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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 CO 





VOL. 111. 


Vox. 111. 






















JOURNALS 


——— 


n 
OF THE G 3077. 


HOUSE of COMMONS. 








From JANUARY the 3lst, 1856, 


In the NINETEENTH YEAR of the Reign of 


QUEEN VICTORIA, 
To DrEcEMBER the 16th, 1856, 


QUEEN VICTORIA. 


i 


Sess. 1856. 


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
























JOURNALS. 


OF THE 


HOUSE of COMMONS. 














VOL. 111. 





Message to 
attend Her 


Majesty. 


Writs issued 
in the Recess. 


Members take 
the Oaths, 


alawries 


JOUR 





NALS 


OF THE 


HOUSE of 


COMMONS. 





Sess. 








| 


1856. 





Jovis, 31° die Januarii ; 
Anno 19° Victorie Regine, 1856. 


PRAYERS. 


MESSAGE from Her Majesty, by Mr. Pul- 
man, Yeoman Usher of the Black Rod: 
Mr. Speaker, 

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

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





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


Elections. 





Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That, in pur- 


suance of the directions of the Act passed in the | 


24th year of the reign of his Majesty King George | 
the Third, c. 26, he had issued Warrants to the Clerk | 
of the Crown, to make out new Writs for the Elec- 
tion of Members to serve in this present Parliament | 
for the County of Huntingdon, in the room of the | 
Right honourable William Drogo Montague, com- 
monly called Viscount Mandeville, now Duke of 
Manchester, called up to the House of Peers ; for the 
Borough of Toéness, in the room of the Right ho- 
nourable Edward Adolphus St. Maur, commonly 
called Lord Seymour, now Duke of Somerset, called 
up to the House of Peers; for the City of Wells, in 
the room of Robert Charles Tudway, Esquire, de- 
ceased ; for the Borough of Southwark, in the room 


of the Right honourable Sir William Molesworth, | 


Baronet, deceased ; and for the City of Lincoln, in 
the room of Charles Delaet Waldo Sibthorp, Es- 
quire, deceased ; and also, his Warrants to the Clerk 
of the Crown in Chancery in Jreland, to make out 
new Writs for the Election of Members to serve in 
this present Parliament for the County of Meath, in 
the room of Frederick Lucas, Esquire, deceased ; 
and, for the Borough of Armagh, in the room of 
Ross Stephenson Moore, 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. 


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

Von. 111. 


come in question touching the Return or Election of 
any Member, he is to withdraw during the time the 
matter is in debate, and that all Members returned 
upon double Returns do withdraw till their Returns 
are determined. 

Ordered, That all persons who shall question any 
Return of Members to serve in the present Parlia- 
ment, upon any allegation of bribery and corruption 
and who shall in their Petition specifically allege aiiy 
payment of money or other reward to have been 
made by any Member, or on his account, or with 
his privity, since the time of such Return, in pursuance 
or in furtherance of such bribery or corruption, may 

| question the same at any time within twenty-eight 
dove after the date of such payment; or, if this 
House be not sitting at the expiration of the said 
twenty-eight days, then within fourteen days. after 
the day when the House shall next meet. 

Resolved, That no Peer of the Realm, except such 
Peers of Ireland as shall for the time being be 
actually elected, and shall not have declined to serve, 
for any County, Citv 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 — of the Commons of the United 
Kingdom, for any Lord of Parliament, or other Peer 
or Prelate, not being a Peer of Ireland at the time 
elected, and not having declined to serve for any 
County, City or Borough of Great Britain, to concern 
himself in the Election of Members to serve for the 
Commons in Parliament, except only any Peer of 
Ireland, at such Elections in Great Britain respec- 
tively, where such Peer shall appear as a Candidate, 

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, Spee nee 





4 


or by himself, or any others, be proposed to be 
elected ; or for any Lord Lieutenant or Governor of 
any County to avail himself of any authority derived 
from his Commission, to influence the Election of 
any Member to serve for the Commons in Parlia- 
ment. 

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

Resolved, That if it shall — 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 pape 5 
or giving evidence, the same is declared to be a hig 
crime and misdemeanor ; and this House will pro- 
ceed with the utmost severity against such dake. 

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

r 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 Westneinster 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. 


Witnesses. 


Metropolitan 


Police. 


Votes and Ordered, That the Votes and Proceedings of this 

Proceedings. 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. 

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

pointed. 


Taunton Writ. 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 Jaunton, in the room 
of the Rigl 
dince his Election for the said Borough, hath ac- 
cepted the Office of one of Her Majesty’s Principal 
Secretaries of State. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant 
te 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 Leeds, in the room of 
the Right honourable Matthew Talbot Baines, who, 
since his Election for the said Borough, hath accepted 
the Office of Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster. 


Leeds Writ. 


Wigtonshire 


b Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant 
rit. 


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 Wigton, in the 
room of the Honourable John Dalrymple, commonly 
called Viscount Dalrymple, who, since his Election 
for the said Shire, hath accepted the Office of Steward 
or Bailiff of Her Majesty’s Manor of Northstead, in 
the County of York. 


Edinburgh 


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 Commissioner to serve in this 
present Parliament for the City of Edinburgh, in the 
rvom of the Right honourable Thomas Babington 


31° Januariz. 


it honourable Henry Labouchere, who, | 


A. 1856. 


Macaulay, who, since his Election for the said City, 
hath accepted the Office of Steward of Her Majesty’s 
Manor of Hempholme, in the County of York. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant Newcastle- 
to the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ upon-Tyne 
for the electing of a Burgess to serve in this present 
Parliament for the Borough of Mewcastle-upon- Tyne, 
in the room of John Fenwick Burgoyne Blackett, Es- 
quire, who, since his Election for the said Borough, 
hath accepted the Office of Steward or Bailiff of 
Her Majesty’s Manor of Northstead, in the County 
of York. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant Rochester 
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 Rochester, in the room of 
Francis John Robert Villiers, Esquire, commonly 
called the Honourable Francis John Robert Villiers, 
who, since his Election for the said City, hath ac- 
cepted the Office of Steward of Her Majesty’s three 
Chiltern Hundreds of Stoke, Desborough and Bonen- 
ham, in the County of Buckingham. 





Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant Cambridge 

| 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 University of Cambridge, in the 

|room of the Right honourable Henry Goulburn, de- 

ceased. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant Midhurst 
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 Midhurst, in the room 
of the Right honourable Spencer Horatio Walpole, 
who, since his Election for the said Borough, hath 
accepted the Office of Steward or Bailiff of Her 
Majesty’s three Chiltern Hundreds of Stoke, Des- 
— and Bonenham, in the County of Bucking- 

am. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Public Income 
an Account of the Public Income and Expenditure 2"4 Expendi- 
for the year ended the 30th day of September 1855, 
together with the Balances in the Exchequer at the No. 1. 
commencement and at the termination of the year, 

‘and the Amount of Funded or Unfunded Debt 
created or redeemed in the said year:—And, like 
| Account for the year ended the 31st day of December 
| 1855. 

Mr. Wilson accordingly presented the said Ac- 
counts. 

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





| Ordered, That there be laid before this House, an Coinage. 
Account in detail (in the same form as the Account 
contained in the Parliamentary Paper, No. 46, of 
last Session), of all Gold, Silver and Copper Monies 
of the Realm coined at the Mint, for each year from 
the 1st day of January 1846 to the 31st day of De- 
‘cember 1855; and also showing, in one Tabular 
Statement, the Total Amount of the Gold, Silver 
‘and Copper Coinage in each year, the real Cost or 
Value of the Metal, and the Amount represented by 
| the Coin. 
_ Mr. Lowe presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- Agriculturab 
-mand,—Copy of Report of the Highland and Agri-  Seatant) 
cultural Society of Scotland to the Board of Trade, ‘ iN 2 
on the Agricultural Statistics of Scotland for the pater: 
| year 1855. 

Copy of Supplementary Report of the Highland 
and Agricultural Society of Scotland to the Board 
of Trade, on the Agricultural Statistics of Scotland 
for the year 1855 :—Average Weight of Grain. 

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





Ordered, © 











Railways. 
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Tyne 
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bridge 
ersity 
urst 
lic Income: 
di- East India. 
No. 1. 
Chile. 
age. 
Japan. 
International 
Copyright 
(Prussia. ) 
Joint 
Captures. 
iculturaP ‘ 
— 
2 Division of 
No, 2-. Trophies and 
ty. 
Sweden and 
Norway. 





19 Vicroriz. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
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 1855; the Amount of Share Capital ac- 
tually paid up on the 31st day of December 1855, 
separating the ordinary Share Capital which does 
not receive, cr is not entitled to receive, any Prefe- 
rential Dividend or Interest, from that which bears 
a Preferential Dividend 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 
1855; the Rates of Interest payable thereon, and 
the Sums to which such Rates of Interest are appli- 
cable; the Total Amount the Company retained 
Powers at the end of 1855 to raise, either on exist- 
ing Shares, or by creating new Shares or by Loans ; 
the Length of Line open for Traffic on the 31st day 
of December 1855, distinguishing single and double 
portions ; the Length of Line in course of Construc- 
tion at the end of 1855; the Length of Line each 
Company is authorized to construct, but which was 
not commenced on the 31st day of December 1855, 
and, consequently, the Total Length for which each 
Company has obtained Powers:—Of the Amal- 
gamation of Railway Companies, which has been 
effected either by Purchase, Lease or otherwise, 
during 1855; stating the nature of such Amalgama- 
tion, and the Date on which it commenced, with 
the Act of Parliament under which it was effected : 
—And, from each Railway Company, showing the 
Length of each Line, or part of a Line or Branch 
Line, for which the Powers granted by Parliament 
for the compulsory Purchase of the Land required 
for their Construction had been allowed to expire, 
previous to the 31st day of December 1855, without 
the exercise of such Powers, and the Capital appro- 

riated by Parliament for the Construction of such 
ines or feenah Lines. 


Mr. Danby Seymour presented, pursuant to the 
directions of an Act of Parliament,—Copy of the 
Regulations made by the Board of Commissioners 
for the Affairs of India, concerning the Examination, 
in July 1856, of Candidates for Appointment to the 
Civil Service of the East India Company in India. 

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


Viscount Palmerston presented, by Her Majesty’s 
Command,—Copy of Treaty of Friendship, Com- 
merce and Navigation between Her Majesty and the 
Republic of Chale.. Signed at Santiago, October 4, 
1854. 

Copy of Convention between Her Majesty and 
the Emperor of Japan. Signed at Nagasaki, in the 
English and Japanese Languages, October 14, 1854. 

Copy of Convention between Her Majesty and 
the King of Prussia, additional to the Convention 
concluded at Berlin, May 13, 1846, for the Esta- 
blishment of International Copyright. Signed at 
London, June 14, 1855. 

Copy of Convention containing the Accession of 
the Ottoman Porte and Sardinia to the Convention 
concluded between Great Britain and France, May 
10, 1854, relative to Joint Captures. Signed at 
London, November 15, 1855. 

Copy of Declaration exchanged between the Bri- 
tish and French Governments, relative to the Division 
of Trophies and Booty. Signed at Paris, July 10, 
1855. With the Accession of the Ottoman and Sar- 
diniun Governments thereto. Signed at London, 
November 15, 1855. 

Copy of Treaty between Her Majesty, the Em- 
peror of the French and the King of Sweden and 
Norway. Signed at Stockholm, November 21, 1855. 


31° Januari. 





5 


at Paris, December 10, 1855. 
Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table. 


dated the 24th day of May 1855, for a Return of *~ 
the Receipts of the Post-oflice for the past year from 
the Towns on the Line of Railway between the Li- 
merick Junction and Cork, including that City ; also 
the Receipts at the same Towns in respect of the 
Correspondence between such Towns, and the Cost 
incurred for the same Period by the Conveyance of 
the Mails between these Points :—Similar Return 
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 
the Mails between these Points by any Tender made 
by the Railway Company : — And, Return of all 
Memorials and Correspondence on the subject of 
Postal Communication between Waterford and Li- 
merick made to Her Majesty’s Government, and the 
Replies thereto, between the 1st day of January 1852 
and the 1st day of June 1855. 


1855, for Returns for each month in the year 1854, 
respecting the Contract Mail Service for the West 
Coast of Africa, of the Dates (in accordance with 
the published 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 Plymouth :—Of the Date upon which the Ar- 
rival of each Mail from the West Coast of Africa 
was considered to be due at Plymouth :—Of the 
Date when each 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. 


1855, for Copies of the Treasury Minute authorizing 
the Postmaster General to appropriate the Amount 
of Void Money Orders in aid of Insurances on the 
Lives of Officers of the Post-office :—Of the Report 
or other Documents upon which the Treasury Mi- 
nute was founded :—Of the Minutes or Orders of 
the Postmaster General, regulating the Distribution 
of the Funds above referred to:—Of the Plans or 
Suggestions submitted to the Postmaster General 
upon this subject, with the Minutes and Correspond- 
ence (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. 


1855, for Copies of Correspondence between the 
Postmaster General and the Treasury, relating to an 
Inquiry into the Administration of the Dublin and 
Edinburgh Post-offices. 


of several Acts of Parliament, were also laid upon 


missioners 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.” 


A. Moore, Assistant Secretary, Mr. Wilkinson, Ar- 
chitect, and Mr. Walmisley, Cashier, of the Poor 
Law Department in Jreland. 


grauting a Compensation Allowance to Sir Thomas 





Vou. 111. 


B3 Hastings, 


Copy of Convention between Her Majesty and Transmission 
the Emperor of the French, relating to the Recipro- : Printed 
cal Transmission of Printed Papers by Post. Signed (wane) 


The following Papers were laid upon the Table Post-office 
by the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, (Limerick, 


Return to an Order, dated the 2d day of August Contract Mail 
Service (West 


Africa.) 


Return to an Order, dated the 2d day of August Post-office. 


Return to an Order, dated the 7th day of August Post-offices 
(Dublin and 
Edinburgh.) 


The following Papers, pursuant to the directions Public 
Revenue and 


the Table by the Clerk of the House,—Return of Fung cp 
Rules and Regulations issued by the Lords Com- Act. sina 


Copy of a Treasury Minute, dated 19th October Poor Law 
1855, granting Compensation Allowances to Mr. (land) 


Copy of a Treasury Minute, dated 24 July 1855, Ordnance. 


Post-office. 


Queen Anne’s 
Bounty. 


Duchy of 
Cornwall. 


No, 3. 


Naval Receipt 
and Expendi- 
ture. 


No. 4. 


Disturbances 
in Hyde Park. 


Agricultural 
Produce 
(Ireland.) 
Queen’s 


University 


(Ireland 


Poor Relief 
«Scotland. ) 


Prisoners for 
Debt, &amp;c. 


House- 
breakings, Xe. 
«Scotland. » 


Poor Relief 
(Scotland. ) 


Ecclesiastical 
Commission 
(Ireland. ) 


6 


Hastings, x. x., for the loss of his Office as Comp- 
troller of Stores and Principal Storekeeper in the 
Board of Ordnance. 

Copy of a Treasury Minute, dated 4 December 
1855, granting a Retired Allowance to John Mizen, 
a Letter Carrier in the London District. 

An Account of all Receipts and Disbursements 
by the Governors of Queen Anne’s Bounty, during 
the year ending on the 31st day of December 
1854. 

An Account of the Receipts and Disbursements 
of the Duchy of Cornwall, in the year ended on 
the 31st December 1855. 

Copy of an Account of the Naval Receipt and 
Expenditure, for the year ended 31 March 1855. 

Ordered, ‘That the Accounts relative to the Duchy | 
of Cornwall; and, Naval Receipt and Expenditure, | 
be printed. | 





Mr. Massey presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand,—Copy of Report of Her Majesty’s Commis- 
sioners appointed to inquire into the alleged Dis- 
turbance of the Public Peace in Hyde Park on 
Sunday, July Ist, 1855, and the Conduct of the 
Metropolitan Police in connexion with the same; 
together with the Minutes of Evidence, Appendix, 
and Index. 

Returns of Agricultural Produce in Jreland, in 
the year 1854. 


Copy of Report on the Condition and Progress 
of the Queen’s University in Jre/and, from 1st Sep- | 
tember 1854 to 1st September 1855, by the Right 
honourable Maziere Brady, Vice-Chancellor of the 
University, and Lord High Chancellor of /reland. 

Copy of Tenth Annual Report of the Board of | 
Supervision for the Relief of the Poor in Scotland. 


31° Januariz. 





Mr. Massey also presented,—Return to an Ad- 
dress to Her Majesty, dated the 19th day of July | 
1855, for a Return of all Persons confined for | 
Debt or Contempt of Court in the United Kingdom ; | 
stating the Length of Time of Imprisonment, dis- | 
tinguishing those detained for an indefinite from | 
those remanded by Adjudication for a fixed Period ; 
specifying the Amount of Debt in each case, and, | 


A. 1856. 


A Return of the Number of Causes instituted Court of 
and decided in the Court of Session in Scotland, Session 


between the Ist day of January 1855 and the Ist 
day of January 1856, showing the Number of 
Causes ready for Judgment, but not disposed of, at 
the last of these Dates. 

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


Mr. Speaker reported, That the House had, this 


when Her Majesty was pleased to make a most 
gracious Speech from the Throne to both Houses of 
Parliament, of which Mr. Speaker said he had, for 
greater accuracy, obtained a Copy, which he read to 
the House, as followeth: 


My Lords, and Gentlemen, 


Since the close of the last Session of Parliament, 
the arms of the Allies have achieved a signal and 
important success. Sebastopol, the great strong- 
hold of Russia in the Black Sea, has yielded to the 
persevering constancy and to the daring bravery of 
the Allied Forces. 

The Naval and Military preparations for the en- 
suing year have necessarily occupied My serious 
attention; but, while determined to omit no effort 
which could give vigour to the operations of the 
War, I have deemed it My duty not to decline any 
overtures which might. reasonably afford a prospect 
of a safe and honourable Peace. Accordingly, 
when the Emperor of Austria lately offered to 
Myself and to My august Ally the Emperor of 
the French to employ his good offices with the 
Emperor of Russia, with a view to endeavour to 
bring about an amicable adjustment of the matters 
at issue between the contending Powers, I con- 
sented, in concert with My Allies, to accept the 
offer thus made; and I have the satisfaction to 
inform you that certain conditions have been agreed 
upon, which I hope may prove the foundation of a 
general Treaty of Peace. 

Negotiations for such a Treaty will shortly be 
opened at Paris. 

In conducting those Negotiations I shall be care- 


where practicable, the Amount of Costs; also, the ful not to lose sight of the objects for which the 
Age of each Prisoner, and whether transferred from | War was undertaken ; and I shall deem it right in 
other Prisons ; and, where practicable, the Terms yo degree to relax My Naval and Military prepara- 
of Confinement in them, and what are the chief) tions until a satisfactory Treaty of Peace shall have 
ag on to an early release. been concluded. 

teturn to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the | Although the War in which I am engaged was 
20th day of July 1855, for a Return of the Names brought on by events in the South of Europe, My 
of the Treasurers of the County Courts, and of their attention has not been withdrawn from the state of 
Clerks, the Dates of their several Appointments, | things in the North; and, in conjunction with the 


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 Salaries and Travelling Expenses | 
allowed or paid to such Treasurers and their Clerks, | 
for the year ending the 3ist day of December 1354. | 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the | 
Ist day of August 1855, for a Return of House- | 
breakings and other Depredations 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 Ist day of July 1855, and 
of the steps taken by the Authorities with reference 
thereto. 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 
11th day of August 1855, for an Alphabetical Re- | 
turn of the Parishes in each several County in Scot- 
land, showing what Parishes have not been visited 
or inspected, under the Orders of the Board of | 
Supervisiun for the Relief of the Pocr in Scotland, 
during the years 1852, 1853 and 1854. 

Mr. Massey also presented, pursuant to the di- 
rections of several Acts of Parliament,—Report of 
the Ecclesiastical Commissioners for Ireland, for the 
year ended the Ist day of August 1855. 





Emperor of the French, I have concluded with the 
King of Sweden and Norway a Treaty containing 
defensive engagements applicable. to his dominions, 
and tending to the preservation of the Balance of 
Power in that part of Europe. 

I have also concluded a Treaty of Friendship, 
Commeree and Navigation with the Republic of 
Chili. I have given directions that these Treaties 
shall be laid before you. 


Gentlemen of the House of Commons, 


The Estimates for the ensuing year will be laid 
before you. You will find them framed in such a 
manner as to provide for the exigencies of War, if 
Peace should unfortunately not be concluded. 


My Lords, and Gentlemen, 

It is gratifying to Me to observe, that, notwith- 
standing the pressure of the War, and the burthens 
and sacrifices whieh it has unavoidably imposed upon 
My People, the resources of My Empire remain 
unimpaired. I rely with confidence on the manly 
spirit and enlightened patriotism of My loyal Sub- 
~— for a continuance of that support which they 

ave so nobly afforded Me; and they may be assured 
that I shall not call upon them for exertions beyond 
what 


(Scotland. ) 


Mr. Speaker 
day, attended Her Majesty in the House of Peers, reports Her 


Majesty’s 
Speech. 











Resolution for 
Address, 





19 VicrorRIiz. 


what may be required by a due for the great 
interests, the honour, and the dignity of the Empire. 

There are many subjects connected with internal 
improvement which I recommend to your attentive 
consideration. 

The difference which exists in several important 

rticulars between the Commercial Laws of Scot- 

nd and those of the other parts of the United 
Kingdom has occasioned inconvenience to a large 
portion of My Subjects engaged in trade. Measures 
will be proposed to you for remedying this evil. 

Measures will also be proposed to you for im- 
proving the Laws relating to Partnership, by sim- 
plifying those Laws, and thus rendering more easy 
the employment of capital in commerce. 

The system under which Merchant Shipping is 
liable to pay Local Dues and Passing Tolls has been 
the subject of much complaint. Measures will be 
proposed to you for affording relief in regard to those 
matters. 

Other important measures for improving the Law 
in Great Britain and in Ireland will be proposed to 
you, which will, I doubt not, receive your attentive 
consideration. 

Upon these and all other matters upon which you 
may deliberate, I fervently pray that the Blessing of 
Divine Providence may favour your Councils, and 
a them to the promotion of the great object of 

y unvarying solicitude, the welfare and the happi- 
ness of My People. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, to convey to Her Majesty the 
Thanks of this San for Her Majesty’s most gra- 
cious Speech from the Throne : 

Humbly to congratulate Her Majesty upon the 
signal and important success which since the close 
of the last Session of Parliament the arms of the 
Allies have achieved, and upon Sebastopo/, the great 
stronghold of Russia in the Black Sea, having 
yielded to the persevering constancy and to the 
daring bravery of the Allied Forces: 

To thank Her Majesty for informing us that the 
Naval and Military preparations for the ensuing year 
have occupied Her serious attention ; but that, while 
determined to omit no effort which could give vigour 
to the operations of the War, Her Majesty has 
deemed it Her duty not to decline any overtures 
which might reasonably afford a prospect of a safe 
and honourable Peace : 

That accordingly, when the Emperor of Austria 
lately offered to Her Majesty, and to Her august 
Ally the Emperor of the French, to employ his good 
offices with the Emperor of Russia, with a view to 
endeavour to bring about an amicable adjustment of 
the matters at issue between the contending Powers, 
Her Majesty consented, in concert with Her Allies, 
to accept the offer thus made : 

To assure Her Majesty, that we participate in the 
satisfaction which Her Majesty expresses in inform- 
ing us that certain conditions have been agreed 
upon, which Her Majesty hopes may prove the foun- 
dation of a general Treaty of Peace, and that Nego~ 
tiations for such a Treaty will shortly be opened at 
Paris: 

To thank Her Majesty for acquainting us that, in 
conducting those Negotiations, Her Majesty will be 
careful not to lose sight of the objects for which the 
War was undertaken, and will deem it right in no 
degree to relax Her Naval and Military preparations 
until a satisfactory Treaty of Peace shall have been 
concluded : 

To thank Her Majesty for informing us that, 
although the War in which Her Majesty is engaged 
was brought on by events in the South of Europe, 
Her Majesty’s attention has not been withdrawn 
from the state of things in the North; and that, in 
conjunction with the Emperor of the French, Her 
Majesty has concluded with the King of Sweden and 
Norway a Treaty containing defensive engagements 
Vou. 111, 



































31° Januari. 7 


applicable to his dominions, and tending to the pre- 
servation of the Balance of Power in that part of 
Europe : 

Humbly to thank Her Majesty for acquainting us 
that Her Majesty has also concluded a Treaty of 
Friendship, Commerce and Navigation with the Re- 
— of Chili, and to convey to Her Majesty our 

hanks for having directed that these Treaties shall 
be laid before us: 

To thank Her Majesty for informing us that the 
Estimates for the ensuing year will be laid before us, 
and that we shall find them framed in sucha manner 
as to provide for the exigencies of War, if Peace 
should unfortunately not be concluded : 

Humbly to acquaint Her Majesty that we par- 
ticipate in the gratification expressed by Her Ma- 
jesty at finding that, notwithstanding the pressure of 
the War, and the burthens and sacrifices which it 
has unavoidably imposed upon Her People, the re- 
sources of the Lagi remain unimpaired : 

To thank Her Majesty for the confidence with 
which Her Majesty relies on the manly spirit and 
enlightened patriotism of Her loyal Subjects for a 
continuance of that support which they have so nobly 
afforded Her, and for the assurance that Her Ma- 
jesty will not call upon them for exertions beyond 
what may be required by a due regard for the great 
interests, the honour, and the dignity of the Empire : 

To assure Her Majesty that we will give our best 
attention to the several subjects connected with in- 
ternal improvement which Her Majesty has recom- 
mended to our consideration : 

To thank Her Majesty for informing us that 
measures will be proposed for applying a remedy 
to the inconvenience which a large portion of Her 
Majesty’s Subjects engaged in trade have expe- 
rienced from the difference which in several impor- 
tant particulars exists between the Commercial 
Laws of Scotland and those of the other parts of the 
United Kingdom : 

To thank Her Majesty for acquainting us that 
measures will also be proposed for our considera- 
tion for improving the Laws relating to Partnership, 
by simplifying those Laws, and thus rendering more 
easy the employment of capital in commerce: 

To express our humble Thanks to Her Majesty 
for informing us, that the system under which Mer- 
chant Shipping is liable to pay Local Dues and 
Passing Tolls, having been the subject of much 
complaint, measures will be proposed to us for 
affording relief in regard to those matters : 

Humbly to assure Her Majesty that the other im- 
portant measures for improving the Law in Great 
Britain and in Ireland, which Her Majesty informs 
us will be proposed to us, shall receive our attentive 
consideration : 
| To assure Her Majesty that we unite with Herin 
| fervently praying, that in these and all other mat- 
ters upon which we may deliberate, the Blessing of 
Divine Providence may favour our Councils, and 
may guide them to the promotion of the great ob- 
ject of Her Majesty’s unvarying solicitude, the wel- 
fare and the happiness of Her People. 

Ordered, That a Committee be appointed to draw 
up an Address to be presented to Her Majesty upon 
the said Resolution:—And a Committee was a 
pointed of Mr. Byng, Mr. Baxter, Viscount Pal- 
merston, The Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir 
George Grey, Sit Charles Wood, Mr. Vernon Smith, 
Mr. Attorney General, Mr. Solicitor General, Mr. 
Horsman, Mr. Lowe, Mr. Bouverie, The Judge Ad- 
vocate, Mr. Cowper, Mr. Wilson, Mr. Hayter and 
Mr. Fitz Roy, or any Five of them :—And they are 
to withdraw immediately. 


Committee. 





B3 into 





Committee 
to draw up 
Address. 


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


Mr. Peel presented, by Her Majesty’s Command, Army 
—Copy of Report of the Commission of Inquiry (Crimea.) 


asin onto 





—ev 


a 


— 


——— 


Ne 















































Tamworth 
Writ. 


Cannock 
Mineral Rail- 
way. 


Colnbrook, 
Datchet and 
Slough Road. 


Brough and 
Eamont 
Bridge Road. 


Rhosydd 
Railway. 


Salisbury 
Market 
Branch 
Railway and 
Market House. 


Darenth 
Valley 
Railway. 


Llanidloes 
and Newtown 
Railway. 


8 


into the Supplies of the British Army in the Crimea, 
with the Evidence annexed. 

Ordered, That the said Paper 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 Zamworth, in the 
room of Captain John Townshend, now Marquis 
Townshend, called up to the House of Peers. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 








Veneris, 1° die Februariti ; 
Anno 19° Victorie Regine, 1856. 


PRAYERS. 


PETITION of the Cannock Mineral Railway 

Monet for leave to bring in a Bill to enable 
the Cannock Mineral Railway we to make 
Extension Lines to Colwich and Wolverhampton, 
and for other purposes, was presented, and read ; 
and a Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, 
by Mr. Henry Berkeley and Mr. Brotherton. 


A Petition of Trustees for executing the Act 
thereinafter-mentioned, for leave to bring in a Bill 
to alter, amend and extend the Powers of the Act 
relating to the Colnbrook, Datchet and Slough 
Turnpike-roads, to add other Roads to the Trust, 
and for other purposes, was presented, and read ; 
and a Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, 
by Mr. Brotherton and Mr. Oliveira. 


A Petition of Trustees for executing the Acts 
thereinafter-recited, for leave to bring in a Bill to 
repeal the Acts relating to the Brough and Eamont 
Bridge Turnpike-road, and to make other Provi- 
sions in lieu thereof, was presented, and read ; and 
a Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by 
the Earl of Bective and Colonel Lowther. 


A Petition of Persons whose names are there- 
unto subscribed, for leave to bring in a Bill for 
making a Railway from the Rhosydd Slate Quarry 
to the Festiniog Railway, in the Parish of Festiniog, 
in Merionethshire, to be called “The Rhosydd Rail- 
way,” was presented, and read; and a Bill was 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. William 
Wynne and Mr. William Ormsby Gore. 


A Petition of John Henry Jacob, Thomas Webb 
Gilbert, William Andrews, Frederic Richard Fisher, 
Edward Edmund Peach Kelsey, William Blackmore, 
Andrew Bogle Middleton, Samuel Provis, Robert 
Stokes, Richard Foreman, Edward Simper and John 
Waters, for leave to bring in a Bill for incorporating 
the Salisbury Railway and Market House Company, 
for authorizing them to make and maintain a Rail- 
way and a Market House at Salisbury, and for 
other purposes, was presented, and read; and a Bill 
was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Ge- 
neral Buckley and Mr. Chaplin. 


A Petition of the Darenth Valley Railway Com- 
pany, for leave to bring in a Bill to alter, amend and 
extend the Provisions of “The Darenth Valley 
Railway Act, 1853,” and to enable the Darenth 
Valley Railway Company to make certain Devia- 
tions in their authorized Line of Railway, and for 
other purposes, was presented, and read ; and a 
Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, 
by Sir Edmund Filmer and Mr. etn Smith. 


A Petition of the Lianidloes and Newtown Rail- 
way Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to amend 


31° Januarit.—1° Februariz. 











A. 1856. 


and extend the Provisions of the Llanidloes and 
Newtown Railway Act, 1853, and to enable the 
Llanidloes and Newtown Railway Company to make 
certain Deviations in their authorized Line and 
Levels, and an Extension of their Line to the Canal 
in or near Newtown, and for other purposes, was 
presented, and read; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Standing Orders. 


A Petition of Persons whose names are there- Conway and 
unto subscribed, for leave to bring in a Bill for — 
making and maintaining a Turnpike-road from * 
Conway to Llandudno, in the County of Carnarvon, 
und 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 Scottish Central Railway Com- Scottish 
pany, for leave to bring in a Bill to enable the — 
Scottish Central Railway Company to make Branch “”"*% 
Railways to the Town of Denny, in the County of 
a was presented, and read; and a Bill was 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Stir- 
ling, Mr. Kinnaird and Mr. Blackburn. 


A Petition of the City of Coventry Gas-Light Coventry 
Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to amend the (City) Gas. 
Provisions and extend the Limits of the Act relating 
to the City of Coventry Gas-Light Company, was 
presented, and read ; and a Bill was ordered to be 
brought in accordingly, by Mr. Newdegate and Mr. 

Spooner. 


A Petition of the Edinburgh Water Company, Edinburgh 
for leave to bring in a Bill for better supplying with Water. 
Water the City of Edinburgh and Town and Port 
of Leith, and Places adjacent, was presented, and 
read; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in 
accordingly, by the Earl of Dalkeith and Mr. 


Cowan. 


A Petition of the Bath Gas-Light and Coke Bath Gas. 
Company, for leave to bting in a Bill to confer 
further Powers on the Bath Gas-Light and Coke 
Company, was presented, and read; and a Bill was 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Captain 
Scobell and Mr. Tite. 


A Petition of the Chancellor, Masters and Scho- Cambridge 
lars of the University of Cambridge, and the Mayor, pert ae 
Aldermen and Burgesses of the Borough of Cam-“"° “°*™ 
bridge, for leave to bring in a Bill to confirm an 
Award for the settlement of matters in difference 
between the University and Borough of Cambridge, 
and for other purposes connected therewith, was pre- 
sented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
—— in accordingly, by Mr. Wigram and Colonel 

dair. 


A Petition of Suitors for a Bill for effecting the Clay Cross 
objects thereinafter-mentioned, for leave to bring in Water. 
a Bill for supplying with Water the Inhabitants of 
Clay Cross, and the Neighbourhood, in the County 
of Dol, was presented, and read; and a Bill was 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. George 
Henry Cavendish and Mr. Thornhiil. 


A Petition of the Colonial Bank, for leave to bring Colonial Bank. 
in a Bill to extend the Period limited for the exercise 
of the Powers of the Colonial Bank, and for other 
purposes, was presented, and read; and a Bill was 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Master- 
man and Mr. Thomas Baring. 


A Petition of the Gloucester Gas-Light Company, Gloucester 
for leave to bring in a Bill to authorize the Glouces- Gas. 
ter Gas-Light ach to raise Money, and for 
other purposes, was presented, and read ; and a Bill 
was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Admi- 
ral Berkeley and Mr. Price. 
A Petition 





















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y and 
dno 


h 
y- 


try 
| Gas. 


urgh 
r. 


ridge 
ersity 
Town. 


Cross 
er. 


nial Bank. 


ucester 
} 


London 
Docks. 


Prisoners’ 
Society. 


Dorset Central 
Railway. 


East of Fife 
Railway. 


Dunblane, 
Doune and 
Callander 
Railway. 


Halifax and 
Huddersfield 
Road, 


Filey Water. 


Stockton and 
Middles- 
brough New 
Road and 
Bridge, 





19 VicrorRIz. 


A Petition of the London Dock Company, for leave 
to bring in a Bill to enable the London Dock Com- 
pany to raise a further Sum of Money, was presented, 
and read ; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in 
accordingly, by Mr. Masterman and Mr. Thomas 
Baring. 


A Petition of Governors of the Society for the 
discharge and relief of Persons imprisoned for Small 


Debts throughout England and Wales, for leave to’ 


bring in a Bill for extending the operations of the 


Society for the discharge and relief of Persons im- 
risoned for Small Debts throughout England and 


ales, was presented, and read; and a Bill was or- 


dered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Cayley | 


and Mr. Brotherton. 


A Petition of Persons whose names are thereunto | 


subscribed, for leave to bring in a Bill for making a 


Railway from the Southampton and Dorchester Rail-- 


way to Blandford Saint Mary, in the County of Dor- 


set, and for other purposes, was presented, and read ; | 
and a Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, | 


by Mr. Ker Seymer, Mr. Bankes and Mr. Floyer. 
A Petition of the East of Fife Railway Company, 


for leave to bring in a Bill to enable the East of Fife 
Railway Company to make a Deviation in the Line 


of their Railway, and for other purposes, was pre- 
sented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
brought in accordingly, by Mr. Baird and Mr. 


Fergus. 


A Petition of Persons whose names are thereunto 
subscribed, for leave to bring in a Bill for making a 
Railway from the Scottish Central Railway at Dun- 
blane, by Doune, to Callander, to be called “‘ The 
Dunblane, Doune and Callander Railway,” was pre- 
sented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
brought in accordingly, by Mr. Stirling and Mr. 
Blackburn. 


A Petition of the Aberdeen Railway Company, 
and the Scottish Midland Junction Railway Com- 


pany, for leave to bring in a Bill to unite and amal- | 


1° Februariz. 9 


|Township of Thornaby to “Middlesbrough, in the 
North Riding of the County of York, with a Bridge 
\over a Creck or Arm of the River Tees, and for 
other purposes, was presented, and read; and a Bill 
was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Lord 
| Harry Vane, Mr. Cayley and Mr. Farrer. 


A Petition of Trustees for executing the Acts there- Knaresbo- 


| inafter-mentioned, for leave to bring in a Bill to rough and 


amend and extend the Provisions of the several Acts — a 

relating to the Knaresborough and Green Hammerton ‘ 

Turnpike-road, in the County of York, and to create 

a further Term therein, and for other purposes, was 

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

—— in accordingly, by Mr. Dent and Mr. Basil 
00 . 


A Petition of Trustees for executing the Act Knaresbo- 
thereinafter-mentioned, for leave to bring in a Bill to —_ _ 4 
amend and extend the Provisions of the Act relating Rosa” — 
to the Knaresborough and Pateley Bridge Turnpike- 
road, and to create a further Term therein, and for 
other purposes, was presented, and read ; and a Bill 
was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. 

Dent and Mr. Basil Woodd. 


A Petition of Trustees of the Zuton District Turn- Luton Disirict 
pike-road, for leave to bring in a Bill to repeal certain ®0a4. 
Acts relating to the Luton District Turnpike-road, 
and make other Provisions in lieu thereof, was pre- 
sented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
‘broughtin accordingly, by Mr. Hastings Russell and 
Colonel Gilpin. 


A Petition of the Luton, Dunstable and Welwyn Luton, Dun- 
Junction Railway Company, for leave to bring in a stable and 
Bill to enable the Luton, Dunstable and Welwyn bing hg 
Junction Railway Company to alter the present 
authorized Junction of their Railway with the Leigh- 
ton Buzzard and Dunstable Branch of the London 

and North Western Railway, and for other purposes, 
_ was presented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to 
be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Hastings Russell, 
Colonel Gilpin, Mr. Cowper and Mr. Thomas Cham- 


bers. 


mate the Undertaking of the Scottish Midland | 


unction Railway Company with the Undertaking 
of the Aberdeen Railway Company, to be thenceforth 
called “ The Perth, Forfar and Aberdeen Railway 
Company,” and to regulate the Management of, and 


confer additional Powers on the united Company, | 


and for other purposes, was presented, and read ; 
and a Bill was ordered to be — in accordingly, 
by Mr. Thompson and Viscount Duncan. 


A Petition of Trustees for executing the Act there- 


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


— the Act relating to the Turnpike-roads from | 
alifax to Huddersfield, in the West Riding of the | 


County of York, and to grant a further Term in the 
said Roads, and further Powers for the management 
thereof, and 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 Promoters of the Undertaking there- 
inafter referred to, for leave to bring ina 


ill for | 
supplying with Water the Town of Filey, and the, 


A Petition of Edward Denis de Vitré, of Lancaster, Lancaster 
Doctor of Medicine; Bryan Padgett Gregson, of Gas- 
Lancaster, Esquire; William Roper, of Lancaster, 
Merchant; Robert Ferguson, of Lancaster, Gentle- 
man ; and Preston Kelsall, of Lancaster, Gentleman, 
being a Quorum of the Committee of Management 
of the Lancaster Gas-Light Company, for leave to 

bring in a Bill for incorporating the Lancaster Gas- 
Light Company, and extending their Powers, and 
for authorizing additional Works and the raising of 
further Monies, and for other purposes, was pre- 
sented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
brought in accordingly, by Mr. Thomas Greene and 
Mr. Gregson. 


A Petition of the Southport Waterworks Com- Southport 
pany, for leave to bring in a Bill to enable the South- Water. 
| port Waterworks 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. William Brown, Mr. Cheetham 
and Mr. Brotherton. 


Environs and Neighbourhood thereof, and other | 


places in the East and North —e of the County | 


of York, and for authorizing the Purchase of the 
Filey Gas Works, and for supplying the said Town 
with Gas, and for other purposes, was presented, and 
read ; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in ac- 
cordingly, by Lord Hotham and Mr. Arthur Dun- 
combe. 


_ A Petition of Promoters of the Undertaking there- 
inafter referred to, for leave to bring in a Bill to 
authorize the making of a Turnpike-road from the 
Vou, 111, 


A Petition of the Thames Haven Dock and Rail- Thames Haven 
way Company, for leave to bring in a Bill for the iy 
making of a Dock and Works at Thames Haven, ° 
and for other purposes, was presented, and read; 
and a Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, 
by Mr. David Waddington and Mr. Bagshaw. 


A Petition of a Quorum of the Commissioners Glasgow 
appointed and acting under the Act thereinafter- ee 
mentioned, for leave to bring in a Bill for enlarging Offices. 
and improving the Justiciary Court House, and 


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Barnsdale and 
Leeds Road, 


Heywood Gas. 


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Railway. 


Weymouth 
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Regis Gas, 


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Court Houses and Public Buildings of the City of 
Glasgow and County of Lanark, for erecting ad- 
ditional Buildings, for amending the Act relating 
thereto, and for other purposes, was presented, and 
read ; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in ac- 
cordingly, by Mr. Alexander Hastie, Mr. M‘Gregor 
and Sir James Anderson. 


A Petition of the Lord Provost, Magistrates and 
Council of the City of G/asgow, and the Police and 
Statute Labour Committee of the said Council, 
for leave to bring in a Bill for better paving the 
City of Glasgow, and for other purposes in relation 
to the Statute Labour of the said City, was pre- 
sented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
brought in accordingly, by Mr. Alexander Hastie, 
Mr. M‘Gregor and Sir James Anderson. 


A Petition of the Banbridge, Newry, Dublin and 
Belfast Junction Railway Company, for leave to 
bring in a Bill for altering the Name of the Ban- 
bridge, Newry, Dublin and Belfast Junction Rail- 
way Company, to the name “ The Banbridge Junc- 
tion Railway Company,” for increasing their Capital 
and extending their Powers, and for other purposes, 
was presented, and read ; and a Bill was ordered to 
be brought in accordingly, by Lord Edwin Hill and 
Mr. Kirk. 


A Petition of Trustees of the Barnsdale and 
Leeds Turnpike-road, for leave to bring in a Bill to 
amend an Act passed in the seventh and eighth 
years of the reign of his late Majesty King George 
the Fourth, intituled, “ An Act to alter, amend and 
enlarge the Powers and Provisions of an Act relating 
to the Road from Barnsdale through Pontefract to 
Thwaite Gate, near Leeds, in the West Riding of 
the County of York, and to continue the Term 
thereby granted,” was presented, and read ; and a 
Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by 
Mr. Monckton Milnes and Mr. Oliveira. 


A Petition of the Company of Proprietors of the 
Lambeth Waterworks, for leave to bring in a Bill 
for enabling the Company of Proprietors of Lam- 
beth Waterworks to raise further Money, and for 
other purposes, was presented, and read ; and a Bill 
was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. 
Wilkinson, Mr. Pellatt and Mr. Farrer. 


A Petition of the Heywood Gas-Light and Coke 
Company, for leave to bring in a Bill for granting 
further Powers to the Heywood Gas-Light and Coke 
Company, was presented, and read; and a Bill was 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. William 
Brown and Mr. Cheetham. 


A Petition of Subscribers to the Undertaking 
thereinafter-mentioned, for leave to bring in a Bill 
for making a Railway from Lowestoft, to join the 
East Suffolk Railway, in the Parish of Beccles, all 
in the County of Suffolk, and for other purposes 
connected therewith, was presented, and read ; and 
a Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by 
Sir Edward Gooch and Sir FitzRoy Kelly. 


A Petition of William Wharton Burdon, of New- 
castle-upon- Tyne, and of Subscribers to the Under- 
taking thereinafter-mentioned, for leave to bring in 
a Bill for lighting with Gas the Borough of Wey- 
mouth and Melcombe Regis and its Neighbourhood, 
in the County of Dorset, and for other purposes, was 

resented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
Reonghe in accordingly, by Colonel freestun and 
Mr. George Butt. 


A Petition of the Cork and Youghal Railway 
Company, for leave to bring m a Bill to authorize 
the Cork and Youghal Railway Company to extend 
their Railway into Cork, and for other purposes, 
was presented, and read ; and a Bill was ordered to 


1° Februarii. 





A. 1856, 


be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Zsaac Butt and 
Mr. Talbot. 


A Petition of the Eastern Union Railway Com- Eastern Union 
pany, for leave to bring in a Bill to attach further Bailway. 
advantages to certain Portions of the Capital of the 
Eastern Union Railway Company, was presented, 
and read ; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in 
accordingly, by Mr. Cobbold, Sir Samuel Bignold 
and Mr. Cayley. 


A Petition of Trustees for the General Works of Deeping Fen 
Drainage in Deeping Fen, or Owners of Adventurers’ P™inase. 
Taxable Lands in the same Fen, for leave to bring 
in a Bill to consolidate the Drainage Trusts in Deep- 
ing Fen, in the County of Lincoln, and for other 
purposes relating to the said Fen, was presented, 
and read ; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in 
accordingly, by Lord Burghley and Sir John Trol- 
lope. 


A Petition of Subscribers to the Undertaking Yarmouth and 
thereinafter-mentioned, for leave to bring in a Bill — 
for making a Railway from Yarmouth to the East” 
Suffolk Railway, in the Parish of Haddiscoe, with a 
Branch Railway connected therewith, and for other 
purposes, was presented, and read ; and a Bill was 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Sir Edward 
Gooch, Sir Edmund Lacon and Mr. Rumbold. 


A Petition of the Midland Great Western Rail- Midland Great 
way of Ireland Company, for leave to bring in a Western Rail. 
Bill to enable the Midland Great Western Railway way of Ireland, 
of Ireland Company to make Extension Lines of 
Railway to Strokestown and at Cevan; to abandon 
a Portion of their authorized Railway at Longford ; 
to become Shareholders in the North Western Rail- 
way of Jreland, and for other purposes, was pre- 
sented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
brought in accordingly, by Mr. French and Sir 

timothy O’ Brien. 


A Petition of Subscribers to the Undertaking Knottingley 
thereinafter-mentioned, for leave to bring in a Bill 4 
for supplying with Gas the Townships of Knotting- 
ley and Ferrybridge, 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. Monckton Milnes and Mr. Oliveira. 


A Petition of the Lincoln Waterworks Company, Lincoln 
for leave to bring ina Bill to enable the Lincoln Water- 
Waterworks Company to raise a further Sum of 
Money, was presented, and read; and a Bill was 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. 
Heneage and Major Sibthorp, 


A Petition of Trustees for executing the Act Monmouth 
thereinafter-mentioned, for leave to bring in a Bill Roads. 
for more effectually repairing several Roads leading 
to and from the Town of Monmouth, and for making 
several Lines of Road to communicate therewith, in 
the Counties of Monmouth, Gloucester and Hereford, 
was presented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to 
be brought in accordingly, by Colonel Somerset and 
Mr. Crawshay Bailey. 


A Petition of Owners or Occupiers of ——- on Alford Valley 


the Line and in the Neighbourhood of the Railway Railway. 
thereinafter-mentioned, or Subscribers for carrying 

the same into execution, for leave to bring ina Bill 

to authorize the making of a Railway from the 

Great North of Scotland Railway to Alford, in the 
County of Aberdeen, to be called “The Alford 
Valley Railway,” was presented, and read; and a 

Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by 

Lord Haddo and Sir James Fergusson. 


A Petition of Owners or Occupiers of Property on Formartine 
the Line and in the Neighbourhood of the Railway #4 Buchas 
Railway. 
thereinafter 








ern Union 
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thereinafter-mentioned, or Subscribers for carrying 
the same into execution, for leave to bring ina Bill 
to authorize the Construction of a Railway from the 
Great North of Scotland Railway to Strichen, in 
the County of Aberdeen, with a Branch to Peterhead, 
to be called “ The Formartine and Buchan Railway,” 
was presented, and read ; and a Bill was ordered to 
be brought in accordingly, by Lord Haddo aud Sir 
James Fergusson. 


Oxford, A Petition of the Ozford, Worcester and Wolver- 

—— and hampton Railway Company, for leave to bring in a 

pony Sd Bill to enable the Oxford, Worcester and Wolver- 

(Additional hampton Railway Company to raise further Money 

Capital, Sc.) for the Completion of the Broad Gauge, and for 
other purposes, and to convert their Mortgage 
Debt into Stock, was presented, and read; and a 
Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by 
Colone] Rushout and Sir John Pakington. 


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

Worcester and hampton Railway Company, for leave to bring in a 

beag ar mg Bill to extend the Time limited for completing the 

on Railway - ; &gt; 

(Extension of Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway, and 

Time, &amp;c.) for adapting the same to the Broad Gauge, and to 
facilitate the Construction of a Branch Railway to 
Stratford-upon-Avon, in the County of Warwick, 
and for other purposes, was presented, and read ; 
and a Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, 
by Colonel Rushout and Sir John Pakington. 


East Somerset A Petition of Promoters of the intended East 


Railway. Somerset Railway, for leave to bring in a Bill for 
making a Railway from the Wilts, Somerset and 
Weymouth Railway, near Frome, to Shepton Mallet, 
in the County of Somerset, was presented, and read ; 
and referred to the Select Committee on Standing 
Orders. 

North of A Petition of the North of Europe Steam Navi- 

— Steam wation Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to 

avigation / DP 

Company.  onfer further Powers on the North of Europe 
Steam Navigation Company, and for other pur- 
poses, was presented, and read; and referred to 
the Select Committee on Standing Orders, 

Dundee A Petition of Trustees of the Harbour of Dundee, 

Harbour. 


for leave to bring in a Bill for effecting certain 
Alterations in the Works of the Tidal Harbour of 
Victoria Dock at Dundee, and for other purposes in 
relation to the Harbour of Dundee, was presented, 
and read; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in 


accordingly, by Mr. Duncan and Viscount Duncan. | 


Leicester and A Petition of a Quorum of the Trustees for exe- 
Welford Road. cuting the Act thereinafter-mentioned relating to 
the Leicester and Welford Turnpike-road, for leave 
to bring in a Bill for continuing the Term and 
extending the Provisions of the Act relating to the 
Leicester and Welford Turnpike-road, in the Coun- 
ties of Leicester and Northampton, was presented, 
and read ; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in 
accordingly, by Mr. Packe and Sir Henry Halford. 


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

Europe Steam Navigation Company Bill. 
Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Select 

Committee on Standing Orders. 

Wescester 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 Worcester 
and Hereford Railway Bill. 
- Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Select 
Committee on Standing Orders. 
Vou..111. 


1° Februarit. 





11 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from East Somerset 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, Bailway. 
in respect of non-compliance with the Standing 
Orders in the case of the Petition for the East 
Somerset Railway Bill. 
Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Select 
Committee on Standing Orders. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Llanidloes 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, 224 Newtown 
in respect of non-compliance with the Standing“ 
Orders in the case of the Petition for the Llanidloes 
and Newtown Railway Bill. 

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


A Petition of the President, Vice-Presidents, and Norwich 
Twelve of the Directors of the Norwich Union So- — ay 
. . . nsurance 
ciety, or Union Office for Insurances on Lives and gociety, 
Survivorships, and for granting Annuities, for leave 
to bring ina Bill for better enabling the Norwich 
Union Life Insurance Society to hold and dispose of 
Property, and to sue and be sued, and for extending 
their Powers, and for other purposes, was presented, 
and read ; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in 
accordingly, by Sir Henry Stracey and Sir Samuel 
Bignold. 


A Petition of the North Staffordshire Railway North Staf- 
Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to extend the frdshire 
North Staffordshire Railway from Sandbach to near (Sandbach to. 
Moore, and for other purposes, was presented, and Warrington.) 
read; anda Bill was ordered to be brought in ac- 
cordingly, by Mr. John Lewis Ricardo, Mr. Child 
and Mr. Bramley-Moore. 


A Petition of Persons whose names are thereunto Lands 
subscribed, for leave to bring im a Bill for incorpo- 5 te 
rating the Lands Improvement Company of Scotland, Company of 
and to afford greater facilities for the mprovement 
of Land in Scotland, was presented, and read ; and 
a Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by 
the Earl of Dalkeith, Mr. William Lockhart and 
Mr. Blackburn. 


A Petition of the North Staffordshire Railway North Staf- 
Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to make and fordshire 
maintain a Railway from the Saint Helen’s Railway, Gibcued 
near Garston, to Liverpool, and for other purposes, Extension.) 
was presented, and read ; and a Bill was ordered to 
be brought in accordingly, by Mr. John Lewis Ri- 


cardo, Mr. Child and Mr. Bramley-Moore. 


Petitions relating to Church Rates ; — Union Public 
Houses ;—and, Juvenile Offenders,—were presented, Petitions. 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. Vide First 

Report. 


Mr. Lowe presented, by Her Majesty's Command, Railway 
—A Return of the Number and Nature of the Acci- Accidents. 
dents, and the Injuries to Life and Limb which have 
occurred on all the Railways open for Traffic in Eng- 
land and Wales, Scotland and Ireland respectively, 
from the 1st of July to the 31st December 1855. 

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


Ordered, That Mr. Hawkins have leave of absence Leave of 
till Easter, on account of ill health ;—Mr. Freshfield Absence. 
till the 12th day of this instant February, on account 
of a domestic affliction;—and, Mr. Fuller till Easter, 
on account of a domestic affliction. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Poor Rate. 

to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this House, 
a Return containing an Extract from the Poor Rate 
Book now in use, of every Parish and Township in 
England and Wales; such Extract to comprise, as 
respects every occupier of two acres of land or 
c2 upwards, 








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RY gem Pr 


Railway Acts. 


Adjournment. 


Address 
reported, and 
agreed to. 


12 1° Februari. 


upwards, in the Parish or Township, the several par- 
ticulars in the Columns of the Rate Book headed, 
firstly, ‘ Name of Occupier ;” secondly, “ Name or 
Situation of Property rated,” if any; and, thirdly, 
“ Estimated Extent.’ 


Form of Return. 





Name Name or Situation 


of Occupier. of Property. Estimated Extent. 


Aa. k. PrP. 


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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. 


Mr. Lowe presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand,—A Return of the Railway Acts passed in the 
Session of 1855; the Length of each Line ; the pro- 
posed Capital Stock ; the Number of Shares autho- 
rized to be created ; and the Sums authorized to be 
raised on Loan. 

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


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





Mr. Byng reported from the Committee appointed to 
draw up an Address to be presented to Her Majesty, 
That they had drawn up an Address accordingly ; 
and the same was read, as followeth : 


Most Gracious Sovereign, 


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

We humbly congratulate Your Majesty upon the 
signal and important success which, since the close 
of the last Session of Parliament, the arms of the 
Allies have achieved, and upon Sebastopol, the great 
stronghold of Russia in the Black Sea, having 
yielded to the persevering constancy and to the 
daring bravery of the Allied Forces : 

We thank Your Majesty for informing us that 
the Naval and Military preparations for the ensuing 
year have occupied Your Majesty’s serious atten- 
tion; but that, while determined to omit no effort 
which could give vigour to the operations of the 
War, Your Majesty has deemed it Your Majesty’s 
duty not to decline any overtures which might rea- 
sonably afford a prospect of a safe and honourable 
Peace: 

We rejoice to learn that when the Emperor of 
Austria \ately offered to Your Majesty, and to Your 
august Ally, the Emperor of the French, to employ 
his good offices with the Emperor of Russia, with 
a view to endeavour to bring about an amicable ad- 
justment of the matters at issue between the con- 
tending Powers, Your Majesty consented, in concert 
with Your Majesty’s Allies, to accept the offer thus 
made : 

We beg to assure Your Majesty, that we partici- 
pate in the satisfaction which Your Majesty ex- 
presses in informing us that certain conditions have 
been agreed upon which Your Majesty hopes may 
prove the foundation of a general Treaty of Peace, 
and that Negotiations for such a Treaty will shortly 
be opened at Paris : 

We thank Your Majesty for acquainting us that, 
in conducting those Negotiations, tom Majesty will 
be careful not to lese sight of the objects for which 
the War was undertaken, and will deem it right in 


A. 1856. 


no degree to relax Your Naval and Military pre- 
parations until a satisfactory Treaty of Peace shall 
have been concluded : 

We also thank Your Majesty for informing us 
that, although the War in which Your Majesty is 
engaged was brought on by events in the South of 
Europe, Your Majesty’s attention has not been with- 
drawn from the state of things in the North; and 
that, in conjunction with the Emperor of the French, 


_| Your Majesty has concluded with the King of Swe- 


den and Norway a Treaty containing defensive en- 
gagements applicable to his dominions, and tending 
to the preservation of the Balance of Power in that 
part of Europe: 

We humbly thank Your Majesty for acquainting 
us that Your Majesty has also concluded a Treaty 
of Friendship, Commerce and Navigation with the 
Republic of Chili, and we beg to convey to Your 
Majesty our Thanks for having directed that these 
Treaties shall be laid before us : 

We thank Your Majesty for informing us that the 
Estimates for the ensuing year will be laid before 
us, and that we shall find them framed in sucha 
manner as to provide for the exigencies of War, if 
Peace should unfortunately not be concluded : 

We beg humbly to acquaint Your Majesty, that 
we participate in the gratification expressed by Your 
Majesty at finding that, notwithstanding the pres- 
sure of the War, and the burthens and sacrifices 
which it has unavoidably imposed upon Your Ma- 
jesty’s people, the resources of the Empire remain 
unimpaired : 

We beg to express our Thanks to Your Majesty 
for the confidence with which Your Majesty relies 
on the manly spirit and enlightened patriotism of 
Your Majesty’s loyal subjects for a continuance of 
that support which they have so nobly afforded 
Your Majesty, and for the assurance that Your Ma- 
jesty will not call upon them for exertions beyond 
what may be required by a due regard for the great 
interests, the honour, and the dignity of the Em- 
pire : 

We assure Your Majesty that we will give our 
best attention to the several subjects connected with 
internal improvement which Your Majesty has re- 
commended to our consideration : 

We thank Your Majesty for informing us that 
measures will be proposed for applying a remedy to 
the inconvenience which a large portion of Your 
Majesty’s subjects engaged in trade have expe- 
rienced from the difference which in several im- 
“soe particulars exists between the Commercial 

aws of Scotland and those of the other parts of 
the United Kingdom : 

We also thank Your Majesty for acquainting us 
that measures will also be proposed for our consi- 
deration for improving the Laws relating to Part- 
nership, by simplifying those Laws, and thus ren- 
dering more easy the employment of capital in 
commerce : 

We beg leave to express our humble Thanks to 
Your Majesty for informing us, that the system 
under which Merchant Shipping is liable to pay 
Local Dues and Passing Tolls, having been the 
subject of much complaint, measures will be pro- 
posed to us for affording relief in regard to those 
matters : 

We humbly assure Your Majesty that the other 
important measures for improving the Law in Great 
Britain and in Ireland, which Your Majesty in- 
forms us will be proposed to us, shall receive our 
attentive consideration : 

We also assure Your Majesty that we unite with 
Your Majesty in fervently praying, that in these 
and all other matters upon which we may deliberate, 
the Blessing of Divine Providence may favour our 
Councils, and may guide them to the promotion of 
the great object of Your Majesty’s unvarying soli- 
citude, the welfare and the happiness of Your Ma- 





jesty’s people. 
Resolved, 








| ane 
8 
po sory chewy 


Partnership 
Amendment 
and Joint 
Stock Com- 
panies. 


Acts of 
Parliament, 


Exchequer 
Specifications 
and Acquit- 
tances, 


Last India. 


Partnership 
Amendment 
Bill. 


Bill 1, 


Joint Stock 
prmPanies 


Bill 2, 





19 Vicroriz. 


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 upon Monday next. 


The House was moved, That the several Acts re- 
lating to the Law of Partnership and to Joint Stock 
Companies and other Associations, might be read ; 
and the same being read ; 

Resolved, That this House will immediately resolve 
itself into a Committee to consider the said Acts: 
—The House accordingly resolved itself into the 
Committee. 

(In the Committee.) 


1. Resolved, That the Chairman be directed to 
move the House, That leave be given to bring in a 
Bill to amend the Law of Partnership. 

2. Resolved, That the Chairman be directed to 
move the House, That leave be given to bring in a 
Bill for the Incorporation and Regulation of Joint 
Stock Companies and other Associations. 


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. That the Chairman be directed to move the 
House, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
amend the Law of Partnership. 

2. That the Chairman be directed to move the 
House, That leave be given to bring ina Bill for 
the Incorporation arid Regulation of Joint Stock 
Companies and other Associations :—And he moved 
the House accordingly. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in the 
Bills: And that Mr. FitzRoy, Mr. Lowe and Vis- 
count Palmerston do prepare, and bring them in. 


The following Papers were laid upon the Table 
by the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, 
dated the 3d day of August 1855, for a Return of 
the Total Number of Acts passed in each Session 
since the year 1800, distinguishing the Number of 
Public, Private and Local and Personal Acts, and 
the Number relating to Great Britain, England, 
Scotland and Jrelavd, and those relating to the 
United Kingdom. 

The following Papers, pursuant to the directions 
of several Acts of Parliament, were also laid upon 
the Table by the Clerk of the House,—A Return of 
Orders, Rules and Regulations issued by the Lords 
Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury, relating 
to Exchequer Specifications and Acquittances. 

Resolutions of the Court of Directors of the East 
India Company, being the Warrants or Instruments 
granting any Pension. 

Resolutions of the Court of Directors of the East 
India Company, being the Warrants or Instruments 
granting any Salary or Gratuity. 


Mr. Lowe presented a Bill to amend the Law of 
Partnership: And the same was read the first time ; 
and ordered to be read a second time upon Wednes- 
day next ; and to be printed. 


Mr. Lowe presented a Bill for the Incorporation 
and Regulation of Joint Stock Companies and other 
Associations: And the same was read the first time ; 
Vou. 111. 


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18 


and ordered to be read a second time upon Wednes- 
day next; and to be printed. 


The House was moved, That the several Acts re- Local Dues on 
lating to Local Dues on Shipping, &amp;c., might be read ; Shipping, &amp;c. 
and the same being read ; 

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


And then the House adjourned till Monday next. 











Lune, 4° die Februarii ; 
Anno 19° Victoria Regine, 1856. 


PRAYERS. 


M R. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Isle of Wight 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Steam Bridge 
Bills, in respect of non-compliance with the Stand- sandlth 
ing Orders in the case of the Petition for the Isle of 
Wight Steam Bridge and Approaches Bill. 

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


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Chatham Dis- 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, t*ict Water. 
in respect of non-compliance with the Standing Or- 
ders in the case of the Petition for the Chatham 
District Water Bill. 

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


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Tabie,—Report from North Western 
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 North 
Western Railway Bill. 
Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Select 
Committee on Standing Orders, 


A Petition of Commissioners for executing the Broadstairs 
Acts thereinafter-mentioned, for leave to bring in a ory Pier 
Bill for the Improvement of the Harbour of Broad- Pigce, _ 
stairs, in the Isle of Thanet, and County of Kent; 
and for the Construction of a Low-water Landing 
Pier, and other Works at Broadstairs aforesaid, was 
a and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 

rought in accordingly, by Sir Edward Dering and 
Mr. Brotherton. 


A Petition of Persons whose names are there- Isle of Wight 
unto subscribed, for leave to bring in a Bill for es- — ~e 
tablishing and maintaining a Ferry between Stokes suendian 
Bay and Ryde, in the County of Southampton, with 
Landing-places and Approaches thereto, was _pre- 
sented, and read ; and referred to the Select Com- 
mittee on Standing Orders, 


A Petition of the Zondon and North Western Rail- fenie ent "a 
way Company, for leave to bring in a Bill for altering 2°™" * &amp;s*¢ 
onions pa Shrewsbury Line of the London al _——— 
North Western Railway, for making Provision with 
respect to Station Accommodation at Shrewsbury, 
and for other purposes, was presented, and read; 
and a Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, 
by the Marquis of Chandos and Mr. Glyn, 


A Petition of the Eastern Counties Railway Com- Eastern Coun- 
pany, for leave to bring in a Bill for regulating the *is Railway. 
Capital and Mortgage Debt of the Eastern Counties 
Railway Company, and for other purposes, was pre- 
sented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
brought in accordingly, by Mr. David Waddington 


and Mr. Bagshaw, 


A Petition of the Ulster Railway Company and Ulster 
Portadown and Dungannon Railway Company, for #!way- 
leave to bring in a Bill to enable the Ulster Railway 
Company to subscribe towards the Undertaking of , 

c3 


the 


ee 


ee 


ne Ce en oe eee 
i ° _~ 


North Shiclds 
and Tyne- 
mouth Dock. 


Severn Valley 


way. 


Glastonbury 
and Bruton 
Railway. 


British and 
American 
Great Railway 
Land Com- 
pany. 


Cheltenham 
Gas. 


Sleaford and 
Tattershall 
Turnpike 
Trust. 


West Ham 
Gas, 


Renfrewshire 
Roads. 


14. 


the Portadown and Dungannon Railway Company, 

and to authorize certain Arrangements between the 

said Companies, and for other purposes, was pre- 

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

brought in accordingly, by Mr. Davison and Mr. 
irk. 


A Petition of Persons whose names are there- 
unto subscribed, for leave to bring in a Bill for 
making and maintaining a Dock and Tidal Basin in 
the River Tyne, on the North side thereof, near the 
Low Lights, at North Shields, in the Borough of 
Tynemouth, was presented, and read; and a Bill was 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Beau- 
mont, Mr, Liddell, Mr. William Lindsay and Mr. 
Macartney. 


A Petition of the Severn Valley Railway Com- 
pony» for leave to bring in a Bill for authorizing 
eviations from the authorized Line of the Severn 
Valley Railway, and for making further Provision 
with respect to Shares in the Capital of the Severn 


Valley Railway Comey and for facilitating the | 


Completion of their Undertaking, and for other pur- 
poses, was presented, and read; and a Bill was or- 
dered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Whit- 
more and Colonel forester. 


A Petition of the Somerset Central Railway Com- 
pany, for Jeave to bring in a Bill for enabling the 
Somerset Central Railway Company to construct a 
Railway from Glastonbury to near Bruton, and to 
raise additional Capital, was presented, and read ; 
and a Bill was ordered to be brought in accord- 


ingly, by Mr. Miles and Mr. Pinney. 


A Petition of Suitors for a Bill for effecting the 
objects thereinafter-mentioned, for leave to bring in 
a Bill for incorporating the British and American 
Great Railway Lead Company, and for other pur- 
poses, was presented, and read; and a Bill was or- 
dered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Collier 
and Mr. Craufurd. 


A Petition of the Cheltenham Gas-Light and Coke 
Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to confer 
further Powers on the Cheltenham Gas-Light and 
Coke Company, was presented, and read; and a 
Bill was ps we to be brought in accordingly, by 
Mr. Grenville Berkeley and Sir William Codrington. 


A Petition of Trustees for executing the Acts 
thereinafter-mentioned, for leave to bring in a Bill 
to repeal the Acts relating to the Sleaford and 
Tattershall Turnpike-road, and to make other Pro- 
visions in lieu thereof, was presented, and read ; and 
a Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by 
Sir John Trollope and Mr. Nesbit Hamilton. 


A Petition of Directors of, or Shareholders in, 
the Company thereinafter-mentioned, for leave to 
bring in a Bull to incorporate “ The West Ham Gas 
Company,” to enable them to raise further Money, 
to confirm a Contract between the said Company 
and the Commercial Gas Company, and for other 
purposes, was presented, and read; and a Bill was 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Bram- 
ston, Mr. Masterman and Mr. Mowatt. 


A Petition of Trustees of the Renfrewshire Turn- 

ike-roads, for leave to bring in a Bill for carrying 
into effect certain Arrangements between the Trustees 
of the Renfrewshire Turnpike-roads and the Lord 
Provost, Magistrates and Council, and Police and 
Statute Labour Committee of Glasgow; and for 
continuing in other respects the Acts relating to the 
said ealh, was presented, and read; and a Bill 
was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Sir 
Michael Shaw Stewart and Mr. William Lockhart. 


4° Februariz. 


A. 1856. 


A Petition of Trustees for executing the Act Uttoxeter and 
thereinafter-mentioned, for leave to bring in a Bill ae Marsh 
to repeal an Act passed in the fourth year of the 
reign of his late Majesty King George the Fourth, 
intituled, “An Act for more effectually amending 
and keeping in Repair the Roads from the Town 
of Uttoxeter to the Town of Newcastle-under- Lyme, 
in the County of Stafford, so far as relates to the 
Uttoxeter District of the said Roads, and for making 
certain New Pieces of Road to communicate there- 
with, all in the said County of Stafford,” and to 
confer larger and additional Powers and Provisions 
in lieu of those therein contained, and for other 
purposes, was presented, and read; and a Bill was 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Ad- 
derley and Mr. Child. 


A Petition of the Worcester and Hereford Rail- Worcester 
way Company, for leave to bring in a Bill for autho- ee 
rizing the Abandonment of part of the Worcester ” 
and Hereford Railway, for changing the Name of 
the Worcester and Hereford Railway Company, and 
for other purposes, was presented, and read ; and 
referred to the Select Committee on Standing 
Orders. 


A Petition of Promoters of the Undertaking Sittingbourne 
thereinafter-mentioned, for leave to bring in a Bill and Sheerness 
for making a Railway from Sittingbourne to Sheer- ®4lway. 
ness, all in the County of Kent, and for other pur- 
poses, was presented, and read ; and referred to the 





| Select Committee on Standing Orders. 


_ A Petition of the North Western Railway Com- North Western 
pany, for leave to bring in a Bill to enable the Railway. 
orth Western Railway Company to vary their 

Undertaking, to use certain other Undertakings, 

and to enter into Arrangements with other Com- 

panies, was presented, and read; and referred to 

the Select Committee on Standing Orders. 


A Petition of the thereunder-signed, for leave to Shrewsbury 
bring in a Bill for making a Eutowy from the = 
Oswestry and Newtown Railway, in the Parish of” ™’ 
Buttington, in the County of Montgomery, to 
Shrewsbury, with a Branch thereout to Minsterley, 

in the County of Salop, and for other purposes, was 

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

brought in accordingly, by Mr. Pugh and Colonel 

Herbert. 


A Petition of the Carmarthen and Cardigan Carmarthen 
Railway Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to and Cardigan 
enable the Carmarthen and Cardigan Railway Com- ***Y: 
pany to make a Deviation of a portion of their Line 
of Railway, and to abandon Parts thereof, and to 
grant further Powers to the Company, and for other 
purposes, was presented, and read; and a Bill was 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. 

Saunders Davies and ‘Mr. Lloyd Davies. 


A Petition of the Lord Provost, Magistrates and Edinburgh 
Council of the City of Edinburgh, for leave to bring Municipality. 
in a Bill to extend the Municipal Boundaries of the 
City of Edinburgh; to transfer the Powers of the 
Commissioners of Police to the Magistrates and 
Council, and for other purposes relating to the 
Municipality of the said City, was presented, and 
read; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in 
accordingly, by Mr. Cowan and Mr. Dunlop. 


A Bill to authorize the Cork and Youghal Railway Cork and 
Company to extend their Railway into Cork, and for Youghal Bil 
other purposes, was read the first time ; and ordered ““"”*Y *™ 
to be read a second time. 


A Bill to consolidate the Drainage Trusts in Deeping Fen 
Deeping Fen, in the County of Lincoln, and for other Drainage Bill 
purposes relating to the said Fen, was read the first 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 





A Bill 








eter and 
ie Marsh 


ester 
lereford 
ay. 


gbourne 
heerness 
ay. 


| Western 
ay. 


sbury 
‘elshpool 


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19 VicToriz. 


gastern Union A Bill to attach further Advantages to certain 
Railway Bill. Portions of the Capital of the Eastern Union Rail- 
way Company, was read the first time ; and ordered 
to be read a second time. 


Heywood Gas A Bill for granting further Powers to the Hey- 
Bil wood Gas-Light and Coke Company, was read the 
first time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


A Bill for supplying with Gas the Townships of 


Knottingley 

Gas Bill. Knottingley and Ferrybridge, in the West Riding of 
the County of York, was read the first time ; and 
ordered to be read a second time. 

Lowestoft A Bill for making a Railway from Lowestoft, to 

and Beccles join the East Suffolk Railway, in the Parish of 

Railway Bill. “Peceles, all in the County of Suffolk, and for other 
purposes connected therewith, was read the first 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 

Monmouth A Bill for more effectually repairing several Roads 

Roads Bill. leading to and from the Town of Monmouth, and for 


making several Lines of Road to communicate 
therewith, in the Counties of Monmouth, Gloucester 
and Hereford, was read the first time ; and ordered 
to be read a second time. 


Oxford, A Bill to extend the Time limited for completing 
Worcester and the Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway, 
Wolverhamp- and for adapting the same to the Broad Gauge, and 


ton Railwa aa R f 
(Extension of to facilitate the Construction of a Branch Railway 


Time, &amp;e.) to Stratford-upon-Avon, in the County of Warwick, 

=. and for other purposes, was read the first time ; and 
ordered to be read a second time. 

Oxford, A Bil! to enable the Ozford, Worcester and Wol- 

| se nag verhampton Railway Company to raise further Money 

pn Sie for the Completion of the Broad Gauge, and for 


(additional © other purposes, and to convert their Mortgage Debt 
-— &amp;c.) into Stock, was read the first time; and ordered to 
be read a second time. 


Weymouth A Bill for lighting with Gas the Borough of Wey- 

and Meleombe mouth and Melcombe Regis and its Neighbourhood, 

Regis Gas Bill. in the County of Dorset, and for other purposes, 
was read the first time ; and ordered to be read a 
second time. 


Yarmouth and A Bill for making a Railway from Yarmouth to 


Hiddiscoe | the East Suffolk Railway, in the Parish of Had- 
maiwey Bt. discoe, with a Branch Ratlway connected therewith, 
and for other purposes, was read the first time; and 
° ordered to be read a second time. 
Dundee Har- A Bill for effecting certain Alterations in the 
bour Bill. Works of the Tidal Harbour of the Victoria Dock 
at Dundee, and for.other purposes in relation to the 
Harbour of Dundee, was read the first time; and 
ordered to be read a second time. 
Scottish Cen- A Bill to enable the Scottish Central Railway 
Tan Railway Company to make Branch Railways to the Town of 
Denny, in the County of Stirling, was read the 
first time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 
Coventry A Bill to amend the Provisions and extend the 
wi Gas__—_ Limits of the Act relating to the City of Coventry 
Gas-Light Company, was read the first time; and 
ordered to be read a second time. 
Dorset Cen- A Bill for making a Railway from the South- 
ha ”*¥ + ampton and Dorchester Railway to Blandford Saint 
Mary, in the County of Dorset, and for other pur- 
poses, was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time. 
Thames A Bill for the making of a Dock and Works at 
Soe Thames Haven, and for other purposes, was read 
Bu,” ~—tthe ‘first time; and ordered to be read a second 


time. 


4° Februariz. 





15 

A Bill for making a Railway from Rhosydd Rhosydd 
Slate Quarry to the Festiniog Railway, in the Parish Railway Bill. 
of Festiniog, in Merionethshire, to be called “The 


Rhosydd Railway,” was read the first time; and 
ordered to be read a second time. 


A Bill for making and maintaining a Turnpike- Conway and 
road from Conway to Llandudno, in the County of a 
Carnarvon, and for other purposes, was read the ~° - 
first time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


A Bill to alter, amend and extend the Provisions Darenth 
of “The Darenth Valley Railway Act, 1853,” and ——— 
to enable the Darenth Valley Railway Company to “’Y ©" 
make certain Deviations in their authorized Line of 
Railway, and for other purposes, was read the first 
time; and ordered to be read a second time. 


A Bill to confer further Powers on the Bath Gas- Bath Gas Bill. 
Light and Coke Company, was read the first time ; 
and ordered to be read a second time. 


A Bill to confirm an Award for the Settlement of Cambridge 
Matters in difference between the University and ay ean 
Borough. of Cambridge, and for other purposes con- “ —_——s 
nected therewith, was read the first time; and or- 
dered to be read a second time. 


A Bill for supplying with Water the Inhabitants Clay Cross 
of Clay Cross and the Neighbourhood, in the County Water Bill. 
of Derby, was read the first time; and ordered to 
be read a second time. 


A Bill to extend the Period limited for the exer- Colonial Bank 
cise of the Powers of the Colonial Bank, and for Bill. 
other purposes, was read the first time; and ordered 
to be read a second time. 


A Bill to authorize the Gloucester Gas-Light Gloucester 
Company to raise Money, and for other purposes, “** 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time. 


A Bill to enable the London Dock Company to London Docks 
raise a further Sum of Money, was read the first 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


A Bill to enable the Midland Great Western Rail- Midland Great 
way of Ireland Company to make Extension Lines pater da ane 
of Railway to Strokestown and at Cavan ; to abandon Bi. 

a Portion of their authorized Railway at Longford ; 

to become Shareholders in the North Western Rail- 

way of Jreland, and for other purposes, was read 


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


A Bill to amend an Act passed in the seventh and Barnsdale and 
eighth years of the reign of his late Majesty King _" Road 
George the Fourth, intituled, “An Act to alter, 

amend and enlarge the Powers and Provisions of an 

Act relating to the Road from Barnsdale, through 
Pontefract, to Thwaite Gate, near Leeds, in the 

West Riding of the County of York,” and to con- 

tinue the Term thereby granted, was read the first 

time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


A Bill to enable the Luton, Dunstableand Welwyn Luton, Dun- 
Junction Railway Company to alter the present Welwye Jun bie 
authorized Junction of their Railway with the Leigh- tion Railway 
ton Buzzard and Dunstable Branch of the London Bill. 

and North Western Railway, and for other purposes, 

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

second time. 

A Bill to repeal certain Acts relating to the Luton Luton District 
District Tarnpike-road, and make other Provisions ond Ba. 
in lieu thereof, was read the first time; and ordered 


to be read a second time. 


A Bill for enlarging and improving the J ——- Glasgow Court 


Court House, and Court Houses and Public Buil sense el 


for 





Vou. 111. 


ings of the City of Glasgow and County of Lanark ; Bill. 
c4 





Edinburgh 
Water Bill. 


Lambeth 
Water Bill. 


Norwich 
Union Life 
Insurance 
Society Bill. 


Leicester and 
Welford 
Road Bill. 


Brough and 
Eamont 
Bridge Road 
Bill. 


Cannock 
Mineral 
Railway Bill. 


Lincoln 
Water Bill. 


Southport 
Water Bill. 


Salisbury 
Market 
Branch Rail- 
way and 
Market House 
Bill. 


Prisoners’ 
Dischar, 
Society Bill. 


Colnbrook, 
Datchet and 
Slough Roads 
Bill. 


Filey Water 
Bill. 


16 


for erecting additional Buildings; for amending the 
Act relating thereto, and for other purposes, was 
read the first time ; and ordered to be read a second 
time. 


A Bill for better supplying with Waiter the City of 
Edinburgh, and Town and Port of Leith, and Places 
adjacent, was read the first time ; and ordered to be 
read a second time. 


A Bill for better paving the City of Glasgow, and 
for other purposes in relation to the Statute Labour 
of the said City, was read the first time ; and ordered 
to be read a second time. 


A Bill for enabling the Company of Proprietors 
of Lambeth Waterworks to raise further Money, 
and for other purposes, was read the first time ; and 
ordered to be read a second time. 


A Bill for better enabling the Vorwich Union Life 
Insurance Society to hold and dispose of Property, 
and to sue and be sued, and for extending their 
Powers, and for other purposes, was read the first 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


A Bill for continuing the Term, and amending and 
extending the Provisions of the Act relating to the 
Leicester and Welford Turnpike-road, in the Coun- 
ties of Leicester and Northampton, was read the first 
time; and ordered to be read a second time. 


A Bill to repeal the Acts relating to the Brough 
and Eamont Bridge Turnpike-road, and to make 
other Provisions in lieu thereof, was read the first 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


A Bill to enable the Cannock Mineral Railway 
Company to make Extension Lines to Colwich and 
Wolverhampton, and for other purpeses, was read 
the first time; and ordered to be read a second time. 


A Bill to enable the Lincoln Waterworks Com- 
pany to raise a further Sum of Money, was read the 
first time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


A Bill to enable the Southport Waterworks Com- 
pany to raise a further Sum of Money, and for other 
purposes, was read the first time; and ordered to 
be read a second time. 


A Bill for incorporating the Lancaster Gas-Light 
Company, and extending their Powers, and for au- 
thorizing additional Works and the raising of further 
Moneys, and for other purposes, was read the first 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


A Bill for incorporating the Salisbury Railway 
and Market House Company ; for authorizing them 
to make and inaintain a Railway and a Market 
House at Salisbury, and for other purposes, was read 
the first time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


A Bill for extending the Operations of the Society 
for the Discharge and Relief of Persons imprisoned 
for Small Debts throughout England and Wales, was 
read the first time ; and ordered to be read a second 
time. 


A Bill to alter, amend and extend the Powers of 
the Act relating to the Colnbrook, Datchet and 
Slough Turnpike-roads, to add other Roads to the 
Trust, and for other purposes, was read the first 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


A Bill for supplying with Water the Town of Filey, 
and the Environs and Neighbourhood thereof, and 
other Places in the East and North Ridings of the 
County of York, and for authorizing the Purchase of 
the filey Gas Works, and for supplying the said 


4° Februarii. 








A. 1856. 


Town with Gas, and for other purposes, was read the 
first time; and ordered to be read a second time. 


A Bill to repeal the Act relating to the Turnpike- Halifax and 
roads from Halifax to Huddersfield, in the West a 
Riding of the County of York, and to grant a further F 
Term in the said Roads, and further Powers for the 
Management thereof, and other purposes, was read 

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


A Bill to authorize the making of a Turnpike-road Stockton and 
from the Township of Thornaby to Middlesbrough, Middlesbrough 
in the North Riding of the County of York, with a sna Bridee 
Bridge over a Creek or Arm of the River Tees, and Bill. 
for other purposes, was read the first time ; and or- 
dered to be read a second time. 


A Bill to amend and extend the Provisions of the Ras, . 
Act relating to the Knaresborough and Pateley orous) an 
Bridge Turnpike-road, and to create a further Term ery _ 
therein, and for other purposes, was read the first 


time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


A Bill to amend and extend the Provisions of the Knares- 
several Acts relating to the Knaresborough and peta | and 
Green Hammerton Turnpike-road, in the County of iérton Road 
York, and to create a further Term therein, and for Bill. 
other purposes, was read the first time ; and ordered 
to be read a second time. 


A Bill to unite and amalgamate the Undertaking Aberdeen 
of the Scottish Midland Junction Railway Company a 
with the Undertaking of the Aberdeen Railway Com- tion Railway 
pany, to be thenceforth called “The Perth, Forfar, Companies 
and Aberdeen Railway Company,” and to regulate —- 
the Management of, and confer additional Powers on ; 
the united Company, and for other purposes, was 
read the first time ; and ordered to be read a second 
time. 


The Select Committee on Standing Orders was Standing 
nominated of Colonel Wilson Patten, Mr. Henley, Orders. 
Mr. Sotheron Estcourt, Mr. Thomas Greene, Mr. 
Deedes, Sir Robert Ferguson, Mr. Evelyn Denison, 

Mr. Wrightson, Mr. Bramston, Mr. Thornely and 
Mr. Eliott Lockhart. 


The Committee of Selection was nominated of Committee 
Mr. Sotheron Estcourt, Mr. Deedes, Mr. Thomas Selection. 
Greene, Sir Robert Ferguson, Mr. Bonham Carter, 
and the Chairman of the Select Committee on 
Standing Orders. 

@¢ 

Petitions relating to Church Rates ;—Civil Ser- Public 
vice Superannuation Fund ;—and, Court of Chancery, Petitions. 
—were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon yjao First 
the Table. Report. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Turkish Loan. 
Statement of the several Sums transmitted by the 
Bank of England to the Sublime Porte, and other- 
wise paid on behalf of the Turkish Government, 
under Article 1V. of the Convention made last year 
between Her Majesty, his Majesty the Emperor of 
the French, and his Imperial Majesty the Sultan, 
out of the Loan of £.5,000,000, effected under the 
Provisions of the Act of the 18 &amp; 19 Vic. c. 99; 
and of the Date when each Remittance and other 
Payment was made by the Bank of England. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented County Court 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased  ~\eeee 
to give directions, that there be laid before this House, ~~ 
Returns of the Number of Judgments registered in 
the Centra! Registry of County Courts Judgments 
for Sums over £.10, according to the Provisions 
of the Act of the 15 &amp; 16 Vic. c. 54, and the 
Number of Searches made during each year since 
the opening of the Registry in 1853 ; together with 
a Statement of the Regulations under which Searches 

are 











19 Vicroriz. 


are permitted to be made, and the Fees or Charges 
for permission to make them :—And, of the Number 
of Petitions for protection from Process under the 
Act of the 17 Vic. c. 16, which have been regis- 
tered ; and the Number of Orders under the Chari- 
table Trusts Act, 1853, enrolled in the said Revistry. 
Ordered, That 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 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 1854 
to the 31st day of December 1855; 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 continuation 


’ of Parliamentary Paper, No. 48, of Session 1855), 


and 

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Public Health 
Act, 1848, 








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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Returns of the Purchase Money paid for Burlington 
House, and of the Sums paid for its Conveyance, 
Valuation, &amp;c. :—Of any Sums since spent upon any 
part of the Building, and for what purposes, and of 
any uses to which the Building has been put :—And, 
of all Expenses in any way connected with the 
Building, either as Salaries or otherwise. 


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 Proprietors in | 


each Railway Company in the United Kingdom, 
incorporated by Act of Parliament, on the 31st day 
of December 1855:—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. 


A Petition of the Westminster Terminus Railway 
Company, for leave to bring in a Bill for authorizing 
the Abandonment of parts of the authorized Lines of 
“ The Westminster Terminus Railway,” and the 
making of other Lines of Railway in lieu thereof; 
and for reducing the Capital of “ The Westminster 
Terminus Railway Company,” and for other pur- 
poses, was presented, and read ; and a Bill was or- 
dered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Locke 
King, Mr. Wilkinson and Mr. Brotherton. 


A Petition of Promoters of the Ely Tidal Harbour 
and Railway, for leave to bring in a Bill for making 
a Railway from the Taff Vale Railway to the River 
Ely, in the County of Glamorgan; for converting 
part of the said River into a Tidal Harbour, and 
regulating the Access thereto; for authorizing Ar- 
rangements with the Taff Vale Railway oy 
and for other purposes, was presented, and read ; 
and a Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, 
by Mr. Clive and Mr. Crawshay Bailey. 


The following Paper, pursuant to the directions 
of an Act of Parliament, was laid upon the Table 
by the Clerk of the House,—Copies of Orders in 
Council applying the Public Health Act, 1848, to 
Wilton, ccleshill, Tipton, Mistley, Redcar, and 
Wellingborough. 

Vou. 111. 


4° Februariz. 





17 


Mr. Massey presented, pursuant to the directions Oxford — 
of an Act of Parliament,—Copy of Regulations and University. 
Ordinances for the Amendment of the Statutes of 
Corpus Christi College, Oxford, made by the Pre- 
sident and Fellows under the 17 &amp; 18 Vice. c. 81. 

Copy of Regulations and Ordinances for the 
Amendment of the Statutes of Exeter College, Ox- 
ford, made by the Rector and Scholars under the 
17 &amp; 18 Vic. c. 81. 

Copy of Regulations and Ordinances for the 
Pte: Mead of the Statutes of Lincoln College, Ox- 
ford, made by the Rector and Fellows under the 
17 &amp; 18 Vic. c. 81. 

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


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

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

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


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Local Dues on 
into a Committee on Local Dues upon Shipping, Shipping, &amp;c. 
&amp;e. 

(In the Committee.) 


Resolved, That the Chairman be directed to move 
the House, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for the Abolition of Passing Tolls and the Regula- 
tion of Local Dues on Shipping. 


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 now received. 

Mr. Fitz Roy 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 for the Abo- 
lition of Passing Tolls and the Regulation of Local 
Dues on Shipping :—And he moved the House ac- 
cordingly. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in the Bill : 
And that Mr. FitzRoy, Mr. Lowe and Viscount 
Palmerston do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to Metropolitan 
amend the Acts relating to the Metropolitan Police: Police. 
And that Sir George Grey and Mr. Massey do pre- 
pare, and bring it in. 


The Comptroller of the Household reported to Answer to 
the House, That Her Majesty, having been attended 44¢ress. 
with their Address of Friday 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 am confident that I shall receive your cordial 
support in all measures which may appear to Me to 
be necessary to maintain the honour and dignity of 
the Empire, and to promote the permanent interests 
and welfare of My People. 


Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed gitver and 
to inquire into the Offices for assaying Silver and Gold Wares. 
Gold Wares in the United Kingdom. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to Prisons 
further amend the Laws relating to Prisons in Jre- (Ireland.) 
land: And that Mr. Horsman, Mr. Attorney General 
for Ireland and Sir George Grey do prepare, and 





bring it in. 


D+ Ordered, 























































18 


Burial Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 

Grounds amend the Laws relating to the Burial of the Dead 

(Ireland) in Ireland: And that Mr. Horsman, Mr. Attorney 
General for Ireland and Sir George Grey do prepare, 
and bring it in. 

Juvenile Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 

Offenders for the better Care and Reformation of Juvenile 

(Ireland) = Offenders in Ireland: And that Mr. Horsman, Mr. 
Attorney General for Jreland and Sir George Grey 
do prepare, and bring it in. 

Episcopal Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 

ee make better Provision for the Management of Epis- 


copal and Capitular Estates: And that the Marquis 
of Blandford and Mr. George Butt do prepare, and 
bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
facilitate the Formation and Endowment of separate 
and distinct Parishes: And that the Marquis of 
Blandford and Viscount Ebrington do prepare, and 
bring it in. 


Formation, &amp;c, 
of Parishes. 


Judgments Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 

Execution, &amp;c. enable Execution to issue in any part of the United 
Kingdom under Judgments or Reena obtained in 
certain Courts of Record in England, Scotland and 
Ireland: And that Mr. Craufurd and Mr. Dunlop 
do prepare, and bring it in. 


Court ofChan- Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 

cery (Ireland) make Provision for the more speedy and effectual 

(Jurisdiction.) Despatch of Business in the High Court of Chancery 
in Jreland: And that Mr. Whiteside and Mr. Napier 
do prepare, and bring it in. 


CourtofChan. Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 

cery (Ireland) amend the Practice and Course of Proceeding in the 

(Procedure.) High Court of Chancery in Ireland: And that Mr. 
Whiteside and Mr. Napier do prepare, and bring 
it in. 


CourtofChan- Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 

eery (Ireland) g]ter the Law and Practice of the High Court of 

(Receivers.) Chancery in Jreland, in relation to the Appointment 
of Receivers and the Management of Estates under 
the Control of the said Court: And that Mr. White- 
side and Mr. Napier do prepare, and bring it in. 


CourtofChan- Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
cery (Ireland) for securing the Titles of Purchasers of Estates sold 


fasted under the Court of Chancery in Ireland: And that 
Mr. Whiteside and Mr. Napier do prepare, and bring 

it in. 
CourtofChan- Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 


cery (Ireland) to facilitate and diminish the 


a Expense of Appeals 


from the Court of Chancery in [reland: And that 
Mr. Whiteside and Mr. Napier do prepare, and bring 
it in. 


CourtofChan- Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 

cery (Ireland.) alter the Constitution, Procedure and Practice, in- 
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 Jreland, Mr. 
Attorney General for Ireland and Mr. Horsman do 
prepare, and bring it in. 


Drafts on Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 

Bankers. amend the Law relating to Drafts on Bankers: And 
that Mr. Pellatt, Mr. Wilkinson and Mr. Hadfield 
do prepare, and bring it in. 

Bankruptcy Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 

(Scotland.) consolidate and amend the Laws relating to Bank- 
ruptcy in Scotland: And that the Lord Advocate 


and Viscount Duncan do prepare, and bring it in. 


4° Februariz. 





A, 1856. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to Nuisances 
make further Provision for the Removal of Nuisances ———- oy 
and Prevention of Diseases, and for the Police of en 
Towns in Scotland: And that the Lord Advocate 

and Viscount Duncan do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring ina Bill to Court of 
regulate the Procedure in Actions, Causes, and other (Bootlend ) 
Proceedings which are at present competent before 

the Court of Exchequer in Scotland: And that the 

Lord Advocate and Viscount Duncan do prepare, 

and bring it in. 


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 M embers of this House :—And a 
Committee was appointed of Mr. Strutt, Mr. George 
Alexander Hamilion, Mr. John Greene, Mr. Wilson, 
Mr. Beckett, Mr. Divett, Mr. Gaskell, Mr. Vernon 
Smith and Mr. Sotheron Estcourt. 

Ordered, That Three be the Quorum. 


The Marquis of Blandford presented a Bill to Formation, &amp;. 
facilitate the Formation and Endowment of separate of Parishes 
and distinct Parishes: And the same was read the Bill 
first time; and ordered to be read a second time all. 3. 
upon Wednesday the 13th day of this instant Fe- 
bruary ; and to be printed. 


Mr. Craufurd presented a Bill to enable Execu- Judgments 
tion to issue in any part of the United Kingdom Execution, 
under Judgments or Decreets obtained in certain 7. 
Courts of Record in England, Scotland and Ireland: Bill 4. 
And the same was read the first time; and ordered 
to be read a second time upon Wednesday the 13th 
day of this instant February ; and to be printed. 


The Marquis of Blandford presented a Bill to Episcopal 
make cotter Pesviaien for the enema of Epis- and Capitular 
copal and Capitular Estates: And the same was nae . 
read the first time; and ordered to be read a second a 
time upon Wednesday the 20th day of this instant 
February ; and to be printed. 


Mr. Lowe presented a Bill for the Abolition of Local Dues on 
Passing Tolls and the Regulation of Local Dues on Shipping, &amp;c. 
Shipping: And the same was read the first time; . 
and ordered to be read a second time upon Wednes- Bill 6. 
day next; and to be printed. 


Sir George Grey presented a Bill to amend the Metropolitan 
Acts relating to the Metropolitan Police: And the Police Bill. 
same was read the first time; and ordered to be _ Bill 7. 
read a second time upon Wednesday next; and to 
be printed. 


Mr. Horsman presented a Bill to amend the Laws Burial 
relating to the Burial of the Dead in [reland: And Grounds 
the same was read the first time; and ordered to be (ietand) _ 
read a second time upon Friday next; and to be Bill 8. 
printed. 


Mr. Whiteside presented a Bill to make Provision Court of Chan- 
for the more speedy and effectual Despatch of Busi- cery (Ireland) 
ness in the High Court of Chancery in Jreland: And — 
the same was read the first time; and ordered to be pin 9, 
read a second time upon Monday the 18th day of 


this instant February ; and to be printed. 


Mr. Horsman presented a Bill to further amend Prisons _ 
the Laws relating to Prisons in Zreland: And the (Ireland) Bill. 
same was read the first time ; and ordered to be read _ Bill 10. 

a second time upon Monday next; and to be 
printed. 


Mr. Horsman presented a Bill for the better Care Juvenile 
and Reformation of Juvenile Offenders in Jreland : oat) Ba 
And the same was read the first time; and ordered ‘ Bill il. 





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Court of 
Chancery 
(Ireland ) 
(Procedure) 
Bill. 


Bill 12. 


Court of 
Chancery 
(Ireland ) 
(Receivers) 
Bill. 


Bill 13. 


Court of 
Chancery 
(Ireland) 


(Appeals) Bill. 


Bill 14. 


Court of 
Chancery 
(Ireland) 
(Sales of 
Estates) Bill. 


Bill 15. 


Court of 
Chancery 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Bill 16. 


Controverted 
Elections. 


No. 5. 


19 Vicrorix. 


to be read a second time upon Friday next; and to 
be printed. 


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 Monday the 18th day of this instant Fe- 
bruary ; and to be printed. 


Mr. Whiteside presented a Bill to alter the Law 
and Practice of the High Court of Chancery in Jre- 
land, in relation to the Appointment of Receivers 
and the Management of Estates under the Control 
of the said Court: And the same was read the first 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time upon 
Monday the 18th day of this instant February; and 
to be printed. 


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 Monday the 18th day of this instant February ; 
and to be printed. 


Mr. Whiteside presented a Bill for securing the 
Titles of Purchasers of Estates sold under the Court 
of Chancery in /relaud: And the same was read 
the first time ; and ordered to be read a secund time 
upon Monday the 18th day of this instant February ; 
and to be printed. 


Mr. Solicitor-General for Ireland presented a Bill 
to alter the Constitution, Procedure and Practice, 
increase the Powers of, and diminish the Expense of 
Proceedings in, the Court of Chancery in Jreland, 
and to discontinue the Incumbered Estates Court: 
And the same was read the first time ; and ordered 
to be read a second time upon Monday next; and to 


be printed. 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That his War- 
rant for the Appointment of Members to serve on 
the General Committee of Elections, was upon the 
Table :—And the same was read, as followeth: 


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

The Right honourable Sir Francis Thornhill 
Baring, Baronet, Member for the Borough 
of Portsmouth ; 

The Right honourable Sir John Somerset Pa- 
kington, Baronet, Member for the Borough 
of Droitwich ; 

John Wilson Patten, Esquire, Member for the 
Northern Division ef the County of Lancas- 
ter ; 

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

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

Thomas Henry Sutton Sotheror Estcourt, Es- 
quire, 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 4th day of February 
1856. 
C. 8. Lerevre, Speaker. 
Ordered, That the said Warrant be printed. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 


Vou. 111. 


4°—5” Februari. 


19 Po 


Martis, 5° die Februari ; 
Anno 19° Victorie Regine, 1856. 


PRAYERS. 

M*: Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Sittingbourne 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private 2nd Sheerness 

Bills, in respect of non-compliance with the Standing ia 
Orders in the case of the Petition for the Sheerness 
and Sittinglourne Railway Bill. 

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


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Cieobury 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, North, &amp;c. 
in respect of non-compliance with the Standing Pistiit 
Orders in the case of the Petition for the Cleobury 
Norti, &amp;c. District Roads Bill. 

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


A Petition of the Grand Junction Waterworks Grand Junc- 
Company, for leave to bring in a Bill for regulating tion Water. 
the Rutes and Charges to be taken by the Grand 
Junction Waterworks Company, for a Supply of 
Water to parts of the Parish of Paddington, and for 
other purposes, was presented, and read ; and a Bill 
was ordered to be ae im accordingly, by Sir 
William Clay and Mr. Hutt. 


A Petition of the there-undersigned, for leave to Forest of 
bring in a Bill for making a Railway from the Dean Central 
South Wales Railway, near Brimspill, in the Parish ““'“* 
of Awre, to Howbeach Valley, in the Forest of Dean, 
with Branches, and for other purposes, was pre- 
sented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
breught in accordingly, by Colonel Kingscote and 
Mr. Hale. 


A Petition of Directors of the Company therein- Worksop Gas 
after mentioned, for leave to bring in a Bill for in- 
corporating the Worksop Gas Company, was pre- 
sented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
brought in accordingly, by Lord Robert Clinton and 
Viscount Galway. 


A Petition of the London and South Western Rail- London and 
way Company, for leave to bring in a Bill for the South Western 
making, by the London and South Western Railway (Yeovil to 
Company, of a Railway from Yeovil to Exeter, to Exeter.) 
be called “The Exeter Extension Railway,” and 
for other purposes, was presented, and read; and a 
Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by 
Mr. Chaplin and Mr. Hutchins. 


A Petition of the Swansea Vale Railway Com- swansea Vale 
pany, for leave to bring in a Bill to enable the Railway. 
Swansea Vale Railway Company to make Extension 
and Branch Railways, and for other purposes, was 
presented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
brought in accordingly, by Sir George Tyler, Mr. 

Heury Austin Bruce and Mr. Henry Hussey Vivian. 


A Petition of Persons whose names are thereunto Poole and 
subscribed, for leave to bring in a Bill for making a Bourne Valley 
Railway from the London and South Western Rail- Railway. 
way near Poole, to or near to the Woodman Tavern, 

in the Varish of Great Canford, in the County of 

Dorset, and for other purposes, was presented, and 

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

cordingly, by Mr. Packe and Mr. Danby Seymour. 


A Petition of George Cooke, of Digby, in the Bardney, Ke. 
County of Lincoln, Gentleman; Thomas Greetham, Drainage. 
of Stainfield, in the same County, Gentleman ; and 

John Young Macvicar, of East Burkwith, in the 

same County, Gentleman, for leave to bring in a 

Bill to amend an Act for draining, embanking and 

improving the Fen Lands and Low Grounds within 

the Parishes, Hamlets, Townships or Places of 





D2 Bardney, 




















































Haslingden 
and Rawten- 
stall Water. 


Denny June- 
tion Railway. 


Shrewsbury 
and Hereford 
Railway. 


Shrewsbury 
Water. 


Wem and 
Bronygarth 
Roads. 


Chatham Dis- 
trict Water. 


Wandsworth 
and Putney 
Gas, 


Fast of Fife 
Railway Bill. 


Dunblane, 
Doune and 
Callander 
Railway Bill. 





20 


Bardney, Southrow, otherwise Southry, Tupholme, 
Bucknall, Horsington, Stixwould, I:dlington and 
Thimbleby, in the County of Lincoln, and to confer 
further Powers on the Commissioners under such 
Act, and for other purposes, was presented, and 
read ; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in ac- 
cordingly, by Mr. Nisbet Hamilton and Sir John 
Trollope. 


A Petition of the Haslingden and Rawtenstali 
Waterworks Company, for leave to bring in a Bill 
to enable the Hastlingden and Rawtenstall Water- 
works 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 Colonel Wi/son Patten, Mr. Heywood and Mr. 
Brotherton. 


A Petition of Persons thereunto subscribing, 
and also of the Caledonian Railway Company, for 
leave to bring in a Bill for making a Railway from 
the Forth and Clyde Junction Railway to the Cale- 
donian Railway, by Denny, in the County of Stirling, 
and for other purposes, was presented, and read; 
and a Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, 
by Mr. Smollett and Sir James Anderson. 


A Petition of the Shrewsbury and Hereford Rail- 
way Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to amend 
and consolidate the Acts relating to the Shrewsbury 
and Hereford Railway Company; to enable that 
Company to raise further Sums of Money ; to acquire 
additional Lands, and for other purposes, was pre- 
sented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
brought in accordingly, by Mr. Ormsby Gore and 
Mr. Clive. 


A Petition of the Shrewsbury Waterworks Com- 
pany, for leave to bring in a Bill to make further 
Provision for supplying with Water the Borough of 
Shrewsbury, in the County of Salop, was presented, 
and read ; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in 
accordingly, by Mr. Tomline and Mr. Baldock. 


A Petition of Trustees having the Care and Ma- 
nagement of the Roads thereinafter-mentioned, for 
leave to bring in a Bill for more effectually repairing 
the Road leading from Wem to the Lime Rocks at 
Bronygarth, in the County of Salop, and for making 
several Lines of Road connected with the same, in 
the Counties of Sa/op and Denbigh, was presented, 
and read ; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in 
accordingly, by Sir Watkin Williams Wynn, Mr. 
West and Mr. Ormsby Gore. 


A Petition of Subscribers to the Undertaking 
thereinafter-mentioned, for leave to bring in a Bill 
for better supplying with Water the Towns of Chat- 
ham and Brompton, and the City of Rochester, and 
other Places in the neighbourhood thereof, in the 
County of Kent, was presented, and read ; and re- 
ferred to the Select Committee on Standing Orders. 


A Petition of the Wandsworth and Putney Gas- 
Light and Coke Company, and of Shareholders in 
the said Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to 
incorporate the Wandsworth and Putney Gas-Light 
and Coke Company, and for other purposes, was 
presented, and read ; and a Bill was ordered to be 
ae in accordingly, by Mr. Bell and Mr. Locke 

ing. 


A Bill to enable the East of Fife Railway Com- 
pany to make a Deviation in the Line of their Rail- 
way, and for other purposes, was read the first time ; 
and ordered to be calc second time. 


A Bill for making a Railway from the Scottish 
Central Railway at Dunblane, by Doune, to Callan- 
der, to be called “ The Dunblane, Doune and Cal- 


5° Februari. 


A. 1856. 


lander Railway,” was read the first time ; and ordered 
to be read a second time. 


A Bill to authorize the making of a Railway from Alford Valley 
the Great North of Scotland Railway to A/ford, in Railway Bill. 
| the County of Aberdeen, to be callea “ The A/ford 
| Valley Railway,” was read the first time ; and ordered 
to be read a second time. 


A Bill to authorize the Construction of a Railway Formartine 
from the Great North of Scotland Railway to Sétri- when | 
chen, in the County of Aberdeen, with a Branch to Ny ae 
Peterhead, to be called “ The Formartine aud Bu- 
chau Railway,” was read the first time ; and ordered 
to be read a second time. 


A Bill to enable the Carmarthen and Cardigan Carmarthen 
Railway Company to make a Deviation of a Portion whey 
of their Line of Railway, and to abandon Parts en 
‘thereof; and to grant further Powers to the Com- 
| pany, and for other purposes, was read the first time ; 

_and ordered to be read a second time. 





_ A Bill to confer further Powers on the Cheltenham Cheltenham 
Gas-Light and Coke Company, was read the first 4s Bill. 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


A Bill for making and maintaining a Dock and North Shields 
Tidal Basin in the River Tyne, on the North side #4 ht . 
thereof, near the Low Lights at North Shields, in jin 
the Borough of Tynemouth, was read the first time ; 


| - . 
|and ordered to be read a second time. 


A Bill for carrying into effect certain Arrange- Renfrewshire 
ments between the Trustees of the Renfrewshire Roads Bill. 
Turnpike Roads and the Lord Provost, Magistrates 
and Council, and Police and Statute Labour Com- 








-|mittee of Glasgow, and for continuing in other re- 


| spects the Acts relating to the said Roads, was read 
the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
| time. 


i 
| 


A Bill for regulating the Capital and Mortgage Eastern Coun- 
Debt of the Eastern Counties Railway Company, Bil Railway 
und for other purposes, was read the first time; and ” 
| ordered to be read a second time. 


A Bill to make and maintain a Railway from the North Staf- 
Saint Helen’s Railway, near Garston, to Liverpool, fordshire Rail- 
and for other purposes, was read the first time ; and **&gt; iver 


. pool Exten- 
ordered to be read a second time. sion) Bill. 


A Bill to extend the North Staffordshire Railway North Stat- 

from Sandbach to near Moore, and for other pur- fordshire = 
poses, was read the first time; and ordered to be eg 
read a second time. rington) Bill. 
| 

| 
| 
and Vewtown 


in the County of Montgomery, to Shrewsbury, wit 
a Branch thereout to Minsterley, in the County of 
| Salop, and for other purposes, was read the first 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


| 


A Bill for making a Railway from the Oswestry Shrewsbury 


: : oa P . and Welchpool 
Railway, in the Parish of oy Railway Bill. 





A Bill to enable the Ulster Railway Company to Ulster Rail- 
subscribe towards the Undertaking of the Portadown “*Y Bill 
and Dungannon Railway Company, and to authorize 
certain Arrangements between the said Companies, 

'and for other purposes, was read the first time; and 
| ordered to be read a second time. 


A Bill to extend the Municipal Boundaries of the Edinburgh 
City of Edinburgh; to oma the Powers of the Municipality 
Commissioners of Police to the Magistrates and 

Council, and for other purposes relating to the Mu- 

nicipality of the said City, was read the first time ; 

and ordered to be read a second time. 





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y Bill, 


rthen 
rdigan 
y Bill. 


nham 
ll. 


Shields 
ne- 
Dock 


wshire 
Bill. 


n Coun- 
ilway 


Staf- ; 


iver. 
ten- 
ill. 


Staf- 

re Rail- 
and- 

. War- 
) Bill. 


bury 
Ichpool 
y Bill. 


Rail- 
ll. 


rgh 
pality 





19 Vicroriz. 


Lands Im- A Bill for incorporating the Lands Improvement 
provement Company of Scotland, and to afford greater facilities 
ed nin, for the Improvement of Land in Scotland, was read 
the first time; and ordered to be read a second time. 
Banbridge A Bill for altering the Name of the Banbridge, 
Junction = Newry, Dublin and Belfast Junction Railway Com- 
Railway Bill, pany to the Name, “ The Banbridge Junction Railway 
Company,” for increasing their Capital and extend- 
ing their Powers, and for other purposes, was read 
the first time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 
Glastonbury A Bill for enabling the Somerset Central Railway 
and Bruton) Company to construct a Railway from Glastonbury 
Railway Bil. +o near Bruton, and for other purposes, was read the 
first time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 
Severn Valley A Bill for authorizing Deviations from the autho- 
Railway Bill. ized Line of the Severn Valley Railway, and for 
making further Provision with respect to Shares in 
the Capital of the Severn Railway Company, and for 
facilitating the Completion of their Undertaking, and 
for other purposes, was read the first time ; and or- 
dered to be read a second time. 
Broadstairs A Bill for the Improvement of the Harbour of 
—_ -¥ Broadstairs, in the Isle of Thanet, and County of 
place Bill. Kent; and for the Construction of a Low-water Land- 


ing Pier, and other Works, at Broadstairs aforesaid, 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time. 


London and A Bill for a the Crewe and Shrewsbury Line 
North Western to the ‘London and North Western Railway, for 
Railway Bill. . Seba Fe ‘ z aaa 
making Provision with respect to Station accommo- 
dation at Shrewsbury, and for other purposes, was 
read the first time ; and ordered to be read a second 
time. 


Ely Tidal A Bill for making a Railway from the Taff Vale 
Harbour and Railway to the River Ely, it the County of Gla- 
Railway Bill. morgan ; for converting part of the said River into a 
Tidal Harbour, and regulating the Access thereto ; 
for authorizing Arrangements with the Taff Vale 
Railway Company, and for other purposes, was read 
the first time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 
Public Petitions relating to the British Museum, &amp;c. ; 
Petitions. 


—Church Rates; — and, County Courts, — were 
Vide First = and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Report. able. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Copy of the Report, or Reports, addressed to the 
Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury, in 
or since the year 1848, by Mr. J. G. Shaw deters 
on the subject of the Fishery Board in Scotland. 


Fishery Board 
(Scotland. ) 


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 Index to 
the Statutes, Public and Private, 1801 to 1852, 
compiled for the use of their Lordships’ House 
in 1854: And that the Clerk do carry the said 
Message. 


Index to the 
Statutes. 


Army Com- 


rm Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
missions, 


to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to wes 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- 
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, 
a. the Value of the Army Commissions so 
sold, and also so purchased :—And, of the Regula- 
tion Prices of Army Commissions, from Rank to 
Rank (distinguishing the several kinds of Corps), 
Vou. 111. 








5° Februari. 21 


and whether such Regulation Prices are prohibited 
from being exceeded ; and, if so, by what Order. 
Ordered, That 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 Joint Stock 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased ComPanies- 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Returns of the Number of Joint Stock Com- 
panies formed under the Act of last year; with the 
Names of the Directors, Number and Amount of 
Shares, and the object for which the Company was 
formed :—And, of the Number of Applications not 


| completed under the Act; together with the Names 
of the Parties who applied, the Amount of Capital, 


Number and Amount of Shares, and the object for 
which the Companies were to be formed. 

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

Sir Thomas Dyke Acland, the Honourable General 
Arbuthnott, John Bagshaw, Esquire, Sir Joseph 
Bailey, the Right honourable George Bankes, Wil- 
liam Beckett, Esquire, Sir Maurice Berkeley, Sir 
George Berkeley, Sie Samuel Bignold, John Brock- 
lehurst, Esquire, Joseph Brotherton, Esquire, Wil- 
liam Brown, Esquire, Lewis William Buck, Esquire, 
Sir Charles Merrik Burrell, Henry Negus Bur- 
roughes, Esquire, Benjamin Bond Cabbell, Esquire, 
Sir William Clay, Henry Combe Compton, Esquire, 
Sir Charles Henry Coote, Saunders Davies, Esquire, 
Edmund Denison, Esquire, Henry Drummond, Es- 
quire, George Duncan, Esquire, the Right honour- 
able Edward Ellice, the Honourable John Edmund 
Elliott, Sir De Lacy Evans, William Johnson Fox, 
Esquire, Augustus Eliett Fuller, Esquire, Sir George 
Goodman, William Ormsby Gore, Esquire, the Right 
honourable Sir James Graham, Thomas Greene, 
Esquire, George Hadfield, Esquire, George Granville 
Harcourt, Esquire, John Heathcoat, Esquire, the 
Right honourable Joseph Warner Henley, Admiral 
Jones, Sir Charles Lemon, William Lockhart, Es- 
quire, the Honourable Colonel Lowther, Thomas 
Luce, Esquire, John Mackie, Esquire, Sir Herbert 
Maddock, John Masterman, Esquire, Thomas Philip 
Maunsell, Esquire, Robert Milligan, Esquire, Joseph 
Randolph ullings, Esquire, George Frederick 
Muntz, Esquire, Joseph Neeld, Esquire, Cornelius 
O’ Brien, Esquire, Sir John Owen, Charles William 
Packe, Esquire, Viscount Palmerston, Robert Town- 
ley Parker, Esquire, Sir George Brooke Pechell, 
Nicholas Power, Esquire, Lord William Powlett, 
Sir Robert Price, David Pugh, Esquire, Osman Ri- 
cardo, Esquire, Edward Royd Rice, Esquire, Lord 
John Russell, Captain Scobell, Richard Spooner, 
Esquire, Sir George Strickland, Henry William 
Tancred, Esquire, Thomas Thornely, Esquire, Sir 
William Verner, John Ennis Vivian, Esquire, Harry 
Spencer Waddington, Esquire, Admiral Walcott, 
William Battie Wrightson, Esquire, General Wynd- 
ham. 

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 Com- 
mittees during the time he may hold the said office. 

The Right honourable Sir Charles Wood, First 
Lord of the Admiralty, having stated that he could 
not attend Election Committees without material in- 

D3 convenience 





Adjournment. 


William Ley, 
Esquire. 


Public Income 
and Expendi- 
ture. 


Navy Promo- 
tions. 


Naval Cadets. 


Bank of 
England. 


22 


convenience to the public service, during the time he 
may hold the said office ; 

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

The Right honourable Sir George Cornewall Lewis, 
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 Sir George 
Cornewall Lewis, Chancellor of the Exchequer, be 
excused from serving on Election Committees during 
the time he may hold the said office. 


Resolved, That this House will, at the rising of 
the House this day, adjourn till To-morrow, at Two 
o'clock. 


Resolved, Nemine Contradicente, That this House 
entertains a just and high sense of the distinguished 
and exemplary manner in which William Ley, Es- 

uire, late Clerk Assistant of this House, uniformly 
Sechenged the duties of his situation during his long 
attendance at the Table of this House. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That there be laid before this House, an Ac- 
count of the Gross Public Income and Expenditure 
of the United Kingdom in each Quarter of the year 
1855; stating the Cost of Collection in each of the Re- 
venue Departments, including the Woods, Forests and 
Land Revenues of the Crown (made out in the same 
form as the Account of the Net Income and Ex- 
yenditure in the Quarterly Returns presented to this 
maeaer :—And the said Motion was, with leave of 
the House, withdrawn. 


The following Papers were laid upon the Table by 
the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, dated 
the 17th day of July 1854, for a Return of all Pro- 
motions in the Navy on death vacancies on Foreign 
Stations, stating the Names and Services in ‘each 
previous Rank of every Olficer so promoted, from 
the Ist day of January 1853 to the present time. 

Return to an Order, dated the 30th day of July 
1855, for 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, and transferred to 
the Admiralty ; 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 brouglit 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; dis- | 


tinguishing 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 Ist day of January 1855, 
been entered as Naval Cadets since the change ; 
showing the Number in each Rank, and distinguish- 
ing those appointed as Naval Cadets by the Admi- 
ralty from those appointed by Officers in command 
of Vessels:—And, of the ‘lotal 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 Ist day of January 1855. 

The following Papers, pursuant to the directions 
of several Acts of Parliament, were also laid upon 
the Table by the Clerk of the House,—An Account 
of 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 


5° Februari. 


A. 1856. 


Sums have been lent and advanced for the Public 
Service by the Governor and Company of the said 
Bank, in the year ending the 5th day of January 
1856, showing what Amount of such Bills, before 
|the making up of this Account, has been paid off 
and discharged, and the Amount of such Exchequer 
Bills or Treasury Bills, or other Government Secu- 
| rities, which was in the hands of the Governor and 
|Company of the said Bank on the 5th day of January 
1856 aforesaid. 

An Account of the Amount of Balances of Sums 

issued for the Payment of Dividends due, and not 
demanded, and for the Payment of Lottery Prizes 
or Benefits which had not been claimed, and which 
'remained in the hands of the Governor and Com- 
| pany of the Bank of England, on the thereunder- 
| 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 
| £.26,522. 1. 10. in one year, from the 5th January 
1855 to the 31st December 1855, by the Commis- 
sioners, as appointed by the 26 Geo. 3, for the 
Reduction of the National Debt. 

A Copy of all Applications made by the First 
Lord of the Treasury and the Chancellor of the 
Exchequer to the Bank, for Advances to Govern- 
ment, from the 5th January 1855 to 5th January 
1856. 


Copy of Treasury Warrants estabiishing Rates of Postage. 


Postage. 


Mr. Lowe presented, pursuant to the directions of Joint Stock 
an Act of Parliament,—Statement of the Licenses Companies. 


granted by the Lords of the Committee of Privy 
Council for Trade, from 13th December 1854 ‘the 
Date of the last Return) to the 31st December 1855, 
to Joint Stock Companies, to hold Lands, Tene- 
ments, &amp;c. 

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


Ordered, That the Account relative to Queen 
Anne’s Bounty, which was presented upon the 31st 
day of January last, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Acts of 
| Parliament, which was presented upon the Ist day 
of this instant February, be printed. 





Ordered. That the Return relative to Railway 
Acts, which was presented upon the Ist day of this 
‘instant February, be printed. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
_to render more effectual the Police in Counties and 
‘Boroughs in England and Wales: And that Sir 
| George Grey, Viscount Palmerston and Mr. Massey 
do prepare, and bring it in. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being put, 
That on those days on which the House shall sit in 
| the evening, the Debate on any business under dis- 
cussion at Twelve o'clock (midnight) shall stand ad- 
,journed to the next day on which the House shall 
sit; after which no opposed business shall be pro- 
ceeded with; and that whenever the House shall be 
in Committee on any evening at midnight, the Chair- 
man do report Progress, and Mr. Speaker do resume 
the Chair: 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right ; 

The Noes to the Left. 

Tellers for the (Mr. Brotherton, 

Yeas, {Mr Ewart: 

Tellers for the (Mr. Hayter, 

Noes, UMr. Grenville Berkeley : 

So it passed in the Negative. 


} 50. 


jiu. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to abolish Church Rates for other than the purposes 
therein- 





Queen Anne’s 
Bounty. 


0. 6 


Acts of Par- 
liament. 


No. 7. 
Railway Acts, 
No. 8. 


Police (Coun- 
ties and 
Boroughs. ) 


Business of 
the House. 


Church Rates. 











Lnne’s 


Coun- 


1s. ) 


s of 
se. 


Rates. 





House of 
Commons’ 
Offices. 


Public 
Petitions. 


Juries 
(Ireland. ) 


Courts of 
Common Law 
(Ireland. ) 


Court of 
Chancery 
(Ireland. ) 


Courts of 
Common Law 
(Ireland ) Bill. 


Bill 17. 


Supply. 


Queen’s 
Speech re. 
ferred, 


19 Vicrortz. 


therein-mentioned ; to make Provision for the Main- | 
tenance of the Fabric and necessary Fittings of Parish | 
Churches in certain cases; and to enable Persons to | 
redeem their Liability to Church Rates, and other- 
wise to amend the Law respecting the making, as- 
sessing and collecting Church Rates in England and 
Wales: And that Mr. Packe and the Marquis of | 
Blandford do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to regulate certain Offices of the House of Com- 
mons: And that Mr. Wilson and Viscount Pal- 
merston do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed, 
to whom shall be referred all Petitions presented to 
the House, with the exception of such as complain of 
undue Returns, or relate to Private Bills ; and that 
such Committee do classify and prepare Abstracts of 
the same, in such form and manner as shall appear 
to them best suited to cunvey to the House all | 
requisite information respecting their contents, and 
do report the same from time to time to the House ; 
and that such Reports do in all cases set forth the 
number of Signatures to each Petition :—And that 
such Committee have Power to direct the Printing 
in extenso of such Petitions, or of such parts of Pe- 
titions, as shall appear to require it :—And that such 
Committee have Power to report their Opinion and 
Observations thereupon to the House:—And a 
Committee was appointed of Mr. Bonham Carter, 
Mr. Thornely, Admiral Jones, Mr. Brotherton, Mr. 
Duncan, Mr. Scott, Mr. Adderley, Mr. Owen Stan- 
ley, Mr. Whitbread, Mr. Henry Austin Bruce, Mr. 
Henry George Liddell, Mr. Gregson, Mr. De Vere, 
Mr. Lloyd Davies, and Mr. Abel Smith. 

Ordered, That Three be the Quorum. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to consolidate and amend the Laws relating to Juries 
in Ireland: And that Mr. Attorney General for Zre- 
land and Mr. Solicitor General for Zreland do pre- 
pare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to further amend the Procedure in, and to enlarge 
the Jurisdiction of, the Superior Courts of Common 
Law in Jrefand: And that Mr. Attorney General for 
Ireland and Mr. Solicitor General for Ireland do 
prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Copy of the Communication addressed to the late 
Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr. Goulburn, by 
Lord St. Leonards, in or about the month of De- 
cember 1844, relating to.the Finances of the Court | 
of Chancery in Ireland. 





Mr. Attorney General for Jreland presented a) 


Bill to further amend the Procedure in, and to! 
enlarge the Jurisdiction of, the Superior Courts of | 
Common Law in Jreland: And the same was read 
the first time ; and ordered to be read a second time | 
upon Monday the 18th day of this instant February ; | 
and to be printed. | 
| 


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

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

Then the House resolved itself into the Com- 
mittee. 

(In the Committee.) 


Queen’s Speech read. 

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

Resolution to be reported. 





5°—6° Februuriz. 


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





Vou. 11). 








23 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Fizz Roy 


reported, That the Committee had come to a Reso- 
lution. 


Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow. 


Mr. Massey presented a Bill to render more ef- Police _ 
fectual the Police in Counties and Boroughs in Eng- — and 
land and Wales: And the same was read the first pay” *) 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time upon gi) 2, 


Monday next ; and to be printed. 


Mr. Attorney General for Jreland presented a Juries 
Bill to consolidate and amend the Laws relating to (Ireland) Bill. 
Juries in Ireland: And the same was read the first _ Bill 19. 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time upon 


| Monday the 18th day of this instant February ; and 


to be printed. 


Mr. Wilson presented a Bill to regulate certain House of 


Offices of the House of Commons: And the same Commons’ 
Offices Bill. 


second time upon Thursday next; and to be printed. Bill 20. 


Mr. Packe presented a Bill to abolish Church Church Rates 
Rates for other than the purposes therein-mentioned ; Bil. 
to make Provision for the Maintenance of the Fabric _Bill 21. 
and necessary Fittings of Parish Churches in certain 
cases; and to enable Persons to redeem their 
Liability to Church Rates, and otherwise to amend 
the Law respecting the making, assessing and col- 
lecting Church Rates in England and Wales: And 
the same was read the first time; and ordered to 
be read a second time upon Wednesday the 12th 
day of March next; and to be printed. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, New Palace 
Copies of Treasury Minutes, dated the 6th day of (Westminster.) 
February 1854 and the 29th day of January 1856, 
in regard to the claims of Sir Charles Barry for 
Services connected with the Building of the New 
Palace at Westminster. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, District Luna- 
Copies of the Treasury Minute, dated the 10th day grea) 
of August 1855, appointing a Commission for the No. 9 
purpose of inquiring into the Erection of District “‘° 
Lunatic Asylums in Zreland:—Of the Report of 
the said Commissioners, dated the 14th day of De- 
cember 1855 :—And, of a further Treasury Minute, 
dated the 18th day of December 1855, founded on 
the said Report. 

Mr. Wilson accordingly presented the said Papers. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table; «nd be printed. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 





Mercurii, 6° die Februarii ; 
Arno 19° Victorie Regine, 1856. 


PRAYERS. 


M® Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from North Western 
LVI one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Railway of 
Bills, in respect of non-compliance with the Stand- !elan¢. 
ing Orders in the case of the Petition for the North 
Western Railway of Jreland Bill. 

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


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Stockton and 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, Darlington 
in respect of non-compliance with the Standing = a 
Orders in the case of the Petition for the Stockton Union Rail- 
and Darlington and Newcastle and Carlisle Union W*Y Bill 
Railway Bill. 

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


D4 Mr. 








Bournemouth 
Improvement 
and Pier. 


Cork Bridges, 
Waterworks, 
&amp;ce. 


Dewsbury, 
Batley and 
Heckmond- 
wike Water. 


Bawtry and 
Tinsley Road. 


Perth, Almond A Petition of Parties thereunto subscribing, and 


Valley, and 
Methven 
Railway. 


Hampstead 
Junction 
Railway. 


Perth Burgh 
and Harbour. 


London, Til- 
bury and 


southend Rail 


24 


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 Bournemouth 
Improvement and Pier Bill. 

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

A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses 
of the Borough of Cork, for leave to bring in a Bill 
to enable the Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses of 
the Borough of Cork to remove certain Bridges, 
and to build New Bridges in lieu thereof ; to con- 
firm certain Arrangements with the Cork Pipe Water 
Trustees ; to provide the necessary Funds for afford- 
ing an improved Supply of Water at Cork ; to alter, 
amend and enlarge certain Powers and Provisions of 
the Cork Improvement Act, 1852, and for other | 
purposes, was presented, and read; and a Bill was | 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Bea- 
mish and Mr. Fugan. | 





A Petition of the Local Boards of Health for the 
Districts of Dewsbury, Batley and Heckmondwike, 
in the West Riding of the County of York, for leave 
to bring in a Bill for making better Provision for 
supplying the Districts of Dewsbury, Batley and | 
Heckmondwike with Water, and for confirming an | 
Agreement between the Local Boards of Health of 
those Districts, and for other purposes, was presented, 
and read; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in | 
accordingly, by Mr. Edmund Deuison and Mr. Cobden. | 


A Petition of Trustees for executing the Acts 
thereinafter-mentioned, for leave to bring in a Bill 
to repeal “ An Act for amending and maintaining | 
the Turnpike-road from Bawtry, through the ‘Town 
of Tinsley, to the Road from Rotherham to Sheffield, 
in the West Riding of the County of York,” and to 
make other Provisions in lieu thereof, was pre- 
sented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
brought in accordingly, by Viscount Galway and 
Mr. Edmund Jenison. 


of the Scottish Midland Junction Railway Company, 
for leave to bring in a Bill for making a Railway 
from the Scottish Midland Junction Railway, near 
the Dunkeld Road Bridge, to Methven, in the County 
of Perth, was presented, and read; and a Bill was 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Stir- 
ling and Mr. Kinnaird. 


A Petition of the Hampstead Junction Railway 
Company, for leave to bring in a Bill for extending 
the ‘Time for the Completion of the Works autho- 
rized by the Hampstead Junction Railway Act, 1853, 
was presented, and read ; and a Bill was ordered to 
be brought in accordingly, by the Marquis of Chan- | 
dos and Mr, Glyn. 





A Petition of the Lord Provost, Magistrates and 
Town Council of the City of Perth, and_ of the| 
Commissioners for the Improvement of the Port and | 
Harbour of Perth, and the Navigation of the River | 
Tay, for leave to bring in a Bill to provide for the | 
Arrangement of the Financial Affairs of the City of | 
Perth; for the Maintenance of the Port and Har- | 
bour; the Extension of the Municipal Boundaries | 
of the said City, and for other purposes therewith | 
connected, was presented, and read ; and a Bill was | 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. | 
Kinnaird and Mr. Dunlop. 


A Petition of the Eastern Counties Railway Com- 
pany, and the London and Blackwall Railway Com- 


6° Februarie. 


A. 1856. 


of the Southend Pier; and to amend the Acts re- 
lating to such Undertakings, and for other pur- 
poses, was presented, and read; and a Bill was 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. David 
Waddington and Mr. Mangles. 


A Petition of the Eastern Counties Railway Com- London, Til- 
pany and of the London and Blackwall Railway Ace 
Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to enable the way (exten. 
Eastern Counties and London and Blackwall Rail- sion and 
way Companies to extend the London, Tilbury and Branches.) 
Southend Railway to the London and Blackwall 
Railway, with Branches therefrom ; and to authorize 
certain Arrangements with reference thereto, and 
for other purposes, was presented, and read; and a 
Bill was ordered to be seme in accordingly, by 
Mr. David Waddington and Mr. Mangles. 


A Petition of a Quorum of the Trustees for exe- Crowland ané 
cuting the Act thereinafter-mentioned, for leave to Eye Road. 
bring in a Bill for continuing the Term and amend- 
ing the Provisions of the Act for making and main- 
taining a Turnpike-road from the Town of Crow- 
land, in the County of Lincoln, to the Town of Eye, 
in the County of Northampton, was presented, and 
read ; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in ac- 
cordingly, by Lord George Manners and Mr. Eliot 


Yorke. 


A Petition of the Bagenalstown and Wezford Bagenalstown 
Railway Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to a 
afford facilities to the Bagenalstown and Wezford “™**™" ° 
Railway Company for raising the Funds necessary 
to enable them to execute their Undertaking, and 
for authorizing Traffic and Working Arrangements 
between that Company and certain other Companies 
therein-mentioned, and for other purposes, was pre- 
sented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
brought in accordingly, by Mr. Grogan and Mr. 
Alexander, 


A Petition of a Quorum of the Trustees for exe- Cleobury 
cuting the Act thereinafter-mentioned, for leave to — &amp;e. 
bring in a Bill for continuing the Term and amend- — 
ing and extending the Provisions of the Act relating 
to the Cleobury North and Ditton Priors District, 
and the Cleobury Mortimer District of Turnpike- 
roads, in the Counties of Salop and Worcester, was 
presented, and read ; and referred to the Select Com- 
mittee on Standing Orders. 


A Bill for authorizing the Abandonment of Parts westminster 
of the authorized Lines of “ The Westminster Ter- Terminus 
minus Railway,” and the making of other Lines of Railway Bill. 
Railway in lieu thereof, and for reducing the Capital 
of “The Westminster Terminus Railway Company,” 
and for other purposes, was read the first time ; and 
ordered to be read a second time. 


A Bill to incorporate “The West Ham Gas Com- West Ham 
pany,” to enable them to raise further Money, to Gas Bill. 
confirm a Contract between the said Company and 
the Commercial Gas Company, and for other pur- 
poses, was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time. 


A Bill to repeal the Acts relating to the S/eaford Sleaford an? 
and TZattershall Turnpike-road, and to make other Tattershall 
es “hie j : 5 nie Turnpike 
Provisions in lieu thereof, was read the first time ; Trust Bill. 
and ordered to be read a second time. 


Uttoxeter an? 
Blythe Marsh 
Road Bill. 


A Bill to repeal an —— in the fourth year 


of the reign of his late Majesty King George the 
Fourth, intituled, “ An Act for more effectually 


way (Increase P&amp;Y, for leave to bring in a Bill to enable the 
of Capital, &amp;c.) Eastern Counties and London and Blackwall Rail- 
way Companies to raise a further Sum of Money 
for the purposes of the London, Tilbury and South- 
end Extension Railway; to authorize the Purchase 


amending and keeping in repair the Roads from the 
Town of Uttoxeter to the Town of Newcastle-under- 
Lyme, in the County of Stafford, so far as relates to 
the Uttoxeter District of the said Roads, and for 
making certain new Pieces of Road to communicate 

therewith, 


















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19 Victrori2. 


therewith, all in the said County of Stafford,” and 
to confer larger and additional Powers and Pro- 
visions in lieu of those therein contained, and for 
other purposes, was read the first time ; and ordered 
to be read a second time. 


Shrewsbury A Bill to amend and consolidate the Acts relating 

and Hereford to the Shrewsbury and Hereford Railway Company ; 

Railway Bill. +, enable that Company to raise further Sums of 
Money ; to acquire additional Lands, and for other 
purposes, was read the first time ; and ordered to be 
read a second time. 

Shrewsbury A Bill to make further Provision for supplying with 

Water Bill. . 
Water the Borough of Shrewsbury, in the County of 
Salop, was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time. 

Grand Junc- A Bill for regulating the Rates and Charges to be 

_ taken by the Grand Junction Waterworks Com- 


pany, for a Supply of Water to Parts of the Parish 
of Paddington, and for other purposes, was read the 
first time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Worksop Gas A Bill for incorporating the Worksop Gas Com- 
Bill pany, was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time. 


Denny Junc- _ A Bill for making a Railway from the Forth and 

tion Railway Clyde Junction Railway to the Caledonian Railway, 

Bill by Denny, in the County of Stirling, and for other 
purposes, was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time. 


London and A Bill for the making, by the Zondon and South 
= allay sg Western Railway Company, of a Railway from 
wate er) Yeovil to Exeter, to be called “ The Exeter Exten- 
Bill sion Railway,” and for other purposes, was read the 
first time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Swansea Vale A Bill to enable the Swansea Vale Railway Com- 

Railway Bill. pany to make Extension and Branch Railways, and 
for other purposes, was read the first time; and 
ordered to be read a second time. 


Haslingden A Bill to enable the Haslingden and Rawitenstall 
a Waterworks Company to raise a further Sum of 
Bill, mais Money, and for other purposes, was read the first 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 
Petty Sessions © Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
(Ireland) = Return of the Names of the several Petty Sessions 
Districts into which each County in Jreland is divided 
under the Petty Sessions (Jreland) Act, 1851; with 
the Name of the Clerk appointed for each District, 
and the Amount of Fees and other Emoluments re- 
ceived by such Clerks respectively, for each year 
since their respective Appointments. 
Fishery Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
ane Copies of any Treasury Minute or Minutes since 
and.) 1854 , relative to the Board of Fisheries in Scotland: 
—And, of all Correspondence, since 1854, with the 
Lords of the Treasury, relative to the same subject. 
sulle Petitions relating to the British Museum, &amp;c. ;— 
sitions. ~~ and, Church Rates,—were presented, and read ; and 
Vide firs; ordered to lie upon the Table. 
Report. 
Postal Com- Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
wsaleaticn Copy of Treasury Minute, dated the 27th day of 
Australian November 1855, upon the subject of Postal Com- 
nies. munication between England and the Australian 
No. 10, Colonies. 


Mr. Wilson accordingly presented the said Paper. 

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

Von. 111. 


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25 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Partnership 
reading of the Partnership Amendment Bill ; Amendment 
Ordered, ‘That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Joint Stock 
reading of the Joint Stock Companies Bill ; Companies 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Local Dues on 
reading of the Local Dues on Shipping, &amp;c. Bill; Shipping, &amp;e. 
Ordered, ‘That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Monday the 25th day of this instant February. 


The Metropolitan Police Bill was, according to Metropolitan 
Order, read a second time; and committed to a Police Bill. 
Committee of the whole House, for To-morrow. 


Mr. FitzRoy reported from the Committee to Supply. 
whom it was referred to consider the Motion, That 
a Supply be granted to Her Majesty, a Resolution ; 
which was read, as followeth : 

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, upon Friday next, 
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 1858, be laid 
before this House. 

Ordered, That an Estimate of the Charge for Ord- Ordnance. 
nance 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 a as are 
of Her Majesty's Most honourable Privy Council. 


Mr. Lowe 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 four 
Accidents which occurred on the South Eastern 
Railway, one near the Reading Station on September 
12, one near Gravesend on September 29, one at the 
Bricklayers Arms Junction on December 7, and one 
at the Strood Station on December 25, 1855, in con- 
tinuation of previous Reports. 

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


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Sherburn 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased Hospital. 
tu give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Copies of all Correspondence between the 
Bishop of Durham and the Charity Commissioners 
concerning the Scheme for Sherburn Hospital. 

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


Ordered, That the Accounts relative to the Bank Bank of 
of England, which were presented upon the 5th day =28!#4. 
of this instant February, be printed. No. 11. 


The following Paper was laid upon the Table by Petty Sessions 
the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, dated (Ireland. ) 
the 27th day of July 1855, for a Return of the Names 

E of 





Castle Douglas 


and Dumfries 
Railway. 


Blackburn, 
&amp;c. Roads. 


Doddington 
Rectory 
Division. 


Aberdeen 
and Scottish 
Midland 
Junction and 
Dundee and 
Arbroath 
Railway 
Companies. 


26 


of the several Petty Sessions Districts into which 
each County in Zrelund has been divided under “ The 
Petty Sessions (Zreland) 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 Appointments. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 


Jovis, 7° die Februari ; 
Anno 19° Victoria Regine, 1856. 


PRAYERS. 

PETITION of Persons whose names are 
thereunto subscribed, and of the Glasgow and 
South Western Railway Company, for leave to bring 
in a Bill for making a Railway from Castle Douglas 
by Dalbeattie, to the Glasgow and South Western 
Railway at Dumfries, and for other purposes, was 
awe and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
rought in accordingly, by Mr. Ewart and Mr. 

William Lockhart. 


A Petition of Persons thereunto subscribing, and 
also of the Glasgow and South Western Railway 
Company, for leave to bring in a Bill for making a 
Railway from the Town of Maybole to the Town and 
Harbour of Girvan, to be called “ The Maybole and 
Girvan Railway,” was presented, and read ; and a 
Bill was ordered to be frought in accordingly, by 
Sir James Fergusson and Mr. Baird. 


A Petition of the Local Board of Health for the 
District of Tormoham, in the County of Devon, for 
leave to bring in a Bill for the better Supply of the 
Town of Torquay and the Neighbourhood thereof 
with Water, and for other purposes, was presented, 
and read; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in 


accordingly, by Sir John Yarde Buller and Mr. Palk. 


A Petition of Trustees for executing the Act there- 
inafter-mentioned, for leave to bring in a Bill for 
repairing the Road from Blackburn, in the County 
Palatine of Lancaster, to Addingham and Coching 
End, in the West Riding of the County of York, 
and the Road from O/d Accrington to its Junction 
with such Road in Habergham Eaves, in the said 
County of Lancaster, was presented, and read ; and 
a Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by 
Colonel Wilson Patten and Mr. Heywood. 


A Petition of Sir Henry Peyton, of Swift's House 
near Bicester, in the County of Oxford, Baronet, 
and of Algernon William Peyton, of Her Majesty's 
First Regiment of Life Guards, Esquire, for leave to 
bring in a Bill to amend an Act made and passed in 
the tenth year of the reign of Her present Majesty, in- 
tituled, “ An Act to divide the Parish and Rectory 
of Doddington, otherwise Dornington, into three 
separate and distinct Parishes and Rectories, and to 
endow the same out of the Revenues of that Rectory, 
and to make Provisions for the further Division of 
such Rectories and Parishes, and for other purposes 
connected therewith,” was presented, and read ; and 
a Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, 
by Lord George Manners, Mr. Kinnaird and Mr. 
Coles. 


A Petition of the Aberdeen Railway Company, 
the Scottish Midland Junction Railway Company, 
and the Dundee and Arbroath Railway Company, 
for leave to bring in a Bill for authorizing a Lome 
for ever of the Dundee and Arbroath Railway to the 
Aberdeen Railway Company, and the Scottish Mid- 
land Junction Railway Company, and for other pur- 
poses, was presented, and read ; and a Bill was or- 
dered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Thompson 
and Viscount Duncan. 


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A. 1856. 


A Petition of Trustees of the Lewes by Polegate Lewes, East- 
to Eastbourne and Hailsham Turnpike-road, in the —— and 
County of Sussex, for leave to bring in a Bill top jg 
repeal the Act for more effectually making, straight- 
ening, repairing and improving the Roads from near 
the Town of Lewes to Polegate, in the Parish of 
Hailsham, and from thence to Eastbourne and to 
Polegate to Hailsham Common, in the County of 
Sussex, and to make other Provisions in lieu thereof, 
was presented, and read ; and a Bill was ordered to 
be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Fuller, Mr. Frewen 
and Mr. Brand. 


A Petition of the Canada Company, for leave to Canada 
bring in a Bill for granting certain additional Powers Company. 
and Authorities to the Canada Company, was pre- 
sented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
brought in accordingly, by Mr. Freshfield and Mr. 

Martin Smith. 


A Petition of the Stockton and Darlington Rail- Stockton and 
way Company, for leave to bring in a Bill for con- — 
ferring on the Stockton and Darlington Railway ““'"* 
Company further Powers for the acquisition of 
Lands, and the completion of Works, and for other 
purposes, was presented, and read ; and a Bill was 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Lord Harry 
Vane and Mr. Farrer. 


A Petition of Persons whose names are thereunto Kinross-shire 

subscribed, for leave to bring in a Bill for making Railway. 

a Railway from the Dunfermline Branch of the 
Edinburgh, Perth and Dundee Railway to Kinross, 

with Branches or Tramways to or near to the Lime- 

works of Roscobie, and to the Hill of Beath Mineral 

Field, and for other purposes, was presented, and 

read ; and referred to the Select Committee on Stand- 

ing Orders. 


A Petition of Owners and Occupiers of Land and Bournemouth 
Houses within the Ecclesiastical District of Saint Improvement 
Peter’s Church, Bournemouth, in the Parishes of *"* ¥¥*™ 
Christ Church and Holdenhurst, in the County of 
Southampton, for leave to bring in a Bill for the Im- 
provement of the District of Saint Peter, Bourne- 
mouth, in the Parishes of Christ Church and Hol- 
denhurst, in the County of Southampton, and for pro- 
viding a Pier there, was presented, and read; and 
referred to the Select Committee on Standing Orders. 


A Petition of Trustees for executing the Act Kettering 
thereinafter-mentioned, for leave to bring in a Bill = ey | 
for the Continuance and Regulation of the Kettering ““*"° 
and Newport Pagnell Turnpike-road Trust, was 
sone oy and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 

rought in accordingly, by Mr. AZaunsell and Mr. 
Stafford. 

A Petition of Persons whose names are there- Stockton and 
under-written, for leave to bring in a Bill for making a 
a Railway from the Stocksfield Station of the New- ana Carlisle 
castle-upon- Tyne and Carlisle Railway to the Stock- Union 
ton and Darlington Railway, near Conside Iron- «ilway. 
works, with a Branch to the Derwent Iron Com- 
pany’s Railway, and for other ay rs was pre- 
sented, and read; and referred to the Select Com- 
mittee on Standing Orders. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Kinross-shire 
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 Kinross- 
shire Railway Bill. 

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


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from East Kent 


one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, B4ilway- 
in respect of non-compliance with the Standing 
Orders in the case of the Petition for the East Kent 
Railway Bill. 

Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Select 


Committee on Standing Orders. 
A Bill 














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ay. 


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ay. 


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19 Vicroriz. 
Forestof Dean A Bill for making a Railway from the South Wales 


Central, Railway near Brimspill, in the Parish of Awre, to 

Railway Bile Fowbeach Valley, in the Forest of Dean, with 
Branches, and for other purposes, was read the first 
time; and ordered tu be read a second time. 

Wandsworth § A Bill to incorporate “ The Wandsworth and Put- 

and ed ney Gas-Light and Coke Company,” and for other 

Ges purposes, was read the first time ; and ordered to be 
read a second time. 

Poole and A Bill for making a Railway from the Zondon and 


Bourne Valley South Western Railway near Poole, to ornearto “The 


Railway Bill. Woodman Tavern,” in the Parish of Great Canford, 
in the County of Dorset, and for other purposes, was 
read the first time ; and ordered to be read a second 
time. 

Bawtry and A Bill to repeal “ An Act for amending and main- 

a Road taining the Turnpike-road from Bawtry, through the 
Town of Tinsley, to the Road from Rotherham to 
Sheffield, in the West Riding of the County of York, 
and to make other Provisions in lieu thereof, was 
read the first time ; and ordered to be read a second 
time. 

London, A Bill to enable the Eastern Counties and Zondon 

Tilbury and and Blackwall Railway Companies to extend the 

eaeey (Ex- London, Tilbury and Southend Extension Railway 

tension and to the Londonand Blackwall Railway, with Branches 


Branches) Bill. therefrom, and to authorize certain Arrangements 
with reference thereto, and for other purposes, was 
read the first time ; and ordered to be read a second 


time. 
London, A Bill to enable the Eastern Counties and London 
oe and Blackwall Railway Companies to raise a further 
Railway Sum of Money for the purposes of the London, Til- 
(Increase of bury and Southend Extension Railway, to authorize 
a &amp;¢.) the Purchase of the Southend Pier, and to amend the 
Acts relating to such Undertakings, and for other 
purposes, was read the first time ; and ordered to be 
read a second time. 
Bagenalstown A Bill to afford facilities to the Bagenalstown and 
and Wexford Wezford Railway Company for raising the Funds 
ay ae necessary to enable them to execute their Under- 
taking, and for authorizing Traffic and Working 
Arrangements between that Company and certain 
other Companies therein mentioned, and for other 
purposes, was read the first time ; and ordered to be 
read a second time. 
Crowlandand = A: Bill for continuing the Term and amending the 
Eye Road = Provisions of the Act for making and maintaining 


a Turnpike-road from the Town of Crow/and, in the 
County of Lincoln, to the Town of Eye, in the County 
of Northampton, was read the first time ; and ordered 
to be read a second time. 


Dewsbury, A Bill for nfaking better Provision for supplying 
ard and the Districts of Dewsbury, Batley and Heckmond- 
eckmond- ° , : 

wike Water Wtke with Water, and for confirming an Agreement 

Bill. between the Local Boards of Health of those Dis- 
tricts, and for other purposes, was read the first 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 

Cork Bridges, A Bill to enable the Mayor, Aldermen and Bur- 


&amp;e Bil” gesses of the Borough of Cork to remove certain 


Bridges, and to build new Bridges in lieu thereof; 
to confirm certain Arrangements with the Cork Pike 
Water Trustees ; to provide the necessary Funds for 
affording an improved Supply of Water at Cork ; to 
alter, amend and enlarge certain Powers and Pro- 
visions of the Cork Improvement Act, 1852, and for 
other purposes, was read the first time ; and ordered 


to be read a second time. 
Hampstead A Bill for extending the Time for the Completion 
in on. of the Works authorized by “ The Hampstead Junc- 


tion Railway Act, 1853,” was read the first time ? 
and ordered to be read a second time. 
Vou..111. 


7° Februariz. 





27 


A Bill to amend an Act for draining, embanking Bardney, &amp;e. 
and improving the Fen Lands and Low Grounds Drainage Bill 
within the Parishes, Hamlets, Townships or Places 

of Bardney, Southrow, otherwise Southry, Tupholme, 

Bucknall, Horsington, Stizwould, Edlington and 

Thimbleby, in the County of Lincoln, and to confer 

further Powers on the Commissioners under such 

Act, and for other purposes, was read the first time ; 

and ordered to be read a second time. 


A Bill to provide for the Arrangement of the Perth Burgh 
Financial Affairs of the City of Perth; for the Main- #%4 Harbour 
tenance of the Port and Harbour ; the Extension of 
the Municipal Boundaries of the said City, and for 
other purposes therewith connected, was read the 
first time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


A Bill for making a Railway from the Scottish Perth, Almond 
Midland Junction Railway, near the Dunkeld Road a and 
Bridge, to Methven, in the County of Perth, was Railway Bill. 
read the first time ; and ordered to be read a second 
time. 


A Bill for more effectually repairing the Road Wem and 
leading from Wem to the Lime Rocks at Bronygarth, Bronygarth 
in the County of Salop, and for making several Lines 
of Road connected with the same, in the Counties of 
Salop and Denbigh, was read the first time; and 
ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. Osborne presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- Navy. 
mand,—Navy Estimates, for the Year 1856-57. No. 16. 


Estimate for the Transport Service and Prisoners Transport 
of War, for the Year 1856-57. Service and 
Prisoners 
of War. 
; No. 14, 
Estimate for the Post Office Department (Packet post-office 


Service), for the Year 1856-57. Department 
(Packet 
Service.) 


No. 15. 
Statement of Excess of Expenditure for Her Ma~ Navy. 
jesty’s Navy, for the Year 1854~55. No. 13. 
Ordered, That the said Estimates be referred to 
the Committee of Supply; and be printed. 


A Petition of the there-undersigned, for leave to North Western 
bring in a Bill for making a Railway from Strohes- erm 4 of 
town to Castlebar, to be called “ The North Western “© 
Railway of Jreland,” and for other purposes, was 
presented, and read ; and referred to the Select Com- 
mittee on Standing Orders. 


Petitions relating to British Museum, &amp;c.;— Public 
Church Rates ;—Maynooth College ;—Bank Char- Petitions. 
ter Act (1844) ;—and, Wee Pawns, &amp;c. (Scotland), vide First 
—were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon Report. 
the Table. 


The following Papers were laid upon the Table by Turkish Loan. 
the Clerk of the House,— Return to an Order, dated 
the 4th day of this instant February, for a Statement 
of the several Sums transmitted by the Bank of Eng- 
land to the Sublime Porte, and otherwise paid on 
behalf ofthe Turkish Government, under Article LV. 
of the Convention made last year between Her Ma- 
jesty, his Majesty the Emperor of the French, and 
his Imperial Majesty the Sultan, out of the Loan of 
£.5,000,000, effected under the Provisions of the 
Act of the 18 &amp; 19 Vic. c. 99; and of the Date 
when each Remittance and other Payment was made 
by the Bank of England. 

Return to an Order, dated the 5th day of this New Palace 
instant February, for Copies of Treasury Minutes, (Westminster.) 
dated the 6th day of heen 1854 and the 29th 
day of January 1856, in regard to the Claims of Sir 
Charles Barry {or Services connected with the Build- 
ing of the New Palace at Westminster. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Petty Ses- Petty Sessions 
sions (Ireland), which was presented upon the 6th (Ireland.) 





day of this instant February, be printed. No. 12. 
E2 


Mr. 





Reformatories. 


River Weaver. 


Incumbered 
Estates Court, 
&amp;c. (Ireland. 


Postal, &amp;c. 
Communica- 
tion with 
Ireland. 


Emigration. 


28 


Mr. Massey presented, by Her Majesty's Com- 
mand,—Agricultural Statistics (Jreland) :—Returns 
of the Live Stock and Tillage in Ireland, for the 
year 1855. 

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

Copy of Report of the Commissioners of Fisheries, 
Ireland, for 1854, to his Excellency the Lord Lieute- 
nant, pursuant to the Act 5 &amp; 6 Vic. c. 106. 

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


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
— 


to Her Majesty, that She will be gracious 
to give directions, that there be laid before this House, 
a Return of all Reformatories which have been certi- 
fied in England and Scotland, and of any Reforma- 
tories which have been refused Certification ; and 
the Grounds, in each case, of such refusal. 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, an 
Account, showing the Amount due for Principal 
Debt and Interest on the River Weaver, on the 5th 
day of April 1844, with an Account of the Annual 
Receipts and Expenditure in each Year, and to the 
latest Date; distinguishing the Amount annually 
received for Tonnage from other incidental Sources 
of Income, and from Money borrowed; also dis- 
tinguishing the Annual Expenditure for ordinary 
Maintenance and Repairs from the Expenditure on 
account of Improvements or in Liquidation of Debt 
and Interest, the Purchase of Land, and Erection of 
Churches thereon, and endowing the same, or other 
like Incidental Expenses, and from the Amount 
annually paid over for the use of the County of 
Chester (in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, 
No. 115, of Session 1844). 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return, showing the Names, Age, Date of Appoint- 
ment, and Amount of Salaries and other Emoluments, 
of all Persons holding Office in the Incumbered 
Estates Court ; with the Dates of any of such Per- 
sons being called to the Bar, or enrolled as Attorneys, 
to practise in any of the Courts of Law in Jreland : 
—And, similar Return from the Masters, Examiners, 
Clerks and Assistant Clerks in the Court of Chancery 
in Ireland; with Copy of any Patent appointing a 
Master’s Examiner to Office. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Copy of the Treasury Minute, made with a view to 
improve the Postal and Passenger Communication 


between England and Ireland, under the Act of last | ¥ 


Session. 


Mr. John Ball presented,—Return to an Address 
to Her Majesty, dated the 9th day of August 1855, 
for 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 Appoint- 
ment, and the Hours of Attendance each Day :— 
Of the Name and Tonnage of all Vessels or Ships 
chartered by the Commissioners, the Owners’ Names, 
the Price paid or agreed to be paid for the Convey- 
ance and Victualling each Statute Adult, and the 
Number of Statute Adults taken by each Ship for 
the last Three Years :—And, of all Monies received 
by the Commissioners under Acts or Votes of Par- 
liament, or for the Sale of Colonial Lands, or from 
any other Source, for the purpose of Emigration, 
and how the same have from time to time been dis- 
bursed, for the last Three Years (in continuation of 
Return ordered to be printed on the 24th day of 
November 1852). 


7°—8° Februariz. 





A. 1856. 


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


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to Ecclesiastical 
transfer the Testamentary Jurisdiction of the Eccle- Courts 
siastical Courts to the Superior Courts of Common SN 
Law, and to the County Courts: And that Mr. 

Collier and Mr. Hadfield do prepare, and bring 
it in. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being put, Naval Admi- 
That a Select Committee be appointed to inquire nistration. 
into the Naval Administration, and the Lists of 
Officers, Patronage, Promotions and Retirements, 
and the efficiency of the Service in all the grades 
belonging to it ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right ; 

The Noes to the Left. 

Tellers for the f Captain Scobell, 

Yeas, Admiral Walcott : 

Tellers for the (Mr. Hayter, 

Noes, Mr. Grenville Berkeley : 

So it passed in the Negative. 


s 80. 


1 
pu. 


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


Veneris, 8° die Februarii, 1856: 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to Charitable 
amend the Law relating to the Conveyance of Lands Uses. 
for Charitable Uses: And that Mr. Atherton and 
Mr. George Butt 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 Marriages. 
to Dissenters: And that Mr. Pellatt, Mr. Cheetham 
and Mr. Hadfield do prepare, and bring it in. 


The House of Commons’ Offices Bill was, ac- House of 
cording to Order, read a second time; and com- y= wey = 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for this Cane a 
day. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Metropolitan 

into a Committee on the Metropolitan Police Bill ; Police 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 this 


day. 


Mr. Wilson presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- Revenue De- 
mand,—Estimates, Revenue Departments, for the partments. 
ear 1856, ending 31st March 1857. No. 17. 

Class VII. Estimates, &amp;c. Civil Services: —Sup- Civil Services. 
plemental Estimate, 1855-56. F No. 18. 
Ordered, That the said Estimates be referred to 


the Committee of Supply ; and be printed. 


Mr. Atherton presented a Bill to amend the Law Charitable 
relating to the Conveyance of Lands for Charitable Uses Bill. 
Uses: And the same was read the first time; and _ Bill 22. 
ordered to be read a second time upon Tuesday 
next ; and to be printed. 


Mr. Pellatt presented a Bill to amend the Pro- Dissenters’. 
visions of the Marriage Acts relating to Dissenters : Marriages 
And the same was read the first time; and ordered _ Bill 23. 
to be read a second time upon Wednesday the 20th 
day of this instant February ; and to be printed. 


Mr. Lowe presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- Wrecks and 
mand,—Copy of Report to the Board of Trade, by Casualties. 
Commander Robertson, R. N., containing an Abstract 
of the Returns of Wrecks and Casualties on or near 


the Coasts of the United Kingdom, from 1st January 


to 31st December 1855; with a Statement of the 
Number 











siastical 
liction. 


Admi- 
tion. 


able 


ters” 
izes, 


of 
ons” 


olitan 
Bill. 


1e De- 
nts. 


,17. 
ervices, 
18. 


able 
il. 


| 22. 


ters’ 
ges Bill 
| 23. 


3 and 
ties, 





London Dioce- 
san Church 


Society. 


Driffield 
Navigation. 


Birkenhead 
Docks, 


Rotherham 
and Barnby 
Moor Road. 


Scarborough 
Water, 


Waveney 
alley Rail- 
way, 





19 VicrorRIz. 


Number of*Lives lost and saved, and of the Amounts 
granted out of the Mercantile Marine Fund as Re- 
wards for the Salvage of Life, and for Contributions 
towards the Maintenance of Life-boats, during the 
same period. 

Copy of Report to the Board of Trade, containing 
an Abstract of the Returns of Wrecks and Casual- 
ties on or near the Coasts of the United Kingdom, 
from 1st January to the 31st December 1855; with 
a Statement of the Number of Lives lost and saved, 
and of the Amounts granted out of the Mercantile 
Marine Fund, as Rewards for the Salvage of Life, 
and for Contributions towards the Maintenance of 
Life-boats, during the same period. 

. es That the said Papers do lie upon the 
able. 


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








Veneris, 8° die Februarii ; 
Anno 19° Victoria Regine, 1856. 


PRAYERS. 


M R. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 
one of the Exammers of Petitions for Private 
Bills, in respect of non-compliance with the Standing 
Orders in the case of the Petition for the London 
Diocesan Church Building Society Bill. 

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


A Petition of Commissioners of the Driffield 
Navigation, for leave to bring in a Bill for the Im- 
rovement and better Regulation of the Driffield 
avigation, was soonitiah and read; and a Bill 


was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Lord 
Hotham and Mr. Arthur Duncombe. 


7°—8° Februariz. 





A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses | 
of the Borough of Liverpool, for leave to bring in a | 
Bill for carrying into effect certain Provisions of | 
“The Birkenhead Docks Act, 1855,” for providing | 
for the Construction. Completion and Management | 
of the Birkenhead Docks, and for other purposes, | 
was presented, and read ; and a Bill was ordered to 
be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Horsfall, Mr. 
Joseph Ewart, Sir Philip Egerton and Mr. Tolle- 


mache. 


