, 
from the 31st day of March 1853 to the 31st day of 
March 1854, from Students under their Instruction 
respectively, or otherwise howsoever as such Pro- 
fessors, distinguishing the Amount paid by each 
Student to the said Professors respectively, and the 
Total Amount received during said last-mentioned 
period by each cf such Professors; and also stating 
what Services were rendered, and when, and for 
what period, and in what capacity, by the said Mr. 
Young, on account of which he ve a Claim or re- 
tiring Pension of £.150 a year. 

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

And then the House, having continued to sit till 
half an hour after One of the clock on 
Wednesday morning, adjourned till Thursday 
next. 





Mercurii, 21° die Martii ; 
Anno 18° Victorie Regine, 1855. 


M R. Speaker and the Members met in the House 
to go to Church, being the day appointed by 
Her Majesty's Proclamation for a Past, in respect 
of the War with Russia. 


Vou. 110. 





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135 


Jovis, 22° die Martii ; 
Anno 18° Victorie Regine, 1855. 


PRAYERS. 


i} House met; and being counted by Mr. Adjournment 
Speaker, it appeared that Forty Members were 
not present; yet it beimg Four of the clock, Mr. 
meni took the Chair, and again counted the 
ouse; and Forty Members not being present :— 
The House was adjourned by Mr. Speaker, without 
a Question first put, till To-morrow. 





Veneris, 23° die Martii ; 
Anno 18° Victoriz Regine, 1855. 
PRAYERS. 
M R. Brotherton presented a Bill to incorporate Hyde Gas 
the Hyde Gas Company, and to grant more (No. 2) Bill. 
effectual Powers for supplying with Gas the several 
Townships of Hyde, Werneth, Bredbury, Romileu, 
Newton and Godley, in the County of Chester: And 


the same was read the first time; and referred to 
the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills. 


The Brighton Improvement Commissioners and Brighton 
Municipal Corporation Bill was read the third time. Improvement 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. Commissioners 


ee 
Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill sheen ga 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. Bill. 


The Folkestone Water Bill was read the third time ; Folkestone 
and an Amendment was made to the Bill. Water Bill. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Hoarwithy Bridge Bill was read the third time. Hoarwithy 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. Bridge Bill. 
Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 


to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Lands Improvement Company Bill was read Lands Im- 
the third time. provement 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. Capa 
Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


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. 


Surrey Gas 
Bill. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Rotherham 
the Rotherham Gas Bill, as amended in the Com- &amp;s Bill. 
mittee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Stalybridge 
the Stalybridge Gas Bill, as amended in the Com- 8 Bill. 
mittee. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 
Ordered, That the West London and Crystal West London 


Palace and Westminster Terminus Railways Bill be 2"4 Crystal 
d dti Mond Palace and 
read a second time upon Monday next. Westminster 
Terminus 
Railways Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Southampton 
reading of the Southampton Paving Trust, Saint Paving Trust, 
Pancras Bill; Ly wane 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Friday the 20th day of April next. 


Mr. Brotherton reported from the Committee on Medical, 


the Medical, Invalid and General Life Assurance valid and 
General Life 


Society [Stamp Duty on Memorials], a Resolution ; 4 ssurance 

which was read, as followeth : 

Duty of Five Pounds shall be 

upon the first Memorial which 
s4 


Society 
[Stamp Duty 
on Memorials, 


That a Stam 
payable for an 
may 














Medical, 
Invalid and 
General Life 
Assurance 
Society Bill. 


Torquay 
Water Bill. 


Railway and 
Canal Bills 
(Second 
Report.) 


No. 131. 


Public 
Petitions 
(Nineteenth 
Report.) 


Railway and 
Canat Bills 
(Group 2.) 


Ossett Gas 
Bill. 


Dursley and 
Midland 
Railway Bill. 


Heywood 
Water Bill. 


136 


may be enrolled, pursuant to a Bill for better ena- 
bling the Medical, Invalid and General Life As- 
surance Society to sue and be sued, and for other 
urposes with relation to the Society, from which 
Memorial the names of the persons who shall be 
deemed, held and taken to be the Trustees of the 
said Society shall appear; and for and upon every 
other such Memorial in which the name of any 

rson shall for the first time be inserted as a Trustee 
of the Society, the like Sum of Five Pounds, in lieu 
of the Stamp Duties which would otherwise be pay- 
able upon the deeds, surrenders, admissions or 
assurances in the law, in order to vest the annuities, 
messuages, lands, tenements, hereditaments, pro- 
perty, effects or monies of the said Society in the 
said Trustees. 

The said Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 

Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee on the Medical, Invalid and General Life 
Assurance Society Bill, that they have Power to 
make Provision therein, pursuant to the said Reso- 
lution. 


Ordered, That the Committee on the Medical, 
Invalid and General Life Assurance Society Bill 
have leave to sit this day till Five of the clock, during 
the sitting of the House. 


Mr. Freshfield reported from the Committee on 
Group C. of Private Bills; That the Parties pro- 
moting the Torguay Water Bill had stated to the 
Committee, that it was not their intention to proceed 
with the same. 


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Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Strutt reported from the General Committee | 
on Railway and Canal Bills; That they had formed | 
into additional Groups several Railway and Canal | 
Bills, which in their opinion it is expedient to submit | 
to the same Committee. 


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


Mr. Bonham Carter reported from the Select 
Committee on Public Petitions ; That they had ex- | 
amined the Petitions presented upon the 19th and | 
20th 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. 


Colonel Boldero reported from the Committee on | 
Group No. 2 of Railway and Canal Bills ; That at | 
the Meeting of the Committee this day, a Letter was | 
received from Lord William Powlett, one of the | 
Members of the said Committee, stating that he was | 
unable, on account of illness, to attend the Commit- | 
tee this day. 

Ordered, That Lord William Powlett do attend 


the said Committee upon Monday next. 


Mr. Bouverie reported the Ossett Gas Bill, with 
Amendments. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Bouverie reported from the Committee on the 
Dursley and Midland Railway Bill; That they had 
examined the allegations contained in the Preamble 
of the Bill, and amended the same, by striking out 
s&gt; much thereof as related to certain proposed working 
arrangements with the Midland Railway Company, 
that portion of the Bill which related to such arrange- 
ments having been abandoned by the Company; and 
found the same, as amended, to be true; and had 
gone through the Bill, and made Amendments 
thereunto. 

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


Mr. Bouverie reported the Heywood Water Bill, 
with Amendments. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 





A. 1855. 


Mr. Bouverie reported from the Committee on the Medical, 
Medical, Invalid and General Life Assurance Society ve 
Bill; That they had examined the allegations con- ean a 
tained in the Preamble of the Bill, and verbally Society BilL 
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 the Uxbridge Burgage Uxbridge 
Lands Bill, without Amendment. Burgage 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 1248 Bill. 
Colonel Wilson Patten reported from the Com- Committee 
mittee of Selection; That they had made alterations °f Selection 
in the Groups of Private Bills already formed, and ‘Report. 
had agreed to report the same to the Sinens Ho, 308. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


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

to the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ 
for the electing of a Burgess to serve in this present 
Parliament for the Borough of Wilton, in the room 
of Charles Henry Wyndham 4Court, Esquire, who, 
since his Election for the said Borough, hath accepted 
the Office of a Special Commissioner of Property 
and Income Tax. 


Sir Erskine Perry reported from the Com- Gloucester 
mittee on Group E. of Private Bills; That in the Water and | 
case of the Gloucester Water and Local Board of of Health Bill, 
Health Bill, they had examined the allegations con- 
tained in the Preamble of the Bill, and amended the 
same in the eighth paragraph, by referring to certain 
Instruments as described in the Schedule, instead 
of affirming that they had been submitted to the 
approval 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. 


Colonel Wilson Patten reported from the Select Standing 
Committee on Standing Orders, several Resolutions ; Orders. 
which were read, as follow : 

1. That in the case of the Stourbridge Gas Peti- Stourbridge 
tion for additional Provision, the Standing Orders &amp;48 Bill 
ought to be nr, ig with ; that the Parties be per- 
mitted to introduce their additional Provision, if the 
Committee on the Bill shall think fit, on proving 
before the said Committee the consent of all the 
Shareholders of the Gas Company. 

2. That in the case of the Jpstones Mineral Ipstones 
Branch Railway Petition of James Beech, for dis- Mineral 

° ° ° ranch 
pensing with Standing Order 110, and for leave to Rajtway Bill 


| be heard on his Petition against the Bill, the Stand- 


ing Order ought not to be dispensed with. 

The first Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Lord Stanley reported from the Committee on South Staf- 
Group (1) of Railway and Canal Bills; That in the fordshire 
case of the South Staffordshire Railway Bill, they ’ 
had examined the allegations contained in the Pre- 
amble of the Bill, and amended the same, by limiting 
the Power to enter into arrangements with respect 
to working, and use and maintenance and repair of 
the Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway 
to the Narrow Gauge Rails on that portion of that 
Railway, and the Stations thereof, which extends 
between Kidderminster and Wolverhampton. and 
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. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Cork District 
Returns from the Board of Works, stating whether i. 
the Original Plans of the District Lunatic Asylum 

were 








Governors of 
Colonies. 


Kilmarnock 
Gas Bill. 


Australian 
Colonies. 


Poor Law 
Officers 
(Ireland. ) 





18 VicrorizZ. 


were submitted to the Grand Jury, either of the 
County or of the City of Cork, previous to their 
being finally decided on, and if so, when; whether 
any estimate of the probable Cost of the Asylum 
has been submitted to either Grand Jury, and when ; 
if the Plans or Estimates were laid before either 
Grand Jury, whether their Opinion thereon was 
communicated to the Board of Works, or to the 
Lord Lieutenant, by Resolution or otherwise ; and, 
if so, a Copy thereof :—Of the same Questions in 
respect of the Governors of the Lunatic Asylum ; 
whether the Plans and Estimates were laid before 
them, and whether they gave any Opinion thereon ; 
and the Names of the Governors present when such 
Plans and Estimates were taken into consideration ; 
and a Copy of any Resolution thereon adopted by 
the Governors ; and also, Copies of all Correspond- 
ence of the Governors, in relation to such Plans and 
Estimates with the Board of Works, and of any 
Reports by the Architect, or others deputed by the 
Board of Works to report thereon :—Statements of 
the Amount of the Original Estimates for the Erec- 


tion of the Asylum, and of the Cost of all Deviations | 
from, or Additions to, the Original Plan; and of. 


the Total Amount paid to the Contractors :— Of the 
Cost of all Works which have been executed since 
the Building was taken up from the Contractor ; 
distinguishing those which are new and additional 
Works, and such as have been rendered requisite by 
defective Construction or by Atmospheric Causes : 
—And, of the probable Cost of completing Works 
in Progress, or intended, for the Security of the 
Building from Injury by Atmospheric Cause, or by 


reason of any ascertained defect in its Construction. 


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 Tabuiar 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 Re- 
sidence, and the Countries or Districts over which 
they preside, with the Periods during which they 
may have been absent on leave, or otherwise, from 
their several Commands ; distinguishing those who 
have served in the Army and Navy; and also stating 
the Amount of the Military or Naval Pay and Emo- 
luments, of whatsoever description, which they may 
be in receipt of in additivn to their Salaries as Go- 
vernors. 

Ordered, That 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 from the Committee on 
the Kilmarnock Gas Bill ; That they had examined 
the allegations contained in the Preamble of the Bill, 
and amended the same, by stating that the number 
of shares was Six hundred, and the amount of the 
same Twenty-five pounds each; and that a debt of 
£. 2,000, and further liabilities for repairs, had been 
incurred ; and for extending the supply of Gas, addi- 
tional sums of money were 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. 


Sir George Grey presented, by Her Majesty’s 
Command,—Further Papers relative to the Altera- 
tions in the Constitutions of the Australian Colories 
(in continuation of Papers presented 31st July, 10th 
August and December 1854). 

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


Mr. Horsman presented,—Return to an Order, 
dated the 12th day of this instant March, for a Re- 
turn showing the Name, Age, Date of Appointment, 
Salary and Office, of all Persons appointed or pro- 
Vot..110. 


23° Martiz. 


| moted to any Situation by the Poor Law Commis- 














137 


sioners (Zreland), from the 1st day of January 1854 
to the Ist day of February 1855; specifying such 
Persons who may have previously held any Office 
under the Poor Law Commissioners, the Nature and 
Salary of such Office, and the Number of years 
during which they shall have held such Office ; also 
the Office or Employment (if any), Salary, and Num- 
ber of years’ Service of such Persons who may not, 
previously to their Appointment by the Commis- 
sioners, have held any Office or Employment under 
the Poor Law Commissioners. 





_ Return to ‘an Order, dated the 12th day of this Poor Law 
instant March, for a Return showing the Number (Jteland.) 


of Paupers relieved in the Fifty-one Unions referred 
to in Parliamentary Paper, No. 22, of Session 1855, 
pages 18 and 19, the Expenditure incurred for the 
Maintenance of such Paupers, the Salaries and Ra- 
tions of Officers (except Medical Officers), and other 
Establishment Charges of such Unions, for the half- 
years ending on the 25th day of March and the 29th 
day of September 1853 respectively, according to 
the annexed Form; also the Workhouse Accom- 
modation in each of such Unions, distinguishing the 
Accommodation provided in the Original Buildings, 
in Permanent Buildings, or in Temporary Buildings 
erected on Workhouse Site (exclusive of Fever Hos- 
pitals), and in Auxiliary Buildings; and the Rent 
(if any) payable for such Buildings. 


EXPENDITURE FOR MAINTENANCE, 





















































Name | Number| _ ae . | aun Salaries and] All other 
| Children ations ae 
wae - | Males | Females under | Lunatics.| of Officers wens 
‘aupers “8 . ~ T ™ ep men 
Union. | 15 Years | 15 Years | *OTA%-| 15 Years Medical 
relieved. | ‘and and | of Age. Officers), | Charges. 
upwards. | upwards. } 
| 
| } 
| 
WORKHOUSE ACCOMMODATION. 
Erected on Workh Site. | 
Original pesacrautiesinns Auxiliary Rent payable 
Buildi : forsame | Name of Union, 
uildings. Permanent | Temporary | Buildings. | (if any). | 
Buildings. Buildings. | 














oe 





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


Viscount Palmerston acquainted the House, That Sardinia. 


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. 

Her Majesty thinks it right to acquaint the House 
of Commons, that She has concluded, in concert 
with his Majesty the Emperor of the French, a 
Military Convention with his Majesty the King of 
Sardinia, whereby his Majesty the King of Sardi- 
nia engayes to furnish and keep up, for the requires 
ments of the present War, a body of Fifteen thou- 
sand men, organised as is therein stipulated; and, 
with a view to facilitate the execution of the said 
Military Convention, Her Majesty has, by a Sup- 
plementary Convention concluded with his Majesty 
the King of Sardinia, undertaken to recommend to 
Her Parliament to enable Her to advance, by way 
of loan, to his Majesty the King of Sardinia, the 
sum of One million pounds steriing, of which sum, 
Five hundred thousand pounds sterling shall be 
paid by Her Majesty as soon as possible after the 
assent of Her Parliament shall have been given 
thereto, and the remaining Five hundred thousand 
pounds at the expiration of Six months after pay- 
ment of the first sum, 





Her 


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138 


Her Majesty has further engaged to recommend 
to Her Parliament, to enable Her, if the War should 
not have been brought to a close at the expiration 
of Twelve months after payment of the first instal- 
ment of the above-mentioned loan, to advance to 
his Majesty the King of Sardinia, in the same 
proportions, a like sum of One million of pounds 
sterling. 

The Government of his Majesty the King of 
Sardinia undertakes to pay interest on such loan or 
loans, at the rate of Four per cent. per annum, of 
which One per cent. per annum shall be for a Sinking 
Fund, the said interest to be calculated and pay- 
able in the manner in the said Convention stipulated. 

Her Majesty has directed a Copy of these Con- 
ventions to be laid before the House of Commons ; 
and She relies on the zeal and public spirit of the 
House of Commons to concur in enabling Her to 
make good the engagements which She has con- 
tracted with Her Ally. V. R. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into a Committee to take into 
consideration Her Majesty’s said most gracious 
Message. 


Resolved, Nemine Contradicente, That the Thanks 
of this House be given to the Reverend Henry 
Melvill, Bachelor in Divinity, Principal of the East 
India College, Haileybury, Lecturer of Saint Mar- 
garet’s, Lothbury, Chaplain of the Tower, fur the 
Sermon by him preached upon Wednesday last 
before this House, at Saint Margaret's, Westminster, 
and that he be desired to print the same: And that 
Viscount Palmerston and Sir George Grey do ac- 
quaint him therewith. 


Mr. Peel presented, by Her Majesty’s Command, 
—Papers relating to a Commission appointed to 
inquire into the Irregularities which have taken place 
in the Transport of Stores, &amp;c. to the East. 

Mr. Peel also presented,—Return to an Address 
to Her Majesty, dated the 26th day of February 
last, for a Return of the Names of all the Secretaries, 
Clerks and other Officers employed in the new 
War Department, with Dates of Appointment and 
Amount of Salaries, and the Minister from whom 
they received their first Appointment in the War 
Department, and whether they were transferred from 
the Colonial Office to the new War Department. 

Return to an Order, dated the 18th day of July last, 
for a Return, stating the Date of the First Commission 
of 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 Restuental 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 N 
Major Generals of each Service superseded on his 
Appointment as Lieutenant General. 

Supplemental Return to an Order, dated the 9th 
day of February last, for a Return of those Officers 
who have received Certificates at the Senior Depart- 
ment of the Royal Military College, and have been 
subsequently employed on the Staff of our Army, 
during the last Twenty years. 

Return to an Order, dated the 5th day of this in- 
stant March, for a Return of the Amount of the 

Value of all Regimental Commissions in the Cavalry 
and Infantry, specifying the Number of Regimental 


Commissions of each Rank, and the Gross Value of 


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


Mr. Cowper presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 


mand,—An Abstract of the General Statements of 


the Receipts and Expenditure on account of the 
Highways of the several Parishes, Townships, &amp;c. 





23° Martii. 


umber of 





A, 1855. 


in England and Wales, for the year ending 25th 
March 1853, pursuant to the Act 12 &amp; 13 Vic. c. 35. 
Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 
Table. 


the Clerk of the House,—Further Return to an 
Order, dated the 21st day of December last, for 
Returns of the Quantities of Linseed, Corn, Hemp, 
Flax or Tallow imported, during the year 1854, 
into the United Kingdom, from the Black Sea or 
the Sea of Azoff; stating into what Port or Ports 
the same have been imported, and from what Ports 
the same have been exported; with the Dates of 
such Exports and Imports, and the Names of the 
Vessels in which the same were imported :—And, 
of all Linseed, Rapeseed, Tallow, Hemp, Flax or 
Copper imported into the United Kingdom, in the 
year 1854, from the Baltic or any Port of the 
Prussian Dominions, and from what Port or Ports 
the same have been exported; with the Dates of 
such Exports and Imports, and the Names of the 
Vessels in which the same were imported. 


The following Papers, pursuant to the directions Poor Relief 
of several Acts of Parliament, were also laid upon (Ireland.) 


the Table by the Clerk of the House,—Copy of a 
General Order issued by the Poor Law Commis- 
sioners in Ireland. 


Nuisances Removal and Diseases Prevention Act Nuisances 
(Ireland), 1848 :-—Copies of the three General Removal and 


Orders issued by the Poor Law Commissioners for ? 
Ireland. 


nution which has taken place within the year 1854, Di 
in the Number of Persons employed in all Public § 
Offices or Departments, or in the Salaries, Emolu- 
ments, Allowances or Expenses which may have 
taken place, or been paid, granted, received or in- 
curred for and in respect of all Officers and Persons 
belonging to, or employed in or by, or in the Service 
of, all Public Offices or Departments, specifying 
the Amount and Nature thereof ; and distinguishing 
in such Account every Increase and Diminution in 
the Amount of all Allowances or Compensations 
granted or allowed as Retired Allowances or Super- 
annuations to any Person or Persons having held 
any Office, Place or Employment in any Public 
Services under any such Office or Department ; and 
also specifying in every such Account the grounds 
upon which every such Increase or Diminution in 
the Establishment of any such Public Office or De- 
partment, or of any such Salary, Emolument, Al- 
lowance or Compensation, or Superannuation as 
aforesaid, shall have been made, granted or allowed. 


payable con the Ist January 1854; the Annual 
Amount which was granted in the year 1854; the 
Annual Amount which ceased within the year ; and 
the Total Amount remaining payable on the 31st 
of December 1554. 


A Return of the Arrears and Balances due to or pyplic 
from all Public Accountants, arising upon final Accountants. 


Accounts which have been stated and 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 5th 
January 1855. 

A Return of Accounts depending in the Office 
of the Commissioners for auditing the Public Ac- 
counts, which have not been audited, stated, declared, 
or signed and passed, completed to 28th February 
1855. 

A Return of Officers and Departments whose Ac- 
counts are audited or inspected by the Commissioners 
for auditing the Public Accounts. 





Ordered, 


The following Paper was laid upon the Table by Linseed, &amp;c. 


Abstract of Accounts of every Increase and Dimi- Increase and 


An Account of all Allewances or Compensations guperannua- 
granted as Retired Allowances or Superannuations, tions (Public 
in all Public Offices or Departments, which remained Offces-) 





Ordered, That the Accounts relative to Shipping Shipping and 
and Tonnage, which were presented upon the 20th Tomas. 
day of this instant March, be printed. 































4 
18 Victoriz. 23° Martiz. 139 


Jurors. Ordered, That an Abstract of the Return relative The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Lunatic Asy- 
No.134. to Jurors, which was presented upon the 5th day of , mittee on the Lunatic Asylums (Jreland) (Advances) rs nn 
this instant March, be printed. Bill; Advances) 


, ss Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
Pablication of | Ordered, That the Return relative to the Publica- ae : : Ai 
Imelligence tion of Intelligence (Crimea), which was presented next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Crimea. ) er P 
( No. 135. UPo® the 9th day of this instant March, be printed. _ The Dwelling-houses (Scotland) Bill was, accord- Devine. 
Petiti : Collect hurch |S *° Order, read a second time; and committed tand) Bull. 

ra etitions relating to Brecon Co egiate Cc urch toa Committee of the whole House, for Tuesday 

Petitions. Act (1853) ;—Church Rates ;—Ecclesiastical Titles the 17th dav of April next ’ 

Vide Twen- Assumption Act ;—Lord’s Day ;— —r Law | q P . 

tieth Report. Amendment Bill ;— Newspaper, &amp;c. Postage and | ; - &gt; Militia (I 
Stamp Duties Bill, and Newspaper Stamp Duties a of the Milite ee m -_ eee ae (and) Bill 


Bill ;—Newspaper Stamp Duties Bill ;—Stage Car- | g 7 ee 
riages oniliale ;—Burials beyond the Metropolis | Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 


Ack&gt;-Celminnl Justion BUl&gt;—Deciael. Coinage: | ‘aad eee: of Motion relative to Education 


—Dwelling-houses (Scot/and) Bill ;—Friendly 

cieties Bill ;—Grain ;—IJntoxicating Liquors ;—Ju-' 
venile Delinquency ;— Lunatic Asylums (Jreland) | 
Bill ;—Metropolitan Drainage ;—Pos Commu-| And that the Lord Advocate, Viscount Palmerston 


pie ro pone et ae core 8 _and Sir George Grey do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to Education 
provide for the Education of the People in Scotland : (Scotland. ) 


of Beer Act (1854) ;—Schools (Scotland) Bill;—| ‘The Intramural Burials (Jreland) Bill was, accord- Intramural 
and, Wages,—were presented, and read ; and ordered ing to Order, read the third time. Ueland) _ 


to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions relating to the Nuisances Removal 
Amendment Bill; and, Public Health Bill,—were 
also presented, and read ; and referred to the Select 
Committee on the Bills. 


A Clause (For compensating clerks, sextons and 
| beadles, for the loss of fees and sums now received 
| in respect of interments, the Chief or Under Secretary 
| for Ireland shall ascertain the yearly average during 
the Five years ending on the day of the passing of 


Resolved, That this House will, at the rising of | this Act, in pursuance of any order under this Act, 


the House this day, adjourn till Monday next. | of the fees and sums received by the clerk, sexton 
_ or beadle of such parish, in respect of interments in 


Adjournment. 





Price’s In- 
demnity Bill. 


Intramural 
Burials 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Supply. 


Ways and 
Means. 


Passengers Act 


Amendment 
Bill. 


(Ireland) Bill. 


Poor Relief 


(Ireland) Bill. reading 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of Price’s Indemnity Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third 
reading of the Intramural Burials (Jreland) Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
after the Notice of Motion relative to Education 


(Scotland). 





The Order of the day being read, for the Com-| 


mittee of Supply ; 

Resolved, hat this House will, after the Notice 
of Motion relative to Education (Scotland), resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


| 


the church and burial-ground of such parish, and 
(under any Act of Parliament or otherwise) of inter- 
ments in any cemetery of bodies removed from such 
parish ; and the said Chief or Under Secretary shall, 
out of any monies to be voted by Parliament for the 
purpose, with the approbation of the Commissioners 
of Her Majesty’s Treasury, pay to any person who 
is at the time of the passing of this Act, and on the 
day from when interment is discontinued as afore- 


' said, continuing to be clerk, sexton or beadle of such 


parish, and so long only as he continues to be such 
clerk, sexton or beadle, an annuity of such amount 
as may appear to the said Chief or Under Secretary 
to be a just compensation for such average receipts 
as aforesaid, having regard to the duties and pay- 
ment, if any, in respect to duties from which such 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- clerk, sexton or beadle respectively is relieved by the 


mittee of big wg Means ; 


Resolved, 


at this House will, after the Notice | when the said Chief or Under Secretary 


discontinuance of interment: Provided always, that 
rovides 


of Motion relative to Education (Scotland), resolve | employment for any clerk, sexton or beadle, who 


itself into the said Committee. 


would be entitled to such compensation as aforesaid, 
such clerk, sexton or beadle shall not, in case the 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- | annual amount of the emoluments arising from such 


mittee on the Passengers Act Amendment Bill ; 


employment be equal to or exceed the amount of 


Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday | such annuity, be entitled to receive any payment in 


the 16th day of April next, resolve itself into the 
said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Fairs and Markets (Jreland) Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday the 23d day of April next. 

The Order of the day being read, for the second 
of the Poor Relief (Jreland) Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday the 23d day of April next. 


respect of such annuity for the time during which he 
continues in such employment and in the receipt of 
such emoluments, or in case the annual amount of 
such emoluments be less than the amount of such 
annuity, then such clerk, sexton or beadle respec- 
tively shall be entitled to receive (for the time he 
continues in such employment, and in receipt of such 
emoluments), in respect of such annuity, the difference 
only between the annual amount of such emoluments 
and such annuity)——-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 : 


Savings Ban ks = Order of the day being read, for the second Te passed in the Negative 
an riendly : . La — 3 
Societies Ia ee ns - be * = anks and Friendly Secieties | Ing d, That the Bill do pass. 


vestments Bill. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 


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


Newspaper, The Order of the day being read, for the second| The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Supply- 
ce Fostage reading of the Newspaper, &amp;c. Postage and Stamp | mittee of Supply ; pier 
Duties Bi Duties Bill ; And a Motion being made, and the Question being 


Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upou Monday next. 
Vot. 110. 














proposed, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 
Chair ; 


T2 And 








Ways and 
Means. 


Militia 


(Ireland) Bill. 


English 
Military 
Hospitals. 


Hyde Gas 
(No. 2) Bill. 


Birmingham 
Waiter Bill. 


Bridport 
Railway Bill. 


Chesterfield 
Water and 
Gas Bill. 


Leeds, Brad- 
ford and 


Halifax June- 5. 
tion Railway Bill, as amend: 


Bill. 


Monmouth- 


140 


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


Sabbati, 24° die Martti, 1855: 


And the Question being put :—It was resolved in 
the Affirmativé:—The House accordingly resolved 
itself into the Committee ; and, after some time spent 
therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. 
Cowper 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 Ways and Means ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Militia (Jreland) Bill was, according to Order, 
read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Solicitor General for Zreland 
do carry the Bill to the Lords, and desire their con- 
currence. 


Viscount Palmerston presented, by Her Majesty’s 
Command,—Papers relative to the Supply, through 
Her Majesty’s Ambassador at Constantinople, of 
Articles necessary for the comfort of the Sick and 
Wounded in the English Military Hospitals. 

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

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








Luna, 26° die Martii : 
Anno 18° Victorie Regine, 1855. 
PRAYERS. 


8 HE Order for referring the Hyde Gas (No. 2) 
Bill to the Examiners of Petitions for Private 
Bills, was read, and discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time. 


Ordered, That the Birmingham Water Bill, as 
amended in the Committee, be taken into considera- 
tion upon Friday next. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Bridport 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 Chesterfield Water and Gas Bill, as amended in 
the Committee. 

A Clause (Limitation of Dividend on new Capital), 
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 
the Leeds, Bradford and Halifax Junction Railway 
in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 


shire Railway the Monmouthshire Railway and Canal Bill, as 


and Canal Bill. 


Plymouth and 


Stonehouse 
Gas Bill. 


Sheffield Gas 
Bi 


amended in the Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Plymouth and Stonehouse Gas Bill, as amended 
in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time, 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Sheffield Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee ; and Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time, 





25°—24°_ 





26° Martiz. A, 1855. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration South Eastern 
the South Eastern Railway (Capital) Bill, as amended Railway __ 
in the Committee; and Amendments were made to ‘©#Pit#l) Bill. 
the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Torquay 
the Torquay Market and Slaughter-houses Bill, as | sae and 
amended in the Committee. ughter- 


Slaughter 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Torquay, Tor 
the Torquay, or and Saint Mary Church Gas Bill, 24 Saint 
as amended in the Committee. Gass 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The Plymouth Great Western Docks Bill was Plymouth 
read a second time ; and committed. Great Western 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- Docks Bill. 

mittee of Selection. 


The West London and Crystal Palace and West- West London 
minster Terminus Railways Bill was, according to nd Crystal 
Order, read a second time ; and committed. —. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the General Terminus 
Committee on Railway and Canal Bills. Railways Bill. 


Mr. Bonham Carter reported from the Select Public 
Committee on Public Petitions; That they had ex- Fetitions 
amined the Petitions presented upon the 23d day of emg 
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. Labouchere reported trom the Committee on Liverpool 
Group D. of Private Bills; That the Parties op- Docks Bill. 
posing the Liverpool Docks Bill had stated to the 
Committee, that the evidence of Lieutenant James 
Hookey 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 Lieutenant James Hookey do attend the said 
Committee To-morrow, at Twelve of the clock. 

Ordered, That Lieutenant James Hookey do attend 
the said Committee To-morrow, at Twelve o’clock. 


Ordered, That the Committee of Selection have Turnpike- 
Power to refer all Turnpike-road Bills, whether op- road Bills. 
posed or unopposed, to Select Committees. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant Gloucester 

to the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ Writ. 

for the electing of a Citizen to serve in this present 
Parliament for the City of Gloucester, in the room 

of William Philip Price, Esquire, who, since his 
Election for the said City, hath accepted the Office 

of Steward or Bailiff of Her Majesty's Manor of 
Northstead, in the County of York, 


Colonel Boldero reported the Swansea Vale Rail- Swansea Vaile 
way Bill, with Amendments. Railway Bill. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Consuls, &amp;c. 
to Her Majesty, that She will be iously — 
to give directions, that there be laid before this House, 
a Return of the Names of all the Consuls General, 
Consuls, Vice-Consuls and Consular Agents at 
present in Her Majesty’s Service, stating their Sala- 
ries (when any), the Amount of their Fees in the 


years 1851, 1852 and 1853, the Date of their Ap- 
pointments, and the Countries or Districts to which 
they are appointed, distinguishing those who are 
Foreigners. : 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Maj 
of Her 


esty, by such Members of this House as are 
ajesty's Most honourable Privy Council. 
Ordered, 








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Probate, &amp;c. 


Duty. 


Passenger 


Ships. 


Spirits 
(Navy.) 


land 


County 
Judges. 


Newfound- 


Court 


Masters 


(Navy.) 


Paupers in 
Union-houses 
{Ireland.) 


Poor Law 
(Scotland. ) 


Schools 
laud) 


(Scot. 


18 Vicroriz. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the Number of Probates and Letters of 
Administration stamped under each grade of Duty 
respectively (after Correction for Return or Increase 
of Duty) in the year 1854 (in continuation of Parlia- 
mentary Paper, No. 595, of Session 1849), 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of all British Ships carrying ‘Three hundred 
Passengers or over, which sailed from Ports in the 
United Kingdom for Ports in British Possessions 


Abroad, in the years 1853 and 1854, and of the | 


Number of such Passages made by such Ships. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return showing the Kinds, Quantities and Cost of. 
the Intoxicating Liquor purchased by the Govern- 
ment for the Royal Navy for each of the last Ten 
years, ending the Ist day of January 1855 ; also the 
Regulations in force during that Period by the Admi- 
ralty for the supply of such Spirits to all grades em- 
ployed in Her Majesty’s Navy; together with the 
Number of Convictions and Punishments during the 
same Period, year by year; and distinguishing the 
Cause of such Pentdiinents, under the three Classes 
of—1. Drunkenness; 2. Drunkenness with other 
Crimes; 3. All other Offences. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be_ presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this House, 
Copies or Extracts of Correspondence between the 
Secretary of State and the Governor of Vewfound- 
land, on the recent Changes in the Constitution of 
that Colony. 

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


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented to 
Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased to 
give directions, that there be laid before this House, 
Copies of all Letters on the subject of the Salaries 
of County Court Judges, addressed since the 30th 
day of June 1852 to the Commissioners of Her 
Majesty’s Treasury by the Lord Chancellor, the 
Secretary of State for the Home Department, &amp;c. 

Ordered, That 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 last Order in Council regulating the 
Fay and Emoluments of Masters in the Royal 

avy. 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return showing the Number of Paupers in the 
Union-houses of the several Poor Law Unions in 
Ireland, on the 1st day of January, the 1st day of 
yee aly and the 1st day of March 1855 respec- 
tively. 


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 Sheen 
Copies of all Communications to or from the Secre- 
tary of State for the Home Department, since the 
1st day of March 1855, with regard to the Admi- 
nistration of the Scotch Poor Law in the Highlands. 

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


The Order for Pao Sy second time, upon Wed- 


pony bs ~ Schools (Scotland) Bill, was read, 


VoL. 110, 





26° Martiz. 141 


Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Wednesday the 25th day of April next. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Metropolitan 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased —_— 


to give directions, that there be lai@ before this 
House, Returns with respect to each Metropolitan 
Workhouse: 1. Whether Patients under Infectious 
Disorders are or are not kept ina separate Ward 
from other Patients; 2, Of the present Number 
of Inmates in each; 3. Of the Number of In- 
mates under Medical Treatment during the year 
1854 in each; 4. Of the Number of Medical Men 
employed in each; 5. Of the Number of paid 
Nurses employed in each :—And, of the Proportion 
between Men and Medical Officers in the Army 
now in the East, in parallel Columns. 

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


Ordered, That Mr, Booker have leave of absence Leav 
till Easter, on account of ill health. Ales 
Petitions relating to Church Rates ;—Lord’s Day ; Public 
~_ Petitions. 


—Marriage ;— Public-houses and Beer-shops ; 


Australian Colonies ;—County Financial Boards ;— Vide Twenty- 
Mines ;—Newspaper, &amp;c. Postage and Stamp Duties first Report. 


Bill ;— News r, &amp;c. Postage and Stamp Duties 
Bill, and Rowepiees Stamp Duties Bill ris pe 
Stamp Duties Bill;— Newspaper Stamps ; —News- 
papers ;—Burial-grounds (Scotland) Bill ;— Decimal 
Coinage ; — Evictions (Galway) ; — Grain ; — In- 
toxicating Liquors ;— Passengers’ Act Amendment 
Bill ;—Poor Law (Jreland) ;—Public-houses (Scot- 
land) Act; —Sanitary [Improvement ;—and, Schools 
(Scotland) Bill,—were presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions slain to the Nuisances Removal 
Amendment Bill ;—and, Public Health Bill,—were 
also presented, and read; and referred to the Select 
Committee on the Bills. 


Mr. Horsman Sete pursuant to the directions Militia 
of an Act of Parliament,—Copies of all Regulations (Ireland.) 


made by the Lord Lieutenant or Lords Justices of 
Ireland, relative to the Militia. 

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


The following Papers were laid upon the Table Poor Law 
Commission 
(Ireland. ) 


by the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, 
dated the 15th day of this instant March, for Copies 
of the Letter from the Poor Law Commissioners of 
Ireland to the Treasury, dated the 10th day of June 
1854, upon the Report of Messrs. Bromley and 
Stephenson ; together with the Letter of Mr. Stanley, 
Secretary to the Poor Law Commission, dated the 
8th day of June 1854; with the Reply to the same 
by the Treasury, dated the 23d day of June 1854. 


Return to an Order, dated the 15th day of this Poor Law 
instant March, for a Copy of the Report of Messrs. Commission 


Bromley and Stephenson to the Lords of the Trea- 
sury, dated the 4th day of March 1854, relative to 
the Poor Law Commission, &amp;c. (Zreland); and of 
any Minute or Order made by the Lords of the 
Treasury in reference to such Report. 


Return to an Order, dated the 20th day of this Mr. Kennedy. 


instant March, for Copies of Letter, dated the 2d day 
of March 1255, from the Secretary to the Treasury 
to the Right honourable 7. F. Kennedy, transmit- 
ting a Copy of a Minute of the Lords Commis- 
sioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury, also dated the 
2d day of March 1855, together with a Copy of 
such Minute :-—Of Letter from Mr. Kennedy to the 
Secretary to the Treasury, dated the 16th day of 
March 1855, acknowledging the receipt of the said 
Letter and Minute :—Of Letter, dated the 16th day 
of March 1855, from the Sec to the Treasury 
to Mr. Kennedy, informing him that an Instrument 
had been passed under the Sign Manual of Her 
Majesty, determining his Appointment as a Com- 

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142 


missioner of Woods, &amp;c., and enclosing a Copy of 
such Instrument :—And, of such Instrument. 


The following Paper, pursuant to the directions 
of an Act of Parliament, was also laid upon the 
Table by the Clerk of the House,—An Account of 
all Additions which have been made to the Annual 
Charge of the Public Debt by the Interest of any 
Loan that hath been made, or Annuities created, in 
the last Ten years ; and showing how the Charge in- 
curred in respect of the same has been provided for. 


Public Debt. 


Paupers 


(Seutiand.) Mr. Cowper presented,— Return to an Address to 


Her Majesty, dated the 23d day of June last, for 
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. 

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


Staff Officers. Ordered, That the Return relative to Staff Offi- 
No, 98-I. cers, which was presented upon the 23d day of this 
instant March, be printed. 


Regimental Ordered, That the Return relative to Regimental 
Commissions. Commissions, which was —— upon the 23d 
No. 136. day of this instant March, be printed. 


Linseed, &amp;c. Ordered, That the Return relative to Linseed, &amp;c., 
No. 113-I. which was presented upon the 23d day of this in- 
stant March, be printed. 
Increase ana 


—— Ordered, That an Abstract of the Accounts rela- 
(Public Offices.) tive to Increase and Diminution (Public Offices), 
which were presented upon the 23d day of this in- 


No. 137. : 
0 187. stant March, be printed. 
mana. Ordered, That the Accounts relative to Superan- 
Offiess. “© nuations (Public Offices), which were presented upon 
No. 138, the 23d day of this instant March, be printed. 
Local Acts. Mr. Osborne presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
No. 110. mand,—Further Reports from the Admiralty relative 


to Applications for Local Acts:—16. Hoarwithy 
Bridge Bill; 17. South Wales Railway Consolida- 
tion Bill; 18. Maryport and Carlisle Railway Bill; 
19. Newcastle-upon-Tyne New Streets and Improve- 
ments Bill; 20. Gateshead Quays and Improve- 
ments Bill. 

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


Sardinia. 


The Order of the day being read, for the House 
to resolve itself into a Committee to take into con- 
sideration Her Majesty’s most gracious Message of 
Friday last, relative to Sardinia ; 

Ordered, That the Copy of Acts and Conventions 
relative to the Co-operation of his Majesty the King 
of Sardinia in the War, which was presented upon 
the 15th day of this instant March, be referred to 
the Committee. 

Then the House resolved itself into the Com- 
mittee. 

(In the Committee.) 


Queen’s Message read. 

Resolved, That the Commissioners of Her Ma- 
jesty’s Treasury be authorized to issue, out of the 
Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom of Great 
Britain and Ireland, the sum of One million pounds 
sterling, during the present year, by way of Loan, 
to the Sardinian Government, in accordance with 
the terms of a Treaty concluded between Her Ma- 
jesty and the King of Sardinia, and the like sum of 
One million pounds sterling in the following year, 
in the event of the War not having been brought to 





26°—27° Martiz. 





A. 1855. 


a close before the expiration of Twelve months after 
payment of the first instalment of the above-men- 
tioned Loan. 


Resolution to be reported. 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; and Mr. Bou- 
verie reported, That the Committee had come to a 
Resolution. 

Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow. 





The Order of the day being read, for the second Newspaper 
reading of the Newspaper Stamp Duties Bill ; Stamp Duties 
And a Motion being made, and the Question being — 
pope That the Bill be now read a second time; 
n Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out the word “now,” and, at 
the end of the Question, adding the words “ upon 
“ Monday the 30th day of April next.” 
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 Tuesday morning ; 


Martis, 27° die Martii, 1855: 


And the Question being put ; 
The House divided. 
The Yeas to the Right ; 
The Noes to the Left. 
Tellers for thef Mr. Hayter, 
Yeas, The Earl of Mulgrave: 
Tellers for thes Mr. Deedes, 
Noes, {Sir Francis Baring : 
So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 
Ordered, That the Bill be now read a second time : 
—The Bill was accordingly read a second time; and 
committed to a Committee of the whole House, for 
Monday the 23d day of April next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Price’s‘In- 
reading of Price’s Indemnity Bill cmey oe 
Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 
Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Supply. 
into the Committee of Supply. 


(In the Committee.) 


1. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £.835,182, Customs 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Salaries Department. 
and Expenses of the Customs Department, which 
will come in course of payment during the year 
ending the 31st day of March 1856. 

2. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £.483,238, Coast Guard. 
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 1856. 

3. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding ietend . 
£.1,365,950, be granted to Her Majesty, to defray #¢ven" 
the Salaries and * snow of the Inland = sont De- —" 
partment, which will come in course of payment 
during the year ending the 31st day of March 1856. 

4. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £.62,720, Revenue Police 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Salaries (Ielan4.) 
and Expenses of the Revenue Police, Jreland, and 
“ Seamew” Steamer, which will come in course of 
perce during the year ending the 31st day of 
March 1856. 


Resolutions to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Viscount 
Duncan reported, That the Committee had come 
to several lutions. 

Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 

Viscount Duncan 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 a 
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Ways and 
Means. 


Burial- 
grounds Scot- 
land) Bi 


Criminal 
Justice Bill. 


18 Vicroria. 


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 Burial-grounds (Scotland) Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Tuesday the 
17th day of April next, resolve itself into the said 
Committee. 


The Criminal Justice Bill was, according to Order, 
read a second time ; and committed to a Committee 
of the whole House, for Monday the 23d day of 
April next. 


Savings Banks The Order of the day being read, for the second 


and 
Societies In- 
vestments Bill. 


Newspaper, 


and Stam 
Duties Bi 


Lunatic Asy- 


lums (Ireland) 


(Advances ) 
Bill, 


Public 
Libraries and 
Museums 
{Ireland.} 


Oak Bark 
{Alice Holt 
Forest.) 


Militia 
(Ireland. ) 


Smoke 
Prevention. 


reading of the Savings Banks and Friendly Societies 
Investments Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday the 16th day of April next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Newspaper, &amp;c. Postage and Stamp 
Duties 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 Lunatic Asylums (Zreland) (Advances) 
Bill; 

Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be committed to a Select 
Committee. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for further promoting the establishment of Free 
Public Libraries and Museums in Jreland: And 
that Mr. Ewart, Mr. Hamilton and Mr. Kirk do 
prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the Quantity of Oak Bark taken from the 
Total Extent of Alice Holt Forest in the season 
1854 ; specifying the Quantity taken from each In- 
closure ; the Price per Ton at which such Bark was 
sold; the Total Sum realized; the Date at which 
such Sum was paid to the Receiver at the Office of 
Woods; together with the Sums paid to the several 
Contractors for the Preparation of the said Bark, 
with their Names. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Copies of the several Orders and Regulations made 
by the Lord Lieutenant, and issued by the Chief 
Secretary to the Lieutenants and Vice-Lieutenants 
of the several Counties in Jreland, fixing the Quota 
and Rank of all Officers to each Regiment of Militia, 

ant to the 3d and 4th sections of the Act 17 &amp; 18 

ic. c. 107, and the Dates of laying Copies of every 

such Order and Regulation before both Houses of 

Parliament, as directed by section 14 of the said Act : 

—And, Return of the Names, Age and Rank of all 
Officers removed, displaced or who have resigned. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
impose further Restrictions upon i ar Marriages 
in Scotland: And that Mr. Headlam, Lord Lovaine 


and Mr. Dunlop do prepare, and bring it in. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was &gt; 
ee Address be presented to Her 
ajesty, that She will be graciously pleased to give 
Fa tame ee eee 
of all Correspondence and Reports relating io Mr. 


Prideauz’s Invention for the Prevention of Smoke : 
—And the said Motion was, with leave of the House, 
withdrawn. 

Vou. 110. 





26°—27° Martii. 


143 





Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Saint Mar- 


Return of all Sums of Money which have been voted 
by the’ House of Commons since the year 1800, for 
es or improving the Parish Church of Suint 

argaret, in the City of Westminster, with the Date 
on which each Sum of Money was voted. 


make further Provision for the Registration of Births, 
Deaths and Marriages in Scotland : And that Viscount 
Duncan, the Lord Advocate and Mr. Solicitor 
General do prepare, and bring it in. 


garet’s Church 
( Westminster.) 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to Registration 
of Births, &amp;c. 
(Scotland. ) 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to Affirmations 
allow Affirmations or Declarations to be made instead (Scotland.) 


of Oaths in certain cases in Scotland: And that Mr. 
Craufurd, Sir James Anderson and Mr. Dunlop do 
prepare, and bring it in, 


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


Returns 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 1854, the Amountof Share Capital actually paid 
up on the 31st day of December 1854, separating the 
Ordinary Share Capital which does not receive, or 
is not entitled to receive, any Preferential Dividend 
or Interest from that which a Preferential Di- 
vidend or Rate of Interest, stating the Amount of 
Dividend upon such Ordinary Share Capital as well 
as 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 1854, 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 1854 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 
1854; distinguishing single and double Portions ; 
the Length of Line in course of Construction at the 
end of 1854; the Length of Line each Company is: 
authorized to construct, but which was not com- 
menced on the 31st day of December 1854; and 
consequently the Total Length for which each Com- 
pany has obtained Powers :—Of the Amalgamation 
of Railws Companies which has been effected, 
either by Senden, Lease or otherwise, during 1854 ; 
stating the Nature of such Amalgamation, and the 
Date on which it commenced, with the Act of Par- 
liament under which it was effected:—And, from 
each Railway Company, showing the Length of each 
Line, or part of a Line, or Branch Line, for which 
the Powers granted by Parliament for the compulsory 
Purchase of the Land required for their Construction 
had been allowed to expire, previous to the 31st da 
of December 1854, without the exercise of sail 
Powers; and the Capital appropriated by Parlia- 
ment for the Construction of such Lines or Branch 
Lines (in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 
494, of Session 1854). 


Mr. Ewart presented a Bill for further promoting 
the establishment of Free Public Libraries and Mu- 
seums in Jreland: And the same was read the first 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time upon 
Monday the 16th day of April next; and to be 
printed. 


Mr. Headlam presented a Bill to impose further 
Restrictions upon irregular Marriages in Scotland : 
And the same was read the first time ; and ordered 
to be read a second time upon Wednesday the 9th 
day of May next ; and to be printed. 


Viscount Duncan presented a Bill to make further 
Provision for the Registration of Births, Deaths and 





Marriages in Scotland: And the same was read the 
T4 first 





Public 
Libraries 

and Museums 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Biil 63. 


Marriages 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 


Bill 64. 


Registration 
of Births, &amp;c. 
(Scotland ) Bill, 


144 


first time; and ordered to be rear a second time upon 
Monday the 16th day of April next; and to be 
printed, , 


Affirmations | Mr. Craufurd presented a Bill to allow Affirma- 
(Scotland) Bill. inns or Declarations to be made instead of Oaths in 
Bill 66. certain cases in Scotland: And the same was read 
the first time ; and ordered to be read a second time 
upon Wednesday the 18th day of April 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 Marti ; 


Anno 18° Victoria Regine, 1855. 


PRAYERS, 
Derbyshire, 7 HE Order for the second reading of the Derby- 
Staffordshire shire, Staffordshire and Worcestershire Rail- 
ae gua way Bill, was read, and discharged. 
Railway Bill. | Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 
Derbyshire, Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
Staffordshire to change the Corporate Name of the Derbyshire, 


and Worces- : : ; ; 
tershire Rail. Staffordshire and Worcestershire Junction Railway 


way (No. 2.) Company; to repeal their Act and consolidate their 
Powers ; to alter and define their Undertaking ; to 
reduce their Capital, and for other purposes: And 
that Mr. Henry Berkeley and Mr. Charles Forster 
do prepare, and bring it in. 


Warrington The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Water Bill. the Warrington Water Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 
New River The Order of the day being read, for the second 


Company and reading of the New River Company and Trustees of 


Trustees of : . 
s Riser Tee the River Lee Bill; 
— _ Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Thursday the 19th day of April next. 
Oldham Gas Viscount Ebrington reported the Oldham Gas and 
and Water Water Bill, with Amendments. 
Bill. Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 
South Wales | Mr. Bouverie reported the South Wales Mineral 
Mineral Ss Railway Bill, with Amendments. 
Railway Bill. "Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 
Abingdon Mr. Bouverie reported the Abingdon Railway Bill, 
Railway Bill. with Amendments. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 
Colchester, Mr. Bouverie reported from the Committee on the 
Bor valley, Colchester, Stour Valley, Sudbury and Halstead 
Halsteni Railway Bill; That they had examined the allegations 


Railway Bill. contained in the Preamble of the Bill, and amended 
the same, by setting forth the number of shares which 
have been issued, and of those subject to forfeiture ; 
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, 


Woolwich Mr. Bouverie reported the Woolwich Equitable 
oe Gas Bill, with Amendments. 

; Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 
Vale of Neath Mr. Bouverie reported the Vale of Neath Railway 


Railway Bill Bill, with Amendments. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 





26°—27° Marti. 








A. 1855. 


Mr. Bouverie reported from the Committee on the Colonial Life 
Colonial Life Assurance Company Bill; That they had ——. 
examined the allegations contained in the Preamble ~~ ?""Y i, 
of the Bill, and amended the same, by striking out 
the recitals, stating the desirability of creasing the 
Capital of the Company, the registration of the Com- 
pany under the Joint Stock Company’s Act, and the 
expediency of withdrawing the Eomben from the 
operation of the said Act, the Powers referred to by 
these recitals having been struck out 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 Bangor Markets and Bangor 


Public Institutions Bill, with Amendments. Pa at 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. tutions Bill.” 


Mr. Sotheron reported from the Select Committee Standing 
on Standing Orders, several Resolutions; which °ders. 
were read, as follow: 

1. That in the case of the Westminster Terminus Westminster 
Railway (Clapham to Norwood) Extension Petition, Terminus Rail- 
the Standing Orders ought to be dispensed with; {\* = 
that the Parties be permitted to proceed with their Extension. © 
Bill, provided that the sum of £.10,912. 10s. be 
deposited in the Court of Chancery on or before the 
3d day of April next; that the Committee on the 
Bill do report how far such Order has been complied 
with on the Report of the Bill. 

2. That in the case of the Weston-super-Mare Gas Weston-super- 
Petition for additional Provision, the Standing Or- Mare Gas Bill. 
ders ought to be dispensed with ; that the Parties be 
permitted to introduce their additional Provision, if 
the Committee on the Bill shall think fit, on proving 
before the said Committee that Notices of the ap- 
plication have been published in the London Gazette, 
and in three successive weeks in some one and the 
same newspaper of the County of Somerset ; and also 
that Notice has been anal upon the owner and 
occupier of every dwelling-house within 300 yards 
of the limits within which the proposed Gas-works 
are intended to be erected. 

The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 
were agreed to, 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Shot and 
Return of the Quantity of Shot and Shell contracted Shell. 
for and delivered in each year during the past Five 
years, ending the 1st day of January 1855, with the 
Names of the Contractors, the Dates of Contract, 

Date of Deliveries, together with the Prices of the 
several Contracts, and with the Quantity of each 
Contractor's Delivery rejected. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Malt. 
Return of the Number of Bushels of Malt brought 
to Charge in the years ending the 5th day of April 
1854 and 1855 respectively. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Poor Relief 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased — 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return with reference to Poor Relief in 
each Union in Jreland, showing in separate Columns, 
the Number of Paupers, the Cost of Prévisions, of 
Clothing and other necessaries, and the Average 
Weekly Cost of such Relief per Head ; the Cost of 
Medical Aid and of Lodging ; the Salaries of Officers ; 
and the Amount of any other Expenditure not in- 
cluded in the foregoing, for the year ending the 1st 
day of January 1855 :—And, similar Return for each 
Parish or combination of Parishes in Scotland, for 
the year ending the 14th day of May 1854. 

, That the said Address nted to 
Her Majesty, by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty's Most honourable Privy. one 
Mr. 























18 Vicroriz. 


Civil Services. | Mr. Wilson presented, by Her Majesty's Com- | 
No. 140, mand,—Estimates, &amp;c. Civil Services, for the year 
ending 31st March 1856 : 


I.—Public Works and Buildings. 

I].—Salaries and Expenses of Public De- 
partments. 

I{].—-Law and Justice. 

1V.—Education, Science and Art. 

V.—Colonial, Consular, and other Foreign 
Services. 

VI.—Superannuation and Retired Allowances, 
and Gratuities for Charitable and 
other purposes. 

ViI.—Miscellaneous, Special and Temporary 
Objects. 

General Abstract of the Grants to be pro- 

posed for Civil Services for 1855, com- 

pared with similar Charges for 1854. 


Ordered, That the said Estimates be referred to 
the Committee of Supply ; and be printed. 





Committee Mr. Greene reported from the Committee of Se- 
of Selection lection; That they had made several alterations in 
— the Groups of Private Bills — formed, and had 
No. 139. agreed to report the same to the House. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; | 
and be printed. | 
Deficiency Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Bills, &amp;c. Return of the Amount of Deficiency Bills and Con-| 
solidated Fund Bills outstanding on the 31st day of | 
March next; and of the Exchequer Balance in the | 
Bank of England on that day. 
Ship“ Morna.” Mr. Hayler presented, by Her Majesty’s Com-| 
mand,—Copy of Report of an Investigation into the 
Loss of the “‘ Morna” of Belfast, made under the 
direction of the Board of Trade, by Commander 
Robert Robertson, Rr. n. 
Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the Table. 
Leave of Ordered, That Sir William Heathcote have leave | ; 
Absence. 


of absence till Easter, on account of a domestic 
affliction ;—and, Mr. Grenfell till Easter, on account 
of the death of a near relation. 


* Shipping Dues 
Commission. 


Mr. Cowper presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand,—Copy otf Report of the Commissioners ap- 
pointed to inquire into Local Charges upon Ship- 
ping in the Ports of the United Kingdom and Islands 
of Jersey, Guernsey, Alderney, Sark and Man; to- 
gether with the Appendices and Index :—Jreland. 

Mr. Cowper also presented,—Return to an Ad- 
dress to Her Majesty, dated the 5th day of this in- 
stant March, for a Return, from the Ecclesiastical 


Chapters. 


27° Marti. 





145 


Ordered, That the Account relative to the Public Public Debt. 
Debt, which was presented upon the 26th day of No. 142. 
this instant March, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Paupers Paupers 
(Scotland), which was presented upon the 26th day (Scotland.) 
of this instant March, be printed. No. 143, 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Russian Russian 
Prizes, which was presented upon the 20th day of Prizes. 
this instant March, be printed. No. 144. 


Ordered, That the Copy of the Order in Council New South 
for leasing Crown Lands in the Colony of New South i r 
Wales, which was presented upon the Ist day ofthis “~® sea 
instant March, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Copy of the Order in Council New South 
declaring certain Lands to be within the settled V!* 
District of New South Wales, which was presented No. 145. 
upon the 1st day of this instant March, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to Victoria, Victoria. 
which was presented upon the 8th day of this instant No. 146. 
March, be printed. 


Petitions relating to Church Rates ;—Lord’s Day; Public 

— Newspaper, &amp;c. Postage and Stamp Duties Bill ;— Petitions. 
Newspaper, &amp;c. Postage and Stamp Duties Bill, and vide Twenty- 
Newspaper Stamp Duties Bill;—Newspaper Stamp second Report. 
Duties Bill;—Stage Carriages;—Bills of Exchange 

Bill, and Bills of Exchange and Promissory Notes 

Bill ;—Border Marriages (Scot/and) ;—Grain ;—In- 

toxicating Liquors ;—Poor Relief (Zreland) Bill;— 

School Districts for Pauper Children ; — Schools 

(Scotland) Bill ;—and, War with Russia,—were pre- 

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


Sir George Grey presented, pursuant to the di- Copyright 
rections of an Act of Parliament,— Nevis :—Copy of ( Nevis.) 
an Act to authorize the Importation of Forei 
Reprints of British Books, wherein there shall 
Copyright also, Copy of an Order of Her Majesty 
in Council, dated 10th March 1855, referring to that 
Act. 

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


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- Poland. 
gooe That an humble Address be presented to Her 
ajesty, praying that She will be graciously pleased 
to command that, in the event of Negotiations being 
commenced with a view to Peace, Her Majesty’s 
Envoys should use their best exertions for the RKe- 
constitution of the Kingdom of Poland within its 
ancient limits, as a measure just and necessary in 
itself, in accordance with the ancient policy of this 





Commissioners for England, of the Grants or Re- 
ductions allowed by them since the 1st day of January | 
1853 to the several Chapters of England and Wales, | 
to pay Substitutes for performing additional Duties | 
cast upon them by the Suspension of Canonries, 
with the Names of the Persons who, as such Sub- 
stitutes, have received such Grants (in continuation 
of Parliamentary Paper, No. 443, of Session 1853). 

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 20th day of February last, for a Return of Russian 
Exports from Archangel to this Country during the 
past year. 

Return to an Order, dated the 20th day of this 
instant March, for a Return of the Number of og 
on which the Trustees of the British Museum sat for 
— or special purposes (specifying which of the 

inds) during the year ending on the 10th day of 
March 1855 ; with the Numbers of the Trustees who 
attended the particular Meetings. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Mr. Kennedy, 


Russian 


Exports. 


British 
Museum. 


Mr. Kennedy. 


No. 141. which was presented upon the 26th day of this in- 
stant March, be printed. 
Vou. 110. 








Country, and as absolutely essential to the due 
maintenance of the Balance of Power in Europe :— 
And the said Motion was, with leave of the House, 
withdrawn. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- Army Ap- 
sed, That a Select Committee be appointed to ?™*™™™ 

inquire into the present mode of conferring Appoint- 

ments in the Army (by Purchase or otherwise) ; to 

report on the same, and recommend a more efficient 

system for securing Promotion to Merit and long 

Service :—And the said Motion was, with leave of the 

House, withdrawn. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being put, Army Ap- 
That a Select Committee be appointed to inquire Pom™tments. 
into the present mode of conferring Appointments in 
the Army (by Purchase or otherwise) ; and to report 
on the same ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right ; 

The Noes to the Left. 

Tellers for the {Major Reed, 


Yeas, | Captain Scodell: mm 
Tellers for the f Mr. Hayter, 104 
Noes, \ The Earlof Mulgrave: f*°* 


So it passed in the Negative. 
U And 











China Trade, 


Balaklava and 


Sebastopol 
Railway. 


English 
Military 
Hospitals. 


Friendly 
Societies Bill. 


Bill 67. 


146 


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


Mercurii, 28° die Martii, 1855: 


A Motion was made, and the Question was 
ome That an humble Address be presented to Her 

ajesty, that She will be iously pleased to give 
directions, that there be ‘aid ore this House, 
Copies of all Instructions, having reference to Trade, 
sent out by Her Majesty’s Government to Her Ma- 
jesty’s Superintendent of Trade in China, subsequent 
to ist day of February 1854; also, of the Cor- 
respondence subsequent to that Date, between Her 
Majesty’s Government and Her Majesty’s Superin- 
tendent of Trade, having reference to British Trade 
in China, up to the t time:—And the said 
Motion was, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Copies of any Correspondence with the 
Secretary for War on the subject of the Construction 
of a Railway or Tramroad from the Harbour of 
Balaklava to Sebastopol ; of any Estimates or other 
Documents accompanying such Correspondence ; 
and, of any Order or Orders given for the Com- 
mencement of such Railway or Tramroad. 

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


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That on Thursday the 19th day of April next, 
and every alternate Thursday, till the end of May 
next, Orders of the day shall take precedence of 
Notices of Motions, without giving priority to Go- 
vernment Orders :—And the said Motion was, with 
leave of the House, withdrawn. 


Ordered, That the Papers relative to English Mi- 
litary Hospitals, which were presented upon the 23d 
day of this instant March, be referred to the Select 
Committee on the Army before Sebastopol. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
consideration the Friendly Societies Bill, as amended 
in the Committee :—The Bill was re-committed to a 
Committee of the whole House. 

The House immediately resolved itself into the 
Committee ; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. 
Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Hamilton re- 

rted, That the Committee had gone through the 

ill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration upon Thursday 
the 19th day of April next; and be printed. 


Mr. Bouwverie reported from the Committee ap- 
pointed to take into consideration Her ee 
most gracious Message relative to Sardinia, a 
solution ; which was read, as followeth : 

That the Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Trea- 
sury be authorized to issue, out of the Consolidated 
Fund of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and 


Ireland, the Sum of One million pounds sterling, | 


during the present year, by way of Loan, to the 
Sardinian Government, in accordance with the terms 
of a Treaty concluded between Her Majesty and 
the King of Sardinia, and the like Sum of One 
million pounds sterling in the following year, in the 
event of the War not having been ‘won? to a close 
before the expiration of Twelve months after payment 
of the first instalment of the above-mentioned Loan. 

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, the Chancellor 
of the Exchequer and Viscount Palmerston do pre- 
pare, and bring it in. 


27°—28° Martii. 


A. 1855. 


Mr. Wilson re from the Committee of Sup- Supply. 
ply, several Resolutions ; which were read, as follow : 

1. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 835,182, be Customs 
oan to Her Majesty, to defray the Salaries and Department. 

xpenses of the Customs Department, which will 
come in course of payment during the year ending 
the 31st day of March 1856. 

2. That a Sum, not exceeding £.483,238, be Coast Guard, 
— to Her Majesty, to defray the Salaries and 

xpenses of the Coast Guard, including Revenue 
Cruisers, which will come in course of payment 
—— year ending the 31st day of March 1856. 

3. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 1,365,950, be Inland 


Salaries and Revenue 
Department. 


granted to Her Majesty, to defray the 
Expenses of the Inland Revenue De artment, which 
will come in course of a uring the year 
ending the 31st day of March 1856. 

4. That a Sum, not exceeding £.62,720, be Revenue 
a to Her Majesty, to defray the Salaries and —, a) 
xpenses of the Revenue Police, /reland, and “ Sea- ‘ , 
mew” Steamer, which will come in course of payment 
during the year ending the 31st day of March 1856. 
| The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 


were agreed to. 


| The Order of the day being read, for the second Newspaper, 
reading of the Newspaper, &amp;c. Postage and Stamp a —— 
| Duties Bill ; Duties Bill. 
| Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Monday the 16th day of April next. 





The Chancellor of the Exchequer presented a Bill Convention 
to carry into effect a Convention between Her Ma- with Sardinia 
jesty and the King of Sardinia: And the same Bil 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a &gt;!!! 88. 
second time this day ; 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, 28° die Martit ; 
Anno 18° Victoria Regine, 1855. 


PRAYERS. 
RDERED, 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 -_ en 
Petitions presented upon the 26th day of this instant Report.) 
| March; and had directed him to make a Report 
thereof to the House. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Price’s Patent Candle Company 
third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

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


The House proceeded to take into consideration Dursley and 
the Dursley and Midland Railway Bill, as amended er a 
in the Committee. : 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Ossett Gas 
| the Ossett Gas Bill, as amended in the Committee. Bill 
| Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


| "The House to take into consideration oath Staf- 
|the South Staffordshire Railway Bill, as amended in ©rdsire 


Railway Bill. 
the Committee. 4 Sebi 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Petitions relating to Church Rates ;—Newspaper, Public 
&amp;e. Postage and Stamp Duties Bill, and News- 
paper Stamp Duties Bill ;—Stage Carriages —. 


Bill was read the Price’s Patent 
Candle Com- 
pany Bill. 





Vide Twenty- 
second Report, 














18 Vicroriz. 


of Exchange Bill ;— Bills of Exchange Bill and 
Bills of Exchange and Promissory Notes Bill ;— 
Bills of Exchange and Promissory Notes Bill ;— 
Poor Law;—and, Schools (Scot/and) Bill,—were 
resented, and read; and ordered to 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 Gallons of British Spirits exported 
to the Colonies and foreign parts, in the years 1853 
and 1854, distinguishing the Quantities sent to the 
respective places of Export (in continuation of Par- 
liamentary Paper, No. 195, of Session 1854). 
Saint Mar- Return to an Order, dated the 26th day of this 
garet’s Church instant March, for a Return of all Sums of Money 
(Westminster.) Which have been voted by the House of Commons 
since the year 1800, for repairing or improving the 
Parish Church of Saint Margaret, in the City of 
Westminster, with the Date on which each Sum of 
Money was voted. 


British Spirits, 


Chapters. Ordered, That the Return relative to Chapters, 
No. 147. which was presented upon the 27th day of this instant 
March, be printed. 
Russian Ordered, That the Return relative to Russian Ex- 
Exports. ports, which was presented upon the 27th day of this 
No. 148. instant March, be printed. 
Bills of The Order of the day being read, for the second 


Exchange Bill. reading of the Bills of Exchange 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 the word “ now,” and, at 
the end of the Question, adding 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, Me. Napier Parry, }i14. 
Tellers for the Noess{ Mr =. \ 58. 
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. 


Bills of The Bills of Exchange and Promissory Notes Bill 
—- and was, according to Order, read a second time; and 
Notes Bil © Committed to a Select Committee. 

Union of The Order of the day being read, for the second 
Benefices Bill. reading of the Union of Benefices 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 the word “now,” and, at 
the end of the Question, adding 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. Frewen, 
Tellers for the Yeas,) Mr. Spooner : } 30. 
Mr. Hayter, 
Tellers for the N oes,| Viscount y EG hi 12. 
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. 

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147 


The Ecclesiastical Property (Jreland) Bill, was, Ecclesiastical 
according to Order, read a second time; and com- (Ire on. 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for Wed- 
nesday the 9th day of May next. 

The Order of the day being read, for the second Court of 
reading of the Court of Chancery (Jreland) (Juris- Grek ; 
diction) Bill ; (Jurisdiction) 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon Bill. 
Wednesday the 2d day of May next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Court of 


reading of the Court of Chancery (/relund) (Proce- pwns 4 
dure) Bill ; ( Procedsre) 


Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon Bill. 
Wednesday the 2d day of May next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Court of 
reading of the Court of Chancery (Jreland) (Re- Caen (Re- 
ceivers) Bill; ceivers) Bill 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Wednesday the 2d day of May next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Court of 
reading of the Court of Chancery (/reland) (Sales peer 
of Estates) Bill ; (Sales of 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon Estates) Bill. 
Wednesday the 2d day of May next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second om of 
—e of the Court of Chancery (Ireland) ( Appeals) mee &gt; 
wi , ; (Appeals) Bill 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Wednesday the 2d day of May next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Court of 
reading of the Court of Chancery (Jreland) (Stamp Crd 
Duties) Bill ; (Stamp Duties) 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon Bill 
Wednesday the 2d day of May next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Vacating of 
reading of the Vacating of Seats in Parliament Bill ; — - Par- 
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 the word “now,” and, at 
the end of the Question, adding 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, { 7 —— } 69. 
Tellers for the Noes, _ a } 73. 
So it passed in the Negative. 
And the Question bemg put, That the words 
“ upon this day six months” - 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- Cathedral 


mittee on the Cathedral Appointments Act Con- rt mv—geaes 
tinuance Bill; tinuance Bill. 


Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
the 18th day of April next, resolve itself into the said 
Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Public Prose- 
reading of the Public Prosecutors Bill ; cutors Bill 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Wednesday the 25th day of April next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Supply. 
mittee of Supply ;, 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 
u2 The. 








Education 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 


Bill 69. 


Jurors and 
Juries 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Jurors and 
Juries (Ire- 
Jana) No. 2) 
Bill. 


Bristol and 
Exeter 
Railway Bill. 


Great North 
of Scotland 
Railway Bill. 


148 


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 Convention with Sardinia Bill was, according 
to Order, read a second time; and committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for To-morrow, at 
half an hour after Four of the clock. 


Ordered, That Lord Elcho be discharged from 
further attendance on the Select Committee on Poor 
Removal. 

Ordered, That Mr. Smollett be added to the 
Committee. 


The Lord Advocate presented a Bill to provide for 
the Education of the People in Scotland: And the 
same was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time upon Friday the 27th day of 
April next; and to be printed. 


The Order for reading a second time, upon were 
next, the Jurors and Juries (Jre/and) Bill, was read, 
and discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Wednesday the 2d day of May next. 


The Order for reading a second time, upon Frida 

next, the Jurors and io (Ireland) (No. 2) Bill, 

was read, and discharged. 
Ordered, That the Bil be read a second time upon 


Wednesday the 2d day of May next. 
And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 


Jovis, 29° die Martii: 
Anno 18° Victoria Regine, 1855. 


PRAYERS. 


M R. Bouverie reported from the Committee on 
the Bristol and Exeter Railway Bill; That 
they had examined the allegations contained in the 
Preamble of the Bill, and amended the same, by 
omitting certain allegations as to the expediency of 
taking a lease of or purchasing the North Devon 
Railway, and of purchasing the Somerset Central 
Railway, and of certain other Powers which had 
been withdrawn from the Bill 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. Bouwverie reported from the Committee on the 
Great North of Scotland Railway Bill; That they 
had examined the allegations contained in the Pre- 
amble of the Bill, and amended the same, by strikin 
out all reference to the Extension of the Great North 
of Scotland Railway beyond Keith, the Bill being 
limited to the Extension of the Railway from Hunt- 
ley to Keith, instead of from Huntley to Nairn, as 
was cognaty proposed ; and found the same, as 

ended, 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 Salisbury and Yeovil 
Railway Bill, with Amendments. 

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


Mr. Bouverie reported from the Committee on 
the Belfast and County Down Railway 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; 


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A, 1855. 


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 the Jedburgh Railway Jedburgh 
Bill, with Amendments. Railway Bill. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Mr. Bouverie reported from the Committee on Great North- 
the Great Northern Railway (Increase of Capital) ¢™ a 
Bill; That they had examined the allegations con- Capital) Bill. 
tained in the Preamble of the Bill, and amended 
the same, by striking out a recital relative to the 
Arrangements with the East Lincolnshire 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. 


Mr. Bouverie reported from the Committee on Newcastle- 
the Newcastle-under-Lyme Gas Bill ; That they had under.Lyme 
examined the allegations contained in the Preamble &amp;** Bil 
of the Bill, and amended the same, by stating that 
the Capital of Five thousand pounds was raised b 
Shares, and a further Capital of Three thousand 


y —— by borrowing under the Act recited in the 
i 


ll; 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 Grand June- 
the Grand Junction Water Bill; That they had ex- 4 Water 
amined the allegations contained in the Preamble of 
the Bill, and amended the same, by adding to the 
sixth recital, that two sums _therein-mentioned, 
making together Twenty-three thousand pounds, 
constitute the total Debenture Debt of the Com- 
pany ; and to the ninth recital, that it was estimated 
that upwards of One hundred and ninety thousand 
pounds would be required to complete the Works of 
the Company; and found the same, as amended, to 
be true; and had gone through the Bill, and made 
Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Bouverie reported from the Committee on Southwark 

the Southwark and Vauxhall Water Bill; That they 274 Vauxhall 
had examined the allegation contained in the Pre- ¥#t Bil 
amble of the Bill, and amended the same verbally ; 
also by substituting “ One hundred and twelve thou- 
“ sand pounds ”’ instead of “ One hundred thousand 
“ pounds,” oom | the sum borrowed in addition to 
their Mortgage Debt, in order that the same might 
be in accordance 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 Lancaster 
the Lancaster Water and Gas Bill; That they had Water - 
examined the allegations contained in the Preamble * . 
of the Bill, and amended the same, by adding a re- 
cital, that it was expedient that certain Lands, called 
or known as Lancaster Marsh, should be better 
drained; 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. 


Bill was read the third Bridport 


The Bridport Railway Bridport pill 


time. 
A Clause (As to weight to be carried), was thrice 
read; and added to the Bill. 
Then Amendments were made to the Bill. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, 














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Ordered, That Mr. Floyer do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 
Chesterfield The Chesterfield Water and Gas Bill was read the 
Water and third time. 
Gas Bill. Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Oliveira do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 
Glossop Gas The Glossop Gas Bill was read the third time. 
Bill. Resolved, That the Bill do pass. | 
Ordered, That Mr. Oliveira do carry the Bill to | 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 
Leeds, Brad- Lhe Leeds, Bradford and Halifax Junction Rail- | 
ford and way Bill was read the third time. 
Halifax Junc- —§_ Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Bill Railway Ordered, That Mr. Oliceira do carry the Bill to | 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. ! 
Monmouth- The Monmouthshire Railway and Canal Bill was 
shire Railway read the third time. 
and Canal Bill. Pesolyed, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Oliveira do carry the Bill to | 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 
Ratcliff Gas The Ratcliff Gas Bill was read the third time; 
Bill. and an Amendment was made to the Bill. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Oliveira do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 
Rotherham The Rotherham Gas Bill was read the third 
Gas Bill. time. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Oliveira do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 
Sheffield Gas The Sheffield Gas Bill was read the third time; 
Bill. and Amendments were made to the Bill. 


Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Hadfield do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


South Eastern The South Eastern Railway (Capital) Bill was 
Railway i, 72d the third time. 
—o Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Oliveira do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Stalybridge The Stalybridge Gas Bill was read the third 
os Bal. time. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Oliveira do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 
Torquay, Tor The Torquay, Tor and Saint Mary Church Gas 
Mary Charch Dill was read the third time. 
Gas Bill. Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Oliveira do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 
Uxtridge The Uxbridge Burgage Lands Bill was read the 
Tanks Sul. —_ time; and Amendments were made to the 
ill. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Oliveira do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 
Dublin, &amp;e, Colonel Taylor presented a Bill to discontinue 
Binds (No. 2) the — of Toll on the Turnpike-roads wean | 
from the City of Dublin, and on the Turnpike-roa 


from Kinnegad to Athlone, and to provide for the 
Maintenance of such Roads as public Roads, and 
for the Discharge of the Debts due thereon, and 
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. 


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Vou. 110. 


149 


Viscount Duncan reported from the Committee Expiring 
appointed to inquire what Temporary Laws of a Laws. 
pa lic and general nature are now in force, and what No, 149. 

ws 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 Observa- 
tions thereupon, to the House ; That they had con- 
sidered 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 Real 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased *¢- Commis- 
to give directions, that there be laid before this House, “°"* 
Returns of the Number of Royal and other Com- 
missions which have been appointed during the 
Reigns of George the Fourth, William the Fourth 
and Her Majesty, to inquire into or report on the 
Law of Real Property; the Registration of Deeds 
and Simplification of Forms of Conveyance; the 


| Process, Practice and Pleading of the Superior 


Courts of Common Law ; and the Process, Practice 
and Pleading of the Court of Chancery:—Of the 
Names of the paid Commissioners (if any) appointed 
on each of the said Commissions ; distinguishing the 
Names of those Commissioners who concurred in or 
dissented from the several Reports made to Her 
Majesty or Her Predecessors, by or on behalf of 
every such Commission :—Of the entire Expense of 
the said Commissions; distinguishing how much was 
incurred for each Commission, and the Total Sum 
received for Salary, Fees or other Emolument by 
each and every Commissioner, by Name, distin- 
guishing the Length of Time each Sconsthionee has 
served :—-And, of the Number and Nature of the 
Bills prepared or approved of by such Commissions, 
and afterwards laid before Parliament, and of the 
Names and respective Remuneration of the Draughts- 
men of such Bills; distinguishing all such of the said 
Bills as have passed into Laws from such as have 
not been so passed by Parliament. 

Ordered, That 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 Aretic Expe- 

Return of the Cost of the Further Papers relative to ditions. 

the recent Arctic Expeditions, presented to both 

Houses of Parliament by Command of Her Majesty 

in January 1855; distinguishing under each head 

the Expense of Paper, Printing, Lithographing of 

Charts and Illustrations, and other Expenses; and 

of the Number of Copies printed, and distribution of 

the same. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Workhouses 
Return of the Names and Amount of Salaries of all (reland.) 
Officers, Medical, Clerical or otherwise, employed in 
Workhouses in Jreland during the year 1854, whether 
as Intern or Visiting Officers ; and, in relation to the 
latter Class, specifying the Average Number of Visits 
made in the week by each. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Gaols 
Return of the Names and Amount of Salaries of all (Ireland.) 
Officers, Medical, Clerical or otherwise, employed in 
Gaols in Jreland during the year 1854, whether as 
Intern or Visiting Officers; and, in relation to the 
latter Class, specifying the Average Number of Visits 
made by each, with the time occupied. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Medical 
Return of the Number of Medical Men employed Charities Act 
under the Medical Charities Act of Jreland, and the “"*#"4) 
Average Area of each District. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Steam Ship 
Copy of any Correspondence between the Reel of 4 felphia” 
u3 rade 





150 


Trade and the Liverpool Local Marine Board, relative 
to the Report on the Loss of the Steam Ship “ City 
of Philadelphia” (in continuation of Parliamentary 
Paper, No. 45, of the present Session). 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the Revenue and Expenditure of the Com- 
missioners of the Port of Hartlepool from 1843 to 
1852, both years inclusive ; distinguishing the 
Amounts paid for Legal and Parliamentary Expenses, 
including Charges of Witnesses and Engineers em- 
ployed on Parliamentary business. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, an 
Abstract Return of the Total Land Forces under the 
disposition of the Governor General of Jndia in 
Council ; distinguishing European Troops from Na- 
tive, and the Queen’s T roops from the Company’s, 
and including the Subsidiary Troops and Contingents 
of all kinds from Native States :—And, like Return 
of Police Corps militarily organized, commanded by 
British Officers. 


Mr. Peel presented,—Return to an Order, dated 
the 27th day of February last, for a Return of the 
Names and Length of Service of the several Clerks 
in the War Office; also, Date of each Promotion 
from the Third to the Second Class, and from the 
Second to the First Class, during the last Three years ; 
together with a Statement of separate Allowances 
granted to Individuals independent of Salary, at any 
time during that Period. 





Date of 
Promotion 
from Second to 
First Class. 


Date of 
Promotion 
from Third to 
Second Class. 


Allowance 
over and above 
Salary. 


Length 
of 
Service. 

















Return to an Order, dated the 9th day of this in- 
stant March, for a Return of the Names of Officers 
who have received a Gratuity for Wounds in the 
Crimea, stating the Amount of each Gratuity, as well 
as the Nature of each Wound, classifying them, 
Slightly, Severely, or Dangerously. 

eturn to an Order, dated the 12th day of this 
instant March, for a Copy of General Sutherland's 
Report, dated the 12th day of October 1854, as well 
as all Documents transmitted therewith, relative to 
Troops being sent to the Muuritius in the “ Seringa- 
patam,” during the course of last Autumn. 
. es ‘That the said Returns do lie upon the 

able. 


Mr. Hayter presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand,—Accounts relating to Trade and Navigation, 
for the Month ended 5th March 1855; and Two 
Months ended 5th March 1855. 

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


Public Petitions relating to Roman Catholic Religion ;— 
Petitions. Mines ;—Newspaper, &amp;c. Postage and Stamp Duties 
Vide Twenty. Bill;—Newspaper, &amp;c. — and Stamp Duties 
second Report. Bill, and Newspaper Stamp Duties Bill ;—News- 


(Crimea. ) 


Troops in the 
“ Seringapa- 
tam.” 


Trade and 
Navigation. 


No, 65-II. 


paper Stamp Duties Ril a 


Carriages ;—Bills of Exchange and Promissory Notes 
Bill ;—Bills of Exchange Bill, and Bills of Exchange 
and Promissory Notes Bill ;— Border Marriages 
( Scotland) ;— Burial Service (Skreen) ;— Criminal 
Justice Bill ;— Drogheda Infirmary ; — Dwelling- 
houses (Scotland) Bill ;—Education (Scotland) Bill; 
— Grain ;—Intoxicating Liquors ;—Lunatic Asylums 
(Ireland) Advances Bill; — Poor Law ;— Schools 
(Scotland) Bill ;—and, War with Russia,—were pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition relating to the Public Health Bill, was 
also presented, and read ; and referred to the Select 
Comnnaittee on the Bill. 





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A. 1855. 


Mr. Cowper presented,—Return to an Address to County Court 
Her Majesty, dated the 26th day of this instant Judges. 
March, for Copies of all Letters on the subject of the 
Salaries of County Court Judges, add since the 
30th day of June 1852 to the Commissioners of Her 
Majesty's Treasury by the Lord Chancellor, the Se- | 
cretary of State for the Home Department, &amp;c. 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the Masters 
26th day of this instant March, for Copy of the last (Navy.) 
Order in Council regulating the Pay and Emoluments 
of Masters in the Royal avy. 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the Poor Law 
26th day of this instant March, for Copies of all (Scotland) 
Communications to or from the Secretary of State 
for the Home Department, since the 1st day of March 
1855, with regard to the Administration of the 
Scotch Poor Law in the Highlands. 

: gata That the said Returns do lie upon the 
able. 


Ordered, That ne Return relative to Appointment Appointment 
of Children (ew South Wales), which was presented —- 
upon the 16th day of this instant March, be printed. Waeey 


No. 151. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Education Education 
of Pauper Children, which was presented upon the of Pauper 
16th day of this instant March, be printed. . ee 


Ordered, That the Return relative to British British Spirits. 
Spirits, which was presented upun the 28th day of No. 153. 
this instant March, be printed. 


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. 


Mr. Wilson presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- Commissariat 
mand,—An Account showing all the Sums which Chest. 
have been received into the Commissariat Chest, and No. 154. 
which have been ts out of the same, between the 
Ist April 1853 and the 31st March 1854, and of the 
Assets and Liabilities of the Chest on the latter Day. 

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


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Demerara. 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Copies or Extracts of Correspondence between 
the Secretary at War, the Secretary for the Colonies, 
and the Governor of British Guiana, concerning the 
Maintenance and Repair of the Sea Wall protecting 
the Barracks at George Town, Demerara. 

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


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Convention 
into a Committee on the Convention with Sardinia }: 
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. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was ~ Odessa. 
ovat That an humble Address be presented to Her 

ajesty, that She will be graciously pleased to give | 
directions, that there be laid before this House, 
Copies of the Instructions relative to the Attack on 
Odessa, given to the Commander in Chief in the 
Mediterranean and Black Sea; and Copies of, or 
Extracts from, all Correspondence relating thereto : 
—And the said Motion was, with leave of the House, | 
withdrawn. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was alent 
sed, That an humble Address be ee to Her 
ajesty, praying that She will be ously 
to order detan laqeity by Court Martial be on 
Lieutenant 








18 Vicrori2Z. 


Lieutenant General the Earl of Zucan, for ordering 
a Charge of the Light Cavalry at the Battle of Bala- 
hlava :—And the said Motion was, with leave of the 
House, withdrawn. 


Church Rates A Motion was made, and the Question being put, 
Abolition. § That leave be given to bring in a Bill for the Aboli- 
tion of Church Rates ; 
The House divided. 
The Yeas to the Right ; 
The Noes to the Left. 
Tellers for the Yeas,{ ir. —- Clay, } 55. 


Tellers for the Noes, Mr rte ae 76. 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative :—And that 
Sir William Clay, Mr. Hutt and Mr. Miall do 
prepare, and bring it in. 


Agricultural | Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill for 

Averages — the better taking of Agricultural Averages in Ireland: 

(Ireland) And that Mr. Bland and Mr. Francis Scully do 
prepare, and bring it in. 


Places of Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
Religious © amend the Law concerning the certifying and regis- 
yointrtion, tering of Places of Religious Worship in England : 
And that Mr. Pellatt and Mr. Crossley do prepare, 
and bring it in. 
A Motion was made, and the Question bein 
posed, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
establish Free Schools in England and Wales ; 


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


Veneris, 30° die Martti, 1855: 
And the Question being put :—It was resolved in 
the Affirmative: And that Mr. Mi/ner Gibson, Mr, 
Cobden and Mr. Headlam do prepare, and bring 


it in. 


Free Schools. 


Members’ Resolved, That any Member having secured a 
Seats. Seat at Prayers shall be entitled to retain the same 
until the rising of the House. 


Sandhurst Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed to 

a — inquire into the Establishment and the System of 
Ednestion at the Royal Military College at Sand- 
hurst :—And a Committee was appointed of Sir 
Francis Baring, Colonel North, Sir George Tyler, 
Mr, Brand, Lord Lovaine, Viscount Monch, Mr. 
Hardinge, Colonel Dunne, Mr. Shafto Adair, Mr. 
Monckton Milnes and Mr. Rich ; with Power to send 
for persons, papers and records. 

dered, That Five be the Quorum. 


Sioppage Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed to 
(tone consider the Stoppage of Wages in the Hosiery 
Manufacture. 


Payment The Order of the 20th day of this instant March, 

a ages That the Select Committee of last Session, on Pay- 

Hosiery.) ment of Wages, be re-appointed, so far as regards the 
Hosiery Manufacture, was read, and discharged. 


Parliamentary Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
tion (Scotland to amend an Act of the second and third years of 
Act Ament) King William the Fourth, for amending the Repre- 
ment, sentation of the People in Scotland, in so far as relates 
to the Procedure in County Elections in that Country : 
And that Viscount Duncan, the Lord Advocate and 
Mr. Solicitor General do prepare, and bring it in. 


Public Resolved, That upon Thursday the 19th day of 

Munem. April next, and every alternate Thursday till the end 

of May next, Orders of the day shall take precedence 

of Notices of Motions, without giving priority to 

Government Orders ; and that upon Thursday the 26th 

ae April next, and every alternate Thursday till 
OL. 110. 





99°-—30° Marti. 151 


the month of June next, the Government Orders of 
the day shall take precedence of other Orders of the 
day, and both shall have precedence of Notices of 
Motions ; and that during the month of June next, 
and till the end of the Session, Orders of the day 
shall have precedence of Notices of Motions upon 
Thursdays, and Government Orders of the day shall 
have priority over other Orders. 


Mr. Milner Gibson presented a Bill to establish Free Schools 
Free Schools in England and Wales: And the same Bill. 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a Bill 70. 
second time upon Wednesday the 2d day of May 
next ; and to be printed. 


Mr. Pellatt presented a Bill to amend the Law Fines of 
concerning the certifying and registering of Places of “e"s!0us 
Religious Worship in England: And the same was vrative Bal 
read the first time ; and ordered to be read a second gi 73, 
time upon Thursday the 19th day of April next; and 


to be printed. « 


Sir William Clay presented a Bill for the Abolition Church Rates 
of Church Rates: And the same was read the first 4&gt;elition Bill. 
time; and ordered to be read a second time upon Bill 72. 
Wednesday the 16th day of May next; and to be 
printed. 


Viscount Palmerston presented, by Her Majesty’s British Epis- 
Command,—Copy of Correspondence respecting the ee 
British Episeopal Church at Paris. 

Copy of Convention between Her Majesty and Coasting 
the King of Sardinia for the reciprocal opening of 7™4e- 
the Coasting Trade. Signed at Turin, August 9, 

1854, 

Copy of Convention between Her mp A and Turkish 
the Sultan for the Employment ofa Body of Turkish ae san 
Troops in the British’ Service. Signed in the ‘#” Svc) 
English and Turkish Languages at Constantinople, 

February 3, 1855, 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 

Table. , 


Viscount Duncan presented a Bill to amend an Parliamentary 
Act of the second and third years of King William a . 
the Fourth, for amending the Representation of the jet Coote ) 
People in Scotland, in so far as relates to the Pro- ment Bill. 
cedure in County Elections in that Country: And Bill 73. 
the same was read the first time ; and ordered to be 
read a second time upon Monday the 16th day of 
April next ; and to be printed. 


a The Order for oe baw, oe wate none into jay, a 
ommittee, u Tuesda e 17th day of April 2ouses ( 
next, on the Susliinghone (Scotland) Bill, was 24) Bil 
read, and discharged. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday the 
19th day of April next, resolve itself into the said 
Committee. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee on the Lu- Lunatic Asy- 
natic Asylums ( /re/and) (Advances) Bill be nominated a (Ireland) 
this day. rac 


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








Veneris, 30° die Martii ; 


Anno 18° Victorie Regine, 185 5. 


PRAYERS. 
RDERED, That the Select Committee on Army before 


the Army before Sebastopol have Power to Sebastopol 
report the Minutes of the Evidence taken before i ox 


them from time to time. No. 156. 
Mr. Roebuck reported from the said Select Com- 
mittee; That they had examined several Witnesses 
on the subject of the matters to mets 
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Pablic 
Petitions 
(Twenty- 
second Re- 
port.) 


Committee 
of Selection 
(Eighth 
Report.) 
No. 155. 


Plymouth and 


Stonehouse 
Gas Bill. 


Medical, 
Invalid and 
General Life 
Assurance 
Society Bill. 


Heywood 
Water Bill. 


Kilmarnock 
Gas Bil). 


Birmingham 
Water Bill. 


Hyde Gas 
(No. 2) Bill. 


Grand Surrey 


Canal Bill. 


Grand Surrey 
Canal (No. 2.) for changing the corporate name of the Company of 


Newcastle- 
upon- Tyne 


Improvements 


Bill. 





152 


had agreed to report the Minutes of the Evidence 
already taken before them to the House. 

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


Mr. Duncan reported from the Select Committee 
on Public Petitions; That they had examined the 
Petitions presented upon the 27th, 28th and 29th 
days of this instant March, and had directed him to 
make a Report thereof to the House. 

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


Mr. Sotheron reported from the Committee of 
Selection; That they had made several alterations 
in the Groups of Private Bills already formed, and 
had agreed to report the same to the House. 

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


The Plymouth and Stonehouse Gass Bill was read 
the third time. 

A Clause (Supply of public lamps), was thrice 
read ; and added to the Bill. 

Then Amendments were made to the Bill. 

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 Medical, Invalid and General Life Assurance 
Society Bill, as amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Heywood Water Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Kilmarnock Gas Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
consideration the Birmingham Water Bill, as 
amended in the Committee ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be taken into consideration 
upon Monday the 16th day of April next. 


The Hyde Gas (No. 2) Bill was read a second 
time ; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


The Order for referring the Grand Surrey Canal 
Bill to the General Committee on Railway and 
Canal Bills, was read, and discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 


Proprietors of the Grand Surrey Canal, for consoli- 
dating their Acts, for authorizing them to make a 
new Entrance from the Thames, additional Docks 
and other Works, and to raise further Monies, and 
for other purposes: And that Sir James Duke and 
Mr. Freshfield do prepare, and bring it in. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses 
of the Borough of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, praying that 
Provision may be made in the Newcastle-upon- Tyne 
Improvements Bill, for enabling the Petitioners to 
en a\: alteration in Union-street and Groat-market, 


and also t» raise Money on Mortgage of the Sewers 
Rate they are authorized to levy by the Newcastle- 
upon-'l yn» Improvement Act, 1846, forthe pu s 
of Sewerage, was presented, and read ; and referred 
to the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills. 


30° Martie. 
Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant Kilmarnock 
to the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ Writ. 





A. 1855. 


for the electing of a Knight of the Shire to serve in 
this present Parliament for the Kilmarnock District of 
Burghs, in the room of Edward Pleydell Bouverie, 
Esquire, commonly called the Honourable Edward 
Pleydell Bouverie, who, since his Election for the 
said District of Burghs, hath accepted the Office of 
Vice-President of the Committee of Council for 
Trade. 


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 Lewes, in the room of 
Henry Bouverie William Brand, Esquire, commonly 
called the Honourable Henry Bouverie William 
Brand, who, since his Election for the said Borough, 
hath accepted the Office of one of the Commissioners 
for executing the Office of Treasurer of the Ex- 
chequer of Great Britain and Lord High Treasurer 
of Ireland. 


new Writ for the electing of a Knight of the Shire 
to serve in this present Parliament for the County of 
Cork, in the room of Edmund Burke Roche, Esquire, 
who, since his Election for the said County, hath 
accepted the Office of Steward or Bailiff of Her Ma- 
jesty’s three Chiltern Hundreds of Stoke, Desborough 
and Bonenham, in the County of Buckingham. 


read, as follow: 


dispensing with Standing Order 163, the said 
Standing Order ought to be dispensed with ; that 
the Parties be permitted to proceed with their Bill. 


Standing Orders ought to be dispensed with ; that 
the Parties be permitted to deposit their Petition 
accordingly. 

The ml Resolutions, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 


Llynvi Valley and Bridgend Railways Bill, they 
had examined the allegations contained in the Pre- 
amble of the Bill, and amended the same, by 
more fully describing the financial state of the 
Bridgend Railway Company and the nature of their 
undertaking, and had made other Amendments of a 
verbal character 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. 


March, that there be laid before this House, a Re- 
turn of the Subjects of Examination to which Persons 
nominated to Clerkshi ps in the following Public Offices 
—the Treasury, the Customs, the Excise, the Post- 
office, the Admiralty, the Board of Control, the 
Home, Foreign and Colonial Offices, are subjected, 
as a condition of Admission into the said Offices, 
with the Mode and Length of Notice given to each 
Person so nominated that such Examination will be 
required of him, was read, and discharged. 


Return of the Subjects of Examination to which 
Persons are subjected who are nominated to Clerk- 
ships in the Treasury, the Customs, the Excise, the 
Post-office, the Admiralty, the Board of Control, 








the 


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


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant Cork County 
to the Clerk of the Crown in Jreland, to make out a Writ. 


Mr. Sotheron reported from the Select Committee Standing 
on Standing Orders, several Resolutions; which were Orders. 


1. That in the case of the Zeek Improvement Leek Im- 
Petition of Leek Improvement Commissioners for Provement. 


2. That in the case of the East Kent Railway East Kent 


Petition for leave to deposit a Petition for a Bill, the Railway. 


Colonel Boldero reported from the Committee on Llynvi Valley 
Group (2) of Railway Bills ; That in the case of the and Brident) 


ways Bill. 


The Order made upon the 5th day of this instant Public Offices 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Public Offices 








oe 


3 ee 





Sewers Rates 
(Lambeth. ) 


legacy, &amp;c. 
Duties. 


Kast India 
Irrigation. 


East India 
Railways. 


East India 
Postal Com- 
munication. 


East India 
Telegraphs. 


East India 
(Sattara. ) 





.stating the Mode and Length of Notice that such 





18 Victrori2Z. 


the Home, Foreign and Colonial Offices, the Pay- 
master General’s Office, the Office of Works, the 
Office of Woods, the Audit Office, the Registrar 
General's Office, the Ordnance Office, the War 
Office, the Poor Law Board, the Board of Trade, 
the Exchequer, the Privy Council Office, the Na- 
tional Debt Office, the Stationery Office, the Chief 
Secretary's Office (Ireland), the Pa aaster of Civil 
Service (Jreland), the Poor Law Board (Ireland) ; 


Examination will be required that is given to each 
Candidate. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the Rates levied by the Metropolitan 
Commission of Sewers in the several Parishes of the 
Borough of Lambeth, and the Amount of such Rates 
collected in each Parish, in each year from 1848 to 
1854, both inclusive; and also the Amount expended 
by the said Commissioners in making new Sewers 
or Repairs of Sewers in each Parish, in each of those 
years. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Returns showing the Amount of Capital on which 
the several Rates of Legacy Duty have been paid in 
Great Britain in the years 1853 and 1854, with an 
additional Column, showing the Amount of Tax 
received on each of the eight several Rates; also the 
Amount of Duty, in the Abstract, on each of the 
eight several Rates :—Showing the Amount of Capital 
on which the several Rates of Legacy Duty have been 
paid in Jreland for the years 1853 and 1854, and 
distinguishing the Amount of each Rate :—Showing 
the Total Amount of Duty on Legacies, Probates 
and Administrations received in Zreland in the years 
1853 and 1854:—Of the Total Amount of Revenue 
received in the United Kingdom in each of the years 
1853 and 1854 for Stamp Duties on Legacies, Pro- 
bates, Administrations and Testamentary Invento- 
ries ; distinguishing the Amount from England and 
Wales, Scotland and Ireland; with an Abstract of 
the whole Amount of Duty received since 1797 :— 
And, showing the Total Amount of Duty on Le- 
gacies, Probates and Administrations, received since 
the year 1797 (in continuation of Parliamentary 
Paper, No. 438, of Session 1853). 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Copies or Extracts of Documents referring to the 
Works of Irrigation on the Godavery River and 
Kistna Annicut, in the Presidency of Madras (in 
continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 341, of 
Session 1852-53). 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Copies or Extracts of Correspondence between the 
Court of Directors of the East india Company and 
the several Governments in Jndia, relative to the 
Progress of Railway undertakings in Jadia (in con- 
tinuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 318, of Session 
1854). 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Copies of any further Papers relating to the Report 
of the Commission appointed to inquire into Postal 
Communication in India ; together with Despatches 
from the Court of Directors to India, authorizing 
—~ Regulations and a uniform Rate of Postage in 

ndia. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Copies of Reports from India, and Laws or Decrees 
passed, respecting Telegraphs; and ofany Despatches 
from the Court of Directors regarding the Establish- 
ment of Electric Telegraphs in India. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Statement of the Receipts and Charges on account 
of Sattara, in each year from 1850 to 1854 inclusive. 


30° Martiz. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, fast India 
a of any further Papers relating to Hostilities (Burmah.) 
wi 





153 


Burmah (in continuation of Papers presented 
15th March 1853). 


to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this ae 
any further Papers relating to the Gold Coast (in 
continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 703, of 
Session 1852-53). 

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


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 Sep- 
tember and the 25th day of December 1854; dis- 
tinguishing the Amount of Allowance made to each 
Oftice for collecting the same in the Country, London, 
Edinburgh and Dublin respectively, with the Date 
of each Payment; and of Sums insured by each 
Office on Farming Stock for the same Period (in con- 
tinuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 228, of Session 
1854). 


Skeleton Map of Ireland, squared and numbered to § 
correspond with the Sheets of the Ordnance Maps, 
coloured with distinctive Colours, to show—1st. That 
portion of Jreland which has been surveyed geo- 
logically, and of which the Office Plans are prepared 
and ready to be transferred to the Plates of the re- 
duced One-inch Map of Jreland; 2d. That portion of 
Ireland of which the reduced Maps are prepared, and 
on which the geological features are in course of 
being marked in; 3d. That portion of Ireland of 
which the reduced Plates have been geologically 
coloured, and are now on Sale :—Statement of the 
Number of Plates of the reduced Map of Jreland 
which have been supplied to the Irish Geological 
Survey Office :—Similar Map and Return in respect 
of the English Geological Survey :—And, Statement 
of the Progress made in the Publication of Maps of 
the Jrish Geological Survey since the Return made 
in 1851 (Parliamentary Paper, No. 638), in which it 
is stated that “ The following area has been completed 
and published : the Counties of Dublin, Wicklow, 
Wexford, Carlow and Kilkenny ;” and also, where 
the Office for the Sale of the Geological Maps of 
those Counties has been established, and the Number 
of the Maps which have been sold. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Supply, 
Return of all Sums voted in Supply for the Service of _ 


the year 185455, distinguishing those voted in the 
first Session of 1854:—Of the Expenditure of the 
year ending on the 31st day of March 1855, dis- 
tinguishing Supply from Consolidated Fund Charges: 
—Of the Net Income of the same year :—Of the 
estimated Amount of new Taxes granted in 1854, 
and payable in respect of the same year, but out- 
standing on the said 31st day of March :—Of the 
Sum Total of 3 and 4:—Of the Amount raised by 
Exchequer Bills and Exchequer Bonds for the Service 
of the year 1854-55, in anticipation of Taxes. 


Government (or that will be supplied on the 1st day 
of April) to Troops of the Line of all Ranks, stating 
the Price allowed by Government to the Contractors 
for each Article; specifying those Articles that are 
supplied by the Ordnance Department, and stating 
the Periods at which each of the said Articles is 
renewed. 





VoL. 110. 





x Mr. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Gold Coast. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, an Fire 
Account of all Sums paid into the Stamp Office in Insurance. 


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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Army 
Return of the Articles of Clothing supplied by Clothing. 








Civil Con- 
tingencies. 
No. 157. 


Post: office. 


Deficiency 
Bills. 


Bank of 
England. 


Proprietors 
of Lands 
(Scotland. ) 


154 


Mr. Wilson presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand,—Abstract of the Sums expended under the 
Head of Civil Contingencies in the years 1852, 
1853, and 1854; detailed Account of the Expendi- 
ture in the year 1854; and an Estimate of the 
Amount required for 1855. 

Copy of Report from the Postmaster General to 
the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury, 
setting forth the Progress, Changes and Improve- 
ments effected in the various Departments of the 
Post-office during the year 1854. 

Ordered, That the Paper relative to the Post- 
office do lie upon the Table; and that the Paper 
relative to Civil Contingencies be referred to the 
Committee of Supply, and be printed. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of all Deficiency Bills issued between the 
5th day of January and the 31st day of March 


1855 inclusive, with Amounts and Times of Payment | 


on Discharge. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Copy of Letter from the Governor or Deputy Go- 


vernor of the Bank of England to the Chancellor of 


the Exchequer, dated the 14th day of March 1855. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously —_ 
to give directions, that there be laid before this House, 
a Return of the Number of Proprietors of Lands 
standing on the Valuation Rolls of the several 
Counties of Scotland, distinguishing each County, 
in the years 1775, 1800, 1825 and 1854 respec- 
tively, classifying them according to the cumulo 
Amount of the Valuation of the whole Lands be- 
longing to each Proprietor in the County, as in the 
following form, viz.— 





Number not exceedin 


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Education. 
No. 158. 


Sandhurst 
Royal Military 
College. 


Sandhurst 
Royal Military 
College. 


30° Martii. 





A. 1855. 


Senior Department of the Royal Military College in 
each year during the last Twenty years. 

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


Sir George Grey presented, by Her Majesty’s 
Command,—Copies of the Reports made for the 
year 1853 to the Secretary of State having the De- 
—— of the Colonies; in continuation of the 


British Colonies, with a view to exhibit generally 
the past and present state of Her Majesty’s Colonial 
Possessions, transmitted with the Blue Books for 
the year 1853. 





bruary last, for Copy of all Correspondence, since 
| the Ist day of January 1854, by or between the 
| Governors or Lieutenant Governors of any of the 
West India Colonies, the Treasury, the Colonial 
Office or the Commissioners for the West India 
Island Relief Fund, relative to Estates in the West 
Indies indebted to Government for Advances made 
to them by reason of Losses sustained by them in 
the Hurricanes of 1831-32. 


22d day of February last, for Copies of the recent 
Correspondence between Her Majesty’s Secretary 
of State for the Colonies and the Acting Governor 
of New Zealand, on the subject of Responsible 
Government. 


port made by Dr. Baly to the Secretary of State 
for the Colonies upon the subject of Quarantine at 
Gibraltar, under date the 6th day of May 1854. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table ; and that the three last be printed. 


Accounts relating to the Circumstances of the under- 
mentioned Turnpike Trusts applying for Local Acts 
in the present Session of Parliament, made by direc- 
tion of the Secretary of State for the Home Depart- 
ment, under the Powers conferred upon him by the 
Act 3 &amp; 4 Will. 4, c. 80:— 
No. 8. Lyme Regis Roads. 
9. Leominster and Ledbury Road. 
10. Bolton and Nightingale Roads. 
11. Wigan and Preston Roads, North of 
Yarrow. 
12. Bridport and Broadwinsor Roads. 





Ordered, That the said Address be presented to | 


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


Sir George Grey presented,—Return to an Ad- 
dress to Her Majesty, dated the 16th day of this 
instant March, for Copies of all Minutes of ‘the 
Committee of Privy Council on Education, arranged | 
in Chronological Order, with marginal headings of 
subjects. 

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


Mr. Peel presented,—Return to an Order, dated 
the 22d day of February last, for a Return of all 
Students at the Senior and at the Junior Departments 
of the Royal Military College at Sandhurst who since 
1830 have received First Class Certificates, speci- 
fying the Dates of their first and subsequent Com- 
missions, and whether obtained by Purchase or not ; 
as also the Staff Appointments held by any such 
Officer. 

Return to an Order, dated the 12th day of this 
instant March, for a Return of the Number of 
Officers who have received Certificates from the 





rections of several Acts of Parliament,—Copies of 
two Orders in Council of the 8th February 1855, 
under the Copyright Acts of 7 &amp; 8 Vic. c. 12, and 
of the 15 &amp; 16 Vice. c. 12. 

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


The following Papers were laid upon the Table by a 


the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, 
dated the 7th day of February last, for Returns of 
the Number of Prosecutions instituted by Order of 
the Commissioners of Inland Revenue, in each year 
since 1846, for Offences against the Stage Carriage 
Laws, stating the Nature of the Offences and the 
Result, and distinguishing the Cases in the Metro- 
politan Districts from the Cases in the Country 
Districts :—And, of the Number of Annual and 
Supplementary Stage Carriage Licenses issued for 
each of the same years in England, Scotland and 
Wales, together with the Amount of Duty received 
for the same in each year, and the Amount of 
Mileage Duty, distinguishing in each case the Me- 
tropolitan Carriages from the Country. 


turn to an Order, dated the 29th day of this Hartlepool 
instant March, for a Return of the Revenue and Pot 


Expenditure of the Commissioners of the Port of 
Hartlepool 


Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the Quarantine 
9th day of this instant March, for Copy of the Re- (Gibraltar. ) 


Mr. Cowper presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- Turnpike 
mand,—Copy of Second Report, with Abstracts of Trusts. 


Mr. Cowper also presented, pursuant to the di- Copyright. 





Colonies, 


eports annually made by the Governors of the. 


Sir George Grey also presented,—Return to an West India , 
Address to Her Majesty, dated the 22d day of Fe- Islands’ Relief, : 


No. 159. 


Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the New Zealand, 


No. 160. 







No. 161. 

































Wounded 

Officers 

(Crimea. y 
No. 162. 


Poor Law 
(Scotland. ) 


No. 163. 


Public 
Petitions. 


Vide Twenty- 
third Report. 


Governors 
of Colonies. 


No. 164. 


Steam Ship 
“City of Phi- 
ladelphia.” 


No. 165. 


Local Acts. 
No. 110. 


Poor Relief 
(Ireland. ) 





18 Vicroriz. 


Hartlepool from 1843 to 1852, both years inclusive ; 
distinguishing the Amounts paid for Legal and Par- 
liamentary Expenses, including Charges of Wit- 
nesses and Engineers employed on Parliamentary 
Business. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Wounded 
Officers (Crimea), which was presented upon the 
29th day of this instant March, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Poor Law 
(Scotland), which was presented upon the 29th day 
of this instant March, be printed. 


Petitions relating to Church Rates ;—Lord’s Day ; 
—Sunday Trading (Metropolis) ;—Newspaper, &amp;c. 
Postage and Stamp Duties Bill;—Newspaper, &amp;c. 
Postage and Stamp Duties Bill, and Newspaper 
Stamp Duties Bill;— Newspapers ;— Stage Car- 
riages ;—Border Marriages (Scotland) ;— Brighton 
Borough ;—Burial-grounds (Scotland) Bill;--Grain; 
—Intoxicating Liquors;—Probates of Wills and 
Letters of Administration ;—Registration of Births, 
&amp;c. (Scotland) Act;—Sale of Beer Act (1854) ;— 
Schools (Scotland) Bill;—and, War with Russia, 
—were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 

Petitions relating to the Nuisances Removal 
Amendment Bill ;—and, Public Health Bill,—were 
also presented, and read; and referred to the Select 
Committee on the Bills. 


Sir George Grey presented,—Return to an Ad- 
dress to Her Majesty, dated the 23d day of this 
instant March, for a Return, in a Tabular 4 orm, of 
the Names of all Governors and Lieutenant Go- 
venors, 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, with the Periods 
during which they may have been absent on leave, 
or otherwise, from their several Commands; dis- 
tinguishing those who have served in the Army and 
Navy; and also stating the Amount of the Military 
or Naval Pay and Emoluments, of whatever De- 
scription, which they may be in receipt of in addition 
to their Salaries as Governors. 

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


Mr. Hayter presented,-—— Return to an Order, 
dated the 29th day of this instant March, for Copy 
of any Cocmaqenlanes between the Board of Trade 
and the Liverpool Local Marine Board, relative to 


‘the Report on the Loss of the Steam Ship “ City of 


Philadelphia” (in continuation of Parliamentary 
Paper, No. 45, of the present Session). 

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


Sir Robert Peel presented, by Her Majesty’s 
Command,—Further Reports from the Admiralty 
relative to Applications for Local Acts :—21. Exeter 
and Exmouth Railway ; 22. Liynvi Valley Railway ; 
23. Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway. 

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


Mr. Horsman presented,—Return to an Order, 
dated the 1st day of this instant March, for Returns 
showing, by Counties, the Total Number of Paupers 
(In-door and Out-door) in receipt of Relief on the 1st 
day of January 1854 and the 1st day of January 1855, 
in the Unions in Ireland, specifying the Increase or 
Decrease in the latter as compared with the former 
Period :—And, showing the Total Number of Pau- 
pers in receipt of Relief for each Province in Lreland 
at the close of the First Week (ending Saturday) of 
a 4 1849 to January 1855, and the Amount of 
we te lodged, and the Expenditure for the Relief 
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of the Poor in Jreland during the year ended the 
29th day of September 1854, in comparison with the 
same for the preceding year (in continuation of Par- 
liamentary Paper, No. 18, of Session 1854). 

Mr. Horsman also presented, pursuant to the direc- Medical 
tions of several Acts of Parliament,—Copy of Third ye sey 
Annual Report of the Commissioners for administer- _ 
ing the Laws for Relief of the Poor in Jreland, under 
the Medical Charities Act, 14 &amp; 15 Vic. c. 68. 

Returns from the Marshal of the City of Dublin of Pawnbrokers 
the Pawnbrokers of Ireland, for the year ending 31st (reland.) 
December 1854. 

Returns of Qualifications of Officers of Militia, Militia 
delivered to Clerks of the Peace in Ireland. (Ireland.) 
. = That the said Papers do lie upon the 
able. - 


Resolved, That this House will, at the rising of Adjournment. 
the House this day, adjourn till Monday the 16th 
day of April next. 


A Message from the Lords, by Sir George Rose: Message from 
Mr. Speaker, the Lords. 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Despatch of 
to make further Provision for the more speedy and — 
efficient Despatch of Business in the High Court of Chancery Bill. 
Chancery, and to vest in the Lord Chancellor the 
Ground and Buildings of the said Court, situate in 
Southampton-buildings, Chancery-lane, with Powers 
of Leasing and Sale thereof; to which the Lords 
desire the concurrence of this House: And also, 

The Lords request, That this House will be pleased Army before 
to communicate to their Lordships, Copies of the Sebastopol. 
Reports from the Select Committee appointed by this 
House in the present Session of Parliament, to inquire 
into the Condition of our Army before Sebastopol, 
and into the Conduct of those Departments of the 
Government whose duty it has been to minister to 
the Wants of that Army ; together with the Minutes 
of Evidence taken before the said Committee, and 
the Appendix and Index thereto:—And then the 
Messenger withdrew. 

Resolved, That this House will send an Answer to 
the last part of the said Message, by Messengers of 
their own. : 

And the Messenger was again called in; and Mr. 

Speaker acquainted him therewith :—And then he 
again withdrew. 


The Order of the day being read, for nominating Lunatic Asy- 
the Select Committee on the Lunatic Asylums (Jre- !ums (Ireland) 
land) (Advances) Bill ; a 

Ordered, That the said Committee be nominated 
after the Notices of Motions. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Convention 
consideration the Convention with Sardinia Bill, as With Sardinia 
amended in the Committee ; _ 

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


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- supply. 
mittee of Supply ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
the 16th day of April next, resolve itself into the said 
Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Ways and 
mittee of Ways and Means; Means. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
the 16th day of April next, resolve itself into the said 
Committee. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- Testamentary 
posed, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to Jurisdiction. 
abolish the Jurisdiction of all the Ecclesiastical and 
Peculiar Courts in England and Wales respecting 
Wills and Administrations, to establish a distinct 
Court of Probate and Administration, and otherwise 
amend the Law in relation to matters testamentary ; 

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156 


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


Sabbati, 31° die Martii, 1855: 


And the Question being put :--It was resolved in 
the Affirmative: And that Mr. Solicitor General, 
Sir George Grey and Mr. Attorney General do pre- 
pare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the Number of Wives of Militiamen, and 
of the Number of their Children, in each Union in 
England and Wales, in receipt of Out-door Relief, 
with the Amount of that Relief, in the Week ending 
the 24th day of March 1855. 


Militia. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
ratify conditional Agreements entered into by the 
Commissioners of Her Majesty's Works and Public 
Buildings, and to vest in the said Commissioners 
certain Property situate near the College of Edin- 
burgh, in the City of Edinburgh, together with the 
General Register House in the said City, and all 
Lands held therewith, and to enable the said Com- 
missioners to acquire certain Property near the 
Palace of Holyrood: And that Sir William Moles- 
worth and the Lord Advocate do prepare, and bring 
it In. 


Edinburgh 
Lands. 


Metropolitan 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
Buildings. 


amend the Laws relating to the Construction of 
Buildings in the Metropolis and its Neighbourhood : 
And that Sir William Molesworth and Mr. Hayter 
do prepare, and bring it in. 


Poor Law 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
(Scotland. ) 


the better administration of the Poor Law in certain 
Districts in Scotland: And that Mr. Edward Ellice 
and Mr. Duncan do prepare, and bring it in. 


Notice being taken, that Forty Members were not 
present :—The House was told by Mr. Speaker; and 
Forty Members not being present, and it being then 


half an hour after Twelve of the clock on Saturday | 


morning : — The House was adjourned by Mr. 
Speaker, without a Question first put, till Monday 
the 16th day of April next. 








Lune, 16° die Aprilis ; 
Anno 18° Victorie Regine, 1855. 


PRAYERS. 
ib pe E Dursley and Midland Railway Bill was 
read the third time. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Dursley and 
Midland 
Railway Bill, 


Ossett Gas 
Bill. 


The Ossett Gas Bill was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

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


South Staf- 
fordshire 


The South Staffordshire Railway Bill was read 
the third time. 


Railway Bill. Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 

the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 

Belfast and The House proceeded to take into consideration 
County Down the Belfast and County Down Railway Bill, as 
Railway Bil. | mended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 
Bristol and The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Exeter ss the Bristol and Exeter Railway Bill, as amended 
Railway Bill. in the Committee. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


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A. 1855. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Colchester, 
the Colchester, Stour Valley, Sudbury and Hal- Psa be 
stead Railway Bill, as amended in the Committee. oo 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 





Railway Bill. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Grand June. 
the Grand Junction Water Bill, as amended in the my Water 
Committee. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Great North 
the Great North of Scotland Railway Bill, as 0f Scotland 
amended in the Committee. eae 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Great North. 


the Great Northern Railway (Increase of Capital) ¢t™ Railway 
: A : (Increase of 
Bill, as amended in the Committee. Capital) Bill. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Salisbury 
the Salisbury and Yeoril Railway Bill, as amended egy J 
: : way Bill. 
in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration South Wales 
the South Wales Mineral Railway Bill, as amended Mineral _ 
in the Committee. a 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Southwark 
the Southwark and Vauxhall Water Bill, as amended = Vauxhall 
: : ater Bill. 
in the Committee. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Vale of Neath 
the Vale of Neath Railway Bill, as amended in the Bilway Bil. 
Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Woolwich 
the Woolwich Equitable Gas Bill, as amended in Equitable 
the Committee. Ges Bal. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to Birmingham 
take into consideration the Birmingham Water Bill, Water Bill. 
as amended in the Committee ; and an Amendment 
was made to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Ordered, That the England and Ireland Improved England 


Communication Bill be read a second time upon 224 Ireland 


. d 
Friday next. ron nee 


tion Bill. 
Mr. Greene presented a Bill for the Improvement Leek 

of the Town of Leek, in the County of Stafford, a 
for purchasing the Market Tolls, and for providing 

more commodious Markets and Cemeteries, and for 

better supplying the Inhabitants with Water, and for 

other ne pe And the same was read the first 

time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


A Petition of Shipowners and Merchants inter- Hartlepool 
ested in the Trade of the Port of Hartlepool, praying — — 
that Provision may be made in the Hartlepool Pier *° 
and Port Bill for repealing certain portions of the 
Act 14 Vic. c. 16, with respect to the application of 
Tolls on Vessels entering the Harbour of Hartle- 
pool, and for empowering the Commissioners ap- 

inted by the said Bill to levy and apply such 
Rolls for Harbour purposes and the benefit of 
Shipping using the Port, was presented, and read ; 
and referred to the Examiners of Petitions for Pri- 
vate Bills. 

A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Bur- ao 
gesses of the Borough of Kingston-upon-Thames, srr voment 
praying that Provision may be made in the King- 8; 
ston-upon-Thames Improvement Bill for — 
the 




















Dublin, &amp;c. 
Roads (No. 2) 
Bill. 


Newcastle- 
upon-Tyne 
Improvement 
Bill. 


Westminster 
Terminus 
Railway 
(Clapham to 
Norwood) 
Extension. 


British and 
American 
Great Railway 
Land Com- 
pany Bill. 


Edinburgh 
Lands Bill. 


Bill 74. 


National 
Vaccine 
Board, 


County Courts, 


Election 
Auditors, &amp;c. 


Election 
Expenses. 


Poor Relief 
(Scotland. ) 





18 Vicroriz. 


the Corporation to hold a weekly Caitle Market, 
and for other purposes, was presented, and read ; 
and referred to the Examiners of Petitions for Pri- 
vate Bills. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table—Report from 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, 
That in the case of the Dublin, &amp;c. Roads (No. 2) 
Bill, the Standing Orders have been complied with. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, 
in respect of non-compliance with the Standing 
Orders in the case of the Petition for additional 
Provision in the Mewcastle-upon- Tyne Improvement 
Bill. 

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


The House was moved, That the Report from the 
Select Committee on Standing Orders in respect of 
the Petition for the Westminster Terminus Railway 
(Clapham to Norwood) Extension 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 Manor-street Ter- 
minus of the authorized Westminster Terminus 
Railway, in the Parish of Clapham, in the County 
of Surrey, to Norwood, in the Parish of Saint 
Mary, Lambeth, in the same County: And that 
Mr. Locke King, Mr. Alcock and Viscount Chelsea 
do prepare, and bring it in. 


The Order for reading a second time the British 
and American Great Railway Land Company Bill, 
was read, and discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


Sir William Molesworth presented a Bill to ratify 
conditional Agreements entered into by the Com- 
missioners of Her Majesty’s Works and Public 
Buildings, and to vest in the said Commissioners 
certain Property situate near the College of Edin- 
burgh, in the City of Edinburgh, together with the 
General Register House in the said City, and all 
Lands held therewith, and to enable the said Com- 
missioners to acquire certain Property near the 
Palace of Holyrood: 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. 


Mr. Cowper presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand,—Copy of Annual Report of the National 
Vaccine Board, 1855. 

Copy of First Report of the Commissioners ap- 
pointed to inquire into the state of the County 
Courts and the course of Practice therein, and par- 
ticularly with respect to the Fees levied in the said 
Courts; together with an Appendix. 

Mr. Cowper also presented,—Return to several 
Addresses to Her Majest , dated the 24th day of 
January, and 9th day of March last, for a Re- 
turn of the Names and Descriptions of the Election 
Auditors at the several Elections of Members to 
serve in Parliament, held within Great Britain and 
Ireland since the 10th day of August 1854, with 
the Names of the Candidates at such Elections, 
and the Amounts of the Election Expenses of each 
of such Candidates : And, for a Return of 
the Abstracts of Accounts of Election Expenses ren- 
dered by the different Election Auditors, since the 
passing of the Act 17 &amp; 18 Vic. c. 102, specifying 
in each particular case the Amount of the Bills so 
paid, and the Names of the Parties to whom paid. 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 
5th day of March last, for a Return relative to each 
Parish in Scotland, of all Inquiries instituted by the 
Board of Supervision for the Relief of the Poor; 
stating the Name of the Person employed, and the 
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157 


Time occupied in each such Inquiry, for every year 
from January 1846 to January 1855. 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the Bullion, &amp;c. 
12th day of March last, for Accounts of the Notes, 
Securities, Bullion, &amp;c. of the Bank of England, as 
published weekly in the Gazette, according to the 
Act 7 &amp; 8 Vic. c. 32 :—And, of the Monthly Average 
Aggregate Amount of Promissory Notes payable to 
Bearer on demand in circulation in the United King- 
dom ; distinguishing those circulated by the Banks 
of England and Ireland, and by Private and Joint 
Stock Banks in England, Scotland and Ireland ; 
together with the Bullion in the Bank of England, 
up to the present time (in continuation of Parlia- 
mentary Paper, No. 953, of Session 1853). 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the Hampton 
20th day of March last, for a Return of the Number Court and 
of Visitors admitted to see the Apartments and *¢¥ @#*dens- 
Pictures at Hampton Court, and the Gardens at Kew, 
during the year 1854; distinguishing the Number 
in each Month, and the Number on the several Sun- 
days (in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 

313, of Session 1854). 

Mr. Cowper also presented, pursuant to the di- Poor Relief 
rections of an Act of Parliament,— Poor Relief (Ireland.) 
(Ireland) :—Copies of Four General Orders issued 
by the Commissioners, under the 2d section of the 
11 &amp; 12 Vie. c. 25. 

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


The following Paper was laid upon the Table by Land Forces, 
the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, dated ** (India.) 
the 29th day of March last, for an Abstract Return 
of the Total Land Forces under the disposition of 
the Governor General of India in Council ; distin- 
guishing European Troops from Native, and the 
Queen’s Troops from the Company’s, and including 
the Subsidiary Troops and Contingents of all kinds 
from Native States :—And, like Return of Police 
Corps militarily organized, commanded by British 
Officers. 

The following Paper, pursuant to the directions of Metropolitan 
an Act of Parliament, was also laid upon the Table ooo 
by the Clerk of the House,—Metropolitan Com- ; 
mission of Sewers: Account in Abstract of Receipt 
and Expenditure during the year 1854; together 
with a Summary Statement and Report of all Con- 
tracts entered into and Works commenced and com- 
pleted during the year ; and of the Moneys owing to 
and Debts owing by the Commissioners on the 31st 
day of December 1854. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Registration 
reading of the Registration of Births, &amp;c. (Scotland) (Scotland) 
Bill; Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Monday the 30th day of this instant April. 


The Order of the day mos ead, for the second cay 

reading of the Parliamentary Representation (Scot- “©PYsen a 

land) Act Amendment Bill ; yor 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon ment Bill. 


Monday the 30th day of this instant April. 


Petitions relating to Universal Suffrage ;—Church Public 

Rates ;—Lord’s Day ;—Marriage Law Amendment F¢titions. 
Bill ;— Maynooth Cuteme Act ;— Newspaper, &amp;c. vide Twenty- 
Postage and Stamp Duties Bill;— Newspaper Stamp third Report. 
Duties Bill ;—Paper ;—A ffirmations (Scotland) Bill; 
—Billeting Soldiers (Scotland) ;—Criminal Justice 
Bill ;— Decimal Coinage ;— Education (Scotland) 
Bill ;—Intestacy (Scotland) Bill ;—Intoxicating Li- 
quors;—Metropolis Local Management Bill ;~Me- 
tropolis Local Management Bill, and Nuisances Re- 
moval Amendment Bill;—Poor Law ;—Poor Law 
(Ireland) ;— Postal Arrangements (Kingston-upon- 
Hull) ;—Tolls (Islington) ;—and, War with Russia, 
—were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table, 











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158 


Petitions relating to the Public Health Bill,—were 
also presented, and read; and referred to the Select 
Committee on the Bill. 


The Metropolis Local Management Bill was, ac- 
cording to Order, read a second time; and com- 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for 
Monday the 30th day of this instant April. 


Metropolis 
Local Manage- 
ment Bill. 


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 £.154,952, be granted to Her 
Majesty, to defray, to the 31st day of March 1856, 
the Expense of Maintenance and Repairs of Royal 
Palaces and Public Buildings. 

Whereupon Motion made, and Question put, That 
the Chairman do report Progress, and ask leave to 
sit again ; 

The Committee divided. 

Tellers for the ios William Williams, \ 3 

Yeas, Mr. John M‘Gregor : | Silas 

Tellers for the {on Earl of Mulgrave, h - 


Noes, Mr. Grenville Berkeley : 
Original Question put, and agreed to. 
Royal Parks, 2. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £.69,544, 
&amp;e. be granted to Her Majesty, to defray, to the 31st 
day of March 1856, the Expense of maintaining and 
keeping in repair the Royal Parks, Pleasure Grounds, 
&amp;c., and other Charges connected therewith. 

3. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £. 122,209, 
be granted to Her Majesty, for Works and Expenses 
at the new Houses of Parliament, to the 31st day of 
March 1856. 

4. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £. 6,000, 
be granted to Her Majesty, towards defraying, to 
the 31st day of March 1856, the Expense of a General 
Repository for Records. 

5. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £. 122,841, 
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 1856. 

6. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £.234,000, 
be granted to Her Majesty, towards defraying the 
Expense of constructing certain Harbours of Refuge, 
to the 31st day of March 1856. 

7. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £. 375, 
be granted to Her 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 1856. 

8. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £. 30,963, 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Expense of 
repairing and maintaining the several Public Build- 
ings in the Department of the Commissioners of 
Public Works in Jreland, to the 31st day of March 
1856. 

9. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £. 5,876, 
be granted to, Her Majesty, to defray the Expense 
of the Works and Establishment of Kingstown Har- 
bour, to the 31st day of March 1856. 

10. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £.82,140, 
be granted to Her Majesty, to pay the Salaries and 
Expenses of the two ~ pa of Parliament, and Al- 
lowances to the Retired Officers of the two Houses, 
to the 31st day of March 1856. 

11. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £. 54,400, 
be ted to Her Majesty, to pay the Salaries and 
Expenses of the Department of Her Majesty’s Trea- 
sury, to the 31st day of March 1856. 

12. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £.27,595, 
be granted to Her Majesty, to pay the Salaries and 
Expenses of the Office of Her Majesty’s Secretary 
of State for the Home Department, to the 31st day 
of March 1856. 

Foreign 13. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £.83,849, 
Department. be granted to Her Majesty, to pey the Salaries and 
Expenses in the Department of Her Majesty’s Secre- 


Supply. 


Royal Palaces 
and Public 
Buildings. 


New Houses of 
Parliament. 


Depository 
for Records. 


Holyhead 
Harbours. 


Harbours 
of Refuge. 


Port Patrick 
Harbour. 


Public Works 
(Ireland.) 


Kingstown 
Harbour. 


Houses of 
Parliament. 


Treusury. 


Home Depart- 
ment. 


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A. 1855. 


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 1856. 

14. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £.35,897, Colonies. 
be granted to Her Majesty, to pay the Salaries and 
Expenses in the Department of I Her Majesty's Se- 
cretary of State for the Colonies, to the 31st day of 
March 1856. 

15. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £.75,733, Privy Council, 
be granted to Her Majesty, to pay the Salaries and 
Expenses in the Department of Her Majesty’s Most * 
honourable Privy Council, and Committee of Privy 
Council for Trade, including the Railway and Marine 
Departments, and the Kegistrar of Siecdnnt Seamen, 
to the 31st day of March 1856. 

16. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £.2,700, Lord Privy 
be granted to Her Majesty, to pay the Salary of the Seal. 

Lord Privy Seal, and the Expenses of his Establish- 
ment, to the 31st day of March 1856. 

17. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £.25,211, Paymaster 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Salaries “eneral. 
and Expenses in the Department of Her Majesty’s 
Paymaster General, to the 31st day of March 1856. 

18. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £.7,314, Comptroller 
be granted to Her Majesty, to pay the Salaries and General of the 
Expenses in the Department of the Comptroller peace 
General of the Exchequer, to the 31st day of March 
1856. 

19. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £. 21,595, Works and 
be granted to Her Majesty, to pay the Salaries and Public 
Expenses of the Office of the Commissioners of - °* 
Her Majesty's Works and Public Buildings, to the 
31st day of March 1856. 

20. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £.21,862, Woods,Forests 
be granted to Her Majesty, to pay the Sularies and snd Land 
Expenses of the Office of sale, Forests and Land “**""™* 
Revenues, to the 31st day of March 1856. 

21. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £.14,098, Public 
be granted to Her Majesty, to pay the Salaries and Records. 
Expenses of the Department of Public Records, in- 
cluding the State Paper Office, to the 31st day of 
March 1856. 

22. Resolved, Thata Sum, not exceeding £. 205,383, Poor Laws 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray Expenses Administra- 
connected with the Administration of the Laws re- "°™ 
lating to the Poor, to the 31st day of March 1856. 

23. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £.38,222, Mint. 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge 
of the Establishment of the Mint, including Ex- 
penses of the Coinage, to the 31st day of March 
1856. 

24. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £.15,530, Factories, 
be granted to Her Majesty, to pay the Salaries and Mines, &amp;e. 
Expenses of the Inspectors of Factories, Mines, &amp;c., 
to the 31st day of March 1856. 

25. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £. 5,156, Officers, &amp;c. 
be granted to Her Majesty, to pay the Salaries of (Scotland.) 
the Department of the Queen’s and Lord Treasurer’s 
Remembrancer in the Exchequer, Scotland, of cer- 
tain Officers in Scotland, and other Charges, for- 
merly paid from the Hereditary Revenue, to the 
31st day of March 1856. 

26. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £.6,431, Household of 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of Lord Licu- 
Salaries for the Officers and Attendants of the jcusnd. 
Household of the Lord Lieutenant of Jreland, to the 
31st day of March 1856. 

27. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £.17,032, Chief Secre- 
be granted to Her Majesty, to pay the Salaries and tary, t the 
E es of the Offices of the Chief Secretary to tenant of 
the Lord Lieutenant of Jreland in Dublin and - Ireland. 
don, to the 31st day of March 1856. 

28. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £.6,889, Paymaster of 
be ted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of Civil Services 
the 


ent of the Paymaster of Civil Services “™"™™ 
in Ireland, to the 31st day of March 1856. 
29. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £. 22,789, 
be granted to Her Majesty, to pay the Salaries and 
Expenses of the Board of Public Works in Jreland, 
to the 3ist day of March 1856. 
30. Resolved, 


Board of 
Public Works 
(Ireland.) 





Commis- 
sioners for 
Auditing 
Public 
Accounts. 


Copyhold, 
Inclosure 
and Tithe 
Commission. 


General 
Register Office. 


General 
Register Office 
(Dublin. ) 


Registrar 
General 

of Births, &amp;c. 
(Edinburgh. ) 


National 
Debt Office. 


Public Works 
Loan Com- 
missioners, 


West India 
Islands Relief 
Commis- 
sioners. 


Commission- 
ers in Lunacy. 


Metropolitan 
Buildings 
Office. 


Superin- 
tendent of 
Roads (South 
Wales.) 


Registrar of 
iendly 
Societies, 


Secret 
Services, 


Stationery, 
&amp;e, 7 


Education. 





18 Vicroriz. 


30. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £.46,421, 
be granted to Her Majesty, to the Salaries and 
Expenses in the Department oft the Commissioners 
for auditing the Public Accounts, to the 31st day of 
March 1856. 

31. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £.16,270, 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Expense 
of the Copyhold, Inclosure and Tithe Commission, 
to the 31st day of March 1856. 

32. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £. 12,190, 
be granted to Her Majesty, to pay the Imprest 
Expenses under the Inclosure and Drainage Acts of 
the Copyhold, Inclosure and Tithe Commission, to 
the 31st day of March 1856. 

33. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £.42,500, 
be granted to Her Majesty, to pay the Salaries and 
Expenses in the Department of the General Register 
Office, England and Wales, to the 31st day of 
March 1856. 

34. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £. 3,768, 
be granted to Her Majesty, to pay the Salaries and 
Expenses in the Department of the General Register 
Office, Dublin, to the 31st day of March 1856. 

35. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £.5,715, 
be granted to Her Majesty, to pay the Salaries and 
Expenses in the Department of the Registrar Ge- 
neral of Births, &amp;c., Edinburgh, to the 31st day of 
March 1856. 

36. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £. 14,986, 
be granted to Her Majesty, to pay the Salaries and 
Expenses in the National Debt Office, to the 31st 
day of March 1856. 

37. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £.3,260, 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Salaries 
and Expenses of the Establishment under the Public 
Works Loan Commissioners, to the 31st day of 
March 1856. 

38. Resolved, Thata Sum, not exceeding £.1,570, 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Expenses 
of the Establishment under the West India Islands 
Relief Commissioners, to the 31st day of March 
1856. 

39. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £. 820, 
be granted to Her Majesty, to pay the Contingent 
Expenses of the Office of the Conmlaienens in 
Lunacy, to the 31st day of March 1856. 

40. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £.3,000, 
be granted to Her Majesty, to pay the Salaries of the 
Principal Officers of the Office of Metropolitan 
Buildings, to the 31st day of March 1856. 

41. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £. 984, 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Salary 
and Expenses of the General Superintendent of 
County Roads in South Wales, to the 31st day of 
March 1856, 

42. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £.1,610, 
be granted to Her Majesty, to pay the Salaries and 
Expenses in the Department of the Registrar of 
Friendly Societies in England, to the 31st day of 
March 1856. 

43. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £.32,000, 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of 
Her Majesty’s Foreign and other Secret Services, to 
the 31st day of March 1856. 

44. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £.360,470, 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Expense 
of Stationery, Printing and Binding, for the several 
Public Departments, including the Expense of the 
Stationery Office, to the 31st day of March 1856. 

45. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £.100,000, 
be granted to Her Majesty (on account), for Public 
Education in Great Britain, to the 31st day of 
March 1856. 

Resolutions to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Fitz Roy 
reported, That the Committee had come to several 
Resolutions. 

Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow. 

Mr. Fitz Roy also acquainted the House, that he 
Vou. 110. 


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159 
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- Ways and 
mittee of Ways and Means ; Meane. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Education Bill. 
reading of the Education Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Friday the 27th day of this instant April. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Passengers 
into a Committee on the Passengers Act Amendment Act Amend- 
Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker —~&lt; =. 
resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bouverie reported, That ®#!! 75- 
the Committee had gone through the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for Monday the 30th 
day of this instant April. 

The Order of the day being read, for the second Savings Banks 
reading of the Savings , for and Friendly Societies #™4 Friendly 
Investments Bill ; nell 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon Bill. 

Friday the 27th day of this instant April. 


The Public Libraries and Museums (Jreland) Bill Public 
was, according to Order, read a second time; and ——— a 
committed to a Committee of the whole House, for ({rejand) Bill. 


Thursday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Newspaper. 


reading of the Newspaper, &amp;c. Postage and Stamp oe a 
~ Open. and Stamp 
Duties Bill ; Duties Bill. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Monday next. 


The Select Committee on the Lunatic Asylums Lunatic Asy- 
(Ireland) (Advances) Bill was nominated of Mr. po (Ireland) 
Horsman, Sir John Trollope, Mr. Macartney, Mr. ——— 
Robert Palmer, Sir John Duckworth, Mr. Evelyn 
Denison, Mr. Fagan, Mr. Stanley, Mr. Francis 
Scully, Mr. Byng and Colonel Dunne. 

Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take Convention 
into consideration the Convention with Sardinia with Sardinia 
Bill, as amended in the Committee. Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
To-morrow. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to Court of 
regulate Procedure in the Court of Session in Scot- Session 
land: And that the Lord Advocate and Mr. Attorney ‘S°424-) 
General do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Public Income 
Accounts of the Net Public Income of the United #4 Expendi- 
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland in the year ao 
ended the 31st day of March 1855 (after abating “~“° = 
the Expenditure thereout defrayed by the several 
Revenue Departments), and of the actual Issues or 
Payments within the same Period, exclusive of the 
Sums applied to the Redemption of Funded or 

ying off Unfunded Debt, and of the Advances and 

payments for Local Works, &amp;c.:—And, of the 
Balances of the Public Money remaining in the 
Exchequer on the 5th day of April 1854; the Amount 
of Money raised by the additions to the Funded or 
Unfunded Debt in the year ended the 31st day of 
March 1855 ; the Money applied towards the Re- 
demption of the Funded or paying off Unfunded 
Debt; the Total Amount of Advances and Repay- 
ments on account of Local Works, &amp;c., with the 
difference accruing thereon, and the Balances in the 
Exchequer on the 31st day of March 1855. 


x 4 Mr. 








160 


Mr. Wilson accordingly presented the said Ac- 
counts. 

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


Mr. Wilson presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand, — Statement of the Expenditure from the 
Grants for Public Education for Great Britain, in 
the year ended 31st December 1854. 

Mr. Wilson also presented,—Return to an Order, 
dated the 27th day of March last, for a Return of 
the Amount of Deficiency Bills and Consolidated 
Fund Bills outstanding on the 31st day of March 
next ; and of the Exchequer Balance in the Bank of 
England on that day. 

Return to an Order, dated the 30th day of March 
last, for a Return of all Deficiency Bills issued be- 
tween the 5th day of January and the 3ist day of 
March 1855, inclusive, with Amounts and Times of 
Payment on Discharge. 

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


Education. 


No. 167. 


Deficiency 
Bills, &amp;c. 


No. 168. 


Deficiency 
Bills. 


No. 168. 


The Lord Advocate presented a Bill to regulate 
Procedure in the Court of Session in Scotland: 
And the same was read the first time ; and ordered 
to be read a second time upon Monday the 30th 
day of this instant April ; and to be printed. 


Court of 
Session (Scot- 
land) Bill. 


Bill 76. 


Testamentary 
Jurisdiction 
Bill. 


Bill 77. 


Mr. Solicitor General presented a Bill to abolish 
the Jurisdiction of all hs Mocieniantaal and Peculiar 
Courts in England and Wales respecting Wills and 
Administrations, to establish a distinct Court of 
Probate and Administration, and otherwise amend 
the Law in relation to Matters Testamentary: And 
the same was read the first time; and ordered 
to be read a second time upon Friday next; and 
to be printed. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
a Detailed Statement relative to Harbours of Refuge ; 
showing, 1. The Total estimated Cost of the Works 
proposed ; 2. The Sums already voted by Parlia- 
ment for each Harbour; 3. The Amount required 
to be voted in the present year, ending the 31st day 
of March 1856; 4. The Sums that will remain 
necessary for the Completion of the Works; ac- 
companied by the Reports of the Engineers in 
charge of the Works, for the Four Quarters of the 
year ending the 31st day of March 1855 (in conti- 
nuation of ‘Parliamentary Paper, No. 276, of Session 
1854). 

Mr. Wilson accordingly presented the said Paper. 

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


Harbours of 
Refuge. 


No. 169. 


Mr. John Ball presented,—Return to an Address 

to Her Majesty, dated the 15th day of March 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 
continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 86, of 
Session 1854). 
Copyright Mr. John Ball also presented, pursuant to the 
(Cape of Good directions of an Act of Parliament,—Copy of an 
Hope.) Act for authorizing the Importation into the Colony 
of the Cape v Good Hope of Books, being Foreign 
Reprints of Books first composed or written, or 
printed or published in the United Kingdom, and 
in which there shall be Copyright:—Also, Copy of 
an Order of Her Majesty in Council, dated 10th 
March 1855, referring thereto. 

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


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 


Immigrants 
and Liberated 
Africans. 


16° —17° 





A. 1855. 


Martis, 17° die Aprilis ; 
Anno 18° Victorie Regine, 1855. 


Aprils. 


PRAYERS. 

M R. Brotherton presented a Bill for making a Westminster 

Railway from the Manor-street Terminus of Terminus 
the authorized Westminster Terminus Railway, in ‘Cigne 

: ; apham to 

the Parish of Clapham, in the County of Surrey, Norwood) Ex. 
to Norwood, in the Parish of Saint Mary, Lambeth, tension Bill. 
in the same County: And the same was read the 
first time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Ordered, That the Dublin, &amp;c. Roads (No. 2) Dubin, &amp;. 
Bill be read a second time. -— (No, 2) 


The Order of the day being 
reading of the London City Gas Bill ; 

Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


read, for the second London City 
Gas Bill, 


Mr. Strutt reported from the General Committee Railway and 
on Railway and Canal Bills; That they had with- Canal Bills 
drawn from the Group No. 9, the Dundalk and a ™ 
Blackrock Railway Bill. y 

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


The Heywood Water Bill was read the third time. Heywood 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. Water Bill. 
Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 

to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Medical, Invalid and General Life Assu- Medical, 


rance Society Bill was read the third time. Invalid and 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. — 


Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill Society Bill. 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Ordered, That the Abingdon Railway Bill be re- Abingdon 
committed to the former Committee. Railway Bill 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Bangor 
the Bangor Markets and Public Institutions Bill, as Markets and 
amended in the Committee. piesa og 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House 
the Lancaster 
the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Bombay, 
reading of the Bombay, Baroda and Central India —_ a 
Railway (No. 2) Bill; Railway 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time (No. 2) Bill. 
upon Tuesday the 24th day of this instant April. 


Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- Hyde Original 
mittee on the Hyde Original Gas Bill and the Hyde ede Ges. 
Gas (No. 2) Bill, that they have Power to consoli- (No, 2) Bill 


date the said Bills into one Bill. 


roceeded to take into consideration Lancaster 


ater and Gas Bill, as amended in Water and 
Gas Bill. 


Mr. Duncan presented a Bill for the better Ad- Poor Law 
ministration of the Poor Law in certain Districts (Scotland) Bil 
in Scotland: And the same was read the first time ; _ Bill 78. 
and ordered to be read a second time upon Thurs- 
day the 3d day of May next; and to be printed. 


Lord Stanley reported from the Committee on 
Group 1 of Railway and Canal Bills; That Mr. 
James Duff, 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. 


Railway and 
Canal Bills 
(Group 1.) 


rted from the Committee of Selec- Committee 
the of Selection 
Ninth Re- 


Mr. Greene re 
tion; That they had made several alterations in 


Groups of Private Bills already formed, and had om) 

agreed to re 
Ordered, 

and be printed. 


rt the same to the House. 
at the Report do lie upon the Table ; 


No. 170. 








The 





Army before 
Sebastopol. 


British 
Museum. 


Leave of 
Absence, 


Vessels and 
Tonnage, &amp;c. 


Local Acts. 
No. 110, 


Spirits, &amp;c. 


Spirits 
(Scotland.) 





18 Vicrortra, 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
that part of the Message from the Lords of the 30th 
day of March last, wherein their Lordships request 
that this House will communicate to their Lord- 
ships, Copies of the Reports from the Select Com- 
mittee appointed by this House in the present Ses- 
sion of Parliament, to inquire into the ondition of 
our Army before Sebastopol, and into the Conduct 
of those Departments of the Government whose 
duty it has been to minister to the Wants of that 
Army; together with the Minutes of Evidence 
taken before the said Committee, and the Appendix 
and Index thereto. 

Ordered, That Printed Copies of the First and 
Second Reports 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 
Return of the Income and Expenditure of the Bri- 
tish Museum for the Financial year ended the 31st 
day of March 1855; of the Estimated Charges and 
Expenses for the year ending the 31st day of March 
1856 ; of the Sum necessary to discharge the same ; 
and of the Number of Persons admitted to visit the 
Museum from Christmas 1848 to Christmas 1854 ; 
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 1854. 


Ordered, That Sir Samuel Bignold have leave of 
absence for a month, on account of ill health. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
a Return of the Number of Vessels and Tonnage 
entered Inwards and cleared Outwards at each of 
the Twelve principal Ports of the United Kingdom ; 
also the Official and Declared Value of Exports, 
and Official Value of Imports, for each of the said 
Ports, during the year 1854 (in continuation of Par- 
liamentary Paper, No. 390, of Session 1854). 


Mr. Osborne presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand,—Further Reports from the Admiralty rela- 
tive to Applications for Local Acts :—24. Newtown 
and Oswestry Railway ; 25. Folkestone Improvement ; 
26. Ayr Harbour; 27. Glasgow Corporation Water- 
works. 

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


The following Papers were laid upon the Table 
by the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, 
dated the 26th day of February last, for a Return 
of the Consumption of British, Foreign and Colo- 
nial Spirits in the United Kingdom, in each year 
from 1853 to 1855 :—Account showing the Number 
of Bushels of Malt charged with Duty, and the 
Average Price of Barley per Bushel, from 1853 to 
1855 (in continuation 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 from 1853 to 1855 :—Of the Quantity 
of Malt Spirits consumed in England, Scotland 
and Jreland, 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 Jreland on Malt 
Spirits imported from Scotland, in the same Period 
(in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 405, 
of Session 1854). 

Return to an Order, dated the 8th day of March 
last, for a Return of the Number of Gallons of Fo- 
reign Spirits cleared for Home Consumption in 
Scotland in each Month of the Five years ending on 
the 31st day of December 1854, and in the Months 
of January and February 1855, and of the Number 
of Gallons of British Spirits so cleared in each 
Period of Six Weeks during the same time. 

Vou. 110. 


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161 


Return to an Order, dated the 26th day of March Oak Bark 
last, for a Return of the Quantity of Oak Bark (Alice Holt 
taken from the Total Extent of Alice Holt Forest *°**) 
in the Season 1854; specifying the Quantity taken 
from each Inclosure; the Price per ‘Ton at which 
such Bark was sold; the Total Sum realised; the 
Date at which such Sum was paid to the Receiver 
at the Office of Woods; together with the Sums 
paid to the several Contractors for the Preparation 
of the said Bark, with their Names. 

Return to an Order, dated the 26th day of March Probate, &amp;e. 
last, for a Return of the Number of Probates and Duty. 
Letters of Administration stamped under each Grade 
of Duty respectively (after correction for Return or 
Increase of Duty) in the year 1854 (in continuation 
of Parliamentary Paper, No. 595, of Session 1849). 

Return to an Order, dated the 29th day of March Arctic Expe- 
last, for a Return of the Cost of the Further Papers ditions. 
relative to the recent Arctic Expeditions, presented 
to both Houses of Parliament by Command of Her 
Majesty in January 1855 ; distinguishing under each 
head the Expense of Paper, Printing, Lithographing of 
Charts and Illustrations, and other Expenses ; and 
of the Number of Copies printed, and distribution of 
the same. 

Return to an Order, dated the 30th day of March Bank of 
last, for Copy of Letter from the Governor or Deputy England. 
Governor of the Bank of England to the Chancellor 
of the Exchequer, dated the 14th day of March 1855. 


a 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Election Election 
Auditors, &amp;c., and Election Expenses, which was Auditors, &amp;c. 
presented upon the 16th day of this instant April, a 
be printed. No. 171. 

Ordered, That the Return relative to Poor Relief Poor Relief 
(Scotland), which was presented upon the 16th day (Scotland.) 
of this instant April, be printed. No. 172. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Bullion, &amp;c., Bullion, &amp;c. 
which was presented upon the 16th day of this in- No. 173. 
stant April, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Land Forces, Land Forces, 
&amp;e. (India), which was presented upon the 16th day &amp;c- (India.) 
of this instant April, be printed, No. 174. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Metropo- Metropolitan 
litan Commission of Sewers, which was presented —— 
upon the 16th day of this instant April, be printed. pra 

0. 175. 

Ordered, That the Return relative to Immigrants Immigrants 

and Liberated Africans, which was presented upon 24 Liberated 


the 16th day of this instant April, be printed. yell 


Petitions relating to Brecon Collegiate Church Public 
Act (1853) ;—Church Rates ;—Lord’s Day ;—Mar- Fetitions. 
riage Law Amendment Bill;—Maynooth College vide Twenty- 
Act ; — Public-houses ; — Newspaper, &amp;c. Postage fourth Report. 
and Stamp Duties Bill;—Newspaper Stamp Duties 
Bill ;—Stage Carriages ;— Billeting Soldiers (Scot- 
lund) ;—Burials beyond the Metropolis Act ;— De- 
cimal Coinage ; — Education (Scotland) Bill; — 
Friendly Societies Bill ;—Intestacy (Scotland) Bill ; 
—lIntoxicating Liquors ;—Medical Officers (Navy) ; 
—Metropolis Local Management Bill ;—Poor Law ; 
—Postal Communication ( Waterford and Dublin) ; 
—Schools (Scot/and) Bill;—Sea Coast Fisheries 
( Ireland) Bill, and Inland Fisheries (Jre/and) Biil ;— 
and, War with Russia,—were presented, and read; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Trustees of the British Museum British 
being offered to be presented ; Museum. 
| Mr. Baines, by Her Majesty’s Command, ac- 
| quainted 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 
x 


consists 








= 


New Zealand 
Company. 


162 


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 
of Parliament; and praying the House to grant 
them such further support towards enabling them to 


17° Aprils. 


A. 1855. 


their claims was substituted and made use of by the 
company’s agent, and, as appears by his own letters 
to the secretary of the company, not without effect. 

8. That vigorous efforts ought to be made in the 
ensuing Session of Parliament, to obtain inquiry 
into and relief from the matters complained of in 
the foregoing Resolutions. 

9. That, should any amount be fixed on as ulti- 
mately due to the company, the same ought to be 
distributed amongst the provinces upon principles 
to be settled by the General Assembly. 





10. That it is expedient that an Act should be 


_— on the execution of the trust reposed in them | obtained in the next Session of the Imperial Parlia- 
by Parliament for the general benefit of learning | ment for obtaining such relief, and for enabling the 
and useful knowledge, as to the House shall seem |General Assembly to effectuate such distribution ; 


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


A Petition of the Commons of New Zealand, 
assembled in their House of Representatives (signed 
by the Speaker), was presented, and read; setting 
forth, That the Petitioners humbly beg leave to 
submit to the House the following Resolutions passed 
by the House of Assembly in reference to the claims 
ot the New Zealand Company upon the land fund 
of that colony : 

1. That the debt of 268,370/. 15s. to the New 
Zealand Company, imposed upon the colony by 
Act of Parliament, ought to be considered as an 
equivalent in money at 5s. an acre for 1,007,300 


acres alleged to be surrendered to the Crown for the | 


service of that colony 

2. That at the time the arrangement was entered 
into by which this debt was saddled upon the colony, 
the Crown was, in terms of the 13th chapter of the 
Royal Instructions of 1846, a trustee of the land and 
land fund of the colony for the benefit of its sub- 
jects, and especially for the benefit of such of them 
as have settled or shall hereafter settle in Mew 
Zealand. 

3. That the arrangement of 1847, between the 
New Zealand Company and Lord Grey, subsequently 
given effect to by the Act 10 &amp; 11 Vic., c. 112, was 
obtained by misrepresentation and suppression of 
the truth, and appears to have been entered into in 
a state of comparative ignorance on the part of the 
Crown, of the position and transactions of the com- 
pany both in England and the colony, and in parti- 
cular that the existence and extent of the claims of 
the settlers of Wellington and Nelson were not made 
known to Parliament. 

4. That the company was not justified in applying 
any portion of the land which it professed to sur- 
render to the colony to the liquidation of its out- 
standing and undisclosed liabilities, excepting en- 
gagements on the condition that the value of any 
land so applied by the company or by the Govern- 
ment in fulfilment of the company’s contracts should 
be deducted from the amount of the debt. 

5. That the minimum amount of loss of land fund 
sustained by the colony is, including the expense of 
surveying the compensation land, 120,000 /. 

6. That, inasmuch as the money advanced by 
Parliament was said to be afforded to the company 
to restore the property of the existing settlements, 
and to promote the establishment of new settlements 
in the colony, the inhabitants of New Zealand have 
a right to inquire whether the public money given 
to the New Zealand Company was applied fully and 
fairly to the objects for which the Crown constituted 
it its trustee. 

7. That the compromise of claims of the Nelson 
land purchasers carried into effect in July 1847, was 
essentially modified in favour of the company by the 
following means : a legal opinion favourable to the 
claims of the settlers, which the company had pro- 
mised to obtain, and to make public among them 
for the adjustment of their mutual differenves, was 
suppressed ; and a second opinion unfavourable to 


and that it will be desirable in any such Act to 
obtain power to commute the company’s claim for 
colonial or provincial securities. 

And praying that the House will be pleased to 
institute an inquiry into the origin, nature and extent 
of the debt to the Mew Zealand Company, and to 
take such steps as the House in its wisdom may 
think fit to give effect to the foregoing Resolutions, 
and to relieve that colony, in whole or in part, from 
the burden of a debt which the Petitioners venture 
to submit to the House is excessive and unjust. 

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


A Motion was made, and the Question being put, Medical 
That a Select Committee be appointed to inquire Departments 
into the state of the Medical Departments of each of a ~ 
the two Services, Army and Navy ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right ; 

The Noes to the Left. 

Tellers for the f Colonel Boldero, | 

Yeas, \Sir John Trollope : } 7 
Tellers for thef Mr. Hayter, 1 
Noes, The Earl of Mulgrave: ff 
So it passed in the Negative. 


73. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to Sunday 
prevent Trading on Sunday within the Metropolitan ben lis.) 
Police District and City of London and Liberties”? 
thereof: And that Lord Robert Grosvenor, Viscount 
Ebrington and Mr. Montagu Chambers do prepare, 
and bring it in. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Coroners’ 

Return of the Number of Inquests held by the several Inauests 
Coroners in Jreland for each of the years 1843, 1844 — 
and 1845, separately, and of the Sums presented 
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 
ons es for Mileage, and for Medical Witnesses, 
and other Expenses of holding Inquests :—And, 
Return of the Number of Coroners appointed to 
Districts in the several Counties and Counties of 
Cities in Jreland, pursuant to the Provisions of the 
Act 9 &amp; 10 Vic. c. 37, and at what Presenting Term 
such Appointments were made respectively. 


The Select Committee on Loan Fund Societies Loan Fund 
(Ireland) was nominated of Mr. Pollard-Urquhart, oe 
Mr. French, Colonel Dunne, Mr. Brady, Mr. Bonham end 
Carter, Mr. Massey, Viscount Monch, Mr. Seymour 
Fitzgerald, Mr. John Abel Smith, Colonel Greville 
and Mr. Kirk; 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 Education 


provide for the Education of Pauper Children: And ——— 
that Mr. Evelyn Denison, Mr. Latouchere and Colonel ~"""~” 
Wilson Patten do prepare, and bring it in. 


The Select Committee on the Bills of Exchange Bills of Ex- 








— and Bills of Exchange and Promissory — rary ye 
? 





Exchange and 
Promissory 
Notes Bill. 


Land and 
Assessed Taxes 
Divisions. 


Burial- 
grounds (Scot- 
land) Bi 


Supply. 


Royal Palaces 
and Public 
Buildings. 


Royal Parks, 
&amp;e. 


New Houses of 


Parliament. 


Repository for 
Records. 


Holyhead 
Harbours. 


Harbours 
of Refuge. 


Port Patrick 
Harbour. 


Public Works 
(Ireland. ) 


Kingstown 
Harbour. 


Houses of 
Parliament. 


Treasury, 


Home Depart- 
ment, 


Foreign 
Department. 


18 Victrori-. 


Bill, was nominated of Sir Erskine Perry, Mr. 
Walpole, Mr. Kirk, Mr. Glyn, Mr. Solicitor General 
for Ireland, Mr. Henry Keating, Mr. Lowe, Mr. 
Muniz, Mr. Horsfail, the Lord Advocate, Mr. 
Attorney General, Mr. Gurney, Mr. Henley, Mr. 
Atherton aud Mr. Hankey. 

Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
facilitate the formation of Divisions for which 
Meetings of Commissioners of Land or Assessed 
Taxes may be held in Great Britain: And that Mr. 


Frewen and Mr. Spvoner do prepare, and bring it in. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Burial-grounds (Scotland) Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
the 26th day of this instant April, resolve itself into 
the said Committee. 


Mr. FitzRoy reported from the Committee of 
Supply, several Resolutions ; which were read, as 
follow : 

1. That a Sum, not exceeding £.154,952, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray, to the 31st day 
of March 1856, the Expense of Maintenance and 
Repairs of Royal Palaces and Public Buildings. 

2. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 69,544, be granted 
to Her Majesty, to defray, to the 31st day of March 
1856, the Expense of maintaining and keeping in 
repair the Royal Parks, Pleasure Grounds, &amp;c., and 
other Charges connected therewith. 

3. That a Sum, not exceeding £.122,209, be 
granted to Her Majesty, for Works and Expenses at 
the New Houses of Parliament, to the 31st day of 
March 1856. 

4, That a Sum, not exceeding £.6,000, be granted 
to Her Majesty, towards defraying, to the 31st day 
of March 1856, the Expense of a General Repository 
for Records. 

5. That a Sum, not exceeding £.122,841, 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 1856. 

6. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 254,000, be 
granted to Her Majesty, towards defraying the Ex- 
pense of constructing certain Harbours of Refuge, to 
the 31st day of March 1856. 

7. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 375, be granted 
to Her 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 1856. 

8. That a Sum, not exceeding £.30,963, be granted 
to Her Majesty, to defray the Expense of repairing 
and maintaining the several Public Buildings in the 
Department of the Commissioners of Public Works 
in Lreland, to the 31st day of March 1856. 

9. That a Sum, not exceeding £.5,876, be granted 
to Her Majesty, to defray the Expense of the Works 
and Establishment of Kingstown Harbour, to the 
31st day of March 1856. 

10. That a Sum, not exceeding £.82,140, 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 1856. 

11. That a Sum, not exceeding £.54,400, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to pay the Salaries and 
Expenses of the Department of Her Majesty’s 
Treasury, to the 31st day of March 1856. 

12. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 27,595, be 
= to Her Majesty, to pay the Salaries and 

xpenses of the Office of Her Majesty’s Secretary of 
State for the Home Department, to the 31st day of 
March 1856. 

13. That a Sum, not exceeding £.83,849, 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 1856. 

Vou. 110. 


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163 

14. That a Sum, not exceeding £.35,897, be Colonies, 
granted to Her Majesty, to pay the Salaries and 
Expenses in the Department of Her Majesty’s Secre- 
tary of State for the Colonies, to the 31st day of 
March 1856. 

15. That a Sum, not exceeding £.75,733, be Privy Council. 
granted to Her Majesty, to pay the Salaries and 
Expenses in the Department of Her Majesty’s Most 
honourable Privy Council, and Committee of Privy 
Council for Trade, including the Railway and Marine 
Departments, and the Registrar of Merchant Seamen, 
to the 31st day of March 1856. 

16. That a Sum, not exceeding £.2,700, be granted Lord Privy 
to Her Majesty, to pay the Salary of the Lord Privy Se. 

Seal, and the Expenses of his Establishment, to the 
31st day of March 1856. 

17. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 25,211, be Paymaster 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Salaries and “General. 
Expenses in the Department of Her Majesty’s Pay- 
master General, to the 31st day of March 1856. 

18. That a Sum, not exceeding £.7,314, be Comptroller 
granted to Her Majesty, to pay the Salaries and nn 
Expenses in the Department of the Comptroller ~ 
General of the Exchequer, to the 31st day of March 
1856. 

19. That a Sum, not exceeding £.21,595, be Works and 
granted to Her Majesty, to pay the Salaries and een , 
Expenses of the Office of the Commissioners of ie 
Her Majesty’s Works and Public Buildings, to the 
31st day of March 1856. 

20. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 21,862, be Woods, Forests 
— to Her Majesty, to pay the Salaries and — 

xpenses of the Office of Woods, Forests and Land ; 
Revenues, to the 31st day of March 1856. 

21. That a Sum, not exceeding £.14,098, be Public 
granted to Her Majesty, to pay the Salaries and Records. 
Expenses of the Department of Public Records, in- 
cluding the State Paper Office, to the 31st day of 
March 1856. 

22. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 205,383, be Poor Laws 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray Expenses con- Administra- 
nected with the Administration of the Laws re-~° 
lating to the Poor, to the 31st day of March 1856. 

23. That a Sum, not exceeding £.38,222, be Mint. 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge 
of the Establishment of the Mint, including Ex- 
penses of the Coinage, to the 31st day of March 
1856. 

24. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 15,530, be Factories, 
granted to Her Majesty, to pay the Salaries and Mines &amp;c. 
Expenses of the Inspectors of Factories, Mines, &amp;c., 
to the 31st day of March 1856. 

25. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 5,156, be Officers, &amp;c. 
granted to Her Majesty, to pay the Salaries of (Scotland) 
the Department of the Queen’s and Lord Treasurer’s 
Remembrancer in the Exchequer, Scotland, of cer- 
tain Officers in Scotland, and other Charges, for- 
merly paid from the Hereditary Revenue, to the 
31st day of March 1856. 

26. ‘That a Sum, not exceeding £.6,431, be Household 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of — Lord ¢ 
Salaries for the Officers and Attendants of the reland. _ 
Household of the Lord Lieutenant of Zreland, to the 
31st day of March 1856. 

27. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 17,032, be Chief Secre- 
granted to Her Majesty, to pay the Salaries and t#ty to the 

ixpenses of the Offices of the Chief Secretary to 2m Me™ 
the Lord Lieutenant of Jreland in Dublin and Lon- Ireland. 
don, to the 31st day of March 1856. 

28. That a Sum, not exceeding £.6,889, be Paymaster of 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of oa. 
the Department of the Paymaster of Civil Services ¥ 
in Lreland, to the 31st day of March 1856. 

29. That a Sum, not exceeding £.22,789, be Board of 
enn to Her Majesty, to pay the Salaries and a 

ixpenses of the Board of Public Works in Zreland, . 
to the 31st day of March 1856. 

30. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 46,421, be Commis- 
— to Her Majesty, to pay the Salaries and sioners for 
xpenses in the Department of the Commissioners pyplic "4 

¥2 for Accounts. 





164. 
for auditing the Public Accounts, to the 31st day of 
March 1856, 

31. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 16,270, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Expense 
of the Copyhold, Inclosure and Tithe Commission, 
to the 31st day of March 1856. 

32. That a Sum, not exceeding £.12,190, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to pay the Imprest Ex- 

nses under the Inclosure and Drainage Acts of 
the Copyhold, Inclosure and Tithe Commission, to 
the 31st day of March 1856. 

33. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 42,500, be 
granted to Her Majestv, to pay the Salaries and 
Expenses in the Department of the General Register 
Office, England and Wales, to the 31st day of 
March 1856, 

34. That a Sum, not exceeding £.3,768, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to pay the Salaries and 
Expenses in the Department of the General Register 
Office, Dublin, to the 31st day of March 1856. 

35. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 5,715, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to pay the Salaries and 
Expenses in the Department of the Registrar Ge- 
neral of Births, &amp;c., Edinburgh, to the 31st day of 
March 1856. 

36. That a Sum, not exceeding £.14,986, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to pay the Salaries and 
Expenses in the National Debt Office, to the 31st 
day of March 1856. 

37. That a Sum, not exceeding £.3,260, be granted 
to Her Majesty, to defray the Salaries and Expenses 
of the Establishment under the Public Works Loan 
Commissioners, to the 31st day of March 1856. 
West India 38. Thata Sum, not exceeding £. 1,570, be granted 
Islands Relief to Her Majesty, to defray the Expenses of the 
aceon Establishment under the West India Islands Relief 
sioners,. ae 
Commissioners, to the 31st day of March 1856. 
Commission. 39. That a Sum, not exceeding £.820, be granted 
ers in Lunacy. tg Her Majesty, to pay the Contingent Expenses of 
the Office of the Commissioners in Lunacy, to the 
31st day of March 1856. 

40. That a Sum, not exceeding £.3,000, be granted 
to Her Majesty, to pay the Salaries of the Principal 
Officers of the Office of Metropolitan Buildings, to 
the 31st day of March 1856. 

41. That a Sum, not exceeding £.984, be granted 
to Her Majesty, to defray the Salary and Expenses 
of the General Superintendent of County Roads in 
South Wales, to the 31st day of March 1856. 

42. That a Sum, not exceeding £.1,610, be granted 
to Her Majesty, to pay the Salaries and Expenses 
in the Department of the Registrar of Friendly 
Societies in England, to the 31st day of March 1856. 

43. That a Sum, not exceeding £.32,000, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of 
Her Majesty’s Foreign and other Secret Services, to 
the 31st day of March 1856. 

44. That a Sum, not exceeding £.360,470, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Expense of 
Stationery, Printing and Binding, for the several 
Public Departments, including the Expense of the 
Stationery Office, to the 31st day of March 1856. 

45. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 100,000, be 
granted to Her Majesty (on account), for Public 


Copyhold, 
Inclosure 
and Tithe 
Commission. 


General Re- 
gister Office. 


General 
Register Office 
(Dublin.) 


Registrar 
General of 
Births, &amp;c. 

( Edinburgh.) 


National 
Debt Office. 


Public Works 
Loan Com- 
missioners, 


Metropolitan 
Buildings 
Office. 


Superin- 
tendent of 
Roads (South 
Wales.) 


Registrar of 
Friendly 
Socicties. 


Secret 


Services. 


Stationery, &amp;c. 


Education. 


Education in Great Britain, to the 31st day of 


March 1856. 
The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 


Convention § The Convention with Sardinia Bill was 
= Sardinia +&gt;) 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. 


, according 


Lord Robert Grosvenor presented a Bill to prevent 
Trading on Sunday within the Metropolitan Police 
District and City of London and Liberties thereof: 
And the same was read the first time ; and ordered 
to be read a second time upon Thursday the 3d day 
of May next; and to be printed. 


Sunday 
Trading (Me- 
tropolis) Bill. 


Bill 79. 


17° Aprilis. 


Mr. Frewen presented a Bill to facilitate the for- Land and 
Assessed Taxes 
Divisions Bill, 


A. 1855. 


mation of Divisions for which Meetings of Com- 
missioners of Land or Assessed Taxes may be held 
in Great Britain: And the same was read the first 
'time ; and ordered to be read a second time upon 
Thursday the 3d day of May next; and to be printed. 


Mr. Evelyn Denison presented a Bill to provide 
for the Education of Pauper Children : 
same was read the first time ; and ordered to be read 





| a second time upon Wednesday the 16th day of May 
|next; and to be printed. 
| 


The Order for the House to resolve itself into a 

| Committee, upon Thursday next, on the Public Li- 

| braries and Museums (Ireland) Bill, was read, and 
discharged. 

| Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 

the 30th day of May next, resolve itself into the said 
Committee. 


_ Sir George Grey presented,—Return to an Ad- 


| dress to Her Majesty, dated the 20th day of March 
last, for Returns of the Population, according to the 
last Census, of every Union, and of every Parish 

not ina Union, in England, showing the Amount 
of Workhouse Accommodation in each, for the year 
/ending the 31st day of December 1854:—Of the 
| Population of every Parish in Scotland, showing 
|the Amount of Workhouse Accommodation in each, 
| for the year ending the 31st day of December 1854: 
_—And, of the Population of every Union in Jreland, 


showing the Amount of Workhouse Accommodation 
‘in each, for the year ending the 31st day of De- 
cember 1854. 

Return to an Order, dated the 5th day of Fe- 


bruary last, for a Return, in a Tabular Form, of the 


Tithe made to or at the respective Quarter Sessions 
held in each County in Seton during the year 
1854; distinguishing those in which the Applica- 
tions were successful from those refused, as also, 
where successful, the Amount or Extent of the Va- 
riation made. 

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


Mr. Peel presented, by Her Majesty’s Command, 
—A Return of all Commissariat Stores ordered and 
shipped previously to the 22d December, for the 
use of the Army in the East, exclusive of Salt Pro- 
visions, Biscuit, Porter and Flour, either from Ports 
in Great Britain, in the Mediterranean, or else- 
where. 

Return showing the Number of Sick during each 
Month from the landing of the Army at Gallipoli: 
—The Number of Surgeons, Apothecaries, Nurses 
and Passengers for corresponding Periods :—The 
Number of the British Army in the Peninsula at 
the time of the Battle of Vittoria, and the Strength 
of the Medical Staff:—The Total Number of Men 
and Officers of all Arms sent to the East from Eng- 
land, Ireland or the Colonies, before the Army 
proceeded to the Crimea, a the several Regi- 
ments, with the Date of Embarkation:—The Total 
Number of Men and Officers of all Arms that 
landed in the Crimea before the Battle of Alma :— 
The Number of Killed and Wounded in the Battle of 
Alma :-—The Effective State of the Army after the 
Flank March to Balaklava, showing the Number of 
Sick and Wounded :—The Date of Arrival and the 
Amount of Reinforcements and Drafis of all Arms 
after the Battle of A/ma, specifying to what Corps 
belonging, and whether previously part of Lord 
Raglan’s Army, up to the latest Period. 

Mr. Peel x a presented,— Return to an Address 
to Her Majesty, dated the 27th day of March last, 
for Copies of any Correspondence with the Secretary 
for War on the subject of the Construction of a 
Railway or Tramroad from the Harbour of Bala- 
hlava to Sebastopol; of any Estimates or other 


Documents accompanying such Correspondence ; 
and, 





Bill 80. 


Education 


And the of Pauper 


Children Bill. 
Bill 81. 


Public 
Libraries and 
Museums 
(Ireland) Bill, 


Population, 
&amp;e. 


Tithe Rent- 
charge 


Applications for Variation of Rent-charge in lieu of anes 


Commissariat 
Stores 
(Army.) 


Army 
(Crimea.) 


Balaklava and 
Sebastopol 
ailway. 





Committees. 


Public 
Petitions 
(Twenty-third 
Report.) 


Swansea Vale 
Railway Bill. 


Abingdon 
Railway Bill. 


Despatch of 
Business, 
Court of 
Chancery Bill. 


Bill 82. 


Spirits 
(Navy.) 


Date 
of 


Contract. 


Month, 











: | 
Year. | Quantity. Description. | Price. 


18 Vicroriz. 


and, of any Order or Orders given for the Com- 
mencement of such Railway or Tramroad. 

Ordered, That the Returns relative to the Com- 
missariat Stores (Army); and, Army (Crimea), be 
referred to the Select Committee on the Army before 
Sebastopol ; and that the Return relative to Balak- 
lava and Sebastopol Railway do lie upon the Table. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 





Mercurii, 18° die Aprilis ; 
Anno 18° Victoria Regine, 1855. 


PRAYERS. 


RDERED, That all Committees have leave 
to sit this day, 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 30th day of March last, 
and the 16th day of this instant April; and had 
directed him to make a Report thereof to the House. 

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


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Swansea Vale Railway Bill, as amended in the 
Committee ; and Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


A Petition of Directors having the Management 
of the Undertaking thereinafter mentioned, praying 
that Provision may be made in the Abingdon Rail- 
way Bill for enabling the Petitioners and the Great 
Western Railway Company to enter into Mutual 
Arrangements for working the Oxford Branch of the 
Great Western Railway to Abingdon, was presented 
and read ; and referred to the Examiners of Petitions 
for Private Bills. 


The Despatch of Business, Court of Chancery Bill 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time upon Thursday the 26th day of this 
instant April; and to be printed. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Copies of further Correspondence with the Board of 
Admiralty, praying that a portion of British Spirits 
may be taken for the supply of the Royal Navy, and 
Answers thereto (23d and 29th June 1853), and of 
all Contracts entered into for the Supply of the Royal 
Navy with Spirits from July 1853 to the latest Period 
on which such Contracts have been entered into :— 
Of all Advertisements from the Board of Admiralty 
for Tenders of Rum and of British Spirits to the 
latest Period, January 1855 :—And, of Contracts 
entered into for the Supply of the Royal Navy with 
Spirits, from the year 1841 to 1853 (in continuation 
of Parliamentary Paper, No. 389, of Session 1854). 


Particulars of Ten- | Replies to 
ders of Hame-made | such Tenders 
or British Spirits of British 
sent to the Board. | Spirits made. 


Quantity and Description 
of Spirits contracted for, and 
Price thereof in 
each Year. 


Quantity. Price. Dates. 

















Public 
Petitions. 


Vide Twenty - 
fourth Report. 


Petitions relating to Church Rates; — Lord’s 
Day ;— Marriage Law Amendment Bill ;— Maynooth 
College Act ;— Newspaper Stamp Duties Bill ;— 


Affirmations (Scotland) Bill; — Dwelling-houses | 


(Scotland) Bill;—Education (Scotland) Bill ;—In- 

testacy (Scotland) Bill ;—Intoxicating Liquors ;— 

Petty Sessions Clerks (Jreland);— Poor Law ;— 

Poor Law (Ireland) ;—Sale of Beer Act (1854) ;— 

Schools (Scotland) Bill ;—Coast Fisheries (Jre/and) 

Bill; —Coast Fisheries (Ireland) Bill, and Inland 
Vou. 110. 





17°—18° Aprilis. 








165 


Fisheries (Ireland) Bill; — Spirits (Ireland) Act 
Amendment Bill; —and, Tenants’ Improvements 
Compensation (Jreland) Bill,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That an Abstract of the Papers relative Weights and 
to Weights and Measures, which were presented Measures. 
upon the 15th day of February 1842, be printed. No. 177. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Spirits, &amp;c., Spirits, &amp;e. 
which was presented upon the 17th day of this instant No. 178. 
April, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Spirits (Scot- Spirits 
land), which was presented upon the 17th day of aw 
this instant April, be printed. No. 179. 

Ordered, That the Return relative to Probate, &amp;c. Probate, &amp;c. 
Duty, which was presented upon the 17th day of P“Y- 
this instant April, be printed. No 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Arctic Arctic _ 
Expeditions, which was presented upon the 17th day Expeditions. 
of this instant April, be printed. No. 181. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Bank of Bank of 
England, which was presented upon the 17th day of #"8!"4- : 
this instant April, be printed. No, 182, 


Ordered, That the Return relative to East India, East India 
which was presented upon the 8th day of March last, No. 183. 
be printed. 


- 180. 


The Intestacy (Scotland) Bill was, according to Intestacy 
Order, read a second time; and committed to .o 


Committee of the whole House, for Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Sea Coast 
reading of the Sea Coast Fisheries (/re/and) Bill; (ireland) 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 the word “now,” and, at 
the end of the Question, adding 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 _" sian 
Mr. J‘ Mahon, 
Tellers for the Yeas, \ Mr. George Moore B 19. 


Tellers for the Noes, fMr. Napier, has. 


Mr. Whiteside : 
So it passed in the Negative. 
And the Question being put, That the words 
“ upon this day six months ” be added to 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 Inland 
reading of the Inland Fisheries (Jreland) Bill ; rome Bill. 

Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Tenants’ 
reading of the Tenants’ Improvements Compensation Improvements 
(Ireland) Bill ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
proposed, That the Bill be now read a second time: 
—And a Debate arising thereupon ; 


Ordered, That the Debate be adjourned till Friday 


Compensation 
(Ireland) Bill. 


| next. 


The Order of the dav being read, for the second Mines 
reading of the Mines (/reland) Bill ; (Ireland) Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday the 2d day of May next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Spirits 


reading of the Spirits (Zreland) Act Amendment Bill ; ———— 


Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time gill. 


upon Wednesday the 2d day of May next. 
¥ 3 The 








166 


Affirmations 
(Scotland )Bill. 


Committee of the whole House, for Friday next. 


Cathedral 

Appointments 
Act Con- : ‘ 
tinuance Bill tinuance Bill; 


Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 


Supply. The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Supply ; . | 

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


Ways and 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
Means. 


mittee of Ways and Means; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


18°—-20° Aprils. 
The Affirmations (Scotland) Bill was, according | 


to Order, read a second time; and committed to a | Bill, with Amendments. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- | 
mittee on the Cathedral Appointments Act Con- | was read the third time. 


. . | 

next, resolve itself into the said Committee. | 
| 

| 


| read the third time. 





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


Adjournment. 


Committees. Ordered, That all Committees have leave to sit | 
To-morrow, notwithstanding the adjournment of the | 


House. 


British 
Museum. 


No. 184. 


The following Paper was laid upon the Table by | 
the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, dated 
the 17th day of this instant April, for a Return of the | 
Income and Expenditure of the British Museum for 
the Financial year ended the 31st day of March 
1855; of the Estimated Charges and Expenses for 
the year ending the 31st day of March 1856; of the 
Sum necessary to discharge the same; and of the 
Number of Persons admitted to visit the Museum 
from Christmas 1848 to Christmas 1854; 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 1854. 

Ordered, That the said Return be referred to the 
Committee of Supply; and be printed. 


Mr. Osborne presented, — Return to an Order, 
dated the 9th day of February last, for a Return of 
the Names, Ages and Length of Service of the Naval 
Officers employed in the Mediterranean and Black 
Sea as Agents of Transports. 

Ordered, ‘Vhat the said Return do lie upon the 


Table. 


And then the House adjourned till Friday next. 


Agents of 
Transports. 


Veneris, 20° die Aprilis ; 


Anno 18° Victorie Regine, 1855. 


PRAYERS. 


Hartlepool M R. Speaker laid upon the Table,— Report from 
any and Port 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 Hartlepool Pier and Port Bill. 
Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Select 
Committee on Standing Orders. 
Kingston- Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 
merce one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, 
mprov ement . ° ° ~ ° 
Bill. in respect of non-compliance with the Standing 
Orders in the case of the Petition for additional 
- ovision in the Kingston-upon- Thames Improvement 
il. 
Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Select 
Committee on Standing Orders. 


Public Mr. Bonham Carter reported from the Select Com- 
Petitions mittee on Public Petitions; That they had examined 
(Twenty - the Petitions presented upon the 17th and 18th days 
fourth Re- a a - : ‘ : 

port. ) of this instant April ; and had directed him to make 


a Report thereof to the House. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 








A. 1855. 


Mr. Moody reported the Surbiton Improvement Surbiton 
cra 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


The Bangor Markets and Public Institutions Bill Bangor 
Markets and 
Public Insti- 


Resolved, That the Bill do pass. tutions Bill, 


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


The Belfast and County Down Railway Bill was Belfast and 
County Down 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. Railway Bil. 
Ordered, That Mr. Oliveira do carry the Bill to 


the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Colchester, Stour Valley, Sudbury and Hal- Colchester, 
stead Railway Bill was read the third time. — Valley, 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. awn A 
Ordered, That Mr. Oliveira do carry the Bill to Railway Bil. 


the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Grand Junction Water Bill was read the third Grand June. 
time. tion Water 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. — 
Ordered, That Mr. Oliveira do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Great Northern Railway (Increase of Capital) Great North- 
ill was read the third time. atc | 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 


oo ? Capital) Bill. 
Ordered, That Mr. Oliveira do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Lancaster Water and Gas Bill was read the Lancaster 
third time. btaay Fg 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. a 

Ordered, That Mr. Townley Parker do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The South Wales Mineral Railway Bill was read South Wales 
the third time. Mineral - 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. Railway Bill 
Ordered, That Mr. Oliveira do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Southwark and Vauxhall Water Bill was read Southwark 
the third time. = — 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. a 

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


The Vale of Neath Railway Bill was read the third Vale of Neath 
time. Railway Bill. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, ‘That Mr. Oliveira do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Woolwich Equitable Gas Bill was read the Woolwich 
third time ; and Amendments were made to the Bill. — Gas 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the . 
Title be, An Act to incorporate “The Woolwich 
Equitable Gas Company,” and to enable them to 
raise further Money, and for other purposes. 
Ordered, That Mr. Townley Parker do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Jedburgh _ 
the Jedburgh 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 Llynvi Valley 
the Llynvi Valley and Bridgend Railways Bill, as sad Beitr 
amended in the Committee. Railways Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Newcastle- 
the Newcastle-under-Lyme Gas Bill, as amended in — 
the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third — 

e 





A 


—— 


England 

and Ireland 
Improved 
Communica- 
tion Bill. 


Liverpool 
Port Bill. 


New River 
Company and 
Trustees of 
the River Lee 
Bill. 


Southampton 
Paving Trust 
Saint Pancras 
Bill. 


Newport Cor- 
poration Bill, 


Stourbridge 
Gas Bill. 


Regent’s 
Canal (Hert- 
ford Union 
Canal) Bill. 


Inverury and 
Old Meldrum 
Railway Bill. 


Madras 
Railway Bill. 


East Indian 
Railway Bill. 


Standing 
Orders, 


Stockton and 
Darlington 
Railway Bill. 


Newcastle- 
upon-Tyne 
Improve. 

ments Bill, 


ford Union Canal) Bill, with Amendments. 


18 Vicrorizx. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the England and Ireland Improved Com- 
munication 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 Liverpool Port 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 New River Company and ‘Trustees of 
the River Zee 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 Southampton Paving Trust Saint 
Pancras Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Friday the 4th day of May next. 





| 

Mr. Fitz Roy reported from the Committee on the 
Newport Corporation Bill; That they had examined 
the allegations contained in the Preamble of the Bill, 
and amended the same, by stating that the Freemen 
and Widows of Freemen had consented to the 
arrangements thereinafter contained; and also by 
omitting a Recital, proposing the extension of the 
limits of the Borough of Newport, in order to make 
the same in conformity 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. FitzRoy reported the Stourbridge Gas Bill, 
with Amendments. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Fitz Roy reported the Regent’s Canal (Hert- 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. FitzRoy reported the Inverury and Old Mel- 
drum Railway Bill, with Amendments. 

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


Mr. FitzRoy reported the Madras Railway Bill, 
with Amendments. 

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


Mr. FitzRoy reported the East Indian Railway 
Bill, with Amendments. 

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


Colonel Wilson Patten reported from the Select 
Committee on Standing Orders, several Resolu- 
tions ; which were read, as follow : 

1. That in the case of the Stockton and Darlington 
Railway, Petition of Richard Haywood Jones and 
S. H. iy hompson, for dispensing with —e Order 
110, and for leave to be heard on their Petition 
against the Bill, the said Standing Order ought to 
be dispensed with ; that the Parties be permitted to 
be heard upon 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. That in the case of the Newcastle-upon- Tyne 
Improvements, Petition from Burgesses of Mewcastle- 
upon- Tyne, for dispensing with Standing Order 110, 
and for leave to be heard on their Petition against 
the Bill, the said Standing Order ought not to be 
dispensed with. 





OL, 110. 





20° Aprils. 





167 





3. That in the case of the Mewcastle-upon-Tyne Newcastle- 
Improvements, Petition for additional Provision, the upon-Tyne 
Standing Orders ought to be dispensed with; that Prove 


the Parties be permitted to introduce their additional 
Provision with respect to lands and works only, 
if the Committee on the Bill shall think fit, on 
proving before the said Committee that Notice of the 
proposed additional Provision has been given to 
all the Owners, Lessees and Occupiers of all lands 
and houses affected thereby, who have not already 
assented to the proposed additional Provision; that 
the Committee on the Bill do report how far such 
a has been complied with on the Report of the 

ill. 

The first and third Resolutions, being read a second 
time, were agreed to. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


ments Bill. 


Ordered, That a Message be sent to the Lords, Poor Removal. 


to request that their Lordships will be pleased to 
give leave to Lord Monteagle of Brandon to attend 
to be examined as a Witness before the Select 
Committee appointed by this House on Poor Re- 
moval: And that Mr. Baines do carry the said Mes- 


sage. 


The Order for the House to resolve itself into a Episcopal and 


Committee, upon Wednesday the 23d day of Ma 
next, on the Episcopal and Capitular Estates Bill, 
was read, and discharged. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
the 31st day of May next, resolve itself into the said 
Committee. 


Capitular 
Estates Bill. 


Mr. Wilson presented,—Return to an Order, Supply, Ex- 
dated the 30th day of March last, for a Return of Penditure, &amp;c, 


all Sums voted in Supply for the Service of the year 
1854-55, distinguishing those voted in the first 
Session of 1854:—Of the Expenditure of the year 
ending on the 31st day of March 1855, distinguish- 
ing Supply from Consolidated Fund Charges :—Of 
the Net Income of the same year:—Of the esti- 
mated Amount of New Taxes granted in 1854, and 
payable in respect of the same year, but outstanding 
on the said 31st day of March:—Of the Sum Total 
of 3 and 4:—Of the Amount raised by Exchequer 
Bills and Exchequer Bonds for the Service of the 
year 1854-55, in anticipation of Taxes. 

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


No. 185. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented West Coast 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased of Africa. 


to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Copies or Extracts of any Acts of Parlia- 
ment, Orders in Council, Charters of Justice, or 
Government and Local Ordinances, defining the 
existing Civil and Judicial Constitutions of the Bri- 
tish 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. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, an Public Income 
Account of the Public Income and yon re of and Expendi- 


the United Kingdom, in the years en 
day of January 1853, 1854, and 1855; distinguish- 
ing 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 Estimate); for the Ex- 
penses of the Civil Government ; the Allowances to 
the Royal Family and to his Majesty the King of 
the Belgians; the Establishment of the Lord Lieu- 
tenant of Ireland; 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, 

x4 and 





ing the 5th 





Australian 
Colonies. 


Prisons. 


Assessments 
( Metropolis.) 


Spirits. 


168 20° Aprilts. A. 1855. 


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 Pay- 
ments not coming under any of the foregoing Heads; 
with an Appendix, showing the several Items com- 
posing each Head of Account (in continuation of 
Parliamentary Paper, No, 444, of Session 1854). 





Mr. John Ball presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 

mand,—Further en relative to the Alterations | 

in the Constitutions of the Australian Colonies (in | 

continuation of Papers presented 10th August and | 

December 1854, and March 1855). 

‘ — That the said Papers do lie upon the 
able. 


Mr. Cowper presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand,—Copy of Twentieth Report of the Inspectors 
appointed under the Provisions of the Act 5 &amp; 6 
Will. 4, c. 38, to visit the different Prisons of Great 
Britain: 1V. Scotland. 

Mr. Cowper also presented,—Return to an Ad- 
dress to Her Majesty, dated the 7th day of March 
last, for a Return setting forth the Assessment of 
each Parish within the Metropolitan Cities and Bo- 
roughs of London, Westminster, Marylebone, Fins- 
bury, Tower Hamlets, Southwark, Lambeth and 
Greenwich, under the following heads:—The As- 
sessment under the Property ‘Tax (Schedule A.); 
Assessment to County Rate; and Parochial Assess- 
ment. 

Ordered, That the said Papers 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 15th day of March 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 
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 1855:—Of the Number 
of Gallons of Proof Spirits (distinguishing the 
Sorts) on which Duty was paid for Home Con- 
sumption in each of the three Kingdoms, with the 
Rate per Gallon, and the Amount of such Duty ; 
also, the Total Number of Gallons and Duty ‘in 
the United Kingdom, for the year ending the 5th 
day of January 1855 :—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 a 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 1855 :—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 1855 :— 
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 1855 :—Of the Total Number of Proof 





Gallons of British Compounds and Spirits of Wine 
permitted from Rectifiers’ Stocks in England, Scot- 
land and Ireland, for Exportation to Foreign Ports 
under Drawback, for the year ending the sth day of 
January 1854 and 1855 :—And, of the Total Number 
of Gallons of Spirits in Bonded Stores in England, 
Scotland and Jreland respectively, on the 5th day 
of January 1855 (in continuation of Parliamentary 
Paper, No. 160, of Session 1854). 

The following Paper, pursuant to the directions of we 
an Act of Parliament, was also laid upon the Table “°"™ 
by the Clerk of the House,—Account of the Ap- 
plication of the Monies received on account of 
£. 6,000,000 Exchequer Bonds, issued per Act 


117 Vie. c. 23. 


Petitions relating to Church Rates ;—Ecclesias- Public 

tical Courts Bill ;—Marriage Law Amendment Bill ; Fetitions. 
—Maynooth College Act;—Sunday Trading (Me- vide Twenty- 
tropolis) Bill ;—Mines ;—Newspaper, &amp;c. Postage fifth Report. 
and Stamp Duties Bill ;—Newspaper, &amp;c. Postage 
and Stamp Duties Bill, and Newspaper Stamp Duties 
Bill;—Newspaper Stamp Duties Bill ;—Newspaper 
Stamps ;— Affirmations (Scotland) Bill; — Border 
Marriages (Scotland) ;—Burial-grounds (Scotland) 
Bill; —Criminal Justice Bill ;—Decimal Coinage ; 
—- Dwelling-houses (Scotland) Bill ; — Education 
(Scotland) Bill;—Education (Scotland) Bill, and 
Schools (Scotland) Bill;—Friendly Societies Bill ; 
--Grain ;—Intestacy (Scot/and) Bill;—Intoxicating 
Liquors ; — Liverpool Port and Harbour Dues ;— 
—Metropolis Local Management Bill a 
Act Amendment Bill;— Poor Law;—Poor Law 
(Ireland) ;—Ports and Harbours ;—Sale of Beer 
Act (1854);—Schools (Scotland) Bill; —Schools 
(Scotland) Bill, and Education (Scotland) Bill ;— 
Tenants’ Improvements Compensation (Jreland) 
Bill ;—and, War with Russia,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions relating to the Nuisances Removal 
Amendment Bill,—were also presented, and read ; 
and referred to the Select Committee on the Bill. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Ways and 
into the Committee of Ways and Means. Means. 


(In the Committee.) 


Loan. 


1. Resolved, That, towards raising the Supply 
granted to Her Majesty, the sum of £.16,000,000 
be raised by Annuities. 

2. Resolved, That every contributor to the said 
sum of £.16,000,000 shall, for every £.100 con- 
tributed and paid, be entitled to the Principal Sum 
of £.100 in Annuities after the rate of £.3 per centum, 
to commence from the 5th day of January 1855, 
and to be added to and made one joint stock with 
the existing Consolidated £.3 per centum Annuities, 
and to be payable and transferable at the Bank of 
England at the same times and in the same manner 
and subject to the like redemption as the said Con- 
solidated £.3 per centum Annuities. 

3. Resolved, That every such contributor shall 
also be entitled, for every £.100 contributed and paid, 
to a further annuity of 14s. 6d. for 30 years, to be 
payable and transferable at the Bank of England, 
and to be payable on the 5th day of April and the 
10th day of October in each year by equal ney 
payments, the first payment to be made on the 10t 
day of October 1855, and the last payment on the 
5th day of April 1885. 

4. Resolved, That the said several Annuities so to 
be payable as aforesaid shall be charged upon and 

aid out of the Consolidated Fund of the United 
Rineslens of Great Britain and Ireland. 

5. Resolved, That every contributor shall, on the 
24th day of April 1855, make a deposit of £.10 per 
centum on such sum as he or she shall choose to — 

scri 











18 Vicroriz. 


scribe towards raising the said sum of £. 16,000,000 
with the chief Cashier or Cashiers of the Governor 
and Company of the Bank of England as a security 
for making the subsequent payments on or before 
the days or times hereinafter mentioned (that is to 
say): 


Payment of— 

£.15 per centum on or) ‘ 

before the -f ~ 22d day of May 1855. 
£. 10 ” ™ 2 19th ” June 1855. 
£.15 » ° ol%th ,, duly 1086. 
£.10 ” - - 2ist ,, August 1855. 
£.10 ¥ - -18th ,, September 1855. 
£.10 jae - += 16th ,, October 1855. 
£.10 om - + 20th ,, November 1855. 
£.10 os - = 18th December 1855. 


” 
That all the monies so to be received by the said 
Cashier or Cashiers of the said Governor and Com- 
pany of the Bank of England shall be paid into the 
account of the receipt of Her Majesty's Exchequer 
at the Bank of England, to be applied from time to 
time to such services for Great Britain and Ireland 
as shall then have been voted by this House in this 
Session of Parliament, or to the redemption of the 
principal and interest of any Exchequer Bills issued 
or to be issued under the authority of the Act 
57 Geo. 3, c.48, or under the authority of any Act 
of the present Session of Parliament, authorizing the 
application of monies out of the Consolidated Fund 
for the service of the year ended on the 31st day of 
March 1855, and of the year ending on the 31st day 
of March 1856. 

6. Resolved, That for the purpose of the extinction 
from time to time of a sum of Consolidated £.3 = 
centum Annuities equal to the amount to be added 
to the said joint stock as aforesaid, there shall be 
issued and paid out of the Consolidated Fund of the 
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, or 
out of the a thereof, to the Com- 
missioners for the Reduction of the National Debt, 
in the financial year commencing on the Ist day of 
April which shall first happen twelve months after 
the ratification of a definitive Treaty of Peace with 
Russia, and in every subsequent year until such sum 
of Consolidated £.3 per centum Annuities is ex- 
tinguished, the sum of £.1,000,000: Provided, that 
in case in the last year in which such sum would 
be payable the sum necessary for purchasing the 
remaining portion of the said sum of Consolidated 
£.3 per centum Annuities be less than £.1,000,000, 
then so much only of such sum as may be necessary 
for that purpose shall be issued and paid as afore- 
said, and the sums so to be issued and paid to the 
Commissioners for the Reduction of the National 
Debt shall be applied by them in the purchase of 
Consolidated £.3 per centum Annuities, in the manner 
directed by the Acts for the Reduction of the Na- 
tional Debt, until a sum of £.16,000,000 Consoli- 
dated £.3 percentum Annuities has been extinguished 
and cancelled. 


Sprrits. 


7. Resolved, That, towards raising the Suppl 
granted to Her Majesty, there shall be diiaaph, 
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) : 


For and upon every gallon of spirits of the strength of 
hydrometer proof, which, on or after the 20th day of 
April 1855, shall be distilled in Scotland and Ireland 
respectively, or be in the stock, custody or possession 
of any distiller, rectifier or compounder of or dealer 
in spirits 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 England, Scotland 
or Ireland, shall, on or after the said day, be in ware- 
house in Scotland or Ireland, 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 Scotland or Ireland, shall, on 
or after the said day, be brought into Scotland or 
Ireland, the additional duty following . is to 
say): in Scotland the additional duty of 1s. 10d., 
and in Ireland the additional duty of 2s., and so in 
proportion for peg greater or less degree of strength, 
or any greater or less quantity. 

VoL, 110, 





20° Aprilis. 


169 


8. Resolved, That, towards raising the Supply 
granted to Her Majesty, on and after the 20th day 
of April 1855, 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 manufactured or distilled in the islands of 
Guernsey, Jersey, Alderney and Sark respectively, 
and imported from any of the said islands into Scot- 
land 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 9s. ; and for and upon every 
gallon of such last-mentioned spirits of the like 
strength, imported into Jre/and, the sum of 7 s. 2 d., 
and so in proportion for any greater or less degree of 
strength, or any greater or less quantity of such 
spirits imported into Scotland and Ireland respec- 
tively. 

9. Resolved, That, towards raising the Supply 
— to Her Majesty, in lieu of the respective 

uties of Excise now payable under any Act or Acts 
in force upon the several mixtures, compounds, pre- 
parations and commodities mentioned and described 
in the Schedule hereto annexed, on the removal of 
the same respectively as hereinafter mentioned, there 
shall be raised, levied, collected and paid upon the 
said several mixtures, compounds, preparations and 
commodities which, on or after the 20th day of April 
1855, shall be removed from Ireland to England or 
Scotland, the several Sums of Money and Duties of 
Excise respectively inserted, described and set forth 
in the said Schedule. 


ScHEDULE. 





Countervailing 
ARTICLES ENUMERATED, Sate. 

From Ireland 
to England or 


For every Gallon thereof removed. 
Scotland. 








&amp;. 


s. d. 
Pe: Sel ee ee et) ae 4 7 
Sweet Spirits of Nitre - - - - - 
Camphorated Spirits a oe 
Lavender Water and other Perfumes, being 
Spirits scented with Essential Oils, Flowers, 
or other ingredients - - - - - 
Compound Spirits of Lavender - 
Spirits of Rosemary o Be 8 
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 and Lacquers -  - 
Other Tinctures and Medicated Spirits 
Made Wines - - - = = 


S - - 
o£ 2 Cae 





10 


6 ea -s &amp; &amp; &amp; 42-8 8 2 2 eS 








Stamp DvtTIiEs. 


10. Resolved, That, towards raising the Supply 
granted to Her Majesty, all Drafts or Orders for the 
payment of any sum of money to the bearer on 
demand, which being drawn upon any banker, or 
any person or persons acting as a banker, and residing 
or transacting the business of a banker within 
15 miles of the place where such Drafts or Orders 
are issued, are now exempt from Stamp Duty, shall 
be chargeable with the Stamp Duty of 1 d. for every 
such Draft or Order. 


Income Tax. 


11. Resolved, That, towards raising the Supply 
granted to Her Majesty, there shall be charged and 
raised yearly, from and after the 5th day of April 
1855, in addition to the rates and duties chargeable 
under the Act passed in the last Session of Parlia- 
ment, chapter 24, for and in respect of all property, 
profits and gains chargeable under the several Acts 
in force relating to the Income Tax, either by assess- 

Z ment 








170 


ment or under any contract of composition or other- 
wise, the additional rate and duty of 2d. for every 
20s. of the annual value or amount of all such pro- 
perty, profits and gains respectively. 

Matt ALLOWANCES. 


12. 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 respec- 
tively hereinafter specified and set forth (that is to 
say) : 
. For and vpon 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 from 
malt only, which shall be mashed on or after the 
20th day of April 1855, and which spirits shall be 
distilled at the rate of two gallons of such spirits for 
every bushel of barley malt, or in Jre/and one bushel 
and three-tenth parts of a bushel of malt made from 
bear or bigg, an allowance after the rate of 1s. 4d. 
per gallon, in lieu of all allowances 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 48. 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 England 
or Ireland from malt only, and on which the allow- 
ance 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 ~ regulations of Customs in such re- 
spect, there shall be granted and paid, over and above 
the allowance aforesaid, and in lieu of the drawback 
granted and payable under any former Act, a draw- 
back after the rate of 8d. for every gallon of such 
spirits actually exported or shipped as stores as 
aforesaid. 


CouNTERVAILING DRAWBACK ON Mang WINEs. 


13. Resolved, That no Drawback of Excise shall 
be allowed or paid for or upon any of the mixtures, 
compounds, preparations or commodities described 
in the Schedule (B) annexed to the Act 17&amp; 18 Vic. 
c. 27, which on or after the 20th day of April 1855 
shall be removed from England or Scotland to Ire- 
land, except upon Made Wines; and that for and 
upon every gallon of all Made Wines which shall be 
so removed as aforesaid, there shall be allowed and 
paid the countervailing Drawback of 23 d., and no 
more. 


Tea. 


14. Resolved, That, towards raising the Supply 
granted to Her Majesty, the following Duty of 
Customs shall be charged on Tea imported into the 
United Kingdom, in lieu of the Duty now payable 
thereon (that is to say) : 

On and after the 21st day of April 1855, until the 5th 
day of April inclusive, which shall first happen after 
the end of twelve months from the date of a defini- 
tive Treaty of Peace, the pound 1 s. 9d. ; from which 
last-mentioned day the duty shall be regulated in 
accordance with the provisions of the Act, chapter 
nine, of the present Session of Parliament. 


Corres AnD Cuicory. 


15. Resolved, That, towards raising the Supply 
granted to Her Majesty, the following Duties of 
Customs shall be charged on and after the 21st day 
of April 1855, on the under-mentioned articles im- 

orted into the United Kingdom, in lieu of the 
Duties now payable thereon (that is to say) : 

s. d, 

4 


| £ 
i: 


- © © - for every pound | 

kiln dried, roasted or ground, ane 

for every pound | - = § 
Chicory, or any other vegetable matter applica- 
ble to the use of Chicory or Coffee, roasted or 
ground a ee for every pound 


20° Aprilis. 


A. 1855. 


Suear. 
16. Resolved, That, towards raising the Supply 
ted to Her Majesty, the following Duties of 
Sutene shall be charged, on and after the 21st day 
of April 1855, on Sugar and Molasses imported into 
the United Kingdom, in lieu of the Duties now 
payable thereon (that is to say): 


Candy, Brown or White, Refined Sugar, or Sugar 
rendered by any process equal in quality 
thereto - +  forevery hundredweight 
White Clayed Sugar, or Sugar rendered by any 
a equal in quality to White Clayed not 
ing refined, or equal in quality to refined, 
for every hundredweight 
Yellow, Muscovadoand Brown Clayed Sugar, or 
— rendered by any process equal in quality 
to Yellow, Museovade or Brown Clayed, and 
not equal to White Clayed, 
for every hundredweight 
Brown, Muscovado, or any other Sugar, not be- 
ing equal in quality to Yellow, Muscovado or 
Brown Clayed Sugar, for every hundredweight 
Molasses - - _ forevery hundredweight 


G-« &amp; 
a 


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CoNFECTIONERY. 


17. Resolved, That, towards raising the Supply 
ted to Her Majesty, the following Duties of 
ustoms shall be charged, on and after the 21st day 
of April 1855, on the articles under-mentioned, in 
lieu of the Duties now payable thereon (that is to 
say): 
Confectionery, Comfits, Cherries dried, Marma- 
lade, Plums preserved in Sugar, Suecades, 
including all Fruits and Vegetables preserved 


in Sugar, not otherwise enumerated, 
the pound 


a2 @&amp; 


Rum. 


18. Resolved, That, towards raising the Supply 
granted to Her Majesty, the following Duties of 
Customs shall be charged, on and after the 20th day 
of April 1855, on the articles under-mentioned, im- 
ported into Scotland or Ireland, in lieu of the Duties 
now payable thereon : 


Spirits ; vir. a6 ¢4 
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 — ne 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 than a 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 Com- 
pany’s Charter, in regard to which the 
conditions of the Act 4 Vic. c. 8, have 
or shall have been fulfilled : 
If imported into Scotland - the gallon 
into Ireland - the gallon 
Rum, Shrub, Cordials and Liqueurs of and 
from a British Possession in America, or 
the Island of Mauritius, or a British Pos- | 
session within the limits of the East India 
Company's Charter, qualified as aforesaid : 
f imported into Scotland - the gallon | 
into Ireland - the gallon | 





Bounties AND DRAWBACKS ON SUGAR. 


19. Resolved, That in lieu of the Bounties and 
Drawbacks now payable on the Exportation of Re- 
fined Sugar, the dollowing Drawbacks shall be 
allowed, on and after the 19th day of og? 1855, on 
the exportation or on the removal to the Jsle of Man 
for consumption there, of the several descriptions of 
Refined Sugar hereinafter mentioned (that is to say) : 


Upon Refined Sugar in loaf, complete or whole, | £. s. d. 
or lumps duly refined, having been perfectly 
clarified and thoroughly dried in the stove, 
and being of an uniform whiteness throughout, 
or § Candy - for every hundredweight 

Upon such Refined S already described, if 
pounded, crushed or broken, in a warehouse 
approved by the Commissioners of Customs, 
such Sugar having. been there first i ed 
by the officers of Customs in lumps or loav 


-18 9 





as if for immediate shipment, and then - 
or 











18 Victroriz. 


for exportation in the presence of such officers, &lt;. 8. d. 
and at the expense of the importers, 
for every hundredweight | - 18 9 
Upon Refined Sugar, unstoved, pounded, crushed | 
or broken, and not in any way inferior to the | 
export standard sample, No. 1, approved by 
the Lords of the Treasury, and which shall 
not contain more than 5 per cent. moisture over | 
and above what the same would contain if | 
thoroughly dried in the stove, 
for every hundredweight 
Upon Bastard or Refined Sugar, unstoved, broken 
in = or being ground, powdered or 
crushed, not in any way inferior to the export 
standard sample, No. 2, approved by the Lords 
of the Treasury - for every hundredweight 
Upon Bastard or Refined Sugar, being inferior in 
quality to the said export standard sample, 
No.2 - - _ forevery hundredweight | -13 9 


Resolutions to be reported. 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; and Mr. Fitz Roy 
reported, That the Committee had come to several 
Resolutions. 

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

r. FitzRoy 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 Supply ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


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Supply. 


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 
Thursday next. 
Intestacy The House, according to Order, resolved itself 


(Scotland) Bill, into a Committee on the Intestacy (Scotland) Bill; 


Bill 83. 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, be printed. 
Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a Com- 
mittee of the whole House, for Thursday the 3d day 
of May next. 
Tenants’ Im- The Order of the day being read, for resuming 
Pimtenntion the adjourned Debate on the Question proposed 
(Ireland) Bil, upon the 18th day of this instant April, That the 


enants’ Improvements Compensation (Lreland) Bill 
be now read a second time; 
Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 
till Thursday next. 


Affirmations The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
a) into a Committee on the Affirmations (Scotland) 
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 upon Monday 
next. 
Tiendly The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
“ieties Bill. consideration the Friendly Societies Bill, as amended 
in the Committee ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be taken into consideration 
upon Friday next. 
Flaces of The Order of the day being read, for the second 
eligious 


Worship Re- reading of the Places of Religious Worship Regis- 
gistration Bill, tration Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Thursday the 3d day of May next. 


Dwelling. The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
pael a mittee on the Dwelling- wanes tietelh Bill; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 


next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 
Vot. 110. 





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171 


The Select Committee on Sto of Wages Stoppage of 
(Hosiery) was nominated of Mr. Packe, Mr. Wick. Wages 
ham, Mr. Cobbett, Sir Henry Halford, Mr. Cheet- 2%.) 
ham, Sir Joshua Walmsley, Mr. Ingham, Lord John 
Manners, Mr. Gardner, Mr. Mundy and Mr. Biggs ; 
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 Woolmer 
for disafforesting the Forest of Woolmer : And that Forest. 
Mr. Wilson and the Chancellor of the Exchequer 


do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That Mr. John Ball be discharged from Army before 
further attendance on the Select Committee on the Sebastopol. 
Army before Sebastopol. 

A Motion was made, and the Question being put, 

That Captain Scobell be added to the Committee ; 

The saa divided. 

The Yeas to the Right ; 

The Noes to the Left. 


Tellers for the { Mr. Bentinck, 7} 
Yeas, (Mr. Liddell: | ae 

Tellers for the Mr. Hayter, 1s 
Noes, Mr. Grenville Berkeley: {~~ 


So it passed in the Negative. 


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


Ordered, That the Return relative to Agents of Agents of 
Transports, which was presented upon the 18th day Transports. 
of this instant April, be printed. No. 186. 


Mr. Osborne presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- Post-office 
mand,—Estimate for the Post-office Department Department 
(Packet Service), for the year 1855-56. ae 

Ordered, That the said Estimate be referred toy, 199 
the Committee of Supply; and be printed. sans 


And then the House adjourned till Monday next. 





Lune, 23° die Aprilis ; 
Anno 18° Victorie Regine, 1855. 
PRAYERS. 


M R. Speaker laid upon the Table,— Report from Abingdon 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Railway Bill. 
Bills, in respect of non-compliance with the Standing 
Orders in the case of the Petition for additional 
Provision in the Abingdon Railway Bill. 

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


Mr. Bonham Carter reported from the Select Com- Public 
mittee on Public Petitions; That they had examined Fetitions 
the Petitions presented upon the 20th day of this — 
instant April; and had directed him to make a Re- 
port thereof to the House. 

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


Colonel Boldero reported from the Committee on Railway and 
Group No. 2 of Railway and Canal Bills; That, at Canal Bills 
the application of the Promoters of the Bills before (G7°¥P 2) 
the consideration of the Committee, the Committee 
had adjourned to Thursday the 26th day of April, 
at One o'clock. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upom the Table. 


Colonel Boldero reported from the Committee on Railway and 
Group No. 2 of Railway and Canal Bills; That Mr, ©anal Bills 
pom Fa one of the Members of the said Commit- (97? 2») 
tee, was not present during the sitting of the Com- 
mittee this “—- 

at Mr. Hardinge do attend the said 


Ordered, 
Committee upon Thursday next. 
Ordered, That Lord William Powlett be dis- 


charged from further attendance on the Committee. 


Mr. Edward Ellice reported from the Committee Cardiff 
on a F. of Private Bills ; That the Parties pro- Improvement 





moting the Cardiff Improvement Bill had stated to BU 
z2 the 








172 


23° Aprilis. 


A. 1855. 


the Committee, that it was not their intention to| 1854, comparing the same with the Quantities 


proceed with the same. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


The Great North of Scotland Railway Bill was 
read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act to extend the Great North of Scot- 
land Railway from Huntly to Keith. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 


to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Great North 
of Scotland 
Railway Bill. 


Swansea Vale The Swansea Vale 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. 


The Torquay Market and Slaughter-houses 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. 


Torquay 
Market and 


Slaughter- 
houses Bill. 


Ordered, That the Oldham Gas and Water Bill 
be re-committed to the former Committee :— And that 
they have leave to sit and proceed To-morrow. 


Oldham Gas 
and Water 
Bill 


Leek The Zeek Improvement Bill was read a second 

Improvement time; and committed. 

Bu. Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


The Westminster Terminus Railway (Clapham to 
Norwood) Bill was read a second time; and com- 
mitted. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the General 
Committee on Railway and Canal Bills. 


Westminster 
Terminus 
Railway 
(Clapham to 
Norwood) Bill. 


New River The Order of the day being read, for the second 
meee a reading of the New River Company and Trustees of 
the River Lee the River Zee Bill ; 

Bill. Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 


Tuesday the 1st day of May next. 


Ordered, That the short Title of the North Staf- 
fordshire Railway Bill, as first entered in the Votes, 
‘be changed to “ North Staffordshire Railway 
(Transfer to London and North Western Railway, 
&amp;e.)” 

Ordered, That the Minutes of the Evidence taken 
before the Committee on the South Eastern Railway 
(Canterbury and Whitstable) Bill, in Session 1853, 
be referred to the Committee on Group No. 3 of 
Railway and Canal Bills. 


Sir William Somerville reported the Glasgow 
Water Bill, with Amendments. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


North Staf- 
fordshire 
Railway Bill. 


South Eastern 
Railway (Can- 
terbury and 
Whitstable) 
Bill (1853.) 


Glasgow 
Water Bill. 


Coals, Cinders 


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


Accounts of the Quantities of Coals, Cinders and 
Culm shipped at the several Ports of England, 
Scotland and Ireland, Coastways, to other Ports of 
the United Kingdom, in the year 1854; distinguishing 
the Quantity shipped at each of the said Ports, as 
compared with the year 1853:—Of the Quantities 
ani Declared Value of Coals, Cinders and Culm ex- 
ported from the several Ports of England, Scotland 
and Jreland, to Foreign Countries, and the British 
Settlements abroad, in the year 1854; distinguishin 

the Countries to which the same were sent, an 

comparing the same with the year 1853; also dis- 
tinguishing the Ports of the United Kingdom from 
which the same were shipped :—Of the Quantities 
of Coals, Cinders and Culm exported from the 
United Kingdom in the year 1854, with the Rate 
and Amount of Duty thereon :—And, of the Quan- 
tities of Coals brought yy me and by Inland 
Navigation into the Port of London during the year 








brought during the year 1853. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Sweets or 
Returns of all Sweets or Made Wines imported from Made Wines. 
Scotland and Ireland into England, under the Pro- 
visions of the Act 6 &amp; 7 Will 4, c. 72, stating the 
Port or Place imported from, and the Port or Place 


| imported into, from the 6th day of January 1854 to 


the 5th day of January 1855, both Dates inclusive ; 
stating the Denomination, 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 Pro- 
visions of the said Act, from the 6th day of January 
1854 to the 5th day of January 1855, 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. 


Petitions relating to Act of Uniformity ;—Church Public 
Rates ;—Marriage Law Amendment Bill;—May- ? ae 
nooth College Act ;—Maynooth College Act, and yiae Twenty- 
Church and State ;—Religious Opinions ;—Sunday sixth Report, 
Trading (Metropolis) Bill;— Land Tax ;— News- 
paper, &amp;c. Postage and Stamp Duties Bill ;—News- 

aper, &amp;c. Postage and Stamp Duties Bill, and 
Seume er Stamp Duties Bill ;—Newspaper Stamp 
Duties Bill ;— Stage Carriages ;— Adulteration of 
Food, &amp;c. ;— Affirmations (Scotland) Bill ;—Billet- 
ing Soldiers (Scotland) ;—Burial-grounds (Scotland) 
Bill ;— Burials ;— Decimal Coinage ; — Dwelling- 
houses (Scotland) Bill ;—Education (Scotland) Bill ; 
—Grain ;—Intestacy (Scotland) Bill ;—Intoxicating 
Liquors ;—Passengers Act Amendment Bill ;—Poor 
Law ;—Poor Law (Ireland) ;—Poor Relief (Zreland) 
Bill ;—Public-houses (Scotland) Act ;—Registration 
of Births, &amp;c. (Scotland) Bill;—Sale of Beer Act 
(1854) ;—Schools (Scot/and) Bill ;—Scottish Austra- 
lian Emigration Society ;—Sea Coast Fisheries (Jre- 
land) Bill, and Inland Fisheries (Jreland) Bill ;— 
Soap (Bromley’s Patent) ;—Tenants’ Improvements 
Compensation (Zreland) Bill ;—Tolls and Customs 
(Zreland) ;—and, War with Russia,—were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


The following Papers were laid upon the Table by Shipping. 
the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, dated 
the 24th day of January last, for a Return of the 
Number and Tonnage of Sailing Vessels registered at 
each of the Ports of Great Britain and Ireland, 
including the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands, 
distinguishing those under and those above Fifty 
Tons’ Register, on the 31st day of December 1854: 
—Similar Return of Steam Vessels and their Ton- 
nage :— 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 British from Foreign Ves- 
sels, and Steam from Sailing Vessels, between the 
31st day of December 1853 and the 31st day of 
December 1854:—Like Return from and to the 
Colonies, further distinguishing British from Foreign 
Vessels ; also, from and to Foreign Ports, also dis- 
tinguishing British from Foreign Vessels ane 

oO 





Steam Vessels. 


(Ireland. ) 


Medical 
Department 
(Navy.) 


River Barrow. 
No. 188. 


Tithe Rent- 

charge 

(Ireland.) 
No. 189, 


Assessments 
(Metropolis. ) 


No. 190. 
Spirits. 

No. 191. 
Exchequ 
Bonds” - 

No. 192, 
Burial- 


gtounds 
(Metropolis. ) 


18 Vicroriz. 


of the Number and Tonnage of Sailing Vessels 
registered at each of the Ports of the Colonies of the 
United Kingdom respectively ; distinguishing those 
under and those above Fifty Tons’ Register, on the 
31st day of December 1854:—Similar Return of 
Steam Vessels and their Tonnage :—Returns of the 
Number of Vessels, with their Tonnage (distinguish- 
ing 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 
1854 :—Of the Number of Colonial-built Vessels, 
and their Tonnage, registered at each of the Ports of 
the United Kingdom, in the year 1854 ; distinguish- 
ing the Number and Tonnage of each Colony respec- 
tively :—Similar Return of the Number of Foreign- 
built Vessels and their Tonnage :—And, Return of 
the Shipping employed in the Trade of the United 
Kingdom, exhibiting the Number and Tonnage of 
Vessels that entered Inwards and cleared Outwards 
(including their repeated Voyages), separating Bri- 
tish from Foreign Vessels, also Steam from Sailing 
Vessels, and distinguishing the Trade with each 
Country, in the year 1854 (in continuation of Par- 
liamentary Paper, No. 134, of Session 1854). 

Return to an Order, dated the 6th day of Fe- 
bruary last, for a Return, in a Tabular Form, with 
Consecutive Numbers, of the whole of the Steam 
Vessels registered in the United Kingdom on or 
before the 1st day of January 1855, stating, in 
separate Columns, the following Particulars :—1. 
Vessels’ Names; 2. Port of Registry; 3. Date of 
Register; 4. Registered Owners; 5. Dimensions 
of Vessels in Length and Breadth and Depth of 
Hold; 6. Tonnage (exclusive of Engine-room), and 
Gross Tonnage; distinguishing Vessels built of Iron, 
and also Vessels having Screw Propellers; 7. Esti- 
mated Horse Power of their Engines, Length of 
Stroke and Diameter of Cylinder, and giving the 
Aggregate Number of Vessels and Amount of Ton- 
nage; with an Index for ra, Se attached to | 
it, giving the Names of the Vessels in Alphabetical 
Order, with Numbers to each, corresponding with 
those in the Return (in continuation of Parliamentary 
Paper, No. 141, of Session 1854). 

he following Papers, pursuant to the directions | 

of several Acts of Parliament, were aiso laid upon 
the Table by the Clerk of the House,—Abstract of 
the General Statements of the Income and Expendi- 
ture of Turnpike Trusts in Jreland, for the year 1853. 

Copy of Treasury Minute, dated 3 April 1855, 
awarding a Retired Allowance to Sir William Bur- 
nett, M.D., K.c.B., Director General of the Medical 
Department of the Navy. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the River 
Barrow, which was presented upon the 27th day of 
April 1854, be printed. 


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173 


under the Act 15 &amp; 16 Vic. c. 85 :—And, of the 
Metropolitan Parishes (inclusive of those in the City 
of London) which have not provided themselves 
Parochial Cemeteries, nor appointed Burial Boards, 
with a view to such Provision. 

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


Return of the Number of Penny Receipt Stamps 
sold or issued in England, Scotland and Ireland re- 
spectively, for each Quarter since the Imposition of 
the uniform Penny Receipt Stamp in October 1853, 
till the 31st day of March 1855 :—Like Return of 
One Penny Draft Stamps issued in each Quarter ; 
distinguishing the Number of Receipt Stamps and 
of One Penny Draft Stamps issued separately till 
the adoption of a Stamp available for both Receipts 
and Drafts:—And, Return of the Total Revenue 
for the above for each Quarter. 


reading of the Poor Relief (Jreland) Bill; 
Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 
Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


—Copy of a Letter written by A. Stafford, Es- 
uire, M.P., to the War Department, in reference to 
the Propriety of opening a Hospital at Smyrna :— 
Copy of the Appointment of Lord William Paulet : 
—Copy of Instructions on the subject of Scutart 
and Smyrna Hospitals, issued to Medical Military 
or Commissariat Officers holding Offices in them. 


missioners appointed to in 
Hospitals of the British 
Scutari. 

Ordered, That the Paper relative to Smyrna and 
Scutart Hospitals be referred to the Select Com- 
mittee on the Army before Sebastopol; and that the 
Paper relative to Crimea and Scutari Hospitals do 
lie upon the Table. 


rmy in the Crimea an 


dated the 29th day of March last, for a Return of 
the Number of Medical Men employed under the ‘ 
Medical Charities Act of Jreland, and the Average 
Area of each District. 

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


read, as follow: 
Loan. 

1. That, towards raising the Supply granted to 
Her Majesty, the sum of £.16,000,000 be raised by 
Annuities. 

2. That every contributor to the said sum of 


Ordered, That an Abstract of the Return relative | £- 16,000,000 shall, for every £. 100 contributed and 


to Tithe Rent-charge (Jreland), which was pre- 
sented upon the 17th day of this instant April, be 
printed. 

Ordered, That the Return relative to Assessments 
(Metropolis), which was presented upon the 20th 
day of this instant April, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Spirits, 
which was presented upon the 20th day of this in- 
stant April, be printed. 

Ordered, That the Account relative to Exchequer 
Bonds, which was presented upon the 20th day of 
this instant April, 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 Metropolitan Parishes (inclu- 


paid, be entitled to the Principal Sum of £.100 in 
Annuities after the rate of £.3 per centum, to com- 
mence from the 5th day of January 1855, and to be 
added to and made one joint stock with the existing 
Consolidated £.3 per centum Annuities, and to be 
payable and transferable at the Bank of England at 
the same times and in the same manner and subject 
to the like redemption as the said Consolidated £. 3 
per centum Annuities. 

3. That every such contributor shall also be en- 
titled, for every £.100 contributed and paid, to a 
further annuity of 14s. 6d. for 30 years, to be pay- 
able and transferable at the Bank of England, and 
to be payable on the 5th day of April and the 10th 
day of October in each year by equal half-yearly 


payments, the first payment to be made on the 10th 
day of October 1855, and the last payment on the 
of April 1885. 





sive of those in the City of London), the Burial- 
— - which are closed, or ordered to be closed, 
OL. 110. 





5th da 
4. That the said several Annuities so to be payable 
as aforesaid shall be charged upon and paid out = 
z3 the 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Receipt 
and Draft 
Stamps. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Poor Relief 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Mr. Peel presented, by Her Majesty’s Command, Smyrna and 
Scutari 
oe 


Copies of Instructions to and Report from Com- Crimea and 


ire i he Scutari 
uire into the state of t ¢ Hospi 4 


Mr. Horsman presented,—Return to an Order, Medical 
Charities Act 


Mr. FitzRoy reported from the Committee of Ways and 
Ways and Means, several Resolutions ; which were Me#™*- 





174 


the Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom of 
Great Britain and Ireland. 

5. That every contributor shall, on the 24th day 
of April 1855, make a deposit of £.10 per centum 
on such sum as he or she shall choose to subscribe 
towards raising the said sum of £.16,000,000 with 
the chief Cashier or Cashiers of the Governor and 
Company of the Bank of England, as a security 
for making the subsequent payments on or before 
the days or times hereinafter mentioned (that is to 
say): 


Payment of— 

wis oo ah - 22d day of May 1855. 
£.10 »  - «19th ,, June 1855. 
£.15 . - -17th ,, July 1855. 
£.10 »  - #2ist 4, August 1855. 
£.10 “ - - 18th ,, September1855, 
£.10 wa - - 16th ,, October 1855. 
£.10 » - - 20th ,, November1855. 
£.10 - - 18th December 1855. 


” ” 
That all the monies so to be received by the said 
Cashier or Cashiers of the said Governor and Com- 
pany of the Bank of England shall be paid into the 
account of the receipt of Her Majesty’s Exchequer 
at the Bank of England, to be applied from time to 
time to such services for Great Britain and Ireland 
as shall then have been voted by this House in this 
Session of Parliament, or to the redemption of the 
principal and interest of any Exchequer Bills issued 
or to be issued under the authority of the Act 
57 Geo. 3, c. 48, or under the authority of any Act 
of the present Session of Parliament authorizing the 
application of monies out of the Consolidated Fund 
for the service of the year ended on the 31st day of 
March 1855, and of the year ending on the 31st day 
of March 1856. 

6. That for the purpose of the extinction from 
time to time of a sum of Consolidated £.3 per 
centum Annuities equal to the amount to be added 
to the said joint stock as aforesaid, there shall be 
issued and paid out of the Consolidated Fund of the 
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, or 
out of the growing produce thereof, to the Com- 
missioners for the Reduction of the National Debt, 
in the financial year commencing on the Ist day of 
April which shall first happen twelve months after 
the ratification of a definitive Treaty of Peace with 
Russia, and in every subsequent year until such sum 
of Consolidated £.3 per centum Annuities is ex- 
tinguished, the sum of £.1,000,000: Provided, that 
in case in the last year in which such sum would 
be payable the sum necessary for purchasing the 
remaining portion of the said sum of Consolidated 
£.3 per centum Annuities be less than £. 1,000,000, 
then so much only of such sum as may be necessary 
for that purpose shall be issued and paid as afore- 
said, and the sums so to be issued and paid to the 
Commissioners for the Reduction of the National 
Debt shall be applied by them in the purchase of 
Consolidated £.3 per centum Annuities, in the manner 
directed by the Acts for the Reduction of the Na- 
tional Debt, until a sum of £. 16,000,000 Consoli- 
dated £.3 per centum Annuities has been extinguished 
and cancelled. 


Spirits. 


7. That, towards raising the Suppl ted to 
Her Majesty, there shall be ch gg hing 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) : 


For and upon e gallon of spirits of the ep of 
hydrometer which, on or after the 20th of 
April 1855, shall be distilled in Scotland and I ind 


respectively, or be in the stock, custody or 

of an distiller, seciifier or eompoundar of or dealer 
in spirits in Scotland or Jreland, or of any person in 
trust for him or for his benefit or account, or 
which, having been di ted in England, Scotland 
or Ii , Shall, on or after the said day, be in ware- 
house in Scotland or Ireland, and be taken out of 
warehouse for consumption in Scotland or Ireland, 
or which, 
England for removal to Scotland or Ii 

on or after the said day, be brought into Scot 


shall, 
‘and or 





23° Aprilis. 


having been taken out of warehouse in vaditon to the rates and duties — under 


the Act passed in the last Session o 








A. 1855. 


Ireland, the additional duty following (that is to 
say): in Scotland the additional duty of 1s. 10d., 
and in Jreland the additional duty of 2 s., and so in 
proportion for any greater or less degree of strength, 
or any greater or less quantity. 

8. That, towards raising the Suppl ted to 
Her Majesty, on and after the 20th ‘ay of April 
1855, in lieu of the countervailing Duties now 
agen under any Act or Acts in hese 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 or Ire- 
land, 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 9s.; and for and upon every 
gallon of such last-mentioned spirits of the like 
strength, imported into Ireland, the sum of 7 s. 2d., 
and so in proportion for any greater or less degree of 
strength, or ~ { greater or less quantity of such 
=. imported into Scotland and Ireland respec- 

ively. 

9. 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 described in the 
Schedule hereto annexed, on the removal of the 
same respectively as hereinafter mentioned, there 
shall be raised, levied, collected and paid upon the 
said several mixtures, compounds, preparations and 
commodities which, on or after the 20th day of April 
1855, shall be removed from Ireland to England or 
Scotland, the several Sums of Money and Duties of 
Excise respectively inserted, described and set forth 
in the said Schedule. 


ScHEDULE. 





Countervailing 
ARTICLES ENUMERATED, uties. 
From Ireland 
to England or 


For every Gallon thereof removed. 
Scotland. 





f 
| 





| &amp; e @ 
Ether - + -2© © *#© *# © #| = 47 
Sweet Spirits of Nitre - - - - - |) 
Camphorated Spirits - - - ° - | 
Lavender Water and other Perfumes, heing 
Spirits scented with Essential Oils, Flowers, | 
or other Ingredients - - - © | 
Compound Spirits of Lavender - = = 
Spirits of Rosemary - - = = - 
Spirits of Ammonia . - - - . 
Sal Volatile - - - - += = -|li. 9 9 
Friar’s Balsam ee a 
Compound Tincture of Benzoin &gt; 2 #8] 
Tincture of Assafetida - - - - =| 
Tincture of Castor - = - - - - - | 
Tincture of Kino - - - = - | 
Tincture of Guaiacum - = - - &gt; *] 
Tinctureof Myrrh- - += = = = 
TinctureofGinger- - - - - = | 
Spirit Varnishes and Lacquers - © ef 
her Tinctures and Medicated Spirits - - | - 110 
Made Wines - - + = = © | = = 2} 





Stamp DvtTIEs. 


10. That, towards raising the Supply granted to 
Her Majesty, all Drafts or Orders for the payment 
of any sum of money to the bearer on demand, 
which being drawn upon any banker, or any person 
or persons acting as a banker, and residing or trans- 
acting the business of a banker within 15 miles of 
the place where such Drafts or Orders are issued, 
are now exempt from Stamp Duty, shall be charge- 
able with the Stamp Duty of 1d. for every such Draft 
or Order. 

Income Tax. 


11. That, towards raising the Supply granted to 
Her Majesty, there shall ‘be charged and raised 
early, from and after the 5th day of April 1855, in 


Parliament, 
chapter 

















18 Vicrori2. 


chapter 24, for and in respect of all property, profits 
and. gains —- under the several Acts in force 
relating to the Income Tax, either by assessment or 
under any contract of composition or otherwise, the 
additional rate and duty of 2d. for every 20s. of the 
annual value or amount of all such property, profits 
and gains respectively. 
Matt ALLowANCEs. 


12. That there shall be made, allowed, and paid, 
for or in respect of the several goods and com- 
modities hereinafter described or mentioned, the 
several Allowances and Drawbacks of Excise re- 
spectively hereinafter specified and set forth (that is 
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 England or Ireland from 
malt only, which shall be mashed on or after the 
20th day of April 1855, and which spirits shall be 
distilled at the rate of two gallons of such spirits for 
every bushel of barley malt, or in Ireland one bushel 
and three-tenth parts of a bushel of malt made from 
bear or bigg, an allowance after the rate of 1s. 4d. 
per gallon, in lieu of all allowances 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 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 England or 
Ireland from malt only, and on which the allowance 
aforesaid shall have been made, and which said spirits 
shall be duly removed from warehouse for exporta- 
tion, 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 respect, there 
shall be granted and paid over and above the allow- 
ance aforesaid, and in lieu of the drawback granted 
and payable under any former Act, a drawback after 
the rate of 8d. for every gallon of such spirits 
actually exported or shipped as stores as aforesaid. 


CouNTERVAILING DRAWBACK ON MapE WINEs. 


13. That no Drawback of Excise shall be allowed 
or paid for or upon any of the mixtures, compounds, 
preparations or commodities described in the Sche- 
dule (B) annexed to the Act 17 &amp; 18 Vic. c. 27, 
which on or after the 20th day of April 1855 shall 
be removed from England or Scotland to Ireland, 
except upon Made Wines; and that for and upon 
every gallon of all Made Wines which shall be so 
removed as aforesaid, there shall be allowed and paid 
the countervailing Drawback of 23 d., and no more. 


Tea. 

14. That, towards raising the Supply granted to 
Her Majesty, the following Duty of Customs shall 
be charged on Tea imported into the United King- 
dom, in lieu of the Duty now payable thereon (that 
is to say): 

On and after the 21st day of April 1855, until the 5th 
day of April inclusive, which shall first happen after 
the end of twelve months from the date of a defini- 
tive Treaty of Peace, the pound 1 s. 9 d. ; from which 
last-mentioned day the duty shall be regulated in 
accordance with the provisions of the Act, chapter 
nine, of the present Session of Parliament. 


CoFrFEE AND CHICORY. 


15. That, towards raising the Supply granted to 
Her Majesty, the following Duties of Customs shall 
be charged on and after the 21st day of April 1855, 
on the under-mentioned articles imported into the 
United Kingdom, in lieu of the Duties now payable 
thereon (that is to say) : 


és |} had 
Offee - - -« -s for ev und; - - 4 
——-— kiln dried, roasted or ground, mie | 
: for every pound | - - &amp; 
Chicory, or any other vegetable matter applica- 
ble to the use of Chicory or Coffee, roasted or 
ground ee for every pound | - - 5 





Vou, 110. 


23° Aprilis. 


175 


SuaGar. 


16. That, towards raising the Supply granted to 
Her Majesty, the following Duties of Customs shall 
be charged, on and after the 21st day of April 1855, 
on Sugar and Molasses imported into the United 
| Kingdom, in lieu of the Duties now payable thereon 
| (that is to say): 


Candy, Brown or White, Refined Sugar, or Sugar 
rendered by any process equal in quality 
thereto for every hundredweight 

White Clayed Sugar, or Sugar rendered by any 
a om equal in quality to White Clayed, not 

eing refined, or equal in quality to refined, 
for every hundredweight 

Yellow, Muscovado and Brown Clayed Sugar, or 
S$ rendered by any process equal in quality 
to Yellow, Muscovado or Brown Clayed, and 
not equal to White Clayed, 

for every hundredweight 

| Brown, Muscovado or any other Sugar, not being 
equal in quality to Yellow, Muscovado or 
Brown Clayed Sugar, for every hundredweight 
Molasses for every hundredweight 





£8. d. 
1 





ConFECTIONERY. 