A Petition of Trustees for executing the Act 
thereinafter-mentioned, for leave to bring in a Bill 
for more effectually repairing the Road from Barnby 
Moor, in the County of Nottingham, to Maltby, in 
the County of York, and from Whiston to Rotherham, 
in the said County of York, was presented, and 
read; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in ac- 
cordingly, by Mr. Edmund Denison and Viscount 
Galway. 


A Petition of the Scarborough Waterworks Com- 
pany, for leave to bring in a Bill to enable the Scar- 
orough Waterworks Company to raise a further 
Sum of Money, and to extend the Limits for the 
Supply of Water, and to amend the Provisions of 
the Act relating to such Company, was presented, 
and read; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in 
accordingly, by Sir John Johnstone and the Earl of 
Mulgrave. 


A Petition of the Waveney Valley Railway Com- 
pany, for leave to bring in a Bill to revive and 
extend certain of the Powers of the Waveney Valley 
Railway Company with relation to their Railway, 
was presented, and read; and a Bill was ordered 
to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Cobbold and 


| Great Railway Land Company, and for other pur- 





Mr. Cayley. 
Vou. 111. 





29 


A Petition of the Crystal Palace Company, for Crystal Palace 
leave to bring ina Bill to grant further Foun to Company. 
the Crystal Palace Company for the raising of 

Capital, for the internal Management of their Under- 

taking, and with respect to Dulwich Wood, was 

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

brought in accordingly, by Mr. Laing, Mr. Danby 

Seymour and Sir Joseph Paxton. 


A Petition of Persons whose names are thereunto Gainsborough 
subscribed, for leave to bring ina Bill for the better &amp;* 
supplying with Gas the Parish of Gainsborough, in 
Lincolnshire, was presented, and read; and a Bill 
was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. 

Stanhope and Mr. Hadfield. 


A Petition of Members of the Society called or London Dioce- 
known as the London Diocesan Church Building —— 
Society, for leave to bring in a Bill for incorporating Society. 
the London Diocesan Church Building Society, and 

for promoting Church Extension, and providing 
Parsonage-houses in the Diocese of London, and 

for other purposes, was presented, and read; and 
referred to the Select Committee on Standing 
Orders. 


A Petition of the East Kent Railway Company, East Kent 
for leave to bring in a Bill for enabling the East Railway. 
Kent Railway Company to construct additional 
Railways, and for other purposes, was presented, 
and read; and referred to the Select Commitee on 
Standing Orders. 


A Bill for making a Railway from Castle Douglas, Castle Douglas 
by Dalbeattie, to the Glasgow and South Western 2°4 Dumfries 
‘ Railway Bill. 
Railway at Dumfries, and for other purposes, was 
read the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
time. 


A Bill for making a Railway from the Town of Maybole 
Maybole to the Town and Harbour of Girvan, tu be poe ty 
called “The Maybole and Girvan Railway,” was ’ 
read the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
time. 


A Bill for the better Supply of the Town of Tor- Tormoham 
quay andthe Neighbourhood thereof with Water, W#ter Bill 
and for other purposes, was read the first time ; and 
ordered to be read a second time. 


A Bill for incorporating the British and American British and 
American 
poses, was read the first time; and ordered to be ae 


read a second time. pany Bill. 


A Bill for granting certain additional Powers Canada __ 
and Authorities to the Canada Company, was read Company Bill. 
the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
time. 


A Bill for the Continuance and Regulation of the Kettering and 
Kettering and Newport Pagnell Turnpike-road Paell Ros a 
Trust, was read the first time; and ordered to be pj. 


read a second time. 


A Bill to amend an Act made and passed in the Doddington 
tenth year of the reign of Her present Majesty, *ectory _. 
intituled, “ An Act to ivide the Perish and Rictary ae 
of Doddington, otherwise Dornington, into three 
separate and distinct Parishes and Rectories, and to 
endow the same out of the Revenues of that Rectory, 
and to make Provisions for the further Division of 
such Rectories and Parishes, and for other purposes 
connected therewith,” was read the first time; and 
ordered to be read a second time. 


A Bill for repairing the Road from Blackburn, in Blackburn, &amp;¢. 
the County Palatine of Lancaster, to Addingham and Roads Bill. 
Coching End, in the West Riding of the County of 
York, and the Road from Old Accrington to its 

E3 Junction 





30 


Junction with such Road in Habergham Eaves, in 
the said County of Lancaster, was read the first 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


A Bill to repeal the Act for more effectually 
making, straightening, repairing and improving the 
Roads from near the Town of Lewes to Polegate, in 
the Parish of Hailsham, and from thence tu East- 
bourne, and to Polegate to Hai/sham Common, in 
the County of Sussex, and to make other Provisions 
in lieu thereof, was read the first time; and ordered 
to be read a second time. 


Stockton and 
Darlington 
Railway Bill. 


A Bili for conferring on the Stockton and Dar- 
lington Railway Company further Powers for the 
Acquisition of Lands and the Completion of Works, 
and for other purposes, was read the first time ; 
and ordered to be read a second time. 


Milford Junce A Petition of the Honourable Robert Fulke 


tion Railway. Greville, of Castle Hall, Milford, in the County of 


8° Februarit. 





Pembroke, for leave to bring in a Bill for —s 
a Railway from the Railway Extension of the South 
Wales Railway at Johnston to Milford, to be called | 
“ The Milford Junction Railway,” was presented, | 
and read ; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in 


accordingly, by Viscount Lmlyn and Mr. Philipps. 


| 


Londonderry 
and Ennis- 


A Petition of the ay rrp and Enniskillen 
killen Railway. 


Railway Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to 
enable the Londonderry and Enniskillen Railway | 
Company to create Preference Shares, with Priority 
of Dividend over all the existing Shares of the Com- | 
pany» and for other purposes, was ——_ and | 
read ; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in ac- | 


cordingly, by Sir Robert Ferguson and Admiral | 
Jones. | 
Public 


Petitions 
(First Report.) 


Mr. Duncan reported from the Select Committee 
on Public Petitions ; That they had examined the 
Petitions presented upon the Ist, 4th, 5th, 6th and 
7th days of this instant February, and had directed 
him to make a Report thereof to the House. 

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


Fleetwood, 
Preston and 
West Riding 
Junction 
Railway. 


A Petition of the Fleetwood, Presion and West 
Riding Junction Railway Company, for leave to 
bring in a Bill for regulating the Capital of the 
Fleetwood, Preston and West Riding Junction 
Railway Company, for making further Provision 
with respect to Tolls to be taken on the Railway, 
and for other purposes, was presented, and read ; 
and a Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, 
by Mr. Townley Parker and Colonel Wilson Patten. 


| 

The Order, That Mr. Collier and Mr. Hadfield | 
do prepare, and bring in the Ecclesiastical Courts | 
Jurisdiction Bill, was read, and discharged. | 
Ordered, That Mr. Collier, Mr. Atherton and | 
Mr. Hadfield do prepare, and bring in the Bill. | 


| 
Mr. Collier presented a Bill to transfer the Tes- | 
tamentary Jurisdiction of the Ecclesiastical Courts | 
to the Superior Courts of Common Law and to the 


County Courts: And the same was read the first 





Ecclesiastical 
Courts Juris- 
diction. 


Ecclesiastical 

Courts Jvris- 

diction Bill. 
Bill 24. 


time ; and ordered to be read a second time upon | 
Wednesday the 20th day of this instant February ; | 


and to be printed. 


Public 


Petitions relating to British Museum, &amp;c.;— 
Petitions. 


Church Rates ;— Intoxicating Liquors ;—Public- 
Vide Second “10uses and Beer-shops ;— Lyndon Howard Evelyn ; 
Report. --Billeting Soldiers ;—Judicial Bench (Ireland) ;— 
Kars ;—Parochial Schoolmasters (Scotland) ;—and, 
Police (Counties and Boroughs) Bill,—were pre- 


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


County 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
Courts. 


to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Returns from every County Court through- 


A. 1856. 


out 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 1855, 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 1855 to the 31st day of 
December 1855, both days inclusive :—Of the Total 
Number of Plaints entered in each Court during the 
Two years ended the 31st day of December 1855, 
under the 17th section of the Act 13 &amp; 14 Vic. c. 61: 
—Of the Total Number of Causes tried by each 
Court, from the 1st day of January 1855 to the 31st 
day of December 1855, both days inclusive :—Of 
the Total Number of Causes tried by each Court, 
from the 1st day of January 1855 to the 31st day of 
December 1855, both days inclusive, above £.20 
and not exceeding £.50:—Of the Total Number of 
Causes tried by each Court during the Two years 
ended the 31st day of December 1855, under the 
17th section of the Act 13 &amp; 14 Vic. c.61:—Of the 
Total Number of Appeals under the last-mentioned 
Act, pending on the Ist day of January 1854, and 
the Total Number made from the 1st day of January 
1854 to the 31st day of December 1855, both days 
inclusive, from the Decisions of each Court, and 
whether such Decisions were confirmed or reversed, 
and the Number of Appeals dropped or remaining 
undecided on the 31st day of December 1855 :—Of 
the Total Number of Days that each Court has sat, 
from the 1st day of January to the 31st day of 
December 1855, both days inclusive, and the Aver- 
age 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 period, in satisfaction of 
Debts sued for, without proceeding 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 
Suitors, and the Amount paid cut to Suitors:—Of 
the Total Number of Causes tried in each Court 
during the same period, with the assistance of a Jury, 
specifying the Number of such Causes in which a 

erdict has been given in favour of the Party re- 
quiring 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 Judgment Sum- 
monses heard by each Court during the same period : 
—Of the Total Number of Warrants of Commit- 
ment 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 Treasurer of each 
Court, on account of the General Fund of such 
| Court, from the Ist day of January 1855 to the 31st 
day of December 1855, inclusive; and the Pay- 
| ments made thereout, during such period, as given 
| in the Balance Sheets rendered to the Commissioners 
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 House as are 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


A Petition of Persons whose names are thereunto Vale of Clwy 
subscribed, for leave to bring in a Bill for making Railway. 


a Railway 











yf Clwyd 
ay. 










Fast India 
Judicial Esta- 


East India 
Judicial Esta- 


Wine and 
Spirits. 


Controverted 
Elections. 


Police 
(Counties and 


Boroughs) Bill. 


Adjournment, 


Masters 
{Navy.) 


plishments, &amp;c. 


blishments, &amp;c. 


19 VicToRiz. 


a Railway from Rhyl, in the County of Flint, to 
Denbigh, in the County of Denbigh, to be called 
Vale of Clwyd Railway, was presented, and read ; 
and a Bill was ordered to be brought in accord- 
ingly, by Mr. West and Sir John Hanmer. 


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 Reports made to Her Ma- 
jesty, by the Commissioners appointed to consider 
the Reform of the Judicial Establishments, Judicial 
Procedure, and Laws of India. 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
a Copy of any Despatch addressed by the Court of 
Directors of the East India Company to the Go- 
vernor General of India, in Council, respecting the 
Reports made by the Commissioners appointed by 
Her Majesty, to consider the Reform of the Judicial 
Establishments, Judicial Procedure, and Laws of 
India. 


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 Drawback, and the Quantities retained for actual 
Consumption in the United Kingdom, for the year 
ended the 31st day of December 1855 ; distinguish- 
ing the different Countries from whence imported, 
and whether Red or White; together with the 
Quantities of each sort remaining in Bond on the 
31st day of December 1855, distinguishing London 
from the Country :—And, of the Number of Proof 
Gallons of Rum, distinguishing West India, East 
India and Foreign ; aiso, 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 31st day of December 
1855; together with the Quantities of each sort 
remaining in Bond on the 3lst day of December 
1855, distinguishing London from the Country (in 
continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 305, of 
Session 1855). 


The Right honourable Sir Francis Thornhill 
Baring, Baronet, the Right honourable Sir John 
Somerset Pakington, Baronet, John Wilson Patten, 
Esquire, Robert Palmer, Esquire, Thomas Henry 
Sutton Sotheron Estcourt, Esquire, and Henry 
Arthur Herbert, Esquire, the Members appointed 
by Mr. Speaker to serve on the General Committee 
of Elections, and not objected to by the House, 
were sworn at the Table. 


The Order for reading a second time, upon Mon- 
day next, the Police (Counties and Boroughs) Bill, 
was read, and discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday 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, 
Nominal Returns of Masters and Second Masters 
mentioned in Despatches since the commencement 
of the War with Russia, with the Special Services 
for which they were mentioned :—And, of Masters 
and Second Masters promoted during the same 
ones stating Date of such Promotion, and to what 

iks promoted; also the Appointments of an 
Masters or Second Masters mentioned in en: 
Vou. 111. 





8° Februarit. 





31 
Despatches :—The Returns to be transmitted in the 
accompanying Form :— 

Return of Masters and Second Masters. 





Fer what Promotions 





Name.' Rank. | Seniority.) Special Service mentioned ce! 
in Despatches. — 


Remarks. 





| 


| 

















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


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 consumed by them, particularising each Class 
in each Collection, from the 10th day of October 
1854 to the 10th day of October 1855 (in continu- 
ation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 103, of Session 
1855) :—And, similar Returns for each of the several 
Counties in the United Kingdom. 


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


Accounts of the Total Number of Acres of Land in 
the United Kingdom under the cultivation of Hops 
in the year 1855; distinguishing the Number of 
Acres in each Parish :—Of the Duty on Hops of 
the Growth of the year 1855; distinguishing the 
Districts, and the Old from the New Duty, in each 
District :—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 
1855 :—Of the Quantity of Hops exported from 
the United Kingdom to Dessten Countries, from the 
5th day of January to the 30th day of June 1855, 
and from the 1st day of July 1855 to the 31st day 
of December 1855, respectively ; distinguishing the 
Countries to which the same have been exported, 
and also the Quantities to each Country, with the 
Dates of the years in which the British Hops were 
grown ; also British from Foreign Hops :—Of the 
Quantity of Foreign Hops imported into the United 
Kingdom, from the 5th day of January to the 30th 
day of June 1855, and from the ist day of July 
1855 to the 3lst day of December 1855, respec- 
tively ; distinguishing the Ports where imported, 
and the Countries from whence exported :—Of the 
Total Number of Pounds weight of Foreign Hops 
charged with Duties for Home Consumption, from 
the 5th day of January to the 30th day of June 
1855, and from the 1st day of July 1855 to the 
31st day of December 1855, respectively ; and the 
Rates of Duty charged :—Of the Quantity of Foreign 
Hops in Bond on the 1st day of January 1856 :— 
And, of the Amount of Duty charged on Hops in 
each Collection of the Growth of the year 1855, 
from the 5th day of January 1855 to the 5th day of 
January 1856 ; 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 Collections be 
according to the Statute, or any local or customary 
Admeasurement (in continuation of Parliamentary 
Papers, Nos. 101 and 102, of Session 1855). 


Mr. Peel presented,—Return to an Address to Burmese War. 


Her Majesty, dated the 24th day of April 1855, 
for 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 
their Services in the Field during the late Burmese 
War, distinguishing those on the Staff and serving 
with their Regiments; also the Engagements for 
which they were mentioned; also the Names of 





E4 those 


32 


those Officers who received Brevet Promotion, stating 
their Lengths of Service, and whether their former 
Appointments and Promotion were by Purchase or 
not. 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 
1st day of May 1855, for a Return of all Promo- 
tions 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. 





Date Regiment. 
of 


Promotion. 


Previous 
Rank. 





. From which.! To which. 


























Army Com- 
missions. 


Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 
7th day of May 1855, for a Return of all Com- 
missions granted in the Army, with or without 
Purchase, since the commencement of the War; 
stating in each case the Name of the Person to 
whom granted, the Regiment, and the Reasons for 
which such Commission, if without Purchase, was 
so granted. 

eturn to an Address tv Her Majesty, dated the 
5th day of this instant February, for a Return of 
the Number (distinguishing the Cavalry from the 
Infantry, and the several grades of Officers) of 
Army ieaniiidlene sold, and also of Army Com- 
missions purchased, in each of the years 1844, 1845, 
1853, and 1854:—Similar Return, for the same 
—_ of Army Commissions bestowed without 
urchase :—Returns of the Total Sum, in each such 
year, oe the Value of the Army Commis- 
sions so sold, and also so purchased :—And, of the 
Regulation 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. 

Ordered, That the said Returns do lie upon the 

Table. 


Mr. Monsell presented, by Her Majesty's Com- 
mand,—Army Estimates of Effective and Non- 
Effective Services, from 1 April 1856 to 31 March 
1857. 

Supplementary Estimate of the Office of Ord- 
nance, for the year 1855-56. 

Ordered, That the said Estimates be referred to 
the Committee of Supply ; and be printed. 


Mr. Wilson presented,—Return to an Address to 
Her Majesty, dated the 4th day of this instant 
February, for a Return of the Amount of Bullion 
purchased and sold by the Bank of England, dis- 
tinguishing Gold from Silver, and Bar Gold from 
Foreign Gold Coin, in each Month from the 31st 
day of December 1854 to the 31st day of December 
1855; also the Excess of Payments to or of Re- 
ceipts from the Public of British Gold Coin; and 
also the Amount received from the Mint during the 
same period (in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, 
No. 48, of Session 1855). 

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


The following Paper was laid upon the Table by 
the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, dated 
the 7th day of this instant February, for Copy of 
the Treasury Minute, made with a view to improve 
the Postal and Passenger Communication between 
England and Ireland, under the Act of last Session. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Navy Pro- 
motions, which was presented upon the 5th day of 
this instant February, be printed. 


8° Februari. 


A. 1856. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Naval Cadets, Naval Cadets, 
which was presented upon the 5th day of this No. 22, 
instant February, be printed. 

Ordered, That an Abstract of the Return relative Prisoners for 
to Prisoners for Debt, &amp;c., which was presented upon Debt, &amp;c. 
the 31st day of January last, be printed. No, 23. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Turkish Turkish Loan. 
Loan, which was presented upon the 7th day of No. 24, 
this instant February, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the New New Palace 
Palace (Westminster), which was presented upon the aera, 
7th day of this instant February, be printed. No. 25. 


The Metropolitan Police Bill was, according to Metropolitan 
Order, read the third time. Police Bill. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 


Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Partnership Amendment Bill was, according Partnership 
to Order, read a second time; and committed to a Amendment 
Committee of the whole House, for Monday the 25th 
day of this instant February. 


The Joint Stock Companies Bill was, according Joint Stock 
to Order, read a second time; and committed to a Companies 
Committee of the whole House, for Monday the 25th 
day of this instant February. 


The Burial-grounds (Jreland) Bill was, according Burial- 
to Order, read a second time; and committed to a reeland) Bill 
Committee of the whole House, for Friday the 29th 


day of this instant February. 


The Juvenile Offenders (Zreland) Bill was, ac- Juvenile 
cording to Order, read a second time; and com- Offenders 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for Fri- “eland) Bill. 
day the 29th day of this instant February. 


The House, ae to Order, resolved itself House of 


ouse of Commons’ Offices Commons’ 


into a Committee on the Offices 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 Amend- 
ment, 

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 3 

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


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to Church Rates 
abolish Church Rates, and to make other Provisions 4&gt;vlition. 
in lieu thereof: And that Sir William Clay, Mr. 

Hutt and Mr. Mial/ do prepare, and bring it in. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Barracks 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased Ses = 
to give directions, that there be laid before this : 
House, a Return of the Number of Cavalry and In- 

'fantry Barracks erected in the United Kingdom 
during the last Twenty-five years, stating the Number 
of Men each Barrack is capable of accommodating, 

/and the average outlay per Man incurred in the 

| building of each Barrack. 

| Ordered, That 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 Ramsgate 
Copy of the Report and Estimate of General Wil- Harbour. 
liams, Royal Engineers, regarding the Harbour of 
Ramsgate, presented to the Board of Trade on the 
9th day of Sssiany 1854, 

Ordered, 











Cadets, 
7 22. 


ers for 
ic. 


, 23. 


jh Loan, 
° 24, 


alace 
ninster,) 
. 25. 


olitan 
Bill. 


rship 
iment 


stock 
nies 


is 
id.) Bill. 


ile 
lers 
id) Bill. 


ons’ 
} Bill. 


h Rates 
ion. 





8°—11° 





19 Vicrortiz. 


Medical Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 

Profession. alter and amend the Laws regulating the Medical 
Profession: And that Mr. Headlam, Mr. Brady and 
Mr. Craufurd do prepare, and bring it in. 

Kitchen and Ordered, That a Standing Committee be appointed, 

ee to control the Arrangements of the Kitchen and Re- 


of Commons.) ‘reshment Rooms in the department of the Serjeant- 


at-Arms attending this House :—And a Committee 


was appointed of the Earl of Mulgrave, Mr. Hayter, 

Mr. Archibald Hastie, Colonel Dunne, Colonel 

Boldero, Mr. Attorney General and Colonel Knoz. 
Ordered, ‘That Three be the Quorum. 


Medical Proe Mr. Head/am presented a Bill to alter and amend 
fession Bill. the Laws regulating the Medical Profession: And 
Bill 25. the same was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time upon Wednesday the 20th day 

of this instant February ; and to be printed. 
Church Rates Sir William Clay presented a Bill to abolish Church 


Abolition Bill. Rates, and to make other Provisions in lieu thereof : 
Bill26- And the same was read the first time; and ordered 
to be read a second time upon Wednesday the 5th 

day of March next; and to be printed. 


And then the House adjourned till Monday next. 





Lune, 11° die Februarii ; 
Anno 19° Victorie Regine, 1856. 


PRAYERS. 
M R. Bonham Carter reported from the Select 
Committee on Public Petitions; That they 
had examined the Petitions presented upon the 8th 
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. 


Public 
Petitions 
(Second Re- 
port.) 


Moore and 
Warrington 
Railway. 


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

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


Stockport and 
Warrington 
Road, 


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

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


Honiton and 
Sidmouth 
Road. 


A Petition of Trustees for executing an Act there- 
inafter-mentioned, for leave to bring in a Bill to 
continue the Honiton and Sidmouth Turnpike Trust, 
and for other purposes, was presented, and read ; 
and a Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, 
by Sir John Yarde Buller and Mr. Palk. 


Chorley 


S A Petition of the Chorley Waterworks Company, 
ater. 


for leave to bring in a Bill for vesting in the Mayor, 
Aldermen and Burgesses of the Borough of Liver- 
pool, the Undertaking of the Chorley Waterworks 
Company, and for other purposes, was presented, 
and read ; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in 
accordingly, by Mr. Heywood and Mr. Cardwell. 


Metropolitan A Petition of the Metropolitan Railway Company, 

Railway. for leave to bring in a Bill to extend the Times limited 
for certain purposes by the Acts relating to the Me- 
tropolitan Railway, and to enable the Metropolitan 
Railway Company to form a Junction with the Great 
Northern Railway, and for other purposes, was pre- 
sented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
brought in accordingly, by Mr. Malins and Mr. Lee. 

Von. 111. 





Februari. 33 


| A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses Leeds Im- 
| of the Borough of Leeds, for leave to bring in a Bill provement 

a a ee oe -__ Acts Amend- 
for granting further Powers for lighting, cleansing, ment. 
sewering and improving the Borough of Leeds, and 
for other purposes, was presented, and read; and a 
Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by 


Mr. Baines and Sir George Goodman. 





A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses Leeds Water. 
of the Borough of Leeds, for leave to bring in a Bill 

‘to sanction a Supply of Water to the Town and 

| Neighbourhood of Leeds, from the River Wharfe, 

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

| be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Baines and Sir 

| George Goodman. 


A Petition of the West-end of Zondon and Crystal West London 
Palace Railway Company, for leave to bring in a 224 Crystal 
Bill for authorizing Traffic Arrangements between Railway. 
the West-end of London and Crystal Palace, and the 
London, Brighton and South Coast, the South East- 
ern, and the London and South Western Railway 
Companies, for Sale or Lease of the West London 
and Crystal Palace Railway, the Regulation and In- 
crease of Capital, and for other purposes, was pre- 
sented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
brought in accordingly, by Mr. Danby Seymour and 
Sir Joseph Paxton. 


A Petition of the Boston Gas-Light and Coke Boston Gas. 
Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to confer 
further Powers on the Boston Gas-Light and Coke 
Company, was presented, and read ; and a Bill was 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Sir John 
Trollope and Mr. Cabdbell. 


A Petition of Persons whose names are thereunto Barnsley Canal 

subscribed, for leave to bring in a Bill for making ee" 
Railways from the Barnsley Canal, at or near Bayl- ““""* 
don Bridge, to Collieries in the Townships of Woolley, 
Darton and Carlton, all in the West Riding of the 
County of York, and for other purposes, was pre- 
sented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
brought in accordingly, by Sir William Milner, Co- 
lonel Smyth and Mr. Beckett. 


A Petition of the Stirling and Dunfermline Rail- Stirling and 
way Company, for leave to bring ina Bill to enable — 
the Stirling and Dunfermline Railway Company to“ "** 
create additional Shares in their Undertaking, and 
for other purposes, was presented, and read; and a 
Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by 
Mr. Johnstone and Mr. Fergus. 


A Petition of the Norfolk Railway Company, for Norfolk 
leave to bring in a Bill to authorize the Norfolk Railway. 
Railway Company to subscribe to the Wells and 
Fakenham Railway, and for other purposes, was pre- 
sented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
brought in accordingly, by Sir Henry Stracey and 
Sir Samuel Bignold. 


A Petition of the Wakefield Gas-Light Company, Wakefield 
for leave to bring in a Bill to empower the Wake- Gs. 
field Gas-Light Company to raise a further Sum of 
Money, was presented, and read; and a Bill was 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Sandars 
and Colonel Smyth. 


A Petition of Agents for the Bill thereinafter- Stockport and 
mentioned, for leave to bring in a Bill for more Wattington 
effectually repairing the Road from Stockport to 
Werrington, and a Branch Road thereout, all in the 
County of Chester, was presented, and read ; and 
referred to the Select Committee on Standing Orders. 


A Petition of the North Staffordshire Railway Moore and 
Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to make and Warrington 
maintain a Railway from Moore to near Warrington, 
and for other purposes, was presented, and read; 





F and 








34 


and referred to the Select Committee on Standing 
Orders. 


Penrith and A Petition of Trustees for carrying into effect the 
Cockermouth Act thereinafter-mentioned, for leave to bring in a 
—_ Bill for more effectually repairing the Road from 
Penrith to Cockermouth, and other Roads connected 
therewith, and for making and maintaining several 
New Roads, all in the County of Cumberiand, was 
resented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
eunhe in accordingly, by Mr. Howard and Mr. 

Marshall. 


A Bill to enable the Londonderry and Enniskillen 
Railway Company to create Preference Shares, with 
priority of Dividend over all the existing Shares of 
the Company, and for other purposes, was read the 
first time; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Londonderry 
and Enniskil- 
len Railway 
Bill. 


A Bill for the Improvement and better Regulation 
of the Driffield Navigation, was read the first time ; 
and ordered to be read a second time. 


Driffield 
Navigation 
Bill. 


Crystal Palace 


A Bill to grant further Powers to the Crystal 
Company Bill. 


Palace Company for the raising of Capital, for the 
internal Management of their Undertaking, and with 
respect to Dulwich Wood, was read the first time ; 
and ordered to be read a second time. 


Gainsborough 
Gas Bill. Parish of Gainsborough, in Lincolnshire, was read 
the first time; and ordered to be read a second 


time. 


A Bill for more effectually repairing the Road 
from Barnby Moor, in the County of Nottingham, 
to Maltby. in the County of York, and from Whis- 
ton to Rotherham, in the said County of York, was 
read the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
time. 


Rotherham 
and Barnby 
Moor Road 
Bill. 


A Bill to enable the Scarborough Waterworks 
Company to raise a further Sum of Money, and to 
extend the Limits for the Supply of Water, and to 
amend the Provisions of the Act relating to such 
Company, was read the first time ; and ordered to 
be read a second time. 


Scarborough 
Water Bill. 


A Bill to revive and extend certain of the Powers 
of the Waveney Valley Railway Company, with rela- 
tion to their Railway, was read the first time; and 
ordered to be read a second time. 


Waveney 
Valley 
Railway Bill. 


A Bill for authorizing a Lease for ever of the 
Dundee and Arbroath Railway to the Aberdeen 
Railway Company, and the Scottish Midland Junc- 
tion Railway Company, and for other purposes, was 
read the first time ; and ordered to be read a second 
time. 


Aberdeen 
and Scottish 
Midland 
Junction and 
Dundee and 
Arbroath 
Railway Com 
panies Bill. 


A Bill for regulating the Capital of the Fleetwood, 
Preston and West Riding Junction Railway Com- 
pany, for making further Provision with respect to 
Tolls to be taken on the Railway, and for other pur- 
poses, was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time. 


Fleetwood, 
Preston and 
West Riding 
Junction 
Railway Bill. 


Aberdeen and The Aberdeen and Scottish Midland Junction 
Scottish Mid- Railway Companies Amalgamation Bill was read a 
land Junction Je “ti, 

Railway Com- Second time ; and committed. 

panies Amal- 

gamation Bill. 

Alford Valley | The Alford Valley Railway Bill was read a second 
Railway Bill. time; and committed. 


Banbridge 
Junction 
Railway Bill. 


The Banbridge Junction Railway Bill was read a 
second time ; and committed. 


The Barnsdale and Leeds Road Bill was read a 
second time ; and committed. 


Barnsdale and 
Leeds Road 
Bill. 


11° Februariz. 


A Bill for the better supplying with Gas the | 


| Bill be read a second time To-morrow. 





A. 1856. 


The Bath Gas Bill was read a second time ; and Bath Gas Ba, 
committed. 


Ordered, That the Broadstairs Harbour, Pier and Broadstairs 


Landing-place Bill be read a second time To- Harbour, Pier 
and Landing. 
morrow. place Bill, 


The Brough and’ Eamont Bridge Road Bill was Brough ana 


read a second time ; and committed. Eamont 
Bridge Road 


Bill. 
Ordered, That the Cambridge University and Town Cambridge 
Bill be read a second time To-morrow. University 
and Town 
Bill. 
The Carmarthen and Cardigan Railway Bill was Carmarthen 
} . } an ar 
read a second time; and committed. Railway Ball 
The Cheltenham Gas Bill was read a second time ; Cheltenham 
and committed. Gas Bill. 


The Clay Cross Water Bill was read a second Clay Cross 
time; and committed. Water Bill. 


Ordered, That the Colnbrook, Datchet and Slough Colnvrook, 


Road Bill be read a second time To-morrow. Datehet and 
Slough Road 
Bill. 


The Colonial Bank Bill was read a second time; Colonial Bank 
and committed. Bill. 


Ordered, That the Conway and Llandudno Road Conway and 
Llandudno 
Road Bill. 


The Cork and Youghal Railway Bill was read a Cork and 
; - ¢ . ; : Youghal 
second time ; and committed Railway Bill 
The Coventry (City) Gas Bill was read a second Coventry 
time ; and committed. (City) Gas 
Bill. 
The Darenth Valley Railway Bill was read a Dareath 
second time ; and committed. Valley Rail- 
way Bill. 
The Deeping Fen Drainage Bill was read a second Deeping Fen 
time; and committed. Drainage Bill. 


The Denny Junction Railway Bill was read a Denny June. 
second time ; and committed. Bill Railway 
The Dorset Central Railway Bill was read a second Dorset Central 
time ; and committed. Railway Bill 


The Dunblane, Doune and Callander Railway Dunblane, 


Bill was read a second time; and committed. Doune and 
Callander 


Railway Bill 
The Dundee Harbour Bill was read a second time; Dundee _ 
and committed. Harbour Bill. 


The Eastern Counties Railway Bill was read a Eastern Cow 
second time ; and committed. 7 


The Eastern Union Railway Bill was read a second Eastern Unio 
time; and committed. Railway Bill. 


The East of Fife Railway Bill was read a second East of Fife 
time; and committed. Railway Bill 


The Edinburgh Municipality Bill was read a second Edinburgh 
time; and committed. —— 
The Edinburgh Water Bill was read a second Edinburgh 
time ; and committed. Water Bill. 


The Ely Tidal Harbour and Railway Bill was read Ely Tidal 
a second time ; and committed. Harbour an 
Railway Bill 
The Filey Water Bill was read a second time; 
and committed. 


Filey Water 
Bill. 


The Formartine and Buchan Railway Bill was Formartine 


‘ : . . and Buchan 
read a second time ; and committed. The Railway Bill 









Gas Bil, 


istairs 
our, Pier 
.anding. 
Bill. 


zh and 
ynt 
re Road 


widge 
ersity 
Town 


arthen 
Jardigan 
ray Bill, 


enham 
sill. 


Cross 
r Bill. 


rook, 
let and 
th Road 


ial Bank 


ay and 
ludno 
Bill. 


and 
hal 
ray Bill 


try 
) Gas 


nth 
y Rail- 
Bill. 


ing Fen 
age Bill. 


y June- 
Railway 


&gt;t Central 
ray Bill 


lane, 

ie and 
nder 
ray Bill 


lee 
our Bill. 


rn Cou 
tailway 


rn Union 
ray Bill. 


of Fife 
ray Bill. 


yurgh 
cipality 


yurgh 
r Bill. 


‘idal 
yur and 
‘ay Bill. 


Water 


artine 
juchan 
ay Bill. 





19 Vicroria. 


Glasgow Court The Glasgow Court Houses and Public Offices 


Housesand = Bill was read a second time ; and committed. 

Public Offices 

Bill. 

Glasgow The Glasgow Paving Bill was read a second time; 
Paving Bill. and committed. 

Glastonbury The Glastonbury and Bruton Railway Bill was 
and Bruton yead a second time; and committed. 

Railway Bill, 

Gloucester The Gloucester Gas Bill was read a second time ; 
Gas Bill. and committed. 

Halifax and The Halifax and Huddersfield Road Bill was read 
Huddersfield @ second time; and committed. 

Road Bill. 

Heywood Gas The Heywood Gas Bill was read a second time; 
Bill. and committed. 

Knares- The Knaresborough and Green Hammerton Road 
borough and = Bill was read a second time; and committed. 

Green Ham- 

merton Road 

Bill. 

Keares- The Knaresborough and Pateley Bridge Road 
borough and =&gt;. Bill was read a second time; and committed. 

Pateley Bridge 

Road Bill. 

Knottingley The Knottingley Gas Bill was read a second time; 
Gas Bill. and committed. 

Lambeth The Lambeth Water Bill was read a second time; 


Water Bill. and committed. 


The Lancaster Gas Bill was read a second time; 
and committed. 


Lancaster 
Gas Bill. 


Leicester and 


The Leicester and Welford Road Bill was read a 


aan Road second time; and committed. 

Lincoln The Lincoln Water Bill was read a second time ; 
Water Bill. and committed. 

io and The London and North Western Railway Bill was 
Railway Bil read a second time ; and committed. 

Lenten and The London and South Western Railway (Yeovil 
—" to Exeter) Bill was read a second time; and com- 
(Yeovil to mitted. 


Exeter) Bill. 


Leadon Docks The Zondon Docks Bill was read a second time ; 


and committed. 


Lowestoft and The Lowestoft and Beccles Railway Bill was read 


Beccles Rail- 4 second time; and committed. 
way Bill. 


Luton District 


Road Bill. time ; and committed. 


Luton, Dune The Luton, Dunstable and Welwyn Junction Rail- 


tabl P ‘ ‘ 
ny way Bill was read a second time ; and committed. 
tion Railway 
Bill. 
Midland Grost Ordered, That the Midland Great Western Rail- 
estern Rail- : — - , : " 
way of Irelana “2Y Of Jreland Bill be read a second time To 
Bill. morrow. 
aanmeuth The Monmouth Roads Bill was read a second 
oads Bill ~~ time ; and committed. 
North Shields The North Shields and Tynemouth Dock Bill was 
mouth Dock "ead a second time ; and committed. 
Bill. 
ane. Wor- The Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton Rail- 
Webveheme- way (Extension of Time, &amp;c.) Bill was read a second 
ton Railway time; and committed. 
(Extension of 
ime, &amp; 
Ba 
Prisoners’ Ordered, That the Prisoners’ Discharge Society 
Society fin, Bill be read a second time To-morrow. 


Vou. 111. 


11° Februari. 


The Renfrewshire Roads Bill was read a second Renfrewshire 


35 


time ; and committed. Roads Bill. 
The Rhosydd Railway Bill was read a second Rhosydd_ 
time; and committed. Railway Bill. 


Bill was read a Scottish Cen- 
tral Railway 


Bill. 


The Scottish Central Railway 
second time ; and committed. 


Shrewsbury 
and Hereford 
Railway Bill. 


The Shrewsbury and Hereford Railway Bill was 


read a second time ; and committed. 


The Shrewsbury and Welchpool Railway Bill was Shevesbuny : 
. ‘ : ‘ : and Welchpoo 
read a second time ; and committed. Railway Bill. 

The Shrewsbury Water Bill was read a second Shrewsbury 
time ; and committed. Water Bill. 


The Sleaford and Tattershall Turnpike Trust Bill Sleaford and 


was read a second time; and committed. ee 
urnpike 


Trust Bill. 


The Southport Water Bill was read a second time; Southport 
and committed. Water Bill. 


The Stockton and Middlesbrough New Road and Stockton and 


Bridge Bill was read a second time; and com- Middlesbrough 
mitted. New Road and 


Bridge Bill. 


The Swansea Vale Railway Bill was read a second Swansea Vale 
time ; and committed. Railway Bill. 


The Thames Haven Dock and Railway Bill was Thames Haven 
read a second time ; and committed. Dock and | 
Railway Bill. 
The Ulster Railway Bill was read a second time ; Ulster Rail- 
and committed. way Bill. 


The West Ham Gas Bill was read a second time ; West Ham 
and committed. Gas Bill. 


The Westminster Terminus Railway Bill was read Westminster 
a second time; and committed. Railway Bill. 
| The Weymouth and Melcombe Regis Gas Bill was Weymouth 
read a second time ; and committed. Regio Gee Bill. 
The Worksop Gas Bill was read a second time; Worksop 
and committed. Gas Bill. 





The Luton District Road Bill was read a second | 


| A Petition of the Midland Railway Company, Midland 
| for leave to bring in a Bill to enable the Midland Railway. 
| Railway Company to raise additional Capital, and 

for other purposes, was — and read ; anda 
Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by 
Sir Joseph Paxton and Mr. Price. 


Petitions relating to British Museum, &amp;c. ;— Public 
Church Rates ;—Intoxicating Liquors;—Local Dues Petitions. 
on Shipping ;—and, Police (Counties and Boroughs) vide Thira 
' Bill,—were presented, and read; and ordered to lie Report. 
| upon the Table. 





The Order made upon the 8th day of this instant Vale of Clwy@ 
February, That leave be given to ‘bring in the Railway. 
Vale of Clwyd Railway Bill, was read, and dis- 
charged. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
| for making a Railway from the Chester and Holy- 
| head Railway, at or near to Rhyl, in the County of 
| Flint, to the Town of Denbigh, in the County of 
| Denbigh, to be called “ The Vale of Cloyd Rail- 
way’’: And that Sir John Hanmer and Mr. West 
| do prepare, and bring it in. 





The Order made upon the 8th day of this instant Milfora June- 
February, That leave be given to bring in the 4 Railway. 
F2 Milford 









Poor Relief 
(Scotland. ) 


Proprietors 
(Scotland. ) 


Appointments 
(Dock Yards.) 


Assaults on 
Women and 
Children. 


Agricultural 
Statistics 
(Lreland.) 





36 


charged. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for the incorporating of the Milford Railway Com- 
pany, and for the making of the Milford Railway, 
in the County of Pembroke: And that Viscount 
Emlyn and Mr. Philipps 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 in reference to the Record of Applications 
to the Board of Supervision for Relief of the Poor 
in Scotland, stating in each case the Amount of 
Relief, whether in Money, Food, Clothing, or any 
other shape (but if not in Money, then giving the 
Money Value of such other description of Relief), 
which formed the subject of Complaint ; the Deci- 
sion of the Board as to such Allowance being in- 
sufficient, or the contrary, and in cases where the 
ground of Complaint was removed, stating the ad- 
ditional Amount and kind of Relief that was granted, | 


from the 1st day of July 1854 to the 30th day of | 


June 1855 (in continuation of former Returns). 

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


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 Proprietors, in each Count 
in Scotland, standing on the Valuation Rolls, made 
up under the Act 17 &amp; 18 Vic. c. 91, as Owners of 
Lands and Heritages therein, of the Value requisite 
to qualify for acting as Commissioners of Supply in 
terms of the 19th section of that Act, and also of 
the Number of Proprietors possessed of the former 
Qualification as Owners of Lands and Heritages, 
valued at £.100 Scots of old Valuation ; together 
with the Total Valuation of the County under that | 
Act, and the Total Valuation in Pounds Scots, ac- 
cording to the Valuation Rolls prior thereto :—And, | 
of the Number of Proprietors, in each Parish, of 
Lands and Heritages valued at £.100 Scots, and 
the Number owning Lands and Heritages valued at 
£.100 sterling yearly, under the Act above men- 
tioned ; together with the Total Number of Pro- 
prietors in each such Parish, of whatever Valuation, 
standing on the Rolls made up under the said Act, 
and the Total Number standing on the old Valuation 
Rolls. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to | 
Her M 
of Her 








ajesty, by such Members of this House as are | 
Majest s Most honourable Privy Council. 
yesty y 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, | 
a Copy of any Order issued by the Admiralty in | 
1855, regulating Appointments in Her Majesty’s 
Dock Yards. | 

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 Convictions and Sentences | 
within the Police Districts of the Metropolis during 
tae years 1854 and 1855, under the Act 16 &amp; 17 
Vic. c. 30, for the better Prevention and Punishment 
of Aggravated Assaults upon Women and Children. 

Ordered, That 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. Massey presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand,—Agricultural Statistics (Zreland): Tables, 
showing the Estimated Average Produce for the 
year 1855. 


11° Februariz. 
Milford Junction Railway Bill, was read, and dis- | 






























































A. 1856, 


Mr. Massey also presented, pursuant to the direc- Poor Relief 
tions of several Acts of Parliament,—Copies of Five (eland.) 
|General Orders issued by the Commissioners for 
administering the Laws for Relief of the Poor in 

Ireland. 

Registrars of Births, &amp;c. (Scotland): Copy of Registrars of 
Regulations made and approved, in pursuance of the jes &amp;e. 
Act 17 &amp; 18 Vic. c. 80. ne 

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


Mr. Lewe presented,—Return to an Order, dated Ramsgate 
the Sth day of this instant February, for Copy of the Harbour. 
Report and Estimate of General Wi/liams, Royal 
Engineers, regarding the Harbour of Rumsgate, pre- 
sented to the Board of Trade on the 9th day of 
January 1854. 

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


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Supply. 
into the Committee of Supply. 


(In the Committee.) 


1. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £.204,982. Excess of 
1s. 5d., be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Naval Expen- 
Excess of the Naval Expenditure beyond the Grants 
for the year ended on the 31st day of March 1855. 

2. Resolved, That 76,000 Men be employed for Seamen, &amp;e. 
the Sea Service, for Three months ending on the 
30th day of June 1856, including 16,000 Royal 
Marines and 10,000 Boys. 

| 8. Resolved, Thata Sum, notexceeding £.2,000,000, Wages. 
be granted to Her Majesty, towards defraying the 
Charge on account of Wages to Seamen and Ma- 
_rines, which will come in course of payment during 
| the year ending on the 31st day of March 1857. 
4. Resolved, ThataSum, not exceeding £.1,000,000, 
be granted to Her Majesty, towards defraying the 
harge on account of Victuals to Seamen and Ma- 
rines in Her Majesty’s Fleet, which will come in 
course of payment during the year ending on the 
31st day of March 1857. 

5. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £.138,399, Admiralty 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Salaries of Office. 
the Officers and the Contingent Expenses of the 
Admiralty Office, which will come in course of pay- 


| 


Victuals. 


/ment during the year ending on the 31st day of 


March 1857. 

6. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £.20,000, Royal Naval 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charges Coast Volun- 
for the Royal Naval Coast Volunteers, which will *°™ 
come in course of payment during the year ending 
on the 31st day of March 1857. 

7. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £.58,982, Scientific 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Salaries of Departments 
the Officers and the Contingent Expenses of the °! tbe Navy. 
several Scientific Departments of the Navy, which 
will come in course of payment during the year end- 
ing on the 31st day of March 1857. 

8. Resolved, That a Sum, notexceeding £. 153,795, Naval Esta- 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Salaries of blishments at 
the Officers and the Contingent + dee 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 1857. 

9. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £.36,494, Naval Esta- 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Salaries of blishments 
the Officers and the Contingent Expenses of Her — 
Majesty’s Naval Establishments Abroad, which will 
come in course of payment during the year ending 
on the 3ist day of March 1857. 

10. Resolved, ThataSumnotexceeding £.1,190,309, Wages to Arti- 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of ficers at Home, 
Wages to Artificers, Labourers, and others em- 
ployed in Her Majesty’s Naval Establishments at 
Home, which will come in course of payment during 
the year ending on the 31st day of March 1857. 

11. Resolved, Thata Sum, notexceeding £. 109,913, Wages to Arti- 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of fcers Abroad. 





Wages 








s of 


.) 


&lt;pen- 


&amp;e. 


aval 
olun- 


ents 
AVY. 


sta- 
ats at 


sta. 
its 


o Arti- 
Home. 


o Arti- 
broad. 





Naval Stores. 


New Works, 
&amp;e. 


Medicines and 
Medical 
Stores. 


Naval 
Miscellaneous 
Services. 


Half-Pay, &amp;c. 


Military 
Pensions and 
Allowances. 


Civil Pensions 
and Allow- 
ances, 


Transport 
Service, &amp;c. 


Packet 
Service, 


Message fro 
the ot - 


Index to the 
Statutes, 


Prisons 
(Ireland) Bill. 


19 Vicroriz. 11°—12° 
Wages to Artificers, Labourers, and others em- 
ployed in Her Majesty’s Naval Establishments 
Abroad, which will come in course of payment 
during the year ending on the 31st day of March 
1857. 

12. Resolved, ThataSum not exceeding £. 3,000,000 
be granted to Her Majesty, towards defraying the 
Expense on account of Naval Stores for the Building, 
Repair, and Outfit of the Fleet, the Purchase of 
Steam Machinery, and for other purposes connected 


therewith, which will come in course of pavment | 


during the year ending on the 31st day of March 
1857. 

13. Resolved, Thata Sum, notexceeding £. 864,334, 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of 
New Works, Improvements, and Repairs in the 
Naval Establishments, which will come in course of 
payment during the year ending on the 31st day of 
March 1857. 

14, Resolved, Thata Sum, not exceeding £.65,000, 
be granted to Her Majesty, towards defraying the 
Charge on account of Medicines and Medical Stores, 
which will come in course of payment during the 
year ending on the 31st day of March 1857. 


15. Resolved, That aSum,notexceeding £.88,972, | 
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 1857. 


16. Resolved, Thata Sum, notexceeding £. 655,421, | 


be granted to Her Majesty, to defray tiie Charge of 
Half-Pay, Reserved Halt-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 1857. 

17. Resolved, That aSum, not exceeding £.494,363, 
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 1857. 


18. Lesolved, That a Sum notexceeding £.147,685 | 


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 1857. 

19. Resolved, Thata Sum not exceeding £.6,000,000 
be granted to Her Majesty, towards detraying the 
Salaries and Contingent Expenses on account of the 
Transport Service, for the Freight of Ships, for the 
Victualling and Conveyance 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 1857. 

20. Resolved, ThataSum, not exceeding £.756,487, 
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 1857. 

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. 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 Wednesday 
next, 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 communicate Index to the Statutes, 
Public and Private, 1801 to 1852 (Parts I. and II.), 
as desired by this House. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Prisons (Jreland) Bill; 
Vou. 111. 





Februari. 37 


Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Court of 
reading of the Court of Chancery (Jreland) Bill ; pe er Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time (lane) Bi 

upon Friday next. 


The House of Commons’ Offices Bill was, accord- House of 
ing to Order, read the third time. Commons’ 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. a 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Juvenile Con- 
for enabling the Commissioners of Public Works in ‘ict Prison 
Treland to acquire certain Lands for the Site of a“ ) 
Prison for the Reception of Juvenile Convicts : 

And that Mr. Horsman and Mr. Solicitor General 
for Ireland do prepare, and bring it in. 





Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Joint Stock 
‘to extend the Period for which Her Majesty may — (Scot 
grant Letters Patent of Incorporation to Joimt~™ * 
Stock Banks in Scotland existing before the Act of 

One thousand eight hundred and Forty-six: And 

that Mr. Wilson and the Chancellor of the Ex- 

chequer do prepare, and bring it in. 


The Order for reading a second time, upon Wed- Judgments 
nesday next, the Judgments Execution, &amp;c. Bill, — 
was read, and discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday the 27th day of this instant Fe- 
bruary. 


&amp;e. 





Mr. Wilson presented a Bill to extend the Period Joint Stock 

| for which Her Majesty may grant Letters Patent of a 
| Incorporation to Joint Stock Banks in Scotland Bill 27 

| existing before the Act of One thousand eight hun- ~~~ 
dred and Forty-six: And the same was read the 

first time; and ordered to be read a second time 
To-morrow ; and to be printed. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, National 
Copies of all Correspondence between tiie Commis- i . 
sioners of National Education in Ireland and the “™***? 
Committee of the Lancasterian Industrial National 
School, Belfast, relative to the Charges made by 
the Right Reverend Dr. Denvir, against the System 
and Management of that School; and of the Report 
of the Inspectors of the Board of Education who 
inquired into such Charges. 


Ordered, That the Corrected Alphabetical List of Controverted 
Members to serve on Election Committees be re- °°!" 
ferred to the General Committee of Elections. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Bullion Bullion (Bank 


| (Bank of England), which was presented upon the * Eagland.) 


8th day of this instant February, be printed. No. 26. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Postal, &amp;c. Postal, &amp;c. 


Communication with [reland, which was presented —— 
ta ion with 
upon the 8th day of this instant February, be frelang 


printed. No. 27. 
And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 





Martis, 12° die Februarii; 
Anno 19° Victoria Regine, 1856. 


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 Llanidloes and New- Lianidloes and 
town Railway Petition, the Standing Orders ought Newtown Rail- 
to be dispensed with ; that the Parties be permitted “"™ 

F3 to 


































































East Somerset 
Railway. 


North of 
Europe Steam 
Navigation 
Company. 
Worcester 
and Hereford 
Railway. 


Isle of Wight 
Steam 
Bridge and 
Approaches. 


North Western 


Railway. 


Sittingbourne 
and Sheerness 
Railway. 


Leominster 
Writ. 


Controverted 
Elections. 


Controverted 
Elections. 


Inverness and 
Aberdeen 
Junction 
Railway- 


38 12° Februarv. 


to proceed with their Bill, provided that they strike 
out of the Bill so much thereof as authorizes the 
making of the Branch or Extension Railway, termi- 
nating at the bank at the head of the Canal, in the 
Township of Guwestydd, in the Parish of Llanllw- 
chaiarn, in the County of Montgomery; 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 East Somerset 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 North of Europe Steam 
Navigation Company Petition, the Standing Ordeis 
ought not to be dispensed with. 


4, That in the case of the Worcester and Hereford 
Railway Petition, the Standing Orders ought to be 
dispensed with; that the Parties be permitted to 
proceed with their Bill. 

5. That in the case of the Isle of Wight Steam 
Bridge and Approaches Petition, the Standing Orders 
ought to be dispensed with; that the Parties be per- 
mitted to proceed with their Bill. 

6. That in the case of the North Western Railway 
Petition, the Standing Orders ought to be dispensed 
with ; that the Parties be permitted to proceed with 
their Bill, provided that they strike out of the Bill 
such parts thereof as empower all Persons who, 
through or under the North Western Railway Com- 

any, have the right to use the North Western 
ailway with engines or carriages, to pass over and 


use with their engines, carriages and servants the | 


portions therein-mentioned of the Midland (Leeds 
and Bradford) Railway, the Lancaster and Carlisle 
Railway, and the Caledonian Railway, and also the 
Central Station at Leeds; that the Committee on 


the Bill do report how far such order has been | 
_ | Sir Edmund Filmer and Mr. Masters Smith. 


complied with on the Report of the Bill. 

7. That in the case of the Sittingbourne and Sheer 
ness Railway Petition, the Standing Orders ought to 
be dispensed with; that the Parties be permitted to 
proceed with their Bill. 

The first, second, fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh 
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 Leominster, in the 
room of George Arkwright, Esquire, deceased. 


Sir Francis Baring reported from the General 
Committee of Elections ; That they had selected the 
following six Members to be the Chairmen’s Panel, 
and to serve as Chairmen of Election Committees 


for the present Session :—George Medd Butt, Es- | 
e 4 ‘ | Henry Cholmondeley and Colonel Harcourt do pre- 


pare, and bring it in. 


quire (Weymouth), George Alexander Hamilton, 
Esquire (Dublin University), Robert Ingham, Es- 
quire, Henry Ker Seymer, Esquire (Dorset), Right 
honourable Sir William Meredyth Somerville, Right 
honourable James Stuart Wortley. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Sir Francis Baring 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 :—No. 1, 
E; No.2, D; No. 3,C; No. 4, B; No. 5, A. 
Ordered, That the said Panels be printed. 


A Petition of Provisional Directors of the Znver- 
ness and Aberdeen Junction Railway Company, for 
leave to bring in a Bill for making a Railway from 
the Town of Nairn to the Town of Keith, was pre- 





A. 1856. 


sented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
brought in accordingly, by Mr. Matheson, Mr. Cum- 
ming Bruce, Mr. James Duff and Mr. George Duff. 


A Petition of a Quorum of Trustees for executing Godley-lane 


an Act for making and maintaining a Turnpike-road 
from Giodley-lane Head, near Halifax, to Northow- 
ram Green, in the West Riding of the County of 
York, for leave to bring in a Bill for continuing the 
Term, and amending and extending the Provisions 


of the Act relating to the Goudley-lane Turnpike-road, 


in the West Riding of the County of York, was pre- 
sented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
brought in accordingly, by Sir Charles Wood and 
Mr. Crossley. 





| Langret, in the same County, Grazier, three of the 
Trustees of the Donington Turupike Trust, for leave 
to bring in a Bill to renew the Term, and continue, 
amend and enlarge the Powers of an Act passed in 
the third year of the reign of his Majesty King 
George the Fourth, intituled, “ An Act for repairing 
and amending the Roads from Donington High 
Bridge to Hale Drove, and to the Eighth Milestone 
in the Parish of Wigtoft, and to Langret Ferry, in 


‘the County of Zincoén,” was presented, and read ; 
‘and a Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, 
| by Lord Burghley and Sir John Trollope. 


A Petition of Commissioners for executing the Gravesend 
| Acts thereinafter-mentioned, for leave tu bring in a I™provement, 
| Bill for more effectually paving, cleansing, lighting, 


and otherwise improving the Town of Gravesend, in 


the County of Kent, was presented, and read ; and 
a Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by 


| works Company, for leave to bring in a Bill for in- 
| corporating and granting other Powers to the Pro- 
_prietors of the East and West Dover Waterworks, 
was presented, and read; anda Bill was ordered to 
be brought in accordingly, by Sir Edward Dering 
and Mr. James MacGregor. 


Select Committee on Standing Orders, in respect of 


'the Petition for the Js/eof Wight Steam Bridge and 
Approaches Bill, might be read; and the same being 
read ; 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill for 


establishing and maintaining a Steam Ferry and 
| Floating Bridge between Stokes Bay and Ryde, in 


the County of Southampton, with Landing-places and 
Approaches thereto: And that Mr. Compton, Lord 


The House was moved, That the Report from the East Somerset 
Select Committee on Standing Orders, in respect of Bway. 


the Petition for the East Somerset Railway Bill, 
| might be read ; and the same being read ; 
Ordered, That leave be given to bring ina Bill for 
making a Railway from the Wilts, Somerset and 
| Weymouth Railway, near Frome, to Shepton Mallet, 
‘in the County of Somerset: And that Mr. Knatch- 
bull and Viscount Dungarvan do prepare, and bring 
it in. 


| 


The House was moved, That the Report from the Llanidloes and 
f Newtown 


Select Committee on Standing Orders, in respect o 
the Petition for the Llanidloes and Newtown Railway 
Bill, might be read; and the same being read ; 
Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
amend and extend the Provisions of “ The Llanid- 
loes and Newtown Railway Act, 1853,” and to enable 
the Lianidloes and Newtown Railway Company to 
make 





A Petition of I'rederick Cooke, of Boston, in the Donington 
County of Lincoln, Esquire; Thomas Gee, of the same Turnpike 
place, Banker ; and Peregrine Samuel Curtois, of Trust. 


A Petition of Promoters of the Dover Water- Dover Water. 


The House was moved, That the Report from the Isle of Wight 











lane 


ton 
ke 


end 
yement, 


Water. 


Wight 
Bridge 
ye 


somerset 
ay. 


iloes and 


ay. 





Metropolitan 
a Bill. 


Penrith and 
Cockermouth 
Roads Bill. 


Norfolk Rail- 
way Bill. 


Wakefield 
Gas Bill. 


Boston Gas 
Bill. 


Honiton and 
Sidmouth 
Road Bill. 


Stirling and 
Dunfermline 
Railway Bill. 


Birkenhead 
Docks Bill. 


Chorley Water 
Bill, 


Leeds Water 
Bill. 


Leeds Im- 
provement 
Acts Amend- 
ment Bill. 


Midland Rail- 
way Bill. 


Milford Junc. 
tioa Railway 
Bil. 


Vale of Clwyd 


Railway Bili. 


19 Vicrorriz. 


make certain Deviations in their authorized Line and | 
Levels; and an Extension of their Line to the Canal 
in or near Vewtown, and for other purposes: And | 
that Mr. Pugh and Mr. Bulkeley Hughes do prepare, 
and bring it in. 


A Bill to extend the Times limited for certain pur- 
poses by the Acts relating to the Metropolitan Rail- 
way, and to enable the Metropolitan Railway Com- 
pany to form a Junction with the Great Northern 
Railway, and for other purposes, was read the first 
time; and ordered to be read a second time. 


A Bill for more effectually repairing the Road 
from Penrith to Cockermouth, and other Roads con- 
nected therewith, and for making and maintaining 
several new Roads, all in the County of Cumberland, 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time. 


A Bill to authorize the Norfolk Railway Company 
to subscribe to the /Vells and Pakenham Railway, 
and for other purposes, was read the first time; and 
ordered to be read a second time. 


A Bill to empower the Wakefield Gas-Light Com- 
pany to raise a further Sum of Money, was read the 
first time; and ordered to be read a second time. 


A Bill to confer further Powers on the Boston 
Gas-Light and Coke Company, was read the first 
time; and ordered to be read a second time. 


A Bill to continue the Honiton and Sidmouth 
Turnpike Trust, and for other purposes, was read the 
first time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


A Bill to enable the Stirling and Dunfermline 
Railway Company to create additional Shares in 
their Undertaking, and for other purposes, was read 
the first time; and ordered to be read a second time. 


A Bill for carrying into effect certain Provisions 
of “The Birkenhead Docks Act, 1855,” for provi- 
ding for the Construction, Completion and Manage- 
ment of the Birkenhead Docks, and for other pur- 
poses, was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time. 


A Bill for vesting in the Mayor, Aldermen and 
Burgesses of the Borough of Liverpool the Under- 
taking of the Chorley Wasanehn Company, and 
for other purposes, was read the first time ; and or- 
dered to be read a second time. 


A Bill to sanction a Supply of Water to the Town 
and Neighbourhood of Leeds, from the River Wharfe, 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time. 


A Bill for granting further Powers for lighting, 
cleansing, sewering and improving the Borough of 
Leeds, and for other purposes, was read the first 
time; and ordered to be read a second time. 


A Bill to enable the Midland Railway Company 
to raise additional Capital, and for other purposes, 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time. 


A Bill for the incorporating of the Milford Rail- 
way Company, and for the making of the Milford 
Railway, in the County of Pembroke, was read the 
first time; and ordered to be read a second time. 


A Bill for making a Railway from the Chester and 
Holyhead Railway, at or near to Rhyl, in the County 
of Flint, to the Town of Denbigh, in the County of 


Denhigh, to be called “‘ The Vale of Clwyd Rail- 
way,” was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time. 

Vou. 111. 


12° Februariz. 


| a second time ; and committed. 








39 


The Bagenalstown and Wexford Railway Bill was Bagenalstown 
read a second time ; and committed. and Wexford 
Railway Bill. 

The Bardney, &amp;c. Drainage Bill was read a second Bardney, &amp;e. 
time ; and committed. Drainage Bill 


The Bawtry and Tinsley Road Bill was read a Bawtry and 
second time ; and committed. =” Road 


Ordered, That the Cork Bridges, Waterworks, &amp;Xc. Cor Bridges, 
Bill be read a second time To-morrow. beg: ne 
cc. Bill. 
The Crowland and Eye Road Bill was read a se- Crowland and 
cond time ; and committed. Eye Road Bill. 


The Dewsbury, Batley and Heckmondwike Water Dewsbury, 


Bill was read a second time ; and committed. Batley and 
Heckmond- 


wike Water 
Bill. 


The Forest of Dean Central Railway Bill was read Forest of Dean 
Central Rail- 
way Bill. 
The Hampstead Junction Railway Bill was read a Hampstead — 
second time; and committed. Junction Rail- 
way Bill. 
The London, Tilbury and Southend Railway (In- London, Til- 
crease of Capital, &amp;c.) Bill was read a seeond time ; bury and 


iti Southend 
and committed. Railway (In- 


crease of Capi- 
tal, &amp;c.) Bill. 


The London, Tilbury and Southend Railway (Ex- London, Til- 
tension and Branches) Bill was read a second time ; bury and 


and committed. canoer 7” 


tension and 
Branches) Bill. 
The Perth, Almond Valley and Methven Railway perth, Aimond 
Bill was read a second time ; and committed. Valley and 
Methven Rail- 
way Bill. 
The Perth Burgh and Harbour Bill was read a Perth Burgh 
second time; and committed. — Harbour 
The Poole and Bourne Valley Railway Bill was Poole and 
read a second time ; and committed. Bourne Valley 
Railway Bill. 
The Uttoxeter and Blythe Marsh Road Bill was Uttoxeter and 
read a second time; and committed. Blythe Marsh 
Road Bill. 
The Wem and Bronygarth Roads Bill was read a won and _ 
: : ronygart 
second time ; and committed. Roady Bill. 
The Broadstairs Harbour, Pier and Landing-place Broadstairs 
Bill was, according to Order, read a second time ; Harvour, Fier 
and committed. place Bill. ” 
The Order of the day being read, for the second Cambridge 
reading of the Cambridge University and Town [niversity and 
Bill ; own Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Colnbrook, 
reading of the Colnbrook, Datchet and Slough Road Patchet and 
Bill; 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 thef Mr. Du Pre, 

Yeas, Mr. James MacGregor : 

Tellers for the { Mr. Grenfell, 

Noes, \Mr. Samson Ricardo: 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

F4 


} 101. 
+ oc. 


Ordered, 




























































Conway and 
Llandudno 
Road Bill 


Midland Great 
Western Rail- 
way of Ireland 


Prisoners’ Dis- 
charge Society 
Bill. 


Railway Acci- 
dents. 


Leave of 
Absence. 


Indian Law 
Commission. 


Salt Provi- 
sions (Navy.) 


40 


Ordered, That the Bill be now read a second | 
time :—The Bill was accordingly read a second time ; 
and committed. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Conway and Llandudno Road 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. 
f Mr. Brotherton, 1 


Tellers for the Yeas, (Mr. Fitz Roy : j 179 
J _ {Colonel Knox, 1 
Tellers for the Noes,) wir. atten » | 40. 


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. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Midland Great Western Railway of 
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 mace 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. 


The Prisoners’ Discharge Society Bill was, accord- 
ing to Order, read a seeond time ; and committed. 


Mr. Lowe presented, by Her Majesty’s Command, 
—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 September, October, November and December 
1855. 

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


Ordered, That Sir Thomas Winnington have leave 
of absence for three weeks, on account of a domestic 
affliction. 


Mr. Massey presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand,—Copies of First and Second Reports of Her 
Majesty’s Commissioners appointed to consider the 
Reform of the Judicial Establishments, Judicial Pro- 
cedure and Laws of India, &amp;c. 

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


12° Februari. 





The following Paper was laid upon the Table by 
the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, dated 
the 7th day of August 1855, for a Return of all 
Contracts or Purchases of Salt Provisions made by 
the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, or by 
any Persons acting by their directions, from the ist 
day of September 1854 to the 30th day of June 
i855; such Return to specify, with regard to each 
Parcel of Salt Provisions so contracted for or pur- 
chased,—the Quantity; the Description of Pack- 
age; the Price; the Names and Places of Resi- 














A. 1856. 


dence of the Contractors or Vendors; the Place or 
Country in which the Provisions were to be made 
up; and the Place of Delivery. 

The following Papers, pursuant to the directions Public Debt, 
of several Acts of Parliament, were also laid upon 
the'T'able 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 
incurred in respect of the same has been provided 
for. 

Statement of the Advances out of the Consoli- Me:zropolitan 
dated Fund to the Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Improve- 
Works, &amp;c., and of the Monies paid into the Con- ™*™* 
solidated Fund, between Ist January and the 31st 
December 1855. 

An Account, made up to the 31st December 1855, Russian Dutch 

of the Sums which have been paid and applied 402 
within the year 1855, by virtue of an Act 55 Geo. 3, 
c. 115, intituled, “An Act for carrying into effect 
a Convention between his Majesty and the King of 
the Netherlands and the Emperor of all the Russias,” 
for paying and satisfying the Interest on the part 
of the Loan therein agreed to be borne by his Ma- 
jesty, on all or any of the Securities therein-men- 
tioned, and towards paying and satisfying the Prin- 
cipal 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 Sinking Fund for the extinction 
of the same. 

An Account of Monies paid out of the Consoli- Greek Loan, 
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. 

An Account of the Total Sums issued up to the Sardinian 
31st December 1855, out of the Consolidated Fund, Loa. 
and advanced to his Majesty the King of Sardinia, 
by virtue of the Act 18 Vic. c. 17; and also of the 
Sums received from the Sardinian Government for 
Iuterest and Sinking Fund in respect thereof, in the 
same period, 

Account of the Sums advanced in each year from Mint. 
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 Order in Council, authorizing the Ap- Dockyards. 
pointment of four Accountants in Woolwich, Chat- 
ham, Portsmouth and Devonport Yards. 

Copy of Order in Council of the 26th June 1855, Light Duties 
approving Consolidated Tables of Light Duties 
under the Merchant Shipping Act, 1854, togetiver 
with the said Tables. 

Copy of Order in Council of the 21st November Pilotage. 
1855, approving a Bye-Law under the Merchant 
Shipping Act, 1854, exempting certain Vessels in 
Ballast from compulsory Pilotage. 

Copy of Order in Council of the 1st May 1855, 
under the Merchant Shipping Act, 1854, approving 
Regulations in respect of granting Pilotage Certi- 
ficates to Masters and Mates of Ships by the Trinity 
House Corporation. M 

Copy of Order in Council of the 1st May 1855, Pilots. 
under the Merchant Shipping Act, 1854, approving 
Regulations for licensing Pilots for the London 
District. 

Copy of Order in Council of the 21st November Ceylon Trade. 
1855, authorizing the Conveyance of Goods and ‘ 
Passengers from one part of the Island of Ceylon 
to another part thereof, in other than British Ships. 

Copy of Order in Council of the 7th December Cape of Good 
1855, authorizing the Conveyance of Goods and Hope 
Passengers from one Port of the Colony of the Cape 
of Good Hope to any other Port thereof, in other 
than British Ships. 

Copy 


















41 


the said Motion was, with leave of the House, with- 
drawn. 


19 VicrorizZ. 12° Februarit. 


Copy of Order in Council of the 19th October 
1855, securing the Privileges of Copyright within 
the British Dominions to Translations of Works 
published in Prussia, Saxony and other German 
States. 

Births, Deaths Copy of Order in Council of the 13th August 
and Marriages 1855, assenting to certain altered “ Forms” for the | 

(Scotland.) Registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages in | 
Scotland. 


International 
Copyright. 





Debt. Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed Adulteration 


| on the Adulteration of Food, Drinks and Drugs. —°f Food, &amp;e. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being put, Contractors’ 
hat leave be given to bring in a Bill to repeal the ee 
| Act 22 Geo. 3, disqualifying Contractors from being “°" ""” 


: elected to, or sitting and voting as Members in, the 
Ordered, That the Return relative to Ramsgate | House of Commons; 


Harbour, which was presented upon the 11th day of “phe House divided 
this instant February, be printed. | The Yeas to the Right; 


, ee .,| The Noes to the Left. 
Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill, . 
to extend the Provisions of the Scottish yee! = om { - Honkey Mitchel, 


46. 
Reform Act to certain Royal Burghs in Scotland : } 
now excluded from the Benefits of that Act: And | — 7 1 _ es aan } 43. 

that Mr. Ewart, Mr. Ellice and Mr. Baxter do pre-| &gt; it was ‘resolved in the Affirmative :—And that 


pare, and bring it in. Mr. Thomas Mitchell and Mr. Hankey do prepare, 


and bring it in. 


Ramsgate 

Harbour. 
olitan No. 28. 
e- 

Municipal 

Reform (Scot- 

land.) 


1 Dutch 


Public Justice. A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That, in the opinion of this House, as a mea- 
sure of Administrative Reform, provision should be 
made for an efficient and responsible Department of 


Public Justice, with a view to secure the skilful pre- 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Poor Law 
Returns showing, by Counties, the Total Number of (Ireland.) 
Paupers (In-door and Out-door) in receipt of Re- 


Loan, 


Public Justice. 


paration and proper structure of Parliamentary Bills, | 
and promote the progressive amendment of the Laws 
of the United Kingdom :—And the said Motion 
was, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 


Resolved, That, in the opinion of this House, pro- 
vision should be made with a view to secure the 
skilful preparation and proper structure of Parlia- 





lief on the first Saturday of January 1855, and the 
first Saturday of January 1856, in the Unions in 
Ireland; specifying the Increase or Decrease in the 
latter, as compared with the former period :— Of 
the Total Number of Paupers in receipt of Relief 
in the Workhouse in each Province in Jreland, at 
the close of the first Week (ending Saturday) of 
January 1849, 1850, 1851, 1852, 1853, 1854, 1855 

























mentary Bills, and promote the progressive amend- and 1856 ; stating also the Amount of Workhouse 
ment of the Laws of the United Kingdom. Accommodation; the Number of Deaths in the 
Workhouses during the Week; the Weekly Rate 

Petitions relating to British Museum, &amp;c.;— of Mortality per 1,000 Inmates; and the Average 
Church Rates ;--Harbour of Refuge (Cardigan Bay); | Weekly Cost of Maintenance per head, exclusive of 
—and, Police (Counties and Boroughs) Bill,—were Clothing ; and also, for the same periods, a Return 
resented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the | of the Number of Persons in receipt of Out-door 
able. Relief, and the Total Expenditure in Out-door 


| Relief during the Week:—And, of the Amount 

A Motion was made, and the Question being put, of Poor Rate lodged, and of the Expenditure of 
That a Select Committee be appointed to inquire Poor Rates in each Province in Ireland, during 
into the expediency and practicability of construct- the year ended the 29th day of September 1855, 
ing in the most advantageous part of Cardigan Bay in comparison with the same for the preceding 
a Harbour of Refuge, to afford protection against year. 
the injury to commerce, and to avert the harrowing | 
scenes of woe attendant on the frequent Shipwrecks , Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to Justices of 
which occur in Saint George’s Channel, which Har- amend the Laws relating to the Qualification of the Peace. 
bour may be constructed also to serve as one of| Justices of the Peace: And that Mr. Colvile and aan, 
defence against Invasion; that it be an Instruction Mr, Ker Seymer do prepare, and bring it in. 
to the said Committee to inquire into the feasibility 
of employing the Convicts of this Country on that | 
work, making their employment remunerative to the 
Country, beneficial to themselves, and at the same 
time preserving our social condition, the security of 


ge. which at present is so affected by the return to it of | ronetcies, Orders of the Bath or other honourable 
ar sg ema 4 | distinctions conferred by Her Majesty in reward of 
The eae a Ri, ht: | distinguished Services; and of any Expenses inci- 
The Noes rs iin Lek ; dent to such creations or distinctions. 
oe tty alle eg gy ae ' Ordered, That the said Address be presented 
io : 4. | to Her Majesty, by such Members of this House 


Yeas The Earl of Lisburne: f . Meee ; 
f Her Majesty's Most honourable P 
Tellers for the Mr. Hayter, } ~— ‘Couei er Majestys Shost honowrae frivy 


Noes, |The Earl of Mulgrave: 
, So it passed in the Negative. 
| P ws | Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Bank Notes. 
Copies of the Correspondence between the Chan- 
cellor of the Exchequer and the Governor and 


Pablic 
Petitions. 


Vide Fourth 
Report. 


jan 


Harbour of 
Refuge, Car- 
digan Bay. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Fees on 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased Baronetcies, 
to give directions, that there be laid before this - 
House, a Return of all Fees chargeable upon Ba- 





A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 





posed, That there be laid before this House, a Re- 
turn, for the Quarter ending the 31st day of De- 
cember 1855, of the Number of Letters received in 
Dublin by the Mail which leaves Euston Station at 
5 o'clock, p. m.; and of the Number of those Letters 
which were forwarded by the Morning Mails from 
Dublin to the Provinces :—And, similar Return of | 
the Letters received by the Mails which leave Euston 
Station at 45 minutes past 8, p.m.; and of those _ 
forwarded by the Night Mails from Dublin :—And | 

Vou. 111. | 


Deputy Governor of the Bank of ‘England, on 
the subject cf issuing additional Bank Notes within 
the limit of the Act 7 &amp; 8 Vic. c. 32:—And, of 
the Order in Council authorizing the Issue in 
question. 


The Charitable Uses Bill was, according to Order, Charitable 
read a second time ; and committed to a Committee Uses Bil. 


of the whole House, for Friday next. 
G Mr. 
































































Supply. 


Excess of 
Naval Expen- 
diture. 


Wages. 


Victuals, 


Admiralty 
Office, 


Royal Naval 
Coast Volun- 
teers. 


Scientific 
Departments 
of the Navy. 


Naval Esta- 
blishments at 
llome. 


Naval Esta- 
blishments 
Abroad. 


Wages to Arti- 
fivers at Home 


Wages to Arti- 
ficers Abroad. 


Naval Stores. 


New Works, 
&amp;e. 


Medicines and 
Medical 


42 12° Februariz. A. 1856. 


Mr. FitzRoy reported from the Committee of| which will come in course of payment during the 
Supply, several Resolutions; which were read, as | year ending on the 31st day of March 1857. 
follow : | 15. That a Sum, not exceeding £.88,972, be Naval 
1. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 204,982. 1s. 5d.,| granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of nga 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Excess of divers Naval Miscellaneous Services, which will . 
the Naval Expenditure beyond the Grants for the come in course of payment during the year ending 
year ended on the 31st day of March 1855. on the 31st day of March 1857. 
2. That 76,000 Men be employed for the Sea Ser-| 16. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 655,421, be Half-Pay, &amp;c. 
vice for Three months ending on the 30th day of granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of 
June 1856, including 16,000 Royal Marines and | Half-Pay, Reserved Half-Pay, and Retirement to 
10,000 Boys. Officers of the Navy and Royal Marines, which 
8. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 2,000,000, be | will come in course of payment during the year end- 
granted to Her Majesty, towards defraying the ing on the 31st day of March 1857. 
Charge on account of Wages to Seamen and Ma- 17. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 494,363, be Military 
rines, which will come in course of payment during granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of Vensions and 
the year ending on the 31st day of March 1857. Military Pensions and Allowances, which will come ~ °“""°** 
4. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 1,000,000, be in course of payment during the year ending on the 
granted to Her Majesty, towards defraying the 31st day of March 1857. 
Charge on account of Victuals to Seamen and Ma-, 18. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 147,685, be Civil Pensions 
rines in Her Majesty's Fleet, which will come in granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of #nd Allow- 
course of payment during the year ending on the Civil Pensions and Allowances, which will come in “”* 
31st day of March 1857. course of payment during the year ending on the 
5. That a Sum, not exceeding £.138,399, be 31st day of March 1857. 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Salaries of, 19. ‘That a Sum, not exceeding £. 6,000,000, be Transport 
the Officers and the Contingent Expenses of the granted to Her Majesty, towards defraying the Service, &amp;. 
Admiralty Office, which will come in course of pay- Salaries and Contingent Expenses on account of 
ment during the year ending on the 31st day of the Transport Service, for the Freight of Ships, for 
March 1857. the Victualling and Conveyance-of Troops on ac- 
6. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 20,000, be count of the Army and Ordnance Departments, and 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charges for | for Expenses arising from Prisoners of War, which 
the Royal Naval Coast Volunteers, which will come | will come in course of payment during the year end- 
in course of payment during the year ending on the | ing on the 31st day of March 1857. 
31st day of March 1857. 20. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 756,487, be Packet 
7. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 58,982, be! granted to Her Majesty, to provide for the Esti- 5¢¥¢ 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Salaries of | mated Charge of the Packet Service, for the year 
the Officers and the Contingent Expenses of the | ending on the 31st day ef March 1857. 
several Scientific Departments of the Navy, which The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 
will come in course of payment during the year end- | were agreed to. 
ing on the 31st day of March 1857. 
8. That a Sum, not exceeding £.153,795, be| Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- Ways and 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Salaries of solve itself into a Committee to consider of Ways Means. 
the Officers and the Contingent Expenses of Her | and Means for raising the Supply granted to Her 
Majesty’s Naval Establishments at Home, which) Majesty. 
will come in course of payment during the year end- : _ . 
ing on the 31st day of March 1857. Ordered, That leave be iven to bring Ina Bill Marine 
9. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 36,494, be for the Regulation of Her Majesty’s Royal Marine M¥4"Y- 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Salaries of Forces while on Shore: And that Mr. FitzRoy, Sir 
the Officers and the Contingent Expenses of Her | Char les Wood and Sir Maurice Berkeley do prepare, 
Majesty's Naval Establishments Abroad, which will and bring it in. 
come in course of payment during the year ending — : 
on the 31st day of March 1857. | The Joint Stock Banks (Scotland) Bill was, ac- Joint Stock 
10. ‘Thata Sum, not exceeding £. 1,190,309, be cording to Order, read a second time; and com- (Seotland) Bil 
granted to Her Majesty, to detray the Charge of mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for To- 
Wages to Artificers, Labourers, and others employed , ™orrow. 
in Her Majesty’s Naval Establishments at Home, ye . ; 
which will come in course of payment during the . Mr. Solicitor General for Zreland presented a Bill — Cm» 
year ending on the 31st day of March 1857. for enabling the Commissioners of Public Works in (ireland) Bill. 
11. That a Sum, not exceeding £.109,913, be | /reland to acquire certain Lands for the Site of a Bill 28. 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of | Prison for the reception of Juvenile Convicts : And 
Wages to Artificers, Labourers, and others employed | the same was read the first time. 
in Her Majesty’s Naval Establishments Abroad, | Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exa- 
which will come in course of payment during the | ™ers of Petitions for Private Bills; and be 
year ending on the 31st day of March 1857. | printed. 
12. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 3,000,000, be | ; ! 
granted to Her Majesty, towards defraying the Ex-| | Mr. Thomas Mitchell presented a Bill to repeal the Contractors’ 


. a egies ‘ a : ™ Ya : disqualifica- 
pense on account of Naval Stores for the Building, | Act 22 Geo. 3, disqualifying Contractors from being Psa cane 


Repair and Outfit of the Fleet, the Purchase of | elected to, or sitting and voting as Members in, the pin, 
Steam Machinery, and for other purposes con- | House of Commons: And the same was read the Bil 29. 
nected therewith, which will come in course of pay- | first time ; and ordered to be read a second time 
ment during the year ending on the 31st day of | Upon Wednesday the 27th day of this instant Fe- 
March 1857. ' bruary ; and to be printed. 

13. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 864,334, be ; . ‘ 

ted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of| _ Mr. Labouchere presented, by Her Majesty’s Gold (Aus- 

New Works, Improvements and Repairs in the Command,—Further Papers relative to the discovery as 
Naval Establishments, which will come in course | Of mee - — - (in continuation of Papers pre- 
of payment during the year ending on the 31st day | 5¢2 uly 1855). : 
of } ws r 857. 6 y os y Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 

14. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 65,000, be | Table. 


granted to Her a towards defraying the And then the House adjourned till To-morrew. 
Charge on account of Medicines and Medical Stores, 

















ons 


ck 
|) Bill. 


Con- 


on 
Bill. 


, 


ors 
fica- 
n0val 





Public Peti- 
tions (Third 
Report: ) 


Justices of the 


Peace Quali- 
fication Bill, 


Bill 30. 


Municipal 


Reform 
(Scotland) Bill. 


Bill 31. 


North British 
Railway. 


Epsom and 
Leatherhead 
Railway. 


Wimbledon 
and Croydon 
Railway. 


Middlesbrough 


Extension and 


Improvement. 


Mora ° 


i 


g2 


if 


and 
and 


Rail- 


19 Vicroriz. 


Mercuri, 13° die Februari; 
Anno 19° Victorie Regine, 1856. 


PRAYERS. 
M R. Bonham Carter reported from the Select 
Committee on Public Petitions; That they 

had examined the Petitions presented upon the 11th 
day of this instant February, and had directed him 
to make a Report thereof to the House. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Mr. Colvile presented a Bill to amend the Laws 
relating to the Qualification of Justices of the Peace : 
And the same was read the first time ; and ordered 
to be read a second time upon Wednesday the 27th 
day of this instant February; and to be printed. 


Mr. Ewart presented a Bill to extend the Provi- 
sions of the Scottish Municipal Reform Act to cer- 
tain Royal Burghs in Scotland now excluded from 
the benefits of that Act : And the same was read the 
first time; and ordered to be read a second time 
upon Wednesday the 27th day of this instant 
February ; and to be printed. 


A Petition of the North British Railway Com- 
pany, for leave to bring in a Bill to authorize the 
North British Railway Company to raise more 
Money, and to build a Bridge over Leith Wynd in 
Edinburgh, and for other purposes, was presented, 
and read; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in 
accordingly, by Mr. Scott and Mr. Cowan. 


A Petition of Promoters of the Epsom and Lea- 
therhead Railway Company, for leave to bring in 
a Bill for making a Railway from the Epsom Branch 
of the London, ‘Brighton and South Coast Railway, 
at Epsom, to Leatherhead, was presented, and read ; 
and a Bill was ordered to be brought in accord- 
ingly, by Mr. Mangles and Mr. Bonham Carter. 


A Petition of the Wimbledon and Croydon Rail- 
way Company, for leave to bring in a Bill for au- 
thorizing a Lease of the Wimbledon and Croydon 
Railway, and for authorizing the Purchase of addi- 
tional Lands, and the raising of additional Capital 
by the Wimbledon and Croydon Railway Company, 
and for other purposes, was presented, and read ; 
and a Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, 
by Mr. Locke King and Mr. Alceck. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Bur- 
gesses of the Borough of Middlesbrough, and also 
of the Local Board of Health of the District of the 
said Borough, for leave to bring in a Bill to extend 
the Limits of the Borough and District of Middies- 
brough, to enable the Local Board to purchase Gas 
Works and Water Works, and light the District, and 
supply it with Water; to enlarge the Market Place, 
and purchase and maintain certain Roads ; to enable 
the Corporation to establish a Ferry over the River 
Tees; to confer other Powers on the Local Board 
and the Corporation, and for other purpvses, was 

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

rought in accordingly, by Mr. Cayley, Mr. Octavius 
Duncombe and Lord Harry Vane. 


A Petition of the Morayshire Railway Company, 
for leave to bring in a Bill to enable the Moray- 
shire Railway Company to construct a Railway from 
Orton to Craigellachie, and for other purposes, was 

—_ and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
rought in accordingly, by Mr. James Duff and Mr. 
George Duff. 


A Petition of the Killarney Junction Railway 
Company, and also of the Tralee and Killarney 
Railway Company, for leave to bring in a Bill for 
facilitating the making and completing of the Ail- 


13° Februari. 





43 


larney Junction Railway, and the Tralee and Kib 
larney Railway, through the Estates of the Earl of 
Kenmare, was presented, and read; and a Bill was 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Colonel 
Herbert, Viscount Castlerosse and Mr. Beamish. 


A Petition of the there-undersigned, for leave to Antrim and 
bring in a Bill to discontinue the taking of Toll on Coleraine 
the Turnpike-roads leading from the Town of Antrim 
towards Coleraine, and to provide for the future 
Maintenance of such Roads, was presented, and 
read ; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in ac- 
cordingly, by Mr. Aucurtney and Mr. Davison. 


The House was moved, That the Report from the Sittingbourne 
Select Committee on Standing Orders, in respect of and Sheerness 
the Petition for the Sittingbourne and Sheerness Rail- ““*”*%: 
way Bill, might be read ; and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for making a Railway from Sittingbourne to Sheer- 
ness, allin the County of Kent, and for other pur- 
poses: And that Sir Edward Dering and Mr. Lush- 
ington do prepare, and bring it in. 


A Bill for making a Railway from the Town of Inverness and 
Nairn to the Town of Keith, was read the first time ; o— 
¢ &gt; unction 
and ordered to be read a second time. Railway Bill. 
_ The Blackburn, &amp;c. Roads Bill was read a second Blackburn, &amp;c. 
time ; and committed. Roads Bill. 


_ The Canada Company Bill was read a second Canada Com- 
time; and committed. pany Bill. 


The Castle Douglas and Dumfries Railway Bill CastleDouglas 
was read a second time ; and committed. and Dumfries 
Railway Bill. 
The Doddington Rectory Division Bill was read a Doddington 
second time; and committed. Rectory 
Division Bill. 
The Kettering and Newport Pagnell Road Bill Kettering and 
was read a second time ; and committed. Newport Pag- 
nell Road Bill. 
The Lewes, Eastbourne and Hailsham Road Bill Lewes, East- 


was read a second time; and committed, boarne and 
Hailsham 


Road Bill. 
The Maybole and Girvan Railway Bill was read Maybole and 
a second time ; and committed. Girvan Rail- 
way Bill. 
Ordered, That the Oxford, Worcester and Wol- Oxford, 
verhampton Railway (Additional Capital, &amp;c.) Bill Worcester and 
be read a second time upon Mond t patey ena 
: . pon Monday next. ton Railway 
(Additional 
Capital, &amp;c.) 
Bill. 


The Salisbury Market Branch Railway and Salisbury Mar- 
Market House bill was read a second time; and ket Branch 
‘ted Railway and 

committed, Market House 
Bill. 
The Stockton and Darlington Railway Bill was Stockton and 
read a second ti ° } ’ Darlington 

d a second time ; and committed Railway Bill. 
The Tormoham Water Bill was read a second Tormcoham 
time ; and committed. Water Bill. 


The Wandsworth and Putney Gas Bill was read ene 
. ; : an utne 
a second time ; and committed. Gas Bill. y 
The Yarmouth and Haddiscoe Railway Bill was Yosmenth and 
i * 4 i addaiscoe 
read a second time ; and committed. Railway Bill 
The Order of the day being read, for the second Cork Bridges, 
reading of the Cork Bridges, Waterworks, &amp;c. b — 
Bill; 7 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Thursday the 21st day of this instant February. 


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





Vou. 111. 


G2+ Orders 






































































44, 13°—14° 


Orders in the case of the Petition for the West of 
Fife Mineral Railway Bill. 

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


— Petitions relating to British Museum, &amp;c.;— 
eetions. ~~ Church Rates;—Union Houses ;—Bank Charter 
Vide Fourth Act (1844) ;—Crown Officials (Scotland);—Medical 
Report. Profession Bill ;—Police (Counties and Boroughs) 
Bill;—Sule of Beer Act (1855) ;—Salted Provi- 
sions (Navy) ;—and, Wee Pawns, &amp;c. (Scotland), 
—were ev and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 
Leave of Ordered, That Mr. Cowan have leave of absence 
Sua, for ten days, on account of the illness of a near 
relation. 
Admiralty Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Charts. Return of all Sums received from the Sale of Admi- 
ralty Charts during the year 1855. 
Salt Provi- Ordered, That the Return relative to Salt Provi- 
sions (Navy.) sions (Navy), which was presented upon the 12th 
No. 29. day of this instant February, be printed. 
Public Debt. Ordered, That the Account relative to the Public 
No. 30. Debt, which was presented upon the 12th day of 
this instant February, be printed. 
Russian Dutch Ordered, That the Account relative to the Russian 
Loan. Dutch Loan, which was presented upon the 12th 
No. 31. day of this instant February, be printed. 
Greek Loan. Ordered, That the Account relative to the Greek 
No. 32. Loan, which was presented upon the 12th day of 
this instant February, be printed. 
Sardinian Ordered, That the Account relative to the Sardi- 
Loan. nian Loan, which was presented upon the 12th day 
No. 33. of this instaut February, be printed. 
Mint. .Ordered, That the Account relative to the Mint, 
No. 34. which was presented upon the 12th day of this instant 
February, be printed. 
Army Com- Ordered, That the Return relative to Army Com- 
missions. missions, which was presented upon the 8th day of 
No. 35. this instant February, be printed. 
Formation,&amp;e. The Order of the day being read, for the second 
&lt; _—— reading of the Formation, &amp;c., of Parishes Bill; 
iu. 


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 to a Select Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Police (Counties and Boroughs) Bill; 
And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That the Bill be now read a second 
Ike ; 

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 
‘* Wednesday the 27th day of this instant February.” 

And the Question being put, That the word “ now” 
stand part of the Question :—It passed in the Nega- 
tive. 

And the Question being put, That the words 

“ upon Wednesday the 27th day of this instant Fe- 

“ bruary ” be added at the end of the Question : — 
It was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Then the Main Question, so amended, being put ; 


Police (Coun- 
ties and 
Boroughs) Bill. 





Februari. A. 1856. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Wednesday the 27th day of this instant February. 


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 Joint Stock 
into a Committee on the Joint Stock Banks (Scot- ned) ea 
land) Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. P 
Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. FitzRoy re- 
1 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. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Ordnance 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased Departments, 
to give directions, that there be laid before this House, ~~ 
a Return of all Persons in the Ordnance Departments 
who have retired since the 1st day of January 1853, 
or been transferred from their Offices to others by 
Promotion or otherwise, stating the Age, Service, 
Cause of Retirement, or Transfer, together with the 
Retiring Allowance granted in each case, and in case 
of Transfer or Promotion the Office to which each 
Individual was transferred, and the Salary of the 
Office vacated and of that to which each Person has 
been appointed :—Similar Return for the War De- 
— and all Offices under its Control :—And, 
eturn of the Names of Officers, Civil and Military, 
and of all other Persons employed in the Depart- 
ment for Clothing the Army, stating the Date of 
each Appointment, previous Employment (if any), 
and the Age and Salary in each case. 
Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty, by such Members of this iene as are 
of Her Siajecty s Most honourable Privy Council. © 


Mr. Danby Seymour presented,—Return to an East India 
Order, dated the 8th day of this instant February, for treet 
a Copy of any Despatch addressed by the Court of 
Directors of the East India Company to the Gover- 
nor General of Jndia in Council, respecting the Re- 
ports made by the Commissioners appointed by Her 
Majesty, to consider the Reform of the Judicial Esta- 
blishments, Judicial Procedure, and Laws of Jndia. 

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


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 











Jovis, 14° die Februarii ; 
Anno 19° Victoria Regine, 1856. 


PRAYERS. 
A PETITION of the Stotfield and Lossiemouth stotfield and 


Harbour Gom , for leave to bring in a Bill Lossiemouth 
for enlarging and iclporeieg the Stotfield oan Lossie- lmnprovenstt 
mouth Harbour ; for raising a further Sum of Money, 
and for other purposes, was presented, and read ; 
and a Bill was ordered to be bronght in accordingly, 
by Major Cumming Bruce and Mr. George Duff | 


A Petition of Promoters, for leave to bring in a Lymington 
Bill for making a Railway from Lymington, in the Railway- 
County of Southampton, to the London and South 
Western Railway, at Brockenhurst, in the same 
County, to be called “The Lymington Railway,” 
with a Landing-place at Lymington aforesaid, and 
for other purposes, was presented, and read ; and a! 





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Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by 
Sir John Carnac and Mr. Hutchins. 


gaint Ives and =A Petition of the Saint Ives and West Cornwall 
West Cornwall Junction Railway Company, for leave to bring in a 


a Bill to amend “ The Saint Ives and West Cornwall 
Junction Railway Act, 1853,” was presented, and 
read ; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in ac- 
cordingly, by Mr. Michael Williams and Captain 
Laffan. 

Mid-Kent A Petition of Promoters of the Mid-Kent Di- 

Direct Rail- rect Railway (Bromley to Saint Mary’s Cray), 

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

Cray.) from the authorized Line of the West-end of Zon- 
don and Crystal Palace Railway (Extension to 
Bromley and Farnborough), at Shortlands, in the 
Parish of Beckenham, in the County of Kent, to 
Saint Mary’s Cray, in the same County, was pre- 
sented, and read; and referred to the Select Com- 
mittee on Standing Orders. 

West of Fife A Petition of Persons whose names are thereunto 


Mineral Rail- subscribed, for leave to bring in a Bill for making a 

_ Railway from Dunfermline to Killairnie, with a 
Branch to Kingseat, in the County of Fife, to be 
called “ The West of Fife Mineral Railway,’ was 
presented, and read; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Standing Orders. 


North Western The House was moved, That the Report from the 

Railway. Select Committee on Standing Orders, in respect of 
the Petition for the North Western Railway Bill, 
might be read, and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to enable the North Western Railway Company to 
vary their Undertaking ; to use certain other Un- 
dertakings ; and to enter into Arrangements with 
other Companies: And that Mr. Thomas Greene and 
Mr. Brotherton do prepare, and bring it in. 


Gravesend A Bill for more effectually paving, cleansing, 

improvement Ji¢hting and otherwise improving the Town of 

i Gravesend, in the County of Kent, was read the 
first time; and ordered to be read a second time. 


West London §=-—- A Bill for authorizing Traffic Arrangements be- 
——— tween the West-end of Lcndon and Crystal Palace, 
way Bil and the London, Brighte: and South Coast, the 


South Eastern, and the London and South Western 
Railway Companies, for Sale or Lease of the West 
London and Crystal Palace Railway, the Regulation 
and Increase of Capital, and for other purposes, was 
read the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
time. 


Donington 
‘Turnpike 
Trust Bill. 


A Bill to renew the Term, and continue, amend 
and enlarge the Powers of an Act passed in the 
third year of the reign of his Majesty King George 
the Fourth, intituled, “ An Act for repairing and 
amending the Roads from Donington High Bridge 
to Hale Drove, and to the Eighth Milestone in the 
Parish of Wigtoft, and to Langret Ferry, in the 
County of Lincoln,” was read the first time; and 
ordered to be read a second time. 


A Billi for incorporating and granting other Powers 
to the Proprietors of the East and West Dover 
Waterworks, was read the first time; and ordered 
to be read a second time. 


Dover Water 
Bill. 


RastSomerset A Bill for making a Railway from the Wilts, 
way Bill. Somerset and Weymouth Railway, near Frome, to 
Shepton Mallet, in the County of Somerset, was read 
the first time; and ordered to be read a second 

time. 


Wimbledon A Bill for authorizing a Lease of the Wimbledon 
Mallwey’ Bi and Croydon Railway, and for authorizing the Pur- 


chase of additional Lands, and the raising of addi- 
— Capital, by the Wimbledon and Croydon Rail- 
OL. 111. 


14° Februari. 








45 


way Company, and-for other purposes, was read the 
first time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


A Bill to enable the Morayshire Railway Com- Morayshire 
pany to construct a Railway from Orton to Craigel- Railway Bill. 
lachie, and for other purposes, was read the first 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


A Biil to discontinue the taking of Toll on the Antrim and 
Turnpike-roads leading from the Town of Antrim Coleraine 
towards Coleraine, and to provide for the future oo 
Maintenance of such Roads, was read the first time; 
and ordered to be read a second time. 


A Bill for facilitating the making and completing Killarney 
of the Killarney Junction Railway and the Tralee — a 
and Killarney Railway through the Estates of the raise snd 
Earl of Kenmare, was read the first time; and or- Killarney 


dered to be read a second time. Railway Bill. 


A Bill for continuing the Term, and amending Godley-lane 
and extending the Provisions of the Act relating to Road Bill. 
the Godley-/ane Turnpike-road, in the West Riding 
of the County of York, was read the first time ; and 
ordered to be read a second time. 


A Bill to authorize the North British Railway North British 
Company to raise more Money, and to build a Railway Bill. 
Bridge over Leith Wynd, in Edinburgh, and for 
other purposes, was read the first time ; and ordered 
to be read a second time. 


A Bill to amend and extend the Provisions of Llanidloes and 
“The Llanidloes and Newtown Railway Act, 1853,” es 
and to enable the Lianidloes and Newtown Railway“ ""” ~* 
Company to make certain Deviations in their autho- 
rized Line and Levels, and an Extension of their 
Line to the Canal in or near Newtown, and for other 
purposes, was read the first time ; and ordered to be 
read a second time. 


A Bill to extend the Limits of the Borough and Middlesbrough 
District of Middlesbrough; to enable the Local Extension and 
Board to purchase Gas Works and Water Works, git 
and light the District, and supply it with Water ; 
to enlarge the Market-place, and purchase and main- 
tain certain Roads; to enable the Corporation to 
establish a Ferry over the River Zees; to confer 
other Powers on the Local Board and the Corpo- 
ration, and for other purposes, was read the first 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


A Bill for making a Railway from the Epsom Epsom and 
Branch of the London, Brighton and Souti Coast Leatherhead 
Railway, at Epsom, to Leatherhead, was read the ened 
first time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table—Report from Colne Valley 
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 Colne 
Valley and Halstead Railway Biil. 

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


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Dublin (City) 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, Steam Packet 
in respect of non-compliance with the Standin way 
Orders in the case of the Petition for the Dublin 
(City) Steam Packet Company Bill. 

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


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Mid-Kent 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, —— 
in respect of non-compliance with the Standing ee ” 
Orders in the case of the Petition for the Mid-Kent Mary’s Cray.) 
Direct Railway (Bromley to Saint Mary’s Cray) 

Bill. 

Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Select 

Committee on Standing Orders. 


G3 Petitions 





Public 
Petitions. 


Vide Fifth 
Report. 


Danish Suc- 
cession, 


Kilmainham 
Hospital. 


Military 


Savings Banks 


(Crimea.) 


Factories. 


Bank Notes. 


West India 
Islands, &amp;c. 
Relief. 


Petitions relating to British Museum, &amp;c. ;— 
Church Rates ;—Consecration of Cemeteries (Great 
Torrington) ; — Maynooth College Act ; — Union 
Houses ;—Bank Notes ;—Civil Service Superannua- 
tion Fund ;—Foreign Enlistment ;—Local Dues on 
Shipping, &amp;c. Bill ;—Obsolete Acts ;—Petty Sessions 
Clerks (Jreland) ;—Police (Counties and Boroughs) 
Bill ;—Public-houses (Scotland) Act;—and, Wee 
Pawns, &amp;c. (Scotland),—were 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, Copies of any Despatches received by Her 
Majesty’s Government in the years 1852 and 1853, 
from the Government of Saint Petersburgh, relative 
to the Succession of the Emperor of Russia to the 
Crown of Denmark :—And, of the Protocol of 
Warsaw relative to the Danish Succession, ana of 
the Renewal of that Document by Russia in 1852. 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Accounts of the Exports and Imports in the United 
Kingdom of Copper, Zinc and Zinc Ore, and Tin, 
for the year ending with the 5th day of January 
1856 :—And, of the Exports and Imports of Lead 
and Lead Ore, for Three years ending with the 5th 
day of January 1856. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the Number of In-Pensioners of each 
Class on the Establishment of the Royal Hospital of 
Kilmainham; and of the Total Annual Amount of 
Pension Money surrendered by them in the aggre- 
gate on their becoming Inmates of the Hospital. 


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 General Order by the Com- 
mander of the Forces in the Crimea, suspending the 
operation of the Military Savings Banks in that 
Army, us established by Act of 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. 


Mr. Massey presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand,—Copy of Reports of the Inspectors cf Fac- 
tories to Her Majesty’s Principal Secretary of State 
for the Home Department, for the Half-year ending 
31st October 1855. 

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 Order, dated the 
12th day of this instant February, for Copies of the 
Correspondence between the Chancellor of the Exche- 
quer and the Governor and Deputy Governor of the 
Bank of England, on the subject of issuing addi- 
tional Bank Notes within the limit of the Act 7 &amp; 8 
Vic. c. 32 :—And, of the Order in Council autho- 
rizing the Issue in question. 

The following Papers, pursuant to the directions 
of several Acts of Parliament, were also laid upon 
the Table by the Clerk of the House,—Account, 
pursuant to Act 6 &amp; 7 Vic. c. 63, intituled, “ An Act 
for granting Relief to the Islands of Antigua, Saint 
Kitts, Nevis, Dominica and Montserrat,” of alli 
Sums advanced during the year ending 5th January 
1856, to the said several Islands, and of all Sums 
repaid by reason of such Advances, with the Interest 
paid thereon, during the same period. 





46 14°—15° Februari. A. 1856. 


Account, pursuant to Act 11 &amp; 12 Vic. c. 1380, 
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 purpeses,” of all Sums issued out 
of the Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom 
during the year ending 5th January 1856, 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. c, 22, inti- 
tuled, “ An Act for granting Relief to the Island of 
Tobago, and for aiding the Colonies of British 
Guiana and Trinidad in raising Money for the 
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 1856. 

An Account of all Appointments of Commis- Income Tax, 
sioners of Income Tax for Special Purposes, with 
Salaries. 

Copies of all Cases which have been stated and Assessed 
signed by Commissioners acting in the execution of T4*¢s- 
the Acts relating to the Assessed Taxes, subsequent 
to the 21st day of December 1854, being the Date 
of a like Return made under the directions of the 
same Act, in the last Session of Parliament. 

The Report and General Account of the Receipts Arundel Port. 
and Disbursements of the Monies which have been 
received and paid by the Commissioners of Arundel 
Port, since the 31st day of December 1854, up to 
and including the 31st day of December 1855. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to Offences 
consolidate the Statute Law relating to Offences against the 
against the Person: And that Sir FitzRoy Kelly — 
and Lord Stanley do prepare, and bring it in, 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Bills of Ex- 
to consolidate the Statute Law relating to Bills of ——- 
Exchange and Promissory Notes: And that Sir ete. 7 
FitzRoy Kelly, Lord Stanley and Mr. George Butt 


do prepare, and bring it in. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- Judicial Bench 
posed, That there be laid before this House, a Return (Ireland.) 
of the Date of the Call to the Bar of each of the 
Judges of the Superior Courts of Law in Jreland; 
the Dates of their respective Appointments as Judges; 
the Number of Times each has been absent during 
the whole of any Assize, or, if absent during a part 
only, stating what part,and the Reasons, if any, given 
for such absence ; also, in how many, and in what 
instances, Substitutes have been appointed by the 
Crown to preside at any Assize, or portion thereof, 
in the absence of any such Judge, giving in each case 
the Name of the Town ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out the words “ in Ireland.” 

And the Question being proposed, That the words 
proposed to be left out stand part of the Question ; 


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


Veneris, 15° die Februarii, 1856 : 


And the Question being put ; 
The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right; 

The Noes to the Left. 


; ’ 
Tellers for the tee p 34, 


Tellers for the Noes, {Cai vod Teter } 20. 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 
Then 











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Then the Main Question being put ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right ; 

The Noes to the Left. 

Tellers for the Yeas, Mr. Wilkineon . 

Tellers for the Noes,f Mr don - 
One of the Tellers announced, That Sir James 

Duke, Member for the City of London, refused to 

vote ; whereupon Mr. Speaker desired that he:should 


\ 
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come to the Table. The honourable Member ac- | 
cordingly came to the Table, and stated, that he had | 
not heard the Question put, having been in the left | 
Division Lobby at the. time. The Speaker then in- 
formed him, that not having been within the walls 
of the House, and not having heard the Question 
put, he need not vote, but might withdraw ; and he 
withdrew accordingly. 

Whereupon the Tellers announced the Numbers, 
Yeas 132, Noes 121. 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the Date of the Call to the Bar of each of 
the Judges of the Superior Courts of Law in Ire- 
land; the Dates of their respective Appointments as 
Judges; the Number of Times each has been absent 
during the whole of any Assize, or, if absent during 
a part only, stating what part, and the Reasons, if 
any, given for such absence; also, in how many, 
and in what instances, Substitutes have been ap- 
pointed by the Crown to preside at any Assize, or 
portion thereof, in the absence of any such Judge, 
giving in each case the Name of the Town. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
consolidate and amend the Laws relating to the Sum- 
mary Jurisdiction of Justices of the Peace: And that 
Mr. Locke King and Mr. Headlam do prepare, and 
bring it in. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee of last Ses- 
sion, on the Appointment of Public Prosecutors, be 
re-appointed. 


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. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
amend the Acts relating to the Advance of Public 
Money to promote the [mprovement of Land: And 
that Mr. Wilson and the Chancellor of the Exche- 


quer 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, Tabular Returns of the Names of all Officers 
in the Army and Navy who have been decorated 
with the Order of the Bath since the 1st day of Ja- 
nuary 1954, with the Degree and Date of such De- 
coration; the Date of Entrance into Her Majesty’s 
Service, and Promotion to their different Ranks 
therein; giving also the Staff or other Appointments 
or Commands, with the Emoluments attached, held 
by them respectively, and stating the Engagements 
in which they have taken part : 


























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| Date of Promotion, | Staffor | Decora- ‘oa 
Na | Entrance , aes | other |Emolu-| tions | i. which 
| “Sy | into : Appoint-| ments.| and they have 
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| risdiction of Justices of the Peace: And the same 





Februari. 47 
And, of the Civilians who during the said period 
have: been honoured with the like Decoration, and 
the Date. 

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


Ordered, That leave be given to bring ina Bill to Commons 
authorize the Inclosure of certain Lands, in pursu- !¢losure. 
ance of a Report of the Inclosure Commissioners for 
England and Wales: And that Mr. Massey 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 
Act of the fifteenth year of Her present Majesty, to Atr08* 
facilitate Arrangements for the Relief of ‘turnpike 
Trusts, and to extend the Provisions of the said Act: 

And that Mr. Massey and Sir George Grey do pre- 


pare, and bring it in. 


The Joint Stock Banks (Scotland) Bill was, ac- Joint Stock 
cording to Order, read the third time. Banks ‘ 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. Gua es. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Sir William Somerville presented a Bill to encou- Dwellings for 
rage the providing of improved Dwellings for the Labouring 
Labouring Classes in Jreland: And the same was (Ireland) Bill. 
read the first time; and ordered to be read a second pj go. 
time upon Tuesday the 4th day of March next; and 
to be printed. 


Mr. Locke King presented a Bill to consolidate Summary 
and amend the Laws relating to the Summary Ju- Jurisdiction 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a Bill 33. 
second time upon Wednesday the 9th day of April 
next ; and to be printed. 


Mr. Massey presented a Bill to authorize the In- Commons _ 
closure of certain Lands, in pursuance of a Report !closure Bill. 
of the Inclosure Commissioners for England and Bill 34. 
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 amend the Acts Drainage 
relating to the Advance of Public Money to promote Advances 
the Improvement of Land: And the same was read Acts }mend- 
the first time ; and ordered to be read a second time 33) 35, 
upon Monday next; and to be printed. 


Mr. Massey _——_ a Bill to confirm certain Turnpike 


Provisional Orders made under an Act of the fif- Trusts 
teenth year of Her present Majesty, to facilitate Ar- 37 "e°™™"* 
rangemeuts for the Relief of Turnpike Trusts, and pin) 3g 
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. 


Mr. Peel presented,—Return to an Address to Army 
Her Majesty, dated the 11th day of August 1855, Clothing. 
for 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- 

ishing also the Prices allowed for the different 
ie 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 Return do lie upon the 
Table. 


G4 Ordered, 




















48 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Emigration, 
which was presented upon the 7th day of this instant 
February, be printed. 


Emigration. 
No. 36, 


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, 15° die Februarii; 
Anno 19° Victoria Regine, 1856. 


PRAYERS. 

"¥*HE House being informed, That the Sheriffs 

of the City of London attended at the door, 
they were called in; and at the Bar presented,—A 
Petition of the Lord Mayor, Aldermen and Commons 
of the City of London, in Common Council assem- 
bled :—And then they withdrew. 

And the said Petition, praying the House to pass 
an Act whereby the Petitioners and all Her Majesty’s 
Subjects may be relieved from taking the Oath of 
Abjuration, was read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


Oath of 
Abjuration. 


Public 
Petitions 
(Fourth 
Report. ) 


Mr. Bonham Carter reported from the Select Com- 
mittee on Public Petitions ; That they had examined 
the Petitions presented upon the 12th and 13th 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. 


Mid-Kent 
Railway 
(Bromley 
Extension. ) 


A Petition of the Mid-Kent Railway Company, 
for leave to bring in a Bill to facilitate the Extension 
of the Mid-Kent Railway to Bromley, and for other 
purposes, was presented, and read; and a Bill was 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Wil- 
kinson and Mr. Samson Ricardo. 


Imperial Hotel 

Company, 
bring in a Bill to enable the Imperial Hotel Com- 
pany, Trafalgar-square, (Limited), to acquire a Site 
in Trafalgar-square, for the purposes of their Under- 
taking, was presented, and read; and a Bill was 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Mac- 
kinnon and Mr. Otway. 


Colne Valley 
and Halstead Bil] for making a Railway from the Chappel Station 
Railway. &gt; 4 oy y, -y 

of the Colchester, Stour Valley, Sudbury and Hal- 
stead Railway, to Halstead, in the County of Essex, 
and for other purposes, was presented, and read ; 
and referred to the Select Committee on Standing 


Orders. 


Isle of Wight 
Steam Bridge 
and Ap- 
proaches 


A Bill for establishing and maintaining a Steam 
Ferry and Floating Bridge between Stokes Bay and 


Bill. Ryde, in the County of Southampton, with Landing- 
places and Approaches thereto, was read the first 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Barnsley 
Canal and 
Collieries 
Railways Bill. 


A Bill for making Railways from the Barnsley 
Canal, at or near Bayldon Bridge, to Collieries in 
the Townships of Woolley, Darton and Carlton, all 
in the West Riding of the County of York, and for 
other purposes, was read the first time; and ordered 
to be read a second time. 


NorthWestern A Billto enable the North Western Railway Com- 
Railway Bill. pany to vary their Undertaking, to use certain other 
Jndertakings, and to enter into Arrangements with 
other Companies, was read the first time; and or- 

dered to be read a second time. 


Sittingbourne 
and Sheerness 
Jiailway Bill. 


A Biil for making a Railway from Sittingbourne 
to Sheerness, all in the County of Kent, and for other 
ni oe was read the first time ; and ordered to 

read a second time. 


14°—15° Februarzz. 





| 
A Petition of the Right honourable Richard Earl | 


of Glengall, and of Persons Subscribers, for leave to | time; and committed. 


| 
| 


| 
| 





A, 1856. 


A Bill to amend “ The Saint Ives and West Corn- Saint Ives anj 

wall Junction Railway Act, 1853,” was read the first West Cornwal 
. . unction 

time ; and ordered to be read a second time. Railway Bill, 


A Bill for making a Railway from Lymington, in Lymington 
the County of Southampton, to the London and Railway Bil. 
South Western Railway at Brockenhurst, in the same 
County, to be called ‘‘ The Lymington Railway,” 
with a Landing-place at Lymington aforesaid, and 
for other purposes, was read the first time ; and or- 
dered to be read a second time. 


A Bill for enlarging and improving the Stotfield Stotfield ang 
and Lossiemouth Harbour Improvement ; for raising aon 
a further Sum of Money, and for other purposes, Improvement 
was read the first time ; and ordered to be read a Bill. 


second time. 


The Cannock Mineral Railway Bill was read a CannockMin. 


second time ; and committed. ny 


The Grand Junction Water Bill was read a second Grand June. 


time ; and committed. oa Water 


Ordered, That the Lands Improvement Company Lands Im. 
of Scotland Bill be read a second time upon Mon- Provement 


Company of 
day next. Scotland Bill 


The North Staffordshire Railway (Liverpool Ex- North Staf. 
tension) Bill was read a second time ; and committed, frdshire Rail. 
way (Liverpod 
Extension) 
Bill. 


to North Staf- 
fordshire Rail. 
way (Sandbach 
to Warringt 
Bill, . 


The Norwich Union Life Insurance Society Bill NorwichUnin 


was read a second time ; and committed. Life Insurance 
Society Bill. 


The North Staffordshire Railway (Sandbach 
Warrington) Bill was read a second time ; and com- 
mitted. 


The Severn Valley Railway Bill was read a second Severn Valley 
Railway Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Cambridge 

reading of the Caméridge University and Town Bill ; pee fo | 

And a Motion being made, and the Question being Ri), 
proposed, 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 


A Petition of Promoters, for leave to bring in a| 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. 


Petitions relating to British Museum, &amp;c. ;— public 
Church Rates ;—Administrative Reform ;—Juvenile Petitious. 
Offenders ;—Oaths ;—Peace with Russia ;—Police vy, Finh 
(Counties and Boroughs) Bill ; — Public-houses Report. 
(Scotland) Act:—and, Wee Pawns (Scotland),— 
were presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Education 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Returns of the Names of the Six Schools in 
Great Britain which have received the largest 
Amount of the Parliamentary Grant under heading 
“ Capitation Money,” fromthe year ending Decem- 
ber 1855, specifying the Sums received by each, 
and the Population of each Parish :—And, of the 
Names of the Six Schools which have received the 
smallest Amount of “ Capitation Money” for the 
same year, stating the Sums received by each, and. 
the Population of each Parish. 

Ordered,. 








; Ives ang 
; Cornwall 
tion 

vay Bill, 


ington 
vay Bill, 


field and 
iemouth 


rovement 


nock Mine. 
Railway 


nd June- 
Water 


ds Im. 
fement 
\pany of 
land Bill, 


th Staf- 
shire Rail. 
'(Liverpod 


ension) 


th Staf- 

shire Rail. 
(Sandbach 
V arrington) 


~wichUnion 
&gt; Insurance 
iety Bill. 


ern Valley 
ilway Bill. 


mbridge 
iversity 
| Town 
l. 


blic 
titious. 


de Fifth 
port. 


lucations 


Workmen. 


Wheat, &amp;c. 


East India— 
Annexation 
of Berar. 


Adjournment. 


Inclosure 
Commission. 


Copyholds. 


Tithe Com- 
mission. 


Bank Notes, 
No. 37. 


Army 
Clothing. 


No. 38. 


Local Acts. 


Appointments 
(Dock-yards.) 


Naval Prizes. 


Paris Exhi- 
bition, 


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. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that Ske will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return of the Number of Persons sum- 
marily convicted and committed to Prison, in the 
several Counties of Eng/and and Ireland, for Breach 
of Contract in neglecting Work or leaving Service, 
during each of the years 1854 and 1855. 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 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 January 
1855 to the 31st day of December 1855, 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 im- 
ported into Great Britain from Ireland. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Copies or Extracts of the Correspondence which has 
taken place between the Government of Jndia and 
the Commissioner of Nagpore relative to the Annex- 
ation of the Berar Territory to the British Terri- 
tories. 


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


Mr. Massey presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand,—Inclosure Commission : Copy of Eleventh 
Annual Report of the Commissioners, 1856. 

Copy of Fourteenth Report of the Copyhold 
Commissioners to Her Majesty’s Principal Secre- 
tary of State for the Home Department, pursuant 
to the Act 4 &amp; 5 Vie. c. 35, s. 3. 

Tithe Commission: Copy of Report of the Tithe 
Commissioners to Her Majesty’s Secretary of State 
for the Home Department, dated 31st January 1856 
[for the year 1855]. 

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


Ordered, That the Return relative to Bank Notes, 
which was presented upon the 14th day of this instant 
February, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Army 
Clothing, which was presented upon the 14th day of 
this instant February, be printed. 


Mr. Osborne presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand,—Reports from the Admiralty relative to 
Applications for Local Acts. 

Mr. Osborne also presented,—-Return to an Order, 
dated the 11th day of this instant February, for 
Copy of any Order issued by the Admiralty in 1855, 
regulating Appointments in Her Majesty’s Dock- 

ards. 

Mr. Osborne also presented, pursuant to the direc- 
tions of an Act of Parliament,—Copy of Royal 
Proclamation, ordering and directing that Officers 
and Men sent away in Prizes shall be permitted to 
share in Ships captured during their absence. 

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


Mr. Lowe presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand,—Copy of Report on the Management of the 
Paris Universal Exhibition, by Henry Cole, c.B., 
Marlborough House, London, 12th February 1856. 

Ordered, ‘Tnat the said Paper do lie upon the 
Table. 

Vou. 111. 


15° Februarii. 


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49 


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 th 
Question, by leaving out from the word “ That” to 
the end of the Question, in order to add the words 
“‘ an humble Address be presented to Her Majesty, Enlistment 
praying that She will be graciously pleased to (America.) 
give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Copy of the Instructions to Mr. Cramp- 
ton relative to the Enlistment of Soldiers in the 
United States of America,” 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.) 


Customs 


1. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £. 840,001, 
Department. 


be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Salaries 
and Expenses of the Customs Department, which 
will come in course of payment during the year 
ending the 31st day of March 1857. 

2. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £.486,028, 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 1857. 

3. Resolved, Thata Sum, not exceeding £. 1,459,207, Inland 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Salaries a 
and Expenses of the Inland Revenue Department, 0°?™*"* 
which will come in course of payment during the 
year ending the 31st day of March 1857. 

4. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £.63,025, Revenue 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Salaries a * 
and Expenses of the Revenue Police, Zreland, and ee 
“ Seamew” Steamer, which will come in course of 
payment during the year ending the 31st day of 
March 1857. 

5. Resolved, Thata Sum, not exceeding £.1,740,483, Post-office 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charges 5¢tvices- 
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 1857. 

6. Resolved, Thata Sum, not exceeding £.80,000, Medal 
be granted to Her Majesty, to make good, in the Services. 
year ending the 31st day of March 1857, the De- 
ficiency of the Vote for the year 1855-56, for de- 
fraying the Expenditure of the Mint for the various 
Medal Services. 


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. 

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 wiil, upon Monday 
next, again resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Ways and 
mittee of Ways and Means; Means. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Court of 
reading of the Court of Chancery (/reland) Bill; pee ee -_ 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time “¢l#2¢) Bul 
upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Charitable 
mittee on the Charitable Uses Bill; Uses Bill. 
H Resolved, 





Metropolitan 
Police. 


Civil Service 
Superannua- 
tion. 


Carlisle 
Canonries. 


Bankruptcy 
and Insolvency 
(Ireland). 


Delamere 
Forest. 


British Spirits. 


Conveyances 
of Land 
(Ireland.) 


Sandbach and 
Warrington 
Railway Bill, 
1851, &amp;e. 


50 15°—18° 


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


The following Paper, pursuant to the directions 
of an Act of Parliament, was laid upon the Table by 
the Clerk of the House,—Accounts, showing the 
Sums received and expended for the purposes of the 
Metropolitan Police, Police Superannuation Fund, 


and Police Courts, in the year ended 31st December | 


1855. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
amend the Law for regulating Allowances granted 
in respect of Persons having held Civil Oftices in 
Her Majesty’s Service: 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 
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 Ecclesiastical 


~y 


Februarizi. A. i856. 


leave to bring in the Colwich and Wolverhampton 
Railway Bill, with Bill annexed, December 1851; 
the Journals of the House, proving the introduction 
of the said Bills; the Petition for leave to bring in 
the London and North Western Railway and North 
Staffordshire Railway Amalgamation Bills, and 
Bills annexed, of the following years; viz. :—De- 
cember 1852, 1853 and 1854; the Journals of the 
House proving the introduction of the said several 
| Bills; the Minutes of the Proceedings of and Re- 
port of the Committee of the House on Railway 
-and Canal Bills, Session 1852-53; the Resolution 
of the House of the 15th April 1853, on Motion 
of the Right honourable Edward Cardwell, re- 
specting Railway and Canal Amalgamation Bills; 
and praying the House to give permission to the 
|proper Officer or Officers to attend the said Court 
| with the Documents aforesaid, and such others as 
‘the Petitioners may be advised are necessary for 
| the purposes of the said trial. 

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








Incumbencies in that City: And that Mr. Ferguson, | 


Mr. Marshall and Mr. Charles Howard do prepare, | 


and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
consolidate and amend the Laws relating to Bank- 
ruptey and Insolvency in Jreland: And that Mr. 
Solicitor General for Jreland, Mr. Attoruey General 


for Ireland and Mr. Horsman do prepare, and bring | 


it in. 


A Motion being made, That leave be given to 
bring in a Bill to make Provision for the Manage- 
ment of certain Lands belonging to Her Majesty 


within the former Limits of the late Forest of De/a- | 


mere, in the County of Chester ; 

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 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 Mr. Wilson and the Chancellor of 
the Exchequer do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return showing the Number oi Gallons of British 
Spirits brought to Charge in England and Wales ; 
the Rate of Duty per Gallon; and the Total Amount 


of Duty received in the Quarters ending June, | 


September and December 1454, and March, June, 
September and December 1855, respectively :— 
Similar Return for Scot/and:—And, Similar Return 
for Lreland., 


| The Chancellor of the Exchequer presented a Bill 
to amend the Law for regulating Allowances granted 
in respect of Persons having held Civil Oftices in 
Her Majesty’s Service: And the same was read the 
first time; and ordered to be read a second time 
upon Monday next; and to be printed. 


Mr. Peel presented, by Her Majesty’s Command, 
_—Copies of Letters addressed to Lord Panmure by 
the Earls of Lucan and Cardigan, having reference 
to the Keport of the Inquiry into the Supplies for 
the British Army in the Crimea, by Sir John 
| M‘ Neill and Colonel Tulloch. 

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


And then the House adjourned till Monday next. 





Lune, 18° die Februari ; 
| Anno 19° Victoriz Regine, 1856. 
| PRAYERS. 
| rT ‘HE House was moved, That the Report from 
| the Select Committee on Standing Orders, in 
respect of the Petition for the Worcester and Here- 
ford Railway Bill, might be read; and the same 
| being read ; 
Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
authorizing the Abandonment of part of the Wor- 
|cesterand Hereford Railway, for changing the Name 
of the Worcester and Hereford Railway Company, 
_and for other purposes: And that Sir Joseph Paxton 
and Mr. Price do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a | 


Return of the Number of Conveyances on the Sale 
of Lands in Jre/and registered in the Registry Office, 
Dublin, during the years 1853, 1854 and 1855 re- 
spectively, and not being Conveyances under the 
Incumbered Estates Court. 


A Petition of William Burchell, of Parliament- 
street, in the City of Westminster, Attorney, was 
presented, and read; setting forth, That the Peti- 
tioner is the Attorney for the North Staffordshire 
Railway Company, incorporated by the North Staf- 


fordshire Railway Act, 1847; that an action is now 


pending in the Court of Queen’s Bench, between 
the North Staffordshire Railway Company and the 


London and North Western Railway Company, in | 


which the former Company are the Plaintiffs, and 
that it will be necessary to produce on the trial 
thereof certain Documents deposited in the House, 
and, amongst others, the Petition for leave to bring 
in the Sandbach and Warrington Railway Bill, with 
Bill annexed, December 1851; the Petition for 


A Petition of Promoters of the Undertaking there- 
inafter-mentioned, for leave to bring in a Bill for 
'making a Railway from Aberdeen to Peterhead and 
| Fraserburgh, and for other purposes, was presented, 
and read ; and referred to the Select Committee on 
| Standing Orders. 


A Petition of Promoters of the Undertaking there- 
inafter-mentioned, for leave to bring in a Bill for 
making a Railway from Colford of Drum to Alford, 
|with a Branch to Bridgeton, 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 Deeside and 
Alford Valley Railway Bill. 


Civil Service 
Superannua- 
tion Bill. 


Bill 37. 


Army 
(Crimea.) 


Worcester 
and Hereford 
Railway. 


Aberdeen, 
Peterhead and 
Fraserburgh 
Railway. 


Deeside and 
Alford Valley 
Railway. 


Deeside and 
Alford Valley 
Railway. 


Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Select 


Committee on Standing Orders. 


Mr. 








ervice 
nnua- 
ill. 


| 37. 


a.) 


ster 
ereford 


Ay. 


een, 
ead and 
‘burgh 
uy: 


le and 
| Valley 
ay. 


le and 
i Valley 
ay. 





Aberdeen, 


Peterhead and one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, | and committed. 


Fraserburgh 
Railway. 


Worcester 
and Hereford 


Railway Bill. 


Boston Gas 
Bill. 


Chorley 
Water Bill. 


Crystal Palace : : 
Company Bill. second time; and committed. 


Driffield Navi- Ordered, That the Driffield Navigation Bill be | 


gation Bill. 


Fleetwood, 
Preston and 
West Riding 
Junction 
Railway Bill. 


Gainsborough 
Gas Bill. 


Haslingden 
and Rawten- 
stall Water 
Bill 


Honiton and 
Sidmouth 
Road Bill. 


Inverness 

and Aberdeen 
Junction 
Railway Bill. 
Leeds Im- 
provement 


Acts Amend- 
ment Bill. 


Leeds Water 
Bill. 


Londonderry 
and Enniskil- 
len Railway 
Bill. 


Metropolitan 
Railway Bill. 


Midland 
Railway Bill. 


Milford June- 
tion Railway 
Bill. 


Norfolk 
Railway Bill, 


Penrith and 
Cockermouth 
Roads Bill, 


Rotherham 
and Barnby 
Moor Road 
Bill. 


Scarborough 
Water Bill. 


Stirling and 
nfermline 
Railway Bill. 


Vale of Clwyd 
way Bill, 


18° Februari. Al 


The Wakefield Gas Bill was read a second time ; Wakefield 
’ Gas Bill. 





19 Vicroriz. 
Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,-—Report from | 


in respect of non-compliance with the Standing Or- | 
ders in the case of the Petition for the Aberdeen,| . *°°' ‘sted 
Peterhead and Fraserburgh Railway Bill. | time ; and committed. 


Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Select | ; 
Cimeniiins on Standing Orders. | The Order of the day being read, for the second Lands Im- 


| — Rng Lands Improvement Company of Gaasanet 
A Bill for authorizing the Abandonment of part | cotland Dill ; ' ‘ _ Scotland Bill. 
of the Worcester and Hereford Railway, for changing And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
the Name of the Worcester and Hereford Railway | proposed, That the Bill be now read a second time ; 
Company, and for other purposes, was read the first | n Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
time; and ordered to be read a second time. | 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- 


The Chorley Water Bill was read a second time ; posed Amendment was, with leave of the House, 


. ithdrawn. 
and committed. wit , . 
Ordered, That the Bill be now read a second time: 


—The Bill was accordingly read a second time ; and 
committed. 


The Waveney Valley Railway Billwas read asecond Waveney 
‘ Valley Rail- 
way Bill. 


The Boston Gas Bill was read a second time ; and 
committed. 


The Crystal Palace Company Bill was read a 


The Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton Rail- Oxford, _ 

- ponte [ emus £1 oa: —. : vo eeater an 

ound 0 coset tne Toamanee. | way (Additional Capital, &amp;c.) Bill was, according to Wevuhin&gt; 
| Order, read a second time ; and committed. 


ton Railway 
The Fleetwood, Preston and West Riding Junction 


(Additional 

i 7 : | Capital, &amp;c. 

Railway Bill was read a second time; and com- | Bill ) 
mitted. 


Mr. Duncan reported from the Select Committee Public 
/on Public Petitions; That they had examined the Fetitions 
The Gainsborough Gas Bill was read a second | Petitions presented upon the 14th and 15th days of ‘ a 
time ; and committed. | this instant February: and had directed him to make 
| a Report thereof to the House. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table; 


The Haslingden and Rawtenstall Water Bill was 
and be printed. 


read a second time ; and committed. 


| Mr. Deedes reported from the Select Committee Standing 

The Honiton and Sidmouth Road Bill was read on Standing Orders, several Resolutions; which were 24ers: 
a second time ; and committed. read, as follow: 

1. That in the case of the North Western Railway North West- 
of Irelund Petition, the Standing Orders ought to be &amp;T Railway 

- : “pth, aS of Ireland. 

dispensed with ; that the Parties be permitted to pro- 
ceed with their Bill, provided that the Bill be not 
read a second time until after Easter ; and also pro- 
vided that Notices be published in three successive 
weeks in a Newspaper of the County of Roscommon, 
and Notices served at the Office of the Boyle Union ; 
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 Stockton and Darling- Stockton and 

ton aud Newcastle and Carlisle Union Railway Pe- Patlington 

a &gt;i ‘ and Newcastle 
tition, the Standing Orders ought to be dispensed anq Carlisle 
with; that the Parties be permitted to proceed with Union 

their Bill. Railway. 

3. That in the case of the Bournemouth Improve- Bournemouth 
ment and Pier Petition, the Standing Orders ought = 5 "gaa 
to be dispensed with; that tiie Parties be permitted “i 
to proceed with their Bill, provided that they forth- 
with deposit amended Sections drawn to the same 
horizontal scale as the Plan ; that the Committee on 
' the Bill do report how far such Order has been com- 

plied with, on the Report of the Bill. 
4. That in the case of the Cleobury North, &amp;c. Cieobury 
| District Roads Petition, the Standing Orders ought North, &amp;c. ; 
The Penrith and Cockermouth Roads Bill was. = ne a the Parties be permitted earns 
* } - } ; : € ' , ps 
vend a second time; and eomanitted. 5. That in the case of the East Kent Railway Pe- East Kent 

The Rotherham and Burnby Moor Road Bill tition, the Standing Orders ought to be dispensed Railway. 
was read a second time; and committed. with ; that the Parties be permitted to proceed with 
their Bill, provided that the 13th, 14th, 15th, 16th, 

. '17th and 18th Clauses, giving Power to create new 
; The Scarborough Water Bill was read a second | Shares, &amp;c., be struck out of the Bill; that the Com- 
time ; and committed. ‘mittee on the Bill do report how far such Order has 
been complied with, on the Report of the Bill. 


The Stirling and Dunfermline Railway Bill was, The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 
read a second time; and committed. were agreed to. 


The Inverness and Aberdeen Junction Railway 
Bill was read a second time; and committed. 


The Zeeds Improvement Acts Amendment Bill 
was read a second time; and committed. 


The Zeeds Water Bill was read a second time ; 
and committed. 


The Londonderry and Enniskillen Railway Bill 
was read a second time; and committed. 


The Metropolitan Railway Bill was read a second 
time ; and committed. | 


The Midland Railway Bill was read a second 


time ; and committed. 


The Milford Junction Railway Bill was read a 
second time ; and committed. 


The Norfolk Railway Bill was read a second time; 
and committed. 


The Vale of Clwyd Railway Bill was read a second| The House was moved, That the Report from the NorthWesterm 
time; and committed. | Select Committee on Standing Orders, in respect of a 
Vot. 111. H 2 the , 








Dublin (City) 
Steam Packet 
Company. 


Delamere 
Forest Bill. 


Bill 38. 


52 


the Petition for the North Western Railway of Jre- 
land Bill, might be read ; and the same being read ; 
Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
making a Railway from Strokestown to Castlebar, 
to be called “ ‘The North Western Railway of Jre- 
land,” and for other purposes: And that Colonel 
French, Mr. Grace, Lord Claud Hamilton and Mr. 
Seymour Fitzgerald do prepare, and bring it in. 


A Petition of the City of Dublin Steam Packet 
Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to amend the 
Acts relating to the City of Dublin Steam Packet 
Company, and for other purposes, was presonted, 
and read; and referred to the Select Committee on 
Standing Orders. 


Mr. Wilson presented a Bill to make Provision for 
the Management of certain Lands belonging to Her 
Majesty, within the former Limits of the late Forest 
of Delamere, in the County of Chester: And the 
same was read the first time ; and ordered to be 
read a second time upon Thursday next; and to be 
printed. 


18° Februarii. 


A. 1856. 


Danish Succession, and of the Renewal of that Do- 
cument by Russia in 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 give directions, that there be laid before this House, 
Returns from the Superintendents of Police at Edin- . 
burghand Leith, Glasgow, Dundee, Aberdeen, Paisley 
and Greenock:—I. Showing, in separate columns, the 
Numbers of the under-mentioned Articles reported 
to the Police as stolen within the bounds of the City 
| during the months of December 1855 and January 
/1856—1. Gold and Silver Watches; 2. Articles of 
| Gold and Silver Plate; 3. Articles of Jewellery ; 
4. Articles of Plated Goods; 5. Articles of Brass, 
_Copper and other Metals; 6. Articles of Bed and 
Body Clothing ; 7. Miscellaneous Articles of other 
descriptions :--IT. The Number of each of these 
Articles recovered by the Police, and showing, in 
separate columns—1. How many recovered from 





Resolred, That an humble Address be presented Robberies 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased =e 


licensed Pawnbrokers ; 2. How many recovered from 
Petitions relating to Brecknock College Act;—| Dealers in second-hand Goods; 3. How many re- 
British Museum, &amp;c.;— Church Rates ;—Conse- | covered from other Parties ; 4. The Number of these 
cration of Cemeteries (Carlisle) ;—Intoxicating Li-| Articles not recovered :—Of Articles, distinguished 
quors ;— Maynooth College Act ;—Nawab of Surat ; | as above, reported to the Police as stolen beyond the 
—Arbitration ;—Bank ot England Charter Acts ;— | City bounds during the months of December 1855 
Court of Chancery (Jreland) Bill ;—Kars ;—Legal | and January 1856 ; and stating the Numbers of those 
Education ;—Local Dues on Shipping, &amp;c. Bill ;— | recovered and those not recovered :—And, from the 
Medical Profession Bill;— Police (Counties and! Magistrates of the above-mentioned Towns—1. Of 
Boroughs) Bill;—Sale of Beer Act (1855) ;—War | Licenses issued by them, or by any two of them, to 
with Russia ;—and, Wee Pawns, &amp;e. (Scotland),— | Brokers or Dealers in second-hand Goods under the | 
were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon | Police Act of the 6 &amp; 7 Vic. 1843, during each of 
the Table. the years from 1845 to 1855, both these years in- 
cluded; 2. Of Applications for such Licenses refused 
The House was moved, That the Report from the | by them during the same period. 
Select Committee on Standing Orders, in respect of | _ Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
the Petition for the Stockton and Darlington and | Her Majesty, by such Members of this House as are 
Newcastle and Carlisle Union Railway Bill, might | of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 
he read ; and the same being read ; 
Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill for | __ Resolved, That an humble Address be presented to Public-house 
making a Railway from the Stocksfield Station of | Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased to Licenses. 
the Newcastle-upon-Tyne and Carlisle Railway to | give directions, that there be laid before this House, 
the Stockton and Darlington Raiiway, near Conside | Returns for the last Five Years for the Metropolitan 
Iron Works, with a Branch to the Derwent Iron | District, showing the Number of Licensed Vic- 
Company’s Railway, and for other purposes: And | tuallers whose Licenses have not been renewed in 
that Mr. Headlam and Mr. Shafto do prepare, and | consequence of Misconduct :—Of the Number of 
bring it in. | Public-houses permanently closed in consequence of 
'the refusal of Magistrates to renew the Licenses :—- 
The House was moved, That the Report from the And, Year by Year, of the Number of Applications 
Select Committee on Standing Orders, in respect of | for new Licenses, showing how many have been 
the Petition for the Cleobury North, &amp;c. District | successful. 
Roads Bill, might be read; and the same being read ; | Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill for | Her Majesty, by such Members of this House as are 
continuing the Term and amending and extending | of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 
the Provisions of the Act relating to the Cleobury | 
North and Ditton Priors District and the Cleobury 


Public 
Petitions. 
Vide Sixth 
Report. 





Stockton and 
Darlington 
and Newcastle 
and Carlisle 
Union 
Railway. 





Cleobury 
North, &amp;c. 
District Roads. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, East India 
Mortimer District of Turnpike-roads, in the Coun- | a Copy of an Act passed by the Governor General of (Nawab of 
ties of Salop and Worcester: And that Viscount Jndia in Council, on the 26th day of August 1848, ne 
Newport and Mr. Clive do prepare, and bring it in. | intituled, “ An Act for the Administration of the 

Estate of the late Nawab of Surat, and to continue 

The Order made upon the 14th day of this instant | Privileges to his Family.” 

February, for presenting to Her Majesty an humble | 
Address, that She would be graciously pleased to} Resolved, That an humble Address be presented to Medical 
give directions, that there be laid before this House, | Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pieased to ppm 
Copies of any Despatches received by Her Majesty’s | give directions, that there be laid before this House, — 
Government, in the years 1852 and 1853, from the | a Return of the Number of Military Medical Officers 
Government of Saint Petersburg, relative to the Suc- | who have proceeded to the East since the commence- 
cession of the Emperor of Russia to the Crown of | ment of the War, stating the Number who have ap- 
Denmark :—And, of the Protocol of Warsaw relative | peared on the Sick Returns, who have died, or who 
tothe Danish Succession, and of the Renewal of that | have been invalided home :—And, similar Return as 
Document by Russia in 1852, was read, and dis- | to the Civil Surgeons employed by the War Office. 
charged. | Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty, by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


Danish 
Succession, 





Danish 
Succession. 


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, 


Viscount Palmerston presented, by Her Majesty’s Foreign Office 
a Copy of the Protocol of Warsaw relative to the 


Command,— Copy of Ccrrespondence respecting the 
Examination 





‘ 












ies 
urgh, 


-house 
eS. 


ndia 
b of 


- &amp;€&amp; ee 


n Office. 








Trade and 
Navigation. 


No. 39. 


Saint James’s 
Park. 


Reformatories. 


Appointments 


19 Vicroriz. 


Examination of Persons appointed to Situations 
under the Foreign Office. 

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


Mr. Lowe presented, by Her Majesty's Command, 
—Accounts relating to Trade and Navigation, for 
the mouth ended 31st December 1855, and the year 
ending 31st December 1855. 


Ordered, That the said Accounts do lie upon the | 


Table ; and be printed. 


Mr. Massey presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand,—Copy of a Letter from the Chief Commis- 
sioner of Her Majesty’s Parks, Palaces and Public 
Buildings, to Her Majesty’s Principal Secretary of 
State for the Home Department, forwarding Plans 
and Estimates for a Road to connect the North side 
of Saint James’s Park witi the South and South West 
portions thereof, by making a communication from 
Saint James’s-street and Pall-mall to the Birdcage- 
walk, with a Bridge over the Water in the Gardens 
of the Park; and also, a Plan and Estimate fora 
Line of Road trom Pall-mall to Buckingham-gate, 
through Cleveland-row. 

Mr. Massey also presented,— Return to an Address 
to Her Majesty, dated the 7th day of this instant 
February, for a Return of all Reformatories which 
have been certified in England and Scotland, and of 
any Reformatories which have been refused Certifi- 


cation ; and the Grounds, in each case, of such re- 


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


Ordered, That the Return relative to Appoint- 


(Dock-yards.) ments (Dock-vards), which was presented upon the 


No. 40. 


Local Acts. 
No. 41. 


Metropolitan 
Police, 
No. 42, 


Fast India 
Judicial 

Establish- 
ments, &amp;c. 


Admiralty 
Charts, 


Court of 
Chancery 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Courts of 
mon L, 
{Ireland Bill 


15th day of this instant February, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Papers relative to Local Acts, 
which were presented upon the 15th day of this in- 
stant February, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Accounts relative to Metro- 
politan Police, which were presented upon the 15th 
day of this instant February, be printed. 


The following Papers were laid upon the Table by 
the Clerk of the House,—Further Return to an 
Order, dated the 8th day of this instant February, 
for Copy of any Despatch addressed by the Court 
of Directors of the Last India Company to the Go- 
vernor General of Jndia in Council, respecting the 
Reports made by the Commissioners appointed by | 
Her Majesty, to consider the Reform of the Judicial | 
Establishments, Judicial Procedure, and Laws of | 
India. | 

Return to an Order, dated the 13th day of this. 
instant February, for a Return ofall Sums received | 
from the Sale of Admiralty Charts during the year | 
1855. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second | 
reading of the Court of Chancery (Zreland) 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 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 Select Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
pe of the Courts of Common Law (Jreland) 

ill ; 

Vou. 111. 





18° Februariz. 





53 


Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Monday the 3d day of March next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Juries 
reading of the Juries (/reland) Bill ; (Ireland) Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Monday the 3d day of March next. 





| The Order of the day being read, for the second prisons 
reading of the Prisons (Zre/and) Bill ; (Ireland) Bill. 
| Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 

Monday next. 

The Drainage Advances Acts Amendment Bill Drainage Ad- 
was, according to Order, read a second time ; and vances Acts 
committed toa Committee of the whole House, for — 
To-morrow. ; 


The Turnpike Trusts Arrangements Bill was, ac- Turnpike 
cording to Order, read a second time; and com- Trusts Ar- 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for Thurs- yee" "* 
day next. ; 

Pi 9 

The Commons Inclosure Bill was, according to Commons 
Order, read «a second time; and committed to a Inclosure Bill. 
‘Committee of the whole House, for Thursday next. 


Mr. [itzRoy reported from the Committee of Supply. 
Supply, several Resolutions ; which were read, as 
follow : 

1. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 840,001, be Customs 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Salaries and Department. 
Expenses of the Customs Department, which will 
come in course of payment curing the year ending 
the 31st day of March 1857. 

2. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 486,028, be Coast Guard. 
' 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 1857. 

3. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 1,459,207, be Inland 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Salaries and Revenue 
' Expenses of the Inland Revenue Department, which — 
| will come in course of payment during the year end- 
ing the 31st day of March 1857. 

4. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 63,025, be Revenue Police 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Salaries and (Ireland.) 
Expenses of the Revenue Police, Ireland, and 
| Seamew” Steamer, which will come in course of 
| payment during the year ending the 31st day of 
: March 1857. 

5. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 1,740,483, be Post-office 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charges for Services. 

ost-office Services, and the Collection of the Re- 
venue, which will come in course of payment during 
the year ending the 31st day of March 1857. 

6. ‘That a Sum, not exceeding £. 80,000, be Medal 
granted to Her Majesty, to make good, in the year S¢TVices- 





ending the 31st day of March 1857, the Deficiency 


of the Vote for the year 1855-56, for defraying the 
Expenditure of the Mint for the various Medal Ser- 


| vices. 


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 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, 'Vhat this House will, upon Wednesday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself into Charitable 
a Committee on the Charitable Uses Bill; and, after Uses Bill. 
some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the _ Bill 39. 
Chair; and Mr. FitzRoy reported, That the Com- 
mittee had gone through the Bill. 


H 3 Ordered, 











18°-—19° Februari. A. 1856. 


A Petition of Wilitam Wagstaff, of Great George- London and 
d North Western 


54 


Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into cowsideration upon Thursday | street, Westminster, Gentleman, was presented, an 1 
i read ; setting forth, That the Petiti is one of the 224 North 
next; and be printed. ead ; setting forth, That the Petitioner is he Staffordshire 
Attorneys of the London and North Western Rail- Railway Bill 






Civil Service 


































































The Order of the day being read, for the second 


way eee in an action brought against that (1853, &amp;c.) 


a reading of the Civil Service Superannuation Bill ; Company by the North Staffordshire Railway Com- 
saaeaiens Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time To- | P@?y, and which he has reason to believe will be 
morrow tried on Thursday the 2ist day of Febiuary instant; 
; ‘that on the 1st day of December 1452, the House 

Court of The Order of the day being read, for the second W®s pleased to order in the terms — eetes 
Chancery reading of the Court of Chancery (Zreland) (Juris- | That a Select Committee be appointed to con- 
—. ) diction) Bill ; ' sider the principle of amalgamation as applied to 

risdiction ’ , pw eae. , 4\e 
oo Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon | Railway or Railway and Canal Bills about to be 
Monday next. | brought under the consideration of Parliament, and 
_to consider the principles which ought to guide the 
Court of The Order of the day being read, for the second | House m Railway legislation ; that m the year 1853 
Chancery reading of the Court of Chancery (/reland) (Proce- | * Bill was introduced into the House by the said 
eg dure) Bill ; ' London and North Western and North Staffordshire 
»dure : ? ’ ~ ° . ati : ~ : 

aac Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon Companies for amalgamating the two Companies, 
Monday next. of which the short Title, as entered in the Votes and 
Proceedings of the House, was “ London and North 
‘ , * : 1) 

Court of The Order of the «day being read, for the second Western and North Staffordshire — Bill, 
Chancery yeading of the Court of Chancery (Zreland) (Re- | and such Bill was read a first time on the 18th 
(Ireland) (Re- vers) Bill : February in that year; that on the 15th day of Fe- 


ceivers) Bill. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Monday next. 


bruary in that year, the House ordered to the effect 
that no Bill containing Powers to amalgamate any 
Railway Companies should be read a second time 
unti! the 14th day of March following; and by 


Court of The Order of the day being read, for the second : . 
“ : . = 5] t . QO " . ] 

Chancery reading of the Court of Chancery (Ireland) (Appeals) ano her tder of the House, such time for second 
(Ireland) _ Bill - 5 ’ reading was extended to the 11th - of April follow- 
(Appeals) Bill. ‘Ord a ing; that onthe 15th day of April the House passed 
Mo, ‘ ered, MAE TE DUEDE Pene asecone IME UPM ) a Resolution, to the effect that no Bill containing the 
onday next. aforesaid Powers of amalgamation should be further 
J, proceeded with in that Session ; that, on the 22d day 
Court of The Order of the day being read, for the second | of February 1854, another Bill was introduced into 
+ arr reading of the Court of Chancery (Lreland) (Sales of| the House, of which the short Title. as entered in the 


(Sales of 
Estates) Bill.- 


Ecclesiastical 
Commission, 
&amp;c. 


Formation, &amp;c. 
of Parishes 
Bill. 


Public 
Prosecutors. 


Ecclesiastical 
Courts Juris- 
diction Bill. 


Estates) Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Monday next. 


Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed 
to inquire into the present constitution of the /ccle- 
siastical Commission for Lngland; into the opera- 
tion of the Act 13 &amp; 14 Vie. ¢. 94, intituled, An 
Act to amend the Acts relating to that Commission; 


and of the Act 14 &amp; 15 Vie. ¢. 104, intituled, An | 


Act to facilitate the Management and [mprovement 
of Episcopal and Capitular Estates in England ; and 
into the expediency of further continuing the last 
Act, and of consolidating the Church Building Com- 
mission with the Ecclesiastical Commission. 


And the House having continued to sit till after 
Twelve of the clock on Tuesday morning ; 
Martis, 19° die Februarii, 1856: 


The Select Committee on the Formation, &amp;c. 


of Parishes Bill was nominated of the Marquis of 


Blandford, Viscount Ebrington, Mr. Byng, Mr. Ed- 
ward Egerton, Mr. Gladstone, Mr. Massey, Mr. 
Headlam. Mr. Sidney Herbert, Sir Stafford North- 
cote, Mr. Dunlop, Lord John Manners and Mr. Pel- 
latt; with Power to send for persons, papers and 
records. 

Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 


The Select Committee on Public Prosecutors was 
nominated of Mr. John George Phillimore, Mr. 
Napier, the Lord Advocate, Mr, Miles, Mr. Philipps, 
Mr. Attorney General, Mr. Solicitor General for Zre- 
land, Mr. Walpole, Mr. William Ewart, Lord Stanley 


and Mr. Watson; with Power to send for persons, | 


papers and records. 


Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 


The Order for reading a second time, upon Wed- 
nesday next, the Ecclesiastical Courts Jurisdiction 
Bill, was read, and discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Wednesday the 27th day of this instant February. 


Votes, was ** London and North Western and North 
Staffordshire Railway Companies Bill,” and the 
said Bill was, on the 27th day of February follow- 
ing, read a second time, and committed; that the 
said Bill was referred to a Select Committee of the 
House, who reported to the House, on the 21st day 
of June 1854, that the aliegations contained in the 
Preamble of the said Bill had not been proved to 





their satisfaction; that,on the 19th day of February 
1855, a Bill was introduced mto the House, of 
which the short ‘litle, as entered in the Votes of the 
House, was “ North Staffordshire Railway Billi,” 
and, by an Order of the House made on the 23d 
April 1855, such short litle was changed to “ North 
Staffordshire Railway (Transfer to London and North 
Western Railway, Xc.);” that the said Bill was 
referred to a Select Committee of the House, who, 
on the 15th day of May 1855, reported that the Pre- 
amble of the said Bill had not been proved ; that 
the Petitioner has been advised and believes that 
it will be material to the case of the said Defendants, 
the London and North Western Railway Company, 
that the Reports of the said Select Committee of the 





House on Railway and Canal Bills in the year 1853, 
_and the Journals of the House in which the before- 
mentioned Resolution, and the several Proceedings 
with reference to the before-mentioned Bills pro- 
moted by the said London and North Western and 
North Staffordshire Companies have been entered, 
and the Reports of the Committees on such Bills, 
should be produced at the trial of the said action ; 
and praving that leave may be given to the Officers 
of the House to attend the said trial, and to produce 
the said Reporis and the said Journals or other 
Books or Minutes in which the said Resolutions 
and the Proceedings of the House on the three 
several Bills before-mentioned have been entered. 

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


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

















n and 
Western 
orth 
shire 
Bill 
&amp;c.) 








19 Vicrorre. 19° Februari. 55 


. “— es The Order of the day being read, for the second Driffield Navi- 
Martis, 19° die Februarii ; reading of the Driffield Navigation Bill; gation Bill. 
Anno 19° Victorize Regine, 1856. Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 

upon Friday next. 
PRAYERS. 


Cleobury A BILL forcontinuing the Term and amending| — patitions relating to British Museum, &amp;e.;— Pantic 


h, &amp;c. j is] F “ alder A 
Duerct Roads 7 3 pag ge vag Ey oy —— — Church Rates ;—Intoxicating Liquors ;—Maynooth Petitions. 
Bill. —— oe won 2. TS | College Act ;—India ;—Mines ;—Ministers’ Money asennad 


District, and the “=a Mortimer District of (Ireland) Act ;—Union Houses ;—Bank of Exgland big 
Turnpike-roads, in the Counties of Salop and | Charter Acts ;—Bankruptcy (Scotland) Bill ;—Bil- 
agen was = the first time; and ordered to letting (Soldiers); — Civil Service Superannuation 

€ read a second time. Fund ;— Medical Profession Bill ;—Police (Coun- 
| ties and Boroughs) Bill ;—Public-houses (Scotland) 

Act :—Statutes at Large ;—Tenants’ Compensation 
| (freland);— and, Wee Pawns, &amp;c. (Scot/land),— 
| were presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 

the ‘fable. 





stocktonand =©&gt;_ A Bill for makinga Railway from the Stocksfield 
a5 Station of the Mewcastle-upon-Tyne and Carlisle 
= Carlisle Iailway to the Stockton and Darlington Railway, 


Union Rail- near Conside lron Works, with a Branch to the 


way Bill. Derwent {roa Company’s Railway, and for other 

purposes, was read the first time; and ordered tu be 

read a second time. Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Tottenham, 

| one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, Hornsey and 
Mid-Kent A Bill to facilitate the Extension of the Mid-Kent|in respect of non-compliance with the Standing Railway. 
Railway Railway to Bromley, und for other purposes, was | Orders in the case of the Petition for the Tottenham, 
ar read the first time ; and ordered to be reada second | Hornsey and Willesden Railway Bill. 
* time. Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Select 
, ; ; Committee on Standing Orders. 

NorthWestern A Bill for making a Railway from Strokestown to . 


Railway ot = =©Castlebar, to be called “ The North Western Rail- 
Ireland Bill. . ” 
way of Jreland,” and for other purposes, was read 
the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
time. 


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


Orders in the case of the Petition for the Westminster sion.) 
Imperial Hotel A Bill to enable “The Imperial Hotel Company Terminus Railway (West London Extension) Bill. 
Company Bill. ( T'rafalgar-square), Limited,” to acquire a Site in| Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Select 
Trafalgar-square, tor the purposes of their Under- | Committee on Standing Orders. 
taking, was read the first time; and ordered to be 


read a second time. Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Thames Em- 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, ba»kment and 
Antrim and The Antrim and Coleraine Roads Bill was read a} in respect of non-compliance with the Standing ®*!4y- 
Coleraine second time; and committed. Orders in the case of the Petition for the Thames 


net Bee. a ' Embankment and Railway Bill. 
British and Ordered, That the British and American Great} Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Select 


American Railway Land Company Bill be read a second time | Committee on Standing Orders. 
Great Railway .. bad 


morrow, 
Land Com- 
pany Bill. Colonel Wilson Patten reported from the Select standing 
Donington The Donington Turnpike Trust Bill was read a Committee on Standing Orders, several Resolutions : Orders. 
—— second time ; and committed. which were read, as follow : 





‘ : ; 1. That in the case of the Kinross-shire Railway Kinross-shire 
EastSomerset The East Somerset Railway Bill was read a| Petition, the Standing Orders ought not to be dis- Railway. 
Railway Bill. second time; and committed. | pensed with. 

; ; | 2, That in the case of the Zondon Diocesan London Dio- 
Epsom and The Epsom and Leatherhead Railway Bill was!Church Buildin Society Petition, the Standing cesan Church 


° ° [ = pred 
Weatherhead yead a second time ; and committed. Orders ought to be dispensed with; that the Parties Buldins 
Railway Bill. | a : 7 oe Society. 
_be permitted to proceed with their Bill. 
Godley-lane The Godley-lane Road Bill was read a second; 3, That in the case of the Moore und Warrington Moore ana 
Road Bill. = time ; and committed. | Railway Petition, the Standing Orders ought to be Warrington 


| dispensed with; that the Parties be permitted to Railway. 


proceed with their Bill. 
4, That in the case of the Stockport and War- stockport and 
rington Road Petition, the Standing Orders ought Warrington 


Gravesend The Gravesend Improvement Bill was read a 
- :ctca second time ; and committed. 





Killarney ; The Killarney Junction Railway and Tralee and | to be dispensed with ; that the Parties be permitted Road. 
vee Rail. Killarney Railway Bill was read a second time; | to proceed with their Bill. 

Tralee and aud committed. | 5. That in the case of the Victoria (London) Victoria 
ey ; Docks Petition for leave to deposit a Petition for a (London) 
wey Bee. Bill, the Standing Orders ought not to be dispensed ?°°** 

Lnaidioes and The Llanidloes and Newtown Railway Bill was | with. 

Railway Bill, read a second tine; and committed. 6. That in the case of the West of Fife Mineral West of Fife 
: ; Railway Petition, the Standing Orders ought to be Mineral 

_. The Middlesbrough Extension and Improvement | dispensed with; that the Parties be permitted to ”"™ 
sion — Bill was read a second time ; and committed. proceed with their Bill, provided that amended cross- 

Improvement sections be forthwith deposited ; that the Committee 


; ; on the Bill do report how far such Order has been 

Morayshire The Morayshire Railway Bill was read a second complied with on the Report of the Bill. 

“ilway Bill. time ; and committed. 7. That in the case of the Mid-Kent Direct Rail- Mid-Kent 

; way (Bromley to Saint Mary’s Cray) Petition, the Direct Rail- 
West London The West London and Crystal Palace Railway | Standing Orders ought to be dispensed with ; that ""% (Bromley 


° . . - al 
vay Bill was read a second time ; and committed. the Parties be permitted to proceed with their Bill. Mary's Cray.) 
Way Bill, The 2d, 3d, 4th, 6th and 7th Resolutions, being 
Wimbledon The Wimbledon and Croydon Railway Bill was | read a second time, were agreed to. 

Croydon read a second time ; and committed. Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 





way Bil, Von, 111. H 4 The 








London Dioce- 
san Church 
Building 
Society. 


Stockport 
and Warring- 
ton Road, 


Bencfit Build- 
ing Societies. 


Corporate 
Accounts 
(Ireland.) 


56 19° Feb 


The House was moved, That the Report from the 
Select Committee on Standing Orders, in respect 
of the Petition for the London Diocesan Church 
Building Society Bill, might be read; and the same 
being read : Aid 

Ordered, That leave ‘be given to bring in a Bill 
for incorporating the London Diocesan Church 
Building Society, and for promoting Church Exten- 
sion, and providing Parsonage Houses in the Diocese 
of London, and for other purposes: And that Lord 
Robert. Grosvenor and Mr. Tatton Egerton do pre- 
pare, and bring it in. 


The House was moved, That the Report from the 
Select Committee.on Standing Orders, in respect of 
the Petition for the Stockport und Warrington Road 
Bill, might be read ; and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
more effectually repairing the Road from Stockport 
to Warrington, and a Branch Road thereout, all in 
the County of Chester: And that Mr. Tatton Eger- 
ton and Mr. Cornwall Legh 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 théte be laid before this House, 
a Return of the Total Number of Benefit Building 
Societies enrolled under the Act 6 &amp; 7 Will. 4, c. 32, 
since the passing of the Act, specifying, as to each 


Society enrolled. since the 1st day of January 1845, | 


the Name of such Society, Place of Meeting, Date 
of Enrolment, and Name and Address of Secretary 
or Manager. 


ruaril. A. 1856. 


| rations of Belfast, Clonmel, Cork, Drogheda, Dublin 


Kilkenny, Limerick, Londonderry, Shgo and Water- 
ford, from Carrickfergus, Cavan and Westport Town 
Commissioners, from the Harbour Commissioners 
of Belfast, the Corporation for preserving and im- 
proving the Port of Dublin, the Newry Navigation 
Company, and Waterford Harbour Commissioners 
(in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 500, 
of Session 1855). 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Returns of the Number of Tierces and Barrels of 
Salt Beef, and of Salt Pork, advertised for by the 
Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, and ten- 
dered for in October 1854; distinguishing the 
Quantity to be deliveted respectively at Deptford, 
Gosport, Plymouth and Haulboline :—Of the Num- 
ber of such ‘Tierces and Barrels tendered for, and of 
the Number so tendered accepted ; distinguishing 
the Number tendered for and accepted in the Name 
or on behalf of each of the different Contractors 
whose Tenders have been accepted; stating the 
| Names and Residences of such Contractors; and 
|also stating the Victualling Yards where the respec- 
tive Deliveries were to be made :—Like Returns 
respecting the Contracts taken in December 1854: 
_—Like Returns respecting the Contracts taken in 
| February 1855 :—Statement of the Date and Quan- 
tity of each Delivery of Beef and Pork at Deptford, 
Gosport, Plymouth and Haulboline, respectively, 
from the Dates of the above Contracts to the Com- 
pletion of the Deliveries under each Contract :—Ke- 
turns of the Number of ‘lierces and Barrels of Beef 
and Pork rejected respectively at each of the Vic- 





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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Returns from each Corporation, Town Council, Town 
Commissioners or Water Commissioners, or other 
Public Body having a right to levy Rates off the 
Inhabitants of ‘Towns in Treland, being a Statement 
of the Receipts and Payments of each in 1855, and 
including therein the Borough Fund, if any, showing 
the Receipts, viz.—1st. Balance, if any, in the hands 
of the Treasurer on the 1st day of January 1855 ; 
2d. Amount received from Rents; 3d. Amount re- 
ceived from Tolls, Assessments or Rates; 4th. 
Amount of Money borrowed; 5th. Receipts from all 
other Sources, all during that year; and, 6th. Ba- 
lance, if any, due to the Treasurer on the 31st day 
of December 1855 :—And the Payments, viz.—1st. 
Balance, if any, due to the Treasurer on the 1st day 
of January 1855; 2d. Lighting, Watching and 
Cleansing Expenses ; 3d. Repairs; 4th. Improve- 
ments; 5th. Salaries; 6th. Law Charges; 7th. In- 
terest paid on Debts; 8th. Annuities paid ; 9th. 
Debts paid off; 10th. Incidental Expenses, all during 
that year; and, 11th. The Balance, if any, in the 
hands of the Treasurer on the 31st day of Decem- 


tualling Yards on a first Inspection for not being 
according to Contract, or fit for Her Majesty’s Ser- 
vice, distinguishing the Causes of such Rejection :-— 
Or the Number condemned on any subsequent In- 
'spection; stating the Dates of such Inspection, and 
distinguishing the Causes of Condemnation under 
their different Heads; stating the Names of the 
Victualling Yards where such Tierces and Barrels of 
Beef and Pork were originally received, and also 
where the Condemnation of each Tierce or Barrel 
took place :—Of the Quantity of Salted Provisions 
purchased privately last year by the Government ; 
stating the Quantity of such Provisions condemned 
on a first or any subsequent Inspection, and where 
the Condemnation took place ; and specifying the 
Causes of such Condemnation :—Of the Quantity of 
Salted Provisions made up in 1854 and 1855 by the 
Government at the different Victualling Yards ; 
stating their Cost ; the Condition in which they were 
found on first or any subsequent Inspection; the 
Number of Tierces and Barrels found unfit for Her 
Majesty’s Service, and the Causes of such unfit- 
ness :—-Statement of the Room afforded in each of 
the Victualling Yards respectively for Cask Provisions 
stored in the ordinary manner :~-And, Copy of the 
Terms of the Contracts entered into for the Supply 
of Salt Beef for the use of the Navy. 





ber 1855 :—Showing the Amount of Debt due by 
each such Body on the Ist day of January 1855 | 


Ordered, That there ke laid before this House, 


and on the 31st day of December 1855, in Classes, | Returns of the Accounts of all Receipts and Dis- 


distinguishing-— 1st. The Bonded Debt; 2d. The 
Amount due to Contractors; 3d. The Amount due 
to any Bank; 4th. The Amount due to other Par- 
ties; 5th. The Amount due to Treasurer; 6th. The 
Rate of Interest payable on each Class; 7th. The 
Iicrease—or, 8th. The Decrease—of each Class of 
Debt during the year; 9th. The entire Amount of 
Interest accruing due during the year; 10th. The 
Amount of Sinking Fund, if any, which the Public 
Body was bound by Law to set aside for the Reduc- 
ticn of Debt; and, 11th. The Amount of Money so 
set aside or paid off:—Similar Returns from each 
Pert, Harbour or Dock Commissioners, or other si- 
milar Body having Power to levy Tonnage or Goods 
Rates in any Port in Jreland :— And, similar Returns, 
for the year 1854, from each of the Municipal Corpo- 


| bursements by the Corporation for preserving and 
—— the Port of Dublin, from the 31st day 


of December 1854 to the latest period to which the 
same has been made up; distinguishing the same 
under different Heads, and under what Authority : 
_—Of all Monies borrowed by Debenture or other- 
| wise, under the Authority of the Act 26 Geo. 3, 
‘ec. 19, and of the Act 32 Geo. 3, ¢. 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 pay- 
'able on the subsisting Debt or Debts (in continua- 
tion of Parliamentary Papers, No. 57, of Session 
1851; No. 105, of Session 1853; and No. 271, of 
Session 1855) :——And, Statement of the Surplus Re- 
ceipts above Disbursements for the year ending mm 

e 


Salted Provi- 
sions (Navy.) 


Dublin Port. 














West India 
Mails. 

Provi- 

avy.) 
Wool and 
Woollen 
Manufactures, 
Spirits. 

Port. 


\ land and. Ireland respectively, on the 3ist day of 
, December 1855 (in continuation of Parliamentary 





19 Vicroriz. 


the 31st day of December 1855; and of the Total 
Surplus on the above day, and of the Application 
or Investment of such Surplus, and the Dates there- 
of, and of the Dividends received therefrom (in 
continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 271, of 
Session 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 Copy of Memorial from certain Inhabi- 
tants of British Guiana to the Secretary of State 
for the Colonies, complaining of great Irregularities 
in the Conveyance of the Mails between this Country 
and our West India Possessions, and Copies of any 
Correspondence bearing upon it. 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Returns of the Total Imports of Sheep’s Wool into 
the United Kingdom, for the year 1855:—Of the 
Total Importation of Mohair or Angora Goats’ 
Wool, for the year 1855 :—And, of British Woollen 
Manufactures and Woollen Yarn exported, for the 
year 1855 (in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, 
No. 104, of Session 1855). 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Returns showing the Total Number of Gallons of 
Proof Spirits distilled in England, Scotland and Ire- 
land respectively ; distinguishing the Quantities pro- 
duced from Malt, from a mixture of Malt and un- 
malted Grain, and from a mixture of Sugar or Mo- 
lasses 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 31st day of December 1855 :—Of the Number 
of Gallons of Proof Spirits (distinguishing the Sorts) 
on which Duty was paid for Home Consumption in 
each of the three Kingdoms, with the Rate per 
Gallon, and the Amount of such Duty; also, the 
Total Number of Gallons and Duty in the United 
Kingdom, for the year ending the 31st day of De- 
cember 1855 :—Showing, under separate Heads, the 
Number of Gallons of Proof Spirits, distinguishing 
the Materials from which made, imported into each 
Kingdom from each of the others respectively ; 
stating, also, the Rate per Gallon, and the Total 
Amount thereof (in each case), and what portion of 
such Duty was paid on removal of the ae from 
Bond, and what after their arrival in England ; also, 
what portion was actually Warehoused under Ex- 
cise Lock, distinguishing Malt from Grain Spirits, 
in England, for the year ending the 31st day of 
December 1855 :—Of the Total Number of Gallons 
of Proof Spirits permitted out of Distillers’ Stocks 
in England, and the Total Number of Proof Gallons 
of British Brandy and Spirits of Wine permitted out 
of Rectifiers’ Stocks in England for Home Con- 
sumption; also, the Total Quantity of Proof Gallons 
of Rum received into Rectifiers’ Stocks for Recti- 
fication, in England, Scotland and Ireland, for the 
year ending the 31st day of December 1855 :— Of 
the Total Number of Proof Gallons of Spirits dis- 
tilled in England, Scotland and Ireland; distin- 
— the Quantities in each Country delivered, 

uty paid, direct from Distillers’ Stocks, from the 
Quantities put into Bond, for the year ending the 
31st day of December 1855 :—Of the Total Number 
of Proof Gallons of British Compounds and Spirits 
of Wine permitted from Rectifiers’ Stocks in Eng- 
land, Scotland and Ireland, tor Exportation to Fo- 
reign Ports under Drawback, for the years ending 
the 5th day of January.1855 and 31st day of De- 
cember 1855 :—And, of the Total Number of Gal- 
lons of Spirits in Bonded Stores in England, Scot- 


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57 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a British 
Return of the Number of Gallons of British Spirits SPitits. 
exported to the Colonies and Foreign Parts, in the 
years 1854 and 1855; distinguishing the Quantities 
sent to the respective places of Export (in conti- 
nuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 153, of Session 
1855). 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, an Home-made 

Account, showing the actual Deficiencies on Home- Spirits. 
made Spirits, delivered from Warehouse in England, 
Scotland and Ireland, from the 10th day of October 
1854 to the 10th day of October 1855, and the Pro- 
portion upon which an Abatement of Duty was made 
under the 28th section of the Act 16 &amp; 17 Vic. c. 37 
(in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 225, 
of Session 1855). 


Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday Joint Stock 
next, resolve itself into a Committee to consider of Companies 
imposing Stamp Duties on certain Documents to be S**™P*) 
executed by Trading Associations, in pursuance of 
the Provisions of any Act of the present Session 
relating to Joint Stock Companies. 


Mr. Peel presented,—Return to an Address to Her Staff Officers. 
Majesty, dated the 1st ddy-of May 1855, for a Re- 
turn of the Names of all the Officers who 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. 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the Military 
14th day of this instant February, for Copy of a Svings Banks 
General Order by the Commander of the Forces in - 
the Crimea, suspending the operation of the Military 
Savings Banks in that Army, as established by Act 
of Parliament. 

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


The following Papers were laid upon the Table Fishery Board 

by the Clerk of the House,—Return to several (Scotland.) 
Orders, dated the 5th and 6th days of this instant N43 
February, for Copy of the Report or Reports ad- 
dressed to the Lords Commissioners of Her Ma- 
jesty’s Treasury, in or since the year 1848, by Mr. 
J. G. Shaw Lefevre, on the subject of the Fishery 
Board in Scotland : And, for Copies of any 
Treasury Minute or Minutes since 1854, relative to 
the Board of Fisheries in Scotland :—And, of all 
Correspondence since 1854 with tie Lords of the 
Treasury relative to the same subject. 

The following Papers, pursuant to the directions of Dover 
several Acts of Parliament, were also laid upon the Harbour. 
Table by the Clerk of the House,—An Account of 
Receipts and Expenditure by the Honourable War- 
den and Assistants of the Harbour of Dover, in the 
County of Kent, from the 10th day of October 1854 
to the 10th day of October 1855. 

Copy of a Certificate from the Lord Chief Justice Court of Com- 
of the Court of Common Pleas, stating, in conse- ™on Pleas. 
— of the resignation of one of the Masters, 
that it is absolutely necessary, for the conduct of the 
business of the said Court, that the full number of 
Five Masters in such Court shall be retained. 

Ordered, That the Return relative to Fishery 
Board (Scotland), be printed. 





Ordered, That the Return relative to Army Pro- Army Promo- 
motions, which was presented upon the 8th day of #"s- 
this instant February, be printed. No. 44. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Army Com- Army Com- 
missions, which was presented upon the 8th day of ™#s0ns- 








Paper, No. 191, of Session 1855). 
OL. 111. 


this instant February, be printed. No. 45. 
I Ordered, 


‘58 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Burmese 
War, which was presented upon the 8th day of this 
instant February, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Reformatories, 
which was presented upon the 18th day of this in- 
stant February, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to East India 
Judicial Establishments, &amp;c., which was presented 
upon the 18th day of this instant February, be 
printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Admiralty 
Charts, which was presented upon the 18th day of 
this instant February, be printed. 


Burmese War. 
No. 46. 


Reformatories. 
No. 47. 


East India 
Judicial Esta- 
blishments,&amp;c. 


No. 48. 


Admiralty 
Charts. 


No. 49. 


Po 
Mastersand . 
Operatives. 


Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed 
to inquire into the expediency of establishing Equi- 
table Tribunals for the amicable adjustment of dif- 
ferences between Masters and Operatives. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- 
posed, That there be prepared, under the direction of 
the Clerk of the Parliaments, an Edition of the 
Statutes at Large, for the use of this House, including 
all Public General Statutes and parts of Statutes in 
force, and omitting all such Statutes and parts of 
Statutes as are expired or have been expressly re- 
pealed; and that, in the place of the Statutes or 
parts of Statutes repealed, there be inserted the Titles 
of the Statutes repealed, the respective Numbers and 
‘Abstracts of the Clauses repealed, with a reference in 
the margin to the Statutes by which they are repealed ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word “ prepared,” 
to the end of the Question, in order to add the words 
“an Edition of the Statutes at Large, including all 
“ Public General Statutes and parts of Statutes in 
“ force, and omitting all such Statutes and parts of 
“« Statutes as are expired or have been expressly re- 
“‘ pealed ; and that, in the place of the Statutes or 
“parts of Statutes repealed, there be inserted the 
“ Titles of the Statutes repealed, the respective Num- 
“ bers and Abstracts of the Clauses repealed, with 
“a reference in the margin to the Statutes by which 
“ they are repealed,” 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 “ an 
“ Edition of the Statutes at Large, including all 
““ Public General Statutes and parts of Statutes in 
“ force, and omitting all such Statutes and parts of 
“ Statutes as are expired or have been expressly re- 
“ pealed; and that, in the place of the Statutes or 
“parts of Statutes repealed, there be inserted the 
“ Titles of the Statutes repealed, the respective Num- 
“ bers and Abstracts of the Clauses repealed, with 
“a reference in the margin to the Statutes by which 
“ they are repealed,” be added instead thereof:—It 
was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Then the Main Question, so amended, being put, 
That there be prepared, an Edition of the Statutes at 
Large, including all Public General Statutes and parts 
of Statutes in force, and omitting all such Statutes 
and parts of Statutes as are expired or have been 
expressly repealed ; and that, in the place of the 
Statutes or parts of Statutes repealed, there be in- 
serted the Titles of the Statutes repealed, the respective 
Numbers and Abstracts of the Clauses repealed, with 
a reference in the margin to the Statutes by which 
they are repealed ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right; 

The Noes to the Left. 

Tellers for the{ Mr. Robert Phillimore, 

Yeas, Mr. Montagu Chambers : 

Tellers for the Mr. Hayter, 

Noes, (Mr. Grenville Berkeley : 

So it passed in the Negative. 


Statutes at 
Large, &amp;c. 


19° Februariz: 





jh A, B56. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- Ministers’ 

posed, That this House will immediately resolve itself Money (Ire- 
into a Committee, to consider the Act 17 &amp; 18 Vic, “"* 
c. 11, with the view of amending the same, so far as 
respects the Tax thereby enacted to be levied in eight 
Corporate Towns in Jreland, in lieu and substitution 
of “ Ministers’ Money,” in order that the said Tax 
may be wholly abolished :—And the said Motion 
was, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Ministers’ 
to amend the Act 17 &amp; 18 Vic. c. 11, with a view to Money 
the Abolition of the Tax thereby imposed im lieu of (I¢!824.) 
Ministers’ Money in Jreland: And that Mr. Fagan 
and Mr. Beamish do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Tenant Right 
to provide for the better securing of and regulating (reland.) 
the Custom of Tenant Right as practised in the Pro- 
vince of Ulster, and to secure Compensation to im- 
proving Tenants who may not make Claim under 
the said Custom, and to limit the Power of Eviction ............. 
in certain cases: And that Mr. Moore and Mr. 

Maguire do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, middleton 

a Copy of Correspondence between the Middleton Union (Cork.) 
Board of Guardians (County Cork, Jreland) and the 

Poor Law Commissioners as to an Action of Eject- 

ment brought by the Trustees of the Middleton Es- 

tates against a Doctor Barry and others ; and also 

all Correspondence and Counsel’s opinion as to the 

legality of charging the Costs of said Action, and of 

a Compromise made by the Poor Law Commis- 

sioners on the Ratepayers of the Union. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Reformatory 
to make further Provision for rendering Reformatory —. a 
and Industrial Schools in Scotland more available for 8°") 
the benefit of Vagrant Children: And that Mr. Dun- 
lop and Mr. Kinnaird do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Commission. 
to constitute all legally qualitied Persons in Scotland ers of Supply 
Commissioners of Supply, without being mamed in (S¢°tand.) 
an Act of Supply: And that Mr. Dunlop, Mr. Elliot 
and Sir James Fergusson do prepare, and bring it in. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Troops in 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased Turkey, 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Returns of the Pay and Allowances of the 
Officers, Non-commissioned Officers, and Men of 
the Cavalry, Infantry, Artillery and Engineers of 
Her Majesty’s Army serving in the Zurkish Do- 
minions :—Of any Corps, Civil or Military, of 
British Subjects employed in that Country, distin- 
guishing each Rank :—Similar Return for all Foreign 
Legions employed by Great Britain :—Same Return 
for the Turkish Contingent :—Same Return for the 
Irregular Troops and Bashi Bazouks :—And, same 
Return for any other Corps or Persons employed in 
the Service of the British Government within the 
Turkish Dominions. 

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


The Select Committee on Adulteration of Food, Adulteration 
&amp;c., was nominated of Mr. Scholefield, Mr. Cowper, Food, &amp;¢. 
Mr. Alderman Cubitt, Viscount Ebrington, Viscount 
Goderich, Mr. Gregson, Lord Claud Hamilton, Mr. 
Kinnaird, Mr. Knight, Mr. Moffatt, Mr. Otway, 

Mr. Peacocke, Mr. Sheridan, Mr. Swift, Mr. Charles 
Villiers, and Mr. Wise; with Power to send for 
ons, papers and records. 

Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 


Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed Civil Service 
to consider the exi-~ting Regulations ene the Superannua- 
e 


rsons who “™ 


Grant of Superannuation Allowances. to 
have 








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19 Vicroriz. 19°—90° Februarii. 59 


have held Civil Offices in Her Majesty's Service:—! | Mr. Dunlop presented a Bill to make further Pro~Reformatory 
And a Committee was appointed of the Chancellor vision for rendering Reformatory and Industrial ned) 
of the Exchequer, Sir Francis Baring, Lord Stanley, |;Schools in Scotland more available for the benefit of Bill 42. / 


Mr. Gladstone, Sir Henry Willoughby, Mr. Roebuck, | Vagrant Children: And the same was read the first ~ 


” Mr. Henley, Sir Stafford Northcote, Viscount Monch, | time; and ordered to be read a second time upon’ 


Mr, Macartney, Mr. Rich, Mr. Robert Palmer, Mr. | Wednesday the 12th day of March next; and to he 
Vincent Scully, Mr. Seymour Fitzgerald, and Mr. | prmted. 


~ Osman Ricardo; with Power to. send for persons, | 


Formation,&amp;c. 
of Parishes 


Library of the 
House. 


Silver and 
Gold Wares. 


Ecclesiastical - 
Commission, 
&amp;e, 


Aldershot 
Camp. 


Drainage 
Advances 
Acts Amend- 
ment Bill, 


_ Service 
tie BL 


Cammniesion- 
Supply 
(Seotland 
Bil. ) 


Bill 41, 


apers and records. The Order for reading a second time, upon Wed-Municipal 
Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. nesday the 27th day of this instant February, the ee 
Municipal Reform (Seotland) Bill, was read, and dis- wm 

Ordered, That Mr. Adderley and Mr. Liddell be charged. 
added to the Select Committee on the Formation, kc. ; Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
of Parishes Bill. upon Wednesday the 12th day of March next. . 

Ordered, That a Standing Committee of Sixteen And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. ie 
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 Cam- | Mercurii, 20° die Februarii ; 
mittee was appointed of Colonel Wilson Patten, Lord 
John Russell, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr. 
Napier, Sir James Graham, Mr. Monckton Milnes,. PRavERs. 


Mr. Disraeli, Mr. Walpole, the Lord Advocate, Lord | R. Bonham Carter reported from the Select Public 
Naas, Mr. Sidney Herbert, Sir William Heathcote, | M Committee on Public Petitions; That they Petitions 











Anno 19° Victoria Regine, 1856, 


Sir Zhomas Acland, Mr. Massey, Mr. Buines and | had examined the Petitions presented upon the 18th — 
Mr. Bramston, : ‘day of this instant February, and had directed him 
Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. | to make a Report thereof to the House. 


| Ordered, That the Report do lie the Table: 
The Select Committee on Silver and Gold Wares &amp;. be printed. ee Tene 


was nominated of Mr. Wilson, Mr. Liddell, Mr. | 
Stanley, Mr. Hankey, Mr. Hamilton, Mr. Spoouer, | The House was moved, That the Report from the Mid-Kent 
Mr. Brand, Mr. Wilkinson, Mr. Ewart, Mr. Ben- ' Select Committee on Standing Orders, in respect of Direct Rail- 


tinck, Mr. Peacocke, Mr. Muntz, Mr. Dunlop and | the Petition for the Mid-Kent Railway (Bromley to So 


Mr. Masterman; with Power to send for persons; | Saint Mary’s Cray) Bill, might be read; ard the Mary’s Cray.) 
papers and records. | same being read ; 

Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. | Ordered, ‘That leave be given to bring in a Bill tor 

| making a Railway from the authorized Line of the 

The Sclect Committee on Ecclesiastical Commis- | West-end of London and Crystal Palace Railway 
sion, &amp;c. was nominated of Sir George Grey, Lord | (Extension to Bromley and Farnborough), at Short- 
John Russell, Six John Pakington, the Marquis of| lands, in the Parish of Beckenham, in the County'of 
Blandford, Sir James Graham, Mr. Wilkinson, Mr. Kent, to Saint Mary’s Cray, in the same County : 
Walpole, Mv.Ingham, Lord Robert Ceeil, Mr.Evelyn | And that Sir Edmund Filmer, Mr. Masters Smith and 
Denison, Sir William Heathcote, Mr. John Abel | Sir Edward Dering do prepare, and bring it in. 
Smith, Lord Robert Grosvenor, Mr. George Butt and 
Mr. Mowbray; with Power to send for persons,| ‘The House.was moved, That the Report from the West of Fife 


papers and records. | Select Committee on Standing Orders, in respect of ean Rail- 
Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. the. Petition for the West of Fife Mineral Railway y: 


_ | Bill, might be read; and the same being read ; i 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill | Ordered, That leave be given to bring ma Bill for 

to extinguish certain Rights of Way and to stop up jmaking a Railway from Dunfermline to Killairnie, 

certain Roads and Paths near the Camp at Alder- | With a Branch to Kingseat, in the County of Fife, to 
shot: And that Mr. Monsell and Viscount Paimer- |e called “ The West of Fife Mineral Railway: 


ston do prepare, and bring it in. |And that Sir James Anderson and Major Cumming 
Bruce do prepare, and bring it in. 
P . . } 
‘The Order of the day being read, for the Com- | A Petition of Promoters, for leave to bring in a Bill Westminster © 
mittee on the Drainage Advances Acts Amendment | fe mekinn a Rallees te coments Gs Gee Seaton 
Bill ; Si ° : Railway (West 
R : aa | London Railway with the Richmond Line of the yondon Ex- 
esolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- | : . , aaee ae 
FE gg sae. Benge : | London and South Western Railway, and for other tension.) 
solve itself into the said Committee. | purposes, was presented, and read; and referred.to 
; ‘ : &gt; ? 
oly ae, Nd ; ' the Select Committee on Standing Orders. 
The Civil Service Superannuation Bill was, ac- | 
cording to Order, read a second time; and com-| A Petition of Promoters of the Undertaking Tottenham, 
mitted to the Select Committee on Civil Service | thereinafter-mentioned, for leave to bring in a Bill for Hornsey and 
Superannuation, | making Railways from the Eastern Counties Rail- bt meg 
way to the Great Northern Railway and to the West 
Mr. Fagan presented a Bill to amend the Act! Zondon tailway, with Branches, was presented, and 


17 &amp; 18 Vic. c. 11, with a view to the Abolition of| read ; and referred to the Select Committee on Stand- 


. the Tax thereby imposed in lieu of Ministers’ Money ing Orders. 


in Jreland: And the same was read the first. time ; 
and ordered to be read a second time upon Wed-| A Petition of Promoters of the Undertaking Thames 
nesday the 5th day of March next; and to be| thereinafter-mentioned, for leave to bring in a Bill Embankment 
printed. for nraking an Embankment, Road and Railway om *"4 Railway. 
‘the North side of the River Thames, between the 
Mr. Dunlop presented a Bill to constitute all| Cities of London and Westminster, and for other 
legally qualitied Persons in Scotland Commissioners , purposes, was presented, and read ; and referred ta 
of Supply, without being named in an Act of Sup-| the Select Committee on Standing Orders. 
ply: And the same was read the first time ; and or- | 
dered to be read a second time upon Wednesday the, A Bill for more effectually repairing the Road Stockport and 
12th day of March next; and to be printed. from: Stockport to Warrington, and a Branch Road er my 
Vou, 111, 12 thereout, 








60 


thereout, all in the County of Chester, was read the 
first time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


London Dioce- A Bill for incorporating the Zondon Diocesan 
= Church Building Society, and for promoting Church 
g a : 
Society Bill Extension, and providing Parsonage Houses in the 
Diocese of London, and for other purposes, was read 
the first time; and ordered to be read a second 


time. 


Dover Water 


Dev The Dover Water Bill was read a second time; 


and committed. 


Lymington 


Railwoy Bill The Lymington Railway Bill was read a second 


time ; and committed. 


North British The North British Railway Bill was read a second 
Railway Bill. time; and committed. 


North Western The North Western Railway Bill was read a second 
Railway Bill. time; and committed. 


The Saint Ives and West Cornwall Junction Rail- 
way Bill was read a second time ; and committed. 


Saint Ives and 
West Cornwall 
Junction Rail- 
way Bill. 


British and 
American 
Great Railway 
Land Com- 
pany Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the British and American Great Railway 
Land Company Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Tuesday the 15th day of April next. 


Public 
Petitions. 


Vide ‘Seventh 
Report. 


Petitions relating to the British Museum, &amp;c. ;— 
Church Rates ;—Local Dues on Shipping, &amp;c. Bill; 
—Mefical Profession Bill ;—Police (Counties and 
Boroughs) Bill ;— Real Estates ;—Tenants’ Com- 
pensation (Zre/and) ;—and, Wee Pawns, &amp;c. (Scot- 
land),—were presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


The Episcopal and Capitular Estates Bill was, ac- 
cording to Order, read a second time ; and committed 
to the Select Committee on Ecclesiastical Commis- 
sion, &amp;c. 


Episcopal and 
Capitular 
Estates Bill. 


~ na el 
Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Dissenters’ Marriages Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday next. 


The Medical Profession Bill was, according to 
Order, read a second time; and committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for Wednesday the 
2d day of April next. 


Medical Pro- 
fession 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. 


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, resolved itself 
into a Committee on the Drainage Advances Acts 
Amendment Bill; and, after some time spent therein, 
Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; and Viscount Dun- 
can 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. Moore presented a Bill to provide for the 
better securing of and regulating the Custom of 
Tenant Right as practised in the Province of Ulster, 
and to secure Compensation to Improving Tenants 
who may not make Claim under the said Custom, 
and to limit the Power of Eviction in certain cases : 


Tenant Right 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Bill 43. 


20°—21° Februariz. 


A. 1856. 


And the same was read the first time ; and ordered 
to be read a second time upon Wednesday the 2d 
day of April next; and to be printed. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to the Ecclesias- Ecclesiastical 
tical Commission (Ireland), which was presented upon (eet) 


the 31st day of January last, be printed. gs 


Ordered, That the Return relative to East India East India 
Judicial Establishments, &amp;c., which was presented Judicial Esta. 


upon the 13th day of this instant February, be printed. “an 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Staff Officers, Staff Officers, 
which was presented upon the 19th day of this in- No. 51. 
stant February, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Military 
Savings Banks (Crimea), which was presented upon 
the 19th day of this instant February, be printed. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 


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Savings Banki 











Jovis, 21° die Februarii ; 
Anno 19° Victoria Regine, 18 56. 


PRAYERS. 

T HE House was moved, That the Report from Moore and 
the Select Committee on Standing Orders, in —— 

respect of the Petition for the Moore and Warrington “ 
ee Bill, might be read; and the same being 
read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
make and maintain a Railway from yet to near 
Warrington, and for other purposes: And that Mr. 
John Lewis Ricardo, Mr. Child and Mr. Bramley- 


Moore do prepare, and bring it in. 


The House was moved, That the Report from the East Kent 
Select Committee on Standing Orders, in respect of “*""* 
the Petition for the East Kent Railway 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 
construct additional Railways, and for other pur- 
poses: And that Mr. Lushington and Mr. Masters 
Smith do prepare, and bring it in. 


The House was moved, That the Report from the Bournemouth 
Select Committee on Standing Orders, in respect of Improvement. 
the Petition for the Bournemouth Improvement Bill, 
might be read; and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for the Improvement of the District of Saint Peter, 
Bournemouth, in the Parishes of Christchurch and 
Holdenhurst, in the County of Southampton, and for 

roviding a Pier there: And that Admiral Walcott, 
fr. Danby Seymour and Mr. Packe do prepare, 


and bring it in. 


A Bill for making a Railway from the authorized Mid-Kent 
Line of the West-end of Zondon and Crystal Palace ll 
Railway (Extension to Bromley and Farnborough), (Bromley to 
at Shortlands, in the Parish of Beckenham, in the Saint Mary's 
County of Kent, to Saint Mary's Cray, in the same ©*#Y) Bill 
County, was read the first time ; and ordered to be 
read a second time. 


A Bill for making a Railway from Dunfermline West of Fife 
to Killairnie, with a Branch to Kingseat, in the eae 
County of Fife, to be called “ The West of Fife **” 
Mineral Railway,” was read the first time; and or- 
dered to be read a second time. 


The Order of the day sy, * arse for the second Cork Bridges, 


reading of the Cork Bridges, Waterworks, &amp;c. Bill ; —— 
And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That the Bill be now read a second 
time ; én 
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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. 


Petitions relating to the British Museum, &amp;c. ;— 
Church Rates ;—Ecclesiastical Courts Jurisdiction 
Bill ;—Latter Day Saints or Mormonites ;—May- 
nooth College Act ;—Tithe Rent-charge ; —Local 
Dues on Shipping, &amp;c. Bill ;—Licenses (Public- 
houses, &amp;c.);—Medical Profession Bill ;—Police 
(Counties and Boroughs) Bill ;—Poor Law (Stock- 
port Union) ;—Shipwrecks ;—Tribunals of Com- 
merce ;—and, Wee Pawns, &amp;c. (Scotland),—were 
S and read; and ordered to lie upon the 

able. 


Public 
Petitions. 


Vide Eighth 
Report. 


Sligo Writ. 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 Burgess to serve in 
this present Parliament for the Bdrough of Sligo, 


in the room of John Sadleir, Esquire, deceased. 


Police (Coun- The Order for reading a second time, upon 
saw Wednesday next, the Police (Counties and Bo- 
roughs) Bill. oughs) Bill, was read, and discharged. 
dered, That the Bill be al a second time 

upon Friday the 29th day of this instant February. 


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 Application of the 
Sum of Ten thousand pounds of the forfeited and 
unclaimed Army Prize Fund, authorized to be raised 
by the Act 17 &amp; 18 Vic. c. 61, “ for enlarging, al- 
tering, repairing and improving the Buildings of the 
Royal Military Asylum at Chelsea,” and the addi- 
tional Number of Children added to that Establish- 
ment, pursuant to the Preamble of the said Act, and 
the ee made to that effect by the Secre- 
tary-at-War on the 4th day of May 1854, that 120 
Children should be added to the Establishment. 

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


Chelsea Royal 
Military 
Asylum. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the Aggregate Number of Newspaper 
Stamps at One penny issued to Newspapers in Lng- 
land, Wales, Scotland and Ireland, from the 1st day 
of July 1855 to the 31st day of December 1855. 


Newspaper 
Stamps. 


Poor Law 
Medical Offi- 
cers (Ireland.) 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of any Poor Law Union in Jreland in which 
any Medical Officer of the Union Workhouse is 
also Medical Attendant of any District Dispensary ; 
together with the Names, Dates of Appointment to 
each, and Salaries of any such Officer. 


Income Tax, Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 


Return showing the Number of Persons charged to 
the Income Tax for the years ended the 5th day of 
April 1854 and 1855, under Schedule (D.); distin- 
guishing the Number 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 
— £.900; £.900 and under £.1,000 ; £.1,000 
ou. 111, 











21° Februariz. 61 


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. 482, of Session 1855) : 
—And, similar An te for Ireland. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Sugar. 
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 1855 inclusive; followed by 
a Comparative Statement of the Average Prices of 
British Plantation and Foreign Sugar (ordinary 
Yellow Havannah), for the same series of years :— 
Account of the Imports into the United Kingdom 
of Sugar, Molasses, Rum, Coffee, Cocoa and Cotton 
from the West Indies, British Guiana, the Mauritius 
and British Possessions in India, for the years 1831 
to 1855 inclusive; distinguishing the Quantities 
imported from each Colony and each Possession in 
each year :—Similar Account of the Quantities of 
Foreign Sugar imported, stating from whence, and 
the Quantities from each Place or Country :—And, 
Account of the Quantity of Refined Sugar and Sugar 
Candy imported into the United Kingdom in the 
years 1848, 1849, 1850, 1851, 1852, 1853, 1854 and 
1855 respectively ; stating the Quantity retained for 
Home Consumption, the Rates of Duty paid, and 
the Quantity exported (in continuation of Parlia- 
mentary Paper, No. 245, of Session 1855). 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Foreign 
Return of the Quantity of Foreign Sugar entered S¥8*"- 
for Home Consumption during each year, from 1831 
to 1855 inclusive ; distinguishing Refined from Unre- 
fined ; and also the several Places from whence such 
Sugar was imported (in continuation of Parliament- 
ary Paper, No. 246, of Session 1855). 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Immigrants 

to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased and Liberated 
to ~ directions, that there be laid before this House, “"“““"* 
a Return showing the Number of Immigrants and 
Liberated Africans admitted into each of the Bri- 
tish West India Colonies, as well as the Places from 
whence they were introduced, for each year since 
1847 :—And, similar Return for Mauritius (in con- 
tinuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 176, of Ses- 
sion 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. 


Viscount Palmerston presented,—Return to an Danish 
Address to Her Majesty, dated the 18th day of Succession. 
this instant February, for Copy of the Protocol of 
Warsaw relative to the Danish Succession, and of 
the Renewal of that Document by Russia in 1852. 

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


The following Papers were laid upon the Table by East India 
the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, dated — of 
the 18th day of this instant February, for a Copy of ” 
an Act passed by the Governor General of India in 
Council on the 26th day of August 1848, intituled, 

“ An Act for the Administration of the Estate of the 
late Nawab of Surat, and to continue Privileges ta 
his Family.” 

The following Papers, pursuant to the directions Ordaance. 
of several Acts of = were also laid upon 

3 the 


Works and 
Public Build- 


ings. 


Prisons 
(Scotland.) 


Joint Stock 
Companies. 


Education. 


Poor Law 
(Ireland. ) 


Railway 
Accidents. 


62 


‘the Table by the Clerk of the House,—Copy of a 


Treasury Minute, dated 29th January 1856, st 
a Superannuation Allowance to Mr. Joseph Wood, 
late Secretary to the Board of Ordnance. 

Abstract Accounts of the Receipt and Expendi- 
ture of the Moneys granted or otherwise received 
and appropriated, in the Department under the Con- 
trol or Management of the Commissioners of Her 
Majesty’s Works and Public Buildings, in the year 
ended 31st March 1855, with Report of Commis- 
sioners of Andit, and Treasury Minute thereon ; 
and, also, Reply from the First Commissioner of 
Works. 


Mr. Massey presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand,—Copy of Seventeenth Report of the General 
Board of Directors of Prisons in Scotland, to the 
Right honourable Sir George Grey, Baronet, one of 
Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State, of 
their Proceedings under the Acts 2 &amp; 3 Vic. c. 42, 
7&amp;8 Vic. c. 34, and 14 &amp; 15 Vie. c. 27. 

Mr. Masscy also preseuted,—Return to an Address 
to Her Majesty, dated the 5th day of this instant 
February, for Returns of the Number of Joint Stock 
Companies formed under the Act of last year, with 
the Names of the Directors, Number and Amount 
of Shares, and the Object for which the Company 
was formed :—And, of the Number of Applications 
not completed under the Act; together with the 
Names of the Parties who applied, the Amount of 
Capital, Number and Amount of Shares, and the 
Object for which the Companies were to be formed. 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 
15th day of this instant February, for Returns of 
the Names of the Six Schools in Great Britain 
which have received the largest Amount of the Parlia- 
mentary Grant, under heading “ Capitation Money,” 
for the year ending December 1855, specifying the 
Sums received by each, and the Population of each 
Parish :—And, of the Names of the Six Schools 
which have received the smallest Amount of “ Capi- 
tation Money,” for the same year, stating the Sums 
received by each, and the Population of each 
Parish. 

Return to an Order, dated the 12th day of this 
instant February, for Returns showing, by Coun- 
ties, the ‘Total Number of Paupers (ln-door and 
Out-door) in receipt of Relief on the first Saturday 
of January 1855 and the first Saturday of Janu- 
ary 1856, in the Unions in Ireland; specifying the 
Increase or Decrease in the latter, as compared 
with the former period: —Of the Totel Number 
of Paupers in receipt of Relief in the Workhouse 
in each Province in Jre/and, at the close of the 
first Week (ending Saturday) of January 1849, 
1850, 1851, 1852, 1853, 1854, 1855 and 1856; 
stating also the Amount of Workhouse Accommo- 
dation ; the Number of Deaths in the Workhouses 
durieg the Week; the Weekly Rate of Mortality 
per 1,000 Inmates ; and the Average Weekly Cost 
of Maiutenance per Head, exclusive of Clothing ; 
and also, for the same periods, a Return of the 
Number of Persons in receipt of Out-door Relief, 
and the Total Expenditure in Out-door Relief during 
the Week:—And, of the Amount of Poor-rate lodged, 
and of the Expenditure of Poor-rates in each Pro- 
vince in Jreland, during the year euded the 29th day 
of September 1855, in comparison with the same 
for the preceding year. 

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


Mr. Lowe presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand,—Copy of Report to the Lords of the Com- 
mittee of Privy Council for Trade, upon the Accidents 
which have occurred on Railways during the year 
1855. 


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


21° Februarii. 





A. 1856. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Post-offices Aa pe 
(Dublin and Edinburgh), which was presented upon (7U0in an 
the 81st day of January last, be printed. ra — 

0. 53, 

Ordered, That the Papers relative to Ozford Uni- Oxford Uni- 
versity, which were presented upon the 4th day of Y°T*Y- 
this instant February, be printed. Nos. 54, 
55. 56. 

A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- British 
posed, That, inthe opinion of this House, it would pro- Museum, &amp;, 
mote the moral and intellectual improvement of the 
Working Classes of this Metropolis if the Collections 
of Natural History and Art in the British Museum 
and the National Gallery were open to the publie 
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 
“ more frequent rtunities should be afforded for 
“ week-day inspection of the National Gallery, Go- 
“ vernment Museums, and Works of Art; also, that 
“the British Museum should be open five days in 
“ the week,” instead thereof. 

And the Question being proposed, That the words 
roposed to be left out wrt part of the Question :— 
he said proposed Amendment was, with leave of 

the House, withdrawn. 

Then.the Main Question being put ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right ; 

The Noes to the Left. 

Tellers for the {Sir Joshua Walmsley, q 

Yeas, USir John Shelley : J 

Tellers for the f Mr. Hayter, 

Noes, {Mr. Grenville Berkeley : 


So it passed in the Negative. 


48. 


76. 


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 House of Commons’ House of 


Offices Bill, without any Amendment: And also, — 


The Lords have agreed to the Metropolitan Police Metropolitan 
Bill, without any Amendment: And also, Police Bill 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Vice-Presi- 
for the Appointment of a Vice-President of the Com- —_ of : a 
mittee of Council on Education ; to which the Lords Council on 


desire the concurrence of this House. Education Bill. 


The Delamere Forest Bill was, according to Order, Delamere 
read a second time ; and committed to a Committee Forest Bill. 
of the whole House, for To-morrow. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Turnpike 
into a Committee on the Turnpike Trusts Arrange- — = 
ments Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. BL 
Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Fitz Roy re- 

— 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 Commons 
into a Committee on the Commons Inclosure Bill ; Mlosure Bi 
and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker re- 
sumed the Chair; and Mr. FitzRoy re , That 
the Commnittee 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, proceeded to Charitable 
take into consideration the Charitable Uses Bill, Uses Bil 
as amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Monday next. +. 

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ation Bill. 


mere 
st Bill. 


pike 
ts 
ngements 


nons 
sure Bill 


itable 
Bill. 





Joint Stock , 
Companies 
[stamps.] 


Drainage 
Advances 


Acts Amend- 


ment Bill. 


Civil Service 
Superannua- 
tion Act. 


Constabulary 
Inquiry 
(Swinford. ) 


Robberies 
(Edinburgh, 
&amp;e.) 


(aieries 
inb 
4c) urgh, 


19 Vicroriz. 


21°—29° 





Februariz. 63 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself into | 2. Articles of Gold and Silver Plate; 3. Articles of 


a Committee on Joint Stock Companies [Stamps]. 
(In the Committee.) 


Resolved, That the Memorandum of Association, | 


Jewellery ; 4. Articles of Plated Goods; 5. Articles 
of Brass, Copper and other Metals ; 6. Articles of 
Bed and Body Clothing ;.7. Miscellaneous Articles 
of other descriptions :—II. The Number of each of 


and the Articles of Association, to be executed by these Articles recovered by the Police, and showing, 
Trading Associations under the Provisions of any in separate columns—1. How many recovered from 
Act of the present Session relating to Joint Stock licensed Pawnbrokers; 2. How many recovered from 
Companies, shall respectively bear the same Stamps | Dealers in second-hand Goods; 3. How many re- 
as if they were Deeds. _ covered from other Parties ; 4. The Number of these 

Resolution to be reported. Articles not recovered :—Of Articles, distinguished 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; and Mr. FitzRoy | the bounds of each City or Town during the months 
reported, That the Committee had come toa Re- ‘of December 1855 and January 1856; and stating © 
solution. | the Numbers of those recovered and those not re- 

Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow. covered :—And, from the Magistrates of the above- 

‘ /mentioned Places—1. Of Licenses issued by them, 

The House, according to Order, proceeded to | or by any two of them, to Brokers or Dealers in 

take into consideration the Drainage Advances Acts | second-hand Goods during each of the years from 


_as above, reported to the Police as stolen beyond ~~ ~ 


Amendment Bill, as amended in the Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time To- | 


morrow. 
| 

Ordered, That the Petition of Civil Servants of | 
the Crown, which was presented upon the 19th day | 
of this instant February, relative to the Civil Ser-_ 
vice Superannuation Act, be referred to the Select | 


Committee on Civil Service Superannuation. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Copies of Minutes of the Evidence taken at the late 
Constabulary Inquiry held at Swinford, in the 
County of Mayo ; with the Report of the Commis- 
sioners, and the decision thereupon of the Inspector 
General of Constabulary. 


| 





The Order made upon the 18th day of this instant | 


1845 to 1855, both these years included; 2. Of 
Applications for such Licenses refused by them during 
the same period. 

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


A Petition of John Young, of Size-lane, in the Copper Miners 
City of London, Gentleman, was presented, and Company 
read ; setting forth, That an Action is pending in Her laa _ 
Majesty’s Court of Common Pleas at Westminster, 
wherein Henry Walker Wood is Plaintiff, and the 
Governor and Company of Copper Miners in Eng- 
land are Defendants; and that it will be necessary 
for the Journal of the House for the Session 1850 
to be produced, and Evidence $iven in respect of 
the Petition for the Bill of the Governor and Com- 


February, for presenting to Her Majesty an humble | pany of Copper Miners in England on ‘the trial 
Address, that She would be graciously pleased to | thereof; and praying the- House to give leave that 


give directions, that there be laid before this House, | the said Journal may be produced, and that the 


teturns from the Superintendents of Pclice at Edin- 
burgh and Leith, Glasgow, Dundee, Aberdeen, Pais- 
ley and Greenock :—I. Showing, in separate columns, 
the Numbers of the under-mentioned Articles re- 
ported to the Police as stolen within the bounds of 
the City during the months of December 1855 and 
January 1856.—1. Gold and Silver Watches; 2. 
Articles of Gold and Silver Plate; 3. Articles of 
Jewellery ; 4. Articles of Plated Goods; 5. Articles 
of Brass, Copper and other Metals; 6. Articles of 
Bed and Body Clothing ; 7. Miscellaneous Articles 
of other ‘descriptions :—II. The Number of each of 


‘these Articles recovered by the Police, and showing, | 


in separate columns— 1. How many recovered from 
licensed Pawnbrokers ; 2. How many recovered from 
Dealers in second-hand Goods; 3. How many re- 
covered from other Parties ; 4. The Number of these 
Articles not recovered :—Of Articles, distinguished 
as above, reported to the Police as stolen beyond 
the City bounds during the months of December 
1855 and January 1856; and stating the Numbers 
of those recovered and those not recovered :—And, 
from the Magistrates of the above-mentioned Towns 
—1. Of Licenses issued by them, or by any two of 
them, to Brokers or Dealers in second-hand Goods 
under the Police Act of the 6 &amp; 7 Vic. 1843, during 
each of the years from 1845 to 1855, both these 
years included ; 2. Of Applications for such Licenses 
refused by them during the same period, was read, 
and discharged. 


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, 
Returns from the Superintendents of Police at Edin- 
burgh and Leith, Glasgow, Dundee, Aberdeen, Pais- 
ley and Greenock :—I. Showing, in separate columns, 
the Numbers of the under-mentioned Articles reported 
to the Police as stolen within the bounds of each 
City or Town during the months of December 1855, 





and January 1856—1. Gold and. Silver Watches ; 
Vou. 111. 


row Officer may attend on the said trial to give 
ividence in respect of the Petition for the said Bill. 

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


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 


Veneris, 22° die Februarii ; 
Anno 19° Victorie Regine, 1856. 
PRAYERS. 


M® Bonham Carter reported from the Select Public 
Committee on Public Petitions ; That the ae 
had examined the Petitions presented upon the 19 Seer 
and 20th 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. 


Colonel Wilson Patten reported from the Com- Committee of 
mittee of Selection; That they had formed into Selection 
Groups certain Private Bills, and had agreed to report ( " — 
the same to the House. mee 

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


A Bill for the Improvement of the District of Bournemouth 
Saint Peter, Bournemouth, in the Parishes of ee 
Christchurch and’ Holdenhurst, in the County of °°" ™ 
Southampton, and for providing a Pier there, was 
read the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
time. - 


A Bill for enabling the East Kent Railway Com- East Kent | 
pany to construct additional Railways, and for other Railway Bill. 
pu , was read the first time ; and ordered to be 

a second time. . - ent sia 
14 Ordered, 





Aberdeen and 
Scottish Mid- 
land Junction 
and Dundee 
and Arbroath 
Railway Com- 
panies Bill. 


Birkenhead 
Docks Bill 


Sittingbourne 
and Sheerness 
Railway Bill. 


Stotfield and 
Lossiemouth 
Harbeur Im- 
provement 
Bill. 


Driffield Navi- 
gation Bill. 


Public 
Petitions. 


—_— 


Vide Eighth 
Report. 


Barracks. 


Russia 
Compeny. 


New Palace 


64 


Ordered, That the Aberdeen and Scottish Midland 
Junction and Dundee and Arbroath Railway Com- 
panies Bill be read a second time upon Tuesday the 
11th day of March next. 


Ordered, That the Birkenhead Docks Bill be read 
a second time upon Monday next. 


The Sittingbourne and Sheerness Railway Bill was 
read a second time; and committed. 


The Stotfield and Lossiemouth Harbour Improve- 
ment Bill was read a second time; -and committed. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Driffield Navigation Bill ; 

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


Petitions relating tothe British Museum ;—Church 
Rates ;—Maynooth College Act ;—Public-houses ; 
—Tithe Rent-charge ;— Local Dues on Shipping, &amp;c. 
Bill ;—Union Houses ;—Bleaching Works, &amp;c. ;— 
Coventry Freemen ;—Medical Profession Bill ;—- 
Partnership Amendment Bill ;—Police (Counties 
and Boroughs) Bill;—Public-houses (Scotland) Act ; 
—Real Estates ;—Tribunals of Commerce ;—Turm- 
pike Trusts Arrangement Bill ;—and, Wee Pawns, 
&amp;c. (Scotland),—were presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That the Journal of this House, from the 
end of the last Session to the end of the present | 
Session, with an Index to the’ 111th Volume, be 
printed. 


22° Februariz. 





Ordered, That 1,000 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. l 

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. 


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 Barrack Masters, and of all other 
Officers employed in the Management and Super- 
vision of Barracks in Great Britain :—And, of the 
Dates of their Appointment, Rank in the Army, and 
their Pay 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. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 


Copy of Memorial from the Russia Company, pre- 
sented to the Board of Trade in August 1853. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 


(Westminster.) Copies of all Correspondence between the Trea- 


Adjournment. 


Burlington 
House. 


sury and Sir Charles Barry, and also with Mr. 
White on his behalf, respecting the Remuneration of 
the Architect of the New Palace at Westminster, up 
to the present time (in continuation of Parliamentary 
Paper, No. 491, of Session 1849), 


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


The following Papers were laid upon the Table by 
the Clerk of the House:—Return to an Order, 
dated the 4th day of this instant February, for 





Returns of the Purchase Money paid for Burlington 


A. 1856. 


House, and of the Sums paid for its Conveyance, 
Valuation, &amp;c. :—Of any Sums since spent upon any 
part of the Building, and for what purposes, and 
of any uses to which the Building has been put :— 
And, of all Expenses in any way connected with the 
Building, either as Salaries or otherwise. 

Return to an Order, dated the 15th day of this Wheat, &amp;. 
instant February, 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 Ireland, from 
the 1st day of January 1855 to the 31st day of 
December 1855, inclusive :—Similar Return of all 
Grain, Meal and Flour imported from Great Britain 
into Jreland:—And, similar Return of Grain and 
Flour of all kinds imported into Great Britain from 
Ireland. 

The following Paper, pursuant to the directions of Court of 
an Act of Parliament, was also laid upon the Table Session, an 
by the Clerk of the House,—Copy of Warrant (Scotland) 

ting Compensation Allowances to Messrs. Hector, 

ason, and others, Assistant Clerks in the Court 
of Session in Scotland, and to Mr. John Barron, 

Depute Clerk of the Teind Court, Scotland, year 
1855. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Danish Danish 
Succession, which was presented upon the 21st day Succession, 
of this instant February, be printed. No, 58, 


Ordered, That the Accounts relative to Works and Works and 
Public Buildings, which were presented upon the a 
. &gt;, gs. 
21st day of this instant February, be printed. No. 59 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Joint Stock Joint stock 


| Companies, which was presented upon the 21st day Companies. 
_of this instant February, be printed. 


No. 60. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Education, Education. 
which was presented upon the 21st day of this No.61. 
instant February, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Poor Law Poor Law 
(Ireland), which was presented upon the 21st day of (teland.) 
this instant February, be printed. No. 62, 


Ordered, That the Return relative to East India East India 
(Naw4b of Surat), which was presented upon the (Nawab of 


jar - Surat.) 
21st day of this instant February, be printed, No. 63. 


to Order, resolved itself Ways and 
ays and Means. Means. 


(In the Committee.) 


Loan. 


1. Resolved, That, towards raising the Supply Annuities 
granted to Her Majesty, the Sum of £. 5,000,000 
be raised by Annuities. 
2. Resolved, That every contributor to the said 
Sum of £.5,000,000 shall, for every £.100 con- 
tributed and paid, be entitled to the principal Sum of 
£.111. 2s. 2d. in Annuities, after the rate of £.3 
per centum, to commence from the 5thday of Januar 
1856, and to be added to and made one joint prow 
with the existing Consolidated £.3 per centum An- 
nuities, 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. Resolved, That the said Annuities, so to be pay- 
able as aforesaid, shall be charged upon and paid 
out of the Consolidated Fund of the United King- 
dom of Great Britain and Ireland. 
4, Resolved, That every contributor shall, on the 
26th day of February 1856, make a deposit of £.10 
per centum on such Sum as he or she shall choose to. 
subscribe towardsraising the said Sum of £.5,000,000, 
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 — 
J . e 


The House, accordin 
into the Committee of 











eat, &amp;, 


rt of 


sion, and 


tland.) 


‘ish 
cession, 


No, 58, 


rks and 
lic 
dings. 
No. 59. 


at Stock 
npanies, 


No. 60. 


ication. 
No. 61, 


r Law 
land.) 
No. 62, 


t India 
wwab of 
at.) 


No. 63. 


ys and 
Ans, 


nuities, 





22°_93° 


the days or times hereinafter mentioned (that is to 
say): 
Payment of— 
£.10 per centum on = - 8d day of March 1856. 


19 Vicroriz. 


before the - 
£. 25 - - - 13th ,, March 1856. 
£. 25 - - - 29th ,, March 1856. 
£15 » « +10th ,, April 1856. 
£.15 » «= 24th ,, April 1856. 


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 have been or shall be voted by this House, 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 last or present Session 
of Parliament, authorizing the application of Monies 
out of the Consolidated Fund for the Service of the 
year ending on the 31st day of March 1856, and of 
the year ending on the 31st day of March 1857, or 
to such Services as are now charged on the Consoli- 
dated Fund of the United Kingdom of Great Bri- 
tain and Ireland, or shall be charged thereon by 
any Act that may be passed hereafter. 

Exchequer 5. Resolved, That the several persons who have en- 

Bills Funding. caced to subscribe towards funding the Sum of 
£. 3,000,000 in Exchequer Bills, dated in the months 
of December 1854, March, June and August 1855, 
and charged on Aids or Supplies, and to make 
Deposits of £.10 per centum on the amount of their 
respective subscriptions on the 26th day of February 
1856, shall be entitled, upon the completion of their 
subscriptions, for every £.100 so subscribed in Ex- 
chequer Bills (or £.100. 5 s. in money in lieu thereof), 
to £.111. 2s. 2d. Capital stock in Consolidated 
Annuities, bearing interest at the rate of £.3 per 
centum per annum, the said interest to commence 
from the 5th day of January 1856, and to be payable 
by half-yearly dividends on the 5th day of July 
and the 5th day of January in every year. 

That the several subscribers shall complete their 
respective subscriptions at the Bank of England by 
instalments, in the proportions and at the times un- 
der-mentioned (that is to say) : 


Payment of— 
£:10 Per fore the -y ~ 34 day of March 1856. 
£.20 . “ - - 13th ,, March 1856. 
£.30 “i - - 29th ,, March 1856. 
£. 20 a - - 10th ,, April 1856. 
£.10 »  - «24th 4, April 1856. 


That interest shall be allowed upon the amount of 
Exchequer Bills deposited with the Governor and 
Company of the Bank of England for the first in- 
stalment, from the dates of the Bills, up to the 26th 
day of February 1856, and upon the amount of the 
Exchequer Bills deposited for each subsequent in- 
stalment from the cates of the Bills, up to the day 
when the same may be delivered to the Governor 
and Company of the Bank of England. 

That all the Exchequer Bills so to be deposited with 
the Governor and Company of the Bank of England, 
shall be delivered over to the Paymaster General to 
be cancelled, and that all Monies so to be received 
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 in the redemption of 





the principal of Excheguer Bills charged on the 
Aids or Supplies, and such Exchequer Bills so re- 
deemed shall be delivered over to the Paymaster | 
General to be cancelled ; and further, the said Mo- | 
nies shall be applied to such Services for Great Bri-' 
tain and Ireland as have been or shall be voted by 
this House, 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 pre- 
sent or the Jast Session of Parliament, authorizing 
the application of Monies out ‘of the Consolidated 
Fund for the Service of the year ending on the 3) st 
day of March 1856, and of the year ending the 31st 
day of March 1857, or to such Services as are now 
charged on the Consolidated Fund of the United 
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, or shall be 
charged thereon by any Act that may be passed 
hereatter. 


Resolutions to be reported. 
Vou.1110— 








Februari. 65 


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- 
dav next. 

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, upon Monday next, 
again resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Supply. 
into the Committee of Supply. 


(In the Committee.) 


1. Resolved, That a further Sum, not exceeding Barrack 
£.294,154, be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Supplies. 
Charges for Barrack Supplies, which will come in 
course of payment during the year ending the 31st 
day of March 1856. 

2. Resolved, That a further Sum, not exceeding Wages. 
£.62,316, be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the 
Charge for Wages, which will come in course of 
payment during the year ending the 31st day of 
March 1856. 

3. Resolved, That a further Sum, not exceeding Stores. 
£.987,185, be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the 
Charge for Stores, which will come in course of 
payment during the year ending the 31st day of 
March 1856. 

4. Resolved, That a further Sum, not exceeding Scientific 

-2,368, be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the ne Ge 
Charges for the Scientific Branch, which willcome in= = 
course of payment during the year ending the 31st 
day of March 1856. 

5. Motion made, and Question proposed, That a Land Forces. 
Number of Land Forces, not exceeding 246,716 
Men (exclusive of the Men employed in the Terri- 
torial Possessions of the East India Company), 
Commissioned and Non-commissioned Officers in- 
cluded, be maintained for the Service of the United 
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, from the 
1st day of April 1856 to the 31st day of March 
1857, inclusive. 

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. 


Resolutions to be reported. 





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


Sabbati, 23° die Februarii, 1856 : 


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. 

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, upon Monday 
next, again resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Delamere 
into a Committee on the Delamere Forest Bill; and, Forest 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 Monday next. 


The Turnpike Trusts Arrangements Bill was, ac- Turnpike 
cording to Order, read the third time. a 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. Bill, 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 
K The 


LT NL na ee 





































































Commons 


Bil 
Inclosure Bill. Or der, 


Joint Stock 
Companies 
{Stamps. } 


Drainage Ad- 
vances Acts 
Amendment 
Bill. 


Oath of 
Abjuration. 


Contracts 
for Public 
Departments. 


Aldershot 
Camp Bill. 


Bill 44. 


Oath of 
Abjuration 
Bill. 


Bill 45. 


66 22° -.23°_9 5 Februari. A. 1856. 


The Commons Inclosure Bill was, according to : o. ws 
read ‘the third time. : . Lune, 25° die Februarii ; 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. Ammo 19° Victort li P 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the — ants EO BEES, 


Lords, and desire their concurrence. PRAYERS. 


M* Bonham Carter reported from the Select Public 
Mr. FitzRoy reported from the Committee on| 4¥ Committee on Public Petitions; That they ae 
Joint Stock Companies [Stamps], a Resolution; | had examined the Petitions presented upon the 21st sag 
which was read, as followeth : and 22d days of this instunt February, and had di- 
‘That the Memorandum of Association, and the | rected him to make a Report thereof to the House. 
Articles of Association, to be executed by Trading| Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
Associations under the Provisions of any Act of the | and be printed. 
present Session relating to Joint Stock Companies, | 
shall respectively bear the same Stamps as if they; A Bill to make and maintain a Railway from Moore and 
were Deeds. Moore to near Warrington, and for other purposes, Warrington 
The said Resolution, being read a second time, | was read the first time; and ordered to be read g, Railway Bil 
was agreed to. second time. 





The Order of the day being read, for the third| The Cleobury North, &amp;c., District Roads Bill was Cleobury 


reading of the Drainage Advances Acts Amendment | read a second time; and committed. North, &amp;e, 
Bill ; District Roads 


Ordered, ‘That the Bill be read the third time} _ 
upon Monday next. The Isle of Wight Steam Bridge and Approaches Isle of Wight 
| Bill was read a second time ; and committed. Steam Bridge 
The House was moved, That the several Acts | ave —. 
imposing the Guth of Abjustinn ond tha: Assurance, | Ordered, That the London Diocesan Church London Dio. 


might be read: and the same being read ; er - Wb d , : 

r ea a second time To- cesan Church 
Resolved, That this House will immediately resolve | ee Society Bill be read a s me Building 
itself into a Committee to consider the said Acts :— | : Society Bill, 
The House accordingly resolved itself into the Com- | 


caliitnes. The Stockport and Warrington Road Bill was Stockport ani 


/read a second time; and committed. Warrington 


(In the Committee.) Road Bill. 


Resolved, That the Chairman be directed to move The Stockton and Darlington and Newcastle and Stockton ani 


the House, That leave be given to bring ina Bill Cardisle Union Railway Bill was read a second time ; Darlington 
ad and Newcastle 


for abrogating the Oath of Abjuration and the As- and committed. and Carlisle 
surance. 

Resolution to be reported. 

7 - ear ; _ The House being informed, That the Sheriffs of Local Dues on 

Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; and Mr. FitzRoy the City of London attended at the door, they were Shipping, &amp;. 


Union Rail- 
way Bill. 


reported, That the Committee had come to a Reso- galled in; and at the Bar presented,—A Petition ”” 
lution. ; of the Lord Mayor, Aldermen and Commons of the 

Ordered, ‘Vhat the Report be now received. City of London, in Common Council assembled :— 

Mr. Fitz Roy accordingly reported a Resolution ; | And then they withdrew. 
which was read, as followeth : | And thesaid Petition, praying that the Local Dues 

That the Chairman be directed to move the House, on Shipping, &amp;e. Bill may not pass into a Law, was 
That leave be given to bring in a Bill for abrogating | yead ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 
the Oath of Abjuration and the Assurance :—And | 
he moved the House accordingly. = | The Order of the day being read, for the second Birkenhead 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in the Bill: | reading of the Birkenhead Docks Bill; Docks Bill 
And that Mr. FitzRoy, Mr. Milner Gibson, Mr.| Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Raikes Currie and Mr. Thomas Duncombe, do pre- Tuesday the 4th day of March next. 
pare, and bring it in. , 

; | Mr. Deedes reported from the Select Committee Standing 

Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed | on Standing Orders, several Resolutions; which were Orders. 
to inquire into the principle adopted for making Con- | read, as follow : 
tracts for the Supply of the Public Departments, and | 1, That in the case of the Colne Valley and Hal- Colne Valley 
the effect which the present system has upon the stead Railway Petition, the Standing Orders ought — 
Expenditure of Public Money. ‘to be dispensed with; that the Parties be per- mee 

a _ (mitted to proceed with their Bill, provided that 

Mr. Massey presented a Bill to extinguish certain amended Notices be forthwith given, once in the 
Rights of Way, and to stop up certain Roads and Zondon Gazette, and in three successive weeks in 
Paths near the Camp at Aldershot: And the same the local Newspapers; that the Committee on the 
was read the first time. | Bill do report how far such Order has been complied 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Ex- with on the Report of the Bill. 
aminers of Petitions for Private Bills; and be 2, That in the case of the Dublin (City) Steam Dublin (City) 
printed. Packet Company Petition, the Standing Orders a e 

é __ ought not to be dispensed with. 

Mr. Milner Gibson presented a Bill for abrogating 3. That in the case of the Birkenhead Improve- Birkenhead 
the Oath of Abjuration and the Assurance : And ment Commissioners Petition for leave to deposit a Improvemet 
the same was read the first time ; and ordered to be Petition for a Bill, the Standing Orders ought to be — 
read a second time upon Weine-day the 9th day of dispensed with; that the Parties be permitted to 
April next; and to be printed. deposit their Petition accordingly. 

The first and third Resolutions, being read a second 
time, were agreed to. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


And then the House, having continued to sit | 
till a quarter of an hour before One of the | 
clock on Saturday morning, adjourned till | 
Monday next. ; 

| Petitions relating to Brecknock College Act;— Public 
| British Museum, &amp;c.;—Church Rates ;.— Intoxi- Peon 
cating Liquors ;—Tithe Rent-charge ;—Local Dues vide Nioth 
on Report. 


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ons 
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rt.) ; 
Rutland Writ. 


e and 
‘ington 
yay Bill. 


ury 
h, &amp;e. 
ict Roads 


Assistant 
Barristers 
(Ireland. ) 


f Wight 
n Bridge 
‘Pproaches 


‘on Dio- 
1 Church 
ling 

ty Bill, 


cport and 
rington 


Bill, Rochester 


Election. 
kton and 
ington 
Newcastle 
Carlisle 
nm Rail- 
Bill. 


1 Dues on 
ping, &amp;c, 


enhead 
ks Bill. 


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ors. 


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Halstead 
way. 


lin (City) 
1m Packet 
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imissioners- 


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19 VicrortZm. 


on Shipping, &amp;c. Bill;— Union Houses ;—Billeting 
Soldiers ;—Court of Chancery ;—Court of Chancery 
(Ireland) (Procedure) Bill; — Medical Profession Bill; 
—Partnership Amendment Bill ;—Police (Counties 
and Boroughs) Bili ;—Public-houses (Scotland) Act; 
—and, Wee Pawns, &amp;c. ( Scotland),—were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant 
to the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ 
for the electing of a Knight of the Shire to serve in 
this present Parliament for the County of Rutland, 
in the room of Sir Gilbert John Heathcote, Baronet, 
who, since his Election for the said County, hath 
accepted the Office of Steward or Bailiff of Her 
Majesty’s three Chiltern Hundreds of Stoke, Des- 
borough and Bonenham, in the County of Bucking- 
ham. 


‘Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the Names of the Assistant Barristers in 
Ireland, Date of Call to the Bar, and of Appointment 
as Assistant Barrister ; with Names of Counties, and 
Amount of Salary; the Number of Quarter Sessions 
in each year each has been absent; the Reasons for 
such absence; in what instances Substitutes have 
been appointed to preside, and by whose Authority ; 
also the Amount paid to such Substitute, whether 
from the Salary of the Assistant Barrister, or from 
other Sources. 


A Petition of Henry Bass, of High-street, Strood, 
in the City of Rochester, in the County of Kent, 
Pawnbroker; William Wyndham Lee, of High-street 
Saint Nicholas, in the City of Rochester atoresaid, 
Grocer; Wiliium Till, of Maidstone-road, Saint 
Margaret, in the City of Rochester atoresaid, Car- 
penter; and Thomas French, of High-street, Cathedral 
Precinct, in the City of Rochester aforesaid, Music- 
seller, was delivered in, and read ; setting forth, That 
the Petitioners were, at the last Election of a Mem- 
ber to serve in this present Parliament for the City 
of Rochester, registered Electors of the said City, and 
now are Electors of the said City, and had a right to 
vote and did vote ut the said Election ; that at the 
said last Election William Henry Bodkin, Esquire, 
and Philip Wykeham Martin, Esquire, were Can- 
didates to represent the said City in Parliament, and 
that a poll being demanded, the same was granted 
and proceeded with on the Eighth day of February 
in the year One thousand eight hundred and Fifty- 
six, and that at the close thereof the Returning Officer 
for the said City declared that the Election had 
fallen upon the said Philip Wykeham Martin, who 
was accordingly returned as the Member duly elected 
to serve in this present Parliament for the said City 
of Rochester; that before, and at, and during the 
said Election, the said Philip Wykeham Murtin did, 
by himself and his agents, friends and partisans, by 
divers ways and means, in his behalf or at his charge, 
directly and indirectly give, provide, present and 
allow to persons having votes in and at the said 
Election, money, meat, drink, entertainment and 
provision, and did make presents, gifts, rewards and 
entertainments, and did make promises, agreements, 
obligations and engagements to give and allow money, 
meat, drink, provision, presents, rewards and en- 
tertainments to and for persons having votes in the 
said Election, and to and for the use, benefit and 
advantage, employment, profit and preferment of 
such persons, in order that he, the said Philip Wyke- 
ham Martin, might be electeci to serve in the present 
Parliament, or for the purpose of corruptly influ- 
encing such person or persons to give his or their 
vote at such Election, or on account of such person 
having voted, or being about to vote at such Elec- 
tion ; and that the said Philip Wykeham Martin, by 
reason of the said corrupt and illegal practices, was 
and is wholly incapacitated and ineligible to serve in 
this present Parliament for the said City, and the 
Vou, 111. 


25°. Februariz. 





67 
said Election and Return of the said Philip Wyke- 
ham Martin were and are wholly null and void; 
that before, at and during the said Election, the said 
Philip Wykeham Martin was, by himself and by his 
agents, friends and managers, guilty of divers acts of 
bribery and coiruption, and did by himself or by 
some other persons on his behalf, give, lend, or agree 
to give or lend, or did offer, promise, or promise to 
procure, or endeavour to procure money or valuable 
consideration to or for certain persons having votes 
in and at the said Election, or to or for certam per- 
sons on behalf of such voters, in order to induce such 
voters to vote for the said Philip Wykeham Martin, 
and did, by his agents, managers and friends, and by 
many other persons employed in his behalf, by gifts, 
presents, money, rewards, and by promises and 
agreements, and securities for money, gifts, employ- 
ments and rewards, ‘and by threats, intimidations, 
promises, undue influence, and other corrupt and 
illegal practices, acts and means, corrupt and procure 
divers persons having or claiming to have votes at 
the said Election, to give their votes in favour of him 
the said Philip Wykeham Martin, or to forbear to 
give their votes in favour of the said William Heury 
Bodkin ; that the said Philip Wykeham Martin, by 
the said corrupt and illegal practices, was and is 
wholly incapacitated and ineligible to serve in this 
present Parliament for the said City, and the said 
Election and Return of the said Philip Wykeham 
Martin were and are wholly null and void; that 
gross, extensive, systematic, open and notorious 
bribery and corruption were practised and carried on 
at the said Election by divers persons, being friends, 
supporters and partisans of the said Philip Wyhe- 
ham Martin, with a view to the Election of the said 
Philip Wykeham Martin, and that the said Election 
and Return of the said Philip Wykeham Martin 
were procured by means of such bribery and corrup- 
tion ; that by reason of the said last-mentioned and 
illegal practices, the said Election and Return of the 
said Philip Wykeham Martin were and are wholly 
nu!l and void ; that fraud, abduction, force, violence, 
restraint, injury, damage, harm, intimidation and 
duress, were by the said Philip Wykeham Martin, 
or by the agents, friends and managers, and by other 
persons on behalf of the said Philip Wykeham Mar- 
tin, practised or threatened upon and against divers 
persons having votes at the said Election, by means 
whereof many persons, who but for such illegal 
practices would have voted in favour of the said 
William Henry Bodkin, were induced, prevailed upon 
and compelled to vote m favour of the said Philip 
Wykeham Martin, and were impeled, prevented, or 
otherwise interfered with in the free exercise of their 
franchise ; that by reason of the premises the said 
Election and Return of the said Philip Wykeham 
Martin were and are wholly null and void; and 
praying that the House will take the premises into 
consideration, and will declare the said Election and 
Return of the said Philip Wykeham Martin to be 
wholly null and void; and will give to the l’etitioners 
such further and other relief as to the House shall 
seem meet. : 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
General Committee of Elections. 

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


Ordered, That a Message be sent to the Lords, to Ecclesiastical 
request that their Lordships will give leave to the Commission, 


Earl of Chichester to attend to be examined as a ~~ 
Witness before the Select Committee appointed by 
this House on the Ecclesiastical Commission, &amp;c. : 


And that the Clerk do carry the said Message. 


Mr. Lowe presented, by Her Majesty's Command, Trade and 
—Accounts relating to Trade and Navigation, for —o 
oO. 


the Month ended 31st January 1856. 


K 2 


Mr. 








68 25° Februari. A. 1856. 


Mr. Lowe also presented, pursuant to the directions | Bank of England at the same times and in the same 
of an Act of Parliament,—Coal Whippers’ Balance manner and subject to the like redemption as the 
Sheet from 30th December 1854 to 30th June 1855: | said Consolidated £.3 per centum Annuities. 
Balance Sheet from 30th June to 31st December; 3. That the said Annuities, so to be payable as 
1855. | aforesaid, shall be charged upen and paid out of the 
Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the | Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom of Great 
Table; and that the Accounts relative to Trade and | Britain and Ireland. 
Navigation be printed. | 4, That every contributor shall, on the 26th day 
of February 1856, make a deposit of £.10 per 
Wheat, &amp;c. Ordered, That the Return relative to Wheat, &amp;c., | centum on such Sum as he or she shall choose to sub- 
No. 64. which was presented upon the 22d day of this in- | scribe towards raising the said Sum of £. 5,000,000, 
stant February, be printed. with the chief Cashier or Cashiers of the Governor 
’ and Company of the Bank of England, as a security 
Court of The following Papers, pursuant to the directions for making the subsequent payments on or before 
Chancery. —_ of several Acts of Parliament, were laid upon the the days or times hereinafter mentioned (that is to 
Table by the Clerk of the House,—Court of Chan- | say) : 
cery :—Copy of Order for paying Superannuation | — payment of — 
Allowance to Francis Henry Davis, Esquire, of | £.10 por emtum onor) _ 94 day of March 1856. 
£.1,590 per annum. ' pefore the -J 
Soane's Statement of the Funds of the Museum of the late | re &gt; * Be ee 
em. Sir John Soane, on the 15th of January 1856. £15 — -_ gana April 1856. 
£.15 - -=24th |, April 1856. 


” 
. : That all the Monies so to be received by the said 
Supply. Mr. Fi itz Roy repo rted from the Committee of Cashier or Cashiers of the said Governor and Com- 


Supply, several Resolutions; which were read, as | pany of the Bank of England shall be paid into the 
ollow: account of the receipt of Her Majesty’s Exchequer 
Barrack 1. That a further Sum, not exceeding £.294,154, at the Bank of England, to be applied from time to 
Supplies. be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charges time to such Services for Great Britain and Ireland 


oe : : ‘ . 2 as have been or shall be voted by this House, or to 
for Barrack’ Supplies, which will come in course of the redemption of the principal and interest of any 


ayment during the year ending the 31st day of Exchequer Bills issued or to be issued under the 
March 1856. authority of the Act 57 Geo. 3, c. 48, or under the 
2. That a further Sum, not exceeding £.62,316, authority of any Act of the last or present Session 


: ’ 0 of Parliament, authorizing the application of Monies 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge for out of the Consolidated Fund for the Service of the 


Wages, which will come in course of payment during year ending on the 31st day of March 1856, and of 
the year ending the 31st day of March 1856. the year ending on the 31st day of March 1857, or 
Stores. 3. That a further Sum, not exceeding £.987,185, to such Services as are now charged on the Consoli- 


aes ‘ ~ dated Fund of the United Kingdom of Great Bri- 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge for tain and Ireland, or shall be charged thereon by 


Stores, which will come in course of payment during any Act that may be passed hereafter. 
the year ending the 31st day of March 1856. 
Scientific 4. That a further Sum, not exceeding £.2,368, be 
a a sa granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charges for the 
Scientific Branch, which will come in course of pay- 
ment during the year ending the 31st day of March 
1856. 
Land Forces. = 5, That a Number of Land Forces, not exceeding 
246,716 Men (exclusive of the Men employed in the 
Territorial Possessions of the East India Company), | 
Gommnoned and, Newcammsione OW heuer il or £100. fin money in eu thera, 
’ , ° . ‘ . fe 
Kingdom of Great Britain aud Ireland, from the | to £.111. 2s, 2d. Capital Stock in Consolidated An 


sponses , ; -» | nuities, bearing interest at the rate of £.3 per 
oe of April 1856 to the 31st day of March 1857, | conrum per annum, the said interest to commence 
clusive. 


4 R : , fi he 5 f Januar 56 - 
The said Resolutions, being read a second time, | in. i: alt-yeecty Pe Agata —_—*&gt; Gar a P 

were agreed to. July and the 5th day of January in every year. 
; ee . That the several subscribers shall complete their 
Mutiny. Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill respective subscriptions at the Bank of England by 
for punishing Mutiny and Desertion, and for the | instalments, in the proportions and at the times un- 
better Payment of the Army and their Quarters: | der-mentioned (that is to say): 

And that Mr. FitzRoy, Mr. Monsell and Mr. Peel Payment of — 

do prepare, and bring it in. £.10 per centum on 4 3a day of March 1856. 


. } 2 . \ 

The Order of the day being read, for the Com- eo cs a 4 ae ona 

mittee of Supply ; £.20 i 10th ,, April 1856. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday £.10 i . 24th ,, April 1856. 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. | That interest shall be allowed upon the amount of 
Exchequer Bills deposited with the Governor and 
, ; Company of the Bank of England for the first in- 
Ways and Mr. FitzRoy reported from the Committee of | stalment, from the dates of the Bills, up to the 26th 
Means. Ways and Means, several Resolutions; which were day of February 1856, and upon the amount of the 
an d, as follow : Exchequer Bills me eee fur each subsequent in- 


-" ~ 2s . stalment from the dates of the Bills, up to the day 
Annuities. 1. That, towards raising the Supply granted to when the same may be delivered to the Governor 


Her Majesty, the Sum of £.5,000,600 be raised by and Company of the Bank of England. 
Annuities. That all the Exchequer Bills so to be deposited with 
2. That every contributor to the said Sum of the Governor and Company of the Bank of England, 


egatee uaa’ shall be delivered over to the Paymaster General to 
£.5,000,000 shall, for every £.100 contributed be cancelled, and that all Monies so to be received 


and paid, be entitled to the principal Sum of shall be paid into the account of the receipt of Her 
£.111. 2s. 2d. in Annuities, after the rate of £.3 Majesty’s Exchequer at the Bank of England, to 
per centum, to commence from the 5th day of Ja- be applied from time to time in the redemption of 


._ oe 7 the principal of Exchequer Bills charged on the 
nuary 1856, and to be added to and made one joint Aids or Supplies, and such Exchequer Bills so re- 


stock with the existing Consolidated £.3 per centum deemed shall be delivered over to the Paymaster 


Annuities, and to be payable and transferable at the General to be cancelled ; and further, the said Mo- 
nies 


5. That the several persons who have engaged to Exchequer 
subscribe towards funding the Sum of £.5,000,000 Bills Funding, 
in Exchequer Bills, dated in the months of De- 
cember 1854, March, June and August 1855, and 
charged on Aids or Supplies, and to make Deposits 
of £.10 per centum on the amount of their respective 
subscriptions on the 26th day of February 1856, 
shall be entitled, upon the completion of their sub- 
scriptions, for every £.100 so subscribed in Ex- 


























Ways and 
Means. 


onan 


Fun 
(£.1,631,005, 
1s, 5d.) 


quer 
Funding, 


Local Dues on 
Shipping, &amp;c. 
Bill. 


Partnership 
Amendment 
Bill. 


Biil 46. 


aunt Stock 
mnent 
lane 


Bill 47, 








19 Vicrort2. 95°. 96° 


nies shall be applied to such Services for Great Bri- 
tain and Ireland as have been or shall be voted by 
this House, 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 pre- 
sent or the last Session of Parliament, authorizing 
the application of Monies out of the Consolidated 
Fund for the Service of the year ending on the 31st 
day of March 1856, and of the year ending the 31st 
day of March 1857, or to such Services as are now 
charged on the Consolidated Fund of the United 
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, or shall be 
charged thereon by any Act that may be passed 
hereafter. 
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 the Committee of Ways and Means. 


(In the Committee.) 


Resolved, That, towards making good the Supply 
ranted to Her Majesty, for the Deficiency in the 

rants for the Service of the years ending the 
31st day of March 1855 and 1856, the Sum of 
£.1,631,005. 1s. 5d. be granted out of the Con- 
solidated Fund of the United Kingdom of Great 
Britain and Ireland. 


Resolution to be reported. 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; and Mr. FitzRoy | 
reported, That the Committee had come to a Re- 
solution. 














Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow. | 
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, upon Wednesday | 
next, again resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Local Dues on Shipping, &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 


“this day six months.” 


And the Question being proposed, That the word | 
“now” stand part of the Question :—And a Debate | 


arising thereupon ; 


Twelve of the clock on Tuesday morning ; 
Martis, 26° die Februarii, 1856: 


Ordered, That the Debate be adjourned till this 
day. 


{ 


,and Tonnage of Vessels that entered and cleared 


| Coastwise at each of the Ports of Great Britain and 


} 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on the Partnership Amendment 
Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker 
resumed the Chair; and Mr. Kinnaird reported, 
That the Committee had gone through the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a Com- 
mittee of the whole House, for Monday next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on -the Joint Stock Companies 
Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker 
resumed the Chair; and Mr. Kinnaird 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. 

Vou. 111, 


Februariz. 69 


The Prisons (Jreland) Bill was, according to Prisons 
Order, read a second time; and committed to a (Ireland) Bill 
Committee of the whole House, for Monday the 
31st day of March next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third Charitable 

reading of the Charitable Uses Bill ; Uees Bill. 
Ordered, ‘That the Bill be read the third time 

this day. 


The Delamere Forest Bill was, according to Order, Delamere 
read the third time. Forest Bill. 
Resolved, ‘Vhat 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 Drainage Ad- 
reading of the Drainage Advances Acts Amend- — 
ment Bill ; iL 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Thursday next. 


The Court of Chancery (Jre/and) (Jurisdiction) Court of Chan- 
Bill was, according to Order, read a second time ; pe i 
and committed to the Select Committee on the Court ey 


of Chancery (/reland) Bill. 
The Court of Chancery (Zreland) (Procedure) Bill Court of Chan- 


was, according to Order, read a second time; and iecsteey” 
committed to the Select Committee on the Court of jin, 


Chancery (Jreland) Bill. 


The Court of Chancery (Zreland) (Receivers) Bill Court of Chan- 
was, according to Order, read a second time; and (Rec —" 
committed to the Select Committee on the Court of pi), 


Chancery (Jreland) Bill. 


The Court of Chancery (Zreland) (Appeals) Bill Court of Chan- 
was, according to Order, read a second time; and {tY Lng 
committed to the Select Committee on the Court of -??“**™ 
Chancery (Jreland) Bill. 


The Court of Chancery (Jreland) (Sales of Estates) Court of Chan- 
Bill was, according to Order, read a second time ; ont ~ amen 
and committed to the Select Committee on the Court sare Bill. 
of Chancery (Jreland) Bill. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to Metropolis 
explain and amend the Act 18 &amp; 19 Vic. for the Local Manage- 
better Local Management of the Metropolis: And ate ll 
that Mr. Attorney General and Mr. Solicitor General 


| do prepare, and bring it in. 
the end of the Question, adding the words “ upon | 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a gnipping. 
Return of the Number and Tonnage of Sailing Ves- 
sels registered at each of the Ports of Great Britain 
and Jreland, including the Isle of Man and the 


| Channel Islands, distinguishing tho: der 
And the House having continued to sit till after | ae Se eee meee 


| 
| December 1855:—Similar Return of Steam Ves- 


those above Fifty Tons Register, on the 31st day of 


sels and their Tonnage :—Return of the Number 


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 1854 
| and the 31st day of December 1855 :—Like Return 
from and to the Colonies; further distinguishing 
| British from Foreign Vessels, also from and to Fo- 
reign Ports; also distinguishing British from Fo- 
reign Vessels :—Return 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 1855 : 
—Similar Return of Steam Vessels and their Ton- 
nage :—Return 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 Ves- 





K 3 sels 

























































Judicial Bench 
(Ireland. 


Adjournment. 


Saint James's 
Park. 


East India 
(Annexation 
of Berar.) 


Secretary to 
the Poor Law 
Commissioners 
(Treland.) 


Supernumera- 
ries, Public 
Offices (Ire- 
land.) 





70 95°—96§” 


sels wrecked; also, a similar Return of Vessels 
broken up, in the year 1855:—Of the Number of 
Colonial-built Vessels, and their Tonnage, registered 
at each of the Ports of the United Kingdom, in the 
year 1855 ; distinguishing the Number and ‘Tonnage 
of each Colony respectively :—Similar Return of the 
Number of Foreign-built Vessels and their Tonnage : 
—And, Return of the Shipping employed in the 
Trade of the United Kingdom, exhibiting the Num- 
ber and ‘Tonnage of Vessels that entered Inwards 
and cleared Outwards (including their repeated Voy- 
ages), separating Brifish from Foreign Vessels, also 
Steam from Sailing Vessels, and distinguishing the 
Trade with each Country, in the year 1%55 (in con- 
tinuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 197, of Ses- 
sion 1855, 


Ordered, That the Petition of Thomas Tertius 
Paget, which was presented upon the 8th day of this 
instant February, relative to the Judicial Bench 
(Ireland), be printed. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being put, 
That this House do now adjourn :—It passed in the 
Negative. 


A Motion being made, That a Select Committee 
be appointed to consider the best means of Com- 
munication between those parts of the Metropolis 
which lie North of Saint James’s Park and those 
parts which lie South and South-West thereof, and 
to report thereupon to the House ; 

Sir Benjamin Hall, 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 a Select Committee be appointed 
to consider the best means of Communication be- 
tween those parts of the Metropolis which lie North 
of Saint James's Park and those parts which lie 
South and South-West thereof, and to report there- 
upon to the House. 

Ordered, That the Paper relative to Saint James’s 
Paik, which was presented upon the 18th day of 
this instant February, be referred to the Committee. 


The Order made upon the 15th day of this instant 
February, that there be laid before this House, Copies 
or Extracts of the Correspondence which has taken 
place between the Government of Jndia and the 
Commissioner of Nagpore, relative to the Annexation 
of the Berar Territory to the British Territories, was 
read, and discharged. 

Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Copies or Extracts of the Correspondence which has 
taken place between the Government of India and 
the Commissioner of Nagpore, relative to the Annex- 
ation of the Berar Territory to the British Territory 
(in continuation of former Returns). 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
abolish the Office of Secretary to the Poor Law Com- 
missioners in Jreland: And that Mr. Horsman and 
Mr. Wilson do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the Names and Dates of Appointment of 
all Persons temporarily engaged as Supernumeraries, 
Draughtsmen and Clerks, in the Department of the 
Customs in Dublin, who have been in continuous 
employment for Five Years and upwards; the Rate 
of Pay granted to such Persons on appointment, 
aud the Number of Ycars of Service of such Persons 
to the Ist day of February 1856, respectively ; the 
Nature of Employment since appointment ; the Rate 
of Pay on the Ist day of February 1856; the Scale 
of Salaries of Permanent Clerks employed in the 
same Offices to which such Persons were temporarily 








Februari. A, 1856. 


attached :—Similar Return from the Department of 
the Excise : — Similar Return from the Poor Law 
Board :—And, similar Return from the Board of 
Works in that City. 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That a Mes- Message from 
sage my been brought from the Lords, by one of the Lords. 
their Clerks, as followeth : 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Trial of 
to empower the Court of Queen’s Bench to order Offences Bill. 
certain Offenders to be tried at the Central Criminal 
Court ; to which the Lords desire the concurrence of 
this House. 


Mr. Ferguson presented a Bill to appropriate the Carlisle 
Income of such one of the Canonries of the Cathedral Canonries Bill. 
Church of Carlisle as shall next fall vacant to the Bill 48. 
Augmentation of certain Ecclesiastical Incumbencies 
in that City: And the same was read the first time ; 
and ordered to be read a second time upon Tuesday 
the 11th day of March next; and to be printed. 


Mr. Pellatt presented a Bill to amend the Law Drafts on’ 
relating to Vrafts on Bankers: And the same was Bankers Bill. 
read the first time; and ordered to be read a second Bill 49. 
time upon Wednesday the 12th day of March next ; 


| and to be printed. 


Mr. Horsman presented a Bill to abolish the Office Secretary to 
of Secretary to the Poor Law Commissioners in = Poor Law 
° ommissioners 
Ireland: And the same was read the first time ; (Ireland) Bill 
and ordered to be read a second time upon Thursday __ Bill 50, 


next; and to be printed. 


The Vice-President of Committee of Council on Vice-President 
Education Bill was read the first time ; and ordered . — 
to be read a second time upon Friday the 7th day gaucation Bill 


of March next ; and to be printed. Bill 51. 


The Trial of Offences Bill was read the first time ; Trial of _ 
and ordered to be read a second time upon Monday Offences Bill. 
next ; and to be printed. Bill 52. 


Mr. Horsman presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- Dublin 
mand,—Copy of Report of Commissioners appointed Hospitals. 
to inquire into the Hospitals of Dublin. 

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


Mr. Peel presented,— Return to an Address to Her Sandhurst 
Majesty, dated the 1st day of May 1855, for a Return — untied 
of those Officers who have received Certificates at the - 
Senior Department of the Royal Military 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 
Pull Service, and which are on Half-pav. 

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


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till One of the clock on Tuesday morning, 
adjourned till this day. 





Mariis, 26° die Februarii ; 
Anno 19° Victorie Regine, 185 6. 


PRAYERS. 
PETITION of Trustees of the Harbour of Kirkwall 
LX Kirkwall, for leave to bring in a Bill for Harbour. 
granting further Powers to the Trustees of the Har- 
bour of Kirkwall, and for other purposes, was pre- 
sented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
brought in accordingly, by Mr. Frederic Dundas 
and Mr. Laing. 
Barnsley Canal 
and Cole 
i 8 
The 


The Barnsley Canal and Collieries Railways Bill 
was read a second time ; and committed. 


a a 















rom 


Sill, 


Bill. 


Bill. 


Law 
oners 
Bill. 


ident 


itary 


Canal 
eries 
; Bill. 





West of Fife 
Mineral 
Railway Bill. 
London Dio- 
cesan Church 
Building 
Society Bill. 


Public 
Petitions. 
Vide Tenth 
Report. 


Digest of 
Poor Laws. 


Russia 
Company. 


Nuisances 
Removal, &amp;c. 
(Scotland) Bill. 


Bill 53. 


Bankruptcy 
(Scotland) Bill, 


Bill 54. 


Convicts 
(Ireland. ) 


Convicts, 


19 Vicrortz. 


The West of Fife Mineral Railway Bill was read a 
second time ; and committed. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the London Diocesan Church Building 
Society Bill ; 

Ordered, ‘\hat the Bill be read a second time To- 
morrow. 


Petitions relating to British Museum, &amp;c. ;—Car- 
lisle Canonries Bill, and Formation, &amp;c., of Parishes 
Bill;—Church Rates ;—Episcopal and Capitular 
Estates Bill ;— Lord’s Day;— Maynooth College 
Act ;—Registration and Marriages Act (1 Vie. ¢. 22); 
—Tithe Rent-charge ;—Fire Insurance;—Local Dues 
on Shipping, &amp;e. Bill;—Justices of the Peace Qua- 
lification Bill;— Education ;—Medical Profession 
Bill ;—Police (Counties and Boroughs) Bill ;— Poor 
Law ;—Public-houses (Scotland) Act ;—and, Wee 
Pawns, &amp;c. (Scotland),—were presented, and read ; | 
and ordered to lie upon the ‘lable. 


The following Papers were laid upon the Table by 
the Clerk of the House, — Return to an Order, 
dated the 6th day of August 1855, for a Copy of 
any Correspondence that has taken place with the 


Lord Chancellor in reference to the incomplete 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. 

Return to an Order, dated the 22d day of this 
instant February, for a Copy of Memorial from the 
Russia Company, presented to the Board of Trade 
in August 1853. 


The Lord Advocate presented a Bill to make 


further Provision for the Removal of Nuisances and 
Prevention of Diseases, and for the Police of ‘Towns, 
in Scotland: And the same was read the first time ; 
and ordered to be read a second time upon Friday 
the 7th day of March next; and to be printed. 


The Lord Advocate presented a Bill to conso- 
lidate and amend the Laws relating to Bankruptcy 
in Scotland: And the same was read the first time ; 
and ordered to be read a second time upon Friday 
the 7th day of March next ; and to be printed. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Returns of the Number of Convicts in each Convict 
Prison in Jre/and, on the 1st day of January 1856, 
and in Hospitals, respectively ; distinguishing Male 


26° Februarii. 71 


| Ordered, That 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, Copies of the Police Reports of the British 
| Consuls in the Levant and Turkey, and of any Re- 
turns of Criminal Cases heard and determined in 
| the Consular Courts, or transferred to the Criminal 
| Tribunal of Malta, for the years 1852, 1853, 1854 
and 1855:—And, Return of Civil Suits of all de- 
scriptions in which Her Majesty’s Consuls in the 
Levant and Turkey have been called upon to adju- 
dicate ; stating the Name and Nationality of Plaintiff 
and Defendant, the Nature of each Suit, the De- 
cision, and whether any Appeal was made against 





| suci) Decision. 


Ordered, That 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 Levant and 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased Turkey: 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Tasmania. 


to Her Maje ty, that Sie will be graciously pleased 
to give d-etions, that there be laid before this 
House, Copies or Extracts of any Correspondence 
with the Governor of Tasmania, connected with the 
Institution of an Inquiry by a Committee of the Le- 
gislative Assembly into the working of the Convict 
| Department, and the Prorogation of the Legislature 
| whilst that [nquiry was in progress. 
| Ordered, That 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, 
| Copies of the last Patents or Enrolments of Patents, 
under which the Clerks of the Parliaments attending 
| the Houses of Lords and Commons were appointed : 
| —And, of the earliest extant Patent, or Enrolment 
| of a Patent, appointing a Clerk of the Parliaments. 

| Ordered, That 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 enable Married Women to dispose of Reversion- 
ary Interests in Personal Estate: And that Mr. 
| Malins and Mr. Mullings do prepare, and bring 
‘it in, 


from Female :—Of the Nature and Extent of the. 


several Pun‘shments inflicted and imposed on Con; 


victs in each Prison, during the year 1855 :—Uf the 
greatest extent of Solitary Confinement, without in- 
termission, inflicted during such period, and whether 
with or without Irons or Handcuffs, and how often 
(if any) with :—Of the longest period to which, and 
how often, any Individual Convict has been during 
that year kept in Solitary Covfinement without 
Twenty-four Hours’ intermission: — And, of the 
Amount of Covering or Bedding given to Convicts 


during Solitary Confinement in such Establishments. | 


Resolved, Vhat 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 Convicts who, 
since the passing of the Act 16 &amp; 17 Vic. c. 99, 
have received Orders of License :—Of the Number 
of Convicts who, after receiving such Orders of Li- 
cense, have been convicted of or charged with sub- 
sequent Offences: —Of the Number of Convicts 
whose Orders of License have been revoked : — 
And, of the Number of Convicts whose Licenses 
have been refused or withheld in consequence of 
their Misconduct. 

Vou, 111. 


Viscount Palmerston presented, by Her Majesty’s 
| Command,—Copy of Royal Warrant appointing a 
Board of General Officers to inquire into the State- 
'ments contained in the Keport of Sir John M‘ Neill 
and Colonel Tulloch, and the Evidence upon which 
that Report was founded. 

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


Resolved, That an humble Address be presénted 
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 who were ho- 
nourably mentioned in the Despatches of Lord Gough 
for thew Services under his Command; also, the 
Names of those Officers who received Brevet Pro- 
motion. 
| Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty, by such Members of this Rome as are 
| of Her Majesty's Most honourable Privy Council. 


| Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Clerks of the 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased Parliaments. 


Married* 
Women’s. 
Reversionary 
Interest. 


Army 
(Crimea.) 


No. 66. 


Army. 


| Ordered, That the Petition of Lyndon Howard Lyndon 


| Evelyn, which was presented upon the 8th day o 
| this instant February, be printed. 


| K 4 Ordered, 





f Howard 


Evelyn. 














































































72 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Copies of the Reports of Mr. Yardley, the Stipen- 
diary Magistrate, and of Captain Robertson, the 
Assessor, on the late Collision between the “ Jose- 
phine Willis” and the “ Mangerton”’ Steamer, pre- 
sented to the Board of Trade. 


Mr. Massey presented,—Return to an Address to 
Her Majesty, dated the 19th day of March 1855, 
for 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. 

Return to an Order, dated the 7th day of this 
instant February, for a Return showing the Names, 
Age, Date of Appointment, and Amount of Salaries 
and other Emoluments, of all Persons holding Office 


“ osephine 
Willis” and 
the “‘ Manger- 


ton.” 


Charities. 


Incumbered 
Estates Court, 
&amp;c. (Ireland.) 


in the Incumbered Estates Court; with the Dates of | 
any of such Persons being called to the Bar, or en- | 


rolled as Attorneys, to practise in any of the Courts 
of Law in Jreland :—And, similar Return from the 
Masters, Examiners, Clerks and Assistant Clerks 
in the Court of Chancery in Jreland ; with Copy of 
any Patent appointing a Master's Examiner to Office. 

Return to an Order, dated the 14th day of this 
instaut February, for a Return of the Number of In- 


Kilmainham 
Hospital. 


Pensioners of each Class on the Establishment of | 


the Royal Hospital of Kilmainham ; and of the Total 
Aunaih dune of Pension Money surrendered by 
them in the aggregate on their becoming Inmates 
of the Hospital. 

Mr. Massey also presented, pursuant to the direc- 
tions of several Acts of Parliament,—Statements of 
the Receipt and Expenditure on account of the Turn- 
pike-roads in South Wales in 1855; together with 
the kstimates of 1856. 

Copy Ordinance with respect to the Fellowships 
in University College, Oxford, framed by the Oxford 
University Commissioners, under the 17 &amp; 18 Vice. 
c. 81. 

Copy Ordinance with respect to the Fellowships 
in Brasenose College, Oxford, framed by the Oxford 
University Commissioners, under the 17 &amp; 18 Vic. 
c. 81. 

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


Ordered, That the Return relative to Sandhurst 
Royal Military College, which was presented upon 
the 25th day of this instant February, be printed. 


Turnpike- 
roads (South 
Wales. ) 


Oxford 
University. 


Sandhurst 
Royal Military 
College. 


No. 67. 


Ways and 


Mr. FitzRoy reported from the Committee of 
Means. 


Ways and Means, a Resolution; which was read, 
as followeth : 

That, towards making good the Supply granted to 
Her Majesty, for the Deficiency in the zrants for 
the Service of the years ending the 31st day of 
March 1855 and 1856, the Sum of £.1,631,005. 
1s. 5d. be granted out of the Consolidated Fund of 
the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. 

The said Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 

Ordered, That a Bill be brought in upon the said 
Resolution: And that Mr. FitzRoy, the Chancellor 
of the Exchequer and Mr. Wilson do prepare, and 
bring it in. 


Consolidated 
Fand 

(£. 1,631,005, 
ls. 5d.) 


Local Dues on 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming the 
Shipping, &amp;e. 5 


adjourned Debate on the Amendment which was 
yesterday proposed to be made to the Question, That 
the Local Dues on Shipping, &amp;c. Bill be now read 
a second time; and which Amendment was, to leave 
out the word “now,” and, at the end of the Ques- 
tion, 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 said proposed Amendment and Motion were 
severally, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 

Ordered, That the Order of the day for the second 
reading of the said Bill be discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


96° Februari. 


A, 1856. 


The Charitable Uses Bill was, according to Order, Charitable 
read the third time ; and an Amendment was made Uses Bill. 
to the Bill. 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made 
to the Bill, in p. 2, 1. 34, by leaving out from the 
words “by reason of” to the words “ witnesses or” 
in 1. 35, 





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

Then other Amendments were made to the Bill. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 


Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Select Committee on the Court of Chancery Court of 
Chancery 


|(Ireland) Bill was nominated of Mr. Solicitor Ge- (Ireland) Bill, 


neral for Jreland, Sir James Graham, Mr. Ellice, 
Mr. Henley, Mr. Walpole, Mr. Keogh and Viscount 
Monch. 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being put, That Mr. Cairns be one other Member 
of the said Committee :—It passed in the Negative. 

Then Mr. Napier, Mr. Macartney, Mr. Henry 
| Herbert, Mr. Wiiliam Fitzgerald and Mr. Whiteside 
were nominated other Members of the said Com- 
mittee. 

And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
proposed, That Mr. De Vere be one other Member 
of the said Committee ; 

An Amendment was proposed to he made to the 
Question, by leaving out the name of “ Mr. De Vere” 
and inserting the name of “ Sir FitzRoy Kelly,” 
instead thereof. 

And the Question being put, That the name of 
Mr. De Vere stand part of the Question :—It was 
resolved in the Affirmative. 

Ordered, That Mr. De Vere be one other Member 
of the said Committee. 

A Motion was made, and the Question being put, 
That Sir Erskine Perry be one other Member of the 
said Committee ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right ; 

The Noes to the left. 

Tellers for the {f Mr. Hayter, 

Yeas, The Earl of Mulgrave: 

Tellers fur the (Colonel Dunne, 

Noes, Mr. Vance: 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Then Mr. Kirk 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. 


128. 
| 
J 


69. 


The Select Committee on Saint James’s Park Saint James's 
was nominated of Sir Benjamin Hall, Lord John 4 
Manners, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr. 

Disraeli, Lord Robert Grosvenor, Lord Hotham, 
Sir Joseph Paxton, Mr. Stephenson, Sir John Shel- 
ley, Mr. Hutchins, Colonel Boldero, Mr. Drummond, 
Mr. Stuart Wortley, Colonel Wilson Patten and 
Mr. Milnes ; with Power to send for persons, papers 


and records. 
Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 


The Order for reading a second time, To-morrow, Judgments 
the Judgments Execution, &amp;c. Bill, was read, and — 
discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Thursday the 6th day of March next. 


&amp;e. 


The Order for reading a second time, To-morrow, Ecclesiastical 
the Ecclesiastical Courts Jurisdiction Bill, was read, a a 
and discharged. — 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday the 5th day of March next. . 

e 











L) Bill 


mes’s 


nts 
on, &amp;c. 


stical 
Bill. 





19 Vicroriz. D6} —27°—28° Februaritz. 73 


Dissenters’ The Order for reading a second time, To-morrow,! The Order of the day being read, for the second Contractors 
me 000 , “sigh Mean Sitar + for Disqualifi 
Marriages = the Dissenters’ Marriages Bill, was read, and dis- | reading of the Contractors Disqualification Removal ;:Stpt yy 
=. charged. Bill; Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon| Ordered, That the said Order be discharged, 

Wednesday the 5th day of March next. Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 
Married Mr. Malins presented a Bill to enable Married — eg the cpg cg ar was, — be me 
Women's Women to dispose of Reversionary Interests in| #¢Ccording to Wrder, read a second ume; ang COm=— Bill, 
Reverstonery P : mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for “%" Bill 


Interest Bill. Personal Estate: And the same was read the first ie ; Be ’ 
Bill 55. time ; and ordered to be read a second time upon Wednesday the 16th day of April next. 


Tuesde xt ; | to be printed. 
ra ible es cme tat The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Supply. 


mittee of Supply ; 
Resolved, ‘hat this House will, upon Friday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Annuities The Chancellor of the Exchequer presented a 
asl Bill for raising Five millions by way of Annuities: | 
Bill 56. Arid the same was read the first time ; and ordered | 
to be read a second time ‘lo-morrow; and to be 


, The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Ways and 
printed. 


mittee cf Ways and Means ; Means. 
Resolved, Vhat this House will, upon Friday next, 
en The Chancellor of the Exchequer presented a Bill | resolve itself into the said Committee. 
(61,691,005. to apply a Sum out of the Consolidated Fund to the; __ a . ‘ _ 
1s, 5d.) BU. Service of the year ending the Thirty-tirst day of | The Annuities Bill was, according to Order, read oe 
March One thousand eight hundred and Fifty-six: | second time; and committed to a Committee of ™™ 
And the same was read the first time ; and ordered the whole House, for To-morrow. 
to be read a second time To-morrow. 





| The Consolidated Fund (£.1,631,005. 1s. 5d.) Consolidated 
| Bill was, according to Order, read a second time ; Fund 


Exchequer The Chancellor of the Exchequer presented a Bill | 5,4 committed to a Committee of the whole House, (£1:531:00: 
_s for funding Exchequer Bills, and raising Money by | ¢,. ‘To-morrow 7 ta Sd.) Be. 


Bill 57, Way of Annuities: And the same was read the first | 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time To-| The Exchequer Bills Funding Bill was, according Exchequer 
morrow ; and to be printed. ,to Order, read a second time; and committed to a a Funding 

And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. Committee of the whole House, for To-morrow. 

_—— =e | Ordered, That the Select Committee on the Court Court of Chan- 
|of Chancery (Jreland) Bill do consist of seventeen Bill (Ireland) 
Morrenri; 970 dio Rohy ve | Members. ? 
Mercurii, 27° die Februarit; | Ordered, That Sir FitzRoy Kelly and Mr. Soli- 

-citor General be added to the Committee. 





Amno 19° Victorie Regine, 1856. 
PRAYERS. | The following Paper was laid upon the Table by Newspaper 
Committees, RDERED, That all Committees have leave | the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, dated a 
to sit this day, during the sitting of the House. | the 21st day of this instant February, for a Return 
of the Aggregate Number of Newspaper Stamps at 
One penny issued to Newspapers in England, Wales, 
| Scotland and Ireland, trom the 1st day of July 1855 
to the 31st day of December 1855. 


Pablic Mr. Duncan reported from the Select Committee 
ane on Public Petitions; That they had examined the 
* Petitions presented upon the 25th day of this in- 


port.) : : 
stant February, and had directed him to make a Re-_ Ordered, That the Return relative to the Digest of Digest of 


port thereof to the House. Poor Laws, which was presented he 26th day Poor Laws. 
° 7 , presented upon the 26th day 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; | of this instant February, be printed. No. 68. 
and be printed. | d 
Ordered, ‘That the Return relative to the Russia Russia 
Company, which was presented upon the 26th day Company. 


Bournemouth Ordered, That the Bournemouth Improvement and i? : 
; P ‘of this instant February, be printed. No. 69. 


I ae ae 
a Pier Bill Pier Bill be read a second time To-morrow. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Incum- Incumbered 


Mid-Kent The Mid-Kent Direct Railway (Bromley to Saint | bered Estates Court, &amp;c. (Jreland), which was pre- Estates Court, 
Direct Rail ; y y ag Pre ke (Ireland.) 
way (Bromley “Zary’s Cray) Bill was read a second time; and ‘sented upon the 26th day of this instant February, Ne 70 
to Saint committed. _ be printed. om 
Bill. or | Ordered, That the Papers relative to Oxford ar a 
i : . | University, which were presented the 26th day “Mversity. 
ates Be. The Order of the day being read, for the second | 9¢ yh i, et &gt; wad be &lt;a "No. 71. 
Building Teading of the London Diocesan Church Building sabia ' 
Society Bil, Society Bill ; And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time : an 
upon Friday next. — ee mcees eT 
” sy | Jovis, 28° die Februarii ; 
—_ Petitions relating to the British Museum, &amp;Xc. ;— | TEES 7 
ne Church Rates; — Maynooth College Act ;—Tithe Anno 19° Victorie Regine, 1856. 


vide Tenth Rent-charge ;—-Juvenile Offenders (Jreland) Bill;—| Prayers. 
rt. 


Medical Profession Bill; — Police (Counties and Becker id he Table.—R , 
; \ { » able,— t. from Juvenile Con- 
Boroughs) Bill;— and, Public-houses (Scotland) ee ae pers ag ag? ict Pri 

Act wene pomsented, pet in ds enh asia le one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private (relan a) Bill 
upon the Table. 





| Bills, in respect of non-compliance with the Standing 
' Orders in the case of the Juvenile Convict Prison 
Police (C . ; ; _. | Creland) Bill. 
titsami ” —_—sthe Order for reading a second time, upon Friday | Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Se- 
Boroughs) pil, DEXt, the Police (Counties and Boroughs) Bill, was | lect Committee on Standing Orders. 
read, and discharged. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time! The House was moved, That the Report from the Colne Valley 


upon Monday next. Select Committee on Standing Orders, in respect of #04 Malstead 
VoL.111. L the . 

































Bournemouth 
Improvement 
and Pier Bill. 


Public 
Petitions. 


Vide Tenth 
Report. 


Royal Assent. 


House of 
Commons’ 


Offices Bill. 


Metropolitan 
Police Bill. 


Duchy of 
Lancaster. 


Assessed 
Taxes (Scot- 
land. ) 


Ministere’ 
Money 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Newspaper 
Stamps. 


No. 72. 


Election 
Auditors, &amp;c. 


74 28°—29° 


the Petition for the Colne Valley and Halstead Railway 
Petition, might be read ; and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for making a Railway from the Chappel Station of 
the Colchester, Stour Valley, Sudbury and Halstead 
Railway to Halstead, in the County of Essex, and 
for other purposes: And that Mr. Beresford, Mr. 
Bramston and Mr. David Waddington do prepare, 
and bring it in. 


The Bournemouth Improvement and Pier Bill 
was, according to Order, read a second time; and 
committed. 


Petitions relating to Brecknock College Act ;— 


British Museum, &amp;c.; — Church Rates ;—'Tithe | 
Rent-charge ;— Fire Insurance ;—Local Dues on | 


Shipping, &amp;c. Bill ;—Coinage ;—Hay and Straw ;— 
Justices of the Peace Qualification Bill ;—Juvenile 
Offenders (Jreland) Bill;—-Medical Profession Bill;-— 
Militia ;— Monetary System ;—Partnership Amend- 
ment Bill ;—Police (Counties and Boroughs) Bill ;— 
Public-houses (Scotland) Act ;—and, Wee Pawns, 
&amp;c. (Scotland),—were presented, and read ; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


A Message by Mr. Pulman, Yeoman Usher of the 
Black Rod : 

Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords, authorized by virtue of Her Majesty’s 
Commission, for declaring Her Royal Assent to 
several Acts agreed upon by both Houses, do 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 regulate certain Offices of the House 
of Commons : 


An Act to amend the Acts relating to the Metro- 
politan Police. 


The following Papers, pursuant to the directions 
SD ’ 

of several Acts of Parliament, were laid upon the 

Table by the Clerk of the House,—An Account for 


































Februarit. A. 1856. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Aldershot 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased Camp Bill. 
to give directions, that there be laid before this House, 
la on of a Plan of the Roads and Ways intended 
to be abolished and closed under the Provisions of 
the Aldershot Camp 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. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being put, Monetary 
That a Select Committee be appointed to inquire SYste™. 
‘how far the present Monetary System is in accord- 

ance with the requirements of the Country, and to 
_ consider if it cannot be improved and amended ; 
The House divided. 
The Yeas to the Right ; 
The Noes to the Left. 





Tellers for the{ Mr. Muntz, 1 68 
Yeas, UMr. Spooner : J , 
Tellers for the f Mr. Hayter, lais 
Noes, The Earl of Mulgrave: aca 


So it passed in the Negative. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- Talbot », 
posed, That there be laid before this House, Copies Talbot. 
of the Judgment pronounced by the Honourable 
Mr. Justice Torrens, one of the Judges of the Court 
of Common Pleas in Jreland, in the case of Talbot 
v. Talbot, before the High Court of Delegates in 
Dublin, in the month of May 1855 :—And, of the 
written Proceedings and Depositions taken in the 
| same Cause before the Consistory Court of Dublin, 
| from which the Appeal was made to the said Court 
of Delegates, and which were laid before the said 
High Court of Delegates ; 





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


Veneris, 29° die Februarii, 1856: 


And the Question being put:—It passed in the 
Negative. 


The Select Committee on Masters and Operatives Masters and 

was nominated of Mr. Mackinnon, Mr. Lowe, Vis- Operatives. 
count Goderich, Mr. Ingham, Viscount Duncan, 
Mr. Cobbett, Mr. Blakemore, Mr. Kinnaird, Mr. 
Pellatt, Mr. Leveson Gower, Mr. Wise, Mr. Gordon, 
Mr. Pollard-Urquhart, Sir Henry Halford and 
Lord John Manners ; with Power to send for per- 
sons, papers and records. 

Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 


The Drainage Advances Acts Amendment Bill Drainage Ad- 





the year ended Michaelmas 1855, and continued to | 
the 21st day of December following, of the Receipts | 
and Disbursements of the Duchy of Lancaster. | 

Copy of Cases respecting Assessed Taxes de- | 
termined by the Judges in Scotland, 1854. 


The Order for reading a second time, upon Wed- 
nesday next, the Ministers’ Money (Jreland) Bill, 
was read, and discharged. 

Ordered, ‘That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday the 16th day of April next. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Newspaper 
Stamps, which was presented upon the 27th day of 
this instant February, be printed. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return of the Names and Descriptions of 
Election Auditors, &amp;c., and of Election Expenses, 
‘made up to the present time (in continuation of 
Parliamentary Paper, No. 171, of Session 1855). 

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





was, according to Order, read the third time. oe 
A Clause (Expenses of Assistant Commissioner Bill. 
and others may be by way of per-centage), 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 Secretary to the Poor Law Commissioners Secretary to 
(Ireland) Bill was, according to Order, read a se- the Poor law 
cond time; and committed to a Committee of the (ireland) Bill 
whole House, for this day. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Annuities 
into a Committee on the Annuities Bill; and, after ®# 
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 this day. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Consotidatet 
into a Committee on the Consolidated Fund oe 005. 
(£.1,631,005. 1s. 5d.) Bill; and, after some time j, 5a.) Bill 
spent therein, Mr. “neaker resumed the Chair ; and 
Mr. FitzRoy reported, That the Committee had 
gone 














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and 
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sioners 
) Bill. 


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28°—209" 


gone through the Bill; and directed him to report 
the same, without Amendment. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
this day. 


19 Vicroriz. 


Exchequer The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
Bills Funding jnto a Committee on the Exchequer Bills Funding 
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 this day, 


Feclesiastical The Order for reading a second time, upon Wed- 
Courts Juris- nesday next, the Ecclesiastical Courts Jurisdiction 
diction Bill Bill, was read, and discharged. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Wednesday the 23d day of April next. 
Metropolis Mr. Attorney General presented a Bill to explain 


Local Manage- and amend the Act 18 &amp; 19 Vic. for the better 
eae Local Management of the Metropolis: And the 
Bill. same was read the first time; and ordered to be 

Bill 58. read asecond time upon Monday next; and to be 


printed. 


Sir Charles Wood presented a Bill for the Regu- 
lation of Her Majesty’s Royal Marine Forces while 
on Shore: And the same was read the first time; 
and ordered to be read a second time this day. 


Marine 
Mutiny Bill. 


Mutiny Bill. Mr. Peel presented a Bill for punishing 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. 


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, 29° die Februarii ; 
Anno 19° Victorize Regine, 1856. 
PRAYERS. 


BILL for making a Railway from the 

Chappel Station of the Colchester, Stour 
Valley, Sudbury and Halstead Railway, to Hal- 
stead, in the County of /ssea, and for other purposes, | 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time. 


Colne Valley 
and Halstead 
Railway Bill. 


Kirkwall 


1 oe . rare , . 
eteer Ba. A Bill for granting further Powérs to the Trustees 


of the Ha: bour of Kirkwall, and for other purposes, 
was read the first time; und ordered to be read a. 
second time. 


Imperial Hotel §~— Qydered, Vhat the Imperial Hotel Company Bill 


Februari. 





Com Bill. j 
pany Bil. be read a second time upon Monday next. 


Worcester The Worcester and Hereford Railway Bill was ' 
and Hereford da second ti ‘ d itted | 

way Bill. rea a second time; and committed. 
rosy Carl The Order of the day being read, for the second | 
Building reading of the London Diocesan Church Building | 


Society Bill. Society Bill ; 
And a Motion being made, and the Quertion | 
being proposed, That the Bill be now read a second | 
time ; 
An Amendment was proposed to be madé 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 Questivn ; 
The House divided. 
VoL. 111. 





75 


The Yeas to the Right; 
The Noes to the Left. 
Tellers for thefLord Robert Grosvenor, \_ 14, 
Yeas, { Me Brotherton: J : 
Tellers for the f Mr. Hadfield, . 
Noes, (Sir William Clay: 
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. 


20. 


tome 


Mr. Bonham Carter reported from the Select Public 
Committee on Public Petitions; That they had yom A 
examined the Petitions presented —= the 26th, sat.) P 
27th and 28th 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. 


Colonel Wilson Patten reported from the Com- Committee of 
mittee of Selection ; That they had made alterations renee 
in the Groups of Private Bills already formed, and waxy . 
had formed new Groups, which they had agreed to x 

No. 73. 
report to the House. 

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


Ordered, That the Board of Trade do present. to Railway and 
this House, a Reportupon the Railway and Canal oa &amp;e. 
Bills of this Session, in conformity with the recom- ~~” 
mendation contained in the Fifth Report of the 
Select Committee on Railway and Canal Bills of ~ 
the Session of 1853 :—And, that the Board of Trade 
do present to this House, a Report upon the Private 
Bills for Harbours, Docks, Navigations, Xc., in con- 
formity with the practice in force with re&lt;pect to 
Railway Bills. 


Ordered, That the Petition of the Chairman and Civil Service 
Members of the General Committee of Civil Servants — 
of the Crown, which was presented upon the 14th — 
day of this instant February, relative to the Civil Ser- 
vice Superannuation Act, be referred to the Select 
Committee on Civil Service Superannuation. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant Boston 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 Boston, in the room 
of Gilbert Henry Heathcote, Esquire, commonly 
called the Honourable Gilbert Henry Heathcote, 
who, since his Election for the said Borough, hath 
accepted the office of Steward of Her Majesty’s 
Manor of Hempholme. 


Petitions relating to Brechnock College Act ;— Public 
British Museum,&amp;c.;—Church Rates ;—Tithe Rent- Petitions. 
charge;-- Local Dues on Shipping, &amp;c., Bill ;— y;a. Feventh 
Ministers’ Money (Jreland) Act ;—Deaf Mutes ;— — 
Hospitals and Lunatic Asylums (/reland) ;—Me- 
dical Profession Buill;— Partnership Amendment 


and Joint Stock Companies Bills;—Police (Counties 
_and Boroughs) Bill;—and, Public-houses ( Seot- 


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


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Army 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased (Ct™e@-.) 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Nominal Return of Officers, Non-commis- 
sioned Officers and Privates mentioned or recom- 
mended for distinguished Services in the Reports of 
Generals Codringion and Markham, and in that of 
the Brigadiers attached to their respective Divisions, 
on the occasion of the storming of the Redan, on the 
8th day of September 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. 

L2 Ordered, 






Court of Chan- 
cery (Ireland) 
Bill, &amp;c. 


East India 
(Oude. ) 


Assistant 
Barristers 
(Ireland. ) 


Assistant 
Barristers 
(Ireland.) 


Rural Police. 


Poor Law 
(Birmingham 
and Aston. ) 


Adjournment. 


Saint Pancras 
Workhvuse. 


Clerks of the 
Peace. 


76 


Ordered, That the Petitions of the Council of the 
{ncorporated Society of Solicitors in Zreland, which 
were presented upon the 18th and 25th days of this 
instant February, against the Court of Chancery 
(Ireland) Bill, and the Court of Chancery (Jreland) 
(Procedure) Bill, be referred to the Select Committee 
on those Bills. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of all Sums of Money borrowed by the 
Indian Government, or by any lersons acting under 
its authority, from the King of Oude, from the year 
1811 to the year 1855; showing also what portions 
(if any) of such Loans have been repaid, and whether 
such Repayments (if any) have been made by Money 
or by Cession of Territory to the King of Oude, and 
the Dates on which such Repayments (if any) were 
made. 


The Order made upon the 25th day of this instant 
February, That there be laid before this House, a Re- 
turn of the Names of the Assistant Barristers in Jre- 
land, Date of Call to the Bar, and of Appointment as 
Assistant Barrister; with Names of Counties and 
Amount of Salary ; the Number of Quarter Sessions 
in each year each has been absent ; the Reasons for 
such Absence; in what instances Substitutes have 
been appointed to preside, and by whose Authority ; 
also, the Amount paid to such Substitute, whether 
from the Salary of the Assistant Barrister, or from 
other Sources, was read, and discharged. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the Names, Date of Call to the Bar, and 
Appointment as Assistant Barrister, with Names of 
Counties, and Amount of Salaries and Fees (if any) ; 
the Number of Quarter Sessions, in each year since 
the Ist day of January 1845, each has been absent ; 
the Reasons for such Absence; in what instances 
Substitutes have been appointed to preside; by whose 
Authority ; andthe Amount paid to such Substitutes, 
whether from the Salary of the Assistant Barristers, 
or from other Sources. 


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 Rural Police in 
each County in England and Wales, appointed under 
the Acts 2&amp; 8 Vic. c. 93, and 3 &amp; 4 Vie. c. 88; the 
Date of their Appointment ; the Salary of the Chief 
Constable ; the Number of, and Salaries of, the In- 
spectors ; the Total Annual Cost to each County 
during the years 1853, 1854 and 1855; also, the 
Amount which would be produced by a Penny Rate 
levied on each County, according to the present Va- 
luation, drawn up in a Tabular Form. 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Copy ot Report, by R. Weale, Esquire, to the Poor 
Law Board, on the state of Pauperism in Birming- 
ham and Aston. 


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


Mr. Massey presented, by Her Majesty's Com- 
mand,—Copvy of Report of thes Bence Jones, M.D., 
F.R.8., to the Poor Law Board, on the Accommoda- 
tion in Saint Pancras Workhouse. 

Mr. Massey also presented,— Return to an Address 
to Her Majesty, dated the 10th day of August 1855, 
for 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 re- 
spective Oltlices, in the years 1852, 1853, 1854 and 


99° Februariz. 






















































A. 1856. 


1855, stating in respect of what Duties such Fees 
are payable :—And, of the Amount of any Compen- 
sation granted to them in respect of their Offices, 
stating when, and by what Authority, and for what 
cause such Compensation was awarded. 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the Commission 
11th day of August 1855, fora Return from each City o the Peace, 
and Borough in England and Wales, having a se- 
wer Commission of the Peace, of the following 

articulars, for one year, from the Ist day of January 
to the 31st day of December 1854:—Name and 
Address of Recorder or Judge ; Date of his Appoint- 
ment; Date of holding 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 Allowance to the Recorder or Judge, 
Clerk of the Peace, Clerk of Indictments, Bailiff, 
Crier, Doorkeeper, and of any other and what Offi- 
cer :—If any of the above Parties are remunerated 
by Fees, particularise such Fees, and also give the 
Gross Annual Amount paid to each Party. 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the Municipal 
11th day of August 1855, for a Return of the Com- Corporations, 
parative Population of the Boroughs contained in 
the Schedule to the Municipal Corporations Act. 

5 &amp; 6 Will. 4, c. 76, distinguishing the Wards of 
each Borough. 

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


Sir Charles Wood presented, by Her Majesty's Local Acts. 
Command,—Further Reports from the Admiralty, No, 41, 
relative to Applications for Local Acts. 

Sir Charles Wood also presented, —Return to an « Josephine 
Order, dated the 26th day ofthis instant February, for Willis” and the 
Copies of the Reports of Mr. Yardley, the Stipen- “ Mangerton 
diary Magistrate, and of Captain Robertson, the As- 
sessor, on the late Collision between the “ Josephine 
Willis” and the ‘‘ Mangerton” Steamer, presented 
to the Board of Trade. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table ; and that the first be printed. 


. 


The following Paper, pursuant to the directions Joint Stock 
of an Act of Parliament, was laid upon the Table Companies. 
by the Clerk of the House,—Report by the Registrar 
of Joint Stock Companies to the Lords of the Com- 
mittee of Privy Council for Trade, for the year i855. 


Ordered, That the Account relative to the Duchy Duehy of 
of Lancaster, which was presented upon the 28th Lancaster. 
day of this instant February, be printed. 0. 74. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to the Consta- Constabulary 
bulary Police, which was presented upon the 20th Police. 
day of January 1840, be printed. No. 75, 


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 appointment of a Commission of General Offi- Army 
‘(cers to report upon the Report of Sir John M‘Neil (Crime. 
“and Colonel Tulloch, is to substitute an inefficient Or 
“ for a very efficient mode of inquiry; and that the 
“ etfect of such appointment will be to hide the mis- 
“ conduct of those by whom various Departments of 
“ our Army have been subjected to the command of 
“ Officets who have been inculpated by the Com- 
“ missioners appointed to inquire into their conduct,” 
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: 





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Charge of 


Land Forces. 


Message from 
the Lords. 


Ecclesiastical 
Commission, 
&amp;e. 


Ways and 
Means, 


Annuities 
Bill, 


Consolidated 
Fund 

(£.1,631,005. 
Is, 5d.) Bill. 


Exchequer 
ills Fundin 
Bill, . 


Marine 
Mutiny Bill, 


Matiny Bill. 


| 19 Vicrortia. 


Chair :—The House accordingly resolved itself into 
the Committee. 


(In the Committee.) 


Motion made, and Question proposed, That a 
Sum, not exceeding £.7,000,000, be granted to Her 
Majesty, on account of the Charge of Her Majesty’s 
Land anes in the United Kingdom of Great 
Britain and Ireland, and at Foreign Stations (ex- 
cepting India), which will come in course of payment 
from the 1st day of April 1856 to the 31st day of 
March 1857, inclusive. 

Whereupon Motion made, and Question proposed, 
That the Chairman do report Progress, and ask leave 
io sit again :—Motion, by leave, withdrawn. 

Original Question, by leave, withdrawn. 

Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £. 6,500,000, 
be granted to Her Majesty, on account of the Charge of 
Her Majesty’s Land Forces in the United Kingdom 
of Great Britain and Jreland, and at Foreign Sta- 
tions (excepting Jndia), which will come in course 
of payment from the Ist day of April 1856 to the 
3ist day of March 1857, inclusive. 

Resolution to be reported. 

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

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 Monéay next, 
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 give leave to the Earl of Chichester to 
attend the Select Committee appointed by this House 
in the present Session of Parliament, on the Eccle- 
siastical Commission, &amp;c., as desired by this House 
(his Lordship in his place consenting). 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Ways and Means ; 

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


The House, according to Order, proceeded to 
take into consideration the Annuities Bill, as amen- 
ded in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon 
Monday next. 


The Consolidated Fund (£.1,631,005. 1s. 5d.) 
Bill was, according to Order, read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act to apply the Sum of One million 
six hundred and thirty-one thousand and five pounds 
one shilling and five-pence, out of the Consolidated 
Fund, to the service of the year ending the Thirty- 
first day of March One thousand eight hundred and 
Fifty-six. 

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 Exchequer Bills Funding 
Bill, as amended in the Committee. . 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Monday next. 


The Marine Mutiny Bill was, according to Order, 
read a second time; and committed to a Committee 
of the whole House, for Monday next. 


The Mutiny Bill was, according to Order, read a 
second time ; and committed to a Committee of the 
whole House, for Monday next. 


90° Februariz. 





—1°—3° Martii. 77 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Burial- 
mittee on the Burial-grounds (/relaud) Bill ; grounds (Ire- 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday —— 
the 2d day of April next, resolve itself into the said 
Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Juvenile 
mittee on the Juvenile Offenders (Zre/and) Bill; — Offenders _ 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday —— 
the 2d day of April next, resolve itself into the said 
Committee. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Secretary to 
into a Committee on the Secretary to the Poor Law = Cece Lew 
Commissioners (Zreland) Bill; and, after some time (Ireland) 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 upon 

Monday next. 


The Order for reading a second time, upon Mon- Police (Coun- 
day next, the Police (Counties and Boroughs). Bill, ties and 
was read, and discharged. — 

Ordered, That the Bill be reada second time upon 
Friday next. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Factories, 
for the further Amendment of the Laws relating to 
Labour in Factories: And that Colonel Walson 
Patten and Lord Stanley do prepare, and bring it in. 


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


Sabbati, 1° die Martii, 1856; 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring ina Bill for Out-Pension- 
further regulating the Payment of the Out-Pen- rs (Greenwich 
sioners of Greenwich and Chelsea Hospitals: And i 
that Mr. Peel and Mr.Wilson do prepare, and bring 
it in. 

Ordered, That Mr. Napier be discharged from Court of 
further attendance on the Select Committee on the Chancery iu 
Court of Chancery (Jreland) Bill. aati 

Ordered, That Mr. Grogan be added to the Com- 
mittee. ! 


Colonel Wilson Patten presented a Bill for the Factories Bill. 
further Amendment of the Tam relating to Labour _ Bill 59. 
in Factories: And the same was “ead the first time ; 

and ordered to be read a second time upon Wednes- 

day the 2d day of April next; and to be printed. 


Mr. Peel presented a Bill for further regulating Out-Pension- 
the Payment of the Out-Pensioners of ‘Greenwich ————— 
and Chelsea Hospitals: And the same was read the Bill, = 
first time; and ordered to be read a second time Bill 60. 


upon Monday next; and to be printed. 


Mr. Solicitor General for Jreland presented a Bil] Bankruptcy 
to consolidate and amend the Laws relating to Bank- #84 Insolvency 
F (Ireland) Bill. 
ruptey and Insolvency in Jreland: And the same Bill 61 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 5 
second time upon Monday the 31st day of this in- 
stant March ; and to be printed. 


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





Lune, 3° die Marti; 
Anno 19° Victorize Regine, 1856. 


PRAYERS. 


R. Duncan reported from the Select Committee Public 
on Public Petitions ; That they had examined Fetitions 
the Petitions presented upon the 29th day of Febru- eon ) 
ary Jast; and had directed him to make a Report 
thereof to the House. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 


and be printed. 





Vou. 111. 


L 3 A Petition 





















































































































































































Edinburgh 
Municipality 
Bill. 


Imperial Hotel 
Company Bill. reading of the Imperial Hotel Company Bill ; 


Public 
Petitions. 


Vide Twelfth 
Report. 


Episcopal and 
Capitular 
Estates Bill. 


Auckland 


78 


A Petition of the City of Edinburgh Paving Board, 
and of the Lord Provost, Magistrates and Council 
of the City of Edinburgh, praying that Provision 
may be made in the Edinburgh Municipality Bill 
for repealing certain Provisions in the Edinburgh 
Paving Act, and enacting other Provisions in lieu 
thereof, was presented, and read ; and referred to the 
Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 


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. 


“ 


3° Martiz. 





A. 1856. 


4. That the settlements of the South were esta- 
blished by a trading company, not only without the 
sanction, but in defiance of the authority of Her 
Majesty’s Government, and without any guarantee: 
or promise at any subsequent period, that any one 
of these settlements should become the seat of go- 
vernment. 

5. That the province of Auckland is not less dis~ 
tinct in its origin and interests from the colonies of 
the South than it is separated from them by physical 
difficulties of an all but insurmountable character. 

6. That Auckland has no commercial relations. 
with the southern settlements ; that there is no in- 
terchange of commodities between it and them ; that 
their exports and imports are the same, ihe same 
markets being open to both; that the same state 
of things must necessarily continue for many years; 
and that, in short, the province of Auckland is as 
little connected with those of the South, and as little: 
likely to become so, as with Canada or any other 
of Her Majesty’s colonies in America. 

7. That the federal character of the present con- 
stitution, being apparently formed on the model of 
the United States of America, is not adapted to the 





Tellers for the Yeas, aa } 72, 
a ee ) Mr. Bentinck, = 
Tellers for the Noes, | Mr. Fitz Roy’: i 64. 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative. | 


Ordered, ‘that the Bill be now read a second | 
time:—The Biil was xccordingly read a second | 
time; and committed. 


Petitions relating to Brecknock College Act ;— 
British Museum, &amp;c. ;—Church Rates ;—Church 
Rates Abolition Bill ;—Tithe Rent-charge ;—Court 
of Chancery;—Hay (for the Army in the Crimea) ; 
—Joint Stock Companies Bill;—Justices of the 
Peace Qualification Bill ;—Xars;--Medical Pro- 
fession Bill;-—Partnership Amendment Bill ;— Police 
(Counties and Boroughs) Bill;—and, Wee Pawns, 
&amp;e. (Scotland),—were presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition relating to the Episcopal and Capitular 
Estates Bill, was also presented, and read; and re- 
ferred to the Select Committee on the Bill, 





* . . . . - ) 
A Petition of the Provincial Council of Auckland 


circumstances of a dependency, the central govern- 
| ment having no foreign relations or functions of a 
similar character to those belonging to the President 
and Congress of the United States, such functions 
being indeed incompatible with their allegiance to 
Her Majesty’s Crown. 

8. ‘That two or more concurrent legislatures in one: 
colony are not more novel and unprecedented in. 
their character than pregnant with danger to the ad- 
ministration of justice. 

9. That in small communities, such as those form- 
ing the six colonies of New Zealand under the 
present constitution, it is difficult to find a sufficient 
number of persons qualified by education, experi- 
ence und pecuniary circumstances to give the re- 
quisite attention to the duties of legislation, both in 
Provincial Councils and in a General Assembly. 

10. That the expense of so many separate legis- 
latures and government establishments is a grievous. 
burden upon so young a colony, and falls with pe- 
culiar weight upon the province of Auckland. 

11. That, while a constitution so complex in its 
character thus endangers the administration of 


(New Zealand.) (signed by the Speaker), was presented, and read ; _ justice ; while it tends to withhold those who have 


setting forth, That the Petitioners having on their | 
first meeting in Council] represented to the House | 
that the New Zea/and Constitution Act, which pro- | 
vides for the establishment of a Provincial Council | 
for each of the six colonies which have been planted | 
in the islands of New Zealand by Her Majesty’s | 
subjects, and fora central or general government and | 
legislature for the whole, could not be brought into | 
operation without working injustice and injury to the | 
colony in geueral, and to the province in Auckland 
in particular, would renew their representations to 
the House, strengthened by the experience which | 
the actual werking of the constitution in all its | 
branches has afforded since the transmission of that 
Petition to the House. 

2. In praying that Her Majesty and Parliament 
would relieve Her Majesty’s faithful subjects in the 
province of Auckland from the injustice of having 
the revenues collected in that province appropriated 
by an Assembly which contains a majority of persons 
having no interest in the province, but having in- | 
terests separate from or opposed to those of the pro- 
vince, the Petitioners would humbly represent— 

3. That the province of Auckland was founded | 
by Her Majesiy’s authority, and the city of Auck- 
land chosen by Her Majesty’s representative as the 
capital of New Zealand and seat of government, and 
was finally established as such by a proclamation, 
dated 26th November 1842, under the authority of 
a despatch from one of Her Majesty’s Principal 
Secretaries of Sta‘e, signifying Her Majesty’s plea- 
sure thereon. 








tle greatest stake in the piosperity of the colony 
from taking a due share in the public business, by 
making it incompatible with the necessary attention 
to their private interests; while it constitutes an 
Assembly composed of members who, by reason of 
their conflicting or incompatible interests, are more 
disposed to spend their time in party contests than 
in useful legislation ; while it entails upon the com- 
munity an expense entirely disproportioned to their 
resources—it does not offer a single advantage in 
return, which might not be more effectively secured 
by a simpler and more economicul scheme of go- 
vernment. 

12. That, while the extent of the province of 
Auckland, the number of its inhabitants, both Bri- 
tish and aboriginal (being greater than that of all 
the other provinces in the aggregate), the amount 
of revenue (being four-ninths of that of the whole 
six provinces), and the circumstances of its first 
settlement, entitle Auckland to be the seat of the 
government of New Zealand; and while the Peti- 
tioners firmly protest against the injustice of subject- 
ing its interests to a majority of representatives from 
the southern provinces (those representing the South 
being twenty-five, while those representing Auckland 
are only twelve in number), they would equally de- 
precate the hardship to the southern provinces of 
being required to send representatives to a general 
legislature at Auck/and. 

13. That the unity of the colony, so far as regards 
the relations of Auckland to the rest of New Zealand, 
and so far as the unity of the colony under present 
circumstances. 








Leave of 
Absence, 


Incumbents 
of Parishes, 








19 Vicroriz. 


‘circumstances can be practically maintained, will be 
sufficiently provided for by giving to the North a 
separate and independent legislature ; and by pro- 
viding that the Governor-in-Chief of the New Zea- 
land islands shall require an uniformity in all enact- 


ments of its separate legislatures, which are intended | 
to affect the objects with reference to which an | 


identity of legislation is supposed to be necessary 
throughout the islands. 

14. That it appears, from the observations of Sir 
J. Pakington, on the present Constitution Act, on 
4 June 1852, that several persons interested in the 
southern settlements were consulted in -the framing 
of the Constitution Act, while no person connected 


with Auckland had an opportunity of representing | 


the interests and rights of that province. 

15. That the proceedings of the General Assembly 
at its late meeting have in fact proved that the repre- 
sentatives of the southern provinces came to Auck- 
land with a determination to compel the Governor 
by their majority of votes to form a new executive 
selected from the southern members, and to change 
the seat of the general government to one of the 
southern settlements; and that failing in these ob- 
jects, two sessions of the Assembly, which were held 
after an interval of a fortnight, were wasted in party 
disputes and squabbles, and finally brought to a 
close without any satisfactory settlement of the pub- 


lic business ; the finances of the colony having been | 


left in a state of the utmost cunfusion, and the laws 
enacted having been hurried through the legislature 


with so little attention that several of them are mani- | 


festly imperfect and unworthy of confidence. 

16. That, in order to hold these sessions of the 
General Assembly, which extended over a period 
from 25th May to 17th September, several of the 
southern members required to be nearly six months, 
and all of them upwards of four months, absent from 
nome, many of them having, besides, their separate 
duties to attend to as members of local legislatures 
of their respective provinces. 

17. That, it having been thus proved that the 
present constitution, with all its complex and ex- 
pensive machinery, cannot be made productive of 
good government to any portion of the colony, Her 
Majesty’s present Ministers are especially pledged 
to grant a constitution more suitable to the neces- 
sities and wishes of the colonists, as well as more 
consistent with justice and good faith to the people 
of Auckland; the Duke of Newcastle, Sir William 
Molesworth, and Mr. Gladstone having objected to | 
the present Constitution Act for one or more of the | 
reasons which the Petitioners have stated, and Lord 
John Russell having declared that, if it were found | 
that parts of such institutions worked with dissatis- | 
faction in the Colonies, there could be no interest | 
either in the Ministers of the Crown, or in Parlia- | 
ment, to oppose the just wishes of the colonists in | 
that respect ; and praying that Her Majesty, with the | 
aid of Parliament, will deliver the province of which | 
they are the elected representatives from the griev-| 
ances to which it has been subjected by the present | 
Constitution Act. 

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

Ordered, That Mr. Bright have leave of absence 
for a month, 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 Parishes that are united under the same | 
Incumbent ; stating whether there is a Residence in | 
both Parishes, or only where the Incumbent resides ; | 
the Population of each Parish ; whether there is a| 
resident Curate in the Parish in which the Rector | 
or Vicar does not reside ; and the Distance from one | 
Church to the other. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Vou, 111. 


3° Martii. 








79 
| Her Majesty, bysuch Members of this House as are 
a Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


| Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Superannu- 
| Return of the comparative Amount of Superannua- tions. 


tions, distinguished from Compensations upon Re- 
ductions of Office, to Persons who had entered into 
the Public Service previous to the 4th day of August 


| 1829 (in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 


110, of Session 1853), up to and ending the ist 
day of January 1856, the Totals of the several Co- 
lumns of said Return to be placed at head of this 
Return. 


Ordered, That tiere be laid before this House, a Superannu- 
Return of Abatements made from the Salaries of all #tions. 
Persons who have entered the Public Service since 
the 4th day of August 1829 (in continuation of 
Parliamentary Paper, No. 108, of Session 1853), up 
to and ending the ist day of January 1856, the 
Totals of the several Columns of said Return to be 
placed at head of this Return. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the “ Jo- «Josephine 
sephine Willis” and the “ Mangerton,” which was Willis” and the 
presented upon the 29th day of February last, be —— 
printed. No. 76. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to Joint Stock Joint Stock 
Companies, which was presented upon the 29th day Companies. 
of February last, be printed. No. 77. 


Mr. Massey presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- Feelesiastical 
mand,—Copy of Eighth General Report from the Commission, 
Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England ; with an 
Appendix (under the Acts 13 &amp; 14 Vic. c. 94, s. 26, 
and 17 &amp; 18 Vie. c. 116, s. 10). 

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 


Table. 


The following Paper was laid upon the Table by Court of 
the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, dated Chancery 
the 5th day of February last, for Copy of the Com- “#") 
munication addiessed to the late Chancellor of the 
Exchequer, Mr. Goulburn, by Lord Saint Leonards, 
in or about the month of December 1844, relating 
to the Finances of the Court of Chancery in [re/and. 

The following Papers, pursuant to the directions Woods, Forests 
of several Acts of Parliament, were also Jaid upon #0 Land 
the Table by the Clerk of the House,—Abstract eve" 
Accouuts of the Commissioners of Her Majesty’s 
Woods, Forests and Land Revenues, for’ the year 
ended 31st March 1854. 

Copy of Act of Sederunt extending the present court of 
Winter Session of the Court of Session in Scotland. Session 

(Scotland. ) 

Mr. Peel presented,—Return to an Address to Chelsea 
Her Majesty, dated the 21st day of February last, Royal Military 
for a Return showing the application of the Sum of _— 
Ten thousand pounds of the Forfeited and Unclaimed 
Army Prize Fund, authorized to be raised by the 
Act 17 &amp; 18 Vie. c. 61, *‘ for enlarging, altering, re- 
pairing and improving the Buildings of the Royal 
Military Asylum at Chelsea,” and the additioyal 
Number of Children added to that Establishment, 
pursuant to the Preamble of the said Act, and the 
engagement made to that effect by the Secretary-at- 

War on the 4th day of May 1854, that 120 Children 
should be added to the Establishment. 

Mr. Peel also presented, pursuant to the directions Military 
of an Act of Parliament,—An Account of the Savings 
Amount due by the Public to Depositors in Military ®“"** 
Savings Banks on the 31st March 1853; and of 
the Receipts, Interest and Disbursements in thie said 
Military Savings Banks during the year then next 
ensuing, ending on the 31st March 1854, together 
with the Number of Depositors therein on the said 
3ist March 1854 :—Also, an Account of the Sums 
paid over, or now about to be paid over, by the 
Secretary-at-War to the Commissioners for the Re- 

L4 duction 


























































































80 Peni 4° 


duction of the National Debt, for Investment in 
Bank Annuities on account of the Fund for Military 
Savings Banks; and of the Dividends reported to 
the Secretary-at-War by the said Commissioners to 
have been received thereon, and invested in further 
aid of the Fund for Military Savings. 

Ordered, ‘hat the said Papers do lie upon the 


Table. 
Supply. Mr. FitzRoy reported from the Committee of 
Supply, a Resolution ; which was read, as followeth: 
Charge of That a Sum, not exceeding £.6,500,000, be 


Land Forces. ranted to Her Majesty, on account of the Charge 


of Her Majesty’s Land Forces in the United King- 
dom of Great Britain and Ireland, and at Foreign 
Stations (excepting India), which will come in course 
of pte from the 1st day of April 1856 to the 
3ist day of March 1857, inclusive. 

The said Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself into 
the Committee of Supply. 


Supply. 


(In the Committee.) 


Charge of 
Land Forces. 


towards defraying the Charge of Her Majesty’s 


Land Forces at Home and Abroad, exclusive of 


India, which will come in course of payment from 
the 1st day of April 1856 to the 31st day of March 
1857, inclusive. 

2. Resolved, Thata Sum, not exceeding £.1,000,000, 
be granted to Her Majesty, on account, towards de- 
fraying the Charge of the Embodied Militia of Great 


Militia, 


Britain and Ireiand, which will come in course of 


payment from the Ist day of April 1856 to the 31st 
day of March 1857, inclusive. 

3. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £, 88,000, 
be granted to Her Majesty, for defraying the Charge 
of Volunteer Corps in Great Britain, which will 
come in course of payment from the 1st day of April 
1856 to the 31st day of March 1857, inclusive, 

4, Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £.250,000, 
be granted to Her Majesty, on account, towards 
defraying the Charge of the Army Works Corps, 
which will come in course of payuient from the Ist 
day of April 1856 to the 31st day of March 1857, 
inclusive. 

5. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £.169,026, 
be granted to Her Majesty, for defraying the Charge 
of the Salsries and Contingencies of the V 
ment, which will come in course of payment from 


Volunteer 
Corps. 


Army Works 
Corps. 


War Depart- 
ment. 


tne Ist day of April 1856 to the 31st day of March | 


1857, inclusive. 

6. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £. 22,791, 
be granted to Her Majesty, for defraying the Charge 
of the Head Quarters Military Departments, which 
will come in course of payment from the 1st day 


Head Quarters 
Military 
Departments. 


of April 1856 to the 31st day of March 1857, in- 


clusive, 
Resolutions to be reported. 





And the House having continued to sit till after 


Twelve of the clock on Tuesday morning ; 


Martis, 4° die Martii, 1856: 


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. FitzRoy also acquainted the House, that he 
was directed to move, That the Committee may have | 


Jeave to sit again. 


Resolved, "That this House will, upon Wednes- 
day next, again resolve itself into the said Com- 


jnittee, 





Martii. A. 1856. 


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 Joint Stock Banks Joint Stock 


: A . Banks (S 
(Scotland) Bill, without any Amendment : And also, fund) Ba” 


The Lords request, That this House will be pleased Appellate 
to give leave to Mr. Attorney General, Mr. Solicitor ema 
General, Sir Fitzroy Kelly, and Richard Malins, Lorde) 
Esquire, Members of this House, to attend their 
Lordships, to be sworn, in order to their being exa- 
mined as Witnesses before the Select Committee ap- 

— by their Lordships in the present Session of 
arliament, on the Appellate Jurisdiction of the 
House of Lords. 


to Order, resolved itself into Ways and 


The House, according 
Means. 


the Committee of Ways and Means. 
(In the Committee.) 
Resolved, That, towards making good the Supply Consolidated 





1. Resolved, Thata further Sum, not exceeding | 
£. 500,000, be granted to Her Majesty, on account, 


Var Depart- | 


° : © cai ad 
granted to Her Majesty, the Sum of £. 26,000,000 *22 
|be granted out of the Consolidated Fund of the _— 
| United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. 


Resolution to be reported. 


Mr. Speaker resumed tne Chair; and Mr. Fitz Roy 
gy That the Committee had come to a Reso- 
ution. 

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, upon Wednesday 
next, again resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Courts of 
i of the Courts of Common Law (Jre/and) (ireland) Bilt 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Monday the 31st day of this instant March. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Juries (Ire- 
reading of the Juries (Jreland) Bill ; land) Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Monday the 31st day of this instant March. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Joint Stock 
5 Companies 
Bill. 


| mittee on the Joint Stock Companies 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- Partnership 
mittee on the Partnership Amendment Bill ; Amendment 

Resolved, 'Vhat this House will, upon Monday next, _ 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Trial of 


The Trial of Offences Bill was, according to 
7 Offences Bill. 


Order, read a second time; and committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for Wednesday 
next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Metropolis 
reading of the Metropolis Local Management Act 10! tees 
Amendment Bill ; " amended 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time this Bill. 


day. 











The Annuities Bill was, according to Order, read Annuities 
the third time. = 
| Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
| Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence, 


Exchequer 
Bills Funding 


Resolved, - 


The Exchequer Bills Funding Bill was, according 
to Order, read the third time. 











lated 
0,000.) 


of 
n Law 
1) Bill. 


Ire- 
ill. 


tock 
lies 


ship 
ment 


; 
s Bill. 


olis 
lanage 
ct 
ment 


jer 
unding 





19 Vicroriz. 3°—4° 


Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 


Ordered, Vhat the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 


Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Marine Mutiny The Orders of the day being read, for the Com- 


Bil; and, mittees on the Marine Mutiny Bill; and, the Mutiny 
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 
this day. ; 
geretaryto | The Secretary to the Poor Law Commissioners 
| ed (Ireland) Bill was, according to Order, read the 
(Ireland) Bill. third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Out-Pension- = The Out-Pensioners (Greenwich and Chelsea) Bill 
— was, according to Order, read a second time; and 
Bill. committed toa Committee of the whole House, for 


Thursday next. 


Carlisle The Order for reading a second time, upon Tues- 
Canonries Bill. day next, the Carlisle Canonries Bill, was read, and 
discharged. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Thursday the 13th day of this instaut March. 


Valuation Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
and Survey of Return of the Names and Dates of Appointments of 
waned, all Persons temporarily engaged as Accountant 
Valuators, Superintendents, Surveyors, Draughts- 
men, and Clerks in the Office of the General Valu- 
ation and Survey of Ireland, who have beenemployed 
in that Department for Five Years and upwards, the 
Rate of Pay granted to such Persons on appoint- 
ment, and the Number of Years of Service of such 


Persons to the 1st day of March 1856 ; distinguish- | 


ing the Period of Service (if any) while employed in 





Marti. 81 


| ties be permitted to proceed with their Bill, pro- 
| vided that they deposit forthwith a supplementary 
| subscription contract, sufficient to make up the 
‘amount required by the Standing Orders ; that the 
| Committee on the Bill do report how far such 


| Order has been complied with, on the Report of the 
Bill. 


| 8, That in the case of the Duke of Bridgewater's Duke of 
and Earl of Ellesmere’s Canal and North Stafford- ")f\y ce 


; . and Karl of 
shire Railway Petition for leave to deposit a Peti- Enesmere’s 


tion for a Bill, the Standing Orders ought not to be Canal, and 

| dispensed with. ahve Tadlway. 
| 4. That in the case of the Wolverhampton Water Wolverhamp- 
| Petition for leave to deposit a Petition for a Bill, the * Water. 

| Standing Orders ought to be dispensed with; that 

| the Parties be permitted to deposit their Petition 

| accordingly. 

| 5. That in the case of the Tottenham, Hornsey Tottenham, 
_and Willesden Railway Petition, the Standing Or- Hornsey and 
ders ought to be dispensed with; that the Parties Railway. 

be permitted to proceed with their Bill. 

6. That in the case of the Westminster Terminus Westminster 
Railway (West Zondon Extension) Petition, the Railvey 
Standing Orders ought not to be dispensed with. — (West London 
Extension.) 

7. That in the case of the Naw4b of Surat Peti- Nawab of 
tion for leave to deposit a Petition for « Bill, the S°™* 
Standing Orders ought to be dispensed with ; that 
the Parties be permitted to deposit their Petition 
accordingly. 

8. That in the case of the West Riding of York- West Riding 
ship Juvenile Offenders Petition for leave to deposit » Be 
a Petition for a Bill, the Standing Orders ought not Offenders. 
to be dispensed with. 

The first, second, fourth, fifth and seventh Reso- 
lutions, being read a second time, were agreed to. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. FitzRoy reported from the Committee on the Dundee _ 

| Dundee Harbour Bill; That they had examined the Harbour Bill. 
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 there- 

unto, 


| Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


f 





other Civil Departments respectively ; the Nature | 


of Employment since appointment, and the Rate of 
Pay on the 1st day of March 1856. 








Ordnance Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed 
(Sention 4) to consider the Ordnance Survey of Scotland. 

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, 4° die Martii ; 
Anno 19° Victoria Regine, 1856. 
PRAYERS. 

= Coton EL JWilson Patten reported from the 
: Select Committee on Standing Orders, several 

Resolutions ; which were read, as follow: 
con, 1. That in the case of the Aberdeen, Peterhead 
Fraserburgh and Fraserburgh Railway Petition, the Standing 
Railway. Orders ought to be dispensed with; that the Par- 
ties be permitted to proceed with their Bill, pro- 
vided that they deposit forthwith amended cross- 
sections ; that the Srunatioes on the Bill do report 
how far such Order has been complied with, on the 

\ Report of the Bill. 

Aide and 2. That in the case of the Deeside and A/ford 
Railway alley Valley Railway Extension Petition, the Standing 
Extension, © Orders ought to be dispensed with; that the Par- 


| Mr. FitzRoy reported from the Committee on Colonial Bank 
| the Colonial Bank Bill; That they had examined 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 there- 

unto, 


| Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


| 


| Mr. FitzRoy reported from the Committee on London Docks 
‘the London Docks Bill; That they had examined Bil 
|the allegations contained in the Preamble of the 
Bill, and amended the same, by introducing words 
showing the period when part of the Capital of the 
Company was raised, and the Powers of raising 
Money given by the London Docks Act, 1853, in 
order to make the same in accordance with the faots 
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. FitzRoy reported the East of Fife Railway East of Fife 
Bill, with Amendments. Railway Bill. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Mr. Oliveira reported the Knottingley Gas Bill, Knottingley 
with Amendments. Gas Bill. 





Vou. 111. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 
M The 























Aberdeen, 
Peterhead and 
Fraserburgh 
Railway. 


Deeside and 
Alford Valley 
Railway. 


East Kent 
Railway Bill. 


Birkenhead 
Docks Bill. 


Aldershot 
Camp Bill. 


Public 
Petitions. 


Vide Thir- 
teenth Report. 


Schools 
in Rural 
Districts. 


Stipendiary 
Magistrates, 


Assurance 
Companies. 


82 


The House was moved, That the Report from the 
Select Committee on Standing Orders, in respect of 
the Petition for the Aberdeen, Peterhead and Fra- 
serburgh 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 Aberdeen to Peterhead 
and Fraserburgh, and for vther purposes: And that 
Lord Haddo, Colonel Lindsay, Mr. Thompson and 
Mr. Layard 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 Deeside and Alford Valley 
Railway Bill, might be read ; and the same being 
read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring ina Bill 
for making a Railway from Colford of Drum to 
Alford, with a Branch to Bridgeton: And that 
Lord Haddo, Colonel Lindsay, Mr. Thompson and 
Mr. Layard do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That the East Kent Railway Bill be 


read a second time To-morrow. 


The Birkenhead Docks Bill was, according to 
Order, read a second time ; and committed. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, 
That in the case of the Aldershot Camp Bill, no 
Standing Orders are applicable. 


Petitions relating to the British Museum, &amp;c. ;— 
Church Rates Abolition Bill; —Church Rates ;— 
Crystal Palace ;— Maynooth College ;—Tithe Kent- 
charge ; — Local Dues on Shipping, &amp;c. Bill ; — 
Bleaching Works, &amp;c.;—Medical Profession Bill; 
— Monetary System ;— and, Police (Counties and 
Boroughs) Bill,—were presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Tuble. 


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 Schools which 
have been erected, under the Minute of Her Ma- 
jesty’s Most honourable Privy Council of Education 
of the 2d day of April 1853, for promoting Volun- 
tary Assessments towards the Expense of building 
Schools in Rural Districts. 

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


Resolred, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 


4° Martiz. 








A. 1856. 


Viscount Palmerston presented, by Her Majesty’s Kars, 
Command,—Papers relative to Military Affairs in 
Asiatic Turkey, and the Defence and Capitulation 
of Kars. 

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 nee 
the 25th day of February last, for Copies or Extracts ie 
of the Correspondence which has taken place be- 
tween the Government of Jndia and the Commis- 
sioner of Nagpore, relative to the Annexation of 
the Berar Territory to the British Territory (in con- 
tinuation of former Returns). 

The following Paper, pursuant to the directions of Bankruptey, 

an Act of Parliament, was also laid upon the Table 
by the Clerk of the House,—A Return showing 
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 1855, 
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 1854 
to the Ist day of January 1856; also, the Balances 
standing on the following Accounts to the credit of 
Richard Clarke, Esquire, the Accountant in Bank- 
ruptcy, on the 1st day of January 1856; namely, Ist. 
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. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Court Court of 
of Chancery (Lreland), which was presented upon yom 
the 3d day of this instant March, be printed. ( "Ne. 4 
0. ° 
Ordered, That the Accounts relative to Woods, Woods, Forests 
Forests and Land Revenues, which were presented sl 
upon the 3d day of this instant March, be printed. 9. 
Ordered, That the Return relative to Chelsea Chelsea — 
Royal Military Asylum, which was presented upon _— Miltary 
a - * sylum. 
the 3d day of this instant March, be printed. No. 80. 


Ordered, That the Account relative to Military Military 


Savings Banks, which was presented upon the 3d —— 
ca i . anks. 
day of this instant March, be printed. No. 81 


Mr. Monsell presented,—Return to an Address to Aldershot 





Her Majesty, dated the 28th day of February last, *™? oe. 


to give directions, that there be laid before this | for Copy of a Plan of the Roads and Ways in- 


House, a Return of the Names and Salaries of all 
the Stipendiary Magistrates in England und Wales ; 
together with the Number of Cuses brought, in the 
course of the year 1855, under the cognizance of 
each such Magistrate, and the Population of the 
District over which he exercises jurisdiction. 
Ordered, That 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, Places of Business, and 
Objects of all Assurance Companies completely re- 
gistered, from the passing of the Act 7 &amp; 8 Vic. 
c. 110, to this day, stating the Dates of complete 
Registration :—And, Copy of every Account regis- 
tered by such Companies, conformably with the 
Provisions of the said Act, since the Return of the 
19th day of March 1852 (in continuation of Parlia- 
mentary Paper, No. 171-I., of Session 1852). 


tended to be abolished and closed under the Provi- 
sions of the Aldershot Camp Bill. 

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


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- Army. 
posed, That a Select Committee be appointed to Co™™s™ 
consider, examine Evidence, and report to the House, 
on the expediency of abolishing the system of Sale 
and Purchase of Commissions in the Army, and on 
the means that may be adopted for the accomplish- 
ment of that object:—And the said Motion was, 
with leave of the House, withdrawn. 


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 request, that this House will be pleased Appellate 
to give leave to Roundell Palmer, Esquire, a Mem- Jurisdiction 
ber of this House, to attend their Lordships, to be we oy 
sworn 








a) 





Tithe Com- 
, mutation 
lia Rent-charge. 
ation 
r.) 
ptey. Bleaching, &amp;c. 
Works. 
Tea Duties. 
j 
5 East India. 
18. 
‘orests 
d 
8. 
79. 
ilitary 
B0, 
31. 
ot 
ill. 
Whichwood 
Forest. 
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7 Advowsons, 
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4°. 5° 


sworn, in order to his being examined as a Witness 
before the Select Committee appointed in the present 
Session of Parliament, on the Appellate Jurisdiction 
of the House of Lords. 