17. That, towards ae Supply granted to 
Her Majesty, the followi uties of Customs shall 
be charged, on and after the 21st day of April 1855, 


on the articles under-mentioned, in lieu of the Duties 
now payable thereon (that is to say) : 
Confectionery, Cumfits, Cherries dried, Marma- | £. s. d. 
lade, Plums preserved in a Succades, 
including all Fruits and Vegetables ‘_——, 
in Sugar, not otherwise enume: &gt; 
the pound | ~- - 2} 
Rum. 
granted to 


18. That, towards raising the Suppl 
Her Majesty, the following Duties of “A so shall 
be charged, on and after the 20th day of April 1855, 
on the articles under-mentioned, imported into Scot- 
land or Ireland, in lieu of the Duties now payable 
thereon : 


Spirits ; viz. £. 8 d. 
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 propor- 
tion for any greater or less strength than the 
strength of proof, and for any greater or less 
quantity than a 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 Com- 
pany’s Charter, in regard to which the con- 
ditions of the Act 4 Vic. c. 8, have or shall 
have been fulfilled : 
If imported into Seotland - the gallon 
into Ireland ~- the gallon 
Rum, Shrub, Cordials and Liqueurs of and 
from a British Possession in America, or the 
Island of Mauritius, or a British Possession 
within the limits of the East India Com- 
pany’s Charter, qualified as aforesaid : 
If imported into Scotland - the gallon 
into Ireland - the gallon 


&amp; 





Hw bo 


ao 
He bo 





BounTIES AND DRAWBACKS ON SuGAR. 


19. That, in lieu of the Bounties and Drawbacks 
now payable on the exportation of Refined Sugar, 
the following Drawbacks shall be allowed, on and 
after the 19th day of May 1855, on the exportation 
or on the removal to the Isle of Man for consump- 
tion there, of the several descriptions of Refined 
Sugar hereinafter mentioned (that is to say) : 


Upon Refined Sugar in loaf, complete or whole, 
or lumps duly refined, having been perfectly 
clarified and thoroughly dried in the stove, 
and being of an uniform whiteness through- 
out, or Sugar Candy, for every hundredweight | 

Upon such Refined Sugar already described, if | 
pounded, crushed or broken, in a warehouse 
approved by the Commissioners of Customs, 
such Sugar having been there first i ed 
by the officers of Customs in lumps or loaves, 
as if for immediate shipment, and then packed 

zZ4 





for | 




















Newspaper 


Stamp Duties 


Bill. 


Supply. 


Ways and 
Means. 


176 


for exportation in the presence of such officers, | £. 8. d. 
and at the expense of the importers, 
for every hundredweight 
Upon Refined Sugar, unstoved, pounded, crushed 
or broken, and not in any way inferior to the 
export standard sample, No.1, approved by 
the Lords of the Treasury, and which shall not 
contain more than 5 cent, moisture over 
and above what the same would contain if 
thoroughly dried in the stove, 
for every hundredweight 
Upon Bastard or Refined Sugar, unstoved, broken 
in wee or being ground, powdered or 
crushed, not in any way inferior to the export 
standard sample, No. 2, approved by the Lords 
of the Treasury - for every hundredweight 
Upon Bastard or Refined Sugar, being inferior in 
quality to the said export standard sample, 
No.2 + = for every hundredweight 


-18 9 


- 17 10 


-16 6 


-13 9 


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. FitzRoy, the 
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 Newspaper Stamp Duties Bill. 


(In the Committee.) 

Preamble postponed. 

CLAusE, N° 1, agreed to. 

CrauseE, n° 2 (Periodical Publications printed on 
Stamps, to be transmitted by post, free of postage.) 

Amendment proposed, in p-, 1. 15: To leave out 
from the word “stamped” to “under,” in p. 2, 
1. 5, in order to insert these words, “with a duty of 
“ One halfpenny, or having a postage stamp of One 
“ halfpenny affixed thereto, shall be entitled to the 
“ privilege of one transmission by the post between 
“‘ places in the United Kingdom; and for every 
“ additional stamp, the same denomination impressed 
“ or affixed shall be entitled to one other trans- 
“‘ mission by the post.” 

Question proposed, That the words proposed to 
be left out, stand part of the Clause. 

Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 

An Amendment made. 

Clause, as amended, agreed to. 

Cause, n° 3, agreed to. 

Crause, n° 4 (Periodical Publications may be 
registered at the Inland Revenue Office in the same 
manner as newspapers are now required to be.) 

Amendment proposed, in p. 2, 1. 34: To leave out 
the words “It shall be lawful for,” in order to insert 
the words “ Be it enacted, That.” 

Questiun proposed, That the words proposed to be 
left out, stand part of the Clause. 

Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 

Clause postponed. 

Causes, N° 5 to N° 7, postponed. 

CLAUSES, N° 8 to N° 10, amended, and agreed to. 

Causes, N° 11 and n° 12, agreed to. 

Ciausg, N° 13, amended, and agreed to. 

To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; and Mr. Fitz Roy 
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 Wednesday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Ways and Means ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 





23°—24° Aprilis. 


A. 1855. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Fairs and 


Markets 


reading of the Fairs and Markets (Jreland) Bill; (Ireland) Bill, 


Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Criminal 
mittee on the Criminal Justice Bill ; Justice Bill. 

Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be committed to a Select 
Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Newspaper, 
reading of the Newspaper, &amp;c. Postage and Stamp &amp;¢: Postage 
Duties Bill ; Sean 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Monday next. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take Affirmations 
into consideration the Affirmations (Scotland) Bill, _ 
: . ill, 
as amended in the Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time To- 
morrow. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to Bankruptcy 
amend and consolidate the Law of Bankruptcy in (Iteland.) 
freland: And that Mr. Cairns and Mr. Napier do 
prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to Absconding 
facilitate the more speedy Arrest of Absconding Debtors 
Debtors in Jreland: And that Mr. Cairns and Mr. ‘~~ 
Napier do prepare, and bring it in. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- Army before 
osed, That Captain Gladstone be added to the Sebastopol. 
elect Committee on the Army before Sebastopol ; 


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


Martis, 24° die Aprilis, 1855: 


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


Ordered, That the Petition from Kilbegnet and Constabulary 
Ballynakiil, relating to the Constabulary Force, fre- (Irelan a.) 
land, which was presented upon the 26th day of 
March last, be printed, for the use of Members only. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Iron, &amp;e. 
Return of the Quantity of Foreign Iron imported 
and exported from the United Kingdom in the years 
1853 and 1854; of British Iron exported, including 
Unwrought Steel, in the same Period; and of the 
Quantity of British Hardware exported during the 
above Period (in continuation of former Return). 


The Chancellor of the Exchequer presented a Bill Loan Bill. 
for raising a Sum of Money by way of Annuities: Bill 84. 
And the same was read the first time ; and ordered 

to be read a second time upon Thursday next; and 

to be printed. 


The Chancellor of the Exchequer presented a Bill Stamp Duties 
for granting Stamp Duties on certain Drafts on conkers) Bill 
Bankers: And the same was read the firsttime; and i) g5, 
ordered to be read a second time upon Thursday 


next ; and to be printed. 


The Chancellor of the Exchequer presented a Bill Income Tax 
for granting to Her Majesty an increased Rate of Bil. 
Duty on Profits arising from Property, Professions, _ Bill 86. 
Trades and Offices: And the same was read the 

first time; and ordered to be read a second time upon 
Thursday next ; and to be printed. 


The Chancellor of the Exchequer presented a Bill Spirit Duties 


for granting certain additional Rates and Duties of (cot Bill 
Excise on Spirits in Scotland and Ireland: And the pi; g7, 


same was read the first time ; and ordered to be read 
a second time upon Thursday next; and to be printed. 





The 








18 VicrorrZ. 


The Chancellor of the Exchequer presented a Bill 








Customs , : , i 
Duties Bill. for granting certain Duties of Customs on Tea, 
Bill 88. Coffee, Sugar, and other Articles: And the same was 
read the first time ; and ordered to be read a second 
time upon Thursday next; and to be printed. 
Court of The Order for reading a second time, upon Wed- 
permed nesday the 2d day of May next, the Court of Chan- 
(rarisdiction) cery (Jreland) (Jurisdiction) Bill, was read, and 
Bill. discharged. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Thursday the 3d day of May next. 
Court of The Order for reading a second time, upon Wed- 
Chancery  nesday the 2d day of May next, the Court of Chan- 
) ee cery (Ireland) (Procedure) Bill, was read, and 
ou discharged. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Thursday the 3d day of May next. 
Court of The Order for reading a second time, upon 
Chancery Wednesday the 2d day of May next, the Court of 
(Ireland ) Chancery (Zreland) (Receivers) Bill, was read, and 
(Receivers) 5 
Bill. discharged. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time, upon 
Thursday the 3d day of May next. 
Court of The Order for reading a second time, upon Wed- 
Chancery § nesday the 2d day of May next, the Court of Chan- 
enol cery (Jreland) (Sales of Estates) Bill, was read, and 
Estates) Bill. discharged. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Thursday the 3d day of May next. 
Court of The Order for reading a second time, upon Wed- 
Gniaad? nesday the 2d day of May next, the Court of 
(Appeals) Bill. Chancery (Zreland) (Appeals) Bill, was read, and 
ischarged. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Thursday the 3d day of May next. 
Court of The Order for reading a second time, upon Wed- 
Cinlend nesday the 2d day of May next, the Court of 
(Stamp ) Chancery (Jreland) (Stamp Duties) Bill, was read, 
Duties) Bill. and discharged. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Thursday the 3d day of May next. 

And then the House, having continued to sit 
till a quarter of an hour before One of the 
clock on Tuesday morning, adjourned till this 
day. 

Martis, 24° die Aprilis ; 
Anno 18° Victorie Regine, 1855. 
PRAYERS. 
Birmingham Ms Brotherton reported from the Committee on 
Ges Bull the Birmingham Gas Bill; That they had 
examined the allegations contained in the Preamble 
of the Bill, and amended the same, by inserting 
words specifying with more particularity certain 
sums expended by the Company on their permanent 
Works, and the sources from which the same have 
arisen, and by striking out words which alleged the 
expediency of enabling the Company to extend their 
supply of Gas to parts of the Parish of Aston, in the 
County of Warwick, and King’s Norton, in the 
County of Worcester, the Bill, as proposed to the 
Committee by the Promoters, not comprising any 
parts of those Parishes; 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. 
Ashton-under- Mr. Brotherton reported from the Committee on 
- Sra the Ashton-under-Lyne Gas and Water Bill; That 


they had examined the allegations contained in the 
Preamble of the Bill, and sertally amended the same ; 
Vou. 110. 


23°—24° Aprilis. 





177 


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. Brotherton reported from the Committee on Dundee and 
the Dundee and Perth and Aberdeen Railway Junc- Perth and 
tion Bill; That they had examined the allegations feiwey 
contained in the Preamble of the Bill, and amended Junction Bill. 
the same, so as to make it more clearly set forth the 
state of the Company’s existing capital; 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. Brotherton reported from the Committee on gaint George’s 
the Saint George's Saskeer Bill; That it had been Harbour Bill 
proved to the Committee that Notice of the Provisions 
of the Bill had been given to the several Proprietors 
of the Company prior to the second reading of the 
Bill, in terms of the Resolution of the House, on the 
20th day of February last ; that they had also ex- 
amined into the several matters required to be 
specially reported upon by Committees on Railway 
ills, and had agreed to the following Report: That 
inasmuch as the objects of the Bill are to enable the 
Saint George’s Harbour Company to complete their 
Railway and Pier before the Harbour orks are 
commenced, and to exercise the Power granted by 
the recited Act of borrowing Money for the purpose 
of such completion, it appeared to the Committee 
that (with the exception of the 7th Section) the 
135th Standing Order was inapplicable to the present 
case; that a Report from the Board of Trade in 
regard to the Bill has been referred by the House to 
the Committee, and has been duly considered by 
them ; that they had examined the allegations con- 
tained in the Preamble of the Bill, and amended the 
same, by stating that the Right honourable Edward 
Mostyn Lloyd, Baron Mostyn, was willing that the 
Company should make certain alterations on the 
line of the said Railway, and certain stations on the 
same, with the consent of the said Baron Mostyn, 
which alterations affected no other owner of lands 
except his Lordship, which alterations it appeared to 
the Conmalions desirable should be made; 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. Brotherton reported from the Committee on Maryport and 
the Maryport and Carlisle Railway Bill; That they Carlisle 
had examined the allegations contained in the ®#i!wsy Bil. 
Preamble of the Bill, and made verbal Amend- 
ments 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 ; 
and be printed. : 


Mr. Brotherton reported from the Committee on precutor and 
the Executor and Trustee Society Bill ; That they had Trustee __ 
examined the allegations contained in the Preamble S°ci¢ty Bill. 
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. 


A Petition of Owners or Occupiers of property on Uphill and 
the line or in the neighbourhood of the road there- Bleadon | 
inafter-mentioned, praying that Provision may be ®4s Bil. 
made in the Uphill and Bleadon Roads Bill for 
making a new line of road, commencing at or near 
Wickwarth Bridge, and terminating in the road 
leading from Bleadon to Weston-super-Mare, was 
presented, and read ; and referred to the Examiners 
of Petitions for Private Bills. = 

e 


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Jedburgh 
Railway Bill. 


Llynvi Valle 
and Bridgen 
Railways Bill. 


Central India 
Railway 
(No. 2) Bill. 


Paisley Burgh 
Bill. 


Birmingham 
Canal Navi- 
gations Bill. 


Oldham Gas 
and Water 
Bill. 


Metropolitan 
Buildings Bill. 


Bill 89. 


Poor Law 
(Strath.) 


Burmese War. 


178 


_ The Jedburgh 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. 


A Motion being made, That the Zilynvi Valley 
and Bridgend Railways 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 Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway 
(No. 2) 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. 


Ordered, That the Petition of the Reverend the 
Presbytery of Paisley (not praying to be heard b 
Counsel), against the Paisley Burgh Bill, be referred 
to the Committee on that Bill, although not deposited 
within the time required by the Standing Saleen, 


Lord Stanley reported from the Committee on 
Group No. 1 of Railway and Canal Bills; That in 
the case of the Salen Canal Navigations 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; 
that the attention of the Committee had been drawn 
to the bearing of the 134th Standing Order on the 
Clause extending to the New Capital to be created 
under the Bill the guarantee of the London and 
North Western Railway Company of a minimum 
dividend of £.4 on the Share Capital of the Canal 
Company, but inasmuch as the Principle of the 
guarantee, and of its extension to further Monies 
required for improving the undertaking of the Canal 
Company has already been sanctioned by Parliament, 
it appeared to the Committee that the restriction 
imposed by that Order ought not to be enforced in 
this case ; and that they had gone through the Bill, 
and made Amendments thereunto. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Viscount Ebrington reported the Oldham Gas and 
Water (re-committed) Bill, with further Amendments. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Sir William Molesworth presented a Bill to amend 
the Laws relating to the construction of Buildings in 
the Metropolis and its Neighbourhood: And the 
same was read the first time ; and ordered to be read 
a second time upon Friday the 4th day of May 
next; and to be printed. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid efore this ouse, 
Copies of Communications to the Board of Super- 
visioa for the Relief of Poor in Scotland, relative to 
the Parish of Strath, since the 1st day of April 1855. 

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. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return of the Names of all Officers in the 
Royal Army who were honourably mentioned in the 
Despatches of the late Major General Godwin for 





24° Aprilis. 


A, i855. 


their Services in the Field during the late Burmese 
War, distinguishing those on the Staff and serving 
with their iments, also the Engagements for 
which they were mentioned; also the Names of those 
Officers who received Brevet promotion, stating their 
Lengths of Service, and whether their former ap- 

intments and promotion were by Purchase or not. 

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


Colonel Wilson Patten reported from the Com- Committee 
mittee of Selection; That they had made several of Selection 
alterations in the Groups of Private Bills already avy -» 
formed, and had egal to report the same to the wo, 93 
| House. red 

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


Ordered, That Mr. Sandars have leave of absence Leave of 
for two months, on account of ill health. Absence. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Militia. 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return of all Disembodied Regiments of 


Y | Militia in Great Britain and Jreland on the 24th 


day of April 1855, with the Date of the last Training 
of each Regiment, and the Numbers present in each 
at such last Training. 

Ordered, That the said Address be 
Her Majesty, by such Members of this 
of Her Majesty 


resented to 
ouse as are 
s Most honourable Privy Council. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Oak Bark Oak Bark 
(Alice Holt Forest), which was presented upon the —- 
17th day of this instant April, be printed. No. 194. 

Ordered, That the Return relative to the Balaklava Balaklava and 
and Sebastopol Railway, which was presented upon Sebastopol 
the 17th day of this instant April, be printed. ag 
Ordered, That an Abstract of the Return relative Turnpike 
|to Turnpike Trusts (Jreland), which was presented Trusts 


|upon the 26th day of February last, be printed. - 


No. 196. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Turnpike Turnpike 
Trusts (Jreland), which was presented upon the 16th (iselan a.) 
| day of March last, be printed. No. 196. 
Ordered, That the Return relative to Shipping, shipping. 
which was presented upon the 23d day of this in- No. 197. 
stant April, be printed. 


Petitions relating to Church Rates ;— Marriage ;— Public 
Marriage Law Amendment Bill ;— Maynooth College Petitions. 
huty-“Tiemaie, &amp;e. Postage and Stamp Duties vide Twenty- 
Bill ;— Newspaper Stamp Duties Bill ;— Burial- seventh Re- 
grounds (Scotland) Bill ;—Education ;—Education P™ 
(Scotland) Bill ;—Intoxicating Liquors ;— Metro- 
polis Local Management Bill;—Poor Law ;—Sale 
of Beer Act (1854) ;—Schools (Scotland) Bill ;— 

Schools (Scotland) Bill, and Education (Scotland) 
Bill ;—Smoke Abatement Act ;—Testamentary Ju- 
risdiction Bill;—and, War with Russia,—were pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions relating to the Nuisances Removal 
Amendment Bill, and Public Health Bill,—were also 
presented, and read; and referred to the Select 
Committee on the Bills. 








Ordered, That the Select Committee on the Bills Bills ot Be 
of Exchange Bill, and Bills of Exchange and Pro- ary te of 
missory Notes Bill, have Power to send for persons, Exchange and 


i 
papers and records. — _— 
A Motion was made, and the Question being put, Act of 
That this House will resolve itself into a Committee —— 

to consider such Clauses of the Act of Uniformity of ™™~ 





1662, 


a— —™ heft bed 








18 Victroriz. 


1662, as impose religious tests, limiting the advan- 
es of Academical, or Grammar, or Free School 
Education; and so much of an —— of 
National Institutions, either in pe or Ireland, 
as impose religious tests as conditions or qualifi- 
cations for any advantages connected with Educa- 
tion, in the English or Jrish Universities or Public 
Schools :—It passed in the Negative. 
Charity A Motion was made, and the Question was _ 
Commission. posed, ‘That an humble Address be presented to Her 
ajesty, that She will be graciously pleased to give 
directions, that there be laid before this House, Copies 
of Treasury or other Order appointing Robert Wray, 
Esquire, Standing Counsel to the Attorney General 
in Equity Crown matters, or the Date when and by 
whom and under what circumstances he was ap- 


ointed :—And the said Motion was, with leave of the 
ouse, withdrawn. 


Notice being taken, that Forty Members were not 
present :—The House was told by Mr. Speaker ; 
and Forty Members not being present, and it being 
then after Four of the clock :—The House was ad- 
journed by Mr. Speaker, without a Question first 
put, till To-morrow. 








Mercurii, 25° die Aprilis ; 
Anno 18° Victoria Regine, 1855. 


PRAYERS. 
Committees. O RDERED, That all Committees have leave 


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 
a ~sixth 6xamined the Petitions presented upon the 23d day 
ear 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. 

East Indian The House proceeded to take into consideration 


Railway Bill. the East Indian Railway Bill, as amended in the 
Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Madras The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Railway Bill. the Madras Railway Bill, as amended in the Com- 


mittee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 
Newport The House proceeded to take into consideration 
supeeation the Newport Corporation Bill, as amended in the 
- Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 
Stourbridge The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Gas Bill. the Stourbridge Gas Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 
Sarbiton The House proceeded to take into consideration 


improvement the Surbiton Improvement Bill, as amended in the 
Committee. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Dublin, &amp;c. Ordered, That in the case of the Dublin, &amp;c. 

hurt’ (No. 2) Roads (No. 2) Bill, the Standing Order No. 171 be 
suspended ; and that the Bill be read a second time 
upon three clear days’ notice thereof being given at 
the Private Bill Office. 


South Eastern A Motion was made, and the Question was 


TO- 
(Capita pin, posed, That the Petition of Inhabitants and Bro. 
and London ' prietors in Hampshire, Berkshire and Surrey, de- 
3 South ited in the Private Bill Office on the 23d day of 
way Ba arch last, as against the South Eastern Railwa 


(Capital) Bill, and Zondon and South Western Rail- 
= Bill, be printed with the Votes, and referred to 
OL. 110. 


_ 


24°—25° Aprilis. 


179 


the Committee on the Zondon and South Western 
Railway Bill:—And the said Motion was, with 
leave of the House, withdrawn. 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Humphrey : siemens from 
Mr. Speaker, ¥ , 
The Lords have agreed to the Convention with Convention | 
Sardinia Bill, without any Amendment: And also, it" Sardinia 


The Lords have agreed to the Dean Forest, &amp;c. 
Bill, without any Amendment: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Pudsey Gas Bill, Pudsey Gas 
without any Amendment: And also, oe. 

The Lords have agreed to the Woolwich Con- Woolwich | 
sumers’ Protective Gas Bill, without any Amend- eer 
ment: And also, 


Gas Bill 
The Lords have agreed to the Taunton Gas Bill, Taunton Gas 
without any Amendment: And also, Bill. 
The Lords have agreed to the Cambridge Uni- em 
versity and Town Water Bill, without any Amend- . yy 


and Town 
ment: And also, Water Bill. 


The Lords have agreed to the Hoarwithy Bridge Hoarwithy 
Bill, without any Amendment: — And then the Bridge Bill. 
Messenger withdrew. 


Dean Forest, 
&amp;c. Bill. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Edinburgh 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, /@=4s Bill. 
That in the case of the Edinburgh Lands Bill, the 
Standing Orders have been complied with. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Navy 
Return of the Number of Her Majesty’s Ships and Surgeons, &amp;c. 
Vessels now in Commission on Home and Foreign 
Service ; together with the Number and Names of 
the Surgeons, Assistant Surgeons and Dressers 
without Medical or Surgical Diplomas, in any and 
every Ship or Vessel, and the Number and Names of 
those Dressers who are acting as Assistant Surgeons. 


Colonel Wilson Patten reported from the Select Standing 
Committee on Standing Orders, several Resolu- Orders. 
tions ; which were read, as follow: 

1. That in the case of the Hartlepool Pier and Hartlepool 
Port, Petition for additional Provision, the Standing Pier and Port 
Orders ought to be dispensed with; that the Parties ®™. 
be permitted to introduce their additional Provision 
accordingly, if the Committee on the Bill shall think 
fit, on proving before the said Committee that spe- 
cial Notice of the proposed additional Provision has 
been given to the Corporation of Hartlepool fourteen 
days previous to its being considered in Committee 
on the said Bill; that the Committee on the Bill do 
report how far such Order has been complied with 
on the Report of the Bill. 

2. That in the case of the Kingston-upon- Thames Kingston- 
Improvement, Petition for additional Provision, the wv 
Standing Orders ought not to be dispensed with. — 

The first Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That Mr. Bankes have leave of absence Leave of 
for a month, on urgent business. Absence. 


Petitions relating to Church Rates ;—Marriage Public 

Law Amendment Bill ;—Maynooth College Act ;— Petitions. 
Religious Opinions ;— Newspaper, &amp;c. Postage and Vide Twenty- 
Stamp Duties Bill ;—Newspaper, &amp;c. Postage and seventh Re- 
Stamp Duties Bill, and Newspaper Stamp Duties Port. 
Bill; — Newspaper Stamp Duties Bill ;—Charity 
Estates Act;— Decimal Coinage ;—Free Schools 
Bill;—Friendly Societies Bill ;—Intoxicating Li- 
quors ;—Metropolis Local Management Bill ;—Sale 
of Beer Act (1854);—and, War with Russia,— 
were presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 

Petitions relating to the Nuisances Removal 
Amendment Bill ;—and, Public Health Bill,—were 
also presented, and read; and referred to the Select 
Committee on the Bills. 








AA2 Ordered, 








Hampton 
Court and 
Kew Gardens. 


No. 198. 
Turnpike 
Trusts 
(Ireland. ) 


No. 199. 
Public 
Libraries and 
Museums Bill. 


Bill 90. 


Marriage Law 
Amendment 
Bill. 


Schools (Scot- 
land) Bill. 


Public Prose- 
cutors Bill. 


Supply. 


Ways and 
Means. 


Affirmations 
(Scotland) Bill. 


Church Rates 
Abolition 
(No, 2.) 


Education. 


180 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Hampton 
Court and Kew Gardens, which was presented upon 
the 16th day of this instant April, be printed. 


Ordered, That an Abstract of the Paper relative 
to Turnpike Trusts (Jreland), which was presented 
upon the 23d day of this instant April, be printed. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
consideration the Public Libraries and Museums 
Bill, as amended in the Committee: The Bill was 
re-committed to a Committee of the whole House: 
—The House immediately resolved itself into the 
Committee; and, after some time spent therein, 
Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Attorney 
General for Ireland reported, That the Committee 
had gone through the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration upon Monday 
next; and be printed. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Marriage Law Amendment 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 the word “ now,” and, at 
the end of the Question, adding 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 Wed- 
nesday the 9th day of May next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Schools (Scotland) Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Thursday the 17th day of May next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Public Prosecutors Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Thursday the 17th day of May next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Supply ; 

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


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Ways and Means ; 

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


The Affirmations (Scotland) Bill was, according 
to 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. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to abolish Church Rates, and to make other Provi- 
sions in lieu thereof: And that Sir William Clay, 
Mr. Hutt and Mr. Miall do prepare, and bring it in. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Returns of the Sum expended under the 
Authority of the Committee of Council on Education 
in the Purchase and Adaptation of Kneller Hall, and 
of the Sums expended annually in the Support of 
that Establishment from its Commencement to the 

resent time, specifying distinctly the Cost of 


uition, and the Cost of Board and other Current 
Expenses ; also of the Number of Pupils instructed 
in it in each year since its formation, and the present 
Occupation of such of them as are Teachers in Public 
Schools; also of the Number of Pupils received 
into the several Normal Schools receiving Aid from 





25°—96° Aprilis. 


A, 1855. 


the Committee of Council on Education, and of the 
Number who have obtained Certificates, with a Spe- 
cification of the Number in each Class; and also of 
the Number who have left the Profession of Teach- 
ing in Public Schools, with a Specification of the 
Date of their Abandonment of it:—And, of all 
Pupil Teachers, Stipendiary Monitors, and other 
Persons, of whatever Name or Description, who 
have been wholly or partially trained or educated at 








the Public Expense to become Teachers, but who 
have not been received into the Normal Schools. 
Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty, by such Members of this Sieun as are 
of Her Majesty's Most honourable Privy Council. 


Sir William Clay presented a Bill to abolish Church Rates 
Church Rates, and to make other Provisions in lieu ~ —. 
thereof: And the same was read the first time ; and ‘ on = 
ordered to be read a second time upon Wednesday ~ = 
the 16th day of May next; and to be printed. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 





Jovis, 26° die Aprilis ; 
Anno 18° Victoria Regine, 1855. 


PRAYERS. 


M* Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Bradford 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Corporation 
Bills, in respect of non-compliance with the Standing "“™ 
Orders in the case of the Petition for the Bradford 
a roe Water Bill. 

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


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to change the Derbyshire, 
corporate name of the Derbyshire, Staffordshire and Staffordshire 
Worcestershire Junction Railway Company, to repeal ong 
their Act and consolidate their Powers, to alter and way (No. 2) 
define their Undertaking, to reduce their Capital, and Bill. 
for other purposes: And the same was read the first 
time. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Ex- 
aminers of Petitions for Private Bills. 


Ordered, That the Edinburgh Lands Bill be read Edinburgh 
a second time upon Monday next. Lands Bill. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses Bradford 
of the Borough of Bradford, in the West Riding of Corporation 
the County of York, for leave to bring ina Billto' 
amend the Bradford Corporation Waterworks Act, 

1854, was presented, and read; and referred to the 

Select Committee on Standing Orders. 


The Birmingham Water Bill was read the third Birmingham 
time. Water Bill. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Spooner do carry the Bill to 

the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


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 Ro Assent to 
several Acts upon by both Houses, do de- 
sire 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 ~~ = 

8, 





awakFt &amp; DP 


em «4 2D ee 


-_—— 


— oS bee 


Convention 
with Sardinia 
Bill. 


Purchasers’ 
ee 
against Judg- 
ments Bill. 


Lunacy Regu- 
lation Act 
Amendment 
Bill. 

Commons 
Inclosure Bill. 


Dean Forest, 
&amp;c. Bill. 


Woolwich 
Consumers’ 
Protective 
Gas Bill. 


Pudsey 
Gas Bill. 


Cambridge 
University 
and Town 

Water Bill. 


Taunton 
Gas Bill. 


Hoarwithy 
Bridge Bill. 


South Eastern 
and London 
and South 
Western 
Railway 
Companies. 


Hartlepool 
Gas and 
Water Bill. 


Waterford 
and Limerick 
Railway Bill. 


Cornwall 
Railway Bill. 


Plymouth 


18 Vicroriz. 


Lords, thereby authorized, had declared the Royal 
Assent to the said Acts, as follow : 
An Act to carry into effect a Convention between 


Her Majesty and the King of Sardinia : 


An Act for the better Protection of Purchasers 
against Judgments, Crown Debts, Cases of Lis pen- 
dens and Life Annuities or Rent-charges : 


An Act to explain and amend the Lunacy Regu- 
lation Act, 1853 : 


An Act to authorize the Inclosure of certain Lands 
in pursuance of a Report of the Inclosure Com- 
missioners for England and Wales: 

An Act to authorize the letting Parts of the Royal 
Forests of Dean and Woolmer, and certain other 
Parts of the Hereditary Possessions of the Crown : 

An Act for incorporating the Woolwich, Plumstead 
and Charlton Consumers’ Gas Company : 


An Act to amend “The Pudsey Gas Act, 1845,” 
and to enable the Company thereby incorporated to 
raise a further Sum of Money: 

An Act to enable the Cambridge University and 
Town Waterworks Company to raise further Money: 


An Act to enable the Taunton Gas-Light and 
Coke Company to raise a further Sum of Money, 
and for other purposes : 

An Act for erecting and maintaining a Bridge over 
the River Wye ata Place called Hoarwithy Ferry, 
in the Parishes of Hentland and King’s Caple, in the 
County of Hereford, and for making convenient 
Approaches thereto. 


Ordered, That Standing Order, No. 177, be sus- 
pended, as regards a Petition deposited in the Private 
Bill Office on the 28d of March last, relating to the 
South Eastern and London and South Western Rail- 
way Companies ; and that the said Petition do stand 
referred to the Committee now sitting on the London 
and South Western Railway Bill. 


Mr. FitzRoy reported the Hartlepool Gas and 
Water Bill, with Amendments. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Fitz Roy reported the Waterford and Limerick 
Railway Bill, with Amendments. 

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


Mr. FitzRoy reported from the Committee on the 
Cornwall Railway Bill ; That they had examined the 
allegations contaimed in the Preamble of the Bill, 
and amended the same, by stating more distinctl 
when the periods for the completion of the Cornwall 
Railway and Works as originally limited, and as 
extended by Warrant of the Commissioners of Rail- 
ways, would expire, and also by stating the purposes 
for which the Company were authorized to raise 
certain additional Capital, and making the recital in 
reference to the creation of New Shares consistent 
with the Provisions of the Bill as passed by the 
Committee; 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. FitzRoy reported from the Committee on the 


De, Western Plymouth Great Western Docks Bill ; That they had 


ks Bi 





examined the allegations contained in the Preamble 
of the Bill, and amended the same, by omitting 
certain recitals referring to proposed arrangements 
with the Railway Companies and other Establishments 
therein mentioned, and inserting words to the effect 
that the Capital already authorized to be raised was 
insufficient for the completion of the Works, the 
a of the Bill being merely to raise further 
OL. 110. 





26° Aprilis. 181 


capital; 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. Edward Ellice reported from the Committee Folkestone 
on Group F. of Private Bills; That in the case of Improvement 


the Folkestone Improvement Bill, they had examined 
the allegations contained in the Preamble of the 
Bill, and amended the same, by correcting several 
clerical errors, and by reciting an agreement which 
had been entered into between the Earl of Radnor 
and Viscount Folkestone of the one part, and the 
Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses of Folkestone of 
the other part; and found the same, as amended, to be 
true ; ant had gone through the Bill, and made 
Amendments thereunto. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Edward Ellice reported from the Committee saint Helen’s 
on Group F. of Private Bills; That in the case of Improvement 





















the Saint Helen’s Improvement Bill, they had ex- 344 


amined the allegations contained in the Preamble of 
the Bill, and amended the same in the 2d Clause, by 
reciting at length certain proceedings executed by 
the Commissioners under a former Act; by cor- 
recting a clerical error in the 4th Clause; and by 
striking out the 6th Clause, the recital therein 
contained not being considered necessary for the 
purposes of the present Act; 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 Boldero reported the Rhymney Railway Rhymney 
Railway Bill. 


Bill, with Amendments. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Colonel Boldero reported from the Committee on South Wales 
Railway Con- 
solidation Bill, 


Group 2 of Railway and Canal Bills; That in the 
case of the South Wales Railway Consolidation 
Bill, they had examined the allegations contained in 
the Preamble of the Bill, and amended the same, by 
stating more fully the financial position of the Com- 
pany ; and by striking out so much as had reference 
to the Neyland Pill Branch and the Bute Docks 
Junction, and to the impounding of the Waters of 
Neyland Pill, and to the providing Accommodation 
for the landing and shipping of Passengers and 
Goods at the Terminus of the Railway on the north 
side of Milford Haven, so as to make the Preamble 
consistent with the provisions of the Bill as passed 
by the Committee ; 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. 


Colonel Boldero reported from the Committee on Railway and 


Group No. 2 of Railway and Canal Bills; That ales) 


Mr. Hardinge, one of the Members of the said 
Committee, was not present during the sitting of the 
Committee this day. 

Ordered, That Mr. Hardinge be discharged from 
further attendance on the Committee. 


Mr. Moody reported the Newcastle-upon- Tyne Im- Newcastle- 
upon-Tyne 
Improvements 


provements Bill, with Amendments. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Moody reported from the Committee on Kingston- 
upon-Thames 
Improvement 


Group N. of Private Bills; That in the case of the 
Kingston-upon- Thames Improvement Bill, they had 
examined the allegations contained in the Preamble 
of the Bill, and made a verbal Amendment in the 
same, by striking out the words “in that part of the 
“ Town which is known as West by Thames;” 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. 

aa Colonel 





Bill. 


Bill. 





























































Railway and 
Canal Bills 
(Group 9.) 


Local Acts. 
No. 110. 


Private Bills 
(Group D.) 


Letters Patent. 


Militia. 


Omagh Luna- 


tic Asylum. 


Colonial 
Expenditure. 


182 


Colonel Wi/son Patten informed the House, That 
the Committee on Group 9 of Railway and Canal 
Bills was unable to proceed this day, in consequence 
of the unavoidable absence of the Chairman. 

Ordered, That the Committee be revived :—And 
that they have leave to sit, and proceed To-morrow, 
at Twelve o’clock. 


Mr. Osborne presented, by Her Majesty's Com- 
mand,—Further Report from the Admiralty relative 
to an application for a Local Act: — 28. London 
and South Western Railway Bill. 

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


Mr. Labouchere reported from the Committee on 
Group D. of Private Bills; That the Parties op- 
posing the Liverpool Docks Bill having applied 
for an adjournment until Monday, and the Parties 
promoting the Bill having agreed to such adjourn- 
ment, the Committee had adjourned to Monday 
next, at ‘T'welve of the clock. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the Names and Addresses of all Persons 
who have petitioned the Lord Chancellor to extend 
the time for sealing Letters Patent, or filing Specifi- 
cations, under the Act 16 &amp; 17 Vic. c. 115; stating 
whether no Order, or any, and what Order, was 
made in each case. 


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, in Columns, the Number 
of Volunteers actually serving in each Regiment of 
Militia, embodied or under training in the United 
Kingdom on the 1st day of March 1855; the Num- 
ber of Volunteers actually serving in each such 
Regiment on the 15th ion of April 1855; the 
Number of Volunteers enrolled previous to the 12th 
day of May 1854, who left each such Regiment 
after Publication of a Circular from the War Office, 
dated the 27th day of March 1855 ; the Number of 
Volunteers so enrolled who took the Bounty of £.1, 
offered in the same Circular, to complete their Term 
of Service, and the Amount of such Bounty paid in 
each Regiment ; and the Total Number of all Ranks 
(distinguishing the same) effective in each such 
Regiment of Militia on the 15th day of April 1855. 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Returns of the Total Cost of the Building of the 
New Lunatic Asylum at Omagh, and a Statement 
of the original Estimate that was made before the 
Work was commenced :—Of the Amount of Expense 
incurred after the Building was completed, for the 
purpose of obtaining an adequate Supply of Water : 
—Of the Expense of the Steam Cooking Apparatus 
ordered by the Board of Works, and on account of 
the Length of Time that it remained serviceable :— 
And, Copy of any Correspondence that may have 
taken place between the Genmenes of the Asylum 
and the Board of Works on the subject of the Ex- 
penses of the Building, the Supply of Water, and 
the Cooking Apparatus. 


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 General Abstract of the Colonial Expen- 
diture of Great Britain for the year 1854, or for 
the last year for which the same can be made u 
(in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 398, 
of Session 1853). 


26° Aprils. 








A. 1855. 


Ordered, That 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 Smoke 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased Nuisance. 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return of the Number of Prosecutions 
instituted under the various Acts of Parliament 
relating to the Municipal, Police or Sanitary Go- 
vernment of any City, Town, Village or District, 
having reference to the Smoke Nuisance, stating the 


Number of Writs issued, the Convictions obtained, ” 
the Penalties adjudged, and those paid; also the 
Costs of the Proceedings ; the Number of Officers 
specially appointed for the purpose of enforcing the St 
Law, with the Remuneration paid, and for what (D 


time appointed. Be 
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, Metropolis Bi 
Copies of Reports to the Metropolitan Commis- Sewers. 
sioners of Sewers, on the working of Pipe Sewers, 
of the District Engineers, Messrs. Lorick, Grant, : 
Cooper, Donaldson and Roe :—And, of Notes of a 
House to House Inquiry made in Ormond-terrace 
by Mr. F. O. Ward, one of the Metropolitan Com- 

















missioners of Sewers, accompanied by Mr. Cresy, k 
one of the Engineers of the Commission, as to the in 
working of 4 and 6 inch pipe drains laid there on 
the plan of back drainage, and stated to have failed. 
B 
Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for changing the Grand Surrey . 
corporate Name of the Company of Proprietors of — (No. 2) 
the Grand Surrey Canal, for consolidating their~ 
Acts, for authorizing them to make a New Entrance 
from the Thames, additional Docks and other 
Works, and to raise further Monies, and for other D 
purposes: And the same was read the first time. . 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exa- C 
miners of Petitions for Private Bills. 
The following Paper was laid upon the Table by fast India i 
the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, dated (Sattara.) B 





the 30th day of March last, for a Statement of the 
Receipts and Charges on account of Sattara, in 
each year from 1850 to 1854 inclusive. 








Mr. Attorney General for Zreland presented,—Re- Dublin Port. 
turn to an Order, dated the 23d day of February last, 
for Returns of the Accounts of all Receipts and Dis- 
bursements by the Corporation for preserving and im- 
proving the Port of Dublin, from the 1st day of January 
1853, up to the latest Period to which the same 
have been made up, distinguishing the same under 
different Heads, and under what Authority :—Of all 
Monies borrowed by Debentures or otherwise under 
the authority of the Act 26 Geo. 3, c. 19, and of 
the Act 32 Geo. 3, c. 35, or of any other Act, the 
Rate of Interest at which the same was borrowed, 
what part of the same has been paid off, and the 
Annual Amount of Interest payable on the subsisting 
Debt or Debts (in continuation of Parliamentary 
Papers, No. 57, of Session 1851, and of No. 105, of 
Session 1853):—And, Statement of the Surplus 
Receipts above Disbursements, for the years ending 
on the 31st day of December 1853 and 1854 re- 
spectively, and of the Total Surplus on the last of 
these Days, and of the Application or Investment of 
such Surplus, and the Bess thereof, and of the 
Dividends received thereon. 

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


Petitions relating to Church Rates ;—Marriage Public 
Law Amendment Bill ;—Maynooth College Act ;— Petion® 
Maynooth College Act, am Nunneries ;— Roman yjde Twenty- 
Catholic Religion ;—Newspaper Stamp Duties Bill ; eighth Report. 
—Billeting Soldiers (Scotland) ;—Burials — 
e 






















Say 












Loan Bill. 


Stamp Duties 
(Drafts on 
Bankers) Bill. 


Income Tax 
Bill. 


Customs 
Duties Bill. 


Spirit Duties 
(Scotland and 
Ireland) Bill. 


Burial- 
grounds 
(Scotland) Bill. 


Despatch of 
Business, 
Court of 
Chancery Bill. 


Testamentary 
Jurisdiction 
Bill. 


Tenants’ 
Improvements 
Compensation 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Dwelling. 
‘ouses (Scot. 
land) Bill, 


of Bills in 
P atliament, 





18 VictrorrzZ. 


the Metropolis Act ;—Decimal Coinage ;—Educa- 
tion (Scotland) Bill;—Friendly Societies Bill ;— 
Grain ;—Intestacy (Scotland) Dan ;— latouieuting 
Liquors ;— Metropolis Local Management Bill ;— 
Ordnance Survey (Scotland) ;—Poor Law;—Pre- 
rogative Court ;— Public-houses (Scotland) Act ;— 
Sale of Beer Act (1854) ;—Schools (Scotland) Bill; 
—Screw Propeller ;—Secretary of State for Scot- 
land;—and, Testamentary Jurisdiction Bill,—were 
SS and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
able. 


The Loan Bill was, according to Order, read a 
second time ; and committed to a Committee of the 
whole House, for To-morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
— of the Stamp Duties (Drafts on Bankers) 


Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 


To-morrow. 


The Income Tax Bill was, according to Order, 
read a second time; and committed to a Committee 
of the whole House, for To-morrow. 


The Customs Duties Bill was, according to Order, 
read a second time; and committed to a Committee 
of the whole House, for To-morrow. 


The Spirit Duties (Scotland and Ireland) Bill | 


was, according to Order, read a second time ; and 
committed to a Committee of the whole House, 
for To-morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- | 


mittee on the Burial-grounds (Scotland) Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday the 
4th day of May next, resolve itself into the said 
Committee. 


The Despatch of Business, Court of Chancery 
Bill was, according to Order, read a second time; 
and committed to a Committee of the whole House, 
for Thursday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Testamentary Jurisdiction 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 the word “now,” and, at 
the end of the Question, adding 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 ; 


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


Veneris, 27° die Aprilis, 1855: 


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


The Order of the day being read, for resuming 
the adjourned Debate on the Question proposed upon 
the 18th day of this instant April, That the Tenants’ 
Improvements Compensation (Jreland) Bill be now 
read a second time ; 

Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 
ull Friday the 4th day of May next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Dwelling-houses (Scotland) Bill ; 

Resolved, That this ae will, upon Monday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That there be laid before this House, a Return 
of the Sum Total of all Fees and Allowances paid or 
= to Draftsmen by the several Public De- 

OL. 110. 


26°—27° Aprilis. 183 


partments during the years 1853 and 1854, for 
drafting, settling or advising on Bills laid or to be 
laid before Parliament; specifying the Fee or Al- 
lowance for every Bill, and the Name of the Drafts- 
man to whom it was paid or allotted, and whether 
such Bill has been passed into a Law:—And, like 
Return of all Salaries payable during the same 
— to Draftsmen of Bills by the several Public 

epartments, specifying the like particulars :—And 
the said Motion was, with leave of the House, 
withdrawn. 


The Select Committee on the Criminal Justice Criminal 
Bill was nominated of Mr. Henley, Sir George Grey, S*tice Bill. 
Sir William Heathcote, Mr. Attorney General, Mr. 
Solicitor General for Ireland, Mr. Ewart, Mr. Robert 
Palmer, Mr. Dillwyn, Mr. Wrightson, Mr. Mullings, 
Mr. Miles, Mr. Baines, Mr. Deedes and Mr. Henry 
Herbert. 

Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 





Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Parish 
‘to amend the Laws relating to the Appointment and ©™s*bles. 
| Payment of Superintending and Parish Constables, 

'and to dispense with the Services of High Constables 

jand Petty Constables in certain cases: And that 

| Mr. Deedes, Colonel Clifford and Mr. Cavendish do 

| prepare, and bring it in. 

{ 

| Ordered, That leave be given to ber in a Bill Personal 
for the better settling of the Personal Estates of fstates of 
| Intestates: 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 to Downing- _ 
enable the Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Works —— 
‘and Public Buildings to provide additional Offices pytension. 
‘for the Public Service, in or near Downing-street, 
| Westminster : And that Sir William Molesworth and 
| Mr, Hayter do prepare, and bring it in. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to Dissenters’ 
amend the Provisions of the Marriage Acts relating Martiages. 
to Dissenters: And that Mr. Cheetham and Mr. 

Pellatt do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to Grants of 
facilitate Grants of Lands and Tenements for the Lands. 
purpose of Religious Worship, and other purposes 
connected therewith: And that Mr. Horsman, Mr. 
Attorney General for Ireland and Mr. Solicitor 
General for Ireland do prepare, and bring it in. 


Mr. Deedes presented a Bill to amend the Laws Parish Con- 
relating to the Appointment and Payment of Super- stables Bill 
intending and Parish Constables, and to — Bill 92. 
with the Services of High Constables and Petty 
Constables in certain cases: And the same was read 
the first time ; and ordered to be read a second time 
upon Thursday the 17th day of May next; and to 
be printed. 


Sir William Molesworth presented a Bill to enable Downing- 
the Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Works and Street Public 
Public Buildings to provide additional Offices for pe yA 
the Public Service, in or near Downing-street, West- py) og 
| minster : And the same was read the first time. ° 
| Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Ex- 


| aminers of Petitions for Private Bills; and be printed. 





Mr. Wilson presented a Bill for disafforesting the Woolmer 
Forest of Woolmer: And the same was read the first Forest Bill. 
time. Bill 94. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Ex- 
aminers of Petitions for Private Bills; and be printed. 


Mr. Locke King presented a Bill for the better Personal 
settling of the Personal Estates of Intestates: And Estates of 
the same was read the first time; and ordered 

AA4 





read Bill 95. 


to be Intestates Bill. 























































Grants of 
Lands Bill. 


Bill 96. 


Public 
Petitions 
(Twenty-se- 


venth Report.) examined the Petitions presented upon the 24th and 


Inverury and 
Old Meldrum 
Railway Bill. 


England 
and Ireland 
Improved 
Communica- 
tion Bill 


Wem and 
Bronygarth 
Roads Bill. 


Standing 
Orders. 


Abingdon 
Railway Bill. 


Wisbech Port. 


Sunderland 
Dock Bill. 


184 26°—27° 


read a second time upon Tuesday the 8th day of 
May next; and to be printed. 


Mr. Attorney General for Jreland presented a Bill 
to facilitate Grants of Lands and Tenements for the 
purpose of Religious Worship, and other purposes 
connected therewith: And the same was read the 
first time; and ordered to be read a second time 
upon Tuesday the 15th day of May next; and to 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, 27° die Aprilis ; 
Anno 18° Victoria Regine, 1855. 
PRAYERS. 


R. Duncan re 


ae from the Select Com- 
mittee on Publi 


= ic Petitions; That they had 
25th 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. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Jnverury and Old Meldrum 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 England and Ireland Improved 
Communication 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 the word “now,” and, at 
the end of the Question, adding the words “ upon 
“ this day month.” 

And the Question being proposed, That the word 
“now” stand part of the Question :—The said pro- 
posed Amendment was, with leave of the House, 
withdrawn. 

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

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


A Petition of Trustees for executing the Acts re- 
lating to the Wem and Bronygarth Turnpike-roads, 
praying that Provision may be made in the Wem and 
Bronygarth Roads Bill for enabling the Petitioners 
to abandon certain Lines of Road, to make, widen and 
maintain others, to purchase certain Property, and for | 
other purposes, was presented, and read; and referred 
to the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills. 


Colonel Wilson Patten reported from the Select 
Committee on Standing Orders, several Resolutions; 
which were read, as follow : 

1. That in the case of the Abingdon Railway, 
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. 

2. That in the case of the Wisbech Port, Petition 
for leave to deposit a Petition for a Bill, the Stand- 
ing Orders ought to be dispensed with; that the 
Parties be permitted to deposit their Petition ac- 
cordingly. 

3. That in the case of the Sunderland Dock, Pe- 
tition of the Earl of Durham and Coalowners, Shi 
owners in Sunderland and Owners of Lands, &amp;c., tor 





Aprilis. A. 1855. 


dispensing with Standing Order 110, and for leave 
to be heard on their Petitions inst the Bill, the 
Standing Order ought not to be dispensed with. 
The first and second Resolutions, being read a 
second time, were agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Bill, with Amendments. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


case of the Kelso Bridge Bill, they had examined 
the allegations contained in the Preamble of the Bill, 
and amended the same, by adding the words “ for 
“ the appointment of Trustees, and,” as the Committee 
considered a further local representation in the Trust 
desirable ; 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. 


hborough Road Bill, with Amendments. 


case of the Paisley Burgh Bill, they had examined 
the allegations contained in the Preamble of the Bill, 
and amended the same, by correcting several clerical 
errors; and by making the rate nm, levied appli- 
cable to Navigation purposes instead of to the securin 
of Annuities ; and by adding Five Persons mapeinted 
by the Board of Trustees for the Navigation; and by 
striking out that portion relating to the Abolition of 
Customs ; such aforesaid alterations being considered 
necessary by the Committee ; 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. 


promoting the Hamilton Improvement 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. 


Mr. Henry Baillie reported the Ulster Railway 
Bill, with Amendments. 

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


Sir James Buller East reported from the Com- 
mittee on Group J. of Private Bills ; That in the case 


of the Renfrew Police and Improvement Bill, they 


had examined the allegations contained in the Pre- 
amble of the Bill, and amended the same, by ex- 
tending the jurisdiction of the Magistrates over the 
Ancient Royalty and the Parliamentary limits of the 
Burgh ; 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 the same was read the first time ; and ordered 
to be read a second time upon Thursday next; and 
to be printed. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 


in respect of non-compliance with the Standing 
Orders 








Lord Hotham reported the East of Fife Railway Rest of Fife 


way Bill. 


ilway Bill, 


Sir William Somerville reported from the Com- Kelso Bridge 
mittee on Group K. of Private Bills; That in the Bill. 


Colonel Pennant reported the Nottingham and Nottingham 
and Lough- 


Lou 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. p7rUs? Ros 


Sir William Somerville reported from the Com- Paisley Burgh 
mittee on Group K. of Private Bills; That in the Bil. 


Sir James Buller East reported from the Com- Hamilton 
mittee on Group J. of Private Bills; That the Parties Improvement 


Ulster Rail- 
ill 


Renfrew 
Police and 
Improvement 
Bill. 


Mr. Cheetham presented a Bill to amend the Pro- Dissenters’ 
visions of the Marriage Acts relating to Dissenters : Marriages 


Bill 97. 


Uphill and 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, — 








Turnpike 
Trusts. 


Army. 


Military 
Medical 
Service. 


Horses 
(Army.) 


Commissariat. 


Ministers’ 
Money 
(Ireland. ) 


Militia, 


18 Vicroriz. 97° Aprilis. 185 


Orders in the case of the Petition for additional | Strength of such Regiments on the 14th day of 
Provision in the Uphill and Bleador Road Bill. | March and the 14th day of April 1855, respectively; 
Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Select| and the Names of such Regiments as have given 
Committee on Standing Orders. | their Quota to the regular Army. 
Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Mr. Cowper presented, by Her Majesty's Com- Her Majesty, by such Members of this line as are 
mand,—Copy of Third Report, with Abstracts of of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 
Accounts relating to the cireumstances of the under-| 


mentioned Turnpike Trusts applying for Local Acts! | Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Poor Law 


in the present Session of Parliament, made by di-| Copy of all Correspondence between the Poor Law ¢ 
rection of the Secretary of State for the Home De-| Commissioners and the Board of Guardians of the 
partment, under the Powers conferred upon him! Limerick Union, relative to any special or additional 
by the Act 3 &amp; 4 Will. 4, c. 80:—No. 13. Peter-- Remuneration to the District Medical Officers of the 
borough and Wellingborough Roads ; No. 14. Honi- | .City for their Services during the late Visitation of 
ton Roads; No. 15. Nottingham and Newhaven Cholera. 

Roads; No. 16. Hull, Hessle and Ferriby Road. 


Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Metropolis 


Limerick 


Union. ) 


Table. to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased Roads. 


to give directions, that there be laid before this 

Mr. Peel presented, by Her Majesty’s Command, | House, a Return showing all the Toll-gates still 
— Return of Medical Comforts supplied for the Army | existing under the Metropolitan Trust, the Amount 
in the East since the Commencement of the War, to; at which the same are respectively let, and the 
the 22d December 1854. | several Debts, if any, still remaining due in respect 

Return, stating the Name of each Person not) thereof; distinguishing in such Return the Amount 
previously in the Military Medical Service appointed remaining due from each District. 
to proceed with the Army to the East, or to join; Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
the Army since it departed from this Country, with Her Majesty, by such Members of this House as are 
a Statement showing the Medical Schools in which of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 
such Persons had studied, and the Nature of the 


Certificates showing their respective Qualifications. | Petitions relating to Church Rates ;—Lord’s Day; Public 
Copies of Reports of Officers surperintending the —Marriage Law Amendment Bill ;—- Maynooth Col- Petitions. 


Transport of Horses from Varna to Balaklava on' lege Act ;—Australian Colonies (Postal Communi- yige Twenty- 
board the Ships “ War Cloud,” “ Wilson Kennedy,” cation);-—-Customs Duties Bill ;—Newspaper Stamp eighth Report. 


“ Rip van Winkle” and “ Star of the South ;” also, Duties Bill;—Spirit Duties (Jreland) Act Amend- 
Report of Proceedings of the Court of Inquiry which | ment Bill ;—Spirit Duties (Scotland and Ireland) 


sut to inquire into the Loss of Horses on board the Bill;—Border Marriages (Scotland) ;— Coasts of 
“Waur Cloud” in the Voyage from Varna to Bala-| Scotland ;—Decimal Coinage ; — Education (Scot- 
hlava, with all Documents sent therewith. | land) Bill ;—Grain ;—Grand Juries (Jreland) Bill; 


Copies of a Letter addressed by Deputy Assistant —Intestacy (Scotland) Bill ;—Intoxicating Liquors; 
Commissary General Cooksley to Commissary Ge- —Medical Officers (Navy) ;—Metropolis Local Ma- 
neral Filder, and of one addressed by Commissary nagement Bill ;— Militia Act;— Passengers Act 
General Filder to Field Marshal Lord Raglan, | Amendment Bill;--Poor Law ;—-Public-houses (Scot- 
complaining of certain Statements made by the Earl | land) Act ;—Sale of Beer Act (1854) ;— Schools 
of Zucan in his Evidence before the Select Com- | (Scotland) ;—Schools (Scotland) Bill ;— Secretary 
mittee on the Army before Sebastopol. _of State for Scotland ;—Wages ;— and, War with 

Ordered, That the said Papers be referred to the | Russia,—were presented, and read; and ordered to 
Select Committee on the Army before Sebastopo/. _| lie upon the Table. 

Petitions relating to the Public Health Bill; and, 

Ordered, That there be laid before this House,| Nuisances Removal Amendment Bill,—were also 
Returns of the Total Valuation, on the 31st day of| presented, and read; and referred to the Select 
December 1853, of Houses liable to the Payment of | Committee on the Bills. 

Ministers’ Money in each of the Cities and Towns | 


respectively of Dublin, Cork, Limerick, Waterford,, Mr. Peel presented,—Return to an Order, dated Coffee 
Drogheda, Kilkenny, Clonmel and Kinsale ; distin- | the 8th day of March last, for a Return showing the (Crimea. ) 


guishing the Total Valuation of Houses at or under | Quantity of Coffee in a green state sent to the Crimea 
#.10 from that of Houses above that Sum :—Of the for the use of the Army; the Quantity issued as 
Annual Sums which the Ecclesiastical Commissioners | Rations to the Troops, distinguishing that distributed 
for Ireland are, under the Act 17 &amp; 18 Vic. c. 11,| to the Soldiers in the Field, and that distributed 
bound to pay tothe Incumbents of each of those to the Soldiers in the Hospitals; the Cost of each 
Cities and ‘Towns respectively in lieu of Ministers’ | Ration of Coffee so distributed, and the Sum Total 
Money :—Of the Sums to be raised and levied off | deducted from the Pay of the Soldiers for such Ra- 
the said Towns respectively under the Provisions of | tions, to the latest Date to which such Return can be 
the said Act, and to be paid over by the Paymaster | made up. 


of Civil Services, when received by him, to the said/ Return to an Order, dated the 18th day of De- Foreign 


Commissioners :—Of the Money actually recovered | cember last, for a Return of the Sums of Money 
under the said Act from each of the said Cities and | annually expended in the Payment of Foreign Troops 
Towns respectively, and of the Sums actually paid | employed in the Service of the United Kingdom, 
by the said Commissioners to the several Incumbents | from the year 1800 to the year 1815 inclusive ; to- 
in said (‘ities and Towns respectively :—And, of the | gether with the Number of Men so employed, and, 
Monies invested by the Ecclesiastical Commissioners | as nearly as can be ascertained, the different Coun- 
in the Purchase of Government Stock, from the 1st | tries of which such Troops were Natives. 

day of August last; distinguishing the Investments| Ordered, That the said Returns do lie upon the 
made from the Perpetuity Funds and those from the | Table. 

General Funds, 


to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased | for the Month ended the 31st March 1855, and 
to give directions, that there be laid before this | Three Months ended the 31st March 1855. 
House, a Keturn showing the Militia Regiments! Ordered, That the said Accounts do lie upon the 
embodied in Englund, Scotland and Ireland; the| Table; and be printed. 

VoL. 110. | PB Resolved, 





Troops. 


Mr. Bouverie presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- Trade and 
Resolved, That an humble Address be presented | mand,—Accounts relating to Trade and Navigation, “On 
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Adjournment. 


Loan Bill. 


Customs 
Duties Bill. 


Spirit Duties 
(Scotland 
and Ireland) 
Bill. 


Education 


(Scotland) Bill. 


186 


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


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on the Loan Bill; and, after 
some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the 
Chair; and Mr. FitzRoy 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 the Com- 
mittee on the Customs Duties Bill ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That Mr. Speaker do now leave 
the Chair ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word “ That” to 
the end of the Question, in order to add the words 
“ this House will, upon this day six months, resolve 
“ itself into the said Committee,” instead thereof. 

And the Question being 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.) 


Preamble postponed. 


Cravse, N° 1 (Duties of Customs on Tea, Coffee, 
Sugar, &amp;c.) 

Amendments made. 

Another Amendment proposed, in p. 2,1. 8: To 
leave out from the words “ last mentioned” to the end 
of the paragraph, in order to insert the words “ date 
“ the same Duties shall be paid as were payable 
“ previous to the passing of this Act.” 

Question proposed, That the words proposed to 
be left out, stand part of the Clause. 

Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 

Clause, as amended, agreed to. 


Cravuses, N°2 and N° 3, amended, and agreed to. 
Curausez, N° 4, agreed to. 

Preamble agreed to. 

Bill, as amended, to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; and Mr. Fitz Roy 
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 Spirit Duties (Scotland and Ireland) 
Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
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 ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out the word “now,” and, at 
the end of the Question, adding 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, 28° die Aprilis, 1855: 
And the Question being put ; 


27°—28° Aprils. 


A. 1855. 


The House divided. 
The Yeas to the Right ; 
The Noes to the Left. 


Tellers for thef Mr. Hayter, Lor 
Yeas, (The Earl of Mulgrave: es 

Tellers for the ; Mr. Blackburn, livo 
Noes, UMr. Henry Baillie: s 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Ordered, That the Bill be now read a second 
time:—The Bill was accordingly read a second 
time ; and committed to a Committee of the whole 
House, for Thursday the 10th day of May next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Savings Banks 
reading of the Savings Banks and Friendly Societies 44 Friendly 
Investments Bill ; ene lll 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon Bill. 

Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Friendly 
consideration the Friendly Societies Bill, as amended S¢cieties Bill. 
in the Committee : The Bil was re-committed to a _ Bill 98. 
Committee of the whole House:—The House im- 
mediately resolved itself into the Committee. 


(In the Committee.) 


Preamble postponed. 

Cravuses, N° 1 to N° 38, with Amendments to 
several of them, agreed to. 

Cravse, N° 39 (Power of Attorney, &amp;c., not liable 
to Stamp Duty). 

Amendment proposed, in p. 19, 1. 6: To leave out 
the words from “ Provided also” to the end of the 
Clause. 

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

The Committee divided. 

Tellers for the ¢ Mr. Grenville Berkeley, 

Yeas, | The Earl of Mulgrave : 

Tellers for the f Mr. Scholefield, 

Noes, \ Mr. Wilkinson : 

Clause agreed to. 

Crause, N° 40, agreed to. 

Cravuse, N° 41, amended, and agreed to. 

Crauses, N° 42 to N° 45, agreed to. 

Causes, N° 46 and N° 47, amended, and agreed 
to. 

Crausss, N° 48 and N° 49, agreed to. 

Clause (Benefit Societies may increase Allowances 
to Militiamen)——brought up, and read 1°. 

Motion made, and Question, That the Clause be 
read a second time——put, and negatived. 

Schedule amended, and agreed to. 

Preamble agreed to. 

Bill, as amended, to be reported. 


Var. 
} 26. 





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; and be printed. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Supply. 
mittee of Supply ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 

next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Ways and 
mittee of Ways and Means ; Means. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 

next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Stamp Duties 


moding of the Stamp Duties (Drafts on Bankers) Goexere) Bille 


Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Friday next. or 
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The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Income Tax Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Income Tax 
Bill. 





Education Bill. The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Education Bill; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Monday next. 


Piers and ; Resolved, That this House will immediately resolve 
aan) itself into a Committee to consider of encouraging 
( , the erection of Piers and Harbours in Scotland. 


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 
encourage the erection of Piers and Harbours in 


Scotland. 
Resolution to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Cowper 
reported, That the Committee had come to a Ke- 
solution. 

Ordered, That the Report be now received. 

Mr. Cowper 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 
encourage the erection of Piers and Harbours in 
Scotland :—And he moved the House accordingly. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in the Bill: 
And that Sir Archibald Campbell and Mr. Scott do 
prepare, and bring it in. 


Spiritof Wine. Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Copies of Reports on the Supply of Spirit of Wine, 
free from Duty, for use in the Arts and Manufactures, 
addressed to the Board of Inland Revenue in 1854 





and 1855. 

Carnatic Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 

—_ Returns of the Sum or Sums which have been paid 
in liquidation of the Carnatic Debts :—Of the Sum 
or Sums now remaining due on account of those 
Debts :—And, of the Sum annually appropriated 
from the Revenues of the Carnatic in liquidation of 
those Debts. 

Piers and Sir Archibald Campbell presented a Bill to en- 

(Beotland) courage the erection of Piers and Harbours in Scot- 

Bill land: And the same was read the first time; and 


Bill gg, ordered to be read a second time upon Wednesday 
the 16th day of May next; and to be printed. 


Local Acts. | Mr. Osborne presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
No. 110, mand,—Further Reports from the Admiralty relative 
to Applications for Local Acts:—29. Hartlepool 
Pier and Port; 30. West Somerset Mineral Railway ; 
31. Grand Surrey Canal Company ; 32. Weymouth 
Waterworks. 
Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table ; and be printed. 


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





Luna, 30° die Aprilis ; 


Anno 18° Victoria Regine, 1855. 


PRAYERS. 
Public M R. Bonham Carter reported from the Select 
— Committee on Public Petitions; That they 


eighthReport.) “ — the Petitions presented upon the 
OL. 110. 





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30° Aprils. 187 


26th and 27th days of this instant April, und had 
directed him to make a Report thereof to the 
House. 

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


Mr. Cardwell reported from the Committee on Private Bills 
Group L. of Private Bills; That, at a meeting of the (Group L.) 
Committee this day, a Letter was received from Mr. 
Alexander, one of the Selected Members of the said 
Committee, stating that he was unable, on account 
of a domestic calamity, to attend the Committee this 
day. 

‘Ordeed, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


The Bristol and Exeter Railway Bill was read the Bristol and 
third time. Exeter Rail- 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the “*” as 
Title be, An Act to enlarge some of the Powers of 
the Acts relating to the Bristol and Exeter Railway 
Company, and to enable such Company to raise 
further Sums of Money, to acquire additional Lands, 
to lease the Somerset Central Railway, to hold 
additional Shares in the Exeter and Crediton Rail- 

way, and for other purposes. 
Ordered, ‘That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Newport Corporation Bill was read the third Newport Cor- 
time; and an Amendment was made to the Bill. _ poration Bill. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act to enable the Corporation of New- 
port, in Monmouthshire, to purchase the Interest of 
the Freemen in Newport Marshes, and for other 
purposes. 
Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Stourbridge Gas Bill was read the third Stourbridge 
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 East Indian Railway Bill was read the third rast Indian 
time. Railway Bill. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Willcuz do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Madras Railway Bill was read the third Madras 
time. Railway Bill. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Dundee and 
the Dundee and Perth and Aberdeen Railway Bill, Perth and 
: : Aberdeen 
as amended in the Committee. — Railway Bill 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Maryport 
the Maryport and Carlisle Railway Bill, as amended 4n4 Carlisle 
in the Committee. ay 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Oldham Gas 
the Oldham Gas and Water Bill, as amended in the = Water 
Committee. ; 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Regent’s Cana 
the Regent’s Canal (Hertford Union Canal) Bill, as (Hertiora 
: ‘ . nion Canal) 
amended in the Committee. ‘aaal 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time, 


Ordered, That the Dublin, &amp;c. Roads (No. 2) 
Bill be read a second time To-morrow. 
BB2+ The 


Dublin, &amp;c. 
Roads (No. 2) 
Bill. 








Edinburgh 
Lands Bill. 


Railways, and 
Chester and 
Holyhead 
Railway Bill 
(1848.) 


Grand Surrey 
Canal (No. 2) 
Bill. 


Grand Surrey 
Canal (No. 2) 
Bill. 


Derbyshire, 
Staffordshire 
and Worces- 
tershire Rail- 
way (No. 2) 
Bill. 


Hyde Original 


Gas Bill, and 
Hyde Gas 
(No. 2) Bill. 


Hyde Gas 
(No. 3) Bill. 


Liverpool 
Corporation 
Water Bill. 


Woolwich | 
Academy. 


. Academy :—And, Return of the proposed Scheme of 


Emigration 
from China, 


188 30° Aprilis. 


The Edinburgh Lands Bill was read a second 
time ; and committed. ‘ 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to a Select 
Committee. 


Ordered, That the Third Report of the Select 
Committee on Railways, and the Report of the Com- 
mittee on the Chester and Holyhead Railway Bill, 
in Session i848, be referred to the Committee on 


the England and Ireland Improved Communication 
Bill. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, 
that in the case of the Grand Surrey Canal (No. 2) 
Bill, the Standing Orders have been complied with. 


Ordered, That the Grand Surrey Canal (No. 2) 
Bill be read a second time. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, 
that in the case of the Derbyshire, Staffordshire and 
Worcestershire Railway (No. 2) Bill, the Standing 
Orders have been complied with. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time. 


Mr. Hindley reported from the Committee on 
Group M. of Private Bills; That in the case of the 
Hyde Original Gas Bill, and the Hyde Gas (No. 2) 
Bill, they had, pursuant to the Instruction of the 
House, consolidated the said Bills into one Bill, “ to 
incorporate the Hyde Gas Company, and to grant 
more effectual Powers for supplying with Gas the 
several Townships of Hyde, Werneth, Bredbury, 
Romiley, Newton and Godley, in the County of 
Chester ;” and had examined the allegations of the 
Bill so consolidated, and found the same to be true; 
and had gone through the Bill, and made Amend- 
ments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Viscount Ebrington reported the Liverpool Cor- 
poration Water Bill, with Amendments. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the Colleges and Schools the Heads of 
which were recently invited by the Ordnance to 
submit the Names of highly qualified Candidates 
to be admitted directly into the Practical Class of 
Woolwich Academy, specifying any of these Institu- 
tions which had been selected for their eminence in 
training Pupils in scientific subjects, with the Num- 
ber of Candidates recommended by the Provost and 
Board of Trinity College, Dubd/in, on the ground of 
high scientific attainments :—Statement of the lKe- 
commendations forwarded with the successful Can- 
didates, specifying the Age of each Candidate, the 
College or School trom which he was tuken, the real 
Amount of his scientific attainments, as tested by 
the Masters of the Woolwich Academy on his first 
reception, and the cases in which the selection was 
grounded rather upon the proficiency of the Pupil 
in Greek and Latin, than on his knowledge of the 
Mathematical subjects especially required at the 


the Examination next July in Woolwich Academy 
for Commissions; of the intended Entrance Ex- 
amination for Thirty Candidates in the First Week of 
August; and of the Terms on which the Names of 
fresh Candidates with adequate scientific acquire- 
ments may be entered for admission on the special 
ground of Merit. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Copy of Correspondence with the Superin- 
tendent of British Trade in China upon the subject 


A. 1855. 


of Emigration from that Country (in continuation of 
Papers presented to the House of Commons by 
Command of Her Majesty, August 20th, 1853). 
Ordered, That the said Address be presented tu 
Her Majesty, by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty's Most honvurakle Privy Council. 


Mr. Peel presented,—Return to an Order, dated Army 
the Ist day of March last, for a Return of the Total (™™**) 


Number of Officers and Men in the Army who have 
been killed in the Crimea:—Like Return of the 
Wounded ; of the Wounded who have since died ; 
of those who have been invalided ; of those who have 
recovered and returned to their Duty ; of those who 
have died from Sickness ; of those who are invalided, 
up to the latest Date ; distinguishing in each Return, 
Cavalry, Infantry, Artillery, Sappers and Miners, as 
well as Officers, Non-commissioned Officers and 
Men :—And, Return of the Total Number of Horses 
which have been killed ; and Tutal Number which 
have died from other causes, up to the latest Date. 

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


an Account of the Quantities of Cheese imported 
into the several Ports of Great Britain in each Month 
of the year 1854, distinguishing the European, 
United States and Colonial Produce; and of all 
European Cheese, exclusive of British Cheese, ex- 
ported from England in the year 1854 (in continua- 
tion of Parliamentary Paper, No. 321, of Session 
1854). 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Deitemy 


Statement of the Amount of Deficiency Bills bearing 
Interest on the 27th day of April 1855, and of the 
Amount received in respect of the New Loan of 
ogg millions, and lying unemployed at the same 
ate. 
Mr. Wilson accordingly presented the said Paper. 
Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 
Table. 


tropolis), be printed, was read, and discharged. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Assessments 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased (Metropolis.) 


to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return setting forth the Rateable Value of 
the Property (exclusive of Railways) assessed within 
each of the Metropolitan Cities and Boroughs of 
London, Westminster, Marylebone, Finsbury, Tower 
Hamlets, Southwark, Lambeth and Greenwich, and 
in each of the other Parishes not within any City or 
Becrough, but included in the Registrar General’s 
Returns of the Metropolitan Districts; 1. Under the 
Property Tax (Schedule A.) ; 2. To County Rate ; 
and 3. To the Poor’s Rates ; together with the Popu- 
lation and Number of Inhabited Houses in 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. 


Board of Public Works, Jreland ; with Appendices, 
1854. 

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


tovether with the Estimated Expenditure, excluding 
and including the Cost of collecting the Revenue, 











for the year ending March 31st, 1856. - 
I. 


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





The Order made upon the 23d day of this instant Assessments 
April, That the Return relative to Assessments (Me- (Metropolis.) 


Mr. Wilson presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- Public Works 
mand,—Copy of the Twenty-third Report from the (Ireland.) 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, an Revenue and 
Account of the Estimated Net and Gross Revenue, =xpenditure. 


loon 2] 


Savings 
Banks. 


Savings 
Banks. 


Passenger 
Ships. 


Militia, 


Criminal and 
Statute Law 
Commissions. 


18 Vicrortiz. 


Mr. Wilson accordingly presented the said Ac- 
count. 

Ordered, That the said Account 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 23d day of December last, for a Return, in 
continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 70, of 
Session 1854, giving, under the head No. 1, the 
altered form of Classification of Depositors’ Balances, 
as rendered by the Banks to the National Debt 
Commissioners for 1851 and 1852; and under head 
No. 5, showing, in addition to the detailed State- 
ments there given, the Aggregate Amount of Stocks 
and Securities sold and purchased by the Commis- 
sioners on account of Savings Banks for the year 
ending on the 20th day of November 1854. 

Return to an Order, dated the 23d day of 
December last, for a Return, in continuation of 
Parliamentary Paper, No. 71, of Session 1854, 
showing, in addition to the detailed Statements there 
given, the Aggregate Amounts, under Column 1 to 
Column 6 inclusive, for the year ending on the 20th 
day of November 1854, and giving, under Column 5, 
a detailed Account of the Incidental Expenses de- 
frayed by the National Debt Commissioners out of 
the Funds of the Savings Banks. 


Mr. Bouverie presented,—Return to an Order, 
dated the 26th day of March last, for a Return of 
all British Ships carrying Three hundred Passengers 
or over, which sailed from Ports in the United | 
Kingdom for Ports in British Possessions Abroa: 
in the years 1853 and 1854, and of the Number of | 
such Passages made by such Ships. 

Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 


Table. 





Sir George Grey presented,—Return to an Ad- 
dress to Her Majesty, dated the 29th day of January | 
last, for a Return of the Expense charged or to be | 
charged on the County Rate of every County of | 
England and Wales since the 1st day of January | 
1852, in providing Depots and Staff Houses for the 
Militia; distinguishing the different Regiments and 


. . * . . , { “ 
Counties, and specifying, in detail, the Nature and | 


Extent of the Accommodation provided. 
Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the | 
20th day of March last, for Returns of the Number } 
of Royal and other Commissions which have been | 
appointed during the Reigns of his late Majesty | 
William the Fourth and of Her Majesty, to inquire | 
into or report on the Criminal Law, and of the 
Number of years such Commissions have lasted :—Of | 
the Names of the paid Commissioners appointed on | 
such Commissions, distinguishing the Names of ) 
such of them as may have been from time to time 
employed in ascertaining or investigating the state 
of the Statute Law in general, distinguishing the | 
Names of those Commissioners who concurred in or 
dissented from the several Reports made to Her | 
Majesty, or Her immediate Predecessor, by or on | 
behalf of the said Commissions :— Of the entire | 
Expense of the said Commissions, distinguishing | 
how much was incurred for each Commission, and | 
the Total Sum received for Salary, Fees or other | 
Emolument by each and every Commissioner by 
Name, distinguishing the Length of ‘Time each Com- 
missioner has served :—Of the Number and Nature | 
of the Bills prepared or approved by such Commis- | 
sions, and afterwards laid before Parliament, and 
of the Names and respective Remuneration of the 
Draughtsmen of such Bills, distinguishing all such 
of the said Bills as have been passed into Laws 
from such as have not been so passed by Parliament : 
—Of the Authority (referred to in Dulleemieey 
Paper, No. 78, of Session 1855) under which the 
Sum of £.3,650, voted by this House in 1853 for a 
particular Plan of Statute Law Consolidation, was, 
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189 


after the Prorogation of Parliament, disappropriated, 
and converted to a wholly different Organization, as 
yet not sanctioned by Parliament :—And, Account 
in detail of the Sum of £.7,550, voted by this House 
for the Statute Law Comniission, showing what has 
been expended, and the Balance now remaining in 
hand. 
‘ — That the said Returns do lie upon the 
able. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Foreign Foreign 
Troops, which was presented upon the 27th day of Troops. 


this instant April, be printed. 


No. 200. 


Petitions relating to Church Rates ;— Marriage Public 
Law Amendment Bill ;— Maynooth College Act ;— Petitions. 
Regium Donum ;—Newspaper Stamp Duties Bill; yjae Twenty- 
—Spirit Duties (Scot/and and Ireland) Bill ;— Stage ninth Report. 


Carriages ;—Criminal Justice Bill ;— Decimal Coin- 
age ;— Dwelling-houses (Scotland) Bill ;—Education 
(Scotland) Bill ;—Friendly Societies Bill;—Intestacy 
(Scotland) Bill ;—Intoxicating Liquors ;—Metropo- 
lis Local Management Bill;—Poor Law ;—Sale of 
Beer Act (1854) ;—Schools ( Scetland) Bill ;—Testa- 
mentary Jurisdiction Bill ;--and, War with Russia, 
—were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 

Petitions relating to the Public Health Bill ;—and 
Nuisances Removal Amendment Bill, —were also 
presented, and read; and referred to the Select 
Committee on the Bills. 


The Chancellor of the Exchequer presented,— Spirit of 
Return to an Order, dated the 27th day of this Wine 


instant April, for Copies of Reports on the Supply 


|of Spirit of Wine, free from Duty, for use in the 
| Arts and Manufactures, addressed to the Board of 


Inland Revenue in 1854 and 1855. 
Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 


Table; and be printed. 


No. 201. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to Loan Bill. 


take into consideration the Loan Bill, as amended 
in the Committee. 
An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
ill, in p. 9, 1. 9, by leaving out from the word 
respectively” to the word “if” in 1. 39. 
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, } 210 
Yeas, \ Mr. Grenville Berheley: ies 
Tellers for the {Sir FitzRoy Kelly, lan 
Noes, (Mr. George Butt: J ‘ 
So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
To-morrow. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to 


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 Spirit Duties (Scotland and Ireland) 
Bill ; 

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


Customs 


'take into consideration the Customs Duties Bill, as Duties Bill. 


Spirit Duties 
(Scotland and 
Ireland) Will. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Income Tax 


into a Committee on the Income Tax Bill. 
(In the Committee.) 


Preamble postponed. 


Cravuse, N° 1 (Additional rate of Income Tax to 
be charged from 5th April 1855). 
Amendment made. 


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Clause, as amended, agreed to. 
Cxiavses, N° 2 to N° 4, agreed to. 
Preamble agreed to. 

Bill, as amended, to be reported. 





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. 


Newspaper The House, according to Order, resolved itself into 
a Duties » Committee on the Newspaper Stamp Duties Bill. 


(In the Committee.) 


Postponed Clauses, N° 4 and N° 5, disagreed to. 
Postponed Clause, N° 6, amended, and agreed to. 
Postponed Clause, N°7, disagreed to. 

Clauses added. 

Clause (Actions or suits may be carried on in the 
names of the registered proprietors of newspapers or 
other periodical publications, on behalf of themselves 
and co-proprietors)- brought up, and read 1°. 

Motion made, and Question, That the Clause be 
read a second time put, and negatived. 

Clause (Protection of copyright in original articles 
first published in newspapers) 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 (Every periodical publication that shall be 
printed and published at intervals not exceeding 
Seven days between the two consecutive parts or 
numbers of such publication, and the superficies of 
which shall not exceed Three thousand five hundred 
inches of printed matter, shall be entitled to the said 
privileges of transmission and re-transmission by the 
post, if duly stamped with the appropriate die of 
One penny: Provided always, That such publication 
shall be subject to the terms and conditions imposed 
in the third Clause of this Act) brought up, and 
read 1°. 

Motion made, and Question put, That the Clause 
be read a second time ; 

The Committee divided. 

Tellers for the { Mr. Monckton Milnes, 

Yeas, \ Mr. Whiteside : 

Tellers for the (Mr. Hayter, 

Noes, \ Mr. Grenville Berkeley: 

Preamble agreed to. 

Bill, as amended, to be reported. 


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


Martis, 1° die Maii, 1855: 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Fitz Roy 
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. 


Metropolis The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 


Local Manage- mittee on the Metropolis Local Management Bill; 
ment Bill. . 


next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Testamentary ‘The Order of the day being read, for resuming 
Jurisdiction 


Bill. 


30° Apritis.—1° Maiti. 


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A. 1855. 


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- Dwelling. 
mittee on the Dwelling-houses (Scotland) Bill; houses (Scot~ 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday —o 

next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Education 
reading of the Education Bill ; Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Thursday next. 


The Registration of Births, &amp;c. (Scotland) Bill Registration 
was, according to Order, read a second time; and ° Births, &amp;e. 
committed to a Committee of the whole House, (Scotland) Bil. 
for Monday next. 


The Parliamentary Representation (Scotland) Parliamentary 
Act Amendment Bill was, according to Order, read oe a tO 
a second time; and committed to a Committee of pe ——- 


the whole House, for Friday next. ment Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Passengers 
mittee on the Passengers Act Amendment Bill ; Act Amend. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday ™"* Bi! 
the 10th day of this instant May, resolve itself into 

the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Court of 
reading of the Court of Session (Scotland) Bill; Session (Scot- 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time #4 Bill 

upon Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Fairs and 
reading of the Fairs and Markets (Jreland) Bill; | Markets (Ire- 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 84) Bill 


upon Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Newspaper, 
reading of the Newspaper, &amp;c. Postage and Stamp &amp;c. Postage 
Duties Bill ; tee | 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 


upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Public Libra- 
consideration the Public Libraries and Museums Ties 2nd 
Bill, as amended in the Committee ; Massame al. 

Ordered, That the Bill be taken into consideration 
upon Wednesday the 6th day of June next. 


The Order for the House to resolve itself into a Public Libra- 
Committee, upon Wednesday the 30th day of this ~ and 
instant May, on the Public Libraries and Museums (Ireland) Bill. 
(Jreland) Bill, was read, and discharged. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
the 6th day of June next, resolve itself into the said 


Committee. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Militia 
further to amend the Laws relating to the Militia in (N® ?) 
England: And that Mr. Peel and Sir George Grey 


do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Sierra Leone. 
Copies of all Orders, Papers, Minutes, Documents 
and Letters from the Appointment of Governor 


the adjourned Debate on the Amendment which, Kennedy in 1852, down to his Removal from the 
: . ° ‘ . ° _ 
upon the 26th day of April last, was proposed to be | Colony, relating to ce 


rtain Charges preferred by 


made to the Question, That the Testamentary Juris- | Governor Kennedy against Mr. William N icoll 


diction Bill be now read a second time ; 


| Aithin, late Colonial Surgeon in Sierra Leone, and 


Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned /to his Removal from Oftice, with the Correspondence 


till Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Supply ; 

Resolved, \hat this House will, upon Wednesday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Supply. 


‘which has passed (and the Memorials and Petitions 
‘which have been presented) on this subject, be- 


tween the said Governor Kennedy and the Colonial 
Office, and the said William Nicoll Aitkin, the 
Colonial Office, and the Lord President of the Privy 


Council. 
Ordered, 





‘Cinque Ports. 


Militia 
(No. 2) Bill. 
Bill 100. 


Cinque Ports 
Bill. 
Bill 101. 


Excise Acts. 


Committee of 
Selection 
(Eleventh 
Report.) 


No. 202. 


Railway and 
Canal Bills 
(Group 3.) 


Fibre Com- 
pany Bill. 


Newton-in- 
Mackerfield 
Improvement 
Bill. 


Abingdon 
Railway Bill. 


Limerick and 
Castleconnell 
Railway Bill. 


Londonderry 
provement 
Bill. 


Cork and 
Youghal 
Railway Bill. 





18 Vicrorix. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for the better Administration of Justice in the Cinque 
Ports: And that Mr. Wilson, the Chancellor of the 
Exchequer and Mr. Cowper do prepare, and bring 
it in. 


Mr. Peel presented a Bill further to amend the 
Laws relating to the Militia in England: 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 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 House was moved, That the several Acts 
imposing Duties of Excise, might be read; and 
the same being read ; 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into a Committee to consider the said Acts. 


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till One of the clock on Tuesday morning, 
adjourned till this day. 





Martis, 1° die Mau; 
Anno 18° Victorie Regine, 1855. 


PRAYERS. 
M* Greene reported from the Committee of 
Selection ; That they had formed several Bills 
into a Group, and agreed to report the same to 
the House. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Mr. Corry reported from the Committee on 
Group No. 3 of Railway and Canal Bills; That, in 
order to allow the Committee to attend the Debate 
in the House To-morrow, they had adjourned until 
Thursday next, at Twelve o'clock. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. FitzRoy reported the Fibre Company Bill, 


with Amendments. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. FitzRoy reported the Newton-in-Macherfield 
Improvement Bill, with Amendments. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. FitzRoy reported the Abingdon Railway (re- 
committed) Bill, with further Amendments. 

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


Mr. FitzRoy reported the Limerick and Castle- 
connell Railway Bill, with Amendments. 

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


Mr. Fitz Roy reported the Londonderry Improve- 
ment Bill, with Amendments. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Sawle reported from the Committee on 
Group 9 of Railway and Canal Bills; That in 
the case of the Cork and Youghal Railway Bill, 
they had examined the allegations contained in the 
Preamble of the Bill, and amended the same, by 
inserting a recital on the expediency of deferring the 
payment of £.10,000, reserved by the Act of last 
Session, until the year 1860; 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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191 


Mr. Cardwell reported from the Committee on Private Bills 
Group L. of Private Bills; That, in consequence of (Group L.) 
the early sitting of the House To-morrow, the Com- 
mittee had adjourned to Thursday, the 3d day of 
May, at Twelve o’clock. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Wem and 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, Bronygarth 
in respect of non-compliance with the Standing 2s Bill 
Orders in the case of the Petition for additional 
Provision in the Wem and Bronygarth Roads Bill. 

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


Ordered, That the Report from the Committee on gaint George’s 
the Saint George’s Harbour Bill be printed. Harbour Bill. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Ashton-under- 
the Ashton-under-Lyne Gas and Water Bill, as Lyne Gas and 
amended in the Committee. Weter Be 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Ordered, That the Birmingham Canal Naviga- Birmingham 
tions Bill, as amended in the Committee, be taken Canal sta 
into consideration upon ‘Thursday next. a 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Birmingham 
the Birmingham Gas Bill, as amended in the Com- &amp;s Bill. 
mittee. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Dublin, &amp;e. 
reading of the Dublin, &amp;c. Roads (No. 2) Bill; Roads (No. 2) 
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 the word “now,” and, 
at the end of the Question, adding the words “ upon 
“ this day six months.” 
And the Question being put, That the word 
now” stand part of the Question:—It was re- 
solved in the Affirmative. 
Ordered, That the Bill be now read a second 
time:—The Bill was accordingly read a second 
time; and committed. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


“ 


The New River Company and Trustees of the New River 
River Zee Bill was, according to Order, read a se- Company and 
‘ : Trustees of 
cond time ; and committed. dhe iver Lee 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- Bill. 


mittee of Selection. 


Colonel Pennant reported from the Committee on Turnpike- 
Group I. of Turnpike-road Bills; That, in order to 704 Bills 
attend the sitting of the House To-morrow, they ‘74? 1 
had adjourned to Thursday next, at Twelve o’clock. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Colonel Pennant reported from the Committee on Leominster 
Group I. of Turnpike-road Bills ; That in the case of fnd Ledbury 
the Leominster and Ledbury Road Bill, they had exa- “°*** _ 
mined the allegations contained in the Preamble of 
the Bill, and amended the same, by striking out the 
allegations referring to the amount of Debt, and 
to payment 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. Wrightson reported from the Committee on Turnpike- 
Group H. of Turnpike-road Bills; That, in order to road Bills 
attend the sitting of the House To-morrow, they (aenep 
had adjourned to Thursday next, at Twelve o'clock. 

Gndavad, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 








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192 


‘The Order for referring the England and Ireland 
Improved Communication Bill to the Committee of 
Selection, was read, and discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the General 
Committee on Railway and Canal Bills. 


England and 
Ireland 
Improved 
Communica- 
tion Bill. 


Edinburgh 


The Select Committee on the Edinburgh Lands 
Lands Bill. 


Bill was nominated of Sir William Molesworth, Mr. 
Cowan, the Lord Advocate, Mr. Edward Ellice, 
Viscount Duncan and the Earl of Dalkeith ; and 
Five Members to be added by the Committee of 
Selection. 

Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 


Polling 


Govan Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 


Copy of a Memorandum on the subject of Polling 
Papers addressed by Viscount Ebrington to the Poor 
Law Board. 


Auckland 
Tsiands. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this House, 
a Copy of Correspondence relating to Mr. Enderby, 
the late Governor of the Auckland Islands, subse- 
quently to the 14th day of March last, in continua- 
tion of the Correspondence on the same subject then 
ordered :—And, that the same be added to the Cor- 
respondence so ordered on the 14th day of March 
last. 

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


Lunatic Asy- 
Jums (Ireland) 
( Advances) 


Bill. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee on the Lu- 
natic Asylums (Jreland) (Advances) Bill have Power 
to send for persons, papers and records. 


Huts at 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
Aldershott. 


to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, thut there be laid before this House, 
Copies of Specification for Huts at Aldershott :—Of 
Contracts :—Of Advertisement for Tenders :—Of 
Date of Paper in which the Advertisement was first 
inserted :—And, of Date of Time stipulated for 
completion of Contracts. 

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


Army Com- 
missions, 


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 Commissions granted in the 
Army, with or without Purchase, since the com- 
mencement of the War; stating in each case the 
Name of the Person to whom granted, the Regiment, 
and the Reasons for which such Commission was 
granted. 

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


Royal Military 
College. 


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 those Officers who have received 
Certificates at the Senior Department of the Royal 
Ifilitary College at Sandhurst, and have not been 
subsequently employed on the Staff of our Army 
during the last Twenty years; stating which of the 
above Officers are on Full Service, and which are 
on Half-pay. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty, by such Members of this on as are 
of fer Majesty's Most honourable Privy Council. 
Staff Officcrs.  Fesvlved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return of the Names of all the Officers who 


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A. 1855. 


have been or are now employed in any Capacity on 
the General Staff of the Army in the Crimea, or on 
any Private Staff since the commencement of the 
War, with the Nature of their Staff Employment, 
stating the Dates of their Commissions, any past 
Services, and any Staff Employments on which they 
may have served before. 

Ordered, That 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 Army Pro- 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased ™otion. 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return of all Promotions in the Army, with 
and without Purchase, made since the commencement 
of the War; stating the Names, previous Rank, 

Date of Promotions, and Time and Nature of Services 
in each case, and the Regiment from and to which 
the Promotion took place. 





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Date 
of 
Promotion. 


Time Nature Regiment. 
of of 


Service. | Services. From which, To which. 


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


| Previous | 
Name. | 


Rank. 





Lord Hotham reported the Fife and Kinross Rail- Fife and _ 
way Bill, with Amendments. meng = Rail- 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; ’ 
and be printed. 


Draftsmen 
of Bills in 
Parliament. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
ot Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return of the Sum Total of all Monies 
paid or allotted for Salaries, Fees or Allowances to 
Draftsmen by the several Public Departments during 
the year 1853, the year 1854, and the first Three 
Months of the year 1855, for drafting or settling 
the Drafts of Parliamentary Bills; and in case the 
Draftsman of any such Bill was or is a Member of 
or employed under any Statute Law or Criminal Law 
Commission, the Name of such Draftsman, and the 
Amount received by him. 

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


on Private Bills 


Mr. Labouchere reported from the Committee 
q- (Group D.) 


Group D. of Private Bills ; That, upon the applic 
tion of the Parties opposing the Bills in that Group, 
they had adjourned until Monday 21st May, at 
Twelve of the clock. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Message fron» 
the Lords. 


Folkestone 
Water Bill. 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Brougham : 
Mr. Speaker, 
The Lords have agreed to the Folkestone Water 
Bill, without any Amendment: And also, 
‘The Lords have agreed to the Brighton Improve- 
ment Commissioners and Municipal Corporation 
Bill, without any Amendment: And also, 


Brighton 
Improvement 
Commis- 
sioners and 
Municipal Cor- 
poration Bill. 
Militia 


The Lords have agreed to the Militia (Zre/and) Mie Bill 


Bill, with Amendments; to which Amendments the 
Lords desire the concurrence of this House: And 
also, 

The Lords have agreed to Price’s Patent Candle 
Company Bill, with Amendments; to which Amend- 
ments the Lords desire the concurrence of this 
House :—And then the Messenger withdrew. ~ 

1e 


Price’s Patent 
Candle Com- 
pany Bill. 





Loan Bill. 


Local Acts. 
No, 110. 


Subdivision 
of Parishes. 


Stores for 
the East. 


Foreign 
Officers. 


Army. 


Staff Officers 
(Crimea.) 


Trade and 
Manufactures 
(Scotland. ) 


Public Offices, 


18 Vicroriz. 


The Loan 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 Sixteen millions 
by way of Annuities. 

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


Mr. Osborne presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand,— Further Reports from the Admiralty relative 
to Applications for Local Acts :—33. Barrow Har- 
bour; 34. Great Western and Brentford Railway. 

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


Mr. Cowper presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand,—Copy of Third Report of Her Majesty’s 
Commissioners appointed “ to inquire into the prac- 
ticability and mode of subdividing into distinct and 
independent Parishes, for all ecclesiastical as poe 
all the densely-peopled Parishes in England and 
Wales, in such manner that the Population of each, 
except in particular cases at Our discretion, shall not 
exceed Four thousand souls.” 

Mr. Cowper also presented ,— Return to an Address 
to Her Majesty, dated the 29th day of January last, 
for a Return of the Stores sent to the East from the 
Ist day of January 1854 to the Ist day of January 
1855; with the Totals of each, the Dates when sent, 
and when arrived in the East. 

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


Mr. Peel presented,—Return to an Order, dated 
the 20th day of December last, for a Return of the | 
Sums of Money paid in each year since 1815 as 
Half-pay and reduced Allowances to Officers of 
disbanded Foreign Corps, as Pensions to Wounded 
Foreign Officers, and as Allowances to the Widows 
and Children of deceased Foreign Officers ; specify- 
ing, in each year of such Return, the Number of such 
Foreign Officers to whom such Half-pay has been 
allowed. 

Return to an Order, dated the 23d day of De- 
cember last, for Returns of all Officers under the 
Rank of Field Officers now upon Half-pay, who are 
willing to serve, and the Number who are fit for 
Active Service :—And, of the Number and Rank of 
all such Officers who have applied to be placed on 
Full-pay for Active Service. 

Return to an Order, dated the 22d day of Febru- 
ary last, fora Return of the Names of all Officers 
serving on the Staff in the Crimea, with the Dates of 
their Appointments to the Staff; distinguishing such 
as have obtained Certificates at the Senior Depart- 
ment of the Royal Military College, Sandhurst. 

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 1st day of February last, fora Return of the 
Income and Expenditure of the Board for the En- 
couragement of Trade and Manufactures in Scotland, 
for the years 1843 to 1854, both inclusive (in con- 
tinuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 176, of Session 
1844). 

Return to an Order, dated the 30th day of March 
last, for a Return of the Subjects of Examination to 
which Persons are subjected who are nominated to 
Clerkships in the Treasury, the Customs, the Excise, 
the Post Office, the Admiralty, the Board of Control, 
the Home, Foreign and Colonial Offices, the Pay- 
master General’s Office, the Office of Works, the 
Office of Woods, the Audit Office, the Registrar 
General's Office, the Ordnance Office, the War 
Office, the Poor Law Board, the Board of Trade, 
the Exchequer, the Privy Council Office, the Na- 
tional Debt Office, the Stationery Office, the Chief 
Secretary’s Office (Jreland), the ‘Payenaied of Civil 
— (Ireland), the Poor Law Board (Jreland) ; 

OL. 110, , 


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193 


stating the Mode and Length of Notice that such 
Examination will be required, that is given to each 
Candidate. 

The following Paper, pursuant to the directions of Exchequer. 
an Act of Parliament, was also laid upon the Table 
by the Clerk of the House,—An Account of all 
Monies received during the year ended the 31st day 
of March 1855, to the Account of Her Majesty's 
Exchequer 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 
Payments by the Bank of England, and the Balance 
remaining to the Account of the Exchequer at each 
Bank on 31st March 1855. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Stage Car- Stage 
riages, which was presented upon the 30th day of ©#*Tiages. 
March last, be printed. No. 203. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Army Army 
(Crimea), which was presented upon the 30th day (Crimea.) 
of April last, be printed. No, 204, 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to Deficiency Deficiency 
Bills, which was presented upon the 30th day of Bills. 
April last, be printed. No. 205. 


Ordered, That the Account relative to Revenue Revenue and 
and Expenditure, which was presented upon the 30th Expenditure. 
day of April last, be printed. No. 206. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Savings Savings 
Banks (altered form of Classification), which was Banks. 
presented upon the 30th day of April last, be printed. No. 207. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Savings Savings 
Banks (aggregate Amounts), which was presented Banks. 
upon the 30th day of April last, be printed. No, 208. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Militia, Militia. 
which was presented upon the 30th day of April No. 209. 
last, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Criminal Criminal and 
and Statute Law Commissions, which was presented Statute Law 


upon the 30th day of April last, be printed. ta ohe 


Petitions relating to Church Rates ; — Church Public 

Rates, Maynooth College Act, and Nunneries ;— Petitions. 
Marriage Law Amendment Bill ;— Maynooth College yiae Thir- 
Act ;—Spirits (Ireland) Act Amendment Bill ;— tieth Report 
Despatch of Business, Court of Chancery Bill;— 
Education (Scotland) Bill;—Free Schools Bill ;— 
Her Majesty’s Ministers ;—Intoxicating Liquors ;— 
Passengers Act Amendment Bill ;—Poor Law (Jre- 
land);— Public-houses (Scotland) Act;—Sale of 
Beer Act (1854) ;—Schoolmasters (Scotland) ;— 
and, Schools (Scotland) Bill,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- Maynooth 
posed, That this House do resolve itself into a College. 
Committee, for the purpose of considering the Acts 
for the Endowment of the College of Maynooth, 
with a view to the withdrawal of any Endowment 
out of the Consolidated Fund, due regard being had 
to vested rights or interests; 

An Affendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word “ consider- 

“ ing” to the end of the Question, in order to add 
the words “all grants or endowments for ecclesi- 
“ astical purposes, whether charged on the Conso- 
“ lidated Fund or annually voted by Parliament, 
“ with a view to their withdenal, due regard being 
“ had to vested rights or interests,” instead thereof. 
And the Question being proposed, That the 
words proposed to be left out, stand part of the 
Question :—And a Debate arising thereupon ; 


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


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1°—2° Mait. A. 1855. 


Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a Com- 
mittee of the whole House, for Thursday next. 


194. 


Ordered, That the Debate be adjourned till Wed- | 
nesday the 6th day of June next. 


Carlisle 
Canonries. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
appropriate the Income of such one of the Canonries 
of the Cathedral Church of Carlisle as shall next 
fall vacant to the Augmentation of certain Ecclesi- 
astical Incumbencies in that City: And that Mr. 
Ferguson, Mr. Marshall and Mr. Charles Howard 
do prepare, and bring it in. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to Income Tax 
take into consideration the Income Tax Bill, as Bill 
amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
| upon Thursday next. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to Newspaper 
take into consideration the Newspaper Stamp Duties Stamp Duties 
| Bill, as amended in the Committee. ra 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time Bill 102. 
upon Thursday next; and be printed. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
enable Infants, with the Approbation of the Court of 
Chancery, to make binding Settlements of their 
Real and Personal Estate on Marriage: And that 
bring it a. nT. ee Te The Order of the day being read, for the second Cinque Ports 

reading of the Cinque Ports Bill; Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
upon Thursday next. 


osed, That an humble Address be presented to 
er Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased to 
ev directions, that there be laid before this House, 

eturns of the Expenses of the Secretary of State 
for the Colonies, with regard to his Lordship’s Mis- 
sion to Vienna, and Conference with the other 
Missionaries of France, Austria and the Sublime 
Porte, there assembled for Negotiation and Treaty 
with Russia for the Restoration of Peace :—And the 
said Motion was, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Excise Acts. 
into a Committee on the Excise Acts. 


(In the Committee.) 


1. Resolved, That for and upon every 
hundredweight, and so in proportion for 
any greater or less quantity than a hun- 
dredweight, of all Sugar which, after the 
19th day of April 1855, shall be used by 
any Brewer of Beer for sale in the brewing 
or making of Beer - i. - | 


And so in proportion, more or less, accord- 
ing to the rates of the Duty of Excise on Malt, 
and of the Duty of Customs on Sugar respec- 
tively from time to time payable, so that the 
aggregate of the Duties of Excise and Cus- 
toms on Sugar used in brewing may be at all 
times an equivalent for the Duty of Excise | 
on the Malt for which such Sugar is substi- 
tuted ; 

In lieu of the Duty of Excise chargeable 
on such Sugar, under the Act passed in the 
last Session of Parliament, c. 30, but over 
and above all other Duties, whether of 
Excise or Customs. 


2. Resolved, That, in lieu of the Duties of Excise 


l£. 8. d. 


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 Agreements for the Commu- 
tation of Tithes which have been confirmed by the 
Tithe Commissioners in the several Counties of | 
England and Wales, from the 1st day of January 
1854 to the 1st day of January 1855; specifying 
in each case the Amount of Rent-charge agreed to 
be paid in lieu of Tithes, and showing whether the 


Tithe Com- 
mutation. 





same be ee to Appropriators, Impropriators or 


Clerical Incumbents :—Of all Awards for the Com- 
mutation of Tithes which have been confirmed by 
the Tithe Commissioners in the several Counties of 
England and Wales, from the 1st day of January 








Benefices, &amp;c. 


Customs 
Duties Bill. 


1854 to the 1st day of January 1855; specifying 
also in each case the Amount of Rent-charge 
awarded to be paid in lieu of Tithes, and showing 
whether the same be payable to Appropriators, 
Impropriators or Clerical Incumbents : —And, of all 
Apportionments of Rent-charges which have been 
confirmed by the Tithe Commissioners, from the 
1st day of January 1854 to the 1st day of January 
1855 (in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 
121, of Session 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. 


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 Benefices, Rectories or 
Vicarages which have been united since the 26th 
day of April 1853, under the Act 13 &amp; 14 Méc. c. 93, 
s. 8; stating the Names of the united Benefices, 
with the Names of Incumbent or Incumbents, the 
Amount of the Population, and the yearly Value of 
each, and the Distance that the Churches of each 
of the united Benefices are from each other; with 
the County and Diocese in which each is situated 
(in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 771, 
of Session 1854). 


Ordered, That the said Address be presented to | 
ouse as are | 


Her Majesty, by such Members of this 
of Her Majesty's Most honourable Privy Council. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third 
reading of the Customs Duties Bill ; 


Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 














| And so in 


on Sugar made in the United Kingdom now pay- 
able, there shall be charged, raised, levied, collected 
and paid unto and for the use of Her Majesty, Her 
heirs and successors, from and after the 19th day of 
April 1855, on Sugar made in the United Kingdom, 
the several Sums of Money and Duties of Excise 
hereinafter inserted, described and set forth ; that is 
to say, 





Until the 5th day 
of April inclusive, 
which shall first 
happen after the 
end of Twelve 
Months from the 
date of a definitive 
Treaty of Peace 
with Russia. 


For 
the following 
Twelve 
Months after 
such 5th day 
of April. 





On Candy, Brown or White, Refined Su- £. 8. a. £. 8 d. 
gar, or Sugar rendered by any process 
equal in quality thereto, for every hun- 
dredweight - - - - . 

On White Clayed Sugar, or Sugar ren- 
dered by any process equal in quality to 
White Clayed, not being Refined, or 
equal in quality to Refined, for every 
hundredweight - = - : 

On Yellow, Muscovado and Brown Clayed 
Sugar, or Sugar rendered by any pro- 
cess equal in quality to Yellow, Musco- 
vado or Brown Clayed, and not equal to 
White Clayed, according to a standard 
to be furnished by the Commissioners of 
Her Majesty’s Treasury, for every hun- 
dredweight - - - ; - 
n Brown, Muscovade, or any other Su- 
gar, not being equal in quality to Yel- 
low, Muscovado or Brown Clayed Sugar, 
according to a standard to be furnished 
by the said Commissioners, for every 
hundredweight - - - °* * 

On Molasses, for every hundredweight - 

in p ion for any greater or 
less quantity than a bundredweight. 


1 - 

















Carlisle 
Canonries Bill. 


No. 108. 


Juries (Ire- 
land) Bill. 


Jurors and 


Jurors and 
Juries (Ire- 
land) (No. 2) 
Bill. 


Sligo Gas Bill. 


Committees. 


Standing 
Orders. 


Uphill and 
Bleadon 
Roads Bill. 





18 Vicroriz. 


3. Resolved, That for and in respect of all Suga 
and Molasses actually received and used after the 
19th day of April 1855, 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 or Treacle, or Malt or Grain, and distilled 
into Spirits by any distiller in England, Scotland or 
Ireland, there shall be allowed and paid an allow- 
ance after the rate of 12s. 1d. forevery 112 pounds 
of Sugar so used, and after the rate of 4s. 34d. 
for every 112 pounds of Molasses so used; and so in 
proportion, more or less, according to the rates of 
the Duty of Customs on Sugar and Molasses respec- 
tively, and of the Duty of Excise on Malt from time 
to time payuble, in lieu of the allowances in respect 
of such Sugar and Molasses respectively contained 
in Schedule D, annexed to the Act 17 &amp; 18 Vice. 
c. 27. 


Resolutions to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Cowper 
reported, That the Committee had come to several 
Resolutions. 

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


Mr. Ferguson presented a Billto appropriate the 
Income of such one of the Canonries of the Cathe- 
dral Church of Carlisle as shali next fall vacant to 
the Augmentation of certain Ecclesiastical Incum- 
bencies in that City: And the same was read the 
first time; and ordered to be read a second time 
upon Wednesday the 9th day of this instant May,; 
and to be printed. 


The Order for reading a second time, this day, the 
Jurors and Juries (Jreland) Bill, was read, and dis- 
charged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Wednesday the 16th day of this instant May. 


The Order for reading a second time, this day, 
the Jurors and Juries (Ireland) (No. 2) Bill, was 
read, and discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Wednesday the 16th day of this instant May. 


A Petition of Richard Hand Wood, of Sligo, 
Surgeon; George Leech, of Sligo, aforesaid, lron- 
monger; Moses Monds, of Sligo, aforesaid, Mer- 
chant; James Harper, of Sligo, aforesaid, Steam 
Packet Agent; and Henry Lyons, of Sligo, aforesaid, 
Merchaut and Alderman; praying that Provision 
may be made in the Sligo Gas Bill for increasing 
the Capital of the Sligo Gas-Light Company, and 
for other purposes, was presented, and read ; and 
referred to the Examiners of Petitions for Private 


Bills. 


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, 2° die Mai; 
Anno 18° Victoria Regine, 1855. 


PRAYERS. 


RD ERED, That all Committees have leave 
to sit this day, during the sitting of the House. 


Mr. Greene reported from the Select Committee 
on Standing Orders, several Resolutions ; which 
were read, as follow: 

1. That in the case of the Uphill and Bleadon 
Roads, Petition for additional Provision, the Stand- 
ing Orders ought to be dispensed with; that the 
Parties be permitted to introduce their additional 
VoL. 110. 


1°—2° Mazz. 








195 


Provision, if the Committee on the Bill shall think 
fit, on proving before the said Committee the consent 
of the several Parties through whose land the pro- 
posed deviation is intended to be carried; that the 
Committee on the Bill do report how far such Order 
has been complied with on the Report of the Bill. 

2. That in the case of the Stokes Bay and Isle of Stokes Bay 
Wight Railway, Pier and Telegraph, Petition of = oy - 

, ? : = ‘at ; ght Rail- 
James Biden, for dispensing with Standing Order way, Pier and 
110, and for leave to be heard on bis Petition against Telegraph 
the Bill, the said Standing Order ought not to be Bi 
dispensed with. 

3. That in the case of the Limerick and Foynes Limerick 
Railway, Petition of Sir Matthew Barrington, for Railwey Bill. 
dispensing with Standing Order 131, the said Stand- 
ing Order ought not to be dispensed with. 

4. That in the case of the Oxford, Worcester Oxford, 
and Wolverhampton Railway (Improvements and Worcester and 
Branches), Petition of Michael Phillips Grazebrook, on Eelbear 
for dispensing with Standing Order 110, and for (Improve- 
leave to be heard on his Petition against the Bill, the ments and _ 
said Standing Order ought not to be dispensed with. aces 

The first Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 


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 — 

. ee (Twenty ninth 
amined the Petitions presented upon the 30th day of Report.) 
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. 


The Jnverury and Old Meldrum Railway Bill was Inverury and 
read the third time. Old Meldrum 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. a 
Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Surbiton Improvement Bill was read the third Surbiton 
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 Cornwall __ 
the Cornwall 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 Executor 
the Executor and Trustee Society Bill, as amended 2°4 Trustee 
: : Society Bill. 
in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Folkestone 
the Folkestone Improvement Bili, as amended in the _— 
Committee. , 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Glasgow 
the Glasgow Water Bill, as amended in the Com- Water Bill. 
mittee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Newcastle- 
the Mewcastle-upon-Tyne Improvements Bill, as ¥pon-Tyne 
amended in the Committee. emma 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Plymouth 
the Plymouth Great Western Docks Bill, as amended Great Western 
in the Committee. aeeenens 

A Clause (Saving rights of Her Majesty in right 
of the Duchy of Cornwall), 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. 

co2+ The 


196 


Saint George's The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Harbour Bill. the Saint George’s Harbour Bill, as amended in the 
Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Ulster Rail- 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
way Bill. 


the Ulster Railway Bill, as amended in the Com- 


mittee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


2° Marz. 


A. 1855. 


The Lords have agreed to the South Eastern South Eastern 
Railway (Capital) Bill, with an Amendment; to (Capital) Bill 
which Amendment tiie Lords desire the concurrence 
of this House: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Glossop Gas Bill, ma Gas 
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 Hill’s Estate 
enabling Leases to be made of the Freehold Estates Bill. 


Glasgow and 
South Western 
Railway 
(Steam Boats) 
Bill, and 
Glasgow and 
South Western 





of the late Matthew Hill, Esquire, and for other 


Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- ! 
mittee on Group 3 of Railway and Canal Bills; | purposes; to which the Lords desire the concurrence 
| ° ° 
of this House:—And then the Messenger with- 


That they have Power to consolidate the Glasgow | 
and South Western Railway (Steam Boats) Bill, 
and the Glasgow and South Western Railway Con- 


| drew. 


Railway Con- solidation Bill, into one Bill. 
solidation Bill. 


London and 
South Western 
Railway Bill. 


Ordered, That the Petitions of Inhabitants of 
Exeter and Neighbourhood, Axminster and Neigh- 


Private Bill Office on the 7th day of February | 
last; the Petition of Inhabitants of Honiton and its | 


Vicinity, deposited in the Private Bill Office on the 
27th day of April last; and the Petitions of John 
Tatchell Bullen, Esquire, and Colonel William 
Bragge, deposited in the Private Bill Office on the 
8th day of March last,against the London and South 
Western Railway Bill, do stand referred to the Com- 
mittee on the Bill. 


Ordered, That the Colonial Life Assurance Com- 
pany Bill be re-committed to the former Committee. 


Colonial Life 
Assurance 
Company Bill. 
The Order for referring the Medical Benevolent 
College Bill to the Committee of Selection, was read, 
and discharged. 
Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


Medical 
Benevolent 
College Bill. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
incorporate the Royal Medical Benevolent College, 
and for other purposes: And that Mr. I'reshfield and 
Mr. Gregson do prepare, and bring it in. 


Royal Medical 
Benevolent 
College. 


Warrington 


f ; The Order for reading the third time the War- 
Water Bill. 


rington Water Bill, was read, and discharged. 
Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to the 
former Committee. 
Ordered, That Three be the Quorum. 
Sligo Gas Bill Ordered, That the Examiners of Petitions for 
Private Bills be at liberty to sit forthwith, and to 
examine and report on the Petition of the Promo- 
ters of the Siigo Gas Bill, praying that they may be 
at liberty to insert additional Provisions in the Bill. 


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 Renfrew, 
in the room of Colonel Mure, who, since his Election 
for the said County, hath accepted the Office of 
Steward or Bailiff of Her Majesty’s three Chiltern 
Hundreds of Stoke, Desborough, and Bonenham, in 
the County of Buckingham. 


Renfrewshire 
Writ. 


Message from 
the Lords, 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Brougham: 
Mr. Speaker, 


Monmouth- 
shire Railway 
and Cana! Bill. 


Sheffield 
Gas Bill. 


Railway and Canal Bill, without any Amendment : 
And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Sheffield Gas Bill, 
without any Amendment: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bridport Railway 
Bill, without any Amendment: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Ratcliff Gas Bill 
without any Amendment: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Leeds, Bradford 
and Halifax Junction Railway Bill, without any 
Amendment: And also, 


Bridport 
Railway Bill. 


Ratcliff 
Gas Bill. 


Leeds, Brad- 
ford and 
Halifax Junc- 
tion Railway 
Bill. 


, 


bourhood, Crewkerne and Chard, deposited in the | 


The Lords have agreed to the Monmouthshire | 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Sligo Gas Bill. 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, 
jin respect of non-compliance with the Standing 
Orders in the case of the Petition for additional 
| Provision in the Sligo Gas Bill. 
| Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Se- 
lect Committee on Standing Orders. 


| Petitions relating to Church Rates :—Marriage Public 
_Law Amendment Bill;—Maynooth College Act ;— Petitions. 
Sunday Trading (Metropolis) Bill; —Mines ;—Spirit y;4. quip. 

| Duties (Scotland and Jreland) Bill;—Spirits Act tieth Report. 
,Amendment (Jreland) Bill;—Education of Pauper 

Children Bill, Education (No. 2) Bill, and Free 

‘Schools Bill;—Education (Scotland) Bill;—Free 

‘Schools Bill;—Free Schools Bill, and Education 

(No. 2) Bill ;—Intoxicating Liquors;—Petty Ses- 

| sions Clerks (Ireland) ;—Public-houses (Scotland) 

| Act ;—Registration of Births, &amp;c.( Scotland) Bill;— 

| Sale of Beer Act (1854) ;—and, Schools (Scotland) 
‘Bill,—were presented, and read; and ordered to lie 

‘upon the Table. 

| Petitions relating to the Public Health Bill ;— 
and, Nuisances Removal Amendment Bill,—were 
also presented, and read ; and referred to the Select 
'Committee on the Bills. 





A Petition of the North Yorkshire and Cleveland North York- 
Railway Company, the North Eastern Railway shire and 
|Company, the Stockton and Darlington Railway Railway Bill 
|Company, and the Middlesbrough and Guisbrough 

Railway Company, praying that Provision may be 

made in the North Yorkshire and Cleveland Railway 

Bill for extending the thirty-sixth section of the 

| North Yorkshire and Cleveland Raiiway Act (1854), 

to traffic to and from the South Stockton Station, 


| and for other purposes, was presented, and read; 


‘and referred to the Examiners of Petitions for Pri- 
vate Bills. 


Ordered, That an Abstract of the Return relative Troops in the 
to Troops in the “ Seringapatam,” which was pre- “Seringapa- 
sented upon the 29th day of March last, be printed. “. on 

o. 211. 

Ordered, That the Return relative to Stores for stores for 
the East, which was presented upon the 1st day of the East. 
this instant May, be printed. No. 212. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Foreign Offi- Foreign 
Officers. 


No, 213. 


| cers, which was presented upon the 1st day of this 
instant May, be printed. 


| Ordered, That the Return relative to the Army, Army. 
which was presented upon the 1st day of this instant No, 214. 
| May, be printed. 


Staff Officers 
(Crimea. ) 
No. 215. 


| Ordered, That the Return relative te Staff Offi- 
‘cers (Crimea), which was presented upon the 1st 
day of this instant May, be printed. 
| Ordered, That the Return relative to Public Public Offices. 

Offices, which was presented upon the Ist day of No. 216. 
this instant May, be printed. 
| Ordered, That the Account relative to the Ex- Exchequer. 
‘chequer, which was presented upon the 1st day of No, 217. 
this instant May, be printed. ‘i 

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18 Vicrorti2. g°—_ 3° 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Education (No. 2) 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 the word “now,” and, at 
the end of the Question, adding the words “upon 
“ this day six months.” 

And the Question being proposed, That the word 
“ now” stand part of the Question :—And a Debate 
arising thereupon ; 

Ordered, That the Debate be adjourned till To- 
morrow. 





Education 
(No. 2) Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Free Schools Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time To- 
morrow. 


Free Schools 
Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Mines (Jreland) Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Wednesday the 16th day of this instant May. 


Mines P 
(Ireland) Bill. 


The Spirits (Ireland) Act Amendment Bill was, 
according to Order, read a second time; and com- 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for 


Monday the 14th day of this instant May. 


Spirits 
(Ireland) Act 
Amendment 
Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Supply ; 

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


Supply. 


The 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. 


Ways and 
Means. 


Mr. Attorney General for Jreland presented, pur- 
suant to the directions of an Act of Parliament,—A 
Return of the Expenditure on the Relief of the Poor 
in each Union in Jreland for the year ended 29th 
September 1854, and of the Total Number of Per- 
sons relieved in and out of the Workhouse in each 
Union during the same Period. 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the several Sums of Freight Money received 
by the Treasurer of Greenwich ‘Hospital since the 
25th day of February 1854, 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. 


Poor Relief 
(Ireland.) 


Freight Money 
{Greenwich 
Hospital.) 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of all Duties paid upon Spirits, Tea, Sugar 
and Coffee, in London, Liverpool, Bristol, Hull, 
Glasgow, Leith, Dublin, Belfast and Cork, for Four- 
teen days previous and up to Six o’clock on the 20th 
day of April, when the Chancellor of the Exchequer 
placed his Resolutions for imposing additional Duties 
on those several Articles; such Return to set forth the 
Quantities, with the Amount of Duties paid by each 
Party, and the Date of every such Payment :—And, 
similar Return for the corresponding Periods in the 
years 1853 and 1854. 


Spirit Duties, 
&amp;e. 


Lunatic Asy- Ordered, That Mr. Robert Palmer be discharged 


iam from further attendance on the Select Committee on 
Bill the Lunatic Asylums (Jreland) Advances Bill. 
Ordered, That Captain Duncombe be added to the 
Committee. 


Tools and 
Billhooks 
(Sebastopol. ) 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That a Return to the Order [16th March], for 
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Mair. 197 


a Return relative to Tools and Billhooks (Sebastopol), 
be laid before this House forthwith :—And the said 
Motion was, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 








Jovis, 3° die Maii; 
Anno 18° Victoria Regine, 1855. 


PRAYERS. 


M R. FitzRoy reported the Dundalk and Black- Dundalk and 
rock Railway Bill, with Amendments. Blackrock 

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


Mr. FitzRoy reported the Banff, Macduff and Bang, Macduff 
Turriff Railway Bill, with Amendments. and Turriff 

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


Mr. FitzRoy reported the Manchester Improve- Manchester 
ment Bill, with Amendments. Improvement 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 2# 


Mr. Fitz Roy reported the Jpstones Mineral Branch Ipstones 
Railway Bill, with Amendments.  aaaee 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; wy Bil. 


and be printed. 


Mr. Roebuck reported from the Select Committee Army before 
on the Army before Sebastopol ; ‘That they had exa- Sspestopol 
mined several other Witnesses on the subject of the Sa: » 
Matters to them referred, and had agreed to report No. 919, 
&gt; Minutes of Evidence so taken before them to the 

ouse. 


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


The Dundee and Perth and Aberdeen Railway Bill Dundee and 


was read the third time. —_ 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. Railway Bill. 


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


The Maryport and Carlisle Railway Bill was read Maryport 
the third time ; and Amendments were made to the je hema 
Bill. ailway Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 


to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Oldham Gas and Water Bill was read the Oldham Gas 
third time.  pceaaed 
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-Thames Improvement Bill, as | academe 
amended in the Committee; and an Amendment was pi} 
made to the Bill. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take Birmingham 
into consideration the Birmingham Canal Navigations C#nl Navi- 
Bill, as amended in the Committee ; and an Amend- &amp;°"°™ ers 
ment was made to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Ordered, That the Minutes of the Evidence taken London and 
before the Committee on the London and North —— 
Western Railway (Shrewsbury to Newtown) Bill, and (Shavwebery 
the Montgomeryshire Railway Bill, in Session 1853, to Newtown) 
be referred to the Committee on the Newtown and pr + 
Oswestry Railway Bill. = Bill 
(1853.) 
Hill's Estate Bill was read the first time. Hill’s Estate 
Ordered, Vhat the Bill be referred to the Exami- Bill 


ners of Petitions for Private Bills. 





ccs The 





Metropolis 
Local Manage- 
ment Bill. 


Royal Medical 
Benevolent 
College Bill. 


Commercial 
Road Bill. 


London 
Necropolis 
and National 
Mausoleum 
Bill. 
Infants 
Marriage Bill. 
Bill 104. 


Poor Relief 
(Treland.) 


No. 219. 


Poor Law 
(North Dublin 
Union.) 


Indian Army. 


Army Com- 
missions. 


198 


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

And the said Petition, praying that proper Clauses 
may be inserted in the Metropolis Local Manage- 
ment Bill, for the protection of the rights and in- 
terests of the Public and the Petitioners; and that 
the said Bill may not pass into a law as it now 
stands, was read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to incorporate the 
Royal Medical Benevolent College, and for other 
purposes: And the same was read the first time. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exami- 
ners of Petitions for Private Bills. 


Mr. Wrightson reported from the Committee on 
Group H. of Turnpike Road Bills ; That in the case 
of the Commercial Road Bill, they had examined 
the allegations contained in the Preamble of the Bill, 
and had made some 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. 


Mr. Miles reported the London Necropolis and 
National Mausoleum Bill, with Amendments. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Malins presented a Bill to enable Infants, 
with the Approbation of the Court of Chancery, to 
make binding Settlements of their Real and Personal 
Estate on Marriage: And the same was read the first 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time upon 
Thursday next ; and to be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Poor Relief 
(Ireland), which was presented upon the 2d day of 
this instant May, be printed. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Copy of the Minutes of Evidence taken, and of the 
Report made to the Poor Law Commissioners (Ire- 
land), by Charles S. Crawford, Esquire, Poor Law 
Inspector, on an Investigation held as to the Validity 
of certain Claims to vote by Proxy at the Election 
for Guardians of the North Dublin Union, and lodged 
with the Clerk of that Union on the 1st day of Fe- 
bruary 1855. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the Number of Officers of the Indian Army 
now living who had retired from that Service pre- 
viously to the 20th day of September 1837, when the 
present enlarged rate of Retiring Pay was fixed by 
the East India Company, and whose Length of Ser- 
vice entitled them to the benefit of the New Rules 
had they had a retrospective effect ; also the Dates 
of their Retirement respectively :—And, Statement 
of the aggregate difference between the Pay received 
by those Officers since their Retirement from the 
Service, and the Sum they would have received under 
the Rates made in September 1837, if the Rules then 
maie applied to their case. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the Quantity of Foreign Wines in Bond 
on the 5th day of April last ; distinguishing the’Sorts, 
and from whence imported, as far as the same can 
be obtained. 


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 full Amount that would be 


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A. 1855. 


required to pay the Regulation Price for the Com- 
mission of every Officer who has died in Active 
Service during the present War. 
Ordered, That the said Address be 
Her Majesty, by such Members of this 
of Her 


resented to 
ouse as are 
ajesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


The following Paper, pursuant to the directions Margate Pier 
of an Act of Parliament, was laid upon the Table #04 Harbour. 


by the Clerk of the House,—An Account of the 
Receipt and Application of all Monies which have 
been received by the Directors of the Margate Pier 
and Harbour Company, from the 6th day of April 
1854 to the 5th day of April 1855, both days in- 
clusive. 


Mr. Cowper presented, by Her Majesty's Com- Education. 


mand,—Minutes of the Committee of Council on 
Education : Schools of Parochial Unions in England 
and Wales; with Reports by Her Majesty’s In- 
spectors of Schools, 1854-55. 

Minutes of the Committee of Council on Educa- 
tion: Correspondence, Financial Statements, &amp;c. ; 
and Reports by Her Majesty’s Inspectors of Schools, 
1854-55. 

Mr. Cowper also presented,—Return to an Ad- 


Burial- 


dress to Her Majesty, dated the 23d day of April grounds _ 
last, for Returns of the Metropolitan Parishes (inclu- ‘ ) 


sive of those in the City of London), the Burial- 
grounds of which are closed, or ordered to be closed, 
under the Act 14 &amp; 16 Vic. c. 85 :—And, of the 
Metropolitan Parishes (inclusive of those in the City 
of London) which have not provided themselves 
Parochial Cemeteries, nor appomted Burial Boards, 
with a view to such Provision. 

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 Copy of Ninth Report of the Commis- 
sioners in Lunacy to the Lord Chancellor. 

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


Resolved, Tnat an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
tu give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Copy of the Correspondence relative to 
the re-construction of the “Select Committee” of 
Artillery Officers and others at Woolwich, including 
the General Order of the 30th day of March last, 
appointing some additional Members ; and a List of 
the ot of Meeting 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. 


Mr. Osborne presented,— Return to an Order, 


Lunacy. 


Artillery 
flicers 
( Woolwich.) 


Navy Sur- 


dated the 25th day of April last, for a Return of the geons, &amp;c. 


Number of Her Majesty’s Ships and Vessels now in 
Commission on Home and Foreign Service ; to- 
gether with the Number and Names of the Sur- 
geons, Assistant Surgeons and Dressers without 

edical or Surgical Diplomas, in any and every 
Ship or Vessel; and the Number and Names of 
those Dressers who are acting as Assistant Sur- 
geons. 

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


Petitions relating to Church Rates ;—Marriage Public 
Law Amendment Bill ;— Marriages (Scotland) Bill ; Petitions. 


—Mayn 


ooth College Act ;—Religious Opinions ;— yjge Thirty- 


Roman Catholic Chaplains (Army) ;—Sunday Trad- first Report. 


ing (Metropolis) Bill ;—Stamp Duties (Drafts on 
Bankers) Bill ;—Accommodation Bills ;—Criminal 
Justice Bill ;—Decimal Coinage ;—District —— 

cts ; 








Poor Law 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 


Sunday 
Trading 
{Metropolis ) 
Bill. 


Land and 
Assessed 
Taxes Di- 
vision Bill, 


Intestacy 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 


Places of 
Religious 
Worship Re- 





18 VicrorizZ. 


Acts ;—Education Bill ;—Education (Scotland) Bill; 
—Free Schools Bill ;—Friendly Societies Bill ;— 
Grain ;—Intoxicating Liquors ;—Metropolis Local 
Management Bill ;— Poor Law ; — Public-houses 
(Scotland) Act ;—Registration of Births, &amp;c. (Scot- 
land) Bill ;—Sale of Beer Act (1854), and Intoxi- 
cating Liquors ;— Schools (Scot/and) Bill ;—and, 
Testamentary Jurisdiction Bill,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition relating to the Public Health Bill, 
was also presented, and read; and referred to the 
Select Committee on the Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Poor Law (Scotland) Bill; 

A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That the Bill be now read a second time :— 
And the said Motion was, with leave of the House, 
withdrawn. 

Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


The Sunday Trading (Metropolis) Bill was, ac- 
cording to Order, read a second time; and com- 
mitted. 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That the Bill be committed to a 
Committee of the whole House ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out the words “ Committee of 
“ the whole House,” and inserting the words “ Se- 
“ lect Committee ”’ instead thereof. 

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


with leave of the House, withdrawn. 

Ordered, That the Bill be committed to a Com- 
mittee of the whole House, for Wednesday the 13th 
day of June next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 


reading of the Land and Assessed Taxes Division | 


Bill; 


35. 


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 Lett. 
Tellers for thef Mr. Frewen, 
Yeas, (Mr. Spooner: 
Tellers for the; Mr. Hayter, 195 
Noes, { Mt. Grenville Berkeley: J 
So it passed in the Negative. 
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 Intestacy (Scotland) 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 the second 
reading of the Places of Religious Worship Regis- 


gistration Bi, tration Bill ; 


Court of 
Chancery 
(Ireland) 


Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Thursday the 17th day of this instant May. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Court of Chancery (/re/and) (Juris- 


(Jurisdiction) diction) Bill; 
Bill. 


And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That the Bill be now read a second 
time ; 


And the House havi 
Twelve of the clock on 


continued to sit till after 
riday morning ; 


Veneris, 4° die Maii,1855: 
Vou. 110. 





3°_-4° Mais. 


| 


Question :—The said proposed Amendment was, | 


reading of the Court of Chancery (Jreland) (Stamp 





199 


An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out the word “now,” and, at 
the end of the Question, adding 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 31st day of this instant May. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Court of 


reading of the Court of Chancery (Ireland) (Proce- (ireland) 
dure) Bill; treecsdaned 


Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon Bill. 
Thursday the 31st day of this instant May, 





The Order of the day being read, for the second Court of 
ireading of the Court of Chancery (Jreland) (Re- pom 
ceivers) Bill ; (Receivers) 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon Bill. 


Thursday the 31st day of this instant May. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Court of 


' reading of the Court of Chancery (Jreland) (Sales of Chancery 
| Estates) Bill ; 


(Ireland) 
, : (Sales of 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon Estates) Bill. 


Thursday the 31st day of this instant May. 


| 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Court of 


| valing of the Court of Chancery (Jreland) (Appeals) Cncenay 
| Dul ; (Appeals) Bill 


Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Thursday the 31st day of this instant May. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Court of 
Chancery 
Duties) Bill; come” 


Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon Duties) Bill. 


| Thursday the 31st day of this instant May. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Despatch of 


Court of Chan- Business, 
Court of 


Chancery Bill. 


| mittee on the Despatch of Business, 
| cery Bill; 

j nee That this House will, upon Thursday 
| next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 

| The Dissenters’ Marriages Bill was, according to Dissenters’ 

| Order, read a second time; and committed to a Marriages Bill. 
| Committee of the whole House, for Thursday the 

| 17th day of this instant May. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Metropolis 
mittee on the Metropolis Local Management Bill; (0% pin = 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Dwelling. 
mittee on the Dwelling-houses (Scotland) Bill ; pase yA tea 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
|the 17th day of this instant May, resolve itself into 
the said Committee. 





The Order of the day being read, for the second Education Bill. 
reading of the Education Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Customs 
mittee on the Customs Duties Bill ; Duties Bill 
Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The Income Tax Bill was, according to Order, Income Tax 
read the third time. Bill. 

A Clause (All relief, abatement and deduction, 
to be proportionate to the increased rate of Duty 
eamen by this Act), was thrice read ; and added to 
the Bill. 

Then an Amendment was made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

cc4 Ordered, 








Newspaper 
Stamp Duties 
Bill. 


Cinque Ports 
Bill. 


Excise Acts. 


200 3°—4° Mart. A. 1855. 


Ordered, That Mr. Wilson do carry the Bill to | proportion, more or less, according to the rates of 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. the Duty of Customs on Sugar and Molasses re- 
spectively, and of the Duty of Excise on Malt from 

The Order of the day being read, for the third | time to time payable, in lieu of the allowances in 
reading of the Newspaper Stamp Duties Bill ; respect of such Sugar and Molasses respectively 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time this | contained in Schedule D. annexed to the Act 
day. 17 &amp; 18 Vie. c. 27. 

The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 

The Cinque Ports Bill was, according to Order, | were agreed to. 
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 Education 
ad journed Debate on the Amendment which, upon (No. 2) Bill. 

Mr. Wilson reported from the Committee on the | the 2d day of this instant May, was proposed to be 
Excise Acts, several Resolutions; which were read, | made to the Question, That the Education (No. 2) 
as follow : Bill be now read a second time ; 

1. That for and upon every hundred- | £. s. d. Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 


weight, and so in proportion for any greater till Monday next. 
or less quantity than a hundredweight, of 
all Sugar which, after the 19th day of 
April 1855, shall be used by any Brewer 
of Beer for sale in the brewing or making 
of Beer a e.. De. ee 


And so in proportion, more or less, accord- | 
ing to the rates of the Duty of Excise on Malt, 











The Order of the day being read, for the second Free Schools 

reading of the Free Schools Bill ; Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 

~ 3 g| Monday next. 


The Order for resuming, this day, the adjourned Testamentary 


and of the Duty of Customs on Sugar respec- | | Debate on the Amendment which, upon the 26th Jurisdiction 
tively from time to time payable, so that the day of April last, was proposed to be made to the ~ 
aggregate of the Duties of Excise and Customs | Question, That the Testamentary Jurisdiction Bill 


on Sugar used in brewing may be at all times 


an equivalent for the Duty of Excise on the ' be now read a second time ; 





Malt for which such Sugar is substituted ; | Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 
In lieu of the Duty of Excise chargeable till Friday the 11th day of this instant May. 
on such Sugar, under the Act passed in the 
last Session of Parliament, c. 30, but over me 
and above all other Duties, whether of Ex- Ordered, That th ” Amendments made by the — _e Bill 
else ox Casteme. ‘Lords to the Militia (Jreland) Bill be taken into “te!#24) Bill. 


2, That, in lieu of the Duties of Excise on Sugar’ consideration this day. 


made in the United Kingdom now payable, there | 
shall be charged, raised, levied, collected and paid | 
nie Se Se he ES ee eee | Professional Persons appointed to revise the Metro- 
successors, from and after the 19th day of April | cliten Buildines pein, the Earl of Carlisle, wh 

1855, on Sugar made in the United Kingdom, the | P tC . ew k d Buildiz rs 
several Sums of Money and Duties of Excise here- | *"8t Commissioner of Works and Buildings, in 


inafter inserted, described and set forth; that is to | 1848 and 1849. 
say, 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Metropolitan 


Copies of any Reports or Papers by a Committee of — 
8. 





On Candy, Brown or White, Refined Su- &amp; a. &amp;. &amp;.0.' | Be 4. 
gar, or Sugar rendered by any process 
equal in quality thereto, for every hun- 


dredweight 


On White Clayed Sugar, or Sugar ren- 
dered by any process equal in quality to | 
White Clayed, not being Refined or | | 
equal in quality to Refined, for every | 
hundredweight - - - - - | 

On Yellow, Muscovado and Brown Clayed | 
Sugar, 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 Commissioners 
of Her Majesty’s Treasury, for every | 
hundredweight - - - - - | 

On Brown, Muscovado or any other Su- 
gar, not being equal in quality to Yel- | 
low, Muscovado or Brown Clayed Sugar, | 
according to a standard to be furnished 
by the said Commissioners, for every 
hundredweight - - - - o | 

On Molasses, for every hundredweight - | - 54 | 

And so in proport‘on for any greater or | 
less quantity than a hundredweight. 





Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Weights and 
Unt ee Sh day | | for legalizing and preserving the restored Standards Measures. 
th shall first | | of Weights and Measures: And that Mr. Wilson 


which shall first | the following | 


happen after the | Twelve | ) 
sal ot aes | af thor | Thereafter per ws Chancellor of the Exchequer do prepare, 
date ofadelinitive Uh = )and bring it in. 


Treaty of Peace 
with Russia. 


And then the House, having continued to sit 


| | 
| 
| till half an hour after One of the clock on 





Friday morning, adjourned till this day. 








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| 14 
| PRAYERS. 
| M R. Fitz Roy reported from the Committee on Ayr Harbour 
| | the Ayr Harbour Bill; That they had exa- Bill 
| mined the allegations contained in the Preamble of 
the Bill, and amended the same, by inserting words 
-15 - | -12 9] -10 6 | stating that the recited Act 5&amp; 6 Will. 4, c. 79, should 
| continue in force for the space of twenty-one years, 
_and from thence to the end of the then next Session 
\of Parliament, and by introducing recitals stating 
the Powers given by the said recited Act for keeping 
Ps up the said harbour, and making new works therein, 
| ‘and also for borrowing the sum of Ten thousand 
| pounds for the above purposes, and also stating the 
%. That, for and in respect of all Sugar and Mo-| necessity of further sums being raised for the same 
lasses actually received and used after the 19th day | purposes; and found the same, as amended, to be 
of April 1855, in the brewing or making of Worts or | true; and had gone through the Bill, and made 
Wash brewed or made from Sugar only, or from | Amendments thereunto. 
Molasses only, or from any mixture of these ma-! Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 
terials and Treacle, or Malt or Grain, and distilled | 
into Spirits by any distiller in England, Scotland or| Mr. Bonham Carter reported from the Select Public 
Ireland, there shall be allowed and paid an allow- Committee on Public Petitions; That they had exa- (thirtieth 
ance after the rate of 12s. 1d. for every 112 pounds | mined the Petitions presented upon the 1st and 2d Report. 
of Sugar so used, and after the rate of 4s. 3 $d. | days of this instant May; and had directed him to 
for every 112 pounds of Molasses so used ; and so in | make a Report thereof to the House. Pare 
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Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Royal Medical Ordered, That the Examiner of Petitions for Pri- 
wt vate Bills have leave to sit, and proceed forthwith 
Colles on the Royal Medical Benevolent College Bill. 


Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
a Wolvere mittee on the Wolverhampton Water Bill, and the 
hampton Wolverhampton Corporation Water Bill, that they 


Corporation have Power to consolidate the said Bills into one 
Water Bill Bill, if they think fit. 


Wolverhamp- 
ton Water Bill, 


Price’s Patent The House proceeded to take into consideration 

oy ga the Amendments made by the Lords to Price’s 

my Patent Candle 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. 

Ashton-under- | Ordered, That the short Title of the Ashton-under- 
Lyne Gas and Lyne Gas and Water Bill, as first entered in the 
Water Bill. Votes, be changed to Ashton-under-Lyne Water Bill. 
Ashton-under- he Ashton-under-Lyne Water Bill was read the 


Sh Water third time. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Kilmarnock The Kilmarnock Gas Bill was read the third time ; 
Geo Bill, and Amendments were made to the Bill. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act to incorporate “The Kilmarnock 
Gas-Light Company,” established to supply with 
Gas the Town of Rilmarnock, and the Parishes of 
Kilmarnock and Riccarton, and Places therein, all in 
the County of Ayr. 
Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 
Regent’sCanal The Regent’s Canal (Hertford Union Canal) Bill 
Talon Canal) was read the third time. 
Bill Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 
Salisbury The Salisbury and Yeovil Railway Bill was read 
——, the third time. 
Tew Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 
Kelso Bridge © The House proceeded to take into consideration 
= the Kelso Bridge Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 
South Wales ‘The House proceeded to take into consideration 
(Conselida. the South Wales Railway (Consolidation) Bill as 
tion) Bil, 4 amended in the Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 
Sate’, The House proceeded to take into considera- 
Ralway Bill; tion the Waterford and Limerick Railway Bill, as 
amended in the Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 
Derbyshire, The Derbyshire, Staffordshire and Worcestershire 
oe Railway (No. 2) Bill ao" read a second time; and 
tershire Rail. Committed. 
Bil (No, 2) Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the General 
Committee on Railway and Canal Bills. 
Grand The Grand Surrey Canal (No. 2) Bill was read a 
re &gt; Ba second time; and orumaitiel. 


Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the General 
Committee on Railway and Canal Bills. 
VoL. 110. 





4° Mai. 


201 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Southampton 
reading of the Southampton Paving Trust Saint Faring Trust 
Pancras Bill ; — 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 

Thursday the 17th day of this instant May. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Metropolis 
Return of the Number of Inhabited Houses in each L0c#! Manage- 
of the Parishes within the Registrar General’s Me- te 190 
tropolitan District, and of the Rateable Value of wei 
the Houses according to the Property Tax Assess- 

ment, together with the Rateable Value of each 

Parish, converted into the Number of Houses, at 

the Average Value, Ist, of Single Parishes, and 2d, of 

Parishes in Poor Law Unions, distinguishing the 

relative position of each Parish or District according 

to Number, and the Number of Representatives that 

should be given at the Metropolitan Board, esti- 

mating two for every Parish or District where the 
Aggregate Number shall exceed 20,000, and one for 

a. 4 of the remainder, and in Unions giving, as 

regards the Local Boards, the following Numbers, 

viz. 


Where the a ate 
Neukeriaie 37 77°" 5,000 27 Members. 
Ditto - - 5,000 and under 10,000 - 39 i 
Ditto - - 10,000 , 15,000.48 ,, 
Ditto - - 15,000 _ 20,000 - 57 = ,, 
Ditto - - 20,000andabove - -64  ,, 


And, an amended Schedule to the Metropolis Local 
Management Bill, based on the preceding Return. 
Sir Benjamin Hall accordingly presented the said 
Return. 
Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
Table; and be printed. 


Mr. Hindley reported the Newport Gas Bill, with Newport Gas 
Amendments. Bill 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr, Hindley reported from the Committee on Phenix, South 
Group M. of Private Bills; That the Parties pro- a 
moting the Phcenix, South Metropolitan, Zondon and Saney Gen 
Surrey Gas Companies Bill had stated to the Com- Companies 
mittee, that it was not their intention to proceed with Bul 
the same. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from one Royal Medical 
of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, that Benevolent 
in the case of the Royal Medical Benevolent College ese Bill 
Bill, the Standing Orders have been complied with. 


Mr. Henry Baillie reported the Dundalk and Dundalk and 
Enniskillen Railway Bill, with Amendments. Enniskillen 

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


Mr. Corry reported from the Committee on Group Glasgow and 
(3) of Railway and Canal Bills; That in the case of — Western 
the Glasgow and South Western Railway (Steam (Steam Boats) 
Boats) Bill, and the Glasgow and South Western Bill, and Glas- 
Railway (Consolidation) Bill, the Committee had, pur- gow ad — 
suant to the Instruction of the House of the 2d of bts nae 
May, considered the Question of the proposed con- dation) Bill. 
solidation of the said two Bills into one Bill; and, 
inasmuch as the object of one of the Bills is to con- 
solidate and include in one Act all the Powers and 
Provisions of the Glasgow and South Western Rail- 
way Company’s Acts, it appeared to the Committee 
that it would be more convenient that the Powers 
sought by the other Bill for the construction and 
completion of two short Branches (the Power origi- 
nally sought by that Bill to provide Steam-boats not 
having received the sanction of the Committee), 
should be embodied in the Bill for the consolidation 
of the Company’s Acts rather than that such Powers 


7 . Glasgow and 
should form the subject of a separate Bill, and that South Western 





the Committee had accordingly consolidated the = Railway Bill. 
DD wo 











Lyme Regis 
Roads Bill. 


Private Bills 
(Group 0.) 


Aberdare 
Valley Rail- 
way Bill. 


Railway and 


Canal Bills 
(Group 2.) 


Swansea 
Docks Bill. 


Standing 
Orders. 


Fees (Clerks 


of Assize, &amp;c.) 


East India 
Company's 
Stock. 


Port Wine 
Adulteration 
(Jerupiga. ) 


202 


two Bills into one Bill; and that they had examined 
the allegations contained in the Preamble of the said 
consolidated Bill, and found the same to be true; 
and had gone through the Bill, and made Amend- 
ments thereunto. ; 

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


Colonel Pennant reported from the Committee on 
Group I. of Turnpike Road Bills ; That in the case of 
the Lyme Regis Roads Bill, they had examined the al- 
legations 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. Miles reported from the Committee on Group 
O. of Private Bills; That Mr. Esmonde, one of the 
Selected Members, was not present during the sitting 
of the Committee this day. 

Ordered, That Mr. Esmonde do attend the said 
Committee upon Monday next. 


Colonel Boldero reported the Aberdare Valley 
Railway Bill, with Amendments. 

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


Colonel Boldero reported from the Committee on 
Group No. 2 of Railway and Canal Bills; That, in 
consequence of the application of the Promoters of 
the Carmarthen and Cardigan Railway Bill, the 
Committee had adjourned to Tuesday the 8th day of 
May, at One o’clock. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Cardwell reported from the Committee on 
Group L. of Private Bills; That in the case of the 
Swansea Docks Bill, they had examined the allega- 
tions 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. 


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. 


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 Fees payable to the Clerks of 
Assize and Clerks of the Peace for the several 
Counties and Towns in England and Wales in every 
case of Prosecution at the Assizes and Sessions for 
Felony or Misdemeanor ; specifying each particular 
Fee, the Amount of it, by whom paid in the first 
instance, and whether repaid by order on the County 
Treasurer :—Where Clerks of the Peace are paid by 
Salary in lieu of such Fees, a similar Return of the 


Fees charged in the Returns of Prosecution Expenses 


to the T og 
Ordered, That 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 4 cent. East India 
Company’s Stock, accepted by folders of the various 
5 per cent. Stocks converted by the East India 
Company during the years 1853 and 1854; distin- 
guishing the various Stocks, and stating the Number 
of Holders who accepted the terms of the East India 
Company. 


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 





4° Maii. 


A. 1855. 


House, Copies or Extracts of any Despatches from 


Her Majesty’s Minister at Lisbon, or Her Majerty's 
Consul General or Consuls in Portugal, between the 
years 1848 and 1853, recommending the prohibition 
or discouragement of the Importation of a Compound 
called Jerupiga, made with Elderberries, Brown 
Sugar, Grape Juice and Brandy, and used for the 
Adulteration of Port Wine :—Copies of any Corre- 
spondence between Her Majesty’s Lords of the Trea- 
sury and the Commissioners of Customs, within the 
same Period, relative to the refusal of the latter to 
permit Jerupiga to be entered as Wine and mixed 
with Port Wine in bond :—And, of any Minute or 
Minutes, or any Correspondence or Instructions 
issued by the Lords of Her Majesty’s Treasury and 
the Commissioners of Customs, within the same 
Period, authorizing the mixing of Jerupiga with Port 
Wine in bond, under the Superintendence of the 
Officers of Customs, in the same proportion as 
Brandy, viz. Thirty-three Gallons of the Geansend 
to One hundred Gallons of pure Port Wine. 
Ordered, That 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 Logwood. 


Return of the Number of Tons of Logwood exported 
from Great Britain to Oporto in the years 1852, 
1853, 1854 and 1855. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Cambridge 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased University. 


to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Copies of recent Communications from the 
Royal Commissioners appointed in 1850, to inquire 
into the State, Discipline, Studies and Revenues of 
the University and Colleges of Cambridge, addressed 
to the First Lord of the Treasury and the Lord 
Chancellor, respecting a Scheme of Government for 
the University of Cambridge. 

Ordered, That 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, British and 
an Account of the Quantities, in Proof Gallons, of Colonial 


British and Colonial Spirits on which Duty has 
been paid for Home Consumption ; distinguishing, 
in the case of British Spirits, whether made from 
Malt only, or from a Mixture of Corn and Malt, or 
other Ingredients, with the Rates of Duty per Gal- 
lon, including the Duty of Excise (so far as can be 
ascertained) on the Materials used in making British 
Spirits, for each year from 1851 to 1854, both inclu- 
sive ; and stating the Total Gallons of each different 
kind of Spirits, the Total of British Spirits, and of 
British and Colonial, in each year. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return of the Number of Criminals who 
have been committed in England and Wales (and 
not bailed) for Crimes triable only at the Assizes, 
during the Months respectively of January, April, 
May, June, September, October, November and 
December, for the year 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. 


The following Paper was laid upon the Table by 
the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, dated 
the 30th day of March last, for Copies of Reports 
from India, and Laws or Decrees passed, respecting 
Telegraphs ;'and of any Despatches from the Court 
of Directors regarding the Establishment of Electric 
Telegraphs in India. 

The following Paper, pursuant to the directions of 


Spirits. 


Criminals. 


East India 
Telegraphs. 


Merchant 
Seamen’s 


an Act of Parliament, was also laid upon the Table Fund. 





by 


Medical 

Department 

(Navy.) 
No. 220. 


Public 
Petitions. 


Vide Thirty- 
first Report, 


Adjournment, 


Hospitals at 
Scutari, &amp;c. 


Amy. 


Message from 
the Lords. 
Loan Bill, 


Ossett G 
an as 


Stalybrid 
Gas Bill. ” 


Fairs and 
Markets 
(Ireland) Bill, 


18 Vicroriz. 


by the Clerk of the House,—An Account of the 
Receipt and Expenditure (under the Seamen’s Fund 
Winding-up Act), from 1st January to 3ist De- 
cember 1854; with an Account of the Sums re- 
ceived and paid for the Wages and Effects of de- 
ceased Seamen in the year 1854. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to the Medical 
Department (Navy), which was presented upon the 
aad day of April last, be printed. 


Petitions relating to the Ballot ;—Church Rates ; 
— Maynooth College Act ;—Roman Catholic Reli- 
ion ;—Licenses (Public-houses, &amp;c.) ;—Newspaper 
Stamp Duties Bill; — Stamp Duties (Drafts on 
Bankers) Bill;— Decimal Coinage ; — Education 
(Scotland) Bill ;— Education (Scotland) Bill, and 
Schools (Scotland) Bill; — Free Schools Bill ; — 
Friendly Societies Bill ;—Grain ;—Intoxicating Li- 
quors ;—Justices’ Clerks ;— Poor Law ;—Poor Law 
(Jreland) ;—Public-houses (Scotland) Act ;—Sale of 
Beer Act (1854) ;—Schools (Scotland) Bill ;—Te- 
nants’ Improvements Compensation (Jreland) Bill ;— 
Testamentary Jurisdiction Bill;—Vaccination;—and, 
War with Russia,—were presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 
A Petition relating to the Public Health Bill, 
was also presented, and read; and referred to the 
Select Committee on the Bill. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
— That this House will, at the rising of the 

ouse this day, adjourn till Monday next :—And 
the said Motion was, with leave of the House, with- 
drawn. 


Mr. Peel presented, by Her Majesty’s Command, 
—Copies of all Instructions sent by the Secretary-at- 
War for the Establishment of Hospitals at Scutari, 
after the first Embarkation of Troops for the East, 
whether to Military or Medical Authorities, with all 
Regulations and Orders relative to the Management 
of the Hospitals, Supplies of Clothing, Necessaries, 
Medical Comforts and the Employment of Labourers 
for the —— of Washing, Cleanliness and extra 
Hospital Wants, beyond the means of the regular 
Establishment :—Also, Copies of all Letters ad- 
dressed to the Commander-in-Chief and Secretary- 
at-War during the Months of February, March, 
April and May 1854, by the Director General of the 
Medical Department of the Army, relative to addi- 
tions to the General Medical Staff, to accompany 
the Army to the East, specifying the Rank of the 
Individuals to be so employed. 

Mr. Peel also presented, —Return to an Order, 
dated the 19th day of February last, for a Return of 
the Number of Soldiers in the Infantry, Cavalry, 
Artillery and Marines respectively, who have pur- 
chased their Discharges during the last Ten years. 

Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
Table; and that the Paper relative to Hospitals at 
Scutari, &amp;c. be referred to the Select Committee on 
the Army before Sebastopol. 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Brougham: 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the Loan Bill, without 
any Amendment: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Ossett Gas Bill, 
without any Amendment: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Stalybridge Gas 
Bill, without any Amendment :—And then the Mes- 
senger withdrew. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Fairs and Markets (Jreland) Bill; 
Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 
Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 
Vou. 110. 








4° 5° Maiz. 203 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming Tenants’ 
the adjourned Debate on the Question wmpeedl ae 
upon the 18th day of April last, That the Tenants’ (Ireland) Bill 
Improvements Compensation (Jreland) Bill be now 
read a second time ; 

And the Question being again proposed :—The 
House resumed the said adjourned Debate. 


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


Sabbati, 5° die Maiti, 1855: 


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

And the Question being again proposed, That 
the Bill be now read a second time ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out the word “now,” and, at 
the end of the Question, adding 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 thef Mr. Serjeant Shee, Lies 

Yeas, Mr. Pollard-Urquhart: J . 

Tellers for the; Mr. Grogan, 1 se 

Noes, Mr. Vance: \ igi 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

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


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Spirit Dutton 
mittee on the Spirit Duties (Scotland and Ireland) (Scotland an 
Bill: Ireland) Bill. 

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 Duties Bill. Duties Bill. 


(In the Committee.) Bill 105. 


Preamble postponed. 


Cuause, N° 1 (Duties of Customs on Tea, Coffee, 
Sugar, &amp;c.) 

Amendments made. 

Proposed, That the Duty for the following Twelve 
months after such 5th day of April, on Yellow, Mus- 
covado and Brown Clayed —_ or Sugar rendered 
by any process equal in quality to Yellow, Musco- 
vado or Brown Clayed, and not equal to White 
Clayed, the hundredweight be 12s. 9d. 


Afterwards aes That the Duty be 12s. 3d. 
Question put, That the Duty be 12s. 9 d.; 
The Committee divided. 


Tellers for the { Mr. Hayter, 7 
Yeas, Mr. Grenville Berkeley: { - 

Tellers for the { Mr. Blackburn, 1 
Noes, UMr. Moffatt : J *. 


Other Amendments made. 
Clause, as amended, agreed to. 


Crauszs, N° 2 and N°3, amended, and agreed to. 
Crausz, N° 4, agreed to. 
Clause added. 


Preamble agreed to. 
Bill, as amended, to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Fitz Roy 

~ That the Committee had gone through the 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 

mittee, be taken into consideration upon Monday 
next; and be printed. 

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204 


Newspaper The Order of the day being read, for the third 
Su? Paties reading of the Newspaper Stamp Duties Bill; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Monday next. 


Burial- 
grounds 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Burial-grounds (Scotland) Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Metropolitan Buildings Bill was, according 
to Order, read a second time; and committed to a 
Select Committee, 


Metropolitan 
Buildings Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Ways and Means; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Ways and 
Means, 


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 taking into 
consideration the Friendly Societies Bill, as amended 


in the Committee ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be taken into consideration 


upon Thursday next. 


Friendly 
Societies Bill 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Savings Banks and Friendly Societies 
Investments Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday the 14th day of this instant May. 


Savings Banks 
and Friendly 
Societies In- 
vestments Bill, 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Stamp Duties (Drafts on Bankers) 
Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Friday next. 


Stamp Duties 
( Drafts on 
Bankers) Bill. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
tien cBootland) into a Committee on the Parliamentary Repre- 
Act Amend- sentation (Scotland) Act Amendment Bill; and, 
ment Bill. after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed 
the Chair; and Mr. FitzRoy reported, That the 
Committee had gone — the Bill, and directed 
him to report the same, without Amendment. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Monday next. 


Parliamentary 


Court of The Order of the day being read, for the second 
&gt;" oe the Court of Session (Scotland) Bill ; 
) Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Thursday next. 


Intestacy = The House, according to Order, proceeded to 
(Scotland)Bill. take into consideration the Intestacy (Scotland) 
Bill, as amended in the Committee ; and Amend- 
ments were made to the Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Monday next. 


Militia The House, according to Order, proceeded to take 

(Ireland) Bill. ito consideration the Amendments made by the 
Lords to the Militia (Jre/and) Bill; and the same 
were twice read, and _o to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Attorney General for Zreland 
do carry the Bill to the Lords; and acquaint them, 
that this House hath agreed to the Amendments 
made by their Lordships. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for securing the Liberty of Religious Worship: And 
that Mr. Kinnaird and Mr. Horsfall do prepare, and 
bring it in, 


Religious 
Worship. 


4°—5° Mair. 





A. 1855. 


Ordered, That Mr. Miles be discharged from Criminal 
further attendance on the Select Committee on the J¥stice Bill 
Criminal Justice Bill. 

Ordered, That Mr. Edmund Denison be added to 
the Committee. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Customs 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased Duties 
to give directions, that there be laid before this se? 
House, a Return of the Duties payable, under 
Colonial Enactments, on Goods imported into and 
exported from the British Colonies (in continuation 
of Parliamentary Paper, No. 836, of Session 1853). 

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


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Medical 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased Officers (Army 
to give directions, that there be laid before this *"4 %#¥») 
House, Returns of the Names of all Persons ap- 
pointed Physicians, Surgeons, Assistant Surgeons, 
Acting Assistant Surgeons, Dressers or other Medical 
Officers to the Army or Navy, orto the Hospitals at 
Scutari, Smyrna or elsewhere, for Sick or Disabled 
Soldiers or Sailors, from the 1st day of January 
1854 to the present time, stating the Nature of the 
Degrees, Diplomas, or Licenses held by them as 
Qualifications, and the Colleges from which they 
have been obtained :—And, of any Communications 
made from the Army Medical Department to Public 
Medical Bodies within the United Kingdom, or other 
Individuals, inviting Candidates for Medical A 
_—- in the Army, Civil Hospitals in the 

st, or in the Turkish Contingent. 

Ordered, That 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. Kinnaird presented a Bill for securing the Religious 
Liberty of Religious Worship: And the same was Worship Bill. 
read the first time ; and ordered to be read a second Bill 106. 
time upon Wednesday next ; and to be printed. 


Mr. Wilson presented a Bill for legalizing and Weights and 


Measures Bill, 


reserving the restored Standards of Weights and ™*™ 
Bill 107. 


Measures: 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 Saturday morning, adjourned till this day. 





Sabbati, 5° die Maii ; 
Anno 18° Victorie Regine, 1855. 


PRAYERS. 
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 were sop under the = was “or 
iving, declaring and notifyi e Assent 
ete therein pmo Reet Tad that the 
Lords, thereby authorized, had declared the Royal 
Assent to the said Acts, as follow : a 
An Act for raising the Sum of Sixteen millions by Loan Bill 


f Annuities ; 
way of Annuities An 





Royal Assent, 








18 Vicroriz. 


Brighton An Act to transfer to the Corporation of the Town 
Improvement of Brighton the Property, Powers, Privileges and 


— a. Liabilities of the Brighton Improvement Com- 


cipal Corpora- Missioners : 
tion Bill, : 
Folkestone An Act for granting further Powers to the Folke- 


Water Bill. stone Waterworks Company : 

Monmouth- An Act for enabling the Monmouthshire Railway 
— and Canal Company to raise further Capital, and for 
ae other purposes : 


Sheffield Gas An Act for merging the Sheffield Gas Consumers’ 

Bill Company in the Sheffield United Gas-Light Com- 
pany, and for other purposes : 

Bridport An Act for constructing a Railway from Bridport 


Railway Bill. to Maiden Newton on the Wilts, Somerset and Wey- 
mouth Railway, in the County of Dorset : 

Leeds, Brad- An Act to enable the Leeds, Bradford and Hali- 

ford and Hali- faz Junction Railway Company to raise additional 


ie way Bill Capital, and for other purposes : 


Ratcliff Gas An Act to consolidate and amend the Provisions 


= of the Act relating to the Ratcliff Gas-Light and 
Coke Company : 
_ Gas An Act for supplying with Gas the Township of 


Ossett-cum-Gawthorpe, in the Parish of Dewsbury, 
and Horbury, in the Parish of Wakefield, all in the 
West Riding of the County of York: 

Stalybridge An Act for more effectually lighting with Gas the 
Gas Bill. Town of Stalybridge and the Ne. hbourhood thereof, 
in the Counties of Chester and Lancaster, and in the 


West Riding of the County of York, 


Intestacy Ordered, That the Intestacy (Scotland) Bill, as 


ry amended, be printed, 


Aboyne, A Petition of Francis Thomas Bircham, Robert 

Ballater, Brae~ Farre Dalrymple and William Richard Drake, of 

yw aoe Parliament-street, Solicitors, and of James Farquhar- 

Road Bil. § son, of Invercauld; praying that Provision may be 
made in the Aboyne, Ballater, Braemar and Cairn- 
well Road Bill, for permitting a Deviation from the 
line of road caiggually proposed by the said Bill, was 
presented, and read ; and referred to the Examiners 
of Petitions for Private Bills. 


Assaults on Ordered, That the Return relative to Assaults on 
Women and ~=Women and Children ( Dublin), which was presented 


(Dubie) upon the 24th day of July last, be printed. 
No, 221. 
Merchant Ordered, That the Account relative to the Mer- 


Seamen's chant Seamen’s Fund, which was presented upon the 
4th day of this instant May, be printed. 


No, 222, 
Army. Ordered, That the Return relative to the Army, 
No, 223, which was presented upon the 4th day of this instant 


May, be printed. 
And then the House adjourned till Monday next. 








Luna, 7° die Maii; 
Anno 18° Victorie Regine, 1855. 


PRAYERS. 


Hill's Estate R. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 
Bill. M pet the on of Petitions for Private 
Bills, That in the case of Hill's Estate Bill, no 
Standing Orders are applicable. 
Ordered, That the Bil be read a second time, 


Downing. _ Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 
One ne. one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, 
sion Bill, That in the case of the Downing-street Public Offices 
Extension Bill, the Standing Orders have been 
complied with. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Friday next, 
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5°—7° Mai. 205 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Woolmer 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, Forest Bill 
That in the case of the Woolmer Forest Bill, the 
Standing Orders have been complied with. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 

Friday next. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from North York- 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, —— 

in respect of non-compliance with the Standing Railway Bill 
Orders in the case of the Petition for additional 

Provision in the North Yorkshire and Cleveland 

Railway Bill. 

Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Se- 

lect Committee on Standing Orders. 


Mr. Greene reported from the Select Committee Standing 
on Standing Orders, several Resolutions ; which were "4s. 
read, as follow: 

1. That in the case of the Bradford Corporation Bradford 
Water Bill, the Standing Orders ought to be dis- Corporation 
pensed with; that the Parties be permitted to pro- = 
ceed with their Bill, provided that proof be given 

before the Committee on the Bill that the several 
requirements of the 10 &amp; 11 Vic. c. 34, have been 
complied with in respect of this Bill; that the 
Committee on the Bill do report how far such Order 

has been complied with on the Report of the Bill. 

2. That in the case of the Wem and Bronygarth Wem and 
Roads Petition for additional Provision, the Stand- a 
ing Orders ought to be dispensed with; that the 
Parties be permitted to introduce their additional 
Provision, if the Committee on the Bill shall think 
fit, on proving before the said Committee that 
Notices have been given to all the Owners, Lessees 
and Occupiers of the land through which the pro- 
posed new lines of road are to pass, and also to the 
several Owners, Lessees and Occupiers of land on 
the line of road proposed to be abandoned. 

3. That in the case of the Sligo Gas Petition for Sligo Gas Bill. 
additional Provision, the Standing Orders ought to 
be dispensed with ; that the Parties be permitted to 
introduce their additional Provision, if the Com- 
mittee on the Bill shall think fit. 

4. That in the case of the Sunderland Dock, Pe- Sunderland 
tition of Messrs. Pritt and Co., for dispensing with 
Standing Order 177; and that the Petitions of 
Owners of Land, Earl of Durham, and others; 
Shipowners, Merchants, and others; and of Cre- 
ditors of the Commissioners of River Wear, &amp;c. 

inst the Bill, be referred to the Committee on 
the Bill, the Standing Orders ought to be dispensed 
with, so far that the said Petitions be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; but that the Parties be not 
heard by themselves, counsel or agents, before the 
said Committee. 

The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 
were agreed to, 


Mr. Duncan reported from the Select Committee Public 
on Public Petitions; That they had examined the Petitions 
Petitions presented upon the 3d and 4th days of this — 
instant May, and had directed him to make a Report 
thereof to the House. 

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


Mr. Strutt reported from the General Committee Railway and 
on Railway and Canal Bills; That they had added Canal Bills 
to the Group No. 7, the Grand Surrey Canal Bill. ana gy - 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table; no 994 
and be printed. ar 


Mr. Strutt reported from the Committee on Birkenhead, 
Group 4 of Railway and Canal Bills; That the eT . 
Parties promoting the Birkenhead, Lancashire and and Great 
Cheshire and Great Western Railways Bill had Western Rail- 
stated to the Committee, that it was not their inten- “** 5. 


tion to proceed with the same, 





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Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table;| The Ulster Railway Bill was read the third time. Ulster Rail- 
and be printed. Resolved, That the Bill do pass. way Bill. 
Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 


Bellver aod Mr. Strutt reported from the Committee on | ‘© the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 
(Group 4.) Group No. 4 of Railway and Canal Bills; That 


Mr. Gwyn, one of the Members of the said Com- 
mittee, was not present during the sitting of the 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Fitre Com- 
the Fibre Company Bill, as amended in the Com- Pany Bill. 


Cc ittee this dav. mittee. 
“Ordered, ‘That Mr. Gwyn do attend the said| Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Committee ‘To-morrow, at Twelve o’clock. , , , 
, The House proceeded to take into consideration Hyde Gas 


Kingston- Colonel Pennant reported the Kingston-upon- alin. al Gas (No. 3) Bill, as amended in the (No. 3) Bill. 


upon- Hull, ° ° &lt; x 
Hessle and Hull, Hessle and Ferriby Road Bill, with Amend Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 
Ferriby Road ments. 
Bill. Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. The House proceeded to take into consideration Hartlepool 
the Hartlepool G d Water Bill in Gas and 
— and = Sir Edmund ——_ reported the Newtown and we asters re a eee Water Bill. 
Railway Bil, Oswestry Railway Bill, with Amendments. Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. The House proceeded to take into consideration Liverpool 
the Liverpool Corporation Water Bill, as amended Corporation 
Glossop Gas The House proceeded to take into consideration | in the Committee; and Amendments were made to ¥#'*? Bill 
—_ the Amendments made by the Lords to the Glossop | the Bill. 
Gas Bill; and the same were twice read, and! Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 
agreed to. 
"Gin: That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill The House proceeded to take into consideration Londonderry 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House | the Londonderry Improvement Bill, as amended in Improvement 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their | the Committee. = 
Lordships. Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


South Eastern The House proceeded to take into consideration| The House proceeded to take into consideration Nottingham 
men pi, te Amendment made by the Lords to the South| the Nottingham and Loughborough Road Bill, as 20d Lough- 
(Capital) Bill. Eastern Railway (Capital) Bill; and the same was | amended in the Committee. — 

twice read, and, with Amendments, agreed to. Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 

Ordered, That Mr. Rich do carry the Bill to the 

Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath) The House proceeded to take into consideration Paisley Burgh 

agreed to the Amendment made by their Lord- the Pais/ey Burgh Bill, as amended in the Com- Bill. 

ships, with Amendments; to which Amendments | mittee. 

this House doth desire the concurrence of their Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 

Lordships. | 





Ordered, That the Rhymney Railway Bill, as Rhymney 
Birmingham The Birmingham Gas Bill was read the third time. | amended in the Committee, be taken into considera- Railway Bill. 


Ges BE. Resolved, That the Bill do pass. | tion To-morrow. 


Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill) sir Edmund Hayes reported from the Committee Cromford and 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. |on Group (8) of Railway and Canal Bills; That in High Peak 
the case of the Cromford and High Peak 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 present 
Capital of the Company; and by striking out so 
much thereof as related to one of the deviations, and 


Mewonstlo- A Motion being made, That the Newcast/e-upon- om peg ‘looh'ond Midlands Sunction  Heliwe; 
upon-Tyne i , y ir ‘ AF . big 
Improvements ay Improvements Bill be now read the third (with which objects the Promoters stated their in- 
Bil. i, a, a ee a eT tention not to proceed); and found the same, as 
, hal J M : , amended, to be true ; and had gone through the Bill, 
and made Amendments thereunto. 


quainted the House, That Her Majesty, having been 
informed of the a rt of the Bill, gives Her Con- | Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


sent, as far as Her Majesty’s interest is concerned, | 

that the House may do therein as they shall think | 

fit. a | Colonel Pennant reported from the Committee on Turnpike- 
Then the Bill was read the third time. | Group I. of Turnpike-road Bills ; That Mr. Mundy, 1024 Bills 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. __jone of the Members of the Committee, was not (G74P ©) 
Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill | present during the sitting of the Committee this day. 

to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. Ordered, That Mr. Mundy be discharged from 

further attendance on the Committee. 


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. 





Plymouth Ordered, That the Plymouth Great Western 
Decks Docks Bill be read the third time To-morrow. The House was moved, That the Report from the Bradford 
: : : Corporation 
Select Committee on Standing Orders in respect of \yih™ 
Saint George's Ordered, That the short Title of the Saint |the Petition for the Bradford Corporation Water pos 
Harbour Bill. George's Harbour Bill, as first entered in the Votes, | Bill, might be read ; and the same being read ; 
be changed to Saint George’s Harbour Act Amend-| Qrdered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
ment Bill. amend the Bradford Corporation Waterworks Act, 
R , 1854: And that Mr. Milligan and Mr. Wickham do 
Saint George's The Saint George's Harbour Act Amendment | prepare, and bring it in. 
Harbour Act Bill was read the third time. 
Arendment =—_-Resolved, That the Bill do pass. Ordered, That the Minutes of the Evidence taken Carlisle a 
Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill | before the Committee on the Carlisle and Silloth ae ood 


to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. Bay Railway and Dock Bill, in Session 1854, be pock Bill 
referred (1854.) 








Bradford 
Corporation 
Water Bill. 


Public 
Petitions. 


Vide Thirty- 
second Report. 


Post- office. 


Lunatic 
Asylums 
(Ireland. ) 


Militia. 


Home-made 
Spirits, 


18 Vicroriz. 7° Mai. 207 


referred to the Committee on Group 5 of Railway | the actual Deficiencies on Home-made Spirits, de- 
and Canal Bills, to which the Carlis/e and Silloth | livered from Warehouse in England, Scotland and 
Bay Railway and Dock Bill stands referred. | Ireland respectively, from the 10th day of October 
| 1853 to the 10th day of October 1854, and the pro- 
Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to amend the | portion upon which an Abatement of Duty was made 
Bradford Corporation Waterworks Act, 1854: And | under the 28th section of the Act 16 &amp; 17 Vic. c. 37 ; 
the same was read the first time ; and ordered to be | distinguishing Allowances for Accidents and for 
read a second time. | natural Evaporation. 


| Return to an Order, dated the 26th day of April Letters 
Petitions relating to the Ballot:—Book of Com- | last, for a Return of the Names and Addresses of all Patent. 


mon Prayer; — Brecon Collegiate Church Act | Persons who have petitioned the Lord Chancellor to 
(1853) ;—Church Rates ;—Marriage Law Amend- | extend the time for Sealing Letters Patent, or F iling 
ment Bill; — Maynooth College Act ; — Public- | Specifications, under the Act 16 &amp;17 Vic. ¢. 115 : 
houses and Beer-shops ;—Bills of Exchange Bill, | stating whether no Order, or any, and what Order, 
and Bills of Exchange and Promissory Notes Bill; | was made in each case. 

—County Rates (Jreland) ;—Customs Duties Bill; | 


Return to an Order, dated the 27th day of April Carnatic 


—Stamp Duties (Drafts on Bankers) Bill ;—Af- | last, for Returns of the Sum or Sums which have Debts. 


firmations (Scotland) Bill ;—Burial-grounds (Scot- | been paid in Liquidation of the Carnatic Debts :— 
land) Bill; — Education (Scotland) Bill; — Free | Of the Sum or Sums now remaining due on account 
Schools Bill;—Intoxicating Liquors ;—Jurors and | of those Debts :—And, of the Sum annually appro- 
Juries (Ireland) Bill; — Public-houses (Scotland) | priated from the Revenues of the Carnatic in Liqui- 


Act ;—Registration of Births, &amp;c. (Scotland) Bill; | dation of those Debts. 
—Sale of Beer Act (1854) ;—Schools (Scotland) 





Return to an Order, dated the 1st day of this in- 


Polling 


Bill ;—and, Tenants’ Improvements Compensation | stant May, for Copy ofa Memorandum, on the subject P@pers- 
(Ireland) Bill,—were gaan and read; and or- | of Polling Papers, addressed by Viscount Ebrington 


dered to lie upon the Table. 


Nuisances Removal Amendment Bill ;—and, Public 


Health Bill,—were also presented, and read ; and | 


referred to the Select Committees on the Bills. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Accounts of the Gross and Net Post-office Revenue, 
including the Income derived from Foreign and Co- 
lonial Postage, and the Cost of Management, for the 
Financial year 1854-55 :—Of the Charges of Ma- 
nagement, under different Heads, for the United 
Kingdom, for the year 1854-55 :—Of the Payments 
made by the Post-office for the Conveyance of Mails 
by Railway within the United Kingdom, for the year 
1854-55, 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 Ma- 
nagement :—Of the Expense of the Money Order 
Office, and Amount received for Commission, during 
the year 1854-55 :—And, of the Amount paid by 
each of the Public Departments under the Head of 
Postage, for the year 1854-55. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Copies of the Plans, Tenders, Specifications and 
Conditions, as approved of by the Board of Works 
in Ireland, previous to the Commencement of the 
Erection of .the following District Lunatic Asylums 
in Ireland; namely, Cork, Kilkenny, Killarney, 
Omagh, Sligo, Mullingar, and additions to Belfast, 
Clonmel and Ballinasloe :—And, Return of the Names 
of each Contractor, with Amount of his Contract ; 
and Date of Certificate of Completion, and the 
opening of each District Lunatic Asylum for the re- 
ception of Patients. 


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 Officers, Non- 
commissioned Officers and Privates present with 
their respective Regiments of Militia in England on 
the 30th day of April last; specifying the Number 
of Officers, 1 eee saat we se Officers and Privates 
absent on that day from their respective Regiments 
with leave. 

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


The following Papers were laid upon the Table by 
the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, dated 
ae? 15th day of March last, for an Account showing 

OL. 110. 


| 


Petitions relating to the Criminal Justice Bill ;— | 


to the Poor Law Board. 


The following Paper, pursuant to the directions of Loan Societies. 


an Act of Parliament, was also laid upon the Table 

by the Clerk of the House,—Abstract of Accounts 
of Loan Societies in England and Wales, to the 31st 
December 1854; by John Tidd Pratt, Esquire, the 
Barrister appointed to certify the Rules of Savings 
Banks. 


Mr. Cowper presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand,—Copy of Fourth Report, with Abstracts of 
Accounts relating to the Circumstances of the under- 
mentioned Turnpike Trusts applying for Local Acts 
in the present Session of Parliament, made by di- 
rection of the Secretary of State for the Home De- 
partment, under the Powers conferred upon him b 
the Act3 &amp;4 Will. 4, c. 80:—17. Stroud Roads (Ge- 
neral Explanatory Statement) ; 18. Stroud and Chal- 
ford Roads; 19. Stroud, Cairnscross and Minchin- 
hampton Roads; 20. Lightpill and Birdlip Roads ; 
21. Hedon and Hull, and Wyton and Flinton Roads. 

Mr. Cowper also presented,—Return to an Address 
to Her Majesty, dated the 1st day of this instant 
May, for Returns of all Agreements for the Commu- 
tation of Tithes which have been confirmed by the 
Tithe Commissioners in the several Counties of 
England and Wales, from the 1st day of January 
1854 to the 1st day of January 1855 ; specifying in 
each case the Amount of Rent-charge agreed to be 
paid in lieu of Tithes, and showing whether the same 
be payable to Appropriators, Impropriators or Clerical 
Incumbents OF all Awards for the Commutation 
of Tithes which have been confirmed by the Tithe 
Commissioners in the several Counties of England 
}and Wales, from the 1st day of January 1854 to the 
| 1st day of January 1855; specifying also in each 
case the Amount of Rent-charge awarded to be paid 
in lieu of Tithes, and showing whether the same be 

ayable to Appropriators, Impropriators or Clerical 
ncumbents :—And, of all Apportionments of Rent- 
charges which have been confirmed by the Tithe 
Commissioners, from the 1st day of January 1854 
to the 1st day of January 1855 (in continuation of 
Parliamentary Paper, No. 121, of Session 1854). 
" — That the said Papers do lie upon the 
able. 





The Order of the day being read, for the third 
reading of the Newspaper Stamp Duties Bill ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That the Bill be now read the third 
time ; 

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

pp4 and, 





Turnpike 
Trusts. 


Tithe Com- 
mutation. 


Newspaper 
Stamp Duties 
ill. 



























































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208 


and, at the end of the Question, adding the words 
“ upon this day six months.” 
And the Question being proposed, That the word 
“ now” stand part of the Question:—And a De- 
bate arising thereupon ; 
Ordered, That the Debate be adjourned till Friday 
next. 


Spirit Duties 
(Scotland and 


The Order of tne day my read, for the Com- 
Ireland) Bill. 


mittee on the Spirit Duties (Scotland and Jreland) 
Bill; 

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


Customs 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
Duties Bill. 


consideration the Customs Duties Bill, as amended 
in the Committee ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be taken into consideration 
upon Friday next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into the Committee of Supply. 


(In the Committee.) 


1, Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £.35,941, 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray Law Charges, 
and the Salaries, Allowances and Incidental Expenses 
in the Office of the Solicitor for the Affairs of Her 
Majesty’s Treasury, including Prosecutions relating 
to Bane also the Salary and Allowance of Counsel 
for advising the Treasury on matters relating to the 
Slave Trade, to the 31st day of March 1856. 

2. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £.250,000, 
be ted to Her Majesty, to defray, to the 31st 


Supply. 


Law and 
Justice. 


day of March 1856, the Expenses of Prosecutions at 
Assizes and Quarter Sessions, formerly paid out of 
County Rates. 

3. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £.1,100, 
be granted to Her Majesty, towards defraying the 
Expenses of the Crown Office, Chancery, to the 31st 
day of March 1856. 


4. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £.2,050, 
be granted to Her Majesty, towards defraying the 
Expenses of the Crown Office, Queen’s Bench, to 
the 31st day of March 1856. 

5. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £. 15,900, 
be ted to Her Majesty, to defray, to the 31st day 
of March 1856, the Expenses incurred by Sheriffs, 
and the Deficiency of the Fees in the Ottice of the 
Queen’s Remembrancer in the Exchequer. 

6. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £.6,000, 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Salaries 
and Expenses in the Department of the Registrar of 
the Admiralty, to the 31st day of March 1856. 

7. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £.8,415, 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Salaries 
and Expenses of the Commissioners of the Insolvent 
Debtors’ Court, to the 31st day of March 1856. 

8. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £.13,850, 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Salaries 
of the Treasurers of County Courts, to the 31st day 
of March 1856. 

9. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £. 23,254, 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Expenses 
of the Police Courts of the Metropolis, to the 31st 
day of March 1856. 

10. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £. 101,218, 
be granted to Her Majesty, towards defraying the 
Expenses of the Metropolitan Police, to the 31st day 
of March 1856. 

11. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £.4,226, 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Salaries 
and Expenses of the Queen’s Prison, to the 31st day 
of March 1856. 

12. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £.3,342, 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge for 
the Salaries of the Lord Advocate and of the Solicitor 
General, Scotland, to the 31st day of March 1856, 

13. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £.7,755, 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Expenses 


7° Mai. 








A. 1855. 


of Criminal Prosecutions carried on under the 
authority of the Lord Advocate, to the 31st day of 
March 1856. 

14. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £.7,198, 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Salaries 
and Expenses of the Court of Justiciary in Scotland, 
to the 31st day of March 1856. 

15. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £.1,593, 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Salaries 
and Expenses in the Legal Branch of the Office of 
Queen’s and Lord Treasurer’s Remembrancer in Ex- 
chequer in Scotland, to the 31st day of March 1856. 

16. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £.57,000, 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray, to the 31st 
day of March 1856, the Charge of Sheriffs and 
Stewards, including Procurators Fiscal not paid by 
Salaries, and the Expenses of Criminal Prosecutions 
in Sheriff Courts in Scotland. 

17. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £.11,530, 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Salaries 
of such of the Procurators Fiscal in Scotland as are 
no longer paid by Fees, to the 31st day of March 
1856. 

18. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £. 4,318, 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Salaries 
of such of the Sheriffs’ Clerks, Scotland, as are not 
chargeable on the Revenues of Customs and Excise, 
to the 31st day of March 1856. 

19. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £. 2,250, 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray, to the 31st 
day of March 1856, the » And of the Solicitor of 
the Crown, and Expenses in matters of Tithes, and 
the Expenses of the Agent of the Great Officers of 
State in maintaining Rights of the Crown in Civil 
Actions, &amp;c. in Scotland. 

20. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £. 11,166, 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Salaries 
and Expenses of the several Offices in be Majesty’s 
General Register House, Edinburgh, to the 31st day 
of March 1856. 

21. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £. 1,119, 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Salaries 
and Expenses in the Department of the Commissary 
Clerk, Edinburgh, to the 31st day of March 1856. 

22. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £. 51,720, 
be econ to Her Majesty, to defray the Expense 
of Criminal Prosecutions and other Law Charges in 
Ireland, to the 31st day of March 1856. 

23. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £. 1,294, 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Salaries 
of certain Officers of the Court of Chancery in Jre- 
land, formerly charged on the Consolidated Fund, to 
the 31st day of March 1856. 

24. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £. 1,338, 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Salaries 
of certain Officers, and the Incidental Expenses of 
the Court of Queen’s Bench in Ireland, to the 31st 
day of March 1856. 

25. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £. 1,311, 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Salaries 
of certain Officers, and the Incidental Expenses of 
the Court of Common Pleas in Jreland, to the 31st 
day of March 1856. 

26. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £. 1,320, 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Salaries of 
certain Officers, and the Incidental Expenses of the 
Court of Exchequer in Jreland, to the 31st day of 
March 1856. 

27. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £. 200, 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Salary of 
the Clerk to the Taxing Officers for the Three Law 
Courts, Ireland, to the 31st day of March 1856. 

28. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £. 5,232, 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Salaries of 
the Registrars to the Judges in Ireland, to the 31st 
day of March 1856. 

29. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £. 1,906, 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray certain Sala- 
ries in the Office for the Registration of Judgments 
in Ireland, to the 31st day of March 1856. 

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18 VictTorrzZ. 


30. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £. 300, 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Fees to 
Advocates appointed to act as Commissioners of the 
High Court of Delegates in Ireland, to the 31st day 
of March 1856. 

31. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £. 3,146, 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Salaries and 
Expenses of the Insolvent Debtors’ Court in Jre- 
land, to the 31st day of March 1856. 

32. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £. 267, 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Salary of 
the Clerk to the Court of Errors in Jreland, to the 
31st day of March 1856. 

33. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £. 1,600, 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Salaries of 
the Police Justices of Dublin Metropolis, to the 
31st day of March 1856. 

34. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £. 31,000, 
be granted to Her Majesty, towards defraying the 
Expense of the Metropolitan Police of Dublin, to 
the 31st day of March 1856. 

35. Resolved, Thata Sum, not exceeding £.638,511, 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Expense 
of the Constabulary Force in Ireland, to the 31st 
day of March 1856. 

36. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £, 1,942, 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Expenses 
of the Four Courts, Marshalsea Prison, Dublin, to 
the 31st day of March 1856. 

37. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £. 17,526, 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Salaries 
and Expenses of the Court of Session in Scotland, 
to the 3istday of March 1856. 

38. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £.18,770, 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray, to the 31st day 
of March 1856, the Charge of Inspection and General 
Superintendence over all the Prisons of the United 
Kingdom. 

39. Resolved, That aSum, not exceeding £.375,479, 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray, to the 31st 
day of March 1856, the Charge of the Government 
Prisons and Convict Establishments at Home. 

4”), Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £.166,174, 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray, to the 31st 
day of March 1856, the Expense of the Maintenance 
of Prisoners in County Gaols, Reformatory Institu- 
tions and Lunatic Asylums, including Removal of 
Convicts. 

41. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £. 59,405, 


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Charge of the Civil Establishments on the Western 
Coast of Africa, to the 31st day of March 1856. 

49. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £. 11,057, 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray Charges con- 
nected with the Island of Saint Helena, to the 31st 
day of March 1856. 

50. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £. 976, 
be granted to Her Majesty, towards defraying the 
Charge of Heligoland, to the 31st day of March 1856. 

51. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £.2,807, 
be granted to Her Majesty, towards defraying the 
Charge of the Falkland Islands, to the 31st day of 
March 1856. 

52. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £.3,800, 
be granted to Her Majesty, towards defraying the 
Charge of Hong Kong, to the 31st day of March 
1856. 

53. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £. 16,720, 
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 1856. 

54. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £. 10,500, 
be granted to Her Majesty, to pay the Balance due 
to the Province of Canada, in respect to the Relief 
of Sick and Destitute Emigrants from the United 
Kingdom, in the year 1847. 

55. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £.10,000, 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray, to the 31st 
day of March 1856, Expenses incurred for the Sup- 
port of Captured Negroes and Liberated Africans, 
and other Charges under the Acts for the Abolition 
of the Slave Trade. 

56. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £. 11,250, 
be granted to Her Majesty, to pay, to the 31st day 
of March 1856, the Salaries and Expenses of the 
Mixed Commissions established under the Treaties 
with Foreign Powers for suppressing the Traffic in 
Slaves. 

57. Resolved, That aSum,not exceeding £.157,669, 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Expense 
of the Consular Establishments Abroad, to the 31st 
day of March 1856. 

58. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £. 25,000, 
be granted to Her Majesty, for the Extraordinary 

Disbursements of Her Majesty's Embassies and 
Missions Abroad, to the 31st day of March 1856. 


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be granted to Her Majesty, to defray, to the 31st 
day of March 1856, the Expenses connected with 
the Transportation of Convicts, &amp;c. 

42, Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £. 297,621, | 


59. Resolved, ThataSum, not exceeding £. 138,609, Superannua- 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of — 
Superannuation Allowances and Compensations to ances, and 


Persons formerly employed in the Public Service, to Gratuities for 


















be granted to Her Majesty, to defray, to the 31st day | the 31st day of March 1856. po nag 
of March 1856, the Expense of the Convict Esta-| 60. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £. 2,270, Paswdeen 


blishments in the Colonies. 

43. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £. 4,050, | 
be granted to Her Majesty, towards defraying the 
Charge of the Civil Establishment of the Bermudas, 
to the 31st day of March 1856. 

44. Resolved, Thata Sum, not exceeding £.7,397, 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of 
the Ecclesiastical Establishment of the British North 
American Provinces, to the 31st day of March 1856. 

45. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £.7,010, 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of 
the. Indian Department in Canada, 
of March 1856. 

46. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £.24,728, 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of 
the Salaries of the Governors, Lieutenant Governors 
and others, in the West Indies, and certain other 
Colonies, to the 31st day of March 1856. 

47. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £. 24,750, 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Salaries, 
Allowances and Contingencies of the Stipendiary 
Justices in the West India Colonies and the Mau- 
ritius, to the 31st day of March 1856. 

48. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £.10,630, 
be ae to Her Majesty, towards defraying the 

OL, 110, 


to the 3lst day | 


be granted to Her Majesty, to enable Her Majesty 
to grant Relief, to the 31st day of March 1856, to 
Toulonese and Corsican Emigrants, Saint Domingo 
Sufferers, American Loyalists, and others who have 
heretofore received Allowances from Her Majesty. 

61. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £. 2,000, 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Expense 
of the National Vaccine Establishment, in the year 
1855. 

62. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £. 325, 
be granted to Her Majesty, towards the Support of 
“ The Refuge for the Destitute,” in the year 1855. 

63. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £. 4,200, 
be granted to Her Majesty, for Payment of the Sub- 
sistence of the Polish Refugees, and Allowances to 
distressed Spaniards, to the 31st day of March 
1856. 

64. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £. 4,371, 
be granted to Her Majesty, to pay, to the 31st day 
of March 1856, Miscellaneous Allowances formerly 
defrayed from the Civil List, the Hereditary Reve- 
nues, &amp;c., and for which no permanent Provision has 
been made by Parliament. 

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Mr. Speaker’s The Chairman of the Committee of Supply having 
Indisposition. jaf; the Chair, the Clerk at the Table acquainted the 
House, That he had received a Letter from Mr. 
Speaker, which he read to the House, as followeth : 
House of Commons, 
Sir, Monday Evening, May 7. 

I regret exceedingly, after the kind indulgence of 
the House in permitting me to leave the Chair this 
evening at an earlier hour than I could possibly 
have anticipated, that I am obliged most reluctantly 
to inform them of my unavoidable absence from the 
House during the remainder of the night, owing to 
my indisposition. I repeat that it is with sincere 
concern that I request you to make this announce- 
ment to the House. 

I am, Sir, 
Very faithfully yours, 
, C. 5. Lefevre. 
Sir Denis Le Marchant, Bart., 

Clerk of the House of Commons. 

Whereupon Viscount Palmerston, addressing him- 
self to the Clerk, moved, That the Resolution of the 
House of the 4th of August 1853, relative to the 
Office of Speaker, might be read ; and the Question 
being put by the Clerk, and agreed to, the said Re- 
solution was read by him, as followeth : 

“ Resolved, That whenever the House shall be 
informed of the unavoidable absence of Mr. Speaker, 
the Chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means 
do take the Chair for that day only : 

And, in the event of Mr. Speaker’s absence con- 
tinuing for more than one day, do, if the House 
shall think fit, and shall so pe oa it, take the Chair 
in like manner, on any subsequent day during such 
absence.” 

Whereupon Mr. Fitz Roy, the Chairman of the 
Committee of Ways and Means, took the Chair. 

Mr. Bouverie reported from the Committee of 
Supply, That they 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 Wednesday 
next, again resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Supply. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Ways and Means; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Militia 
(No. 2) Bill. 


The Order of the ene read, for the second 


reading of the Militia (No. 2) 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 Cinque Ports Bill; 

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


Cinque Ports 
Bill. 


Weights and The Order of the day being read, for the second 
Measures Bill. reading of the Weights and Measures Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Thursday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reeding of the Education Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Friday the 1st day of June next. 


Education Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming 
the adjourned Debate on the Amendment which, 
upon the 2d day of this instant May, was proposed 
to be made to the Question, That the Education 
(No. 2) Bill be now read a second time ; 

Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 
till Friday the 1st day of June next. 


Education 
(No. 2) Bill. 


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A. 1855. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Free Schools Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Friday the 1st day of June next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Newspaper, 
reading of the Newspaper, &amp;c. Postage and Stamp pe oe 
Duties Bill ; Duties Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Friday next. 


Free Schools 
Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Metropolis 
mittee on the Metropolis Local Management Bill ; Local Manage- 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday ™™* a 


next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Registration 
into a Committee on the Registration of Births, &amp;c. of Births, &amp;c. 
(Scotland) Bill; and, after some time spent therein, —~Y nm. 
Mr. Deputy Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr, ”!* 1°. 
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 Wednesday 
next; and be printed. 


The Parliamentary Representation (Scotland) Act Parliamentary 
Amendment Bill was, according to Order, read the Representa- 
aera tion (Scotland) 
third time. Act Amend- 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. ment Bill. 
Ordered, That Viscount Duncan do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Intestacy (Scotland) Bill was, according to Intestacy 
Order, read the third time. (Scotland) Bill. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Dunlop do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Burial- 
into a Committee on the Burial-grounds (Scotland) — Bill 
Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Deputy apni 
Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bouverie re- Bill 110. 
ported, That the Committee had gone through the Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 
Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed toa Com- 


mittee of the whole House, for Friday next. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Metropolis 
Copies of Reports of Surveyors of Metropolitan Sewers: 
Commissioners of Sewers, made in conformity with 
the directions of the General Committee of the Com- 
missioners on the 18th day of February 1851, as to 
the difficulties experienced by the Surveyors in exe- 
cuting improved Works of House Drainage, and also 
of Water Supply and House Drainage combined. 


The Select Committee on the Metropolitan Build- Metropolitan 

ings Bill was nominated of Sir William Molesworth, Buildings Bill 
Lord Juhn Manners, Lord Robert Grosvenor, Mr. 
Brand, Sir John Shelley, Sir William Clay, Sir 
Joseph Paxton, Mr. William Williams, Mr. Alder- 
man Cubitt, Mr. Jackson and Mr. Locke; 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 Sewers (House 
empower the Commissioners of Sewers to expend Draiaage-) 
on House Drainage a certain Sum out of the Montes 
borrowed by them on the Security of the Rates, and 
also to give to the said Commissioners certain other 
Powers for the same purpose: And that Viscount 
Ebrington and Mr. Montagu Chambers do prepare, 
and bring it in. 


The Order made upon the 1st day of this instant 
May, That an humble Address be ented to Her 
Majesty, that She would be graciously pleased to 
give directions, that there be laid before this House, 
a Return of all Commissions granted in the Army, 
with or without Purchase, since the Co nmencement 


of the War; stating in each case, the Name of the 
Person 


Army Com- 
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Person to whom granted, the Regiment, and the 
Reasons for which such Commission was granted, 
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 all Commissions granted in the 
Army, with or without Purchase, since the Com- 
mencement of the War; stating in each case, the 
Name of the Person to whom granted, the Regi- 
ment, and the Reasons for which such Commission, 
if without Purchase, was so granted. 

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


Army Com- 
missions. 


Sewers (House Viscount Ebrington presented a Bill to empower 
Drainage) Bill. the Commissioners of Sewers to expend on House 
Bill 111. Drainage a certain Sum out of the Monies borrowed 
by them on the Security of the Rates, and also to 
give to the said Commissioners certain other Powers 
for the same purpose: And the same was read the 
first time; and ordered to be read a second time 

upon Wednesday next; and to be printed. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 








Martis, 8° die Maii ; 
Anno 18° Victorie Regine, 1855. 


PRAYERS. 
HE House met; and being counted by Mr. 
Speaker, it appeared that Forty Members were 
not present; yet it being Four of the clock, Mr. 
am er took the Chair, and again counted the 
0 


Adjournment, 


use; and Forty Members not being present :— | 


The House was adjourned by Mr. Speaker, without 
a Question first put, till To-morrow. 


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Mercurii, 9° die Maii; 
Anno 18° Victorie Regine, 1855. 


PRAYERS. 
= Speaker P ‘H E House met ; and Mr. Speaker having taken 
Thanke e the Chair; he returned his humble Thanks to 
the House. the House for their indulgence during his indispo- 
sition. 
Committees. Ordered, That all Committees have leave to sit 
this day, during the sitting of the House. 
Wisbech Port. Ordered, That the Examiner of Petitions for Pri- 


vate Bills have leave to sit, and proceed To-morrow 
on the Petition for the Wisbech Port Bill. 


Ordered, That the Petitions deposited in the Pri- 
vate Bill Office against the Grand Surrey Canal Bill 
be referred to the Committee on the Grand Surr 


Grand Surrey 
Canal Bill. 


Regulations of this House, the Parties be heard 
against the Grand Surrey Canal (No. 2) Bill, in 
support of the allegations contained in such Petitions. 
Nottingham 


and Lough- 
borough Road 
Bill. 


The Order for reading the third time the JVotting- 
ham and Loughborough Road 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. 

Colonial Life 
Assurance 
Company Bill. 


Mr. FitzRoy reported the Colonial Life Assurance 
Company (re-committed) Bill, with further Amend- 
ments. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Sligo Gas Bill. 


Mr. FitzRoy reported from the Committee on the 
Sligo Gas Bill; That they had examined the allega- 
tions contained in the Preamble of the Bill, and 
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amended the same, by stating that of the original 
Share Capital of Six thousand pounds, Five thousand 
six hundred pounds had been paid up, but no pay- 
ment had been made on Forty Shares remaining ; 
and that by the Provisions therein contained, the 
Capital had been increased to Nine thousand pounds, 
by the creation of Six hundred additional Shares ; 
and that the whole of the additional Shares had been 
subscribed for, but no payments in respect thereof had 
been made or required; and by stating that the 
supply of Gas was to be extended; and found the 
same, as amended, to be true ; and had gone through 
the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


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Mr. FitzRoy reported the Weston-super-Mare Gas Weston-super- 
Bill, with Amendments. Mare Gas Bill. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. FitzRoy reported from the Committee on the Londonderry 
Londonderry and Coleraine Railway Bill; That they nd Coleraine 
had examined the allegations contained in the Pre- ®#lway Bill. 
amble of the Bill, and had added a recital thereunto, 
showing the Amount due from the Company to the 
Public Works Loan Commissioners ; 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. Fitz Roy reported from the Committee on the Wavene 
Waveney Valley Railway Bill; That they had ex- Valley 
amined the allegations contained in the Preamble of “*Y = 
the Bill, and amended the same, by striking out 
therefrom all mention of the extension of time for 
the construction of the Railway, and of the sale or 
lease of the Waveney Valley Railway to the Eastern 
Counties Railway Company, the Bill as amended 
containing no such Powers ; and found the same, as 
amended, to be true; and had gone through the Bill, 


il- 


_|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- (rit Second 
amined the Petitions presented upon the 7th day of Report.) 
this instant May, and had directed him to make a 
Report thereof to the House. 

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


Mr. Wrightson reported the Alford and Boston Alford and 
Road Bill, with Amendments. — Road 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Birmirgham 
Canal Navi- 
gations Bill. 


The Birmingham Canal Navigations 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. 
Canal (No. 2) Bill ; and that, subject to the Rules and | 


Glasgow 


A Motion being made, That the Glasgow Water 
Water Bill. 


Bill be now read the third time ; 

Mr. FitzRoy, 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 (Saving claim to assess to the Poor 
Rate), was thrice read ; and added to the Bill. 

Then Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do 

Ordered, That Mr. Alexander Hastie do carry the. 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Kelso Bridge Bill was read the third time. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence, 
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Kingston- The Kingston-upon- Thames Improvement Bill was 
upon-Thames 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. 


Plymouth The Order of the day being read, for the third 
a reading of the Plymouth Great Westen Docks Bill; 
And a Motion being made, That the Bill be now 

read the third time ; 

And Notice being taken, that the interest of the 
Prince of Wales, as Duke of Cornwall, is concerned 
therein ; 

Mr. yey 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 Wa/es’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. 


Abingdon 


Railway Bill The House proceeded to take into consideration 


the Abingdon Railway Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


— The House proceeded to take into consideration 

aoe nin the Banff, Macduff and Turriff Railway Bill, as 

ee amended in the Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Commercial 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Road Bill. 


the Commercial Road Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Cork and 
Youghal 
Railway Bill. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Cork and Youghal Railway Bill, as amended in 
the Committee. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Leominster 
and Ledbu 
Road Bill. 


The House proceeded to take into. consideration 
"Y the Leominster and Ledbury Road Bill, as amended 
in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Limerick and 
Castleconnell 
Railway Bill. 


Ordered, That the Limerick and Cast/leconnell 
Railway Bill, as amended in the Committee, be 
taken into consideration To-morrow. 


Manchester 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Improvement 
Bill. 


the Manchester Improvement Bill, as amended in the 
Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Renfrew Police 
and Improve- 
ment Bill. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration the 
Renfrew Police and Improvement Bill, as amended 
in the Committee. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Swansea 


Docks Bill. The House proceeded to take into consideration 


the Swansea Docks Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Rhymney 
Railway Bill. 


‘The House, according to Order, proceeded to take 
into consideration the Rhymney Railway Bill, as 
amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Biil be read the third time. 


Turnpike- 
road Bills 
(Group H.) 


Mr. Wrightson reported from the Committee on 
Group H. of Turnpike-road Bills; That, in con- 
sequence of the early sitting of the House this day, 
the Committee had adjourned till To-morrow, at 
Twelve o'clock. 

Urdered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


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A, 1855. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Savings 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased ee 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return, from each Savings Bank in Eng- 
land and Wales, Scotland and Ireland, containing, 
in Columns, the Names of the Officers, their respective 
Salaries and other Allowances, if any; the Amount 
of Security each gives; the Numbers of Accounts 
remaining open; the Total Amount owing to De- 
positors ; the Total Amount invested with the Com- 
missioners for the Reduction of the National Debt; 
the Rate of Interest paid to 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 20th day of 
November 1854; 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 Annuities 
granted ; the Annual Expenses of Management, in- 
clusive of all Payments and Salaries, for the year 
ended the 20th day of November 1854; also, the Day 
or Days and the Number of Hours in the Week on 
which the Banks are open for the —— and With- 
drawal of Monies (in continuation of Parliamentary 
Paper, No. 245, of Session 1854). 

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


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Burial- 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased grounds te 
to give directions, that there be laid before this ceed 
House, a Return of all Burial-grounds (distinguishin 
consecrated from unconsecrated) which still canto 
open for Interments on the 1st day of January 1855, 
within the limits of the “ Burials within the Metro- 

olis Act;” their extent in Area; the Number of 

etemneete which have taken place in each during 
the year 1854, specifying the Number which have 
taken place ineach Month ; and the Date of Closure 
of =“ as are under any Order for immediate or 
future Closure. 

Ordered, ‘That the said Address be 
Her Majesty, by such Members of this 
of Her M 


resented to 
ouse as are 
ajesty's Most honourable Privy Council. 


Mr. Greene reported from the Select Committee Standing 
on Standing Orders, several Resolutions; which Orders. 
were read, as follow: 

1. That in the case of the Honiton Roads, Peti- Honiton Roads 
tion of William Bryden, for dispensing with Stand- 34 
ing Order 110, in the case of the Petition of the 
mortgagees of tolls, and that the Petitioners may be 
heard on their Petition, the Standing Orders ought 
to be dispensed with ; that the Parties be permitted 
to be heard upon 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. That in the case of the Thames Embankment Thames 

and Railway Petition, the Standing Orders ought ——— 
to be dispensed with; that the Parties be permitted ™ ” 
to proceed with their Bill, provided that the sum of 
25,4921. 10s. be deposited with the Court of Chan- 
_ on or before the 17th day of this instant Mey 
and provided also, that there be introduced into the 
said Bill a Clause prohibiting the taking of the pro- 
perty of Sir Walter James, Baronet, situate in the 
parish of Saint Martin-in-the- Fields, without his 
consent ; 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 following Papers were laid upon the Table by Public Works 
the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, baer (India. ) 














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the 14th day of February 1854, for Copies of the 
Reports of the Commission on Public Works at 
Bombay, and of the Second Report of the Com- 
missiuners on Public Works at Madras, together 
with the Minutes or Reports of the Governor and 
Members of 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 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 Re- 
ports. 

Return to an Order, dated the 30th day of March 


€ast India 
Postal Com- ast, for Copies of any further Papers relating to the 


a Report of the Commission appointed to inquire into 
Postal Communication in Jndia; together with De- 
spatches from the Court of Directors to India, autho- 
rizing new regulations and a uniform rate of Postage 
in India. 

Home-made Ordered, That the Return relative to Home- 

Spirits. made Spirits, which was presented upon the 7th 

No. 225. day of this instant May, be printed. 
Carnatic Ordered, That the Return relative to Carnatic 
Debts. Debts, which was presented upon the 7th day of this 
No. 226. instant May, be printed. 
Polling Ordered, That the Return relative to Polling 
Papers. Papers, which was presented upon the 7th day of 


No. 227. this instant May, be printed. 


LoanSocieties. | Ordered, That the Paper relative to Loan Societies, 
No. 228. which was presented upon the 7th day of this instant 


May, be printed. 
Tithe Com- Ordered, That the Return relative to Tithe Com- 
mutation. mutation, which was presented upon the 7th day of 


No. 229. this instant May, be printed. 


Public Petitions relating to the Ballot ;—Church Rates ; 

Petitions. © Marriage Law Amendment Bill; — Marriages 

Vide Thirty. (Scotland) Bill ;—Maynooth College Act ;—Public- 

third Report. houses and Beer-shops ;—Roman Catholic Religion ; 
— Border Marriages (Scotland) ;—Decimal Coinage ; 
—Education Bills ;—Education (Scotland) Bill ;— 
Inland Revenue (Excise Department) ;—Intoxicating 
Liquors ;— Metropolis Local Management Bill ;— 
ra il (Scotland) Act ;—Schools (Scotland) 
Bill;—Secretary of State for Scutland ;-—Tenants’ 
Improvements Compensation (Jreland) Bill ;—Tes- 
tamentary Jurisdiction Bill;—War with Russia ;— 
and, Wisbech Union,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions relating to the Public Health Bill ;— 
and, Nuisances Removal Amendment Bill,—were 
also presented, and read ; and referred to the Select 
Committee on the Bills. 


Marriages The Order of the day being read, for the second 
(Scotland) Bill. reading of the Marriages (Scotland) 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 the word “ now,” and, at | 
the end of the Question, adding 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. Headlam, 7} 
Tellers for the Yeas,} Lord Lowaine: f 40. 
Tellers for the Noes,{ — é } 143 


So it passed in the Negative. 





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And the Question being put, That the words 


7 — 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 House, according to Order, resolved itself Ecclesiastical 
into a Committee on the Ecclesiastical Property (Jre- pe we | ' 
land) Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. (Ireland) Bill. 
Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Fitz Roy re- 
ported, That the Committee had gone through the 
Bill, and directed him to report the same, without 
Amendment. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time To- 
morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming the Marriage Law 
adjourned Debate on the Amendment which, upon Amendment 
the 25th day of April last, was proposed to be made _ 
to the Question, That the Marriage Law Amend- 
ment Bill be now read a second time; and which 
Amendment was to leave out the word “ now,” and, 
at the end of the Question, to add the words “ upon 
“ this day six months ;” 

And the Question being again proposed, That 
the word “ now,” stand part of the Question :—The 
House resumed the said adjourned Debate : 





A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Blunt : Message from 
Mr. Speaker, the Lords. 
The Lords have agreed to the Belfast and County Belfast and 
Down Railway Bill, without any Amendment: And County Down 
also, Railway Bill. 
The Lords have agreed to the Colchester, Stour Colchester, 
Valley, Sudbury and Halstead Railway Bill, without Stour Valley, 
Sudbury and 
any Amendment: And also, Halstead 
Railway Bill. 
The Lords have agreed to the Grand Junction Grand June- 
Water Bill, without any Amendment: And also, fon Water 


The Lords have agreed to the Heywood Water Heywood 
Bill, without any Amendment: And also, Water Bill. 
The Lords have agreed to the South Wales Mineral South Wales 


Railway Bill, without any Amendment: And also, Railway _ 


The Lords have agreed to the Southwark and Southwark 
Vauzhall Water Bill, without any Amendment: And #"4 Vauxhall 
io Water Bill 

The Lords have agreed to the Vale of Neath Rail- Vale of Neath 
way Bill, without any Amendment: And also, Railway Bill. 

The Lords have agreed to the Dursley and Mid- Dursley and 
land Railway Bill, without any Amendment: And Midland 
also, Railway Bill. 

The Lords have agreed to the Woolwich Equitable Woolwich 


Gas Bill, without any Amendment: And also, ayy 


The Lords have agreed to the Amendments made South Eastern 
by this House to the Amendment made by their Railway 
Lordships to the South Eastern Railway (Capital) (Capital) Bill 
Bill, without any Amendment: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Chesterfield Water Chesterfield 
and Gas Bill, with an Amendment ; to which Amend- Water and 
ment the Lords desire the concurrence of this House : &amp;** Bul. 
And also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Jurisdiction 
to amend and extend the Jurisdiction of the Stannary of the Stan- 
Court; to which the Lords desire the concurrence ——, 
of this House:—And then the Messenger with- Bit. 
drew. 

And the Question being put, That the word Marriage Law 

“ now”’ stand part of the Question ; — 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right; 

The Noes to the Left. 

Tellers for the { Mr. Heywood, 1 
Yeas, Mr. Spooner : J 

Tellers for the) Mr. Walpole, 1 
Noes, \Sir William Heathcote: § 

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Carlisle 
Canonries Bill. 


Religious 
Worship Bill. 


Supply. 


Ways and 
Means. 


Registration 
of Births, &amp;c. 
(Scotland) Bill. 


214 


The House being informed by Stephen Ed- 
ward De Vere, Esquire (who voted with the ma- 
jority), that he was not in the House when the 
Question was put ; 

Resolved, That the Vote of Stephen Edward De 
Vere, Esquire, be disallowed. 

Whereupon the Numbers reported by Mr. Speaker 
were—Yeas 164; Noes 157. 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Ordered, That the Bill be now read a second 
time :—The Bill was accordingly read a second 
time; and committed to a Committee of the whole 
House, for Wednesday the 20th day of June next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Carlisle Canonries Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday next. 


The Religious Worship Bill was, according to 
Order, read a second time; and committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for To-morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Supply ; 

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


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Ways and Means ; 

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


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take 
into consideration the Registration of Births, &amp;c. 
( Scotland) Bill, as amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Friday next. 


Sewers(House The Order of the ee read, for the second 


Drainage) Bill. reading of the Sewers ( 


Personal 
Estates of 
Intestates Bill. 


Supply. 


Law and 
Justice. 


ouse Drainage) 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 Personal Estates of Intestates Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time To- 
morrow. 


Mr. FitzRoy reported from the Committee of 
Supply, several Resolutions; which were read, as 
follow : 

1. That a Sum, not exceeding £.35,941, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray Law Charges, 
and the Salaries, Allowances and Incidental Expenses 
in the Office of the Solicitor for the Affairs of Her 
Majesty’s Treasury, 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 1856. 

2. That a Sum, not exceeding £.250,000, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray, to the 31st day 
of March 1856, the Expenses of Prosecutions at 
Assizes and Quarter Sessions, formerly paid out of 
County Rates. 

3. That a Sum, not exceeding £.1,100, be 
granted to Her Majesty, towards defraying the Ex- 
penses of the Crown Office, Chancery, to the 31st 
day of March 1856. 

4. That a Sum, not exceeding £.2,050, be 
granted to Her Majesty, towards defraying the Ex- 
penses of the Crown Office, Queen’s Bench, to the 
31st day of March 1856. 

5. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 15,900, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray, to the 31st day 
of March 1856, the Expenses incurred by Sheriffs, 
and the Deficiency of the Fees in the Office of the 
Queen’s Remembrancer in the Exchequer. 

6. That a Sum, not exceeding £.6,000, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Salaries and 





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A. 1855. 


Expenses in the Department of the Registrar of the 
Admiralty, to the 31st day of March 1856. 
7. That a Sum, not exceeding £.8,415, be 
ted to Her Majesty, to defray the Salaries and 
xpenses of the Commissioners of the Insolvent 
Debtors’ Court, to the 31st day of March 1856. 

8. That a Sum, not exceeding £.13,850, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Salaries of 
the Treasurers of County Courts, to the 31st day of 
March 1856. 

9. That a Sum, not exceeding £.23,254, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Expenses of 
the Police Courts of the Metropolis, to the 31st day 
of March 1856. 

10. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 101,218, be 
granted to Her Majesty, towards defraying the Ex- 
penses of the Metropolitan Police, to the 31st day 
of March 1856. 

11. That a Sum, not exceeding £.4,226, be 
aaa to Her Majesty, to defray the Salaries and 

xpenses of the Queen’s Prison, to the 31st day of 
March 1856. 

12. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 3,342, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge for 
the Salaries of the Lord Advocate and of the Soli- 
citor General, Scotland, to the 31st day of March 
1856. 

13. That a Sum, not exceeding £.7,755, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Expenses 
of Criminal Prosecutions carried on under the 
authority of the Lord Advocate, to the 31st day of 
March 1856. 

14. That a Sum, not exceeding £.7,198, be 
ranted to Her Majesty, to defray the Salaries and 
ixpenses of the Court of Justiciary in Scotland, to 

the 31st day of March 1856. 

15. That a Sum, not —— £.1,593, be 
aa to Her Majesty, to defray the Salaries and 

xpenses in the Legal Branch of the Office of 
Queen’s and Lord Treasurer’s Remembrancer in 
Exchequer in Scotland, to the 31st day of March 
1856. 

16. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 57,000, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray, to the 31st day 
of March 1856, the Charge of Sheriffs and Stewards, 
including Procurators Fiscal not paid by Salaries, 
and the Expenses of Criminal Prosecutions in 
Sheriff Courts in Scotland. 

17. That a Sum, not exceeding £.11,530, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Salaries of 
such of the Procurators Fiscal in Scotland as are 
no longer paid by Fees, to the 31st day of March 
1856. 

18. That a Sum, not exceeding £.4,318, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Salaries of 
such of the Sheriffs’ Clerks, Scotland, as are not 
chargeable on the Revenues of Customs and Excise, 
to the 31st day of March 1856. 

19. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 2,250, be granted 
to Her Majesty, to defray, to the 31st day of March 
1856, the Salary of the Solicitor of the Crown, and 
Expenses in matters of Tithes, and the Expenses of 
the Agent of the Great Officers of State in maintain- 
ing Rights of the Crown in Civil Actions, &amp;c. in 
Scotland. 

20. That a Sum, not exceeding £.11,166, be 

ted to Her Majesty, to defray the Salaries and 
ixpenses of the several Offices in Her Majesty’s 
General Register House, Edinburgh, to the 31st day 
of March 1856. 

21. That a Sum, not exceeding £.1,119, be granted 
to Her Majesty, to defray the Salaries and Expenses 
in the Department of the Commissary Clerk, Edin- 
burgh, to the 31st day of March 1856. 

22. That a Sum, not exceeding £.51,720, be 
ee to Her Majesty, to defray the Expense of 

riminal Prosecutions and other Law Charges in 
Ireland, to the 31st day of March 1856. 

23. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 1,294, be granted 
to Her Majesty, to defray the Salaries of certain 
Officers 








18 Vicroriz. 


Officers of the Court of Chancery in Zreland, formerly 
charged on the Consolidated Fund, to the 31st day 
of March 1856. 

24, That a Sum, not exceeding £. 1,338, be granted 
to Her Majesty, to defray the Salaries of certain 
Officers, and the Incidental Expenses of the Court 
of Queen’s Bench in Ireland, to the 3ist day of 
March 1856. 

25. That a Sum, not exceeding £.1,311, be granted 
to Her Majesty, to defray the Salaries of certain 
Officers, and the Incidental Expenses of the Court 
of Common Pleas in Jre/and, to the 31st day of 
March 1856. 

26. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 1,320, be granted 
to Her Majesty, to defray the Salaries of certain 
Officers, andthe Incidental Expenses of the Court 
of Exchequer in Jreland, to the 31st day of March 
1856. 

27. That a Sum, not exceeding £.200, be yranted 
to Her Majesty, to defray the Salary of the Clerk 
to the Taxing Officers for the Three Law Courts, 
Ireland, to the 31st day of March 1856. 

28. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 5,232, be granted 
to Her Majesty, to defray the Salaries of the Regis- 
trars to the Judges in Jreland, to the 31st day of 
March 1856. 

29. That a Sum, not exceeding £.1,906, be granted 
to Her Majesty, to defray certain Salaries in the 
Office for the Registration of Judgments in Jreland, 
to the 31st day of March 1856. 

30. That a Sum, not exceeding £.300, be granted 
to Her Majesty, to defray the Fees to Advocates 
appointed to act as Commissioners of the High Court 
of Delegates in Jreland, to the 31st day of March 
1856. 

31. That a Sum, not exceeding £.3,146, be granted 
to Her Majesty, to defray the Salaries and Expenses 
of the Insolvent Debtors’ Court in Ireland, to the 
31st day of March 1856. 

32. That a Sum, not exceeding £.267, be granted 
to Her Majesty, to defray the Salary of the Clerk to 
the Court of Errors in Jreland, to the 31st day of 
March 1856. 

33. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 1,600, be granted 
to Her Majesty, to defray the Salaries of the Police 
Justices of Dublin Metropolis, to the 31st day of 
March 1856. 

34. That a Sum, not exceeding £.31,000, be 
granted to Her Majesty, towards defraying the Ex- 
pense of the Metropolitan Police of Dublin, to the 
31st day of March 1856. 

35. That a Sum, not exceeding £.638,511, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Expense of 
the Constabulary Force in Ireland, to the 31st day 
of March 1856. 

36. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 1,942, be granted 
to Her Majesty, to defray the Expenses of the Four 
Courts, Marshalsea Prison, Dublin, to the 31st day 
of March 1856. 

37. That a Sum, not exceeding £.17,526, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the. Salaries and 
Expenses of the Court of Session in Scotland, to the 
31st day of March 1856. 

38. That a Sum, not exceeding £.18,770, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray, to the 31st day 
of March 1856, the Charge of Inspection and 
General Superintendence over all the Prisons of the 
United Kingdom. 

39. That a Sum, not exceeding £.375,479, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray, to the 31st day 
of March 1856, the Charge of the Government 
Prisons and Convict Establishments at Home. 

40. That a Sum, not exceeding £.166,174, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray, to the 31st day 
of March 1856, the Expense of the Maintenance of 
Prisoners in County Gaols, Reformatory Institutions 
and Lunatic Asylums, including Removal of Con- 
victs. 

41. That a Sum, not exceeding £.59,405, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray, to the 31st day 

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245 


of March 1856, the Expenses connected with the 
Transportation of Convicts, &amp;c. 

42. That a Sum, not exceeding £.297,621, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray, to the 31st day 
of March 1856, the Expense of the Convict Esta- 
blishments in the Colonies. 

43. That a Sum, not exceeding £.4,050, be 
granted to Her Majesty, towards defraying the 
Charge of the Civil Establishment of the Bermudas, 
to the 31st day of March 1856. 

44. That a Sum, not exceeding £.7,397, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of the 
Ecclesiastical Establishment of the British North 
American Provinces, to the 31st day of March 
1856. 

45. That a Sum, not exceeding £.7,010, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of the 
Indian Department in Canada, to the 31st day of 
March 1856. 

46. That a Sum, not exceeding £.24,728, be 

ranted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of the 
Salaries of the Governors, Lieutenant Governors, 
and others, in the West Indies, and certain other 
Colonies, to the 31st day of March 1856. 

47. That a Sum, not exceeding £.24,750, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Salaries, Al- 
lowances and Contingencies of the Stipendiary Jus- 
tices in the West India Colonies, and the Mauritius, 
to the 31st day of March 1856. 

48. That a Sum, not exceeding £.10,630, 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 1856. 

49. That a Sum, not exceeding £.11,057, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray Charges con- 
nected with the Island of Saint Helena, to the 31st 
day of March 1856. 

50. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 976, be granted 
to Her Majesty, towards defraying the Charge of 
Heligoland, to the 31st day of March 1856. 

51. That a Sum, not exceeding £.2,807, be 
granted to Her Majesty, towards defraying the 
Charge of the Falkland Islands, to the 31st day of 
March 1856. 

52. That a Sum, not exceeding £.3,800, be 
granted to Her Majesty, towards defraying the 
Charge of Hong Kong, to the 31st day of March 
1856. 

53. That a Sum, not exceeding £.16,720, 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 1856. 

54. That a Sum, not exceeding £.10,500, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to pay the Balance due to 
the Province of Canada, in respect to the Relief of 
Sick and Destitute Emigrants from the United 
Kingdom in the year 1847. 

55. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 10,000, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray, to the 31st day 
of March 1856, Expenses incurred for the Support 
of Captured Negroes and Liberated Africans, and 
other Charges under the Acts for the Abolition of 
the Slave Trade. 

56. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 11,250, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to pay, to the 31st day of 
March 1856, the Salaries and Expenses of the 
Mixed Commissions established under the Treaties 
with Foreign Powers for suppressing the Traffic in 
Slaves. 

57. That a Sum, not exceeding £.157,669, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Expense of 
the Consular Establishments Abroad, to the 31st day 
of March 1856. 

58. That a Sum, not exceeding £.25,000, be 
granted to Her Majesty, for the Extraordinary Dis- 
bursements of Her Majesty’s Embassies and Missions 
Abroad, to the 31st day of March 1856. 


EE4 59. That 





Superannua- 
tion and 
Retired Allow- 
ances, and 
Gratuities for 
Charitable 
and other 


Purposes. 


Great North- 
ern London 
Cemetery Bill. 


Private Bills 
(Group O.) 


Railway and 
Canal Bills 
(Group 10. ) 


Leslie Rail- 
way Bill. 


Nuisances 
Removal 
Amendment 
Bill. 


Bill 112. 


916 


59. That a Sum, not exceeding £.138,609, be 

nted 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 1856. 

60. That a Sum, not exceeding £.2,270, be granted 
to Her Majesty, to enable Her Majesty to grant 
Relief, to the 31st day of March 1856, to T'oulonese 
and Corsican Emigrants, Saint Domingo Sufferers, 
Americun Loyalists and others who have heretofore 
received Allowances from Her Majesty. 

61. That a Sum, not exceeding £.2,000, be granted 
to Her Majesty, to defray the Expense of the Na- 
tional Vaccine Establishment, in the year 1855. 

62. That a Sum, not exceeding £.325, be ted 
to Her Majesty, towards the Support of “ The Refuge 
for the Destitute,” in the year 1855. 

63. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 4,200, be granted 
to Her Majesty, for Payment of the Subsistence of 
the Polish Refugees, and Allowances to distressed 
Spaniards, to the 31st day of March 1856. 

64. That a Sum, not exceeding £.4,371, be granted 
to Her Majesty, to pay, to the 31st day of March 
1856, Miscellaneous Allowances formerly defrayed 
from the Civil List, the Hereditary Revenues, &amp;c., 
and for which no permanent Provision has been 
made by Parliament. 

The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 


Mr. Miles reported the Great Northern London 
Cemetery Bill, with Amendments. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Miles reported from the Committee on Group 
O. of Private Bills; That it appeared to the Com- 
mittee that the Evidence of Captain W. NV. Dizon, 
Royal Artillery, Mr. R. W. Gunner and Mr. James 
Gunner, was necessary upon the case of the Gun- 
barrel Proof-houses (Birmingham and London) 
Bill; and that he had accordingly been instructed 
by the Committee to move the House, that the said 
Captain W. N. Dixon, Mr. R. W. Gunner and Mr. 
James Gunner do attend the said Committee on 
Tuesday next, at Twelve o’clock. 

Ordered, That Captain W. V. Dixon, Mr. R. W. 
Gunner and Mr. James Gunner do attend the said 
Committee upon Tuesday next, at Twelve o'clock. 


Lord Hotham reported from the Committee on 
Group 10 of Railway and Canal Bills; That Mr. 
Kendal, one of the 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. 


Lord Hotham reported from the Committee on 
Group 10 of Railway and Canal Bills; That in the 
case of the Leslie Railway 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. 


Sir Benjamin Hall reported from the Select Com- 
mittee on the Nuisances Removal Amendment 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 Wednesday next. 


Viscount Palmerston presented, by Her Majesty’s 
Command,—Eastern Papers, Part XIII :—Papers 
relating to the Negotiations at Vienna on the Eastern 
Question. 

7 fodnat, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
able. 


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A. 1855. 


Sir Robert Peel presented, pursuant to the di- Naval Prize- 
rections of an Act of Parliament,—An Account Bounty, &amp;c.. 
rian, the Receipt and Expenditure of Naval 
Prize, Bounty, Salvage, and other Monies, between 
the 1st June 1854 and 31st March 1855. 

: Ordered, That the said Account do lie upon the 
able. 


And it being Six of the clock, Mr. Speaker 
adjourned the House till To-morrow, without 
putting the Question. 


Jovis, 10° die Maiti ; 
Anno 18° Victoria Regine, 18 5 5. 
PRAYERS. 


CRDERED, That the Committee on Group Railway and: 

No. 8 of Railway and Canal Bills have leave a — 
to sit this day till Five of the clock, during the (O7™P *) 
sitting of the House. 





Ordered, That the Folkestone Improvement Bill Folkestone 
be read the third time To-morrow. os 


The Hyde Gas (No. 3) Bill was read the third time. Hyde Gas 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. a 
Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 

to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Liverpool Corporation Water Bill was read Liverpool 
the third time ; and Amendments were made to the ——— 
Bill. ; 

Resolved, That the Bilt do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 


to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Londonderry Improvement Bill was read the Londonderry 
third time. — 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Newcastle-under-Lyme Gas Bill was read the Newcastle- 
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 Paisley Burgh Bill was read the third time. Paisley, 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. _ 
Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 

to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to Limerick and 
take into consideration the Limerick and Castle- ————— 
conneli Railway Bill, as amended in the Committee. — 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Ordered, That the Minutes of the Evidence taken London and 


i North Western 
before the Committee on the Zondon and North and North 


Western and North Staffordshire Railway Com- gtaffordshire 
panies Bill, in Session 1854, be referred to the Railway 


Committee on the North Staffordshire Railway Bill. ban fiese) 


The Order that the — on the Lyme Regis igus —_ 


s Bill 


Roads Bill do lie upon 
discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to the 
former Committee :—And that they have leave to 
sit, and proceed To-morrow. 


Table, was read, and 


Ordered, That the Royal Medical Benevolent Royal Medical 
College Bill be now read a second time :—The Bill Beilege Bill 
was accordingly read a second time ; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 

Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee of Selection, that they have Power to = 

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18 Vicroriz. 


the Committee on the Bill for any day not earlier 
than seven clear days after the second reading. , 


Wadhurst and A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
be — posed, That the Petition from the Owners of pro- 


perty and Inhabitants of the Parishes of Lamber- 
hurst and Wadhurst, in the Counties of Kent and 
Sussex, against a Clause in the Wadhurst and West 
Farleigh ‘Road Bill, be referred to the Committee 
on the said Bill, although the said Petition was not 
deposited in the Private Bill Office within seven days 
after the Bill was read a second time :—And the said 
Motion was, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 


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Thames 
Embankment 


and Railway. 


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The House was moved, That the Report from 
the Select Committee on Standing Orders in respect | 
of the Petition for the Thames Embankment and | 
Railway Bill, might be read; and the same being 
read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill | 
for making an Embankment, Road and Railway on | 
the North side of the River Thames, between the | 
Cities of London and Westminster: And that Mr. | 
Mackinnon and Mr. Macartney do prepare, and 
bring it in. 


Wisbech Port. A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses 
of the Borough of Wisbech, for leave to bring ina 
Bill for better enabling the Mayor, Aldermen and 
Burgesses of the Borough of Wisbech to raise and 
secure Monies payable by them to the Nene Valley 
Drainage and Navigation Improvement Commis- | 
sioners, and for other purposes, was presented, and | 
read; and referred to theg Select Committee on! 
Standing Orders. 


National Loan 


A Petition of Edmond pee, any Symes, M. D., 


— Life | Chairman of the National Loan Fund Life Assurance | 
ssurance &lt; 4 M4 sar a | 
Society Bill, SOciety, praying that Provision may be made in the | 


National Loan Fund Life Assurance Society Bill | 
for the imposition of a Stamp Duty of £.5 for | 
the first Memorial enrolled pursuant to the Bill, | 
from which the names of the Trustees of the Society | 
shall appear; and the like Duty of £.5 for every 
such Memorial, in which the name of any person | 
shall for the first time be inserted as a Trustee of) 
the Society ; with such provisions and me, or for 
the collection of the same, as Stamp Duties, and 
such other provisions relative thereto, as to the 
House shall seem meet, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 





National Loan A Motion being made, That this House will, To- | 


a morrow, resolve itself into a Committee to consider | 
Society of authorizing the imposition of a Stamp Duty on 


[Stamp Duty the first and every subsequent Memorial which may | 
on Memorials.) he enrolled pursuant to any Act “to change the | 
name of ‘The National Loan Fund Life Assurance 
Society’ to the name of ‘The International Life 
Assurance Society,’ and to enable the said Society 
to sue and be sued in the name of the Chairman or 
Secretary, or any one Director of the said Society, | 
and to give additional Powers to the said Society ;” | 
from which Memorial the names of the Trustees of | 
the said Society shall appear, in lieu of the Stamp_ 
Duties which would otherwise be payable on deeds, | 
surrenders, admissions or assurances, in order to | 
vest the annuities, messuages, lands, tenements, | 
hereditaments, property, effects or monies of the’ 
said Society in the said Trustees ; | 
Mr. Hayter, by Her Majesty's Command, ac- | 
quainted the House, That Her Majesty, having | 
been informed of the subject-matter of this Motion, | 
recommends it to the consideration of the House. | 
Resolved, That this House will, ‘To-morrow, re- | 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


Jurisdiction of The Jurisdiction of the Stannary Court Amend- | 

a, ment Bill was read the first time; and ordered to | 

ment Bill, | be read a second time upon Monday next; and to | 
Bill 113, be printed. 


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Mr. Corry reported from the Committee on Manchester, 


Group 3 of Railway and Canal Bills; That in the Sheffield and 
case of the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Raitwae (Lin- 


Railway (Lincoln Branch, &amp;c.) Bill, they had exa- coln Branch, 
mined the allegations contained in the Preamble of *¢-) Bill. 
the Bill, and amended the same, by striking out the 
paragraph relating to the Power to provide or hire 
vessels, that part of the Preamble 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 ; 
and be printed. 


Mr. Strutt reported from the General Committee Railway and 
on Railway and Canal Bills; That they had added Canal Bills 
to the Group No. 6, the Westminster Terminus (ah gets; 
Railway Bill, and the West London and Crystal No. 230. 
Palace Railway and Westminster ‘Terminus Railway 


| Bill. 


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


Mr. Strutt reported from the Committee on Lancashire 
Group 4 of Railway and Canal Bills; That the and Yorkshire 
Parties promoting the Lancashire and Yorkshire pee sp 
and Blackburn Railways Bill had stated to the ? 
Committee, that it was not their intention to proceed 
with the said Bill. 

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


Colonel Pennant reported the Nottingham and Nottingham 


: : : “. and Lough- 
Loughborough Road (re-committed) Bill, with further hereugh Read 
Amendments. Bill. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Edward Ball reported from the Committee on Sunderland 
Group L. of Private Bills ; That in the case of the Dock Bill. 
Sunderland Dock Bill, they had examined the alle- 

gations contained in the Preamble of the Bill, and 
amended the same, by striking out the statement as 

to its being expedient to confer exemptions from the 
payment of the Tolls authorized to be levied by the 

River Wear Commissioners, inasmuch as that part 

of the Preamble had not been proved tc the satis- 

faction of the Committee ; 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. Cobdbett reported from the Committee on Railway and 
Group No. 6 of Railway and Canal Bills; That at Canal Bills 
the meeting of the Committee this day, a Letter was (GTP &amp;? 
received, stating that Lord Robert Cecil, one of the 
Members of the Committee, was unable to attend, 
on account of indisposition. 

Ordered, That Lord Robert Cecil be discharged 
from further attendance on the said Committee. 


Mr. Wrightson reported from the Committee on Glasgow, 
Group H. of Turnpike Road Bills; That in the case Kirkintilloch 
of the Glasgow, Kirkintilloch and Baldernock Roads oe 
Bill, they had examined the allegations contained in Bill. 
the Preamble of the Bill, and amended the same, by 
adding a Clause whereby certain therein specified 
portions of Roads within the Municipal Boundaries 
of the City of Glasgow were freed trom Toll, the 
Committee judging such Amendment to be expe- 
dient ; 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. 


Sir John Trollope ip sae from the Select Com- Lunatic Asy- 
mittee on the Lunatic Asylums (Zre/and}( Advances) !ums (Ireland) 


Bill; That they had gone through the Bill, and made Advances) 
Amendments thereunto. Bill 114. 


Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 
Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a Com- 
mittee of the whole House, for Friday the 18th day 
of this instant May. 
Sir 


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Sir Edmund Hayes reported from the Committee 
on Group (8) of Railway and Canal Bills; That in 
the case of the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire 
Railway (Capital) Bill, they had examined the alle- 
gations contained in the Preamble of the Bill, and 
amended the same, in order to make them 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 
Amendments thereunto. 

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


Sir Edmund Hayes reported the Luton, Dunstable 
and Welwyn Railway Bill, with Amendments. 

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


Manchester, 
Sheffield and 
Lincolnshire 


Railway 
(Capital) Bill. 


Luton, Dun- 
stable and 


Welwyn 
Railway Bill. 


Wisbech Port. 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 Wisbech Port 
Bill. 

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


Aboyne, Bal- § Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 
later, | one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, 
a respect of non-compliance with the Standing Or- 


Rood Bill. ders in the case of the Petition for additional Pro- 
vision in the Aboyne, Ballater, Braemar and Cairn- 
well Road Bill. 

Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Select 
Committee on Standing Orders. 
Metropolis Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Main Return setting forth the Main Sewers in the Metro- 
No. 231. polis, to be inserted in Schedule D. of the Metropolis 
Lent Management Bill. 
Sir Benjamin Hall accordingly presented the said 
Return. 
Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
Table ; and be printed. 
Patents for Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Inventions. 


Return of the Names and Addresses of all Persons 
who have petitioned the Lord Chancellor to extend 
the time limited for proceeding with their Patents by 
the Rules and Regulations of the Commissioners of 
Patents for Inventions, a whether no Order, or 
any and what Order, was made in each case. 