19 VicrorizZz. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
declare the effect and operation of an Act of the sixth 
and seventh years of King William the Fourth, for re- 
gulating Parochial Assessments, and to make Pro- 
vision for the juster and more uniform rating of 
Tithe Commutation Rent-charges to the Relief of the 
Poor: And that Mr. Robert Phillimore and Lord 
Alfred Hervey do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
regulate the Hours of Labour of Females and Young 
Persons under Eighteen, employed in any of the 
Processes of Bleaching, Finishing, Dyeing, Calen- 
dering, Making-up and Packing, wherever carried 
on: And that Mr. Jsaac Butt, Lord John Manners, 
Viscount Goderich and Mr. Crook do prepare, and 
bring it in. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being put, 
That a Select Committee be appointed to inquire 
into the circumstances attending the payment of the 
very large amount of Duties paid upon Teas on the 
20th day of April 1855, by certain Parties trading in 
the Ports of London and Liverpool, and thereby 
evading the increased Duties proposed by the Chan- 
cellor of the Exchequer in the Budget, the same 
evening, in order to ascertain whether such Parties 
were enabled to de so in consequence of previous 
information communicated by some persons con- 
nected with the Revenue Department of the Trea- 
sury, and thus obtaining an undue advantage over 
others engaged in the same trade, and depriving the 
Revenue of the increased Duty :—It passed in the 
Negative. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return enumerating the several Territories which 
have been annexed, or have been. proposed to be 
annexed to the British Dominions by the Governor 
General of India, since the close of the Punjab War, 
stating the grounds of Annexation or proposed An- 
nexation, with the cases in which the Assent of the 
Court of Directors has been withheld, and stating 
the Area, Population, Gross and Net Revenues of such 
‘Territories, so far as the same have been estimated 
or ascertained :—Ani, like Return giving an Ab- 
stract of the Revenues and Charges of Jndia, in- 
cluding the Charges disbursed in England for the 
years comprised in the first Return, and showing the 
Surplus or Deficit in each year, so far as the same 
has been estimated or ascertained. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
amend the Whichwood Disafforesting Act, 1853 : 
And that Mr. Wilson and the Chancellor of the Ex- 
chequer 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, «Copy of Governor Sir Henry Barkly’s Re- 
port on the case of Mr. L. H. Evelyn. 

Ordered, That 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 enable Parishioners, and others, forming a nume- 
rous Class, to sell Advowsons held by or in trust for 
them, and to apply the Proceeds in providing Par- 
sonage Houses, augmenting Small Livings, and to 
other beneficial purposes; and for giving other 
Vou. 111. 


Martiz. 





833 


Powers to such Persons: And that Mr. Child, Lord 
Robert Cecil and Mr. Kendal do prepare, and bring 
it in. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Returns showing the Number of Paupers of all 
Classes in receipt of Relief on the Ist day of Ja- 
nuary 1855 and the Ist day of January 1856, in 
Unions, &amp;c. in England and Wales :—Of the Num- 
ber of Adult Able-bodied Paupers in receipt of Re- 
lief on the 1st day of January 1855 and the 1st day 
of January 1856 ; together with a Return showin 
the Causes of Relief upon which the Adult Able- 
bodied were relieved :—And, showing the Amount 
of Money expended for [n-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 1854 and Michael- 
mas 1855, respectively. 


Paupers. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Dwellings for 
reading of the Dwellings for Labouring Ciasses enna 
(Ireland) Bill ; land) ot 

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

-—And a Debate arising thereupon ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being put, That the Debate be now adjourned ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right ; 

The Noes to the Left. 

Tellers for the fos Kennedy, } 11 

Yeas, Mr. Patrick O’ Brien ' 

Tellers for the (Sir William Somerville, 104 

Noes, | Colonel Freestun : } ’ 

So it passed in the Negative. 

And the Question being again proposed, That the 
Bill be now read a second time ; 

A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- 
posed, That this House do now adjourn ; 


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


Mercurii, 5° die Martti, 1856: 


And the Question being put:—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 Wednesday the 30th day of April next. 


The Married Women’s Reversionary Interest Bill Married 
was, according to Order, read a second time; and hn 
committed to a Committee of the whole House, for jnterest Bil” 
Tuesday next. 


Mr. Grenville Berkeley reported from the Com- supply. 
mittee of Supply, several Resolutions; which were 
read, as follow: 

1. That a further Sum, not exceeding £. 500,000, Charge of 
be granted to Her Majesty, on account, towards £424 Forces. 
detraying the Charge of Her Majesty’s Land Forces 
at Home and Abroad, exclusive of India, which will 
come in course of payment from the 1st day of 
April 1856 to the 31st day of March 1857, inclusive. 

2. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 1,000,000, be Militia. 
granted to Her Majesty, on account, towards de- 
traving the Charge of the Embodied Militia of Great 
Britain and Ireland, which will come in course of 
payment from the 1st day of April 1856 to the 31st 
day of March 1857, inclusive. 

3. That a Sum, not exceeding £.88,000, be granted Volunteer 
to Her Majesty, for defraying the Charge of Volun- Corps. 
teer Corps in Great Britain, which will come in 
course of payment from the 1st day of April 1856 
to the 31st day of March 1857, inclusive. 

4. That a Sum, not exceeding £.250,000, be Army Works 
granted to Her Majesty, on account, towards de- Corps. 
fraying the Charge of the Army Works Corps, 

M 2 which 








84 4°__5° 


which will come in course of payment from the 1st 
day of April 1856 to the 31st day of March 1857, 
inclusive. 

5. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 169,026, be 
granted to Her Majesty, for defraving the Charge 
of the Salaries and Contingencies of the War De- 
partment, which will come in course of payment 
from the Ist day of April 1856 to the 31st day of 
March 1857, inclusive. 

6. That a Sum, not exceeding £.22,791, be granted 
to Her Majesty, for defraying the Charge of the 
Head Quarters Military Departments, which will 
come in course of payment from the 1st day of April 
1856 to the 31st day of March 1857, inclusive. 

The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 


War Depart- 
ment, 


Head Quarters 
Military 
Departments. 


Ways and Mr. Grenville Berkeley reported from the Com- 
Means. mittee of Ways and Means, a Resolution ; which was 
read, as followeth : 
Consolidated § That, towards making good the Supply granted 
op ae Her Majesty, the Sum of £. 26,000,000 be granted 
(£-26,000,000.) out of the Consolidated Fund of the United King- 
dom of Great Britain and Ireland. 
The said Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 
Ordered, That a Bill be brought in upon the said 
Resolution: And that Mr. Fitz Roy, the Chancellor 
of the Exchequer and Mr. Wilson do prepare, and 
bring it in. 
Metropolis The Metropolis Local Management Act Amend- 
Local as ment Bill was, according to Order, read a second 
pant al time; and committed to a Committee of the whole 
Bill House, for Friday next. 
Marine The Order of the day being read, for the third 
Mutiny Bill. yeading of the Marine Mutiny Bill; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Thursday next. 
Mutiny Bill. being read, for the third 


The Order of the da 
reading of the Mutiny Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Thursday next. 


The Order for reading a second time, upon Friday 
next, the Police (Counties and Boroughs) Bill, was 
read, and discharged. 

Ordered, ‘That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 


Police (Coun- 
ties and Bo- 
reughs) Bill. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
that part of the Message from the Lords of the 3d 
day of this instant March, wherein their Lordships 
request, that this House will give leave to Mr. At- 
torney General, and Richard Malins, Esquire, Mem- 
bers of this House, to attend their Lordships, to be 
sworn, in order to their being examined as Witnesses 
before the Select Committee appointed by their Lord- | 
ships in the present Session of Parliament, on the 
Appellate Jurisdiction of the House of Lords. 

The House also proceeded to take into considera- 
tion the Message from the Lords of this day, wherein 
their Lordships request, that this House will give 
leave to Roundell Palmer, Esquire, a Member of 
this House, to attend their Laahhiee, to be sworn, 
in order to his being examined as a Witness before 
the said Select Committee. 

And Mr. Attorney General, Mr. Malins and Mr. 
Roundell Palmer, being present in their places, de- 
clared that they were willing, with Ic.ve of the 
House, to go to the House of Lords, as desired by 
their Lordships. 

Resolved, ‘That Mr. Attorney General, Richard 
Malins, "squire, and Roundell Palmer, Esquire, 
have leave to go to the House of Lords, as desired 
by their Lordships, if they think fit. 

Ordered, That a Message be sent to the Lords, 
to acquaint them, that this House hath given leave 


Appellate 
Jurisdiction 
( House of 
Lords.) 





Martti. A. 1856. 
to Mr. Attorney General, Richard Malins, te 


and Roundell Palmer, Esquire, to go to the House 
of Lords, as desired by their Lordships, if they 
think fit: And that the Clerk do carry the said 
Message. 




























































Ordered, Tirat Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant New Ross 
to the Clerk of the Crown in Ireland, to make out Writ. 
anew Writ for the electing of a Burgess to serve 
in this present Parliament for the Borough of Mew 
Ross, in the room of Charles Gavan Duffy, Esquire, 
who, since his Election for the said Borough, hath 
aceepted the office of Steward or Bailiff of Her Ma- 
jesty’s three Chiltern Hundreds of Stoke, Desborough 
and Bonenham, in the County of Buckingham. 


oe 2 


Mr. Robert Phillimore presented a Bill to declare Tithe Com- 
the effect and operation of an Act of the sixth and mutation 
seventh years of King William the Fourth, for re- _— 
gulating Parochial Assessments, and to make Pro- Bill 62 
vision for the juster and more uniform rating of ~~ 
Tithe Commutation Rent-charges to the Relief of 
the Poor: And the same was read the first time ; 
and ordered to be read a second time upon Wed- 
nesday the 7th day of May next; and to be 
printed. 


Mr. Child presented a Bill to enable Parishioners, Advowsons 
and others, forming a numerous Class, to sell Ad- Bill 
vowsons held by or in trust for them, and to apply the _ Bill 63. 
Proceeds in providing Parsonage Houses, augment- 
ing Small Livings, and to other beneficial purposes ; 
and for giving other Powers to such Persons: And 
the same was read the first time ; and ordered to be 
read a second time upon Wednesday the 14th day 
of May next; and to be printed. 


Lord John Manners presented a Bill to regulate Bleaching, &amp;. 
the Hours of Labour of Females and Young Per- Works Bill. 
sons under Eighteen, employed in any of the Pro- _ Bill 64. 
cesses of Bleaching, Finishing, Dyeing, Calendering, 
Making-up and Packing, wherever carried on: And 
the same was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time upon Wednesday the 9th day of 
April next; and to be printed. 


Mr. Wilson presented a Bill to amend the Which- Whichwood 
wood Disafforesting Act, 1853: And the same was Forest Bill. 
read the first time. Bill 65. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exa- 
miners of Petitions for Private Bills ; and be printed. 


Mr. Wi/son presented a Bill to apply a Sum out Consolidated 
of the Consolidated Fund to the Service of the year Fund on 
One thousand eigit hundred and Fifty-six: And —" ) 
the same was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time this day. 


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. 








Mercuriz, 5° die Martii ; 
Anno 19° Victorie Regine, 1856. 


PRAYERS. 


RDERED, That all Committees have leave Committees. 
to sit this day, during the sitting, and notwith- 
standing any adjournment of the House. 


Mr. Bonham Carter reported from the Select Public 
Committee on Public Petitions; That they had exa- [rUhint po. 
mined the Petitions presented upon the 3d day of na 
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. 














Private Bills 
8S 

Colne Valley 

and Halstead 

Railway Bill. 

Fast Kent 

Railway Bill. 
om- 

n 

arge 

G2. 

Paupers. 

ns 

a3. 

g, &amp;e. 

ill, 

54, 

Rast India 

(Annexation 

of Berar.) 
Vo, 82. 

- —_ 

titions. 

5. — 
Vide Thir- 
teenth Report. 

ted 

000) 

Leave of 

Absence. 

Valuation 

(Ireland. ) 
es. 

Re- 





19 VicrorrizZ. 


Mr. Freshfield reported from the Committee on 
Group (A.) of Private Bills ; That in consequence of 
there being no Bill for consideration before Friday 
the 7th instant, the Committee had adjourned until 
that day, at Twelve o’clock. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


The Colne Valley and Halstead Railway Bill was 
read a second time ; and committed. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the East Xent Railway Bill ; 
Anda 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. 


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 March, for Returns 
showing the Number of Paupers of all Classes in 
receipt of Relief on the 1st day of January 1855 and 
the 1st day of January 1656, in Unions, &amp;c. in Eng- 
land and Wales :—Of the Number of Adult Able- 
bodied Paupers in receipt of Relief on the 1st day 
of January 1855 and the Ist day of January 1856 ; 
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 Jaw Amendment Act, in England 
and Wales, during the half-years ended at Michael- 
mas 1854 and Michaelmas 1855, respectively. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to East India 
(Annexation of Berar), which was presented upon 
the 4th day of this instant March, be printed. 


Petitions relating to the Bible; — British Mu- 
seum, &amp;c. Bill;—Church Rates;— Church Rates 
Abolition Bill; Tithe Rent-charge ;-- Billeting Sol- 
diers ;— Bleaching Works, &amp;c. ;—Juvenile Offenders 
(Ireland) Bill ;—Medical Profession Bill;—Militia 
Acts, Poor Law, &amp;c. ;—Police (Counties and Bo- 
roughs) Bill; — Public-houses (Scotland) Act ;— 
Silver and Gold Wares;—and, Wee Pawns, &amp;c. 
(Scotland) ,—were presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That Colonel Clifton have leave of 


absence till Easter, on account of a domestic al- 
fliction. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Returns showing the Counties in Jreland in which 
the Tenement Valuation has been completed, under 
the Acts 9 &amp; 10 Vic. c. 110, 15 &amp; 16 Vie. c. 63, and 
17 Vic. c. 8; 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, ahd the Date when 
it first came into force in each County :—Of the 
whole Cost of the Townland and of the Tenement 
Valuation in each County, and the Total Cost of 
these Valuations in all the Counties valued under 
them respectively :—Of the Number of Revisions in 
each County or Poor Law Union, and the Cost of 
each such Revision, in each of. the years ending the 
31st day of December 1853, 1854 and 1855 :—And, 
Statement of the Progress and Prospect of Comple- 
tion of the Tenement Valuation of Lreland. 

Vou. 111. 


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85 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Spirits 
Returns of the Number of Gallons of Proof Spirits (teland.) 
on which Duty was paid for Home Consumption in 
Ireland, in each of the years 1853, 1854 and 1855: 
—Of the Number of Detections, of Persons prose- 
cuted, of Persons convicted, and of Persons confined, 
for Offences in Jreland against the Laws for the 
suppression of Illicit Distillation, in each of the 
years 1853, 1854 and 1855; and distinguishing, in 
Columns, the Number of such Detections, Prosecu- 
tions or Convictions made by the Constabulary from 
those made by the Revenue Police :—And, of the 
Number of Persons confined in each Gaol in Ireland 
for Offences against the Laws for the suppression of 
Illicit Distillation, in each of the years 1853, 1854 
and 1855. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Church Rates 
reading of the Church Rates Abolition Bill ; Abolition 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 {Sir William Clay, 291 

Yeas, UMr. Miall: i 

Tellers for the (Lord John Manners, 178 

Noes, Sir Stafford Northcote: } - 

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 30th day of April next. 


The Dissenters’ Marriages Bill was, according to Dissenters’ 
Order, read a second time; and committed to a Marriages 
Committee of the whole House, for Wednesday the 
9th 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. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Ways and 
mittee of Ways and Means ; Mesne. 
Resolved, ‘That this House will, upon Friday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Trial of 
mittee on the Trial of Offences Bill; Offences Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Consolidated Fund (£.26,000,000) Bill was, Consolidated 
according to Order, read a second time; and com- or 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for To- — 
morrow. 


Mr. Strutt reported from the General Committee Railway and 
on Railway and Canal Bills ; That they had formed Canal Bills 
into Groups several Railway and Canal Bills, which C = ti 
they had agreed to report to the House. ee 

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


The House proceeded to take into consideration Appellate 
that part of the Message from the Lords, of the 3d Jurisdiction 
day of this instant March, wherein their Lordships ("00S 5 “ 
request, that this House will give leave to Sir Fitzroy ; 
Kelly and Mr. Solicitor General, Members of this 
House, to attend their Lordships, to be sworn, in 
order to their being examined as Witnesses before 
the Select Committee appointed by their Lord- 

M 3 ships 





Heywood 
Gas Bill. 


Aberdeen, 
Peterhead and 
Fraserburgh 
Railway Bill. 


Deeside and 
Alford Valley 
Railway Bill. 


Tottenham, 
Hornsey and 
Willesden 
Railway. 


Edinburgh 
Municipality 
Bill. 


Caterham 
Railway. 


Public 
Petitions. 


Vide Thir- 


zeenth Report. — Intoxicating Liquors; — Tithe Rent-charge ; — 


86 


ships in the present Session of Parliament, on the 
Appellate Jurisdiction of the House of Lords. 

And Sir Fitzroy Kelly and Mr. Solicitor General, 
being present in their places, declared that they were 
willing, with leave of the House, to go to the House 
of Lords, as desired by their Lordships. 

Resolved, That Sir Fitzroy Kelly and Mr. Soli- 
citor General have leave to go to the House of 
Lords, as desired by their Lordships, if they think fit. 

Ordered, That a Message be sent to the Lords, to 
acquaint them, that this House hath given leave to 
Sir Fitzroy Kelly and Mr. Solicitor General to go 
to the House of Lords, as desired by their Lord- 
ships, if they think fit: And that the Clerk do carry 
the said Message. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 








Jovis, 6° die Martii ; 
Anno 19° Victoria Regine, 1856. 





PRAYERS. 


N R. FitzRoy reported from the Committee on 
I 4 the Heywood Gas Bill; That they had exa- 
mined the allegations contained in the Preamble of 
the Bill, and amended the same, by introducing a 
recital, explaining the proposed Arrangements with 
regard to the Capital of the Company, and with 
regard to the present state thereof, in order to make 
the same more explanatory of the objects of the 
Bill ; and found the same, as amended, to be true; 
and had gone through the Bill, and made Amend- 
ments thereunto. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


A Bill for making a Railway from Aberdeen to 
Peterhead and Fraserburgh, and for other pur- 
poses, was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time. 


A Bill for making a Railway from Colford of 
Drum to Alford, with a Branch to Bridgeton, was 
read the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
time. 


The House was moved, That the Report from the 
Select Committee on Standing Orders, in respect of 
the Petition for the Tottenham, Hornsey and Wil- 
lesden 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 Eastern Counties 
Railway to the Great Northern Railway, and to the 
West London Railway, with Branches: And that 
Mr. Macartney and Mr, Montagu Chambers do pre- 
pare, and bring it in. 


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 Edinburgh Municipality Biil, 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, 
in respect of non-compliance with the Standing 
Orders in the case of the Petition for the Caterham 
Railway Bill. 

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


Petitions relating to the British Museum, &amp;c. ;— 
Church Rates ;— Church Rates Abolition Bill ;— 
Church Rates Abolition Bill, and Church Rates Bill; 


5°—6° Marti. 


A. 1856. 


Local Dues on Shipping, &amp;c. Bill ;—Committee of 
Justice ;—Hay and Straw ;—Joint Stock Companies 
Bill ; — Medical Profession Bill; — Partnership 
Amendment Bill ;—Police (Counties and Boroughs) 
Bill; — Public-houses (Scotland) Act ;—and, Wee 
Pawns, &amp;c. (Scotland),—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the ‘Table. 


Bill, was read, and discharged. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday the 21st day of May next. 


which was presented upon the 5th day of this in- 
stant March, be printed. 


to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return of the Annual Income received by 
the Board of Trustees for Manufactures in Scotland 
for the last Five years, to the 31st day of December 
1855; distinguishing the Sources from which the 
said Revenue was derived in each year, as also the 
Annual Expenditure during the said period, distin- 
guishing the different Heads thereof:—And, Ac- 
count of the Balance in each year, and of the Total 
Amount of Balance when the Accounts of last year 
were made up. 

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


imported into the United Kingdom from the British 
Settlements in Austra/ia, distinguishing each Colony, 
in each of the Six years ending the 5th day of January 
1856 :—Of the Exports from the United Kingdom 
to the same Settlements for the same period ; spe- 
cifying, in separate Divisions, the Quantities and 
Declared Value of the principal Articles of British 
Produce and Manufactures, and the Quantities of 
the principal Articles of Foreign and Colonial Mer- 
chandise :—Similar Returns of Quantities and De- 
clared Value imported from, and exported to, the 
United States of America ;—Similar Returns for the 
Canadian Possessions :—Similar Returns for the Bri- 
tish West Indies :—And, similar Returns for Brazil. 


Culm, and Patent Fuel, shipped at the several Ports 
of England, Scotland and Ireland, Coastways, to 
other Ports of the United Kingdom, in the year 
1855; distinguishing the Quantity shipped at each 
of the said Pcrts as compared with the year 1854 :— 
Of the Quantities and Declared Value of Coals, 
Cinders and Culm, and Patent Fuel, exported from 
the several Ports of England, Scotland and Ireland, 
to Foreign Countries and the British Settlements 
Abroad, in the year 1855 ; distinguishing the Coun- 
tries to which the same were sent, and comparing 
the same with the year 1854; also, distinguishing 
the Ports of the United Kingdom from which the 
same were shipped :—Of the Quantities of Coals, 
Cinders and Culm, and Patent Fuel, exported from 
the United Kingtlom, in the year 1855, with the 
Rate and Amount of Duty thereon :—And, of the 
Quantities of Coals and Patent Fuel brought Coast- 
ways and by Inland Navigation into the Port of 
London, during the year 1855, comparing the same 


with the Quantities brought during the year 1854. 


Mr. Massey presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand,—Copy of First Annual Report of the Regis- 
trar General of Births, Deaths and Marriages in 
Scotland, 





Copy 


The Order for reading a second time, upon Wed- Advowsons 
nesday the 14th day of May next, the Advowsons Bil 





























































= easy 


a a ee 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Paupers, Paupers, 


No. 84, 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Board of I 


a : — seq Manufacture 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased (Scotland) » 


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


Accounts of tie Quantities of the principal Articles Anetra 
C. 


ralia, 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Coals, Cinder 
Accounts of the Quantities of Coals, Cinders and #4 Culm &amp; 


Births, Deatlis 
and Marriags&gt; 
(Scotland. 










19 Vicroriz. 


Copy of Order in Council, for placing the Depart- 
ment of Science and Art under the Education De- 


since 


and Art, partment, and for other purposes. 

Education. Committee of Council on Education :—Financial 
and other Tables relative to the Expenditure of 
the Grant for Education, and the Inspection of 
Schools. 

ChurchEstates Copy of Fifth General Report from the Church 


Commission. Estates Commissioners, with an Appendix (under 
the Acts 14 &amp; 15 Vic. c. 104, s. 10, and 17 &amp; 18 Vic. 
c. 116, s. 10.) 
Assaults on Mr. Massey also presented,—-Return to an Address 
Women and to Her Majesty, dated the 11th day of February last, 
for a Return of the Convictions and Sentences 
within the Police Districts of the Metropolis, during 
the years 1854 and 1855, under the Act 16 &amp; 17 Vic. 
c. 30, for the better Prevention and Punishment of 
Aggravated Assaults upon Women and Children. 
Fees on Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 
Baronetcies, 19th day of February last, for a Return of all Fees 
chargeable upon Baronetcies, Orders of the Bath, or 
other honourable Distinctions conferred by Her Ma- 
jesty in reward of distinguished Services ; and of any 
Expenses incident to such Creations or Distinctions. 
Return to an Order, dated the 11th day of Fe- 
bruary last, for Copies of all Correspondence be- 
tween the Commissioners of National Education 
in Ireland and the Committee of the Lancasterian 
Industrial National School, Belfast, relative to the 
Charges made by the Right Reverend Dr. Denvir, 
against the System and Management of that 
School ; and of the Report of the Inspectors of 
the Board of Education who inquired into such 
Charges. 
Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table. 


, 84. 


of : 
actures 
nd.) 


National 
School 
(Belfast. ) 


is and 
8 
alia, Civil Serviee The Chancellor of the Exchequer pon by 
Commission. {fer Majesty’s Command,—Copy of First Report of 

Her Majesty’s Civil Service Commissioners ; together 

with Appendices. 

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upom the 

Table. 
Army. Mr. Peel presented, by Her Majesty’s Command, 
—Copy of a Royal Warrant granting Compensation 
to Relatives of Officers who have been killed in 
Action or have died of their Wounds since the com- 
mencement of the present War, and whose Families 
have thereby lost the benefit of the Money paid for 
their Commissions. 

Mr. Peel also presented,—Further Return to an 
Address to Her Majesty, dated the 24th day of 
April 1855, for 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 their Services in the Field during the late Bur- 
mese War, distinguishing those on the Staff and 
serving with their Regiments; 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 Appointments and Promotion were by Pur- 
chase or not. 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 
22d day of February last, for a Return of the Bar- 
rack Masters, and of all other Officers employed in 
the Management and Supervision of Barracks in 
Great Britain :—And, of the Dates of their Ap- 
enn Rank in the Army, and their Pay respec- 
tively. 

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


Burmese War. 


Cinders 
lm, &amp;¢ 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That, in the opinion of this House, it is ex- 
pedient to extend, revise and consolidate the Minutes 
of the Committee of Privy Council of Education :— 
And the said Motion was, with leave of the House, 
withdrawn. 

Vou. 111, 


Deaths 
arriagts 
nd.) 





6° —7° Martiz. 





87 


Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday the Education. 
10th day of April next, resolve itself into a Com- 


| mittee, to consider the present State of Public Edu- 


cation in England and Wales. 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That a Mes- Message from 
sage had been brought from the Lords, by one of their the Lords. 
Clerks, as followeth : 

The Lords have agreed to the Exchequer Bills Exchequer 
Funding Bill, without any Amendment : And also, Bins Funding 


The Lords have agreed to the Annuities Bill, with- faut 
out any Amendment: And also, 
The Lords have agreed to the Consolidated Fund Consolidated 


(£.1,631,005. 1s. 5d.) Bill, without any Amend- umd. 
ment: And also, 1s. 5d.) Bill. 


The Lords have agreed to the Commons’ Inclosure Commons’ _ 
Bill, with an Amendment ; to which Amendment Jnclosure Bill. , 
the Lords desire the concurrence of this House. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- Oxford _ 
posed, That an humble Address be presented to Her University. 
Majesty, praying that She will be graciously pleased 
to withhold Her Majesty’s approbation from the Re- 
gulations and Ordinances recently sanctioned by the 
Oxford Commissioners and laid before Parliament, 
for the Amendment of the Statutes of Exeter, Lincoln 
and Corpus Christi Colleges, in the University of 
Oxford, such Regulations and Ordinances being in 
many points inconsistent with the spirit of the Oz- 
ford University Act of 1854; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the words “‘ approba- 
“ tion from” to the end of the Question, in order to 
add the words “ so much of the Regulations and Or- 
“« dinances recently sanctioned by the Ozford Com- 
“ missioners, and laid before Parliament, for the 
“ Amendment of the Statutes of Exeter, Lincoln and 
“ Corpus Christi Colleges, in the University of Ox- 
“ ford, as relates to the qualification of Candidates 
“ for Fellowships and Scholarships,” instead thereof. 

And the Question being proposed, That the 
words proposed to be left out stand part of the 
Question ; 


And the House havin 
Twelve of the clock on 


continued to sit till after 
riday morning ; 


Veneris, 7° die Martii, 1856: 


The said proposed Amendment and Motion were 
severally, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to Relwey end 
extend the Provisions of the Railway and Canal Canal Traffic 
Traffic Act, 1854: And that Mr. Blackburn and 


Mr. Seymour Fitzgerald do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Poor Law 
a Return showing the Number of Paupers relieved (Ireland.) 
in the Fifty-one Unions referred to in Parliamentary 
Paper, No. 22, of Session 1855, pages 18 &amp; 19, 
the Expenditure incurred for the Maintenance, &amp;c. 
of such Paupers, the Salaries and Rations of the 
Officers (except Medical Officers), and all other 
Establishment Charges of such Unions, for the years 
ending the 29th day of September 1854 and 1855, 
respectively. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Judgments 
reading of the Judgments Execution, &amp;c. Bill; Execution, 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon - 
Monday the 31st day of this instant March. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Out-Pension- 
into a Committee on the Out-Pensioners (Greenwich pon sn sem 
and Chelsea) Bill; and, after some time spent he - 
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. 
M4+ 


Ordered, 


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‘ Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time this 
ay. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third 
reading of the Marine Mutiny Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time this 
day. 


Marine 
Mutiny Bill. 


Mutiny Bill. The Order of the day being read, for the third 
reading of the Mutiny Bill; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time this 
day. 
Consolidated The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
Fund into a Committee on the Consolidated Fund 
(£-26,000,000) ( ¢ 96,000,000) 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. 
Church Rates The Order for reading a second time, upon Wed- 
Bill. nesday next, the Church Rates Bill, was read, and 
discharged. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday the 21st day of May next. 
Railway and Mr. Blackburn presented a Bill to extend the 
Canal Traffic Provisions of the Railway and Canal Traffic Act, 
atl 1854: And the same was read the first time; and 
Bill 66. ordered to be read a second time upon Thursday the 
10th 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 
Friday morning, adjourned till this day. 
Veneris, 7° die Marti ; 
Anno 19° Victorie Regine, 1856. 
PRAYERS. 
Standing \ | R. Greene reported from the Select Committee 
Orders. on Standing Orders, a Resolution ; which was 


read, as followeth : 

That in the case of the Juvenile Convict Prison 
(Zreland) Bill, the Standing Orders ought to be dis- 
pensed with; that the Parties be permitted to pro- 
ceed with their Bill, provided that they give notice 
to all the Persons named in the Schedule ; and pro- 
vided that. Notices be affixed on three successive 
Sundays on the doors of all the Churches and 
Chapels in the Parish of Lusk; that the Committee 
on the Bill do report how far such Order has been 
complied with, on the Report of the Bill. 

The said Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to, 


Juvenile Con- 
vict Prison 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Lambeth 


Mr. Brotherton reported from the Committee on 
Water Bill. 4 


the Lambeth Water Bill; That they had examined 
the allegations contained in the Preamble of the Bill, 
and amended the same, by introducing words stating 
the amount of money required to be raised, and the 
reasons for raising the same, in order to make the 
same more descriptive of the objects of the Bill ; and 
fuund the same, as amended, to be true; and had 
gone through the Bill, and made Amendments there- 
unto. 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to the 
former Committee :—And that they have leave to 
sit and proceed upon Monday next, at Three o’clock. 


Mr. Brotherton reported the Banbridge Junction 
Railway Bill, with Amendments. 

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


Ranbriége 
Junction 
Railway Bill. 












Martiz. A. 1856. 


A Petition of the Committee of Management of Lancaster , 
the Lancaster Gas-Light Company, and of the &amp;#s Bill. 
Mayor, Aldermen and Dengue of the Borough of 
Lancaster, praying that provision may be made in 
the Lancaster Gas Bill for enabling the Company to 
sell or lease their Undertaking to the Corporation or 
to the Local Board, and for other purposes, was pre- 
sented, and read; and referred to the Examiners of 
Petitions for Private Bills. 


























































A Petition of the London Printing and Publishing London 
Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to amend the printing and 
Constitution of “ The London Printing and Publish- Compuag 
ing Company,” and to re-incorporate the said Com- 
pany, was presented, and read; and a Bill was or- 
dered to be brought in accordingly, by Colonel 
Wynn and Sir Watkin Williams Wynn. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses Cork Bridges, 
of the Borough of Cork, praying that Provision may gta 
be made in the Cork Bridges, Waterworks, &amp;c. Bill, ** 
to enable the Petitioners to borrow Money for the 
a ee of the said Bridges, on the credit of the 

mprovement Rate, authorized by the Cork Improve- 
ment Act, 1852, was presented, and read; and re- 
ferred to the Examiners of Petitions for Private 
Bills. 


A Petition of the Ceylon Railway Company, for Ceylon Rail. 
leave to bring in a Bill for incorporating the Ceylon ¥*Y Company. 
Railway Company, and for other purposes connected 
therewith, was presented, and read; and a Bill was 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Archi- 
bald Hastie and Mr. Gregson. 


Mr. Freshfield reported from the Committee on Private Bills 
Group (A.) of Private Bills; That on the application (Gtr 4.) 
of the Parties promoting the Lancaster Gas Bill, 
the Committee had adjourned until Tuesday the 11th 
instant, at Twelve o’clock. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Bonham Carler reported from the Select Public 
Committee on Public Petitions ; That they had ex- howd th 
amined the Petitions presented upon the 4th, 5th Report. ) 
and 6th 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. Adderley reported the Cambridge University Cambricge 
and Town Bill, with Amendments. rsa 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table, ““* °°" 


Mr. Barrow reported from the Committee on Chorley | 
Group C. of Private Bills; That in the case of Water Bil 
the Chorley Water Bill, they had examined the 
allegations contained in the Preamble of the Bill, 
and amended the same, by describing the Account 
therein-mentioned as the Account required to be 
kept by the Corporation of Liverpool by the “ Liver- 
pool Corporation Waterworks Act, 1847 ;” 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 he had Rochester 
this day received a Report from the Examiner of Election. 
Recognizances, stating that the Recognizance to the 
Election Petition of M/enry Bass, William Wyndham 
Lee, William Tiil and Thomas French, relating to 
the City of Rochester, is unobjectionable. 


A Bill for making Railways from the Eastern Tottenham, 
Counties Railway to the Great Northern Railway, Hoensay sof 
and to the West London Railway, with Branches, j,nction 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a Railway Bill. 


second time. 
The 








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ry. 


ridges, 
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Rail. 
npany, 


Bills 
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and 


Bill. 





gy 


19 Vicrortiz. 


Moore and The Moore and Warrington Railway Bill was read 

falway Bill. a second time; and committed. 

Driffield The Order of the day being read, for the second 

— reading of the Driffield Navigation Bill ; 

Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 

Public Petitions relating to Brecknochk College Act ;— 

—— British Museum, &amp;c. ;—Church Rates ;—Crystal 

Vide Four- Palace ;—Tithes ;—Justices of the Peace Qualifica- 


teenth Report. tion Bill;—Medical Profession Bill ;—Metropolis 
Local Management Bill ;— Partnership ;— Police 
(Counties and Boroughs) Bill ;—-Public-houses ( Scot- 
land) Act;—and, Wee Pawns, &amp;c. (Scotland),— 
were presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 

——, Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 

Confinement.) to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this House, 
a Return of the Prisons in England and Ireland ; 
distinguishing those in which the system of separate 
Confinement is fully carried out ; those in which it 
has been only partially adopted, and the Classes of 
Prisoners subjected to it ; and those in which it has 
not been introduced. 

Ordered, That 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 Aid § Jtesolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Civil Power. t Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return of the Number of Times, since the 
year 1830 to 1855, that Applications have been 
made to the Home Department for the use of Mi- 
litary Force in aid of the Civil Power; and the 
Authorities from whom the Applications came. 
Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty, by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty s Most honourable Privy Council. 
TonianIslands. Aesolved, 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 Translation of an Act of the Parliament of the 
United States of the Jonian Islands, for establishing 
a Fund for the supply of Retirement Pensions for 
Life, to be granted to Public Civil Functionaries, 
second Session of the third Parliament, 25th May 
1830 ; also, of the amended Act passed in the third 
Session of the third Parliament, Ist May 1832 :— 
And, latest Account of Civil Pension Fund, esta- 
blished by the Acts above mentioned. 
Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty, by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty's Most honourable Privy Council. 


Saint James's Ordered, That the Select Committee on Saint 
ark. _ James’s Park have Power to report the Minutes of 
No. 85. the Evidence taken before them. 

Sir Benjamin Hall 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. 


Adjournment. A Motion was made, and the Question being 


pores, That this House will, at the rising of the 
ouse this day, adjourn till Monday next 





Royal Assent. 4 Message by Mr. Pulman, Yeoman Usher of 


the Black Rod: 
Mr. Speaker, 
_ The Lords, authorized by virtue of Her Ma- 
Jesty’s Commission, for declaring Her Royal Assent 
. to several Acts agreed upon by both Houses, do 
= the immediate attendance of this Honourable 
OL. 111. 


7° Marti. 





89 


House in the House of Peers, to hear the Commis- 
sion read. 

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

Mr. Speaker reported, That the House, at the 
desire of the Lords, authorized by virtue of Her 
Majesty’s Commission, had been at the House of 
Peers, where a Commission under the Great Seal 
was read, giving, declaring and notifying the Royal 
Assent to the several Acts therein mentioned; and 
that the Lords, thereby authorized, had declared the 
Royal Assent to the said Acts, as follow : 

An Act for funding Exchequer Bills, and raising Exchequer 


Money by way of Annuities : my Funding 


An Act for raising Five millions, by way of Annuities 
Annuities : = 

An Act to apply the Sum of One million six Consolidated 

hundred and thirty-one thousand and five pounds Fund 

ie ; - (£,1.631,005. 
one shilling and _ five-pence, out of the Consoli-} 5.57.) Bill. 
dated Fund, to the Service of the year ending the 
Thirty-first day of March One thousand eight hun- 
dred and Fifty-six : 

An Act to extend the Period for which Her Joint Stock 
Majesty may grant Letters Patent of {Incorporation ind) 
to Joint Stock Banks in Scotland, existing before ' 
the Act of One thousand eight hundred and Forty- 


SIX, 





And the Question being put, That this House Adjournment. 
will, at the rising of the House this day, adjourn till 
Monday next :—It was resolved in the affirmative. 


Mr. Osborne presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- Local Acts. 
mand,—Further Reports from the Admiralty, rela- No. 41. 
tive to Applications for Local Acts. 

Mr. Osborne also presented,—Return toan Order, Masters 
dated the Sth day of February last, for Nominal Re- (Navy-) 
turns of Masters and Second Masters mentioned 
in Despatches since the commencement of the War 
with Russia, with the Special Services for which they 
were mentioned :— And, of Masters and Second 
Masters promoted during the same period, stating 
Date of such Promotion, and to what Ranks pro- 
moted ; also, the Appointments of any Masters or 
Second Masters mentioned in such Despatches :— 

The Returns to be transmitted in the accompanying 
Form: 


Return of Masters and Second Masters. 
| 





| 


Promotions 
| For what o 
Name. Rank. | Seniority. Special Service mentioned Appoint- Remarks. 
in Despatches. anata, 














Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table ; and that the first be printed. 


The following Paper was laid upon the Table by Railway and 
the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, dated — &amp;e. 
the 29th day of February last, That the Board of =~ 
Trade do present to this House, a Report upon the 
Railway and Canal Bills of this Session, in confor- 
mity with the Recommendation contained in the 
Fifth Report of the Select Committee on Railway 
and Canal Bills of the Session of 1853 :—And, that 
the Board of Trade do present to this House, a Re- 

rt upon the Private Bills for Harbours, Docks, 
Raniggtlenn, &amp;c., in conformity with the practice in 
force with respect to Railway Bills. 











Ordered, That the Return relative to Assaults on Assaults on 
Women and Children, which was presented upon p A and 
the 6th day of this instant March, be printed. No ‘a 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Fees on Fees on ~ 
Baronetcies, &amp;c., which was presented upon the 6th en 





day of this instant March, be printed. 
. x Ordered, No. 87. 





National 
School 
(Belfast. ) 


No, 88. 
Burmese War. 
No, 46-I. 


Barracks. 
No. 89. 


Public 
Business. 
+ 


Message from 
the Lords. 


Ap te 
Jurisdiction 
(House of 
Lords.) 


Supply. 


Civil Esta- 
blishments. 


Wages of 
Artificers, &amp;c. 


Clothing, &amp;c. 


Stores. 


Works, 
Buildings, &amp;c. 


90 7°—8° 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the National 
School (Belfast), which was presented upon the 6th 
day of this instant March, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Burmese 
War, which was presented upon the 6th day of this 
instant March, be printed. 


Ordered, Vhat the Return relative to Barracks, 
which was presented upon the 6th day of this instant 
March, be printed. 


Resolved, That upon Thursday the 10th day of 
April next, Orders of the day have precedence of 
Notices of Motions. 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That a Mes- 
sage had been brought from the Lords, by one of 
their Clerks, as followeth : 

The Lords request that this House will be pleased 
to give leave to the Lord Advocate for Scotland, a 
Member of this House, to attend their Lordships, to 
be sworn, in order to his being examined as a Wit- 
ness before the Select Committee appointed by their 
Lordships in the present Session of Parliament, on 
the Appellate Jurisdiction of the House of Lords. 

And the Lord Advocate for Scot/and, being pre- 
sent in his place, declared that he was willing, with 
leave of the House, to go to the House of Lords, as 
desired by their Lordships. 

Resolved, That the Lord Advocate for Scotland 
have leave to go to the House of Lords, as desired 
by their Lordships, if he think fit. 

Urdered, That a Message be sent to the Lords, to 
acqu:.int them, that this _ toe hath given leave to 
the Lord Advocate for Scotland 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 House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into the Committee of Supply. 


(In the Committee.) 


1. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £.450,000, 
be granted to Her Majesty, on account, towards 
defraying the Charge of the Civil Establishments at 
Home and Abroad, Salaries, Allowances, and Con- 
tingencies, which will come in course of payment 
from the 1st day of April 1856 to the 31st day of 
March 1857, inclusive. 

2. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £.450,000, 
be granted to Her Majesty, on account, towards 
defraying the Charge of the Wages of Artificers, 
Labourers, and others, employed at Home and 
Abroad, which will come in coarse of payment from 
the Ist day of April 1856 to the 31st day of March 
1857, inclusive. 

3. Resolved, Thata Sum, not exceeding £.4,000,000, 
be granted to Her Majesty, on account of the Charge 
of the Supplies of Clothing, Barrack Furniture, Xc., 
Provisions, Forage, Fuel and Light, which will come 
in course of payment from the 1st day of April 1856 
to the 31st day of March 1857, inclusive. 

4, Resolved, Thata Sum, not exceeding £.2,500,000, 
be granted to Her Majesty, on account of the Charge 
of Stores for Land and Sea Service, which will come 
in course of payment from the 1st day of April 1856 
to the 31st day of March 1857, inclusive. 

5. Resolved, Thata Sum, notexceeding £.1,794,069, 
be granted to Her Majesty, on account of the Charge 
o° Works, Buildings, and Repairs, at Home and 
Abroed, which will come in course of payment 
from the Ist day of April 1856 to the 31st day of 
March 1857, inclusive. 


Resolutions to be reported. 





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


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Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Fitz- 












































































Martiz. A. 1856. 


Roy reported, That the Committee had come to 

several Resolutions. 

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

Ir. 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, 
next, again resolve itself into the said 


da 


_ Monday 


ommittee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Ways ana 
mittee of Ways and Means; Means. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Metropolis 
mittee on the Metropolis Local Management Act Local Manage- 
Amendment Bill; poe ll 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday the Bill. 
11th day of April next, resolve itself into the said 


Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Trial of 
mittee on the Trial of Offences Bill ; Offences 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 Vice-President 
reading of the Vice-President of Committee spe hme pn 
Council on Education Bill ; —- 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time Bill. 
upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Nuisances 
reading of the Nuisances Removal, &amp;c. (Scotland) Removal, &amp;. 
Bill; (Scotland) Bill 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Bankruptcy 
reading of the Bankruptcy (Scotland) Bill ; (Scotland) Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Wednesday next. 


The Out-Pensioners (Greenwich and Chelsea) Bill Out-Pension- 


was, according to Order, read the third time. pe ro 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. Bill. - 


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


The Marine Mutiny Bill was, agcording to Order, Marine 
read the third time. Mutiny Bill 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


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

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

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


The Consolidated Fund (£.26,000,000) Bill was, Consolidated 
according to Order, read the third time. oe aiid 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the —- ) 
Title be, An Act to apply the Sum of Twenty-six ~ 
millions out of the Consolidated Fund, to the Ser- 
vice of the year One thousand eight hundred and 
Fifty-six. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Vaccination. 
to consolidate and to amend the Laws relating to 
Vaccination: And that Mr. Cowper and Mr. Bou- 
verie do prepare, and bring it in. 


Joshua 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
aoe , Q P Wolstencroft. 


posed, That an humble Address be presented to 
Her Majesty, praying that She will be graciously 
pleased 








Jens 
tee 
on 


Bill. 


m- 
rich 


a) 


00) 





Vaccination 
Bill. 


Bill 67. 


Police 
(Counties and 
Boroughs) 
Bill. 


Cork Bridges, 
Waterworks, 
&amp;c. Bill. 


Lancaster 
Gas Bill. 


Colonial Bank 
Bill, 


East of Fife 
Railway Bill. 


Knottingley 
Gas Bill. 


Tandon Docks 
Bill. 


Kirkwall 
Harbour Bill, 


Publie 
Petitions 
(Fourteenth 
Report.) 


19 Vicrortiz. 


a 


pleased to give directions, that there be laid before 
this House, a Copy of the Conviction of Joshua 
Wolstencroft, at the Petty Sessions at Oldham, on 
the 18th day of February last, for the Crime of 
shaving another man on a Sunday :—And the said 
Motion was, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 


Mr. Cowper presented a Bill to consolidate and to 
amend the Laws relating to Vaccination: And the 
same was read the first time ; and ordered to be read 
a second time upon Wednesday next; and to be 
printed. ; 


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








Lune, 10° die Martiz ; 
Anno 19° Victoria Regine, 1856. 


PRAYERS. 
HE House being informed, That the Sheriffs of 
the City of London attended at the door, they | 
were called in; and at the Bar presented,—A Pe- | 
tition of the Lord Mayor, Aldermen and Commons | 
of the City of London, in Common Council assem- 
bled :—And then they withdrew. 
And the said Petition, praying that the Police 
(Counties and Borovghs) Bill may not pass into a 
law, was read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 





The House was moved, That the Report from the 
Examiner of Petitions for Private Bills, in respect 
of the Petition for additional Provision in the Cork 
Bridges, Waterworks, &amp;c. 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. 


The House was moved, That the Report from the 
Examiner of Petitions for Private Bills, in respect 
of the Petition for additional Provision in the Lan- 
caster Gas 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. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Colonial Bank Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the East of Fife Railway Bill, as amended in the 
Committee. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Knottingley Gas Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the London Docks Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The Kirkwall Harbour Bill was read a second 
time ; and committed. 


Mr. Bonham Carter reported from the Select 
Committee on Public Petitions ; That they had exa- 
mined the Petitions presented upon the 7th day of 
this mstant March, and had directed him to make a 
Report thereof to the House. 


0° Marti. O1 


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


Mr. Fitz Roy reported the Gainsborough Gas Bill, Gainsborough 
with Amendments. Gas Bill. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. FitzRoy reported the Lambeth Water (re- Lambeth 
committed) Bill, with further Amendments. Water Bill. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Sir Francis Baring reported from the General Controyerted 
Committee of Elections; That they had appointed Elections. 
Monday the 7th day of April to choose from Panel 
No. 1, the Select Committee to try and determine 
the Rochester Election Petition. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Petitions relating to Brecknock College, &amp;c. Act ; Public 
— British Museum, &amp;c. ;—Church Rates ;—Church Petitions. 
Rates Abolition Bill;—Tithe Rent-charge ;—Adul- vy; 3. ne, 
teration of Food ;—Bleaching, &amp;c. Works Bill ;— in — 
Factories Bill;—Hay and Straw ;—Medical Pro- 
tession Bill;—Metropolis Local Management Act 
Amendment Bill; —Moldavia and Wallachia ; — 
Police (Counties and Boroughs) Bill ;—George Shep- 
herd, C. E. ;—-Shipwrecks ;—Spalding Charities ;— 
and, Wee Pawns, &amp;c. (Scotland), were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Barrow reported the Shrewsbury Water Bill, Shrewsbury 
with Amendments. Water Bill. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Wilson presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- Civil Services. 
mand,— Estimates for Civil Services, year ending No. 90. 
31st March 1857 : 


I.—Public Works and Buildings. 
Il.—Salaries and Expenses of Public De- 
partments. 
I1I1.—Law and Justice. 
IV.—Education, Science and Art. 
V.—Colonial and Consular Services. 
VI.—Superannuation and Retired Allowances. 
V1I.—Miscellaneous, Special and Temporary 
Objects. 
With a General Abstract of the whole 
Grants proposed for 1856, compared 
with similar Charges for 1855. 


An Account of the Sums expended under the Civil Con- 
head of Civil Contingencies in the year 1855, and "2gencies. 
an Estimate of the Amount required for 1856. No. 91, 

Ordered, That the said Papers be referred to the 
Committee of Supply; and be printed. 


Ordered, That the Juvenile Convict Prison (Zre- Juvenile Con- 


. é . ¥ vict Prison 
land) Bill be read a second time upon Friday next. (ireland) Bill. 


The following Paper was laid upon the Table by Wool and 
the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, dated —— 
the 1yth day of February last, for Returns of the °" _— 
Total Imports of Sheep’s Wool into the United 
Kingdom, for the year 1855:— Of the Total Im- 
portation of Mohair or Angora Goat’s Wool, for the 
year 1855 :—And, of British Woollen Manufactures 
and Woollen Yarn exported, for the year 1855 (in 
continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 104, of 
Session 1855). 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, spirits 
Returns of Spirits consumed in Jre/and during the (reland.) 
years ending the 5th day of April 1852, 1853 and 
1854 :—Of Spirits consumed in each Quarter of the 
same years respectively :—And, of Spirits distilled 
in each Quarter of same years respectively (in con- 





Vou. 111. 





N2 tinuation 








92 


tinuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 305, of Ses- 
sion 1854): 





Number of Gallons 


&lt;i Number 
of Spirits 
eaaiiaad charged with Duty | of Gallons 
for Consumption in Distilled. 


Ireland. 





Quarter ending July 1854 - 
Quarter ending October 1854 
Quarter ending January 1855 
Quarter ending April 1855 - 
Quarter ending July 1855 - 
Quarter ending October 1855 
Quarter ending January 1856 
Round ending 1856 











West India Mr. John Baill presented,—Return to an Address 
soot. to Her Majesty, dated the 19th day of February last, 
for Copy of Memorial fiom certain Inhabitants of 
British Guiana to the Secretary of State for the 
Colonies, complaining of great Irregularities in the 
Conveyance of the Mails between this Country and 
our West India Possessions, and Copies of any Cor- 
respondence bearing upon it. 
Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
Table. 


Resulved, 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 Experiments made on Eng- 
lish and Foreign Iron Ordnance at Woolwich, from 
1846 to 1850, both inclusive; the Calibre of the 
Gun; the usual Service Charge; the Number of 
Rounds fired from each Gun, with the Weight of 
Powder and Number of Shots used on each Round. 

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


Tron Ordnance. 


Disembodied 


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 Amount of the Pay and 
Allowances for the Training and Exercise of each 
Regiment of Disembodied Militia during the year 
1855, and the Period for which each Corps was as- 
sembled for the above Duties in the course of that 
ear. 

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


Masters Ordered, That the Return relative to Masters 
seed ) (Navy), which was presented upon the 7th day of this 
No. 92. instant March, be printed. 


Railway and Ordered, That the Return relative to Railway and 


— &amp;e. Canal, &amp;e. Bills, which was presented upon the 7th 
No. 93, ay of this instant March, be printed. 

Prisons. Mr. Aassey presented, by Her Majesty's Com- 
mand,— Copy of Eighteenth Report of the In- 
spectors appointed under the Provisions of the Act 
5 &amp; 6 Will. 4, c.38, to visit the different Prisons of 
Great Britain :—I1. Northern and Eastern District. 

Procurators Mr. Massey also presented,—Return to an Ad- 

Fiscal, &amp;c. dress to Her Majesty, dated the 31st day of Jul 

(Scotland) °"°*S Jesty y y 


1855, for a Return of all Accounts due to Procu- 
ritors Fiscal, Sheriff Officers and Criminal Officers 
in Scotland, up to the 15th day of May 1355; 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. 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 
26th day of February last, for Copies of the last Pa- 
tents, or Enrolments of Patents, under which the 


Clerks of the 
Parliaments. 


10°—1} 





° Marti. A. 1856. 


Lords and Commons were appointed :—And, of the 
earliest extant Patent, or Enrolment of a Patent, ap- 
pointing a Clerk of the Parliaments. 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the Schools 
4th day of this instant March, for a Return of the in Rural 
Number of Schools which have been erected, under Suite. 
the Minute of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy 
Council of Education of the 2d day of April 1853, 
for promoting voluntary Assessments towards the 
Expense of building Schools in Rural Districts. 

. _— That the said Papers do lie upon the 
able. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Police 
reading of the Police (Counties and Boroughs) Bill ; (Counties and 

And a Motion being made, and the Question being par?) 
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. Hayter, lose 
Yeas, The Earl of Mulgrave: * ieee 
Tellers for they Mr. Charles Forster, li06 
Noes, \Lord Henry Lennox: ' pines 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

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


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


Martis, 11° die Martii, i856: 


Mr. FitzRoy reported from the Committee of Supply. 
Supply, several Resolutions ; which were read, as 
follow : 

1. That a Sum, not exceeding £.450,000, be Civil Esta- 
granted to Her Majesty, on account, towards de- blishments. 
fraying the Charge of the Civil Establishments at 
Home and Abroad, Salaries, Allowances and Con- 
tingencies, which will come in course of payment 
from the ist day of April 1856 to the 31st day of 
March 1857, inclusive. 

2. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 450,000, be Wages of 
granted to Her Majesty, on account, towards de- Artificers, &amp;. 
fraying the Charge of the Wages of Artificers, La- 
bourers and others, employed at Home and Abroad, 
which will come in course of payment from the 1st 
day of April 1856 to the 31st day of March 1857, 
inclusive. 

3. That a Sum, not exceeding £.4,000,000, be Clothing, &amp;. 
granted to Her Majesty, on account of the Charge 

of the Supplies of Clothing, Barrack Furniture, &amp;c., 
Provisions, Forage, Fuel and Light, which will come 

in course of payment from the 1st day of April 1856 

to the 31st day of March 1857, inclusive. 

4, That a Sum, not exceeding £.2,500,000, be Stores. 
granted to Her Majesty, on account of the Charge 

of Stores for Land and Sea Service, which will come 

in course of payment from the Ist day of April 1856 

to the 31st day of March 1857, inclusive. 

5. That a Sum, not exceeding £.1,794,069, be Works, 
granted to Her Majesty, on account of the Charge Buildings, 
of Works, Buildings and Repairs, at Home and 
Abroad, which will come in course of payment from 

the 1st day of April 1856 to the 31st day of March 

1857, inclusive. 

The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 

were agreed tu, 


&amp;e. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Supply- 
mittee of Supply ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 





Clerks of the Parliaments attending the Houses of 


next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 
The 








19 Vicrort2. 


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. 


Wars and 
Means. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 


ial of 3 ; . 
bs into a Committee on the Trial of Offences Bill. 


Offences Bill. 
(In the Committee.) 


Preamble postponed. 

Cuause, N° 1 (The Court of Queen’s Bench may 
order any Indictment which has been removed into 
that Court to be tried at the Central Criminal Court.) 

Amendment proposed, in p. 1, 1.15: To leave out 
from the words “Term time ” to the word “ Court,” 
in p. 2, 1. 2, in order to insert the words “that a fair 
“ and impartial trial cannot be had in the county 
“ or place where the venue has been laid, or that 
“ the accused person shall consent thereto.” 

Question, That the words proposed to be left out 
stand part of the Clause——put, and agreed to. 

Clause agreed to. 

Cravuse, N° 2, agreed to. 

Crauses, N°S and N° 4, amended, and agreed to. 

Cuavuses, N° 5 and N° 6, agreed to. 

Crause, N° 7(A Defendant shall be arraigned, 
plead and be tried in the Central Criminal Court, 
as if the offence was committed within the juris- 
diction of that Court). 

Amendment proposed, at the end of the Clause : 
To add the following words ; “ and as if such Indict- 
“ ment or inquisition had been originally presented 
“ or returned to the said Central Criminal Court.” 

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

Clause, as amended, agreed to. 

Cxrauses, N* 8 to N° 14, agreed to. 

Cuause, N° 15, amended, and agreed to. 

Crauses, N° 16 to N° 24, agreed to. 

Five 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 upon Thursday 
next, 


Joint Stock 
Companies 
Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Joint Stock Companies Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
the 31st day of this instant March, resolve itself into 
the said Committee. 


Partnership 
Amendment 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Partnership Amendment Bill ; 
Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 
Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 
Vice-President The Order of the day being read, for the second 
ee reading of the Vice-President of Committee of 
Education Bill, Council on Education Bill; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Friday next. 


Foy) Ordered, That the Aldershot Camp Bill be read 
p®* a second time upon Friday next. 

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

ations, &amp;e. 


a Return of the Salaries and Emoluments, on the 1st 
day of January 1835 and on the 1st day of January 
1856, in the several Branches of the Civil Service 
now subject to Superannuation Deductions ; distin- 
guishing, in separate columns, the Rate of Salary 
per head, and the Numbers in each Class in which 
either Increase or Decrease of Salary has taken 
Vou. 111. 





10°— 1 1°— 





12° Marti. 93 


place :—Similar Return for all such Political Offices 
as are usually held by Members of either House of 
Parliament :— Similar Return for the Diplomatic 
and Censular Departments :—And, Keturn of any 
general Alterations of Pay that have taken place 
since the Ist day of January 1830 in those Classes 
of the Post Office, Ordnance and Navy Departments 
receiving Weekly Pay. 


A Petition of the Caterham Railway Company, Caterham 
for leave to bring in a Bill to enable the said Com- Railway. 
pany to make Extension and Branch Railways, and 
for other purposes, was presented, and read ; and re- 
ferred to the Select Committee on Standing Orders. 


Viscount Palmerston presented, by Her Majesty’s Turkey. 
Command,—Eastern Papers :—Part XVII. Firman 
and Hatti Sherif by the Sultan, relative to Privileges 
and Reforms in Turkey. 

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


Mr. Peel presented, by Her Majesty’s Command, Commissariat 
—Copy of a Letter from Commissary-General Fi/der, Department. 
covering Remarks on those parts of the Report of 
Sir John M‘Neili and Colonel Tul/och which relate 
to the Duties of the Commissariat Department. 

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


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, 11° die Marti ; 
Anno 19° Victorie Regine, 1856. 


PRAYERS. 


s+ House met; and, being counted by Mr. adjournment. 
Speaker, it appeared that Forty Members were 

not present; yet it being Four of the clock, Mr. 

Speaker took the Chair, and again counted the 

House; and Forty Members not being present :— 

‘The House was adjourned by Mr. Speaker, without 

a Question first put, till ‘To-morrow. 








Mercurit, 12° die Martii ; 
Anno 19° Victorie Regine, 1846. , 


PRAYERS. 
RDERED, That all Committees have leave Committees. 
to sit this day, during the sitting, and notwith- 
standing any adjournment of the House. 


Mr. Bonham Carter reported from the Select Public 
Committee on Public Petitions ; That they had ex- sane 
amined the Petitions presented upon the 10th day Sean) 
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. Freshfield reported from the Committee on Lancaster 
Group A. of Private Bills ; That in the case of the 4s Bill. 
Lancaster Gas Bill, they had examined the allega- 
tions contained in the Preamble of the. Bill, and 


| amended the same, by inserting the word “ six,” and 
| omitting the word “seven,” in the 12th line of the 


3d page ; and by inserting in the 2d line of the 4th 
page, the words “ are fully paid up;” and found the 
same, as amended, to be true; and had made Pro- 
sision in the Bill, pursuaat to the Instruction of the 
House ; and had gone through the Bill, and made 
Amendments thereunto. 





Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 
N3 Mr, 
































































Haslingden 
and Rawten- 
stall Water 
Bill. 


Lincoln 
Water Bill. 


Southport 
Water Bill. 


Doddington 
Rectory 
Division Bill. 


Weymouth 
and Melcombe 
Regis Gas Bill. 


Milford 
Junction 


Railway Bill. 


Ceylon Rail- 
way Company 


Bill. 


London 
Printing and 
Publishing 
Company Bill. 


Dundee 
Harbour Bill. 


Heywood 
Gas Biil. 


Abertdeen, 
Peterhead ani 
Fraserburgh 
Railway Bill. 


Deeside and 
Alford Valley 
Railway Bill. 


Aberdeen 

and Scottish 
Midland 
Junction and 
Dundee and 
Arbroath 
Railway Com- 


panies Bill 


94 


Mr. FitzRoy reported from the Committee on the 
Haslingden and Rawtenstall Water Bill; That they 
had examined the allegations contained in the Pre- 
amble of the Bill, and amended the same, by speci- 
fying the Amount of each share, the Amount of each 
share called up, and that no Money had been 
borrowed on Bond or Mortgage, in order to make 
the same in accordance with the Provisions of the 
Bill ; and found the same, as amended, to be true ; 
and had gone through the Bili, and made Amend- 
ments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. FitzRoy reported the Lincoln Water Bill, 
with Amendments. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. FitzRoy reported the Southport Water Bill, 
with Amendments. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Fitz Roy reported from the Committee on the 
Doddington Rectory Division Bill; That they had 
examined the allegations contained in the Preamble 
of the Bill, and verbally amended the same; and 
found the same, as amended, to be true; and had 
gone through the Bill, and made Amendments there- 
unto, 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Fitz Roy reported from the Committee on the 
Weymouth and Melcombe Regis Gas Bill; That they 
had examined the allegations contained in the Pre- 
amble of the Bill, and amended the same, by omit- 
ting the recital as to the Purchase of the Works by 


the Local Board of Health or the Corporation of 


the Borough, Powers for which were not intended 
to be given by the Bill; and found the same, as 
amended, to be true; and had gone through the Bill, 
and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upen the Table. 


Mr. FitzRoy reported the Milford Junction Rail- 
way Bill, with Amendments. 

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


A Bill for incorporating the Ceylon Railway Com- 
pany, and for other purposes connected therewith, 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time. 


A Bill to amend the Constitution of “The London 
Printing and Publishing Company,” and to re-in- 
corporate the said Company, was read the first time; 
and ordered to be read a second time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Dundee Harbour Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Heywood Gas Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The Aberdeen, Peterhead and Fraserburgh Rail- 


way Bill was read a second time ; and committed. 


The Deeside and Alford Valley Railway Bill was 
read a second time; and committed. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Aberdeen and Scottish Midland Junc- 
tion and Dundee and Arbroath Railway Companies 
Bill ; 

Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


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A. 1856. 


Mr. Barrow reported from the Committee on Tormoham 
Group C. of Private Bills; That in the case of the Water Bill, 
Tormoham Water Bill, they had examined the alle- 
gations contained in the Preamble of the Bill, and 
amended the same, by striking out the recitals re- 
ferring to the Tormoham Gas Works, inasmuch as 
the Bill, as amended, does not affect the Powers of 
the Gas Company, and the recital referring to the 
Parish of Kingskerwell; and that they had also 
made verbal Amendments therein; and found the 
same, as amended, to be true; and had gone through 
the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That the Amendment made by the Lords Commong 
to the Commons’ Inclosure Bill be taken into con- Iclosure Bij, 
sideration ‘l'o-morrow. 


Petitions relating to the British Museum, &amp;c. ;— Public 

Church Rates ;—lIntoxicating Liquors ;—Tithe Rent- Petitions. 
charge ;—Ministers’ Money (/reland) Act ;—Bil- Vide Sixteenth 
leting Soldiers ;—Factories Bill ;—Medical Profes- Report. 
sion Bill;—Municipal Reform (Scotland) Bill ;— 
Naval Service ;—Police (Counties and Boroughs) 
Bill ;—Public-houses (Scotland) Act ;—Shipwrecks ; 
—-and, Wee Pawns, &amp;c. (Scotland),—were pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Wool and Wool and 
Woollen Manufactures, which was presented upon Woollen 


the 10th day of this instant March, be printed. “ace 
0. . . 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Procurators Procurators 
| Fiscal, &amp;c. ( Scotland), which was presented upon Fiscal, &amp;. 
‘the 10th day of this instant March, &amp; printed. oe 
+ JO. 

| Ordered, That the Return relative to Clerks of the Clerks of the 
Parliements, which was presented upon the 10th Parliaments. 
day of this instant March, be printed. No. 96. 





Ordered, That the Return relative to Schools in gehools in 
Rural Districts, which was presented upon the 10th Rural Dis- 
day of this instant March, be printed. — 

No. 97. 

Mr. Massey presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- Turnpike 
mand,—Copy of First Report, with Abstracts of Ac- Trusts. 
counts 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 by 
the Act 3 &amp; 4 Will. 4, c. 80:— 

No. 1. Luton District of Road. 
2. Stockport and Warrington Roads. 
3. Honiton and Sidmouth Road. 
4. Leicester and Welford Road. 
5. Sleaford and Tattershall Road. P 

Mr. Massey also presented,—Return to an Ad- Convicts. 
dress to Her Majesty, dated the 26th day of Fe- 
| bruary last, for a Return of the Number of Convicts 
who, since the passing of the Act 16 &amp; 17 Vic. c. 99, 
have received Orders of License :—-Of the Number 
_of Convicts who, after receiving such Orders of 
License, have been convicted of or charged with 
subsequent Offences :—Of the Number of Convicts 
whose Orders of License have been reyoked :—And, 
of the Number of Convicts whose Licenses have 
been refused or withheld in consequence of their 
Misconduct. 

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


The following Paper, pursuant to the directions of East India 
an Act of Parliament, was laid upon the Table by 
the Clerk of the House,—Accounts respecting the 
Annual Territorial Revenues and Disbursements of 
tlie East India Company, for Three years (1851-52, 
1852-53, 1853 -54), according to the latest Advices ; 
with a Statement of the same for the preceding year, 
partly estimated. 
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Committee of 
Selection 
(Third Re- 
ports) 

No. 98. 


Military Aid 
to Civil Power. 


Bay Islands. 


University of 
Quebec, 


&gt; ap 
Supply 
(Scotland) Bill. 


Reformatory 
Schools 
(Scotland) Bill. 


Municipal 
Reform (Scot- 
land) Bill. 


Drafts on 
Bankers Bill. 


Nuisances 
Removal, &amp;e, 
(Scotland) Rill. 


19 Vicrori2Z. 


Colonel Wilson Patten reported from the Com- 
mittee of Selection; That they had made certain 
alterations in the Groups of Private Bills already 
formed, and had made further Groups of the there- 
under-mentioned Bills, which they had agreed to 
report to the House. 

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


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Returns of all Applications which have been 
made to the Secretary of State for the Home De- 

artment fora Military Force in aid of the Civil 
— in England and Wales in each of the last 
Ten years, stating by whom each such Application 
was made :—And, of all Cases (not included in the 
foregoing Return) in which the Military Authorities 
have reported to the Secretary of State that a Mili- 
tary Force has been employed in aid of the Civil 
Power ; and of all Cases in which Magistrates have 
reported to the Secretary of State that a Military | 
Force has been so employed on their Requisition, no | 
previous Application having been made by them to | 
the Secretary of State. 

Ordered, That 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 Queen’s Warrant for erecting 
the Island of Ruatan, and certain other Islands on 
the Coast of Central America, into a Colony, unier 
the name of “ Bay Islands.” 

Ordered, That 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 Charter granted for the pur- 
= of erecting the Seminary at Quebec into an 

niversity. 

Ordered, That 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 Commissioners of Supply (Scotland) Bill was, 
according to Order, read a second time ; and com- 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for To- 
morrow. 


The Reformatory Schools (Scotland) Bill was, 
according to Order, read a second time ; and com- 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for To- 
morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Municipal Reform (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. 


Orderedy That the Bill be withdrawn. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Drafts on Bankers Bill ; 

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


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
— of the Nuisances Removal, &amp;c. (Scotland) 

ill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday the 31st day of this instant March. 


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| better Provision for the Prevention and Punishment 





95 


The Bankruptcy (Stotland) Bill was, according Bankruptcy 
to Order, read a second time ; and committed to a (Scotland) Bill. 
Committee of the whole House, for Monday the 
31st day of this instant March. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Vaccination 
reading of the Vaccination Bill; = 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Monday the 31st day of this instant March. 


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

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


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Ways and 
mittee of Ways and Means; Means. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Married 
mittee on the Married Women’s Reversionary Women’s 
: Reversionary 
Interest Bill; 


3 : ? Interest Bill. 
Resolved, ‘That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order for reading a second time, upon Wed- Tenant Right 
nesday the 2d day of April next, the Tenant Right (eland) Bill. 
(Lreland) Bill, was read, and discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday the 23d day of April next. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Aggravated 
to repeal the Act 16 &amp; 17 Vie. c. 30, and to make Assaults Bill. 
Bill 68. 
of Aggravated Assaults upon Women and Children, 
and for preventing Delay and Expense in the Ad- 
ministration of certain parts of the Criminal Law: 

And that Mr. Dillwyn and Viscount Emlyn do pre- 
pare, and bring it in. 

Mr. Dillwyn accordingly presented the said Bill : 
And the same was read the first time; and ordered 
to be read a second time upon Wednesday the 2d 
day of April next ; and to be printed. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 








Jovis, 18° die Martii ; 
Anno 19° Victorie Regine, 1856. 


PRAYERs. 


R. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Rerort from Whichwood 
LV one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Forest Bill. 
Bills ; That in the case of the Whichwood Forest 
Bill, the Standing Orders have been complied with. 
Ordered, ‘That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday the 31st day of this instant March. 


The Colonial Bank 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. ‘ 


Colonial Bank 
Bill. 


The East of Fife Railway Bill was read the third East of Fife 
time. j Railway Bill. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 

Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Knuottingley Gas Bill was read the third time. Knottingley 
A Clause (Quality of Company’s Gas), was thrice Gas Bill. 
read; and added to the Bill. 

Another Clause (Company to erect a meter to 

test purity of Gas), was thrice read ; and added to 

the Bill. 

Another Clause (Power to Justices, on requisition, 





Vou. 111. 


N4 to 






















London Docks 
Bill. 


Public 
Petitions. 


Vide Sixteenth 
Report. 


Naval 
Volunteers. 


Vaccination. 


Exchequer 
Bills. 


Petty Sessions. 


Post-office. 


Church Affairs 


(Canada and 
Victoria.) 


96 


to authorize testing of Gas), was thrice read; and 
added to the Bill. 

Another Clause (Cost of experiment to be paid 
according to the event), was thrice read ; and added 
to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, Vhat the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The London Docks 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. 


Petitions relating to Brecknock College Act ;— 
British Museum, Xc.;—Church Rates ;—Church 
Rates Abolition Bill;—Maynooth College ;—Tithe 
Rent-charge ;—Army (Crimea); — Bleaching, &amp;c. 
Works Bill ;—Court of Chancery ;—Factories Bill ; 
—Hay and Straw ;— Medical Profession Bill;— 
Metropolis Local Management Act Amendment 
Bill ;—Municipal Reform (Scotland) Bill ;—Public- 
houses (Scotland) Act;—and, Wee Pawis, &amp;c. 
(Scotland),—were 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 Fre directions, that there be laid before this House, | 
a Return of the Number of the Royal Naval Coast | 
Volunteers enrolled upon the Ist day of January 
last; and of the Volunteers embodied either Ashore 
or Afloat, during the vear 1855 ; together with the 
Number of Days and the Names of the Places where 
each Division was exercised ; also, the Number of 
Volunteers who have joined the Royal Navy since | 
their first enrolment. 

Ordered, That 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 Sums voted for the National Vaccine 
Institution since 1833; and the Appropriation in 
detail of such Sums. 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
a Return of the Amount of Exchequer Bills changed, 
and the Amount of Exchequer Bills paid in Money, 
in the months of March and June in the years 1852, 
1853, 1854 and 1855, and in the month of March 
1856; and the Amount of Exchequer Bills now 
outstanding. 


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, | 
of the Names of the various Petty Sessional Divi- 
sions in such County, and the Name of each Place 
in such Division at which Petty or Special Sessions 
are held. 

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. 


Mr. Hayter presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand,—Copy of Second Report of the Postmaster 
General on the Post-office. 

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


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented to 
Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased to 
give directions, that there be laid before this House, 





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A. 1856. 


Copies or Extracts of recent Correspondence on 
Colonial Church Affairs in the Dioceses of the Co- 
lonies of Canada and Victoria. 

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


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Church Affizs 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased (Jamaica, 
to give directions, that there be laid before this House, 

Copies or Extracts of recent Correspondence relative 
to the Church Affairs of the Diocese of Jamuica. 

Ordered, That the said Address be pene 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 Banks of fssuy, 
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 Amount of Circulation of such Banks respec- 
tively, made up to the present Date. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Mr, Brownrigg, 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Copies of Additional Despatches and Cor- 
respondence connected with the removal of Mr. 
J. Stuart Brownrigg from the Office of Postmaster 
General of the Island of Mauritius on the 9th day 
of June 1853 (in continuation of Parliamentary Pa- 
per, No. 384, of Session 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 Registers 

to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased (Scotland.) 

to give directions, that there be laid before this 

House, a Return of all the Records or Registers, 

General and Particular, in Scotland, other than 

Books of Courts, for the Registration of Deeds, Sa- 

sines, Inhibitions, Adjudications, Protests, and every 

other Legal Instrument or Writ, embracing the fol- 

lowing Particulars :— | 

1. As to Particular Registers:—1. The Places 
at which kept; 2. Description of the several 
Registers there kept; 3. The District for which 
provided; 4. Name of the Keeper of each Re- 
gister; 5. His Age; 6. Date of his Appoint- 
ment; 7. His Profession or Employment when 
appointed ; 8. Whether he still carries on such 
Profession or Employment; 9. Salary and | 
Emoluments of his Office; 10. Whence these ) 
are derived; 11. Whether he performs his 
Duties in Person or by Deputy; 12. Days and | 
Hours during which the Office is kept open for ) 
Business; 13. ‘The Number of Deeds or Instru- | 
ments recorded in each Register respectively in } 
the year 1855; and, 14. The Cumulo Amount 
of Fees for Registrations therein during that | 
year. | 

II. As to the General Registers kept at Edin- 
burgh:—The same particulars as those above | 
set forth in regard to Particular Registers, with , 
the exception of Nos. 1 and 3, and with the | 
following Addition, viz.: 'The Number of Assist- 
ants and Clerks employed in keeping each 
Register, and the Cumulo Amount of their 
Salaries and Emoluments. 

III. The usual Scale of Fees in the General 
and Particular Register respectively for record- 
ing each Deed or Instrument ; by what Autho- 
rity these Fees are fixed and are exigible ; whe- 
ther any and what additional Fees, or Increase 
of Fees, has been established since the passing | 
of the Statutes of 10 &amp; 11 Vic., abridgmg the 
Forms in the Transference of Land and the 
Constitution and Transference of Heritable Se- 
curities; and whether the Salaries or Allow- 

ances 





flairs 


[ssue, 


Fire 
Insurance. 


brigg, 


Factories. 


Swiss Con- 
federation. 


Metropolitan 
Improve- 
ments. 


No. 99. 


Ecclesiastical 
and Civil 
Offices (Isle 
of Man.) 


No. 100. 
Trials of 
Causes (Isle 
of Man.) 

No. 100. 


Feseels, 
Onnage, &amp;c. 
(Isle of Man.) 


No. 100. 
Convicts. 
No. 103. 


East India. 
No. 104, 


National 
accine Esta. 
blishment, 





19 VicTroriz. 


ances to engrossing Clerks have been aug- 
mented since such Addition or Increase has 
been obtained. 

1V. The mode in which Searches are made, 

and Certificates of Search obtained ; the Official 

Form of such Certificate; the Scale of Fees 

for allowing a Search to be made ; the Fees for 

an Official Search ; and, separately, the Fees 

for a full Official Search for Forty years in 

regard to Incumbrances on Land, and Writs) 

affecting Land, or the Power of disponing it | 

in the General Registers at Edinburgh, and the 
Particular Registers at Glasgow, 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. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Accounts of all Sums paid into the Stamp Office in 
England for Duty on Tieienens from Fire for the 
Quarters ending severally the 25th day of March, 
the 24th day of June, the 29th day of September, 


13° Marti. 





and the 25th day of December 1855; distinguishing 
the Amount of Allowance made to each Office for 
collecting the same in the Country and in London, | 
with the Date of each Payment (in continuation of | 
Parliamentary Paper, No. 260, of Session 1855) :— | 
Of Sums insured by each Office on Farming Stock 
for the same Period :—And, of the Gross Amount 
of Receipts for Insurance for the years 1850, 1851, 
1852, 1853, 1854 and 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 Copy of any Instructions addressed by 
the Inspectors of Factories to the Sub-Inspectors, 
since the Date of their last joint Report, with 
regard to the fencing of Mill-gearing or Machinery. 

Ordered, That 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, by Her Majesty’s 
Command,—Copy of Treaty of Friendship, Com- 
merce and Reciprocal Establishment between Her 
Majesty and the Swiss Confederation. Signed at 
Berne, September 6, 1855. 

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


Ordered, That the Paper relative to Metropolitan 
Improvements, which was presented upon the 12th 
day of February last, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Ecclesias- 
tical and Civil Offices (Isle of Man), which was 
presented upon the 2d day of July 1855, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Trials of 
Causes (Isle of Man), which was presented upon 
the 2d day of July 1855, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Vessels, 
Tonnage, &amp;c. (Isle of Man), which was presented 
upon the 2d day of July 1855, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Convicts, 
which was presented upon the 12th day of this 
instant March, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Accounts relative to ast 
India, which were pons upon the 12th day of 
this instant March, be printed. 


Mr. Massey presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand,—Copy of Annual Report of the National 
Vaccine Establishment, 1856, to the Right honour- 
able Sir George Grey, Baronet, Her Majesty’s 





Secretary of State for the Home Department. 
Vou. 111. 





97 





Mr. Massey also presented,—Return to an Ad- Justices of 
dress to Her Majesty, dated the 11th day of July Peace 


1855, for a Return of the Number of Justices in the 
Commission of the Peace for each County in Eng- 
land 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 
years ; stating whether the same were qualified by 
Estate, 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 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 25th day of February last, for a Return 
of the Names and Dates of Appointment of all 
Persons temporarily engaged as Supernumeraries, 
Draughtsmen and Clerks, in the Department of the 
Customs in Dublin, who have been in continuous 
Employment for Five years and upwards ; the Rate 
of ta granted to such Persons on Appointment, 
and the Number of years of Service of such Per- 
sons to the 1st day of February 1856, respectively ; 
the Nature of Employment since Appointment; the 
Rate of Pay on the 1st day of February 1856 ; the 
Scale of Salaries of Permanent Clerks employed in 
the same Offices to which such Persons were tem- 
porarily attached:—Similar Return from the De- 

artment of the Excise :—Similar Return from Poor 
tt Board :—And, similar Return from the Board 
of Works in that City. 

Return to an Order, dated the 29th day of Fe- 
bruary last, for a Return of all Sums of Money 


borrowed by the Jndian Government, or by any 


Persons acting under its Authority, from the King 
of Oude, from the year 1811 to the year 1855; 
showing also what Portions (if any) of such Loans 
have been repaid, and whether such Repayments 
(if any) have been made by Money or by Cession 
of Territory to the King of Oude, and the Dates on 
which such Repayments (if any) were made. 


Mr. Secretary Labouchere presented, by Her Ma- 
jesty’s Command,—Copies of the Reports made for 
the year 1854, to the Secretary of State having the 
Department of the Colonies, in continuation of the 
Reports annually made by the Governors of the 
British Colonies, with a view to exhibit generally 
the past and present state of Her Majesty’s Colo- 
nial Possessions, transmitted with the Blue Books 
for the year 1854. 

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


A Motion was made, and the Question being 
put, That this House do now adjourn :—It passed 
in the Negative. 


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 Men in each 
Regiment of Militia who refused to be re-attested 
under the Circular from the War Department, dated 
March 27, 1855. 

Ordered, That the said Address be 
Her Majesty, by such Members of this 
of Her 


gn to 
ouse as are 
ajesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


Supernume- 


raries, Public 


Offices (Ire- 
land.) 


East India 
(Oude. ) 


Colonies. 


Adjournment. 


Militia. 


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


Copies of Contracts — into for the Supply of 
the 


98 


the Royal Navy with Spirits, from the 24th day of 
April 1855, to the latest Date : 




















Quantity and Description of Spirite 
Quantity | Date of Contract. Contracted for, 
Date of as and Price thereof, in each Year. 
. Advertised | 
Advertisement. | Dees! 7 
for. Month. Year. | Quantity. —" ee 
| | 
| | | 
| 
a | 
(in continuation of Parliamentary Papers, No. 389, 
of Session 1854, and No. 275, of Session 1855). 
Message from Mr. * ome acquainted the House, That a Mes- 
the Lords. = save had been brought from the Lords, by one of 
their Clerks, as followeth : 
Mutiny Bill. The Lords have agreed to the Mutiny Bill, with- 
out any Amendment: And also, 
Marine The Lords have agreed to the Marine Mutiny 
Mutiny Bill. Bill, without any Amendment: And also, 
- o oanes The Lords have agreed to the Consolidated Fund 
( £. 26,000,000) (£.26,000,000) Bill, without any Amendment: And 
Bill. also, 
Drainage The Lords have agreed to the Drainage Advances 
Advances 2 


g. Acts Amendment Bill, without any Amendment: 


Acts Amen 

ment Bill. And also, 

Turnpike The Lords have agreed to the Turnpike Trusts 
Trusts Ar- Arrangements Bill, with Amendments; to which 
rangements . 

Bill. Amendments the Lords desire the concurrence of 


this House. 


Operations in 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
the Baltic. 


posed, That a Select Committee be appointed to 
inquire into the operations of the British Fleet in 
the Baltic in the years 1854 and 1855:—And the 
said Motion was, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 


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


Veneris, 14° die Martti, 1856: 


Carlisle The Order of the day being read, for the second 
Canonries Bill. yeading of the Carlisle Canonries Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Wednesday the 2d day of April next. 


Trial of 


The Order of the day being read, for taking i 
Offences Bill. : ay being read, tor taking into 


consideration the Trial of Offences Bill, as amended 
in the Committee ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be taken into consideration 
upon Wednesday the 2d day of April next. 


Commons’ 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take 
Inclosure Bill 


* into consideration the Amendment made by the 
Lords to the Commons’ Inclosure Bill; and the same 
was twice read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords; aud acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed tu the Amendment made by their Lordships. 


Commissioners The House, according to Order, resolved itself into 
Supply : Make oak, 
(Scotland) Bill, @ Committee on the Commissioners of Supply (Scot 


land) 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 Thursday the 
17th day of April next. 


Bill 69. 


Reformatory The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
Schools (Scot- into a Committee on the Reformatory Schools (Scot- 
dand) Bill. land) Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. 

Bill 70. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. FitzRoy re- 


oo That the Committee had gone through the 
ill. 
Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 


19°—14° Martiz. 





A. 1856. 


Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for Thursday the 
17th day of April next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Drafts on 
reading of the Drafts on Bankers Bill ; Bankers Bill, 

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


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Marriea 
mittee on the Married Women’s Reversionary In- Women’s 
terest Bill ; oon 

Resolved, ‘That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


Ordered, That the Amendments made by the Turnpike 
Lords to the Turnpike Trusts Arrangements Bill be Trusts Ar. 
taken into consideration this day. eae 


The House was moved, That the several Acts re- Public Works, 
lating to Advances of Money for Public Works and &amp;c. 
Fisheries, and Employment of the Poor, might be 
read ; and the same being read ; 

And a Motion being made, That this House will, 
this day, resolve itself into a Committee to consider 
of authorizing Advances of Money out of the Conso- 
lidated Fund of the United Kingdom of Great 
Britain and Ireland, for carrying on Public Works 
and Fisheries, and the Employment of the Poor ; 

The Earl of Mulgrave, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand, acquainted the House, That Her Majesty, 
having been informed of the subject-matter of this 
Motion, recommends it to the consideration of the 
House. 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


Mr. Peel presented,—Return to an Address to Army 
Her Majesty, dated the 29th day of February last, (Ctimea.) 
for a Nominal Return of Officers, Non-commissioned 
Officers, and Privates, mentioned or recommended 
for distinguished Services in the Reports of Generals 
Codrington and Markham, and in that of the Bri- 
gadiers attached to their respective Divisions, on the 
occasion of the Storming of the Redan on the 8th 
day of September 1855. 

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


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








Veneris, 14° die Martii ; 
Anno 19° Victorie Regine, 1856. 


PRAYERS. 
RDERED, That the Select Committee on Formation, &amp;. 
the Formation, &amp;c. of Parishes Bill have leave of Parishes 
to sit this day till Six of the clock, during the sitting 
of the House. 


Mr. Duncan reported from the Select Committee Public 
on Public Petitions; That they had examined the ‘oaseontl 
Petitions presented upon the 12th and 13th days of Report.) 
this instant March, and had directed him to make 
a Report thereof to the House. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 


and be printed. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Chorley 
the Chorley Water Bill, as amended in the Com- Water 
mittee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Lambeth 
the Lambeth Water Bill, as amended in the Com- Wt 
mittee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 








The 





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ete 





a 





1, &amp;e. 


Tottenham, 
Hornsey and 
Willesden 
Railway Bill. 


Aldershot 
Camp Bill. 


Juvenile Con- 
vict Prison» 
(Ireland) Bill. 


East Somerset 
Railway Bill. 


Public 
Petitions. 


Vide Seven- 
teenth Report. 


Enfield 
Factory. 


Factories. 


Prison, &amp;c. 
Schools. 


Burial Fees, 


19 VicTorIz. 


The Zottenham, Hornsey and Willesden Railway 
Bill was read a second time ; and committed. 


The Aldershot Camp Bill was, according to Order, 
read a second time; and committed to a Select 
Committee. 


~ The Juvenile Convict Prison (Jreland) Bill was, 
according to Order, read a second time; and com- 
mitted to a Select Committee. 


A Petition of Promoters of the East Somerset 
Railway, praying that Provision may be made in 
the East Somerset Railway Bill for effecting a 
Deviation of the Line, in the Parish of West Cran- 
more, through Sir Edward Strode’s Estate,. was 
presented, and read; and referred to the Examiners 
of Petitions for Private Bills. 


Petitions relating to the British Museum, &amp;c. ;— 
Church Rates;—Church Rates Abolition Bill;— 
Married Women; — Maynooth College Act ; — 
Roman Catholic Chaplains (Navy) ; — Bleaching, 
&amp;c. Works Bill ;—Education ;—Factories Bill ;— 
Hay and Straw ;—Joint Stock Companies Bill ;— 
Justices of the Peace Qualification Bill ;—Medical 
Profession Bill; —Police (Counties and Boroughs) 
Bill;—and, Public-houses ( Scotland) Act,—were pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Statement of the various Sums expended 
at Enfield Factory, under the following Heads, in 
the years 1854-55 and 1855-56 :—Buildings; Ma- 
chinery ; and, Cost of putting up and altering Ma- 
chinery. 

Ordered, That the said Address be a 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 Keturn of the Number of Cases of Arbitration 
under the 43d section of the Act 7 &amp; 8 Vic. c. 15, 
commonly called the — Act, within the last 
Six years; together with a Return of the Number 
of Factories under inspection. 

Ordered, That 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 Children under Fifteen 

ears of Age \distinguishing Boys’ from Girls) in 
Prison Schools, at the latest Date for which the 
same can be given:—And, similar Return cf Chil- 
dren in Industrial, Ragged and Reformatory Schools 
assisted within the past year as Schools of Industry 
by the Committee of Privy Council for Education, 
showing the Number in each School at the latest 
Date, and the Amount of the Grant 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. 


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 under the Acts 
15 &amp; 16 Vic. c. 85, 16 &amp; 17 Vie. 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 
Vou, 111, 


14° Martii. 











99 


the general purposes of such Boards respectively 


(in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 479, 
of Session 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 Mr. Frewen have leave of absence Leave of 
Absence. 


for a month, vn account of ill health. 


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 
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 to apply the Sum of Twenty-six millons Qonsotiaatea 
to the Service of the year One thousand eight hun- Fund 
(£. 26,000,000) 
1 


dred and Fifty-six : 


An Act for punishing Mutiny and Desertion, and yfutiny Bil, 


for the better Payment of the Army and their 
Quarters: 


An Act for the Regulation of Her Majesty’s Marine 

Mutiny Bill. 

An Act to amend the Acts a to the Ad- Drainage 
n 


Advances Act 
x bts ement Amendment 
Bill. 


Royal Marine Forces while on Shore : 


vance of Public Money to promote the 
of Land. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Hydrographi- 
al Survey 
Scotland.) 


to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased ¢ 
to give directions, that there be laid before Ginthens, 
a Return relative to the Hydrographical Survey of 
the North-west Coast of Scotland, between the Mull 
of Cantyre and Cape Wrath, enumerating the se- 
veral Surveys or Charts completed by the Officers 
engaged in the Survey; with the Dates at which 
such Surveys or Charts have been received at the 
Admiralty; the Dates of any subsequently pub- 
lished ; and the probable Dates when the Publica- 
tion of the remainder may be expected. 

Ordered, That 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. Massey presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- Education. 


mand,—Committee of Council on Education :—Copy 
of Circular to Her Majesty’s Inspectors of Schools, 
and Particulars of Information furnished to Appli- 
cants for Grants to lay down boarded Floors, and to 
put new Fittings in Schools. 


Copies of Sixteenth, Seventeenth and Eighteenth Prisons. 


Reports of the Inspectors appointed under the Pro- 
visions of the Act 5 &amp; 6 Will. 4, c. 38, to visit the 
different Prisons of Great Britain: —I. Home 
District. 


Copy of Second Report from Her Majesty’s Com- Statute Law 


missioners for consolidating the Statute Law. 


Charity Commission :—Copy of Third Report of Charity 


Commission. 
Mr. Massey also presented,—Return to an Ad- Petty Sessions 


the Commissioners ; with an Appendix. 


dress to Her Majesty, dated the 4th day of August *¢ 
1854, for Returns of the Number of Summary Con- 
victions at each Petty Sessions for the last Three 
years :—Of the Number of Justices usually attending 
each Petty Sessions, and their average Attendance 
for the last Three years :—Of the Names of the Clerk 
or Clerks to the Justices attending each Petty Ses- 
sions, and whether they are Attorneys, or if not, of 
what 


Supernume- 
raries, Public 
Offices (Ire- 
land.) 


No. 101. 


East India 
(Oude. ) 


No. 102. 


Army 
(Crimea.) 


No. 105. 


Select 
Committees. 


Increase and 
Diminution 
(Public 
Offices. ) 


Superannua- 
tions (Public 
Offices. ) 


Highland 
Roads and 
Bridges. 


Irish Re- 
productive 
Loan Fund. 


Adjournment. 


Statistical 
Abstract. 


Local Acts. 
No. 41. 


Public 
Business. 


100 


what other Profession:—Of all Fees received by 
such Clerks for the last Seven years, distinguishing 
between Fees on Examination of Persons charged 
with Felony or Misdemeanor, on Summary Convic- 
tions, on Orders, and on General Business :—Of all 
Fees received by such Clerks for conducting Pro- 
secutions at Assizes or Sessions:—And, the same 
Return from the Clerks to the Justices for Boroughs. 

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


Ordered, That the Return relative to Super- 
numeraries, Public Offices (Jreland), which was pre- 
sented upon the 13th day of this instant March, 
be printed. 

Ordered, That the Return relative to East India 


(Oude), which was presented upon the 13th day of 
this instant March, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Army 
(Crimea), which was presented upon the 13th day 
of this instant March, be printed. 





The following Paper was laid upon the ‘Table by 
the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, dated 
the 6th day of August 1855, for a Return of the | 
Expenses of Witnesses, &amp;c. and Printing of Evidence, | 
and any other Expenses connected with Select Com- | 
mittees of this House, for the Session 1854-55, | 
stating the items for each Committee separately. 

The following Papers, pursuant to the directions 
of several Acts of Parliament, were also laid upon | 
the Table by the Clerk of the House,—An Account | 
of every Increase and Diminution which has taken | 
place in the year 1855, in the Number of Persons | 
employed, or in the Salaries, Emoluments, Allow- | 
ances and Expenses in all Public Offices or Depart- 
ments. 

An Account of all Allowances or Compensations 

ranted as Retired Allowances or Superannuations, 
in all Public Offices or Departments, which remained 
payable on the 1st January 1855; the Annual 
Amount which was granted inthe year 1855; the 
Annual Amount which ceased within the year ; and 
the Total Amount remaining payable on the 31st 
of December 1855. 

Forty-second Report of the Commissioners of 
Highland Roads and Bridges in Scotland. 


An Account of the Receipts and Disbursements 
on account of the Jrish Reproductive Loan Fund, to 
31st December 1855. 


Resolved, That this House will, at the rising of the 
House this day, adjourn till Monday the 31st day 
of this instant March. 





Mr. Lowe presented, by Her Majesty’s Command, 


—Statistical Abstract for the United Kingdom in| ®" 


each of the last Fifteen years, from 1841 to 1855. | 
Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the! 
Table. 


Mr. Osborne presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand,—Further Reports from the Admiralty, rela- 
tive to Applications for Local Acts. 

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





A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- | 
posed, That upon Thursday the 17th day of April | 
next, and upon all subsequent Thursdays during the | 
Session, Orders of the day have precedence of 
Notices of Motions ; 


An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 


Question, by leaving out the words “17th day of 
“ April,” and inserting the words “ 1st day of May,” 
instead thereof. 
And the Question being put, That the words pro- 
sed to be left out stand part of the Question :— 
Se pasned in the Negative. 








14° Marti. 










A. 1856. 


And the Question being put, That the words “ 1st 
“ day of May” be inserted instead thereof :—It 
was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Then the Main Question, so amended, being put; 

Resolved, That upon Thursday the 1st day of 
May next, and upon all subsequent Thursdays 
during the Session, Orders of the day have prece- 
dence of Notices of Motions. 


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 Leases and 
to facilitate Leases and Sales of Settled Estates ; to Sales of Settled 
which the Lords desire the concurrence of this ©*t#tes Bill 
House: And also, 

The Lords request, That this House will be pleased Appellate 
to = leave to the Right honourable Joseph Napier, oe 
a Member of this House, to attend their Lestion, Pond. « 
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, 
on the Appellate Jurisdiction of the House of Lords. 

And Mr. Napier, being present in his place, de- 
clared that he was willing, with leave of the House, 
to go to the House of Lords, as desired by their 
Lordships. 

Resolved, That the Right honourable Joseph Na- 
pier have leave to go to the House of Lords, as 
desired by their Lordships, if he think fit. 

Ordered, That a Message be sent to the Lords, 
to acquaint them, that this House hath given leave 
to the Right honourable Joseph Napier 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. 


Mr. Ball presented,—Return to an Address to Mr. L.H.Eve- 
Her Majesty, dated the 4th day of this instant ly. 
March, for a Copy of Governor Sir Henry Barkly’s 
Report on the case of Mr. L. H. Evelyn. 

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


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Supply. 
into the Committee of Supply. 


(In the Committee.) 


Motion made, and Question proposed, That a Sum, Educational 
not exceeding £.238,404, be granted to Her Majesty, and a 
for defraying the Charge of the Educational and ee 
Scientific Branches, which will come in course of 
payment from the Ist day of April 1856 to the 31st 
day of March 1857, inclusive. 

1, Whereupon Motion made, and Question, That 
a Sum, not exceeding £. 200,000, on account, be 
nted to Her Majesty, for defraying the Charge 
of the Educational and Scientific Branches, which 
will come in course of payment from the 1st day of 
April 1856 to the 31st day of March 1857, inclusive, 

—put, and agreed to. 

2. Motion made, and Question proposed, That a Rewards for 
Sum, not exceeding £. 25,400, be granted to Her pages 
Majesty, for defraying the Charge of Rewards for — 
Distinguished Services, &amp;c., which will come in 
course of payment from the 1st day of April 1856 
to the 31st day of March 1857, inclusive ; 

Whereupon Motion made, and Question put, That 
a Sum, not exceeding £.25,300, be granted to Her 
Majesty, for defraying the Charge of Rewards for 
Distinguished Services, &amp;c., which will come in 
course of payment from the Ist day of April 1856 
to the 31st day of March 1857, inclusive ; 

The Committee divided. 

Tellers for the 1¥i r. Layard, 

Yeas, Viscount Goderich : } 

Tellers for the ¢ Mr. Hayter, § 

Noes, | The Earl of Mulgrave : } 

Original Question put, and agreed to. . 

. . wal 3. Resolved, 


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19 Vicroriz. 


payof General 3. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £.67,000, 
cers. be granted to Her Majesty, for defraying the Charge 
of the Pay of General Officers, which will come 

in course of payment from the Ist day of April 1856 
to the 31st day of March 1857, inclusive. | 


payofReduced 4 Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £.519,094, 
and Retired be granted to Her Majesty, for defraying the Charge | 
Officers. of the Pay of Reduced and Retired Officers, which | 
will come in course of payment from the 1st day of | 
April 1856 to the 31st day of March 1857, in- | 
clusive. 
Widows" 5. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £.220,420, 
pensions. be granted to Her Majesty, for defraying the Charge | 
of Pensions to Widows of Officers, and of Allow- | 
ances on the Compassionate List, which will come | 
in course of payment from the 1st day of April 
1856 to the 31st day of March 1857, inclusive. 
pensions, &amp;. 6. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £. 83,558, | 


to Wounded be granted to Her Majesty, for defraying the Charge | 
Officers. of Pensions, Gratuities, &amp;c. to Wounded Officers, | 
which will come in course of payment from the Ist | 
day of April 1856 to the 31st day of March 1857, | 
inclusive. 
Chelsea and 7. Motion made, and Question proposed, That a | 
Kilmainham Sum, not exceeding £.32,u96, be granted to Her | 
Hospitals. = Majesty, for defraying the Charge of Chelsea and | 
Kilmainham Hospitals, and the In- Pensioners there- 
of, which will come in course of payment from the 
ist day of April 1856 to the 31st day of March 
1857, inclusive. 
Whereupon Motion made, and Question put, That 
a Sum, not exceeding £. 32,046, be granted to Her 
Majesty, for defraying the Charge of Chelsea and 
Kilmainham Hospitals, and the In- Pensioners there- 
of, which will come in course of payment from the 
1st day of April 1856 to the 31st day of March 
1857, inclusive ; 
The Committee divided. 


Tellers for the fMr. Spooner, a 1b 
Yeas, LMr. Newdeyate : _ 
Tellers for the f Mr. Hayter, Veo 
Noes, The Earl of Mulgrave: J °° 


Original Question again proposed. 

Whereupon Motion made, and Question, That a 
Sum, not exceeding £.31,846, be granted to Her 
Majesty, for defraying the Charge of Chelsea and 
Kilmainham Hospitals, and the In-Pensioners there- 
of, which will come in course of payment from the 
Ist day of April 1856 te the 3ist day of March 
1857, inclusive,—put, and negatived. 

Original Question put, and agreed to. 

8. Resolved, Thata Sum, notexceeding £. 1,168,392, 
be granted to Her Majesty, for defraying the Charge 
of Out-Pensioners of Chelsea Hospital, &amp;c., which 
will come in course of payment from the 1st day of 
April 1856 to the 31st day of March 1857, in- 
clusive. 

9. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £.124,264, 
be granted to Her Majesty, for defraying the Charge 
of Superannuation and Retired Allowances, which 
will come in course of payment from the 1st day of 
April 1856 to the 31st day of March 1857, inclusive. 

Resolutions to be reported. 


Out- Pensioners 
of Chelsea 
Hospital, &amp;c. 


Superannua- 
tion and Re. 
tired Allow. 
ances, 





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 the 31st day of this instant March. 

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, upon Monday 
the 31st day of this instant March, 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 
Vou. 111. 


14°—15° 





Martit. 101 


the 31st day of this instant March, resolve itself into 
the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Vice-President 
reading of the Vice-President of Committee of = ) noe 
Council on Education Bill ; on Education 

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

Friday the 4th day of April next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Police 

into a Committee on the Police (Counties and Bo- —- and 
: : ‘ roughs ) 

roughs) Bill; and, after some time — therein, pin, 
Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. FitzRoy  pijy) 73. 
reported, That the Committee had gone through the 
Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committéd to a 
Committee of the whole House, for Monday the 7th 
day of April next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Married 
mittee on the Married Women’s Reversionary In- Women’s 
terest Bill ; ema 

, : , Interest Bill. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday the 
31st day of this instant March, resolve itself into the 
said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take Turnpike 
into consideration the Amendments made by the Trusts Ar- 
Lords to the Turnpike Trusts Arrangements ee eee 
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 into Public 
a Committee on Public Works, &amp;c. Works, &amp;c. 


(In the Committee.) 


Resolved, That the Commissioners of Her Ma- 
jesty’s Treasury of the United Kingdom of Great 
Britain and Ireland be authorized to issue, out of 
the Consolidated Fund of the said United Kingdom, 
to an Amount not exceeding £.360,000 per annum 
for Five years, to the Commissioners for carrying 
on Public Works and Fisheries, and the Employ- 
ment of the Poor. 


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 upon Mon- 
day the 31st day of this instant March. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- Local 
posed, That a Select Committee be appointed to Charges upon 
inquire into and to report to this House upen the °??'"S 
several matters referred to the Commissioners ap- 
pointed by Her Majesty to inquire into Local 
Charges upon Shipping in the Ports of the United 
Kingdom and of the Islands of Jers , Guernsey, 
Alderney, Sark and Man; and that the Report of 
the said Commissioners, presented to both Houses 
of Parliament by Command of Her Majesty, be 
referred tv the said Committee ; 


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


Sabbati, 15° die Martii, 1856: 


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


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Cambridge 
to make further Provision for the good Government Uiversity- 
and Extension of the University of Cambridge, of 
the Colleges therein, and of the College of King 
Henry the Sixth at = : And that Mr. —— 

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Wills and 
Administra- 
tions. 


Procedure and 
Evidence. 


Mortars and 
Guns. 


Ordnance 
Survey of 
Scotland. 


Stamps (Court 
of Chancery) 
(Ireland. ) 


Formation, &amp;c. 
of Parishes 
Bill. 


Bill 72. 
No. 106. 


Cambridge 
University 
Bill. 


Bill 73. 


Wills and Ad- 
ministrations 
il. 


Bill 74. 


102 


and Viscount Palmerston do prepare, and bring 
it in. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to abolish the Jurisdiction of all the Ecclesiastical 
and Peculiar Courts in England and Wales, in all 
matters relating to Wills and Administrations, to 
establish a distinct Court of Probate, and otherwise 
amend the Law in relation to the Administration of 
the Estates of deceased Persons: And that Mr. 
Solicitor General, Sir George Grey and Mr. Attorney 
General do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for the further Amendment of the Law of Procedure 
and Evidence: And that Sir Fitzroy Kelly, Lord 
Stanley and Mr. George Butt 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, Copies of the Agreement or Contract made 
with Messrs. Grissell and Co. for the Supply of 
Mortars or Guns (Iron) :—Of Specification of [ron 
to be used :—Of the Correspondence between the 
Public Departments and Contractors: —Of the 
Dates on which Payments have been made ; to- 

ether with the Amounts:—And, Return of the 
eadiee of Guns and Mortars (Iron) proved at 
Woolwich, from the 1st day of January 1850 to the 
Ist day of January 1856; stating the Number re- 
jected, and the Cause of rejection 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. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- 
posed, That the Select Committee on the Ordnance 
Survey of Scotland be now nominated:—And a 
Debate arising thereupon ; 

A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That the Debate be adjourned till this day 
three weeks :—And the said Motion and Original 
Question were severally, with leave of the House, 
withdrawn. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
a Return of the Revenue derived from Stamps on 
Proceedings in the Court of Chancery (Jreland) 
during the year 1855, and specifying the several 
Classes of Stamps, and the Amount received in 
respect of each Class. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee on the 
Formation, &amp;c. of Parishes Bill have Power to report 
the Minutes of the Evidence taken before them. 

The Marquis of Blandford reported from the 
said Select Committee ; That they had considered 
the said Bill, and taken Evidence thereon, which 
they had directed him to report to the House ; and 
had gone through the Bill, and made Amendments 
thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for Thursday the 
Ist day of May next. 

Ordered, That the Minutes of the Evidence be 
printed. 


Mr. Bouverie presented a Bill 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: And the same was read the first time; 
and ordered to be read a second time upon Monday 
the 7th day of April next ; and to be printed. 


Mr. Solicitor General presented a Bill to abolish 
the Jurisdiction of all the Ecclesiastical and Pecu- 
liar Courts in England and Wales, in all matters 





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A. 1856. 


relating to Wills and Administrations, to establish 
a distinct Court of Probate, and otherwise amend 
the Law in relation to the Administration of the 
Estates of deceased Persons: And the same was 
read the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
time upon Friday the 4th day of April next; and to 
be printed. 


Notice being taken that severai yy were Steam Com. 
annexed to the Petition relating to Steam Commu- —— 
nication with Australia, which was presented this“ 4¥*#lis 
day ; 

Ordered, That the said Petition be withdrawn. 


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 the 31st day of this instant March. 





Lune, 31° die Martii ; 
Anno 19° Victorie Regine, 1856. 


PRAYERS. 


M R. Bonham Carter reported from the Select Public 


Committee on Public Petitions; That they Petitions 
(Seventeenth 


had examined the Petitions presented upon the 14t Report.) 


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. 


A Petition of Meer Jafur Alee Khan Bahadoor Nawab of 
of Surat, for leave to bring in a Bill to declare the Surat. 
rights of the Heirs of the late Nawab of Surat, under 
a Treaty made by his Father with the East India 
Company, and to provide for the decision by a 
Court of Justice of all claims under such Treaty or 
respecting the Estate of the late Nawab, was pre- 
sented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
brought in accordingly, by Sir Fitz Roy Kelly and Sir 
Erskine Perry. 


A Petition of the Wolverhampton New Water- Wolverhamp- 
works Company and the Wolverhampton Water- t™ Water. 
works Company, for leave to bring in a Bill for the 
transfer of the Wolverhampton Waterworks to the 
Wolverhampton New Waterworks Company, and for 
other purposes, was presented, and read ; and re- 


ferred to the Select Committee on Standing Orders. 


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

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


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from East Somerset 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, Mineral “a 
in respect of non-compliance with the Standing Or- ®“!w*y ® 
ders in the case of the Petition for additional Pro- 
vision in the East Somerset Mineral Railway Bill. 

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


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

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


The Heywood Gas Bill was read the third time. Heywood 
A Clause (Quality of Company’s Gas), was thrice 648 Bill 
read; and added to the Bill. 
Another Clause (Company to erect a meter to test 
‘purity of Gas), was thrice read; and added to the 
Bill. 
Another 


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Gainsborough 
Gas Bill. 


Milford 
Junction 


; Railway Bill. 


Ceylon Rail- 
way Company 
Bill. 


London 
Printing and 
Publishing 
Company Bill. 


North Western 


Railway of 
Ireland Bill. 


Whichwood 
Forest Bill. 


Birkenhead 
Improvement 
Commis- 
sioners, 


Middlesbrough 


Extension and 
Improvement 
Bill, 


Public 
Petitions, 
Vide 
Eighteenth 
Report. 


British Spirits, 


19 Vicrori2z. 


Another Clause (Power to justices, on requisition, 
to authorize testing of Gas), was thrice read ; and 
added to the Bill. 

Another Clause (Cost of experiment to be paid 
according to the event), 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. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Gainsborough Gas Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Ordered, That the Milford Junction Railway Bill, 
as amended in the Committee, be taken into con- 
sideration To-morrow. 


The Ceylon Railway Company Bill was read a 
second time; anda committed. 


The London Printing and Publishing Company 
Bill was read a second time ; and committed. 


The North Western Railway of Jreland Bill was 
read a second time; and comiitted. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Whichwood Forest Bill ; 

And a Motion being made, That the Bill be now 
read a second time ; 

Mr. Hayter, by Her Majesty’s Command, ac- 
quainted the House, That Her Majesty, having been 
informed of the purport of the Bill, gives Her 
Consent, as far as Her Majesty’s interest is con- 
cerned, that the House may do therein as they 
shall think fit. ; 

Then the Bill was read a second time; and com- 
mitted to a Select Committee. 


A Petition of the Birkenhead Improvement Com- 
missioners, for leave to bring in a Bill to sanction 


an Arrangement between the Birkenhead Commis- | 


sioners and certain of their Bondholders, and for 
other purposes, was presented, and read; and re- 
ferred to the Select Committee on Standing Orders. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses 
of the Borough of Middlesbrough, in the North 
Riding of the County of ph algg that Pro- 
vision may be made in the Middlesbrough Ex- 
tension and Improvement Bill, for dividing the 
Borough of Middlesbrough into Wards, for giving 
effect to such Division, and for other objects and 
purposes, was presented, and read; and referred to 
the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills. 


Petitions relating to Brecknock College Act ;— 
British Museum, &amp;c.; — Church Extension ; — 
Church Rates ;—Church Rates Abolition Bill;— 
Maynooth College Act ;—Education (Scotland) ;— 
Factories Bill;—Hay and Straw ;—Medical Pro- 
fession Bill; — Police (Counties and Boroughs) 
Bill ;—Police (Scotland) ;—Prisons (Ireland) Bill; 
—Public-houses (Scotland) Act;—Smail Pox ;— 
Vaccination Bill ;—and, Wee Pawns, &amp;c. (Scotland), 
—were présented, 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 15th day of February last, for a Return, showing 
the Number of Gallons of British Spirits brought to 
Charge in England and Wales; the Rate of Duty 
per Gallon ; and the Total Amount of Duty received 
in the Quarters ending June, September and De- 
cember 1854, and March, June, September and 


December 1855, respectively :—Similar Return for 
Scotland :—And, similar Return for Jreland. 
Vou. 111. 


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103 


Return to an Order, dated the 19th day of Fe- British Spirits. 
bruary last, for a Return of the Number of Gallons 
of British Spirits exported to the Colonies and 
Foreign Parts, in the years 1854 and 1855; dis- 
tinguishing the Quantities sent to the respective 
Places of Export (in continuation of Parliamentary 
Paper, No. 153, of Session 1855). 

Return to an Order, dated the 22d day of Fe- New Palace 
bruary last, for Copies of all Correspondence between (Westminster.) 
the Treasury and Sir Charles Barry, and also with 
Mr. White on his behalf, respecting the Remunera- 
tion of the Architect of the New Palace at West- 
minster up to the present time (in continuation of 
Parliamentary Paper, No. 491, of Session 1849). 

Return to an Order, dated the 13th day of this Banks of Issue. 
instant March, for a Return of any Banks, being 
Banks of Issue previously to the passing of the Act 
7 &amp;8 Vic. c. 32, which have ceased to issue their 
own Notes, and of the Amount of Circulation of such 
Banks respectively, made up to the present Date. 


Mr. Lowe presented, by Her Majesty’s Command, Trade and 
—Accounts relating to Trade and Navigation, Month N4vigation. 
ended 29th February 1856. No. 39. 

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


The Order of the day being read, for the second Bankruptcy 
— of the Bankruptcy and Insolvency (Jreland) Caeland) Ba 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Juries (Ire- 
reading of the Juries (/reland) Bill; land) Bill. 
Ordered, ‘That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Monday the 14th day of April next. 


A Petition of John Patrick Somers, of Denbigh siigo Election. 
Place, in the county of Middlesex, was delivered in, 
and read ; setting torth, That the Petitioner was a 
Candidate at the last Election of a Member to serve 
in this present Parliament for the Borough of Sligo; 
that the Right honourable John Wynne was also a 
Candidate at the said Election, and, a poll being 
demanded, the same was granted and proceeded 
with, and at the close thereof the said Sih Wynne 
was declared duly elected to serve in this present 
Parliament for the said Borough of Sligo; that 
before and at the said Election the said John Wynne 
did, by himself and by other persons on his behalf, 
directly and indirectly, give, lend, and agree to give 
or lend, and offer and promise, and promise to pro- 
cure, or to endeavour to procure, money or valuable 
consideration to or for divers persons, in order to 
induce Voters to vote or refrain from voting, and did 
also corruptly do such acts as aforesaid on account 
of such Voters having voted or refrained from voting 
at the said Election; that the said John Wynne did, 
by himself and by other persons on his behalf, 
directly and indirectly, give or procure, or agree, 
promise and undertake to give or procure, office, 
place or employment to or for divers persons, in 
order to induce Voters to vote or refrain from voting, 
and did corruptly do such acts as aforesaid on ac- 
count of such Voters having voted or refrained from 
voting at the said Election; that the said John 
Wynne did, by himself and by other persons on his 
behalf, directly and indirectly, make gifts, loans, 
offers, promises, procurements, and agreements to 
divers persons, in order to procure the votes of 
Voters, and in order to procure his Return at the 
said Election ; that the said John Wynne corruptly 
did, by himself and by others on his behalf, before, 
during, and after the said Election, directly and in- 
directly, give or provide, or cause to be given or 
provided, and did pay for, meat, drink, entertain- 
ment, or provision to or for divers persons, for the 
purpose of corruptly influencing some persons to 
vote or refrain from voting, or on account of such 


O04 persons 


Rarbours of 
Refuge. 


No. 107. 


Mr. L. H. Eve- 
lyn. 


Mr. L. H. ive- 
lyn. 


No. 108. 


Vaccination. 
No. 109. 


Justices of 
the Peace. 


No. 110. 





104 


pum having voted or refrained from voting, 
eing about to vote or refrain from voting, at the | 
said Election; that the said John Wynne did, by 
himself and by other persons on his behalf, directly | 
and indirectly, make use of, or threaten to make use | 
of, force, violence, or restraint, and inflict and 
threaten the infliction of injury, damage, harm, or 
loss, and did in divers ways and means practise in- 
timidation upon or against divers persons, in order | 
to induce or compel some person to vote or refrain 
from voting, or on account of such person having 
voted or refrained from voting at the said Election, 
and did, by abduction, duress, and other fraudulent 
devices and contrivances, impede, prevent, and other- | 
wise interfere with the free exercise of the franchise 
of divers Voters, and did thereby compel, induce, or 
prevail upon such Voters either to vote or refrain 
from voting at the said Election ; that the said John 
Wynne was by himself, his agents, friends, partisans, 
and by others on his behalf, guilty of bribery, 
treating, and undue influence before and at the said 
Election, and was thereby incapable of being elected 
or sitting in Parliament for the said Borough of 
Sligo; that by reason of the premises the said Elec- | 
tion and Return of the said John Wynne was and is 
wholly null and void; and praying that the House 
will take the premises into consideration, and declare 
the said Election and Return of the said Right 
honourable John Wynne to be wholly null and void, | 
and give the Petitioner such further and other relief | 
as to the House may seem meet. | 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the | 
General Committee of Elections. 

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


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A. 1856. 


Ordered, That the Account relative to Increase and Increase ag 
Diminution (Public Offices), which was presented Piminution 


upon the 14th day of this instant March, be printed. Oise 


No. 111, 

Ordered, That the Account relative to Superan- Superannyg, 

nuations (Public Offices), which was presented upon Ome cbubli 
the 14th day of this instant March, be printed. —_ 





No. 112, 
Ordered, That the Paper relative to Highland Highlana 
Roads and Bridges, which was presented upon the —— and 
14th day of this instant March, be printed. he 
0. 113, 
Ordered, That the Account relative to the Jrish Irish Repro. 
Reproductive Loan Fund, which was _ presented ductive Loan 
upon the 14th day of this instant March, be printed. No - 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Mr. Z. A. Mr... 8. By, 
Evelyn, which was presented upon the 14th day of ly. 
this instant March, be printed. No. 108, 


Mr. Massey presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- Prisons, 
mand,—Copy of Twenty-first Report of the In- 
spectors appointed under the Provisions of the Act 
5&amp;6 Will. 4, c. 38, to visit the different Prisons of 
Great Britain:—1V. Scotland. 

Copy of Fourth Annual Report of the Com- Medical 
missioners for administering the Laws for Relief of Charities 
the Poor in Jreland, under the Medical Charities 4) 
Act, 14 &amp; 15 Vic. c. 68. 

Copy of the Census of Ireland for the year 1851 :— Census of 
Part [V. Report on Ages and Education. Ireland. 

Mr. Massey also presented,—Return to an Ad- County Court 
dress to Her Majesty, dated the 4th day of February Judgments, 
last, for Returns of the Number of Judgments ~* 
registered in the Central Registry of County Courts 
Judgments for Sums over £.10, according to the 


| Provisions of the Act of the 15 &amp; 16 Vic. ¢. 54, 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Detailed Statement relative to Harbours of Refuge; | 
showing the Total estimated Cost of the Works pro- | 
posed; the Sums already voted by Parliament for | 
each Harbour; the Amount required to be voted in 
the present year ending the 31st day of March 1857 ; | 
and the Sums that will remain necessary for the | 
Completion of the Works :—And, Copies of Reports | 
of the Engineers in charge of the Works for the | 
four quarters of the year ending the 31st day of | 
March 1856 (in continuation of Parliamentary | 
Paper, No. 169, of Session 1855). 

Mr. Wilson accordingly presented the said Paper. 

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





Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a | 
Copy of the Correspundence that has taken place, | 
from the 8th day of June 1854 to the present time, 
between the Colonial Office, the Treasury, and the 
Commissioners of Customs, in regard to the case of 


Mr. LZ. H. Evelyn. 


Mr. Wilson presented,—Further Return to an Ad- 
dress to Her Majesty, dated the 4th day of this 
instant March, for Copy of Governor Sir Henry 
Barkly’s Report on the case of Mr. LZ. H. Evelyn: 
And, Return to an Order, dated the 31st 
day of this instant March, fur Copy of the Corres- 
pondence that has taken place, from the 8th day of 
June 1854 to the present time, between the Colonial 
Office, the Treasury, and the Commissioners of Cus- 
toms, in regard to the case of Mr. L. H. Evelyn. 

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





Ordered, That the Return relative to Vaccination, 
which was presented upon the 13th day of July 1855, 
be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Justices of 
the Peace, which was presented upon the 13th day 
of this instant March, be printed. 








and the Number of Searches made during each year 
since the opening of the Registry in 1853; together 
with a Statement of the Regulations under which 
Searches are permitted to be made, and the Fees or 
Charges for permission to make them :—And, of the 


; Number of Petitions for Protection from Process 


under the Act of the 17 Vic. c. 16, which have 
heen registered; and the Number of Orders under 
the Charitable Trusts Act, 1853, enrolled in the said 
Registry. 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the Sherburn 
6th day of February last, for Copies of all Corres- Hospital. 
pondence between the Bishop of Durham and the 
Charity Commissioners concerning the Scheme for 
Sherburn Hospital. 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the Board of 
6th day of this instant March, for a Return of the ro a 
Annual Income received by the Board of Trustees 
for Manufactures in Scotland for the last Five years, 
to the 31st day of December 1855; distinguishing 
the Sources hon which the said Revenue was de- 
rived in each year, as also the Annual Expenditure 
during the said period, distinguishing the different 
Heads thereof :—And, Account of the Balance in 
each year, and of the Total Amount of Balance 
when the Accounts of last year were made up. 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the Vaccination. 
13th day of this instant March, for a Return of the 
Sums voted for the National Vaccine Institution 
since 1833 ; and the appropriation in detail of such 
Sums. 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the Factories. 
13th day of this instant March, for Copy of any 
Instructions addressed by the Inspectors of Factories 
to the Sub-Inspectors, since the Date of their last 
joint Report, with regard to the Fencing of Mill- 
gearing or Machinery. 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the Factories. 
14th day of this instant March, for a Return of the 
Number of Cases of Arbitration under the forty- 
third section of the Act 7 &amp; 8 Vic. c. 15, commonly 
called the Factory Act, within the last six years; 
together 








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n 


1, 


1a. 
lie 


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Middleton 
Union (Cork. ) 


’ 


Poor Law 


.Medical Offi- 


cers (Ireland. 


Convicts 
(Ireland. ) 


Dublin 
Metropolitan 
Police. 


Police 
(Counties and 
Boroughs) 
Bill. 


Drafts on 
Bankers Bill. 


Local Acts. 
No. 41. 


Salted 
Provisions 
(Navy.) 


19 VicroriZ. 


together with a Return of the Number of Factories 
under Inspecticn. 

Return to an Order, dated the 19th day of Fe- 
bruary last, for a Copy of Correspondence between 
the Middleton Board of Guardians (County Cork, 
Ireland) and the Poor Law Commissioners as to an 
Action of Ejectment brouglit by the Trustees of the 
Middleton Estates against a Dr. Barry and others ; 
and also all Correspondence and Counsel’s opinion 
as to the legality of charging the Cosis of said Ac- 
tion, and of a Compromise made by the Poor Law 
Commissioners on the Rate-payers of the Union, 

Return to an Order, dated the 21st day of February 
last, for a Return of any Poor Law Union iu Jreland 
in which any Medical Othcer of the Union Work- 
house is also Medical Attendant of any District 
Dispensary; together with the Names, Dates of 
Appointment to each, and Salaries, of any such 
Officer. 

Return to an Order, dated the 26th day of February 
last, for Returns of the Number of Convicts in each 
Convict Prison in Jreland on the 1st day ot January 
1856, and in Hospitals respectively ; distinguishing 
Male from Female :—Of the Nature and Extent of 
the several Punishments inflicted and imposed on 
Convicts in each Prison, during the year 1855 :—Of 
the greatest Extent of Solitary Confinement, without 
intermission, inflicted during such period, and whe- 
ther with or without Irons or Handcuffs, and how 
often (if any) with :—Of the longest period to which, 
and how often, any individual Convict has been 
during that year kept in Solitary Confinement with- 
out ‘Twenty-four Hours’ intermission :—And, of the 
Amount of Covering or Bedding given to Convicts 
during Solitary Confinement in such Establishments. 

Mr. Massey also presented, pursuant to the di- 
rections of an Act of Parliament,—Abstract Ac- 
count of all Monies received and expended on 
account of the Dublin Metropolitan Police Esta- 
blishment, from 1st January to 31st December 1855, 
both days inclusive. 

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


The Order for the House to resolve itself into a 
Committee, upon Monday the 7th day of April next, 
on the Police (Counties and Boroughs) Bill, was 
read, and discharged. 

Resolved, That this House wiil, upon Monday 
the 14th day of April next, resolve itself into the 
said Committee. 


The Order for reading a second time, upon Wed- 
nesday next, the Drafts on Bankers Bill, was read, 
and discharged. 

' Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Thursday next. ;, 


Sir Maurice Berkeley presented, by Her Majesty’s 
Command,—Further Reports from the Admiralty 
relative to Applications for Local Acts. 

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


Sir Charles Wood presented,—Return to an Order, 
dated the 19th day of February last, for Returns 
of the Number of Tierces and Barrels of Salt Beef, 
and of Salt Pork, advertised for by the Lords Com- 
missioners of the Admiralty, and tendered for in 
October 1854; distinguishing the Quantity to be 
delivered respectively at Deptford, Gosport, Ply- 
mouth and Haulboline:—Of the Number of such 
Tierces and Barrels tendered for, and of the Num- 
ber so tendered accepted ; distinguishing the Num- 
ber tendered for and accepted in the Name or on 
behalf of each of the different Contractors whose 
Tenders have been accepted; stating the Names 
and Residences of such Contractors; and also 
stating the Victualling Yards where the respective 
Deliveries were to be made:— Like Returns re- 

Vou. 111. 


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105 


specting the Contracts taken in December 1854: 
—Like Returns respecting the Contracts taken in 
February 1855 :—Statement of the Date and Quan- 
tity of each Delivery of Beef and Pork at Deptford, 
Gosport, Plymouth and Haulboline, respectively, 
from the Dates of the above Contracts to the Com- 
pletion of the Deliveries under each Contract :—Re- 
turns of the Number of ‘Tierces and Barrels of Beef 
and Pork rejected respectively at each of the Vic- 
tualling Yards on a first Inspection for not being 
according to Contract, or fit for Her Majesty’s Ser- 
vice, distmguishing the Causes of such Rejection :-— 
Of the Number condemned on any subsequent In- 
spection; stating the Dates of such Inspection, and 
distinguishing the Causes of Condemnation under 
their different Heads; stating the Names of the 
Victualling Yards where such Tierces and Barrels of 
Beet and Pork were originally received, and also 
where the Condemnation of each Tierce or Barrel 
took place :—Of the Quantity of Salted Provisions 
purchased privately last year by the Government ; 
stating the Quantity of such Provisions condemned 
on a first or any subsequent Inspection, and where 
the Condemnation took place ; and specifying the 
Causes of such Condemnation :—Of the Quantity of 
Salted Provisions made up in 1854 and 1855 by the 
Government at the different Victualling Yards; 
stating their Cost ; the Condition in which they were 
found on first or any subsequent Inspection; the 
Number of Tierces and Barrels found unfit for Her 
Majesty’s Service, and the Causes of such unfit- 
ness :—-Statement of the Room afforded in each of 
the Victualling Yards respectively for Cask Provisions 
stored in the ordinary manner :—~And, Copy of the 
Terms of the Contracts entered into for the Supply 
of Salt Beef for the use of the Navy. 

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


Mr. Peel presented,—Return to an Address to Ordnance 
Her Majesty, dated the 13th day of February last, Departments, 
for a Retura of all Persons in the Ordnance De- “” 


partments who have retired since the 1st day of 
January 1853, or been transferred from their Offices 
to others by Promotion or otherwise, stating the 
Age, Service, Cause of Retirement, or Transfer, to- 
gether with the Retiring Allowance granted in each 
case, and in case of Transfer or Promotion the 
Office to which each individual was transferred, 
and the Salary of the Office vacated and of that 
to which each Person has been appointed :—Similar 
Return for the War Department, and all Offices 
under its control :—And, Return of the Names of 
Officers, Civil and Military, and of all other Persons 
employed in the Department for Clothing the Army, 
stating the Date of each Appointment, previous 
Employment (if any), and the Age and Salary in 
each case. 





Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the Enfiela 
14th day of this instant March, for a Statement of Factory. 


the various Sums expended at Enfield Factory, under 

the following heads, in the years 1854-55 and 

1855-56 :—Buildings ; Machinery; and, Cost of 

putting up and altering Machinery. 

. ee That the said Returns do lie upon: the 
able. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Supply. 


into the Committee of Supply. 
(In the Committee.) 


Motion made, and Question proposed, That a Royal Palaces 


Sum, not exceeding £.195,141, be granted to Her @=4 Public 


Majesty, to defray, to the 31st day of March 1857, - 


the Expense of Maintenance and Repairs of Royal 
Palaces and Public Buildings. 

1. Whereupon Motion made, and Question, That 

a Sum, not exceeding £.194,575, be granted to 

Her Majesty, to defray, to the 31st day of March 

1857, the Sapent of Maintenance and Repairs of 

P Royal 


dings. 





















































Buckingham 
Palace. 


Royal Parks, 
&amp;c, 


New Houses 
of Parliament. 


Holyhead 
Harbour. 





106 


Royal Palaces and Public Buildings,—put, and 
agreed to. 

e. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £. 7,868, 
be granted to Her Majesty, for additional Works, 
Gas Lighting, Warming and other Contingencies at 
Buckingham Palace, to the 31st day of March 
1857. 

Motion made, and Question proposed, That a 
Sum, not exceeding £.91,684, be granted to Her 
Majesty, to defray, to the 31st day of March 1857, 
the Expense of maintaining and keeping in Repair 
the Royal Parks, Pleasure Grounds, &amp;c., and other 
Charges connected therewith. 

Whereupon Motion made, and Question pro- 
posed, That a Sum, not exceeding £.86,684, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray, to the 31st day 
of March 1857, the Expense of maintaining and 
keeping in Repair the Royal Parks, Pleasure 
Grounds, &amp;c., and other Charges connected there- 
with. 

Whereupon Motion made, and Question put, 
That a Sum, not exceeding £. 69,544, be granted to 
Her Majesty, to defray, to the 31st day of March 
1857, the Expense of maintaining and keeping in 
Repair the Royal Parks, Pleasure Grounds, &amp;c., 
and other Charges connected therewith ; 

The Committee divided. 


Tellers for the{ Mr. Bowyer, 1 gs 
Yeas, UMr. Blackburn : — 
Tellers for the; Mr. Hayter, 71 _ 
Noes, Mr. Grenville Berkeley: J°°** 


Question again proposed, That a Sum, not ex- 
ceeding £.86,684, be granted to Her Majesty, to 
defray, to the 31st day of March 1857, the Expense 
of maintaining and keeping in Repair the Royal 
Parks, Pleasure Grounds, &amp;c., and other Charges 
connected therewith. 

Whereupon Motion made, and Question pro- 
posed, That the Chairman do report Progress, and 
ask leave to sit again:—Motion, by leave, with- 
drawn. 

Question put, Thata Sum, not exceeding £.86,684, 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray, to the 31st 
day of March 1857, the Expense of maintaining 
and keeping in Repair the Royal Parks, Pleasure 
Grounds, &amp;c., and other Charges connected there- 
with ; 

The Committee divided. 

Tellers for the; Sir Henry Willoughby, 1 

Yeas, (Mr. Barrow: J =. 

Tellers for thes Mr. Hayter, logy 

Noes, \Mr. Grenville Berkeley: {°° 

Original Question again propose. 

Whereupon Motion made, and Question put, 
That a Sum, not exceeding £. 89,509, be granted to 
Her Majesty, to defray, to the 31st day of March 
1857, the Expense of maintaiming and keeping in 
Repair the Royal Parks, Pleasure Grounds, &amp;c., 
and other Charges connected therewith ; 

‘The Committee divided. 

Tellers for the | Mr. Bowyer, 


Yeas, (Mr. Blachburn: } iat 
Tellers for the ; Mr. Hayter, 1 es 
Noes, \ Mr. Grenville Berkeley: J) ~"* 


Original Question again proposed. 

3. Whereupon Motion made, and Question, That 
a Sum, not exceeding £. 89,114, be granted to Her 
Majesty, to defray, to the 31st day of March 1857, 
the Expense of maintaining and keeping in Repair 
the Royal Parks, Pleasure Grounds, &amp;c., and other 
Charges connected therewith,—— put, and agreed 
to. 

4. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £. 99,383, 
be granted to Her Majesty, for Works and Expenses 
at the New Houses of Parliament, to the 31st day 
of March 1857. 

5. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £.207,305, 
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 1857. 


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6. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £.233,000, Harbours of 
be granted to Her Majesty, towards defraying the Refuge. 


Expense of constructing certain Harbours of Refuge, . 
to the 31st day of March 1857. 

7. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £.384, Port Patrick 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Expense Harbour. : 
of the Pay of the Establishment, and the necessary 
Works at Portpatrick Harbour, to the 3!st day of 
March 1857. 

8. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £.41,021, Public Works 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Expense {eland.) ( 


of repairing and maintaining the several Public 
Buildings in the Department of the Commissioners 
of Public Works in Jrefand, to the 31st day of 
March 1857. 
9. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £. 19,350, Kingstown 


‘be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Expense Harbour. : 


of the Works and Establishment of Kingstown Har- ) 
bour, to the 31st day of March 1857. ' 

10. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £.83,680, Houses of : 
be granted to Her Majesty, to pay the Salaries and Parliament, 

Expenses of the two Houses of Parliament, and | 
Allowances to the Retired Officers of the two Houses, | 
to the 31st day of March 1857. ; | 

11. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £.52,095, Treasury. 
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 1857. | 

12. Resolved, That a Sum,not exceeding £.24,204, Home Depart. 

be granted to Her Majesty, to pay the Salaries and ™et. 

Expenses of the Office of Her Majesty’s Secretary 
of State for the Home Department, to the 31st day 
of March 1847. 

13. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £.68,241, Foreign 

be granted to Her Majesty, to pay the Salaries and Pepartment, 
Expenses in the Department of Her Majesty’s Se- 
cretary of State for Foreign Affairs, and also of the 
Queen’s Messengers and Extra Couriers attached 
to that Department, to the 31st day of March 1857. 

14. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £. 28,452, Colonies. 

be granted to Her Majesty, to pay the Salaries and 
Expenses in the Department of Her Majesty’s 
Secretary of State for the Colonies, to the 31st day 
of March 1857. 

15. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £.61,067, 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 Registrar of Mer- 
chant Seamen, to the 31st day of March 1857. 

16. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £.2,700, Lord Privy 

be granted to Her Majesty, to pay the Salary of Seal. 
the Lord Privy Seal, and the Expenses of his Esta- 
blishment, to the 31st day of March 1857. 

17. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £.24,594, Paymaster 

be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Salaries &amp;¢e™! 
and Expenses in the Department of Her Majesty’s 
Paymaster General, to the 31st day of March 1857. 

18. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £.6,483, Comptroller 

be granted to Her Majesty, to pay the Salaries and SS, 
Expenses in the Department of the Comptroller 
General of the Exchequer, to the 31st day of March 
1857. 

19. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £. 23,313, Works and 
be granted to Her Majesty, to pay the Salaries and Meee . 

Expenses of the Office of the Commissioners of Her 
Majesty’s Works and Public Buildings, to the 31st 
day of March 1857. 

20. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £.21,664, a 
be granted to Her Majesty, to pay the Salaries and pevenues. 
Expenses of the Office of Woods, Forests and Land 
Revenues, to the 31st day of March 1857. 

21. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £. 16,447, Public 
be granted to Her Majesty, to pay the Salaries and Recor’ 
Expenses of the Department of Public Records, in- 
cluding the State Paper Office, to the 31st day of 
March 1857. 

22. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £.208,993, ee 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray Expenses = tien, 
necte 











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19 Vicrorix. 


nected with the Administration of the Laws relating | of the Establishment under the West India Islands 
to the Poor, to the 31st day of March 1887. Relief Commissioners, to the 31st day of March 

Mint. 23. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £,48,229, | 1857. . 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of| 39. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £. 1,310, Commission- 
the Establishment of the Mint, including Expenses | be granted to Her Majesty, to pay the Contingent ¢ts in Lunacy. 


of the Coinage, to the 31st day of March 1857. Expenses of the Office of the Commissioners in 
Factories, 24. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £. 23,145, | Lunacy, to the 31st day of March 1857. 


Mines, &amp;- he granted to Her Majesty, to pay the Salaries and| 40. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £. 984, superin- 
Expenses of the Inspectors of Factories, Mines, &amp;c.,| be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Salary a &amp;e 
to the 31st day of March 1857. and Expenses of the General Superintendent of Wales.) _ 
Officers, &amp;c. 25. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £.5,964, | County Roads in South Wales, to the Sist day of 
(Scotland) he granted to Her Majesty, to pay the Salaries of; March 1857. 
the Department of the Queen’s aud Lord Treasurer's! 41. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £.1,405, Registrar of 
Remembrancer in the Exchequer, Scotland, of cer-| be granted to Her Majesty, to pay the Salaries and Friendly 
tain Otticers in Scotland, and other Charges, formerly | Expenses in the Department of the Registrar of Secwtien, 
paid from the Hereditary Revenue, to the 31st day | Friendly Societies in England, to the 31st day of 





of March 1857. | March 1857. 
Household 26. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £.6,431,' 42. Resolved, That aSum,not exceeding £.32,000, Secret 
of Lord ao be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of Services. 
pony Salaries for the Officers and Attendants of the House-| Her Majesty’s Foreign and other Secret Services, to 

hold of the Lord Lieutenant of Jrelund, to the 31st | the 31st day of March 1857. 

day of March 1857. | 43. Resolved,Thata Sum, not exceeding £.458,275, Stationery, 
Chief Secre- 27. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £.15,164, | be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Expense &amp;c. 


ie be granted to Her Majesty, to pay the Salaries and | of Stationery, Printing, and Binding, for the several 
oom of Expenses of the Offices of the Chief Secretary to Public Departments, and for Printing, &amp;c., for the 
Ireland. the Lord Lieutenant of Jreland in Dublin and Lon- | two Houses of Parliament, including the Expense 

don, to the 31st day of March 1857. of the Stationery Office, to the 31st day of March 
Paymaster of 28, Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £.6,924, | 1857. 


Civil Services he vranted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of| 44. Resolved,Thata Sum, not exceeding £.140,410, Postage, 


sen) Department of the Paymaster of Civil Services| be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge PublicService. 
in Ireland, to the 31st day of March 1857. | for Postage of Letters on the Public Service in the 
Lunatic Asy- 29. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £.2,555, | several Departments, to the 31st day of March 


lums(Ireland.) 6 oranted to Her Majesty, to defray the Salaries | 1857. 
and Expenses of the Office of the Inspectors of Lu-| 45. Resolved, ThataSum, not exceeding £.36,041, Law Charges. 
natic Asylums in Zreland, to the 31st day of March | be granted to Her Majesty, to defray Law Charges, 


1857. and the Saiaries, Allowances, and Incidental Ex- 
Board of 30. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £.22,516, penses in the Office of the Solicitor for the Affairs 
— be granted to Her Majesty, to pay the Salaries and | of Her Majesty’s Treasury, includmg Prosecutions 


Expenses of the Board of Public Works in Jreland, relating to Com; also the Salary and Allowance of 

to the 31st day of March 1857. | Counsel for advising the Treasury on matters relat- 

Commission- Motion made, and Question proposed, That a ing to the Slave Trade, to the 31st day of March 

ers for Audit- Gun) not exceeding £.30,361, be granted to Her | 1857. 

ing the Public rik - : ’ = ‘ : 

Accounts. Majesty, to pay the Salaries and Expenses in the| 46. Resolved, ThataSum, notexceeding £.250,000, Prosecutions 


Depariment of the Commissioners for auditing the | be granted to Her Majesty, to defray, to the 31st %t Assizes 


Public Accounts, to the 31st day of March 1857 :— | day of March 1857, the Expenses of Prosecutions ——— 
Motion, by leave, withdrawn. at Assizes and Quarter Sessions, formerly paid out 
Copyhold, 31. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £.17,710, | of County Rates. 


a be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Expense | 47. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £.1,100, Crown Office, 
Commission, Of the Copyhold, Inclosure and Tithe Commission, | be granted to Her Majesty, towards defraying the Chancery. 
to the 31st day of March 1857. Expenses of the Crown Office, Chancery, to the 

32. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £.11,710, | 31st day of March 1857. 
be granted to Her Majesty, to pay the Imprest Ex-| 48. Aesolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £.2,050, Crown Office, 
penses under the Inclosure and Drainage Acts of | be granted to Her Majesty, towards defraying the Queen’sBench. 
the Copyhold, Inclosure and Tithe Commission, to | Expenses of the Crown Office, Queen’s Bench, to 
the 31st day of March 1857. | the 31st day of March 1857. 


a Office, ». 33: Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £.38,234, | 49. Resolved,That a Sum, not exceeding £.16,340, Sheriffs’ 
. ** be granted to Her Majesty, to pay the Salaries and | be granted to Her Majesty, to defray, to the 31st Expenses, &amp;c. 
Expenses in the Department of the General Register day of Marcl 1857, the Expenses incurred by She- 
Office, England and Wales, to the 31st day of March | riffs, and the Deficiency of the Fees in the Office of 
1857. i _ the Queen’s Remembrancer in the Exchequer. i 
General 34. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £.3,388,/ 50. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £. 6,418, Admiralty 


ome be granted to Her Majesty, to pay the Salaries and | be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Salaries Court 


Expenses in the Department of the General Register and Expenses in the Department of the Registrar yon 

' Office, Dublin, to the 31st day of March 1857. | of the Admiralty, and the Expenses of the Admi- 
Registrar 35. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £. 6,665, | ralty Court, Dublin, to the 31st day of March 1857. 
of Births, &amp;c, be granted to Eler Majesty, to pay the Salaries and | 5. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £.8,215, Insolvent 
(Edinburgh.) Expenses in the Department of the Registrar Gene-| be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Salaries Debtors’Court. 
ral of Births, &amp;c., Edinburgh, to the 31st day of and Expenses of the Commissioners of the Insol- " 
March 1857. j}vent Debtors’ Court, to the 31st day of March 

36. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £.13,880, 1857. 
be granted to Her Majesty, to pay the Salaries and) 52. Resolved, That a Sum,not exceeding £. 13,850; Treasurers 
Expenses in the National Debt Office, to the 31st, be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Salaries of County 
Preble W. day of March 1857. of the Treasurers of County Courts, to the 31st day ~ ' 
to — 37. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £.2,840, of March 1857. . 
missioners, | be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Salaries| 53. Reso/ved, Thata Sum, not exceeding £.29,348, Police Courts, 
and Expenses of the Establishment under the Pub- | be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Expenses “etropolis. 
lic Works Loan Commissioners, to the 31st day of , of the Police Courts of the Metropolis, to the 31st 
March 1857. day of March 1857. 


National 
Debt Office, 


West India 


Ilands Relieg , 88: Atesolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £.1,570,| 54. Resolved,Thata Sum, not exceeding £.102,306, Metropolitan 


ag be ace to Her Majesty, to defray the Expenses | be granted to. Her Majesty, towards defraying the Police * 
Ts, ° . 


L. 111. | P 2 Expenses 











Court of 
J 7 
(Scotland. ) 


Criminal 


Prosecutions 


(Scotland. &gt; 


Exchequer 
(Scotland.) 


Sheriffs, &amp;c. 


(Scotland.) 


Procurators 
Fiscal 
(Scotland. ) 


Sheriffs’ Clerks 


(Scotland. ) 


Solicitor of 


the Crown, &amp;c. 


(Scotland. ) 


General Re- 
gister House 
( Edinburgh. ) 


Commissary 
Clerk (Edin- 


burgh.) 


Law Charges 


(Ireland. ) 


Court of 
Chancery 
(Ireland.) 


Court of 


Queen's Bench 


(Ireland. ) 


Court of 


Common Pleas 


(Ireland.) 


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Expenses of the Metropolitan Police, to the 31st 
day of March 1857. 

55. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £.3,615, 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Salaries 
and Expenses of the Queen’s Prison, to the 31st 
day of March 1857. 

56. 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 Soli- 
citor General, Scotland, to the 31st day of March 
1857. 

57. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £.17,551, 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Salaries 
and Expenses of the Court of Session in Scotland, 
to the 31st day of March 1857. 

58. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £.9,568, 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Salaries 
and Expenses of the Court of Justiciary in Scot/and, 
to the 31st day of March 1857. 

59. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £.6,400, 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Expenses 
of Criminal Prosecutions carried on under the autho- 
rity of the Lord Advocate, to the 31st day of March 
1857. 

60. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £.1,415, 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Salaries 
and Expenses in the Legal Branch of the Oftice of 
Queen’s and Lord Treasurer’s Remembrancer in 
Exchequer in Scotland, to the 31st day of March 
1857. 

61. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £.57,000, 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray, to the 31st 
day of March 1857, the Charge of Sherifis and 
Stewards, including ‘Reeder, Tesi not paid by 
Salaries, and the Expenses of Criminal Prosecutions 
in Sheriff Courts in Scotland. 

62. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £.12,167, 
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 
1857. 

63. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £.12,594, 
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 1857. 

64. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £.2,300, 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray, to the 31st 
day of March 1857, 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 maintaining Rights of the Crown in Civil 
Actions, &amp;c. in Scotland. 

65. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £.12,249, 
be granted to Her Majesty, to detray the Salaries 
and Expenses of the several Offices in Her Majesty’s 
General Register House, Ldinburgh, to the 31st day 
of March 1857. 

66. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £.1,124, 
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 1857. 

67. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £.51,720, 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Expense 
of Criminal Prosecutions and other Law Charges 
in Jreland, to the 31st day of March 1857. 

68. Reso/ved, That a Sum, not exceeding £1,294, 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Salaries 
of certain Otticers of the Court of Chancery in Jre- 
land, formerly charged on the Consolidated Fund, 
to the 31st day of March 1857. 

69. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £.1,338, 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Salary of 
the Crier, and the incidental Expenses of the Court 


of Queen’s Bench in Jreland, to the 31st day of 


March 1857. 

70. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £.1,421, 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Sularies 
of certain Officers, and the incidental Expenses ot 





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the Court of Common Pleas in Jreland, to the 31st 
day of March 1857. 

71. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £.1,580, Court of 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Salaries Exchequer 
of certain Officers, and the incidental Expenses of reland.) 
the Court of Exchequer in Jre/and, to the 31st day 
of March 1857. 

72. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £. 200, Clerk to 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Salary of Taxing 
the Clerk to the Taxing Officers for the three Law Sees 
Courts, Ireland, to the 31st day of March 1857. 

73. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £.5,232, Registrars to 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Salaries —e 
of the Registrars to the Tatoos in Ireland, to the “T™*) 
31st day of March 1857. 

74. Resolved, Thata Sum, not exceeding £.1,766, Registration 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray certain Salaries of Judgments 
and the incidental Expenses in the Office for the "*"*) 
Registration of Judgments in Jreland, to the 31st 
day of March 1857. 

75. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £.300, High Court 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Fees to = Delegates 
Advocates appointed to act as Commissioners eee, 
the High Court of Delegates in Zreland, to the 31st 
day of March 1857. 

76. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £.3,066, Insolvent 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Salaries /¢btors Cour 
and Expenses of the Insolvent Debtors’ Court in “7""*) 
Treland, to the 31st day of March 1857. 

77. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £.267, Clerk to 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Salary of Fpurtof Errors 
the Clerk to the Court of Errors in Jreland, to the (reland.) 
3ist day of March 1857. 

78. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £.1,600, Police Justices 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Salaries of (Dublin.) 
the Police Justices of Dublin Metropolis, to the 31st 
day of March 1857. 

79. Resolved, Thata Sum, notexceeding £. 35,000, Metropolitan 
be granted to Her Majesty, towards defraying the wl 
Expense of the Divisional Police Courts an the (Dublin) 
Metropolitan Police, Dublin, to the 31st day of 
March 1857. 

80. Resolved, Thata Sum, not exceeding £.639,100, Constabulary 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Expense tana) (in 
of the Constabulary Force in Jreland, to the 31st 
day of March 1857. 

81. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £.1,832, Marshalses 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Expenses (Dublin) 
of the Four Courts, Marshalsea Prison, Dublin, to ; 
the 31st day of March 1857. 


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. 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 Wednesday 
next, again resolve itself into the said Committee. 





Mr. FitzRoy reported from the Committee of Supply. 
Supply, several Resolutions; which were read, as 
follow : 

1. That a Sum, not exceeding £.200,000, on ac- Educational 
count, be granted to Her Majesty, for defraying the — 
Charge of the Educational and Scientific Branches, 
which will come in course of payment from the 1st 
day of April 1856 to the 31st day of March 1857, 
inclusive. 

2. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 25,400, be Rewards for 
granted to Her Majesty, for defraying the Charge pa he. 
of Rewards for distinguished Services, &amp;c., which 
will come in course of payment from the 1st day 
of April 1856 to the 31st day of March 1857, in- 
clusive. 

3. That a Sum, not exceeding £.67,000, be granted Pay of General 
to Her Majesty, for defraying the Charge of the Pay ** 
of General Officers, which will come in course of 
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payment from the 1st day of April 1856 to the 31st 
day of March 1857, inclusive. 
Pays ednoed 4. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 519,094, be 
Retired ranted to Her Majesty, for defraying the Charge 


Osos. of the Pay of Reduced and Retired Officers, which 
will come in course of payment from the 1st day of 
April 1856 to the 31st day of March 1857, inclusive. 
Widows’ 5. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 220,420, be 
Pensions = granted to Her Majesty, for defraying the Charge 
of Pensions to Widows of Officers, and of Allow- 
ances on the Compassionate List, which will come 
in course of payment from the 1st day of April 1856 
to the 31st day of March 1857, inclusive. 
Pensions, &amp;c. 6. That a Sum, not exceeding £.83,558, be 
to Woum granted to Her Majesty, for defraving the Charge of 
Coes. Pensions, Gratuities, &amp;c., to Wounded Officers, 
which will come in course of payment from the 1st | 
day of April 1856 to the 31st day of March 1857, 
inclusive. 
Chelsea and 7. That a Sum, not exceeding £.32,096, be granted 
= to Her Majesty, for defraying the Charge of Chelsea 
and Kilmainham Hospitals, and the In-Pensioners 
thereof, which will come in course of payment from 
the 1st day of April 1856 to the 31st day of March 
1857, inclusive. 
Out-Pensioners 8, That a Sum, not exceeding £. 1,168,392, be 
Hay granted to Her Majesty, for defraying the Charge of 
Out-Pensioners of Chelsea Hospital, &amp;c., which will 
come in course of payment from the Ist day of 
April 1856 to the 31st day of March 1857, inclusive. 
Superannu- 9. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 124,264, be 
= a granted to Her Majesty, for defraying the Charge 
lowances, Of Superannuation and Retired Allowances, which 
will come in course of payment from the 1st day of 
April 1856 to the 31st day of March 1857, in- 
clusive. 

The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ways and The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
ares mittee of Ways and Means; 

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

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

Martis, t° die Aprilis, 1856: 
Vaccination The Vaccination Bill was, according to Order, 
Bil. read a second time; and committed to a Committee 
of the whole House, for Friday next. 
Prisons(Iree © The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
nd) Bil. mittee on the Prisons (freland) Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday the 
14th day of this instant April, resolve itself into the 
said Committee. 

Courts of The Courts of Common Law (Jreland) Bill was, 
Common Law 


(Ireland) Bill according to Order, read a second time ; and com- 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for this 


day. 
ylemente The Order of the day being read, for the second 
Bil.” reading of the Judgments Execution, &amp;c. Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Thursday the 17th day of this instant April. 
— The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
Bil, mittee on the Joint Stock Companies Bill ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committec. 
Nuisances 


Removal, &amp;e, Lhe Order of the day being read, for the second 
(Scotland) Bill, —* of the Nuisances Removal, &amp;c. (Scotland) 
ill; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Bankruptcy (Scot/and) Bill; 
Vou. 111. 


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109 


Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 


resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Marriea 
mittee on the Married Women’s Reversionary In- Women’s 
terest Bill; erty 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday ~ 


next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Viscount Duncan reported from the Committee on Public Works, 
Public Works, &amp;c., a Resolution; which was read, &amp;¢. 
as followeth: 

That the Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury 
of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Jre- 
land be authorized to issue, out of the Consolidated 
Fund of the said United Kingdom, to an amount not 
exceeding £. 360,000 per annum for Five years, to 
| the Commissioners for carrying on Public Works 
| and Fisheries, and the Employment of the Poor. 
| The said Resolution, being read a second time, 
| was agreed to. 
| Ordered, That a Bill or Bills be brought in upon 
bm. said Resolution: And that Mr. FitzRoy, the 
| Chancellor of the Exchequer and Mr. Wilson do 


| prepare, and bring them in. 








| The Select Committee on the Juvenile Convict Juvenile Con- 
Prison (Jreland) Bill was nominated of Viscount bet nar BG 
| Monck, Mr. Horsman, Mr. Solicitor General for (Ireland) 

| Ireland, Mr. James Hans Hamitton, Colonel Tay- 
| lor, Mr. George Alexander Hamilton, and Five 
| Members to be added by t:e Committee of Selection. 


| Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 


| 

| Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Reformatory 
to amend the mode of committing Criminal and 8”4 Industrial 
and Industrial 


| Vagrant Children to mee mame | 
Northcote and Mr. 


Schools: And that Sir Stafford 
Liddelldo prepare, and bring it in. 


The Select Committee on the Ordnance Survey Ordnance 
of Scotland was nominated of Viscount Duncan, Sutvey of 
the Lord Advocate, Mr. Evelyn Denison, Mr. Ste- etait 
phenson, Mr. Lloyd Davies, Lord Elcho, Mr. Stir- 
ling, Mr. Laffan, Mr. Baxter, Mr. Dunlop, Mr. 
Edward Ellice, Mr. William Lockhart, Mr. Smollett, 

Mr. Leicester Vernon and the Marquis of Stafford; 
with Power to send for persons, papers and records. 

Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 


Sir Stafford Northcote presented a Bill to amend Reformatory 
the mode of committing Criminal and Vagrant and Industrial 
Children to Reformatory and Industrial Schools : Ca 
And the same was read the first time; and ordered Bill 75. 
to be read a second time upon Wednesday the 16th 
day of this instant April; and to be printed. 


The House was moved, That the several Acts Fire 
relating to Fire Insurances might be read; and the Insurances. 
| 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 a quarter of an hour before Two of the 
clock on Tuesday morning, adjourned till this 
day. 











Martis, 1° die Aprilis ; 
Anno 19° Victorie Regine, 1856. 


PRAYERS. 
KPwa RD John Hutchins, Esquire, Member A Roman 


for the Borough of Lymington, having em- Catholic 

braced the Roman’ Catholic Religion, took and jeep ob 

subscribed the Oath required to be’ taken and sub- 

scribed by Roman Catholics. 
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The 


Chorley 
Water Bill. 


Lambeth 
Water Bill. 


Doddington 
Rectory 
Division Bill. 


Haslingden 
and Rawten- 
stall Water 
Bill. 


Lancaster 
Gas Bill. 


Lincoln 
Water Bill. 


Southport 
Water Bill. 


Weymouth 
and Melcombe 
Regis Gas 
Bill. 


Milford 
Junction 
Railway Bill. 


Saint Ivesand Mr. FitzRoy reported from the Committee on 
the Saint Ives and West Cornwall Junction Railway 
Railway Bill. Bill; That they had examined the allegations con- | 


West Cornwall 


Junction 


Waveney 
Valley 
Railway Bill. 


Llanidloes 
and Newtown 
Railway Bill. 


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The Chorley Water Bill was read the third time. 








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1° Aprilis. A. 1856, 


had gone through the Bill, and made Amendments 
thereunto. 


Resolved, That the Bill do pass, 
Ordered, That the Clerk ce carry the Bill to the} | Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. and be printed. 


The Lambeth Water 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 Doddington Rectory Division Bill, as amended 
in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Haslingden and Rawtenstall Water Bill, as 
amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Lancaster Gas Bill, as amended in the Com- 


mittee. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The eg arm to take into consideration | 


the Lincoln 


mittee. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House 


the Southport 


mittec. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. | 


A Bill to declare the Rights of the Heirs of the late Nawab of 
Nawab of Surat, under a Treaty made by his Father Surat Bil, 
with the East India Company, and to provide for 
the Decision by a Court of Justice of all Claims 
under such Treaty, or respecting the Estate of the 
late Nawab, was read the first time; and ordered 
to be read a second time. 


Petitions relating to the British Museum, &amp;c. ; Public 
—Church Rates ;—Church Rates Abolition Bill ;— Petitions, 
Dissenters’ Marriages Bill ;— Oath of Abjuration ; yia. yi. 
— Tithe Rent-charge ;— Slave Trade (Cuba and teenth Report 
Porto Rico) ;—Billeting Soldiers ;—Bleaching, &amp;c. 

Works Bill ;— Education ;— Factories Bill ;— Jus- 
tices of the Peace Qualification Bill ;— Medical 
Profession Bill; — Metropolis Local Management 
Act Amendment Bill ;—Nuisances Removal, &amp;c. 
(Scotland) Bill; — Poor Law (Jreland);— Public- 
houses (Scotland) Act ;—Vaccination Bill ;— and, 
Wee Pawns, &amp;c. (Scotland),—were presented, and 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition relating to Adulteration of Drugs, &amp;c., 
ater Bill, as amended in the Com-| was also presented, and read; and referred to the 

| Select Committee on Adulteration of Drugs, &amp;c. 

A Petition relating to the Civil Service Super- 

annuation Fund, was also presented, and read; and 





oceeded to take into consideration | Teferred to the Select Committee on Civil Service 


e . 
Water Bill, as amended in the Com- Superannuation. 


Viscount Pa/merston presented, by Her Majesty’s Major Genera 
/Command,—Fac-simile of the Superscription of a Williams. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration | Letter addressed to Colonel Williams, k.c.B. (now 
the Weymouth and Melcombe Regis Gas Bill, as | Major General), by Shukri Pasha. 


amended in the Committee; and an Amendment 
was made to the Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


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





Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Coals (Navy.) 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take | Return specifying the Quantity of Coals supplied to 
into consideration the Mé/ford Junction Railway | the Steam Vessels of Her Majesty’s Navy during 


Bill, as amended in the Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


| 1855, and the Cost of such Coal. 


Mr. Peel presented,— Return to an Address to Medical Off- 
Her Majesty, dated the 18th of February last, for a cet® Army.) 
Return of the Number of Military Medical Officers 
who have proceeded to the East since the com- 





tained in the Preamble of the Bill, and amended | mencement of the War, stating the Number who 
the same, by striking out the words relating to the | have appeared on the Sick Returns, who have died, 
deposits in the Court of Chancery for securing the or who have been invalided home :—And, similar 
completion of the said Railways, the Clause for) Return as to the Civil Surgeons employed by the 
extending the time for the completion being struck | War Office. 


out of the Bill; and found the same, as amended, to | 


Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 


be true; and had gone through the Bill, and made | Table. 


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


| Mr. Massey presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- Turapike 
/mand,— Copy Second Report, with Abstracts of Trusts. 


Accounts relating to the circumstances of the under- 


Mr. FitzRoy reported the Waveney Valley Rail- | mentioned Turnpike Trusts applying for Local Acts 


way Bill, without Amendment. 


in the present Session of Parliament, made by di- 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; | rection of the Secretary of State for the Home De- 


and be printed. 


Mr. FitzRoy reported from the Committee on the | 
Llanidloes and Newiown Railway Bill ; That they | 
had examined the allegations contained in the Pre- | 
amble of the Bill, and amended the same, by striking 
out so much thereof as referred to the extension of | 
the Railway, in order to make the same in accord-. 
ance with the Provisions of the Bill; and found the | 


partment, under the Powers conferred upon him by 
the Act of the 3 &amp; 4 Will. 4, c. 80:— 
No. 6. Cockermouth, Keswick and Penrith 
Roads. 

7. Blackburn and Addingham Roads. 

8. Crowland and Eye Road. 

9. Uttoxeter and Blythe Marsh Road. 

10. Kettering and Newport Pagnell Road. 

Minutes of the Committee of Council! on Educa- Education. 


same, as amended, to be true; and, in pursuance of tion; Correspondence, Financial Statements, &amp;c. ; 

the Order of the House, they had struck out of) and Reports by Her Majesty’s Inspectors of Schools, 

the Bill Power to make a Branch Railway to the | 1855-56. 

Canal in the Township of Gwestydd, in the Parish} Minute by the Lords of the Committee on Edu- Education. 
of Lianilwehaiarn, in the County of Montgomery ;| cation of Her Majesty's Most honourable Privy 

and found the same, as amended, to be true; and | Council, dated 26th January 1856. 





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yilitary Aid Mr. Massey also presented,—Return to an Ad- 
tocivil Power. dress to Her Majesty, dated the 12th day of March 
last, for Returns of all Applications which have been 
made to the Secretary of State for the Home De- 
partment for a Military Force in aid of the Civil 
Power in England and Wales in each of the last Ten 
Years, stating by whom each such Application was 
made :—And, of all cases (not included im the fore- 
going Return), in which the Military Authorities 
have reported to the Secretary of State that a Mi- 
litary Force has been employed in aid of the Civil 
Power; and of all cases in which Magistrates have 
reported to the Secretary of State that a Military 
Force has been so employed on their requisition, 
no previous Application having been made by them 
to the Secretary of State. 
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 29th day of February last, for a Copy of Report 
by R. Weale, Esquire, to the Poor Law Board, on 
the State of Pauperism in Birmingham and Aston. 

The following Papers, pursuant to the directions 
of several Acts of Parliament, were also laid upon 
the Table by the Clerk of the House,—Return from 
the Accountant General of the High Court of Chan- 


Poor Law 
(Birmingham 
and Aston. ) 


Court of 
Chancery. 


1° Apriiis. 





cery, 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. 

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 1855, 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 Lugland, standing to the credit of 
the Accountant in Bankruptcy of every such Estate ; 
and also the Balances of every such Estate then in 
the hands or under the power or control of such 
Official Assignees ; together with the Returns show- 
ing the several Sums allowed to them as Official | 
Assignees for Remuneration and for Petty Ex- | 
penses, under every Estate under their Charge, | 
during the year 1855. | 


Bankruptcy. 








British Spirits. 
No. 116. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to British 
Spirits brought to Charge, which was presented upon 
the 31st day of March last, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to British 
Spirits exported in 1854 and 1855, which was pre- 
sented upon the 31st day of March last, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the New 
Palace (Westminster), which was presented upon the 
3ist day of March last, be printed. 


BuksofIssue. Ordered, That the Return relative to Banks of 
No. 118. Issue, which was presented upon the 31st day of 
March last, be printed. 


British Spirits, 
No. 116. 


New Palace 
(Westminster. ) 


No. 117. 


County Court 


fia Ordered, That the Return relative to County Court 
8, 


Judgments, &amp;c., which was presented upon the 31st 
No. 119, Gay of March last, be printed. 


aiiot Ordered, That the Return relative to the Board 
(Seuland.) of Manufactures (Scotland), which was presented 


No. 199, Upon the 31st day of March last, be printed. 


Factories, Ordered, That the Return relative to Instruc- 

No.121. tions to Sub-Inspectors of Factories, which was 
presented upon the 31st day of March last, be 
printed. 

Factories, Ordered, That the Return relative to Cases of 

No, 122, Arbitration, &amp;c., under the Factory Act, which 


was presented upon the 31st day of March last, be 
printed. 
Vou, 111. 


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Ordered, That the Return relative to Convicts Convicts 
(Jreland), which was presented upon the 31st day of ({reland.) 
March fast, be printed. No. 123. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Ordnance Ordnance 
Departments, &amp;c., which was presented upon the gears 
wl. 


31st day of March last, be printed. : 
No. 124. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Enfield Enfield 
Factory, which was presented upon the 31st day of ee - 
March last, be printed. No. 125. 


Mr. John Ball presented,— Return to an Address Immigrants 
to Her Majesty, dated the 21st day of February last, ee 
for a Return showing the Number of Immigrants 
and Liberated Africans admitted into each of the 
British West India Colonies, as wel! as the Places 
from whence they were introduced, for each year, 
since 1847 :—And, similar Return for Mauritius (in 
continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 176, of 
Session 1855). 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the Church Affairs 
13th day of March last, for Copies or Extracts of ——- and 
recent Correspondence on Colonial Church Affairs *“ 7 
in the Dioceses of the Colonies of Canada and 
Victoria. 

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


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- County Court 
posed, That an humble Address be presented to Her J¥4ses. 
Majesty, That she will be graciously pleased to give 
directions to the Lords Commissioners of Her Ma- 
Treasury, in order to maintain the dignity 
and independence of the County Court Judges, to 
cause to be paid to the said Judges a Salary equal 
in amount to all, and permanently fixed at £.1,500 
a year, being the maximum Salary which the said 
Lords Commissioners are empowered by Act of 
Parliament to assign to them; 

And the Previous Question being proposed, That 
that Question be now put:—The said Previous 
Question and Motion were severally, with leave of 
the House, withdrawn. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to Scotch and 
amend the Laws for the Removal of Poor Persons, se Pauper 
. ’ eer Removals. 
chargeable in Lngland, who have been born in Scot- 
land or Ireland: And that Mr. Bouverie, Sir George 
Grey and Mr. Baines do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill London — 
for the better Regulation of the Corporation of the Co™poration. 
City of London: And that Sir George Grey, Vis- 
count Palmerston and Mr. Attorney General do 
prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That a Committee be appointed to in- Expiring 

quire what temporary Laws of a public and general Laws. 
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 couse- 
quence 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. FitzRoy, Mr. Attorney Geueral, 
Mr. Solicitor General, Mr. Cowper, Mr. Freshfield, 
Mr. Huyter, 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. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to Rankers*Com- 
continue certain Compositions payable to Bankers positions. 
who have ceased to issue Bank Notes: And that 
the Chancellor of the Exchquer and Mr. Wilson do 
prepare, aud bring it in. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Bank Notes. 
a Copy of Treasury Minute, dated the 18th day of 
pP4 


March 














East India 
(Revenues. 


Rates per cent. for which the Gross Receipts were 


Supply. 


Royal Palaces 
and Public 
Buildings, 


Buckingham 


Palace. 


Royal Parks, 
&amp;e. 


New Houses 
of Parliament. 


Holyhead 
Harbour, &amp;c. 


Harbours of 
Refuge. 


Port Patrick 
Harbour. 


Public Works 
{Treland. ) 


Kingstown 
Harbour. 


Houses of 
Parliament. 


Treasury. 


Home Depart- 
ment. 


Foreign 
Department. 


112 


March 1856, respecting the Payment to the Public 
of the Net Profits of the additional issue of Bank 
Notes under Her Majesty’s Order in Council, dated 
the 7th day of December 1855. 


Ordered, That there he laid before this House, an 
Account exhibiting in Sterling Money the Gross and 
Net Revenues of Jndia, distinguishing the several 
Presidencies, &amp;c., for the year ended the 30th day of 
April 1854; showing also the Charges of Collection 
and other Payments out of those Revenues, the 


collected, and the Public Expenditure under its 
several Heads of Account, both in Jndia and in 
England; the Amount of the India 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 1854. 


Mr. FitzRoy reported from the Committee of 
Supply, several Resolutions; which were read, as 
follow : 

1. That a Sum, not exceeding £.194,575, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray, to the 31st day of 
March 1857, the Expense of Maintenance and Re- 
pairs of Royal Palaces and Public Buildings. 

2. That a Sum, not exceeding £.7,868, be granted 
to Her Majesty, for Additional Works, Gas Lighting, 
Warming, and other Contingencies at Buckingham 
Palace, to the 31st day of March 1857. 

3. That a Sum, not exceeding £.89,114, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray, to the 31st day 
of March 1857, the Expense of maintaining and 
keeping in Repair the Royal Parks, Pleasure Grounds, 
&amp;e., and other Charges connected therewith. 

4. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 99,383, be 
granted to Her Majesty, for Works and Expenses 
at the New Houses of Parliament, to the 31st day of 
March 1857. 

5. That a Sum, not exceeding £.207,305, 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 1857. 

6. That a Sum, uot exceeding £.233,000, be 
granted to Her Majesty, towards defraying the Ex- 
pense of constructing certain Harbours of Refuge, to 
the 31st day of March 1857. 

7. That a Sum, not exceeding £.384, 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 
1857. 

8. That a Sum, not exceeding £.41,021, 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 
1857. 

9. That a Sum, not exceeding £.19,350, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Expense of 
the Works and Establishment of Kingstown Har- 
bour, to the 31st day of March 1857. 

10. That a Sum, not exceeding £.83,680, be 
eranted to Her Majesty, to pay the Salaries and 
Expenses of the two Houses of Parliament, and Al- 
lowances to the Retired Officers of the two Houses, 
to the 31st day of March 1857. 

11. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 52,095, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to pay the Salaries and 
txpenses of the Department of Her Majesty’s Trea- 
sury, to the 31st day of March 1857. 

12. That a Sum, not exceeding £.24,204, be | 
cranted to Her Majesty, to pay the Salaries and | 
Expenses of the Ottice of Her Majesty's Secretary | 
of State for the Home Department, to the 31st day 
of March 1857. 

13. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 68,241, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to pay the Salaries and 
Expenses in the Department of Her Majesty’s Se- 
cretary of State for Foreign Affairs, and also of the 





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A. 1856. 


Queen’s Messengers and Extra Couriers attached 
to that Department, to the 31st day of March 1857. 

14. That a Sum, not exceeding £.28,452, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to pay the Salaries and 
Expenses in the Department of Her Majesty's 
Secretary of State for the Colonies, to the 31st day 
of March 1857. 


15. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 61,067, be Privy Coung, 


— to Her Majesty, to pay the Salaries and 
xpenses in the Department of Her Majesty's most 
Honourable Privy Council, and Committee of Privy 
Council for Trade, including the Railway and Ma- 
rine Departments, and the Registrar of Merchant 
Seamen, to the 31st day of March 1857. 

16. That a Sum, not exceeding £.2,700, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to pay the Salary of the 
Lord Privy Seal, and the Expenses of his Establish- 
ment, to the 31st day of March 1857. 

17. That a Sum, not exceeding £.24,594, be 
mann to Her Majesty, to defray the Salaries and 

xpenses in the Department of Her Majesty’s Pay- 
master General, to the 31st day of March 1857. 

18. That a Sum,not exceeding £. 6,483, be granted 
to Her Majesty, to pay the Salaries and Expenses 
in the Department of the Comptroller General of 
the Exchequer, to the 31st day of March 1857. 

19. That a Sum, not exceeding £.23,313, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to pay the Salaries and 
Expenses of the Oftice of the Commissioners of Her 
Majesty’s Works and Public Buildings, to the 31st 
day of March 1857. 


20. That a Sum, not exceeding £.21,664, be Woods, Forests 


granted to Her Majesty, to pay the Salaries and 
Expenses of the Office of Woods, Forests and Land 
Revenues, to the 31st day of March 1857. 

21. That a Sum, not exceeding £.16,447, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to pay the Salaries and 
Expenses of the Department of Public Records, in- 
cluding the State Paper Office, to the 31st day of 
March 1857. 

99 


22. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 208,993, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray Expenses con- 
nected with the Administration of the Laws relating 
to the Poor, to the 31st day of March 1857. 

23. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 48,829, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge ol 
the Establishment of the Mint, including Expenses 
of the Coinage, to the 31st day of March 1857. 

24. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 23,145, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to pay the Salaries and 
Expenses of the Inspectors of Factories, Mines, &amp;c. 
to the 31st day of March 1857. 

25. That a Sum, not exceeding £.5,964, be granted 
to Her Majesty, to pay the Salaries of the Depart- 
ment of the Queen’s and Lord Treasurer’s Remem- 
brancer in the Exchequer, Scotland, of certain 
Officers in Scotland, and other Charges, formerly 


paid from the Hereditary Revenue, to the 31st day 


of March 1857. 

26. That a Sum, not exceeding £.6,431, be granted 
to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of Salarie 
for the Officers and Attendants of the Household of 
the Lord Lieutenant of Jreland, to the 31st day of 
March 1857. 

27. That a Sum, not exceeding £.15,164, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to pay the Salaries and 
Expenses of the Othces of the Chief Secretary to 
the Lord Lieutenant of JIre/and in Dublin and 
London, to the 31st day of March 1857. 

28. That a Sum, not exceeding £.6,924, be granted 
to Her Majesty, to defray the Cnarge of the De- 
partment of the Paymaster of Civil Services in Ire- 
land, to the 31st day of March 1857. 

29. That a Sum, not exceeding £.2,555, be granted 
to Her Majesty, to defray the Salaries and Ex- 
penses of the Office of the Inspectors of Lunatic 
Asylums in Ireland, to the 31st day of March 
1857. 

30. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 22,516, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to pay the Salaries and 





Expenses 


Colonies, 


Lord Privy 
Seal. 


Paymaster 
General, 


Comptroller 
General of the 
Exchequer, 


Works and 
Public 
Buildings.« 


and Land 
Revenues. 


Public 
Records. 


Poor Laws 
Administra- 


Mint. 


Factories, 
Mines, &amp;ec. 


Officers, &amp;c.. 
(Scotland. ) 


Household 


g of Lord Lieu- 


tenant of 
Ireland. 


Chief Secre- 
tary to the 
Lord Lieu- 
tenant of 
Ireland. 


Paymaster of 


Civil Services 
(Lreland. ) 


Lunatic Asy- 
lums (Ire 


Board of 


Public Works 


(Ireland. ) 





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Copyhold, 
osure 


and Tithe 
Commission. 


eral 
Sone 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. 


Superin- 
tendent of 
Roads (South 
Wales.) 


Registrar of 
Friendly 
Societies, 


Secret 


Services, 


Stationery, 
— 


Postage, 
Public 
Bervice. 


Law Charges, 


19 VicToriz. 


Expenses of the Board of Public Works in Ireland, 
to the 31st day of March 1857. 

31. That a Sum, not exceeding £.17,710, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Expense of 
the Copyhold, Inclosure and Tithe Commission, to 
the 31st day of March 1857. 

32. That a Sum, not exceeding £.11,710, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to pay the Imprest Ex- 
penses under the Inclosure and Drainage Acts of 
the Copyhold, Inclosure and Tithe Commission, to 
the 31st day of March 1857. 

33. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 38,234, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to pay the Salaries and 
Expenses in the Department of the General Re- 
gister Office, England and Wales, to the 31st day of 
March 1857. 

34. That aSum, not exceeding £. 3,388, be granted 
to Her Majesty, to pay the Salaries and Expenses 
in the Department of the Generai Register Office, 
Dublin, to the 3ist day of March 1857. 

35. That aSum, not exceeding £. 6,665, be granted 
to Her Majesty, to pay the Salaries and Expenses 
in the Department of the Registrar General of 
Births, &amp;c., Edinburgh, to the 31st day of March 
1857. 

36. That a Sum, not exceeding £.13,880, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to pay the Salaries and 
Expenses in the National Debt Office, to the 31st 
day of March 1857. 

37. That a Sum, not exceeding £.2,840, 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 1857. 

$8. That a Sum, not exceeding £.1,570, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to 7 the Expenses of 
the Establishment under the West India Islands 
Relief Commissioners, to the 31st day of March 
1857. 

39. That a Sum, not exceeding £.1,310, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to pay the Contingent 
Expenses of the Office of the Commissioners in 
Lunacy, to the 31st day of March 1857. 

40. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 984, be granted 
to Her Majesty, to defray tne Salary and Expenses 
of the General Superintendent of County Roads in 
South Wales, to the 31st day of March 1857. 

41. That a Sum, not exceeding £.1,405, 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 1857. 

42. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 32,000, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of 

er Majesty’s Foreign and other Secret Services, 
to the 31st day of March 1857. 

43. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 458,275, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Expense 
of Stationery, Printing, and Binding, for the several 
Public Departments, and for Printing, &amp;c. for the 
two Houses of Parliament, including the Expense 
of the Stationery Office, to the 31st day of March 
1857. 

44. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 140,410, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to delray the Charge for 
Postage of Letters on the Public Service in the 
several Departments, to the 31st day of March 
1857. 

45. That a Sum, not exceeding £.36,041, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray Law Charges, 
and the Salaries, Allowances, and Incidental Ex- 
penses in the Office of the Solicitor for the Affairs 
of Her Majesty’s Treasury, including Prosecutions 
relating to Coin ; aiso the Salary and Allowance of 
Counsel for advising the Treasury on matters re- 
— to the Slave Trade, to the 31st day of March 

46. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 250,000, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray, to the 31st day 


of March 1857, the Expenses of Prosecutions at 
Vou. 111, 


1° Aprils. 





113 


Assizes and Quarter Sessions, formerly paid out of 
County Rates. 

47. That a Sum, not exceeding £.1,100, be Crown Office, 
granted to Her Majesty, towards defraying the Ex- Chancery. 
penses of the Crown Office, Chancery, to the 31st 
day of March 1857. 

48. That a Sum, not exceeding £.2,050, be Crown Office, 
granted to Her Majesty, towards defraying the Ex- Queen’sBench. 
penses of the Crown Office, Queen’s Bench, to the 
31st day of March 1857. 

49. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 16,340, be Sheriffs’ — 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray, to the 31st day /*Penses, &amp;e. 
of March 1857, the Expenses incurred by Sheriffs, 
and the Deficiency of the Fees in the Office of the 
Queen’s Remembrancer in the Exchequer. 

50. That a Sum, not exceeding #. 6,418, be Admiralty 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Salaries and bree 
Expenses in the Department of the Registrar of an 
the Admiralty, and the Expenses of the Admiralty 
Court, Dublin, to the 31st day of March 1857. 

51. That a Sum, not exceeding £.8,215, be Insolvent 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Salaries and Debtors’ Court. 
Expenses of the Commissioners of the Insolvent 
Debtors’ Court, to the 31st day of March 1857. 

52. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 13,850, be Treasurers 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Salaries of of County 
the Treasurers of County Courts, to the 31st day of ; 
March 1857. 

53. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 29,348, be Police Courts, 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Expenses of Metropolis. 
the Police Courts of the Metropolis, to the 31st day 
of March 1857. 

54, That a Sum, not exceeding £. 102,306, be Metropolitan » 
granted to Her Majesty, towards defraying the Ex- Police. 
penses of the Metropolitan Police, to the 31st day 
of March 1857. 

55. That a Sum, not exceeding £.3,615, be granted Queen's 
to Her Majesty, to defray the Salaries and en Prison. 
of the Queen’s Prison, to the 31st day of March 
1857. 

56. That aSum, not exceeding £.3,342, be granted Lord Advocate, 
to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge for the Sa- mee 
laries of the Lord Advocate and of the Solicitor “"*? 
General, Scotland, to the 31st day of March 1857. 

57. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 17,551, be Court of 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Salaries and Session 
Expenses of the Court of Session in Scotland, to (Seotland.) 
the 31st day of March 1857. 

58. That aSum, not exceeding £.9,568, be granted Court of 
to Her Majesty, to defray the Salaries and Expenses — 
of the Court of Justiciary in Scotland, to the 31st ames 
day of March 1857. : 

59. That aSum, not exceeding £. 6,400, be granted Criminal 
to Her Majesty, to defray the Expenses of Criminal eras 
Prosecutions carried on under the Authority of the °°"#"*? 
Lord Advocate, to the 31st day of March 1857. 

60. That aSum, not exceeding £.1,415, be granted Exchequer 
to Her Majesty, to defray the Salaries and Expenses (Scotland. ) 
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 1857. 

61. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 57,000, be Sheriffs, &amp;c. 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray, to the 31st day (Scotland.) 
of March 1857, the Charge of Sheriffs and Stewards, 
including Procurators Fiscal not paid by Salaries, 
and shotinnanens of Criminal Prosecutions in She- 
riff Courts in Scotland. 

62. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 12,167, be Procurators 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Salaries of Fiscal P 
such of the Procurators Fiscal in Scotland as are no ‘8°°t!#"4-) 
longer paid by Fees, to the 31st day of March 1857. 

63. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 12,594, be Sheriffs’Clerks 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Salaries of (Scotland. ) 
such of the Sheriffs’ Clerks, Scotland, as are not 
chargeable on the Revenues of Customs and Excise, 
to the 31st day of March 1857. 

64. That aSum, not exceeding £.2,300, be granted Solicitor of 
to Her Majesty, to defray, to the 31st day of March {he psn 
1857, the iolew of the Solicitor of the Crown, and land.) 4 
Expenses in matters of Tithes, and the eeu 
Q 


















General Re- 
gister House 
(Edinburgh. ) 


Commissary 
Clerk ( Edin- 
burgh.) 


Law Charges 
(Ireland. ) 


Court of 
Chancery 
(Ireland.) 


Court of 
Queen’s Bench 
(Ireland. ) 


Court of 
Common Pleas 
(Ireland. ) 


Court of 
Exchequer 
CIreland.) 


Clerk to 
Taxing 
Officers 
(Ireland.) 


Registrars to 
Judges 
(Treland.) 


Registration 
of Judgments 
(Ireland. ) 


High Court 
of Delegates 
(Ireland.) 


Insolvent 
Debtors’ Court 
Ireland.) 


Clerk to Court 
of Errors 
(Ireland. ) 


Police Justices 
( Dublin.) 


Metropolitan 
Police 
( Dublin.) 


Constabulary 
Force 
( Ireland.) 


Marshalsea 
Prison 
(Dublin. ) 









114 1° Aprilis. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Courts of 
into a Committee on the Courts of Common Law Common Lay 


the Agent of the Great Officers of State in main- 
taining Rights of the Crown in Civil Actions, &amp;c. in 
Scotland. 

65. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 12,249, be 

ranted to Her Majesty, to defray the Salaries and 
duce of the several Offices in Her Majesty's 
General Register House, Edinburgh, to the 31st 
day of March 1857. 

66. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 1,124, 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 1857. 

67. That a Sum, not exceeding £.51,720, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Expense of 
Criminal Prosecutions, and other Law Charges in 
Ireland, to the 31st day of March 1857. 

68. 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 Jreland, for- 
merly charged on the Consolidated Fund, to the 
3ist day of March 1857. 

69. That a Sum, not exceeding £.1,338, be granted 
to Her Majesty, to defray the Salary of the Crier, 
and the incidental Expenses of the Court of Queen’s 
Bench in Ireland, to the 31st day of March 1857. 

70. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 1,421, 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 1857. 

71. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 1,5°0, be granted 
to Her Majesty, to defray the Salaries of certain 
Officers, and the incidental Expenses of the Court 
of Exchequer in Zreland, to the 31st day of March 
1857. 

72. 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 1857. 

73. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 5,232, be 


granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Salaries of 


the Registrars to the Judges in Treland, to the 31st 
day of March 1857. 

74. That a Sum, not exceeding £.1,766, be granted 
to Her Majesty, to defray certain Salaries and the 
incidental Expenses in the Office for the Registration 
of Judgments in Jre/and, to the 31st day of March 
1857. 

75. 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 1857. 

76. That a Sum, not exceeding £.3,066, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Salaries and 
Expenses of the Insolvent Debtors’ Court ia Zreland, 
to the 31st day of March 1857. 

77. That a Sum, not exceeding £.267, be granted 
to Her Majesty, to defray the Salary of the Clerk 
to the Court of Errors in Jredand, to the 31st day of 
March 1857. 

78. 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 1857. 

79. That a Sum, not exceeding £.35,000, be 
— to Her Majesty, towards defraying the 
uxpense of the Divisional Police Courts and the 
Metropolitan Police, Dublin, to the 31st day of 
March 1857. 

80. That a Sum, not exceeding £.639,100, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Expeuse of 
the Constabulary Force in Ireland, to the 31st day 
of March 1857. 

81. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 1,832, be granted 
to Her Majesty, to defray the Expenses of the Four 
Courts, Marshalsea Prison, Dublin, to the 3ist day 
of March 1857. 

The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 











A. 1856. 


(Ireland) 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 Le re-committed to a Com- 
mittee of the whole House, for Monday the 14th 
day of this instant April. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Fire 


into a Committee on Fire Insurances. 
(In the Committee.) 


Resolved, That the respective Duties granted 
and payable under the Acts relating to the Stamp 
Duties upon or in respect of Insurances of Property 
from loss or damage by Fire, shall extend to and be 
payable for or in respect of all Insurances of Pro- 
perty withm the United Kingdom from loss or da- 
mage by Fire, whether the same shall be made by 
any Company, Society, or person or persons within 
or out of the United Kingdom, and whether the 
Policy, Instrument, Note, or Memorandum of or 
relating to any such Insurance shall be made, signed, 
or issued in the United Kingdom or elsewhere, and 
whether there shall be any such Policy, Instrument, 
Note, or Memorandum or not. 


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 received To-morrow. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, House of Com 


a Copy of a Treasuty Minute, regulating the Ap- 
pointment of the Clerk Assistant and Second Clerk 
Assistant of the House of Commons. 
Mr. Wilson accordingly presented the said Paper. 
. Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 
able. 


Sir George Grey presented a Bill for the better London 
Regulation of the Corporation of the City of London : gee 
And the same was read the first time ; and ordered ™ 


to be read a second time upon Monday the 21st day 
of this instant April; and to be printed. 


Mr. Bouverie presented a Bill to amend the Laws Scotch and 


for the Removal of Poor Persons, chargeable in 
England, who have been born in Scotland or Ireland: 
And the same was read the first time ; and ordered 
to be read a second time upon Friday the 11th day 
of this instant April; and to be printed. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Commissariat 
Copies of Minutes of the Board of Treasury, and Accounts. 


Correspondence between the Board of Treasury, 
the War Department, and the Board of Audit, re- 
lative to the Examination of the Commissariat Ac- 
counts, and to the re-tranafer of the Financial Busi- 
ness of the Commissariat to the Treasury. 


Mr. Wilson presented a Bill to authorize for a Public Works 


further Period the Advance of Money out of the 
Consolidated Fund for carrying on Public Works 
and Fisheries, and for the Employment of the Poor : 
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 authorize for a Public Works 
further Period the Application of Money for the (Ireland) 


purposes of Loans for carrying on Public Works in 
Sidiedd : 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. 











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Sill. 


rea 





Public 
Petitions 
(Bighteent 
Report.) 


Committees. 


Public 
Petitions. 


Vide Nine- 


teenth Report. charge ;— Fire Insurance ;—Local Dues on Shipping, 


Burial-grounds 


(Ireland) Bill. 


Juvenile 
Offenders 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Customs 
Department, 


19 VictrorizZz. 


Mercurii, 2° die Aprilis ; 
Anno 19° Victorie Regine, 1856. 


PRAYERS. 

M* Bonham Carter reported from the Select 
Committee on Public Petitions; That they 

had examined the Petitions presented upon the 31st 
day of March last, and had directeti him to make 
a Report thereof to the House. 

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


Ordered, That all Committees have leave to sit 
this day during the sitting, and notwithstanding any 
adjournment of the House. 


Petitions relating to the British Museum, &amp;c. ;— 
Church Rates ;—Church Rates Abolition Bill ;— 
Marriages ;— Maynooth College Act ;—Tithe Rent- 


&amp;c.;—Bankruptey (Scotland) Bill ;—Bleaching, &amp;e. 
Works ; — Education ; — Factories Bill ;—Herring 
Fishery (Scotland) ;—Medical Profession Bill;—Na- 
tioval Finance;—Police (Counties and Boroughs) 
Bill;—Poor Law (Ireland) ;—Public Health Act 
(1848) ;—Sudden Deaths (Scotland) ;—Vaccination 
Bill ;—and, Wee Pawns, &amp;c. (Scotland ),—were pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Burial-grounds (/reland) Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
the 14th day of this instant April, resolve itself into 


the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Juvenile Offenders (Jreland) Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
the 14th day of this instant April, resolve itself into 
the said Committee. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Returns from Examiners, Inspector General, Regis- 
trars, Long Room, and Receiver General’s Offices 
of Customs :—Of Copies of all General Orders issued 
in the years 1816, 1817, 1851 and 1852 :—Of all 
Memorials from Clerks in the Customs Department, 
presented to the Lords of the Treasury in the year | 
1852 :—Of Reply to all Memorials presented in the 
— 1852, 1853 and 1854:—Of Reply of the 


2° Aprilis. 





onourable Commissioners of Customs to any Me- 
morial or other in the year 1852 :— | 
Of Treasury Minute of the 3d day of March 1853 : | 
—Of long Room and Receiver General’s Board | 
Room Minute in the year 1854:—Of the Treasury | 
Order and General Order in the year 1854 :—Of the | 


Amount paid for extra Attendance in the years 1851, | 
1852, 1854 and 1855 :—Of the Names of the Clerks | 
that received for extra Attendance in the years | 
1851 and 1852 :—Of the Names of the Clerks that 
ceased to receive for extra Attendance in the years 
1854 and 1855 :—Of the Amount of extra Atten- 
dance given by each Clerk to whom nothing was 
paid extra to January 1855:—Of the Amount of 
extra Attendance given by all Clerks who were paid 
to January 1855 :—Of the Sum paid to each Clerk 
for extra Attendance to January 1855:—Of the 
lowest rate of Salary paid to those Clerks that 
received Compensation for extra Attendance :— 
And, of the lowest rate of Salary paid to those 
Clerks that receive no Compensation for extra 
Attendance. 





Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Accounts of the Number of Statute Acres of Land 
in the United Kingdom under the cultivation of 
Hops in the year 1855, distinguishing the Number 
of Acres in each Parish :—Of the Duty on Hops of 
the growth of the year 1855, distinguishing the 
Districts, the old from the new Duty, the Average 





Vou. 111. 


115 


Amount of Duty per Acre, aud the Total Number 
of Pounds weight charged with Duty in each Col- 
lection :—Of the Quantity of Hops exported from 
the United Kingdom to Foreign Countries from the 
5th day of January 1855 to the 5th day of January 
1856, distinguishing the Countries to which the same 
have been exported; also British from Foreign 
Hops, the Quantity to each Country, and the Dates 
of the years in which the British Hops were grown: 
—And, of Foreign Hops imported into the United 
Kingdom from the 5th day of January 1855 to the 
5th day of January 1856, distinguishmg the Ports 
where imported, and the Countries from whence 
exported; also the Rates and Amount of Duty 
charged thereon, and the Quantity of Foreign Hops 
in Bond on the 5th day of January 1856. 


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


Account of the Total Number of Quarters of Malt 
made in the years ending the 10th day of October 
1854, and the 10th day of October 1855; dis- 
tinguishing the Quantity made in each year in each 
Country, and the Quantities used by Brewers and 
by Victuallers and by Retail Brewers. 


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


Account of the Number of Persons in each of the 
several Collections of the United Kingdom, licensed 
as “ Brewers,” “ Victuallers,” “ to sell Beer to be 
drunk on the Premises,” and “to sell Beer not 
to be drunk on the Premises ;” stating the Number 
of each Class who brew their own Beer, and the 
Quantity of Malt consumed by them; particularizing 
each Class in each Collection, from the 10th day of 
October 1854 to the 10th day of October 1855. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, an Fire 
Account of all Sums paid into the Stamp Office in Insurances, 


Great Britain avd 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 
Office for collecting the same in the Country, Zon- 
don, Edinburgh and Dublin, respectively, with the 
Date of each Payment :—And, of Sums imsured by 
each Office on Farming Stock for the same Period 
(in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 260, 
of Session 1855). 


The following Paper was laid upon the Table by East India, 


the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, dated 
the 4th day of March last, for a Return enumerating 
the several Territories which have been annexed, or 
have been proposed to be annexed, to the British 
Dominions by the Governor General of Jndia since 
the close of the Punjéb War, stating the grounds of 
annexation, or proposed annexation, with the Cases 
in which the Assent of the Court of Directors has 
been withheld, and stating the Area, Population, 
Gross and Net Revenues of such Territories, so far 
as the same have been estimated or ascertained :— 
And, like Return giving an Abstract of the Revenues 
and Charges of India, including the Charges dis- 
bursed in Eng/and for the years comprised in the 
first Return, and showing the Surplus or Deficit 
in each year, so far as the same has been estimated 
or ascertained. 


Tne following Papers, pursuant to the directions Liverpool 
of an Act of Parliament, were also laid upon the Port. 


Table by the Clerk of the House,—Receipts and 
Disbursements of Dock and Light Duties at the 
Port of Liverpool, from the 25th June 1853 to the 
24th June 1854. 

Receipt and Disbursement of Dock and Light 
Duties at the Port of Liverpool, from the 25th June 
1854 to the 23d June 1855. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Military Military Aid 
Aid to Civil Power, which was presented upon the a 


1st day of this instant April, be printed. 
Q2 


Ordered, 


















Education. 
No. 127. 


Poor Law 
(Birmingham 
and Aston.) 


No. 128. 


Court of 
Chancery. 


No. 129. 


Immigrants 
and Liberated 
Africans. 


No. 130. 
Church Affairs 


(Canada and 
Victoria. ) 


No. 131. 


House of 
Commons’ 
Offices. 


No. 132. 


Medical 
Profession 


Factories Bill. 


A geravated 
Assaults Bill. 


116 


Ordered, That the Copy of Minute by the Lords 
of the Committee on Hdacation, which was pre- 
sented upon the 1st day of this instant April, be 
printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Poor Law 
(Birmingham and Aston), which was presented upon 
the 1st day of this instant April, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Account relative to the Court 
of Chancery, which was presented upon the 1st day 
of this instant April, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Immigrants 
and Liberated Africans, which was presented upon 
the 1st day of this instant April, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Church 
Affairs (Canada and Victoria), which was pre- 
sented upon the Ist day of this instant April, be 
printed. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to House of 
Commons Offices, which was presented upon the Ist 
day of this instant April, be printed. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee cn the Medical Profession 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 Wednesday next, 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 thes Mr. Headlam, 81 

Yeas, (Mr. Craufurd : j ' 

Tellers for the Mr. Walpole, 116 

Noes, \Sir William Heathcote : rr 

So it passed in the Negative. 

And the Question being put, That the words “ this 
“ House will, upon Wednesday next, resolve itself 
“into the said Committee,” be added instead 
thereof :—It was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Then the main Question, so amended, being put ; 

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 Factories Bull; 

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. 

Tellers for the {Colonel Dunne, 1 9 

Yeas, UMr. Montagu Chambers: j ~“ 

Tellers for the Colonel Wilson Patten, }198 


Noes, Lord Stanley : 

So it passed in the Negative. 

Yet it being a quarter before Six of the clock, 
the Debate was adjourned till To-morrow. 

The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Aggravated Assaults Bill ; 


2° Aprilis. 





A. 1856. 


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


The Order of the day being read, for the second Carlisle 
reading of the Carlisle Canonries Bill ; Canonries Bill 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 

Friday the 2d day of May next. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Trial of 
consideration the Trial of Offences Bill, as amended Offences Bill, 
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 Friday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- ways ana 
mittee of Ways and Means; Means. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Mr. FitzRoy reported from the Committee on fire 
Fire Insurances, a Resolution ; which was read, as Insurances. 
followeth : 

That the respective Duties granted and payable 
under the Acts relating to the Stamp Duties upon 
or in respect of Insurances of Property from Loss or 
Damage by Fire, shall extend to and be payable for 
or in respect of all Insurances of Property within 
the United Kingdom from Loss or Damage by Fire, 
whether the same shall be made by any Company, 
Society, or Person or Persons within or out of the 
United Kingdom, and whether the Policy, Instru- 
ment, Note or Memorandum of or relating to any 
such Insurance shall be made, signed or issued in 
the United Kingdom or elsewhere, and whether 
there shall be any such Policy, Instrument, Note or 
Memorandum or not. 

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, the Chancellor 
of the Exchequer and Mr. Wilson do prepare, and 
bring it in. 


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 the Right honourable William Keogh, 
who, since his Election for the said Borough, hath 
accepted the Office of one of the Puisne Judges of 
Her Majesty’s Court of Common Pleas in Jreland. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant to Ennis Writ. 

the Clerk of the Crown in Ireland, to make out a new 
Writ for the electing of a Burgess to serve in this 
present Parliament for the Borough of Ennis, in the 
room of John David Fitzgerald, Esquire, who, since 
his Election for the said Borough, hath accepted 
the Office of Her Majesty’s Attorney General for 
Ireland. 


The Leases and Sales of Settled Estates Bill was Leases and 
read the first time ; and ordered to be read a second wera 
time upon Monday the 14th day of this instant or 
April; and to be printed. i 


And, it being Six of the clock, Mr. Speaker 
adjourned the House till To-morrow, without 
putting the Question. 





awn Gee cw oe ow 








Gainsborough 
Gas Bill. 


Cambridge 
University 
and Town Bill. 


Public 
Petitions. 
Vide Nine- 
teenth Report. 


Middles- 
‘brough Ex- 
tension and 
Improvement 
Bill. 


Summary 
Jurisdiction 
Bill, 


Lunatics. 


and the Total Amount of the same allowed for their 


have more than £.200 and less than £.400 per 


than £. 600 per annum ; those who have more than 


19 VicTrori2. 





Jovis, 3° die Aprilis ; 
Anno 19° Victories Regine, 18 56. 


PRAYERS. 
6 + Gainsborough Gas Bill was read the third 
time. 
Resolved, That the Bill do { ae 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Ordered, That the Cambridge University and 
Town Bill be re-committed to the former Com- 
mittee. 


Petitions relating to Parliamentary Papers ;—Bri- 
tish Museum, &amp;c. ;—Church Rates ;—Church Rates 
Abolition Bill ;— Maynooth College Act ;— May- 
nooth College Act, and Nunneries ;—Oath of Abju- 
ration Bill ;—Tithe Rent-charge ;— Australian Go. 
lonies (Postal Communication); — Property and 
Income Tax ;—Property Tax (Scotland) ;—Billeting 
Soldiers ; —Education ; —Education Bills, &amp;c.; — 
Factories Bill ;—Herring Fishery (Scotland) ;—In- 
solvency and Bankruptcy (Scotland); — Juvenile 
Offenders (Ireland) Bill ;—Medical Profession Bill ; 
—Metropolitan Police ;— Nuisances Removal, &amp;c. 
(Scotland) Bill ;—Partnership and Joint Stock Com- 
— ;—Petty Crimes and Offences (Scotland) ;— 

oor Law (Jreland);—Prisons (Ireland) Bill ;— 
Public-houses (Scotland) Act ;—Vaccination Bill; 
—and, Wee Pawns, &amp;c. ( Scotland),—were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition relating to the Civil Service Super- 
annuation Fund, was also presented, and read ; and 
referred to the Select Committee on Civil Service 
Superannuation. 


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 Middlesbrough Extension and Im- 
provement 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. 


The Order for reading a second time, upon Wed- 
nesday next, the Summary Jurisdiction Bill, was 
read, and discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday the 23d day of this instant April. 


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 Total Number of Lunatics in 
respect of whom Commissioiis of Lunacy are now 


‘in force, and of the Total Amount of their Annual | 


Incomes, and the Total Amount of the Sums allowed 


3° Aprilis. 





for their Maintenance :—For each year, from 1850 to 
1855, inclusive, of the Number of Lunatics in respect | 
of whom Commissions issued ; distinguishing those | 
in respect of whom Commissions are now in force: 
—Of the Total Amount of their Annual Incomes, 


Maintenance ; distinguishing the Number of Per- 
sons, and Amount of Income, and the Allowance 
for Maintenance of those who have individually less 
than £.100 per annum ; those who have more than 
£.100 and less than £.200 per annum; those who 


annum; those who have more than £.400 and less 


£.600 and less than £.1,000 per annum; and those 
who have more than £.1,000 per annum; with the 
Amount of their Income (in continuation of Parlia- 
mentary Paper, No. 505, of Session 1851) :—Of the 
Amounts of per-centage paid in each year, from the 
8th day of January 1849 to the 8th day of January 





Vou. 111. 





117 


1856, on Lunatics’ Incomes, and of the Payments 
made thereon in each year during the same period, 
under the Provisions of the Act 3 &amp; 4 Will. 4, c. 36 
(in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 508, 
of Session 1851) :—And, of the Nanive of Criminal 
Lunatics now under Confinement; specifying the 
Name and Sex of each Person, the Place of Con- 
finement, whether in Lunatic Asylums, Licensed 
Houses or Gaols; the Nature of the Offence com- 
mitted, and the Period at which the Confinement 
commenced (in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, 
No. 195, of Session 1844). 

Ordered, That 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 Publ'e 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased Libraries. 


to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return from Places in which the Forma- 
tion of Free Public Libraries has been proposed, 
viz., Birkenhead, Birmingham, Bolton, Conlelden 
Exeter, Hertford, the Parish of Islington, Kidder- 
minster, Liverpool, the City of London, Manchester, 
Norwich, Oxford, Saint Helen's, Salford, Sheffield, 
Warrington and Winchester, showing the following 
Details :— 

| 

| 





| 
| 
| 
| 
| 


Number of Volumes issued to Borrowers from the 


Lending Library in each year since the opening. 


ion of the 


f Books. 


Number of Votes for and against the adopti 


Whether or not the Library includes separate Depart- 








and Number of Readers each year in the | 
Reference. 


Library of 





Act in cases where a Poll has been taken, or result 


of meeting if no Poll. 
the Library, for its enlargement, or for building pur- 


Date of Formation of Library, and of the Poll taken, 
if any, under the Libraries and Museums Act. 

Number of Volumes issued to Readers in the Reference 
poses, independent of the Rate. 


Library in each year since the opening. 
Amount of Sum, if any, subscribed for the formation of 


Total Number of Volumes issued in each year since the 
Yearly Amount of Borough or other Rate appropriated 
to Library or Museum, 


ments for reference to and for lending out o' 
Number of Volumes in Lending Library, if any. 


Days and Hours of Public Access. 


| Number of Volumes in Library of Reference. 
opening, 


| Name of City, Town or Parish. 





seums Act; with information as to any contemplated 
re-construction, enlargement, or other improvement 


Remarks on the working of the Libraries and Mu- 
of the Library or Museum. 


General view of the results which have been obtained. 


























Ordered, That 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 Barracks, &amp;c. 


to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this House, 
a Return, so far as the same can be given, of the 
Deaths, and the Causes of Death, in the year 1851, 
in the Barracks of the United Kingdom, with an 
Account of the Average Number of Non-commis- 
sioned Officers and Privates quartered in each 
during the same year:—And, of the Number of 
Deaths and Invalided, during the same year, in each 
Regiment of the Household Brigade, and the Bri- 
gade of Guards, separately. 

Ordered, That 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, County 


Returns of the Dates of the Commissions issued by Surveyors 
(Ireland. ) 


the Zrish Government for the Examination of Can- 
didates for the Office of County Surveyor in Ireland 
since the passing of the Act 3 &amp; 4 Will. 4, c. 78, to 
the present time :—Of the Names of the Examiners 
appvinted in the above-named Commissions for such 
Examinations :—Of the Names of all Persons cer- 
tified to be qualified by the said Boards of Examiners, 
and returned to the /rish Government for Appoint- 
ment, with the Dates of such Examination and Re- 
turn, from the passing of the said Act to the present 
time :—Of the Allocation of qualified Candidates to 
Q3 the 





Brewers, &amp;c. 


Brewers, &amp;c. 


Conveyances 
of Land 
(Ireland.) 


Conveyances 
of Lands 
(Treland.) 


Cemeteries 
( Metropolis. ) 


Leave of 
Absence. 


Customs 
Department. 


118 3" Aprilis. 


the various Counties and Districts, showing the 
Acceptance or Refusal of Office, the Transfer, Re- 
tirement, Dismissal or Death, with the Date of each 
Event, from the passing of the said Act to the pre- 
sent time :—And, of the Names of all Persons now 
eligible for appointment to the Office of County 
Surveyor in Ireland. 


The Order made upon the 8th day of February 
last, That there be laid before this House, 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 Number of each Class 
who brew their own Beer, and the Quantity of 
Malt consumed by them, particularising each Class 
in each Collection, from the 10th day of October 
1854 to the 10th day of October 1855 (in continua- 
tion of Parliamentary Paper, No. 103, of Session 


1855) :—And, similar Returns for each of the several | 


Counties in the United Kingdom, was read, and 
discharged. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 


the several Counties in the United Kingdom li- 
censed as Brewers, Victuallers, to sell Beer to be 


drunk on the Premises, to sell Beer not to be | 


drunk on the Premises, and to sell Spirits in Scot- 
land and Ireland; stating the Number of each Class 
who brew their own Beer; particularising each 
Class in each County, from the 10th day of October 
1854 to the 10th day of October 1855. 


The Order made upon the 15th day of February 
last, That there be laid before this House, a Return 
of the Number of Conveyances on the Sale of Lands 
in Jreland registered in the Registry Office, Dublin, 
during the years 1853, 1854 and 1855 respectively, 
and not being Conveyances under the Incumbered 
Estates Court, was read, and discharged. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the Gross Number of Conveyances on the 
Sale of Lands registered in the Registry Office, 
Dublin, during the years 1853, 1854 and 1855, re- 
spectively, and not being Conveyances under the 


Incumbered Estates Court, or Settlements, Mort- | 
gages, Re-conveyances, Leases, Surrenders, or 


Deeds executed under the Renewable Leaseholds 


Conversion Act; also, the Number of such Con-| 


veyances in which the Consideration appears to be 
under £.500, the Number in which the Considera- 
tion appears to be over £.500 and not exceeding 
£. 1,000, and the Number in which the Amount or 
Nature of the Consideration does not appear from 
the Memorial. 


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 Reports made to the Secretary of 
State for the Home Department, by Dr. Sutherland 
and by Mr. Holland, on the state of certain Metro- 
politan Cemeteries, and bearing Date respectively 
the 23d day of January 1855, the 26th day of No- 
vember 1855, the 28th day of January 1856, and 
the 3d-day of March 1856. 

Ordered, That 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. Long have leave of absence 
for a month, on account of a domestic affliction. 


The Order made upon the 2d day of this instant 
April, That there be laid before this House, Returns 
from Examiners, Inspector General, Registrars, 
Long Room, and Receiver General’s Offices of 
Customs :—Of Copies of all General Orders issued 








A. 1856. 


in the years 1816, 1817, 1851 and 1852:—Of all 
Memorials from Clerks in the Customs Department, 
presented to the Lords of the Treasury in the year 
1852 :—Of Reply to all Memorials presented in the 
years 1852, 1853 and 1854:—Of Reply of the Ho- 
nourable Commissioners of Customs tv any Memo- 
rial or other in the year 1852 :—Of 
Treasury Minute of the 3d day of March 1853 :— 
Of Long Room and Receiver General's Board Room 
Minute in the year 1854 :—Of the Treasury Order 
and General Order in the year 1854:—Of the 
Amount paid for extra attendance in the years 1851, 
1852, 1854 and 1855 :—Of the Names of the Clerks 


‘that received for extra attendance in the years 1851 


and 1852 :—Of the Names of the Clerks that ceased 
to receive for extra attendance in the years 1854 and. 
1855 :—Of the Amount of extra attendance given 
by each Clerk to whom nothing was paid extra to 
January 1855 :—Of the Amount of extra attendance 
given by all Clerks who were paid to January 1855 : 
—Of the Sum paid to each Clerk for extra attendance 
to January 1855:— Of the lowest rate of Salary 








paid to those Clerks that received compensation for 
extra attendance:—And, of the lowest rate of 


. : | Salary paid to those Clerks that receive no com- 
a Return of the Number of Persons in each of , 


pensation for extra attendance, was read, and dis- 
| charged. 
} 


| April, That there be laid before this House, Accounts 
of the Number of Statute Acres of Land in the 
United Kingdom under the Cultivation of Hops in 
‘the year 1855, distinguishing the Number of Acres 
in each Parish :—Of the Duty on Hops of the 
Growth of the year 1855, distinguishing the Dis- 
'tricts, the Old from the New Duty, the Average 
_Amount of Duty per Acre, and the Total Number 
of Pounds weight charged with Duty in each Col- 
| lection :—Of the Quantity of Hops exported from 
|the United Kingdom to Foreign Govntsten from the 

5th day of January 1855 to the 5th day of January 
| 1856, distinguishing the Countries to which the same 
have been exported; also British from Foreign 
Hops, the Quantity to each Country, and the Dates 
of the years in which the British Hops were grown: 
|—And, of Foreign Hops imported into the United 
Kingdom from the 5th day of January 1855 to the: 
5th day of January 1856, distinguishing the Ports 
where imported, and the Countries from whence ex- 
ported ; also the Rates and Amount of Duty charged 
thereon, and the Quantity of Foreign Hops in Bond 
|on the 5th day of January 1856, was read, and dis- 
| charged. 


| The Order made upon the 2d day of this instant Fire 
| April, ‘That there be laid before this House, an Insurances 


| Account of all Sums paid into the Stamp Office in 
| Great Britain and [Ireland on Insurance from Fire, 
| for the Quarters ending severally the 25th day of 
March, the 24th day ot June, the 29th day of Sep- 
tember and the 25th day of December 1854; dis- 
tinguishing the Amount of Allowance madé to each 
Office for collecting the same in the Country, Lon- 
don, Edinburgh and Dublin, respectively, with the 
Date ofeach Payment :—And, of Sums insured by 
each Office on Farming Stock for the same Period 
(in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 260, 
of Session 1855), was read, and discharged. 


of several Acts of Parliament, were laid upon the 
Table by the Clerk of the House,—Copy of Report 
to the Lord Chancellor, under the 8 &amp; 9 Vic. c. 100, 
s. 88, of all Sums received by the several Commis- 
sioners in Lunacy for Travelling and Personal Ex- 
penses, or upon any other account, during the year 
ending on the 31st December 1855. 


June 1854 to 24th June 1855. 





Ordered, 


The Order made upon the 2d ~~ of this instant Hops. 


The following Papers, pursuant to the directions Lunacy. 


An Account of the Revenue and Expenditure of Ramsgate: 
the Royal Harbour of Ramsgate Trust, from 24th Harbour 





&amp; 


East India. 
No, 133. 


sherburn 
Hospital. 
No, 134. 


Bank Notes. 


Commissariat 
Accounts. 


Transporta- 
tion. 


‘Specialty and 
Simple Con- 
tract Debts. 


Criminal 
Appropriation 
of Trust 
Property. 


Joint Stock 
Banks, 


Education 
(Ireland.) 


Poor Law 
Amendment, 


Drafts on 
Bankers Bill. 





19 Vicroriz. 


Ordered, That the Returns relative to East India, 
which were presented upon the 2d day of this instant 
April, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Sherburn 
Hospital, which was presented upon the 31st day of 
March last, be printed. 


The Chancellor of the Exchequer presented,— 


3° Aprilis. 





Return to an Order, dated the 1st day of this instant 
April, for a Copy of Treasury Minute, dated the | 
18th day of March 1856, respecting the payment to | 
the Public of the Net Profits of the additional issue | 
of Bank Notes under Her Majesty’s Order in Coun- 
cil, dated the 7th day of December 1855. 

Return to an Order, dated the 1st day of this 
instant April, for Copies of Minutes of the Board 
of Treasury, and Correspondence between the Board 
of Treasury, the War Department, and the Board of 
Audit, relative to the examination of the Commis- 
sariat Accounts, and to the re-transfer of the Finan- 
cial business of the Commissariat to the Treasury. 

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


A Motion was made, and the Question being | 
proposed, That a Select Committee be appointed to | 
consider how far and in what direction recent Legis- 
lation, and the substitution of other Punishment for 
Transportation, has influenced the existing amount 
of Crime ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word “to” to the 
end of the Question, in order to add the words 
“ inquire into the operation of the Act 16 &amp; 17 Vie. 
“ ¢,. 99, intituled, An Act to substitute in certain 
“* cases other Punishment in lieu of Transportation,” 
instead thereof. 

And the Question being proposed, That the words 
ee 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 a Select Committee be appointed 
to inquire into the provisions and operation of the 
Act 16 &amp; 17 Vic. c. 99, intituled, An Act to substi- 
tute in certain cases other Punishment in lieu of 


_ ordered to be read a second time upon Thursday the 





Transportation. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to abolish all distinctions between Specialty and Sim- | 
ple Contract Debts: And that Mr. Malins and Mr. | 
Lloyd Davies do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill | 
to amend the Law relating to the Criminal Appro- | 
priation of Property held by persons as Trustees or 
Bailees: And that Mr. Attorney General and Mr. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to amend the Law with respect to the Election of 
Directors of Joint Stock Banks in England: And 
that Sir John Shelley, Mr. Roebuck and Captain 
Leicester Vernon do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a | 


Copy of the Treasury Minute, dated the 26th day of 
October 1855, appointing a Commission to inquire 
into the working of the National Board of Educa- 
tion in Ireland, with the view of improving its effi- 
ciency. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to amend the Laws for the Relief of the Poor: And 
that Mr. Bouverie and Mr. Grenville Berkeley do 
prepare, and bring it in. 


The Drafts on Bankers Bill was, according to 
Order, read a second time; and committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for Monday next. 
VoL. 111. 


'mand,—An Account of all 
| or authorized to be raised, charged on the Aids or 


Solicitor General do prepare, and bring it in. | wa: ran neg pn 


| 











119 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Married 

into a Committee on the Married Women’s Rever- }Vomen’s 
sionary Interest Bill; and, after some time spent Jnrwest Bi 
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 Thursday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming Factories Bill. 
the adjourned Debate on the Amendment which, 
upon the 2d day of this instant April, was proposed 
to be made to the Question, That the Factories 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 :—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. 


Sir John Shelley presented a Bill to amend the Joint Stock 
Law with respect to the Election of Directors of Banks Bill. 
Joint Stock Banks in England: And the same was __ Bill 82. 
read the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
time upon Thursday next; and to be printed. 


Mr. Malins presented a Bill to abolish all dis- Specialty and 
tinctions between Specialty and Simple Contract oe 
Debts: And the same was read the first time; and pjy), 


) Bill 83. 
1st day of May next; and to be printed. 


Mr. Bouverie presented a Bill to amend the Laws Poor Law 
for the Relief of the Poor: And the same was read Amendment 
the first time ; and ordered to be read a second time Bill 84 
upon Monday the 14th day of this instant April; “~~ 
and to be printed. 


The Chancellor of the Exchequer presented a Bill Fire In- 
to amend the Laws relating to the Duties on Fire surances Bill. 
Insurances: And the same was read the first time; Bill 85. 
and ordered to be read a second time upon Friday 


|the 11th day of this instant April; and to be 
| printed. 


Mr. Wilson presented, by Her Majesty's Com- Exchequer 


xchequer Bills raised Bills. 
No. 135. 


Ordered, That the said Account be referred to the 
Committee of Supply ; and be printed. 


Mr. John Ball presented ,-—Return to an Address Ionian 
to Her Majesty, dated the 7th day of March last, Islands. 
for a ‘Translation of an Act of the Parliament of the 
United States of the Jonian Islands, for establishing 
a Fund for the supply of Retirement Pensions for 
Life to be granted to Public Civil Functionaries, 
second Session of the third Parliament, 25th May 
1830; also, of the amended Act passed in the third 
Session of the third Parliament, Ist May 1832:— 
And, latest Account of Civil Pension Fund esta- 
blished by the Acts above mentioned. 

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


The Chancellor of the Exchequer presented 2 Bankers” 
Bill to continue certain Compositions payable to Compositions 
Bankers who have ceased to issue Bank Notes: And "Ba 96. 
the same was read the first time; and ordered to be . 
read a second time upon Friday the 11th day of this 
instant April; and to be printed. 

Q4 The 









Reformatory 
Schools (Scot- 
land) Bill. 


Expiring 
Laws. 


No. 115. 


Standing 
Orders. 


East Somerset 


Railway Bill. 


Kinross-shire 
Railway 
(No. 2.) 


Wolverhamp- 
ton Water. 


Birkenhead 
Improvement 
Commission- 
ers, &amp;c. 


East Kent 
Railway Bill. 


Invérness and 
Aberdeen 
Junction 


Railway Bill. 


Committee 
of Selection 
(Fourth Re- 
port ) 

No. 136. 


Public 
Petitions 
(Nineteenth 
aieport.) 





120 


The Order for the House to resolve itself into a 
Committee, upon Thursday the 17th day of this 
instant April, on the Reformatory Schools (Scotland) 
Bill, was read, and discharged. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
the 7th day of May next, resolve itself into the said 
Committee. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 





Veneris, 4° die Aprilis ; 
Anno 19° Victoria Regine, 1856. 


PRAYERS. 
R. FitzRoy reported from the Committee ap- 
pointed to inquire what Temporary Laws of a 
public and general nature are now in force, and what 
Laws of the like nature have expired since the last 
Report upon the subject ; and also, what Laws of 
the like nature are about to expire at particular 
periods, or in consequence of any 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. 


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 East Somerset Railway 
Bill, Petition for additional Provision, the Standing 
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. 

2. That in the case of the Kinross-shire Railway 
(No. 2) Petition for leave to deposit a Petition for 
Bill, the Standing Orders ought not to be dispensed 
with. 

3. That in the case of the Wolverhampton Water 
Petition, the Standing Orders ought to be dispensed 
with ; that the Parties be permitted to proceed with 
their Bill. 

4. That in the case of the Birkenhead Improve- 
ment Commissioners, &amp;c. Petition, the Standing Or- 
ders ought to be dispensed with ; that the Parties be 
permitted to proceed with their Bill. 

5. That in the case of the East Kent Railway 
Bill, Petition of Henry Atkins Bowyer, for dis- 
pensing with Standing Order 110, and for leave 
to be heard on his Petition, the said Standing Order 
ought to be dispensed with; that the Party be per- 
mitted 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. 

6. That in the case of the Jnverness and Aberdeen 
Junction Railway Bill, Petition of Andrew Steuart, 
for dispensing with Standing Order 110, and for 
leave to be heard on his Petition, the said Standing 
Order ought not to be dispensed with, 

The first, third, fourth and fifth Resolutions, being 
read a second time, were agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Colonel Wilson Patten reported from the Com- 
mittee of Selection; That they had withdrawn from 
Group H. and Group K. certain Private Bills. 

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


Mr. Thornely reported from the Select Committee 
on Public Petitions; That they had examined the 
Petitions presented upon the Ist, 2d and 3d days of 
this instant April; and had directed him to make a 
Report thereof to the House. 


3°—4° Aprilis. 














A. 1856. 


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


The Doddington Rectory Division Bill was read Deddington 

the third time. Rectory 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. vision Bill, 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 


Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Lancaster Gas 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. 


Lancaster 
Gas Bill, 


The Lincoln Water Bill was read the third time. Lincoln 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass, Water Bill, 


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


The Milford Junction Railway Bill was read the Milfora 
third time. Junction 
Resolved, 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 Weymouth and Weymouth 
Melcombe Regis Gas Bill be now read the third #4 Melcombe 
time ; egis Gas Bill, 

Mr. Hayter, by Her Majesty’s Command, ac- 
quainted the House, That Her Majesty, having been 
informed of the ows 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 rights of the Crown), 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. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Fees on 
Returns showing the Amount of Fees charged at the Private Bills, 
House of Commons upon every Private Bill pre- * 
sented to the House from Session 1848 to 1855 
both inclusive, specifying the Title of the Bill and 
the Total Amount of Fees charged thereon; also, 
the Total Amount of Fees received in each of the 
said Sessions from Bills, Oppositions, or otherwise, 
and the Application of aa Fees:—And, of the 
Amount expended for such Salaries and Expenses at 
the House of Commons during eacl of the years 
from the 1st day of April 1848 to the 1st day of 
April 1856, as were formerly defrayed out of the Fee 
Fund. 


Petitions relating to Brecknock College Act ;— public 

British Museum, &amp;c.;—Church Rates ; —Church Petitions. 
Rates Abolition Bill ;—Ecclesiastical Courts Juris- y;3. Tyen- 
diction Bill; Maynooth College Act ;—Oath of tieth Report. 
Abjuration ;—Religious Endowments (Jreland) ;— 
Tithe Rent-charge ;—Australian Colonies (Postal 
Communication) ; —Decimal Coinage ;—Education 
Bills, &amp;c.;—Factories Bill; —Hay and Straw ;— 
Medical Profession Bill;— Police (Counties and 
Boroughs) Bill; —Prisons (Jreland) Bill ; — Real 
Estates ;—Tenants’ Compensation (Zreland) ;—-Vac- 
cination Bill ;—Wee Pawns, &amp;c. (Scotland) ;—and, 
Wills and Administrations Bill,—were presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions relating to the Episcopal and Capitular 
Estates Bill,—were also presented, and read ; and 
referred to the Select Committee on the Bill. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant Chippenham 
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 Chippenham, in the 
room of Joseph Neeld, Esquire, deceased. i, 
e 





Eze 


ee 


ey 


oo 





es 





atory 
jand) Bill. 


Kensington 
Gore Estate. 


Criminous 
Clerks. 


County 
Courts. 


Adjournment. 


Local Acts. 
No. 41. 


Poor Law. 


Education 
(Ireland. ) 


Court of Com. 
Men Pleas, 


19 VictToriz. 


4° Aprilis. 


121 


The Order for the House to resolve itself into a | full Number of Five Masters in such Court shall be 
schools (Scot- Committee, uvon Wednesday the 7th day of May | retained. 


next, on the Reformatory Schools (Scotland) Bill, 
was read, and discharged. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Bank Notes, Bank Netes. 


Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday | which was presented upon the 3d day of this instant No, 137. 
the 8th day of May next, resolve itself into the said | April, be printed. 


Committee. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, | 
Detailed Accounts of the Amount of Purchase Money | 
contracted to be paid, and the Amount paid, for the | 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Commissariat Commissariat 


Accounts, which was presented upon the 3d day of Accounts. 
this instant April, be printed. 


No. 138, 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Jonian Ionian 


Kensington Gore Estate, with the Dates of each | Islands, which was presented upon the 3d day of Islands. 


Payment :—And, of all Monies expended on that | this instant April, be printed. 


Estate, in whom the Estate is vested, who occupies 
it, and what Income it produces. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 


to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously — 

ouse, | 
a Return of all Cases concerning the Correction of | 
Orders in which Com-| Inspection and General Superintendence over all 


to give directions, that there be laid before this 


Criminous Clerks in Holy 


missions have issued in England, with the Report | 


No. 139. 


| The House, according to Order, resolved itself Supply. 
| into the Committee of Supply. 


(In the Committee.) 


1. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £.16,783, Prisons. 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of 


the Prisons in the United Kingdom, to the 31st day 


of such Commissions, and of a!l Causes tried in the | of March 1857. 


Arches Court of Canterbury, and in the Appellate 
Court of York :—And, like Return from all the 
Ecclesiastical Courts of Jreland, during the period 
elapsing from the 1st day of January 1846 to the 
1st day of January 1856, both 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. 


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 Fees and Emolu- 
ments (including the Fees in Insolvent and Protec- 
tion Cases) received for each District during the 
year beginning the ist day of January 1855, and 
ending the 31st day of December 1855, by each 
Chief Clerk of the County Courts who is Chief Clerk 
of more than one District ; and the Amount of Salary, 
Fees or Emoluments (including the proportion, if 
any, of Fees paid in Insolvent or Protection Cases) 

aid by him for or during the same period to the 
Assistant Clerk of each District in which he (the 
Chief Clerk) does not reside. 

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


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


Sir Maurice Berheley presented, by Her Majesty's 
Command,—Further Reports from the Admiralty, 
relative to Applications for Local Acts. 

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


Mr. Massey presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand,—Copy of Eighth Annual Report of the Poor 
Law Board, 1855. 

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 Order, dated 
the 3d day of this instant April, for a Copy of the 
Treasury Minute, dated the 26th day of October 
1855, appointing a Commission to inquire into the 
working of the National Board of Education in Jre- 
land, with the view of improving its efficiency. 

The following Paper, pursuant to the directions of 
an Act of Parliament, was also laid upon the Table 
Ly the Clerk of the House,—Copy of a Certificate 
from the Lord Chief Justice of the Court of Common 
Pleas, stating, in consequence of the death of one of 
the Masters, that it is absolutely necessary for the 
conduct of the Business of the said Court, that the 

Von. 111, 





2. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £.415,906, Prisons and 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of Convict Esta- 
Government Prisons and Convict Establishments at #*men's- 
Home, to the 31st day of March 1857. 

3. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £.161,595, Maintenance 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Expense of Prisoners, 
of the Maintenance of Prisoners in County Gaols, ~“ 
Reformatory Institutions, and Lunatic Asylums, 
and the Expenses of the Removal of Convicts, to 
the 31st day of March 1857. 

4. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £.25,485, Transporta- 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray Expenses con- tion of 
nected with the Transportation of Convicts, &amp;c., to Cane on 
the 31st day of March 1857. 

5. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £. 286,605, Convict Esta- 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Expense byw me — 
of the Convict Establishments in the Colonies, to the» ” - 
31st day of March 1857. 

6. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £.300,000, Education. 
be granted to Her Majesty, on account, for Public 
Education in Great Britain, to the 31st day of March 
1857. 

7. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £. 64,675, Department 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Expenses °f Science 
of the General Management of the Department of ° 
Science and Art, of the Schools throughout the 
Kingdom in connection with the Department, and 
of the Geological Surveys of Great Britain and 
Ireland, to the 31st day of March 1857. ; 

8. Motion made, and Question proposed, That a Education 
Sum, not exceeding £.227,641, be granted to Her (Ireland.) 
Majesty, for Public Education in Ireland, under the 
charge of the Commissioners of National Education 
in Ireland, to the 31st dav of March 1857. 

Whereupon Motion made, and Question proposed, 

That a Sum, not exceeding £.212,736, be granted 
to Her Majesty, for Public Education in Jreland, 
under the charge of the Commissioners of National 
Education in Jreland, to the 31st day of March 
1857. 

Whereupon Motion made, and Question proposed, 
That a Sum, not exceeding £.200,000, be granted to 
Her Majesty, for Public Education in Jreland, under 
the charge of the Commissioners of National Edu- 
cation in Jreland, to the 31st day of March 1857:— 
Motion, by leave, withdrawn. 

Question put, That a Sum, not exceeding 
£.212,736, be granted to Her Majesty, for Public 
Education in Jreland, under the charge of the Com- 
missioners of National Education in Lreland, to the 
31st day of March 1857; 

The Committee divided. 

Tellers for the f Mr. William Williams, 38 

Yeas, UMr. Blackburn: } ‘ 

Tellers for the; Mr. Hayter, lias 

Noes, (Mr. Grenville Berkeley: f°" 
Original Question again proposed. 
R 


Whereupon 


Exchequer 
Bills 


(£.21,182,700.) oft 


Ways and 
Means, 


Vice-President 


of Committee 
of Council on 


Education Bill. 


Vaccination 
Bill 


Joint Stock 
Companies 
Bill. 

Bill 87. 


Public Works 
Bill. 


Public Works 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Wills and 
Administra- 
tions Bill. 


Bankruptcy 
and Insolvency 
(Ireland) Bill. 





122 4°_5° 


Whereupon Motion made, and Question put, That 
a Sum, not exceeding £.220,641, be granted to Her 
Majesty, for Public Education in Jreland, under the 
charge of the Commissioners of National Education 
in Jreland, to the 31st day of March 1857 ; 

The Committee divided. 

Tellers for the f Mr. Mowbray, ] a1 

Yeas, LMr. Blackburn: | eas 

Tellers for thei Mr. Hayter, 196 

Noes, { Mr. Grenville Berkeley: } — 

Original Question put, and agreed to. 

Motien made, and Question proposed, That the 
Chairman do report Progress, and ask leave to sit 
again :— Motion, by leave, withdrawn. 

9. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding 
£.21,182,700, be granted to Her Majesty, to pay 
‘and discharge Exchequer Bills charged on the 
Aids of 1856, unprovided for. 

Resolutions to be reported. 


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


Sabbati, 5° die Aprilis, 1856: 


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. 

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, 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 Order of the day being read for the second 
reading of the Vice-President of Committee of 
Council on Education Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Vaccination Bill; 

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


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on the Joint Stock Companies 
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, Tivat the Bill be re-committed to a Com- 
mittee of the whcle House, for Friday next. 


The Public Works Bill was, according to Order, 
read a second time ; and committed to a Committee 
of the whole House, for Monday next. 


The Public Works (Jreland) Bill was, according 
to Order, read a second time; and committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Wills and Administrations 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 Bankruptcy and Insolvency (Jreland) 


Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Monday the 14th day of this instant April. 








Aprils. A. 1856, 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Nuisances 
reading of the Nuisances Removal, &amp;c. (Scotland) Removal, go, 
Bill ; (Scotland) Bit 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Friday the 18th day of this instant April. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Bankrupt 
into a Committee on the Bankruptcy (Scotland) (Scotland)giy 
Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker __ Bill 8g, 
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 Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Trial of 
consideration the ‘Trial of Offences Bill, as amended Offences Bin, 
in the Committee ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be taken into consideration 
upon Monday next. 


The Order for reading a second time, upon Friday Carlisle 
the 2d day of May next, the Carlisle Canonries Bill, Canonries Bit, 
was read, and discharged. 

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


The Order for reading a second time, upon Monday Cambridge 
next, the Cambridge University Bill, was read, and a 
discharged. - 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Friday next. 


Mr. Labouchere presented,—Return to an Address Tasmania, 
to Her Majesty, dated the 26th day of February last, 
for Copies or Extracts of any Correspondence with 
the Governor of Tasmania, connected with the in- 
stitution of an inquiry by a Committee of the Legis- 
lative Assembly into the working of the Convict De- 
partment, and the Prorogation of the Legislature 
whilst that inquiry was in progress. 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the Bay Islands, 
12th day of March last, for Copy of the Queen’s 
Warrant for erecting the Island of Ruatan and 
certain other Islands on the Coast of Central America 
into a Colony, under the Name of “ Bay Islands.” 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Incumbered 
Returns of the several Purchases made in the In- ae 
cumbered Estates Court by the late John Sadleir, 
or any one in trust for him; specifying the Name 
or Title of the Estate or Matter in which each such 
Purchase was made, the Names of the Solicitors 
having the Carriage of the Sale, and the Amount of 
the Purchase Money :—Of the Number of Declara- 
tions of Trust mae: by or to said John Sadleir, 
appearing in any Book or Document in the Incum- 
bered Estates Court; specifying the Names or 
Titles of the Estate or Matter in which such Decla- 
rations of ‘Trust were made, and the Names of the 
Solicitors having the Carriage of the Sales in such 
Matters :—Of the several Orders made by the Com- 
missioners, or any of them, extending the Time for 
Lodgment of Purchase Money by said John Sadleir ; 
specitying the Date of the Order, the Amount of the 

urchase Money, the Name or Title of the Estate, 
and the Period for which the Time of Lodgment was 
extended :—And, of the Number of Conveyances 
executed by the Commissioners to the said John 
Sadleir, or any one in trust for him. 


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





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Public 
Petitions 
(Twentieth 
Report.) 


Janidloes 
and Newtown 


Railway Bill. 


Saint Ives and 
West Cornwall 
Junction 
Railway Bill. 


Bill, 


Shrewsbury 
Water Bill. 


Nawab of 
Surat Bill. 


Gloucester 
Gas Bill. 


Gloucester 
Gas (No. 2) 
Bill. 


Road Bills, 


Birkenhead 
Improvement 
Commission- 
ers, 


Wolverhamp- 
ton Water, 


Sittin gbourne 
and Sheerness 
Railway Bill, 





19 VicrorizZ. 


Lune, 7° die Aprilis ; | 


Anno 19° Victoria Regine, 1856. | 


PRAYERS. 


M R. Thornely reported from the Select Com- 
raittee on Public Petitions; That they had 
examined the Petitions presented upon the 4th day 
of this instant April, and had directed him to make 
a Report thereot to the House. 

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


) 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Llanidloes and Newtown Railway Bill, as 
amended in the Committee. 


Ordered, That the Biil be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Saint Ives and West Cornwall Junction Railway 
Bill, as amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Shrewsbury Water 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 Nawab of Surat Bill be read a 


second time To-morrow. 


The Order for referring the Gloucester Gas Bill 
to the Committee of Selection, was read, and dis- 


charged. 
Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


} 





Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to | 
consolidate the Powers of the Gloucester Gas-Light 
Company, to enable them to raise Money, and for | 
other purposes: And that Sir Maurice Berkeley and | 
Mr. Price do prepare, and bring it in. | 

| 

Ordered, That Standing Order No. 91 he sus- | 
pended, so far as regards Road Bills; and that the | 
Committee of Selection have Power to refer all Road | 
Bills, whether opposed or unopposed, to Committees 
of Selected Members. 


The House was moved, That the Report from the 
Select Committee on Standing Orders, in respect of | 
the Petition for the Birkenhead Improvement Com- 
missioners Bill, might be read; and the same being | 
read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to | 
sanction an Arrangement between the Birkenhead | 
Improvement Commissioners and certain of their 
Bondholders, and for other purposes: And that Sir 
Phitip Egerton and Mr. Tollemache do prepare, and 
bring it in. | 


7° Aprilis. 


123 


Petitions relating to the Bible ;—Breehknock Col- 
lege Act ;— British Museum, &amp;c. ;—Chureh Rates ; 


—Church Rates Abolition Bill ;—Lord’s Day ;— Vide Twenty- 
Maynooth College Act ;—Oath of Abjuration ;— **st Report. 


Religious Endowments (Jreland) ;—Fire Insurance ; 
—Billeting Soldiers ;--Bleaching, &amp;c. Works Bill ; 
—Currency ;—Decimal Comage ;— Education Bills, 
&amp;e. ;—Factories Bill ;—Medical Profession Bill ;— 
Partnership Amendment Bill;— Police (Counties 
and Boroughs) Bill ;—Public-houses (Scotland) Act ; 
—Tenants’ Compensation (Jreland) ;— Vaccination 


| Bill;—and, Wee Pawns, &amp;c. (Scotland),—were 
| presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 


Table. 


| Ordered, That the Return relative to Tasmania, Tasmania. 
| which was presented upon the 4th day of this in- 


stant April, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Bay Islands, Bay Islands. 


which was presented upon the 4th day of this in- 


| stant April, be printed. 


Mr. Massey presented,— Return to an Order, Poor Law 
dated the 6th day of March last, for a Return (Ireland) 


showing 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 BE: 
penditure incurred for the = an &amp;e. of such 
Paupers, the Salaries and Rations of the Officers 
(except Medical Officers), and all other Establish- 
ment Charves of such Unions, for the years ending 
the 29th day of September 1854 and 1855, re- 
pectively. 

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


X- 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, tncumbered 
Returns of the Number of Petitions filed in the In- Estates Court 
cumbered Estates Court in Jreland from the 1st day (Ireland.) 


of August 1853 to the 30th day of December 1854, 
inclusive, in which Sales have taken place, and the 
Nwmber in which final Schedules have been settled : 
—Of the Number of Petitions filed in said Court 
from the 30th day of December 1854 to the 1st day 
of February 1856 :—Of the Number of such last- 
mentioned Petitions upon which absolute Orders of 
Sale have been made, the Number in which Sales 
have taken place, and the Number in which Final 
Schedules have been settled :—And, of the Number 
of Petitions filed in that Court, from its commence- 
ment to the 1st day of February 1856, in which no 
Sales have taken place. , 


Ordered, That Mr. Neeld have leave of absence Leave of 
fora month, on account of the death of a near re- Absence. 


lation. 


The Order made upon the Ist day of this instant Factories. 


April, That the Return relative to Cases of Arbitra- 


tion under the Factory Act, be printed, was read, 


The House was moved, That the Report from the | 
Select Committee on Standing Orders, in respect of 
the Petition for the Wolverhampton Water Biil, might 
be read ; and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill | 
for the ‘Transfer of the Wolverhampton Waterworks 
to the Wolverhampton New Waterworks Company, 
and for other purposes: And that Mr. Villiers, Mr. 
Thornely and Mr. Pritchard do prepare, and bring 
it in. 


A Petition of Promoters of the Bill thereinafter- 
mentioned, praying that Provision may be made in 
the Sittingbourne and Sheerness Railway Bill, for 
authorizing the raising of certain Moneys by Share 
Capital, for incorporating the Petitioners, and for 
other purposes, was presented, and read; and re~ 


mg to the Examiners of Petitions for Private 
ills. 





Vou. 111. 





and discharged. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Factories. 


to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this House, 
Returns of the Number, within the last Six years, 
of Notices served on Occupiers of Factories, or their 
Agents, by Inspectors or Sub-inspectors, under the 
43d section of the Act 7 &amp; 8 Vie. c. 15, commonly 
called “The Factory Act:”—Ofthe Number of Cases 
of Arbitration consequent upon such Notices :—Of 
the Number of Cases in which, without any such 
Arbitration, Occupiers of Factories, or their Agents, 
adopted Measures for Fencing the Machinery re- 
ferred to in any such Notice:—Of the Number of 
Cases in which Penalties have been incurred in con- 
sequence of any Occupier of any Factory having 
neglected to fence any part of the Machinery, or 
any Driving-strap or Band in the Factory, of — 

R2 f e 


Public 
Petitions. 








Prosecutions 
for Adultera- 
tion. 


Local Acts. 
No. 41. 


Supply. 


Billeting 
Soldiers 
(Scotland. ) 


Supply. 


Education 
(Ireland. ) 


University of 
London. 


194 7° Aprilis. 


3. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £. 7,510, Scottish — 
be granted to Her Majesty, to pay Grants to Scottish Universities, 


he shall have received notice in writing from an In- 
spector or Sub-inspector, as provided by the 43d 
section of the said Act, that the same were con- 
sidered to have been dangerous:—And, of the 
Number of Factories under Inspection. 

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 Return of the Number of Prosecutions for Adul- 
teration instituted by the Excise during the years 
1853, 1854 and 1855; stating the Number of Gams 
in which they obtained Conviction, and also the 
Number of Cases in which the Penalties imposed 
were remitted. 


Mr. Osborne presented, by Her Majesty's Com- 
mand,—Further Report from the Admiralty relative 
to an Application for a Local act. 

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


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

Anda Motion being made, and the Question being 
proposed, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the Chair; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word ‘ That’’ to 
the end of the Question, in order to add the words 
“ in the opinion of this House, the practice of bil- 
‘ Jeting Soldiers of the Militia and of the Line in 
“ Scotland upon private famiiies is injurious to the 
“ comfort and discipline of the men, as well as op- 
« pressive to the people; and that it is the duty of 
“ the Government to take means to abolish the 
“ grievance,” 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, 16 

Yeas, \The Earl of Mulgrave: = J° 
Tellers for the Mr. Cowan, 139 

Noes, {Sit Andrew Agnew : } _ 
So it passed in the Negative. 

And the Question being put, That the words “ in 
the opinion of this House, the practice of billeting 
** Soldiers of the Militia and of the Line in Scotland 
“ upon private families is injurious to the comfort 
and discipline of the men, as well as oppressive 
to the people; and that it is the duty of the Go- 
vernment to take means permanently to abolish 
the grievance,” be added instead thereof :—It was 
resolved in the Affirmative. 

Then the main Question, so amended, being put ; 

Resolved, That, in the opinion of this House, the 
practice of billeting Soldiers of the Militia and of 
the Line in Scotland upon private families is in- 
jurious to tie comfort and discipline of the men, as 
well as oppressive to the people; and that it is the 
duty of the Government to take means permanently 
to abolish the grievance. 


- 


Resolved, That this House will, immediately, re- 
solve itself into the Committee of Supply :—The 
House accordingly resolved itself into the Com- 
mittee. 

(In the Committee.) 


1. 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 [reland, to the 31st 
day of March 1857. 

2. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £.3,879 
be granted to Her Majesty, towards defraying the 
Expenses of the University of London, to the 31st 
day of March 1857. 


A. 1856. 


Universities, formerly defrayed from tle ee 
Revenues of the Crown, to the 31st day of March 
1857. 


day of March 1857. 


penses of the Queen’s Colleges in Jre/and, to the 
31st day of March 1857. 


Expense of the Royal Jrish Academy, to the 31st 
day of March 1857. 


Expense of the Royal Hibernian Academy, to the 
31st day of March 1857. 


Sum, not exceeding £.2,975, 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 Belfust, and Retired Allow- 
ances to Professors of the Belfast Academical In- 
stitution, to the 31st day of March 1857. 

Whereupon Motion made, and Question proposed, 
That a Sum, not exceeding £. 1,475, be granted to 
Her Majesty, to pay the Salaries of the Theological 
Professors and the Incidental Expenses of the Gene- 
ral Assembly’s College at Belfast, and Retired Ailow- 
ances to Professors of the Belfast Academical In- 
stitution, to the 31st day of March 1857 :—Motion, 
by leave, withdrawn. 

Original Question again proposed. 

Whereupon Motion made, and Question put, That 
a Sum, not exceeding £.2,375, 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 Insti- 
tution, to the 31st day of March 1857; 

The Committee divided. 


sMr. Heyworth, 

Tellers for the Yeas, Ur Hadfield : } 31. 
J Mr. Hayter, 

Tellers for the Noes, The Earl of Mulg — 85, 


Original Question again proposed. 

Whereupon Motion made, and Question proposed, 
That a Sum, not exceeding £.2,650, be granted to 
Her Majesty, to pay the Salaries of the Theological 
Professors and the Incidental Expenses of the Ge- 
neral Assembly’s College at Belfast, and Retired 
Allowances to Professors of the Be/fast Academical 
Institution, to the 31st day of March 1857 :— Motion, 
by leave, withdrawn. 

Original Question again proposed. 

Whereupon Motion made, and Question put, That 
a Sum, not exceeding £. 2,675, 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 Insti- 
tution, to the 31st day of March 1857 ; 

The Committee divided. 


Tellers for thef Mr. Spooner, } 42 
Yeas, Mr. Hadfield : ~ 
Tellers for the Mr. Hayter, 88 
Noes, (The Earl of Mulgrave : } ? 


Original Question again proposed. 

Whereupon Motion made, and Question put, That 
a Sum, not exceeding £.2,725, be granted to Her 
Majesty, to pay the Salaries of the Theological Pro- 
fessors and the Incidental Expenses of the General 
Assembiy’s College at Belfast, and Retired Allow- 
ances to Professors of the Belfast Academical Insti- 
tuti.n, to the 31st day of March 1857; ~ 

e 








4. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £.2,415, Queen’s 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Expenses a 
of the Queen’s University in Jreland, to the 31st 


5. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £. 4,800, Queen's Col. 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray certain Ex- !8es (Ireland) 


6. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £.533, Royal Irish 
be granted to Her Majesty, towards detraying the Academy, 


7. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £.300, Royal 


. she dens Hibernian 
be granted to Her Majesty, towards defraying the iaelen, 


8. Motion made, and Question proposed, That a Theological 
Professors, &amp;c, 
( Belfast, ) 





Brit 


Nat 
Gal 


$i 





British 
Museum. 


- 
id.) National 


Gallery. 


ke, 


Magnetic 
Observations 
Abroad. 


Royal 
Geographical 
Society. 


Royal 
Society. 


Supply. 


Prisons, 


Prisons and 
Convict Esta- 
biishments, 


Maintenance 
of Prisoners, 
&amp;e, 





19 VicToriz. 


The Committee divided. 

Tellers for the (Mr. Cheetham, } 36 
Yeas, Mr. Hadfield : 7 

Tellers for the f Mr. Hayter, lio 
Noes, The Earl of Mulgrave: Jj 

Original Question put, and agreed to. 

9. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £.25,643, 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Expense 
of New Buildings and Fittings at the British Mu- 
seum, to the 31st day of March 1857. 

10. Motion made, and Question proposed, That 
a Sum, not exceeding £.17,639, be granted to Her 
Majesty, to defray the Expenses of the National 
Gallery, including the Purchase of Pictures, to the 
31st day of March 1857. 

Whereupon Motion made, and Question put, That 
a Sum, not exceeding £.16,989, be granted to Her 
Majesty, to defray the Expenses of the National 
Gallery, including the Purchase of Pictures, to the 


7°—8° Aprilis. 





31st day of March 1857 ; 
The Committee divided. 


Tellers for the; Mr. Otway, 1 | 


Yeas, \ Mr. Granville Vernon : f hae 
Tellers for the Mr. Hayter, 
Noes, {the Earl of Mulgrave : 


}152. 

Original Question put, and agreed to. 

11. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £.4,609, 
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, and for Meteorological Ob- 
servations at Sea, to the 31st day of March 1857. 

12. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £.500, 
be granted to Her Majesty, to enable the Royal 
Geographical Society to provide accommodation tor 
their Meetings, to the 31st day of March 1857. 

13. Motion made, and Question proposed, That 
a Sum, not exceeding £.2,000, be granted to Her 
Majesty, in the year ending the 31st day of March 
1857, to enable the Royal Society to carry on certain 
Experiments for public objects. 

Whereupon Motion made, and Question proposed, 
That a Sum, not exceeding £.1,000, be granted to | 
Her Majesty, in the year ending the 31st day of 
March 1857, to enable the Royal Society to carry 
on certain Experiments for public objects :—Motion, 
by leave, withdrawn. 

Original Question put, and agreed to. 


Resolutions to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Fit: 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 
was directed to move, That the Committee may have 
leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, epon Wednesday 
next, again resolve itself into the «aid Committee. 


Mr. FitzRoy reported from the Committee of 
Supply, several Resolutions ; which were read, as 
follow : 

1. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 16,785, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of 
Inspection and General Superintendence over all 
the Prisons in the United Kingdom, to the 31st day 
of March 1857. 

2. That a Sum, not exceeding £.415,906, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of 
Government Prisons and Convict Establishments at 
Home, to the 31st day of March 1857. 

3. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 161,595, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Expense of 
the Maintenance of Prisoners in County Gaols, Re- 
formatory Institutions, and Lunatic Asylums, and 
the Expenses of the Removal of Convicts, to the 31st 
day of March 1857. 





cL. 111. 








125 


4. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 25,485, be Transporta- 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray Expenses con- tion of Con- 
nected with the Transportation of Convicts, &amp;c., to “ ** 
the 31st day of March 1857. 

5. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 286,605, be Convict Esta- 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Expense of blishments in 
the Convict Establishments in the Colonies, to the ‘*® Colonies. 
31st day of March 1857. 

6. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 300,000, be Education. 
granted to Her Majesty, on account, for Public 
Education in Great Britain, to the 31st day of March 
1857. 

7. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 64,675, be Department 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Expenses of % Science and 
the General Management of the Department of “"” 
Science and Ait, of the Schools throughout the 
Kingdom in connection with the Department, and 
of the Geological Surveys of Great Britain and 
Ireland, to the 31st day of March 1857. 

8. That a Sum, not exceeding £.227,641, be Education 


granted to Her Majesty, for Public Education in (!reland.) 


Ireland, under the charge of the Commissioners of 
National Education in Jreland, to the 31st day of 
March 1857. 

9. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 21,182,700, be Exchequer 
granted to Her Majesty, to pay off and discharge ae 182,700.) 
Exchequer Bills charged on the Aids of 1856, - 
provided for. 

The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 


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


Martis, 8° die Aprilis, 1856 : 
The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Ways and 
mittee of Ways and Means; amen 


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


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Drafts on _ 
mittees on the Drafts on Bankers Bill, Factories Bill, we hd 
Public Works Bill, and, Public Works (Zreland) public Works’ 
Bill; Bill ; and, 

Ordered, That the said Bills be committed to the (UN) fin 
same Committee. 

Then the House resolved itself into the Committee. 


(In the Committee.) 


Motion made, and Question put, That the Chair- Public Works 
man do report Progress, and ask leave to sit again; ~* 
_ The Committee divided. 
Tellers for the f Mr. Blackburn, : 


Ee 

Yeas, \Sir Henry Willoughby:  f = 
Tellers for the i Hayter, YW 07 
Noes, The Earl of Mulgrave: fs "* 


Preamble postponed. 

Crauses, N® J, agreed to. 

Crause, N° 2 (Commissioners for Reduction of 
National Debt to be ‘Trustees of Public Works Loan 
Fund, and to cause a separate account to be con- 
tinued at the Bank of England for the purpose). 

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 Mr. Liddell, } 28 
Yeas, Sir Henry Willoughby : , 
Tellers for the {| Mr. Hayter, k | 79 
Noes, The Earl of Mulgrave: J ‘~* 


Clause agreed to. 

Criaust, N° 3 (Bank to continue the Account 
already opened with the Commissioners for executing 
this Act). 

Motion made, and Question proposed, That the 
Chairman do report Progress, and ask leave to sit 
again :—Motion, by leave, withdrawn, 

Clause agreed to. 

Ciause, N° 4, amended, and agreed to. 


Cuiausss, N° 5 to N° 9, agreed to. 


R 3 Preamble 





Drafts on 
Bankers Bill. 


Bill 89. 


Factories Bill. 
Bill 90. 


Public Works 
Bill ; and, 

Public Works 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Vaccination 


Trial of 
Offences Bill. 


Medical Quali- 
fication and 
Registration. 


Prisons. 


Partnership 
Amendment 
(No. 2.) 


Medical Qua. 
lification and 


126 


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 Drafts on Bankers 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. 

Mr. FitzRoy also reported, That the Committee 
had gone through the Factories 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 22d 
day of May next. 

Mr. FitzRoy also reported, That the Committee 
had gone through the Public Works Bill; and the 
Public Works (/reland) Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bills, as amended, be taken 
into consideration this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Vaccination Bill; 

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


The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
consideration the Trial of Offences Bill, as amended 
in the Committee ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be taken into considera- 
tion this day. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for regulating and improving the Medical Profession: 
And that Lord Eicho, Mr. FitzRoy, and Mr. 
George Alexander Llamilton do prepare, and bring 
it in. 


Resolred, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this House, 
a Return of the Number of Prisons in Great Bri- 
tain and Ireland, to which Persons who are com- 
mitted for Crimimal Offences are confined, and the 
Number of Escapes which have taken place from 
each, during the last Five years. 

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


The House was moved, That the first of the Reso- 
lutions, which, upon the 1st day of February last, 
were reported from the Committee on the Law of 
Partnership and Joint Stock Companies and other 
Associations, might be read ; and the same was read, 
as foiloweth: “ ‘That the Chairman be directed to 
move the House, ‘Ihat leave be given to bring in 
a Bill to amend the Law of Partnership.” 

The House was also moved, That the Order made 
upon the 10th day of March last, That the Part- 
nership Amendment Bill be withdrawn, might be 
read ; and the same being read; 

Ordered, ‘That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to amend the Law of Partnership: And that Mr. 
Lowe, Mr. Fitz Roy and Viscount Paimerston do 
prepare, and bring it in. 


Lord Elcho presented a Bill for regulating and 
improving the Medical Profession: And the same 


_— was read the first time ; and ordered to be read a 
Bill 91, | Second time upon Monday next ; and to be printed. 
Partnership Mr. Lowe presented a Bill to amend the Law of 
(Ne. 2) Bil Partnership: And the same was read the first time ; 
Bill 9g, 2d ordered to be read a second time upon Friday 
"next; and to be printed. 
Judicial Bench Mr. Horsman presented,—Return to an Order, 
(Jreland.) dated the 14th day of February last, for a Return 


of the Date of the Call to the Bar of each of the 


Judges of the Superior Courts of Law in Jreland ; 





7°—8° Aprilis. 





A. 1856. 


the Dates of their respective Appointments as Judges ; 
the Number of Times each has been absent during 
the whole of any Assize, or, if absent during a part 
only, stating what part, and the Reasons, if any, 
given for such Absence; also, in how many, and 
in what instances, Substitutes have been appointed 
by the Crown to preside at any Assize, or portion 
thereof, in the absence of any such Judge, giving in 
each case the Name of the ‘Town. 

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


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





Martis, 8° die Aprilis ; 
Anno 19° Victoria Regine, 1856. 


PRAYERS. 
N R. FitzRoy reported the Londonderry and 
Enniskillen Railway Bill, with Amendments. 
Ordered, That the Report do hie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Mr. FitzRoy reported from the Committee on the 
London, Tilbury and Southend Railway (Increase of 
Capital, &amp;c.) Bill; That they had examined the alle- 
gations contained in the Preamble of the Bill, and 
amended the same, by altering the statement as to the 
length of the Railway opened to the public, the whole 
having now been completed ; and by omitting certain 
words which appeared unnecessary with respect to 
the Powers sought to sell Surplus Water at Southend ; 
and by striking out the Power to purchase the 
Southend Pier, the Committee considering that, under 
the existing circumstances of this case, there was not 
any public necessity for granting such Power; 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. 


Mi. FitzRoy reported from the Committee on the 
Gravesend Improvement Bill; That they had exa- 
mined the allegations contained in the Preamble of 
the Bill, and amended the same, by altering the 
Amount described to be chargeable on the Rates 
authorized to be raised by the Acts recited in the 
Bill, in order to make the same in accordance with 
the facts; and found the same, as amended, to be 
true; and had gone through the Bill, and made 
Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do fie upon the Table. 


Mr. Fitz Roy reported from the Committee on the 
Imprisoned Debtors’ Discharge Society Bill; That 
they had examined the allegations contained in the 
Preamble of the Bill, and amended the same, by 
setting forth a full statement of the Funds of the 
Society ; and further stating, that the Surplus Funds 
of the Charity should be applied to charitable pur- 
poses in England and Wales, the subscribers to the 
Society being residents therein, in order to make the 
same in accordance with the Provisions of the Bill ; 
and found the same, as amended, to be true; and 
had gone through the Bill, and made Amendments 
thereunto. : 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


A Bill to sanction an Arrangement between the 
Birkenhead \mprovement Commissioners and certain 
of their Bondholders, and for other purposes, was 
read the first time ; and ordered to be read a second 
time. 


A Bill for the Transfer of the Wolverhampton 
Waterworks to the Wolverhampton New Waterworks 





Company, 








London and 
Enniskillen 
Railway Bill. 


London, 
Tilbury and 
Southend 
Railway 
(Increase of 
Capital, &amp;e.,) 
Bill. 


Gravesend 
Improvement 
ill. 


Imprisoned 
Debtors’ 
Discharge 
Society Bill. 


[ Prisoners’ 
Discharge 
Society. | 


Birkenhead 
Improvement 
Commissioners 
Bill. 


Wolverhamp- 
ton Water 





“ 


nt 


at 
ers 





Nawab of 
Surat Bill. 


Edinburgh 
Municipality 
Bill. 


Private Bills 
(Group D.) 


Public 
Petitions. 


Vide Twenty- 
second Report. 


Rochester 
Election. 


Standing 
Orders, 


Chatham Dis- 
trict Water. 


Caterham 
Railway. 


Tralee and 
Killarney 
Railway. 


East Kent 
Railway Bill. 


Leave of 
Absence, 


Public Income 
and Expen- 
diture. 


No. 142, 


19 Vicrorri2Z. 


Company, and for other purposes, was read the first 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


The Nawab of Surat Bill was, according to Order, 
read a second time ; and committed. 


Mr. Moody reported the Edinburgh Municipality 
Bill, with Amendments. 
Otelered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Moody reported from the Committee on 
Group D. of Private Bills; That in consequence of 
there being no Bill ready for the consideration of 
the Committee before Friday next the 11th instant, 
the Committee had adjourned until that day, at 
Twelve o’clock. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Petitions relating to the British Museum, &amp;c. ;— 
Church Rates ;—Church Rates Abolition Bill;— 
Ecclesiastical Law;—Maynooth College Act ;— 
Oath of Abjuration Bill; —Tithe Rent-charge ;— 
Property and Income Tax ;—Property Tax (Scot- 
land) ;—Billeting Soldiers ;—Bleaching, &amp;c., Works 
Bill ;— Education Bills, &amp;c.;— Embarkation of 
Troops, &amp;c. ;—Factories Bill :—Justices’ Clerks ;— 
Medical Profession Bill;—Police (Counties and 
Boroughs) Bill;—Poor Law (Zreland) ;—Potter’s 
Ferry, &amp;c.;— Prisons (Ireland) Bill; — Public- 
houses (Scotland) Act ;—Railway and Canal Traffic 
Bill;—Vaccination Bill; — and, Wee Pawns, &amp;c., 
(Scotland)—were presented, and read ; and ordered 
lie upon the Table. 


Sir Francis Baring reported from the General 
Committee of Elections, the Names of the Members 
of the Select Committee appointed to try and de- 
termine the matter of the Petition complaining of an 
undue Election and Return for the City of Rochester, 
to which they had annexed the Petition referred to 
them by the House relating thereto :— 

1. John Floyer, Esquire. 

2. Sir Henry Robert Ferguson Davie. 

3. John George Smyth, Esquire (York City). 

4. Honourable George Henry Charles Byng. 

5. Chairman, Robert Ingham, Esquire. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


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 Chatham District Water 
Petition, the Standing Orders ought not to be dis- 
pensed with. 

2. That in the case of the Cuterham Railway Pe- 
tition, the Standing Orders ought not to be dispensed 
with. 

3. That in the case of the Tralee and Killarney 
Railway Petition for leave to deposit a Petition for 
Bill, the Standing Orders ought not to be dispensed 
with. 

4. That in the case of the East Kent Railway Pe- 
tition of Thomas S. Rawson for dispensing with 
Standing Order 110, and for leave to be heard on 
his Petition, the Standing Order ought to be dis- 
pensed with; that the Party be permitted to be 
heard upon his Petition against the said Bill, not- 
withstanding the same shall have been deposited 
later than seven clear days after the second reading 
of the Bill. 

The fourth Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That Mr. Shirdcy have leave of absence 
for a fortnight, on account of a domestic affliction. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
an Account of the Public Income and Expenditure 
for the year ended the 31st day of March 1856, 
— with the Balance in the Exchequer at the 

OL. 111, 


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127 


Commencement and at the Termination of the year ; 
and the Amount of Funded or Unfunded Debt 
created or redeemed in the said vear. 

Mr. Wilson accordingly presented the said Ac- 
count. 

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


Ordered, That a Message be sent to the Lords, rectesiastical 

to request that their Lordships will be pleased to Commission, 
give leave to John George Shaw Lefevre, Esquire, 
Clerk of the Parliaments, to attend, in order to his 
being examined as a Witness before the Select 
Committee appointed by this House on the Eccle- 
siastical Commission: And that the Clerk do 
carry the said Message. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Convicts, 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this House, 
Returns of the Number of Convicts transported 
during each of the years from 1849 to 1855, both in- 
chisive ; distinguishing the Sexes and the Places to 
which they have been transported:—And, of the 
Number of Males and Females sentenced to Penal 
Servitude since the passing of the Act. 

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


Mr. Massey presented,—Return to an Address Cemeteries 
to Her Majesty, dated the 3d day of this instant (Metropolis) 
April, for Copies of Reports made to the Secretary 
of State for the Home Department, by Dr. Sutherland 
and by Mr. Holland, on the State of certain Metro- 
politan Cemeteries, and bearing date respectively the 
23d day of January 1855, the 26th day of November 
1855, the 28th day of January 1856, and the 3d 
day of March 1856. 

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


Ordered, That the Return relative to Poor Law Poor Law 
(Ireland), which was presented upon the 7th day of (lreland.) 
this instant April, be printed. No. 143. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Judicial Judicial Bench 
Bench (Ireland), which was presented upon the 7th (ireland.) 
day of this instant April, be printed. No. 144. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Vaccination, Vaccination. 
which was presented upon the 31st day of March No. 145. 
last, be printed. 


Mr. Osborne presented, by Her Majesty’s ‘Com- Local Acts. 
mand,—Further Report from the Admiralty, relative No, 41. 
to an Application for a Local Act. 

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


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- Income ane 
posed, That, in the opinion of this House, an equi- Property Tax 
table adjustment of the income and Property Tax is 
essential to the Interests of the Country, particularly 
as regards the Rates of Payment a ustrial and 
Professional Incomes, compared with those derived 
from fixed Property ; 

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 {Mt r. Muntz, } 63 
Yeas, Mr. Pollard-Urquhart : ; 
Tellers for the f Mr. Hayter, lio 4 
Noes, The Earl of Mulgrave : I + ions 


So it passed in the Negative. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- Lieutenant 
posed, That an humble Address be presented to Her ee | 
Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased to give ““""“** 


directions, that there be laid before this House, a 
, Copy 


R4 




















Transporta- 
tion. 


Parochial 
Schools 
(Scotland.) 


Education 
(Scotland. ) 


Local Charges 


upon Shipping. 


Orders of the 
Day. 


Supply. 


Education 
(Ireland.) 


University of 
London. 


Scottish 
Universities. 


Queen's 
University 
(Ireland. ) 


128 8°—9° 


Copy of the Correspondence between the Clerk of 
the Ordnance and Lieutenant Colonel Harness, De- 
puty Inspector General of Fortifications, respecting 
his removal from that military position :—And the 
said Motion was, with leave of the House, with- 
drawn. 


The Select Committee on Transportation was 
nominated of Mr. Baines. Sir John Pakington, Mr. 
Scott, Mr. Stuart Wortley, Sir William Heathcote, Mr. 
Adderley, The Lord Advocate, Mr. Serjeant O’ Brien, 
Mr. Henley, Mr. Wickham, Mr. John Wynne, Mr. 
Massey, Mr. Beckett Denison, Mr. Deedes, and Mr. 
Seymour Fitzgerald ; 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 regulate and make further Provision for Pa- 
rochial Schools in Scotland: And that the Lord 
Advocate, Sir George Grey and Viscount Duncan 
do prepare, and bring it in? 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
make Provision for Education within Burghs in 
Scotland: And that the Lord Advocate, Sir George 
Grey and Viscount Duncan do prepare, and bring 
it in. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- 
posed, That Mr. Lowe be a Member of the Select 
Committee on Local Charges upon Shipping :—And 
a Debate arising thereupon ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being put, That the Debate be now adjourned ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right ; 

The Noes to the Left. 

Tellers for the f Mr. Horsfall, 1 67 

Yeas, UMr. Francis Scully: : ieee 

Tellers for the; Mr. Hayter, } 08 

Noes, (The Earl of Mulgrave: ; 

So it passed in the Negative. 

And the Question being put, That Mr. Lowe be 
a Member of the said Committee :—It was resolved 
in the Affirmative. 


Then Mr. Hardy, Mr. Milner Gibson, Mr. Hors- 


fall, Mr. Fenwick, Sir Stafford Northcote, Mr.Cobden, 


Mr. Watson, Mr. Bouverie, Mr. Headlam, Mr. Cerd- 
well, Sir John Duckworth, Mr. Duncan, Lord Ho- 
tham, and Mr. Moffatt, were nominated other Mem- 
bers of the said Committee. 

Ordered, That the Committee have Power to send 
for persons, papers and records. 

Ordered, That Five be the Quorum, 


Resolved, That the House do now pass tu the 
Orders of the day. 


Mr. Wilson reported from the Committee of 
Supply, several Resolutions ; which were read, as 
follow : 

1. 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 Ireland, to the 31st day of March 
1857. 

2. That a Sum, not exceeding £, 3,879, be granted 
to Her Majesty, towards defraying the Expenses of 
the University of London, to the 31st day of March 
1857. 

3. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 7,510, be granted 
to Her Majesty, to pay Grants to Scottish Univer- 
sities, formerly defrayed from the Hereditary Reve- 
nues of the Crown, to the 31st day of March 1857. 

4. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 2,415, be granted 
to Her Majesty, to defray the Expenses of the 
Queen’s University in Jreland, to the 31st day of 
March 1857, 








A. 1856. 


5. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 4,800, be granted Queen's Col. 
to Her Majesty, to defray certain Expense: of the !ges (Ireland) 
Queen’s Colleges in Ireland, to the 31st day of 
March 1857. 

6. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 533, be granted Royal Irish 
to Her Majesty, towards defraying the Expense of 4¢*demy. 
the Royal Jrish Academy, to the 31st day of March 
1857. » | 

7. That a Sum, not exceeding £.300, be granted Royal 
to Her Majesty, towards defraying the Expense of ie 
the Royal Hibernian Academy, to the 31st day of 
March 1857. 

8. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 2,975, be granted Theological 
to Her Majesty, to pay the Salaries of the Theo- Feenanem, an, 
logical Professors and the Incidental Expenses of *”°"***) 
the General Assembly’s College at Belfast, and Re- 
tired Allowances to Professors of the Belfast Aca- 
demical Institution, to the 31st day of March 1857. 

9. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 25,643, be granted British 
to Her Majesty, to defray the Expense of New Museum, 
Buildings and Fittings at the British Museum to 
the 31st day of March 1857. 

10. That a Sum, not exceeding £.17,639, be National 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Expenses of Gallery. 
the National Gallery, including the Purchase of Pic- 
tures, to the 31st day of March 1857. 

11. ‘That a Sum, not exceeding £. 4,609, be granted Magnetic 
to Her Majesty, to defray the Expense of Magnetic Sealine 
Observations Abroad, including the Superintendent's —_ 
Establishment at Woolwich ; also, for Observations 
and Services under the direction of the Astronomer 
Royal, and for Meteorological Observations at Sea, 
to the 31st day of March 1857. 

12. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 500, be granted Royal _ 
to Her Majesty, to enable the Royal Geographical Geostaphical 
Society to provide Accommodation for their Meetings, - 
to the 31st day of March 1857. 

13. That a Sum, not exceeding £.2,000, be granted Royal 
to Her Majesty in the year ending the 31st day of 5°!ty- 
March 1857, to enable the Royal Society to carry 
on certain Experiments for Public Objects. 

The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 





Aprilis. 







The House, according to Order, proceeded to take Public Works 
into consideration the Public Works Bill, as amended Bill. 
in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon 
Monday next. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to Public Works : 
take into consideration the Public Works (Ireland) (Ireland) Bill. 
Bill, as amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Monday next. 


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


Mercurii, 9° die Aprilis, 1856 : 


Trial of 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to ; 
Offences Bill- 


take into consideration the Trial of Offences Bill, 
as amended in the Committee; and Amendments 
were made to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time, 
this day. 


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





Mercurii, 9° 


Anno 19° Victorie Regine, 1856. 


ie Aprilis ; 


PRAYERS. 
RDERED, That all Committees have leave Committees. 
to sit this day, during the sitting, and notwith- 
standing any adjournment of the House. 


The 











ks- 





Haslingden 
and Rawten- 
stall Water 
Bill. 


Southport 
Water Bill. 


Public 
Petitions. 


Vide Twenty- 
second Report. 


Public 
Petitions 
(Twenty-first 
Report.) 


Rochester 
Election. 


Bleaching, &amp;c. 
Works Bill. 


Oath cf 
Abjuration 
Bill. 


19 Vicroriz. 


The Haslingden and Rawtenstall Water 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 Southport Water 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. 


Petitions relating to Brechknock College Act ;— 
British Museum, &amp;c.;— Church Rates ; — Church 
Rates Abolition Bill;—Dissenters’ Marriages Bill ; 
—Lord’s Day ;—Maynooth College Act ;— Oath of 
Abjuration Bill ;—Religious Endowments (Zreland) ; 
— Tithe Rent-charge ;— Local Dues on Shipping, 
&amp;c. ;— Billeting Soldiers ;— Bleaching, &amp;c. Works 
Bill ;—Decimal Coinage ;—Education Bills, &amp;c. ;— 
Factories Bill ;—Metropolis Local Management Act 
Amendment Bill ;— Police (Counties and Boroughs) 
Bill ;—Public-houses (Scot/and) Act ;—and, Vac- 
cination Bill,—were presented, and read ; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition relating to the Civil Service Superan- 
nuation Fund, was also presented, and read ; and re- 
ferred to the Select Committee on Civil Service 
Superannuation. 


Mr. Bonham Carter reported from the Select Com- 
mittee on Public Petitions ; That they had examined 
the Petitions presented upon the 7th day of this in- 
stant 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 Names of the Five Members appointed to try 
and determine the matter of the Petition complaining 
of an undue Election and Return for the City of 
Rochester, were called over; and being come to the 
Table, they were sworn by the Clerk. 

Ordered, That the Petition 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 the House, at 
the Hour of Twelve at noon. 


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 
Thursday the 8th day of May next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Oath of Abjuration 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 thef Mr. Milner Gibson, 7 
Yeas, \Sir John Shelley : s 
Tellers for the {Sir Frederic Thesiger, 7 
Noes, Mr. Newdegate : 
Sir Frederic Thesiger, one of the Tellers for the 
Noes, stated that Mr. Wykeham Martin, Member 
for Rochester, was with the Noes in the Left Lobby, 
but had refused to vote with them; whereupon Mr. 
Speaker desired the Tellers to bring Mr. Wykeham 
Martin to the Table. The honourable Member, 
having come to the Table, was asked by Mr. Speaker, 
if 7 had heard the Question put ; and on replying in 
ou. 111, 


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129 


the affirmative, was informed by him that, having 
gone forth into the Left Lobby, his Vote must be 
recorded with the Noes. 

Whereupon the Tellers announced the Numbers, 
Yeas 230; Noes 195. 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

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


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Dissenters’ 
into a Committee on the Dissenters’ Marriages Bill; Marriages Bill. 
and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker re- _ Bill 93. 
sumed 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 Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Medical Pro- 
mittee on the Medical Profession Bill; fession Bill. 
Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 
A Motion was made, and tne Question being pro- 
posed, That the Bill be committed to a Select Com- 
mittee :— And a Debate arising thereupon ; 
Ordered, That the Debate be adjourned till To- 


morrow. 


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

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


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Ways and 
into the Committee of Ways and Means. Means. 


(In the Committee.) 


Resolved, That, towards making good the Supply Exchequer 
granted to Her Majesty, the Sum of £.21,182,700 Bills. 
be raised by Exchequer Bills, for the service of the 
year 1856. 

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 To-morrow. 

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, upon Friday 
next, again resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Trial of Offences Bill was, according to Trialof 

Order, read the third time. Offences 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. 


The Lord Advocate presented a Bill to make Education 
Provision for Education within Burghs in Scotland ; (Scotland) Bill. 
And the same was read the first time; and ordered _ Bill 94. 
to be read a second time upon Friday the 18th day 
of this instant April; and to be printed. 


The Lord Advocate presented a Bill to regulate Parochial 
and make further Provision for Parochial Schools in —— 
Scotland: And the same was read the first time ;“" nt 7 
and ordered to be read a second time upon Friday —— 
the 18th day of this instant April; and to be printed. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 





Railway Bills 
(Group 13.) 


Cheltenham 
Gas Bill. 


East Somerset 
Railway Bill. 


Cambridge 
University and 
Town Bill. 


North Shields 
and Tyne- 
mouth Dock 
Bill. 


Private Bills 
(Group G.) 


Sittingbourne 
and Sheerness 
Railway Bill. 


Dundee 
Harbour Bill. 





10° Aprilis. 


Jovis, 10° die Aprilis ; 


Anno 19° Victorie Regine, 1856. 


way Bill be read the third time To-morrow. 


PRAYERS. 
O RDERED, That the Committee on Group 
No. 13 of Railway Bills have leave to sit this day 
till Five of the clock, during the sitting of the House. 


way Bill was read the third time. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 


Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Mr. FitzRoy reported from the Committee on 
the Cheltenham Gas Bill; That they had examined 
the allegations contained in the Preamble of the 
Bili, and amended the same, with regard to the 
provisions of the recited Act, by adding the words 
“ nor was any limit thereby imposed on the amount 
“ either of the dividends of the Company or of the 
“ charges to be made by them for the supply of Gas, 
“‘ except as regards the supply of the public lamps, | 
“ in respect of which a limit of charge was provided | 
“ for, during a period of eight years, which has long | 
“ since expired ;” by stating that the sums borrowed 
under the recited Act had been expended by the | 
Company on their undertaking; and by striking 
out all reference to a sum of 10,0002. which had been | 
spent upon the works out of income ; and by omitting | 
the proposition to capitalize such amount, in order 
to make the same in accordance with the provisions 
of the Bill; and found the same, as amended, to be 
true; and had gone through the Bill, and made 
Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


the third time To-morrow. 





&amp;e. ;—Factories Bill;—Hay and Straw ; 
Profession Bill;—Metropolis Local Managemen 





(Scotland) Bill;—Police (Counties and Boroughs 


Pawns, &amp;c. (Scotland),—were presented, and read 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 
Petitions relating to the Civil Service Superan 


Ordered, ‘Vhat the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 


A. 1856. 


Ordered, That the Zlanidloes and Newtown Rail- Lianidloes 


and Newto 
Railway Bil}, 


The Saint Ives and West Cornwall Junction Rail- Saint Ives and 
West Cornwall 


Junction 
Railway Bill, 


Ordered, That the Shrewsbury Water Bill be read Shrewsbury 


Water Bill, 


Petitions relating to Registration of Electors (Scot- Public 
land) ;— British Museum, &amp;c.;—Chureh Rates ;— Petitions, 
‘Church Rates Abolition Bill;—Crystal Palace ;— y;4.7,, 

° . ° ° am enty- 

Intoxicating Liquors ;—-Married Women ;—J/ay- third Report, 
nooth College Act :—Oath of Abjuration ;—Religious 
Endowments (Jreland) ;—Tithe Rent-charge ;—In- 
come ‘lax ;—Ministers’ Money (Ireland) Act;— 
Property and Income Tax ;—Billeting Soldiers ;— 
Decimal Coinage ;—Education ;—Education Bills, 
Medical 


t 


Act Amendment Bill ;—Nuisances Removal, &amp;c. 


) 


Bill ;— Poor Law (Jreland) ;—Public-houses (Scot- 
land) Act;—Punishment of Death ;—Railway and 
Canal Traffic Bill ;—Vaccination Bill;—and, Wee 


&gt; 


nuation Fund,—were also presented, and read ; and 


referred to the Select Committee on Civil Service 


Mr. FitzRoy reported the East Somerset Railway 
Bill, with Amendments. 

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


Superannuation. 


Select Committee on Local Charges upon Shipping. 


Mr. Adderley reported the Cambridge University | 
and Town (re-committed) Bill, with further Amend- 
ments. 


That the Petitioner is attorney for the defendant 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Packe reported from the Committee on Group 
G. of Private Bills; That the Parties promoting the 
North Shields and Tynemouth Dock Bill had stated 
to the Committee, that it was not their intention to | 
proceed with the sane. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Petitions relating to Local Charges on Shipping,— 
were also presented, and read; and referred to the 


A Petition of Joseph Murphy, Town Clerk of Limerick 
Limerick, was presented, and read; setting forth 


Market and 
? Improvement 
S$ Bill (1851.) 


‘in the cause “ James Potter, administrator of Ro- 
bert Potter, deceased, against the Mayor, Alder- 
men and Burgesses of Limerick,’ now pending in 
the Court of Common Pleas in the City of Dublin, 
and is advised that it is necessary to produce the 
Journal of the House and other Documents with 
respect to the proceedings on the Limerick Market 
and Improvement Bill, 1851; and praying that the 


| proper Officer of the House may have leave to attend 


Mr. Packe reported from the Committee on Group 
G. of Private Bills; That in consequence of there | 
being no Bill ready for the consideration of the | 
Committee before Monday next the 14th instant, | 
the Committee had adjourned until that day, at 
Twelve o'clock. : 

Ordered, That tine Report do lie upon the Table. | — 
| a olVv. 

Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from | eae 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, | 
in respect of non-compliance with the Standing | peine offered to be presented ; 
Orders in the case of the Petition for additional * : 


the trial of the cause, James Potter, administrator of 
Robert Potter, deceased, against the Mayor, Alder 
men and Burgesses of Limerick, and to produce the 
' Journal of the House and other Documents, which 
may be necessary with respect to the proceedings in 
; the said Limerick Market and Improvement Bill, 


| Ordered, That leave be given to the proper 


A Petition of the Trustees of the British Museum British 


Museum, 


Mr. Baines, by Her Majesty’s Command, ac- 


Provision in the Sittingbourne and Sheerness Rail-- quainted the House, that Her Majesty, having been 


way Bill. 

Ordered, 1 hat the Report be referred to the Select | commends it to the consideration of the House. 
Committee on Standing Orders. 
| 
A Motion being made, That the Dundee Harbour 


Bill be now read the third time; consist of £.30,000 Three per cent. Reduced Ban 


informed of the centents of the said Petition, re- 


Then the said Petition was brought up, and read ; 
| setting forth, That the only funds helonging to the 
Petitioners for the support of the British Museum, 


k 


Mr. FitzRoy, by Her Majesty’s Command, ac- | Annuities, the annual dividend whereof amounts to 


quainted the House, That Her Majesty, having been 
informed of the purport of the Bill, gives Her Con- 
sent, as far as i 

that the House may do therein as they shall think fit. 


the annual proceeds of which amount to abot 


£.900 ; of a bequest of the late Earl of Bridgewater, 


1t 


er Majesty’s interest is concerned, | £.415; and also of a bequest of the late Lord Farn- 
borough, the annual proceeds of which amount to 


Then the Bill was read the third time; and | £.86. 3s. 4d.; that the Establishment is necessarily 


Amendments were made to the Bill. | attended with an expense far beyond the annual 


Resolved, That the Bill do pass, produce of the above-mentioned sums, and the tru 


st 


Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the | cannot, with benefit to the public, be carried on 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


without the aid of Parliament; and praying the 
House 





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V7 





British 
Museum. 


Transports. 


Teave of 
Absence. 


Trade and 
Manufactures 
(Scotland. ) 


No. 120. 


Cemeteries 
(Metropolis. ) 


No. 146. 


Public 
Accountants. 


Bridlington 
Piers and 


Harbour. 


Commissions, 


Education. 


19 Vicrori2. 


House to grant them such further support towards 
enabling them to carry on the execution of the trust 
reposed in them by Parliament for the general be- 
nefit of learning and useful knowledge, as to the 
House shall seem meet. 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Accounts of the Income and Expenditure of the 
British Museum for the Financial year ended the | 
31st day of March 1856; of the estimated Charges 
and Expenses for the year enving the 31st day of 
March 1857; of the Sum necessary to discharge the 
same; and of the Number of Persons admitted to | 
visit the Museum from Christmas 1819 to Christmas | 
1855; 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 
1855. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of Ships engayed as regular Transports, 
with the Names (stating whether Steam or Sailing), 
from the 1st day of January 1855 to the 1st day of 
April 1856; the Date of Engagement, with a list of 
the Ships in the Service at the latter Date, their 
Register Tonnage, Rates of Freight, and Mulcts or 
Deductions from the same, and why made ; in Steam 
Ships, the Horse Power, the Time occupied in their 
Passages, and, where Information has been received, 
the Quantity of Coals or Fuel consumed per Hour. 


Ordered, That Mr. Buck have leave of absence 
till the 12th day of May next, on account of ill 
health. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Trade and 
Manufactures (Scotland), which was presented upon 
the 1st day of May 1855, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Cemeteries 
(Metropolis), which was presented upon the 8th day 
of this instant April, be printed. 


The following Papers, pursuant to the directions 
of several Acts of Parliament, were laid upon the 
Table by the Clerk of the House,—Return of Officers 
and Departments whose Accounts are audited or 
inspected by the Commissioners for auditing the 
Public Accounts. 

A Return of the Arrears and Balances due to or 
from all Public Accountants, arising upon Final 
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. 

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 
1856. 

Abstract of the General Annual Account of the 
Commissioners of Bridlington Piers and Harbour, 
from the 26th day of July 1854 to the 26th day of 
July 1855. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the Number of Commissions of Inquiry 
appointed since the year 1830; distinguishing each, 
and, if expired, the Date thereof, and the Expense 
of each, &amp;c. to the present Period, in the same form 
as Parliamentary Paper, No. 720, of Session 1850. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on Education ; 

A Motion was made, and tne Question was pro- 
posed, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the Chair: 


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


VoL. 111. 


10°—11° Aprils. 





131 


A Petition of the Chairman and Secretary of a 
Committee of Friends of Voluntary Education, 
formed in London, on the 6th of May 1853, praying 
the House to refuse their assent to the proposals 
about to be submitted to them im reference to the 
Education of the People, was presented, and read ; 


| and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


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, 
in the opinion of this Committee, it is expedient to 
extend, revise and consolidate the Minutes of the 
Committee of Privy Council on Education. 

Wirereupon Motion made, and Question proposed, 
That the Chairman do now leave the Chair. 


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, 11° die Aprilis, 1856: 


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, 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 Delamere Forest Delamere 
Bill, without any Amendment: And also, Forest Bill. 


The Lords have agreed to the Secretary to the Secretary to 
Poor Law Commissioners (Jreland) Bill, without the Poor Law 


any Amendment: And also, (ireland) Bill. 


The Lords have agreed to the Out-Pensioners Out-Pension- 
(Greenwich and Chelsea) Bill, without any Amend- ts (Green- 


ment: And also, Chalsee) Bill. 


The Lords have agreed to the Amendments made Trial of _ 
by this House to the Trial of Offences Bill, without Offences Bill. 
any Amendment: And also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Agricultural 
for making Provision for the Collection of Agricul- Statistics Bill. 
tural Statistics ; to which the Lords desire the ,con- 
currence of this House: And also, 

The Lords give leave to John George Shaw Le- Ecclesiastical 


fevre, Esquire, Clerk of the Parliaments, to attend Commission. 


the Select Committee appointed by this House, in 
the present Session of Parliament, to inquire into 
the present Constitution of the Ecclesiastical Com- 
mission of England, in order to his being examined 
as a Witness before the said Committee, as desired 
by this House: And aiso, 


The Lords request, That this House will be pleased Saint James's 
to communicate a Copy of the Report from the Select Pt 
Committee appointed by this House, in the present 
Session of Parliament, on Saint James’s Park; to- 
gether with the Proceedings of the Committee and 
Minutes of Evidence. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Railway and 
reading of the Railway and Canal Traffic Bill ; Canal Traffie 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon ae 
Thursday the 8th day of May next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third Married 
reading of the Married Women’s Reversionary In- ten ol 
terest Bill; 


Interest Bill 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon 
Thursday the 1st day of May next. 
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132 10°—11° Aprels. 


Joint Stock 


Banks Bill The Joint Stock Banks Bill was, according to 


Order, read a second time; and committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for Monday next. 


Medical Pro- 


Secon Bill The Order of the day being read, for resuming the 


adjourned Debate on the Question proposed_upon 
the 9th day of this instant April, “That the Medi- 
cal Profession Bill be committed to a Select Com- 
mittee;” 

And the Question being again proposed :—The 
House resumed the said adjourned Debate. 

A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That the Debate be now adjourned :—And 
the said Motion was, with leave of the House, with- 
drawn. 

Ordered, That the Bill be committed to a Select 
Committee. 


Ways and Mr. FitzRoy reported from the Committee of 
Means. Ways and Means, a Resolution; which was read, 
as followeth : 

That, towards making good the Supply granted 
to Her Majesty, the Sum of £.21,182,700 be raised 
by Exchequer Bills for the service of the year 1856. 

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, Mr. Wilson and 
the Chancellor of the Exchequer do prepare, and 
bring it in. 


Exchequer 
Bills. 


Spirit Trade 


Resolved, That this House will, immediately, re- 
(Ireland, ) 


solve itself into a Committee to consider the Laws 
relating to the Sale of Wine, Spirits, Beer and Cider 
by Retail in Zreland:—The House accordingly re- 
solved itself into the Committee. 


(In the Committee.) 


Motion made, and Question proposed, That the 
Chairman be directed to move the House, That leave 
be given to bring in a Bill to amend the Laws re- 
lating to the Sale of Wine, Spirits, Beer and Cider 
by Retail in Lreland. 

Whereupon Motion made, and Question, That 
the Chairman do now leave the Chair——put, and 
agreed to. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair. 


Lozal Charges Ordered, That the Select Committee on Local 
upon Shippings Charges upon Shipping do consist of Seventeen 
Members. 
Ordered, That Mr. Vance be added to the Com- 
mittee. 
A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- 
posed, ‘That Mr. Kirk be added to the Committee ; 
An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out the name of Mr. Kirk, 
and inserting the name of Mr. Beamish, instead 
thereof. 
And the Question being put, That the name of 
Mr. Kirk stand part of the Question ; 
The House divided. 
The Yeas to the Right ; 
The Noes to the Lett. 
Tellers for the Mr. Hayter, } 93 
Yeas, The Earl of Mulgrave : 7 
Tellers for the (Mr. Vance, 
Noes, Mr. Grogan : 
So it passed in the Negative. 
And the Question being put, That the name of 
Mr. Beamish be inserted instead thereof :—It was 
resolved in the Affirmative. 
Then the main Question, so amended, being put ; 
Ordered, That Mr. Beamish be added to the Com- 
mittee. 


J 94, 


Transporta- Ordered, That Mr. Scott be discharged from 
tion, further attendance on the Select Committee on Trans- 
portation. 





A. 1856. 


Ordered, That Lord Naas be added to the Com- 
mittee. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Poor Law 
further to amend the Acts for the more effectual (Ireland) 
Relief of the Destitute Poor in Jreland: And that 
Mr. Napier and Mr. Grogan do prepare, and bring 
it in. 

Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Mortars ana 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased Suns. 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return (in addition to the Returns ad- 
dressed for on the 14th day of March last, relative to 
Mortars and Guns) of the Names of the different 
Contractors of the said Ordnance; the Calibre of 
the Ordnance supplied ; the Proof Charge of each 
Description of Gun, Howitzer and Mortar ; and, the 
Number of Rounds fired from each. 

Ordered, That 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. 


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 Troops in each 
Barrack in the United Kingdom on the Ist day of 
each month in the year 1851; together with the Num- 
ber of Sick and Prisoners absent from or kept in 
each Barrack, as the case may be, on the same days. 
Ordered, That 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. Napier presented a Bill further to amend Poor Taw 
the Acts for the more effectual Relief of the Desti- (Ireland) Bill. 
tute Poor in Jreland: And the same was read the _ Bill 96. 
first time ; and ordered to be read a second time 
upon Friday the 25th day of this instant April; and 
to be printed. 


Mr. Peel presented,—Return to an Address to Troops in 

Her Majesty, dated the 19th day of February last, Turkey. 
for Returns of the Pay and Allowances of the Officers, 
Non-commissioned Officers and Men of the Cavalry, 
Infantry, Artillery and Engineers of Her Majesty’s 
Army serving in the Turkish Dominions :—Of any 
Corps, Civil or Military, of British Subjects em- 
ployed in that Country, distinguishing each Rank :— 
Similar Return for all Foreign Legions employed by 
Great Britain :—Same Return for the Turkish Con- 
tingent:— Same Return for the Irregular Troops 
and Bashi Bazouks:—And, same Return for any 
other Corps or Persons employed in the Service of 
the British Government within the Turkish Do- 
minions. 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the Iron 
10th day of March last, for a Return of all Experi- Ordoanee. 


| ments made on English and Foreign Iron Ordnance 


at Woolwich from 1846 to 1850, both inclusive ; the 
Calibre of the Gun; the usual Service Charge; the 
Number of Rounds fired from each Gun, with the 
Weight of Powder and Number of Shots used on 
each Round. 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the Disembodicd 
10th day of March last, for a Return of the Amount Militia. 
of the Pay and Allowances for the Training and 
| Exercise of each Regiment of Disembodied Militia 
during the year 1855, and the period for which 
each Corps was assembled for the above Duties in 
the course of that year. 

Mr. Peel also presented, pursuant to the directions Army. 
of an Act of Parliament,—-A Return of Officers who 
have been allowed to receive their Half-pay since 
the 1st of April 1854, with Civil Situations. 


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








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Public 
Petitions 
(Twenty-se- 
cond Report. 


Sligo Borough 
Election. 


Llanidloes 
and Newtown 
Railway Bill. 


Shrewsbury 
Water Bill. 


‘Gloucester 
‘Gas (No. 2) 
Bill. 


Standing 
‘Orders, 


Tmperial 
Hotel Com- 
pany Bill. 


Teeds Water 
Bill. 


Dublin (City) 
‘Steam Packet 
Company 

(No, 2.) 


Publie 
Petitions, 


Vide Twenty- 
third Report. 


19 Vicrori2z. 


Veneris, 11° die Aprils ; 
Anno 19° Victorie Regine, 1856. 


PRAYERS. 


R. Brotherton reported from the Select Com- 
mittee on Public Petitions; That they had 


) examined the Petitions presented upon the sth and 


9th days of this instant April, and had directed him 
to make a Report thereof to the House. 

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


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That he had 
this day received a Report from the Examiner of 
Recognizances, stating that the Recognizance to 
the Election Petition of John Patrick Somers, Es- 
quire, relating to the Borough of Sligo, was unobjec- 
tionable. 


The-Llanidloes and Newtown Railway Bill was, 
according to Order, read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act to amend and extend the Provisions 
of “ The Lianidloes and Newtown Railway Act, 
1853,” and to enable the Z/anidloes and Newtown 
Railway Company to make certain Deviations in 


their authorized Line and Levels, and for other pur- | 


oses. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Shrewsbury Water 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. 


A Bill to consolidate the Powers of the Gloucester 
Gas-Light Company, to enable thein to raise Money, 
and for other purposes, was read the first time. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the 
miners of Petitions for Private Bills. 


Exa- 


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 Imperial Hotel Com- 
pany Bill, Petition of Charles Rowland, ‘or dis- 
pensing with Standing Order 110, and for leave to 
be heard on his Petition, the Standing Order ought 
to be dispensed with; that the Party be permitted to 
be heard upon his Petition against the Bill, notwith- 
standing the same shall have been deposited later 
than seven clear days after the second reading of 
the Bill. 

2. That in the case of the Leeds Water Bill, Pe- 
titions of the Duke of Devonshire, and of George 


Cook and Henry Wellington Vallance, for dispensing | 


with Standing Order 110, and for leave to be heard | A Messaze by Sir Augustus Clifford, Gentleman Royal Assent, 


on their Petitions, the Standing Order ought not to 
be dispensed with. 

3. That in the case of the Dublin (City) Steam 
Packet Company (No. 2) Petition for leave to deposit 
a Petition for a Bill, the Standing Orders ought to 
be dispensed with; that the Parties be permitted to 
deposit their Petition accordingly. 

The first and third Resolutions, being read a 
second time, were agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Petitions relating to the British Museum, &amp;c. ;— 
Church Rates;—Church Rates Abolition Bill ;— 
Maynooth College Act ;—Oath of Abjuration Bill; 
—Religious Endowments (Jreland) ;—Tithe Rent- 
charge ; — Education ; — Education Bills, &amp;c.;— 


Factories Bill ; — Great Missenden Inclosure ; —| 


Hay and Straw ;—Joint Stock Companies Bill ;— 
Vou. 111, 


11° Aprilis. 


133 


Justices of the Peace Qualification Bill ;—Lunatic 
— (Ireland) Act ;—Medical Profession Bill ; 
—Metropolis Local Management Act Amendment 
Bill; — Police (Counties and Boroughs) Bill ;— 
Poor Law (Jreland);—Public-houses (Scotland) 
Act; — Summary Jurisdiction Bill; — and, Wee 
Pawns, &amp;c. (Scotland),—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions relating to the Civil Service Superannu- 
ation Fund,—were also presented, and read; and 
referred to the Select Committee on Civil Service 
Superannuation. 

A Petition relating to the Court of Chancery (J/re- 
land) Bill, was also presented, and read ; and re- 
ferred to the Select Committee on the Bill. 


Henry Bass and others, complaining of an undue 
| Election and Return for the City of Rochester, in- 
‘formed the House, That the Committee had deter- 
mined,— 

That Philip Wykeham Martin, Esquire, is duly 
elected a Citizen to serve in this present Parliament 
| for the City of Rochester. 
| And the said Determination was ordered to be 
entered in the Journals of this House. 
| Mr. Ingham further informed the House, That the 
|Committee had agreed to the following Resolu- 
| tions : 

That the Petition, which contained charges of 
bribery, having been abandoned, the Committee ex- 
amined the Agents on both sides as to the circum- 

| stances which led to such abandonment, and found 
' that there was not anything in such circumstances to 
| require a special Report to the House. 

That the Petition of Henry Bass, William Wyud- 
ham Lee, William Tiil and Thomas French, was fri- 
| volous and vexatious. 
| Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 





| Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Public 


| Statement of the Accounts in the Audit Office, 
' showing to what Date examined or finally audited ; 
; and the reason for the delay, if any, in the Audit of 
Accounts in arrear (in continuation of Partiamentary 
| Paper of Session 1849). 

| 

t 


| Debt which did not pay the Income Tax for the year 
'ending April 1855, stating the Number of Persons 
| for whom Exemption was claimed. 


the present Session, Government Orders of the day 
shall have precedence. 


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, 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: 








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Mr. Ingham, from the Select Committee appointed Rochester 
to try and determine the matter of the Petition of Election. 


' Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a National 
' Return of the Amount of Capital of the National Vebt. 


| Resolved, That upon Thursday the 29th day of Public 


May next, and on every succeeding Thursday during Business. 










134 


Commons _ An’ Act to authorize the Inclosure of certain 
Inclosure Bill. Tands, in pursuance of a Report of the Inclosure 
Commissioners for England and Wales: 


Turnpike An Act to confirm certain Provisional Orders 
Trusts Ar- made under an Act of the fifteenth year of Her pre- 
rangements - 


Bill. sent Majesty, to facilitate Arrangements for the Re- 
lief of Turnpike Trusts : 

An Act to make Provision for the Management 
of certain Lands belonging to Her Majesty within 
the former Limits of the late Forest of Delamere, in 
the County of Chester : 

Secretary to An Act to abolish the Office of Secretary to the 
= Poor Law Poor Law Commissioners in Jreland: 

Ommissioners 
(Ireland) Bill. 
Out-Pension- 
ers(Grecnwich the Qut-Pensioners of Greenwich and Chelsea 
and Chelsea) : 

Bill. Hospitals : 

Trial of An Act to empower the Court of Queen’s Bench 

Offences Bill. +. order certain Offenders to be tried at the Central 
Criminal Court. 


Delamere 
Forest Bill. 


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


Adjournment. 


Naval 


Mr. Massey presented,—Return to an Address 
Volunteers. : 


to Her Majesty, dated the 13th day of March 
last, for a Return of the Number of the Royal 


Naval Coast Volunteers enrolled upon the Ist day | 


of January last; and of the Volunteers embodied, 
either ashore or afloat, during the year 1855 ; toge- 
ther with the Number of Days and the Names of 
the Places where each Division was exercised ; also, 
the Number of Volunteers who have joined the 
Royal Navy since their first enrolment. 

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


British 
Museum. 


No. 147. 


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 April, for Accounts of 
the Income and Expenditure of the British Museum 
tor the financial year ended the 31st day of March 
1856; of the estimated Charges and Expenses for 
the year ending the 31st day of March 1857; of the 
Sum necessary to discharge the same; and of the 
Number of Persons admitted to visit the Museum 
from Christmas 1849 to Christmas 1855; together 
with a Statement of the progress made in the ar- 
rangement of the Collections, and an Account of 
Objects added to them, in the year 1855. 

Ordered, That the said Return be referred to the 
Committee of Supply ; and be printed. 


Troops in Ordered, That the Return relative to Troops in 


Turkey, Turkey, which was presented upon the 10th day of 
No. 148. this instant April, be printed. 

Tron Ordered, That the Return relative to Iron Ord- 

Ordnance. nance, which was presented upon the 10th day of 


No, 149. this instant April, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Dis- 
embedied Militia, which was presented upon the 
10th day of this instant April, be printed. 


Disembodied 
Militia. 
No. 1 00. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on Education. 


Education. 


(In the Committee.) 


1. Question again proposed, That, in the opinion 
of this Committee, it is expedient to extend, revise 
and consolidate the Minutes of the Committee of 
Privy Council on Education. 

Question again proposed, That the Chairman do 
now leave the Chair. 

Whereupon Motion made, and Question, That 
the Chairman do report Progress, and ask leave to 
sit again——put, and negatived. 


11°—12° Aprilis. 


An Act for further regulating the Payment of 





A. 1856. 


Question put, That the Chairman do now leave 


the Chair ; 
The Committee divided. 
Tellers for the { Mr. Henley, 
Yeas, (Sir Frederic Thesiger : 
Tellers for the (Lord John Russell, 
Noes, (Sir John Pakington: 


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


Sabbati, 12° die Aprilis, 1856: 
Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair. 


}200. 
}iss. 


er 


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


mittee of Su 


py 
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 Bankers’ 


reading of the Bankers’ Compositions Bill ; 


Compositiors 


Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 


Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Metropolis 
mittee on the Metropolis Local Management Act 10cal Manage. 


Amendment Bill ; 


ment Act 
Amendment 


Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday the Bil. 
25th day of this instant April, resolve itself into the 


said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Scotch and 
reading of the Scotch and Irish Pauper Removals lish Pauper 


Bill ; 


Removals Bill. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 


Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Fire 


reading of the Fire Insurances Bill ; 


Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 


Monday next. 


Insurances 


Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Vice-President 
reading of the Vice-President of Committee of Coun- of Committee 


cil on Education Bill; 


of Council on 
Education Bill. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 


Friday next. 


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


mittee on the Joint Stock Companies Bill ; 


Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday next, 


resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Companies 
Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Wills and Aé- 


reading of the Wills and Administrations Bill ; 


ministrations 


Ordered, ‘Vhat the Bill be read a second time upon 


Friday next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Bankruptcy 
into a Committee on the Bankruptey (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 Bull. 


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 secon 
reading of the Cambridge University Bil; 


d Cambridge 
Universily 


Bill. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 


Monday next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itse 


into a Committee on the Drafts on Bankers Bill; 


Drafts on 
if Bankers Bill 


and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker re- 


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sumed 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 
Tuesday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 


partnership : ‘ : ~ 
‘amendment reading of the Partnership Amendment (No. 2) 
(No.2) Bil. Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Monday next. 
Oath of The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
Abjuration mittee on the Oath of Abjuration Bill ; 


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


Palice (Couns The Order for the House to resolve itself into a 


ues and Bo- Committee, upon Monday next, on the Police (Coun- 
rough) Bill. ties and Boroughs) Bill, was read, and discharged. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 
Midland A Motion was made, and the Question being put, 


Great Western That a Select Committee be appointed to inquire 

Railway of, 

Ireland. 
Railway of Jreland Company, pursuant to the statute 
12 &amp; 13 Vie. ec. 62; also into the application, or 
not, of said Sum of Money to the purposes to which 
it should have been applied under said statute ; also 
into the allocation of the Traffic, Profits and Ex- 
penses since the opening of the Line from Athlone 
to Galway, with a view to fix the Amount of the 
Repayments to be raised from certain Baronies in 
the County of Roscommon, and from the County of 
Galway :—It passed in the Negative. 


Agricultural The Agricultural Statistics Bill was read the first 
Statistics Bill. time ; and ordered to be read a second time upon 


Bill97._ Monday the 21st day of this instant April; and to be 
printed. 
Exchequer Mr. Wilson presented a Bill for raising a Sum by 


Bills Exchequer Bills, for the Service of the year One 
ene) thousand eight hundred and Fifty-six: And the 
same was read the first time ; and ordered to 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 Satur- 
day morning, adjourned till Monday next. 


Lune, 14° die Aprilis ; 


Anno 19° Victorie Regine, 1856. 


PRAYERS. 
— M R. Bonham Carter reported from the Select 
oo Committee on Public Petitions; That they 
wenty-third , eae t 
Report.) had examined the Petitions presented upon the 10th 
and 11th days of this instant April, and had directed 
him to make a Report thereof to the House. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 
iprisoned The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Discharge the Imprisoned Debtors’ Discharge Society Bill, as 
Society Bill, amended in the Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 
londonderry The House proceeded to take intu consideration 
and Ennis. 


the Londonderry and Enniskillen Railway Bill, as 
amended in the Committee. 
Ordered, ‘Vhat the Bill be read the third time. 


killen Railwa 
Bill, y 


ifaiea, Ta The House aia to take into consideration 
Southena the London, Filbury and Southend Railway (In- 
Railway (In- crease of Capital, &amp;c.) Bill, as amended in the Com- 


crease of Capi- mittee. 
tal, &amp;c.) Bill, 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 
Von. 111, 


11°.—12°—14° Aprilis. 


into the circumstances connected with the advance of | 
a Sum of £.500,000 to the Midland Great Western | 





135 


Ordered, That the Tormoham Water Bill be re- Tormoham 


committed to the former Committee. Water Bill. 


The Birkenhead Improvement Commissioners Bill Birkenhead 
was read a second time; and committed. Improvement 
Commissioners 
Bill. 
_ The Wolverhampton Water Bill was read a second Wolverhamp- 
time ; and committed. ton Water Bill. 


Petitions relating to Registration of Electors ( Scot- Public 
lund) ;— Brecknoch College Act ;—British Museum, Petitions. 
| &amp;e. ;—Church Rates;—Church Rates Abolition Bill ; Vide Twenty- 
| —Ecclesiastical Courts ;—Intoxicating Liquors ;— fourth Report. 
| Married Women ;—Maynooth College Act ;—Oath 
of Abjuration Bill ;—Religious Endowments (Zre- 
land) ;—Sunday Labour ;—Tithes ;— Union Houses ; 
—Education Bills, &amp;c.;—Joint Stock Companies 
| Bill;—Justices of the Peace Qualification Bill ;— 
| Leases and Sales of Settled Estates Bill ;—Medical 
| Profession Bill; —Nuisances Removal, &amp;c. (Scotland) 

Bill ;— Police (Counties and Boroughs) Bill ;—Poor 
_Law (Jreland) ;—Public-houses (Scotland) Act ;— 
| Vaccination Bill;—-Wee Pawns, &amp;c. (Scotland) ;— 
and, Wills and Administrations Bill,—were pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions relating to the Civil Service Superannu- 
ation Fund; and, Valuation, &amp;c. (Jreland),—were also 
presented, and read; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Civil Service Superannuation. 

A Petition relating to Local Dues on Shipping, 
was also presented, and read; and referred to the 
Select Committee on Local Charges upon Shipping. 








Mr. Cowan reported from the Committee on Group Bath Gas 
F. of Private Bills; That in the case of the Bath Bill. 
Gas Bill, the Committee had examined the allegations 
contained in the Preamble of the Bill, and amended 

the same, by reducing, in conformity with alterations 
made in the Clauses of the Bill, the Amount expen- 
ded by the Company out of Revenue, and intended 

to be Capitalised, and the proportion of that Amount 

to the existing shares in the Company; and found 

the same, as amended, to be true; and had gone 
through the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Lord Harry Vane reported from the Committee Cork and 
on Group (13) of Railway Bills; That in the case Youghal 
of the Cork and Youghal Railway Bill, they had ex- ®#iway Bill 
amined 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. 


| Ordered, That Mr. Frewen have leave of absence Leave of 
till the 30th day of this instant April, on account of Absence. 
ill health. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Fishery 
Return of all Sums of Money advanced on Public Harbours 
Account, since January 1846, for building, adding Scotland.) 
to, or otherwise improving and maintaining Fishery 
Harbours in Jre/and :—And, similar Return relative 

to Scotland. 


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 Regiments of Militia in the United 
Kingdom that volunteered for Service Abroad during 
the late War. 
Ordered, Vhat the said Address be presented to 
| Her Majesty, by such Members of this House as are 
of He: Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


The following Papers were laid upon the Table by Hops. 
the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, dated 
the 8th day of February last, for Accounts of the 
Total Number of Aores of Land im the United King- 
s4 dom 








Malt. 


Brewers, 


Education. 


Training 
Schools. 
Hydrographi- 
cal Survey 

( Scotland.) 


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dom under the cultivation of Hops in the year 1855; 
distinguishing the Number of Acres in each Parish : 
—Of the Duty on Hops of the Growth of the year 
1855 ;. distinguishing the Districts, and the Old from 
the New Duty, in each District:—Of the . Total 
Number of Pounds weight of Hops charged with 
Duty in each of the several Collections in.the Uniied 
Kingdom, in the year 1855 :—Of the Quantity of 
Hops exported from the United Kingdom to Foreign 
Countries, from the 5th day of January to the 30th 
day of June 1855,,and from the 1st day of July 
1855 to the 31st day of December 1855, respectively; 
distinguishing the Countries to which the same have 
been exported, .and also the Quantities to each 
Country, with the Dates of the years in which the 
British Hops were grown; also British from Fo- 
reign Hops:—Of the Quantity of Foreign Hops 
imported. into the United Kingdom, from the 5th 
day of January to the 20th day of June 1855, and 
from the Ist day of July 1855 to the 31st day of 
December 1855, respectively; distinguishing the 
Ports where imported, and the Countries from 
whence exported :—-Of the Total Number of Pounds 
weight of Foreign Hops charged with Duties for 
Home Consumption, from the 5th day of January 
to the 30th day of June 1855, and from the Ist day 
of July 1855 to the 31st day of December 1855, 
respectively ; and the Rates of Duty charged :—Of 
the Quantity, of Foreign Hops in Bond on the Ist 
day. of January 1856 :—And,. of the Amount of 
Duty. charged on Ilops in each Collection of the 
Growth of the year 1855, from the 5th day of Janu- 
ary 1855 to the 5th day of January 1856; dis- 
tinguishing 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 show- 
ing whether the Acres in the Sussex, Hereford or 
Worcester Collections be according to the Statute, 
or any local or customary Admeasurement (in con- 
tinuation of Parliamentary Papers, Nos. 101 and 
102, of Session 1855). 

Return to an Order, dated the 2d day of this in- 
stant April, for an Account of the Total Number of 
Quarters of Malt made in the years ending the 10th 
day of October 1854 and the 10th day of October 
1855; distinguishing the Quantity made in each year 
in each Country, and the Quantities used by Brewers, 
and by Victuallers, and by Retail Brewers. 

Return to an Order, dated the 2d day of this in- 
stant April, for an Account of the Number of Per- 
sons in each of the several Collections of the United 
Kingdom licensed as “ Brewers,” “ Victuallers,” “to 
sell Beer to be drunk on the Premises,” and “ to 
sell Beer not to be drunk on the Premises ;” stating 
the Number of each Class who brew their own 
Beer, and the Quantity of Malt consumed by them, 
particularising each Class in each Collection, from 
the’ 10th day of October 1854 to the 10th day of 
October 1855. 


Mr. Massey presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand,—Copy of Minutes of the Committee of Coun- 
cil on Education :—Schools of Parochial Unions in 
England and Wales, with Reports by Her Majesty’s 
Inspectors of Parochial Union Schools, 1855-56. 

Copies of Reports on Training Schools, for the 
year 1855, by Her Majesty’s Inspectors of Schools. 

Mr. Massey also presented,—Return to an Ad- 
dress to Her Majesty, dated the 14th day of March 
‘ast, fora Return relative to the Hydrographical Sur- 
vey of the North-west Coast of Scotland, between 
the Mull of Cantyre and Cape Wrath, enumerating 
the several Surveys or Charts completed by the Of- 
ficers engaged in the Survey; with the Dates at 
which such Surveys or Charts have been received at 
the Admiralty; the Dates of any subsequently pub- 
lished; and the probable Dates when the Publica- 
tion of the remainder may be expected. 

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


14° Aprilis. 











A. 1856. 





Mr. Monsell presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- Mortars, i 
mand,—Copy of Correspondence with reference to No, 45), 
a Contract with Messrs. Grissell for Mortars. 
Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 
Table; and be printed. . 
t 


Mr. Peel presented,—Return to an Address to Mortars ang 
Her Majesty, dated the 14th day of Marci: last, for Guns, 
Copies of the Agreement or Contract made with , 
Messrs. Grissell and Co. for the supply of Mortars or 
Guns (Iron):—Of Specification of Lron to be used: 
—Of the Correspondence between the Public De- 
partments and Contractors: — Of the Dates on 
which Payments have been made; together with the 
Amounts :—And, Return of the Number of Guns 
and Mortars (Iron) proved at Woolwich, from he 
1st day of January 1850 to the Ist day of January 
1856 ; stating the Number rejected, and the Cause of 
Rejection in each case. 

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


a. bt bo 


Mr. John Ball presented,-—Return to an Address University 
to Her Majesty, dated the 12th day of March last, of Quebec. 
for Copy of the Charter granted for the purpose of 
erecting the Seminary at Quebec into an University. 
Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the | 
Table. | 


The Order made upon the 25th day of February Dublin 
last, That the Paper relative to Dublin Hospitals be Hospitals, 
printed, was read, and discharged, 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Supply. 
into the Committee of Supply. 


(In the Committee.) 


1. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £. 4,050, Bermudas. 
be granted to Her Majesty, towards defraying the 
Charge of the Civil Establishment of the Bermudas, 
to the 31st day of March 1857. 

2. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £.'7,397, Ecclesiastical 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of Establishment 

. “eer : ., + (British North 
the Ecclesiastical Establishment of the British \merica,) 
North American Provinces, to the 31st day of 
March 1857. 

3. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £. 4,713, Indian 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of Department 
the Jndian Department in Canada, to the 31st day (oan 
of March 1857. 

4. Motion made, and Question proposed, That a Governors, &amp;¢. 
Sum, not exceeding £. 24,728, be granted to Her (West Indies), 
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 1857. 

Whereupon Motion made, and Question put, That 
a Sum, not exceeding £.19,428, 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 1857; 

‘he Committee divided. 


Tellers for the; Mr. William Williams, Lis 
Yeas, \ Mr. Hadfield: A 
Tellers for the; Mr. Hayter, oo 
Noes, \ Mr. Grenville Berkeley : | jaa 


Original Question put, and agreed to. 

5. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £. 24,300, Stipendiary 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Salaries, Justices (W 
Allowances, and Contingencies of the Stipendiary yfyuritius.) 
Justices in the West India Colonies and the Mau- 
ritius, to the 31st day of March 1857. 

6. Resolved, Thata Sum, not exceeding £.10,230, 
be granted to Her Majesty, towards detraying the 
Charge of the Civil Establishments on the Western 
Coast of Africa, to the 31st day of March 1857. 

7. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £.10,856, 
be granted to Her Majesty, to detray Charges con- 
nected with the Island of Saint Helena, to the 31st 
day of March 1857. 


Western Coast 
of Africa. 


Saint Helens 









8. Resolved, 








ol, 


cal 
nent 


, &amp;e, 
ies), 





Heligoland. 


Falkland 
Islands. 


Emigration. 


Captured 
Negroes and 
Liberated 
Africans. 


Slave Trade 
Commissions. 


Consular 
Establishments 
Abroad. 


Missions 
Abroad. 


Superannu- 
ations. 


Toulonese 
and Corsican 
Emigrants, 
&amp;e. 


National 
Vaccine Esta- 
blishment. 


Refuge for the 
titute. 


Polish Re- 
fugees and 
distressed 
Spaniards, 


Miscellaneous 
Allowances. 


Treasurers 
of Public 
Infirmaries 


(Ireland.) 


Foundlin g 
Hospital 
(Dublin. ) 


19 Vicroriz. 


8. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £.960, 
be granted to Her Majesty, towards defraying the 
Charge of Heligoland, to the 31st day of March 
1857. 

9. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £. 2,901, 
be granted to Her Majesty, towards defraying the 
Charge of the Falkland Islands, to the 31st day of 
March 1857. 

10. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £. 14,582, 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of 
the Emigration Board, and of the Emigration Offi- 
cers at. the different Ports of this Kingdom, also to 
defray certain Expenses connected with Emigration, 
to the 81st day of March 1857. 

11. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £.12,000, 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray, to the 31st 
day of March 1857, 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. 

12. Resolved, Thata Sum, not exceeding £. 11,050, 
be granted to Her Majesty, to pay, to the 31st day 
of March 1857, the Salaries and Expenses of the 
Mixed Commissions established under the Treaties 
with Foreign Powers for suppressing the Traffic in 
Slaves. 

13. Resolved, ThataSum, notexceeding £.167,498, 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Expense 
of the Consular Establishments Abroad, to the 31st 
day of March 1857. 

14. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £.25,000, 
be granted to Her Majesty, for the Fxtraordinary 
Disbursements of Her Majesty’s Embassies and 
Missions Abroad, to the 31st day of March 1857. 

15. Motion made, and Question put, That a Sum, 
not exceeding £. 146,537, be granted to Her Majesty, 
to defray the Charge of Superannuation Allowances 
andCompensations to Persons formerly employed in 
the Public Service, to the 31st day of March 1857. 

Whereupon Motion made, and Question proposed, 
That a Sum, not exceeding £.144,537, be granted to 
Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of Superannua- 
tion Allowances and Compensations to Persons for- 
merly employed in the Public Service, to the 31st 
day of March 1857:—Motion, by leave, with- 
drawn, 

Original Question put, and agreed to. 

16. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £.2,270, 
be granted to Her Majesty, to enable Her Majesty 
to grant Relief, to the 3ist day of March 1857, to 
Toulonese and Corsican Emigrants, Saint Domingo 
Sufferers, American Loyalists and others, who have 
heretofore received Allowances from Her Majesty. 

17. 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 
1856. 

18. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £.325, 
be granted to Her Majesty, towards the support of 
the Refuge for the Destitute, in the year 1856. 

19 Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £.4,000, 
be granted to Her Majesty, for Payment of the Sub- 
sistence of the Polish R: fugees, and Allowances to 
distressed Spaniards, to the 31st day of March 1857. 

20. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £.4,371, 
be granted to Her Majesty, to pay, to the ist day 
of March 1857, Miscellaneous Allowancvs, formerly 
defrayed from the Civil List, the Hereditary Reve- 
nues, &amp;c., and for which no permanent Provision 
has been made by Parliament. 

21. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £. 2,985, 
be granted to Her Majesty, to pay, to the 3ist day 
of March 1857, to the Treasurers of Public Infir- 
maries in Jre/and, the Allowances gianted under 
certain Acts of Parliament. 

22. Motion made, and Question proposed, That a 
Sum, not exceeding £.1,295, be granted to Her Ma- 
Jesty, to defray the Expense of the Foundling 
Hospital Department of the House of ludustry 
(Dublin), to the 31st day of March 1857. 

Vou, 111. 


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137 


Whereupon Motion made, and Question put, 
That a Sum, not exceeding £.1,165. i0s., be granted 
to Her Majesty, to defray the Expense of the 
Foundling Hospital Department of the House of 
Industry (Dublin), to the 31st day of March 1557; 

The Committee divided. 

Tellers for the; Mr. Alexander Hastie, } 32 
lisz. 


Yeas, Mr. Cowan: 

Tellers for the f Mr. Hayter, 

Noes, \Mr. Grenville Berkeley: J 

Original Question put, and agreed to. 

23. Motion made, and Question proposed, That a House of 
Sum, not exceeding £.11,790, be granted to Her pene &amp;c. 
Majesty, towards defraying the Expense of the er 
House of Indastry, &amp;c., Dublin, to the 31st day of 
March 1857. 

Whereupon Motion made, and Question put, 

That a Sum, not exceeding £.10,611, be granted to 
Her Majesty, towards defraying the Expense of the 
House of Industry, &amp;c., Dublin, to the 31st day of 
March 1857 ; 
The Committee divided. 
Tellers for thef Mr. Alexander Hastie, 1 33 
Yeas, UMr. Crossley : ia 
Tellers for the; Mr. Hayter, 180 
Noes, \ Mr. Grenville Berkeley: } . 

Original Question put, and agreed to. 

Motion niade, and Question proposed, That the 
Chairman do report Progress, and ask leave to sit 
again :— Motion, by leave, withdrawn. 

24. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £.500, Female 
be granted to Her Majesty, towards defraying the (Doble — 
Expense of the Female Orphan House, Dublin, to 
the 31st day of March 1857. 

25. Resolved, ‘Vhata Sum, not excceding £.1,215, Westmoreland 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Expense a 
of the Westmoreland Lock Hospital, Dubiin, _— 
the 31st day of March 1857. 

26. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £.500, Lying-in 
be granted to Her Majesty, towards defraying the om 
Expense of the Lying-in Hospital, Dublin, to the” ris 
31st day of March 1857. 

27. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £. 795, Doctor 
be granted to Her Majesty, towards defraying the Freevens 
Expense of Dr. Steevens’ Hospital, Dublin, to the (Dublin. ) 
31st day of March 1857. 

28. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £.1,900, House of 
be granted to Her Majesty, towards defraying the es al 
Expense of the House of Recovery and Fever (publin.) 
Hospital, Cork-street, Dublin, to the 31st day of 
March 1857. 

29. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £.600, Meath 
be granted to Her Majesty, towards defraving: the — ma 
Expense of the Meath Hospital and County of Dub- Infirmary. 
lin Infirmary, to the 31st day of March 1857. 


Resolutions to be reported. 





And the House having continued to sit till after 

Twelve of the clock on Tuesday morning ; 
Martis, 15° die Aprilis, 1856: 

Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Pitz Roy 
reported, That the Committee had coine to several 
Resolutions. 

Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 

Mr. FitzRoy also acquainted the House, that he 
was directed to move, That the Committee may have 
leave to sit again. 

oe That this House will, upon Wednesday 
néxt, again resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Ways and 
mittee of Ways and Means ; Means. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Public Works Bill was, according to Order, Public Works 
read the third time. = 

A Clause (Commissioners for executing recited 
Acts and this Act to lay Annual Accounts before 
Parliament), was thrice read; and added to the Bill. 





T Resolved, 











’ Common Law 





138 14°—15° Aprilis. 


Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Public Works The Public Works (Ireland) Bill was, according 
(Ireland) Bill. t¢ Order, read the third time. 
A Clause (Commissioners: for executing recited 
Acts and this Act to lay Annual Accounts before 
Parliament), 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 concurience. 


Bankers’ The Bankers’ Compositions Bill was, according to 
— Order, read a second time; and committed to a 
= Committee of the whole House, for Friday next. 


Poor Law The Order of the day being read, for the second 
—_—— reading of the Poor Law Amendment Bill ; 
: Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Monday next. 
Juries The Order of the day heing read, for the second 


(Ireland) Bill. reading of the Juries (Lre/and) Bill; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Friday next. 


Prisons The Order of the dav beng read, for the Com- 
(Ireland) Bill. mittee on the Prisons (Jreland) Bill: 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday the 
25th day of this instant April, resolve itself into the 
said Committee. 


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

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


Courts of 


(Ireland) Bill. 


Burial- The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
Ds into a Committee on the Burial-grounds (Jreland) 
‘Bill. 


(In the Committee.) 


Preamble postponed. 
Criavses, N° 1 to N° 6, agreed to. 
° Ciause, N° 7, postponed. 
Ciauses, N° 8 and N° 9, 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 Pro- 
gress in the Bill; and that he was directed to move, 
‘That the Committee may have leave to sit again. 

L?esolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 
again resolve itself into the said Committee. 


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

Offenders ~~ mittee on the Juvenile Offenders (Jreland) Biil ; 

(Ireland) Bill Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday the 
25th day of this instant April, resolve itself into the 
said Committee. 

Leases and The Order of the day being read, for the second 


Sales of Settled yeading of the Leases and Sales of Settled Estates 
Estates Bill. Bill: - 
&gt; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. * 


Bankruptcy The Order of the day being read, for the second 
and Insolvency raading of the Bankruptcy and Insolvency (reland) 
(Ireland) Bill. Bill; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Friday next. 


Vaccination 
Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Vaccination Bill; 

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






































































A. 1856. 


The Medical Qualification and Registration Bill Medical 
was, according to Order, read a second time; and Qualification 
committed to the Select Committee on the Me- tion git 
dical Profession Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Dissenters 
mittee on the Dissenters’ Marriages Bill ; Marriages 

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


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Joint stock 
mittee on the Joint Stock Banks Bill; Banks 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 Scotch ana 
reading of the Scvtch and Jrish Pauper Removals Irish Pau 
Bill ; Removals Bill, 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Fire In- 
reading of the Fire Insurances Bill ; surances Bill, 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Joint Stock 
mittee on the Joint Stock Companies Bill ; Companies 

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


The House, according to Order, proceeded to Bankruptey 
take into consideration the Bankruptcy (Scotland) (Scotland) Bill, 
Bill, as amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Monday next. 