New Palace Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
(Westminster.) +. Her Majesty, that She will be ciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this House, 
Copies of so much of the Plans of the Architect of 
the New Palace at Westminster as will show the 
manner in which he purposes to extend the Buildings 
from the Clock Tower Westwards, along Bridge- 
street and around Wew Palace Yard, ther with 
a Statement of the purposes for which such Buildings 
are ow gy ; and, a Report thereon from the Board 
orks. 


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


Mayor's Court Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
(Birmingham.) +) Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return of the Number of Causes entered 
in the Mayor’s Court, Birmingham, and the Total 
Amount of Money sued for, in each of the years 
1852, 1853 and 1854 respectively ; distinguishing in 
each year the Number of Causes entered for Sums 
above £.20. 
Ordered, That the said Address be 
Her Majesty, by such Members of this 


resented to 
ouse as are 


of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 





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4, 1855. 


Petitions relating to Church Rates ;—Marriage Public 

Law Amendment Bill ;—™@. th College Act ;— Petitions. 
Stamp Duties (Drafts on Bankers) Bill ;—Bills of Vide Thirty- 
Exchange and Promissory Notes Bill ;—Dwelling- fourth Report. 
houses (Scotland) Act ;—Education (Scotland) Bill; 
— Free Schools Bill; — Inland Revenue (Excise 
Department) ;—Intoxicating Liquors ;— Metropolis 
Local Management Bill ; — Matthew Phillips ; — 
Public-houses (Scotland) Act ; — Registration of 
Births, &amp;c. (Scotland) Act ;—Registration of Births, 
&amp;c. (Scotland) Bill ;—Sale of Beer Act (1854) ;— 
Schools (Seotland) Bill ;—Testamentary Jurisdiction 
Bill ;—Towns Police Clauses Act ;—and, War with 
Fussia,—were presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That a Message be sent to the Lords, to Army before 
request that their Lordships will be pleased to give Sebastopol. 
leave to the Earl of Aberdeen and Lord De Ros to 
attend to be examined as Witnesses before the Select 
Committee appointed by this House on the Army 
before Sebastopol :—And that Mr. Roebuck do carry 


the said Message. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Gibraltar. 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Copy of the separate Report of Dr. Baly, 
on the sanitary state of Gibraltar. 
Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty, by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


t 
Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Court of 

Return of the Total Sum due or paid for Salaries and Chancery. 
Office Expenses under the Act 5 &amp; 6 Vic. c. 103, 
since the passing of the Act; and also of the Total 
Sum paid for Compensation for Loss of Offices and 
Profits to Officers under the same Act, since the 
passing thereof, up to the 25th day of November 
1854:—Like Return of the Total Sum paid to each 
of the late Sworn Clerks appointed Taxing Masters, 
for Salary and Compensation, collectively and to- 
gether, under the same Act, since the rs 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 Num- 
ber 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 Total Sum due or paid for Salaries, 
Office Expenses and Compensations respectively, 
under the said Act, from the 25th day of November 
1842 to the 25th day of November 1843 ; and a like 
Return from the 25th day of November 1853 to 
the 25th day of November 1854; and showing the 
diminution of the Annual Charges under the =e Act 
within the period of Thirteen years. 


The following Papers were laid upon the Table by Legacy, &amp;c. 
the Clerk of the House,— Return to an Order, dated Duties. 
the 30th day of March last, for Returns showing the 
Amount of Capital on which the several Rates of 
Legacy Duty have been paid in Great Britain in the 
years 1853 and 1854, with an additional Column, 
showing the Amount of Tax received on each of the 
Eight several Rates; also the Amount of Duty, in 
the Abstract, on each of the Eight several Rates :— 
Showing the Amount of Capital on which the several 
Rates of Legacy Duty have been paid in Jreland for 
the years 1853 and 1854, and distinguishing the 
Amount of each Rate :—Showing the Total Amount 
of Duty on Legacies, Probates and Administrations 
received in Jreland in the years 1853 and 1854 :— 

Of the Total Amount of Revenue received Bar 
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United a in each of the years 1853 and 1854 
for Stamp Duties on Legacies, Probates, Adminis- 
trations and Testamentary Inventories ; distinguishing 
the Amount from England and Wales, Scotland and 
Ireland ; with an Abstract of the whole Amount of 
Duty received since 1797 :—And, showing the Total 
Amount of Duty on Legacies, Probates and Adminis- 
trations, received since the year 1797 (in continuation 
of Parliamentary Paper, No. 438, of Session 1853). 

Return to an Order, dated the 4th day of this in- 
stant May, for a Return of the Amount of 4 per cent. 
East India Company’s Stock, accepted by holders 
of the various 5 per cent. Stocks converted by the 
East India Company during the years 1853 and 
1854; distinguishing the various Stocks, and stating 
the Number of Holders who accepted the terms of 
the East India Company. 

Return to an Order, dated the 4th day of this in- 
stant May, for a Return of the Number of Tons of 
Logwood exported from Great Britain to Oporto in 
the years 1852, 1853, 1854 and 1855. 


East India 
Company’s 
Stock. 


Logwood. 


Gaols 


Mr. Horsman presented,—Return to an Order, 
(Ireland.) 


dated the 29th day of March last, for a Return of the 
Names and Amount of Salaries of all Officers, 
Medical, Clerical or otherwise, employed in Gaols in 
Treland during the year 1854, whether as Intern or 
Visiting Officers ; and, in relation to the latter Class, 
specifying the Average Number of Visits made by 
each, with the Time occupied. 

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


Ordered, That the Account relative to the Irish 
Reproductive Loan Fund, which was presented upon 
the 9th day of February last, be printed. 


Irish Repro- 
ductive Loan 
Fund. 

No. 232. 
Naval Prize, Ordered, That the Account relative to Naval Prize, 
Bounty, &amp;e. 


No. 233. of this instant May, be printed. 


Amy. Mr. Peel presented, by Her Majesty’s Command, 
—A Return of the Number of Recruits finally ap- 


proved of, for the Infantry, Cavalry and Artillery, 


in every Month, commencing the Ist March 1854, | « g:i-4 


distinguishing those who enlisted while enrolled in 
the Militia, and the Number who volunteered from 
the embodied Militia; also a Return of the several 
Amounts of Levy Money authorized, with the Dates 
on which the Alterations in the Rate took place ; 
also a Return, showing the Regulation Standard of 
Height, with the Dates on which the Standard was 
lowered. 

Statement of the Medical Schools in which the 
Medical Officers of the British Civil Hospital, 
Smyrna, have studied, and the nature of the Certi- 
ficates showing their respective Qualifications. 

Mr. Peel also presented,—Return to an Address 
to Her Majesty, dated the 20th day of March last, 
for a Return of Number of Volunteers from each 
Regiment of Militia into the Regular Service, be- 
tween the 1st day of January and the 31st day of 
December 1854, stating the Quota of each Regi- 
ment, and also whether the Men have volunteered 
with or without previous sanction. 

Ordered, That the Papers relative to the Army ; 
and, to the British Hospital (Smyrna), be referred 
to the Select Committee on the Army before Se- 
ern and that the last Return do lie upon the 

able. 


British 
Hospital 
(Smyrua,) 


Militia. 


Orders of 


Ordered, That the Orders of the day be now 
the day. 


read ; and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That the said Orders be postponed till 
after the Notice of Motion relative to the Army of 
India. 


Army of India. A Motion was made, and the Question being put, 
That a Select Committee be appointed to consider 
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and inquire huw the Army of Jndia may be made 
most available for the War in Europe, and to inquire 
into the steps necessary to be taken if it should be 
deemed expedient to constitute the Army of the 
Last India Company a Royal Army ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right; 

The Noes to the Left. 


Tellers for the os Erskine Perry, lL 62 
Yeas, Sir De Lacy Evans : | iss 
Tellers for the (Mr. Hayter, 1 171 
eal 


Noes, |The Earl of Mulgrave : 
So it passed in the Negative. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Metropolis 
mittee on the Metropolis Local Management Bill; LecalM 

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


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Education 
mittee on the Education (Scotland) Bill ; (Scotland) Bill. 
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 fos Cumming Bruce, 1 
Yeas, The Earl of March : J 
Tellers for the ; Mr. Hayter, } 
Noes, {The Earl of Mulgrave: f 
So it passed in the Negative. 
And the Question bemg again proposed, That 
Mr. Speaker do now leave the Chair ; 


And the House having continued to sit till after 


119. 


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Bounty, &amp;c., which was presented upon the 9th day | Twelve of the clock on Friday morning ; 


Veneris, 11° die Maii, 1855: 


An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word “That” 
to the end of tee Sbeeetienl in order to add the 
words “it be an Instruction to the Committee to 
e the Bill into two Bills,” instead thereof. 

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

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


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Passengers 
mittee on the Passengers Act Amendment Bill ; Act Amend- 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, ™™* Bi! 

resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Infants’ Marriage Bill was, according to Infants’ _ 
Order, read a second time; and committed to a Marriage Bill 
Committee of the whole House, for this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- pespatch of 


mittee on the Despatch of Business, Court of Chan- — 
Jourt 0 


-~ Bill ; 

esolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
the 24th day of this instant May, resolve itself into 
the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Tenants’ 
mittee on the Tenants’ Improvements Compensation [™provement 
7 Compensatiou 
(Ireland) Bill ; ; (Ireland) Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Court of 
reading of the Court of Session (Scotland) Bill ; ee 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 7 

upon Tuesday next. 
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The Militia (No. 2) Bill was, according to Order, 
read a second time ; and committed to a Committee 
of the whole House, for this day. 


Militia 
(No. 2) Bill. 


Weights and 
Measures Bill. 


The Weights and Measures Bill was, according 
to Order, read a second time; and committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for this day. 


Ecclesiastical 
Property 
(Ireland) Bill. 


The Ecclesiastical Property (Zre/and) Bill, was, 
according to Order, read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

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


Religious 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
Worship Bill. 


into a Committee on the Religious Worship 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, and di- 
rected him to report the same, without Amend- 
ment. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time this 
day. 


Sewers (House 


The Sewers (House Drainage) Bill was, according 
Drainage) Bill. 


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 Wed- 
nesday next, resolve itself into the said Committee ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out the words “upon Wed- 
“ nesday next,” and inserting the words “ this day,” 
instead thereof. 

And the Question being proposed, That the words 
“ upon Wednesday next” a 
tion:—The said proposed Amendment and Motion 
were severally, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The Personal Estates of Intestates Bill was, ac- 
cording to Order, read a second time; and com- 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for 
Thursday next. 


Personal 
Estates of 
Intestates Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
consideration the Friendly Societies Bill, as amended 
in the Committee ; 

Ordered, ‘Vat the Bill be taken into consideration 
upon Monday the 21st day of this instant May. 


Friendly 
Societies Bill. 


Victoria 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
Gorernment. 


enable Her Majesty to assent to a Bill, as amended, 
of the Legislature of Victoria, to establish a Consti- 
tution in and for the Colony of Victoria: And that 
Lord John Russell and Mr. John Ball do prepare, 


and bring it in. 


National 
Gallery, &amp;c. 


amend an Act of last Session, to provide for the 
{ Dublin.) 


Library, and the Erection of a Public Museum in 
Dublin: And that Mr. Horsman and Mr. Attorney 
General for Jreland do prepare, and bring it in. 


New Palace 


A Motion was made, and the Question was 
(Westminster. ) 


proposed, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, an Account of the Amount of all Commis- 
sions for Works of Art to various Artists for the 
Decoration of the New Palace of Westminster, from 
its Commencement to the present time, with the 
Estimate for each Work:— And, Return of the 
several Salaries to Artists holding Appointments 
under the Royal Commission for decorating the New 
Palace of Westminster :—And the said Motion was, 
with leave of the House, withdrawn. 





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


Establishment of a National Gallery of Paintings, | 
Sculpture and the Fine Arts, for the care of a Public | 


1° Maii. A. 1855. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to Alterations 
continue an Act of the thirteenth and fourteenth # Pleadings, 
years of Her present Majesty, for enabling the 
Judges of the Courts of Common Law at West- 
minster to alter the Forms of Pleading: And that 
Mr. Attorney General and Mr. Solicitor General do 
prepare, and bring it in. 





Lord John Russell presented a Bill to enable Victoria 
Her Majesty to assent to a Bill, as amended, of the Government 
Legislature of Victoria, to establish a Constitution Bill 115 
in and for the Colony of Victoria: And the same ~ 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time upon Monday the 2ist day of this 
instant May ; and to be printed. 


Mr. Attorney General presented a Bill to continue Alterations in 
an Act of the thirteenth and fourteenth years of Her Pleadings Bill. 
present Majesty, for enabling the Judges of the Bill 116. 
Courts of Common Law at Westminster to alter the 
Forms of Pleading: And the same was read the first 
time; and ordered to be read a second time upon 
Monday next; and to be printed. 


Mr. Attorney General for Zreland presented a Bill National 
to amend an Act of last Session, to provide for the (Dut) Bill 
Establishment of a National Gallery of Paintings, © p+» 117 
Sculpture and the Fine Arts, for the care ofa Public ~" ; 
Library, and the Erection of a Public Museum in 
Dublin: 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. 





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| Anno 18° Victorie Regine, 1855. 


| PRAYERS. 


C OLONEL Wilson Patten reported from the Standing 
Select Committee on Standing Orders, several Orders. 
Resolutions ; which were read, as follow: 

1. That in the case of the North Yorkshire and North York- 
Cleveland Railway Petition for additional Provision, shire and 
the Standing Orders ought to be dispensed with ; Railway Bill. 
that the Parties be permitted to introduce their 
additional Provision, if the Committee on the Bill 
shall think fit. 

2. That in the case of the Zondon and South London and 
Western Railway Petition of the London and South —— ee 
Western Railway Company for dispensing with” “*’™ 
Standing Order 131, the said Standing Order ought to 
be dispensed with, so as to enable the Committee 
on the pending Bill, if they think fit, to insert Powers 
therein for enabling the Petitioners to raise the whole 
or some portion of the Sum of One million pounds, 
under the limitations and restrictions set forth in the 
said Petition. 

3. That in the case of the Limerick and Foynes Limerick 
Railway Petition of Sir Matthew Barrington, Ba- ne ai Bill. 
-ronet, for dispensing with Standing Order 131,” 
(subject to certain conditions), the said Standing 
Order ought not to be dispensed with. 

4. That in the case of the Aboyne, Ballater, Brae- Aboyne, Bal- 
|mar and Cairnwell Road, Petition for additional %"Braemr 
| +s : , and Cairnwell 
| Provision, the Standing Orders ought to be dispensed joad Bill. 
| with; that the Parties be permitted to introduce 
| their additional Provision, if the Committee on the 
' Bill shall think fit, on proving before the said Com- 
| mittee the consent of the several Owners, Lessees 
'and Occupiers of the land through which the pro- 
ere line of deviation is intended to pass; and 
‘also that Notice has been given to the several 
| Owners, Lessees and Occupiers on the line of road 
| intended to be abandoned ; and that Notice has been 
| inserted in some Newspaper of the District of the 
| proposed deviations ; that the Committee on the 


| Bill 























18 Victroriz. 


Bill do report how far such Orders respectively have 
been complied with on the Report of the Bill. _ 
The first, second and fourth Resolutions, being 
read a second time, were agreed to. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


London and 
South Western 
Railway Bill. 


The House was moved, That the Report from the 
Select Committee on Standing Orders in respect of 
the Petition for dispensing with Standing Orcer 
No. 131, in the case of the London and South 
Western Railway 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 said Resolution. 


Public 
Petitions 
(Thirty-third 
Report. ) 


Mr. Bonham Carter reported from the Select 
Committee on Public Petitions; That they had ex- 
amined the Petitions presented upon the 9th day of 
this instant May, and had directed him to make a 
Report thereof to the House. 

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


Railway and 
Canal Bills 
(Group 1.) 


Mr. Cardwell reported from the Select Committee 
on Group 1 of Railway and Canal Bills; That the 
Parties opposing the Hartlepool Pier and Port Bill 
had stated to the Committee, that the Evidence of 
Mr. Stephen Robinson and Sir William Cubitt 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 inter- 
vention of the House, he had been instructed by the 
Committee to move the House, that the said Mr. 
Stephen Robinson and Sir William Cubitt do attend 
the said Committee on Monday the 14th day of 
May, at Twelve of the clock. 

Ordered, That Mr. Stephen Robinson and Sir 
William Cubitt do attend the said Committee upon 
Monday next, at Twelve o'clock. 


Lyme Regis 


Colonel Pennant reported the Lyme Regis Roads 
Roads Bill. 


(re-committed) Bill, with further Amendments. 
Ordered, 'That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Carmarthen 
and Cardigan 
Railway Bill. 


Colonel Boldero reported the Carmarthen and 
Cardigan Railway Bill, with Amendments. 

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


Hartlepool The Hartlepool Gas and Water Bill was read the 
Gasand third time 
Water Bill. : : 

Resulved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 

to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 

Folkestone The Order of the day being read, for the third 
Improvement be 


Bill reading of the Folkestone Improvement Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon 
Friday next, 


Aberdare The House proceeded to take into consideration 
ee the Aberdare Valley Railway Bill,as amended in the 
— Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 
Dundalk and The House proceeded to take into consideration 
enkrecks the Dundalkand Blackrock Railway Bill, as amended 
ailway Bill. - : 
in the Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 
Dundalk and The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Foniskilion the Dundalk and Enniskillen Railway Bill, as 
way Bill. 2 mended in the Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 
Glasgow and = ‘The House proceeded to take into consideration 
South Wes 


; tera the Glasgow and South Western Railway Biil, as 
Railway Bill. amended in the Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 
Vou. 110. 


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921 


The House proceeded to take into consideration London 
the London Necropolis and National Mausoleum Necropolis and 
Bill, as amended in the Committee. a 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Hill's Estate Bill was read a second time 
committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


; and Hill’s Estate 
Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Downing- _ 
reading of the Downing-street Public Offices Ex- ro a rl 
tension Bill; sion Bill. 

And a Motion being made, That the Bill be now 
read a second 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 a second time ; and com- 
mitted to a Select Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Woolmer 
reading of the Woolmer Forest Bill; Forest Bill. 
And a Motion being made, That the Bill be now 
read a second 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 a second time; and com- 
mitted to a Select Committee. 


The Heuse, according to Order, resolved itself National Loan 
into a Committee on the National Loan Fund Life 7 I ent 
Assurance Society [Stamp Duty on Memorials.] Society 
[Stamp Duty 
on Memorials.] 


(In the Committee.) 

Resolved, That a Stamp Duty of Five pounds shall 
be payable for and upon the first Memorial which may 
be enrolled, pursuant to a Bill “to change the name 
of ‘ The National Loan Fund Life Assurance Society’ 
to the name of ‘The International Life Assurance 
Society,’ and to enable the said Society to sue and 
be sued in the name of the Chairman or Secretary, or 
any one Director of the said Society, and to give 
additional Powers to the said Society ;” from which 
Memorial the names of the persons who shall be 
deemed, held and taken to be tlie Trustees of the said 
Society shall appear; and for and upon every other 
such Memorial in which the name of any person 
shall, for the first time, be inserted as a Trustee of 
the Society, the like Sum of Five pounds, in lieu of 
the Stamp Duties which would otherwise be payable 
upon the deeds, surrenders, admissions or assurances, 
in the law, in order to vest the annuities, messuages, 
lands, tenements, hereditaments, property, effects or 
monies of the said Society in the said Trustees. 


Resolution to be reported. 





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

Ordered, That the Report be received upon Mon- 
day next, at the time of Private Business. 


The House was moved, That the Report from the North York- 
Select Committee on Standing Orders in respect of — 
the Petition for additional Provision in the North Raiway Bill. 
Yorkshire and Cleveland Railway Bill, might be 
read; and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That it be an Instruction tu the Com- 





mittee on the Bill, that they have Power to make 
Provision therein pursuant to the prayer of the said 
Petition. 


FF3+ Mr. 











Thames Em- 
bankment and 
Railway Bill. 


Royal London 
Militia Bill. 


Gloucester 
Water and 
Local Board 
of Health Bill. 


Chester and 
Holyhead 
Railway Bill. 


Turnpike- 
road Bills 
(Group I.) 


Private Bills 
(Group G.) 


West Somerset 


Mineral 
Railway Bill. 


Glasgow, 
Dumbarton 
and Helens- 
burgh Rail- 
way Bill. 


Exeter and 
Exmouth 
Railway Bill. 


East Kent 
Railway Bill. 


Westminster 
Bridge. 





229 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for making an 
Embankment, Road and Railway on the North side 
of the River J’hames, between the Cities of London 
and Westminster: And the same was read the first 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. FitzRoy reported from the Committee on 
the Royal London Militia 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 Order, That the Report on the Gloucester 
Water and Local Board of Health Bill do lie upon 
the Table, was read, and discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to the 
former Committee :—And that they have leave to 
sit and proceed upon Monday next, at Eleven o'clock. 


The Order for referring the Chester and Holyhead 
Railway Bill to the Committee of Selection, was 
read, and discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


Ordered, That Mr. Grenfell be added to the Com- 
mittee on Group I. of Turnpike-road Bills. 


Ordered, That Mr. Greenall be discharged from 
further attendance on the Committee on Group G. 
of Private Bills. 


Mr. Corry reported the West Somerset Mineral 
Railway Bill, with Amendments. 

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


Mr. Tatton Egerton reported from the Committee 
on Group 11 of Railway and Canal Bills; That in 
the case of the Glasgow, Dumbarton and Helens- 
burgh Railway Bill, they had examined the alle- 
gations contained in the Preamble of the Bill, and 
amended the same, by inserting a statement in 
reference to the working of the Railways by the 
Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway Company, and to 
the expediency of making Provision in reference to 
the traffic thereon, and on adjoining Railways, in 
order to make the same in conformity with the fact ; 
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. Cobbett reported the Exeter and Exmouth 
Railway Bill, with Amendments. 

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


Mr. Hugh Adair reported from the Committee on 


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Group 7 of Railway and Canal Bills; That in the 
case of the East Aent Railway Bill, they had exa- | 
mined the allegations contained in the Preamble | 
of the Bill, and amended the same, by striking out | 
a recital of the expediency of repealing certain 
penalties imposed by “ The East Kent Railway Act, | 
1853,” as such recital had become inapplicable, in 
consecuence of a Provision with reference to those 
penalties being inserted by the Committee 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; 
and be printed. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Copy of Report from the Engineer, as to the Pro- 


gress and present State of the New Bridge at West- 
minster. 








A. 1855. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Battersea Park 
a Copy of Report from the Architect and Engineer, 424 Chelsea 
as to the Progress and present State of Battersea 
Park and Chelsea Bridge; and of the day on which 
the new Chelsea Bridge is likely to be completed 
and opened for public use. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Tobacco, 
Return of the several Seizures made, and of the 
Prosecutions for Breach of the Laws relating to 
Tobacco, between the 5th day of January 1852 and 
the 5th day of January 1855; distinguishing those 
in Great Britain from those in Lreland ; specifying 
the Places where, and the Names of the Persons 
prosecuted, or from whom the Seizures were made ; 
the Quantities and Kinds of Goods seized ; the pre- 


icise nature of the Offences charged, or for which 
the Seizures were made; the Results of the Exami- 


nations of the Goods by analysis or otherwise, where 
seized for Adulteration; whether any and what Ju- 
dicial Proceedings were taken in each case; the 
Result of such Proceedings, whether convicted or 
otherwise; Amount of Fine paid, or Imprisonment 
suffered ; whether the Goods seized were condemned 
or restored (so far as relates to the Excise Branch 
of Inland Revenue, and in continuation of Parlia- 
mentary Paper, No. 364, of Session 1852-53). 


Mr. Osborne presented,—Return to an Order, Freight- 
dated the 2d day of this instant May, for a Return a 
of the several Sums of Freight Money received by pital.) = 
the Treasurer of Greenwich Hospital since the 25th 
day of February 1854, with the Date of such Pay- 
ments, 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. 

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


Mr. Cowper presented,—Return to an Address to Cambridge 
Her Majesty, dated the 4th day of this instant May, University. 
for Copies of recent Communications from the Royal 
Commissioners appeinted in 1850, to inquire into 
the State, Discipline, Studies and Revenues of the 
University and Colleges of Cambridge, addressed to 
the First Lord of the Treasury and the Lord Chan- 
cellor, respecting a Scheme of Government for the 
University of Cambridge. 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the Burial- 
9th day of this instant May, for a Return of all Bu- grounds | 
rial-grounds (distinguishing consecrated from un- ge) 
consecrated) which still remained open for Interments 
on the 1st day of January 1855, within the limits of 
the Burials within the Metropolis Act; their Extent 
in Area; the Number of Interments which have 
taken place in each during the year 1854, specifying 
the Number which have taken place in each mouth ; 
and the Date of Closure of such as are under any 
Order for immediate or future Closure. 

Mr. Cowper also presented, pursuant to the direc- Committals 
tions of several Acts of Parliament,—Returns from (Iteland.) 
the Clerks of the Crown and Clerks of the Peace of 
the several Counties, &amp;c., in Jre/and, of the Number 
of Persons committed to the different Gaols thereof 
for Trial, in the year 1854. 

An Account of the Charge and Discharge of Fees County 
received by the Registrar of Treasurers’ Accounts jaan 
and Receiver of Fee Fund in Jreland, for the year ‘ oman 
ended 25th March 1855. 

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


Mr. Attorney General for Jre/and presented,— 
Return to an Order, dated the 26th day of March 
last, for a Return, showing the Number of Paupers 
in the Union Houses of the several Poor Law Unions 
in Ireland, on the 1st day of January, the 1st day of 
February, and the 1st day of March 1855 respec- 
tively. 

Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 


Table. 
Ordered, 


Paupers in 
Union Houses 
(Ireland. ) 





























18 Vicroriz. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Legacy; &amp;c. 
Duties, which was presented upon the 10th day of 
this instant May, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Militia, 


which was presented upon the 10th day of this in- 
stant May, be printed. 


Petitions relating to Church Rates; — Church 
Rates Abolition Bill ;—Marriage Law Amendment 
Bill ;—Maynooth College Act ;—Religious Instruc- 
tion (South Shields) ;—Australian Colonies ;—Pro- 
perty Tax (Scotland) ;—Stamp Duties (Drafts on 
Bankers) Bill;—Education (Scotland) Bill ;—Free 
Schools Bill;—Friendly Societies Bill ;—Intoxicat- 
ing Liquors ;—Metropolis Local Management Bill ; 
—Poor Law ;—Poor Law (Jreland) ;—Postal Com- 
munication (Bandon and Cork);— Public-houses 
(Scotland) Act; — Sale of Beer Act (1854); — 
Tenants’ Improvements Compensation (Zreland) Bill ; 
—Tenements Valuation Act, &amp;c.;— Testamentary 
Jurisdiction Bill;—and, War with Russia,—were 
— and read; and ordered to lie upon the 

able. 

Petitions relating to the Criminal Justice Bill ;— 
and, Public Health Bill,—were also presented, and 
read ; and referred to the Select Committees on the 
Bills. 


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


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Brougham : 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the Income Tax Bill, 
without any Amendment: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Rotherham Gas 
Bill, with Amendments; to which Amendments the 
Lords desire the concurrence of this House: And 
also, 

The Lords give leave to the Viscount Gordon 
[Earl of Aberdeen] to attend this House, in order to 
his being examined as a Witness before the Select 
Committee appointed by this House, in the present 
Session of Parliament, “ to ge into the condition 
of our Army before Sebastopol, and into the conduct 
of those Departments of the Government whose duty 
it has been to minister to the wantsof that Army,”.as 
desired by this House (his Lordship in his place con- 
senting) :—And then the Messenger withdrew. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming 
the adjourned Debate on the Amendment which, upon 
the 7th day of this instant May, was proposed to be 
made to the Question, That the Newspaper Stam 
Duties Bill be now read the third time ; and which 
Amendment was, to leave out the word “ now,” and, 
at the end of the Question, to add the words “ upon 
“ this day six months.” 

And the Question being again proposed, That 
the word “ now” stand part of the Question :—The 
House resumed the said adjourned Debate. 

And the Question being put ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right ; 

The Noes to the Left. 

Tellers for the { Mr. Hayter, lese 

Yeas, The Earl of Mulgrave: J“ 

Tellers for the ;Mr. Vansittart, } 60 

Noes, Mr. Packhe: ; 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

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

A Clause was offered to be added to the Bill 
(Every periodical publication that shall be printed and 
published at intervals not exceeding Seven days be- 
tween the two consecutive parts or numbers of such 
publication, and the weight of which shall not on the 
whole exceed Six ounces, shall be entitled to the said 
privileges of transmission and re-transmission by the 
Post, if duly stamped with the appropriate die of 
Vou, 110. 


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223 


One penny) :—And the said Clause was brought up, 

and read the first time. vapor 
And a Motion being made, and the Question 

being put, That the said Clause be now read a second 

time :—It passed in the Negative. 

Then Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Wilson do.carry the Bill to 

the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Spirit Duties 
into a Committee on the Spirit Duties (Scotland and ern and 
re. 


Ireland) Bill. land) Bill. 
4 Bill 118. 
(In the Committee.) 


Preamble postponed. 
Cravusgs, N° 1 to N° 4, agreed to. 
Scuepute A. amended, and agreed to. 
Scuepu.e B. (Allowances and Drawbacks). 
Amendment proposed, in p. 6, 1. 6: After the 
word “ Fifty-five,” to insert the words “or bonded 
“ under the Act of the 17th and 18th Vie. c. 27, and 
“ marked on or after the 8th day of May 1854.” 
Question proposed, That those words be there 
inserted. 
Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 
An Amendment made. 
Schedule, as amended, agreed to. 
Clauses added. 
Preamble agreed to. 
Title amended, and agreed to. 
Bill, as amended, to be reported. 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Fitz Roy 
reported, That the Committee had gone through the 
Bill; and amended the Title, as followeth : 
A Bill for granting certain additional Rates and gpirit, &amp;e. 
Duties of Excise. Duties 
Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- ¢£*&lt;ise) Bill. 
mittee, be taken into consideration upon Monday 
next; and be printed. 





The House, according to Order, proceeded to Customs 
take into consideration the Customs Duties Bill, as Duties Bill. 
amended in the Committee. 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 


Bill, in p. 2, 1. 40, £. s. d. 3. 
by leaving out “0 12 9 010 6” 
and insertng “012 3 010 0” 


instead thereof. 

And the Question being proposed, That 12s. 9d. 
and 10 s. 6d. stand part of the Bill:—The said pro- 
posed Amendment was, with leave of the House, 
withdrawn. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon 
Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Stamp Duties 
ave of the Stamp Duties (Drafts on Bankers) Bonkers) Bill 

Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Metropolis 
mittee on the Metropolis Local Management Bill; Lec! —_- 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday os 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee, 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming the Testamentary 
adjourned Debate on the Amendment which, upon J¥risdiction 
the 26th day of April last, was proposed to be made ~~ 
to the Question, That the Testamentary Jurisdiction 
Bill be now read a second time; 

Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 
till Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Cinqne Ports 
mittee on the Cinque Ports Bill ; Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday 





next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 
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294 





Newspaper, The Order of the day being read, for the second 
&amp;c. Postage reading of the Newspaper, &amp;c. Postage and Stamp 
and Stam rages, Pes be} 
Duties Bill. Duties Bill; 
Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 
Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 
Burial-- The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 


grounds (Scot- mittee on the Burial-grounds (Scotland) Bill ; 


— Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 

Supply. The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Supply ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 

next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 

Ways and The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 

Means. 


mittee of Ways and Means; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Registration 
of Births, &amp;c. 
(Scotland) Bill. 


The Registration of Births, &amp;c. (Scotland) Bill 
was, according to Order, read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Viscount Duncan do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Militia 


(No. 2) Bill. The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 


mittee on the Militia (No. 2) Bill; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Infants’ 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
Marriage Bill, 


into a Committee on the Infants’ Marriage Bill, 
and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker 
resumed the Chair; and Mr. FitzRoy reported, 
That the Committee had gone through the. Bill, 
and directed him to report the same, without Amend- 
ment. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon 
Monday next. 


Weights and 
Measures Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Weights and Measures Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Religious The Religious Worship Bill was, according to 
Worship Bill. Order, read the third time; and Amendments were 
made to the Bill. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Kinnaird do carry the Bill to 


the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Sewers (House The House, according to Order, ‘resolved itself 
Drainage) Bill. into a Committee on the Sewers (House Drainage) 
Bill 119. 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, be printed. 
Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a Com- 
mittee of the whole House, for Monday next. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
amend the Law relating to Bills of Lading: And 
that Mr. Horsfall, Mr. Thomas Baring and Mr. 


Cairns do prepare, and bring it in. 


Bills of 
Lading. 


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


Sabbati, 12° die Maii, 1855: 

Statutes. A Motion was made, and the Question being put, 
That it is the opinion of this House, that a new, 
complete and systematic edition of the Statutes now 
in force, omitting all such enactments as are repealed, 
obsolete or expired, would be more accessible and 
intelligible to Members of Parliament, and to the 


generality of Her Majesty's subjects, than the pre- 
sent Statute Book ; 





11°—J2°—14° Maz. 








The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right ; 

The Noes to the Left. 

Tellers for the { Mr, Locke King, 1 38 
Yeas, (Sir Henry Willoughby: J °° 

Tellers for the ‘Mr. Hayter, } ar 


Noes, {T he Earl of Mulgrave: 

So it passed in the Negative. 

A Motion was made, and the Question being put, Statutes. 
That a Select Committee be appointed to inquire into 
the best mode of making a new, complete and syste- 
matic edition of the Statutes now in force, omitting 
all such enactments as are repealed, obsolete or 
expired :—It passed in the Negative. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Election 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 4¥ditors. 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return of all Election Auditors appointed 
under the Bribery Prevention Act (1854), show- 
ing in a Tabular Ting for England, Scotland and 
Ireland respectively, their Names, Date of Ap- 
pointment, what other Places or Offices held by 
each at the time of their Appointment or subse- 
quently, whether Electors or not in the particular 

ounty, Riding, District, Town, Borough, Burgh or 
Burghs for which they are appointed to 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. 


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








Lune, 14° die Maii ; 
Anno 18° Victoria Regine, 1855. 
PRAYERS. 


R. Bonham Carter reported from the Select Public 
Committee on Public Petitions ; That they had Petitions 
examined the Petitions presented upon the 10th and Sepert _ 
11th days of this instant May; and had directed 
him to make a Report thereof to the House. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table; 
and be printed. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Chesterfield 
the Amendment made by the Lords to the Chester- Water and 
field Water and Gas 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- 
ships, with Amendments; to which Amendments 
this House doth desire the concurrence of their 
Lordships. 


The Banff, Macduff and Turriff Railway Bill Banff, Macduff 
was read the third time. —— 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. ee 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 


to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Commercial Road Bill was read the third time. Commercial 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. Road Bill. 
Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 

to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Fibre Company Bill was read the third time. Fibre Com- 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. pany Bill. 
Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 


to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Leominster and Ledbury Road Bill was read Leominster 
the third time; and Amendments were made to the = — 


Bill. 
Resolved, 












































































Manchester 
Improvement 
Bill. 


Renfrew 
Police and 
Improvement 
Bill. 


South Wales 
Railway Con- 
solidation Bill. 


Swansea 
Docks Bill. 


Waterford 
and Limerick 


Railway Bill. 


Ayr Harbour 
Bill. 


Cromford and 
High Peak 
Railway Bill. 


Kingston- 
upon-Hull, 
Hessle and 
Ferriby Road 
Bill. 


Newtown 
and Oswest 
Railway Bill. 


Saint Helen’s 
Improvement 
Bill, 


Weston- 
super-Mare 
Gas Bill. 


Bradford 
Corporation 
Water Bill. 


National Loan 
Fund Life 
Assurance 
iety 
[Stamp Duty 
on Memorials. ] 





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Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 


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payable for and upon the first Memorial which may 


Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill| be enrolled pursuant to a Bill “ to change the name 


to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Manchester Improvement Bill was read the 
third time ; and Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

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


The Renfrew Police and Improvement Bill was 
read the third time; and Amendments were made 
to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 


Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill | 


to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


of ‘The National Loan Fund Life Assurance Society’ 
'to the name of ‘ The Internaticnal Life Assurance 
| Society,’ and to enable the said Society to sue and 
be sued in the name of the Chairman or Secretary, or 
any one Director of the said Society, and to give 
additional Powers to the said Society,” from which 
Memorial the names of the persons who shall be 
deemed, held and taken to be the Trustees of the 
said Society shall appear; and for and upon every 
other such Memorial, in which the name of any per- 
son shall, for the first time, be inserted as a Trustee 
of the Society, the like sum of Five pounds, in lieu 
of the Stamp Duties which would otherwise be pay- 
| able upon the deeds, surrenders, admissions or as- 
| surances, in the law, in order to vest the annuities, 





A Motion being made, That the South Wales! messuages, lands, tenements, hereditaments, pro- 


Railway Consolidation Bill be now read the third 
time ; 

Mr. FitzRoy, 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 
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 Swansea Docks Bill was read the third time ; 
and Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

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


The Waterford and Limerick Railway Bill was 
read the third time; and Amendments were made 
to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

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


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Ayr Harbour Bill, as amended in the Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Ordered, That the Cromford and High Peak Rail- 
way Bill, as amended in the Committee, be taken 
into consideration To-morrow. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Kingston-upon-Hull, Hessle and Ferriby Road 
Bill, as amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 


ry the Vewtown and Oswestry Railway Bill, as amended 


in the Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Saint Helen’s 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 Weston-super-Mare Gas Bill, as amended in the 
Committee. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Ordered, That the Bradford Corporation Water 
Bill be read a second time To-morrow. 


Mr. Brotherton reported from the Committee on 
the National Loan Fund Life Assurance Societ 
[Stamp Duty on Memorials], a Resolution; whic 
was read, as followeth : 


That a Stamp Duty of Five pounds shall be 
Von. 110, 


perty, effects or monies of the said Society in the 
said Trustees. 

The Resolution, being read a second time, was 
agreed to. 

Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee on the National Loan Fund Life Assurance 
Society Bill, that they have Power to make Provision 
therein pursuant to the said Resolution. 


Sir Erskine Perry reported the Warrington Water Warrington 
(re-committed) Bill, with further Amendments. Water Bill. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Sir Erskine Perry reported the Gloucester Water Gloucester 
and Local Board of Health (re-committed) Bill, with Water and 
further Amendments. py 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Wrightson reported the Wigan and Preston Wigan and 
Roads, North of Yarrow Bill, with Amendments. Preston Roads, 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. ao a 


Mr. Wrightson reported the Charlbury, Witney, Charibury, 
&amp;c. Road Bill, with Amendments. Witney, &amp;c. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table, %*4 Bill 


Colonel Pennant reported from the Committee on Turnpike» 
Group I. of Turnpike-road Bills; That Viscount toad sills 
Galway, one of the Selected Members of the Com- ‘Gt? }) 
mittee, was not present during the sitting of the Com- 
mittee this day. 

Ordered, That Viscount Galway do attend the 
Committee To-morrow. 


Lord Stanley reported from the Committee on Railway and 
Group 1 of Railway and Canal Bills; That Mr. Canal Bills 
Cole, one of the Members of the said Committee, (Group 1.) 
was not present during the sitting of the Committee 
this day. 

Ordered, That Mr. Cole be discharged from further 
attendance on the Committee. 


Mr. Cobden reported from the Committee on Private Bills 
Group P. of Private Bills; That in consequence of (Group P.) 
a Letter from the Lords Commissioners of the Ad- 
miralty, stating that they had not yet prepared the 
Admiralty Clauses in the case of the Barrow Har- 
bour Bill, now under the consideration of the Com- 
mittee, they had adjourned to Friday next, at half 
past Three o'clock. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Houses (Cit¥ 
to Her Majesty, that She wi!l be graciously pleased of London. ) 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return of the Number of Houses in the 
City of London and the Liberties thereof. 

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

GG Colonel 





anne 





SD 








Peterborough 
and Welling- 
borough Road 
Bill. 


Australian 
Colonies. 


Message from 
the Lords. 


Torquay 
Market and 
Slaughter- 
houses Bill. 


Great North 
of Scotland 
Railway Bill. 


Uxbridge 
Burgage 
Lands Bill. 


Army before 
Sebastopol. 


Malt. 


Dovor 
Harbour. 


Lunacy. 


Turnpike 
Trusts. 


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Colonel Pennant re 


rted the Peterborough and 
Wellingborough Road Bill, with Amendments. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Lord John Russell presented, by Her Majesty’s 
Command,—Further | seo relative to the altera- 
tions in the Constitutions of the Australian Colonies 
(the Constitutional Bills of New South Wales and 
Victoria, with the portions which it is proposed to 
omit, printed in Italics), (in continuation of Papers 
presented 20th April 1855). 

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


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Tinney : 
Mr. Speaker, 
The Lords have agreed to the Torquay Market 
and Slaughter-houses Bill, without any Amendment : 
And also, 


The Lords have agreed to the Great North of 
Scotland Railway Bill, without any Amendment : 
And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Uxbridge Burgage 
Lands Bill, with Amendments; to which Amend- 
ments the Lords desire the concurrence of this 
House: And also, 

The Lords request that this House will be pleased 
to communicate to their Lordships, a Copy of the 
Third Report from the Select Committee appointed 
by this House in the present Session of Parliament, 
to inquire into the condition of our Army before Se- 
bastopol, and into the conduct of those Departments 
of the Government whose duty it has been to minister 
to the wants of that Army:--And then the Mes- 
senger withdrew. 

Resolved, That a printed Copy of the said Report 
be communicated to the Lords, as desired by their 
Lordships. 

And the Messenger was again called in, and Mr. 
Speaker acquainted him therewith; and a printed 
Copy of the said Report was delivered to him, to be 
communicated to the Lords :—And then he again 
withdrew. 


The following Paper was laid upon the Table by 
the Clerk of the icone Return to an Order, 
dated the 27th day of March last, for a Return of 
the Number of Bushels of Malt brought to Charge in 
the years ending the 5th day of April 1854 and 1855 
respectively. 
he 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 
Receipts and Expenditure by the Honourable War- 
den and Assistants of the Harbour of Dovor, in the 
County of Kent, from the 10th day of October 1853 
to the 10th day of October 1854. 

Copy of Report to the Lord Chancellor, under the 
8 &amp; 9 Vic. c. 100, s. 88, of the Number of Visits 
made, the Number of Patients seen, and the Number 
of Miles travelled by the several Commissioners in 
Lunacy, during the Six Months ending on the 4th 
August 1854, 

Copy of Report to the Lord Chancellor, under the 
8 &amp; 9 Vic. c. 100, s. 88, of the Number of Visits 
made, the Number of Patients seen, and the Number 
of Miles travelled by the several Commissioners in 
Lunacy, during the Six Months ending on the 4th 
Febrvary 1855. 

Copy of Report to the Lord Chancellor, under the 
8 &amp; 9 Vie. c. 100, s. 88, of all Sums received by the 
several Commissioners in Lunacy for Travelling and 
Personal Expenses, or upon any other account, 
during the year ending on the 31st December 1854. 


Mr. Cowper 


— by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand ,—Copy o 


Fifth Report, with Abstracts of Ac- 


counts relating to the circumstances of the under- 





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A, 1855. 


mentioned Turnpike Trusts, applying for Local Acts 
in the present ion of Parliament, made by di- 
rection of the Secretary of State for the Home De- 
partment, under the Powers conferred upon him by 
the Act of 3 &amp; 4 Will. 4, c. 80:—22. Wadhurst 
and West Furleigh Roads ; 23. Bridport Roads, 
First District ; 24. Keighley and Kendal Road, 
Yorkshire District ; 25. Uphill and Bleadon Road. 

Mr. Cowper also presented,—Return to an Ad- Lunacy. 
dress to Her Majesty, dated the 3d day of this in- 
stant May, for Copy of Ninth Report of the Com- 
missioners in Lunacy to the Lord Chancellor. 

Mr. Cowper also presented, pursuant to the di- Constabulary 
rections of an Act of Parliament,—Copy of In- (Ireland.) 
structions issued by the Inspector General of Con- 
stabulary in Ireland, for the guidance of the Con- 
stabulary Force acting under the Provisions of the 
Act 17 &amp; 18 Vic. c. 89. 

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


Ordered, That the Return relative to Cambridge cambridge 
University, which was presented upon the 11th day University. 
of this instant May, be printed. No. 236. 


Petitions relating to Church Rates ;— Marriage Public 

Law Amendment Bill ;—Marriages (Scotland) Bill ; Petitions. 
— Maynooth, College Act ;—Mortmain ;—Religious Vide Thirty- 
Equality ;—Licenses (Public-houses, &amp;c.) ;— Mines ; fifth Report. 
—Probate and Legacy Duty ; — Settlement and 
Rating ;—Spirit Duties (Scotland and Ireland) Bill ; 
—Stage Carriages ;— Decimal Coinage ;—Education 
(Scotland) Bill;—Free Schools Bill ;—Intoxicating 
Liquors ;—Landlord and Tenant (Jreland) ;—Me- 
tropolis Local Management Bill;— Poor Law ;— 
Poor Relief (Jreland) Bill;—Public-houses (Scot- 
land) Act ;—Registration of Births, &amp;c. (Scotland) 
Bill ;—Schools ( Scotland) Bill ;—Tenants’ Improve- 
ments Compensation (Zreland) Bill ;—and, War with 
Russia,—were presented, and read ; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 

A Petition relating to the Public Health Bill, 
was also presented, and read; and referred to the 
Select Committee on the Bill. 


The Customs Duties Bill was, according to Order, Customs 
read the third time. Duties 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 Spirit, &amp;. 
take into consideration the Spirit, &amp;c. Duties (Ex- Duties 
cise) Bill, as amended in the Committee ; and an 
Amendment was made to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time To- 


morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Metropolis 
mittee on the Metropolis Local Management Bill; Local Btnnage- 
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 
“ the further consideration of the Bill be deferred 
“ till the House has decided upon the principles of 
“ the Bill announced by the President of the Board 
“ of Health for the modification of the Act com- 
“ monly known as Hobhouse’s Act, which Act is 
“ proposed to be incorporated in the Metropolitan 
“ Bill” 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. 


Another Amendment was proposed to be made 
to 























Education 
(Scotland ) 
Bill. 








18 Victoria. 


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 referred to a Select Com- 
“ mittee, ” instead thereof. 
And the Question being put, That the words 
proposed to be left out stand part of the Question ; 
The House divided. 
The Yeas to the Right ; 
The Noes to the Left. 
Tellers for the; Mr. Hayter, | 
Yeas, (Mr. Grenville Berkeley: J 
Tellers for the (Mr. Mackinnon, 7 
Noes, \Mr. Apsley Pellatt : J 
So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 
Ordered, ‘That Mr. Speaker do now leave the | 
Chair :—The House accordingly resolved itself into | 
the Committee. | 


| 


(In the Committee.) 





Preamble postponed. | 


Crause, N° 1 (The Act of the Session holden in 
the first and second year of William the Fourth, 
c. 60, shall, subject to the Provisions herein con- 
tained, become the Law for electing Vestrymen and 
Auditors of Accounts and otherwise be in force, in 
every parish mentioned in either of the Schedules 
(A.) and (B.) to this Act, which has not adopted 
such Act, in manner therein provided, in like manner 
as if the 43d section of the said Act were repealed, 
and as if every such parish had so adopted the said 
Act, and notice of such adoption had been given as 
therein directed). 

Motion made, and Question put, That the Clause 
stand part of the Bill; 

The Committee divided. 

Tellers for the {Mr. Hayter, 

Yeas, Mr. Grenville Berkeley : 

Tellers for the (Sir Frederic Thesiger, 1 33 

Noes, | Viscount Ebrington : ay 


+ 


Crause, N° 2, amended, and agreed to. 

Cuauses, N° 3 to N° 8, agreed to. 

Cuausss, N° 9 and N° 10, amended, and agreed 
to. 

Cravusg, N° 11, agreed to. 

Cuavuses, N° 12 and N° 13, amended, and agreed 
to. 

Cuausgs, N° 14 and N° 15, agreed to. 

Craust, N° 16, amended, and agreed to. | 

Crauses, N° 17 and N° 18, agreed to. 

Crausz, N° 19, postponed. 

Ciavss, N° 20 (Metropolitan Board of Works 
constituted and incorporated). 

Amendment proposed, in p. 6, 1.17: After the 
word “the” to insert the word “ northern.” 

Question, That the word “northern” be there 
inserted ——put, and negatived. 

Clause agreed to. 

Cuausss, N° 21 to N® 26, postponed. 

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, 15° die Mati, 1855: 

Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; and Mr. Fitz Roy 
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 Tuesday 
next, at Twelve o’clock, again resolve itself into the 
said Committee. 














| 
} 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming the 
adjourned Debate on the Amendment which, upon 
the 10th day of this instant May, was proposed to 
be made to the Question, That Mr. Speaker do now 


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227 


leave the Chair (for Committee on the Education 
(Scotland) Bill) ; 

Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 
till Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Alterations in 
reading of the Alterations in Pleadings Bill ; Pleadiogs Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second National 
reading of the National Gallery, &amp;c. (Dublin) Bill; Gallery, &amp;c. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time (2%!) Bill 
this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Spirits (Ire- 
mittee on the Spirits (Jreland) Act Amendment pt 
Bill ; Bill. 

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


The Order of the day being read, for the second Savings Banks 
. = Friendly 
: ti 
Investments Bill ; Seemntnenda 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time Bill. 


this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Jurisdiction of 
reading of the Jurisdiction of the Stannary Court bathe es 
Amendment Bill ; ment Bill. 

And a Motion being made, That the Bill be now 
read a second time ; 

And Notice being taken, that the interest of the 
Prince of Wales, as Duke of Cornwall, is concerned 
therein ; 

Sir George Grey, by Her Majesty’s Command, 
acquainted the House, That Her Maiens having 
been informed of the purport of the Bill, gives Her 
Consent, as far as the Prince of Wales’s interest is 
concerned, that the House may do therein as they 
shall think fit. 

Then the Bill was read a second time; and com- 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for Fri- 
day next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Burial- 
into a Committee on the Burial-grounds (Scotland) ee 
; ‘ P 7 and) 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 upon Monday 
next. 


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 ; Masme. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Infants’ Marriage Bill was, according to Order, Infants’ 
read the third time. ge 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Malins do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself eas 
into a Committee on the Weights and Measures Measures Bil 
Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker 
resumed the Chair; and Mr. FitzRoy reported, 

That the Committee had gone through the Bill, and 
directed him to report the same, without Amend- 
ment. 





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228 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time this 
day. 


Sewers (House The House, according to Order, resolved itself into 
Drainage) Bill. 2 Committee on the Sewers (House Drainage) Bill; 
and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker 
resumed the Chair; and Mr. FitzRoy 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. 


Rating of Ordered, That ieave be given to bring in a Bill to 

Manes. amend the Law in England and Wales with reference 
to the Assessment of Mines to the Relief of the 
Poor: And that Mr. Kendal, Mr. Robartes and Mr. 
Michael Williams do prepare, and bring it in. 


Insolvencyand Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
(Seotlainl). consolidate and amend the Laws of Scotland regard- 


ing Insolvency and Bankruptcy : And that the Lord 
Advocate and Sir George Grey do prepare, and bring 
it in. 


Stationery Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 

(Army inthe Details of the Sum of £.120,400 (Civil Services), 

— voted by the House of Commons on the 9th day of 
February, for an excess of Stationery supplied to the 
Army in the East, stating how much of that Sum 
was expended in Cartridge Paper for Ammunition. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Copy of all Official Reports of the Hospi- 
tals at Scutarit, Kululee, Abydos and Smyrna, since 
February last. 

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


Scutari, &amp;c. 
Hospitals. 


Insolvency and The Lord Advocate presented a Bill to consolidate 


Bankruptcy and amend the Laws of Scotland regarding Insol- 
(Scotland) Bill 

sy vency and Bankruptcy: And the same was read the 

Bill 120. 4 A . . 

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

Monday the 4th day of June next ; and to be printed. 

Rating of Mr. Kendall presented a Bill to amend the Law in 

Mines Bill. England and Wales with reference to the Assessment 


Bill 121. of Mines to the Relief of the Poor: And the same 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time upon Thursday next; and to be printed. 


And then the House, having continued to sit till 
One of the clock on Tuesday morning, ad- 
journed till this day. 


Martis, 15° die Maii ; 
Anno 18° Victoria Regine, 1855. 
PRAYERS. 

London and N R. FitzRoy reported the London and Black- 
my i wall Railway Bill, with Amendments. 

aoe Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 

and be printed. 

Limerick 


and Foynes 
Railway Bill. 


Mr. FitzRoy reported the Limerick and Foynes 
Railway Bill, with Amendments. 

Oraered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be priuted. 


Electric 
Telegraph 
Company Bill. 


Mr. Fitz Roy reported from the Committee on the 
Electric Telegraph Company Bill; That they had 
examined the allegations contained in the Preamble 
of the Bill, and amended the same, by stating that 
the authority of Parliament was necessary for the 
objects of the Bill; and found the same, as amended, 
to be true; and had gone through the Bill, and made 
Amendments thereunto. 

Crdered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


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A. 1855. 


Mr. Strutt reported from the Committee on Group North Staf- 
(4) of Railway and Canal Bills ; That in the case of fordshire Rail- 
the North Staffordshire Railway (Transfer to London {of Bie me 
and North Western Railway, &amp;c.) Bill, they had North Western 
examined the allegations contained in the Preamble Railway, &amp;c.) 
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 House proceeded to take into consideration Rotherham 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Rother- © Bill 
ham Gas Bill; and the same were twice read, and 

greed 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 Aberdare Valley Railway Bill was read the Aberdare 
third time. no A 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. ae 
Ordered, That Mr. Gwyn do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Dundalk and Blackrock Railway Bill was read Dundalk and 
the third time. Blackrock 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. eats 
Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Dundalk and Enniskillen Railway Bill was Dundalk and 
read the third time. wag I 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. a 
Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee on Standing Standing 
Orders have leave to sit this day till Five of the clock, Orders. 
during the sitting of the House. 


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. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Manchester, 


the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway Sheffield and 
Lincoln B h, &amp;c.) Bill a ded in the Gom- Lincolnshire 
( wincoln Branch, &amp;c. » as amende e Com- Railway (Lin- 
mittee. coln Branch, 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. — *¢) Bill. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Nottingham 
the Nottingham and Loughborough Road Bill, as 24 Lough- 

. . borough Road 
amended in the Committee. Bill, 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


‘The House, according to Order, proceeded to take Cromford and 
into consideration the Cromford and High Peak iitay Bil 

Railway Bill, as amended in the Committee. , 
A Clause (Saving rights of the Crown and the 

Duchy of Lancaster), was twice read ; and made part 

of the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The Bradford Corporation Water Bill was, ac- Bredierd 

: ( _ . ime: - Corporation 
cording to Order, read a second time; and com- \rporn 
mitted. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Ordered, That the Minutes of the Evidence taken South Fastern 
before the Committee on the South Eastern Railway noe Bills 
(Lewisham to Bromley), the Sydenham and Farn-*‘*””’ 
borough Railway, and the West London and Crystal 

Palace Railway (Extension to Farnborough) Bills, in 

the Session of 1854, be referred to the Committee on 

Group 7 of Railway and Canal Bills, to which the 

Mid Kent and North Kent Railway Bill stands 





referred. 
The 





























18 Vicroriz. 


Woolmer The Select Committee on the Woolmer Forest Bill 
Forest Bill. was nominated of Mr. Wilson, Mr. Portal, Viscount 
Duncan, Mr. Compton, Sir James Buller East, Sir 
William Jolliffe, and Five Members to be added by 
the Committee of Selection. 
Ordered, That Three be the Quorum. 
Downie. a The Select Committee on the Downing-street 


Offices Exten- Public Offices Extension Bill was nominated of Sir 
sion Bill. William Molesworth, Lord John Manners, Mr. Dis- 
raeli, Sir Joseph Paxton, Mr. Hayter, Lord Elcho, 
and Five Members to be added by the Committee of 
Selection. 
Ordered, That Three be the Quorum. 


Weymouth 


Mr. Chri omeee 
Worer Bill Ir. Christopher reported the Weymouth Water 


Bill, with Amendments. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Wolverhamp- Mr. Christopher reported from the Committee on 
po bt hg Group G. of Private Bills ; That in the cases of the 
hampton Wolverhampton Water Bill, and the Wolverhampton 
Corporation Corporation Water Bill, they had examined the al- 
Water Bill. —_Jegations contained in the Preambles of the said Bills, 
with a view, in pursuance of the Instruction of the 
House, to consolidate the said Bills, but the same had 
not been proved to their satisfaction. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


National Loan Mr. J/tles reported from the Committee on Group 
_— — O. of Private Bills; That in the case of the National 
Society Bil, Loan Fund Life Assurance Society 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 Resolution of the House of the 
14th instant; and had gone through the Bill, and 
made Amendments thereunto. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Gun-barrel Mr. Miles reported from the Committee on Group 
ye O. of Private Bills : That in the case of the Gun- 
pon jp barrel Proof-houses ( Birmingham and London) Bill, 
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 Amend- 
ments thereunto. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 
Birkenhead A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses 
Docks (Tees of the Borough of Liverpool, the Trustees of the 
Property of Birkenhead Docks and the Birkenhead Dock Com- 
— pany, praying that Provision may be made in the 
Snes pi, Pirkenhead and Liverpool Docks (Trust Property 
‘of Birkenhead Dock Trustees) Bill, for confirming 
certain conditional arrangements for transferring to 
the said Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses the Under- 
takings of the other Petitioners, was presented, and 
read; and referred to the Examiners of Petitions for 
Private Bills. 


Oxford, Wor- Lord Stanley reported from the Committee on 
cester and 


Wolverhamp- Group (1) of Railway and Canal Bills; That in the 
ton Railway case of the Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton 
. Railway (Improvements and Branches) Bill, they 
Branches) pi, bad examined the allegations contained in the Pre- 
amble of the Bill, and amended the same, by 
omitting the Powers to use Locomotive Engines on 
a part of the Stratford and Moreton Branch, which 
were given up by the Promoters; and by omitting 
the recitals as to the alteration of the Numbers of 
the Joint Committee at Wolverhampton, which the 
Committee thought it inexpedient to make; 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. 


Bills of Ex- Ordered, That the Select Committee on the Bills 


change Bill, of Exchange Bill, and Bills of Exchange and Pro- 


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missory Notes Bill, have Power to report their Ob- Exchange and 
servations thereupon to the House, together with the Promissory 
Minutes of the Evidence taken before them. a —_ 
Sir Erskine Perry reported from the said Select N° 257. - 
Committee; That they had considered the matter to 
them referred, and directed him to make a Report 
thereof to the House, together with the Minutes of 
the Evidence taken before them. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Sir Erskine Perry reported from the Select Com- Bills of Ex- 
mittee on the Bills of Exchange and Promissory ch#nge and 
Notes Bill; That they had gone through the Bill, (omssory 
and made Amendments thereunto. Bill 199 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. eat 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a Com- 
mittee of the whole House, for Thursday the 31st 
day of this instant May. 


Sir Erskine Perry reported from the Select Com- Bills of Ex- 
mittee on the Bills of Exchange Bill; That they had change Bill. 
considered the Bill, and directed him to report the 
same to the House. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Colonel Pennant reported from the Committee on Nottingham 
Group |. of Turnpike-road Bills; That in the case nly ge 
of the Nottingham and Newhaven Road Bill, they “ben 
had examined the allegations contained in the Pre- 
amble of the Bill, and amended the same, by correct- 
ing the recitals as to the Amount of Principal Debt 
and Interest due on the several Districts of Road, 
and as to the extinguishment of the Mortgage Debt 
due on the 4th District of Road ; 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 Tarnpike- 
Group H. of Turnpike-road Bills; That, in conse- t0*¢ Bills 
uence of the early sitting of the House To-morrow, (Group H) 
the Committee had adjourned to ‘Thursday next, at 
Twelve o'clock. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 





| Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Houses (Public 
}an Account of all Houses in charge of the Depart- Service.) 
ment of Works, formerly Private Dwelling-houses, 
occupied for the Public Service in London and 
Westminster, distinguishing those which are Crown 
Property and those which are Private Property, and 

the Rents payable by Government for the latter. 


| Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Loans (India.) 
an Extract of a Despatch from the Court of Directors 

of the East India Company to the Governor General] 

of India in Council, dated the 20th day of December 
1854:—Copy or Extract of any other Despatch 

from the said Directors, prohibiting the opening of 

a New Loan in Jndia without the sanction of the 

Authorities in England :—And, Copy of any De- 

spatches from the Government in Jndia, explaining 

| the reasons for opening a New Loan. 


Mr. Hugh Adair reported the Great Western and Great Western 
Brentford Railway Bill, with Amendments. pee 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; ae 


and be printed. 


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, 
an Alphabetical Return of the Parishes in each 
County in Scotland, showing the Date at which 
each Parish has been visited under the Orders of 
the Board of Supervision, giving the Name of the 
Person employed to visit, and stating whether any 
Meeting of the Parochial Board was summoned, 

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Metropolis 
Sewers. 


Breach of 
Blockade, &amp;c. 


Naval Prizes. 


Standing 
Orders. 


Wisbech Port. 











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


Ordered, That, in addition to the Order of the 
26th April, there be laid before this House, fac-simile 
Copies of the said Engineers’ Drawings accom- 
panying their Reports. 


The Order made upon the 21st day of February 
last, that there be laid before this House, a Return 
of all Vessels seized under Neutral Flags for Breach 
of Blockade, for carrying simulated a or Goods 
contraband of War, since the 29th day of March 
1854, with the Names of the several Captains, and 
of the Ships, or of the Authorities that seized the 
same, with the Dates of the several Seizures, and 
when Proceedings were taken in the Court of Ad- 
miralty, with the Dates of Condemnation or Resti- 
tution ; stating the Nature of the Cargo, the Ton- 
nage, and the Amount of the Sale of each Vessel 
and of the Cargo, with the Amount of all Costs, 
Charges and Expenses incurred ; distinguishing the 
Expenses of the several Proceedings in the Court of 
Admiralty, and the Amount of Fees in each case 
paid to the Officers of the Crown and Counsel em- 
ployed, with the Amount of the Balance remaining 
tor Distribution to the Captors, and when Notice of 
the same was published in the Gazette, was read, 


and discharged. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of all Vessels seized or captured, whether 
under the Russian, Neutral, Allied, or British Flags, 
and against which Proceedings have been taken in 
the High Court of Admiralty of England, from the 
29th day of March 1854 to the Date of making the 
Return, showing the Name of the Prize, her Master’s 
Name, her Tonnage, the Nature of her Cargo (if any), 
and under what Colours she was captured, the 
Names of the Capturing Ship and its Commanding 
Officer, the Date of the Capture, the grounds upon 
which she was captured, the Date when Proceed- 
ings were commenced, the Date of Adjudication, the 
Decretal part of Sentence, the Particulars and Amount 
of the Gross Proceeds, and of the Payments there- 
out ; distinguishing the Fees to Counsel, and to the 
Proctor for the Crown, the Balance for Distribution, 
and the Date when Notice of the Distribution was 
published in the Gazette, in each case respectively. 


M-. Greene reported from the Select Committee 
on Standing Orders, several Resolutions ; which were 
read, as follow : 

1. That in the case of the Wisbech Port Pe- 
tition, the Standing Orders ought to be dispensed 
with ; that the Parties be permitted to proceed with 
their Bill, on proving before the Committee on the 
Bill, that Notices of the application have been in- 
serted once in the London Gazette, and once in each 
of three successive weeks in a London Morning 


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A. 1855. 


Paper and in a Cambridgeshire Paper; and also on 
proving that Notice of the Bill has been given to 
every mortgagee of the property of the Corporation ; 
that the Committee on the Bill do report how far 
such Orders respectively shall have been complied 
with on the Report of the Bill. 


Standing Order 136, the said Standing Order ought 
to be dispensed with, so far as and under such re- 
strictions as the Committee on the Bill shall think 
fit; and provided that there be inserted in the Bill a 
Clause binding the Petitioners to open their original 
line of Railway, and the intended Junction Railway, 
simultaneously ; that the Committee on the Bill do 
report how far such Order shall have been complied 
with on the Report of the Bill. 


Order 163, the said Standing Order ought to be dis- 
pensed with; that the Parties be permitted to pro- 
ceed with their Bill. 

The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 


Select Committee on Standing Orders, in respect of 
the Petition for the Wisbech Port Bill, might be read ; 
and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for better enabling the Mayor, Aldermen and Bur- 
se of the Borough of Wisbech to raise and secure 

onies payable by them to the Nene Valley Drain- 
age and Navigation Improvement Commissioners, 
and for other purposes: And that Mr. Eliot Yorke 
and Lord George Manners do prepare, and bring 
it in, 








2. That in the case of the Stockport, Disley and Stockport, 


W. : : ws : ; ith Disley and 
haley Bridge Railway Petition for dispensing with whey Bridge 
Railway Bill. 


3. That in the case of the Cape Town Railway Cape Town 
and Dock Petition for dispensing with Standing Railway and 


The House was moved, That the Report from the Wisbech Port. 


Mr. Cardwell reported from the Committee on Private Bills 
Group L. of Private Bills; That in consequence of (Group L.) 


the early sitting of the House To-morrow, the Com- 
mittee had adjourned to Thursday the 17th day of 
May, at ‘l'welve o'clock. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Church of 


to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this House, 
| Copies of any Address from the Legislative Council 
and Legislative Assembly of Canada, during their 
| present Session, touching the legal position of the 
Rien and other Members of the Church of Eng- 


land im that Colony :—And, of the Votes of the 





| respective Houses on any such Address, if received. 
| Ordered, That the said Address be 


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


England 
(Canada. ) 


Mr. Vernon Smith presented,—Further Return to Land Forces, 
an Order, dated the 29th day of March last, for an &amp;¢- (India.) 


Abstract Return of the Total Land Forces under the 
disposition of the Governor General of India in Coun- 
cil; distinguishing European Troops from Native, 
and the Queen’s Troops from the Company’s, and in- 
cluding the Subsidiary Troops and Contingents of 
all kinds from Native States :—And, like Return of 
Police Corps militarily organized, commanded by 
British Officers. 

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


the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, dated 
the 16th day of March last, for a Tabular Return, 
showing the Quantities of Sugar of the several 
Sorts imported into the United Kingdom, and the 
Quantities retained for Home Consumption, to- 
gether with the Rates of Duty charged thereon, and 


the Net Revenue accruing therefrom, in each oe 
rom 





The following Papers were laid upon the Table by Sugar, &amp;. 

















Foreign Sugar. 


East India 
Railways. 


Richmond 
Bridge. 


Land Tax, 


Freight 

Money (Green- 
wich Hos- 
pital.) 


No. 238. 
Burial- 
grounds 
(Metropolis.) 

No. 239. 


Lunacy. 
No. 240, 


Public 
Petitions. 
Vide Thirty- 
sixth Report. 


Commissariat. 








18 Vicroriz. 


from 1800 to 1854 inclusive; followed by a Com- 

arative Statement of the Average Prices of British 

lantation and Foreign Sugar (ordinary Yellow Ha- 
vannah), for the same series of years:—Account of 
the Imports into the United Kingdom of Sugar, Mo- 
lasses, Rum, Coffee, Cocoa and Cotton, from the 
West Indies, British Guiana, the Mauritius and 
British Possessions in India, for the years 1831 to 
1854 inclusive; distinguishing the Quantities im- 
ported 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 imported into the United Kingdom in the 
years 1848, 1849, 1850, 1851, 1852, 1853, and 
1854 respectively ; stating the Quantity retained for 
Home Consumption, the Rates of Duty paid, and the 
Quantity exported (in continuation of Parliamentary 
Paper, No. 237, of Session 1854). 

Return to an Order, dated the 15th day of March 
last, for a Return of the Quantity of Foreign Sugar 
entered for Home Consumption during each year, 
from 1831 to 1854 inclusive ; distinguishing Refined 
from Unrefined, and also the several Places from 
whence such Sugai was imported (in continuation 
of Parliamentary Paper, No. 248, of Session 1854). 

Return to an Order, dated the 30th day of March 
last, for Copies or Extracts of Correspondence be- 
tween the Court of Directors of the East India Com- 
pany and the several Governments in Jndia, relative 
to the Progress of Railway Undertakings in Jndia 
(in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 318, 
of Session 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,—Richmond 
Bridge : Cash Account for the year 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 attending 
the execution of those Acts, from the 5th April 1854, 
the Period to which the last Account was made up, 
to the 5th April 1855. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Freight 
Money (Greenwich Hospital), which was presented 
upon the 11th day of this instant May, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Burial- 
grounds (Metropolis), which was presented upon the 
11th day of this instant May, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Lunacy, 
which was presented upon the 14th day of this instant 
May, be printed. 


Petitions relating to the Ballot ;— Carlisle Canon- 
ries Bill;—Church Rates ;—Church Rates, &amp;c. ;— 
Marriage Law Amendment Bill ;—Maynooth Col- 
lege Act ;—Mines ;—Ministers’ Money (Jreland) ; 
—Education of Pauper Children Bill ;—Education 
(Scotland) Bill ;—Free Schools Bill ;—Friendly So- 
cieties Bill ;—Intoxicating Liquors ; — Metropolis 
Local Management Bill ;— Poor Law ;— Public- 
houses (Scotland) Act ;—Registration of Births, &amp;c. 
( Scotland) Bill ;—Sale of Beer Act (1854) ;—Schools 
(Scotland) Bill ;—Schools (Scotland) Bill, and Edu- 
cation (Scotland) Bill;—~-Screw Propeller ;—and, 
Testamentary Jurisdiction Bill,—- were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions relating to the Metropolitan Buildings 
Bill,—were also presented, and read; and referred 
to the Select Committee on the Bill. 


Mr. Peel presented, by Her Majesty’s Command, 
—Copy of a Letter, and its Enclosures, from Com- 
missary General Filder to Field Marshal the Lord 
Raglan, relating to part of the Evidence given by} 
VoL. 110. 


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931 


the Earl of Lucan before the Select Committee on 
the Army before Sebastopol. 

Ordered, That the said Paper be referred to the 
Select Committee on the Army before Sebastopol. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- Ramsgate, 
posed, That a Select Committee be omnia to &amp;c. Harbours. 
ascertain the Condition, Revenue and Expenditure of 
the Harbours of Ramsgate and the Cinque Ports :— 

And the said Motion was, with leave of the House, 
withdrawn. 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Tinney : Message from 
Mr. Speaker, the Lords. 

The Lords have agreed to the Medical, Invalid Medical, 
and General Life Assurance Society Bill, with an I=valid and 
Amendment ; to which Amendment the Lords desire ——— 
the concurrence of this House: And also, Society Bill. 

The Lords have agreed to the Plymouth and Stone- Piymouth and 
house Gas Bill, with Amendments ; to which Amend- Stonehouse 
ments the Lords desire the concurrence of this °** 3 
House: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Birmingham Water Birmingham 
Bill, with Amendments ; to which Amendments the Water Bill. 
Lords desire the concurrence of this House: And 
also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Fisheries 
for the more effectual execution of the Convention ap , 
between Her Majesty and the French Government, France) Bill. 
concerning the Fisheries in the Seas between the 
British Islands and France; to which the Lords 
desire the concurrence of this House:—And then 
the Messenger withdrew. 


Resolved, That this House will, immediately, resolve Hardware, &amp;c. 


itself into a Committee to consider of securing the Manufactures. 
Property of Manufacturers of Iron, Steel, Cutlery, 
Edge-tools, Hardware, Gold, Silver and Silver plated, 
Britannia Metal, German Silver, Copper and Brass 
Articles and other Metals, Mother of Pearl, Shell, 
Tortoiseshell, Bone, Horn, Ivory, Leather and Wood, 
and also for securing the Wages of the Workmen 
engaged in such Manufactures. 

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 the 
better to secure the Property of Manufacturers of 
Iron, Steel, Cutlery, Edge-tools, Hardware, Gold, 
Silver and Silver plated, Britannia Metal, German 
Silver, Copper and Brass Articles and other Metals, 
Mother of Pearl, Shell, Tortoiseshell, Bone, Horn, 
Ivory, Leather and Wood, and also for a the 
Wages of the Workmen engaged in such Manu- 
factures, by extending the Provisions of the Act of 
the sixth and seventh years of Her present Majesty, 
chapter forty, commonly called “The Woollen, &amp;c. 
Manufactures Act,” to the said Hardware and other 
Manufactures. 


Resolution to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Fitz- 
Roy reported, That the Committee had come to a 
Resolution. 

Ordered, That the Report be now received. 

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

That the Chairman be directed to move the 
House, That leave be given to bring in a Bill the 
better to secure the Property of Manufacturers of 
Iron, Steel, Cutlery, Edge-tools, Hardware, Gold, 
Silver and Silver plated, Britannia Metal, German 
Silver, Copper and Brass Articles and other Metals, 
Mother of Pearl, Shell, Tortoiseshell, Bone, Horn, 
Ivory, Leather and Wood, and also for securing the 
Wages of the Workmen engaged in such Manu- 
factures, by extending the Provisions of the Act of 





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932 15° Mai. A. 1855. 


the sixth and seventh years of Her present Majesty,; Then an Amendment was made to the Bill. 
chapter forty, commonly called “ The Woollen, &amp;c. Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Manufactures Act,” to the said Hardware and other| Ordered, That Mr. Wilson do carry the Bill to 
Manufactures : — And he moved the House ac- | the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 
cordingly. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in the Bill:| The Alterations in Pleadings Bill was, according Alterations in 
And that Mr. Hadfield, Mr. Roebuck, Mr. Muntz|to Order, read a second time ; and committed to a Pleadings Bil. 


and Mr. Scholefield do prepare, and bring it in. Committee of the whole House, for Friday next. 
Serew A Motion was made, and the Question being put,| The Order of the day being read, for the second National 
Propeller. That a Select Committee be appointed to inquire into | reading of the National Gallery, &amp;c. (Dublin) Bill; (public ba ' 
) Bill. 


the circumstances under which the Sum of £.20,000, Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
voted by the House of Commons as a reward or | Friday next. 
compensation to the Patentees of the Screw Pro- 
4 as used in Her Majesty’s Ships and Vessels, The Order of the day being read, for the second Savings Banks 
nas been applied, and as to what Persons have | reading of the Savings Banks and Friendly Societies worker md 
referred Claims, either to the Admiralty or other | Investments Bill ; wauenastn: 
Public Departments, to share in the Public Grant in| _ Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
“a to their Patent Rights, and to report thereon ; Monday next. 
he House divided. 
The Yeas to the Right ; The Order of the day being read, for the third Weights and 
The Noes to the Left. reading of the Weights and Measures Bill; Measures Bill. 
Tellers for the {Captain Scobell, 7 Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon 
Yeas, (Mr. Duncan: j Friday next. 
Tellers for the ;Mr. Hayter, 1 
Noes, ) Mr. Grenville Berkeley: The Sewers (House Drainage) Bill was, according Sewers (House 
So it passed in the Negative. to Order, read the third time. Drainage) Bill. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Formation,&amp;c. | Ordered, That leave be given to bring ina Bill) Ordered, That Viscount Ebrington do carry the 
of Parishes. to make better Provision for the Formation and | Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 
Endowment of separate and distinct Parishes: And | 
that the Marquis of B/andford and Viscount Ebring-| The Order of the day being read, for the second Grants of 


ton do prepare, and bring it in. reading of the Grants of Lands Bill; Lands Bill 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Mortmain. Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to | Friday next. 


amend the Law relating to the Conveyance of Lands : 
for Charitable Uses: And that Mr. Atherton, Mr.| The Marquis of Blandford se a Bill to Formation, &amp;c. 
George Butt and Mr. Malins do prepare, and bring | make better Provision for the Formation and En- of Parishes 


it in. dowment of separate and distinct Parishes: And PHL 
the same was read the first time; and ordered to be Bill 123. 
Justices of Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to | read a second time upon Wednesday the 13th day 
— _— amend the Laws relating to the Qualification of |of June next; and to be printed. 
‘ Justices of the Peace: And that Mr. Colvile and 
Viscount Emlyn do prepare, and bring it in. Mr. Cowper presented a Bill to amend the Law Coal Mines 
for the Inspection of Coal Mines in Great Britain : Inspection 
Coal Mines Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to | And the same was read the first time; and ordered Bill 124 


Inspection. amend the Law for the Inspection of Coal Mines in | to be read a second time upon Monday next; and to 
Great Britain: And that Sir George Grey and Mr. | be printed. 
Cowper do prepare, and bring it in. 
Mr. Colvile presented a Bill to amend the Laws Justices of 





Grants of The Order of the day being read, for the second | relating to the Qualification of Justices of the Peace : —_ — 
Lands Bil. reading of the Grants of Lands Bill ; And the same was read the first time ; and ordered my 195 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time after | to be read a second time upon Wednesday the 13th = “*"* 
the other Orders of the day. day of June next; and to be printed. 
Court of The Order of the day being read, for the second; Mr. Hadfield sae ee a Bill the better to secure Hardware, &amp;c. 
oa reading of the Court of Session (Scotland) Bill; the Property of Manufacturers of Iron, Steel, Cutlery, —_— 
) Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time To-| Edge-tools, Hardware, Gold, Silver and Silver Bill 126 
morrow. = Britannia Metal, German Silver, Copper and ~! ’ 
rass Articles, and other Metals, Mother of Pearl, 
Spirit, &amp;e. The Spirit, &amp;c. Duties (Excise) Bill was, according | Shell, Tortoiseshell, Bone, Horn, Ivory, Leather and 
ade ypu. Order, read the third time. Wood, and also for securing the Wages of the Work- 


An Amendment was proposed to be made to the | men engaged in such Manufactures, by extending 
Bill, in p. 3, 1.21, by adding at the end of Clause (A.)| the Provisions of the Act of the sixth and seventh 
the words “ Provided always, That nothing herein | years of Her present Majesty, chapter forty, com- 
“ contained shall be construed to alter or repeal the | monly called “The Woollen, &amp;c. Manufactures Act,” 
“ Provisions of an Act passed in the eleventh and | to the said Hardware and other Manufactures : And 
“* twelfth years of the reign of Her Majesty, intituled, | the same was read the first time ; and ordered to be 
“An Act to amend the Laws relating to the |read a second time upon Thursday next; and to be 


“ Warehousing of British Spirits.’” printed. 
And the Question being put, That those words 
be there added ; Mr. Atherton presented a Bill to amend the Law Mortmain Bill. 
The House divided. relating to the Conveyance of Lands for Charitable _ Bill 127. 
The Yeas to the Right; Uses: And the same was read the first time; and 
The Noes to the Left. ordered to be read a second time upon Thursday the 


Tellers for the f Admiral Jones, 1 
Yeas, \Mr. Grogan: J 
Tellers for the; Mr. Hayter, 1 56 

Noes, \Mr. Grenville Berkeley: f °”” 
So it passed in the Negative. 


24th day of this instant May ; and to be printed. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 














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Committees. 


Public 
Petitions 
(Thirty-fifth 
Report.) 


West India 
Islands Relief. 


No. 241. 


Abingdon 
Railway Bill. 


London Necro- 
polis an-t 
National Mau- 
soleum Bill. 


Limerick and 
Castleconnell 
Railway Bill. 


Alford and 
Boston Road 
Bill. 


East Kent 
Railway Bill. 


Manchester, 

Sheffield and 
Lincolnshire 
Railway 


(Capital) Bill. 


Thames 
Embankment 
and Railway 
Bill. 


Chester and 
Holyhead 
Railway Bills 
(1847 and 
1848.) 


Grand Surrey 
Canal (No. 2) 
Bill. 


18 Vicrorti. 


Mercurii, 16° die Maiti; 
Anno 18° Victoria Regine, 1855. 


PRAYERS. 


RDERED, That all Committees have leave 


to sit this day, during the sitting of the House. 


Mr. Bonham Curter reported from the Select 
Committee on Public Petitions ; That they had ex- 
amined the Petitions presented upon the 14th day 
of this instant May, and had directed him to make a 
Report thereof to the House. 

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


Mr. Wilson presented, pursuant to the divections 
of several Acts of Parliament,—Statement showing 
the Amount due and remaining to be paid on the 31st. 
March 1855, in respect of Loans advanced to the 
Island of Jamaica, tor Losses by Insurrection ; and 
to the Islands of Barbados, Saint Vincent, Saint 
Lucia and Dominica, for Losses by Hurricanes, under 
the Act 2 &amp; 3 Will. 4, c. 125, and subsequent Acts ; 
distinguishing the Amounts unpaid on Public Loans, 
from Amounts unpaid on Loans to Proprietors of 
Estates. 

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





The Abingdon Railway Bill was read the third 
time. 

A Clause (Railway to be kept open with both 
gauges), was thrice read ; and added to the Bill. 
~ Then Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Resolved, Viat the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. /3rotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 





Ordered, That the London Necropolis and National | 
Mausoleum Bill be read the third time upon Mon-| 
day next. 


The Limerick and Custleconnell 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 Alford and Boston Road Bill, as amended in 
the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 





The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the East Kent Railway Bill, as amended in the 
Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolushire Railway 
(Capital) Bill, as amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Lill be read the third time. 


Ordered, That the Thames Embankment and 
Railway Bill be read a second time upon Wednes- 
day next. 


Ordered, That the Minutes of the Evidence taken 
before the Committees on the Chester and Holyhead 
Railway (Extension at Holyhead) Bill, in Session 
1847, and the Chester and Molyhead Railway Bill, 
in Session 1848, be referred to the Committee on 
Group No. 3 of Railway and Canal bills, respect 
of the England and Ireland |mproved Communi- 
cation Bill. 


Ordered, That so much of Standing Order No. 202, 
as requires that seven clear days’ Notice shall be 
given by the Clerk to the General Committee on 
Railway and Canal Bills to the Clerks in the Private 


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VoL. 110. 


233 


Bill Office, of the day and hour appointed for the 
meeting of the Committee on every Railway and 
Canal Bill, be suspended in the case of the Grand 
Surrey Canal (No. 2) Bill; and that the Committee 
to whom such Bill stands referred, have leave to sit, 
and proceed on Monday next, provided the Clerk to 
the General Committee on Railway and Canal Bills 
do give Notice forthwith to the Clerks in the Private 
Bill Office of the day and hour of the sitting of the 
Committee on the Bill. 


The Order for referring the New River Company New River 
and Trustees of the River Ze? Bill to the Committee Co™Pa™y 24 
“g . oe ; : Trustees of 

of Selection, was read, and discharged. 


1 : rae the River Lee 
Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. Bill. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill New River 
for transferring part of the Property and Powers of Company and 
the Trustees of the River Zee, and for the Amend- Loy cy 
ment of the Acts of the New River Company, the (No. 2). 
East London Waterworks Company, and the said 
Trustees, and for other purposes: And that Sir John 
Johnstone and Mr. Mills do prepare, and bring 
it in. 


Ordered, That in the case of the Birkenhead and Birkeniead 
Liverpool Docks (Trust Property of Birkenhead eee 
Dock Trustees, &amp;c.) Bill, Petition for additional Pro- Peapeste i 
vision, the Examiner of Petitions for Private Bills Birkenhead 
have leave to sit, and proceed To-morrow. ery Trustees, 

ce.) Bill. 

Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for better ena- Wisbech Port 
bling the Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses of the Bill. 
Borough of IWisbech to raise and secure Monies 
payable by them to the Nene Valley Drainage and 
Navigation Improvement Commissioners, and for 
other purposes: And the same was read the first 
time; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for incorporating Cape Town 
“The Cape Town Railway and Dock Company,” ae and 
and for other purposes connected therewith: And ——— 
the same was read the first time; and ordered to be 


read a second time. 


pany Bill. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to East India fast India 
(Sattura), which was presented upon the 2tith day (Sattara.) 
of April last, be printed. No. 242. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to East India Fast India 
Telegraphs, which was presented upon the 4th day Te'egraphs. 
of this instant May, be printed. No. 243. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Land Forces, Land Forces, 
&amp;e. (India), which was presented upon the 15th day &amp;c- (India.) 
of this instant May, be printed. No. 244. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Sugar, &amp;c., Sugar, &amp;e. 
which was presented upon the 15th day of this in- No. 245. 
stant May, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Foreign Foreign Sugar. 
Sugar, which was presented upon the 15th day of Ne. 246. 
this instant May, be printed. 


Petitions relating to Ballot ;—Church Rates ;— Public 

Church Rates Abolition Bill; —Church Rates Abo- Petitions. 
lition (No. 2) Bill; — Marriage Law Amendment Vide Thirty- 
Bill ; —Maynooth College Act ;—Regium Donum, sixth keport. 
Maynooth College, &amp;c.;—County Rates (Jreland) ; 
— Decimal Comuge ; — Education ; — Education 
(Scotland) Bill;—Free Schools Bill ;—Hardware, 
&amp;e. Manufactures Bill ;—Intoxicating Liquors ;— 
Mines (Jrelund) Bill ;—Nuisances Removal Amend- 
ment Bill ;— Public-houses (Scot/and) Act;—Schools 
(Scot/and) Bill; —Tenants’ Improveme:ts Compen- 
sation (Zreland) Will ;—and, Testamentary Jurisdic - 
tion Bill,—were presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Louverie presented,—Return to an Order, Geological 
dated the 30th day of March last, for a Skeleton Surveys. 
Map of Ireland, squared and numbered to corres- 

HH pond 








Church Rates 
Abolition Bill. 


Education 
of Pauper 


Children Bill. 


Church Rates 


Abolition 
(No. 2) Bill. 


Piers and 
Harbours 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 


Jurors and 
Juries (Ire- 
land) Bill. 


Jurors and 
Juries (Ire- 


land) (No. 2) 


Bill. 


Mines 


234 


pond with the Sheets of the Ordnance Maps, 
coloured with distinctive Colours, to show—1st. That 
portion of Jreland which has been surveyed geo- 
logically, and of which the Office Plans are prepared 
and ready to be transferred to the Plates of the re- 
duced One-inch Map of Ireland ; 2d. That portion of 
Ireland of which the reduced Maps are prepared, and 
on which the geological features are in course of 
being marked in; 3d. That portion of Jreland of 
which the reduced Plates have been geologically 
coloured, and are now on Sale :—-Statement of the 
Number of Plates of the reduced Map of Jreland 
which have been supplied to the Jrish Geological 
Survey Office :—Similar Map and Return in respect 
of the English Geological Survey :—And, Statement 
of the Progress made in the Publication of Maps of 
the Irish Geological Survey since the Return made 
in 1851 (Parliamentary Paper, No. 638), in which it 
is stated that “ The following area has been completed 
and published: the Counties of Dublin, Wicklow, 
Wexford, Carlow and Kilkenny ;” and also, where 
the Office for the Sale of the Geological Maps of 
those Counties has been established, and the Number 
of the Maps which have been sold. 

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


The Order of the day being read, for the second 

reading of the Church Rates Abolition Bill ; 
Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 
Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


The Education of Pauper Children Bill was, ac- 
cording to Order, read a second time; and com- 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for Fri- 
day next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Church Rates Abolition (No. 2) 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 the word “now,” and, at 
the end of the Question, adding 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, dl yay Clay, 7 
f Mr. Packe, 1 
| Mr. Lloyd Davies : J 
So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 
Ordered, That the Bill be now read a second 
time :—The Bill was accordingly read a second 
time ; and committed to a Committee of the whole 
House, for To-morrow. 


Tellers for the Noes, 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Piers and Harbours (Scotland) 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 Jurors and Juries (Jreland) Bill ; 


16° Maiz. 


The Order of the day being read, fur the second Carlisle 


Canonries Bill, 





A. 1855. 


reading of the Carlisle Canonries 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 the word “now,” and, at 
the end of the Question, adding 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 Lett. 
Tellers for the boy Ferguson, 
Yeas, Mr. Charles Howard : 
Tellers for the; Mr. Hayter, 7} 
Noes, (Mr. Grenville Berkeley: { 
So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 
Ordered, ‘Vhat the Bill be now read a second 
time :—The Bill was, accordingly read a second 
time ; and committed to a Committee of the whole 
House, for To-morrow. 


in 


98. 


the 31st day of this instant May, resolve itself into 
the said Committee. 


mittee of Supply 5 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


mittee of Ways and Means ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


reading of the Court of Session (Scotland) Bill; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Friday next. 


Return from the Treasurer of each County, County 
of a City, and County of a Town in Jreland, show- 
ing the Receipts and Payments on behalf of each 
County in the year 1854; showing the Receipts— 
Ist. The Balance, if any, on hand in County Bank 
or Exchequer Bills on the 1st day of January 1854; 
2d. Amount received from County Cess; 3d. Amount 
received from all other Sources; and, 4th. Balance, 





* \if any, due County Bank or Treasurer on the 31st 


‘day of December 1854;—and Payments — 1st. 
Balance, if any, due County Bank or Treasurer on 


the 1st day of January 1854; 2d. Amount of all ~ 


Sums paid; and, 3d. Balance, if any, in County 
Bank or Exchequer Bills on the 31st day of De- 
cember 1854; together with a Statement of—l1st. 
The Assets above Liabilities ; and, 2d. The County 
Cess due and uncollected on the 31st day of De- 
cember 1854; but not including therein any Sum 
ordered to be levied at the Summer Assizes pre- 
ceding, or the Second half of the Sum ordered to be 
levied off the County of Dublin in the Spring pre- 
ceding. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon | 


Tuesday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Jurors and Juries (Jreland) (No. 2) 
Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Tuesday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 


(Ireland) Bill. reading of the Mines (/re/and) Bill ; 
Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 
Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 





The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Nuisances 
mittee on the Nuisances Removal Amendment Bill ; — 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 


mendment 
ill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Supply. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Ways ana 
Means. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Court of 
Session (Scot- 
land) Bill. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Coumy 
Accounts 
((reland.) 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Corporate 


Town or Water Commissioners, or other Public 
Body, having a right to levy Rates off the Inhabi- 
tants of Towns in Jreland, being a Statement of the 
Receipts and Payments of each in 1854; showing 
the Receipts—ist. Balance, if any, in Treasurer’s 
hands on the Ist day of January 1854; 2d. Amount 
received from Rents; 3d. Amount received from 
Tolls, Assessments or Rates ; 4th. Amount of Money 
borrowed; 5th. Receipts from all other Sources ; 
and, 6th. Balance, if any, due to the Treasurer on 
the 


‘a Return from each Corporation, Town Council, Accounts 
(Ireland.) 




















18 Vicrori 2. 


the 31st day of December 1854 ;—and Payments— 
1st. Balance, if any, due to the Treasurer on the tst 
day of January 1854; 2d. Lighting, watching and 
cleansing Expenses; 3d. Repairs; 4th. Improve- 
ments; 5th. Salaries; 6th. Law Charges; 7th. In- 
terest on Debts; 8th. Annuities; 9th. Debts paid 
off; 10th. Incidental Expenses; and, 11th. Balance, 
if any, in Treasurer's hands on the 31st day of De- 
cember 1854; also the Amount of Debt due by each 
such Body on the 1st day of January 1854 and the 
31st day of December 1854, in Classes, distinguish- 
ing—I1st. The Bonded Debt; 2d. The Amount due 
to Contractors; 3d. To Bank; 4th. To other Par- 
ties; 5th. To Treasurer; with the Rate of Interest 
on each Class of Debt, and the Increase or Decrease 
of the Debt during the year:—And, similar Return 
from each Port, Harbour or Dock Commissioners, 
or other similar Body having Power to levy Tonnage 
or Goods Rates in any Port in Jreland. 


Victoria-street 


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


Return of the Total Expenditure relating to the 
Victoria-street Sewer, stating the Amount of the 
Original Contracts, the Expense incurred in Repairs, | 
the Expense of Survey, and all Extras incurred in | 
relation to the said Sewer, giving the Names of the 
various Surveyors employed, the Items paid in Com- 
pensation, with the Names of the [Individuals to 
whom Compensation has been paid for Damage 
done in the Construction and Repair of the said 
Sewer; together with an Account of all Monies, 
and how raised, towards the Expenditure of the said 
Sewer; together with the Names of the Members of 
the Commission of Sewers under whose Orders the 
Victoria-street Sewer was commenced. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Copy of the Report of the Survey held at Woolwich 
on the “ Candia” (ron) Transport, and that of the 
Pilot who took her out. 


“ Candia” 
Transport, 





Formation, &amp;c. The Order for reading a second time, upon Wed- 


of Parishes nesday the 13th day of June next, the Formation, 
Bill. &amp;c. of Parishes Bill, was read, and discharged. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday the 27th day of June next. 
Bills of Ordered, That Mr. William Brown be added to 
Lading. the Gentlemen appointed to prepare, and bring in 
the Bills of Ladivg Bill. 

Bills of Mr. Cairns presented a Bill to amend the Law| 
Lading Bill. relating to Bills of Lading: And the same was read | 
Bill 128. the first time ; and ordered to be read a second time 
upon Tuesday next; and to be printed. 

Metropolitan Mr. Hugh Adair reported the Metropolitan Rail- 
Railway Bill. 


way Bill, with Amendments. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 





Railway and Mr. Hugh Adair reported from the Committee 


16°—-17° Maiz. 


235 


same was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time upon Tuesday next; and to be 
printed. 


A Petition of the Halifax Gas-Light and Coke Halifax 
Company, and of the Mayor, Aldermen and Bur- Ges Bie. 
gesses of the Borough of Halifax, both in their 
corporate capacity, and as the Local Board of Health 
of the District of the Borough, praying that Provi- 
sion may be made in the Halifixt Gas Bil for giving 
effect to an Agreement entered into by the said 
Lord Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses for purchas- 
ing the Undertaking of the said Company, and for 
other purposes, was presented, and read; and 
referred to the Examiners of Petitions for Private 
Bills. 


Mr. Cairns presented a Bill to facilitate the more Absconding 











(Geup 7) on Group 7 of Railway and Canal Bills; That, on 
P‘) the Application of the Promotors of the Mid Kent 
and North Kent Railway Bill, which was not op- 
posed by the Opponents of the Bill, the Committee 
had adjourned till Monday next, at Twelve of the 
clock. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 
Barnet and Mr. Hugh Adair reported from the Committee 
Railwey Bil on Group 7 of Railway and Canal Bills; That the 
" Parties promoting the Barnet ani Willesden Rail- 
way 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 ke printed. 
Bankruptcy Mr. Cairns presented a Bill to amend and conso- 
(Ireland) Bill. jidate the Law of Bankruptcy in Jreland: And the 
Bill 129, VoL. 110. 





speedy Arrest of Absconding Debtors in Jreland : Debtors 
And the same was read the first time ; and ordered ong 
to be read a second time upon Tuesday next; and ” ; 
to be printed. 
And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 
Jovis, 17° die Maii; 
Anno 18° Victoria Regine, 1855. 
PRAYERS. 
R. Fitz Roy reported the Stokes Bay and Jsle Stokes Bay 


an 


M of Wight Railway, Pier and Telegraph Bill, Wight Bail- 
with Amendments. way, Pier and 

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


Sir Edmund Hayes reported from the Committee Stockport, 

on Group (8) of Railway and Canal Bills; That in D’sley — . 
the case of the Stockport, Disley and Whaley Bridge Selhoap Bil” 
Railway Sill, they had examined the allegations 
contained in the Preamble of the Bill, and amended 
the same, by striking out a reference to certain ar- 
rangements which have been omitted from the Bill 
as amended, and by altering the Preamble so as to 
show that the intended contribution of the Cromford 
and High Peak Railway Company is to be made 
towards the general undertaking of the Stockport, 
Disley and Whaley Bridge Railway Company ; 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. 


Ordered, That the Committee on Group No. 11 Railway and 
of Railway and Canal Bills have leave to sit this — Bills 
day till Five of the clock, during the sitting of the (Croup 11.) 
House. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Uxbridge 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Uxbridge pm sy * 
Burgage Lands 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 Kingston-upon-Hull, Hessle and Ferriby Road Kingston- 


Bill was read the third time. + ane 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the Ferriby Roa P 


Title be, An Act for repairing the Road from 
the Town of Kingston-upon-Hull to the Western 
Boundary of the Parish of Hessle, in the East Riding 
of the County of York. 

Ordexed, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Bill. 


The Mewtown and Oswestry Railway Bill was read Newtown and 
the third time; and Amendments were made to the Otwestry 
Bill. —— 
Resolved, 


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West on-super- 
Mare Gas Bill. 


Newton in 
Mackerfield 
Improvement 
Bill. 


Waveney 
Valley Rail- 
way Bill. 


Southampton 
Paving Trust, 
Saint Pancras 
Bill. 


West London 
and Crystal 
Palace Rail- 
way Bill 
(1853), and 
Westminster 
Terminus 
Railway Bill 
(1854. ) 


Airdrie Rural 
District Police 
Bill. 


Airdrie Rural 
District Police 
(No. 2). 


Folkestone 
Improvement 
Bill. 


East Kent 
Railway 

(Extension 
to Dover.) 


Birkenhead 
and Liverpool 
Docks ¢ Trust 
Property of 
Birkenhead 
Dock Trustecs) 
Bill. 


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Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act for making a Railway from Oswes- 
try, in the County of Salop, to Welchpoul and New- 
town, in the County of Montgomery. 
Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Weston-super-Mare 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 House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Newton in Mackherfield \mprovement 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 Waveney Valley 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 Southampton Paving Trust, Saint 
Pancras Bill; 


Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 


Thursday the 7th day of June next. 


Ordered, That the Minutes of the Evidence taken | 


before the Committee on the West Zondon and 


17° Mazz. 


A. 1855. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Fast Kent 
‘one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, ®#lway 
in respect of non-compliance with the Standing _ onnt 
Orders in the case of the Petition for the East 
Kent Railway (Extension to Dover) Vill. 

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


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for transferring New River 
part of the Property and Powers of the ‘Trustees of Company and 
the River Zee, and for the Amendment of the Acts —— 
of the New River Company, the East London Wa- (No. 2) Bill. 
terworks Company, and the said Trustees, and for 
other purposes: And the same was read the first 
time. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exami- 
ners of Petitions for Private Bills. 


The Select Committee on Divorce Bills was no- Divorce Bills, 
minated of Mr. Cowper, Mr. Walpole, Mv. Sotheron, 
Sir John Pakington, Siv John Yarde Buller, Mv. 
Headlam, Mr. Bonham Carter, Mr. Robert Phiili- 
more and Mr. Freshfield. 


The Fisheries (British Islands and Frauce) Bill Fisheries 

was read the first time; and ordered to be read —— , 
. . Siands @ 

second time upon Monday next; and to be printed. France) Bill 

Bill 131. 

Mr. Wrightson reported the Bridport and Broad Bridport and 
Winsor Roads Bill, with Amendments. Broad Winsor 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. %°*4s Bill. 


Crystal Palace Railway Bill in Ses-ion 1853, and the | 


Westminster Terminus Railway Bill in Session 1854, 
be referred to the Committee on Group No. 6 of 
Railway and Canal Bills, to which the West London 
and Crystal Palace and Westminster Terminus Rail- 
ways Bill, and the Westminster Terminus Railway 
(Clapham to Norwood) Bill, stand referred. 


The Order for referrmg the Airdrie Rural District 
Police 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 
repeal the Act of the ninth Victoria, chapter thirty- 


two, and to reconstitute the Police District therein- | 


mentioned, and extend the limits thereof; to erect 
and maintain a Hall, Court-house and Public Offices, 
in or near Airdrie, and for other purposes : 
Mr. William Lockhart and Mr. Baird do prepare, 
and bring it in. 


The Order for reading the third time, To-morrow 
a , b] 


the S/olkestone Improvement 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, at Three o'clock. 


‘ 


A Petition of the East Kent Railway Company, 


for leave to bring in a Bill for enabling the East Aent | 


Railway Company to extend their authorized line 
of Railway, by the Construction of a Railway from 
Canterbury to Dover, with two Branches at Dover, 


to increase their Capital, and for other purposes, was | 


presented, and read; and referred to the Select 


Committee on Standing Orders. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, 
That in the case of the Petition for additional Pro- 
vision in the Birkenhead and Liverpool Docks (Trust 
Property of Birkenhead Dock Trustees) Bill, the 
Standing Orders have been complied with. 

Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee on the Bill, that they have Power to make 
Provision therein pursuant to the Prayer of the said 
Petition. 


And that | 


Petitions relating to the Book of Common Prayer ; Public 

— Carlisle Canonries Bill;— Church Rates ;—Ec- Petitions. 
| clesiastical Courts ;— Marriage Law Amendment Vide Thirty- 
_ Bill; —AMaynooth College Act ;—Decimal Coinage ; — me 
| —Drainage (Jreland) Act;—Education Bills, and?” 
| Free Schools Bill; —Education (Scotland) Bill ;— 

Friendly Societies Bill;—Hardware, &amp;c. Manufac- 
tures Bill ;—Inland Revenue (Excise Department) ; 
_—lIntoxicating Liquors ;—Poor Law (Zreland) ; — 
| Public-houses (Scotland) Act;—Sale of Beer Act 
| (1854) ;—Savirgs Banks (Jreland) ;—Schools (Scot- 
| land) Bill ;—and, Schools (Scotland) Bill, and Edu- 
cation (Scot/and) Bill,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Roebuck reported from the Select Committee Army before 


Sebastopol 
(Fourth Re- 
port. ) 


N oO, 247. 


on the Army before Sebastopol; That they had ex- 
amined several other Witnesses on the subject of 
the matter to them referred ; and had agreed to re- 
port the Minutes of the Evidence taken before them. 

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


Mr. Cobbett reported the Staines, Wokingham and Staines, 


7p — paca gy Syne ~ Wokingham 
Woking Railway (Alterations, &amp;c.) Bill, with Amend and Woking 
ments. Railway 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; ( Alterations, 
and be printed. &amp;e.) Bill. 


| Group (6) of Railway and Canal Bills ; 


| case of the Staines, Wokingham and Woking Railway 


Mr. Cobbett reported from the Committee on Staines, 


That in the Wekingham 
and Woking 


miwa 
(Reading Junction) Bill, they had examined the Tanti ; 
allegations contained in the Preamble of the Bill, but Junction) Bill. 
| the same had not been proved to their satisfaction. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Church Rates 
mittee on the Church Rates Abolition (No. 2) Bill; —, 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday i 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented County 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased Courts. 
to give directions, that there be laid — this 

House, 








i 
E 





Court of 
Chancery 
(Ireland. ) 


Cholera, 


lorses and 
Carriages, 





18 Vicrori a. 


House, Returns from each Judge of County Courts 
of the Number of Matters referred to him for Arbi- 
tration under either Section 3 or Section 6 of “ The 
Common Law Procedure Act, 1854,” since the 24th 
day of October 1854:—Of the Amount in dispute 
in each case :— Whether the Matter in dispute con- 
sisted wholly or in part of Matter of mere Account : 
—Of the Time occupied in each case :—Of the Place 
where the Arbitration was held :--Of the Number of 
Miles travelled to such Place :—And, of the Fees 
(if anv) charged to Parties in each case. 


17° Mazz. 








237 


paid thereon, and Totals of Horses and Carriages 
and Duty. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Pauper 
Returns, showing the Number of Children between Children. 


Three years and Fifteen years of Age, who shall be 
chargeable to the Poor Rates of the several Parishes 
and Unions in England and Wales (but who shall 
not be Inmates of Werkhouses, or of any Schools 
for Pauper Children), on the 25th day of March 
1854 and 1855; distinguishing the Number of such 


Ordered, ‘That thg said Address be presented to | Children who shall then be attending Day Schools 
Her Majesty, by such Members of this House as are | at the Cost of their Parents or Relatives ; the Num- 


of Her Majesty's Most honourable Privy Council. 


ber of such Children who shall then not be attending 
any Day School ; and distinguishing, also, the Num- 


S 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, | ber of such Children who shall then be in Work :— 


Returns from the Offices of each of the Masters in | 


Ordinary of the Court of Chancery in Jreland, of 
the Number of Cause Petition Cases under the 
Court of Chancery (Jreland) Regulation Act, 1850, 


referred to each Master in each year, from the 14th | 


day of August 1850 to the present time; distin- 
guishing, so far as it may be practicable to do so, 
the Cases under the 15th Section of such Act from 
the General Cause Petition Cases :—Of the Number 
of Meetings had before each Master, in pursuance 
of Summonses or Notices, in the year ending the 
31st day of December 1854, distinguishing those 
in the Long and Short Cause Lists, and also distin- 
guishing those generally denominated Receivers’ 
Business from the General Business; and of the 
Number of Orders made by each Master on Re- 
ceivership Business :—Of the Number of Cases dis- 
tinguished as Long Causes heard by each Master, 
in the year ending the 81st day of December 1854 : 
—Of the Number of Receivers, Sequestrators, 
Guardians of Minors and Committees of Lunatics, 
at present managing Estates under the authority of 
the Court of Chancery in Jreland, the Business 
whereof is attached to the Office of each Master ; 
and the Number of Receivers’ Accounts passed in 
the Office of each Master, in the year ending the 
31st day of December 1854; also, of the Number 
of Meetings before each Master on Receivers’ State- 


ments within said year :—Return from the Office of | 


Receiver Master of the Court of Chancery (Zre/and), 
showing the Number of Receivers appointed by him 
over Estates in each year, from the 10th day of Au- 
oust 1851 to the date of this Return :—Return from 
the Registrar's Office of said Court of Chancery 
(Ireland), specifying the Number of Reports made 
by each Master in the year ending the 31st day of 
December 1854 ; distinguishing Reports on Recei- 
vership Business from those on General Business :— 
And, a like Return, specifying the Number of Orders 
made by each Master in said period. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Copies of any Letters which have been ad- 
dressed to the General Board of Health, complaining 
of the Omission of any Notice of certain Returns 
in relation to the Treatment of Cholera, which Re- 
turns were sent to the General Board of Health in 
pursuance of a Circular dated September last, and 
issued by the Board; and, of any Correspondence 
which has passed between the President of the Board 
and the Medical Council; together with Copies of 
the Returns which have been rejected by the Medical 
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. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the Number of Horses and Carriages 
upon which Duty was paid in England, in the — 
1854, in each County; distinguishing the Total 


Number in each County, and the Amount of Duty 
VoL, 110. 











And, of the Number of such Children who were at- 
tending Day Schools on the 25th day of March 1854 
and 1855, at the Cost of other Parties than their 
Parents or Relatives (in continuation of Parliamen- 
tary Paper, No. 355, of Session 1854). 


Lord Stanley reported from the Committee on Oxford, Wor- 


Group (1) of Railway and Canal Bills ; ‘That in the 
case of the Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton 


Railway (Narrow Gauge) Bill, they had examined (Narrow 
the allegations contained in the Preamble of the @2uge) Bill. 


Bill, and amended the same, by inserting the word 
“ arrangement” with reference to the intended lease 
of the Oxford, Worcester und Wolverhampton Rail- 
way, instead of the word “ agreement,” and by in- 
serting an alteration in the recital at present in the 
Bill with reference to certain shares held in trust for 
the Great Western Railway Company in the Ozford, 
Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway Company, 
such several Amendments being required in order to 
make the Preamble consistent with the facts, as 
shown by the evidence given to the Committee, and 
also by omitting a part of the last paragraph of such 
Preamble as to the expediency of the proposed al- 
teration to be effected by the Bill, the purport of 
which was comprised in the previous allegations ; 
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. 


Lord Stanley reported from the Committee ON Worcester 
Group (1) of Railway and Canal Bills ; That in the and Hereford 
case of the Worcester and Hereford Railway Bill, 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. Christopher reported from the Committee on Wolverhamp 


That in the case of the ton New 
1 Water Bill. 


Group G. of Private Bills ; 
Wolverhampton New Water Bill, they had examinec 
the allegations contained in the Preamble of the 
Bill, and made a verbal Amendment therein; 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. 


The following Paper was laid upon the Table by Victoria-street 
the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, dated Sewer. 


the 16th day of this instant May, fora Return of 
the Total Expenditure relating to the Victoria-street 
Sewer, stating the Amount of the Original Contracts, 
the Expense incurred in Repairs, the Expense of 
Survey, and all Extras incurred in relation to the 
said Sewer, giving the Names of the various Sur- 
veyors employed, the Items paid in Compensation, 
with the Names of the Individuals to whom Com- 
pensation has been paid for Damage done in the 
Construction and Repair of the said Sewer; to- 
gether with an Account of all Monies, and how 

HHS raised, 








East India. 


Criminal 
Offenders 
(Ireland. ) 


Metropolis 
Roads. 


Supreme 
Court of 
Calcutta. 
No, 248. 
County 


Treasurers 
(Ireland.) 


No, 249. 
Constabulary 
(Ireland.) 

No. 250. 
Eastern 


Papers. 
No. 251. 


Schools (Scot- 
land) Bill. 


Public Prose- 
cutors Bill. 


@é 


238 


raised, towards the Expenditure of the said Sewer ; 
together with the Numes of the Members of the 
Commission of Sewers under whose Orders tho 
Victoria-street Sewer was commenced. 


The following Paper, pursuant to the directions of 


17° Maiz. 


A. 1855. 


Then the main Question, so amended, beiu 
Ordered, That the subject of the said 
referred to a Select Committee. 


ut ; Public 
ill be Prosecutors. 


Parish Con- 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
stables Bill. 





several Acts of Parliament, was also laid upon the 


Table by the Clerk of the House,—Accounts re- | 


specting the Annual Territorial Revenues and Dis- | 
bursements of the East India Company, for Three 
years (1850-51, 1851-52, 1852-53), according to 
the latest Advices; with a Statement of the same 
for the succeeding year, partly estimated. 


Mr. Cowper presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand,—Tables, showing the Number of Persons 
committed or held to Bail for Trial at the Assizes 


and Quarter Sessions in each County in Jreland, in | 


the year 1854, and the Result of the Proceedings ; | 
with other particulars. 
Mr. Cowper also presented,—Return to an Ad- 


dress to Her Majesty, dated the 27th day of April | 


last, for a Return showing all the Toll-gates still 
existing under the Metropolitan Trust, the Amount 
at which the same are respectively let, and the 


several Debts, if any, still remaining due in respect | 
: : S pe | for To-morrow. 


thereof ; distinguishing in such Return the Amount 
remaining due from each District. 

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


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Supreme 
Court of Calcutta, which was presented upon the 
14th day of March last, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Account relative to County 
Treasurers (Jreland), which was presented upon the 
11th day of this instant May, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to the Consta- 
bulary (Jreland), which was presented upon the 
14th day of this instant May, be printed. 


Ordered, That an Abstract of the Eastern Papers, 
which were presented upon the 9th day of this instant | 
May, be printed. 


reading of the Parish Constables 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 the word “now,” and, at 

the end of the Question, addjng the words “ upon 
“ this day six months.” 

And the Question being proposed, That the 
| word “ now ” stand part of the Question :—The said 
proposed Amendment was, with leave of the House, 
withdrawn. 

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





| 


The Places of Religious Worship Registration Places of 
j . ; . : - Religious 
ill was, according to Order, read a second time; Worship Re- 


and committed to a Committee of the whole House, gistration Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Dissenters’ 
mittee on the Dissenters’ Marriages Bill ; Marriages 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- Dwelling. 
mittee on the Dwelling-houses (Scotland) Bill ; i 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday —_—o 
the 6th day of June next, resolve itself into the said 

Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Tenants’ Im- 
mittee on the Tenants’ Improvements Compensation Prevements 
Treland) Bill: Compensation 
(freland) Bi ; ; ; (Ireland) Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 


next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Personal 
into a Committee on the Personal Estates of Intes- Estates of 





The Order of the day being read, for the second ; © : . 
‘ Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Fitz Roy re- 


reading of the Schools (Scotland) Bill; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question | 
being proposed, That the Bill be read a second | 
time To-morrow ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out the word “To-morrow,” | 
and adding the words “ upon this day six months,” 
instead thereof. 

And the Question being proposed, That the word 

“ To-morrow ” stand part of the Question :—The 
said proposed Amendment was, with leave of the 
House, withdrawn. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time | 
To-morrow. 





The Order of the day being read, for the second | 
reading of the Public Prosecutors 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 words “ That the” | 
tc the end of the Question, in order to add the words 
“ subject of the said Bill be referred to a Select | 
“ Committee,” 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 
“ subject of the said Bill be referred to a Select 
“ Committee,” be added instead thereof :—It was 
resolved in the Affirmative. 





tates Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. “a pong 
vorted, 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 Order of the day being read, for the second Rating of 
reading of the Rating of Mines Bill ; Mines Bll 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Friday the 1st day of June next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Hardware, &amp;c. 
reading of the Hardware, &amp;c. Man factures Bill; | Manufactures 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Monday next. 
The Order of the day being read, for the second Piers and 
reading of the Piers and Harbours (Scotland) Bill; (Scotland) Bill 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time To- 


morrow. 


Carlisle 
Canonries Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Carlisle Canonries Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Tuesday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to Grand J uries. 
facilitate the Despatch of Business before Grand 
Juries in England and Wales: And that Mr. Bowyer 
and Mr. Montagu Chambers do prepare, and bring 


it in. 
Ordered, 








18 Vicroriz. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
continue the Railways Act (Jreland), 1851, and to 
make further Provisions in respect to the acquisition 
of Lands for Railways in Jreland: And that Mr. 
Isaac Butt and Mr. Beamish do prepare, and bring 
it in. 


aa 


Grand Jury 
Assessments 


(Ireland. ) 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
facilitate the Applotment of Grand Jury and other 
County Assessments according to the general Valua- 
tion of Rateable Property in /reland: And that Mr. 
Horsman, Mr. Attorney General for Zreland and Mr. 
Solicitor General for Treland do prepare, and bring 
it in. 


New South 
Wales Govern- b 
ment. r 


A Motion being made, That leave be given to 
ing in a Bill to enable Her Majesty to assent to a 
Bill, as amended, of the Legislature of New South 
Wales, “to confer a Constitution on New South 
Wales, and to grant a Civil List to Her Majesty ;” 

Lord John Russell, by Her Majesty’s Command, 
acquainted the House, That Her Majesty, having 
been informed of the subject-matter of this Motion, 
gives Her Consent, as far as Her Majesty’s interest 
is concerned, that the House may do therein as they 
shall think fit. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in the Bill: 
And that Lord John Russell and Mr. John Ball do 
prepare, and bring it in. 


Waste Lands 
(Australia) 
Acts Repeal. 


A Motion being made, That leave be given to 
bring in a Bill to repeal the Acts of Parliament now 
in force respecting the disposal of the Waste Lands 
of the Crown in Her Majesty's Australian Colonies, 
and to make other Provision in lieu thereof ; 

Lord John Russell, by Her Majesty’s Command, 
acquainted the House, That Her Majesty, having 
been informed of the subject-matter of this Motion, 
gives Her Consent, as far as Her Majesty’s interest 
is concerned, that the House may do therein as they 
shall think fit. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in the Bill: 
And that Lord John Russell and Mr. John Ball do 
prepare, and bring it in. 


Grand Jury 
Assessments 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Bill 133. 


Mr. Horsman presented a Bill to facilitate the 
Applotment of Grand Jury and other County Assess- 
ments, according to the general Valuation of Rateable 
Property in Jreand: And the same was read the 
first time; and ordered to be read a second time 
upon Thursday next ; and to be printed. 


New South 
Wales Govern- 
ment Bill. 


Bill 134, 


Lord John Russell presented a Bill to enable Her 
Majesty to assent to a Bill, as amended, of the Le- 
gislature of New South Wales, “ to confer a Consti- 
tution on New South Wales, and to grant a Civil 
List to Her Majesty :” And the same was read the 
first time ; and ordered to be read a second time 
upon Thursday the 7th day of June next ; and to be 
printed. 


Lord John Russell presented a Bill to repeal the 
Acts of Parliament now in force respecting the 
disposal of the Waste Lands of the Crown in Her 
Bill 135. Majesty’s Australian Colonies, and to make other 
Provision in lieu thereof: And the same was read 
the first time ; and ordered to be read a second time 
upon Thursday the 7th day of June next; and to be 


Waste Lands 
(Australia) 
Acts Repeal 
Bill. 


printed. 

(ireland) Bul. Mr. Isaac Butt presented a Bill to continue*the 
Bill 136 Railways Act (Jreland), 1851, and to make further 
* Provisions in respect to the acquisition of Lands for 
Railways in Ireland; And the same was read the 
first time ; and ordered to be read a second time 

upon Tuesday next; and to be printed. 
Caledonian Lord Harry Vane reported the Caledonian Rail- 


Railway Bill. way Bill, with Amendments. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 
VoL. 110. 


17°—18° Mair. 


239 


Lord Harry Vane reported the Edinburgh and ae 
Glasgow Railway Bill, with Amendments. Raileay Bill 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 
And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 


, 








Veneris, 18° die Maii ; 
Anno 18° Victoria Regine, 18 55. 


PRAYERS. 


OLONEL Pennant reported the Honiton Honiton 
Road Bill, with Amendments. . Road Bill. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That the Committee on Group I. of Railway and 
Railway and Canal Bills have leave to sit this day Canal Bills 
till Five of the clock, during the sitting of the —— 
House. 


Mr. Beckett reported from the Committee on the London and 
London and South Western Railway Bill; That they —_ he gy 
had examined the allegations contained in the Pre- “7 
amble of the Bill, and amended the same, so as to 
make the recitals in reference to the financial condi- 
tion of the Company agree with the facts of the case, 
as proved to the Committee ; and found the same, 
as amended, to be true; and bad gone through the 
Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

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 on 
Petitions presented upon the 15th and 16th days of Hasek 
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. Edward Ellice reported the Folkestone Im- Folkestone 
provement (re-committed) Bill, with further Amend- _ 
ments. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Wrightson reported the Bolton and Nightin- Bolton and 
gales’ Road Bill, with Amendments. ae 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. “°** ™™ 


Viscount Duncan reported from the Select Com- Edinburgh 
mittee on the Edinburgh Lands Bill; That they had Lands Bill 
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. 


Mr. Greene reported from the Select Committee Standing 
on Standing Orders, a Resolution ; which was read, Orders. 
as followeth : 

That in the case of the North Yorkshire and North York- 
Cleveland Railway, Petition of Messrs. Durnford —— 
. ° ‘ ‘ . ; eveland 
for dispensing with Standing Order 140, the said Railway Bill 
Standing Order ought to be dispensed with. 

The said Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee on the Public Public Health 
Health Bill, and the Nuisances Removal Amend- Bill, and 
ment Bill, have Power to report the Minutes of the — 
Evidence taken before them. Amendment 

Sir Benjamin Hall reported from the said Select Bill. 
Committee ; That they had taken Evidence, which No. 244. 
they had directed him to report to the House. 

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





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240 


Public Health Sir Benjamin Hull reported from the Select Com- 
— - mittee.on the Public Health Bill; That they had 
ill 72. 


gone through the Bill, and made Amendments 
thereunto. 
Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 
Ordered, That the Bill be r@-.committed to a Com- 
mittee of the whole House, for Friday the Ist day 
of June next. 





Birmingham § The House proceeded to take into consideration 

Water Bill. the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bir- 
mingham Water 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. 

Medical The House proceeded to take into consideration 
eee pen the Amendment made by the Lords to the Medical, 
Assurance Invalid and General Life Assurance Society Bill ; 


Society 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. 


Plymouth and 
Stonehouse 
Gas Bill, 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Ply- 
mouth and Stonehouse Gas Bill ; and the same were 
twice read, and, with an Amendment to one of them, 
agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill | 
to the Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House | 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their | 
Lordships, with an Amendment ; to which Amend- 
ment this House doth desire the concurrence of their | 
Lordships. 





A Motion being made, That the Ayr Harbour | 


Ayr Harbour 
Bill be now read the third time ; | 


Bill. 


18° Mazi. 





A. 1855. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration poy set oe 
the Carmarthen and Cardigan Railway Bill, as Raitway Bill. 
amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration East of Fife 
the East of Fife Railway Bill, as amended in the Railway Bill. 
Committee. 

A Clause (Provision as to the rights of the Crown), 
was twice read ; and made part of the Bill. 

Then Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Fife and Kin- 
ross Railway 


the Fife and Kinross Railway Bill, as amended in 5: 
the Committee ; and Amendments were made to the 
Bill. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Luton, 
Dunstable 
and Welwyn 
Railway Bill. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Luton, Dunstable and Welwyn Raiiway Bill, as 
amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time, 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Lyme -_ 
the Lyme Regis Roads Bill, as amended in the Com- 848 
mittee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Royal London 
the Royal London Militia Bill, 2s amended in the Militia Bill 
Committee. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Exeter and 
the Exeter and Exmouth Railway Bill, as amended Exmouth 
in the Committee. . any ee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to repeal the Act Airdrie Rural 
of the 9th Vic, c. 32, and to reconstitute the Police (No.3) Bill.” 
District therein mentioned, and extend the Limits ~~ ‘ 


Mr. FitzRoy, by Her Majesty’s Command, ac- | thereof ; to erect and maintain a Hall, Court-house 
quainted the House, That Her Majesty, having been and Public Offices in or near Airdrie, and for other 


informed of the purport of the Bill, gives Her | P 


urposes: And the same was read the first time. 


Cunsent, as far as Her Majesty’s interest is con- | 
cerned, that the House may do therein as they shall | 
think fit. 

Then the Bill was read the third time; 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. 


Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exami- 
ners of Petitions for Private Bills. 


Mr. Cobden reported from the Committee on Private Bills 
Group P. of Private Bills ; That, in consequence of (Group F-) 
the Promoters of the Barrow Harbour Bill, and the 
Westminster Improvement Bill, not being prepared 


| to proceed with their case, the Committee had ad- 


| journed to Thursday the 24th instant, at Twelve 


| 


A Motion being made, That the Cromford and | 


Cromford and 
High Peak 


Railway Bill. High Peak Railway Bill be now read the third time ; 


Mr. FitzRoy, 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. 


Glasgow and 
South Western was read the third time; 
Railway Bil. made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 


and Amendments were 


to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Nottingham The Nottingham and Loughborough Road Bill was 
ae a read the third time. 
Bill. ° Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 


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


| 
The Glasgow and South Western Railway Bill R 


Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill | 


o’clock. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Court of 
Returns of Cause Petitions heard before the Lord yee 
Chancellor from Hilary Term 1853 to Hilary Term — 
1855, in a ‘Tabular Form; stating the Dates of 


| filing Petition, of the Hearing and of the Final Decree 


where the first Decree was for an Inquiry or an 


| Account :—And, of all Causes heard before the Lord 


Chancellor during the same period ; stating the Date 


_of filing the Original Bill, and of the Hearing. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, constabulary, 
eturns of the Number of Paymasters of Constabu- &amp;c. (Ireland.) 
lary who were in Office at the time of the Office 


_ being abolished, the Salary paid to each, the Number 


of years’ Service of each Paymaster, and the Amount 
of Allowance or Compensation which was paid to 
each Paymaster on the discontinuance of his Services: 
| —And, of the Number of Poor Law Inspectors whose 
Services were lately discontinued, the Salary paid to 
/each, the Number of years’ Service of each, and of 
the Assistant Secretary, and the Amount of Com- 
| pensation or Allowance made to each :—The above 
| eturns to be made in one Tabular Form ; and in 


both 



















Message from 
the Lords. 


Jedburgh 
Railway Bill. 


Bangor 
Markets and 
Public Insti- 
tutions Bill. 


Affirmations 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 


Mayor’s Court, 
Birmingham. 


Poor Law 


(North Dublin 


Union. ) 


Patents for 
Inventions. 


Victoria- 
street Sewer. 
No. 252. 


East India, 
No, 253. 


Public 
Petitions. 
Vide Thirty- 
seventh Re- 
port. 


Adjournment. 


Railway and 
Canal Bills 
(Group 6.) 


18 VicrorizZ. 


both cases a reference is to be given to the Clause 
of the Act under which the Compensation was calcu- 
lated, or to the Authority by which it was granted. 


A Message from the Lords, by Sir George Rose : 
Mr. Speaker, 
The Lords have agreed to the Jedburgh Railway 
Bill, without any Amendment: And also, 
The Lords have agreed to the Bangor Markets 
and Public Institutions Bill, without any Amend- 
ment: And also, 


The Lords have agreed to the Affirmations (Scot- 
land) Bill, with Amendments ; to which Amendments 
the Lords desire the concurrence of this House :— 
And then the Messenger withdrew. 


Mr. Cowper presented,—Return to an Address to 
Her Majesty, dated the 10th day of this instant May, 
for a Return of the Number of Causes entered in the 
Mayor’s Court, Birmingham, and the Total Amount 
of Money sued for, in each of the years 1852, 1853, 
and 1854 respectively ; distinguishing in each year 
the Number of Causes entered for Sums above £. 20. 

Return to an Order, dated the 3d day of this in- 
stant May, for Copy of the Minutes of Evidence 
taken, and of the Report made to the Poor Law 
Commissioners (Ireland), by Charles S. Crawford, 
Esquire, Poor Law Inspector, on an investigation 
held as to the validity of certain claims to vote by 
Proxy at the Election for Guardians of the North 
Dublin Union, and lodged with the Clerk of that 
Union on the 1st day of February 1855. 

Ordered, That the said Returns 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 10th day of this instant May, for a Return of 
the Names and Addresses of all Persons who have 
petitioned the Lord Chancellor to extend the time 
limited for proceeding with their Patents by the 
Rules and Regulations of the Commissioners of 
Patents for Inventions, stating whether no Order, or 
any and what Order, was made in each case. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Victoria- 
street Sewer, which was presented upon the 17th 
day of this instant May, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Accounts relative to East India, 
which were presented upon the 17th day of this 
instant May, be printed. 


Petitions relating to the Ballot ;—Universal Suf- 
frage, &amp;c. ;—Church Rates ;—Marriage Law Amend- 
ment Bill; — Maynooth College Act; — Newspaper, 
&amp;c. Postage and Stamp Duties Bill ;—Property Tax 
(Scotland) ;—Decimal Coinage ;— Education (Scot- 
land) Bill ;—Free Schools Bill ;—Friendly Societies 
Bill ;—Intoxicating Liquors ;— Petty Sessions Clerks 
(Ireland) ;—Piers and Harbours (Scotland) Bill ;— 
Public-houses (Scotland) Act ;—Schools (Scotland) 
Bill; —Testamentary Jurisdiction Bill ;—and, War 
with Russia,—were presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition relating to the Criminal Justice Bill, 
was also presented, and read; and referred to the 
Select Committee on the Bill. 


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


Mr. Cobbett reported from the Committee on 
Group No. 6 of Railway and Canal Bills; That, 
upon the Application of the Parties in the case of 
the Portsmouth Railway Bill, they had adjourned 
to Tuesday next, at Twelve o’clock. 

Ordered, That tie Report do lie upon the Table. 

VoL. 110, 


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241 


Mr. Bowyer presented a Bill to facilitate the Grand Juries 
Despatch of Business before Grand Juries in England Bill. 
and Wales: And the same was read the first time; Bill 137. 
and ordered to be read a second time upon Thursday 
next ; and to be printed. 


Railway 
Accidents. 


Mr. Bouverie presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand,-—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 January and February 1855. 

- Ordered, ‘That the said Paper do lie upon the 
able. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming the Education 
adjourned Debate on the Amendment which, upon (Scotand) 
the 10th day of this instant May, was proposed to * 
be made to the Question, That Mr. Speaker do now 
leave the Chair (for Committee on the Education 
(Scotland) Bill), and which Amendment was to 
leave out from the word “ That” to the end of the 
Question, in order to add the words “ it be an In- 

“ struction to the Committee to divide the Bill into 
“ two Bills,” 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 House having continued to sit till after 
Twelve of the clock on Saturday morning ; 


Sabbati, 19° die Maii, 1855: 


A Motion was made, and the Question was proposed, 
That this House do now adjourn: —And the said 
Motion was, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 

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

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right ; 

The Noes to the Left. 


Tellers for the; Mr. Hayter, im 49 
Yeas, \Mr. Grenville Berkeley : b ieee 
Tellers for the; Mr. Cumming Bruce, 142 


Noes, Mr. Stirling: 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 
Chair :—The House accordingly resolved itself into 
the Committee ; and, after some time spent therein, 
Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Fitz Roy 
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- Lunatic 
i i f Asyl 

= on the Lunatic Asylums (Jreland) (Advances) , Ieland) (Ade 
= . . , vances) 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- Passengers 
mittee on the Passengers Act Amendment Bill ; Act Amend- 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday’ the ™™ - 
1st day of June next, resolve itself into the said 

Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming the Testamentary 
adjourned Debate on the Amendment which, upon Jurisdiction 
the 26th day of April last, was proposed to be made ®# 
to the Question, That the Testamentary Jurisdiction 
Bill be now read a second time; 

Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 
till Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Cinque Ports Bill ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 


Cinque Ports 
Bill. 





next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 
The 








249 


Militia The House, according to Order, resolved itself into 
(No. 2) Bill. 4 Committee on the Militia (No. 2) Bill; and, after 
Biil 138. some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the 


Chair; and Mr. Fitz Roy 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 ; and be printed. 


Spirits The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
a mittee on the Spirits (Zreland) Act Amendment Bill ; 
Bill. Resolved, That this House will, upon Tuesday 


next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Jurisdiction of The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
the Stannary mittee on the Jurisdiction of the Stannary Court 
ae Amendment Bill ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Alterations in 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
Pleadings Bill. 


into a Committee on the Alterations in Pleadings 
Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker 
resumed the Chair; and Mr. Fitz Roy 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. 


National The Order of the day being read, for the second 
CDublis) Bil reading of the National Gallery, &amp;c. (Dublin) Bill; 
; Ordered, ‘That the Bill be read a second time 


upon Monday next. 


Weights and § The Weights and Measures Bill was, according to 
Measures 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. 


Grants of The Order of the day being read, for the second 
Lands Bill. yeading of the Grants of Lands Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Monday next. 
Education The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
of Pauper into a Committee on the Education of Pauper 


Children Bill. Children Bill; and, after some time spent therein, 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Fitz Roy 
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 Supply ; 

Resolved, Vhat this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Supply. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Ways and Means ; 


Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Ways and 
Means. 


Court of The Court of Session (Seo¢land) Bill was, according 
ae oy ge to Order, read a second time; and committed to a | 
— Committee of the whole House, for Thursday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Schools (Scotland) Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Wednesday the 13th day of June next. 


Schools (Scot- 
jand) Bill. 


Places of Reli- The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
gious Worship into a Committee on the Places of Religious Worship | 
Registration eoistration Bill; and, after some time spent therein, | 
Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Fitz Roy 
reported, That the Committee had gone through the 
Bill. 


Bill 139. 








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21° Mait. A. 1855. 


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 Piers and Harbours (Scotland) Bill was, Piers and 
according to Order, read a second time ; and com- Harbours 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for oa 
Thursday next. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Brighton 
to confirm the Incorporation of the Borough of Icorporation. 
Brighton: And that Sir George Brooke Pechell and 
Lord Alfred Hervey do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a “ Prince 
Return of the Number of Men and Horses shipped — r 
on Board the “ Prince Alfred” Transport, and the ene 
Amount of the Ship’s Tonnage. 


Sir George Brooke Pechell presented a Bill to Brighton 
confirm the eneeaisien of the Borough of Brighton: Incorporation 
And the same was read the first time; and ordered and 
to be read a second time upon Monday next; and Bill 140. 
to be printed. 


Ordered, That the Amendments made by the Affirmations 
Lords to the Affirmations (Scotland) Bill be taken = 
into consideration upon Monday next. - 


Sir Benjamin Hall presented, — Return to an Cholera. 
Address to Her Majesty, dated the 17th day of this 
instant May, for Copies of any Letters which have 
been addressed to the General Board of Health, 
complaining of the Omission of any Notice of certain 
Returns in relation to the Treatment of Cholera, 
which Returns were sent to the General Board of 
Health in pursuance of a Circular dated September 
last, and issued by the Board; and, of any Corres- 
pondence which has passed between the President 
of the Board and the Medical Council, together with 
Copies of the Returns which have been rejected by 
the Medical Council. 

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


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




















Lune, 21° die Maii; 
Anno 18° Victoria Regine, 1855. 


PRAYERS. 
N R. FitzRoy reported from the Committee on Scinde Rail- 
the Scinde Railway Bill; That they had ex- ¥4Y Bil. 
amined the allegations of the Bill, and amended the 
Preamble thereof, by inserting therein a recital of 
the deed and settlement of the Company, and state- 


|ments in reference to the shares taken and the 


present management of the Company, and also in 
reference to certain negotiations at present going on 
between the Company and the East India Company, 
to make the Preamble in conformity 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 thereunto. 


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


Mr. Fitz Roy reported Hill’s Estate Bill, without oy Estate 
Amendment. . 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


forkshire and North York- 
shire and 
Cleveland 


Mr. FitzRoy reported the North 
Cleveland Railway Bill, with Amendments. 


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


Mr. 








18 Vicrortz. 


Public Mr. Duncan reported from the Select Committee 

Petitions on Public Petitions; That they had examined the 

eo Petitions presented upon the 17th and 18th days of 

port.) 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. 


Alford and The Alford and Boston Road Bill was read the 
Boston Road third time. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 
East Kent Ordered, That the East Kent Railway Bill be read 


Railway Bill. the third time To-morrow. 


Manchester, The Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Rail- 

noo sehr way (Capital) Bill was read the third time. 

Railway Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

(Capital) Bill. Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 

Newton in The Newton in Mackerfield Improvement Bill was 


Mackerfield , Tead the third time. 
_ Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Saint Helen’s The Saint Helen’s Improvement Bill was read the 
Improvement third time. 
Be A Clause (Saving rights of Creditors), 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. 


Waveney The Waveney Valley Railway Bill was read the 
Maileay pi, third time. 


Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act for extending the Times granted to 
purchase Lands for the part of the Waveney Valley 
Railway between Bungay and Beccles. 

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


London Necro The London Necropolis and National Mausoleum 
_ and Bill was, according to Order, read the third time. 
ational Mau- ; “ie 
soleum Bill. A Clause (Company not to exercise remaining 
compulsory Powers), 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. 


Charlbury, The House proceeded to take into consideration 
} ney Tig the Charlbury, Witney, &amp;c. Road Bill, as amended 
™ in the Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Colonial Life The House proceeded to take into consideration the 


——. Colonial Life Assurance Company Bill, as amended 
Pany* in the Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 
Electric The House proceeded to take into consideration 
elegraph___ the Electric Telegraph Company Bill, as amended 
Company Bill. i, the Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 
Glasgow, The House proceeded to take into consideration 
eeren the Glasgow, Dumburton and Helensburgh Railway 
burgh Rail, Bill, as amended in the Committee. 
way Bill. Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 
sear The House —— to take into consideration 
= the Gloucester Water and Local Board of Health 


al Board “ jf 
of Health Bill, Bill, as amended in the Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 
VoL. 110. 





21° Mai. 243 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Limerick 
the Limerick and Foynes Railway Bill, as amended #4 ay A 
in the Committee. Railway Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration London and 
the London and Blackwall Railway Bill, as amended Blackwall | 
in the Committee. eth at 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration National Loan 
the National Loan Fund Life Assurance Society Bill, Fund Life 
as amended in the Committee. psec 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. ? 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Newport 
the Newport Gas Bill, as amended in the Committee ; Gas Bill. 
and Amendments were made to the Bill. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Oxford, 
the Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway Worcester and 


(Improvements and Branches) Bill, as amended in can teline / 
the Committee. (Improve- 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. ™entsand 
Branches) Bill. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Sligo Gas Bill. 
the Sligo Gas Bill, as amended in the Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Warrington 
the Warrington Water Bill, as amended in the Com- Water Bill. 
mittee. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The Cape Town Railway and Dock Bill was read Cape Town 
a second time ; and committed. Railway and 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the General P°* i 
Committee on Railway and Canal Bills. 


The Wisbech Port Bill was read a second time ; Wisbech Port 
and committed. Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 


mittee of Selection. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Airdrie Rural 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, poet _ay 
That in the case of the Airdrie Rural District Police “* ?? ®* 
(No. 2) Bill, the Standing Orders have been complied 
with. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Halifax Gas 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, 3 
in respect of non-compliance with the Standing 
Orders in the case of the Petition for additional 
Provision in the Halifax Gas Bill. 

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


Ordered, That the Edinburgh Lands Bill, as Edinburgh 
amended, be printed. Lands Bill 

Ordered, ‘Vhat the Bill be re-committed toa Com-__ Bill 141. 
mittee of the whole House, for ‘Thursday next. 


Colonel Pennant reported from the Committee on Lightpill and 
Group I. of Turnpike-road Bills; That in the case a — 
of the Lightpill and Birdlip Road Bill, they had ~ 
examined the allegations contained in the Preamble 
of the Bill, and amended the same, by striking out 
the allegation referring to the 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. 


Colonel Pennant reported from the Committee on Stroud, 
Group I. of Turnpike-road Bills ; That in the case of 8 a 
the Stroud, Cainscross and Minchinhampton Road to, Road Bil, 
Bill, they had examined the allegations contained in 


the Preamble of the Bill, and amended the same, by 





Ile striking 
















| 
: 


Stroud and 


944 


striking out the allegation referring to the interest 
of the debt; 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 


— Road Group I. of Turnpike-road Bills ; That in the case 


Turnpike- 
road Bills 
(Group L) 


Railway and 
Canal Bills 
(Group 3.) 


Private Bills 
(Group D.) 


Basingstoke, 
Stockbridge 
and Lobcomb 
Corner Road 
Bill. 


of the Stroud and Chalford Road Bill, they had 
examined the allegations contained in the Preamble 
of the Bill, and amended the same, by striking out 
the allegation referring to the 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. 


Colonel Pennant reported from the Committee on 
Group I. of Turnpike-road Bills; That, with the 
consent of the Parties promoting and opposing the 
Bills remaining before them for consideration, they 
had adjourned to Thursday, June 7th, at Twelve 
o'clock. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Corry reported from the Committee on Group 
No. 3 of Railway and Canal Bills; That Mr. Floyer, 


one of the Members of the Committee, was not | 


present during the sitting of the Committee this day. 
Ordered, That Mr. Floyer be discharged from 
further attendance on the Committee. 


Mr. Labouchere reported from the Committee on 
Group D. of Private Bills: That, on the ——— 
of the Parties promoting and opposing the Liverpool 
Docks Bill, they had adjourned to Thursday next, 
at Twelve o'clock. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Wrightson reported the Basingstoke, Stock- 
bridge and Lobcomb Corner Road Bill, with Amend- 
ments. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


21° Maiz. 


Lord Stanley reported from the Committee on gevern Valley 
Group (1) of —easeeny, —w Canal Bills; That’ in the Railway Bill 


A. 1855. 


case of the Severn Valley Railway Bill, they had 
examined the allegations contained in the Preamble 
of the Bill, and amended the same, by omitting the 
recital that it is expedient that the Oxford, Wor- 
cester and Wolverhampton Railway Company should 
be authorized to become Shareholders in the Under- 
taking, and enter into arrangements with the Com- 
pany, and by introducing a recital of the expediency 
of the Company obtaining accommodation at the 
Shrewsbury stations, it appearing to the Committee 
desirable that such alterations should be made; 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. 





to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to = directions, that there be laid before this House, 
a Copy of a Letter from the Royal Commissioners 
for Inquiry into the University of Cambridge, ad- 
dressed to the Lord Chancellor, on the subject of 
the Cambridge University Bill, as amended in the 
Committee, dated May 1855. 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
a Return of all Warehouses or Vaults at any of the 
Outports or Provinces of the United Kingdom 
which have been approved by the Board of Customs 
for the deposit of Wines and Spirits, or either of 
those Articles, without payment of Duty, under the 
Provisions of the Customs Laws; specifying the 
Names of the Parties whose premises have been so 
approved, the Situation of the Buildings, and distin- 
guishing whether Warehouses, Vaults or otherwise ; 
also the Date of Approval, and the Amount of Bond 
entered into on account thereof. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Cambridge 
eae 
1 


Wine and 
Spirit Ware- 


houses. 


Mr. Wrightson reported the Bridport Roads Bill, 
with Amendments. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Hugh Adair reported from the Committee Railway and 
on Group 7 of Railway and Canal Bills; That the Canal Bills 
Parties promoting the Grand Surrey Canal (No. 2) (tP 7) 
Bill had applied to them for an adjournment, in 
consequence of the absence of a material witness ; 
and such application not being opposed by the Peti- 


‘ 


Bridport 
Roads Bill. 


Aboyne, Bale Mr. Wrightson reported from the Committee on 

later, Braemar Group H. of ‘Turnpike-road Bills ; That in the case | ® ) . ‘ 

and Calenwel of the Aboyne, Ballater, Braemar and Cairnwell | tioners against the Bill, the Committee had ad- 
aan Road Bill, they had examined the allegations of the | journed till Thursday next, at [welve of the clock. 
Bill, and found the same to be true ; and had made | Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Provision in the Bill, pursuant to the Instruction of | - ; ‘ 

the House; and had received proof of due compli- | Petitions relating to the Ballot ;— Church Rates ; Public 
ance with the Orders contained in the same Instruc- — Episcopal and Capitular Estates Bill ;—Marriage Petitions. 
tion; and had gone through the Bill, and made Law Amendment Bull ;—Maynooth College Act ;— y,4. Thirty- 


Amendments thereunto. Regium Donum, Maynooth College, &amp;c. ;—Decimal eighth Report. 


Cis » Bens li the Table. | Comage ;— Dwelling-houses (Scotland) Bill ;--Edu- 
a ee _cation (Scotland) Bill ;—Friendly Societies Bill ;— 





| Grain ; — Intoxicating 


Gomersal and 
Dewsbury 
Road Bill. 


‘Turnpike- 
road Bills 
(Group H.) 


Mr. Wrightson reported the Gomersal and Deuws- | 


bury Road Bill, with Amendments. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Wrightson reported from the Committee on 
Group H. of Turnpike-road Bills; That, to con- 
sult the convenience of persons prosecuting Bills 
before them, the Committee had adjourned to Mon- 


Liquors ; — Londonderry 
| Estates ;— Metropolis Local Management Bill ;— 
Metropolis Local Management. Bill, and Nuisances 
| Removal Amendment Bill ;—Nuisances Removal 
/Amendment Bill ;—Robert Owen ;—Petty Sessions 
Clerks (Jreiand);— Public-houses (Scotland) Act; 
—Schools ( Scotland) Bill ;—Schools (Scotland) Bill, 
and Education (Scotland) Bill ;—and, Spirits (Jre- 


land) Act Amendment Bill,—were presented, and 


day the 4th day of June next, at One o'clock. read; and ordered to lie upon the ‘Table. 


Ovdered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


- ————————eeee 


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. 


Oxford, Lord Stanley reported from the Committee on 
Worcester and Group (1) of Railway and Canal Bills; That the 
hetey mm Parties promoting the Oxford, Worcester and Wol- 
(Broad Gauge) verhampton Railway (Broad Gauge) Bill had stated 
Bill, 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. 


Sir Benjamin Hall presented,—Return to an Ad- Assessments 
dress to Her Majesty, dated the 30th day of April (Metropolis. ) 
last, for a Return, setting forth the rateable Value No. 254- 
of the Property (exclusive of Railways) assessed 

within 











Cholera. 
No. 255. 


Officers’ 
Widows 
Pensions. 


Friendly 
Societies Bill. 


Victoria 
Government 
Bill. 


Burial- 
grounds (Scot- 
land) Bill 


Savings Banks 
and Friendly 
Secieties In- 
vestinents Bill. 


Coal Mines 
Inspection 
Bill. 


Fisheries 
(British 
Islands and 
France) Bill. 


Dissenters’ 
Marriages Bill, 


Bill 142, 


Personal 
Rstates of 
intestates Bill. 


Bill 143, 


Hardware, &amp;c. 
Manufactures 
Bill. 


Militia 
(No. 2) Bill. 
Bill 144, 





18 Vicroriz. 


within each of the Metropolitan Cities and Boroughs 
of London, Westminster, Marylebone, Finsbury, 
Tower Hamlets, Southwark, Lambeth and Green- 
wich, and in each of the other Parishes not within 
any City or Borough, but included in the Registrar 
General’s Returns of the Metropolitan Districts : 
1. Under the Property Tax (Schedule A.); 2. ‘To 
County Rate ; and, 3. To the Poor's Rates; together 
with the Population and Number of Inhabited 
Houses in 1851. 

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


Ordered, That the Return relative to Cholera, 
which was presented upon the 18th day of this in- 
stant May, be printed. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of all Pensions granted to the Widows of 
Officers who have lost their Lives in any Branch of 
Her Majesty’s Service during the present War in 
the East ; stating the Rank of the deceased Officer, | 
the Date of his Death, and the Amount granted. 

The Order of the day being read, for taking into | 
consideration the Friendly Societies Bill, as amended | 
in the Committee; 

Ordered, That the Bill be taken into consideration 
To-morrow. 





The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Victoria Government Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Thursday the 14th day of June next. 





The Order of the day being read, for taking into | 


consideration the Burial-grounds (Scotland) Bill, as | 
amended in the Committee ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be taken into consideration | 
upon Thursday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second | 
reading of the Savings Banks and Friendly Societies | 
Investments Bill ; 


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amended in the Committee ; and Amendments were 
made to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon 
Friday next ; and be printed. 


The Alterations in Pleadings Bill was, according Alterations in 
to Order, read the third time. Pleadings Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bouverie do carry the Bill to 


the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The National Gallery, &amp;c. (Dublin) Bill was, National 
according to Order, read a second time; and com- Gallery, &amp;e. 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for om 
Thursday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Grants of 
reading of the Grants of Lands Bill ; Lands Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Thursday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Education 
consideration the Education of Pauper Children Bill, yA a 
as amended in the Committee :—The Bill was ree” 
committed to a Committee of the whole House: 
—The House immediately resolved itself into the 
Committee; and, after some time spent therein; 
Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. 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 Order of the day being read, for the Com- Supply. 
mittee of Supply ; 

Resolved, ‘Vhat this House will, upon Thursday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Ways and 
mittee of Ways and Means ; Means, 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Brighton Incorporation Bill was, according Brighton 


Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time| to Order, read a second time; and committed to a areca 


upon Thursday the 7th day of June next. 


The Coal Mines Inspection Bill was, according 
to Order, read a second time; and committed to 
a Committee of the whole House, for Thursday the 
7th day of June next. 


The Fisheries (British Islands and France) Bill 
was, according to Order, read a second time; and 
committed to a Committee of the whole House, for 
Monday the 4th day of June next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on the Dissenters’ Marriages 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, iat the Bill, as amended, be printed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for Monday the 
11th day of June next. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to 
take into consideration the Personal Estates of In- 
testates Bill, as amended in the Committee; and 
Amendments were made to the Bill. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time | 


upon Friday next ; and be printed. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second | 


reading of the Hardware, &amp;c. Manufactures Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Thursday next. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take 
into consideration the Militia (No. 2) Bill, as 
Von. 110. 


Committee of the whole House, for To-morrow. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take Affirmations 
into consideration the Amendments made by the (S¢°tland) Bill. 
Lords to the Affirmations (Scotland) Bill; and the 
same were twice read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Craufurd 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 for reading a second time, upon Thurs- New South 
day the 7th day of June next, the Wew South Wales — 
Government Bill, was read, and discharged. ' 
| Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Thursday the 14th day of June next. 





| The Order for reading a second time, upon Thurs- Waste Lands 
| day the 7th day of June next, the Waste Lands (Australia) 

| (Australia) Acts Repeal Bill, was read, and discharged. ——y Regent 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 


Thursday the 14th day of June next. 


| | The Order for reading a second time, upon Friday Rating of 
| the 1st day of June next, the Rating of Mines Bill, Mines Bill. 
| was read, and discharged. 

| Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 

| Tuesday the 5th day of June next. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Summer 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased Clothing for 
. : P - ._ the ‘Troops 
to give directions, that there be laid before this (cyimea. ) 
House, a Copy of the Contract entered into at 
Vienna by the Secretary for War, for the Supply of 
Summer Clothing to be issued to the Troops serving 
I1l3 in 








} 





Lunatic Asy- 


lums (Ireland) }Hefore the Select Committee on the Lunatic 
(Ireland) (Advances) Bill be laid before this House. | 


( Advances) 
Bill. 


Ordnance 
Survey. 


Truck Act 
Amendment. 


Sandhurst 
College. 


Mercantile 


Marine Fund. 


Committees. 


Luton, Dun- 
stable and 
Welwyn 
Railway Bill. 


Lyme Regis 
Roads Biil. 


East Kent 


Railway Bill. 


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in the Crimea; specifying the Nature and Quality 
of the Articles to be furnished, and the Price agreed 
to be paid for the same. 

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


Ordered, That the Minutes of the Evidence taken 
Asylums | 


—22° Mair. 


A. 1855. 


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. Lushington, 

Yeas, UMr. Deedes : 

Tellers for the f Mr. James Macgregor, 
Noes, \Mr. Frewen: 
So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 
| Ordered, That the Bill be now read the third time : 





The Chancellor of the Exchequer presented, by | —The Bill was accordingly read the third time. 


Her Majesty’s Command, — Copy of 
Papers, relating to the Ordnance Survey. 

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


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
alter and amend the Act of the first and second years 
of King William the Fourth, chapter Thirty-seven, 
commonly called the Truck Act: And that Mr. 
Charles Forster and Mr. Henry Bruce do prepare, | 
and bring it in. 


Mr. Peel presented, by Her Majesty's Command, | 


—Return of the Number of Rooms and Houses at | 


the College at Sandhurst in the occupation of the 
College, stating how occupied. 

Ordered, That the said Return be referred to the | 
Select Committee on Sandhurst Royal Military | 
College. 


Mr. Bouverie presented, pursuant to the directions | 


of an Act of Parliament,—An Account of the | 
Mercantile Marine Fund, under the 
Vic. c. 131, showing 
Amount of Stock held on 1st October 1853, 
the Income and Expenditure from that Period to 
31st December 1854 

Ordered, That the said Account do lie upon the 


Table. 
And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 


Martis, 22° die Mai; 
Anno 18° Victoria Regine, 1555. 
PRAYERS. 


RDERED, 


to sit this day, during the sitting of the House. 


A Motion being made, That the Luton, Dunstable 
and Welwyn Railway Bill be now read the third 
time ; 


Mr. FitzRoy, by Her Majesty's Command, ac- , 


quainted the House, That Her Majesty, having 
been informed of the purport of the Bill, gives Her 
Consent, as far as Her Majesty’s interest is con- 
cerned, that the House may do therein as they shall 
think fit. 

Then the Bill was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Ordered, That the Lyme Regis Roads Bill be 
read the third time upon ‘Thursday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third | 
reading of the East Kent Railw ay Bill; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, ‘That the Bill be now read the third | 
time : 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the | 
Question, by leaving out the word “ now, 
the end of the Question, adding the words “ upon 
“ Monday the 4th day of June next.’ 


Treasury | 
Minute, dated the 18th May 1855, and previous | 


Act 16 &amp; 17| 
the Balance of Cash and | 
with | 


That all Committees have leave 


Brotherton do carry the Bill, 


A Clause (Saving Admiralty provisions of former 
Act}, was thrice read ; and added to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

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


The House proceeded to take into consideration Bridport and 
the Bridport and Broad Winsor Roads Bill, as Broad Winsor 
amended in the Committee. Reads Bis. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


* The House proceeded to take into consideration Caledonian 
| the Caledonian Railway Bill, as amended in the Railway Bill. 
'Committee. - 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


| Ordered, That the Oxford, Worcester and Wolver- Oxford, Wor- 
hampton Railway (Narrow Gauge) Bill, as amended wae and 
‘in the Committee, be taken into consideration UPON ton Railway 


ton Railwa, 
Thursday next. (Narrow ° 


Gauge) Bill. 
The House proceeded to take into consideration Peterborough 
the Peterborough and Wellingborough Road Bill, as = oe 
| amended in the Committee. = ough Road 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Sunderland 
the Sunderland Dock Bill, as amended in the Com- Dock Bill. 
mittee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Wigan and 
the Wigan and Preston Roads, North of Yarrow Preston Roads, 
Bill, as amended in the Committee. sea 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The Order, That the Report on the Metropolitan Metropolitan 
| Railway Bill do lie upon the Table, was read, and Railway Bill. 
discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to the 
former Committee :—And that they have leave to sit, 
and proceed upon Thursday next. 


The Order for the third reading of the Rhymney Bayuney 
Railway Bill, was read, and discharged. Railway Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be re- -committed to the 
former Committee :— And that they have leave to sit, 
and proceed upon Thursday next. 


Mr. FitzRoy reported from the Committee on Dundalk 
the Dundalk Harbour and Port Bill; That they Harbour and 
had examined the allegations contained i in the Pre- Port Bill 
_amble of the Bill, and amended the same, by striking 
out so much thereof as relates to the Embankment 
and Reclamation of Land, the same being objected 
'to by the Admiralty ; 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 Tabie. 


The following Papers were laid upon the Table by Fire 
the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, surance. 
| dated the 30th day of March last, for an Account 
| of all Sums paid into the Stamp ‘Office in Great 
Britain and Jreland on Insurance from Fire, for 
| the quarters ending severally the 25th day of 
| March, the 24th day “of June, the 29th day of Sep- 


"and, at tember and the 25th day of December 1854; dis- 


tinguishing the Amount of Allowance made to each 
| Ottice for collec ting the same in the Country, London, 
Edinburgh 





British and 
Colonial 
Spirits. 


Lunatic Asy- 


jums (Ireland) 


(Advances ) 
Bill. 


Poor Law 
{North Dublin 
Union.) 


No. 257. 


Mercantile 
Marine Fund. 


No. 258, 


Pupil 
Teachers. 


Register 
of Voters. 


High Con- 
stables. 


Benefices, &amp;c. 





18 Vicroriz. 


Edinburgh and Dublin respectively, with the Date 
of each Payment; and of Sums insured by each 
Office on Farming Stock for the same Period (in con- 
tinuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 228, of Session 
1854). 

Return to an Order, dated the 4th day of this 
instant May, for an Account of the Quantities, in 
Proof Gallons, of British and Colonial Spirits on 
which Duty has been paid for Home Consumption; | 
distinguishing, in the case of British Spirits, oom 
ther made from Malt only, or from a mixture of 
Corn and Malt, or other Ingredients, with the Rates | 
of Duty per Gallon, including the Duty of Excise | 
(so far as can be ascertained) on the Materials used 
in making British Spirits, for each year from 1851 to | 
1854, both inclusive ; and stating the Total Gallons | 
of each different kind of Spirits, the Total of British | 
Spirits, and of British and Colonial, in each year. | 

The following Paper, pursuant to Order, was also | 
laid upon the Table by the Clerk of the House,— 
Minutes of the Evidence taken before the Select | 
Committee on the Lunatic Asylums (Jre/and) (Ad- | 
vances) Bill. 





Ordered, That the Return relative to Poor Law | 
(North Dublin Union), which was presented upon. | 
the 18th day of this instant May, be printed. 





Ordered, That the Account relative to the Mer- | 
cantile Marine Fund, which was presented upon the 
21st day of this instant May, be printed. 

Mr. Cowper presented,—Return to an Address to | 
Her Majesty, dated the 20th day of February last, | 
for Returns of the Number of Pupil Teachers ap- | 
prenticed, from the first operation of the Minutes | 
of August and December 1846, to the 31st day of 
December 1854:—Of the Number who, having 
terminated Apprenticeships, are now in Training | 
Colleges :—Of the Number who, having terminated | 
Apprenticeships. are now engaged as Assistant | 
Teachers under Minute of July 1852, or are in| 
Charge of Schools:—And, of the Number who, | 
having terminated Apprenticeships, are neither in 
Training Colleges nor engaged as Assistant Teachers, 
but have gone off to other Occupations. 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the | 
22d day of February last, for an Account of all | 
Expenses paid by the several Counties in England 
and Wales relating to the Preparation and Comple- 
tion of the Register of Voters for the respective 
Counties for the year 1854-55, setting forth the 
items of such Expenses. 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 
1st day of March last, fora Return from each County 
in England and Wales, in a Tabular Form, of the 
Number of High Constables claiming to act under 
Appointments for life or durmg good behaviour in 
any such County, and whether the Hundred for 
which they respectively so claim extends to the whole 
or only a part of the County; and whether, in 
respect of the Hundred for which they do respectively 
act, they receive any and what Remuneration for 
the Collection of the County Rate, in virtue of the 
36th section of the Act 15 &amp; 16 Vic. c. 81; and in 
case their Jurisdiction does not extend to the whole 
County, then to state the Proportions in which the 
County Rate is collected by Boards of Guardians 
and by High Constables respectively in each County. 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 
1st day of this instant May, fora Return of all Bene- 
fices, Rectories or Vicarages which have been united 
since the 26th day of April 1853, under the Act 
13 &amp; 14 Vic. c. 93, s. 8; stating the Names of the 
united Benefices, with the Names of Incumbent or 
Incumbents, the Amount of the Population and the 
yearly Value of each, and the Distance that the 
Churches of each of the united Benefices are from 
each other, with the County and Diocese in which 
each is situated (in continuation of Parliamentary 
Paper, No. 771, of Session 1854). 

OL. 110. 








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247 


Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the Houses (City 
14th day of this instant May, for a Return of the of London.) 
Number of Houses in the City of Zondon and the 
Liberties thereof. : 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the Cambridge 
21st day of this instant May, for Copy of a Letter University 
from the Royal Commissioners, for Inquiry into the ~"~ 
University of Cambridge, addressed to~ the Lord 


|Chancellor, on the subject of the Cambridge Uni- 


versity Bill, as amended in the Committee, dated 
May 1855. 

Mr. Cowper also presented, pursuant to the di- Grand Jury 
rections of an Act of Parliament,—Accounts of Presentments 
Presentments made by the Grand Juries of the Gomes) 
several Counties, Cities and Towns of Jreland, in the 
year 1854. 

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


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Metropolis 
into a Committee on the Metropolis Local Manage- Local Manage- 
ment Bill. ment B 

(In the Committee.) 


Causes, N° 27 to N° 29, postponed. 

CrauseE, N° 30, amended, and agreed to. 

Crause, N° 31, agreed to. 

Crauses, N° 32 to N° 34, amended, and: agreed 
to. 

CxauseE, N° 35, disagreed to. 

Crauses, N° 36 to N° 48, with Amendments to 
several of them, agreed to. 

To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 

Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; and Mr. FitzRoy 
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. 


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


Mr. Greene reported from the Select Committee on Standing 
Standing Orders, a Resolution; which was read, as Orders. 
followeth : 

That in the case of the East Kent Railway (Ex- East Kent 
tension to Dovor) Petition, the Standing Orders Railway 
ought to be dispensed with; that the Parties be —" ™ 
permitted to proceed with their Bill, on proving 
before the Committee on the Bill the completion of 
the Contract to the extent required, viz., £. 184,500 ; 
and the deposit with the Court of Chancery of the 
requisite Sum of Ten per cent. thereon, viz., £.18,450; 
that the Committee on the Bill do report how far 
such Orders respectively shall have been complied 
with on the Report of the Bill. 

The said Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 


Mr. Strutt reported from the Committee on Group Somerset 
(4) of Railway and Canal Bills; That in the case of Ceatral Rail- 
the Somerset Central Railway Bill, they had exa-~*” ~_ 
mined the allegations contained in the Preamble of 
the Bill, and amended the same, in order to make 
them consistent with the facts of the case as proved 
before the Committee; 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. Miles reported from the Committee on Group Torquay 
O. of Private Bills ; That in the case of the Torquay District 
District Churches Bill, they had examined the alle- Charches Bal. 
gations contained in the Preamble of the Bill, and 
amended the same, by inserting, at the end of the 
second paragraph, the words “and Charles Herbert 
114 “ Malloch, 








248 
“ Malloch, Esquire, Patron of the Perpetual Curacy 
of Tormoham, and the Dean and Chapter of the 
Cathedral Church of Saint Peter at Exeter, being 
Patrons of the Vicarage of Saint Mary Church, have 
“ consented thereto,” the Committee being of opinion 
that such addition was expedient to meet the merits 
of the case; and found the same, as amended, to 
be true; that proof was given, that Notice of the 
Clauses affecting the Parish of Upton was published 
in the local Newspapers and affixed to the Church- 
door of Upton, in pursuance of the Resolution of the 
House of the 20th February ; and that they had gone 
through the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


« 
“&lt;&lt; 


“ 


Mr. Cobbett reported the Portsmouth Railway 
Bill, with Amendments. 

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


Portsmouth 
Railway Bill. 


Mr. Cardwell reported from the Committee on 
Group L. of Private Bills; That in the case of the 
Hartlepool Pier and Port Bill, they had examined 
the allegations contained in the Preamble of the 


Hartlepool 
Vier and Port 
Bill. 


Bill, and amended the same, by striking out so much | 
as related to the Town Rates Clauses which were | 


struck out of the Bill, and by inserting the Preamble 
to the ‘additional Provision; and found the same, 


as amended, to be true; and had made Provision in | 


the Bill pursuant to the Instruction of the House ; 
and that proof had been given of due compliance 


with the Order contained in the Resolution of the | 


House of April 25th ; and that they had gone through 
the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 
East Kent The House was moved, That the Report from the 
Railway 


(Extension to 


Dover.) of the Petition for the East Kent Railway (Ex- 


tension to Dover) Bill, might be read; and the same 
being read ; 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
enabling the East Kent Railway Company to extend | 
their authorized line of Railway, by the construction | 
of a Railway from Canterbury to Dover, with two | 
Branches at Dover; to increase their Capital, and for | 
other purposes: And that Sir Edward Dering, Mr. | 


Lushington and Mr. John Sadleir do prepare, and 
bring it in. 


Truck Act Mr. 


Amendment 
Bill. 


Bill 145. 


‘orster presented a Bill to alter and amend 
the Act of the first and second years of King 
William the Fourth, chapter Thirty-seven, commonly 
called the Truck Act: And the same was read the 
first time; and ordered to be read a second time 
upon Thursday the 7th day of June next ; and to be 
printed. 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Russell ; 
Mr. Speaker, 
The Lords have agreed to the Intestacy (Scotland) 
Bill, without any Amendment: And also, 


Message from 
the Lords, 


Tntestacy 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 

East Indian 
Railway Bill. 


Stourbridge 


The Lords have agreed to the East Indian Rail- 
way Bill, without any Amendment: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Stourbridge Gas 
Gas Biil. Bill, without any Amendment: And also, 
Surbiton The Lords have agreed to the Surbiton Improve- 


acc nent Bill, without any Amendment: And also, 
Ail. 
Plymouth and 
Stonehouse 
Gas Bill. 


The Lords have agreed to the Amendment made 

by this House to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships to the P/ymouth and Stonehouse Gas Bill, 
without any Amendment: And also, 
Newport Cor- The Lords have agreed to the Newport Corpo- 
poration Bill. ration Bill, with an Amendment; to which Amend- 
ment the Lords desire the concurrence of this House : 
And also, 

The Lords request, That this House will be 
pleased to communicate to their Lordships, a Copy 
of the Fourth Report from the Select Committee 


Army before 
Sebastopol. 


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Select Committee on Standing Orders in respect 


A, i855. 


appointed by this House in the present Session of 
Parliament, to inquire into the condition of our Army 
before Sebastopol, and into the conduct of those 
Departments of the Government whose duty it has 
been to minister to the wants of that Army: And 
also, 

The Lords desire a present Conference with this Messages 
House in the Painted Chamber, upon the subject- oo the 
matter of a Resolution of their Lordships relating — 
to Messages between the Houses of Parliament, and 
to desire the concurrence of this House thereto :— 

And then the Messenger withdrew. 

Resolved, That this House will send an answer to Army before 
that part of the Message which requests a Copy of Sebastopol. 
the Report relative to the Army before Sebastopol, 
by Messengers of their own. 
| Resolved, That this House doth agree to a Con- Messages 
ference with the Lords, as desired by their Lordships. ee the 
: , 

__ And the Messenger was again called in, and Mr. 

Speaker acquainted him therewith:—And then he 

again withdrew. 

| Ordered, That a Committee be appointed to ma- 
age the Conference :—And a Committee was ap- 
pointed of Viscount Palmerston, Mr. Disraeli, Mr. 
Greene, Mr. Strutt, Viscount Duncan, Mr. Miles, 
Mr. Wilson, Lord Seymour, Mr. Ewart, Mr. Labou- 
\chere, Sir John Trollope, the Chancellor of the Ex- 
chequer, Sir Richard Vyvyan and Mr. Brotherton. 

Then the names of the Managers were called 
| over, and they went to the Conference :—And being 
returned ; 

__ Viscount Palmerston reported, That the Managers 
had been at the Conference, which was managed on 
| the part of the Lords by the Lord Privy Seal; and 
'that the Lords had communicated the following Re- 
‘solution, which had been adopted by their Lord- 
ships’ House : 
“ Die Lune, 21° Maii, 1855. 

Resolved, By the Lords Spiritual and Tem- 
poral, in Parliament assembled, 

‘That this House is willing to concur with 
the other House of Parliament (if it shall think 
fit) in the following arrangement for the trans- 
mission of Messages, Bills and Papers from one 
House to the other (namely), 

‘ That, in addition to the present practice with 
regard to Messages between the Houses, one of 
the Clerks of either House may be the bearer 
of Messages from the one to the other: 

‘And, that Messages so sent be received at 
the Bar by one of the Clerks of the House to 
which they are sent, at any time whilst it is 
sitting or in Committee, without interrupting 
the Business then proceeding :’ 

Ordered, That the said Resolution be com- 
municated to the Commons, and their con- 
currence thereto desired.” 


Ordered, That the said Resolution be taken into 
consideration upon Thursday next. 








Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Schools 

| to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased (Seotland.) 
‘to give directions, that there be laid before this 

| House, a Return showing the proportion of Scholars 
|(or Children attending School) to the Population in 
| each County of Scotland, so far as it can be exhibited 
| by the Census of 1851. 
| Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 

Her Majesty, by such Members of this House as are 


of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Education 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased oman a) 
to give directions, that there be laid before this House, — 
a Return showing the Total Amount of Education 
Grants from the Privy Council to each County in 
Scotland, from 1833 to 1855; distinguishing the 
object of the Grant, and the Religious Denomination 
to which it was paid. 





Ordered, 











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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. 
Civil Service. | Mr. Bouverie presented, by Her Majesty's Com- 
mand,—Copy of an Order of Her Majesty in Council 
regulating the admission of Persons to the Civil 
Service of the Crown. 
Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 
Table. 
a 
Petitions relating to the Ballot ;—Church Rates ; 
—Episcopal and Capitular Estates Bill ;— Maynooth 
College Act ;—Stamp Duties (Drafts on Bankers) 
Bill ;— Decimal Coinage ;— Education (Scotland) 
Bill; — Friendly Societies Bill; — Hardware, &amp;c., 
Manufacture Bill;—Intoxicating Liquors;—Medical 
Officers (Navy);—Sale of Beer Act (1854); — 
Schools (Scotland) Bill ;—Testamentary Jurisdiction 
Bill ;—Wages ;—and, War with Russia,—were pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 
A Petition relating to the Downing-street Public 
Offices Extension Bill, was also presented, and read ; 
and referred to the Select Committee on the Bill. 


Pablic 
Petitions. 


Vide Thirty- 
eighth Report. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being put, 
That it is the Opinion of this House, that the com- 
plete Revision of our Diplomatic Establishments, 
recommended in the Report of the Select Committee 
of 1850 on Official Salaries, should be carried into 
effect ; 
The House divided. 
The Yeas to the Right ; 
The Noes to the Left. 
Tellers for thef Mr. Wise, 
Yeas, (Mr. Henry Baillie: 
Tellers for the; Mr. Hayter, 
Noes, (The Earl of Mulgrave: 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 


Diplomatic 
Establish- 
ments. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being 
proposed, ‘hat leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
cause the Votes of the Electors of Great Britain 
and Jre/and to be taken by way of Ballot at Parlia- 
mentary Elections ; 


Ballot. 


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


Mercurii, 23° die Maiti, 1855: 


And the Question being put ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right ; 

The Noes to the Left. 

Tellers for the (Mr. Henry Berkeley, | 
Yeas, | Major Fei/den: J 

Tellers for the ¢ Lord Seymour, 7 
Noes, \|Mr. Bentinck: f 

So it passed in the Negative. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for transferring to one of Her Majesty’s Principal 
Secretaries of State the Powers and Estates vested 
in the Principal Officers of the Ordnance : And that 
Mr. Monsell, Viscount Palmerston and Mr, Solicitor 
General do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordnance 
Board. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Jurors and Juries (Jreland) Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday the 6th day of June next. 


Jurors and 
Juries 
(Ireland) Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Jurors and Juries (Ireland) (No. 2) 
Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday the 6th day of June next. 


Jurors and 

: uries (Ire- 
and) (No. 2 
Bill. ) 


Bills of The Order of the day being read, for the second 
lading Bill. reading of the Bills of Lading Bill ; 
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249 


Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 
Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


Resolved, That this House will, immediately, re- Bills of Lading 
solve itself into a Committee to consider the Law (N® 2-) 
relating to Bills of Lading :—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 
amend the Law relating to Bills of Lading. 


Resolution to be reported. 





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

Ordered, That the Report be now received. 

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

That the Chairman be directed to move the House, 
That leave be given to bring in a Bill to amend the 
Law relating to Bills of Lading :— And he moved the 
House accordingly. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in the Bill: 
And that Mr. Horsfall, Mr. Thomas Baring, Mr. 
Cairns and Mr. William Brown do prepare, and 
bring it in. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Bankruptcy 
reading of the Bankruptcy (Jreland) Bill; (Ireland) Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday the 6th day of June next. 


The Absconding Debtors (Ireland) Bill was, ac- Absconding 
cording to Order, read a second time; and com- Debtors 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for Wed- 7!) Bill. 
nesday the 6th day of June next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Parish Con- 
mittee on the Parish Constables Bill ; stables Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the dav being read, for the Com- Carlisle 
mittee on the Carlisle Canonries Bill ; Canonries Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
the 13th day of June next, resolve itself into the said 
Committee. 


The Railways (Jreland) Bill was, according to Railways 
Order, read a second time; and committed to a (Ireland) Bill. 
Committee of the whole House, for Monday the 
4th day of June next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- spirits 
mittee on the Spirits (Jreland) Act Amendment (Ireland) Act 
Bill; — 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
the 7th day of June next, resolve itself into the said 
Committee. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take Friendly 
into consideration the Friendly Societies Bill, as Societies Bill. 
amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon 
Thursday the 7th day of June next. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take Education 
into consideration the Education of Pauper Children of Pauper 
Bill, as amended in the Committee. Children Bil. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon 
Thursday next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself into Brighton 
a Committee on the Brighton Incorporation Bill ; Incorporation 
and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker re- ~ . 
sumed the Chair; and Mr. Cowper yg That 
the Committee had gone through the Bill, and di- 
rected him to report the same, without Amend- 


ment. 
Ordered, 


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250 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon 
Thursday next. 


BillsofLading Mr. Horsfall presented a Bill to amend the Law 

(No. 2) Bill. relating to Bills of Lading: And the same was read 

Bill 146. the first time; and ordered to be read a second time 
upon Thursday next; and to be printed. 


Mr. Monsell presented a Bill for transferring to 
one of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State 
the Powers and Estates vested in the Principal 
Officers of the Ordnance: And the same was read 
the first time ; and ordered to be read a second time 
upon Thursday next; and to be printed. 


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till a quarter of an hour before One of the 
clock on Wednesday morning, adjourned till 
Thursday next. 


Ordnance 
Board Bill. 


Bill 147. 


Jovis, 24° die Mai; 
Anno 18° Victoria Regine, 1855. 


PRAYERS. 
R. Speaker laid upon the Table,— Report from 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private 
Bills ; That in the case of the New River Company 
and Trustees of the River Zee (No. 2) Bill, the 
Standing O:ders have been complied with. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time. 


New River 
Company and 
Trustees of the 
River Lee 
(No. 2) Bill. 


Mr. Strutt reported from the Committee on Group 
No. 4 of Railway and Canal Bills ; That Mr. Gwyn, 
one of the Members of the said Committee, was not 
present during the sitting of the Committee this day. 

Ordered, That Mr. Gwyn be discharged from 
further attendance on the Committee. 


Railway and 
Canal Bills 
(Group 4.) 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Russell : 

the Lords. Mr. Speaker, 

Sewers(House ‘The Lords have agreed to the Sewers (House 

Drainage) Bill. Drainage) Bill, with Amendments ; to which Amend- 
ments the Lords desire the concurrence of this 
House: And also, 

Madras The Lords have agreed to the Madras Railway 

Railway Bill Bill, with Amendments; to which Amendments the 

Lords desire the concurrence of this House: And 

also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Lancaster Water 
and Gas Bill, with Amendments ; to which Amend- 
ments the Lords desire the concurrence of this 
House :—And then the Messenger withdrew. 


Message from 


Lancaster 
Water and 
Gas Bill. 


The Charlbury, Witney, &amp;c. 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. 


Charlbury, 
Witney, &amp;c. 
Road Bill. 


The Colonial Life Assurance Company Bi!l 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. 


Colonial Life 
Assurance 
Company Bill. 


The Cork and Youghai Railway 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. 


Cork and 
Youghal 
Railway Bill. 


Blectric 
‘Telegraph 
Company Bill. 


‘The Flectric Telegraph Company Bill was read 
the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, ‘That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


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A. 1855. 


The Ezeter and Exmouth Railway Bill was read Exeter and 
the third time ; and Amendments were made to the Exmouth 
Bill. Railway Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Sir John Duckworth do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Glasgow, Dumbarton and Helensburgh Rail- Glasgow, 
way Bill was read the third time. a 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. burgh Railway 
Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill Bill. 


to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Hiil’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. 


Hill’s Estate 
Bill. 


The Limerick and Foynes Railway Bill was read Limerick 
the third time. wae 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. — 
Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence, 


Newport 


The Newport Gas Bill was read the third time. 
Gas 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 Manchester, Manchester, 
Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway (Lincoln Branch, a and 
: , : incolnshire 
&amp;e.) Bill be now read the third time ; Railway (Lin- 
Mr. Fitz Roy, by Her Majesty’s Command, ac- coln Branch, 
quainted the House, That Her Majesty, having been &amp;*) Bill. 
informed of the purport of the Bill, gives Her Con- 
sent, as far as Her Majesty’s interest is concerned, 
that the House may do therein as they shall think fit. 
Then the Bill was read the third time; and 
Amendments were made to the Bill. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act for enabling the Manchester, 
Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway Company to 
make a Branch Railway to Lincoln, and for other 
purposes. 
Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Royal London Militia Bill was read the third Royal London 
time ; and Amendments were made to the Bill. Militia Bill, 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act to amend an Act of the first year 
of the reign of King George the Fourth, chapter 
100, to enable Her Majesty's Commissioners of 
Lieutenancy for the City of London to purchase 
certain Lands and Houses for building more con- 
venient and requisite Head-quarters, Storehouses and 
other proper accommodation for the Royal London 
Militia; and to confer certain other Powers. 
Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Ordered, That the Sligo Gas Bill be read the Sligo Gas Bill. 
third time To-morrow. 


The Warrington Water Bill was read the third Warrington 
time. Water Bill. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Lyme Regis Roads Bill was, according to Lyme Regis 

Order, read the third time. Roads Bill. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 

Title be, An Act for repairing, widening and main- 

taining several Roads in the Counties of Dorset and 

Devon, \eading to and from the Borough of Lyme 

Regis, and from the Turnpike-road on Raymond's 

Hill to the Turnpike-road at the Three Ashes, in the 


Parish of Crewkerne, in the County of Somerset. 
Ordered, 








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251 















Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill | shall have been complied with on the Report of the 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. Bill. 
The said Resolution, being read a second time, 
pf rer The House proceeded to take into consideration | was agreed to. 
anew euay, the Great Western and Brentford Railway Bill, as 
Railwsy Bill. «ended in the C saoener fe or Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for enabling the East Kent 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. East Kent Railway tang ty to extend their autho- a = 
rized Line of Railway by the Construction of a Dover) Bill. 
Staines, The rong sa to take into consideration | Railway from Canterbury to Dover, with two 
eee the Staines, Wokingham and Woking Railway (Al- Branches at Dover ; to increase their Capital, and 
Railway terations, &amp;c.) Bill, as amended in the Committee. for other bye 7 the a was read the first 
} Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 
C. Lil. 
, . . . Mr. Harcourt Vernon reported from the Committee Private Bill 
West Somerset The House proceeded to take into consideration on Group D. of Private Bills; That en On ae (qn Dd). 
— the West Somerset Mineral Railway Bill, as amended plication of the Parties promoting and opposing the 
wa. . ° ¢ 
as he eter et : pss _| different Bills under their consideration, they had 
ause (Reservation of Merchant Shipping Acts | _). . T, 
: a oP cg = adjourned to Wednesday the 6th of June, at Twelve 
and General Acts), was twice read; and made part elaiesh 
of the Bill. —t : 
Another Clause (Board of Trade may appoint an Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 
Auditor to examine Accounts), was twice read; and| (Colonel Boldero reported the Rhymney Railway Rhymney 
made part of the Bill. : (re-committed) Bill, with further Amendments. Railway Bill. 
Then an Amendment was made to the Bill. Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. and be printed. 
Weymouth The House proceeded to take into consideration; Ordered, That the Select Committee on Loan Loan Fund 
Water Bil. the Weymouth Water Bill, as amended in the Com-| Fund Societies (Ireland) have Power to report their peer 
mittee. | Observations thereupon to the House, together with * A 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. the Minutes of the Evidence taken before them. —n 
; ; Mr. Pollard-Urquhart reported from the said Se- 
Wolverhamp- The House proceeded to take into consideration | ject Committee; That they had considered the mat- 
the Committee. Sieh a Report thereof to the House, together with the 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. Minutes of the Evidence taken before them. 
nt P The House, according to Order, proceeded to aa the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
Wcnetboan- take into consideration the Oxford, Worcester and ak dapiaaai 
ton Railway Wolverhampton Railway (Narrow Gauge) Bill, as| Mr, Fitz Roy reported from the Committee on the Leek Improve- 
Cooney Bil amended in the Committee. rn Leek Improvement Bill; That they had examined ™¢"* Bill. 
6 ‘ Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. the allegations contained in the Preamble of the 
: , Bill, and amended the same, by reciting that certain 
se . The Order ng oe oe oe for a rights are claimed, instead of iianing te existing 
and Railway — of the Thames Embankment and Railway | of such rights, and by omitting the names of the 
Bill. . eek fe i Wii ali 2 te Cont townships within which such rights are claimed, in 
bei = bs ? a Th + the Bil me = d t = oye order to make the Preamble consistent with the 
cing osdav ‘h ny om if a read &amp;@ second "me “evidence given to the Committee; and found the 
upon Monday the 4th day of June next ; same, as amended, to be true; and had gone through 
An Amendment was proposed to be made to the | 4... Bil and mad  Aanamenate Qiao 
Question, by leaving out the words “ Monday the ed . = 
4th day of June next,” in order to add the words Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 
“ this day six months ” instead thereof. Mr. FitzRoy revorted the West B ich Im- West Brom- 
And the Question being put, That the words pro- ovenen tik wih eo eee ee Improve- 
; ion :-— hy “i P Bill. 
posed to be left out, stand part of the Question :—It Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 9 
passed in the Nevative. 
+ cs le (44h: ? : 
e And the Question being put, That the words “this | yy. 7 itz Roy reported from the Committee on the Bombay, 
day six months” be added instead thereof:—It Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway (No. 2) eaten + we 
was resolved in the Affirmative. , Bill; That they had examined the allegations con- Railway 
Then the mam Question, so amended, being put; | tained in the Preamble of the Bill, and amended the (No. 2) Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon | .4me verbally ; and found the same, as amended, to 
this day six months. | be true; and had gone through the Bill, and made 
:' A Iments thereunto. 
Dearness— A Petition of Persons whose names are thereunto | pom omy That the - do lie upon the Table; 
bast gaa subscribed, being Promoters of the Undertaking 21 ph. printe d : 
’ of the Dearness Valley Railway, praying that Provi- | ° | 
sion may be made in the Dearness Valley Railway | Mr. Baines reported from the Select Committee Criminal 
Bill for authorizing a certain Deviation in the Line | on the Criminal Justice Bill; That they had gone Justice Bill: 
of the proposed Railway, was presented, and read ; | through the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. _ Bill 148. 
and referred to the Examiners of Petitions for Pri-| Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 
vate Bills. Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a Com- 
, | mittee I N é 
Standing Mr. Greene reported from the Select Committee | + tn whole Seuss; ter Siendiny the 40h day 
Orders. on Standing Orders, a Resolution ; which was read, | nie 
as followeth : a | Mr. Lascelles reported the Carlisle and Silloth Carlisle and’ 
Baths Gas That in the case of the Halifax Gas, Petition for | Bay Railway and Dock Bill, with Amendments. _ Silloth Bay 
additional Provision, the Standing Orders ought to | Railway and 


y Ordered, That the Keport do lie upon the Table ; jock mal 
be dispensed with; that the Parties be permitted to /and be printed. 

introduce their additional Provision, if the Committee 

on the Bill shall think fit, provided that Notice of the| Mr. Hugh Adair reported the Metropolitan Rail- Metropolitan 
proposed additional Provision be inserted in each of | way (re-committed) Bill, with further Amendments. Railway Bull. 
two successive weeks in a local newspaper; that the| Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 


Committee on the Bill do report how far such Order and be printed. 


- 
Vou. 110. | 


Ordered, 


KK2 


24° Mai. A. 1855. 


Return to an Order, dated the 18th day of this “ Prince 
instant May, for a Return of the Number of Men — a“ 
and Horses oy on Board the “ Prince Alfred” “™**?° 
Transport, and the Amount of the Ship's Tonnage. 

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


952 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the Receipts of the Post-office for the past 
year from the Towns on the Line of Railway between 
the Limerick Junction and Cork, including that 
City, also the Receipts at the same Towns in respect 
of the Correspondence between such Towns, and the 
Cost teamnat ter the same period by the Conveyance 
of the Mails between these Points :—Similar Keturn 
for the past year from the Towns on the Line of 
Railway between Limerick and Waterford, including 
these Cities, and the estimated Cost of conveying 


Post-office 
(Limerick, 
&amp;c.) 


Petitions relating to Church Rates ;— Marriage Public 
Law Amendment Bill ;— Maynooth College Act ;— Petitions. 
Regium Donum;— Religious Equality ;—Licenses yiae Thirty. 
(Public-houses, &amp;c.); -—- Mines ; — Burial-grounds eighth Re- 
(Scotland) Bill ;—Education (Scot/and) Bill ;—Free Port. 


Army in the 


Kast, 


Mr. Brown- 


rigg. 


Newfound. 


land. 


yibraitar. 


Spirits 
(Navy.) 


the Mails between these Points by any Tender made 
by the Railway Company :—And, Return of all Me- 
morials and Correspondence, on the subject of Postal 
Communication between Waterford and Limerick, 
made to Her Majesty’s Government, and the Replies 
thereto, between the 1st day of January 1852 and 
the 1st day of June 1855. 


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 Nominal Return of all Officers belonging 
to the Army in the East who have applied for Re- 
muneration for the loss of Horses, Mules and Bag- 
gage, between the 30th day of April 1854 and the 
2ist day of May 1855, with the Dates of such Ap- 
plications. 

Ordered, That 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 all Despatches and Correspondence 
connected with the Removal of Mr. J. Stuart Brown- 
rigg from the Office of Postmaster General of the 
Island of Mauritius, on the 9th 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. 


Mr. John Ball presented,—Return to an Address 
to Her Majesty, dated the 26th day of March last, 
for Copies or Extracts of Correspondence between 
the Secretary of State and the Governor of Vew- 


foundland, on the recent changes in the Constitution 


of that Colony. 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 
10th day of this instant May, for Copy of the sepa- 
rate Report of Dr. Baly, on the Sanitary State of 
Gibraltar. 

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


Mr. Osborne presented,—Return to an Order, 
dated the 18th day of April last, for Copies of 
further Correspondence with the Board of Admiralty, 
praying that a portion of British Spirits may be 
taken for the Supply of the Royal Navy, and An- 
swers thereto (23d and 29th June 1853), and of all 
Contracts entered into for the Supply of the Royal 
Navy with Spirits, from July 1853 to the latest 
Period on which such Contracts have been entered 
into :—Of all Advertisements from the Board of Ad- 
miralty for Tenders of Rum and of British Spirits 
to the latest Period, January 1855 :—And, of Con- 
tracts entered into for the Supply of the Royal 
Navy with Spirits, from the year 1841 to 1853 (in 
continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 389, of 
Session 1854). 


Schools Bill ;—Friendly Societies Bill ;—Intoxicat- 
ing Liquors ; —Jurisdiction of the Stannary Court 
Amendment Bill ;— Metropolis Local Management 
Bill ;— Metropolis Roads Bill; — Nuisances Re- 
moval Amendment Bill ;— Post- office ( Cloghan) ;— 
Public Health Bill ;—Public-houses (Scotland) Act; 
—Sale of Beer Act (1854) ;—Tenants’ Improvements 
Compensation (Zreland) Bill ;—Vaccination Act ;— 
and, War with Russia,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition relating to the Metropolitan Buildings 
Bill, was also presented, and read ; and referred to 
the Select Committee on the Bill. 


A Petition of the Provincial Council of elson, in New Zealand. 


New Zealand (signed by the Speaker), was pre- 
sented, and read; setting forth, That the estate of 
the New Zealand Company which was mortgaged 
to the Crown in the year One thousand eight hun- 
dred and forty-seven has, in the interval between 
that period and the year One thousand eight hun- 
dred and fifty, when it was surrendered, sustained 
a most serious diminution in value through the com- 
pensation which was given for losses incurred by the 
non-fulfilment of the Company’s land contracts ; that 
they conceive it is unjust that the Colony should be 
compelled to pay for an estate thus so materially di- 
minished in value the full price originally stipulated 
for, more especially as it appears that in making the 
arrangement on its behalf, entered into in the year 
One thousand eight hundred and forty-seven, both 
the Crown and Parliament were misled by false re- 
presentations ; that the effect of the arrangement as 
it at present stands is this, that instead of the Com- 
pany having compensated its purchasers, as it pro- 
fessed to do, it is the Colony which has been obliged 
to do so; for it is perfectly evident that the Colony 
has been compelled to purchase the Company's 
estate, and out of that estate, and since the purchase, 
the Company’s land claimants have been compen- 
sated ; that justice requires that the value of the land 
thus lost to the Colony should be computed and de- 
ducted from the amount of the Company’s debt; 
that, in settling the claims of the Ne/son land purcha- 
sers, the Company through its agent made use of a 
legal opinion favourable to itself, having entirely 
suppressed all knowledge of a legal opinion diame- 
trically opposite which it had in the first instance 
obtained, and which it had promised to communicate 
to the settlers ; and praying that the House will be 
pleased to institute an inquiry into the matters com- 
plained of, as well as into the manner in which the 
large sums of money advanced under the Company’s 
Colonisation Act, to promote colonisation in New 
Zealand, were appropriated by the New Zealand 
Company. 

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


The following Papers were laid upon the Table by Poor Law 
the Clerk of the House,— Return to an Order, dated Inspectors. 
the 20th day of March last, for a Return of the 
Names of the Poor Law Inspectors, the Dates of 
— their respective Appointments, the Unions in the 

Districts allotted to each, the Dates of their Visits to 
| | each officially, during the years 1853 and 1854. 
Return to an Order, dated the 30th day of March East India 
| | | last, for Copies of any further Papers relating to (Burmah.) 
Hostilities 


Particulars of Ten- 
ders of Hame-made 
or British Spirits 
sent to the Board. 


Date | 
of 


Contract. | 


Quantity and Description 
of Spirits contracted for, and 
\ Price thereof in 
each Year, 


Replies to 
such Tenders 
of British 
Spirits made. 


Month. Quantity. Price. 


Quantity. | Description. | Price. 
































Fire 
Insurance. 
No. 260. 


British and 
Colonial 
Spirits. 

No, 261. 


Lunatic Asy- 





94° 


Hostilities with Burmah (in continuation of Papers 
presented 15th March 1853). 


18 Vicroriz. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Fire In- 
surance, which was presented upon the 22d day of 
this instant May, be printed. 

Ordered, That the Return relative to British and 
Colonial Spirits, which was presented upon the 22d 
day of this instant May, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Minutes of the Evidence taken 


lums (Ireland) hefore the Select Committee on the Lunatic Asylums 


(Advances) 
Bill. 

No. 262. 
Pupil 
Teachers. 

No. 263. 


Register 
of Voters. 


No. 264. 


Cambridge 
University 
Bill. 
No. 265. 
Civil Service. 
No. 266. 


Trade and 
Navigation. 


No, 65. 


Railways. 


Supply. 


Lunatic Asy- 
tums (Ireland 


( Advances) 
Bill. 


Cinque Ports 
Bill, 


National 
Gallery, &amp;c. 
(Dublin) Bill. 


Despatch of 


Business,Court 


of Chancery 
Bill, 


(Jreland) (Advances) Bill, which were presented upon 
the 22d day of this instant May, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Pupil 
Teachers, which was presented upon the 22d day of 
this instant May, be printed. 


Ordered, That an Abstract of the Return relative 
to the Register of Voters, which was presented upon 
the 22d day of this instant May, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Cambridge 
University Bill, which was presented upon the 22d 
day of this instant May, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to the Civil Ser- 
vice, which was presented upon the 22d day of this 
instant May, be printed. 


Mr. Bouverie presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand,—Accounts relating to Trade and Navigation, 
for the Month ended the 5th May 1855, and four 
Months ended 5th May 1855. 

A Return, showing the Number of Passengers 
conveyed on all the Railways in England and 
Wales, Scotland and Ireland, respectively, during 
the half year ended 31st December 1854, dis- 
tinguished 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 a 
Summary, comparing the Traftic with that in the cor- 
responding Period in 1853; and a Supplement, 
showing the Aggregate Number of Miles travelled 
by each Class of Passengers ; the Number of Pas- 
senger Trains and of Goods Trains respectively, and 
the Number of Miles travelled by such Trains, during 
the above-mentioned half year. 

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 of Supply ; 

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


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 


) mittee on the Lunatic Asylums (Jreland) (Advances) | 


Bill ; 
Resolved, Viiat this House will, after the Notices 
of Motions, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Cinque Ports 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 National Gallery, &amp;e. (Dublin) 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 Despatch of Business, Court of 
Chancery Bill ; 


Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday the 
4th day of June next, resolve itself into the said 
Committee. 

Vou, 110, 








Mai, 253 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Mortmain Bill. 
reading of the Mortmain Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Monday the 4th day of June next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Church Rates 
mittee on the Church Rates Abolition (No. 2) Bill; Abolition 

Resolved, That this House will, after the Notices (N® 2) Bill. 
of Motions, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com-~ Tenants’ 
mittee on the Tenants’ Improvements Compensation Improvements 
(Ireland) Bill ; inched) BEE 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday the aenienae 
4th day of June next, resolve itself into the said 
Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Grand Jury 
reading of the Grand Jury Assessments (Jre/and) Assessments 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time after 
the Notices of Motions. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Grand Juries Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time after 
the Notices of Motions. 


Grand Juries 
Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- raucation 
mittee on the Education ( Scotland) Bill; (Scotland) Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, after the Notices 
of Motions, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Jurisdiction of 
mittee on the Jurisdiction of the Stannary Court the Stannary 
Amendment Bill ; ———a— 

Resolved, That this House will, after the Notices 
of Motions, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Court of 
mittee on the Court of Session (Scut/and) Bill; Session (Scot 
Resolved, That this House will, after the Notices —_ 

of Motions, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Edinburgh 
mittee on the Edinburgh Lands Bill ; Lands Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, after the Notices 


of Motions, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Burial- 
consideration the Burial-grounds (Scotland) Bill, as ee 
' . and) Bill. 
amended in the Committee ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be taken into consideration 
after the Notices of Motions. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Grants of 
reading of the Grants of Lands Bill ; Lands Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
| after the Notices of Motions. 





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 Ordér of the day being read, for the Com- Piers and 
mittee on the Piers and Harbours (Scotland) Bill ; (Geotland) Rill 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday ‘ senate 
the 11th day of June next, resolve itself into the 
said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Hardware, &amp;c. 

reading of the Hardware, &amp;c. , | ne rl Bill; Manufactures 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time after 

the Notices of Motions. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take Messages 
into consideration the Resolution communicated by between the 
- Houses. 
the Lords at a Conference upon the 22d day of 
this instant May, relative to Messages between the 
Houses ; and the same was again rad. 
KK3 


Resol ed, 








Parish 
Constables 
Bill. 


Education 
of Pauper 
Children Bill. 


Brighton 
Incorporation 
Bill. 


Bills of Lading 


(No. 2) Bill. 


Ordnance 
Board Bill. 


Prosecution of 


the War. 


Harbours 
of Refuge 
(Ireland.) 


254, 


Resolved, That this House doth agree with the 
Lords in the Resolution adopted by them respecting 
the Arrangement for the Transmission of Messages, 
Bills and Papers from one House to the other 
(namely), 

“ That, in addition to the present practice with 
regard to Messages between the Houses, one of the 
Clerks of either House may be the bearer of Mes- 
sages from the one to the other: 

“ And that Messages so sent be received at the 
Bar by one of the Clerks of the House to which 
they are sent, at any time whilst it is sitting or in 
Committee, without interrupting the Business then 
proceeding.” 

Ordered, That Mr. FitzRoy do acquaint their 
Lordships with the said Resolution. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Parish Constables Bill ; 


| 
Resolved, That this House will, upon ‘Tuesday the 


5th day of June next, resolve itself into the said 
Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third 
reading of the Education of Pauper Children Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time after 
the Notices of Motions. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third 
reading of the Brighton Incorporation Bill ; 

Ordered, ‘That the Bill be read the third time after 
the Notices of Motions. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Bills of Lading (No. 2) Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time after 
the Notices of Motions. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Ordnance Board Bill ; 


Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time after | 


the Notices of Motions. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- 
posed, That this House cannot adjourn for the Re- 


cess without expressing its dissatisfaction with the | 
ambiguous language and uncertain conduct of Her | 


Majesty's Government in reference to the great 


Question of Peace or War; and that, under these | 
circumstances, this House feels it a duty to declare, | 


that it will continue to give every support to Her 
Majesty in the prosecution of the War, until Her 


Majesty shall, in conjunction with Her Allies, obtain | 4th day of June next, resolve itself into the said 


| Committee. 
An Amendment was proposed to be made to the | 


for this Country a safe and honourable Peace ; 


Question, by leaving out from the first word “ House” 
to the word “ feels,” in order to insert the words 


“ having seen with regret that the Conferences of | 


“ Vienna have not led to a termination of hostilities,” 
instead thereof. 

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


And the House having continued to sit till after 
Twelve of the clock on Friday morning ; 
Veneris, 25° die Maii, 1855: 
Ordered, That the Debate be adjourned till this 
day. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Copy of the Memorial presented to the Admiralty 
on the 31st day of March 1854, from the Inhabitants 


of Drogheda, praying for a Government Survey of | 


the Eastern Coast of Jreland, for the purpose of 
constructing a Harbour of Refuge in the most eligible 


position, with the Names of the Persons who signed | 


that Document, and of any other Communications 


referring to the said Survey and Harbour of Refuge. | 





94° —25° Maiti. 


A. 1855. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Copy of a Letter to the late Chancellor of the Ex- 
chequer, dated the 7th day of December 1853, from 
the Members of a General Committee of Civil Ser- 
vants of the Crown, relative to the Establishment of 
a Civil Service Provident Fund ; together with the 
Appendix and Abstract of the Number of Signatures 
(omitting the Names) accompanying such Abstract. 





| Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
| Return of all Warehouses in London and the Out- 
_ ports of the United Kingdom which have been ap- 
| proved by the Board of Customs for the deposit of 
| Tea, without payment of Duty, under the Provisions 
| of the Customs Laws ; specifying the Names of the 
_ Parties whose Premises have been so approved, the 
| Situation of the Buildings, and the Date of Ap- 


proval. 


_ Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
| encourage the providing of improved Dwellings for 
the Labouring Classes in Jreland: And that Sir 
| William Somerville and Mr. George Alexander Ha- 
| milton do prepare, and bring it in. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
|to give directions, that there be laid before this 

House, a Copy of an Act to enable the Bishops, 
Clergy and — of the United Church of England 
and /reland in Victoria, to provide for the Regulation 
of the Affairs of the said Church. 
Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
| Her Majesty, by such Members of this Bente as are 
of Her Majesty's Most honourable Privy Council. 


| Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Copy of the Commission recently issued by the Lord 
Lieutenant of Ireland to Lord Talbot de Malahide, 
|Mr. South and Mr. Stephenson, relative to the Hos- 
'pitals in the City of Dublin. 





| The Order for the House to resolve itself into a 


| Committee this day, at Twelve o’clock, on the Me- 
| tropolis Local Management Bill, was read, and dis- 
| charged. 


Resolved, That this House will, upon Tuesday the 
5th day of June next, at ‘Twelve o'clock, resolve itself 
into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Lunatic Asylums (Zreland) (Advances) 
Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday the 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Church Rates Abolition (No. 2) Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday the 
8th day of June next, resolve itself into the said 
Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 


Civil Service 
Provident 
Fund. 


Tea Ware- 
houses, 


Dwellings for 
Labouring 
Classes 
(Ireland.) 


Church A ffairs 
( Victoria.) 


Dublin 


Hospitals. 


Metropolis 
Local Manage- 
ment Bill, 


Lunatic Asy- 


lums (Ireland): 
Ad 


( Advances) 
Bill. 


Church Rates. 
Abolition 
(No. 2) Bill. 


Grand Jury 


reading of the Grand Jury Assessments (Jreland), Assessments 


Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Thursday the 7th day of June next. 


The Grand Juries Bill was, according to Order, 


(Ireland) Bill.. 


Grand Juries 


read a second time ; and committed to a Committee Bill. 


of the whole House, for Monday the 4th day of 
June next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Education 


mittee on the Jurisdiction of the Stannary Court 


Amendment Bill ; 
Resolved, 


mittee on the Education (Scot/aud) Bill ; (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- Jurisdiction of 


the Stannary 
Court Amend- 
ment Bill 











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las OK 





f° 





18 VicrortizZz. 


Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday the 
4th day of June next, resolve itself into the said 
Committee. 


Court of The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 

Session (Scot-' mittee on the Court of Session (Scotland) Bill; 

end) Ee. 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 Edinburgh Lands 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 this day. 


Edinburgh 
Lands Bill. 





| 


Burial- The Order of the day being read, for taking into | 
a hae consideration the Burial-grounds (Scotland) Bull, as | 
” amended in the Committee ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be taken into consideration 
this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Grants of Lands Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday the 4th day of June next. 


Grants of 
Lands Bill. 


Hardware, &amp;c. The Order of the day being read, for the second 

Manufactures reading of the Hardware, &amp;c. Manufactures Bill ; 

Bis. Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Monday the 4th day of June next. 


Education 
of Pauper 
Children Bill. 


The Education of Pauper Children Bill was, ac- 
cording to Order? read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Education of ‘Title be, An Act to provide for the Education of 
og Children Children in the receipt of Out-door Relief. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Brighton _ The Brighton Incorporation Bill was, according 
Incorporation ¢&gt; Order, read the third time; and Amendments 
Bill. ; 
were made to the Bill. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Billsof Lading The Bills of Lading (No. 2) Bill was, according 


(No. 2) Bill. to Order, read a second time; and committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for Friday the 8th 
day of June next. 

Ordnance The Order of the day being read, for the second 

anne SS, reading of the Ordnance Board Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Monday the 4th day of June next. 

Dwellings for Sir William Somerville presented a Bill to en- 

Chamoun (fe ;. courage the providing of improved Dwellings for the 

land) Bill, Labouring Classes in Jreland: And the same was 


Bill 149, read the first time ; and ordered to be read a second 
time upon Monday the 11th day of June next ; and 
to be printed. 


fevers (House Ordered, That the Amendments made by the 
nage) Bill. Lords to the Sewers (House Drainage) Bill be taken 
into consideration this day. 


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


VoL. 110. 





Q4°—95° Mair. 255 


Veneris, 25° die Maii ; 
Anno 18° Victoria Regine, 1855. 


PRAYERS. 


R. Fitz Roy reported from the Committee on Gateshead 
the Gateshead Quays and Improvements Bill ; am s and 
‘ . ! ° - ”? Improvements 
That they had examined the allegations contained in pj), 
the Preamble of the Bill, and amended the same, by 
striking out the name of a street called Pipewedlgate, 
and by making verbal 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. 


Ordered, That the Committee on Group 7 of Railway and 
Railway and Canal Bills have leave to sit this day ‘aon Bills 
till Five of the clock, during the sitting of the House. (C7? ™ 


Mr. Duncan reported from the Select Committee Public 


on Public Petitions; That they had examined the Petitions 
. (Thirty- 


| Petitions presented upon the 21st, 22d and 24th cignth Re- 


days of this instant May; and had directed him to port.) 
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 a Mes- Message from 
sage had been brought from the Lords, by one of *¢ 1°ts. 
their Clerks, as followeth : 

The Lords have agreed to the Customs Duties Customs | 
Bill, without any Amendment: And also, Duties Bill. 

The Lords have agreed to the Spirit, &amp;c. Duties Spirit, &amp;e. 


(Excise) Bill, without any Amendment: And also, a Bill 


The Lords have agreed to the Parliamentary Re- Parliamentary 
presentation (Scotland) Act Amendment Bill, without din Chention a) 
any Amendment: And also, Act Amend- 
ment Bill. 

The Lords have agreed to the Amendments made Chesterfield 
by this House to the Amendment made by their bs = 
Lordships to the Chesterfield Water and Gas Bill, 
without any Amendment: And also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Hoffe's Estate 
to enable the Trustees under the Settlement executed Bill. 
on the Marriage of Philip Rideout Hoffe, to effect 
a Sale to Sir Richard Plumptre Glyn, Baronet, of 
certain Hereditameuts, situate at Zwyford, in the 
Parish of Compton Abbas, and County of Dorset, 
and for other purposes, and of which the short Title 
is, Hoffe’s Estate Act, 1855; to which the Lords 
desire the concurrence of this House. 


Hoffe’s Estate Bill was read the first time. Hoffe’s Estate 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exa- Bill. 
miners of Petitions for Private Bills. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Newport Cor- 
the Amendment made by the Lords ta the Newport poration Bill. 
Corporation Bill; and the same was twice read, and 
agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the Amendment made by their Lordships. 


The Caledonian Railway Bill was read the third Caledonian 
time. Railway Bill. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Carmarthen and Cardigan Railway Bill was Carmarthen 

read the third time. and Cardigan 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. Railway Bill. 
Ordered, ‘Yhat the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 


Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Executor and Trustee Society Bill was read Executor 
the third time. and ‘Trustee 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. Society Bill. 
KK4 Ordered, 








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256 


Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


National Loan Ordered, That the short Title of the National 


Fund Life oan Fund Life Assurance Society Bill, as first 

Society Bill entered in the Votes, be changed to “ International 
Life Assurance Society Bill.” 

International The International Life Assurance Bill was read 


Life Aseurance ¢he third time. 


Society Bill. Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 
Peterborough The Peterborough and Wellingborough Road Bill 


and Welling- was read the third time. 


borough Road 


Bill Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 
Wigan and The Wigan and Preston Roads, North of Yarrow 


ees Bill was read the third time. 
en Bill. Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 

Sligo Gas Bill. The Sligo Gas Bill was, according to Order, read 
the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 


° Lords, and desire their concurrence. 
Bolton and = The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Nightingales’ the Bolton and Nightingales’ Road Bill, as amended 
Road Bill. : : ° 
in the Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 
Edinburgh The House proceeded to take into consideration the 


and Glasgow 


Railway Bill Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway Bill, as amended 


in the Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Folkestone The House proceeded to take into consideration 
acca, the Folkestone Improvement Bill, as amended in the 
P Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


London and The House proceeded to take into consideration 
South Western the Zondon and South Western Railway Bill, as 
Railway Bill. . ; 
amended in the Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Nottingham The House proceeded to take into consideration 
and Newhaven the Nottingham and Newhaven Road Bill, as amended 
Road Bill . "Tile 8 
in the Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Airdrie Rural The Airdrie Rural District Police (No. 2) Bill 

District Police was read a second time; and committed. 

(Bo, 2) Be. Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


New River The New River Company and Trustees of the 

Company and River Lee (No. 2) Bill was read a second time; and 

‘Trustees of _ itted 

the River Lee COmmitted. ” 

(No. 2) Bill. Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Wisbech Port 
Bill. 


Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee of Selection, That they have Power to appoint 
the Committee on the Wisbech Port Bill for any day 
not earlier then seven clear days after the second | 
reading of the Bill. 


Ordered, That the Minutes of the Evidence taken 
before the Committee on the England and Ireland 


England 
and Ireland 


Improved Improved Communication Bill be laid before this 
tion Bill. House. 


25° Maiz. 





A. 1855. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Army before 
that part of the Message from the Lords of the 22d Sebastopol. 
day of this instant May, wherein their Lordships 
request that this House will be pleased to communi- 
cate to their Lordships, a Copy of the Fourth Report 
from the Select Committee appointed by this House 
on the Army before Sebastopol. 

Ordered, That a printed Copy of the said Report 
be communicated to the Lords, as desired by their 
Lordships: And that the Clerk do deliver the same. 


The Order for the House to resolve itself into a Episcopal ana 
Committee, upon Thursday the 31st day of this in- Sapitular 
stant May, on the Episcopal and Capitular Estates “““*** = 
Bill, was read, and discharged. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday the 
4th day of June next, resolve itself into the said 
Committee. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Malt. 
Returns of the Number of Bushels of Malt charged 
with Duty in England, between the 5th day of April 
1853 and the 5th day of April 1854 :—Of the Number 
of Bushels of Malt charged with Duty, between the 
5th day of April 1854 and the 31st day of March 
1855 :—And, of Amount of extra Duty of 10s. 4d. 
per Quarter charged on Stock of Malt on hand in 
England, the 8th day of May 1854. 


The Order for the House to resolve itself into a Bills of Ex- 
Committee, upon Thursday the 31st day of this in- change and 
stant May, on the Bills of Exchange and Promissory Notes Bill) 
Notes Bill, was read, and discharged. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday the 
4th day of June next, resolve itself into the said 
Committee. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented County 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased COU". 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Returns of the Total Amount of Judges’ 

Fees received in the County Courts for the Period 

since their Establishment to the end of the last year 
to which the Accounts are made up :—Of the Total 
Amount received by the Judges of such Fees for 
their own use, from the Establishment of the Courts in 
1847 to the 30th day of September 1848 :—Of the 
Total Amount of the Salaries and Allowances for 
travelling paid to such Judges, from the 30th day of 
September 1848 to the end of such last year :—Of 
the Total Amount of Clerks’ Fees for the same 
Period, the Total Amount of Salaries paid thereout, 
and the Total Amount received by the Clerks for 
their own use:—Of the Total Amount of High 
Bailiffs’ Fees received in such Period, and how ex- 
vended :—Of the Total Amount received by the 
lreasurers of County Courts on account of the 
General Fund, and the Payments made thereout, 
during such Period, as given in the Balance Sheets 
rendered to the Treasury :—Of the Total Amount of 
the Allowance to Treasurers of County Courts during 
such Period for travelling and other Expenses, and 
out of what Fund paid :—Of the Total Amount of 
the Allowance to such 'l'reasurers during such Period 
for Clerk hire and Rent of Office, and out of what 
Fund paid :—And, of the Names of all Districts in 
which Court-houses have been built, and the Expense 
of each such Court-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 Order for resuming, upon Thursday next, the Court of 
adjourned Debate on the Amendment which, upon ey 
the 3d day of this instant May, was proposed to be Jurisdiction) 
made to the Question, That the Court of Chancery Bill. 
(Ireland) (Jurisdiction) Bill be now read a second 
time, was read, and discharged. 

Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 








till Thursday the 7th day of June next. 
The 





18 VicTorRIiz. 


Court of The Order for reading a second time, upon Thurs- 
Chancery day next, the Court of Chancery (Jreland) (Proce- 
(Ireland)(Pro- qyre) Bill, was read, and discharged. 


a. Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Thursday the 7th day of June next. 
Court of The Order for reading a second time, upon Thurs- 
Coat, «~—Ss day next, the Court of Chancery (Ireland) (Receivers) 
rl Bill, was read, and discharged. ; 
Bill. Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
| Thursday the 7th day of June next. 
Court of The Order for reading a second time, upon Thurs- 
Creland&gt; day next, the Court of Chancery (Jredand) (Sales of 


(Sales of Estates) Bill, was read, and discharged. 


Estates) Bill. Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Thursday the 7th day of June next. 

Court of The Order for reading a second time, upon Thurs- 

p amee 4 day next, the Court of Chancery (Jreland) (Appeals) 


‘Appeals) Bill. Bill, was read, and discharged. 
— Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 


Thursday the 7th day of June next. 


Court of The Order for reading a second time, upon Thurs- 

Chancery day next, the Court of Chancery (Zreland) (Stamp 

— Duties) Bill, was read, and discharged. 

Duties) Bill. Ordered, That the Bill be-read a second time upon 
Thursday the 7th day of June next. 

Education Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 


(Scotland)Bill. +4 Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Copy of the Correspondence between a 
Deputation from the Scottish Episcopal Church and 
the Lord President of the Council, May 12-17, on 
the Education (Scotland) 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. 


Guano. 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 Consular Despatches communicated 
to the Board of Trade since the 1st day of January, 
respecting additional Sources of Supply of Guano. 

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


Grand Surrey Mr. Hugh Adair reported the Grand Surrey 
— (No.2) Canal (No. 2) Bill, with Amendments. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 
eg . Mr. Hugh Adair reported from the Committee 
Railway Bill, on Group 7 of Railway and Canal Bills; That in 

the case of the Mid Kent and North Kent Railway 
Bill, they had examined the allegations contained in 
the Preamble of the Bill, and amended the same, 
by omitting reference to certain Powers which are 
not conferred by the Bill in its amended form; 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. 
—— and Mr. Lascelles reported from the Committee on 
Railway Bil, Ctoup 5 of Railway and Canal Bills; That in the 
case of the Stockton and Darlington Railway Bill, 
they had examined the allegations of the Bill, and 
amended the same, for the purpose of stating the 
) mg oe for which the additional capital is sought 
to be raised; 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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Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a widows’ 
Return of the Number of Widows of Master Gun- Pensions 
ners, Boatswains and Carpenters, for the years 1840 (Navy) 
to 1854, in receipt of Annuities, distinguishing the 
Amount paid to each Class, and in each year; 
showing also the Aggregate of the Fifteen years. 


The following Papers were laid upon the Table poms 
by the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, oe - 
dated the 14th day of this instant May, for Details“ 

of the Sum of £. 120,400 (Civil Services), voted by 

the House of Commons on the 9th day of February, 

for an Excess of Stationery supplied to the Army 

in the East, stating how much of that Sum was 

expended in Cartridge Paper for Ammunition. 

Return to an Order, dated the 15th day of this Loans (India.) 
instant May, for Extract of a Despatch from the 

Court of Directors of the East India Company to 

the Governor General of India in Council, dated 

the 20th day of December 1854 :—Copy or Extract 

of any other Despatch from the said Directors, pro- 

hibiting the opening of a New Loan in India with- 

out the sanction of the Authorities in England :— 

And, Copy of any Despatches from the Government 

in India, explaining the Reasons for opening a New 

Loan. 

Return to an Order, dated the 30th day of March Sewers Rates 
last, for a Return of the Rates levied by the Metro- (Lambeth. ) 
politan Commission of Sewers in the several Parishes No. 268. 
of the Borough of Lambeth, and the Amount of such 
Rates collected in each Parish, in each year from 
1848 to 1854, both inclusive; and also the Amount 
expended by the said Commissioners in making new 
Sewers or Repairs of Sewers in each Parish, in each 
of those years. 

Return to several Orders, dated the 26th day of Metropolis 
April last, and the 15th day of this instant May, for Sewers. 
Copies of Reports to the Metropolitan Commis- 
sioners of Sewers, on the working of Pipe Sewers, 
of the District Engineers, Messrs. Lovick, Grant, 

Cooper, Donaldson and Roe :—And, of Notes of a 

House to House Inquiry made in Ormond-terrace by 

Mr. F. O. Ward, one of the Metropolitan Commis- 

sioners of Sewers, accompanied by Mr. Cresy, one 

of the Engineers of the Commission, as to the 

working of 4 and 6-inch pipe drains laid there on 

the plan of back drainage, and stated to have failed : 

And, for fac-simile Copies of the said En- Metropolis 
gineers’ Drawings accompanying their Reports. Sewers. 

Return to an Order, dated the 7th day of this Metropolis 
instant May, for Copies of Reports of Surveyors of Sewers. 
Metropolitan Commissioners of Sewers, made in 
conformity with the directions of the General Com- 
mittee of the Commissioners on the 18th day of 
February 1851, as to the difficulties experienced by 
the Surveyors in executing improved Works of 
House Drainage, and also of Water Supply and 
House Drainage combined. 

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-ninth Re- "No P 
port of the Commissioners of the Metropolis Turn- “‘® nate 
pike-roads North of the Thames. 

Ordered, That the Return relative to Sewers Rates 
(Lambeth), and the Paper relative to Metropolis 
Turnpike-roads, be printed. 





Mr. Cowper presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- Cathedral and 
mand,—Copy of Third and Final Report of Her Ma- Collegiate 
jesty’s Commissioners, appointed November 10, a. p. C2™che*- 
1852, to inquire into the state and condition of the 
Cathedral and Collegiate Churches in England and 
Wales ; with an Appendix. 

Mr. Cowper also presented,— Return to an Address Reformatory 
to Her Majesty, dated the 5th day of March last, for Schools. 

a Return of the Number and Names, and in what o- 269. 
County situated, of the Private Reformatory Schools 

which have been certified by Government ; whether 

for Boys or Girls; and the Number of Boys or Girls 

which each School is capable of containing. 








ie Ae Return 








Sous SRS 





Smoke 
Nuisance 
Abatement 
(Metropolis) 
Act. 






No. 270. 








Sheriff Courts 
(Scotland.) 


















































Dublin Port. 
No. 271. 


East India 
Railways. 


No. 272. 


Newfound- 
land. 


No. 273. 


Gibraltar. 
No. 274. 


No. 275. 


Public 
Petitions. 


Vide Thirty- 
ninth Report. 


Church of 
England 
( Canada.) 


No. 276. 


Spirits( Navy. ) 


Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 
12th day of March last, for Returns of the Number 
of Prosecutions in the Metropolitan Police Courts, 
under the Smoke Nuisance Abatement (Metropolis) 
Act, stating the grounds of such Prosecutions, and 
the Amount of Fines imposed in consequence 
thereof :—Of the mode in which 
such Fines has been applied :—And, of the Ex- 


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the Amount of | 





penses attending such Prosecutions. 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated 
the 22d day of December last, for a Return of 
litigated Cases in the Sheriff Courts of Scotland, 
commenced subsequently to the Ist day of No- 
vember 1852, and finally decided prior to the 1st 





day of November 1853, with the Sums and ‘Taxed 
Expenses decerned for therein :—Similar Return as 
to Cases commenced subsequently to the 1st day of | 
November 1853, and finally decided prior to the 1st | 
day of November 1854 :—Leturn of the Number of | 
Cases sent to Proof between the Ist day of Novem- 

ber 1852 and the Ist day of November 1853, in 

which such Proof was concluded within that period ; 

showing the Time occupied by such Proof in each 

case, and the Sums paid to Commissioners for taking 

the same :—Similar Return for the period between | 
the Ist day of November 1853 and the 1st day of 
November 1854 :—Return of the Number of Crimi- 

nal Cases before the Sheriff Courts of Scotland in 

which the Panels pleaded guilty, for the period 

between the Ist day of November 1852 and the Ist 

day of November 1853, and the Sums charged and 

paid in Exchequer on account of Witnesses in such 

Cases :—And, similar Return for the period between 

the 1st day of November 1853 and the Ist day of 
November 1854. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table; and that the Returns relative to Reformatory 
Schools; and Smoke Nuisance Abatement (Metro- 
polis) Act, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Dublin 
Port, which was presented upon the 26th day of 
April last, be printed. 


Ordered, That an Abstract of the Return relative 
to East India Railways, which was presented upon 
the 15th day of this instant May, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Newfound- 
land, which was presented upon the 24th day of 
this instant May, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Gibraltar, 
which was presented upon the 24th day of this 
instant May, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Spirits 
(Navy), which was presented upon the 24th day of 
this instant May, be printed. 


Petitions relating to Church Rates ;— Marriage 
Law Amendment Mill ;—-Maynooth College Act ;— 
Regium Donum ;—Australian Colonies ;—Licenses 
(Public-houses), &amp;c. ;—Education (Scotland) Bill; 
—Free Schools Bill ;—Intoxicating Liquors ;—In- 
toxication ;— Nuisances Removal Amendment Bill; 
— George Ryder Peppercorne ; — Public-houses 
(Scotland) Act ;—Sale of Beer Act (1854);—Schools 
(Scotland) Bill ;—-Tenants’ Improvements Compen- 
sation (reland) Bill;—and, War with Russia,— 
were presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Mr. John Ball presented, —Return to an Address 
to Her Majesty, dated the 15th day of this instant 
May, for Copies of any Address from the Legislative 
Council and Legislative Assembly of Canada, during 
their present Session, touching the legal position of 
the Bishops and other Members of the Church of 
England in that Colony :—And, of the Votes of the 
respective Houses on any such Address, if received. 

Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 





Table ; and be printed. 





A. 1855. 


Mr. Peel presented, by Her Majesty’s Command, 
—Extracts from the Answer of Lord Raglan to the 
Despatch of the Duke of Newcastle, relative to the 
Descent upon the Crimea, dated the 29th June 1854. 

Mr. Peel also presented,—Return to an Address 
to Her Majesty, dated the 3d day of this instant May, 
for Copy of the Correspondence relative to the re- 
construction of the Select Committee of Artillery 
Officers and others at Woolwich, including the Ge- 
neral Order of the 30th day of March last, appointing 
some additional Members, and a List of the Days 
of Meeting to the present time. 

Ordered, ‘That the Paper relative to the Descent 
upon the Crimea, be referred to the Select Committee 
on the Army before Sebastopol ; and that the Return 
relative to Artillery Officers (Woolwich), do lie upon 
the Table ; and be printed. 





Descent upon 
the Crimea, 


Artillery 
Officers 
(Woolwich. ) 


No. 277. 


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


the House this day, adjourn till Monday the 4th day 
of June next. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming the 
adjourned Debate on the Amendment which, upon 
the 24th day of this instant May, was proposed to 
be made to the Question, That this House cannot 
adjourn for the Recess without expressing its dissatis- 
faction with the ambiguous language and uncertain 
conduct of Her Majesty’s Government in reference 
to the great question of Peace or War; and that, 
under these circumstances, this House feels it a 
duty to declare, that it will continue to give every 
support to Her Majesty in the prosecution of the 
War, until Her Majesty shall, in conjunction with 
Her Allies, obtain for this Country a safe and 
honourable Peace ; and which Amendment was, to 
leave out from the first word “ House” to the word 
“ feels,” in order to insert the words “having seen 
“ with regret that the Conferences of Vienna have 
“not led to a termination of hostilities,” instead 
thereof. 

And the Question being again proposed, That 
the words proposed to be left out, stand part of the 
Question ie House resumed the said adjourned 
Debate. 

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


Sabbati, 26° die Maii, 1855: 
A Message by Sir Augustus Clifford, Gentleman 


| Usher of the Black Rod : 


Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords, authorized by virtue of Her Majesty’s 
Commission, for declaring Her Royal Assent to 
several Acts agreed upon by both Houses, do de- 
sire 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 Llouse 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 for granting to Her Majesty an increased 
Rate of Duty on Profits arising from Property, Pro- 
fessions, Trades and Offices : 

An Act for granting certain Duties of Customs on 
Tea, Coffee, Sugar and other Articles : 

An Act for granting certain additional Rates and 
Duties of Excise: 


An Act to remove doubts as to the Commissions 
of Officers of Militia in Zreland, who have omitted 
to deliver unto the Clerk of the Peace descriptions 
of their Qualifications, and to indemnify them against 

the 


Prosecution 
of the War. 


Royal Assent. 


Income Tax 
Bill. 


Customs 
Duties Bill. 


Spirit, &amp;c. 
Duties 
(Excise) Bill. 
Militia 
(Ireland) Bill. 























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the consequences of such omission, and to amend 
the Law relating to the Militia in Jreland : 
An Act to alter in certain respects the Law of 


Intestacy 
(Scotland) Bill. J ,testate moveable Succession in Scotland : 


Affirmations An Act to allow Affirmations or Declarations to 

(Scotland) Bill. }¢ made instead of Oaths in certain cases in Scot- 
land : 

Alterations in An Act to continue an Act of the thirteenth and 

Pleadings Bill: fourteenth years of Her present Majesty, for enabling 
the Judges of the Courts of Common Law at West- 
minster to alter the Forms of Pleading : 

Parliamentary An Act to amend an Act of the second and third 


Representa years of King William the Fourth, for amending the 

yo ———- Representation of the People in Scotland, in so far 

ment Bill. as relates to the Procedure in County Elections in 
that Country : 

Price's Patent An Act to re-incorporate Price’s Patent Candle 

cay Ba Company, and to extend its Powers: 


South Eastern An Act to enable the South Eastern Railway Com- | 


Railway 


(Capital) Bin, P@2Y to raise a further Sum of Money, and to create 


referential Stock for the purpose of paying off their 
Mortgage Debt : 
An Act to authorize the Glossop Gas Company to 


Glossop Gas 
Bill. raise Money, and for other purposes : 


Belfast and An Act to enable the Belfast and County Down 
County Down Railway Company to extend their Railway in the 
Ratwey SE. County of Down : 

Colchester, An Act to grant further Powers to “The Col- 
Stour Valley, chester, Stour Valley, Sudbury and Halstead Rail- 
Sudbury and way Company:” — 

Halstead y pany : 


Railway Bill. 


Grand Junc- An Act for enabling the Grand Junction Water- 


tion Water works Company to raise further Capital, and for 
Bul. other purposes : 
Heywood An Act to enable the Heywood Waterworks Com- 


Water Bill. pany to extend their Undertaking, and to increase 


their Capital : 

An Act to enable the South Wales Mineral Rail- 
way Company to grant a Lease of their Under- 
taking : 

An Act for enabling the Southwark and Vauxhall 
— se — ual Company to raise additional Capital, and for 

other purposes : 
Vale of Neath An Act to empower the Vale of Neath Railway 
Railway Bill. Company to raise further Money for the purposes of 
their Undertaking : 


South Wales 
Mineral 
Railway Bill. 


Southwark 
and Vauxhall 


Dursley and An Act for making a Railway from the Midland 

— pip, Railway in the Parish of Cam, in the County of 
ye Gloucester, to the Town of Dursley: 

Woolwich An Act to incorporate the Woolwich Equitable 


Equitable Gas Gas Company, and to enable them to raise further 
Money, and for other ee : 
rquay Market Company 


Torquay An Act to enable the 

— and to raise a further Sum of Money, to sell or lease 

houses Bil, their Undertaking, and for other purposes : 

Great North An Act to extend the Great North of Scotland 

Railway Bill Railway from Huntly to Keith : 

Chesterfield An Act to enable the Chesterfield Waterworks and 

pty Fg Gas-Light Company to extend their Undertaking, 
‘ and for other a a : 

Jedburgh An Act for making a Railway from the Town of 


Railway Bill. Jedburgh to the Kelso Branch of the North British 
Railway, at or near the Roxburgh Station, and for 
other purposes : 

An Act for constructing a Market-house, Market- 
place, and other Buildings for Public Accommoda- 
tion at Bangor, in the County of Carnarvon, and for 
the better Regulation and Maintenance of the 
Markets there, and for other purposes : 


Bangor 

Markets and 
Public Insti- 
tutions Bill. 


Rotherham An Act for more effectually supplying with Gas 

= am. the Parish of Rotherham, and certain Places adjacent 

thereto, in the West Riding of the County of York : 

Uxbridge An Act for authorizing the Sale of the Uxbridge 

Lanis Bil, | DUrgage Lands, and directing the application of the 
Proceeds thereof, and for other purposes : 

Birmingham An Act to enable the Company of Proprietors of 


Water Bil. the Birmingham Waterworks to construct new 
Waterworks, and for other purposes : 


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259 


An Act for better enabling the Medical, Invalid Medical, 


Tnvalid and 


and General Life Assurance Society to sue and be QYa'" 


sued, and for other purposes with relation to the Assurance 
Society : Society Bill. 
An Act for extending the Powers of the Plymouth Plymouth and 
and Stonehouse Gas-Light and Coke Company, and a 
for other purposes : mst I 
An Act to enable the East Indian Railway Com- East Indian 
pany to issue and register Shares and Securities in Bailway Bill. 
Lndia, and for other purposes in relation to such 
Company : 
An Act for paving, draining, cleansing, lighting Surbiton 
| and otherwise oy the District of Saint Mark, Improvement 
| Surbiton, in the Parish of Kingston-upun- Thames, in 
| the County of Surrey, and for other purposes : 
| An Act to incorporate the Stourbridge Gas Com- Stourbridge 
pany, and to enable them to light with Gas the &amp;9 3ill- 
Town of Stourbridge in Worcestershire and other 
Places. 








| And the Question being put, That the words pro- Prosecution 

| posed to be left out, stand part of the Question ; of the War. 
The House divided. 

| The Yeas to the Right; 


The Noes to the Left. 


| Tellers for thefSir William Jolliffe, 7 219 
Yeas, Colonel Taylor ; ' 

| Tellers for thes Mr. Hayter, \s19 
Noes, \The Earl of Mulgrave: f°" 


So it passed in the Negative. 

And the Question being proposed, That the words 
|“ having seen with regret that the Conferences of 
| * Vienna have not led to a termination of hostilities,” 
| be inserted instead thereof ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
| said proposed Amendment, by inserting after the 
| words “ regret that,” the words “ owing to the refusal 
|“ of Russia to restrict the strength of her Navy in 
' the Black Sea,” 
|  Ahd the Question being proposed, That the words 
|“ owing to the refusal of Russia to restrict the 
|“ strength of her Navy in the Black Sea,” be in- 
| serted in the proposed Amendment :—And a Debate 
' arising thereupon ; 
| Ordered, That the Debate be adjourned till Mon- 
| day the 4th day of June next. 
| The Order of the day being read, for resuming Testamentary 
the adjourned Debate on the Amendment which, upon Jurisdiction 
| the 26th day of April last, was proposed to be made” 
| to the Question, That the Testamentary Jurisdiction 
Bill be now read a second time ; 

Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 
ull Monday the 4th day of June next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Places of Reli- 
mittee on the Places of Religious Worship Regis- gious Worship 
P : Registration 
tration Bill; . 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 

the 6th day of June next, resolve itself into the said 
Committee. 


The Personal Estates of Intestates Bill was, ac- Personal 

cording to Order, read the third time. Estates of 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. seemmmneeis 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bili to the 


Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Militia (No. 2) Bill was, according to Order, Militia (No. 2) 
read the third time. Bill. 
An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Bill, in Clause 2, 1.19, by inserting after the word 
“ places,” the words “except such or such portion 
“ of the several Inns of Court and Inns of Chancery 
as may now be extra-parochial.” 
And the Question being put, That those words be 
there inserted :—It passed in the Negative. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


“ 





Vou. 110. 





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260 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Supply ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
the 4th day of June next, resolve itself into the said 
Committee. 


Supply. 


Cinque Ports The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
Bill mittee on the Cinque Ports Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
the 4th day of June next, resolve itself into the said 


Committee. 


National 
Gallery, &amp;c. 
(Dublin) Bill 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the National Gallery, &amp;c. (Dublin) Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
the 4th day of June next, resolve itself into the said 
Committee. 


Ways and 
Means. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Ways and Means ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
the 4th day of June next, resolve itselt into the said 
Committee. 


Education The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
(Scotland)Bill. mittee on the Education (Scotland) Bill; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
the 7th day of June next, resolve itself into the said 
Committee. 


Court of The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
eney | gue into a Committee on the Court of Session ( Scotland) 
) Bil. Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker 
resumed the Chair; and Mr. FitzRoy 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 the 4th day of June next. 
Edinburgh The House, according to Order, proceeded to 
Lands Bill. take into consideration the Edinburgh Lands Bill, 

as amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon 

Monday the 4th day of June next. 
Burial- The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
fray Bi pe consideration the Burial-grounds (Scotland) Bill, as 


amended in the Committee ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be taken into consideration 
upon Monday the 4th day of June next. 


Sewers (House The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
Drainage) Bill. consideration the Amendments made by the Lords 
to the Sewers (House Drainage) Bill ; 

Ordered, That the said Amendments be taken into 
consideration upon Monday the 4th day of June 
next. 


The Order for the House to resolve itself into a 
Committee, upon Thursday next, on the Nuisances 
Removal Amendment Bill, was read, and discharged. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
the 4th day of June next, resolve itself into the said 
Committee. 


Nuisances 
Removal 
Amendment 
Bill. 


Education Bill. The Order for reading a second time, upon Friday 
next, the Education Bill, was read, and discharged. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 


Monday the 4th day of June next. 


Education 


(No.2) Bill. The Order for resuming, upon Friday next, the 


adjourned Debate on the Amendment which, upon 
the 2d day of this instant May, was proposed to be 
made to the Question, That the Education (No. 2) 
Bill be now read a second time, was read, and dis- 
charged. 

Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 
till Monday the 4th day of June next. 


The Order for reading a second time, upon Friday 
next, the Free Schools Bill, was read, and dis- 
charged. 


Free Schools 
Bill 





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A. 1855. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Monday the 4th day of June next. 


The Order for the House to resolve itself into a Public Health 
Committee, upon Friday next, on the Public Health Bill 
Bill, was read, and discharged. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday the 
4th day of June next, resolve itself into the said 
Committee. 


The Order for the House to resolve itself into a Passengers 
Committee, upon Friday next, on the Passengers Act Amend- 
Act Amendment Bill, was read, and discharged. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday the 
4th day of June next, resolve itself into the said 
Committee. 


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

to the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ 
for the electing of a Citizen to serve in this present 
Parliament for the City of Bath, in the room of 
Thomas Phinn, Esquire, who, since his Election for 
the said City, hath accepted the Office of Steward 
or Bailiff of Her Majesty’s three Chiltern Hundreds 
of Stoke, Dehmogh and Bonenham, in the County 
of Buckingham. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, New South 
Copies of all Petitions on the subject of the proposed Wales. 
Constitution for New South Wales, presented to this 
House since the year 1853, with the Number of 
Signatures attached to each Petition. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Foreign 
an Account of the Sums paid under the Act 59 Geo, Shipping. 
3, c. 54, and subsequent Orders of the Lords Com- 
missioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury, in the years 

1853 and 1854, for the difference of Rates and 
Charges due to Corporations, Companies or Indivi- 

duals, for Foreign Vessels which, under Treaties of 
Reciprocity or otherwise, are admitted into the Ports 

of the United Kingdom at the same Rates of Charge 

as British Vessels; specifying each of the several 
Rates ; on what account the same was paid, whether 

for Light Dues, Dock Dues, Dues on Ships or Mer- 
chandise, Pilotage or otherwise; also, the Total 
Amount (under the Reciprocity Treaties) paid to 

each Corporation, Company or Individual, in each 

of the years ended the 31st day of December 1853 

and 31st day of December 1854 (in continuation of 


Parliamentary Paper, No. 189, of Session 1853), 


The Order made uport the 30th day of April last, Sierra Leone, 
that there be laid before this House, Copies of all 
Orders, Papers, Minutes, Documents and Letters, 
from the Appointment of Governor Kennedy in 1852, 
down to his removal from the Colony, relating to 
certain a preferred by Governor Kennedy 
against Mr. William Nicoll Aitkin, late Colonial 
Surgeon in Sierra Leone, and to his removal from 
Office, with the Correspondence which has passed 
(and the Memorials and Petitions which have been 
presented) on this subject between the said Governor 
Kennedy and the Colonial Office and the said Wil- 
liam Nicoll Aitkin, the Colonial Office, and the Lord 
President of the Privy Council, was read, and dis- 
charged. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Sierra Leone. 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Copies of all Papers and Correspondence 
relating to Charges preferred by Governor Kennedy 
against Mr. William Nicoll Aitkin, late Colonial 
Surgeon at Sierra Leone, from the Appointment of 
the said Governor down to the present time. 

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





The 














Law of 
Partnership. 


Limited 
Liability. 


Partnership 
Amendment. 


Limited 
Liability. 


Partnership 
Amendment. 


“ Candia ” 
Transport. 


Limited 
Liability Bill. 
No. 150. 


Partnership 
Amendment 
Bill. 


Bill 151. 


Mr. Speaker's 
Indisposition. 





18 Vicroriz. 


The House was moved, That the several Acts re- 
lating to the Law of Partnership, might be read ; 
and the same being read ; 

Resolved, That this House will, immediately, re- 
solve itself into a Committee to consider the state of 
the Law relating to Partnership :—The House ac- 
cordingly 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 limiting the Liability of Members of certain 
Joint Stock Companies. 

2. Resolved, That the Chairman be directed to 
move the House, that leave be given to bring in a 
Bill to amend the Law of Partnership. 


Resolutions to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; and Mr. Fitz Roy 
reported, That the Committee had come to several 
Resolutions. 

Ordered, That the Report be now received. 

Mr. FitzRoy accordingly reported several Reso- 
lutions ; which were read, as follow : 

1. Resolved, That the Chairman be directed to 
move the House, that leave be given to bring in a 
Bill for limiting the Liability of Members of certain 
Joint Stock Companies. 

2. Resolved, ‘hat the Chairman be directed to 
move the House, that leave be given to bring’ in a 
Bill to amend the Law of Partnership:—And he 
moved the House accordingly. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in the 
Bills: And that Mr. FitzRoy, Mr. Bouverie and 
Viscount Palmerston do prepare, and bring them 
in. 


Mr. Osborne presented,— Return to an Order, 
dated the 16th day of this instant May, for a Copy 
of the Report of the Survey held at Woolwich on 
the “ Candia” (Iron) Transport, and that of the 
Pilot who took her out. 

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


Mr. Bouverie presented a Bill for limiting the 
Liability of Members of certain Joint Stock Com- 
panies: And the same was read the first time; and 
ordered to be read a second time upon Monday the 


11th day of June next; and to be printed. 


Mr. Bouverie presented g Bill to amend the Law 
of Partnership: And the same was read the first 
time ; and onal to be read a second time upon 
Monday the 11th day of June next; and to be 
printed. 


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till a quarter of an hour after Three of the 
clock on Saturday morning, adjourned till 
Monday the 4th day of June next. 








Luna, 4° die Junii ; 
Anno 18° Victorie Regine, 1255. 


HE House met; and the Clerk at the Table 
acquainted the House, that he had received a 
Letter from Mr. Speaker, together with a Medical 
Certificate, which he read to the House, as follow : 
89, Eaton-square, 
Sir, Monday, June 4, 1855. 

I trust that the enclosed Certificate from the Sur- 
geon who has been attending me during my indis- 
position will satisfy the House with regard to the 
cause of my unavoidable absence on the present 
occasion. I can only express my sincere regret at 
Vor. 110. 


Q5°—2A° Mazi.—4° Juniz. 





261 


being thus prevented attending the service of the 
House. 
I have the honour to be 
Your obedient Servant, 
C. S. Lefevre, 


Sir Denis Le Marchant, Bart., Speaker. 


&amp;e. &amp;e. &amp;e. 


I hereby certify, that The Speaker has sprained his 
leg in mounting his horse. A considerable amount 
of inflammation has resulted from the injury, which 
has not yet sufficiently subsided to enable him to 
take the Chair. 
Edwd, Headland, 
M.R.C.S., &amp;e. &amp;e. 
32, Guildford-street, June 3d, 1855. ° 


Whereupon Mr. FitzRoy, the Chairman of the 
Committee of Ways and Means, having counted the 
House, took the Chair, according to the Resolution 
of this House. 


Mr. Deputy Speaker laid upon the Table,—Re- Dearness 
port from one of the Examiners of Petitions for Pri- Valley Rail- 
vate Bills, in respect of non-compliance with the “*Y — 
Standing Orders in the case of the Petition for addi- 
tional Provision in the Dearness Valley Railway Bill. 

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


Mr. Deputy Speaker laid upon the Table,—Re- Hoffe’s Estate 
port from one of the Examiners of Petitions for Pri- Bill- 
vate Bills; That in the case of Hoffe’s Estate Bill, 
no Standing Orders are applicable. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Madras 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Madras Railway Bill. 
Railway Bill; and the same were twice read, and 
reed to. 
Ordered, That the Clerk 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 Staines, Woking- Staines, 
ham and Woking Railway (Alterations, &amp;c.) Bill be Wokingham 
now read the third time ; iow = 
Mr. Hayter, by Her Majesty’s Command, ac- (Alterations, 
quainted the House, That Her Majesty, having been *¢-) Bill. 
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 the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 


Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Ordered, That the West Somerset Mineral Rail- West Somerset 
way Bill be read the third time To-morrow. Mineral 
Railway Bill. 
Orderea, That the Weymouth Water Bill be read Weymouth 
the third time upon Wednesday next. Water Bill. 


The Wolverhampton New Water Bill was read the Wolverhamp- 
third time ; and Amendments were made to the Bill. to2 New 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. Weeee OS, 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Aboyne, Bal- 
the Aboyne, Ballater, Braemar and Cairnwell Road 'ter, Braemar 
Bill, as amended in the Committee. ch 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Basingstoke, 


the Basingstoke, Stockbridge and Lobcomb Corner Stockbridge 
Road Bill, as amended in the Committee. penton ry 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. _ Bill, 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Bridport 
the Bridport Roads Bill, as amended in the Com- Roads Bill. 
mittee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 

LL3 The 














262 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Gomersal and Dewsbury Road Bill, as amended 
in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Gomersal and 
Dewsbury 
Road Bill. 


Ordered, That the Great Northern London Ceme- 
tery Bill, as amended in the Committee, be taken 
into consideration upon Wednesday next. 


Great North- 
ern London 
Cemetery Bill. 


Ordered, That the Gun-barrel Proof-houses ( Bir- 
mingham and London) Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration upon Friday next. 


Gun-barrel 
Proof-houses 
(Birmingham 
and London) 
Bill. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration the 
Honiton Road Bill, as amended in the Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Honiton Road 
Bill, 


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. 


North York- 
shire and 
Cleveland 
Railway Bill. 


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. 


Rhymney 
Railway Bill. 


Scinde 


Railway Bill. the Scinde 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 Severn Valley Railway Bill, as amended in the 
Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Severn Valley 
Railway Bill. 


Somerset 
Central Rail- 
way Bill. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Somerset Central Railway Bill, as amended in 
the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Stokes Bay 
and Isle of 
Wight Rail- 
way, Pier and 
Telegraph Bill. 


Ordered, That the Stokes Bay and Isle of Wight 
Railway, Pier and Telegraph Bill, as amended in the 
Committee, be taken into consideration To-morrow. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Stroud, Cainscross and Minchinhampton Road 
Bill, as amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Stroud, Cains- 
cross and Min- 
chinhampton 
Road Bill, 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
and Chalford Road Bill, as amended in 
the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Stroud and 
Chalfurd Road the Stroud 
Bill. 


Portsmcuth ' 
Railway Bill. the Portsmouth Railway Bill, as amended in the 
Committee. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


—— The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Bil. the Lightpill and Birdlip Road Bill, as amended in 


the Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


East Kent 
Railway (Ex- 
tension to 
Dover) Bill. 


Irdered, That the East Kent Railway (Extension 
to Dover) Bill be read a second time To-morrow. 


Turnpike- 
_road Bills 


(Group H-) 1]. of Turnpike-road Bills. 


England 

and Ireland 
Improved 
Conmmunica- 
tion Bill. 


4? Juniz. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration | , ; ; 
| Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Civil Bills, &amp;. 


A. 1855. 


the Preamble of the Bill, and amended the same, for 
the purpose of ——T the operation of the Bill to 
the improvement of the Postaland Passenger Commu- 
nication between England and Ireland via Holuhead 
and Kingstown or Howth, and of making it otherwise 
consistent with the facts of the case as proved before 
them; 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. Osborne presented,— Return to an Order, 
dated the 29th day of January last, fora Return of the 
Ships engaged as regular Transports, with the Names 
(stating whether Steam or Sailing), from the 1st day 
of January 1854 to the !st day of January 1855, 
with the Dates of Engagement, and if still in the 
Service ; the Register Tonnage on which the Freight 
is calculated ; the Rates of Freight, and whether 
reduced or increased since first engaged ; the Service 

erformed, with the Quantity of Cargo, Troops or 
Stores taken by each; the Length of the Passages ; 
in Steam Ships, the Horse-power and Consumption 
of Coals or Fuel per Hour. 

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


Transports, 


Returns of the Amount paid from the Consolidated (teland.) 
Fund to the Assistant Barristers in Zreland, and to 





The House proceeded to take into consideration | 


Ordered, That the Earl Annesley be discharged | 
from further attendance on the Committee on Group 


Mr. Corry reported from the Committee on Group 
3 of Railway and Canal Bills; That in the case of | Justice of the Peace for the Town, and in what 
the England and Jre/and Improved Communication | instances, if any, he has appointed a Commissioner, 
Bill, they had examined the allegations contained in | not being Chairman; and in what instances he has 


the Chairman of Ki/mainham, for the year ending 
| the 5th day of January 1851 :—Of the Amount paid 
| from the Consolidated Fund to the Assistant Bar- 
| risters in Zreland, to the Chairman of Kilmainham, 
'and to the Recorders of Dublin and Cork, for the 
| year ending the 5th day of January 1854 :—Of the 
Amount paid in Salaries, and of the Allowances for 
travelling Expenses, to the two Judges of the Insol- 
vent Court in Jreland, for the year ending the 5th 
day of January 1851 :—Of the Amount paid to the 
sole Judge of the Insolvent Court, for the year ending 
the 5th day of January 1855 :—And, ina Tabular 
Form, of the Stamped Paper issued by the Commis- 
sioners of Inland Revenue in Jreland to the several 
Stamp Distributors, and sold by them, and also of 
the Stamped Paper sold by the said Commissioners 
to Persons other than Stamp Distributors, in the 
years ending the 5th day of January 1853, 1854 and 
1855 ; viz.—Stamped original Civil Bill Ejectment 
Forms ; Stamped Copies of the same; Stamped 
original Civil Bill Forms for Redemption ; Stamped 
Copies of the same; Stamped original Civil Bill 
Forms in Replevin ; Stamped Copies of the same ; 
Stamped original Civil Bill Process Forms, for the 
recovery of any Legacy or distributive share of 
Assets; Stamped Copies of the same; Stamped 
(other than the above) original Civil Bill Process 
Forms; Stamped Copies of the same; Stamped 
Notices of Renewal Forms ; Stamped Copies of the 
/same ; Stamped Recognizance Forms of Appeal :— 
The above Returns to specify the Amount of Stamped 
'Paper sold upon each Form of Process or Pro- 
| ceeding ; also the Amount upon each class of Copies 
}and upon Recognizance of Appeal; and also the 
| Gross Amount of Stamp Duties received in each of 
| the said years in respect of Civil Bill Proceedings. 





| 
| Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Towns 


Improvement 


|Return showing the Towns in Jreland that have Act (Ireland.) 


| elected Town Commissioners under the Provisions 
of the Towns Improvement Act of last Session, 
\ stating the Names and Qualifications (as required 
| by the Act) of each Commissioner, and stating in 
| what instances the Lord Chancellor of Jreland has 
‘appointed the Chairman of such Commissions a 


j 
{ 


not 








‘Truck Act 
Amendment 
Bill. 


Metropolis 
Local Manage- 
ment Bill. 


M‘Dongall’s 
Disinfecting 
Powder. 


Public 
Petitions. 


Vide Thirty- 
ninth Report. 


Incumbered 
Estates 
Inquiry Com- 
mission 
(Ireland.) 


Loan Fund 
Board 
(Ireland.) 


National 
Education 
(Ireland.) 


River Tyne 
Commission. 


Turnpike 
Trusts. 


Queen Anne’s 
Bounty. 


18 Vicrortiz. 


not appointed any Commissioner a Justice of the 
Peace for the Town as authorized by the Act. 


The Order for reading a second time, upon Thurs- 
day next, the Truck Act Amendment Bill, was 
read, and discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday the 13th day of this instant June. 


The Order for the House to resolve itself into a 
Committee To-morrow, at Twelve o'clock, on the 
Metropolis Local Management Bill, was read, and 
discharged. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 
at Twelve o'clock, resolve itself into the said Com- 
mittee. 


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 ouse, 
a Copy of any Reports to the War Office on the 
Results of Experiments made at the Manchester 
Barracks or elsewhere with M‘Dougall’s Disin- 
fecting Powder. 

Ordered, That 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 Ballot ;—Church Rates ; 
—Church Rates Abolition Bill; — Marriage Law 
Amendment Bill ;—Maynooth College Act ;—Reli- 
gious Equality ;—Licenses (Public-houses, &amp;c.) ;— 
Burials beyond the Metropolis Act ; — Decimal 
Coinage ;— Education Bills ;—Education (Scotland) 
Bill ;—Friendly Societies Bill ; — Intoxicating Li- 
quors ;—Jurisdiction of the Stannary Court Amend- 
ment Bill ;—Nuisances Removal Amendment Bill ; 
—Public-houses (Scotland) Act;— St. Mary-in- 
Arden Parish ;—Sale of Beer Act (1854) ;—Savings 
Banks (Jreland) ;—Schools (Scotland) Bill ;—Te- 
nants’ Improvements Compensation (Jre/and) Bill; 
—Testamentary Jurisdiction Bill ;—War with Russia ; 
—and, Wee Pawns, &amp;c. (Scotland), — were pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


Mr. Cowper presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand,—Copy of Report of Her Majesty’s Commis- 
sioners appointed to inquire into the Incumbered 
Estates Court, and into the expediency of continuing 
it, or transferring its Powers to the Court of Chan- 
cery; together with an Appendix containing Evi- 
dence and Returns. 

Copy of Seventeenth Annual Report of the Com- 
missioners of the Loan Fund Board of Jreland, 
pursuant to the Act 6 &amp; 7 Vic. c. 91. 

Copy of Twenty-first Report of the Commis- 
sioners of National Education in Jreland (for the 
year 1854), with Appendices: Vol. I. 

Copy of Report of the Commissioners appointed 
to inquire into the present State of the River Tyne ; 
together with the Minutes of Evidence and Ap- 
pendix. 

Copy of Sixth Report, with Abstracts of Accounts 
relating to the Circumstances of the under-men- 
tioned Turnpike Trusts applying for Local Acts in 
the present Session of Parliament, made by direc- 
tion of the Secretary of State for the Home Depart- 
ment, under the Powers conferred upon him by the 
Act of the 3 &amp; 4 Will. 4, c. 80: — 26. The Lon- 
don Turnpike-road (Derby) ; 27. Wem and Bron-y- 
garth Roads; 28. Gateshead and Hexham Roads. 

Mr. Cowper also presented,—Return to an Ad- 
dress to Her Majesty, dated the 29th day of June 
last, for 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 cer- 

VoL. 110. 


4° Junie. 





263 


tified Returns made by the Governors in conformity 
with the Act 1 Geo. 1, c. 10, s. 20. 


Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the Ecclesiastical 


2d day of March last, for a Return of all Monies 
paid by the Ecclesiastical Commissioners or the 
Church Estates Commissioners during the years 
1853 and 1854, out of Funds administered by them, 
to Solicitors, Surveyors and other Officers ; speci- 
fying the Names and Particulars of each Transac- 
tion (in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 
576, of Session 1853). 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 
29th day of March last, for Returns of the Number 
of Royal and other Commissions which have been 
appointed during the reigns of George the Fourth, 

illiam the Fourth, and Her Majesty, to inquire 
into or report on the Law of Real Property ; the 
Registration of Deeds and Simplification of Forms 
of Conveyance ; the Process, Practice and Pleading 
of the Superior Courts of Common Law; and the 
Process, Practice and Pleading of the Court of 
Chancery :—Of the Names of the paid Commis- 
sioners (if any) appointed on each of the said Com- 
missions ; distinguishing the Names of those Com- 
missioners who concurred in or dissented from the 
several Reports made to Her Majesty or Her Pre- 
decessors, by or on behalf of-every such Commis- 
sion :—Of the entire Expense of the said Commis- 
missions ; distinguishing how much was incurred 
for each Commission, and the Total Sum received 
for Salary, Fees or other Emolument by each and 
every Commissioner, by Name, distinguishing the 
Length of Time each Commissioner has served :— 
And, of the Number and Nature of the Bills pre- 
pared or approved of by such Commissions, and 
afterwards laid before Parliament, and of the Names 
and respective Remuneration of the Draughtsmen 
of such Bills; distinguishing all such of the said 
Bills as have passed into Laws from such as have 
not been so passed by Parliament. 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 
1st day of May last, for a Return of the Sum Total 
of all Monies paid or allotted for Salaries, Fees or 
Allowances to Draftsmen by the several Public 
Departments during the year 1853, the year 1854, 
and the first Three Months of the year 1855, for 
drafting, or settling the Drafts of, Parliamentary 
Bills; and in case the Draftsman of any such Bill 
was or is a Member of or employed under any 
Statute Law or Criminal Law Commission, the 
Name of such Draftsman, and the Amount re- 
ceived by him. 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated tlie 
25th day of May last, for Copy of the Correspond- 
ence between a Deputation from the Scottish Epis- 
copal Church and the Lord President of the Council, 
May 12-17, on the Education (Scot/and) Bill. 

Return to an Order, dated the 29th day of March 
last, for a Return of the Names and Amount of 
Salaries of all Officers, Medical, Clerical or other- 
wise, employed in Workhouses in Jreland during 
the year 1854, whether as intern or visiting Officers ; 
and, in relation to the latter Class, specifying the 
Average Number of Visits made in the Week by 
each. 

Return to an Order, dated the 24th day of May 
last, for Copy of the Commission recently issued by 
the Lord Lieutenant of Lreland to Lord Talbot de 
Malahide, Mr. South and Mr. Stephenson, relative 
to the Hospitals in the City of Dublin. 

Mr. Cowper also presented, pursuant to the di- 
rections of several Acts of Parliament, —Gaols: 
Copies of all Reports, and of Schedules (B.) trans- 
mitted to the Secretary of State. 

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 23d day of April last, for Accounts of 

LL4 the 


and Church 


Estates Com- 
missions, 


Real Property, 
&amp;c. Commis. 


sions, 


Draftsmen 
of Bills in 
Parliament. 


Education 
(Scotland) Bill. 


Workhouses 
(lreland.) 


Dublin 
Hespitals. 


Gaols. 


Coals, Cinders 
and Culm. 








Civil Service 
Provident 
Fand, 


England 

and Irelund 
Improved 
Communica- 
tion Bill. 


Army, Com- 
missariat and 
Ordnance. 


Geological 
Surveys. 


No. 278. 


rv India 
mpany’s 
Stock. v 


No. 279. 


Loans (India. ) 
No. 280, 


Mr. Speaker’s 
Indisposition, 


264 4°— 5° 


the Quantities of Coals, Cinders and Culm shipped ! 
at the several Ports of England, Scotland and 
Treland, Coastways, to other Ports of the United 
Kingdom, in the year 1854; distinguishing the 
Quantity — at each of the said Ports, as 
compared with the. year 1853:—Of the Quantities 
and Declared Value of Coals, Cinders and Culm ex- 
ported from the several Ports of England, Scotland 
and Ireland, to Foreign Countries, and the British 
Settlements abroad, in the year 1854 ; a 
the Countries to which the same were sent, an 

comparing the same with the year 1853; also dis- 
tinguishing the Ports of the United Kingdom from 
which the same were shipped :—Of the Quantities 
of Coals, Cinders and Culm exported from the 


Junie. A. 1855. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming Education 
the wipornant Debate on the Amendment which, (N®- 2) Bill. 
upon 2d day of May last, was proposed to be 
made to the Question, That the Education (No. 2) 

Bill be now read a second time ; 


Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 
till Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Education Bill. 
reading of the Education Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 


Free Schools 
reading of the Free Schools Bill; Bill. 





United Kingdom in the year 1854, 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 | 
1854, comparing the same with the Quantities | 
brought during the year 1853. 

Return to an Orhan, dated the 23d day of April | 
last, for a Return of the Quantity of Foreign Iron | 
imported and exported from the United Kingdom | 
in the years 1853 and 1854; of British Iron ex- 
ere including Unwrought Steel, in the same 

eriod ; and of the Quantity of British Hardware 
exported during the above Period (in continuation 
of former Return). 

Return to an Order, dated the 30th day of April 
last, for an Account of the Quantities of Cheese im- | 
ported into the several Ports of Great Britain in 
each Month of the year 1854; distinguishing the 
European, United States, and Colonial Produce; | 
and, of all European Cheese, exclusive of British | 
Cheese, exported from England in the year 1854) 
(in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 321, | 
of Session 1854). 

Return to an Order, dated the 24th day of May 
last, for Copy of a Letter to the late Chancellor of 
the Exchequer, dated the 7th day of December 
1853, from the Members of a General Committee of 
Civil Servants of the Crown, relative to the Estab- 
lishment of a Civil Service Provident Fund ; to-| 
gether with the Appendix and Abstract of the Num- | 
ber of Signatures (omitting the Names) accompanying 
such Abstract. 

The following Paper, pursuant to Order, was also | 
laid upon the Table by the Clerk of the House,— | 
Minutes of the Evidence taken before the Com- | 
mittee on the England and Ireland Improved Com- | 
munication Bill. 

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 of| 
Army, Gummanaites and Ordnance Receipt and | 
Expenditure for the year ended 31st March 1854, | 
with Reports of the Commissioners of Audit. 





Ordered, That an Abstract of the Return relative 
to the Geological Surveys, which was presented upon 
the 16th day of May last, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the East 
India Company’s Stock, which was presented upon 
the 10th day of May last, be printed. 





Ordered, That the Return relative to Loans| 
(India), which was presented upon the 25th day of | 
May last, be printed. | 


Viscount Palmerston having stated that it was 
probable that Mr. Speaker's Indisposition would be 
of some days’ duration ; 

Ordered, That in the event of Mr. Speaker’s 


absence os for more than this day, Mr. 
FitzRoy do take the Chair on each subsequent day 
during the present week. 





Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming the Prosecution 
adjourned Debate on the Amendment which, upon * “¢ War. 
the 25th day of May last, was proposed to be made 
to the Amendment which, upon the 24th day of May 
last, was proposed to be made to the Question, re- 
lative to the Prosecution of the War, and which 
Amendment was to leave out from the first word 
“ House,” in the Original Question, to the word 
“ feels,” in order to insert the words “ having seen 
“ with regret that the Conferences of Vienna have 
“ not led to a termination of hostilities,” instead 
thereof; and to which Amendment, an Amendment 
had been proposed on the 25th day of May last, to 
insert, after the words “ regret that,” the words 
“ owing to the refusal of y wis to restrict the 
“ strength of her Navy in the Black Sea;” 

And the Question being again proposed, That 
the words “ owing to the refusal of Russia to restrict 
“ the strength of her Navy in the Black Sea,” be in- 
serted in the proposed Amendment :—The House 
resumed the said adjourned Debate —— 


Mr. Deputy Speaker acquainted the House, That Message from 
a Message had been brought from the Lords by one the Lords. 
of their Clerks, as followeth : 

The Lords have agreed to the Registration of Registration 
Births, &amp;c. (Scotland) Bill, with an Amendment ; to p Aree aan 
which Amendment the Lords desire the concurrence °°") 34 
of this House: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Dundee and Perth Dundee and 
and Aberdeen Railway Bill, with Amendments; to Perth and 

3 ° berdeen 
which Amendments the Lords desire the concurrence Railway Bill. 
of this House: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Swansea Vale Rail- Swansea Vale 
way Bill, with Amendments ; to which Amendments Railway Bill. 
the Lords desire the concurrence of this House. 


And the Question being again proposed, That the Prosecution 
words “ owing to the refusal of Russia to restrict the o the War. 
“ strength of her Navy in the Black Sea,” be inserted 
in the proposed Amendment ; 


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


Martis, 5° die Junii, 1855: 


Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 
till this day. 


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 Insolvency and 
reading of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy (Scot- Bankruptcy 
land) Bill ; — 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Fisheries 
mittee on the Fisheries ( British Islands and France) (British 
Bill - Islands and 

4 , ; France) Bill. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 

The 





18 Vicrortz. 


Railways The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
(Ireland) Bill. mittee on the Railways (Jreland) Bill ; 
Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


Criminal 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
Justice Bill. 7 day being read, for the Con 


mittee on the Criminal Justice Bill ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 





Despatch of The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
me ar mittee on the Despatch of Business, Court of Chan- | 
Chancery Bill. Cery Bill ; : 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday | 


next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Mortmain Bill. The Mortmain Bill was, according to Order, read 
a second time; and committed to a Committee of 
the whole House, for Thursday next. | 

The Order of the day being read, for the Com- | 
mittee on the Tenants’ Improvements Compensation | 

(Ireland) Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
the 14th day of this instant June, resolve itself into 
the said Committee. 


Tenants’ Im- 
provements 
Compensation 


(Ireland) Bill. 


Lunatic Asy- The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
lums (Ireland) mittee on the Lunatic Asylums (Jreland) (Advances) 
(Advances) Bill : 
Bill. ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Grand Juries 


on The Order of the day being read, for the Com- | 
Lil, 


mittee on the Grand Juries Bill; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Jurisdiction of 
the Stannary 
Court Amend- 
ment Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Jurisdiction of the Stannary Court 
Amendment Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Comittee. 





Grants of 


The Grants of Lands Bill was, according to Order, 
Lands Bill. 


read a second time; and committed to a Committee 
of the whole House, for Thursday next. 


Hardware, &amp;c. 
Manufactures 
Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Hardware, &amp;c. Manufactures Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Thursday next. 


Ordnance 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
Board Bill. : 


reading of the Ordnance Board 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 Episcopal and Capitular 
Estates Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. 
Deputy Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Greene 
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 next. 


Episcopal 
and Capitular 
Estates Bill. 


Bill 152. 


Bills of Ex- 
change and 
Promissory 
Notes Bill. 


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 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 26th day of April last, was proposed to be made | 
to the Question, That the Testamentary Jurisdiction | 
Bill be now read a second time ; 

Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 
till Tuesday next, at Twelve o'clock, 

VoL. 110. 


Testamentary 
Jurisdiction 
Bill. 


4°— 5° Juniz. 


| lin) Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. 





265 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Cinque Ports 
mittee on the Cinque Ports Bill; Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself National 
intoaC i » Nation: alle zc. . Gallery, &amp;c. 
into a Committee on the National Gallery, &amp;c. (Dub (Dublin) Bill. 
Deputy Speaker resumed the Chair ; and Mr. Greene 
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- Ways and 
miitee 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 Court of Ses- 
reading of the Court of Session (Scot/and) Bill ; tand) Bill 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon ° 
Friday the 15th day of this instant June. 


The Edinburgh Lands Bill was, according to Edinburgh 
Order, read the third time. Lands Bill. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Burial- 
consideration the Burial-grounds (Scotland) Bill, as S°°U"ds (Seot- 
, eal ? land) Bill. 
amended in the Committee ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be taken into consideration 
upon Thursday next. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take Sewers (House 
into consideration the Amendments made by the Drainage) Bill. 
Lords to the Sewers (House Drainage) Bill. 

The first and second of the said Amendments, being 
read a second time (and it appearing that the said 
Amendments were in furtherance of the original in- 
tentions of this House), were agreed to. 

Then the last of the said Amendments, being read 
a second time, was agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bi!l 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- Nuisances 
mittee on the Nuisances Removal Amendment Bill ; yor 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday the — a 
18th day of this instant June, resolve itself into the 


said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Public Health 
mittee on the Public Health Bull; Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday the 
18th day of this instant June, resolve itself into the 
said ‘Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Passengers 
mittee on the Passengers Act Amendment Bill; Act . 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, ™°™* 7 

resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Ordered, That the Amendment made by the Registration 
Lords to the Registration of Births, &amp;c. (Scotland) of Births, &amp;c- 
. 7 a nae ; (Scotland) 

Bill be taken into consideration this day. Bill. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to Youthful 
amend the Youthful Offenders Act: And that Mr, Offenders. 
Adderley, Mr. Robert Palmer’and Sir Stafford 
Northcote do prepare, and bring it in. 


The House was moved, That the several Acts im- Excise Acts. 
posing Duties of Excise, might be read; and the 
same being read ; 
Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into a Committee to consider the said Acts, 
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Public 
Prosecutors. 


Youthful 
Offenders Bill. 


Bill 153. 


Committee 
of Selection 
(Twelfth 
Report.) 


No. 256. 


Shrewsbury 
Improvement 
Bill. 


Dagenham 
Docks Bill. 


Halifax Gas 
Bill. 


Bognor Rail- 
way Bill. 


Lancaster 
Water and 
Gas Bill. 


Bolton and 
Nightingales 
Road Bill. 


266 4° — 


The Select Committee on Public Prosecutors was 
nominated of Mr. John George Phillimore, Sir 
George Grey, Mr. Attorney General, the Lord Ad- 
vocate, Mr. Watson, Mr. Solicitor General for Jre- 


land, Mr. William Ewart, Mr. Walpole, Sir Frederic | read the third time. 


| 


Thesiger, Mr. Napier, Mr. Philipps, Lord Stanley 
and Mr. Miles. 
Ordered, That Five be the Quorum, 


Mr. Adderley presented a Bill to amend the 
Youthful Offenders Act: And the same was read 
the first time ; and ordered to be read a second time 
upon Monday next; and to be printed. 


a quarter of an hour before One of the clock 
on Tuesday morning, adjourned till this day. 





5° Juniz. 


| was made to the Bill. 
| Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 


. | Ordered, Vhat the Clerk ry 
And then the House, having continued to sit till | “gi ae eee Se aaeny Sat Eee Gs 








Martis, 5° die Juni; 
Anno 18° Victorie Regine, 1855. 
PRAYERS. 


M R. Greene reported from the Committee of Se- 
lection; That they had formed a new Group 
of Private Bills; and had agreed to report the same 
to the House. 

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


* 


Mr. Brotherton reported from the Committee on | the third time. 
the Shrewsbury Improvement Bill; That they had | 


examined the allegations contained in the Preamble 
of the Bill, and amended the same, by omitting the 
recitals referring to the Shrewsbury Gas-Light Com- 
pany, and the Shrewsbury Waterworks Company, 
and to the expediency of transferring these Compa- 
nies to the Corporation, the arrangements proposed 


A. 1855. 


Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway Bill was Edinburgh 
and Glasgow 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. Railway Bill. 


Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 


| Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Gloucester Water and Local Board of Health Gloucester 


: ie ae : : : : Water and 
| Bill was read the third time; and an Amendment Souk eee 


of Health Bill. 


Lords, and desire their concurrence. 
| A Motion being made, That the Great Western Great Western 
land Brentford Rail Bill irq and Brentford 
| 8 a entford Railway Bill be now read the third Railway 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 the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
' Lords, and desire their concurrence. 
| The London and Blackwall Railway Bill was read London and 


Blackwall 


Resvived, That the Bill do pass. Railway Bill. 


Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


A Motion being made, That the London and South London and 
Western Railway Bill be now read the third time ; South Western 
Mr. Hayter, by Her Majesty’s Command, ac- Railway Bill. 





by the Bill with regard to the same being abandoned ; | quainted the House, That Her Majesty, having been 

and found the same, as amended, to be true; and | imformed of the purport of the Bill, gives Her Con- 

had gone through the Bill, and made Amendments | Sent, as far as Her Majesty’s interest is concerned, 

thereunto. that the House may do therein as they shall think fit. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. | Then the Bill was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 


Mr. Brotherton reported the Dagenham Docks ‘ ; 
Lords, and desire their concurrence, 


Bill, with Amendments. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. ; a ‘ 
Lhe Nottingham and Newhaven Road Bill was Nottingham 


read the third time. and Newhaven 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. Road Bill. 
Ordered, ‘Vhat the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 


ords, and desire their concurrence. 





Mr. Brotherton reported from the Committee on 
the Halifar Gas Bill; That they had examined the 
allegations contained in the Preamble of the Bill, | 
and amended the same, by omitting the recitals | 
which were necessary, were the Act therein men- | 
tioned to be repealed, and by inserting others, show- | ,,. ee 
ing the Damsen of the Commeetiia the Local Board | “ Earl wg third eng Maiestv’s C 
of Health, to purchase the Gas Works of the said 4 a . ye ge y Th ‘ He, Mi — 
Company, a preliminary agreement for which pur- | re &gt; — see a a . ve me 
pose had been entered into between the said Com- | "@V'N&amp;_ Dee Mormed’ f ® Her Mai i ae ae, 
pany and Local Board; and found the same, as | gives Her Consent, as far as Her } ajesty’s interest 
amended, to be true; and had made Provision in the | '* concerned, that the House may do therein as they 
Bill, pursuant to the Instruction of the House ; and | “a “oo ee 
had gone through the Bill, and made Amendments | , oe ae oe Cae See h — Gme; 
erent. ie 

, ‘ . esolved, Th ss. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 


Mr. Brotherton reported the Bognor Railway Bill, | Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


with Amendments. ’ ; 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table;, The Order of the day being read, for the third WestSomerset 
reading of the West Somerset Mineral Railway Bill ; Mineral Rail- 


and be printed. | ill 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time To- “* Bi 
morrow. 


A Motion being made, That the Sunderland Dock sunderland 
Dock Bill. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Laucas- 
ter Water and Gas Bill; and the same were twice 
read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Clerk 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 Bombay, 
the Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway Baroda and 
(No. 2) Bill, as amended in the Committee. — 

Ordered, That the Biil be read the third time. _(No. 2) Bill. 

The House proceeded to take into consideration Carlisle and 
the Carlisle ani Silloth Bay Railway and Dock ae mer a 
Bill, as amended in the Committee. Dock Bill, 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third — : 

e 


The Bolton and Nightingales’ Road Bill was read 
the third time. 
Resvlved, That the Bill do pass. 

















18 Vicroriz. 


Grand Surrey The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Canal (No. 2) the Grand Surrey Canal (No. 2) Bill, as amended 
Bill. in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Metropolitan Railway Bill, as amended in the 
Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Ordered, That the Mid Kent and North Kent 
Railway Bill, as amended in the Committee, be 
taken into consideration To-morrow. 


Metropolitan 
Railway Bill. 


Mid Kent and 
North Kent 
Railway Bill. 


Stockton and 
Darlington 
Railway Bill. 


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. 
Torquay Ordered, That the Torquay District Churches Bill, 
- ner ol pill,.28 amended in the Committee, be taken into consi- 
" deration To-morrow. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take 
¢ ' into consideration the Stokes Bay and Isle of Wight 

can Wren Railway, Pier and ‘Telegraph Bill, as amended in the 

Telegraph Bill. Committee. _ 

Ordered, ‘That the Bill be read the third time. 


Stokes Bay 
and Isle of 


The East Kent Railway (Extension to Dover) 
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. 


East Kent 
Railway 
(Extension to 
Dover) Bill. 


Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee of Selection, That they have Power to appoint 
the Committee on the Cape Town Railway and Dock 
Bill for any day not earlier than Thursday next. 


Cape Town 
Railway and 
Dock Bill. 


Dublin 
Turnpikes, 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to the Dublin 
Turnpikes, which was presented upon the 5th day of 
February last, be referred to the Committee on the 
Dublin, &amp;c. Roads (No. 2) Bill. 


Westminster 
Improve- 
ments Bill, 


Mr. Cobden reported from the Committee on Group 
P. of Private Bills; That the Parties opposing the 
Westminster Improvements Bill had stated to the 
Committee that the Evidence of Sir Edwin Pearson, 
Thomas Billings and William Mackenzie was essen- 
tial to enable them to establish their case before the 
Committee; and it having been proved that their 
attendance could not be procured without the inter- 
vention of the House, he had been instructed by the 
Committee to move the House, that the said Sir 
Edwin Pearson, Thomas Billings and William Mac- 
henzie do attend the said Committee on Friday next, 
at One o’clock. 

Ordered, That Sir Edwin Pearson, Thomas Bil- 
lings and William Mackenzie do attend the said 
Committee on Friday next, at One o’clock. 


Private Bills 


Mr. Cobden reported from the Committee on Group 
(Group P.) 


P. of Private Bills; That on the application of the 
Opponents to the Westminster Improvements Bill, 
the Committee had adjourned to Friday the 8th in- 
stant, at One o’clock. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Leave of 


Ordered, That Mr. George Alexander Hamilton 
Absence. 


have leave of absence for three weeks, on account of 


ill health. 


Customs Mr. John Ball presented,—Return to an Address 

Duties to Her Majesty, dated the 4th day of May last, for a 

(Colonies. Return of the Duties payable, under Colonial En- 
actments, on Goods imported into and exported from 
the British Colonies (in continuation of Parliament- 
ary Paper, No. 836, of Session 1853). 

Church Affairs Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 

(Victoria.) “~~ day of May last, for Copy of an Act to enable 

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207 


the Bishops, Clergy and ae the United Church 

of England and IJrelund in Victoria to provide for 

the Regulation of the Affairs of the said Church. 

. —" That the said Returns do lie upon the 
able. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be wresented Prisoners tried 
to Her Majesty, that She will be gracious!y pleased * Assizes. 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return of the Number of Prisoners tried 
at the Assizes for every County in England and Wales 
during the last Five years; distinguishing those tried 
before the Judges from those tried before Commis- 
sioners not Judges. 

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


The Order of the day being read, for the second Rating of 
reading of the Rating of Mines Bill ; Mines Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Tuesday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Parish Con- 
mittee on the Parish Constables Bill ; stables Bill. 

Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


Mr. Deputy Speaker acquainted the House, That Message from 
a Message had been rane from the Lords by one the Lords. 
of their Clerks, as followeth : 

The Lords have agreed to the Kingston-upon- Kingston- 
Thames Improvement Bill, without any Amendment : pean 
And also, a 
The Lords have agreed to the Plymouth Great Plymouth 


Western Docks Bill, without any Amendment: And Great Western 
also, Docks Bill. 


The Lords have agreed to the Oldham Gas and Oldham Gas 
4 Water 
on 


Water Bill, without any Amendment : And also, 


The Lords have agreed to the Bristol and Exeter Bristol and 
Railway Bill, with Amendments ; to which Amend- Exeter Rail- 
ments the Lords desire the concurrence of this ¥*Y BU 
House: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Znverury and Old Inverury and 
Meldrum Railway Bill, with an Amendment; to Old Meldrum 
which Amendment the Lords desire the concurrence ®“!”#y Bill 
of this House. 


Petitions relating to Church Rates ;—Episcopal Public 

and Capitular Estates Bill ;—Marriage Law Amend- Petitions. 
ment Bill ;—Maynooth College Act ;—Regium Do- vie Fortieth 
num ; — Ministers’ Money (Jreland) ; — Decimal Report. 
Coinage ; -FEducation (Scotland) Bill ;-- Free Schools 
Bill ;—Friendly Societies Bill ; — Intoxicating Li- 
quors ;—Jurisdiction of the Stannary Court Amend- 
ment» Bill ;— Landlord and Tenant (Jreland) ;—Me- 
tropolis Buildings Bill ;—Metropolis Local Manage- 
ment Bill ;—Nuisances Removal Amendment Bill; 
— Poor Law; — Public-houses (Scotland) Act ;— 
Sale of Beer Act (1854) ;—Schools (Scotland) Bill ; 
—Tenants’ Improvements Compensation (Jre/and) 
Bill ;—-Testamentary Jurisdiction Bill ;—and, War 
with Russia,—were presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Metropolis Metropolis 
Sewers, in respect of Reports on the working of Sewers. 
Pipe Sewers, which was presented upon the 25th No. 281. 
day of May last, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Metropolis Metropolis 
Sewers, in respect of Reports of Surveyors on im- Sewers. 
proved Works of House Tishaa which was pre- No. 282. 
sented upon the 25th day of May last, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Transports, Transports. 
which was presented upon the 4th day of this instant No. 283. 
June, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Real Pro- Real Property, 
perty, &amp;c. Commissions, which was presented upon &amp;¢- Commis- 
the 4th day of this instant June, be printed. ” Me. 986 

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268 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Draftsmen 
of Bills in Parliament, which was presented upon the 
4th day of this instant June, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Educa- 
tion (Scotland) Bill, which was presented upon the 
4th day of this instant June, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Coals, Cinders 
and Culm, which was presented upon the 4th day 
of this instant June, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Iron, &amp;c., 
which was presented upon the 4th day of this instant 
June, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Cheese, 
which was presented upon the 4th day of this instant 
June, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Civil 
Service Provident Fund, which was presented upon 
the 4th day of this instant June, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Accounts relative to Army, 
Commissariat and Ordnance, which were presented 
upon the 4th day of this instant June, be printed. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming 
the adjourned Debate on the Amendment which, 
upon the 25th day of May last, was proposed to be 
made to the Amendment which, upon the 24th day 
of May last, was ——— to be made to the Ques- 
tion, relative to the Prosecution of the War; and 
which Amendment was, to leave out from the first 
word “ House” in the Original Question, to the 
word “ feels,” in order to insert the words “ having 
“ seen with regret that the Conferences of Vienna 
“ have not led to a termination of hostilities,” instead 
thereof; and to which Amendment, an Amendment 
had been proposed on the 25th day of May last, to 
insert, after the words “ regret that,” the words 
“ owing to the refusal of Russia to restrict the 
“ strength of her Navy in the Black Sea ;” 

And the Question being again proposed, That 
the words “ owing to the refusal of Russia to re- 
“ strict the — of her Navy in the Black Sea,” 
be inserted in the proposed Amendment :—The 
House resumed the said adjourned Debate. 


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


Mercurii, 6° die Junii, 1855: 


Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned till 
Thursday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 


(Ireland) Bill. mittee on the Railways (Jredand) Bill ; 


Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 


the Stannary into a Committee on the Jurisdiction of the Stan- 


. nary Court Amendment Bill; and, after some time 
spent therein, Mr. Deputy Speaker resumed the 
hair; and Mr, Greene reported, That the Com- 
mittee had gone through the Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be taken into 
coasideration upon Thursday next; and be printed. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third 
reading of the National Gallery, &amp;c. (Dublin) Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Friday next. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take 
into consideration the Amendment made by the 
Lords to the Registration of Births, &amp;c. (Scotland) 
Bill. 





5°— 6° Junii. 








A, 1855. 


The said Amendment, being read a second time, 

(and it appearing that the same was to render the 
Bill culltenalile to the intentions of this House), 
was agreed to. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
— to the Amendment made by their Lord- 
ships. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Excise Acts. 


into a Committee on the Excise Acts. 
(In the Committee.) 


1. Resolved, That there shall be charged and paid 
for and upon every gallon of Spirits of the — 
of hydrometer proof, which on or after the Ist day 
of October 1855 shall be distilled within the United 
Kingdom, or be in the stock, custody, or possession 
of any distiller, or of any person in trust for him, 
or for his use, benefit, or account, or which, having 
been distilled within the United Kingdom, shall on 
or after the said day be in warehouse, and be taken 
out of warehouse for consumption within the United 
Kingdom, the respective Rates and Duties of Excise 
following (that is to say): 


In Great Britain - - 
In Jreland o . . 


and so in proportion for any greater or less degree 
of strength, or any greater or less quantity, in lieu 
of all other Duties of Excise on such Spirits charge- 
able under any Act in force. 

2. Resolved, That there shall be allowed and paid 
to the distiller or proprietor of all Spirits, which, 
having been distilled within the United Kingdom 
before the 1st day of October 1855, shall, on or 
after the said last-mentioned day, be in the stock of 
any distiller, or in warehouse, the several Allowances 
and Drawbacks of Excise following (that is to say): 
For and upon every gallon of such 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, if such Spirits shall have been 
distilled from Malt only, under the provisions and 
regulations entitling the distiller to the allowance in 
that behalf, the allowance of Eight-pence per gallon ; 
and if such se shall have been distilled from any 
other materials than Malt only, or otherwise than in 
conformity with such provisions and regulations, the 
allowance of Two-pence per gallon, in lieu of all other 
allowances on such Spirits, payable under any Act 
in force. 

3. Resolved, That on and after the 1st day of 
October 1855, all Allowances and Drawbacks of 
Excise granted by any Act now in force, for or 
_ Spirits distilled in ~ | part of the United 

ingdom, in respect of the Malt or other materials 
used in making such Spirits, and for and upon 
Sugar and Molasses used in the distillation of 
Spirits, shall respectively cease and determine. 

4. Resolved, That it is expedient to allow Malt to 
be made and consumed free from the Duties of 
Excise for the sole purpose of distilling Spirits, and 
to allow Sugar and Molasses to be consumed for 
the like purpose free from the Duties of Customs. 

5. Resolved, That there shall be charged and paid 
for and upon every License to be taken out yearly 
by every person (other than a Distiller or Rectifier 
of Spirits) authorized by the Commissioners of In- 
land Revenue to make or mix methylated Spirit, the 
Duty of £.10. 10s. 

6. Resolved, That it is expedient to amend the 
Laws relating to the Duties of Excise, 

Resolutions to be reported. 





Mr. Deputy Speaker resumed the Chair; and 
Mr. Greene reported, That the Committee had come 
to several Resolutions. 

Ordered, That the Report be received upon 
Thursday next. 


Ordered, 


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Insurance 

on Lives 
Abatement of 
Income Tax 
Continuance. 


Stamp Duties 
Repeal on 
Matriculation 
and Degrees 
(Oxford. ) 


Gold and 
Silver Wares. 


Stamp Duties 
Repeal on 
Matriculation 
and Degrees 
(Oxford) Bill. 


No. 155. 


Insurance 

on Lives 
Abatement of 
Income Tax 
Continuance 
Bill. 


Bill 156. 


Committees. 


East Kent 
Railway 
(Extension to 
Dover) Bill. 


Folkestone 
Improvement 
Bi 


West Somerset 
Mineral Rail- 
way Bill, 


Weymouth 
Water Bill. 


18 Vicrortz. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
continue the Act for extending for a limited Time 
the Provision for Abatement of Income Tax in re- 
spect of Insurance on Lives: And that Mr. Wilson 
and the Chancellor of the Exchequer do prepare, 
and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
repeal the Stamp Duties payable on Matriculation 
and Degrees in the University of Oxford: And 
that the Chancellor of the Exchequer and Mr. 
Wilson do prepare, and bring it in. 


Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into a Committee to consider the Laws relating 
to the Assaying of Gold and Silver Wares. 


The Chancellor of the Exchequer presented a Bill 
to repeal the Stamp Duties payable on Matriculation 
and Degrees in the University of Oxford: 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 the Act 
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 this day; and 
to be printed. 


And then the House, having continued to sit till 
One of the clock on Wednesday morning, 
adjourned till this day. 


Mercurii, 6° die Junii; 
Anno 18° Victorie Regine, 1855. 


PRAYERS. 
RDERED, That all Committees have leave 


to sit this day, daring the sitting of the House. 


Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee of Selection, That they have Power to appoint 
the Committee on the East Kent Railway (Extension 
to Dover) Bill, to meet on any day not being earlier 
than seven clear days after the second reading of the 
Bill. 

The Folkestone Improvement Bill was read the 
third time; and Amendments were made to the 
Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third 
reading of the West Somerset Mineral Railway Bill ; 

And a Motion being made, That the Bill be now 
read the third time; 

Mr. Baines, by Her Majesty’s Command, ac- 
quainted the House, That Her Majesty, having been 
informed of the purport of the Bill, gives Her Con- 
sent, as far as Her Majesty’s interest is concerned, 
that the House may do therein as they shall think 
fit. 

Then the Bill was read the third time. 

A Clause (Any land reclaimed by the works not 
to be taken without the consent of the Commis- 
sioners of Woods, &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 the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third 
reading of the Weymouth Water Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon 
Friday next. 

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969 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Hartlepool 
the Hartlepool Pier and Port Bill, as amended in fon = 
= Committee ; and Amendments were made to the” * 

ill. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration em pa 
the Stockport, Disley and Whaley Bridge Railway Whaley Bri dee 
Bill, as amended in the Committee; and Amend- Railway Bill 
ments were made to the Bill. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to Great North- 
take into consideration the Great Northern London ae ore 
Cemetery Bill, as amended in the Committee. ane aan 

A Clause (Company to fix fees and charges), was 
twice read ; and made part of the Bill. 

Another Clause (Company to make bye-laws), was 
twice read ; and made part of the Bill. 

Another Clause (Penalty for breach of bye-laws), 
was twice read; and made part of the Bill. 

Another Clause (No interments till bye-laws ap- 
proved of by Secretary of State), was twice read ; 
and made part of the Bill. 

Another Clause (Visitors of the Cemetery), was 
twice read; and made part of the Bill. 

Then Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take Mid Kent and 
into consideration the Mid Kent and North Kent Porth Kent, 
Railway Bill, as amended in the Committee. y 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take Torquay 
. - . 7 - 4s , District 
into consideration the Jorguay District Churches Gyorches Bill. 
Bill, as amended in the Committee. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Mr. Bonham Carter reported from the Select Public 
Committee on Public Petitions; That they had exa- Pear bathe 
mined the Petitions presented upon the 25th day of iheerk. - 
May last, and the 4th day of this instant June; 
and had directed him to make a Report thereof to 
the House. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 


and be printed. 


Petitions relating to Church Rates ;— Maynooth Public 
College Act ;—Public-houses and Beer-shops ;— Petitions. 
Regium Donum ;—Army ;—Criminal Justice Bill; Vide Fortieth 
— Education ;—Education (Scotland) Bill ;—Extra- Report. 
parochial Places ;—Intoxicating Liquors ;—Tenants’ 
Improvements Compensation (Jre/and) Bill ;—and, 

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


The following Paper was laid upon the Table by Receipt and 
the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, dated P*ft Stamps. 
the 23d day of April last, for a Return of the Num- 
ber of Penny Receipt Stamps sold or issued in Eng- 
land, Scotland and Ireland respectively, for each 
Quarter since the Imposition of the uniform Penny 
Receipt Stamp in October 1853 till the 31st day of 
March 1855 :—Like Return of One Penny Draft 
Stamps issued in each Quarter; distinguishing the 
Number of Receipt Stamps and of One Penny 
Draft Stamps issued separately till the adoption of 
a Stamp available for both Receipts and Drafts :— 

And, Return of the Total Revenue for the above for 
each Quarter. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Ecclesiastical Ecclesiastical 
and Church Estates Commissions, which was pre- joey nll 
sented upon the 4th day of this instant June, be missions. 


printed. No. 292. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Navy Sur- Navy 
geons, &amp;c., which was presented upon the 3d day of Surgeons, &amp;e. 
May last, be printed. No. 293. 

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Dublin 
Hospitals. 


No. 294. 


Customs 
Duties 
(Colonies.) 


No. 295. 


Church Affairs 
( Victoria.) 


No. 296. 


Public 
Libraries and 
Museums Bill. 


Public 
Libraries and 
Museums 
(ireland) Bill. 


Maynooth 
College. 


Dwelling- 
houses (Scot- 
land) Bill. 


Bill 157. 


Jurors and 
Juries (Ire- 
land) Bill. 


Jurors and 
Juries (Ire- 
land) (No. 2) 
Bill. 


Bankruptcy 
(Ireland) Bill. 


970 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Dublin Hos- 
pitals, which was presented upon the 4th day of this 
instant June, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Customs 
Duties (Colonies), which was presented upon the 
5th day of this instant June, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Church 
Affairs ( Victoria), which was presented upon the 5th 
day of this instant June, be printed. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take 
into consideration the Public Libraries and Museums 
Bill, as amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon 
Monday next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself into 
a Committee on the Public Libraries and Museums 
(Ireland) Bill; and, after some time spent therein, 
Mr. Deputy Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. 
Greene 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 
adjourned Debate on the Amendment which, upon 
the Ist day of May last, was proposed to be made 
to the Question, That this House do resolve itself 
into a Committee, for the purpose of considering 
the Acts for the Endowment of the College of May- 
nooth, with a view to the withdrawal of any Endow- 
ment out of the Consolidated Fund, due regard being 
had to vested rights or interests ; and which Amend- 
ment was to leave out from the word “ considering ” 
to the end of the Question, in order to add the words 
“all grants or endowments for ecclesiastical pur- 
“ poses, whether charged on the Consolidated Fund 
“or annually voted by Parliament, with a view to 
“ their withdrawal, due regard being had to vested 
“ rights or interests,” instead thereof. 

And the Question being again proposed, That 
the words preposed to be left out, stand part of the 
Question :—The House resumed the said adjourned 
Debate. 

Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 
till Wednesday the 27th day of this instant June. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on the Dwelling-houses (Scotland) 
Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Deputy 
Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Greene 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 Wednesday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Jurors and Juries (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 Jurors and Juries (Jreland) (No. 2) 
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 ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Wednesday the 20th day of this instant June. 





6° Junii. 





A. 1855. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Absconding 
mittee on the Absconding Debtors (Jreland) Bill; (relnad) Bill 
Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Places of 
into a Committee on the Places of Religious Worship Worship Re- 
Registration Bill; and, after some time spent therein, gistration Bill. 
Mr. Deputy Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. 

Greene reported, That the Committee had gone 
through the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration upon Monday 
next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Supply. 
mittee of Supply ; 

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


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Grand Juries 
mittee on the Grand Juries 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- Ways and 
mittee of Ways and Means ; Means. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Gold and 
into a Committee to consider the Laws relating to Silver Wares. 
the Assaying of Gold and Silver Wares. 


(In the Committee.) 


1. Resolved, That the Chairman be directed to Gold Finger- 
move the House, that leave be given to bring in a Rings. 
Bill for excepting Gold Finger-Rings from the 
operation of the Act of the last Session relating 
to the Standard of Gold and Silver Wares. 

2. Resolved, That the Chairman be directed to Assay Offices 
move the House, that leave be given to bring in a pie &amp;e.) 
Bill to abolish the Offices for assaying and marking 
wrought Plate at the Cities of York, Exeter, and 
Chester, and the Town of Newcastle-upon-Tyne. 

Resolutions to be reported. 


Mr. Deputy Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. 
Greene reported, That the Committee had come to 
several Resolutions. 

Ordered, That the Report be now received. 

Mr. Greene accordingly reported several Resolu- 
tions; which were read, as follow: 

1. That the Chairman be directed to move the Gold Finger- 
House, that leave be given to bring in a Bill for Rings. 
excepting Gold Finger-Rings from the operation of 
the Act of the last Session relating to the Standard 
of Gold and Silver Wares. 

2. That the Chairman be directed to move the Assay Offices 
House, that leave be given to bring in a Bill to — &amp;e.) 

. a ° olition. 

abolish the Offices for assaying and marking wrought 
Plate at the Cities of York, Exeter, and Chester, 
and the Town of Newcastle-upon-Tyne :—And he 
moved the House accordingly. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in the Bills : 
And that Mr. Wilson and the Chancellor of the Ex- 
chequer do prepare, and bring them in. 


The Insurance on Lives Abatement of Income Insurance 


Tax Continuance Bill was, according to Order, read Veet of 
a second time; and committed to a Committee of Income Tax 


the whole House, for To-morrow. amare 
Ail. 


Mr. /ilson presented a Bill for excepting Gold Gold Finger- 
Finger-Rings from the operation of the Act of the 
last Session relating to the Standard of Gold and 
Silver Wares: And the same was read the first time ; 
and ordered to be read a second time To-morrow ; 
and to be printed. 


Rings Bill. 
Bill 158. 


Mr. 





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Assay Offices 
(York, &amp;c.) 
Abolition Bill. 


No. 159. 


Turnpike- 
road Bills 
(Group H.) 


Standing 
Orders. 


Dearness 
Valley Rail- 
way Bill. 


Cape Town 
Railway and 
Dock Bill. 


Dearness 
Valley Rail- 
way Bill. 


Royal Medical 
Benevolent 
College Bill. 


Dundee and 
Perth and 
Aberdeen 
Railway Bill. 


Swansea Vale 
Railway Bill. 


Basingstoke, 
Stockbridge 
and Lobeomb 
Corner Road 
Bill. 


Tr 


Winsor 
Bill. 


18 Vicrortz. 


Mr. Wilson presented a Bill to abolish the Offices 
for assaying and marking wrought Plate at the Cities 
of York, ‘Exeter and Chester, and the Town of New- 
castle-upon-Tyne: And the same was read the first 
time; and ordered to be read a second time ‘To- 
morrow ; and to be printed. 


Mr. Wrightson reported from the Committee on 
Group H. of Turnpike-road Bills ; That, upon the 
application of certain of the Members of the Com- 
mittee, the Committee had adjourned to Friday next, 
the 8th day of June, at Twelve o'clock. 

Ordered, ‘That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Greene reported from the Select Committee 
on Standing Orders, a Resolution; which was read, 
as followeth : 

That in the case of the Dearness Valley Railway, 
Petition for additional Provision, the Standing Orders 
ought to be dispensed with; that the Parties be per- 
mitted to introduce their additional Provision, if the 
Committee on the Bill shall think fit. 

The said Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 








Jovis, 7° die Junii; 
Anno 18° Victorie Regine, 1855. 


PRAYERS. 
M R. Brotherton reported from the Committee on 
1 the Cape Town Railway and Dock 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 Amend- 
ments thereunto. 

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


Mr. Brotherton reported the Dearness Valley Rail- 
way Bill, with Amendments. 

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


Mr. Brotherton reported from the Committee on the 
Royal Medical Benevolent College Bill; That they 
or 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. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 


-the Amendments made by the Lords to the Dundee 


and Perth and Aberdeen Railway Bill; and the same 
were twice read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Clerk 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 Swansea 
Vale Railway Bill; and the same were twice read, 
and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the Amendments made by their Lordships. 


The Basingstoke, Stockbridge and Lobcomb Corner 
Road Bill was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Bridport and Broad Winsor Roads Bill was 
read the third time. 
Vou, 110. 


6°—7° Juni. 


271 


Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Bridport Roads Bill was read the third time. Bridport 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. Roads Bill. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 

Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Gomersa/ and Dewsbury Road Bill was read Gomersal and 
the third time ; and an Amendment was made to the Pews&gt;ury 
Bill. Road Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 


Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Honiton Road Bill was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Honiton 
Road Bill. 


The Lightpill and Birdlip Road Bill was read the Lightpill 
third time. eae 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. — 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton Rail- Oxford, Wor- 
way (Improvements and Branches) Bill was read the = 
third time ; and Amendments were made to the Bill. ¢o aa 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the (Improve- 
Title be, An Act to enable the Oxford, Worcester oan Bill 
and Wolverhampton Railway Company to alterand- 
improve certain of their Works, and to construct 
additional Works, and to authorize Arrangements 
with respect to the Stra/ford-vpon-Avon Canal, and 
for other purposes. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 


Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton Rail- Oxford, Wor- 


way (Narrow Gauge) Bill was read the third time. wan ee 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. anes aie 


Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the (Narrow _ 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. Gauge) Bill. 


The Portsmouth Railway Bill was read the third Portsmeuth 
inn Railway Bill 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence: 


The Rhymney Railway Bill was read the third Rhymney — 
time. Railway Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 


Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Stroud and Chalford Roads Bill was read the Stroud and 

third time ; and Amendments were made to the Bill. er 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. ° 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 


Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Stroud, Cainscross and Minchinkampton Road Stroud, Cains- 
Bill was read the third time. scan, 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. Road Bill. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Leck Improve- 
the Leek Improvement Bill, as amended in the Com- ™ent Bill. 
mittee ; and Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Southampton 
reading of the Southampton Paving Trust, Saint Paving Trust, 
Pancras Bill &gt; Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 


upon Friday the 22d day of this instant June. 





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272 


London and Mr. Strutt reported from the Committee on Group 
North Western (4) of Railway and Canal Bills; That in the case of 
and Lancashire 


and Yorkshire the London and North Western and Lancashire and 
Railways Bill. Yorkshire Railways Bill, they had examined the alle- 
gations contained in the Preamble of the Bill, and 
amended the same, so as only to recite the necessity 
for the Station at Preston being improved ; and found 
the same, as amended, to be true; and that they had 
proceeded with the Clauses of the Bill as far as 
Clause 3, when the Parties promoting the Bill stated, 
that in consequence of the Clause being negatived by 
the Committee, it was not their intention to proceed 
with the said Bill. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Public Petitions relating to the Ballot ;—Church Rates ; 
Petitions. = Church Rates Abolition Bill; — Episcopal and 
Vide Forty. Capitular Estates Bill ;—Marriage Law Amendment 


first Report. Bill; Maynooth College Act;—Sunday Trading 
(Metropolis) Bill;—Licenses (Public-houses, &amp;c.) ; 
—Rating of Mines Bill ;—Court of Session (Scot- 
land) Bill; — Decimal Coinage ; — Education ; — 
Education (Scotland) Bill;—Kjectment (Jreland) ; 
—Endemic and Epidemic Diseases ;—Free Schools 
Bill ;—-Friendly Societies Bill ;— Intoxicating Li- 

uors;—Landlord and Tenant (Zreland) ;—Nuisances 
se Amendment Bill ;—Opium Trade (China), 
and Intoxicating Liquors (India) ;—Public Health 
Bill, Nuisances Removal Amendment Bill, and Me- 
tropolis Local Management Bill ; — Public-houses 
(Scotland) Act ;—Sale of Beer Act (1854) ;—Schools 
(Scotland) Bill;—Testamentary Jurisdiction Bill ;— 
and, War with Russia,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition relating to the Metropolitan Buildings 
Bill, was also presented, and read ; and referred to 
the Select Committee on the Bill. 


Cathedralana Mr. Cowper presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
Collegiate © mand,—Copy of Second Report of Her Majesty’s 
Churches. —_ Commissioners appointed November 10, a. p. 1852, 
to inquire into the state and condition of the Cathe- 
dral and Collegiate Churches in England and Wales. 
Public Copy of Sixteenth Report of the Deputy Keeper 
Records. of the Public Records, 2 June 1855. 
Poor Law Mr. Cowper also presented,—Return to an Order, 
(Limerick dated the 27th day of April last, for a Copy of all 
an.) Correspondence between the Poor Law Commis- 
sioners and the Board of Guardians of the Limerick 
Union, relative to any special or additional remu- 
neration to the District Medical Officers of the City 
for their Services during the late visitation of Cholera. 
Court of Return to an Order, dated the 18th day of May 
yn sear last, fur Returns of Cause Petitions heard before the 
ened Lord Chancellor, from Hilary Term 1853 to Hilary 
Term 1855, ina Tabular Form; stating the Dates 
of filing Petition, of the Hearing and of the final 
Decree, where the first Decree was for an Inquiry or 
an Account :—And, of a!l Causes heard er ah the 
Lord Chancellor during the same Period ; stating the 
Date of filing the original Bill, and of the Hearing. 
Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table. 
Public Pro- Ordered, That the Select Committee on the sub- 
secutors. ject of the Public Prosecutors Bill have Power to 
send for persons, papers and records. 
New Palace Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 


( Westminster.) Copies of all Papers and Correspondence relating to 
the great Clock and Bells for the New Palace at 
Westminster (in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, 
No. 500, of Session 1852). 


Testamentary ‘The Order for resuming upon Tuesday next, at 
— Twelve of the clock, the adjourned Debate on the 


Amendment which, upon the 26th day of April last, 
was proposed to be made to the Question, That the 


7° Juniz. 








A. 1855. 


Testamentary Jurisdiction Bill be now read a second 
time, was read, and discharged. 

Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 
till Friday the 15th day of this instant June. 





Mr. Cobbett reported from the Committee on Railway and 
Group No. 6 of Railway and Canal Bills ; That Mr, Canal Bills 
Fortescue, one of the Members of the Committee, wp S) 
— m present during the sitting of the Committee 
this day. 

Ordered, That Mr. Fortescue do attend the Com- 
mittee To-morrow, at Twelve o'clock. 


teed SS bed 


Mr. Cobbett reported from the Committee on West London 
Group No.6 of Railway and Canal Bills; That the 30d Crystal 
Parties promoting the West London and Crystal Westminster 
Palace and Westminster Terminus Railways Bill had Terminus 
stated to the Committee, that it was not their inten- ®ai!ways Bil. 
tion to proceed with the same. 

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


The following Paper was laid upon the Table by Copper, &amp;c. 
the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, dated 
the 21st day of February last, foran Account of the 
Quantity of Copper exported from the Port of Zon- 
don in the year ending the 5th day of January 1855 ; 
distinguishing each Sort, and to what Country ex- 
ported :—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 1855, 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 1855 ; 
distinguishing each Sort of Copper, from what 
Country, a into what Ports imported :—Similar 
Return of Quantity exported :—Account of Tin im- 
ported into the United Kingdom in the year ending 
the 5th day of January 1855; distinguishing from 
what Countries imported :—Similar atone of Ex- 
ports of Tin:—And, Account of all Zinc and Zinc 
Ore imported and exported during the year ending 
the 5th day of January 1855, and the Duty paid 
thereon (in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, 
No. 310, of Session 1854). 

The following Paper, pursuant to the directions of East India 
an Act of Parliament. was also laid upon the Table (Home 
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 
1854 to 30th April 1855 :—2. Estimate of the Re- : 
ceipts and Disbursements of the Home Treasury of | 
the East India Company, from 1st May 1855 to . | 
30th April 1856 :—3. An Account of the Debts and 
Credits in England of the Government of India on 
Ist May 1855 :—4. A List of the several Establish- 
ments of the East India Company in England, and 
the Salaries and Allowances payable by the Court 
of Directors in respect thereof, on the Ist May 1855 : 
—5. An Account of new or increased Salaries, 
Establishments or Pensions payable in Great Bri- 
tain, granted or created between Ist May 1854 and 
Ist May 1855:—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 Ist May 1854 and 1st May 1855 :—Com- 
— granted between 1st May 1854 and Ist 

ay 1855, under the Act 3 &amp; 4 Will. 4, c. 85, s. 7; 
7. To the Widows and Children of deceased Officers 
and Servants of the Lust India Company in Eng- 
land. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Incumbered 


Return of the Names of all Officers or Clerks ap- i 
pointed 


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pointed within the last Six Months to any Office in 
the Incumbered Estates Court (Jreland), and of the 
Salaries of such Officers or Clerks, and of the re- 
spective Duties of their Appointments ; and of the 
Authority by virtue of which such Appointments 
were made. 


Metropolis Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 

Turnpike Returns of the Number of Toll-gates and Toll-bars 

a. on the Roads and Streets within the limits of the 
Metropolis Turnpike-roads Commission, North of 
the Thames, existing under its authority on the 25th 
day of March 1882, 1842 and 1853, respectively ; 
together with the Total Income and Expenditure for 
the years ending the 25th day of March 1832, 1842 
and 1853 :—Of the Amount of Unliquidated Debt 
on the 25th day of March of the said years, and of 
the year 1855; specifying in the latter instance the 
District to which it applies :—Of the Names of the 
present Commissioners, and the Number of Boards 
of Commissioners held in each of the said years, with 
the Number of Commissioners attending each Board : 
—And, of the Exemptions from full payment of 
Tolls by Omnibus Proprietors, and the terms thereof, 
and whether authorized by the Commissioners or 
Lessees. 


Receipt and Ordered, That the Return relative to Receipt and 
Draft Stamps. Draft Stamps, which was presented upon the 6th 
No. 297. day of this instant June, be printed. 


Prosecution The Order of the day being read, for resuming 
ofthe War. the adjourned Debate on the Amendment which, 
upon the 25th day of May last, was proposed to be 
made to the Amendment proposed on the 24th day 
of May last, which was to leave out from the first 
word “ House,” in the Original Question relative to 
the Prosecution of the War, to the word “ feels,” in 
order to insert the words “ having seen with regret 
“ that the Conferences of Vienna have not led toa 
“ termination of hostilities,” instead thereof; and to 
which Amendment an Amendment had been pro- 
posed on the 25th day of May last, to insert after the 
words “ regret that,” the words “‘ owing to the re- 
“ fusal of Russia to restrict the strength of her Navy 
“ in the Black Sea ;” 
And the Question being again. proposed, That 
the words “ owing to the refusal of Russia to restrict 
“ the strength of her Navy in the Black Sea,’ be 
inserted in the proposed Amendment :—The House 
resumed the said adjourned Debate. 





ay pe! from Mr. Deputy Speaker acquainted the House, That 
Sorc’: a Message had been brought from the Lords by one 
of their Clerks, as followeth : 


eg dl The Lords have agreed to the Newspaper Stamp 

Bil? * ~Duties Bill, without any Amendment: And also, 

Birmingham The Lords have agreed to the Birmingham Gas 
a8 Dill, 


Bill, without any Amendment: And also, 
Hartlepool The Lords have agreed to the Hartlepool Gas and 
Gas and Water Bill, without any Amendment: And also, 


Water Bill. 

Kee Bridge The Lords have agreed to the Kelso Bridge Bill, 
- without any Amendment: And also, 

Saint George’s The Lords have agreed to the Saint George’s Har- 

—e Act bour Act Amendment Bill, without any Amendment : 
, ndmert A d al 

Bill. nd also, 


Sar Derren The Lords have agreed to the Over Darwen Gas 
Bill, without any Amendment: And also, 
=a The Lords have agreed to the Ulster Railway Bill, 
* without any Amendment: And also, 
Iondonderry © The Lords have agreed to the Londonderry Im- 
improvement ype Bill, without any Amendment: And 
also, 
The Lords have agreed to the Kilmarnock Gas 
Bill, without any Amendment: And also, 


Liverpool The Lords have agreed to the Liverpool Corpo- 
Waer Bae ration Water Bill, with Amendments; to which 


VoL. 110. 


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Gas Bill, 





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Amendments the Lords desire the concurrence of 
this House: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Hyde Gas (No. 3) Hyde Gas 
Bill, with Amendments; to which Amendments the (N°. 3) Bill 
Lords desire the concurrence of this House. 





And the Question being again proposed, That the Prosecution 
words “ owing to the eleuh-al Russka to restrict the of the War. 
“ strength of her Navy in the Black Sea,” be in- 
serted in the proposed Amendment ; 

Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned till 
To-morrow. 


The Chancellor of the Exchequer reported from Excise Acts. 
the Committee on the Excise Acts, several Resolu- 
tions ; which were read, as follow: 

1. That there shall be charged and paid for and 
upon every gallon of Spirits of the strength of hydro- 
meter proof, which on or after the Ist day of Oc- 
tober 1855 shall be distilled within the United King- 
dom, or be in the stock, custody or possession of 
any distiller, or of any person in trust for him, or for 
his use, benefit or account, or which, having been 
distilled within the United Kingdom, shall on or 
after the said day be in warehouse, and be taken 
out of warehouse for consumption within the United 
Kingdom, the respective Rates and Duties of Excise 
following (that is to say) : 


s. a. 
In Great Britain - - - 8 - 
In Jreland - - - - 6 2 


and so in proportion for any greater or less degree 
of strength, or any greater or less quantity, in lieu of 
all other Duties of Excise on such Spirits chargeable 
under any Act in force. 

2. That there shall be allowed and paid to the 
distiller or proprietor of all Spirits, which, having been 
distilled within the United Kingdom before the 1st 
day of October 1855, shall, on or after the said last- 
mentioned day, be in the stock of any distiller, or in 
warehouse, the several Allowances and Drawbacks 
of Excise following (that is to say): For and upon 
every gallon of such Spirits of the strength of hydro- 
meter proof, and so in proportion for any greater or 
less quantity, or any greater or less degree of strength, 
if such Spirits shall have been distilled from Malt 
only, under the provisions and regulations entitling 
the distiller to the allowance in that behalf, the 
allowance of Eight-pence per gallon; and if such 
Spirits shall have been distilled from any other ma- 
terials than Malt only, or otherwise than in conformity 
with such provisions and regulations, the allowance 
of Two-pence per gallon, in lieu of all other allow- 
ances on such Spirits, payable under any Act in force. 

3. That on and after the 1st day of October 1855, 
all Allowances and Drawbacks of Excise granted 
by any Act now in force, for or upon Spirits dis- 
tilled in any part of the United Kingdom, in respect 
of the Malt or other materials used in making such 
Spirits, and for and upon Sugar and Molasses used 
in the distillation of Spirits, shall respectively cease 
and determine. 

4. That it is expedient to allow Malt to be made 
and consumed free from the Duties of Excise for the 
sole purpose of distilling Spirits, and to allow Sugar 
and Molasses to be consumed for the like purpose 
free from the Duties of Customs. 

5. That there shall be charged and paid for and 
upon every License to be taken out yearly by every 
person (other than a Distiller or Rectifier of Spirits) 
authorized by the Commissioners of Inland Revenue 
to make or mix methylated Spirit, the Duty of 
£.10. 10s. 

6. That it is expedient to amend the Laws re- 
lating to the Duties of Excise. 

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 the Chancellor of 





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the Exchequer and Mr. Wilson do prepare, and 
bring them in. ~ 


Stamp Dutics 
Repeal on 

Matriculation ? : 
and Degrees @ Second time; and committed to a Committee of 


(Oxford) Bill. the whole House, for Monday next. 


The Stamp Duties Repeal on Matriculation and 
Degrees (Oxford) Bill was, according to Order, read 


SavingsBanks The Order of the day being read, for the second 
—— reading of the’ Savings Banks and Friendly Socie- 
vestments Bill. ties Investments Bill ; 

Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 


Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


Coal Mines — The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
Inspection Bill. mittee on the Coal Mines Inspection Bill ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 
Spirits The House, according to Order, resolved itself 


yet ar into a Committee on the Spirits (Jre/and) Act 
— Amendment Bill; and, after some time spent 
therein, Mr. Deputy Speaker resumed the Chair ; 
and Mr. Greene reported, That the Committee had 
gone through the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for Monday next. 


Bill 160. 


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


Veneris, 8° die Junii, 1855: 


Friendly The Friendly Societies Bill was, according to 
Societies Bill. Order, read the third time. 

A Clause (Certain Societies established for granting 
annual payments to nominees before the year 1850 
to have ocd of this Act), was thrice read ; and 
added to the Bill. 

Another Clause was offered to be added to the 
Bill (Extra contribution may be demanded of a 
member serving in the Militia):—And the said Clause 
was brought up, and twice read, with a blank ; and 
committed to a Committee of the whole House :— 
The House accordingly resolved itself into the Com- 
mittee; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. 
Deputy Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. 
Bouverie reported, That the Committee had gone 
through the Clause, and made an Amendment there- 
unto. 

Ordered, That the Report be now received. 

Mr. Bouverie accordingly reported the Clause ; 
and the Amendment was read, and agreed to; and 
the said Clause was read the third time, and added 
to the Bill. 

Another Clause (Act to apply to Societies consti- 
tuted under the Industrial and Provident Societies 
Act, 1852), 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, in p. 13, 1. 16, by inserting after the word 
“* appointment” the words “ or removal.” 

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. 13, 1. 39, by inserting after the word 
“ certificate” the words “ and opinion.” 

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. 14,1. 7, by leaving out the words “a 
“ certain” and inserting the words “ any benefit or 
“ any,” instead thereof. 

And the Question being put, That the words “a 
“ certain” stand part of the Bill :—It was resolved 
in the Affirmative. : 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made to 
the Bill, in p. 16, 1. 28, by leaving out the words 
“ (save and except the purchase of buildings wherein 








Junii. A. 1855. 


“ to hold the meetings and transact the business of 
“‘ such Society as hereinbefore mentioned).”’ 

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. 23, by inserting after the word “ law” 
| in the Schedule the words “and calculated in my 
“ opinion for not calculated] to fulfil the promises 
“ and conditions of the said rules.” 

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. 23, by inserting after the word “ law” 
in the Schedule the words “ and in my opinion cal- 
“ culated, according to present statistics, to keep on 
“ the Society years.” 

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

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 











The Order of the day being read, for the second Grand Jury 
reading of the Grand Jury Assessments( Jreland) Bill ; Cireland) Bill 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Education 
mittee on the Education (Scot/and) Bill ; (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- Criminal 
mittee on the Criminal Justice Bill; Justice 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- Despatch of 
mittee on the Despatch of Business, Court of Chan- Business, 
cery Bill; Chancery Bill 
beet, That this House will, upon Thursday iia 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Mortmain Bill. 
mittee on the Mortmain 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- Lunatic Asy- 
mittee on the Lunatic Asylums (Zreland) (Advances) '¥™8 (Ireland) 
Bill ; oo 


Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Grants of 
into a Committee on the Grants of Lands Bill ; and, ©4048 Bill. 
after some time spent therein, Mr. Deputy Speaker 
resumed the Chair; and Mr. Greene reported, That 
the Committee had gone through the Bill, and di- 
rected him to report the same, without Amendment. 
Ordered, ‘That the Bill be read the third time this 
day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Hardware, &amp;«. 
reading of the Hardware, &amp;c. Manufactures Bill; Manufactures 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon _ 
Thursday next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Cinque Ports 
into a Committee on the Cinque Ports Bill; and, 2 
after some time spent therein, Mr. Deputy Th. Bill 161. 
resumed the Chair ; and Mr. Greene 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. ~ 

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Barial- The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
7 consideration the Burial-grounds (Scotland) Bill, as 
land) amended in the Committee ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be taken into consideration 
upon Monday next. 


Railways The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
(Ireland) Bill. vittee on the Railways (Jreland) Bill ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Jurisdiction of The House, according to Order, proceeded to 
the Stannary take into consideration the Jurisdiction of the Stan- 


d- 
me nary Court Amendment Bill, as amended in the 
Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time this 
day. 


Jurors and The Order of the day being read, for the second 
ined) Bill reading of the Jurors and Juries (Jreland) Biil; 
° Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 


upon Monday next. 


Jurors and The Order of the day being read, for the second 
Juries (Ire- reading of the Jurors and Juries (reland) (No. 2) 
oo” om: 
ill, ? 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 


Absconding The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
Debtors (Ire- ° : =] : 
land) Bill, mittee on the Absconding Debtors (/reland) Bill ; 


Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


Grand Juries The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 


Bill. mittee on the Grand Juries Bill ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 
Insurance The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
on Lives 


mittee on the Insurance on Lives Abatement of In- 
Abatement of 2 : 
Income Tax come Tax Continuance Bill; 
Continuance Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 


Bill. itself into the said Committee. 

Gold Finger- The Gold Finger-Rings Bill was, according to 

Rings Bill. Order, read a second time; and. committed to a 
Committee of the whole House for this day. 

Assay Offices The Assay Offices (York, &amp;c.) Abolition Bill was, 

as ag? according to Order, read a second time; and com- 


mitted to a Committee of the whole House for this 


day. 
sunt The Order of the day being read, for resuming 
(ireland) the adjourned Debate on the Amendment which, 


(Jurisdiction) upon the 3d day of May last, was proposed to be 
Bill. made to the Question, That the Court of Chancery 
(Ireland) (Jurisdiction) Bill be now read a second 
time ; , 
Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 
till Friday next. 


wat The Order of the day being read, for the second 
(ireland) (Pro- — the Court of Chancery (Ireland) (Proce- 
cedure) Bill. dure) Bill; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Friday next. 
iced The Order of the day being read, for the second 
(Ireland) (Re. reading of the Court of Chancery (Jreland) (Re- 
ceivers) Bill. ceivers) Bill; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Friday next. 


ae The Order of the day being read, for the second 
(Ireland) reading of the Court of Chancery (Jreland) (Sales 
(Sales of of Estates) Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Friday next. 


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The Order of the day being read, for the second Court of 
reading of the Court of Chancery (Jreland) (Ap- Chancery 
ill - (Ireland ) 
peals) Bill ; (Appeals) Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Court of 
reading of the Court of Chancery (Ireland) (Stamp pmwrweee { 
Duties) Bill ; tee — ) 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time Duties) Bill. 


upon Friday next. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Acts of 
to alter the mode of amending Acts of Parliament : —— 
And that Mr. Locke King, Mr. Watson and Mr. a 
Montagu Chambers do prepare, and bring it in. 


The Order for the House to resolve itself into a Metropolis 
Committee this day, at Twelve o’clock, on the Me- ee 
tropolis Local Management Bill, was read, and dis- enteeee 
charged. 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The Chancellor of the Exchequer presented a Bill Excise 
to impose increased Rates of Duty of Excise on Duties Bill 
Spirits distilled in the United Kingdom; to allow Bill 162. 
Malt, Sugar and Molasses to be used Duty free in 
the distilling of Spirits, in lieu of Allowances and 
Drawbacks on such Spirits, Sugar and Molasses 
respectively ; and to amend the Laws relating to the 
Duties of Excise: 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 allow Spirit of Spirit of Wine 
Wine to be used Duty free in the Arts and Manu- Bill 
factures of the United Kingdom: And the same Bill 163. 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time upon Monday next; and to be printed. 


Mr. Locke King presented a Bill to alter the Acts of 
mode of amending Acts of Parliament: And the amending Bil. 
same was read the first time; and ordered to be pin) 164. 
read a second time upon Tuesday next; and to be 


printed. 


Lord John Russell presented, by Her Majesty’s War with 
Command,—Copy of Correspondence relative to the ussia. 
Addresses, Resolutions, &amp;c., received from the British 
Colonies on the subject of the War with Russia, in 
continuation of Papers presented 25th January and 
8th March 1855. 

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


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, 8° die Junii ; 
Anno 18° Victorie Regine, 1855. 


PRAYERS. 


M R. Brotherton reported from the Committee on perbyshire, 
o the Derbyshire, Staffordshire and Worcester- Staffordshire 
shire Railway (No.2) Bill; That they had examined peel or 
the allegations contained in the Preamble of the Bill, hae (No. 2) 
and amended the same, by adding recitals explanatory Bill. 
of the financial condition of the Company, and by 
striking out the recital of the expediency of selling, 
leasing or amalgamating the Undertaking of the 
Company to or with the South Staffordshire Railway 
Company, and by inserting a recital of the expediency 
of re-enacting the Power of sale, lease and amalga- 
mation to and with the London and North Western 
Railway Company contained in the existing Act of 
the Company; and had made verbal Amendments 
thereunto; and found the same, as amended, to be 
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true; and had gone through the Bill, and made 
Amendments thereunto. 

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


Public Mr. Duncan reported from the Select Committee 
Petitions on Public Petitions; That they had examined the 
eer y Petitions presented upon the 5th and 6th 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. 
Inveruty and The House proceeded to take into consideration 
+ we hg the Amendment made by the Lords to the Znverury 
ti and Old Meldrum Railway Bill; and the same was 
twice read, and agreed to. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the Amendment made by their Lordships. 
Aboyne, Bal- The Aboyne, Ballater, Braemar and Cairnwell 


my emer | Road Bill was read the third time. 
and Ca’. Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Bombay, The Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway 


Baroda end_, (No. 2) Bill was read the third time ; and an Amend- 
Railway ment was made to the Bill. 
(No. 2) Bill. Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 


Title be, An Act for incorporating the Bombay, Ba- 
roda and Central India Railway Company, and for 
other purposes connected therewith. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 


Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Carlisle and 


A Motion being made, That the Carlisle and Silloth 


Silloth Bay = Bay Railway and Dock Bill be now read the third 
Railway and =. 
Dock Bil. time; 


Mr. Baines, by Her cok te 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 (Board of Trade may appoint an auditor 
to examine accounts), was thrice read; and added 
to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, ‘That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Grand Surrey A Motion being made, That the Grand Surrey 

Canal (No. 2) Canal (No. 2) Bill be now read the third time; 

-_. Mr. Baines, by Her Majesty’s Command, ac- 
quainted the House, That Her Majesty, having been 
informed of the purport of the Bill, gives Her Con- 
sent, as far as Her Majesty’s interest is concerned, 
that the House may do therein as they shall think fit. 

Then the Bill was read the third time. 

A Clause (Works on shore of Thames not to be con- 
structed without the authority of the Commissioners 
of Woods, &amp;c. and the Admiralty, and the Lord 
Mayor, &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 the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Metropolitan =A Motion being made, That the Metropolitan 
Railway Bill. Railway Bill be now read the third time ; 

Mr. Baines, by Her Majesty’s Command, ac- 
quainted the House, That Her Majesty, having been 
informed of the purport of the Bill. gives Her Con- 
sent, as far as Her Majesty’s interest is concerned, 
that the House may do therein as they shall think fit. 

Then the Bill was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


8° Juniz. 








A. 1855. 


A Motion being made, That the Stockton and Stockton and 
Darlington Railway Bill be now read the third time ; ng 
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, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 





Sy 


Ordered, That the short Title of the Stokes Bay Stokes Bay 
and Isle of Wight Railway Bill, as first entered in v4 ele of, 
the Votes, be changed to “ Stokes Bay Railway and wr Bill. 
Pier Bill.” 


A Motion being made, That the Stokes Bay Rail- Stokes Bay 
aa age Pier Bill be now read the third time ; Pie —- 
r. Baines, by Her Majesty’s Command, ac- 
quainted the House, That Her Majesty, having been 
informed of the purport of the Bill, gives Her Con- 
sent, as far as Her Majesty’s interest is concerned, 
that the House may do therein as they shall think fit. 
Then the Bill was read the third time. 
A Olause (Lands by compulsion), was thrice read ; 
and added to the Bill. 
Then an Amendment was made to the Bill. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. RB 


~»+&gt;O 


Laohae) 


The Weymouth Water Bill was, according to Order, Weymouth 
read the third time. Water Bill. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration even , 
the Gateshead Quays and Improvements Bill, as 244ys &gt; 
amended in the Seansliten, ' res 

A Clause (Expenses of Act), was twice read ; and 
made part of the Bill. 

Then Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Londonderry 
the Londonderry and Coleraine Railway Bill, as and Coleraine 
amended in the Committee. ee 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to Gun-barrel 
take into consideration the Gun-barrel Proof-houses pat so 
(Birmingham and London) Bill, as amended in the Te oy 
Committee. Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Hoffe’s Estate Bill was read a second time; and Hoffe’s _ 
committed. Estate Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Colonel Pennant reported from the Committee on Hedon and 
Group I. of Turnpike-road Bills; That in the case Hull, &amp; 
of the Hedon and Hull, &amp;c. Road Bill, they had ®*4 
examined the allegations contained in the Preamble 
of the Bill, and amended the same, by striking out 
the allegation referring to the arrears of interest due on 
the credit of the Tolls arising on the second District ; 
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. 


Viscount Duncan reported from the Select Com- Woolmer 
mittee on the Woolmer Forest Bill; That they had Forest Bill. 
gone through the Bill, and made Amendments there- _ Bill 165. 
unto. 

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. 
Petitions 















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Public Petitions relating to Parliamentary Papers ; — 
Petitions. Church Rates ;—Church Rates Abolition Bill ;— 
-4, Forty. Marriage Law Amendment Bill ;— Maynooth College 
int Raper. Act ~ootenian Trading (Metropolis) Bill ;—Licenses 
(Public-houses, &amp;c.) ;—Brothels ;—Court of Session 

(Scotland) Bill ;— Decimal Coinage ;— Education 

(Scotland) Bill;—Friendly Societies Bill ;—Great 

Torrington Cemetery ;— Inland Revenue (Excise 
Department) ;—Intoxicating Liquors ;—Metropolis 

Local Management Bill ; — Nuisances Removal 
Amendment Bill;—Public Health Bill;—Sale of 

Beer Act (1854) ;—Schools (Scotland) Bill ;—Se- 

cretary of State for Scotland ;—Formation, &amp;c. of Pa- 

rishes Bill ;—Tenants’ Improvements Compensation 

(Ireland) Bill;—Testamentary Jurisdiction Bill ;— | 

and, War with Russia,—were presented, and read ; 





8° Junie. 277 


Cuass 2. Carriages for hire other than Omnibuses 
and Cabs. 


. Glass Coaches, &amp;c. with four wheels and two 
or more horses. 

. Carriages with four wheels and one horse. 

Carriages with two wheels and two horses. 

Carriages with two wheels and one horse. 


iT 


im CO bo 


Crass 3. 
1. Omnibuses and Stage Carriages. 
2. Cabs. 
Crass 4. 
The Total Number of Private Waggons, Carts, 
Drays and Vans. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Court of 


and ordered to lie upon the Table. Returns of the Number of Causes in the High Court Chancery- 
of Chancery, whether commenced by Bill or Claim, 
Church Rates The Order of the day being read, for the Com-| in which Evidence was taken, between the Ist day 
ae 2) Bal mittee on the Church Rates Abolition (No. 2) Bill; | of November 1853 and the Ist day of November 
an : Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday | 1854 :—Of the Number of such Causes in which the 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. | Evidence was taken orally :—Of the Number of 
‘such Causes in which the Evidence was taken by 
Public Ordered, That a Message be sent to the Lords, to | Affidavit :—And, of the Number of such Causes in 
Prosecutors. request that their Lordships will be pleased to give | which any Witness or Party was examined therein, 
leave to Lord Brougham and Vauz to attend the lunder the Act 15 &amp; 16 Vic. c. 86, s. 39, before the 
Select Committee appointed by this House on the | Court where such Causes were heard; with the 
subject of the Public Prosecutors Bill: And that | Names of the Judges before whom such examinations 


the Clerk do carry the said Message. 
Bleaching Mr. Cowper presented, by Her Majesty's Com- 
Works. mand,—Copy of Report of the Commissioner ap- | 
pointed to inquire how far it may be advisable to 
extend the Provisions of the Acts for the better | 
Regulation of Mills and Factories to Bleaching | 
Works established in certain parts of the United | 
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland; with the | 
Evidence and Appendix. 
Mr. Cowper also presented,—Return to an Ad- 
dress to Her Majesty, dated the 25th day of April 
last, for Returns of the Sum expended under the | 


Education. 





| took place (in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, 


No. 234, of Session 1854). 


Mr. Cowper presented,—Return to an Address to Schoois 


Her Majesty, dated the 22d day of May last, for (Scotland. 
a Return showing the proportion of Scholars (or 
Children attending School) to the Population in 

each County of Scotland, so far as it can be exhi- 

bited by the Census of 1851. 


Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 


Table. 


Authority of the Committee of Council on Education | Mr. Peel presented, by Her Majesty’s Command, Army 


in the Purchase and Adaptation of Kneller Hall, and 
of the Sums expended annually in the Support of 
that Establishment from its Commencement to the 
present time, specifying distinctly the Cost of | 
Tuition, and the Cost of Board and other Current 
Expenses ; also of the Number of Pupils instructed 
in it in each year since its formation, and the present 
Occupation of such of themas are Teachers in Public 
Schools; also of the Number of Pupils received | 
into the several Normal Schools receiving Aid from | 
the Committee of Council on Education, and of the 
Number who have obtained Certificates, with a Spe- 
cification of the Number in each Class; and also of 
the Number who have left the Profession of Teach- 
ing in Public Schools, with a Specification of the 
Date of their Abandonment of it:—And, of all 
Pupil Teachers, Stipendiary Monitors, and other 
Persons, of whatever Name or Description, who 
have been wholly or partially trained or educated at | 
the Public Expense to become Teachers, but who 
have not been received into the Normal Schools. 

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


Carriages, &amp;e. | Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the Number of Carriages in England, 
Wales and Scotland, in the year 1854, distinguishing 
the Numbers in each Kingdom, and classifying them 
as nearly as possible in the following manner :— 


Cxass 1. Carriages kept for private use. 
1. Private Carriages with four wheels and two or 
more horses. 
. Private Carriages with four wheels and one 
horse. 
3. Private Carriages with two wheels and two 
horses. 
4. Private Carriages with two wheels and one 
horse. 
Vox. 110. | 





to 








A Return of the Number of Non-commissioned (Ct™e*-) 

flicers, Trumpeters and Drummers, and Rank and 
File of the British Army in the Crimea at such 
Periods as the documents in the Adjutant General’s 
Office can furnish since 20th September 1854,: and 
specifying the several Branches of the Service to 
which they belonged, and showing the Number 
under Arms, Batmen and otherwise employed, on 
Command in the Crimea, sick in the Crimea. 

Mr. Peel also presented,—Return to an Address Militia. 
to Her Majesty, dated the 24th day of April last, 
for a Return of all Disembodied Regiments of Militia 
in Great Britain and Ireland on the 24th day of 
April 1855, with the Date of the last Training of each 
Regiment, and the Numbers present in each at such 
last Training. 

Ordered, That the Return relative to the Army 
(Crimea) be referred to the Select Committee on 
the Army before Sebastopol; and that the Return 
relative to the Militia do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Osborne presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- Local Acts. 
mand,—A Further Report from the Admiralty re- No. 110. 
lative to an application for a Local Act :—35. East 
Kent Railway (Extension to Dover) Bill. 

Mr. Osborne also presented,—Return to an Order, Harbours 
dated the 24th day of May last, for Copy of the of Refuge 
Memorial presented to the Admiralty, on the sist relane) 
day of March 1854, from the Inhabitants of Drog- 
heda, praying for a Government Survey of the 
Eastern Coast of Jreland, for the purpose of con- 
structing a Harbour of Refuge in the most eligible 
position ; with the Names of the Persons who signed 
that document, and of any other communications 
referring to the said Survey and Harbour of Refuge. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table; and that the Paper relative to Local Acts 


| be printed. 


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Court of 
Chancery 
(Ireland. ) 


No. 298. 


Copper, &amp;c. 
No, 299. 


East India. 
No. 300. 


Adjournment. 


Bills of Lading 
(No. 2) Bill. 


Prosecution 
of the War. 


Message from 
the Lords. 


Ecclesiastical 
Property 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Banff, Mac- 
duff and 
Turriff Rail- 
way Bill. 
Cornwall 
Railway Bill. 


Swansea 
Docks Bill. 


Llynvi Valley 
and Bridgend 
Railways Bill. 


Public Pro- 
secutors. 


Prosecution 
of the War. 


278 8°—9° 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Court of | 
Chancery (Ireland), which was presented upon the 
7th day of this instant June, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Copper, &amp;c., 
which was presented upon the 7th day of this in- 
stant June, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Accounts relative to East India, 
which were presented upon the 7th day of this in- 
stant June, be printed. 


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


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Bills of Lading (Ne. 2) Bill; 

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 25th day of May last, was proposed to be, 
made to the Amendment proposed on the 24th day | 
of May last, which was, to leave out from the first | 
word “ House,” in the Original Question relative | 
to the Prosecution of the War, to the word “ feels,” 
in order to insert the words “ having seen with re- 
“ oret that the Conferences of Vienna have not led 
“ to a termination of hostilities,” instead thereof ; 
and to which Amendment, an Amendment had been | 
proposed on the 25th day of May last, to insert, | 
after the words “ regret that,” the words “ owing 
“ to the refusal of Jtussia to restrict the strength of 
“ her Navy in the Black Sea ;” 

And the Question being again proposed, That 
the words “ owing to the refusal of Russia to restrict 
“ the strength of her Navy in the Black Sea,” be 
inserted in the proposed Amendment :—The House 
resumed the said adjourned Debate.—— 


Mr. Deputy Speaker acquainted the House, That 
a Message had been brought from the Lords by 
one of their Clerks, as followeth : 

The Lords have agreed to the Ecclesiastical Pro- 
perty (dreland) Bill, without any Amendment: And | 
also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Banff, Macduff 
and Zurriff Railway Bill, without any Amendment : 
And also, 


The Lords have agreed to the Cornwall Railway 
Bill, without any Amendment: And also, | 
The Lords have agreed to the Swansea Docks | 
Bill, without any Amendment: And also, 
The Lords have agreed to the Liynvi Valley and | 
Bridgend Railways Bill, with an Amendment; to 
which Amendment the Lords desire the concurrence | 
of this House: And also, 
The Lords give leave to the Lord Brougham and | 
Vaux to attend the Select Committee appointed by 
this House, in the present Session of Parliament, on | 
the subject of the Public Prosecutors Bill, as desired | 
by this House (his Lordship, in his place, con-| 
senting). | 





And the Question being again proposed, That the 
words “owing to the refusal of Russia to restrict 
“ the strength of her Navy in the Black Sea,” be 
inserted in the proposed Amendment; 


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


Sabbati, 9° die Junii, 1855: 
And the Question being put:—It passed in the 
Negative. 
And the Question being put, That the words 
“ having seen with regret that the Conferences of 
*« Vienna have not led to a termination of hostilities,” 
be inserted after the word “ House” in the Original 
Question :—It was resolved in the Affirmative. 








A. 1855. 


Then the main Question, so amended, being put ; 

Resolved, That this House, having seen with 
regret that the Conferences of Vienna have not led 
to a termination of hostilities, feels it a duty to de- 
clare, that it will continue to give every support to 
Her Majesty in the prosecution of the War, until 
Her Majesty shall, in conjunction with Her Allies, 
obtain for this Country a safe and honourable Peace. 


Juniz. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Ordnance 

reading of the Ordnance Board Bill ; Board Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 

Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Episcopal and 
mittee on the Episcopal and Capitular Estates Bill ; cn ie 

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 Com- Bills of Ex- 
mittee on the Bills of Exchange and Promissory change and 
Pan. a Promissory 
Notes Bill ; Notes Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
the 20th day of this instant June, resolve itself into 
the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com-'Passengers 
mittee on the Passengers Act Amendment Bill; | Act Amend- 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday the oo 
18th day of this instant June, resolve itself into the 

said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third National 
reading of the National Gallery, &amp;c. (Dublin) Bill; pov d + 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time °°" 
upon Thursday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Supply. 


| mittee of Supply ; 


Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Ways and 
mittee of Ways and Means; Means. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 


‘next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Education 
mittee on the Education (Scotland) Bill; (Scotland) Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, at Twelve o’clock, resolve itself into the said 
Committee. 


The Grants of Lands Bill was, according to Order, Grants of 
read the third time. Lands Bill. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Jurisdiction of the Stannary Court Amend- Jurisdiction of 
ment Bill was, according to Order, read the third = ay nen 
: ’ ourt Amend 
time ; and an Amendment was made to the Bill. _ ment Bill. 
Resolved, That the Bill, with the Amendment, do 
ass. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the same, with an Amendment; to which 
Amendment this House doth desire the concurrence 
of their Lordships. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Absconding 
mittee on the Absconding Debtors (Zreland) Bill ; Ureland) Bill. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday next, 
resolve itself inte the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Insurance 
into a Committee on the Insurance on Lives Abate- 7 ives op 
ment of Income Tax Continuance Bill; and, after Income Tax 
some time spent therein, Mr. Deputy Speaker re- Continuance 
sumed the Chair ; and Viscount Monck reported, That — 
the 





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18 Vicroriz. 


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 
a Committee on the Gold Finger-Rings Bill; and, 
after some time spent therein, Mr. Deputy Speaker 
resumed the Chair; and Viscount Monck reported, 
That the Committee had gone through the Bill, and 
directed him to report the same, without Amend- 
ment. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Monday next. 


Gold Finger- 
Rings Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Assay Offices (York, &amp;c.) Abolition 
Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Assay Offices 
(York, &amp;c.) 
Abolition Bill. 


Metropolis The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 

Local Manage- mittee on the Metropolis Local Management Bill ; 

ment Bill. 
next, at Twelve o'clock, resolve itself into the said 
Committee. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Copies of any Communications from the 
Government of France, with the several Replies 
thereto, since the 1st day of January 1852, con- 
cerning the Fisheries in the Seas between the Coasts 
of the two Countries, pursuant to the Convention of 
August 1839. 

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


Fisheries 
(England 
and France. ) 





| 

And then the House, having continued to sit | 
till half an hour after Two of the clock on} 
Saturday morning, adjourned till Monday 
next. 





Lune, 11° die Junii ; 
Anno 18° Victorie Regine, 1855. 


PRAYERS. 


M R. Speaker addressed the House as followeth: 

“1 have to offer my sincere thanks to the 
House for the very kind and indulgent consideration 
it has extended to me whilst disabled from attending 
its service by my late accident. I have the satis- 
faction of knowing, that, owing to the very zealous 
and able manner in which the duties of the Chair 
have been discharged by the Chairman of Ways and 
Means, public business has not been impeded or in- 
terrupted in consequence of my absence. ‘There is 


Mr. Speaker 
returns 
Thanks to 
the House. 


§°— 9° 11° Junez. 


Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday | fi 





one circumstance, however, to which I ought to call 
the attention of the House. During my absence two | 


Members, the Member for Aberdeenshire (Lord | 


279 


should consider the point. These two Members, 
before they took their Seats, did everything, as far 
as they were aware, which they were required to do 
by law; but they may be placed in a very inconve- 
nient position unless some levislative enactment be 
passed which will protect them from any penalties 
they may have incurred for having sat in this House 
without having been sworn in strict conformity with 
the provisions of the Acts. I do not venture to give 
any opinion as to whether or not these doubts are 
well founded. I only throw out the suggestion in 
the hope that an early step may be taken for the 
purpose of giving such relief to these Gentlemen as 
the House may think expedient under the cireum- 
stances of the case.” 


Ordered, That all Committees have leave to sit Committees. 
this day, during the sitting of the House. 


Ordered, That the Westminster Land Company westminster 
Bill be added to Group P. of Private Bills; and Land Com- 
that it be an Instruction to the Committee to sit and P®¥ Bill. 
proceed upon such Bill forthwith, if they shall think 

t. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Hyde Gas 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Hyde (No. 3) Bill. 
Gas (No. 3) Bill; and the same were twice read, 
and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Clerk 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 Bristol and 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bristol — 
and Exeter Railway Bill; and the same were twice» ~"” 
read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Clerk 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 Liverpool 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Liverpool ey 
Corporation Water Bill; and the same were twice 


| read, and agreed to. 


Ordered, That the Clerk 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 East of Fife Railway Bill be East of Fife 
read the third time To-morrow. Railway Bill. 


The Fife and Kinross Railway Bill was read the Fife and __ 
third time ; and Amendments were made to the Bill. —— 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. ne 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Ordered, That the Great Northern London Ce- Great North. 
metery Bill be read the third time To-morrow. Cer Loudon 
emetery Bill. 
A Motion being made, That the Hartlepool Pier Hartlepool 
and Port Bill be now read the third time ; Pier and 
Mr. FitzRoy, by Her Majesty’s Command, ac- *°* ®!- 


Haddo), and the Member for Bath (Mr. Tite), have | quainted the House, That Her Majesty, having been 


heen called to the Table, and have taken the Oaths | 


informed of the purport of the Bill, gives Her Con- 


and their Seats. Now, the Acts which regulate the | sent, as far as Her Majesty’s interest is concerned, 


taking of Oaths and the delivering in of the Qualifi- 
cations of Members of this House provide that it 
shall be done within certain hours of the day, whilst 
the House is sitting ‘with their Speaker in the 
Chair ;’ and I understand that doubts have been 
suggested whether these words do not make it ab- 
solutely necessary that the Speaker himself, and not 
any person appointed to act as Speaker in his 
absence, should be in the Chair at the time. No 
doubt the intention of the Legislature was, that the 
Oaths should be taken in the most solemn and public 
manner possible, when the House was not in Com- 
mittee; but I think it very desirable that the House 


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 the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Leek Improvement Bill was read the third Leck Improve- 
time. 


Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 


Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


ment Bill. 





VoL. 110. 





The 


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Mid Kent and 
North Kent 
Railway Bill. 


North York- 
shire and 
Cleveland 
Railway Bill. 


Scinde Rail- 
way Bill 


Stockport, 
Disley and 
Whaley Bridge 
Railway Bill. 


‘Torquay 
District 
Churches Bill. 


Bognor Rail- 
way Bill 


Halifax 
Gas Bill. 


England 

and Ireland 
Improved 
Communica- 
tion Bill. 


Public 
Petitions. 


Vide Forty- 
second Report. 


Metropolis 
Local 
ment Bill. 


anage- 


280 


The Mid Kent and North Kent Railway Bill was 
read the third time ; and Amendments were made to 
the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 


Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The North Yorkshire and Cleveland Railway Bill 
was read the third time; and Amendments were 
made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 


Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Scinde Railway Bill was read the third time ; 
and Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 


Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Stockport, Disley and Whaley Bridge Rail- 
way Bill was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Ordered, That the Torquay District Churches Bill 
be read the third time upon Friday next. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Bognor 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 Halifax Gas Bill, as amended in the Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
po That the Minutes of the Evidence taken 
»efore the Committee on the England and Ireland 
Improved Communication Bill, be printed :—And 
the said Motion was, with leave of the House, 
withdrawn. 


Petitions relating to Church Rates ;— Church 
Rates Abolition Bill ;—Idolatry (India) ;— Marriage 
Law Amendment Bill ;—Maynooth College Act ;— 
Sunday Trading (Metropolis) Bill ;—Rating of Mines 
Bill ;—Court of Session (Scotland) Bill;— Decimal 
Coinage ;— Education ;— Education Bills ;—Educa- 
tion (Scotland) Bill ;—Free Schools Bill ;—Friendly 
Societies Bill ; — Intoxicating Liquors; — Public 
Health Bill;—Public-houses (Scotland) Act ;—Se- 
cretary of State for Scot/and;—'Tenants’ Improve- 
ments Compensation (Jreland) Bill ;—and, ‘Testa- 
mentary Jurisdiction Biil,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition relating to the Metropolitan Buildings 
Bill, was also presented, and read ; and referred to 
the Select Committee on the Bill. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on the Metropolis Local Manage- 
ment Bill. 


(In the Committee.) 


Ciauss, N° 48, amended, and agreed to. 

Ciauses, N° 49 to N° 53, agreed to. 

Oxrausg, N° 54, amended, and agreed to. 

Crauses, N° 55 to N° 57, agreed to. 

Cuiausg, N°58 (Penalty on erecting Houses with- 
out proper waterclosets, &amp;c.) 

Amendment proposed, in p. 20, 1. 9 : To leave out 
the words “ or privy.” 

Question proposed, That the words “ or privy” 
stand part of the Clause:—Amendment, by leave, 
withdrawn. 

Another Amendment proposed, in p. 20, 1.18: To 
leave out the words “ or occupier.” 


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A. 1855. 


Question, That the words “ or occupier” stand 
part of the Clause——put, and agreed to. 

Another Amendment proposed, in p. 20, ls. 28 and 
29: To leave out the words “ or more.” 

Question proposed, That. the words “or more” 
stand part of the Clause :—Amendment, by leave, 
withdrawn. 

Clause agreed to. 

Crauses, N° 59 and N° 60, amended, and agreed 
to. 

Crause, N° 61 (Penalty on persons improperly 
making or altering drains). 

Amendment proposed, in p. 21, 1.12: After the 
word “drain” to insert the word “ watercloset.” 
Question proposed, ‘That the word “ watercloset” 
be there inserted :— Amendment, by leave, with- 
drawn. 

Clause agreed to. 

Cuiavuses, N° 62 and N° 63, agreed to. 

Causes, N° 64 to N° 67, amended, and agreed to. 
Crause, N° 68, agreed to. 

To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; and Mr. Fitz Roy 
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, ‘lo-morrow, at 
Twelve o'clock, again resolve itself into the said 
Committee. 


The following Papers were laid upon the Table Wines and 
by the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, Spirits. 
dated the 26th day of January last, for Accounts of 
the Number of Gallons of Foreign Wine imported ; 
of the Quantities upon which Duty has been paid 
for Home Consumption, and the Quantities expor- 
ted; 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 1855; 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 
1855, distinguishing London from the Country :— 
And, of the Number of Proof Gallons of Rum, dis- 
tinguishing West India, East India, and Foreign ; 
also of Brandy, Geneva, and other Foreign, 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 1855; together with the 
Quantities of each Sort remaining in Bond on the 
5th day of January 1855, distinguishing London 
from the Country (in continuation of Parliamentary 
Paper, No. 304, of Session 1854). 

dees to an Order, dated the 3d day of May Wines. 
last, for a Return of the Quantity of Foreign Wines 
in Bond on the 5th day of April last ; distinguishing 
the Sorts, and from whence imported, as far as the 
same can be obtained. 

Return to an Order, dated the 25th day of May New South 
last, for Copies of all Petitions on the subject of the Wales. 
proposed Constitution for New South Wales, pre- No. 301- 
sented to this House since the year 1853, with the 
Number of Signatures attached to each Petition. 

Ordered, That the Return relative to New South 
Wales, be printed. 


Mr. Horsman presented,—Return to an Order, Coroners” 
dated the 17th day of April last, for a Return of the Inquests 
Number of Inquests held by the several Coroners (Ireland. 
in Lreland for each of the years 1843, 1844 and 
1845, separately, and of the Sums presented 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, 


Constabulary, 
&amp;c. (Ircland.) 


Schools 
(Scotland.) 


No. 302. 


* Candia ” 
Transport. 
No. 303. 


Public 
Petitions 
(Forty-first 
Report.) 


Standing 
Orders. 


City of Dublin 
Steam Packet 


18 Vicroriz. 


Inquests, for Mileage, and for Medical Witnesses, | 
and other Expenses of holding Inquests :—And, | 
Return of the Number of Coroners appointed to | 
Districts in the several Counties and Counties of 
Cities in Jreland, pursuant to the Provisions of the | 
Act 9 &amp; 10 Vic. c. 37, and at what Presenting Term | 
such Appointments were made respectively. | 

Return to an Order, dated the 18th day of May 
last, for Returns of the Number of Paymasters of 
Constabulary who were in Office at the time of the 
Office being abolished, the Salary paid to each, the 
Number of years’ Service of each Paymaster, and 
the Amount of Allowance or Compensation which 
was paid to each Paymaster on the discontinuance of 
his Services :—And, of the Number of Poor Law In- | 
spectors whose Services were lately discontinued, the 
Salary paid to each, the Number of years’ Service of 
each and of the Assistant Secretary, and the Amount 
of Compensation or Allowance made to each :—The 
above Returns to be made in one Tabular Form, and 
in both cases a reference is to be given to the Clause 
of the Act under which the Compensation was cal- 
culated, or to the Authority by which it was granted. 

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


Ordered, That the Return relative to Schools 
(Scotland), which was presented upon the 8th day of | 
this instant June, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the “ Candia” 
Transport, which was presented upon the 25th day | 


of May last, be printed. | 








Mr. Duncan reported from the Select Committee | 
on Public Petitions; That they had examined the | 
Petitions presented upon the 7th and 8th 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. 


Colonel Wilson Patten reported from the Select | 
Committee on Standing Orders, a Resolution ; which 
was read, as followeth: 

That in the case of the City of Dublin Steam 
Packet Company Bill, Petition of William Bryden, 





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admitted into the Hospital at Smyrna, from the 
period of its Establishment to the termination of the 
last Quarter ; with the Number of Deaths in the same 
Hospital during the same 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 leave be given to bring in a Bill to Validity of 
prevent doubts as to the validity of certain Proceed- yee 
ings in the House of Commons: And that Sir George Commons.) 
Grey, Viscount Palmerston and Mr. Attorney Ge- 
neral do prepare, and bring it in. 


Mr. Cobden reported from the Committee on Private Bills 
Group P. of Private Bills ; That Mr. Colvile, one of (Group P.) 
the Selected Members of the Committee, was not 
present during the sitting of the Committee this day. 

Ordered, That Mr. Colvile do attend the Com- 


mittee To-morrow, at Three o’clock. 


Sir Charles Wood presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- Sea of Azoff, 
mand,—Copies of certain Correspondence that has * 
passed between the Admiralty and Vice-Admiral D, No. 304. 
Dundas, respecting the Blockade of the Sea of Azoff 
and the Western Shores of the Crimea, and the Bom- 
bardment of Odessa. 

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


Sir George Grey presented a Bill to prevent Validity of 
doubts as to the validity of certain Proceedings in Proceedings 
the House of Commons: And the same was read et 
the first time ; and ordered to be read a second time Bill 166. 


To-morrow, at Twelve o'clock ; and to be printed, 


The Order for the House to resolve itself into a Tenants’ 
Committee, upon Thursday next, on the Tenants’ Fs rs 
Improvements Compensation (re/and) Bill, was read, (Ireland) Bill. 
and discharged. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 
at Twelve o'clock, resolve itself into the said Com- 
mittee. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Gold and 
Return of the Quantities of Gold and Silver Watch Silver Watch 
Cases marked at the following Halls, during the ““™ 


Company Bill. ¢,,, dispensing with Standing Order 162, the said | years 1847 to 1855 inclusive ; viz., London, Chester 


East Kent 
Railway (Ex- 
tension to 


Dover) Bill. 


Public Ap- 
puintments. 


Baptisms 
(Church of 
England.) 


Smyrna 
Hospital 


Standing Order ought not to be dispensed with. | 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. | 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a | 
Copy of the recent Correspondence between the East | 
Kent Railway Company and the Government, re- | 
specting the East Kent Railway (Extension to 
Dover) Bill. | 

Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 


Return of all new Places created and Appointments | 
made since the 6th day of April 1848, whether under | 
any Act of Parliament, or by any other Authority ; | 
stating separately the Salaries of each, and the Esti- 
mated Annual Expenses of the Establishments in 
connexion with such Appointments (in continuation 

of Parliamentary Paper, No. 633, of Session 1848). 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased | 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return from each Diocese in England and | 
Wales of the Number of Persons baptized in each 
Church or Chapel of the Church of £ngland in the, 
year 1851, the year of the Census, and the Total | 
Number thereof. 

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

Resolved, That an humble Address be presented | 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased | 
to give directions, that there be laid before this | 
House, a Return of the Number of Sick 

Vo. 110. 





Soldiers 


and Birmingham (in continuation of Parliamentary 
Papers, Nos. 465 and 522, of Session 1854). 


Mr. Peel presented, by Her Majesty’s Command, Army Civil 
—Copy of an Order of the Queen’s most Excellent Departments. 
Majesty in Council, passed on the 6th day of June 
1855, regulating the Sisahiichenente of the Civil De- 
partments of the Army. 

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


The Order of the day being read, for resuming the Education 
adjourned Debate on the Amendment which, upon (No. 2) Bill 
the 2d day of May last, was proposed to be made 
to the Question, That the Education (No. 2) Bill be 
now read a second time; and which Amendment 
was, 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 natalie :—The 
House resumed the said adjourned Debate. 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That the Debate be further adjourned 
till Monday next ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out the words “ Monday next,” 
in order to add the words “ this day month,” instead 
thereof. 

And the Question being put, That the words 
“ Monday next” stand part of the Question :—It 
was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 
till Monday next. 


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Education Bill. The Order of the day being read, for the second 


282 


read‘ng of the Education Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Monday next. 


Free Schools § The Order of the day being read, for the second 
Bill. reading of the Free Schools Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Monday next. 
Partnership The Order of the day being read, for the second 
cra reading of the Partnership Amendment Bill ; 


Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Monday next. 


Limited The Order of the day being read, for the second 
Liability Bill. reading of the Limited Liability Bill; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Monday next. 


Fisheries 
(British 
Islands and 
France) Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mitiee on the Fisheries (British Islands and France) 
Bill; 

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


The Insolvency and Bankruptey (Scotland) Bill 
was, according to Order, read a second time; and 
committed to a Committee of the whole House, for 
Monday next. 


Insolvency and 
Bankruptcy 
(Scotland )Bill. 


Cinque 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
Ports Bill. 


into a Committee on the Cinque Ports Bill; and, 
after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed 
the Chair; and Mr. FitzRoy 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. 
Burial- The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
grounds consideration the Burial-grounds ( Scot/and) Bill, as 
(Scotland) : oo 
Bill. amended in the Committee ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be taken into consideration 
To-morrow. 
Spirit of The Order of the day being read, for the second 
Wine Bill. 


reading of the Spirit of Wine 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 ‘Tuesday morning ; 


Martis, 12° die Junii, 1855: 


And the Question being put :—It was resolved in 
the Affirmative :—The Bull was accordingly read a 
second time ; and committed to a Committee of the 
whole House, for this day. 


Stamp Duties 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
Repeal on 


Matriculation 2to a Committee on the Stamp Duties Repeal on 
and Degrees Matriculation and Degrees (Oxford) Bill ; and, after 
(Oxford) Bill. some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the 
Chair; and Mr. FitzRoy reported, That the Com- 
mittee had gone through the Bill, and directed him 
to report the same, without Amendment. 
Orc'ered, That the Bill be read the third time 
this day. 


Criminal 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
Justice Bill. ‘ t 


mittee on the Criminal Justice Bill ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 


next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Lunatic Asy- The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
lums (Ireland) 


(Advances) mittee on the Lunatic Asylums (Zreland) (Advances) 
Bill. Bill; 


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A. 1855. 


Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, * 
resolve itself into the said Committee. lat 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Woolmer 
into a Committee on the Woolmer Forest Bill; and, Forest Bill- 


after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed 
the Chair; and Mr. FitzRoy reported, That the la 
Committee had gone through the Bill, and directed Bi 


him to report the same, without Amendment. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
this day. 


wo 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Dissenters’ 
mittee on the Dissenters’ Marriages Bill ; Marriages Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Come Piers and 
mittee on the Piers and Harbours (Scot/and) Bill; ne ; 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve soe meee 
itself into the said Committee. 


——_ 


The Dwellings for Labouring Classes (Jreland) Dwellings for 
Bill was, according to Order, read a second time ; Labouring 
, , . F : Classes (lre- 
and committed to a Committee of the whole House, janqy pil, 


for Wednesday the 20th day of this instant June. 


The Youthful Offenders Bill was, according to Youthful _ 
Order, read a second time; and committed to a Offenders Bill. 
Committee of the whole House, for Thursday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third Public 
reading of the Public Libraries and Museums Bill ; Libraries and 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time sauenenn SS. 
upon Thursday next. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to Public 
take into consideration the Public Libraries and nn 
Museums (freland) Bill, as amended in the Com- (jrejana) Bill. 
mittee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 


upon Thursday next. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to Places of 
take into consideration the Places of Religious — 
— Registration Bill, as amended in the Com- eee Bill. 
mittee. 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Bill, by adding, at the end of Clause 13, the words 
“and no civil right or liability of any person or 
persons whatever shall be in any manner affected 
by the neglect, past or future, to certify, record 
or register any Place of Religious Worship ac- 
cording to the Provisions of this or of any other 
“ Act.” 

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 the Bill be read the third time 
upon Thursday next. 


“ 
“ 
“ 


“ 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Spirits 
mittee on the Spirits (Jreland) Act Amendment (Ireland) Act 
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 Grand Jury 
reading of the Grand Jury Assessments (Zreland) Assessment 
Bill : (Ireland) Lh 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Thursday next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Raiiways _ 
into a Committee on the Railways (Ireland) Bill ; (rel) Bill 
and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker Bil! 167. 
resumed 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 
Committee of the whole House, for Friday ext. 


e 





Jurors and 
Juries (Ire- 
land) Bill. 


Jurors and 
Juries (Ire- 
land) (No. 2) 
Bill. 


Grand Juries 
Bill. 


Supply. 


Ways and 
Means. 


Consolidated 
Fund. 


Absconding 
Debtors 
(Irelaad) Bill. 


Insurance 

on Lives 
Abatement of 
Income Tax 
Continuance 
Bill. 


Gold Finger- 
Rings Bill. 


Saint Cross 
Hospital. 





18 Vicroriz. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Jurors and Juries (Zreland) Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Jurors and Juries (Zreland) (No. 2) 
Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Grand Juries Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Supply ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


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 Sum of £. 10,000,000 
be grented out o” the Consolidated Fund of the 
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. 

Resolution to be reported. 


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

Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 

Mr. fitz ey 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 Absconding Debtors (Jre- 
land) Bill; and, after some time spent therein, 
Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. FitzRoy 
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 third | 
reading of the Insurance on Lives Abatement of | 
Income. Tax Continuance Bill ; | 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time | 
upon Thursday next. 

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The Gold Finger-Rings Bill was, according to 
Order, read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


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A Motion was made, and the Question being put, 
That there be laid before this House, Copies of the 
Report of the Commissioners appointed by Her Ma- | 
jesty to inquire into the Conduct of Francis Earl ot | 
Guilford, Master of Saint Cross Hospital, with re- | 
ference to the Application of the Funds of that | 
Charity, at the Prayer of Her faithful Commons, on | 
the Motion of the late Joseph Hume, Esquire, M.P.., | 
in the year 1849:—Of Instructions given to the, 
Attorney General, consequent upon the Report of 
the said Commissioners, to proceed against /rancis 
Earl of Guilford :—Of any Letter or Letters ad- 
dressed by the Bishop of Winchester to Sir John 
Jervis, the then Atiorney General, or to his Solicitor, 
Mr. Fearon, having reference, directly or indirectly, 
to this Suit or Charity, by way of Compromise or 
otherwise :—Of all Propositions made in any Letter 
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283 


or Letters containing Propositions for a Compro- 
mise, from the Attorney General or his Solicitor to 
Francis Earl of Guilford or his Solicitor, or from 
Francis Earl of Guilford or his Solicitor to the 
Attorney General or his Solicitor: — Return showing 
the state the Suit was in in 1851 and 1852 :—Co- 
pies cf the Costs incurred from the time of filing the 
Information to the present Dave :—Of all Memo- 
rials presented to Her Majesty’s late and present 
Attorney General, in reference to this Charity :—Of 
the Valuation made by Mr. Clutton of the Property 
of Saint Cross Hospital, and Return of the Sum of 
Money he charged for the same :—Of the Report of 
Mr. Tite, as the Valuer employed by the Attorney 
General to value the Property of Saint Cross Hos- 
pital, and of his Charges :—Returns of Property be- 
longing to the Hospital, under Lease on Fines, or 
otherwise, the Names of the Lessees, the Fines that 
have been paid, and the Amount received in respect 
of them by Francis Earl of Guilford, from the year 
1808 to the present time :—Of Property belonging, 
or said to belong, to the Charity; specifying what 
Portion is in the possession of the Hospital, and 
what is not:—Copies of the late Sir W. Wynne’s 
Opinion on the Private Act of Parliament passed in 
the 18th year of Elizabeth, prohibiting the Hospital 
from leasing any of their Property :—Of the late 
Sir W. Wynne’s Letters to the late Dr. Lockman, 
Master of Saint Cross Hospital, relative to the said 
Hospital :—Of the Original Information filed against 
the Earl of Guilford, and Date ; and of the Prayer 
thereof :—Of a Letter from Sir F. Thesiger, in reply 
to the Memorial of Mr. R. Andrews and the Re- 
verend H. Holloway:— And, of the proposed 
Scheme for the future Management of the Charity ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right; 

The Noes to the Lett. 


Tellers for thef Mr. Murrough, 1 4 
Yeas, Mr. Sullivan: ee 
Tellers for the Mr. Hayter, i 4 


J 


And it appearing upon the Report of the Division 
by the Tellers, that Forty Members were not pre- 
sent ; and it being then half an hour after One of 
the clock on Tuesday morning :—The House was 
adjourned by Mr. Speaker, without a Question first 
put, till this day. 


Noes, 


LThe Earl of Mulgrave : 


Martis, 12° die Junii ; 
Anno 18° Victorie Regine, 1855. 


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 Llynvi Valley 
the Amendment made by the Lords to the Zlynvi 24 Bridgend 
Valley and Bridgend Railways Bill; and the same ®#!wys Bill. 
was twice read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords; and acquaint them, that this House heth 
agreed to the Amendment made by their Lord- 
ships. 


The Gun-barrel Proof-houses (Birmingham and Gun-barrel 
London) Bill was read the third time. Proof-houses 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. pew pe me 


. . d Lond 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the Bil, 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Londonderry and Coleraine Railway Bill was Londonderry 
read the third time. and Coleraine 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. nang 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


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The Order of the dey 


East of Fife being read, for the third 


Railway Bill. reading of the East of Fife Railway Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon 
Monday next. 
Great North- The Order of the day being read, for the third 
ern London reading of the Great Northern London Cemetery 
Cemetery Bill. Bill: 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon 
Thursday next. 
Dagenham The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Docks Bill the Dagenham Docks Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 
Standing Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed 
Orders to revise the Standing Orders :—And a Committee 
Revision. was appointed of Colonel Wilson Patten, Mr. Henley, 
Mr. Bouverie, Mr. FitzRoy, Mr. Sotheron, Mr. 
Evelyn Denison, Sir William Heathcote, Mr. Greene, 
Mr. Strutt, Sir Robert Ferguson, Mr. Brotherton, 
Lord Stanley, Mr. Tatton Egerton, Mr. Bonham 
Carter and Mr. Ewart; with Power to send for 
persons, papers and records. 
Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 
Validity of The Validity of Proceedings (House of Commons) 
Proceedings Bill was, according to Order, read a second time ; 
neon and committed to a Committee of the whole House 


Bill. for this day. 





Metropolis The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
Local Manage- into a Committee on the Metropolis Local Manage- 
ment Bill. . 
ment Bill. ; 
(In the Committee.) 
Cuavusss, N* 69 to N° 79, with Amendments to 
several of them, agreed to. 
Crause, N° 80, disagreed to. 
Cuauses, N° 81 to N° 86, amended, and agreed 
to. 
Criavuses, N° 87 and N° 88, disagreed to. 
Crauses, N° 89 to N* 102, with Amendments to 
several of them, agreed to. 
Crausz, N° 103, disagreed to. 
Crauses, N° 104 to N° 123, with Amendments to 
several of them, agreed to. 
To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 
Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Fitz Roy 
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. 
Westminster Mr. Cobbett reported the Westminster Terminus 
ee Railway (Clapham to Norwood) Bill, with Amend- 
ailway 
(Clapham to ments. . : 
Norwood) Bill. Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 
London and Mr. Wrightson reported the London and Bras- 
oy sington Road Bill, with Amendments. 

. Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 
Turnpike- Mr. Wrightson reported from the Committee on 
_ —s Group H. of Turnpike-road Bills ; That, to suit the 
(Group H.) convenience of the Parties prosecuting Bills before 

them, the Committee had adjourned to Thursday 
next, at Twelve o'clock. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 
Stage Carriage Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
uties. 


List of all Memorials and Applications made to the 
Lords of the Treasury and to the Board of Inland 
Revenue, as to Compositions of Mileage Duties on 
Stage Carriages during this year, 1855; showing the 


12° Junie. 





A. 1855. 


| Date of Applications, the Name and Address of Ap- 
plicant, in respect of what Vehicles, and the Answers 
| of the Treasury or Commissioners. 





Wes 
Lan 
pany 





| Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Chelsea 

_to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased Royal Military 
‘to give directions, that there be laid before this “*¥'™™ 

| House, a Return of the Number of Rooms in the 

Royal Military Asylum at Chelsea, stating how they 

/are now occupied, distinguishing the Bamtusies 

| from the Halls of Study and Dining Rooms; and 

‘the Names, Professions and Occupations of all 

| Persons occupying any Rooms in the Establish- 

| ment. 

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


Fast 
Rail 
(Ext 
Dov 


Fore 
Ship 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Oyster 
Copies of the several Letters from the Board of Fishery: 
Trade, of the 28th day of April 1847, to the Com- 
missioners of Customs, and of the 31st day of Jul 
1849, to Messrs. Royston, Alston and Gibbs, on the 
subject of the Oyster Fishery in the Seas on the 
East Coasts of England. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented British and 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased F a — 
to give directions, that there be laid before this "® ‘°° 
House, a Return of all British and French Fishing 
Vessels that have been seized under the Provisions 
of the Act for carrying into effect the Convention 
with France concerning the Fisheries, since the 1st 
day of January 1852; with the Date of such Seizure, 
and the Amount of the Penalty and Costs incurred 
or paid, stating the Cause and the Time of Detention 
in each case :—Also, of all British Fishing Vessels 
that have been seized and taken into Ports of France, 
in which Her Majesty has Consuls or Agents, since 
the 1st day of January 1852; with the Amount of 
the Penalty and Costs incurred or paid, stating the 
Cause and Time of Detention in each case. 

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


Ordered, That the Petition of Walter Newall, re- Metropolitan 
lating to the Metropolitan Buildings Bill, which was Buildings Bill 
presented upon the 5th day of this instant June, be 
referred to the Select Committee on the Bill. 


Colonel Pennant reported from the Committee on Uphill and 
Group J. of Turnpike-road Bills; That in the case Bleadon Road 
of the Uphill and Bleadon Road Bill, they had exa- Bi 
mined the allegations contained in the Preamble of 
the Bill, and amended the same, by describing more 
particularly the objects sought to be gained by the 
Petition for additional Provision; and sate | the 
same, as amended, to be true; and that in com- 
pliance with the Order of the House of the 2d May 
1855, Henry Davies had produced before them the 
written consent of all the several Parties through 
whose land the deviation proposed in the Petition 
for additional Provision is intended to be carried ; 
and had gone through the Bill, and made Amend- 
ments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Coi 


Colonel Pennant reported the Wadhurst and West Wadhurst and 
Farleigh Roads Bill, with Amendments. a 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. “°° ™™ 


Mr. Cobden reported from the Committee on Westminster 
Group P. of Private Bills; That in the case of the — 
Westminster Improvements 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 Amendmeuts thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 















Westminster 
Land Com- 
pany Bill. 


East Kent 
Railway 
(Extension to 
Dover) Bill. 


Foreign 
Shipping. 


Wines and 
6pirits. 
No. 305. 


Wines. 
No. 306. 


Army Civil 
Departments. 


No, 307. 


Public 
Petitions. 


Vide Forty- 
third Report. 


Decimal 
Coinage. 


18 Vicrori2z. 


Mr. Cobden reported the Westminster Land Com- 
pany Bill, with Amendments. 
Ordered, That the Report 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 11th day of this instant June, for Copy of the 
recent Correspondence between the East Kent Rail- 
way Company and the Government, respecting the 
East Kent Railway (Extension to Dover) Bill. 

Return to an Order, dated the 25th day of May 
last, for an Account of the Sums paid under the Act 
59 Geo. 3, c. 54, and subsequent Orders of the 
Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury, in 
the years 1853 and 1854, for the difference of Rates 
and Charges due to Corporations, Companies or 
Individuals, for Foreign Vessels which, under Treaties 
of Reciprocity or otherwise, are admitted into the 
Ports of the United Kingdom at the same Rates of 
Charge as British Vessels ; specifying each of the 
several Rates ; on what Account the same was paid, 
whether for Light Dues, Dock Dues, Dues on Ships 
or Merchandise, Pilotage or otherwise; also, the 
Total Amount (under the Reciprocity Treaties) paid 
to each Corporation, Company or Individual, in each 
of the years ended the 31st day of December 1853 
and 31st day of December 1854 (in continuation of 
Parliamentary Paper, No. 189, of Session 1853). 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Wines and 
Spirits, which was presented upon the 11th day of 
this instant June, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Wines, which 
was presented upon the 11th day of this instant June, 
be printed. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to Army Civil 
Departments, which was presented upon the 11th 
day of this instant June, be printed. 


Petitions relating to Church Rates ;—Lord’s Day; 
—Marriage Law Amendment Bill ;—Maynooth Col- 
lege Act;—Roman Catholic Religion ;—Sunday 
Trading (Metropolis) Bill ;—Licenses(Public-houses, 
&amp;c.) ;—Rating of Mines Bill ;—Assay Offices ( York, 
&amp;e.) Abolition Bill ;—Court of Session (Scotland) 
Bill ; — Decimal Coinage ; — Education (Scotland) 
Bill ; —Intoxicating Liquors ;—Landlord and Tenant 
(Ireland) Bill; — Public Health Bill; — Public- 
houses (Scotland) Act ;— Secretary of State for 
Scotland ;—and, ‘Tenants’ Improvements Compensa- 
tion (Zreland) Bill,—were presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being put, 
That, in the opinion of this House, the initiation of 
the Decimal system of Coinage, by the issue of the 
Florin, has been eminently successful and satisfactory ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right ; 

The Noes to the Left. 

Tellers for the{ Mr. William Brown, 135 

Yeas, (Lord Stanley : — 

Tellers for the; Mr. Hayter, - 

Noes, |The Earl of Mulgrave: } ron 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Resolved, That a further extension of such system 
will be of great public advantage. 


} 


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. 


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285 


Mercuri, 13° die Junii ; 
Anno 18° Victorie Regine, 1855. 


PRAYERS. 

O RDER ED, 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 11th 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. 


The Severn Valley Railway Bill was read the third Severn Valley 
time. Railway Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 


Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Somerset Central Railway Bill was read the Somerset 

third time. Central 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. Raley Se. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 


Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Cape Town 
the Cape Town Railway and Dock Bill, as amended Railway and 
in the Committee. Dock Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Dearness 
the Dearness Valley Railway Bill, as amended in the Valley Rail- 
Committee. way Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Derbyshire, 
the Derbyshire, Staffordshire and Worcestershire Staffordshire 
Railway (No. 2) Bill, as amended in the Committee. yo ag 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. way (No. 2 

, hoe 
1 

The House a to take into consideration Glasgow, 
the Glasgow, Kirkintilloch and Baldernock Roads Kirkintilloch 
Bill, as amended in the Committee; and Amend- aoe or 
ments were made to the Bill. Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Royal Medical 
the Royal Medical Benevolent College Bill, as Benevolent 
amended in the Committee. College Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Petitions relating to Church Rates ;—Lord’s Day ; Public 

—Marriage Law Amendment Bill ;— Maynooth Col- Petitions. 
lege Act ;—Public-houses and Beer-shops ;—Sunday yige Forty- 
Trading (Metropolis) Bill ;—Education (Scotland) third Report. 
Bill ;—Free Schools Bill ;—Friendly Societies Bill ; 
—Inland Revenue (Excise Department) ;—Intoxi- 
cating Liquors ;—Nuisances Removal Amendment 
Bill ;—Poor Law ;—Public Health Bill ;—Public- 
houses (Scotland) Act ;—Secretary of State for Scot- 
land ;—and, War with Russia,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee on Poor Re- Poor Removal. 
moval have Power to report their Opinion thereupon No, 308. 
to the House, together with the Minutes of the Evi- 
dence taken before them. 

Mr. Baines reported from the said Select Com- 
mittee; That they had considered the matters to 
them referred, and had come to several Resolutions, 
which they had directed him to report to the House, 
together with the Minutes of the Evidence taken 
before them :—And the Resolutions of the Committee 
are as follow: 


Resoivutions with regard to the Removals from 
England of Chargeable Poor Persons born in 
Scotland, Ireland, &amp;c. 


1. That in the opinion of this Committee, the 
| hearing and examination before justices, required for 


O03 the 








286 


the purpose of obtaining a warrant of removal under | 
8 &amp; 9 Vic. c. 117, should in all cases be open and | 
public ; and, when within the metropolitan police | 
district, should be before a metropolitan police magis- 
trate. 

2. That the depositions of the pauper and witnesses 
should be taken vivd voce, and committed to writing. 

3. That the warrant of removal, in addition to the 
other matters upon which the justices are required to 
adjudicate, should contain an express adjudication 
that the pauper was not at the time of making the 
warrant irremovable, under the 9 &amp; 10 Vic. c. 66, 
from residence, sickness, accident, or otherwise. 

4. That the name and age of every child under 
the age of 16, ordered to be removed, should be stated 
in the warrant of removal. 

5. That the warrant should state the place where | 
the justices find the pauper to have been born or to 
have resided, or the union in Jreland, or the parish 
in Scotland, in which such place is situated. 

6. That a notice of chargeability, accompanied 
by a copy or counterpart of the warrant of removal 
and statement of grounds of removal, similar to those 
required by the 4 &amp; 5 Will. 4, c. 76,s. 79, and the 
11 &amp; 12 Vie. c. 31, in the case of a removal from 
parish to parish in England, should be sent, mutatis 
mutandis, to the Board of Guardians of the union in 
Ireland, or to the Parochial Board of the parish in 
Scotland, within which the place is situate where the 
justices so find the pauper to have been born or to 
have resided ; and that such Board of Guardians or 
Parochial Board should be entitled to receive, on 
application, a copy of the depositions on which the 
warrant of removal was made. 

7. That the Board of Guardians in /reland, or the 
Parochial Board in Scotland, should be at liberty to 
appeal against the warrant of removal without any | 
such consent or interference on the part of the English 
Poor Law Board as is required by the 8 &amp; 9 Vic. 
c. 117, s. 4; and should be respectively authorized 
to defray out of the funds in their hands all expenses 
necessary for the proper investigation of the case and 
the prosecution of the appeal. 

8. That in every case of actual removal the 
pauper should be delivered at the workhouse of the 
union in Jreland, or to an inspector of the poor of 
the parish in Scotland, within which the place of 
birth or residence, as stated in the warrant, is 
situate. 

9. That an authority similar to that which they 
now possess with regard to pauper emigration (under 
the 4&amp; 5 Will. 4, c. 76, s. 62) should be given to 
the Poor Law Board to make regulations (with the 
approval of the Secretary of State for the Home | 
Department) as to the time and manner of carrying 
out removals from England to Lreland or Scotland. | 

10. That so far as the Committee have been | 
able, consistently with the terms of the inquiry com- | 
mitted to them by the House, to investigate the | 
operation of the lrremovable Act 9 &amp; 10 Vic. c. 66, | 
they find reason to believe that the period of resi- | 
dence necessary to acquire the privilege of irremo- | 
vability under section 1 of that Act, might be pro- | 
perly reduced from five years to three years, and | 
that the area of residence for the same purpose | 
might be properly enlarged from the parish to the | 
union. 

11. That as doubts appear to have been enter- | 
taired by some magistrates and some Boards of | 
Guardians, whether the — of the Act (9 &amp; 10 | 
Vic. ¢. 66, s.1), extend to poor persons born in | 
Lreiand or Scotland, it is expedient to remove those 
doubts by an express declaratory enactment in the 
affirmative. 


Reso.utions with regard to Removals from Scot- 
land of Chargeable Poor Persons born in Eng- 
land, Ireland, &amp;c. 

1. That the hearing and examination required for 

the purpose of obtaining a warrant of removal, under 





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A. 1855. 


the 8 &amp; 9 Vic. c. 83, should be, in all cases, open 
and public; and that the depositions of the pauper 
and witnesses should be committed to writing. 

2. That the warrant of removal, in addition to the 
matters specified in the form given inthe Schedule(A.) 
of the said statute, should contain an express finding 
that the pauper had not, at the time, a settlement in 
Scotland, and that he was in a state of health which 
admitted of his removal; and that it should set 
forth the place in England or Ireland to which he 
is to be removed, together with the name and age of 
every child ordered to be removed. 

3. That a notice of chargeability, accompanied by 
a copy or counterpart of the warrant of removal and 
a statement of the case, similar to those required by 
the 8 &amp; 9 Vic. c. 83, and the regulations thereunder, 
to be given to parishes in Scotland against which a 
claim of removal is to be made, be sent to the Board 
of Guardians of the unior. in England or Ireland 


‘within which the place is sivuate to which the pauper 


is to be removed ; and that such Board of Guardians 
should be entitled to receive, on application, a copy 
of the depositions on which the warrant of removal 
was granted. 

4. That no pauper should be removed of his own 
consent under the provision of the 77th section of the 
8 &amp; 9 Vic. c. 83, unless such consent be given in 
presence of the Sheriff or a Justice of the Peace, 
and a certificate granted by such Sheriff or Justice 
that the consent was so given, and that the pauper 
is in a state of health admitting of his being removed. 

5. That the pauper be delivered at the workhouse 
of the union or parish in England, or of the union in 
Ireland, within which the place is situate to which 
he is ordered to be removed, or if, in England, there 
be no workhouse in such union or parish, to a 
relieving officer or overseer thereof. 

6. That removals should be carried out yong 
to regulations to be made by the Board of Super- 
vision, and approved of by the Secretary of State for 
the Home Department. 

7. That all doubts should be removed, as to the 
right of the Board of Guardians in England and 
Ireland, to whose union a pauper has been removed, 
or has been ordered to be 1emoved, to apply for 
suspension of the warrant of removal in all cases in 
which the pauper was not legally removab'e from 
Scotland, and also to recover from the rye. 


| parish the expenses thereby occasioned to such Boar 


of Guardians. 

8. That a settlement once acquired by residence 
should not be lost by lapse of time, under the pro- 
visions of the 76th section of the 8 &amp; 9 Vic. c¢. 83, 
till the expiration of the full period of five years 
therein mentioned ; and that this be secured by a 
declaratory enactment to that effect. 

9. That with reference alike to the acquisition and 
to the loss of settlement, residence in any part of a 
town consisting of separate parishes, or parts of 
separate parishes, though not continuously in the 
same parish, should have the same effect as if such 
residence had been continuously in the same — 

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


Ordered, That Mr. Muniz have leave of absence Leave of 


for a fortnight, on urgent business. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Foreign Foreign 
Shipping, which was presented upon the 12th day of "a aa 


this instant June, be printed. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Sunday 


mittee on the Sunday Trading (Metropolis) 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 — 

“ this 














18 Vicrorriz. 


“ 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 ; 
The House divided. 
The Yeas to the Right ; 
The Noes to the Left. j 
Tellers for the f Lord Robert Grosvenor, }ss 
Yeas, Lord Stanley : si 
Tellers for the Mr. Massey, | 51 
Noes, Mr. Thomas Duncombe: f°” 
So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 
Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 
Chair :—The House accordingly resolved itself into 
the Committee. 


(In the Committee.) 


Preamble postponed. 

Cuause, N° 1 (Penalties for selling, offering or 
exposing for sale any goods, &amp;c.) 

An Amendment made. 

Another Amendment proposed, in p. 1, |. 12: 
After the word “ whatsoever,” to insert the words 
“ after the hour of Ten o’clock in the forenoon.” 

Question, That those words be there inserted 
——put, and negatived. 

Another Amendment proposed, at the end of the 
Clause, to add the following words: “ Provided al- 
** ways, That no person of the Jewish race and reli- 
“ gion shall, in any case whatever, be liable to 
“ any of the penalties inflicted under this Act.” 

Question, That those words be there added—— 
put, and negatived. 

Clause, as amended, agreed to. 


Cravse, N° 2, amended, and agreed to. 


Cuiauss, N° 3 (Certain cases to which this Act 
does not apply). 

Amendment proposed, in p.2, 1.11: After the 
word “purposes,” to insert the words “nor to the 
“ exercising of any work of necessity or charity, or 
“ to cases of sickness and sudden emergency.” 

Question proposed, That those words be there 
inserted. 

Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 

An Amendment made. 

Another Amendment proposed, in p. 2, ls. 13 and 
14: To leave out the words “before the hour of 
“* Nine in the morning, or after the hour of One in 
“ the afternoon.” 

Question put, That the words “ before the hour ” 
stand part of the Clause ; 

The Committee divided. 

Tellers for the {Vine Robert Grosvenor, }13s 


Yeas, Viscount Ebrington : 
Tellers for the Mr. Wilkinson, 1 es 
Noes, \ Sir John Shelley : | oes 


Another Amendment proposed, in p. 2,1. 13: To 
leave out the word “ Nine,” and insert the word 
“ Eleven.” 

Question put, That the word “ Nine” stand part 
of the Clause ; 

The Committee divided. 

Tellers for the {Lord Robert Cecil, 7 107 

Yeas, \Sir Archibald Campbell: JS°°" 

Tellers for the { Lord Robert Grosvenor, 100 

Noes, Viscount Ebrington : } ; 

Another Amendment proposed, in p. 2,1. 14: To 
leave out the word “One,” and insert the word 
“ Twelve.” 

Question proposed, That the word “One ” stand 
part of the Clause. 

Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 

An Amendment made. 

Another Amendment ype in p. 2, 1.16: To 
leave out the word “Ten,” and insert the word 
“ Nine.” 

Question put, That the word “Ten” stand part 
of the Clause ; 

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287 


The Committee divided. 


Tellers for the { Lord Robert Grosvenor, Li69. 
Yeas, (Viscount Ebrington : J 
Tellers for the; Lord John Manners, 53 


Noes, (Mr. Spooner : 
Another Amendment proposed, in the same line : 
To leave out the words “in the morning,” and insert 
the words “ in the afternoon.” 
Question put, That the words “ in the morning ” 
stand part of the Clause ; 
The Committee divided. 
Tellers for the{ Lord Robert Grosvenor, 
Yeas, LViscount Ebrington : J 154. 
Tellers for thes Mr. Thomas Duncombe, 2 
Noes, { sir William Clay : } on. 
Another Amendment proposed, in the same line : 
After the word “ morning,” to insert the words “ or 
“ after the hour of Two o’clock in the afternoon.” 
Question put, That those words be there in- 


serted ; 
The Committee divided. 
Tellers for the {Mr. Craufurd, } 62 
Yeas, UMr. Hutchins : _ 
Tellers for the ; Lord Robert Grosvenor, 140 
Noes, | Viscount Ebrington : } ; 

To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Fitz Roy 
reported, That the Committee had made Progress in 
the Bill, and that he was directed to move, That the 
Committee may have leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
the 4th day of July next, again resolve itself into the 
said Committee. 


The Justices of Peace Qualification Bill was, ac- Justices of 
cording to Order, read a second time ; and committed Peace Qualifi- 
to a Committee of the whole House, for Tuesday next, 40 Bill 


The Order of the day being read, for the second gchools (Scot 
reading of the Schools (Scotland) Bill ; land) Bill. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time To- 
morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Carlisle 
mittee on the Carlisle Canonries Bill ; Canonries 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday = 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Truck Act 
reading of the Truck Act Amendment Bill ; Amendment 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon Bill. 
Wednesday next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Dwelling. 
into a Committee on the Dwelling-houses (Scotland) —- 
Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker ame 
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 the Com- Mortmain Bill. 
mittee on the Mortmain 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- Church Rates 
mittee on the Church Rates Abolition (No. 2) Bill; Abolition 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Tuesday (He. 2) Bil. 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 





The Order of the day being read, for the second Jurors and 
reading of the Jurors and Juries (/reland) Bill; do 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 7 

upon Wednesday next. 


Jurors and 
Juries (Ire- 
land) (No. 2) 
Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Jurors and Juries (Jreland) (No. 2) 
Bill; 





004 


Ordered, 





Supply. 


Ways and 
Means. 


Rating of 
Mines Bill. 


Acts of 
Parliament 
Amending 
Bill 


Cinque Ports 
Bill. 


Burial-grounds 
(Scotland) Bill. 


Spirit of Wine 


iil. 


Stamp Duties 
Repeal on 
Matriculation 
and Degrees 
(Oxford) Bill 


Woolmer 
Forest Bill. 


Piers and 
Harbours 
(Scotland) Bill. 


Ways and 
Means. 


Consolidated 
Fund, 


Validity of 

Proceedings 

(House ot 

Commons) 
ill. 


288 13° Juni. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Supply . 

Resolved, ‘That this House will, upon Friday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into the Committee of Ways and Means; and, after 
some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the 
Chair; and Mr. Fitz Roy reported, That the Com- 
mittee had made Progress in the matter to them re- 
ferred; and that he was directed to move, That the 
Committee may have leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 
again resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Rating of Mines 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 Acts of Parliament Amending Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time To- 
morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third 
reading of the Cinque Ports Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
To-morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
consideration the Burial-grounds (Scotland) Bill, as 
amended in the Committee ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be taken into consideration 
To-morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Spirit of Wine 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 Stamp Duties Repeal on Matriculation 
and Degrees (Oxford) Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time To- 
morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third 
reading of the Woolmer Forest Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time To- 
morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Piers and Harbours (Scotland) Bill ; 

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


Mr. FitzRoy reported from the Committee of 
Ways and Means, a Resolution; which was read, 
as followeth : 

That, towards making good the Supply granted to 
Her Majesty, the Sum of £.10,000,000 be granted 
out of the Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom 
of Great Britain and Ireland. 

The said Resolution, being read a second time, 
vas agreed to. 

Ordered, That a Bill be brought in upon the said 
Resolution: And that Mr. FitzRoy, Mr. Wilson 
and the Chancellor of the Exchequer do prepare, and 
bring it in. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on the Validity of Proceedings 
(House of Commons) Bill; and, after some time 
spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and 
Mr. FitzRoy reported, That the Committee had 
gone through the Bill, and directed him to report the 
same, without Amendment. 





A. 1855. 


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

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 


Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed Office of 
to consider and report to the House whether any Speaker. 
and what Improvement may be made in the providing 
for the execution of the Office of Speaker, in the 
event of the Speaker’s unavoidable absence by reason 
of illness or of other causes. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Assay Offices 
Return of all Sums, if any, chargeable upon the (York, &amp;c.) 
Public Revenue in respect of the Local Assay Offices 
at the Cities of York, Exeter, Chester, and the Town 
of Newcast/e-upon- Tyne ; and of all Sums received 
on behalf of the Public Revenue at each of such 


Assay Offices respectively. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to South Shields. 
empower the Dean and Chapter of Durham to make Parochial 
better Provision for the Incumbents of certain Paro- Districts. 
chial Districts in the Borough of South Shields: And 
that Mr. Ingham and Mr. Atherton do prepare, and 


bring it in. 
The Order for the House to resolve itself into a Tenants’ 


the Tenants’ Improvements Compensation (Jreland) (neat a 


Bill, was read, and discharged. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Tuesday 
next, at Twelve o’clock, resolve itself into the said 
Committee. 


Committee, ; Friday next, at Twelve o'clock, on Improvements 


Mr. Wilson presented a Bill to apply a Sum out Consolidated 
of the Consolidated Fund to the Service of the year Fund ‘ 
One thousand eight hundred and fifty-five: And the ty ee: 
same was read the first time; and ordered to be read 
a second time To-morrow. 


Sir George Grey presented, by Her Maijesty’s Eastern 
Command, — Eastern Papers, Part XIV.: Paper Papers. 
relating to the Negotiation at Vienna on the Eastern 
Question. 

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


Mr. Ingham presented a Bill to empower the Dean gouth Shields 
and Chapter of Durham to make better Provision Parochial 
for the Incumbents of certain Parochial Districts in Pi8*ticts Bil- 
the Borough of South Shields: And the same was Bill 168. 
read the first time ; and ordered to be read a second 
time upon ‘Tuesday next ; and to be printed. 


The following Paper was laid upon the Table by Court of 
the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, dated Chancery. 
the 10th day of May last, for a Return of the Total 
Sum due or paid for Salaries and Office Expenses 
under the Act 5 &amp; 6 Vic. c. 103, since the passing 
of the Act; and also of the Total Sum paid for 
Compensation for Loss of Offices and Profits to 
Officers under the same Act, since the passing thereof, 
up to the 25th day of November 1854 :—Like Return 
of the Total Sum paid to each of the late Sworn 
Clerks appointed Taxing Masters, for Salary and 
Compensation, collectively and together, under 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 Total Sum due or paid for — 

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Office Expenses and Compensations respectively, 
under the said Act, from the 25th day of November 
1842 to the 25th day of November 1843 ; and a like 
Return from the 25th day of November 1853 to 
the 25th day of November 1854; and showing the 
diminution of the Annual Charges under the said Act 
within the period of Thirteen years. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 








Jovis, 14° die Junii ; 
Anno 18° Victoria Regine, 1855. 


PRAYERS. 


Committees. RDERED, That all Committees have leave 
to sit this day, during the sitting of the House. 

Bognor j j i 

a ay Bill. — Bognor Railway Bill was read the third 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 

Gateshead Ordered, That the short Title of the Gateshead 
Quaysand =§=Quays and Improvements Bill, as first entered in the | 
cn, Votes, be changed to “ Gateshead Quay Bill.” 
Gateshead A Motion being made, That the Gateshead Quay 
Quay Bill. Bill be now read the third time ; 

Mr. Baines, by Her Majesty’s Command, ac- 
quainted the House, That Her Majesty, having been | 
informed of the ——_ 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 constructing and maintaining a 
Quay and other Works in the Borough of Gateshead, 
in the County of Durham, and for other purposes. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 

Great North- The Great Northern London Cemetery Bill was, 

Gu London 1, according to Order, read the third time. 

— Ordered, That the Further Proceeding on the third 

reading of the said Bill be adjourned till Monday next. 

Halifax Gas Ordered, That the short Title of the Halifax Gas 

Bill. Bill, as first entered in the Votes, be changed to 
“ Halifax Gas-Light and Coke Company Bill.” 

Halifax Gas- The Halifax Gas-Light and Coke Company Bill 

Light and _—_ was read the third time. 

= ay 4 A Clause (Interpretation of word “Company ”), 
was thrice read ; and added to the Bill. 

Then Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act to enable the Halifar Gas-Light 
and Coke Company to transfer their Undertaking 
and Powers to “The Halifux Local Board of 
Health,” and for other purposes. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 

England Ordered, That the England and Ireland Improved 
a Communication Bill, as amended in the Committee, 
monte. be taken into consideration To-morrow. 

tion Bill. 

Public Petitions relating to Elective Franchise ;— Church 
Petitions. Rates ;— Maynooth College Act ;—Maynooth Col- 
Vide Forty. lege Act, and Church Rates;— Sunday Trading 
fourth Report. (Metropolis) Bill;—Assay Offices ( York, &amp;c.) Abo- 


lition Bill;—Court of Session (Scotland) Bill ;— 
Education (Scotland) Bill;—Factories ;— Mechanics’ 
Institutions ; — Medical Officers (Navy) ;— Poor 
Law ;—Poor Law (Jreland) ;—Public-houses (Scot- 
land) Act ;—Public Prosecutor ;—Sale of Beer Act 
VoL. 110. 


13°—14° Juniz. 


289 
(1854); — Schools (Scotland) Bill, and Education 


(Scotland) Bill ;—Tenants’ Improvements Compen- 
sation (Jreland) Bill;—and, Wee Pawns, &amp;c. (Scot- 
land),—were presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Metropolis 
mittee on the Metropolis Local Management Bill; ent — 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Tuesday next, ‘ 
at Twelve o'clock, resolve itself into the said Com- 
mittee. 


Ordered, That an Abstract of the Eastern Papers, Eastern 
which were presented upon the 13th day of this Pape 
instant June, be printed. No. 310. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Court of Court of 
Chancery, which was presented upon the 13th day Chancery. 
of this instant June, be printed. No. 311. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself into Education 
a Committee on the Education (Scotland) Bill, _ ‘Seotland) Bill. 


(In the Committee.) 


| Motion made, and Question, That the Preamble 

be postponed——put, and negatived. 

reamble :—Amendment proposed, in p. 1, 1. 16, 

to leave out from the words “ Holy Scriptures” to 
the word ‘‘ And,” in 1. 20, in order to insert the 
words “ ought not to be conducted at the expense of 
““ any of Her Majesty’s subjects who conscientiously 
object to the principles taught, or to compulsory 
taxation for the teaching Religion, or to the read- 
ing of the Scriptures, in any Public School.” 

Question put, That the words “ as heretofore in 
use in the Seeahiel ” stand part of the Preamble; 

The Committee divided. 





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Tellers for thef Mr. Hayter, 7 
Yeas, Mr. Grenville Berkeley : J a7. 

Tellers for the Mr. Hadfield, 7 
Noes, Mr. Apsley Pellatt : J * 


Amendments made. 

Another Amendment proposed, in p. 1, 1.17: After 
the word “Country ” to insert the words “ ought to 
*“« be maintained as the basis of Education and.” 

Question put, That those words be there inserted ; 

The Committee divided. 

Tellers for the {er Cumming Bruce, } 68 


Yeas, Mr. Scott: 
Tellers for the (Mr. Hayter, Tees 
Noes, {Mr Grenville Berkeley : | pte 


Amendments made. 

Another Amendment proposed, in p. 2, 1.3: To 
leave out the words “superintendence and manage- 
“ ment of the Parochial Schools,” in order to insert 
the word “ Education.” 

Question, That the words “ superintendence and 
management of Parochial Schools” stand part of 
the Preamble put, and agreed to. 

Another Amendment proposed, in p. 2, 1. 4: To 
leave out the word “ altered,” in order to insert the 
word “ extended.” 

Question put, That the word “altered” stand part 
of the Preamble ; 

The Committee divided. 


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Tellers for the laa Hayter, lias 
Yeas, Mr. Grenville Berkeley: f*°°* 
Tellers for the f Mr. Scott, 64 


Noes, (Mr. Cumming Bruce : 
Motion made, and Question put, That the Pre- 
amble, as amended, stand part of the Bill ; 
The Committee divided. 
Tellers for the f Mr. Hayter, 

Yeas, Mr. Grenville Berkeley : 
Tellers for the; Mr. Hadfield, 

Noes, Mr. Cumming Bruce: 
Cuiavuse, N° 1 (Board of Education established). 
Motion made, and Question, That the Clause be 

postponed——put, and negatived. 
Amendment proposed, in p. 2,1. 11: To leave out 
from the word “ Board” to the end of the Clause, 
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Episcopal 
and Capitular 
Estates Bill. 


South Shields 
Parochial 
Districts Bill. 


290 


in order to add the words “four persons, one of 
“ whom shall be elected by each of the Town Coun- 
“ cils of Edinburgh, Glasgow, Dundee and Perth ; 
“ four persons, one of whom shall be elected by the 
“ Commissioners of Supply of each of the Counties 
“ of Inverness, Aberdeen, Renfrew and Ayr; and 
“ four persons, one of whom shall be elected by each 
“ of the Universities of Edinburgh, Glasgow, Saint 
“ Andrew’s, and one alternately by the Universities 
“ of King’s College and Marischal College, Aber- 
“* deen, the former having the first election ; a mem- 
“ ber to be elected by the Educational Institute of 
“ Scotland; and three persons to be nominated by 
“‘ Her Majesty; and the members of the Board 
“ shall hold office for three years, and shall be 
“ capable of re-election or appointment; and the 
“ first election under this Act shall take place at a 
“ meeting duly called, to take place on the Thirtieth 
“ day of October One thousand eight hundred and 
“« Fifty-five ; and the Board shall be called ‘The 
“ Board of Education in Scotland.’”’ 

Question, That the words proposed to be left out 
stand part of the Clause——put, and negatived. 

Question proposed, That the words “ four persons, 
“ one of whom shall be elected by each of the Town 
“ Councils of Edinburgh, Glasgow, Dundee and 
“ Perth; four persons, one of whom shall be elected 
“ by the Commissioners of Supply of each of the 
“ Counties of Ross, Aberdeen, Renfrew and Ayr,” 
be there added. 

Amendment proposed to the said proposed Amend- 
ment: After the word “ Ayr” to insert the words 
“ and two additional from the Counties of Lanark 
“ and Perth.” 

Question put, That those words be inserted in 
the proposed Amendment ; 

The Committee divided. 


Tellers for the f Mr. Lockhart, 1 75 
Yeas, \Sir Archibald Campbell: J ‘”° 
Tellers for thes Mr. Hayter, i290 


Noes, \Mr. Grenville Berkeley:  § 

Another Amendment proposed at the end of the 
said proposed Amendment: To add the words “ and 
“ there shall be paid to the Chairman such salary, 
“ not exceeding £.600 per annum, as shall be fixed 
“ by the Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury ; 
“ and it shall be lawful for Her Majesty, Her heirs 
“ and successors, upon cause shown, to remove the 
“ Chairman, and any of the last-mentioned three 
“members of the Board, and also from time to 
time to supply any vacancy which may occur in 
the Board by death, removal, resignation or other- 
wise of the Chairman, or any of the said last- 
mentioned three members of the Board.” 

Question, That those words be added to the pro- 

posed Amendment put, and agreed to. 

Question, That the original words be there added 
put, and agreed to. 

Motion made, and Question proposed, That the 
Clause, as amended, stand part of the Bill; 


To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 


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Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; and Mr. £itz Roy 
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 re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


‘The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 


mittee on the Episcopal and Capitular Estates Bill ; | 
Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve | 


itself into the said Committee. 


The Order for reading a second time, upon Tues- 
day next, the South Shields Parochial Districts Bill, 
was read, and discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exami- 
ners of Petitions for Private Bills. 





14° Juniz. 











A. 1855. 


Mr. Brotherton reported from the Committee on Furness 
the Furness Railway Bill; That they had examined Railway Bill. 
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 ; 
and be printed. 





Mr. Brotherton reported Hoffe’s Estate Bill, with- Hoffe’s _ 
out Amendment. Estate Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Mr. Brothertonreported from the Committee on the Barrow M 
Barrow Harbour Bill; That they had examined the Harbour Bill. th 
allegations contained in the Preamble of the Bill, 
and amended the same, by adding recitals, stating li 
the Power of raising £.5,000 for the purposes of ar 
Harbour given by the Act therein mentioned on the 7 
security of the tolls, which had been raised and ex- Sa 
pended ; and by inserting words, stating the object of an 
the Bill to be among other things to increase the - 
tolls ; and found the same, as amended, to be true; Cc 
and had gone through the Bill, and made Amend- Ri 
ments thereunto. Ki 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. bf 

Ordered, That a Message be sent to the Lords, to Public as 
request that their Lordships will be pleased to give Prosecutors. Al 
leave to the Lord Camphell to attend the Select Com- Ri 
mittee appointed by this House on the subject of As 
the Public Prosecutors Bill: And that the Clerk do Ly 
carry the said Message. “ 

The following Paper was laid upon the Table by Oyster = 

| the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, dated Fishery. Bil 
the 12th day of this instant June, for Copies of the M: 
several Letters from the Board of Trade, of the 28th Im 
day of April 1847, to the Commissioners of Customs, il 
and of the 31st day of July 1849, to Messrs. Royston, Re 
Alston and Gibbs, on the subject of the Oyster an 
Fishery in the Seas on the East Coasts of England. 
Br 

Viscount Palmerston presented,—Return to an Ad- Port Wine In 
dress to Her Majesty, dated the 4th day of May last, Adulteration Bil 
for Copies or Extracts of any Despatches from Her (Jerupiga.) _ 
Majesty’s Minister at Lishon, or Her Majesty’s Con- Co 
sul General or Consuls in Portugal, between the years me 
1848 and 1853, recommending the prohibition or 
discouragement of the Importation of a Compound 2 
called Jerupiga, made with Elderberries, Brown Ch 
Sugar, Grape Juice and Brandy, and used for the 
Adulteration of Port Wine :—Copies of any Corres- 
pondence between Her Majesty’s Lords of the Trea- 
sury and the Commissioners of Customs, within the b 
same Period, relative to the refusal of the latter to Bi 
permit Jerupiga to be entered as Wine and mixed 
with Port Wine in Bond :—And, of any Minute or 
Minutes, or any Correspondence or Instructions issued 
by the Lords of Her Majesty’s Treasury and the 
Commissioners of Customs, within the same Period, 
authorizing the mixing of Jerupiga with Port Wine 
in Bond, under the superintendence of the Officers 
of Customs, in the same proportion as Brandy, viz. 2 
Thirty-three Gallons of the Compound to One hun- me 


dred Gallons of pure Port Wine. 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the Guano. 
25th day of May last, for Copy of any Consular 
Despatches communicated to the Board of Trade 
since the 1st day of January, respecting additional 
sources of Supply of Guano. 

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


The Order of the day being read, for the second Victoria 
reading of the Victoria Government Bill ; — 
And a Motion being made, That the Bill be now ~ ° 
read a second time ; 
Lord John Russell, by Her Majesty’s Command, 
acquainted the House, That Her Majesty, ae 
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Message from 
the Lords, 


Leominster 
and Ledbury 
Road Bill. 


Salisbury 
and Yeovil 
Railway Bill, 


Commercial 
Road Bill. 


Kingston- 
upon-Hull, 
Hessle and 
Ferriby Road 
Bill. 


Abingdon 
Railway Bill. 


Ashton-under- 
Lyne Water 
Bil. 


Nottingham 
and Lough- 
borough Road 
Bill. 


Manchester 
Improvement 
Bill. 


Renfrew Police 


and Improve- 
ment Bill. 


Brighton 
Incorporation 
Bill. 


Jurisdiction 


18 Vicrorix. 


been informed of the subject-matter of this Motion, 
gives Her Consent, as far as Her Majesty’s interest 
is concerned, that the House may do therein as they 
shall think fit. 

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 the word “now,” and, 
at the end of the Question, adding the words “ upon 
“ this day six months.” 

And the Question being proposed, That the 
word “now” stand part of the Question 





Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That a Mes- 
sage had been brought from the Lords, by one of 
their Clerks, as followeth: 

The Lords have agreed to the Leominster and 
Ledbury Road Bill, without any Amendment: And 
also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Salisbury and 
Yeovil Railway Bill, without any Amendment: And 
also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Commercial Road 
Bill, without any Amendment: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Kingston-upon- 
Hull, Hessle and Ferriby Road Bill, without any 
Amendment: And also, 


The Lords have agreed to the Abingdon Railway 
Bill, without any Amendment: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Ashton-under-Lyne 
Water Bill, without any Amendment: And also, 


The Lords have agreed to the Nottingham and 
Loughborough Road 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 Renfrew Police 
and Improvement Bill, without any Amendment : 
And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Brighton Incorpo- 
ration Bill, without any Amendment: And also, 


The Lords have agreed to the Amendments made 


ofthe Stannary hy this House to the Jurisdiction of the Stannary 


Court Amend- 
ment Bill, 


Roman 
Catholic 
Charities Bill. 


Victoria 
Government 
Bill, 


New South 
Wales Govern- 
ment Bill. 





Court Amendment Bill, without any Amendment : 
And also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 
to amend the Law respecting Roman Catholic 
Charities ; to which the Lords desire the concur- 
rence of this House. 


And the Question being again proposed, That the 
word “now ” stand part of the Question :—The said 
proposed Amendment was, with leave of the House, 
withdrawn. 

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


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the New South Wales Government 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 the word “now,” and, at 
the end of the Question, adding the words “upon 
“ this day six months.” 

And the Question being proposed, That the word 
“ now” stand part of the Question ; 


And the House having continued to sit till after 
Twelve of the clock on Friday morning ; 
Veneris, 15° die Junii, 1855: 


And the Question being put ; 
The House divided. 
Vot. 110. 


14°—15° Juniz. 








The Yeas to the Right ; 
The Noes to the Left. 


Tellers for thef Mr. Hayter, L492 
Yeas, (The Earlof Mulgrave: J 
Tellers for the; Mr. Lowe, \ 33 
Noes, Mr. Bazter : J : 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

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


The Waste Lands (Australia) Acts Repeal 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 Coal Mines 
into a Committee on the Coal Mines Inspection [ispectom 
Bill; and, afler 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, be printed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for Friday next. 


Waste Lands 
(Australia) 
Acts Repeal 
Bill. 


Bill 169. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Despatch 
mittee on the Despatch of Business, Court of Chan- of Business, 
cery Bill; ee i 

y Pe y , ; Chancery Bill. 

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


The Order of the day being read, for the second Hardware, &amp;c. 
reading of the Hardware, &amp;c. Manufactures Bill; | Manufactures 

Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


The National Gallery, &amp;c. (Dublin) Bill was, ac- National 
cording to Order, read the third time. Gallery, &amp;c. 
A Clause (Joint donors entitled to vote at elec- eee tna 
tions of Governors, &amp;c.), was thrice read ; and added 
to the Bill. 
Another Clause (17 &amp; 18 Vic. c. 99, s.11, re- 
pealed, as far as regards number of outgoing Go- 
vernors), was thrice read; and added to the Bill. 
Then Amendments were made to the Bill. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carr} the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Assay Offices 
mittee on the Assay Offices (York, &amp;c.) Abolition (York, &amp;e.) 
Bill . ¢ Abolition 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- Dissenters’ 
mittee on the Dissenters’ Marriages Bill ; Marriages 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- Youthful 
mittee on the Youthful Offenders Bill; Offenders Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
the 11th day of July next, resolve itself into the 
said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third Public Li- 
reading of the Public Libraries and Museums Bill; tries — 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time Ms 3" 
upon Monday next. 


The Public Libraries and Museums (Jreland) Bill public Li- 
was, according to Order, read the third time. braries and 
Resolved, ‘That the Bill do pass. (ireland) Bill 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Places of Religious Worship Registration Bill Places of Reli- 
was, according to Order, read the third time. ers Weeshilp 
= ; gistration 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. Bill. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


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292 
Spirits(Iree The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
a nt ‘Miltee on the Spirits (Ireland) Act Amendment Bill; 
Bill. Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
jtself into the said Committee. 
Grand Jury The Order of the day being read, for the second 
ee reading of the Grand Jury Assessments (Ireland) Bill ; 
( ) Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time this 
day. 
Grand Juries The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
Bill. mittee on the Grand Juries Bill ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 
Absconting The House, according to Order, resolved itself into 
tors } 1 
(I ~ 4) Bill. a Committee on the Absconding Debtors (Jreland) 


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 upon Monday next. 


Insuranceon The Insurance of Lives Abatement of Income 
Lives Abate- Tax Continuance Bill was, according to Order, read 


ment of : 
the third time. 

I T ‘ 

Tentiomeme A Clause was offered to be added to the Bill 


Bill. (Persons having made insurances with Friendly So- 
cieties entitled to benefit of this Act):—And the 
said Clause was brought up, and read the first and 
second time; and amended. 

And the said Clause, so amended, was read the 
third time ; and added to the Bill. 

Then an Amendment was made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence, 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Schools (Scotland) Bill ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question being 

roposed, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Wetausder the 11th day of July next ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out the words “ Wednesday the 
“ 11th day of July next,” in order to add the words 
“ this day three months ” instead thereof. 

And the Question being proposed, That the words 
“* Wednesday the 11th day of July next” stand part 
of the Question :—The said proposed Amendment 
was, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Wednesday the 11th day of July next. 


Schools (Scot- 
land) Bill. 


Dwelling- The House, according to Order, proceeded to take 
houses (Scot- into consideration the Dwelling-houses (Scotland) 
land) Bil. Bill, as amended in the Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon 
Monday 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. 


Acts of The Order of the day being read, for the second 
Z roe ey reading of the Acts of Parliament Amending Bill ; 
— Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time this 
day. 
Cinque Ports | The Cinque Ports Bill was, according to Order, 
Bill. real the third time; and Amendments were made 
to the Bill. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 
Burial-grounds The House, according to Order, proceeded to take 


(Scotland) Bill. into consideration the Burial-grounds (Scotland) 
Bill, as amended in the Committee; and Amend- 
ments were made to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon 
Thursday next. 





14°—15° Juniz. 





A. 1855. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Spirit of 
into a Committee on the Spirit of Wine Bill; and, Wine Bill 
after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed 
the Chair; and Mr. FitzRoy reported, That the 
Committee had gone through the Bill, and directed 
him to report the same, without Amendment. 

5 Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time this 
ay. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third Stamp Duties 
reading of the Stamp Duties Repeal on Matriculation as , 
and Degrees hy ot Bill ; oleae 

And a Motion being made, and the Question being (Oxford) Bill 
“eo That the Bill be now read the third time ; 

A Motion was 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. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Woolmer Forest Bill was, according to Order, Woolmer 
read the third time. Sree SS. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 


Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Piers and 
mittee on the Piers and Harbours (Scotland) Bill; Harbours 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve Payee, 
itself into the said Committee. 


The Consolidated Fund (£.10,000,000) Bill was, Consolidated 
according to Order, read a second time; and com- a 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for this nee 
day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Education _ 
mittee on the Education (Scotland) Bill; (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- Episcopal 
mittee on the Episcopal and Capitular Estates Bill ; — ay 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 


next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to Court of 
amend the Provisions of the Court of Exchequer Exchequer 
(Ireland) Act, 1850: And that Mr. Cairns, Le 
Edwin Hill and Mr. Macartney do prepare, and 
bring it in. 


The Order for reading a second time, this day, the Excise Duties 
Excise Duties Bill, was read, and discharged. Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Friday next. 


Mr. Cairns presented a Bill to amend the Pro- Court of 
visions of the Court of Exchequer (Zreland) Act, #xchequer 
; (Ireland) Bill. 
1850: And the same was read the first time; and Bill 170 
ordered to be read asecond 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 
pi or morning, adjourned till this day. 














Veneris, 15° die Junii ; 
Anno 18° Victorie Regine, 1855. 


PRAYERS. 
M R. Duncan reported from the Select Com- Public 
mittee on Public Petitions; That they had 7 ee 
examined the Petitions presented upon the 12th and fpeport.) 
13th days of this instant June; and had directed 
him to make a Report thereof to the House. 
Ordered, ‘That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 





and be printed. 
Ordered, 


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Dagenham Ordered, That the Dagenham Docks Bill be read 
Docks Bill the third time upon Monday next. 
Torquay Dis- — Ordered, That the Torquay District Churches Bill | P 
aT Churcli¢s be read the third time upon Monday next. 
Hedon and The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Hull, &amp;c. the Hedon and Hull, &amp;c. Road Bill, as amended in 
Road Bill. : ? ’ 
the Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 
Shrewsbury The House proceeded to take into consideration 
_— the Shrewsbury Improvement Bill, as amended in 
the Committee; and Amendments were made to 
the Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 
England The House, according to Order, proceeded to take 
a — into consideration the England and Ireland Improved 


Communica- Communication Bill, as amended in the Committee. 
tion Bill. And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That the Bill be read the third 
time ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out the words “read the third 
“ time,” in order to add the words “ postponed till 
“ after the Evidence taken before the Committee be 

“* printed,” instead thereof. 
And the Question being proposed, That the words 
read the third time” stand part of the Question 


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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 ag A 

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 : 

Sewers (House An Act to empower the Commissioners of Sewers 
Drainage) Bill. to expend on House Drainage a certain Sum out of 
the Monies borrowed by them on the Security of the 
Rates, and also to give to the said Commissioners 
certain other Powers for the same purpose : 
Newspaper An Act to amend the Laws relating to the Stamp 
Stamp Duties Duties on Newspapers, and to provide for the Trans- 
= mission by Post of printed Periodical Publications : 
Registration An Act to make further Provision for the Regis- 


of Births, &amp;c. tration of Births, Deaths and Marriages in Scotland : 
(Scotland) Bill, 


Ecclesiastical An Act to provide that the Property or Income 
Property ‘Tax payable in respect of the Income from Eccle- 
‘(Ireland) Bill. siastical Property in Jreland, shall be a Deduction in 
estimating the Value of such Property for the purpose 
of Taxation by the Ecclesiastical Commissioners : 
Jurisdiction of An Act to amend and extend the Jurisdiction of 


the Stannary the Stannary Court : 
Court Amend- 


ment Bill, — 
Validity of An Act to prevent doubts as to the validity of 


Proceedings certain Proceedings in the House of Commons : 
(House of 

Commons) Bill. ; 

Brighton An Act to confirm the Incorporation of the 


‘Incorporation Borough of Brighton: 


Newport An Act to enable the Corporation of Newport, in 
pieboration Monmouthshire, to purchase the Interest of the Free- 
men in Newport Marshes, and for other purposes : 

An Act to extend the Limits of the Borough of 
Kingston-upon- Thames, and to provide for the better 
paving, lighting, draining and otherwise improving 
the said Borough, and for other purposes ; 

Vou. 110, 


Kingston. 
‘upon-Thames 
Improvement 
Bill, 





15° Juniz. 293 


An Act for extending the Powers of the Plymouth Plymouth 
See Dock Company, and for other pur- a 
| An Act to authorize the Mayor, Aldermen and Oldham Gas 
| Burgesses of the Borough of Oldham to construct tsi 
_ additional Waterworks, and for other purposes : 

An Act to enable the Madras Railway Company Madras 
to issue and register Shares and Securities in Jndia, Railway Bill. 
and for other purposes in relation to such Company : 

An Act to confer further Powers on the Birming- Birmingham 
ham Gas-Light and Coke Company : Gas Bill. 


An Act for repealing an Act called “The Hartle- Hartlepool 
pool Gas and Waterworks Act, 1849,” and granting &amp;#sand Water 
other Powers in lieu thereof, and for enabling the - 
Hartlepool Gas and Water Company to raise further 
Money, and for other purposes; the short Title of 
which is “ The’ Hartlepool Gas and Waterworks Act, 

1855 :” 

An Act for further and more effectually repairing Kelso Bridge 
and maintaining the Bridge over the River Tweed, Bill. 
at or near the Town of Kelso, in the County of 
Roxburgh: 


An Act to amend “The Saint George's Harbour Saint George’s 


A 53°” Harbour Act 
ct, 1853 Amendment 
Bill. 


An Act to amend the Provisions and extend the Over Darwen 
Limits of the Act relating to the Over Darwen Gas- 8 Bill. 
Light Company : 

An Act to enable the U/ster Railway Company to Ulster Rail- 
make a Railway from Armagh to Monaghan, and Wy Bill. 
to enlarge their Station at Belfast, and for other 
purposes : 

An Act for enabiing the Mayor, Aldermen and Londonderry 
Burgesses of Londonderry to raise a further Sum of _— 
Money, and for other purposes : . 

An Act to incorporate “The Kilmarnock Gas- Kilmarnock 
Light Company,” established to supply with Gas the &amp;s Bill.” 
Town of Kilmarnock, and the Parishes of Kilmarnock 
and Riccarton and Places therein, all in the County 
of Ayr: 

An Act to amend “The Lancaster Waterworks Lancaster 
and Gas Act, 1852,” and to raise an additional Sum tae gu 
of Money for the purposes of the said Act, and for “* ~"” 
other purposes : 

An Act for making a Railway from the Great Banff, Macduff 
North of Scotland Railway to Turriff, in the County Railway Bill 
of Aberdeen: 

An Act to authorize certain Arrangements with Swansea 
respect to the Capital of the Swansea Dock Company : Pecks Bill. 


An Act for extending the Time for the Completion Cornwall 
of the Cornwall Railway and Works, and for making ilway Bill. 
further Provisions as to the Share Capital of the 
Cornwall Railway Company, and for other purposes : 

An Act for consolidating into one Act and amending Dundee and 
the Provisions of the several Acts relating to the Perth and 
Dundee and Perth and Aberdeen Railway Junction Railway Bill, 
Company, and for enabling the Company to raise 
Money for the Payment of Debts, and for other 
purposes : 

An Act to enable the Swansea Vale Railway Com- Swansea Vale 
pany to extend their Railway, and to maintain and Railway Bill. 
work the same as a Passenger Railway, and for other 
purposes connected therewith : 

An Act to enlarge some of the Powers of the Acts Bristol and 
relating to the Bristol and Exeter Railway Company, Exeter Rail- 
and to enable such Company to raise further Sums “*Y _ 
| of Money, to acquire additional Lands, to lease the 
Somerset Central Railway, to hold additional Shares 
in the Exeter and Crediton Railway, and for other 
purposes : 

n Act to incorporate the Hyde Gas Company, Hyde Gas 
and to grant more effectual Powers for supplying (N® 3) Bill. 
| with Gas the several Townships of Hyde, Werneth, 

Bredbury, Romily, Newton and Godley, in the County 
of Chester : 
An Act for making a Railway from and out of the Inverury and 
Great North of Scotland Railway, in the Parish of )l¢ Meldrum 
Inverury, to the Town of Old Meldrum, allin the “"*Y *™ 
County of Aberdeen and for other purposes : 
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Liverpool 
Corporation 
Water Bill. 


Leominster 
and Ledbury 
Road Bill. 


Salisbury 
and Yeovil 
Railway Bill. 


Llynvi Valley 
and Bridgend 
Railways Bill. 


Commercial 
Road Bill. 


Kingston- 
upon- Hull, 
Hessle and 
Ferriby Road 
Bill. 
Abingdon 
Railway Bill. 


Ashton- 
under-Lyne 
Water Bill. 


Nottingham 
and Lough- 
borough Road 
Bill. 
Manchester 
Improvement 
Bill. 


Renfrew Police 
and Improve- 
ment Bill. 


Hill’s Estate 
Bill. 


England 

and Ireland 
Improved 
Communica- 
tion Bill. 


Wisbech Port 
Bill. 


294 


An Act for amending the several Acts relating to 
the Liverpool Corporation Waterworks, and for 
authorizing Deviations and the Construction of 
Works, and for other purposes : 

An Act to repeal the Act relating to the Leominster 
and Ledbury ‘Turnpike Trust, and to make other 
Provisions in lieu thereof : 

An Act to enable the Salisbury and Yeovil Rail- 
way Company to make a Deviation in the Line of 
their Railway, and for other purposes : 

An Act to consolidate and amend the Acts relating 
to the Liynvi Valley Railway Company, to enable 
them to construct a new Railway tron Llangonoyd 
to Bridaend, and to extend their present Line from 
Foce Toll-house to Saint Bride’s Minor, to abandon 
Parts of their existing and authorized Lines, to dissolve 
the Bridgend Railway Company, and to abandon 
their Railway, and for other purposes : 

An Act for amending “The Commercial Roads 
Act, 1828,” and “The Commercial Roads Continua- 
tion Act, 1849,” and for other purposes : 

An Act for repairing the Road from the Town of 
Kingston-upon-Hull to the Western Boundary of 
the Parish of Hessle, in the East Riding of the 
County of York: 

An Act for making a Railway from the Oxford 
Branch of the Great Western Railway to Abingdon : 

An Act for enabling the Mayor, Aldermen and 
Burgesses of the Borough of Ashton-under-Lyne, in 
the County of Lancaster, to purchase and maintain 
Waterworks, and for other purposes : 

An Act to repeal the Act relating to the Notting- 
ham and Loughborough 'Tuwnpike-road, and to make 
other Provisions in lieu thereof : 

An Act for enabling the Mayor, Aldermen and 
Citizens of the City of Manchester to make a New 
Street from Manchester, across the River Jrwell, into 
Salford, and authorizing Arrangements with the 
Corporation of Salford in reference thereto, and for 
other purposes : 

An Act for establishing and maintaining an efficient 
System of Police for the Royal Burgh of Renfrew, 
for improving the said Burgh, and for other purposes 
in relation thereto : ‘ 

An Act for enabling Leases to be made of the 
Freehold Estates of the late Matthew Hill, Esquire, 
and for other purposes. 


And the Question being again proposed, That the 
words “read the third time” stand part of the 
Question :—The said proposed Amendment was, with 
leave of the House, withdrawn. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Mr. Barrow reported from the Committee on 
Group Q. of Private Bills ; That in the case of the 
Wistech Port Bill, they had examined the allegations | 
contained in the Preamble of the Bill, and amended 
the same, by striking out, in page 2, a recital that it 
may be requisite to raise money under the Act of | 
1847, which Act is now proposed to be repealed ; and 
by inserting, in the same page, a recital of the nature 
of the Duties which the Corporation were authorized 
to take under the Act of 1810; and by inserting in 
page 3, a recital that the Corporation have paid the 
gross contribution of £.14,000 therein referred to, 
and that the annual contribution therein mentioned 
is £.300, and that they paid a portion of such con- 
tribution, amounting to £.4,500, out of monies re- 
ceived by them from Port and Harbour Duties and 
Nene Improvement Duties respectively ; and that 
they have also inserted, in the same page, a recital of 
the securities on which the sum of £.40,000 was to 
be borrowed ; that, in page 4, they had inserted a 
recital, that the Corporation had paid £.1,833.6s. 8d., 
the residue of a first instalment therein mentioned, 
out of monies received by them from the Harbour 
Tolls and Duties ; and that, in page 6, they had inserted 
a recital to the same effect, as to the second instalment, 
to the extent of £.3,333. 6s.8d.; that, in page 7, 


15° Junie. 








A. 1855. 


they had inserted a recital, showing clearly, in a 
detailed statement, the various amounts which the 
Corporation have been authorized to borrow, the 
amounts which they have borrowed, and the sums 
which they have applied out of monies received by 
them from Port and Harbour Duties, the sums they 
may yet be called upon to pay, and also the expe- 
diency of repealing the Act of 1847; that, in the last 
line of the same page, they had struck out the words 
“ Borough Fund,” the Committee considering it in- 
expedient that the Borough Fund should be mort- 
gaged, and inserting the words “their market tolls 
“ and the rates by this Act granted ;” and had made 
several verbal Amendments, which were rendered 
necessary by the alterations before mentioned ; and 
found the same, as amended, to be true, and had 
gone through the Bill, and made Amendments there- 
unto; that, pursuant to the Order of the House, it 
had been proved to the Committee, that Notice of 
the intended application had been inserted once in 
the London Gazette, and once in each of three suc- 
cessive weeks in a London Morning Paper, and in 
a Cambridgeshire Paper ; and that Notice of the Bill 
had been given to every mortgagee of the property 
of the Corporation. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Colonel Pennant reported from the Committee on Wem and 
Group I. of Turnpike-road Bills; That in the case of Bronygarth 


the Wem and Bronygarth Road Bill, they had exa- 
mined the allegations contained in the Preamble of 
the Bill, and made a verbal Amendment 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. 


Colonel Pennant reported from the Committee on 
Group I, of Turnpike-road Bills; That in the case 
of the Keighley and Kendal Road Bill, they had exa- 
mined the allegations contained in the Preamble of 
the Bill, and amended the same, by striking out the 
allegation referring to the arrears of interest ; 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. 


Colonel Pennant reported from the Committee on 
Group I. of Turnpike-road Bills; That Mr. Caven- 
dish, one of the selected Members of the said Com- 
mittee, was not present during the sitting of the Com- 
mittee this day. 

Ordered, T hat Mr. Cavendish be discharged from 
further attendance on the said Committee. 


Mr. Wrightson reported from the Committee on 
Group H. of Turnpike-road Bills ; That in the case 
of the Gateshead and Hexham Roads Bill, they had 
examined the allegations contained in the Preamble 
of the Bill, and amended the same, by inserting, in 
accordance with the decision of the Committee, a 
recital that it is expedient to cancel certain mort- 
gages in the said recital mentioned ; 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. 


Ordered, That the Return relating to the East 
Kent Railway (Extension to Dover) Bill, which was 
presented upon the 12th day of this instant June, be 
referred to the Committee on the Bill. 


The Roman Catholic Charities Bill was read the 
first time; and ordered to be read a second time 
upon Thursday next ; and to be printed. 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That a Mes- 
sage had been brought from the Lords by one of their 
Clerks, as followeth : 

The Lords have agreed to the Validity of Pro- 
ceedings (House of Commons) Bill, othhest any 
Amendment: And also, 





Road Bill. 


Keighley 
and Kendal 
Road Bill. 


Turnpike- 
road Bills 
(Group IL) 


Gateshead 
and Hexham 
Roads Bill. 


East Kent 
Railway 
(Extension to 
Dover) Bill. 


Roman 
Catholic __ 
Charities Bill. 


Bill 171. 


Message from 
the Lords. 


Le r of 
(House of 


The Commons) Bill. 





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Lands Im- 
provement 
Company Bill. 


Ecclesiastical 
Courts Bill. 


Cambridge 
University 
Bill. 


Crown Lands 
(Scotland.) 


Thames Marsh 
Drainage. 


Criminal Law, 
&amp;c. Bills. 


Valuation 
(Ireland. ) 


Adjournment. 





18 Victrorrz. 


The Lords have agreed to the Lands Improvement 
Company Bill, with Amendments ; to which Amend- 
ments the Lords desire the concurrence of this 
House: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Ecclesiastical Courts 
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 
make further Provision for the good Government and 
Extension of the University of Cambridge, of the 
Colleges therein, and of the College of King Henry 
the Sixth at Eton; to which the Lords desire the 
concurrence of this House. 


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 Gross Amount realised 
from the Sale of Crown Lands in Scotland, for each 
year for Ten years prior to the 5th day of October 
1854, and from the Rents or Produce thereof for the 


same Period :—And, of the Expense attending the | 


Collection thereof, and how the Balances have been 
appropriated. 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return, in detail, of the Expenses included under the 
Sum of £.595. 19s. 2d., respecting the Thames Marsh 
Drainage, paid to Mr. 7. W. Rammell, C. E., and 
charged in the Civil Contingencies Account for 1854: 
—And, Copy of the Instructions under which Mr. 
Rammell acted. 


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 Fees or Emoluments allotted 
or paid for drafting or settling any Bills relating to 
the Criminal Law, since the payment of £. 49,716 to 


the late Criminal Law Commission (in continuation | 


of Parliamentary Paper, No. 210, of Session 1855) : 
—Of the Number and Nature of such Bills, and of 
the Names and respective Remuneration of the 


Draftsmen of such Bills:—And, of the Costs of | 


drawing the Bribery Bill and Controverted Elections 
Bill of 1844, the Name or Names of the Draftsmen, 
the Fund out of which they were paid, and the Sum 
received by each. 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Copy of the Contract entered into by Baron Livnel 
De Rothschild with Her Majesty’s Government, on 


or about the 20th day of April last, for a Loan of | 


Sixteen millions for the Public Service. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Returns showing, in the Counties in Jreland 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, the whole Cost to each 
County, 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 Acts 9 &amp; 10 Vic. c. 110, and 
15 &amp; 16 Vic. c. 63 :—Of the Number of Revisions 
in each County or Poor Law Union, and the Cost of 
each such Revision :—And, Statement of the Progress 
and prospect of Completion of the Tenement Valua- 
tion of Jreland. 


Resolved, That this House will, at the rising of 
the House this day, adjourn till Monday next. 
VoL, 110. 


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295 
Cambridge 


_ The Cambridge University Bill was read the first Cambrid 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time upon — 
Monday the 25th day of this instant June; and be 4.) 4 .. 

- Bill 172. 
printed. 


The Order for the House to resolve itself into a Nuisances 
Committee, _— Monday next, on the Nuisances Re- Removal 
. Mats ‘ Amendment 
moval Amendment Bill, was read, and discharged. iy, 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday the 
29th day of this instant June, resolve itself into the 
said Committee. 


The Order for the House to resolve itself into a Public Health 
Committee, upon Monday next, on the Public Health Bill. 
Bill, was read, and discharged. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday the 
29th day of this instant June, resolve itself into the 
| said Committee. 
| Mr. Cowper presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- Poor Relief 
| mand,—Copy of Eighth Annual Report of the Com- (Ireland.) 
| missioners for administering the Laws for Relief of 
| the Poor in Zreland ; with Appendices. 
| Tables of Criminal Offenders for the year 1854, Criminal 
reported by Her Majesty’s Advocate for Scotland, Offenders 
in terms of the Statute 1 Gul. 4, c. 37, with altera- (Seotiand.) 
| tions and additions ; ordered and required by one of 
|Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State, in 
virtue of the Powers therein contained. 
Mr. Cowper also presented,—Return to an Ad- Education 
dress to Her Majesty, dated the 22d day of May Grants 
last, for a Return showing the Total Amount of Edu- paees 
cation Grants from the Privy Council to each County 
|in Scotland, from 1833 to 1855; distinguishing the 
| object of the Grant, and the Religious Denomina- 
tion to which it was paid. 

Mr. Cowper also presented, pursuant to the direc- Constabulary 
tions of an Act of Parliament,—A Statement of the (reland.) 
Amount of Constabulary Force employed in each 

‘County, County of a City, and County of a Town 
in Ireland, on the 1st day of January 1855. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 

| Table. 





| The following Paper was laid upon the Table by East India 
| the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, dated Irrigation. 
| the 30th day of March last, for Copies or Extracts 

\of Documents referring to the Works of Irrigation 

on the Godavery River and Kistna Annicut, in the 
Presidency of Madras (in continuation of Parlia- 
mentary Paper, No. 341, of Session 1852-53). 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Metropolis Metropolis 
Roads, which was presented upon the 17th day of Roads. 
May last, be printed. No. 312. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Oyster Oyster 
Fishery, which was presented upon the 14th day of Fishery. 
this instant June, be printed. No. 313. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Port Wine Port Wine 

Adulteration 

(Jerupiga. ) 
No. 314. 





| Adulteration (Jerupiga), which was presented upon 
| the 14th day of this instant June, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Guano, Guano. 
which was presented upon the 14th day of this in- No. 315. 
stant June, be printed. 


Petitions relating to the Ballot ;—Church Rates ; Public 
—Marriage Law Amendment Bill ;— Maynooth Col- Petitions. 
lege Act;—Public-houses and Beer-shops ;—Re- vide Forty- 
gium Donum ;—Sunday Trading (Metropolis) Bill ; fourth Report. 
—Licenses (Public-houses, &amp;c.) ;—Court of Session 
(Scotland) Bill; — Education (Scotland) Bill ;— 

Fisheries ( British Islands and France) Bill ;—Har- 
bours of Refuge (Eastern Coast of Jreland) ;—In- 
toxicating Liquors ;— Medical Officers (Navy) ;— 
Metropolis Buildings Bill;— Partnership Amend- 
ment Bill, and Limited Liability Bill ;— Piers and 
Harbours (Scotland) Bill;—Poor Relief (Jreland) 
Bill ;—Public-houses (Scotland) Act ;— Sale of Beer 
Act (1854) ;—Schools (Scotland) Bill ;—and, War 

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Liverpool 
Corporation 
Waterworks 
Bill (1847), 
and Liver- 
pool Corpora- 
tion Water- 
works Act 
Amendment 
Bill. 


Orders of the 
Day. 







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Reform. 

































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with Russia,—were presented, and read; and or-} The Yeas to the Right; 
dered to lie upon the Table. The Noes to the Left. 
Tellers for the ‘vig Layard, loan 
A Petition of Messrs. Gregory, Gregory, Skirrow Yeas, Viscount Goderich : Yaad 
and Rowecliffe, of No. 1, Bedford-row, in the County Tellers for the Viscount Mandeville, } 29. 
of Middlesex, Solicitors, was presented, and read ; Noes, Sir George Forster ; 


setting forth, That an action is now pending in Her} 50 it was resolved in the Affirmative. 
Majesty’s Court of Queen’s Bench at Westminster, Ordered, That the Debate be adjourned till Mon- 
in which Messrs. Woodcock, Part and Scott, of day next. 


Wigan, in the County of Lancaster, Solicitors, are} The House, according to Order, resolved itself into a Consolidated 


intiffs he M: Ald d Burgesses : ~ 
- the ecenhel Mashed ane Defeniants : Committee on the Consolidated Fund (£. 10,000,000) one 000) 
that the Petitioners are Solicitors for the above-named pov Say oer ramps Fis Roy 2 wart gw Bil, 
Plaintiffs - te ree - ao a and the Committee had gone through the Bill, and di- 
necessary that the under-mentioned F roceedings ™ | rected him to report the same, without Amendment. 


the House relating to the Liverpool Corporation|“ (, gored T : —“_ 
Waterworks Bill, 1847, and the Liverpool Corpora- eon tbede — Bill be read the third time 


tion Waterworks Act Amendment Bill, 1855, should 


be produced on behalf of the said Messrs. Woodcock . , 

me Company, by the proper Officer of the House on xan Ontos of te day ae ae, Oe Se See Session (Scot&gt; 

the trial of the said cause; that the said documents reading of the C ourt of Pession (Scotland) Bill ; - _ Jand) at 
ters aah aa os , And a Motion being made, and the Question 

are as follow; namely,—the books containing entries | } .ino pro aoe Wat tin WE hn cand tae lee tien 

of Appearances on Petitions presented against the we ow ms ie th &gt; ty dues off Gila lactams Sune: 

above-mentioned Bills; and the Minute-book, or P ion - Sete eae ym mi mits yea wpe a the 

Committee Clerk’s book, containing the Minutes of Question, by leaving ot ae words “ Monday the 


the Proceedings of the Committees on the said Bills ; | «&lt;5 - . ge 
and the Petition of the Local Board of Health of 25th day of this instant June,” in order to add the 


Wi orgy align yg 7 ivan te ti words “ this day three months,” instead thereof. 
a So a 00" | Orporasio’ | And the Question being proposed, That the words 

Waterworks Act Amendment Bill, 1855 ; and all} « Monday the 25th day of this instant June” stand 

other a relating to _ me ow part of the Question :—The said proposed Amend- 

may be material or necessary to be produced to the | ment was, with leave of the House, withdrawn 

said Court upon the said trial; and praying that the} ©,dered. That the Bill be read in tile thee 

House will be pleased to give leave to the proper ; 


Officer to attend the said trial, and produce the said upon Monday the 25th day of this instant June, 


documents accordingly. Th . oe . 
: eae e Order of the day being read, for the Com- Fisheries (Bri- 
Ordered, That leave be given to the proper Offi- | nittee on the Fisheries (British Islands and France) *i8h Islands 
cers to attend accordingly. Bill: and France) 
&gt; 
And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
Ordered, That the Orders of the day be.now read ; proposed, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 
and the same being read ; _.. | Chair:—And a Debate arising thereupon ; 
Ordered, That the said Orders be postponed till A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
after the Notice of Motion relative to Administrative posed, That the Debate be now adjourned :—And 
Reform. the said Motion and Original Question were severally, 
with leave of the House, withdrawn. 
A Motion was made, and the Question being pro-| Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
posed, That this House views with deep and in- | next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 
creasing concern the state of the Nation, and is of 


opinion, that the manner in which merit and effi-| The Order of the day being read, for the second Ordnance 
ciency have been sacrificed, in public appointments, | reading of the Ordnance Board Bill ; Board Bill. 
to party and family influences, and to a blind adhe- Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 


rence to routine, has given rise to great misfortunes, | upon Thursday next. 


and threatens to bring discredit upon the national : y 
character, and to involve the Country in grave The House, according to Order, resolved itself Bills of Lading 


disasters ; into a Committee on Bills of Lading (No. 2) Bill, (N 2) Bill 


An Amendment was proposed to be made to the (In the Committee.) 
Question, by leaving out from the word “ House” Preamble postponed. 
to the end of the Question, in order to add the words | Cuause, N° 1, amended, and agreed to. 
“‘ recommends to the earliest attention of Her Ma- | C pe m= 
‘ jesty’s Ministers the necessity of a careful revision | ‘“™4USES, N° 2 and N° 3, agreed to. 
of our various Official Establishments, with a| Cuausz, N° 4 (Power to detain foreign ships for 
view to simplify and facilitate the transaction of | claim under Bill of Lading or Charter). 
public business, and, by instituting judicious tests | To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 
of merit, as well as by removing obstructions to | oe meen ane oee : 
“ its fuir promotion and legitimate rewards, to se- Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; and Mr. Fi itz Roy 
“ cure to the service of the State the largest avail- |" eported, rhat the Committee had made Progress in 

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able proportion of the energy and intelligence for | . . : 
which the people of this Country are distin- | page gg Pog ig a again. Mond 
guished,” instead thereof. esotved, that this rouse will, upon Jvonday 


And the Question being proposed, That the | 2€Xt again resolve itself into the said Committee. 
words proposed to be left out, stand part of the 
Question :— And a Debate arising thereupon ; 


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The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Lunatic Asy- 


_mittee on the Lunatic Asylums (Zreland) (Advances) !ums (Ireland) 
F . - Bill: (Advances) 
And the House having continued to sit till after | ? 


Twelve of the clock on Saturday morning ; 


| Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 

next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 

Sabbati, 16° die Junii, 1855: ; ; ; 
The Order of the day being read, for the third Spirit of Wine 


And a Motion being made, and the Question | reading of the Spirit of Wine Bill; Bill 
being put, That the Debate be now adjourned ; Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
The House divided. upon Monday next. 


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Testamentary The Order of the day being read, for resuming 


Jurisdiction the adjourned Debate on the Amendment which, 
_ upon the 26th day of April last, was proposed to be 
made to the Question, That the Testamentary J uris- 
diction Bill be now read a second time ; 
Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 
till Friday next. 
Railways The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
(Ireland) Bill. mittee on the Railways (Jreland) Bill; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 
Supply. The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Supply ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 
Ways and The Order of tine 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. 


Spirits (Ire- The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 


tend) ict at Mitte on the Spirits ( Zreland) Act Amendment Bill ; 
, Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 
Grand Jury The Order of the day being read, for the second 
(ireland) Bil reading of the Grand Jury Assessments (Jreland) 
" Bill; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Thursday next. 
Acts of The Order of the day being read, for the second 
—— reading of the Acts of Parliament Amending Bill ; 
Bi Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Monday next. 
Piers and The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
tBeotian’) pil, Mittee on the Piers and Harbours (Scotland) Bill ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 
Education The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 


(Scotland) Bill. mittee on the Education (Scotland) Bill; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Court of The Order of the day being read, for resuming 

(ireland) the adjourned Debate on the Amendment which, upon 

(Jurisdiction) the 3d day of May last, was proposed to be made to 

Bill, the Question, That the Court of Chancery (Jreland) 
Jurisdiction Bill be now read a second time ; 

Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned till 

Monday the 25th day of this instant June. 

Court of The Order of the day being read, for the second 

Cielanay reading of the Court of Chancery (Jreland) (Pro- 

(Procedure) cedure) Bill ; 

Bill. Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday the 25th day of this instant June. 

&gt; of The Order of the day being read, for the second 

(Ireland) reading of the Court of Chancery (Ireland) (Re- 

(Receivers)  ceivers) Bill; . 

Bill. Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Monday the 25th day of this instant June. 

Court of The Order of the day being read, for the second 

aloclond’ reading of the Court of Chancery (Jreland) (Sales 

(Sales of of Estates) Bill; 


Estates) Bill, Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 


Monday the 25th day of this instant June. 


cot of The Order of the day being read, for the second 
(ireland) reading of the Court of Chancery (/reland) (Appeals) 
(Appeals) Bill Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 

Monday the 25th day of this instant June. 

~sotl The Order of the day being read, for the second 
(Ireland) reading of the Court of Chancery (Jreland) (Stamp 
(Stamp Duties) Bill; 
Duties) Bill, VoL. 110. 





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297 


Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Monday the 25th day of this instant June. 


The Select Committee on the Office of Speaker oOftice of 
was nominated of Mr. Walpole, Lord gate omer Speaker. 
Mr. Disraeli, Sir George Grey, Colonel Wilson Pat- 

ten, Mr. Bright, Mr. Ellice, Sir William Heathcote, 

Mr. Attorney General, Sir Frederic Thesiger, the 

Lord Advocate, Mr. Fitz Roy, Mr. Baines, Mr. Fresh- 

field and Sir Robert Ferguson; with Power to send 

for persons, papers and records, 

Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Saint Cross 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased Hospital. 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 

House, a Copy of the recent Resignation of the 
Reverend Lord Gui/ford of the Mastership of Saint 

Cross Hospital, as entered in the Act Book of the 

Diocese of Winchester. 

Ordered, That 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 christ Church 
render valid certain Marriages in Christ Church, in (Todmorden) 
the Chapelry of Todmorden and Parish of Rochdale, Valdite 

in the Counties of Lancaster and York: And that 

Mr. Cowper and Sir George Grey do prepare, and 

bring it in. 


The Order for the House to resolve itself into Episcopal 
a Committee, upon Wednesday riext, on the Epis- and Capitular 
copal and Capitular Estates Bill, was read, and dis- _— 
charged. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
the 18th day of July next, resolve itself into the 
said Committee. 


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


Lune, 18° die Junii; 
Anno 18° Victoria Regine, 1855. 


PRAYERS. 

M&amp; Bonham Carter reported from the Select Public 
Committee on Public Petitions; That they (ortret 
7 eid y-fourth 

had examined the Petitions presented upon the Report.) 
14th and 15th 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 Cape Town Railway and Dock Bill was read Cape Town 
the third time; and Amendments were made to the 9 - Ae 
Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, ‘That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 


Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Derbyshire, Staffordshire and Worcestershire Derbyshire, 
Railway (No. 2) Bill was read the third time. oo 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. tershire Rail- 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the way (No. 2) 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. =. 


The Glasgow, Kirkintilloch and Baldernock Glasgow, 


Roads Bill was read the third time. a 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. eek Menke 











Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the Bill. 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


| 


|  Hoffe’s Estate Bill was read the third time. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
| Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
| agreed to the same, without Amendment. 


Qe 


Hoffe’s 
Estate Bill. 


The 





298 


The Royal Medical Benevolent College Bill was 
read the third time; and Amendments were made 
to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 


Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third 
reading of the Dagenham Docks Bill ; 

And a Motion being made, That the Bill be now 
read the third time; 

Mr. FitzRoy, 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 the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third 
reading of the East of Fife Railway Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming 
the Further Proceeding on the third reading of the 
Great Northern Zondon Cemetery Bill :—The House 
resumed the said Further Proceeding. 

A Clause was offered to be added to the Bill 
(Should the bodies of any parishioners of the parish 
of Saint Pancras be brought for interment in the 
Cemetery, the interment fee for all classes shall be 
Five shillings higher than that proposed by the 
Tariff of the Company, as set forth in the Second 
Schedule hereto, and such Five shillings shall be 
paid by the Company to the Church Trustees of the 
said Parish of Saint Pancras: Provided that the 
Company shall not be bound to see to the applica- 
tion or distribution of such Five shillings by the 
said Church Trustees) :—And the said Clause was 
brought up, and read the first time. 

A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That the said Clause be now read a second 
time :—And the said Motion and Clause were se- 
verally, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 

Then Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third 
reading of the Torquay District Churches Bill ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That the Bill be now read the third 
time ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out the word “ now,” and, at 
the end of the Question, adding the words “ upon 
“ this day six months.” 

And the Question being proposed, That the 
word “now” stand part of the Question :—The 
said proposed Amendment 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. 

Ordered, That the Further Proceeding on the 
third reading of the said Bill be adjourned till Wed- 
nesday next. 


Ordered, That the Dundalk Harbour and Port 
Bill, as amended in the Committee, be taken into 
consideration ‘To-morrow. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the London and Brassington Koad Bill, as amended 
in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


18° Junzz. 


forthwith. 














A. 1855. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Wadhurst and 
the Wadhurst and West Farleigh Roads Bill, as West Farleigh 
amended in the Committee. Roads Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration West Brom- 
the West Bromwich Improvement Bill, as amended Wich Improve- 
in the Committee; and Amendments were made to aaa. 
the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


— ee 


Ordered, That the Wisbech Port Bill, as amended Wisbech Port 
in the Committee, be taken into consideration To- Bill. 
morrow, amended prints having been deposited with 
the doorkeepers two clear days previously. 


Ordered, That in the case of the South Shields South Shields 
Parochial Districts Bill, the Examiner of Petitions Parochial 
. . . . Districts Bill. 
for Private Bills have leave to sit, and proceed 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, an East India 
Account exhibiting in Sterling Money the Gross Revenues. 
Net Revenues of Jndia, distinguishing the several 
Presidencies, Xc., for the year ended the 30th day 
of April 1853 ; showing also the Charges of Collec- 
tion 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 1853. 

Mr. Danby Seymour accordingly presented the 
said Account. 

Ordered, That the said Account do lie upon the 


=——T =), ee | 


: 
Table. 
y 

Ordered, That the Committee on Group D. of Liverpool 


Private Bills have leave to make a Special Report. Docks Biil, and | 
Birkenhead | 


Mr. Labouchere specially reported from the said gnq Liverpool 
Committee; That they, in considering the Liver- Docks (Trust 
pool Docks Bill, and the Birkenhead Docks and ay ete 
Liverpool Docks Bill, referred to them, had come to poor sae 
the conclusion, that it was of great importance that &amp;c.) Bill. 
an amalgamation should take place of the Birken- 
head and Liverpool Docks, on both sides of the 
river, under the control of one public body. 

In lending their assistance to promote and effect 
this amalgamation, the Committee have not been 
able to provide for all the points which must ulti- 
mately be arranged with regard to it, and which it 
is proposed should be finally settled in a Bill to be 
introduced in the next Session. They are, however, 
desirous of specially calling attention to the follow- 
ing subjects : 

1. That the earliest opportunity should be taken 
of carefully considering the constitution of the Dock 
Trust with reference to the altered circumstances in 
which it will be placed in consequence of this amal- 
gamation. 

2. That they should have provided for the imme- 
diate equalisation of the rates on both sides of the 
river, with the full concurrence of the Promoters of the 
Bill, had they not been apprehensive that, on technical 
grounds, the passing of measures which they con- 
sidered of urgent public advantage during the pre- 
sent Session would have been endangered. 

3. That they were very sensible of the importance 
of accurately defining and limiting the arrangements 
consequent on the proposed transfer of the Birken- 
head property from the Liverpool Corporation to 
the Dock Trustees ; but, as the whole matter will 
necessarily come under the consideration of Parlia- 
ment next Session, they were unwilling to prejudge 
this particular part of-it. 

4. That the question of the Liverpool Town Dues 
only came incidentally before the Committee as a 


















portion 








id 
h 


Liverpool 
Docks Bill. 


Birkenhead 


and Liverpool 


Docks (Trust 
Property of 
Birkenhead 


Dock Trustees, 


&amp;c.) Bill. 


Message from 
the Lords. 


Education of 
Poor Children 
Bill. 


Waterford 
and Limerick 
Railway Bill. 


Saint Helen’s 
Improvement 
Bill. 


Cromford and 
High Peak 
Railway Bill. 


Limerick and 
Castleconnell 
Railway Bill. 


Newcastle- 
under-Lyme 
Gas Bill. 


Administra- 
tion of Oaths 
Abroad Bill. 


County 
Palatine of 
Lancaster 
Trials Bill. 


Public 
Prosecutors, 


Sandhurst 
Royal Militar 
College. 


No. 317. 





18 Victoria. 


portion of the exising revenues of the Corporation. 
It has been their object not to prejudge or affect, in 
any manner, either the title of the Corporation, or 
the general question of the propriety of future legis- 
lation, gvith regard to municipal changes of this 
character. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Labouchere reported from the Committee on 
Group D. of Private Bills; That in the case of the 
Liverpool Docks Bill, they had examined the allega- 
tions contained in the Preamble of the Bill, and 
amended the same, by inserting a recital, setting 
forth the amount of the sum borrowed and expended 
by the Trustees of the Liverpool Docks; 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. Labouchere reported from the Committee on 
Group D. of Private Bills; That in the case of the 
Birkenhead and Liverpool Docks (Trust Property 
of Birkenhead Dock Trustees, &amp;c.) Bill, they had 
examined the allegations contained in the Preamble 
of the Bill, and amended the same, by inserting a 
description of the objects sought to be gained by 
the Petition for additional Provision, and by striking 
out the allegation referring to the consent of the 
Board of Trade ; 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 acquainted the House, That a Mes- 
sage had been brought from the Lords, by one of 
their Clerks, as followeth : 

The Lords have agreed to the Education of Poor 
Children Bill, without any Amendment: And also, 


The Lords have agreed to the Waterford and 
Limerick Railway Bill, without any Amendment : 
And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Saint Helen’s Im- 
provement Bill, without any Amendment: And 
also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Cromford and 
High Peak Railway Bill, without any Amendment : 
And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Limerick and Cas- 
tleconnell Railway Bill, without any Amendment : 
And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Newcastle-under- 
Lyme Gas Bill, without any Amendment: And 
also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 
to enable British Diplomatic and Consular Agents 
Abroad to administer Oaths and do Notarial Acts ; 
to which the Lords desire the concurrence of this 
House: And also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 
for further assimilating the Practice in the County 
Palatine of Zancaster to that of other Counties, with 
respect to the Trial of Issues from the Superior 
Courts at Westminster; to which the Lords desire 
the concurrence of this House: And also, 

The Lords give leave to the Lord Campbell to 
attend the Select Committee appointed by this 
House, in the present Session of Parliament, on the 
subject of the Public Prosecutors’ Bill, as desired 
by this House (his Lordship, in his place, con- 
senting). 


Ordered, That the Select Committee on the Sand- 


Y hurst Royal Military College have Power to report 


their Observations thereupon to the House, together 
with the Minutes of the Evidence taken before them. 

Sir Francis Baring reported from the said Select 
Committee ; That they had considered the matter 
to them referred; and directed him to make a Re- 
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299 


port thereof to the House, together with the Minutes 
of the Evidence taken before them. 

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


Ordered, That the Select Committee on the Army Army before 


before Sebastopol have Power to report their Obser- Sebastopol 
vations thereupon to the House. “— yon ag 
o. 318. 


Mr. Roebuck 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; with an Appendix. 

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


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from South Shields 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, ? starr 
in respect of non-compliance with the Standin — 
Orders in the case of the South Shields Parochial 
Districts Bill. 

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


Petitions relating to Dissenters’ Marriages ;— Public 

Marriage Law Amendment Bill ;— Nunneries ;— Fetitions. 
Sunday Trading (Metropolis) Bill ;—Court of Ses- yiae Forty- 
sion (Scotland) Bill ;—Education (Scotland) Bill; fifth Report. 
—Intoxicating Liquors ;—Medical Officers (Navy) ; 
— Nuisances Removal Amendment Bill ; — Poor 
Law ;—Postal Communication (Waterford, &amp;c.) ;— 
Public Health Bill; — Public-houses (Scotland) 
Act;—Sale of Beer Act (1854);—Savings Banks 
(Ireland) ; — Secretary of State for Scotland; — 
Spirits (Jreland) Act Amendment Bill; — Statute 
Law Commission ;—and, War with Russia,—-were 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


The following Papers were laid upon the Table by Vessels and 
the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, dated Tonnage, &amp;c. 
the 17th day of April last, for a Return of the 
Number of Vessels and Tonnage entered Inwards 
and cleared Outwards at each of the Twelve principal 
Ports of the United Kingdom ; also, the Official and 
Declared Value of Exports, and Official Value of 
Imports, for each of the said Ports, during the year 
1854 (in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 

390, of Session 1854). 

Return to an Order, dated the 25th day of May Malt. 

last, for Returns of the Number of Bushels of Malt 


charged with Duty in England, between the 5th day 


of April 1853 and the 5th day of April 1854 :—Of 
the Number of Bushels of Malt charged with Duty, 


| between the 5th day of April 1854 and the 31st day 


of March 1855 :—And, of Amount of extra Duty 

of 10s. 4d. per Quarter charged on Stock of Malt on 

hand in England the 8th day of May 1854. 

Return to an Order, dated the 8th day of this in- Carriages, &amp;c. 

stant June, for a Return of the Number of Carriages 

in England, Wales and Scotland, in the year 1854, 
distinguishing the Numbers in each Kingdom, and 

classifying them as nearly as possible in the following 

manner :— 


Cuass 1. Carriages kept for private use. 


1. Private Carriages with four wheels and two or 
more horses. 
. Private Carriages with four wheels and one 
horse. 
3. Private Carriages with two wheels and two 
horses. 
4. Private Carriages with two wheels and one 
horse. 


i) 


Cuass 2. Carriages for hire other than Omnibuses 


and Cabs. 


. Glass Coaches, &amp;c. with four wheels and two 
or more horses. 

. Carriages with four wheels and one horse. 

. Carriages with two wheels and two horses. 

. Carriages with two wheels and one horse. 

Q@Qa2 Cass. 


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Assay Offices 
(York, &amp;c.) 


Charitable 
Donations 
and Bequests 
(Ireland. ) 


Charity 
Commission. 


Education 
Grants 
(Scotland. ) 


No, 316. 
Constabulary 
(Ireland.) 

No. 319, 


Constabulary 
&amp;c. (Ireland. ) 


No. 320. 


Education. 
No. 321. 


Harbours of 
Refuge 
(Ireland. ) 


No, 322. 


Letters Patent. 


No. 323. 


Patents for 
Inventions. 


No. 323. 


East India 
(Torture. ) 


Convict 
Prisons 
(Ireland.) 


Leave of 
Absence. 


War with 
Russia. 


No. 324. 


300 18°—19° Junii. 


Cass 3. 
1. Omnibuses and Stage Carriages. 
2. Cabs. 

Cass 4. 


The Total Number of Private Waggons, Carts, 
Drays and Vans, 


Return to an Order, dated the 13th day of this 
instant June, for a Return of all Sums, if any, 
chargeable upon the Public Revenue in respect of the 
Local Assay Offices at the Cities of York, Exeter, 
Chester, and the Town of Newcastle-upon- Tyne; and 
of all Sums received on behalf of the Public Reve- 
nue at each of such Assay Offices respectively. 

Return to an Order, dated the 15th day of this 
instant June, for Copy of the Contract entered into 
by Baron Lionel De Rothschild with Her Majesty's 
Government, on or about the 20th day of April last, 
for a Loan of Sixteen millions for the Public Service. 


Mr. Cowper presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand,—Copy of Tenth Annual Report of the Com- 
missioners of Charitable Donations and Bequests for 
Ireland. 

Copy of Supplemental Report of the Charity Com- 
missioners for England and Wales, 8th June 1855. 

Ordered, ‘Yhat the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Education 
Grants (Scotland), which was presented upon the 
15th day of this instant June, be printed. 


Ordered, That an Abstract of the Paper relative 
to Constabulary (Ireland) which was presented upon 
the 15th day of this instant June, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Constabulary, 
&amp;c. (Ireland), which was presented upon the 11th 
day of this instant June, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Education, 
which was presented upon the 8th day of this instant 
June, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Harbours of 
Refuge (Jreland), which was presented upon the 8th 
day of this instant June, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Letters Pa- 
tent, which was presented upon the 7th day of May 
last, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Patents for 
Inventions, which was presented upon the 18th day 
of May last, be printed. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Copy of a Despatch from the President of the 
Council of Jndia in Council, in the Judicial Depart- 
ment, dated the 18th day of April 1855, No. 10, as 
to an alleged case of Torture in Jndia (in continuation 
of Parliamentary Paper, No. 183, of Session 1855). 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the Names of all Persons removed or 
dismissed from their Offices in any Government 
Convict Prison in Jreland, since the 7th day of 
August 1854, by reason of Abolition of Office, or in- 
capacity from Old Age or Illness ; such Return to set 
forth the Nature of Office, Amount of Salary and 
Retiring Allowance or Gratuity. 


Ordered, That Mr. Bentinck have leave of absence 
for a week, on account of ill health. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Copies of Letters dated June 1855, from Rear- 
Admiral the Honourable R. S. Dundas, reporting 
that the Russians had fired on a Flag of Truce. 

Sir Charles Wood accordingly presented the said 
Paper. 

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








A. 1855. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming the Administra- 


adjourned Debate on the Amendment which, upon *v¢ Reform. 


the 15th day of this instant June, was proposed to 
be made to the Question, That this House views with 
deep and increasing concern the state of the Nation, 
and is of opinion, that the manner in which merit 
and efficiency have been sacrificed, in public appoint- 
ments, to party and family influences, and to a blind 
adherence to routine, has given rise to great misfor- 
tunes, and threatens to bring discredit upon the na- 
tional character, and to involve the Country in grave 
disasters ; and which Amendment was to leave out 
from the word “ House” to the end of the Question, 
in order to add the words “ recommends to the 
“ earliest attention of Her Majesty’s Ministers the 
necessity of a careful revision of our various 
Official Establishments, with a view to simplify 
and facilitate the transaction of public business, 
and, by instituting judicious tests of merit, as 
well as by removing obstructions to its fair pro- 
motion and legitimate rewards, to secure to the 
service of the State the largest available propor- 
tion of the energy and intelligence for which the 
people of this Country are distinguished,” in- 
stead thereof. 

And the Question being again proposed, That the 
words proposed to be left out, stand part of the 
Question :—The House resumed the said adjourned 
Debate. 


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


Martis, 19° die Junii, 1855: 


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. Lindsay, 

Yeas, (Mr. Otway: 

Tellers for the ( Mr. Hayter, 336 

Noes, { Mr. Grenville Berkeley: J°" * 

So it passed in the Negative. 

And the Question being put, That the words pro- 
posed to be left out, at part of the Question ; 
The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right ; 

The Noes to the Left. 

Tellers for thef Mr. Layard, } 46 
Yeas, UMr. Clifford: : 

Tellers for the ( Mr. Hayter, leso 
Noes, Sir William Jolliffe: _— 

So it passed in the Negative. 

And the Question being put, That the words 
recommends to the earliest attention of Her Ma- 
jesty’s Ministers the necessity of a careful revision 
of our various Official Establishments, with a view 
to simplify and facilitate the transaction of public 
business, and, by instituting judicious tests of 
merit, as well as by removing obstructions to its 
fair promotion and legitimate rewards, to secure 
“ to the service of the State the largest available 
proportion of the energy and intelligence for which 
“ the people of this Country are distinguished,” be 
added instead thereof :—It was resolved in the Af- 
firmative. 

Then the Main Question, so amended, being pro- 
posed, That this House recommends to the earliest 
attention of Her Majesty's Ministers the necessity 
of a careful revision of our various Official Esta- 
blishments, with a view to simplify and facilitate 
the transaction of public business, and, by instituting 
judicious tests of merit, as well as by removing ob- 
structions to its fair promotion and legitimate re- 
wards, to secure to the service of the State the 
largest available proportion of the energy and intel- 
ligence for which the people of this Country are dis- 
tinguished :—And a Debate arising thereupon ; 

Ordered, That the Debate be adjourned till Thurs- 


day next. 


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Education The Order of the day being read, for resuming the | Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
(No.2) Bill. adjourned Debate on the Amendment which, upon | next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


the 2d day of May last, was proposed to be made The Order of the day being read, for taking into Absconding 


to the Question, That the Education (No. 2) Bill - - : ; 
i Annet pas warns te d ions _ ( consideration the Absconding Debtors (Zreland) Bill, (ireland) Bill. 


And a Motion being made, and the Question being | *® amended in the Committee ; Bill 173. 


| Ordered, That the Bill be taken into consideration 
A Soman — the Debate be further adjourned till enti os sepeeninendbeaeuh 


An Amendment was proposed to be made to the The Order of the day being read, for the third Dwelling- 
Question, by leaving out the words “ Friday next, ' | reading of the Dwelling-houses (Scotland) Bill ; houses (Scot- 
in order to add the words “this day four weeks, Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time this a 
instead thereof. . day. 

And the Question being put, That the words : 
“ Friday next ” stand part of Fo Question :—It was| The Order of the day being read, for the second — of 





resolved in the Affirmative. reading of the Rating of Mines Bill; ines Bill, 
Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 
till Friday next. Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


Education The Order of the day being read, for the second to —— aha ‘noleoanl —s ‘ie a = eee ale. 2.) 


Bill. ° y . ae 
—_— of 4 are, pe a ati ference to the Assessment of Mines (other than Coal 
rdered, That the Bill be read a second time upon Mines) to the Relief of the Poor: And that Mr. 


Friday next. Kendall, Mr. Robartes and Mr. Michael Williams 
Free Schools The Order of the day being read, for the second | 40 prepare, and bring it in. 
Bill. reading of the Free Schools Bill; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Friday next. 


The Court of Exchequer (Jreland) Bill was, ac- Court of 
cording to Order, read a second time; and committed ae 
to a Committee of the whole House, for Thursday “* ) 


Consolidated § The Consolidated Fund (£. 10,000,000) Bill was, | next. | 


Fund ding to Order, read the third time. . 
£.10,000,000) *°Coreing _—— The Order of the day b read, for the Com- Bills of Ladin 
iL Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the idea neo Bills a Lading (No. 2) Bill; (No, 2) Bil, 


Title be, An Act to apply the Sum of Ten millions 
out of the Consolidated Fund to the Service of the 
year 1855. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the} The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Supply. f 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. mittee of Supply ; . 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


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


Spirit of Wine The Spirit of Wine Bill was, according to Order, 
Bill. read the third time. 


Resolved, That the Bill do pass. The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Ways and 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the | mittee of Ways and Means; Means. | 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 





Portassship The Order of the day being read, for the second nent, vensive iteelt inte the suit Comqantton 
Bil, ment reading of the Partnershi Amendment Bill ; The Order of the day being read, for the second Acts of 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon | reading of the Acts of Parliament Amending Bill ; = 
Friday next. Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon Bill, . 
o Thursday next. 
— _ The Order of the day being read, for the second ' 
iability Bill. reading of the Limited Liability Bill; The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Education 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon | mittee on the Education (Scotland) Bill ; (Scotland) Bill. 
Friday next. Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 
Passengers The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
Act Amend- bh 


mittee on the Passengers Act Amendment Bill ; _ The House, according to Order, resolved itself Railways _ 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday | ™t0 @ Committee on the Railways (Jreland) Bill ; (Hreland) = 

the 28th day of this instant June, at Twelve o’clock, and, after some time spent therein » Mr. Speaker oe 

resolve itself into the said Committee. sumed the Chair; and Mr. FitzRoy reported, That 

the Committee had gone through the Bill, and di- 

Insolvency and The Order of the day being read, for the Com- rected him to report the same, without Amendment. 


ment Bill. 





Bankrupt : ‘ . Ordered, That ihe Bill b d the third ti 
(Scotland) Bill x on the Insolvency and Bankruptcy (Scotland) Thurs hep aa a ee 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday) py, . 
ae - a ; e Order of the day being read, for the Com- Piers and 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. mittee on the Piers and Harbours (Scotland) Bill; Harbours _ 
Criminal The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, — 
Justice Bil. rittee on the Criminal Justice Bill : resolve itself into the said Committee, 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday . . 
2 aie ll ? pee lec The House, according to Order, resolved itself Spirits (Ire- 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. i Gemastites pana, we Spirits (Jreland) Act land) Act 
Dissenters’ The Order of the day being read, for the Com- | Amendment Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Bill, py 
Marriages Bill. mittee on the Dissenters’ Marriages Bill ; Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr, FitzRoy 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, | feported, That the Committee had gone through the 
resolve itself into the said Committee. “i dered, That the Bil 
; ered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
a, —_ The Order of the day being read, for the third mittee, be taken into consideration upon Wednesday 


Museums Bill reading of the Public Libraries and M useums Bill; | next. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon . —— ; 
Thursday next. Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Union 
» ; : to continue an Act of the eighteenth year of Her ae Act 
Sent Juries The Order of the day being read, for the Com-| present Majesty for charging the Maintenance of (7 ™"~* 
; mittee on the Grand Juries Biil ; /certain Poor Persons in Unions in England and 
VoL. 110. | Q2a3 Wales 














Huddersfield 
Burial-ground 
Act Amend- 
ment. 


Metropolitan 
Buildings Bill. 


Youthful 
Offenders 
(No, 2.) 


Education 
(Scotland) Bill. 


Ramsgate 
Harbour. 


Union 
Charges Act 
Continuance 
Bill. 

Bill 174. 


Ramsgate 
Harbour Bill. 


Rating of 
Mines (No. 2) 
Bill. 


Bill 175. 


302 


Wales upon the Common Fund: And that Mr. 
Baines and Mr. Grenville Berkeley do prepare, and 


bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
amend the Provisions of the Huddersfield Burial- 
ground Act, 1852: And that Sir Benjamin Hall and 
Mr. Cowper do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That Mr. Tite be added to the Select 
Committee on the Metropolitan Buildings Bill. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
amend the Act for the better Care and Reformation 
of Youthful Offenders: And that Mr. Cowper and 
Sir George Grey do prepare, and bring it in. 





| 
Resolved, That an humble Address be presented | 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased | 
to give directions, that there be laid before this | 
House, a Copy of Correspondence between Bishop | 
Gillies and the Lord President of the Council, on | 
the subject of the Lurd Advocate’s Education (Scot- | 
land) Bill. 
Ordered, That the said Address be presented to | 
Her Majesty, by such Members of this sn as are | 
of Her Majesty's Most honourable Privy Council. 


Resolved, That this House will immediately resolve | 
itself into a Committee to consider of altering the | 
Management of Kamsgate Harbour, and providing | 
for the future Abolition of the Passing Toll. 

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 
transfer Ramsgate Harbour to the ‘Trinity House, 
and to provide for the future Maintenance and Im- | 
provement thereof, and for the future Abolition of 
the Passing Toll. 

Resolution to be reported. 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; and Mr. Fitz Roy | 
reported, That the Committee had come toa Re-| 
solution. 

Ordered, That the Report be now received. 

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

That the Chairman be directed to move the House, 
That leave be given to bring in a Bill to transfer 
Ramsgate Harbour to the Trinity House, and to 
provide for the future Maintenance and Improvement 


18°—19° Juniz. 





thereof, and for the future Abolition of the Passing | 
Toll:—And he moved the House accordingly. 
Ordered, That leave be given to bring in the Bill: | 
And that Mr. Fitz Roy, Mr. Bouverie and Mr. Wilson 
do prepare, and bring it in. | 
Mr. Baines presented a Bill to continue an Act | 
of the eighteenth year of Her present Majesty, for | 


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. 


Mr. Bouverie presented a Bill to transfer Rams- 
gate arbour to the Trinity House, and to provide 
for the future Maintenance and Improvement thereof, 
and for the future Abolition of the Passing Toll ; And 
the same was read the first time. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exa- 
miners of Petitions for Private Bills. 


Mr. Kendall presented a Bill to amend the Law 
in /ngland and Wales with reference to the Assess- 
ment of Mines (other than Coal Mines) to the Relief 
of the Poor: And the same was read the first time ; 






















































A. 1855. 


and ordered to be read a second time upon Tuesday 
next; and to be printed. 


Mr. Cowper presented a Bill to amend the Act Youthful 
for the better Care and Reformation of Youthful (No. 3) Bill. 
Offenders: And the same was read the first time ; Bill 176 
and ordered to be read a second time upon Friday , 
next ; and to be printed. 


Sir Benjamin Hall presented a Bill to amend the Huddersfield 
Provisions of the Huddersfield Burial-ground Act, ae 
8 ct Amend. 
1852: And the same was read the first time. ment Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exa- 
miners of Petitions for Private Bills. 


Mr. Cowper presented a Bill to render valid certain Christ Church 
Marriages in Christ Church, in the Chapelry of Tod- ee veg 
morden and Parish of Rochdale, in the Counties of Validity Bill, 
Lancaster and York: And the same was read the 1] 177. 
first time ; and ordered to be read a second time upon 


Friday next ; and to be printed, 


The Order for reading a second time, upon Bankruptcy 
Wednesday next, the Bankruptcy (Jre/and) Bill, was (Ireland) Bill. 
read, and discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Wednesday the 27th day of this instant June. 


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





Martis, 19° die Junii ; 
Anno 18° Victoria Regine, 1855. 


PRAYERS. 


RDERED, That all Committees have leave Committees. 
to sit this day, during the sitting of the House. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Lands Im- 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Lands Pprevement 
Improvement Company Bill ; and the same were Company Bill 
twice read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the Amendments made by their Lordships. 


The England and Ireland Improved Communica- England 


tion Bill was, according to Order, read the third and Ireland 
tiene Improved 


Communica- 


A Clause was offered to be added to the Bill (It tion Bill. 
shall be lawful for the aforesaid Companies from time 
to time to make and enter into and carry into effect 
any agreements and arrangements with Her Ma- 
jesty’s Postmaster General, or with the Lords of the 
Admiralty, in reference to the conveyance in their 
steam-boats of Her Majesty’s Mails or Post Letter 
Bags between Holyhead and Kingstown or Howth : 
Provided always, ‘I hat until an agreement or arrange- 
ment for the purposes hereinbefore in this Clause 
mentioned shall have been so made and entered into, 
none of the Powers by this Act granted shall be 
exercised by the said Companies ; and that, unless 
such an agreement or arrangement shall have been 
made and entered into on or before the First day of 
May One thousand eight hundred and Sixty, it shall 
not be lawful for the said Companics, in pursuance 
of this Act, to exercise any of the Powers granted 
thereby, and such Powers shall thereafter cease and 
have no effect) :— And the said Clause was brought 
up, and read the first and second time. 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Clause, by inserting after the word “ Bags” the words 
“ or of Passengers and Luggage.” 

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 Clause, by leaving out the word “ May,” and 
inserting the word “ July” instead thereof. ee 

n 


Te 


Th 
Re 


ne 


R 


wes | 


J 4 


Tedon and 
Hull, &amp;c. 
Road Bill. 


Shrewsbury 
Improvement 
Bill. 


Ipstones Mi- 
neral Branch 
Railway Bill. 


Dundalk 
Harbour and 
Port Bill. 


Wisbech 
Port Bill. 


East India 
Revenues. 


No. 325. 


Vessels and 
Tonnage, &amp;c. 


No. 326. 
Assay Offices 


(York, &amp;c.) 
No. 327. 


Factories. 


Huts at 
Aldershott. 


18 Vicroriz. 


And the Question being put, That the word | 
“ May” stand part of the Clause :—It was resolved 
in the Affirmative. 
Then the said Clause was read the third time; and 
added té the Bill. 
Then Amendments were made to the Bill. 
Another Amendment was proposed to be made to 
the Bill, in p. 4, 1. 31, by inserting, after the words 
“ Fifty-seven,” the words “ Provided, however, That 
“ such postal and passenger communication shall be | 
“ bond fide improved and in operation, to the satis- | 
“ faction of the said Committee of Privy Council | 
“ for Trade (to be signified by an Act or Order thereof | 
“ to be published in the London and Dublin Ga- | 
“ zettes), on or before the First day of July One 
“ thousand eight hundred and Fifty-eight ; otherwise 
“ the Powers by this Act granted shall thereafter 
cease and have no effect.” 
And the Question being put, That those words 
be there inserted :—It passed in the Negative. 
Then another Amendment was made to the Bill. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the | 
Title be, An Act for improving the Postal and Pas- 
senger Communication between England and Ireland, 
and for authorizing Arrangements between certain 
Companies in England and Ireland in relation | 
thereto, and for other purposes. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 





19° Junie. 


303 


Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the Poor Law 
24th day of Apzil last, for Copies of Communica- (Sttath.) 


tions to the Board of Supervision for the Relief of the 
Poor in Scotland, relative to the Parish of Strath, 
since the 1st day of April 1855. 


Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the New Palace 
10th day of May last, for Copies of so much of the (Westminster.) 


Plans of the Architect of the New Palace at West- 
minster as will show the manner in which he purposes 
to extend the Buildings from the Clock Tower West. 
wards, along Bridge-street and around New Palace- 
yard, together with a Statement of the purposes for 
which such Buildings are proposed ; and, a Report 
thereon from the Board of Works. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 


' Table. 


Petitions relating to Church Rates ;— Church Public 
Rates Abolition Bill;—Marriage Law Amendment Fetitions. 
Bill ;—Maynooth College Act ;—Licenses (Public- yige Forty- 
houses, &amp;c.) ;—Wine and Spirit Licenses ;— British sixth Report. 


Spirits;— Free Schools Bill;—Friendly Societies 


' Bill ;—Intoxicating Liquors ;—Landlord and Tenant 


(Ireland);—Nuisances Removal Amendment Bill; 


|—Piers and Harbours (Scotland) Bill; — Postal 


Communication ( Waterford), &amp;c. ; — Public Health 
Bill ;—Public-houses (Scotland) Act ; — Secretary 
of State for Scotland; — ‘Tenants’ Improvements 
Compensation (Jreland) Bill; — and, War with 
Russia,—were presented, and read ; and ordered to 


The Hedon and Hull, &amp;c. Road Bill was read the | lie upon the Table. 


third time. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 


Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the | mittee on the Tenants’ Improvements Compensation 


Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Shrewsbury Improvement Bill was read the 
third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The House proceeded to take into considera- 
tion the [pstones Mineral Branch Railway 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 Dundalk Harbour and Port 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 Wisbech Port Bill, as amended 
in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Ordered, That the Account relative to East India 
Revenues, which was presented upon the 18th day 
of this instant June, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Vessels and 
Tonnage, &amp;c., which was presented upon the 18th 
day of this instant June, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Assay 
Offices (York, &amp;c.), which was presented upon the 
18th day of this instant June, be printed. 


Mr. Cowper presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand,—Copies 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 1855. 

Mr. Cowper also presented,—Return to an Address 
to Her Majesty, dated the 1st day of May last, for 
Copies of Specification for Huts at Aldershott :— 
Of Contracts :—Of Advertisement for Tenders :— 
Of Date cf Paper in which the Advertisement was 
first inserted :—And, of Date of Time stipulated for 
completion of Contracts. 

Vou. 110. 


| (Ireland) Bill ; 


And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 
Chair :—And a Debate arising thereupon ; 

A Motion was made, and the Question being put, 
That the Debate be now adjourned ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right; 

The Noes to the Left. 


Tellers for the { Viscount Gahvay, a] 65 
Yeas, \Sir John Shelley : : hme 
Tellers for the (Mr. Hayter, Lai 
Noes, \Mr. Grenville Berkeley: J ; 


So it passed in the Negative. 

And the Question being again proposed, That 
Mr. Speaker do now leave the Chair ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word “That” to 
the end of the Question, in order to add the words 
“ this House will, upon this day three months, 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 Left. 

| Tellers for the {Mr. Hayter, 

Yeas, LMr. Grenville Berkeley : 
| Tellers for the (Mr. Peacocke, 

| Noes, (Mr. Mowbray: 


as | ae 
— 
— to 
- ? 


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.) 


| Preamble postponed. 
Ciauses, N° 1 and N° 2, agreed to. 
Ciause, N° 8 (Persons entitled to improve under 
| the Act). 
Amendment proposed, in p. 4,1. 34: At the end 
| of the Clause to add the words “ for improvements 
“ made during his existing tenancy.” 
Question proposed, That those words be there 
added :—Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 


Clause agreed to. 


aQg4 CLAUSE, 


Tenants’ 

Improvements 
ompensation 

(Ireland) Bill. 













































































































304. 19° Junii. A, 1855. 


Cuausz, N° 4 (Classes of improvements). Ordered, That the Special Report of the Com- Liverpool 
Amendment proposed, in p. 5, 1. 3: To leave out | mittee on the Liverpool Doske Bill, and Birkenhead ——: a 
the words “ or the.” and Liverpool Docks (Trust Property of Birkenhead pom Tiveapesl 
Question, That the words “ or the” stand part of Dock Trustees, &amp;c.) Bill, be printed. — a 
the Clause——put, and negatived. . Birkenhead Dock Trustees, &amp;) Bill. 
Another Amendment proposed: To insert the No. 328 ; 
words “ inclosing or.” : alin Pe 
Question proposed, That those words be there Ordered, That the Report of the Select Committee Metropolitan 
inserted :—Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. on Metropolitan Bridges in Session 1854, be re- Bridges (1854.) 
Another Amendment proposed, in p. 5, Is. 6 and 7: ferred to the Select Committee on Metropolitan 
To leave out the words “ the reclaiming of waste Communications. 
“ land, or cut out bog-ground by converting the 
“ same into arable or pasture land.” A Motion being made, That a Select Committee Arctic _ 
Question proposed, That the words proposed to | be appointed to inquire into the circumstances of Expedition. 
be left out stand part of the Clause. the Expedition to the Arctic Seas, commanded by 
To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. Captain M‘Clure, of the Royal Navy, with a view 
‘ to ascertain whether any and what reward may be 
Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Fitz Roy due for the services tee Soe on that occasion ; 
reported, That the Committee had made Progress mM} Viscount Palmerston, by Her Majesty's Com- 
the Bill; and that he was directed to move, That | mand, acquainted the House, That Her Majesty, 
the Committee may have leave to sit again. having been informed of the subject-matter of this 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday Motion, recommends it to the consideration of the 
next, again resolve itself into the said Committee. | House. 
Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed 
to inquire into the circumstances of the Expedition 
to the Arctic Seas, commanded by Captain A/‘Clure, 
of the Royal Navy, with a view to ascertain whether 
any and what reward may be due for the services 


rendered on that occasion. -_ 


ret The Order of the day being read, for the Com- .» : —_ 
‘Abolition mittee on the Church Rates Abolition (No. 2) Bill; Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That a Mes- ay ps from 
Go Spam. Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday | S*8° had been brought from the Lords, by one of the Lords. 
the 11th day of July next, resolve itself into the said gas og sad followeth ‘ ae ot 
Clenadities. _The Lords have agreed to the Limerick and Limerick 
Foynes Railway Bill, without any Amendment: po aay 
Leave of Ordered, That Lord William Powlett have leave | And also, ay Bul. ° 
Absence. of absence for a fortnight, on urgent business. The Lords have | agreed to the Maryport and Maryport 
Carlisle Railway Bill, without any Amendment: a cen 
Royal Conical Mr. FitzRoy reported from the Committee on | And also, — 
sour iit, tte Royal Conical Flour Mill Company Bill; That} The Lords have agreed to the Newport Gas Bill, Newport 
Company Bill. they had examined the allegations contained in the | without any Amendment: And also, Gas Bill. 
Preamble of the Bill, and amended the same, by| The Lords have agreed to the Weston-super-Mare Weston- 
striking out the recital proposing to limit the liability | Gas Bill, without any Amendment: And also, super-Mare 


. ; . . Gas Bill. 
of the Shareholders in the Company, by reducing the} py ; 
nominal amount of each share, and by striking out The Lords have agreed to the Alford and Boston Alford and 


: : : F i i : Boston Road 
words mentioning the extension of the Patent to Road Bill, without any Amendment: And also, Bill. 


Scotland and Ireland; and found the same, as| The Lords have agreed to the Wigan and Preston Wigan and 
amended, to be true; and had gone through the | Roads, North of Yarrow Bill, without any Amend- Preston Roads, 
Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. ment: And also, cnt 


a . r Yarrow Bill. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. The Lords have agreed to the Newcastle-upon- Newcastle- 


" ; 3 i i ° upon-Tyne 
Liperpool Mr. Vernon reported from the Committee on Tyne Improvements Bill, with Amendments; to Improvements 
i 


Improvement Group D. of Private Bills; That in the case of the which yr enna —_ desire the concur- ii; 
Bill Liverpool Improvement Bill, they had examined the vonee © See ¢ : a Se 1. South Wal 
allegations contained in the Preamble of the Bill, | _ r eee — — ” = —_ oe Railway wel 
and amended the same, by striking out the recital of | W@Y , VOnsou@ation oil, with smenements; 0 ¢ 


: : onsolidation 
: . . vhich Amendments the Lords desire the concur- Bill. 
improvements to,be made in the construction of new | WC Bill 
streets, which part of the scheme had been aban- 


rence of this House: And also, 

. . : The Lords have agreed to the Glasgow and South Glasgow and 
doned by the Promoters of the Bill; and found the Western Railway Bil ne? sap ences a. nts: to which South Westen 
same, as amended, to be true ; and had gone through ? "8 n Railway Bill. 

+ oon Amendments the Lords desire the concurrence of 
the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. en, Man 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. . Th ores ss — P ; 
e Lords have agreed to the Newton in Macker- Newton in 

East Kent Mr. Tatton Egerton reported from the Committee | field Improvement Bill, with Amendments ; to which meee 
Railway on the East Kent Railway (Extension to Dover) Bill; | Amendments the Lords desire the coneurrence of pjjj, 
Dover) Bi,” That they had examined the allegations contained | this House: And also, 

"in the Preamble of the Bill, and amended the same,} The Lords have agreed to the Great Northern Great North- 
by striking out a recital as to an undertaking given | Railway (Increase of Capital) Bill, with Amend- tant | 
by the South Eastern Railway Company, which | ments; to which Amendments the Lords desire Capital) Bill. 

was admitted in the Petition of that Company re- | the concurrence of this House: And also, 
ferrec. to the Committee, but the recital of which,| The Lords have agreed to the Colonial Life Assu- Colonial Life 
in the Preamble of the Bill, appeared to the Com- | rance Company Bill, with Amendments ; to which Company Bill 
mittee unnecessary ; and by inserting a statement of | Amendments the Lords desire the concurrence of P 
the amount which the Company were authorized | this House: And also, ; ra 
by their original Act to borrow, and that they have} The Lords have agreed to the International Life Tetersetions! 4 
not borrowed any part of that sum; and found the | Assurance Society Bill, with an Amendment ; to Society Dill. 
same, as amended, to be true ; and had gone through | which Amendment the Lords desire the concurrence 
the Bill ,and made Amendments thereunto. of this House: And also, eg Poe 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Tuble; | The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act to Cromarty 8 
and be printed. enable George William Holmes Ross, of i nat tate c 
squire, 








Metropolis The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 

Local Manage- mittee on the Metropolis Local Management Bill ; 

—— Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, at Twelve o'clock, resolve itself into the said 
Committee. 














Agricultural 
Statistics. 


Lancaster 
Shot Manu- 
factory. 


Postal Ar- 
rangements 
(Waterford, 
&amp;c.) 


18 VictorizZ. 


Esquire, to relieve the Estate of Cromarty from 


Burdens affecting the same; to charge the said 
Estate with certain Family Provisions, and with 
certain Sums of Money expended in Improvements 
thereon ; to which the Lords desire the concurrence 
of this House: And also, 

The Lords request, That this House will be pleased 
to give leave to Sir Robert Alexander Ferguson, 
Baronet, a Member of this House, to attend their 
Lordships on Friday next, to be sworn, in order to 
his being examined as a Witness before the Select 
Committee appointed by their Lordships, in the - 
sent Session of Parliament, to inquire into the best 
mode of obtaining accurate Agricultural Statistics 
from all parts of the United Kingdom. 

And Sir Robert Alexander Ferguson, being present 
in his place, declared that he was willing, with leave 
of the House, to go to the House of Lords, as de- 
sired by their Lordships. 

Resolved, That Sir Robert Alexander Ferguson 
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 
Sir Robert Alexander Ferguson to go to the House 
of Lords, as desired by their Lordships, if he think 
fit: And that the Clerk do carry the said Message. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- 
osed, That an humble Address be presented to Her 
ajesty, that She will be graciously pleased to give 
directions, that there be laid before this House, a 
Copy of the Report of Major General Harding, 
Assistant Inspector General of Fortifications, on the 
Building erected for the Lancaster Shot Manufactory 
at Woolwich ; and the Report on that Building for- 
warded to the Clerk of the Ordnance by Sir Charles 
Fox, of the firm of Fox and Henderson, the Con- 
tractors for its erection ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by adding at the end thereof the words 
“ also of the Letters addressed to the Board of 
Ordnance by Fox, Henderson and Company, dated 
respectively the 23d and 24th days of April and 
5th day of May, and of the Report to the Board 
“ of Ordnance of Mr. John Anderson, Inspector of 
* Machinery, dated the 11th day of May, on the 
“« subject of the Building for Lancaster Shells.” 

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 an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this House, 
a Copy of the Report of Major General Harding, 
Assistant Inspector General of Fortifications, on the 
Building erected for the Lancaster Shot Manufactory 
at Woolwich; and the Report on that Building for- 
warded to the Clerk of the Ordnance by Sir Charles 
Fox, of the firm of Fox and Henderson, the Con- 
tractors for its erection:—Also, of the Letters ad- 
dressed to the Board of Ordnance by Fox, Hender- 
son and Company, dated respectively the 23d and 
24th days of April and 5th day of May, and of the 
Report to the Board of Ordnance of Mr. John 
Anderson, Inspector of Machinery, dated the 11th 
day of May, on the subject of the Building for Lan- 
caster Shells. 

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


&lt; 


n 


‘ 
‘ 


x_n fn 


. 
nn 


Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed 
to inquire into the Postal Arrangements in the City 
and County of Waterford, and Counties of Tippe- 
rary, Cork and Limerick, with a view to ascertain 
and report how they may be improved. 


19° Junii. 


305 


mission of five Barristers was appointed by the Lord 
Chancellor, “to proceed without delay in the work 
of the Consolidation of the Statute Law” (First 
Report, page 209), of which “ the first process would 
be to ascertain precisely the text of the Statute Law, 
as it then existed, by determining what Statutes had 
been repealed, expressly or virtually; what had ex- 
pired, and what had become obsolete or unnecessary 
in the present state of society; whereof a special 
and detailed Report should be made, and should 
form the groundwork of a declaratory Bill to repeal 
such Statutes, to be introduced, if possible, at the 
end of the then Session ” (Parliamentary Paper, No. 
78, of Session 1855); and that, in pursuance of the 
said Commission, a special and detailed Report, 
embracing every entire Act of the descriptions 2 
meninedl and containing in all Ten thousand and 
forty-seven Acts, was prepared by Messrs. Anstey 
and Rogers, two of the said Commissioners, and 
submitted to the Lord Chancellor in the course of 
the same Session, under the title of Expurgatory 
List, and by way of Appendix to their joint Minute 
of the 25th day of July 1853 :—That it appears from 
the Papers communicated to this House by Her 
Majesty, that no Bill of which the said Expurgato 
List is the groundwork has as yet been prepared, 
although in an undated Report of 1854, made by 
Mr. Brickdale, the Commissioner to whom (First 
Report, page 109) “the task of careful revision by 
a fresh hand was assigned” by Mr. Bellenden Ker, 
the Chief Commissioner, the List itself has been 
certified to evince “the great familiarity of his two 
colleagues with the Statute Book,” and to cause him 
“to feel hardly any doubt that they had not entered 
as obsolete any Act which had in fact been repealed,” 
and although Mr. Bellenden Ker has reported it to 
be “a very laborious, useful, and valuable paper,” 
and to have shown their industry and familiarity with 
the Statute Book :—That it is the opinion of this 
House, that it would greatly conduce to the im- 
provement of the Statute Law of this Country, if the 
preparation of “a declaratory Bill, of which the 
said special and detailed Report shall form the ground- 
work,” were no longer to be delayed, and that such 
Bill ought to be forthwith prepared, for the purpose 
of being laid before Parliament ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right; 

‘The Noes to the Left. 

Tellers for the { Mr. Locke King, 

Yeas, LMr. Hadfield : 
Tellers for the ; Mr. Hayter, 
Noes, ) Mr. Grenville Berkeley : 
So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 


} 43, 
} 26 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- Army Com- 
posed, That this House will, To-morrow, resolve itself ™ssions. 


into a Committee, to consider of an humble Address 
to Her Majesty, praying that She will be graciously 
pleased to direct alterations to be made in the rules 
of the Military Service, to the effect that the Regula- 
tion value of the Commissions of Officers in the 
Army dying or having died in active service during 
the present war may be paid to their representatives, 
and deemed part of their personal estate, and to 
assure Her Majesty that this House will make good 
the same :—And the said Motion was, with leave of 
the House, withdrawn. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Justices of 


into a Committee on the Justices of Peace Qualifi- Peace Quali- 
Mr fication Bill. 


cation Bill; and, after some time spent therein, 
Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. FitzRoy re- 
= That the Committee had gone through the 
ill. 
Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration To-morrow. 








Statute Law 


The Order of the day being read, for the third Dwelling- 
Commission, 


reading of the Dwelling-houses (Scotland) Bill; rend) Bill. 
RR Ordered, , 


A Motion was made, and the Question being put, 
That, in the month of March 1853, a paid Com- 
Vor. 110. 














306 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time To- 


morrow. 


Ecclesiastical Ordered, That the Amendments made by the 





Courts Bill. Lords to the Ecclesiastical Courts Bill be taken into 
consideration To-morrow. 
~ age oe The Administration of Oaths Abroad Bill was 
probe ay read the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
Bill 178, time To-morrow ; and to be printed. 
County The County Palatine of Lancaster Trials Bill was 
— read the first time ; and ordered to be read a second 
Trials Bill. | time To-morrow ; and to be printed. 
Bill 179. And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 
Mercurii, 20° die Junii ; 
Anno 19° Victorie Regine, 1855. 
PRAYERS. 
Committees. RDERED, That all Committees have leave 
to sit this day, during the sitting of the House. 
Public Mr. Duncan reported from the Select Committee 
et ath on Public Petitions; That they had examined the 
epest. ) Petitions presented upon the 18th 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. 
Dublin, &amp;c. Mr. Wrightson reported from the Committee on 


Roads (No. 2) Group H. of Turnpike-road Bills ; That in the case 

_ of the Dublin, &amp;c. Roads (No. 2) Bill, they had 
examined the allegations contained in the Preamble 
of the Bill, and amended the same, by striking out 
the words “ these and” and the word “ other” from 
the Is. 15 and 16, the Committee having decided not 
to adopt in the entirety certain therein-recited recom- 
mendations made by Commissioners in the said Pre- 
amble mentioned ; 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. 


Dearness — The Dearness Valley Railway Bill was read the 
a third time; and Amendments were made to the 


Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Torquay Diss |The Order of the day being read, for resuming 
rnc the further Proceeding on the third reading of the 
, Torquay District Churches Bill:—The House re- 
sumed the said further Proceeding :—And Amend- 
ments were made to the Bill. 
Another Amendment was proposed to be made to 
the Bill, in p. 11,1. 9, by inserting, after the word 
“ Act,” the words “ or any other Act now in force.” 
And the Question being put, That those words be 
there inserted ; 
The House divided. 
The Yeas to the Right ; 
The Noes to the Left. 


Tellers for the {Lord Seymour, V9 
Yeas, (Viscount Ebrington: | Hess 

Tellers for the Mr. Paik, 1 49 
Noes, \Mr. Blackburn: J 


So it passed in the Negative. 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made to 
the Bill, in 1. 10, by inserting, after the word 
“ appropriating,” the words “ or using.” 

And the Question being proposed, That those 
words be there inserted: — The said proposed 
Amendment was, with leave of the House, with- 
drawn. 





19°—20° Junzz. 





A. 1855. 


Then other Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Gateshead 
the Gateshead and Hexham Roads Bill, as amended 4nd Hexham 
in the Committee. Roads Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to Dundalk 
take into consideration the Dundalk Harbour and eg and 
Port Bill, as amended in the Committee; and setceeaes 
Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The Cromarty Estate Bill was read the first time. Cromarty 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exa- =*tate Bill. 
miners of Petitions for Private Bills. 


Ordered, That the Examiner of Petitions for Pri- Huddersfield 
vate Bills have leave to sit and proceed, upon Friday oe 
next, on the Huddersfield Burial-ground Act Amend- ment Bill. 


ment Bill. 


Ordered, That the Examiner of Petitions for Pri- Ramsgate _ 
vate Bills have leave to sit and proceed, upon Friday 4*bour Bill 
next, on the Ramsgate Harbour Bill. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- Liverpool 
posed, That the Liverpool Docks Bill, and Birken- = en 
head ‘and Liverpool Docks (Trust Property of Bir- a ivaned 
kenhead Dock Trustees, &amp;c.) Bill, as amended, be Docks (Trust 
considered on Thursday, amended Prints having been td be 
deposited on Tuesday :—And the said Motion was, Dock Trus- 


with leave of the House, withdrawn. tees, &amp;c.) Bill. 


Petitions relating to Church Rates Abolition Bill ; Public 
—Marriage Law Amendment Bill ;—Maynooth Col- Petitions. 
lege Act;— Sunday Trading (Metropolis) Bill;— vige Forty- 
Licenses (Public-houses, &amp;c.) ;—Rating of Mines sixth Report. 
Bill ;—Assay Office (York, &amp;c.) Abolition Bill ;— 

Bills of Exchange Bill, and Bills of Exchange and 
Promissory Notes Bill ;—Education (Scot/and) Bill; 
—Factories ; — Free Schools Bill ; — Intoxicating 

Liquors ;—Public Health Bill ;—Sale of Beer Act 

(1854) ;—Secretary of State for Scotland ;— and, 

War with Russia,—were presented, and read; and 

ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That Sir Joshua Walmsley have leave Leave of 
of absence for a month, on account of ill health. Absence. 


The following Paper was laid upon the Table by Gold and 
the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, dated Silver Watch 
the 11th day of this instant June, fora Return of “~~ 

the Quantities of Gold and Silver Watch Cases 

marked at the following Halls, during the years 

1847 to 1855 inclusive; viz., London, Chester and 
Birmingham (in continuation of Parliamentary 

Papers, Nos. 465 and 522, of Session 1854). 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Militia, Militia. 
which was presented upon the Sth day of this in- No. 330. 


| stant June, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Poor Law Poor Law 
(Strath), which was presented upon the 19th day of (ae) 
this instant June, be printed. No, 329. 


The House, omer * to Order, resolved itself Marriage Law 
into a Committee on the Marriage Law Amendment ae 
Bill. 

(In the Committee.) 


Preamble postponed. 


Cuavusg, N° 1 (Repeal of statutory prohibition of 
marriage with a deceased wife’s sister or niece). 





Amendment 

















19 Vicrortiz. 


Amendment proposed, in p. 1, 1. 9: To leave out 
the words “is hereby,” and insert the words “ shall, 
“ from and after the passing of this Act, be.” 

Question put, That the words “is hereby ” stand 
part of the Clause ; 

The Committee divided. 


Tellers for the f Mr. Heywood, 1 


Yeas, UMr. Collier : j= 
Tellers for the (Sir Frederic Thesiger, 1 es 
Noes, { Mr. Napier : } Raaae 


Clause agreed to. 


Cuausg, N° 2 (Such marriages before the passing 
of this Act not to be void or voidable). 

Amendment proposed, in p. 1, Is. 10 and 11: To 
leave out the words “which has been or shall be 
‘* celebrated at any time or place whatever,” 

Question proposed, That the words proposed ‘to 
be left out, stand part of the Clause. 

Whereupon Motion made, and Question put 
That the Chairman do report Progress, and ask 
leave to sit again ; 

The Committee divided. 


Tellers for thef Mr. Robert Phillimore, 


Yeas, Sir Frederic Thesiger : 5 100. 
Tellers for the | Mr. Heywood, -_ 
Noes, Mr. Collier : ji24. 


Question put, That the words proposed to be left 
out, stand part of the Clause ; 
The Committee divided. 
Tellers for the { Mr. Heywood, } 193 
Yeas, Mr. Collier : : 
Tellers for the (Sir Frederic Thesiger, 1 ov 
Noes, Mr. Napier : YT 
Motion made, and Question put, That the Clause 
stand part of the Bill ; 
The Committee divided. 
Tellers for the fMr. Collier, 


Yeas, Mr. Heywood : hiss. 
Tellers for thes Mr. George Butt, 1 97 
Noes, { Mr Hildyard: _ 


Crausz, N° 3 (Excepted cases). 
To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; and Mr. Fitz Roy 
reported, That the Committee had made Progress 


90° Juniz. 





307 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Dwellings for 
mittee on the Dwellings for Labouring Classes (Jre- Labouring 
land) Bill ; ema 

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


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Carlisle 
mittee on the Carlis/e Canonries Bill; _ — 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Tuesday ~ 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Truck Act 
reading of the Truck Act Amendment Bill ; Amendment 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Wednesday the 4th day of July next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Jurors and 
reading of the Jurors and Juries (Zre/and) Bill ; —_ — 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon *™ 
Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Jurors and 
reading of the Jurors and Juries (Ireland) (No. 2) nates) 
Bill ; Bil. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Mortmain 
mittee on the Mortmain Bill; Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Tuesday 


next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Grand Juries Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Grand Juries 
Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Supply. 
mittee of Supply ; 

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


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Ways and 
mittee of Ways and Means; Means. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 





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 10th day of July next, again resolve 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 ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
os proposed, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 

air ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word “ That” to 
the end of the Question, in order to add the words 
““ this House will, upon this day week, resolve itself 
“« into the said Committee,” instead thereof. 

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

The Yeas to the Right ; 

The Noes to the Left. 


Tellers for the = Henry Keating, lias. 
Yeas, Sir John Shelley : J 
Tellers for the sMr. Vanee, L os 

Noes, (Mr. James M‘Gregor: J ; 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 


And the Question being again proposed, That 
Mr. Speaker do now leave the Chair:—And a 








Debate arising thereupon ; 

Ordered, That the Debate be adjourned till To- 
morrow. 

Vou. 110. 





The House, according to Order, proceeded to take Spirits (Ire- 
into consideration the Spirits (Ireland) Act Amend- a 
. ; : ent 
ment Bill, as amended in the Committee. Bill. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time To- 
morrow. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take Justices of 
into consideration the Justices of Peace Qualification — _ 
Bill, as amended in the Committee. Bill 180 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time To- “"" “°™" 


morrow ; and be printed. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third Dwelling- 
reading of the Dwelling-houses (Scotland) Bill ; end 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon 


Friday next. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take Ecclesiastical 
into consideration the Amendments made by the ©urts Bill. 
Lords to the Ecclesiastical Courts Bill; and thesame Bill 330. 
were read. 

Ordered, That the said Amendments be taken 
into further consideration upon Friday next; and be 
printed. 


The Administration of Oaths Abroad Bill was, Administra- 
according to Order, read a second time; and com- yo A 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for Fri- “"*™™ . 
day next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second County 
reading of the County Palatine of Lancaster Trials ¥tatine 
Bill : of Lancaster 

, Trials Bill. 


Ordered, 


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308 20°—21° Juniz. . A. 1855. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time To- 


morrow. 


Woollen, &amp;c. Resolved, That this House will, immediately, resolve 
1 itself into a Committee to consider of extending to 
“Scotland the Act to amend the Laws for the pre- 
vention of Frauds and Abuses by Persons employed 
in the Woollen, Worsted, Linen, Cotton, Flax, 
Mohair and Silk Hosiery Manufactures, and for the 
further securing the oa me of the Manufacturers 
and the Wages of the Workmen engaged therein : 
—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 Billi to 
extend to Scotland the Act to amend the Laws for 
the Prevention of Frauds and Abuses by Persons 
employed in the Woollen, Worsted, Linen, Cotton, 
Flax, Mohair and Silk Hosiery Manufactures, and 
for the further securing the Property of the Manu- 
facturers and the Wages of the Workmen engaged 
therein. 

Resolution to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Fitz Roy 
reported, That the Committee had come toa Re- 
solution. 

Ordered, That the Report be now received. 

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

That the Chairman be directed to move the House, 
That leave be given to bring in a Bill to extend to 
Scotland the Act to amend the Laws for the Pre- 
vention of Frauds and Abuses by Persons employed 
in the Woollen, Worsted, Linen, Cotton, Flax, 
Mohair and Silk Hosiery Manufactures, and for the 
further securing the Property of the Manufacturers 
and the Wages of the Workmen engaged therein :— 
And he moved the House accordingly. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in the Bill : 
And that Mr. FitzRoy, the Lord Advocate and 
Viscount Duncan do prepare, and bring it in. 


Dublin Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
Carriage Acts amend the Dublin Carriage Acts: And that Mr. 
sneme® Horsman and Mr. Attorney General for Jreland do 


prepare, and bring it in. 


Merchant The House was moved, That the Act 16 &amp; 17 
Shipping Act. Vic, ¢, 120, to amend and consolidate the Acts re- 
lating to Merchant Shipping, might be read; and 
the same being read ; 
Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, resolve 
itself into a Committee to consider the said Act. 


Bradford Mr. Barrow reported from the Committee on 
gy Group Q. of Private Bills; That in the case of the 
' Bradford Corporation Water Bill, they had examined 
the allegations contained in the Preamble of the 
Bill, a: made several verbal alterations therein ; 
and found the same, as amended, to be true; and 
had gone through the Bill, and made Amendments 
thereunto ; that in compliance with the Order of the 
House of the 7th May last, it had been proved before 
them, that the several requirements of 10 &amp; 11 Vic. 
. as have been complied with in respect of this 
ill. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table 


Woollen,&amp;c. Viscount Duncan presented a Bill to extend to 
(Scotland) Bill Scotland the Act toamend the Laws for the Pre- 
Bill 1g], Yention of Frauds and Abuses by Persons employed 
* in the Woollen, Worsted, Linen, Cotton, Flax, 
Mohair and Silk Hosiery Manufactures, and for the 
further securing the Property of the Manufacturers 
and the Wages of the Workmen engaged therein : 
And the same was read the first time ; and ordered 
to be read a second time upon Friday next; and to 
be printed. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 





Jovis, 21° die Junii : 
Anno 19° Victoria Regine, 1855. 
PRAYERS. 


(ORDERE D, That all Committees have leave 
| to sit this day, during the sitting of the House. 


Ordered, That the Huddersfield Burial-ground 
Act Amendment Bill be printed. 


Ordered, That the Ramsgate Harbour Bill be 
| printed. 


The Wadhurst and West Farleigh Roads Bill was 
read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 


Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The West Bromwich Improvement Bill was read 
the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Keighley and Kendal Road 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 Minutes of the Evidence taken 
before the Committee on the Dublin, &amp;c. Roads 
(No. 2). Bill be laid before this House. 


Petitions relating to Cambridge University Bill; 
—Church Rates ;— Maynooth College Act ;—Sunday 
Trading (Metropolis) Bil ;—Rating of Mines Bill ; 
—Wine and Spirit Licenses ;—Assay Offices ( York, 
&amp;c.) Abolition Bill ;—British Spirits ;—Education 
(Scotland) Bill ;—Intoxicating Liquors ;—Landlord 
and Tenant (Jreland) ;—Public Health Bill ;—Pub- 
lic-houses (Scotland) Act ;—Sale of Beer Act (1854) ; 
and, Testamentary Jurisdiction Bill,—were presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


into a Committee on 
nagement Bill. 


(In the Committee.) 


Cravuse, N° 124, amended, and agreed to. 

Curavse, N* 125, postponed. 

Curauses, N° 126 to N° 157, with Amendments to 
several of them, agreed to. 


Cuiavuse, N° 158 (Power to Metropolitan Board 
of Works to make bye-laws). 
To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 


e Metropolis Local Ma- 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Fitz Roy 
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 Tuesday 
next, at Twelve o'clock, again resolve itself into the 
said Committee. - 

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Mr. Solicitor General for ZJreland presented a Bill Dublin 
to amend the Dublin Carriage Acts : And the same © Acts 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a fy 


second time upon Monday next ; and to be printed. pi) yg9, 


Committees. 


Huddersfield 
Burial-ground 
Act Amend. 
ment Bill. 


Bill 184. 


Ramsgate 
Harbour Bill. 


Bill 185. 


Wadhurst and 
West Farleigh 
Roads Bill. 


West Brom- 
wich Improve- 
ment Bill. 


Keighley 
and Kendal 
oad Bi 


Dublin, &amp;c. 
Roads (No. 2) 
Bill. 


Public 
Petitions. 


Vide Forty- 
seventh Re- 
port. 


The House, oyna | to Order, resolved itself Metropolis 


Local Manage- 
ment Bill. 


fan rr ~~, 


ped eed be 


“~iee b e 








New River 
Company and 


Trustees of the 


River Lee 
(No. 2) Bill. 


Fisheries 
(British 
Islands and 
France) Bill. 


Kneller Hall. 


Loan. 
No. 331. 


Coroners’ 
Inquests 
(Ireland.) 


No. 332. 


New Palace 


(Westminster.) Palace 


No. 333. 


Gold and 
Silver Watch 
Cases. 


No. 334. 


Highland 
Roads and 
Bridges. 


Income Tax. 


Epiecopal 

and Capitular 
Revenues 
(Durham. ) 


Established 
Church 
(Ireland) 





19 Vicroriz. 


Mr. Barrow reported from the Committee on 
Group Q. of Private Bills; That in the case of the 
New River Company, and Trustees of the River 
Lee (No. 2) Bill, they had examined the allegations 
contained in the Preamble of the Bill, and amended 
the same, by specifically naming certain Companies 
therein referred to, in consequence of the East Lon- 
don Waterworks Company having come into the ar- 
rangements sanctioned by the Bill, and which were 
otherwise only permissive to the Company; and by 
making several clerical alterations 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. 





The Order of the day being read, for the Com-| 
mittee on the Fisheries (British Islands and France) | 
Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday | 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 

Sir George Grey presented, by Her Majesty’s , 
Command,—Copy of Minute of the 12th day of| 
May 1855, a Kneller Hall, by the Lords 
of the Committee of Her Majesty’s Most honourable 
Privy Council on Education. 

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

Ordered, That the Return relative to the Loan, | 
which was presented upon the 18th day of this in-| 
stant June, be printed. | 


Ordered, That an Abstract of the Return relative | 
to Coroners’ Inquests (Zreland), which was pre- 
sented upon the 11th day of this instant June, be’ 
printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the New 
( Westminster), which was presented upon the 
19th day of this instant June, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Gold and 
Silver Watch Cases, which was presented upon the 
20th day of this instant June, be printed. 


The following Paper, pursuant to the directions 
of an Act of Parliament, was laid upon the Table 
by the Clerk of the House,—Forty-first Report of 
the Commissioners of Highland Roads and Bridges 
in Scotland. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 


Return of the Amounts paid to Persons who receive 
Poundage by way of Remuneration for their Ser- 
vices under the Income Tax in England, where such 
Poundage amounts to £.200 in the year and up- 
wards ; showing the Amount of Poundage paid to 
each Person for the year ended the 5th day of April 
1854, and the Rate and Amount which shall have 
been paid to them for the year ended the 5th day 
of April 1855, as soon as such latter Amount shall 
be ascertained. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of all Monies received by the Ecclesiastical 
Commissioners for England from the Episcopal and 
Capitular Revenues of the Diocese of Durham, from 
the year 1836 to the end of 1854; including all 
Sums paid over to the said Commissioners from the 
Revenues of the See on account of the Maltby Fund, 
since its first Establishment. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return for the years ending the 20th day. of March 
1854-55, of the several Classes of Deductions, 


Abatements and Allowances made to the Bishops 
and Clergy of the Established Church in Ireland, 
out of their Ecclesiastical Incomes and Profits, in 
estimating the Amount for which they would be 
respectively chargeable to Income Tax. 


21° Juniz. 


309 


Mr. Horsman presented,—Return to an Order, tncumbered 
dated the 7th day of this instant June, for a Return Estates Court 
of the Names of all Officers or Clerks appointed (elnd-) 
within the last Six months to any Office in the 
Incumbered Estates Court (Jreland), and of the 
Salaries of such Officers or Clerks, and of the re- 
spective Duties of their Appointments ; and of the 
Authority by virtue of which such Appointments 
were made. 

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


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented National 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased Gallery, &amp;c. 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Returns of the Number of Visitors admitted 
to the National Gallery for each year, from 1846 to 
1854 inclusive:—Of the Number of Students for 
each of the above years :—Of the Number of Cata- 
logues printed, Number sold, Cost of Paper and 
Printing, and Sum realised by their Sale in each 

ear :—Of the Number of Visitors admitted to the 

oyal Academy in each year, from 1846 to 1854 
inclusive, and of the Sum realised by such Admis- 
sions:—Of the Number of Catalogues printed, 
Number sold, Cost of Paper and Printing, and Sum 
realised by their Sale in each year:—And, Copy 
of the Rules and Days of Admission to the National 
Gallery and the Royal Academy. 

Ordered, That 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 County Courts- 
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 Judgments re- 
gistered in the Central Registry of County Court 
| Judgments established under the Provisions of the 
| Act 15 &amp; 16 Vic. c. 54; the Number of Searches 
_made; the Aggregate Amount of Fees charged for 
‘Inspection ; together with the Amount of Salar 
| paid to the Registrar, and to any subordinate Clerk. 
| Ordered, That 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 Come Victoria 

| mittee on the Victoria Government Bill ; Government 
| Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 


‘next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- New South 
mittee on the Wew South Wales Government Bill; Wales Govern- 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday ™ 3# 

next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Waste Lands 
mittee on the Waste Lands (Australia) Acts Repeal (Australia) 
Bill ; oo 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday ~ 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Roman 
reading of the Roman Catholic Charities Bill ; Catholic 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time ©®#rities Bill. 
upon Friday the 29th day of this instant June. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Assay Offices 
mittee on the Assay Offices (York, &amp;c.) Abolition (York, &amp;c.} | 
Bill; Abolition Bill. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Tenants’ 
into a Committee on the Tenants’ Improvements Improvements 
Compensation (Jreland) Bill. Compensation 


(Ireland) Bill. 
(In the Committee.) 


Curavusg, N* 4 (Reclaiming waste lands, &amp;c.) 
Amendment again proposed, in p. 5, ls. 6 and 7: 
To leave out the words “ the reclaiming of waste 





Vou. 110. 


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310 21° —22° Junie. 


“ lands, or cut out bog ground, by converting the 
“* same into arable or pasture land.” 
Question put, That the words proposed to be left 
out stand part of the Clause ; 
The Committee divided. 


Tellers for the i Serjeant Shee, Lay 
Yeas, Mr. French : , 
Tellers for the ; Mr. Hayter, 93 
Noes, \Mr. Grenville Berkeley: ; 


Another Amendment proposed: After |. 5, to 
insert the words “the main draining or thorough 
“‘ draining of land, or the improvement of it by 
“ irrigation.” 

Question put, That those words be there inserted ; 

The Committee divided. 

Tellers for thef Mr. Serjeant Shee, lL a 

Yeas, UMr. French : | aaa 

Tellers for the; Mr. Hayter, lio 

Noes, (Mr. Grenville Berkeley: f° 

Another Amendment proposed : After |. 5, to insert 
the words “ the durable improvement of land by 
“ clearing away rocks and stones.” 

Question put, That those words be there inserted ; 

The Committee divided. 

Tellers for thes Mr. Serjeant Shee, i 

Yeas, (Mr, French : J 

Tellers for the (Mr. Hayter, Ine 

Noes, \Mr. Grenville Berkeley: J°°~ 

Another Amendment proposed: After |. 9, to in- 
sert the words “ the planting of any timber trees 
“ within the meaning of the Acts now in force in 
“ Ireland relative to timber trees.” 

Question proposed, That those words be there 
inserted :—Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 

Another Amendment proposed, in p. 5, |. 13: 
After the words “ in respect” to insert the words 
“ to parties holding under leases or agreements in 
writing during their continuance, save in accord- 
“ance with the provisions thereof, or by mutual 
“ consent.” 

Amendment proposed to the proposed Amend- 
ment: After the words “ in writing” to insert the 
words “ existing at the time of the passing of this 
* Act.” 

Question, That those words be inserted in the 
proposed Amendment put, and agreed to. 

Question put, That the words, so amended, be 
there inserted ; 

The Committee divided. 

Tellers for thef Mr. George, - 

Yeas, Mr. Seymour Fitzgerald: J " 

Tellers for the; Mr. Hayter, a 

Noes, { Mr. Grenville Berkeley : aaa 

Another Amendment proposed, in p. 5, 1. 15: 
After the words “ like improvements” to insert the 
words “ or in any case + a special agreement, 
“« in writing, with respect to the same, or the costs 
“« thereof, or the property therein, shall have been 
“made by the landlord and tenant respectively, 
“* otherwise than in accordance with sath special 
“‘ agreement.” 

Question proposed, That those words be there 
inserted :—Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 

Another Amendment proposed, in p. 5, 1. 18: Af- 
ter the word “ tenancy” to insert the words “ nor in 
“ consideration whereof any reduction or abatement 
of rent shall have been made or allowed.” 

Question, That those words be there inserted :— 
Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 

Another Amendment proposed, in p. 5, 1. 18: 
After the word “ case” to insert the words “ where 
“ Jands are held under or by virtue of a lease where 
“ Jess than the full annual value of the land is re- 
* served, nor in any case.” 

Question put, That those words be there inserted ; 

The Committee divided. 

Tellers for thef Mr. Seymour Fitzgerald, | 


44. 


a 





99. 


_ 


“ 


Yeas, Colonel Dunne : sf 85- 
Tellers for the) Mr. Hayter, 1 
Noes, Mr. Grenville Berkeley : nee 








A. 1855. 


Motion made, and Question put, That the Chair- 
man do report Progress, and ask leave to sit again ; 
The Committee divided. , 


Tellers for the ; Colonel Dunne, 1 43 
Yeas, \Mr. Malins: Pee 
Tellers for the; Mr. Hayter, Lisa 
Noes, \Mr. Grenville Berkeley: J 


Another Amendment proposed, in p. 5, 1. 35: To 
leave out from the word “ slates” to the word “ un- 
“ less” in 1. 42, in order to insert the word “ nor.” 

Question, That the words proposed to be left 
out stand part of the Clause——put, and agreed to. 

Clause, as amended, agreed to. 

To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 





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


Veneris, 22° die Junii, 1855: 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; and Mr. Fitz Roy 
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 Tuesday 
next, again resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third Burial- _ 
reading of the Burial-grounds (Scotland) Bill; fea) Bi 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time ; 

this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- I.unatic 


H j , Asylums 
mittee on the Lunatic Asylums (Ireland) (Advances) (inoland) 


Bill; Ireland 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday i hinaaed 


next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Insolvency and 
mittee on the Insolvency and Bankruptcy (Scotland) Bankruptcy 
Bill ; (Scotland) Bill. 

A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That this House do now adjourn:—And the 
said Motion was, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third Public 
reading of the Public Libraries and Museums Bill; Libraries and 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time this ““**™s &gt;" 
day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Grand Jury 
reading of the Grand Jury Assessments (Ireland) Assessments 
Bill . a (Ireland) Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Ordnance 
reading of the Ordnance Board Bill ; Board Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Absconding 
consideration the Absconding Debtors (Jreland) Debtors 
Bill, as amended in the Committee ; (iecead) Ses. 

Ordered, That the Bill be taken into consideration 
this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third Railways - 
reading of the Railways (Jreland) Bill; (Ireland) Bill 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time this 
day. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Merchant 
into a Committee on the Merchant Shipping Act. Shipping. 


(In the Committee.) 


Resolved, That the Chairman be directed to move Merchant 
the House, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to Shipping Act 
. . facilitate Amendment. 








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Court of 
Exchequer 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Acts of 
Parliament 
Amending 
Bill. 


Bills of Ex- 
change and 
Promissory 
Notes Bill. 


Dwellings for 
Labouring 


Classes 
(Ireland) Bill 


Bill 186. 


19 VictroriZ. 


facilitate the Erection-and Maintenance of Colonial 
Lighthouses, and otherwise to amend the Merchant 
Shipping Act, 1854. 

Resolution to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Fitz Roy 
reported, That the Committee had come to a Re- 
solution. 

Ordered, That the Report be now received. — 

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

That the Chairman be directed to move the House, 
That leave be given to bring in a Bill to facilitate 
the Erection and Maintenance of Colonial Light- 
houses, and otherwise to amend the Merchant Ship- 
ping Act, 1854:—And he moved the House ac- 
cordingly. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in the Bill: 
And that Mr. Fitz Roy, Mr. Bouverie and Sir George 
Grey do prepare, and bring it in. 


2 1°—22° Suniz. 





‘ | 
The House, according to Order, resolved itself 


. “ 
into a Committee on the Court of Exchequer (/re- ' 


land) Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. | 
Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Fitz Roy | 
reported, That the Committee had gone through the | 
Bill. | 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- | 
mittee, be taken into consideration upon Monday | 
next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second | 


reading of the Acts of Parliament Amending Bill; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Tuesday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming 
the adjourned Debate on the Question proposed 
upon the 20th day of this instant June, “ That Mr. 
Speaker do now leave the Chair” (for Committee on 
the Bills of Exchange and Promissory Notes Bill); 

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 House accordingly resolved 
itself into the Committee. 


(In the Committee.) 


Preamble postponed. 

Cuiavuse, N° 1 (In actions commenced under this 
Act, if the Defendant do not obtain leave of the 
Court or a Judge to appear, the Plaintiff may sign 
Judgment). 

To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; and Mr. Fitz Roy 
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 Dwellings for Labouring Classes ( /re- 
land) 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 

itse into the said Committee,” instead thereof. 

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

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 

Vou. 110. 








311 


Chair :— The House accordingly resolved itself into 
the Committee ; and, after some time spent therein, 
Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Fitz Roy 
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 Spirits (Ireland) Act Amendment Bill was, Spirits 


according to Order, read the third time. pr ao 
An Amendment was proposed to be made to the Bill, 


Bill, in p. 2, 1. 32, by leaving out the words “ Pro- 
“ vided that,” and inserting the words “ Provided 
also, That if the non-attendance of Magistrates at 
any Petty Sessions shall have prevented a bond 
fide application from being entertained, or an order 
made thereon before the expiration of any License, 
it shall be lawful in such case for the proper Officer 
of Excise, at his discretion, to continue such 
License for the year next ensuing, upon the certifi- 
cate of the District Inspector of Police, or, if in 
Dublin, upon alike certificate of a Commissioner 
of Police, but,” instead thereof. 

And the Question being put, That the words 
Provided that”’ stand part of the Bill; 
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. Vincent Scully, } 16 
Noes,  \Mr. Bland: ' 
So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


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The Order of the day being read, for the third Justices of 
reading of the Justices of Peace Qualification Bill; Peace om 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon —_— 


Monday next. 


The County Palatine of Lancaster Trials Bill was, 
according to Order, read a second time; and com- 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for Fri- 
day next. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming the 
adjourned Debate on the Main Question as amended, 
proposed upon the 18th day of this instant June, 
relative to Administrative Reform; viz. That this 
House recommends to the earliest attention of Her 
Majesty’s Ministers the necessity of a careful revision 
of our various Official Establishments, with a view 
to simplify and facilitate the transaction of public 
business, and, by instituting judicious tests of merit, 
as well as by removing obstructions to its fair pro- 
motion and legitimate rewards, to secure to the ser- 


vice of the State the largest available proportion of 


the energy and intelligence for which the people of 
this Country are distinguished ; 

And the Question being again proposed :—The 
House resumed the said adjourned Debate. 

Then the Main Question, so amended, being put ; 

Resolved, That this House recommends to the 
earliest attention of Her Majesty’s Ministers the 
necessity of a careful revision of our various Official 
Establishments, with a view to simplify and facilitate 
the transaction of public business, and, by instituting 
judicious tests of merit, as well as by removing 
obstructions to its fair promotion and legitimate 
rewards, to secure to the service of the State the 
largest available proportion of the energy and in- 
telligence for which the people of this Country are 
distinguished. 


The Order for resuming, this day, the adjourned 
Deb ite oathe Amendm ent which, upon the 26th 
RR4+ 


day 


County 
Palatine of 
Lancaster 
Trials Bill. 


Administra- 
tive Refurm. 


Testamentary 
Jurisdiction 








Message from 
the Lords. 


Pedder’s 
Divorce Bill 


Pedder’s 
Divorce Bill. 


Medical 
Profession. 


Haileybury 
College. 


Indemnity. 


Stock in 
Trade. 


Birkenhead 
and Live 1 
Docks Bill. 


Sas 


Haileybury 
College Bill. 


Bill 187. 


Merchant 
Shipping Act 
Amendment 
Bill. 


Bill 188. 


Excise Duties 
Bill. 











312 


day of April last, was proposed to be made to the 
Question, That the Testamentary Jurisdiction Bill 
be now read a second time, was read, and discharged. 

Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 
till Friday next. 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That a Mes- 
sage had been brought from the Lords, by one of 
their Clerks, as followeth : 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 
to dissolve the Marriage of Henry Newsham Pedder, 
Esquire, with Emma Pedder his now wife, and to 
enable him to marry again, and for other purposes ; 
to which the Lords desire the concurrence of this 
House. 


Pedder’s Divorce Bill was read the first time; 
and ordered to be read a second time. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
alter and amend the Laws regulating the Medical 
Profession: And that Mr. Headlam, Mr. Brady, and 
Mr. Craufurd do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
relieve the East India Company from the obligation 
to maintain the College at Haileybury: And that 
Mr. Vernon Smith and Mr. Danby Seymour do pre- 
pare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
indemnify such Persons in the United Kingdom as 
have omitted to qualify themselves for Offices and 
Employments, and to extend the Time limited for 
those purposes respectively: And that Mr. Cowper 
and Sir George Grey 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. Cowper and Sir George Grey do prepare, and 
bring it in. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Copy of any Communication from the Board of 
Trade to the Right honourable Henry Labouchere, 
respecting the Birkenhead and Liverpool Docks Bill. 

Mr. Bouverie accordingly presented the said Paper. 

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


Mr. Vernon Smith presented a Bill to relieve the 
East India Company trom the obligation to maintain 
the College at Haileybury: And the same was read 
the first time; and ordered to be read a second time 
upon Monday next; and to be printed. 


Mr. Bouverie presented a Bill to facilitate the 
Erection and Maintenance of Colonial Lighthouses, 
and otherwise to amend the Merchant Shipping Act, 
1854: And the same was read the first time; and 
ordered to be read a second time upon Monday 
next ; and to be printed. 


The Order for reading a second time, this day, the 
Excise Duties Bill, was read, and discharged. 

Ordered, ‘That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 


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


21°—22° Juniz. 





A. 1855. 























































Veneris, 22° die Junii ; 
Anno 19° Victoria Regine, 1855. 


PRAYERS. 
M® Bonham Carter reported from the Select Public 
Committee on Public Petitions; That they Petitions 
had examined the Petitions presented upon the 19 =e 
and 20th 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 House proceeded to take into consideration Glasgow and 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Glas- SouthWestern 
gow and South Western Railway Bill; and the eden 
same were twice read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the Amendments made by their Lordships. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Great North- 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Great ¢™ Railway 
Northern Railway (Increase of Capital) Bill; and Capital) Dill 
the same were twice read, and, with an Amendment 
to one of them, agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Clerk 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. 


Ordered, That the Amendment made by the International 
Lords to the International Life Assurance Society LifeAssurance 
Bill be taken into consideration upon Monday next. — 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Newcastle- 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the New- oe 
castle-upon-7yne Improvements Bill; and the same ee 
were twice read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
— to the Amendments made by their Lord- 
ships. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Newton in 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Newton Mackerfield 
in Mackerfield Improvement Bill; and the same crea, 
were twice read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
_ to the Resins made by their Lord- 
ships. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration gouth Wales 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the South Railway 
Wales Railway (Consolidation) Bill; and the same ea) Bi 
were twice read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Clerk 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 the short Title of the London and London and 
Brassington Road Bill, as first entered in the Votes, Le 
be changed to “ Cavendish Bridge and Hulland - 
Ward Road Bill.” 


The Cavendish Bridge and Hulland Ward Road Cavendish 


Bill was read the third time. Bellon oad 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. Roa 4 Bill. 


Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Wisbech Port Bill was read the third time. 
Resolved, that the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 


Wisbech Port 
Bill. 





Lords, and desire their concurrence. 
The 








19 Vicroriz. 


Fast of Fife The Order of the day being read, for the third 
Railway Bill. reading of the East of Fife Railway Bill ; 

And a Motion being made, That the Bill be now 
read the third time ; 

Mr. FitzRoy, 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 the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Barrow The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Harbour Bill. the Barrow Harbour Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee; and an Amendment was made to the Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


29° Juniz. 





—_— The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Railway Bill. the 2urness Railway Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee ; and Amendments were made to the Bill. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Ordered, That the Westminster Terminus Rail- 
way (Clapham to Norwood) Bill, as amended in the 
Committee, be taken into consideration upon Mon- 
day next. 


Westminster 
Terminus 
Railway 
(Clapham to 
Norwood) Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
Toren tees reading of the Southampton Paving Trust (Saint 
(Saint Pan- Pancras) Bill; 
aoe. Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 
Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


Huddersficla Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 
Burial-ground one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, 


ActAmend- jn respect of non-compliance with the Standing 
ment Bill, ~~ Orders in the case of the Huddersfield Burial-ground 
Act Amendment Bill. 
Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Select 
Committee on Standing Orders. 
Ramsgate Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 


Harbour Bill. one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, 
in respect of non-compliance with the Standing 
Orders in the case of the Ramsgate Harbour Bill. 
Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Se- 
lect Committee on Standing Orders. 


~ 


Wem and The Order, That the Report on the Wem and 
Bronygarth Bronygarth Road Bill do lie upon the Table, was 
a 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, at One o'clock. 

AirdrieRural Mr. Barrow reported from the Committee on 


District Police Group Q. of Private Bills; That in the case of the 

(No. 2) Bill. Airdrie Rural District Police (No. 2) Bill, they 
had examined the allegations contained in the Pre- 
amble of the Bill, and made some verbal alterations 
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. 


Marriage Law _. !he Order for the House to resolve itself into a 


Amendment Committee, upon Tuesday the 10th day of July 
Bill. next, on the Marriage Law Amendment Bill, was 
read, and discharged. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
the 25th day of July next, resolve itself into the 
said Committee. 

Standing Colonel Wilson Patten reported from the Select 
Orders, Committee on Standing Orders, a Resolution; 


which was read, as followeth: 
VoL. 110. 











313 


That in the case of the South Shields Parochial South Shields 
Districts Bill, the Standing Orders ought to be dis- ae aren 
pensed with ; that the Parties be permitted to pro-~ : 
ceed with their Bill, provided that Notice be given 
to the Dean and Chapter of Durham and the Eccle- 
siastical Commissioners; and also that Notice of 
the purport of the said Bill be published once in the 
London Gazette and a Local Newspaper; that the 
Committee on the Bill do report how far such 
Order shall have been complied with on the Report 
of the Bill. 

The said Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 


Mr. Fitz Roy reported from the Committee on the Connaught 
Connaught Mining Company Bill; That they had Mining Bill 
examined the allegations contained in the Preamble a 
of the Bill, and amended the same, by substituting 
Thirty thousand pounds as the Capital of the Com- 
pany, instead of Twenty thousand pounds; 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 Colonial 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased Lights. 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Copy of the Correspondence between the 
Admiralty, the Board of Trade and the Colonial 
Office, respecting Colonial Lights. 

Ordered, That 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, Income Tax 
a Return of the Names of the several Persons em- Collectors 
ployed in the Collection of Income Tax in the City TS) 
of London, during the year ending the 5th day of 
April 1855; the Amount of Salaries or other Allow- 
ances received or receivable, as far as can be now 
ascertained, by each; also stating whether any and 
which of such Persons are occupied in other Duties, 
or are in Business. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Assay Offices 
Copies of a Minute of the Wardens of the Gold- (£xeter, &amp;c.) 
smiths’ Company, submitted to the consideration of 
the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with a Memorial 
from the Manufacturers of Silver Spoons and Forks 
in London, dated the 6th day of November 1849, 
calling attention to the Mismanagement of the 
Country Halls:—Of a Minute of the Board of 
Inland Revenue, dated the 14th day of April 1851 : 
—Of so much of a Report of the Inspector General 
of Stamps and Taxes, dated the 11th day of De- 
cember 1851, as relates to the Assaying and Marking 
of Gold and Silver Plate at Exeter, Newcastle, 
Chester and York, and his Observations thereon :— 
Extracts of a Report made by Mr. Garrad, the 
Prime Warden of the Goldsmiths’ Company of 
London, and Mr. Johnson, one of the Wardens of 
the said Company, on the same subject :—Copies of 
a Letter addressed to the Board of Inland Revenue 
by the Goldsmiths’ Company, dated the 9th day of 
December 1853 :—Of the Board’s Minute thereon ; 
together with a Report from the Commissioners of 
Inland Revenue, addressed to the Board of Treasury, 
dated the 18th day of February 1854, suggesting 
the Abolition of the Assay Offices at Exeter, Chester, 
York and Newcastle :—And, Account showing the 
Number of Ounces of Gold and Silver Plate respec- 
tively assayed at each of the said Offices for each of 
the last Five years, and the Amount of Duty received 
thereon and accounted for to the Revenue. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, an Revenue 
Abstract of the Net Produce of the Revenue of (eland.) 
Ireland paid into the Exchequer, in the year ended 
the 5th day of January 1855 :—Accounts of the Net 
Public 


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$14 22° Junit. 


Public Income and Expenditure of Ireland, for the 
year ended the 5th day of January 1855, 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 District of Jreland, in the year ended 
the 5th day of January 1855:—Of the Amount of 
Duties of Customs of the Revenue Districts of Jre- 
land, in the year ended the 5th day of January 1855: 
—Of the Amount of Stamp Duties collected in 
Dublin, and in each Stamp District of Jre/and, in 
the year ended the 5th day of January 1855 :—Of 
the Amount of Postage collected in each County of 
Ireland, in the year ended the 5th day of January 
1855 :—Statement showing the Quantities of the 
following Articles retained for Home Consumption 
in Jreland, in the year ended the 5th day of January 
1855, 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, Statement showing the 
Quantities of the following Articles exported from 
Ireland, in the year ended the 5th day of January 
1855, 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, Oatmeal, 
Trish Spirits, Linen Manufactures, Linen Yarn and 
Cotton Manufactures (in continuation of Parliament- 
ary Paper, No. 400, of Session 1854). 


Coal Mines The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 


-—_ mittee on the Coal Mines Inspection Bill; 
se Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 
Metropolitan Sir William Molesworth reported from the Select 


Buildings Bill. Committee on the Metropolitan Buildings Bill; That 
Bill 189. they had gone through the Bill, and made Amend- 
ments thereunto. 
Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 
Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a Com- 
mittee of the whole House, for Thursday next. 


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


Adjournment. 


Education Mr. Cowper presented,— Return to an Address to 
(Scotland) Bill. Her Majesty, dated the 18th day of this instant 
June, for Copy of Correspondence between Bishop 
Gillies and the Lord President of the Council, on 
the subject of the Lord Advocate’s Education (Scot- 
land) Bill. 
Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
Table. 


The following Paper, pursuant to Order, was 
laid upon the Table by the Clerk of the House,— 
Minutes of the Evidence taken before the Committee 
on the Dublin, &amp;c. Roads Bill. 


Dublin, &amp;c. 
Roads Bill. 


Metropolitan The following Papers were also laid upon the Table 
ne by the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, 
cts. - 


dated the 3d day of May last, for Copies of any 
Reports or Papers by a Committee of Professional 
Persons appointed to revise the Metropolitan Build- 
ings Acts by the Earl of Carlisle, when First Com- 
missioner of Works and Buildings, in 1848 and 1849. 
Return to an Order, dated the 15th day of May 
last, for an Account of all Houses in charge of the 
Department of Works, formerly Private Dwelling- 
houses, occupied for the Public Service in London 
and Westminster, distinguishing those which are 
Crown Property and those which are Private Pro- 
perty, and the Rents payable by Government for the 
latter. 
British The following Paper, pursuant to the directions of 
Fisheries. an Act of Parliament, was also laid upon the Table 
by the Clerk of the House,—Copy of Report by the 


Houses (Public 
Service. ) 














A. 1855. 


Commissioners for the British Fisheries of their 
Proceedings, in the year ended 5th January 1855, 
being Fishing, 1854. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Land Tax indi) 
(India), which was presented upon the 26th day of ( No. 336 
February last, be printed. mines 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to Highland Highland 
‘ : . : oads and 
Roads and Bridges, which was presented upon the Bridges, 
21st day of this instant June, be printed. No. 337. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to the Birken- | ee . 
head and Liverpool Docks Bill, which was presented jocks Bik 


upon the 21st day of this instant June, be printed. No. 335. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to Kneller Hall, Kneller a 
which was presented upon the 21st day of this in- No 338. 
stant June, be printed. 


Petitions relating to Cambridge University Bill ;— — 
Church Rates Abolition Bill;—Dissenters’ Marriages» “"“°™* 
Bill ;—Marriage Law Amendment Bill ;— 1/aynooth Vide Forty- 
College Act ;— Mortmain ;—Public-houses ;—Sun- seventh Re- 
day Trading (Metropolis) Bill ;—Licenses (Public- _ 
houses), &amp;c. ;—-Wine and Spirit Licenses ;—Billet- 
ing Soldiers (Scotland) ;— British Spirits ;— Brixton 
Prison ;— Education (Scotland) Bill;—Free Schools 
Bill;—Insolvency and Bankruptcy (Scotland) Bill; 
—Intoxicating Liquors ;—Limited Liability Bill ;— 
Partnership Amendment Bill ;—Piers and Harbours 
(Scotland) Bill; — Public Health Bill; — Public- 
houses (Scotland) Act ;—Sale of Beer Act (1854); 
—Schools (Scotland) Bill ;—Secretary of State for 
Scotland ;—Tenants’ Improvements Compensation 
(Jreland) Bill; and, War with Russia,—were pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That a Mes- Message from 
sage had been brought from the Lords, by one of the Lords. 
their Clerks, as followeth : 

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 Continu- 
ance Bill. 
ulie Charlbury, 
The Lords have agreed to the Charlbury, Witney, Witney, Ke. 


&amp;c. Road Bill, without any Amendment: And also, poaa Bil. 


The Lords have agreed to the Lyme Regis Roads Lyme Regis 
Bill, without any Amendment: And also, Roads Bill. 

The Lords have agreed to the Newtown and Os- Howtowa ' 

i ; } . an wes 
— Railway Bill, without any Amendment: And Ralleey Bie 

The Lords have agreed to the Cinque Ports Bill, Cinque Ports 
with Amendments ; to which Amendments the Lords Bil. 
desire the concurrence of this House: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Electric Telegraph Electric 
Company Bill, with an Amendment; to which deeereph 
Amendment the Lords desire the concurrence of this” 
House: And also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Leases and 
to facilitate Leases and Sales of Settled Estates; to — of Settled 
: : * . Estates Bill. 
which the Lords desire the concurrence of this 

House: And also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Hammond’s 
for enabling Leases, Sales, Repairs and Improve - = Bill. 
ments to be made of the Estates of James Walthall 
Hammond, Esquire, deceased, and for other pur- 
poses, the short Title of which is “ Hammond's Es- 
tate Act, 1855;” to which the Lords desire the 
concurrence of this House. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Education 
into a Committee on the Education (Scotland) Bill. a 


(In the Committee.) 


Crauss, N° 1 (Board of Education established). 
Question put, That the Clause, as amended, stand 
part of the Bill; 
The 








19 Vicroriz. 
The Committee divided. as 





Tellers for the fMr. Hayter, 1101 
Yeas, Mr. Grenville Berkeley : | 
Tellers for the (Mr. Blackburn, 1 5 
Noes, LMr. Scott: yaaa 


Cravse, N°2 (Business of Board to be transacted 
at Edinburgh). 


99° 93° Juni. 


&gt; 


ment: To leave out “ Forty pounds,” in order to 
insert “ Fifty pounds.” 
Question, That “ Forty pounds” stand part’ of 
the proposed Amendment——put, and agreed to. 
Amendment agreed to. 


Another Amendment proposed, at the end of the 





Amendment proposed, at the end of the Clause : 
To add the words “ Provided, That after the passing 
“ of this Act, all grants of money by the Committee | 


‘* of Council for the purpose of Education in Scot- | ; 


*€ land shall cease and determine.” 
Question, That those words be there added 
put, and negatived. 
Clause agreed to. 
Criavuse, N° 3, amended, and agreed to, 
Crause, N° 4 (Powers of the Board). 
Amendment proposed, in p. 3, 1. 33: After the 
word “ such” to insert the word “ general.” 
Question, That the word “general” be there in- 
serted put, and negatived. 
Another Amendment proposed, in p. 3, 1. 36: To 
leave out the words “ religious and.” 
Question put, That the words “ religious and” 
stand part of the Clause ; 
hus. 








The Committee divided. 


Tellers for the {Mr. Hayter, 


Yeas, LMr Grenville Berkeley : 
Tellers for the (Mr. Eliot Lockhart, } 77 
Noes, Mr. Blackburne : : 


Clause agreed to. 

Cravuse, N° 5, amended, and agreed to. 
Cuavse, N° 6, agreed to. 

Cxavuses, N° 7 to N° 9, amended, and agreed to. 


v5 


ause: To add the following words: “ Provided al- 
ways, That where any Parochial Schoolmaster 
within the counties of Aberdeen, Banff and Moray 
may be allowed to retire as above, he shall con- 
tinue to retain unimpaired his rights in connexion 
with, and his interest in, the bequest of the late 
James Dick, and shall, notwithstanding his retire- 
ment, be entitled to receive annually during his 
life such allowance as may be granted to him by 
the Trustees of the said bequest.” 
Question proposed, That those words be there 

added :—Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 

Clause, as amended, agreed to. 

Cuiauss, N° 12, agreed to. 

CravusE, N° 13 (Minister and heritors of parish 
to form School Committee of Parish School). 

Amendment proposed, in p. 6, 1. 36: After the 
words “ who shall” to insert the words “ prior to 
“ the election, subject the candidate or candidates 
to examination; and the Inspector of the district 
shall attend, due notice being given to him of the 
time and place of meeting by the minister of the 
parish, and shall assist in such examination, and 
i advising as to the selection of the candidate 
best qualified, in cases where there is competition ; 


Cl 


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“ and the result of the examination being — 
“ to the Board, and any instructions from the Board 





Crause, N° 10 (Salary of Parochial Schoolmaster | 
to be at least £.50 per annum). 
Amendment proposed, in p. 6, 1. 10: To leave out | 
from the word “ Council” to the end of the Clause, 


in order to add the words “ but where in any Parish 
“ 





accordance with the eleventh section of the second | 
recited Act of the forty-third year of George the 
Third, the heritors shall fix the salary of each 
such Schoolmaster at any sum not more than 


salary the heritors and the Committee of Council 
shall contribute in the above-mentioned propor- 
tions at thirty-four and sixteen: Provided that it 


more than Fifty-one pounds in all to the School- 
masters of any one parish.” 

Question, That the words proposed to be left out 
stand part of the Clause——put, and negatived :— 
Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 

Another Amendment proposed : At the end of the 
Clause to add the words “ And where a Parochial 


“ Schocl shall consist of two or more apartments, | 


“ with separate teachers, the School Committee 


shall, with the sanction of the Board, fix the sa- 
laries of the respective teachers within the limits 
of the maximum and minimum above described, 
and shall also fix the classes to be taught in each 
division of the school.” 

Question, That those words be there added 
put, and negatived. 

Question put, That the Clause, as amended, stand 

part of the Bill; 
The Committee divided. 


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Tellers for the {f Mr. Hayter, ) 216 
Yeas, Mr. Grenville Berkeley: J~°” 
Tellers for the ¢ Mr. William Williams, 5 


Noes, Mr. Hadfield : 


Cuiavse, N° 11 (Retiring Allowances to Parochial 
Schoolmasters). 
Amendment made, in p. 6, 1. 25, by leaving out 
“ Twenty-five pounds.” 
Proposed to fill the blank with “ not less than 
“ Thirty-two pounds or more than Forty pounds.” 


there are two or more Parochial Schoolmasters in | 


Fifty pounds, nor less than Twenty pounds, which | 


shall not be obligatory on the heritors to contribute | 


being communicated to the minister and heritors 
of the parish, the election shall then be final and 
conclusive: Provided always, That it shall be in 
the power of the minister and heritors, or the ma- 
jority, to elect the schoolmaster only for a time to 
be by them limited.” 

Question proposed, That those words be there 
| inserted :—Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 
Amendments made. 

Clause, as amended, agreed to. 


Criause, N® 14 (Parochial Schoolmaster not to 
_ be inducted until examined by Inspector). 
To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 


“ 


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


Sabbati, 23° die Junii, 1855: 
Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; and Mr. Fitz Roy 


reported, That the Committee had made Progress in 
the Bill; and that he was directed to move, That 
| the Committee may have leave to sit again. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, again resolve itself into the said Committee. 


| 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Limited Liability 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 Partnership Amendment Biil ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Thursday next. 


Bill. 
(In the Committee.) 


Cravuse, N° 4 (Power to detain Foreign Ships for 
claim under Bill of Lading on Charter). 
- emai put, That the Clause stand part of the 
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VoL. 110. 





The 


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315: 


Amendment proposed to the said proposed Amend- 


Limited 
Liability Bill. 


Partnership 
Amendment 
Bill. 


_ The House, according to Order, resolved itself Bills of Lading 
into a Committee on the Bills of Lading (No. 2) No.2) Bill 





































































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316 92°—93° Junii. 


Tle Committee divided. 

Tellers for the { Mr. Cairns, le 
Yeas, UMr. Horsfall : Hecate 

Tellers for the Mr. Hayter, Les 
Noes, Mr. Grenville Berkeley: { °”* 


Cuavuses, N° 5 to N° 10, disagreed to. 
Preamble amended, and agreed to. 
Bill, as amended, to be reported. 


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 upon Monday 
next. 





Union Charges The Union Charges Act Continuance Bill was, 

Act Continu- according to Order, read a second time; and com- 

oe. mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for 
Monday next. 


Burial- The Order of the day being read, for the third 
7 reading of the Burial-grounds (Scotland) Bill ; 
ee Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 


upon Monday next. 


Youthful The Youthful Offenders (No. 2) Bill was, accord- 

Offenders ing to Order, read a second time; and com- 

(No.2) Bil. snitted to a Committee of the whole House, for 
Monday next. 


Insolvencyand ‘The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
Bankruptcy mittee on the Insolvency and Bankruptcy (Scotland) 
(Scotland) Bill. Bill - i 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Christ Church The Christ Church (Todmorden) Marriages Va- 
| sce eee lidity Bill was, according to Order, read a second 
Validity Bul. time ; and committed to a Committee of the whole 


House, for Monday next. 


Woollen, &amp;e. | The Order of the day being read, for the second 
—— Pd of the Woollen, &amp;c. Manufactures (Scotland) 
ill ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
proposed, That the Bill be now read a second time ; 

A Motion was made, and the Question being 
put, That this House do now adjourn :—It passed 
in the Negative. 

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


Despatch of The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 


Business, mittee on the Despatch of Business, (Court of Chan- 
(Court of Bill: 
Chancery) cery) Bill; 


Bill. Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Education 


: The Order of the day being read, for resuming 
(No. 2) Bill. : 


the adjourned Debate on the Amendment which, 
upon the 2d day of May last, was proposed to be 
made to the Question, That the Education (No. 2) 
Bill be now read a second time ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That the Debate be further ad- 
journed till Friday the 6th day of July next; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out the words “ Friday the 
“ 6th day of July next,” in order to add the words 
“ Monday next,’ instead thereof. 

And the Question being put, That the words 
“ Friday the 6th day of July next” stand part of 
the Question :—It passed in the Negative. 

And the Question being put, That the words 
“ Monday next”’ be added instead thereof :—It was 
resolved in the Affirmative. 

‘Then the main Question, so amended, being put ; 








A. 1855. 


Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 
till Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Education 

reading of the Education Bill ; Bill 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 

Monday next, 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Free Schools 

reading of the Free Schools Bill; Bill 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 

upon Monday next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Piers and 
into a Committee on the Piers and Harbours (Scot- Harbours __ 
land) Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Pane. 
Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. FitzRoy re- Bm 198. 
— That the Committee had gone through the 

ill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration upon Wednesday 
next; and be printed. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Dissenters’ 
mittee on the Dissenters’ Marriages Bill ; Marriages 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday _ 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Administra- 

into a Committee on the Administration of Oaths {2° — 
Abroad Bill; and, after some time spent therein, — 
Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. FitzRoy 
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- Supply. 
mittee of Supply ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Ways and 
mittee of Ways and Means; Means. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third Dwelling- 
reading of the Dwelling-houses (Scotland) Bill ; —_ 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time” 
upon Monday next. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take Ecclesiastical 
into further consideration the Amendments made by Courts Bill. 
the Lords to the Ecclesiastical Courts Bill; and the 
same were twice read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the Amendments made by their Lordships. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third Public - 
reading of the Public Libraries and Museums Bill; (7Uraries Bi 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon 


Thursday next. 


The Order cf the day being read, for taking into Absconding 
consideration the Absconding Debtors (/reland) Bill, ae Bill 
as amended in the Committee ; (end) = 

Ordered, That the Bill be taken into consideration 
upon Monday next. 


The Railways (Jreland) Bill was, according to Railways 
Order, read the third time. (Ireland) Bill. 

A Clause (Notice to Tenant may be served by 
Railway Companies upon Parties, as directed by 
Lands Clauses Consolidation Act, 1845), was thrice 
read ; and added to the Bill. 

Another Clause (Railway Companies may exercise 
Powers of eutry conferred by Lands Clauses Con- 
solidation 


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19 Vicrortia. 


solidation Act, 1845), was thrice read; and added 
to the Bill. 

Another Clause (Receipt of Accountant General 
duly stamped to operate as a conveyance, and maps 
for damages to have like effect), was thrice rea 
and added to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 


Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


? 


Militia Officers 


Qualification. Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 


amend the Law concerning the Qualification of 
Officers of the Militia: And that Mr. Cowper and 
Mr. Peel do prepare, and bring it in. 








Army Prize Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
Monty. to repeal the Stamp Duty on Orders for Army Prize 
Money: And that Mr. Peel and Mr. Bouverie do 
prepare, and bring it in. 
Indemnity Mr. Cowper presented a Bill to indemnify such 
Bill. Persons in the United Kingdom as have omitted to 
Bill 191. qualify themselves for Offices and Employments, 
and to extend the Time limited for those purposes 
respectively : And the same was read the first time ; 
and ordered to be read a second time upon Monday 
next; and to be printed. 
Army Prize Mr. Bouverie presented a Bill to repeal the Stamp 
Money Bill. Duty on Orders for Army Prize Money: And the 
Bill 192. same was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time upon Wednesday next; and to 
be printed. 
Stock in Mr. Cowper presented a Bill to continue the 
Trade Bill. © Exemption of Inhabitants from liability to be rated, as 
Bill 193. such, in respect of Stock in Trade or other Property 
to the Relief of the Poor: And the same was read 
the first time ; and ordered to be read a second time 
upon Monday 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. 

Luna, 25° die Junii; 
Anno 19° Victoria Regine, 1855. 
PRAYERS. 
Cromarty M* Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 
Estate Bill, one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private 


Bills; That in the case of the Cromarty Estate Bill, 
no Standing Orders are applicable. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time. 


Colonial Life 
Assurance 
Company Bill. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Colo- 
nial J.ife Assurance Company Bill; and the same 
were twice read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the Amendments made by their Lord- 
ships. 


International 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
Life Assurance t 


consideration the Amendment made by the Lords 


aicty Bill. to the International Life Assurance Society Bill ; 
Ordered, That the said Amendment be taken 
into consideration upon Wednesday next. 
Dundalk A Motion being made, That the Dundalk Har- 
joey a bour and Port Bill be now read the third time ; 


Mr. FitzRoy, 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. 

Vou. 110. 


22° 93°—95° Junie. 





317 


Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Gateshead ond Hexham Roads Bill was read Gateshead 


the third time; and Amendments were made to the #®4 Hexham 
Bill. Roads Bill. 


Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 


Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Ordered, That the Birkenhead and Liverpool Birkenhead 
Docks (Trust Property of Birkenhead Dock Trustees, 2%4 Liverpool 


&amp;e.) Bill, as amended in the Committee, be taken seh ae 
into consideration To-morrow. Birkenhead 
Dock Trus- 


tees, &amp;c.) Bill. 


Ordered, That the Dublin, &amp;c. Roads (No. 2) Dublin, &amp;c. 
Bill, as amended in the Committee, be taken into Roads (No. 3) 
consideration To-morrow. Be. 


Ordered, That the East Kent Railway (Extension rast Kent 
to Dover) Bill, as amended in the Committee, be Railway 


taken into consideration To-morrow. (Extension to 
Dover) Bill. 


Ordered, That the Liverpool Docks Bill, as riverpool 
amended in the Committee, be taken into considera- Docks Bill. 
tion To-morrow. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Liverpool 
the Liverpool Improvement Bill, as amended in the Improvement 
Committee. _ 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Wednesday next. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Royal Conical 
the Royal Conical Flour Mill Company Bill, as Flour Mill 
amended in the Committee. Company Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Westminster 
the Westminster Improvements Bill, as amended in Improvements 
the Committee. —_ 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Westminster 
the Westminster Land Company Bill, as amended Land Com- 
in the Committee ; and Amendments were made to PY Bill. 
the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to Westminster 
take into consideration the Westminster Terminus Terminus 
Railway (Clapham to Norwood) Bill, as amended ‘Clayhean ie 
in the Committee. Norwood) Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The Order for reading the third time the Jpstones Ipstones 
Mineral Branch Railway Bill, was read, and dis- Mineral 
charged. Branch Rail- 


Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. a 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- Airdrie Rural 
posed, That the Airdrie Rural District Police District Police 
(No. 2) Bill, as amended in the Committee, be con- (N® 2) Bill. 
sidered To-morrow, prints thereof having been de- 
posited upon Saturday last :—And the said Motion 
was, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 


Colonel Pennant reported the Wem and Brony- wem and 
garth Roads (re-committed) Bill, with further Bronygarth 
Amendments. cae 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


The Leases and Sales of Settled Estates Bill was Leases and 
read the first time ; and ordered to be read a second Salesof Settled 
time upon Friday next; and to be printed. Estates Bill. 








883+ The Bill 194. 


318 25° Juni. A. 1855. 


South Shields The House was moved, That the Report from the 


Parochial 
District 


Churches Bill. 


Hammond's 
Estate Bill. 


Public 
Petitions 
(Forty-se- 


venth Report. 


Clerks (Poor 


Select Committee on Standing Orders, in respect of 
the South Shields Parochial District Churches Bill, 
might be read ; and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Friday next. 


Hammond's Estate Bill was read the first time. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exa- 
miners of Petitions for Private Bills. 


Mr. Bonham Carter reported from the Select 
Committee on Public Petitions; That they had 


) examined the Petitions presented upon the 21st and 


22d 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 following Papers were laid upon the Table 


Law Unions.) by the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, 


Militia. 


Duties. 
No. 339. 


i 
|) 
i 


Metropolitan 
Workhouses, 
&amp;e. 


Workhouse 
Farm and 
Manufacture 
Accounts 

( Ireland.) 


StageCarriage 


dated the 9th day of March last, for a Return of 


existing Annual Salary, Compensation and Allow- 
ance to the Clerk to each Poor Law Union in Eng- 
land and Wales. 


| 
| 


of | 


Compensation of Clerk for | 


Name 


of Union. 


conducting Election 
| Annual Payment to Clerk | 
for use of Office as Register 
Office. 


or Fortnightly Meetings of | 
Guardians. 


Number of ordinary Weekly | 
Board in each Year. 


Number of Parishes. 
Population of Union accord- 
ing to last Census. 

Salary of Clerk. 




















Return to an Order, dated the 30th day of March 
last, for a Return of the Number of Wives of Militia- 
men, and of the Number of their Children, in each 
Union in England and Wales, in receipt of Out-door 
Relief, with the Amount of that Relief, in the Week 
ending the 24th day of March 1855. 

Return to an Order, dated the 12th day of this 
instant June, for a List of all Memorials and Appli- 
cations made to the Lords of the Treasury and to 
the Board of Inland Revenue, as to Compositions of 
Mileage Duties on Stage Carriages during this no 
1855; showing the Date of Applications, the Name 
and Address of Applicant, in respect of what 
Vehicles, and the Answers of the Treasury or Com- 
missioners. 

Ordered, That the Return relative to Stage Car- 
riage Duties be printed. 


Mr. Cowper presented,— Return to an Address to 
Her Majesty, dated the 26th day of March last, for 
Returns with respect to each Metropolitan Work- 
house: 1. Whether Patients under Infectious Dis- 
orders are or are not kept in a separate Ward from 
other Patients; 2. Of the present Number of In- 
mates in each; 3. Of the Number of Inmates under 
Medical Treatment during the year 1854 in each; 
4. Of the Number of Medical Men employed in 
each ; 5. Of the Number of paid Nurses employed 
in each :—And, of the Proportion between Men and 
Medical Officers in the Army now in the East, in 
parallel Columns. 

Return to an Order, dated the 16th day of March 
last, for Returns from each Union in Jreland, show- 
ing the Extent of Land under Crops or Garden 
Cultivation, the Number of Persons employed on 
the Farm, distinguishing the Number under Fif- 
teen vears of age, and the Number above Fifteen 

ears of age, and the whole Number of Persons 
in the Workhouse; Rent, by the English Acre; 
the Expenses incurred, distinguishing, ist. the 
Value of the Stock on hand at the commencement 





of the year; 2d. the Amount of Rent and Rates 
paid; 3d. the Amount expended for Seeds ; 4th. for 
Implements ; 5th. for Live Stock purchased ; and 
6th. Total :—Also, showing the Money Value of 
Produce, distinguishing, 1st. the Price of Articles of 
Food consumed in the Workhouse ; 2d. the Amount 
received from the Sale of Surplus Crop; 3d. from 
Live or Dead Stock; 4th. the Value of Stock in 
hand at the end of the year; and 5th. Total; and 
showing the Profit or Loss for the years ending the 
29th day of September 1853 and the 29th day of 
September 1854 respectively: —And from each 
Union in Jre/and, of the Expenses incurred in Manu- 
factures and Trade; showing the Value of Stock in 
hand at the commencement of the year, the Amount 
expended, Ist. in Tools; 2d. in Raw Material; 3d. 
in other necessary Articles; and 4th. Total expended ; 
and the Produce, distinguishing the Cost of the 
made-up Clothing used in the Workhouse, the Amount 
received from the Sale of Work or Manufactured 
Articles, and the Cost Price of the Stock in hand at 
the end of the year, and Total; stating the Number 
of Persons employed in the Manufactures or Trades, 
distinguishing those under Fifteen years of age, and 
those above Fifteen years of age, with Total em- 


~| ployed, for the years ending respectively the 29th 


day of September 1853 and the 29th day of Sep- 
tember 1854 (in continuation of Parliamentary 
Paper, No. 904, of Session 1853). 

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


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Education Education 
(Scotland) Bill, which was presented upon the 22d (Scotland)Bill, 
day of this instant June, be printed. No, 341. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Houses Houses(Public 
(Public Service), which was presented upon the 22d Service.) 
day of this instant June, be printed. No. 340. 


Petitions relating to Cambridge University Bill;— Public 

Ecclesiastical Titles Assumption ;—- Maynooth Col- Petitions. 
lege Act;—Sunday Trading (Metropolis) Bill ;— Vide Forty- 
Licenses (Public-houses, &amp;c.) ;— Mines ;—Rating of eighth Report. 
Mines Bill ;—Wine and Spirit Licenses ;—Billeting 
Soldiers (Scotland) ;—Bills of Lading Bill ;—Court 
of Session (Scotland) Bill;—Education Bills ;— 
Education (Scotland) Bilt ;—Insolvency and Bank- 
ruptey (Scotland) Bill ;—-Intoxicating Liquors ;— 
Medical Officers (Navy);—Piers and Harbours 
(Scotland) Bill;—Public Health Bill ;— Public- 
houses (Scotland) Act;—Sale of Beer Act (1854);— 
and, Testamentary Jurisdiction Bill,—were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Board of 

to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased Ordnance. 
to give directions, that there be laid before this House, 
a Return, showing, in opposite Columns, the Charge 
for the Board of Ordnance, and for its subordinate 
Establishments, as at present constituted, contrasted 
with the Charge under the proposed Bill; stating, 
in each case, the Amount of Military Pay or Al- 
lowances, as well as the Salary of the Officers em- 
ployed. 

Ordered, That 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 Roman Catho- 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased lic Prisoners. 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Copies of any recent Applications to the 
Secretary of State from Roman Catholic Bishops or 
Priests, on the subject of the Religious Instruction 
of Roman Catholic Prisoners in Pentonville and 
Brizton Prisons, and of the Answers 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 — 

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Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That a Mes- 
sage had been brought from the Lords, by one of 
their Clerks, as followeth : 

The Lords have agreed to the Dundalk and Black- 


“Message from 
the Lords. 


Dundalk and é ’ , 

Blackrock rock Railway Bill, without any Amendment: And 
Railway Bill. also, 

Gloucester The Lords have agreed to the Gloucester Water 
Water a , and Local Board of Health Bill, without any 
Local Board o ‘ als 

eeith Bill. Amendment: And also, 

London and The Lords have agreed to the London and Black- 
Blackwall wall Railway Bill, without any Amendment: And 


Railway Bill. also, 


Manchester, The Lords have agreed to the Manchester, Shef- 
Sheffield and field and Lincolnshire Railway (Lincoln Branch, &amp;c.) 
se 7 Bill, without any Amendment: And also, 

coln Branch, 

&amp;e.) Bill. 

Nottingham The Lords have agreed to the Nottingham and 


and Newhaven Mewhaven Road Bill, without ¢my Amendment : And 


Road Bill. also, 
Warrington The Lords have agreed to the Warrington Water 
Water Bill. Bill, without any Amendment: And also, 
Infants’ Mar- _ ‘The Lords have agreed to the Infants’ Marriage 
riage Bill. Bill, with Amendments ; to which Amendments the 
Lords desire the concurrence of this House: And 
also, 
Glasgow The Lords have agreed to the Glasgow Water Bill, 
Water Bill. with Amendments ; to which Amendments the Lords 
desire the concurrence of this House: And also, 
Ayr Harbour The Lords have agreed to the Ayr Harbour Bill, 
Bill. with Amendments ; to which Amendments the Lords 
desire the concurrence of this House: And also, 
Exeter and The Lords have agreed to the Exeter and Ex- 
Exmouth = mouth Railway Bill, with Amendments; to which 
Railway Bill. 4 mendments the Lords desire the concurrence of 
this House: And also, 
Duchy of The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 
Lancaster to better enable the Chancellur and Council of the 
Tands Bill. Duchy of Lancaster to sell and purchase Land on 
behalf of Her Majesty, Her heirs and successors, in 
right of the said Duchy of Lancaster ; to which the 
Lords desire the concurrence of this House: And 
also, 
Livesey’s The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 
Blackburn —_— to. authorize Conveyances in Fee or Demises for long 
Estate Bill. Terms of Years, underreserved Rents, of certain Parts 
of Estates settled by the Will of the late Joseph 
Livesey, Esquire, deceased; to which the Lords 
desire the concurrence of this House: And also, 
Army before The Lords request, That this House will be pleased 
Sebastopol. to communicate to their Lordships, a Copy of the 
Fifth Report from the Select Committee appointed 
by this House in the present Session of Parliament 
to inquire into the condition of our Army before 
Sebastopol, and into the conduct of those Depart- 
ments of the Government whose duty it has been to 
minister to the Wants of that Army: And also, 
Agricultural The Lords request, That this House will be pleased 
Suatistics. to give leave to William Miles, Esquire, a Member 
of this House, to attend their Lordships to be sworn, 
in order to his being examined as a Witness before 
the Select Committee appointed by their Lordships 
in the present Session of Parliament to inquire into 
the best mode of obtaining accurate Agricultural 
Statistics from all parts of the United Kingdom. 
pre Aa Ordered, ‘hat a printed Copy of the said Report 
* be communicated to the Lords, as desired by their 
Lordships: And that the Clerk do deliver the same. 
Aericultural And Mr. Miles, being present in his place, declared 
1Stics. 


that he was willing, with leave of the House, to go 
to the House of Lords, as desired by their Lordships. 

Resolved, That William Miles, Esquire, have leave 
to go to the House of Lords, as desired by their 
Lordships, if he think fit. 

Ordered, That a Message be sent to the Lords, to 
acquaint them, that this House hath given leave to 
William Miles, Esquire, to go to the House of Lords, 
as desired by their Lordships, if he think fit: And 
that the Clerk do carry the said Message. 

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319 


The Duchy of Lancaster Lands Bill was read the Duchy of 
first time; and ordered to be read a Second time }*ncaster 
: s Bill. 
upon Thursday next; and to be printed. 


Bill 195. 
Livesey’s Blackburn Estate Bill was read the Livesey's 
wre Blackburn 
first time. Estate Bill 


Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exa- 
miners of Petitions for Private Bills. 


Mr. Bouverie presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- Agricultural 
mand,—Copy of Report of the Highland Society (Seotland.) 
to the Board of Trade on the Agricultural Statistics 
of Small Holdings in Scotland for 1854 (in com- 
pletion of the Inquiry for that year) :--Also, Tables 
of the Agricultural Statistics of Orkney for 1854, 
received from the Highland Society, subsequent to 
the presentation of their General Report. 

Copy of Report of an Inspecting Officer of the Railway 
Railway Department to the Lords of the Committee 4ccidents. 
of Privy Council for Trade upon a Collision between 
two Passenger Trains which occurred on the 21st 
May 1855 at the Dudley Station of the South 
Staffordshire Railway. 

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


The House, according to Order, resolved itself — . 
into a Committee on the Victoria Government Bill. gy 


(In the Committee.) 


Preamble postponed. 
Cuauses, N° 1 and N° 2, agreed to. 


Cravse, N° 3 (Provisions of former Acts respect- 
ing the Allowance and Disallowance of Bills pre- 
served). 

Question put, That the Clause stand part of the 
Bill ; 

The Committee divided. 

Tellers for the fw Hayter, li 0 

Yeas, The Earl of Mulgrave : — 
Tellers for the Mr. Adderley, } 


Noes, (Mr. Lowe: _ 


Cxrause, N° 4 (Power to repeal and alter the Pro- 

Amendment proposed : To leave out from the 
word “Colony,” in p. 3, 1.20, to the end of the 

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

Tellers for the { Mr. Hayter, 1 65 

Yeas, \ The Earl of Mulgrave: J °° 
Noes, \Mr. Lowe: 

Clause agreed to. 

ScHepvte 1: Paragraph of Preamble postponed. 

Paragraphs 1 to 46, agreed to. 

Amendment proposed, in|. 3: To leave out the 
words “One hundred and twelve thousand seven 
“ Sixty-two thousand seven hundred and fifty 
“ pounds.” 

“ and twelve thousand seven hundred and fifty 
“ pounds” stand part of the paragraph ; 
Tellers for the { Mr. Hayter, 1 71 
Yeas, \The Earl of Mulgrave: J ‘™* 
Noes, \ Mr. Hadfield: 
Question, That paragraph 47 stand part of Sche- 


visions of the reserved Bill). 
Clause. 
The Committee divided. 
Tellers for the Mr. Miail, \ 40. 
Crausss, N° 5 and N° 6, agreed to. 
Paragraph 47: Civil List. 

“ hundred and fifty pounds,” and insert the words 
Question put, That the words “One hundred 
The Committee divided. 

Tellers for the f Mr. Miall, 29. 
dule 1 put, and agreed to. 





Paragraphs 48 to 53, agreed to. 
Paragraph 54: Money for purposes of religion. 

Amendment proposed, in 1.1: After the word 

“ Victoria,” to insert the words “ the Legislative 

ss4 


“* Houses 





$20 


“‘ Houses shall have Power to grant, if they shall 
“ see fit, any sum not exceeding.” 

Question, That those words be there inserted 
put, and negatived. 

Paragraph agreed to. 

Paragraphs 55 to 60, agreed to. 

Paragraph 61: Power to Legislature to alter this 
Act. 

Amendment proposed, in ls. 6 and 7: To leave 
out the words “or in the said Schedule hereunto 
“ annexed, marked D.” 

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

The Committee divided. 

Dies, 
1 58. 





Tellers for the (Mr. Hayter, 
Yeas, \The Earl of Mulgrave : 
Tellers for the ¢ Mr. Adderley, 
Noes, { Mr. Lowe: 
Another Amendment proposed, in 1. 9: To leave 
out the words “ an absolute.” 
Question, That the words “an absolute” stand 
part of the Paragraph——put, and agreed to. 
Paragraphs 62 to 64, agreed to. 
Schedules agreed to. 
Preamble in Schedule, agreed to. 
Preamble agreed to. 
Bill, as amended, to be reported. 








Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; and Mr. Fitz Roy 
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. 


New South The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
Wales Govern- jnto a Committee on the New South Wales Govern- 





ment Bill ment Bill. 
(In the Committee.) 
Preamble postponed. 
Criauses, N° 1 to N° 3, agreed to. 
Crause, N° 4 (Power to repeal and alter the Pro- 
visions of the reserved Bill). 
Amendment proposed, in p. 3, 1. 34: After the 
word “Colony,” to leave out to the end of the 
Clause. 
Question, That the words proposed to be left 
out, stand part of the Clause——put, and agreed to. 
Clause agreed to. 
Cuiausss, N° 5 to N° 9, agreed to. 
ScnHEDuLE 1: Preamble postponed. 
Paragraph 1, agreed to. 
Paragraph 2: Appointment of Legislative Council. 
Question put, That Paragraph 2 stand part of 
Schedule 1; 
The Committee divided. 
Tellers for the{ Mr. Hayter, lags 
Yeas, The Earl of Mulgrave — 
Tellers for the; Mr. Lowe, 1 se 
Noes, Mr. Maguire: J ’ 
Paragraphs 3 to 58, agreed to. 
Preamble of Schedules, agreed to. 
Preamble agreed to. 
Schedules agreed to. 
Bill, as amended, to be reported. 
Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; and Mr. Fitz Roy 
reported, That the Committee had gone through the 
Bi'l; and directed him to report the same, without 
Amendment. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon 
Friday next. 
Waste Lends The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
pone mee into a Committee on the Waste Lands (Australia) 
“ Repeal A otg Repeal Bill; and, after some time spent 


25° Junie. 





therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. 
FitzRoy reported, 
through the Bill. 


That the Committee had gone | 


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A. 1855. 


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- Education 
mittee on the Education (Scotland) Bill; — | 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 
resclve itself into the said Committee. 





The House, according to Order, resolved itself Union Charges 
into a Committee on the Union Charges Act Conti- Act = 
nuance Bill; and, after some time spent therein, as 
Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Fitz Roy | 
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 Order of the day being read, for the second Dublin Car- 


reading of the Dublin Carriage Acts Amendment "ie Acts 
Bill; ~- -craeas 


Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Wednesday next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Youthful 
into a Committee on the Youthful Offenders (No. 2) Sg 
Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker ‘ on 
resumed the Chair; and Mr. FitzRoy 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 Merchant Shipping Act Amendment Bill Merchant 
was, according to Order, read a second time; and ere 
committed to a Committee of the whole House, for pin, 


Monday next. 


The Burial-grounds (Scot/andy Bill was, according Burial- 
to Order, read the third time. promi (Beet. 
A Clause (Liabilities of old burial-grounds trans- ; 
ferred to new burial-grounds), was thrice read; and 
added to the Bill. 
Then Amendments were made to the Bill. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 


Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Christ Church 
into a Committee on the Christ Church (Todmorden) ao 
Marriages nee | Bill; and, after some time spent Validity Bill. 
therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. 

FitzRoy 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 Administration of Oaths Abroad Bill was, Administra 
according to Order, read the third time. en eS Ba. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. ies 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords; and acquaint them, That this House hath 
agreed to the same, without Amendment. 


Education 


The Order of the day bei i 
1e Order of the day being read, for resuming ran) Bill 


the adjourned Debate on the Amendment which, 
upon the 2d day of May last, was proposed to be 
made to the Question, That the Education (No. 2) 
Bill be now read a second time ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That the Debate be further ad- 
journed till Monday next ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out the words “ Monday next,” 
in order to add the words “ this day three months,” 
instead thereof. 

And the Question being proposed, That the 


words “ Monday next” stand part of the or = ‘ 
n 


_ n_ hn ew e.e, 


i. a ow | 


Education 
Bill. 

Free Schools 
Bill. 
Ordnance 
Board Bill. 


Excise Duties 
Bill. 


Indemnity 
Bill. 


Stock in Trade 
Bill. 


Cambridge 
University 
Bill. 


Court of 
Session (Scot- 
land) Bill. 


Criminal 
Justice Bill. 


Jurors and 
Juries (Ire- 
land) Bill. 


Jurors and 
Juries (Ire- 
land) (No. 2) 
Bill, 


Assay Offices 
(York, &amp;c.) 
Abolition Bull. 


Grand Jury 
Assessments 
(Ireland) Bill. 





19 Vicrortz. 


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


Martis, 26° die Junii, 1855: 


The said proposed Amendment was, with leave of 
the House, withdrawn. 

Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 
till Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 


reading of the Education 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 Free Schools 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 Ordnance Board 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 Excise Duties Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Thursday next. 


The Indemnity Bill was, according to Order, 
read a second time ; and committed to a Committee 
of the whole House, for this day, at Twelve o’clock. 


The Stock in Trade Bill was, according to Order, 
read a second time; and committed 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 Cambridge University Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday the 9th day of July next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third 

reading of the Court of Session (Scot/and) Bill ; 
Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 
Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on the Criminal Justice Bill; and, 
after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed 
the Chair; and Mr. Fitz Roy reported, That the Com- 
mittee had made Progress in the Bill; and that he 
was directed to move, That the Committee may have 
leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, again resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 

reading of the Jurors and Juries (Zre/and) 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 Jurors and Juries (Jreland) (No. 2) 
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 Assay Offices (York, &amp;c.) Abolition 
Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, — Thursday 
the 5th day of July next, resolve itself into the said 
Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Grand Jury Assessments (Jreland) 
Bill; 

Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 


Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 
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321 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to Court of 
take into consideration the Court of Exchequer ae 
(Lreland) Bill, as amended in the Committee. ( ) 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Wednesday next. 


_ The House, — to Order, resolved itself Bills of Ex- 
into a Committee on the Bills of Exchange and — and 

‘ : : romissory 
Promissory Notes Bill. 


Notes Bill. 
(In the Committee.) Bill 196, 
Crause, N° 1, agreed to. 


Cause, N° 2 (Defendant showing a defence upon 
the merits to have leave to appear). 

Amendment proposed, in p. 2, |. 17: To leave 
out “ Twelve,” and insert “ Sixteen.” 

Question put, That “Twelve ” stand part of the 
Clause ; 

The Committee divided. 

Tellers for the Yeass{ Myr yen ol } 57. 

: ’ {Mr. Vance, 1 
Tellers for the ] 0€S,) Mr. Diuun Mate: J 


Clause agreed to. 

Crausgs, N° 3 to N® 8, agreed to. 

Clause (Every Protest of a Notary Public of a Bill 
of Exchange or Promissory Note shall be received 
in all proceedings under this Act as evidence of the 
facts therein set forth, in like manner as the Protest 
of Foreign Bills of Exchange is now received as evi- 
dence of such facts)——brought up, and read 1°. 

Question, That the Clause be read a second time 
put, and negatived. 

Clauses added. 

Schedule agreed to. 

Preamble agreed to. 

Bill, as amended, to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; and Mr. Fitz Roy 
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 third Justices of 
reading of the Justices of Peace Qualification Bill; Peace Qualift- 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 


upon Thursday next. 


The Haileybury College Bill was, according to Haileybury 
Order, read a second time; and committed to a College Bill. 
Committee of the whole House, for Thursday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Bills of Lading 
consideration the Bills of Lading (No. 2) Bill, as (No-2) Bill 
amended in the Committee ; 

Ordered, ‘That the Bill be taken into consideration 
upon Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Supply. 
mittee of Supply ; 

Resolved, that this House will, upon Wednesday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Ways and 
mittee of Ways and Means; Means. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third Dwelling- 
reading of the Dwelling-houses (Scotland) Bill ; ond) Ba 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time ; 


upon Thursday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Absconding 
consideration the Absconding Debtors (Jreland) oe Bill 
Bill, as amended in the Committee ; oe 

Ordered, That the Bill be taken into consideration 


upon Thursday next. 
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322 
CourtofChan- The Order of the day being read, for resuming 
cery (Ireland) the adjourned Debate on the Amendment which, 


— upon the 3d day of May last, was proposed to be 
made to the Question, That the Court of Chancery 
(Ireland) (Jurisdiction) Bill be now read a second 
time ; 

Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 
till Monday next. 


Court ofChan- ‘The Order of the day being read, for the second 
cery (Ireland) reading of the Court of Chancery (Ireland) (Pro- 


9 cedure Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 
CourtofChan- The Order of the day being read, for the second 
cery (Ireland) reading of the Court of Chancery (/reland) (Re- 
eo ceivers) Bill ; 


Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Court of Chancery (Jreland) (Sales of 
Estates) Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Monday next. 


Court of Chan- 
cery (Ireland) 
(Sales of 
Estates) Bill. 


Court ofChan- The Order of the day being read, for the second 
cery (Ireland) reading of the Court of Chancery (Jreland) (Appeals) 
(Appeals) Ball. Bill : 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Monday next. 


Yourt ofChan- The Order of the day being read, for the second 
sery (Ireland) reading of the Court of Chancery (Jreland) (Stamp 
OAL? Pubes) Duties) Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Monday next. 


Nuisances The Order for the House to resolve itself into a 
a Committee, upon Friday next, on the Nuisances Re- 
— ment moval Amendment Bill, was read, and discharged. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Tuesday 
next, at Twelve o’clock, resolve itself into the said 
Committee. 
Public Health The Order for the House to resolve itself into a 
Bill Committee, upon Friday next, on the Public Health 
Bill, was read, and discharged. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Tuesday 
next, at Twelve o'clock, resolve itself into the said 
Committee. 
Lunatic Asy- The Order for the House to resolve itself into a 


re (Ireland) Committee, upon Thursday next, on the Lunatic 
—? Asylums (Ireland) (Advances) Bill, was read, and 
discharged. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Infants’ _ Ordered, That the Amendments made by the 
Marriage Bill. Lords to the Infants’ Marriage Bill be taken into 
Bill 197. consideration To-morrow ; and be printed. 
BillChamber, | Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
— —— abolish the Office of one of the two Clerks of the 
land.) ~ Bills in the Bill Chamber of the Court of Session in 
Scotland, and to make Provision for the due Per- 
formance of the Duties thereof: And that the Lord 
Advocate and Viscount Duncan do prepare, and 
bring it in. 
Testamentary The Order for resuming, upon Friday next, the 
— adjourned Debate on the Amendment which, upon 


the 26th day of April last, was proposed to be made 
to the Question, That the Testamentary Jurisdiction 
Bill be now read a second time, was read, and dis- 
charged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 





25°—26° Juniz. 








A. 1855. 


Mr. Peel presented, by Her Majesty's Command, Sandhurst 
—An Account of the Sides and diture of Royal Military 
the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, for the years ~~" 
1853-54 and 1854—55. 

Mr. Peel also presented,—Return to an Address Army in the 
to Her Majesty, dated the 24th day of May last, for ©4st- 

a Nominal Return of all Officers behaging to the 

Army in the East who have applied for Remuneration 

for the loss of Horses, Mules and Baggage, between 

the 30th day of April 1854 and the 21st day of May 

1855, with the Dates of such Applications. 

. es That the said Papers do lie upon the 
able. 


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, 26° die Junii ; 
Anno 19° Victorie Regine, 1855. 


PRAYERS. 


RDERED, That all Committees have leave Committees. 
to sit this day, during the Sitting of the House. 


Ordered, That the Amendment made by the Electric 
Lords to the Electric Telegraph Company Bill be Telegraph 
taken into consideration To-morrow. Company Bill. 


A Motion being made, That the Barrow Harbour Barrow _ 
Bill be now read the third time ; Harbour Bill. 
Mr. Fitz Roy, by Her Majesty’s Command, ac- 
quainted the Bai That Her Majesty, having 
been informed of the purport of the Bill, gives Her 
Consent, as far as Her Majesty’s interest is con- 
cerned, that the House may do therein as they shall 
think fit. 
Then the Bill was read the third time; and an 
Amendment was made to the Bill. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


A Motion being made, That the Furness Railway Furness 
Bill be now read the third time ; ya 
Mr. Fitz Roy, 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 
Amendments were made to the Bill. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 


Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Keighley and Kendal Road Bill was read the 
third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Keighley and 
Kendal Road 
Bill. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration auiiet 
the Bradford Casstaiion Water Bill, as amended ey 
in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time To- 


morrow. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration New River 


the New River Company and Trustees of the River Ousgeny 


Lee (No. 2) Bill, as amended in the Committee. the River Lee 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. —_(No. 2) Bill. 
Birkenhead 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take gn4 Liverpool 
into consideration the Birkenhead and Liverpool Docks (Trust 
Docks (Trust Property of Birkénhead Dock Trustees, Ht sae A} 


Dock Trus- 
A Clause tees, &amp;c.) Bill. 


&amp;c.) Bill, as amended in the Committee. 




















19 Vicroriz. 


A Clause (As to completion of Works), 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 Clause 58, l. 4, by leaving out the 
words “the same,” and inserting the words “such 
“« dues and such right,” instead thereof. 

And the Question being put, That the words 

“ the same” stand part of the Bin :—It was resolved 
in the Affirmative. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Thursday next. 


Dublin, &amp;c. The House, according to Order, proceeded to take 
a (No.2) into consideration the Dublin, &amp;c. Roads (No. 2) 
Bill, as amended in the Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 
East Kent The House, according to Order, proceeded to take 
Tense ™ into consideration the East Kent Railway (Extension 


to Dover) Bill, to Dover) Bill, as amended in the Committee. 

And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
proposed, That the Bill be read the third time ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out the words “read the third 
“ time,” in order to add the words “ re-committed 
“* to the former 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 the Bill be read the third time. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take 


Liverpool ‘ 
Docks Bill. into consideration the Liverpool Docks Bill, as 
amended in the Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon 
Thursday next. 
Pedder’s Pedder’s 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 against the Bill, ifthe 
Parties concerned think fit to be heard by Counsel 
or produce Witnesses. 

Ordered, That a Message be sent to the Lords, to 
request that their Lordships shall be pleased to 
communicate to this House, a Copy of the Minutes 
of the Evidence taken before their Lordships in the 
case of the said Bill: And that the Clerk do carry 
the said Message. 


Divorce Bill. 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That a Mes- 
sage had been brought from the Lords, by one of 
their Clerks, as followeth : 

‘he Lords have agreed to the Stamp Duties Repeal 
on Matriculation and Degrees (Oxford) Bill, without 
any Amendment: And also, 


Message from 
the Lords, 


Stamp Duties 
Repeal on 
Matriculation 
tOniel nn 

xford) Bill. . 
Consolidated. Lhe Lords have agreed to the Consolidated Fund 
Fund (£.10,000,000) Bill, without any Amendment: And 
Saneenate) also, 


The Lords have agreed to the Spirit of Wine Bill, 
without any Amendment: And also, 
The Lords have agreed to the Grants of Lands 


Spirit of Wine 
Bill. 


G f . : 
Lands Bill. _Bill, without any Amendment: And also, 
Public The Lords have agreed to the Public Libraries 


Libraries and and Museums (Jreland) Bill, without any Amend- 


Museums : d 
(Ireland) Bill. ment: And also, . | 
Calefecien The Lords have agreed to the Caledonian Railway 


Railway Bill. Bill, without any Amendment: And also, 
East Kent The Lords have agreed to the East Kent Railway 
Railway Bill. Bill, without any Amendment: And also, 
Regent'sCanal .The Lords have agreed to the Regent's Canal 
(Hertford § (Hertford Union Canal) Bill, without any Amend- 


Union Canal ‘ 
Bi anal) ment: And also, 


26° Junii. 





Vou. 110. 








323 


Aberdare Valley Aberdare | 
Valley Rail- 
way Bill. 


The Lords have agreed to the 
Railway Bill, with Amendments ; to which Amend- 
ments the Lords desire the concurrence of this 
House: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Birmingham Canal Birmingham 
Navigations Bill, with Amendments; to which pony 
Amendments the Lords desire the concurrence of * 
this House. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Carriages, Carriages, &amp;c. 
&amp;c., which was presented upon the 18th day of this No. 342. 
instant June, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to Agricultural Agricultural 
Statistics (Scotland), which was presented upon the ‘Gecmen) 
~ omg ; ' . 
24th day of this instant June, be printed No. 343. 

Ordered, That the Return relative to the Army in Army in the 
the East, which was presented upon the 25th day of East- 
this instant June, be printed. No. 344. 


The following Paper was laid upon the Table by East India 
the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, dated (Torture.) 
the 18th day of this instant June, for Copy of a 
——— from the President of the Council of India 
in Council, in the Judicial Department, dated the 
18th day of April 1855, No. 10, as to an alleged case 
of Torture in India (in continuation of Parliamentary 
Paper, No. 183, of Session 1855). 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Metropolis 


into a Committee on the Metropolis Local Manage- 10ca! Manage- 
ment Bill. 
(In the Committee.) 


Ccrauses, N° 158 and N® 159, amended, and 
agreed to. 

Crause, N° 160, agreed to. 

Cravse, N° 161, disagreed to. 

Crauses, N° 162 to N° 168, agreed to. 

Ciavuses, N° 169 to N° 186, with Amendments 
to several of them, agreed to. 

Postponed Clause, N° 19, agreed to. 

Postponed Clauses, N° 21 and N° 22, amended, 
and agreed to. 

Postponed Clause, N° 23, disagreed to. 

Postponed Clause, N° 24, amended, and agreed to. 

Postponed Clause, N° 25, agreed to. 

Postponed Clause, N° 26 (Elected Members of 
Metropolitan Board to nominate three persons to 
Secretary of State for the purpose of his selecting 
one of them as Chairman). 

An Amendment made. 

Another Amendment proposed: In p. 8, lL. 44, 
to leave out the words “ and shall also decide upon 
“ the amount of salary to be paid to such Chair- 
“ man, such salary not to be less than £.1,500, and 
** not to exceed £. 2,000 per annum.” 

Question proposed, That the words proposed to 
be left out, stand part of the Clause ; 

To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; and Mr. Fitz Roy 
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 Order of the day being read, for the Com- Indemnity 
mittee on the Indempity 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 Com- Stock in Trade 
mittee on the Stock in Trade Bill ; =. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 
TT 2 A Message 








Royal Assert. 


Consolidated 
Fund 

(£. 10,000,000) 
Bill. 


Education of 
Poor Children 
Bill. 
Insurance on 
Lives Abate- 
ment of In- 
come Tax 
Continuance 
Bill. 


Ecclesiastical 
Courts Bill. 


Stamp Duties 


$24 26° Junie. A. 1855. 


A Message by Sir Augustus Clifford, Gentleman | tuled, An Act for repairing the Road from A/ford to 
Usher of the Black Rod : | Boston, and from thence to Cowbridge, in the Town- 
Mr. Speaker, ship of Frithville, in the County of Lincoln : 


The Lords, authorized by virtue of Her Majesty’s| An Act to repeal so much of the Act relating to Wigan and 
Commission, for declaring Her Royal Assent to se-| the Wigan and Preston Roads as relates to the apm, 
veral Acts agreed upon by both Houses, do desire District of the said Roads, North of Yarrow, and to ste Bill. 
the immediate attendance of this Honourable House | make other Provisions in lieu thereof: 
in the House of Peers, to hear the Commission read.| An Act to alter and amend “ The Lands Improve- Lands Im- 

Accordingly Mr. Speaker, with the House, went ment Company’s Act, 1853 :” goeremen 


oar : . Company Bill. 
—— a wo ee can de-| . An Act to renew the Term and continue the Charlbury, 
sire of the Sanda, entiesaend by virtue of Her Ma-| Powers of an Act passed in the first oe of the Road Bill,” 
jesty’s Commission, had been at the House of Peers, | "8" of his Majesty King George the Fourth, inti- 
where a Commission under the Great Seal was read, | i ~_ sas nse omg Be ba be pa aoe 
giving, declaring and notifying the Royal Assent to hi “ uM ee ~~ = ge Ro - 
the several Acts therein mentioned; and that the. oi a " f yr Tartoik $23 ain W. — oe 
Lords, thereby authorized, had declared the Royal | Ro ing from the fumnpike-road in Witney to the 
fasenh tectiecsnetti Mate ae tiie 2 oad on Swerford Heath, and the Road leading 
An Act to apply the ‘Sum of Ten millions out of | from the Road from Woodstock to Birmingham, 
the Consolidated Fund to the Service of the year through Charlbury, to the Road from Chipping 
One thousand eight hundred and Fifty-five : | Norton to Burford, all in the County of Oxford : 
. 7 : | An Act for repairing, widening and maintaining Lyme Regis 
_ An Act to provide for the Education of Children | several Roads in the Counties of Dorset and Devon, Roads Bill. 
in the Receipt of Out-door Relief : leading to and from the Borough of Lyme Regis, and 
An Act to continue the Act for extending for a| from the Turnpike-road on Haymond’s Hill to the 
limited Time the Provision for Abatement of Income | T urnpike-road at the Three Ashes, in the Parish of 
Tax in respect of Insurance on Lives : rewherne, in the County of Somerset : ; 
| An Act for making a Railway from Oswestry, in Newtown and 
| the County of Salop, to Welchpool and Newtown, in alleen nas 
An Act for abolishing the Jurisdiction of the Ec- | the County of Montgomery : SEe 
clesiastical Courts of England and Wales in Suits | An Act for making a Railway from the Town of Dundalk and 
tue Datamation : Dundalk, in the County of Louth, to the Town of Blackrock 


An Act to repeal the Stamp Duties payable on | Blackrock, in the said County : ee se 


Repealon = Matriculati wens i he University of An Act for the better Supply of the City of Glou- Gloucester 
oe Ozford — tiene eeinainens id | cester, and the Neighbourhood. thereof, with Water, } pe me , 
(Oxford) Bill. | and for other purposes : of Health Bill. 
Grants of An Act to facilitate Grants of Lands and Tene-, An Act for enabling the Zondon and Blackwall London and 
Lands Bill. ments for the purpose of Religious Worship, and | Railway Company to widen certain Portions of their Blackwall | 
other purposes connected therewith : _ Railways, and for amending some of the Provisions a 
Public An Act for further promoting the Establishment of the Acts relating to such Railways : 
——— and of Free Public Libraries and Museums in Jreland: | _ An Act for enabling the Manchester, Sheffield and Manchester, 
(Ireland) Bill. | Lincolnshire Railway Company to make a Branch a 
Spirit of Wine An Act to allow Spirit of Wine to be used Duty | Railway to Lincoln, and for other purposes : Railway (Lin- 
Bill free in the Arts and Manufactures of the United | coln Branch, 
Kingdom : | An Act f tetee the T he Notti er 
Waterford An Act to enable the Waterford and Limerich | , Pacts sak Fc ts _ go De pe ae ee 
Sadlway Bill, Railway Company to raise further Money, and for Py ge tee seupenne: Pp 3 meee 


Saint Helen's 
Improvement 
Bill. 
Cromford and 
High Peak 
Railway Bull. 


Limerick and 
Castleconnell 


Railway Bill. - 


Newcastle- 
under- Lyme 
Gas Bill. 


Limerick 
and Foynes 
Railway Bill. 
Maryport 
and Carlisle 
Railway Bill. 


Newport Gas 
Bill. 


pene 
super-Mare 
Gas Bill. 


Alford and 
Boston Road 
Bill. 


other purposes : : ' 
An Ace for the Improvement of the Town of Saint | An Act for extending the Powers of the Warring- Warrington 


, epee : 'ton Waterworks Company, and for other purposes : Water Bill. 
meetin a, 008 Re ain gapeaes : | An Act to enable the Caledonian Ralleeg Com- Caledonian 
An Act to alter and extend the Line of the Crom- | pany to raise a further Sum of Money : Railway Bill. 
ford and High Peak Railway, and to amend and| An Act to amend the East Kent Railway Act, East Kent 
consolidate the Provisions of the Acts relating | 1853: Railway Bill. 
thereto : An Act to authorize the Company of Proprietors Regent’s Canal 
An Act for making a meen from the Water-| of the Regent’s Canal, to purchase the Hertford —_ 


ford and Limerick Railway at Killonan to Castle-' Union Canal, and for other purposes : gs Canal) 


connell, to be called “The Limerick and Castle- | An Act to consolidate and amend the Acts relating Glasgow and 
connell Railway,” and for other purposes : _to the Glasgow and South Western Railway, and for South Western 
An Act to extend the Limits of the Newcastle- | other purposes : Railway Bill. 
under-Lyme Gas-Light Company’s Act for the Sup-| An Act for the Improvement of the Town of Newton in 
ply of Gas, and to authorize the raising of a further) Newtun in Mackerfield and Neighbourhood, in the Mackerfield 


Sum of Money, and for other purposes : County of Lancaster : — 
An Act to increase the borrowing Powers of the; An Act to authorize Improvements in the Borough Neweastle- 
Limerick and Foynes Railway Company : of Nessnstloases-Tene: upon-Tyne 
: . . P _ Improvements 
An Act to consolidate and amend the Acts relating Bill. 


to the Maryport and Carlisle Railway, to authorize} An Act to consolidate and amend the Acts relating south Wales 
the eas | to improve their existing Railway, to | to the South Wales Railway Company, and to autho- Railway Con- 
make new Branches, Stations and other additions | yjze the Construction of new Works, and Alterations cclideaien 5 
to their Works, to raise further Monies, and for other of existing Works, and for other purposes : 
pr eee an : An Act to enable the Trustees under the Settle- Hoffe’s Estate 
n Act for better lighting with Gas the Town| ment executed on the Marriage of Philip Rideout Bill 

and Borough of Newport, and the Neighbourhood | Hoffe, to effect a Sale to Sir Richard Plumptre 
thereof, in the County of Monmouth: — ; Glyn, Baronet, of certain Hereditaments situate at 

An Act for more ae supplying with Gas} Twyford, in the Parish of Compton Abbas, and 
the Town of Weston-super-Mare, in the County of County of Dorset, and for other purposes, and of 


Somerset : which the short Title is “ Hoffe’s Estate Act, 1855.” 
An Act to renew the Term and continue the 


Powers of an Act passed in the eighth year of the} Mr. Cowper presented,—Return to an Address to Fees (Clerks 
reign of his Majesty King George the Fourth, inti-| Her Majesty, dated the 4th day of May . for a of Assize, &amp;.) 
eturn 





































































SB &gt;be 


oA Fee 








Saint Cross 
Hospital. 


Standing 
Orders. 


Huddersfield 
Burial-ground 
Act Amend- 
ment Bill. 


Huddersfield 
Burial-ground 
Act Amend- 
ment Bill. 


Public 
Petitions. 


Vide Forty- 
ninth Report. 


Railway 
Accidents, 


Trade and 
Navigation. 


War Depart- 
ment, &amp;c. 


London Writ. 








19 Vicroriz. 


Return of all Fees payable to the Clerks of Assize 
and Clerks of the Peace for the several Counties 
and Towns in England and Wales in every case of 
Prosecution at the Assizes and Sessions for Felony 
or Misdemeanor; specifying each particular Fee, 
the Amount of it, by whom paid in the first instance, 
and whether repaid by Order on the County Trea- 
surer:—Where Clerks of the Peace are paid by 
Salary in lieu of such Fees, a similar Return of the 
Fees charged in the Returns of Prosecution Ex- 
penses to the Treasury. 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 
15th day of this instant June, for Copy of the recent 
Resignation of the Reverend Lord Guilford of the 
Mastership of Saint Cross Hospital, as entered in 
the Act Book of the Diocese of Winchester. 

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


Mr. Deedes reported from the Select Committee 
on Standing Orders, a Resolution ; which was read, 
as followeth: 

That in the case of the Huddersfield Burial-ground 
Act Amendment Bill, the Standing Orders ought 
to be dispensed with ; that the Parties be permitted 
to proceed with their Bill. 

The said Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 


Ordered, That the Huddersfield Burial-ground 
Act Amendment Bill be read a second time upon 
Monday next. 


Petitions relating to the Ballot;—Church Rates 
Abolition Bill ;—Lord’s Day ;—Maynooth College 
Act;— Public-houses and Beer-shops ; — Sunda 
Trading (Metropolis) Bill ;—Rating of Mines Bill ; 
—Bleaching, &amp;c., Works Bill;—Criminal Justice 
Bill ;—Education Bill ;—Education (Scotland) Bill ; 
—lIntoxicating Liquors;— Petty Sessions Clerks 
(Ireland) ;— and, Sale of Beer Act (1854),—were 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 





Mr. Bouverie presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand,—Copy of Report of an Inspecting Officer of 
the Railway Department to the Lords of the Com- 
mittee of Privy Council for Trade upon an Accident 
which occurred on the South Staffordshire Railway 
on the 23d December 1854. 

Accounts relating to Trade and Navigation, for 
the Month ended 31 May 1855, and Five Months 
ended 31 May 1855. 

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


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return showing, in opposite Columns, the 
Charge for the War Department, War Office, Board 
of General Officers and Ordnance, and for its subor- 
dinate Establishments, under the System which 
existed before the Order in Council, dated the 6th 
day of June 1855, contrasted with the Charge under 
the System constituted by that Order; stating in 
each case the Amount of Military Pay or Allowances, 
as well as the Salaries of the Officers employed. 

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


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 a Citizen to serve in this present Par- 
liament for the City of Zondon, in the room of 
Baron Lionel Nathan de Rothschild, who, since his 
Election for the said City, has-entered into a Con- 
tract for the Public Service ; 


26° Junie. 


sage had been brought from the Lords, by one o 
their Clerks, as followeth : 


time; and ordered to be read a second time upon 
Monday next; and to be printed. 


tion Bill be now read the first time ; 


the Laws regulating the Medical Profession: And 
the same was read the first time ; and ordered to be 
read a second time upon Tuesday the 24th day of 
July next ; and to be printed. 





VoL. 110. 


325 


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 Contract entered into by Baron Lionel Nathan 
“ de Rothschild with Her Majesty’s Government, on 
“ the 20th day of April last, for a Loan of Sixteen 
‘ millions for the Public Service, be referred to a 
“‘ Select Committee ; and that they be directed to 
“ report their Opinion whether Baron Lionel Nathan 
“ de Rothschild has vacated his Seat by his entering 
“ into the said Contract,” instead thereof. 


And the Question being proposed, That the 


words proposed to be left out, stand part of the 
Question:— The said proposed Amendment and 
Motion were severally, with leave of the House, 
withdrawn. 


Ordered, That the Contract entered into by 


Messrs. Rothschild and Co. with Her Majesty's 
Government, on the 20th day of April last, for a 
Loan of Sixteen millions for the Public Service, be 
referred to a Select Committee ; and that they be 
directed to report their Opinion whether Baron 
Lionel Nathan de Rothschild has vacated his Seat 
by reason of the said Contract. 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That a Mes- Message from 
f the Lords. 


The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Charitable 


to amend the Charitable Trusts Act, 1853; to which Trusts Bill. 


the Lords desire the concurrence of this House: 
And also, 


The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Carnegie’s 


to relieve Sir James Carnegie, of Southesk, Kinnaird Restitution 
and Fritarrow, Baronet, from the effect of the At-" ~ 
tainder of James Fifth Earl of Southesk, and Baron 
Carnegie, of Kinnaird and Leuchars, in Scotland; 

to which the Lords desire the concurrence of this 

House. 


The Charitable Trusts Bill was read the first Charitable 
Trusts Bill. 


Bill 198. 


Carnegie’s 
Restitution 
Bill. 


A Motion being made, that Carnegie’s Restitu- 


Viscount Palmerston, 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. 


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 a Select Committee. 


Mr. Headlam presented a Bill to alter and amend Medical Pro- 
fession Bill. 


Bill 199. 


Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed Sale of Beer, 


to inquire into the Act of last Session, for further ** Ac 
regulating the Sale of Beer and other Liquors on 
the Lord’s Day. 


Income Tax 
Elective 
Franchise. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for conferring the Elective Frenne upon Persons 
(not being Aliens) who are assessed to the Income 
Tax, but are not upon a Register of Electors for 
any part of Great Britain and Jreland: And that 
Major Reed and Mr. Pellatt do prepare, and bring 


it in. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- stage Carriage 
posed, That, in the opinion of this House, the Laws Duties. 
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326 


relating to the Assessment of Duties on Stage Car- 
riages in England, Scotland and Wales should be 
immediately modified ; 

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





Mercurii, 27° die Junii, 1855: 


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


Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed 
on Adulteration of Food, Drinks and Drugs. 


Adulteration 
of Food, &amp;c. 


Bleaching, &amp;e. | Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 

Works. regulate the Employment of Females and Young 
Persons under Eighteen in Bleaching, Finishing and 
Dyeing Works: And that Mr. Isaac Butt, Lord 
John Manners, Viscount Goderich and Mr. Crook 
do prepare, and bring it in. 


ee Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
(Ireland.) facilitate — of Commissioners of Endowed 
Schools in Jreland: And that Mr. Solicitor Ge- 


neral for Ireland, Mr. Attorney General for Ireland 
and Mr. Horsman do prepare, and bring it in. 
Bankruptcy 


andInsolvenc 
(Ireland.) 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
consolidate and amend the Laws of Bankruptcy and 
Insolvency in Jreland : And that Mr. Solicitor Ge- 
neral for /reland, Mr. Attorney General for Ireland 
and Mr. Horsman do prepare, and bring it in. 
Copyhold,&amp;c. — Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
Commissions . : . 
Continuance. CONtinue Appointments under the Act for consoli- 
dating the Copyhold and Inclosure Commissions, 
and for completing Proceedings under the Tithe 
Commutation Acts: And that Mr. Cowper and Sir 
George Grey do prepare, and bring it in. 


Postal The Select Committee on Postal Arrangements 

(Watetora, (Waterford, &amp;e.) was nominated of Mr. Meagher, 

xe.) ? Mr. Henry Herbert, Mr. Fagan, Mr. Maguire, Mr. 
De Vere, Mr. Liddell, Sir Stafford Northcote, Mr. 
Barrow, Mr. Dunlop, Mr. Wickham, Viscount Monch 
and Mr. Wilson. 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being put, That Mr. Gordon be one other Member 
of the said Committee ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right ; 

The Noes to the Lett. 

onlin &gt; 
Tellers for the Yeas,} - . a a f 
,.. {Mr. Hutchins. 
Tellers for the Noes,| Colonel Dunne 3 } 
So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 
Then Mr. Lowe was nominated one other Member 
of the said Committee. 
Ordered, ‘That the Committee have Power to 
send for persons, papers and records. 
Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 


52. 


34. 


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. 








Mercurii, 27° die Junii ; 
Anno 19° Victoria Regine, 1855. 


PRAYERS. 


RDERED, That all Committees have leave 
to sit this day, during the sitting of the House. 


Committees. 


Electric The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
Telegraph consideration the Amendment made by the Lords to 


Company Bill. she Electric ‘Telegraph Company Bill ; 


Ordered, That the said Amendment be taken into 
consideration To-morrow. 


26°—927° Junii. 





A. 1855. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration International 
the Amendment made by the Lords to the Inter- weeny 
national Life Assurance Society Bill; and the same y 
was twice read, and, with Amendments thereto, 
agreed to. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the Amendment made by their Lord- 
ships, with Amendments; to which Amendments 
this House doth desire the concurrence of their 
Lordships. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third Bradford 
reading of the Bradford Corporation Water Bill; a ag 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time To- ; 
morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third Liverpool 
reading of the Liverpool Improvement Bill ; a 

And a Motion being made, That the Bill be now 
read the third time; 

Mr. FitzRoy, 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 enabling the Mayor, Aldermen 
and Burgesses of the Borough of Liverpool to acquire 
Lands, and for other purposes. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Airdrie Rural 
the Airdrie Rural District Police (No. 2) Bill, as District Police 
amended in the Committee. sin deat 
A Clause (Incorporation of Valuation of Lands 

and Heritages Act), was twice read; and made part 

of the Bill. 

Then Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time To- 

morrow. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Connaught 
the Connaught Mining Company Bill, as amended oe Bill, 
in the Committee. Stated 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time To- 


morrow. 


Ordered, That the New River Company and New River 
Trustees of the River Lee (No. 2) Bill be read the a 0 
third time To-morrow. the River Lee 
(No, 2.) Bill. 

Ordered, That the East Kent Railway (Extension East Kent 
to Dover) Bill be read the third time To-morrow. oe ~ 

Dover) Bill. 

Ordered, That in the case of the Dublin, &amp;c. Dublin, &amp;c. 
Roads (No. 2) Bill, Standing Orders, Nos. 174, 208 _ (No. 2) 
and 209, be suspended ; and that the Bill be read the ~~ 
third time ‘To-morrow. 


The Select Committee on Carnegie’s Restitution Carnesie’s 

Bill was nominated of Viscount Duncan, Viscount _— 
Palmerston, Lord John Russell, Sir James Graham, 
Mr. Disraeli, ‘Vhe Lord Advocate, Mr. Attorney 
General, Mr. Solicitor General, The Judge Advo- 
cate, Sir Frederic Thesiger, Sir John Pakington, Mr. 
Horsman, Mr. Brand and Mr. Sotheron; and all 
the Members of this House who are of Her Ma- 
jesty’s Most honourable Privy Council ; and all the 
‘Gentlemen of the Long Robe. 

Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 

Ordered, ‘that the Committee have leave to sit, 
and proceed and report forthwith. 


Mr. Bonham Carter reported from the Select a 
Committee on Public Petitions; That they had ex- (Forty-cighth 
amined the Petitions presented upon the 25th day Report.) 


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19 Vicroriz. 


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. 


Public Petitions relating to Marriage Law Amendment 
P saree Bill ;— Maynooth College Act ;—Public-houses and 
Vide Forty- Beer-shops ;—Sunday Trading (Metropolis) Bill ;— 
ninth Report. Rating of Mines Bill;—Bills of Lading (No. 2) 


Bill ;—Education (Scotland) Bill ;—Formation, &amp;c. 
of Parishes Bill ;-—Intoxicating Liquors ;—Leases 
and Sales of Settled Estates Bill ;—Medical Officers 
(Navy) ;—Partnership Amendment Bill, and Limited 
Liability Bill;—Poor Relief (Jreland) Bill ;—and, 
Public Health Bill,—were presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Bleaching, &amp;c. 


Works Hil Mr. Isaac Butt presented a Bill to regulate the 


Employment of Females and Young Persons under 


Bill 201. Eighteen in Bleaching, Finishing and Dyeing Works: 
And the same was read the first time; and ordered 
to be read a second time upon Wednesday next ; 
and to be printed. 

Leave of Ordered, That Mr. Price have leave of absence 
Absence. for a fortnight, on account of ill health. 

Workhouse Ordered, That the Return relative to Workhouse 
at Farm and Manufacture Accounts (Jreland), which 
‘Accounts Was presented upon the 25th day of this instant 
(Ireland.) June, be printed. 

No. 345. 

East India Ordered, That the Return relative to East India 
(Torture.). (Torture), which was presented upon the 26th day 

No. 346. of this instant June, be printed. 

Trade and Ordered, That the Accounts relative to Trade and 
Navigation, Navigation, which were presented upon the 26th day 

No. 65. of this instant June, be printed. 

Mortmain Bill. The Order of the day being read, for tie Com- 
mittee on the Mortmain Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 

Westminster = The following Papers were laid upon the Table by 
New Bridge. the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, dated 
the 11th day of May last, for a Copy of Report 
from the Engineer, as to the progress and present 
state of the New Bridge at Westminster. 
BatterseaPark Return to an Order, dated the 11th day of May 
and Chelsea ast, for a Copy of Report from the Architect and 
Besage. Engineer, as to the progress and present state of 
Battersea Park and Chelsea Bridge; and of the day 
on which the New Chelsea Bridge is likely to be 
completed and opened for public use. 
a The Order of the day being read, for the second 
Bil, =~ Peading of the Formation, &amp;c. of Parishes 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 the word “now,” and, 
at the end of the Question, adding the words “ upon 
“ this day three months.” 

And the Question being proposed, That the 
word “now” stand part of the Question:—The 
said proposed Amendment and Motion were se- 
verally, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 

Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 

a The Order of the day being read, for resuming 


the adjourned Debate on the Amendment which, 
upon the Ist day of May last, was proposed to 
be made to the Question, That this House do re- 
solve itself into a Committee, for the purpose of 


considering the Acts for the Endowment of the 
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327 


College of Maynooth, with a view to the withdrawal 
of any Endowment out of the Consolidated Fund, 
due regard being had to vested rights or interests ; 
and which Amendment was, to leave out from the 
word “ considering” to the end of the Question, in 
order to add tue words “all grants or endowments 
“ for ecclesiastical purposes, whether charged on 
the Consolidated Fund or annually voted by Par- 
liament, with a view to their withdrawal, due re- 
gard being had to vested rights or interests,” in- 
stead thereof. 

And the Question being again proposed, That 
the words proposed to be left out, stand part of the 
Question :—The House resumed the said adjourned 
Debate. : 

Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 
till To-morrow. 


“ 
“ce 


“ 


The Order.of the day being read, for the second oe 

reading of the Bankruptcy (Jredand) Bill ; (ireland) Bull 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 

upon Wednesday next. 


The Order of the day being 
mittee on the Grand Juries Bill ; 

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


read, for the Com- Cuma Juries 
Bill. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to Piers and 
take into consideration the Piers and Harbours (Sevtlanay Ball 
(Scotland) 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 Army Prize 
reading of the Army Prize Money Bill; Money Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
To-morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Dublin Car- 


reading of the Dublin Carriage Acts Amendment Tage Acts 
Bill: Amendment 


: ’ Bill, 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
To-morrow. 


The Youthful Offenders (No. 2) Bill was, accord- Youthful 
ing to Order, read the third time. Offenders 

A Clause (In Scotland, Justices of Peace to have (N°?) Bill. 
same Power with Sheriff), was thrice read; and 
added to the Bill. 

Then Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 


Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third Christ Church 
reading of the Christ Church (Todmorden) Mar- (Todmorden) 
‘ ‘ «98 ‘ Marriages 
rages Validity Bill &gt; Validity Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Friday next. 


The Court of Exchequer ( /reland) Bill was, ac- Court of 
cording to Order, read the third time. Exchequer 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. eae tan 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Supply. 
mittee of Supply ; 

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


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Ways and 
mittee of Ways and Means; Means. 
Resolved, ‘hat this House will, upon Friday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Rating of 
reading of the Rating of Mines (No. 2) Bill; a (Bo. 2) 

Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. ‘ 

Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


TT4+ The 





Carlisle 
Canonries Bill. 


Tenants’ 
Improvements 
Compensation 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Acts of 
Parliament 
Amending 
Bill. 


Union Charges 
Act Continu- 
ance Bill. 


Infants’ 
Marriage Bill. 


Gold and 
Silver Warcs 
(No. 2.) 


Downing- 
street Public 
Offices Ex- 
tension [Ex- 
change of 
Lands, &amp;c.] 


Postal Ar- 
rangements 
(Waterford, 
xc.) 


Army School 
Regulations 
(Madras. ) 


Carnegie’s 
Restitution 
Bill. 


328 
The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Carlisle Canonries Bill; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
the 11th day of July next, resolve itself into the 
said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Tenants’ Improvements Compensation 
(Ireland) Bill ;. 

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


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Acts of Parliament Amending Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
To-morrow. 


The Union Charges Act Continuance Bill was, 
according to Order, read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 


Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Infants’ 
Marriage Bill; and the same were twice read, and 
agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the Amendments made by their Lordships. 


The House was moved, That the several Acts 
relating to the Assaying of Gold and Silver Wares 
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. 


A Motion being made, That this House will, 
To-morrow, resolve itself into a Committee to con- 
sider of authorizing the Exchange of any Lands 
vested in the Commissioners of Her Majesty’s 
Works, under the Acts 14 &amp; 15 Vic. c. 42, and 
16 Vic. c. 18, for any Lands of the Crown required 
to be taken for the purpose of providing additional 
Offices for the Public Service in or near Downing- 
street, and of making provision out of the Consoli- 
dated Fund of the United Kingdom of Great Britain 
and Jreland, or out of the Land Revenues of the 
Crown, for the payment of the difference in value 
(if any, as the case may be) of the Lands of the 
Crown aud of the Lands now vested in the Commis- 
sioners of Works, in trust for the Consolidated 
Fund ; 

The Chancellor of the Exchequer, by Her Ma- 
jesty’s Command, acquainted the House, That Her 
Majesty, having been informed of the subject-matter 
of this Motion, gives Her Consent, as far as Her 


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Majesty’s interest is concerned, that the House may 
dc therein as they shall think fit; and recommends | 
the same to the consideration of the House. 
Resolved, That this House will, ‘To-morrow, re- | 
solve itself into the said Committee. | 


Ordered, That Mr. Francis Scully be added to 
the Select Committee on Postal Arrangements 
( Waterford, &amp;e.) | 


Orcered, That there be laid before this House, | 
a Copy of the New Army School Regulations re- | 
cently published at Madras. 


Viscount Duncan reported from the Select Com- 
mittee on Carnegie’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 the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the same, without Amendment. 





A. 1855. 


Mr. Solicitor General for Jreland presented a Bill Endowed 
to give further Powers to the Commissioners ap- (ireland) Bill 
pointed to inquire into the Endowed Schools in 5: 200 : 
Ireland : And the same was read the first time; . P 
and ordered to be read a second time upon Friday 
next; and to be printed. 


Mr. Cowper presented a Bill to continue Appoint- Copyhold, &amp;c. 

ments under the Act for consolidating the Copyhold — 
i % ° ontinuance 

and Inclosure Commissions, and for completing piu. 

Proceedings under the Tithe Commutation Acts: jj) 909. 

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 for Zreland presented a Bill Bankruptcy 
to consolidate and amend the Laws of Bankruptcy #4 Insolvency 
and Insolvency in Ireland: And the same was read a 
the first time; and ordered to be read a second time Bill 203. 
upon this day three months ; and to be printed. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 





Jovis, 28° die Junii ; 
Anno 19° Victoria Regine, 1855. 


PRAYERS. 


ORDE RED, That all Committees have leave Committees. 
to sit this day, during the sitting of the House. 


Ordered, That the Amendments made by the Lords Ayr Harbour 
to the Ayr Harbour Bill be taken into consideration 34. 
To-morrow. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Exeter and 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Exeter cea 
and Exmouth Railway Bill: and the same were a 
twice read, and, with Amendments to several of 
them, agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Clerk 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 


reo doth desire the concurrence of their Lord- 
ships. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Glasgow 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Glasgow Water Bill. 
Water Bill. 

The said Amendments, being read a second time 
(and it appearing that the Amendment to Clause 112 
was made to carry out the intention of the House of 
Commons, and render the Clause consistent with the 
Provisions of the Bill, for giving security on the 
rates for the Annuities, to be called “ The Glasgow 


_ Corporation W aterworks Annuities”),were agreed to. 


Ordered, That the Clerk 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 Electric 
into consideration the Amendment made by the Telegraph sin 
Lords to the Electric Telegraph Company Bill; and —- 
the same was twice read, and, with Amendments 
thereto, agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the Amendment made by their Lordships, 
with Amendments; to which Amendments thig 
House doth desire the concurrence of their Lord- 
ships. 


The Royal Conical Flour Mill Company Bill was Royal Conica! 
read the third time. Flour Mill 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. Company Bili. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 
The 





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19 VicTrori2. 


The Westminster Improvements Bill was read the 
third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 


Westminster 
— 
Bi 


Lords, and desire their concurrence. 
Westminster = =The Westminster Land Company Bill was read the 
Land Com- hird ti 
pany Bill. third time. ; 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 
Westminster The Westminster Terminus Railway (Clapham to 
ye ony Norwood) Bill was read the third time ; and Amend- 
(Clapham to ments were made to the Bill. 


Norwood) Bill. Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Airdrie Rural District Police (No. 2) Bill was, 
according to Order, read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act to repeai the Act of the ninth 
Victoria, chapter thirty-two, to reconstitute and 
extend the Police District therein mentioned, under 
the name of the “ Airdrie Rural Police District,” and 
to erect and maintain a Hall, Court-house and Public 
Offices, for the Airdrie District of Lanarkshire. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 


Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Airdrie Rural 
District Police 
(No. 2) Bill. 


Birkenhead 
and Liverpool 
Docks (Trust 
Property of 
Birkenhead 
Dock Trus- 
tees, &amp;c.) Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third read- 
ing of the Birkenhead and Liverpool Docks (Trust 
Property of Birkenhead Dock Trustees, &amp;c.) Bill ; 

And a Motion being made, That the Bill be now 
read the third time ; 

Mr. FitzRoy, 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 vesting the Undertakings of 
the Birkenhead Dock Company, and of the Trustees 
of the Birkenhead Docks, in the Mayor, Aldermen 
and Burgesses of the Borough of Liverpool, and for 
other purposes. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Bradford The Bradford Corporation Water Bill was, ac- 
on aay cording to Order, read the third time; and Amend- 
ments were made to the Bill. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 
Connaught The Connaught Mining Company Bill was, ac- 
—— cording to Order, read the third time. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 
Dublin, &amp;c. The Order of the day being read, for the third 
i (No.2) reading of the Dublin, &amp;c. Roads (No. 2) Bill; 


Anda Motion being made, and the Question being 
proposed, That the Bill be now read the third time ; 
An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out the word “now,” and, at 
the end of the Question, adding 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 Yeas J Mr. Hans ee. i. 
’\Mr. Grogan : 
1 


Tellers for 7 Mr. Cogan, ‘ 
. lers for the Noes,{ vgn Macartney: § 12, 
So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 


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329 


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

A Clause (Principal sum secured by Mortgage on 
Dublin Bar to Slane and Drogheda Trust 
Road to be paid off), 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 Neyative. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence, 


The Order of the day being read, for the third East Kent 


reading of the East Kent Railway (Extension to Railway 
(Extension to 


And a Motion being made, That the Bill be now — 


read the third time ; 

Mr. FitzRoy, by Her Majesty’s Command, ac- 
quainted the House, That Mer 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 the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 


Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Liverpvol Docks Bill was, according to Order, Liverpool 
read the third time. Docks Bill. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The New River Company and Trustees of the New River 
River Lee (No. 2) Bill was, according to Order, read Company and 


the third time. ee x 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. (No. 2) Bill. 


Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Petitions relating to Maynooth College Act ;— Public 
Sunday Trading (Metropolis) Bill; — Rating of Petitions. 
Mines Bill; — Anatomy Act ;— Bleaching, &amp;c., yiae Forty- 
Works Bill ;—Charitable Trusts Bill ;—Intoxicating ninth Report. 
Liquors ; — Limited Liability Bill ; — Partnership 
Amendment Bill ;—Petty Sessions Clerks (Zreland) ; 

—Public Health Bill;—Sale of Beer Act ;—and, 
War with Russia,—were presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Passengers 
mittee on the Passengers Act Amendment Bill ; Act — 
Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve a 

itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Metropolis 
into a Committee on the Metropolis Local Manage- Local Manage- 
ment Bill. i 

(In the Committee.) 


Postponed Crausg, N° 26 (Elected members of 
Metropolitan Board to nominate three persons to 
Secretary of State for the purpose of his selecting 
one of them as Chairman). 

Amendment again proposed, in p. 8, |. 43: To 
leave out the words “ and shall also decide upon 
“ the amount of salary to be paid to such Chairman, 
“ such salary not to be less than £.1,500 and not to 
“ exceed £.2,000 per annum.” 

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. 


Postponed Crause, N° 27, disagreed to. 


Postponed Ciause, N° 28, amended, and agreed 
to. 


Postponed Cuauses, N° 29 and N° 125, agreed 





to. 
Clause added. 





Von. 110. 





Clause 


u 


Westminster 
New Bridge. 


No. 347. 


Battersea Park 
and Chelsea 
Bridge. 

No. 348. 


County Courts. 


330 


Clause (Act not to authorize the making any 
thoroughfare without the consent of the proprietor 
of the estate)——brought up, and read 1°, 2°. 

Amendment proposed, in |. 3: After the word 
“« without ” to insert the word “ either.” 

Question proposed, That the word “either” be 
there inserted. 

Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 

An Amendment made. 

Clause, as amended, agreed to, and added. 

Clauses added. 

Clause (Accounts of other parochial Boards to be 
audited by the auditors elected under this Act, 1&amp; 2 
Will. 4, c. 60). 

Question, That the Clause be added to the Bill 
——put, and negatived. 

Clauses added. 

Clause (Vestries in parishes in Schedules (A.) and 
(B.) to consist of not less than eighteen or more than 
one hundred and twenty persons, qualified and elected 
as after provided.—1 &amp; 2 Will. 4, c. 60, s. 23)—— 
brought up, and read 1°, 2°. 

Amendment proposed, in 1.10: After the word 
“ twenty” to leave out all the words to the end of 
the Clause. 

Question, That the words proposed to be left out, 
stand part of the Clause——put, and agreed to. 

Clause agreed to, and added. 

Clause (Parishes with more than 2,000 rated 
householders to be divided into wards) brought 
up, and read 1°, 2°. 

Amendment proposed, in]. 6: To leave out the 
words “the whole number of wards in any parish 
“ shall not exceed eight.” 

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, and added. 

To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 








Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; and Mr. Fitz Roy 
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 Tuesday 
next, at Twelve o’clock, again resolve itself into the 
said Committee. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Westminster 
New Bridge, which was presented upon the 27th day 
of this instant June, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Battersea 
Park and Chelsea Bridge, which was presented upon 
the 27th day of this instant June, be printed. 


Mr. Cowper presented,—Return to an Address 
to Her Majesty, dated the 25th day of May last, 
for Returns of the Total Amount of Judges’ Fees 
received in the County Courts, for the Period since 
their Establishment to the end of the last year to 
which the Accounts are made up:—Of the Total 
Amount received by the Judges of such Fees for 
their own use, from the Establishment of the Courts in 
1847 to the 30th day of September 1848 :—Of the 
Total Amount of the Salaries and Allowances for 
travelling paid to such Judges, from the 30th day of 
September 1848 to the end of such last year :—Of 
the Total Amount of Clerks’ Fees for the same 
Period, the Total Amount of Salaries paid thereout, 
and the Total Amount received by the Clerks for 
their own use:—Of the Total Amount of High 
Bailiffs’ Fees received in such Period, and how ex- 
pended :—Of the Total Amount received by the. 
Treasurers of County Courts on account of the 
General Fund, and the Payments made thereout, 
during such Period, as given in the Balance Sheets 
rendered to the Treasury :—Of the Total Amount of 
the Allowance to Treasurers of County Courts during 
such Period for travelling and other Expenses, an 
out of what Fund paid::—Of the Total Amount of 


28° Junit. 


i the Allowance to such Treasurers — 





A. 1855. 


such Period 
for Clerk hire and Rent of Office, and out of what 
Fund paid :—And, of the Names of all Districts in 
which Court-houses have been built, and the Expense 
of each such Court-house. 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 
25th day of this instant June, for Copies of any recent 
Applications to the Secretary of State from Roman 
Catholic Bishops or Priests, on the subject of the 
Religious Instruction of Roman Catholic Prisoners 
in Pentonville and Brixton Prisons, and of the 
Answers thereto. 

Return to an Order, dated the 18th day of this 
instant June, for a Return of the Names of all Per- 
sons removed or dismissed from their Offices in an 
Government Convict Prison in Jreland, since the 7t 
day of August 1854, by reason of Abolition of 
Office, or Incapacity from Old Age or Illness; such 
Return to set forth the Nature of Office, Amount of 
Salary, and Retiring Allowance or Gratuity. 

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





Roman 
Catholic 


Convict 


Prisons 
(Treland.) 


Ordered, That Mr. Sotheron have leave of absence Leave of 
for a fortnight, on account of a domestic affliction, Absence. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Kingstown 
Copies of Instructions from the Board of Works to Harbour. 


Mr. Rendel in 1853, to report on the Packet Pier in 
course of execution in Kingstown Harbour, and of 
Mr. Rendel’s Report thereon, with the accompanying 
Plan ; and of any other subsequent Reports or Cor- 
respondence relating to the Improvement of Kings- 
town Harbour, with the accompanying Plans. 


The following Paper, pursuant to the directions of Lunatic 
an Act of Parliament, was laid upon the Table by Asylums. 


the Clerk of the House,—Abstracts of Accounts of 
Monies received and paid on account of the several 
County and Borough Asylums in England and Wales, 
during the year ending on the 31st December 1854. 


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


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 1855, 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 1855; 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. 495, of Session 1854). 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Post-office 
Copy of all Memorials and Applications addressed (22™8 Mail.) 


to the Postmaster General by the Town Commis- 
sioners or People of the Borough of Ennis and its 
Vicinity, within Six Months last past in relation to 
the Establishment of a Day Mail to Ennis, and of 
the Answers of the Post-office Authorities, and of 
all Correspondence that ensued thereon ; of any Esti- 
mate or Accounts of the Expense to be caused 
thereby, and of any Proposals made to the Post- 
office Authorities in relation thereto. 


Mr. Peel presented,—Return to an Address toArmy | 
Her Majesty, dated the 16th day of March last, for Com™msson® 


a Return of the Names of all Gentlemen who have 
been appointed to Commissions in the Army by Pur- 
chase, from the Ist day of January 1853 to the 
present Date; when such Commissions have been 
sold on account of the Government, to state both 
the Regiment and the Amount paid in each instance, 
and the Total Amount realised :—And, of the rae 
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| 
: 


Militia. 


Medical 


Officers (Army 


and Navy.) 


Militia. 


Science and 
Art. 


Colonial 
Lights. 


Tenants’ 


19 Vicroriz. 


of all Gentlemen appointed to Commissions in the 
Army during the same Period without Purchase ; 
specifying ‘ime promoted from the inferior Ranks 


of the Army. 


Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 
26th day of April last, for a Return showing, in 
Columns, the Number of Volunteers actually serving 
in each Regiment of Militia, embodied or under train- 
ing in the United Kingdom on the 1st day of March 
1855 ; the Number of Volunteers actually serving 
in each such Regiment on the 15th day of Apml 
1855; the Number of Volunteers enrolled previous 
to the 12th day of May 1854, who left each such 
Regiment after Publication of a Circular from the 
War Office, dated the 27th day of March 1855 ; the 
Number of Volunteers so Enrolled who took the 
Bounty of £.1, offered in the same Circular, to com- 

lete their Term of Service, and the Amount of such 
Soeuty paid in each Regiment; and the Total Num- 
ber of all Ranks (distinguishing the same) effective 
in each such Regiment of Militia on the 15th day of 
April 1855. 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 
4th day of May last, for Returns of the Names of 
all Persons appointed Physicians, Surgeons, Assistant 
Surgeons, Acting Assistant Surgeons, Dressers, or 
other Medical Officers to the Army or Navy, or to 
the Hospitals at Scutari, Smyrna, or elsewhere, for 
Sick or Disabled Soldiers or Sailors, from the 1st day 
of January 1854 to the present time, stating the 
Nature of the Degrees, Diplomas, or Licenses held 
by them as Qualifications, and the Colleges from 
which they have been obtained :—And, of any Com- 
munications made from the Army Medical ; Sener 
ment to Public Medical Bodies within the United 
Kingdom, or other Individuals, inviting Candidates 
for Medical Appointments in the Army, Civil Hos- 
pitals in the East, or in the Turkish Contingent. 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 
7th day of May last, for a Return of the Number of 
Officers, Non-commissioned Officers and Privates 
present with their respective Regiments of Militia in 
England on the 30th day of April last ; specifying 
the Number of Officers, , Salen norte Officers 
and Privates absent on that day from their respective 
Regiments with leave. 

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


Mr. Bouverie presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand,—Copy of Second Report of the Department 
of Science and Art. 

Mr. Bouverie also presented,—Return to an Ad- 
dress to Her Majesty, dated the 22d day of this in- 
stant June, for Copy of the Correspondence between 
the Admiralty, the Board of Trade, and the Colonial 
Office, respecting Colonial Lights. 

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


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 


Improvements into a Committee on the Tenants’ Improvements Com- 


Compensation 
(Ireland) Bill. 


pensation (Ireland) Bill. 
(In the Committee.) 


Motion made, and Question put, That the Chair- 
man do report Progress, and ask leave to sit again ; 
The Committee divided. 


Tellers for the tom Seymour, los 
Yeas, Mr. Vance : tees 
Tellers for thes Mr. Hayter, lor 
Noes, {the Earl of Mulgrave : | ti 


Crausg, N°5(A Notice of intended improvements 
to be served on landlord). 

Amendment proposed, in p. 6, |. 15: At the end 
of the Clause to add the words “ Provided always, 
“ That no such Notice shall be valid, nor shall such 
“ tenant be entitled to any compensation under this 
“ Act for improvements made in pursuance thereof, 
“in any case wherein such tenant shall owe an 

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331 


arrear of rent exceeding one year for his holding 
at the time of serving the said Notice.” 
Question put, That those words be there added ; 
The Committee divided. 
Tellers for the{Sir John Walsh, 1 0 
Yeas, Colonel Dunne : J - 
Tellers for the (Mr. Hayter, 7 
Noes, {The Earl of Mulgrave: { ‘a 
Clause agreed to. 


Cuiause, N° 6 (Landlord or owner may undertake 
to execute the improvements). 
An Amendment made. 


Another Amendment proposed, in p. 6, 1. 26: To 
leave out the word “three,” and insert the word 
“ twelve.” 

Question, That the word “three” stand part of the 
Clause put, and negatived. 

An Amendment made. 

Clause, as amended, agreed to. 


Crause, N° 7, amended, and agreed to. 


Cuiause, N° 8 (Tenant having executed improve- 
ments to make a declaration). 

Amendment proposed, in p. 7, 1. 18: After the 
word “ made” to insert the words “ when signed by 
“ the landlord of such tenant, who shall, if he 
approve and consent to such works or improve- 
ments, to the execution thereof, and amount 
charged for their execution, signify his approbation 
and consent by affixing his signature to such de- 
claration.” 

Question proposed, That those words be there 
inserted :—Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 

Clause agreed to. 


Cuause, Ne 9 (Declaration to be conclusive evi- 
dence that the Act has been complied with). 

Amendment proposed, in p. 8,1. 1: To leave out 
from the word “ Notice” to the word “ requiring ” 
in 1. 14, inclusive, and insert the words “ and every 
“ tenant who has executed any improvements as 
aforesaid shall, if he intend to register them, serve 
on his landlord, or his known agent, a Notice to 
“ that effect, and a detailed specification of the work 
and cost of such improvements, at least three 
months before he registers them, and requiring the 
landlord to give his certificate that such improve- 
ments have been suitable to the farm, and have 
been properly executed, and at a fair price, and in a 
manner satisfactory ; and, should the landlord give 
such a certificate, signed under his hand, then the 
tenant may register such declaration as aforesaid, 
on obtaining the signature of a justice of the 
peace; but, should the landlord refuse to give 
“ such a certificate, it shall be lawful for the.” 

Question proposed, That the words proposed-to 

be left out, stand part of the Clause put, and 
agreed to. 

An Amendment made. 

Clause, as amended, agreed to. 


Crause, N° 10 (Recovery of compensation in case 
of eviction). 

Amendment proposed, in p. 8, |. 43: After the 
word “ otherwise” to insert the words “except for 
“ non-payment of rent.” 

Question put, That those words be there inserted ; 
The Committee divided. 


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Tellers for thef Mr. Hayter, 1 112 
Yeas, The Earl of Mulgrave: J°°~ 
Tellers for they Mr. Deasy, lag 


Noes, \ Mr. Isaac Butt: J 
Another Amendment proposed: After the words 
non-payment of rent”’ to insert the words “ re- 
served by any subsisting lease.” 
Question put, That those words be there inserted ; 
The Committee divided. 
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Tellers for the f Mr. Serjeant O’ Brien, 





Yeas, Mr. Vincent Scully : 
Tellers for they Mr. Hayter, 1124 
Noes, : {The Earl of Mulgrave: Jf" 
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Another Amendment proposed : After the words 
“ non-payment of rent” to insert the words “ where 
‘ the tenant has a power of alienation.” 
Question put, That those words be there inserted ; 
The Committee divided. 
Tellers for thef Mr. Vincent Scully, ori 
Yeas, Mr. Serjeant O’Brien: J ~™ 
Tellers for the Mr. Hayter, lige 
Noes, |The Earl of Mulgrave: Jf 
Another Amendment proposed: After the word 
“ rent” to insert the words “ being not less than 
“ two years’ rent of such holding.” 
Question put, That those words be there inserted ; 
The Committee divided. 


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Tellers for the i r. Serjeant Shee, 1 49 
Yeas, Mr. M‘ Mahon: 7 
Tellers for thef Mr. Hayter, 158 
Noes, (The Earl of Mulgrave: J°°°* 


Another Amendment proposed: After the word 
“ rent” to insert the words “ on. breach of other 
“ covenant, or upon the surrender by the tenant.” 

Question proposed, That those words be there 
inserted. 

Afterwards proposed to amend the Amendment, 
by leaving out the words “ upon the surrender by the 
“ tenant,” and inserting the words “ other breach of 
“ condition.” 

Question, That the words proposed to be left out 
stand part of the proposed Amendment——put, and 
negatived. 

Original Amendment withdrawn. 

Another Amendment proposed: After the word 
“ rent” to insert the words “ or other breach of 
“ condition.” 

Question put, That those words be there in- 
serted ; 

The Committee divided. 

Tellers for thef Mr. George, 

Yeas, \Mr. Malins: 


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Noes, \ The Earl of Mulgrave : 

Motion made, and Question proposed, That the 
Chairman do report Progress, and ask leave to sit 
again :— Motion, by leave, withdawn. 

Amendments made. 

Another Ameridment proposed, in p. 9. 1. 14: After 
the words “ tenant shall” to insert the words “ not 
‘“‘ later than one month after the determination of 
‘¢ his possession.” 

Amendment proposed to the said proposed 
Amendment, to leave out “ one,” and insert “ three.” 

Question put, That “ one” stand part of the pro- 
posed Amendment ; 

The Committee divided. 

Tellers for the { Mr. Grogan, } 52 

Yeas, Mr. Vance : : 

Tellers for the (Mr. Hayter, Lisi 

Noes, |The Earl of Mulgrave: | aang 

Question, That the word “ three” be there in- 
serted——put, and agreed to. 

Amendment, as amended, agreed to. 

Motion made, and Question proposed, That the 
Chairman do now leave the Chair:—Motion, by 
leave, withdrawn. 

An Amendment made. 

Another Amendment proposed, at the end of the 
Clause, to add the words “ Provided that in case 
“any tenant shall be evicted for non-payment of 

rem, and shall be sued for any rent in respect of 

the 'ands from which he has been so evicted, he 
shall be at liberty to set off against such claim for 
rent the amount of the compensation to which he 
would have been entitled under this Act had his 
tenancy determined by effluxion of time.” 
Question put, That those words be there added ; 
The Committee divided. 
Tellers for the (Th Hayter, 
Yeas, The Earl of Mulgrave : 
Tellers for the /Mr. George, 
Noes, \Mr. George Butt: 


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28°—29° Juniz. 


"| reading of the Partnership Amendment Bill ; 





A. 1855. 


Clause, as amended, agreed to. 
To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 


And the House havin 
Twelve of the clock on 





continued to sit till after 
riday morning ; 


Veneris, 29° die Junii, 1855: 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Fitz Roy 
reported, That the Committee had made Progress in 
the Bill; and that he was directed to move, That 
the Committee may have leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, again 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take Waste Lands 

into consideration the Waste Lands (Australia) Acts —— 

Repeal 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 Excise Duties 
reading of the Excise Duties Bill; Bill. 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That the Bill be now read a second 
time ; 

A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That this House do now adjourn :—And the 
said Motion was, with leave of the House, with- 
drawn. 

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


The Order of the day being read, for the second Limited _ 
reading of the Limited Liability Bill ; Liability Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time this 


3, | day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Partnership 

Amendment 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time this _ 

day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Indemnity 
mittee on the Indemnity Bill ; Bill. 
And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 

Chair ; 

A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That this House do now adjourn :—And the 
said Motion was, with leave of the House, with- 
drawn. 

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 
Chair :—The House accordingly resolved itself into 
the Committee ; and, after some time spent therein, 
Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Fitz Roy 
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 
ay. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Stock in Trade 

mittee on the Stock in Trade Bill ; Bill 
Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 

itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Duchy of 
reading of the Duchy of Lancaster Lands Bill; dan Dill 

And a Motion being made, That the Bill be now 
read a second time ; 

Sir George Grey, by Her Majesty’s Command, ac- 
quainted the House, That Her Majesty, having been 
informed of the purport of the Bill, gives Her Con- 
sent, as far as Her Majesty’s interest is concerned, 
that the House may do therein as they shall think fit. 

Then the Bill was read a second time; and com- 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House for this 


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Army Prize The Order of the day being read, for the second 
Money Bill reading of the Army Prize Money Bill ; 
Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 
Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 
Fisheries The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
(British mittee on the Fisheries (British Islands and France) 
Islands and Bill: 
France) Bill. ? P ‘ 
Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. | 
Coal Mines The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
_ mittee on the Coal Mines Inspection Bill ; 
Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 
Metropolitan © The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
Buildings Bill. mittee on the Metropolitan Buildings Bill ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday | 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. | 
Woollen, &amp;. The Ordey of the day being read, for the Com- 
Manufactures mittee on the Woollen, &amp;c. Manufactures (Scotland) 


(Scotland) Bill. Bill “ 


Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday | 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Despatch of The Order of the day being read, for the Com-| 


Business, mittee on the Despatch of Business, Court of Chan- | 
Court of Chan- cerv Bill: 
cery Bill. y ? ‘ ‘ 
fesolved, That this House will, upon Tuesday | 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 
Criminal The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 


Justice Bill. mittee on the Criminal Justice Bill ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 


next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Haileybury 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself. 
College Bul. 


into a Committee on the Haileybury College 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; and di- 
rected him to report the same, without Amend- 
ment. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time this 
day. 


Grand Juries © The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
BuL mittee on the Grand Juries Bill; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Dublin Car- The Dublin Carriage Acts Amendment Bill was, 

pet ~ ead according to Order, read a second time; and com- 

Bill, mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for this 
day. 

Gold and The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 

7 Wares mittee on Gold and Silver Wares (No. 2); 

aia Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 

Downing- The House, according to Order, resolved itself 

rs Public into a Committee on Downing-street Public Offices 

ces Exten- 


sion{Exchange Extension [Exchange of Lands, &amp;c.] 
of Lands, &amp;c.] 


(In the Committee.) 


Resolved, That Provision be made by Law for 
authorizing the Exchange of any Lands vested in the 
Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Works, under the 
Acts 14 and 15 Vic. ¢c.42, and 16 Vic. c. 18, for 
any Lands of the Crown required to be taken for the 
purpose of providing additional Offices for the Public 
Service in or near Downing-street, and for the Pay- 
ment out of the Consolidated Fund of the United 
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, or out of 
the Land Revenues of the Crown, of the difference 
in value (if any, as the case may be,) of the Lands 
of the Crown and of the Lands now vested in the 
Vou. 110. 


28°—20° Junzi. 





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Commissioners of Works, in trust for the Consoli- 
dated Fund. 


Resolution to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; and Mr. Fitz Roy 
reported, That the Committee had come to a Re- 
solution. 

Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Dwellings for 
mittee on the Dwellings for Labouring Classes (Jre- ey - 
land) Bill; land) Ba 

And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
te ogee That this House will, upon Wednesday the 
18th day of July next, resolve itself into the said 
Committee ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out the words “ Wednesday the 
“ 18th day of July next,” and inserting the words 
“ this day three months ” 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. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
the 18th day of July next, resolve itself into the said 
Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Dissenters’ 
mittee on the Dissenters’ Marriages Bill ; o_o 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday ~~” 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third Public 
reading of the Public Libraries and Museums Bill ; Libraries and 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time “ses Bill 
upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Bills of Ex- 
consideration the Bills of Exchange and Promissory ———o 
Notes Bill, as amended in the Committee ; Notes Bil 

Ordered, That the Bill be taken into consideration 
upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third Justices of 
reading of the Justices of Peace Qualification Bill ; be — 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time this ™ , 

day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third Dwelling- 
reading of the Dwelling-houses (Scotland) Bill ; a 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time this“? ”” 

day. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Absconding 
consideration the Absconding Debtors (Zreland) Bill, ee Bill 
as amended in the Committee ; (pene) 

Ordered, That the Bill be taken into consideration 
upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Acts of 
reading of the Acts of Parliament Amending Bill; Farliament 
|" Order 

day. 


ed, That the Bill be read a second time this as 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming the Maynooth 
|adjourned Debate on the Amendment which, upon College. 
the 1st day of May last, was proposed to be made 
to the Question, That this House do resolve itself 
into a Committee, for the purpose of considering the 
Acts for the Endowment of the College of Maynooth, 
with a view to the withdrawal of any Endowment 
out of the Consolidated Fund, due regard being had 
to vested rights or interests ; 
Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 
till Tuesday the 17th day of July next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Passengers 
mittee on the Passengers Act Amendment Bill; Act Amend- 
Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve ™™" 








itself into the said Committee. 
uUs Mr. 





Message from 
the Lords. 


Cork and 
Youghal 
Railway Bill. 


Metropolitan 
Railway Bill. 


Gomersal 


and Dewsbury 


Road Bill. 


Basingstoke, 
Stockbridge 
and Lobcomb 
Corner Road 
Bill 


Dundalk and 
Enniskillen 
Railway Bill. 


Lightpill and 
Birdlip Road 
Bill. 


Peterborough 
and Welling- 

borough Road 
Bill. 


Stroud, Cains- 


cross and 


Minchinhamp- 


ton Road Bill. 


Stroud and 


Chalford Road 


Bill. 


Rhymney 
Railway Bill. 


Great North- 
ern Railway 
(Increase of 
Capital) Bill. 


Weights and 
Measures Bill. 


Carlisle and 
Silloth Bay 
Railway and 
Dock Bill 


Burial of 
Poor Persons. 


West Indies 
Relief Loans 
Arrangement. 


Ecclesiastical 
Jurisdiction 
Continuance. 


Postal Ar- 

rangements 
(Waterford, 
&amp;c.) 


Burial of Poor 


Persons Bill. 
Bill 204. 


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Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That a Mes- 
sage had been brought from the Lords, by one of 
their Clerks, as followeth : 

The Lords have agreed to the Cork and Youghal 
Railway Bill, without any Amendment: And also, 


The Lords have agreed to the Metropolitan Rail- 
way Bill, without any Amendment: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Gomersal and 
Dewsbury Road Bill, without any Amendment: 
And also, _ 

The Lords have agreed to the Basingstoke, Stock- 
bridge and Lobcomb Corner Road Bill, without 
any Amendment: And also, 


The Lords have agreed to the Dundalk and En- 
niskillen Railway Bill, without any Amendment: 
And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Lightpilland Bird- 
lip Road Bill, without any Amendment: And also, 


The Lords have agreed to the Peterborough and 
Wellingborough Road Bill, without any Amendment : 
And also, 


The Lords have agreed to the Stroud, Cairnscross 
and Minchinhampton Road Bill, without any Amend- 
ment: And also, 


The Lords have agreed to the Stroud and Chal- 


ford Road Bill, without any Amendment: And 


also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Rhymney Railway 
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 Great Northern Railway (Increase 
of Capital) Bill, without any Amendment: And 
also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Weights and Mea- 
sures Bill, with Amendments; to which Amend- 
ments the Lords desire the concurrence of this 
House: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Carlisle and Sil- 
loth Bay Railway and Dock Bill, with an Amend- 
ment ; to which Amendment the Lords desire the 
concurrence of this House. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring ina Bill 
to amend the Law regarding the Burial of Poor 
Persons by Guardians and Overseers of the Poor : 
And that Mr. Baines and Mr. Grenville Berkeley 
do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
authorize the Commissioners of the Treasury to 
make Arrangements concerning certain Loans ad- 
vanced by way of Relief to the Islands of Antigua, 
Nevis and Montserrat: And that Mr. Wilson and 
the Chancellor of the Exchequer do prepare, and 


bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring ina Bill to 
continue certain temporary Provisions concerning 
Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction in England: And that 
Mr. Cowper and Sir George Grey do prepare, and 
bring it in. 


Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Select 
Committee on Postal Arrangements ( Waterford, &amp;c.), 
to inquire into the Postal Arrangements in the 
Counties of Kildare, Carlow, Kilkenny, Wicklow 
and Wexford, of the City of Kilkenny, and the 
Town of Wexford. 


Mr. Grenville Berkeley presented a Bill to amend 
the Law regarding the Burial of Poor Persons by 
Guardians and Overseers of the Poor: And the same 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time upon Tuesday next ; and to be printed. 


28°—-29° Junii. 





A, 1855. 


Mr. Wilson presented a Bill to authorize the Com- West Indies 
missioners of the Treasury to make Arrangements Relief Loans 
concerning certain Loans advanced by way of Relief pa en ™ 
to the Islands of Antigua, Nevis and Montserrat: iy aos. 
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. 





Veneris, 29° die Junii ; 


Anno 19° Victoria Regine, 1855. 





PRAYERS. 


M R. Speaker laid upon the Table,— Report from Hammond's 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Estate Bill. 
Bills ; That in the case of Hammond’s Estate Bill, 
no Standing Orders are applicable. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a se@ond time. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from one Livesey’s 
of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, That Blackburn 
in the case of Livesey’s Blackburn Estate Bill, no Eotate Bill, 
Standing Orders are applicable. 

Ordered, That the Bi be read a second time. 


Mr. Duncan reported from the Select Committee Public 
on Public Petitions; That they had examined the Petitions 
Petitions presented upon the 26th, 27th and 28th —_— 
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 House proceeded to take into consideration Aberdare 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Aberdare — 
Valley Railway Bill; and the same were twice read, ""Y ™ 
and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Clerk 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 Birmingham 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bir- Canal Navi- 
mingham Canal Navigations Bill. as 

The said Amendments, being read a second time 
(and it appearing that the Amendment to Clause 42, 
omitting the words “and maintaining,” was for the 
purpose of more clearly carrying out the objects and 
intentions of the Bill as passed by this House), were 
agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Clerk 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 Ayr Harbour 
into consideration the Amendments made by the Bil. 
Lords to the Ayr Harbour Bill. 
The said Amendments, being read a second time 
(and it appearing that the Amendment to Clause 76 
was to render the Clause consistent with the Pre- 
amble of the Bill), were to. 
Ordered, That the Clerk 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 second South Shields 
reading of the South Shields Parochial Districts Bill ; ee a 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 


Monday next. 


The Order for the House to resolve itself into a Public Health 
Committee, upon Tuesday next, at Twelve o'clock, Sill 
on the Public Health Bill, was read, and discharged. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, at Twelve o’clock, resolve itself into the said 
Committee. 


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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 Sony of a Letter dated the 14th day of December 
1854, addressed to the Board of Trade by the Trinity 
House, and of the Report therein enclosed from the 
Supervisors of the Ballast Department, on the subject 
of Ballast Heavers. 

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





Ballast 
Heavers. 


Public 


ii Petitions relating to Church Rates;—Marriage 
Petitions. 


' Law Amendment Bill;— Maynooth College Act ;— 
Vide Fiftieth Sunday Reams Nears ayn Bill ;—Stamps on De- 
Report. grees (Dublin University) ;—Bleaching, &amp;c. Works 
Bill ;— Education (Scotland) Bill ;— Intoxicating 
+ Liquors;— Limited Liability Bill; — Partnership 
Amendment Bill;—Public Health Bill;—Sale of 
Beer Act (1854) ;—and, Schools (Scotland) Bill,— 
were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


Standing Mr. Henley reported from the Select Committee 
Orders. on Standing Orders, several Resolutions; which 
weae read, as follow: 
Ramsgate ,, . 1. That in the case of the Ramsgate Harbour Bill, 
ra ae Standing Orders ought not to be dispensed with. 
Hereford 2. That in the case of the Hereford Improvement 
ee Act, 1854 (Correction of Oversight), Petition for leave 
(Correction to present a Petition for leave to bring in a Bill, and 


of Oversight.) for dispensing with the Standing Orders in respect 
thereto, the Standing Orders ought to be dispensed 
with, so far that the Parties be permitted to deposit 
their Petition. 
The second Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Metropolitan Ordered, That the Proceedings of the Select Com- 
Buildings Bill. mittee on the Metropolitan Buildings Bill be printed 


No. 349. forthwith. 
Railway Mr. Bouverie presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
Accidents. 


mand,—Copies of Two Reports of an Inspecting 
Officer of the Railway Department to the Lords of 
the Committee of Privy Council for Trade on the 
Explosion of Boilers of Locomotive Engines, one of 
which occurred at the Gloucester Station of the 
Great Western Railway on the 7th February 1855, 


and the other at the Greenock Station of the Cale- | 


donian ae on the 5th April 1855 ; together with 
a Copy of a Circular issued by their Lordships to 
the Kailway Companies on the subject. 


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


Army School 
Regulations 


The following Paper was laid upon the Table by 
the Clerk of the House,— Return to an Order, dated 


es the 27th day of this instant June, for a Copy of the 
new Army School Regulations recently published at 
Madras. 

Civil List The following Papers, pursuant to the directions 

Pensions. of’ several Acts of Parliament, were also laid upon 
the Table by the Clerk of the House,—A List of all 
Pensions granted between the 20th day of June 1854 
and the 20th day of June 1855, and charged upon 
the Civil List. 

Woods, Forests The Thirty-third Report of the Commissioners of 

and Land 


Her Majesty’s Woods, Forests and Land Revenues, 
in obedience to the Acts 10 Geo. 4, (c. 50), and 
2 Will. 4, (c. 1), being the Third Report under the 
Act of the 14 &amp; 15 Vie. (c. 42). 


Revenues. 


County Courts. Ordered, That the Return relative to County 


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335 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Army Com- Army _ 
missions, which was presented upon the 28th day of Commissions. 
this instant June, be printed. No. 352. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Number Militia. 
of Volunteers actually serving in the Militia on the No. 353. 
1st of March last, which was presented upon the 
28th day of this instant June, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Number of Militia. 
Officers, &amp;c. of Militia present with their Regiments No. 354. 
on 30th April last, which was presented upon the 
28th day of this instant June, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Colonial Colonial 
Lights, which was presented upon the 28th day of Lishts. 
this instant June, be printed. No, 355. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Colonial 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased Bishops. 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return of the Number of Colonial Bishops, 
| stating the Salaries of each, and the Sources whence 
those Salaries are derived. 

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


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


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented to Civil Service 

Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased to (Ceylon.) 
give directions, that there be laid before this House, 
a Return, from the year 1830, of the Names and 
Salaries of each of the Civil Servants in the Govern- 
ment of Ceylon, together with the Period of Service 
and Retiring Pension of each ; with the Names and 
Salaries of those at present on the Retired List. 

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





The Order made upon the 21st day of this instant Episcopal and 


.| June, That there be laid before this House, a Return Capitular 


venues 


| of all Monies received by the Ecclesiastical Commis- (Durham.) 


sioners for England from the Episcopal and Capitular 
| Revenues of the Diocese of Durham, from the year 
| 1836 to the end of 1854; including all Sums paid 
| over to the said Commissioners from the Revenues 

|of the See on account of the Maltby Fund, since 

| its first establishment, was read, and discharged. 

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

| Returns of all Sums received by the Ecclesiastical Canonries, &amp;c. 
| Commissioners for England, since the year 1852, (Durham.) 
|arisng from the Suspended Canonries, Charged 

Deaneries and Canonries, Deans and Canons’ Se- 

parate Estates, Accounting Canons and any other 

Source, within the Diocese of Durham ; stating the 

| Amount so received in each year, together with the 

|Sums expended by the Commissioners within the 

same Period in aid of the University, in augmentation 

of Benefices, Vicarages or Perpetual Curacies, or 

in the Endowment of New Parishes and Districts 

situated within the said Diocese (in continuation of 

| Parliamentary Paper, No. 446, of Session 1853) :— 

| And, of all Sums received from the Bishop of Dur- 

ham on account of the Maltby Fund, and of the 

Amount appropriated within the Diocese of Durham, 

and the Balance now available. 








Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That a Mes- Message from 
|sage had been brought from the Lords, by one of the Lords. 


No. 350. Courts, which was presented upon the 28th day of | their Clerks, as followeth : 


this instant June, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Roman 
Catholic Prisoners, which was presented upon the 
28th day of this instant June, be printed. 

VoL. 110. 


Roman Catho- 
lic Prisoners, 


No. 351 . 





The Lords have agreed to the Militia (No. 2) Bill, Mititia 
| with an Amendment; to which Amendment the Lords (No. 2) Bill. 
desire the concurrence of this House: And also, 
| The Lords have agreed to the Leek Improvement Leek Im- 
| Bill, with an Amendment; to which Amendment the provement 
vuu4 Lords Bill 





336 


Lords desire the concurrence of this House: And 
also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 
for authorizing the ranting of Mining Leases of 
Estates, subject to the uses of the Will of Robert 
Bell Livesey, Esquire, deceased, and for other pur- 
poses ; to which the Lords desire the concurrence of 
this House: And also, 

The Lords communicate to this Ilouse, a Copy of 
the Minutes of Evidence taken upon the second read- 
ing of the Bill, intituled, An Act to dissolve the Mar- 
riage of Henry Newsham Pedder, Esquire, with 
Emma Pedder his now Wife, and to enable him to 
marry again, and for other purposes, as desired by 
this House. 


Livesey’s 
Estate Bill. 


Pedder's 
Divorce Bill. 


Pedder’s 


; &gt; Ordered, That the Minutes of the Evidence commu- 
Divorce Bill. 


nicated from the Lords this day, relating to Pedder’s 
Divorce Bill, be referred to the Select Committee on 
Divorce Bills. 


Livesey’s Livesey’s Estate Bill was read the first time. 

Estate Bill. Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exami- 
ners of Petitions for Private Bills. 

Victoria The Victoria Government Bill was, according to 

",icae Order, read the third time ; and an Amendment was 


made to the Bill. 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made to 
the Bill, in p. 3, 1. 23, by adding after the word “ Le- 
“ gislature ” the words “ Provided always, That any 
“ Bill for repealing or altering the aforesaid condi- 
‘ tions shall be reserved for the signification of Her 
“« Majesty’s pleasure thereon, unless the Governor 
‘ thinks fitto withhold Her Majesty’s Assent thereto.” 

And the Question being proposed, That those 
words be there added :—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. 15, 1. 28, by inserting after the word 
“ Victoria” the words “the Legislative Houses 
“ shall have Power to grant, if they shall see fit, any 
“ sum not exceeding.” 

And the Question being proposed, That those 
words be there inserted :—The said proposed Amend- 
ment was, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


o 


~ 


New South 


The New South Wales Government Bill was, ac- 
Wales Govern- 


cording to Order, read the third time; and Amend- 


a ments were made to the Bill. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 
Waste Lands The Waste Lands (Australia) Acts Repeal Bill 
(Australia) 


was, according to Order, read the third time. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Acts Repeal 
Bill. 


Partnership The Partnership Amendment Bill was, according 
cca to Order, read a second time; and committed to a 

Committee of the whole House, for Monday next. 
Limited 


“he Limited Liability Bill was, according to 


Liability Bil. Order, read a second time; and committed to a/ 


Committee of the whole House, for Monday next. 


Lunatic Asy- The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
Jums (Ireland) mittee on the Lunatic Asylums (Jreland) (Advances) 
9 Bill; 
Anda 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 ; 





26/°—30° Juniz. 


A. 1855. 


The House divided. 
The Yeas to the Right ; 
* The Noes to the Left. 
Tellers for the{ Colonel Dunne, 1 
Yeas, (Mr. Grogan : J 
Tellers for thes Mr. Hayter, 1 
Noes, \The Earl of Mulgrave: J 
So it passed in the Negative. 
And the Question being again proposed, That 
Mr. Speaker do now leave the Chair; 


34. 


138 


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


Sabbati, 30° die Junii, 1855: 





An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word “That” to 
| the end of the Question, in order to add the words 
|“ this House will, upon this day three months, resolve 
_“ itself into the said Committee,” instead thereof. 
And the Question being proposed, That the words 
proposed to be left out, stand part of the Question : 
—And a Debate arising thereupon ; 
Ordered, That the Debate be adjourned till Friday 


next. 


The Indemnity Bill was, according to Order, read Indemnity 

the third time. Bill. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

| Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 

Lords, and desire their concurrence. 





The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Stock in Trade 

mittee on the Stock in Trade Bill; Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 

next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Coal Mines 
mittee on the Coal Mines Inspection Bill ; (oc, 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday = 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Haileybury College Bill was, according to Haileybury 
Order, read the third time. College Bill. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Gold and 
into a Committee on Gold and Silver Wares (No. 2), Silver Wares 


(No. 2.) 
(In the Committee.) 


Resolved, That it is expedient to except Gold Gold Wedding 
Wedding Rings from the operation of the Act of the iss. 
last Session relating to the Standard of Gold and 
Silver Wares, and from the exemptions contained in 
other Acts of Parliament. 
Resolution to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Fitz Roy 
reported, That the Committee had come toa Re- 
solution. 

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


Mr. FitzRoy reported from the Committee on Downing. | 
Downing-street Public Offices Extension [Exchange Psa ell 
of Lands, &amp;c.], a Resolution; which was read, as sion {Exchange 
followeth : of Lands, &amp;c.} 


That Provision be made by Law for authorizing 


| the Exchange of any Lands vested in the Commis- 


sioners of Her Majesty’s Works, under the Acts 14 
and 15 Vic. c. 42, and 16 Vic, c. 18, for any Lands 
of the Crown required to be taken for the purpose 
of sagan, ion see Offices for the Public Service 
in or near Downing-street, and for the Payment out 


of the Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom of 
Great Britain and Ireland, or out of the Land Re- 
venues of the Crown, of the difference in value (if 
any, as the case may be,) of the Lands of the wy 
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19 Vicroriz. 


and of the Lands now vested in the Commissioners 
of Works in trust for the Consolidated Fund. 

The said Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 

Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Select 
Committee on Downing-street Public Offices Ex- 
tension Bill, That they have Power to make Pro- 
vision therein, pursuant to the said Resolution. 


Dublin Car- The House, according to Order, resolved itself 

oe into a Committee on the Dublin Carriage Acts 

Bill. Amendment Bill; and, after some time spent therein, 

Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. FitzRoy 

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. 


Christ Church The Christ Church (Todmorden) Marriages Validity 


(Todmorden) Bill was, according to Order, read the third time. 
Marriages 


Validity Bil. | 2tesolved, That the Bill do pass. 

“ Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 

Lords, and desire their concurrence. 

Endowed The Endowed Schools (Jreland) Bill was, accord- 
Sela) pin, gto Order, read a second time ; and committed to 
ca * a Committee of the whole House, for Monday next. 
Copyhold, &amp;e. The Copyhold, &amp;c. Commissions Continuance Bill 
pa mart was, according to Order, read a second time; and 


Bill. committed to a Committee of the whole House, for 
Monday next. 


——. The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
nent Bi, ‘mittee on the Passengers Act Amendment Bill ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Tuesday 
next, at Twelve o’clock, resolve itself into the said 
Committee. 
County The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
— into a Committee on the County Palatine of Lancaster 
Trials Bil. Trials Bill; and, after some time spent therein, 
Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. FitzRoy 
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. 
Supply. The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Supply ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 
Ways and The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
Means. mittee of Ways and Means; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 
Roman The Order of the day being read, for the second 
Chast's Bin, Te2ding of the Roman Catholic Charities Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Friday next. 
Jncclvency and The Order of the day ie read, for the Com- 
(oootinted) Bil mane on the Insolvency and Bankruptcy (Scotland) 
ill ; 
Resoived, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 
Leases and 


a ; The Order of the day being read, for the second 
a_i suming of the Leases and Sales of Settled Estates 
ill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Monday next. 


Education 


(Scotland) Bil The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 


mittee on the Education (Scotland) Bill; 
Vou. 110, 





29°— 30° Juniz. 


| reading of the Acts of Parliament Amending Bill ; 





337 


Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Ordnance 
reading of the Ordnance Board Bill; Board Bill. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Tenants’ 
mittee on the Tenants’ Improvements Compensation Fane 
(Ireland) Bill; (ireland) Bill 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Excise Duties 
into a Committee on the Excise Duties Bill; and, BU. 
after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed _ Bill 206. 
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 Friday next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Duchy of 
into a Committee on the Duchy of Lancaster Lands —_— 
Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker ‘ 
resumed the Chair; and Mr. FitzRoy 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- Fisheries (Bri- 
mittee on the Fisheries (British Islands and France) tish Telands 
Bill ; — 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to Bills of Lading 
take into consideration the Bills of Lading (No. 2) (No- 2) Bill 
Bill, as aniended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third Justices of 
reading of the Justices of Peace Qualification Bill ; pine a = 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third Dwelling- 
reading of the Dwelling-houses (Scotland) Bill; iand) Ba 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time , 

upon Tuesday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Acts of 
Parliament 


Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon as 


Tuesday next. 


The Select Committee on the Arctic Expedition Arctic _ 

was nominated of Mr. Mackinnon, Mr. Wilson, Lord ©*pedition. 
Stanley, Admiral Walcott, Mr. Edward Ellice, Sir 
Thomas Herbert, Mr. Ker Seymer, Mr. Jackson, Mr. 
Gordon, Sir Thomas Acland, Captain Scobell, Mr. 
Isoac Butt, Mr. Stephenson, Mr. Talbot and Sir 
Robert Peel; with Power to send for persons, papers 
and records. 

Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 


The Select Committee on the London Writ was London Writ. 
nominated of Mr. Attorney General, Mr. Solicitor 
General, the Lord Advocate, Mr. Walpole, Mr. 
Disraeli, Lord Hotham, Mr. George Butt, Mr. 
Thomas Duncombe, Lord Seymour, Mr. Napier and 
Mr. Freshfield; with Power to send for persons, 
papers and records. 
Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 


The Select Committee on the Sale of Beer, &amp;c. Sale of Beer, 
Act was nominated of Mr. Henry Berkeley, Mr. ** Act 





obbett, 


xx + 


Lunatic 
Asylums and 
Regulations 
Acts Amend- 
ment. 


Chinese 
Passenger 
Ships. 


Lunatic 
Asylums and 
Regulations 
Acts Amend- 
ment Bill. 


Bill 207. 


Chinese 

Passenger 

Ships Bill 
Bill 208. 


Ecclesiastical 
Jurisdiction 
Continuance 
Bill. 


Bill 209. 


Cinque Ports 
Bill. 


Weights and 
Measures Bill. 


Charitable 
Trusts Bill. 


Message from 
the Lords. 


National 
Gallery, &amp;c. 
(Dublin) Bill. 


Bridport 
Roads Bill. 


338 29°—30° Juniz.—2° Juliz. 


Cobbett, Mr. Ker Seymer, Sir John Pakington, Mr. 
Scholefield, Lord Harry Vane, Mr. Gregson, Mr. 
Patrick O’Brien, Mr. Villiers, Mr. Massey, Sir 
William Clay, Mr. Brand, Major Baring, Sir Wil- 
liam Jolliffe and Mr. Cheetham ; with Power to send 
for persons, papers and records. 

Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
amend the Lunatic Asylums Act, 1853, and the Acts 
passed in the ninth and seventeenth years of Her 
Majesty, for the Regulation of the Care and Treatment 
of Lunatics: And that Sir George Grey and Mr. 
Cowper do prepare, and bring it in. 


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


for the Regulation of Chinese Passenger Ships: And 
that Mr. John Ball and Lord John Russell do pre- 


pare, and bring it in. 


Sir George Grey presented a Bill to amend the 
Lunatic Asylums Act, 1853, and the Acts passed in 
the ninth and seventeenth years of Her Majesty, for 
the Regulation of the Care and Treatmentof Lunatics: 
And the same was read the first time; and ordered 
to be read a second time upon Thursday next; and 
to be printed. 


Mr. John Bail presented a Bill for the Regulation 
of Chinese Passenger Ships: And the same was 
read the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
time upon Thursday next; and to be printed. 


Mr. Cowper presented a Bill to continue certain 
temporary Provisions concerning Ecclesiastical Ju- 
risdiction in England: And the same was read the 
first time; and ordered to be read a second time 
upon Monday next ; and to be printed. 


Ordered, That the Amendments made by the 
Lords to the Cinque Ports Bill be taken into con- 
sideration upon Monday next. 


Ordered, That the Amendments made by the 
Lords to the Weights and Measures Bill be taken 
into consideration upon Monday next. 


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





Luna, 2° die Julii ; 
Anno 19° Victorie Regine, 1855. 


PRAYERS. 

i ie House being informed, That the Sheriffs 

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

And the said Petition, praying that the Peti- 
tioners may be heard by their Counsel or Agents 
against the Charitable Trusts Bill, and such of the 
Clauses of the said Bill as affect their rights and 
interests, and that the said Bill may not pass into 
a Law as it now stands, was read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That a Mes- 
sage had been brought from the Lords, by one of 
their Clerks, as followeth : 

The Lords have agreed to the National Gallery, 
&amp;c. (Dublin) Bill, without any Amendment: And 
also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bridport Roads 
Bill, without any Amendment: And also, 





A. 1855. 


The Lords have agreed to the Bridport and Bridport and 
Broadwinsor Roads Bill, without any Amendment : Br°2dwinsor 
And also, Roads Bill. 

The Lords have agreed to the Bombay, Baroda Bombay, 
and Central Zndia Railway (No. 2) Bill, without Baroda and 
any Amendment: And also, pe India 

J Railway 
(No. 2) Bill. 

The Lords have agreed to the Bognor Railway Bognor 
Bill, without any Amendment: And also, Railway Bill. 

The Lords have agreed to the Scinde Railway scinde 
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- shire and 


|ment: And also, naan Bin 


| 
| The Lords have agreed to the Amendments made International 





|by this House to the Amendment made by their Life Assurance 
Lordships to the International Life Assurance So- "°°! Bill 
ciety Bill, without any Amendment: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Amendments made Electric 
by this House to the Amendment made by their Telestaph 
Lordships to the Electric Telegraph Company Bill, Company om. 
without any Amendment: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Amendments made Exeter and 
by this House to the Amendments made by their Exmouth 
| Lordships to the Exeter and Exmouth Railway Bill, aaneny ee. 
without any Amendment: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Suuderland Dock Sunderland 
Bill, with Amendments; to which Amendments the Doek Bill. 
Lords desire the concurrence of this House: And 
also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Manchester, Shef- Manchester, 
field and Lincolnshire Railway (Capital) Bill, with a and 
Amendments ; to which Amendments the Lords — 
desire the concurrence of this House: And also, (Capital) Bill. 


The Lords have agreed to the Carmarthen and Carmarthen 
Cardigan Railway Bill, with Amendments; to wt og 
which Amendments the Lords desire the concur- 
rence of this House: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Stockport, Disley Stockport, 
and Whaley Bridge Railway Bill, with Amend- a and 
ments; to which Amendments the Lords desire Railwoy Bi 
the concurrence of this House: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Grand Surrey Grand Surrey 
Canal (No. 2) Bill, with an Amendment; to which — (No. 2) 
Amendment the Lords desire the concurrence of  ~ 
this House: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Weymouth Water Weymouth 
Bill, with an Amendment; to which Amendment ‘*te? Bill 
the Lords desire the concurrence of this House: 

And also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Union of 
to make better Provision for the Union of contiguous ¢o"tiguous | 
Benefices, and to facilitate the building and endow- in 
ing of New Churches in spiritually destitute Dis- 
tricts ; to which the Lords desire the concurrence 
of this House. 


Mr. Duncan reported from the Select Committee Public 
on Public Petitions; That they had examined the emer Re- 
Petitions presented upon the 29th day of June last ; ae ) 
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 Carlisle and 
the Amendment made by the Lords to the Carlisle 9 sora P 
and Silloth Bay Railway and Dock Bill; and the jock Bill, 
same was twice read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Clerk 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 Wem and 
the Wem and Bronygarth Roads Bill, as amended a — 
in the Committee. ‘ 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the aiatvares 
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19 VicrorizZ. 


Cromarty The Cromarty Estate Bill was read a second time ; 
Estate Bil. and committed. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 
Huddersfield © The Huddersfield Burial-ground Act Amendment 
—a Bill was, according to Order, read a second time; 
= Bill. ~ and committed to Sir Benjamin Hall, Mr. Cowper, 
Viscount Goderich, Mr. Lushington, Mr. Otway, 
Mr. Repton, Mr. De Vere, Mr. Edmund Denison, 
Mr. Kershaw, Mr. Woodd, and Five Members to 
be added by the Committee of Selection. 
Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 
Ordered, That the Committee have leave to sit 
and proceed, and report upon Wednesday next. 
South Shields The Order of the day being read, for the second 
te ng reading of the South Shields Parochial Districts 
i; 
Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 
Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 
Standing Ordered, That Three be the Quorum of the Se- 
Ouders. lect Committee on Standing Orders, instead of 
Five. 
Hereford Ordered, That the Examiner of Petitions for 
oe Private Bills have leave to sit and proceed forthwith 
(Correction in the case of the Petition for the Hereford Im- 


of Oversight.) provement Act, 1854 (Correction of Oversight) Bill. 


Postal Ar- Ordered, That a Message be sent to the Lords, 

(Waterford. to request that their Lordships will be pleased to 

&amp;ec.) give leave to the Earl of Huntingdon to attend to be 
examined as a Witness before the Select Committee 
appointed by this House on Postal Arrangements 
(Waterford, &amp;c.): And that the Clerk do carry 
the said Message. 

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

ao one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, 

‘Canesten in respect of non-compliance with the Standing 


of Oversight.) Orders in the case of the Petition for the Here- 
ford Improvement Act, 1854 (Correction of Over- 
sight) Bill. 
Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Select 
Committee on Standing Orders. 


Hereford A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Citizens 
&gt; ae of the City of Hereford, for leave to bring in a Bill 
Correction to correct an Oversight in the Hereford Improve- 


of Oversight.) ment Act, 1854, was presented, and read; and 
referred to the Select Committee on Standing 
Orders. 
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 
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 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 : 


Administra- An Act to enable the British Diplomatic and 
_ = Oaths Consular rp oe Abroad to administer Oaths and 
ad Bill. . 
do notarial Acts: : 


Infants’ An Act to enable Infants, with the Approbation 
Marriage Bill. of Ke Court of Chancery, to make binding Settle- 
OL, 110. 


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339 


ments of their Real and Personal Estate on Mar- 
riage : 

An Act to amend an Act of last Session, to pro- National 
vide for the Establishment of a National Gallery of Gallery, &amp;c. 
Painting, Sculpture and the Fine Arts, for the Pv») Bill 
Care of a Public Library, and the Erection of a 
Public Museum in Dublin: 

An Act to enable the Great Northern Railway Great North- 
Company further to increase their Capital, and for - an 
other purposes with relation to the same Company : apital) Bill. 

An Act for incorporating the “Colonial Life Colonial Life 
Assurance Company ;” for enabling the said Com- 7 ccc 
pany to sue and to be sued; to take and hold Pro- “PY *" 
perty, and for other purposes relating to the said 
Company : 

An Act to enable the Cork and Youghal Railway Cork and 
Company to make a Branch Railway to Queenstown, Youghal __ 
and to make certain Deviations in, and an Extension ®*!wsy Bill. 
of, their Line, and for other purposes : 

An Act to alter certain Portions of the Metropo- Metropolitan 
litan Railway, and to amend the Provisions of the Railway Bill. 
Act relating thereto : 

An Act to amend and extend the Provisions of Gomersal 
the Act relating to the Gomersal and Dewsbury _ — 
Turnpike-roads, and to create a further Term there- “°° 
in, and for other purposes : 

An Act to repeal certain Acts relating to the Basingstoke, 
Basingstoke, Stockbridge and Lobcomb Corner a 
Turnpike-roads, and to make other Provisions in @r4 Loveom&gt; 
lieu thereof: Bill. 


An Act to enable the Dundalk and Enniskillen Dundalk and 
Railway Company to construct Extension Rail- Bntiskillen 
ways, and for other purposes : eiitindiniacs 

An Act to repeal the Acts relating to the Road Lightpill and 
from Lightpill to Birdlip, and make other Provi- Birdlip Road 
sions in lieu thereof: ; 

An Act to repeal the Act relating to the Peter- Peterborough 
borough and Wellingborough Turnpike-road, and to = berg 
make other Provisions in lieu thereof : =. 


An Act to repeal the Act for making and main- stroud, 
taining a Turnpike-road from Cainscross, through Cainscross. 
Stroud, over Rodborough and Minchinhampton — 
Commons to the Town of Minchinhampton, with Road Bill. 
some Branches therefrom, all in the County of 
Gloucester, and to make other Provisions in lieu 
thereof: 

An Act to repeal an Act for making and main- Stroud and 
taining certain Roads from the Town of Stroud, Chalford 
and several other Places therein-mentioned, all in“ ~ 
the County of Gloucester, and to make other Pro- 
visions in lieu thereof : 

An Act to enable the Rhymney Railway Company Rhymney 
to extend their Railway to the Taff Vale Railway ; Balway Bill. 
to construct Branch Railways, and for other pur- 
poses : 

An Act for continuing the Term, and amending Bridport 
and extending the Provisions of the Act relating to o#¢s Bill. 
the First District of the Bridport Turnpike-roads, 
in the County of Dorset: 

An Act for continuing the Term, and amending Bridport and 
and extending the Provisions of the Act relating to oe 
the Bridport and Broadwinsor Turnpike-roads : wapr 

An Act for incorporating the Bombay, Baroda Bombay, 
and Central India Railway Someenp, and for other — ond 

. entral India 
purposes connected therewith : Railway 
(No. 2) Bill. 

An Act for extending the Time for the Purchase Bognor Rail- 
of Lands, and for the Completion of a Railway from ¥*Y Bill 
Chichester to Bognor : 

An Act for incorporating the Scinde Railway Com- Scinde Rail- 
pany, and for other purposes connected therewith: #Y Bill 


An Act to enable the North Yorkshire and Cleve- North York- 
land Railway Company to make a Branch from —— 
their Railway to the Middlesbrough and Guisbrough Railway Bill. 
Railway, and also a Branch to Whorlton, and other 
Works ; and to alter and amend the Act relating to 
the said Company, and for other purposes : 

xx2 An 





International 


Life Assurance ],oan Fund Life Assurance Society” to the Name 


Society Bill 


Glasgow 
Water Bill. 


Ayr Harbour 
Bill. 


Aberdare 
Valley Rail- 
way Bill. 


Birmingham 
Canal Navi- 
gations Bill. 


Exeter and 
Exmouth 
Railway Bill. 


Electric 
Telegraph 
Company Bill 


Carnegie’s 
Restitution 
Bill. 


Union of 
contiguous 
Benefices Bill. 


Bill 210. 


Sunday 
Trading (Me- 
tropolis) Bill. 


Wine and 
Spirit Ware- 
houses. 


340 


An Act to change the Name of “The National 


of “The International Life Assurance Society ;” and 
to enable the said Society to sue and be sued in 
the Name of the Chairman or Secretary, or any one 
Director of the said Society ; and to give additional 
Powers to the said Society : 

An Act to authorize and empower the Magistrates 
and Council of the City of Glasgow to supply with 
Water the said City and 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 : 

An Act for maintaining and improving the Har- 
bour of Ayr, and for the better Regulation and 
Management thereof: 

An Act for making a Railway through part of 
the Aberdare Valley, in the County of Glamorgan, 
to join the Vale of Neath Railway : 

An Act*for enabling the Company of Proprietors 
of the Birmingham Canal Navigations to make and 
maintain additional Canals and Works, and for 
other purposes : 

An Act for making Railways from the South 
Devon Railway to Exmouth, and to the Basin of 
the Exeter Canal, to be called “The Exeter and 
Exmouth Railway :” 

An Act to consolidate the Capital Stock of the 
Electric Telegraph Company, and of the Inter- 
national Telegraph Company, and to grant further 
Powers to the Electric ‘Telegraph Company : 

An Act to relieve Sir James Carnegie, of South- 
esk, Kinnaird and Pittarrow, Baronet, from the 
effect of the Attainder of James Fifth Earl of 
Southesk, and Baron Carnegie, of Kinnaird and | 
Leuchars, in Scotland. 





The Union of contiguous Benefices Bill was read 
the first time ; and ordered to be read a second time 
upon Thursday next; and to be printed. 


The Order for the House to resolve itself into a 
Committee, upon Wednesday next, on the — 
Trading (Metropolis) Bill, was read, and discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


The following Papers were laid upon the Table 
by the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, 


2° Julre. 





dated the 21st day of May last, for a, Return of all 
Warehouses or Vaults at any of the Outports or 
Provinces of the United Kingdom which have been | 
approved by the Board of Customs for the deposit 
of Wines and Spirits, or either of those Articles, 
without payment of Duty, under the Provisions of 


A. 1855. 


and 1853 :—Of the Amount of Unliquidated Debt 
on the 25th day of March of the said vears, and of 
the year 1855 ; specifying in the latter instance the 
District to which it applies :—Of the Names of the 
present Commissioners, and the Number of Boards 
of Commissioners held in each of the said years, with 
the Number of Commissioners attending each Board : 
—And, of the Exemptions from full payment of 
Tolls by Omnibus Proprietors, and the terms thereof, 
and whether authorized by the Commissioners or 
Lessees. 


Return to an Order, dated the sth day of June Court of 
last, for Returns of the Number of Causes in the Chancery. 


High Court of Chancery, whether commenced by 
Bill or Claim, in which Evidence was taken, between 
the 1st day of November 1853 and the Ist day of 
November 1854 :—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 orParty was examined 
therein, under the Act 15 &amp; 16 Vic. c. 86, s. 39, 
before the Court where such Causes were heard; 
with the Names of the Judges before whom such 
Examinations took place (in continuation of Parlia- 
mentary Paper, No. 234. of Session 1854). 


Return to an Order, dated the 22d day of June Assay Offices 
last, for Copies of a Minute of the Wardens of the (Exeter, &amp;c.) 


Goldsmiths’ Company, submitted to the consideration 
of the Chancellor of Exchequer, with a Memorial 
from the Manufacturers of Silver Spoons and Forks 
in London, dated the 6th day of N ovember 1849, 
calling attention to the mismanagement of the Coun- 
try Halls :—Of a Minute of the Board of Inland 
Revenue, dated the 14th day of April 1851 :—Of so 
much of a Report of the Inspector General of Stamps 
and Taxes, dated the 11th day of December 1851, 


as relates to the Assaying and Marking of Gold and 


Silver Plate at Exeter, Newcastle, Chester and York, 


_ and his Observations thereon :—Extracts of a Report 


made by Mr. Garrad, the Prime Warden of the 
Goldsmiths’ Company of London, and Mr. Johnson, 
one of the Wardens of the said Company, on the 
same subject :—Copies of a Letter addressed to the 
Board of Inland Revenue by the Goldsmiths’ Com- 
pany, dated the 9th day of December 1853 :—Of 
the Board’s Minute thereon ; together with a Report 
from the Commissioners of Inland Revenue, ad- 
dressed to the Board of Treasury, dated the 18th 
day of February 1854, suggesting the Abolition of 
the Assay Offices at Exeter, Chester, York and New- 
castle:— And, Account showing the Number of 
Ounces of Gold and Silver Plate respectively assayed 
at each of the said Offices for each of the last Five 
years, and the Amount of Duty received thereon and 
accounted for to the Revenue. 





the Customs Laws; specifying the Names of the 

Parties whose Premises have been so approved, the | 
Situation of the Buildings, and distinguishing whether | 
Warehouses, Vaults or otherwise ; also the Date of | 


Mr. Cowper oe to an Address to Ecclesiastical 


and Civil 
Offices (Isle 
of Man.) 


Her Majesty, dated the 28th day of February last, 
fora Tabular Return showing the Name of each 


Approval, and the Amount of Bond entered into on 
account thereof. 
Return to an Order, dated the 24th day of May | 
last, for a Return of all Warehouses in London and 
the Outports of the United Kingdom which have | 
been approved by the Board of Customs for the | 
deposit of Tea, without payment of Duty, under the | 
Provisions of the Customs Laws; specifying the | 
Names of the Parties whose Premises have been so | 
approved, the Situation of the Buildings, and the | 
Date of Approval. 


Person holding any Ecclesiastical and Civil Situation, 
Judicial and otherwise, in the Isle of Man (excepting 
the Customs and Post-office Departments), on the 
5th day of January 1855; the Name of each Office ; 
the Annual Amounts of Salary for each Situation ; 
the Annual Average Amount of other Emoluments 
of each Situation ; and, where no Account has been 
kept, the estimated Annual Amount; and the 
Amount derived by Government from each Office, 
and by what Act or Authority each Appointment is 
made. 


| Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the Trials of 
Return to an Order, dated the 7th day of June | 28th day of February last, for Returns showing the Causes - 


Metropolis 
last, for Returns of the Number of Toll-gates and | Number of Causes tried and decided during the year ad 


Turnpike- 
roads. 


Toll-bars on the Roads and Streets within the limits | 
of the Metropolis Turnpike-roads Commission, North | 
of the Thames, existing under its authority on the 

25th day of March 1832, 1842 and 1853, respectively ; 
together with the Total Income and Expenditure for 
the years ending the 25th day of March 1832, 1842 


ending the 5th day of January 1854, by each High 
Bailiff in the Jsle of Man, and the highest Amount 
in British Money they are empowered to decide on : 
—Showing the Number of Causes tried and decided 
by the Deemsters at the Southern and Northern 
Districts respectively of the Isle of Man, during the 

years 





Vessels, 
Tonnage, &amp;c. 
(Isle of Man.) 


Poor Law 
{ Scotland.) 


19 Victoria. 


years ending the 5th day of January 1853, 1854 and 
1855; and showing the Number of such Causes for 
Sums not exceeding £.5, 

exceeding £. 5 and not exceeding £. 10 


” 10 i. = ” 20 
” 20 = = ” 30 
‘ SS «'# ~ 40 
a +. - 50 
2. 50 os 7 ” 75 
”? 75 -" = ” 100 
9 100: 


—And, showing the Number of Causes tried and 
decided by Vicar General Corlett during the years 
ending the 5th day of January 1853, 1854 and 
1855. 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 
28th day of February last, for a Return showing the 
Number of Vessels, with the Amount of Registered 
Tonnage, which arrived in each Harbour of the Js/e 
of Man, during each of the Ten years ending the 5th 
day of January 1855; with the Annual Amount of 
Money expended during that period on each Harbour 
of the Island ; distinguishing the Amount for Altera- 
tions and Improvements, and that for Repairs and 
other necessary Outlays; also showing the Annual 
Amount of Money available during the above 
Period for Expenditure on the Harbours of the 
Island out of the Annual Grant of £.2,300, after 
deducting the Interest and Repayment of the Money 
borrowed; also showing the several Amounts of 
Money at present owing by the Harbour Com- 
missioners. 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 
15th day of May last, for an Alphabetical Return of 
the Parishes in each County in Scotland, showing 
the Date at which each Parish has been visited under 
the Orders of the Board of Supervision, giving the 
Name of the Person employed to visit, and stating 
whether any Meeting of the Parochial Board was 
summoned, and whether the past recorded Proceed- 
ings of that Board were examined on each such oc- 
casion, for the years 1852, 1853 and 1854, respec- 
tively: 




















| 1852. 1853. 1854. 
A) phabeti ‘ | F Hy | E H; ; Se 
phabetica £5 e |e B les 
List | wo ‘So. to 5 o_-; leo |S oe 
S io 9 = |&gt; 
of | ie uly Sulkes Elke 3 
— ig agen giszees| |g sees 
i |= ee | oe re, PS oe 
each County! 2 | 2 Bo pes s 3a pS es 5 =| nA se 
in ele ee ceale e joe 8Sle ee hee 
| | - te | 2 | 8 |eSin SE 
Scotland. (3 | 2 SS zesis |g Se ses|s | 2 S3ides 
|e | BSS tZcl eg . Bsisecl eo EF ts sse 
8 fe Bla SE EE zene 
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Ordered, That the said Returns do lie upon the 
Table. 
Army School | Ordered, That the Return relative to Army School 
aqua Regulations (Madras), which was presented upon 
No. 356 the 29th day of June last, be printed. 
Civil List Ordered, That the Paper relative to Civil List 
Pensions. Pensions, which was presented upon the 29th day 
No. 357. of June last, be printed. 
Woods, Forests Ordered, That the Paper relative to Woods, 
‘nd Land = Forests and Land Revenues, which was presented 
anna upon the 29th day of June last, be printed 
No. 358. y —— 
Sullis Petitions relating to Church Rates ;—Maynooth 
“tions. College Act ;—Sunday Trading (Metropolis) Bill ; 
Vide Fifty- —Bleaching, &amp;c. Works Bill ;— Education (Scot- 
first Report. /and) Bill ;— Intoxicating Liquors ;—Limited Liabi- 


lity Bill ;— Medical Officers (Navy) ;— Nuisances 
Vo. 110. 





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7 
341 
Removal Amendment Bill ;—Partnership Amend- 
ment Bill ;—Police ;—Public Health Bill ;—Public 
houses (Scotland) Act;—Sale of Beer Act (1854); 
—and, Woollen, &amp;c. Manufactures (Scotland) Bill, 
—were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 


the Table. 


Viscount Palmerston acquainted the House, That Lord Raglan. 


he had a Message from Her Majesty to this House, 


signed Od 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. 


Her Majesty, taking into consideration the great 
and brilliant services performed by the late Fitz Roy 
James Henry Lord Raglan, Field Marshal in Her 
Majesty’s Army, and Commander in Chief of Her 
Majesty’s Forces at the seat of War in the East, in 
the course of the hostilities which have taken place 
in the Crimea, and being desirous, in recognition of 
these and his other distinguished merits, to confer 
some signal mark of Her favour upon his widow, 
Emily Harriet Lady Raglan, upon his son and suc- 
cessor to the Title, Richard Henry Lord Raglan, 
and the next surviving heir male of the body of the 
said Richard Henry Lord Raglan, recommends to 
Her faithful Commons the adoption of such measures 
as may be necessary for the accomplishment of that 


purpose. VR. 


Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, at Six 
o'clock, resolve itself into a Committee to take into 
consideration Her Majesty’s said most gracious 
Message. 


Mr. John Ball presented,—Return to an Address West Coast 
to Her Majesty, dated the 20th day of April last, for of Africa. 


Copies or Extracts of any Acts of Parliament, Orders 
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 Return do lie upon the 
Table. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Education _ 
into a Committee on the Education ( Scotlund) Bill. ——e Bill 


(In the Committee.) 


Cravuse, N° 14 (Parochial schoolmaster not to be 
inducted until examined by inspector). 

Motion made, and Question proposed, That the 
Chairman do now leave the Chair:—Motion, by 
leave, withdrawn. 

Amendment proposed, in p. 7, 1. 6: After the 
word “when” to leave out to the word “and,” in 
line 14, in order to insert these words, “a meeting of 
“‘ the minister and heritors shall have been called 
‘ for the purpose of examining and electing a pa- 
rochial schoolmaster, notice of such meeting shall 
be given fourteen days previously to the inspector 
of the district, who shall attend and take part in 
the examination ; and if the inspector be satisfied 
with the general qualifications of the person 
chosen by said meeting to be the schoolmaster in 
the vacant parish, the induction may then take 
place; but if the inspector should not be satisfied 
with the qualifications of the person chosen, he 
shall report the examination and his objections to 
the Board, who may, after hearing the minister 
and heritors, dispose of the case as they think fit.” 

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, l. 8: 


After the word “appoint ” to insert the words “in 

such manner or on such branches of literature as, 

“ with a due regard to the circumstances of the 

“ ae : ”? 
parish, may be prescribed. 
xx3 


“ 


Question 


342 


Question put, That those words be there in- 


serted ; 
The Committee divided. 


Tellers for the f Mr. Eliott Lockhart, 1 98 
Yeas, UMr. Scott : — 
Tellers for the; Mr. Hayter, les 
Noes, (Mr. Grenville Berkeley: f ~~ 
Another Amendment proposed, in p. 7, Il. 16 


After the word “ minutes” to insert the words “in 
“ regard to his sufficiency for the office in respect of 
“ jiterature.”’ 
Question put, That those words be there in- 
serted ; 
The Committee divided. 


Tellers for the { Mr. Eliott Lockhart, 1 97 
Yeas, LMr. Blachburn: — 
Tellers for the (Mr. Hayter, 1 97 
Noes, Mr. Grenville Berkeley: fj *"* 


Whereupon the Chairman declared that he voted 
with the Ayes, in order to give the House an oppor- 
tunity of discussing the words at a future stage. 

Clause, as amended, agreed to. 

Cuavse, N° 15 (Tests abolished). 

An Amendment made. 

Question put, That the Clause, as amended, stand 
part of the Bin. 

The Committee divided. 

Tellers for the jMr. Hayter, 

Yeas, | Mr. Grenville Berkeley : 

Tellers for thef Mr. Cumming Bruce, 

Noes, Mr. Scott: 


Cravuse, N° 16 (Parochial schoolmasters may be 
dismissed for delinquency, &amp;c.) 

Amendments ale. 

Another Amendment proposed, in p. 7, 1. 26: 
After the word “ delinquency ” to insert the words 
“ or inefficiency.” 

Question proposed, That the words “ or inef- 
“ ficiency ” be there inserted. 

Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 

An Amendment made. 

Clause, as amended, agreed to. 


e 
} 86. 


Crause, N° 17 (Heritors may resolve to place 
parish school on assessment, and ratepayers may 
assess for it). 

An Amendment made. 

Another Amendment proposed, in p. 8, 1. 8: After 
the word “ majority,” to leave out the words “ of 
“ those present,” and insert the words “ in number 
“ and value.” 

Question proposed, That the words proposed to 
be left out, stand part of the Clause ; 

Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 

Amendments made. 

Clause, as amended, agreed to. 


Ciavuse, N° 18, agreed to. 


Cxiavse, N° 19 (Ratepayers in parishes to consider 
proposal to found public schools). 

An Amendment made. 

Another Amendment proposed, in p. 8, 1. 40: To 
leave out the word “and, &amp;c.” and insert the words 
* and other.” 

Question, That the word “ and, &amp;c.,” stand part 
of the Clause ; 

Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 

Amendments made. 

Another Amendment proposed, in p. 9, 1. 9: To 
leave out the words “ and it shall be in the power of 
“such meeting, by the votes of a majority then 
“* present, to resolve that such additional school 
“ shall be established.” 

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

The Committee divided. 


Tellers for the (Sir Archibald Campbell, \ 4, 
Yeas, \Mr. Blackburn: ies 
Tellers for the { Mr. Hayter, 1 - 
Noes, UMr. Grenville Berkeley: J ‘°° 


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A. 1855. 


Amendments made. 

Clause, as amended, agreed to. 

Crause, N° 20, agreed to. 

Cravse, N° 21 (Public schools may be founded 
in Burghs, and Town Council to be the School Com- 
mittee). 

Amendment proposed, in p.10, 1.1: After the 


*!| word “ Report” to leave out to the word “ shall,” in 
P , 


l. 4. 

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. 

Cravuse, N° 22, amended, and agreed to. 

Cuavse, N° 23 (Description of buildings, &amp;c. to 
be provided for public schools). 

Amendment proposed, in p. 10, 1. 35: To leave 
out the word “ One-fourth,” in order to insert the 
words “ than One-eighth.” 

Question proposed, That the word “ One-fourth ” 
stand part of the Clause ; 

Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 

Amendments made. 

Another Amendment proposed, at the end of the 
Clause, to add the following words: “ Provided that 
“ where the Board shall acquire school-rooms from 
“ the Free Church, or otherwise, any grants which 
“ shall have been made by the Privy Council for 
“ the partial erection of schools or purchase of sites 
“ shall be deducted from the price given.” 

Question, That those words be there added —— 
put, and negatived. 

An Amendment made. 

Clause, as amended, agreed to. 

Cravuse, N°* 24, agreed to. 

Cravse, N° 25 (Salary of public schoolmaster, 
&amp;c. to be provided). 

An Amendment made. 

Another Amendment proposed, in p. 11,1. 5: To 
leave out “ Fifty,” and insert “ Thirty-five.” 

Question put, That “ Fifty” stand part of the 
Clause ; 

The Committee divided. 

Tellers for thef Mr. Hayter, 

Yeas, (Mr. Grenville Berkeley : 

Tellers for the Mr. Vansittart, 1 96 

Noes, Mr. William Williams: * ~ 

Another Amendment proposed, in p 11, 1. 5: To 
leave out the words “ Gne half,” in order to insert 
the words “ Twenty-five pounds.” 

Question, That the words “ One half” stand part 
of the Clause—— put, and negatived. 

An Amendment made. 

Clause, as amended, agreed to. 


Curavuse, N° 26 (Assessments upon heritors how 
to be levied). 

Amendment proposed, at the end of the Clause, 
to add the wale : “ Provided always, that it shall 
“ not be lawful, after the passing of this Act, for 
“ any schoolmaster to hold the office of inspector 
“ of the poor, excepting such parochial schoolmas- 
“ ter holding such office at that date as the Board 
“ may allow to retain the same.” 

Question proposed, That those words be there 
added ; 

Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 

Clause agreed to. . 

Cause, N° 27 (Religious instruction to be given 
in parochial and public schools). 

Amendment proposed, in p. 11, 1. 28: Before the 
word “ every,” at the beginning of the Clause, to 
insert the words “ the religious instruction to be 
“ given in all parochial and public schools under 
“ this Act shall be in accordance with that hereto- 
“ fore in use in the parochial schools of Scotland, 
“ but.” 

Question put, That those words be there in- 
serted ; 





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19 VicToRIz. 


The Committee divided. 

Tellers for thef Mr. Smollett, } 38 
Yeas, UMr. Scott : : 

Tellers for thes Mr. Hayter, 1 93 
Noes, Mr. Grenville Berkeley: | ~~ 

Another Amendment proposed, in p. 11, |. 29: 
After the word “ hours ” to insert the words “ either 
“ at the opening or closing of the school.” 

Question, That those words be there inserted 
put, and negatived. 

Another Amendment proposed, at the end of the 
Clause, to add the following words: “ But in cases 
“ of non-attendance on the religious instruction in 
“ the schools, the parents or guardians must produce 
“a certificate, signed by the minister of the reli- 
“ gious denomination to which they belong, that the 
“ children are in receipt of religious instruction.” 

Question, That those words be there added—— 
put, and negatived. 

Question put, That the Clause stand part of the | 

The Committee divided. 

Tellers for the f Mr. Hayter, } 87 | 

Yeas, \ Mr. Grenville Berkeley : 7 

Tellers for the; Mr. Alexander Hastie, 

Noes, { Mr. Eliott Lockhart : 

Motion made, and Question, That the Chairman | 
do report Progress, and ask leave to sit again 
put, and negatived. 

Cravuses, N° 28 and N°® 29, agreed to. 

Cravses, N°30 and N°31, amended, and agreed to. 

Cravuse, N° 32, agreed to. 

Crause, N*® 33, amended, and agreed to. 

Cuiausss, N° 34 to N° 36, agreed to. 

Cuause, N° 37, amended, and agreed to. 


Cravse, N° 38 (The Board may aid industrial and | 
reformatory schools) 
Amendments made. 
Question put, That the Clause, as amended, stand 
part of the Bil; 
The Committee divided. 
Tellers for thef Mr. Hayter, l sos 
Yeas, Mr. Grenville Berkeley: Jf °~°*' 
Tellers for the (Sir Archibald Campbell, eat. 
Noes, \Mr. Blackburn : } al 
Crauses, N° 39 to N° 44, agreed to. 
Cuavusg, N° 45 (Committee of Council may make | 
alterations in existing Privy Council Minutes). | 
Amendment proposed, in p. 18, 1. 20: At the end | 
of the Clause, to add the words, “ That all grants 
“ of money from the Committee of Council on 
“« Education be discontinued to every sect or deno- 
“ mination in Scotland, which shall take any benefit 
“ from this Act.” 
Question, That those words be there added—— 
put, and negatived. 
Clause agreed to. 
Cravuseg, N® 46, agreed to. 
Ciause, N° 47, amended, and agreed to. | 
Cause, N° 48, agreed to. 


Bill, as amended, to be reported. 





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Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; and Mr. FitzRoy | ,. 
reported, That the Committee had gone through the | ; 


Bill. 

And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
proposed, That the Bill, as amended in the Committee, 
be taken into consideration upon Thursday next ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 


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Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration upon Thursday 
next; and be printed. 


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


Martis, 3° die Julii, 1855: 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming Education 
the adjourned Debate on the Amendment which, (No. 2) Bill. 
upon the 2d day of May last, was proposed to be 
made to the Question, That the Education (No. 2) 

Bill be now read a second time ; 
Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 
Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Education 
reading of the Education Bill ; Bill. 
Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 
Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Free Schools 
reading of the Free Schools Bill ; Bill. 

Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com~ Woollen, &amp;. 


i ‘d . q Manufactures 
— on the Woollen, &amp;c. Manufactures (Scotland) (Scotland) Bill. 
&gt; 


Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 


next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The West Indies Relief Loans Arrangement Bill West Indies 


was, according to Order, read a second time ; and Relief Loans 


committed to a Committee of the whole House, saneuane 


for Thursday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Charitable 
reading of the Charitable Trusts Bill ; Trusts Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 


upon Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Merchant 


‘ rh Shipping Act 
— on the Merchant Shipping Act Amendment Amendment 
&gt; 


B 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Stock in Trade 
into a Committee on the Stock in Trade Bill; and, 2 
after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed 
the Chair; and Mr. FitzRoy 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 House, according to Order, resolved itself into Coal Mines 
a Committee on the Coal Mines Inspection Bill. eo 
(In the Committee.) 
Preamble postponed. 
Ciavusgs, N° 1 to N° 3, agreed to. 
Criavuse, N° 4 (General rules to be observed in all 


| coal mines) ; 


To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; and Mr. FitzRoy 
eported, That the Committee had made Progress in 
he 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. 


Mr. FitzRoy reported from the Committee on Gold and 


Question, by leaving out the words “as amended | Gold and Silver Wares (No. 2), a Resolution; which Silver Wares 
in the Committee, be taken into consideration,” | was read, as followeth : sae 


2.) 
That it is expedient to except Gold Wedding Gold Wedding 


thereof. Rings from the operation of the Act of the last Rings. 
And the Question being proposed, That the words | Session relating to the Standard of Gold and Silver 
“as amended in the Committee, be taken into con- | Wares, and from the Exemptions contained in other 
“ sideration,” stand part of the Question :—The said | Acts of Parliament. 
proposed Amendment was, with leave of the House, 
withdrawn. 
Vou. 110. 








The said Resolution, being read a second time, 


was agreed to. 


xx4 Ordered, 


Dublin Car- 
riage Acts 
Amendment 
Bill 


Endowed 
Schools (Ire- 
land) Bill 


Adjournment. 


Copyhold, &amp;c. 
Commissions 
Continuance 
Bill. 


County 
Palatine of 
Lancaster 
Trials Bill. 


Insolvency and 
Bankruptcy 
(Scotland) Bill. 


Piers and 
Harbours 
(Scotland) Bill. 


Dissenters’ 
Marriages 
Bill. 


Public 
Libraries and 
Museums Bill. 


Bil's of Ex- 
change and 
Promissory 
Notes Bill. 


Absconding 
Debtors (Ire- 
land) Bill. 


Partnership 
Amendment 
Bill. 


Bill 212. 


344 9°— 3” Julit. 
Ordered, That a Bill be a in upon the said | Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Fitz Roy re- 


Resolution: And that Mr. FitzRoy, the Chancellor | 
of the Exchequer and Mr. Wilson do prepare, and | 


bring it in. 

The Dublin Carriage Acts Amendment Bill was, 
according to Order, read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on the Endowed Schools (/reland) 
Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. 
Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. FitzRoy 
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. 


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. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on the Copyhold, &amp;c. Commis- 
sions Continuance Bill; and, after some time spent 
therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. 
FitzRoy 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 County Palatine of Lancaster Trials Bill was, 
according to Order, read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, ‘That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the same, without Amendment. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Insolvency and Bankruptcy (Scotland) 
Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Piers and Harbours (Scotland) Bill was, ac- 
cording to Order, read the third time. 

A Clause (Weekly account to be kept of rates, 
&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 the Clerk do carry the Bill to the | 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Order of the dey being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Dissenters’ Marriages Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third 
reading of the Public Libraries and Museums Bill; 

Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed toa 
Committee of the whole House, for Thursday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
consideration the Bills of Exchange and Promissory 
Notes Bill, as amended in the Committee ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be taken into consideration 
upon Thursday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
consideration the Absconding Debtors (Zreland) 
Bill, as amended in the Committee; 

Ordered, That the Bill be taken into consideration 
upon Friday next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on the Partnership Amendment | 
Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. 





A. 1855. 


rted, 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 Monday next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Limited 
into a Committee on the Limited oo | Bill ; Liability Bill. 
and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker Bill 213. 
resumed 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 
Committee of the whole House, for Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Supply. 
mittee of Supply ; 

Resolved, ‘that this House will, upon 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 ; Menus. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Leases and 
reading of the Leases and Sales of Settled Estates i 
Bill; states Dill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Thursday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third Duchy of 
reading of the Duchy of Lancaster Lands Bill ; pee A 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time nat 
this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Ecclesiastical 
reading of the Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction Continu- ee 
ance Bill; a 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 


this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Cinque Ports 
consideration the Amendments made by the Lente Bill. 
to the Cinque Ports Bill ; Bill 214, 
Ordered, That the said Amendments be taken into 
consideration upon Thursday next. 
Ordered, That the Bill, as amended by the Lords, 
be printed. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Weights and 
consideration the Amendments made by the ‘Lords Measures Bill. 
to the Weights and Measures Bill; Bill 215. 

Ordered, That the said Amendments be taken 


into consideration upon Thursday next. 


Ordered, That the Bill, as amended by the Lords, 
be printed. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third Bills of Lading 
reading of the Bills of Lading (No. 2) Bill; (No. 2) Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third Justices of | . 
reading of the Justices of Peace Qualification Bill ; = “ 
Anda Motion being made, and the Question being 
proposed, ‘That the Bill be now read the third time ; 
A Motion was made, and the Question being 
being put, That this House do now adjourn ; 
The House divided. 
The Yeas to the Right; 
The Noes to the Left. 
Tellers for the Yeas,! &lt;4 — } 27. 


,_ {Mr. Colvile, 
Tellers for the Noes,) Viscount Monck : 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 


\ 
ji? 


And the House, having continued to sit till a 
quarter of an hour before Two of the clock 
on Tuesday morning, accordingly adjourned 
till this day. 








ona b&gt; ei 








19 Vicroriz. 


Martis, 3° die Juli; 
Anno 19° Victoria Regine, 1855. 


PRAYERS. 


Committees. QRLE RED, That all Committees have leave 
to sit this day, during the sitting of the House. 


Standing Mr. Wrightson reported from the Select Com- 

Orders. mittee on Standing Orders, a Resolution; which was 
read, as followeth : 

Hereford That in the case of the Hereford Improvement 

——— Act, 1854 (Correction of Oversight) Petition, the 

yoann Standing Orders ought to be dispensed with ; that 

of Oversight.) the Parties be permitted to proceed with their Bill, 
provided that Notices shall have been published for 
two successive Weeks in some Newspaper published 
in the County of Hereford; that the Committee on 
the Bill do report how far such Order shall have 
been complied with on the Report of the Bill. 

The said Resolution, being read a second time, was 

agreed to. 

Hereford The House was moved, That the Report from the 

oe Select Committee on Standing Orders, in respect of 

(Correction the Petition for the Hereford Improvement Act, 


of Oversight.) 1854 (Correction of Oversight), might-be read ; and 
the same being read ; 
Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
correct an Oversight in “ The Hereford Improvement 
Act, 1854:”’ And that Sir Robert Price and Colonel 
Clifford do prepare, and bring it in. 


Leck Im- The House proceeded to take into consideration 
eam the Amendment made by the Lords to the Leek 
ill Improvement Bill; and the same was twice read, 
and agreed to. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the Amendment made by their Lordships. 
Livesey’s Livesey’s Blackburn Estate Bill was read a second 
wera 9 time ; and committed. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 
Hereford Colonel Clifford presented a Bill to correct an 


ee Oversight in “The Hereford Improvement Act, 
(Correction 1854: And the same was read the first time; and 


&lt; LOvessight) ordered to be read a second time. 


Finance. The following Papers, pursuant to the directions 
of several Acts of Parliament, were laid upon the 
Table by the Clerk of the House,—The Finance 
Accounts, I. to VIII. of the United Kingdom, for 
the year ended 31st March 1855. 

Naval Copy of Order in Council, dated 26th day of June 

Payments. 1855, respecting Naval Payments. 

Assay Offices Ordered, That the Return relative to Assay Offices 


(oan, &amp;e.) (Exeter, &amp;c.), which was presented upon the 2d day 
No. 359. of this instant July, be printed. 


Poor Law Ordered, That the Return relative to Poor Law 
oe (Scotland), which was presented upon the 2d day of 
0. . 


this instant July, be printed. 


Metropolis The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
Local Manage into a Committee on the Metropolis Local Manage- 
ment Bill. 
(In the Committee.) 

Clauses added. 

Clause (That any works which may be required 
by the Metropolitan Board of Works to be done 
within the City of Zondon or the Liberties thereof, 
respecting the main sewers or works for preventing 
the sewage within the Metropolis from flowing or 
passing into the River Thames, shall be veal by 
the Commissioners of Sewers of the City of London 
for the time being, to the satisfaction of the Metro- 
— Board of Works, by and ont of the rates 

OL. 110. 





3° Juli. 


|leave out the word “ 








345 


which the Commissioners of Sewers of the City of 
London are authorized to direct to be made under 
any Act relating to the sewerage of the said City for 
maintaining the sewers therein, and in such case the 
Metropolitan Board of Works shall not issue their 
precept to the Chamberlain of the City of London, 
requiring him to make any payment to the Metro- 
politan Board of Works in respect thereof; but in 
case the Commissioners of Sewers of the City of 
London shall not, to the satisfaction of the Metro- 
politan Board of Works, proceed with and execute 
such works, the Metropolitan Board of Works may 
execute the same, and may issue their precept to the 
Chamberlain of the City of London, requiring him 
to pay such sums to their treasurer, or into any bank 
named*in such precept, as are hereinafter mentioned) 
——-brought up, and read 1°. 
Questiun, That the Clause be read a second time 
put, and negatived. 
Schedule A. Part One: Amendment proposed : 
to leave out “ Two,” and insert “ One.” 
Question put, ‘That “Two” stand part of the 
Schedule ; 
The Committce divided. 
Tellers for the tine Earl of Mulgrave, 
Yeas, Mr. Grenville Berkeley: § 
Tellers for the; Mr. Henry Baring, | 
Noes, { Viscount Ebrington : | ila 
Schedule A. Part Two: Amendment proposed : 
to add “ Poplar.” 
Question put, That “ Poplar” be there added ; 
The Committee divided. 
Tellers for the { Sir William Clay, - 
jf 59. 





82. 


Yeas, Lord Robert Grosvenor : 
Tellers for the (The Earl of Mulgrave, 
Noes, {tr Grenville Berkeley : 
Schedule A. amended, and agreed to. 
Other Schedules agreed to. 
Preamble agreed to. 
Bill, as amended, to be reported. 


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 upon Friday next. 





The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Nuisances 
mittee on the Nuisances Removal Amendment Bill ; Removal 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday #7)°"¢™"* 
next, at Twelve o’clock, resolve itself into the said 
Committee. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself into Passengers 

a Committee on the Passengers Act Amendment Bill. Act Amend- 
(In the Committee.) 

Preamble postponed. 

Cuavuse, N° 1, amended, and agreed to. 

Curausez, N° 2, agreed to. 

Curavsg, N° 3, amended, and agreed to. 

Cuiavszs, N° 4 to N° 10, agreed to. 

Cuavuses, N° 11 to N° 13, amended, and agreed to. 