The Cambridge University Bill was, according to Cambridge 
Order, read a second time ; and committed to a University 
Committee of the whole House. — 

Resolved, 'Vhat this House will immediately re-. Bill 98. 
solve itself into the said Committee :—The House 
accordingly resolved itself into the Committee ; and, 
after’some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed 
the Chair; and Viscount Duncan reported, That the 
Committee had gone through the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for Friday the 
25th day of this instant April. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Partnership 
reading of the Partnership Amendment (No. 2) Bill ; Amenimamt 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time ‘\**)”" 
upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the ‘Com- Oath of 
mittee on the Oath of Abjuration Bill ; ; — 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday’ 


next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Exchequer Bills (£. 21,182,700) Bill was, Exchequer 
according to Order, read a second time; and com- (eal 182,700) 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for this pi.” 


day. 





The Order for reading a second time, upon Wed- Ecclesiastical 
nesday the 23d day of this instant April, the Eccle- Cours -_ 
siastical Courts Jurisdiction Bill, was read, and 
discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 


upon Thursday the 1st day of May next. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Medical 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased /#°"*** 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Returns from each of the Universities of 
Oxford, Cambridge, Dublin, London, Durham, 
Edinburgh, Glasgow, Saint Andrew’s, King’s Col- 
lege and Marischal College at Aberdeen, and the 
Queen’s University in Ireland— 

Of the Number of Medical and Surgical 
Degrees granted by it in each year for the _ 
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From the Colleges of Physicians, and the Col- 


leges of Surgeons of London, Edinburgh and Dublin, | Report upon the Railway and Canal Bills of this 
and the Faculty of Physicians and Surgeons o 


Glasgow, respectively — ‘contained in the Fifth Report of the Select Com- 


whether vivd roce only, or vivd voce and by | 


19 VicrortZ. 14°—15° Aprilis. 139 


Ten years; distinguishing the Degree of Bachelor Of the Privileges conferred by the License ; 
of Medicine from the Degree of Doctor of Medi- Who are the Examiners in the several Sub- 
cine, and distinguishing those who before ob- jects of Examination respectively ; when, for 
taining such Degrees had already elsewhere what Period, and by whom appointed. 

obtained Diplomas or Licenses to practise ; Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 


Of the Duration of the Period of Professional | Her Majesty, by such Members of this House as are 
Study required of the Candidates for the said | of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 
Devrees ; 

Of the Minimum Age of Candidates for the| Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Guns. 


same ; to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
Of the Subjects in which Candidates are | to give directions, that there be laid before this House, 
examined ; a Return of all those Guns which have burst at the 


Of the mode of conducting the Examinations, | Siege of Sebastopol; stating the Description and 
whether vird voce only, or vivd voce and by} Calibre of each Gun, Number of Rounds fired 
written Questions and Answers, and whether when the Gun became unserviceable, and supposed 
by Demonstrations, Dissections and Clinical} Cause of such bursting: —And, like Return for 
Examination ; Sweaborg. 
Of the Number of Medical Professors, and| Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
the Subjects of the Courses on the different | Her Majesty, by such Members of this House as are 
Branches of Medical Study ; | of Her Majesty's Most honourable Privy Council. 
Whether more than one Examination for | 
each Degree is required; and, if more than| The Select Committee on the Medical Profession Medical Pro- 





one, with what interval ; | Bill was nominated of Mr. Cowper, Mr. Head/am, fession Bill. 
Of the Proportion of rejected to successful) Mr. Brady, Mr. Craufurd, Sir William Heathcote, 
Candidates for each Degree ; |Mr. Napier, Lord Robert Grosvenor, Mr. Black, 
Of the Fees exacted for each Devree ; | Colonel Dunne, Mr. Bell, Mr. Strutt, Mr. A. Hastie, 
Of the Privileges conferred by each Degree ;| Mr. Howard and Mr. Percy. 
Who are the Examiners in the several Sub- | Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 
jects of Examination respectively ; when, for | 
what Period, and by whom appointed :— | Mr. Lowe presented,—Further Return to an Railway and 


| Order, dated the 29th day of February last, That Saneh &amp; 
the Board of Trade do present to this House, a 


Session, in. conformity with the Recommendation 
Of the Number of Licentiates, Members| mittee on Railway and Canal Bills of the Session of 
and Fellows (distinguishing each Class), ad-| }g53-— And, that the Board of Trade do present 
mitted each year for the last Ten years; _to this House, a Report upon the Private Bills for 
Of the Duration of the Period of Professional | f{arhours, Docks, Navigations, &amp;c., in conformity 
Study required for Licentiates, Members and | with the practice in force with respect to Railway 


Fellows ; | Bills. 
Of the Age at which Candidates are eligible Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
for Examination ; | Table. 


Of the Subjects of Examination ; | 
Whether the Candidate is subjected to more | Ordered, That the Return relative to the Jonian Ionian Islands. 
than one Examination ; if to more than one, at | Islands, which was presented upon the sd day of 
what interval ; this instant April, be referred to the Select Com- 


Of the mode of conducting the Examinations, | mittee on Civil Service Superannuation. 


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. 


written Questions and Answers, and whether | 
by Demonstrations, Dissections and Clinical 
Examinations ; 

Of the Time generaliy occupied by the Exa- oe — viaccess nes 


mination of a Candidate ; . % ; - 
Of those who, obtaining such Licenses or Martis, 15° die Aprilis ; 
’ Anno 19° Victoria Regine, 1856. 











Diplomas, have elsewhere obtained Licenses to | 

practise ; | 
Of the Proportion of rejected to successful; Prayers. 

Candidates ; —_— | R. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Gloucester 
Of the Fees exacted for each Examination ; | | one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private &amp;#4 (No. 2) 
Of the Privileges conferred by the Diploma | Rijs, That in the case of the Gloucester Gas (No.2) — 

or License ; Bill, the Standing Orders have been complied with. 


: Who are the Examiners in the several Sub- | Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time. 
jects of Examination respectively; when, for 


what Period, and by whom appointed :— Mr. FitzRoy reported the West Ham Gas Bill, West Ham 
And, from the Society of Apothecaries of London, | with Amendments. : « — 
and from the Apothecarics’ Hall of Zreland-~ | Ordered, Th=t the Report do lie upon the Table. 
Of the Number of Licenses ‘to practise | 9 : 
granted in each year for the last Ten years; | Mr. Fitz Roy reported from the Committee on the Filey Water- 
Of the Miminum Age at which Candidates | fi/ey Waterworks Bill; Thatthey had exammed the works Bill. 
are eligible for Licenses ; allegations contained in the Preamble of the Bill, 
Of the Duration of the Period of Profes-| and amended the same, by introducing the words 
sional Study required of Candidates ; | ‘as. a Company,” with reference to the persons in- 
Of the Sabjects of Examination ; | corporated by the Bill, and the words “ Partnership 


Of the mode of conducting the Examinations, known as the,” being a fuller description of the Filey 
whether vivd voce or by written Questions and Gas Company, in order to make the same an accu- 
Answers, or both, and whether by Demonstra-| rate statement of the case ; and found the same, as 
tions, Dissections and Clinical Examinations ; amended, to be true; and had gone through the 

Of the Time generally occupied by the Exa- | Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. ; 
mination of a Candidate ; Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 





Vou. 111. T2 Mr. 










































































Scarborough 
Water Bill. 


Edinburgh 
Municipality 
Bill. 


British and 
American 
Great Railway 
Land Com- 
pany Bill. 


Committee of 
Selection 
(Fifth Report.) 


No. 152. 


Public 
Petitions. 


Vide Twenty- 
fifth Report. 


140 15° Aprilis. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Factories, 


Mr. FitzRoy reported from the Committee on the 
Scarborough Water Bill; That they had examined 
the allegations contained in the Preamble of the Bill, 
and amended the same, by omitting the words “ that 
the Company should be enabled, in certain cases, to 
supply water in bulk,” the clause for such purpose 
having been withdrawn by the Promoters from 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. | 
Ordered, That the Edinburgh Municipality Bill 


be re-committed to the former Committee :— And that 
they have leave to sit, and proceed forthwith. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the British and American Great Railway 
Land Company Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Thursday the 8th day of May next. 


Colonel Wilson Patten reported from the Com- 
mittee of Selection ; That they had made certain alte- 
rations 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. 


Petitions relating to Assaults on Clergy and others 
(Jreland) ;— British Museum, &amp;c. ;—Church Rates ; 
—Intoxicating Liquors ;—Marriage ;— Married Wo- 
men ; ~ Maynooth College Act ;—Maynvoth College 
Commission (1853) ;—Oath of Abjuration Bill ;— 
Religious Endowments ( Jreland) ;— Roman Catholic 
Chaplains (Navy) ;—Fire Insurance ;—Property Tax 
(Scotland) ; — Billeting Soldiers ; — Bleaching, &amp;c. 
Works Bill;—Commissioners of Supply (Scotland) 
Bill ; — Education Bills, &amp;c.;— Factories Bill ;— 
Judgments Execution, &amp;c. Bill; —Justices of the 
Peace Qualification Bill ;—Medical Profession Bill ; 
— Police (Counties and Boroughs) Bill;—Poor Law 
(Ireland) ;—Public-houses (Scotland) Act ;—Vacci- 
nation Bill;—and, Wee Pawns, &amp;c. (Scotland),— 
were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 

A Petition relating to the Civil Service Superan- 


_ nuation Fund, was also presented, and read; and 


Saint James's 


Park. 


Str Charles 
Hotham. 


referred to the Select Committee on Civil Service 
Superannuation. 

Petitions relating to the Local Dues on Shipping, 
&amp;c. Bill,—were also presented, and read; and re- 
ferred to the Select Committee on Local Charges 
upon Shipping. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
that part of the Message from the Lords of the 10th 
day of this instant April, wherein their Lordships 
request that this House will be pleased to commu- 
nicate to their Lordships, a Copy of the Report from 
the Select Committee appointed by this House, in 
the present Session of Parliament, on Saint James's 
Park; together with the Proceedings of the Com- 
mittee and Minutes of Evidence. 

Orderid, 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. 


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 a Despatch from Sir 
Charles Hotham, enclosing the Speech which he | 
delivered at the opening of the Legislative Council | 
of Victoria on the 23d day of November 1855, to- | 


irom the Acting Governor of Victoria, announcing 
the Death of Sir Charles Hotham; and of Despatches 
from the Secretary of State on the same subject. 
Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty, by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty's Most honourable Privy Council. 











' A. 1856. 


to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Returns of the Number of Cotton, Woollen, 
Worsted, Flax and Silk Factories subject to the 
Factories Acts in each County, and distinguishing 
each of these five descriptions of Factories : 

1. Those for Spinning only ; 

2. Those for Weaving only ; 

3. Those for Spinning and Weaving ; 

4. Factories not included in either of the above 

descriptions ; 

5. The Number of Spindles employed in Spin- 

ning ; 

6. The Number of Power Looms; 
The several Rooms and Premises occupied by any 
one Firm situated within the same Outward Gate or 
Boundary to be deemed one Factory :—Of the ag- 
gregate Amount available for each of the above de- 
scriptions of Factories of Steam Power, expressed 
by eae, and of Water Power, expressed in the 
same manner :—-Of the Number of Children under 
Thirteen years of age, Boys and Girls; distinguish- 
ing, in Silk Throwing: Mills, the Number of Chil- 
dren between Eleven and Thirteen years of age, 
Boys and Girls :—Of the Number of Male Young 
Persons between Thirteen and Eighteen years of age, 
and of Females above Thirteen years of age :—Of 
the Number of Males above Eighteen years of age, 
including all Managers, Clerks, Overlookers, En- 
gineers, Mechanics, and all others employed in the 
Factory, except the Owners or Occupiers consti- 
tuting the Firm :—And, that the onening Returns 
shall be followed by a General Summary thereof, 
embracing the whole of the United Kingdom (in 
continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No, 745, of 
Session 1850). 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 

Her Majesty, by such Members of this ave as are 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


Sir Francis Baring reported from the General General 
ommittee of 
Elections. 


Committee of Elections; That they had appointed © 
Monday, the 5th day of May, to choose from Panel 
No. 2, the Select Committee to try and determine 
the Sligo Borough Election Petition. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Cowan reported the Worksop Gas Bill, with Worksop Gas 
Bill. 


Amendments. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That Mr. Cobden have leave of ab= Leave of 
sence for three weeks, on account of a domestic Absence 


affliction. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Civil Contin- 
Returns of the Amount voted for Civil Contingen- 8°" 


cies, and of the Expenditure, in each year from 1830 
to 1855:--Of the Number and Names of Royal 
and other Commissions, and Amount charged for 
them in Civil Contingencies, in each year from 1830 
to 1855 :—And, of the Number and Names of Com- 
missions not so charged, in the like period. 


Mr. Massey presented,—Return to an Address to Electicn ~ 
Her Majesty, dated the 28th day of February last, Auditor ** 


for a Return of the Names and Descriptions of Elec- 
tion Auditors, &amp;c., and of Election Expenses, made 
up to the present time (in continuation of Parlia- 
mentary Paper, No. 171, of Session 1855). 


Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the Stipendiary 
gether with the Answer to it:—And, of a Despatch | 4th day of March last, for a Return of the Names Magistrates 


and Salaries of all the Stipendiary Magistrates in 
England and Wales ; together with the Number of 
Cases brought, in the course of the year 1855, under 
the cognizance of each such Magistrate, and the 
Population of the District over which he exercises 
jurisdiction. 

Return 


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at te 
eefinement. 


Prison, &amp;Ce 
Schools. 


Hops. 
No, 163. 


Malt. 
No, 154. 


Brewers. 
No. 155. 


Hydrographi- 
cal Survey 
(Scotland. ) 


No. 156. 
Mortars and 
(runs, 


No. 157. 


University of 
(Quebec. 


No. 158. 


Railway and 


Canal, &amp;e. 


Bills, 
No. 93-1. 


Maynooth 


‘College. 


19 Vicroriz. 
Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 


y 7th day of March last, for a Return of the Prisons in 


England and Ireland ; distinguishing those in which 
the system of Separate Confinement is fully carried 


out; those in which it has been only partially adopted, } 


and the Classes of Prisoners subjected to it; and 
those in which it has not been introduced. 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 
14th day of March last, for a Return of the Number 
of Children under Fifteen years of age (distinguish- 
ing Boys from Girls) in Prison Schools, at the latest 
Date for which the same can be given :—And, simi- 
lar Return of Children in Industrial, Ragged and 
Reformatory Schools assisted within the past year 
as Schools of Industry by the Committee of Privy 
Council for Education, showing the Number in each 
School at the latest Date, and the Amount of the 
Grant in each case. 

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


Ordered, That the Return relative to Hops, which 
was presented upon the 14th day of this instant 
April, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Malt, which 
was presented upon the 14th day of this instant 
April, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Brewers, 
which was presented upon the 14th day of this in- 
stant April, be printed. 


Ordered,: That the Return relative to Hydro- 
graphical Survey (Scotland), which was presented 
upon the 14th day of this instant April, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Mortars and 
Guns, which was presented upon the 14th day of 
this instant April, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Uni- 
versity of Quebec, which was presented upon the 
14th day of this instant April, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Railway 
and Canal, &amp;c. Bills, which was presented upon the 
14th day of this instant April, be printed. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- 
posed, That this House do resolve itself into a Com- 
mittee 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 Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by adding, at the end thereof, the words 


“ and at the same time to take into consideration , 


“ the othey Parliamentary Grants made to Religious 
“ Denominations in Dreland.” 
And the Question being put, That those words 
be there added ; 
The House divided. 
The Yeas to the Right ; 
The Noes to the Left. 


Tellers for the {Mr. Black, 1 1 
Yeas, LMr. Edward Ellice: i 

Tellers for the ¢ Mr. Spooner, |= ; 
Noes, \|Mr. Oliveira: | aoe 


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 {ee Spooner, } 59 
° . od. 

Yeas, Major Cumming Bruce: 
Tellers for the fViscount Castlerosse, }iss 
Noes, | Mr. Wilkinson : , 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 
Vou. 111. 


15° Aprilis. 141 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 
Chair :— The House accordingly resolved itself into 
the Committee. 


(In the Committee.) 


Motion made, and Question proposed, That the 
Chairman be directed to move the ie that leave 
be given to bring in a Bill to provide for the with- 
drawal from the College of Maynooth of any En- 
dowment out of the Consolidated Fund, due regard 
being had to vested rights or interests. 

Whereupon Motion made, and Question put, That 
the Chairman do report Progress, and ask leave to 
sit again ; 

The Committee divided. 


Tellers for the Mr. Hutchins, Lees 
Yeas, (Mr. Bowyer: J — 

Tellers for the! Mr. Spooner, # 
Noes, Major Cumming Bruce : Hoa. 


Original Question again proposed. 
Whereupon Motion made, and Question proposed, 
That the Chairman do now leave the Chair :— 
Motion, by leave, withdrawn. 
Original Question put ; 
The Committee divided. 
Tellers for the Mr. Spooner, ‘ 
; A P 159. 
Yeas, (Major Cumming Bruce : } 
Tellers for the! Lord Edward Howard, 
Noes, \Mr. Bowyer : 


Resolution to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. New- 
degate reported, That the Committee had come to a 
Resolution. . 

Ordered, That the Report be now received. 

Mr. Newdegate accordingly reported a Resolu- 
tion ; which was read, as followeth : 

That the Chairman be directed to move the House, 
That leave be given to bring in a Bill to provide for 
the withdrawal from the College of Maynooth of 
any Endowment out of the Consolidated Fund, due 
regard being had to vested rights or interests :— 
And he moved the House accordingly. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in the 
Bill: And that Mr. Newdegate, Mr. Spooner and 
Mr. Bentinck do prepare, and bring it in. 


. 


on the Medical Department of the Army. 


Asylums in Ireland: And that Mr. Horsman an 
Mr. Attorney General tor Jreland do prepare, and 
bring it in. 











Oriered, That the Select Committee on Trans- Transporta- 
portation do consist of Sixteen Members. tion, 


| Ordered, That Mr. Monckton Milnes be added 
, to the Committee. 

| Ordered, That Sir William Heathcote be dis- 
_charged from further attendance on the Committee. 
| Ordered, That Mr. Ker Seymer be added to the 
Committee. 


| 


ties made between the “ast India Company and the 


* | different Rajahs of Tanjore, fom the year 1749 to 


/1855:—Of the Instructions of the Court of Direc- 
tors of the East India Company to Lord Pigot, for 
the Restoration of the Tanjore Country to the Rajah, 
which took place in 1776, and of the Correspond- 
ence between them and Lord Pigot thereupon :— 
Of all Grants or Alienations of Lands to the East 
India Company by the different Rajahs of Janjore, 
previous to the assumption of the whole of the Ter- 
ritories of Tanjore by the East India Company :— 
Of the Correspondence between the Rajah Ameer 


| T3 Sing, 





Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed Medical 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Lunatic 


to explain and amend the Acts relating to Lunatic A8y!¢™s 
: ae (Ireland. ) 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Fast India 
Copies of all Engagements, Agreements, and Trea- (Tanjore.) 











































a 


== 












Secretaries of 
State. 


King’s College 
¢Aberdeen.) 


Whiehwood 
Forest Bill. 


Adjournment, 


Bleaching, &amp;c. 
Works Bill. 


Bleaching, &amp;c. 
Works (No, 2.) 


142 15°—16° Aprilis. A. 1856. 


Sing, the British Agent or Resident at Tanjore, the | Mr. Tsaac Butt, Lord John Manners, Viscount 
Madras Government, and the Supreme Government Goderich and Mr. Crook do prepare, and bring 
of India, upon the accession of the said Rajah to | it in. ; 

the Raj of Tanjore:—Of the Correspondence be- 
tween the Rajah Ameer Sing, the British Resident 
at Tanjore, the Madras Government, and the Su- reading of the Draits on Bankers Bill; —'s 
preme Government of India, relative to the deposi-| Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
tion of the said Rajah, in order to place the Rajah | upon Thursday next. 

Surfoojee in the Raj of Tanjore :—Of the Corres- ; 
pondence between the Rajah Surfoojee, the Resi+ Viscount Monck reported from the Committee of Supply, 
dent at Madras, and the Supreme Government of) Supply, several Resolutions; which wére read, as 

India, previous to and upon the accession of the follow : 

said Rajah Surfoojee to the Raj, and of the over- 1. That a Sun, not exceeding £. 4,050, be granted Bermudas, 
tures made by him to the said Company, or to their to Her Majesty, towards delraying the Charge of 
representatives in India, previous to his accession, | the Civil Establishment of the Bermudas, to the 

or previous to the Treaty concluded between him | 31st day of March 1857. 

and the Company :—Of the Correspondence between! 2. Thata Sum, not exceeding £.7,397, be granted Ecclesiastical 
the British Resident at Tanjore, the Madras Go- | to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of the Eccle- Establishment 
vernment, and the Supreme Government, upon the | siastical Estabhshment of the British North Ame- a oe 
death of the said Rajah Surfoojee, and wpon the | rican Provinces, to the 31st day of March 1857. 

succession of the late Maha Najah Sevagee to the; 3. ThataSum, not exceeding £.4,713, be granted Indian 
Guddy of his father the said Surfoojee:—Of the | to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of the Zndian Department 
Report or Reports of the Resident at Tunjore tothe Department in Canada, to the 31st day of March nee 
Madras Government, and the Correspondence be- 1857. 

tween him and that Government; and also the Pro- | 4. That a Sum, not exceeding £.24,728, he Governors, de, 
ceedings and Report of the Madras Government to | granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of = Indies, 
the Court of Directors thereupon; and also of all |.the Salaries of the Governors, Lieutenant Governors ” 
Documents referred to in the Reports, &amp;c. of the| and others, in the West Indies, and certain other 

Resident and of the Madras Government :—And, | Colonies, to the 31st day of March 1857. 

of the decision of the Court of the Kast IndiaCom-| 5. That a Sum, not exceeding £.24,300, be Stipendiary 
pany, upon the right to succession to the vacant | granted to Her Majesty, to detray the Salaries, — 
Guddy of Tanjore, and respecting the family and Allowances and Contingencies of the Stipendiary pe egg 
relations of the said late Maha Rajah. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third Dratis on 
Bankers Bil, 





Justices in the West India Colonies, and the Mau- ritius.) 
| ritius, to the 31st day of March 1857. 

Resolved, That an humble Addre&lt;s be presented | 6. Thit a Sum, not exceeding £. 10,280, be hy ag 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased | granted to Her Majesty, towards defraying the f Affica 
to give directions, that there be laid before this Charge of the Civil Establishments on the Western 
House, a Return of the Names of Persons now Coast of Africa, to the 31st day of March 1857. 
holding the Offices of Principal Secretaries of State 7. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 10,856, be Saint Helena. 
to whom Letters Patent have been issued. | granted to Her Majesty, to defray Charges con- 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to /nected with the Island of Saint Helena, to the 31st 
Her Majesty, by such Members of this House asare | day of March 1857. . . 
of Her Majesty's Most honourable Privy Council. | 8. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 960, be granted Heligeland. 

| ~ a Majesty, towards ss the Charge of 

Resolred, That an humble Address be presented | : wd si phir” emg nted Falkland 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased | - ae Majesty, seen defraying the Charce of Islands. 


to give directions, that there be laid before thig | the Falkland Islands, to the 31st day of March 
House, a Return of the Books purchased, with the | 1857 : 


Compensation Grant, by the University of King’s | 
College, Aberdeen, during the years 1841, 1848, and | 
1853, with the Prices annexed. 


10. That a Sum, not exceeding £.14,582, be Emigration 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of 
Ordered, That the said Address be presented to the Emigration Bourd, and of the Emigration Offi- 
at acm ae i M 1) aetna M ee cers at the different Ports of this Kingdom, also to 

er Majesty, by such Members of Ms FOUSE aS ATC defray certain Expenses connected with Emigration, 
of Her Majesty's Most honourable Privy Council. | 4, the 31st day of March 1857. ss 

| 11. That a Sum, not exceeding £.12,000, be Captured 

The Select Committee on the Whichwood Forest , granted to Her Majesty, to detray, to the 31st day eet 
Bill was nominated of Mr. Wilson, Colonel North, of March 1857, Expenses incurred for the Support ‘Aiteme. 
Mr. Cardwell, Viscount Duncan, Mr.Granville Har- | of Captured Negroes and Liberated Africans, and 
court, Mr. Hayter, and Five Members to be added | other Charges under the Acts for the Abolition of 
by the Committee of Selection. | the Slave Trade. 

Ordered, ‘Vhat Three be the Quorum. 12. That a Sum, not exceeding £.11,059, be Slave Trade 
_granted to Her Majesty, to pay, to the 31st day of mms 

A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- | March 1857, the Salaries and Expenses of the 
posed, That this House do now adjourn :—And the | Mixed Commissions established under the ‘Treaties 
said Motion was, with leave of the House, with- | With Foreign Powers for suppressing the Traffic m 
drawn. Slaves. 

13. That a Sum, not exceeding £.167,498, be Consular ‘ 

And the House having continued to sit till after granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Expense oo 
Twelve of the clock on Wednesday morning ; the Consular Establishments Abroad, to the 31st ali 
day of March 1857. 

14. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 25,000, be Missions 

The Order for reading a second time, upon Thurs- | granted to Her Majesty, for the Extraordinary ee 
day the sth day of May next, the Bleaching, &amp;c.| Disbursements of Her Majesty's Embassies and 
Works Bill, was read, and discharged. Missions Abroad, to the 31st day of March 1857. 

Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 15. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 146,537, be — 
ranted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of ““°"* 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to | Superannuation Allowances and Compensations to 
regulate the Hours of Labour of Women and Young | Persons formerly employed in the Public Service, 

Persons in Bleaching and Dyeing Works: And that | to the 31st day of March 1857. 








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quulonese and =6: 16, That a Sum, not exceeding £. 2,270, be 

Corsican, granted to Her Majesty, to enable Her Majesty to 

Emigrants, “°- grant Relief, to the 31st day of March 1857, to 
Toulonese and Corsican Emigrants, Saint Domingo 
Sufferers, American Loyalists and others who have 
heretofore received Allowances from Her Majesty. 


National 17. That a Sum, not exceeding £.2,000, be | Jreland: And the same was read the first time ; {eland) Bill, 


Vuceine Esta- oyanted to Her Majesty, to defray the Expense of| 
blishment- the National Vaccine Establishment, in the year | 
1856. 
Refugeforthe 18. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 325, be granted | 
Testitute. to Her Majesty, towards the Support of “ The | 
Refuge for the Destitute,” in the year 1856. 
Polish Re- 19. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 4,000, be | 
fageesand granted to Her Majesty, for Payment of the Sub- | 
cae sistence of the Polish Refugees, and Allowances to | 
Sam Distressed Spaniards, to the 31st day of March | 
1857. 
Miscellaneous «©9200. That a Sum, not exceeding £.4,371, be) 
Allowances. oranted to Her Majesty, to pay, to the 31st day of} 
March 1857, Miscellaneous Allowances formerly | 
defrayed from the Civil List, the Hereditary Re- | 
venues, &amp;e., and for which no permanent Provision | 
has been made by Parliament. 
Treasurers 21. That a Sum, not exceeding £.2,985, be 
of Public —_ granted to Her Majesty, to pay, to the 31st day of 
&gt; March 1857, to the Treasurers of Public Infirmaries | 
in Ireland, the Allowances granted under certain | 
Acts of Parliament. | 
Foundling 22. That a Sum, not exceeding £.1,295, be | 





— granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Expense of 
— the Foundling Hospital Department of the House | 
of Industry, Dublin, to the 31st day of March | 
1857. 
House of 23. That a Sum, not exceeding £.11,790, be 


m= granted to Her Majesty, towards defraying the Ex- | 
— pense of the House of Industry, &amp;c., Dublin, to the 
3ist day of March 1857. ! 
Female 24. That a Sum, not exceeding £.500, be granted | 
a -_ to Her Majesty, towards defraying the Expense of | 
— the Female Orphan House, Dublin, to the 31st day 
of March 1857. 
Westmoreland 25. That a Sum, not exceeding £.1,215, be | 
oT granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Expense of 
( the Westmoreland Lock Hospital, Dublin, to the 
31st day of March 1857. 
- Lying-in 26. That a Sum, not exceeding £, 500, be granted | 
ial to Her Majesty, towards defraying the Expense of | 
~ — the_Lying-in Hospital, Dublin, to the 31st day of | 
March 1857. | 
i 27. That a Sum, not exceeding £.795, be granted | 
Hopital © Her Majesty, towards defraying the Expense of 
(Dublin.) Doctor Steevens’ Hospital, Dublin, to the 31st day | 
of March 1857. 
Home of 28. That a Sum, not exceeding £.1,900, be 
Fever Hopital granted to Her Majesty, towards detraying the Ex- 
Dublin) pense of the House cf Recovery and Fever Hospital, 
Cork-street, Dublin, to the 3ist day of March 





1857. 
a 29. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 600, be granted 
a and to Her Majesty, towards defraying the Expense of 


infirmary, the Meath Hospital and County of Dublin Infirmary, | 
to the 31st day of Mareh 1657. 
The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 

were agreed to. 





| 

Fschequer The House, according to Order, resolved itself into 

t é 21,189,700) a Committee on the Exchequer Bills (£.21,182,700) | 
i 


Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker | 


resumed the Chair; and Viscount Mounck reported, Endowments( /re/and);—Mines;—Ministers’ Money yiao Twenty~ 


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. 





Vayhooth 


College Bin, _ .YLt- Spooner presented a Bill egerdie for the 
Bill 99 withdrawal from the College of Maynooth of any 
* Endowment out of the Consolidated Fund, due 
regard being had to vested Rights or Interests: 

Vou. 111, 








15°—16° Aprilis. | 143 


And the same was read the first time; and ordered 
to be read a second time upon Wednesday the 
| 7th day of May next; and to be printed 








Mr. Horsman presented a Biii to explain and Lunatic 
‘amend the Acts relating to Lunatic Asylums in Asylums 

? . 
and ordered to be read a second time upon Monday Bill 100. 
next ; and to be printed. 


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








Mercuri, 16° die Aprilis ; 
Anno 19° Victorie Regine, 1856. 


PrRaveErRs. 


RDERED, That all Committees have leave committees. 
to sit this day, during the sitting, and notwith- 
standing any adjournment of the House. 


Mr. Fitz Roy reported from the Committee on the Coventry 
Coventry (City) Gas Bill; That they had examined (City) Gas 
the allegations contained in the Preamble of the 
Bill, and amended the same, by stating the Sum ex- 
pended out of profits to be Twenty-five thousand 
pounds, instead of describing it as “ Twenty thousand 
pounds and upwards,” in order to make the same an 
accurate statement 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. Bonham Carter reported from the Select Public 
Committee on Fublic Petitions; That they had exa- Petitions 
mined the Petitions presented upon the 14th day of ede 
this instant April, and had directed him to make a 
Report thereof to the House. 

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


Mr. Isaac Butt presented a Bill to regulate the Bleaching, &amp;e. 
Hours of Labour of Women and Young Persons in Works (No. 2) 


Bleaching and Dyeing Works : And the same was” ’. 

read the first time; and ordered to be read a second Bill 101. 
time upon Thursday the 8th day of May next; and 

to be printed. ' 


Ordered, That the Gravesend Improvement Bill Gravesend 


be re-committed to the former Committee. —_— 


The Gloucester Gas (No. 2) Bill was read a second Gloucester 
time ; and committed. a (No. 2) 


Ordered, That Viscount Ebrington have leave of Leave of 
absence for ten days, on account of a domestic A&gt;sence. 
affliction. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Election lection 
Auditors, Xc., which was presented upon the 15th Auditors, &amp;c. 
day of this instant April, be printed. No. 159. 


Petitions relating to Church Rates ;—Maynooth Public 
College Act ;—Oaih of Abjuration Bill ;—Religious Petitions. 


(Ireland) Act; — Billeting Soldiers ; — Education fifth Report. 
Bills, &amp;c. ;—Hay and Straw ;—Justices of the Peace 
Qualification Bill; — Kars ;— Medical Profession 
Bill ;— Police (Counties and Boroughs) Bill ;— Poor 
Law (Jreland) ;—Prisons (Zreland) Bill; — Public- 
houses (Scotland) Act;—and, Vaccination Bill,— 
were presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 
Petitions relating to the Civil Service Superan- 
nuation Fund,--were also presented, and read; and 
T4 referred 





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referred to the Select Committee on Civil Service| The Reformatory and Industrial Schools Bill was, keform 
Superannuation. according to Order, read a second time ; and com- 8nd Industry 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for To- 5s Bil, 
Justices of the The House, according to Order, resolved itself | morrow. 
Peace Quali- into a Committee on the Justices of the Peace Quali- . 
fication Bill. cation Bill. The Order of the day being read, for the Com- supply. Adie 
(In the Committee.) mittee of 4 «J -_ ‘ F 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 
Preamble mggomegl ‘ resolve itself into the said Committee. 
Cxiavses, N° 1 and N°® 2, agreed to. 
Cuiavuse, N° 3 (Limits of Act). The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Ways ang 
Amendment proposed, to leave out the words | mittee of Ways and Means ; Means, 
“ extend only to England and Wales,” and insert the | Resolved, That this House will,.upon Friday next, 
words “ not extend to Scotland.” resolve itself into the said Committee. 
Question, That the words proposed to be left out 
stand part of the Clause—— put, and negatived. ‘The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Dissenters 
Words inserted. mittee on the Dissenters’ Marriages Bill ; Marriages Bill, 
Clause, as amended, agreed to. Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
Ciavusss, N° 4 to N° 6, agreed to. solve itself into the said Committee. 
L z, N° 7 (Qualification by interest in land). , ‘ 
ya dl nen in p. 21. 10: To leave out The Exchequer Bills rs oo Bill was, ac- aa (et 
the words “ England and Wales,” and insert the words cording to Order, read the third time. (£21,182 700 « 
+ eels caunte. sidan ox Gividinn.” Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the pi" N 
Question, That the words proposed to be left out — be, oa a = op ‘eo Sum = Twenty — 
stand part of the Clause put, and agreed to. million one hundred and eighty-two t ousand seven 
, A in “weanalingpernee . 3° hundred pounds by Exchequer Bills, for the Service 
pene am cnr ; —_ere ee of the year One thousand eight hundred and Fifty-six. r 
. &gt; . —) . . , we way " = . 
leave out the word “ Thirty” in order to insert the L 7 — - hat &gt; Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
word “ Eighteen.” ords, and desire their concurrence. 
° “ M4 ” 
tl ay a eeeeed saecieas Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Foreign 
"Q a a mr The the word “ Kichteen’”’ | © Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased Legions. 
be a sek | ’ 5 to give directions, that there be laid before this 
Whereupon Motion made, and Question put, That _— . Copy x ans ee meth so - 
the Chairman do report Progress, and ask leave to pentane ae Se Sega owances, either while 
re sg _* serving or on discharge, made with the Officers and 
” The a Men of the different Foreign Legions in the British Wa 
Tellers for the(Mr. Granville Vernon, Service; together with a Copy of the Attestations Ga 
Yeas \ Mr. Deedes : }is. of each Corps. ; 
Tellers ie thef Mr. Colvile 1 Ordered, That the said Address be ——- to 
° Noes 4 Mr. Ker S *s a j 74. Her Majesty, by such Members of this House as are Bos 
ge ee of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. Bil 
Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; and Mr. Fitz Roy ‘ 
reported, That the Committee had made Progress in —— r po _—_. ee be presented — 
the Bill; and that he was directed to move, That to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
the Committee may have leave to sit again to give directions, that there be laid before this House, 
, aa ae an is , . 3 T 4 
Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, again . Return of the Number of Attaches at each of, Her 
resolve itself into the said Committee. Majesty's Embassies and Missions Abroad, distin- 
guishing the Paid from the Unpaid Attachés, and 
. stating the Salaries of the former. 
Ministers’ The Order of the day being read, for the second : : we a 
Money (Ire- reading of the Ministers’ Money (Jreland) Bill; Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
dland) Bill. 5 : ; ' Her Majesty, by such Members of this House as are 
And a Motion being made, and the Question | o¢ tye, Majesty's Most Semen: Midis Shemel 
+ being proposed, That the Bill be now read a second ated ne ene 
time ; ; . Pri 
, Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Public G 
An Amendment was proposed to be made to the . ‘ Ni; f @ 
Question, by leaving aa the word ‘ now,” and, at Copies of Treasury Minute, dated the 4th day a . 
the we d of ihe Geatton ublien: the onan pies February 1840, appointing a Committee to inquire No. 160. 
“ this day six months.” ' 8 ee _ the — d — res Audit 2 the War 
And the Question being proposed, That the word dat ‘ath prt ‘ a hae ond roy “Ti sneantia 
“ now” stand part of the Question—— ee ee ee ee eee 
Minute, dated the 27th day of November 1840, for . 
A Momber A Member was sworn. carrying the Recommendations of the Committee Gr 
takes the Oaths. ; : into effect :—And, of Treasury Minute, dated the 
wenn : And the Question being put, That the word “now” | 13th day of January 1846, by which the Audit of 
j andy Bak. stand pit of the Question ; the Annual Accounts of the Expenditure for Naval 
The House divided. Services, established by the Act 2 Will. 4, c. 40, 
The Yeas to the Right ; was extended to the Annual Accounts for Army, 
lhe Noes to the Left. Commissariat and Ordnance Services. th 
Tellers for the { Mr. Fagan, 191, | ‘The Chancellor of the Exchequer accordingly pre- hs 
Yeas, Mr. Bi amish : sented the said Paper. 
Tellers for the [a — Alexander 1, Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 
Noes, - Whtenta _— Table; and be printed. 
r. Whiteside: 
So it passed in the Negative. Mr. Moody reported the Edinburgh Municipality Edinburgh 
; And hom ase oo , oe oy — a Bill, with further gory sy * aes g 
“upon this day six months a at the end o Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 
the Question :—It was resolved in the Affirmative. yo nd 
‘Then the Main Question, so amended, being put ; And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon this day six months. 








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Jovis, 17° die Aprilis ; 
Anno 19° Victoria Regine, 1856. 


PRAYERS. 

"| to House met; and being counted by Mr. 
Speaker, it appeared that Forty Members were 

not present; yet it being Four of the clock, Mr. 

Speaker took the Chair, and again counted the 

oun; 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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Veneris, 18° die Aprilis ; 
Anno 19° Victorie Regine, 1856. 


PRAYERS. 
R. Strutt reported from the General Com- 
mittee on Railway and Canal Bills; That they 
had made certain alterations in some of the Groups, 
which they had agreed to report to the House. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Mr. Fitz Roy reported from the Committee on the 
Canada Company Bill; That they had examined the 
allegations contained in the Preamble of the Bill, 
and amended the same, by inserting the amount paid 
up on each share, in order to make the same an 
accurate statement 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. FitzRoy reported the Wakefield Gas Bill, 
with Amendments. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. FitzRoy reported from the Committee on the 
Boston Gas Bill; That they had examined the alle- 
gations contained in the Preamble of the Bill, and 
amended the same, by omitting the reference to a 
debt of Two thousand five hundred pounds from 
the recital, stating the expediency of raising a further 
sum for the purposes of the Bill, the authority of 
Parliament not being required for the discharge of 
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. 


Mr. Packe reported from the Committee on Group 
G. of Private Bills; That they had adjourned until 
Monday the 21st April, at the request of the Par- 
ties promoting the Middlesbrough Extension and 
Improvement Bill. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Viscount Barrington reported from the Com- 
mittee on Group H. of Private Bills; That on the 
application of the Parties promoting, and opposing, 
the Leeds Improvement Acts Amendment Bill, they 
had adjourned to Tuesday next, at Twelve o'clock. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table, 


The Earl of March reported the Eastern Union 
Railway Bill, with Amendments. 

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 
examined the Petitions presented upon the 15th 
and 16th days of this instant April, and had directed 
him to make a Report thereof to the House. 

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

Vou, 111, 





The Imprisoned Debtors’ Discharge Society Bill Imprisoned 

was read the third time. Dischary 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. Society ill. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 

Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Cambridge 
the Cambridge University and Town Bill, as amended University 
in the Committee ; and Amendments were made to eee. 
the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Cheltenham 
the Cheltenham Gas Bill, as amended in the Com- 8 Bill. 
mittee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Cork and 
the Cork and Youghal Railway Bill, as amended in Youghal 
the Committee. —_— 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration East Somerset 
the East Somerset Railway Bill, as amended in the Bilway Bill. 
Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


A Petition of the Oxford, Worcester and Wolver- Oxford, Wor- 
hampton Railway Company, praying that Provision ak 
may be made in the Oxford, Worcester and Wolver- ton Railway 
hampton Railway (Extension of Time, &amp;c.) Bill, for (Extension of 
extending the time for the completion of certain of _ ae) 
their Works, was presented, and read ; and referred 


to the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills. 


Petitions relating to the Ballot ;—Parliamentary Public 
Representation ;— Brecknock College Act ;— British Petitions. 
Museum, &amp;c.;— Church Rates ; — Marriage ;— vide Twenty- 
Married Women ;—Maynooth College Act ;—Oath sixth Report. 
of Abjuration Bill;—Religious Endowments (Jre- 
land) ;—Tithe Rent-charge ;—Currency (Singapore) ; 

—Fire Insurance ;—Local Dues on Shipping, &amp;c. ; 
—Agricultural Statistics Bill ;—Bankruptcy (Scot- 
land) Bill ;— Black River Land Grant (Mosquito) ; 
—Decimal Coinage ;—Education, &amp;c. ;—Education 
(Scotland) ;— Hay and Straw ;—Juvenile Offenders 
(Ireland) Bill;—Letters Patent for Inventions ;— 
London Corporation Bill ;—Metropolis Local Man- 
agement Act Amendment Bill;—Opium Trade ;— 
Parochial Schools (Scotland) Bill ;— Parochial 
Schools (Scotland) Bill, and Education (Scot/and) 
Bill ;— Police (Counties and Boroughs) Bill ;—Poor 
Law ;—Poor Law (Jreland) ;—Public-houses (Scot- 
land) Act;—Railway and Canal ‘Traffic Bill;— 
Scotch and irish Pauper Removals Bill ;—Summary 
Jurisdiction Bill;—Wee Pawns, &amp;c. (Scotland) ;— 
Westminster Improvement Commission ;— and, Wills 
and Administrations Bill,—were presented, and 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition relating to the Civil Service Super- 
annuation Fund, was also presented, and read; and 
referred to the Select Committee on Civil Service 
Superannuation. 


Lord Harry Vane reported from the Committee Ulster Rail- 
on Group 13 of Railway Bills; That in the case way Bill 
of the Ulster Railway Bill, they had examined the 
allegations contained in the Preamble of the Bill, 

and amended the same, by striking out the para- 

graph which related to the completion of the Porta- 

down and Dungannon Railway by the Ulster Rail- 

way Company, in the event of default being made 

by the Portadown and Dungannon Railway Com- 

pany in that behalf, the portion of the Bill to which 

that paragraph related having been abandoned ; and 

found the same, as amended, to be true; and had 

gone through the Bill, and made Amendments 
thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 

and be printed. 





U Lord 






Railway Bills 
(Group 13.) 


Diplomatic 


Service. 


Private Bills 
(Group D.) 


East India 
Affairs, Surat. 


Exhibition 
of 1851. 


Wrecks and 
Casualties. 


Merchant 
Seamen’s 
Fund. 


Turnpike 
Trusts. 


Chancery 
Commission. 





146 


Lerd Harry Vane reported from the Committee 
on Group 13 of Railway Bills; That Mr. Octavius 
Duncombe, one of the Members of the said Com- 
mittee, was not present during the sitting of the 
Committee this day. 

Ordered, That Mr. Octavius Duncombe do attend 
the said Committee upon Monday next. 


Viscount Palmerston presented,—Return to an 
Address to Her Majesty, dated the 27th day of 
February 1855, for a Return of the Names of all 
Persons employed in the Diplomatic Service as Am- 
bassadors, Envoys, Ministers, Chargés d’Affaires, 
Secretaries of Embassy or Secretaries of Legation, 
Paid Attachés or Unpaid Attachés, and the Coun- 
tries where so employed ; stating the Period of Ab- 
sence of each Officer in each year, during the last 
Ten years, from his post. 

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


Ordered, That the Committee on Group D. of 
Private Bills have leave to sit this day till Five o 
the clock, during the sitting of the House. 


18° Aprilis. 





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A. 18564. 


Practice and System of Pleading in the Court of 
Chancery, &amp;c. 


Mr. Massey also presented,—Return to an Order, Dublin Pog, 


dated the 19th day of February last, for Returns of 
the Accounts of all Receipts and Disbursements by 
the Corporation for preserving and maintaining the | 
Port of Dublin, from the 31st day of December 
1854 to the latest Period to which the same has 
been made up; distinguishing the same under diffe- 
rent Heads, and under what Authority :—Of all 
Monies borrowed by Debenture or otherwise under 
the Authority of the Act 26 Geo. 3, c. 19, and of 
the Act 32 Geo. 3, c. 35, ov of any other Act; the 
Rate of Interest at which the same wa’ 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; No. 105, of 
Session 1853; and No. 271, of Session 1855) :— 
And, Statement of the Surplus Receipts above Dis- 


| bursements for the year ending on the 31st day of 
r| December 1855; and of the Total Surplus on the 


above day, and of the ae or Investment of 
such Surplus, and the Dates thereof, and of the 


Ordered, That the Papers relative to East India | Dividends received therefrom (in continuation of 
Affairs, Surat, which were presented upon the 14th | Parliamentary Paper, No. 271, of Session 1855). 


day of July 1806, be referred to the Committee on 
the Nawab of Surat Bill. 


| 


: Table. 


Mr. Lowe presented, by Her Majesty's Com- 
mand,—Copy of Third Report of the Commissioners | 


for the Exhibition of 1851, to the Right honourable 
Sir George Grey, Baronet, &amp;c. &amp;c., one of Her Ma- 


jesty’s Principal Secretaries of State. 


Copy of Wreck Chart, to accompany the Report 
to the Board of Trade, containing an Abstract of the 
Returns of Wrecks and Casualties on or near the 
Coasts of the United Kingdom, from 1st January to 
3ist December 1855. 

Mr. Lowe also presented, pursuant to the direc- 
tions of several Acts of Parliament,—An Account of 
the Receipt and Expenditure (under the Seamen’s 
Fund Winding-up Act), from 1st January to 31st 
December 1855 ; with an Account of the Sums re- 
ceived and paid for the Wages and Effects of de- 
ceased Seamen in the year 1855. 

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


Mr. Massey presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand,—Copy of Third Report, with Abstracts of 
Accounts relating to the circumstances of the under- 
mentioned Turr me 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 Rasen conferred upon him 
by the Act 3 &amp; 4 Will. 4, c. 80:— 

No. 11. Stockton and Middlesbrough Road. 
12. Middlesbrough Extension and Im- 
provement. 
Brough and Eamont Bridge Road. 
Bawtry and Tinsley Road. 
15. Rotherham and Barnby Moor Road. 
16. Colnbrook, Datchet and Slough Roads. 


Copy of Fourth Report, with Abstracts of Ac- 
counts 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 
by the Act 3 &amp; 4 Will. 4, c. 80 :— 

No. 17. Barnsdale and Leeds Road. 
18. Godley Lane Road. 
19. Halifax and Huddersfield Road. 
20. Knaresbrough and Green Hammerton 
Road. 
. Knaresbrough and Pateley Bridge 
Road. 

Copy of Third Report of Her Majesty’s Com- 

missioners, appointed to inquire into the Process, 


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Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 






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7g est 


The following Paper was laid upon the Table by East India 
the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, dated (Revenues) 


the 1st day of this instant April, for an Account, 
exhibiting in Sterling Money the Gross and Net 
Reverues of Zndia, distinguishing the several Presi- 
dencies, &amp;c., for the year ended the 30th day of 
April 1854; showing also the Charges of Collection 
and other Payments out of those Revenues, the 
Rates per cent. for which the Gross Receipts were 
collected, and the Public Expenditure under its 
several Heads of Account, both in Jndia and in 
England; the Amount of the Jndia Debt, and of 
the Home Bond Debt, with the Interest payable 
thereon ; and the Cash Balances in the Zndian and 
Home Treasuries on the 30th day of April 1854. 


The following Papers, pursuant to the directions Inland Re- 
of several Acts of Parliament, were also laid upon venue Office 


the Table by the Clerk of the House,—Copy of 
Treasury Minute, dated 15th April 185, granting 
a Retired Allowance to Robert Hickson Thompson, 
Fire-lighte: at the Tower-hill Office of the Inland 
Revenue, incapacitated from further Service by a 
serious injury. 


An Account of the Gross Amount of all Sums National 
received and paid by the Commissioners for the Re- Debt. 


duction of the National Debt, on account of Banks 
for Savings and Friendly Societies in Great Britain 
and Ireland, from their Commencement at 6th August 
1817 to the 20th November 1855, inclusive :—Also, 
an Account of all Expenses incurred by the said 
Commissioners, for Salaries of Clerks or other Inci- 
dental Charges, during the preceding year. 

An Account of the Gross Amount of all Bank An- 
nuities and Long Annuities, and any other Annuities 
for Terms of Years transferred, and of all Sums of 
Money paid to the Commissioners for the Reduction 
of: the National Debt, and the Gross Amount of: 
Annuities for Lives and for Terms of Years which 
have been granted for the same, under the Provi- 
sions of the Acts of 10 Geo. 4, c. 24, and 3 Will. 4, 
c. 14, and 15 &amp; 16 Vic. c. 45, within the year ending 
5th January 1856. 

An Account of the Gross Amount of all Monies 
received and paid by the Commissioners for the Re- 
duction of the National Debt on account of the Fund 
for the Military Savings Banks, from the 19th Sep- 
tember 1845 to the 5th January 1856, inclusive. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Salted Pro- : 
visions anak which was presented upon the 31st 
day of Marc 


last, be printed. 
Ordered, 


Salted Provi- 


ions (Navy:) 
No. 162- 








rovi- 
avy:) 
62. 





(eur 


Confinement.) 


No. 163. 
Prison, &amp;. 
Schools. 

No. 164. 


Adjournment. 


Masters 
(Navy-) 


19 Vicroriz. 


Ordered, That an Abstract of the Return relative 
to Prisons (Separate Confinement), which was _pre- 
sented upon the 15th day of this instant April, be 
printed. 


Ordered, That an Abstract of the Return relative 
to Prison, &amp;c. Schools, which was presented upon the 
15th day of this instant April, be printed. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being 
roposed, That this House will, at the rising of the 
House this day, adjourn till Monday next ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out the word “ Monday,” and 
inserting the word “ Thursday,” instead thereof. 

And the Question being put, That the word 
“‘ Monday” stand part of the Question :—It was re- 
solved in the Affirmative. 

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


Mr. Osborne presented,—Supplemental Return to 
an Order, dated the 8th day of February last, for 
Nominal Returns of Masters and Second Masters 
mentioned in Despatches since the commencement 
of the War with Russia, with the Special Services 
for which they were mentioned :—And, of Masters 
and Second Masters promoted during the same 

riod, stating Date of such Promotion, and to what 

anks promoted; also the Appointments of any 
Masters or Second Masters mentioned in such De- 
spatches:—The Returns to be transmitted in the 
accompanying Form : 


Return of Masters and Second Masters: 





Promotions | 


se Remarks. 


Appoint- | 


L For what 
.| Rank. | Seniority.] Special Service mentioned 
in Despatches. 





ments. 

















Private Bills 
(Group D.) 


Supply, 


Protestant 
Dissen 


Ministe 
(Ireland. ) 


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


Mr. Rice reported from the Committee on Group 
D. of Private Bills; That at the meeting of the 
Committee, a Letter was received from Mr. Moody, 
the Chairman of the said Committee, stating that 
he was unable, on account of severe indisposition, 
to attend the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


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 £.39,054, be granted to Her 
Majesty, to defray the Expense of Non-conforming, 
Seceding and Protestant Dissenting Ministers in 
freland, to the 31st day of March 1857. 

Whereupon Motion made, and Question put, 
That a Sum, not exceeding £.1,414. 5s. 4d. be 

nted to Her Majesty, to defray the Expense of 
Non-conforming, Seceding and Protestant Dissent- 
ing Ministers in Jreland, to the 31st day of March 
1857 ; 

The Committee divided. 

Tellers for the { Mr. Pellatt, | 60 

Yeas, Mr. Hadfield: ; 
Tellers for the; Mr. Hayter, 230 
Noes, Mr. Grenville Berkeley: J “°° 

Original Question again proposed. 

Whereupon Motion made, and Question put, That 
a Sum, not exceeding £.35,956. 7s. 53d. be ted 
to Her Majesty, to defray the Expense of Non- 
——s Seceding and Protestant Dissenting 

OL. 111, 


18°—19° Aprile. 





147 
Ministers in Jreland, to the 31st day of March 
The Committee divided. 
Tellers for the (Mr. Had, field, } 
Tellers for the {an Hayter, 
Noes, Mr. Grenville Berkeley : 
Whereupon Motion made, and Question put, That 
a Sum, not exceeding £.38,554, be granted to Her 
Seceding and Protestant Dissenting Ministers in 
Ireland, to the 31st day of March 1857; 


1857 ; 
Yeas, Mr. Pellatt: , * 
} 214. 
Original Question again proposed. 
Majesty, to defray the Expense of Non-conforming, 
The Committee divided. 


Tellers for the f Mr. Kershaw, } 40 
Yeas, \Mr. Hadfield: , 
Tellers for the; Mr. Hayter, L198 


Noes, \ Mr. Grenville Berkeley: { 
Original Question again proposed. 
Whereupon Motion made, and Question put, 

That the Chairman do report Progress, and ask leave 
to sit again ; 

The Committee divided. 

Tellers for thef Mr. Crossley, \e 

Yeas, Mr. Hadfield : : asa 
Tellers for thef Mr. Hayter, 91 

Noes, LMr. Grenville Berkeley : \ aul. 
Original Question again proposed. 

Whereupon Motion made, and Question, That a 
Sum, not exceeding £.38,707. 16s. 8d. be granted 
to Her Majesty, to defray the Expense of Non-con- 
forming, Seceding and Protestant Dissenting Minis- 
ters in Jreland, to the 31st day of March 1857 
put, and negatived. 

Original Question put, and agreed to. 





2. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £.6,062, Charitable 


be granted to Her Majesty, to pay, to the 31st day 
of March 1857, Charitable Allowances charged on 
the Concordatum Fund in Jreland, and other Al- 
lowances and Bounties formeriy defrayed from 
Grants for the Lord Lieutenant's Household, Civil 
Contingencies, &amp;c. 


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. 


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


Sabbati, 19° die Aprilis, 1856: 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Ways and Means ; 

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


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Fire Insurances 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 word “ Monday,” and 
inserting the word “ Friday,” instead thereof. 

And the Question being put, That the word 
“ Monday ” stand part of the Question :—It was re- 
solved in the Affirmative. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Monday next. 


Allowances 
(Ireland.) 


Ways and 
Means. 


Fire In- 
surances Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Bankers’ 
mittee on the Bankers’ Compositions Bill ; 
v2 


Resolved, 


Compositions | 
Bill 


Nuisances 
Removal, &amp;c. 


(Scotland) Bill. 


Education 


148 


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 Nuisances Removal, &amp;c. (Scotland) 
Bill ; 

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


The Order of the day being read, for the second 


(Scotland) Bill. reading of the Education (Scotland) Bill ; 


Parochial 


Schools (Scot- 


lard) Bill. 


Vice-President 


of Committee 
of Council on 
Education 
Bill. 


Wills and 
Administra- 
tions Bill. 


Police (Coun- 
ties and Bo- 
roughs) Bill. 


Juries (Ire- 
land) Bill. 


Courts of 
Common Law 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Burial- 
grounds (Ire- 
land) Bill. 


Bankruptcy 


and Insolvency 


(Ireland) Bill. 


Scotch and 
Irish Pauper 


Removals Bill. 


Joint Stock 
Companies 
Bi 


Commissioners 


of Supply 


(Scotland) Rill. 


Judgments 


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 Parochial Schools (Scotland) Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Vice-President of Committee of 
Council on 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 Wills and Administrations Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Police (Counties and Boroughs) Bill ; 

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


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Juries ( /reland) 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 Courts of Common Law (Jreland) Bill; 

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


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Burial-grounds (Jre/and) Bill ; 

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


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Bankruptcy and Insolvency (Jreland) 
Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Scotch and Jrish Pauper Removals 
Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Joint Stock Companies 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 Commisstoners of Supply (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 second 


Execution, &amp;c. reading of the Judgments Execution, &amp;c. Bill; 


Bill. 


Joint Stock 
Banks Bill. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Thursday the 1st day of May next. 


mittee on the Joint Stoc 





18°—19°—21° Aprilis. 





A. 1856. 


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

| The Order of the day being read, for the third Drafts on 
reading of the Drafts on Bankers Bill ; Bankers Bill, 
| Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 

upon Thursday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Justices of the 
mittee on the Justices of the Peace Qualification Bill; Peace Quaiig. 
Resolved,. That this House will, upon Monday cotton Bil, 

next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, réSolved itself Reformatory 
into a Committee on the Reformatory and Industrial = Industrial 
Schools Bill; and, after some time spent therein, ~—y - 
Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Fitz Roy ill 102, 
jie 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 Thursday the 22d 
day of May next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Dissenters 
mittee on the Dissenters’ Marriages Bill ; Marriages 

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


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Secretaries 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased State. 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return of the Letters Patent now existing 
and unrevoked (April 14th, 1856), which have been 
issued to Persons who have held or who are now 
holding the Office of Principal Secretary of State. 

Ordered, That 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 National 
extend the Powers of the ‘Trustees and Directors of &amp;#llery. 
the National Gallery, and to authorize the Sale of 
Works of Art belonging to the Public: And that 
Mr. Wilson and the Chancellor of the Exchequer 
do prepare, and bring it in. 

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








Luna, 21° die Aprilis ; 
Anno 19° Victoria Regine, 1856. 


PRAYERS. 


N R. FitzRoy reported from the Committee on Thames Haven 
the Thames Haven Dock and Railwa Bill 5 poe mill 

That inasmuch as there are no Provisions in the Bill 

in any way connected with a Railway, they were of 

opinion that the Standing Order requiring a Special 

Report from Committees on Railway Bulls was in- 

applicable to the present case ; and that they had 

examined the allegations contained in the Preamble 

of the Bill, and amended the same, by inserting an 

exception of the land below high-water mark in the 

recital, stating that the Company were possessed 

of the lands requisite for the undertaking; 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. FitzRoy reported from the Committee on Dewsbury, 
‘the Dewsbury, Batley and Heckmondwike Water Batyy my 
Bill; That they had examined the allegations con- wike Water 
The Order of the da po —_ for the Com- | tained in the Preamble of the Bill, and amended the Bill. 

anks Bill; 


| same, by striking out the reference to the Schedule 
; therein- 











Oxford, 
Worcester and 
Wolverhamp- 
ton Railway 
(Extension of 
Time, &amp;¢.) 
Bill. 


me 


"Eo 


Public 
Petitions 
(Twenty-sixt 


Report. ) 


Private Bills 
(Group D.) 


leeds Water 
Bill. 


Sleaford and 
Tattershall 
Turnpike 
Trust Bill. 


Morayshire 
Railway Bill. 


London, Til- 
and 


Southend 
Railway (In- 
crease of 
Capital, &amp;c.) 


aven 


Bath Gas 
iL, 


Scarborough 
Water Bill. 


parksop Gas 


London and 
South Western 
Railway 
(Yeovil to 

) Bill, 


gre 





19 Vicrortz. 21° Aprils. 149 


therein-mentioned, the contents of the same being 
embodied in the Bill; and found the same, as 
amended, to be true; and had gone through the 
Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


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 Oxford, Worcester and Wolver- 
hampton Railway (Extension of Time, &amp;c.) Bill. 

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


Mr. Bonham Carter reported from the Select 
Committee on Public Petitions; That they had 
examined the Petitions presented upon the 18th 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. 


Mr. Rice reported from the Committee on 
Group |). of Private Bills; That Mr. Brown, one 
of the Members of the said Committee, was not 
present during the sitting of the Committee this 
day. 

‘Ordered, That Mr. Brown do attend the said 
Committee To-morrow. 


Viscount Barrington reported the Leeds Water 
Bill, with Amendments. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upen the Table. 


Mr. Wrightson reported the Sleaford and Tatter- 
shall Turnpike Trust Bill, with Amendments. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Morayshire Railway Company, 
praying that Provision may be made in the Moray- 
shire Railway Bill, for enabling the said Company 
to make a certain Deviation in the Line of the pro- 
posed Railway, was presented, and read; and re- 
ferred to the Examiners of Petitions for Private 


Bills. 


The London, Tilbury and Southend Railway (In- 
crease of Capital, &amp;c.) Bill was, according to Order, 
read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act to enable the Eastern Counties 
and London and Blackwall Railway Companies to 
raise a further Sum of Money for the Purposes of 
the London, Tilbury and Southend Extension Rail- 
way; to amend the Acts relating to such Under- 
taking, 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 
the Bath Gas Bill, as amended in the Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Scarborough Water Bill, as amended in the 
Committee. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Worksop Gas Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Ordered, That the Zondon and South Western 
Railway ( Yeovil to Exeter) Bill be referred to the 
Committee of Selection ; and that it be an Instruc- 
tion to the Committee to refer the said Bill to a 
Committee of Five Members, consisting, as far as 
may be, of the same Members as the Devon and 
Vou. 111. 











Dorset Railway Bill was referred to in the Session 
of 1853. 


Lord Stanley reported the Aberdeen and Scottish Aberdeen 
Midland Junction Railway Companies Amalgama- 24 Scottish 


tion Bill, with Amendments. ay 
Ordered, ‘That the Report do lie upon the Table ; Companies 
and be printed. Amalgama- 
tion Bill. 


Petitions relating to Registration of Electors (Scot- Public 

land); —Bible ; — British Museum, &amp;c. ; — Church Petitions. 
Rates ;— Church Rates Abolition Bill ;— Married Vide Twenty- 
Women ;—Maynooth College Act ;—Oath of Ab- seventh Re- 
juration Bill ;—Religious Endowments (Zreland) ;— port. 
Tithe Rent-charge ; — Australian Colonies (Postal 
Steam Communication; — Fire Insurance; — Fire 
Insurances Bill ; — Property Tax (Scotland); — 
Bankruptcy (Scotland) Bill ;— Bleaching Works, 
&amp;e. Bill;—Copyholds Enfranchisement ;— Decimal 
Coinage ;—Education, &amp;c. ;—Factories Bill ;—Hay 
and Straw ;—London Corporation Bill ;—Medical 
Profession Bill;— Mercantile Marine Act ;— Nui- 
sances Removal, &amp;c. (Scotirnd) Bill ;— Parish Schools 
(Scotland) ;—-Parochial Schools (Scotland) Bill ;— 
Police (Counties and Boroughs) Bill ;—Poor Law 
(Ireland) ;— Public-houses (Scotland) Act ;—Scotch 
and Jrish Pauper Removals Bill ;— George Scott ; 
—Tenants’ Compensation (Jreland) Bill ;—Henry 
Tommey ;—Vaccination Bill; — and, Wee Pawns, 
&amp;c. (Scotland),—were presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition relating to the Civil Service Superan- 
nuation Fund, was also presented, and read ; and 
referred to the Select Committee on Civil Service 
Superannuation. 

A Petition relating to Local Dues on Shipping, 

&amp;e., was also presented, and read; and referred to 
the Select Committee on Local Charges upon 
Shipping. 


Ordered, That an Abstract of the Return relative fouse- 
to Housebreakings, &amp;c. (Scotland), which was pre- breakings, &amp;c. 


sented upon the 31st day of January last, be printed. panei 
0. 165. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Diplomatic piplomatic 
Service, which was presented upon the 18th day of Service. 
this instant April, be printed. No. 166. 


Ordered, That the Account relative to Merchant Merchant Sea- 
Seamen’s Fund, which was presented upon the 18th men’s Fund. 
day of this instant April, be printed. No. 167. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to East India East India 
(Revenues), which was presented upon the 18th day (Revenues. ) 
of this instant April, be printed. No. 168. 


Ordered, That the Accounts relative to the National National Debt. 
Debt, which were presented upon the 18th day of Ne. 169. 
this instant April, be printed. 


The following Papers were laid upon the Table Valuation 
by the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, por ee ne of 
dated the 3d day of March last, for a Return 
of the Names and Dates of Appointments of all 
Persons temporarily engaged as Accountant Valu- 
ators, Superintendents, Surveyors, Draughtsmen, 
and Clerks in the Office of the General Valuation 
and Survey of Ireland, who have been employed 
in that Department for Five Years and upwards; the 
Rate of Pay granted to such Persons on appoint- 
ment, and the Number of Years of Service of such 
Persons to the 1st day of March 1856 ; distinguish- 
ing the Period of Service(if any) while employed in 
other Civil Departments respectively ; the Nature 
of Employment since appointment, and the Rate of 
Pay on the 1st day of March 1856. 

; Sete to an Order, dated the 5th day of March Valuation 
last, for Returns showing the Counties in Ireland (eland.) 
in which the Tenement Valuation has been com- 
pleted, under the Acts 9 &amp; 10 Vic., c. 110,15 &amp; 

16 Vic., c. 63, and 17 Vic., c. 8, the Name of each 
County, the Acreable Contents, the Annual Value, 
the Cost of the Valuation by the Acre, the Cost by 

u3 the 














150 21° Aprilis. A. 1856. 


the £. 100. of the Valuation, the whole Cost to each 
County, and the Date when it first came into force 
in each County :—Of the whole Cost of the Town- 
land and of the Tenement Valuation in each County, 
and the Total Cost of these Valuations in all the 
Counties valued under them respectively :—Of the 
Number of Revisions in each County or Poor Law 
Union, and the Cost of each such Revision, in each 
of the Years ending the 31st day of December 1853, 
1854 and 1855 :—And, Statement of the Progress 
and Prospect of Completion of the Tenement Valua- 
tion of Jreland. 

Exchequer Return to an Order, dated the 13th day of March 

—_ last, for a Return of the Amount of Exchequer Bills 
changed, and the Amount of Exchequer Bills paid 
in Money, in the Months of March and June in the 
Years 1852, 1853, 1854 and 1855, and in the 
Month of March 1856; and the Amount of Ex- 
chequer Bills now outstanding. 

Stamps(Court Return to an Order, dated the 14th day of March 

ireland last, for a Return of the Revenue derived from 
Stamps on Proceedings in the Court of Chancery 
(Ireland) during the year 1855, and specifying the 
several Classes of Stamps, and the Amount received 
in respect of each Class. 

— oa The following Paper, pursuant to the directions of 

roads ~~=—Ss an Act of Parliament, was also laid upon the Table 
by the Clerk of the House,—The Thirtieth Report 
of the Commissioners of the Metropolis Turnpike- 
roads North of the Thames. 


Constabulary Mr. Massey presented,—Return to an Order, 

(Stingea) dated the 21st day of February last, for Copies of Mi- 
nutes of the Evidence taken at the late Constabulary 
Inquiry held at Swinford, in the County of Mayo, 
with the Report of the Commissioners, and the 
Decision thereupon of the Inspector general of 
Constabulary. 

ao a Mr. Massey also presented, pursuant to the direc- 

(ireland. tions of an Act of Parliament,—Abstract of the 
General Statements of the Income and Expenditure 
of Turnpike Trusts in Jreland, for the year 1854. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 

Table. 


Saint James’s, | Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 

&amp;c. Parks. an Account, in detail, of the Expenditure of £.12,773. 
19s. 3d. by the Commissioners of Works, on Saint 
James’, &amp;c. Parks, for the year ending the 31st day 
of March 1855:—And, like Account for the year 
ending March 1856. 


Poor Removal. 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 for the year ending the 25th day of March 




















1856 :— 

Orders signed by Jus- Orders signed by | Orders signed by 
teas and executed; |" orders | Orders of Removal | Justcesandex| Justicesandex- 
having Settlements 4 on a appealed against Irish Paupers; | Scotch Paupers; 
in Parishes in Eng- a d , and and CostofRe-| and Cost of Re- 
land and Wales ; po..A of x moval, includ- | moval, includ- 
and Cost of Re- Money actually litigated, ing Cost of Or- ing Cost of Or- 
moval, including : : ders, Service, ers, Service, 
Cost of en — me rac ‘a -_ "Travelling — Travelling 
vice, and Trave ing suspended and Cost of suc xpenses; but xpenses ; but 
Expenses; but not Orders. Litigation. not the Cost of | not the Cost of 
the Cost of Relief Relief before | Relief before 
before Removal. Removal. Removal. 

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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. 





Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Fireworks 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased &gt; Park, 


to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Copy of any Correspondence between the 
Secretary of State for the War Department, and 
the Office of Ordnance, and the First Commissioner 
of Public Works, in relation to the Buildings now 
og for Fireworks in Hyde Park and the Green 

ark. 

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


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Criminal 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased Justice Act. 


to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return of all Convictions under the Cri- 
minal Justice Act, from the passing of the Act to 
the 31st day of March 1856 ; specifying Numbers 
convicted in each Month, Nature of Crimes com- 
mitted, and Sentence passed in each case. 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Public Health 
Return of the Number of Towns to which the Public Act. 


Health Act (11 &amp; 12 Vie. c. 63) was applied during 
the years 1854 and 1855 respectively, and up to the 
18th day of April 1856. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented to Public 


Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased to 
give directions, that there be laid before this House, 
a Return from Cheltenham and Ennis, Cork, and 
Limerick in Ireland, showing the following Details 
as to the Establishment or Rejection of any Public 
Libraries, Museums or Schools of Art which may 
have been proposed under the English or Irish Pub- 
lic Libraries Act :— 





Libraries, &amp;. 





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General view of the results which have been obtained. 


rgement, or other improvement 


Remarks on the working of the Libraries and Mu- 
of the Library or Museum. 


seums Act; with information as to any contemplated 


re-construction, enla: 








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Ordered, That the said Address be — to 


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





Mr. Lowe presented,—Return to an Order, dated Shipping 


the 25th day of February last, for a Return of the 
Number and Tonnage of Sailing Vessels registered 
at each of the Ports of Great Britain and /reland, 
including the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands, 
distinguishing those under and those above Fifty Tons 
Register, on the 31st day of December 1855 :—Simi- 
ior eaten of Steam Vessels and their Tonnage :— 
Return of the Number and Tonnage of Vessels that 
entered and cleared Coastwise at each of the Ports of 
Great Britain and Ireland, Isle of Man and Channel 
Islands (including their repeated Voyages), distin- 
guishing British from Foreign Vessels, and Steam 





from 





Adjournment, 


Committees, 


Supply. 


British 
Museum, 


General Board 


of Health, 


19 Vicrortz. 


from Sailing Vessels, between the 31st day of Decem- 
ber 1854 and the 31st day of December 1855 :—Like 
Return from and to the Colonies ; further distinguish- 
ing British from Foreign Vessels, also from and to 
Foreign Ports ; also distinguishing British from Fo- 
reign Vessels :—Return 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 Denies, on the 31st day of December 1855 : 
—Similar Return of Steam Vessels and their Ton- 
nage :—Returns of the Number of Vessels, with their 
Tonnage (distinguishing Steam from Sailing Vessels), 
that were built and registered, distinguishing Timber 
from Iron Vessels; also, a similar Return of Vessels 
sold and transferred ; also, a similar Return of Ves- 
sels wrecked; also, a similar Return of Vessels 
broken up, in the year 1855:—Of the Number of 
Colonial-built Vessels, and their Tonnage, registered 
at each of the Ports of the United Kingdom, in the 
year 1855 ; distinguishing the Number and Tonnage 
of each Colony respectively :—Similar Return of the 
Number of Foreign-built Vessels and their Tonnage : 
—And, Return of the Shipping employed in the 
Trade of the United Kingdom, exhibiting the Num- 
ber and Tonnage of Vessels that entered Inwards 
and cleared Outwards (including their repeated Voy- 
ages), separating British from Foreign Vessels, also 
Steam from Sailing Vessels, and distinguishing the 
Trade with each Country, in the year 1855 (in con- 
tinuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 197, of Ses- 
sion 1855). 

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


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


Ordered, That all Committees have leave to sit, | 


notwithstanding the adjournment of the House. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into the Committee of Supply. 


(In the Committee.) 


1. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £.60,000, 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Salaries 
and Expenses of the British Museum Establishment, 
to the 31st day of March 1857. 

2. Motion made, and Question proposed, That a 


‘Sum, not exceeding £.18,626, be granted to Her 


Majesty, to defray the Expense of the General 
Board of Health, to the 31st day of March 1857. 

Whereupon Motion made, and Question, That a 
Sum, not exceeding £.6,266, be granted to Her 
Majesty, to defray the Expense of the General 
Board of Health, to the 31st day of March 1857 
put, and negatived. 


Original Question again proposed. 





Whereupon Motion made, and Question put, That | 


a Sum, not exceeding £.18,326, be granted to Her 
Majesty, to defray the Expense of the General 
Board of Health, to the 31st day of March 1857 ; 
The Committee divided. 
Tellers for the f Mr. Miles, 63 
Yeas, Mr. Blackburn: } sia 
Tellers for the fMr. Hayter, 1 154 
Noes, (The Earl of Mulgrave: {°° 
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, 22° die Aprilis, 1856: 


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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 
Thursday next. 

Vox. 111, 


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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, upon Friday next, 
again resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Mr. FitzRoy reported from the Committee of Supply. 
Supply, several Resolutions; which were read, as 
follow : 

1. That a Sum, not exceeding £.39,054, be Protestant 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Expense of Dissenting 
Non-conforming, Seceding aud Protestant Dissenting (Ireland) 
Ministers in Jre/and, to the 31st day of March 1857, 

2. That a Sum, not exceeding £.6,062, be granted Charitable 
to Her Majesty, to pay, to the 31st day of Mareh (Yanna) 
1857, Charitable Allowances charged on the Con- ’ 
cordatum Fund in Jreland, and other Allowances 
and Bounties formerly defrayed from Grants for the 
Lord Lieutenant's Household, Civil Contingencies, 

&amp;e. 

The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 

were agreed to. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Ways and 
mittee of Ways and Means; Means. 
Resolved, 'That this House will, upon Friday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Fire In- _ 
reading of the Fire Insurances Bill ; surances 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 
Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Parochial 
reading of the Parochial Schools (Scoéland) Bill; fand) BA 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second London Cor- 
reading of the London Corporation Bill; poration Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Friday the 2d day of May next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Agricultural 
reading of the Agricultural Statistics Bill; Statistics Bill 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Friday the 2d day of May next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Poor Law 
reading of the Poor Law Amendment Bill ; ce 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Leases and 
— of the Leases and Sales of Settled Estates = 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Thursday next. 


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

mittee on the Vaccination Bill ; Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 

resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Bankruptcy (Scotland) Bill was, according Bankruptcy 
to Order, read the third time. a (Scotland) Bill. 
A Clause (This Act not to extend to discharge 
Crown Debtors, &amp;c., unless Treasury give consent, 
3 &amp; 4 Vic. c. 107, s. 92), was thrice read; and 
added to the Bill. 
Another Clause (Pay, Half-pay, and Pensions of 
u4 


Bankrupts, 


































152 


Bankrupts,.to be applicable for the benefit of Credi- 
tors, 12 &amp; 13 Vic. c. 107, s. 38; 3 &amp; 4 Vic. c. 107, 
s. 44), was thrice read ; and added to the Bill. 
Then Amendments were made to the Bill. 
Ordered, That the further Proceeding upon the 
third reading of the said Bill be adjourned till Thurs- 


day next. 
Partnership The Order of the day being read, for the second 
(Ne 3) Bill a of the Partnership Amendment (No. 2) 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Friday next. 
Oath of The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
Abjuration mittee on the Oath of Abjuration Bill ; 
_. Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 
Lunatic The Order of the day being read, for the second 
Asylums Bill reading of the Lunatic Asylums (Zreland) Bill; 
a Ordered, Yhat the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday the 5th day of May next. 
Bankers’ The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
Compositions yittee on the Bankers’ Compositions Bill ; 
- Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 
Education The Order of the day being read, for the second 


(Scotland) Bill. reading of the Education (Scotland) Bill; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Friday next. 


Vice-President The Order of the day being read, for the second 
of Committee yeading of the Vice-President of Committee of 
a pill, Council on Education Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 


Monday the 5th day of May next. 


Burial- The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
grounds (Ire- into a Committee on.the Burial-grounds (Jreland) 
land) Bill, 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 Com- 
mittee may have leave to sit again. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, again resolve itself into the said Committee. 
Bankruptcy The Order of the day being read, for the second 
and Insolvenc¥ yeading of the Bankruptcy and Insolvency (Zreland) 
(Ireland) Bill. Bill - / 
&gt; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Thursday next. 


Joint Stock The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
— mittee on the Joint Stock Companies Bill ; 


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


Commissioners The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
of Supply mittee on the Commissioners of Supply (Scotland) 
(Scotland) Sill. P57] : . 
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 Justices of the Peace Qualification 
Bill; 

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


Justices of the 
Peace Quali- 
fication Bill. 


Dissenters’ The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
Marriages Bill. mittee on the Dissenters’ Marriages Bill ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Tenant Right © The Order for reading a second time, upon Wed- 
(ireland) Bill. nesday next, the Tenant Right (Zreland) Bill, was 
read, and discharged. 


21° ~22° Aprilis. 


A. 1856, 


Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Wednesday the 4th day of June next. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Police Force 


Returns of the Number of Convictions for Assaults &amp;c-(Kilkeuny,) 


on the Agents of the Jrish Church Missionary 
Society, in the City of Kilkenny, for the last Twelve 
Months :—Of the Number of additional Police Force 
lately introduced into Kilkenny, their Cost of Main- 
tenance, and the Fund from which their Expense is 
to be defrayed :—Copies of all Reports and Corre- 
spondence between Mr. Curtis, Police Inspector of 
the District, Mr. J. Green, Resident Magistrate, and 
the Mayor and Magistrates, or any one ‘Magistrate, 
of Kilkenny, with the Jrish Government, on the 
subject of the increased Police Force :—And, of 
Memorial or Resolution of the Grand Jury, assem- 
bled at Spring Assizes, and addressed to the Lord 
Lieutenant of Lreland, and his Excellency’s Reply. 


The House was moved, That the several Acts Spirit Trade 


relative to the Spirit Trade in Jreland, might be (reland.) 


read ; and the same being read ; 

Resolved, That this House will, immediately, re- 
solve itself into a Committee to consider the said 
Acts :—The House accordingly resolved itself into 
the Committee. 


(In the Committee.) 


Motion made, and Question proposed, That the 
Chairman be directed to move the House, that 
leave be given to bring in a Bill to amend the Laws 
relating to the Sale of Wine, Spirits, Beer, Cider 
and Perry, by Retail, in Zreland. 

Whereupon Motion made, and Question, That 
the Chairman do now leave the Chair——put, and 
negatived. 

Original Question put, and agreed to. 

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 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 
amend the Laws relating to the Sale of Wine, 
Spirits, Beer, Cider and Perry, by Retail, in Zre- 
land :—And he moved the House accordingly. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in the Bill: 


And that Mr. Brady, Mr. Henry Berkeley and Mr. 
Patrick O’ Brien do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That Mr. Attorney General for Ireland Public 
be added to the Select Committee on Public Pro- Prosecutors. 


secutors. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Sale of Lands 


Return of the Number of Conveyances on the Sale (Ireland.) 


of Lands in Ireland, registered in the Registry 
Office, Dublir, during the years 1853, 1854 and 
1855, respectively, excepting Conveyances from the 
Incumbered Estates Court, and Marriage Settle- 
ments, Mortgages, Re-conveyances, Leases, Sur- 
renders and Deeds under the Renewable Leaseholds 
Conversion Act; and specifying in such Return the 
Number of such Conveyances registered in each 
year in which the Consideration expressed appears 
to be over the Sum of £.1,000, and in which no 
Consideration is expressed. 


The Select Committee on the Medical Depart- 
ment (Army) was nominated of Mr. Stafford, Mr. 
Bellew, Colonel Boldero, Sir James Fergusson, Sir 
Henry Davie, Sir John Hanmer, Colonel Kingscote, 
Mr. Leveson Gower, Captain Laffan, Mr. Legh, Mr. 
Noel, Colonel North, Mr. Peel, Mr. Percy and Sir 
John Trollope; with Power to send for persons, 
papers and records. 

Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 





Ordered, 


Medical 
Department 
(Army:) 





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(Ir 


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int 
Sepulhre’s 
Manor 
(Dublin-) 


Dublin 
Metropolitan 
Police. 


Grand Jury 
Assessments 
({reland.) 


Spirit Trade 
(Ireland) Bill. 
Bill 103. 


Plumstead 
Parish, 


Saint 
Sepulchre’s 
Manor 
(Dublin) Bill, 


Bill 104. 


National 
Gallery Bill. 
Bill 105. 


Grand Jury 
Assessments 


(Ireland) Bill, 
Bill 106, 


Dublin 

etropolit 

Police Bill. 
Bill 107. 


Court of Chan. 


Bi, (eland) 


19 VictorizZ. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to abolish the Jurisdiction of the Court of the Li- 
berties and Manor of Saint Sepulchre, in and near 
Dublin, and for the future Regulation of certain 
Markets of the said Manor: And that Mr. Horsman 
and Mr. Attorney General for Jreland do prepare, 
and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring ina Bill 
to amend and consolidate the Acts relating to the 
Dublin Metropolitan Police Force: And that Mr. 
Horsman, Sir George Grey and Mr. Attorney Ge- 
neral for Jreland do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring ina Bill 
to amend the Acts relating to Grand Jury Assess- 
ments in /refand: And that Mr. Horsman, Sir 
George Grey and Mr. Attorney General for Ireland 
do prepare, and bring it in. 


Mr. Brady presented a Bill to amend the Laws 
relating to the Sale of Wine, Spirits, Beer, Cider 
and Perry, by Retail, in Zreland: And the same 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time upon Wednesday the 11th day of June 
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, a Copy of Memorial of the Archbishop of 
Canterbury and others to Lord Panmure, relative to 
the want of Accommodation for Divine Worship in 
the Parish of Plumstead, and the Claims upon the 
Government to assist in providing for the Moral 
Welfare of its Operatives; together with Copies of 
Applications of the Incumbent of Plumstead to the 
War Department upon the same Subject, in con- 
nexion with Appendix 514 to Reports on Public 
Petitions. 

Ordered, That 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. Horsman presented a Bill to abolish the Ju- 
risdiction of the Court of the Liberties and Manor 
of Saint Sepulchre, in and near Dublin, and for the 
future Regulation of certain Markets of the said 
Manor: And the same was read the first time. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exa- 
miners of Petitions for Private Bills; and be 
printed. 


Mr. Wilson presented a Bill to extend the Powers 
of the Trustees and Directors of the National 
Gallery, and to authorize the Sale of Works of Art 
belonging to the Public: And the same was read 
the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
time upon Friday next ; and to be printed. 


Mr. Horsman presented a Bill to amend the Acts 
relating to Grand Jury Assessments in Ireland: 
And the same was read the first time ; and ordered 


to be read a second time upon Monday next; and 
to be printed. 


Mr. Horsman presented a Bill to amend and con- 
solidate the Acts relating to the Dublin Metropo- 
litan Police Force: 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 Mr. Attorney General for Jreland 
be added to the Select Committee on the Court of 
Chancery (Ireland) Bills. 


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till a quarter of an hour before Two of the 
clock on Tuesday morning, adjourned till 
Thursday next. 


Vou. 111. 





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Jovis, 24° die Aprilis ; 
Anno 19° Victorie Regine, 1856. 


PRAYERS. 


R. Strutt reported from the Committee on Raiiway Bill 
Group 8 of Railway Bills; That on the ap- (Group 8.) 
plication of the Parties, the Committee had ad- 
journed till Monday next, at Twelve o’clock. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


The Cambridge University and Town Bill was Cambridge 
read the third time. University — 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. ee 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


A Motion being made, That the East Somerset East Somerset 
Railway Bill be now read the third time ; Railway Bill. 
And Notice being taken, that the interest of the 
Prince of Wales, as Duke of Cornwall, is concerned 
therein ; 
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 the Prince of Wales’s interest is con- 
cerned, that the House may do therein as they shall 
think fit. 
Then the Bill was read the third time. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Edinburgh 
the Edinburgh Municipality Bill, as amended in the Municipalny 
Committee. Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Filey Water 
the Filey Water Bill, as amended in the Committee. Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration pjster 
the Ulster Railway Bill, as amended in the Com- Railway Bill. 
mittee. 

Ordered, Tiiat the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Wakefield 
the Wakefield Gas Bill, as amended in the Com- 68 Bill 
mittee. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. , 


The House proceeded to take into consideration West Ham 
the West Ham Gas Bill, as amended in the Com- 4s Bill. 
mittee. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Ordered, That the Minutes of the Evidence taken Derbyshire, 
before the Committees on the Derbyshire, Stafford. Stafirdshire 
shire and Worcestershire Junction Railway Bills in Shire Janction 
Sessions 1847, 1852 and 1854, and on the Cannock &amp;c. Railway | 
Railway and South Staffordshire Railway Bills in Ses- Bills (1847, 
sion 1854, be referred to the Committee on Group 6 ate 
of Railway and Canal Bills. 


The Order for committing the Stockton and Dar- Stockton and 
lington Railway Bill, was read, and discharged. ng 
Ordered, ‘That the Bill be withdrawn. ni 


Ordered, That the Petition of the Justices of the Gloucester Gas 
Peace for the County of Gloucester, deposited in the (No. 2) Bill 
Private Bill Office on the 19th day of February’ 
last, against the Gloucester Gas Bill, be referred to 
the Committee on the Gloucester Gas (No. 2) Bill; 
and that, subject to the Rules and Regulations of 
the House, the Parties be heard against the Glou- 
cester Gas (No. 2) Bill, in support of the allegations 
contained in such Petition. 


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North Staf- 
fordshire Rail- 
way (Liverpool 
Extension) 


North Staf- 
fordshire Rail- 
way (Sandbach 
to Warrington) 
Bill. 


Moore and 
Warrington 
Railway Bill. 


East Kent 
Railway Bill. 


Edinburgh 
Water Bill. 


Leeds Im- 
provement 
Acts Amend- 
ment Bill. 


Public 
Petitions. 
Vide Twenty- 
eighth Report. 


Metropolitan 
Police, 


County 
Elections. 


154 


The Order for committing the North Staffordshire 
Railway (Liverpool Extension) Bill, was read, and 
discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


The Order for committing the North Staffordshire 
Railway (Sandbach to Warrington) Bill, was read, 
and discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


The Order for committing the Moore and War- 
rington Railway Bill, was read, and discharged. 
Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


A Petition of the East Kent Railway Company, 
praying that Provision may be made in the East 
Kent Railway Bill, for enabling the said Company 
to make a certain Deviation in the Line of their pro- 
posed Railway, was presented, and read; and re- 
ferred to the Examiners of Petitions for Private 


Bills. 
Mr. Moody reported the Edinburgh Water Bill, 


with Amendments. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Viscount Barrington reported the Leeds Improve- 
ment Acts Amendment Bill, with Amendments. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Petitions relating to the Ballot ;—Bible ;—Church 
Rates ;—Church Rates Abolition Bill ;—Dissenters’ 
Marriages Bill ;—Ecclesiastical Courts ;— Married 
Women ;—Maynooth College Act ;—Oath of Abju- 
ration Bill ;—Religious Endowments (Jreland) ;— 
Tithe Rent-charge ;—Fire Insurance ; — Adminis- 
trative Reform ;— Agricultural Statistics Bull ; — 
Billeting Soldiers ;—Bleaching, &amp;c. Works Bill ;— 
Decimal Coinage ;---Education, &amp;c. ;— Education 
(Scotland) Bill; —Education (Scotland) Bill, and 
Parochial Schools (Scotland) Bill ;—Factories Bill; 
—Hay and Straw ;—Juvenile Offenders (Ireland) 
Bill ;—Zondon Corperation Bill ;—Medical Profes- 
sion Bill;—Parochial Schocls (Scotland) Bill ;— 
Police (Counties and Boroughs) Bill ;—Poor Law 
Amendment Bill;—Poor Law (Jreland) ;— Scotch 
and Jrish Pauper Removals Bill ;— Spirit Trade 
(Ireland) Bill; —Tenant Right (Jreland) Bill ;— 
Vaccination Bill ;—Wills and Administrations Bill ; 
—and, Writs of Ne Exeat,—were presented, and 
read: and ordered to lie upon the ‘Table. 

A Petition relating to the Civil Service Superan- 
nuation Fund, was also presented, and read; and 
referred to the Select Committee on Civil Service 
Superannuation. 

A Petition relating to the Episcopal and Capi- 
tular Estates Bill was also presented, and read ; and 
referred to the Select Committee on the Bill. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Returns of the Total Number of the Metro- 
politan Police Force employed in each Division, 
specifying the Average Number on Day and on Night 
Duty, at the present time :—Of the Number of Men 
dismissed and resigned during the past Five years : 
—And, of the Number of Men of the Force charged 
at the Police Courts with Offences, specifying the 
Dates and the Decisions thereon, during the past 
Five years. 

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


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return from the Clerks of the Peace of 
the Counties of England and Wales, of the Names 





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A. 1856. 


of the Places appointed in each County, and Division 
of Counties, ‘or taking the Poll at Elections for 
Knights of the Shire, and the Number of Electors 
assigned to vote at each of such Polling Places. 
Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty, by such Members of this eum as are 
of Her Majesty s Most honourable Privy Council. 


Mr. Vernon Smith presented, by Her Majesty’s 
Command,—Copy of Report of the Commissioner 
appointed to inquire into the Manufacture, and Sale 
of, and Tax upon Salt, in British India; with Ap- 
pendix and Maps. 

Ordered, That the said Paper do 
Table. : 


Ordered, That Sir Edward Gooch have leave of 
absence for a fortnight, on account of a domestic 
affliction. 


iis upon the 


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 Money expended for 
Books by King’s College, Aberdeen, with the Com- 
pensation Grant, during the Period from 1838 to 
1854, inclusive. 

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


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- Adjournmem, 


posed, That this House do now adjourn :—And the 
said Motion was, with leave of the House, with- 
drawn. 


The following Paper, pursuant to the directions 
of an Act of Parliament, was laid upon the Table 
by the Clerk of the House,—An Account of the 
Receipt and Application of all Monies which have 
been received by the Directors of the Margate Pier 
and Harbour Company, from the 17th day of April 
_— to the 17th day of April 1856, both days in- 
clusive. 


Mr. Massey presented,—Return to an Address 
to Her Majesty, dated the 15th day of this instant 
Apuil, for a Return of the Names of Persons now 
holding the Offices of Principal Secretaries of State 
to whom Letters Patent have been issued. 

Return to an Order, dated the 7th day of August 
1855, for a Return of Total Rent-charges agreed or 
awarded to be 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. 

Return to an Order, dated the 4th day of March 
last, for a Return of the Names, Places of Business, 
and Objects of all Assurance Companies completely 
registered, from the passing of the Act 7 &amp; 8 Vic. 
c. 110, to this day, stating the Dates of complete 
Registration :—And, Copy of every Account regis~ 
tered by suchCompanies, conformably with the pro- 
visions of the said Act, since the Return of the 
19th day of March 1852 (in continuation of Parlia- 
mentary Paper, No. 171-I., of Session 1852). 

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


Ordered, That the Paper relative to Turnpike 
Trusts (Jreland), which was presented upon the 21st 
day of this instant April, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Masters 
(Navy), which was presented upon the 18th day of 
this instant April, be printed. 

Ordered, That the Return relative to Exchequer Exchequer 
Bills, which was presented upon the 21st day of 8 
this instant April, be printed. 


Ordered, 


East Indig 
(Salt.) 


Leave of 
Absence, 


King’s College, 


Aberdeen, 


Margate Pier 
and Harbour, 


Secretaries 
of State. 


Tithes. 


Assurance 
‘umpanies, 


Turnpike 
Trusts (Ire 
land.) 

-No. 170. 


Masters 
(Navy.) 
No. 92-I 


ills. 
No. 171. 

















fi 


sent, 


Pier 
yur, 


D. 





nan 


No. 172. 


Stamps (Court 
of Chancery) 
(Ireland. ) 

No. 173. 


Central 
America. 


Eastern 
Papers. 


19 VicrorRIz. 
Ordered, That the Paper relative to Metropolis 


Turnpike-roads, which was presented upon the 21st 
day of this instant April, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Stamps 


(Court of Chancery) Jreland, which was presented 


upon the 21st day of this instant April, be printed. 


Viscount Palmerston presented, by Her Majesty's 
Command,—Copy of Correspondence with the United 
States respecting Central America. 

Part XVIII. Eastern Papers: Copy of Corre- 
spondence respecting Christian Privileges in Turkey. 

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


North Western Lord Harry Vane reported from the Committee 


Railway of 
Ireland Bill. 


Barracks 
(Cavalry and 
Infantry.) 


Civil Service. 


Message fro 
the Lords. 


Colonial 
Bill Bank 


tate Works 


igh 


Eats 


Weymouth 


and Melcombe 
Regis Gas Bill, 


Gains 
Gas Be 


on Group (13) of Railway Bills; That the Parties 
romoting the North Western Railway of Jreland 
Bil had stated to the Committee, that it was not 
their intention to proceed with the same. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Mr. Peel presented,—Return to an Address to 
Her Majesty, dated the 8th day of February last, 
for a Return of the Number of Cavalry and Infantry 
Barracks erected in the United Kingdom during the 
last Twenty-five years, stating the Number of Men 
each Barrack is capable of accommodating, and the 
Average Outlay per Man incurred in the building of 
each Barrack. 

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


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
sed, That an humble Address be presented to Her 
Thies, to thank Her Majesty for having caused 
to be laid before this House, the Report of the Civil 
Service Commissioners; to state humbly to Her 
Majesty, that this House has observed, with great 
satisfaction, the zeal and prudence with which the 
Commissioners have proceeded in applying a remedy 
to evils of a serious character, the previous existence 
of which has now been placed beyond dispute ; and 
also the degree of progress that has been made, 
with the sanction of the heads of various Depart- 
ments of the State, towards the establishment of a 
system of Competition among Candidates for ad- 
mission to the Civil Service ; to assure Her Majesty 
of the steady support of this House in the prosecu- 
tion of the salutary measures which She has been 

raciously pleased to adopt; and humbly to make 

own to Her Majesty, that, if She shall think fit 
further to extend them, and to make trial in the 
Civil Service of the method of open Competition as 
a condition of entrance, this House will cheerfully 
provide for any Charges which the adoption of that 
system may entail. 

And the Previous Question being proposed, That 
that Question be now put 





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 Colonial Bank Bill, 
without any Amendment: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Public Works Bill, 
without anv Amendment: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the London Docks Bill, 
without any Amendment: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Knottingley Gas 
Bill, without any Amendment: And also, 

The Lords have ed to the Weymouth and 
Melcombe Regis Gas Bill, without any Amendment : 
And also, 

‘The Lords have agreed to the Gainsborough Gas 
“— without any Amendment: And also, 

OL. 111, 


24° Aprilis. 


The Lords have agreed to the Public Works Public Works 
(Ireland) Bill, with an Amendment; to which (Ireland) Bill. 








155 


Amendment the Lords desire the concurrence of 
this House :, And also, 


The Lords have agreed to the Lambeth Water Bill, Lambeth 
with an Amendment ; to which Amendment the Lords Water Bill. 


desire the concurrence of this House. 





And the Previous Question being again og em Civil Service. 


That that Question be now put :—The said Motion 
and Previous Question were severally, with leave of 
the House, withdrawn. 

A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That this House will, To-morrow, resolve 
itself into a Committee to consider of an Address 
to Her Majesty, to thank Her Majesty for having 
caused to be laid before this House, the Report of 
the Civil Service Commissioners; to state humbl 
to Her Majesty, that this House has observed, wit 
great satisfaction, the zeal and prudence with which 
the Commissioners have proceeded in applying a 
remedy to evils of a serious character, the previous 
existence of which has now been placed beyond dis- 
pute; and also the degree of progress that has been 
made, with the sanction of the heads of various De- 
partments of the State, towards the establishment 
of a system of Competition among Candidates for 
admission to the Civil Service; to assure Her Ma- 
jesty of the steady support of this House in the pro- 
secution of the salutary measures which She has 
been graciously pleased to adopt; and humbly to 
make known to Her Majesty, that if She shall think 
fit further to extend them, and to make trial in the 
Civil Service of the method of open Competition 
as a condition of entrance, this House will cheerfully 
provide for any Charges which the adoption of that 
system may entail. 

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 Viscount Goderich, lies 
Yeas, Sir Stafford Northcote: | ieee 
Tellers for the (Mr. Hayter, 1 97 
Noes, }The Earl of Mu/grave: — 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Then the Main Question being put ; 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, resolve 
itself into a Committee to consider of an Address to 
Her Majesty, to thank Her Majesty for having 
caused to be laid before this House, the Report of 
the Civil Service Commissioners; to state humbl 
to Her Majesty, that this House has observed, wit 
great satisfaction, the zeal and prudence with which 
the Commissioners have proceeded in applying a 
remedy to evils of a serious character, the previous 
existence of which has now been placed beyond 
dispute ; and also the degree of progress that has 
been made, with the sanction of the heads of various 
Departments of the State, towards the establishment 
of a system of Competition among Candidates for 
admission to the Civil Service; to assure Her Ma- 
jesty of the steady support of this House in the pro- 
secution of the salutary measures which She has 
been = leased to adopt, and humbly to 
make known to Her Majesty, that if She shall think 
fit further to extend them, and to make trial in the 
Civil Service of the method of open Competition as 
a condition of entrance, this House will cheerfully 
provide for any Charges which the adoption of that 
system may entail. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to Grand Juries, 
relieve Grand Juries from Fiscal Duties, and to &amp;c. (Ireland.) 


place the administration of Local Affairs in Ireland 
in Elected Councils: And that Sir Denham Norreys, 
Mr. Fagan and Mr. Pollard-Urquhart do prepare 
and bring it in. 

x2 Ordered, 







































































ee 


Public Monies. 


Rating of 
Mines. 


Statute Law 
Consolidation, 
&amp;e. 


Church 


Leaseholds. 


Court of Chan- 


cery (Ireland) 
Bills, 


Coalwhippers 
(Port of 
London. ) 


Fireworks 
(Dublin and 
Edinburgh. ) 


Juries (Tre- 
land) Bill. 


156 


Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed 
to inquire into the Receipt, Issue, and Audit of 
Public Monies in the Exchequer, the Pay Office, 
and the Audit Department. 


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


Veneris, 25° diz Aprilis, 1856: 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
amend the Law in England and Wales with reference 
to the Assessment of Mines (other than Coal Mines) 
to the Relief of the Poor: And that Mr. Kendall, 
Sir Charles Lemon and Mr. Michael Williams do 
prepare, and bring it in. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, ‘That an humble Address be presented to Her 
Majesty, praying that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Copies of recent Correspondence between 
the Lord Chancellor and the Statute Law Commis- 
sioners, and Arthur Symonds, Esquire, late Registrar 
of Metropolitan Buildings, tendering his Services in 
consolidating the Law, and containing proposals for 
propounding, in detail, arrangements requisite for 
consolidating the Law in an uniform and effective 
manner ; together with a “ Memorandum relative to 
the preparation and revision of Legislative Measures, 
especially with reference to the means of obviating 
or mitigating the failures to which at present they 
are subject,” and any other Papers forming part of 
or referred to in the said Correspondence :—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 the Number of Leaseholds (every 
Lease being considered as a distinct Leasehold) in 
the several Dioceses of England and Wales, in 
respect of which Applications have been made by 
the Lessees either to the Archbishops and Bishops, 
or Deans and Chapters respectively, for the Purchase 
of the Reversion or for the Sale of the Term, or for 
both in part; and whether on such Application 
Terms have been cither agreed upon and referred to 
the Church Estate Commissioners, or declined by 
the Lessees, or whether such Applications have been 
declined by the Lessors, or remain under considera- 
tion (in continuation of Parliamentury Paper, No. 
375, of Session 1854). 

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


Ordered, That Mr. Deasy be added to the Select 
Committee on the Court of Chancery (Zreland) Bills. 


The House was moved, That the several Acts re- 
lating to Coalwhippers of the Port of London, 
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. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, praying that, as an Exhibition of 
Fireworks has been ordered for the Amusement and 
Gratification of the Inhabitants of this Metropolis, 
She will be graciously pleased to direct that similar 
Exhibitions of Fireworks be made for the Amuse- 
ment and Gratification of the Inhabitants of Duélin 
and Edinburgh. 

Ordered, ‘that 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 Juries (Jreland) Bill ; 


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A. 1856. 


Anda 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 Readies :—And a Debate 
arising thereupon; 

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


“ 


The Order of the day being read, fox the Com- Courts of 
mittee on the Courts of Common Law (Ireland) Bill; ee Law 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday ‘ reland) Bill, 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Joint Stock 
mittee on the Joint Stock Banks Bill; Banks Bill. 
And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
proposed, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the Chair: 
—And a Debate arising thereupon; 
Ordered, That the Debate be adjourned till Mon- 
day next. 


The Drafts on Bankers Bill was, according to Drafts on 
Order, read the third time. Bankers 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. 
Supply, several Resolutions; which were read, as 
follow : 

1. Thata Sum, not exceeding £. 60,000, be granted British 
to Her Majesty, to defray the Salaries and Expenses Museum. 
of the British Museum Establishment, to the 31st 
day of March 1857. 

2. That a Sum, not exceeding £.18,626, be granted General Board 
to Her Majesty, to defray the Expense of the Health 
General Board of Health, to the 31st day of March 
1857. 

The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Leases and 
reading of the Leases and Sales of Settled Estates —— 
Bill ; states 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Friday the 9th day of May next. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming Bankruptcy 
the further Proceeding on the third reading of the (Scotland) Bil. 
Bankruptcy (Scotland) Bill:—The House resumed 
the said further Proceeding ; and 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 Order of the day being read, for the Com- Burial. 
mittee on the Burial-grounds (Jre/and) Bill; eo 

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


The Order of the day being read, for the second Bankruptcy 
a of the Bankruptcy and Insolvency (Zreland) ore and) Bil, 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Thursday next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself into Commissioners 
a Committee on the Commissioners of Supply (Scot- of SupPh Bil 
land) Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. ‘ Bill 108. 
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 upon Thursday 
the 8th day of May next ; and be printed. ms 

e 


a=] 


—S &lt;A 





aw 
ill, 


ted 


"8 § 





19 VicTori2. 


summary The Order of the day being read, for the second 

Jurisdiction yeading of the Summary Jurisdiction Bill ; 

Bill Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Thursday the 8th day of May next. 


Rating of Mr. Kendall presented a Bill to amend the Law 
Mines Bill. jy England and Wales with re‘erence to the Assess- 
Bill 109. ment of Mines (other than Coal Mines) to the Relief 
of the Poor: And the same was read the first time ; 
and ordered to be read a second time upon Friday 

next ; and to be printed. 
Valuation Ordered, That the Return relative to the Valuation 


and Survey Of and Survey of Lreland, which was presented upon 


Ireland. the 21st day of this instant April, be referred to the 
Select Committee on Civil Service Superannuation. 
Public Works Ordered, That the Amendment made by the Lords 


(Ireland) Bill. tg the Public Works (Jreland) Bill be taken into 
consideration this day. 


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, 25° die Aprilis ; 
Anno 19° Victoria Regine, 1856. 


PRAYERS. 
Worksop Gas ‘| ‘HE Worksop Gas Bill was read the third 
Bill time. 


Resolved, That ihe Biil do pass. 


Ordered, Vhat the Clerk do carry the Bill to the | 


Lords, and d sire their concurrence. 


Boston Gas The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Bill the Boston Gas Bill, as amended in the Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Canada Company Bill, as amended in the Com- 


mittee. ae) 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Canada Com- 
pany Bill, 


Eastern Union The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Railway Bil. the Eastern Union Railway Bill, as amended in the 
Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Leeds Water Bill, as amended in the Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third ume. 


Leeds Water 
Bill, 


Barnsley Canal The Order for committing the Barnsley Canal and 
and Collieries Collieries Railways Bill, was read, aad discharged. 


Raibwaye Bill. Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 
Stotfieldand § Mr. Fitz Roy reported from the Committee on the 
— Stotfield and Lossiemouth Harbour Improvement 
Improvement Bill; That they had examined the allegations con- 
Bill tained in the Preamble of the Bill, and amended the 
same, by the insertion and omission of certain words, 
in order more fully to explain the provisions of the 
Bill, but without altering the principle thereof; 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. 


London Dio- } itz : 
omy eal Mr. Fitz Roy reported from the Committee on the 


Building London Diocesan Church Building Society Bill ; 
Society Bil, That they had examined the allegations contained in 
the Preamble of the Bill, and amended the same, by 
setting forth, that the “ Metropolis Churches Fund 
is now administered by a Committee of Clergy and 
Laity appointed for that purpose,” by introducing a 
— “that the purposes and objects of the said 
OL. 11]. 


Q4°-—25° Aprilis. 





157 
Metropolis Churches Fund are almost identical with 
those of the London Diocesan Church Building So- 
ciety,” and by introducing words stating the expe- 
diency of conferring Powers on the Society “ for 
holding Land, and for administering the Metropolis 
Churches Funds,” and by making other verbal 
Amendments ; and found the same, as amended, to 
be true; and had gone through the Bill, and made 
Amendments thereunto. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. FitzRoy reported the Gravesend Improve- Gravesend 
ment (re-committed) Bill, with further Amendments. Improvement 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. _— 


A Petition of the Directors of the City of Dublin Dublin (City) 
Steam Packet Company, for leave to bring in a Bill — Packet 
to amend the Acts relating to the City of Dublin (No.2. ) 
Steam Packet Company, and for other purposes, 
was presented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to 
be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Joseph Christopher 
Ewart and Mr. George. 


A Petition of the Swansea Vale Railway Com- Swansea Vale 
pany, praying that Provision may be made in the Railway Bill. 
Swansea Vale Railway Bill for enabling the said 
Company to alter the mode of construction of a cer- 
tain Viaduct, was presented, and read ; and referred 
to the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills. 


Mr. Bonham Carter reported from the Select Public 
Committee on Public Petitions ; That they had exa- Petitions 
mined the Petitions presented upon the 21st day of Seu ieeen) 
this instant April, and had directed him to make a 
Report thereof to the House. 

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


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Morayshire 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, Railway Bill. 
in respect of non-compliance with the Standin 
Orders in the case of the Petition for additional Pro- 
vision in the Morayshire Railway Bill. 

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


Mr. Bentinck reported the Glasgow Court-houses Glasgow 
and Public Offices Bill, with Amendments. Court-houses 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. Oitonc pag. 


Mr. Bentinck reported the Glasgow Paving Bill, Glasgow 
with Amendments. Paving Bill. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Petitions relating to Registration of Electors (Scot- Public 
land) ;-— British Museum, &amp;c. ;—Marriages (Scot- Petitions. 
land) ;—Married Women ;—Maynooth College Act ; yiae Poenty- 
— Oath of Abjuration Bill &gt;-~Rdliaiens Endowments eighth Report 
(Ireland) ;—Fire Insurance ;—Fire Insurances Bill ; 

—Property Tax (Scotland) ;—Agricultural Statistics 
Bill ;—John Thomas Browne ;—Commercial Rela- 
tions with Turkey ;—Commissioners of Supply (Scot- 
land) Bill ;— Currency ;— Education, &amp;c.;— Hay 
and Straw ;—London Corporation Bill ;— Metropolis 
Local Management Act Amendment Bill ;—Paro- 
chial Schools (Scotland) Bill ;—Police (Counties and 
Boroughs) Bill;—Poor Law (Ireland) ;—Public- 
houses (Scotland) Act ;—Scotch and Irish Pauper 
Removals Bill ;-- Turnpike-gates (London) ;— Wee 
Pawns, &amp;c. (Scotland) ;—and, Wills and Adminis- 
trations Bill,—were presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions relating to Medical Profession Bill, 

Medical Qualification and Registration Bill, and 
Vaccination Bill ;—and, Medical Qualification and 
Registration Bill,—were also presented, and read ; 
and referred to the Select Committee on the Medical 
Profession Bill. 

x 3 Resolved, 





Statute Law 
Commission. 


Poor Law. 


Grand Jury 
Cess Applot- 
ment (Ireland. ) 


Ecclesiastical 
Commission 
(First Report.) 


No. 174. 


Leave of 
Absence. 


Standing 
Orders, 


Sittingbourne 
and Sheerness 
Railway Bill. 


Oxford, Wor- 
cester and 
Wolverhamp- 
ton Railway 
(Extension of 
Time, &amp;c.) 
Bill. 


Metropolis 
Roads. 


158 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented to 
Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased to 
ive directions, that there be laid before this House, 
a Copy of the Memorandum of the Attorney-general 
as to the plan of proceeding in Consolidation of 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, 
Copies of Report of the Poor Law Inspector upon 
the Investigation of the case of William Kelly, re- 
moved to Jreland by the Officers of the Incorpora- 
tion of the Poor of the City of Bristo/:—And, of 
any Correspondence of the Poor Law Board in re- 
ference to that case, prior and subsequent to that 
Investigation. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
a Return of the Sums ordered to be levied by any 
Grand Jury in Jreland, under the Act 18 &amp; 19 Vie. 
c. 74, for the Expenses of any County Officer in 
making any applotment of Grand Jury Cess ; stating 
tle Assizes at which, and Barony, Half Barony, or 
other denomination of Land off which such Sums 
were ordered to be raised. ’ 


Ordered, That the Select Committee on the Ec- 
clesiastical Commission have Power to report the 
Minutes of the Evidence taken before them from 
time to time. 

Lord John Russell reported from the said Select 
Committee ; That they had taken Evidence on the 
matters to them referred, which they had agreed to 
report to the House. 

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


Ordered, That Mr. Stuart Wortley have leave of 
absence for a fortnight, on account of a domestic 
affliction. 


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 Sittingbourne and 
Sheerness Railway Bill, Petition for additional Pro- 
vision, the Standing Orders ought to be dispensed 
with ; that the Parties be permitted to introduce 
their additional Provision accordingly, if the Com- 
mittee on the Bill shall think fit, provided that a 
Sum, not less than one-tenth part of the amount 
required to be subscribed, shall be forthwith de- 
posited with the Court of Chancery; that the Com- 
mittee 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 Oxford, Worcester and 
Wolverhampton Railway (Extension of Time, &amp;c.) 
Bill, Petition for additional Provision, the Standing 
Orders ought to be dispensed with ; that the Parties 
be permitted to introduce their additional Provision 
if the Committee on the Bill shall think fit. 

The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 


Viscount Palmerston presented, by Her Majesty’s 
Command,—Supplementary Papers relative to Mi- 
litary Affairs in Asiatic Turkey, and the Defence 
and Capitulation of Kars. 

— That the said Papers do lie upon the 
able. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Copies of Minutes, Papers and Orders of Commis- 
sioners, relative to the Reduction of Tolls in the 
Ninth District of the Metropolis Roads (as referred 
to in the Petition from Inhabitants of Kingsland), 
with the Names of Commissioners present at the 





25° Aprilis. 





A. 1856. 


meeting when such Reduction was made :—Account, 
from 1850 inclusive, for each District, showing the 
Receipts from Tolls and otherwise, and the Expen- 
diture on Repairs and maintenance of the Roads, 
and the Mileage of each District :—And, of the 
Number of Gates and Bars now existing within a 
radius of four miles from Charing Cross, and their 
Districts. 





Mr. Massey presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- Convict 
mand,—Copy of Second Annual Report of the Di- Prisons (Ire. 
rectors of Convict Prisons in Jreland, for the year 
ended 81st December 1855 ; with Appendix. 

Mr. Massey also presented,—Return to an Address Poor Relief 
to Her Majesty, dated the 11th day of February (Scotland.) 
last, for a Return in reference to the Sesand of Ap- 
plications to the Board of Supervision for Relief of 
the Poor in Scot/and, stating in each case the amount 
of Relief, whether in Money, Food, Clothing, or any 
other shape (but if not in Money, then giving the 
Money Value of such other description of Relief), 
which formed the subject of complamt; the Decision 
of the Board as to such Allowance being insufficient 
or the contrary, and in cases where the ground of 
complaint was removed, stating the additional 
amount and kind of Relief that was granted, from 
the 1st day of July 1854 to the 30th day of June 
1855 (in continuation of former Returns). 

Mr. Massey also presented, pursuant to the di- County 
rections of an Act of Parliament,—An Account in a 
charge and discharge of Fees received by the Recis- ‘ on 
trar of Treasurers’ Accounts and Receiver of Fee 
Fund in Jreland, for the year ended 25th March 1856. 

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


Ordered, That the Return relative to Tithes, which Tithes. 
was presented upon the 24th day of this instant No, 175. 
April, be printed, 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Barracks Barracks 
(Cavalry and Infantry), which was presented upon — 
the 24th day of this instant April, be printed. No. 176. 

Mr. Lowe presented, by Her Majesty’s Command, Trade and 
—&lt;Accounts relating to Trade and Navigation, for Navigation 
the Month ended 31st March 1856, and ‘Three No. 39. 
Months ended 31st March 1856. 

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














Mr. Osborne presented, by Her Majesty's Com- Local Acts. 
mand,—Further Report from the Admiralty relative No. 41. 
to an Application for a Local Act. 

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


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


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Police = 
into a Committee on the Police (Counties and Bo- 5% 9™ 57 
: roughs) Bi 
roughs) Bill. 
(In the Committee.} 


Preamble postponed. 

Cravuse, N° 1 (Where a Constabulary is not al- 
ready established for the whole of a county, quarter 
sessions to cause the same to be established). 

Amendment proposed in page 2, line 8: To leave 
out from the words “ such county” to the end of 
the Clause, in order to add the words “ under any 
“ existing Act or Acts of Parliament, the Justices 
“ of such county, at the general or quarter sessions 
holden next after the passing of this Act, or at 
any adjournment thereof, shall appoint a sufficient 
number of fit men, who shall be sworn in before 
some Justice of the Peace having jurisdiction 
within the county to act as Constables for pre- 
serving the peace, and preventing robberies = 
“ other 





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19 Vicroriz. 


“ other felonies, and apprehending offenders against 
“ the peace; and the men so sworn, and also all 
“ Constables appointed, or to be hereafter ap- 
“ pointed, under the provisions of the Act of the 
“ fifth and sixth years of the reign of his late Ma- 
“« jesty King William the Fourth, to provide for the 
“ regulation of Municipal Corporations in England 
“ and Wales, or under the provisions of any other 
“ Act authorizing the appointment of Constables in 
“ any county or town or district, shall, not only 
“ within such county, but also within every count 

and borough in England and Wales, have all me 
powers and privileges, and be liable to all such 
“« duties and responsibilities, as any Constable duly 
‘“* appointed now has or hereafter may have within 

his constablewick by virtue of the common law 
“ of this realm, or of. any statute made or to be 
“‘ made, and shall obey all such lawful commands 
“ as they may from time to time receive from any 
“ of the Justices of the Peace having jurisdiction 
“ within any county, or borough, or town, or dis- 
“ trict in which they shall act as Constables, for 
“ conducting themselves in the execution of their 
“ office: Provided always, That it shall be lawful 
“ for the Justices of the Peace for any county in 
“‘ general or quarter sessions assembled, if they 
“ shall be of opinion that a distinction ought to be 
“ made in the number of Constables appointed to 
“ keep the peace in different parts of the county, 
“ to divide the same into districts, as shall appear 
“to them most convenient, and to declare the 
“ number of Constables which ought to be ap- 
“‘ pointed for each district, and from time to time to 
“ alter the extent of each such district, and the 
“ number of Constables to be appointed for the 
“ same; and the expenses of the Police for each 
“ such county or district shall be defrayed by each 
“ such county or district in the manner provided by 
“ the Act passed in the third and fourth years of 
“ Her present Majesty, chapter eighty-eight, for 
“ defraying the expense of the Police for counties, 
“ or separate police districts of counties, established 
under the Act therein recited, passed in the se- 
cond and third years of Her said Majesty, chapter 
“ ninety-three; and so much of the said recited 
“ Acts, or any of them, as confers the appointment 
“ of Police Constables on the Chief or Superin- 
tendent Constable, shall be and the same is 
“ hereby repealed.” 

Question put, That the words “ under the said 
Acts of the second and third and third and fourth 
‘« vears of Her Majesty” stand part of the Clause ; 

The Committee divided. 

Tellers for the f Mr. Hayter, | 268 
Yeas, \The Earl of Mulgrave: J” ” 

Tellers for the ; Mr. Henley, Vie 
Noes, (Mr. Nisbet Hamilton: f °™ 

An Amendment made. 

Another Amendment proposed, at the end of the 
Clause: To add the following words: “ That after 
“ the passing of this Act, the number of Constables 
“* appointed and paid shall never at any time be less 
“ than one per two thousand of the inhabitants of 
“ every county or police district, or one per thou- 
“ sand of the inhabitants of every city or borough 
“ throughout England and Wales, according to the 
‘ last Parliamentary enumeration of the population 
“ for the time being.” 

Question proposed, That those words be there 
added :—Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 

Cause, as amended, agreed to. 

Crauss, N°2 (Her Majesty may, by Order in 
Council, require separate police districts to be con- 
stituted in counties). 

Question proposed, That the Clause stand part of 
the Rill ; 

Whereupon Motion made, and Question, That the 
Chairman do report Progress, and ask leave to sit 
again——put, and negatived. 

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Question put, That the Clause stand part of the 


Bill; 
The Committee divided. 
Tellers for thef Mr. Hayter, 
Yeas, The Earl of Mulgrave : } _— 
Tellers for thef Mr. Knight, ‘ 
Noes, Mr. Barrow: f 62. 


To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 





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


Sabbati, 26° die Aprilis, 1856 : 


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 Friday next, 
again resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming Fire In- 
the adjourned Debate on the Amendment which, ™2¢es Bill. 
upon the 21st day of this instant April, was pro- 
posed to be made to the Question, That the Fire 
Insurances 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 second Parochial 
reading of the Parochial Schools (Scotland) Bill; 70a) BAL” 
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 
“ Friday the 9th day of May next.” 
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, } 90 
Yeas, |The Earl of Mulgrave : ; 
Tellers for the Mr. Hadfield, 
Noes, Mr. Blackburn : 
So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 
And the Question being again proposed, That 
the Bill be now read a second time :—And a Debate 
arising thereupon; 
Ordered, That the Debate be adjourned till Mon- 
day the 5th day of May next. 


ben 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Bankers’ | 
into a Committee on the Bankers’ Compositions 5o7'P08"s 
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 National Gallery Bill was, according to Order, National _ 
read a second time; and committed to a Committee @allery Bill. 
of the whole House, for Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Poor Law _ 
reading of the Poor Law (Jre/and) Bill; (Ireland) Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Thursday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Metropolis 
mittee on the Metropolis Local Management Act — — 
Amendment Bill ; Amendment 

Resolved, ‘That this House will, upon Friday the Bill. 
9th day of May next, resolve itself into the said 


Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Prisons (Ire- 
mittee on the Prisons (/reland) Bill ; land) Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 
x4 The 





















Juvenile 
Offenders 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Cambridge 
University 
Bill. 


Wills and Ad- 
ministrations 
Bill. 


Scotch and 
Irish Pauper 
Removals Bill. 


Supply. 


Ways and 
Means. 


Poor Law 
Amendment 
Bill. 


Vaccination 
Bill. 


Partnership 
Amendment 
(No. 2) Bill. 


Oath of 
Abjuration 
Bill. 


Education 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 


Joint Stock 
Companies 
Bill. 


Civil Service. 


Public Works 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Justices of the 
Peace Qualifi- 
cation Bill. 


160 95°.—26° Aprilis. 


A. 1856. 





The Order of the day being read, for the Com-| Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Poor Law, 
mittee on the Juvenile Offenders (Zre/and) Bill ; Return of each Parish and Township in England 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, | and Wales in which the Poor are managed under 
resolve itself into the said Committee. the Provisions of the Act 22 Geo. 3, c. 83, com- 
monly called Gilbert’s Act; distinguishing whether be 
The Order of the day being read, for the Com- | incorporated in any Union or governed separately, Bi 
mittee on the Cambridge University Bill ; and stating the Population of each Parish or Town- 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday | ship and of each Union respectively, according to 
next, resolve itself into the suid Committee. the last Census; and also of each Parish and Town- 
ship, subject to the Provisions of any Local Act for 
The Order of the day being read, for the second | the management of its Poor, with the Amount of 
reading of the Wills and Administrations Bill ; Population according to the last Census. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon p 
Monday next. Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Testamentary F 





’ | to transfer to a distinct Court the Testamentary and meh 
The Order of the day being read, for the second | Matrimonial Jurisdiction of the Ecclesiastical and diction, 


reading of the Scotch and Jrish Pauper Removals | other Courts; and to amend the Law in relation to 


Bill; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Friday next. 


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

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


/matters Testamentary and Matrimonial: And that 
Sir Fitz-Roy Kelly, Lord Stanley and Mr. George 


| Butt do prepare, and bring it in. 
} 


junder the Act 6 &amp; 7 Will. 4, c.71, from the 31st 
day of December 1847 to the 31st day,of December 
|1856; distinguishing between those assigned to 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Clerical Appropriators and their Lessees, Parochial 


mittee cf Ways and Means ; 


Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday next, 


resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Poor Law Amendment Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bull be read a second time upon 
Friday next. 


| Incumbents, Lay Impropriators, and Schcols and 
| Colleges, &amp;c. (in continuation of Parliamentary Pa- 
per, No. 298, of Session 1848). 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to Registration 
_ provide for the Registration of Long 
land, and Assignations thereof: And that Mr. Dunlop 


and Sir Michael Shaw Stewart do prepare, and bring 


it in. 


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


mittee on the Vaccination Bill ; 


5th day of May next, resolve itself into the said 
Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Partnership Amendment (No. 2) Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Friday next, 


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


mittee on the Oath of Abjuration Bill ; 
Resolved, Vhat 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 (Scot/and) Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Joint Stock Companies Bill ; 

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


mittee on Civil Service ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to 


/ amen 


__ Mr. Wrightson reported from the Committee on Luton District 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday the | Group P. of Private Bills; That in the case of the %4 Bill. 


Luton District Road Bill, they had examined the 


allegations contained in the Preamble of the Bill, 
‘and amended the same, by qualifying the recital, 


that it is expedient that the recited Acts should be 
repealed, those Acts having relation to a second 
district of roads; 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 Denham Norreys presented a Bill to relieve Grand Juries, 
Grand Juries from Fiscal Duties, and to place the “¢. (Ireland) 
administration of Local Affairs in Zreland in elected ”' 


Councils: And the same was read the first time; 
and ordered to be read a second time upon Wednes- 


| day the 11th day of June next; and to be printed. 


Sir FitzRoy Kelly presented a Bill for further Procedure and 
ding the Law touching Evidence and Proce- Evidence Bil 
|dure: And the same was read the first time ; and Bill 111. 
ordered to be read a second time upon Thursday the 


| 


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


8th day of May next; and to be printed. 


Mr. John Ball presented,—Return to an Address Mr. Browarigg 
|to Her Majesty, dated the 13th day of March last, (Mauritius.) 


for Copies of Additional Despatches and Corres- 
pondence connected with the Removal of Mr. 
J. Stuart Brownrigg from the Office of Postmaster 
General of the Island of Mauritius on the 9th day 


take into consideration the Amendment made by | of June 1853 (in continuation of Parliamentary Pa- 


the Lords to the Public Works (Jreland) 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 Order for the House to resolve itself into a 
Committee, upon Monday next, on the Justices of the 
Peace Qualification Bill, was read, and discharged. 

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


per, No. 384, of Session 1855). 
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 


Saturday morning, adjourned till Monday 
next. 





Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Tithe Com- 
/a Return of all Tithes commuted and apportioned Mutation. 


Leases in Scot- of Leases 








Kent 
allway Bill 


Swansea Vale 
Railway Bill. 


Public 
Petitions 


(Twenty- 


eighth Report.) 


Railway Bills 
(Group 5.) 


Whichwood 
Forest Bill. 
Bill 112. 


Tormoham 
Water Bill. 


Lambeth 
Water Bill. 


Edinburgh 
Munici 
mm pality 


Water 
Bi 


Ulster Rail- 
way Bill, 


Wakefield 
Gas Bill. 


West 
Ge Bi 


19 VicToriz. 


Luna, 28° die Aprilis ; 
Anno 19° Victorie Regine, 1856. 


PRAYERS. 
M* Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 


one of the Exammers 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 East Kent Railway Bill. 
Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Select 
Committee on Standing Orders. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, 
that in the case of the Petition for additional Pro- 
vision in the Swansea Vale Railway Bill, the Stand- 
ing 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. Bonham Carter reported from the Select Com- 
mittee on Public Petitions ; That they had examined 
the Petitions presented upon the 24th and 25th days 
of this instant Apri] ; and had directed him to make 
a Report thereof to the House. 

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


Ordered, That the Committee on Group 5 of Rail- 
way Bills have leave to sit this day till Five of the 
clock, during the sitting of the House. 


Mr. Hutt reported from the Select Committee on 
the Whichwood Forest Bill; That they had gone 
through the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a Com- 
mittee of the whole House, for To-morrow. 


Mr. Barrow reported the Tormoham Water (re- 
committed) Bill, with further Amendments. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendment made by the Lords to the Lambeth 
Water Bill; and the same was twice read, and, with 
Amendments, 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 Lordships. 


The Edinburgh Municipality 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 Filey Water 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 Ulster Railway 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 Wakefield Gas 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 Ham Gas 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. 
Vou. 111. 


28° Aprils. 


The House proceeded to takeinto consideration Dewsbury, 
Batley and 


161 


the Dewsbury, Batley and Heckmondwike Water 


A Petition of the Cannock Mineral Railway Com- 
pany, praying that Provision may be made in the 
Cannock Mineral Railway Bill for enabling the 
North yes, ste Railway Company to lend money 
to, or to shareholders in, the Cannock Mineral 
Railway Company, and (if need be) to undertake the 
completion of the Railways and works of the Peti- 
tioners already authorized, and to be authorized by 
their proposed Act, and to empower the North Staf- 
fordshire Railway Company to guarantee a fixed 
rate of interest or dividend upon the capital raised 
by them for such purposes, was presented, and 
read ; and referred to the Examiners of Petitions for 
Private Bills. 


Colonel Pennant reported from the Committee on 
Group O. of Private Bills ; That, some of the Mem- 
bers of the Committee being unable to attend To- 
morrow, the Committee had adjourned till Wednes- 
day, at Twelve o’clock. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Petitions relating to the British Museum, &amp;c. ;— 
Church Rates;—Church Rates Abolition Bill ;— 
Jewish Disabilities ;—Married Women ;— Maynooth 
College Act ;—- Oath of Abjuration Bill ;—Religious 
Endowments (Jreland) ;—Tithe Rent-charge ;—Fire 
Insurance ;—Coalwhippers (Port of London) Bill; 
— Decimal Coinage Hay (Scotland) Bill ;— 
Factories Bill ;—Hay and Straw ;—Kars ;—London 
Corporation Bill;—Parochial Schools (Scotland) Bill; 
—Poor Law Amendment Bill;— Poor Law (Ireland); 
—Public Health Act (1848) ;—Public-houses (Scot- 
land) Act;—Real Estates ;—Scotch and Irish Pauper 
Removals Bill; —Sheriffs of Dublin ;—Summary 
Jurisdiction Bill ;—Tenant Right (Jreland) Bill ;— 
Towns Improvement (Ireland) Act (1854) ;—and, 
Wills and Administrations Bill, —were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition relating to the Civil Service Super- 
annuation Fund, was also presented, and read; and 
referred to the Select Committee on Civil Service 
Superannuation. 

etitions relating tothe Medical Profession Bill, 
and Vaccination Bill,—were also presented, and 


read; and referred to the Select Committee on the 
Medical Profession Bill. 


Viscount Galway reported the Leicester and Wel- 
ford Road Bill, with Amendments. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Strutt reported from the Committee on 
Group 8 of Railway and Canal Bills ; That in the 
case of the Carmarthen and Cardigan Railway Bill, 
they had examined the allegations contained in the 
Preamble of the Bill, and amended the same, by 
inserting an allegation that there are no preference 
shares or stock in the Company; and tound 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 Committee on 
Group 8 of Railway Bills ; That the parties pro- 
moting the Ely Tidal Harbour and Railway Bill 


Captain Crewe Read, R.N., and Mr. George Fisher, 

was essential to enable them to establish their case 

before the Committee ; and it having been proved 

that their attendance could not be procured without 

the intervention of the House, he had been instructed 

My the Committee to move the House, that Captain 
T 





ewe Read and Mr. George Fisher do attend the 
¥ said 


Bill, as amended in the Committee. Se Wane 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. _ Bill. 


Cannock 
Mineral Rail- 
way Bill. 


Private Bills 
(Group 0.) 


Public 
Petitions. 


Vide Twenty- 
ninth Report. 


Leicester 
and Welford 
Road Bill. 


Carmarthen 


and Cardigan 
Railway Bill. 


Railway Bills 
(Group 8.) 


had stated to the Committee, that the evidence of 

























Department 
(Canada. ) 


Sessions, &amp;c. 
(Ireland. ) 


Home-made 
Spirits. 


Spirits 
(Ireland.) 


National Debt. 


Fishery Har- 
bours (Ireland 
and Scotland.) 


Land Tax. 


162 


said Committee on Tuesday the 29th day of April 
instant, at Twelve of the clock. 

Ordered, That Captain Crewe Read and Mr. 
George Fisher do attend the said Committee To- 
morrow, at Twelve o'clock. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Copies or Extracts of recent Correspondence 
respecting alterations in the Organization of the 
Indian Department in Canada. 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the several Districts into which the 
different Counties of Jreland are divided for the 

urpose of holding a Session of the Peace and Civil 
Bil 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 or Civil Bill Court, or 
either, was held in such Town since the Ist day of 
August 1851 till the 1st day of August 1855. 


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 an Account 
showing the actual deficiencies on Home-made 
Spirits, delivered from Warehouse in England, Scot- 
land and Ireland, from the 10th day of October 
1854 to the 10th day of October 1855, and the 
Proportion upon which an Abatement of Duty was 
made under the 28th Section of the Act 16 &amp; 17 
Vic. c. 37 (in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, 
No. 225, of Session 1855). 

Return to an Order, dated the 10th day of March 
last, for Returns of Spirits consumed in I/reland 
during the years ending the 5th day of April 1852, 
1853 and 1854:— Of Spirits consumed in each 
Quarter of the same years respectively :—And, of 
Spirits distilled in each Quarter of same years re- 
= meee (in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, 
No. 305, of Session 1854) :— 





Number of Gallons 


| of Spirits Number 
——- | charged with Duty | of Gallons 
Distilled. 


for Consumption in 
Ireland. 





Quarter ending July 1854 - 
Quarter ending October 1854 
Quarter ending January 1855 
Quarter ending April 1855 - 
Quarter ending July 1855 - 
Quarter ending October 1855 
Quarter ending January 1856 
Round ending 1856 = - 











Return to an Order, dated the 11th day of this 
instant April, for a Return of the Amount of Capital 
of the National Debt which did not pay the Income 
Tax, for the year ending April 1855, stating the 
Number of Gem for whom Exemption was 
claimed. 

Return to an Order, dated the 14th day of this 
instant April, for a Return of all Sums of Money ad- 
vanced on Public Account, since January 1846, for 
building, gn to, or otherwise a and 
maintaming Fishery Harbours in Jreland:—And, 
similar Return relative to Scotland. 

The following Paper, pursuant to the directions of 
an Act of Parliament, was also laid upon the Table 
by the Clerk of the House,—A Statement of the Ex- 

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 1855, the Period to 


28° Aprils. 





A. 1856. 


which the last Account was made up, to the 31st 
March 1856. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Charities, Charities, 


which was presented upon the 26th day of February 
last, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Assurance 


No. 177, 


Companies, which was presented upon the 24th day Companies, 


of this instant April, be printed. 


No. 178. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Poor Relief Poor Retieg 
(Scotland), which was presented upon the 25th day (Scotland.) 


of this instant April, be printed. 


No. 179, 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Valuation Valuation 


(Ireland), which was presented upon the 21st day =o 


of this instant April, be printed. 


0. 180, 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Mr. Brown- Mr. Brownrj 
rigg (Mauritius), which was presented upon the (Mauritius) 


25th day of this instant April, be printed. 


No. 18], 


Mr. Massey presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- Turnpike 
mand,—Copy of Fifth Report, with Abstracts of Trusts. 


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 tor the Home De- 
partment, under the Powers conferred upon him by 
the Act 3 &amp; 4 Will. 4, c. 80 :— 
22. Cleobury North and Cleobury Mortim 
Roads. ‘ 
23. Monmouth Roads. 
24. Conway and Llandudno Road. 
2a. Stockport and Warrington.—(Supplemen- 
tary Report). 


Mr. Massey also presented,—Return to an Ad- Rural Police. 


dress to Her Majesty, dated the 29th day of Fe- 
bruary last, for a Return of the Number of Rural 
Police in each County in England and Wales, ap- 
pointed under the Acts 2 &amp; 3 Vic. c.93, and 3 &amp; 4 
Vic. c. 88; the Date of their Appointinent, the Sa- 
lary of the Chief Constable, the Number of and Sa- 
laries of the Inspectors, the Total Annual Cost to 
exch County, during the years 1853, 1854 and 1855 ; 
also, the Amount which would be produced by a 
Penny Rate levied on each County, according to 
the present Valuation, drawn up in a Tabular Form. 


Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the Secretaries 
18th day of this instant April, for a Return of the of State. 


Letters Patent now existing and unrevoked (April 
14th, 1856), which have been issued to Persons who 
have held, or who are now holding the Office of 
Principal Secretary of State. 


Return to an Order, dated the 4th day of this in- Incumbered 


stant April, for Returns of the several Purchases 
made in the Incumbered Estates Court by the late 
John Sadleir, or any one in trust for him; speci- 
fying the Name or Title of the Estate or Matter in 
which each such Purchase was made, the Names of 
the Solicitors having the carriage of the Sale, and 
the Amount of the Rentvess Wleder :-- Of the 
Number of Declarations of Trust made by or to said 
John Sadleir, appearing in any Book or Document 
in the Incumbered Estates Court ; specifying the 
Names or Titles of the Estate or Matter im which 
such Declarations of Trust were made, and the 
Names of the Solicitors having the carriage of the 
Sales in such matters :—Of the several Orders made 
by the Commissioners, or any of them, extending 
the Time for lodgment of Purchase Money by said 
John Sadleir ; specifying the Date of the Order, the 
Amount of the Perham Money, the Name or Title 
of the Estate, and the Period for which the Time of 
Lodgment was extended :—And, of the Number of 
Conveyances executed by the Commissioners to the 
said John Sadleir, or any one in trust for him. 


Estates Court 
(Ireland.) 


Return to an Order, dated the 7th day of this in- Incumbered 


stant April, for Returns of the Number of Petitions a 


filed in the Incumbered Estates Court in [reland, 
from the Ist day of August 1853 to the 30th day of 
December 








a J 


— ke 


Treaty of 
Peace. 


General 
Thanksgiving. 


Coalwhippers 
(Port of Lon- 
don.) 





” mittee on the Burial- 


19 Vicroriz. 


December 1854 inclusive, in which Sales have taken 
, and the Number in which final Schedules 
ave been settled :—Of the Number of Petitions 
filed in said Court from the 30th day of December 
1854 to the ist day of February 1856 :—Of the 
Number of such last-mentioned Petitions upon 
which absolute Orders of Sale have been made, 
the Number in which Sales have taken place, and 
the Number in which final Schedules have been 
settled :—And, of the Number of Petitions filed in 
that Court, from its commencement to the Ist day 
of February 1856, in which no Sales have taken 
lace. 
. Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table. 


Viscount Palmerston presented, by Her Majesty’s 
Command,—Copies of Protocols of Conferences held 
at Paris relative to the General Treaty of Peace. 

Copy of General Treaty between Great Britain, 
Austria, France, Prussia, Russia, Sardinia and 
Turkey, for the re-establishment of Peace, with three 
Conventions annexed thereto; signed at Paris, 
March 380, 1856. 

Copy of Declaration respecting Maritime Law ; 
dual by the Plenipotentiaries.of Great Britain, 
Austria, France, Prussia, Russia, Sardinia and 
Turkey, assembled in Congress at Paris, April 16, 
1856. 

Ordered, That the said Papers be taken into con- 
sideration upon Monday next. 


Ordered, That the Chaplain to this House do 
preach before this House at Saint Margaret's, West- 
minster, upon Sunday the 4th day of May next, 
being the day appointed by Her Majesty's Pro- 
clamation for a General Thanksgiving. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on Coalwhippers (Port of London) ; 

Resolved, That this House will, after the Notice 
of Motion relative to the Fall of Kars, resolve itself 
into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take 
into consideration the Bankers’ Compositions 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 second 
reading of the Grand Jury Assessments (Jreland) Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time after 
the Notice of Motion relative to the Fall of Kars. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Dublin Metropolitan Police Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time after 
the Notice of Motion relative to the Fall of Kars. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
unds (Jreland) Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, after the Notice of 
Motion relative to the Fall of Kars, resolve itself 
into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Cambridge University Bill ; 

Resolved, That this. House will, after the Notice of 
Motion relative to the Fall of Kars, resolve itself into 
the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Wills and Administrations Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time after 
the Notice of Motion relative to the Fall of Kars. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Commitee 
of Supply ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
_ resolve itself into the said Committee. 

OL. 111. 





28° Aprilis. 





163 
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 resuming Joint Stock 
the adjourned Debate on the Question Be a Beaks Bil. 
upon the 24th day of this instant April, That Mr. 
Speaker do now leave the Chair (for Committee on 
the Joint Stock Banks Bill); 

Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 
till Friday next. 


The Order ot the day being read, for the Com- Oath of 
mittee on the Oath of Abjuration Biil ; _— 
Resolved, That this House will, after the Notice 
of Motion relative to the Fall of Kars, resolve itself 
into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Dissenters’ Marri Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, after the Notice 
of Motion relative to the Fall of Kars, resolve itself 
into the said Committee. 


Dissenters’ 
Marriages Bill. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Draftsmen of 
a Return of the Sum Total of all Monies paid or Parliamentary 
allotted to Draftsmen by the several Public Depart- 2 
ments, during the year 1855, for drafting or settling 
the Drafts of Parliamentary Bills ; and, in case such 
Draftsman is a Member of or employed under any 
Commission, the Name of such Draftsman, and the 
Amount received by him. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Statute Law 
Return showing how the Balance of £.2,101. 17s. 1 d., Commission. 
remaining in the Treasury on the 26th day of April 
1855, out of the Sum of £.7,550 voted by the House 
of Commons for the Statute Law Commission, has 
been expended :—Account, in detail, of the Expen- 
diture of the Sum of £.3,711. 4s. voted by the 
House of Commons in 1855 ‘for the Statute Law 
Commission :—And, Return of the Names of the 
Draftsmen employed to prepare Consolidation Bills, 
and the Fees paid to each Draftsman. 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That a Mes- Message from 
sage 8 ig been brought from the Lords, by one of the Lords. 
their Clerks, as followeth : 

‘The Lords have agreed to the Exchequer Bills Exchequer 


: - , Bills 
srg 82,700) Bill, without any Amendment: And (£.21,182,700) 
also, * Bill. 


The Lords have agreed to the Chorley Water Chorley 
Bill, without any Amendment: And also, Water Bill. 
The Lords have agreed to the Haslingden and Haslingden 
Rawtenstall Water Bill, without any Amendment : pret we 
ater 
And also, Bill 


The Lords have agreed to the Lancaster Gas Lancaster 
Bill, without any Amendment: And also, oar tame 

The Lords have agreed to the Southport Water Southport 
Bill, without any Amendment: And also, Water Bill 

The Lords have agreed to the Lincoln Water Bill, Lincoln — 
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 Swinnerton’s 
to authorize Sir Lionel Milborne Swinnerton, Ba- %#™e Bill. 
ronet, and his Issue, to assume and bear the Surname 
of Pilkington jointly with the Surnames of Milborne 
and Swinnerton, and to be called by the Surnames 
of Milborne Swinnerton Pilkington; to which the 
Lords desire the concurrence of this House. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- Fall of Kars. 
posed, That, while this House feels it to be its duty 
to express its admiration of the gallantry of the 
Turkish Soldiery, and of the devotion of the British 
Officers at the Siege of Kars, it feels it to be equally 





a duty to express its conviction that the capitulation 
x2 of 













Coalwhip 
Port of 


( m- 
don.) 


Grand Jury 
Assessments 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Dublin 
Metropolitan 
Police Bill. 


Burial- 
grounds (Ire- 
land) Bi 


Cambridge 
University 
Bill. 


Wills and Ad- 
ministrations 
Bill. 


Oath of 
Abjuration 
Bill. 


Dissenters’ 
Marriages Bill. 


Public 
Departments. 


164 


of that Fortress, and the surrender of the Army 
which defended it, thereby endangering the safety 
of the Asiatic Provinces of Turkey, were in a great 
measure owing to the want of foresight and energy 
on the part of Her Majesty’s Administration :—And 
a Debate arising thereupon ; 

Ordered, That the Debate be adjourned till To- 
morrow. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on Coalwhippers (Port of London). 


(In the Committee.) 


Resolved, That the Chairman be directed to move 
the House, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
continue and amend an Act for establishing an Office 
for the benefit of the Coalwhippers of the Port of 
London. 

Nesolution 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 continue 
and amend an Act for establishing an Office for the 
benefit of the Coalwhippers of the Port of London : 
—And he moved the ee accordingly. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in the Bill : 
And that Mr. FitzRoy, Mr. Lowe and Mr. Labou- 
chere do prepare, and bring it in. 





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


Martis, 29° die Aprilis, 1856 : 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Grand Jury Assessments (/reland) 
Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time this 
day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Dublin epapelionn Police 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 Burial-grounds (/reland) Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Cambridge University Bill ; 

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


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Wiils and Administrations Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Oath of Abjuration Bill; 

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


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Dissenters’ Marriages Bill ; 

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


Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed, 
for the purpose of considering the best means of 
roviding Accommodation for the various Public 
epartments in the Neighbourhood of Downing- 
street, and to report thereupon to the House. 


28°—99" Aprilts. 








A. 1856. 


Mr. Packe reported from the Committee on Grou Middlesbrough 
G. of “oe ills; That in the case of on Mid. Extension and 
dlesbrough Extension and Improvement Bill, the Bi 
hadi ananiiied the allegations Stateheod in the Pre 
amble of the Bill, and amended the same, by in- 
serting recitals rendered necessary by the additional 
Provision, by striking out the recitals relating to the 
supply of Water, the Ferry, the Turnpike-roads and 
the proposed extension of the limits of the Borough, 
and by inserting a recital relating to the claims of 
the Crown to the Bed and Shores of the River Tees 
below high-water mark; and had further verbally 
amended the same; and found the same, as amended, 
to be true; and had made Provision in the Bill 
pursuant to the instruction of the House; and had 
gone through the Bill, and made Amendments 
thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Lowe presented a Bill to continue and amend Coalwhippers 
an Act for establishing an Office for the benefit of Naeey fo 
the Coalwhippers of the Port of London: And the .~ 
same was read the first time; and ordered to be ~ 18, 
read a second time upon Monday next; and to be 


printed. 


Sir Fitz Roy Kelly presented a Bill to transfer to Testamentary 
a distinct Court the Testamentary and Matrimonial = Fr 
Jurisdiction of the Ecclesiastical and other Courts ; pr — 
and to amend the Law in relation to matters Testa- pi) 414, 
mentary and Matrimonial: And the same was.read 
the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
time upon Thursday the 8th day of May next; and 
to be printed. 


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









Martis, 29° die Aprilis ; 
Anno 19° Victorie Regine, 1856. 


PRAYERS. 


R. FitzRoy reported the Lands Improvement Lands Im- 
Company of Scotland Bill, with Amendments. Provement 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. geotfand Bill 


Mr. Wrightson reported the Honiton and Sid- Honiton and 
mouth Road Bill, with Amendments. tert 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Wrightson reported the Crowland and 
Road Bill, with Amendments. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Eye Crowland and 
J Eye Road Bill 


Private Bills 


Mr. Wrightson reported from the Committee on 
) (Group F.) 


Group P. of Private Bills; That the Earl Annesley 
and Colonel Smyth, two of the Selected Members 
of the said Committee, were not present during the 
sitting of the Committee this day. 

Ordered, That the Earl Annesley and Colonel 
Smyth do attend the Committee upon Thursday next. 


Mr. Wrightson reported from the Committee on Private BO 
Group P. of Private Bills; That in consequence of (6tuP ®) 
the early sitting of the House on Wednesday, the 
Committee had adjourned to Thursday the 1st day 
of May. 

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, 
as followeth : 

That in the case of the Morayshire Railway Bill, Laat 
Petition for additional Provision, the Standing Or- 
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. ‘ 

The said Resolution, being read a second time, 


to. 
was agreed The 





ved 


Fa 





Bastern 
Bill. - 
Railway the Eastern Counties Railway Bill, they had exa- 


19 Vicroriz. 


The Earl of March re 
on Group 5 of Railway 


rted from the Committee 
ills; That in the case of 


‘mined the allegations contained in the Preamble of 
the Bill, and verbally amended several recitals 
therein; and had struck out so much of the Pre- 
amble as related to advancing money to the Worfolk 
and Eastern Union Railway Companies, and con- 
firming advances already made, and to extending 
the time for constructing the Railway to Gallons 
Reach, so much of the Bill as related to those objects 
having been abandoned; and found the same, as 
amended, to be true ; and had gone through the Bill, 
and made Amendments thereunto. 

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


Lowestoft The Earl of March reported from the Committee 
and Beccles on Group 5 of Railway Bills; That in the case of 
Railway Bilk the Lowestoft and Beccles Railway Bill, they had 
examined the allegations contained in the Preamble 
of the Bill, and amended the same, by inserting the 
East Suffolk Railway Company as the Company with 
whom working arrangements are to 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. 


Bath Gas The Bath Gas Bill was 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 Boston Gas 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. 


Boston Gas 
Bill, 


The Canada Company Bill was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, ‘Yhat the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Ordered, That the Leeds Improvement Act Amend- 
provement ment Bill, as amended in the Committee, be taken 
into consideration To-morrow. 


ment Bill. 

Sleafordant © The House proceeded to take into consideration 

Tattershall the Sleaford and Tattershall Turnpike Trust Bill, as 

navike amended in the Committee. 

Trust Bill. oa gs 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 

Dublin(City) A Bill to amend the Acts relating to the City of 

Steam Packet Dublin Steam Packet Company, and for other pur- 

(No.9) Bill, poses, was read the first time; and ordered to be 


read a second time. 


Swinnerton’s  Swinnerton’s Name Bill was read the first time; 
Name Bill. and ordered to be read a second time. 
Dover Water The Order for committing the Dover Water Biil 
was read, and discharged. 
Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 
Public Petitions relating to Registration of Electors 
Puthlone, (Scotland) ;—Church Rates ;—Church Rates Aboli- 


Vide Thirtieth tion Bill ;—Marriages ;—Married Women ;—Oath 
Report, of Abjuration Bill;—Religious Endowments (Jre- 
land);—Tithe Rent-charge;—Fire Insurance ;— Pro- 
perty Tax (Scotland) ;— Aggravated Assaults Bill ; 
—Bleaching, &amp;c. Works Bill;— Education (Scotland) 
Bill ;—Education (Scotland) Bill, and Parochial 
Scheols (Scotland) Bill;—LZondon Corporation Bill; 
—Parochial Schools (Scotland) Bill;— Poor Law 
(Ireland) ;—Public-houses (Scot/and) Act ;—Rural 
Districts (Ireland);—Scotch and Jrish Pauper Re- 
movals Bill ;—Tenant Right (Zreland) Bill ;—Turn- 

ike Trusts Arrangement Bill;—and, Vaccination 

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

Vow. 111. 


29° Aprilis. 


165 


A Petition relating to the Civil Service Super- 
annuation Fund, was also presented, and read; and 
referred to the Select Committee on Civil Service 
Superannuation. 

Petitions relating to Local Dues on Shipping,— 
were also presented, and read; and referred to the 
Select Committee on Local Charges upon Shipping. 

A Petition relating to the Medical Profession 
Bill, and the Medical Qualification and Registration 
Bill, was also presented, and read ; and referred to the 
Select Committee on the Medical Profession Bill. 

A Petition relating to Ecclesiastical Property, was 
also presented, and read; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Ecclesiastical Commission, &amp;c. 


A Petition of Horace Wutson, of Whitehall-place, Thames 
in the City of Westminster, Solicitor, was presented, Embankment. 
and read; setting forth, That a suit has been insti- 
tuted in the High Court of Chancery in England by 
Her Majesty’s Attorney-general, on behalf of Her 
Majesty,against the Mayor, Commonalty and Citizens 
of the City of London and others, for the purpose, 
amongst other things, of establishing the Right of the 
Crown to the ground, bed and soil of the River 
Thames and the shores thereof, between high and low 
water-mark within the limits in the said suit men- 
tioned ; that the Petitioner is the Solicitor for Her 
Majesty’s Attorney-general in the said suit; that issue 
has been joined, and evidence is in the course of 
being adduced before the Examiner of the said Court 
of Chancery, in the said suit; that the Act of Par- 
liament, 11 Geo. 5, c. 34, intituled, “ An Act for 
enabling certain Persons to enclose and embank part 
of the River Zhames adjoining to Durham-yard, 
Salishury-street, Cecil-street and Beaufort-buildings, 
in the County of Middlesex,” is particularly referred 
to in the said suit ; that, pursuant to an Order made 
by the House on the 27th day of March 1840, a 
Select Committee was appointed to consider the Pe- 
tition of the Corporation of London, presented on 
the 23d day of March 1840, relative to the embank- 
ment of the River Thames, and to report their ob- 
servations and opinions thereupon to the House, 
together with the best means of carrying the same 
into effect; that the said Select Committee con- 
sidered the matters to them referred, and agreed to 
a Report, dated 29th July 1840, to which Report 
several papers are appended ; that the Petitioner is 
advised that it is material that Her Majesty’s Attor- 
ney-general should adduce in evidence, in support 
of the said suit, the Journal of the House relating to 
the proceedings connected with the passing of the 
said Act of Parliament of 11 Geo. 3, c. 34, and the 
said Report of the 29th day of July 1840, and the 
several papers appended to the said Report; and 
praying that permission may be given to the proper 
Officer to produce to the Examiner of the High 
Court of Chancery in England, and on the hearing 
of the said suit, the Journal of the House relating to 
the proceedings connected with the passing of the 
said Act of Parliament, 11 Geo. 3, c. 34, and the said 
Report agreed to on the 29th day of July 1840, by 
the Select Committee of the House appointed to con- 
sider the Petition of the Corporation of London rela- 
tive to the embankment of the River Thames, and 
the several papers appended to the said Report. 

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


Lord Harry Vane reported from the Committee Midland 


on Group 13 of Railway Bills; That in the case Great Western 
of the Midland Great Western Railway of Jreland Ireland Bill. 


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. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be ted Wills and Ad- 





to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased ™zistrations. 
¥3 to 













British Spirits. 


Fisheries 
Board (Scot- 
land.) 


No. 65. 


Geological 


Survey. 


Leave of 
Absence. 


Private Bills 
(Group Q.) 


Railway Bills 
(Group 6.) 


Railway Bills 
(Group 6.) 


Sleeping 


Statutes. 


Royal Assent. 


166 


to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return of the Number of Wills proved and 
Administrations granted, in each year during the 
last Five years, by the Episcopal Archdeaconry and 
Peculiar Courts pro to be abolished by the 
Wills and Administrations Bill, in a Tabular Form, 
showing the Number of Probates and Administra- 


tions, in each year, under each progressive Rate of 


Stamp Duty. 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return showing the Number of Proof Gallons of 
British Spirits on which Duty was paid in Ireland, 
in the year ending the 31st day of December 1855 ; 
the Amount of Duty received on same; the actual 
deficiency in Proof Gallons; and the Allowance 
made by the Inland Revenue for such deficiency, 
in Proof Gallons and Money. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Copy of Treasury Minute, dated the 25th day of 
April 1856, in regard to the Board of Fisheries in 
Scotland. 

Mr. Wilson accordingly presented the said Paper. 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return, in continuation of the Return, No. 278, of 
Session 1855, relative to the Geological Survey, 
together with Skeleton Maps corresponding in Scale 
and the Colours used with the Maps of 1855, to 
show the Progress of the Survey to March 1856. 


Ordered, That Mr. Egerton ;—and, Mr. Edward 
Egerton, have leave of absence for three weeks, on 
account of a domestic affliction. 


Viscount Galway reported from the Committce 
on Group Q. of Private Bills; That as there were 
no Bills ready for the consideration of the Com- 
mittee To-morrow, the Committee had adjourned to 
Thursday the 1st day of May, at Twelve o’clock. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Sir Erskine Perry reported from the Committee 
on Group 6 of Railway Bills; That the Parties 
promoting the Cannock Mineral Railway Bill had 
stated to the Committee that the Evidence of Thomas 
Ruddock 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 to move the House, that the said Thomas 
Ruddock do attend the said Committee on Friday 
next, at Twelve of the clock. 

Ordered, That Thomas Ruddock do attend the 


said Committee upon Friday next, at Twelve o’clock. 


Sir Erskine Perry reported from the Committee 
on Group 6 of Railway Bills ; That on the applica- 
tion of the Parties promoting the Cannock Mineral 
Railway Bill, they had adjourned till Friday next, 
at Twelve o’ciock. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
tc repeal certain Statutes which are sleeping and not 
in use: And that Mr. Locke King, Mr. Watson, Mr. 
John George Phillimore and Mr, Ewart do prepare, 
and bring it in. 


AM e by Sir Augustus Clifford, Gentleman 
Usher of the Black Rod : 
Mr. § er, 
The Lords, authorized by virtue of Her Majesty’s 
Commission, for declaring Her Royal Assent to se- 
veral Acts agreed upon by both Houses, desire the 


29° Aprilis. 


A, 1856. 


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 a Seal was read, 
giving, declaring and notifyi e Royal Assent to 
pane Acts therein Sealioneda and that the 
Lords, thereby authorized, had declared the Royal 
Assent to the said Acts, as follow : 

An Act for raising the Sum of Twenty-one million Exchequer 
one hundred and akepian thousand seven hundred Bills 
pounds, by Exchequer Bills, for the Service of the {£?1182,7) 
year One thousand eight hundred and Fifty-six : 

An Act to authorize for a further period the Public Works 
Advance of Money out of the Consolidated Fund for Bill 
carrying on Public Works and Fisheries, and for 
the Employment of the Poor : 

An Act to authorize for a further period the Ap- Public Works 
plication of Money for the purposes of Loans for (Ireland) Bin, 
—s on Public Works in Ireland: 

An Act to enable the London Dock Company to London Docks 
raise a further Sum of Money: Bill. 

An Act for supplying with Gas the Townships of Knottingley 
Knottingley and Ferrybridge, in the West Riding of Gas Bill 
the County of York: 

An Act to extend the period limited for the exer- Colonial Bank 
cise of the Powers of the Colonial Bank, and for Bill. 
other purposes : 

An Act for lighting with Gas the Borough of Weymouth 
Weymouth and Melcombe Regis aud its Neighbour- re yan 
hood, in the County of Dorset, and for other pur-- °° Bill 
OSes : 

An Act for the better supplying with Gas the Gainsborough 
Parish of Gainsborough, in Lincolnshire : Gas Bill. 
An Act for vesting in the Mayor, Aldermen and Chorley Water 
Burgesses of the Borough of Liverpool the Under- Bill. 
taking of the Chorley Waterworks Company, and 
for other purposes : 

An Act to enable the Haslingden and Rawtenstall Haslingden 


Waterworks Company to raise a further Sum of | 
Money, and for other purposes : Bill. 


An Act for incorporating the Lancaster Gas-Light Lancaster 
Company and extending their Powers, and for autho- @s Bill. 
rizing additional Works, and the raising of further 
Monies, and for other purposes : 

An Act to enable the Southport Waterworks Southport 
Company to raise a further Sum of Money, and for Water Bill. 
other purposes. 


The following Paper, pursuant to the directions of Exchequer. 
an Act of Parliament, was 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 1856, to the Account of Her Majesty’s Ex- 
chequer at the Bank of England and of Jreland, 
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 the 31st March 1856. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Shipping, Shipping. 
which was presented upon the 21st day of this in- No. 122. 
stant April, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Home-made Home-made 
Spirits, which was presented upon the 28th day of Spirits. 
this instant April, be printed. No. 1 
Ordered, That the Return relative to Spirits (Zre- Spirits || 
land), which was presented upon the 28th day of -— -. 
this instant April, be printed. gs 
Ordered, That the Return relative to the National National Debt, 
Debt, which was presented upon the 28th day of No. 184. 





this instant April, be printed. 
Ordered, 








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fers 
eine). 
No. 185. 


Rural Police. 
No. 186. 


bered 
estes Court 
(Ireland. ) 
No, 187. 


Incumbered 

Bstates Court 

(Ireland. ) 
No, 188. 


Rural Districts 


(Ireland. ) 


Orders of the 
Day. 


Whichwood 
Forest Bill. 


Bankers’ 
Compositions 
Bill. 


Pall of Kars. 