Cuausez, N° 14 (Rule for determining the number 
sengers to be carried). 
mendments made. 
Another Amendment yo sed, in p. 8, 1. 5: To 
en,’ and insert the word 


of 


“ Twenty.” 
Question proposed, That the word “ Ten” stand 
part of the Clause ; 
To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; and Mr. Fitz Roy 
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 Tuesday 
next, at Twelve o'clock, again resolve itself into the 
said Committee. 

Ordered, 





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Justices of, 


346 


Ordered, That the Justices of Peace Qualification 


Peace Qualifi- Bij} be read the third time To-morrow. 


cation Bill. 


Gold Wedding 


Rings Bill. 
Bill 216. 


Public 
Petitions, 


Vide Fifty- 
first Report. 


Malt. 


Lord Raglan. 


Message from 
the Lords. 


Spirits (Ire- 
land) Act 
Amendment 
Bill. 


Royal London 
Militia Bill. 


Staines, 
Wokingham 
and Woking 
Railway 
(Alterations, 
&amp;c.) Bill. 
Harvist’s 
Estate Bill. 


Mr. Wilson presented a Bill for excepting Gold 
Wedding Rings from the operation of the Act of the 
last Session relating to the Standard of Gold and 
Silver Wares, and from the Exemptions contained in 
other Acts relating to Gold Wares: And the same 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time To-morrow ; and to be printed. 


Petitions relating to Firelocks (Army) ;—Inland 
Revenue (Excise Department) ;— Medical Profession 
Bill ;—and, Woollen, &amp;c. Manufactures (Scotland) 
Bill,—were presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the Number of Bushels of Malt made in 
England, Scotland and Ireland, and the Totals there- 
of, in the years ending the 5th day of July 1853 and 
1854, and Ist July 1855. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee to take into consideration Her Ma- 
jesty’s most gracious Message of yesterday relative 
to Lord Raglan. 

(In the Committee.) 


Queen’s Message read. 

1. Resolved, Nemine Contradicente, That the an- 
nual sum of One thousand pounds be granted to Her 
Majesty out of the Consolidated Fund of the United 
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the said 
Annuity to commence from the second day of July 
One thousand eight hundred and fifty-five, and to be 
settled in the most beneficial manner upon Emily 
Harriet, Widow of the late Fitzroy James Henry 
Lord Raglan. 

2. Resolved, Nemine Contradicente, That the an- 
nual sum of Two thousand pounds be granted to 
Her Majesty out of the Consolidated Fund of the 
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the 
said Annuity to commence from the second day of 
July One thousand eight hundred and fifty-five, and 
to . settled in the most beneficial manner upon 
Richard Henry Fitzroy Lord Raglan, and the next 
surviving heir male of the body of the said Richard 
Henry Fitzroy Lord Raglan. 

Resolutions to be reported. 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; and Mr. Fitz Roy 
reported, That the Committee had come to several 
Resolutions. 

Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow, 
at Twelve o’clock. 





Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That a Mes- 
sage had been brought from the Lords, by one of 
their Clerks, as followeth : 

The Lords have agreed to the Spirits (Jreland) 
Act Amendment Bill, with Amendments ; to which 
Amendments ‘the Lords desire the concurrence of 
this House: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Royal London 
Militia Bill, with Amendments; to which Amend- 
ments the Lords desire the concurrence of this House: 
And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Staines, Wokingham 
and Woking Railway (Alterations, &amp;c.) 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 vesting in the Commissioners of the Metropolis 
Turnpike-roads North of the Thames, the Lands in 
Islington devised by the Will of Edward Harvist to 
the Brewers’ Company, upon Trust, for the Repair of 
the Highway from Tyburn to Edgeworth, and for 
discharging the Company from the Trusts of that 
Will, and for enabling the Commissioners to grant 


3°—4° Juliz. 








A. 1855. 


Building Leases of those Lands, and for other pur- 
poses ; to which the Lords desire the concurrence of 
this House. 


Harvist’s Estate Bill was read the first time. Harvist’s 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exa- ©tate Bill. 
miners of Petitions for Private Bills, 


The Order for the House to resolve itself into a Public Health 
Committee, upon Thursday next, at Twelve o'clock, Bill. 
on the Public Health Bill, was read, and discharged. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Tuesday 
next, at Twelve o’clock, resolve itself into the said 
Committee. 


Notice being taken, That Forty Members were not 
wraeyy :—The House was told by Mr. Speaker; and 
orty Members not being present, and it being then 
after Four of the clock :—The House was adjourned 
by Mr. Speaker, without a Question first put, till 


To-morrow. 





Mercurii, 4° die Julia ; 
Anno 19° Victorie Regine, 1855. 


PRAYERS. 


QRDE RED, That all Committees have eave Committees, 
to sit this day, during the sitting of the House. 


Hammond's Estate Bill was read a second time ; Hammond's 
and committed. Estate Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 


mittee of Selection. 


Ordered, That the Hereford Improvement Act, Hereford 
1854 (Correction of Oversight) Bill be read a second &gt; oe 
time To-morrow. (Canvection 
of Oversight) 
Bill. 


Mr. Bonham Carter reported from the Select Public 
Committee on Public Petitions; That they had exa- Petitions 
mined the Petitions presented upon the 2d and 3d Gopeny 
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 Paper relative to Naval Pay- Naval 
ments, which was presented upon the 3d day of this Payments. 
instant July, be printed. No. 361. 


Mr. Peel presented a Bill to amend the Law con- yilitia officers 
cerning the Qualification of Officers of the Militia : Qualification 
And the same was read the first time ; and ordered to Bill. 

be read a second time To-morrow ; and to be printed. _ Bill 217. 


The House was moved, That the several Acts Stage Car- 
relating to the Duties payable on Stage Carriages in Tiage Duties, 
Great Britain, and the Stamp Acts, might be read ; =. 
and the same being read ; 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, resolve 
itself into a Committee to consider the said Acts. 


*Mr. Peel presented,— Return to an Address to Chelsea — 
Her Majesty, dated the 12th day of June last, for a Royal Military 
Return of the Number of Rooms in the Royal Mili- “*7"™ 
tary Asylum at Chelsea, stating how they are now 
occupied, distinguishing the Dormitories from the 
Halls of Study and Dining Rooms; and the Names, 
Professions and Occupations of all Persons occupy- 
ing any Rooms in the Establishment. 

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


Ordered, That Admiral Berkeley have leave of Leave of 
absence for a fortnight, on account of a domestic A&gt;sence: 
affliction. 


Ordered, That a M 
request that their Lordshi 
municate to this House, 


e be sent to the Lords, to Powers vested 

will be pleased to com- in Companies 
opies of Report and Evi- provement of 
dence Land. 











19 Vicroriz. 


dence of the Select Committee appo 

Lordships on Powers vested in Companies for the 
Improvement of Land: And that the Clerk do 
carry the said Message. 





inted by their 


Public Petitions relating to Cambridge University Bill; 
Petitions. © —Sunday ‘Trading (Metropolis) Bill ;—-Wine and 
Vide Fifty- Spirit Licenses ;—Insolvency and Bankruptcy Bill ; 


second Report. —Intoxicating Liquors ;—Kilburn Burial-ground ; 
—Medical Officers (Navy) ;—Public Health Bill ;— 
Public-houses (Scotland) Act ;—Secretary of State 
for Scotland ;—and, Tenants’ Improvements Com- 
pensation (Jreland) Bill,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Mr. FitzRoy reported from the Committee on 
Her Majesty’s most gracious Message of Monday 
last, relative to Lord Raglan, several Resolutions ; 
which were read, as follow : 

1. That the annual sum of One thousand pounds 
be granted to Her Majesty out of the Consolidated 
Fund of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and 
Ireland, the said Annuity to commence from the 
second day of July One thousand eight hundred and 
fifty-five, and to be settled in the most beneficial 
manner upon Emily Harriet, Widow of the late 
Fitzroy James Henry Lord Raglan. 

2. That the annual sum of Two thousand pounds 
be granted to Her Majesty out of the Consolidated 
Fund of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and 
Ireland, the said Annuity to commence from the 
second day of July One thousand eight hundred and 
fifty-five, and to be settled in the most beneficial 
manner upon Richard Henry Fitzroy Lord Raglan, 
and the next surviving heir male of the body of the 
said Richard Seen Pian Lord Raglan. 

The said Resolutions, being read a second time ; 

Resolved, Nemine Contradicente, That this House 
doth agree with the Committee in the said Reso- 
lutions. 

Ordered, That a Bill or Bills be brought in upon the 
said Resolutions: And that Mr. Fitz Roy, Viscount 
Palmerston and the Chancellor of the Exchequer do 
prepare, and bring them in. 


Lord Raglan. 


Truck Act 
Amendment 
Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Truck 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 second 
reading of the Bleaching, &amp;c. Works Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 


Bleaching, &amp;c. 
Works Bill. 


Wednesday next. 
Mortmain Bill. The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
Biil 218, into a Committee on the Mortmain Bill; and, after 


some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the 
Chair; and Mr. FitzRoy reported, That the Com- 
mittee had gone through the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration upon Friday 
next ; and be printed. 


Bankruptcy 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
(Ireland) Bill. 


reading of the Bankruptcy (Jreland) Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Grand Juries Bill; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Grand Juries 
Bill. 


Supply. The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of supply 5 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 
‘ Ways and The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 


mittee of Ways and Means ; 


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347 


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


The Order of the day being read, for the third Justices of 
reading of the Justices of Peace Qualification Bill ; ee 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time To- ’ 


morrow. 





The Order of the day being read, for the second Gold Wedding 
reading of the Gold Wedding Rings Bill; ae 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time To- 


morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Despatch of 
mittee on the Despatch of Business, Court of Chan- oe 
cery Bill; cery Bill. 
esolved, That this House will, To-morrow, resolve 

itself into the said Committee. 


The Burial of Poor Persons Bill was, according Burial of a 
to Order, read a second time; and committed to a Petsens Bill. 
Committee of the whole House, for To-morrow. 


The Dwelling-houses (Scotland) Bill was, ac- Dwelling- 
cording to Order, read the third time. —— 
A Clause (Stamp Duties on Tacks and Transfers), anes 

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 ; 

Ordered, That the further Proceeding on the se- 

cond reading of the said Clause be adjourned till 
To-morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Acts of 


reading of the Acts of Parliament Amending Bill; Ptliament 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon ——s 


Wednesday next. 


The Stock in Trade Bill was, according to Order, Stock in Trade 
read the third time. Bill. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 


Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Coal Mines 
into a Committee on the Coal Mines Inspection Bill. —_— 
(In the Committee.) Bill 219. 

Cxravuse, N° 4, amended, and agreed to. 
Crauseg, N° 5 (Special rules to be made for each 
colliery, with the approval of Secretary of State). 

Amendment pro ,in p. 3, 1.5: To leave out 
from “ disapprove ’ to “of them,” in line 6, and in- 
sert “ be of opinion that such rules, or any of them, 
“ do not sufficiently provide for the safety of the 
“ person or persons employed in or about such coal 
“* mine or colliery.” 

Question proposed, That the words proposed to 

be left out, stand part of the Clause. 

Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 

Clause disagreed to. 

CiauseE, N° 6, agreed to. 

Crause, N° 7 (Powers and duties of Inspectors). 

Amendment pro , in p. 4, 1. 32: After the 
words “ Principal Secretaries,” to leave out to the 
end of the Clause, in order to insert the words “ and 
“ in case of any difference arising thereupon, the 
“ same shall be determined in the manner herein- 
before provided, with respect to proposed altera- 
tions or additions to the special rules ; and’a copy 
of such determination shall, if the Secretary of 
“ State so direct, be hung up or affixed on some 
“ conspicuous part of the principal office or place of 
“ business of the coal mine or colliery.” 

Question, That the words proposed to be left out, 

stand part of the Clause——put, and negatived. 

Amendments made. 

Clause, as amended, agreed to. 

Crause, N* 8 (Owner to produce Map or Plan of 
mine to Inspector). 


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Amendment proposed, at the end of the Clause : 
To add the words “ nor to require the production of 
“ Plans of such parts of coal mines or collieries as 
“ shall before the passing of this Act have become 
“ inaccessible without making new openings, and of 
“ which no Plans exist.” 

Question, That those words be there added 
put, and negatived. 

Clause agreed to. 

Criavuse, N° 9 (Notice of accidents in mines to 
be given to Secretary of State). 

Amendment os gee: in p. 5, 1.21: After “ life” 
to insert the un s “or bodily injury which shall 
“ have been of such a nature as to prevent the person 
“ so injured from returning to his work during the 
“ following working day.” 

Question put, That those words be there inserted. 

The Committee divided. 

Tellers for the (oie Crook, 1 16 
Yeas, Mr. Dillwyn:  jgoe 
Tellers for the; Mr. Hayter, lios 
Noes, \.Mr. Grenville Berkeley: {°~* 


An Amendment made. 
Clause, as amended, agreed to. 


Cxavses, N* 10 to N° 12, amended, and agreed to. 

Cravuse, N° 13, agreed to. 

Crause, N* 14, amended, and agreed to. 

Crause, N° 15, agreed to. 

Cravses, N* 16 and N° 17, amended, and agreed 
to. 

Cuiavuses, N° 18 and N® 19, agreed to. 


Clause (Special rules to be made for each colliery, 
with the approval of Secretary of State)——brought 
up, and read 1°, 2°. 

Amendment proposed, at the end of the Clause : 
To leave out the words “or to the Secretary of 
“ State.” 

Question proposed, That the words proposed to 
be left out, stand part of the Clause. 

Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 

Another Amendment proposed, at the end of the 
Clause : To add the words “ Provided also, That prior 
“ to any application being made to such ae 
‘ of State for his approval of such rules or amend- 
“ ments thereof, a legible copy of the same shall be 
“ hung up or affixed on some cdénspicuous part of 
“ the principal office or place of business at the 
“coal mine or colliery for at least seven clear 
“ days.” 

Question put, That those words be there added ; 
The Committee divided. 
Tellers for the tow Dillwyn, 

Yeas, Captain Scobell : 
Tellers for the (Mr. Hayter, 

Noes, LMr. Grenville Berkeley : 

Clause (One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secre- 
taries of State, on the report and recommendation of 
an Inspector, may empower such Inspector to direct 
one or more actions to be brought, in the name and 
on behalf of any person who shall be reported by 
such Inspector to have received bodily injury in or 
from any mine or colliery, or the works or ma- 
chinery Edlenaion thereto, or in the name and on 
behalf of the representatives of any person who shall 
have been killed therein or thereby, for the recovery 
of damages for or on behalf of such persons)—— 
brought up, and read 1°. 

Question put, That the Clause be read a second 
tume ; 

The Committee divided. 

Tellers for the f Mr. Crook, 

Yeas, Mr. Thomas Duncombe : 

Tellers for the ;Mr. Hayter, 

Noes, Mr. Grenville Berkeley : 

Preamble to. 

Bill, as amended, to be reported. 


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Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Fitz Ray 
 “ That the Committee had gone through the 
ill 


Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration upon Friday 
next; and be printed. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Endowed 
into a Committee on the Endowed Schools (Jre- oer AY 
land) Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. ) 
Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. FitzRoy re- 
1? That the Committee had gone through the 

ill. ; 

Ordered, That the Bill, as.amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration To-morrow. 


The Copyhold, &amp;c. Commissions Continuance Copyhold, &amp;e. 

Bill was, according to Order, read the third time. Commissions 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. —! 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 


Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself into Dissenters’ _ 
a Committee on the Dissenters’ Marriages Bill. Marriages Bill, 


Bill 220. 
(In the Committee.) ' 

Preamble postponed. 

Crauss, N° 1, agreed to. 

Crause, N®* 2, amended, and agreed to. 

Crausgs, N° 3 and Ne 4, agreed to. 

Cause, N° 5, amended, and agreed to. 

Crause, N° 6, agreed to. 

Cravuse, N° 7, amended, and agreed to. 

Crause, N° 8 (Form of License to marry). 

Amendment proposed, in p. 4, 1. 40: To iove out 
from the word “‘ annexed”’ to the end of the Clause. 

Question proposed, That the words proposed to 
be left out, stand part of the Clause :—Amendment, 
by leave, withdrawn. 

An Amendment made. 

Clause postponed. 

Crauses, N* 9 and N° 10, agreed to. 

Ciavuse, N° 11 (Fees payable on Marriages to 
Superintendent Registrar and Registrar). 

Amendment proposed, in p. 5, |. 26: To leave out 
the words “ Every Superintendent Registrar, and 
“ also.” 

Question proposed, That the words proposed to 
be left out, stand part of the Clause :—Amendment, 
by leave, withdrawn. 

Clause disagreed to. 

Cravuse, N* 12, disagreed to. 

Crauses, N° 13 and N° 14, agreed to, 

Crause, N* 15, disagreed to. 

Crauses, N° 16 to N° 18, agreed to. 

Crausg, N° 19 (Provisions as to existing Acts). 

Amendment proposed, in p. 8, 1. 22: To leave out 
from “ therewith” to the end of the Clause. 

Question proposed, That the words proposed to 
be left out, stand part of the Clause :—Amendment, 
by leave, withdrawn. 

An Amendment made. 

Clause, as amended, agreed to. 


Cravusz, N* 20, a to. 

Postponed Clause, N° 8, amended, and agreed to. 
Clauses added. 

Schedules (A.) and (B.) agreed to. 

Schedule (C.) added. 

Preamble agreed to. 

Bill, as amended, to be reported. 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; and Mr. Fitz Roy 
reported, That the Committee had gone through the 
Bul 





Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration upon Monday 
next; and be printed. em 

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Duchy of The Duchy of Lancaster Lands Bill was, accord- | 
yl ing to Order, read the third time. 
—_ Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do me the Bill to the 
Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the same, without Amendment. 
Ecclesiastical The Order of the day being read, for the second 
Jurisdiction yeading of the Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction Continu- 
Continuance = ance Bill; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
To-morrow. 
CourtofChan- The Order of the day being read, for resuming 


cery (Ireland) the adjourned Debate on the Amendment which, 

(Jurisdiction) upon the 3d day of May last, was proposed to be 
made to the Question, That the Court of Chancery 
(dreland) (Jurisdiction) Bill be now read a second 
time ; 


Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 


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349 


Ordered, That Mr. Grogan and Mr. Sampson 
Ricardo be added to the Committee. 
Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 


| mittee to include in their Inquiries the Postal Ar- 


rangements between Dublin, Cork and Tralee. 


Huddersfield 
Burial-ground 
Act Amend- 
ment Bill. 


Sir Benjamin Hall reported from the Select Com- 
mittee on the Huddersfield Burial-ground Act 
Amendment 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 an 
Amendment thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for To-morrow, at 
Twelve o'clock. 


Sir Denham Norreys presented a Bill to relieve Grand Juries 





till Monday next. 


Court of Chan- 


(rrocedure) dure) Bill ; 
, Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Monday next. 
CourtofChan- The Order of the day being read, for the second 


cery (Ireland) reading of the Court of Chancery (Jreland) (Re- 


9 ceivers) Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read-a second time 
upon Monday next. 
CourtofChan- The Order of the day being read, for the second 


cery (Ireland) yeading of the Court of Chancery (Jreland) (Sales 
Estates) Bit, Of Estates) Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 


Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Court of Chancery (Zreland) (Ap- 
peals) Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Monday next. 


Court of Chan- 
cery (Ireland ) 
(Appeals) Bill. 


CourtofChan- The Order of the day being read, for the second 
cery (Ireland) reading of the Court of Chancery (Jreland) (Stamp 
= Duties) Duties) Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Monday next. 


Treasurers Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
of Counties to enable Treasurers of Counties in Jreland to receive 
(Ireland) Payment of Expenses, in certain cases: And that 
Mr. Attorney General for Jreland and Mr. Solicitor 
General for Jreland do prepare, and bring it in. 
Commons Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
an ure to authorize the Inclosure of certain Lands in pur- 
aie suance of a Special Report of the Inclosure Com- 
missioners for England and Wales: And that Mr. 
Cowper and Sir George Grey do prepare, and bring 
it in. 
Sale of Spirits Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
(Ireland.) to amend an Act of the last Session of Parliament 
relating to the Sale of Spirits by unlicensed Persons 
and Illicit Distillation in Zreland; and also to repeal 
so much of an Act of the third and fourth years 
of his late Majesty, as requires Persons applying 
for Licenses for the Sale of Beer, Cider or Spirits by 
Retail in Jreland, to enter into a Bond with Sure- 
ties: And that Mr. Wilson and the Chancellor of 
the Exchequer do prepare, and bring it in. 
Postal Ar- Ordered, That Mr. Dunlop and Mr. Gordon be 
(Waterford, discharged from further attendance on the Select 
&amp;e.) Committee on Postal Arrangements ( Waterford, &amp;c.) 


The Order of the day being read, for the seconc , 
cery (Ireland) reading of the Court of Chancery (Jre/and) (Proce- | 


Grand Juries from Fiscal Duties, and to place the (Ireland) Bill. 
Administration of Local Affairs in Jreland in elected _ Bill 221. 
Councils: And the same was read the first time ; 
and ordered to be read a second time upon Wednes- 
\day the 25th day of this instant July; and to be 
‘grinted. 
Sir William Heathcote reported from the Select Standing 
, Committee appointed to revise the Standing Orders ; ae ll 
| That they had considered the matters to them re- No. 362 


ferred; and had agreed to report the Standing 
| Orders, as revised by them, to the House. 

| Ordered, That the Report be taken into consi- 
| deration upon Wednesday next; and be printed. 


Mr. Solicitor General for Ireland presented a Treasurers 
Bill to enable Treasurers of Counties in Jreland of ry 
to receive Payment of Expenses in certain cases : — — 
And the same was read the first time; and ordered Bill 222. 
to be read a second time To-morrow; and to be 
printed. 


Mr. Wilson presented a Bill to amend an Act of Sale ofSpirite 
the last Session of Parliament relating to the Sale (Ireland) Bil 
of Spirits by unlicensed Persons and Illicit Distilla- Bill 223. 
tion in Ireland; and also to repeal so much of an 
Act of the third and fourth years of his late Majesty, 
as requires Persons applying for Licenses for the Sale 
of Beer, Cider or Spirits by Retail in Jreland, to 
enter into a Bond with Sureties: And the same was 
read the first time ; and ordered to be read a second 
time upon Friday next; and to be printed. 


Mr. Cowper presented a Bill to authorize the In- Commons 
closure of certain Lands, in pursuance of a Special ee 
Report of the Inclosure Commissioners for England a ae 
and Wales: And the same was read the first time ; Biil 224. 
and ordered to be read a second time ‘l'o-morrow; 
and to be printed. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a East India 
Return of all Documents published by the Govern- (Selections 
ment of India, under the Title “Selections from o¢ Govern- 
the Records of Government,” in a Tabular Form, as ment.) 


follows :— 





Date Presidency Title Name of Author, | Number 
of where and Position in of 
Publication.| Published. | of Work. | Civil Service, &amp;c.| Pages. 




















And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 





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Anno 19° Victorie Regine, 185 5. 


PRAYERS. 


Committees. ORDER ED, That all Committees have leave 
to sit this day, during the sitting of the House. 
——— The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Sateey Hu the Amendments made by the Lords to the Car- 
marthen and Cardigan Railway Bill; and the same 

were twice read, and agreed to. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the Amendments made by their Lordships. 


Grand Surrey The House proceeded to take into consideration 

a (No.2) the Amendment made by the Lords to the Grand 

j Surrey Canal (No. 2) Bill; and the same was twice 
read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 

Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House hath 

agreed to the Amendment made by their Lordships. 

eee, The House proceeded to take into consideration 

yee tre the Amendments made by the Lords to the Man- 


Railway chester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway (Capital) 
(Capital) Bill. Bill; and the same were twice read, and agreed to. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 


Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House hath 

agreed to the Amendments made by their Lordships. 

ponent, The House proceeded to take into consideration 

Whaley Bridge the Amendments made by the Lords to the Stock- 

Railway Bill. port, Disley and Whaley Bridge Railway Bill; and 
the same were twice read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 

Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 

agreed to the Amendments made by their Lordships. 

Sunderland The House proceeded to take into consideration 

the Amendments made by the Lords to the Sunder- 

land Dock Bill; and the same were twice read, and 

agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 

Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House hath 

agreed to the Amendments made by their Lordships. 


Weymouth The House proceeded to take into consideration 

Water Bill. the Amendment made by the Lords to the Wey- 
mouth Water Bill; and the same was twice read, 
and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the Amendment made by their Lordships. 

Wem and The Wem and Bronygarth Roads Bill was read 
Poet BiL the third time 
Roads Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 

aes . The Hereford Improvement Act, 1854 (Correction 

Ac. 1854. Of Oversight) Bill was, according to Order, read a 

(Correction second time; and committed. 

oe Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
, mittee of Selection. 

Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee of Selection, that they have Power to appoint 
tne Committee on the Bill for any day not earlier 
than Tuesday next; and that oh Committee do 
consist of the Chairman of Ways and Means, and 
two other Members not locally or otherwise interested. 

Public Petitions relating to Church Rates ;—Maynooth 
Petitiens. = College Act ;—Sunday Trading (Metropolis) Bill ;— 
Vide Fifty. Rating of Mines Bill ;—Wine and Spirit Licenses ; — 


second Report. Annuities ;—British Spirits ;—Houndsditch Marts ; 
—Leases and Sales of Settled Estates Bill ;—Metro- 
polis Local Management Bill ; — Police ; — and, 


5° Juli. 


























































A, 1855. 


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


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on the Nuisances Removal Amend- 


ment Bill, 
(In the Committee.) 
Preamble postponed. 
Cuavusgs, N° 1 to N° 3, amended, and agreed to. 
Cuause, N° 4, agreed to. 
Cause, N° 5 (Committee may be appointed). 
Amendment proposed, in p. 4, 1. 5: To leave out 


from the word “ quorum” to the end of the Clause. 
Question proposed, That the words proposed to 
be left out, stand part of the Clause ; 
Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 
An Amendment made. 
Clause, as amended, agreed to. 


Crausg, N° 6, agreed to. 
Cuavusz, N° 7, amended, and agreed to. 


Cuausg, N° 8 (Description of nuisances abateable). 
Amendment proposed, in p. 6, 1.1: To leave out 
from the words “ shall include” to the words “ Pro- 
vided always,” in 1. 10, in order to insert the words 
“ any premises in such a filthy or unwholesome 
state as to be a nuisance to or injurious to the 
health of any person; any pool, ditch, gutter, 
watercourse, peg Gare cesspool, drain or ash- 
pit so foul as to be a nuisance to or injurious to 
the health of any person; any animal or any accu- 
mulation or deposit within the limits of any town 
or street so kept as to be a nuisance to or injurious 
to the health of any person.” 
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. 6, 1. 10: 
After the word “such” to insert the words “ pool, 
“ watercourse.” 

Question, That those words be there inserted 
put, and negatived. 

Another Amendment proposed, in p. 6, |. 11: 
After the word “necessary” to insert the words 
“ for agricultural purposes or.” 

Question, That os words be there inserted 
——put, and negatived. 

Another Amendment proposed, in p. 6, 1. 15: To 
leave out the words “ best available,” and insert the 
word “ effectual.” 

Question, That the words proposed to be left out, 
stand part of the Clause put, and agreed to. 

Another Amendment made. 

Clause, as amended, agreed to. 


Cxrause, N° 9 (Local authority to appoint Sanitary 
Inspector : Remuneration). 

An Amendment made. 

Another Amendment proposed, in p. 6, l. 24: 
After the word “ allowance” to insert the words 
“ Provided always, that no Guardian of the Poor, 
“ or person pee id as Relieving or Medical Of- 
“ ficer by any Board of Guardians of the Poor, shall 
“ be appointed Inspector under this Act.” 

Question proposed, That those words be there 
inserted ; 

Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 

Clause, as amended, agreed to. 


Cravusgs, N° 10 and N° 11, amended, and agreed 


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to. 
Cuause, N° 12 (Proceedings by local authority 
before Justices in the case of nuisances recurrent or 
otherwise. Complaint: Summons: Hearing). 

Amendment proposed, in p. 8, 1. 3: To leave out 
the word “ so.’ 

Question, That the word “so” stand part of the 
Clause——put, and agreed to. 

An Amendment made. 

Clause, as amended, agreed to. 
CLavusE, 


Nuisances 
Removal 


Amendment 
Bill. 


Brot 


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Huddersfield 


Burial-ground 


Act Amend- 
ment Bill. 


Sweets or 
Made Wines. 


Kilmainham 
Hospital, 
No. 363. 


Court of 
Chancery. 
No. 364, 


Ministers’ 


Money 
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Cravuse, N* 13, amended, and agreed to. 
Cuauses, N° 14 and N° 15, agreed to. 


Ciause, N° 16 (Appeal against order of abate- 
ment when structural works are required of a cost 
above 15 /.) 

Amendment proposed, in p. 16, 1. 27: To leave 
out the word “ may,” and insert the word “ shall.” 

Question, That the word “ may” stand part of 
the Clause——put, and agreed to. 

Another Amendment proposed, in p. 9, 1. 30: After 
the word “works” to insert the words “ Provided 
“ always, that the costs of executing such work shall 
“ not, without the written consent of the owner, 
“* exceed one year’s rack-rent of such house or 
“ building.” 

Question proposed, That those words be there 
inserted ; 

To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 








Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; and Mr. Fitz Roy 
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 Tuesday 
next, at Twelve o'clock, again resolve itself into the 
said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on the Huddersfield Burial-ground 
Act Amendment 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 following Paper was laid upon the Table by 
the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, dated 
the 23d day of April last, for Returns of all Sweets 
or Made Wines imported from Scotland and Ireland 
into England, under the Provisions of the Act 6 &amp; 7 
Will. 4, c. 72, stating the Port or Place imported 
from, and the Port or Place imported into, from the 
6th day of January 1854 to the 5th day of January 
1855, both Dates inclusive ; stating the Denomina- 
tion, 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 Provisions of the said Act, 
from the 6th day of January 1854 to the 5th day of 
January 1855, both Dates inclusive ; stating how all 
such Seizures of the above-mentioned Sweets or 
Made Wines, and Sweetened Compounded Spirits, 
within the Periods of the Dates specified, have been 
dealt with, if any, and what Amount of Penalty has 
been enforced against the Parties from whom any 
such Seizures have been made :—And, of the Quan- 
tity, stating the Denomination, Sort or Kind, of all 
such Sweets or Made Wines, and Sweetened Com- 
pounded Spirits, remaining in Bond on the 5th day 
of January 1854, and where bonded. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Kilmainham 
a a which was presented upon the 20th day 
of March last, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Court of 
Chancery, which was presented upon the 2d day of 


this instant July, be printed. 


Mr. Cowper presented,—Return to an Order, dated 
the 27th day of April last, for Returns of the Total 


Valuation, on the 31st day of December 1853, of 


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Houses liable to the Payment of Ministers’ Money 
in each of the Cities and Towns respectively of 
Dublin, Cork, Limerick, Waterford, Drogheda, Kil- 
kenny, Clonmel and Kinsale; distinguishing the 
Total Valuation of Houses at or under £.10 from 
that of Houses above that Sum:—Of the Annual 
Sums which the Ecclesiastical Commissioners for 
Ireland are, under the Act 17 &amp; 18 Vic. ¢. 11, 
bound to pay to the Incumbents of each of those 
Cities and Towns respectively in lieu of Ministers’ 
Money :—Of the Sums to be raised and levied off 
the said Towns respectively under the Provisions of 
the said Act, and to be paid over by the Paymaster 
of Civil Services, when received by him, to the said 
Commissioners :—Of the Money actually recovered 
under the said Act from each of the said Cities and 
Towns respectively, and of the Sums actually paid 
by the said Commissioners to the several Incumbents 
in said Cities and Towns respectively :—And, of the 
Monies invested by the Ecclesiastical Commissioners 
in the Purchase of Government Stock, from the 1st 
day of August last ; distinguishing the Investments 
made from the Perpetuity Funds, and those from the 
General Funds. 

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


That this House do now adjourn :—It passed in the 
Negative. 


That in the case of Livesey’s Estate Bill, no Standing 
Orders are a —— 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time. 


to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Copy of all Correspondence between the 
Authorities of the Tower of Zondon, the Commis- 
sioners of Woods and Forests, the Inhabitants of 
the Tower District, and the Corporation of the, City 
of London, respecting paving Lower-hill, Postern- 
row and George-street, and the removal of the Bars 
placed therein by the Tower Authorities, which de- 
prive the Public of the use of those thoroughfares. 
Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty, by such Members of this luce as are 
of Her Majesty's Most honourable Privy Council. 


last, and the 1st day of May last, for Copies or Ex- 
tracts of Correspondence relating to Mr. Enderby, 
the late Lieutenant Governor of the Auckland Islands 
(in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 122, of 
Session 1853): 





of the Auckland Islands, subsequently to the 14th 
day of March last, in continuation of the Corres- 
pondence on the same subject then ordered :—And, 
that the same be added to the Correspondence so 
ordered on the 14th day of March last. 


24th day of May last, for Copy of all Despatches 
and Correspondence connected with the Removal of 
Mr. J. Stuart Brownrigg from the Office of Post- 
master General of the Island of Mauritius, on the 
9th day of June 1853. 

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


a Return of the Number of Yeomanry Corps in 
Great Britain, the Names of the iments or 
Troops, the Number of Officers, the Number of 
Non-commissioned Officers and Privates belongi 

to each Regiment or Troop; together with the 
Number of Times they have severally been called 





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


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Livesey’s 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, Estate Bill. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Tower-hill, 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased *«- Paving. 


Mr. John Ball presented,—Return to several Ad- Auckland 
dresses to Her Majesty, dated the 14th day of March Islands. 


And, for Copy of Corres- Auckland 
pondence relating to Mr. Enderby, the late Governor Islands. 


Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the Mr. Brownrigg. 


Mr. Peel presented,—Return to an Address to Yeomanry 
Her Majesty, dated the 2d day of March last, for Corps. 





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out in aid of the Civil Service, either by Regiments, 
Detachments or Troops, since they were respec- 
tively embodied ; together with the Date of their 
Embodiment. 
Officers’ Wi- Return to an Order, dated the 21st day of May 
dows Pensions. Jast, for a Return of all Pensions ted to the 
Widows of Officers who have lost their Lives in any 
Branch of Her Majesty’s Service during the present 
War in the East; stating the Rank of the deceased 
Officer, the Date of his Death, and the Amount 
granted. 
Ordered, That the said Returns do lie upon the 
Table. 


Mr. Bouverie presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand,—Copy of Report of an Inspecting Officer of 
the Railway Department to the Lords of the Com- 
mittee of Privy Council for Trade, upon an Accident 
which occurred at the Kegworth Station on the Mid- 
land Railway on the 22d November 1854. 

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


Railway 
Accidents. 


Tenants’Im- | The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
provements into a Committee on the Tenants’ Improvements 
Compensation Compensation (Ireland) Bill. 


(Ireland) Bill. 
(In the Committee.) 

Cxauses, N° 11 to N° 13, postponed. 

Cravuse, N° 14 (Tenant to be entitled to com- 
pensation for improvements made before the passing 
of this Act if evicted). 

Amendment proposed, in p. 11,1.4: After “ time ” 
to insert the words “ within twenty years.” 

Question put, That those words be there inserted’; 

The Committee divided. 

Tellers for the (Mr. Hayter, 

Yeas, \The Earl of Mulgrave : 

Tellers for the (Mr. Vincent Scully, Loy 

Noes, \ Colonel Greville : J , 

Motion made, and Question proposed, That the 
Chairman do report Progress, and ask leave to sit 
again ; 

Motion, by leave, withdrawp. 

Amendments made. 

Another Amendment proposed, in 1. 12: After the 
word “ otherwise’ to insert the words “ except for 
“ non-payment of rent.” 

Question put, That those words be there inserted ; 

The Committee divided. 

Tellers for the {Mr. Hayter, his 6 
Yeas, \Mr. Grenville Berkeley: J°"* 

Tellers for the (Colonel Greville, 1 ap 
Noes, Mr. Serjeant Shee : et 


jai. 


Amendments made. 
Another Amendment proposed, inl. 25: To leave 
out the words “the length of enjoyment of such im- 
“ provements.” 

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

The Committee divided. 

Tellers for thes Colonel Dunne, } 76 

Yeas, Mr. Cairns: , 

Tellers for the f Mr. Hayter, lie 

Noes, {Ms, Grenville Berkeley: J°°”* 

Motion made, and Question proposed, That the 

Chairman do report Progress, and ask leave to sit 
In ; 

Motion, by leave, withdrawn. 

Amendments made. 

Another Amendment proposed, in |. 29: After the 
word “enjoyed” to insert the words “ but not in 
“ any case to exceed in amount four years of the 
“ net rent paid on tenant for such holding.” 

Question put, That those words be there inserted ; 
The Committee divided. 


Tellers for the (Mr. Hayter, } 180 
Yeas, {r. Grenville Berkeley : : 
Tellers for the; Mr. Deasey, 1 56 
Noes, (Mr. Vincent Scully : es 





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A. 1855. 


An Amendment made. 
Question put, That the Clause, as amended, stand 
part of the Bin ; 
The Committee divided. 
Tellers for the f Mr. Hayter, 
Yeas, Mr. Grenville Berkeley : 
Tellers for the ¢ Mr. John George Philimore, 138 
Noes, {Mtr George : ise 


To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 


102. 





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


Veneris, 6° die Julii, 1855: 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; and Mr. Fitz Roy 
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. 


Mr. Fitz Roy stated, that he was anxious to sub- Members” 
mit, for the decision of the Speaker, a Question Votes. 
which had arisen upon the Proceedings in the Com- 
mittee which had just reported. 

When the numbers were announced at the Table 
by the Tellers, his attention was called by the learned 
Member for Wallingford to the fact that three 
Members, among whom was the Secretary of State 
for the Home Department, had voted in the ma- 
jority, though not in the House when the Question 
was put; the Right honourable Baronet stated that 
he was in the Lobby beyond the folding-doors, at 
the back of the Chair; and the Question which he 
had to submit for the Speaker’s decision was, whether 
a Member under such circumstances was entitled to 
have his Vote recorded, or whether he is disqualified 
from voting, being considered not to be in the 
House. 

Whereupon Mr. Speaker said, That to entitle a 
Member to vote, he must have been in the House, 
and within the folding-doors, and must have heard 
the Question put. 

After the glass has been turned, and before the 
Question has been put, the Officers of the House 
are bound to clear the Lobbies of all Members ; any 
Member not wishing to leave the House or to vote is 
at liberty to retire to the Rooms beyond the Lobby. 

Mr. Speaker also stated, in reply to a Question 
from Mr. FitzRoy, that the Vote of any Member 
not present when the Question is put may be chal- 
lenged before the numbers are declared, or after 
the Division is over. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Education 


amended in the Committee ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That the Bill be taken into con- 
sideration this day ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out the words “this day,” in 
order to add the words “upon Monday next,” in- 
stead thereof. 

And the Question being put, That the words 
“ this day ” stand part of the lien: 
The House divided. 
The Yeas to the Right ; 
The Noes to the Left. 
Tellers for thes Mr. Hayter, 7} 130 
Yeas, Mr. Grenville Berkeley: J°° 
Tellers for the f Mr. Hadfield, 1 
Noes, Mr. Miall: ane 
So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 
Ordered, That the Bill be taken into consideration 





Resolved, 


this day. 
The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Metropolitan 
mittee on the Metropolitan Buildings Bill ; Buildings B 


consideration the Education (Scotland) Bill, as (Scotland) Bi. 


a as 








Fisheries 
(British 
Islands and 
France) Bill. 


Merchant 
Shipping Act 
Amendment 
Bill 


Insolvency and 
Bankruptcy 


19 VicroriZ. 


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 Fisheries ( British Islands and France) 
Bill; 

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 Merchant Shipping Act 
Amendment Bill; and, after some time spent therein, 
Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Fitz Roy 
reported, That the Committee had made Progress in 
the Bill; and that he was directed to move, That 
the Committee may have leave &lt;o sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, again 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Insolvency and Bankruptcy (Scotland) 


(Scotland) Bill. Bill 


Criminal 
Justice Bill. 


Dwelling- 
houses (Scot- 


Endowed 
Schools (Ire- 
land) Bill. 


Burial of Poor 
Persons Bill. 


Despatch of 
Business, 
Court of Chan- 
cery Bill, 


Assay Offices 
(York, &amp;c.) 
Abolition Bill. 


Chinese 
Passenger 
Ships Bill. 


Woollen, &amp;c. 
Manufactures 


(Scotland) Bill. 


Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Criminal Justice Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming the 
further Proceeding on the third reading of the 
Dwelling-houses (Scotland) Bill ; 

Ordered, That the further Proceeding on the 
third reading of the said Bill be further adjourned 
till this day. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take 
into consideration the Endowed Schools (Jreland) 
Bill, as amended in the Committee ; and an Amend- 
ment was made to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time this 
day. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on the Burial of Poor Persons 
Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. 
Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. FitzRoy re- 
_ That the Committee had gone through the 

ill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Despatch of Business, Court of Chan- 
cery 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 Assay Offices (York, &amp;c.) Abolition 


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 Chinese Passenger Ships Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
9 on the Woollen, &amp;c. Manufactures (Scotland) 

ill ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 
Chair ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word “That” to 
the end of the Question, in order to add the words 
“ this House will, upon this day three months, re- 

Vou. 110. 


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353 


“ solve itself into the said Committee,” instead 
thereof. 

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

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself West Indies 


into a Committee on the West Indies Relief Loans Belief Loans 
: ° Arrangement 
Arrangement Bill; and, after some time spent pi, 


therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. 
Fitz Roy reported, That the Committee had gone 
through the Bill; and directed him to report the 
same, without Amendment. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time this 
day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Leases and 


reading of the Leases and Sales of Settled Estates 
Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Friday next. 


The House, accordin 
take into consideration 
the Lords to the Cinque Ports Bill; and the same 
were twice read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Clerk 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 taking into Weights and 
ords Measures Bill. 


consideration the Amendments made by the 
to the Weights and Measures Bill ; 

Ordered, That the said Amendments be taken 
into consideration upon Thursday next. 


The Union of Contiguous Benefices Bill 
according to Order, read a second time; and com- 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for 
Thursday next. 


The Gold Wedding Rings Bill was, according to Gold Wedding 
Order, read a second time; and committed to a Rings Bill 


Committee of the whole House, for this day. 


The Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction Continuance Bill Ecclesiastical 
was, according to Order, read a second time; and Jurisdiction 
committed to a Committee of the whole House, for pin, 


this day. 


The Commons Inclosure (No. 2) Bill was, ac- Commons 
cording to Order, read a second time; and com- !closure 


mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for this 
day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Treasurers 


reading of the Treasurers of Counties (Jreland) 
Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 


The Militia Officers Qualification Bill was, ac- Militia Officers 
cording to Order, read a second time; and com- Qualification 


mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for this ® 
day. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Stage Carriage. 
into a Committee on the Stage Carriage Duties, &amp;c. Duties, &amp;e. 


(In the Committee.) 


1. Resolved, That on and after the 1st day of 
October 1855, there shall be charged and payable 
the following reduced Duties on Stage Carriages in 
Great Britain (that is to say): For and in respect 
of every mile which any Stage Carriage shall be 

Zu 


licensed 


to Order, proceeded to Cinque Ports 
e Amendments made by Bil 


as, Union of 





Lunatic 
Asylums and 
Regulations 
Acts Amend- 
ment Bill. 


Public 
Libraries and 


Museums B.Il. 


Bill 225. 


Bills of Ex- 
change and 
Promissory 
Notes Bill. 


354 


licensed to travel, One penny, and for and in respect 
of every supplementary License for any such Stage 
Carriage, the Duty of One shilling, in lieu of the 
Duties now payable in the like cases. 

2. Resolved, That it is expedient that the Com- 
missioners of Inland Revenue should be empowered, 
under such regulations as the Commissioners of Her 
Majesty’s Treasury may from time to time make or 
eanction in that behalf, to stamp paper which any 
person may send to the said first named Commis- 
sioners for the purpose of being stamped for covers 
or envelopes of letters, with Stamps provided for 
denoting the several rates of Postage, on payment 
of the amount of the Stamps required to be im- 
pressed on such paper, and in cases where such 
amount shall not exceed £.10, upon payment in 
addition thereto of such fee as the said Cuommis- 
sioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury may direct or 
authorize to be taken in such cases. 

3. Resolved, That the Stamp Duty of One shil- 
ling now payable under the several Acts, 2 Will. 
4, c. 53, and 3 &amp; 4 Will. 4, c. 29, on orders made 
for the payment of prize money or bounty money, 
or money upon grants, shall cease, and in lieu 
thereof, all such orders for sums of whatever amount 
respectively shall be — and liable to the like 
Stamp Duties as Inland Bills, Drafts or Orders for 
the payment of money of the same amount, and of 
the like tenor or effect, are now by Law subject and 
liable to. 

4. Resolved, That no exemption from Stamp 
Duty contained in or granted by any Act relating to 
Friendly Societies, nor any other exemption from 
Stamp Duty than such as is contained in Section 8 
of the Act 6 &amp; 7 Will. 4, c. 32, for the regulation of 
Benefit Building Societies, shall be deemed to extend 
to any form of assurance, or any conveyance, mort- 
gage, transfer, agreement, bond or other instrument 
made to or on behalf of any Benefit Building So- 
ciety by any member of such Society to whom any 
sum or sums exceeding in the whole the sum of Two 
hundred and forty pounds shall be advanced by 
such Society, except such deeds or instruments as 
may be made on behalf of a member of such Society 
admitted before the 5th day of July 1855, in pur- 
suance of engagements made between such member 
and the said Society before that date. 

Resolutions to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Fitz Roy 
reported, That the Committee had come to several 
Resolutions. 


Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 


The Lunatic Asylums and Regulations Acts 
Amendment 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 Public Libraries and Mu- 
seums Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. 
Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. FitzRoy re- 

orted, That the Committee had gone through the 
Sill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration this day ; and be 
printed. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take 
into consideration the Bills of Exchange and Pro- 
missory Notes Bill, as amended in the Committee. 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That the Bill be read the third 
time upon Monday next ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word “ Bill” to 
the end of the Question, in order to add the words 
“ as amended, be taken into further consideration 
“ upon Monday next,” instead thereof. 





5°—6° Julia. 











A. 1855. 


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

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right ; 

The Noes to the Left. 


Tellers for the Yeas,{ Henry Keating, } 56. 


Mr. Headlam: 
(Mr. Vance 
Tellers for the Noes) fy. Grog a } 14. 
So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Monday next. 
The Order of the day being read, for the third Justices of 
reading of the Justices of Peace Qualification Bill; Pesce Quulif- 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon 
Tuesday next. 


Ordered, That the Amendment made by the Lords Militia _ 
to the Militia (No. 2) Bill be taken into consideration (No 2) Bill. 
this day. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to Turnpike Acts 
continue certain Turnpike Acts in Great Britain, Continuance. 
and to make further Provisions concerning Turnpike- 
roads in England: And that Mr. Cowper and Sir 
George Grey 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, eens 
to facilitate Arrangements for the Relief of Turnpike 
Trusts, and to extend the Provisions of the said Act: 

And that Mr. Cowper and Sir George Grey do pre- 
pare, and bring it in. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- Postal Ar- 


posed, That the Select Committee on Postal Ar- (Waterford, 


rangements (Waterford, &amp;c.) do consist of nineteen &amp;¢.) 
Members ; 

And a Motion being 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. Bass, 

Yeas, | Viscount Ebrington : 

Tellers for thes Mr. Hayter, 

Noes, Mr. Grenville Berkeley : 

So it passed in the Negative. 

Then the main Question being put ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right; 

The Noes to the Left. 

Tellers for the {oe Grogan, _ 

Yeas, Mr. Vance: | ins 

Tellers for thes Mr. Hayter, } 43 

Noes, \ Mr. Grenville Berkeley: F 

So it passed in the Negative. 

Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee, to include in their inquiries the Postal Ar- 
rangements between Limerick and Ennis, and Dublin 
and Ennis. 


is. 


} 39. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to Lunatic Asy- 
continue an Act of the fifth and sixth years of Her '™™s d) 
resent Majesty, for amending the Law relating to 

rivate Lunatic Asylums in Jreland: And that Mr. 
Horsman and Mr. Attorney General for Jreland do 
prepare, and bring it in. 


A Motion being made, That it be an Instruction Arctic 
to the Select Committee on the Arctic Expedition Expedition. 
to examine into the claims of Captains Collinson and 
Kellett, with a view to ascertain whether any and 
what reward may be due to them for the Services 
rendered on the occasion of that Expedition ; 

Viscount Palmerston, by Her Majesty’s Command, 
acquainted the House, That Her Majesty, — 

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LOO et oo tot he et 








19 Vicrorrz. 


been informed of the subject-matter of this Motion, 
recommends it to the consideration of the House. 
Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee to examine into the claims of Captains Col- 
linson and Kellett, with a view to ascertain whether 
any and what reward may be due to them for the 
Services rendered on the occasion of that Expedi- 


tion. 
Adulteration § The Select Committee on Adulteration of Food, 
of Food, &amp;. &amp;¢., was nominated of Mr. Scholefield, Mr. Charles 


Villiers, Lord Claud Hamilton, Viscount Goderich, 
Mr. Knight, Mr. Sheridan, Mr. Peacocke, Viscount 
Ebrington, Mr. Alderman Cubitt, Mr. Kinnaird, 
Mr. Otway, Mr. Swift, Mr. Gregson, Mr. Wise and 
Mr. Moffatt; with Power to send for persons, pa- 
pers and records. 

Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 


Lunatic Asy- 
lums (Ireland) 
Bill. 


Mr. Horsman presented a Bill to continue an Act 
of the fifth and sixth years of Her eer Majesty, 
for amending the Law relating to Private Lunatic 


Be 208. Asylums in Jreland: And the same was read the 
first time ; and ordered to be read a second time this 
day ; and to be printed. 

Turnpike Acts Mr. Cowper presented a Bill to continue certain 
— Turnpike Acts in Great Britain, and to make further 
Bill 227 Provisions concerning Turnpike-roads in England : 
* And the same was read the first time; and ordered 
to be read a second time upon Monday next; and to 

be printed. 
Lady Raglan The Chancellor of the Exchequer presented a Bill 
and Lord .n. to settle Annuities on Emily Harriet Lady Raglan, 
nuities Bill, and Richard Henry Fitzroy Lord Raglan ‘and the 

Bill 228, next surviving heir male of his body, in consideration 
of the eminent Services of the late Field Marshal 
Lord Raglan: And the same was read the first 
time; and ordered to be read a second time upon 
Monday next ; and to be printed. 

Turnpike Mr. Cowper presented a Bill to confirm certain 
Trusts Ar- — Pyovisional Orders made under an Act of the fifteenth 
—_— year of Her present Majesty, to facilitate Arrange- 


ments for the Relief of Turnpike Trusts, and to extend 
the Provisions of the said Act: And the same was 
read the first time ; and ordered to be read a second 
time upon Monday next; and to be printed. 


Bill 229. 


Message from Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That a Mes- 


the Lords. sage had been brought from the Lords, by one of 
their Clerks, as followeth : 

Hartlepool The Lords have agreed to the Hartlepool Pier and 

ay and Port Port Bill, without any Amendment: And also, 

Fifeand Kin. The Lords have agreed to the Fife and Kinross 

on Railway Railway Bill, without any Amendment: And also, 

Woolmer The Lords have agreed to the Woolmer Forest 

Forest Bill. Bill, without any Amendment: And also, 

Gateshead The Lords have agreed to the Gateshead Quay 

Quay Bill —_ Bill, with Amendments ; to which Amendments the 
Lords desire the concurrence of this House: And 
also, 

Aboyne, Bal. _ The Lords have agreed to the Aboyne, Ballater, 


later, Braemar Braemar and Cairnwell Road Bill, with Amend- 
aa ments ; to which Amendments the Lords desire the 
; concurrence of this House: And also, 
Halifax Gas. The Lords have agreed to the Halifax Gas-Light 
LightandCoke and Coke Company Bill, with an Amendment ; to 
Company Bill. which Amendment the Lords desire the concurrence 
of this House. 


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till Three of the clock on Friday morning, 
adjourned till this day. 


Vou. 110. 





5°—6° Juliz. 








Veneris, 6° die Julii ; 
Anno 19° Victorie Regine, 1855. 


PRAYERS. 


Ms Bonham magn ge from the — 
ommittee on Public Petitions; That they ;p._ 
had examined the Petitions presented upon the ath neo 
and 5th days of this instant July; and had directed 
him to make a Report thereof to the House. 

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


Public 
Petitions 


Mr. Brotherton reported the Cromarty Estate Bill, Cromarty 
with Amendments. Estate Bill. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Staines, 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Staines, a 
Wokingham and Woking Railway (Alterations, &amp;c.) Railway a 
Bill; and the same were twice read, and agreed to. (Alterations, 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the **) Bil 
Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House hath 


agreed to the Amendments made by their Lordships. 


and Livesey’s 


Livesey’s Estate Bill was read a second time ; } 
Estate Bill. 


committed. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 


mittee of Selection. 


The House, according to Order, re to take Huddersfield 
into consideration the Huddersfield Burial-ground eye oe 
Act Amendment Bill, as amended in the Committee. ment Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be now read the third time: 
—The Bill was accordingly read the third time. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 


Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming the Dwelling- 
Further Proceeding on the Question proposed upon ined) a 
Wednesday last, That the Clause (Stamp Duties on 
Tacks and Transfers), which was offered to be added 
on the third reading of the Dwelling-houses (Scot- 
land) Bill, be now read a second time :-—The House 
resumed the said Further Proceeding. 

And the Question being again proposed, That the 
said Clause be now read a second time :—The said 
Motion and Clause were severally, with leave of the 
House, withdrawn. 

Another Clause was offered to be added to the Bill 
(The Stamp Duties on Tacks and Transfers may be 
denoted by impressed or adhesive Stamps— Adhesive 
Stamps to be adapted for certain particulars) :—And 
the said Clause was brought up, and twice read, 
with a blank ; and committed to a Committee of the 
whole House:—The House accordingly resolved 
itself into the Committee; and, after some time 
_ therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; and 

iscount Monck reported, That the Committee had 
gone through the Clause, and made an Amendment 
thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be now received. 

Viscount Monck accordingly reported the Clause ; 
and the Amendment was read, and agreed to; and 
the said Clause was read the third time, and added 
to the Bill. 

Then Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant Cheltenham 
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 Cheltenham, in the 
room of the Honourable Craven Fitzhardinge Berke- 


ley, deceased. 
zz2 Ordered, 








356 


Evesham Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant 

Writ. to the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ 
for the electing of a Burgess to serve in this present 
Parliament for the Borough of Evesham, in the room 
of Charles Lennox Grenville Berkeley, Esquire, who, 
since his Election for the said Borough, hath accepted 
the Office of Steward or Bailiff of Her Majesty’s 
three Chiltern Hundreds of Stoke, Desborough and 
Bonenham, in the County of Buckingham. 





Income Tax Major Reed presented a Bill for conferring the 
amen ., Elective Franchise upon Persons (not being Aliens) 
ranchise Bill, 
Bill 230 who are assessed to the Income Tax, but are not 
. _ a Register of Electors for any part of Great 
ritain and Ireland: And the same was read the 
first time; and ordered to be read a second time 
upon this day three months ; and to be printed. 
Nuisances Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Removal 


Copy of any Correspondence between the Board of 
ay sees Health and es Ret of Guardians of the Rochdale 
Union, relative to the Nuisances Removal Amend- 
ment Bill. 
NewChurches. 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 1854 to the 25th March 1855. 


Metropolitan Ordered, That an Abstract of the Return relative 
Workhouses, ¢, Metropolitan Workhouses, &amp;c., which was pre- 


&amp;c. F ' ; 
No. 365, ented upon the 25th day of June last, be printed. 
Finance. Ordered, That the Accounts relative to Finance, 


No, 366. which were presented upon the 3d day of this instant 
July, be printed. 


Sweets or Ordered, That the Return relative to Sweets or 
Made Wines. Made Wines, which was presented upon the 5th day 
No. 367. of this instant July, be printed. 


Ministers’ Ordered, That the Return relative to Ministers’ 
linia a) Money (Jreland), which was presented upon the 5th 
day of this instant July, be printed. 


No, 368. 
Auckland Ordered, That the Return relative to the Auckland 
Islands. Islands, which was presented upon the Sth day of 


No. 369. this instant J uly, be printed. 


Yeomanry Ordered, That the Return relative to the Yeomanry 
— Corps, which was presented upon the 5th day of 
No. 379. this instant J uly, be printed. 


Ofiicers’ Wi- Ordered, That the Return relative to Officers’ 
a eneiens: Widows Pensions, which was presented upon the 
No. 371. 5th day of this instant July, be printed. 


Public Petitions relating to Cambridge University Bill; 
. — —Church Rates ;—Marriage Law Amendment Bill ; 
Vide Fifty. — Maynooth College Act ;—Jndian Territories ;— 
third Report. Assay Offices (York, &amp;c.) Abolition Bill ;—Educa- 
tion (Scotland) Bill;—Friendly Societies Bill ;— 
Insolvency and Bankru tey ( cotland) Bill ;—In- 
toxicating Liquors ;—Medical Officers (Navy) ;— 
Medical Profession Bill;—Petty Sessions Clerks 
(4reland);— Public Health Bill ;— Public-houses 
(Scotland) Act; — Sale of Beer Act (1854);— 
Slaughtering of Animals;—War with Russia ;— 
and, Woollen, &amp;c. Manufactures (Scotland) Bill,— 
were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 


the Table. 


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


Adjournment, 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the Business of the Ports named, agreeably 


Business 
of Ports, 





6° Julie. 








A, 1855. 


to the Form specified, for the year ending 5th Janu- 
ary 1855 :— 





of 


Tidewaiters,| Boatmen, 
and 


Amount paid | Amount paid 


to each. 





of 
and 
to each. 


The Number | The Number 





ot Lockers, 
an 
Amount paid 
to each 





Salary 


of Searchers, The Number 
paid to each. 


The Number 
Landing 
and 
Coastwaiters, 
and 
Amount of 











Amount 


‘of Salary paid 


to each. 


Establish- 


ment, and 


upon the 





No.) Salary. 


The Number | 
of Clerks 








Amount 
of 
Salary 
Comp- 
troller 





| 


of 
Salary | 


and Acting | aid tothe Paid tothe 





Collector. | 





surveyors 
Tide- 
surveyors. 


of Tide- 





of Vessels 


The Number The Number Amount 


Boarded 
and 
Rummaged. 





Parties 
Convicted. 


Parties 
Convicted. 





The Number 
of Seizures 
made, and 

the Number of 





of 


Debentures 
issued, 
and the 

Amount of 


paid, 





The Number 
Drawback 
No. ,Amount.| No. 





of Vessels 
supplied with 
Bonded 
Stores 
from the 


Ww 





The Number 





Tons, 











The Number 
of Vessels 


Registered, 


and the 
Amount of 
Tonnage 





Stores 


cleared 
Cargoes.| Ballast.| from Bond. | No.| 


of Vessels 
Outwards to 


The Number 











The Number 
of Vessels 
from 
Foreign Parts, 
with Cargoes 
and 
in Ballast. 








Amount | entered Inwards 





Duty 
received. 





PORTS. 
y 
Truro - 


Poole - 
| Weymouth - 


ynn - 
Newport 
Port-Glasgow 
Preston 


Penzance 











Grimsby 
Ipswich - 
Kirkald 


L 
Swansea 


Cardiff - 
Carlisle - 
Chester - 
Cowes - 
Dartmouth 
Drogheda 
Dumfries 
Dundalk 
Falmouth 
Galway - 
Goole - 
Grangemouth 


Boston - 


Shields - 
Berwick 





Lord John Russell presented, by Her Majesty’s Colonial Land 
Command,—Copy of Fifteenth General Report of and Emigra- 
the Colonial Land and Emigration Commissioners, 4" C™™* 
1855. 

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


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Supply. 
mittee of Supply ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 
Chair ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, 


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19 Vicroriz. 6°—7° Juliz. 357 


Question, by leaving out from the word “That” to| Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
the end of the Question, in order to add the words | mittee, be taken into consideration upon Tuesday 

Unfenced | “ an humble Address be presented to Her Majesty, | next; and be printed. 

Machinery. “ that She will be graciously pleased to give direc- 
“ tions, that there be laid before this House, Copies} The Bills of Lading (No. 2) Bill was, according Bills of Lading 
“ of all Correspondence between the Secretary of | to Order, read the third time. (No. 2) Bill. 
“ State for the Home Department and certain Ma-| A Clause (Court of Admiralty to adjudicate as 

gistrates of Oldham, on the subject of a Prosecu-|to Claims when owners of ships reside out of 

tion before the said Magistrates of a Manufac-| United Kingdom), was thrice read; and added to 

turer, for having on his ‘Premises unfenced Ma- | the Bill. 

“ chinery, from which neglect the Death of an| Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

“ Individual resulted,” instead thereof. Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 

And the Question being put, That the words | Lords, and desire their concurrence. 
proposed to be left out, stand part of the Question : 


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—It was resolved in the Affirmative. The Endowed Schools (Jreland) Bill was, ac- Endowed 
And the Question being again proposed, That | cording to Order, read the third time. eee aa 
Mr. Speaker do now leave the Chair ; | Resolved, That the Bill do pass. ete 


| _ Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 


And the House having continued to sit till after) Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Twelve of the clock on Saturday morning ; 
Sabbati, 7° die Julii, 1855: 





The House, according to Order, proceeded to Burial of Poor 
take into consideration the Burial of Poor Persons Persons Bill. 
Bill, as amended in the Committee. 
| Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
‘upon Monday next. 


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

The House accordingly resolved itself into the 
Committee ; and, after some time spent therein, 
Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Fitz Roy 
reported, That the Committee had made Progress in 
the matter to them referred; and that he was di- | 


The West Indies Relief Loans Arrangement Bill West Indies 
was, according to Order, read the third time. Relief Loans 


ne - Arrangement 
rected to move, That the Committee may have leave| solved, ‘That the Bill do pass. Bill. 
to sit again. Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 


Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday | Lords, and desire their concurrence. 
next, again resolve itself into the said Committee. ; : 
; | The House, according to Order, resolved itself Gold Wed 


Message from | Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That a Mes- | —_ 3S — = the Gold “ea a - — 
the Lords. sage had been brought from the Lords, by one of | 7% # ter some time spent therem, Mr. Speaker 

Gocle Canta, on Otani: ‘resumed the Chair; and Mr. FitzRoy reported, 
Union Charges The Lords have agreed to the Union Charges Act | Thet the Committee had gone through the Bill ; 


Act Continu- Continuance Bill, without any Amendment: And. and directed him to report the same, without Amend- 


ill. nt. 
ance Bill also, ; me 


| Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
Torquay, Tor | The Lords have agreed to the Torquay, Tor and , 
and Saint’ Saint Mary Church Gas Bill, without any Amend- | “P°? Monday next. 


— ment: And also, — 
eas The Lords have agreed to the Folkestone Improv _|, The House, according to Order, resolved itself Beclesiastical 
Folkestone . . 8 ; prove- | into a Committee on the Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction J¥™isdiction 
Improvement ment Bill, with Amendments; to which Amend- | Continuance Bill; and, after some time spent therein anne 
Bill ir is | nae ; gee 

ments the Lords desire the concurrence of this | Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. FitzRoy 


House: And also, : | ‘ 
Powers vested The Lords communicate, a Copy of the Report | reported, That the Committee had gone through the 


; : : : Bill; and directed him to report the same, without 
C , : ' 
a Demnpenies from the Select Committee appointed in the present | y tat a eneing 


Session of Parliament to consider whether it would | . P P 
: f A , 
provement © saath Sais deeinaliinn tines, itn iteiaaae seins saneiiaal Rea) Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 


Companies for the Improvement of Land should be | 


—_ gee od — og aa, iy som ng The House, according to Order, resolved itself Commons’ 
2 ee oe Ler Sa ey ae Cee | into a Committee on the Commons’ Inclosure Mclosure 
by this Heuse. 


(No. 2) Bill; and, after some time spent therein, — 
. | Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. FitzRo 
Ways and The Order of the day being read, for the Com- | vanenttih That the Committee had gone through rd 


upon Monday next. 


Means. : a me | wos P : 
= mittee of Ways and Means ; Bill; and directed him to report the same, without 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday | Amendment. 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 


Mond t. 
Metropolitan The Order of the day being read, for the Com- a: seein saa 


Buildings Bil. mittee on the Metropolitan Buildings Bill ; The Order of the day being read, for the Com- MilitiaOficers’ 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday mittee on the Militia Officers’ Qualification Bill ; Qualification 
next, at T'welve o'clock, resolve itself into the said| Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday Bil 
Committee. next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Fisheries (Bri- The Order of the day being read, for the Com-| Mr, FitzRoy reported from the Committee on Stage Car- 
ond anes mittee on the Fisheries (British Islands and France) Stage Condens Duties, &amp;c., several Resolutions ; riage Duties, 
Bill. il; ‘ ' which were read, as follow: 7 
Resoived, That this House will, upon Monday} , That on and after the 1st day of October 1855, 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. there shall be charged and payable the following re- 
duced Duties on Stage Carriages in Great Britain 
Merchant The House, according to Order, resolved itself |(that is to say): For and in respect of every mile 
Fos srg into a Committee on the Merchant Shipping Act | which any Stage Carriage shall be licensed to travel, 
Bill. Amendment Bill ; and, after some time spent therein, | One penny, and for and in respect of every supple- 
Bill 231, Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; and Mr. FitzRoy | mentary License for any such Stage Carriage, the 
reported, That the Committee had gone through the | Duty of One shilling, in lieu of the Duties now 
Bill. payable in the like cases. 
Vo. 110. | z23 2. That 











358 


2. That it is expedient that the Commissioners of | 
Inland Revenue should be empowered, under such 
regulations as the Commissioners of Her Majesty’s 
Treasury may from time to time make or sanction in 
that behalf, to stamp paper which any person may 
send to the said first named Commissioners for the 
purpose of being stamped for covers or envelopes of 
letters, with Stamps provided for denoting the several 
rates of Postage, on payment of the amount of the 
Stamps required to be impressed on such paper, and 
in cases where such amount shall not exceed £.10, 
upon payment in addition thereto of such fee as the 
said Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury may 
direct or authorize to be taken in such cases. 

3. That the Stamp Duty of One shilling now 
payable under the several Acts,2 Will. 4, c. 53, and 
3 &amp; 4 Will.4, c. 29, on orders made for the payment 
of prize money or bounty money, or money upon 
grants, shall cease, and in lieu thereof, all such orders 
for sums of whatever amount respectively shall be 
subject and liable to the like Stamp Duties as Inland 
Bills, Drafts or Orders for the payment of money of 
the same amount, and of the like tenor or effect, are 
now by Law subject and liable to. 

4. That no exemption from Stamp Duty contained 
in or granted by any Act relating to Friendly Socie- 
ties, nor any other exemption from Stamp Duty 
than such as is contained in section 8 of the Act 
6 &amp; 7 Will. 4, c. 32, for the regulation of Benefit 
Building Societies, shall be deemed to extend to any 
form of assurance, or any conveyance, mortgage, 
transfer, agreement, bond, or other instrument made 
to or on behalf of any Benefit Building Society by 
any member of such Society to whom any sum or 
sums exceeding in the whole the sum of Two hundred 
and forty pounds shall be advanced by such Society, 
except such deeds or instruments as may be made on 
behalf of a member of such Society admitted before 
the 5th day of July 1855, in pursuance of engage- 
ments made between such member and the said 
Society before that date. 

The three first of the said Resolutions, being read 
a second time, were agreed to. 

The last of the said Resolutions, being read a 
second time ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
put, That this House doth agree with the Committee 
in the said Resolution ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right ; 

The Noes to the Left. 

a for a Hayter, oad. 1 65. 

eas, \The Earl of Mulgrave : j 

Tellers for the { Mr. Scholefield, } 39 


Noes, Mr. Murrough : 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Ordered, That a Bill or Bills be brought in upon 
the said Resolutions: And that Mr. FitzRoy, the 
Chancellor of the Exchequer and Mr. Wilson, do 
prepare, and bring them in. 


Lunatic Asy- The Order of the day being read, for resuming 
(Advonay’) the adjourned Debate on the Amendment which, 
Ci") upon the 29th day of June last, was proposed to be 

made to the Question, That Mr. Speaker do now 


6°—7? Juli. 





leave the Chair (for Committee on the Lunatic 
Asylums (Jreland) (Advances) Bill) ; 

Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned | 
till Thursday next. | 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into | 
consideration the Coal Mines Inspection Bill, as | 
amended in the Committee ; | 

Ordered, That the Bill be taken into consideration | 
upon Monday next. | 


Coal Mines 
Inspection 
Bill. 


Sale of Spirits The Order of the day being read, for the second 
(Ireland ) Bill. reading of the Sale of Spirits (Jreland) Bill; 
Ordered, Tha: the Bill be read a second time upon 
Monday next. 





A. 1855. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Criminal 
mittee on the Criminal Justice Bill; Justice 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- Lunatic Asy- 
mittee on the Lunatic Asylums and Regulations Acts lums and 
Amendment Bill ; poy io 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday ment Bill. — 


next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take public 
into consideration the Public Libraries and Museums Libraries and 
Bill, as amended in the Committee. Museums Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon 
Monday next. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take Militia 
into consideration the Amendment made by the (N° 2) Bill. 
Lords to the Militia (No. 2) Bill; and the same 
was twice read, and, with Amendments thereto, 
agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the Amendment made by their Lordships, 
with Amendments; to which Amendments this 
House doth desire the concurrence of their Lord- 
ships. ~ 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Lunatic Asy- 
reading of the Lunatic Asylums (Zreland) Bill ; lums (Ireland) 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon B" 
Monday next. * 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Roman 
reading of the Roman Catholic Charities Bill ; Catholic 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon ©Fities Bill 
Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Ordnance 
reading of the Ordnance Board Bill ; Board Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Excise Duties 

mittee on the Excise Duties Bill; Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 

next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Charitable 
reading of the Charitable Trusts Bill ; Trusts Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Absconding 
consideration the Absconding Debtors (Ireland) Bill, a - 
as amended in the Committee ; (Ireland) Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be taken into consideration 
upon Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Metropolis 
consideration the Metropolis Local Management Local Bitnage- 
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 Mortmain 
consideration the Mortmain Bill, as amended in the Bil. 


Committee ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be taken into consideration 
upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking Education 
into consideration the Education (Scotland) Bill, as — 
amended in the Committee ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be taken into consideration 


upon Monday next. 
™ , Ordered, 





th 


eo Q 


QP: 


Postal Ar- 
rangements 
(Waterford, 
&amp;e.) 


Stage Car- 

riage Duties, 

&amp;e. Bill. 
Bill 232. 


Youthful 
Offenders Bill. 


Public Health 
Bill, 


Harvist’s 
Estate Bill. 


Aboyne, Bal- 


later, Braemar 


and Cairuwell 
Road Bill. 


Gateshead 
Quay Bill. 


Halifax Gas- 
Light and 
Coke Com- 
pany Bill. 


Royal London 
Militia Bill. 


Downing- 
street Public 


ces Exten- 


sion Bill, 


19 Vicrorizx. 


Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Select 
Committee on. Postal Arrangements (Waterford, 
&amp;c.), to inquire into the Postal Arrangements of all 
other Ports of Zreland not hitherto referred to the 
Committee. 


The Chancellor of the Exchequer presented a Bill 
to reduce certain Duties payable on Stage Carriages, 
and to amend the Stamp Acts: And the same was 
read the first time ; and ordered to be read a second 
time upon Thursday next ; and to be printed. 


The Order for the House to resolve itself into a 
Committee, upon Wednesday next, on the Youthful 
Offenders Bill, was read, and discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


The Order for the House to resolve itself into a 
Committee, upon Tuesday next, on the Public Health 
Bill, was read, and discharged. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Tuesday the 
17th day of this instant July, at Twelve o'clock, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


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, 9° die Juli ; 


Anno 19° Victorie Regine, 1855. 





PRAYERS. 
N R. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 


one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private 
Bills; That in the case of Harvist’s Estate Bill, the 
Standing Orders have been complied with. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendment made by the Lords to the Aboyne, 
Ballater, Braemer and Cairnwell Road Bill; and 
the same was twice read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Clerk 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 Gates- 
head Quay Bill; and the same was twice read, and 
agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Clerk 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 Halifax 
Gas-Light and Coke Company Bill; and the same 
was twice read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Clerk 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 Royal 
London Militia Bill; and the same was twice read, 
and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the Amendment made by their Lord- 
ships. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee on the 
Downing-street Public Offices Extension Bill have 
leave to sit, and proceed To-morrow. 


6° —7°— 9 Jultz. 





359 


Mr. Bonham Carter reported from the Select Public 
Committee on Public Petitions; That they had (Rifty-third 
examined the Petitions presented upon the 6th day Report.) 
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. Walpole reported from the Select Committee Office of 
on the Office of Speaker ; That they had considered Speaker. 
the matters to them referred, and had agreed. to No, 372. 
make a Report thereof to the House. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 

and be printed. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee on Postal Postal a 
Arrangements (Waterford, &amp;c.) have leave to sit (Waterford, 
this day till Five o’clock, during the sitting of the &amp;c.) 
House. 


The following Papers were laid upon the Table Thames Marsh 
by the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, Drainage. 
dated the 15th day of June last, for a Return, in 

detail, of the Expenses included under the Sum of 

£.595. 19s. 2d., respecting the Thames Marsh 
Drainage, paid to Mr. 7. W. Rammell, c.£., and 

charged in the Civil Contingencies Account for 

1854 :—And, Copy of the Instructions under which 

Mr. Rammell acted. 

Return to an Order, dated the 6th day of this Nuisances 
instant July, for Copy of any Correspondence be- — ‘ 
tween the Board of Health and the Board of Guar- g7) 
dians of the Rochdale Union relative to the Nuisances 

Removal Amendment Bill. 


Mr. Cowper presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- Convict Pri- 
mand,—Copy of First Annual Report of the Di- sons (Ireland.) 
rectors of Convict Prisons in Jreland, for the year 

ended 31st December 1854; with Appendix. 

Copy of Thirty-third Report of the Inspectors Prisons 
General on the General State of the Prisons of re- (Ireland.) 
land, 1854; with Appendices. : 

Mr. Cowper also presented,— Return to an Address Proprietors 
to Her Majesty, dated the 30th day of March last, costume) 
for a Return of the Number of Proprietors of Lands 
standing on the Valuation Rolls of the several 
Counties of Scotland, distinguishing each County, 
in the years 1775, 1800, 1825 and 1854 respectively, 
classifying them according to the cumulo Amount 
of the Valuation of the whole Lands belonging to 
each Proprietor in the County, as in the following 
form, viz.— 











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Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the Criminals. 
4th day of May last, for a Return of the Number of 
Criminals who have been committed in England 
and Wales (and not bailed) for Crimes triable only 
at the Assizes, during the Months respectively of 
January, April, May, June, September, October, 
November and December, for the year 1854. 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the prisoners tried 
5th day of June last, for a Return of the Number of at Assizes. 
Prisoners tried at the Assizes for every County in 


1854 

















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So 
rt i) 








VoL, 110. 





England and Wales during the last Five years ; dis- 
Z24 tinguishing 


9° Juliz. 1855. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Poor Law, &amp;e, 
Copy of rd Minutes of the Treasury by which the (Ireland.) 
Retired Allowances enumerated in Return No. 320 
of this Session were granted, and of the Correspond- 
ence relating thereto. 


360 


tinguishing those tried before the Judges from those 
tried before Commissioners not Judges. 

Return to an Order, dated the 23d day of 
March last, for Returns from the Board of Works, 
stating whether the Original Plans of the District 
Lunatic Asylum were submitted to the Grand 
Jury, either of the County or of the City of Cork, 


Cork District 
Lunatic 
Asylum. 


Capital 
Punishment 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 








Education 
CIreland.) 


No. 373. 


Public 
Petitions. 


Vide Fifty- 
third Report. 


New Churches. 
No. 374. 


Chelsea 


Royal Military 


Asylum. 
No. 375. 


Public Income 
and Expen- 
diture. 


No. 376. 


previous to their being finally decided on, and if so, 
when; whether any estimate of the probable Cost 
of the Asylum has been submitted to either Grand 
Jury, me when; if the Plans or Estimates were 
laid before either Grand Jury, whether their Opi- 
nion thereon was communicated to the Board of 
Works, or to the Lord Lieutenant, by Resolution 
or otherwise; and, if so, a Copy thereof :—Of the 
same Questions in respect of the Governors of 
the Lunatic Asylum; whether the Plans and Es- 
timates were laid before them, and whether they 
geve any Opinion thereon; and the Names of the 

overnors present when such Plans and Estimates 
were taken into consideration ; and a Copy of any 
Resolution thereon adopted by the Governors; and 
also, Copies of all Correspondence of the Governors, 
in relation to such Plans and Estimates, with the 
Board of Works, and of any Reports by the Archi- 
tect, or others deputed by the Board of Works to 
report thereon :—Statements of the Amount of the 
Original Estimates for the Erection of the Asylum, 
and of the Cost of all Deviations from, or Additions 
to, the Original Plan ; and of the Total Amount paid 
to the Contractors :—Of the Cost of all Works which 
have been executed since the Building was taken up 
from the Contractor; distinguishing those which are 
new and additional Works, and such as have been 
rendered requisite by defective Construction or by | 
Atmospheric Causes :—And, of the probable Cost of 
completing Works in Progress, or intended, for the 
Security of the Building from Injury by Atmospheric 
Cause, or by reason of any ascertained defect in its , 
Construction. 

Mr. Cowper also presented, pursuant to the di- 
rections of an Act of Parliament,—Annual Report 
of the Commissioners of Education in Jreland, for the 
year 1854-55. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table ; and that the last be printed. 


to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return showing how far Crimes for which 
Capital Punishment has been abolished in England 
are still capitally punishable in the Colonies and 
Dependencies of Great Britain (in continuation of 
Return, dated the 18th day of February 1850). 
Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty, by such Members of this len as are 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


Sir George Grey presented, by Her Majesty's Kneller Hall 
Training 


Command,—Copy of Report on the Kneller Hall 
Training School, by the Reverend Henry Moseley, 
H. M. Inspector of Schools. 

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


The House, according to Order, 


as amended in the Committee. 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being put, That the Bill be re-committed ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right; 

The Noes to the Left. 

Tellers for the { Mr. Eviott Lockhart, 

Yeas, \UMr, Vansittart : 

Tellers for the f Mr. Hayter, lia? 

Noes, (The Earl of Mulgrave: f°" 

So it passed in the Negative. 

A Clause was offered to be added to the Bill (In 
‘parishes in which schools have been established 
under the provisions of the eleventh section of the 
second recited Act, or in which the salary payable 
by law to parochial schoolmasters has been divided 
|and applied to more than one school within the same, 
_the salary to be provided to every such schoolmaster 
| shall be fixed by the heritors at a sum not less than 
‘Twenty pounds nor more than Thirty-four pounds, 


} 82. 





(Colonies. ) 


roceeded to Education 
take into consideration the Education (Scotland) Bill, o_ 


Petitions relating to Cambridge University Bill; | to be contributed by the heritors and the Committee 
—Marriage Law Amendment Bill ;—Saint Mary- | of Privy Council, in the proportions above mentioned 
in-Arden Parish ; — Education (Scotland) Bill ;— | of Thirty-four pounds to Sixteen pounds: Provided 
Fisheries (British Islands and France) Bill ;--In- | always, That it shall be lawful for the heritors, with 
toxicating Liquors ;—Limited Liability Bill;—Me- | consent of the Board, to resolve that one school so 


dical Officers (Navy) ;— Medical Profession Bill ;— 
Partnership Amendment Bill;—Public Health Bill, 
and Nuisances Removal Amendment Bill ;—Testa- 
mentary Jurisdiction Bill ;—and, War with Russia, 
—were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 

Petitions relating to the Sale of Beer Act (1854) 
—were also presented, and read ; and referred to the 
Select Committee on the Sale of Beer, &amp;c. Act. 


Ordered, That the Account relative to New 
Churches, which was presented upon the 6th day of 
this instant July, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Chelsea 
Royal Military Asylum, which was presented upon 
the 4th day of this instant July, be printed. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
an Account of the Public Income and Expenditure 
for the year ended the 30th day of June 1855, to- 
gether with the Balance in the Exchequer at the 
commencement and at the termination of the year, 
and the Amount of Funded or Untunded Debt created 
or redeemed in the said year. 

Mr. Wilson accordingly | yr eon the said Account. 

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


| established in any such parish shall be placed in the 
|position of a full parochial school do this Act, 
and such school shall thereafter be maintained and 
conducted as such ; and in parishes in which schools 
| have been established under the third recited Act, it 
'shall be lawful to the Committee of Privy Council to 
contribute such sum to the salary of the schoolmaster 
of every such school as will raise the same to the 
sum of not less than Twenty pounds or more than 
Thirty-four pounds: Provided always, That in all 
the cases F em mentioned, if the Board, on the 
Report of the Inspector, shall resolve that any school 
so established in any such parish shall be placed on 
the footing of a public school in regard to salary and 
| accommo: ations, and the heritors shall not have 
| resolved as aforesaid, such school shall thereupon be 
established, maintained and conducted in all respects 
| as a public school under this Act):—And the said 
Clause was brought up, and read the first time. 

A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That the said Clause be now read a second 
time :—And the said Motion and Clause were se- 
verally, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 

A Clause (Act not to affect certain bequests), was 
twice read ; and made part of the Bill. 

Another Clause was offered to be added to the 
Bill (If any complaint shall be made to the School 


Committee in regard to the religious or moral teaching 
of 

















19 Vicroriz. 


of the master, it shall be lawful to the Board, on the 
report of the School Committee, to direct such com- 
plaint to be inquired into by the School Committee, 
with the assistance of the Inspector and of such other 
persons as the Board may appoint, and who may be 
willing to undertake such duty):-—-And the said 
Clause was brought up, and read the first time. 

And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
put, That the said Clause be now read a second time ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right ; 

The Noes to the Left. 

Tellers for thef Mr. Hayter, 7 118 

Yeas, The Earl of Mulgrave ; —— 

Tellers for thes Mr. Blackburn, os 

Noes, Mr. Eliott Lockhart: } . 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

The Clause was accordingly read a second time ; 
and made part of the Bill. 

Another Clause (Commissioners may receive and 
maintain in houses of refuge, &amp;c., young persons 
sent under the Acts relating to Vagrants and Juvenile 
_— was twice read; and made part of the 

ill. 

Another Clause (Schoolmaster not to hold other 
office of profit), was twice read; and made part of 
the Bill. 

Another Clause (Schoolmaster to retain rights to 
the Widows’ Fund), was twice read; and made part 
of the Bill. 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Bill, in p. 1, 1. 14, by leaving out from the word 
“ Scotland”’ to the word “ And,” in l. 20. 

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. 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made to 
the Bill, in p. 1, 1. 20, by inserting, after the word 
“« Education,” the words “ for Presbyterians.” 

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. 2, 1. 10, by inserting, after the word 
“« persons,” the words “ being Protestants.” 

And the Question being put, That those words be 
there inserted ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right ; 

The Noes to the Lett. 

Tellers for the{ Lord William Graham, } 44 

Yeas, UMr. Johnstone : : 

Tellers for the; Mr. Hayter, }n " 

Noes, {the Earl of Mulgrave: a 

So it passed in the Negative. 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made to 
the Bill, in p. 2, 1. 13, by leaving out the word 
“ Perth,” and inserting the word “ Aberdeen,” in- 
stead thereof. 

And the Question —_ 
“ Perth” stand part of the 
in the Affirmative. 

Then an Amendment was made to the Bill. 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made to 
the Bill, in p.7, 1. 10, by inserting, after the word 
“ persons,” the words “ and at all meetings of the 
said School Committee, the heritor, if present, 
“ shall be Chairman, and shall be entitled to both a 
“ deliberative and, in cases of equality of votes, a 
“ casting vote.” 

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

Another Amendment was amen to be made to 
the Bill, in p. 7, 1.27, by adding, at the end of the 


put, That the word 
ill:—-It was resolved 


n~ 
n 


Clause, the words “ Provided always, That the pro- 
“ duction of a diploma granted by the Educational 
“ Institute of Scotland shall be conclusive evidence 
“ that the holderthereof is qualified to teach the 
“« various branches of literature therein specified, and 
“ he shall not: be required to submit to any further 


&lt;&lt; 


examination by the Inspector in respect thereof.” 
Vou, 110. 


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361 

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

Another Amendment was proposed to be made to 
the Bill, in p. 7, 1. 29, by leaving out the words 
“ Provided always, That every such schoolmaster 
“ shall, prior to his election, produce to the electors 
a certificate, signed by a minister of the religious 
denomination to which he belongs, attesting his 
religious and moral character.” 

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. 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made to 
the Bill, in p. 8, 1. 7, by inserting, after the word 
“ the,” the word “ whole.” 

And the Question being put, That the word 
whole ” be there inserted :—It passed in the Ne- 
gative. 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made to 
the Bill, in p. 8, 1. 7, by inserting, after the word 
“ parish,” the words “liable in payment of school- 
“ master’s salary.” 

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. 8, 1. 43, by aie at the end of the 
Clause, the words “ Provided always, that where 
“ such meeting shall resolve that a parish school 
shall be maintained by assessment as aforesaid, 
“ such resolution shall in no way affect the rights or 
“ status of any schoolmaster previously appointed 
“ thereto.” 

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


Another Amendment was proposed to be made to 
the Bill, in p. 9, 1. 16, by inserting, after the word 
“ Inspector,” the words “intimate the same to the 
clerk of the heritors of said parish, in order that 
“ they may, if they see fit, establish an additional 
parochial school; if they or individuals of their 
number do not, within one month of said intima- 
tion being received by their clerk, intimate their 
“« intention so to do, then the Board shall.” 

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

Then another Amendment was made to the Bill. 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made 
to the Bill, in p. 12, 1.12, by leaving out the words 
“ every School Committee under this Act shall 
“ appoint certain stated hours for ordinary religious 
instruction.” 

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. 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made 
to the Bill, in p. 12, |. 14, by leaving out the words 
“ by the master.” 

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. 


“ 
“ 
“ 


“ 


“ 


“c 


Tellers for the f Mr. Hayter, Veee 
Yeas, The Earl of Mulgrace : P inciniats 
Tellers for the, Mr. Alexander Hastie, ln 
Noes, Mr. Duncan : J , 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 
Then other Amendments were made to the Bill. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Thursday next, 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That a Mes- Message from 
sage had been brought from the Lords, by one of the Lords. 


their Clerks, as followeth : 


The Lords have agreed to the Hedon and Hull, Hedon and 
And Hull, &amp;c. 


&amp;e. Roads Bill, without any Amendment: 
also, 








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$62 


Sligo Gas Bill. The Lords have agreed to the Shgo Gas Bill, 


without any Amendment: And also, 


West Brom- The Lords have agreed to the West Bromwich 
wich i Improvement Bill, without any Amendment: And 
/ also, 
Bolton and The Lords have agreed to the Bolton and Night- 
Nightingales’ jngales’ Road Bill, with an Amendment; to which 
Road Bill. Amendment the Lords desire the concurrence of 
this House: And also, 
Friendly The Lords have agreed to the Friendly Societies 


Societies Bill. Bill, with Amendments; to which Amendments the 
Lords desire the concurrence of this House: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Edinburgh and 
Glasgow Railway Bill, with Amendments ; to which 
Amendments the Lords desire the concurrence of this 
House: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Gun-barrel Proof- 
houses (Birmingham and London) Bill, with Amend- 
ments; to which Amendments the Lords desire the 
concurrence of this House: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Wolverhampton 
to which 


Edinburgh 
and Glasgow 
Railway Bill 


Gun-barrel 
Proof-houses 
(Birmingham 
ard London) 
Bill. 
Wolverhamp- . . 
cela New Water Bill, with Amendments ; 


9°—10° Juliz. 


Amendments the Lords desire the concurrence of | 





this House: And also, 
The Lords have agreed to the West Somerset. 
Mineral Railway Bill, with Amendments ; to which | 
Amendments the Lords desire the concurrence of 
this House: And also, 
Stockton and The Lords have agreed to the Stockton and Dar- 
Darlington ington Railway Bill, with Amendments; to which | 
Railway Bill. Amendments the Lords desire the concurrence of. 


this House: And also, | 


West Somerset 
Mineral 
Railway Bill 





Honiton The Lords have agreed to the Honiton Road Bill, 
Road Bill. with Amendments; to which Amendments the, 

Lords desire the concurrence of this House: And also, 
Assizes and The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 





Sessions Bill. for the more frequent holding of Assizes and Ses- | 
sions of the Peace; to which the Lords desire the | 
concurrence of this House: And also, | 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act | 
for authorizing Mining and other Leases, and Sales | 
and Exchanges, to be made of the Lands devised by | 
the Will of George Bray, deceased, and for other ' 
purposes ; to which the Lords desire the concurrence 
of this House: And also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act | 
to enable the President and Scholars of Saint John | 
Baptist College, in the University of Ozford, to | 
grant Building Leases of their Lands in the Pa-| 
rishes of Saint Giles, Saint Thomas and Woolvercot, | 
Oxford, 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 | 
to give leave to the Right honourable Sir William 
Meredyth Somerville, Baronet, a Member of this 


House, to attend their Lordships, to be sworn, in| 


Bray’s Estate 
Bill. 


Saint John’s 
College (Ox- 
ford) Estate 
Bill. 


Privileges. 





A. 1855. 


Question, by leaving out from the word “That” to 
the end of the Question, in order to add the words 
“ this House will, upon this day three months, re- 
“ solve itself into the said Committee” instead 
thereof. 

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

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 
Chair : —The House accordingly resolved itself into 
the Committee. 


(In the Committee.) 
Preamble postponed. 
Cuiause, N° 1, agreed to. 


Crause, N* 2 (Lenders to persons or partner- 
ships not to be deemed partners). 

Amendment proposed, in p. 1, l. 8: After the 
word “ hereafter” to insert the words “in manner 
“ authorized under this Act.” 

Question, That those words be there inserted 
put, and negatived. 

Another Amendment proposed, in p. 1, ls. 9and 10: 
To leave out the words “ not being a banker.” 

Question proposed, That the words proposed to 
be left out, stand part of the Clause ; 

Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 

Another Amendment proposed, at the end of the 
Clause, to add the words “ Provided that the monies 
“ borrowed shall not exceed the amount of capital 
“ employed in the trade or business.” 

Question proposed, That those words be there 
added ; 

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, 10° die Julii, 1855: 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; and Mr. Fitz Roy 
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- Limited 
mittee on the Limited Liability Bill; Liability Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Lady Raglan and Lord Raglan’s Annuities Bill Lady Raglan 


was, according to Order, read a second time; and 2nd Lord 
. ° Raglan’s An- 
committed to a Committee of the whole House, for juities Bill 


| Thursday next. 








order to his being examined as a Witness before the | 
Committee for Privileges, to whom the Petition of | The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Fisheries (Bri- 
Viscount Boyne, claiming a right to vote at the/ mittee on the Fisheries (British Islands and France) tish Islands 





Election of Representative Peers for Ireland, stands 
referred. 


The Saint John’s College (Ozford) Estate Bill 


was read the first time. 


Saint John’s 
College (Ox- 


ford) Estate . 

Bill. Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exa- 
miners of Petitions for Private Bills. 

Bray's Estate | Bray's Estate Bill was read the first time. 

Bill. Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exa- 
miners of Petitions for Private Bills. 

Assizes and The Assizes and Sessions Bill was read the first 


Sessions Bill. time; and ordered to be read a second time upon 
Bill 233. Monday next; and to be printed. 


Partnership The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 

Amendment mittee on the Partnership Amendment Bill ; 

. And a Motion se made, and the Question 
beg proposed, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 
Chair ; 


An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 


and France) 


Bill &gt; Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take Coal Mines 
into consideration the Coal Mines Inspection Bill, as Mepection 
amended in the Committee ; and Amendments were 
made to the Bill. 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made 
to the Bill, in p. 6, l. 14, by inserting, after the word 
“ life,” the words “ or serious personal injury.” 

And the Question being put, That those words be 
there inserted ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right ; 

The Noes to the Left. 


Tellers for the Mr. Cayley, 1 
Yeas, i Isaac Butt: J 

Tellers for thes Mr. Hayter, 1 a4 
Noes, The Earl of Mulgrave : aie 


So it passed in the Negative. 














19 Vicrortz. 


Then other Amendments were made to the Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time this 
day. 


Metropolis The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
Local — consideration the —— Local Management 
ment Bill, as amended in the Committee :—The Bill was 


Bill 234. +¢-committed toa Committee of the whole House :— 
The House immediately resolved itself into the Com- 
mittee; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. 
Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. FitzRoy re- 
— That the Committee had gone through the 

ill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration upon Monday 
next ; and be printed. 

Gold Wedding The Gold Wedding Rings Bill was, according to 
Rings Bill. | Order, read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 

Ecclesiastical The Order of the day being read, for the third 
Jurisdiction reading of the Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction Continuance 
Continuance Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon 
Friday next. 

Commons The Commons Inclosure (No. 2) Bill was, ac- 
Incloswre i, cording to Order, read the third time. 
— Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 

Militia Officers’ The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
—_— mittee on the Militia Officers’ Qualification Bill ; 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That this House do now adjourn :—And the 
said Motion was, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


Lunatic Asy- 
lums and 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Lunatic Asylums and Regulations Acts 


—, Amendment Bill ; 

ment-Bill. Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 

Lunatic The Lunatic Asylums (Jreland) Bill was, according 

fen) Bil (Ire- 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 Excise Duties Bill; and, after 
some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the 
Chair; and Mtr. FitzRoy reported, That the Com- 
mittee had made Progress in the Bill; and that he 
was directed to move, that the Committee may have 
leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, again 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Excise Duties 
Bill. 


Sale of Spirits 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
(Ireland) Bill. 


reading of the Sale of Spirits (Jreland) Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Thursday next. 


Cambridge The Order of the day being read, for the second 
University reading of the Cambridye University Bill ; 
: Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday the 23d day of this instant July. 
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. 
Vou. 110. 





9°—10° Sulit. 


363 


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 Turnpike Acts Continuance Bill was, accord- Turnpike Acts 
ing to Order, read a second time ; and committed to Continuance 
a Committee of the whole House, for Friday next. 


The Turnpike Trusts Arrangement Bill was, ac- Turnpike 

cording to Order, read a second time; and com- Tt™sts _ 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for Fri- —_— 
day next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Woollen, &amp;e. 


‘ Manufact 
—_ on the Woollen, &amp;c. Manufactures (Scotland) (Scotland) Bill. 


Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Despatch of 


mittee on the Despatch of Business, Court of Chan- Business, 
Bill - Court of Chan- 
cery ; cery 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- Insolvency and 
mittee on the Insolvency and Bankruptcy (Scotland) Bankruptcy | 
Bill ; (Scotland) Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 

next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Public Libraries and Museums Bill was, ac- Public 
cording to Order, read the third time; and an Libraries = 
Amendment was made to the Bill. ne 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Treasurers of Counties (Jreland) Bill was, Treasurers 
according to Order, read a second time; and com- of Counties 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for (ireland) Bul 
Thursday next. 


The Bills of Exchange and Promissory Notes Bill — te _ 
. . . . c. 
was, according to Order, read the third time. Promissory 


A Clause (Her Majesty may direct Act to apply Notes Bill. 
to Courts of Record in England and Wales), was 
thrice read ; and added to the Bill. 
An Amendment was proposed to be made to 
the Bill, in p. 2, 1.16, by leaving out the word 
“ Twelve,” and inserting the word “Sixteen,” in- 
stead thereof. 
And the Question being proposed, That the word 
“ Twelve ” stand part of the Bill; 
And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being put, That the further Proceeding on the third 
reading of the said Bill be adjourned ; 
The House divided. 
The Yeas to the Right ; 
The Noes to the Left. 
Tellers for thes Mr. Isaac Butt, 1 o4 
Yeas, Mr. Vance: | 
Tellers for the fMr. Hayter, } 43 
Noes, The Earl of Mulgrave : F 
So it passed in the Negative. 
And the Question being put, That the word 
“ Twelve ” stand part of the Bill :—It was resolved 
in the Affirmative. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Bankruptcy 
reading of the Bankruptcy (Zreland) Bill; (Ireland) Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Thursday next. 


The Burial of Poor Persons Bill was, according to Burial of Poor 
Order, read the third time. 


Persons Bill. 





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364 9°—10° Juli. 


Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 
Mortmain The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
= consideration the Mortmain Bill, as amended in the 
Committee ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be taken into consideration 

upon Thursday next. 


Dissenters’ The House, according to Order, proceeded to 
niin#é°* ~~ take into consideration the Dissenters’ Marriages 
; Bill, as amended in the Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon 
Thursday next. 


Court of Chan- The Order of the day being read, for resuming 
(Surisdiction, the adjourned Debate on the Amendment which, 
Bill. upon the 3d day of May last, was proposed to be 
made to the Question, That the Court of Chancery 
(Ireland) (Jurisdiction) Bill be now read a second 
time ; 
Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 
till Friday next. 


CourtofChan- The Order of the day being read, for the second 
Po iennt) reading of the Court of Chancery (Ireland) (Proce- 
Bill. ) dure) Bill; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Friday next. 


CourtofChan- The Order of the day being read, for the second 
cery (Ireland) yeading of the Court of Chancery (Jreland) (Re- 
(Receivers) : . 
Bill. ceivers) Bill; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Friday next. 


CourtofChan- The Order of the day being read, for the second 

pi AS ea reading of the Court of Chancery (Jreland) (Sales 

Estates) Bil, Of Estates) Bill ; ; ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 


upon Friday next. 


a&gt; of “4 The Order of the day being read, for the second 
cery (Ireland) peadine 
(Appeals) Bill. reals) Bil the Court of Chancery (Jreland) (Ap- 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Friday next. 


CourtofChan- The Order of the day being read, for the second 
cery (Ireland) readiny of the Court of Chancery (Ireland) (Stamp 
Duties pi, Duties) Bill; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Friday next. 


Friendly Ordered, That the Amendments made by the 
Societies Bill. T.ords to the Friendly Societies Bill be taken into 
Bill 235. consideration upon Monday next. 
Ordered, That the Bill, as amended by the Lords, 
be printed. 


Norfolk Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant 

(Eastern Di- to the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ 

vision) Writ. for the electing of a Knight of the Shire to serve in 
this present Parliament for the Eastern Division of 
the County of Norfolk, in the room of Edmond 
Wodehouse, Esquire, who, since his Election for the 
said Division of the said County, hath accepted the 
ottice of Steward or Bailiff of Her Majesty's three 
Chiltern Hundreds of Stoke, Desborough and Bonen- 
ham, in the County of Buckingham. 


Assay Offices Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
ork, &amp;c.) Copy (in continuation of a Return laid upon the 
Table of the House) of the Report of the Inspector 
General of Stamps and Taxes relating to the Assay- 
ing and Marking of Gold and Silver Plate at York, 
Chester, Exeter and Newcastle-on-Tyne; the same 

as applicable to Birmingham and Sheffield. 





A. 1855. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Slave Trade 
for carrying into effect the Engagements between (Sherbro.) 
Her Majesty and certain Chiefs of the Sherbro 
Country, near Sierra Leone, in Africa, for the more 
effectual Suppression of the Slave Trade: And that 
Mr. John Ball and Lord John Russell do prepare, 
and bring it in. 


Ordered, That the Amendments made by the Spirits (Ire- 
Lords to the Spirits (Ireland) Act Amendment Bill ya el 
be taken into consideration upon Wednesday next. ji, 


Mr. John Ball presented a Bill for carrying into Slave Trade 
effect the Engagements between Her Majesty and (Sherbro) Bill 
certain Chiefs of the Sherbro Country, near Sierra Bill 236. 
Leone, in Africa, for the more effectual Suppression 
of the Slave Trade: 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 Two of the clock on ‘Tuesday morning, 
adjourned till this day. 








Martis, 10° die Julii ; 
Anno 19° Victorie Regine, 1855. 


PRAYERS. 


ORDER ED, That all Committees have leave Committees. 
to sit this day, during the sitting of the House. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Folkestone 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Folkestone Improvement 
Improvement Bill; and the same were twice read, 
and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the Amendments made by their Lordships. 


The House, tee se, to Order, resolved itself Nuisances 


uisances Removal Amend- Removal 


into a Committee on the 
a 


ment Bill. 
(In the Committee ) 


Crauses, N° 16 (Appeal against order of abate- 
ment when structural works are required of a cost 
above £.15). 

Amendment again proposed, in p. 9, 1. 30: After 
the word “ works” to insert the words “ provided 
“ that the cost of executing such work shall not, 
“ without the written consent of the owner, exceed 
“ one year’s rack-rent of such house or building.” 

Question proposed, That those words be ra 
inserted ; 

Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 

An Amendment made. 

Another Amendment proposed, in p- 9, 1. 33: To 
leave out from the word “works” to the word 
“ order,” in 1. 35. 

Question proposed, That the words proposed to 
be left out, stand part of the Clause ; 

Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 

An Amendment made. 

Clause, as amended, agreed to. 

Cravses, N°17 to N* 20, amended, and agreed to. 

CiausE, N° 21, disagreed to, 

Cravusz, N* 22 (Surveyor of highways to cleanse 
ditches, &amp;c.) 

Amendment proposed, in p. 11, 1. 37: To leave 
out from the word “highway” to the end of the 
Clause. 

Question, That the words “and for purpose of 
“ an outfall,” stand part of the Clause——-put, and 
negatived. 

An Amendment made. 

Clause disagreed to. 

Cuavuse, N* 23 (Open ditches, &amp;c., to be covered 
or improved). 

Amendments made. 

Another 














19 VicToriZ. 





Another Amendment proposed, in p. 12, 1. 23:) 


After the word “ using ” to insert the words “ except 


“ for the purposes of mills, mines, print works, | 


“ bleach works or manufactories.” 


Question proposed, That those words be there | 


inserted ; 

Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 

An Amendment made. 

Another Amendment proposed, in p. 12, 1. 41: To 
leave out from the word “authority” to the end of 
the Clause. 

Question, That the words proposed to be left out, 
stand part of the Clause——put, and agreed to. 

Clause, as amended, agreed to. 

Crause, N° 24 (Penalty for causing water to be 
corrupted by gas washings. (Gasworks Clauses 
Acts, 1847). 

Amendment proposed, in p. 13, ]. 8: After the 
word “fouled” to insert the words “ or any person 
‘* or company who shall cause or suffer to be brought 
“ or flow any poisonous washing or discharge into 
“ any running stream or water that flows by or into 
‘ any lands not being the property of such person 
“ or company.” 

Question proposed, That those words be there in- 
serted ; 

Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 

Clause agreed to. 

Cuavse, N° 25 (Penalty to be sued for in Superior 
Courts within six months. (Gasworks Clauses Acts.) 

Amendment proposed, in p. 13, 1. 13 : ‘To leave out 
from the word “ aforesaid” to the word “ but,” in 
1. 16. 

Question proposed, That the words proposed to be 
left out, stand part of the Clause put, and 
agreed to. 

Clause agreed to. 

Crausez, N° 27, amended, and agreed to. 

Cravse, N° 28 (Nuisances arising in the case of 
trades, businesses, processes or manufactures). 

An Amendment made. 

Another Amendment proposed, in p. 14, |. 12: 
After the word “ effluvia” to insert the words “ in- 
“¢ jurious to health.” 

Question, That those words be there inserted 
——put, and negatived. 

Another Amendment proposed, in p-14, 1. 14: To 
leave out the words “ a nuisance or.’ 

Question, That the words proposed to be left out, 
stand part of the Clause——put, and agreed to. 

Other Amendments made. 

Another Amendment proposed, at the end of the 
Clause, to’add the words *‘ Provided also, that nothing 
“ herein contained shall be interpreted to extend to 
“ the smelting of metals.” 

Question proposed, That those words be there 
added ; 

Whereupon Motion made, and Question proposed, 
That the Chairman do report Progress, and ask 
leave to sit again. 

Motion, by leave, withdrawn. 

Question again proposed, That those words be 
there added ; 


To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 


ow 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Fitz- 
Roy 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, at Twelve o’clock, again resolve itself into the 
said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Passengers Act Amendment Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, at Twelve o'clock, resolve itself into the said 
Committee. 
Vou. 110. 





10° Juli. 365 


The Order for reading the third time, this day, the Coal Mines. 
Coal Mines Inspection Bill, was read, and discharged. Jnspection 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time To- 


morrow. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee on the Zon- London Writ 


' don Writ have Power to report their Opinion there- (First Report.) 


upon from time to time to the House. No, 377. 

Mr. Walpole reported from the said Select Com- 
mittee ; That they had considered the matters to them 
referred, and had come to a Resolution, which they 
had directed him to report to the House; and the 
Resolution of the Committee is as followeth : 

That Baron de Rothschild having applied to be 
heard by Counsel, the Committee are of opinion 
that it is expedient to accede to Baron de Rothschild’s 
application. 

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


The House proceeded to take into consideration Privileges. 
that part of the Message from the Lords of yester- 
day, wherein their Lordships request that this House 
will give leave to the Right honourable Sir William 
Meredyth Somerville, Baronet, a Member of this 
House, to attend their Lordships, to be sworn, in 
order to his being examined as a Witness before the 
Committee for Privileges, to whom the Petition of 
Viscount Boyne, claiming a right to vote at the 
Election of Representative Peers for Ireland, stands 
referred. 

And Sir William Somerville, being present in his 
_ declared that he was willing, with leave of the 

ouse, to go to the House of Lords, as desired by 
their Lordships. 

Resolved, tT hat Sir William Somerville 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 Sir William Somerville to go to the House of 
Lords, as desired by their Lordships, if he think fit : 
And that the Clerk do carry the said Message. 


The following Paper was laid upon the Table by Assay Office 
the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, dated (York, &amp;c.) 
the 9th day of this instant July, for Copy (in con- No. 378. 
tinuation of a Return laid upon the Table of the 
House) of the Report of the Inspector General of 
Stamps and Taxes relating to the Assaying and 
Marking of Gold and Silver Plate at York, Chester, 

Exeter and Newcastle-on-Tyne; the same as appli- 
cable to Birmingham and Sheffield. 

Ordered, That the said Return be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Thames Thames Marsh 
Marsh Drainage, which was presented upon the 9th Drainage. 
day of this instant July, be printed. No. 379. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Criminals, Criminals. 
which was presented upon the 9th day of this instant No, 380. 
July, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Prisoners Prisoners tried 
tried at Assizes, which was presented upon the 9th 4 Assizes. 
day of this instant July, be printed. No, 381. 


Mr. Fitz Roy reported from the Committee on the Hereford 
Hereford Improvement Act, 1854 (Correction of peo 
Oversight) Bill; That they had examined the alle- (Sstrvetion 
gations of the Bill, and found the same to be true ; of Oversight} 
that Notices had been published in a Newspaper Bill. 
published in the County of Hereford, pursuant to the 
Order of the House ; and 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 : 

—tThe Bill was accordingly read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 

3Aa3 Mr. 








Livesey’s 
Estate Bill. 


Downing- 
street Public 


Offices Exten- 


sion Bill. 
Bill 237. 


No. 382, 


Leave of 
Absence, 


Machinery 
(America.) 


Ballast 
Heavers. 


Mileage Duty. 


Criminal Law, 


&amp;e. Bills. 


Public 
Petitions. 


Vide Fifty- 


fourth Report. 


National 
Debt. 


366 10°—11] 


Mr. Fitz Roy reported Livesey’s Estate Bill, with- | 
out Amendment. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee on the 
Downing-street Public Offices Extension Bill have 
Power to report the Minutes of the Evidence taken 
before them. 

Sir William Molesworth reported from the said 
Select Committee ; That they had examined the alle- 
gations of the Bill, and found the same to be true ; 
and had gone through the Bill, and made Amend- 
ments thereunto, which they had directed him to 
report to the House, together with the Minutes of 
the Evidence taken before them, and an Appendix. 

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. 

Ordered, That the Report, together with the Mi- 
nutes of the Evidence, be printed. 


Ordered, That Mr. Du Pré have leave of absence 
for a week, on account of ill health. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously — 
to give directions, that there be laid before this House, 
a Copy of Report of the Committee on the Machinery 
of the United States of America. 

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


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Copy of a Letter, dated the 7th day of July 
1855, addressed to the Board of Trade by the Trinity 
House, enclosing a further Report from the Super- 
visors of the Ballast Department on the subject of 
Ballast Heaving (in continuation of Return moved 
for in Address of the 29th day of June 1855). 

Ordered, That 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 the Inland Revenue to the Chan- | 
cellor of the Exchequer on Composition for Mileage | 
Duty, dated the 9th day of July 1855. 


Mr. Cowper presented,—Return to an Address to 
Her Majesty, dated the 15th day of June last, for 
Returns of all Fees or Emoluments allotted or paid 
for drafting or settling any Bills relating to the 
Criminal Law, since the Payment of £.49,716 to 
the late Criminal Law Commission (in continuation 
of Parliamentary Paper, No. 210, of Session 1855) : 
—Of the Number and Nature of such Bills, and of 
the Names and respective Remuneration of the 
Draftsmen of such Bills: — And, of the Costs of 
drawing the Bribery Bill and Controverted Elections 
Bill of 1854, the Name or Names of the Drafts- 
men, the Fund out of which they were paid, and the 
Sum received by each. 

: Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
‘able. 


Petitions relating to Cambridge University Bill ; 
—Marriage Law Amendment Bill ;—Public-houses 
and Beer-shops ;— Sunday Trading (Metropolis) 
Bill ;—Bleaching, &amp;c. Works Bill ;—Disturbance in 
Hyde Park ;—Education (Scotland) Bill ;—Grain ; 
—Intoxicating Liquors ;—Leases and Sales of Set- 
tled Estates Bill ;—Medical Officers (Navy) ;—Mer- 
chant Shipping Bill ;—Public Health Bill ;—and, 
War with Russia,—were presented, and read; and 


ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the Amount of the National Debt ex- 








° Juli. A. 1855. 


isting on the 5th day of Jan in each year, since 
the year 1820; specifying the Desuigiion of Stock, 
the Interest payable on each Description, the Re- 
duction or Increase of Interest payable each year, 
with the cause of such Reduction or Increase, and 
showing the Amount of Stock created or redeemed 
in each year. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was 


er Majesty, thanking Her Majesty for Her most 
gracious Order in Council, of the 21st day of May 
last, by which certain Persons were directed to exa- 
mine into and certify the qualifications of all young 
men ues to be appointed to junior situations in 
any department of the Civil Service ; and praying 
that Her Majesty will be graciously pleased to direct 
the examination to be an open one, and held in 
public, and that the Examiners do have regard to 
superior qualifications and merit ; and praying also, 
that a similar Order in Council be issued as to the 
Diplomatic and Consular Services, with the view to 
secure greater efficiency in those departments of the 
Public Service. 

And the Previous Question being proposed, That 
that Question be now put; 


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


Mercurii, 11° die Julii, 1855: 


And the Previous Question being put, That that 
Question be now put ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right ; 

The Noes to the Left. 


Tellers for the f Mr. Vincent Scully, lies 
Yeas, | Viscount Goderich : — 
Tellers for the fMr. Hayter, 140 
Noes, The Earl of Mulgrave : _—- 


So it passed in the Negative. 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That a Mes- Message from 


sage had been brought from the Lords, by one of 
their Clerks, as followeth : 

The Lords have agreed to the London Necropolis 
and National Mausoleum Bill, with Amendments ; 
to which Amendments the Lords desire the concur- 
rence of this House: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Dagenham Docks 


Lords desire the concurrence of this House: And 
also, 


The Lords have agreed to the Wisbech Port Bill, wisbech Port 


with Amendments ; to which Amendments the Lords 
desire the concurrence of this House: And also, 


The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act MertonCollege 
to empower the Warden and Scholars of the House Estate Bill 


or 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 Sale in the Purchase of other Hereditaments ; 
to which the Lords desire the concurrence of this 
House. 


The Merton College Estate Bill was read the first Merton College 


time. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exa- 
miners of Petitions for Private Bills. 


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


That this House do now adjourn :—It passed in the 
Negative. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Returns showing the Strength of each En- 
glish Regiment of Militia on the 30th day of June 
last; specifying the Number of each Rank, Officers, 
Non-commissioned 


ro- Administra- 
| That an humble Address be presented to tive Reform. 


the Lords, 


London 
Necropolis 


and National 
Mausoleum 
Bill. 


Dagenham 


| Bill, with Amendments; to which Amendments the Docks Bill. 


Bill. 


Estate Bill. 


Militia. 








How! 


Adj 


lege 


. eat? 7) 





Call of the 
House. 


Adjournment. 


Trinity Col- 
lege (Dublin. ); 


Court of 
Judicature 
(Prince of 
Wales Island, 
&amp;e.) 


Navigation 
Works 
(Ireland. ) 


Justices of 
Peace Qualifi- 
cation Bill, 


Committees, 


Standing 
Orders 
Revision, 





19 VicroriaZ. 10°—1 


Non-commissioned Officers, Drummers and Privates, 
present upon that day:—And, of the Number of 
each Teak aheset with or without leave from their 
respective iments upon the same day. 

Priered, het the wid Address be ; resented to 
Her Majesty, by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty's Most honourable Privy Council. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being put, 
That this House be called over upon Tuesday next ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right; 

The Noes to the Left. 

Tellers for the Yeas,{ Mr Hadfield 
Lord Seymour, 
Mr. Hutchins: 


So it passed in the Negative. 


thos. 
1 


Tellers for the Noes, j 138. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That this House do now adjourn :—And the 
said Motion was, with leave of the House, with- 
drawn. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring ina Bill 
to abolish certain Payments charged on the Conso- 
lidated Fund in favour of the Provost and Fellows 
of Trinity College, Dublin, and of certain Professors 
in the said College, and to repeal the Stamp Duties 
payable on Matriculations and Degrees in the said 
College: And that the Chancellor of the Exchequer 
and Mr. Wilson do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to amend certain Acts — to the Court of Judi- 
cature of Prince of Wales Island, Singapore and 
Malacca: And that Mr. Vernon Smith, Mr. Sey- 
mour and Mr. Wigram do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
authorize the Application of certain Sums granted 
by Parliament for Drainage and other Works of 
Public Utility in Jreland, towards the Completion 
of certain Navigations undertaken in connexion with 
Drainages, and to amend the Acts for promoting the 
Drainage of Lands and Improvements in connexion 
therewith, in Ireland: And that the Chancellor of 
the Exchequer and Mr. Wilson do prepare, and 
bring it in. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third 
reading of the Justices of Peace Qualification Bill ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That the Bill be now read the third 
time ; 

A Motion was made, and the Question being put, 
That this House do now adjourn :—It was resolved 
in the Affirmative. 


And the House, having continued to sit till 
a quarter of an hour after One of the clock 
on Wednesday morning, accordingly ad- 
journed till this day. 








Mercurii, 11° die Julii ; 

Anno 19° Victorie Regime, 1855. 
PRAYERS. 

Oia ERED, That all Committees have leave 

to sit this day, during the sitting of the House. 

The Order of the day being read, for taking into 

consideration the Report from the Select Committee 

on Standing Orders Revision ; 


Ordered, That the said Report be taken into 
consideration upon Wednesday next, at the time of 


1° Juliz. 


367 


The Order for the House to resolve itself into a Partnership 
Committee, To-morrow, on the Partnership Amend- a 


ment 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 Limited _ 
Committee, To-morrow, on the Limited Liability Bill, Libility Bill. 
was read, and discharged. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 

resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Ordered, That the Justices of Peace Qualification Justices Ca 
Bill be read the third time upon Wednesday next. (cio = , 
Petitions relating to Church Rates ;—Maynooth Public 
College Act ;—Education (Scotland) Bill ;—Iintoxi- Petitions. 
cating Liquors ;—and, Savings Banks (Jreland),— vide Fifty- 
were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon fourth Report. 
the Table. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- London Writ. 
posed, That Baron Lionel Nathan de Rothschild be 

at liberty to appear before the Select Committee on 

the London Writ, by his Counsel and Agents ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out the words “ before the Se- 
“ lect Committee on the London Writ,” and inserting 
the words “at the Bar of the House,” 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 Baron Lionel Nathan de Roths- 
child be at liberty to appear before the Select Com- 
mittee on the London Writ, by his Counsel and 
Agents. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Vaccination. 
Copy of a Letter, dated the 30th day of June 1855, 
addressed to the President of the Board of Health, 
by John Gibbs, Esquire, entitled “ Compulsory Vac- 
cination briefly considered in its scientific, religious 


and political aspects.” 


Ordered, That Mr. Whitbread have leave of ab- Leave of 
sence for a month, on urgent business. Absence. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Justices of 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased Fee 
to give directions, that there be laid before this House, 
a Return of the Number of Justices in the Com- 
mission of the Peace for each County in England 
and Wales, in each of the years 1852, 1853 and 
1854:—Of the Number of such Justices who were 
qualified to act in each of the three above-named 
— stating whether the same were qualified by 

state, Office or Degree :—Of the Names of all 
Justices usually acting for the several Petty Ses- 
sional Divisions in England and Wales in each of 
the years 1852, 1853 and 1854:—-Of the Days on 
which Special and Petty Sessions were appointed 
to be held in each Petty Sessional Division in each 
of the years 1852, 1853 and 1854:—And, of the 
Number of Justices who were present and acted at 
each such Special or Petty Sessions. 

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


Ordered, That the Return relative to the West west Coast 
Coast of Africa, which was presented upon the 2d of Africa. 
day of this instant July, be printed. No. 383. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Mr. Brown- Mr. Brownrigg. 
rigg, which was presented upon the 5th day of this No. 384. 
instant July, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Proprietors Proprietors 
of Lands (Scotland), which was presented upon the 


of Lands 
(Scotland.) 





Private Business. 
VoL. 110. 


No. 385. 


ws day of this instant July, be printed. 
3A4 


Ordered, 





Criminal Law, 
&amp;c. Bills. 


No. 386. 


Stage Car- 
riage Duties. 


Mileage Duty. 


Shoreham 
Harbour. 


Schools (Scot- 
land ) Bill. 


Church Rates 
Abolition 
(No. 2) Bill. 


Message from 
the Lords. 


Indemnity 
Bill. 


368 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Criminal 
Law, &amp;c. Bills, which was presented upon the 10th 
day of this instant July, be printed. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 


Copies of Applications from John Greenwood, of 


Manchester, and Chaplin and Horne, of London, to 
the Board of Inland Revenue, requesting to be 
allowed to compound for Stage Carriage Duties :-— 
And, of Letter from the Board of Inland Revenue to 
Messrs. Chaplin and Horne. 

The Chancellor of the Exchequer accordingly pre- 
sented the said Papers. 

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


The Chancellor of the Exchequer presented,—Re- 
turn to an Order, dated the 10th day of this instant 
July, for Copy of Report of the Inland Revenue to 
the Chancellor of the Exchequer on Composition for 
Mileage Duty, dated the 9th day of July 1855. 

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


The following Paper, pursuant to the directions 
of an Act of Parliament, was laid upon the Table 
by the Clerk of the House,—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 Improve- 
ment of the Harbour of New Shoreham, in the 
County of Sussez. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Schools (Scot/and) Bill; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being ney That the Bill be read a second time 
upon this day fortnight ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out the words “upon this day 
“« fortnight,” and, at the end of the Question, adding 
the word “ To-morrow,” instead thereof. 

And the Question being put, That the words 
“upon this day fortnight” stand part of the 
Question ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right ; 

The Noes to the Lett. 

Tellers for the { Mr. Johnstone, 

Yeas, Mr. Eliott Lockhart: 

Tellers for the Mr. Hayter, 

Noes, \ The Earl of Mulgrave : 

So it passed in the Negative. 

And the Question being put, That the word “ To- 
morrow” 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 To- 
morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Church Rates Abolition (No. 2) Bill ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
—s proposed, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 

air ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word “ That” to 
the end of the Question, in order to add the words 
“ this House will, upon this day three months, re- 
“ solve itself into the said Committee,” instead 
thereof. 

And the Question being proposed, That the words 
proposed to be left out, stand part of the Ques- 
tion—— 


} 31. 


1 
J 80. 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That a Mes- 
sage had been brought from the Lords, by one of 
their Clerks, as followeth : 

The Lords have agreed to the Indemnity Bill, 
without any Amendment: And also, 





11° Juli. 


A. 1855. 


The Lords have agreed to the Court of Exchequer Court of 
i . x 
(Ireland) Bill, without any Amendment: And also, (ireland) Bil, 
The Lords have agreed to the Stock in Trade Bill, 
without any Amendment: And also, 


The Lords have agreed to the Copyhold, &amp;c. a a 5 &amp;e. 
. ° ° ° Oommisslons 
Commissions Continuance Bill, without any Amend- Continuance 
ment: And also, Bill. 


Stock in 
Trade Bill. 


The Lords have agreed to the Cape Town Railway Cape Town 
and Dock Bill, without any Amendment: And also, —- and 
ock Bill 
The Lords have agreed to the Glasgow, Kirkin- Glasgow, 
tilloch and Baldernock Roads Bill, without any oe 
Amendment: And also, mock Roads 


The Lords have agreed to the Burial-grounds Burial- 


(Scotland) Bill, with Amendments ; to which Amend- oy hee 


ments the Lords desire the concurrence of this 
House: And also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Accidents on 
for the better Prevention of Accidents on Railways ; ¥#!!ways Bil. 
to which the Lords desire the concurrence of this 
House. 





And the Question being again proposed, That the Church Rates 
words proposed to be left out, stand part of the Gio 3) Bi 
Question :—And a Debate arising thereupon ; 

Anda 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 Yeas,{ Me eos } 

Sir William Clay, 

Tellers for the N oe Si Pt Shelley : } 
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 To- 
morrow. 


118. 


175 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Carlisle _ 
mittee on the Carlisle Canonries Bill ; Canonries Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
the ist day of August next, resolve itself into the 
said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Bleaching, &amp;. 
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- Grand Juries 

mittee on the Grand Juries 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 second Acts of 
reading of the Acts of Parliament Amending Bill; Tarliament 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon gi)" 


Wednesday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Supply. 
mittee of Supply ; 

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


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Ways and 
mittee of Ways and Means; Means. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Spirits (Ire- 
consideration the Amendments made by the Lords yond a 
to the Spirits (Jreland) Act Amendment Bill ; Bill. 


Ordered, That the said Amendments be taken into 





consideration To-morrow. 
The 


oo? ond lee} 


he haw ae | 


Sasa 


Coal Mines 
Inspection 
Bill. 


Merchant 
Shipping Act 
Amendment 
Bill. 


Militia Officers’ 
Qualification 
Bill. 


Lunatic Asy- 
lums and 
Regulations 
Acts Amend- 
ment Bill. 


Excise Daties 
Bill. 


Newspaper 
Stamps. 


Inverness 
Bridge. 


Grand Juries 
(Ireland) 
(No. 2.) 


Pedder’s 
Divorce Bill. 


Australia. 


Inverness 
Bridge Bill. 
Bill 238, 


Navigation 
Works (Ire- 
land) Bill. 


Bill 239, 


19 Vicroriz. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third 
reading of the Coal Mines Inspection Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time To- 


morrow. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take 
into consideration the Merchant Shipping Act Amend- 
ment Bill, as amended in the Committee; and an 
Amendment was made to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon 
Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Militia Officers’ Qualification 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 Lunatic Asylums and Regulations Acts 
Amendment 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 Excise Duties Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the Number of Newspaper Stamps at One 
penny, issued to Newspapers in England, Wales, 
Scotland and Ireland, from the 31st day of Decem- 


11°—12° Juli. 





369 


Mr. Wilson presented a Bill to amend an Act for Grand Juries 
enabling Grand Juries in Jreland to borrow Money ay 
from private Sources, on the Security of Present- i 40. 
ments, and for transferring to Counties certain Works . . 
constructed wholly or in part with Public Money: 

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, 12° die Julii ; 
Anno 19° Victorie Regine, 1855. 


PRAYERS. 


QR RED, That all Committees have leave committees. 
to sit this day, during the sitting of the House. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Bolton and 
the Amendment made by the Lords to the Bolton Nightingales 
and Nightingales’ Road Bill. Saas 

The said Amendment being read a second time ; 

Ordered, That the Further Proceeding on consi- 
deration of the said Amendment be adjourned till 
‘To-morrow. 


Ordered, That the Amendments made by the Gun-barrel 


Lords to the Gun-barrel Proof-houses (Birmingham (icin 


ber 1854 to the 1st day of July 1855 (in continuation | and London) Bill be taken into consideration To- and London) 


of Parliamentary Paper, No. 83, of the present | 


Session). 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
extend the Provisions of an Act of the fourteenth 
and fifteenth years of Her present Majesty, for re- 


building the Bridge over the River Wess at Jnverness : | 


And that Mr. Wilson and the Chancellor of the Ex- 
chequer do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
amend an Act for enabling Grand Juries in Jreland 
to borrow Money from private Sources, on the Secu- 
rity of Presentments, and for transferring to Counties 
certain Works constructed wholly or in part with 
Public Money: And that Mr. Wilson and Mr. 
Horsman do prepare, and bring it in. 


Mr. Walpole reported Pedder’s Divorce Bill, with- 
out Amendment. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Mr. FitzRoy presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand,—Further Papers relative to the Discovery of 
Gold in Australia (in continuation of Papers pre- 
sented December 1854). 

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


Mr. Wilson presented a Bill to extend the Pro- 
visions of an Act of the fourteenth and fifteenth 
_ of Her present Majesty, for rebuilding the 

ridge over the River Wess at Inverness: 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. 


Mr. Wilson presented a Bill to authorize the Ap- 
= of certain Sums granted by Parliament for 

rainage and other Works of Public Utility in Zre- 
land, towards the Completion of certain Navigations 
undertaken in connexion with Drainages, and to 
amend the Acts for promoting the Drainage of Lands 
and Improvements in connexion therewith in Jre- 
land: And the same was read the first time; and 
ordered to be read a second time To-morrow; and 
to be printed. 

VoL. 110. 











| morrow. Bill. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Stockton and 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Stockton ee. 
and Darlington Railway Bill; and the same were “7 ©" 
twice read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Clerk 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 Wes: Somerset 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the West Mineral Rail- 
Somerset Mineral Railway Bill; and the same were ““Y _ 
twice read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Clerk 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 Wolverhamp- 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Wolver- wr, ny 
hampton New Water Bili ; and the same were twice» “““".&gt;™" 
read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Cierk 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 Examiner of Petitions for Pri- Inverness 
vate Bills have leave to sit and proceed forthwith on Bridge Bill. 
the Inverness Bridge Bill. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Cromarty 
the Cromarty Estate Bill, as amended in the Com- Estate Bill 
mittee. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Petitions relating to the Book of Common Prayer ; Pubtic 
—Church Rates ;— Dissenters’ Marriages Bill ;— Petitions. 
Marriage Law Amendment Bill ;-- Licenses (Public- y;;, Fifty- 
houses, &amp;c.) ;—Assay Offices (York, &amp;c.) Abolition fourth Report 
Bill ;—District School Acts ;—Education (Scotland) 

Bill ;— Grain ; — Intoxicating Liquors ;— Medical 
Officers (Navy) ;—Medical Profession Bill ;—Public 
Health Bill ;—Wages;—and, War with Russia,— 
were presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 

3B+ The 


























Nuisances 
Removal 
Amendment 
Bill. 


Bill 241. 


370 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself |“ ceedings are taken that there was no just reason 


into a Committee on the Nuisances Removal Amend- 
ment Bill. 


(In the Committee.) 
Crause, N° 28 (Nuisances arising in the case of 
trades, businesses, processes or manufactures). 

Amendment again proposed, in p. 14,1. 40: At 
the end of the Clause, to add the words “ Provided 
“ also, That nothing herein contained shall be in- 
“ terpreted to extend to the smelting of metals.” 

Question put, That those words be there added ; 

The Committee divided. 

Tellers for the ; Mr. Dillwyn, } 25 

Yeas, (Mr. Hussey Vivian: a 

Tellers for the { Mr. Hayter, } 2” 

Noes, The Earl of Mulgrave: magi 

Another Amendment proposed, at the end of the 
Clause: To add the words “ Provided always, That 
“ the Provisions hereinbefore contained shail not 
“ extend or be applicable to any place without the 
“ limits of any city or town.” 

Amendment proposed ; To add, at the end of the 
proposed Amendment, the words “ or populous dis- 
“ trict.” 

Question put, That those words be added to the 
proposed Amendment ; 

The Committee divided. 
Tellers for the Sir Frederic Thesiger, } 54 
Yeas, \Mr. Henley: ; 
Tellers for the Mr. Dillwyn, -™ 
Noes, \ Mr. Hutchins:  sranae 
Question, That the Amendment, so amended, be 
added to the Clause——put, and agreed to. 
Question put, That the Clause, as amended, stand 
part of the Bill ; 
The Committee divided. 


Tellers for the { Mr. Hayter, a 85 
Yeas, (The Earl of Mulgrave: 7. 

Tellers for the; Mr. Kendal, 39 
Noes, UMr. Knight: } ; 


Curause, N° 29, disagreed to. 
Crause, N* 30 (Local authority to order costs 
of prosecutions to be paid out of the rates). 

Amendments made. 

Another Amendment proposed, in p. 15,1.30: At 
the end of the Clause, to add the words “ Provided 
“ such local authority shall obtain judgment, award, 
“ order or determination thereupon.” 

Question, That those words be there added-—— 
put, and negatived. 

Clause, as amended, agreed to. 

Crauses, N° 31 and N° 32, disagreed to. 

Cravuses, N° 33 and N° 34, agreed to. 

Crause, N° 35, amended, and agreed to. 

Crausss, N° 36 to N° 41, agreed to, 

Crause, N° 42 (Appeal to Quarter Sessions.— 
Public Health Act, s. 133.) 

An Amendment made. 

Another Amendment proposed, in p. 18, 1.32: After 
the word “ by” to insert the words “ a jury.” 

Question, That the words “ a jury” be is in- 
serted—— put, and negatived. 

An Amendment made. 

Clause, as amended, agreed to. 

Crauses, N° 43 and N° 44, agreed to. 

‘SLAUSE, N° 45, disagreed to. 

Cause, N° 46, amended, and agreed to. 

Crausez, N° 47, agreed to. 

Crause, N° 48 (Secretary of State or Police Com- 
missioners may proceed in such cases as well as local 
authority under this Act). 

Amendment proposed, in p. 20, 1. 15: After the 
word “ State” to add the words “ if, however, any 
“ proceedings should be so taken by any of the au- 
“« thorities above named, and the issue raised thereon 


“ be not tried, or if it be shown to the satisfaction 
“« of the court or tribunal before which such pro- 


12° Julie. 


| 





A, 1855, 


“ for commencing such proceedings, then it shall 
‘ be lawful for such court or tribunal to award to 
“ the party or parties so proceeded against, the 
“ costs to which he or they may have been exposed 
“ in consequence thereof.” 

Question proposed, ‘That those words be there 
added :—Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 

Clause disagreed to. 

Cravuszs, N° 49 and N° 50, agreed to. 

Clauses added. 

Clause (In case of an indictment or information 
by a private prosecutor for a nuisance, costs to abide 
the event)——brought up, and read 1°. 

Question, That the Clause be read a second time 
——-put, and negatived. 

Clause (Regulations respecting supply of water) 
——brought up, and read 1°. 

Question, That the Clause be read a second time 
——put, and negatived. 

Schedule amended, and agreed to. 

Preamble agreed to. 


Bill, as amended, to be reported. 


n 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; and Mr. Fitz Roy 
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, at Twelve o’clock ; and be printed. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Metropolitan 


into a Committee on the Metropolitan Buildings Buildings Bill. 


Bill. 
(In the Committee.) 
Preamble postponed. 
Cuiavuse, N° 1 (Short Title of Act). 
To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Fitz Roy 
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 Tuesday 
next, at Twelve o’clock, again resolve itself into the 
said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Passengers 
mittee on the Passengers Act Amendment Bill; ~ Act Amend- 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday ™™* = 
next, at Twelve o’clock, resolve itself into the said 

Committee. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Tea Ware- Tea Ware- 
houses, which was presented upon the 2d day of houses. 
this instant July, be printed. No, 387. 


Ordered, That the Papers relative to Stage Car- Stage Car- 
riage Duties, which were presented upon the 11th tiage Duties. 
day of this instant July, be printed. No. 388. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Mileage Mileage Duty. 
Duty, which was presented upon the 11th day of No. 389. 
this instant July, be printed. 


The Accidents on Railways Bill was read the first Accidents - 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time upon “*)™*7® . 
Thursday next ; and to be printed. Bill 242. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Inverness 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, ™48* 
in respect of non-compliance with the Standing 
Orders in the case of the Znverness Bridge Bill. 

Ordered, ‘hat the Report be referred to the Select 
Committee on Standing Orders, 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Barrack Ac- 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased ae 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Copy of the Report from an Official Com- 








mittee 





yn 


~~ teal 


te) 


Pm tet 


bed bed 





pepe tm see 


Livings. 


Smoke 
Nuisance. 


Railway 
Accidents. 


Message from 
the Lords. 


Marshall’s 
Charity Bill. 


Jenkins’ 
Estate Bill. 


Marshall’s 
Charity Bill. 


Jenkins’ 
Estate Bill. 


Eastern 
Papers. 


Gibraltar. 





19 Vicrortz. 


mittee on Barrack Accommodation for the Army, 
with the Minutes of Evidence. 

Ordered, That 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. Cowper presented,—Return to an Address to 
Her Majesty, dated the 19th day of December last, 
for Returns of the Number of Livings the Patronage 
of which belongs to each See in England or Wales, 
with the Aggregate Value of the Livings thereof 
respectively :—Of the Number and Aggregate Value 
of such Livings belonging to each See as are locally 
situate in another Diocese :—And, of the Number or 
Aggregate Value of the Livings in each Diocese the 
Patronage of which belongs to another See. 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 
26th day of April last, for a Return of the Number 
of Prosecutions instituted under the various Acts of 
Parliament relating to the Municipal, Police or Sa- 
nitary Government of any City, Town, Village or 
District, having reference to the Smoke Nuisance, 
stating the Number of Writs issued, the Convictions 
obtained, the Penalties adjudged, and those paid ; 
also the Costs of the Proceedings ; the Number of 
Officers specially appointed for the purpose of en- 
forcing the Law, with the Remuneration paid, and 
for what time appointed. 

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


Mr. Bouverie 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, May and June 1855. 

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


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That a Mes- 
sage had been brought from the Lords, by one of 
their Clerks, as followeth : 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 
for the future Government, Management and Regu- 
lation of the Charity of John Marshall, late of 
Southwark, in the County of Surrey, Gentleman, 
deceased, 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 
for authorizing the granting of Building Leases of 
certain Parts of the Estates subject to the Residuary 
Devise in the Will of John Jenkins, late of Saltley 
Hall, in the County of Warwick, Esquire, and for 
appointing New Trustees of the said Will, and for 
other purposes ; to which the Lords desire the con- 
currence of this House. 


Marshall's Charity Bill was read the first time. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exa- 


miners of Petitions for Private Bills. 


Jenkins’ Estate Bill was read the first time. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exa- 
miners of Petitions for Private Bills. 


Viscount Palmerston presented, by Her Majesty’s 
Command,—Eastern Papers: Part XV. Communi- 
cations with the Austrian Government. 

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


Lord John Russell presented, by Her Majesty’s 
Command,— Gibraltar : Copy of a Despatch from 
the Right honourable Lord Panmure to General Sir 
R. Gardiner, k.c.B., relative to the recent Ordi- 
nance to prohibit unlicensed Printing. 

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

Vou. 110. 


12° Jultz. 


Mr. Peel presented,—Return to an Address to M‘Dougall’s 


Her Majesty, dated the 4th day of June last, for — 


371 


Copy of any Reports to the War Office on the 
Results of Experiments made at the Manchester 
Barracks or elsewhere with M‘Dougall’s Disinfect- 
ing Powder. 


Major General Harding, Assistant Inspector Gene- 
ral of Fortifications, on the Building erected for the 
Lancaster Shot Manufactory at Woolwich ; and the 
Report on that Building forwarded to the Clerk of 
the Ordnance by Sir Charles Fox, of the Firm of 
Fox and Henderson, the Contractors for its Erection : 
—Also, of the Letters addressed to the Board of 
Ordnance by Fox, Henderson and Company, dated 
respectively the 23d and 24th days of April and 5th 
day of May, and of the Report to the Board of 
Ordnance of Mr. John Anderson, Inspector of Ma- 
chinery, dated the 11th day of May, on the subject 
of the Building for Lancaster Shells. 

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


reading of the Education (Scotland) Bill; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That the Bill be now read the third 
time ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out the word “ now,” and, at 
the end of the Question, adding 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 thef Mr. Hayter, 

Yeas, (The Earl of Mulgrave : 

Tellers for the ;Sir James Fergusson, 

Noes, \Mr. Blackburn: 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

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

A Clause (In parishes where schools established 
under 11th section of second recited Act, heritors 
shall fix salary not less than £.20, nor more than 
£.34), was thrice read; and added to the Bill. 

Another Clause (In parishes where schools esta- 
blished under third recited Act, Committee of Privy 
Council may contribute addition to schoolmasters’ 
salary), was thrice read; and added to the Bill. 

Another Clause (Mode of proceeding where par- 
ties refuse to perform duties under Act), was thrice 
read; and added to the Bill. 

Another Clause was offered to be added to the 
Bill (No person shall be compelled to pay an as- 
sessment for any public school who during the year 
has paid at least an equal sum toa school or schools 
supported by voluntary contributions, of which the 
receipt of the treasurer for the time being shall be 
sufficient evidence):— And the said Clause was 
brought up, and read the first time. 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being put, That the said Clause be now read a 
second time :—It passed in the Negative. 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Bill, in p. 2,1. 13, by leaving out the word “ Perth,” 
and inserting the word “ Aberdeen,” instead thereof. 

And the Question being put, That the word 
“ Perth” stand part of the Bill ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right; 

The Noes to the Left. 

Tellers for ms Hayter, 

Yeas, The Earl of Mulgrave: 
Tellers for the; Mr. Thompson, 
Noes, Mr. Craufurd : 
So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 


hros. 


lio2 
202. 


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} 27. 








3B2 Then 





Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the Lancaster 


19th day of June last, for a Copy of the Report of — _ 


The Order of the day being read, for the third Education 
(Scotland) Bill. 





Tenants’ Im- 
provements 


Compensation 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Lady Raglan 
and Lord 
Raglan’s An- 
nuities Bill. 


Coal Mines 
Inspection 
Bill. 


372 


Then Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made 
to the Bill, in p. 7, ls. 23 and 24, by leaving out the 
words “in regard to his sufficiency for the office in 
“ respect of literature.” 

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. Eliott Lockhart, 1 80. 


Yeas, Mr. Scott : | 
Tellers for the (Mr. Hayter, har 
Noes, |The Earl of Mulgrave: ' 


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. 
Tellers for the{ Mr. Hayter, 
Yeas, The Earl of Mulgrave: 
Tellers for thei Mr. Scott, ‘| 
Noes, (Mr. Blackburn: 
So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 


into a Committee on the Tenants’ Improvements 


Compensation (Jreland) Bill. 


(In the Committee.) 
Cuause, N° 15 (Power to stay execution). 
To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 
And the House having continued to sit till after 
Twelve of the clock on Friday morning ; 


Veneris, 13° die Julit, 1855: 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; and Mr. Fitz Roy 
reported, That the Committee had made Progress 
in the Bill; and that he was directed to move, That 
the Committee may have leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, again 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on Lady Raglan and Lord Raglan’s 
Annuities Bill; and, after some time spent therein, 
Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Fitz Roy 
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 Coal Mines Inspection Bill was, according to 
Order, read the third time. 

A Clause was offered to be added to the Bill (All 
or any of the persons injured, and the representatives 
of the persons killed in any one accident, may bring 
a joint action for the recovery of damages, and at 
the trial thereof the damages shall be assessed se- 
parately to each of the joint plaintiffs ; any of them 
who shall not recover more than Twenty shillings 
shall not have their costs, unless the judge at trial 
shal otherwise order; any of them who shall recover 
Twenty shillings or over that sum shall have their 
costs: Provided always, That the settlement of the 
claim of any of the joint plaintiffs, or their withdrawal 
from the action, shall not in any way affect the right 
of the other plaintiffs to continue the action ; and the 
olaintiffs so from time to time settling or withdraw- 
ing shall be liable to them for their proportion of the 
costs previously incurred):—And the said Clause 
was brought up, and read the first time. 

A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That the said Clause be now read a second 





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A. 1855. 


time :—And the said Motion and Clause were se- 
verally, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 

Another Clause was offered to be added to the 
Bill (If any injury shall arise to any workman or 
other person employed in any coal mine or colliery, 
through the al act, neglect or default of the 
owner of such coal mine or colliery, or of his agent, 
such workman or other person so employed as 
aforesaid may sue for such injury, or, in case of his 
death from such injury, his executor or adminis- 
trator may sue, under the Act of the tenth year of 
Her Majesty, chapter ninety-three, intituled, “An 
Act for compensating the Families of Persons killed 
by Accidents,” in the County Court of the district in 
which such mine or colliery is situate, provided that 
the amount of the damages or compensation claimed 
in such suit do not exceed the sum of Three hun- 
dred pounds):—And the said Clause was brought 
up, and read the first time. 

A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That the said Clause be now read a second 
time:—And the said Motion and Clause were se- 
verally, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Bill, in p. 4, 1. 36, by inserting, after the word 
“ colliery,” the words “and such Inspector is hereby 
empowered to sue for and recover all such penalties 
“ as are by this Act imposed.” 

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

Another Amendment was proposed to be made to 
the Bill, in p. 5, l. 14, by leaving out the words 
“ notice or.” 

And the Question being 
“ notice or”’ stand part of the 
in the Affirmative. 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made to 
the Bill, in p. 5, 1. 14, by inserting, after the word 
“ notice,” the words “in the event of such owner or 
“ agent not objecting to the same.” 

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

Another Amendment was proposed to be made to 
the Bill, in p. 5, 1. 16, by inserting, after the word 
“ colliery,” the words “and at the pit bank.” 

And the Question being put, That those words 
be there inserted ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right ; 

The Noes to the Lett. 

Tellers for the im Cayley , 2 

Yeas, Mr. Maguire : 

Tellers forthe Mr. Hayter, 

Noes, | The Ear] of Mulgrave : 

So it passed in the Negative. 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made 
to the Bill, in p. 6, 1. 14, by inserting, after the 
word “life,” the words “or bodily injury requiring 
“ medical attendance.” 

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. 7, 1. 40, by inserting, after the word 
“ recovered,’ the words “in the County Court of 
“ the district or.” 

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

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 


Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


“ 


ut, That the words 
ill:—It was resolved 


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. 


LT EES 





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ford. 


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Esti 


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Est 


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Saint John’s 
College (Ox- 
ford) Estate 
Bill. 


Bray’s Estate 


Livesey’s 
Blackburn 
Estate Bill. 


Hammond's 
Estate Bill. 


Edinburgh 
and Glasgow 
Railway Bill. 


London 
Necropolis 
and National 
Mausoleum 
Bill. 


Wisbech Port 
Bill. 


Gun-barrel 
Proof-houses 
(Birmingham 
and London) 
Bill. 


—_ and 
ightingales’ 
Road Bill. 


Livesey’s 
Estate Bill. 





19 Vicrortz. 


Veneris, 13° die Juliti ; 
Anno 19° Victoria Regine, 1855. 


PRAYERS. 


M R. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private 
Bills ; That in the case of Saint John’s College 
(Ozford) Estate Bill, the Standing Orders have been 
complied with. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, 
That in the case of Bray’s Estate Bill, no Standing 
Orders are applicable. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time. 


Mr. Fitz Roy reported Livesey’s Blackburn Estate 
Bill, without Amendment. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Mr. FitzRoy reported Hammond's Estate Bill, 
without Amendment. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Edinburgh 
and Glasgow Railway Bill; and the same were twice 
read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Clerk 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 London 
Necropolis and National Mausoleum Bill; and the 
same were twice read, and, with Amendments to 
several of them, agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Clerk 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 Lordships. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Wisbech 
Port Bill; and the same were twice read, and 
agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Clerk 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 Gun-barrel Proof-houses (Birmingham 
and London) Bill; and the same were twice read, 
and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Clerk 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 resuming the 
Further Proceeding on consideration of the Amend- 
ment made by the Lords to the Bolton and Night- 
ingales’ Road Bill:—The House resumed the said 
Further Proceeding :—And the said Amendment, 
being read a second time, was, with Amendments, 

ed to. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House hath 

d to the Amendment made by their Lordships, 
with Amendments; to which Amendments this House 
doth desire the concurrence of their Lordships. 


Livesey’s Estate Bill was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
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373 


Lords ; and acquaint them, that’ this House. hath 
agreed. to the same, without Amendment. 


Ordered, That Harvist’s Estate Bill be read a Harvist’s 


second. time upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming the Church Rates 


Estate Bill. 


adjourned Debate on the Amendment which, upon A®vlition 


the 11th day of this instant July, was proposed to 
be made to the Question, That Mr. Speaker do now 
leave the Chair (for Committee on Church Rates 
Abolition (No. 2) Bill) ; 

Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 
till Tuesday the 24th day of this instant July. 


(No. 2) Bill. 


Mr. Bonham Carter reported from the Select Public 
Committee on Public Petitions; That they had ex- Petitions 


amined the Petitions presented upon the 9th, 10th 
11th and 12th days of this instant July ; 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. 


(Fifty-fourth 
» Report.) 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Roman 


reading of the Roman Catholic Charities Bill ; 
Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 
Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Prosecutions, 


to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this a; 
a Return, as to Prosecutions, &amp;c., from each Clerk 
of Assize and Clerk of the Peace in every County, 
part of a County, City and Borough, having separate 
Sessions of the Peace, in England and Wales, of the 
following Particulars, from the 25th day of December 
1853 to the 25th day of December 1854: 


Catholic 
Charities Bill, 


Cc. 

































































s f 
State the | anes anes - “ _ 
Cost 
= Justices’ Fees Fees ll Other . 
each Certificates | allowed to} allowed to} Court Allowances and 
Prosecu- | for Expenseson} Counsel | Attorneys | pos on | Expenses not 
tions. Commitment with for Pro- Trial. being 
of Prisoner. Briefs. | secuting. Court Fees. 
£a4| £84) a4| £82da)£8a4| £8 4. 
| 
State the Number of Total 
¢ . \| Number of 
| Prisoners Indictments Indictments 
Briefs | Prosecu-| com- Ny for 
mitted es Against For , Against | Felony and 
allowed. | tions. for Felon thesame| Misde- | the same Mis- 
Trial. | *O™Y- | Prisoner. meanor. | Prisoner.| demeanor. 
State the Number of 
¢ ‘ 
Prosecutors. | Witnesses. Petty Jury Sworn. Prisons. 











Ordered, That 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 Spirit Duties, 


the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, dated &amp;c- 


the 2d day of May last, for a Return of all Duties 
paid upon Spirits, Tea, Sugar and Coffee, in London, 
Liverpool, Bristol, Hull, Glasgow, Leith, Dublin, 
Belfast and Cork, for Fourteen days previous and 
up to Six o’clock on the 20th day of April, when the 
Chancellor of the Exchequer placed his Resolutions 
for imposing additional Duties on those several 
Articles; such Return to set forth the Quantities, 
3B3+ with 







































Vaccination. 


Benefices, &amp;c, 


No. 390. 


Poor Law 


Union Clerks. 


No. 391. 


Militia. 
No, 393. 


Livings. 
No, 394, 


Gibraltar. 
No, 395, 


Lancaster 
Shot Manu- 
factory. 


No. 396. 


Statute Law 
Commission. 


Fisheries 


(England and 


France.) 


Public 
Petitions. 
Vide Fifty- 
fifth Report. 


London Writ, 


Patents for 
Inventions. 


Trinity Col- 
Jege (Dublin) 
Bill. 


Bill 243. 


374 


with the Amount of Duties paid by each Party, and 
the Date of every such Payment :—And, similar 
Return for the corresponding Periods in the years 
1853 and 1854. 

Return to an Order, dated the 11th day of this 
instant July, for a Copy of a Letter, dated the 30th 
day of June 1855, addressed to the President of the 
Board of Health, by John Gibbs, Esquire, entitled 
“Compulsory Vaccination briefly considered in its 
scientific, religious and political aspects.” 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Benefices, 
&amp;e., which was presented upon the 22d day of May 
last, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Poor Law 
Union Clerks, which was presented upon the 25th 
day of June last, be printed. 


Ordered, That an Abstract of the Return relative 
to the Militia, which was presented upon the 25th 
day of June last, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Livings, 
which was presented upon the 12th day of this 
instant July, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to Gibraltar, 
which was presented upon the 12th day of this instant 
July, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Lancaster 
Shot Manufactory, which was presented upon the 
12th day of this instant July, be printed. 


Mr. Cowper presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand,—Copy of Report from Her Majesty’s Com- 
missioners for consolidating the Statute Law, ap- 
pointed the 23d day of August 1854. 

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


Lord John Russell presented, by Her Majesty’s 
Command, — Copy of Correspondence with the 
French Government relating to the Channel Fish- 
eries. 

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


Petitions relating to Parliamentary Representa- 
tion ;—Cambridge University Bill;—County Rates 
and Expenditure ;—Billeting Soldiers (Scotland) ;— 
Charitable Trusts Bill ;—Education Bills ;—Educa- 
tion (Scotland) Bill; — Intoxicating Liquors ; — 
Leases and Sales of Settled Estates Bill ;—Medical 
Profession ;—Metropolis Local Management Bill; 
—Partnership Amendment Bill; — Petty Sessions 
Clerks (Jreland) ;—Poor Law Officers (Zreland) ;— 
Public-houses (Scotland) Act; —and, War with 
Russia,—were presented, and read ; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That Lord Hotham be discharged from fur- 
ther attendance on the Select Committee on the 
London Writ:—And the said Motion was, with 
leave of the House, withdrawn. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return of all Monies paid by Applicants 
or Opponents to the Law Officers and their Clerks 


- . ° 4° ° 
in Cases of Hearings and Oppositions in any matter 


of Patents for Inventions, with the Names of the 
Cases, and the Amounts and Dates of the Payments, 
for the year ending the 31st day of December 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, 


The Chancellor of the Exchequer presented a Bill 
to abolish certain Payments charged on the Conso- 
lidated Fund in favour of the Provost and Fellows 





13° Juliz. 





A. 1855. 


of Trinity College, Dublin, and of certain Professors 
in the said College, and to repeal the Stamp Duties 
payable on Matriculations and Degrees in the said 
College: And the same was read the first time ; and 
ordered to be read a second time upon Monday 
next; and to be printed. 


Lord John Russell presented, by Her Majesty’s Slave Trade 
Command,—Copies of ‘lreaties with Native Chiefs (Sherbro. ) 
of the Sherbro Country for the Suppression of the 
Slave Trade. 

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


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


Mr. Bouverie presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- Railway 
mand,—Copy of Report to the Lords of the Com- Department, 
mittee of Privy Council for Trade and Foreign 
Plantations of the Proceedings of the Department 
relating to Railways, for the year 1854. 

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


Lady Raglan and Lord Raglan’s Annuities Bill Lady Raglan 


was, according to Order, read the third time. = a ‘ain 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. —_ = Bill. 


Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 


Lords, and desire their concurrence, 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Tenants’ Im. 
into a Committee on the Tenants’ Improvements aor 
Compensation (Zreland) Bill. 


(Ireland) Bill, 
(In the Committee.) 


Cravuse, N° 15 (Power to stay execution). 

An Amendment made. 

Another Amendment proposed, in p. 12, 1. 10: 
After the word “ establish” to insert the words “ and 
“ be satisfied the amount of.” 

Question proposed, That those words be there 
inserted :—Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 

Another Amendment proposed, at the end of the 
Clause : To add the words “ Provided always, that it 
* shall not be lawful for any such defendant, during 
“ the time for which the execution of any such writ 
“ shall have been so stayed, to commence, execute 
“ or complete any improvements under the Provi- 
“ sions of this Act: Provided further, that no such 
‘“* writ shall in anywise be stayed or suspended if 
“ the plaintiff shall give such reasonable security 
“ for the satisfaction of the said claim to compensa- 
“ tion as to the Court shall seem proper and just.” 

Question, That those words be there added 
put, and agreed to. 

Question put, That the Clause, as amended, stand 
part of the Bill; 

The Committee divided. 

Tellers for the { Mr. Hayter, 1 83 

Yeas, The Earl of Mulgrave: J ~°" 

Tellers for the (Mr. Seymour Fitzgerald, ) .4 

Noes, (Mr. Malins : Saag 

Cravuse, N° 16 (Tenant, on giving up possession, 
entitled to remuneration). 

Amendment proposed, in p. 12, l. 18: To leave 
out “ two years,” and insert ‘* one year.’” 

Question, That “‘ two years” stand part of the 
Clause——put, and agreed to. 

Another Amendment proposed, in p. 12, 1.21: To 
leave out the words “ by a civil bill process.” 

Question —— That the words proposed to 
be left out, stand part of the Clause en 
by leave, withdrawn. 

Another Amendment proposed, in p.12, after 1. 23 : 
To add the words “ for the unexhausted value of any 
“ durable improvement of the land by marling, 
“ liming, claying, or otherwise amending the soil, 
“ during the seven last years of the tenancy.” 
Question, 








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19 VicrorizZ. 


Question, That those words be there added—— 
put, and negatived. 
Another Amendment proposed, in p. 12, 1.24: To 


leave out the word “ crop,” and insert the word | the Clause 


“ seed.” 


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Amendment proposed, in p. 13, 1.6: To leave 


out the word “ could,” and insert the word “ has.” 


Question, That the word “could” stand part of 
put, and negatived. 
Question put, That the word “has” be there 





Question, That the word “ crop” stand part of | inserted ; 


the Clause——put, and agreed to. 

Another Amendment proposed, in p. 12, l. 27: To | 
leave out the words “two years,” and insert the | 
word “ year.” 

Question put, That the words “ two years’’ stand | 


part of the Clause ; 


The Committee divided. 
Tellers for thef Mr. Hayter, . 
Yeas, |The Earl of Mulgrave ; aa 
Tellers for the{ Mr. Cogan, 
' 


Noes, (Mr. Esmonde : j 
Another Amendment proposed, in p. 13, 1. 6: To 


36. 


The Committee divided. 1 | leave out the words ‘‘ commence and execute .” 


Tellers for the | Mr. Hayter, 


Question, That the words proposed to be left out, 


Yeas, |The Earl of Mulgrave: J bei | stand part of the Clause——put, and negatived. 


Tellers for the { Mr. Corry, 


1 gs. | 
Noes, \Mr. Seymour Fitzgerald: J a | 
An Amendment made. 
Another Amendment proposed, in p. 12, |. 31: 
After the words “ set off”’ to insert the words “ and 
“ for the amount of any injury done by bad hus- 
“ bandry.” 
_ Question put, That those words be there inserted ; 
The Committee divided. 
Tellers for the {Colonel Dunne, 
Yeas, (Mr. Seymour Fitzgerald: | 
Tellers for the (Mr. Hayter, l es 
Noes, \The Earl of Mulgrave: j 


Another Amendment proposed, in p. 13, 1.4: At 
the end of the Clause, to add the following words: 
** Provided always, that no such tenant shall be 
“ entitled so to recover, unless at or before the time 
“ of giving up possession, or within one week after- 
“ wards, he shall have served the landlord with a 
“ notice containing the particulars of his claim for 
“ such remuneration, unless it shall be established 
“ to the satisfaction of the Court before which such 
“ claim shall be heard that the landlord has waived 
“ the necessity of such notice.” 

Question proposed, That those words be there 
added. 

Proposed to amend the proposed Amendment, by | 
leaving out the word “ week,” and insert the word | 
“ month.” 

Question, That the word “ week” stand part of 
the said proposed Amendment——-put, and nega- 
tived. 

Question, That “ month” be there | 
put, and agreed to. 

Question put, That the Amendment, as amended, 
be there added ; 

The Committee divided. 

Tellers for the {Mr. Isaac Butt, 1 se 

Yeas, Mr. Seymour fitzgerald: Jj ~~ 

Tellers for the (Mr. Hayter, iv 

Noes, (The Earl of Mulgrave: jf ~ 


25 








Another Amendment proposed, at the end of the | 
Clause: To add the words “ Provided always, that | 
“a proper valuation of the several matters as afore- | 
** said shall be made by two arbitrators, or their | 
“ umpire, one to be appointed by the tenant, and | 
“ the other by the landlord, within one month after 
“ the tenant has given up possession; and the | 
“ tenant shall be entitled to recover from his land- | 


| 


“« lord the sum awarded by said arbitrators, and no | 


“ more, in respect of the several matters aforesaid.” | 


Question put, That those words be there added ; 
The Committee divided. 
Tellers for the f Lord Naas, 1 


Yeas, Mr. Corry: j= 
Tellers for the ; Mr. Hayter, 1 86 
Noes, The Earl of Mulgrave: f°" 


Clause, as amended, agreed to. 


Criavuse, N° 17 (If landlord, after the time wien 
the tenant could commence improvements, and be- 
fore the registration of the declaration, shall pro- 
ceed to evict tenant, such tenant may proceed by 
civil bill process against such landlord for compen- 
sation). 





Vou. 110. 


An Amendment made. 


Another Amendment proposed, in p. 13, 1. 23: 
To leave out the words “three years,” and insert 
the words “one year.” 

Question put, That the words “three years” 
stand part of the Clause ; 

The Committee divided. 

Tellers for thef Mr. Hayter, } 0 

Yeas, (The Earl of Mulgrave: 136. 

Tellers for the f Colonel Dunne, 


Noes, \Mr. Grogan : 


Another Amendment proposed, at the end of the 
Clause: To add the words “ Provided always, that 
“ no such claim for compensation shall arise where 
“ the tenant has been evicted for non-payment of 
“ rent or other breach of condition.” 

Question, That those words be there inserted 
put, and negatived. 
Clause, as amended, agreed to. 
To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 


61. 








Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; and Mr. FitzRoy 
reported, That the Committee had made Progress in 
the Bill; and that he was directed to move, That 
the Committee may have leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 


next, again resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That a Mes- Message from 
sage had been brought from the Lords, by one of the Lords. 


their Clerks, as followeth : 


The Lords have agreed to the Victoria Govern- victoria 


ment Bill, without any Amendment: And also, 


The Lords have agreed to the Waste Lands waste Lands 
(Australia) Acts Repeal Bill, without any Amend- — 
c 


ment: And also, 


The Lords have agreed to the New South Wales New south 
Government Bill, without any Amendment: And WalesGovern- 


also, 


The Lords have agreed to the Haileybury College raileybury 


Bill, without any Amendment: And also, 


The Lords have agreed to the Luton, Dunstable ruton, 
and Welwyn Railway Bill, without any Amendment : Dunstable 


And also, 


The Lords have agreed to the Bradford Corpora- praafora 


tion Water Bill, without any Amendment: And also, Corporation 


The Lords have agreed to the Dublin, &amp;c. Roads Dublin, &amp;e. 


(No. 2) Bill, without any Amendment: And also, 


The Lords have agreed to the Liverpool Improve- Liverpool 


ment Bill, without any Amendment: And also, 


The Lords have agreed to the Wadhurst and West Wadhurst and 
Furleigh Roads Bill, without any Amendment: And . 


also, 


The Lords have agreed to the Keighley and Ken- Keighley and 
dal Road Bill, without any Amendment: And also, — Road 


The Lords have agreed to the Amendments made yfititia (No. 2) 
by this House to the Amendment made by their Bill. 


Lordships to the Militia (No. 2) Bill, without any 
Amendment: And also, 
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376 15°.—1 


Great North- The Lords have agreed to the Great Northern 
Con ch London Cemetery Bill, with an Amendment; to 
ty *' which Amendment the Lords desire the concurrence 

of this House: And also, 

Gateshead The Lords have agreed to the Gateshead and 

and Hexham Hexham Roads Bill, with Amendments ; to which 

Roads Bill 4 mendments the Lords desire the concurrence of this 
House: And also, 

Portsmouth The Lords have agreed to the Portsmouth Railway 

Railway Bill. Bill, with Amendments ; to which Amendments the 
Lords desire the concurrence of this House : And 
also, 

Shrewsbury The Lords have agreed to the Shrewsbury Im- 

a provement Bill, with Amendments; to which Amend- 


ments the Lords desire the concurrence of this 
House: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the East of Fife Rail- 
way 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 


East of Fife 
Railway Bill. 


Powers under 


Improvements for regulating the Powers of creating Charges on 

ae Land under Private Acts for Drainage and other 
Improvements; to which the Lords desire the con- 
currence of this House: And also, 

Wyndham’s The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 


Divorce Bill. to dissolve the Marriage of Arthur Wyndham, Es- 
quire, with Ann Magdalene Louisa Wyndham his 
now Wife, and to enable him to marry again, and 
for other purposes ; to which the Lords desire the 
concurrence of this House: And also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 
to dissolve the Marriage of William Ewing the 
younger with Helen Mary Ewing his now Wife, 
and to enable him to marry again, and for other 
purposes ; to which the Lords desire the concurrence 
of this House : And also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 
for enabling the Right honourable William Nevill, 
Earl of Abergavenny, to grant Leases of Entailed 
Mines, Minerals, Lands and Hereditaments, in the 
County of Monmouth ; to which the Lords desire the 
concurrence of this House. 


Ewing’s 
Divorce Bill. 


Earl of Aber- 
gavenny’s 
Estate Bill. 


Wyndham’s 


Wyndham’s Divorce Bill was read the first time ; 
Divorce Bill. 


and ordered to be read a second time. 


Ewing's 


; Ewing's Divorce Bill was read the first time ; and 
Divorce Bill. 


ordered to be read a second time. 


Farlof Aber- The Earl of Abergavenny’s Estate Bill was read 
gavenny’s &gt; ime. 
Tstate Bill. the first time 


Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exa- 
miners of Petitions for Private Bills. 


Partnership The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 


—- mittee on the Partnership Amendment Bill ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 
ee The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
Liability Bul. sj ittee on the Limited Liability Bill; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 
Stage Car- The Order of the day being read, for the second 
riage Duties, . . ~ ae ©. ° ‘ 
&amp;e. Bill reading of the Stage Carriage Duties, &amp;c. Bill; 


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


Sabbati, 14° die Julit, 1855: 


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 the word “ now,” and, at 
the end of the Question, adding the words “upon 
“ this day three months.” 

And the Question being proposed, That the 
word “now ” stand part of the Question :—The said 





4° Jultz. 


A. 1855. 


proposed Amendment was, with leave of the House, 
withdrawn. 

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


| The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Fisheries 


mittee on the Fisheries (British Islands and France) (British 
Bill ; Islands and 


: P ‘ F ill. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, — 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Ordnance 
reading of the Ordnance Board Bill; Board Bill, 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Friday next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Lunatic 
into a Committee on the Lunatic Asylums (Jreland) Asylums _ 
Bill ; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker (ireland) Bill 
resumed the Chair; and Mr. Fitz Roy reported, That 
the Committee had gone through the Bill; and di- 
rected him to report the same, without Amendment. 

Ordered, 'Yhat the Bill be read the third time upon 
Monday next. 


The Sale of Spirits (Zreland) Bill was, according Sale of Spirits 
to Order, read a second time ; and committed to a (Ireland) Bill. 
Committee of the whole House, for Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Woollen, &amp;. 
mittee on the Woollen, &amp;c. Manufactures (Scotland) ee 
Bill ; (Scotland) Bill, 

Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Militia Officers 
into a Committee on the Militia Officers’ Qualification — 
Bill ; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker = 

; , Pp , Mr. Speaker 
resumed the Chair; and Mr. Fitz Roy 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 Lunatic Asy- 

into a Committee on the Lunatic Asylums and Re- "™s.and 
* : gulations 

gulations Acts Amendment Bill; and, after some Acts Amend- 
time spent, therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; ment Bill. 
and Mr. FitzRoy reported, That the Committee had _ Bill 244. 
gone through the Bill. 
| Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
| mittee, be taken into consideration upon Monday 
next ; and be printed. 





| The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Criminal 

| mittee on the Criminal Justice Bill; Justice 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- Union of 
mittee on the Union of contiguous Benefices Bill; nt 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday amenens 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Navigation Works (Jreland) Bill was, ac- Navigation 
cording to Order, read a second time; and com- ae” 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for Fri- *" — 
day next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Grand Juries 
reading of the Grand Juries (/re/and) (No. 2) Bill; ages 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon iain 
Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Despatch 
mittee on the Despatch of Business, Court of Chan- of Business, 
. Court of 
cery Bill; Chancery Bill 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 





next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 
The 


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Insolvency and 
Bankruptcy 
(Scotland) Bill. 


Treasurers 
of Counties 
(Ireland ) Bill. 


Bill 245. 


Bankruptcy 
(Ireland ) Bill. 


Charitable 
Trusts Bill. 


Absconding 
Debtors 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Ecclesiastical 
Jurisdiction 
Continuance 
Bill. 


Turnpike Acts 
Continuance 
Bill. 


as to reduce the width of highways which cease to 


19 VicroriZz. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Insolvency and Bankruptcy (Scotland) 
Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Tuesday 
next, at Twelve o'clock, resolve itself into the said 
Committee. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on the Treasurers of Counties 
(Ireland) Bill; and, after some time spent therein, 
Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Viscount 
Duncan reported, That the Committee had gone | 
through the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration upon Monday 
next; and be printed. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Bankruptcy (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 Charitable Trusts Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Monday next. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to 
take into consideration the Absconding Debtors 
(Zreland) Bill, as amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 


upon Tuesday next. 


The Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction Continuance Bill 
was, according to Order, read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Billi to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on the Turnpike Acts Continu- 
ance Bill. 

(In the Committee.) 


Preamble postponed. 
Crausgs, N°’ 1 and N° 2, agreed to. 
Cuause, N° 3 (Encroachments not to be made so 


be Turnpike-roads). 

Aniendment proposed, at the end of the Clause: To 
add the words “ Provided that nothing herein con- 
“ tained shall affect any road or highway in any 
“ parish in England, the width of which road has 
“ been settled by an award made pursuant to any 
“ Act of Parliament for inclosing waste lands in 
“ such parish.” 

Question, That those words be there added 
put, and negatived. 

Clause agreed to. 

Crauses, N° 4 to N° 7, agreed to. 

Clause (That gates affixed up across any highway 
or public road, or other obstructions which shall be 
dangerous or a nuisance to the public, shall, upon 
proof thereof before two Justices of the Peace acting | 
for the division in which such road is situate, be 
removed within a reasonable time to be fixed by 
such Justices, after notice to the occupier of the lands 
through which such highway or public road passes 
of the decision of such two Justices) brought up, 
and read 1°. 

Question, That the Clause be read a second time 
——put, and negatived. 

Schedule agreed to. 

Preamble agreed to. 

Bill to be reported. 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Fitz Roy 
reported, That the Committee had gone through the 
Bill; and directed him to report the same, without 
Amendment. 














Vou. 110. 


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Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon 
Monday next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Turnpike 
into a Committee on the Turnpike Trusts Arrange- Trusts Ar- 
ment Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. — 
Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. FitzRoy 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 Slave Trade (Sherbro) Bill was, according to Slave Trade 
Order, read a second time; and committed to a (Sherbro) Bill 
Committee of the whole House, for Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Downing- 
mittee on the Downing-street Public Offices Exten- street Public 
. Bill: Offices Exten- 
meg : : sion 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 Chinese 
reading of the Chinese Passenger Ships Bill ; ieee 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon ©” ?* _ 
Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Leases and 
reading of the Leases and Sales of Settled Estates Sales of Settled 
Bill; Estates Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Supply. 
mittee of Supply ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the 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 third Merchant 
reading of the Merchant Shipping Act Amendment Shipping Act 
Bill ;  _rccc, 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Monday next. 


‘The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Assay Omens 
—_ on the Assay Offices (York, &amp;c.) Abolition pe he a 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 


next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming Lunatic Asy- 
the adjourned Debate on the Amendment which, 14s (Ireland) 
upon the 29th day of June last, was proposed to be — 
made to the Question, That Mr. Speaker do now 
leave the Chair (for Committee on Lunatic Asylums 
(Ireland) (Advances) Bill) ; 

Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 
ull Monday next. " 

The Order of the day being read, for taking into Weights and 
consideration the Amendments made by the Lords Measures Bill. 
to the Weights and Measures Bill ; 

Ordered, That the said Amendments be taken into 
consideration upon Monday next. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take Mortmain 
into consideration the Mortmain Bin as amended Bill. 
in the Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Monday next. 


The Dissenters’ Marriages Bill was, according to Dissenters’ 
Order, read the third time. Marriages Bill. 
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Ordered, That the Further Proceeding on the third 
reading of the said Bill be adjourned till Monday 
next. 


Schools (Scot- 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
land) Bill. 


reading of the Schools ( Scotland) Bill; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Monday next. 


Spirits (Ire- The Order of the day being read, for wes, | into 
— . consideration the Amendments made by the Lords 
men 


Bill to the Spirits (Jreland) Act Amendment Bill ; 
Ordered, That the said Amendments be taken 
into consideration upon Monday next. 


CourtofChan- The Order of the day being read, for resuming the 
cery (Ireland) adjourned Debate on the Amendment which, upon 
a the 3d day of May last, was proposed to be made 
to the Question, That the Court of Chancery (Jre- 

land) (Jurisdiction) Bill be now read a second time ; 

Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 


till Monday the 23d day of this instant July. 


CourtofChan- The Order of the day being read, for the second 
cery (Ireland) yeading of the Court of Chancery (Jreland) (Proce- 


Bir dure) Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Monday the 23d day of this instant July. 
CourtofChan- The Order of the day being read, for the second 


onlonen reading of the Court of Chancery (Jreland) (Re- 
Bill ceivers) Bill; ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Monday the 23d day of this instant July. 


Court of Chan- The Order of the day being read, for the second 

ce reading of the Court of Chancery (Jreland) (Sales 

Estates) Bill. Of Estates) Bill; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 


Monday the 23d day of this instant July. 


CourtofChan- The Order of the day being read, for the second 
cery (Ireland) reading of the Court of Chancery (Ireland) (Ap- 
( Appeals) Bill. : 
peals) Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Monday the 23d day of this instant July. 


CourtofChan- The Order of the day being read, for the second 
cery (Ireland) readine of the Court of Chancery (Zreland) (Stamp 
(Stamp Duties) Duties “nn. 
Bill. uties) Bill; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Monday the 23d day of this instant July. 


Emigration 
(North 
America. ) 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Copies or Extracts of Despatches relative 
to Emigration to the North American Colonies 
(in continuation of Papers presented April 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. 


Colonial 


vom Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
Appeals. 


to amend the Procedure in Appeals from the Colo- 
nies and Dependencies to the Judicial Committee of 
the Privy Council: And that Mr. M‘Mahon and 
Mr. Serjeant Shee do prepare, and bring it in. - 
Crown Suits. A Motion being made, That leave be given to 
bring in a Bill for the Payment of Costs in Pro- 
ceedings instituted on behalf of the Crown in matters 
relating to the Revenue, and for the Amendment of 
the Procedure and Practice in Crown Suits in the 
Court of Exchequer ; 

Sir George Grey, by Her Majesty’s Command, 
acquainted the House, That Her Majesty, having 
been informed of the subject-matter of this Motion, 
gives Her Consent, as far as Her Majesty’s interest 





13°—14°— 16° Juli. 








A. 1855. 


is concerned, that the House may do therein as they 
shall think fit. 

Ordered, ‘That leave be given to bring in the Bill : 
And that Mr. Attorney General, Mr. Solicitor Ge- 
neral and Sir George Grey do prepare, and bring 


it in. 


Mr. Vernon Smith presented a Bill to amend Court of 
certain Acts relating to the Court of Judicature of a 
Prince of Wales Island, Singapore and Malacca : Wales Island, 
And the same was read the first time; and ordered &amp;c.) Bill. 
to be read a second time upon Monday next; and Bill 246. 


to be printed. 


Mr. M‘Mahon presented a Bill to amend the Cclonial — 
Procedure in Appeals from the Colonies and De- Appeals Bill. 
pendencies to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Bill 247. 
Council: And the same was read the first time ; and 
ordered to be read a second time upon this day 
three months; and to be printed. 


Mr. Attorney General presented a Bill for the Crown Suits 
Payment of Costs in Proceedings instituted on Bill. 
behalf of the Crown in matters relating to the Re- _ Bill 248. 
venue, and for the Amendment of the Procedure 
and Practice in Crown Suits in the Court of Ex- 
chequer: 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 Saturday morning, adjourned till 
Monday next. 





Luna, 16° die Julii; 
Anno 19° Victoriz Regine, 1855. 


PRAYERS. 


M R. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Neport from Jenkins’ 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Estate Bill. 
Bills, That in the case of Jenkins’ Estate Bill, no 
Standing Orders are applicable. 

Ordered, That the Bul be read a second time. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,— Report from Earl of Aber- 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, —, 
That in the case of the Earl of Abergavenny’s Estate a 
Bill, no Standing Orders are applicable. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Marshall's 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, Charity Bill. 
That in the case of Marshall's Charity Bill, the 
Standing Orders have been complied with. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Merton College 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, ©st@te Bill 
in respect of non-compliance with the Standing Or- 
ders in the case of the Merton College Estate Bill. 

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


Mr. Bonham Carter reported from the Select Public 
Committee on Public Petitions; That they had ex- ea 
amined the Petitions presented upon the 13th day eo . 
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 Honiton 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Honiton Road Bill. 
Road Bill; and the same were twice read, and, with 
an Amendment to one of them, agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords ; 








19 Vicrortiz. 


Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the Amendments made by their Lordships, 
with an Amendment; to which Amendment this 
House doth desire the concurrence of their Lordships. 


A Message by Mr. Pulman, Yeoman Usher of the 
Black Rod : 

Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords, authorized by virtue of Her Majesty’s 
Commission, for declaring Her Royal Assent to 
several Acts agreed upon by both Houses, do de- 
sire 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 for further assimilating the Practice in 
the County Palatine of Lancaster to that of other 
Counties, with respect to the Trial of Issues from the 
Superior Courts at Westminster : 

An Act for disafforesting the Forest of Woolmer : 


Royal Assent. 


County 
Palatine of 
Lancaster 
Trials Bill. 


Woolmer 
Forest Bill. 


Duchy of 
Lancaster 
Lands Bill. 


An Act to better enable the Chancellor and 
Council of the Duchy of Lancaster to sell and pur- 
chase Land on behalf of Her Majesty, Her heirs 
and successors, in right of the said Duchy of 
Lancaster : ; 
Union Charges An Act to continue an Act of the eighteenth 
Act Continu- year of Her present Majesty, for charging the Main- 


ance Bill. tenance of certain Poor Persons in Unions in Eng- 
land and Wales upon the Common Fund: 

Cinque Ports . -\n Act for the better Administration of Justice in 

Bill. the Cinque Ports: 

Indemnity _ An Act to indemnify such Persons in the United 

Bill. Kingdom as have omitted to qualify themselves for 
Offices and Employments, and to extend the Time 
limited for those purposes respectively : 

Court of An Act to amend the Provisions of the Court of 

Exchequer Exchequer (Jreland) Act, 1850: 

Nem A i he E tion of Inhabitant 

: An Act to continue the Exemption of Inhabitants 

—— from Liability to be rated as calie respect of Stock 
in Trade or other Property to the Relief of the Poor : 

Copyhold, &amp;, . An Act to continue Appointments under the Act 


Commissions for consolidating the Copyhold and Inclosure Com- 


Continuance ynissions, and for completing Proceedings under the 
Tithe Commutation Acts: 

Haileybury An Act to relieve the East India Company from 

College Bill. the Obligation to maintain the College at Hatleybury : 

New South An Act to enable Her Majesty to assent to a 


he Bill, as amended, of the Legislature of New South 
= Wales, “ to confer a Constitution on New South Wales, 
and to grant a Civil List to Her Majesty :” 


Victoria An Act to enable Her Majesty to assent to a 

ervament Bill, as amended, of the Legislature of Victoria, to 
establish a Constitution in and for the Colony of 
Victoria: 

Waste Lands An Act to repeal the Acts of Parliament now in 

, force respecting the Disposal of the Waste Lands of 

Bil, ~~ the Crown in Her Majesty's Australian Colonies, 


and to make other Provision in lieu thereof: 

An Act further to amend the Laws relating to the 
Militia in England: 
Hartlepool An Act for the Improvement, Maintenance and 


_ and Port Regulation of the Port of Hartlepool, for the Con- 
struction of a Harbour of Refuge there, and for other 


pur ang’ : 


Militia (No, 2) 
Bill. 


Fife and An Act for making a Railway from Ladybank, on 
op ee the Line of the Edinburgh, Perth and Dundee Rail- 


way, by Auchtermuchty and Strathmiglo, to Milna- 
thort and Kinross: 
VoL. 110. 


16° Julii. 





379 


An Act for making a Railway from the Port Carlisie and 


to Silloth Bay 
Railway and 
Dock Bill. 


Carlisle Railway, in the Township of Drumburgh, 
or near to the Coat Lighthouse in Silloth Bay, m 
the Parish of Holme Cultram, in the County of 
Cumberland, and also a Dock and Jetty at Silloth 
Bay, and for making A ements with the Port 
Carlisle Dock and Railway Company, and for other 
purposes : 

Act to authorize the Sunderland Dock Com- Sunderland 
pany to make further Works, and to amend and Peck Bill. 
consolidate the Acts relating to the said Company, 
and for other purposes : 

An Act for regulating the Share Capital of the Manchester, 
Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway Com- — ont 

incolnshire 
pany, and for other purposes : Railway 
(Capital) Bill. 

An Act to enable the Stockport, Disley and Wha- Stockport, 
ley Bridge Railway Company to construct a Junction ban J es 
Line to the Cromford and High Peak Railway, and Railway — 
for other purposes : 

An Act to enable the Carmarthen and Cardigan Carmarthen 
Railway Company to make a Deviation in their Line 84 Cardigan 
of Railway, and for other purposes : — 

An Act for the Improvement of the Town of Leek, Leek Improve- 
in the County of Stafford, for purchasing the Market ment Bill. 
Tolls, and for providing more commodious Markets 
and Cemeteries, and for better supplying the Inhabi- 
tants with Water, and for other purposes : 

An Act to enable the Weymouth Waterworks weymouth 
Company to increase and extend their Supply of Water Bill. 
Water, and to construct New Works, and for other 


—~ : 
n Act for changing the Corporate Name of the Grand Surrey 
Company of Proprietors of the Grand Surrey Canal, Canal (No. 2) 
for consolidating their Acts, for authorizing them to _ 

make a New Entrance from the Thames additional 

Docks and other Works, and to raise further Moneys, 

and for other purposes : 

An Act for granting further Powers to the Tor- Torquay, Tor 
quay, Tor and Saint Mary Church Gas Company : 2nd Saint 

Mary Church 
Gas Bill. 

An Act to repeal the Acts passed for repairing pedon and 
the Road from Hedon through Preston and hilton Hull, &amp;c. 
to Hull, and other Roads in the County of York, ®o#ds Bill. 
and to make other Provisions in lieu thereof: 

An Act for incorporating the “ Gas-Light Com- sligo Gas Bill. 
pany of Sligo,” and for other purposes : 

An Act to amend the Provisions of the “West West Brom- 
Bromwich Improvement Act, 1854,” with relation ¥ich Improve- 
to the Prevention of Smoke: a 

An Act to vary the Mode of carrying the Staines, staines, 
Wokingham and Woking Railway across certain Wokingham 
Roads, and for other purposes : iver 
(Alterations, 
&amp;c.) Bill. 

An Act for incorporating the Cape Town Railway Cape Town 
and Dock Company, and for other purposes con- Railway and 
nected therewith : a 


An Act to amalgamate the Glasgow and Inchbelly Glasgow, 
Bridge, and Possit and Balmore Turnpike-road Kirkintilloch 


Trusts, and to make Branch Roads, and for other eee 
purposes : Bill. 


An Act for making and maintaining a Turnpike- Aboyne, Bal- 
road from Charlestown of Aboyne by Ballater, later, Braemar 
Crathie and Castletown of Braemar to Cairnwell a 
Hill, with a Branch at Crathie, in the County of 
Aberdeen, and for other purposes : 

An Act for constructing and maintaining a Quay Gateshead 
and other Works in the Borough of Gateshead, in Quay Bill. 
the County of Durham, and for other purposes : 

An Act to enable the Halifax Gas-Light and Halifax Gas- 
Coke Company to transfer their Undertaking and Light andCoke 
Powers to the Halifax Local Board of Health, and Company Bill. 
for other purposes : 

An Act to amend an Act of the first year of the Royal London 
reign of King George the Fourth, chapter 100, to Militia Bill. 
enable Her Majesty's Commissioners of Lieutenancy 


for the City of London to purchase certain Lands 
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Luton, 
Dunstable 
and Welwyn 
Railway Bill. 


Folkestone 
es 
Bi 


Gun-barrel 
Proof-houses 
(Birmingham 
and London) 
Bill. 


Stockton and 
Darlington 
Railway Bill. 


West Somerset 


Mineral Rail- 
way Bill. 


Wolverhamp- 
ton New 
Water Bill. 


Bradford 
Corporation 
Water Bill. 


Dublin, &amp;c. 
Roads (No. 2) 
Bill. 


Keighley 
and Kendal 
Road Bill. 


Liverpool 
Improvement 
B 


Wadhurst and 
West Farleigh 
Roads Bill. 


Cromarty 
Estate Bill. 


Pedder's 
Divorce Bill. 


380 16° Juliz. 


and Houses for building more convenient and requi- 
site Head-quarters, Store-houses and other proper 
Accommodation for the Royal London Militia, and 
to confer certain other Powers : 

An Act for making a Railway from the London 
and North Western Railway at Dunstable, in the 
County of Bedford, to the Great Northern Railway 
at or near Welwyn, in the County of Hertford, to be 
called “The Luton, Dunstable and Welwyn Junction 
Railway,” and for other purposes : 

An Act to extend the Limits of the Borough of 
Folkestone ; to enable the Corporation of the said 
Borough to construct a Market-house; to make 
certain New Streets and other Improvements ; and 
to pave, hight, drain and otherwise improve the 
said Borough, and for other purposes : 

An Act for insuring the due Proof of Gun-barrels 
in England, and for other purposes : 


An Act for enabling the Stockton and Darlington 
Railway Company to make New Branches and other 
Works, to acquire additional Lands, and for other 


“or : 
n Act for authorizing the making and maintain- 
ing of the West Somerset Mineral Railway, and the 
improving and regulating of the Harbour of Watchet, 
in the County of Somerset, and for other purposes : 
An Act for better supplying with Water the Town 
and Parish of Wolverhampton, the Suburbs thereof, 
and the Parishes and Places adjacent thereto : 
An Act to amend “The Bradford Corporation 
Waterworks Act, 1854:” 


An Act to discontinue the taking of Toll on the 
Turnpike-roads leading from the City of Dublin, 
and on the Turnpike-road from Kianegad to Athlone, 
and to provide for the Maintenance of such Roads 
as Public Roads, and for the Discharge of the Debts 
due thereon, and other purposes : 

An Act for maintaining the Yorkshire District of 
the Road from Keighley, in the West Riding of the 
County of York, to Kirkby in Kendal, in the County 
of Westmoreland : 

An Act for enabling the Mayor, Aldermen and 
Burgesses of the Borough of Liverpool to acquire 
Lands, and for other purposes : 

An Act 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, in- 
tituled, “ An Act for more effectually repairing and 
improving the Road from Wadhurst to the Turnpike- 
road on Lamberhurst Down, both in the County of 
Sussex, and from the Turnpike-road on Pudllen’s Hill 
to West Farleigh-street, both in the County of Kent.” 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Dagen- 
ham Docks Bill; and the same were twice read, 
and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the Lncndanits made by their Lord- 
ships. 


The Cromarty Estate Bill was read the third 
time ; and Amendments were made to the Bill. 
_ Resolved, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
co pass. 
dered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the same, with Amendments; to which 
Amendments this House doth desire the concur- 


rence of their Lordships. 


Pedder’s Divorce Bill was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the same, without Amendment. 





A. 1855. 


Bray's Estate Bill was read a second time ; and Bray's Estate 

committed. Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 

mittee of Selection. 


Harvist’s Estate Bill was, according to Order, Harvist's 
read a second time; and committed. Estate Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


The Order made upon the 13th day of this instant Prosecutions, 

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, a 

Return as to Prosecutions, &amp;c., from each Clerk of 

Assize and Clerk of the Peace in every County, part 

of a County, City and Borough, having separate 

Sessions of the Peace, in England and Wales, of the 

following Particulars, from the 25th day of Decem- 

ber 1853 to the 25th day of December 1854 : 











State the Amount of 
State the |, ~ sane 
— Justices’ Fees | Fees All Other 
such Certificates | allowed to | allowedto| Court Allowances and 
Prosecu- | fr Expenseson| Counsel | Attorneys | pees on | Expenses not 
tions Commitment with for Pro- Trial. be 
‘ of Prisoner. Briefs. | secuting. Court Fees. 








£04 Bead 1204:618 08218 461 6 a 6 

















State the Number of Total 


ee \| Number of 
Indictments Indictments 








Prisoners} 
Briefs | Prosecu-| com- ‘ for 
mitted For | Against | For | Against | Felony and 
allowed. | tions. for Felon the same} Misde- | the same Mis- 
Trial. Y- | Prisoner.| meanor. | Prisoner. demeanor. 
































State the Number of 





Witnesses. Petty Jury Sworn. Prisons. 





was read, and discharged. 


Ordered, That Mr. Saunders Davies have leave Leave of 
of absence for the remainder of the Session, on ac- Absence. 
count of a domestic affliction. 


Petitions relating to Cambridge University Bill ;— Public 
—Church Rates ;—Maynooth College Act ;—Pro- Petitions. 
perty Tax (Scotland) ;—Wine and Spirit Licenses ; Vide Fifty- 
—Accidents on Railways Bill ;—Intoxicating Li- sixth Report. 
quors ;—Medical Officers (Navy) ;—Medical Pro- 
fession Bill;—and, Smoke Nuisance,—were pre- 


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


Mr. Cowper presented,—Return to an Address to County Courts 
Her Majesty, dated the 1st day of March last, 
for Returns from every County Court throughout 
England and Wales, established under the Act 
9 &amp; 10 Vic. c. 95, of the Total Number of Plaints 
entered in each Court from the 1st day of January 
to the 31st day of December 1854, both days inclu- 
sive :—Of the Total Number of Plaints entered in 
each Court above £.20 and not exceeding £. 50, 
from the Ist day of January 1854 to the 31st 
day of December 1854, both days inclusive :— 
Of the Total Number of Causes tried by each 
Court from the 1st day of January 1854 to the 31st 
day of December 1854, both days inclusive :—Of 
the Total Number of Causes tried by each Court 
from the 1st day of January 1854 to the 31st day of 
December 1854, both days inclusive, above £. 20 
and 





&gt; 


= 


‘Election 
Auditors, 


Ballast 
Heavers, 


Ballast 
Heavers. 


County 
Treasurers. 


Downing- 
street Public 
Offices Exten- 
sion Bill. 


19 Vicrori. 


and not exceeding £.50:—Of the Total Number of 
Days that each Court has sat, from the Ist day of 
January to the 31st day of December 1854, both 
days inclusive, and the Average Number of Hours 
comprised in each Sitting:—Of the Total Number 
of such Sittings held before a Deputy Judge :-—Of 
the Total Amount of Monies for which the Plaints 
were entered in each Court during the last-mentioned 
period :—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:—Of the Total Amount of 
Monies paid into each Court during the same pe- 
riod, in satisfaction of Debts sued for, without pro- 
ceeding to Judgment :—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 :—Of the Gross 
Total Amount of Monies received in each Court to 
the Credit of the Suitors, and the Amount paid out 
to Suitors :—Of the Total Number of Causes tried in 
each Court during the same period, with the Assist- 
ance of a Jury, specifying the Number of such 
Causes in which a Verdict has been given in favour 
of the Party requiring a Jury to be summoned :— 
Of the Total Number of Executions issued by the 
Clerk of each Court during the same period against 
the Goods of Defendants :—Of the Total Number of 
Judgment Summonses issued by each Court during 
the same period :—Of the Total Number of Judg- 
ment Summonses heard by each Court during the 
same period :—Of the Total Number of Warrants of 
Commitment issued by the Clerk of each Court 
during the same period, and the Number of Persons 
actually taken to Prison under such Warrants :— 
And, of the Total Amount received by the Trea- 
surer of each Court on account of the General Fund 
of such Court, from the Ist day of January 1854 to 
the 31st day of December 1854, inclusive ; and the 
Payments made thereout, during such period as 
given in the Balance Sheets rendered to the Com- 
missioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury, according to 
Article 48 of the Treasurer's Instructions ; together 
with the Sums therein stated to have been received 
of or paid to Her Majesty’s Paymaster General. 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 
11th day of May last, for a Return of all Election 
Auditors appointed under the Bribery Prevention 
Act (1854), showing, in a Tabular Form, for Eng- 
land, Scotland and Ireland respectively, their Names, 
Date of Appointment, what other Places or Offices 
held by each at the Time of their Appointment or 
subsequently, whether Electors or not in the par- 
ticular County, Riding, District, Town, Borough, 
Burgh or Burghs for which they are appointed to act. 

Return to several Addresses to Her Majesty, 
dated the 29th day of June last, and the 10th day of 
this instant July, for Copy of a Letter, dated the 
14th day of December 1854, addressed to the Board 
of Trade by the Trinity House, and of the Report 
therein enclosed from the Supervisors of the Ballast 
Department on the subject of Ballast Heavers: 
And, for Copy of a Letter, dated the 7th 
day of July 1855, addressed to the Board of Trade 
by the Trinity House, enclosing a further Report from 
the Supervisors of the Ballast Department on the 
subject of Ballast Heaving (in continuation of Re- 
turn moved for in Address of the 29th day of June 
1855). 

Mr. Cowper also presented, pursuant to the di- 
rections of an Act of Parliament,—Abstracts of the 
Accounts of the several County Treasurers in Eng- 
land aud Wales, for the year ending Michaelmas 
1854. 

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





The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Downing-street Public Offices Exten- 
sion Bill; 

VoL. 110. 





16° Julis. 





381 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That the said Order be postponed till after 
the Notice of Motion relative to the Negotiations at 
Vienna :—And the said Motion was, with leave of 
the House, withdrawn. 

Then the House resolved itself into the Committee ; 
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 To-morrow. 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That a Mes- Message from 
sage had been brought from the Lords, by one of the Lords. 
their Clerks, as followeth : 

The Lords have agreed to the Gold Wedding Gold Wedding 
Rings Bill, without any Amendment: And also, Rings Bill. 


The Lords have agreed to the Commons’ In- Commons’ 
closure (No. 2) Bill, without any Amendment: And Inclosure | 
also, (No. 2) Bill. 

The Lords have agreed to the Waveney Valley Waveney 


dey wi ‘ also, Valley Rail- 
Railway Bill, without any Amendment: And also, oa ray 


The Lords have agreed to the Places of Religious Places of Reli- 
Worship Registration Bill, with Amendments ; to gious Worship 
which Amendments the Lords desire the concur- cece 
rence of this House: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Barrow Harbour Barrow 
Bill, with Amendments; to which Amendments the Harbour Bill. 
Lords desire the concurrence of this House: And 
also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Furness Railway Furness 
Bill, with Amendments ; to which Amendments the Railway Bill. 
Lords desire the concurrence of this House: And 
also, 

The Lords have agreed to the England and Jre- England 
lund Improved Communication Bill, with Amend- #4 —— 
ments; to which Amendments the Lords desire the ate 


mipege" Communica- 
concurrence of this House: And also, tion Bill. 


The Lords have agreed to the Birkenhead and Birkenhead 
Liverpool Docks (Trust Property of Birkenhead 94 Liverpool 
. ; Docks (Trust 

Dock Trustees, &amp;c.) Bill, with Amendments ; to Property of 

which Amendments the Lords desire the concur- Birkenhead 


rence of this House: And also, ee) 


The Lords have agreed to the Liverpool Docks Liverpool 
Bill, with Amendments ; to which Amendments the Docks Bill. 
Lords desire the concurrence of this House. 


The Merchant Shipping Act Amendment Bill Merchant 
was, according to Order, read the third time. yn hon 
A Clause was offered to be added to the Bill (Ing 
addition to the duties hitherto performed in consi- 
deration of the ballastage rates, under the Local Act 
of the seventh year of Her present Majesty, chapter 
fifty-seven, for the regulation of lastage and ballast- 
age in the River Thames, the Trinity House shall 
put the ballast supplied by them to eH on board 
of the same ships, and shall unload the ballast from 
ships requiring to unload their ballast into ‘Trinity 
House lighters, except where these duties shall be 
performed by the crew of any such ship; and the 
Trinity House shall be entitled to charge for such 
additional duties such reasonable additional rate 
per ton for ballast so placed on board or unladen, 
as Her Majesty, by Order in Council, from time to 
time approves) :—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. 
Then an Amendment was made to the Bill. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 


Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Charitable 
reading of the Charitable Trusts Bill ; Trusts Bill. 





303 + Ordered, 











































































































a re reece nens ens aarp 














































































































382 16° Juli. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Wednesday next. 


Stage Car- The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
riage Duties, into a Committee on the Stage Carriage Duties, &amp;c. 
&amp;c. Bill . 
Bill. ; 
(in the Committee.) 

Preamble postponed. 

Causes, N* 1 to N° 5, agreed to. 

Motion made, and Question, That the Chairman 
do report Progress, and ask leave to sit again 
put, and negatived. 

Cuavusz, N° 6, disagreed to. 

Preamble agreed to. 

Bill to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Fitz Roy 


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. 


Turnpike Acts The Turnpike Acts Continuance Bill was, accord- 
eee ing to Order, read the third time. 
. Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 


Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Turnpike The Turnpike Trusts Arrangement Bill was, ac- 
—— cording to Order, read the third time. 
Bil ’ Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 


Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Slave Trade The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
(Sherbro) Bill. into a Committee on the Slave Trade (Sherbro) Bill; 
and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker 
resumed the Chair; and Mr. Fitz Roy 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. 


Lunatic Asy- The House, according to Order, proceeded to 
bums and take into consideration the Lunatic Asylums and 
Regulations Dontiietienns. Maen 1 Bill. as ded 3 
Act Amead- Regulations Act Amendment Bill, as amended in 
ment Bill. the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 


To-morrow. 


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. 


Ways and The Order of tne day being read, for the Com- 
Means. mittee of Ways and Means ; 
Kesolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Militia Officers’ The Militia Officers’ Qualification Bill was, ac- 
Qualification cording to Order, read the third time. 
Bill. Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 


Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Criminal The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
Justice Bill. inittee on the Criminal Justice Bill; 
Resolved, ‘That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Assizes and The Order of the day being read, for the second 
Sessions Bill. reading of the Assizes and Sessions Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 

Monday next. 
peony sowed The House, according to Order, proceeded to 
Local Manage- take into consideration the Metropolis Local Ma- 
ment Bill. : ‘ . 

nagement Bill, as amended in the Committee. 








A. 1855. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Thursday next, at Twelve o'clock. 


The Grand Juries (Jreland) (No. 2) Bill was, ac- Grand Juries 
cording to Order, read a second time; and com- Oye 2) Dill 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for 
Thursday next. 

The Order of the day being read, for resuming Lunatic Asy. 
the adjourned Debate on the Amendment which, ee 
upon the 29th day of June last, was proposed to be pin. 
made to the Question, That Mr. Speaker do now _ Bill 249. 
leave the Chair (for Committee on Lunatic Asylums 
(Ireland) (Advances) Bill); and which Amendment 
was, to leave out from the word “That” to the end 
of the Question, in order to add the words “ this 
“ House will, upon this day three months, resolve 
“ itself into the said Committee,” instead thereof. 

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

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 
Chair :—The House accordingly resolved itself into 
the Committee ; and, after some time spent therein, 

Mr. Speaker resumed 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 
Committee of the whole House, for Friday next. 


The Chinese Passenger Ships Bill was, according Chinese 
to Order, read a second time; and committed to veveg 
a Committee of the whole House, for Wednesday ~'* 
next. 


The Leases and Sales of Settled Estates Bill was, Leases and 
according to Order, read a second time ; and com- Sales of Settled 
: “ : Estates Bill. 

mitted to a Select Committee. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Spirits (Ire- 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Spirits 184) = 
(Ireland) Act Amendment Bill; and the same were — —_ 
twice read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the Amendments made by their Lord- 
ships. 





The Lunatic Asylums (Jreland) Bill was, accord- Lunatic 

ing to Order, read the third time. Asylums 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. ae 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 

Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Sale of Spirits 

into a Committee on the Sale of Spirits (Jreland) (Ireland) 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; and directed him to report the same, 
without Amendment. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time To- 


morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Schools (Scot- 
reading of the Schools (Scotland) Bill ; land) Bill. 
And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next ; 
An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out the words “Monday next,” 
in order to add the words “ upon this day three 
“* months,” instead thereof. 
And the Question being put, That the words 
“ Monday next” stand part of the Question; 
The House divided, 
The 














es 


nd) 


Treasurers 
of Counties 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Friendly 
Societies Bill. 


Weights and 
Measures Bill, 


Trinity Col- 
ed lege (Dublin) 
Bill. 


Court of 
Judicature 
(Prince of 
Wales Island, 
&amp;c.) Bill. 


Crown Suits 
Bill. 


Mortmain 
Bill. 


nerve 
arriages 
ill. 





19 Vicroria. 


The Yeas to the Right ; 
The Noes to the Left. 


Tellers for thef Mr. Stirling, } 65 
Yeas, UMr. Blackburn: ' 
Tellers for they Mr. Hayter, \ 84 
Noes, { Mr. Grenville Berkeley: J ~~ 


So it passed in the Negative. 
And the Question being put, That the words 
“ upon this day three months ”’ be added at the end 
of the Question :—It was resolved in the Affirma- 
tive. 
Then the main Question, so amended, being put ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon this day three months. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to 
take into consideration the Treasurers of Counties 
(Zreland) Bill, as amended in the Committee. | 

Ordered, That the bill be read the third time To- | 


morrow. 





The House, according to Order, proceeded to 
take into consideration the Amendments made by 
the Lords to the Friendly Societies Bill; and the 
same were twice read, and, with Amendments to 
several of them, agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Clerk 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 Order of the day being read, for taking into 
consideration the Amendments made by the Lords | 
to the Weights and Measures Bill ; 

Ordered, That the said Amendments be taken into | 
consideration upon Friday next. 


The Trinity College (Dublin) Bill was, according 
to Order, read a second time; and committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for To-morrow. 


The Court of Judicature (Prince of Wales Island, 
&amp;c.) Bill was, according to Order, read a second 
time ; and committed to a Committee of the whole 
House, for Thursday next. 


The Crown Suits Bill was, according to Order, 
read a second time; and committed to a Committee 
of the whole House, for To-morrow, at Twelve o'clock. 


The Mortmain 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 amend the om relating to the 
Conveyance of Lands, and to certain Bequests for 
Charitable Uses. 

Ordered, ‘That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


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


Martis, 17° die Julii, 1855: 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming the 
Further Proceeding upon the third reading of the 
Dissenters’ Marriages Bill :—The House resumed the 
said Further Proceeding. 

A Clause (Notice of marriage without license to 
be affixed in Superintendent Registrar’s Office), was 
thrice read ; and added to the Bill. 

Another Clause (When neither party reside in 
district where marriage is to be solemnized, Super- 
intendent Registrar to grant license to solemnize 
marriage in registered building stated in Notice), 
was thrice read; and added to the Bill. 

Another Clause (Marriages to be solemnized in 
the presence of the Superintendent Registrar or his 
Deputies), was thrice read ; and added to the Bill. 





16°—17° Julit. 383 


Another Clause (Registrar General to furnish to 
Secretary of Synagogue marriage register books and 
forms), was thrice read; and added to the Bill. 

Then Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the - 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Civil Service 
of Her Majesty, that She will. be graciously pleased Commission. 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Copies of the Queen’s Letter or Treasury 
Minute in 1853, nominating and appointing a Com- 
mission to inquire into the Organization of the Per- 
manent Civil Service :—Of any Instructions given 
for the guidance of such Commission :—And, Return 
in detail of all Expenses incurred by the Commis- 
sioners connected with said 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. 


Ordered, That the Report from the Select Com- Office of 
mittee on the Office of Speaker, be taken into con- Speaker. 
sideration upon Thursday next. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Vaccination. 


| to provide for the Vaccination of the People in Eng- 
Yr. 


land and Wales: And that Mr. Brady and 
Montagu Chambers do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to Court of Chan- 
alter the Constitution, Procedure and Practice, in- °tY (Ireland.) 
crease the Powers of, and diminish the Expense of 
Proceedings in the Court of Chancery in Jreland, and 
to discontinue the Incumbered Estates Court: And 
that Mr. Solicitor General for Zreland, Mr. Attorney 
General for Jreland and Mr. Horsman do prepare, 
and bring it in. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being put, Mere Hospital. 
That an humble Address be presented to Her Ma- 
jesty, that She will be graciously pleased to give di- 
rections, that there be laid before this House, Copies 
of the Decree made by the late Master of the Rolls, 
directing the Reverend R. Pretyman to refund the 
sum of £.13,147, which he had appropriated to 
himself from the Funds of Mere Hospital :—Of the 
Document hy which the payment of the above sum 
was compromised for a sum of £.1,000, payable at 
the Death of the Reverend R. Pretyman setae 
of the manner in which the Costs of the Suit, amount- 
ing to £.1,888.4s.1d., have been paid :—Of the 
different descriptions of Ecclesiastical Preferment 
held by the Reverend R. Pretyman at the time of 
the said compromise, and which he now holds, and 
the annual value thereof :— And, of the Value of the 
Property of the said Hospital at the time of such 
Decree, and at the present time, and the mode in 
which such Property was then and is now applied :— 
It passed in the Negative. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being put, Saint Cross 
That there be laid before this House, a Return of Hospital. 
Amount of Costs, Charges and Expenses incurred by 
the Relator in the Suit relating to Saint Cross Hos- 
pital, from the time of filing the Information to the 
present time, specifying for what incurred, to whom 
and by whom paid ; also of the Names of the Counsel 
retained for the Relator, the Amount of Fees paid to 
each, and the Number of Days each Counsel attended 
in Court on the said Suit —It passed in the Negative. 


The Powers under Improvements Acts Regulation Powers under 
Bill was read the first time ; and ordered to be read a J™provements 
second time upon Wednesday next ; and to be printed. jg¢ion Bill. 


Bill 250. 
Mr. Solicitor General for Zreland presented a Bill Court of Chan- 


to alter the Constitution, Procedure and Practice, — (Ireland) 
increase the Powers of, and diminish the Expense Bill 251 





OL. 110. 


of Proceedings in, the Court of Chancery in Jreland, 
3c4 and 





384 


and to discontinue the Incumbered Estates Court : 
And the same was read the first time; and ordered 
to be read a second time upon this day three months ; 
and to be printed. 


CourtofChane Mr. Wilson 
— Sav of an Act of 
of the Court of Chancery of the County Palatine of 


resented, pursuant to the directions 
Feilienent tiene of General Orders 


Lancaster. 
Lancaster, July 1855. 
Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the Table. 
Vesdnation Mr. Brady presented a Bill to provide for the 


; Vaccination of the People in England and Wales: 
Bill 252. And the same was read the first time ; and ordered 
to be read a second time upon this day three months ; 
and to be printed. 


Burial- Ordered, That the Amendments made by the Lords 
ae &gt; to the Burial-grounds (Scotland) Bill, be taken into 
om consideration upon Thursday next. 

ArmyClothing Mr. Peel presented,—Return to an Address to 
(Crimes.) © Her Majesty, dated the 23d day of February last, 
for a Return showing the Number and Description 
of Articles of Clothing supplied from this Count 
by the Government since the 1st day of October 
1854, for the Troops serving in the Crimea; by 
what Department contracted Wy the Price of eac 
Article ; how supplied, by Public Tender, or other- 
wise ; ‘the Names of the Parties supplying the same, 
whether completed within the given time or not; if 
not, whether the usual Fine for non-performance or 
delay has been levied or not. 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 
11th day of June last, for a Return of the Number 
of Sick Soldiers admitted into the Hospital at Smyrna, 
from the period of its Establishment to the termina- 
tion of the last Quarter ; with the Number of Deaths 
in the same Hospital during the same time. 

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


And then the House, having continued to sit till 
One of the clock on Tuesday morning, ad- 
journed till this day. 


Smyrne 


Hospital. 





Martis, 17° die Julii; 
Anno 19° Victoria Regine, 1855. 


PRAYERS. 


RDERED, That all Committees have leave 
to sit this day, during the sitting of the House. 


Committees. 


Gateshead 
and Hexham 
Roads Bill. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Gates- 
head and Hexham Roads Bill; and the same were 
twice read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the Amendments made by their Lord- 
ships. 


Portsmouth 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Railway Bill. 


the Amendments made by the Lords to the Ports- 
mouth Railway Bill; and the same were twice read, 
and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Loris; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed tu the Amendments made by their Lord- 
ships. 


Shrewsbury 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Improvement 


the Amendments made by the Lords to the Shrews- 
bury Improvement Bill; and the same were twice 
read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the Amendments made by their Lord- 


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A, 1855. 


Hammonds Estate Bill was read the third time. 





Hammond’s 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. Estate Bill. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the same, without Amendment. 
Livesey’s Blackburn Estate Bill was read the Livesey's 
third time. Blackburn 
Estate Bill. 


Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the same, without Amendment. 


Jenkins’ Estate Bill was read a second time ; and Jenkins’ 
committed. Estate Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


r tang er the Return relative to Convict Convict 
risons (Jreland), which was presented upon the Prisons 
28th day of June last, be valntel. ve saromage- 
No. 392, 
Ordered, That the Return relative to County County Courts. 
Courts, which was presented upon the 16th day of No. 397. 


ry | this instant July, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to County Trea- County 
surers, which was presented upon the 16th day of : 
this instant July, be printed. No. 398. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Army Cloth- army Clothing 
ing (Crimea), which was presented upon 16th (Crimea. ) ( 
day of this instant July, be printed. No, 399. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Smyrna Smyrna 
Hospital, which was presented upon the 16th day of Hospital. 
this instant July, be printed. No. 400. } 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Crown Suits 
into a Committee on the Crown Suits Bill; and, Bil 
after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed 
the Chair; and Mr. FitzRoy 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 Public Health 
into a Committee on the Public Health Bill; and, Bill. 
after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker re- Bill 253. 
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 
— of the whole House, for this day three 
months, 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Metropolitan 
into a Committee on the Metropolitan Buildings Buildings Bil. 
Bill. 

(In the Committee.) 


Cravuses, N* 1 to N° 58, with Amendments to 
several of them, agreed to. 

Cravuse, N° 59 (Power to Board to appoint archi- 
tect). 

An Amendment made. 

Another Amendment proposed, in p. 20, 1. 82: 
After the word “ architect” to leave out the words 
“ or to follow any other occupation.” 

Questivn proposed, That the words proposed to 
be leit out, stand part of the Clause ; 

Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 

Clause, as amended, agreed to. 

Cuavuse, N° 60, amended, and agreed to. 
Cause, N° 61, agreed to. 

Cause, N° 62 (Power of Metropolitan Board to 
pay salaries). ; 

Amendment proposed, in p. 21,1. 7: After the 
word “ surveyor” to insert the words “ who shall 










ships. 


“ hereafter be appointed.” 








_ Question 











19 Vicroriz. 


Question proposed, That those words be there in- 
serted ; 

Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 

An Amendment made. 

Clause, as amended, agreed to. 

Cravses, N° 63 to N° 65, agreed to. 

Cxravses, N° 66 and N° 67, amended, and agreed 
to. 

Crausss, N° 68 and N° 69, agreed to. 

Cause, N° 70, amended, and agreed to. 

Cause, N° 71, disagreed to. 

Cxausss, N° 72 to N° 94, with Amendments to 
several of them, agreed to. 

Crausz, N° 95, disagreed to. 

Crauses, N° 96 to N° 111, with Amendments to 
several of them, agreed to. 

Clause added. 


To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Fitz Roy 
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. 





Insolvency and The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
Bankruptcy mittee on the Insolvency and Bankruptcy (Scotland) 
(Scotland) Bill. Bill; 
Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


Standing Mr. Henley reported from the Select Committee 

Orders. on Standing Orders, several Resolutions ; which were 
read, as follow: 

Inverness 1. That in the case of the Inverness Bridge Bill, 

Bridge Bill. the Standing Orders ought to be dispensed with; 
that the Parties be permitted to proceed with their 
Bill. 

Merton College 2. That in the case of the Merton College Estate 

Estate Bill, Bill, the Standing Orders ought to be dispensed 
with ; that the Parties be permitted to proceed with 
their Bill. 

The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 

were agreed to. 

Inverness Ordered, That the Inverness Bridge Bill be read 

Bridge Bill, a second time. 

Merton College © Ordered, That the Merton College Estate Bill be 

Estate Bill. read a second time. 

Placesof Reli- Ordered, That the Amendments made by the 


gious Worship Lords to the Places of Religious Worship Regis- 


ee tration Bill be taken into consideration To-morrow. 
Public Petitions relating to Building Societies ;—Cam- 
Petitions. bridge University Bill ;—Church Rates ;—Mines ;— 
Vide Fifty. lea, Coffee and Sugar;— Insolvency and Bank- 


sixth Report. ruptcy (Scotland) Bill ;—Intoxicating Liquors ;— 
Medical Officers (Navy) ;—Medical Profession Bill ; 
— Metropolis Local Management Bill; — Sale of 
Beer Act (1854) ;—and, War with Russia,—were 
- and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
able. 


pong a so The following Paper was laid upon the Table 
cery (Ireland.) by the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, 
dated the 17th day of May last, for Returns 
from the Offices of each of the Masters in Ordi- 
nary of the Court of Chancery in Jreland, of the 
Number of Cause Petition Cases under the Court 
of Chancery (Ireland) Regulation Act, 1850, re- 
ferred to each Master in each year, from the 14th 
day of August 1850 to the present time; distin- 
guishing, so far as it may be practicable to do so, 
the Cases under the 15th Section of such Act from 
the General Cause Petition Cases :—Of the Number 
Vo. 110, 


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385 


of Meetings had before each Master, in pursuance 
of Summonses or Notices, in the year ending the 
31st day of December 1854, distinguishing those 
in the Long and Short Cause Lists, and also distin- 
guishing those generally denominated Receivers’ 
Business from the General Business; and of the 
Number of Orders made by each Master on Re- 
ceivership Business :—Of the Number of Cases dis- 
tinguished as Long Causes heard by each Master, 
in the year ending the 31st day of December 1854 : 
—Of the Number of Receivers, Sequestrators, 
Guardians of Minors and Committees of Lunatics, 
at present managing Estates under the authority of 
the Court of Chancery in Jreland, the Business 
whereof is attached to the Office of each Master ; 
and the Number of Receivers’ Accounts passed in 
the Office of each Master, in the year ending the 
31st day of December 1854; also, of the Number 
of Meetings before each Master on Receivers’ State- 
ments within said year :—Return from the Office of 
Receiver Master of the Court of Chancery (Ireland), 
showing the Number of Receivers appointed by him 
over Estates in each year, from the 10th day of Au- 
gust 1851 to the date of this Return :—Return from 
the Registrar’s Office of said Court of Chancery 
(Ireland), specifying the Number of Reports made 
by each Master in the year ending the 31st day of 
December 1854 ; distinguishing Reports on Recei- 
vership Business from those on General Business :-— 
And, a like Return, specifying the Number of Orders 
made by each Master in said Period. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee on the Zon- London Writ 
don Writ have Power to report the Minutes of the —_ 

‘ port. ) 
Evidence taken before them. No. 401 

Mr. Walpole reported from the said Select Com- es 
mittee ; That they had further considered the matters 
to them referred; and directed him to make a Re- 
port thereof to the House, together with the Minutes 
of the Evidence taken before them. 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Spirits 
Return of the Number of Gallons of Foreign and (Seotland.) 
Colonial Spirits cleared for Home Consumption in 
Scotland in each Month of the last Five years ending 
on the 1st day of July 1855, and of the Number of 
Gallons of British Spirits so cleared in each Period 
of Six Weeks during the same time. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Annexation of 
Copies of a Treaty between Ramchund Rao, Souba- 352%. 
dar of Jhansi, and the British Government, conclu- 
ded in the year 1817 :—And, of all Reports and 
Correspondence relative to the Annexation of the 
Territory of Jhansi to the british Territories. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Navy _ 
Return of all Promotions in the Navy on Death Va- Promotions. 
cancies on Foreign Stations, stating the Names and 
Services in each previous Rank of every Officer so 
promoted, from the 1st day of January 1853 to the 
present time. 


Mr. Horsman presented,—Return to an Order, Towns Im- 
dated the 4th day of June last, for a Return showing Proven" 4 y 
pie } = ct (Ireland. )} 
the Towns in /reland that have elected Town Com- 
missioners under the Provisions of the Towns Im- 
provement Act of last Session, stating the Names 
and Qualifications (as required by the Act) of cach 
Commissioner, and stating in what instances the 
Lord Chancellor of Zreland has appointed the Chair- 
man of such Commissions a Justice of the Peace for 
the Town, and in what instances, if any, he has ap- 
pointed a Commissioner, not being Chairman; and 
in what instances he has not appointed any Com- 
missioner a Justice of the Peace for the ‘lown as 
authorized by the Act. 
Ordered, ‘That the said Return do lie upon the 
Table. 
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386 


Sir Robert Peel presented,— Return to an Order, 
dated the 26th day of March last, for a Return 
showing the Kinds, Quantities and Cost of the In- 
toxicating Liquor purchased by the Government for 
the Royal Navy for each of the last Ten years, ending 
the 1st day of January 1855; also the Regulations 
in force during that Period by the Admiralty for the 
supply of such Spirits to all grades employed in Her 
Majesty’s Navy; together with the Number of Con- 
victions and Punishments during the same Period, 
year by year; and distinguishing the Cause of such 
Punishments, under the three Classes of—1. Drunk- 
enness ; 2. Drunkenness with other Crimes; 3. All 
other Offences. 

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


Spirits (Navy.) 


Turkish Loan. Viscount Palmerston presented, by Her Majesty’s 
Command,—-Copy of Convention between Her Ma- 
jesty, the Emperor of the French, and the Sultan, for 
the Guarantee of a Loan to be raised by the Sultan. 
Signed at London, June 27, 1855. 

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 


Table. 


A Motion being made, That this House will, upon 
Thursday next, resolve itself into a Committee to 
consider of the Convention between Her Majesty, 
his Majesty the Emperor of the French, and his 
Imperial Majesty the Sultan ; 

Viscount Palmerston, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand, acquainted the House, That Her Majesty, 
having been informed of the subject-matter of this 


Turkish Loan. 





* Motion, recommends it to the consideration of the 
House. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 
Message from Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That a Mes- 
| q , : 
the Lords. = sage had been brought from the Lords, by one of 
their Clerks, as followeth : 
Datouat The Lords have agreed to the Endowed Schools 
(ireland) Bill. Ireland Bill, without any Amendment: And also, 
Royal Medical The Lords have agreed to the Royal Medical 
Benevolent Benevolent College Bill, without any Amendment: 
College Bill. And also 
——- 
Londonderry The Lords have agreed to the Londonderry and 
and Coleraine Coleraine Railway Bill, without any Amendment : 
Railway Bill. hod olen 
—- 
Cavendish The Lords have agreed to the Cavendish Bridge 
Bridgeand and Hudland Ward Road Bill, without any Amend- 
Hulland Ward t: A d Is 
Road Bill. ment: nd aiso, 
Bolton and The Lords have agreed to the Amendments made 
a by this House to the Amendment made by their 
ome’ Lordships to the Bolton and Nightingales’ Road 
Bill, without any Amendment: And also, | 
Edinburgh The Lords have agreed to the Edinburgh Lands | 
Lands Bill. ill, with Amendments ; to which Amendments the | 
Lords desire the concurrence of this House: And | 
also, 
Youthful The Lords have agreed to the Youthful Offenders | 
Offenders (No. 2) Bill, with Amendments; to which Amend- | 


(No. 2) Bill. c 
ay ments the Lords desire the concurrence of this House : 


And also, 
The Lords have agreed to the Torquay District 
Chur:zhes Bill, with Amendments ; to which Amend- 


Torquay Dis- | 
trict Churches | 


_ ments the Lords desire the concurrence of this House : | 
And also, 
Oxford, ‘The Lords have agreed to the Oxford, Worcester | 
Worcester and and Wolverhampton Railway (Improvements and | 
vor?” Branches) Bill, with Amendments ; to which Amend- 
ton Railway Branches) Bill, with ; to which Amen 
(Improve- ments the Lords desire the concurrence of this House : 
Branches) Bill. And also, 
South Staf- The Lords have agreed to the South Staffordshire 
fordshire = Railway Bill, with Amendments ; to which Amend- 
Railway Bill. rents the Lords desire the concurrence of this House : 


And also, 





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A. 1855. 


The Lords have agreed to the Dearness Valley Dearness 
Railway Bill, with Amendments ; to which Amend- Valley Rail- 
ments the Lords desire the concurrence of this House : “*Y Bil 
And also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Incumbered 
to extend the Period for applying for a Sale under Estates (Ire- 
the Acts for facilitating the Sale and Transfer of In- - eae ral 
cumbered Estates in Jreland; to which the Lords Bill. 
desire the concurrence of this House: And also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Summer's 
to dissolve the Marriage of Morton Cornish Sumner, Divorce Bill. 
Esquire, with Penelope Rubina Maria his now Wife, 
and to enable the said Morton Cornish Sumner to 
marry again, and for other purposes therein men- 
tioned; to which the Lords desire the concurrence 
of this House: And also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Hadow’s 
to dissolve the Marriage of James Remington Ha- Divorce Bill. 
dow, merchant, with Jane Menzies his now Wite, 
and to enable him to marry again, and for other 
purposes ; to which the Lords desire the concurrence 
of this House: And also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Jones's 
to dissolve the Marriage of Edward Jones with Divorce Bill. 
Elizabeth Jones his now Wife, and to enable him to 
marry again, and for other purposes ; to which the 
Lords desire the concurrence of this House. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- Army 
posed, That this House, deeply lamenting the suffer- (Crimea. 
ings of our Army during the Winter Campaign in the 
Crimea, and coinciding with the Resolution of their 
Committee, that the conduct of the Administration 
was the first and chief cause of the calamities which 
befel that Army, do hereby visit with severe repre- 
hension every Member of that Cabinet whose Coun- 
sels led to such disastrous results. 

And the Previous Question being proposed, That 
that Question be now put:—And a Debate arising 
thereupon ; 


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


Mercurii, 18° die Julii, 1855: 


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


A Motion was made, and the Question was Assessed 
posed, That an humble Address be presented to Her a 


Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased to give ers’ Meetings. 
directions, that there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the Names of all Parishes, Villages or 
Hamlets which are a greater Distance than Seven 
Miles from the Place where the Commissioners of 
Assessed Taxes and Income and Property Tax 
usually hold their Meetings for the Division, with the 
Name of the Hundred or other Division as well as the 
County in which each is situated, the Amount of the 
Population of each Place, and the Distance that it is 
from the Place of Meeting :—And the said Motion 
was, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Foreign Hops. 
Return of the Quantity of Foreign Hops imported 
into the United Kingdom, and the Amount of Duty 
paid, for the years ending the 30th day of June 1853, 


1854 and 1855. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Church Rates. 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
| House, a Return of the Names of all Parishes in 
Cities or Parliamentary Boroughs in England and 
| Wales in which (during the last Fifteen years) Church 
| Rates have been refused, and since that refusal have 
ceased altogether to be collected ; specifying (1) the 
Population of each such Parish ; (2) the Number of 
Churches in it; (8) whether divided into Eccle- 
siastical Districts, and, if so, into how many. 
Ordered, 














19 Vicrorti2. 


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


Convention Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
with United to give effect to a Convention between Her Majesty 
Sutee and the United States of America: And that Mr. 
; Wilson and the Chancellor of the Exchequer do pre- 

pare, and bring it in. 


Nuisances Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
Removal, &amp;e. to consolidate and amend the Nuisances Removal 
(Ireland. ) and Diseases Prevention Acts, 1848 and 1849, so 
far as they relate to Jreland: And that Mr. Solicitor 
General for Jreland, Mr. Attorney General for Jre- | 
land and Mr. Horsman do prepare, and bring it in. 
Maynooth The Order of the day being read, for resuming the 


College. adjourned Debate on the Amendment which, upon 
the 1st day of May last, was proposed to be made 
to the Question, That this House do resolve itself 
into a Committee, for the purpose of considering the 
Acts for the Endowment of the College of Maynooth, 
with a view to the withdrawal of any Endowment 
out of the Consolidated Fund, due regard being had 
to vested rights or interests ; and which Amendment 
was, to leave out from the word “ considering ” to 
the end of the Question, in order to add the words 
“ all grants or endowments for ecclesiastical pur- 
“ poses, whether charged on the Consolidated Fund 

‘ or annually voted by Parliament, with a view to 

“ their withdrawal, due regard being had to vested 

“ rights or interests,” 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 a Motion being made, and the Question being 


wn 








put, That the Debate be now adjourned ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right; 

The Noes to the Left. a . 

Mr. Fagan, 

Tellers for the Yeas,{ 34 r. Vi i ent Scully: J 97. 
Tellers for the Noes,{ Mr — a } 88. | 
So it was resolved in the Affirmative. | 
And a Motion being made, and the Question | 

being put, That the Debate be adjourned till this day 

three months ; | 
The House divided. 
The Yeas to the Right ; 
The Noes to the Left. 
Tellers for the Yeas, Mi ed , 


vo] 
w 


+. {Mr. Spooner, 
Tellers for the Noes, Mr. Newdegate : 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 


—— — 
&gt; 
= 


Absconding The Order of the day being read, for the third 
Debtors reading of the Absconding Debtors (Ireland) Bill ; 
(Ireland) Bill. Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time | 


upon Thursday next. 


Downing- _ The House, according to Order, proceeded to take 

peti mr into consideration the Downing-sireet Public Offices 

sion Bill, £Xtension Bill, as amended in the Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon 


Thursday next. 


Lunatic Asy- The Lunatic Asylums Regulations Acts Amend- 


lums Regula- ment Bill was, according to Order, read the third 
tions Acts ad 


Amendment time. 
Bill. Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 


Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Sale of Spirits The Sale of Spirits (Jreland) Bill was, according 
(ireland) Bill. t) Order, read the third time. 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Vou. 110. 





| ordered to be read a second time. 


17°—18° Juli. 387 


Bill, in p. 2, 1. 9, by leaving out the word “ jurisdic- 
“ tion,” and inserting the word “ district” instead 
thereof. : 
And the Question being proposed, That the word 

“ jurisdiction” stand part of the Bill:—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 Colonel Dunne, , 
Yeas, Mr. Macartney : : oe 

Tellers for the; Mr. Hayter, 7. 
Noes, (Mr. Grenville Berkeley : } “2. 


So it passed in the Negative. 

And the Question being again proposed, That the 
word “ jurisdiction ” stand part of the Bill ; 

A Motion was made, and the Question being put, 
That this House do now adjourn :—It passed in the 
Negative. 

And the Question being put, That the word 
“ jurisdiction ” stand part of the Bill :—It passed in 
the Negative. 

And the Question being put, That the word “ dis- 
“ trict” he inserted instead thereof :—It was resolved 
in the Affirmative. 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made to 
the Bill, in p. 2,1. 11, by inserting, after the word 
“ shall,” the words “ by and with the sanction and 
“ authority of the justice or justices of the peace 
“ within whose jurisdiction such seizure shall have 
“ been made.” 

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. 2, 1. 18, by leaving out the words “‘ may 
“ either,” and inserting the word “shall” instead 
thereof. 

And the Question being put, That the words 
“ may either” stand part of the Bill :—It was re- 
solved in the Affirmative. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 


Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Treasurers of Counties (Ireland) Bill was, Treasurers 
according to Order, read the third time. of Counties 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. (ireland) Bill 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Trinity Col- 
into a Committee on the Trinity College (Dublin) lege (Dublin) 
Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker = 
resumed the Chair; and Mr. Fitz Roy 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- Insolvency and 
mittee on the Insolvency and Bankruptcy (Scotland) Bankruptcy 
Bill; (Scotland) Bill. 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The House was moved, That the several Acts im- Customs. 
posing Duties of Customs, might be read; and the 
same being read ; 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into a Committee to consider the said Acts. 


Hadow’s Divorce Bill was read the first time ; and Hadow’s 
Divorce Bill. 


Jones’s Divorce Bill was read the first time ; and Jones’s _ 
ordered to be read a second time. Divorce Bill. 


Sumner’s Divorce Bill was read the first time ; Sumner’s_ 
and ordered to be read a second time, Divorce Bill. 
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17°—18° Juliz. A. 1855. 
The Saint John’s College (Ozford) Estate Bill 


was read a secund time; and committed. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 


388 
The Incumbered Estates (Jreland) Acts Con- 


tinuance Bill was read the first time ; and ordered 


Incumbered 
Estates (Ire- 
land) Acts 


Saint John’s 
College (Ox. 
ford) Estate 
Bill. 


Continuance 
Bill. 

Bill 254, 
Convention 


with United 
States Bill. 


Bill 255. 


Nuisances 
Removal, &amp;c. 


(Ireland) Bill. 


Bill 256. 


Barrack Ac- 
commodation. 


Committees. 


East of Fife 
Railway Bill. 


Great North- 
ern London 
Cemetery Bill 


Farl of Aber- 
gavenny's 
Estate Bill. 


Ewing's 
Divorce Bill. 


to be read a second time upon Thursday next; and 
to be printed. 


Mr. Wilson presented a Bill to give effect to a 
Convention between Her Majesty and the United 
States of America: And the same was read the first 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time this 
day ; and to be printed. 


Mr. Solicitor General for Jreland presented a Bill 
to consolidate and amend the Nuisances Removal 
and Diseases Prevention Acts, 1848 and 1849, so far 
as they relate to 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. Peel presented,—Return to an Address to 
Her Majesty, dated the 12th day of this instant 
July, for Copy of the Report from an Official Com- 
mittee on Barrack Accommodation for the Army, 
with the Minutes of Evidence. 

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


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


Mercurii, 18° die Julii ; 
Anno 19° Victoria Regine, 18 55, 


PRAYERS, 
RDERED, That all Committees have leave 


to sit this day, during the sitting of the House. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the East of 
Fife Railway Bill; and the same were twice read, 
and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the Amendments made by their Lord- 
ships. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendment made by the Lords to the Great 
Northern London Cemetery Bill; and the same was 
twice read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the Amendment made by their Lord- 
ships. 


The Earl of Abergavenny’s Estate Bill was read 
a second time; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Ewing's 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 against the Bill, if 
the Parties concerned think fit to be heard by Coun- 
sel or produce Witnesses, 


Ordered, That a Message be sent to the Lords, to | 


request that their Lordships will be pleased to 
communicate to this House, a Copy of the Minutes 
of the Evidence taken before their Lordships in the 
case of the said Bill: And that the Clerk do carry 
the said Message 


mittee of Selection. 


second time To-morrow. 


Ordered, That the Inverness Bridge Bill be read 


a second time To-morrow. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take Standing 
into consideration the Report from the Select Com- Ord 


mittee on Standing Orders Revision; and the same 
was again read. 


Standing Order No. 8, was read, and repealed. 


8. A Motion was made, and the Question being put, 
That the Committee on every opposed Private Bill 
(not being a Railway, Canal or Divorce Bill), or 
Group of Bills, shall be composed of a Chairman 
and Four Members not locally or otherwise inter- 
ested in the Bill or Bills in progress, to be appointed 
by the Committee of Selection ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right; 

The Noes to the Left. 

Tellers for the {Sir William Heathcote, 

Yeas, Mr. Sotheron : 

Tellers for the) Mr. Spooner, 

Noes, Mr. Brotherton : 
So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 


80. 


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Standing Order No. 15, was read, and repealed. 


15. Resolved, In cases of Bills included in the 
Second Class, and of Bills of the First Class, in 
respect to which Plans are required to be deposited, 
such Notices shall also contain a description of all 
the Termini, together with the Names of the Pa- 
rishes, Townships, Townlands and Extra-parochial 
places from, in, through, or into which the Work is 
intended to be made, maintained, varied, extended 
or enlarged, and shall state the time and place of 
deposit of the Plans, Sections, Books of Reference 
and Copies of the Gazette Notice respectively, with 
the Clerks of the Peace, Sheriff Clerks, Parish 
Clerks, Schoolmasters, Session Clerks, Town Clerks 
and Clerks of Unions, as the case may be, (See 
Nos, 28, 34 and 35.) 


Standing Order No. 53, was read, and repealed. 


53. Resolved, If any alteration be intended in the 
water level of any canal, or in the level or rate of 
inclination of any turnpike-road, public carriage- 
road or Railway, which will be crossed by the line 
of Railway, then the same shall be stated on the 
| said Section, and each alteration shall be numbered ; 
| and Cross Sections, in reference to the said numbers, 

on a horizontal scale of not less than one inch to 
every 330 feet, and on a vertical scale of not less 
than one inch to every 40 feet, shall be added, 
| which shall show the present surface of such Canal, 
| Road or Railway, and the intended surface thereof 
| when altered ; and the greatest of the present and 
intended rates of inclination of such Road or Rail- 
way shall also be marked in figures thereon; and 
| where any public carriage-road is crossed on the 
level, and the level of such road remains unaltered, 
'a Cross Section of such road shall also be added; 
jand all such Cross Sections shall extend for 200 
yards on each side of the centre line of the Railway. 
(See Fig. 4.) ° 

Standing Order No. 90, was read, and repealed. 

90. Resolved, The Committee of Selection shall 
refer every opposed Private Bill which shall have 
been referred to them, or any Group of such Bills, 


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otherwise interested therein, 








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Standing Order No. 96, was read, and repealed. 


96. Resolved, The Committee of Selection shall, 
subject to the order in regard to the interval between 
the Second Reading of every Private Bill and the 
Sitting of the Committee thereupon, fix the time for 
‘holding the First Sitting of every Committee on a 
Private Bill which shall have been referred either to 
the said Committee, or the General Committee on 
Railway and Canal Bills. 


Standing Order No. 98, was read, and repealed. 


98. Resolved, Each Member of a Committee on 
‘an opposed Private Bili, 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 
relating 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 No. 99, was read, and repealed. 


99. Resolved, Committees shall be allowed to pro- 
ceed if Three of the Five Members shall be present, 
but not with a less number, unless by special leave 
of the House. 


Standing Order No. 100, was read, and repealed. 


100, Resolved, So soon after the expiration of 
Ten Minutes after the time appointed for the First 
Sitting of a Committee on an opposed Private Bill, 
not being a Railway or Canal Bill, as there shall be 
present at least Zhree of the [ive Members ap- 
pointed to serve on such Committee, provided that 
‘all the said Five Members shall have duly signed 
and delivered in the Declaration as_ hereinbefore 
provided, the Chairman shall proceed to take the 
Chair of the Committee. 


Standing Order No. 101, was read, and repealed. 


101. Resolved, No Member of a Committee on 
‘an opposed Private Bill shall absent himself from his 
duties thereon, except in the case of sickness, or by 
order of the House. 


Standing Order No. 102, was read, and repealed. 


102. Resolved, If the Chairman shall be absent 
from the Committee, the Member next in rotation 
on the List of Members who shall be present shall 
act as Chairman. 


Standing Order No. 103, was read, and repealed. 


103. Resolved, If at any time during the sitting 
of any Committee, 7'hree at least of the Members shall 
not be present, the Chairman shall suspend the pro- 
ceedings of such Committee until Jhree at least 
shall be present; and if at the expiration of One 
Hour from the time fixed for the meeting of the 
Committee, or from the time when the Chairman 
shall so have suspended the proceedings, Three 
Members shall not be present, the Committee shall 
be adjourned to the next day on which the House 
shall sit, and then shall meet at the hour on which 
such Committee would have sat, had no such ad- 
journment taken place. | 





Standing Order No. 104, was read, and repealed. | 

104. Resolved, If any of the Members shall not | 
be present within One Hour after the time appointed | 
for the meeting of the Committee, or if any Member | 
shall absent himself from his duties on such Com- | 
mittee, every such Member shall be reported to the 
House at its next sitting. | 


Standing Order No. 107, was read, and repealed. | 


107. Resolved, The Committee on each Group of 
Bills shall take the Bill or Bills first into considera- 
Vou. 110. 


18° Juliz. 





589 


tion which shall have been named by the Committee 
of Selection, or by the General Committee on Rail- 
way and Canal Bills (see No. 88); and the Com- 
mittee shall, from time to time, appoint the day on 
which they will enter upon the consideration of each 
of the remaining Bills, and on which they will re- 
= the parties severally promoting or opposing 
the same to enter appearances; and Two clear 
Days’ notice, at the least, of such appointment, shall 
be sent by the Clerk attending the Committee to 
the Clerks in the Private Bill Office; and in case 
the Committee shall postpone the consideration of 
any Bill, the like notice shall be given of the day to 
which the same is postponed. 


Standing Order No. 108, was read, and repealed. 


108. Resolved, Every Committee on an opposed 
Private Bill shall report specially to the House the 
cause of any Adjournment over any day on which 
the House shall sit. 


Standing Order Ne. 117, was read, and repealed. 


117. Resolved, No Member added in respect of 
local representation to a Committee on any unop- 
posed Private Bill shall have a vote on any question 
that may arise, but every such Member shall be 
entitled to attend and take part in the proceedings 
of the Committee. 


Standing Order No. 132, was read, and repealed. 


132. Resolved, Where the level of any road shall 
Le altered in making any Railway, the ascent of 
any Turnpike-road, or of any Road in Jreland, so 
defined in the Railway Clauses Consolidation Act, 
1845, shall not be more than One foot in 30 feet, 
and of any other public carriage-road not more than 
One foot in 20 feet, unless a Report thereupon from 
some other Officer of the Board of ‘Trade shall be 
laid before the Committee on the Bill, and unless 
the Committee, after considering such Report, and 
examining such Officer, if they shall disagree with the 
said Report, shall recommend steeper ascents, with 
the reasons and facts upon which their opinion is 
founded: Also, a good and sufficient fence, of Four 
feet high at the least, shall be made on each side of 
every Bridge which shall be erected. 


Standing Order No. 133, was read, and repealed. 


133. Resolved, No Railway whereon carriages are 
propelled by steam, or by atmospheric agency, or 
drawn by ropes in connexion with a stationary steam- 
engine, shall be made across any turnpike-road or 
other public carriage-way on the level, unless a Re- 
port thereupon from some Officer of the Board of 
Trade shall be laid before the Committee on the Bill, 
and unless the Committee, after considering such 
Report, and examining such Officer, if they shall 
disagree with the said Report, shall recommend such 
level crossing, with the reasons and facts upon which 
their opinion is founded ; and in every clause autho- 
rizing a level crossing, the number of lines of rails 
authorized to be made at such crossing shall be 
specified. 


Paragraph 7, of Standing Order No. 135, was 
read, and repealed. 


7. Resolved, Whether any Report from the Board 
of Trade in regard to the Bill, or the objects thereby 
proposed to be authorized, has been referred by the 


| House to the Committee, and if so, whether any and 


what recommendations contained in such Report 
have been adopted by the Committee, and whether 
any and what recommendations contained in such 
Report have been rejected. 


Standing Order No. 136, was read, and repealed. 
136. Resolved, It shall be an Instruction to the 


| Committee on every Railway Bill providing for 


the construction of any new Railway, or for the ex- 
tension of time for the completion of any Railway, 
in case they shall find the Preamble thereof to be 

3D3 proved, 


































































390 


proved, to insert in the Bill one or other of 
visions 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 authorized 
is extended, a Clause providing that after the expi- | 
ration of a period to be limited by such Bill, not ex- | 
ceeding 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 pay- | 
ment of any dividend on the ordinary and unguaran- 
teed 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 Railway 
already opened for public traffic, 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 E'ng- 
land {or with the Court of Exchequer in Scotland, | 
or the Court of Chancery in Jre/and, us the case may 
be], [or Exchequer Bills, Stocks or Funds to the 
amount of £. have been de- 
posited or transferred pursuant to the said Act, as the 
ease may be], in respect of the application to Par- 
liament for this Act: Be it enacted, That, notwith- | 
standing 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 in- 
terest or dividends of such sum of money [ Exchequer 
Biils, Stocks or Funds], shall not, except upon the 
execution and deposit of such bond as hereinafter | 
mentioned, be paid or transferred to or on the appli- 
cation 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 survi- 
vor of them, unless the said Company shall, pre- 
viously to the expiration of the period limited by this 
Act for completion of the Railway hereby authorized 
to be made, either open the said Railway for the 
public conveyance of passengers, 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 Company 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 aniount to such one-half of the said capital ; and 
if the said period shall expire before the said Com- 
pany shall either have opened the said Railway for 
the public conveyance of passengers, 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 divi- 
dends thereof, shall immediately, from and after the 
expiration of the said period, be forfeited to Her 
Majesty, and be paid and transferred by the ofticer 
or person in whose name they shall then be deposited 
or invested to the account of Her Maje-ty’s Exche- 
quer, and when so paid and transferred shall be 


the pro- 


18° Juliz. 


carried to and form part of the Consolidated Fund | 


of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Jre- 
land: Provided, That at any time after the passing 
of this Act, if a bond in twice the amount of the said 
sum of £. shall 
have been executed by the said Company, with one 


or more sureties (such bond to be prepared to the | 








A. 1855. 


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 dividends thereof, shall be paid [or trans- 
ferred] to or on the application of the person or per- 
sons, or the majority of the persons, named in such 
warrant or order as aforesaid, 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 moneys 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 asaforesaid. Andthe 
certificate of the said Solicitor to the said Lords Com- 
missioners that such bond has been executed 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. 


In any Railway Bill to which the preceding pro- 
visions are not applicable, the Committee shall make 
such other provision as they shall deem necessary for 
ensuring the completion of the Line of Railway. 


162 A. Resolved, All Private Bills which have 
been ordered to be brought in shall be presented to 
the House by depositing the same in the Private Bill 
Office, and shall be laid, by one of the Clerks of 
that Office, on the Table of the House for First 
Reading, together with a list of such Bills. 


Standing Order No. 164, was read, and repealed. 


164. Resolved, No Petition for additional Provi- 
sion in any Private Bill will be received by this 
House unless a printed copy of the proposed Clauses 
be annexed thereto. 

Standing Order No. 1¢8, was read, and repealed. 

168. Resolved, Every Private Bill, printed on paper 
of a size to be deterrained upon by Mr. Speaker, 
shall be presented to the House, with a cover of parch- 
ment attached to it, upon which the Title of the Bill 
is to be written; and the short Title of the Bill, as 
first entered on the Votes, shall correspond with that 
at the head of the Advertisement. 

Standing Order No. 174, was read, and repealed. 

174. Resolved, In cases where the Second or Third 
Reading of a Private Bill, or the consideration of a 
Bill as amended by the Committee, or any proposed 
Clause or Amendment, is opposed, the same shall be 
postponed until the day on which the House shall 
next sit. 

Standing Order No. 179, was read, and repealed. 

179. Resolved, In the case of Railway Bills, if 
any Report made under the authority of the Board 
of Trade upon any Bill, or the objects thereof, be 
laid before the House, such Report shall be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill. 


Standing Order No. 180, was read, and repealed. 


180. Resolved, The Report upon every Private Bill 
shall lie upon the Table ; and the Bill, if amended 
in 

















19 VicrorizZ. 18° Juliz. 391 


in Committee, or a Railway Bill, when reported, shall | is sent to the Lords, be examined by the Clerks in 
be ordered to lie upon the Table; and every other | the Private Bill Office with the Bill, as read a Third 
Bill, when reported, shall be ordered to be read a | time; and the Examining Clerks shall indorse thereon 
Third time. a certificate of such examination. 
Standing Order No. 185, was transposed, and Ordered, That the said Resolutions be Standing 
S Orders of this House. 

placed after No. 181. Ovder - : ' 

: ; rdered, That the Standing Orders of this House 

186 A. Resolved, Every Private Bill, after it has | pe printed. : 

been read a Third time, shall be printed fair, at the 
expense of the parties applying for the same. Petitions relating to Marriage Law Amendment Public 
Standing Order No. 190, was read, and repealed. | Bill ;— Maynooth College Act ;—Accidents on Rail- Petitions. 
| ways Bill;—Bleaching, &amp;c. Works Bill ;—Intoxi- yiae Fifty- 
cating Liquors ;— Medical Profession Bill ;—Postal sixth Report. 
Communication (Rush, &amp;c.) ;-—Public-houses (Scot- 
land) Act ;—Tenants’ Improvements Compensation 


190. Resolved, Each day, so soon as the House 
shall be ready to proceed ‘to Private Business, the 
Clerk at the Table shall read from the Private Busi- 
ness List, and from the List of Bills presented for . . ’ : 

First Reading (see Order 162 A), the Isles of the | (Z7eland) Bill ;—and, War with Russia,—were pre- 
several Bills set down therein, according to their sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
precedence, as arranged under the following heads :— | Table. 


1, Consideration of Lords’ Amendments ; Ordered, That the Paper relative to Powers vested Powers vested 


9 Thir adinge + ° ° ° . : 
Po se oe f Bills ordered to li the | 2 Companies for the Improvement of Land, which ™ a 
- Tabl eration of Duis ordered to he upon the | was communicated from the Lords upon the 6th day poothensincor 
_ es ; of this instant July, be printed. Land. 
Second Reading ; , 

= +. . baa | No. 403. 
5. First Reading ; | 





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Ordered, That the Return relative to the Court of Court of Chan- 
Chancery (Ireland), which was presented upon the °¢?Y eland.) 
| 17th day of this instant July, be printed. No. 404, 


and if upon the reading of each such Title as afore- | 

said, no Motion shall be made with respect to such 

Private Bill, the further proceedings thereon shall be 

adjourned until the next sitting of the House. Ordered, That the Return relative to Barrack Barrack Ac- 
~ . r 20¢ : thie ee &gt;, 1%+h Commodation. 
Standing Order No. 202, was read, and repealed. Accommodation, which was presented upon the 17th 


oe | ee all eee dealt hy ah No. 405. 
202. Resolved, Except in the case of Name Bills | day of this instant July, be printed. 


and Estate Bills, as described in Order 178, and ex- | : ; 

cept in the case of Bills referred back to the Com- | The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Episcopal 

mittee of Selection as unopposed, Seven clear days’ | mittee on the Episcopal and Capitular Estates Bill ; = Capitular 
. : y % . oo ™L. = ere . . states Bill. 

notice shall be given by the Clerk to the Committee | Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 

of Selection, to the Clerks in the Private Bill Office, Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 

of the day and hour appointed for the meeting of 

the Committee on every Private Bill that shall have| The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Dwellings 

been referred either to the said Committee or the | mittee on the Dwellings for Labouring Classes (Jre- for Labouring 

General Committee on Railway and Canal Bills :— | Jand) Bill; ——— 

and in the case of such Name Bills and Estate Bills,| | And a Motion being made, and the Question being : , 

there shall be One clear day’s notice given of Com- | proposed, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the Chair ; 

mittee by the Clerk to the Committee of Selection :— | An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 

and in the case of Bills not referred to the Committee | Question, by leaving out from the word “That ” to 

of Selection, or the General Committee on Railwayand | the end of the Question, in order to add the words 

Canal Bills, Seven clear days’ notice, and in the case of | “ this House will, upon this day three months, resolve 

a re-committed Bill, Three clear days’ notice, shall be | “ itself into the said Committee,” instead thereof. 

given by the Agents for the Bill to the Clerks in the} = And the Question being proposed, That the 

Private Bill Office of the day and hour appointed | words proposed to be left out, stand part of the 

for the meeting of the Committee, and all the pro- Question 

ceedings of any Committee of which such notice 

shall not have been given shall be void. 





| A Member was sworn. A Member 





Standing Order No. 204, was read, and repealed. 





oy wa . And the Question being put, That the words Dwellings for 

204. Resolved, Notice in writing shall be given proposed to be left out, stand part of the Question ; Labouring 
by the Clerk to the Committee of Selection, to|” Phe House divided. Classes {ire- 
the Clerks in the Private Bill Office, of the post-| The Yeas to the Right ; land) Bill. 
ponement of the first meeting of any Committee on! ‘The Noes to the Left. - 


a Private Bill which shall have been referred either Tellers for the {Sir William Somerville 1 

to the said Committee, or the General Committee on Yeas i Hamilton : . 124, 
Railway and Canal Bills, on the day on which such | Tellers for the; Mr. M‘Mahon 

postponement is made ; and in the case of Bills not | Noes, { Colonel Greville: s 68. 


referred to the Committee of Selection, or the General | So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 
Committee on Railway and Canal Bills, One clear! Qydered, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 


takes the Oaths. 





day’s notice shall be given by the Agents for the Bill, 
and, in the case of Divorce Bills, either by the Agents 
or by the Clerk to the Select Committee on Divorce 
Bills, to the Clerks in the Private Bill Office, of 
such postponement. 


207 A. Resolved, Every Private Bill printed as 
amended in Committee (see Order 181), shall be 
examined by the Clerks in the Private Bill Office, 
with the Bill delivered in by the Committee Clerk, 
and the Examining Clerks shall indorse thereon a 
certificate of such examination. 


Standing Order No. 211, was read, and repealed. 


211. Resolved, Every Private Bill, after it has been 
printed fair (see 186 A), shall, before the same 
VoL. 110. 








Chair :—The House accordingly resolved itself into 
the Committee. 


(In the Committee.) 
Preamble postponed. 


Cause, N° 1 (Recovery of possession : Summary 
Jurisdiction Act to apply to dwellings, with or with- 
out small piece of land, held by agreement in 
writing). 

An Amendment made. 

Another Amendment proposed, in p. 2, l. 5: After 
the word “ month” to insert the words “ or at the 
“ will of the parties.” 

Question, That those words be there inserted 
——put, and negatived. 
3D4+ Another 




















































































Justices of 


Peace Qualifi- 


cation Bill. 


Bleaching, &amp;c. 


Works Bill. 


Grand Juries 
Bill. 


Acts of 
Parliament 
Amending 
Bill. 


Excise Duties 
Bill. 





392 


Another Amendment proposed, in p. 2, l. 7: To 
leave out “ Twenty” and insert ‘‘ Ten.” 

Question proposed, That “ Twenty ” stand part of 
the Clause ; 

Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 

Amendments made. 

Another Amendment proposed, in p. 2, 1. 15 : After 
the word “ tenement” to insert the words “ was 
“ built of stone or brick, or mortar and.” 

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 words ‘‘ and the walls inside be 
“ plastered.” 

Question, That those words be there added—— 
put, and negatived. 

Another Amendment proposed, in p. 2, 1. 17: To 
leave out the words “ a sufficient external window 
“ in each room, or end of the house, not less than 
‘« three feet high by two feet wide over.” 

Question, That the words proposed to be left out, 
stand part of the Clause put, and agreed to. 

Another Amendment proposed, in p. 2, 1. 30: Af- 
ter the word “ dwelling” to insert the words “ with 
“ his wife, child or servant, aged sixteen years or 
“ upwards.” 

Question, That those words be there inserted 
——put, and negatived. 
Other Amendments made. 
Clause, as amended, agreed to. 


CravuseE, N°2 (Recovery of rent: Justices may 
take an account of the rent due by tenant, and 
enforce payment in same manner as wages due by 
landlord). 

Amendment proposed, in p. 2, l. 36: After the 
word “ Justices” to insert the words “ not being in- 
“ terested in the said premises.” 

Question proposed, That those words be there 
inserted :—Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 

Another Amendment proposed, in p. 2, 1. 36: To 
leave out from the word “Justices” to the word 
“ which,” in 1. 38. 

Question, That the words proposed to be left out, 
stand part of the Clause put, and agreed to. 


To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 








Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; and Mr. FitzRoy 
reported, That the Committee had made Progress in 
the Bill; and that he was directed to move, That the 
Committee may have leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, again 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third 

reading of the Justices of Peace Qualification 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 Bleaching, &amp;e. Works Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Wednesday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Grand Juries 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 Acts of Parliament Amending Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Wednesday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 


mittee on the Excise Duties Rill; 
Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


18° Julzz. 


A. 1855. 
The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Tenants’ 


ompensation 


(Zreland) Bill ; (Ireland) Bill, 


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


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Union of 
mittee on the Union of contiguous Benefices Bill ; ee naar 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday a 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Charitable 
reading of the Charitable Trusts Bill ; Trusts Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Friday next. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to Slave Trade 
take into consideration the Slave Trade (Sherbro) (Sherbro) Bill 
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- 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 House, according to Order, resolved itself Chinese 
into a Committee on the Chinese Passenger Ships ream 
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 the second Powers under 
reading of the Powers under Improvements Acts a 
‘ , cts Regu- 
Regulation Bill ; lation Bill 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
To-morrow. 


The Crown Suits Bill was, according to Order, Crown Suits 
read the third time; and Amendments were made Bil. 
to the Bill. 

Resolced, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Places of Reli- 
consideration the Amendments made by the Lords to gious Worship 
the Places of Religious Worship Registration Bill ; — 
Ordered, That the said Amendments be taken into 


consideration To-morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Insolvency and 
j Bankruptc 
= on the Insolvency and Bankruptcy (Scotland) (Geotland) TL 
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. 


(In the Committee.) 


1. Resolved, That the Duties of Customs charge- 
able upon the following articles imported into Great 
Britain and Ireland shall cease and determine; 
viz. — 

Ammonia, liquid. 

sulphate of. 

Art, works of, in any metal. 

Potash, sulphate of. 

Soda, sulphate of. 
2. Resolved, That, in lieu of the Duties of Customs 
now chargeable on the undermentioned articles im- 








ported 


mittee on the Tenants’ Improvements Compensation {™Provements 





wit 
St 


M 
B 





Convention 
with United 
States Bill, 


Nuisances 
Removal 
Amendment 
Bill. 


Passengers 
Act Amend- 
ment Bill. 


Metropolis 
al Manage- 
ment Bill, 


Metropolitan 
ings Bill, 





19 Vicroriz. 18°—19° Juliz. 393 


ported into Great Britain and Ireland, the following | Metropolitan Buildings Bill, was read, and dis- 


Duties shall be charged :— charged. 
£. s. d.| Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 
Beer, spruce - -___~ the barrel | 110 —- | at Twelve o’clock, resolve itself into the said Com- 


Ginger, preserved, until the 5th day of April in- 
clusive, which shall first happen after the end 
of twelve months from the date of a definitive 


mittee. 








Treaty of Peace with Russia - thelb| - - 2 The Order for the House to resolve itself into a Criminal 
for the following twelve months after Committee, To-morrow, on the Criminal Justice Bill, Justice Bill 
such 5th day of April - - - thelb| - - 2 | 10. read. and discha d 
thereafter - - - - thelb | - - 13 - so ‘ 
Morphia and its salts - - -  thelb.| -10 — | Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
Yarn, Woollen or Worsted, called Berlin Wool next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


¢ ~— Yarn, and Woollen or Worsted 
arn of two or more threads. ? . P 
Scoured, bleached or po eT Gomi « « ¢ Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Public-houses 


Not scoured, bleached or coloured, the Ib. | - - 3 | for the Transfer of Licenses of Public-houses in Jre- (Ieland.) 
3. Resolved, That, in lieu of the Duties of Customs land: And that Mr. Wilson and the Chancellor of 


now chargeable on the undermentioned articles im- the Exchequer do prepare, and bring it in. 


ported into Great Britain and Ireland, the following | 
Duties shall be charged ; viz. :— 








A Motion being made, That this House will, To- Inverness 





£. s. d. | morrow, resolve itself into a Committee to consider Bridge 
Nutmegs, or other Spices, or admixtures thereof, of authorizing an Advance out of the Consolidated a. 
cen ound == tt the Ib, | - 1 = | Bund of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and 
ocoa Husks and Shells - - - thecwt.| - 2 - .2 : 
Prints and Drawings, admitted under Treaties Ireland, towards defray ing the expense of erecting a 
of International Copyright - -  thelb.| - - 1}| Bridge over the River Wess at Inverness ; 
or at the option of the importer— Sir Benjamin Hall, by Her Majesty’s Command, 
mae winodiies PP nis I | acquainted the House, That Her Majesty, having 
Musical Instruments; viz. * | been informed of the subject-matter of this Motion, 
Harmoniums and Seraphines - - each | - 12 — | recommends it to the consideration of the House. 








Resolved, That this House will, ‘To-morrow, resolve 


4. Resolved, That, in lieu of the ad valorem Duty Stuclf inte the cold Caunmaittes 


of Customs now charged upon the undermentioned | 


article imported into Great Britain and Ireland, as| ~ : : ' 
not being enumerated in the Tariff, the following | Mr. Wilson presented a Bill for the Transfer of Public-houses 


—— Licenses of Public-houses in Zreland: And the same (!eland) Bill. 
. . . = its | ie ie 
Duties of Customs shall be charged _— ‘was read the first time; and ordered to be read a __ Bill 257. 
Gites « « « « 2 | — 3 : second time To-morrow ; and to be printed. 


5. Resolved, That it is expedient to consolidate And then the House adjourned till To-morrew. 


the various Acts now in force imposing Duties of — = — = —_—~&gt; == 
Customs on goods, wares and merchandize imported 





_ = United Kingdom, so far as they relate to Jovis, 19° die Julii; 
suc uties. | ew: P P = 
6. Resolved, That it is expedient to consolidate Anno 19° Victorie Regine, 1855. 


certain Acts relating to the Customs, and otherwise) Prayers. 


to amend the Laws of the Customs. HE House proceeded to take into consideration Barrow 
Resolutions to be reported. the Amendments made by the Lords to the Harbour Bill. 
ene — _Barrow Harbour Bill; and the same were twice 
Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; and Mr. FitzRoy read, and agreed to. 
reported, That the Committee had come to several| Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 





Resolutions. Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow. , agreed to the Amendments made by their Lord- 
| ships. 
The Convention with the United States Bill was,|  , ; ; ; 
according. to Order, read a second time; and com- The House proceeded to take into consideration Birkenhead 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for To- the Amendments made by the Lords to the Birken- a 
morrow, head and Liverpool Docks (Trust Property of Bir- Pra “ey 
kenhead Dock Trustees, &amp;c.) Bill. Birkenhead 


The said Amendments, being read a second time Dock Trustees, 
(and it appearing that the Amendment to Clause 25 **) Bil 
was to make clear the intention of this House with 
‘regard to the payment of the Bonds and Interest 
therein mentioned out of the Borough Fund, as pro- 
vided by the 35th Clause of the Bill), were agreed to. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
i aoe Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
The Order for the House to resolve itself into a| aoreed to the Amendments made by their Lord- 
Committee To-morrow, at ‘Twelve o'clock, on the ships. 
Passengers Act Amendment Bill, was read, and dis- | 
charged. ; The House proceeded to take into consideration England 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, ‘the Amendments made by the Lords to the England and Ireland 
at Twelve o'clock, resolve itself into the said Com- and Jreland Improved Communication Bill; and the tia. 
mittee. same were twice read, and agreed to. tion Bill. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bilk to the 
The Order for reading the third time To-morrow, Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 


The Order for taking into consideration To-morrow, 
at Twelve o’clock, the Nuisances Removal Amend- 
ment Bill, as amended in the Committee, was read, 
and discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be taken into consideration 
upon Friday next, at Twelve o'clock. 


at Twelve o’clock, the Metropolis Local Management agreed to the Amendments made by their Lord- 
Bill, was read, and discharged. ships. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon 
Friday next, at Twelve o'clock. The House proceeded to take into consideration Furness 


the Amendments made by the Lords to the Furness Railway Bill. 
The Order for the House to resolve itself into a' Railway Bill; and the same were twice read, and 
Committee To-morrow, at Twelve o’clock, on the agreed to. 
Vou. 110. 3 E Ordered, 





























Liverpool 
Docks Bill. 


Inverness 
Bridge Bill. 


Marshall’s 
Charity Bill. 


Edinburgh 
Lands Bill. 


Youthful 
Offenders 
(No. 2) Bill. 


Public 
Petitions. 


Vide Fifty- 
sixth Report. 


Cholera 
Epidemic of 
1854, 


Militia 
(Ireland. ) 





394 19° Julie. A. 1855. 


Ordered, That the Clerk 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 Liverpool 
Docks Bill; and the same were twice read, and 
agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the Amendments made by their Lord- 
ships. 


The Jnverness Bridge Bill was, according to Order, 
read a second time; and committed to Mr. Wilson, 
the Lord Advocate, Sir William Molesworth, Mr. 
Henry Baillie, Mr. Alexander Matheson, Mr. Dun- 
can, Mr. Hayter, Mr. Brotherton, and Five Members 
to be added by the Committee of Selection. 

Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 

Ordered, That the Committee have leave to sit and 
proceed upon Monday next. 


Marshall's Charity Bill was, according to Order, 
read a second time; and committed. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 


mittee of Selection. 


Ordered, That the Amendments made by the 
Lords to the Edinburgh Lands Bill be taken into 
consideration To-morrow. 


Ordered, That the Amendments made by the 
Lords to the Youthful Offenders (No. 2) Bill be 


taken into consideration To-morrow. 


Petitions relating to Cambridge University Bill ;— 
Reverend C. C. Layard ;—Maynooth College Act; 
—Sunday Trading (Metropolis) Bill; —Excise Duties 
Bill; — Accidents on Railways Bill ;— Bleaching, 
&amp;e. Works Bill; — Education (Scotland) Bill; — 
Fisheries ( British Islands and France) Bill ;—Grand 
Juries (Ireland) Bill ;—Insolvency and Bankruptcy 
(Scotland) Bill ;—Intoxicating Liquors ;—Medical 
Officers (Navy) ;—Navigation Works (Jreland) Bill; 
—Dr. Edward Peithman;—Poor Law ;—Public- 
houses (Scotland) Act;—and, War with Russia,— 
were presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 

Petitions relating to the Sale of Beer Act (1854), 
—were also presented, and read; and referred to 
the Select Committee on the Sale of Beer, &amp;c. Act. 


The following Paper was laid upon the Table by | 


the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, dated 
the 4th day of this instant July, for a Return of all 
Documents published by the Government of India, 
under the Title “Selections from the Records of 
Government,” in a Tabular Form, as follows :— 





Title Name of Author, | Number 


s and Position in of 
of Work. | Ciyil Service, &amp;c. | Pages. 


Date Presidency 
of where 
Pablication.| Published. 




















Sir Benjamin Hall presented, by Her Majesty’s 
Command,—Copy of _ of the Committee for 
Scientific Inquiries of the Medical Council of the 
General Board of Health, in relation to the Cholera 
Epidemic of 1854 ; with Appendices. 


Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the | 


Table. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the Number of Volunteers given to the 
Line by each Militia Regiment in Jreland,-up to the 





30th day of June 1855; also of the Regiments who 
have given no Mento the Line; stating in each case 
the Effective Strength of the several Regiments, the 
Quota of Militiamen that ought to be furnished b 
each County, and the Number of Volunteers adh 
Corps ought to have furnished. 


Mr. Bouverie presented,—Return to an Order, Railways, 
dated the 30th day of January last, That the Return 
ordered on the 8th day of May last, of all Sums of 
Money expended or then due by the several Railway 
Companies, Proprietors or Shareholders in the United 
Kingdom, in obtaining Acts of Parliament for esta- 
blishing such Companies and their Undertakings, or 
subsequent thereto, and for Branches and Additions, 
or for purchasing other Railways, or amalgamating 
with Railways 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 par- 
ticularly including in such Sums, Costs, Charges and 
Expenses, all Legal Charges and Engineering Ex- 
penses of any kind; and showing what proportion 
of the said Sums, Costs, Charges and Expenses has 
been paid and borne out of Capital, and what part has 
to be paid and borne out of the Profits of the said 
Companies respectively, be made forthwith by the 
Railway Companies who have not already complied 
with that Order. 

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


The Order of the day being read, for resuming Army 
the adjourned Debate on the Question proposed upon (Ctimea.) 
the 17th day of this instant July, That the Question 
which was then proposed, “ That this House, deeply 
lamenting the sufferings of our Army during the 
Winter Campaign in the Crimea, and coinciding 
with the Resolution of their Committee, that the 
conduct of the Administration was the first and 
chief cause of the Calamities which befel that Army, 
do hereby visit with severe reprehension every Mem- 
ber of that Cabinet whose Counsels led to such dis- 
astrous results,” be now put ; 

And the Previous Question being again proposed, 
That that Question be now put:—The House re- 
sumed the said adjourned Debate. 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That a Mes- Message from 
sage had been brought from the Lords, by one of their he Lords. 
Clerks, as followeth : 

The Lords have agreed to the Dublin Carriage Dublin Car. 
Acts Amendment Bill, without any Amendment : Tiage Acts 
And also Amendment 

’ Bill. 


The Lords have agreed to the Christ Church Christ Church 
(Todmorden) Marriages Validity Bill, without any te oy 


Amendment: And also, Validity Bill. 
The Lords have agreed to the Mid Kent and Mid Kent and 








| North Kent Railway Bill, without any Amendment : North Kent 


| And also, Railway Bill. 
| The Lords have agreed to the Amendments made Cromarty 
by this House to the Cromarty Estate Bill, without Estate Bill. 
|any Amendment: And also, 
The Lords have agreed to the Amendments made Friendly __ 
| by this House to the Amendments made by their Societies Bill. 
| Lordships to the Friendly Societies Bill, without any 
| Amendment: And also, 
| The Lords have agreed to the Amendments made London _ 
‘by this House to the Amendments made by their oar 1 acre 
Lordships to the London Necropolis and National Sfausoleum 
| Mausoleum Bill, without any Amendment: And also, Bill. 

The Lords have agreed to the Amendment made Honiton 
by this House to the Amendment made by their Road Bul. 
Lordships to the Honiton Road Bill, without any 
Amendment: And also, 


The Lords have agreed to the Severn Valley Rail- Severn Valley 


way Bill, with Amendments; to which Amendments Railway Bil. 


the 





Somer 
Centr: 
way E 


Schoo! 
Applic 
Bill. 


Ledbu 
Prebe 


Halfor 
Estate 


Army 
(Crime 


Turkis 


Supply 


Stage | 
riage ] 
&amp;e. Bi 


Court | 
Judica 
(Prine 
Wales 
&amp;c.) B 


Trinity 
B 


Downi: 
treet. 
Offices 
tion Bi 











19 Vicroriaz. 19°—2 


the Lords desire the concurrence of this House: 
And also, 





Somerset — The Lords have agreed to the Somerset Central 
——” Railway Bill, with Amendments; to which Amend- 


ments the Lords desire the concurrence of this 
House: And also, 
School Grants, The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 


Security for to render more secure the Conditions upon which 

— Money is advanced out of the Patients Grant 
for the purposes of Education; to which the Lords 
desire the concurrence of this House: And also, 

Ledbury _ The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 

Prebend Bill. fy Ps rma ge the Corps of the Prebend or Portion 
of Netherall Ledbury, in the Diocese and County of 
Hereford, and for constituting the Living of Ledbury 
a Rectory with Cure of Souls, and for augmenting 
the Endowments thereof; to which the Lords desire 
the concurrence of this House: And also, 

—., The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 


for vesting the Freehold and Leasehold Estates 
comprised in the Residuary Gifts in the Will of 
Joseph Halford, Esquire, deceased, in Trustees, with 
Powers to sell, exchange and lease the same, and to 
purchase other Lands to be re-settled conformably to 
such Residuary Gifts; to which the Lords desire 
the concurrence of this House. 












0° Julia. 395 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to Burial- 
take into consideration the Amendments made by grounds (Scot- 
the Lords to the Burial-grounds (Scotland) Bill; *"® _ 
and the same were twice read, and agreed to. 
_ Ordered, That the Clerk 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- Partnership 
mittee on the Partnership Amendment Bill ; Amendment 
Resolved, That this Bhowes will, upon Monday - 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Limitea 
mittee on the Limited Liability Bill ; Liability 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 Accidents on 
reading of the Accidents on Railways Bill ; Railways Bill 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Thursday next. 


* The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Assay Offices 
mittee on the Assay Offices (York, &amp;c.) Abolition (York, &amp;c.) 
Bill; Abolition Bill. 

Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 
Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Incumbered 
reading of the Incumbered Estates (Ireland) Acts Estates (Ire- 
P . and) Acts 
Continuance Bill; Gantiememee 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time Bill 


upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Despatch 
mittee on the Despatch of Business (Court of Chan- of, Business 
a (Court of 
cery) Bill; ‘ Chancery) 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- Grand Juries 
mittee on the Grand Juries (/reland) (No. 2) Bill; (Ireland) | 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve (202) 5m. 
itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third Absconding 
reading of the Absconding Debtors (Zreland) Bill;. &gt; ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time this ("=") 5" 
day. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Office of 
consideration the Report from the Select Committee Speaker. 
on the Office of Speaker ; 

And a Motion being made, That the said Report 
be taken into consideration this day ; 

Viscount Palmerston, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand, acquainted the House, That Her Majesty, 
having been informed of the subject-matter of this 
Motion, gives Her Consent thereto, that the House 
may do therein as they shall think fit. 

Ordered, That the said Report be taken into con- 
sideration this day. 





Army And the Previous Question being again proposed, 
(Crimea.) § That that Question be now put; 
And the House having continued to sit till after 
Twelve of the clock on Friday morning ; 
Veneris, 20° die Julii, 1855: 
And the Previous Question being put, That that 
Question be now put ; 
The House divided. 
The Yeas to the Right; 
The Noes to the Left. 
Tellers for the! Sir William Jolliffe, YY 80 
Yeas,  |Colonel Taylor: — 
Tellers for thes Mr. Hayter, \ ag9 
Noes, Mr. Grenville Berkeley: 4 sata 
So it passed in the Negative. 
Turkish Loan. The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Turkish Loan ; 
Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 
Supply. The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Supply ; ; 
Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 
Stage Car- The House, according to Order, proceeded to take 
a into consideration the Stage Carriage Duties, &amp;c. 
‘ Bill, as amended in the Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time this 
day. 
Court of The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
ene into a Committee on the Court of Judicature (Prince 
Wales Island, Of Wales Island, &amp;c.) Bill; and, after some time 
fc.) Bill. spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and 
Mr. FitzRoy 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. 
Trinity Cole The Order of the day being read, for the third | 
pe (Dublin) reading of the Trinity College (Dublin) Bill ; | 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Monday next. 
Downing. The Downing-street Public Offices Extension Bill 
a was, according to Order, read the third time. 
tion Bill Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
' Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 
Von. 110. 





The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Ways and 
mittee of Ways and Means ; Means. 
Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


Mr. FitzRoy reported from the Committee on Customs. 
the Customs Acts, several Resolutions ; which were 
read, as follow: 
1. That the Duties of Customs chargeable upon 
the following articles imported into Great Britain 
and Ireland shall cease and determine ; viz.:— 
Ammonia, liquid. 
sulphate of. 
Art, works of, in any metal. 
Potash, sulphate of. 
Soda, sulphate of. 
3 E2+ 





2. That, 








Inverness 
Bridge 
[ Advance. ] 


396 


2. That, in lieu of the Duties of Customs now | j 
chargeable on the under-mentioned Articles imported 
into Great Brituin and Jreland, the following 
Duties shall be charged :— 








19°—40° Sulit. 


of Loan, to the Commissioners of Highland 
and Bridges, the sum of £. 3,000, out of the Conso- 
lidated Fund of the United Kingdom of Great 





A, 1855. 


esty’s Treasury be authorized to advance, by way 
oads 





rel ; * . d. | Britain and Ireland, towards defraying the expense 
r,spruee - - - - _ = the barre ~ | of erecting a Bridge over the Ri nver- 
Ginger, preserved, until the 5th day of April in- oan 8 8 e River Ness at 
clusive, which shall firet happen after the end ‘ . 
of twelve months from the date of a definitive Resolution to be reported. 
Treaty of Peace with Russia - thelb.| - - 2} 
for the following twelve months after Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. FitzRoy 
- uch ,~ da “4 April- - - _ = oe 4 reported, That the Committee had come to a Re- 


Morphia and its salts = - - - the lb. 

Yarn, Woollen or Worsted, called Berlin Wool 

or Zephir Yarn, and Woollen or Worsted 
Yarn of two or more threads, 

Scoured, bleached or coloured, _ the Ib. 

Not scoured, bleached or coloured, the Ib. 


3. That, in lieu of the Duties of Customs now 
chargeable on the under-mentioned articles imported 
into Great Britain and Ireland, the following 
Duties shall be charged ; viz. :— 


- - 6 





£. 38. d. 
Nutmegs, or other Spices, or admixtures thereof, 
— +: + - = lo? 
Cocoa Husks and Shells - - - thecwt.| - 2 - 
Prints and Drawings, admitted under Treaties 
of International Copyright - - thelb | - - 14 
——— or at the option of the importer— 
Single - = = -eah| - - i 

Bound - - - thedozen| - - lj 

Musical Instruments; viz. 
Harmoniums and Seraphines - -12 - 


4. That, in lieu of the ad valorem Duty of Cus- 
toms now charged upon the under-mentioned ar- 
ticle imported into Great Britain and Ireland, as 
not being enumerated in the Tariff, the following 
Duties of Customs shall be charged thereon :— 

£. 8. d, 
the Ib. | - 36 

5. That it is expedient to consolidate the various 
Acts now in force imposing Duties of Customs on 
goods, wares and merchandize imported into the 
United Kingdom, so far as they relate to such 
Duties. 

6. That it is expedient to consolidate certain Acts 
relating to the Customs, and otherwise to amend the 
Laws of the Customs. 

The first and second Resolutions, being read a 
second time, were agreed to. 

The third Resolution, being read a second time ; 

An Amendment was made thereunto, by leaving 
out “14d.” in that part of the Resolution relating 
to Copyright, “ or at the option of the Importer, 
single,’ and inserting “ $d.” instead thereof. 

And the said Resolution, so amended, was agreed 
to, as followeth : 

3. That, in lieu of the Duties of Customs now 
chargeable on the under-mentioned articles imported 
into Great Britain and Jreland, the rv serve 
Duties shall be charged ; viz. : 





each 


Chloroform = - 


| ft 
Nutmegs, or other Spices, or admixtures thereof, | 
ground - - - - - thelb | - 1 - 
Cocoa Husks and Shells - - - theewt.| - 2 - 
Prints and Drawings, admitted under Treaties | 
of International Copyright - the lb.| - = 14 


—— — or at the option of the importer— 
Single - - - - each | - 
Bound - - = the dozen | ~ i 
Musical Instruments ; viz. 
Harmoniums and Seraphines - -each|,-12 - 
Then the subsequent 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. FitzRoy, the 
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 Jnverness Bridge [ Advance. ] 


(In the Committee.) 
Resolved, That the Commissioners of Her Ma- 


into a Committee on the 


10 — | solution. 


Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Convention 
Dccenatinn with the United orang 
States Bill; and, after some time spent therein, 
Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Fitz Ro 
reported, That the Committee had gone throu 4 
the Bill; and directed him to report the same, with- 
out Amendment. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time this 


day. 


The Public-houses (Zreland) Bill was, according Public-houses 
to Order, read a second time; and committed to a (Ieland) Bill 
Committee of the whole House, for this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Dwellings 


mittee on the Dwellings for Labouring Classes (/re- + acy mg 
land) Bill; land) Bill, 


Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Excise Duties 
mittee on the Excise Duties Bill ; =. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 

next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being 
reading of the Slave Trade (Sherbro) Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
this day. 


read, for the third Slave Trade 
(Sherbro) Bill. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take Chinese 
into consideration the Chinese Passenger Ships oreo 4 
Bill, as amended in the Committee. — 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 

this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Powers under 
reading of the Powers under Improvements Acts yoo ag 
Regulation Bill ; lation Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 

upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Places of Reli- 
consideration the yw, Sts made by the Lords to Sou" a 
the Places of Religious Worship Registration Bill ; Bil, 
Ordered, That the said Amendments be taken into 
consideration this day. 


The Order for taking into consideration this day, Nuisances : 
at Twelve o'clock, the Nuisances Removal Amend- en 
ment Bill, as amended in the Committee, was read, Ri 
and discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be taken into consideration 


this day. 


The Order for reading the third time this day, at Metropolis 
Twelve o’clock, the Metropolis Local Management —— 
Bill, was read, and discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time this 


day. 


The Order for the House to resolve itself into a Passengers 
Committee this day, at Twelve o’clock, on the P: 
sengers Act Amendment Bill, was read, and dis- 
charged. 


_ Act Amend- 
ae ment Bill. 








Reso'ved, 





Pris 
Deb 


Inev 
Esta 
land 


Cus! 
Con 


Yeo 
Cor; 








li- 
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l- 





19°—20° Judit. 397 


Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve | Detachments or Troops, since they were respectively 
itself into the said Committee. embodied ; together with the Date of their Embo- 
diment. 

Metropolitan The Order for the House to resolve itself intoa| Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the- 
Buildings Bill. Committee this day, at ‘'welve o’clock, on the Me- | Table. 


tropolitan Buildings Bill, was read, and discharged. And then the House, having continued to sit 
esolved, That this House will, this day, resolve till Three of the clock on Friday morning 
itself into the said Committee. adjourned till this day. y ‘ 


19 Vicroriz. 


Prisoners for Resolved, That an humble Address be presented a 
Debt, &amp;e. to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased : , ” 
to give directions, that there be laid before this Veneris, 20° die Julii ; 
House, a Return of all Persons confined for Debt 
or Contempt of Court in the United Kingdom ; 
stating the Length of Time of Imprisonment, dis-| Prayers. 


tinguishing those detained for an indefinite from R. Duncan reported from the Select Com- papiic 
those remanded by Adjudication for a fixed Period ; M mittee on Public Petitions; That they had Petitions 
specifying the Amount of Debt in each case, and, | examined the Petitions presented upon the 16th, (Filty-sixth 
where practicable, the Amount of Costs; also the | 17th, 18th and 19th days of this instant July; and — 
Age of each Prisoner, and whether transferred from | had directed him to make a Report thereof to the 

other Prisors ; and, where practicable, the Terms! F{[ouse, 

of Confinement in them, and what are the chief | Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
impediments to an early release. | and be printed. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented - 
Her Majesty, by such Members of this House as are! The House proceeded to take into consideration pearness 
of Her Majesty's Most honourable Privy Council. | the Amendments made by the Lords to the Dearness Valley Rail- 

| Valley Railway Bill; and the same were twice read, ¥#Y Bill 








Anno 19° Victorie Regine, 1855. 





Incumbered Ordered, That there be laid before this House, | and agreed to. 
fates cue” Returns of the Names of all Persons appointed to! Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
mission. Situations as Clerks, Officers or otherwise, under | Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 


the authority of the Incumbered Estates (Zreland) | agreed to the Amendments made by their Lord- 
Commission, since the opening of the Court in the | ships. 
Month of October 1849; with the Date of their | 


Appointment respectively, the Name or Description} The House proceeded to take into consideration Oxford, Wor- 
of the respective Offices or Situations to which such | the Amendments made by the Lords to the Ozford, cester and 
Appointments were made, and the Salary payable | Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway (Improve- W°lverhamp- 


: - . ton Railwa 
to each of such Persons in each year, from the Date ments and Branches) Bill; and the same were twice (Improve- v 


of their respective Appointments to the present time: | read, and agreed to. ments and 
—And, of the Names of all Officers, Clerks and | Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the Branches) Bill. 
other Persons now holding Situations in the Incum-| Lords: and acquaint them, that this House hath 

bered Estates Court; together with the Date of| acreed to the Amendments made by their Lord- 

their Appointments, and the Amount of the Annual | ships. 


Salaries now payable to them respectively. | . 
; ; _ | The House proceeded to take into consideration gouth Staf- 
Customs Laws Mr. Wilson presented a Bill to consolidate certain | the Amendments made by the Lords to the South fordshire 





Consolidation Acts, and otherwise amend the Laws of the Customs: Staffordshire Railway Bill; and the same were Railway Bill. 
mm. And the same was read the first time; and ordered sae § E ' 
Bill 258. ¢ ; twice read, and ageed to. 
to be read a second time upon Monday next; and| Qrdered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
to be printed. Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
' agreed to the Amendments made by their Lord- 
Customs Mr. Wilson presented a Bill for the Amendment ships. 
a and Consolidation of the Customs Tariff Acts: And 
al On the same was read the first time; and ordered to be| 7 yndham’s Divorce Bill was read a second time ; Wyndham’s 
dation Bill, read a second time upon Monday next; and to be} and committed. Divorce Bill. 
Bill 259, printed. Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Select 
Committee on Divorce Bills. 
Education. The Chancellor of the Exchequer presented, by| Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
Her Majesty’s Command,—Copy of Minute, dated | mittee, that they do hear Counsel and examine 
14th July 1855, by the Lords of the Committee of | Witnesses for the Bill, and also that they do hear 
Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council on | Counsel and examine Witnesses against the Bill, if 
Education, respecting the extension of the Minute} the Parties concerned think fit to be heard by 
of 2 April 1853 to Urban as well as Rural Districts. Counsel, or produce Witnesses. 
Copy of Minute, dated 14 July 1855, by the Lords 
of the Committee of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Ordered, That the Committee of Selection have praryist's 
Privy Council on Education, respecting certain Mo-| Power to appoint the Committee on Harvist’s Es~- Estate Bill. 
difications in the mode of Payment of Queen’s | tate Bill for any day not earlier than seven clear 
Scholars, with Explanatory Letter thereon to the days after the second reading of the Bill. 
Principals of Training Schools under Jnspection. 
Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the The Ledbury Prebend Bill was read the first Ledbury 
Table. time. Prebend Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exa- Bill 260. 
Yeomanry Mr. Peel presented,— Further Return to an Ad-| miners of Petitions for Private Bills; and be printed. 
Corps. dress to Her Majesty, dated the 2d day of March 
last, for a Return of the Number of Yeomanry Corps| Halford’s Estate Bill was read the first time. Halford’s 
in Great Britain, the Names of the Regiments or Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exa- Estate Bill. 
Troops, the Number of Officers, the Number of} miners of Petitions for Private Bills. 
Non-commissioned Officers and Privates belonging 
to each Regiment or Troop; together with the} The School Grants, Security for Application Bill School Grants, 
Number of Times they have severally been called | was read the first time; and ordered to be read a Security for 
out in aid of the Civil Service, either by Regiments, | second time upon Monday next; and to be printed. —_— 
Vo, 110. 3E3 Ordered, Bill 261, 











Sale of Beer, 
&amp;c. Act 


(First Report.) 


No. 407. 


Widows’ Pen- 
sions ( Navy.) 


Income Tax 
Collectors 
(City of 
London. ) 


Poor Law, &amp;c. 


(Ireland. ) 


Slave Trade 
(Sherbro. ) 


No. 406. 
Education. 


No. 408. 


Yeomanry 
Corps. 


No. 370. 


Shipping 
Dues. 


Suspended 


Canonries, &amp;c. 


(Durham.) 


Assizes and 
Sessions Ball. 


398 
Ordered, That the Select Committee on the Sale 


of the Evidence taken before them from time to 
time to the House. 


Mr. Cobbett reported from the said Select Com- land) Act,—were presented, and read ; and ordered P°t- 


mittee; That they had taken Evidence on the 
matters to them referred, and had agreed to report 
the same to the House. 

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


The following Papers were laid upon the Table 
by the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, 
dated the 25th day of May last, for a Return of the 
Number of Widows of Master Gunners, Boatswains 
and Carpenters, for the years 1840 to 1854, in re- 
ceipt of Annuities, distinguishing the Amount paid 


to each Class, and in each year; showing also the | 


Aggregate of the Fifteen years. 

Return to an Order, dated the 22d day of June 
last, for a Return of the Names of the several Per- 
sons employed in the Collection of Income Tax in 
the City of London, during the year ending the 5th 
day of April 1855; the Amount of Salaries or other 
Allowances received or receivable, as far as can be 
now ascertained, by each; also stating whether any 
and which of such Persons are occupied in other 
Duties, or are in Business. 

Return to an Order, dated the 9th day of this 
instant July, for Copy of any Minutes of the Trea- 
sury by which the Retired Allowances enumerated 
in Return No. 320 of this Session were granted, and 
of the Correspondence relating thereto. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to the Slave 
Trade (Sherbro), which was presented upon the 
13th day of this instant July, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to Education, 
which was presented upon the 19th day of this in- 
stant July, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Yeomanry 
Corps, which was presented upon the 19th day of 
this instant July, be printed. 


Mr. Cowper presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand,—Copy of Report of the Commissioners ap- 
pointed to inquire into Local Charges upon Shipping 
in the Ports of the United Kingdom and Islands of 
Jerscy, Guernsey, Alderney, Sark and Man; to- 
gether with the Appendices and Index :—Scotland, 
the Channel Islands, &amp;c. 

Mr. Cowper also presented,—Return to an Order, 
dated the 29th day of June last, for Returns of all 
Sums received by the Ecclesiastical Commissioners 
for England, since the year 1852, arising from the 
Suspended Canonries, Charged Deaneries and Ca- 
nonries, Deans and Canons’ Separate Estates, Ac- 
counting Canons, and any other Source, within the 
Diocese of Durham ; stating the Amount so received 
in each year, together with the Sums expended by 
the Commissioners within the same Period in aid 
of the University, in augmentation of Benefices, 
Vicarages or Perpetual Curacies, or in the Endow- 
ment of New Parishes and Districts situated within 
the said Diocese (in continuation of Parliamentary 
Paper, No. 446, of Session 1853) :—And, of all 
Sums received from the Bishop of Durham on ac- 
count of the Maltby Fund, and of the Amount ap- 
wropriated within the Diocese of Durham, and the 

3alance now available. 

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


The Order for reading a second time, upon Mon- 
day next, the Assizes and Sessions Bill, was read, 
and discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 





20° Jultz. 
| Petitions relating to Accidents on Railways Bill ; Public 
of Beer, &amp;c. Act have Power to report the Minutes —Grain ;—Intoxicating Liquors ;—Medical Officers Petitions. 





A. 1855. 


(Navy) ; — Medical Profession Bill; — Metropolis 
Local Management Bill ;—and, Public-houses (Scot- 


to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions relating to the Sale of Beer Act (1854), 
—were also presented, and read; and referred to 
_ the Select Committee on the Sale of Beer, &amp;c. Act. 


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


Copies of all Correspondence in 1854, between the (Public 


Governor and Deputy Governor of the Bank of 
England and the late Chancellor of the Exchequer, 
as to the providing means for the Payment of the 

Dividends on the Public Stocks. 


| Return showing the Total Amounts proposed to be 
Yraised by way—(1) of Capital, (2) of Loan, under 
the Provisions of the Private Bills introduced into 
|the House of Commons in the years 1852, 1853, 
| 1854 and 1855, respectively :—And, of the Amounts 

proposed to be so raised by such of the said Bills 
}as have become Acts in each of the said years re- 
| spectively. 


Expedition have Power to report their Observations 
thereupon to the House, together with the Minutes 
of the Evidence taken before them. 

Mr. Mackinnon reported from the said Select Com- 
mittee ; That, having examined some of the most 
distinguished explorers of the Arctic Regions, in- 
cluding those who were ordered to relieve or ascertain 
the fate of the lamented Sir John Franklin ; having 
also had before them the Evidence of others well ac- 

uainted with the Polar Seas, and also the Reportand 
Evidence of Captain M‘Clure, they had considered 
the other 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. 


Address to Her Majesty, dated the 26th day of 
March last, fora Return of the Names of all the 
Consuls General, Consuls, Vice-Consuls and Consu- 
lar Agents, at present in Her Majesty’s Service, 
stating their Salaries (when any), the Amount of 
their Fees in the years 1851, 1852 and 1853, the 
Date of their Appointments, and the Countries or 
Districts to which they are appointed, distinguishing 
those who are Foreigners. 

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





low to the Charity Commissioners respecting Raven- 
stone Hospital :— Of Application by the acting Trus- 
tees of the Charity for the Advice of the Charity 
_Commissioners :—Of Opinion given to the Trustees 
by the Commissioners :—And, of Letter addressed 
to the Solicitor of Mr. Fosbrooke, stating the decision 
of the Board on his Memorial, and the Reasons on 
which it was founded. 





| the House this day, adjourn till Monday next. 


| Sir Charles Wood presented, by Her Majesty’s Navy. 
Mi: No, 410. 


| Command,—Supplementary Estimate of Her 
| jesty’s Navy, for the year 1855-56. 


Supplementary Estimate for the Transport Service, Transport 
P Service. 


No. 411. 


for the year 1855-56. 
| Ordered, That the said Estimates be referred to 
| the Committee of Supply; and be printed. 
| The 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Ravenstone 
Copies of Memorial of Mr. Fosbrooke and Mr. Tat- Hospital. 


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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Private Bills. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee on the Arctic Arctic 





Viscount Palmerston presented,— Return to an Consuls, &amp;. 


Metroy 

eno Local ! 

Vide Fifty- at | 
seventh Re. 

ks. ) 

xpedition. 
No. 409. 

Turki 








Metropolis 
Local Manage- 
ment Bill. 


Turkish Loan. 


19 Victoria. 


The Metropolis Local Management Bill was, ac- 
cording to Order, read the third time. 

A Clause was offered to be added to the Bill (No 
person appointed, by virtue of this Act, to the office 
of Chairman of the Metropolitan Board of Works, 
shall, during the continuance of such appointment, 
be capable of being elected or sitting as a Member 
of the House of Commons) :—And the said Clause 
was brought up, and read the first time. 

A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That the said Clause be now read a second 
time :—And the said Motion and Clause were seve- 
rally, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 

A Clause (Vestry or District Board may order a 
contribution towards construction of Sewers in cer- 
tain cases), was thrice read; and added to the Bill. 

Another Clause (Provision for joint action of Ves- 
tries and elections out of Vestries under Local Acts), 
was thrice read ; and added to the Bill. 

Another Clause (Vestries and District Boards to 
be the local authorities to execute the Nuisances 
Removal Act), was thrice read ; and added to the 
Bill. 

Another Clause (Or may place a Street in different 
parishes under the management of one Vestry, or 
part of a parish under the management of Vestry of 
adjoining parish), was thrice read ; and added to the 
Bill. 

Another Clause (Saving of the rights of the Com- 
missioners of Works), was thrice read; and added 
to the Bill. 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Bill, in p. 4, 1. 7, by leaving out from the word 
“ Three” to the word “ the,” in 1. 26. 

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. 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made to 
the Bill, in p. 4, 1. 26, by leaving out the word “ any,” 
and inserting the word “ every,” instead thereof. 

And the , aera being put, That the word “ any” 
stand part of the Bill :—It was resolved in the A ffir- 
mative. 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made to 
the Bill, in p. 4, l. 26, by leaving out from the word 
“ parish” to the word “ shall,” in 1. 29. 

And the Question being put, That the words 
proposed to be left out, stand part of the Bill:—It 
was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Then Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made to 
the Bill, in p. 57, 1. 9, by inserting, after the word 
“ aforesaid,” the words “in the case of expenditure 
on works of sewerage.” 

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. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


“ 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on the Turkish Loan. 


(In the Committee.) 


Motion made, and Question put, That it is the 
opinion of this Committee, that Her Majesty be 
authorized to guarantee the payment of the Interest 
on the Loan of Five millions sterling, to be contracted 
for by his Imperial Majesty the Sultan, in pursuance 
of the Convention signed at London on the 27th day 
of June 1855, between Her Majesty, his Majesty 
the Emperor of the French, and his Imperial Majesty 
the Sultan, and that provision be made out of the 
Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom, or the 
growing produce thereof, for the issue of such sums 
of money, from time to time, as may be required to 
pay any Interest which may at any time be required 

OL. 110, 


90°—91° Judit. 









399 


to fulfil the guarantee of Her Majesty in respect of 
such Interest, conformably to the tenor of Her Ma- 
jesty’s engagement as specified in the said Conven- 
tion, together with the attending charges of manage- 
ment thereon ; 
The Committee divided. 
Tellers for the { Mr. Hayter, 


Yeas, Mr. Grenville Berkeley : 
Tellers for the (Mr. Ricardo, 132 
Noes, 1 Mr. Laing: } : 


Resolution to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; and Mr. Fitz Roy 
reported, That the Committee had come toa Re- 
solution. 

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


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That a Mes- Message from 
sage had been brought from the Lords, by one of the Lords. 
their Clerks, as followeth : 

The Lords have agreed to the Bills of Exchange Bits of Ex- 
and Promissory Notes Bill, without any Amend- change and 


ment: And also, Sem 


The Lords have agreed to Lady Raglan’s and Lady Raglan's 
Lord Raglan’s Annuities Bill, without any Amend- *"4 Lord 


Raglan’s An- 
ment: And also, nuities Bill. 


The Lords have agreed to the Burial of Poor Burial of Poor 
Persons Bill, with an Amendment ; to which Amend- Persons Bill. 
ment the Lords desire the concurrence of this 
House: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Airdrie Rural Airdrie Rural 
District Police (No. 2) Bill, with Amendments; to (yi"3) gill, 
which Amendments the Lords desire the concurrence : 
of this House: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Surrey Gas Bill, Surrey Gas 
with Amendments; to which Amendments the Lords Bil. 
desire the concurrence of this House: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the East Kent Railway East Kent 
(Extension to Dover) Bill, with Amendments ; to Railway 


; ‘ Extension to 
which Amendments the Lords desire the concurrence Dover) Bill, 


of this House: And also, 

The Lords communicate to this House, a Copy of Ewing's Di- 
Proceedings of the Judges in the Supreme Court of ¥*e Bill. 
Judicature at Fort William, in Bengal, on Ewing’s 
Divorce Bill, as desired by this House (with a desire 
that the same may be returned). 


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


Sabbati, 21° die Julii, 1855: 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Supply. 
mittee of Supply ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 
Chair ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word “ That” to 
the end of the Question, in order to add the words 
“ a Select Committee be appointed to inquire into yaynooth 
the circumstances under which, in the Evidence College. 
taken before the Commissioners appointed to in- 
quire into the Management and Government of the 
College of Maynooth, and reported to Parliament, 
Titles prohibited by law were allowed to be as- 
cribed to Roman Catholic Bishops ; and also why, 
and under what circumstances, some of the wit- 
nesses were permitted to make alterations in the 
evidence which they had given before the Com- 
missioners ; and also to inquire into the facts and 
circumstances connected with the alleged commu- 
nication to Dr. Cullen of a portion of the evi- 
dence, and the use which he made of the informa- 
tion so received, and as to the person by whom 
the evidence was so furnished, and as to the delay 
which took place in laying the Report of the 
Commissioners before the Houses of Parliament,” 
instead thereof. 


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400 


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 thef Mr. Hayter, Lag 
Yeas, LMr. Grenville Berkeley : ' 
Tellers. for the (Mr. Spooner, Loy 


Noes, Mr. Whiteside : J 
So it passed in the Negative. 

And the Question being put, That the words 
a Select Committee be appointed to — into 
the circumstances under which, in the Evidence 
taken before the Commissioners appointed to in- 
7 into the Management and Government of 

e College of Maynooth, and reported to Parlia- 
ment, Titles prohibited by law were allowed to be 
ascribed to Roman Catholic Bishops; and also 
why, and under what circumstances, some of the 
witnesses were permitted to make alterations in 
the evidence which they had given before the 
Commissioners ; and also to inquire into the facts 
and circumstances connected with the alleged 
communication to Dr. Cullen of a portion of the 
evidence, and the use which he made of the in- 
formation so received, and as to the person by 
whom the evidence was so furnished, and as to 
the delay which took place in laying the Report 
“ of the Commissioners before the Houses of Par- 
“ liament ” be added at the end of the Question :— 
It was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Then the main Question, so amended, being put ; 
Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed 
to inquire into the circumstances under which, in 
the Evidence taken before the Commissioners ap- 
pointed to inquire into the Management and Govern- 
ment of the College of Maynooth, and reported to 
Parliament, Titles prohibited by law were allowed to 
be ascribed to Roman Catholic Bishops ; and also 
why, and under what circumstances, some of the 
witnesses were permitted to make alterations in the 
evidence which they had given before the Commis- 
sioners ; and also to inquire into the facts and cir- 
cumstances connected with the alleged communica- 
tion to Dr. Cullen of a portion of the evidence, and 
the use which he made of the information so re- 
ceived, and as to the person by whom the evidence 
was so furnished, and as to the delay which took 
— in laying the Report of the Commissioners 
efore the Houses of Parliament. 


Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 


Supply. 
next, resolve itself into the Committee of Supply. 
Nuisances The House, according to Order, proceeded to 
ye . take into consideration the Nuisances Removal 
ti, © Amendment Bill, as amended in the Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Monday next, at Twelve o'clock. 
Navigation The Order of the day — read, for the Com- 
se Md) Ba mittee on the Navigation Works (Jreland) Bill ; 


Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Lunatic Asylums ( Zreland) (Advances) 
Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Tenants’ The Order of the da 
oe mittee on the Tenants’ i 
(Ireland) Bill. (Zre/and) Bill ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Tuesday 
next, at Twelve o’clock, resolve itself into the said 
Committee. 


Lunatic Asy- 

lums (Ireland) 

( Advances) 
ill. 


being read, for the Com- 


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A. 1855. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Tuesday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Fisheries (Bri- 
mittee on the Fisheries (British Islands and France) tish Islands 
Bill - and France) 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 

next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Pai 
Ac 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Charitable 
reading of the Charitable Trusts Bill ; Trusts Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 

upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Edinburgh 
consideration the Amendments made by the Leste Lands Bill. 
to the Edinburgh Lands Bill; 

Ordered, That the said Amendments be taken into 
consideration upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Youthful 
consideration the Amendments made by the Lords Offenders, 
to the Youthful Offenders (No. 2) Bill; ( acon 
Ordered, That the said Amendments be taken into ill 262. 
consideration upon Monday next. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended by the Lords, 

be printed. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Ordnance 
reading of the Ordnance Board Bill; sans SNe. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 

upon Thursday next. 


The Stage Carriage Duties, &amp;c. Bill was, accord- Stage Car- 
ing to Order, read the third time. a 
A Clause (Provisions of Act 16 &amp; 17 Vic. ec. 107, °° ”” 
sections 195, 196 and 197, to apply to Bonds and 
Securities relating to the Inland Revenue), was thrice 

read ; and added to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 

Title be, An Act to reduce certain Duties payable 

on Stage Carriages, and to amend the Laws relating 

to Stamp Duties, and to Bonds and Securities to the 

inland Revenue. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 

Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Court of Judicature (Prince of Wales Island, Court of 

&amp;c.) Bill was, according to Order, read the third rpm seme 

time. Wales Island, 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. &amp;c.) Bill. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 

Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Grand Juries 
mittee on the Grand Juries (Ireland) (No. 2) Bill; sagecy 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday ‘ ins 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Ways and 
mittee of Ways and Means ; Means. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Convention with the United States Bill was, Crete, 
according to Order, read the third time. ace 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Public-houses (Jreland) Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Public-houses 


(Ireland) Bill. se 


Br 


accord- Chinese 
Passenger 
Ships Bill. 


The Chinese Passenger Ships Bill was, 
ing to Order, read the third time; and an. Amend- 
ment: was made to the Bill. 








The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Nuisances Removal, &amp;c. (Jreland) | 


Bill; 


Nuisances 
Removal, &amp;c. 
(Ireland) Bill. 





Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. * 
| 1e 





Weights and 
Measures B 


Passengers 
Act Amend- 
ment Bill. 


Metropolitan 
Buildings Bill. 


Absconding 
Debtors 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Office of 
Speaker. 


Inverness 
Bridge 
[Advance.] 





19 Vicrortz. 





The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
consideration the Amendments made by the Lords 
to the Weights and Measures Bill ; 

Ordered, That the said Amendments be taken 
into consideration upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Passengers Act Amendment Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, at Twelve o’clock, resolve itself into the said 
Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Metropolitan Buildings Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, at Twelve o'clock, resolve itself into the said 
Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third 
reading of the Absconding Debtors (Jre/and) Bill; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That the Bill be now read the third 
time ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out the word “now,” and, at 
the end of the Question, adding 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 Yeas, yon Py \ 56. 

Tellers for the Noes,{ Mtr — F } 10. 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

And the Question being again proposed, That the 
Bill be now read the third time :—And a Debate 
arising thereupon ; 

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


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take 
into consideration the Report from the Select Com- 
mittee on the Office of Speaker. 

Resolved, That whenever the House shall be in- 
formed by the Clerk at the Table of the unavoidable 
absence of Mr. Speaker, the Chairman of the Com- 
mittee of Ways and Means do perform the duties 
and exercise the authority of Speaker in relation to 
all proceedings of this pA as Deputy Speaker, 
until the next meeting of the House, and so on from 
day to day, on the like information being given to 
the House, until the House shall otherwise order ; 
provided that if the House shall adjourn for more 
than twenty-four hours, the Deputy Speaker shall 
continue to perform the duties and exercise the au- 
thority of Speaker for twenty-four hours only after 
such adjournment. 

Ordered, That the said Resolution be a Standing 
Order of this House. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to provide for the Performance of certain Duties of 
the Speaker during his temporary Absence from the 
House of Commons: And that Mr. Walpole, Mr. 
Disraeli and Sir William Heathcote do prepare, and 
bring it in, 


Mr. FitzRoy reported from the Committee on the 
Inverness Bridge [Advance], a Resolution; which 
was read, as followeth : 

That the Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Trea- 
sury be authorized to advance, by way of Loan, to 
the Commissioners of Highland Roads and Bridges, 
the sum of £.3,000 out of the Consolidated Fund 
of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ire- 
land, towards defraying the expense of erecting a 
Bridge over the River Ness at Inverness, 

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401 


¢ 


The said Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself into Dwellings 
a Committee on the Dwellings for Labouring Classes fr Labouring 
(Zreland) Bill; and, after some time spent therein, na 
Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Fitz Roy 
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 third Slave Trade 
reading of the Slave Trade (Sherbro) Bill ; (Sherbro) Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon 
Monday next. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take Places of Reli- 
into consideration the Amendments made by the gious Worship 
Lords to the Places of Religious Worship Registra- — 
tion Bill; and the same were twice read, and agreed 
to. 

Ordered, That the Clerk 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 leave be given to bring in a Bill Turnpike 
to continue certain Acts for regulating Turnpike- Acts Continu- 
roads in Ireland: And that Mr. Horsman and Mr, *? “teland.) 
Solicitor General for Zreland do prepare, and bring 
it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to Island of 
authorize the Commissioners of the Treasury to make Tobago Loan. 
Arrangements concerning a certain Loan advanced 
by way of Relief to the Island of Tobago: And that 
Mr. Wilson and the Chancellor of the Exchequer do 
prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to Joint Stock 
extend the Period for which Her Majesty may grant Banks (Scot- 
Letters Patent of Incorporation to Jomt Stock Banks mae} 
in Scotland, existing before the Act of 1846: And 
that Mr. Wilson and the Chancellor of the Exchequer 
do prepare, and bring it in. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented County Courts. 
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 Treasurers of 
the County Courts, and of their Clerks, the Dates 
of their several Appointments, the Number of Days 
occupied, and the Number of Miles travelled by the 
Treasurers and their Clerks in auditing the Accounts 
on their several Circuits, and the Amount of the Sa- 
laries and Travelling Expenses allowed or paid to 
such Treasurers and their Clerks, for the year ending 
the 31st day of December 13854. 

Ordered, That 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 Boxer. 
Copy of Mr. Monsell’s Minute, with Colonel Wilson's 
Remarks upon it, dated the 30th day of January 
1855, and Captain Bozer’s Memorandum on Colonel 
Wilson’s Remarks, dated the 9th day of February 
1855. 


Mr. Walpole presented a Bill to provide for the Office of _ 
Performance of certain Duties of the Speaker during Speaker Bill. 
his temporary Absence from the House of Commons: Bill 263. 
And the same was read the first time ; and ordered 
to be read a second time upon Monday next ; and to 
be printed. 


3F Mr. 































































Turnpike 


Acts Continu- 
ance (Ireland) 


Bill. 
Bill 264, 


Joint Stock 
Banks (Scot- 
land) Bill. 


Bill 265. 


Island of 
Tobago Loan 
Bill. 

Bill 266. 


Committees. 


Halford’s 
Estate Bill. 


Severn Valley 


Railway Bill. 


Somerset 
Central 
Railway Bill. 


Torquay 
District 


Churches Bill. 


Hadow’s 
Divorce Bill. 


» 402 





Mr. Horsman presented a Bill to continue certain 
Acts for regulating Turnpike-roads in Jreland: And 
the same was read the first time; and ordered to 
be read a second time upon Monday next; and to 
be printed. 


Mr. Wilson presented a Bill to extend the Period 
for which Her Majesty may grant Letters Patent of 
Incorporation to Joint Stock Banks in Scotland, 
existing before the Act of 1846: 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 authorize the Com- 
missioners of the Treasury to make Arrangements 
concerning a certain Loan advanced by way of Relief 
to the Island of Tobago: 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 Saturday morning, 
adjourned till Monday next. 


Lune, 23° die Julii ; 
Anno 19° Victorie Regine, 1855. 


PRAYERS. 
RDERED, That all Committees have leave 


to sit this day, 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 Ha/ford’s Estate Bill, no Stand- 
ing Orders are applicable. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Severn 
Valley Railway Bill; and the same were twice read, 
and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Clerk 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 Somerset 
Central Railway Bill. 

The said Amendments, being read a second time 
(and it appearing that the Amendment to Clause 59 
was to make the said Clause conformable to Clause 
53), were agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Clerk 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 Torquay 
District Churches Bill; and the same were twice 
read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the Amendments made by their Lord- 
ships. 


Hadow’s 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 Wit- 
nesses for the Bill; and also, that they do hear 
Counsel and examine Witnesses against the Bill, if 


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A, 1855. 


the Parties concerned think fit to be heard by Coun- 
sel or produce Witnesses. 

Ordered, That a Message be sent to the Lords, to 
request that their Lordships will be pleased to com- 
municate to this House, any Depositions transmitted 
from Jndia in the case of the said Bill: And that 
the Clerk do carry the said Message. 


Jones’s Divorce Bill was read a second time; and Jones's 


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 Wit- 
nesses 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 Coun- 
sel or produce Witnesses. 

Ordered, That a Message be sent to the Lords, 
to request that their Lordships will be pleased to 
communicate to this House, a Copy of the Minutes 
of the Evidence taken before their Lordships in the 
case of the said Bill: And that the Clerk do carry 
the said Message. 


The Merton College Estate Bill was read a second Merton College 


time ; and committed. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Sumner’s 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 Wit- 
nesses 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 Coun- 
sel or produce Witnesses. 

Ordered, That a Message be sent to the Lords, to 
request that their Lordships will be pleased to com- 
municate to this House, a Copy of the Minutes of 
the Evidence taken before their Lordships in the 
case of the said Bill: And that the Clerk do carry 
the said Message. 


Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee of Selection, That they have Power to appoint 
the Committee on Marshall’s Charity Bill for any 
day not earlier than seven clear days after the second 
reading of the Bill. 


Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee of Selection, That they have Power to appoint 
the Committee on Saint John’s College (Oxford) 
Estate Bill for any day not earlier than seven clear 
days after the second reading of the Bill. 


Ordered, That the Examiner of Petitions for Pri- 
vate Bills have leave to sit and proceed forthwith on 


the Ledbury Prebend Bill. 


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 Southwark, in the 
room of the Right honourable Sir William Moles- 
worth, Baronet, who, since his Election for the said 
Borough, hath accepted the Office of one of Her 
Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 


one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, Prebend Bill. 


That in the case of the Ledbury Prebend Bill, no 
Standing Orders are applicable. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time. 
Petitions 


Divorce Bill, 


Estate Bill. 


Sumner’s 


Divorce Bill. 


Marshall’s 


Charity Bill. 


Saint John’s 
College (Ox- 
ford) Estate 
Bill. 


Ledbury 


Prebend Bill. 


Southwark 
Writ. 


Ledbury 





(i 


Pos 
(Ex 


Kin 
Mar 





Public 
Petitions. 


Vide Fifty- 
seventh Re- 
port. 


Poor Law, &amp;c. 
(Ireland. ) 


No. 412, 


Consuls, &amp;c. 
No. 413. 


Civil Bills, &amp;c. 
(Ireland.) 


Post-office 
(Ennis Mail.) 


Kingstown 
Marbour. 


19 Vicrori2. 


Petitions relating to the Ballot ;— Cambridge Uni- 
versity Bill;—Marriage Law Amendment Bill ;— 
Maynooth College Act; — Assessed Taxes ;—Acci- 
dents on Railways Bill;—Bleaching, &amp;e. Works 
Bill;—Brizton Prison;—Criminal Justice Bill ;— 
Intoxicating Liquors ;—Medical Profession Bill ;— 
Poor Law (Zreland) ; — Railways ;— Secretary of 
State for Scotland ;—Smith’s Collection of Anti- 
quities ;—and, Victoria Park,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions relating to the Sale of Beer Act (1854), 
—were also presented, and read; and referred to the 
Select Committee on the Sale of Beer, &amp;c. Act. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Poor Law, 
&amp;c. (Jreland), which was presented upon the 20th day 
of this instant July, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Consuls, 
&amp;e., 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 4th day of June last, for Returns of the 
Amount paid from the Consolidated Fund to the As- 
sistant Barristers in Jrelund, and to the Chairman 
of Kilmainham, for the year ending the 5th day of 
January 1851 :—Of the Amount paid from the Con- 
solidated Fund to the Assistant Barristers in Jre/and, 
to the Chairman of Kilmainham, and to the Recor- 
ders of Dublin and Cork, for the year ending the 
5th day of January 1854:—Of the Amount paid in 
Salaries, and of the Allowances for travelling Ex- 
penses, to the two Judges of the Insolvent Court in 
Lreland, for the year ending the 5th day of January 
1851 :—Of the Amount paid to the sole Judge of the 
Insolvent Court, for the year ending the 5th day of 
January 1855:—And, in a Tabular Form, of the 
Stamped Paper issued by the Commissioners of In- 
land Revenue in Jreland to the several Stamp Dis- 
tributors, and sold by them, and also of the Stamped 
Paper sold by the said Commissioners to Persons | 
other than Stamp Distributors, in the years ending 
the 5th day of January 1853, 1854 and 1855; viz. 
—Stamped original Civil Bill Ejectment Forms ; 
Stamped Copies of the same; Stamped original 
Civil Bill Forms for Redemption; Stamped Copies 
of the same ; Stamped original Civil Bill Forms in 
Replevin; Stamped Copies of the same; Stamped 
original Civil Bill Process Forms, for the recovery 
of any Legacy or distributive share of Assets ; 
Stamped Copies of the same; Stamped (other than 
the above) original Civil Bill Process Forms ; 
Stamped Copies of the same; Stamped Notices of 
Renewal Forms; Stamped Copies of the same ; 
Stamped Recognizance Forms of Appeal :—The 
above Returns to specify the Amount of Stamped 


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Paper sold upon each Form of Process or Pro- 
ceeding ; also the Amount upon each class of Copies 
and upon Recognizance of Appeal; and also the | 
Gross Amount of Stamp Duties received in each of 
the said years in respect of Civil Bill Proceedings. | 

Return to an Order, dated the 28th day of June | 
last, for a Copy of all Memorials and Applications | 
addressed to the Postmaster General by the ‘Town | 
Commissioners or People of the Borough of Ennis | 
and its vicinity, within Six Months last past, in rela- | 
tion to the Establishment of a Day Mail to Ennis, | 
and of the Answers of the Post-office Authorities, | 
and of all Correspondence that ensued thereon ; of 
any Estimate or Accounts of the Expense to be 
caused thereby, and of any Proposals made to the 
Post-office Authorities in relation thereto. 

Return to an Order, dated the 28th day of June 
last, for Copies of Instructions from the Board of 
Works to Mr. Rendel in 1853, to report on the 
Packet Pier in course of Execution in Kingstown 
Harbour, and of Mr. Rendel’s Report thereon, with 

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403 


the accompanying Plan; and of any other subse- 
quent Reports or Correspondence relating to the 
Improvement of Kingstown Harbour, with the ac- 
companying Plans. 


Return to an Order, dated the 20th day of this Ravenstone 
‘instant July, for Copies of Memorial of Mr. Fos- Hospital. 


brooke and Mr. Tatlow to the Charity Commissioners 
respecting Ravenstone Hospital :—Of Application 
bv the acting Trustees of the Charity for the Advice 
of the Charity Commissioners :—Of Opinion given 
to the Trustees by the Commissioners :—And, of 
Letter addressed to the Solicitor of Mr. Fosbrooke, 
stating the Decision of the Board on his Memorial, 
and the Reasons on which it was founded. 


The following Papers, pursuant to the directions of Caledonian 
several Acts of Parliament, were also laid upon the ©4l. 


Table by the Clerk of the House,—Fiftieth Report 
of the Commissioners for making and maintaining 
the Caledonian Canal. 


Resolutions of the Court of Directors of the East East India. 


India Company, 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. 


Copy of Act of Sederunt, extending the ensuing Court of 


Winter Session of the Court of Session. 


The Nuisances Removal Amendment Bill was, Nuisances 


according to Order, read the third time. 


A Clause (Saving rights of mill-owners, &amp;c.), waS Bill, 


thrice read, and added to the Bill. 


Another Clause was offered to be added to the 
Bill (Prevention of diseases) :—And the said Clause 
was brought up, and read the first time. 

A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That the said Clause be now read a second 
time :—And the said Motion and Clause were se- 
verally, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 

Then Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made to 
the Bill, in.p. 19, l. 40, by inserting, after the word 
“ canal,” the words “ the provisions of this Act 
shall not extend, or be construed to extend, to 
mines of different descriptions, so as to interfere 
with or obstruct the efficient working of the same, 
or to the smelting of ores and minerais, or to the 
manufacturing of the produce of such ores and 
minerals.” 

And the Question being put, That those words 
be there inserted ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right ; 

The Noes to the Left. 


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Tellers for the f Mr. Smith Child, 1 95 
Yeas, UMr. Kendall: , eae 
Tellers for thef Mr. Hayter, 1 -~ 
Noes, (Mr. Grenville Berkeley: J °~ 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Metropolitan 
into a Committee on the Metropolitan Buildings Buildings Bill, 


Bill. 
(In the Committee.) 
Schedules amended, and agreed to. 
Preamble agreed to. 
Bill, as amended, to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Fitz- 
Roy 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. 


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Passengers 
Act Amend- 
ment Bill, 





404. 23° Jultz. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on the Passengers Act Amendment 
Bill. 

(In the Committee.) 


Cravuse, N° 14 (Rule for determining the number 
of passengers to be carried). 

Amendment again proposed, in p. 8,1. 5: To leave 
out the word “ Ten,” and insert the word “ Twenty.” 

Question, That the word “Ten” stand part of the 
Clause ——put, and negatived. 

An Amendment made. 

Clause, as amended, agreed to. 

Cravuses, N° 15 to N* 26, with Amendments to 
several of them, agreed to. 

Crause, N° 27 (Boats). 

Amendment proposed, in p. 13, 1. 22: After the 
word “life-boat,” to insert the words “ or boats, 
“ and the number and description of such life-boat 
“ or boats to be carried by each class of ship shall 
“ be determined from time to time by the Board of 
“ Admiralty, and.” 

Question proposed, That those words be there 
inserted ; 

Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 

Amendments made. 

Another Amendment proposed, in p. 13, |. 26: 
After the words “ at sea” to insert the words “ and 
“ every passenger ship carrying fifty persons and 
“ upwards shall be provided with one or more life- 
‘ rafts or buoyant contrivances capable of floating 
“ at least one-tenth part of the passengers and crew 
‘ of the said ship, such raft or contrivance to be of 
“ the pattern and description approved of by the 
‘* Board of Admiralty from time to time.” 


”~ 


”~ 


Question, That those words be there inserted 
——put, and negatived. 

Clause, as amended, agreed to. 

Causes, N° 28, amended, and agreed to. 

Criauseg, N° 29, agreed to. 

Ciauses, N* 30 to N* 32, amended, and agreed 
to. 

Criavuse, N* 33 (Water tanks or casks to be ap- 
proved by Emigration Officer). 

Amendment proposed, in p. 17, 1. 1: After the 
word “ casks” to insert the words “ one-third part 
“ _ a . &gt; b } ” 

thereof in content to be iron. 

Question, That those words be there inserted 
put, and negatived. 

Clause agreed to. 

Crause, N* 34, agreed to. 

Crause, N° 35 (Dietary scales). 





Amendment proposed, in p. 18, 1. 2: To leave out 
from the words “ that is to say” to the word “ Pro- 
“ vided,” in 1. 37. 

Question, That the words proposed to be left out, 
stand part of the Clause put, and negatived. 





Amendment proposed, to insert the following 
words: “if the length of the voyage computed as 
“* hereinbefore mentioned shall not exceed eighty- 
four days for ships propelled by sails only, or fifty 
days for ships propelled by steam, or steam in aid 
‘ of sails, then according to the dietary scale marked 
‘A;’ but if the length of the voyage, computed 
as aforesaid, shall exceed eighty-four days for 
ships propelled by sa:ls only, or fifty days for 
ships propelled by steam, or steam in aid of sails, 
then according to the dietary scale marked ‘ B.’ 


‘ 


oo 


7 


‘ 


“ WarTer. 


“ Three quarts of water daily to each statute 
adult, exclusive of the quantity hereinbefore spe- 
cified as necessary for cooking the articles here- 
inafter required to be issued in a cooked state. 








A. 1855. 


“ PROVISIONS. 
“ Weekly, per Statute Adult :— 





Scare A. Scare B. 


For Voyages | For Voyages 
not exceeding | exceeding 

80 Days for | 84 Days for 
Sailing Vessels, Sailing Vessels, 








| or 50 Days | or 50 Days 
for Steamers. | for Steamers. 
Bread or Biscuit, not inferior in Ibs. oz. | Ibs. oz. 
quality to Navy Biscuit = - 3.8 3.8 
Wheaten Flour - - - 1 - 2- 
Oatmeal _ =-— = 1 8 | 1 - 
Rice - - - - - 1 8 - 8 
Peas - - - - = | 1 8 | 1 8 
Potatoes - - - -4 2 - 2 - 
Beef - - - - - | 1 4 14 
Pork - - - - - | 1 - 1 - 
mm -« + «= &amp; «| «8 - 2 
Sugar - - - - - | 1 - 1 - 
Sit - - - - -| -2 — 
Mustard - - - - | - -} - -} 
Black or White Pepper, ground | —- =} - +4 
Vinegar - - = «=| one gill one gill. 
Lime Juice - - - = | - = = six gills. 
Ibs. oz. 
Preserved Meat - - -|- - ~ = 
Suet - : . - -|- ~ - » © 
Raisins - - - - ele “ i = © 
Butter - - - - «e#/- =| -| = 4 


“ SuBSTITUTIONS. 
“ Substitutions at the following rates may, at the 
option of the master of any passenger ship, be 
made in the above dietary scales, that is to say :— 


“ 
“ 


1lb. of Preserved Meat - for 1b. of Salt Pork or Beef. 


1 lb. of Flour, or of Bread or 
Biscuit, or 4 1b. of Beef = hes tape ges Sag of 


of Pork- § - - 
Seite «+ «lt el 1} lb. of Oatmeal, or vice 
versa. 


4 lb. of Preserved Potatoes- for 11b. of Potatoes. 

10 oz. of Currants = - - for 80oz. of Raisins. 

3}0z. of Cocoa or of Coffee, | 
roasted and ground- = - f for Zen. of Tea. 

} lb. of Treacle - - - for 41b. of Sugar. 

1 giil of Mixed Pickles - for 1 gill of Vinegar.” 


for 


Amendment proposed to the said proposed Amend- 
ment: After the word “Water” to leave out the 
“ word Three,” and insert the word “ Four.” 

Question, That the word “ Three” stand part of 
the proposed Amendment put, and agreed to. 


r 


lo report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Fitz- 
Roy 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 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


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 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: F 


An Act to settle Annuities on Emily Harriet Lady Lady Raglan’s 


Raglan and Richard Henry Fitzroy Lord Raglan, * 


and the next surviving Heir Male of his Body, in —— Bill. 


consideration of the eminent Services of the late 


‘Field-Marshal Lord Raglan: 
An 


End 
Scho 
(Irel 
Gold 
Ring 


Com 
Incl 
(No 


Spit 
land 
Am 
Bill. 


—_-- 


Endowed 
Schools F 
(Ireland) Bill. 
Gold Wedding 
Rings Bill. 


Commons’ 
Inclosure 
(No. 2) Bill. 


Spirits (Tre- 
land) Act 
Amendment 
Bill. 


Friendly 
Societies Bill. 


Dublin Car- 
riage Acts 
Amendment 
Bill. 

Christ Church 
(Todmorden ) 
Marriages 
Validity Bill. 
Burial- 
grounds (Scot- 
land) Bill. 


Bills of Ex- 
change and 
Promissory 
Notes Bill. 


Waveney 
Valley Rail- 
way Bill. 


Edinburgh 
and Glasgow 
Railway Bill. 


Wisbech Port 
Bill. 


Bolton and 
Nightingales’ 
Road Bill. 


Royal Medical 
Benevolent 
College Bill. 


Londonderry 
and Coleraine 
Railway Bill. 


Cavendish 
Bridge and 
Hulland Ward 
Road Bill. 


Dagenham 
Docks Bill. 


London 
Necropolis 
and National 
Mausoleum 
Bill. 


Honiton 
Road Bill. 


East of Fife 
Railway Bill. 


Gateshead 
and Hexham 
Roads Bill. 


Portsmouth 
Railway Bill. 


Shrewsbury 
Inorovement 








23° Juli. 


405 


An Act for making and maintaining the Great Great North- 


| Northern London Cemetery, and for other purposes : — 


19 Vicroriz. 


An Act to facilitate Inquiries of Commissioners | 
of Endowed Schools in Ireland: 


An Act for excepting Gold Wedding Rings from | 
the Operation of the Act of the last Session, relating | 
to the Standard of Gold and Silver Wares, and from | 
the Exemptions contained in other Acts relating to | 
Gold Wares : 

An Act to authorize the Inclosure of certain Lands 
in pursuance of a _—— Report of the Inclosure 
Commissioners for England and Wales: 

An Act to amend an Act of the eighteenth year 
of Her Majesty, to amend the Laws for the better 
Prevention of the Sale of Spirits by unlicensed Per- 
sons, and for the Suppression of Illicit Distillation 
in Ireland: 

An Act to consolidate and amend the Law re- 
lating to Friendly Societies : 

An Act to amend the Dublin Carriage Acts : 


An Act for making Railways from the Farnbo- mia Kent and 
rough Extension of the West London and Crystal North Kent 
val Palace Railway to the North Kent Line of the South ®#!wy Bill 

| Eastern Railway, and to the London, Brighton and 
South Coast Railway, with Branches therefrom, and 
| for other purposes : 

An Act for extending the Limits of the Harbour Barrow 
of Barrow, in the County Palatine of Zancaster, Harbour Bill, 
and to enable the Commissioners of the said Harbour 
_ to raise a further Sum of Money, and for other pur- 
| poses : 
| An Act for vesting the Undertakings of the Bir- Birkenhead 
_kenhead Dock Company, and of the Trustees of the 24 Liverpool 
Birkenhead Docks, in the Mayor, Aldermen and eo 
| Burgesses of the Borough of Liverpool, and for other Birkenhea: 
g ough o ‘pool, 0 Birkenhead 
purposes : Dock Trustees, 
&amp;c.) Bill. 
| An Act for improving the Postal and Passenger England 
An Act to render valid certain Marriages in Christ | Communication between England and Ireland, and *™4 Ireland 
. “ 2 i) ayceat D&gt; ise . Improved 
Church, in the Chapelry of Todmorden and Parish | for authorizing Arrangements between certain Com- Communica- 
of Rochdale, in the Counties of Lancaster and York: arr m “wc and Jreland in relation thereto, tion Bill. 
= —— &lt;,) | and for other purposes : 
of - — aan conmening Se Sate An Act to repeal and consolidate the several Acts Furness _ 
: relating to the Furness Railway Company ; to enable Railway Bill. 


An Act to facilitate the Remedies on Bills of Ex- | the said Company to raise a further Sum of Money ; 


change and Promissory Notes by the Prevention of | give further Powers to the said Company, and 
| | for other purposes : 


frivolous or fictitious Defences to Actions thereon : P ; ; 
An Act f pene he Ti an | An Act to authorize the Trustees of the Liverpool Liverpool 
n /Act for extending the Zimes granted to pur! Docks to construct new Works, and to raise a further Docks Bill. 
chase Lands for the part of the Waveney Valley | - 


Railway between Bungay and Beccles : | Sum of Money, and for other purposes: : 
An Act to enable the Edinburgh and Glasgow | An Act for enabling the South Staffordshire Rail- South Staf- 


. j i . fordshire 
Railway Company to enlarge their Station at Queen- | for. - sine Ph pr Pe pe aging Railway Bill. 
street, Glasgow ; to raise additional Capital, and for d Dudl 4 for ot] rep 
other purposes : and Dudley, and for other purposes : 


. An Act for authorizing the granting of Mining Livesey’s 
An Act for better enabling the Mayor, Aldermen Leases of Estates, subject to the Uses of the Will of Estate Bill. 
and Burgesses of the Borough of Wisbech to raise 


and secure Monies — ‘by them to the Nene Robert Bell Livesey, Enquire, deceased, and for 
N 


- ae other purposes : 
V; and Navigation Improvement Com- ey 
alley Drainage and Navig P | An Act to enable George William Holmes Ross, Cromarty 
missioners, and for other purposes : 


An Act to repeal the Act relating to the Bolton of Cromarty, Esquire, to relieve the Estate of Cro- Estate Bill. 
, , Dd . . . « } . . . 
and Nightingales’ ‘Turnpike-road, and to make other yt a a — - "Pros 2 bn char - 
Poaviclenn in Han themeet : the saic state with certain Family Provisions, an 
jeg cor pre incorporate the Royal Medical Bene- with certain Sums of Money expended in Improve- 


ments thereon : 
volent College, and for other purposes : | An Act for enabling Leases, Sales, Repairs and Hammond's 


An Act to enable the Londonderry and Coleraine Improvements to be made of the Estates of James Estate Bill, 
Railway Company to lease a Portion of their Under- | Walthall Hammond, Esquire, deceased, and for other 
taking, and for other purposes : | purposes, the short T itle of which is “ Hammond's 

An Act for more effectually repairing the Caven- | Estate Act, 1855:” } ; 
dish Bridge and Brassington Road, and for making| An Act to authorize Conveyances in Fee or De- a he 
a Branch Line of Road in connexion with the same, | mises for long Terms of Years under reserved Rents petite Bill, 
all in the County of Derby: |of certain Parts of Estates settled by the Will of 

An Act to authorize the Construction of a Dock | the late Joseph Livesey, Esquire, deceased : 
on the North Side of the River Thames, to be called An Act to dissolve the Marriage of Henry News- Pedder’s _ 
“ The Dagenham (Thames) Dock :” ham Pedder, Esquire, with Emma Pedder his now Divorce Bill. 

An Act to amend “ The London Necropolis and | Wife, and to enable him to marry again, and for 
National Mausoleum Act, 1852,” and for other pur- other purposes. 
poses : 
| Mr. Cowper presented,—Return to an Address to Capital 

An Act to repeal an Act for making, widening, | Her Majesty, dated the 19th day of February last, Punishment 
repairing and maintaining certain Roads leading to for a Return showing for what Crimes Capital Punish- S°°##"4) 
and from the Town of Honiton, in the County of ment is still retained by the Law of Scotland, having 
Devon, and to make other Provisions in lieu thereof: | been abolished for similar Crimes by the Law of 

An Act for making a Railway from the Leven | England. 

Railway, at the Town of Leven, to the ‘Town of! Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the Tower-nill, 
Kilconquhar, in the County of Fife, to be called | 5th day of this instant July, for Copy of all Corre- &amp;c. Paving. 
“ The East of Fife Railway :” spondence between the Authorities of the Tower of 

An Act for maintaining and improving the Road | London, the Commissioners of Woods and Forests, 
from Gateshead, in the County of Durham, to the | the Inhabitants of the Tower District, and the Cor- 
Hexham ‘Turnpike-road, near Dilston Bar, in the | poration of the City of London, respecting Paving 
County of Northumberland, and other Roads con-| Tower-hill, Postern-row and George-street, and the 
nected therewith : Removal of the Bars placed therein by the ZYower 

An Act to enable the Portsmouth Railway Com- | Authorities, which deprive the Public of the use of 
pany to make an Alteration in the Line of their | those thoroughfares. 

ailway, and for other purposes : | Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the Civil Service 








An Act for the Improvement of the Borough of | 16th day of this instant July, for Copies of the Commission, 
Shrewsbury, in the County of Salop : 
VoL, 110. 


Letter or Treasury Minute in 1853, nomi- 


| Queen’s 
$8F3 nating 











Earl of Aber- 
gavenny’s 
Estate Bill. 


Jenkins’ 
Estate Bill. 


Bray’s 
Estate Bill. 


Ordnance. 
No. 414. 


Inverness 
Bridge Bill. 


Metropolitan 
Comnmunica- 
tions. 


No, 415. 


Marylebone 
Writ. 


Annexation 
of Karouly. 


Torture 
( Madras.) 


Turkish Loan. 


406 


nating and appointing a Commission to inquire into 
the Organization of the Permanent Civil Service :— 
Of any Instructions given for the guidance of such 
Commission :—And, Return in detail of all Expenses 
incurred by the Commissioners connected with said 
Inquiry. 

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


Mr. Fitz Roy reported the Earl of Abergavenny’s 
Estate Bill, without Amendment. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Mr. Fitz Roy reported Jenkins’ Estate Bill, without 
Amendment. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Mr. Fitz Roy reported Bray’s Estate Bill, without 
Amendment. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Mr. Monsell presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand,—Ordnance Estimates, for the year 1855-56: 
—Postponed Vote, No. 3. 

Supplementary Estimate of the Office of Ordnance, 
for the year 1855-56. 

Ordered, That the said Estimates be referred to 
the Committee of Supply ; and be printed. 


Mr. Brotherton reported from the Select Com- 
mittee on the Znverness Bridge 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 Bill be re-committed to a Com- 
mittee of the whole House, for To-morrow, at Twelve 
o'clock. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee on Metro- 
politan Communications have Power to report their 
Observations thereupon to the House, together with 
the Minutes of the Evidence taken before them. 

Mr. Jackson reported from the said Select Com- 
mittee ; That they had considered the matters to 
them referred ; and directed him to make a Report 


23° Jultt. 


A. 1855. 


the Interest on the Loan of Five millions sterling, to 
be contracted for by his Imperial Majesty the Sul- 
| tan, in pursuance of the Convention signed at London 
on the 27th day of June 1855, between Her Majesty, 
his Majesty the Emperor of the French, and his 
Imperial Majesty the Sultan, and that Provision be 
made out of the Consolidated Fund of the United 
Kingdom, or the growing produce thereof, for the 
issue of such sums of money from time to time as 
may be required to pay any Interest which may at 
any time be required to fulfil the guarantee of Her 
Majesty in respect of such Interest, conformably to 
the tenor of Her Majesty’s engagement as specified 
in the said Convention, together with the attending 
charges of management thereon. 

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. FitzRoy, Viscount Pal- 
merston and the Chancellor of the Exchequer do 
prepare, and bring it in. 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That a Mes- Message from 
sage had been brought from the Lords, by one of the Lords. 
their Clerks, as followeth : 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Dwellings for 
for facilitating the erection of Dwelling-houses for —— 
the Labouring Classes ; to which the Lords desire ““*** - 
the concurrence of this House: And also, 

The Lords request, That this House will be pleased Downing. — 
to communicate to their Lordships, a Copy of the Ome. —— 
Report from the Select Committee appointed by this aaa: a 
House, in the present Session of Parliament, on the 
Downing-street Public Offices Extension Bill; to- 
gether with the Minutes of Evidence taken before 
the said Committee, and the Appendix thereto: 

And also, 

The Lords communicate to this House, a Copy Sumner's 
of the Minutes of Evidence taken upon the second Divorce Bill 
reading of Sumner’s Divorce Bill: And also, 

The Lords communicate to this House, the Pro- Hadow’s 
ceedings in the Supreme Court of Judicature of Pivorce Bill. 
Bombay, in the case of Fladow’s Divorce Bill (with 
a desire that the same may be returned). 

Ordered, That a printed Copy of the Report from Downing- 





thereof to the House, together with the Minutes of! the Select Committee on the Downing-street Public street Public 


the Evidence taken before them. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant 
to the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ 
for the electing of a Burgess to serve in this present 
Parliament for the Borough of Marylehone, in the 
room of the Right honourable Sir Benjamin Hall, 
Baronet, who, since his Election for the said Borough, 


hath accepted the Office of Chief Commissioner of 


Works. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 


Copies of Despatch of the Governor General of | 


India in Council, and Minutes of the Members of 
Council, respecting the annexation of Karouly :— 
And, of Despatch of the Court of Directors in reply 
thereto. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
a Copy of Report of the Commission for the investi- 
ration of alleged cases of Torture at Madras. 

Mr. Vernon Smith accordingly preseuted the said 
Paper. 

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


Mr. Fitz Roy reported from the Committee on the 
Turkish Loan, a Resolution; which was read, as 
followeth : 

That it is the opinion of this Committee, that Her 
Majesty be authorized to guarantee the payment of 





Offices Exten- 


| Offices Extension Bill be communicated to the sion Bill. 


| Lords, as desired by their Lordships: And that the 
| Clerk do deliver the same. 

| Ordered, That the Minutes of the Evidence taken Summer's 

| upon the second reading of Sumner’s Divorce Bill, Divorce Bill. 
— to the Select Committee on Divorce 

| Dilis. 

Ordered, That the Proceedings in the Supreme Hadow's 
‘Court of Judicature of Bombay, in the case of Divorce Bill. 
' Hadow's Divorce Bill, be referred to the Select 
Committee on Divorce Bills. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Supply. 
mittee of Supply ; 
And a Motion being made, and the Question 
| being proposed, That Mr. Speaker do now leave 
the Chair ; 
An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word “That” to 
the end of the Question, in order to add the words 
“ the delays in the Incumbered Estates Court of Incumbered 
“ Treland have caused much hardship to the former i 
“ proprietors of estates sold under that Court, and ‘ 
“ oma to a serious extent disappointed the expec- 
“ tations entertained when it was established of 
“ its probable efficiency and usefulness,” ,instead 
thereof. 
And the Question being proposed, That the words 
proposed to be left out, stand part of the Question : 
—The said proposed Amendment was, with leave of 
the House, withdrawn. 


And the Question being again proposed, That 





Mr. Speaker do now leave the Chair ; 
And 








Chs 
Tru 


Offi 


Car 
Uni 
Bill 


Gri 


Ins 
Bai 


Cri 


| all see 


wos: 


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Charitable 
Trusts Bill. 


Office of 
Speaker Bill. 


Cambridge 
University 
Bill. 


Grand Juries 
Bill. 


Insolvency and 
Bankruptcy 
(Scotland) Bill. 


Bill 267. 


Criminal 
Justice Bill. 


Trinity College 
(Dublin) Bill. 


Partnership 
Amendment 
Bill, 


Limited 
Liability Bill. 


Incumbered 
Estates (Ire- 
land) Acts 
Continuance 
Bill, 


Despatch of 
usiness, 
— of 
ance: 





19 VicTroriz. 


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


Martis, 24° die Julii, 1855: 


The said Motion was, with leave of the House, 
withdrawn. 
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 Charitable Trusts Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Thursday next. 


The Office of Speaker Bill was, according to 
Order, read a second time; and committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Cambridge University Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Monday next. 


The Order of the day being 
mittee on the Grand Juries Bill; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 


next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


read, for the Com- 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on the Insolvency and Bankruptcy 
(Scotland) Bill; and, after some time spent therein, 
Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Fitz Roy 
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 this day three 
months. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Criminal Justice Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, at Twelve 
o'clock, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Trinity College (Dublin) Bill was, according 
to Order, read the third time; and Amendments 
were made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Partnership Amendment Bill ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being put, That this House will, this day, at Twelve 
o'clock, resolve itself into the said Committee ; 

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 the f Mr. Mitchell, 

Noes, Mr. Hankey: 
So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 


_ 
qo 


Ss YS 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Limited Liability Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, at Twelve 
o’clock, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Incumbered Estates (Jreland) Acts Continu- 
ance Bill was, according to Order, read a second 
time ; and committed to a Committee of the whole 
House, for this day, at Twelve o'clock. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Despatch of Business, (Court of Chan- 
cery) Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. * 
Vou. 110. 





23°—24° Julit. 








407 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Powers under 
reading of the Powers under Improvements Acts Re- mProvements 
gulation Bill; _ tion Bill, 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday next. 


The Customs Laws Consolidation Bill was, ac- Customs Laws 
cording to Order, read a second time; and com- Consolidation 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for 
Wednesday next, 


The Customs Tariff Acts Amendment and Con- Customs Tariff 
solidation Bill was, according to Order, read a se- Acts Amend- 
d time; and committed to a Committ f th a 
con ime ; an co ; t mittee o e Consolidation 


whole House, for Wednesday next. Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second School Grants, 
reading of the School Grants, Security for Applica- Security for 
: &lt;a Application 
tion Bill; Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Wednesday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Navigation 
mittee on the Navigation Works (Zreland) Bill; Works (Ire- 
Resolved, That this House will, this day, at Twelve lend) BER. 

o'clock, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Lunatic Asy- 
mittee on the Lunatic Asylums (Zreland) (Advances) !ms (Ireland) 
Bill; - — 

Resolved, hat this House will, this day, at Twelve 
o'clock, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Edinburgh 
consideration the Amendments made by the Lords Lands Bil. 
to the Edinburgh Lands Bill; 

Ordered, That the said Amendments be taken 
into consideration upon Wednesday next. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to Youthful 
take into consideration the Amendments made by Offenders | 
the Lords to the Youthful Offenders (No. 2) Bill. (=erem 

The said Amendments, as far as Clause A., being 
read a second time, were agreed to. 

Cuause A., the next Amendment, being read a 
second time, was disagreed to. 

Then the subsequent Amendment, being read a 
second time, was agreed to, 

Ordered, That a Committee be appointed to draw 
up Reasons to be assigned to the Lords for ang, or 
ing to the Amendment to which this House hath 
disagreed :—And a Committee was appointed of 
Sir George Grey, Mr. Attorney General, Mr. Soli- 
citor General, Mr. Solicitor General for Jreland, 
Mr. Henley, the Lord Advocate, Mr. Cowper and 
Mr. Brand: And they are to withdraw immediately. 

Ordered, That Three be the Quorum. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Grand Juries 
mittee on the Grand Juries (Jreland) (No. 2) Bill; &gt; aay 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve ‘N® 2) Bill 
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 Public-houses 
into a Committee on the Public-houses (JZreland) (ireland) Bill 
Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker 
resumed the Chair; and Mr. Iitz Roy 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, proceeded to Weights and 
take into consideration the Amendments made by Measures Bill. 
3F4 


the 











408 


the Lords to the Weights and Measures Bill; and 
the same were twice read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the Amendments made by their Lord- 
ships. 


Absconding 
Debtors (Ire- 
land) Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming 
the adjourned Debate on the Question proposed 
upon the 20th day of this instant July, That the 
Absconding Debtors (Ireland) Bill be now read the 
third time ; 

Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 
till this day. 


Dwellings for 
Labouring 
Classes (Ire- 
land) Bill. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on the Dwellings for Labouring 
Classes (Ireland) Bill; and, after some time spent 
therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. 
FitzRoy 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. 


Slave Trade The Slave Trade (Sherbro) Bill was, according to 
(Sherbro) Bill. Order, read the third time ; and Amendments were 
made to the Bill. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Turnpike Acts 
Continuance 
(Ireland) Bill. 


The Turnpike Acts Continuance (Jreland) Bill 
was, according to Order, read a second time ; and 
committed to a Committee of the whole House, for 
this day, at Twelve o'clock. 


Joint Stock The Joint Stock Banks (Scotland) Bill was, ac- 
—— cording to Order, read a second time ; and committed 
ames tg a Committee of the whole House, for this day. 


Island of The Island of Tobago Loan Bill was, according 
"aaa Loan to Order, read a second time; and committed to a 


Committee of the whole House, for this day. 


CourtofChan- he Order of the day being read, for resuming 
cery (Ireland) 


(Jurisdiction) the adjourned Debate on the Amendment which, 
Bill. upon the 3d day of May last, was proposed to be 
made to the Question, That the Court of Chancery 
(Ireland) (Jurisdiction) Bill be now read a second 
time ; 
Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 
Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


Court = The Order of the day being read, for the second 
estes) ) reading of the Court of Chancery (Ireland) (Proce- 


Bill. dure) Bill ; 
Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 
Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


CourtofChan- The Order of the day being read, for the second 
oucineny reading of the Court of Chancery (Ireland) (Receiv- 
Bill. ers) Bill; 
Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 
Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 
Court of Chan- The Order of the day being read, for the second 
cery (Ireland) ; . 


(Sales of reading of the Court of Chancery (Jreland) (Sales 
Estates) Bill, Of Estates) Bill ; 
Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 
Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 
ey ot omg The Order of the day being read, for the second 
{ Anpesls) Bul, reading of the Court of Chancery (Jrelund) (Appeals) 
ill ; 
Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 
Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 





93°—94° Juliz. 





A. 1855. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Court of Chan. 
reading of the Court of Chancery (Jreland) (Stamp °¢TY (Ireland) 
. ; (Stamp 
Duties) Bill; Duties) Bill. 
Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Passengers 
mittee on the Passengers Act Amendment Bill; — Act Amend. 
Resolved, ‘Vhat this House will, this day, resolve a 

itself into the said Committee. 


Ordered, That the Amendments made by the Burial of Poor 
Lords to the Burial of Poor Persons Bill be taken P¢Tsons Bill 
into consideration this day, at Twelve o’clock. 


And then the House, having continued to sit till 
Two of the clock on Tuesday morning, ad- 
journed till this day. 


Martis, 24° die Julii ; 
Anno 19° Victoria Regine, 1855. 


PRAYERS. 


QRDERED, That all Committees have leave Committees. 
to sit this day, during the sitting of the House. 


Mr. Wilson presented a Bill to enable Her Ma- Turkish Loan 


jesty to carry into effect a Convention made between Bill. 


Her Majesty, his Majesty the Emperor of the Bill 268. 
French, and his Imperial Majesty the Sultan: And 
the same was read the first time; and ordered to 
be read a second time upon Thursday next; and to 


be printed. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Airdrie Rural 


the Amendments made by the Lords to the Airdrie District Police: 


Rural District Police (No. 2) Bill; and the same &amp;X® 2) Bill 


were twice read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Clerk 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 East Kent 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the East Railway 
Kent Railway (Extension to Dover) Bill; and the Sores) Bill 
same were twice read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Clerk 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 gurrey Gas 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Surrey Bill. 
Gas Bill; and the same were twice read, and agreed 
to. 
Ordered, That the Clerk 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 it be an Instruction to the Com- Merton College: 


mittee of Selection, That they have Power to appoint Estate Bill. 
the Committee on the Merton College Estate Bill for 

any day not earlier than seven clear days after the 

second reading of the Bill. 


Ordered, That the Ledbury Prebend Bill be read Ledbury _ 
a second time To-morrow. Prebend Bill. 


Ordered, That a Message be sent to the Lords, Wyndham’s 
to request that their Lordships will be pleased to Divorce Bill 
communicate to this House, the Depositions taken 
in India, and a Copy of the Minutes of Evidence 
taken before their Lordships, in the case of Wynd- 
ham’s Divorce Bill: And that the Clerk do carry 
tht said Message. 

Petitions 








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19 Victoriz2. 


Public Petitions relating to Maynooth College Act ;— 

agape Public-houses ;—Accidents on Railways Bill ;— 

Vide Fifty- and, Medical Officers (Navy),—were presented, and 

seventh Re- yead; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

= Petitions relating to the Sale of Beer Act (1854),— 
were also presented, and read; and referred to the 
Select Committee on the Sale of Beer, &amp;c. Act. 


Mercantile Mr. Cowper presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
— mand,—Copy of Second Report of the Commissioners 


appointed to inquire and ascertain how far the Mer- 
cantile Laws in different parts of the United King- 
dom may be advantageously assimilated, &amp;c. 

Mr. Cowper also presented,— Return to an Address 
to Her Majesty, dated the 16th day of March last, 
for Returns of the Tables of Fees determined on by 
each of the Burial Boards appointed under the Acts 
15 &amp; 16 Vie. c. 85, 16 &amp; 17 Vic. c. 134, and 17 &amp; 18 
Vic. c. 87, for Burials in the Consecrated and Un- 
consecrated Ground respectively, with the mode of 
appropriating such Fees to parochial Incumbents 
and other Officers, to Dissenting Ministers, and to 
the general purposes of such Boards respectively. 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 
27th day of March last, for a Return with reference 
to Poor Relief in each Union in Jreland, showing in 
separate Columns. the Number of Paupers, the Cost 
of Provisions, of Clothing and other necessaries, and 
the Average Weekly Cost of such Relief per Head ; 
the Cost of Medical Aid and of Lodging; the Sa- 
laries of Officers; and the Amount of any other 
Expenditure not included in the foregoing, for the 
year ending the 1st day of January 1855 :—And, 
similar Return for each Parish or combination of 
Parishes in Scotland, for the year ending the 14th 
day of May 1854. 

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


Burial Fees. 


Poor Relief 
(Ireland and 
Scotland. ) 


Chamber of 


The following Paper, pursuant to the directions of 
London. 


several Acts of Parliament, was laid upon the Table 
by the Clerk of the House,—Annual Accounts from 
the Chamber of London. 
ae ~ Ordered, That the Return relative to the Towns Im- 
vemen i 
) provement Act (Ireland), which was presented upon 
, ey the 17th day of this instant July, be printed. 


Ballast Ordered, That the Return relative to Ballast 
ope Heavers, which was presented upon the 16th day of 
417. this instant J uly, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to the Caledonian 


Caledonian 


— Canal, which was presented upon the 23d day of 
No, 418. this instant J uly, be printed. 

Capital Ordered, ‘That the Return relative to Capital 

Punishment 


(Scotland.) Punishment (Scotland), which was presented upon 
the 23d day of this instant July, be printed. 


No. 419. 
Torture Ordered, That the Paper relative to Torture (M/a- 
a age dras), which was presented upon the 23d day of 
0-420. this instant J uly, be printed. 
Tenants’ The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
Conpensation into a Committee on the Tenants’ Improvements 


(Ireland) Bill. Compensation (Jreland) Bill. 
(In the Committee.) 


Cuavsz, N° 18 (Persons enabled to make leases). 
To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Fitz Roy 
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 this day three 
months, again resolve itself into the said Committee. 





Partnership 
mend 
Bill, went 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself into 
a Committee on the Partnership Amendment Bill. 
Vou. 110. 








24° Juhi. 409 


(In the Committee.) 


Motion made, and Question proposed, That the 
Chairman do report Progress. 

Whereupon Motion made, and Question proposed, 
That the Chairman do now leave the Chair. 

Question put, That the Chairman do report Pro- 
gress ; 

The Committee divided. 


Tellers for the { Mr. Hayter, a 89 
Yeas, The Earl of Mulgrave : er 
Tellers for the; Mr. William Brown, 41 
Noes, \Mr. Archibald Hastie: } ; 


To ask leave to sit again. 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; and Mr. Fitz Roy 
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 ‘I'welve o'clock, again resolve itself into the 
said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Limited _ 
mittee on the Limited Liability Bill; Liability 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 Com- Navigation 
mittee on the Navigation Works (Jreland) Bill; eos) Ba 
Resolved, That this House will, vpon Thursday p 
next, at Twelve o'clock, resolve itself into the said 

Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Lunatic Asy- 
mittee on the Lunatic Asylums (Zreland) (Advances) time 
Bill; Bil. 


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 Com- Criminal 
mittee on the Criminal Justice Bill; Justice Bill 
Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Inverness 
into a Committee on the Jnverness Bridge Bill ; and, Bridge Bill. 
after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed 
the Chair; and Mr. FitzRoy 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 Incumbered 

into a Committee on the Incumbered Estates (Jre- Daa 
land) Acts Continuance Bill; and, after some time Gontinuance 
spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Bill. 
Mr. Fitz Roy 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 Turnpike Acts 
into a Committee on the Turnpike Acts Continuance pe 
(Lreiand) Bill; and, after some time spent therein, ‘ a 
Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. FitzRoy 
a that the Committee had gone through the 

ill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration To-morrow. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take Burial of Poor 
into consideration the Amendment made by the P¢tsus Bill 
Lords to the Burial of Poor Persons Bill; and the 
same was twice read, and agreed to. 

3G Ordered, 





































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Medical 
Profession 
Bill. 


Youthful 
Offenders 


(No. 2) Bill. 


Eastern 
Papers. 


Officers 
(Navy.) 


Tea, &amp;c. 


410 


Ordered, That the Clerk 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 second 
reading of the Medical Profession Bill ; 

Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


Sir George Grey reported from the Committee 
appointed to draw up Reasons to be assigned to the 
Lords for disagreeing to one of the Amendments 
made by their Lordships to the Youthful Offenders 
(No. 2) Bill; That they had drawn up a Reason 
accordingly, which they had directed him to report 
to the House; and the same was read, as followeth : 

Because it is desirable that the punishment 
which a Youthful Offender should undergo 
on conviction of an offence punishable by 
Law should be awarded by the sentence of 
the Court or Magistrate before or by whom 
such Youthful Offender is convicted, and 
should not be contingent on the offer of the 
Managers of a Reformatory School to take 
charge of such Youthful Offender. 

The said Reason, being read a second time, was 

reed to. 

Ordered, That a Message be sent to the Lords, 
.to communicate the said Reason (with the Bill and 
Amendments): And that the Clerk do carry the 
same. 


Viscount Palmerston presented, by Her Majesty’s 
Command,—Eastern Papers, Part XVI.: Instruc- 
tions to Lord John Russell on proceeding to Vienna. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 


Table. 





Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the Number of Captains promoted to be 
Active Rear-Admirals, from the 1st day of January | 
1850 to the latest Period :—Like Return of Senior | 
Captains placed on the Reserved and Retired Rear- | 
Admirals’ and Captains’ Lists respectively, from not | 
having served their time Afloat as Captains :—Re- | 
turns of the Number of Active Commanders of | 
Twenty-five years’ standing and upwards, in that | 
Rank, stating the Date of the Commission of the | 
Senior one :—Of the Number of Reserved Com- | 
manders who had previously held the Rank of | 
Lieutenant Twenty-five years and upwards, stating 
the Maximum Number of years:—Like Return of | 
Retired Commanders who had previously held the | 
Rank of Lieutenant Twenty-five years and upwards, | 
stating the Maximum Number of years :—Return of | 
the Number of Active Lieutenants of Twenty years’ | 
standing and upwards in that Rank, stating the Date 
of the Commission of the Senior Active Lieutenant : 
—Like Return of the Reserved Lieutenants :—Re- | 
turns of the Number of Masters promoted to Rank 
of Commanders under the Order in Council of June | 
25, 1851 :—Of the Number of Surgeons fit for Ser- 
vice :—Similar Return of Assistant Surgeons :—Re- | 
turns of Surgeons and Assistant Surgeons respec- | 
tively, retired and unfit for Service at Sea :—Of the | 
Number of Mates, Midshipmen, Volunteers and Ca- 
dets, respectively, now in the Navy, and of the 
Number of Cadets admitted in each of the last Ten | 
years, and from the 1st day of January to the Ist 
day of July 1855:—And, on the Active Lists of 
Admirals, Captains, Commanders and Lieutenants, 
respectively, to state the Number in each Rank on 
Full Pay, and the Number in each Rank on Half 
Pay, on the Ist day of July 1855. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the Number of Detections made of the 
Adulteration of Tea, Coffee, Cocoa, Chocolate and 
Pepper, in each year from 1844 to 1854 both inclu- 
sive, and for the half-year to the 30th day of June 


94°99 Jultz. 





A. 1855. 


1855; specifying the Number prosecuted, and the 
Number convicted, the Number of Cases in which 
the Penalty was paid, and the Number in which 
Imprisonment was suffered. 


Notice being taken, that Forty Members were not 
present:—The House was told by Mr. Speaker; and 
Forty Members not being present, and it being then 
after Four of the clock :—The House was adjourned 
by Mr. Speaker, without a Question first put, till 
To-morrow. 








Mercurii, 25° die Julii ; 
Anno 19° Victorie Regine, 1855. 


PRAYERS. 


RDERED, That all Committees have leave Committees, 


to sit this day, during the sitting of the House. 


Petitions relating to Cambridge University 


—lIntoxicating Liquors ;—Medical Officers (Navy) ; 
—Petty Sessions Clerks (Jreland);—and, Public- 
houses (Scotland) Act,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions relating to the Sale of Beer Act (1854),— 
were also presented, and read; and referred to the 
Select Committee on the Sale of Beer, &amp;c. Act. 


Mr. Bouverie presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- Trade and 
mand,—Accounts relating to Trade and Navigation, Navigation. 


for the Month ended 30th June 1855, and Six 
Months ended 80th June 1855. 

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


The following Paper was laid upon the Table Tobacco. 


by the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, 
dated the 11th day of May last, for a Return 
of the several Seizures made, and of the Prosecu- 
tions for Breach of the Laws relating to Tobacco, 
between the 5th day of January 1852 and the 5th 
day of January 1855 ; distinguishing those in Great 
Britain from those in Jreland; specifying the 
Places where, and the Names of the Persons pro- 
secuted, or from whom the Seizures were made ; 
the Quantities and Kinds of Goods seized ; the pre- 
cise Nature of the Offences charged or for which 
the Seizures were made; the Results of the Exami- 
nations of the Goods by Analysis or otherwise, 
where seized for Adulteration; whether any and 
what Judicial Proceedings were taken in each case ; 
the Result of such Proceedings, whether convicted 
or otherwise ; Amount of Fine paid, or Imprison- 
ment suffered ; whether the Goods seized were con- 
demned or restored (so far as relates to the Excise 
Branch of Inland Revenue, and in continuation of 
Parliamentary Paper, No. 364, of Session 1852-53.) 


Bill ; Public 
—Church Rates Abolition Bill;— Marriage Law Fetitions. 


Amendment Bill; — Maynooth College Act; — Vide Fifty- 
Bleaching, &amp;c. Works Bill ;—Criminal Justice Bill ; eighth Report. 






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Ordered, That the Select Committee on Stoppage Stoppage of 


of Wages (Hosiery) have Power to report their Ob- 
servations thereupon to the House, together with 


lthe Minutes of the Evidence taken before them. 


Mr. Ingham reported from the said Select Com- 
mittee ; ‘that they had considered the matter to 
them referred ; and directed him to make a Report 
thereof to the House, together with the Minutes of 
the Evidence taken before them. 

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


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Acts of Parliament Amending Bill ; 
Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 





Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 
The 





Wages 
(Hosiery.) 


No. 421. 


Acts of 
Parliament 
Amending 
Bill. 





















5 





Marriage Law 
Amendment 
Bill. 


Grand Juries 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Message from 
the Lords. 


Public 
Libraries and 
Museums Bill. 


West Indies 
Relief Loans 
Arrangement 
Bill 


Religious _ 
Worship Bill. 


Dwelling- 
houses (Scot- 
land) Bill. 


Crime and 
Outrage (Ire- 
land) Act 
Continuance 
Bill. 


Wyndham’s 
Divorce Bill. 


Jones’s 
Divorce Bill, 


Wyndham’s 
Divorce Bill. 


Jones’s 
Divorce Bill. 


Bleaching, &amp;c. 


Works Bill. 





19 VicTroriz. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on the Marriage Law Amendment | 
Bill ; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker 
resumed the Chair; and Mr. FitzRoy 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 this day 
three months, again resolve itself into the said Com- 
mittee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Grand Juries (/reland) Bill ; 

Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That a Mes- 
sage had been brought from the Lords, by one of 
their Clerks, as followeth : 

The Lords have agreed to the Public Libraries 
and Museums Bill, without any Amendment: And 
also, 

The Lords have agreed to the West Indies Reliet 
Loans Arrangement Bill, without any Amendment: 


And also, 


The Lords have agreed to the Religious Worship 
Bill, with Amendments; to which Amendments the 
Lords desire the concurrence of this House: And 
also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Dwelling-houses 
(Scotland) 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 
to continue an Act of the eleventh year of Her 
present Majesty, for the better Prevention of Crime 
and Outrage in certain Parts of Zreland ; to which 
the Lords desire the concurrence of this House : 
And also, 

The Lords communicate to this House, Proceed- 
ings before the Judges of the Supreme Court of 
Judicature at Madras on Wyndham’s Divorce Bill 
(with a desire that the same may be returned): And 
also, 

The Lords communicate to this House, a Copy of 
the Minutes of the Evidence taken upon the second 
reading of Jones’s Divorce Bill. 


Ordered, That the Proceedings before the Judges 
of the Supreme Court of Judicature at Madras, on| 
Wyndham’s Divorce Bill, be referred to the Select 
Committee on Divorce Bills. 


Ordered, That the Copy of the Minutes of Evi- 
dence taken upon the second reading of Jones’s 
Divorce Bill, be referred to the Select Committee on 
Divorce Bills. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Bleaching, &amp;c. Works 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 the word “ now,” and, at 
the end of the Question, adding 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. Isaac Butt, 

Yeas, LViseount Goderich : 

Tellers for the Mr. Kirk, 

Noes, \Mr. Duncan: 

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. 


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VoL, 110. 


25° Julie. 411 


Then the main Question, so amended, being put ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon this day three months. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Union of 
mittee on the Union of contiguous Benefices Bill ; contiguous | 

And a Motion being made, and the Question being ere 
ig That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 

air ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word “ That” to 
the end of the Question, in order to add the words 
“ this House will, upon this day three months, re- 
“solve itself into the said Committee,” instead 
thereof. 

And the Question being put, That the words 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 John Pakington, 71 

Yeas, \The Marquis of Blandford : J 70. 
Tellers for the f Mr. Pellatt, 
Noes, UMr. Hadfield: } al 

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.) 


Preamble postponed. 


Cuiause, N° 1 (Contiguous Benefices may be 
united under this Act, without regard to the aggre- 
gate population or yearly value). 

An Amendment made. 

Another Amendment proposed, at the end of the 
Amendment: After the word “ Borough” to add 


| these words: “the population of such united Bene- 
“ fices not exceeding Two thousand five hundred.” 


Question proposed, That those words be there 
added ; 

Whereupon Motion made, and Question proposed, 
That the Chairman do report Progrees, and ask 
leave to sit again :— Motion, by leave, withdrawn. 

Another Amendment proposed to the proposed 
Amendment: To leave out “ Two thousand five 
“ hundred,” and insert ‘‘ Three thousand.” 

Question, That “ Two thousand five hundred ”’ 
stand part of the proposed Amendment——put, and 
negatived. 

An Amendment made. 

Amendment, as amended, agreed to. 

Clause, as amended, agreed to. 

Cxause, N° 2 (On representation of inhabitants of 
any small parish that their Benefice might be advan- 
tageously united, Bishop of the Diocese shall in- 
quire, and may certify to Church Building Commis- 
sioners). 

Amendments made. 

Another Amendment proposed, in p. 2, 1. 37: To 
leave out the words “ Her Majesty’s Commissioners 
“ for building New Churches,” and insert the words 
** the Parishes’ Commissioners.” 

Question proposed, That the words “ Her Ma- 
«« jesty’s Commissioners for building New Churches” 
stand part of the Clause ; 


To report Progress, and ask [eave to sit again. 








Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Fitz Roy 
reported, That the Committee had made Progress in 
the Bill; and that he was directed to move, That the 
Committee may have leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
next, again resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Excise Duties 
mittee on the Excise Duties Bill; Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 
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Metropolitan 


Buildings Bill. 


Supply. 


Powers under 
Improvements 
Actes Regula- 


tion Bill. 


Customs Laws 


412 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to 
take into consideration the Metropolitan Buildings 
Bill, as amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Friday next, at Twelve o'clock. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Supply ; 

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


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Powers under Improvements Acts 
Regulation Bill ; 

Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 


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A. 1855. 


| The Incumbered Estates (Jreland) Acts Continu- Incumberea 

ance Bill was, according to Order, read the third a ye (Ire- 

: and) Acts 

time. P Continuance 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. Bill. 
Ordered, That the Clerk 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 Turnpike Acts 
[take into consideration the Turnpike Acts Con- ya eg 
'tinuance (Ireland) Bill, as amended in the Cx OO 
|“ mnittee. 

| Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 

| To-morrow. 

| The Order of the day being read, for resuming the Church Rates 
adjourned Debate on the Amendment which, upon ey 
the 11th day of this instant July was proposed to be i 


Consolidation into a Committee on the Customs Laws Consoli-| made to the Question, That Mr. Speaker do now 


Bill, 
Bill 269. 


Customs Tariff 
Acts Amend- 


ment and 


dation Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. 
Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. FitzRoy re- 
ported, That the Committee had gone through the 
Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 
Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for To-morrow. 


The House, a to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on the Customs Tariff Acts Amend- 


Consolidation ment and Consolidation Bill; and, after some time 


Bill. 
Bill 270. 


School Grants, 


Security for 
Application 
Bill. 


Edinburgh 
Lands Bill. 


Ways and 
Means. 


Public- houses 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Ledbury 
Prebend Bill. 


Criminal 
Justice Bill. 


Inverness 
Bridge Bill. 


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, be printed. 
Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the School Grants, Security for Applica- 
tion Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
To-morrow. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to 
take into consideration the Amendments made by 
the Lords to the Edinburgh Lands Bill; and the 
same were twice read, and, with an Amendment to 
one of them, agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the Amendments made by their Lordships, 
with an Amendment; to which Amendment this 
House doth desire the concurrence of their Lord- 
ships. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Ways and Means; 


leave the Chair (for Committee on Church Rates 
| Abolition (No. 2) 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 Nuisances Removal, &amp;c. (Zreland) Removal, &amp;e. 

Bill ; (Ireland) Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time To- 

morrow. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Office of 
into a Committee on the Office of Speaker Bill ; and, Speer Bill 
after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed 
the Chair; and Mr. FitzRoy reported, That the 
Committee had gone through the Bill; and directed 
him to report the same, without Amendment. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon 
Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Grand Juries 
mittee on the Grand Juries (Ireland) (No. 2) Bill ; (Ireland) | 

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


The Order of the day being read, for resuming Absconding 
the adjourned Debate on the Question proposed upon a na 
the 20th day of this instant July, That the Abscond- (2a = 
ing Debtors (Jreland) 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- Dwellings for 
mittee on the Dwellings for Labouring Classes (Jre- ome 

. asses (Ire- 

| and) Bill; land) Bill. 

| Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 

resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday | 


next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to 
take into consideration the Public-houses (Jre/and) 
Bill, as amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
‘To-morrow. 


The Ledbury Prebend Bill was, according to 
Order, read a second time; and committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for To-morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Criminal Justice Bill ; 

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


The Inverness Bridge Bill was, according to Order, 
read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 





The House, according to Order, resolved itself Joint Stock 
‘into a Committee on the Joint Stock Banks (Scot- a 
land) Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. 
Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr, FitzRoy re- 

Eo. That the Committee had gone through the 
ill; and directed him to report the same, without 
| Amendment. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time To- 


\ 
morrow. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Island of 
into a Committee on the Island of Tobago Loan Papas Loan 
Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker ; 
resumed the Chair; and Mr. FitzRoy 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. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Passengers 
into a Committee on the Passengers Act Amend- rool ae 
ment Bill. 





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19 Vicrori2. 


(In the Committee.) 

Cravses, N° 35 and N° 36, amended, and agreed 
to. 
To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 

Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Fitz Roy 
reported, That the Committee had made Progress in 
the Bill; and that he was directed to move, That 

ts 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. 


Commissariat. 
No. 422. 


Mr. Peel presented, by Her Majesty’s Command, 
—Supplementary Estimate of the Sums that will be 
required to meet the Expenses for Commissariat 
Services, in the year 1855-56. 


Arm Mr. Peel also presented,—Return to an Address 


Commissions. to Her Majesty, dated the 3d day of May last, for | P 


a Return of the Full Amount that would be required 
to pay the Regulation Price for the Commission of 
every Officer who has died in Active Service during 
the present War. 

Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
Table; and that the Estimate be referred to the 
Committee of Supply; and be printed. 


Crimeand Out- The Crime and Outrage (Zreland) Act Continuance 
rage (Ireland) Bil] was read the first time ; and ordered to be read 


95° —26° Julii. 





Act Oi. _@ second time upon Friday next; and to be printed. 
Bill 271. 
Religious Ordered, That the Amendments made by the 
Worship Bill. Lords to the Religious Worship Bill be taken into 
Bill 272. consideration upon Friday next. 
Ordered, That the Bill, as amended by the Lords, 
be printed. 
Dwelling- Ordered, That the Amendments made by the 
houses (Scot- Lords to the Dwelling-houses (Scotland) Bill be 
land) Bill. taken into consideration upon Friday next. 
Bill 273. Ordered, That the Bill, as amended by the Lords, 
be printed. 
East India Ordered, That the Return relative to East India 
—— . (Selections from Records of Government), which 
of Govern. WAS presented upon the 19th day of this instant July, 
ment.) be printed. 
No. 423. 
Poor Relief Ordered, That the Return relative to Poor Relief 
a and (Jreland and Scotland), which was presented upon 
Scotland.) — f die instant: Sade. bn auteted 
No. 424. the 24th day of this instant July, be printed. 
Chamber of Ordered, That the Accounts relative to the Cham- 
ndon, 


No. 425. 


Civil Services. 


ber of London, which were presented upon the 24th 
day of this instant July, be printed. 


Mr. Wilson presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 


No,140-I1V-1, mand,—Estimates, &amp;c., Civil Services, for the year 


Post-office 


ending 31 March 1856 :—Supplementary Estimate, 
1855-56 :—Vote I. [Supplementary]: Public Edu- 
cation, Great Britain. 

Ordered, That the said Estimate be referred to 
the Committee of Supply ; and be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Post-office 


(Ennis Mail.) (Ennis Mail), which was presented upon the 23d 


Savings 
Banks. 


day of this instant July, be referred to the Select 
Committee on Postal Arrangements ( Waterford, &amp;c.) 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the Savings Banks in England, Wales and 
Lreland (stating the Towns in which they are esta- 
blished), in respect to which the Trustees and Ma- 
nagers have made themselves liable to the Depositors 
under the Provisions of the Act 7 &amp; 8 Vic. c. 83, 
the Names of such Trustees and Managers, and the 
Amounts for which they are severally liable. 


And it being Six of the clock, Mr. Speaker 
adjourned the House till To-morrow, without 
putting the Question. 


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Jovis, 26° die Julii ; 


Anno 19° Victoria Regine, 1855. 


PRAYERS. 


O RDERED, That all Committees have leave Committees. 
to sit this day, during the sitting of the House. 


Bray's Estate Bill was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the same, without Amendment. 


Bray’s Estate 
Bil 


The Earl of Abergavenny'’s Estate Bill was read Earl of Aber: 
the third time; and an Amendment was made to the s@vemy’s 
Bill. Estate Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill, with the Amendment, do 
ass. 

Ordered, That the Clerk 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. 


Jenkins’ 
Estate Bill. 


Jenkins’ Estate Bill was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the same, without Amendment. 


The Dwellings for Labouring Classes Bill was read Dwellings for 
the first time; and ordered to be read a second time ——. 
upon Monday next; and to be printed. Bill 274. 

Petitions relating to Accidents on Railways Bill; Public 
— Billeting Soldiers; — Brixton Prison ;— Intoxi- Petitions. 
cating Liquors ;—Medical Profession Bill ;—Sale of vide Fitty- 
Beer Act (1854) ;—and, Smith’s Collection of An- eighth Report- 
tiquities,—were presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That the Proceedings of the Judges in Ewing’s _ 
the Supreme Court of Judicature at Fort William in Divorce Bill. 
Bengal, on Ewing’s Divorce Bill, which was com- 
municated from the Lords upon the 20th day of this 
instant July, be referred to the Select Committee on 
Divorce Bills. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Army Com- army 
missions, which was presented upon the 25th day Commissions. 
of this instant July, be printed. No, 426. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- simitea 
mittee on the Limited Liability Bill ; Liability Bill. 

And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
proposed, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the Chair ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word “That” to 
the end of the Question, in order to add the words 
“ this House will, upon this day three months, re- 
“ solve itself into the said Committee,” instead 
thereof. 

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

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right ; 

The Noes to the left. 


Tellers for the { Mr. Hayter, 1 on 
Yeas, \The Earl of Mulgrave: = J*°*"* 

Tellers for the (Mr. Muntz, l 40 
Noes, Mr. Glyn: f 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 
Chair :—The House accordingly resolved itself into 
the Committee. 

(In the Committee.) 


Preamble postponed. ; 

Cuiause, N° 1 (Mode of obtaining limited liabi- 
lity by future Companies). 

To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 





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414 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; and Mr. FitzRoy 
reported, That the Committee had made Progress in 
the Bill; and that he was directed to move, That 
the Committee may have leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, at 
Twelve o’clock, again resolve itself into the said 
Committee. 





Partnership 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
—_— 


mittee on the Partnership Amendment Bill ; 
Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, at 
Twelve o'clock, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Navigation The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
Cincland) Bill. mittee on the Navigation Works (dreland ) Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, ‘To-morrow, at 

Twelve o'clock, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Lunatic Asy- The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
—— mittee on the Lunatic Asylums (Zreland) (Advances) 
ces) . 
Bill. Bill; ae 
Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, at 
Twelve o'clock, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Passengers The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
oo into a Committee on the Passengers Act Amend- 


ment Bill. 
(In the Committee.) 


Cuiauses, N° 37 to N° 67, with Amendments to 
several of them, agreed to. 

Curause, N° 68, disagreed to. 

To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; and Mr. Fitz Roy 
reported, That the Committee had made Progress 
in the Bill; and that he was divecied to move, That 
the Committee may have leave to si. again. 

Resolved, That this House wil’, this day, again 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Revenue, &amp;c. 
(Ireland. ) 


The following Papers were laid upon the Table by 
the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, dated 
the 22d day of June last, for an Abstract of the Net 
Produce of the Revenue of Jre/and paid into the 
Exchequer, in the year ended the 5th day of January 
1855 :—Accounts of the Net Public Income and 
Expenditure of Jreland, for the year ended the 4th 
day of January 1855, 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 District 
of Ireland, in the year ended the 5th day of January 
1855 :—Of the Amount of Duties of Customs of the 
Revenue Districts of Jreland, in the year ended the 
5th day of January 1855 :—Of the Amount of Stamp 
Duties collected in Dublin, and in each Stamp Dis- 
trict of Jreland, in the year ended the 5th day of 
January 1855 :—Of the Amount of Postage collected 
in each County of Ireland, in the year ended the 5th 
day of January 1855:—Statement showing the 
Quantities of the following Articles retained for Home 
Consumption in Jreland, in the year ended the 5th 

‘day of January 1855, viz. Wine, Spirits, Foreign 
and Home made, Tobacco, Tea, Coffee, Sugar, Flax 
Seed, Cotton Yarn, Cotton Wool, Woollen and 
Worsted Yarn, Silk Raw and Thrown, Iron Un- 
wvought, Timber, Deals and Coals :— And, Statement 
showmg the Quantities of the following Articles ex- 
ported trom Jreland, in the year ended the 5th day 
of January 1855, 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, Oat- 
meal, drish Spirits, Linen Manufactures, Linen Yarn 
and Cotton Manufactures (in continuation of Par- 
liamentary Paper, No. 400, of Session 1854). 

Return to an Order, dated the 17th day of this 


Annexation é ve * ; 
instant July, for Copies of a Treaty between Ram- 


of Jhansi. 





26° Julie. 





A. 1855. 


chund Rao, Soubadar of Jhansi, and the British 
Government, concluded in the year 1817 :—And, of 
all Reports and Correspondence relative to the an- 
nexation of the Territory of Jhansi to the British 
Territories. 
Return to an Order, dated the 17th day of this Foreign Hops, 

instant July, for a Return of the Quantity of Forei 
Hops imported into the United Kingdom, and the 
Amount of Duty paid, for the years ending the 30th 
~ of June 1853, 1854 and 1855. 

he following Paper, pursuant to the directions Patents for 
of an Act of Parliament, was also laid upon the Iventions. 
Table by the Clerk of the House,—Copy of the Re- 
port of the Commissioners of Patents for Inventions, 
for the year 1854. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee on the Sale of Sale of Beer, 
Beer, &amp;c. Act have Power to report their Observa- jo ry tom 
tions thereupon to the House. N pene ’ 

Mr. Henry Berkeley reported from the said Select “~° *“* 
Committee ; That they had considered the matters 
to them referred ; and directed him to make a Report 
thereof to the House. 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Civil Service. 
Returns showing the several Government Offices 
in which Candidates for Clerkships in the Civil Ser- 
vice are examined, previously to their Appointment, 
by the Commission of Examiners appointed by the 
Order in Council of the 21st day of May last :—Of 
the Number of Examinations which have been held 
by the Commission, from the Date of their Appoint- 
ment up to the present Date:—Of the Number of 
Candidates whose Qualifications the Commissioners 
have reported as sufficient, and the Number re- 
jected as unqualified :—And whether, in any of the 
Offices to which this Return may refer, Persons 
admitted to Clerkships are subject to any Probation 
eae to Appointment; and, if so, for what 

erm. 


Viscount Palmerston presented, by Her Majesty’s Borneo. 
Command,— Borneo : Copies of Reports of the Com- 
missioners appointed to inquire into certain Matters 
connected with the position of Sir James Brooke. 

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


The Order of the day being read, for the second Accidents on 
reading of the Accidents on Railways Bill ; aliweye De 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Monday next. 


The Turkish Loan Bill was, according to Order, Turkish Loan 
read a second time; and committed to a Committee Bill. 
of the whole House, for To-morrow, at Twelve 
o'clock. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Supply. 
into the Committee of Supply. 


(In the Committee.) 


1. Motion made, and Question proposed, That a Education. 
Sum, not exceeding £. 296,921, be granted to Her 
Majesty, to complete the Sum necessary to defray 
the Charge for Public Education in Great Britain, 
to the 31st day of March 1856, including the Sum 
required for promoting Voluntary Assessments to- 
wards the Expense of building Schools in Great 
Britain. 

Whereupon Motion made, and Question proposed, 
That a Sum, not exceeding £. 263,000, be granted 
to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum necessary to 
defray the Charge for Public Education in Great 
Britain, to the 31st day of March 1856, including 
the Sum required for promoting Voluntary Assess- 
ments 


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Education 
(Ireland. ) 


Departments 
of Science 
and Art, &amp;c. 


Excise Duties 


Message from 
the Lords. 


Lunatic Asy- 


_ (Ireland) (Jreland) Bill, without any Amendment: And also, 








19 Vicrortiz. 


ments towards the Expense of building Schools in 
Great Britain :—Motion, by leave, withdrawn. 

Original Question put, and agreed to. 

2. Motion made, and Question proposed, That a 
Sum, not exceeding £.215,200, be granted to Her 
Majesty, for Public Education in Treland, under 
the Charge of the Commissioners of National Educa- 
tion in Ireland, to the 31st day of March 1856. 

Whereupon Motion made, and Question proposed, 
That a Sum, not exceeding £.213,200, be granted 
to Her Majesty, for Public Education in Jreland, 
under the Charge of the Commissioners of National 
Education in /reland, to the 31st day of March 
1856 :—Motion, by leave, withdrawn. 

Original Question put, and agreed to. 

3. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £. 605, 
be granted to Her Majesty, to pay the Salary of the 
Secretary and the Expenses of the Office of the 
Commissioners of Education in Jreland, to the 
31st day of March 1856. 

4. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £. 79,364, 
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 
1856. 

Resolutions to be reported. 


And the House having continued to sit till after 

Twelve of the clock on Friday morning ; 
Veneris, 27° die Julti, 1855: 

Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; and Mr. Fitz Roy 
reported, That the Committee had come to several 
Resolutions. 

Ordered, That the Report be received this day, 
at Twelve o’clock. 

Mr. FitzRoy 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 
into a Committee on the Excise Duties Bill. 


(In 'the:Committee.) 


Ciause, N° 5 (Malt may be made and used free 
from Duty in distilling Spirits). 

Amendments made. 

Another Amendment proposed, in p. 3, 1.16: After 
the word, “ revenue ”’ ‘to insert the words “ for the 
“ following purposes; that is to say, in the case of 
“ the distiller.” 

Question put, That those words be there inserted ; 

The Committee divided. 

Tellers for the { Mr. Jsaac Butt, } - 
Yeas, Mr. Maguire: ; 

Tellers for the Mr. Hayter, % @ 
Noes, The Earl of Mulgrave: f°” 

Clause, as amended, agreed to. 

Cuiauses, N° 6 to N° 33, with Amendments to 

several of them, agreed to. 

Clauses added. 

Preamble agreed to. 

Bill, as amended, to be reported. 


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 this day. 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That a Mes- 
sage had been brought from the Lords, by one of 
their Clerks, as followeth : 

The Lords have agreed to the Lunatic Asylums 


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415 


The Lords have agreed to the Hereford Improve- Hereford 


ment Act, 1854 (Correction of Oversight) Bill, with- 1™provement 
Amend : And als Act (1854) 
out any Amendment: And also, (Correction 
of Oversight) 
Bill. 


The Lords have agreed to the Turnpike Acts Turnpike 
Continuance Bill, with Amendments; to which Acts Continu- 
Amendments the Lords desire the concurrence of °° Bi 
this House: And also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Burials Bill. 
further to amend the Laws concerning the Burial of 

the Dead in England; to which the Lords desire 

the concurrence of this House. 


The Burials Bill was read the first time; and Burials Bill. 
ordered to be read a second time upon Monday Bill 275. 
next ; and to be printed. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Fisheries 
mittee on the Fisheries (British Islands and France) (British 
Bill; Islands and 


Resolved, That this House will, upon Tuesday saad ieee 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Ordnance 
reading of the Ordnance Board Bill ; Board Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 

this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Charitable 
reading of the Charitable Trusts Bill ; ‘Trests Bil. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Customs Laws 

mittee cn the Customs tea Consolidation Bill; Consolidation 
Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 

itself into the said Committee. 


The Public-houses (Zreland) Bill was, according Public-houses 
to Order, read the third time; and an Amendment (Ireland) Bill. 
was made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Turnpike Acts Continuance (Zreland) Bill Turnpike Acts 
was, according to Order, read the third time. Continuance 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. a 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Nuisances 
— of the Nuisances Removal, &amp;c. (Ireland) (ireland® Bill 

Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Grand Juries 
mittee on the Grand Juries (Jreland) (No. 2) Bill; ag 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve “°?) 8 
itself into the said Committee. 


The Joint Stock Banks (Scotland) Bill was, ac- Joint Stock 
cording to Order, read the third time. aa 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. —— 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Island of Tobago Loan Bill was, according Island of 

to Order, read the third time. — Loan 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 

Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Despatch of 
mittee on the Despatch of Business, (Court of Chan- fae 
cery) Bill ; P Chancery) Bill. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 





Vou. 110. 


next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 
8a4 The 








416 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Criminal Justice Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, at One o'clock, resolve itself into the said 
Committee. 


Criminal 
Justice Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the School Grants, Security for Applica- 


School Grants, 
Security for 


Application : 
Bill. tion Bill; ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Thursday next. 
Ledbury The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 


Prebend Bill. mittee on the Ledbury Prebend Bill; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Grand Juries The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
Bill. mittee on the Grand Juries Bill ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Absconding The Order of the day being read, for resuming 


me pee Bill the adjourned Debate on the Question proposed 
a upon the 20th day of this instant July, That the 
Absconding Debtors (Zreland) Bill be now read the 
third time ; ; 
And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
put, That the Debate be further adjourned till this 
day ; 
The House divided. 
The Yeas to the Right ; 
The Noes to the Left. - 
Toler rong J Mr. Cairns, 1 
lellers for the Yea: Adel Mitens J 36. 
a. 1. | Mr. Brady, = 
rellers for the Noes,, Mr. M‘Muhon : j 20 
So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 
Passengers The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
Act Amend- 


into a Committee on the Passengers Act Amend- 


ment Bil. ment Bill. 


(In the Committee.) 
Causes, N° 69 to N° 73, agreed to. 
Crausg, N° 74 (Penalty on persons acting as 


runners without license and badge, and on passage 
brokers employing unlicensed runners). 


To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Cowper 
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. 


Ordered, That the Amendments made by the 
Lords to the Turnpike Acts Continuance Bill be 
taken into consideration this day, at ‘I'welve o'clock. 


Turnpike 
Acts Continu- 
ance Bill. 


Notice being taken, that Forty Members were 
not present :—The House was told by Mr. Speaker ; 


26°—27° Julia. 





| 


and Forty Members not being present, and it being | 


then half an hour after Two of the clock on Friday 
morning: — The House was adjourned by Mr. 
Speaker, without a Question first put, till this day. 


Veneris, 27° die Julii ; 
Anno 19° Victoria Reginw, 1855. 


PRAYERS. 
RDERED, That all Committees have leave 
to sit this day, during the sitting of the House. 


Comnuttees. 


Haljord’s Estate Bill was read a second time; 
and conimitted. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred te the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Halford’s 
Estate Bill 











A. 1855. 


Mr. Brotherton reported from the Select Com- Public 
mittee on Public Petitions; That they had exa- Oita . 
mined the Petitions presented upon the 23d and 24th Report) - 
days of this instant July ; and had directed him to 
make a Report thereof to the House. 

Ordered, ‘Vhat the Report do lie upon the Table; 
and be printed. 


Ordered, That an Abstract of the Return relative Medical Of. 
to Medical Officers (Army and Navy), which was °¢?s (Army 


presented upon the 28th day of June last, be printed. ae 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Tobacco, Tobacco. 
which was presented upon the 25th day of this in- No, 429, 
stant July, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Revenue, Revenue, &amp;c. 
&amp;c. Ireland, which was presented upon the 26th day (Gacland.) 
of this instant July, be printed. No. 430. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Annexa- Annexation 
tion of Jhansi, which was presented upon the 26th of Jhansi. 
day of this instant July, be printed. No. 431. 


Mr. Cowper presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- Lunatic Asy- 
mand,—Copy of Seventh Report on the District ms (Ireland.) 
Criminal and Private Lunatic Asylums in Jrelund ; 
with Appendices. 

Copy of Report on the Laws and Ordonnances in Noxious 
force in France for the regulation of noxious Trades Prades, &amp;c. 
and Occupations; by Dr. Walter Lewis, Medical ‘ _— 
Officer to the General Post Office. 


Mr. Cowper also presented,— Return to an Address County Courts. 


to Her Majesty, dated the 17th day of May last, for 
Returns from each Judge of County Courts of the 
Number of Matters referred to him for Arbitration 
under either Section 3 or Section 6 of “ The Common 
Law Procedure Act, 1854,” since the 24th day of 
October 1854 :—Of the Amount in dispute in each 
Case :—Whether the Matter in dispute consisted 
wholly or in part of matter of mere Account :—Of 
the Time occupied in each Case :—Of the Place 
where the Arbitration was held:—Of the Number 
of Miles travelled to such Place :—And, of the Fees 
(if any) charged to Parties in each Case. 

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


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Turkish Loan 
into a Committee on the Turkish Loan Bill. Bill. 


(In the Committee.) 


Preamble postponed. 


Crause, N° 1 (Her Majesty empowered to gua- 
rantee Interest to be charged on Consolidated Fund). 
To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; and Mr. Fitz Roy 
reported, That the Committee had made Progress in 
the Bill; and that he was directed to move, That 
the Committee may have leave to sit again. 

Resolved, ‘Vhat this House will, this day, again 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third Metropolitan 
reading of the Metropolitan Buildings Bill ; Buildings Bill 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
after the other Orders of the day, at Twelve o’clock. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Lunatic Asy- 
mittee on the Lunatic Asylums (Jreland) (Advances) 8 (Ireland) 
. ( Advances) 
Bill; 7 Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 

next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself — Bill. 
into a Committee on the Limited Liability Bill. eae 


(In the Committee.) 


Crause, N° 1 (Mode of obtaining limited liability 
by future Companies). 


Amendment 


he 


— ot te 


~~. &amp; 





Partnership 
Amendment 
Bill. 


Navigation 
Works (Ire- 
land) Bill. 


Supply. 


Education. 


Education 
(Ireland.) 


Departments 
of Science and 
Co 


19 Vicroriz. 


Amendment proposed, in p. 1, ls. 9 and 10: To 
leave out the words “ other than an Insurance Com- 
“ pany.” 

Question proposed, That the words proposed to 
be left out, stand part of the Clause ; 

Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 

Another Amendment proposed, in p. 1,1. 10: To 
leave out the words “having a capital stock of the 
“ nominal amount of not less than Twenty thousand 
pounds, divided into shares of a nominal value not 
less than Twenty-five pounds each.” 

Question, That the words “ and having a capital 
stock” stand part of the Clause——put, and | 
negatived. 

An Amendment made. 

Another Amendment proposed, in p. 1, |. 11: To 
leave out the words “divided into shares of a no- 
“ minal value.” 

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

The Committee divided. 


“ 
“ 


“ 


Tellers for thef Mr. Hayter, lee 
Yeas, (The Earl of Mulgrave: | 
Tellers for the; Viscount Goderich, 134 
Noes, (Mr. Hankey : } tes 


An Amendment made. 

Another Amendment proposed, in p. 1, 1. 12: To 
insert ‘‘ Five ;” afterwards proposed to insert “Ten.” 

Question proposed, That “ Five” be there in- 
serted ; 

To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. FitzRoy 
reported, That the Committee had made Progress in 
the Bill; and that he was directed to move, That 
the Committee may have leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, at One o'clock, again resolve itself into the 
said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Partnership Amendment Bill ; 

Resolved, ‘That this House will, upon Monday 
next, at One o’clock, resolve itself into the said Com- 
mittee. 


27° Juliz. 





























417 
The House, according to Order, proceeded to take Turnpike Acts 


into consideration the Amendments made by the Continuance 


Lords to the Turnpike Acts Continuance Bill; and” 
the same were read. 


Ordered, That the said Amendments be laid aside. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third Metropolitan 
reading of the Metropolitan Buildings Bill ; Buildings Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Monday next, at One o'clock. 





Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to Turnpike — 
continue certain Turnpike Acts in Great Britain: _ (Noa) 
ance (NO. 2, 


And that Mr. Cowper and Sir George Grey do pre- 
pare, and bring it in. 


Mr. Bonham Carter reported from the Select Public 
Committee on Public Petitions ; That they had ex- age : 
amined the Petitions presented upon the 25th and ey - 
26th 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. Cowper presented a Bill to continue certain Turnpike 
Turnpike Acts in Great Britain: And the same was Acts — 
read the first time ; and ordered to be read a second fig’ 8° 2) 


time upon Monday next; and to be printed. Bill 276. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, fast India 
Copies of Letter from the Court of Directors of the (Torture.) 
East India Company to the Government of Madras, 
dated the 26th day of July 1854; Letter from the 
Government of Mudras to the Court of Directors, 
dated the 23d day of September 1854; and, Letter 
from the Government of Madras to the Court of 
Directors, dated the 7th day of June 1855, together 
with its Enclosures, relating to the alleged use of 
Torture by the Native Officers of the Government. 

Mr. Vernon Smith accordingly presented the said 
Paper. 

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





The Order of the day being read, for the Com- | 
mittee on the Navigation Works (Jreland) Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, at One o'clock, resolve itself into the said Com- 
mittee. 


Mr. FitzRoy reported from the Committee of 
Supply, several Resolutions; which were read, as 
follow : 

1. That a Sum, not exceeding £.296,921, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum neces- 
sary to defray the Charge for Public Education in 
Great Britain, to the 31st day of March 1856, in- 
cluding the Sum required for promoting Voluntary 
Assessments towards the Expense of building Schools 
in Great Britain. 

2. That a Sum, not exceeding £.215,200, be 
granted to Her Majesty, for Public Education in 
Treland, under the Charge of the Commissioners of 
National Education in /reland, to the 31st day of 
March 1856. 

3. That a Sum, not exceeding £.605, be granted 
to Her Majesty, to pay the Salary of the Secretary 
and the Expenses of the Office of the Commissioners 
of Education in Jreland, to the 31st day of March 
1856. 

4. That a Sum, not exceeding £.79,364, be granted 
to Her Majesty, to defray the Expenses of the De- 
partments of Science and Art, of the Geological 
Surveys of Great Britain and Ireland, of the Me- 
teorological Observations at Sea, and of the Royal 
Dublin Society, to the 31st day of March 1856. 

The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee on the Adulteration 


| Adulteration of Food, &amp;c., have Power to report the of Food, &amp;e. 


(First Report.) 


Minutes of the Evidence taken before them from \“* 
No. 432, 


time to time to the House. 

Mr. Scholefield reported from the said Select Com- 
mittee ; That they had considered the matter to them 
referred ; and directed him to report the Minutes of 
the Evidence taken before them. 

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


Mr. Brotherton reported Marshall's Charity Bill, Marshall's 
with Amendments. Charity Bill. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table, 


Mr. Brotherton reported the Saint John’s College Saint John’s 


| (Oxford) Estate Bill, without Amendment. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Mr. Brotherton reported Harvist’s Estate Bill, 
with an Amendment. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Returns of the largest Amount of Post Horse Li- 
cense Duty paid by any one Firm, for the year 
ending the 5th day of April 1855, stating the Num- 
ber of Horses so licensed:—And, of the largest 
Amount of Mileage Duty paid by any Firm for 
Stage Carriage Duty, for the same Period. 


to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously please: 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Returns transmitted by Lord Cowley to the 





VoL. 110, 


3H Foreign 


College (Ox- 
ford) Estate 
Bill. 


Harvist’s 


Estate Bill. 


Post Horse, 
&amp;c. Duties. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Public Libra- 
d Ties ( France.) 







































418 


Foreign Office relating to the Public Libraries of 
France. 

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


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

Silver Wares. Returns of the Sums of Money received by the 
Goldsmiths’ Company for assaying and marking 
Gold and Silver Wares for each of the last Ten 
years :—Of the Annual Amount expended for the 
same Period in assaying and marking Gold and 
Silver Wares:—Of the Number of Persons em- 
ployed in assaying and marking Gold and Silver 
Wares, with the Amount of their Salaries :—And, 
a Statement of the Amount of Legal Expenses in- 
curred for the same Period in Prosecutions against 
Offenders by the Goldsmiths’ Company. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Copy of the Orders given by the Commissioners of 
Inland Revenue for the Prevention of the fraudu- 
lent Sale of the Mixture of Chicory with Coffee, in 
pursuance of the ‘Treasury Minutes of the 27th day 
of July 1852, and the 25th day of February 1853 : 
—And, Return of the additional Expense (if any) 
incurred in carrying out the Instructions contained 
in the said Minutes (in continuation of Parliamentary 
Paper, No. 50, of Session 1852-53). 


Chicory. 


Public Petitions relating to Cambridge University Bill; 
Petitions. —Lord’s Day ;—Alaynooth College Act ;—Public- 
.s an  houses;—Accidents on Railways Bill;—Brixton 
Vide Fifty- : ’ — ; J : 
ninth Report. Prison ;—Intoxicating Liquors ;—and, Sale of Beer 
Act (1854),—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 7th day of June last, for Copies of all 
Papers and Correspondence relating to the great 
Clock and Bells for the New Palace at Westminster 
(in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 500, 
of Session 1852). 

Return to an Order, dated the 15th day of June 
last, for Returns showing, in the Counties in /re- 
land 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, the 
whole Cost to each County, 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 Acts 
9 &amp; 10 Vie. c. 110, and 15 &amp; 16 Vie. ce. 63 :—Of 
the Number of Revisions in each County or Poor 
Law Union, and the Cost of each such Revision :— 
And, Statement of the Progress and prospect of 
Completion of the Tenement Valuation of Jreland. 

Return to an Order, dated the 11th day of this 
instant July, for a Return of the Number of News- 
paper Stamps, at One penny, issued to Newspapers 
in England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland, trom the 
31st day of December 1854 to the Ist day of July 
1855 (in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 
&amp;3, of the present Session). 


Westminster 
New Palace. 


Valuation 
(Ireland. ) 


Newspaper 
Stamps. 


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


Adjournment, 


Message from § Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That a Mes- 


the Lords. sage had been brought from the Lords, by one of 
their Clerks, as followeth : 

StageCarriage ‘The Lords have agreed to the Stage Carriage 

Duties, &amp;c. Duties, &amp;c. Bill, without any Amendment: And 

Ball. also, 

Seention The Lords have agreed to the Convention with the 

with United United States Bill, without any Amendment: And 


States Bil. also, 





97° Jults. 








A. 1855. 


The Lords have agreed to the Ecclesiastical Juris- Ecclesiastical 
diction Continuance Bill, without any Amendment : —— 
And also, Bill. 

_ The Lords have agreed to the Treasurers of Coun- ee at 
- (Ireland) Bill, without any Amendment: And land) Bille 

The Lords have agreed to the Amendment made Edinburgh 
by this House to the Amendments made by their Lands Bill. 
Lordships to the Edinburgh Lands Bill, without 
any Amendment: And also, 

he Lords have agreed to the Merchant Shipping Merchant 
Bill, with Amendments ; to which Amendments the Sipping Bill. 
Lords desire the concurrence of this House: And 
also, 

The Lords have agreed to the London and South London and 
Western Railway Bill, with Amendments ; to which $outh Western 
Amendments the Lords desire the concurrence of ~~" 
this House. 


Mr. John Ball presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- Cape of Good 
mand,— Cape of Good Hope: Further Papers rela- Pe. 
tive to the State of the Kafir Tribes (in continuation 
of Papers presented 31st May 1853). 
; — That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table. 


Mr. Bouverie presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- Railway 
mand,—A Return of the Number and Nature of the 4°*idents. 
Accidents and the Injuries to Life and Limb which 
have occurred on all the Railways in England and 
Wales, Scotland and Ireland respectively, from the 
1st January to the 30th of June 1855. 

” a That the said Return do lie upon the 
able. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Supply. 
mittee of Supply ; 

Resolved, Phat 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- Customs Tariff 
mittee on the Customs Tariff Acts Amendment and a —— 
Consolidation Bill ; mens and 

or . C lidati 

Resolved, That this House will, after the other Bill. -_— 
Orders of the day, resolve itself into the said Com- 


mittee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Ways and 
mittee of Ways and Means; Means. 
Resolved, That this House will, after the other 
Orders of the day, resolve itself into the said Com- 
mittee. 


The Office of Speaker Bill was, according to Office of _ 
Order, read the third time; and an Amendment Speaker Bill. 
was made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Crime and 
reading of the Crime and Outrage (Jreland) Act —— Ge 
° 7 and) Act 
Continuance Bill ; Continuance 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time after Bill. 


the other Orders of the day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Customs Laws 
mittee on the Customs Laws Consolidation Bill; Consolidation 
Resolved, That this House will, after the other 
Orders of the day, resolve itself into the said Com- 
mittee. 


The Order ef the day being read, for taking into Excise Duties 
consideration the Excise Duties Bill, as amended in Bil 
the Committee ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be taken into consideration 
after the other Orders of the day. m 
1€ 











Sw 


a6 O83 Od 


O88 Gad On _ 


Ordnance 
Board Bill. 


Grand i uries 
No. 2) Bill. 


Passengers 
Act Amend- 
ment Bill. 


Dwellings for 
Labouring 
Classes (Ire- 
land) Bill. 


Religious 
Worship Bill. 


Dwelling- 
houses (Scot- 
land) Bill. 


Absconding 
Debtors (Ire- 
land) Bill. 


Turkish Loan 
Bill. 





19 Vicroriz. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Ordnance Board Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time after 
the other Orders of the day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Grand Juries (/reland) (No. 2) Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, after the other 
Orders of the day, resolve itself into the said Com- 
mittee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Passengers Act Amendment Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, after the other 
Orders of the day, resolve itself into the said Com- 
mittee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Dwellings for Labouring Classes (Jre- 
land) Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, after the other 
Orders of the day, resolve itself into the said Com- 
mittee. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
consideration the Amendments made by the Lords 
to the Religious Worship Bill ; 

Ordered, That the said Amendments be taken 
into consideration after the other Orders of the day. 


The Order of the. day being read, for taking into 
consideration the Amendments made by the Lords 
to the Dwelling-houses (Scotland) Bill; 

Ordered, That the said Amendments be taken 
into consideration after the other Orders of the day. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming 
the adjourned Debate on the Question proposed 
upon the 20th day of this instant July, That the Ab- 
sconding Debtors (Ireland) Bill be now read the 
third time ; 

Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on the Turkish Loan Bill. 


(In the Committee.) 


Cuause, N° 1 (Her Majesty empowered to gua- 
rantee Interest to be charged on Consolidated Fund). 

Amendment proposed, in p. 2, 1. 42: To leave out 
the words “ in conjunction,” in order to insert the 
word “ jointly.” 

Question, That the words “ in conjunction ” stand 
part of the Clause——put, and negatived. 

Amendments made. 

Clause, as amended, agreed to. 

Crausez, N° 2, agreed to. 

Crause, N° 3 (Accounts to be laid before Par- 
liament). 

Amendment proposed, in p. 3, 1.25: After the 
word “sums” to insert the words “ transmitted to 
“ the Sublime Porte by the agency of France and 
“ England on account of the Capital of the Loan, 
“‘ and the purposes to which the said sums are to 
“ be applied ; also the sums.” 

Question proposed, That those words be there 
inserted ; 

Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 

Another Amendment proposed, in p. 3, 1. 25: 
After the word “sums” to insert the words “ trans- 
“ mitted to the Sublime Porte on account of the 
“ Capital of the Loan.” 

Question put, That those words be there inserted ; 
The Committee divided. 


Tellers for the { Mr. Milner Gibson, 1 36 
Yeas, LMr. Gladstone : Sate 
Tellers for the (Mr. Hayter, 1 124 
Noes, \The Earl of Mulgrave: J°~™ 


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27° —28° Julit. 





Clause agreed to. 
Preamble amended, and agreed to. 
Bill, as amended, to be reported. 





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


Sabbati, 28° die Julii, 1855: 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; and Mr. Fitz Roy 
~ ae That the Committee had gone through the 
ill. 
Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the 
Committee, be taken into consideration upon Mon- 
day next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Supply. 
mittee of Supply ; 

Resolved, ‘That this House will, upon Monday 

next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- CustomsTariff 
mittee on the Customs Tariff Acts Amendment and A¢ts anal 

Consolidation Bill ; jt a 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday next, Bill. 


resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Ways and 

mittee of Ways and Means; —— 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 

next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Crime and 


reading of the Crime and Outrage (Jreland) Act Outrage (Ire- 
.° , 5 land) Act 
Continuance Bill; Continuance 


Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon Bill. 
Thursday next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Customs Laws 
into a Committee on the Customs Laws Consolidation — 
Bill, and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker  ~ 
resumed the Chair ; and Mr. Fitz Roy reported, That 
the Committee had gone through the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration upon Monday 
next. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take Excise Duties 
into consideration the Excise Duties Bill, as amended 3’ 
in the Committee. 

A Clause was offered to be added to the Bill 
(Distillers allowed Drawback on duty-paid Malt in 
their possession before the Ist October 1855, to be 
consumed after that date in distilling Spirits) :—-And 
the said Clause was brought up, and read the first 
time. 

A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That the said Clause be now read a second 
time :—And the said Motion and Clause were seve- 
rally, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon 
Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Ordnance 
reading of the Ordnance Board Bill ; Board Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Thursday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Grand Juries 
mittee on the Grand Juries (Jreland) (No. 2) Bill; — ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question being io 
proposed, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the Chair ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word “That” to 
the end of the Question, in order to add the words 
“ this House will, upon this day three months, resolve 
“ itself into the said Committee,” instead thereof. 

And the Question being proposed, That the words 

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





And 


3H 2 








Passengers 
Act Amend- 
ment Bill. 


Dwellings for 


Labouring 
Classes (Ire- 
land) Bill 


Religious 
Worship 
Bill. 


Dwelling- 
houses (Scot- 
land) Bill. 


Petty Sessions 


Clerks (Ire- 
land, ) 


Sale of Beer, 
&amp;e. 


420 


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. Brotherton, 
Yeas, LMr. Duncan : 
Tellers for the ; Mr. Hayter, 
Noes, {T he Earl of Mulgrave : 
So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 
Ordered, That the Debate be adjourned till Mon- 
day. 


1 sa 


} 37. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on the Passengers Act Amendment 
Bill. 

(In the Committee.) 


Ciavuses, N° 74 to N* 102, with Amendments to 
several of them, agreed to. 

Schedules amended, and agreed to. 

Schedule added. 

Preamble agreed to. 

Bill, as amended, to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Fitz Roy 
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. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on the Dwellings for Labouring 
Classes (Jreland) Bill; and, after some time spent 
therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. 
FitzRoy 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 this day three 
months, again 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 Religious Worship Bill ; 

Ordered, That the said Amendments be taken 
into consideration upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
consideration the Amendments made by the Lords 
to the Dwelling-houses (Scot/and) Bill ; 

Ordered, That the said Amendments be taken into 
consideration upon Monday next. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the Names of the several Petty Sessions 
Districts into which each County in Jreland has been 
divided under “The Petty Sessions (Jre/and) Act, 
1851,” with the Name of the Petty Sessions Clerk 
appointed for each District, and the Amount of the 
Fees and other Emoluments received by such Clerks 
respectively for each year since their respective Ap- 
pointments. 


The House was moved, That the Act 17 &amp; 18 Vic. 
for further regulating the Sale of Beer and other 
L’quors en the Lord’s Day, might be read ; and the 
same being read ; 

Resolved, ‘That this House will immediately resolve 
itself into a Committee to consider the said Act. 

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 
repeal, alter and amend the Act of the seventeenth 
and eighteenth years of Her present Majesty, for 
further regulating the Sale of Beer and other Liquors 





27°—28° Juli. 








A. 1855. 


on the Lord’s Day, and to substitute other Provisions 
in lieu thereof. 
Resolution to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; and Mr. Fitz Roy 
reported, That the Committee had come to a Re- 
solution. 

Ordered, That the Report be now received. 

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

That the Chairman be directed to move the House, 
That leave be given to bring ina Bill to repeal, alter 
and amend the Act of the seventeenth and eighteenth 
years of Her present Majesty, for further regulating 
the Sale of Beer and other Liquors on the Lord’s 
Day, and to substitute other Provisions in lieu 
thereof :—And he moved the House accordingly. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in the Bill : 
And that Mr, Fitz Roy, Mr. Henry Berkeley, Sir Wil- 
liam Jolliffe, Mr. Cobbett and Mr. Brady do prepare, 


and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to sfititia Ballots 
suspend the making of Lists and the Ballots for the Suspension, 
Militia of the United Kingdom: And that Mr. Peel 
and Sir George Grey do prepare, and bring it in. , 


Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed Militia 

to prepare Estimates of the Charge of the Disem- =stimates. 
bodied Militia of Great Britain and Ireland for the 
year ending the 31st day of March 1856 :—And a 
Committee was appointed of Mr. Peel, Sir George 
Grey, the Judge Advocate, Mr. Walpole, Mr. Hors- 
man, Mr. Ellice, Sir Francis Baring, Mr. Beresford, 
Mr. Wilson, Colonel Lindsay, General Peel, Sir James 
Fergusson, Colonel Dunne, and all Colonels of 
Militia ; with Power to send for persons, papers and 
records, 


Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 


The Select Committee on the Leases and Sales Leases and 
of Settled Estates Bill was nominated of Mr. Solicitor — of Set- 
General, Lord Seymour, Mr. Napier, Mr. Henley, — 
Lord Naas, Mr. Isaac Butt, Mr. Solicitor General 


for Ireland, Mr. Lowe, Mr. Vincent Scully, Mr. Had- 


field, Mr. Mullings, Mr. Robert Phillimore and Sir 


Erskine Perry. 
Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 


The Order for reading a second time, upon Mon- Cambridge 
day next, the Cambridge University Bill, was read, University 
* . Bill. 

and discharged. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Thursday next. 


The Order for reading a second time, upon Mon- Accidents on 
day next, the Accidents on Railways Bill, was read, Railways Bill. 
and discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Thursday next. 


The Order for reading a second time, upon Mon- Charitable 
day next, the Charitable ‘Trusts Bill, was read, and Trusts Bill. 
discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Tharsday next. 


The Order for the House to resolve itself into a Grand Juries 
Committee, upon Wednesday next, on the Grand Bill. 
Juries Bill, was read, and discharged. 


Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


Mr. Peel presented a Bill to suspend the making Militia Ballots 
of Lists and the Ballots for the Militia of the United Suspension 
Kingdom: And the same was read the first time ; Bill 277 
and ordered to be read a second time upon Monday ™ : 
next; and to be printed. 


Mr. Henry Berkeley presented a Bill to repeal, Sale of Beer, 
alter and amend the Act of the seventeenth and ® rein 
eighteenth Bill 278. 


ie &gt; Raat 


f~ ee 


Committees. 


Harvist’s 
Estate Bill. 


Harvist’s 
Estate Bill. 


National 
Gallery. 
No, 433. 


Public 
Petitions. 
Vide Fifty- 
ninth Report. 


County Courts. 
No, 434. 


East India 
(Torture. ) 


No. 435. 


Westminster 
New Palace. 


No. 436. 


Valuation 
(Ireland. ) 


No. 437. 
Newspaper 
Stamps. 

No. 438. 


Post-office. 








27° —28°—30° Juli. 421 


eighteenth years of Her present Majesty, for further | the Expense of the Money Order Office, and Amount 

regulating the Sale of Beer and other Liquors on the | received for Commission, during the year 1854—55 : 

Lord’s Day, and to substitute other Provisions in| —And, of the Amount paid by each of the Public 

lieu thereof: And the same was read the first time ; | Departments under the Head of Postage, for the 

and ordered to be read a second time upon Monday | year 1854-55. 

next ; and to be printed. | Return to an Order, dated the 26th day of this Civil Service. 


|instant July, for Returns showing the several Go- 


And then the House, having continued to sit till ; . - 
‘half an hour after One of the your on ona | veroment oO fice s mm which Candidates for Clerkships 
(in the Civil Service are examined, previously to 


day morning, adjourned till Monday next. | their Appointment, by the Commission of Examiners 
——————— - —- ——— | appointed by the Order in Council of the 21st day 
i * of May last:—Of the Number of Examinations 
Luna, 30° die Julii ; ' which have been held by the Commission, from the 
Anno 19° Victorie Regine, 1855. 


19 VicrorRIZ. 





_ Date of their Appointment up to the present Date : 

—Of the Number of Candidates whose Qualifica- 
PRAYERS. | tions the Commissioners have reported as sufficient, 
RDERED, That all Committees have leave |#0d the Number rejected as unqualified :— And, 

to sit this day, during the sitting of the House. | Whether, in any of the Offices to which this Return 
: | may refer, Persons admitted to Clerkships are sub- 
Ordered, That Harvist’s Estate Bill, as amended | ject to any Pr obation previously to Appointment ; 

in the Committee, be considered this day, printed | and, if so, for what Term. set he 

Copies of the Bill having been deposited with the| The following Paper, pursuant to the directions Army Prize 

Door-keepers upon Saturday last. of an Act of Parliament, was also laid upon the Table Money. 

by the Clerk of the House,—The Account of Un- 

'claimed Army Prize Money, from 18th January 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to | 1809 to 31st December 1854. 


take into consideration Harvist’s Estate Bill, as 
amended in the Committee. 


; Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That a Mes- mu fi 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. Ps ee dee ae oe ae 


sage had been brought from the Lords, by one of the Lords. 
their Clerks, as followeth : 

The Lords have agreed to the Amendment made Earl of Aber- 
by this House to the Earl of Abergavenny’s Estate 82vemay’s 

; : Estate Bill. 
Bill, without any Amendment. 


Mr. Wilson presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand,—Copy of a Treasury Minute, dated 27th 
March 1855, re-constituting the Establishment of 
the National Gallery. 

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


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Limited 
into a Committee on the Limited Liability Bill. Liability Bill. 


(In the Committee.) 


Ciause, N° 1 (Mode of obtaining limited lia- 
bility by future Companies). 
Question again proposed, in p. 1, 1. 12: That 
““ Five ” be there inserted ; 
Motion, by leave, withdrawn. 
Question, That “ Ten” be there inserted——put, 
and agreed to. 
Another Amendment proposed, in p. 1, 1. 12: 
After the word “ each” to insert the words “and any 


| « sats = civ . 
Ordered, That the Return relative to County | \ Company consisting of not less than six members 


Courts, which was presented upon the 27th day of associated together in partnership, under a deed of 
this in aunt July, be printed settlement for any trading or other purpose (except 
, , 


banking or insurance), and having its capital stock 
Ordered, That the Paper relative to East India | 


divided into shares of such nominal value as afore- 
(Torture), which was presented upon the 27th day of | « said transferable, either with or without the assent 
this instant July, be printed. i¢ 


of all the members, may obtain from the Registrar 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Westminster | 2 of Joint Stock Companies a certificate of limited 
7 “ liability, in the manner following, namely. 


New Palace, which was presented upon the 27th. ". 7 eas 
day of this beatae July, be printed. | wae put, That those words be there in- 
rv ls . 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Valuation| The Committee divided. 


Petitions relating to Cambridge University Bill; 
Public-houses and Beer-shops ;— Annuities ;—Bu- 
rials Bill;—Copyholders (Hanley and Shelton) ;— 
Intoxicating Liquors ;—Medical Profession Bill ;— 
Police ;—Public-houses (Scotland) Act ;—Sale of 
Beer Act (1854) ;—Sale of Beer, &amp;c. Bill ;—School- 
masters (Scotland) ;—and, War with Russia,—were | 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the | 


Table. 





“cc 


“cc 





“ 


“&lt; 


n 


| 


(Ireland), which was presented upon the 27th day | Tellers for the tom Cairns, Vu 
of this instant July, be printed. Yeas, Mr. Malins : i ae 
: Tellers for thes Mr. Hi 1 
Ordered, That the Return relative to Newspaper; *S"e'S for wp ¢ r. Aayter, 39. 
Stamps, which was presented upon the 27th day of | A * aa so on Grenville = riage Ay , J T 
this instant July, be printed. nother Amendment proposed, in p. 2, 1. 6: Lo 


| leave out the words “ and there shall have been paid 


The following Papers were laid upon the Table by | : he —— of gs ae _ cht te of 
the Clerk of the House,—Return to an rir — i omit ares, not less than Lwenty pounds per 
the 7th day of May last, for Accounts of the Gross | chest 
and Net Post-office Revenue, including the Income | “| boone ee ra: the — * there shall 
derived from Foreign and Colonial Postage, and yo om Yb 5 stand part of the Clause ; 
the Cost of Management, for the Financial year poor map A ssi se e17:T 
1854-55 :—Of the Charges of Management, under | | not ove eee so Rif jellies 
different Heads, for the United Kingdom, for the | WY out ae and insert ifty. on 
year 1854-55:—Of the Payments made by the | Question, That “ Twenty” stand part of the Clause 
Post-office for the Conveyance of Mails by Railway on and agreed ~ d 
within the United Kingdom, for the year 1854-55, lause, as amended, — to. 
distinguishing, in each instance, Payments for Work | | Cuauses, N° 2 and N° 3, amended, and agreed to. 
done within the year, from Payments for work done! Curausg, N° 4 (Regulations to be observed on 





in previous years :—Of Payments out of Post-office complete registration with limited liability). 
Revenue, other than Char 
Vou. 110. 


An Amendment made. 


ges of Management :—Of | 
| 33 


| Another 





‘Royal Assent. 


Places of Reli- 
gious Wership 
Registration 
Bill. 


Weights and 
Measures Biil. 


Public 
Libraries and 
Museums Bill. 


West Indies 
Relief Loans 
Arrangement 


Bill. 


Incumbered 
Estates (Ire- 
land) Act 
Continuance 


Bill. 


Burial of Poor 
Persons Bill. 


Lunatic Asy- 
lum (Ireland) 
Bill. 


Stage Carriage 
Duties, &amp;c. 
Bill. 


432 30° Julai. 


Another Amendment proposed, in p. 3, 1. 28: 
After the word “ receipts” to insert the words “ ac- 
“ ceptance of bills, promissory notes.” 

Question, That those words be there inserted 
-——put, and negatived. 

Clause, as amended, agreed to. 

Ciausss, N° 5 and N° 6, amended, and agreed to. 

Cuavse, N° 7 (Members of certificated Companies 
to be free from personal liability). 

Amendment proposed, in p. 4, 1. 22: After the 
word “liability” to leave out to the end of the 
Clause, in order to insert the words “ shall be liable 
“ to pay the debts of the Company to an amount 

equal to, but not exceeding, the nominal value of 

the greatest number of shares held by him at any 
one time, within one year next preceding the date 
of the judgment or decree against the Company, | 
under which his liability is sought to be en- 
forced.” 

Question put, That the words “after such cer- 
tificate is granted,” stand part of the Clause; 

The Committee divided. 

Tellers for the; Mr. Hayter, 

Yeas, \|Mr. Grenville Berkeley: 

Tellers for the f Mr. Cardwell, 

Noes, (Mr. Mitchell: 


To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 


Yn 


15. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; and Mr. Fitz Roy 
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. 


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 Love, 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 amend the Law concerning the certi- 
fying and registering of Places of Religious Worship 
in England: 





An Act for legalizing and preserving the restored | 
Standards of Weights and Measures : 

An Act for further promoting the Establishment 
of Free Public Libraries and Museums in Municipal 
Towns, and for extending it to Towns governed 
under Local Improvement Acts, and to Parishes : 

An Act to authorize the Commissioners of the 
Treasury to make Arrangements concerning certain 
Loans advanced by way of Relief to the Islands of 
Antigua, Nevis and Montserrat : 

An Act to extend the Period for applying for a | 
Sale under the Acts for facilitating the Sale and | 
Transfer of Incumbered Estates in Jreland : | 


An Act to amend the Law regarding the Burial | 
of Poor Persons by Guardians and Overseers of the 
Poor: 

An Act to continue an Act of the fifth and sixth 
years of Her present Majesty, for amending the Law 
relative to Private Lunatic Asylums in Jreland : 

An Act to reduce certain Duties payable on Stage 
Carriages, and to amend the Laws relating to Stamp 








a. 1855. 


Duties, and to Bonds and Securities to the Inland 
Revenue : 
An Act to give effect to a Convention between Convention 


‘ . ‘oa: with United 
Her Majesty and the United States of America: = 2") ° = 


An Act to continue certain Temporary Provisions Ecclesiastical 

concerning Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction in England : ae 
— 

An Act to enable Grand Juries of Counties in Treasurers 
Ireland to present for Payment of Expenses in of Counties 
certain Cases : (izelend) Ba 

An Act to ratify conditional Agreements entered Edinburgh 
into by the Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Works Lands Bill. 
and Public Buildings ; and to vest in the said Com- 
missioners certain Property situate near the College 
of Edinburgh, in the City of Edinburgh, together 
with the General Register House in the said City, 
and all Lands held therewith; and to enable the said 
Commissioners to acquire certain Property near the 
Palace of Holyrood : 

An Act to incorporate a Company for making a Dearness 
Railway from the Bishop Auckland Branch of the Valley Rail- 
North Eastern Railway, in the Township of Elvet, way Sul. 
to the Township of Brandon and Byshottles, all in 
the County of Durham, to be called “The Dearness 
Valley Railway,” and for other purposes : 

An Act to enable the Oxford, Worcester and Oxford, 
Wolverhampton Railway Company to alter and im- ae and 
prove certain of their Works, and to construct ad- ion fave 
ditional Works, and to authorize Arrangements with (Improve. 
respect to the Stratford-upon-Avon Canal, and for ™eDts and 
shee purposes : — a 

An Act for enabling the Somerset Central Railway Somerset 
Company to construct Railways to Wells and to Central _ 
Burnham, and a Pier at Burnham, and to raise ad- ny oe 
ditional Capital, and for other purposes : 

An Act for the making and maintaining of the Severn Valley 
Severn Valley Railway, and for other purposes : Railway Bill. 
An Act to facilitate the Erection of one or more Torquay 
Churches in the Parishes of Tormoham and Saint District _ 
Mary Church, at or near the Town of Torquay, in eet 

the County of Devon, and for other purposes : 

An Act to repeal the Act of the ninth Victoria, Airdrie Rural 
Chapter Thirty-two, to reconstitute and extend the District Police 
Police District therein-mentioned, under the Name of oe. 
the Airdrie Rural Police District, and to erect and 
maintain a Hall, Court House and Public Offices 
for the Airdrie District of Lanarkshire : 

An Act to authorize the Transfer of the Under- Surrey Gas 
taking of the Deptford Gas-Light and Coke Com- Bill. 
pany to the Surrey Consumers Gas Company, and 
to wind up the Affairs of the first-named Company, 
and for other purposes : 

An Act for enabling the East Kent Railway Com- East Kent 
pany to extend their authorized Line of Railway, by Railway 
the Construction of a Railway from Canterbury to my 
Dover, with two Branches at Dover, to increase their 
Capital, and for other purposes : 

An Act to correct an Oversight in “ The Hereford Hereford 


Improvement Act, 1854 :” Improvement 
Act, 1854 


(Correction of Oversight) Bill. 

An Act for authorizing Mining and other Leases, Bray's Estate 
and Sales and Exchanges, to be made of the Lands Bill. 
devised by the Will of George Bray, deceased, and 
for other purposes : . 

An Act for authorizing the granting of Building Jenkins’ 
Leases of certain parts of the Estates subject to the Estate Bill 
Residuary Devise in the Will of John Jenkins, late of 
Saltley Hall, in the County of Warwick, Esquire, 
and for appointing New Trustees of the said Will, 
and for other purposes : 

An Act for enabling the Right honourable Wil- Earl of Aber- 
liam Nevill, Earl of Abergavenny, to grant Leases Svennys, 
of Entailed Mines, Minerals, Lands and Heredita- “** *™ 
ments, in the County of Monmouth. 


Mr. John Ball presented,—Return to an Address Colonial 
to Her Majesty, dated the 29th day of June iast, for Bishops. 
a Return of the Number of Colonial Bishops, stating 

the 














19 VicrorRiz. 


the Salaries of each, and the Sources whence those , 
Salaries are derived. 


a Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the | 
¥ Table. 

~~ Slave Trade, Viscount Palmerston presented, by Her Majesty’s | 
ce Command, —Class A.: Copy of Correspondence | 


; Pi Pig ; | 
with the British Commissioners at Sierra Leone, | 


; Havanah, the Cape of Good Hope and Loanda; and | 
Reports from British Vice-Admiralty Courts, and | 
from British Naval Officers, relating to the Slave | 
) Trade, from April 1, 1854, to March 31, 1855. | 
' Class B.: Copy of Correspondence with British | 
Ministers and Agents in Foreign Countries, and with 
Foreign Ministers in England, relating to the Slave 
Trade, from April 1, 1854, to March 31, 1855. 

Viscount Palmerston also presented,—Return to | 
an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 30th day of | 
April last, for Copy of Correspondence with the 
Superintendent of British Trade in China upon the 
subject of Emigration from that Country (in con- 
tinuation of Papers presented to the House of Com- 
mons by Command of Her Majesty, August 20th, | 
1853). 

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


Emigration 
from China. 


National 


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


Copy of the Minutes of the Trustees of the National 
Gallery, since May 1853, down to the present time, 
with the Names of all the Trustees who were present 
at each Meeting. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Detailed Accounts of the Receipt and Expenditure | 


for Navy, Army, Commissariat and Ordnance Ser- | 


Navy, Army, 
&amp;e. 


Prisons. 


30° Jule. 


vices, for the year to the 31st day of March 1854. | 


Mr. Cowper presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- | 
mand,—Copy of Twentieth Report of the Inspectors | ] 5.45 


423 


Copies or Extracts of Correspondence between the 
Secretary of State for the Colonies and the Lieutenant 
Governor of Nova Scotia, on the subject of the Es- 
tablishment of a Church Convocation in the Diocese 
of Nova Scotia. 

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


Ordered, That Orders of the day have precedence public 
of Notices of Motions To-morrow. Business. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- supply. 
mittee of Supply ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 
Chair ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word “That” to 
the end of the Question, in order to add the words 
“ there be laid before this House, a Copy of a order of the 
Minute by the Board of Admiralty of the 2d day Bath—Naval: 
of July 1846, relating to the Opinion of the Board Oftcers- 
‘ as to the Claims of certain Officers to be recom- 
mended to the gracious consideration of Her 
Majesty for the honour of the Bath, who had 
highly distinguished themselves in action against 
Pirates,” 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. 





Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That a Mes- Message from: 
sage had been brought from the Lords, by one of the Lords. 
their Clerks, as followeth : 

The Lords have agreed to the Trinity College Trinity Cob 
(Dublin) Bill, without any Amendment: And also, _ (Dublin) 


The Lords have agreed to the Crown Suits Bill, Crown Suits. 
with Amendments; to which Amendments the Bill. 
desire the concurrence of this House: And 


Municipal 
Boroughs 
(England and 
Wales. ) 


appointed under the Provisions of the Act 5&amp; 6), 


fo sos . . ° -™ e So, 
Will. 4, c. 38, to visit the different Prisons of Great | The Lords have agreed to the Dundalk Harbour pundalk 


B ‘Mc ae and ee District. — and Port Bill, with Amendments ; to which Amend- eee and. 
2 ~ Me of on om gee tage edge bo | ments the Lords desire the concurrence of this PB" 

. : sda ~caeraney Aller © | House: And also 
Accounts of Boroughs in England and Wales for one | : 


year, from 1st September 1853 to 31st August 1854. 
Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 

Table. 
Naval Cadets. Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Copy of the Order in Council, or other Authority, by 
virtue of which the Appointment of Naval Cadets 
of the First Class was taken from the Officers in 
command of Vessels, anc transferred to the Admi- 
ralty ; and of any Official Report, Minute or other 
Document, if any, recommending such Transfer, and 
showing the Reasons on which it was grounded :— 
Returns, showing the Date on which the Change 
was brought into Operation :—Of the Total Number 
of Naval Cadets and Officers of each Rank, on the 
1st day of January 1855, who had been entered as 
Naval Cadets since the Change ; distinguishing those 
appointed by the Admiralty from those appointed by 
Officers in Command of Vessels :—Of the ‘Total 


Number of Seamen and Warrant Officers who had, | 


up to the 1st day of January 1855, been entered as 
Naval Cadets since the Change ; showing the Num- 
ber in each Rank, and distinguishing those appointed 
as Naval Cadets by the Admiralty from those ap- 


pointed by Officers in Command of Vessels :—And, | 


ofthe Total Number of Seamen and Warrant Officers 
who had, in each of the Seven years preceding the 
Change, been entered as Naval Cadets, showing 
the Total Number in each Rank on the 1st day of 
January 1855. 


Church 
Convocation 
(Nova Scotia.) 


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, 

OL. 110, 





The Lords have agreed to the Westminster Im- Westminster 
provements Bill, with Amendments; to which Improvements 
Amendments the Lords desire the concurrence of ~~” 
this House: And also, 
| The Lords have agreed to the Glasgow, Dumbar- Glasgow, 
ton and Helensburgh Railway Bill, with Amend~ Dumbarton 
ments ; to which Amendments the Lords desire the ts 
concurrence of this House: And also, Bill. 
| The Lords have agreed to the Stokes Buy Rail- Stokes Bay 
| way and Pier Bill, with Amendments; to which Railway and 
| Amendments the Lords desire the concurrence of Fier 5S. 
‘this House: And also, 
| The Lords have agreed to the Great Western and Great Western 
| Brentford Railway Bill, with Amendments; to and Brentford 


‘which Amendments the Lords desire the concur- Railway Bill 


‘rence of this House: And also, 
| ‘The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Handcock’s 
| for giving effect to a Compromise of certain Suits Estate Bill. 
and Claims affecting the Estates of Josephine Ca- 
therine Handcock, Anne Mary Handcock and Ho- 
| noria Handcock, Spinsters, deceased ; and for vest- 
| ing the said Estates in John Stratford Handcock, 


| Esquire, subject to certain Charges, and for other 
| purposes ; to which the Lords desire the concurrence 





| of this House. 
| Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the Supply. 
| Chair :—The House accordingly resolved itself into 
| the Committee. 
(In the Committee.) 

1. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £. 3,858, University 
be granted to Her Majesty, towards defraying the of London, 
Expenses of the University of London, to the 31st 
day of March 1856. 





$3H4 2. Resolved, 








424, 





Scottish 2. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £. 7,952, 
Universities. be granted to Her Majesty, to pay Grants to Scottish 
Universities, formerly re ba from the Hereditary 
Revenues of the Crown, to the 31stday of March 1856. 
Queen's 3. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £. 2,366, 
University be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Expenses 
(Ireland.) of the Queen’s University in Jreland, to the 31st 
day of March 1856. | 
Queen's Col- 4. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £. 9,552, | 


leges(Ireland.) },2 oranted to Her Majesty, to defray certain Ex- | 
penses of the Queen’s Colleges in Jreland, to the 
31st day of March 1856. 

5. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £. 647, | 
be granted to Her Majesty, towards defraying the | 
Expense of the Royal Jrish Academy, to the 31st | 
day of March 1856. 

6. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £. 300, | 
be granted to Her Majesty, towards defraying’ the | 
Expense of the Royal Hibernian Academy, to the | 
31st day of March 1856. | 

7. Motion made, and Question proposed, That a | 
Sum, not exceeding £.2,600, be granted to Her 
Majesty, to pay the Salaries of the Theological Pro- | 
fessors, and the Incidental Expenses of the General | 
Assembly's College at Belfast, and Retired Allow- 
ances to Professors of the Belfust Academical In- 
stitution, to the 31st day of March 1856. 

Whereupon Motion made, and Question put, That 
a Sum, not exceeding £.550, be granted to Her 
Majesty, to pay the Salaries of the Theological Pro- 
fessors, and the Incidental Expenses of the General 
Assembly’s College at Belfast, and Retired Allow- 
ances to Professors of the Belfast Academical In- 
stitution, to the 31st day of March 1856 ; 

The Committee divided. 

Tellers for thef Mr. Miall, 

Yeas, { Mn, Hadfield: : 

Tellers for the f Mr. Hayter, 97 

Noes, Mr. Grenville Berkeley : \ sain 

Original Question put, and agreed to. 

8. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £. 56,180, 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Salaries 
and Expenses of the British Museum Establishment, 
to the 31st day of March 1856. 

9. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £. 4,000, 
be granted to Her Majesty, to enable the Trustees 
of the British Museum to defray Expenses incurred 
for the Purchase of Objects of Art from the Bernal 
Collection. 

10. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £. 27,520, 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Expense 


Royal Irish 
Acadeny. 


Royal Hiber- 
nian Academy. 


Theological 
Professors 
( Belfast), &amp;c. 


1 £9 


British 
Museuwin. 





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_a Sum, not exceeding £. 


A. 1855. 


Expense of the Female Orphan House, Dublin, to 
the 31st day of March 1856. 

17. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £. 1,215, West morelaga 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Expense Lock Hospita 
of the Westmoreland Lock Hospital, Dublin, to the (Deiiia.) 
31st day of March 1856. 

18. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £. 500, Lying-in 
be granted to Her Majesty, towards defraying the ao 
Expense of the Lying-in Hospital, Dublin, to the (u&gt;lin.) 
31st day of March 1856. 

19. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £. 795, Dr. Steevens’ 
be granted to Her Majesty, towards defraying the a 
Expense of Doctor Steevens’ Hospital, Dublin, to on, 
the 31st day of March 1856. 

20. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £. 1,900, House of 
be granted to Her Majesty, towards defraying the 7 and 
Expense of the House of Recovery and ies (Dublin) 
Hospital, Cork-street, Dublin, to the 31st day of 
March 1856. 

21. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £. 250, Hospital for 
be granted to Her Majesty, towards defraying the (Dabiin’” 
Expense of the Hospital for Incurables, JJub/in, to ‘ : 
the 31st day of March 1856. 

22. Motion made, and Question proposed, That Protestant 

ry £. 38,953, be granted to Her ee 
Majesty, to defray the Expense of Non-conforming, (Ireland, 
Seceding and Protestant Dissenting Ministers in 
Ireland, to the 31st day of March 1856. 

Whereupon Motion made, and Question put, That 
a Sum, not exceeding £. 366, 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 1856 ; 
The Committee divided. 


Tellers for the{ Mr. William Williams, © 
Yeas, (Mr. Hadfield: jf ws. 
Tellers for the ( Mr. Hayter, 1 o¢ 
Noes, {Mr Grenville Berheley:  f - 


Original Question again proposed. 
Whereupon Motion made, and Question put, That 
a Sum, not exceeding £.38,538, be granted to Her 
Majesty, to defray the Expense of Non-conforming, 
Seceding and Protestant Dissenting Ministers in 
Treland, to the 31st day of March 1856 ; 
The Committee divided. 
Tellers for the fMr. Cheetham, 
Yeas, (Mr. Miall: 
Tellers for thes Mr. Hayter, 6 
Noes, (Mr. Grenville Berkeley: Jf aes 
Original Question put, and agreed to. 
23. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £.6,384, Charitable 


. 


36. 


aad Ne, ced 


of New Buildings and Fittings at the British Mu-| be granted to Her Majesty, to pay, to the 31st day Allowances 


seum, to the 3ist day of March 1856. 
Royal Geogra- 11. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £. 500, 
phical Society. he 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 1856. 


of March 1856, Charitable Allowances charged on 
the Concordatum Fund in freland, and other Allow- 
ances and Bounties formerly defrayed from Grants 
for the Lord Lieutenant’s Hh 

gencies, &amp;e. 


r 


(Ireland. ) 


ousehold, Civil Contin- 


Resolutions to be reported. 





And the House having continued to sit till after 
I'welve of the clock on ‘Tuesday morning ; 


Martis, 31° die Julii, 1855: 
Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; and Mr. FitzRoy 


reported, That the Committee had come to several 


Resolutions. 
Ordered, That the Report be received this day, at 


Mr. Fitz Roy 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 


of the Foundling Hospital Department of the House | Twelve o’clock, again resolve itself into the said 
Committee. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to Turkish Loam 


take into consideration the Turkish Loan Bill, as Bill. 
amended in the Committee. 


Ordered, That the Biil be read the third time 


Magnetic 12. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £. 6,409, 
a be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Expense | 
, of Magnetic Observations 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 1856. 
Public Infir- 13. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £. 2,985, 
land.) (ire- be granted to Her Majesty, to pay, to the 31st day 
of March 1856, to the Treasurers of Public Infir- | Twelve o’clock. 
muries in Ireland, the Allowances granted under 
certain Acts of Parliament. 
Foundling 14. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £. 1,295, 
(Dektis.) be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Expense 
of Industry, Dublin, to the 31st day of March 1856. 
House of 15. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £. 11,790, 
eng be granted to Her Majesty, towards defraying the 
stemmed Expense of the House of Industry, Dublin, to the 
31st day of March 1856. 
Female 16. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £. 500, 
ois) be granted to Her Majesty, towards defraying the 





this day. 


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ital 


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19 Vicroriz. 


Customs Tariff The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
Acts Amend- jnto a Committee on the Customs Tariff Acts 


en Amendment and Consolidation Bill; and, after 
Bill. some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the 


Chair; and Mr. FitzRoy 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. 


CustomsLaws The House, according to Order, proceeded to 
Consolidation take into consideration the Customs Laws Consoli- 


Bill. dation Bill, as amended in the Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
this day. 
Excise Duties The Excise Duties Bill was, according to Order, 


Bill. read the third time. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 


Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Lunatic Asy- | The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
lums (Ireland) mittee on the Lunatic Asylums (Ireland) ( Advances) 
rca Bill; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Turnpike Acts The Turnpike Acts Continuance (No. 2) Bill was, 

Continuance according to Order, read a second time; and com- 

(No. 2) Bill. mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for this 
day. 

Burials Bill. The Burials Bill was, according to Order, read a 
second time; and committed to a Committee of the 
whole House, for Thursday next. 

Ledbury The House, according to Order, resolved itself 

Prebend Bill. into a Committee on the Ledbury Prebend Bill; 
and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker 
resumed the Chair; and Mr. FitzRoy 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. 

Waye and The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 

eans. 


mittee of Ways and Means ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Grand Juries 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming 


(Ireland) = the adjourned Debate on the Amendment which, 
ata daaes upon the 27th day of this instant July, was proposed 
to be made to the Question, That Mr. Speaker do 
now leave the Chair (for Committee on Grand Juries 
(Ireland) (No. 2) Bill); 
Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 
Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 
Militia Baliots © The Militia Ballots Suspension Bill was, accord- 
— ing to Order, read a second time; and committed 
to a Committee of the whole House, for this day. 
Sale of Beer, The Sale of Beer, &amp;c. Bill was, according to 
&amp;e. Bill. Order, read a second time; and committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for this day. 
Dwellings for The Dwellings for Labouring Classes Bill was, 
ao according to Order, read a second time; and com- 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for this 
day. 
Dwelling- | _ The House, according to Order, proceeded to take 
an a into consideration the Amendments made by the 


Lords to the Dwelling-houses (Scotland) Bill; and 
the same were twice read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
— to the Amendments made by their Lordships. 

OL. 110, 


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495 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to Religious — 
take into consideration the Amendments made by Worship Bill. 
the Lords to the Religious Worship Bill; and the 
same were twice read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the Amendments made by their Lordships. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Limited 
into a Committee on the Limited Liability Bill. Liability Bill. 


(In the Committee.) 


Curausgs, N° 7 to N° 10, agreed to. 
Cuiavsgs, N° 11 and N® 12, disagreed to. 
Cravusgs, N° 13 to N° 16, agreed to. 
Preamble agreed to. 

Bill, as amended, to be reported. 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; and Mr. Fitz Roy 
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 Partnership 
a Committee on the Partnership Amendment Bill ; Amendment 
and, after some time spent therem, Mr. Speaker re- ~ 

sumed the Chair; and Mr. FitzRoy 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 House, according to Order, resolved itself Criminal 
into a Committee on the Criminal Justice Bill; and, Justice Bill 
after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed 
the Chair; and Mr. FitzRoy reported, That the 
Committee had gone through the Bin. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration this day. 


The Metropolitan Buildings Bill was, according Metropolitan 
to Order, read the third time. Buildings Bill. 

A Clause was offered to be added to the Bill (Open 
space near dwelling-house—8 Vie. c. 84. Schedule 
Kk.) :—And the said Clause was brought up, and 
twice read, with a blank; and committed to a Com- 
mittee of the whole House :—The House accord- 
ingly resolved itself into the Committee ; and, after 
some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the 
Chair ; and Mr. FitzRoy reported, That the Com- 
mittee had gone through the Clause, and made an 
Amendment thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be now received. 

Mr. FitzRoy accordingly reported the Clause; 
and the Amendment was read, and agreed to; and 
the said Clause was read the third time ; and added 
to the Bill. 

Another Clause (Construction of public buildings), 
was thrice read; and added to the Bill. 

Another Clause (Payment of expenses by owner— 
8 Vic. c. 84, s. 50), was thrice read; and added to 
the Bill. : 

Another Clause (Extra thickness of certain stone 
walls), was thrice read ; and added to the Bill. 

Then Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 


Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Navigation 

mittee on the Navigation Works (Ireland) Bill; IW BL 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 

next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to Passengers 
take into consideration the Passengers Act Amend- Act + 
ment Bill, as amended in the Committee. — 





3 I Ordered, 





426 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time this 
day, at Twelve o'clock. 
Parochial 


Schoolmasters 
(Scotland. ) 


A Motion was made, and the Question being put, 
That leave be given to bring in a Bill to continue an 
Act to regulate the Salaries of the Parochial School- 
masters of Scotland ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right ; 

The Noes to the Left. 

Tellers for the; Mr. Eliott Lockhart, } 

Yeas, \ Mr. Blackburn : 
Tellers for the (The Earl of Mulgrave, } 1 
Noes, (Mr. Grenville Berkeley: 


And it appearing, upon the Report of the Division 
by the Tellers, that Forty Members were not pre- 
sent; and it being then a quarter of an hour before 
Two of the clock on Tuesday morning :—The House 
was adjourned by Mr. Speaker, without a Question 
first put, till this day. 


6. 
8., 


Martis, 31° die Juli: 


Anno 19° Victoria Regine, 1855, 








PRAYERS. 


; RDERED, That all Committees have leave 
ttees. ’ 
wanes O to sit this day, during the sitting of the House. 


London and The House proceeded to take into consideration 

South Western the Amendments made by the Lords to the London 

Railway Bill. and South Western Railway Bill; and the same 
were twice read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 

Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 

agreed to the Amendments made by their Lordships. 


Handcock’s Handcock’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. 
Ordered, That the Examiner have leave to sit 
and proceed forthwith. 
Civil Service Ordered, That the Return relative to the Civil 
Commission. Service Commission, which was presented upon the 
No. 439. 28d day of this instant July, be printed. 
Post-office. Ordered, ‘That the Return relative to the Post- 
No. 440, Office, which was presented upon the 30th day of 


this instant July, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Civil 
Service, which was presented upon the 30th day of 
this instant July, be printed. 


Civil Service. 
No. 441. 





Ordered, That the Account relative to Army 


Army Prize : ? 
Prize Money, which was presented upon the 30th | 


Money. 








No. 442, day of this instant July, be printed. 
Municipal Ordered, That an Abstract of the Return relative | 
Boroughs. to Municipal Boroughs, which was presented upon | 

No, 443. the 80th day of this instant July, be printed. | 
Colonial Ordered, That the Return relative to Colonial | 
Bishops. Bishops, which was presented upon the 30th day of | 

No. 444, this instant July, be printed. | 
Navy, Army, The following Paper was laid upon the Table | 
Ke. by the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, | 

dated the 30th day of this instant July, for Detailed 
Accounts of the Receipt and Expenditure for Navy, | 
Army, Commissariat and Ordnance Services, for the | 
year to the 31st day of March 1854. 
Court of The following, Papers, pursuant to the directions | 
Chancery. of an Act of Parliament, were also laid upon the | 


Table by the Clerk of the House,—Copy of Order of 
the Court of Chancery for Payment of Allowance to 
Charles James Durham of £.81 per annum for Life. 

Copy of Order of the Court of Chancery for Pay- 
ment of Superannuation Allowance to Henry Hussey, 
Esquire, of £.1,400 per annum, 


$0°—31° Julie. 





A. 1855. 


Petitions relating to Church Rates ;— Public- Public 
houses and Beer-shops ;—Licenses (Public-houses, P*titions. 
&amp;c.) ;— Accidents on Railways Bill ; — Fisheries Vide Fitty- 
(British Islands and France) Bill ;—Grain ;—In- ninth Report, 
toxicating Liquors ;—and, Sale of Beer Act (1854), 

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


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Supply, 
into the Committee of Supply. 


(In the Committee.) 


1. Motion made, and Question proposed, That a Civil Contin. 
Sum, not exceeding £. 100,000, be granted to Her gencies. 
Majesty, to defray the Charge of Civil Contingen- 
cies, to the 31st day of March 1856. 

Afterwards Motion made, and Question put, That 
a Sum, not exceeding £. 67,969, be granted to Her 
Majesty, to defray the Charge of Civil Contingen- 
cies, to the 31st day of March 1856 :—Motion, by 
leave, withdrawn. 

Original Question put, and agreed to. 

2. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £. 10,945, General Board 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Expense °f Health. 
of the General Board of Health, to the 31st day of 
March 1856. 

3. Motion made, and Question put, That a Sum, Ecclesiastical 
not exceeding £.3,498, be granted to Her Majesty, Commis- 
to defray a portion of the Expenses of the Eccle- “""™ 
siastical Commissioners for Eng/and, to the 31st 
day of March 1856 ; 

The Committee divided. 


es hb 


Tellers for the{ Mr. Hayter, 1 58 
Yeas, \The Earl of Mulgrave : | es 
Tellers for the; Mr. William Williams, 1 39 


Noes, | Mr. Pellatt : 

4. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £.12,390, Charity _ 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of Commission. 
the Salaries and Expenses of the Charity Commis- 
sion for England and Wales, to the 31st day of 
March 1856. 

5. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £. 1,053, Professors 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of (University of 
the Salaries of certain Professors in the University eet 
of Cambridge, to the 31st day of March 1856. 

6. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £. 22,572, Patent Law 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Fees, Amendment. 
Salaries and Compensations payable under the Pro- 
visions of the Patent Law Amendment Act, to the 
3ist day of March 1856. 

7. Resolved, Thata Sum, not exceeding £. 15,480, Incumbered 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of eee 
the Salaries und Expenses of the Incumbered Estates ({reland.) 
Commission, Jreland, to the 31st day of March 1856. 

8. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £.900, 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Expense 
of the Commission appointed to superintend the 
Publication of the Ancient Laws and Institutes of 
Ireland, to tie 31st day of March 1856. 

9. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £. 9,000, Process | 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Expense — 
of the Pay of the Process Servers in Ireland, to 
the 31st day of March 1856. 

10. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £.2,270, 
be 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 1856. 

11. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £. 69,11 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge fo 
Pensions to Masters and Seamen of the Merchant 
Service, and to their Widows and Children, under 
the Merchant Seamen’s Fund Act, and for Com- 

nsation to the late Officers of the Trustees of the 
econ Seamen's Fund, to the 31st day of March 
1856. 

12. Motion made, and Question put, That a Sum, Battersea 
not exceeding £.25,500, be granted to Her Majesty, Park 
towards defraying the Expense of forming a Park 
at Battersea, to the 31st day of March 1856 ; 

e 













Ancient Laws 
and Institutes 
of Ireland. 











Registration 
of Joint Stock 
Companies. 







5, Pensions 
? (Merchant 
Service. ) 
















Passengers 
Act Amend- 
ment Bill. 


Supply. 


University of 
London. 


Scottish 
Universities. 


Queen’s 
University 
(Ireland. ) 


’s Col- 
3. 


Royal Irish 
Academy. 


Royal Hiber- 
nian Academy. 


Theological 
Professors 
(Belfast), &amp;c. 


British 
Museum. 


19 Vicrortz. 


The Committee divided. 

Tellers for the { Mr. Hayter, } a 
Yeas, (The Earl of Mulgrave : ; 

Tellers for the; Mr. Wise, , 7 
Noes, Mr. Sawle : } sda 


To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; and Mr. Fitz Roy 
reported, That the Committee had made Progress in 
the matter to them referred; and that he was di- 
rected to move, That the Committee may have leave 
to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, at Six 
o'clock, again resolve itself into the said Com- 
mittee. 


The Passengers Act Amendment Bill was, ac- 
cording to Order, read the third time. 

A Clause was offered to be added to the Bill 
(Passage brokers to employ no Agents except those 
expressly appointed by them: Agents to produce their 
appointments on demand):—And the said Clause 
was brought up, and twice read, with blanks; and 
committed to a Committee of the whole House :— 
The House accordingly resolved itself into the Com- 
mittee; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. 
Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Fitz Roy re- 
ported, That the Committee had gone through the | 
Clause, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be now received. 

Mr. FitzRoy accordingly reported the Clause ; 
and the Amendments were read, and agreed to; 
and the said Clause was read the third time; and 
added to the Bill. 

Another Clause (In the absence of agreement to 
the contrary, the owner to be responsible as between | 
himself, the charterer and master), was thrice read ; 
and added to the Bill. 

Then Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 


Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Mr. FitzRoy reported from the Committee of 
Supply, several Resolutions ; which were read, as 
follow : 

1. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 3,858, be granted 
to Her Majesty, towards defraving the Expenses of 
the University of London, to the 3ist day of March 
1856. 

2. That a Sum, not exceeding £.7,952, be granted 
to Her Majesty, to pay Grants to Scottish Univer- 
sities, formerly defrayed from the Hereditary Re- 
venues of the Crown, to the 31st day of March 
1856. 

3. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 2,366, be granted 
to Her Majesty, to defray the Expenses of the 
Queen’s University in Jreland, to the 31st day of 
March 1856. 

4. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 9,552, be granted 
to Her Majesty, to defray certain Expenses of the 
Queen’s Colleges in Jreland, to the 31st day of 
March 1856. 


31° Sulit. 


497. 


Expenses of the British Museum Establishment, to 
the 31st day of March 1856. . 

9. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 4,000, be granted 
to Her Majesty, to enable the Trustees of the Bri- 
tish Museum to defray Expenses incurred for the 
Purchase of Objects of Art from the Bernal Col- 
lection. 

10. That a Sum, not exceeding £.27,520, be 
= to Her Majesty, to defray the Expense of 

ew Buildings and Fittings at the Brisish Museum, 
to the 31st day of March 1856. 

11. That a Sum, not exceeding £.500, be granted Royal Geogra- 
to Her Majesty, to enable the Royal Geographical Phical Society. 
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 1856. 

12 Thata Sum, not exceeding £. 6,409, be granted Magnetic 
to Her Majesty, to defray the Expense of Mag- O?servations 
netic Observations Abroad, including the Superin- , 
tendents’ Establishment at Woolwich; also, for Ob- 
servations and Services under the direction of the 
Astronomer Royal, to the 31st day of March 1856. 

13. Thata Sum, not exceeding £.2,985, be granted Public Infir- 
to Her Majesty, to pay, to the 31st day of March — 
1856, to the Treasurers of Public Infirmaries in Jre- ~~ 
land, the Allowances granted under certain Acts of 
Parliament. 

14. That a Sum, not exceeding £.1,295, be Foundling 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Expense of Debden 
the Foundling Hospital Department of the House of — 
Industry, Dublin, to the 3ist day of March 1856. 

15. That a Sum, not exceeding £.11,790, be House of 
granted to Her Majesty, towards defraying the Ex- (Dubliz’) 
pense of the House of Industry, Dublin, to the 31st * 
day of March 1856. 

16. That a Sum, not exceeding £.500, be granted — 2 
to Her Majesty, towards defraying the Expense of (pupiin.) 
the Female Orphan House, Dublin, to the 31st day 
of March 1856. 

17. That aSum, not exceeding £.1,215, be granted Westmoreland 
to Her Majesty, to defray the Expense of the West- (ain 
moreland Lock Hospital, Dublin, to the 31st day of 
March 1856. 

18. That a Sum, not exceeding £.500, be granted Lying-in 
to Her Majesty, towards defraying the Expense of Datlin:) 
the Lying-in Hospital, Dublin, to the 31st day of 
March 1856. 

19. That a Sum, not exceeding £.795, be granted Dr. Steevens’ 
to Her Majesty, towards defraying the Expense of a 
Doctor Steevens’ Hospital, Dublin, to the 31st day ‘ » 
of March 1856. 

20. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 1,900, be granted House of ‘ 
to Her Majesty, towards defraying the Expense of Fever Heccital 
the House of Recovery and Fever Hospital, Cork- (Dublin.) 
street, Dublin, to the 31st day of March 1856. 

21. That a Sum, not exceeding £.250, be granted a for 
to Her Majesty, towards defraying the Expense of (Dublin. 
the Hospital for Incurables, Dubin, to the 31st day 
of March 1856. ° 

22. That a Sum, not exceeding £.38,953, be Protestant 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Expense of err 
Nonconforming, Seceding and Protestant Dissenting ({reland.) 
Ministers in Iredand, to the 31st day of March 1856. 

23. That a Sum, not exceeding £.6,384, be Charitable 


5. That a Sum, not exceeding £.647, be granted | granted to Her Majesty, to pay, to the 31st day of Allowances 


to Her Majesty, towards defraying the Expense of | 
the Royal Jrish Academy, to the 31st day of March 
1856. 


March 1856, Charitable Allowances charged on the (Ireland. ) 


Concordatum Fund in Jreland, and other Allowances 
and Bounties formerly defrayed from Grants for the 


6. That a Sum, not exceeding £.300, be granted | Lord Lieutenant’s Household, Civil Contingencies, &amp;c. 


to Her Majesty, towards defraying the Expense of 
the Royal Hibernian Academy, to the 31st day of 
March 1856. 

7. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 2,600, be granted 
to Her Majesty, to pay the Salaries of the Theolo- 
gical Professors and the Incidental Expenses of the 
General Assembly’s College at Belfast, and Retired 
Allowances to Professors of the Belfast Acade- 
mical Institution, to the 31st day of March 1856. 

8. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 56,180, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Salaries and 


The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee on Postal Postal Are 
: rangemen 

Arrangements ( Waterford, &amp;c.) have Power to report (Watetfora, 
their Observations thereupon to the House, together g,) 
with the Minutes of the Evidence taken before wo 445, 
them. . 

Mr. Meagher reported from the said Select Com- 
mittee ; ‘That they had made Progress in the matters 
to them referred ; and directed him to make a Report 





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thereof to jhe House, together with the Minutes of 
the Evidence taken before them. 

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


Handcock’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 Handcock’s Estate Bill, no 
Standing Orders are applicable. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time. 
Marriages Mr. Cowper poe by Her on Com- 
(Ireland.) § mand,—Copy of Fifth Report of the Registrar Ge- 
neral of Marriages in Ireland, under the Provisions 
of the Act 7&amp; 8 Vic. c. 81. 
Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 
‘able. 
Halford’s Mr. FitzRoy reported Halford’s Estate Bill, with 
Estate Bill Amendments. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


MertonCollege Mr. FitzRoy reported the Merton College Estate 


Estate Bill. Bill, without Amendment. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 
Chemical Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 


Establishment Return of the Total Cost of the Chemical Establish- 
Geass ment of the Excise Department, from the 5th day of 
* January 1844 to the 5th day of January 1855; 
stating the Salaries of the different Officers, the 
Number who have been specially selected for Che- 
mical Education at University College in each year ; 
the Cost of such Education; also, a Statement of all 
Monies paid to independent Chemists employed by 
the Excise during the same Period. 


Procurators 
Fiscal, &amp;c. 
(Scotland.) 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return of all Accounts due to Procurators 
Fiscal, Sheriff Officers and Criminal Officers in 
Scotland, up to the 15th day of May 1855; dis- 
tinguishing the several Amounts respectively of the 
Original Accounts sent in, the Dates when sent in, 
the Date and Amount of each Payment made on 
Account, and the Amounts of the respective Balances 
remaining due on each Account on the 15th day of 
May 1855. 

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


an Ordered, That the Amendments made by the 
Shipping Act Lords to the Merchant Shipping Act Amendment 


—— Bill be taken into consideration To-morrow. 
Crown Suits Ordered, That the Amendments made by the 


Bill. Lords to the Crown Suits Bill be taken into con- 
sideration To-morrow. 


Civil Services 
(Class viii.) 
No. 140. 


Mr. Wilson presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand,—Estimates, &amp;c. Civil Services, for 1855-56: 
—(Class VIII.): Compensation to Dr. Southwood 
Smith ; and, Museum. at Kensington Gore. 

Ordered, ‘Vhat the said Estimates be referred to 
the Committee of Supply ; and be printed. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into the Committee of Supply. 


(In the Committee.) 


National 13. Resolved, That aSum, not exceeding £. 17,696, 
Gallery. be ted to Her Majesty, to defray the Expenses 
of the National Gallery, including the Purchase of 
Pictures, to the 31st day of March 1856. 

14. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £.25,000, 


Supply. 


Chelsea 


Embankment be eranted to Her Majesty, towards defraying, to the 
31st day of March 1856, the Expense of constructing 
an Embankment and Public Roadway between Bat- 


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tersea and Vauxhall Bridges, and an Approach from 
Sloane-street to Chelsea Bridge. 

15. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £.10,700, Lighthouses 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray, in the year 
ending the 31st day of March 1856, the Expense of 
yo maintaining certain Lighthouses Abroad. 

16. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £.1,811, Cholera — 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge, tu (West Indies.) 
the 31st day of March 1856, of the Pay and Ex- 
penses of the Medical Men employed in the West 
Indies, for the purpose of checking the ravages of 
Cholera, and for the relief of Distress occasioned by 
the Disease. 

17. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £.10,300, Agricultural 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Cost of Statistics. 
collecting Agricultural Statistics in the United King- 
dom, to the 31st day of March 1856. 

18. Resolved, Thata Sum, not exceeding £. 2,000, so ll 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray, to the 31st day (Scotland.) 
of March 1856, the Charge on account of the Annuity 
to the Board of Manufactures in Scotland, in dis- 
charge of Equivalents under the ‘Treaty of Union. 

19. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £.14,000, Board of 
be granted to Her Majesty, to pay the Salaries and &lt;Seotlend.) 
Expenses of the Board of Fisheries in Scotland, to ; 
the 31st day of March 1856. 

20. Resolved, Thata Sum, not exceeding £.5,000, Highland 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Expenses Roads and 
of the Commissioners of Highland Roads and Prises- 
Bridges, to the 31st day of March 1856. 

21. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £. 12,000, Bounties on 
be granted to Iler Majesty, to pay the Bounties on Slaves. 
Slaves, and the Tonnage Bounties on Slave Vessels 
captured, to the 31st day of March 1856. 

22. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £.68,500, Dues under 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge for se of 
Payments on account of the difference of Dues pay- ““°P"Y- 
able by British or Foreign Vessels under Treaties of 
Reciprocity, to the 31st day of March 1856. 

23. Resolved, That aSum, not exceeding £.17,850, Revising 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of Barristers. 
the Remuneration to Revisine Barristers in England 
and Wales, to the 31st day of March 1856. 


24. Resolved, Thata Sum, not exceeding £. 3,800, Inspectors of 
be granted to Her Majesty, to pay the Salaries of C7 Returns. 
Inspectors of Corn Returns, and the Expenses de- 
frayed by Counties for Corn Returns, to the 31st 
day of March 1856. 

25. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £.3,600, Quarantine 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray Expenses con- — 
nected with the Quarantine Arrangements, to the . 
31st day of March 1856. 

26. Resolved, Thata Sum, not exceeding £. 5,752, New Consular 
be granted to Her Majesty, towards defraying the ae 
Expense of erecting and furnishing New Consular tinople.) 
Offices, a British Seamen’s Hospital, and a Prison, 


at Constantinuple, to the 31st day of March 1856. 

27. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £. 4,578, British ae 
be granted to Her Majesty, towards defraying the ae eee 
Expense of Works, Furniture, Fittings, &amp;c. for the Constantinople 
British Ambassador's Residences at Constantinople and Therapis. 


,and Therapia, to the 31st day of March 1856. 


28. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £. 1,550, Courts of 
; : Law, &amp;c. ( 

be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Cost of o¢ fan.) 
erecting Buildings for the accommodation of the 
Courts of Law, Record, and Police Departments, at 
Douglas, in the Isle of Man, to the 31st day of 
March 1856. 

29. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £. 9,000, General 


be granted to Her Majesty, towards defraying, to ee 


the 31st day of March 1856, the Expense of pro- Records, 
viding and fixing Wire Doors, Ends, and Divisions 

to the Presses, for the better security of the Records 

and Documents in the General Repository for Public 
Records. 

Motion made, and Question proposed, That a Site, &amp;c. of 
Sum, not exceeding £. 90,000, be granted to Her Ma- Office for 
jesty, for the Purchase of a Site, and for the Erection partment. 
of a new Office for the Department of the Secretary of 

State 


Co &amp; + 


[rish Census, 


Mint (Medal 
Services. ) 


American 
Claimants. 


Townley’s 
Escheat. 


Distresed 
British Sea- 
men Abroad. 


Gallery of 


Arts (Dublin.) po granted to Her Majesty, towards the 


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State for Foreign Affairs, in the year ending the 31st 
day of March 1856. 

30. Whereupon Motion made, and Question, That 
a Sum, not exceeding £.40,000, be granted to Her 
Majesty, for the Purchase of a Site, and for the 
Erection of a new Office for the Department of the 
Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, in the year 
ending the 31st day of March 1856——put, and 
agreed to. 

31. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £. 9,000, 
be ted to Her Majesty, to complete, in the year 
ending the 31st day of March 1856, the Expenses 
of the Irish Census, 1851, 

32. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £.52,500, 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Expendi- 
ture of the Mint for the various Medal Services, to 
the 31st day of March 1856, 

33. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £.68,131, 
be granted to Her Majesty, to pay, in the year end- 
ing the 31st day of March 1856, to the United States 
Government, the Amounts awarded to American 
Claimants by the Mixed Commission, under the 
Convention of the 3d of February 1853. 

34. Resolved, That aSum, not exceeding £.54,218, 
be granted to Her Majesty, to enable Her Majesty 
to repay, in the year ending the 31st day of March 
1856, to Thomas Porter, as next of kin, the Amount 
carried to the Credit of the Consolidated Fund as the 
Escheated Property of the late Reverend William 
Townley. 

35. Resolved, That a Sum, notexceeding £.17,000, 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray, in the year 
ending the 31st day of March 1856, the Charges on 
account of Distressed British Seamen Abroad. 


36. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £.3,000, 
Erection of 
a Gallery of Arts in Dublin, in the year ending the 
31st day of March 1856. 


Metropolis 37. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £.9,927, 
— be granted to Her Majesty, to defray Expenses in- 
” curred in carrying out the Provisions of the Acts 
relating to Burials in and beyond the Metropolis, to 
the 31st day of March 1856. 
Galleries of 38. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £. 5,000, 
Art (Edin- be granted to Her Majesty, towards the Completion 
— of the Galleries of Art, Edinburgh, in the year end- 
ing on the 31st day of March 1856. 
Public Works 39. Resulved, That a Sum, not exceeding £.40,000, 
(South Africa.) he ranted to Her Majesty, to defray the Cost of 
executing Public Works, maintaining Educational 
and Benevolent Institutions, and promoting Civili- 
zation amongst the Native Tribes in South Africa, 
to the 31st day of March 1856. 
Pall Mall to 40. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £. 5,800, 
——. be granted to Her Majesty, to defray, in the year 
ending the 31st day of March 1856, the Cost of 
urchasing from the Trustees of the Bridgewater 
Estates a Piece of Ground, now occupied by Stables, 
necessary for the continuation of Pall Mall to the 
Green Park. 
Inverness 41. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £.3,000, 
mange. be granted -to Her Majesty, towards defraying, in 
the year ending the 3ist day of March 1856, the 
Cost of the Completion of the Bridge over the River 
Ness, at Inverness. 
Buckingham § 42. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £.11,000, 
— Pall be granted to Her Majesty, for the Purchase, in the 
year — the 31st day of March 1856, of the 
remaining ‘Term of the Crown Lease of Buckingham 
House, Pall Mail, required to provide additional 
Accommodation for the Department of War. 
Windsor Im- 43, Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £.3,718, 
a he granted to Her Majesty, to pay, in the year end- 
ing the 31st day of March 1856, the Balance due 
to the Contractor for the Erection of the Victoria 
and Albert Bridges at Windsor, including the En- 
gineer’s Commission. 
nad ’ 44. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £.10,000, 
(Rewards.) be granted to Her Majesty, to pay, in the year end- 


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ing the 31st day of March 1856, the Rewards to 
the Discoverers of a North West Passage, in ac- 
cordance with the recommendation of a Select Com- 
mittee of the House of Commons. 

45. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £. 800, yfonument to 
be granted to Her Majesty, in the year ‘ending the Captain Sir 
31st day of March 1856, for the Erection of a J°2 i 
Monument to the Memory of Captain Sir John ~” 
Franklin, of the Royal Navy, and the Officers and 
Men who have lost their Lives in the Arctic Expe- 
dition. 

46. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £.10,000, Naval Esta- 
be granted to Her Majesty, to provide for the ad- blishments at 
ditional Expense for Wages to Artificers, Labourers Home 
and others employed in Her Majesty’s Naval Esta- 
blishments at Home, which will come in course of 
rg during the year ending on the 31st day of 

arch 1856. 

47. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £.3,000, Naval Esta 
be granted to Her Majesty, to provide for the ad- blishments 
ditional Expense for Wages to Artificers, Labourers 4&gt;r0#d- 
and others employed in Her Majesty’s Naval Esta- 
blishments Abroad, which will come in course of 
deg during the year ending on the 31st day of 

arch 1856. 

48. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Naval Stores. 
£.1,063,665, be granted to Her Majesty, to defray 
the additional 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 
ac during the year ending on the 31st day of 

arch 1856. 

49. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £.61,503, New Works, 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the additional &amp;c. 
Charge of New Works, Improvements and Repairs 
in the Naval Establishments, which will come in 
course of payment during the year ending on the 
31st day of March 1856. 

50. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £.2,000, Medicines 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the additional — 
Charge of Medicines and Medical Stores, which : 
will come in course of payment during the year 
ending on the 31st day of March 1856. 

51. Resolved, ‘That a Sum, not exceeding £.1,000, Naval Mis 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the additional cellaneous 
Charge of divers Naval Miscellaneous Services, — 
which will come in course of payment during the year 
ending on the 31st day of March 1856. 

52. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Transport 
£.1,584,803, be granted to Her Majesty, to provide Service. 
for the estimated Excess of the Transport Expen- 
diture beyond the Grant for the year ending on the 
31st day of March 1856. 

53. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £.755,239, Packet 
be granted to Her Majesty, to provide for the esti- Service. 
mated Charge of the Packet Service, for the year 
ending on the 31st day of March 1856, 

Resolutions to be reported. 





continued to sit till after 
ednesday morning ; 


Mercurii, 1° die Augusti, 1855: 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Fitz Roy 
reported, That the Committee had come to several 
Resolutions. 

Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 

Mr. Fitz Roy 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. 


And the House — 


Twelve of the clock on 


The Turkish Loan Bill was, according to Order, Turkish Loan 
read the third time. Bill. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence, 


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430 


Customs Laws The Customs Laws Consolidation Bill was, ac- 
Consolidation cording to Order, read the third time. 
a Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Ledbury The Ledbury Prebend Bill was, according to Or- 
Prebend Bill: ger, read the third time; and Amendments were 
made to the Bill. 
Resolved, That the Bill, with the Amendments, do 
ass. 
Ordered, That the Clerk 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 Tariff The House, according to Order, proceeded to take 
Acts Amend- jnto consideration the Customs Tariff Acts Amend- 


Conacihdatien ment and Consolidation Bill, as amended in the Com- 
Bill. mittee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time this 
day. 
Turnpike Acts The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
Continuance jnto a Committee on the Turnpike Acts Continuance 
nae (No. 2) Bill; and, after some time spent therein, 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. FitzRoy 
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. 
Militia Ballots The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
Suspension into a Committee on the Militia Ballots Suspension 
—_ Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker 
resumed the Chair; and Mr. Fitz Roy 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. 


Limited 
Liability Bill. into consideration the Limited Liability Bill, as 
Bill 279. amended in the Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time this 
day ; and be printed. 


Message from Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That a Mes- 


the Lords. sage had been brought from the Lords, by one of 
their Clerks, as followeth : 
Slave Trade The Lords have agreed to the Slave Trade 


(Sherbro) Bill. (Sherbro) Bill, without any Amendment: And also, 
The Lords have agreed to the Coal Mines In-| 


Coal Mines 

Inspection spection Bill, with Amendments ; to which Amend- | 

bul. ments the Lords desire the concurrence of this 
House: And also, ‘ 

Militia Officers The Lords have agreed to the Militia Officers 

Qualification Qualification Bill, with Amendments; to which 

om. Amendments the Lords desire the concurrence of 
this House. 

Fisheries The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 

(British mittee on the Fisheries ( British Islands and France) 

Islands and Bill : 

France.) ’ : . : . 

Bill 280. 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- 
posed to be left out, stand part of the Question ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right ; 

The Noes to the Left. 


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Tellers for the {Mr. Hayter, } ée 
Yeas, \The Earl of Mulgrave : _ 
Tellers for the {Sir George Pechell, \ 17 


Noes, | Mr. Beresford ? 


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A. 1855. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 
Chair :—The House accordingly resolved itself into 
the Committee. 


(In the Committee.) 
Preamble postponed. 


Crause, N°1 (Oysters and dredges found on 
board fishing vessels during the prohibited time 
may be seized). 

Amendments made. 

Another Ameudment proposed, in p. 2, ls. 22 and 
23: To leave out the words “ to seize and throw 
“ overboard or destroy any oysters found on board 
** such vessel.” 

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° 2, amended, and agreed to. 

Cxrausg, N° 3 (Penalties). 

Amendments made. 

Another Amendment proposed, in p. 3, 1. 10: To 
leave out the words “ with or.” 

Question, That the words “ with or” stand part 
of the Clause put, and agreed to. 

Clause, as amended, agreed to. 

Crause, N° 4, amended, and agreed to. 

Crauses, N° 5 to N° 7, agreed to. 

Clause added. 


Preamble agreed to. 
Bill, as amended, to be reported. 








Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; and Mr. Fitz Roy 
reported, That the Committee had gone through the 
Bill. 

Ordered, Vhat the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration this day ; and be 
printed. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take Criminal 


amended in the Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon 
Thursday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Dwellings for Labouring Classes Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Sale of Beer, &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 
“ this House will, upon this day three months, re- 
“ solve itself into the said Committee,” instead 
thereof. 

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

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

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

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right; 

‘The Noes to the Left. 

Tellers for the {| Mr. Henry Berkel 

Yeas, (Mr, —_. } ~~ 
Tellers for the (The Marquis of Blandford, 10 
Noes ) Mr. Frewen: © } : 

’ 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 
Chair:— 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take | into consideration the Criminal Justice Bill, as Justice Bill 


Dwellings for 
Labouring 
Classes Bill. 


Sale of Beer, 
&amp;c. Bill. 











Militia 
Estimates. 
No. 446. 


Turkish Loan. 


Scutari, &amp;c. 
Hospitals. 


Adjournment. 


Oxford Uni- 
versity Tests. 


Public Health. 


Public Health 
Act (1854) 
Continuance 
and Amend- 
ment. 


Diseases 
Prevention, 


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Chair :—The House accordingly resolved itself into | 
the Committee. 
(In the Committee.) 

Preamble postponed. 

Crausss, N° 1 to N° 5, agreed to. 

Cravse, N° 6, disagreed to. 

Clause (That the operation of this Act shall be 
limited to the metropolitan district)——brought up, 
and read 1°. 

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. Fitz Roy 
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. 


Mr. Peel reported from the Select Committee on 
Militia Estimates ; That they had prepared the said 
Estimates ; and directed 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. 


Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer presented, by 
Her Majesty’s Command,—Copy of Declaration ex- 
changed between the British and French Govern- 
ments relative to the Turkish Loan ; signed at Lon- 
don, July 27, 1855. 

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


Mr. Peel presented,—Return to an Address to 
Her Majesty, dated the 14th day of May last, for 
Copy of all Official Reports of the Hospitals at 
Scutari, Kululee, Abydos, and Smyrna, since Fe- 
bruary last. 

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


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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- | was read the third time. 


drawn. 








431 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- pines and 
posed, That there be laid before this House, a Return Penalties (Ire. 
of the present Amount of the Fund arising from the #4) Fund. 
Fines and Penalties levied throughout Jreland, to- 
gether with the annual Expense of Audit ; also the 
Applications of any Sum or Sums from the Fund, 
and the Authority, if any, for such Application :— 

And the said Motion was, with leave of the House, 
withdrawn. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to Nuisances 
consolidate and amend the Laws relating to the —r oe 
Removal of Nuisances and Prevention of Diseases, Towns (Seot- 
and to make further Provision in respect of the land.) 
Police of Towns in Scotland: And that the Lord 
Advocate and Viscount Duncan do prepare, and 


bring it in. 


Sir Benjamin Hall presented a Bill to continue Public Health 
and amend the Public Health Act (1854): And the Act (1854) 
same was read the first time ; and ordered to be read ee 
a second time upon Thursday next; and to be ment Bill. 


printed. Bill 281. 