19 Vicroriz. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Fishery 
Harbours (Jreland and Scotland), which was pre- 
sented upon the 28th day of this instant April, be 
printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Rural Police, 
which was presented upon the 28th day of this in- 
stant April, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Purchases 
made in the Incumbered Estates Court in Jreland 
by the late John Sadleir, which was presented upon 
the 28th day of this instant April, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Number 
of Petitions filed in the Incumbered Estates Court 
in Ireland in 1853, which was presented upon the 
28th day of this instant April, be printed. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being 
proposed, That a Select Committee be appointed to 
investigate the allegations of a Petition from cer- 
tain Inhabitants of the Parishes of Kilbegnet and 
Ballynakill, in the County of Galway, presented 
on the 26th day of March last year, and to consider 
the expediency of devising means for restraining 
the wholesale depopulation of Rural Districts in 
Ireland : 

Resolved, That the House do now pass to the Or- 
ders of the Day. 





The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Whichwood Forest Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, after the other 
Orders of the day, resolve itself into the said Com- 
mittee. 


The Bankers’ Compositions 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 Order of the day being read, for resuming 
the adjourned Debate on Gx Conetian proposed on 
the 28th day of this instant April, That, while this 
House feels it to be its duty to express its admiration 
of the gallantry of the Turkish Soldiery, and of the 
devotion of the British Officers, at the Siege of 
Kars, it feels it to be equally a duty to express its 
conviction that the capitulation of that Fortress, and 
the surrender of the Army which defended it, 
thereby endangering the safety of the Asiatic Pro- 
vinces of Turkey, were in a great measure owing to 


the want of foresight and energy on the part of Her | 


Majesty's Administration :—The House resumed 
the said adjourned Debate. 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word “ Kars” to 
the end of the Question, in order to add the words 
“ it is of opinion that it is not expedient to offer any 
“« judgment on the causes and consequences of the 
“ capitulation of that Fortress until the House has 
“ had an opportunity of considering the Terms of 
“ the Treaty of Peace, and the Protocols of the 
“ Conferences recently held at Paris, now laid upon 
“ the Table,” 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 a continued to sit till after 
Twelve of the clock on Wednesday morning ; 


Mercurii, 30° die Aprilis, 1856: 


And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
put, That the Debate be now adjourned ; 
The House divided. 
Vou. 111. 


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167 

The Yeas to the Right ; 

The Noes to the Le 

Tellers for the {oa William Jolliffe, h 23 

Yeas, Colonel Taylor : - 

Tellers for the; Mr. Hayter, te 3 

Noes, {Mr Grenville Berkeley : - 

So it passed in the Negative. 

And the Question being again proposed, That the 
words proposed to be left out stand part of the 
Question ; 

A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That this House do now adjourn :—And the 
said Motion was, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 

And the Question being again proposed, That the 
words proposed to be left out stand part of the 
Question :—And a Debate arising thereupon ; 

And a Motion ‘being made, and,the Question 
being proposed, That the Debate be adjourned till 
Thursday next; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out the word “ Thursday,” and 
inserting the word “ Friday,” instead thereof. 

And the Question being proposed, That the word 
“ Thursday ” stand part of the Question :—The said 
proposed Amendment was, with leave of the House, 
withdrawn. 

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


The Order of the day being read, for the second Grand Jury 
“4 ssessments 
oa of the Grand Jury Assessments (Ireland) (ireland) Bill, 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Friday next.. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Burial- 
mittee on the Burial-grounds (Jreland) Bill ; grounds (Ire- 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, land) Bill. 

resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Whichwood 
mittee on the Whichwood Forest Bill ; Forest Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Mr. Locke King presented a Bill to repeal certain Sleeping 
Statutes which are sleeping and not in use: And Statutes Bill. 
the same was read the first time; and ordered to be Bill 115. 
read a second time upon Wednesday the 7th day of 
May next; and to be printed. 


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till a quarter of an hour before One of the 


clock on Wednesday morning, adjourned till 
this day. 








Mercurii, 30° die Aprilis ; 
Anno 19° Victorie Regine, 1856. 


PRAYERS. 


O RDERED, That all Committees have leave Committees. 
to sit this day, during the sitting, and notwith- 
standing any adjournment of the House. 


Mr. Bonham Carter reported from the Select Public 
Onuies - Public Petitions; That they had exa- Pee 
mined the Petitions presented upon the 28th day of si Re ort 
this instant April, Bi had directed him to An a _ ) 
Report thereof to the House. 

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


The Cheltenham Gas Bill was read the third time ; Cheltenham 
and Amendments were made to the Bill. Gas 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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168 3U° Aprilis. A. 1856. | 
Leeds Im- The H , according to Order, proceeded to| The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Dwellings 
) Yel al take into lial Rentdieds the Leeds Knepeovensent Acts} mittee on the Dwellings for Labouring Classes ine (tour 
ment Bil. | Amendment Bill, as amended in the Committee. (Ireland) Bill ; ( her a 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Formation, &amp;c. The Order for the House to resolve itself into a 
— Committee, To-morrow, on the Formation, &amp;c., of 
Parishes Bill, was read, and discharged. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
the 22d day of May next, resolve itself into the said 
Committee. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
osed, That this House will, at the rising of the 
ouse this day, adjourn till To-morrow, at Two 
o’clock :—And the said Motion was, with leave of 
the House, withdrawn. 


Adjournment. 


Committees. Ordered, That no Committees shall have leave to 
sit To-morrow, being Ascension Day, until Two 
o’clock. 

Longford Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant 

Writ. to the Clerk of the Crown in Ireland, 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 Longford, in the room of Richard Maz- 
well Fox, Esquire, deceased. 

Public Petitions relating to the Ballot;—British Mu- 

Petitions. seum, &amp;c.;—Cambridge University Bill ;—Church 


Vide Thirtieth Rates ;— Church Rates Abolition Bill ; — Married 




















Report. Women ;—-Maynooth College Act ;—Oath of Abju- 
ration Bill;— Religious Endowments (Ireland) ;— 
Ministers’ Money (/reland) Act ;—Agricultural Sta- 
tistics Bill ;—Education (Scotland) Bill, and Paro- 
chial Schools (Scotland) Bill ;— Holidays ;—Paro- 
chial Schools (Scotland) Bill ;— Scotch and Irish 
Pauper Removals Bill ; —Vaccination Bill ;—and, 
Wee Pawns, &amp;c. (Scotland),—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the ‘Table. 
Poor Law Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Getic) Return of the Medical Officers under the Poor Law 
' Acts, showing the Name of each Union, Names of 
Districts into which divided, Population of each 
District, Area in Acres of each District, and Amount 
of Salary paid to each Medical Officer, stating the 
Amount of Annual Salary, or Amount of Fee when 
paid by Case; the Return to be made up to Lady- 
day for each of the Three years ending the 25th day 
of March 1853, 1854 and 1855, respectively. 
: Names of , : : | Amount of Salary 
rep — of “faa. a" a |__ Paid to each, Remarks. 
Union. divided. District. | District. | Officers. | py | By Gua. 
E Sow 
| 
| 
Insolvent Ordered, That there be laid hefore this House, a 
oy Return of the Name, Age, Date of Appointment, 
Courts Y Salaries and other Emo uments, of all Officers of 
(ireland.) the Insolvent Debtors and Bankruptcy Courts in 
Ireland. 
Prosecutions © The following Paper was laid upon the Table by 
ae: the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, dated 
the 7th day of this instant April, for a Return of the 
Number of Prosecutions for Adulteration instituted 
by the Excise during the years 1853, 1854 and 
1855 ; stating the Number of Cases in which they 
obtained Conviction, and also the Number of Cases 
in which the Penalties imposed were remitted. 
Exchequer. Ordered, That the Account relative to the Ex- 
No. 189. chequer, which was presented upon the 29th day of 


this instant April, be printed. 





And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
proposed, That Mr. Speaker do now leave theChair; 
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 
pro d 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. 

CuauseE, N° 1 (Provided that such tenement shall 
have been let by a written or printed agreement, as 
nearly as possible of the form in the Schedule to this 
Act, and that it shall have been expressly stated 
therein whether the said tenement and requisites 
shall be maintained in a good and tenantable con- 
dition by the landlord or by the tenant). 

Amendments made. 

Another Amendment proposed, in p. 2, lL. 2: To 
“es out the word “ whether,” and insert the word 
“ that.” 

Question put, That the word “ whether” stand 
part of the Clause ; 

The Committee divided. 

Tellers for the {Sir William Somerville, 


Yeas, (Lord Naas: 169. 
Tellers for the {i De Greville, Va 
Noes, Mr. Brady: Ps 


Another Amendment made. 
Clause, as amended, agreed to. 


Cuavse, N° 2 (Application of summary remedy). 
Motion made, and Question, That the Chairman 
do report Progress, and ask leave to sit again—— 

put, and negatived. 
Amendment proposed, in p. 
the 


fifteenth section, to insert 
“ 


2, 1.7: Before the 
words “ the first, 
second, third and fourth paragraphs of.” 
Question, That those words be there inserted —— 
put, and negatived. 

Another Amendment proposed, in p. 2, 1. 13 : To 
leave out the words “or jeft for him with some 
“* person apparently in occupation of his dwelling.” 

Question proposed, That the words proposed to 
be left out stand part of the Clause. 

Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 

Another Amendment proposed, in p. 2, 1. 18: 
Before the sixteenth section, to insert the words 
“* the first paragraph of.” 

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

Another Amendment proposed: To leave out all 
the words from the word “the” inclusive, in I. 
to the word “case ” inclusive, in l. 24. 

Question proposed, That the words proposed to 
be left out 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 the words proposed to be left out 
stand part of the Clause——put, and negatived. 

Another Amendment proposed, in p. 2, 1. 25: 
After the word “ proof,” to insert the words “ inde- 
“ pendent of the statement or admissions in the 
“ agreement between the parties.” 

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

An Amendment made. 

Another Amendment proposed, in p. 2, 1. 34: 
After the word “ Privy,” to insert the words “ with a 
“ proper fall and drainage therefrom.” : 
Question 


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ist 








19 Vicrori=. 


Question put, That those words be there inserted ; 
The Committee divided. 
Tellers for the i Brady, 
Yeas, Mr. M‘Mahon: 
Tellers for the Sir William Somerville, 194 
Noes, Lord Naas: : ae 
Another Amendment proposed, in p. 2, |. 34: 
After the word “ privy,” to insert the words “ and a 
“ pump.” 
Question, That those words be there inserted —-— 
put, and negatived. 
Motion made, and Question put, That the Chair- 
man do report Progress, and ask leave to sit again ; 
The Committee divided. 
Tellers for the yMr. Maguire, 
Yeas, \ Mr. Brady : 
Tellers for the {Sir William Somerville, 


| 24, 
J 
+Mr. George Alexander 
Noes, | Hamilton : 


h 59. 
Another Amendment made. 
To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 


\ 53. 





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 18th day of June next, again resolve itself into 
the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Church Rates Abolition Bill ; 

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


The House, according to Order, resolved itself into 


Peace Qualifi- a Committee on the Justices of the Peace Qualifi- 


cation Bill. 
(In the Committee.) 


Cuavuses, N°7 to N° 24, with Amendments to 
several of them, agreed to. 

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, 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- 
mittee of Supply ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 
tesolve 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 Earl of March reported from the Committee 
on Group 5 of Railway Bills ; That Colonel Greville, 
one of the Members of the said Committee, was not 
present during the sitting of the Committee this day. 

Ordered, That Colonel Greville do attend the said 
Committee To-morrow. 


Lord Stanley reported from the Committee on 
Group 10 of Railway Bills ; ‘That, on the application 
of the Parties before them, the Committee had ad- 
journed till Friday next, at Twelve o’clock. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee on the Ju- 


racine venile Convict Prison (Jreland) Bill, have Power 


to send for persons, papers and records, 
Vou 111. 


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169 


The Order for reading a second time, upon Friday Rating of 
next, the Rating of Mines Bill, was read, and dis- Mines Bill. 
charged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Thursday the 22d day of May next. 


Ordered, That Lord Elcho be added to the Select Medical Pro- 
Committee on the Medical Profession Bill. fession Bill, 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 





Jovis, 1° die Maii ; 
Anno 19° Victoria Regine, 1856. 


PRAYERS, 
M® Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Cannock 
I one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Hallway Bill 
Bills, That in the case of the Petition for additional . 
provision in the Cannock Mineral Railway 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. 


Sir Edmund Hayes reported from the Committee Railway Bills 
on Group 4 of Railway Bills; That on the applica- (GTP 4) 
tion of the Parties promoting the Bill before their 
consideration, the Committee had adjourned till Mon- 
day the 5th day of May, at One o’clock.: 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


The Scarborough Water Bill was read the third Scarborough 
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 Order for committing the East Kent Railway East Kent 
Bill was read, and discharged. Railway Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


The Order for committing the Imperial Hotel Imperial Hotel 
Company Bill was read, and discharged. Company Bill, 
Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


A Petition of the Metropolitan Railway Com- Metropolitan 
pany, praying that Provision may be made in the Bailway Bill. 
etropolitan Railway Bill to enable the Great North- 
ern Railway Company to subscribe to the Under- 
taking of the Petitioners, was presented, and read ; 
and referred to the Examiners of Petitions for Private" 
Bills. 


Petitions relating to the British Museum, &amp;c.;— Public 
Church Rates ;—Church Rates Abolition Bill ;— Petitions. 
Intoxicating Liquors;—Married Women ;—May- yiae Thirtieth 
nooth College Act;—Oath of Abjuration Bill ;—- Report. 
Religious Sohne (Ireland); —Tithe Rent- 
charge ;—Fire Insurance ;—Agricultural Statistics 
Bill ;— Billeting Soldiers ;~-Decimal Coinage ;— 
Education (Scotland) Bill;—Factories Bill ;—Judg- 
ments Execution, &amp;c. Bill ;—London Corporation 
Bill ;—Nuisances Removal, &amp;c. (Scot/and) Bill ;— 
Parochial Schools (Scotland) Bill ;—Petty Sessions 
Clerks (Jreland) ;—Poor Law Amendment Bill ;— 

Scotch and Irish Pauper Removals Bill ;—and, Vac- 
cination Bill,—were presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition relating to the Episcopal and Capitular 
Estates Bill, was also presented, and read ; and re- 
ferred to the Select Committee on the Bill. 


Mr. Wrightson reported the Blackburn, &amp;c. Roads 
Bill, with Amendments. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Blackburn, &amp;c. 
Roads Bill. 


Mr. Wrightson reported from the Committee on Private Bills 
Group P. of Private Bills; That in consequence of (Group P.) 
Z there 


































































Knares- 
borough and 


Pai Bridge 


Road Bill. 


Knares- 
borough and 
Green Ham- 
merton Road 
Bill. 


Stockport and 
Warrington 
Road Bill. 


Antrim and 
Coleraine 
Roads Bill. 


Silver and 
Gold Wares. 


No. 190, 


Specialty and 
Simple Con- 
tract Debts 
Bill. 


Married 
Women’s 
Reversionary 
Interest Bill. 


Arctic 
Expedition. 


Malt. 


Poor Relief 


(Ireland. ) 


Grand Jury 
Presentments 
(Ireland.) 


Trade of 
Foreign 
Countries. 


170 


there not being sufficient business before them, the 
Committee had adjourned to Monday the 5th day of 
May, at Twelve o clock. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Colonel Pennant reported the Knaresborough and 
Pateley Bridge Road Bill, with Amendments. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Colonel Pennant reported the Knaresborough and 
Green Hammerton Road Bill, with Amendments. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Viscount Galway reported the Stockport and War- 
rington Road Bill, with Amendments. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Viscount Galway reported the Antrim and Cole- 
raine Roads Bill, with Amendments. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee on Silver and 
Gold Wares have Power to report their Observations 
thereupon to the House. 

Mr. Brand reported from the said Select Com- 
mittee ; That they had considered the matters to 
them referred, and directed him to make a Report 
thereof to the House. 

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


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Specialty and Simple Contract Debts 
Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Thursday the 22d day of this instant May. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third 
reading of the Married Women’s Reversionary Jn- 
terest Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Thursday next. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Copies of 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,” 
including the Reports of Dr. Kane and Messrs. An- 
derson and Stewart (iu continuation of Papers pre- 
sented in Sessions 1854 and 1854-55) :—And, of any 
Correspondence relative to the Adjudication of the 
Sum of £.10,000 as a Reward for the Discovery, and 
ascertaining the Fate of the Crews of Her Majesty’s 
Ships “ Erebus ” aud “ Terror.” 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the Number of Bushels of Malt brought 
into Charge in each of the three years ending the 31st 
day of March 1856. 


Mr. Massey presented, pursuant to the directions 
of several Acts of Parliament,—A Return of the 
Expenditure on the Relief of the Poor in each 
Union in Jreland, for the year ended the 29th day of 
September 1855, and of the Total Numbers relieved 
in and out of the Workhouse in each Union during 
the same period. 

Accounts of Presentments made by the Grand 
Juries of the several Counties, Cities and Towns of 
Ireland, in the year 1855. 

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


Mr. Lowe presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand,—Abstracts of Reports on the Trade of various 
Countries and Places, forthe year 1854, received by 
the Board of Trade (through the Foreign Office and 
the Colonial Office) from Her Majesty’s Ministers, 
Consuls and Colonial Authorities (being in continua- 


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A. 1856. 


tion of the Papers presented to Parliament in month 
of August 1855). 

Mr. Lowe also presented, pursuant to the direc- Mercantile 
tions of an Act of Parliament,—An Account of the Marine Pung, 
Mercantile Marine Fund, under the Act 16 &amp; 17 
Vic. c. 131, showing the Balance of Cash and 
Amount of Exchequer Bills held on 1st January 
1855, with the Income and Expenditure from that 
period to 31st December 1855. . 

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


Mr. George Alexander Hamilton reported from the Juvenile Con. 
Select Committee on the Juvenile Convict Prison Vict Prison 
(Ireland) Bill; That the Resolution of the House of (en 4) Bil 
the 7th day of March last had been complied with; Bill 117. 
that they had examined the allegations of the Bill, 
and found the same to be true; and had gone 
through the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for To-morrow. 


The following Paper was laid upon the Table by Coals, cinders 
the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, dated and Culm, &amp;, 
the sth day of March last, for Accounts of the 
Quantities of Coals, Cinders and Culm, and Patent 
Fuel, shipped at the several Ports of England, 
Scotland and Ireland, Coastways, to other Ports of 
the United Kingdom, in the year 1855 ; distinguish- 
ing the Quantity shipped at each of the said Ports 
as compared with the year 1854 :—Of the Quantities 
and Declared Value of Cvals, Cinders and Culm, 
and Patent Fuel, exported from the several Ports of 
England, Scotland and Ireland, to Foreign Countries, 
and the British Settlements Abroad, in the year 
1855; distinguishing the Countries to which the 
same were sent, and comparing the same with the 
ows 1854; also, distinguishing the Ports of the 

nited Kingdom from which the same were shipped : 
—Of the Quantities of Coals, Cinders and Culm, 
and Patent Fuel, exported from the United Kingdom 
in the year 1855, with the Rate and Amount of 
Duty thereon :—And, of the Quantities of Coals and 
Patent Fuel brought Coastways and by Inland Na- 
vigation into the Port of London during the year 
1855, comparing the same with the Quantities 
brought during the year 1854. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Ecclesiastical 
reading of the Ecclesiastical Courts Jurisdiction Bill ; Courts — 
Ordered, ‘That the Bill be read a second time 
after the Order of the day relative to the Fall of 
Kars. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Judgments 
reading of the Judgments Execution, &amp;c. Bill ; Execution, &amp;e 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
after the Order of the day relative to the Fall of 
Kars. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming the Juries (Ire- 
adjourned Debate on the Amendment which, upon #4) Ba. 
the 24th day of April last, was proposed to be made 
to the Question, That the Juries (Jreland) Bill be 
now read a second time; 

Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 
till after the Order of the day relative to the Fall of 
Kars. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Courts te 
mittee on the Courts of Common Law (Jre/and) Bill; Greland) Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, after the Order of 
the day relative to the Fall of Kars, resolve itself 
into the said Committee. 
The Order of the day being read, for the second Bankruptcy 
manag of the Bankruptcy and Insolvency (Ireland) *treland) Bil 
ill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second - 
after 














ntile 
&gt; Fund, 


le Con. 
'180N 

d) Bill 
117, 


stical 
‘uris- 
sill, 


its 
mn, &amp;e 


By 


icy 
vency 
Bill. 





Law 
{ieland) Bill. 


Civil Service. 


Fall of Kars. 


Ecclesiastical 
ourts Juris- 
diction Bill, 


Judgments 


xecution, &amp;c, 
Bill, ? 


Juries (Ire. 
land) ‘ 


19 Vicroriz. 


after the Order of the day relative to the Fall of 
Kars. . 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Poor Law (Ireland) Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
after the Order of the day relative to the Fall of 
Kars. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on Civil Service ; 

Resolved, That this House will, after the Order 
of the day relative to the Fall of Kars, resolve itself 
into the said Comumnittee. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming the 
adjourned Debate on the Amendment which, upon 
the 29th day of April last, was proposed to be made 
to the Question proposed upon the 28th day of 
April last, That, while this House feels it to be its 
duty to express its admiration of the gallantry of 
the Turkish Soldiery, and of the devotion of the 
British Officers, at the Siege of Kars, it feels it to 
be equally a duty to express its conviction that the 
capitulation of that Fortress, and the surrender of 
the Army which defended it, thereby endangering 
the safety of the Asiatic Provinces of Turkey, were 
in a great measure owing to the want of foresight 
and energy on the part of Her Majesty’s Adminis- 
tration; and which Amendment was to leave out 
from the word “‘ Kars” to the end of the Question, 
in order to add the words “ it is of opimion that it is 
“ not expedient to offer any judgment on the causes 
“and consequences of the capitulation of that 
“ Fortress until the House has had an opportunity 
“ of considering the terms of the Treaty of Peace, 
and the Protocols of the Conferences recently 
“ held at Paris, now laid upon the Table,” 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 Friday morning ; 


Veneris, 2° die Maii, 1856 : 


“ 


And the Question being put ; 
The House divided. 
The Yeas to the Right ; 
The Noes to the Left. 
Tellers for the o William Jolliffe, 
Yeas, Colonel TYaylor : 
Tellers for thef Mr. Ker Seymer, 
Noes, Sir William Heathcote : 
So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 
Then the Main Question being put ; 
The House divided. 
The Yeas to the Right; 
The Noes to the Left. 
Tellers for the im William Jolliffe, 
Yeas, Colonel Taylor : 
Tellers for the f Mr. Hayter, 
Noes, Mr. Grenville Berkeley : 
So it passed in the Negative. 


451. 


I} 52. 


176. 


803. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Ecclesiastical Courts Jurisdiction 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 Judgments Execution, &amp;c. Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Thursday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming the 
adjourned Debate on the Amendment which, upon 


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171 


to the Question, That the Juries (Jreland) Bill be 
now read a second time; 

Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 
till Monday next. 


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


mittee on the Courts of Common Law (Jreland) Bill; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Bankruptcy 


reading of the Bankruptcy and Insolvency (Ireland) oie 
Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
this day. 


The Order of the day — read, for the second tire Law 


reading of the Poor Law (Jrelana) Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
this day. 


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


mittee on Civil Service ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to Scientific 


amend the Act 6 &amp; 7 Vic. c. 36, to exempt from 
County, Borough, Parochial and other Rates, Land 
and Buildings occupied by Scientific or Literary 
Societies: And that Mr. Hutt, Lord Stanley and Mr. 
Ewart do prepare, and bring it in. 


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


y of Diagrams, as illustrated from the Tables of 
,_ K. Clark, C. E., in the Engineering Department 
of the Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway ; 
viz.: 

No. 1. Diagram, showing the extent to which 
Gravity on an incline absorbs the power 
of an Engine, and thereby diminishes 
the load; Scale of Gradients, beginning 
at Horizontal and ending at One in 
Twenty : 

No. 2. Diagram, showing the extent to which 
increasing velocity absorbs the power of 
an Engine, and thereby diminishes the 
load ; Scale of Speed, beginning at 
Five and ending at Seventy miles per 
hour. 


Co 
of 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Bankruptcy. 


to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Returns of the Amount that has been col- 
lected in the case of every Bankruptcy that has been 
wound up in the course of the years 1853, 1854 
and 1855 :—Of the Amount that has been expended 
in each case in the Collection and Administration. of 
the Assets ; distinguishing therein, the Amount of 
Solicitors’ Charges; the Amount of Official Assignee’s 
Commission; the Amount of his Fees or other 
Charges, whether for Stationery, Postages or other 
Matters; and the Amount of all other Charges 
made to or paid by the other Officers of the Court 
and charged to the Estate :—Of the Amount distri- 
buted as Dividends in each case :—And, of the Rent 
of Court Premises, and List of Officers, in each Dis- 
trict ; with their Salaries; or, if by other mode of 
Payment, the Amount received by them during the 
years above named. 

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


The Order for reading a second time, this day, London Cor- 
the London Corporation Bill, was read, and dis- poration Bill 


charged. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 

upon Friday next. 
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Scientific 
and Literary Mr. Hutt presented a Bill to amend : 
Societies Bill. 4 &amp; 7 Vic. c.36, to exempt rama ee "a “s ie William Clay reported from the C: : 
Bill 118, Parochial and other Rates, Land and Buildi ugh, | Group M. of Private Bills; That Mr gpg t 
te by Scientific or Literary Societies : And the - Selected Members of the said Gonnuaiine a ° 
e was read the first time ; . not present duri ‘ti 4 wee, Was &amp;e 
a a second dime: = Wedsesday ft — doe uring the sitting of the Committee this | 
printed. 3 ane to — cay 3 Fergus do attend the said 
u 
-_ - ~ Monsell presented, by Her Majesty’s C heen pon Monday next. 
- 191. mand, — Army Masleunte aie om-| Sir William Cla 
ewig the ant of th ral Esty ad | Baronet Piftts lle; That inte cao of the apa 
e redu Esti ourne: : a of the ‘m 
ware he a se in a already voted, sn rss — ys iv had and Pier Bil 
Ordered, That the said of the Bill, and ined in the Preamble 
Cenadunet Genie oe beetint aaa to the | fine the limits of — mere a —_ . con- ‘ 
4 . siastical Distri . &gt; y of the Eccle- / 
And then the House, having continued to sil fone thr ap eaaveni ee ioe 
; after One of the cl . one throug , e true; and had 
nuniag; adjemned-an oe ock on Friday ae . —_ the Bill, and made Amendments hese 
y: pliance with ome had been given of due com- 
of the House of sd oe ‘eae 
Veneris. 9° die MM, Ordered, That the Seen yn the Tabl 
, 2° die Mai; he Table. 
Anno 19° Victorie Regin Mr. M 
we, 1856, Mr. Moody reported th 
oo PRAYERS. _ ae ve with SS erth Burgh and Har- Perth Burgh 
ublic R.B h ‘ rdered, That the R : . and Harbour ‘ 
P . Bor e 
mt, Mf hen Cty sat om te | Gars a te Contes Oo 
Report.) — examined the Petiticns presente ne ; — they eee That the Committee on Group 5 
and 30th days of Apel beat angie: Sete Sakis the cloc Bills have leave to sit this day till Fi pepe ne 
inotamt May, an pan tesa Maga — - a clock, during the sitting of the House ive of (Group 5.) 
ereof to the House. : 
Ordered, That the R : Order 
ah hnedated. eport do lie upon the Table ; | to a a he some a his Warrant Cheltenham 
: for the electing own, to make out a new Writ Writ. 
Water Bill The House proceeded to take int ____| Parliament for on oo “of Chel ae 
- the Amendments made by the [ o consideration | room of Grenville Charl | sang sy Sa 
Water Bill; and y the Lords to the Lincoln | who, si : arles Lennox Berkeley, Esquiv 
oon ia and the same were twice read, and eepted te. lection for the said aad 
: ; e office of Steward ae 2h, 
Ordered, That the Cl : jesty s three Chilt ‘ ara or Bailiff of Her Ma- 
hevday anh -cnmnind 4 —_ eee? the Bill to the | and (ene beg map ne “east of Stoke, Desborough 
agreed to the Amendments made ‘ nny re - th 7 ounty of Buckingham. 
r Lordships. = 
Sleaford and The SI Petitions relating to Brecknock 
ae was read he chad ttershall Turnpike Trust Bill ~ ae me. —Chureh cds Petitions. 
Trust Bill. Resolved, That the Bill d —M olition Bill ;—: Dissenters’ a Aa Bill s nnn 
Oedaned’ Tees @ ill do pass. Bi aynooth College Act;—-Oath of ‘Ab; ill vide Thirty- 
Lord , That t e Clerk do carry the Bill to tl ill; — Religious Endowment juration first Report. 
rds, and desire their concurrence. o the | Rent-charge;—Agricultural Stati G _— ; Tithe 
a grounds (Zreland) Bill;— | Statistics Bill ;—Burial- 
ae The House proceeded to take i . ; (Scotland) Bill new Dy 3;—Education 
aw Jenction the Aberdeen and Scottish M idland Jen consideration Companies Act (1 848), oa J —- pape Shee 
ty oe Companies Amalgamation Bill, as unction Railway | Bill;—Letters Patent for I oint Stock Companies 
nate - Committee. , as amended in the | poration Sr -dunastans Gokeh decades Cor- 
A Clause (General saving of righ ___|—=Police (Counties and Bo hs » (Seettand) Se 5 
Acts relating to the Aberdeen Rail ts under recited | (Ireland) ;—Scotch and I sh] 18) Bill; —Poor Law 
a thrice read; and added to the Bill Company), | —and, Vaccination Bill stern ron rane doer} 
rdered, That the Bill be read the third time wae ge ge — 
Conentty , __ The House proceed I se me rn gerne yore Superan- 
Bill. the Coventry Git x 0 . take into consideration referred to the Select Fs eg and read ; and 
Gentian and a fanaa — in the Se. mittee on Civil Service 
ill. was made to the etition relati 
Ordered, That the Bill b ; was also ran yy 9 a Dues on Shipping, 
e read the third time. — Committee on Local Charges ae = 
Gravesend etition relatin pe ae ere 
Improvement the G Sones ne to take into considerati and Medical Qualifieat the Medical Profession Bill, 
Bill. ravesend Improvement Bill ration | also ion and Reyistration Bill 
Gemadites. ill, as amended in the a and read; and referred to the S he 
Ordered, That the Bill ten on the Sa. — 
’ be read the third time 
Leicester The H Colonel Wilson Patt 
d W ouse r d ° re Qo ° en reported fr ‘ ™ ° 
sie ne Leer aad Wafrd oe Bil ar mended mite a ern Ha yd a ye ay 
in the i as ame . : of Private Bi . ‘ 
yee ga “a ’ nded directed him to report to i L seed which they had et 
’ e Bill be read the third time. ai ee «ney the Report do lie upon the Table 
Edin inted, ; 
Water Bill Pg ees roceeded to take into considerati | 
e Edinburgh Water Bill, as amended onsideration}| The Order of the d . 
mittee. ’ nded in the Com- | mittee on the C e day being read, for the Com- Church Rates 
Ordered, Th e Church Rates Abolition Bill ; Abolition Bill 
, That the Bill be read the third ti Resolved, That this House wi oy 
ime, next, resolve itself into th se will, upon Monday 
o the said Committee. 
Ordered, 








-e 


uth 


a= 


rt) 


Fa 





Embankment, 
rm 
No. 193. 


Superannu- 
ations. 


Superannu- 


ations. 


Loan Societies. 


Coals, Cinders 
and Culm, &amp;c. 


No. 194. 


Poor Relief 
(Ireland. ) 


No. 195. 
Mercantile 
Marine Fund. 

No. 196. 


Adjournment. 


Nawab of 
Surat Bill, 


Ramsgate 
Harbour, 


— 
hina 


Lambeth 
Water Bill. 


oni June. 
&gt; Bel 
Bi way 


United States, 


19 Vicrortiz. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
a Copy of Reports on the Progress of Works on the 
Thames Embankment, Chelsea Bridge, the New 
Street from Lower Sloane-street to Chelsea Bridge, 
and Battersea Park, presented to the First Com- 
missioner of Her Majesty’s Works, &amp;c. by Mr. Page 
and Mr. Pennithorne. 

Sir Benjamin Hall accordingly presented the said 
Paper. 

Ordered, That the said Paper 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 3d day of March last, for a Return of the 
comparative Amount of Superaunuations, distin- 
guished from Compensations upon Reductions of 
Office, to Persons who had entered into the Public 
Service previous to the 4th day of August 1829 (in 
continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 110, of 
Session 1853), up to and ending the 1st day of 
January 1856, the Totals of the several Columns of 
said Return to be placed at head of this Return. 

Return to an Order, dated the 3d day of March 
last, for a Return of Abatements made from the 
Salaries of all Persons who have entered the Public 
Service since the 4th day of August 1829 (in con- 
tinuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 108, of Ses- 
sion 1853), up to and ending the 1st day of January 
1856, the Totals of the several Columns of said 
Return to be placed at head of this Return. 

The following Paper, pursuant to the directions of 
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 1255 ; by John Tidd Pratt, Esquire, the 
Barrister appointed to certify the Rules of Savings 
Banks. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Coals, 
Cinders and Culm, &amp;c., which was presented upon 
the 1st day of this instant May, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Poor Relief 
(dreland), which was presented upon the 1st day of 
this instant May, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Account relative to the Mer- 
cantile Marine Fund, which was presented upon the 
Ist day of this instant May, be printed. 


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


Ordered, That the Committee on the Nawab of 
Surat Bill have leave to sit To-morrow, at Eleven 
of the clock, notwithstanding the adjournment of the 
House. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
a Copy of the last Report of Sir William Cubitt on 
Ramsgate Harbour, recently submitted to the Board 
of Trade. 


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 the Amendment made by their 
Lordships to the Lambeth Water Bill, without any 
Amendment: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Milford Junction 
Railway Bill, with Amendments ; to which Amend- 
ments the Lords desire the concurrence of this 
House. 


Viscount Palmerston presented, by Her Majesty’s 
Command,—Papers relative to Recruiting in the 
United States. 

Copy of Treaty between Her Majesty, the Emperor 
of — and the Emperor of the French, guaran- 

OL. 111, 


2 Mazi. 





173 


teeing the independence and integrity of the Otto- 
man Empire; signed at Paris, April 15, 1856. 


Copy of Correspondence respecting the Negotiation Japan. 


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


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Police (Coun- 


into a Committee on the Police (Counties and Bo- wiesgha) Bil 


roughs) Bill. 
(In the Committee.) 


Cravuseg, N° 3, amended, and agreed to, 

Crauseg, N° 4, agreed to. 

Cause, N° 5 (Constables to perform duties con- 
nected with the police, as directed by the Justices or 
Watch Committee). 

Amendment proposed, in p. 3, 1. 39: To leave out 
from the word “ perform ” to the end of the Clause, 
in order to add the words “the duties of inspectors 
“ of weights and measures, the duties of inspectors 
“&lt; of lodging-houses; that they shall serve summonses, 
“¢ precepts and notices, and undertake the conveyance 
“ of prisoners.” 

Question proposed, That the words “all such 
“ duties” stand part of the Clause. 

Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 

Another Amendment proposed, in p. 3, 1. 40: To 
leave out the words “connected with the police.” 

Question put, That the words proposed to be left 
out stand part of the Clause ; 

The Committee divided. 

Tellers for thej Mr. Hayter, } 77 

Yeas, 1 Vieosent Monch : ‘ 

Tellers for the { Mr. Edmund Denison, \ 99 

Noes, (Mr. Headlum: =— 

Clause agreed to. 

Cuause, N° 6, amended, and agreed to. 

Crause, N°’ 7 (Borough constables disqualified 
from voting at certain Elections). 

Amendments made. 

Another Amendment proposed, in p. 4, 1. 17: 
After the word “ constable” to leave out the words 
“ or within six calendar months,” to the word “ con- 
“ stable,” in line 22. 

Question proposed, That the words “or within 
“ six calendar months after he has ceased to be such 
“constable,” stand part of the Clause :—Amend- 
ment, by leave, withdrawn. 

Amendments made. 

Another Amendment proposed, in p. 4, l. 21: To 
leave out from the word “ county” to the end of 
the Clause. 

Question put, That the words “ nor shall any such 
“‘ constable ” stand part of the Clause; 

The Committee divided. 

Tellers for the; Mr. Hayter, 1139 

Yeas, | Viscount Monck: | nen 

Tellers for the {Sir Joshua Walmsley, 7 18 

Noes, UMr. Wise: Sa, 

Amendments made. 

Clause, as amended, agreed to. 

Crausg, N° 8, agreed to. 

Curause, N° 9, amended, and agreed to. 

Cuause, N° 10 (Her Majesty may appoint in- 
spectors for inquiring into efficiency of police, &amp;c.) 

Amendment proposed, in p. 5, 1. 22: To leave out 
the word “ every,” and insert the word “any.” 

Question put, That the word “every” stand part 
of the Clause ; 

The Committee divided. 


Tellers for the i&gt; Hayter, lig 5 
Yeas, Viscount Monck: { ’ 
Tellers for the; Lord Henry Lennoz, 116 
Noes, { Captain Duncombe : | aie 


An Amendment made. 
Question put, That the Clause, as amended, stand 





part of the Bill ; 
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The Committee divided. 

Tellers for the; Mr. Hayter, 
Yeas, Viscount Monck : 

Tellers for the; Mr. Hadfield, 
Noes, \Mr. Muntz: J 


Crause, N° 11 (On establishment of an efficient 
— one-fourth the charge for pay and clothing to 

paid by the Treasury). 

Amendment proposed, in p. 5, 1. 35: ‘To leave out 
from the word “upon” to the words “ the Commis- 
** sioners,” in line 42. 

Question proposed, That the words “ upon the 
“ certificate of one of Her Majesty's Principal Secre- 
“ taries of State” 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 Saturday morning ; 


o? 
Sabbati, 3° die Maii, 1856: 


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 Friday next, 
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 21st day of April last, was proposed to be 
made tv the Question, ‘That the Fire SS noned 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 a Motion being made, and the Question 
being put, That the Debate be now adjourned :— 
It passed in the Negative. 

And the Question being put, That the word “ now ” 
stand part of the Question ; 

The House divided. 

jes. 
J 31. 


Fire In- 
surances Bill. 


The Yeas to the Right ; 
The Noes to the Left. 
Tellers for the Yeas,{ Virsa a - 


&gt;. {Mr. Vansittart, 
Tellers for the Noes, UMr. Murrough : 


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. 


National 
Gallery Bill. 


Bill 119. 


The House, a to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on the National Gallery 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 ; and be printed. 


Education ‘The Order of the day being read, for the second 
(Scotland) Bill reading of the Education (Scotland) Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday the 19th day of this instant May. 


Poor Law The Order of the day being read, for the second 

Amendment yeading of the Poor Law Amendment Bill; 

_ Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 

Whichwood The House, according to Order, resolved itself 

Forest Bill. into a Committee on the Whichwood Forest Bill; 


and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker 





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resumed the Chair; and Mr. FitzRoy — 
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- Prisons (tre. 
mittee on the Prisons (/reland) Bill ; land) 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- Juvenile 
mittee on the Juvenile Offenders (Jreland) Bill ; Offenders _ 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday ‘!™) Bil. 
the 16th day of this instant May, resolve itself into 
the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- supply, 
mittee of Supply ; 

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


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

mittee of Ways and Means; Means. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 

next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Nuisances 
reading of the Nuisances Removal, &amp;c. (Scotland) Removal, &amp;. 
Bill; a (Scotland) Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday the 19th day of this instant May. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Agricultural 
reading of the Agricultural Statistics Bill; Statistics Bill, 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Friday the 16th day of this instant May. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Scotch and 


reading of the Scotch and Irish Pauper Removals Irish Pauper 
Bill ; Removals Bill. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday the 26th day of this instant May. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Partnership 
reading of the Partnership Amendment (No. 2) Bill; —- 
Ordered, That the Bil be read a second time ‘X*?)® 

upon Friday the 16th day of this instant May. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Burial. 
mittee on the Burial-grounds (Jre/and) Bill ; ae al 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday” 


next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Joint Stock 
mittee on the Joint Stock Companies Bill ; — 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
the 19th day of this instant May, mdi itself into 
the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming Joint Stock 
the adjourned Debate on the Question proposed Banks Bill 
upon the 24th day of April last, That Mr. Speaker 
do now leave the Chair (for Committee on the Joint 
Stock Banks Bill) ; 

Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 
till Thursday next. 


Wills and Ad- 
ministrations 
Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Wills and Administrations Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday the 19th day of this instant May. 

The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Oath of 
mittee on the Oath of Abjuration Bill ; a 

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

1e 








Cc. 
ill. 


ee” 





Grand Jury 
Assessments 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Juvenile Con- 
ict Prison 
(incland) Bill. 


Bankruptcy 
and Insolvency 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Poor Law 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Ecclesiastical 
Courts Juris- 
diction Bill. 


Court of 
Exchequer 
(Scotland. ) 


Judicial 
Procedure, &amp;c. 
(Scotland.) 


West India 
Loans, 


Drainage 
(Ireland. ) 


Aldershot 
Camp Bill. 


Public Monies, 


19 Victroriz. 9°__ 


The Grand Jury Assessments (Jreland) Bill was, 
according to Order, 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 
into a Committee on the Juvenile Convict Prison 
(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 Commitiee 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 Bankruptcy and Insolvency (Jreland) 
Bill; 

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 Poor Law (Jreland) Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Thursday next. 


The Order for reading a second time, upon Mon- 
day next, the Ecclesiastical Courts Jurisdiction Bill, 
was read, and discharged. 

Ordered, ‘Vhat the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday the 11th day of June next. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to | 


constitute the Court of Session the Court of Ex- 
chequer in Scotland, and to regulate Procedure in 
matters connected with the Exchequer: And that 
the Lord Advocate and Sir George ding do prepare, 
and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
amend and re-enact certain Provisions of an Act of 
the fifty-fourth year of King George the Third, re- 
lating to Judicial Procedure and Securities for Debts 
in Scotland: And that the Lord Advocate and Sir 
George Grey do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to authorize the West India Relief Commissioners 
to grant further time for the Repayment of Monies 
advanced by them in certain cases: And that Mr. 
Wilson and the Chancellor of the Exchequer do pre- 
pare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
provide for the maintenance of Navigations made in 
connexion with Drainage, and to make further Pro- 
vision in relation to Works of Drainage in Ireland : 
And that Mr. Wi/son, the Chancellor of the Exche- 
quer and Mr. Attorney General for Jreland do pre- 
pare, and bring it in. 


The Select Committee on the Aldershot Camp 
Bill was nominated of Mr. Monsel/, Viscount Monck, 
Colonel Lindsay, Colonel North, Mr. Macartney, 
Mr. Portal, Sir Joseph Paxton, Colonel Boldero, 
Colonel Dunne, Mr. Sidney Herbert, and Five 
Members to be added by the Committee of Selection ; 
with Power to send for persons, papers and records. 

Ordered, That Three be the Quorum. 


The Select Committee on Public Monies was no- 
minated of Sir Francis Baring, the Chancellor of 
the Exchequer, Mr. Henley, Sir James Graham, Mr. 
William Williams, Sir Henry Willoughby, Mr. Wilson, 
Mr. Peacocke, Mr. Bowyer, Mr. James M‘Gregor, 
Mr. Ellice, Lord Stanley, Mr. Hankey, Mr. Card- 
well and Mr. George Alexander Hamilton; with 
Power to send for persons, papers and records. 

Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 

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175 


The Lord Advocate presented a Bill to constitute Court of 
the Court of Session the Court of Exchequer in Exchequer 
Scotland, and to regulate Procedure in matters con- 
nected with the Exchequer: And the same was 
read the first time ; and ordered to be read:a second 
time upon Monday the 19th day of this instant May ; 
and to be printed. 


Mr. Wilson presented a Bill to authorize the West West India 
India Relief Commissioners to grant further. time 19s Bill. 
for the Repayment of Monies advanced by them in Bill 121. 
certain cases: And the same was read the first time; 
and ordered to be read a second time upon Tuesday 
next ; and to be printed. 


The Lord Advocate presented a Bill to amend Judicial 
and re-enact certain Provisions of an Act of the (Society Bal 
fifty-fourth year of King George the Third, relating ‘ Bill 199 
to Judicial Procedure and Securities for Debts in ™ s 
Scotland: 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 provide for the Drainage 
mainienance of Navigations made in connexion with (Ireland) Bill. 
Drainage, and to make further Provision in relation Bill 123. 
to Works of Drainage in Jreland: And the same 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time upon Monday the 26th day of this in- 
stant May; 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. 


Die Dominico, 4° die Maiti ; 
Anno 19° Victoria Regine, 18 56. 
. &amp; IS being the day appointed by Her Majesty’s The House at- 


Proclamation for a General Thanksgiving for *e*4s Church. 
the restoration of Peace, Mr. Speaker and the Mem- 
bers met at the House, and proceeded to Saint Mar- 
garet’s Church to attend Divine Service. 


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Lune, 5° die Maii; 
Anno 19” Victorie Regine, 1856. 


PRAYERS. 
S' R Edmund Hayes reported the London, Tilbury London, 
and Southend Railway (Extension and Branches) ——o 
Bill, with Amendments. Railway (Ex- 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; tension and | 
and be printed. Branches) Bill. 


Sir Edmund Hayes reported the Luton, Dunstable Luton, Dun- 


and ee Junction Railway Bill, with Amend- o - a a 
ments. 


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


Sir Edmund Hayes reported from the Committee Railway Bills 
on Group 4 of Railway Bills; That in consequence’ of (t°uP 4-) 
there being no Bill for consideration before Thursday, 
the Committee had adjourned until that day, at 
Twelve o’clock. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That the Committee on Group O. of Private Bills 
Private Bills have leave to sit this day till Five (OTP 
o'clock, during the sitting of the House. 


Mr. Bonham Carter reported from the Select Public 
Committee on Public Petitions ; That they had exa- (Thirty fret 
mined the Petitions presented upon the 2d 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. 





z4 The 


Leeds Im- 
provement 
Acts Amend- 
ment Bill. 


Leeds Water 
Bill. 


Carmarthen 
and Cardigan 
Railway Bill. 


Crowland and 
Eye Road Bill. 


Eastern Coun- 
ties Railway 
Bill. 


Honiton and 
Sidmouth 
Road Bill. 


Lowestoft 
and Beccles 
Railway Bill. 


Luton District 
Road Bull. 


Thames Haven 
Dock and 
Railway Bill. 


Tormoham 
Water Bill. 


Dublin (City) 
Steam Packet 
Company 
(No. 2) Bill. 


Swinnerton’s 
Name Bill. 


Railway Bills 
(Group 8.) 


Private Bil's 
(Group M.) 


Public 
Petitions. 


Vide Thirty- 


second Report. ing Liquors ;—Maynooth College Act ;—Religious 





176 


The Leeds Improvement Acts Amendment 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 Leeds Water 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 Carmarthen and Cardigan Railway Bill, as 
amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Crowland and Eye Road Bill, as amended in 
the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Eastern Counties Railway Bill, as amended in| 
the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Honiton and Sidmouth Road Bill, as amended 
in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Lowestoft and Beccles Railway Bill, as amended 
in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Luton District Road Bill, as amended in the 
Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Thames Haven Dock and Railway Bill, as 
amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Zormoham Water Bill, as amended in the Com- 


mittee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Ordered, That the Dublin (City) Steam Packet 
Company (No. 2) Bill be read a second time To- 
morrow. 


Swinnerton’s Name Bill was read a second time; 
and committed. 


Ordered, That Mr. Black be discharged from 
further atténdance on the Committee on Group 8 of 
Railway Bills. 


Ordered, That Sir Edward Dering be discharged 
from further attendance on the Committee on Group 
M. of Private Bills. 

Ordered, That Sir William Gallwey be added to 
the Committee. 


Petitions relating to Registration of Electors 
(Scotland) ; — Brecknock College Act ; — Church 
Fates ; —Church Rates Abolition Bill ;—Intoxicat- 


Endowments (Jreland) ; — Tithe Rent-charge ; — 
County Cess (Jreland);— Fire Insurance ;—Agri- 
cultural Statistics Bill;— Decimal Coinage ;—Edu- 
cation (Scotland);—Education (Scotland) Bill, and 
Parochial Schools (Scotland) Bill ;—Factories Bill ; 
~——London Corporation Bill ;—Nuisances Removal, 
&amp;c. (Scotland) Bill ;— Parochial Schools (Scotland) 
Bill ;—Pensions ;—Poor Law Amendment Bill ;— 
Poor Law (Jreland) ;—Reformatory Schools (Scot- 








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A. 1856. 


land) Bill ;—Scotch and Irish Pauper Removals Bill; 

—Vaccination Bill ;—Wee Pawns, &amp;c. (Scotland) 

Bill;—and, Wills and Administrations Bill,—were 

erage and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
able. 

Petitions relating to the Local Dues on Shippin 
Bill,—were also presented, and read; and sehinied 
to the Select Committee on Local Charges upon 
Shipping. 

Petitions relating to the Medical Profession Bill, 
—were also presented, and read ; and referred to the 
Select Committee on the Bill. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Metropolitan 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, Railway Bil, 
That in the case of the Petition for additional Pro- 
vision in the Metropolitan Railway 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. Wrightson reported from the Committee on Private Bills 


° Group P. of Private Bills; That in consequence of (Group P.) 


there being no sufficient business ready for the con- 
sideration of the Committee, the Committee had 
adjourned to Thursday the 8th day of May, at One 
o'clock. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Wrightson reported from the Committee on Kettering 
Group P. of Private Bills; ‘That in the case of the ow ef oe 
Kettering and Newport Pagnell Road Bill, they had pi. 
examined the allegations contained in the Preamble 
of the Bill, and amended the same, by inserting 
therein the amount now due on Mortgage; and 
found the same, as amended, to be true; and had 
gone through the Bill, and made Amendments 
thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Sir William Clay reported from the Committee Private Bills 
on Group’ M. of Private Bills; That Sir Edward (Grup ™ 
Dering, one of the Selected Members of the said 
Committee, was not present during the sitting of 
the Committee this day. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Colonel Dunne reported from the Committee on Railway Bills 
Group 2 of Railway Bills; ‘That, on the appli- (tuP 2) 
cation of the Parties promoting the Bills in the said 
Group, the Committee had adjourned to Monday 
the 5th day of May, at One o’clock. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Colonel Dunne reported from the Committee on Railway Bills 
Group 2 of Railway Bills; That, at the meeting (GruP ») 
of the Committee this day, a letter was received 
from Mr. Lascelles, Chairman of the said Committee, 
stating that he was unable, on account of illness, to 
attend the Committee; and that the Committee had 
therefore adjourned to Wednesday the 21st dav of 
May, at One o’clock. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Colonel Dunne reported from the Committee on Darenth _ 
Group 2 of Railway Bills; That the Parties pro- — 
moting the Darenth Valley Railway Bill had stated "*” 
to the Committee, that it was not their intention to 
proceed with the same. 

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


Sir Erskine Perry reported from the Committee Cannock . 
on Group 6 of Railway Bills; That in the case — P 
of the r Seow Mineral 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, 





( 














19 VictroriZ. 


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


Sir James East reported from the Committee on 
Group N. of Private Bills; That the Parties pro- 
moting the Norwich Union Life Insurance Society 
Bill had stated to the Committee, that it was not 
their intention to proceed with the same. 

Ordered, That the Report do he upon the Table. 


Mr. Baillie reported from the Committee on 
Group 1 of Railway Bills ; That the Parties promo- 
ting the Mid-Kent Direct (Bromley to Saint Mary’s 
Cray) Railway Bill had stated to the Committee, 
that the Evidence of Coles Child, William Joynson 
and William Eborall was essential to enable them 
to establish their case before the Committee; and, it 
having been proved that their attendance could not 
be procured without the intervention of the House, 
he had been instructed by the Committee to move the 
House, that the said Coles Child, William Joynson 
and William Eborall do attend the said Committee 
on Tuesday the 6th day of May, ut Twelve of the 
clock. 

Ordered, That Coles Child, William Joynson and 
William Eborall, do attend the said Committee To- 
morrow, at Twelve o’clock. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Copies of a Memorial addressed to Her Ma- 
jestv by the Army Surgeons in the Crimea, and 
forwarded by Dr. Hall :—Of a Memorial addressed 
to Her Majesty from the Medical Officers of the 
Army in the East, forwarded on the 29th day of 
October 1855, together with the Observations uf Dr. 
Andrew Smith thereon :—Aund, of the Warrant sub- 
mitted by Lord Panmure to the Treasury, in refe- 
rence to the Army Medical Department. 

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


The following Papers were laid upon. the Table 
by the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, 
dated the 13th day of March last, for Accounts of 
all Sums paid into the Stamp Cftice in England for 
Duty on Insurance from Fire for the Quarters 
ending severally the 25th day of March, the 24th 
day of June, the 29th day of September and the 
25th day of December 1855; distinguishing the 
Amount of Allowance made to each Office for col- 
lecting the same in the Country and in London, with 
the Date of each Payment (in continuation of Par- 
liamentary Paper, No. 260, of Session 1855):-—Of 
Sums insured by each Office on Farming Stock for 
the same Period :—And, of the Gross Amount of 
Receipts for Insurance for the years 1850, 1851, 
1852, 1858, 1854 and 1855. 

Return to an Order, dated the 25th day of April 
last, for Copies of Report of the Pocr Law Inspector 
upon the Investigation of the case of William Kelly, 
removed to Ireland by the Officers of the Incorpo- 
ration of the Poor of the City of Bristo/ :—And, of 
any Correspondence of the !’oor Law Board in re- 
ference to that case, prior and subsequent to that 
Investigation. 


Mr. Lowe presented,—Return to an Order, dated 
the 2d day of this instant May, for Copy of the last 
Report of Sir William Cubitt on Ramsgate Har- 
bour, recently submitted to the Board of Trade. 

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


Resolved, Nemine Contradicente, That the Thanks 
of this House be given to the Reverend Thomas 
Garnier, Chaplain to this House, for the Sermon 
— by him yesterday before this House at 

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177 


Saint Margaret's, Westminster, and that he be desired 
to print the same. 


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


mittee on the Church Rates Abolition Bill ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Sir Charles Wood presented, by Her Majesty’s Navy. 


Command, — Navy Estimates, &amp;c., 1856-57: — 
Statement showing the Amounts of the Original Esti- 
mates and of the revised Estimates, the Sums already 
voted, and the Sums remaining to be voted. 

Ordered, ‘Yhat the said Paper be referred to the 
Committee of Supply ; and be printed. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take Treaty of 
into consideration the Papers relative to the Treaty Peace. 


of Peace, which were presented upon Monday the 
28th day of April last. 

And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
gna That an humble Address be presented to 

er Majesty, to return to Her Majesty the sincere 
Acknowledgments and Thanks of this House for the 
important communication which Her Majesty has 
been graciously pleased to make to this House, of 
the General Treaty concluded at Paris on the 30th 
day of March, between Her Majesty, the Emperor 
of Austria, the Emperor of the French, the King of 
Prussia, the Emperor of Russia, the King of 
Sardinia, and the Sultan, by which Peace has been 
established between Her Majesty, the Emperor of 
the French, the King of Sardinia, and the Sultan, 
on the one hand, and the Emperor of Russia, on the 
other : 

To assure Her Majesty, that, while we should 
have deemed it our duty cheerfully to «fford Her 
Majesty our firm support if it had unfortunately been 
found necessary to continue the War, we have learned 
with joy and satisfaction that Her Majesty has been 
enabled to re-establish Peace on conditions honour- 
able to Her Majesty’s Crown, and which full 
accomplish the great objects for which the War was 
undertaken : 

To express to Her Majesty the great satisfaction 
which we feel at finding that, while those Alliances 
which have so mainly contributed to the vigorous 
and successful prosecution of the War have been 
equally effective in the consolidation of Peace, 
Powers which have not taken an active part in the 
War have combined with the belligerents to give 
additional firmness to the arrangements by which 
the repose of Europe is in future to be protected from 
disturbance : 

To state to Her Majesty that we rejoice that, not- 
withstanding the great exertions which the late War 
has rendered necessary, the Resources of the Em- 
pire remain unimpaired : 

To express our hope that the Peace which has now 
been concluded may, under the favour of Divine 
Providence, long continue to shed its blessings over 


. Europe; and that harmony among Governments 


and friendly intercourse among Nations may steadily 
promote the progress of civilization, and secure the 
welfare and happiness of mankind ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, in paragraph 2, line 3, by leaving out the 
words “ joy and.” 

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 til] after 
Twelve of the clock on Tuesday morning ; 


Martis, 6° die Maii, 1856: 


F Ordered, That the Debate be adjourned till this 
ay. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Fire In- _ 
into a Committee on the Fire Insurances Bill; and, *™2¢es Bill. 
AA 


after 





Parochial 
Schools (Scot- 
land) Bill. 


Coalwhippers 
(Port of Lon- 
don) Bill. 


Poor Law 
Amendment 
Bill. 


Vaccination 
Bill. 


Cambridge 
University 
Bill. 


Dissenters’ 
Marriages 
BilL 


178 


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 Order of the day being read, for resuming 
the adjourned Debate on the Question proposed 
upon the 25th day of April last, that the Parochial 
Schools (Scotland) 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 second 
reading of the Coalwhippers (Port of London) 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 Poor Law Amendment Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Vaccination Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday the 
19th day of this instant May, resolve itself into the 
said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Cambridge University Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday the 
19th day of this instant May, resolve itself into the 
said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Dissenters’ Marriages Bill ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 
Chair :—And a Debate arising thereupon ; 

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. Hutchins, 
UMr. Bland: B, 
i Mr. Pellatt, } 61 
'\Sir John Shelley : ‘ 
So it passed in the Negative. 

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 
Chair :—The House accordingly resolved itself into 
the Committee. 


(In the Committee.) 


Preamble postponed. 

Crausgs, N° 1 to N® 11, agreed io. 

Cuause, N° 12, disagreed to. 

Criauses, N° 13 and N° 14, agreed to. 

Cravse, N° 15 (In districts where the register 
office is situated at a workhouse, the superintendent 
registrar may provide a room elsewhere for the puz- 
poses of a register office, subject to the approval of 
the Registrar- general). 

Question, That the Clause stand part of the Bill 
——put, and negatived. 

Crausss, N° 16 to N° 23, agreed to. 

Cause, N° 24 (Marriages under this Act good 
aud cognizable). 

Amendment proposed, in p. 12, |. 39: After the 
word “ Act” to insert the words “in any registered 
“ building as aforesaid.” 

Question put, That those words be there in- 
serted ; 

The Committee divided. 


Tellers for the Yeas, \ 33. 


Tellers for the Noes 


Tellers for the i William Heathcote, 
Yeas, Mr. Henley : s 7. 
Tellers for the f Mr., Pellatt, ' 
Noes, \(Mr. Cheetham: } acy 


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A. 1856. 


Another Amendment proposed, at the end of the 
Clause: ‘To add the words “ but no marriage shall, 
“under the Provisions of the said recited Acts or 
“ this Act, be solemnized in any church or chapel of 
“ the Church of England, or by any minister of the 
“‘ said Church, except after due publication of banns, 
“ or under the license of the proper ordinary.” 

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

Clause agreed to. 


Crauses, N° 25 to N° 27, agreed to. 
Schedules agreed to. 
Preamble 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. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration upon Monday 
the 19th day of this instant May. 


— 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Dublin 
reading of the Dublin Metropolitan Police Bill; Metropolitan 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon Police Bill. 

Monday the 19th day of this instant May. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Lunatic &gt; 
reading of the Lunatic Asylums (Jreland) Bill; Asylums (Ire 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon land) Bill. 
Monday the 19th day of this instant May. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Vice-President 
reading of the Vice-President of Committee of of Committee 
Council on Education Bill ; — 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon Bill 


Friday next. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take National 
into consideration the National Gallery Bill, as Gallery Bill 
amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon 
this day. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take Whichwood 
into consideration the Whichwood Forest Bill, as Forest Bill 
amended in the Committee. 

, Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time this 
ay. 


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, recolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Oath of 
mittee on the Oath of Abjuration Bill ; - —_—_) 

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


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Juvenile Convict Prison (Jreland) 
Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 
resolve itself into the said Commitiee. 


Juvenile Con- 
vict Prison 
(Ireland) Bill. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Justices - 
into a Committee on the Justices of the Peace Quali- Coalification 
fication Bill; and, after some time spent therein, gil. 
Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; ard Mr. FitzRoy _ pill 125. 
teen 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 














1G 





Juries (Ire- 
land) Bill. 


Courts of 
Common Law 
(Ireland) Bill. - 


Civil Service. 


Registration 
of Voters 
(Scotland. ) 


Foreign 
Shipping. 


Transfer 
of Works 
(Ireland. ) 


Pawnbrokers. 


19 Vicrortz. 


mittee of the whole House, for Wednesday the 21st 
day of this instant May. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming 
the adjourned Debate on the Amendment which, 
upon the 24th day of April last, was proposed to be 
made to the Question, That the Juries (Jreland) 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 Courts of Common Law (Ireland) Bill; 

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


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on Civil Service ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
the 22d day of this instant May, resolve itself into 
the said Committee. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
amend the Law for the Registration of Persons 
entitled to vote in the Election of Members to serve 
in Parliament for Scotland: And that the Lord 
Advocate, Sir George Grey and Viscount Duncan 
do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, an 
Account of the Sums paid under the Act 59 Geo. 3, 


c. 54, and subsequent Orders of the Lords Commis- | 


sioners of the ‘Treasury, in the year 1855, 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 Ac- 
count the same was paid, whether for Light Dues, 
Dock Dues, Dues on Ships or Merchandise, Pilot- 
age or otherwise; also the Total Amount (under the 
Reciprocity Treaties) paid to such Corporations, 
Companies or Individuals, up to the 31st day of 
December 1855 (in continuation of Parliamentary 
Paper, No. 309, of Session 1855). 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
amend the Act for transferring to Counties in Jre- 
land certain Works constructed wholly or in part 
with the Public Money: And that Mr. Wilson, the 
Chancellor of the Exchequer and Mr. Solicitor 
General do prepare, and bring it in. 


The House was moved, That the several Acts re- 
lating to Pawnbrokers, might be read; and the same 
being read ; 

Resolved, That this House will immediately resolve 
itself into a Committee to consider the said Acts : 
—The House accordingly resolved itself into the 
Committee. 

(In the Committee.) 
Resolved, That the Chairman be directed to move 


the House, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
amend the Acts relating to Pawnbrokers. 


Resolution to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. John 
Ball reported, That the Committee had come to a 
Resolution, 

Ordered, That the Report be now received. 

Mr. John Ball 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 
Acts relating to Pawnbrokers :—And he moved the 
House accordingly. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in the Bill: 
And that Mr. John Ball, Mr. Wilson and the Chan- 


— of the Exchequer do prepare, and bring it in. 
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Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to Industrial 
amend an Act of the seventeenth and eighteenth @nd Provident 
years of Her present Majesty, relating to Industrial as 
and Provident Societies: And that Viscount Gode- 
rich and Mr. Sotheron Estcourt do prepare, and 
bring it in. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Tring, Reading 
Returns from the Official Assignee of the Court of pr tye &lt;a 
Bankruptcy, who had Charge of the Bankruptcy of Company. ad 
the T’ring, Reading and Basingstoke Railway Com- 
pany; showing the Date of the Bankruptcy, the 
Amount Collected, the Amount Proved, the Expense 
of Administration, the Rate of Dividend, the Date of 
the Declaration of Dividend, and the Application of 
the Surplus, ifany :—And, from the Official Manager 
appointed by the Court of Chancery in the same 
matter; showing the Date of the first Order made 
by the Court of Chancery, the Amount of Assets 
received, the Amount paid for Expenses incurred, or 
on any other Account, and the Amount, if any, now 
standing to the Credit of the said Cause. 


The Lord Advocate presented a Bill to amend the Registration 
Law for the Registration of Persons entitled to vote of pees Bill 
in the Election of Members to serve in Parliament ey 
for. Scotland : And the same was read the first time ; 
and ordered to be read a second time upon Thursday 
next; and to be printed. 


Viscount Goderich presented a Bill to amend an Industrial 
Act of the seventeenth and eighteenth years of Her 804 Provident 
. . . . Societies Bill. 
present Majesty, relating to Industrial and Provident “Bill 127 
Societies: And the same was read the first time ; ' 7 
and ordered to be read a second time upon Friday 


next ; and to be printed. 


Mr. Wilson presented a Bill to amend the Act for Transfer of 
transferring to Counties in Jreland certain Works Medea: (Ire- 
&gt; 4 = ) Bill. 
constructed wholly or in part with the Public Money: pi) 39g 
And the same was read the first time; and ordered , 
to be read a second time this day; and to be 
printed. 


Mr. Wi/son presented a Bill to amend the Acts Pawnbrokers 
relating to Pawnbrokers: And the same was read Bill. 
the first time ; and ordered to be read a second time Bill 129. 
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, 6° die Maii ; 


Anno 19° Victoria Regine, 1856. 





PRAYERS. 
R. FitzRoy reported from the Committee on Midland 
the Midland Railway Bill; That they had Bailway Bill. 
examined the allegations contained in the Preamble 
of the Bill, and amended the same, by stating the 
particular purposes for which the additional capital 
is required ; and found the same, as amended, to 
be true; and had gone through the Bill, and made 
Amendments thereunto. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Mr. Fitz Roy reported the Vale of Clwyd Railway Valeof Civy1 

Bill, with Amendments. Railway Bill 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 

and be printed. 


The Coventry (City) Gas Bill was read the third Coventry 
time. wo 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 
AA2 


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180 
Edinburgh The Edinburgh Water Bill was read the third 
Water Bill. time. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 
Gravesend The Gravesend Improvement Bill was read the 
Improvement third time. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 
Leicester The Leicester and Welford Road Bill was read 
ond yeire the third time. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 
Antrim and The House proceeded to take into consideration 
ary the Antrim and Coleraine Roads Bill, as amended in 
the Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 
Elgin and The House proceeded to take into consideration 
—— the Elgin and Lossiemouth Harbour Improvement 
v rovement Bill, Bill, as amended in the Committee. 
Stotfield and Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 
Lossiemouth 
Harbour 


Improvement. ] 


Scottish The House proceeded to take into consideration 
a the Scottish Drainage and Improvement Company 
Guneeny Bill. Bill, as amended in the Committee. 
[Lands Im- Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 
provement 
Company of 
Scotland. ] 
Dublin (City) |The Order of the day being read, for the second 
Steam Packet reading of the Dublin (City) Steam Packet Com- 
(No_ 2) Bill. pany (No. 2) Bill; 
Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 
Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 
Railway Bills © Ordered, That Mr. Baldock be added to the 
(Group 8-) Committee on Group 8 of Railway Bills. 
Railway Bills Ordered, That Mr. Bowyer be discharged from 


(Group 10.) further attendance on the Committee on Group 10 


of Railway Bills, 


Westminster Ordered, That the Minutes of the Evidence taken 


Railway Bill before the Committees on the Wes/minster Terminus 

(i854), &amp;e. Railway Bill, in Session 1854, and the Westminster 
Terminus Railway (Clapham to Norwood) Biitl, in 
Session 1855, be referred to the Committee on 
Group 1 of Railway and Canal Bills. 

Liverpool Ordered, That the Minutes of the Evidence taken 

Vocks Bill 


before the Committee on Group D. of last Session, 


in relation to the Liverpool Docks Bill, the Birken- 
head Docks ‘Trustees Bill, and the Birkenhead and 
Liverpool Docks (Trust Property of the Birkenhead 
Dock Trustees) Bill, be referred to the Committee on 
Group M. of Private Bills. 


(1854-55), &amp;e. 


Railway Bills Mr. Strutt reported from the Committee on Group 


(Group -) 8 of Railway Bills; That, in consequence of the 
early sitting of the House To-morrow, the Committee 
had adjourned until Thursday, at Twelve o'clock. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 

Sligo Election. Sir Francis Baring reported from the General 


Committee of Elections, the Names of the Members 
of the Select Committee appointed to try and deter- 
mine the matter of the Petition complaining of an 
undue Election and Return for the Borough of Sligo, 
to which they had annexed the Petition referred to 
them by the House relating thercto :— 

1. Sir John Hanmer. 


2. Honourable Edwin Lascelles. 


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A. 1856. 


3. Honourable Frederick Leveson Gower. 
4. Honourable Robert Windsor Clive. 
5. Chairman, George Medd Butt, Esquire 
( Weymouth). 
_ Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 





Mr. Adair reported from the Committee on Group Shrewsbury 
7 of Railway and Canal Bills; That in the case 2nd Heretor 
of the Shrewsbury and Hereford Railway Bill, “"™*Y Sil. 
they had examined the allegations contained in the 
Preamble of the Bill, and amended the same, by 
striking out the recitals relating to the Joint Pas- 
senger Station at Shrewsbury ; 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 Pennant reported the Halifax and Hud- Halifax ana 
dersfield Road Bill, with Amendments. Huddersfield 
rdered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. Road Bill. 


— ee 


Colonel Pennant reported from the Committee on Barnsdale and 
Group O. of Private Bills; That in the case of oe 
the Barnsdale and Leeds Road Bill, they had exa- ~ 
mined the allegations contained in the Preamble 
of the Bill, and amended the same, by setting forth 
the recitals in more general terms, as the Committee 
did not consider a detailed statement necessary ; 
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 the Ord- Ordnance 
nance Survey of Scotland have Power to report Survey of 
their Observations thereupon to the House, together 
with the Minutes of the Evidence taken before them. N® 198. 

Viscount Duncan reported from the said Select 
Committee; That they had examined 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. 


Lord Stanley reported from the Committee on Railway Bille 
Group 10 of Railway Bills; That Mr. Bowyer, one (Group 10.) 
of the Members of the said Committee, was not 
present during the sitting of the Committee this 
doy. 
Ordered, -That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Lord Stanley reported the Alford Valley Railway Alford Valley 
Bill, with Amendments. Railway Bill 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Colonel Wi/son Patten reported from the Select Standing 
Committee on Standing Orders, a Resolution; which Orders. 
was read, as followeth : 

That in the case of the East Indian Railway Fast Indian 
Company Petition for leave to deposit a Petition Xailway- 
for Bill, the Standing Orders ought to be dispensed 
with ; that the Parties be permitted to deposit their 
Petition accordingly. 

The said Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 


Petitions relating to the Bible ;—Church Rates ; public 
—Church Rates Abolition Bill ;—Maynooth College Petitions. 
Act ;—Oath of Abjuration Bill;—Tithe Kent-charge; y; 3. Thirty 
—Agricultural Statistics Bill ;—Decimal Coinage ; third Report 
—Factories Bill;—Hay and Straw ;— Parochial 


Schools (Scotland) Bill ;—Public-houses (Scot/and) 
Act ;—Sale of Beer, &amp;c. Act (1855);—Scotch and 
Irish Pauper Removal Bill ;—Soldiers’ Wives ;— 
Tenant Right (/reland) Bill ;—Tenants’ Compen- 
sation ( [reland) ;—Vaccination Bill ;—and, Wills and 
Administrations Bill,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Tuble. 








A Petition 





ary 
tord 
Bill, 


FS 





19 Vicroriz. | 6°—7° Maiz. 181 


A Petition a to the Civil Service Superan- | Majesty the sincere Acknowledgments and Thanks 
nuation Fund, was also presented, and read ; and re- | of this Dimes for the important communication which 
ferred to the Select Committee on Civil Service Su- | Her Majesty has been graciously pleased to make to 
perannuation. this House, of the General Treaty concluded at 
A Petition relating to Local Dues on Shipping, | Paris on the 30th day of March, between Her Ma- 
&amp;c., was also presented, and read; and referred | jesty, the Emperor of Austria, the Emperor of the 
to the Select Committee on Local Charges upon | French, the King of Prussia, the Emperor of Russia, 
Shipping. = a of gic and the Sultan, by which 
. : ‘Peace has been established between Her Majesty, 

Ordered, That there be laid before this House, \the Emperor of the French, the King of Sardinia, 


an Account of the Quantities of Cheese imported | 
into the several Ports of Great Britain in each | yoy ey — one hand, and the Emperor 
month of the year 1855, distinguishing the European, | ee a 


. . ‘ __ To assure Her Majesty, that, while we should 
United States and Colonial Produce; and of all /have deemed it our duty cheerfully to afford Her 


Eur n Cheese, exclusive of British Cheese, ex- | - &amp; 
serted frien England in the year 1855 (in por Shoe Majesty our firm support if it had unfortunately been 


: 2 . | found necessary to continue the War, we have learned 
Parl Paper, No. 2 s es b freee _ 
pong Ey SU, Sk. SN, oe See with joy and satisfaction that Her Majesty has been 


enabled to re-establish Peace on conditions honour- 

conwayand A Petitionof Persons whose Names are thereunto able to Her Majesty’s Crown, and which fully ac- 

Llandudno subscribed, praying that Provision may be made in complish tle great objects for which the War was 
Road Bill. = the Conway and Llandudno Road Bill, for enabling undertaken : 

the Petitioners to make a certain deviation in their ‘To express to Her Majesty the great satisfaction 

proposed Road, was presented, and read; and re- | which we feel at finding that, while those Alliances 

ferred to the Examiners of Petitions for Private which have so mainly contributed to the vigorous 


Cheese. 


Bills. _and successful prosecution of the War have been 

equally effective in the consolidation of Peace, 

Turnpike Mr. Massey presented, by Her Majesty’s Com-| Powers which have not taken an active part in the 
Trusts. mand,—Copy of Sixth Report, with Abstracts of War have combined with the belligerents to give 


Accounts relating to the circumstances of the under- | additional firmness to the arrangements by which 
mentioned Turnpike Trusts applying for Local Acts | the repose of Europe is in future to be protected from 
in the present Session of Parliament, made by di- | disturbance: 
rection of the Secretary of State for the Home De- | To state to Her Majesty, that we rejoice that, not- 
partment, under the Powers conferred upon him by | withstanding the great exertions which the late War 
the Act 3 &amp; 4 Will. 4, c. 80: | has rendered necessary, the Resources of the Em- 
25. Donington Roads. pire remain unimpaired : 
26. Wem aud Bron-y-Garth Roads. | ‘To express our hope that the Peace which has 
27. Lewes, Eastbuurne and Hailsham Road. | now been concluded may, under the favour of Divine 
Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the! Providence, long continue to shed its blessings over 
Table. _ Europe ; and that harmony among Governments and 


. | friendly intercourse among Nations may steadily 
der ape 
Seperanne- Ordered, That an Abstract of the Retum relative | promote the progress of civilization, and secure the 


ations. to the Comparative Amount of Superannuations, : ; 
' ; ; ra welfare and happiness of mankind ; 
No. 199. which was presented upon the 2d day of this instant And which Amendment was, in paragraph 2, 1. 3, 


Mey, be printed. | to leave out the words “ joy and.” 
Superannu- Ordered, That an Abstract of the Return of Abate- And the Question being again proposed, That the 
a 199, ments made from Salaries, which was presented words proposed to be left out stand part of the 
0. 199, 


upon the 2d day of this instant May, be printed. | Question :—The House resumed the said adjourned 


LoanSocieties. Ordered, ‘That the Paper relative to Loan So- Debate. 


Pe : : . A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
em a =. a wpen the 26 cay af Cite posed, That the Debate be now adjourned :-—And 


the said Motion was, with leave of the House, with- 








Fire Ordered, That the Return relative to Fire In-| drawn. , 
Insurance. surance, which was presented upon the 5th day of And the Question being again proposed, That the 
No. 201. this instant May, be printed. words proposed to be left out stand part of the 
Poor Law. Ordered, That the Return relative to Poor Law, Question ; 
No, 202. which was presented upon the th day of thisinstant' And the House having continued to sit till after 
May, be printed. Twelve of the clock on Wednesday morning ; 
oe Ordered, That the Return relative to Ramsgate | Mercurii, 7° die Mati, 1856: 


Harbour, which was presented upon the 5th day of | 


No. 208. 4.:. : ; The said proposed Amendment was, with leave of 
this instant May, be printed. | dhe Blouse, withdeawe. 

a of Ordered, That the Notices of Motions be postponed | Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 

anes until after the Order of the day relative to the ad-| to Her Majesty, to return to Her Majesty the sincere 

journed Debate on the Treaty of Peace. Acknowledgments and ‘Thanks of this House for the 


: important communication which Her Majesty has 
Netherlands. — Viscount Palmerston presented, by Her Majesty’s | been graciously pleased to make to this House, of 
Command,—Copy of Convention between Her Ma- | the General Treaty concluded at Paris on the 30th 
jesty and the King of the Netherlands, for the re-| day of March, between Her Majesty, the Emperor 
ciprocal admission of Consuls of the one Party to | of Austria, the Emperor of the French, the King of 
the Colonies and a Possessions of the other; | Prussia, the Emperor of Jugsia, the King of Sardi- 


signed at the Hague, March 6, 1856. nia, and the Sultan, by which Peace has been esta- 

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the | blished between Her Majesty, the Emperor of the 

Table. French, the King of Sardinia, and the Sultan, on the 

one hand, and the Emperor of Russia, on the other: 

fang of The Order of the day being read, for resuming the} To assure Her Majesty, that, while we should 


adjourned Debate on the Amendment which, upon | have deemed it our duty cheerfully to afford Her 
the 5th day of this instant May, was pioposed to| Majesty our firm support if it had unfortunately 
be made to the Question, ‘hat an humble Address | been found necessary to continue the War, we have 
be presented to Ler Majesty, to return to Her| learned with joy oe satisfaction that Her Majesty 
Vou. 111, Aas has 






































Message from 
the Lords. 


Dundee 
Harbour Bill. 


Heywood 
Gas Bill. 


Doddington 
Rectory 
Division Bill. 


Clarke 
Thornhill’s 
Estate Bill. 


Bankruptcy 


182 


has been enabled to re-establish Peace on conditions 
honourable to Her Majesty’s Crown, and which fully 
accomplish the great objects for which the War was 
undertaken : ; 

To express to Her Majesty the great satisfaction 
which we feel at finding that, while those Alliances 
which have so mainly contributed to the vigorous 
and successful prosecution of the War have been 
equally effective in the consolidation of Peace, 
Powers which have not taken an active part in the 
War have combined with the belligerents to give 
additional firmness to the arrangements by which 
the repose of Europe is in future to be protected from 
disturbance : 

To state to Her Majesty, that we rejoice that, not- 
withstanding the great exertions which the late War 
has rendered necessary, the Resources of the Em- 
pire remain unimpaired : 

To express our hope that the Peace which has 
now been concluded may, under the favour of Di- 
vine Providence, long continue to shed its blessings 
over Europe; and that harmony among Governments 
and friendly intercourse among Nations may steadily 
promote the progress of civilization, and secure the 
welfare and happiness of mankind. 


6°—7° Mair. 





A. 1856. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Transfer o¢ 
reading of the Transfer of Works (Ireland) Bill; — Works (Ie 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time #4) 
upon Thursday next. 


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











Mercurii, 7° die Maiti; 
Anno 19° Victoria Regine, 1856. 


PRAYERS. 


OP ERED, That all Committees have leave Committecs 
to sit this day, during the sitting, and notwith- 
| standing any adjournment of the House. 


| 


| Mr. Bonham Carter reported from the Select Public 
_ Committee on Public Petitions; That they had exa- Petitions 
mined the Petitions presented upon the 5th day of per aaa 
| this instant May, and had directed him to make a _ 
| Report thereof to the House. 

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





Ordered, That a Committee be appointed to draw , 


up an Address to be presented to Her Majesty upon | 
the said Resolution :—And a Committee was ap- | 
pointed of Mr. Evelyn Denison, Mr. Henry Herbert, 

Viscount Palmerston, the Chancellor of the Exche-_ 
quer, Sir George Grey, Mr. Secretary Labouchere, 

Sir Charles Wood, Mr. Vernon Smith, Mr. Baines, 

Mr. Attorney General, Mr. Solicitor General, Mr. | 
Horsman, the Lord Advocate, and Mr. Fitz Roy, or 

any Five of them :—And they are to withdraw im- 

mediately. 


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 Dundee Harbour 
Bill, without any Amendment: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Heywood Gas Bill, | 
with an Amendment; to which Amendment the Lords 
desire the concurrence of this House: And also,’ 

The Lords have agreed to the Doddington Rectory | 
Division Bill, with an Amendment; to which Amend- 
ment the Lords desire the concurrence of this 
House: And also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 
for continuing in force, during the Minority of Mrs. 
Clara Clarke Thornhill, the Wite of William Capel 
Clarke Thornhill, of Swakeleys, in the County of, 
Middlesex, Esquire, the Powers conferred by Thorn- | 
hill’s Estate Act, 1852, and Thornhi/l’s Estate Act, | 
1854, and for other purposes; to which the Lords | 
desire the concurrence of this House. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second | 


and Insolvency reading of the Bankruptcy and Insolvency (Zreland) | 


(Ireland) Bill. 


West India 
Loans Bill. 


National 
Gallery Bill. 


Whichwood 
Forest Bill, 


Ordered, That the Bill be read a second oe 
upon ‘Thursday next. | 


The West India Loans Bill was, according i 
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 third | 
reading of the National (sallery Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon 
Thursday next. 


The Whichwood Forest 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. 





Ordered, That the Amendments made by the Milford 
Lords to the Milford Junction Railway Bill be taken Junction — 
into consideration To-morrow. Ralteey ' 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Glasgow 
the Glasgow Court Houses and Public Offices Bill, a Houses 
as amended in the Committee ; and Amendments *) i 

; Offices Bill. 
were made to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Glasgow 
the Glasgow Paving Bill, as amended in the Com- Paving Bill. 
mittee; and Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The Order for committing the Poole and Bourne poole and 
alley Railway Bill, was read, and discharged. Bourne Vall-y 
Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. Railway Bill. 


Clarke Thornhill’s Estate Bill was read the first Clarke 
time. Thornbill’s 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exa- 2s Bill 
miners of Petitions for Private Bills. 


The Clerk proceeding to call the Names of the Sligo Election. 
Five Members appointed to try and determine the 
matter of the Petition, complaining of an undue 
Election and Return for the Borough of Sligo, Sir 
Francis Baring informed the House, That the Ho- 
nourable Edwin Lascelles was in such a state of health 
as to be unable to attend in his place to be sworn. 
Whereupon Mr. Covey, a surgeon, was called in, 


and examived in relation to the health of Mr. Zas- 


celles :—And then he withdrew. 
Resolved, That the attendance of Mr. Lascelles 
on the S/igo Election Committee be dispensed with. 
Ordered, That the Committee be discharged. 
Ordered, That the Petition-be referred back to 
the General Committee of Elections. 


Petitions relating to the British Museum, &amp;c. ;— Public 
Carlisle Canonries Bill ;—Church Rates ;—Church Petitions. 
Rates Abolition Bill ;— Lord’s Day ;—Maynooth y; 3. Thirty. 
College Act ;—Tithe Rent-charge ; — Ministers’ third Report 
Money (Jreland) Act ;—Bleaching, &amp;c. Works Bill ; 
—Licenses (Public-houses, &amp;c.) ;--Municipal Fran- 


_chise (Jreland) ;— Nuisances Removal, &amp;c. (Scot- 


lard) Bill;—Parochial Schools (Scotland) Bill ;— 
Poor Law Amendment Bill ;—and, Scotch and Irish 
Pauper Removals Bill,— were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Evelyn Denison reported from the Committee Treaty of 
appointed to draw up an Address to be presented Peace. 
to Her Majesty, relative to the Treaty of ca 

at 





er of 


ees, 


ort.) 


Saint 
Sepulchre’s 
Manor 


(Dublin.) 


of State. 


No. 204, 


Secretaries 
of State. 


No. 204, 


Tithe 


Rennataticn according to Order, read a second time ; and com- 


nt-c 
Bill. 


Aggravated 
Assaults Bill, 


19 Vicroriz. 


That they had drawn up an Address accordingly ; 
and the same was read, as followeth : 


Most Gracious Sovereign, 


We, Your Majesty’s most dutiful and loyal Sub- 
jects, the Commons of the United Kingdom of Great 
Britain and Ireland, in Parliament assembled, beg 
leave to convey to Your Majesty our sincere Ac- 
knowledgments and Thanks for the important com- 
munication which Your Majesty has been graciously 
pleased to make to us, of the General Treaty con- 
cluded at Paris on the 30th day of March, between 
Your Majesty, the Emperor of Austria, the Emperor 
of the French, the King of Prussia, the Emperor of 
Russia, the King of Sardinia, and the Sultan, by 
which Peace has been established between Your 
Majesty, the Emperor of the French, the King of 
Sardinia, and the Sultan, on the one hand, and the 
Emperor of Russia, on the other : 

We beg to assure Your Majesty, that while we 
should have deemed it our duty cheerfully to afford 
Your Majesty our firm support if it had unfortunately 
been found necessary to continue the War, we have 
learned with joy and satisfaction that Your Majesty 
has been enabled to re-establish Peace on conditions 
honourable to Your Majesty’s Crown, and which fully 
accomplish the great objects for which the War was 
undertaken : 

We beg leave to express to Your Majesty the 
great satisfaction which we feel at finding that, 
while those Alliances which have so mainly contri- 
buted to the vigorous and successful prosecution of 
the War have been equally effective in the consoli- 
dation of Peace, Powers which have not taken an 
active part in the War have combined with the belli- 
gerents to give additional firmness to the arrange- 
ments by which the repose of Europe is in future 
to be protected from disturbance : 

We humbly state to Your Majesty, that we rejoice 
that, notwithstanding the great exertions which the 
late War has rendered necessary, the Resources of 
the Empire remain unimpaired : 

We beg to express our hope that the Peace which 
has now been concluded may, under the favour of 
Divine Providence, long continue toshed its blessings 
over Europe; and that harmony among Governments 
and friendly intercourse among Nations may steadily 
promote the progress of civilization, and secure the 
welfare and happiness of mankind. 

The said Address being read a second time ; 

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

Resolved, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty by the whole House. 

Ordered, That such Members of this House as 
are of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council, 
do humbly know Her Majesty’s pleasure when She 
will be attended by this House. 


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 Saint Sepulchre’s Manor 
(Dublin) Bill. 
'_ Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Select 
Committee on Standing Orders. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Secretaries 
of State, which was presented upon the 24th day of 
April last, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Secretaries 
of State, which was i upon the 28th day of 
April last, be printed. 


The Tithe Commutation Rent-charge Bill was, 
mitted to a Select Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Aggravated Assaults Bill ; 


7°—8° Mait. 





183 


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. Dillwyn, 


} 97. 


Yeas, Mr. Bentinck : 
Tellers for the ; Mr. Biggs, liss 
Noes, \Mr. Muntz: , al 


So it passed in the Negative. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon this day six months. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Carlisle 
reading of the Carlisle Cononries Bill ; Canonries Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 

upon Wednesday the 21st day of this instant May, 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Maynooth 
reading of the Maynooth College Bill ; College Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
To-morrow. 


The Sleeping Statutes Bill was, according to Or- sleeping 
der, read a second time; and committed to a Com- Statutes Bill. 
mittee of the whole House, for Tuesday the 20th 

day of this instant May. 


The Scientific and Literary Societies Bill was, ac- Scientific 
cording to Order, read a second time; and com- ywchen: | 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for mene 
Wednesday the 21st day of this instant May. 


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 Earl of March reported from the Committee Norfolk 
on Group 5 of Railway Bills; That in the case of Railway Bill 
the Norfolk Railway Bill, they had examined 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 ; 
and be printed. 


The Earl of March reported from the Committee Yarmouth 
on Group 5 of Railway Bills; That in the case of and Haddiscoe 
the Yarmouth and Haddiscoe Railway Bill, they ®#vey Bill. 
had examined the allegations contained in the Pre- 
amble of the Bill,and amended the same, by inserting 
the East Suffolk Railway Company as the Company 
with whom working arrangements are to 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. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 








Jovis, 8° die Maii; 
Anno 19° Victorie Regine, 1856. 


Prayers. . 


QRDERED, That all Committees have leave Committees. 
to sit this day, during the sitting of the House. 


Mr. Fitz Roy reported the Bardney, &amp;c. Drainage Bardney, &amp;e. 
Bill, with Amendments. Drainage Bill 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 





Vou. 111. 


AA4+ Mr. 


















































































Wolverhamp- 
ton Water 
Bill. 


Colne Valley 
and Halstead 
Railway Bill. 


Hampstead 
Junction 
Railway Bill. 


The Queen 
appoints to be 


attended. 


Answer to 
Address, 


Milford 
Junction 
Railway Bill. 


Carmarthen 
and Cardigan 
Railway Bill. 


Crowland 
and Eye Road 
Bill, 


Eastern 
Counties 
Railway Bill. 


Honiton and -. 
Sidmouth 
Road Bill. 


. the third time. ~ , 





184 


Mr. Fitz Roy reported from the Committee on the 
Wolverhampton W ater Bill; That they had examined 
the allegations contained in the Preamble of the Bill, 
and verbally amended the same ; and found the same, 
as amended, to be true; and had gone through the 
Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Fitz Roy reported the Colne Valley and Hal- 
stead Railway Bill, with Amendments. 

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


Mr. FitzRoy reported from the Committee on the 
Hampstead Junction Railway Bill; That they had 
examined the allegations contained in the Preamble 
of the Bill, and amended the same, by reciting the 
period within which the Company were at present 
required to complete their 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. 


Sir George Grey reported to the House, That 
Her Majesty, having been waited upon, pursuant to 
their Order of yesterday, humbly to know Her Ma- 
jesty’s pleasure when She will be attended by this 
House, had been pleased to appoint to be attended 
this day, at a quarter before Three of the clock, at 
Buckingham Palace. 

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

Mr. Speaker reported to the House, That the 
House had attended Her Majesty this day with their 
Address; to which Her Majesty was plea-ed to give 
this most gracious Answer : 

I thank vou for this loyal and dutiful Address. 

I gratefully acknowledge the zealous and cordial 
co-operation of My People in the prosecution of the 
late War, and the firm and uniform support by 
which you have enabled Me, in conjunction with 
My Allies, to conduct it to a satisfactory and 
honourable conclusion. 

While it is most gratifying to Me to know that 
the resources of this Empire remain unimpaired, I 
heartily concur with you in the hope that, under the 
favour of Divine Providence, a Peace based on the 
common interests of Europe may be long continued, 
and may promote and _ secure the welfare and pros- 
perity of My People, and the civilization and happi- 
ness of mankind. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take 
into consideration the Amendments made by the 
Lords to the Milford Junction 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 Carmarthen and Cardigan Railway 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 Crowland and Eye 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'conéurrence. 


The Eastern Counties Railway 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. oan 


The Honiton and Sidmouth Road Bill was ‘read 


8°. Mazz. 


A. 1856. 


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


The. Lowestoft and Beccles Railway Bill was read Lowestog 
the third time. and Beccles 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. Railway Bill 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Luton District Road Bill was read the third Luton District 
time. Road 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 Thames Haven ThamesHuven 
Dock and Railway Bill be now read the third time ; Vock and 
Mr. Hayter, by Her Majesty's Command, ac- ®*!¥ay Bil 
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 the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Tormoham Water Bill was read the third Tormoham 
these. 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 ae 
the Banbridge Junction Railway Bill, as amended Roitway Bil. 
in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second British and 
reading of the British and American Great Railway Goons baibvay 
Laud Company Bill; Land Com- 

Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. pany Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


Ordered, That the Minutes of the Evidence taken Birkenhead 
before the Committees on the Birkenhead Docks ree) oo 
Bill in Session 1844, Birkenhead Dock Company ie 
Bill in Session 1845, Birkenhead Docks Bill in 

Session 1847, Liverpool Docks Bill, Birkenhead 

Dock Company Bill,’ Birkenhead Dock Trustees 

Biil, and Birkenhead Dock-Trustees Rating Bill in 

Session 1848, Birkenhead Dock Trustees Bill in 

Session 1850, Liverpool Docks Bill in Session 1851, 
Birkenhead Docks Bill in Session 1852, Birkenhead 

Dock Trustees Bill and Birkenhead Dock Company 

Bill in Session 1853, and Birkenhead Docks Bill 

and Birkenhead Dock Company Bill in Session 

1854, be referred to the Committee on Group M. of 

Private Bills, 


Sir William Clay reported from the Committee on Private Bills 
Group M. of Private Bills; That Sir Joseph Paxton, (Gtr Mu) 
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. 


Sir-William Clay reported frora the Committee on Private Bills 
Group M. of Private Bills; That as some Members (Grour 4) 
of the Committee stated that they should be unable 

to attend To-morrow, the Committee had adjourned 

to Monday the 19th day of May, at Twelve o’clock. 

Ordered; That'the Report do lie upon the ‘Table. 


on Group 1 of Railway Bills; That in the case of allway 7 
the Metropolitan ‘Railway Bill, they had. examined 
the allegations contained in the Preamble of the 
Bill, and ‘améndedathe same; by striking’ out the 


statement of the:periods to which it is proposed to - 





Resolved, That. the Bill do pass. 


extend 


Mr. Henry elle reyoricd from the Committee Metropolitan . 


wescsatSe 


pug 









Mid-Kent 
a ha 

micy 
ve bain 


to 
Mary's Cray) 
Bill 


Westminster 
Terminus 
Railway Bill. 


Public 
Petitions. 


Vide Thirty- 
third Report. 


Commissariat 
Chest. 
No. 205. 


Spirits 


19 Vicrortz. 





- 8° Maiti. 185 


extend the time for the purchase of certain Lands | lon, and the Amount of such Duty; also, the Total 


and completion of certain Works, so as to make the 
same consistent with the Provisions of the Bill in 
that respect, and by omitting all the recitals relating 
to the money deposited in the Court of Chancery 
for securing the completion of the undertaking, the 
Committee having decided to strike out of the Bill 
all the Provisions relating thereto ; and found the 
same, as amended, to be true ; and had gone through 
the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

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


Mr. Henry Baillie reported the Mid-Kent Direct 
Railway ( Bromley to Saint Mary’s Cray) Bill, with 
Amendments. 

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


Mr. Henry Baillie reported from the Committee 
on Group 1 of Railway Bills; That in the case of 
the Westminster Terminus Railway Bill, they had 
examined the allegations contained in the Pre- 
amble of the Bill, and amended the same, by striking 
out the recitals referring to the Bridge over the 
Thames, the extension of time for the purchase of 
Lands and execution of Works, such objects being 
abandoned by the promoters of the Bill; and found 
the same, as amended, to be true; and had gone 
through the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

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


Petitions relating to Church Rates;— Church 
Rates Abolition Bill;—Maynooth College Act ;— 
Religious Endowments (Jreland) ;—Fire Insurance ; 
—Bleaching, &amp;c., Works Bill;—Education (Scot- 
land) ;— Education (Scotland) Bill ;— Education 
(Scotland) Bill, and Parochial Schools (Scotland) 
Bill ;—Hay and Straw ;—Nuisances Removal, &amp;c. 
(Scotland) Bill ;—Parochial Schools (Scotland) Bill ; 
—Poor Law (Zreland) ;—Poor Litigants (Scotland) ; 
—Public-houses (Scotland) Act ;—Scotch and Irish 
Pauper Removals Bill ;—Wages ;—and, Wills and 
Administrations Bill,—were presented, and read; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Wilson presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand,—An Account, showing all Sums which have 
been received into the Commissariat Chest, and 
which have been paid out of the same, between the 


Number of Gallons and Duty in the United Kingdom, 
for the year ending the 31st day of December 1855 : 
—Showing, under separate Heads, the Number of 
Gallons of Proof Spirits, distinguishing the Materials 
from which made, imported into each Kingdom from 
each of the others respectively ; stating, also, the Rate 
per Gallon, and the Total Amount thereof (in each 
case), and what portion of such Duty was paid on 
removal of the Spirits from Bond, and what after 
their arrival in England; also, what portion was 
actually Warehoused under Excise Lock, distin- 
guishing Malt from Grain Spirits, in England, for 
the year ending the 31st day of December 1855 :— 
Of the Total Tacsher of Gallons of Proof Spirits 
permitted out of Distillers’ Stocks in England, and 
the Total Number of Proof Gallons of British Brandy 
and Spirits of Wine permitted out of Rectifiers’ 
Stocks in England for Home 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 31st 
day of December 1855 :—Of the Total Number of 
Proof Gallons of Spirits distilled in England, Scot- 
land and Jreland; distinguishing the Quantities 
in each Country delivered, Daty paid, direct from 
Distillers’ Stocks from the Quantities put into Bond, 
for the year ending the 31st day of December 1855 : 
—Of the Total Number of Proof Gallons of British 
Compounds and Spirits of Wine permitted from 
Rectifiers’ Stocks in England, Scotland and Ireland, 
for Exportation to Foreign Ports under Drawback, 
for the years ending the 5th day of January 1855 
and 31st day of viboniaher 1855 :—And, of the 
Total Number of Gallons of Spirits in Bonded Stores 
in England, Scotland and Ireland respectively, on 
the 31st day of December 1855 (in continuation of 
Parliamentary Paper, No. 191, of Session 1855). 


Office, showing to what Date examined or finally 
audited ; and the Reason for the Delay, if any, in 
the Audit of Accounts in Arrear (in continuation of 
Parliamentary Paper of Session 1849). 


£.2,101. 17s. 1d. remaining in the Treasury on the 
26th day of April 1855, out of the Sum of £.7,550 
voted by the House of Commons for the Statute 
Law Commission, has been expended :—Account in 
Detail of the Expenditure of the Sum of £.3,711. 4s. 


1st April 1854 and the 31st March 1855, and of} voted by the House of Commons in 1855 for the 


the Assets and Liabilities of the Chest on the latter 
day. 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Copy of Correspondence relating to a Road through 
Holyrood Park. 

m Sir Benjamin Hall accordingly presented the said 
aper. 

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


The me Papers were laid upon the Table 
by the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, 
dated the 19th day of February last, for Returns 


Statute Law Commission:—And, Return of the 
Names of the Draftsmen employed to prepare Con- 
solidation Bills, and the Fees paid to each Drafts- 
man. 


an Act of Parliament, was also 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 1855 to the 25th March 1856. 





last, for Returns of the Number of Proprietors in 


showing the Total Number of Gallons of Proof| each Railway Company in the United Kingdom, 
Spirits distilled in England, Scotland and Ireland | incorporated by Act of Parliament, on the 31st day 


respectively ; distinguishing the Quantities produced 
from Male, from a arscene 4 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 ntity of each 
Sort in the United Kingdom, for the year ending the 


31st day of December 1855:—Of the Number of 


Gallons of Proof Spirits (distinguishing the Sorts) 


of December 1855:—Of the Number of General and 
Special Genera! 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. 


15th day of February last, for a Return of the Num- 


on which Duty was paid for Home Consumption in | ber of Persons mete convicted and committed 


each of the three Kingdoms, with the Rate per Gal-| to Prison, in the seve 


Von.-111. 


Counties of England and 
BB Ireland, 








Return to an Order, dated the 11th day of April Public 
last, for a Statement of the Accounts in the Audit Accounts. 


Return to an Order, dated the 28th day of April Statute Law 
last, for a Return showing how the Balance of Commission. 


The following Paper, pursuant to the directions of New Churches, 


Mr. Massey presented,—Return to an Address Railway 
to Her Majesty, dated the 4th day of February Companies. 


Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the Workmen. 









































































































Public 
Libraries. 


186 


Treland, for Breach of Contract in neglecting Work 
or leaving Service during each of the years 1854 
and 1855. 

Return to several Addresses to Her Majesty, dated 

the 3d and 21st days of April last, for a Return from 
Placesin which the Formation of Free Public Libraries 
has been proposed, viz., Birkenhead, Birmingham, 
Bolton, Cu } 
Islington, Kidderminster, Liverpool, the City of 
London, Manchester, Norwich, Oxford, Saint He- 
len’s, Salford, Sheffield, Warrington and Winchester, 
showing the following details :-— 





Date of Formation of Library, and of the Poll taken, 
Number of Votes for and against the adoption of the 


if any, under the Libraries and Museums Act. 


| Name of City, Town or Parish. 


Number of Volumes issued to Borrowers from the 


Lending Library in each year since the opening. 


Books. 


e Depart 


General view of the results which have been obtained. 


Amount of Sum, if any, subscribed for the formation of 





| 


Whether or not the Library includes se 


Total Number of Volumes issued in each year since the 





Act in cases where a Poll has been taken, or result 


of meeting if no Poll. 
opening, and Number of Readers each year in the 


Library of Reference. 
Yearly Amount of Borough or other Rate appropriated 


to Library or Museum. 
seums Act; with information as to any contemplated 


re-construction, enlargement, or other improvement 


Remarks on the working of the Libraries and Mu- 
of the Library or Museum. 


the Library, for its enlargement, or for building pur- 


Number of Volumes issued to Readers in the Reference 
poses, independent of the Rate. 


ments for reference to and for lending out of 
Number of Volumes in Library of Reference 
Number of Volumes in Lending Library, if any 

Library in each year since the opening. 


Days and Hours of Public Access. 











Public 


| 


And, for a Return from Cheltenham, and 




















Libraries, &amp;. Panis, Cork and Limerick in Ireland, showing the 


following Details as to the Establishment or Re- 
jection of any Public Libraries, Museums or Schools 
of Art which may have been proposed under the 





Date of Formation of Library, and of the Poll taken, 
if any, under the Libraries and Museums Act. 


Name of City, Town or Parish. 


Number of Votes for and against the adoption of the 


English or Irish Public Libraries Act : 


























Public-house 
Licenses. 


Gas Works. 





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Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 
18th day of February last, for Returns for the last 
Five years for the Metropolitan District, showing the 
Number of Licensed Victuallers whose Licenses have 
not been renewed in consequence of Misconduct : 
—Of the Number of Public-houses permanently 
closed in consequence of the Refusal of Magistrates 
to renew the Licenses:—And, year by year, of the 
Number of Applications for new Licenses, showing 
how many have been successful. 

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


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return of all Gas Works established under 
Acts of Parliament in England and Wales, and where 
situated ; stating, in Columns, the Maximum C 
for 1,000 cubic feet of Gas; the Minimum C 
per 1,000 cubic feet ; the Material used ; the Aver- 
age Number of cubic feet of Gas produced from a 

on of Coal; and the illuminating Power of the 


8° Mazz. 


e, Exeter, Hertford, the Parish of 





A. 1856, 


Light produced from an Aragee Burner consuming 
Five cubic feet of Gas per Hour, as compared with 
the Light produced from Sperm gy Six in the 
pound, and burning 120 grains per Hour, 

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


to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return of all Sums which have been granted 
by any Public Department of the Government within 
the last Ten years, in aid of the erection of Churches 
or Schools, or have been expended by such Depart- 
ments for such purposes, stating in each case the 
Particulars ; namely, the Locality and Date, and the 
Amount of the Sum granted or expended. 

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


House, a Return of the Number of Boys under 16 
years of age received into the Westminster House 
of Correction, Tothill Fields, who were summarily 
convicted by the Magistrates, from the Ist day of 
January to the 30th day of April 1856 ; also of the 
Number of Boys under 16 years of age received 
into the same Prison from the Assizes and Session, 
for the same Period. 

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. 


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, being desirous of conferring a signal 
mark of Her favour and approbation on Major 
General Sir William Fenwick Williams, K.C. B., for 
the eminent and distinguished services rendered by 
him as Her Majesty’s Commissioner at the Head 
Quarters of the Turkish Army in Asia, and parti- 
cularly in the gallant defence of Kars, recommends 
it to the House of Commons to enable Her Majesty 
to make Provision for securing to Sir William Fen- 
wick Williams a Pension of One thousand pounds 
per annum, for the term of his natural life. 

V. R. 


Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, resolve 
itself into a Committee to take into consideration 
Her Majesty’s said most gracious Message. 


Army and Royal Marines, who have taken part in 

the operations of the late War, for the meritorious 

and eminent services which they have rendered to 

-- Queen and Country, during the course of the 
ar. 

Resolved, Nemine Contradicente, That this House 
doth highly approve and acknowledge the services 
of the Petty and Non-commissioned Officers, and 
Men, employed in the Navy, Army and Royal 
Marines, who have taken part in the operations of 


harge | the late War; and that the same be communicated 
harge |to them by the Commanders of the several Ships 


and Corps, who are respectively desired to thank 
those under their commands for their exemplary and 





gallant behaviour. 
Resolved, 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Churches 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 224 Schools, 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Juvenile 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased Offenders 
to give directions, that there be laid before this —_ 





minster.) 


Viscount Palmerston acquainted the House, That Sir William 
Fenwick 
Williams, 


Resolved, Nemine Contradicente, That the Thanks Operations of 
of this House be given to the Officers of the Navy, *t late War. 


Reformato: &gt; 
Schools (Scot- into a Committee on the 


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19 VicTorIz. 


Resolved, Nemine Contradicente, That the Thanks 
of this House be given to the Officers of the several 
Corps of Militia which have been embodied in Great 
Britain and Ireland during the course of the War, 
for the zealous and meritorious services which they 
have rendered to their Queen and Country at Home 
and Abroad. 

Resolved, Nemine Contradicente, That this House 
doth highly approve and acknowledge the services, 
at Home and Abroad, of the Non-commissioned 
Officers and Men of the several Corps of Militia 
which have been embodied in Great Britain and 
Ireland during the course of the War ; and that the 
same be communicated to them by the Colonels or 
Commanding Officers of the several Corps, who are 
desired to thank them for their meritorious conduct. 

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do signify the said 
Resolutions respecting the Navy, Army and Royal 
Marines, by Letter, to the Commissioners for exe- 
cuting the Office of Lord High Admiral, and to 
the Field Marshal Commanding in Chief Her Ma- 
jesty’s Forces. 

rdered, That Mr. Speaker do signify the said 
Resolutions respecting the Militia, by Letter, to Her 
Majesty’s Lieutenant of each “rm * Riding and 
Place in Great Britain, and to his Excellency the 
Lord Lieutenant of that part of the United Kingdom 
called Ireland. 


The House, accord to Order, resolved itself 
he tadhcaeetary Schools (Scot- 
land) Bill. 
(In the Committee.) 


Cuavse, N° 1 (Decree against parents for support 
of Children in Reformatory Schools, may be for 
payment of weekly Sum enforceable weekly). 

Amendments made. 

Another Amendment proposed, at the end of the 
Clause: To add the words “ and such managers or 
“ other directors shall, once every quarter of a year, 
“render to the Inspector of any parish liable in 
“‘ payment of expenses incurred in respect of any 
“ young person at their school or institution, an 
“ account of the sums claimed by them, in respect 
“ of such young persons, for the quarter immediately 
“ preceding.” 


Notice 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 after Four of the 
clock :—The House was adjourned by Mr. Speaker, 
without a Question first put, till To-morrow. 








Veneris, 9° die Maiti; 
Anno 19° Victoria Regine, 1856. 





PRAYERS. 


_ ORDERED, That the Committee on Group 4 


’ Of Railway Bills have leave to sit this day till 
Five of the clock, during the sitting of the House. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, 
in respect of non-compliance with the Standing Or- 
ders in the case of the Petition for additional Pro- 
vision in the Conway and Llandudno Road Bill. 

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


x ry of the London and North Western 
way Company, ing that Provision may be 
made in the bps Ses Western Railway 
Bill for peanaly inclosing and covering over a 


certain footpath or road, was presented, and read; 
Vou, 111. 





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187 


and referred to the Examiners of Petitions for Pri- 
vate Bills. 


Mr. Bonham Carter reported from the Select Public 
Committee on Public Petitions ; That they had exa- rn 
mined the Petitions presented upon the 6th, 7th and &lt; 
8th 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. Wrightson reported from the Committee on Private Bills 
Group P. of Private Bills ; That Colonel Smyth, one (Group P.) 
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. 


Mr. Strutt reported from the Committee on Group Ely Tidal 
8 of Railway Bills; That in the case of the Ely Harbour and 
Tidal Harbour and Railway Bill, they had examined ®*!wey Bill. 
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 ; 
and be printed. 


Mr. High Adair reported from the Committee on Oxford, Wor- 

Group 7 of Railway Bills; That in the case of the cester and 
Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway jon Railway 
(Extension of Time, &amp;c.) Bill, they had examined (Extension 
the allegations contained in the Preamble of the aa &amp;e.) 
Bill, and amended the same, by striking out the ~~ 
recital relating to the expediency of laying down the 
narrow gauge throughout the whole length of the 
Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton line of Rail- 
way, and altering in some respects the recitals as to. 
the obligations upon the Company with respect to 
the broad gauge, so as to make the same consistent 
with the facts of the case; by inserting a recital re- 
specting the part of the Kingswinford Branch re- 
ferred to in the Clauses introduced into the Bill, and 
by omitting the recitals as to the Stratford-upon- 
Avon Branch, which had been withdrawn by the 
promoters ; and found the same, as amended, to be 
true; and had gone through the Bill, and made 
Amendments thereunto. ° 

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


The House proceeded to take into consideration Doddington 
the Amendment made by the Lords to the Dod- Rectory 
dington Rectory Division Bill; and the same was P'¥#i02 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 Amendment made by their Lordships. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Heywood 
the Amendment made by the Lords to the Heywood Gas Bill. 
Gas 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. 


A Motion being made, That the Scottish Drainage Scottish 
and Improvement Company Bill be now read the Drainage and 
third time ; Conpany Bill 
Mr. ra 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 incorporating the Scottish 
Drainage and Improvement Company, and to afford 

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188 


greater facilities for the Improvement of Land in 
Scotland. 

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


- The House proceeded to take into consideration 
ay head the Knaresborough and Green Hammerton Koad 
merton Road Bill, as amended in the Committee. 

Bill. Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Knares- 
borough and 
——e Bridge 
Road 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Knaresborough and Pateley Bridge Road Bill, 
as amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


1B 


Railway Bills Ordered, That Mr. Franklyn be discharged from 


(Group 7-) further attendance on the Committee on Group 7 of 
Railway Bills. 
Ordered, That Mr. Oakes be added to the Com- 
mittee. 
Stocktonand = Mr, FitzRoy reported the Stockton and Darling- 
a ton and Newcastle and Carlisle Union Railway Bill, 
castle and with Amendments. 
Carlisle Union Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
my ood be printed. 
a Sir Edmund Hayes reported from the Committee 
Senction on Group 4 of Railway Bills; That in the case of 
Railway the Tottenham and Hornsey Junction Railway Bill, 
iene’ Som they had examined the allegations contained in the 
Hornsey and Preamble of the Bill, but the same had not been 
Willesden roved to their satisfaction. 
Railway) Bill. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 
Sligo Election. Sir Francis Baring reported from the General 
Committee of Elections, the Names of the Members 
of the Select Committee appointed to try and deter- 
mine the matter of the Petition complaining of an 
undue Election and Return for the Borough of Sligo, 
to which they had annexed the Petition referred to 
them by the House relating thereto :— 
. Sir John Hanmer. 
. Charles Aaron Moody, Esquire. 
Honourable Frederich Leveson Gower. 
. Honourable Robert Windsor Clive. 
. Chairman, George Medd Butt, Esquire 
( Weymouth). 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


ss 


cm CO to 


Petty Sessions Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 

Cours’ (re. Return of the stated Periods at which Petty Sessions 

Courts are appointed to be holden in each of the 

following Petty Sessions Districts; the Number of 

Times in each District during the year ending the 

3ist day of December 1855, and the Three Months 

of this year, there has been a failure of such Court 

for want of Attendance of Magistrates; also the 

Names of the Magistrates in Attendance at each 

Court: — Baltinglass, Blessinton, Dunlavin and 
Rathdangan, in the County of Wicklow. 


Post-office 


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


Return of the Hours at which the Scotch and Dublin 
Mails were to leave Belfast on the 30th day of April, 
and arrive at the Towns of Ballymena, Ballymoney, 
Coleraine, Newtown Limavady and Londonderry, 
and also the Hours at which the Return Mails left 
those Towns respectively for Belfast, together with 
an Account of the Sums paid for conveying the 
Mails; distinguishing the mode of Conveyance, and 
the Payment to each Company or Car Proprietor :— 
And, similar Return as to the Hours under the New 
System to be introduced on the 9th day of May. 


Revenue 
(Ireland. ) 


the 31st day of December 1855 :—Accounts of the 


9” Mai. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
an Abstract of the Net Produce of the Revenue of 
Ireland paid into the Exchequer in the year ended 









A. 1856. 


Net Public Income and Expenditure of Ireland for 
the year ended the 31st day of December 1855 ; 
and showing the whole of the Ways and Means pro- 
vided within the same Period, together with the 
Application thereof :—Of the Amount of Duties of 
Excise in each Revenue District of Jreland, in the 
year ended the 31st day of December 1855 :—Of 
the Amount of Duties of Customs of the Revenue 
Districts of Jreland, in the year ended the 31st day 
of December 1855:—Of the Amount of Stamp 
Duties collected in Dublin, and in each Stamp 
District of Ireland, in the year ended the 31st day 
of December 1855:—Of the Amount of Postage 
collected in each County of Jreland, in the year 
ended the 31st day of December 1855 :—Statements 
showing the Quantities of the following Articles re- 
tained for Home Consumption in Jreland, in the 
= ended the 31st day of December 1855, viz. : 

ine, Spirits, Foreign and Home made, Tobacco, 
Tea, Coffee, Sugar, Flax, Seed, Cotton Yarn, Cotton 
Wool, Woollen and Worsted Yarn, Silk, Raw and 
Thrown, Iron Unwrought, Timber, Deals and Coals: 
—And, showing the Quantities of the followin 
Articles exported from Ireland, in the year cain 
the 31st day of December 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 and Oatmeal, Jrish Spirits, Linen 
Manufactures, Linen Yarn, and Cotton Manufactures 
(in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 430, 
of Session 1855). 


Ordered, That the Select Committee on Public Public 
Prosecutors have Power to report their Observations Prosecutors, 
thereupon to the House, together with the Minutes No. 206. 
of the Evidence 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. 


Sir James Buller East reported from the Com- Cork Bridges, 
mittee on Group N. of Private Bills; That in the —— 
case of the Cork Bridges, Waterworks, &amp;c. Bill, : 
they had examined the allegations cuntained in the 
Preamble of the Bill, and amended the same, by 
striking out such portions thereof as related to the 
imposition of a Coal Tax, and to contracting for the 
lighting of the Borough, in order to make the same 
correspond with the Bill ; and found the same, as 
amended, to be true; and had made Provision in 
the Bill, pursuant to the Instruction of the House ; 
and had gone through the Bill, and made Amend- 
ments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Lord Stanley reported from the Committee on Deeside and 
Group 10 of Railway Bills; That in the case of — 
the Deeside and Alford Valley Railway 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 ; 
and be printed. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented ilicary Deol? 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased as 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return of the Number of Memorials, with 
the Total Number of Signatures attached thereto, 

raying for the discontinuance of the performance of 

Military Bands on Sundays, which have been for- 
warded through the Home Office, stating the Places 
from which such Memorials have been sent. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 





Her 









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Bands 
jays. 





County Court 
Judges, &amp;c. 


Public 
Petitions. 


Vide Thirty- 
fourth Report. 


Pimlico Im- 
provements. 


No. 193-1. 


italfields 
fot 
No. 193-II, 


Fleetwood, 


West Riding 
Junction 
Railway Bill. 


19 Vicroriz. 


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 Names of Judges of County 
Courts, Clerks or High Bailiffs to whom any Retiring 
Allowance, Annuity or Payment has been made by 
a Minute of the Treasury since the Establishment of 
the County Courts in 1847, the Date of such Pay- 
ment, and the Amount of it in each case; the 
Section of the Act of Parliament by which they are 
authorized, and the Fund from which they are paid: 
—And, of the Amount of all Fees and Payments 
made to each of the High Bailiffs of County Courts, 
including all Fees and Payments respecting the 
Service of Summonses, Executions, holding Pos- 
session and Insolvency, or from any other Source 
connected with their Office, in the year 1855, and 
the Amount of Payments made to Sub-Bailiffs, and 
other Official Expenses. 

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


Petitions relatin 


Pa 


to the Ballot ;— Parliamentary 
rs ;— British Museum, &amp;c.;—Church Rates ; 


—Church Rates Abolition Bill ;—Married Women ; | P 


— Maynooth College Act ;—Oath of Abjuration Bill ; 
—Religious Endowments (Jreland) ;~Tithe Rent- 
charge ;—Fire Insurance ;—Bleaching, &amp;c., Works 
Bill ;—Coalwhippers (Port of London) Bill:—De- 
cimal Coinage ;—Education ( Scotland) Bill ;—Edu- 
cation (Scotland) Bill, and Parochial Schools ( Scot- 
land) Bill;—Hay and Straw ;—Leases and Sales of 
Settled Estates Bill;—Metropolis Local Manage- 
ment Act Amendment Bill;—Nuisances Removal, 
&amp;c. (Scotland) Bill; —Parochial Schools (Scotland) 
Bill; —Police (Counties and Boroughs) Bill;— 
Poor Law Amendment Bill ;—Public-houses (Scot- 
land) Act;—Railway and Canal Traffic Bill; — 
Scotch and Irish Pauper Removals Bill ;—Vaccina- 
tion Bill ;—Wages ;—Wee Pawns, &amp;c. (Scotland) ; 
— Westminster Improvement Commission; — and, 
Wills and Administrations Bill,—were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition relating to the Medical Profession Bill, 
was also presented, and read; and referred to the 
Select Committee on the Bill. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Copy of Report respecting Pimlico Improvements, 
made to the First Commissioner of Her Majesty’s 
Works, &amp;c. by the Architect. 

Sir Benjamin Hall accordingly presented the 
said Paper. 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Copy of Report respecting the Spitalfields Exten- 
sion Line of Metropolitan Improvements, made to 
the First Commissioner of Her Majesty’s Works, 
&amp;c. by the Architect. 

Sir Benjamin Hall accordingly presented the 
said Paper. 

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


Mr. Corry reported from the Committee on Group 
9 of Private Bills; That in the case of the Fleet- 
wood, Preston and West Riding Junction Railway 
Bill, they had examined the allegations contained 
in the Preamble of the Bill, and made some verbal 
Amendments therein; and found the same, as 
amended, to be true ; and had gone through the Bill, 
and made Amendments thereunto. 

Vou. 111. 








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189 


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


the 21st day of February last, for a Tabular Return, 
showing the Quantities of Sugar of the several Sorts 
imported into the United Kingdom, and the Quan- 
tities retained for Home Consumption ; together with 
the Rates of Duty charged thereon, and the Net 
Revenue accruing therefrom in each year, from 1800 
to 1855 inclusive ; followed by a Comparative State- 
ment of the Average Prices of British Plantation and 
Foreign Sugar (ordinary Yellow Havannah) for the 
same series of years :— Account of the Imports into 
the United Kingdom of Sugar, Molasses, Rum, 
Coffee, Cocoa and Cotton, from the West Indies, 
British Guiana, the Mauritius and British Pos- 
sessions in India, for the years 1831 to 1855 in- 
clusive ; distinguishing the Guantities imported from 
each Colony and each Possession in each year :— 
Similar Account of the Quantities of Foreign Sugar 
imported, stating from whence, and the Quantities 
from each Place or Country :—And, Account of the 
Quantity of Refined Sugar and Sugar Candy im- 
ported into the United Kingdom in the years 1848, 
1849, 1850, 1851, 1852, 1853, 1854 and 1855, 
respectively ; stating the Quantity retained for Home 
Consumption, the Rates of Duty paid, and the 
 cacamng,  e (in continuation of Parliamentary 
No. 245, of Session 1855. 


ruary last, for a Return of the Quantity of Foreign 
Sugar entered for Home Consumption during each 
year, from 1831 to 1855 inclusive; distinguishing 
Refined from Unrefined ; and also the several Places 
from whence such Sugar was imported (in continuation 
of Parliamentary Paper, No. 246, of Session 1855). 

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


Mr. Wilson presented,—Return to an Order, dated Sugar, &amp;c. 


No. 209. 


aper, 
ce to an Order, dated the 2ist day of Feb- Foreign Sugar. 


No. 210. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Constabulary 
Return of the Names of all Cadets and Sub-Inspec- (Ireland.) 


tors appointed or re-appointed to the Constabulary 
Force since the 1st day of January 1854, and spe- 
cifying the instances in which the Parties had pre- 
viously served in the Force. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Paupers, &amp;c. 


to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased (Metropolis. 


to give directions, that there be laid before this House, 
Returns of the Number of Paupers admitted into the 
Poor Law Union and other Workhouses of the Me- 
tropolis, during the year ending the 25th day of 
March 1856; the Number of Persons who have been 
under Medical Treatment, and of Deaths ; the Salary 
and Extras of the Medical Officer in charge; by 
whom the Drugs are supplied; if by the Guardians, 
stating the Cost :—And, of the Number of Prisoners 
confined in the various Gaols and Houses of Detention 
in the Metropolis, during the year ending the 25th 
day of March 1856; the Amount of Sickness and 
Number of Deaths; the Salary and Extras of the Me- 
dical Officer in charge; by whom the Drugs are 
supplied ; if by the Authorities, stating the Cost. 
rdered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty, by such Members of this } ae as are 
of Her Majesty s Most honourable Privy Council. 


dlesbrough New Road and Bridge Bill, with Amend- 
ments. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Colonel Pennant reported the Stockton and Mid- Stockton and 

Middlesbrough 
New Road and 
Bridge Bill. 


Colonel Pennant reported the Rotherham and Rotherham 


Barnby Moor Road Bill, with Amendments. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Colonel Pennant reported the Bawtry and Tins- 
ley Road Bill, with Amendments. 





Bawtry 
Tinsley 


and a 


Moor 
Bill. 


and 
Road 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. &gt;” 


BB3 Mr. 





Statute Law 
Commission. 


No. 211. 


Assistant 
Barristers 
Cireland.) 


Committals 
(Ireland.) 


Public Health 
Act. 


Poor Law. 
No. 212. 


Railways. 


H 
Par 


No. 213. 


Spirits. 
No. 214. 


Accounts. 
No. 215. 


190 


Mr. Massey presented,—Return to an Address to 
Her Majesty, dated the 25th day of April last, for 
Copy of the Memorandum of the Attorney General 
as to the Plan of Proceeding in Consolidation of the 
Statutes. 

Return to an Order, dated the 29th day of Fe- 
bruary last, for a Return of the Names, Date of Call 
to the Bar, and Appointment as Assistant Barrister, 
with Names of Counties, and Amount of Salaries and 
Fees (if any); the Number of Quarter Sessions in 
each year since the 1st day of January 1845 each 
has been absent, the Reasons for such Absence, 
in what instances Substitutes have been — 
to preside, by whose Authority, and the Amount 
paid to such Substitutes, whether from the Salary of 
the Assistant Barristers, or from other Sources. 

Mr. Massey also presented, pursuant to the di- 
rections of an Act of Parliament,—Returns from the 
Clerks of the Crown and Clerks of the Peace of the 
several Counties, &amp;c., in Jreland, of the Number 
of Persons committed to the different Gaols thereof 
for Trial, for the year 1855. 

Ordered, That the said Returns do lie upon the 
Table; and that the Return relative to the Statute 
Law Commission be printed. 


The following Papers were laid upon the Table by 
the Clerk of the House,— Return to an Order, dated 
the 21st day of April last, for a Return of the Num- 
ber of Towns to which the Public Health Act 
(11 &amp; 12 Vic. c. 63) was applied ns the years 
1854 and 1855 respectively, and up to the 18th day 
of April 1856. 

Return to an Order, dated the 25th day of April 
last, for a Return of each Parish and Township in 
England and Wales in which the Poor are managed 
under the Provisions of the Act 22 Geo. 3, c. 83, 
commonly called Gilbert's Act; distinguishing whe- 
ther incorporated in any Union or governed sepa- 
rately, and stating the Population of each Parish 
or Township and of each Union or party accord- 
ing to the last Census; and also of each Parish and 
Township subject to the Provisions of any Local 
Act for the Management of its Poor, with the Amount 
of Population according to the last Census. 

Ordered, That the “see relative to the Poor 
Law be printed. 


Mr. Lowe presented, by Her Majesty’s Command, 
—A Return, showing the Number of Passengers 
conveyed on all the Railways in England and Wales, 
Scotland and Ireland respectively, during the half- 

ear ended the 31st December 1855, distinguished 
in different Classes, and the Receipts from each 
Class of Passengers and from Goods, &amp;c. ; compiled 
from Returns made in pursuance of the Provisions 
of the Act 3 &amp; 4 Vic. c. 97; also the length of Rail- 
way open at the commencement and at the termina- 
tion of the half-year; together with a Summary, 
comparing the Traffic with that in the oun 
ing period in 1854; and a Supplement, showing the 
Aggregate Number of Miles travelled by seh Claes 
of Passengers; the Number of Passenger Trains 
and of Goods Trains respectively, and the Number 
of Miles travelled by such Trains, during the above 
mentioned half-year. 

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


Ordered, That the Pa 
Park, which was presen’ 
instant May, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Spirits, which 
was presented upon the 8th day of this instant May, 
be printed. 


Ordered, That the Returns relative to Public Ac- 
counts, which was presented upon the 8th day of this 
instant May, be printed. 


r relative to Holyrood 
upon the 8th day of this 





9° Maii. 











A. 1856. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Statute Statute Lay 
Law Commission, which was presented upon the 8th Commiss 
day of this instant May, be printed. No. 216, 


Ordered, That the Account relative to New NewChurche, 
Churches, which was presented upon the 8th day of No, 217, 
this instant May, be printed. 


Mr. John Bail presented,—Return to an Address Sierra Leone, 
to Her Majesty, dated the 25th day of May 1855, 
for 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. 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the Sir Charles 
15th day of April last, for Copies or Extracts of a Hotham. 
Despatch from Sir Charles Hotham, enclosing the No. 218, 
Speech which he delivered at the opening of the Le- 
gislative Council of Victoria on the 23d day of No- 
vember 1855, together with the Answer to it :—And, 
of a Despatch from the Acting Governor of Victoria, 
announcing the death of Sir Charles Hotham; and 
of Despatches from the Secretary of State on the 
same subject. 

Ordered, That the said Returns do lie upon the 
Table ; and that the Return relative to Sir Charles 
Hotham be printed. 


Resolved, That this House will, at. the rising of the Adjournment, 
House this day, adjourn till Monday the 19th day 
of this instant May. 





The House, according to Order, resolved itself Sir William 
into a Committee, to take into consideration Her — Wil- 
Majesty’s most gracious Message of the 8thday of = 
this instant May, relative to Sir William Fenwick 
Williams. 


(In the Committee.) 


Queen’s Message read. 

Resolved, Nemine Contradicente, 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, to be settled 
upon Major General Sir William Fenwick Williams, 
K.C.B., for the term of his natural life, to commence 
from the 8th day of May 1856. 


Resolution to be reported. 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. FitzRoy 
reported, That the Committee had come toa Re- 
solution. 

Ordered, That the Report be received upon Mon- 
day the 19th day of this instant May. 





The House, according to Order, resolved itself Police (Coun- 
into a Committee on the Police (Counties and Bo- Hs ta) Bill 
ronghs) Bill. Bill 130. 
(In the Committee.) 

Cravuse, N° 11 (On establishment of an efficient 
Police, one-fourth the charge for pay and clothing 
to be paid by the Treasury). 

Amendment again proposed, in p. 5, 1. 35: To 
leave out from the word “upon” inclusive, to the 
word “ it” inclusive, in 1. 42. 

Question proposed, That the words “ upon the 
“* Certificate of one of Her Majesty’s Principal Se- 
“ cretaries of State” stand part of the Clause. 

Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 

Amendments made. 

Another Amendment pro , in p. 6,1. 3: To 
leave out “ one-fourth,” and insert “ one-half.” 

Question put, That “ one-fourth ” stand part of 
the Clause ; 

The Committee divided. 

Tellers for the tr. Hayter, 

Yeas, Viscount Monck : 

Tellers for the{Sir Henry Willoughby, 

Noes, Mr. Edmund Denison : 

Other Amendments made. 


joo. 
}os. 


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19 Vicrortz. 


Question put, That the Clause, as amended, stand 
part of the Bill; 


The Committee divided. 

Tellers for the f Mr. Hayter, 1 
Yeas, Earl of Mulgrave: f 

Tellers for the ; Mr. William Williams, 
Noes, (Sir Joshua Walmsley : } 


Motion made, and Question, That the Chairman 
do report Progress, and ask leave to sit again 
put, and negatived. 


Crause, N° 12, amended, and agreed to. 
Crausss, N° 13 and N° 14, agreed to. 
CrauseE, N° 15, amended, and agreed to. 
Cravsez, N° 16, disagreed to, 

Cause, N° 17, agreed to. 

Clause added. 


Clause (The Justices of the Peace of every county 
in England and Wales may, at the next or any sub- 
sequent general or quarter sessions after the passing 
of this Act, and so from time to time thereafter as 
they shall deem expedient, appoint, for such time as 
they shall think proper, a sufficient number of Justi- 
ces, who shall be the Police Committee or Com- 
mittees for such county, and may, till the next 
general or quarter sessions, delegate to such Com- 
mittee or Committees all or any of the Powers as to 
the Police force within such county which by the 
two first recited Acts or by this Act are given to the 
Justices in general or quarter sessions, except as to 
the increase or diminution of the number of Con- 
stables, and the appointment or dismissal of any 
chief Constable or his deputy, and may from time 
to time reappoint, amend, or discontinue the ap- 
pointment of such Committee or Committees, and all 
the Powers given to such Committee or Committees 
may be executed by the majority of those who shall 
be present at the meeting of such Committee or 
Committees, the whole number present being not less 
than three)—-—brought up, and read 1°. 

Motion made, a Question, That the Clause be 
read a second time——put, and negatived. 

Clauses added. 

Motion made, and Question proposed, That the 
Chairman do report Progress, and ask leave to sit 
again :—Motion, by leave, withdrawn. 

Clause (It shall be lawful for the Magistrates, in 
general or quarter sessions assembled, if they so 
think fit, to grant retiring pensions to such Officers 
as may be removed from their appointments in 
consequence of the duties of such Officers being 
transferred to persons belonging to the Police Esta- 
blishment) -—brought up, and read 1°, 2°. 

Amendment proposed, to leave out the words 
“ retiring pensions,” and insert the word “gratuities,” 
instead thereof. 

Question, That the words “ retiring pensions ” 
stand part of the Clause ——put, and negatived. 

Question, That the word “ gratuities” be inserted 
instead thereof——put, and agreed to. 

Clause, as amended, agreed to, and added. 

Clauses added. 

Preamble agreed to. 


Bill, as amended, to be reported. 


186. 


75. 











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


Sabbati, 10° die Maii, 1856: 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Fitz Roy 
Hs py That the Committee had gone through the 

Wd. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration upon Friday the 
23d day of this instant May ; and be printed. 


Fire In. 
"tances Bill, 


‘The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Fire Insurances Bill ; 
Vou, 111. 


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19] 


Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
the 19th day of this instant May, resolve itself into 
the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming Parochial 
the adjourned Debate on the Question proposed tod) Ba 
upon the 25th day of April last, That the Parochial 
Schvols (Scotland) Bill be now read a second time ; 

Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 
till Monday the 26th day of this instant May. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Leases and 
reading of the Leases and Sales of "Settled Estates | rte — 
Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Monday the 19th day of this instant May. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Metropolis . 
mittee on the Metropolis Local Management Act ee 
Amendment Bill ; Amendment 

Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second London Cor- 

reading of the London Crtponttion Bill ; _. Peeathn BE 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 

Monday the 26th day of this instant May. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Grand Jury 
— on the Grand Jury Assessments (Ireland) Greland) Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday the 
23d day of this instant May, resolve itself into the 
said Committee. 


The Order of the day being 
mittee on the Church Rates Abolition Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday the 
19th day of this instant May, resolve itself into the 
said Committee. 


read, for the Com- Church Rates 
Abolition Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Coalwhippers 

reading of the Coalwhippers Port of London) Bill ; Ge) 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 

Friday the 23d day of this instant May. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Poor Law 
reading of the Poor Law Amendment Bill ; Amendment 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Monday the 19th day of this instant May, 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Vice-President 

reading of the Vice-President of Committee of of Committee 

Council on Education Bill ; &lt;— 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 

Friday the 23d day of this instant May. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Oath of 
mittee on the Oath of Abjuration Bill ; Speen 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday the 
19th day of this instant May, resolve itself into the 


said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Juvenile Con- 
into a Committee on the Juvenile Convict Prison vict Prison 
(Jreland) Bill; and, after some time spent therein, (Ireland) Bil. 
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 the 19th day of this instant May. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming the Juries (Ire- 
adjourned Debate on the Amendment which, upon !#"4) Bill. 
the 24th day of April last, was proposed to be made 
to the Question, That the Juries (Zre/and) Bill be 
now read a second time ; 

Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 
till Friday the 23d day of this instant May. 

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192 


Courts of The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
(ireland) of into a Committee on the Courts of Common Law 
Bill 131 (Ireland) 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 toa Com- 
mittee of the whole House, for Friday the 23d day 
of this instant May. 
ra nee AEN The Industrial and Provident Societies Bill was, 


Societies Bill, according to Order, read a second time; and com- 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for 
Monday the 19th day of this instant May. 


The Pawnbrokers Bill was, according to Order, 
read a second time ; and committed toa Committee 
of the whole House, for Monday the 19th day of 
this instant May. 


Pawnbrokers 
Bill. 


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

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday the 
19th day of this instant May, 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 the 
19th day of this instant May, resolve itself into the 
said Committee. 


Ways and 
Means. 


Railway and = The Order of the day being read, for the second 
i. enn reading of the Railway and Canal Traffic Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Thursday the 22d day of this instant May. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 


Bleaching, &amp;c. 
reading of the Bleaching, &amp;e. Works (No. 2) Bill; 


Works 


ee Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Monday the 19th day of this instant May. 
Commissioners The House, according to Order, proceeded to take 
(Seated) Bill into consideration’ the Commissioners of Supply 
(Scotland) Bill, as amended in the Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon 
Monday the 19th day of this instant May. 
Summary The Order of the day being read, for the second 
Jurisdiction reading of the Summary Jurisdiction Bill ; 
, Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Wednesday the 21st day of this instant May. 
Procedure 


The Order of the day: being read, for the second 
i idence reading of the Procedure and Fevidence Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Monday the 19th day of this instant May. 


Testamentary The Order of the day being read, for the second 
a reading of the Testamentary and Matrimonial Juris- 
diction Bill, diction Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Monday the 19th day of this instant May. 


Married The Married Women’s Reversionary Interest Bill 
+ em nl was, according to Order, read the third time ; and 
Interest Bur 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. 

Judgments The Order of the day being read, for the second 
Execution, &amp;¢- reading of the Judgments Execution, &amp;c. Bill ; 


Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Thursday the 22d day of this instant May. 


Prisons (Ire- © The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
jand) Bill. — mittee on the Prisons Ureland) Bill ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday the 
23d day of this instant May, resolve itself into the 
said Committee. 


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A. 1856. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Burial- 
mittee on the Burial-grounds (Jreland) Bill ; esate (ine. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday the 4) Bill, 
23d day of this instant May, resolve itself into the 

said Committee. 














































The Order of the day being read, fur resuming the Joint Stock 
adjourned Debate on the Question proposed upon Bill, 
the 24th day of April last, That Mr. Speaker do 
now leave the Chair (for Committee on the Joint 
Stock Banks Bill) ; 

Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 
till Tuesday the 20th day of this instant May. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Poor Law 
reading of the Poor Law (Ireland) Bill; (Ireland) Bill, 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday the 18th day of June next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Judicial 
reading of the Judicial Procedure, &amp;c. (Scotland) Bill ; | hae Ke, 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time ‘tland) Bill 
upon Monday the 19th day of this instant May. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Registration 
reading of the Registration of Voters (Scotland) of Voters 
Bill : (Scotland) Bill, 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday the 19th day of this instant May. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second arp 
: and Insolvency 
——s of the Bankruptcy and Insolvency (Zreland) (Ireland) Bil 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Friday the 23d day of this instant May. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- West India 
mittee on the West India Loans Bill; Loans Bill, 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday the 
19th day of this instant May, resolve itself into the 
said Committee. 


The National Gallery Bill was, according to National 
Order, read the third time; and Amendments were Gallery Bill 
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 Transfer of 
reading of the Transfer of Works (Ireland) Bill; he wi ag 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time ) 
upon Monday the 19th day of this instant May. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Maynooth 
reading of the Maynooth College Bill ; College Bill 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday the 25th day of June next. 


Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday the Reformatory 
22d day of this instant May, resolve itself into a Com- ye 
mittee on the Reformatory Schools (Scotland) Bill. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Preston Union 

Copies of any Communication to the Poor Law Board ‘ 

from the Magistrates of the County of Lancaster, 

acting as ex officio Guardians in the Preston Union, 

and others, respecting the erection of a new Work- 

house ; together with any Reply to the same, and any 

Order from the Poor Law Board to the Guardians 

of that Union on the subject :—And, of the Letter 

of Joseph Livesy, Esquire, dated.the 20th day of 

March 1856, requesting Explanations of the several 

Proceedings in connexion with such Communica- : 
tion, as sanctioned by the Poor Law Board ; with the ) 
Reply to the same, dated the 9th day of April 1856. ) 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Preston Une 
Returns of any Order of the Poor Law Board, per- (Lancss¥t 


mi or requiring the Guardians of the Preston 
(Lancashire) Union to act in virtue of their office as 


- Guardians, 











Bill, 


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t) 


Jnioo 
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19 Vicroriz. 


Guardians, otherwise than at a Meeting of the said 
Board, in giving their Consent in writing to an Order 
of the Poor Law Board for the building of a Work- 
house within the said Union :—And, of the Persons 
in office to whom the said Order was sent, together 
with any Instructions issued to them, or either of 
them, relative to the publicity to be given to such 
Order. 


preston Union A Motion was made, and the Question being put, 
(Lancaster-) That there be laid before this House, Copies of all 
Letters or other Communications that have passed 
between the Poor Law Board, 7. B. Addison, Es- 
quire, late Chairman of the Board of Guardians 
.of the Preston Union, and Mr. Farnell, the Poor 
Law Inspector, respectively, relating to the Order, 
or to a Memorial signed by the said Guardians, 
consenting to the building of the Workhouse, or to 
the Order of the Poor Law Board requiring such 
Workhouse to be built :—It passed in the Negative. 


Public The Order made upon the 16th day of April last, 
Accounts That the Papers relating to Public Accounts be 
printed, was read, and discharged. 
Ordered, That the said Papers be withdrawn. 


Naval and Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Military Copies of Reports and Treasury Minutes relating to 
Accounts. the Audit of Naval and Military Accounts. 
No. 160, = Mr. Wilson accordingly presented the said Paper. 
Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 
Table; and be printed. 
— Mr. Dunlop presented a Bill to provide for the 


+» Registration of Long Leases in Scotland, and Assig- 
Scotland)Bill, **€S 2 , g 
"i — nations thereof: And the same was read the first 
* time; and ordered to be read a second time upon 
Thursday the 22d day of this instant May ; and to 


be printed. 
Bilne Fores, Mr. Horsman presented,—Return to an Order, 
: a dated the 21st day of April last, for Returns of the 
0, 220. 


Number of Convictions for Assaults on the Agents 
of the Irish Church Missionary Society, in the City 
of Kilkenny, for the last Twelve Months :—Of the 
Number of additional Police Force lately introduced 
into Kilkenny, their Cost of Maintenance, and the 
Fund from which their Expense is to be defrayed :-— 
Copies of all Reports and Correspondence between 
Mr. Curtis, Police Inspector of the District, Mr. 
J. Green, Resident Magistrate, and the Mayor and 
Magistrates, or any one Magistrate, of Kilkenny, 
with the Jrish Government, on the subject of the 
increased Police Force :—And, of Memorial or Re- 
solution of the Grand Jury, assembled at Spring 
Assizes, and addressed to the Lord Lieutenant of 
Ireland ; and his Excellency’s Reply. 

Ordered, That the said Return 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 the 19th day of this 
instant May. 











Luna, 19° die Maii ; 
Anno 19° Victoria Regine, 1856. 


PRAYERS. 


ll N R. Duncan reported from the Select Com- 
(Thirty-fourth + mittee on Public Petitions ; That they had exa- 
) mined the Petitions presented upon the 9th day of 
this instant May, and had directed him to make a 
7~— thereof to the House. 
dered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed, 
Vou. 111. 


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193 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Clarke 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, Thorohill’s 
That in the case of Clarke Thornhill’s Estate Bill, 8 Bi. 
no Standing Orders are applicable. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from East Indian 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, Railway 
in respect of non-compliance with the Standing °°™P#- 
Orders in the case of the Petition for the East Indian 
Railway Company Bill. 

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


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from London ana 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, North Western 
in respect of non-compliance with the Standing ®#!wsy Bill 
Orders in the case of the Petition for additional Pro- 
bn in the London and North Western Railway 

ill. ; 

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


A Petition of the East Indian Railway Company, East Indian 
for leave to bring in a Bill to amend the Acts Railway 
relating to the East Indian Railway Company, was ©°™P8Y- 
presented, and read ; and referred to the Select Com- 
mittee on Standing Orders. 


The Antrim and Coleraine Roads Bill was read Antrim and 

the third time. rg 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 1 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 

Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Banbridge Junction Railway Bill was read Banbridge 
the third time. Rallwoy Bill, 
A Clause (Any Proceeding taken under the former 
Act with respect to any Agreement with the Dublin 
and Belfast Junction Railway Company to be valid), 
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. 


The Dewsbury, Batley and Heckmondwike Water Dewsbury, 
Bill was read the third time. Foe 7 
: ° eckmond- 
A Clause (Dewsbury Board to appoint nine ; wike Water 
Batley Board six ; and Heckmondwike Board three Bill. 
of their Members to hold Meetings for confirming or 
refusing to confirm Proceedings of Committee), wa 
thrice read ; and added to the Bill. : 
Another Clause (For supplying occasional vacan- 
cies), was thrice read ; and added to the Bill. 
Another Clause (Members to go out of office 
annually, but eligible for re-election), 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 Eastern Union Railway Bill was read the third Eastern Union 
time ; and an Amendment was made to the Bill, —Bailway Bill. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Glasgow Court Houses and Public Offices Glasgow 
Bill was read the third time. a 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. Offices Bill. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence, 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Alford Valley 
the Alford Valley Railway Bill, as amended in the Railway Bil. 
Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 





cc The 


Barnsdale 
and Leeds 
Road Bill. 


Blackburn, &amp;c, 
Roads Bill. 


Bournemouth 
Improvement 
and Pier Bill. 


Halifax and 
Huddersfield 
Road Bill. 


Kettering 
and Newport 
Pagnell Road 
Bill 


Luton, Dun- 
stable and 
Welwyn 
Junction Rail- 
way Bill. 


Middles- 
brough Ex- 
tension and 
Improvement 
Bill. 


Midland 
Railway Bill. 


Norfolk 
Railway Bill. 


Perth Burgh 
and Harbour 
Bill. 


Shrewsbury 
and Hereford 
Railway Bill. 


Stockport and 
Warrington 
Road Bill. 


Waveney 
Valley Rail- 
way Bill. 


Wolverhamp- 
ton Water Bill. 


Public 
Petitions. 


Vide Thirty- 
fifth Report. 





194 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Barnsdale and Leeds Road Bill, as amended in 
the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Blackburn, &amp;c., Roads Bill, as amended in the 
Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Ordered, That the Bournemouth Improvement and 
Pier Bill, as amended in the Committee, be taken 
into consideration To-morrow. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Halifax and Huddersfield Road Bill, as amended 
in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Kettering and Newport Pagnell Road Bill, as 
amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Luton, Dunstable and Welwyn Junction Railway 
Bill, as amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Ordered, That the Middlesbrough Extension and 
Improvement Bill be re-committed to the former 
Committee :—And that they have leave to sit and 
proceed forthwith. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Midland 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 Norfolk 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 Perth Burgh and Harbour Bill, as amended in 
the Committee, 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Ordered, That the Shrewsbury and Hereford 
Railway Bill, as amended in the Committee, be taken 
into consideration To-morrow. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Stockport and Warrington Road Bill, as amended 
is the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House § pwns to take into consideration 
the Waveney Valley Railway Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Wolverhampton Water Bill, as amended in the 
Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Petitions relating to the Ballot ;— British Mu- 
seum, &amp;c.;—Church Rates ;—Church Rates Abo- 
lition Bill ;—Lord’s Day ;—Maynooth College Act ; 
—Religious Endowments (Ireland) ;—Tithe Rent- 
charge ; — Fire Insurance ; — Ministers’ Money 
(Ireland) Act ;—Agricultural Statistics Bill ;—Bil- 
leting Soldiers ;— Coalwhippers (Port of London) 
Bill; — Commercial Relations with Turkey ; — De- 
cimal Coinage;—Education, &amp;c.;—Education (Scot- 
land) Bill ;—Education (Scotland) Bill, and Paro- 
chial Schools (Scotland) Bill ;—Zondon Corporation 


Bill;—Nuisances Removal, &amp;e. (Scotland) Bill ;— 


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A, 1856. 


Parochial Schools (Scotland) Bill ;—Partnership ;— 
Poor Law Amendment Bill ;—Public-houses (Scot- 
land) Act;—- Scotch and Irish Pauper Removals 
Bill ;—Vaccination Bill ;—Wages ;— Wee Pawns, 
&amp;e. (Scotland);—and, Wills and Administrations 
Bill,—were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 

A Petition relating to Ecclesiastical Property, was 
also presented, and read ; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Ecclesiastical Commission, &amp;c. 

A Petition relating to Local Dues on Shipping, 
was also presented, and read; and referred to the 
Select Committee on Local Charges upon Shipping. 





Sir William Clay reported from the Committee on Private Bing 
Group M. of Private Bills; That Sir William Gall- (Group M.) 
wey and Mr. Esmonde, two of the Members of the 
said Committee, were not present during the sitting 
of the Committee this day. 

Ordered, That Sir William Gallwey and Mr, 

Esmonde do attend the said Committee ‘To-morrow, 
at Twelve o'clock. 


Ordered, That the Returns relative to Public Public 
Libraries ; and, Public Libraries, &amp;c., which were Libraries; 


sor gg upon the 8th day of this instant May, be Thy i 
printed. 


No, 221, 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Public- Public-house 
house Licenses, which was presented upon the 8th Licenses, 
day of this instant May, be printed. No, 222, 


Mr. Massey presented,—Return to an Address to Proprietors 
Her Majesty, dated the 11th day of February last, (Scotland. 
for Returns of the Number of Proprietors, in each 
County in Scotland, standing on the Valuation 
Rolis, made up under the Act 17 &amp; 18 Vic. c. 91, 
as Owners of Lands and Heritages therein, of the 
Value requisite to qualify for acting as Commis- 
sioners of Supply in terms of the 19th section of 
that Act, and also of the Number of Proprietors : 
possessed of the former Qualification as Owners of 
Lands and Heritages, valued at £.100 Scots of old 
Valuation ; together with the Total Valuation of the 
County under that Act, and the ‘Total Valuation in 
Pounds Scots, according to the Valuation Rolls 
prior thereto :—And, of the Number of Proprietors, 
in each Parish, of Lands and Heritages valued at 
£.100 Scots, and the Number owning Lands and He- 
ritages valued at £.100 sterling yearly, under the 
Act above mentioned; together with the Total 
Number of Proprietors in each such Parish, of 
whatever Valuation, standing on the Rolls made up 
under the said Act, and the Total Number standing 
on the old Valuation Rolls. 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the Robberies 
21st day of February last, for Returns from the (Edinburgh, 
Superintendents of Police at Edinburgh and Leith, &amp;e.) 
Glasgow, Dundee, Aberdeen, Paisley and Greenock: 
—1I. Showing, in separate columns, the Numbers of 
the under-mentioned Articles reported to the Police 
as stolen within the bounds of each City or Town 
during the months of December 1855 and January 
1856—1. Gold and Silver Watches; 2. Articles of 
Gold and Silver Plate; 3. Articles of Jewellery; 4. 
Articles of Plated Goods; 5, Articles of Brass, 
Copper and other Metals; 6. Articles of Bed and 
Body Clothing; 7. Miscellaneous Articles of other 
descriptions :—II, The Number of each of these 
Articles recovered by the Police, and showing, in 
separate columns—1. How many recovered from 
licensed Pawnbrokers; 2. How many recovered 
from dealers in Second-hand Goods; 3. How many 
recovered from other Parties; 4. The Number of 
these Articles not recovered :—Of Articles, distin- 
guished as above, reported to the Police as stolen 
beyond the Bounds of each City or Town during 
the months of December 1855 and January 1856 ; 
and stating the Numbers of those recovered and 
those not recovered :—And, from the Magistrates 
of the above-mentioned Places—1., Of Licenses 

issued 





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issued by them, or by any two of them, to Brokers 
or Dealers in second-hand Goods, during each of 
the years from 1845 to 1855, both these years in- 
cluded ; 2. Of Applications for such Licenses re- 
fused by them during the same period. 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 
13th day of March last, for a Return from each 
County in England and Wales, of the Names of the 
various Petty Sessional Divisions in such County, 
and the Name of each Place in such Division at 
which Petty or Special Sessions are held. 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 
7th day of April last, for Returns of the Number, 
within the last Six years, of Notices served on Oc- 
cupiers of Factories, or their Agents, by Inspectors 
or Sub-inspectors, under the 43d section of the Act 
7 &amp; 8 Vic. c. 15, commonly called “The Factory 
Act :’—Of the Number of Cases of Arbitration con- 
sequent upon such Notices:—Of the Number of 
Cases in which, without any such Arbitration, Oc- 
cupiers of Factories, or their Agents, adopted Mea- 
sures for Fencing the Machinery referred to in 7 
such Notice :—Of the Number of Cases in whic 
Penalties have been incurred in consequence of any 
Occupier of any Factory having neglected to fence 
any part of the Machinery, or any Driving-strap or 
Band in the Factory, of which he shall have re- 
ceived notice in writing from an Inspector or Sub- 
inspector, as provided by the 43d section of the said 
Act, that the same were considered to have been 
dangerous :—And, of the Number of Factories under 
Inspection. 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 

15th day of April last, fora Return of the Books 
purchased, with the Compensation Grant, by the 
University of King’s College, Aberdeen, during the 
years 1841, 1848 and 1853, with the Prices an- 
nexed. 
Metropolitan Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 
Police. 24th day of April last, for Returns of the Total 
Number of the Metropolitan Police Force employed 
in each Division, specifying the Average Number 
on Day and on Night Duty, at the present time :— 
Of the Number of Men dismissed and resigned 
during the past Five years :—And, of the Number 
of Men of the Force charged at the Police Courts 
with Offences, specifying the Dates and the Deci- 
sions thereon, during the past Five years. 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 
24th day of April last, for a Return of the Amount 
of Money expended for Books by King’s College, 
Aberdeen, with the Compensation Grant, during the 
Period from 1838 to 1854, inclusive. 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 
8th day of this instant May, for a Return of the 
Number of Boys under 16 years of age received 
into the Westminster House of Correction, Tothill 
Fields, who were summarily convicted by the Ma- 
gistrates, from the 1st day of January to the 30th 
day of April 1856; also of the Number of Boys 
under 16 years of age received into the same Prison 
from the Assizes and Session for the same Period. 
Constabulary © Mr, Massey also presented, pursuant to the direc- 
(Ireland. ) tions of an Act of Parliament,—Copy of Instructions 

issued to the Constabulary, with a view to the Ap- 
plication to the whole of Ireland, of the Provisions 
of the 13th section of 17 &amp; 18 Vic. c. 89. 


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


petty Sessions. 


Factories. 


King’s College, 
Aberdeen, 


King’s Colle 
Aberdeen, - 


Juvenile 
Offenders 
(Westminster. ) 


Sligo Election, 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 Sligo, were called over; and being 
come to the Table, they were sworn by the Clerk. 

Ordered, That the Petition relative to the said 
Election be referred to the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Committee do meet To-mor- 
row, in one of the Committee Rooms of the House, 
at Twelve o'clock. 

Vou. 111, 


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195 


Mr. Wilson presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- Civil Services. 
mand,—Class VIII. Estimates, &amp;c. Civil Services, No. 223. 
1856-57, 

Ordered, That the said Estimates be referred to 
the Committee of Supply ; and be printed. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Sherburn 
Copy ofa Letter from the Archdeacon of Durham Hospital. 
to the Charity Commissioners, concerning the scheme 
for Sherburn Hospital, dated the 19th day of March 
1855. 


The following Papers were laid upon the Table by River Weaver. 
the Clerk of the House,— Return to an Order, dated 
the 7th day of February last, for an Account, 
showing the Amount due for Principal Debt and In- 
terest on the River Weaver on the 5th day of April 
1844, with an Account of the Annual Receipts and 
Expenditure in each year, and to the latest Date ; 
distinguishing the Amount annually received for 
Tonnage from other incidental sources of Income, 
and from Money borrowed ; also distinguishing the 
Annual Expenditure for Ordinary Maintenance and 
Repairs from the Expenditure on account of Im- 
provements or in Liquidation of Debt and Interest, 
the Purchase of Land, and Erection of Churches 
thereon and endowing the same, or other like Inci- 
dental Expenses, and from the Amount annually 
paid over for the use of the County of Chester (in 
continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 115, of 
Session 1844). 

Return to an Order, dated the 5th day of March Spirits 
last, for Returns of the Number of Gallons of Proof (1teland.) 
Spirits on which Duty was paid for Home Con- 
sumption in Jre/and, in each of the years 1853, 1854, 
and 1855:—Of the Number of Detections, of Per- 
sons prosecuted, of Persons convicted, and of 
Persons confined, for Offences in Jreland against 
the Laws for the suppression of [Illicit Distillation, in 
each of the years 1853, 1854 and 1855; and dis- 
tinguishing, in Columns, the Number of such De- 
tections, Prosecutions, or Convictions made by the 
Constabulary from those made by the Revenue 
Police :—And, of the Number of Persons confined 
in each Gaol in Ireland for Offences against the Laws 
for the suppression of Illicit Distillation in each of the 
years 1853, 1854 and 1855. 

Return to an Order, dated the 29th day of April Geological 
last, for a Return, in continuation of the Return, Survey. 
No. 278, of Session 1855, relative to the Geological 
Survey, together with Skeleton Maps corresponding 
in Scale and the Colours used with the Maps of 1855, 
to show the Progress of the Survey to March 1856. 

Return to an Order, dated the 29th day of April British Spirits. 
last, for a Return showing the Number of Proof 
Gallons of British Spirits on which Duty was paid 
in Ireland, in the year ending the 31st day of De- 
cember 1855; the Amount of Duty received on 
same ; the actual Deficiency in Proof Gallons; and 
the Allowance made by the Inland Revenue for such 
Deficiency, in Proof Gallons and Money. 

Return to an Order, dated the 5th day of this Foreign 
instant May, for an Account of the Sums paid under Shipping. 
the Act 59 Geo. 3, c. 54, and subsequent Orders 
of the Lords Commissioners of the Treasury, in the 
year 1855, for the difference of Rates and Charges 
due to Corporations, Companies, or Individuals, for 
Foreign Vessels, which, under Treaties of Recipro- 
city 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 Merchan- 
dize, Pilotage, or otherwise ; also the Total Amount 
(under the Reciprocity Treaties) paid to such Cor- 
porations, Companies, or Individuals, up to the 31st 
day of December 1855 (in continuation of Parlia- 
mentary Paper, No. 309, of Session 1855). 

The following Paper, pursuant to the directions of Tasmania. 
an Act of Parliament, was also laid upon the Table 

cc2 by 


Army. 


Army. 


Army 
(Crimea. ) 


Mortars and 
Guns. 


Foreign 
Legions. 


Fireworks 
(Hyde Park, 
&amp;c.) 


Church Affairs 
(Jamaica. ) 


South 
Australia. 


Oude, 


Ways and 
Means, 


Annuities, 


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by the Clerk of the House,—Copy of Treasury 
Minute, dated 18th April 1856, granting a Retired 
Allowance to Mr. Willet, late Master of the Govern- 
ment Barque “ Lady Franklin,’ employed in the 


Convict Service in Tasmania. 


Mr. Peel presented, pursuant to the provisions of 
a Royal Warrant,—Return of Sums paid to the 
Relatives of Officers in lieu of Pensions, &amp;c. 

Mr. Peel also presented,—Return to an Address 
to Her Majesty, dated the 26th day of February 
last, for a Roan of the Names of all Officers who 
were honourably mentioned in the a of 
Lord Gough for their Services under his Command ; 
also, the Names of those Officers who received 
Brevet Promotion. 

Supplemental Return to an Address to Her Ma- 
jesty, dated the 29th day of February last, for a 
Nominal Return of Officers, Non-commissioned 
Officers, and Privates mentioned or recommended 
for distinguished Services in the Reports of Generals 
Codrington and Markham, and in that of the Briga- 
diers attached to their respective Divisions, on the 
occasion of the Storming of the Redan on the 8th 
September 1855. 

~~ to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 
10th day of April last, fora Return (in addition to 
the Returns addressed for on the 14th day of March 
last, relative to Mortars and Guns) of the Names of 
the different Contractors of the said Ordnance ; the 
Calibre of the Ordnance supplied ; the Proof Charge 
of each description of Gun, Howitzer and Mortar ; 
and, the Number of Rounds fired from each, 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 
16th day of April last, for Copy of the different 
Conventions and Agreements as to Pay and Allow- 
ances, either while Serving or on Discharge, made 
with the Officers and Men of the different Foreign 
Legions in the British Service; together with a 
Copy of the Attestations of each Corps. 

eturn to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 
21st day of April last, for Copy of any Correspond- 
ence between the Secretary of State for the War 
Department, and the Office of Ordnance, and the 
First Commissioner of Public Works, in relation to 
the Buildings now erecting for Fireworks in Hyde 
Park and the Green Park. 
™ Ordered, That the said Returns do lie upon the 

able. 


Mr. John Ball presented,—Return to an Address 
to Her Majesty, dated the 13th day of March last, 
for Copies or Extracts of recent Correspondence 
relative to the Church Affairs of the Diocese of 
Jamaica. 

Mr. John Baill also presented, pursuant to the di- 
rections of an Act of Parliament,—Copy of an Act 
to establish a Constitution for South Australia, and 
to grant a Civil List to Her Majesty. 

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


Mr. Vernon Smith presented, by Her Majesty’s 
Command,— Papers relating to Oude. 

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


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into the Committee of Ways and Means. 


(In the Committee.) 


1. Resolved, That, towards raising the Supply 
granted to Her Majesty, the Sum of Five uflllen 
pounds be raised by Annuities. 