Viscount Duncan presented a Bill to consolidate Nuisances 
and amend the Laws relating to the Removal of — - 
Nuisances and Prevention of Diseases, and to make } hn (Scot. 
further Provision in respect of the Police of Towns land) Bill. 
in Scotland: And the same was read the first time; _ Bil] 282, 
and ordered to be read a second tjme upon Wed- 
nesday the 8th day of this instant August ; and to be 
printed. 


Sir Benjamin Hall presented a Bill for the better Diseases Pre- 
Prevention of Diseases: And the same was read the Ve2tion Bill. 
first time; and ordered to be read a second time _ Bill 283. 
upon Thursday next; and to be printed. 


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








Mercurii,-1° die August: ; 
Anno 19° Victoriz Regine, 1855. 


PRAYERS. 


RDERED, That all Committees have leave Committees, 
to sit this day, during the sitting of the House. 


The Saint John’s College (Oxford) Estate Bill Saint John’s 
College (Ox- 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. mi Estate 


Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 


A Motion was made, and the Question being put, | Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
That the proposal of a new subscription of Church of | agreed to the same, without Amendment. 


England Membership for Professorships in General | 
Learning, in addition to optional Religious Tests for | 


the degree of Bachelor in the Lay Faculties at 


Oxford, is directly opposed to the spirit and policy | 
of recent Legislation, and meets with the disapproval | 


of this House :—It passed in the Negative. 


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


confirm Provisional Orders of the General Board of | 
Health applying the Public Health Act (1848) to the | 


Districts of Middlesbrough, Windhill, Christchurch, 
Warley, Tunstall, and Toxteth Park, and for Altera- 
tion of the Boundaries of the District of Romford : 
And that Sir Benjamin Hall and Sir George Grey 
do prepare, and bring it in. 





Ordered, That Handcock’s Estate Bill be read a Handcock's 
second time this day. Estate Bill. 


Handcock’s Estate Bill was, according to Order, Handcock’s 
read a second time ; and committed. __ Estate Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Ordered, That Standing Order 209 be suspended Harvist’s 
in the case of Harvist’s Estate Bill; and that the Estate Bill. 
Bill be now read the third time :—The Bill was ac- 


| cordingly read the third time. 7 


Resolved, That the Bill, with the Amendment, do 


| pass. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to | Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the - 
continue and amend the Public Health Act (1854): | Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
And that Sir Benjamin Hall and Sir George Grey | agreed to the same, with an Amendment ; to which 
do prepare, and bring it in. Amendment this House doth desire the concur- 

. | rence of their Lordships. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
the better Prevention of Diseases: And that Sir | 
Benjamin Hall and Sir George Grey do prepare, 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented House- 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 

3 


breakings, &amp;c. 
(Scotland. ) 





Vou. 110. 14 House, 





Printing 
Houses of 
arliament, 
&amp;c.) 


No, 447. 


Public 
Petitions. 


Vide Fifty- 


ninth Report. 


Navy, Army, 
&amp;c. 

No. 448, 
Scutari, &amp;c. 


Hospitals. 
No. 449, 


Carlisle 


Canonries Bill. 


Union of 
contiguous 


Benefices Bill. 


Bill 284. 


432 1° August. 


House, a Return of Housebreakings and other De- 
predations in which the Offenders have not been 
detected, with the supposed Value of Property 
stolen, committed in each County, Burgh or Town 
in Scotland, between the 30th day of June 1854 and 
the 1st day of July 1855, and of the steps taken by 
the Authorities with reference thereto. 

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


Ordered, That the Select Committee on Printing 
(Houses of Parliament, &amp;c.) have Power to report 
their Observations thereupon to the House, together 
with the Minutes of the Evidence taken before them. 

Mr. Walpole 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. 


Petitions relating to Intoxicating Liquors ;—Na- 
vigation Works (Ireland) Bill ;—Sale of Beer Act 
(1854) ;—and, War with Russia,—were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Navy, Army, 
&amp;e., which was’ presented upon the 31st day of July 
last, be printed. 


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


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Carlisle Canonries Bill ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 
Chair ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word “ That” to 
the end of the Question, in order to add the words 
‘** this House will, upon this day three months, re- 
“ solve itself into the said Committee,” instead 
thereof. 

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

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being put, That the Debate be now adjourned ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right; 

The Noes to the Left. 


Tellers for the {Mr, FitzRoy, } 21 
Yeas, LSir John Pakington: = 
Tellers for the (Mr. Ferguson, } 96 
Noes, Mr. Thomas Chambers : ; 


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 :— 
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. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on the Union of contiguous Be- 
nefices Bill. 

(In the Committee.) 

CuauseE, N°2 (On representation of inhabitants of 
any small parish that their Benefice might be advan- 
tageously united, Bishop of the diocese shall in- 
quire, and may certify to Church Building Commis- 
sloners). 

Amendment again proposed, in p. 2, 1.37: To 
leave out the words “ Her Majesty's Commis- 





A, 1855. 


“ sioners for Building New Churches,” and insest 
the words “ the Parishes Commissioners.” 

Question proposed, That the words proposed to be 
left out, stand part of the Clause :—Debate arising ; 
Whereupon Motion made, and Question put, That 
the Chairman do now leave the Chair ; 

The Commitee divided. 

Tellers for thef Mr. Pellatt, L 10 

Yeas, (Mr. Hadfield: a 

Tellers for the Sir John Pakington, 62 

Noes, (The Marquis of Blandford :} a 

Question, That the words proposed to be left out, 
stand part of the Clause put, and negatived. 

Amendments made. 

Another Amendment proposed, at the end of the 
Clause: To add the words “ Provided also, that 
“ all churches erected under this Act shall be sup- 
“ ported, maintained and repaired by voluntary con- 
“* tribution or endowment, or by pew rents.” 

Question proposed, That those words be there 
added ; 

Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 

Clause, as amended, agreed to. 

Crause, N* 3 (Church Building Commissioners 
may propose scheme for transfer of surplus revenues 
to poor parishes). 

Amendments made. 

Another Amendment proposed, in p. 3, 1. 10: 
To leave out the word “ tithes.” 








the Clause put, and agreed to. 

Another Amendment made. 

Another Amendment proposed, at the end of the 
Clause: To add the words “ Provided that no rates 
“ for the purposes aforesaid be continued to be 
“ levied on the inhabitants beyond what may suffice: 
“ for the wants of the respective parishes when so 
“ united.” 

Question proposed, That those words be there 
added ; 

Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 

Clause, as amended, agreed to. 


Crause, N°4 (Scheme to be posted on church 
doors, &amp;c.) 

Amendments made. 

Another Amendment proposed, in p. 4, 1. 8: To 
leave out the words “ Petition or Statement is lodged 
“ by way of protest against the scheme.” 

Question proposed, That the words proposed to 
be left out, stand part of the Clause ; 

Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 

Clause, as amended, agreed to. 

Cause, N° 5, amended, and agreed to. 

CrauseE, N° 6, agreed to. 

Crause, N° 7, amended, and agreed to. 

Crausg, N° 8, agreed to. 

Crause, N° 9, amended, and agreed to. 

Cravuse, N* 10 (No burial-ground or site of church 
wholly surrounded by graveyard to be sold under 
this Act). 

Amendments made. 


Clause: To add the words “ Provided always, that 
“ the inhabitants of, and the owners of property in, 
“ the parish or place which may be deprived of any 
“ existing church under the powers of this Act, 
“ shall no longer be liable to the payment of tithe, 
“ church rate, tax or other impost, now payable in 
“ respect of such church, or the incumbent thereof, 
“ or for the conduct of Divine Service therein.” 
Question, That those words be there added—— 

put, and negatived. 

Clause, as amended, agreed to. 

Craust, N° 11, amended, and agreed to. 

Cravuse, N° 12, agreed to. 

Cravsgs, N° 13 and N° 14, amended, and agreed 


to. 
CLAUsE, 








Question, That the word “ tithes” stand part of 


Another Amendment proposed, at the end of the 


—S = 





Lunatic Asy- 
lums (Ireland) 
(Advances) 
Bill. 


Ways and 
Means. 


Navigation 
Works (Ire- 
land) Bill. 


Merchant 
Shipping Bill. 


Crown Suit 
Bill uits 





19 Vicroriz. 


CuiavuseE, N° 15 (Sites of churches to be pulled 
down to vest in Parishes Commissioners, in trust to 
sell, and apply the proceeds to purposes indicated in 
Order in Council). 

Amendments made. 

Another Amendment proposed, in p. 8, 1. 23: 
After the word “ time” to insert the words “ to- 
“* wards the erection of a church or parsonage-house 
“ within the limits of the city or parliamentary bo- 
“* rough in which such site or sites, or church or par- 
‘* sonage-house may have been situated, or.” 

Question proposed, That those words be there in- 
serted ; 

Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 

Clause, as amended, agreed to. 

Crause, N° 16, amended, and agreed to. 


Cravuse, N° 17, agreed to. 

Clause added. 

Clause (That from and after the passing of this 
Act, the Provisions of the said recited Acts (1 &amp; 2 
Vic. c. 106, and 13 &amp; 14 Vic. c. 98), so far as re- 
lates to the union of Benefices (except as is herein 
otherwise provided), shall only extend and be appli- 
cable to and for the union of two Benefices, or one 
Benefice and one spiritual Sinecure, Rectory or Vi- 
carage, the aggregate yearly value of which does not 
exceed Six hundred pounds, and the churches (or if 
there are more than two, then the churches which are 
the furthest from each other) shall be within three 
miles of one another by the nearest road : Provided 
always, that nothing herein contained shall be cou- 
strued to alter the Provisions of the twenty-sixth sec- 
tion of the recited Act 1 &amp;2 Vic. c. 106, for annexing 
isolated places to the contiguous parishes, or making 
them separate Benefices) brought up, and read 1°. 

Question, That the Clause be read a second time 
——put, and negatived. 

Another Clause added. 

Preamble amended, and agreed to. 

Bill, as amended, to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; and Mr. Fitz Roy 
reported, That the Committee had gone through the 
Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration To-morrow; and 
be printed. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Lunatic Asylums (Jreland) (Advances) 
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- 
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 Navigation Works (Ireland) Bill; 
Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, at 
Twelve o'clock, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to 


1° Augusti. 








433 


purpose of carrying out the intentions of this House), 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the Amendments made by their Lord- 
ships. 


Mr. Fitz Roy reported from the Committee of Sup- Supply. 
ply, several Resolutions ; which were read, as follow : 

1. That a Sum, not exceeding £.100,000, be Civil Contin- 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of ¥°"&lt;!€*- 
Civil Contingencies, to the 31st day of March 1856. 

2. That a Sum, not exceeding £.10,945, be General Board 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Expense of f Health. 
the General Board of Health, to the 31st day of 
March 1856. 

3. That a Sum, not exceeding £.3,498, be granted Ecclesiastical 
to Her Majesty, to defray a portion of the Expenses — 
of the Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England, to ; 
the 31st day of March 1856. 

4. That a Sum, not exceeding £.12,390, be Charity — 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of Commission. 
the Salaries and Expenses of the Charity Commis- 
sion for England and Wales, to the 31st day of 
March 1856. 

5. That a Sum, not exceeding £.1,053, be granted 
to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of the Salaries 
of certain Professors in the University of Cambridge, 
to the 31st day of March 1856. 

6. That a Sum, not exceeding £.22,572, he Patent Law 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Fees, Salaries A™nément. 
and Compensations payable under the Provisions of 
the Patent Law Amendment Act, to the 31st day of 
March 1856. } 

7. That a Sum, not exceeding £.15,480, be Incumbered 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of the | na 
Salaries and Expenses of the Incumbered Estates (frejand.) 
Commission, Jreland, to the 31st day of March 1856. 

8. That a Sum, not exceeding £.900, be granted Ancient Laws 
to Her Majesty, to defray the Expense of the Com- pe as gam 
mission appointed to superintend the Publication of 
the Ancient Laws and Institutes of Ireland, to the 
31st day of March 1856. 

9. ‘That a Sum, not exceeding £.9,000, be granted Process _ 
to Her Majesty, to defray the Expense of the Pay — = 
of the Process Servers in Jreland, to the 31st day of "°°" 
March 1856. 

10. That a Sum, not exceeding £.2,270, be Registration 
granted to Her Maiesty, to defray the Salaries and &gt; Colas Stocks 
Expenses of the Oftice for the Registration of Joint ~°"P""* 
Stock Companies at the Board of Trade, to the 31st 
day of March 1856. 

11. That a Sum, not exceeding £.69,115, be Pensions 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge for (Merchant 
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 


Professors 
(University of 
Cambridge.) 


| Merchant Seamen’s Fund, to the 31st day of March 
| 1856. 


12. That a Sum, not exceeding £.25,500, be Battersea 
granted to Her Majesty, towards defraying the Ex- Park. 


| pense of forming a Park at Battersea, to the 31st 
|day of March 1856. 


13. That a Sum, not exceeding £.17,696, be National 


| granted to Her Majesty, to detray the Expenses of Gallery. 
‘the National Gallery, including the Purchase of Pic- 


take into consideration the Amendments made by ' tures, to the 31st day of March 1856. 


the Lords to the Merchant Shipping Bill; and the 
same were twice read, and agreed to. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 


agreed to the Amendments made by their Lord- 
ships. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to 
take into consideration the Amendments made by 
the Lords to the Crown Suits Bill. 

The said Amendments, being read a second time 
(and it appearing that the same were made for the 

Vou. 110. 





|granted to Her Majesty, towards defraying, to the 
| 31st day of March 1856, the Expense of constructing 
Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath|an Embankment and Public Roadway between 
| Battersea and Vauxhall Bridges, and an Approach 


14. That a Sum, not exceeding £.25,000, be Chelsea 
Embankment 
and Public 
Roadway. 


from Sloane-street to Chelsea Bridge. 

15. That a Sum, not exceeding £.10,700, be Lighthouses 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray, in the year ending A&gt;roed. 
the 31st day of March 1856, the Expense of erecting 
and maintaining certain Lighthouses Abroad. 

16. That a Sum, not exceeding £.1,811, be Cholera 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge, to the (West Indies.) 

3K 31st 


vw 





Agricultural 
Statistics. 


Board of 
Manufactures 
(Scotland.) 


Board of 
Fisheries 
(Scotland.) 


Highland 
Roads and 
Bridges. 


Bounties on 
Slaves. 


Dues under 
Treaties of 
Reciprocity. 


Revising 
Barristers. 


Inspectors of 


Corn Returns. 


Quarantine 
Arrange- 
ments. 


New Consular 


Offices, &amp;c. 
(Constan- 
tinople. ) 


British 


Ambassador’s 
Residences at 
Constantinople 


and Therapia. 


Courts of 


Law, «ce. (Isle 


of Man.) 


General 
Repository 
for Public 
Records. 


Site, &amp;e. 

of Office 

for Foreign 
Department. 


Trish Census. 


Mint (Medal 
Services.) 


American 
Claimants. 


434, 


31st day of March 1856, of the Pay and Expenses | 
of the Medical Men employed i in the West Indies, | 
for the purpose of checking the ravages of Cholera, | 
and for the relief of Distress occasioned by the 
—s 
. That a Sum, not exceeding £.10,300, be | 
al to Her Majesty, to defray the Cost of col- 
lecting Agricultural Statistics in the United Kingdom, 
to the 31st day of March 1856. 

18. That a Sum, not exceeding £.2,000, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray, to the 31st day of 
March 1856, the Charge on account of the Annuity 
to the Board of Manufactures in Scotland, in dis- 
charge of Equivalents under the ‘Treaty of Union. 

19. ‘That a Sum, not exceeding £.14,000, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to pay the Salaries and 
Expenses of the Board of Fisheries in Scot/and, to 
the 31st day of March 1856. 

20. That a Sum, not exceeding £.5,000, be granted 
to Her Majesty, to defray the kxpenses of the Com- 
missioners of Highland Roads and Bridges, to the 
31st day of March 1856. 

That a Sum, not exceeding £.12,000, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to pay the Bounties on 
Slaves and the Tonnage Bounties on Slave Vessels 
captured, to the 31st day of March 1856. 

22. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 68,500, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge for 
Payments on account of the difference of Dues 
payable by British or Foreign Vessels under Treaties 
of Reciprocity, to the 31st day of March 1856 

That a Sum, not exceeding £.17,850, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of the 
Remuneration to Revising Barristers in England and 
Wales, to the 31st day of March 1856. 

24. That a Sum, not exceeding £.3,800, be granted 
to Her Majesty, to pay the Salaries of Inspec tors of 
Corn Returns, and the E ixpenses defrayed by Coun- 
ties for Corn Returns, to the 31st day of March 1856. 

2. That a Sum, not exceeding £.3,600, be granted 
to Her Majesty, to defray Expenses connected with 


the Quarantine Arrangements, to the 31st day of 


March 1856. 


26. That a Sum, not exceeding £.5,752, be granted 


to Her Majesty, towards in ing the Expense of | 
New Consular Offices, a | 


erecting and furnishing 
British Seamen's Hospital, and a Prison, at Con- 
aarone~ os to the 31st day of March 1856. 

. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 4,578, be granted 


to ‘Her Majesty, towards de fraying the E ixpense of. 


Works, Furniture, Fittings, &amp;e. for the British Am- 


bassador’ s Residences at Constantinople and Ther apia, | 


to the 31st day of March 1856. 

26, That a Sum, not exceeding £.1,550, be granted | 
to Her 
Buildings for the Acc ommodation of the Courts of | 
Law, Record, and Police Departments, at Douglas, 
in the Jsle of Man, to the 31st day of March 1856. 

29. That a Sum, not exceeding £.9,000, be granted 
to Her Majesty, towards de fraying, to the 31st day | 
of March 1856, the Expense of prov iding and fixing 
Wire Doors, Ends, and Divisions to the Presses, for | 


the better security of the Records and Documents | 


in the General Repository for Public Records. 


30. That a Sum, not exceeding £.40,000, be | 


granted to Her Majesty, for the Purchase of a Site, 


and for the Erection of a new Office for the Depart- | 


ment of the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, 
in a” vear ending ‘the 31st day of March 1856. 

That a Sum, not exceeding £.9,000, be granted 
to Her Majesty, to complete, in the year ending the 
81st day of March 1858, the Expenses of the Trish 
Census, 1851. 

32. That a Sum, not exceeding £.52,500, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the E xpenditure 
of the Mint for the various Medal Services, to the 
ee i of March 1856. 

That a Sum, not exceeding £. 68,131, be 


amd to Her Majesty, to pay, in ‘the year ending 
the 31st day of March 1856, to the United States 





i Auguste. 


Majesty, to defray the Cost of erecting | 





A. 1855. 


Government, the Amounts awarded to American 
Claimants by the Mixed Commission, under the 
Convention of the 3d of February 1853. 

| 34. That a Sum, not exceeding £.54,218, be Townley’s 

| granted to Her Majesty, to enable “Her Majesty to Escheat. 
repay, in the year a ing the 31st day of March 

1856, to Thomas Porter, as next of kin, the Amount 

carried to the credit of the Consolidated Fund as the 

escheated Property of the late Reverend William 
| T ownley. 

35. That a Sum, not exceeding £.17,000, be Distressed 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray, in 1 the year ending oe 
the 31st day of March 1856, the Charges on account een 
of —— British Seamen abroad. 

That a Sum, not exceeding £.3,000, be Gallery of 
oni to Her Majesty, towards the Erection of a tts (Dublin.) 
Gallery of Arts in Dublin, in the year ending the 
31st day of March 1856. 

37. That a Sum, not exceeding £.9,927, be Metropolis 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray Expenses incurred Interment 
in carrying out the Provisions of the Acts relating . 
to Burials in and beyond the Metropolis, to the 
31st day of March 1856. 

38. That a Sum, not exceeding £.5,000, be Galleries of 
granted to Her Majesty, towards the Completion of “se M 
the Galleries of Art, Edinburgh, in the year ending ain 
on the 31st day of March 1856. 

39. That a Sum, not exceeding £.40,000, be Public Works 
granted to Her Majesty, to detray the Cost of exe- (South Africa.) 
cuting Public Works, maintaining Educational and 
Benevolent Institutions, and promoting Civilization 
amongst the Native Tribes in South Africa, to the 
31st day of March 1856. 

40. That a Sum, not exceeding £.5,800, be Pall Mall to 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray, in the year Green Park 
ending the 31st day of March 1856, the Cost of Continuation. 
purchasing from the Trustees of the Bridgewater 
Estates a Piece of Ground, now occupied by Stables, 
necessary for the continuation of Pall Mall to the 
Green Park. 

41. That a Sum, not exceeding £.3,000, be Inverness 
eranted to Her Majesty, towards defraying, in the Bridse- 
year ending the 3ist day of March 1856, the Cost 
of the Completion of the Bridge over the River 
— at Inverness. 

. That a Sum, not exceeding £.11,000, be Buckingham 
Pont to Her Majesty, for the Purchase, i in the House, Pall 
year ending the 31st day of March 1856, of the —_ 
remaining Term of the Crown Lease of Buckingham 
House, Pall Mall, required to provide additional 
Accommodation for the Department of War. 

43. That a Sum, not exceeding £.3,718, be Windsor Im- 
‘granted to Her Majesty, to pay, in the year ending provements. 
ithe 31st day of March 1856, the Balance due to the 

Yontractor for the Erection of the Victoria and Al- 

bert Bridges at Windsor, including the Engineer’s 

| Commission. 
| 44. That a Sum, not exceeding £.10,000, be Arctic 

| granted to Her Majesty, to pay, in the year ending en oe 
the 31st day of March 18: 56, the Rewards to the (Rewards.) 

| Discoverers of a North West Passage, in accordance 

| with the Recommendation of a Select Committee of 

_ "&gt; of Commons. 

That a Sum, not exceeding £. 800, be granted Monument to 
to Her Majesty, in the year ending the ‘31st day of yan Frank, 
March 1856, for the Erection of a Monument to ® 
the Memory of Captain Sir John Franklin, of the 

Royal Navy, and the Officers and Men who have 
lost their Lives in the Arctic Expedition. 

46. That a Sum, not exceeding £.10,000, be Naval Esta- 
‘granted to Her Majesty, to provide for the addi- in 
' tional Expense for Wages to Artificers, Labourers * 
and others employed in ‘Her Majesty's Naval Esta- 
vlishments at Home, which will come in course of 
| payment during the year ending on the 31st day of 
March 1856. 

47. That a Sum, not exceeding £.3,000, be Naval Fsta- 
granted to Her Majesty, to provide for the addi —s” 
tional Expense for Wages to Artificers, Labourers 
and others employed in “Her Majesty’s Naval Esta- 
blishments 











Na 








19 Vicroriz. 


blishments Abroad, which will come in course of 


Mt | 


| 


arch 1856. 


Naval Stores. 48. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 1,063,665, be 


1° August. 


435 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take Militia Ballots 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 


granted to Her Majesty, to defray the, additional | To-morrow, at Twelve o'clock. 


Expense of Naval Stores, for the Building, Repair | 
and Outfit of the Fleet, the Purchase of Steam 
Machinery, and for other purposes connected there- 
with, which will come in course of payment during 
the year ending on the 31st day of March 1856. 

49. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 61,503, be | 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the additional 
Charge of New Works, Improvements and Repairs 
in the Naval Establishments, which will come in 
course of payment during the year ending on the 
31st day of March 1856. 

50. That a Sum, not exceeding £.2,000, be. 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the additional | 
Charge of Medicines and Medical Stores, which will | 


New Works, 
&amp;e. 


| 


Medicines 
and Medical 
Stores. 


| reading of the Limited Liability Bill ; 


’ 


t 
'and France) Bill, as amended in the Committee. 


yment during the year ending on the 31st day of | into consideration the Militia Ballots Suspension ~ cs 
Bill, as amended in the Committee. ; 


The Order of the day being read, for the third Limited 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
l'o-morrow. 


Liability Bill. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to Fisheries (Bri- 


ake into consideration the Fisheries (British Islands * 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 


|upon Friday next. 


ish Islands 


and France) 
Bill. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take Sale of Beer, 


come in course of payment during the year ending | amended in the Committee. 


on the 31st day of March 1856. | 

51. That a Sum, not exceeding £.1,000, be | 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the additional | 
Charge of divers Naval Miscellaneous Services, 
which will come in course of payment during the 
year ending on the 31st day of March 1856. 

52. That a Sum, not exceeding £.1,584,803, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to provide for the estimated 
Excess of the Transport Expenditure beyond the 
Grant for the year ending on the 31st day of March 
1856. 

53. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 755,239, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to provide for the estimated 
Charge of the Packet Service, for the year ending on 
the 31st day of March 1856. 

The twelve first Resolutions, being read a second 
time, were agreed to. 

The thirteenth Resolution, being read a second 
time ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made there- 
unto, by leaving out “ £.17,696,” and inserting 
“ £.16,246,” instead thereof. 

And the Question being put, That “ £.17,696 ” 
stand part of the Resolution ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right ; 

The Noes to the Left. 

Tellers for the {The Earl of Mulgrave, 

Yeas, LViscount Duncan : 

Tellers for the ; Mr. Otway, 

Noes, \|Mr. Dillwyn: 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

And the said Resolution was agreed to. 

Then the subsequent Resolutions, being read a 
second time, were agreed to. 


Naval Mis- 
cellaneous 
Services. 


* 
Transport 
Service. 


Packet 
Service. 


} 45. 


\ 
j 38 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into the Committee of Supply ; and, after some time 
spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and 
Mr. FitzRoy 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, To-morrow, at 
Twelve o'clock, again resolve itself into the said 
Committee. 


Supply. 


Customs Tariff The Customs Tariff Acts Amendment and Con- 


Acts Amend- golidation Bill was, according to Order, read the third 
ment and a = 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time To- 
morrow, at Twelve o’clock. 


House, That 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. 


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 J?ussia, and relying 
on the experienced zeal and affection of Her faithful 
Commons, trusts they will make provision ac- 


cordingly. V.R. 


Ordered, That Her Majesty’s said most gracious 
Message be referred to the Committee of Supply. 


The House was moved, That the Order made upon 
the 16th day of March last, for presenting to Her 
Majesty an humble Address, that She would be 
graciously pleased to give directions, that there be 
laid before this House, a Return of the Annual 
Number (distinguishing the Cavalry from the Infan- 
try, and the several Grades of Officers) of Army 
Commissions sold, and also of Army Commissions 
purchased, from the 1st day of January 1845 to the 
1st day of January 1855 :—Similar Return of Army 
Commissions bestowed without Purchase :—Returns 
of the Total Annual Sum, in each such yéar, repre- 
senting the Value of the Army Commissions so sold 
and so bought, and the Amount of the Surplus that 
has arisen therefrom, and the Application thereof :— 
And, of the Regulation Prices of Army Commissions, 
from Rank to Rank (distinguishing the several 
Corps), and whether such Regulation Prices are pro- 
hibited from being exceeded, and, if so, by what 
Order, 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 (distinguishing the Cavalry 
from the Infantry, and the several Grades of Officers) 
of Army Commissions sold, and also of Army Com- 





Consolidation ti 
Bill. Resolved, That the Bill do pass. | 
Ordered, Thut the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 


Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Turnpike Acts 
Continuance 
(No, 2) Bill. 


The Turnpike Acts Continuance (No. 2) Bill was, 
according to Order, read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 

Vou. 110. 





missions purchased, in each of the years 1844, 1845, 
1853 and 1854:—Similar Return for the same years 
of Army Commissions bestowed without Purchase : 


|—Returns of the Total Sum in each such year, re- 


presenting the Value of the Army Commissions so 
sold, and also so purchased :—And, of the Regu- 
lation Prices of Army Commissions, from Rank to 
Rank (distinguishing the several kinds of Corps) ; 
and whether such Regulation Prices are prohibited 
from being exceeded ; and, if so, by what Order. 
3K2 Ordered, 





into consideration the Sale of Beer, &amp;c. Bill, as *¢- Bill. 


The Chancellor of the Exchequer acquainted the Vote of Credit. 


Army Com- 
missions. 


Army Com- 
missions. 


Public 
Petitions 
(Fifty-ninth 
Report. ) 


Committees. 


Dandalk 
Harbour and 
Port Bill. 


Glasgow, 
Dumbarton 
and Heiens- 


Bil) 


Halford’s 
Estate Bill. 


Halford’s 
Estate Bill. 


Public 
Petitions. 


Vide Sixtieth 
Report. 


Supply. 


Statute Law 
Commission. 


Vote of Credit. 


Commissariat. 


burgh Railway 


436 


Ordered, That 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. Gregson reported from the Select Committee 
on Public Petitions; That they had examined the 
Petitions presented from the 27th day of July last 
to the 1st day of this instant August, both inclusive ; 
and had directed him to make a Report thereof to 
the House. 

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


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 


Jovis, 2° die Augusti ; 
Anno 19° Victoria Regine, 1855. 


PRAYERS. 


RDERED, That all Committees have leave | 
to sit this day, during the sitting of the House. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Dundalk 
Harbour and Port Bill; and the same were twice 
read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Clerk 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 Glasgow, 
Dumbarton and Helensburgh Railway Bill; and the 
same were twice read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the Amendments made by their Lordships. | 


Ordered, That Halford’s Estate Bill, as amended 
in the Committee, be considered this day; printed | 
Copies of the Bill having been deposited with the | 
Doorkeepers yesterday. 





The House, according to Order, proceeded to take 
into consideration Halford’s Estate Bill, as amended 
in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Petitions relating to Accidents on Railways Bill ; 
— Decimal Coinage ;—Intoxicating Liquors ;—and, 
Sale of Beer Act (1854),—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into the Committee of Supply. 


(In the Committee.) 


| 

1. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £. 3,711, | 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of | 
the Salaries and Expenses of the Statute Law Com- | 
mission, to the 31st day of March 1856. 

2. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding 
£. 3,000,000, 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. 

3. Resolved, That a Sum, not 
£, 2,568,335, be granted to Her Majesty, to defray 
Expeuses which will come in course of payment in 
the Commissariat Department in the year 1855-56. 

Resolutions to be reported. 


exceeding 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Fitz Roy 
reported, That the Committee had come to several 
Resolutions. 

Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow, 


1°—2° Augustz. 











at Twelve o’clock. 





A, 1855. 


Mr. FitzRoy 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. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third Limited 
reading of the Limited Liability Bill ; a ae 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
this day, at Six o’clock. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Lunatic Asy. 
mittee on the Lunatic Asylums (Jre/and} (Advances) ms (Ireland) 
Bill: (Advances) 

’ : : 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- Navigation 
mittee on the Navigation Works (Ireland) Bill; — Works (Ire- 
Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, at man 
Twelve o'clock, resolve itself into the said Com- 

mittee. 


The Militia Ballots Suspension Bill was, accord- Militia Ballots 

ing to Order, read the third time. Suspension 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. - 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 


Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Sale of Beer, &amp;c. Bill was, according to Or- Sale of Beer, 
der, read the third time; and Amendments were ®“ Bill. 
made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act to repeal the Act of the seventeenth 
and eighteenth years of the reign of Her present 
Majesty, for further regulating the Sale of Beer and 
other Liquors on the Lord’s Day, and to substitute 
other Provisions in lieu thereof. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented to Statute Law 
Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased to Commission. 
give directions, that there be laid before this House, 

Copy of any Replies received by the Statute Law 
Commission from Messrs. Anstey and Coode, late 
Commissioners, or either of them, to Mr. Bellenden 
Ker’s Paper of the 13th day of June last, entitled 
“ Observations on the Expurgatory List of Statutes, 
ordered by the House of Commons to be printed, 
29th January 1855 (No. 36),” and published as 
No. 6 of Appendix II. to the Report from Her Ma- 
jesty’s Commissioners for consolidating the Statutes. 

Ordered, That 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, Contract _ 
Returns for each Month in the year 1854, respecting Mail Service 


‘the Contract Mail Service for the West Coast of (WestCoast 


P : . f Africa. 
Africa, of the Dates (in accordance with. the pub- ° _ 


lished Post-office Packet List) on which the Monthly 
Mails should be made up in London ;—Of the Dates 


‘upon which such Mails were made up in London :— 


Of the Dates upon which such Mails should have 
been despatched from Plymouth :—Of the Dates 
upon which such Mails were despatched from Ply- 
mouth :—Of the Date upon which the Arrival of 
each Mail from the West Coast of Africa was con- 


| sidered to be due at Plymouth :—Of the Date when 
Sjeach Mail arrived at Plymouth :— And, of the 


Names, Tonnage and Power of Engines of each 
Vessel in each Month employed in this Service for 
the same Period. 


Mr. Cowper presented, by Her Majesty's Com- Births, Deaths 
mand,—Copy of Sixteenth Annual Report of the and Marriages 
Registrar General of Births, Deaths and Marriages in 
England. 

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

The 





Sur 


Dis 
Mil 


or 








Supply. 


Disembodied 
Militia. 


Ordnance 
Office. 


Wages to 
Artificers and 
Labourers. 


Ordnance 
Stores. 


Dr. Southwood 
Smith. 


Museum at 
Kensington 
Gore, 


Message from 
the Lords, 


Huddersfield 
Burial-ground 
Act Amend- 
ment Bill. 


Lord Cler- 


mont’s Estate 
Bill. 


Youthful ' 
Offenders 
(No, 2) Bill, 


Sale of Beer. 
&amp;e Act, 


19 Vicroriz. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into the Committee of Supply. 


(In the Committee.) 


4. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £.109,200, 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of 
the Disembodied Militia, to the 31st day of March 
1856. 

Motion made, and Question proposed, That a Sum, 
not exceeding £. 70,716, be granted to Her Majesty, 
to defray the Expense of the Ordnance Office, 
which will come in course of payment during the 
year ending the 31st day of March 1856. 

5. Whereupon Motion made, and Question, That 
a Sum, not exceeding £.70,566, be granted to Her 
Majesty, to defray the Expense of the Ordnance 
Office, which will come in course of payment during 
the year ending the 31st day of March 1856—-—put, 
and agreed to. 

6. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £.74,506, 
be granted to Her Majesty, for defraying the Charge 
whieh will probably be incurred, to the 31st day of 
March 1856, on account of Wages to Artificers and 
Labourers. 

7. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £. 766,632, 
be granted to Her Majesty, for defraying the Charge 


which will probably be incurred, to the 31st day of | 


March 1856, on account of Ordnance Stores. 

8. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £. 300, 
be granted to Her Majesty, for the payment, in the 
year ending on the 31st day of March 1856, of the 
Compensation Allowance awarded to Dr. Southwood 
Smith, for the loss of his appointment as a Member 
of the late General Board ot Health. 

9. Motion made, and Question put, That a Sum, 
not exceeding £. 15,000, be granted to Her Majesty, 
for the purpose of erecting, in the year ending on the 
31st day of March 1856, a Building of corrugated 
Iron, as a Museum, on the Land at Kensington Gore, 
acquired by the Commissioners for the Exhibition 
of 1851; 

The Committee divided. 


Tellers for the { Mr. Hayter, 71 es 
Yeas, \Mr. Grenville Berkeley: J ~”* 
Tellers for thes Mr. Spooner, Ves 
Noes, (Mr. Locke : ee 


Resolutions to be reported. 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Fitz Roy 
reported, That the Committee had come to several 
Resolutions. 

Ordered, That the Keport be received To-morrow, 
at Twelve o’clock. 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That a Mes- 
sage had been brought from the Lords, by one of 
their Clerks, as followeth : 

The Lords have agreed to the Huddersfield Burial- 
ground Act Amendment Bill, without any Amend- 
ment: And also, 


The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 
to authorize the granting of Building and other 
Leases of Estates in the Counties of Louth and 
Armagh, devised by the Will of the Right honour- 


able William Charles Viscount Clermont, deceased, 


and the Sale and Exchange of certain Portions of 


the Estates so devised, and for other purposes ; to 
which the Lords desire the concurrence of this House: 
And also, 

The Lords do not insist upon the Amendment 
made by their Lordships to the Bill, intituled, An 
Act to amend the Act for the better Care and Re- 
formation of Youthful Ottenders, and the Act to 
render Reformatory and Industrial Schools in Scot- 
land more available for the benefit of Vagrant Chil- 
dren ; to which this House hath di : 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 
—— in the present Session of Parliament, to in- 

OL. 110. 


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437 


uire into the Act of last Session, for further regula- 
ting the Sale of Beer and other Liquors on the 
Lord’s Day. 
Ordered, That Printed Copies of the said Reports 
be communicated to the Lords, as desired by their 
Lordships: And that the Clerk do deliver the same. 


The Charitable Trusts Bill was, according to Or- Charitable 
der, read a second time ; and committed to a Com- 2™8¢8 Bill 


mittee of the whole House, for Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Ways and 
S Means. 


mittee of Ways and Means; 


Ordered, That so much of the Finance Accounts Unfunded 
as relates to the Unfunded Debt, which were pre- Pe 


sented upon the 21st day of February last, be re- 
ferred to the Committee. 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 
Chair ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word “That” to 
the end of the Question, in order to add the words 
és 
“ that no pacific arrangement should be concluded 
‘ with J?ussia which does not appear best calculated 
to secure an honourable, just and lasting Peace, 
“ wishes to impress upon Her Majesty’s Government 
“ how great a satisfaction it would be to the House 
‘ and the Country to receive an assurance that no 
“ Treaty or condition of Peace would be finally 
settled without having Parliament previously called 
together,” instead thereof. 

And the Question being put, That the words pro- 
nosed to be left out, stand part of the Question :— 
rhe 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.) 


“ 


n~ 


- 
. 


~ 
nw 


_ 1. Resolved, That, towards making good the Sup- Exchequer 
ply granted to Her Majesty, the Commissioners of Bills. 


Her Majesty’s Treasury be authorized to raise any 
Sum of Money, not exceeding Seven millions ster- 
ling, by the issue of Exchequer Bills. 


2. £esolved, That, in case the said Exchequer Exchequer 
Bills be not issued for the full Sum of £.7,000,000, Bonds. 


then the Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury 
be authorized to issue Exchequer Bonds, bearing 
Interest at any rate not exceeding £.4 per centum 
per annum, to such an amount as with the total 
amount for which Exchequer Bills shall be issued 
will make up a Sum not exceeding the whole Sum 
of £.7,000,000, authorized to be raised by these Re- 
solutions. 

3. Resolved, That such Exchequer Bonds, if issued, 
shall be paid off at par at the expiration of any 
period not exceeding six years from the date of such 
Bonds. 

4. Resolved, That the Interest of all such Exche- 
quer Bonds shall be payable half-yearly, and shall 
be charged upon and issued out of the Consolidated 
Fund of the United Kingdom, or the growing pro- 
duce thereof. 


5. Resolved, That, towards making good the Sup- surplus of 
ply granted to Her Majesty, there be issued and ba and 
applied, to the Service of the year 1855, the Sum of © *"* 


£.5,599,112. 6%. 8d., being the Surplus of Ways 
and Means granted for the Service of preceding years, 


6. Resolved, That, towards making good the Sup- Consolidated 
ply granted to Her Majesty, the Sum of £.26,006,352, Fund. 


12s. 9d. be granted out of the Consolidated Fund of 
the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. 


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


Veneris, 3° die Augusli, 1855: 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; and Mr. Fitz Roy 
3K 3 


reported, 


this House, participating in the national anxiety Russia. 


reported, That the Committee had come to several 


Resolutions. 
Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 


Limited The Limited Liability Bill was, according to Order, 
Liability Bill. read the third time; and Amendments were made to 
the Bill. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 


Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Despatch of Business (Court of Chan- 
cery) Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, tpon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Despatch of 
Business 
(Court of 
Chancery) 
Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the School Grants, Security for Applica- 
tion Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Monday next. 


School Grants, 
Security for 
Application 
Bill. 


Crime and 
Outrage (Ire- 
land) Act 
Continuance 
Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Crime and Outrage (Jreland) Act 
Continuance 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 the word “now,” and, at 
the end of the Question, adding 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. Kennedy, 

Noes, \Mr. Brady: 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

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


The Ordnance Board Bill was, according to Order, 
read a second time ; and committed to a Committee 
of the whole House, for this day, at Twelve o’clock. 


Ordnance 
Board Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Cambridge University Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Monday next. 


Cambridge 
University 
Bill. 


Accidents on 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
Railways Bill. 


reading of the Accidents on Railways Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 
Burials Bill. The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Burials Bill; 
Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third 
reading of the Criminal Justice Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon 
Monday next, at One o'clock. 


Criminal 
Justice Bill. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on the Dwellings for Labouring 


Classes Bill. 


Dwellings for 
Labouring 
Classes Bill. 


(In the Committee.) 
Preamble postponed. 
Cuiavusss, N° 1 and N° 2, agreed to. 
Cxrauss, N° 3, amended, and agreed to. 
Crauses, N° 4 to N° 6, agreed to. 


9° 3° August. 





A. 1855. 


Criavuses, N° 7 and N° 8, amended, and agreed 
to. 
Cuiause, N° 9, agreed to. 

Cravse, N° 10, amended, and agreed to. 
Cuavusss, N° 11 to N° 17, agreed to. 


Clause (That where any dwellings for the labour- 
ing classes already or hereafter to be built and pro- 
vided, either by private individuals or parties incor- 
porated under the provisions of this Act, or by any 
existing companies or bodies corporate, company or 
body corporate, which for each family shall be 
under the yearly rent of Twenty pounds, shall be 
approved by the General Board of Health, and be 
subject to inspection in manner aforesaid, the same 
shall be exempt from the duties on houses granted 
under an Act passed in the fourteenth year of the 
reign of Her Majesty Queen Victoria, chapter 
thirty-six, intituled “An Act to repeal the Duties 
payable on Dwelling-houses according to the Num- 
ber of Windows or Lights, and to grant in lieu 
thereof other Duties on Inhabited Houses according 
to their annual Value ”’) 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. Wilkinson, 

Yeas, Viscount Ebrington : 

Tellers for the j Mr. Hayter, 

Noes, \ Mr. Grenville Berkeley: 

Schedule agreed to. 

Preamble agreed to. 

Bill, as amended, to be reported. 


9. 


37. 


1 
J 

\ 
J. 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; and Mr. Fitz Roy 
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 Public Health Act (1854) Continuance and Public Health 
Amendment Bill was, according to Order, read a Act (1854) 

° ; ° Continuance 
second time ; and committed to a Committee of the gna Amend- 
whole House, for this day, at Twelve o'clock. ment Bill. 

The Diseases Prevention Bill was, according to Diseases Pre- 
Order, read a second time; and committed to a vention Bill. 
Committee of the whole House, for this day, at 
Twelve o’clock. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take Union of 
into consideration the Union of contiguous Benefices contiguous 
Bill, as amended in the Committee; and Amend- Benefices Bill 
ments were made to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon 
Monday next. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Post-office. 
Copies of the Treasury Minute authorizing the Post- 
master General to appropriate the Amount of Void 
Money Orders in aid of eueeee on the Lives of 
Officers of the Post-office :—Of the Report or other 
Documents upon which the Treasury Minute was 
founded :—Of the Minutes or Orders of the Post- 
master General, regulating the Distribution of the 
Funds above referred to:—Of the Plans or Sug- 
gestions submitted to the Postmaster General upon 
this subject, with the Minutes and Correspondence 
(if any) thereon :—And, Return of the Amount of 
the Fund, and of the Total Number of Persons to 
whom aid has been granted, with the Total Amount 
of such aid to the 30th day of June last. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Augmenta- 
Return of all Applications made to the Ecclesiastical —s. ~~ 
Commissioners for Augmentations of Benefices not ’ 
yet provided for; specifying the Names of such Be- 
nefices, and the Circumstances, as far as possible, 
under which each Application has been made :— 

Statement 





Letters and 
Newspapers 
(Colonies. ) 


British and 


19 Vicrorri2. 


Statement of the Annual Value of any Tithes, Lands 
or other Description of Property, vested in the Eccle- 
siastical Commissioners (such Tithes, Lands or other 
Description of Property, not having been purchased 
or acquired subsequent to the first year of his late 
Majesty Will. 4), arising from or situate in the se- 
veral Parishes or Places from whence such Appli- 
cations have been received :—And, Similar Return 
of Tithes, Lands or other Description of Property, 
vested in the Ecclesiastical Commissioners, which 
may have arisen from or have been situated in such 
Parishes or Places, and which have been sold or 
otherwise disposed of since the first year of his late 
Majesty Will. 4. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Copies of Correspondence between Her 
Majesty’s Government and the Colonial Authorities, 
in respect to an Arrangement for a Reduction to a 
Uniform Rate of the Postage on Letters, and the 
Imposition of a Postage Charge on Newspapers. 

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


Viscount Palmerston presented,—Return to an 


French Fishing Address to Her Majesty, dated the 12th day of June 


Vessels. 


Board of 
Ordnance. 


War Depart- 
ment, &amp;c. 


Militia 
(Ireland.) 


Captain 
Boxer. 


last, for a Return of all British and French Fishing 
Vessels that have been seized under the Provisions 
of the Act for carrying into effect the Convention 
with France concerning the Fisheries, since the 1st 
day of January 1852; with the Date of such Seizure, 
and the Amount of the Penalty and Costs incurred 
or paid, stating the Cause and the Time of Detention 
m each case :—Also, of all British Fishing Vessels 
that have been seized and taken into Ports of France, 
in which Her Majesty has Consuls or Agents, since 
the 1st day of January 1852; with the Amount of 
the Penalty and Costs incurred or paid, stating the 
Cause and Time of Detention in each case. 

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


Mr. Peel presented,—Return to several Addresses 
to Her Majesty, dated the 25th and 26th days of 
June last, for a Return, showing, in opposite Co- 
lumns, the Charge for the Board of Ordnance, and 
for its Subordinate Establishments, as at present 
constituted, contrasted with the Charge under the 

roposed Bill; stating, in each case, the Amount of 
Military Pay or Allowances, as well as the Salary 
of the Officers employed : And, for a Return 
showing, in opposite Columns, the Charge for the 
War Department, War-office, Board of General 
Officers and Ordnance, and for its subordinate Esta- 
blishments, under the System which existed before 
the Order in Council, dated the 6th day of June 
1855, contrasted with the Charge under the system 
constituted by that Order, stating in each case the 
Amount of Military Pay or Allowances, as well as 
the Salaries of the Officers employed. 

Return to an Order, dated the 19th day of July 
last, for a Return of the Number of Volunteers given 
to the Line by each Militia Regiment in Jreland, up 
to the 30th day of June 1855 ; also, of the Regiments 
who have given no Men to the Line; stating m each 
case the effective Strength of the several Regiments, 
the Quota of Militiamen that ought to be furnished 
by each County, and the Number of Volunteers each 
Corps ought to have furnished. 

Return to an Order, dated the 20th day of July 
last, for a Copy of Mr. Monsell’s Minute, with 
Colonel Wilson’s Remarks upon it, dated the 30th day 
of January 1855; and Captain Boxer’s Memorandum 
on Colonel Wilson’s Remarks, dated the 9th day of 
February 1855. 

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

Vou. 110. 








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439 


Lord Clermont’s Estate Bill was read the first Lord Cler- 
time. mont’s Estate 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exami- _ 
ners of Petitions for Private Bills. 


Ordered, That the Amendments made by the Lords Coal Mines 
to the Coal Mines Inspection Bill be taken into con- Pivpection 
sideration upon Monday next, at One o'clock. Bill 285 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended by the Lords, m 


be printed. 


Ordered, That the Amendments made by the Lords Militia Officers’ 
to the Militia Officers’ Qualification Bill be taken Qualification 
into consideration this day. 


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





Veneris, 3° die Augusti ; 


Anno 19° Victorie Regine, 1855. 
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 Great Western 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Great and — 
Western and Brentford Railway Bill; and the same ®*!4y 5" 
were twice read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Clerk 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 Stokes Bay 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Stokes Railway and 
Bay Railway and Pier Bill; and the same were ** i 
twice read, and agreed to: 

Ordered, That the Clerk 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 Westminster 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the West- tcc 
minster Improvements Bill; and the same were twice ~~ 
read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, ‘That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the Amendments made by their Lord- 
ships. 

The Merton College Estate Bill was read the third Merton College 
time. Estate Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the same, without Amendment. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Lord Cler- 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, ™°™*’s Estate 
That in the case of Lord Clermont’s Estate Bill, no 
Standing Orders are applicable. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time. 


Ordered, That Standing Orders, Nos. 188 and Lord Cler- 
201, be suspended, in the case of Lord Clermont’s mont’s Estate 
Estate 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. 

Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee of Selection, That they have Power to appoint 
the Committee to meet upon Monday next, or upon 

ansubsequent day. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Poor Law Poor Law 
(Ireland), which was presented upon the 23d day of (Ireland.) 
March last, be sinek No, 450. 

3K4 Ordered, 





Board of 
Ordnance and 
War Depart- 
ment, &amp;c. 
No. 451. 
Militia 
(Irelaad.) 
No. 452. 


Public Income 
and Expen- 
diture, 


No. 453. 


Malt. 


Post-horse, 
&amp;c. Duties. 


Annexation 
of Karouly. 


Public 
Petitions. 





Vide Sixtieth 
Report. 


Supply. 


Statute Law 
Commission. 


Vote of 
Credit. 


Commissariat. 





440 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Board | 
of Ordnance and War Department, &amp;c., which was 
presented upon the 2d day of this instant August, be 
printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Militia (Jre- 
land), which was presented upon the 2d day of this 
instant August, be printed. 


The following Papers were laid upon the Table 
by the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, 
dated the 20th day of April last, for an Account 
of the Public Income and Expenditure of the United 
Kingdom, in the years ending the 5th day of Ja- 
nuary 1853, 1854 and 1855; distinguishing the actual 
Payments for the Expenses incurred in the Collection 
and Management of the Revenue; for the Charges 
of the Public Debt (the Terminable Annuities being 
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 | 
éstablishment 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 Adminis- | 
tration of Justice, Diplomatic Expenses, and on ac- 
count of the Sums voted for the Army, Navy, Ord-. 
nance 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 Account (in continuation of Parlia- 
mentary Paper, No. 444, of Session 1854). 

Return to an Order, dated the 3d day of July last, 
for a Return of the Number of Bushels of Malt} 
made in England, Scotland and Ireland, and the! 
‘Totals thereof, in the yeays ending the 5th day of 
July 1853 and 1854, and Tst July 1855. | 

Return to an Order, dated the 27th day of July | 
lust, for Returns of the largest Amount of Post-horse | 
License Duty paid by any one Firm for the year| 
ending the 5th day of April 1855, stating the Num-| 
ber of Horses so licensed :—And, of the largest 
Amount of Mileage Duty paid by any Firm for 
Stage Carriage Duty, for the same period. 


| 


| 


Return to an Order, dated the 23d day of July: 


last, for Copies of Despatch of the Governor General | 
of Judia in Council, and Minutes of the Members | 
of Council, respecting the Annexation of Karouly :, 
—And, of Despatch of the Court of Directors in 
reply thereto. 

Ordered, That the Return relative to Public In-; 
come and Expenditure, be printed. 


Petitions relating to Church Property (Blackburn) ; 
—Church Rates ;— Licenses (Public-houses, &amp;c.) ;— 
Accidents on Railways Bill; — Charitable Trusts 

3ill ;—Free Schools Bill ;—Intoxicating Liquors ;— 
Dr. Henry Jeanneret ;—Medical Officers (Navy) ;— | 
Public Works (Jreland) ;—Sale of Beer Act (1854); 


—Sale of Beer, &amp;c. Bill ;—and, War with Russia,— | 


3° Auguste. 





A. 1835. 


4. That a Sum, not exceeding £.109,200, be Disembodiea 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of the Militia. 
Disembodied Militia, to the 31st day of March 1856. 

5. That a Sum, not exceeding £.70,566, be granted Ordnance 
to Her Majesty, to defray the Expense of the Ord- Office. 
nance Office, which will come in course of payment 


| during the year ending the 31st day of March 1856. 


6. That a Sum, not exceeding £.74,506, be granted Wagcs to 


to Her Majesty, for defraying the Charge which will Attiticers ana 


Labourers, 


probably be incurred, to the 31st day of March 1856, 
on account of Wages to Artificers and Labourers. 

7. That a Sum, not exceeding £.766,632, be Ordnance 
granted to Her Majesty, for defraying the Charge Stores. 
which will probably be incurred, to the 31st day of 
March 1856, on account of Ordnance Stores. 

8. That a Sum, not exceeding £.300, be granted Dr. Southwooa 
to Her Majesty, for the payment, in the year ending Smith. 
on the 31st day of March 1856, of the Compensation 
Allowance awarded to Dr. Southwood Smith, for the 
loss of his Appointment as a Member of the late 
General Board of Health. 

9. That a Sum, not exceeding £.15,000, be granted Museum at 
to Her Majesty, for the purpose of erecting, in the Kensington 
year ending on the 31st day of March 1856, a 
Building ot corrugated Iron as a Museum, on the 
Land at Kensington Gore, acquired by the Commis- 
sioners for the Exhibition of 1851. 

The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to Militia Pay. 
defray the Charge of the Pay, Clothing and Contingent 
and other Expenses of the Disembodied Militia in 
Great Britain and Ireland, to grant Allowances in 
certain cases to Subaltern Officers, Adjutants, Pay- 
masters, Quartermasters, Surgeons, Assistant Sur- 
geons, Surgeons’ Mates and Serjeant Majors of the 
Militia, and to authorize the Employment of the 
Non-commissioned Officers: And that Mr. Fitz Roy, 
Mr. Peed and Mr. Wilson do prepare, and bring it in. 


Lunatic Asy- 


The Orders of the day being read, for the Com- 
a ums (Ireland) 


mittees on the Lunatic Asylums (Jreland) (Advances) ( jy nena 
Bill; Navigation Works (Ireland) Bill; Public Bin; Navi- 
Health Act (1854) Continuance and Amendment gation bys 
Bill; Diseases Prevention Bill; and, Ordnance (Jteland) Bill; 
. , ? Public Health 
Board Bill; ee Act (1854) 
Ordered, That the said Bills be committed to the ——— 
. an menad- 
same Committee. ment Bill; 
Diseases Prevention Bill; and, Ordnance Board Bill. 


Then the House resolved itself into the Committee. 
(In the Committee.) 


Lunatic Asylums (Zreland) (Advances) Bill. 
: lums (Ireland) 
Preamble postponed. (Advances) 


Cravuse, N° 1 (On completion of asylum, Com- Bill 
missioners for general control and correspondence, 
cc. of asylums to certify to the Lord Lieutenant and 
Council the whole of the sums expended). 

Amendment proposed, in p. 2, l. 28: After the 
word “ aforesaid ” to leave out all the words to the 
end of the Clause, in order to insert the words “ and 


Lunatic Asy- 


were presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon | . . 
the Table. “a certified copy of the said Returns to the Gover- 


'“ nors of such asylum, and also one to the Secretary 
of the Grand Jury of each of the counties asso- 
ciated in each of such asylums ; and the said Clerk 
of the Council shall lay the said Returns before 
the Lord Lieutenant in Council as soon as con- 
veniently may be: Provided any difference shall 
arise as to the cost of erection, enlargement, re- 
pair, extension, or construction, or the fitness of 
any asylum for the reception of the lunatic poor, 
between the Governors or such Grand Juries and 
the Board of Works, it shall be lawful for the said 
Governors or Grand Juries to refer the question to 
the Lord Lieutenant in Council, who is hereby 
empowered to appoint a Commissioner or Com- 
missioners, who shall not be connected with the 
Board of Works, to examine into such difference 
“ aforesaid, 


Mr. Fitz Roy reported from the Committee of Sup- | “ 


ply, several Resolutions ; which were read, as follow : | 

1. That a Sum, not exceeding £.3,711, be granted | 
to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of the Salaries | 
and Expenses of the Statute Law Commission, to 
the 31st day of March 1856. ‘ 

2. That a Sum, not exceeding £.3,000,000, 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! “ 


“ 
“cc 
“ 


“ 


- 





“ 


now engaged against the Emperor of all the Russias. | 

3. That a Sum, not exceeding £.2,568,335, be | 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray Expenses which | 
will come in course of payment in the Commissariat 
Department in the year 1855-56. 


“ 
“ 
“ 


“cc 





Navigation 
Works (Ire- 
land) Bill. 


Bill 286. 


19 Vicroriz. 


“ aforesaid, and to report to the Lord Lieutenant in 
“ Council, who is hereby further empowered to 
“« decide between them.” 

Question proposed, That the words “ and the said 
“ Clerk of the Council” stand part of the Clause ; 

Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 

An Amendment made. 

Clause, as amended, agreed to. 

Causes, N° 2 to N° 4, agreed to. 

Criause, N°5 (1 &amp; 2 Geo. 4, c. 33, 8. 5. Ap- 
pointment of Commissioners). 

Amendment proposed, in p. 4, 1.26: To leave out 
from the word “ Jreland” to the word “ such,” in 
1. 29. ‘ 

Question proposed, That the words proposed to 
be left out, stand part of the Clause ; 

Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 

Clause agreed to. 

Causes, N° 6 to N° 8, agreed to. 

Clause (Providing for yearly allowance or super- 
annuation by Grand Jury of the county to officers, 
medical attendants, &amp;c., who may become incapable 
from age, or infirmity of mind or body)——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. 


Navigation Works (Jreland) Bill. 

Preamble postponed. 

Cravuse, N° 1 (The Treasury may issue money for 
the purposes of completion, 13 &amp; 14 Vie. c. 31, s.11). 

Amendment proposed, in p. 4, 1.4: After the word 
“ navigation” to insert the words “ to the sea.” 

Question, That the words ‘to the sea ” be there 
inserted ——put, and negatived. 

Clause agreed to. 

Cuausze, N° 2 (The Treasury to authorize the 
completion of the works). 

Amendment proposed, in p. 4, 1.13: To leave out 
the words “ think fit,” and insert the words “ shall 
“be found expedient and necessary for the com- 
“ pletion of such works, or portions of works.” 

Question proposed, ‘That the words “ think fit ” 
stand part of the Clause ; 

Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 

Clause agreed to. 

Cravses, N° 3 and N° 4, agreed to. 

Crause, N° 5 (The Commissioners of Public 
Works to make an award on completion of the 
works). 

An Amendment made. 

Another Amendment proposed, at the end of the 
Clause: ‘lo add the words “ Provided always, that 
** the said Commissioners shall receive and hear all 
“* objections that shall be made on the part of pro- 
“ prietors and other parties interested in the said 
“ drainages, to the execution, charges, costs or 
“ damages caused by such works, and not enter on 
“« their decision and award until due notice is given 
** to such parties.” 

Question, That those words be there added ——- 
put, and negatived. 

Clause, as amended, agreed to. 


Curavuses, N° 6 and N° 7, agreed to. 
’ &gt;] &gt; 


Ciavsr, N° 8 (Navigations may be transferred 
to counties). 

Amendment proposed, in p. 6, 1. 28: After the 
word “ time” to insert the words “ with the con- 
“ sent of the Grand Juries of the respective counties.” 

Question proposed, That those words be there 
inserted; 

Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 

Clause agreed to. 


Cravuset, N° 9, amended, and agreed to. 


Crause, N° 10, disagreed to. 
Vou. 110. 








$F A ugusti. 








441 


Cuausgs, N° 11 to N®* 15, agreed to. 
Clauses added. 

Preamble amended, and agreed to. 
Bill, as amended, to be reported. 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Fitz Roy Lunatic Asy- 
reported, That the Committee had gone through the !ums (Ireland) 
Lunatic Asylums (Jre/and) (Advances) Bill. —— 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration To-morrow. 

Mr. Fitz Roy also reported, That the Committee Navigation 
had gone through the Navigation Works (Jreland) Works 
Bill. (Ireland) Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration To-morrow ; and 
be printed. 

Mr. FitzRoy also reported, That the Committee Public Health 
had gone through the Public Health Act (1854) Con- A¢t (1854) 
tinuance and Amendment Bill ; and directed him to ney mt 
report the same, without Amendment. ment Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time To- 
morrow. 

Mr. Fitz Roy also reported, That the Committee Diseases Pre 
had gone through the Diseases Prevention Bill. _—-vention Bull. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration ‘To-morrow. 

Mr. FitzRoy also reported, That the Committee Ordnance 
had gone through the Ordnance Board Bill; and di- Board Bill. 
rected him to report the same, without Amendment. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time To- 


morrow. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to Dwellings fot 
take into consideration the Dwellings for Labouring Labouring 
Classes Bill, as amended in the Committee. aetna 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time To- 
morrow. 


Sir Charles Wood presented, by Her Majesty’s War with 
Command,—War with Russia: Copies of Further Russia. 
Letters respecting the Proceedings of Her Majesty’s 
Ship “ Cossack,” and the Loss of Officers and Men 
at Hungo (in continuation of Papers presented in 
June 1855). 

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


Mr. Bouverie presented, by Her Majesty's Com- Tariffs. 
mand,—A Return of the Rates of Duty upon the 
principal Articles of British and Colonial Produce 
and Manufactures (so far as the same can be given), 
levied in each of the years 1853 and 1855, by the 
Tariffs of Foreign Countries, in which changes were 
made within that period, and showing the Per-centage 
Increase or Decrease. 

Copy of further Correspondence between the Lords Railway 
of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade and the Accidents. 
South Staffordshire Railway Company, relative to 
the Collision which occurred between two Passenger 
Trains on the 21st May 1855, at the Dudley Station 
of the South Staffordshire Railway. 

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


Mr. John Ball presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- Australian 
mand,—A ustrulian Colonies: Copy of Further Cor- Colonies. 
respondence on the subject of Convict Discipline and 
Transportation (in continuation of Papers presented 
February 1855). 

Mr. John Baill also presented,—Return to an Gold Coast. 
Address to Her Majesty, dated the 30th day of March 
last, for any Further Papers relating to the Gold , 

Coast (in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 
703, of Session 1852-53). 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 

Table. 


Mr. Cowper presented,—Return to an Address to Crown Lands 
Her Majesty, dated the 15th day of June last, for a (Scotland.) 
3 L Return, 











Private Bills. 


Public 
Petitions. 


Public Bills. 


Sittings of the 
House. 


442 3° Augustz. 


Return, showing the Gross Amount realized from the 
Sale of Crown Lands in Scotland, for each year for 


Ten years prior to the 5th day of October 1854; and | 


from the Rents or Produce thereof, for the same 
Period :—And, of the Expense attending the Col- 
lection thereof, and how the Balances have been ap- 
— 

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


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 Improving ; Gaols and other County Buildings ; 
Inclosures ; Small Debts Courts ; and all other Bills 
and Acts :—Of all the Private Bills which, in the 
present 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 


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, or to 
the General Committee on Railway and Canal Bills, 
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. 


| 
Ordered, That there be laid before this House,| Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Acts of 
Returns of the Number of Public Petitions presented Return of the Total Number of Acts passed in each Parliament. 
in each of the live years ending 1788-9, 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 ending 
1832, and the Average of that Period :—Of the 
Number of Public Petitions presented and printed 
in each of the Five years ending 1838, 1843, 1848, 
and 1855, with the Potal 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 Average Expense :—And, of the Sums | 
paid for Printing, Folding, &amp;c. Reports and Ap- | 
pendixes, and Indexes to Reports and Appendixes | 
on Public Petitions, in each year, from 1833 to, 


1855 inclusive, showing the Total and Average Ex- 
pense of each Period of Five years (in continuation 
of Parliamentary Paper, No. 456, of Session 1854). 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, | 
an Alphabetical List of the Public Bills which have | 


4. 1855. 


| 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 louse sat each Day, and the Number 
of Hours after Midnight ; and the Number of Entries 
in each Day’s Votes and Proceedings (in continuation 
of Parliamentary Paper, No. 455, of Session 1854). 





pointed in the Session of 1854--55 ; 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 Com- 
mittee met, and the Number of Days on which each 
| Member attended such Committee ; the Total Ex- 
_ pense of the Attendance of Witnesses, 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 (in con- 
_tinuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 459, of Ses- 
| sion 1854). 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Business of 
Days on which each Committee sat ; and the Number | Return of the Number of each of the following the House. 


| Motions which have been made in the House before 
the Orders of the Day and Notices have been dis- 
| posed of, or in any Committee of the whole House, 

in the Sessions 1850, 1851, 1852, 1852-53, 1854, and 
1854—55 ; viz.—1. That this House do now adjourn ; 
|2. That this House, at its rising, will adjourn till 
| Monday next, or any future Day; 3. That a Debate 
| be now adjourned ; 4. That the Chairman of a Com- 
_mittee 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. 454, of Session 1854). 





Session since the year 1800, distinguishing the Num- 
ber 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. 


the Private Bill Office for the present Session, with 
the Name und Address of the Agents respectively 
who have deposited the same (in continuation of 
Parliamentary Paper, No. 452, of Session 1854). 





Commons in the present Session ; stating the Subject 
of the Division, and the Number of Members in the 
Majority and Minority, Tellers included; also, the 
Aggregate Number in the House on each Division; 
distinguishing the Divisions on Public Business from 
Private, and also the Number of Divisions before 
and after Midnight (in continuation of Parliamentary 
Paper, No. 458, of Session 1854). 


been introduced into the House of Commons during | 


the present Session ; stating by whom introduced, or | 


which have been brought from the House of Lords ; 
the Dates ot their several Stages in this House ; and 
distinguishing those which have since become Law 
(in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 457, 
of Session 1834). 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a | 
Return of the Number of Days on which the House 





to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously please 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return of all Alterations made in the 
Customs Tariffs of Foreign States and of their De- 
_pendencies, during the year 1845, giving the Dates 
thereof, so far as such Information shall have been 
received, up to the end of the present year ; together 
| with the English Equivalents of the Foreign Weights, 
Measures 





Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Select Com- 
Return of the Number of Select Committees ap- mittees. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Petitions for 
Return of all Petitions for Private Bills deposited in Private Bills. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Divisions of 
Return of the Number of Divisions of the House of the House. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Customs 
d Tariffs. 


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Measures and Monies :—And, a like Return of all 
Alterations made in the Customs Tariffs of the United 
Kingdom and of the British Possessions. 

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


Wyndham’s Mr. Walpole reported Wyndham’s Divorce Bill, 
Divorce Bill. without Amendment. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Hadow’s Mr. Walpole reported Hadow’s Divorce Bill, with- 
Divorce Bill. out Amendment. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Ewing’s Mr. Walpole reported Ewing’s Divorce Bill, with- 
Divorce Bill. out Amendment. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Ways and Mr. FitzRoy reported from the Committee of 
Means. Ways and Means, several Resolutions ; which were 
read, as follow: 


Exchequer 1. That, towards making good the Supply granted 


3° Augustz. 443 


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| eight hundred and fifty-five : And the same was read 
| the first time ; and ordered to be read a second time 
| To-morrow. 


| Mr. Wilson presented a Bill to apply a Sum out Consolidated 
'of the Consolidated Fund and the oir lus of Ways * rehey 
'and Means to the Service of the year One thousand "™“") Bil 
eight hundred and fifty-five, and to appropriate the 

Supplies granted in this Session of Parliament: And 
| the same was read the first time; and ordered to be 

read a second time To-morrow. 
} 
| The Fisheries (British Islands and France) Bill Fisheries (Bri- 
| was, according to Order, read the third time. tish Islands 
A Clause was offered to be added to the Bill (ccna 
(Provided always, That nothing in this Act contained 
shall apply, or be applied, to any Oyster Fishing in 
the Seas between the United Kingdom and France 
beyond the distance of Ten miles from the limits of 
‘the exclusive right of Fishery for the Subjects ot 

France, as defined by the first and ninth Articles of 
the Convention of August 2, 1839):—And the said 





Bills. to Her Majesty, the Commissioners of Her Majesty’s | Clause was brought up, and read the first time. 
Treasury be authorized to raise any Sum of Money,| And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
not exceeding Seven millions sterling, by the Issue | put, That the said Clause be now read a second time : 
of Exchequer Bills. | —It passed in the Negative. 

Exchequer 2. That in case the said Exchequer Bills be not; Resolved, That the Bill, with the Amendments, do 


Bonds. issued for the full Sum of £.7,000,000, then the | 
Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury be autho- 
rized to issue Exchequer Bonds, bearing Interest at 
any rate not exceeding £.4 per centum per annum, to | 
such an Amount as, with the Total Amount for which | 
Exchequer Bills shall be issued, will make up a Sum | 
not exceeding the whole Sum of £.7,000,000, autho- | 
rized to be raised by these Resolutions. 

8. That such Exchequer Bonds, if issued, shall be 
paid off at par at the expiration of any period not 
exceeding Six years from the date of such Bonds. 

4. That the Interest of all such Exchequer Bonds 
shall be payable half-yearly, and shall be charged 
upon and issued out of the Consolidated Fund of 
the United Kingdom, or the growing produce thereof. 

Surplus of 5. That, towards making good the Supply granted 

Waysand to Her Majesty, there be issued and applied to the 

Means. Service of the year 1855, the Sum of £.5,599,112. 
6s. 8d., being the Surplus of Ways and Means 
granted for the Service of preceding years. 

Consolidated § 6. That, towards making good the Supply granted 

Fund. to Her Majesty, the Sum of £.26,006,352. 12s. 9d. 
be granted out of the Consolidated Fund of the 
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. 

The said Resolutions, being read a second time, | 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That a Bill be brought in upon the first | 
four Resolutions: And that Mr. fitz Roy, the Chan- | 
cellor of the Exchequer and Mr. Wilson do prepare, | 

and bring it in. | 

Ordered, That a Bill be brought in upon the fifth 
and sixth Resolutions, to apply a Sum out of the | 

Consolidated Fund and the Surplus of Ways and 

Means to the Service of the year One thousand 

eight hundred and fifty-five, and to appropriate the 

Supplies granted in this Session of Parliament : And 

that Mr. FitzRoy, the Chancellor of the Exchequer 


and Mr. Wilson do prepare, and bring it in. 








Mr. Peel presented a Bill to defray the Charge of | 
the Pay, Clothingand Contingent and other Expenses | 
of the Disembodied Militia in Great Britain and 
Ireland, to grant Allowances in certain Cases to 
Subaltern Officers, Adjutants, Paymasters, Quarter- |. 
masters, Surgeons, Assistant Surgeons, Surgeons’ 
Mates and Serjeant Majors of the Militia, and to 
authorize the Employment of the Non-commissioned 
Officers : And the same was read the first time ; and 
ordered to be read a second time To-morrow. 


Militia Pa 
Bill. ’ 


Exchequer The Chancellor of the re presented a Bill 

Bills for raising a Sum by Exchequer Bills and Exchequer 

&lt;' 000,000) Bonds, for the Service of the year One thousand 
Vou. 110. 











pass. 

Ordered, That the Clerk 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- Burials Bill 
mittee on the Burials Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, after the Notices 
of Motions, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take Militia Officers 
into consideration the Amendments made by the Qualification 
Lords to the Militia Officers’ Qualification Bill; and °" 
the same were twice read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the Amendments made by their Lord- 
ships. 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That a Mes- Message from 
sage had been brought from the Lords, by one of ‘h¢ Lords. 
their Clerks, as followeth : 

The Lords have agreed to the Office of Speaker Office of 
Bill, without any Amendment: And also, Speaker Bill. 

The Lords have agreed to the Turnpike Acts Turnpike Acts 
Continuance (Jreland) Bill, without any Amend- Continuance 
ment: And also, Gas 

The Lords have agreed to the Bills of Lading Bills of Lading 
(No. 2) Bill, with an Amendment; to which Amend- (N°. 2) Bill 
ment the Lords desire the concurrence of this House : 

And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Turnpike Trusts Turnpike 
Arrangements Bill, with Amendments; to which Trusts Ar- 
Amendments the Lords desire the concurrence of T2gements 

‘ Bill. 
this House: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Sale of Spirits (Zre- gate of Spirits 
land) Bill, with Amendments; to which Amend- (Ireland) Bill. 
ments the Lords desire the concurrence of this 
House: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Derbyshire, Staf- Derbyshire, 
fordshire and Worcestershire Railway (No. 2} Bill, Staffordshire 
with Amendments ; to which Amendments the Lords #24, orces- 

° we tershire Rail- 
desire the concurrence of this House. way (No. 2) 
Bill. 

A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- Negotiations 
osed, That an humble Address be presented to Her Vienna. 
Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased to give 
directions, that there be laid before this House, 

Copies of any Correspondence with the French Go- 
vernment relative to the last proposal of Austria ; 
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Sumner’s 
Divorce Bill. 


Jones's 
Divorce Bill. 


Exchequer 
Bills 
(£.7,000,000) 
Bill. 


Bill 288, 
Consolidated 
Fund (Ap- 


propriation) 
Bill. 


Militia Pay 
Bill. 


Ordnance 
Board Bill. 


Lunatic Asy- 


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


Sabbati, 4° die Augusti, 1855: 


And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
put, That this House do now adjourn :—!t was re- 
solved in the Affirmative. 


And the House, having continued to sit till 
a quarter of an hour before Two of the clock 
on Saturday morning, accordingly adjourned 


till this day. 


Sabbati, 4° die Augusti ; 
Anno 19° Victorie Regine, 1855. 
PRAYERS. 
M R. Freshfield reported Sumner’s Divorce Bill, 


with an Amendment. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Freshfield reported Jones’s Divorce Bill, with 
verbal Amendments. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


The Exchequer Bills (£.7,000,000) Bill was, ac- 
cording to Order, read a second time; and com- 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for Mon- 
day next, at One o'clock. 


Ordered, That the BIll be printed. 
The Consolidated Fund (Appropriation) Bill was, 


according to Order, read a second time; and com- 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for Mon- 
day next, at One o'clock. 


The Militia Pay Bill was, according to Order, 
read a second time; and committed to a Committee 
of the whole House, for Monday next, at One 
o'clock. 


The Ordnance Board Bill was, according to Order, 
read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take 


lums (Ireland) into consideration the Lunatic Asylums (Jre/and) 


( Advances) 
Bill. 


Navigation 
Works (Ire- 
land) Bill. 


Public Health 
Act (1854) 
Continuance 
and Amend- 
ment Mill. 


Diseases Pre- 
vention Dill. 


Dwellings for 
Labouring 
Classes Bill. 


(Advances) Bill, as amended in the Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon 
Monday next, at One o'clock. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take 
into consideration the Navigation Works (Jreland) 
Bill, as amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon 
Monday next, at One o’clock. 


The Public Health Act (1854) Continuance and 
Amendment Bill was, according to Order, read the 
third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take 
into consideration the Diseases Prevention Bill, as 
amended in the Committee, 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon 
Monday next, at One o'clock. 


The Dwellings for Labouring Classes Bill was, ac- | 


cording to Order, read the third time; and an 
Amendment was made to the Bill. 
Resolved, That the Bill, with the Amendments, do 


ass. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 


3°—4° Auguste. 





A. 1855. 


agreed to the same, with Amendments; to which 
Amendments this House doth desire the concurrence 
of their Lordships. 


into a Committee on the Burials Bill. 


(In the Committee.) 


Preamble postponed. 

Crauses, N° 1 to N° 3, agreed to. 

Crause, N° 4, amended, and agreed to. 

Crausg, N° 5, agreed to. 

Cuiauses, N° 6 and N° 7, disagreed to. 

Crauses, N° 8 and N° 9, agreed to. 

Cravuses, N° 10 and N° 11, amended, and agreed 
to. 

Cravuse, N° 12, agreed to. 

Crause, N° 13, amended, and agreed to. 

Crauses, N° 14 and N° 15, agreed to. 

Clause (Provided always, ‘That no corpse shall be 
buried in any grave in any burial-ground or cemetery, 
not being a vault or catacomb, without at least fifty- 
four inches of soil being left between the ordinary 
surface of the cemetery and the upper side of the 
coffin: Provided also, That after the interment of a 
corpse in any grave in any burial-ground or ceme- 
tery, no other corpse shall be interred therein for the 
space of ten years, except at the request in writing 
of some relative of the person who shall have been 
last interred therein) brought up, and read 1’, 

Motion made, and Question, That the Clause be 
read a second time——put, and negatived. 

Clause (Whereas the diversity of arrangements 
required by different Bishops as the condition of their 
consecrating burial-grounds have occasioned much 
a to the people, and reproach to the Church 
of England, and also much inconvenience to the in- 
habitants of certain towns engaged in providing 
public burial-grounds, under the Acts sixteen and 
seventeen Victoria, chapter one hundred and thirty- 
four, and seventeen and eighteen Victoria, chapter 
eighty-seven ; Be it enacted, That nothing in those 
Acts contained shall render it necessary for the 
Burial Board of any town or parish to do more than 
prove, to the satisfaction of the Secretary of State, 
that they have provided a fit and proper burial- 
ground, with such lines of demarcation between the 
parts intended for the interment of members of the 
Church of England and persons not belonging to 
that Church respectively as have been generally 
deemed requisite, and that, having done so, they have 
invited the Bishop of the diocese to consecrate the 
said first-mentioned part of such burial-ground ; 
and in the event of such Bishop, as the condition of 











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his consecrating the same, requiring the construction 
of walls or other unreasonable and unseemly par- 
titions between the several parts of the said burial- 
wry contrary to the determination of the said 
urial Board, it shall be lawful, notwithstanding, for 
one of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State, 
in his discretion, to declare the Provisions of the said 
Act to have been sufficiently complied with in re- 
spect of providing a consecrated part of such burial- 
ground ; and no proceedings shall be instituted 
against any Minister of the Church of England on 
account of his having officiated at any interment in 
such ground after it has been so approved by the 
Secretary of State, and before its consecration by the 
Bishop of the diocese) ——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. FitzRoy 


| reported, That the Committee had gone through the 


Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Burials Bill, 


Judicial Pro- 
cedure and 
Securities for 
Debts (Scot- 
jand.) 


Malt. 
No, 454. 


Annexation 
of Karouly. 


No. 455. 


Gold Coast. 
No. 456. 


Crown Lands 
(Scotland. ) 


No. 457. 


Judicial Pro- 
cedure and 
Securities for 
Debts (Scot- 
land) Bill. 


Bill 289. 


Committees. 


Derbyshire, 
Staffordshire 
and Worcester- 
shire Railway 
(No. 2) Bill. 


Halford’s 
Estate Bill. 


fadow’s 
Divorce Bill. 


Ewing’s 
Divorce Bill. 


4°—.§° 


mittee, be taken into consideration upon Monday 
next, at One o’clock ; and be printed. 


1¥ Vicrortiz. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to amend and re-enact certain Provisions of the Act 
of the fifty-fourth year of King George the Third, 
relating to Judicial Procedure and Securities for 
Debts in Scotland: And that Viscount Duncan and 
the Lord Advocate do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Malt, which 
was presented upon the 3d day of this instant August, 
be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Annexa- 
tion of Karouly, which was presented upon the 3d 
day of this instant August, be printed. 

Ordered, That the Return relative to the Gold 
Coast, which was presented upon the 3d day of this 
instant August, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Crown Lands 
(Scotland), which was presented upon the 3d day of 
this instant August, be printed. 


Viscount Duncan presented a Bill to amend and 
re-enact certain Provisions of the Act of the fifty- 


fourth year of King George the Third, relating to | 
y -- J 3 stead thereof. 


Judicial Procedure and Securities for Debts in Scot- 


land: And the same was read the first time; and | 


ordered to be read a second time upon Saturday the 
1st day of September next ; and to be printed. 


445 


turned to the Lords: And that the Clerk do carry 
the same. 


A uguste. 


Wyndham’s Divorce Bill was read the third time. wyndham’s 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. Divorce Bill. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 

Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House hath 

agreed to the same, without Amendment. 
Ordered, That the Proceedings before the Judges 

of the Supreme Court of Judicature at Madras, re- 

lating to the said Bill, be returned to the Lords: 

And that the Clerk do carry the same, 


Ordered, That Standing Order 174 be suspended Marshall's 
in the case of Marshall's Charity Bill; and that the Charity Bill. 
Bill, as amended in the Committee, be considered 
this day. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to Marshall’s 
take into consideration Marshall's Charity Bill, as Charity Bill. 
amended in the Committee. 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Bill, in p. 56, 1. 1, by leaving out from the word 
“ of” to the word “ under,” in 1. 3, and inserting 
the words “ Five hundred pounds per annum, which 





| resolved in the Affirmative. 


“ jis to be in lieu of and in substitution for the Sum 
* of Sixty pounds per annum payable to him,” in- 


And the Question being put, That the words pro- 
posed to be left out stand part of the Bill:—It was 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


And then the House adjourned till Monday | 


next. 





Lune, 6° die August ; 
Anno 19° Victorie Regine, 1855. 


PRAYERS. 
RDERED, That all Committees have leave 


to sit this day, during the sitting of the House. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Derby- 
shire, Staffordshire and Worcestershire Railway 
(No. 2) Bill; and the same were twice read, and 
agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the Amendments made by their Lordships. 


Halford’s Estate Bill was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill, with the Amendments, do 
pass. 
~ Ordered, That the Clerk 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. 


Hadow’s Divorce Bill was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the same, without Amendment. 

Ordered, That the Proceedings in the Supreme 
Court of Judicature of Bombay, relating to the said 
Bill, be returned to the Lords: And that the Clerk 
do carry the same. 


Ewing’s Divorce Bill was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the same, without Amendment. 

Ordered, That the Copy of the Proceedings of the 
Judges in the Supreme Court of Judicature at Fort 
William in Bengal, relating to the said Bill, be re- 

VoL. 110. 





| Ordered, That Jones's Divorce Bill, as amended Jones’s 


| in the Committee, be considered this day; printed Divorce Bill. 
| Copies having been deposited with the Doorkeepers 
upon Saturday last. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take Jones’s 
into consideration Jones's Divcrce Bill, as amended Divorce Bill. 
in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Ordered, That Sumner’s Divorce Bill, as amended Sumner’s 
in the Committee, be considered this day; printed Divorce Bill. 
Copies having been deposited with the Doorkeepers 
upon Saturday last. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take Sumner’s 
into consideration Sumner’s Divorce Bill, as amended Divorce Bill. 
in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time To- 


morrow. 


Sir Benjamin Hall presented, by Her Majesty’s Cholera. 
Command,—Copy of Report of the Medical Council 
to the Right honourable Sir Benjamin Hall, Baronet, 

M.P., President of the General Board of Health, 
&amp;e. kc. &amp;e., in relation to the Cholera Epidemic of 
1854. 

Sir Benjamin Hall also presented, pursuant to the Public Health 
directions of an Act of Parliament,—-Copies of the ee 
Reports of the Superintending Inspectors, addressed ”” — 
to the General Board of Health, in relation to Mid- 
dlesbrough, Windhitl, Christchurch, Keighley, Warley, 

Tunstall, Toxteth Park and Romford :—A\so, Copies 
of all Statements and Memorials forwarded to the 
said General Board in respect to such Reports. 

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


Petitions relating to Maynooth College Act ; — Public 
Stage Carriages ;—Accidents on Railways Bill ;— Petitions. 
Constabulary Force (Jrelan/);—- Decimal Coinage ;— yiae sixty- 
Intoxicating Liquors ;—Medical Officers (Navy) ;— first Report. 
Medical Profession Bill ;—Navigation Works (Jre- 
land) Bill ;—and, Sale of Beer Act (1854),—were 

resented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the 


able. 





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446 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Copy of any Correspondence that has taken place 
with the Lord Chancellor in reference to the incom- 
plete Copy of the Digest of Poor Laws, by Mr. 
Coode, laid on the Table of this House, pursuant to 
an Order of the 14th day of December last ; and in 
reference also to a complete Copy of that Digest, 
subsequently offered to the Lord Chancellor by Mr. 
Coode. 


Digest of 
Poor Laws. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third 
reading of the Criminal Justice Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time after 
the Order of the day relative to the Coal Mines In- 
spection Bill. 


Criminal 
Justice Bill. 


Lunatic Asy- | The Lunatic Asylums (Jreland) (Advances) Bill 
lums (Ireland) was, according to Order, read the third time; and 


(Advances) Amendments were made to the Bill. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 
Navigation The Navigation Works (Jreland) Bill was, ac- 
Works (Ire- cording to Order, read the third time. 


— An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 


Bill, by leaving out Clause 9. 
And the Question being put, ‘That Clause 9 stand 
art of the Bill :—It was resolved in the Affirmative. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence, 


The Diseases Prevention Bill: was, according to 
Order, read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Diseases Pre- 
vention Bill. 


The Orders of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittees on the Exchequer Bills (£.7,000,000) Bill; 
Consolidated Fund (Appropriation) Bill; and, Mi- 
litia Pay Bill ; 

Ordered, That the said Bills be committed to the 
same Committee :--The House accordingly resolved 
itself into the Committee; and, after some time 
spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and 
Mr. FitzRoy reported, That the Committee had 
gone through the Bills; and directed him to report 
the same, without Amendment. 

Ordered, That the Bills be read the third time 
To-morrow, at Twelve o'clock. 


Exchequer 
Bills 
(£.7,000,000) 
Bill ; Consoli- 
dated Fund 

( Appropria- 
tion) Bill; and, 
Militia Pay 
Bill. 


Coal Mines The House, according to Order, proceeded to take 
Inspection into consideration the Amendments made by the 
Bill Lords to the Coal Mines Inspection Bill; and the 
same were twice read, and, with an Amendment to 
one of them, agreed to. 
Ordered, That the Clerk 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. 


Criminal 


The Order of the day being read, for the third 
Justice Bill. . 


reading of the Criminal Justice Bill ; 
Anda Motion being made, and the Question being 
provosed, That the Bill be now read the third time ; 
An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out the word “now,” and, at 
the end of the Question, adding the words “ upon 
“ this day three months.” 

And the Question being put, That the word 
now ” stand part of the Question :—It was resolved 
in the Affirmative. 

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

A Clause was offered to be added to the Bill 
(Appeal, 7 &amp; 8 Geo. 4, c. 29, s. 72) :—And the said 
Clause was brought up, and read the first time. 


“ 


6° A ugustt. 








A. 1855- 


And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
proposed, That the said Clause be now read a secona 
time :—And a Debate arising thereupon; 


Ordered, That the Debate be adjourned till this 
day. 


Mr. Grenville Berkeley presented a Bill to confirm Pubtic Health 

Provisional Orders of the General Board of Health (No. 2) Bill. 
applying the Public Health Act (1848) to the Dis- Bill 292. 
tricts of Middlesbrough, Windhiil, Christchurch, 
Warley, Tunstall and Loxteth Park, and for Altera- 
tion of the Boundaries of the District of Romford : 
And the same was read the first time; and ordered 
to be read a second time To-morrow, at Twelve 
o'clock ; and to be printed. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take Burials Bill. 
into consideration the Burials Bill, as amended in _ Bill 291. 
the Committee ; and Amendments were made to the 
Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon 
Wednesday next; and be printed. 


Mr. Solicitor General reported from the Select Leases and 
Committee on the Leases and Sales of Settled Estates —- — 
Bill; That they had gone through the Bill, and made Bill 290 
Amendments thereunto. . : 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a 
Committee of the whole House for To-morrow, at 
Twelve o’clock. 


Mr. Duncan reported from the Select Committee Public 
on Public Petitions; That they had examined the Petitions 
Petitions presented upon the 2d and 3d days of this as a 
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. 


Ordered, That an Abstract of the Return relative Spirit Duties, 
to Spirit Duties, &amp;c., which was presented upon the &amp; 
13th day of July last, be printed. No, 458. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to British and British and 
French Fishing Vessels, which was presented upon French Fish- 
the 2d day of this instant August, be printed. —— 

7 : . No. 459. 

Ordered, That the Return relative to Railways, Railways. 
which was presented upon the 19th day of July last, No. 460. 
be printed. 


Mr. Cowper presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- Inclosure 
mand,—Inclosure Commission: Copy of Special Commission. 
Report of the Commissioners, 1855. 

ee of Annual Reports of the Directors of Con- Convict 
vict Prisons un the Discipline and Management of Prisons. 
Pentonville, Parkhurst and Millbank Prisons, and 
of Portland, Portsmouth, Dartmoor and Brixton 
Prisons, and the Hulks, for the year 1854. 

Mr. Cowper also presented, pursuant to the di- Municipal 
rections of an Act of Parliament,—Abstract of State- pee 
ments of Monies received and expended on account : 
of certain Boroughs in Jreland. 

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


Mr. FitzRoy reported from the Committee on Lord Cler- 

Lord Clermont’s Estate Bill ; That they had examined ie Estate 
the allegations contained in the Preamble of the ~” 
Bill, and amended the same verbally, and by in- 
serting the full Title of a Suit in the Court of Chan- 
cery in Jre/and, therein-mentioned ; 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. FitzRoy reported Handcock’s Estate Bill, Handeock’s 
without Amendment. Estate Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 
Ordered, 


siirrasaeek 









































































&lt; nehine anaetettdecaat 













Roys 


Kens 
Gare 


if 
Or 


Bri 








Royal Society. 


Kensington 
Gardens, &amp;c. 


lect 
ommittees. 


Bristol Port. 


Income Tax, 
&amp;c. (London.) 


Fines and 
Penalties 


(Ireland.) 





19 VicTroriz. 
Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 


an Account of the Appropriation of Grants, amounting | 


in the aggregate to £.5,000, placed by order of the 
Treasury at the disposal of the Royal Society, be- 
tween the years 1859 and 1854, transmitted on the 
28th day of July 1855 to the Treasury by Lord 
Wrottesley, President of the Royal Society; to- 
gether with a Copy of a Letter from Lord Wrottesley 
to the Secretary of the Treasury, dated the 28th day 
of July 1855. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Returns of the Extent in Acres of Kensington Gardens, 
Hyde Park, Saint James's Park, the Green Park, 
Regent's Park, and Victoria Park, showing also, as 
regards Victoria Park, the Quantity of Land which, 
by the Act 4 &amp; 5 Vic. c. 27, the Commissioners of 
Woods were authorized to purchase for the purposes 
of the Park, and the proportion of such Land which 
they were by that Act empowered to appropriate for 
Building purposes; also, showing the Quantity of 
Land which was actually purchased by them, and 
the Portions thereof which, by the Act 14 &amp; 15 Vice. 
c. 46, were placed under the Management of the 
Commissioners of Land Revenue, and were directed 


to be leased by them; exhibiting also the Quanti- | 


ties within and without the Park Fence :—Of the 
Monies expended upon Victoria Park up to the 10th 
day of October 1851, distinguishing the Outlay in- 
curred in the Purchase of Land from that incurred 
in Works and Maintenance, and of the Monies ex- 
— respectively by the Commissioners of Land 

evenue in each year since the 10th day of October 
1851, upon the Portions of the Park placed under 
their Management, and by the Commissioners of 
Works in each year in the same Period in the pay- 


ment of Salaries, and in the Maintenance of the | 


Residue of the said Park :—And, of the Sources 
from which the Money so expended has been de- 
rived, whether from the Sale of York House, from 
the Income of the Land Revenue, Vote of Parlia- 
ment, or other Sources. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the Expenses of Witnesses, &amp;c. and 
Printing of Evidence, and any other Expenses con- 
nected with Select Committees of this House for the 
Session 1854-55, stating the Items for each Com- 
mittee separately. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Copy of the Report of the Colonial Land and Emi- 
gration Commissioners, on the application from the 
Authorities at Bristol, that Bristol should be made 
a Government Emigration Port. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Returns of the Names of the several Persons em- 
ployed in the Assessment and Collection of Income 
‘Tax and Land and Assessed Taxes in the City of 
London, during the year ended on the 5th day of 
April 1855; the Amount of Salaries or Allowances 
received or receivable, as far as can be ascertained, 
by each ; also stating whether any and which of such 


Persons are occupied in other Duties not connected | 


with the Assessment or Collection of Taxes :—Of 
the Rate of Poundage allowed to the several Officers | 
for the Assessment or Collection by Act of Parlia- | 
ment :—And, Account showing the Total Amount of | 
the Assessment of Income Tax by the General Com- | 
missioners for the City of Zondon, as well as the 
Amount of the Assessment for Land and Assessed 
Taxes for the City of London, during the year ended 
on the 5th day of April 1855. 


Mr. Horsman presented, pursuant to the directions 
of an Act of Parliament,—An Abstract of the Ac- 
counts of all Fines and other Penal Sums accounted 
for under the Provisions of the Act 14 &amp; 15 Vic. 
c. 90, for the year ending the 31st March 1854, 


6° Auguste. 


447 


{showing the Total Amount imposed within said 
Period, the Proceedings had in respect thereto, and 
po Money received on account thereof, as well as on 
account of Arrear cases, up to 31st March 1855. 

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


| Mr. John Ball presented,—Return to an Address 
ito Her Majesty, dated the 12th day of July 1854, 
| for 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. 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 
13th day of July last, for Copies or Extracts of 
Despatches relative to Emigration to the orth 
| American Colonies (in continuation of Papers pre- 
sented April 1854). 

Ordered, ‘that the said Returns do lie upon the 
Table. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Charitable Trusts 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 
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. 

Crause, N° 1, agreed to. 

Cuause, N° 2 (The acts of the Board how to be 
authenticated). 

Amendment proposed, in p. 1, 1. 16: After the 
word “ signature” to leave out all the words to the 
end of the Clause, and add the words “ of two 
“ Commissioners.” 

Question, That the words “ of their secretary” 
stand part of the Clause——put, and agreed to. 

Another Amendment proposed, in p. 1, 1. 16: 
After the word “ secretary ” to leave out to the end 
of the Clause, and insert the words “ or in his ab- 
“ sence of the chief clerk.” 

Question, That the words proposed to be left out, 
| stand part of the Clause——-put, and negatived. 
An Amendment made. 
| Clause, as amended, agreed to. 
Cuause, N° 3, amended, and agreed to. 


Crause, N° 4 (The powers of the Commissioners 
and Inspectors to inquire into charities extended). 

An Amendment made. 

Another Amendment proposed, in p. 2, 1. 25: To 
leave out the word “ such,” and insert the word 
“ the.” 

Question, That the word “ such” stand part of 
the Clause put, and negatived. 

An Amendment made. 

Clause, as amended, agreed to. 











Cravsez, N° 5, disagreed to. 
Cxauses, N° 6 and N° 7, agreed to. 





VoL. 110. 





3L4 CLAUSE, 


Malta Cri- 
minal Code. 


Emigration 
(North 
America.) 


Charitable 
Trusts Bill. 






































| 
| 


cE SARE IRR 





Message from 
the Lords. 


Harvist's 
Estate Bill. 


Ledbury 
Prebend Bill. 


Lunatic 
Asylums and 
Regulations 
Acts Amend- 
ment Bill. 
Chinese 
Passenger 
Ships Bill. 


Westminster 
Land Com- 
pany Bill. 





448 6°—7° Augusti. . A. 1855. 


Ciause, N° 8 (Persons not complying with re- 
quisitions, kc. to be deemed guilty of a contempt of 
the Court of Chancery). 

Amendment proposed, in p. 3, 1. 21: After the 
word “ always” to insert the words “ That the 
‘** Commissioners shall give Twenty-one days’ pre- 
vious written notice of any summary application 
“as aforesaid, and of the purport thereof, under 
the hands of the Secretary and one Commissioner, 
to any person against whom such summary appli- 
cation is intended to be made; and provided 
also.” 

Question, That those words be there inserted —— 
put, and negatived. 

Clause agreed to. 

CuauseE, N° 9 (Persons making false returns or 
answers guilty of misdemeanor). 

Amendment proposed, in p. 3, 1. 25: After the 
word “ making” to insert the words “ upon oath.” 

Question proposed, That those words be there in- 
serted :—Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 

Clause disagreed to. 

Ciauses, N* 10 to N° 12, disagreed to. 

Crauses, N° 13 and N° 14, amended, and agreed 
to. 
Crauses, N° 15 and N° 16, disagreed to. 
Criause, N° 17 (The official trustees of charitable 
funds may be empowered to call for transfers to 
them of stock, &amp;c.) 

Motion made, and Question, That the Clause be 
postponed --—put, and negatived. 

Clause agreed to. 

Cuiause, N° 18, amended, and agreed to. 

Cuiause, N° 19, agreed to. 

Crauses, N° 20 and N° 21, disagreed to. 

Criause, N° 22 (‘lrustees may be appointed in 
certain cases of property vested in corporations for 
charitable purposes). 

Amendment proposed, in p. 8, 1. 21: To leave out 
from the word “ trusts” to the words “ it shall” 
in |, 24. 

Question proposed, That the words proposed to 
be left out, stand part of the Clause ; 


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, 7° die Augusti, 1855: 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; and Mr. Fitz Roy 
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, at Twelve 


o clock, again resolve itself into the said Committee. | 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That a Mes- 
sage had been brought from the Lords, by one of 
their Clerks, as followeth : 

The Lords have agreed to the Amendments made 
by this House to Harvist’s Estate Bill, without any 
Amendment: And also, 

‘The Lords have agreed to the Amendments made 
by this House to the Ledbury Prebend Bill, without 
any Amendment: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Lunatic Asylums 
and Regulations Acts Amendment Bill, with Amend- 
ments; to which Amendments the Lords desire the 
concurrence of this House: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Chinese Passenger 
Ships Bill, with Amendments ; to which Amendments 
the Lords desire the concurrence of this House: 
And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Westminster Land 
Company Bill, with Amendments ; to which Amend- 
ments the Lords desire the concurrence of this 
House: And also, 


' this House will, upon this day three months, re- 











The Lords have agreed to the Court of Judicature Court of 
(Prince of Wales Isiand) Bill, with an Amendment ; J¥dicature 
i : Prince of 
to which Amendment the Lords desire the concur- Wales Island) 
Bill. 


rence of this House. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Despatch of 
mittee on the Despatch of Business (Court of Chan- ro mn 
: ourt of 
cery) Bill ; Chancery) Bill, 
And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, ‘That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 
Chair ; 
A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That this House do now adjourn :—And the 
said Motion and Original Question were severally, 
with leave of the House, withdrawn. 
Resolved, ‘Vhat this House will, this dav, at Twelve 
o'clock, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Portnership 

mittee on the Partnership Amendment Bill ; Senta 
Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


The School Grants, Security for Application Bill School Grants, 
was, according to Order, read a second time; and penn for, 
committed to a Committee of the whole House, for pf?“ 


this day, at Twelve o'clock. 





The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Crime and 
mittee on the Crime and Outrage (Zreland) Act Con- ee (Ire 
tinuance Bill ; rw Call 

And a Motion being made, and the Question Bill 
being proposed, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 
Chair ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word “That” to 
the end of the Question, in order to add the words 












“ solve itself into the said Committee,” instead 
thereof. 
And the Question being put, That the words 
proposed to be left out, stand part of the Question ; 
The House divided. 
The Yeas to the Right ; ‘ 
The Noes to the Left. 
Tellers for the f Mr. Hayter, 1 P 
Yeas, |The Earl of Mulgrave: J 
Tellers for the {Mr. Bowyer, 1. 
Noes, (Mr. Vincent Scully: * cae 
So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 
Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 
Chair :—The House accordingly resolved itself into 
the Committee. 









i) 










(In the Committee.) 

Preamble postponed. 

Crause, N° Lt (Recited Act continued). 

Amendment proposed, in p. 2, 1. 1: To leave out 
from the word “ shall” to the word “ be,” in 1. 2. 

Question proposed, That the words “ except the 
“ third, fourth, fifth,” stand part of the Clause ; 

Whereupon Motion made, and Question, That 

the Chairman do report Progress, and ask leave to 












sit again——put, and negatived. 
Question, ‘That those words stand part of the 
Clause——put, and negatived. 





Another Amendment proposed, in p. 2, 1.1: After 
the word “ shall” to insert the words “ except the 
““ seventeenth section thereof.” 

Question put, That those words be there inserted ; 
‘The Committee divided. 
Tellers for the { Mr. AZ‘ Mahon, 7 13 
Yeas, (Mr. Kennedy : oo 
Tellers for the; Mr. Hayter, 1 33 
Noes, \The Earl! of Mulgrave: Jf °° 
Another Amendment proposed, in p. 2, 1. 3: To 
leave out the words “ Thirty-first day of August,” 
in order to insert the words “ First day of May.” 

Question proposed, That the words “ Thirty-first 
“ day of August” stand part of the Clause ; 
Whereupon 























Tre 


land) 


) Bill. 


Committees. 


nts,. Sumner’s 
Divorce Bill. 


Jones’s 
Divorce Bill. 


Westminster 
Land Com- 
pany Bill. 


Handcock’s 
Estate Bill. 


Lord Cler- 
mont’s Estate 
Bill. 


Lord Cler- 
mont’s Estate 
Bill. 


Criminal 
Justice Bill. 


Crime and 
Outrage 
(Ireland) Act 
Continuance 
Bill. 
Nuisances 
Removal, &amp;c. 
and Police of 
‘Towns (Scot- 
land) Bill. 


Turnpike 
Trusts Ar- 
rangement 
Bill. 


Lunatic 
Asylums and 
Regulations 
Acts Amend- 
ment Bill. 


Bill 294, 





19 Vicroriz. 


Whereupon Motion made, and Question pro- 
posed, That the Chairman do report Progress, and 
ask leave to sit again. 


Notice being taken, that Forty Members were not 
present :—Committee counted ; and Forty Members 
not being present, the Chairman left the Chair. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and the House 
being told by Mr. Speaker; and Forty Members 
not being present ; and it being then a quarter of an 
hour after Three of the clock on Tuesday morning :— 
The House was adjourned by Mr. Speaker, without 
a Question first put, till this day. 





Martis, 7° die Augusti ; 
Anno 19° Victorie Regine, 1855. 


PRAYERS. 


RDERED, That ali Committees have leave 
to sit this day, during the sitting of the House. 


Sumner’s Divorce Bill was, according to Order, 
read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill, with the Amendment, do 

ass. 

Ordered, That the Clerk 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. 


Ordered, That Jones’s Divorce Bill be read the 
third time To-morrow. 


Ordered, That the Amendments made by the Lords 
to the Westminster Land Company Bill be taken 
into consideration To-morrow. 


Ordered, That Handcock’s Estate Bill be read the 


third time To-morrow. 


Ordered, That Lord Clermont’s Estate Bill, as 
amended in the Committee, be considered this day ; 
printed Copies having been deposited with the 
Doorkeepers yesterday. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take 
into consideration Lord Clermont’s Estate 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 resuming 
the adjourned Debate on the Question proposed 
upon the 6th day of this instant August, That the 
Clause (Appeal, 7 &amp; 8 Geo. 4, c. 29, s. 72), which 
was offered to be added on the third reading of the 
Criminal Justice Bill, be now read a second time ; 

Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 
till To-morrow. 


| Ordered, That the Committee on the Crime and 
Outrage (Ireland) Act Continuance Bill be revived : 
—And that they do sit and proceed To-morrow. 


The Order for reading a second time, To-morrow, 
the Nuisances Removal, &amp;c. and Police of ‘owns 
(Scotland) Bill, was read, and discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


Ordered, That the Amendments made by the 
Lords to the Turnpike Trusts Arrangement Bill be 
taken into consideration To-morrow. 


Ordered, That the Amendments made by the Lords 
to the Lunatic Asylums and Regulations Acts Amend- 
ment Bill be taken into consideration To-morrow. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended by the Lords, 
be printed. 

Vou, 110, 


6°—7° Augusti. 


44Y 


Ordered, That the Amendments made by the Lords Chinese 

to the Chinese Passenger Ships Bill be taken into Passenger 
consideration To-morrow. a 
Ordered, That the Bill, as amended by the Lords, Bil! 298. 
be printed. 


Ordered, That the Amendments made by the Lords Sale of Spirits 
to the Sale of Spirits (Jreland) Bill be taken into (Ireland) Bill. 
consideration To-morrow. Bill 295. 
Ordered, That the Bill, as amended by the Lords, 

be printed. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to Municipal Municipal 
Boroughs (Ireland), which was presented upon the Boroughs 


Peta : (Ireland.) 
6th day of this instant August, be printed. No. 461. 


Ordered, That the Account relative to Fines and Fines and 
Penalties (Ireland), which was presented upon the Penalties 


6th day of this instant August, be printed. (Ireland.) 
No. 462, 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Malta Matta cri- 
Criminal Code, which was presented upon the 6th minal Code. 
day of this instant August, be printed. No. 463, 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Emigration Emigration 
(North America), which was presented upon the 6th (North Ame- 
day of this instant August, he printed. — 

No. 464, 

The following Papers were laid upon the Table by pividends 
the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, dated (Public 
the 20th day of July last, for Copies of all Corres- 5#cks-) 
pondence in 1854, between the Governor and Deputy No. 465. 
Governor of the Bank of England and the late Chan- 
cellor of the Exchequer, as to the providing means 
for the Payment of the Dividends on the Public 
Stocks. 

Return to an Order, dated the 27th day of July Gold and 
last, for Returns of the Sums of Money received by Silver Wares. 
the Goldsmiths’ Company for Assaying and Marking 
Gold and Silver Wares for each of the last Ten 
years :—Of the Annual Amount expended for the 
same Period in Assaying and Marking Gold and 
Silver Wares :—Of the Number of Persons employed 
in Assaying and Marking Gold and Silver Wares, 
with the Amount of their Salaries :—And, a State- 
ment of the Amount of Legal Expenses incurred for 
the same Period in Prosecutions against Offenders 
by the Goldsmiths’ Company. 

Return to an Order, dated the 30th day of Suly ational 
last, for Copy of the Minutes of the ‘Trustees of the Gallery. 
National Gallery, since May 1853, down to the 
present time, with the Names of all the Trustees who 
were present at each Meeting. 

Return to an Order, dated the 6th day of this in- Royal Society. 
stant August, for an Account of the Appropriation No, 466. 
of Grants, amounting in the aggregate to £. 5,000, 
placed by Order of the Treasury at the disposal of 
the Royal Society, between the years 1850 and 1854, 
transmitted on the 28th day of July 1855 to the 
Treasury by Lord Wrottesley, President of the Royal 
Society ; together with a Copy of a Letter from Lord 

Wrottesley to the Secretary of the Treasury, dated 
the 28th day of July 1855. ‘ 

The following Paper, pursuant to the directions of Duchy of 
an Act of Parliament, was also laid upon the Table by 1@2&lt;astet- 
the Clerk of the House,—An Account of the Gross 
and Net Revenue of the Duchy of Lancaster, for the 
year ending Michaelmas 1854, showing the Amount 
of Revenue which became due, the Monies raised 
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. 

Ordered, That the Returns relative to Dividends 
(Public Stocks), and, Royal Society, be printed. 


The Exchequer Bills (£.7,000,000) Bill was, ac- Exchequer 
cording to Order, read the third time. Bills 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the amas 
Title be, An Act for raising the Sum of Seven mil- 








lions by Exchequer Bills and Exchequer Bonds, for 
3 M the 


1 
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! 
H 
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450 


the Service of the year One thousand eight hundred 
and Fifty-five. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Consolidated The Consolidated Fund (Appropriation) Bill was, 
Fund (Appro according to Order, read the third time. 
priation) Bill. 


Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Militia Pay The Militia Pay Bill was, according to Order, 


Bill. read the third time. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 
Public Health 


The Public Health (No. 2) Bill was, according to 
Order, read a second time; and committed to a 
Committee of the whole House. 

Resolved, That this House will immediately resolve 
itself into the said Committee :—The House accord- 
ingly resolved itself into the Committee ; and, after 
some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the 
Chair; and Mr. FitzRoy reported, That the Com- 
mittee had gone through the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be now taken into consideration :—The House 
accordingly proceeded to take the Bill into con- 
sideration. 

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

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


(No. 2) Bill. 


Leases and The Order of the day being read, for the Committee 

Sales of Settled on the Leases and Sales of Settled Estates Bill; 

Metetes Bil. Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


Charitable 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
Trusts Bill. 


into a Committee on the Charitable Trusts Bill. 
(in the Committee.) 


Cxauss, N° 22 (Trustees may be appointed in cer- 
tain cases of property vested in corporations for 
charitable purposes). 

Amendment again proposed, in p. 8, 1. 21: To 
leave out from the word “ trusts” to the words “ it 
“ shall,” in |. 24. 

Question, That the words proposed to be left out, 
stand part of the Clause put, and agreed to. 

Amendwents made. 





7° Augusti. 


A. 1855. 


reported, That the Committee had made Progress in 
the Bill; and that he was directed to move, That the 
Committee may have leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, again 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Despatch of 


mittee on the Despatch of Business (Court of Chan- Business 
. (Court of 
“7 Bill ; , " : Chancery) Bill, 
esolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 


itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself School Grants 
into a Committee on the School Grants, Security for Security for * 
Application Bill; and, after some time spent therein, ~ * femme 
Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Fitz Roy 
~ “ee That the Committee had gone through the 

ill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration To-morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Cambridge 
reading of the Cambridge University Bill ; University 

Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. . 

Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


Petitions relating to Intoxicating Liquors ;—and, Public 
Public-houses (Scotland),—were presented, and Petitions. 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. Vide Sixty- 

first Report. 

Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a galt Pro- 
Return of all Contracts or Purchases of Salt Pro- visions(Navy.) 
visions made by the Lords Commissioners of the 
Admiralty, or by any Persons acting by their direc- 
tions, from the 1st day of September 1854 to the 
30th day of June 1855; such Return to specify, with 
regard to each Parcel of Salt Provisions so contracted 
for or purchased,—the Quantity; the Description of 
Package; the Price; the Names and Places of Re- 
sidence of the Contractors or Vendors; the Place or 
Country in which the Provisions were to be made 
up; and the Place of Delivery. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Post-offices 
Copies of Correspondence between the Postmaster (Dublin and 

: : - _ Edinburgh.) 
General and the Treasury, relating to an Inquiry 


into the Administration of the Dublin and Edinburgh 
Post-oflices. 


Mr. Bouverie presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- Trade and 
mand,—Annual Statement of the Trade and Navi- Navigation. 
'gation of the United Kingdom with Foreign Coun- 

‘tries and British Possessions, in the year 1854. 

| Tables showing the Trade of the United King- 

dom with different Foreign Countries and British 








Another Amendment proposed : To add the follow- Possessions, in each of the Ten years from 1841 to 


ing words, “ Provided also, that this section shall not 
“apply to any case where the charity ig regulated 
“ by Act of Parliament.” 

Question proposed, That those words be there 
added :—Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 

Question, That the Clause, as amended, stand part 
of the Ball ——put, and negatived. 

Crause, N° 23, agreed to. 

Crause, N° 24, disagreed to. 

Ciauses, N° 25 to N* 34, agreed to. 

Crause, N°35 (Restrictions of charges and leases 
of charity estates). 

Amendment proposed, at the end of the Clause : 
To acd the words “ save and except for the purposes 
“ of building.” 

Question, That those words be there added 
put, and negatived. 

Clause agreed to. 

Crauses, N° 36 and N° 37, agreed to. 

Crause, N° 38 (Board may authorize partitions 
of charity estates). 

To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 








Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; and Mr. Fitz Roy 








1850 [compiled from Official Returns]. 

Statistical Tables relating to Foreign Countries ; Statistical 
compiled, for the most part, from the Official Re- Tables. 
turns of the respective Countries :—Part II. (contain- 


‘ing the Statements for the respective Countries from 


the Supplemental Volume (Section A.) to Part 
XVIII. of Tables of Revenue, Population, Com- 
merce, &amp;c., of the United Kingdom). 

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


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Scutari, &amp;. 
io Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased Hospitals. 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Copies or Extracts of any Reports from the 
Hospitals at Smyrna, Renkioi, Abydos, Kululee or 
Scutari :—Returns from the Nava! Hospital at The- 
rapia; stating the Number of Sailors admitted, the 
Number discharged, and the Number who have 
died; distinguishing the Diseases and Wounds :— 

And, Copies or Extracts of any Communications on 
the Health of the Army in the Crimea to the Com- 
mander in Chief from the Inspector General there. 

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





Pe ETE EOL ERGY SLE IF 








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Po MeN eT WIRE Seep ey &gt; 


on 


West India 


Islands Relief +, Her Majesty, dated the 22d day of February 


Demerara. 


Statute Law 
Commission, 


East India 
Company’s 
Revenue 
Accounts. 





19 Vicroria. 
Mr. John Bali presented,— Return to an Address 


last, for Copy of all Correspondence, since the 1st 
day of January 1854, by or between the Governors 
or Lieutenant Governors of any of the West India 
Colonies, the Treasury, the Colonial Office, or the 
Commissioners for the West India \sland Relief 
Fund, relative to Estates in the West Indies indebted 
to Government for Advances made to them by reason 
of Losses sustained by them in the Hurricanes of 
1831-32. 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 
29th day of March last, for Copies or Extracts of 
Correspondence between the Secretary at War, the 
Secretary for the Colonies, and the Governor of 
British Guiana, concerning the Maintenance and 
Repair of the Sea Wall protecting the Barracks at 
George Town, Demerara. 

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


Mr. Cowper presented,—Return to an Address to 
Her Majesty, dated the 2d day of this instant | 
August, for Copy of any Replies received by the | 
Statute Law Commission from Messrs. Anstey and | 
Coode, late Commissioners, or either of them, to | 
Mr. Bellenden Ker’s Paper of the 13th day of June | 
last, entitled “ Observations on the Expurgatory List | 
of Statutes, ordered by the House of Commons to be | 
printed, 29th January 1855 (No. 36),” and published | 
as No. 6 of Appendix II. to the Report from Her | 
Majesty’s Commissioners for consolidating the Sta- 
tutes. 

Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 


Table. 


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 referred to the considera- 
tion of a Committee of the whole House. 

Resolved, That this House will immediately resolve 
itself into the said Committee :—The House accord- 
ingly resolved itself into the Committee. 





(In the Committee.) 


1. Motion made, and Question proposed, That the 
Total Net Revenues of the Bengal wer Hag for 
the year ended the 30th day of April 1853, amounted 
to £.8,158,809 sterling; and the Charges thereof 


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451 


an excess of Charges over Revenue in the above 
Presidency of £.112,963 sterling. 

6. Resolved, That the Total Net Revenues of the 
several Presidencies, for the year ended the 30th 
day of April 1853, amounted to £. 20,351,279 
sterling ; and the Charges thereof amounted to 
£. 15,217,563 sterling, leaving a surplus Revenue of 
£.5,133,716 sterling. 

7. Resolved, That the Interest on the Registered 
Debt of India, paid in the year ended the 30th day 
of April 1853, amounted to £. 2,011,971 sterling, 
and the Charges defrayed in England on account 
of the Zrdian Territory m the same period amounted 
to £, 2,697,488 sterling, leaving a surplus of Indian 
Income for the year ended as aforesaid, after defray- 
ing the above Interest and Charges, of £. 424,257 
sterling. 

8. Resolved, That, in the Opinion of this Com- 
mittee, with a view to bring the state of the Finances 
of India more clearly before Parliament, it is desir- 
able that the Board of Control for the Affairs of 
India should consider the practicability of laying 
before Parliament, in each year, a complete State- 
ment of the Receipts and Expenditure of the Indian 
Treasury up to the 30th day of April, during the 
preceding, with an Estimate of the anticipated Re- 
ceipts and Expenditure for the current year. 

9. Resolved, That this Committee is further of 
Opinion, that, in order to afford a fair opportunity 
for a consideration of the Statement on ine Fi- 
nance, now annually submitted to the House by the 
President of the Board of Control, it is desirable 
that, in future, that Annual Statement should be 
made at such a period of the Session as shall permit 
of its receiving the attention which its importance 
demands. 

Resolutions to be reported. 





And the House having continued to sit till after 
Twelve of the clock on Wednesday morning ; 
Mercurii, 8° die Augusti, 1855: 
Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; and Mr. Fitz Roy 
reported, That the Committee had come to several 
Resolutions. 


Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 





for the same period, other than Military Charges, 
amounted to £.2,037,561 sterling ; 

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. 

2. Resolved, That the Total Net Revenues of the 








their Clerks, as followeth : 
The Lords have agreed to the Excise Duties E 
Bill, without any Amendment: And also, 


The Lords have agreed to the Amendments made Fisheries (Bri- 
and tish Islands 


by this House to the Fisheries (British Islands 
france) Bill, without any Amendment: And also, 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That a Mes- Message from 
sage had been brought from the Lords, by one of the Lords. 


North Western Provinces, including the newly ac-| The Lords have agreed to the Metropolis Local Metropolis 
quired Territory, for the year ended the 30th day of | Management Bill, with Amendments; to which &lt;a 
April 1853, amounted to £.5,636,369 sterling ; and | Amendments the Lords desire the concurrence of , 
the Charges thereof for the same period, other than this House: And also, 


Military Charges, amounted to £. 1,362,030 sterling.| The Lords have agreed to the Westminster Ter- Westminster 
3. Resolved, That the Net Revenues of Bengal minus Railway (Clapham to Norwood) Bill, with Terminus 


and the North Western Provinces together, for the Amendments ; to which Amendments the Lords (Claphem to 


year ended the 30th day of April 1853, amounted | desire the concurrence of this House: And also, Norwood ) Bill. 


to £.13,795,178 sterling ; and the Charges there-| The Lords have agreed to the Mew River Com- New River 
upon, including the Military Charges, amounted to | pany and Trustees of the River Lee (No. 2) Bill, Company and 
£.9,007,457 sterling, leaving a surplus available for | yith Amendments: to which Pe eons the zeeenarer tie 
- Bs : 6 S i | ‘ - . 

a Se Sh eer | Lords desire the concurrence of this House. (No. 2) Bill. 
Madras Presidency (Fort Saint George), for the | . , , 
year ended the pow 4 day of April 1008, osmmuntal | Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Tithes, 
to £.3,727,536 sterling; andthe Net Charges there- | Return of Total Rent-charges agreed or awarded to 


of, for the same period, amounted to £.3,268,578 | 
sterling, leaving a surplus available for the general 
Charges of India of £.458,958 sterling. 

5. Resolved, That the Total Net Revenues of the 
Bombay Presidency, for the year ended the 30th 


e paid in lieu of Tithes, and confirmed by the 
Tithe Commissioners ; distinguishing between those 
assigned to Clerical Appropriators and their Lessees, 
Parochial Incumbents, Lay Impropriators, and 
Schools and Colleges. 


day of April 1853, amounted to £.2,828,565 ster- 

ling ; and the Net Charges thereof, for the same 

period, amounted to £.2,941,528 sterling, showing 
Vou. 110. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Charitable 


into a Committee on the Charitable Trusts Bill. Trusts Bill 
3M 2 Bill 296. 





(In 





452 

(In the Committee.) 
CrauseE, N° 38, disagreed to. 
CravusE, N° 39, agreed to. 
Crauses, N° 40 to N° 42, disagreed to. 
Crausss, N’ 43 and N° 44, agreed to. 
Crause, N° 45, amended, and agreed to. 
Crauses, N° 46 to N° 53, agreed to. 
Crause, N° 54, amended, and agreed to. 


Cravuses, N° 55 to N° 58, agreed to. 
Clauses added. 

Preamble agreed to. 

Bill, as amended, to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; and Mr. Fitz Roy 
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. 


Leases and The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
Sales of Settled mittee on the Leases and Sales of Settled Estates 
Estates Bill. Bill : 
Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


Despatch of The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 


Business mittee on the Despatch of Business (Court of Chan- 
(Court of Bill: 
Chancery) Bill. C&amp;TY ) Bill; 


Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


Accidentson § The Order of the day being read, for the second 
Railways Bill. reading of the Accidents on Railways Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time this 


day. 
Union of The Order of the day being read, for the third 
contiguous ~~ reading of the Union of contiguous Benefices Bill ; 
Benefices Bil. dered, That the Bill be read the third time this 
day. 
Metropolis The Order of the day being read, for — into 
Local Manage consideration the Amendments made by the Lords 
ment Bill. M lis Local M t Bill : 
Bill 297. to the Metropolis Local Management Bill ; 


Ordered, That the said Amendments be taken into 
consideration upon Thursday next. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended by the Lords, 
be printed. 


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





Mercurii, 8° die Augusti ; 
Anno 19° Victoria Regine, 185 5. 


PRAYERS. 


Committees. (QRDERED, That all Committees have leave 
to sit this day, during the sitting of the House. 


Westminster 
Land Com- 
pany Bill. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take 
into consideration the Amendments made by the 
Lords to the Westminster Land Company Bill; and 
the same were twice read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the Amendments made by their Lordships. 


Handcock's 


Estate Bill. Handcock’s Estate Bill was, according to Order, 


read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the same, without Amendment. 


Jones's 
Divorce Bill. 


Jones’s Divorce Bill was, according to Order, 
read the third time, 





7°—8° Augusti. 





A. 1855. 


Resolved, That the Bill, with the Amendments, do 


s. 

Ordered, That the Clerk 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. 


Lord Clermont’s Estate Bill was, according to Lord Cler. 
Order, read the third time. Bil a 
Resolved, That the Bill, with the Amendments, do 
ass. 
Ordered, That the Clerk 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 Marshall's Charity Bill be read the Marshall’s 
third time this day. Charity Bill. 


Marshall's Charity Bill was, according to Order, Marshall's 
read the third time. Charity Bill. 
Resolved, That the Bill, with the Amendments, do 
pass. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the same, with Amendments; to which 
Amendments this House doth desire the concurrence 
of their Lordships. 


Ordered, That the Amendments made by the Lords New River 
to the New River Company and Trustees of the Company and 
River Lee (No. 2) Bill be taken into consideration jo ly 
this day, the said Amendments having been printed (No. 2) Bill. 


and circulated with the Votes. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take New River 
into consideration the Amendments made by the Company and 
Lords to the New River Company and Trustees of _ ned $0 
the River Lee (No. 2) Bill; and the same were twice (No. 2) Bill. 
read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House hath 


agreed to the Amendments made by their Lordships. 


Petitions relating to Intoxicating Liquors ;—Pub- Public 
lic-houses (Scotland) Act ;—Sale of Beer Act (1854); Petitions. 
—and, War with Russia,—were presented, and read  yige sixty- 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. first Report. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Gold and Gold ana 
Silver Wares, which was presented upon the 7th day Silver Wares. 
of this instant August, be printed. No. 467. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the National National 
Gallery, which was presented upon the 7th day of Gallery. 
this instant August, be printed. No. 468. 


Ordered, That the Account relative to the Duchy Duchy of 
of Lancaster, which was presented upon the 7th day Lancaster. 
of this instant August, be printed. No. 469. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to West India West India 
Islands Relief, which was ‘yee soe upon the 7th Islands Relief. 
day of this instant August, be printed. No. 470. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Demerara, Demerara. 
which was presented upon the 7th day of thisinstant No. 471. 
August, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Statute statute Law 
Law Commission, which was presented upon the Commission. 
7th day of this instant August, be printed. No. 472. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Steam Ves- Steam Vessels. 
sels, which was presented upon the 23d day of April No. 473. 
last, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to Joint Stock Joint Stock 
Companies, which was presented upon the 20th day Companies. 
of February last, be printed. No. 474. 


Ordered, That an Abstract of the Accounts relative Grand Jury 
to Grand Jury Presentments (Zreland), which was a. 
presented upon the 22d day of May last, be printed. age 
aided No. 475. 





Kingstown 
Harbour. 


No. 476. 


Metropolis 
Turnpike- 
roads. 

No. 477. 
Tower-hill, 
&amp;c. Paving. 

No. 478. 


Burial Fees. 
No. 479. 


Income Tax. 


Burials Bill. 





19 Vicroriz. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Kingstown 
Harbour, which was presented upon the 23d day of 
July last, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Metro- 
polis Turnpike-roads, which was presented upon the 
2d day of July last, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Tower-hill, 
&amp;c. Paving, which was presented upon the 23d day 
of July last, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Burial Fees, 
which was presented upon the 24th day of July 
last, be printed. 


The following Paper was laid upon the Table by 
the Clerk of the House,-—Return to an Order, dated 
the 15th day of March last, for a Return showing 
the Number of Persons charged to the Income Tax 
for the years ended the 5th day of April 1853 and 
1854, under Schedule (D.); distinguishing the. Num- 
ber charged in each of the following Classes; viz., 
under £.100 a year; £.100 and under £. 150 a year ; 
£.150 a year and under £.200; £.200 and under 
£.300; £.300 and under £.400; £.400 and under 
£.500; £.500 and under £.600; £.600 and under 
£.700; £.700 and under £.800; £.800 and under 
£.900; £.900 and under £.1,000; £.1,000 and 
under £. 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 : 
—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. 341, of Session 1854) :—And, similar 
Return for Jreland. 


The Burials Bill was, according to Order, read 
the third time. 

A Clause was offered to be added to the Bill (At 
least fourteen days’ notice shall be given of-all vestry 
meetinys called to determine whether a_burial- 
ground shall be provided under this and the herein 
recited Acts, or whether such ground shall be partly 
or wholly consecrated, or whether a chapel shall be 
erected on the unconsecrated part of such ground ; 
and notice of meetings convened for such purposes 
shall be published in at least one newspaper circu- 
lating in the locality):—And the said Clause was 
brought up, and read the first time. 

A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That the said Clause be now read a second 
time:—And the said Motion and Clause were 
‘severally, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 

Another Clause was offered to be added to the Bill 
(Whereas the diversity of arrangements required by 
‘different Bishops as the condition of their consecra- 
‘ting burial-grounds have occasioned much perplexity 
‘to the people, and reproach to the Church of Eng- 
land, and also much inconvenience to the inhabitants 
-of certain towns engaged in providing public burial- 
grounds, under the Acts sixteen and seventeen 
Victoria, chapter one hundred and thirty-four, and 
‘seventeen and eighteen Victoria, chapter eighty- 
seven; Be it enacted, that nothing in those Acts 
contained shall render it necessary for the Burial 
Board of any town or parish to do more than prove, 
to the satisfaction of the Secretary of State, that 
they have provided a fit and proper burial-ground, 
with such lines of demarcation stave the parts 
intended for the interment of members of the Church 
of ve see and persons not belonging to that 
Church respectively as have been generally deemed 
requisite, and that, having done, so they have in- 
vited the Bishop of the diocese to consecrate the 


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453 


consecrating the same, requiring the construction 
of walls or other unreasonable and unseemly parti- 
tions between the several parts of the said burial- 
ground, contrary to the determination of the said 
Burial Board, it shall be lawful, notwithstanding, for 
one of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State, 
in his discretion, to declare the provisions of the 
said Act to have been sufficiently complied with in 
respect of providing a consecrated part of such 
burial-ground ; and no proceeding shall be instituted 
against any Minister of the Church of England on 
account of his having officiated at any interment in 
such ground after it has been so approved by the 
Secretary of State, and before its consecration by 
the Bishop of the diocese):—And the said Clause 
was brought up, and read the first time. 

And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
put, That the said Clause be now read a second time ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right; 

The Noes to the Left. 

Tellers for thef Viscount Ebrington, 

Yeas, Mr. Ferguson : 

Tellers for the; Mr. Hayter, 

Noes, |The Earl of Mulgrave: 

So it passed in the Negative. 

Another Clause was offered to be added to the 
Bill (Where any unconsecrated burial-grounds have 
been closed under the herein recited Acts, it shall 
be lawful to provide a new burial-ground under such 
and the present Acts to be either in part or wholly 
unconsecrated, notwithstanding that the parochial 
burial-ground may not have been closed) :—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. 

Then Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill, with the Amendments, do 

ass. 

Ordered, That the Clerk 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. 


to 
oC 
: 


to 


9. 


: 
5 
\ 
J 


upon the 6th day of this instant August, That the 
Clause (Appeal, 7 &amp; 8 Geo. 4, c. 29, s. 72), proposed 
to be added upon the third reading of the Criminal 
Justice Bill, be now read a second time ; 

And the Question being again proposed, That the 
said Clause be now read a second time :—The 
House resumed the said adjourned Debate. 

And the Question being put:—lIt passed in the 
Negative. 

Another Clause was offered to be added to the 
Bill (Power to award costs to defendant, 6 &amp; 7 Vic. 
c. 40, s. 21):—And the said Clause was brought 
up, and read the first time. 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being put, That the said Clause be now read a se- 
cond time :—It passed in the Negative. 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Bill, in ps. 2 and 3, ls. 43, and 1 and 2, by leaving 
out the words “ or larceny as a clerk or servant, or 
“ embezzlement, or obtaining property by false pre- 
“ tences, or attempting to obtain property by false 
“ pretences.” 

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 an Amendment was made to the Bill. 
Another Amendment was proposed to be made to 





said first-mentioned part of such burial-ground ; and 
in the event of such Bishop, as the condition of his 


the Bill, in p. 3, 1. 15, by leaving out the word 
“ six,’ and inserting the word “three,” instead 


thereof. 





Vou. 110. 





3M 3 Anil 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming Criminal 
the adjourned Debate on the Question proposed Justice Bill. 





Crime and 
Outrage (Ire- 
land) Act Con- 
tinuance Bill. 


Turnpike 
Trusts Ar- 
rangementBill. 


Lunatic Asy- 
lums and 
Regulations 


8° Augusti. 


And the Question being put, That the word 
“ six” stand part of the Bill:—It was resolved in 
the Affirmative. 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made to | 
the Bill, in p. 3,1. 43, by inserting, after the word | 
“ convicted,” the words “ or dismissed.” | 

And the Question being proposed, That those | 
words be there inserted :—The ms 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. 4, 1.14, by leaving out the words 
“ the Petty Sessions holden for a Petty Sessional 
Division,” and inserting the words “ held at such 
places only as shall be appointed by the Court of 
Quarter Sessions,” 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, by leaving out Clause 17. 

And the Question being put, That Clause 17 
stand part of the Bill; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right ; 

The Noes to the Left. 

Tellers for the{ The Earl of Mulgrave, 

Yeas, Mr. Brand: 
Tellers for the Mr. John George Phillimore,) , , 
Noes, \ Mr. Watson : } =" 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Then other Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill, with the Amendments, do 

ass. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the same, with Amendments ; to which 
Amendments this House doth desire the concur- 
rence of their Lordships. 


“ 
“ 


“ 


\ 42. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on the Crime and Outrage (Jre- 
land) Act Continuance Bill. 


(In the Committee.) 


Crause, N° 1 (Recited Act continued). 

Question again proposed, That the words “ Thirty- 
“ first day of August” stand part of the Clause ; 

Amendment proposed to the last Question: To 

leave out “ Thirty.” 

Question, That the word “ Thirty” stand part of 
the Clause put, and negatived. 

An Amendment made. 

Question, as amended, agreed to. 

Clause, as amended, agreed to. 

Preamble agreed to. 

Bill, as amended, to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Viscount 
Duncan reported, That the Committee had gone 
through the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be now taken into consideration :—The House 
accordingly proceeded to take the Bill into con- 
sideration. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
To-morrow, at Twelve o’clock. 











The House, according to Order, proceeded to take 
into consideration the Amendments made by the | 
Lords to the Turnpike Trusts Arrangement Bill; and 
the same were twice read, and agreed to. | 

Ordered, That the Clerk 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 


} 


A, 1856. 


Lords to the Lunatic Asylums and Regulations Acts 
Amendment Bill. : 

The said Amendments, being. read a second time 
(and it appearing that the Amendment (Clause B.) 
was merely explanatory of the existing Law, and to 
remove doubts which had arisen), were agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Clerk 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 
into consideration the Amendments made by the 
Lords to the Chinese Passenger Ships Bill; and 
the same were twice read, and, with an Amendment 
to one of them, agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Clerk 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 Sale of Spirits 


Acts Amend: - 


ment Bill. 


setae 
assenger 
Ships Bill. 


into consideration the Amendments made by the (reland) Bill. 


Lords to the Sale of Spirits (Jredand) Bill; and the 
same were twice read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Clerk 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 
into consideration the School Grants, Security for 
Application Bill, as amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time To- 


morrow, at Twelve o’clock. 


School Grants, . 


Security for 
Application 
Bill. 


Viscount Duncan reported from the Committee East India 


on the Eust India Company’s Revenue Accounts, 
several Resolutions ; which were read, as follow : 

1. That the Total Net Revenues of the Bengal 
Presidency, for the year ended the 30th day of 
April 1853, amounted to £.8,158,809 sterling; and 
the Charges thereof for the same period, other than 
Military Charges, amounted to £.2,037,561 sterling. 

2. That the Total Net Revenues of the North 
Western Provinces, including the newly acquired 
Territory, for the year ended the 30th day of April 
1853, amounted to £.5,636,369 sterling; and the 
Charges thereof for the same period, other than 
Military Charges, amounted to £. 1,362,030 sterling, 

3. That the Net Revenues of Bengal and the North 
Western Provinces together, for the year ended the 
30th day of April 1853, amounted to £.13,795,178 
sterling ; and the Charges thereupon, including the 
Military Charges, amounted to £.9,007,457 sterling, 
leaving a surplus available for the general Charges 
of India of £.4,737,721 sterling. 

4. That the Total Net Revenues of the Madras 
Presidency. (Fort Saint George), for the year ended 
the 30th day of April 1853, amounted to £.3,727,536 
sterling; and the Net Charges thereof, for the same 
period, amounted to £.3,268,578 sterling, leaving a 
surplus available for the general Charges of India of 
£.458,958 sterling. 

5. That the Total Net Revenues of the Bombay 
Presidency, for the year ended the 30th day of April 
1853, amounted to £.2,828,565 sterling; and the 
Net Charges thereof, for the same period, amounted 
to £.2,941,528 sterling, showing an excess of 
Charges over Revenue in the above Presidency: of 
£.112,963 sterling. 

6. That the Total Net Revenues of the several 
Presidencies, for the year ended the 30th day of 
April 1853, amounted to £. 20,351,279 sterling ; and 
the Charges thereof amounted to £.15,217,563 ster- 
ling, leaving a surplus Revenue of £.5,133,716 
sterling. 

7. That the Interest on the Registered Debt of 

India,. 


Company’s 
Revenue 


Accounts. 





Charitable 
Trusts Bill. 


Leases and 
Sales of Settled 
Estates Bill. 


Despatch of 
usiness 

(Court of 

Chancery) Bill. 








19 VicrorizZ. 


India, paid in the year ended the 30th day of April 
1853, amounted to £.2,011,971 sterling; and the 
Charges defrayed in England on account of the 
Indian Territory, in the same period, amounted to 
£.2,697,488 sterling, leaving a surplus of Indian 
Income for the year ended as aforesaid, after defray- 
ing the above Interest and Charges, of £.424,257 
ey 

8. That, in the opinion of this Committee, with a 
view to bring the state of the Finances of India more 
clearly before Parliament, it is desirable that the 
Board of Control for the Affairs of Jndia should 
consider the practicability of laying before Parlia- 
ment, in each year, a complete Statement of the Re- 
ceipts and Expenditure of the Jndian Treasury, up to 
the 30th day of April during the preceding, with an 
Estimate of the anticipated Receipts and Expenditure 
for the current year. 

9. That this Committee is further of opinion, 
That, in order to afford a fair opportunity for a con- 
sideration of the Statement on /ndian Finance, now 
annually submitted to the House by the President 
of the Board of Control, it is desirable that, in future, 
that Annual Statement should be made at such a 
period of the Session as shall permit of its receiving 
the attention which its importance demands. 

The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take 
into consideration the Charitable Trusts Bill, as 
amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time To- 


morrow, at Twelve o’clock. 


The House, —— to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on the Leases and Sales of Settled 
Estates Bill. 


(In the Committee.) 


Preamble postponed. 

Cuiavse, N° 1, amended, and agreed to. 

Cuiause, N° 2 (Court of Chancery may authorize 
Leases of Settled Estates, subject to certain condi- 
tions). 

Amendment proposed, inp. 2, |. 17: To leave out 
from the word “ years” to the word “ secondly.” 

Question, That the words proposed to be left out, 
stand part of the Clause——put, and agreed to. 

Clause agreed to. 

Cuavuses, N° 3 to N° 19, agreed to. 


Crause, N° 20 (Court not to grant application in 
certain cases). 

An Amendment made. 

Question proposed, That the Clause, as amended, 
stand part of the Bill; 

To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Viscount 
Duncan reported, That the Committee had made 
Progress in the Bill; and that he was directed to 
move, That the Committee may have leave to sit 
again. 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, at 
Twelve o’clock, again resolve itself into the said 
‘Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Despatch of Business (Court of Chan- 
cery) 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, wpon this day three months, re- 
“ solve itself into the said Committee,’ instead 
thereof. 
Vou. 110, 


8° A ugusti. 





455 


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. 
f Viscount Duncan, 


’LMr. Cowper : _ 
; Mr. Hadfield, 
Tellers for the N oesy| Sin Gempe Pechell : None. 
So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 
Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 
Chair :—The House accordingly resolved itself into 
the Committee. 


Tellers for the Yeas 


(In the Committee.) 


Preamble postponed. 
To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Viscount 
Duncan reported, That the Committee had made 
Progress in the Bill; and that he was directed to 
move, That the Committee may have leave to sit 
again. 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, at 
Twelve o’clock, again resolve itself into the said 
Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Accidents on 
Railways Bill. 


reading of the Accidents on Railways Bill; 
Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 
Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third Union of 


reading of the Union of contiguous Benefices Bill; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time To- 
morrow, at Twelve o’clock. 


contiguous 
Benefices Bill. 


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, 
&amp;c., under the Poor Law Amendment Act in Eng- 
land and Wales, during the half-years ended Lady- 
day 1854 and Lady-day 1855 respectively :—Show- 
ing also the Number of Paupers of all Classes in 
receipt of Relief on the 1st day of July 1854 and 
the 1st day of July 1855, in Unions, &amp;c. in England 
and Wales :—Of the Number of Adult Able-bodied 
Paupers in receipt of Relief on the 1st day of July 
1854 and the 1st day of July 1855 :—And, showing 
the causes of Relief upon which the Adult Able- 
bodied were relieved. 

Viscount Duncan accordingly presented the said 
Returns. 

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


Ordered, That the Select Committee on Adul- Adulteration 


teration of Food, &amp;c., have Power to report their of Food, &amp;e. 


Observations thereupon to the House. 

Mr. Scholefield reported from the said Select Com- 
mittee ; That they had made further Progress in the 
matters to them referred ; and had agreed to a Second 
Report, which they had directed him to make to the 
House, together with the Minutes of the Evidence 
taken before them. 

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


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 


(Second Re- 
port.) 


No. 4890. 


















Committees. 


Criminal 
Tables. 


Convict 
Prisons. 


County 
Accounts 
(Ircland.) 


9° Augusti. 


Jovis, 9° die Augusti ; 
Anno 19° Victorie Regine, 18 55. 


PRAYERS. 


OFRP ERED, That all Committees have leave 
to sit this day, during the sitting of the House. 


Mr. Cowper presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand,—Tables showing the Number of Criminal 
Offenders committed for Trial or bailed for Appear- 
ance at the Assizes and Sessions in each County, in 
the year 1854, and the Result of the Proceedings ; 
made out by Order of Her Majesty’s Principal Se- 
cretary of State for the Home Department from the 
Criminal Registers kept in that Oftice. 

Copy of Report on the Discipline and Manage- 
ment of the Convict Prisons, and Disposal of Con- 
victs, 1854, by Lieutenant Colonel Jedd, c. B., Sur- 
veyor General of Prisons, Chairman of the Di- 
rectors, &amp;c. 

Mr. Cowper also presented,—Return to an Order, 
dated the 16th day of May last, for a Return from 
the Treasurer of each County, County of a City, 
and County of a Town in Jreland, showing the Re- 


A. 1855. 


for the electing of a Burgess to serve in this present 
Parliament for the Borough of Kidderminster, in the 
room of Robert Lowe, Esquire, who, since his Elec- 
tion for the said Borough, hath accepted the Office 
of Vice-President of the Committee of Privy Council 
for Trade and Plantations. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant Kilmarnock 
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 Kilmarnock District of Burghs, 
in the room of the Right honourable Edward Pleydell 
Bouverie, who, since his Election for the said Dis- 
trict of Burghs, hath accepted the Office of Presi- 
dent of the ose Law Board. 


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


to the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ 
for the electing of a Burgess to serve in this present 
Parliament for the Borough of Hertford, in the 
room of the Honourable William Francis Cowper, 
who, since his Election for the said Borough, hath 
accepted the Office of President of the General 
Board of Health. 


ceipts and Payments on behalf of each —_ in 
the year 1854; showing the Receipts—ist. The 
Balance, if any, on hand in County Bank or Exche- 
quer Bills on the 1st day of January 1854; 2d. 


Petitions relating to Church of England ;—Church Public 
Rates ;— Maynooth College Act ;—-Income Tax ;— Petitions. 


ee 


Licenses (Public-houses, &amp;c.);—Stamp Duties ;— yja¢ Sixty: 


Corporate 
Accounts 
([reland.) 


Kidderminster 


Writ 


mount received from County Cess; 3d. Amount 
received from all other Sources; and, 4th. Balance, 
if any, due County Bank or Treasurer on the 31st 
day of December 1854;—and Payments — Ist. 
Balance, if any, due County Bank or Treasurer on 
the Ist day of January 1854; 2d. Amount of all 
Sums paid; and, 3d. Balance, if any, in County 
Bank or Exchequer Bills on the 31st day of De- 
cember 1854; together with a Statement of—1ist. 
The Assets above Liabilities; and, 2d. The County 
Cess due and uncollected on the 31st day of Decem- 
ber 1854 ; but not including therein any Sum ordered 
to be levied at the Summer Assizes preceding, or the 
second half of the Sum, ordered to be levied off the 
County of Dublin in the Spring preceding. 

Return to an Order, dated the 16th day of May 
last, for a Return from each Corporation, Town 
Council, Town or Water Commissioners, or other 
Public Body, having a right to levy Rates off the 
Inhabitants of Towns in Ireland, being a Statement 
of the Receipts and Payments of each in 1854; 
showing the Receipts—1st. Balance, if any, in Trea- 
surer’s hands on the Ist day of January 1854; 2d. 
Amount received from Rents ; 3d. Amount received 
from Tolls, Assessments or Rates; 4th. Amount of 
Money borrowed ; Sth. Receipts from all other 
Sources; and, 6th. Balance, if any, due to the Trea- 
surer on the 31st day of December 1854 ;—and Pay- 
ments—Ist. Balance, if any, due to the Treasurer on 
the Ist day of January 1854; 2d. Lighting, Watching 
and Cleansing Expenses; 3d. Repairs; 4th. Im- 
provements ; 5th. Salaries; 6th. Law Charges; 7th. 
Interest on Debts ; 8th. Annuities; 9th. Debts paid 
off; 10th. Incidental Expenses ; and, 11th. Balance, 
if any, in Treasurer’s hands on the 31st day of De- 
cember 1854; also the Amount of Debt due by each 
such Body on the Ist day of January 1854 and the 
31st day of December 1854, in Classes, distinguish- 
ing—Ist. The Bonded Debt; 2d. The Amount due 
to Contractors; 3d. To Bank; 4th. To other Par- 
ties; 5th. To Treasurer; with the Rate of Interest 
on each Class of Debt, and the Increase or Decrease 
of the Debt during the year :—And, similar Return 
from each Port, Harbour or Dock Commissioners, 
or other similar Body having Power to levy Tonnage 
or Goods Rates in any Port in Zreland. 


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


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant 
to the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ 





Intoxicating Liquors ;—Malt Liquors ;—Poor Law first Report. 
g ug Ms po 


(Ireland) ;—and, Queen’s Bench Prison,—-were pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


The Charitable Trusts Bill was, according to Or- Charitable 
der, read the third time; and Amendments were Tr™sts Bill. 


made to the Bill. 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made to 
the Bill, by leaving out Clause 46. 

And the Question being proposed, That Clause 
46 stand part of the Bill:—The said proposed 
Amendment was, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 
Then other Amendments were made to the Bill. 
Resolved, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 

ass. 

rdered, That the Clerk 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. 


do 


The Union of contiguous Benefices Bill was, ac- Union of 


cording to Order, read the third time. 

A Clause was offered to be added to the Bill 
(That the inhabitants shall have authority to stipu- 
late, as a condition for giving such consent as afore- 
said, such terms respecting any liability to rates, 
taxes or other imposts, now payable to or for any 
existing church, which, under the powers of this 
Act, shall be taken down, or the repairs of any new 
church, or the conduct of Divine Service therein, 
and the abolition of all or any such rates, taxes or 
imposts, or any part thereof, as they shall deem to 
be just and reasonable ; and such terms as aforesaid 
shall be set forth in such scheme, and shall be binding 
and conclusive so soon as any Union of Benefices 
shall be ordered as hereinafter mentioned) :—And 
the said Clause was brought up, and read the first 
time. 

A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That the said Clause be now read a second 
time: — And the said Motion and Clause were 
severally, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 

Then an Amendment was made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 


do pass. 

Ordered, That the Clerk 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 











Crime and 


Outrage (Ire- 
Jand) Act Con- 
tinuance Bill, 


School Grants, 
Security for 
Application 
Bill. 


Leases and 
Sales of Settled 
Estates Bill. 


Despatch of 
Business 
(Court of 
Chancery) Bill. 


Public 
Prosecutors. 


No. 481. 


Agricultural 
Statistics. 


Income Tax. 
No. 482. 


Poor Retief. 
No. 483. 


19 Vicroriz. 


The Crime and Outrage (Ireland) Act Continu- 
ance Bill was, according to Order, read the third 
time. 

Resolved, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
do pass. 

Ovdevell, That the Clerk 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 School Grants, Security for Application Bill 
was, according to Order, read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill, with the Amendment, do 

ass. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the same, with an Amendment; to which 
Amendment this House doth desire the concurrence 
of their Lordships. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on the Leases and Sales of Settled 
Estates Bill; 

(In the Committee.) 


Curavusez, N* 20 (Court not to grant application in 
certain cases). 

Question again proposed, That the Clause, as 
amended, stand part of the Bill; 


To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Danby 
Seymour 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 this day three 
months, again resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on the Despatch of Business (Court 
of Chancery) Bill; and, after some time spent there- 
in, Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; and Mr. Danby 
Seymour 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. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee to whom the 
subject of the Public Prosecutors Bill was referred, 
have Power to report their Observations thereupon 
to the House, together with the Minutes of the Bvi- 
dence taken before them. 

Mr. John George Phillimore 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 Minutes of the Evidence taken before them. 

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


Ordered, That a Message. be sent to the Lords, to 
request that their Lordships will be pleased to com- 
municate to this House, a Copy of the Report from 
the Select Committee appointed by their Lordships 
to inquire into the best mode of obtaining accurate 
Agricultural Statistics from all parts of the United 
Kingdom ; together with the Minutes of Evidence 
and Appendix: And that the Clerk do carry the 
said Message. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Income 
Tax, which was presented upon the 8th day of this 
instant August, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Returns relative to Poor Relief, 
which were presented upon the 8th day of this 
instant August, be printed. 

Von. 110, 


9° Augusti. 


457 


the Number of Captains promoted to be Active 
Rear-Admirals, from the 1st day of January 1850 
| to the latest Period :—Like Return of Senior Cap- 
tains placed on the Reserved and Retired Rear- 
Admirals’ and Captains’ Lists respectively, from 
not having served their time afloat as Captains :— 
Returns of the Number of Active Commanders of 
Twenty-five years’ standing and upwards in that 
Rank, stating the Date of the Commission of the 
Senior one :—Of the Number of Reserved Com- 
manders who had previously held the Rank of Lieu- 
tenant Twenty-five years and upwards, stating the 
maximum Number of years :—Like Return of Retired 
Commanders who had previously held the Rank of 
Lieutenant Twenty-five years and upwards, stating 
the maximum N umber of years:—Return of the Num- 
ber of Active Lieutenants of Twenty years’ standing 
and upwards in that Rank, stating the Date of the 
| Commission of the Senior Active Lieutenant :—Like 
| Return of the Reserved Lieutenants :—Returns of 
the Number of Masters promoted to Rank of Com- 
manders under the Order in Council of June 25, 
1851 :—Of the Number of Surgeons fit for Service : 
—Similar Return of Assistant Surgeons :— Returns 
of Surgeons and Assistant Surgeons respectively, 
retired and unfit for Service at Sea :—Of the Num- 
ber of Mates, Midshipmen, Volunteers and Cadets, 
respectively, now in the Navy, and of the Number 
of Cadets admitted in each of the last Ten years, 
and from the 1st day of January to the Ist day of 
July 1855 :—And, on the Active Lists of Admirals, 
Captains, Commanders and Lieutenants respectively, 
to state the Number in each Rank on Full Pay, 
and the Number in each Rank on Half Pay, on the 
Ist day of July 1855. 

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





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 of 
every Denomination who were in the Service or 
Pay of Her Majesty’s Commissioners for Colonial 
Land and Emigration on the 1st day of July 1855, 
with the Amount of the Salaries, the Date of their 
Appointment, 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 
Conveyance and Victualling each Statute Adult, 
and the Number of Statute Adults taken by each 
Ship for the last Three years :—And, of all Monies 
received by the Commissioners under Acts or Votes 
of Parliament, or for the Sale of Colonial Lands, or 
from any other Source, for the purpose of Emigra- 
tion, and how the same have from time to time been 
disbursed, for the last Three years (in continuation 
of Return ordered to be printed on the 24th day 
of November 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. 


to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return of the Number and Names of Per- 
sons at present holding any Judicial or other Legal 
Office in the East Indies or British Colonies ; spe- 
cifying the Date of each Appointment, and Amount 
of Salary and Emoluments in British Money at- 
tached thereto respectively. 

Ordered, That 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.N Resolved, 


Sir Charles Wood presented,—Return to an Order, Officers 
dated the 24th day of July last, for a Return of (Navy-) 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Emigration. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Judicial or 








Convocation. 


Metropolis 


Local Manage- 


ment Bill. 


Despatch of 
Business 
(Court of 


Chancery) Bill. 


Government 
of the Navy. 


Message from 
the Lords. 


Downing- 
street Public 
Offices Ex- 
tension Bill. 


Turnpike Acts 


Continuance 
(No. 2) Bill. 


Turkish 
Loan Bill. 


Halford’s 
Estate Bill. 


Customs 
Tariffs Acts 
Amendment 
and Consoli- 
dation Bill. 


Agricultural 
Statistics. 


Government 
of the Navy. 


458 


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 Address from the Convoca- 
tion of the Province of Canterbury, praying for Her 
Majesty’s License to Convocation to consider and 

to any Canon or Constitution, and of the 
Answer to such Address. 

Ordered, That 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 Metropolis Local Management Biull. 

The said Amendments being read a second time 
(and it appearing that the words inserted by the 
Lords in Clause 207 had been added to the Bill on 


the third reading, but omitted in the print sent to | 


the Lords), were agreed to; others were agreed to; 


others were disagreed to; and others were amended, | 


and agreed to. 

Ordered, That a Committee be appointed to draw 
up Reasons to be assigned to the Lords for dis- 
agreeing to the Amendments to which this House 
hath disagreed :—And a Committee was —— 
of Sir Benjamin Hall, Sir George Grey, Viscount 
Palmerston, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Lord 
Robert Grosvenor, Viscount Ebrington, Sir John 
Shelley, Mr. Roebuck, Sir James Graham, Colonel 
Taylor, Lord Hotham, Mr. Henley and Mr. Brother- 
ton :—And they are to withdraw immediately. 

Ordered, That Three be the Quorum. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Despatch of Business (Court of Chan- 
cery) Bill; 

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


A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- 
posed, That a Select Committee be appointed to 
inquire into the Government of the Navy, relating to 
the Lists of Officers, Patronage, Promotion, and the 
efficiency of the Service in all the grades belonging 
to it:—And a Debate arising thereapon—— 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That a Mes- 
. ? , Y “de . 
sage had been brought from the Lords, by one of 
their Clerks, as followeth : 

The Lords have agreed to the Downing-street 
Public Offices Extension Bill, without any Amend- 
ment: And also, 


The Lords have agreed to the Turnpike Acts 
Continuance (No. 2) Bill, without any Amendment : 
And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Turkish Loan 
Bill, without any Amendment: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Amendments made 
by this House to Halford’s Estate Bill, without 
any Amendment: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Customs Tariffs 
Acts Amendment and Consolidation Bill, with an 
Amendment ; to which Amendment the Lords desire 
the concurrence of this House: And also. 

‘The Lords communicate to this House, a Copy of 
the Report from the Select Committee of the House 
of Lords appointed to inquire into the best mode of 
obtaining accurate Agricultural Statistics from all 
a of the United Kingdom; together with the 

inutes of Evidence and Appendix, as desired by 
this House. 





And the Question being again proposed, That a 
Select Committee be appointed to inquire into the 
Government of the Navy, relating to the Lists of 
Officers, Patronage, Promotion, and the efficiency of 


Y°—1U° Augusti. 


A. 1855. 


the Service in all the grades belonging to it :—The 
House resumed the Debate. 


And Notice being taken, That Forty Members 
were not present:—The House was told by Mr. 
Speaker; and Forty Members not being present, 
and it being then after Four of the clock :—The 
House was adjourned by Mr. Speaker, without a 
Question first put, till To-morrow. 


———— —— ———— 


Veneris, 10° die Augusti ; 
Anno 19° Victoria Regine, 1855. 


PRAYERS. 


HE House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the 
Westminster Terminus Railway (Clapham to Nor- 





| wood) Bill. 
The said Amendments, being read a second time 
| (and it appearing that the Amendment to Clause 15, 
striking out the name of a Director, was because he 
is abroad), were agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the Amendments made by their Lordships. 


Sir Benjamin Hall reported from the Committee 
appointed to draw up Reasons to be assigned to the 
Lords, for disagreeing to certain Amendments made 





| 


by their Lordships to the Metropolis Local Manage- 
| ment Bill; That they had drawn up Reasons ac- 
cordingly, which they had directed him to report to 
| the House; and the same were read, as follow: 

The Commons disagree to the Amendment in 
p. 6, 1. 15, for the following Reason : 

Because the Commons are of opinion that the 
number of Auditors fixed by the Clause at 
Eight, would be too large, and consider that 
Five would be a more convenient number. 

The Commons disagree to the Amendment in 
| p. 14, |. 23, for the following Reason : 

Because the Commons are of opinion that to 
increase the number of members of the 
Metropolitan Board of Works would be 
inconvenient. 

The Commons disagree to the Amendments in 
sections 49, 50 and 51, and to Clause C., for the 
following Reason : 

Because the Commons are of opinion that it 
would be inconvenient to leave the selection 
of the Chairman of the Metropolitan Board 
of Works to the Secretary of State. 

The Commons disagree to Clause I. for the fol- 
lowing Reason : 

Because the Commons are of opinion that it 
would be inexpedient to interfere with the 
powers of appointment of Inspectors of 
Weights and peat 

| The Commons disagree to the Amendment in 
p- 62, 1. 28, for the following Reason : 

Because the Commons are of opinion that it 
would be inconvenient to limit the time within 
which money should be required to be paid 
by any precept of the Metropolitan Board of 
Works. 

And the Commons hope your Lordships will be 
satisfied with the 2d, 4th and 5th Reasons, and will 
not insist upon the Amendments to which the Com- 
mons have disagreed. 

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 the Clerk do carry the 
same. 


Resolved, That Amendments made by the Lords 
to Public Bills be considered forthwith. 





The 


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Westminster 
Terminus 
Railway 
(Clapham to 
Norwood) Bill, 








——_ 
ocal Manage~ 
ment Bill. 











































Lords Amend- 
ments to 
Public Bills. 




















19 Vicroriz. 


Court of The House proceeded to take into consideration 
onset the Amendment made by the Lords to the Court of 
Wales Island) Judicature (Prince of Wales Island) Bill; and the 
Bill, same was twice read, and agreed to. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the Amendment made by their Lord- 
ships. 


Railway, Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
Companies: to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Returns of the Number of Proprietors in 
each Railway Company in the United Kingdom, 
incorporated by Act of Parliament on the 31st day 
of December 1854:—Of the Number of General 
and Special General Meetings of Proprietors of each 
Company held in the Three preceding years :— 
And, of the Number of Stamped Proxy Papers 
deposited with the Secretary by the Proprietors for 
use at each of such Meetings. 
Ordered, ‘That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty, by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty's Most honourable Privy Council. 


Poor Rate Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 

Returns. Summary of the Poor Rate Returns made to the 
Poor Law Board, for the year ended the 25th day 
of March 1855. 


Customs The House proceeded to take into consideration 
— i. the Amendment made by the Lords to the Customs 
idm Tariff Acts Amendment and Consolidation Bill. 
dation Bill, The said Amendment, being read a second time 
(and it appearing that the same was only to rectify 
a clerical error in one of the items of the Schedule 
of the Bill), was agreed to. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the Amendment made by their Lord- 
ships. , 


Fast India Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 

(Nagpore. ) Copies or Extracts of the Correspondence which has 
taken place between the Government. of India and 
the Commissioner at Nagpore, subsequent to the 
23d day of February 1854. 


Redundant Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
eam ) Return of the Number of Persons on the Redundant 
List of the Public Departments at the commence- 
ment of the year 1854; the Number that have died 
or become incapable of Service during the year 
1854; the Number that have re-entered the Public 
Service during the year; the Number that have 
been added during the year; and the Number that 
remained on the List at the close of the year 1854. 


Sugar, &amp;c. Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
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 1855, both 
years inclusive; distinguishing the Produce of the 
West Indies, Mauritius and East Indies ; showing 
a Total of the Produce 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 Melesses 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 imeach of the above years; dis- 
tinguishing the Amounts paid on Foreign and Co- 
lonial. 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 
Vou. 110. 





10" Augusti. 459 


Muscovado Sugar, exclusive of Duty, from the Lon- 
don Gazette; and the Average Prices per cwt. of 
Havannah Sugar (alien Tees exclusive of 
Duty, from the London Mercantile Prices Current, 
for each of the above years (in recapitulation and 
continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 429, of 
Session 1854). 


Petitions relating to Licenses (Public-houses, &amp;c.) ; Publie 
—Billeting of Soldiers ;—and, Intoxicating Liquors, Petitions. 
—were presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon yiae gixty- 
the Table. first Report. 


Sir George Grey presented, by Her Majesty’s Coal Mines. 
Command,—Copy of Reports of Messrs. Dunn, 
Dichinson, Morton, Williams, Wynne and Mack- 
worth, Inspectors of Coal Mines to Her Majesty’s 
Secretary of State. 

Copy of Report of the Commissioner appointed Mining 
under the Provisions of the Act 5 &amp; 6 Vic. c. 99, to Districts. 
inquire into the operation of that Act, and into the 
state of the Population in the Mining Districts, 1855. 

Sir George Grey also presented,— Return to. an National 
Address to Her Majesty, dated the 21st day of “allery, &amp;c. 
June last, for Returns of the Number of Visitors 
admitted to the National Gallery for each year, from 
1846 to 1854 inclusive :—Of the Number of Stu- 
dents for each of the above years :—Of the Number 
of Catalogues printed, Number sold, Cost of Paper 
and Printing, and Sum realised by their Sale in each 

ear :—Of the Number of Visitors admitted to the 
Royal Academy in each year, from 1846 to 1864 
inclusive, and of the Sum realised by such Admis- 
sions :—Of the Number of Catalogues printed, 
Number sold, Cost of Paper and Printing, and 
Sum realised by their Sale in each year:—And, 

Copy of the Rules and Days of Admission to the 
National Gallery and the Royal Academy. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 

Table. 


The following Papers were laid upon the Table by Private Bills. 
the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, dated No. 484, 
the 20th day of July last, for a Return showing the 
Total Amounts proposed to be raised by way—(1) 
of Capital, (2) of Loan, under the Provisions of the 
Private Bills introduced into the House of Commons 
in the years 1852, 1853, 1854 and 1855, respectively: 

—And, of the Amounts proposed to be so raised by 
such of the said Bills as have become Acts in each 
of the said years respectively. 

Return to an Order, dated the 3d day of this in- Private Bills. 
stant August, for Returns of the Number of Private No. 485. 
Bills introduced and brought from the House of 
Lords, and of Acts passed in the present Session, 
classed according to the following Subjects :—Rail- 
ways; Roads and Bridges; Waterworks; Ports; 

Piers; Harbours and Docks; Canals and Naviga- 
tions; Churches, Chapels, and Burying-grounds.; 
Paving, Lighting, and Improving ; Gaols, and other 
County Buildings ; Inclosures ; Small Debts Courts ; 
and all other Bills and Acts:—Of all the Private 
Bills which, in the present 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, or to the General Committee 
on.Railway and Canal Bills, 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 

3N2 the 


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Public 
Petitions. 


No, 486. 


Public Bills. 
No. 487. 


Sittings of the 
House. 


No. 488, 


Select 
Committees. 
No. 489. 


Business of 
the House. 


No. 490. 


460 


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 3d day of this in- 
stant August, for Returns of the Number of Public 
Petitions presented 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 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 1838, 1843, 
1848 and 1855, with the Total Number of Signa- 
tures 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 Pe- 
titions, in each of the Five years ending in 1832, 
and showing the Total and Average Expense :—And, 
of the Sums paid for Printing, Folding, &amp;c. Reports 
and Appendixes, and Indexes to Reports and Ap- 
pendixes on Public Petitions, in each year, from 1833 
to 1855 inclusive, showing the Total and Average 
Expense of each Period of Five years (in continuation 
of Parliamentary Paper, No. 456, of Session 1854). 

Return to an Order, dated the 3d day of this in- 
stant August, for an Alphabetical List of the Public 
Bills which have been introduced into the House of 
Commons during 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. 457, of Session 1854). 

Return to an Order, dated the 3d 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. 455, of Session 1854). 

Return to an Order, dated the 3d day of this in- 
stant August, for a Return of the Number of Select 
Committees appointed in the Session of 1854-55 ; 
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, 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 whi served on no Select Committee at 
all (in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 
459, of Session 1854). 

Return to an Order, dated the 3d day of this in- 
stant August, for a Return of the Number of each of 
the following Motions which have been made in the 
House before the Orders of the Day and Notices 
nave been disposed of, or in any Committee of the 
whole House, in the Sessions 1850, 1851, 1852, 
1852-53, 1854 and 1854-55 ;—viz. 1. That this 
House do now adjourn; 2. That this House, at its 
rising, will adjourn till Monday next, or any future 
Day ; 3. That a Debate be now adjourned ; 4. That 
the Chairman of a Committee of the whole House 
do report Progress ; 5. That the Chairman do now 
leave the Chair; and distinguishing, in each Class, 
the Number of such Motions which were withdrawn, 
negatived or agreed to by the House or the Com- 


10° August. 








A, 1855. 


mittee, and the Number upon which there were 
Divisions (in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, 
No. 454, of Session 1854). 

Return to an Order, dated the 3d day of this in- 
stant August, fora 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 wn songie J who have deposited the same 
(in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 452, 
of Session 1854). 

Return to an Order, dated the 3d day of this in- 
stant August, for a Return of the Number of Divi- 
sions of the House of Commons in the present Ses- 
sion; stating the Subject of the Division, and the 
Number of Seton in the Majority and Minority, 
Tellers included ; also, the Aggregate Number in the 
House on each Division; distinguishing the Divi- 
sions on Public Business from Private, and also the 
Number of Divisions before and after Midnight (in 
continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 458, of 
Session 1854). 

Return to an Order, dated the 21st day of June 
last, for a Return of the Amounts paid to Persons 
who receive Poundage by way of Remuneration for 
their Services under the Income Tax in England, 
where such Poundage amounts to £. 200 in the year 
and upwards; showing the Amount of Poundage 
paid to each Person for the year ended the 5th day 
of April 1854, and the Rate and Amount which 
shall have been paid to them for the year ended the 
5th day of April 1855, as soon as such latter Amount 
shall be ascertained. 


Return to an Order, dated the 10th day of July National Debt. 


last, for a Return of the Amount of the National 
Debt existing on the 5th day of January in each 
year, since the year 1820; specifying the Descrip- 
tion of Stock, the Interest payable on each Descrip- 
tion, the Reduction or Increase of Interest payable 
Iach year, with the Cause of such Reduction or 
encrease, and showing the Amount of Stock created 
or redeemed in each year. 

Return to an Order, dated the 17th day of July 
last, for a Return of the Number of Gallons of Fo- 
reign and Colonial Spirits cleared for Home Con- 
sumption in Scotland in each Month of the last Five 

ears ending on the Ist day of July 1855, and of the 
Hauber of Gallons of British Spirits so cleared in 
each Period of Six Weeks during the same time. 

Return to an Order, dated the 24th day of July 
last, for a Return of the Number of Detections 
made of the Adulteration of Tea, Coffee, Cocoa, 
Chocolate and Pepper, in each year from 1844 to 
1854, both inclusive, and for the half-year to the 
30th day of June 1855; specifying the Number 
prosecuted, and the Number convicted ; the Number 
of Cases in which the Penalty was paid, and the 
Number in which Imprisonment was suffered. 

Return to an Order, dated the 25th day of July 
last, for a Return of the Savings Banks in England, 
Wales and Ireland (stating the Towns in which they 
are established), in respect to which the Trustees and 
Managers have made themselves liable to the De- 
positors under the Provisions of the Act 7 &amp; 8 Vic. 
c. 83; the Names of such Trustees and Managers, 
and the Amounts for which they are severally liable. 


Petitions for - 
Private Bills, 


No, 491, 


Divisions of 
the House. 
No, 492. 


Income Tax. 
No. 494, 


No. 496. 


Spirits 
(Scotland.) 


Tea, &amp;c. 


Savings 
Banks. 


No. 497. 


Return to an Order, dated the 27th day of July Chicory. 


last, for a Copy of the Orders given by the Com- 
missioners of Inland Revenue for the Prevention of 
the fraudulent Sale of the Mixture of Chicory with 
Coffee, in pursuance of the Treasury Minutes of the 
27th day of July 1852, and the 25th day of Febru- 
ary 1853 :—And, Return of the additional Expense 
(if any) incurred in carrying out the Instructions 
contained in the said Minutes (in continuation of 
Parliamentary Paper, No. 50, of Session 1852-53). 


Return to an Order, dated the 31st day of July Chemical 


x Establishment 
last, for a Return of the Total Cost of the Chemical Excise De- 


Establishment of the Excise Department, from the partment.) 


5th day of January 1844 to the 5th day of January 
1855; stating the Salaries of the different we * ; 
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Bus 
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Business of 
Ports. 


19 Vicroriz. 


the Number who have been specially selected for 
Chemical Education at University College in each 
year; the Cost of such Education; also, a State- 
ment of all Monies paid to Independent Chemists 
employed by the Excise during the same Period. 

Return to an Order, dated the 6th day of July 
last, for a Return of the Business of the Ports 
named, agreeably to the Form specified, for the year 
ending 5th January 1855 :— 




















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Ordered, That the Returns relative to Private 
Bills (Amounts proposed to be raised) ; Private Bills 
(introduced and brought from the Lords); Public 
Petitions ; Public Bills; Sittings of the House; 
Select Committees; Business of the House; Peti- 
tions for Private Bills; Divisions of the House; In- 
VoL, 110. 


10° Augusti. 








461 


come Tax; National Debt; and, Savings Banks, 
be printed. 


Ordered, That an Abstract of the Return relative Election 
to Election Auditors, which was presented upon the Auditors. 


16th day of July last, be printed. 


No, 498. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to County Ac- County 


counts (Ireland), which was presented upon the 9th Accounts 
day of this instant August, be printed. eae 
0. 499. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Corporate Corporate 
Accounts (Ireland), which was presented upon the Accounts 


9th day of this instant August, be printed. 


(Ireland.) 


No. 500. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to Agricultural Agricultural 
Statistics, which was communicated from the Lords 5*tistics. 


upon the 9th day of this instant August, be printed. 


No. 501. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Officers Officers 
(Navy), which was presented upon the 9th day of (N4vy-) 


this instant August, be printed. 


No. 502. 


Sir William Molesworth presented,—Return to an Colonial 


Address to Her Majesty, dated the 26th day of Expenditure. 


April last, for a General Abstract of the Colonial Ex- 
penditure of Great Britain for the year 1854, or for 
the last year for which the same can be made up 
(in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 398, 
of Session 1853). 

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


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- Adjournment. 


posed, That this House will, at the rising of the 
House this day, adjourn till Monday next :—And 
the said Motion was, with leave of the House, with- 
drawn. 


No. 503. 


Mr. Hayter presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- Railway 


mand,—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 Month of June 1855. 

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 subsequent to the 
30th June 1855. 


Accidents. 


Return, showing the Number of Passengers con- Railways. 


veyed on all the Railways in England and Wales, 
Scotland and Ireland, respectively, during the half- 
year ended 30th June 1855, distinguished in dif- 
ferent 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; toyether with a Summary, comparing 
the Traffic with that in the corresponding Period in 
1854; and a Supplement, showing the Aggregate 
Number of Miles travelled by each Class of Passen- 

ers, the Number of Passenger Trains and of Goods 

rains respectively, and the Number of Miles tra- 
velled by such Trains during the above-mentioned 
half-year. 


Abstract of Reports on the Trade of various Coun- Trade of 
tries and Places for the year 1854, received by the pa 
Beard of Trade (through the Foreign Office) from “°™™""'** 


Her Majesty's Ministers and Consuls. 


Mr. Hayter also presented,--Return to an Ad- Savings 


dress to 
last, for a Return, from each Savings Bank in 
England and Wales, Scotland and Ireland, con- 
taining, in columns, the Names of the Officers, 
their respective Salaries, and other Allowances, if 
any; the Amount of Security each gives ; the Num- 
bers of Accounts remaining open ; the Total Amount 
owing to Depositors; the Total Amount invested 

3N3 with 


er Majesty, dated the 9th day of May Banks. 


No. 493. 





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pe aKeb ee am nt cine a neater 





Railways. 


Railways. 


462 


with the Commissioners for the Reduction of the 
National Debt ; the Rate of Interest paid to Depo- 
sitors 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 
20th day of November 1854; the Rate per centum | 
per annum on the Capital of the Bank for the Ex- | 

nses 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 Ex- 
penses of Management, inclusive of all Payments | 
and Salaries, for the year ended the 20th day of. 
November 1854; also the Day or Days, and ihe 
Number of Hours in the Week on which the Banks | 
are open for the Deposit and Withdrawal of Monies | 
(in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 245, 
of Session 1854). 

Return to an Order, dated the 26th day of March 
last, for Returns 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 1854, the Amount of Share Capital actually 
paid up on the 31st day of December 1854, separating 
the Ordinary Share Capital which does not receive, or 
is not entitled to receive, any Preferential Dividend 
or Interest from that which bears a Preferential Di- 
vidend or Rate of Interest, stating the Amount of 
Dividend upon such Ordinary Share Capital as well 
as 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 1854, 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 1854 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 
1854; distinguishing single and double Portions ; 
the Length of Line in course of Construction at the 
end of 1854; the Length of Line each Company is 
authorized to construct, but which was not com- 
menced on the 31st day of December 1854; 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 1854 ; 
stating the Nature of such Amalgamation, and the 
Date on which it commenced, with the Act of Par- 
liament under which it was effected :—And, from 
each Railway Company, showing the Length of each 
Line, or part of a Line, or Branch Line, for which 
the Powers granted by Parliament for the compulsory 
Purchase of the Land required for their Construction 
had been allowed to expire, previous to the 31st day 
of December 1854, without the exercise of such | 
Powers; and the Capital appropriated by Parlia- | 
ment for the Construction of such Lines or Branch | 
Lines (in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. | 
494, of Session 1854). 

Return to an Order, dated the 28th day of June 
last, for a Return of the Number and Description of | 
Persons employed on each of the Railways in Lng- 
land and Wales, Scotland and Ireland, respectively, 
on the 30th day of June 1855, 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 ‘Traftic 
on the 30th day of June 1855; 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. 485, of Session 1854). 

















10° Augusti. 





A. 1855. 


Mr, Hayter also presented, pursuant to the direc- Pilotage. 


tions of an Act of Parliament,—A Return of all 
Bye-laws, Regulations, Orders or Ordinances re- 


lating to Pilots or Pilotage for the time being in 


force :—The Names and Ages of all Pilots or Ap- 
prentices licensed or authorized to Act by such 
Authority, and of all Pilots or Apprentices acting 
either mediately or immediately under such Autho- 
rity, whether so licensed or authorized or not :— 
The Service for which each Pilot or Apprentice is 
licensed :—The Rates of Pilotage for the time being 
in force, including therein the Rates and Descriptions 
of all Charges upon Shipping made for or in respect 
of Pilots or Pilotage :—The Total Amount received 
for Pilotage, distinguishing the several Amounts 
received from British Vessels and from Foreign 
Vessels respectively, and the several Amounts re- 
ceived in respect of different Classes of Vessels pay- 
ing different Rates of Pilotage, according to the 
Scale of such Rates for the time being in force, and 
the several Amounts received for the several Classes 
of Service rendered by Pilots ; and also the Amount 
paid by such Vessels (if any), as have, before 
reaching the limits of Pilotage Water, if Outward 
bound, or their Port of Destination, if Inward bound, 
to take or pay for two or more Pilots, whether li- 
censed by the same or by different Pilotage Autho- 
rities ; together with the Numbers of the Vessels 
of each of the several Classes paying such several 
Amounts as aforesaid :—The Receipt and Expendi- 
ture of all Monies received by or on behalf of such 
Authority, or by or on behalf of any Sub-Commis- 
sioners appointed by them, in respect of Pilots or 
Pilotage. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table; and that the Return relative to Savings 
Banks be printed. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Returns of the several Districts into which the 
different Counties of Jreland are divided, for the 
purpose of holding a Session of the Peace and Civil 
Bill Court, or a Civil Bill Court only, therein :—Of 
the Names of the Towns in which the Courts are 
held :—And, of the Number of Times in each year 
that a Session of the Peace and Civil Bill Court, or 
either, has been held in each such Town since the 
ist day of August 1851. 


Viscount Palmerston presented, — Return to an 
Address to Her Majesty, dated the 10th day of July 
last, for Copy of Report of the Committee on the 
Machinery of the United States of America. 

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


Sessions of the 
Peace and Civil 
Bill Courts 
(Ireland,) 


Machinery 
(America. ) 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Balaklava 
Copy of Correspondence relative to the state of the Harbour 


Harbour of Balaklava. 

Sir Charles Wood accordingly presented the said 
Paper. 

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie unon the 


| Table. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a East India 
Copy of the Reports, dated the 4th day of August (Civil Service.) 


1855, made to the Commissioners for the Affairs of 
India by the Examiners appointed under the Act of 
the 16th and 17th of The Queen, c, 95, for the Exa- 
mination of Candidates for the Civil Service of India; 
anda Copy of the Correspondence relating to the 
Appointment and Proceedings of the said Examiners. 

Mr. Vernon Smith accordingly presented the said 
Paper. 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a East India 


Copy of the Report, dated the 24th day of July 
1855, 


( Assistant 
Surgeons.) 





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19 Vicroriz. 


1855, sent to the Commissioners for the Affairs of 
India by the Examiners appointed under the Act of 
the 16th and 17th Vic. c. 95, for the Examination 
of Candidates for the Appointment of Assistant 
Surgeons in the Service of the East India Company. 
2 Mr. Vernon Smith accordingly presented the said 

aper. 

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


Clerks of the 
Peace. 


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 Amount of Salaries, Fees 
and Emoluments received by the several Clerks of 
the Peace in England and Wales in respect of their 
respective Offices in the years 1852, 1853, 1854 
and 1855, stating in respect of what Duties such 
Fees are payable:—And, of the Amount of any 
Compensation granted to them in respect of their 
Offices, stating when, and by what Authority, and 
for what cause such Compensation was awarded. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty, by such Members of this Shave as are 
of Her Majesty's Most honourable Privy Council. 


Bills of Lading 


adie The House proceeded to take into consideration 
(No, 2 


the Amendment made by the Lords to the Bills of 
Lading (No. 2) Bill; and the same was twice read, 
and agreed to. " 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the Amendment made by their Lord- 
ships. 


Sierra Leone. Sir William Molesworth presented, by Her Ma- 
jesty’s Command,— Copy of Correspondence relative 
to the recent Expeditions against the Moriah Chiefs, 
in the Neighbourhood of Sterra Leone. 

Sir William Molesworth also presented,—Return 
to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 30th day 
of July last, for Copies or Extracts of Correspond- 
ence between the Secretary of State for the Colonies 
and the Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia, on 
the subject of the Establishment of a Church Con- 
vocation in the Diocese of Nova Scotia. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table. 


Church 
Convocation 
(Nova Scotia. ) 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on the Despatch of Business 
(Court of Chancery) Bill. 


(In the Committee.) 


Cravss, N° 1 (Additional Justice Clerk to each 
Chief Clerk may be appointed forthwith). 

Amendment proposed, in p. 1, l. 14: After the 
word “additional” to insert the words “ Chief Clerk 
“ and an additional.” 

Question, That the words “ Chief Clerk and an 

“ additional” be there inserted —— put, and nega- 
tived. 

Clause agreed to. 

Cuavuse, N° 2, disagreed to. 

Cuavusz, N° 3, amended, and agreed to. 

Crauses, N° 4 to N° 8, agreed to. 

Cuiavse, N° 9, amended, and agreed to. 

Crause, N° 10, disagreed to. 

Cravuse, N° 11, amended, and agreed to. 

Crauses, N° 12 to N° 16, agreed to. 

Cravuse, N° 17, amended, and agreed to. 

Cravusez, N° 18, agreed to. 

Clauses added. 

Clause (Additional temporary Clerk may be ap- 
pointed) —— brought up, and read 1°. 

Question proposed, That the Clause be read a 


VoL, 110, 


Despatch of 
Business 

(Court of 
Chancery) Bill. 





10° August. 


463 


second time :-Motion and Clause, by leave, with- 
drawn. 

Another Clause added. 

Preamble agreed to. 


Bill, as amended, to be reported. 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Danby 
Seymour reported, That the Committee had gone 
through the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be now taken into consideration :— The 
House accordingly proceeded to take the Bill into 
consideration. 

Ordered, That the Bill be now read the third 
time :—The Bill was accordingly read the third time ; 
and Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
do pass. 

Ordered, That the Clerk 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. 





Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That a Mes- Message from 
sage had been brought from the Lords, by one of the Lords. 
their Clerks, as followeth : 

The Lords have agreed to the Royal Conical Flour Royal Conical 
Mill Company Bill, without any Amendment: And Flour Mill 
also, Company Bill. 

The Lords have agreed to the Militia Ballots Sus- Militia Ballots 
pension Bill, without any Amendment: And also, aapenmen 


The Lords have agreed to the Island of Tobago Island of 
Loan Bill, without any Amendment: And also, -— Loan 


The Lords have agreed to the Amendments made Lord Cler- 
by this House to Lord Clermont’s Estate Bill, with= ™ont’s Estate 
out any Amendment: And also, ™ 

The Lords have agreed to the Amendments made Marshall’s 
by this House to Marshall's Charity Bill, without Charity Bill 
~~ Amendment: And also, 

he Lords have agreed to the Amendments made Jones's 
by this House to Jones’s Divorce Bill, without any Divorce Bill. 
Amendment: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Amendment made Sumner’s 
by this House to Sumner’s Divorce Bill, without any Divorce Bill. 
Amendment: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Amendment made Coal Mines 
by this House to the Amendments made by their _ 
Lordships to the Coal Mines Inspection Bill, without 
any Amendment: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Nuisances Re- Nuisances 
moval and Diseases Prevention Bill, with Amend- ——- 
ments; to which Amendments the Lords desire the vention Bik 
concurrence of this House: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Metropolitan Metropolitan 
Buildings Bill, with Amendments ; to which Amend- Buildings Bill. 
ments the Lords desire the concurrence of this House: 

And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Customs Laws Customs Laws 
Consolidation Bill, with Amendments; to which oeeiiaton 
Amendments the Lords desire the concurrence of 
this House: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Passengers Act Passengers 
Amendment Bill, with Amendments; to which — 
Amendments the Lords desire the concurrence of 
this House: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Ordnance Board Ordnance 
Bill, with Amendments; to which Amendments the 3°? Bill 
Lords desire the concurrence of this House: And 
also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Sale of Beer, &amp;c. Sale of Beer, 
Bill, with an Amendment ; to which Amendment the &amp;¢: Bill. 
Lords desire the concurrence of this House. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Nuisances 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Nui- Removal and 
- . 4 Diseases Pre« 
sances Removal and Diseases Prevention Bill. 





, , , _. Vention Bill, 
The said Amendments, being read a second timé 
3N4 (and 











464 


(and it appearing that the Amendments in Clause 21 
were to carry out the intention of this House), were 


10°—11° Augusti. A. 1855. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Poor Relief 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased (Scotland. ) 


Metropolitan 


agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Clerk 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 


Buildings Bill. the Amendments made by the Lords to the Metro- 


Customs Laws 


Li 


Ordnance 
Board Bill. 


Passengers 
Act Amend- 
ment Bill. 


Sale of Beer, 
&amp;c. Bill. 


Publie 
Petitions. 
Vide Sixty- 
first Report. 
Conseils de 


Prud’hommes 


(France and 
Belgium.) 


politan Buildings Bill; and the same were twice 
read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Clerk 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 Customs 


Laws Consolidation Bill. 

The said Amendments, being read a second time 
(and it appearing that the same were to carry out 
the intentions of this House by an improved word- 
ing of the Clause), were agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Clerk 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 Ord- 
nance Board Bill; and the same were twice read, 
and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Clerk 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 Pas- 
sengers Act Amendment Bill; and the same were 
twice read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the Amendments made by their Lord- 
ships. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendment made by the Lords to the Sale of 
Beer, &amp;c. Bill; and the same was twice read, and 
agreed to, 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the Amendment made by their Lordships. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 





Sabbati, 11° die Augusti ; 
Anno 19° Victoria Regine, 1855. 


PRAYERS. 
A PETITION relating to the War with Russia, 


was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Copy of a Memorandum forwarded from 
the Board of Trade to the Secretary of State for the 
Home Department respecting Conseils de Prud’- 
hommes in France and Belgium. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty, by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty's Most honourable Privy Council. 





to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, an Alphabetical Return of the Parishes in 
each several County in Scotland, showing what 
Parishes have not been visited or inspected, under 
the Orders of the Board of Supervision for the Re- 
lief of the Poor in Scotland, during the years 1852, 
1853 and 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. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return from each City and Borough in 
England and Wales, having a separate Commission 
of the Peace, of the following Particulars, for one 
year, from the 1st day of January to the 31st day 
of December 1854 :—Name and Address of Recorder 
or Judge; Date of his Appointment; Date of hold- 
ing each Court of Session during the year; Number 
of Days each Session lasted ; Number of Prisoners 
tried ; Number of Prosecutors and Witnesses ; Gross 
Cost of such Prosecutions; Title or Description of 
each Officer of the Court; Salary, Fees or Allow- 
ance to the Recorder or Judge, Clerk of the Peace, 
Clerk of Indictments, Bailiff, Crier, Doorkeeper, 
and of any other and what Officer :—If any of the 
above Parties dre remunerated by Fees, particularize 
such Fees, and also give the Gross Annual Amount 
paid to each Party. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty, by such Members of this * se as are 
of Her Majesty s Most honourable Privy Council. 


Resolved, That Amendments made by the Lords 
to Public Bills be considered 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 Return of the Prices allowed by the Ordnance 
Department for the Clothing of the Soldiers of Her 
Majesty’s Service ; distinguishing those allowed for 
the different Services of Artillery, Engineers, Infan- 
try (Guards and Line), Cavalry, Colonial Corps, 
and Foreign Troops of whatever description; distin- 
guishing also the Prices allowed for the different 
Grades of Rank in each Service :—And, List of the 
Prices formerly allowed to Colonels of Regiments 
for Clothing these Corps, and of those allowed for 
the different ‘Troops supplied by the Board of Ord- 
nance. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty, by such Members of this five as are 
of Her Majesty's Most honourable Privy Council. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Copies of the Warrants appointing Drs. Berkeley 
aa Ferguson as Medical Officers to the Lunatic 
Asylum at Mullingar, and of all Correspondence 
om Documents relative to their Appointments :— 
And, Return of the greatest Number of Patients in 
that Asylum on the 1st day of July 1855, or at any 
time previous to that Date, showing the Date of 
Admission of each Patient, distinguishing such 
Patients as have died or been discharged since their 
Admission, with the Date of such Discharge or 
Death. 


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 Comparative Population of 
the Boroughs contained in the Schedule to the Mu- 
nicipal Corporations Act, 5 &amp; 6 Will. 4, c. 76, dis- 
tinguishing the Wards of each Borough. 

Ordered, 


Commission 
of the Peace, 


Lords’ 


Amendments 
to Public Bills. 


Army 
Clothing. 


Mullingar 
Lunatic 
Asylum. 


Municipal 


Corporations. 




















19 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. 


NewChurches. The Chancellor of the Exchequer presented, pur- 
suant to the directions of an Act of Parliament,— 
The Thirty-fifth Annual Report of Her Majesty’s 
Commissioners for building New Churches. 
Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 
Table. 


Message from Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That a Mes- 

the Lords. sage had been brought from the Lords, by one of 
their Clerks, as followeth : 

Lunatic Asy- The Lords have agreed to the Lunatic Asylums 

lums (Ireland) (Jyeland) (Advances) Bill, without any Amend- 


oo ment: And also, 
Navigation The Lords have agreed to the Navigation Works 





Works (Ire. . ; 7 4 
land) Bill. (Ireland) Bill, without any Amendment: And also, 


Inverness The Lords have agreed to the Jnverness Bridge | 
Bridge Bill. Bill, without any Amendment: And also, 
Public-houses The Lords have agreed to the Public-houses | 
(Ireland) Bill. (J,e/and) Bill, without any Amendment: And also, | 
Public Health The Lords have agreed to the Public Health Act | 
7 sae er (1854) Continuance and Amendment Bill, without | 
and Amend- ®ny Amendment: And also, 

ment Bill. 

Diseases Pre- The Lords have agreed to the Diseases Prevention | 
vention Bill. Bill, without any Amendment: And also, 

Crime and The Lords have agreed to the Amendments made | 
Outrage (Ire- by this House to the Crime and Outrage (Jreland) | 
land) Act Act Continuance Bill, without any Amendment : 


Continuance 
Bill. And also, | 


Despatch of The Lords have agreed to the Amendments made | 


en, by this House to the Despatch of Business (Court | 
Chancery) Bill - Chancery) Bill, without any Amendment: And 

also, | 
Charitable The Lords have agreed to the Amendments made | 


Trusts Bill. hy this House to the Charitable Trusts Bill, without | 
any Amendment: And also, 
Criminal The Lords have agreed to the Amendments made 
Justice Bill. hy this House to the Criminal Justice Bill, without | 
any Amendment: And also, 
Chinese The Lords have agreed to the Amendment made | 
Shipe Dil by this House to the Amendments made by their | 
‘Lordships to the Chinese Passenger Ships Bill, | 
without any Amendment: And also, | 
Public Health The Lords have agreed to the Public Health | 
(No. 2) Bill. (No, 2) Bill, with Amendments; to which Amend- | 
ments the Lords desire the concurrence of this 
House: And also, 


Dwellings for The Lords have agreed to the Amendments made | 


wane by this House to the Dwellings for Labouring Classes | 
Bill, with an Amendment; to which Amendment the | 
Lords desire the concurrence of this House: And | 
also, 

Metropolis The Lords do not insist upon their Amendments | 

ny ge to the Metropolis Local Management Bill, to which 
this House hath disagreed. 


11° Augustz. 465 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That a Mes- Message from 
sage had been brought from the Lords, by one of the Lords. 
their Clerks, as followeth : 

The Lords have agreed to the Amendments made Burials Bill. 
by this House to the Burials Bill, with Amendments ; 
to which Amendments the Lords desire the concur- 
rence of this House: And also, 

The Lords disagree to certain of the Amendments Union of 
made by this House to the Union of contiguous Benches Bill 
Benefices Bill, for which they assign Reasons; and — 
agree to other of the said Amendments, without 
Amendment ; and agree to one of the said Amend- 
ments, with an Amendment. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Union of 
the Reasons assigned by the Lords for disagreeing contiguous | 
to certain of the Amendments made by this House B&amp;®*#°*s = 
to the Union of contiguous Benefices Bill; and the 
same were twice read. 

Resolved, That this House doth not insist upon 


' their Amendments to which the Lords have disagreed ; 
and agree to the Amendment made by the Lords to 


the Amendments made by this House, without 
Amendment. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
ords ; and acquaint them, that this House doth not 


| insist upon the Amendments to which their Lordships 


have disagreed ; and agree to the Amendment made ‘ 
by their Lordships to the Amendments made by this 
House, without Amendment. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Burials Bill. 


| the Amendments made by the Lords to the Amend- 


ments made by this House to the Burials Bill; and 
the same were twice read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the Amendments made by their Lord- 
ships. 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That a Mes~ Message from 
sage had been brought from the Lords, by one of the Lords. 
their Clerks, as followeth : 

The Lords have agreed to the Limited Liability Limited 
Bill, with Amendments ; to which Amendments the Liability Bill. 
Lords desire the concurrence of this House. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Limited _ 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Limited Liability Bill 
Liability Bill; and the same were twice read, and 


| agreed to. 


Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 


Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 


agreed to the Amendments made by their Lordships. 


Resolved, That this House will, at the rising of Adjournment. 
the House this day, adjourn till Tuesday next. 


The following Papers were laid upon the Table Redundant 


| by the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, List (Public 


Public Health The House proceeded to take into consideration 
(No.2) Bil. the Amendments made by the Lords to the Pablic 
Health (No. 2) Bill; and the same were twice read, | 

and agreed to. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the | 
Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed tothe Amendments made by their Lordships. 


Dwellings for The House proceeded to take into consideration | 
Labouring 


Classes Bi], t2e Amendment made by the Lords to the Amend- 
"ments made by this House to the Dwellings for 
Labouring Classes Bill; and the same was twice 
read, and agreed to. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the Amendment made by their Lord- 
ships. 
Vou. 110. 








dated the 10th day of this instant August, for oo 


| Return of the Number of Persons on the Redundant 


List of the Public Departments at the commencement 
of the year 1854; the Number that have died or 
become incapable of service during the year 1854; 
the Number that have re-entered the Public Service 
during the year; the Number that have been added 
during the year; and the Number that remained on 
the List at the close of the year 1854. 

Return to an Order, dated the 10th day of this Sugar, &amp;c. 
instant August, for Returns of the Quantities of No. 504. 
Unrefined Sugar imported and cleared for Con- 
sumption in each year, ending the 5th day of July, 
from 1842 to 1855, both years inclusive; distin- 
guishing the Produce of the West Indies, Mauritius 
and East Jndies; showing a Total of the Produce 
of British Possessions, Foreign Countries, and the 
Aggregate of the whole ry each year :——Of the same 

3 m 


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National 
Gallery, &amp;c. 


No. 505. 


Spirits 
(Scotland. ) 
No. 506. 


Tea, &amp;c, 
No. 507. 


Chicory. 
No. 508. 


Chemical 


Establishment 


(Excise De- 
partment. ) 


No, 509. 
Railways. 
No. 510. 


Railways. 
Ne, 511. 


Balaklava 
Harbour. 


No, 512. 


East India 


A. 1855. 


Martis, 14° die Augusti ; 
Anno 19° Victoria Regine, 1855. 


466 11°—14° August. 


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 


PRAYERS. 


dated the 5th day of March last, for a Return 


Sugar and on Melasses in each of the above years; | of the Number of Transports employed in carrying 
distinguishing the Amounts paid on Foreign and Co- | Troops or Munitions of every Description for War 
lonial Produce, and the Rates of Duty chargeable | in the East, between the 1st day of October 1853 
in each year :—Of the Amount of Duty received on | and the 1st day of March 1855 inclusive, under the 
Rum in each year, and the Rate at which it was | following Heads: 


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charged :—And, of the Average Prices per cwt. of | 
Muscovado Sugar, exclusive of Duty, from the Lon- | | 
don Gazette; and the Average Prices per cwt. of | 
Havannah Sugar (ordinary Yellow), exclusive of 
Duty, from the London Mercantile Prices Current, | 
for each of the above years (in recapitulation and | 
continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 429, of | 
Session 1854). | 
Ordered, That the Return relative to Sugar, &amp;c., | 
be printed. | 


Extra Expenses, if any, 


Variations from original 


nage for Cargo. 


Contract. 
super Contract. 
For what Period. 


Terms and Duration of 
Contract. 


If Steam, available Ton- 
On what Service engaged, 


Naine of Ship. 
Date of Contract. 
Sailing or Steam. 
Gross Tonnage. 


Horse Power. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the National | 
Gallery, &amp;c., which was presented upon the 10th 
day of this instant August, be printed. 


| 

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Return to an Order, dated the 
Ordered, That the Return relative to Spirits (Scot- | last, for a Return of all Vessels seized or captured, 
land), which was presented upon the 10th day of | whether under the Russian, Neutral, Allied, or Bri- 
this instant August, be printed. | ish Flags, and against which Proceedings have been 
; taken in the High Court of Admiralty of England, 
Ordered, That the Return relative to Tea, &amp;c.,/ from the 29th day of March 1854 to the Date of 
which was presented upon the 10th day of this in-| making the Return, showing the Name of the Prize, 
stant August, be printed. her Master’s Name, her Tonnage, the Nature of her 
Cargo (if any), and under what Colours she was 
captured, the Names of the Capturing Ship and its 
| Commanding Officer, the Date of the Capture, the 
grounds upon which she was captured, the Date 
Ordered, That the Return relative to the Chemical] | when Proceedings were commenced, the Date of 
Establishment (Excise Department), which was pre- | Adjudication, the Decretal part of Sentence, the Par- 
sented upon the 10th day of this instant August, ticulars and Amount of the Gross Proceeds, and 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Chicory, 
which was presented upon the 10th day of this in- 
stant August, be printed. 


If Ship, Steam or Sailing 


be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Railways 
(showing for each Railway Company the Capital 
and Loan), which was presented upon the 10th day 
of this instant August, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Railways | 


(Number and Description of Persons employed), 
which was presented upon the 10th day of this in- 
stant August, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to Balaklava 
Harbour, which was presented upon the 10th day of 
this instant August, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to East India 


{Civil Service.) (Civil Service), which was presented upon the 10th 


No. 518. 


East India 
( Assistant 
Surgeons. ) 


No. 514. 


Church 
Convocation 


(Nova Scotia.) 
No. 515. 


Pilotage. 
No. 516. 


day of this instant August, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to East India 
(Assistant Surgeons), which was presented upon the 
10th day of this instant August, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Church Con- 
vocation (Nova Scotia), which was presented upon 
the 10th day of this instant August, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Pilotage, 
which was presented upon the 10th day of this in- 
stant August, be printed. 


And then the House adjourned till Tuesday 
next. 


| of the Payments thereout; distinguishing the Fees 
to Counsel, and to the Proctor for the Crown, the 
| Balance for Distribution, and the Date when Notice 
of the Distribution was published in the Gazette, 
| in each case respectively. 

| Ordered, That the said Returns do lie upon the 
' Table ; and be printed. 


| 


IR Robert Peel presented,—Return to an Order, Transports, 


No. 517. 


is purchased, the Amount 
of Purchase Money 


15th day of May Naval Prizes, 


No. 518, 


| Mr. Peel presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- Military 


'mand,—Copy of Report on the Discipline and Prisons. 


_Management of the Military Prisons, 1854, by 
Colonel Jebb, c.B., Inspector General of Military 
Prisons, &amp;c. 


dress to Her Majesty, dated the 27th day of April 
last, for a Return showing the Militia Regiments 
embodied in England, Scotland and Ireland; the 
Streneth of such Regiments on the 14th day of 
March and the 14th day of April 1855, respectively ; 
and the Names of such Regiments as have given 
their Quota to the Regular Army. 


10th day of July last, for Returns showing the 
Strength of each English Regiment of Militia on 
the 20th day of June last ; specifying the Number 
of each Rank, Officers, Non-commissioned Officers, 
Drummers and Privates, present upon that day :— 
And, of the Number of each Rank absent with or 
without leave from their respective Regiments upon 
the same day. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table ; and that the Returns relative to the Militia 
be printed. 


Petitions relating to Cambridge University Bill ;— 
Brixton Prison ;—Intoxicating Liquors ;—and, War 
with Russia,—were presented, and read; and or- 


dered to lie upon the Table. é 
Viscount 





Mr. Peel also presented,— Return to an Ad- Militia. 


No. 519. 


Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the Militia. 


No, 520. 


Public 
Petitions. 


Vide Sixty- 
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19 Vicrori2. 


Commissariat Viscount Palmerston presented, by Her Majesty’s 
(Crimea) = Command,—Copies or Extracts of Reports of an 
Inquiry into the state of the Commissariat in the 
Crimea, by Sir John M‘Neill and Colonel Tulloch, 
and of the Evidence taken by them. 
Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 
Table. 


Kensington Sir Benjamin Hallpresented,— Return toan Order, 
Gardens, &amp;c. dated the 6th day of this instant August, for Re- 
No. 521. turns of the Extent in Acres of Kensington Gardens, 
Hyde Park, Saint James’s Park, the Green Park, 
Regent's Park, and Victoria Park, showing also, as 
regards Victoria Park, the Quantity of Land which, 
by the Act 4 &amp; 5 Vic. c. 27, the Commissioners of 
Woods were authorized to purchase for the purposes 
of the Park, and the proportion of such Land which 
they were by that Act empowered to appropriate for 
Building purposes; also, showing the Quantity of 
Land which was actually purchased by them, and 
the Portions thereof which, by the Act 14 &amp; 15 Vice. 
c. 46, were placed under the Management of the 
Commissioners of Land Revenue, and were directed 
to be leased by them; exhibiting also the Quan- 
tities within and without the Park Fence :—Of the 
Monies expended upon Victoria Park up to the 10th 
day of October 1851, distinguishing the Outlay in- 
curred in the Purchase of Land from that incurred 
in Works and Maintenance, and of the Monies ex- 
pended respectively by the Commissioners of Land 
Revenue in each year since the 10th day of October 
1851, upon the Portions of the Park placed under 
their Management, and by the Commissioners of 
Works in each year in the same Period in the Pay- 
ment of Salaries, and in the Maintenance of the 
Residue of the said Park :—And, of the Sources 
from which the Money so expended has been de- 
rived, whether from the Sale of York House, from 
the Income of the Land Revenue, Vote of Parlia- 
ment, or other Sources. 
Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
Table; and be printed. 


War with Sir William Molesworth presented, by Her Ma- 
Russia, &amp;c. jesty’s Command,—Further Papers relative to Ad- 
dresses, Resolutions, &amp;c., from the British Colonies, 
on the Subject of the War with Russia (Statement 
of all the Remittances received up to the present 
time from the Colonies, on account of the Patriotic 
Fund), (in continuation of Papers presented 8th 
March and 7th June). 

Papers relative to the Prevention of Slave Dealing 
at Sierra Leone (in continuation of Papers presented 
12th August 1853). 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 


Sierra Leone. . 


Table. 
&gt;see dmaaens Mr. Wilson presented, by Her a Com- 
Sonitien) mand,—Copies of Despatches from Her Majesty’s 


Ministers Abroad, announcing the Opening of the 
Coasting Trade of various Foreign Countries to 
British Vessels. 
Mr. Wilson also presented,—Return to an Address 
Her Majesty, dated the 27th day of July last, for 
Returns transmitted by Lord Cowley to the Foreign 
Office, relating to the Public Libraries of France. 
Bristol Port. Return to an Order, dated the 6th day of this 

No. 523. instant August, for a Copy of the Report of the 
Colonial Land and Emigration Commissioners, on 
the Application from the Authorities at Bristol, that 
Bristol should be made a Government Emigration 
Port. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 

Table; and that the Returns relative to Public 
Libraries (France), and, Bristol Port, be printed. 


Public Libra- 
Ties (France.) to 
No. 522. 


Inns of Court Sir George Grey presented, by Her Majesty’s 
smmission, Command,— Copy of Report of the Commissioners 
Vos. 110. 





14° Augustz. 467 


appointed to inquire into the Arrangements in the 
Inns of Court, &amp;c. &amp;e. 

Abstract of the General Statements of the Income Turnpike 
and Expenditure of the several Turnpike Trusts in T™sts. 
England and Wales, for the year 1853. 


Abstract of the General Statements of the Income Turnpike 
and Expenditure of the several Turnpike Trusts in ey (Scot- 
Scotland, for the year 1853. — 


Sir George Grey also presented,—Further Return Population, 
to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 20th day &amp;«- 
of March last, for Returns of the Population, ac- No. 524. 
cording to the last Census, of every Union, and of 
every Parish not ina Union, in England, showing 
the Amount of Workhouse Accommodation in each, 
for the year ending the 31st day of December 1854: 
—Of the Population of every Parish in Scotland, 
showing the Amount of Workhouse Accommodation 
in each, for the year ending the 31st day of Decem- 
ber 1854 vee of the Population of every Union 
in Ireland, showing the Amount of Workhouse Ac- 
commodation in each, for the year ending the 31st 
~~ December 1854. 

eturn to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the Convocation. 
9th day of this instant August, for Copy of any Ad- No. 525. 
dress from the Convocation of the Province of Can- 
terbury, praying for Her Majesty’s License to Con- 
vocation to consider and agree to any Canon or 
Constitution, and of the Answer to such Address. 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the Conseils de 

11th day of this instant August, for Copy of a Me- Prud’hommes 
(France and 

morandum forwarded from the Board of Trade to Reigium.) 

the Secretary of State for the Home Department; wo. 596. 

respecting Conseils de Pru@hommes in France and 

Belgium. 

Return to an Order, dated the 26th day of March Militia 
last, for Copies of the several Orders and Regula- (Ireland.) 
tions made by the Lord Lieutenant, and issued by 
the Chief Secretary to the Lieutenants and Vice- 
Lieutenants of the several Counties in Jreland, fixing 
the Quota and Rank of all Officers to each Regi- 
ment of Militia, pursuant to the 3d and 4th s. of the 
Act 17 &amp; 18 Vie. c. 107, and the Dates of laying 
Copies of every such Order and Regulation before 
both Houses of Parliament, as directed by s. 14 of 
said Act :—And, Return of the Names, Age and 
Rank of all Officers removed, displaced, or who have 
resigned. 

Sir George Grey also presented, pursuant to the Poor Law 
directions of an Act of Parliament,—Copies of Six (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; and that the Returns relative to Population, 

'&amp;c.; Convocation; and, Conseils de Prud hommes 
(France and Belgium), be printed. 


7 


The following Papers were laid upon the Table by Children in 
the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, dated Workhouses. 
the 2d day of March last, for an Abstract of Return 
of the Number of Children in the Workhouses in 
England and Wales on the 25th day of March 1854 
(in continuation of Former Returns). 

Return to an Order, dated the 17th day of May Pauper 
last, for Returns, showing the Number of Children Children. 
between Three years and Fifteen years of Age, who 
shall be chargeable 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 25th day of 
March 1854 and 1855; distinguishing 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 Children who shall then be in 
Work :—And, of the Number of such Children who 
were attending Day Schools on the 25th day of 
March 1854 and 1855, at the Cost of other Parties 
302 than 





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Public 
Appointments. 


No, 527. 


Established 
Church 
(Ireland.) 


Income Tax, 
&amp;c. (London.) 


No, 528. 


Poor Rate 
Returns. 


Public 
Petitions 
(Sixty-first 
Report.) 


Message from 
the Lords, 


Consolidated 
Fund (Appro- 
priation) Bill. 


Exchequer 
Bills 
(£.7,000,000) 
Bill. 


Militia Pay 
Bill. 


School Grants, 
Security for 
— 

Bi 


Divisions of 
the House. 


No. 529. 
Public Offices 
and Civil 
Service. 

No. 530. 


Public 
Petitions. 


No, 531. 


468 


than their Parents or Relatives (in continuation of 
Parliamentary Paper, No. 355, of Session 1854). 

Return to an Order, dated the 11th day of June 
last, for a Return of all New Places created and Ap- 
pointments made since the 6th day of April 1848, 
whether under any Act of Parliament, or by any 
other Authority ; stating separately the Salaries of 
each, and the estimated Annual Expenses of the 
Establishments in connexion with such Appointments 
(in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 633, 
of Session 1848). 


Return to an Order, dated the 21st day of June 
last, fora Return for the years ending the 20th 
day of March 1854-55, of the several Classes of 
Deductions, Abatements and Allowances made to 
the Bishops and Clergy of the Established Church 


14° Augusti. 


A. 1855. 


List of the Bills, Reports, Estimates and Accounts Parliamentary 
and Papers printed by Order of the House of Com- Papers. 
mons, and of the Papers presented by Command, No. 522, 
Session 1854-55, with a general Alphabetical Index 
thereto; 16th Parliament, 3d Session, 18 &amp; 19 Vic.; 

12 December 1854 to 14 August 1855. 

Ordered, That the said Papers be printed. 


Viscount Palmerston presented, by Her Majesty’s Borneo. 
Command,--Copy of Despatch from the Earl of 
Clarendon to the Right honourable Vernon Smith, 
respecting the inquiry into certain matters connected 
with the position of Sir James Brooke. 

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 
Table. 





in Jreland, out of their Ecclesiastical Incomes and 
Profits, in estimating the Amount for which they | 
would be respectively chargeable to Income Tax. | 

Return to an Order, dated the 6th day of this in- 
stant August, for Returns of the Names of the several | 
Persons employed in the Assessment and Collection 
of Income Tax and Land and Assessed Taxes in the 
City of London, during the year ended on the 5th 
day of April 1855; the Amount of Salaries or Al- 
lowances received or receivable, as far as can be 
ascertained, by each ; also stating whether any and | 
which of such Persons are occupied in other Duties 
not connected with the Assessment or Collection of 
Taxes :—Of the Rate of Poundage allowed to the 
several Officers for the Assessment or Collection by 
Act of Parliament:—And, Account showing the 
Total Amount of the Assessment of Income Tax by 
the General Commissioners for the City of London, 
as well as the Amount of the Assessment for Land 
and Assessed Taxes for the City of London during 
the year ended on the 5th day of April 1855. 


Return to an Order, dated the 10th day of this 


instant August, fora Summary of the Poor Rate 
Returns made to the Poor Law Board, for the year 
ended the 25th day of March 1855. 

Ordered, That the Returns relative to Public Ap- 
pointments ; and, Income Tax, &amp;c. (London), be 
printed, 


Mr. Duncan reported from the Select Committee 
on Public Petitions; That they had examined the 
Petitions presented from the 6th to the 14th days of | 
this instant August, both inclusive ; and had directed 
him to makea Report thereof to the House. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That a Mes- . 


sage had been brought from the Lords, by one of 
their Clerks, as followeth : 

The Lords have agreed to the Consolidated Fund 
(Appropriation) Bill, without any Amendment: And _— 
also, 
The Lords have agreed to the Exchequer Bills | 
(£.7,000,000) 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 Amendment made 
by this House to the School Grants, Security for 
Application Bill, without any Amendment. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—General Index 
to the Divisions of the House of Commons, 1836 to 
1852. 

Index to Reports of Committees of Inquiry into 
Public Offices and Papers relating to the Re-orga- 
nization of the Civil Service. 


General Index to the Reports on Public Petitions, 
1833 to 1852. 





Fund, and the Surplus of Ways and Means, to the 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Population, Population, 
&amp;c., which was presented upon the 17th day of April &amp;c. 
last, be printed. No, 524, 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Civil Bills, Civil Bills, &amp;, 
&amp;c. (Ireland), which was presented upon the 23d day (Ireland.) 
of July last, be printed. No. 495, 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to New Churches, New Churches. 
which was presented upon the 11th day of this instant No. 532. 
August, be printed. 


Ordered, That an Abstract of the Return relative Fees (Clerks 
to Fees (Clerks of Assize, &amp;c.), which was presented of Assize, &amp;c.) 
upon the 26th day of June last, be printed. No, 533. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to High Con- High 
stables, which was presented upon the 22d day of Constables. 
May last, be printed. No. 534, 


A Message by Sir Augustus Clifford, Gentleman Royal Assent. 
Usher of the Black Rod : 

Mr. Speaker, 
The Lords, authorized by virtue of Her Majesty’s 
Commissions, for declaring Her Royal Assent to 
several Acts agreed upon by both Houses, and for 
proroguing the present Parliament, do desire the 
immediate attendance of this Honourable House in 
the House of Peers, to hear the Commissions read. 

Accordingly Mr. Speaker. with the House, went 
up to the House of Peers, where a Commission under 
the Great Seal was read, giving, declaring and noti- 
fying the Royal Assent to the several Acts therein 
mentioned ; and that the Lords, thereby authorized, 
had declared the Royal Assent to the said Acts, gs 
follow : 


An Act to apply a Sum out of the Consolidated Consolidated 
Fund ny 
a] ° . o - © et Bi 4 
Service of the year One thousand eight hundred and — 


Fifty-five, and to appropriate the Supplies granted 
in this Session of Parliament : 

An Act for raising the Sum of Seven millions by Exchequer 
Exchequer Bills and Exchequer Bonds, for the Ser- ae 000,000) 
vice of the year One thousand eight hundred and ji.’ 
Fifty-five : 

An Act for the Amendment and Consolidation of 
the Customs Tariff Acts : 


Customs Tariff 
Acts Amend- 

ment and Con- 
solidation Bill. 


An Act to consolidate certain Acts, and otherwise Customs Laws 


‘amend the Laws of the Customs, and an Act to re- Consolidation 


gulate the Office of the Receipt of Her Majesty's _ 
Exchequer at Westminster : 


An Act to impose increased Rates of Duty of Excise Duties 
Excise on Spirits distilled in the United Kingdom ; Bill. 
to allow Malt, Sugar and Molasses to be used Duty 
free in the distilling of Spirits, in lieu of Allowances 
and Drawbacks on such Spirits, Sugar and Molasses 
respectively ; and to amend the Laws relating to the 
Duties of Excise : 

An Act to enable Her Majesty to carry into effect Turkish Loan 
a Convention made between Her Majesty, his Ma- 
jesty the a eed of the French, and his Imperial 
Majesty the Sultan: “a2 


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Office of An Act to provide for the Performance of certain 
Speaker Bill. Duties of the Speaker during his temporary Absence 
from the House of Commons : 


Trinity Col- An Act to abolish certain Payments charged on 
lege (Dublin) the Consolidated Fund, in favour of the Provost and 





- Fellows of Trinity College, Dudlia, and of certain 
Professors in the said College; and to repeal the 
Stamp Duties payable on Matriculations and Degrees 
in the University of Dublin : 

Dwelling- An Act to facilitate the Erection of Dwelling- 


houses (Scot- houses for the Working Classes in Scotland : 
Jand) Bill. 


Religious An Act for securing the Liberty of Religious 
Worship Bill. Worship : 


Slave Trade An Act for carrying into effect the Engagements 
(Sherbro) Bill. hetween Her Majesty and certain Chiefs of the Sher- 
bro Country, near Sierra Leone, in Africa, for the 
more effectual Suppression of the Slave Trade : 

An Act to amend the Act for the better Care and 
Reformation of Youthful Offenders, and the Act to 
render Reformatory and Industrial Schools in Scot- 
land more available for the Benefit of Vagrant Chil- 
dren : 


An Act for the Payment of Costs in Proceedings 


Youthful 
Offenders 
(No. 2) Bill. 


Crown Suits 


Bill. instituted on behalf of the Crown in Matters relating 
to the Revenue, and for the Amendment of the Pro- 
cedure and Practice in Crown Suits in the Court of 
Exchequer : 

Merchant An Act to facilitate the Erection and Maintenance 

Shipping Act of Colonial Lighthouses, and otherwise to amend the 

Amendment can aee 

Bill. Merchant Shipping Act, 1854: 

ae Acts An Act to continue certain Acts for regulating 

ontinuance - as ° 

(ireland) Bill. Turnpike Roads in Ireland ; 

Militia Officers’ 


acadl An Act to amend the Law concerning the Quali- 
at cations fication of Officers of the Militia : 


Fisheries (Bri- 
tish Islands 


An Act for the more effectual Execution of the 
Convention between Her Majesty and the French 


dF P ~ , p “ 
Bill — Government, concerning the Fisheries in the Seas 
between the British Islands and France: 
Downing- An Act to enable the Commissioners of Her Ma- 


street Public 
Offices Exten- 
sion Bill, 


jesty’s Works and Public Buildings to provide ad- 
ditional Offices for the Public Service in or near 
Downing-street, Westminster : 


Turnpike Acts An Act to continue certain Turnpike Acts in 


(No 8) Bue Great Britain: 
Saleof Spirits An Act to amend an Act of the last Session of 


(Ireland) Bill. Parliament, relating to the Sale of Spirits by unli- 
censed Persons, and Illicit Distillation in Ireland ; 
and also to repeal so much of an Act of the third 
and fourth years of his late Majesty as requires Per- 
sons applying for Licenses for the Sale of Beer, 
Cider or Spirits by Retail in Jreland to enter into a 
Bond, with Sureties : 


ame An Act to confirm certain Provisional Orders 

ras A™ made under an Act of the fifteenth year of Her pre- 
gements mir gies . 

ill, sent Majesty, to facilitate Arrangements for the Re- 


lief of Turnpike Trusts : 
An Act to amend the Lunatic Asylums Act, 1853, 
lums and 


- and the Acts passed in the ninth and seventeenth 
Regulations : ° . 
Acts Amend. years of Her Majesty, for the Regulation of the 


Lunatic Asy- 


ment Bill. Care and Treatment of Lunatics : 

Militia Ballots An Act to suspend the making of Lists and the 
Bi ~— Ballots for the Militia of the United Kingdom : 
Island of An Act to authorize the Commissioners of the 


subage Loan Treasury to make Arrangements concerning a certain 
Loan advanced by way of Relief to the Island of 
Tobago : 


~~ a An Act to amend the Law for the Inspection of 
Bil ar Coal Mines in Great Britain: 

Court of An Act to amend certain Acts relating to the 
7) eon Court of Judicature of Prince of Wales Island, Sin- 


Judicature in India: 


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469 


An Act to amend the Law relating to Bills of Bills of Lading 


Lading : (No. 2) Bill. 
An Act to continue an Act of the eleventh year of Crime and 
Her present Majesty, for the better Prevention of Ovttage {Ire- 

Crime and Outrage in certain Parts of Jreland : cau — 
’ : Bill. inuance 

An Act to make further Provisions for the Repay- Lunatic Asy- 
ment of Advances out of the Consolidated Fund for van (Ireland) 
the Erection and Enlargement. of Asylums for the — 
Lunatic Poor in Jreland, and to amend the Laws 
with reference to the Repayments in case of Change 
of Districts, and the Appointment of Commissioners 
of General Control and Correspondence : 


An Act to authorize the Application of. certain Navigation 
Sums granted by Parliament for Drainage and other Works (Ire- 
Works of Public Utility in Jreland, towards the Com- a 
pletion of certain Navigations undertaken in con- 
nexion with Drainages, and to amend the Acts for 
promoting the Drainage of Lands and Improvements 
in connexion therewith in Jreland : 


An Act for transferring to one of Her Majesty’s Ordnance 
Principal Secretaries of State the Powers and Estates Board Bill. 
vested in the principal Officers of the Ordnance : 


An Act to repeal the Act of the seventeenth and Sale of Beer, 
eighteenth years of the reign of Her present Majesty, &amp;«- Bill. 
for further regulating the Sale of Beer and other 
Liquors on the Lord’s Day, and to substitute other 
Provisions in lieu thereof: 


An Act to amend the Law relating to the Carriage Passengers 


; ? , Act Amend- 
of Passengers by Sea : ment Bill. 


An Act for the better Local Management of the Metropolis 


Metropolis : — Manage- 


An Act to consolidate and amend the Nuisances Nuisances 


Removal and Diseases Prevention Acts, 1848 and Removal and 
849 : Diseases Pre- 

1 : vention Acts 

Consolidation and Amendment Bill. 


An Act for the Regulation of Chinese Passenger Chinese 


a Pussenger 
Ships : Ships Bill. 


An Act to amend the Laws relating to the Con- Metropolitan 
struction of Buildings in the Metropolis and its Buildings Bill. 
Neighbourhood : 


An Act to make further Provision for the more Despatch 
speedy and efficient Despatch of Business in the pee 
High Court of Chancery, and to vest in the Lord inom Bill. 
Chancellor the Ground and Buildings of the said 
Court, situate in Southampton-buildings, Chancery- 
lane, with Powers of Leasing, and Sale thereof: 


An Act tosamend the Charitable Trusts Act, Charitable 
1853: Trusts Bill. 


An Act to extend the Provisions of an Act of the Inverness 
fourteenth and fifteenth years of Her present Ma- Bride Bill. 
jesty, for rebuilding the Bridge over the River Ness 
at Inverness : 


An Act for diminishing Expense and Delay in Criminat 
the Administration of Criminal Justice in certain J¥Stice Bill 
Cases : 


An Act for the Transfer of Licenses of Public- Public-houses 
houses in Jreland : (Ireland) Bill. 


An Act to continue and amend the Public Health Public Health 
Act (1854): Act (1854) 
i ' Continuance 
and Amend- 
ment Bill. 


Diseases Pre- 
vention Biil. 


An Act to defray the Charge of the Pay, Clothing Militia Pay 
and Contingent and other Expenses of the Disem- Bill. 
bodied Militia in Great Britain and 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 Empioy- 


An Act for the better Prevention of Diseases : 





Wales Islana, Y@pore and Malacca, and to the Supreme Courts of 
&amp;.) Bill , , 


Von. 110. 


ment of the Non-commissioned Officers : ‘ 
n 


303 








470 


School Grants, An Act torender more secure the Conditions upon 
Security for =which Money is advanced out of the Parliamentary 
Application G J oon ft Miiiiion: « 
Bill irant for the purposes of Education : 
Public Health | An Act to confirm Provisional Orders of the Ge- 
(No. 2) Bill. neral Board of Health, applying the Public Health 


Act (1848) to the Districts of Middlesbrough, Wind- 
hill, Christchurch, Keighley, Tunstall and Toxteth 
Park, and for Alteration of the Boundaries of the 
District of Romford : 


Dwellings for An Act for facilitating the Erection of Dwelling- 


Labouring san for - _ ee 

Classes Bail. houses for the Labouring Classes : 

Burials Bill. An Act further to amend the Laws concerning 

the Burial of the Dead in England : 

Limited An Act for limiting the Liability of Members of 
Liability Bil. certain Joint Stock ¢ Sompanies : 

Union of An Act to make better Provision for the Union 
contiguous = of contiguous Benefices, and to facilitate the Build- 


enefices Bill. . ° &gt; . . 
— ing and Endowing of new Churches in spiritually 


destitute Districts : 


Huddersfield An Act to amend the Provisions of the Hudders- 
Burial-ground field Burial-ground Act, 1852 : 

Act Amend- * 

ment Bill. 

Ledbury An Act for appropriating the Corps of the Pre- 


Prebend Bill. bend or Portion of Netherhall Ledbury, in the Dio- 
cese and County of Hereford, and for constituting 
the Living of Ledbury a Rectory, with Cure of Souls, 
and for augmenting the Endowments thereof : 


London and An Act for amending the Acts relating to the 

South Western Zondon and South Western Railway Company ; for 

Railway Bill. . “epg . J 
regulating their Capital, and for other purposes : 


Dundalk An Act for the Conservancy and Improvement of 


ye Dundalk Harbour and Port, and for other purposes : 


Glasgow, An Act for making certain Railways to connect 
Dumbarton = Glasgow, Dumbarton and Helensburgh, in the Coun- 
ina ialway ties of Lanark and Dumbarton, and for making 
burgh Railway ties of Lanark an umbarton, and for making 
Bill. Provision for the use and working of the said Rail- 
ways : 
Great Western An Act for making a Railway from the Great 
whee Western Railway, at Southall, in the County of 
ye" Middlesex, to Brentford, in the same County, with 
Docks at the last-mentioned Place, and for other 
purposes : 


Stokes Bay An Act for making a Railway and Pier to and at 


Railway and ¥ - .0 a 
Pier Bill. Stokes Bay, in the County of Hants : 


Westminster An Act for extending the Times granted to the 
 ——as Westminster Improvement Commissioners by “ The 
' Westminster lmprovement Act, 1845,” “ The West- 
minster Improvement Act, 1847,” “ The Westmin- 
ster Improvement Act, 1850,” and “ The Westminster 
Improvement Act, 1853,” for the compulsory Pur- 
chase of Lands, and the Completion of Works, and 
for altering the Corporate Name of “ The Westminster 
Association for improving the Dwellings of the 
Working Classes”” to “ The London and Westminster 
Association for improving the Dwellings of the 
Working Classes,” and for other purposes : 
Derbyshire, An Act to change the Corporate Name of the 
— | me Derbyshire, Staffordshire and Worcestershire Junc- 
tershire Rail- tion Railway Company; to repeal their Act and 
way(No.2) consolidate their Powers; to alter and define their 
Bill. Undertaking ; to reduce their Capital, and for other 
purposes : 

An Act to repeal, alter and amend some of the 
Provisions of “ The Royal Conical Flour Mill Com- 
pany’s Act, 1854,” to enable the Company to raise 
a further Sum of Money, and for other purposes: 


Royal Conical 
Flour Mill 
Company Bill. 


An Act for facilitating the Completion of the 
Westminster Improvements, and for the Incorporation 
ot the Westminster Land Company for a limited 
Period for that purpose : 


Westminster 
Land Com- 
pany Bill. 





14° August. 











A. 1855. 


An Act for transferring part of the Property and New River 
Powers of the Trustees of the River Zee, and for the a. ef and 
Amendment of the Acts of the Vew River Company, the River Lee 
the East London Waterworks Company and the said (No. 2) Bill, 


Trustees, and for other purposes : 


An Act for making a Railway from the Manor- Westminster 
street Terminus of the authorized Westminster Ter- Terminus 
minus Railway, in the Parish of Clapham, in the (Clapham om 
County of Surrey, to Norwood, in the Parish of Norwood) Bill. 
Saint Mary Lambeth, in the same County, connecting 
the Westminster Terminus Railway with the West 
End of London and Crystal Palace Railway. 


An Act to enable the President and Scholars of Saint John’s 
Saint John Baptist College, in the University of a. 
Ozford, to grant Building Leases of their Lands in — Hill. 
the Parishes of Saint Giles, Saint Thomas and Wool- 


vercot, Oxford, and for other purposes : 


An Act for vesting in the Commissioners of the Harvist’s 
Metropolis Turnpike-roads North of the Thames, the Estate Bill. 
Lands in Islington devised by the Will of Edward 
Harvist to the Brewers’ Company, upon Trust, for 
the Repair of the Highway from Tyburn to Edge- 
worth, and for discharging the Company from the 
Trusts of that Will, and for enabling the Commis- 
sioners to grant Building Leases of those Lands, and 
for other purposes : 


An Act to empower the Warden and Scholars of Merton College 
the House or College of Scholars of Merton, in the Estate Bill. 
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 Sale in the Purchase of other Here- 
ditaments : 


An Act for vesting the Freehold and Leasehold Halford’s 
Estates comprised in the Residuary Gifts in the Estate Bill. 
Will of Joseph Halford, Esquire, deceased, in Trus- 
tees, with Powers to sell, exchange and lease the 
same, and to purchase other Lands, to be resettled 
conformably to such Residuary Gifts : 


An Act for giving effect to a Compromise of Handcock’s 
certain Suits and Claims, affecting the Estates of Setete OS. 
Josephine Catherine Handcock, Anne Mary Hand- 
cock, and Honoria Handcock, Spinsters, deceased, 
and for vesting the said Estates in John Stratford 
Handcock, Esquire, subject to certain Charges, and 
for other purposes : 

An Act to authorize the granting of Building and Lord Cler- 
other Leases of Estates in the Counties of Louth Ront* 
and Armagh, devised by the Will of the Right 
honourable William Charles Viscount Clermont, de- 
ceased, and the Sale and Exchange of certain Portions 
of the Estate so devised, and for other purposes : 


An Act for the future Government, Management Marshall’s 
and Regulation of the Charity of John Marshall, late Charity Bill. 
of Southwark, in the County of Surrey, Gentleman, 
deceased, and for other purposes : 


An Act to dissolve the Marriage of William Ewing Ewing's | 
the younger, with Helen Mary E wing his now Wife, Divorce Bill. 
and to enable him to marry again, and for other pur- 
poses : 


An Act to dissolve the Marriage of James Ren- Hadow's 
nington Hadow, Merchant, with Jane Menzies his Divorce Bill 
now Wife, and to evable him to marry again, and 
for other purposes : 


An Act to dissolve the Marriage of Arthur Wynd- Wyndham's 
ham, Esquire, with Ann Magdalene Louisa Wynd- Divorce 
ham, his now Wife, and to enable him to marry again, 
and for other purposes : 


An Act to dissolve the Marriage of Edward Jones Jones's -_ 
with Elizabeth Jones his now Wife, and to enable Divorce 
him to marry again, and for other purposes : 


An Act to dissolve the Marriage of Morton Cornish Someer 
Sumner, Esquire, with Penelope Rubina Maria his Divorce 
now Wife, and to enable the said Morton Cornish 

Sumner 











ane 








Lords Com- 
missioners’ 
Speech, 





19 Vicrorizx. 


therein mentioned. 


And afterwards, a Speech of the Lords Commis- 


14° August. 


Sumner to marry again, and for other purposes | 





471 


Her Majesty commands us to say, that She has 
been deeply gratified by the zeal for the success of 
Her Majesty’s Arms, and by the sympathy for Her 
Soldiers and Sailors, manifested throughout HerJndian 


sioners was delivered to both Houses by the Lord | and Colonial Empire; and Her Majesty acknow- 


High Chancellor, as followeth : 


My Lords, and Gentlemen, 


We are commanded by Her Majesty to release 
you from further attendance in Parliament, and at 
the same time to express the warm acknowledgments 
of Her Majesty for the zeal and assiduity with which 
you have applied yourselves to the discharge of your 
public duties during a long and laborious Session. 


Her Majesty has seen with great satisfaction, that 
while you have occupied yourselves in providing 
means for the vigorous prosecution of the War, you 
have given your attention to many measures of great 
public utility. Her Majesty is convinced that you 
will share Her satisfaction at finding that the pro- 
gress of events has tended to cement more firmly 
that union which has so happily been established 
between Her Government and that of Her Ally the 
Emperor of the French; and Her Majesty trusts 
that an Alliance founded on a sense of the general 
interests of Europe, and consolidated by good faith, 


will long survive the events which have given rise to | 


it, and will contribute to the permanent well-being 
and prosperity of the two great Nations whom it has 
linked in the bonds of honourable friendship. 


The accession of the King of Sardinia to the 
Treaty between Her Majesty, the Emperor of the 
French, and the Sultan, has given additional impor- 
tance and strength to that Alliance, and the efficient 
force which his Sardinian Majesty has sent to the 
seat of War to co-operate with the Allied Armies 
will not fail to maintain the high reputation by which 
the Army of Sardinia has ever been distinguished. 


Her Majesty has commanded us to thank you for 
having enabled Her to avail Herself, as far as has 
been found to be required, of those patriotic offers of 
extended service which She has received from the 
Militia of the United Kingdom, and for the means 
of reinforcing Her brave Army in the Crimea by 
an Enlistment of Volunteers from abread. 


Her Majesty acknowledges with satisfaction the | 


measure which you have adopted for giving effect 
to the Convention by which, in conjunction with 
Her Ally the Emperor of the French, She has made 
arrangements for assisting the Sultan to provide the 
means which are necessary to enable him to maintain 
in efficiency the Turkish Army, which has so gallantly 
withstood the assaults of its enemies. 

Her Majesty, in giving Her Assent to the Bill 
which you presented to Her for the Local Manage- 
ment of the Metropolis, trusts that the arrangements 


provided by that measure will lead to many improve- | 


ments conducive to the convenience and health of 
this great City. The Abolition of the Duty on 
Newspapers will tend to diffuse useful information 
among the poorer classes of Her Majesty’s Subjects. 
The principle of Limited Liability which you have 
judiciously applied to Joint Stock Associations will 
afford additional facilities for the employment of 
capital; and the improvements which you have made 
in the laws which regulate Friendly Societies will 
encourage habits of industry and thrift among the 
labouring classes of the community. 


Her Majesty trusts that the measures to which 
She has given Her Assent for improving the Consti- 
tutions of New South Wales, Victoria, and Tasmania, 
and for bestowing on the important and flourishing 
Colonies of Australia extended Powers of Self-go- 
vernment, will assist the development of their great 
natural resources, and will promote the contentment 
and happiness of their inhabitants. 

Vou, 110, 


| ledges with great satisfaction the generous contribu- 
| tions which Her Subjects in India, and the Legisla- 


tures and Inhabitants of the Colonies, have sent for 
the relief of the sufferers by the casualties of War. 


Gentlemen of the House of Commons, 


Her Majesty commands us to convey to you Her 
cordial thanks for the readiness and zeal with which 
you have provided the necessary Supplies for carry- 
ing on the War in which Her Majesty is engaged. 


Her Majesty laments the burthens and sacrifices 
which it has become necessary to impose upon Her 
faithful People, but She acknowledges the wisdom 
with which you have alleviated the weight of those 
burthens by the mixed arrangements which you have 
made for providing those Supplies. 


My Lords, and Gentlemen, 





Her Majesty has commanded us to say, that She 
has seen with sincere regret that the endeavours 
which, in conjunction with Her Ally the Emperor of 
the French, She made at the recent Conferences at 

| Vienna to bring the War to a conclusion on condi- 
| tions consistent with the honour of the Allies, and 
with the future security of Europe, have proved in- 
| effectual. But, those endeavours having failed, no 
| other course is left to Her Majesty but to prosecute 
| the War with all possible vigour; and Her Majesty, 
relying upon the support of Her Parliament, upon 
the manly spirit and patriotism of Her People, upon 
the never-failing courage of Her Army and Her 
Navy, whose patience under suffering and whose 
power of endurance Her Majesty has witnessed with 
admiration, upon the stedfast fidelity of Her Allies, 
and, above all, upon the justice of Her cause, humbly 
puts Her trust m the Almighty Disposer of Events 
for such an issue of the great contest in which She 
is engaged as may secure to Europe the blessings of 
a firm and lasting Peace. 








On your return to your several counties you will 

| have duties to perform little less important than those 
which belong to your attendance in Parliament. 
Her Majesty trusts that your powerful influence will 
be exerted for the welfare and happiness of Her 
People, the promotion of which is the object of Her 
Majesty's constant care, and the anxious desire of 
Her heart. 





Then a Commission for proroguing the Parliament 
was read. 


| After which the Lord Chancellor said ; 
My Lords, and Gentlemen, 


| 


By virtue of Her Majesty’s Commission, under Pparjiament 
the Great Seal, to us and other Lords directed, and prorogued. 


now read, we do, in Her Majesty’s Name, and in 
obedience to Her Commands, prorogue this Parlia- 
ment to Tuesday the 23d day of October next, to 
be then here holden; and this Parliament is ac- 
cordingly prorogued to Tuesday the 23d day of 
October next. 








304 


Parliament 
prorogued. 


472 


Martis, 23° die Octobris ; 
Annv 19° Victories Regine, 1855. 


1’ House being met, pursuant to the last 
Prorogation ; and Mr. Speaker being in the 
country ; 


A Message was brought from the Lords, by Mr. 
Pulman, Yeoman Usher of the Black Rod: 


Gentlemen of the House of Commons, 


The Lords, authorized by virtue of Her Majesty’s 
Commission, desire the immediate attendance of 
this Honourable House in the House of Peers, to 
hear the Commission read. 


Accordingly the House, with the Second Clerk 
Assistant, went up to the House of Peers; where 
the Commission was read, for the further proroguing 
of the Parliament until Tuesday the 11th day of 
December next; and the Parliament was accordingly 
prorogued until Tuesday the 11th day of December 
next. 


23° Octobris.—11° Decembris. 


A. 1855. 


Martis, 11° die Decembris ; 


Anno 19° Victorie Regine, 1855. 


country ; 


A Message was brought from the Lords, by Mr. 
Pulman; Yeoman Usher of the Black Rod: 


Gentlemen of the House of Commons, 





The Lords, authorized by virtue of Her Majesty’s 
Commission, desire the immediate attendance of 
this Honourable House in the House of Peers, to 
| hear the Commission read. 


| Accordingly the House, with the Second Clerk 
| Assistant, went up to the House of Peers; where 
' the Commission was read, for the further proroguing 
of the Parliament until Thursday the 31st day of 


| January 1856; and the Parliament was accordingly 
'prorogned until Thursday the 31st day of January 
| 1856. 











7 HE House being met, pursuant to the last Parliament 
Prorogation; and Mr. Speaker being in the Prorogued. 


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