2. Resolved, That every Contributor to the said 
Sum of Five million pounds shall, for every £.100 
contributed and paid, be entitled to the Principal 
Sum of £.107. 10s. 7d. in Annuities, after the rate 
of £.3 per centum, to commence from the 5th day 
of January 1856, and to be added to and made one 
Joint Stock with the existing Consolidated £.3 
centum Annuities, and to be payable and transfer- 





A. 1856. 


able 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. Resolved, That the said Annuities, so to be 
payable as aforesaid, shall be charged upon and paid 
out of the Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom 
of Great Britain and Ireland. 

4. Resolved, That every Contributor shall, on the 
22d day of May 1856, make a deposit of £.10 per 
centum on such Sum as he or she shall choose to 
subscribe towards raising the said Sum of Five 
million pounds, with the chief Cashier or Cashiers 
of the Governor and Company of the Bank of Eng- 
land, as a security for making the subsequent Pay- 
ments on or before the days or times hereinafter 
mentioned ; (that is to say): 

Payment of— 


£. 20 per centum on “ 


before the -f ~ 12th day of June 1856. 


£. 20 ™ - - 28th ,, June 1856. 
£.20 » -° «+ 24th 4, July 1856. 
£.10 * - - 28th ,, Aug. 1856. 
£.20 » «© = 18th 4, Sept. 1856. 


5. Resolved, That all the monies so to be received 
by the said Cashier or Cashiers of the said Governor 
and Company of the Bank of England shall be paid 
into the Account of the Receipt of Her Majesty’s Ex- 
chequer at the Bank of England, to be applied from 
time to time to such Services for Great Britain and 
Ireland as have been or shall be voted by this House, 
or to such Services as are now charged on the Con- 
solidated Fund of the United Kingdom of Great Bri- 
tain and Ireland, or shall be charged thereon by any 
Act that may be passed hereafter. 


Resolutions to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. FitzRoy 
reported, That the Committee had come to several 
Resolutions. 

Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow. 

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, upon Wednesday 
next, again resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Mr. icon acquainted the House, That a Mes- Message from 
been brought from the Lords, by one of the Lords. 


sage ha 
their Clerks, as followeth : 


The Lords have agreed to the East of pi a Rail- East of Fife 
so 


way Bill, without any Amendment: And a 


b 


The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Joint Stock 
to amend the Joint Stock Companies Winding-up 5. 
Acts, 1848 and 1849; to which the Lords desire the a, 


concurrence of this House. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Fire Insurances Bill ; 
And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
proposed, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the Chair; 
An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word “That” to 
the end of the Question, in order to add the words 
“ this House will, upon this day six months, resolve 
“ itself into the said Committee,” instead thereof. 
And the Question being put, That the words 
proposed to be left out, stand part of the Question ; 
he House divided. 
The Yeas to the Right ; 
The Noes to the Left. 
Tellers for the ton Hayter, 172 
Yeas, The Earl of Mulgrave : } : 
Tellers for the ¢ Mr. Vansittart, 1 31 
Noes, { sir FitzRoy Kelly: _ 
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. 
Cause, N° 1, agreed to. 


CLAUSE, 





— 













o- Stock 
ies 
iL 


Wills and 
Administra- 
tions Bill, 


Poor Law 
Amendment 
Bill, 


Court of 





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Cuavuse, N 2 (Persons insured chargeable with 
Duties where Insurances made by unlicensed Fo- 
reign Companies). 

Question put, That the Clause stand part of the 
Bill ; 

The Committee divided. 

Mr. Hayter, 

Tellers for the Yeas, 7.0 Rarl of Mu grav es 143. 
(Mr. Barter 

Tellers for the Noes,) wy. Wilhi &lt;a , 54. 


Cravuse, N° 3, amended, and agreed to. 


Crausgs, N° 4 to N° 6, agreed to. 

Clause (That, in place ot the Duty imposed by 
the Statute fifty-five George the Third, chapter one 
hundred and eighty-four, Schedule, part one, for or 
in respect of every insurance from loss or damage 
by fire only, there shall be paid for or in respect of 
every insurance from loss or damage by fire only, 
which shall at any time after the passing of this 
Act be made or renewed or continued by any public 
company or other person or persons licensed, or who 
ought to be licensed, as in the said Act mentioned, 
or by the Royal Exchange or London Assurance 
Corporation, a Duty at and after the rate of One 
shilling for every One hundred pounds insured for 
a year, and at and after that rate for any fractional 

art of a year, as well as for any number of years 
for which such insurance shall be made or renewed 
or continued, but no fraction of a penny shall be 
charged)——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. 





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


Martis, 20° die Maii, 1856: 


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. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Joint Stock Companies Bill ; 

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


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Wills and Administrations 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 Poor Law Amendment Bill ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That the Bill be now read a second 
time :—And a Debate arising thereupon ; 

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

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the West India Loans Bill; 

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


The Transfer of Works (Jreland) Bill was, ac- 
cording to Order, read a second time; and com- 
— to a Committee of the whole House, for this 

ay. 


The Court of Exchequer (Scotland) Bill was, ac- 


Etchequer 
(Scotland) Bin, Cording to Order, read a second time; and com- 
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197 


mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for 
Thursday next. 


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

mittee on the Vaccination 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 Com- Cambridge 
mittee on the Cambridge University Bill ; — 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday the * 
30th day of this instant May, resolve itself into the 
said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Education 
reading of the Education (Scotland) Bill; ee 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday the 2d day of June next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Nuisances 
mooie of the Nuisances Removal, &amp;c. (Scotland) (Scotland) Bill 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday the 2d day of June next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Dublin 
reading of the Dublin Metropolitan Police Bill ; a 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time . 

upon Monday the 2d day of June next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Lunatic 
reading of the Lunatic Asylums (Jreland) Bill; Asylums (Ire- 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Friday next. 


Mr. FitzRoy reported from the Committee to Sir William 
whom it was referred to consider Her Majesty’s ‘Saeeee 
most gracious Message of the 8th day of this instant : 
May, relative to Sir William Fenwick Williams, a 
Resolution ; which was read, as followeth ; 

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, to be settled upon Major General Sir Wil- 
liam Fenwick Williams, k.c.8., for the term of his 
natural life, to commence from the 8th day of May 
1856. 

The said Resolution being read a second time ; 

Resolved, Nemine Contradicente, That this House 
doth agree with the Committee in the said Reso- 
lution. 

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. 


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- Oath of 
mittee on the Oath of Abjuration Bill ; crane 
Resolved, ‘That this House will, upon Friday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Juvenile Convict Prison (Zreland) Bill was, Juvenile Con- 
according to Order, read the third time. bey 

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 Industrial 
into a Committee on the Industrial and Provident ate 
Societies 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. 
cc3 Ordered, 







Pawnbrokers 
Bill. 


Supply. 


Commissioners 


of Suppl 


(Scotland) Bill. 


Procedure 
and Evidence 


Testamentary 


and Matri- 
monial Juris- 
diction Bill. 


Judicial 


Procedure, &amp;c. 
(Scotland) Bill. 


Registration 
of Voters 


(Scotland) Bill, 


Bleaching, &amp;c. 





198 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time this 
day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Pawnbrokers Bill ; 

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





The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee 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 third 
reading of the Commissioners of Supply (Scotland) 
Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Thursday next. 


The Procedure and Evidence 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 and Matrimonial Juris- 
diction Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Friday next. 


The Judicial Procedure, &amp;c. (Scotland) Bill was, 
according to Order, read a second time; and com- 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for 
Thursday next. 


The Registration of Voters (Scotland) Bill was, 
according to Order, read a second time; and com- 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for 
Thursday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 


a (No. 2) reading of the Bleaching, &amp;c. Works (No. 2) Bill ; 


Dissenters’ 
Marriages 
Bill. 


Church Rates 
Abolition Bill. 


Juvenile 
Offenders 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Bill 133. 


Agricultural 
Statistics Bill. 


Partnership 
Amendment 
(No. 2) Bill. 


Carlisle 
Canonries 
Bill. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
consideration the Dissenters’ Marriages Bill, as 
amended in the Committee ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a Com- 
mittee of the whole House, for this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Church Rates Abolition Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday the 
2d day of June next, resolve itself into the said 
Committee. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on the Juvenile Offenders (Jre- 
land) 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 Com- 
mittee of the whole House, for Monday the 2d day 
of June next. - 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Agricultural Statistics Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
— of the Partnership Amendment (No. 2) Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Friday next. 


The Order for reading a second time, upon Wed- 
nesday next, the Carlisle Canonries Bill, was read, 
and discharged. 





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A. 1856. 


Ordered, That the Bill he read a second time 
upon Wednesday the 2d day of July next. 


The Select Committee on the Tithe Commutation Tithe Com. 
Rent-charge Bill was nominated of Mr. Robert mutation 
Phillimore, Lord Alfred Hervey, Six William Heath- Rer*harge 
cote, Mr. Walpole, Mr. Bouverie, the Chancellor of 
the Exchequer, Sir John Trollope, Mr. Hindley, Sir 
John Pakington, Mr. Henley, Mr. Cheetham, Mr. 
Headlam, the Marquis of Chandos and Mr. Napier; 
with Power to send for persons, papers and records. 

Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Constables 
Copies of Minutes of a Court of Inquiry into the was and 
Conduct of Constable Clarke and Sub-constable © **” 
Walsh, ordered by his Excellency the Lord Lieute- 
nant, upon the Complaint of Jackson and others, 
and referred to two Magistrates of the Randalstown 
Petty Sessions District, Messrs. Jones and M‘Clin- 
tock ; and, of all Correspondence connected with 
such inquiry between the Local and Stipendiary 
Magistrates of the District and the Authorities of 
Dublin Castle. 





The Joint Stock Companies’ Winding-up Acts Joint Stock 
Amendment Bill was read the first time. Companies 

A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- ik 
posed, That the Bill be read a second time upon ment Bill. 


Friday next; 


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 a quarter of an hour before One 
of the clock on Tuesday morning :—The House was 
adjourned by Mr. Speaker, without a Question first 
put, till this day. 








Martis, 20° die Maii ; 
Anno 19° Victorie Regine, 1856. 


PRAYERS. 


QRDERED, That the Select Committee on Sligo Election. 
the Sligo Election Petition have leave to sit 

this day till Five of the clock, during the sitting of 

the House. 


Mr. FitzRoy reported from the Committee on the Wandsworth 
Wandsworth and Putney Gas Bill; That they had 9% Bare? 
examined the allegations contained in the Preamble 
of the Bill, and amended the same, by stating that 
the whole Amount of the Shares was paid up, in 
order to make the same 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. FitzRoy reported from the Committee on the Mernytise 
Morayshire Railway Bill; That they had examined Rilway . 
the allegations contained in the Preamble of the Bill, 
and amended the same, by striking out the recital 
relating to the use of a portion of the Inverness and 
Aberdeen Junction Railway by the Company; and 
found the same, as amended, to be true; and had 
made provision in the Bili, pursuant to the Instruc- 
tion of the House; and had gone through the Bill, 
and made Amendments thereunto. 

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


Ordered, That a Message be sent to the Lords, to Public Monies. 
request that their Lordships will give leave to Lord 
Monteagle of Brandon to attend to be examined as 
a Witness before the Select Committee appointed by 
this House on Public Monies: And that the Clerk 
do carry the said Message. 


Mr. 


=a oo” be 


Gatto tant Ge Od 





Middles- 
prough Ex- 
tension and 
Improvement 


Bill. 


Elgin and 
Lossiemouth 
Harbour Im- 
provement 
Bill. 


Knares- 
borough and 
Green Ham- 
merton Road 
Bill. 


Knares- 
borough and 


Pateley Brid ge 


Road Bill. 


Colne Valley 
and Halstead 
Railway Bill. 


Cork Bridges, 
Waterworks, 
&amp;c. Bill. 


Fleetwood, 
Preston and 
West Riding 
Junction Rail- 
way Bill. 


Oxford, Wor- 
cester and 
Wolverhamp- 
ton Railway 
(Extension 

of Time, &amp;c.) 
Bill. 


Stockton 

and Middles.- 
brough New 
Road and 
Bridge Bill. 


Yarmouth 
and Haddiscoe 
Railway Bill. 


Bournemouth 
Mprovement 
and Pier Bill. 


Shrewsbury 


and Hereford . 


Railway Bill, 


Clarke 
Thornhill’s 
Estate Bill, 


19 Vicroriz. 


Mr. Packe reported the Middlesbrough Extension 
and improvement (re-committed) Bill, with further 
Amendments. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


A Motion being made, That the Elgin and Lossie- 
mouth Harbour Improvement Bill be now read the 
third time ; 

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: And that the 
Title be, An Act for enlarging and improving the 
Elgin and Lossiemouth Harbour, for raising a further 
Sum of Money, and for other purposes. 

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


The Knaresborough and Green Hammerton 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 Knaresborough and Pateley Bridge 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 House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Colne Valley and Halstead Railway Bill, as 
amended in the Committee. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Cork Bridges, Waterworks, &amp;c. Bill, as amended 
in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Fleetwood, Preston and West Riding Junction 
Railway Bill, as amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway 
(Extension of Time, &amp;c.) Bill, as amended in the 
Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Stockton and Middlesbrough New Road and 
Bridge Bill, as amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Yarmouth and Haddiscoe 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 Bournemouth Improvement and 
Pier Bill, as amended in the Committee ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to the 
former Committee :—And that they have leave to 
sit and proceed forthwith. ‘ 
The House, according to Order, proceeded to take 
into consideration the Shrewsbury and Hereford 
Railway Bill, as amended in the Committee. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


_ Clarke Thornhill’s Estate Bill was read a second 
time ; and committed. i 
Vou 111. 


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199 


Viscount Galway reported the Penrith and Cock- Penrith and 
ermouth Roads Bill, with Amendments. Cockermouth 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. Roads Bill. 


Sir William Somerville reported from the Com- Railway Bills 
mittee on Group 3 of Railway Bills; That, to meet (Group 3.) 
the convenience of Persons interested in the Dorset 
Central Railway Bill, the Committee had adjourned 
to Friday next, the 23d day of May, at Twelve 
o'clock. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Petitions relating to the Ballot ;—Bible ;— Cam- Public 

bridge University Bill;—Church Rates ;—Church Petitions. 
Rates Abolition Bill ;— Lord’s Day ; — Maynooth yiae Tnirty- 
College Act ;—Religious Endowments (Ireland) ; sixth Report. 
—Fire Insurance ;— Property Tax (Scotland) ; — 
Rating of Mines Bill ;—Agricultural Statistics Bill; 
—Civil Service ;—Coalwhippers (Port of London) 
Bill ; — County Courts ;—Decimal Coinage ;—De- 
cimal Coinage and Measures ;— Education, &amp;c. ;— 
Education (Scotland) Bill ;— Education (Scotland) 
Bill, and Parochial Schools Scotland) Bill ;—Fac- 
tories Bill;— Nuisances Removal, &amp;c. (Scotland) 
Bill ;—Parochial Schools (Scotland) Bill ;—Paro- 
chial Schools (Scotland) Bill, and Education (Scot- 
land) Bill; — Pawnbrokers Bill; — Poor Law 
Amendment Bill ;— Public-houses (Scotland) Act; 
—Punishment of Death ;—Scotch and Irish Pauper 
Removals Bill;—Tenant Right (Jreland) Bill; — 
Vaccination Bill ;—Wages ;—and, Wee Pawns, &amp;c. 
(Scotland),—were presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Coalwhippers 
Returns of the Number of Coalwhippers registered (Port of Lon- 
at the Coalwhippers’ Office, during each vear from 4") 
the 4th day of February 1844 to the 4th day of Fe- 
bruary 1856 :—Of the greatest Number of — or 
Working Parties, of Coalwhippers on the Books of 
the Office at any Period in each of the said years: 
—Of the Average Price per Ton charged for dis- 
charging Coal by the said Coalwhippers in each 
year :—Of the Number of Offers, and the Average 
Price, of Payment for discharging Coals made to the 
Coalwhippers under the said Office, and refused b 
them, in each year :—Of the gross Sum paid throug 
the Office for discharging Coals ; the Average Earn- 
ings per Week of each Man; and the Average Num- 
ber of Days per Week each Man was employed, for 
the same years:—Of the Number of Ships laden 
with Coal entering the Port of London, and the 
Number thereof discharged by Coalwhippers under 
the said Office, in each year :—Of the Sum collected 
in each year from the Wages of the Coalwhippers 
under the Office, and the Rate thereof on their Wages, 
towards the Expenses of the Office :—And, of the 
Number of Summonses issued, by or at the.instance 
of the Office, for infringements of the Coalwhippers 
Acts, and of Convictions thereon, in each year, 


Mr. Wrightson 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 London and North London and 
Western Railway Bill Petition for additional Provi- North Western 
sion, the Standing Orders ought to be dispensed with; Reiauey BE. 
that the Parties be permitted to introduce their addi- 
tional Provision accordingly, if the Committee on the 
Bill shall think fit. 

2. That in the case of the Zondon and North London and 
Western Railway Company Bill Petition for dis- — 
. . . we . y 
pensing with certain Provisions of Standing Order Company Bill. 
136, the said Standing Order ought to be dispensed . 
with, so far as relates to the time for completion of 

the said Railway or Works. 

3. That in the ease of the Conway and Llandudno Conway and 
Road Bill Petition for additional Provision, the Llandudno 


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Standing Orders ought to be’ dispensed with; that eras 
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the Parties be permitted to introduce their additional 
Provision accordingly, if the Committee on the Bill 
shall think fit. ; 

The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 


Proprictors Ordered, That the Return relative to Proprietors 

(Scotland.)  (§cotland), which was presented upon the 19th day 
No, 207. of this instant May, be printed. 

Factories. Ordered, That the Return relative to Factories, 
No. 208. which was presented upon the 19th day of this in- 

stant May, be printed. 
Geological Ordered, That the Return relative to Geological 
Survey. Survey, which was presented upon the 19th day 


No. 219. of this instant May, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to British 
Spirits, which was presented upon the 19th day of 
this instant May, be printed. 


British Spirits. 
No, 224, 


Foreign Ordered, That the Return relative to Foreign 
Shipping. Shipping, which was presented upon the 19th day 
No. 225. of this instant May, be printed. 
Army. Ordered, That the Return relative to the Sums 
No. 226. paid to Relatives of Officers in lieu of Pensions, 
which was presented upon the 19th day of this 
instant May, be printed. 
Mortars and Ordered, That the Return relative to Mortars and 
oom Guns, which was presented upon the 19th day of 
0. 227. this instant May, be printed. 
Foreign Ordered, That the Return relative to Foreign Le- 
pen. gions, which was presented upon the 19th day of 
No. 228 + : 
‘&lt;&lt;%* this instant May, be printed. 
Fireworks Ordered, That the Return relative to Fireworks. 


wy Park, (Hyde Park, &amp;c.), which was presented upon the 
19th day of this instant May, be printed. 


No. 229. 
Church Affairs Ordered, That the Return relative to Church 
(Jamaica.) Affairs (Jamaica), which was presented upon the 
No. 230. j9th day of this instant May, be printed. 
Ballot. A Motion was made, and the Question being put, 
That leave be given to bring in a Bill to protect the 
Electors of Great Britain and Ireland by taking the 
Votes by way of Ballot ; 
The House divided. 
The Yeas to the Right ; 
The Noes to the Left. 
Tellers for the{f Mr. Henry Berkeley, War 
Yeas, \Sir De Lacy Evans: se 
Tellers for the{ Mr. Peacocke, = 
Noes, \Colonel Vyse : re 
So it passed in the Negative. 
san ing i i 
rhe ot : Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 


take away from all Archbishops, Bishops and Eccle- 
siastical Persons in England and Wales, all Power 
of appointing Judges and Chancellors, and vesting 
such Powers in the Lord Chancellor: And that Mr. 
John George Phillimore, Mr. Watson and Colonel 
Freestun do prepare, and bring it in. 


Public Health, Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to amend the Public Health Act, 1848: 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 amend the Law of Imprisonment for Debt: And 
that Mr. Pellatt and Mr, Hadfield do prepare, and 
bring it in, 

Sleeping _ The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
Statutes Bill. mittee on the Sleeping Statutes Bill ; 


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


Imprisonment 
for Debt. 


Joint Stock 
Banks Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming the 
adjourned Debate on the Question proposed upon 





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A. 1856. 


the 24th day of April last, That Mr. Speaker do now 
leave the Chair (for Committee on the Joint Stock 
Banks Bill) ; ; 

Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 


till To-morrow, 





The Order of the day being read, for receiving Ways ang 
the Report from the Committee of Ways and Means ; Means, 
Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Transfer of 
mittee on the Transfer of Works (Jreland) Bill; | Works (Ire. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third Industrial ana 
reading of the Industrial and Provident Societies Heres, 
Bill; leties Bill, 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon 
Thursday next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Dissenters’ 
into a Committee on the Dissenters’ Marriages Bill ; Marriages 
and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker re- Ba 
sumed the Chair ; and Mr. Baines reported, That the ill 134, 
Committee had gone through the Bull. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a Com- 
mittee of the whole House, for Tuesday next. 


The Order for printing the Police (Counties and Police (Coun- 
Boroughs) Bill, as amended, was read, and dis- ties and Bo. 
charged. roughs) Bill. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 








Mercurii, 21° die Maii; 
Anno 19° Victorie Regine, 1856. 


PRAYERS. 
M R. George Medd Butt, from the Select Com- ghigo Election 
mittee appointed to try and determine the 
matter of the Petition complaining of an undue 
Election and Return for the orough of Sligo, in- 
formed the House, That the Committee had deter- 
mined, 
That the Right honourable John Wynne is duly 
elected a Burgess to serve in this present Parliament 
for the Borough of Sligo. 
And the said Determination was ordered to be 
entered in the Journals of this House. 
Mr. Butt further informed the House, That the 
Committee had agreed to the following Resolutions: 
That the Petition of John Patrick Somers was . 
frivolous and vexatious. 
That it is the opinion of the Committee, That there 
are strong grounds for believing that Edward Kil- 
loran and James Ward, in giving their evidence before 
the Committee, have been guilty of wilful and corrupt 


rjury. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 

Ordered, That the Minutes of the Evidence taken yfinutes 
before the Committee be laid before this House. ordered. 


Ordered, That all Committees have leave to sit Committees. 
this day, during the sitting, and notwithstanding any 
adjournment of the House. 


Mr. John George Phillimore presented a Bill to Judges and 
take away from all Archbishops, Bishops and Ec- Chancellors 
clesiastical Persons in England and Wales, all Power “ 5.) 135, 
of appointing: Judges and Chancellors, and vesting 
such Powers in the Lord Chancellor: And the same 
was reud the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time upon Tuesday the 10th day of June 
next ; and to be printed. 


The Cork and Youghal Railway Bill was read the om ont 


third time. Bill, 
A Clause (As to bridge over Great Southern and "*” 
‘ Western 








and 


n- 


J. 





Bly Tidal 
Harbour and 
Railway Bill. 


Vale of Clwyd 
Railway Bill. 


Public 
Petitions 
(Thirty-fifth 
Report.) 


Public 
Petitions. 
Vide Thirty- 
sixth Report. 


Sherburn 
Hospital. 


Joint Stock 
Companies 
Winding-up 
Acts Amend- 
ment Bill. 
Bill 136. 


Waterford 
Post-office. 


Vessels and 
Tonnage, &amp;c. 


Public Health 
Act, : 


No. 231, 


River Weaver. 

No, 232. 
Suspended 
Can 


&amp;c. Durham.) 
No. 233, 


19 VictToriz. 


Western Railway), 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. 


Ordered, That the Ely Tidal Harbour and Rail- 
way Bill, as amended in the Committee, be taken 
into consideration To-morrow. " 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Vale of Clwyd Railway Bill, as amended in the 
Committee ; and an Amendment was made to the 
Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Mr. Bonham Carter reported from the Select 
Committee on Public Petitions ; That they had ex- 
amined the Petitions presented upon the 19th 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. 


Petitions relating to the Ballot; —Advowsons Bill; 
—Church Rates ;—Lord’s Day ;—Married Women ; 
— Maynooth College Act;—Fire Insurance ;—Mi- 
nisters’ Money (Jreland) Act ;—Property Tax (Scot- 
land) ;—Rating of Mines Bill;— Bleaching, &amp;c. 
Works Bill ;—Coalwhippers (Port of London) Bill; 
—Factories Act ;—Hay and Straw ;—London Cor- 
poration Bill ;—Nuisances Removal, &amp;c. (Scotland) 
Bill ;—Parochial Schools (Scotland) Bill ;— Poor 
Law Amendment Bill;— Poor Law (Jreland) ;— 
Public-houses (Scotland) Bill; — Rural Districts 
(Ireland) ;—- Scotch and Irish Pauper Removals 
Bill ;—Vaccination Bill ;—Wages ;—Wee Pawns, 
&amp;e. (Scotland) ;—and, Wills and Administrations 
Bill,—were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 

Petitions relating to Local Dues on Shipping,— 
were also presented, and read ; and referred to the 
Select Committee on Local Charges upon Shipping. 


The following Paper was laid upon the Table by 
the Clerk of the House,—- Return to an Order, dated 
the 19th day of this instant May, for a Copy of 
a Letter from the Archdeacon of Durham to the 
Charity Commissioners, concerning the scheme for 
Sherburn Hospital, dated the 19th day of March 
1855. 


Ordered, That the Joint Stock Companies Wind- 
ing-up Acts Amendment Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next; and be printed. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
a Return of the Number of Letters delivered by the 
Waterford Post-office, according to the Weekly 
Account in each Month, in the years 1854 and 1855. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return showing 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 1855 (in continuation of Parlia- 


mentary Paper, No, 326, of Session 1855). 


’ Ordered, That the Return relative to the Public 
Health Act, which was presented upon the 9th day 
of this instant May, be printed. 

Ordered, That the Return relative to the River 


Weaver, which was presented upon the 19th day of 
this instant May, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Suspended 
Canonries, &amp;c. (Durham), which was presented upon 


the 20th day of July 1855, be printed. 
Vou. 111. 


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201 


The Advowsons Bill was, according to Order, advowsons 
read a second time; and committed to a Committee Bill. 
of the whole House, for Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Church Rates 
reading of the Church Rates Bill ; Bill 

And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
proposed, That the Bull 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 
proposed Amendment and Motion were severally, 
with leave of the House, withdrawn. 

Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Justices of the 
into a Committee on the Justices of the Peace Quali- a — 
fication Bill. 


(In the Committee.) 


Preamble postponed. 

Cravses, N* 1 to N° 6, agreed to. 

Crause, N° 7, amended, and agreed to. 

Cuiause, N° 8 (Justice of the Peace shall make 
declaration). 

Question proposed, That the Clause stand part of 
the Bill. 

Whereupon Motion made, and Question pro- 
posed, That the Chairman do report Progress, and 
ask leave to sit again:—Motion, by leave, with- 
drawn. 

Clause agreed to. 


Crauses, N° 9 and N° 10, agreed to. 

Cuiausg, N° 11 (Persons not to act as Justices in 
certain cases unless rated to the Poor or County 
Rate). ‘ 

Amendments made. 

Question, That the Clause, as amended, stand part 
of the Bill——put, and negatived. 

Crause, N° 12, agreed to. 

CuravuseE, N° 13, disagreed to. 


Criause, N° 14 (Qualification to lie on De- 
fendant). 
Question proposed, That the Clause stand part of 
the Bill. ' 
Whereupon Motion made, and Question put, That 
the Chairman do report Progress, and ask leave to 
Mr. Hildyard: 


sit again ; 
The Committee divided. : 
Tellers for the Yeas,{ Mr ae, } 97. 
Tellers for the Noes Mr. Colvile, 99 
*\ Mr. Ker Seymer : . 
Question again proposed, That the Clause stand 
part of the Bill. 
Whereupon Motion made, and Question put, That 
the Chairman do now leave the Chair ; 
The Committee divided. 
sf Mr. Stanhope 
\ Lord Lovaine : }ias. 
Mr. Colvile, 73 
Mr. Ker Seymer: } : 


Whereupon the Chairman left the Chair. 


Tellers for the Yeas, 


Tellers for the Noes, 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair. 


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 East Somerset Rail- East Somerset 
way Bill, without any Amendment: And also, Railway Bill. 

The Lords have agreed to the London, Tilbury London, Til- 
and Southend Railway (Increase of Capital, &amp;c.) Bill, bar an Rail- 
without any Amendment: And also, way (Increase 
of Capital, &amp;e.) 


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202 


Lianidloes 
and Newtown 
Railway Bill. 


Public Monies. 


Scientific 
and Literary 
Societies Bill. 


Summary 
Jurisdiction 
Bill. 


Ways and 
Means. 


Supply. 


Bleaching, &amp;c. 
Works (No. 2) 
Bi 


Joint Stock 
Banks Bill. 


Ways and 
Means. 


Annuities. 


The Lords have agreed to the ZLilanidloes and 
Newtown Railway Bill, with Amendments ; to which 
Amendments the Lords desire the concurrence of this 
House: And also, 

The Lords give leave to the Lord Monteagle of 
Brandon to attend, in order to his being examined as 
a Witness before the Select Committee appointed by 
this House, in the present Session of Parliament, 
on Public Monies (his Lordship in his place con- 
senting), as desired by this House. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Scientific and Literary Societies Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
the 4th day of June next, resolve itself into the said 
Committee. 





The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Summary Jurisdiction Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time To- 


morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Ways and Means; 

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


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

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


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Bleaching, &amp;c. Works (No. 2) Bill; 

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


The Order of the day being read, for resuming the 
adjourned Debate on the Question proposed eee the 
24th day of April last, That Mr, Speaker do now 
leave the Chair (for Committee on the Joint Stock 
Banks Bill); 

Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned till 


To-morrow. 


Mr. FitzRoy reported from the Committee of 
Ways and Means, several Resolutions; which were 
bers as follow : 


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A. 1856. 


5. 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 Eng/and, 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 Brituin and Ireland 
as have been or shall be voted by this House, or to 
such Services as are now charged on the Consoli- 
dated Fund of the United Kingdom of Great Britain 
and Jreland, or shall be charged thereon by any Act 
that may be passed hereafter. 

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. Fitz Roy, the Chancellor 
of the Exchequer and Mr. Wilson do prepare, and 
bring it in. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented to yruseum of 
Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased to Practical 
give directions, that there be laid before this House, &amp;logy 
a Copy of Correspondence between the Director 
General of the Geological Survey and the President 
of the Board of Trade and the Council of Education, 
relative to annexing a Museum of Practical Geology 
to the Department of Arts and Sciences. 

Ordered, That 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 poor Law 
amend the Law relating to the Relief of the Poor in Amendment 
Scotland: And that the Lord Advocate and Viscount (S°tland.) 
Duncan do prepare, and bring it in. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented yuitle, short- 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased ridge and 
to give directions, that there be laid before this House, ©°™?*°Y 
a Copy of Correspondence which has passed between 
our own Government and the Government of Por- 
tugal since June 1854, on the subject of the Claims 
of Yuille, Shortridge and Company against the latter, 
for Breach of Treaty. 

Ordered, That 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 Duncan presented a Bill to amend the Poor Law 
Law relating to the Relief of the Poor in Scotland : Amendment 





1. That, towards raising the Supply granted to 
Her Majesty, the Sum of Five million pounds be 
raised by Annuities. 

2. That every Contributor to the said Sum of 


And the same was read the first time ; and ordered — 
to be read a second time upon Friday next; and top; 

i Bill 187. 
be printed. 





Five million pounds shall, for every £.100 contri- 
buted and paid, be entitled to the Principal Sum of | 
£.107. 10s. 7d. in Annuities, after the rate of £.3 | 
per centum, to commence from the 5th day of! 
January 1856, and to be added to and made one | 
Joint Stock with the existing Consolidated £.3 per | 
centum Annuities, and to be payable and senile. | 
able 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 the said Annuities, so to be payable as 
aforesaid, shall be charged upon and paid out of the 
Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom of Great 
Britain and Ireland. 

4. That every Contributor shall, on the 22d day of 
May 1856, make a deposit of £.10 per centum on 
such Sum as he or she shall choose to subscribe 
towards raising the said Sum of Five million pounds, 
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— 
£.20 per centum on =} - 12th day of June 1856. 


before the - 
£.20 = - - 28th ,, June 1856. 
£.20 » © «= Mth 4, July 1856, 
£.10 . - - 28th ,, Aug. 1856. 
£, 20 &gt; - - 18th ,, Sept. 1856. 








And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 





Jovis, 22° die Maiti ; 
Anno 19° Victorie Regine, 1856. 


PRAYERS. 


M R. Strutt reported the Swansea Vale Railway Swansea Vale 

Bill, with Amendments. Railway Bill 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 

and be printed. 


Ordered, That the Aberdeen and Scottish Midland Aberdeen 
Junction Railway Companies Amalgamation Bill be ey 


read the third time To-morrow. tion Railway 
Companies 
, A 
tion Bill. 
The Alford Valley Railway Bill was read the Alford Valley 
third time ; and an Amendment was made to the Railway Bill 
Bill. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Barnsdale and Leeds Road Bill was read the Barnsdale 


third time. anid Leet 
Resolved, Rood B 








irt- 


Vale 
Bill. 


tish 
June- 
way 
1a- 


alley 
Bill. 


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19 Vierori2. 


Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Kettering The Kettering and Newport Pagnell Road Bill 
and ay po was 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. 
Luton, Dun- The Luton, Dunstable aud Welwyn Junction Rail- 
stableand =e way Bill was read the third time. 
Wewray, Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Bill. Ordered, That the lerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 
Midland The Midland Railway Bill was read the third time. 
Railway Bill. © Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 
Norfolk The Norfolk Railway Bill was read the third time. 
Railway Bill. = Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 
Perth Burgh Ordered, That the Perth Burgh and Harbour 
= Harbour Bill be read the third time To-morrow. 
Stockportand The Stockport and Warrington Road Bill was 
Warrington = yead the third time. 
=o Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act for more effectually repairing 
certain Roads in the County of Chester, of which 
the short Title is “ Stockport and Warrington Road 
Act, 1856.” 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 
Wolverhamp- The Wolverhampton Water Bill was read the third 
ton Water Bill. time, 
Resolved, ‘That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 

London, The House proceeded to take into consideration 
ont the London, Tilbury and Southend Railway (Ex- 
Railway (Ex- tension and Branches) Bill, as amended in the Com- 
tensionand = mittee. 

Branches) Bill. Qrdered, That the Bill be read the third time. 
Ply Tidal The House, according to Order, proceeded to take 
at into consideration the Ely Tidal Harbour and Rail- 

of way Bill, as amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 
ake and Ordered, That the Minutes of the Evidence taken 
(reveenr before the Committees on the London and North 
toNewtown) Western (Shrewsbury to Newtown) Railway Bill, 
es Bill, and Montgomeryshire Railway Bill, in Session 1853, 

be referred to the Committee on Group 7 of Railway 
and Canal Bills. 
Brough and Viscount Galway reported the Brough and Ea- 
Road Bir &amp;* mont Bridge Road Bill, with Amendments. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 
a. Viscount Galway reported from the Committee on 
Slough Road — Q. of Private Bills ; That in the case of the 
Bill. Colnbrook, Datchet and Slough Road 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. 

ingFen Mr. Hildyard reported the Deeping Fen Drainage 
Droge Bill, with pi est — . 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 

(Gree 7 Mr. Hildyard reported from the Committee on 


Group L. of Private Bills ; That at the meeting of 
Vou. 111. 


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203 


the Committee this day, a Letter was received from 
Mr. Bateson, one of the Members of the said Com- 
mittee, stating that he was unable, on account of 
indisposition, to attend the Committee this day. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bateson be discharged from 
further attendance on the Committee. 


Mr. Wrightson reported from the Committee on Monmouth 
Group P. of Private Bills; That in the case of the Roads Bill. 
Monmouth Roads Bill, they had examined the alle- 
gations contained in the Preamble of the Bill, and 
amended the same, by omitting an allegation reciting 
that Plans and Sections of the Roads proposed to 
be constructed have been deposited at the respective 
offices of the Clerks of the Peace, as they had in- 
serted the same in Clause 10 of the Bili for the pur- 
pose of more effectually limiting the Power of the 
‘Trustees to construct only such Roads as are de- 
scribed on the Plan; and found thesame, 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 Uttoxeter and 
Group P. of Private Bills; That in the case of the Blythe Marsh 
Uttoxeter and Blythe Marsh Road Bill, they had “*** 
examined the allegations contained in the Preamble 
ofthe Bill, and verbally amended the same; and 
found the same, as amended, to be true; and had 
gone through the Bili, and made Amendments 
thereunto. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Colonel Pennant reported from the Committee on Private Bills 
Group O. of Private Bills; That Earl Jermyn, one (Group 9.) 
of the Members of the said Committee, was not pre- 
sent during the sitting of the Committee this day. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That a Message be sent to the Lords, to Transporta- 
request that their Lordships will give leave to the tice. 
Earl Grey and the Lord Campbell to attend to be 
examined as Witnesses before the Select Committee 
appointed by this House on Transportation :—And 
that the Clerk do carry the said Message. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee on Trans- Transporta- 
— have Power to report the Minutes of the tion. 
ividence taken before them from time to time to 
the House. 


Mr. Hugh Adair reported from the Committee on Oxford, Wor- 
Group 7 of Railway Bills; That in the case of the cester and 
Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway onto 
(Additional Capital, Xc.) Bill, they had examined the (Additional 
allegations contained in the Preamble of the Bill, Capital, &amp;c.) 
and amended the same, by omitting certain words ~~ 
which appeared unnecessary in the statement of the 
circumstances under which the additional Powers in 
the Billare sought, and by specifying the objects for 
which a portion of the money is wanted ; 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. Hugh Adair reported from the Committee on fondon and 
Group 7 of Railway Bills; That in the case of the NorthWestern 
London and North Western Railway Bill, they had way Bill- 
examined the allegations contained in the Preambie 
of the Bill, and amended the same in the following 
particulars, in order to make the same consistent 
with the Provisions of the Bill as passed by them : 
namely, they have struck out so much of the first 
—— in page 2 as relates to the admission of 
the Company as co-partners in the General Station at 
Shrewsbury ; they have struck out the whole of the 
second paragraph in page 2, relating to the enlarge- 
ment of the General Station at Shrewsbury, the 





stopping up of Howard-street, and the purchase, for 
DD2 + that 
































Public 
Petitions. 
Vide Thirty- 
seventh 
Report. 


Prizes 
(Revenue 
Cruisers, &amp;c.) 


Joint Stock 
Banks Bi 


Bill. 


East India 
Pensions 


Teave of 
Absence. 


Census of 
Treland. 


204 


that and other purposes of the Company, of certain 
lands and buildings in the Castle Foregate; they have 
altered the third paragraph in page 2, relating to the 
Power toenter into contracts for the jointconstruction, 
maintenance and use of aJoint Station at Shrewsbury, 
by striking out the name of the Severn Valley Rail- 
way Company, and giving to the London and North 
Western Railway Company and the Shrewsbury and 
Hereford Railway Company, and the lessee of that 
Company, the Power to enter into such contracts for 
the joint construction, maintenance and use of a 
Joint Station upon lands belonging to the Shrewsbury 
and Hereford Railway Company, or which that 
Company may acquire; they have struck out so 
much of the fourth paragraph in page 3 as relates to 
an extension of time for completion of any other 
Works than the Railway and Sidings from Primrose 
Hill to Willesden; 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. 


Petitions relating to the Bible ;—Church Rates ; 
—Formation, &amp;c. of Parishes Bill ; —Intoxicating 
Liquors ;—Lord’s Day ;— Maynooth College Act; 
—Religious Endowments (Jre/and) ;—Tithe Kent- 
charge ;—Fire Insurance :—Rating of Mines Bill ; 
—Agricultural Statistics Bill ;—Coalwhippers (Port 
of London) Bill; — Education, &amp;c.;— Education 
(Scotland) Bill; — Education (Scotland) Bill, and 
P¢rochial Schools (Scotland) Bill ;—Factories Bill ; 
—Giand Jury Assessments (Jreland) Bill ;—Joint 
Stock Companies Winding-up Acts Amendment 
Bill ;—Justices of the Peace Qualifization Bill ;— 
Leases and Sales of Settled Estates Bill ;—ZLondon 
Corporation Bill;—-Nuisances Removal, &amp;c. (Scot- 
land) Bill;—Parochial Schools (Scotland) Bill ;— 
Pawnbrokers’ Bill;—Poor Law Amendment Bill ; 
—Poor Law (Jreland) ;—Public-houses (Scot/and) 
Act ;—Scotch and Irish Pauper Removals Bill ;— 
Wages ;—and, Wee Pawns, &amp;c. (Scotland),—were 
presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Returns of all Prizes taken at Sea during the late 
War, by Revenue Cruisers or other Vessels attached 
to the Coast Guard Service :—And, of the Realised 
Value of such Prizes respectively ; and of the manner 
in which the Proceeds have been disposed of. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming the 
adjourned Debate on the Question proposed upon 
the 24th day of April last, That Mr. Speaker do now 
leave the Chair (for Committee on the Joint Stock 
Banks Bill) ; 


Ordered, ‘That the Debate be further adjourned |! 


till Tuesday next. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the Pensions exceeding £.200 a year 
granted to Governor Generals and ex-Governor Gene- 


22° Maiz. 


A. 1856. 


Copy of Eighteenth Annual Report of the Com- Loan Fung 
missioners of the Loan Fund Board of Jreland, Board (In. 
pursuant to the Act 6 &amp; 7 Vic. c. 91. land.) 

Copy of Half-yearly Reports of the Inspectors of Factories, 
Factories, to 30th April 1856. 

Mr. Massey also presented,—Return to an Order, 
dated the 30th day of April last, fora Return of the Debtors ana 
Name, Age, Date of Appointment, Salaries and other Comunity 
Emoluments of all Officers of the Insolvent Debtors land.) t 
and Bankruptcy Courts in Ireland. 

- — That the said Papers do lie upon the 
able. 


The following Paper, pursuant to Order, was laid Sligo Election, 
upon the Table by the Clerk of the House,—Minutes No. 234, 
of the Evidence taken before the Select Committee 
on the Sligo Election Petition. 

The following Papers were also laid upon the Metropolis 
Table by the Clerk of the House,-—-Return to an Roads. 
Order, dated the 25th day of April last, for Copies of 
Minutes, Papers and Orders of Commissioners, re- 
lative to the reduction of Tolls in the Ninth District 
of the Metropolis Roads (as referred to in the Peti- 
tion from Inhabitants of Kingsland), with the Names 
of Commissioners present at the Meeting when such 
reduction was made:—Account from 1850 inclusive, 
for each District, showing the Receipts from Tolls 
and otherwise, and the Expenditure on Repairs and 
Maintenance of the Roads, and the Mileage of each 
District :-—And, of the Number of Gates and Bars 
now existing within a radius of Four Miles from 
Charing Cross, and their Districts. 

Return to an Order, dated the 5th day of this in- Tring, 
stant May, for Returns from the Official Assignee Reading and 
of the Court of Bankruptcy, who had charge of the —- 

: . . . y 

Bankruptcy of the Tring, Reading and Basingstoke Company. 
Railway Company, showing the Date of the Bank- 
ruptev, the Amount collected, the Amount proved, 

the Expense of Administration, the Rate of Divi- 
dend, the Date of the Declaration of Dividend, and 

the Application of the Surplus, if any :—And, from 

the Official Manager appointed by the Court of 
Chancery in the same matter; showing the Date of 

the First Order made by the Court of Chancery, 

the Amount of Assets received, the Amount paid for 
Expenses incurred, or on any other Account, and 

the Amount, if any, now standing to the credit of 

the said Cause, 

The following Papers, pursuant to the directions public Health 
of an Act of Parliament, were also laid upon the Act, 1848. 
Table by the Clerk of the House,—-Copies of all 
leports of Superintending Inspectors of the General 
Board of Health, with respect to the Places to which 
it is proposed to apply the Public Health Act, by 
the Public Health Supplemental Bill, 1856. 

Copies of all Statements forwarded to the General 
| Board of Health with respect to the Inspectors’ Re- 
| ports on Places to which: it is proposed to apply the 











| Public Health Act, by the Public Health Supple- 
menta! Bill, 1856. 
Ordered, That the Minutes of the Evidence rela- 


| tive to the Sligo Election Petition, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Sherburn Sherburn 


rals by the Last India Company since the passing | Hospital, which was presented upon the 21st day of Hospital. 


of the Act 33 Geo. 3, c. 52; stating their respective | 
Amounts, the Period for which given, the Act of | 
Parliament under which such Pensions were granted | 
respectively, and whether the grantees were in the | 
Service of the ast India Company at the time of 
tae Grant:—And, similar Return as to Gratuities 
exceeding £. 600. 


| 

: : : 

Ordered, That Viscount Ebring/on have leave of 

absence for six weeks, on account of ill heaith ;— 
and, Mr. Layard a month, on urgent business. 


Mr. Massey presented, by Her Majesty's Com- 
maud,—Copy of the Census of Ireland, for the year 
1851 :—Part V. Tables of Deaths: Vol. LI., contain- 
ing the Tables and Index. 





this instant May, be printed. No. 134-I. 


The Chancellor of the Exchequer presented a Bill Sir William 
to settle an Annuity on Sir William Fenwick Williams, ml 
in consideration of his eminent Services: And the Annuity Bill. 
same was read the first time; and ordered to be read Bij] 138. 
a second time upon Monday next; and to be priuted. 


The Chancellor of the Exchequer presented a Bill Annuities. 
for raising a further Sum of Money by way of An- (No. 2) “6 
nuities: And the same was read the first time; and Bill 139. 
ordered to be read a second time To-morrow ; and 
to be printed. 


Mr. Peel presented,-—-Return to an Address to Militia. 
Her Majesty, dated the 13th day of March last, for 


a Return of the Number of Men in each Regamare 
‘0 





ery 





ee 


db 


C 





Factories Bill. 


19 VicTorriz. 


of Militia who refused to be re-attested under the 
Circular from the War Department, dated March 
27, 1855. 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 
14th day of April last, fora Return of the Regiments 
of Militia in the United Kingdom that volunteered 
for Service Abroad during the late War. 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 
2ist day of April last, for Copy of Memorial of the 
Archbishop of Canterbury and others to Lord Pan- 
mure, relative to the want of Accommodation for 
Divine Worship in the Parish of Plumstead, and the 
Claims upon the Government to assist in providing 
for the moral welfare of its Operatives; together 
with Copies of Applications of the Incumbent of 
Plumstead to the { ar Department upon the same 
subject, in connexion with Appendix 514 to Reports 
on Public Petitions. 

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


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Factories Bill ; 
Anda Motion being made, and the Question being 
proposed, That Mr. Speaker do now leave theChair; 
An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word “ That” to 
the end of the Question, in order to add the words 
“ this House will, upon this day six months, resolve 
“ itself into the said Committee,” instead thereof. 
And the Question being put, That the words 
proposed to be left out stand part of the Question ; 
e House divided. 
The Yeas to the Right; 
The Noes to the Left. 
Tellers for the {Colonel Wilson Patten, 
Yeas, (Lord Stanley : 
Tellers for thef Mr. Cobbett, } 50 
Noes, Mr. Thomas Duncombe : ; 
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. 
Curavsss, N° 1 to N° 3, agreed to. 


Crause, N° 4 (Section 21 to apply only to mill- 
gearing with which children and young persons are 
liable to come in contact). 

Amendment proposed, in p. 2, 1. 11: To leave out 
the words “children and young,” and insert the 
word “ any.” 

Question put, That the words proposed to be left 
out stand part of the Clause ; 

The Committee divided. 

jes. 
\ 

j 33. 
1. 11 


lor. 


Tellers for the Colonel Wilson Patten, 
Yeas, (Lord Stanley : 

Tellers for the{ Mr. Cobbett, 
Noes, Colonel Dunne : 

Another Amendment proposed, in p. 2, 
After the word “ persons,” to insert the words “ and 
“ women.”. 

Question, That those words be there inserted 
—— put, and agreed to. 

Another Amendment proposed, in p. 2, 1. 12: To 
leave out the words “their ordinary occupation,” 
and insert the words “ the course of their duty.” 

Question, That the words proposed to be left out 
stand part of the Clause ——put, and agreed to. 

Another Amendment proposed, at the end of the 
Clause, -. add 2+ ear en. —_ a - —— = 

ways, that no mill-gearing be fenced to a less height 
“ than Seven feet from the floor.” a 

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


Another Amendment proposed, at the end of the 


Clause, to add the following words: “ Provided, 

“ that every shaft on which are driving-drums or 

“ pulleys, over which any strap or belt is employed 
oL. 111. 


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205 


“ in communicating motion from one part of the 
“ machinery to another, shall be provided with a 
“ case or box inclosing the Shaft in all parts near 
“ to driving-drums or pulleys, in such manner that 
“ the strap or band, when accidentally or intention- 
“ ally removed, cannot come in contact with the 
“ shaft ; or that otherwise a loose drum, or pully and 
“ guide-hook, or strap-hanger, shall be provided.”’ 
Question, That those words be there added —— 

put, and negatived. 

Clause, as amended, agreed to. 

Cuavsss, N° 5 and N° 6, agreed to. 

Preamble agreed to. 


Bill, as amended, to be reported. 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Fitz Roy 
aaa That the Committee had gone through the 
ill. 
Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration To-morrow. 


n 





The House, according to Order, resolved itself Reformatory 


into a Committee on the Reformatory and Industrial 
Schools Bill. 
(In the Committee.) 


Preamble postponed. 

Cuavsss, N° 1 to N° 3, amended, and agreed to. 

Crause, N° 4, agreed to. 

Crause, N° 5, amended, and agreed to. 

Crause, N° 6, agreed tu. 

Clauses added. 

Another Clause (It shall be lawful for the Court 
by which any youthful offender or other young per- 
son is ordered to be detained in any Reformatory or 
Industrial School, or other similar institution, under 
either of the said Acts, to examine intv the ability 
of the parent or step-parent of such offender or other 
person to contribute to his or her support and main- 
tenance, and without any previous summons to make 
an order upon such parent or step-parent for such 
weekly payment, not exceeding Five shillings per 
week, as such Court shall think reasonable, during 
the whole or any part of the term for which such 
youthful offender is ordered to be detained as afore- 
said, such payment to be made at such times as by 
such order may be directed, to the person appointed 
by one of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of 
State to take proceedings for enforcing such contri- 
butions in the district within which such order of 
detention may be made, or to such person as the 
Secretary of State may from time to time appoint 
to receive the same, arid by him to be accounted for 
and paid as the Commissioners of Her Majesty’s 
Treasury may direct)——brought up, and read 1°. 

Motion made, and Question proposed, That the 
Clause be read a second time :—Motion and Clause, 
by leave, withdrawn. 

Another Clause (The period during which the pa- 


; | rent or step-parent of any young person who has been 


sent to any Reformatory or Industrial School, or other 
similar institution, shall be liable to contribute to his 
or her support and maintenance, shall, unless other- 
wise expressed in the sentence or order of payment, 
extend over the whole of the term for which such 
young person has been ordered to be detained as 
aforesaid, unless he or she be previously discharged 
by order of the Secretary of State, or unless the 
Secretary of State shall previously remit the same ; 
and any order for payment of such contribution may 
be retrospective in its operation) brought up, and 
read 1°, 

Motion made, and Question proposed, That the 
Clause be read a second time :—Motion and Clause, 
by leave, withdrawn. 

Another Clause (It shall be lawful to and for any 
Justice of the Peace, or in Scotland for any Sheriff or 
Magistrate of a burgh, —_ proof made before him, 
upon the oath of one'credible witness, that any young 

DD3 person 











206 29°-93° Mat. A. 1856. 


person so directed to be detained as aforesaid in any 
such ‘Reformatory or Industrial School, or other 
similar institution, has absconded therefrom, or wil- 
fully neglected or refused to abide by and conform 
to the rules thereof, to commit, by warrant under 
his hand and seal, or in Scotland under his hand, 
the young person so offending, for every such offence, 
to any gaol or house of correction for the county, 
city, borough, riding, or division within which such 
Justice of the Peace, Sheriff or Magistrate may be 
acting, to be there-imprisoned, with or without hard 
labour, for any period not exceeding three calendar 
months, and then to be returned to such school or 
institution, to finish the original term of his or her 
detention therein) ——brought up, and read 1°. 

Motion made, and Question, That the Clause be 
read a second time——put, and negatived. 

Another Clause added. 

Another Clause (In any case in which Her Majesty 
may think fit to grant a conditional pardon, one of the 
conditions of such pardon may be that the convict 
to whom the same may be granted shall be received 
into and detained at some Reformatory or Industrial 
School, or other similar institution, for a time which 
shall be specified in such pardon, and in every such 
case the several provisions of this Act and the said 
recited Acts, and the Act of 18 &amp; 19 Vic. c. 87, so 
far as the same are applicable, may be put in force 
as if such convict had been sent to such school or 
institution in a due course of law after the expiration 
of a sentence of imprisonment)——brought up, and 
read 1°, 

Motion made, and Question proposed, That the 
Clause be read a second time :— Motion and Clause, 
by leave, withdrawn. 

" Another Clause added. 

Another Clause (So much of the said first recited 
Act as provides that no youthful offender shall be 
directed to be sent to any Reformatory School by any 
Court, Judge, Sheriff or Magistrate, until after the 
expiration of his sentence, nor unless he shall be sen- 
tenced to a punishment of imprisonment for fourteen 
days at the least, shall be and is hereby repealed ; 
and it shall henceforth be lawful for any such Court, 
Judge, Sheriff or Magistrate, having authority under 
the said recited Act or this Act, to direct any such 
youthful offender to be sent to and detained in any 
Reformatory School, to mitigate or commute any 
sentence of imprisonment which may be passed on 
any such offender, so far as relates to the actual 
confinement of such offender in a common prison 
or house of correction, if in the exercise of their or 
his discretion it shall appear expedient so to do; 
and, in lieu thereof, it shall be lawful for such Court, 
Judge, Sheriff or Magistrate, to direct such offender 
to be sent to and detained in a Reformatory School 
according to the provisions of the said recited Act 
and this Act, as well during all or any part of the 
term of such sentence as for any further period, not 
less than or exceeding the limits prescribed by the 
said 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. Gordon, 1 57 
Yeas, Viscount Goderich : bia 
Tellers for the r. Newdegate, ‘ 80 
Noes, Mr. John George Phillimore: j ; 


Another Clause (It shall be lawful for the Justices 
of the Peace of any county, or the town council of 
any borough, if they shall think fit, to purchase lands 
and tenements for, or to build Reformatory Schools, 
to be paid for out of the county or borough rate ; 
such schools to be used either separately by any 
county or borough, or conjointly with such other 
counties or boroughs as may be determined upon 
by agreement between the Justices of Peace of such 
other counties and the town council of such other 
boroughs; provided that in any county notice of 
such proceeding be given at the last session next 








preceding the session at which it shall be taken into 
consideration, and published twice in some paper or 
papers usually circulating within the county; and 
in the case of boroughs, that notice he given at least 
six weeks before the question is taken into con- 
sideration, and published twice in some paper usually 
circulating within the borough)——brought up, and 
read 1°. 

Motion made, and Question proposed, That the 
Clause be read a second time :— Motion and Clause, 
by leave, withdrawn. 

Preamble agreed to. Ci 


Bill, as amended, to be reported. 


Sesee 





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 ; and be printed. 


ESS 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That a Mes- yy 
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 Wainman’s 
for authorizing the Trustees, under the Will of Wil- £state Bill. 
liam Wainman, Esquire, deceased, to grant Leases, 
and to make Sales, Exchanges, and Partition of the 
Real Estates devised by, or subject to, the Trusts of 
the same Will, and for other purposes ; to which the 
Lords desire the concurrence of this House. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Formation, &amp;¢., 
mittee on the Formation, &amp;c. of Parishes Bill; of Parishes 

Anda Motion being made, and the Question being 31 
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 month, resolve itself Ri 
“ into the said Committee,” instead thereof. Ca 

And the Question being proposed, That the i 

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

Ordered, That Mr Speaker do now leave the Chair: Ii 
—The House accordingly resolved itself into the 
Committee. 

(In the Committee.) 


Preamble postponed. 
Crauses, N° 1 to N° 3, agreed to. 
Cravuse, N° 4 (Provisions of 6 &amp; 7 Vic. c. 37, gh 
Ss. 22, to apply to Ecclesiastical and Collegiate Cor- ( 
porations). 
Amendment proposed, at the end of the Clause, to 
add the following words : “ provided that all gifts and 
“ grants hereby authorized shall be under and hi 





“ subject to the stipulations and restraints of the . 
* Act 2 Geo. 2, c. 36.” 
Question, That those words be there added—— 
put, and negatived. 
Clause agreed to. 
Cravuse, N° 5, agreed to. ' 6 
Ciauses, N° 6 to N° 8, postponed. - 
Cuavuse, N° 9 (Voluntary contributions may be 
appropriated to maintenance of minister or services). 
To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. P 
: of 
And the House having continued to sit till after (s 
Twelve of the clock on Friday morning ; 
Veneris, 23° die Maii, 1856: ie 
Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. FitzRoy 
reported, That the Committee had made P p 
in the Bill; and that he was directed to move, That 7 


the Committee may have leave to sit again. 
Resolved, That this House will, .u Monday 
next, again resolve itself into the said Committee. 








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19 Vicroriz. 


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 
Thursday the 5th day of June next. 


of 
ad 


Specialty and 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
Ste reading of the Specialty and Simple Contract Debts 
Bill; 
” Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Tuesday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on Civil Service ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
the 2d day of July next, resolve itself into the said 
Committee. 


Civil Service. 


peformatory Lhe House, according to Order, resolved itself 
Schools (Scots into a Committee on the Reformatory Schools (Scot- 
lund) Bill und) Bill. 

(In the Committee.) 


Cuavusz, N° 1, amended, and agreed to. 
Crausss, N° 2 to N° 4, agreed to. 
Crause, N° 5, amended, and agreed to. 
Cuiauses, N° 6 to N° 8, agreed to. 
Cuause, N° 9, amended, and agreed to. 
Cuauses, N° 10 and N° 11, agreed to. 


Schedule A. agreed to. 
Schedule B. amended, and 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 this day. 


Railway and §$ The Order of the day being read, for the second 
oy Traffic reading of the Railway and Cana! Traffic Bill; 


Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Tuesday next. 


Judgments The Order of the day being read, for the second 
uecution, &amp;. reading of the Judgments Execution, &amp;c. 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 ; 

j Ordered, That the Debate be adjourned till this 
ay. 


anaes The Registration of Leases (Scotland) Bill was, 
(Scotland) Bill according to Order, read a second time ; and com- 

‘mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for 
Wednesday the 18th day of June next. 


Fire In- 


oo The House, according to Order, proceeded to 


take into consideration the Fire Jusurances Bill, as 
amended in the Committee ; and Amendments were 
made to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
this day. 


er The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
(Seoland) Bil mittee on the Court of Exchequer (Scot/and) Bill; 
* Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 
cnners The Commissioners of Supply (Scot/and) Bill 
(Scotland) Bin, VS, according to Order, read the third time; and 
mendments 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. 


reed “hy ‘The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Procedure and Evidence Bill; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


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207 
The Order of the day being read, for the Com- ae : 
— on the Judicial Procedure, &amp;e. (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- Registration 
mittee on the Registration of Voters (Scotland) Bill; | he ew 4 Bill. 
Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 
Ordered, That the Bill be committed to the Lord 
Advocate, Viscount Duncan, Mr. Dunlop, Mr.Cowan, 
Mr. Blackburn, Mr. Stirling, Mr. Smollett, Mr. 
Eliott Lockhart, Sir James Fergusson, Sir Michael 
Stewart, Sir Andrew Agnew, Mr. Kinnaird, Mr. 
Alexander Hastie, Mr. Frederick Dundas and the 
Earl of Dalkeith. 


Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Sleeping 
into a Committee on the meng Statutes Bill; and, Statutes 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 Thursday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- ‘Transfer of 
mittee on the Transfer of Works (Zreland) Bill ; Moe (Ire- 
Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve ) Bi. 


itself into the said Committee. 


The Industrial and Provident Societies Bill was, Industrial and 

according to Order, read the third time. ete a 
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 Summary 
reading of the Summary Jurisdiction Bill ; Jurisdiction 

Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Bleaching, &amp;. 
reading of the Bleaching, &amp;c. Works (No.2) Bill; Works (No. 2) 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon ~~ 
Monday next. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Public Health 

to confirm Provisional Orders of the General Board Supplemental 
of Health, applying the Public Health Act, 1848, to Bill. 
the Districts of Waterloo-with-Seaforth, West Ham, 
Sowerby Bridge and Moss-side; for Alteration of the 
Boundaries of the Districts of Rusholme and Bishop 
Auckland, and for other purposes: And that Mr. 
Cowper and Sir George Grey do prepare, and bring 
it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring ina Bill to gman Debts 
exempt Imprisonments under the Act 5 Geo. 4, c. 96, Imprisonment 
from the Operation of the Act abolishing in Scotland meday awe 
Imprisonment for Civil Debts of small Amount: And jand.) 
that Mr. Craufurd and Sir James Fergusson do pre- 


pare, and bring it in. 


Wainman’s Estate Bill was read the first time. |Wainman’s 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exami- Estate Bill. 
ners of Petitions for Private Bills. 


Mr. Cowper presented a Bill to confirm Provi- Public Health 
sional Orders of the General Board of Health, apply- - —_—_— 
ng the Public Health Act, 1848, to the Districts of ”—”. 

aterloo-with-Seaforth, West Ham, Sowerby Bridge Bill 141. 
and Moss-side; fur Alteration of the Boundaries of 
the Districts of Rusholme and Bishop Auckland, 
and for other purposes: And the same was read the 
first time ; and ordered to be read a second time 





Vou. 111. 





upon Monday next; and to be printed. 
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Mr. Craufurd presented a Bili to exempt Impri- 


Imprisonment sonments under the Act 5 Geo. 4, c. 96, from the 


Operation of the Act abolishing in Scotland Impri- 
sonment for Civil Debts of small Amount: And the 
same was read the 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 Mon- 
day the 2d day of June next, the Nuisances Removal, 
&amp;c. (Scotland) Bill, was read, and discharged. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
make better Provision for the Removal of Nuisances, 
Regulation of Lodging-houses, and the Health of 
Towns in Scotland: And that the Lord Advocate 
and Viscount Duncan do prepare, and bring it in. 


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








Veneris, 23° die Maii ; 
Anno 19° Victoria Regine, 1856. 


PRAYERS. 
HE Blachburn, &amp;c. 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 Colne Valley and Halstead Railway 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. 


A Motion being made, That the Cork Bridges, 
Waterworks, &amp;c. Bill be now read the third time ; 

Mr. litzRoy, 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, Tnat the Bill do pass. 

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


The Fleetwood, Preston and West Riding Junc- 
tion Railway 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 Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhamipton Rail- 
way (Extension of Time, &amp;c.) Bill was, according 
to Order, read the third time. 

Resolved, ‘Viat the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act to extend the Time limited for 
cqmploting the Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhamp- 
ton Railway, and for adapting the same to the Broad 
Gauge, and for other purposes. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence, 


The Shrewsbury and Hereford 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. 


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A. 1856. 


A Motion being made, That the Stockton and Stockton ana 
Middlesbrough New Road and Bridge Bill be now *iddlesbrough 
read the third time ; Bade ee 

Mr. FitzRoy, by Her Majesty’s Command, ac- 
quainted the House, That Her Majesty, having been 
informed of the rt 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. 







A Motion being made, That the Yarmouth and Yarmouth ang 
Haddiscoe Railway Bill be now read the third Haddiscoe 
time ; Railway Bill, 

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. 

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 Aberdeen and 
reading of the Aberdeen and Scottish Midland Junc- Peottish Mid. 
tion Railway Companies Amalgamation Bill ; Maa 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time Companies 
upon Monday next. Amalgam 

The Order of the day being read, for the third Perth Burgh 
reading of the Perth Burgh and Harbour Bill; =i} Harbour 

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 House proceeded to take into consideration Hampstead 
the Hampstead Junction Railway Bill, as amended ea 
in the Committee. a 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Metropolitan 
the Metropolitan Railway Bill, as amended in the "WY 
Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The Order for reading the third time the Halifax Halifax and 
and Huddersfield Road Bill, was read, and dis- Hudiens 
charged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to the 
former Committee. 


Mr. Beckett reported the London and South aoe a 
Western Railway (Yeovil to Exeter) Bill, with Rij 


Amendments. (Yeovil to 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; Exeter) Bill 
and be printed, 


Railway Bills 


Sir William Somerville reported from the Com- 
(Group 3.) 


mittee on Group 3 of Railway Bills; That the Par- 
ties promoting the Isle of Wight Steam Bridge and 
Approaches Bill had stated to the Committee, that 
the evidence of Ado/phus Tudor, officer of the 
Coast Guard, and of George Oakley, carrier, both of 
Ryde, in the Isle of Wight, was essential, to enable 
them to establish their case before the Committee i 
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19 VicrorizZ. 


and it having been proved that their attendance 
could not be procured without the intervention of 
the House, he had been instructed by the Com- 
mittee to move the House, that the said Adolphus 
Tudor and George Oakley do attend the said Com- 
mittee on Monday the 2d day of June next, at 
Twelve of the am 4 

Ordered, That Adolphus Tudor and George Oak- 
ley do attend the said Committee upon Monday the 
od day of June next, at Twelve o'clock. 


Mr. Hildyard reported from the Committee on 


oom pany Bill. Group L. of Private Bills ; That in the case of the 


Standing 
Orders. 


Oxford, 


Wolverhamp- 
ton Railwa: 


Capa, Se.) 
Thames 
and Railway. 


Severn 
Navigation 
Cosine 


Railway Bills 
(Group 2. ) 


E 


Crystal Palace Company Bill, they had examined 
the allegations contained in the Preamble of the 
Bill, and amended the same, by reciting the ex- 
pediency of apportioning the rent reserved to Dul- 
wich College; and had made other verbal Amend- 
ments ; 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. 


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 Oxford, Worcester and 
Wolverhampton Railway (Additional —— &amp;c.) 
Bill, Petition to dispense with Standi rder 131, 
ov Standing Order ought not to be dispensed 
with. 


2. That in the case of the Tames Embankment 
and Railway Petition, the Standing Orders ought 
not to be dispensed with. 

3. That in the case of the Severn Navigation 
Commission, Petition for leave to deposit a Petition 
for Bill, the Standing Orders ought to be dispensed 
with ; that the Parties be permitted to deposit their 
Petition accordingly. 

The third Resolution, 
was agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


being read a second time, 


Mr. Lascelles reported from the Committee on 
Group 2 of Railway Bills; That in the case of the 
West London and Crystal Palace Railway Bill, 
they had examined the allegations contained in 
the Preamble of the Bill, and amended the same, 
by striking out those portions having reference to 
the sale or lease of the Line, and authorizing the 
respective Companies named therein to raise Capital 
for those purposes ; and had made verbal Amend- 
ments therein ; and found the same, as amended, to 
be true; and had gone through the Bill, and made 
Amendments thereunto. 

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


Mr. Lascelles reported from the Committee on 
Group 2 of Railway Bills; That on the appli- 
cation of the Parties promoting the Bills before 
them, the Committee had adjourned to Tuesday next, 
at Twelve o'clock. 

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 Citizen to serve in this present 
Parliament for the City of Lichfield, in the room of 
the Right honourable Henry Manners, Lord Water- 
park, who, since his Election for the said City, hath 
accepted the Office of Steward of Her Majesty’s 
Manor of Northstead, in the County of York. 


Mr. Bonham Carter reported from the Select 
Committee on Public Petitions; That they had exa- 


mined the Petitions presented upon the 20th and 
Vor. 111. 


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209 


21st days of this instant May, and had directed him 


to make a Re 
Ordered, 
and be printed. 


thereof to the House. 
t the Report do lie upon the Table ; 


Mr. Wrightson reported the Donington Turnpike Donin 
Trust Bill, with Amendments. : ~— pike 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Russian 
a Return of the Names and Number of Russian Prizes. 
armed Vessels and Merchant Vessels captured in 
the years 1854 and 1855; stating their Armament, 
Tonnage and Cargoes, and what Number were con- 
demned in England or elsewhere as Prizes, and what 
Number destroyed ; also the Names of Her Ma- 
jesty’s Ships and Captains engaged in the Capture 
of the said Vessels. 


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 showing the County Quota of the 
Militia of the United Kingdom of Great Britain 
and Jreland ; the Numbers of Rank and File present 
with each embodied Corps upon the 1st day of Ja- 
nuary 1855; the Numbers enrolled between that 
Date and the 31st day of March 1856; the Num- 
bers lost by Death, Discharge and Desertion ; the 
Number of Volunteers given to the Army within the 
same Period ; and the Effectives of Rank and File 
of each Regiment upon the 1st day of April 1856. 


























\Lost by Death 
Rank Number | iecharge, | Volunteers Rank 
Resieents ‘ enrolled | «sd Desertion,| °° the Army : 
eg County and File | between heones ’ between the and File 
of on Ist | IstJanuary) ),, poll Ist January on 
Militis. | 2%** | January | seas. and | “1055 and | 1955 and the Ist April 
1555. | S!st March) 51.¢ March | 3!8t March | j 456, 
1856. 1856. 
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Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty, by such Members of this House as are 


of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


The Lord Advocate presented a Bill to make Nuisances 
better Provision for the Removal of Nuisances, Re- ae ne 
ation of Lodging Houses, and the Health of (2) Bal 
owns in Scotland: And the same was read the pi) 443, 
first time; and ordered to be read a second time 


upon Friday next ; and to be printed. 


Colonel Pennant reported from the Committee on Private Bills 
Group O. of Private Bills; That for the convenience (Group 0.) 
of the Members of the said Committee, they had 
adjourned till Friday next, at Twelve o'clock. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Petitions relating to Church of Ireland ;—Church Public 
Rates ; — Church fs peeve = Bill ; — Lord’s Petitions. 
Day ;— Maynooth College Act;—Oath of Abjuration y;3, Frist. 
Bill; — Religious ars wea (Ireland) Pi Tithe Manet Re 
Rent-charge ; — Fire Insurance; —Rating of Mines Port. 

Bill ;—Union Houses ;—Agricultural Statistics Bill ; 
—Coalwhippers (Port of London) Bill ;—Education 
Scotland) Bill ;— Education (Scotland) Bill, and Pa- 
rochial Schools (Scotland) Bill ;—Hay and Straw ; 
—Human Race ;—Imprisonment for Debt ;—Zon- 
don Corporation Bill;— Nuisances Removal, &amp;c. 
(Scotlang). Bill ;—Parochial Schools (Scotland) Bill ; 
Police (Counties and Boroughs) Bill ;—Poor Law 
Amendment Bill ;— Public-houses (Scotland) Act ;— 
Rights of Neutrals ;—Scotch and Irish Pauper Re- 
movals Bill ;—Vaccination Bill ; —-Wages; — Wee 

EE Pawns, 










210 


Pawns, &amp;c. (Scotland); — and, Wills and Adminis- 
trations Bill, and Ecclesiastical Courts Jurisdiction 
Bill,— were presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the fable. maf 
A Petition relating to Local Dues on Shipping, 
‘ &amp;c., was also presented, and read ; and referred to 
the Select Committee on Local Charges upon Ship- 


ping. 


The Order for the House to resolve itself into a 
Committee, upon Wednesday the 2d day of July 
next, on Civil ice, was read, and ro es 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
the 9th day of July next, resolve itself into the said 
Committee. 


Civil Service. 


Judgments The Order of the day being read, for resuming 
Execution, &amp;. the adjourned Debate on the Question proposed 
: upon the 22d day of this instant Mav, That the 
Judgments Execution, &amp;c, Bill be now read a second 
time ; 
Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 
till Thursday the 5th day of June next. 


Rural Police 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
(Scotland.) 


to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return of the Number of Rural Police in 
each County in Scotland; Date when established ; 
Salaries ; the Annual Cost to each County for the 
years 1853, 1854 and 1855; Value of Property in 
each County ; and Rate of Assessment—to be made 
out in the following Tabular Form : 





Number of 
Police employed. 








bey 


| 


Rate of Assessment per £. on the 








Burghs, having Police Establishments. 
Chief Officers. 

as per Valuation Roll of 1855. 

Valued Rental of the County. 


established. 
| Area of County in Square Miles. 


| Name of the County, and Police when 
Annual Value of Assessable Property 


Population of Coynty, exclusive of 


1st Class Constables. 


| 2d Class Constables. 


Inspectors. 
Serjeants. 

| Total. 

| Chiefs. 
Ist Class. 
1853. 
1854. 

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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. 





Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Copies of all Treaties, Conventions and Arrange- 
ments with the Native States of India, made since 
the 1st day of May 1834. 


East India. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the Monies paid or allowed, during the 
years 1854 and 1855 respectively, for Drawback of 
Duty on Paper used for printing Bibles, Testaments 
and Prayer Books of the Churches established in 
England and Scotland. 


Bibles, &amp;«. 


Lunatics. Mr. Massey presented,—Return to an Address 
to Her Majesty, dated the 3d day of April last, 
for Returns of the Total Number of Lunatics in 
ty $e of whom Commissions of Lunacy are now 
in force, and of the Total Amount of their Annual 
Incomes, and the Total Amount of the Sums allowed 
for their Maintenance :—For each year, from 1850 to 
1855, inclusive, of the Number of Lunatics in respect 
of whom Commissions issued ; distinguishing those 
in t of whom Commissions are now in force: 


—Of the Total Amount of their Annual Incomes, 
and the Total Amount of the same allowed for their | 





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A. 1856. 


Maintenance; distinguishing the Number of Per- 
sons, and Amount of Income, and the Allowance 
for Maintenance of those who have individually less 
than £.100 per annum ; those who have more than 
£.100 and less than £.200 annum; those who 
have more than £.200 and less than £.400 
annum; those who have more than £.400 and less 
than £.600 per annum; those who have more than 
£.600 and less than £.1,000 per annum; and those 
who have more than £.1,000 per annum; with the 
Amount of their Income (in continuation of Parlia- 
mentary Paper, No. 505, of Session 1851) :—Of the 
Amounts of per-centage paid in each year, from the 
8th day of January 1849 to the 8th day of January 
1856, on Lunatics’ Incomes, and of the Payments 
made thereon in each year during the same period, 
under the Provisions of the Act 3 &amp; 4 Will. 4, c. 36 
(in continuation of Parliamen Paper, No. 508, 
of Session 1851) :—And, of the Number of Criminal 
Lunatics now under Confinement; specifying the 
Name and Sex of each Person, the Place of Con- 
finement, whether in Lunatic Asylums, Licensed 
Houses or Gaols; the Nature of the Offence com- 
mitted, and the Period at which the Confinement 
commenced (in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, 
No. 195, of Session 1844). 

- Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 

able. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Petty Ses- Petty Sessions, 
sions, which was presented upon the 19th day of this No, 235, 
instant May, be printed. 


land), which was presented upon the 19th day of ‘ 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Spirits (Zre- epics 
this instant May, be printed. No, 236, 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Metropolis Metropolis 
Roads, which was presented upon the 22d day of Roads. 
this instant May, be printed. No. 237. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Railway Railway 
Companies, which was presented upon the sth day Companies. 
of this instant May, be printed. No. 238. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Books pur- King’s College, 
chased in 1841, 1848 and 1853 for King’s College, 4 , 
Aberdeen, which was presented upon the 19th day of No. 239. 
this instant May, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Amount King’s College, 
expended for Books from 1838 to 1854 for King’s Aberdeen. 
College, Aberdeen, which was presented upon the No, 239. 
19th day of this instant May, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Insolvent aoe . 
Debtors and Bankruptcy Courts (Ireland), which pontruptey 
was presented upon the 22d day of this instant May, Courts (Ire- 
be printed. land.) 

No, 240, 

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


; Oath of 
resolved itself Abjuration 
Bill. 


Bill 144. 


The House, according to Order, 
into a Committee on the Oath of Abjuration Bill. 


(In the Committee.) 


Preamble postponed. 

Crause, N° 1 (After passing of this Act, Oath of 
Abjuration and Assurance to be abrogated). 

Amendment proposed, in p. 1, l. 14: To leave out 
the words “ and the Assurance.”’ 

Question, That the words proposed to be left out 
stand part of the Clause——put, and agreed to. 

Another Amendment proposed, in p. 1, 1. 20: To 
leave out the word “ not.” #2 

Question, we we word “ not ” stand part of the 
Clause——put, agreed to. . . 

Clause agreed to. 





Cravsz, N° 2 to. . : pe 
LausE, N° 2, agreed to 8 ela 








ge, 


ot. 





Message from 


the Lords. 


Bankers’ | 

Compositions 

Bill. 

—— 
piversity 

and Town Bill. 


Filey Water 
Bill 


Ulster Rail- 
way Bill. 
Wakefield 
Gas Bill. 


Worksop 
Gas Bill. 


Transporta- 
tion. 


Mercantile 
Law Amend- 
ment Bill. 


Police (Coun- 
ties and Bo- 
Troughs) Bill, 


Bill 145. 


19 Vicroriz. 


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 upon Monday 
next ; and be printed. 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That a Mes- 
sage had heen brought from the Lords, by one of 
their Clerks, as followeth : 

The Lords have agreed to the Bankers’ Compo- 
sitions Bill, without any Amendment: And also, 


The Lords have agreed to the Cambridge Univer- 
sity and Town Bill, without any Amendment: And 
also 
The Lords have agreed to the Filey Water Bill, 
without any Amendment: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Ulster Railway Bill, 
without any Amendment: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Wakefield Gas Bill, 
without any Amendment: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Worksop Gas Bill, 
without any Amendment: And also, 

The Lords give leave to the Earl Grey to attend 
to give Evidence before the Select Committee ap- 
pointed by this House in the present Session of 
Parliament on Transportation (his Lordship, in his 
place, consenting), as desired by this House: And 
also, 

The Lords request that this House will be pleased 
to give leave to George Moffatt, Esquire, a Member 
of this House, to attend to be sworn, in order to his 
being examined as a Witness before the Select Com- 
mittee appointed by their Lordships in the _— 
Session of Parliament on the Mercantile Law Amend- 
ment Bill. 

And Mr. Moffatt, being present in his place, de- 
clared that he was willing, with leave of the House, 
to go to the House of Lords, as desired by their 
Lordships. 

Resolved, That George Moffatt, Esquire, have 
leave to go to the House of Lords, as desired by 
their Lordships, if he think fit. 

Ordered, That a Message be sent to the Lords, 
to acquaint them, that this House hath given leave 
to George Moffatt, 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. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take 
into consideration the Police (Counties and Bo- 
roughs) Bill, as amended in the Committee. 

A Clause (Provisions relating to Borough Police 
to be applicable to the Police in the places referred 
to in the Act3 &amp; 4 Vic. c. 88, s. 20, until discon- 
tinued), was twice read ; and made part of the Bill. 

Another Clause (The separate Police in such 
places (having a —— of 15,000) not to be 
superseded without the authority of the Secretary of 
State), was twice read ; and made part of the Bill. 

Another Clause was offered to be added to the Bill 
(Warrants issued in one jurisdiction may be executed 
in another without being backed) :—And the said 
Clause was brought up, and read the first time. 

A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That the said Clause be now read a second 
time :—And the said Motion and Clause were seve- 
rally, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 

Another Clause was offered to be added to the 
Bill (All horses and carriages required for and ac- 
tually used in the Police Force by any Inspector 


appointed under this Act, or by any chief, head: or 

other Constable of a county or borough, shall be 

exempt from any duty or tax which would other- 
Vow. 111. 


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Q1i 


wise be chargeable under the Acts ees to the 
Duties of Assessed Taxes) :—And the said Clause 
was brought up, and read the first time. 

A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That the said Clause be now read a second 
time :—And the said Motion and Clause were seve- 
rally, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 

Another Clause was offered to be added to'the 
Bill (Provided always, that, after the passing. of this 
Act, the number of Constables appointed and paid 
shall never at any time be less than one per two 
thousand of the inhabitants of every County or Po- 
lice District, or one per thousand of the inhabitants 
of every City or Borough throughout England and 
Wales, according to the last Parliamentary enume- 
ration of the population for the time being):—And 
the said Clause was brought up, and read the first 
time. 

A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That the said Clause be now read a second 
time :—And the said Motion and Clause were seve- 
rally, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 

Another Clause was offered to be added to the 
Bill (In any Borough to which sach sum as afore- 
said shall be paid, the Police whereof shall not have 
been consolidated with that of a County, the head 
Constable or chief of Police of such Borough shall 
have the general disposition and government of all 
Constables appointed therein, and at his pleasure 
may promote, suspend or dismiss all or any of them, 
and no Constable so dismissed shall be re-appointed 
without the consent of the said head Constable or 
chief of Police, any law or statute to the contrary 
notwithstanding) :—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. 

hen Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 

upon Friday next ; and be printed. 


The Annuities (No. 2) Bill was, according 


Committee of the whole House, for Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Poor Law 


reading of the Poor Law Amendment Bill ; 
Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 
Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn; and that 
leave be given to present another Bill instead 
thereof. 


Mr. Bouverie presented a Bill to amend the Laws Poor Law 


for the Relief of the Poor: And the same was se (No 2) Bul 


the first time; and ordered to be read a secon 
time upon Friday the 6th day of June next; and to 
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- Wage and 


mittee of ty and Means; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Grand Jury 


into a Committee on the Grand Jury Assessments 
(Ireland) Bill. . 


(In the Committee.) 


Preamble postponed. 


Cuavsz, N° 1, agreed to. 


EE2 Ciausz, 


to Annuities 
Order, read a second time; and committed to a (No. 2) Bill. 

















212 


Crause, N°2 (Mode of assessing tolls of roads, 
bridges, &amp;c. to grand jury rates and county cess). 
Amendment proposed, in p. 2, Is. 5 and 6; To leave 
out the words “ tolls of roads, bridges, railways, 
“ canals, gas and waterworks, and all other.” 
Question, That the words proposed to be left out 
stand part of the Clause—— put, and agreed to. 
Clause agreed to. 


Crausz, N* 3 (Applotment to be made by County 
Treasurer). 

Amendment proposed, in p. 2, Is. 17 to 19: To 
leave out the words “ and shall be entered in a book 
“ signed by such treasurer, and by him kept open in 
“ his office at all reasonable times for public inspec- 
“ tion.” 

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. 


Crause, N° 4, amended, and agreed to. 


Cuiavsez, N° 5 (Grand Jury to present expenses of 
applotment). 
An Amendment made. 


Another Amendment proposed, in p. 3, 1.19: After 
the word “ reasonable” to insert the words “ and 
“such further sum as the Grand Jury shall deem 
“ sufficient to remunerate the Secretary to the Grand 
“ Jury of the county of Dublin for the responsibility 
“and labour of preparing and making out such ap- 
“ plotment and assessment, and the copies for the 
“« several collectors as aforesaid.” 

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

Clause, as amended, agreed to. 


Cravse, N° 6 (Grand Jury may re-present sums | 


uncollected by reason of change of boundaries, &amp;c.) 
An Amendment made. 


Another Amendment proposed, at the end of the | 


Clanse : To add the following words, “ nor unless a 
“ list or account signed by the collector of all sums 
“ intended to be re-presented, with the dates of the 
“ original presentments under which the same became 
“ due, and the names of the houses, tenements or 
“hereditaments on which the same were originally 
“ applotted, and also the names of the persons pri- 
“ marily liable to pay the same sums, shall have been 
“ left in the office of the treasurer of the county three 
“ weeks at least previous to the first day of the assizes 
“at which the said sums are intended to be re- 
“ presented, which list or account shall at all rea- 
“sonable times be open to the inspection of any 
“ person making application for that purpose without 
“‘ payment of any fee; and it shall be competent for 
“‘ any person interested to object to the re-present- 
“ ment of such sums, or any part thereof, and the 
“ Grand Jury shall, before making the re-present- 
“ ment, hear the objections of such person upon his 
“ applying to be heard.” 

Question proposed, That those words be there 
added :—Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 

Clause, as amended, agreed to. 


Cuiavusg, N° 7 (Assessments on charitable institu- 
tions to be charged on immediate lessor at one-half 
of the rent payable for the same). 

An Amendment made. 

Another Amendment proposed, in p. 4, 1. 11: To 
leave out all the neg es! the word “ rent.” 

Question proposed, That the words proposed to be 
left out stand a of the Clause nae a ent by 
leave, withdrawn. 

Question, That the Clause stand part of the Bill 
put, and negatived. 

Cuavuss, N° 8 (Grand Jury cess to be recovered 
in the same manner as poor rate), 

An Amendment made. 

Question put, That the Clause, as amended, stand 
part of the Bill; 





23° Mait. 





A: 1856. 


The Committee divided. 
Tellers for thef Mr. Hayter, } 97 
Yeas, The Earl of Mulgrave : ‘ 
Tellers for the {Colonel Dunne, 
Noes, Colonel French : 


Vn 
Cravusz, N* 9 (Grand Jury may allow emery e 
rate for collection, not exceeding One shilling in 
the pound). 
An Amendment made. 


Another Amendment proporrds at the end of the 
Clause: To add the following words: “ Provided 
“always, That the Grand Jury shall not present 
“ more than Ninepence in the pound, unless it shall 
“ be proved to the satisfaction of the Judge of Assize, 
“ in open Court, that great difficulties have occurred 
“ in the collection of bas Jury cess in that barony 
“ or district, and still continue to prevail; and any 
&lt; nag” td may traverse any application for more 
“than Ninepence in the pound as collectors’ fees.” 

Question proposed, ‘That those words be there 
added. 

Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 


Clause, as amended, agreed to. 
CravsEs, N° 10 to N* 14, agreed to. 
Cuavusz, N° 15, amended, and agreed to. 
Crauses, N° 16 and N° 17, agreed to. 


Clause (With reference to any sums of Grand 
Jury cess to be presented after the passing of this 
Act, it shall not be lawful to commence any pro- 
ceeding for the recovery of any sum in arrear or 
unpaid against any person not primarily liable to 
pay the same under or by virtue of the presentment 
and applotment thereof, after the expiration of two 
years from the date of such presentment, anything 
in this or any former Act to the contrary notwith- 
standing) brought up, and read 1°. 

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

Whereupon Motion made, and Question, That 
the Chairman do report Progress, and ask leave to 
sit again —— put, and negatived. 

Original Question, That the Clause be read a 





'second time——put, and agreed to. 

Amendments made. 

Another Amendment proposed, in ]. 5 : To leave 
Clause ; 

The Committee divided. 

Tellers for the (Sir Frederick Thesiger, } 96. 

Noes, Colonel Dunne : } va 

Another Amendment made. 

Clause, as amended, agreed to, and added. 
= to divide the same for the purpose of col- 

ection, it shall and may be lawful for the Grand Jury 

to make a presentment for. the purpose of effecting 
portions of the barony; and when such present- 
ment shall be fiated by the Court, the parishes or 
townlands set fortl therein shall, for all purposes 
and it shall be lawful for the Grand Jury, if they 
shall think fit, to appoint one collector for every 
such portion of a barony, and the collector so ap- 
by law with regard to the collector of any barony) 
——brought up, and read 1°, 

Motion made, and Question, That the Clause be 


out “ two,” and insert “ three.” 
Yeas, .Mr. Whiteside : 

Clause (In any case in which, from the extent or 

such division, — forth in such presentment the 
s 

belonging to the duties or functions of the collector, 
be 
pointed for a portion of a barony shall be subject to 
read a second time. 





Question put, That “two” stand part of the 
Tellers for the ¢ Mr. Isaac Butt, 

other circumstances of a barony, it may appear ex- 

parishes or townlands constituting such divisions or 

en to be separate portions of the barony ; 

all the provisions, and have. all the powers in force 

Whereupon Motion made, and eaers ty _ 














19 Vicroria. 


the Chairman do report Progress, and ask leave to 
sit again———put, and negatived. 

Clause 2°, and added. 

Clause (And whereas the present collector of the 
barony of Rathdown, in the county of Dublin, 
holding his office under the Act of seventh and 
eighth Victoria, chapter one hundred and six, has 
discharged the duties of collector in such barony 
for a period of thirty-four years, and the emolu- 
ments of his office would be materially diminished 
by the division of such barony, and it is just and 
reasonable, from the length of his services, that the 
Grand Jury of ‘the said county of Dublin should 
have power to superannuate the said collector, it 
shall Be lawful for the Grand Jury of the. said 
county, at any presenting term, to fix and deter- 
mine the superannuation allowance of the said col- 
lector at a sum not exceeding three-fourths of the 
average fees received by him for the seven years 
prior to his superannuation; and from and after 
such superannuation allowance being so fixed, it 
shall be lawful for the Grand Jury of the said 
county, and they are —— required, at each pre- 
senting term, during the hfe of the said collector, 
without previous application at presentment ses- 
sions, to present to be raised off the said barony, or 
the county at large, the amount of such superan- 
nuation allowance)——brought up, and read 1°. 

Motion made, and Question, That the Clause be 
read a second time——put, and negatived. 

Another Clause added. 

Clause (Whereas by the Summary Jurisdiction 
(Ireland) Act, 1851, provision is made for the pu- 
nishment of offences on or relating to public roads 
in Ireland; and whereas it is expedient to make 
further provision for the protection of such roads 
from injury; be it enacted, That any road con- 
tractor, or other person who, without the authority 
of a presentment, or the consent of the county sur- 
veyor, shall cut any sods or turf on the sides, fences, 
or any other part of any public road, or dig, raise, 
or carry away any sods, turf, earth, clay, stones, 
gravel, or other material from the sides or fences or 
any other part of any public road, to the injury 
thereof, shall be liable to a fine not exceeding Forty 
shillings, or be imprisoned for any term not ex- 
ceeding Two months, anything in section nine of 
the said Summary Jurisdiction (Jreland) Act, 1851, 
to the contrary notwithstanding) —— brought up, 
and read 1°; but not being relevant to the subject- 
matter of the Bill, the Chairman declined to put the 
Question, That the Clause be read a second time. 

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 ; and be printed. 


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


Sabbati, 24° die Maii, 1856: 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
- reading of the Coalwhippers (Port of London) Bill ; 


Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Friday next. 


yise-President The Order of the day being read, for the second 
of Committee reading of the Vice-President of Committee of 


Rancation Bij, Council on Education Bill; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday the 2d day of June next. 


Juries (Ire. 
lod) Bal 


_ The Order of the day being read, for resuming 
— Debate on the Amendment which, 
OL. 111, 


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213 


upon the 24th day of April last, was so to be 
made to the Question, That the labo (Ireland) Bill 
be now read a second time ; 

Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 
till Monday next. : 


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

. t 1 i iw 
Bile on the Courts of Common Law (Jreland) (ireland) 2) Bil. 

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


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

mittee on the Prisons (Iveland} Bill; land) Bi 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 

next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Burial- 
mittee on the Burial-grounds (Jreland) Bill ; ey ge 

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


The Order of the day being read, for the second Bankruptcy 
i and Insoiven 
Bal; of the Bankruptcy and Insolvency (Zreland) (Ireland) bond 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Come Joint Stock 
mittee on the Joint Stock Companies Bill ; Companies 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday _ 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Wills and Ad- 
reading of the Wills and Administrations Bill ; — 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Friday next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself West India 
into a Committee on the West India Loans Bill ; Loans Bill. 
and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker re- Bill 148. 
sumed the Chair; and Mr. FitzRoy reported, That 
the Committee had gone through the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a Com- 
mittee of the whole House, for Monday next. 


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

mittee on the Vaccination 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 Lunatic 
reading of the Lunatic Asylums (Jreland) Bill ; Graiand) Bill. 
Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 
Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn; and that 
leave be given to present another Bill instead 
thereof. 


Mr. Horsman presented a Bill to explain and Lunatic Asy- 
amend the Acts relating to Lunatic Asylums in Jre- (No. Bil 
land: And the same was read the first time; and Bill “0 
ordered to be read a second time upon Fridaynext; ™ ? 
and to be printed. 


The Order of the day bei 
mittee on the Pawnbrokers Bil 

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


read, for the Com~ Pawnbrokers 
F Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Testamentary 
reading of the Testamentary and Matrimonial Juris- pnd gt 
diction Bill ; diction Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Partneeship 
—e of the Partnership Amendment (No: 2) (No. 2) Bill. 
: EE3 Ordered, 



























214 


Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Monday next. 


‘Poor Law The Order of the day being read, for the second 
(Scotland) Bil reading of the Poor Law Amendment (Scotland) 
Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Monday next. 


Factories Bill The House, according to Order, proceeded to take 
into consideration the Rocosies Bill, as amended io 
the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon 
Tuesday next. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take 
Schools (Scot- into consideration the Reformatory Schools (Scot- 
land) Bill, as amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon 
Monday next. 


Fire In- The Fire Insurances Bill was, according to Order, 
surances 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. 


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

Exchequer mittee on the Court of von Be (Scotland) Bill ; 

(Scotland) Bal, Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


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

Works (Ire- mittee on the Transfer of Works (Jreland) Bill ; 

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


Agricultural | The Order of the day being read, for the second 
Statistics Bill. reading of the Agricultural Statistics Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 


Friday next. 
Scotch and The Order for reading a second time, upon Mon- 
Irish Pauper day next, the Scotch and Jrish Pauper Removals 
Removale Bill. Bill, was read, and discharged. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Friday the 6th day of June next. 
London Cor- = The Order for reading a second time, upon Mon- 


poration Bill. day next, the London Corporation Bill, was read, 
and discharged. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Monday the 2d day of June next. 


Sleeping The Order for reading the third time, upon Thurs- 
Statutes Bill. day next, the Sleeping Statutes Bill, was read, and 
discharged. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon 
Friday next. 
Judicial The Order for the House to resolve itself into a 
Procedure, &amp;c. Committee, upon Thursday next, on the Judicial 


(Scotland) Bill. Procedure, &amp;c. (Scotland) Bill, was read, and dis- 
charged. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
, That a Select Committee be appointed to 
inquire into the mode in which the Persons now 
holding the Offices of Her Majesty's Principal 
Secretaries of State have been appointed, and into 
the operation of the Stamp Act 55 Geo. 3, c. 104, 
so far as it affects Appointments to Offices and 
Employments under the Crown:—And the said 
Motion was, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 


Secretaries 
of State. 


The Select Committee on Public Departments was 
Departments. nominated of Sir Benjamin Hall, Lord John Man- 





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26° Maii. A, 1856. 


ners, Mr. Cardwell, Mr. Disraeli, Mr, Henry Ba- 
ring, Sir Archibald Campbell, Mr. Archibald Hastie, 
Lord Claud Hamilton, Mr. Ellice, Mr. Ker Seymer, 
Earl Grosvenor, Mr. Jackson, Colonel Greville, Mr. 
Stirling and Mr. Holford; with Power to send for 
persons, rs and records. 

Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to Gaols, &gt;. 
amend the Act 4 Geo. 4, c. 64, for consolidating and 
amending the Laws relating to the building, repair- 
ing and regulating of certain Gaols and Houses of 
Correction in England and Wales: And that Mr. 
Bowyer, Mr. Montagu Chambers, Mr. Hadfield and 
Mr. Barnes do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to putin 
repeal and amend certain Laws and Statutes relating University, 
to the University of Dublin: And that Mr. Napier 
— Mr. George Alexander Hamilton do prepare, and 

ring it m. 


Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed Rating of 
to inquire into the Law and Practice with respect Mines. 
to the Rating of Mines. 


Mr. Napier presented a Bill to repeal and amend pubiin 
certain Laws and Statutes relating to the Univer- University 
sity of Dublin: And the same was read the first Bil 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time upon Bill 150. 
Friday next ; and to be printed. 


The House was moved, That the several Acts Excise. 
imposing Duties of Excise, might be read ; and the 
same being read; 

por | That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into a Committee to consider the 
said Acts. 


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, 26° die Maii ; 
Anno 19° Victorie Regine, 1856. 
PRAYERS. 


M R. Liddell reported from the Select Committee Public 
on Public Petitions ; That they had examined —, 
the Petitions presented upon the 22d and 23d days ,.n+n ) 
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. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Wainmar's 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, Estate Bill 
That in the case of Wainman’s Estate Bill, no 
Standing Orders are applicable. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Llanidloes 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Llanid- aha = 
loes and Newtown 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 
— to the Amendments made by their Lord- 
ships. 


A Motion being made, That the Ely Tidal Har- Ely Tidal 
bour and Railway Bill be now read the third time ; Harbour sit 
Mr. FitzRoy, by Her Majesty’s Command, ac- 
quainted the House, That Her Majesty, having been 
informed of the rt 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. 
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19 Vicroriz. 


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 dee carry the Bill to the 


Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Glasgow a 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. 


Glasgow 
Paving Bill. 


London, A Motion being made, That the London, Tilbury 
qibury and and Southend Railway (Extension and Branches) 
Southend ~—- Bill be now read the third time ; 
baw OT Mr. FitzRoy, by Her Majesty’s Command, ac- 
Branches) Bill. quainted the House, That Her Majesty, having been 
informed of the purport of the Bill, gives Her Con- 
sent, as far as Her Majesty’s interest is concerned, 
that the House may do therein as they shall think 
fit. 
Then the Bill was read the third time. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. ~ 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


vale of Clwyd A Motion being made, That the Vale of Clwyd 
failway Bill. 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. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

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


Aberdeen and The Order of the day being read, for the third 
cottish Mid- reading of the Aberdeen and Scottish Midland Junc- 
lund Junction tion Railway Companies Amalgamation Bill ; 


berg Orderéd, That the said Order be discharged. 

gmation Bill. Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to the 
former Committee. 

Bardney,&amp;c. | The House proceeded to take into consideration 


Dminage Bill. the Bardney, &amp;c. Drainage Bill, as amended in the 
Committee ; and Amendments were made to the 
Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Bawtry and The House proceeded to take into consideration 
puty Road the Bawtry and Tinsley Road Bill, as amended in 
the Committee ; and an Amendment was made to 
the Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Middles. The House proceeded to take into consideration 
—, the Middlesbrough Extension and Improvement Bill, 


Inprovement as amended in the Committee. ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 

re ath the Penrith and Cockermouth Roads Bill, as amended 

in the Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


agten The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Woot Ree} the Rotherham and Barnby Moor Road Bill, as 
Bill amended in the Committee. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 
Stockton and 
ind Nene 
Newcastle 
wd Carlisle 
Union Rail. 


Ordered, That the Stockton and Darlington and 
Newcastle and Carlisle Union Railway Bill, as 
amended in the Committee, be taken into considera- 
tion To-morrow. pee 


Orderéd, That Standing Order No. 197 be dis- 


vay 

Severn 

Inprovemen a ~ with; and that the Examiners of Petitions 

Commission, pet isa Bills have leave to sit and proceed forth- 
— Vou.111, 


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215 


with with the Petition for the Severn Navigation 
Improvement Commission Bill. 


Sir John Walsh reported the Gloucester Gas Gloucester 
(No. 2) Bill, with Amendments. Gas (No. 2) 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. — 


Sir John Walsh reported from the Committee on Grand Junc- 
Group J. of Private Bills; That in the case of the tion Water 
Grand Junction Water Bill, they had examined the Bi 
allegations contained in the Preamble of the Bill, 
and amended the same, by making certain 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. Hugh Adair reported from the Committee Worcester 
on Group 7 of Railway Bills; That the Parties 2nd Hereford 
—— the Worcester and Hereford Railway Bill pany oe. 

ad stated to the Committee, that it was not their 
intention to proceed with the same. 

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


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from geyern 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, a em ; 
in respect of non-compliance with the Standing “™Provemen 
Dedeas te the case of bie Petition for the Saas” , 
Navigation Improvement Commission Bill. 

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


A Petition of the Severn Commissioners for gevern 
leave to bring in a Bill to render more effectual the Navigation 
Powers of raising Money io by “ The Severn Na- l=provement 

Sad as: 50 Commission. 
vigation Act, 1853,” and for other purposes, was 
presented, and read; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Standing Orders, 


Petitions relating to the British Museum, &amp;c. ;— pypiic 

Church Rates ;— Church Rates Abolition Bill ; — Petitions. 
Lord’s Day ;—Maynooth College Act ;—Religious .. de Thirt 
Endowments (Ireland) ;—Tithe Rent-charge ;—Fire eighth Dawe. 
Insurance ;—Billeting Soldiers ;—Commercial Re- 
lations with Turkey ;—Education (Ireland) ;—Edu- 
cation (Scotland) Bill ;—Education (Scotland) Bill, - 
and Parochial Schools (Scotland) Bill ;—Factories 
Bill;—Hay and Straw ;—Human Race ;—Leases 
and Sales of Settled Estates Bill ;—LZondon Corpo- 
ration Bill;—Nuisances Removal, &amp;c. (Scotland) 
Bill ;— Parochial Schools (Scotland) ; — Parochial. 
Schools (Scotland) Bill; — Police (Counties and 
Boroughs) Bill;—Poor Law Amendment Bill ;— 
Public-houses (Scotland) Act ;—Scotch and Irish 
Pauper Removals Bill;— Vaccination Bill;— Wages; 
—Wee Pawns, &amp;c. (Scotland);—and, Wills and 
Administrations Bill,—weré presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition relatmg to the Medical Profession 
Bill, was also presented, and read; and referred to 
the Select Committee on the Bill. 

A Petition relating to Local Dues on Shipping, 
was also presented, and read; and referred to the 
Select Committee on Local Charges upon Shipping. 


Mr, Lowe presented, by Her Majesty’s Command, Trade and 
—Accvunts relating to Trade and Navigation, for Navigation. 
the Month ended 30th April 1856, and Four Months No.39. 
ended 30th April 1856. . 

Mr. Lowe also presented,—Return. to an Order, Coalwhippers 
dated the 20th day of this instant May, for Returns (P wy 
of the Number of Coalwhippérs registered at the pans 
Coalwhippers’ Office, during each year from the 4th 
day of Fobeuasy 1844 to the 4th day of February 
1856 :—Of the greatest Number of Gangs, or Work- 
ing Parties, of Coalwhippers on the Books of the 
Office at any Period in each of the said years :—Of 
the Average Price per Ton charged for discharging 
Coal by the said hippers in’ each year — 

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Local Acts. 
No. 41. 


Statistics. 


Railway Bills 
(Group 3.) 


Gaols, &amp;c. 
Bill. 


Bill 151. 


Joint Stock 
ompanies 
Bill. 


Bill 152. 


216 


the Number of Offers, and the Average Price, of 
Payment for discharging Coals made to the Coal- 
whippers under the said Office, and refused by them, 
in each year :—Of the Gross Sum paid through the 
Office for discharging Coals ; the Average Earnings 
per Week of each Man; and the Average Number 
of Days per Week each Man was employed, for the 
same years :—Of the Number of Ships laden with 
Coal entering the Port of London, and the Number 
thereof discharged by Coalwhippers under the said 
Office, in each year :—Of the Sum collected in each 
year from the Wages of the Coalwhippers under 
the Office, and the Rate thereof on their Wages, 
towards the Expenses of the Office :—And, of the 
Number of Summonses issued, by or at the instance 
of the Office, for Infringements of the Coalwhippers 
Acts, and of Convictions thereon, in each year. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table ; and that the Accounts relating to Trade and 
Navigation be printed. 


Mr. Osborne presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand,—Further Reports from the Admiralty relative 
to applications for Local Acts. 

dered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table ; and be printed. 


Mr. Secretary Labouchere presented, by Her Ma- 
jesty’s Command,—Copy of Sixteenth General Re- 

rt of the Emigration Commissioners. 

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


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this House, 
Copies of Letters from Viscount Ebrington to Vis- 
count Palmerston on the present state of Statistical 
Organization :—And from Professor Leoni Levi to 
A. W. Fonblanque, Esquire, of the Board of Trade, 
on Judicial Statistics. 

Ordered, That 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 William Somerville reported from the Com- 
mittee on Group No. 3 of Railway Bills; That to 
meet the convenience of Partiesprosecuting Bills 
before them, the Committee had spew till Mon- 
day next, the 2d day of June, at Twelve o'clock. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Bowyer presented a Bill to amend the Act 
4 Geo. 4, c. 64, for consolidating and amending the 
Laws relating to the building, repairing and re- 

lating of certain Gaols and Houses of Correction 
in England and Wales: And the same was read the 
first time ; and ordered to be read a second time upon 
Friday next ; and to be printed. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Joint Stock Companies Bill ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
proposed, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the Chair ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word “ That ” to 
the end of the Question, in order to add the words 
“‘ this House will, upon this day six months, resolve 
“ itself into the said Committee,” instead thereof. 

And the Question being put, That the words pro- 
posed to be left out stand part of the Question :—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. 
Cravszs, N° 1 to N° 4, agreed to. 


26° Maii. 








A. 1856. 


Crausz, N* 5 (Matters required to be prescribed 
by memorandum of association). 

Amendments made. 

Another Amendment pro ,in p. 2, Ll. 21: 
After the word “ Company” to add the words “ to 
“ be stated with the number of calls, the amount of 
“ each call, and the time of payment.” 

Question, That those words be there added—— 


put, and negatived. 
Another Amendment proposed, in 1, 23: After the 
word “share” to insert the words “ and the amount 


“ paid up on each share, if any.” 

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

Another Amendment proposed, in p. 2, |. 23 : To 
leave out from the words “ subject to” to the end of 
the Clause. 

Question, That the words proposed to be left out 
stand part of the Clause—— put, and agreed to. 

CuauseE, as amended, agreed to. 

Cuauszs, N° 6 to N° 13, agreed to. 

Cuause, N° 14, amended, and agreed to. 

Cause, N° 15, agreed to. 

Cuiausz, N° 16, amended, and agreed to. 

Cuavuses, N* 17 and N° 18, agreed to. 

Crausg, N° 19 (Transfer of shares). 


Amendment proposed, in p. 5, 1. 38: To add the 
following words: “ Provided always, That any share- 
“holder may transfer his share or shares to the 
“Company, as in the form marked F., and the 
“ Chairman of Directors shall accept the said trans- 
“ fer on behalf of the Company : the value of the 
“ property of the Company shall be paid to the 
“ transferror in proportion to the number of shares 
“as per balance 72a, Table B., such payment to be 
“ made within fourteen days after the next annual 
“account has been passed by the auditor, deduct- 
“ing therefrom all debts due to the Company by 
“the transferror, the transferror to remain Viable in 
“ the same manner as if he had sold hi® share or 
“ shares, according to the provisions of this Act.” 

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

Clause agreed to. 

Cravszs, N° 20 to N° 23, agreed to. 

Cravuse, N° 24 (Remedy for improper entry, or 
omission of entry, in register). 

Amendment proposed, in p. 6, 1. 32: To leave 
out the word “ Company,” and insert the word 
“ Directors.” 

Question, That the word “ Company” stand part 
of the Clause—— put, and agreed to. 

Clause agreed to. 

Cravses, N° 25 to N° 28, agreed to. 

Crausz, N° 29 (Regulations to be observed by a 
limited Company). 

Amendment proposed, in p. 7, 1. 20: To leave 
out from the word “ Company” to the end of the 
Clause. 

Question, That the words proposed to be left out 
stand part of the Clause——put, and agreed to. 

Amendments made. 

Another Amendment proposed, in p. 7, 1. 22: 


After the word “ invoices” to insert the word 
“ letters.” 
Question put, ‘That the word “ letters” be there 


inserted ; 
The Committee divided. 
Tellers for thes Mr. Brown, 
Yeas, Mr. Gurney : 
Tellers for the f Mr. Hayter, 
Noes, |The Earl of Mulgrave : 
Amendments made. 
Clause, as amended, agreed to, 
Cuavsg, N° 30, amended, and agreed to. 
Cravses, N° 31 and N° 32, agreed to. 
Cxravse, N° 33, amended, and agreed to. 
Causes, 


Use. 


‘. 


Partnership 
Amendment 
(No. 2) Bill. 


19: Vicrorix. 


Cuiauses, N° 34 to N° 36, agreed to. 
Cuavse, N* 37, amended, and agreed to. 
Cuavsz, N° 38, agreed to. 

Curavusez, N° 39 (Rules as to contracts). 


Amendment proposed, in p. 9, 1.41: To leave 
out the words “ express or implied,” and insert the 


word * written.” 


Question, That the words proposed to be left out, 





stand part of the Clause 
Clause agreed to. 


Crauszs, N° 40 to N° 57, agreed to. 
Cuause, N° 58, amended, and agreed to. 
Cuavusss, N° 59 to N° 62, agreed to. 
Crause, N° 63, amended, and agreed to. 
Cuause, N° 64, agreed to. 

Crause, N° 65, amended, and agreed to. 
Cuausss, N° 66 to N° 81, agreed to. 


put, and agreed to. 


Cuause, N°82 (Appointment of official liquida- 


tors). 


Question put, That the Clause stand part of the 


Bill; 
The Committee divided. 
Tellers for thef Mr. Hayter, 


1 131 
Yeas, |The Ear! of Mulyrave: J ’ 
Tellers for thes Mr. Horsfadl, 1 50 
Noes, UMr. Spooner : | ew 


Cravusts, N° 83 to N° 97, agreed to. 
Cuause, N° 98, amended, and agreed to. 
Cravuseg, N° 99, agreed to. 

Cravuse, N° 100, amended, and agreed to. 


Crauses, N° 101 to N° 110, agreed to. 
Clauses added. 

Schedule A., amended, and agreed to. 
Paragraph 41, amended, and agreed to. 
Table B., amended, and agreed to. 
Form ©., amended, and agreed to. 
Table D., agreed to. 

Forms E., F., G., H., 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 Friday next ; 
and be printed. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Partnership Amendment (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 ; 


And the House having continued to sit till after 


Twelve of the clock on Tuesday morning ; 


Martis, 27° die Mati, 1856: 


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. Kirk, 1 25 
Yeas, Mr. William Brown : | ew 
Tellers for the; Mr. Hayter, lizo 
Noes, (The Earl of Mulgrave: fo’ 


So it passed in the Negative. 
Von. 111. 





96°—27° Mazz. 





217 


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 t~4 Hayter, 1 97 
Yeas, The Earl of Mulgrave: Jf ~" 
Tellers for the (Mr. Archibald Hastie, | 66 


Noes, Mr. Gregson: 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 Friday next. 


Sir William Fenwick Williams’ Annuity Bill was, sir William 
according to Order, read a second time ; and com- Fenwick 


é ; -_ Williams’ 
a to a Committee of the whole House, for this Annuity Bill. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Annuities 
into a Committee on the Annuities (No. 2) Bill; and, (N° 2) 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 this 

day, at half past Four o’clock. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Drainage 
reading of the Drainage (Ireland) Bill; (Ireland) Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 

upon Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming the Parochial 
adjourned Debate on the Question proposed upon a 
the 25th day of April last, That the Parochial Schools om 
(Scotland) 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 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 

Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Joint Stock 
reading of the Joint Stock Companies Winding-up Companies 
Acts Amendment Bill ; prima. in A 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon ment Bill. 


Friday next. 


The Public Health Supplemental Bill was, ac- Public Health 
cording to Order, read a second time; and com- Supplemental 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for Fri- ”'™ 

day next. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take Oath of 
into consideration the Oath of Abjuration Bill, as Abjuration 
amended in the Committee. a 
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 Sup ly ; 

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 taking into Grand Jury 
consideration the Grand Jury Assessments (Jreland) nee wget 
Bill, as amended in the Committee ; ep a 
Ordered, That the Bill be taken into consideration 





upon Monday next. 
FFP The 








Juries (Ire- 
land) Bili. 


Courts of 
Common Law 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Prisons (Ire- 
land) Bill. 


Burial- 
grounds (Ire. 
land) Bill. 


Bankruptcy 
and Insolvency 
(Ireland) Bill. 


West India 
Loans Bill. 


Pawnbrokers 
Bill. 


Testamentary 
and Matri- 
monial Juris- 
diction Bill. 


Poor Law 
Amendment 
(Scotland) Bill. 


Reformatory 
Schools (Scot- 
land) Bill. 


Transfer of 
Works (Tre- 
land) Bill. 


Excise. 


218 26°—27° Maii. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming the 
adjourned Debate on the Amendment which, upon 
the 24th day of April last, was proposed to be made 
to the Question, 'That the Juries (Jreland) Bill be 
now read a second time ; 

Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 
till Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Courts of Common Law (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 Prisons (Jreland) Bill; 

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


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Burial-grounds (/re/and) Bill ; 

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


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Bankruptcy and Insolvency (Ireland) 

Ml; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Friday the 6th day of June next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the West India Loans Bill ; 

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


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on the Pawnbrokers 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 Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Testamentary and Matrimonial Ju- 
risdiction 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 Poor Law Amendment (Scotland) 
Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Friday next. 


The Reformatory Schools (Scotland) 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 Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Transfer of Works (/reland) Bill; 

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


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on the Excise Acts. 


(In the Committee.) 


1. Resolved, That the rates of Drawback granted 
and specified in Schedule (B.) of the Act 17 &amp; 18 
Vic. c. 27, on beer exported from any part of the 
United Kingdom to foreign parts as merchandise, 
shall continue to be allowed and paid in respect of 
all beer brewed between the 8th day of May 1854 
and the 6th day of July 1856, and which shall be 
duly exported as aforesaid at any time before the 
6th day of July 1857. 


A. 1856. 


2. Resolved, That in respect of all beer brewed at 
any other time than as in the preceding Resolution 
mentioned, whensoever the same shall be exported, 
and in respect of all beer which shall be exported at 
any time after the 5th day of July 1857, whensoever 
the same may have been brewed, the following rates 
of eunbeck shall be allowed and paid in lieu of 
all other Drawbacks on such beer (that is to say), 


For and upon every barrel of thirty-six gallons, and 
so in proportion for any greater quantity of beer brewed 
or made by any entered or licensed brewer of beer for 
sale in the United Kingdom, in the brewing of which 
beer the worts used before fermentation were of the spe- 
cific gravity hereinafter mentioned, the following rates 
of Drawback (that is to say), 











If 9 in sposeay sn, — Drawback per Barrel. 

s &amp; 

1041° 4 1 

1054° 56 § 

1068° 6 9 

1081° 8 1 

1095° 9 6 

1108°¢ 10 10 

1122° 12 2 





3. Resolved, That, from and after the 5th day of 
July 1856, the duty of Excise on sugar used in the 
brewing or making of beer, gianted by the Act 18 
Vic. c. 22, shall cease and determine until the 5th 
day of April 1858, after which date an Excise duty 
of 2s. 4d. per cwt. shall be again charged on all 
sugar used in brewing. 

4. Resolved, That there shall be paid or allowed 
to every maltster or maker of malt for sale, and to 
every dealer in or seller or retailer of malt, and to 
every roaster of malt, licensed brewer and vinegar 
maker, respectively, for all dry unground malt, to be 
produced to and taken account of by the proper 
Officer of Excise, between the 8d and 5th days of 
July 1856, both days inclusive, as the stock and in 
the custody and possession of such maltster or maker 
of malt for sale, dealer in or seller or retailer of malt, 
roaster of malt, licensed brewer and vinegar maker, 
respectively, and for which the full duties of Excise 
shall have been paid or charged, the several allow- 
ances and sums of money following (that is to say), 

For every bushel of such malt made in England from 
barley or any other corn or grain, One shilling and three- 
pence halfpenny ; 

For every bushel of such malt made in Scotland or Ire- 
land from barley or any other corn or grain, except bear 
or bigg, One shilling and three-pence halfpenny ; 

And for every bushel of such malt made in Scotland 
or Ireland from bear or bigg only, without any mixture 
of barley or any other corn or grain therewith, One 
shilling. 

Provided always, That from the quantity ascertained 
by gauge or measurement of all brown or porter 
malt, and roasted or black malt, there shall be de- 
ducted 20 per cent. for the sweil and increase thereof 
over the quantity of such malt charged with duty, 
and the allowance shall be computed only on the 
remainder after making such deduction. 

5. Resolved, That it is expedient to amend the 
law relating to malt roasters. 


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. 


mittee on the Advowsons Bill; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


into consideration the Reformatory and Industrial 
Schools Bill, as amended in the Committee: The 
Bill was re-c ommitted to a Committee of the whole 








House :— 


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


The Order of the day being read, for taking Reformatory 


= ew — Be 4 a 


3 ete BO &amp;. Fe OD 


Smal 


at he es 


— &amp; ee 


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Formation, &amp;c. 


of Parishes 
Bill. 


Procedure and 


Evidence Bill. 


Bleaching, 
&amp;c. Works 
(No. 2) Bill. 


Message from 
the Lords, 


Smoke 
Nuisance 
Abatement 
(Metropolis) 
Act, 1853, 
Amendment 
Bill. 
Transporta- 
tion, 


Burial Acts 
Amendment, 


Tithe Com- 
— 

nt-charge 
Bill, 


Public Health 
Amendment 
Bill. 


Bill 154, 


Burial Acts 
Amendment 
Bill, 

Bill 155, 


Plumstead 
Parish, 


No, 241, 


Lunatics, 
_No, 242, 


19 Vicroriz. 


House :—The House immediately 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 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 
upon Friday next ; and be printed. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Formation, &amp;c. of Parishes Bill; 

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


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Procedure and Evidence Bill ; 

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


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Bleaching, &amp;c. Works (No. 2) Bill;, 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday 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 amend the Smoke Nuisance Abatement (Metro- 
polis) Act, 1853; to which 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 
Report from the Select Committee appointed by this 
House in the present Session of Parliament on 
Transportation, together with the Minutes of Evi- 
dence taken before the said Committee, and the Ap- 
pendix and Index thereto. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
amend the Burial Acts: And that Mr. Massey and 
Sir George Grey do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That Mr. Poulett Scrope be added to 
the Select Committee on the Tithe Commutation 
Rent-charge Bill. 


Mr. Cowper presented a Bill to amend the Public 
Health Act, 1848: And the same was read the 
first time ; and ordered to be read a second time 
upon Friday the 6th day of June next; and to be 
printed. 


Mr. Massey presented a Bill to amend the Burial 
Acts: 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 Return relative to Plumstead 
Parish, which was presented upon the 22d day of 
this instant May, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Lunatics, 
which was presented upon the 23d day of this in- 
stant May, be printed. 


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till Two of the clock on Tuesday morning, 
adjourned till this day. 








26°—97° Maiz. 219 


Martis, 27° die Maii ; 
Anno 19° Victoria Regine, 1856. 
PRAYERS. 


M R. FitzRoy reported the North British Rail- North British 

way Bill, with Amendments. Railway Bill. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 

and be printed. 


Mr. FitzRoy reported the Castle Douglas and Castle Douglas 
Dumfries Railway Bill, with Amendments. ag 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; ’ 
and be printed. 


Mr. FitzRoy reported from the Committee on Salisbury Mar- 
the Salisbury Market Branch Railway and Market ——, 4 
House Bill; That they had examined the allegations Market} Hous 
contained in the Preamble of the Bill, and, in ad- Bill. 
dition to certain verbal alterations therein, had 
amended the same, by striking out the recital as to 
laying down the gauge of 7 feet; 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 Clay Cross 
Clay Cross Water Bill; That they had examined the Water Bill. 
allegations contained in the Preamble of the Bill, 
and amended the same verbally; and found the 
same, as amended, to be true ; and had gone through 
the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. FitzRoy reported Swinnerton’s Name Bill, Swinnerton’s 
without Amendment. Name Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Mr. FitzRoy reported from the Committee on Clarke 
Clarke Thornhill’s Estate Bill; That they had rear = 
4 = = 4 state Bill. 
examined the allegations contained in the Pream- 
ble 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. FitzRoy reported the Sittingbourne and Sittingbourne 
Sheerness Railway Bill, with Amendments. . Ralivar Bile 
Ordered, ‘That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Mr. Strutt reported the Forest of Dean Central Forest of Dean 
Railway Bill, with Amendments. a 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; . 
and be printed. 


Mr. Wrightson reported from the Committee on Private Bills 
Group P. of Private Bills; That on the application (Group P-) 
of the promoters of the Bill before them, the Com- 
mittee had adjourned till Friday next, at Three 
o'clock. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Sir William Clay reported from the Committee on Private Bills 
Group M. of Private Bills; That the Parties oppo- (Group M.) 
sing the Birkenhead Docks Bill had stated to the 
Committee, that the Evidence of John Hawkshaw 
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 

ohn Hawkshaw do attend the said Committee on 
Friday the 30th day of May, at Twelve of the 
clock. 
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220 


Ordered, That John Hawkshaw do attend the said 
Committee upon Friday next, at Twelve o’clock. 


Mayboleand Mr. Lascelles reported the Maybole and Girvan 

— Railway Bill, with Amendments. 

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

Epsom and Mr. Lascelles reported the Epsom and Leatherhead 


Leatherhead Railway Bill, with Amendments. 
Hailway Bill. “Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Mr. Lascelles reported trom the Committee on 
Group 2 of Railway Bills; That on the application 
of the Parties before them, the Committee had ad- 
journed till Monday next, at One o’clock. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Railway Bills 
«Group 2.) 


Railway Bills Mr. Lascelles reported from the Committee on 


(Group 2.) Group 2 of Railway Bills; That Mr. Hutt, one of 
the Members of the said Committee, was not present 
during the sitting of the Committee this day. 

Ordered, That Mr. Hutt do attend the said Com- 
mittee upon Monday next, at One o'clock. 

Hampstead The Hampstead Junction Railway Bill was read 

Junction 


the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, Vhat the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Railway Bill. 


London Dio- Ordered, That the London Diocesan Church 
cesan Church Building Society Bill, as amended in the Committee, 


Buildi " . 4 
Society” Bill. be taken into consideration upon Monday next. 
London and The House proceeded to take into consideration 


North Western the London and North Western Railway Bill, as 
Railway Bill. amended in the Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take intu consideration 
the Monmouth Roads Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee. 

Ordered, ‘That the Bill be read the third time. 


Monmouth 
Roads Bill. 


Morayshire 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Railway Bill. 


the Morayshire Railway Bill, as amended in the 
Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Oxford, Wor- The House proceeded to take into consideration 


oe the Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway 
ton Railway (Additional Capital, &amp;c.) Bill, as amended in the 
(Addition Committee. 


— &amp;e.) Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Stockton and 
Darlington, 
and Newcastle 
and Carlisle 
Union Rail- 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take 
into consideration the Stockton and Darlington and 
Newcastle and Carlisle Union Railway Bill, as 
amended in the Committee. 


way Bill. Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 
Wainman's Wainman's Estate Bill was read a second time; 
Estate Bill. and committed. 

Public Petitions relating to the British Museum, &amp;c. ;— 
Petitious. 


Cambridge University ;— Cambridge University Bill ; 
Vide Thirty. —Church of Jreland;—Church Rates ;— Lord’s 
eighth Report. Day ;—Religious Endowments (Jre/and) ;—Roman 
Catholic Relief Act ;—Factories Bill;— Juvenile 
Offenders ;— Juvenile Offenders (Jreland) Bill;— 
Nuisances Removal, &amp;c. (Scotland) Bill :—Paro- 
chial Schools (Scotland) Bill;—Poor Law Amend- 
ment Bill; Poor Law (Jreland) ;— Scotch and 


97° Muze. 





A. 1856. 


Irish Pauper Removais Bill ;— Scotch and Irish 
Pauper Removals ;—Wages ;—aad, Wills and Ad- 
ministrations Bill,—were presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Paupers 
a Return of the Number of Paupers employed from (Metropolis, 
the 1st day of May 1855 to the ist day of May 1856, 
by the Guardians of each of the Metropolitan Pa- 
rishes, in cleansing the Streets; the Number of Days 
in the year they have been so employed; and the 
Amount of Pay they have received. 


The Annuities (No. 2) Bill was, according to Annuities 
Order, read the third time. (No. 2) Bill, 
Resolved, ‘That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act for raising the further Sum of Five 
millions by way of Annuities. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, an Hereditary 
Account showing the particulars of the Hereditary Pensions 
‘Pensions which have been redeemed in the - year *te™ption 
ending the 31st day of March 1856, by an issue of 
£.213,177. 1s. 2d.; the Principle on which such 
Redemption Money was calculated :—And, Copies 
of any Minutes by which the issue of Public Money 
has been directed for the Redemption of Hereditary 
Pensions. 





Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Public Income 
jan Account of the Public Income and Expenditure ®04 Expen- 
of the United Kingdom, in the years ending the 31st 
| day of March 1855 and 1856; distinguishing the 
| Actual Payments for the Expenses incurred in the 
Collection and Management of the Revenue ; for the 
Charges of the Public DeLt (the Terminable Annui- 
ties 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 Establishment of the Lord Lieute- 
nant of Jreland; the Expenses of the Two Houses 
of Parliament, and the Civil Departments ; the other 
Pensions on the Consolidated Fund, on the Gross 
Revenue and the Civil List; also the Payments for 
the Administration of Justice, Diplomatic Expenses, 
and on account of the Sums voted for the Army, 
Navy, Ordnance and Miscellaneous Services; also 
Public Works, Bounties, Post Office, the Quaran- 
tine and Warehouse Establishments ; and all other 
Payments not coming under any of the foregoing 
Heads; with an Appendix, showing the several items 
composing each Head of the Account (in continua- 
tion of Parliamentary Paper, No. 453, of Session 
1855). 





Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Music in 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased — 
| to give directions, that there be laid before this House, 
| a Copy of Correspondence between the Archbishop 
| of Canterbury and the First Lord of the Treasury on 
'the Suppression of Music in Kensington Gardens on 
| Sundays. 
| Ordered, That 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 Light Duties 

to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously — 
to give directions, that there be laid before this House, 
'a Return showing the Total Amount received for 
| Light Duties in the United Kingdom in the year 
1855 ; distinguishing those from Over-Sea Ships from 
those engaged in the Coasting Trade. 

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


Council. 
| Ordered, 











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19 Vicrortz. 


Leave of 
‘Absence. for a month, on account of illness in his family. 
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 Saint Sepulchre’s 
Manor (Dublin) Bill, 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 Severn Navigation Im- 


Standing 
Orders. 


1 
(Dublin) Bill 


Severn Navi- 
gation Im- 
rovement 


Pmmission, OUght to be dispensed with ; that the Parties be per- 


mitted to proceed with their Bill, provided that they 
give notice of the application, once in the Londox 
Gazette and once in each of three successive weeks 
in some daily London Newspaper, and in a News- 
paper of each of the several Counties in which the 
principal Offices of the several contributing Com- 
panies and the Severn Navigation Commissioners 
may be respectively situate ; that the Committee on 
the Bill do examine how far such Order shall be 
complied with, and do report the same on the Report 
of the Bill. 

3. That in the case of the East Indian Railway 
Company Petition, 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. 


East Indian 
Railway 
Company. 


Severn Navi- 
gation Im- 
provement 
Commission, 


The House was moved, That the Report from the 
Select Committee on Standing Orders, in respect of 
the Petition for the Severn Navigation Improvement 
Commission Bill, might be read ; and the same being 
read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
render more effectual the Powers of raising Money 
given by ‘‘ The Severn Navigation Act, 1853,” and 
for other purposes: And that Sir John Pakington 
and Mr. Price do prepare, and bring it in. 


East Indian 
Railway 
Company, 


The House was moved, That the Report frora the 
Select Committee on Standing Orders, in respect of 
the Petition for the Last Indian Railway Company 
Bill, might be read; and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 

to amend the Acts relating to the Eust Indian Rail- 
way Company: And that Mr. Glyn and Mr, Will- 
cox do prepare, and bring it in. 
Statistica, Mr. Massey presented,—Return to an Address to 
Her Majesty, dated the 26th day of this instant May, 
for Copies of Letters from Viscount Ebrington to 
Viscount Pa/merston, ou the present state of Statis- 
tical Organization :—And from Professor Leoni Levi 
to A. W. Foublanque, Esquire, of the Board of Trade, 
on Judicial Statistics. 

Return to an Order, dated the 28th day of April 
last, for a Return of the several Districts into which 
the different Counties of /reland 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 or Civil Bill Court, or either, 
was held in such ‘Town since the Ist day of August 
1851 til the 1st day of August 1855. 

- arr That the said Returns do lie upon the 
able. 


Sessions, &amp;c, 
(Ireland. ) 


Preston Union 
( caster. ) 


The following Paper was laid upon the Table by 
the Clerk of the House,—Return to several Orders, 
dated the 9th day of this instant May, for Copies of 
any Communication to the Poor Law Board from the 
Magistrates of the County of Lancaster, acting as 
ex officio Guardians in the Preston Union, and others, 
respecting the erection of a new Workhouse ; together 
he any Reply to the same, and any Order from the 

OL. 111. 


provement Commission Petition, the Standing Orders | D+ 
of the Poor Law Board for the building of a Work- 


27° Maiz. 


Ordered, That Mr. Otway have leave of absence! Poor Law Board to the Guardians of that Union on 





oat 


the subject :—And, of the Letter of Joseph Livesy, 

Esquire, dated the 20th day of March 1856, request- 

ing Explanations of the several Proceedings iu con- 

nexion with such Communication, as sanctioned by 

the Poor Law Board; with the Reply to the same, 

dated the 9th day of April 1856 : And, for Preston Union 
Returns of any Order of the Poor Law Board, per- (Lancaster. ) 
mitting or requiring the Guardians of the Preston 
(Lancashire) Union to act in virtue of their Office as 
Guardians, otherwise than at a Meeting of the said 

Board, in giving their consent in writing to an Order 





house within the said Union :—And, of the Persons 
in Otfice to whom the said Order was sent, together 
with any Instructions issued to them, or either of 
them, relative to the publicity to be given to such 
Order. 

The following Paper, pursuant to the directions of Lunacy. 
an Act of Parliament, was also laid upon the Table 
by the Clerk of the House,—Copy of Report to the 
Lord Chancellor, under the 8 &amp; 9 Vie. c. 100, s. 88, 
of the Number of Visits made, the Number of Pa- 
tients seen, and the Number of Miles travelled by 
the several Commissioners in Lunacy, during the 
Six Months ending on the 4th February 1856. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Coalwhip- Coalwhippers 
pers (Port of London), which was presented upon the (Port of Lon- 
26th day of this instant May, be printed. ~~) 

No. 243. 

Mr. Baines reported from the Select Committee Transporta- 
on Transportation ; That they had taken Evidence tion (First 
on the matters to them referred, which they had ene 
agreed to report to the House. No. 244, 

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


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


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- Adjournment. 
posed, That this House de now adjourn :—And the 
said Motion was, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 


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 Procedure 
for amending the Procedure before Magistrates and before Justices 
Justices of the Peace in Scotland; to which the S°tan4)Bill. 
Lords desire the concurrence of this House: And 
also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Marriage Law 
for amending the Law of Marriage in Scotland ; to (Scotland) 
which the Lords desire the concurrence of this Bill, . 
House: And also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Blenheim 
for giving effect to a Compromise relating to the = 
Estate of the Most noble George Fourth Duke of 
Marlborough, deceased, and with a view thereto for 
extinguishing the demisable quality of certain Copy- 
hold Hereditaments, Parcels of the Manors com- 
prised in the Estates and Llereditaments settled on 
the Dukedom, and for creating a Term of Years 
in a portion of the said Copyhold Hereditaments ; 
to which the Lords desire the concurrence of this 
House. 


The House was moved, That the Fifth Article of Church — 
the Treaty of Union of Great Britain and Ireland, ieicuea} 
embodied in the Act of Union, 40 Geo. 3, c. 67, ~ 
might be read ; and the same being read ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being put, That this House do resolve itself into 
a Committee, to consider the Temporalities of the 
Trish Church, and other pecuniary Provisions made 
by Law for Religious Teaching and Worship in 
Ireland ; 

FF3 The 

















Savings Banks 
(Tralee and 
Killarney.) 


Churches. 


Adjournment. 





222 27°—28°—30° Maiti. 


The House divided. | 
| 
| 
| 


A. 1856. 


Veneris, 30° die Maiti ; 
Anno 19° Victorie Regine, 1856. 









The Yeas to the Right; 
The Noes to the Left. 


Tellers for the Mr. Miail, } 93 P 
Yeas, Mr. Pollard-Urquhart : . RAYERS. 

Tellers for the{ Mr. Hayter, : lies R. Bonham Carter reported from the Select Public 
Noes, The Earl of Mulgrave: | ees Committee on Public Petitions; That they Petitions 


had examined the Petitions presented upon the 26t 
and 27th 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. 


(Thirty-ei 
Report.) “a 


So it passed in the Negative. 


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


Mercurii, 28° die Maii, 1856 : 


A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- | a ; 1 , 
posed, That this House will, upon Friday next, Mr. FitzRoy reported from the Committee on Wainman's 


: : : : Wuainman’s Es Bill; TI i Estate Bi 
resolve itself into a Committee to consider an Address | inman’s Estate Bill; That they had examined Estate Bil, 


to Her Majesty, praying that She will be graciously 


pleased to extend the same measure of relief to the | 


Depositors in the late Tralee and Killarney Savings | the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 


Banks as has been already extended to the Deposi- | 


tors in the late Cuffe-street Savings Bank; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out the words “ the same,” and 
by inserting the words “a full,” instead thereof. 

And the Question being proposed, That the words 
‘“‘ the same” 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 :—It 
passed in the Negative. 

And the Question being put, That the words “ the 
same ” stand part of the Question ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right ; 

The Noes to the Left. 

Tellers for the s Captain Daniel O'Connell, ) 


‘ 


nn 


&gt; 84, 


Yeas, | Mr. Henry Herbert : J 

Tellers for the; Mr. Vance, .« 
Noes, Mr. Grogan: | ies 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Then the Main Question being put ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right ; 

The Noes to the Left. 

Tellers for the {Captain Daniel O’ Connell, | 39 
Yeas, Mr. Henry Herbert: ae 

Tellers for the oo. Hayter, a 54 
Noes, The Earl of Mulgrave: : ha 


So it passed in the Negative. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 


to give directions, that there be laid before this | 


House, a Copy of an Act passed by the Lords and 
Commons, in Parliament assembled, on the 9th day 
of February in the year 1647, for “ the repairing of 
Churches and Payment of Church Duties,” being 
cap. 105 of the Acts passed by the Parliament 
generally termed the Long 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. 


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. 


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 One of the clock on Wed- 
nesday morning :—The House was adjourned by 
Mr. Speaker, without a Question first put, till Friday 
next, 








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 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Fitz Roy reported from the Committee on the Ceylon Rail. 
Ceylon Railway Company Bill; That they had exa- way Company 
mined into the several matters required to be speci- 24 
ally reported upon by Committees on Railway Bills, 
and had agreed to the following Report : 

That, inasmuch as the objects of the Bill are 
merely to make arrangements as to the issue and 
register of Shares and Securities in Ceylon, and to 
amend the Deed of Settiement of the Company, it 
appeared to the Committee that the several Standing 
Orders relating to Railways were inapplicable to the 
present case. 

Mr. Fitz Roy further reported from the Committee ; 

That they had examined the allegations contained in 
the Preamble of the Bill, and amended the same, 
by striking out a recital stating the Names of the 
Directors ; 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 Bawtry and Tinsley Road Bill was read the Bawtry and 

third time. Tinsley Road 
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 Middlesbrough Middlesbrough 
Improvement Bill be now read the third time ; para 0 
Mr. FitzRoy, by Her Majesty’s Command, ac- (aauels™ 
quainted the House, That Her Majesty, having been brough Exten- 
informed of the purport of the Bill, gives Her Con- si = 
sent, as far as Her Majesty’s interest is concerned, fi 
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 to authorize the Division of the 
Borough of Middlesbrough into Wards ; to enable 
the Local Board of Health of the District of Mid- 
dlesbrough to purchase Gas Works and light the 
District, and to enlarge the Market-place ; to enable 
the Corporation to establish a Public Wharf and a 
Passage over the River Tees; to confer other Powers 
on the Local Board and the Corporation, and tor 
other purposes. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 


Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Penrith and Cockermouth Roads Bill was Penrith on 
read 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. . 
| 
The Rotherham and Barnby Moor Road Bill was as ) 
read the third time. chest 


Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 


Bill. 
Ordered, 











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


The House proceeded to take into consideration 


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arnt Bridge the Brough and Eamont Bridge Road Bill, as 


Road Bill. 


amended in the Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


stal Palace | The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Company Bill. the Crystal Palace Company Bill, as amended in 


Deeping Fen 
Drainage Bill 


Wandsworth 
and Putney 
Gas Bill. 


Westminster 
Terminus 
Railway Bill. 


East Indian 
Railway 


Company Bill. 


Severn 
Navigation 
Improvement 
Commission 
Bill, 


Blenheim 
Estate Bill. 


Saint Sepul- 
chre’s Manor 
(Dublin) Bill, 


Nawab of 
Surat Bill, 


Dublin 
University 
Bill, 


Imports 

and Exports 
(British 
Colonies, ) 


Supply, 
Ways and 
Means, 4 
aly 
im 
Cntrat 


tract 
Debts Bill, 


the Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
» the Deeping Fen Drainage Bill, as amended in the 
Committee. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Wandsworth and Putney Gas Bill, as amended 
in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Ordered, That the Westminster Terminus Railway 
Bill, as amended in the Committee, be taken into 
consideration upon Monday next. 


A Bill to amend the Acts relating to the East 
Indian Railway Company, was read the first time ; 
and ordered to be read a second time upon Monday 
next. 


A Bill to render more effectual the Powers of 
raising Money given by “‘The Severn Navigation 
Act, 1853,” and for other purposes, was read the 
first time; and ordered to be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 


The Blenheim Estate Bill was read the first time. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exami- 
ners of Petitions for Private Bills. 


Ordered, That the Saint Sepulchre’s Manor (Dub- 
lin) Bill be read a second time upon Monday next. 


Ordered, That the Committee on the Nawab of 
Surat Bill be revived :—And that they have leave to 
sit and proceed upon Monday next, at Eleven o’clock. 

Ordered, That the Committee have leave to make 
a Special Report. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Dublin Univetiie Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Friday the 13th day of June next. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return of the Duties payable under Co- 
Jonial Enactments on Goods imported into and ex- 
ported from the British Colonies (in continuation of 
Parliamentary Paper, No. 295, of Session 1855). 

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


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

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


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Ways and Means; 

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


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
— of the Specialty and Simple Contract Debts 

ill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Tuesday next. 

Vou. 111. 


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223 


Colonel Pennant reported the Godley Lane Turn- Godley Lane 
pike-road Bill, with Amendments. Road Bill. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Hyde Park. 

Return showing to what purposes the House, Grounds 
and Meadow Land situated between the Soldiers’ 
Quarters in the middle of Hyde Park and the Re- 
ceiving House of the Royal Humane Society, near 
the Serpentine, are now given up; what Rent (if any) 
is received for them; by whom and to whom it is 
paid ; and the Period at which the occupancy will 
expire. 


Petitions relating to Registration of Voters (Scoé- Public 
land) Bill ;—Brecknock College Act ;— Cambridge Petitions. 
University Bill; —Church of Ireland ; — Church yiae Thirty- 
Rates ;—Church Services ;— Ecclesiastical Courts ninth Report. 
Jurisdiction Bill ;—Intoxicating Liquors ;—Lord’s 
Day ;—Religious Endowments (Lreland);—Property 
Tax (Scotland) ;—Rating of Mines Bill ;—Agricul- 
tural Statistics Bill ;— Billeting Soldiers ;— Burial- 
grounds Act ;—Coalwhippers (Port of London) Bill ; 
-—County Courts ;—Decimal Coinage ;—Education 
(Scotland) Bill;—Education (Scotland) Bill, and Pa- 
rochial Schools (Scotland) Bill ;—Grand Jury Assess- 
ments (Zreland) Bill ;—Juvenile Offenders (Jreland) 
Bill;—Leases and Sales of Settled Estates Bill ;— 
Nuisances Removal, &amp;c. (Scotland) Bill ;— Parochial 
Schools (Scotland) Bill;—Poor Law;—Poor Law 
Amendment Bill;— Public Health Bill ;—Public- 
houses (Scotland) Act;— Scotch and Irish Pauper 
Removals Bill ;—Vaccination Bill ;—Wages;— Wills 
and Administrations Bill ;—and, Wills and Admi- 
nistrations Bill, and Ecclesiastical Courts Jurisdic- 
tion Bill,—were presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition relating to Copyholds Enfranchise- 
ment, was also presented, and read; and referred 
to the Select Committee on Ecclesiastical Commis- 
sion, &amp;e. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Dissenters? 
mitiee on the Dissenters’ Marriages Bill ; Marriages Bill, 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Customs Du- 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 45 a. 
to give directions, that there be laid before this Indies.) 
House, Copies or Extracts of any Correspondence 
which has taken place between the Colonial Office 
and the Governors of our Worth American and West 
Indian Colonies, on the subject of a proposal for the 
mutual abolition of Customs Duties upon the pro- 
ductions of Canada and the West Indies. 

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


Mr. Secretary Zabouchere presented,—Return to Indian 
an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 28th day of ae 
April last, for Copies or Extracts of recent Corre- ‘““"**" 
spondence respecting alterations in the Organization 
of the Indian Department in Canada. 

Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 


Table. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a East India. 
Copy of a Minute by the Marquis of Dalhousie, dated No, 245. 
the 28th day of February 1856, reviewing his Admi- 
nistration in India, from January 1848 to March 
1856. 

Mr. Seymour accordingly presented the said Paper. 

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


Mr. Massey presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- Cholera 
mand,—Copy of Report on the last two Cholera Epi- Epidemics 
demics of London, as affected by the consumption of (4°24"-) 





FF4 Impure 
















Charitable 
Donations 
and Bequests 
(Ireland. ) 


Births, Deaths 


224, 


Impure Water; addressed to the Right Hon. the 
President of the General Board of Health by the 
Medical Officer of the Board. 

Copy of Eleventh Annual Report of the Commis- 
sioners of Charitable Donations and Bequests for 
Ireland. 


Copy of Seventeenth Annual Report of the Regis- 


and Marriages. cmap of Births, Deaths and Marriages in 


Museum 
of Practical 
Geology. 


Petty Sessions 


Courts (Ire- 
land. ) 


Cheese. 


Hereditary 
Pensions 
Redemption. 


Preston Union 
(Lancaster. ) 


No. 246. 


Preston Union 
(Lancaster. ) 


No. 246. 


Adjournment. 


Jvint Stock 
Banks Bill. 


Joint Stock 
Companies 
Winding-ap 
Acts Amend- 
ment Bill. 


England. 

Mr. Massey also presented,—Return to an Address 
to Her Majesty, dated the 21st day of this instant 
May, for Copy of Correspondence between the Di- 
rector-general of the Geological Survey and the 
President of the Board of Trade and the Council of 
Education, relative to annexing a Museum of Prac- 
tical Geology to the Department of Arts and 
Sciences. 

Return to an Order, dated the 9th day of this 
instant May, for a Return of the stated periods at 
which Petty Sessions Courts are appointed to be 
holden in each of the following Petty Sessions Dis- 
tricts, the Number of Times in each District during 
the year ending the 31st day of December 1855, and 
the Three Months of this year, there has been a 
failure of such Court for want of attendance of Ma- 
yistates ; also the Names of the Magistrates in attend- 
ance at each Court :—Baltinglass, Blessinton, Dun- 
lavin and Rathdangan, in the County of Wicklow. 

Ordered, That the suid 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 6th day of this instant May, for an Account of the 


Quantities of Cheese imported into the several Ports | 


of Great Britain in each Month of the year 1855, dis- 
tinguishing the European, United States and Colo- 
nial Produce ; and of all European Cheese, exclusive 
of British Cheese, exported from Eng/and in the 
year 1855 (in continuation of Parliameutary Paper, 
No. 289, of Session 1855). 

Return to an Order, dated the 27th day of this 
instant May, for an Account showing the particulars 
of the Hereditary Pensions which have been redeemed 
in the year ending the 31st day of March 1856, by 
an issue of £,213,177. 1s. 2d.; the Principle on 
which such Redemption Money was calculated :— 
And, Copies of any Minutes by which the issue of 
Public Money has been directed for the Redemption 
of Hereditary Pensions. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Copies of 
any Communication to the Poor Law Board from 
the Magistrates of the County of Lancaster, on the 
subject of the Preston Union (Lancaster), which was 
presented upon the 27th day of this instant May, 
be printed, 


Ordered, That the Return of any Order of the Poor 
Law Board, relative to the building of a Workhouse 
within the Preston Union .( Lancaster), which was 
presented upon the 27th day of this instant May, 
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 resuming 
the adjourned Debate on the Question proposed 
upon the 24th day of April last, That Mr. Speaker 
do now leave the Chair (for Committee on the Joint 
Stock Banks Bill) ;sx 

Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 
till Wednesday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Joint Stock Companies Winding-up 
Acts Amendment Bill; 

Ordered, ‘That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 


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The House, according to Order, resolved itself Cambridge 


into a Committee on the Cambridge University Bill. 
(In the Committee.) 


Preamble postponed. 

Cuause, N° 1, amended, and agreed to. 

Cuiausss, N° 2 and N° 3, agreed to. 

Crause, N° 4 (Commissioners empowered to re- 
quire production of documents, &amp;c.) 

Amendment proposed, in p. 2, 1. 25: To leave out 
the words “and no oath which may have been 
“ taken by any such officer shall be a bar to any 
“ authorities of the Commissioners.” 

Question put, That the words proposed to be 
left out stand part of the Clause ; 

The Committee divided. 


Tellers for the Yeas, f _ — 75. 
Mr. Hayter, ; 
Tellers for the Noes, | Vieoount Monck : j 3. 


Clause agreed to. 

Crause, N° 5 (Establishment of Council of the 
Senate). 

Amendment proposed, in p. 2, 1. 29: To leave out 
the word “ sixth,” and insert the word “ first.” 

Question put, That the word “ sixth” stand part 
of the Clause ; 

The Committee divided. 
Mr. Hayter, 


Tellers for the Yeas,{ Viccount Monck: \ 86. 
Tellers for the Noes, am = _— } 19. 
Another Amendment proposed, in p. 2, |. 31: 


After the words “ exercised by ” to insert the words 
“the heads of houses in their collective capacity, 
“ and.” 
Question, That those words be there inserted 
——put, and negatived. 
Clause agreed to. 
Cuiause, N° 6 (Composition of council). 
Amendment propo-ed, in B 2,1. 40: To leave out 
the words “ four Heads of Colleges, four Professors 
“ of the University.” 
Question put, That the words proposed to be 
left out stand part of the Clause ; 
The Committee divided. 


ea . Mr. Hayter, Lia: 
Tellers for the Yeas,{ Viceuet Mak; pe 
; Mr. Heywood, 
Tellers for the Noes,{ Mr. Craufurd : s 38 


Amendments made. 

Another Amendment proposed, in p. 3,1. 6: To 
leave out from the word “ le ” to the end of 
the Clause. 

Question put, That the words “ Provided also, That 
“ nothing herein contained” stand part of the Clause ; 

The Committee divided. 


Tellers for the; Mr. Wigram, 1° 63. 
Yeas, \ Mr. Hildyard : J 
Tellers for the Mr. Hayter, lin 

Noes, (The Earl of Mulgrave : "jp 


Clause, as amended, agreed to. 

CuiausE, N* 7, amended, and agreed to. 

Cuausgs, N° 8 to N° 13, agreed to. 

Crause, N° 14, amended, and agreed to. 

Ciauses, N° 15 to N° 19, agreed to. 

Crause, N° 20, amended, and agreed to. 

Crause, N° 21 (Council to nominate to offices). 

Aniendment proposed, in p. 6, 1.10: To leave out 
the words “ Provided always, ‘That the persons no- 
“ minated as aforesaid to the office of Vice-Chan- 
“ cellor shall be Heads of Colleges.” 

Question, ‘Ihat the words proposed to be left 

out stand part of the Clause-—put, and agreed to. 

Clause agreed to. 

Cravses, N° 22 (Certain oaths illegal). 

Amendment proposed, in p. 6, Is. 20 and 21: To 


leave out the words “ not be an oath legally ome 
‘ the 


Univers; 
University 








Message from 
the Lords, 


Boston Gas 
Bill, 


Cheltenham 
Gas Bill, 


Bath Gas 
Bill 


West India 
Loans Bill. 


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Fe 


19 Victoriz. 


‘the juror,” and insert the words “ be an illegal 
“oath in the said University, and the Colleges 
“ thereof.” 

Question, That the words proposed to be left 
out stand part of the Clause —— put, and negatived. 

Amendments made. 

Another Amendment proposed, in p. 6, 1. 21: To 
leave out the Word “ such.’ 

Question, That the word “ such” stand part of 
the Clause——put, and agreed to. 

Clause, as amended, agreed to. 

Cravuses, N° 23 and N° 24, amended, and agreed 
to. 

Cuiauss, N° 25 (Power of University to make 
statutes as to hostels). 

Amendments made. 

Another Amendment proposed, in p. 7, 1.1: After 
the word “ the” to insert the words “ instruction 
“ and.” 

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

Another Amendment proposed, in p.7, 1.2: After 
the word “ therein” to insert the words “ their 
“ attendance on divine worship.” 

Question put, That those words be there inserted ; 

The Committee divided. 

Tellers for thef Mr. Wigram, 

Yeas, Mr. Stafford : 

Tellers for the (Mr. Hayter, 

Noes, \ The Earl of Mulgrave : 

Other Amendments made. 

Clause, as amended, agreed to. 


Criause, N° 26, amended, and agreed to. 
To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 


} 79. 


pm. 





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, 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 Boston Gas Bill, 
without any Amendment: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Cheltenham Gas 
Bill, with Amendments ; to which Amendments the 
Lords desire the concurrence of this House: And 
also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bath Gas Bill, with 
Amendments; to which Amendments the Lords 
desire the concurrence of this House. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on the West India Loans 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 Amendment. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon 
Friday next. 


The Police (Counties and Boroughs) Bill was, 
according to Order, read the third time. 


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


Sabbati, 31° die Maii, 1856: 
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 Prisons ( freland) Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 
Vou. 111. 


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225 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Burial- 
mittee on the Burial-grounds (/reland) Bill; grounds (Jres 

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


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Partnership 
mittee on the Partnership Amendment (No. 2) Bill ; Amendment 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday ag 
the 9th day of June next, resolve itself into the said 
Committee. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself public Health 
into a Committee on the Public Health Supplemental Supplemental 
Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Bi 
Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. FitzRoy re- 
— 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 upon 
Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Coalwhippers 
reading of the Coalwhippers (Port of Zondon) Bill ; (Port of Lon- 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time °°” 
upon Thursday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Transfer of 
mittee on the Transfer of Works (Jreland) Bill; = Works (Ire- 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday tend) BS. 

next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Nuisances 
reading of the Nuisances Removal, &amp;c. (Scotland) Removal, &amp;e. 
“n. (Scotland ) 
(No. 2) Bill; (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 Wills and 
reading of the Wills and Administrations Bill ; Administra- 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time “™* oe. 

upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Lunatic Asy- 
— of the Lunatic Asylums (Jreland) hee 2) (No. osu. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Monday the 9th day of June next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Court of 
mittee on the Court of Exchequer (Scotland) Bill; Exchequer i 

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


The Order of the day being read, for the second Agricultural 
reading of the Agricultural Statistics Bill ; Statistics Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Drainage 
reading of the Drainage (Jreland) Bill; (Ireland) Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Thursday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming the Parochial 
adjourned Debate on the Question proposed — the Schools (Scots 
25th day of April last, That the Parochial Schools 4) Bil. 
(Scotland) Bill be now read a second time ; 

Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 
till Monday next. 


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

mittee on the Vaccination Biil ; Bill 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 

resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take Joint Stock 
into consideration the Joint Stock Companies Bill, —— 
as amended in the Committee. . 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon 
Monday next. 

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296 
Testamentary The Order of the day being read, for the second 
= reading of the Testamentary and Matrimonial Ju- 
risdiction Bill; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Monday the 9th day of June next. 


monial Juris- 
diction Bill. 


Poor Law The Poor Law Amendment (Scotland) Bill was, 
(Scotland) Bill. according to Order, read a second time ; and com- 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for Fri- 
day next. 
Small Debts The Small Debts Imprisonment Act Amendment 
oy (Scotland) Bill was, according to Order, read a 
ment (Scot- second time; and committed to a Committee of the 
land) Bill © whole House, for Friday next. 
tn are fa The Order of the day being read, for the third 
a reading of the Sleeping Statutes Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Monday next. 
Judicial The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
Procedure, &amp;c. ; j | icial tre ’ 
(Scotland) Bill. into a Committee on the Judicial Procedure, &amp;e 


(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, and directed him to report the same, without 
Amendment. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon 
Mondiy next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Gaols, &amp;c. Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Wednesday next. 


Gaols, &amp;c. 
Bill. 


Leases and The Order of the day being read, for the second 
Sales of Settled reading of the Leases and Sales of Settled Estates 
Estates Bill. Bill : ad 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Monday the 9th day of June next. 
Reformatory | The Reformatory and Industrial Schools Bill was, 
= ~&lt;a 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. 


Formation, &amp;c. 
of Parishes 
Bill. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on the Formation, &amp;c. of Parishes 
Bill; und, 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- 
mittee on the Procedure and Evidence Bill; 

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


Procedure and 
Evidence Bill. 


Railway and The Order of the day being read, for the second 
a Traffic reading of the Railway and Canal Traffic Bill ; 


Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday the 11th day of June next. 


Factories Bill. | The Factories 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. 
Sir William The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
a. into a Committee on Sir William Fenwick Williams’ 
Annuity Bil, Annuity 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, 


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A. 1856, 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon 
Monday next. 


to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. , 

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


Excise Acts, several Resolutions; which were read, as 
follow : 

1. That the rates of Drawback granted and 
specified in Schedule (B.) of the Act 17 &amp; 18 Vic. 
c. 27, on beer exported from any part of the United 
Kingdom to foreign parts as merchandize, shall 
continue to be allowed and paid in respect of all 
beer brewed between the 8th day of May 1854 and 
the 6th day of July 1856, and which shall be duly 
exported as aforesaid at any time before the 6th day 
of July 1857. 

2. That in respect of all beer brewed at any other 
time than as in the preceding Resolution mentioned, 
whensoever the same shall be exported, and in respect 
of all beer which shall be exported at any time after 
the 5th day of July 1857, whensoever the same ma 
have been brewed, the following rates of Dated 
shall be allowed and paid in lieu of all other Draw- 
backs on such beer (that is to say), 


For and upon every barrel of thirty-six gallons, and 
so in proportion for any greater quantity of beer brewed 
or made by any entered or licensed brewer of beer for 
sale in the United Kingdom, in the brewing of which 
beer the worts used before fermentation were of the spe- 
cific gravity hereinafter mentioned, the following rates 
of Drawback (that is to say), 





If the Specific Gravity of the 


Worts was not less than Drawback per Barrel. 





&amp; 


1041° 
1054° 
1068° 
1081° 
1095° 
1108° 10 1 
1122° 12 


3. That, from and after the 5th day of July 1856, 
the duty of Excise on sugar used in the brewing or 
making of beer, granted by the Act 18 Vic. c. 22, 
shall cease and determine until the 5th day of April 
1858, after which date an Excise duty of 2s. 4d. 
per cwt. shall be again charged on all sugar used in 
brewing. 

4. That there shall be paid or allowed to every 
maltster or maker of malt for sale, and to every dealer 
in or seller or retailer of malt, and to every roaster 
of malt, licensed brewer, and vinegar maker, re- 
spectively, for all dry unground malt, to be pro- 
duced to and taken account of by the proper Officer 
of Excise, between the 3d and 5th days of July 
1856, both days inclusive, as the stock and in the 
custody and possession of such maltster or maker 
of malt for sale, dealer in or seller or retailer of malt, 
roaster of malt, licensed brewer and vinegar maker, 
respectively, and for which the full duties of Excise 
shall have been paid or charged, the several allow- 
ances and sums of money following (that is to say), 

For every bushel of such malt made in England from 
barley or any other corn or grain, One shilling and three- 
pence halfpenny ; 

For every bushel of such malt made in Scotland or Ire- 
land from barley or any other corn or grain, except bear 
or bigg, One shilling and Sack tyne halfpenny. 

And for every bushel of such malt made in Scotland 
or Ireland from bear or bigg only, without any mixture 
of barley or any other corn or grain therewith, One 
shilling. 

Provided always, That from the quantity ascertained 
by gauge or measurement of all brown or 
e- 


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NOHO oe 





| malt, and roasted or black malt, there shall 


ducted 


The Pawnbrokers Bill was, according to Order, Pawn 
read the third time ; and an Amendment was made Bill. 


Mr. Fitz Roy reported from the Committee on the Excise, 


London — 
Corporation 
Bill 


19 Vicroriz. 


dueted 20 per cent. for the swell and increase thereof 
over the quantity of such malt charged with duty, 
and the allowance shall be computed only on the 
remainder, after making such deduction. 

5. That it is expedient to amend the law relating 
to malt roasters. 

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 pre- 
pare, and bring them in. 


The Order for reading a second time, upon Mon- 
day next, the London Corporation Bill, was read, and 
discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon | 
Friday next. 


30°—31° Mati.—2° Junii. 


297 
under the Court of Chaneery in Jreland, whose Ac- 
counts have been lodged in the Registrar’s Office, 
from the ist day of June 1854 to the Date of the 
Return ; showing also the Name of each Receiver, 
the Title of the Cause or Matter in which the Re- 
ceiver was appointed, and of the several other Causes 
or Matters to which extended ; the Gross Amount 
of the Rental of the Lands in each Case, as appear- 
ing upon the said Accounts, and the Amount of all 
or any Head or Chief Rents to which the Lands may 
appear to be subject :—And, from the Office for Re- 
gistry of Judgments, &amp;c., the Number of Recogni- 
zances of Receivers under the Court registered in the 
Office since its establishment, with the Names of the 
Receivers and the Amount of the Sums on which 
same have been respectively acknowledged, and dis- 
tinguishing those which have been since vacated. 





The Smoke Nuisance Abatement (Metropolis) smoke Nui- 


The Order for reading a second time, upon Mon- 
day next, the Vice-President of Committee of Coun- 
cil on Education Bill, was read, and discharged. 


Act, 1853, Amendment Bill, was read the first time ; sance Abate- 
and ordered to be read a second time upon Friday ™ent (Metro- 


" olis) Act, 
next ; and to be printed. omy Amend- 


Vice-President 
of — 
of Council on 
Education Bill. 






Sound Dues. 


Public De- 
partments. 


Rating of 
Mines. 


Court of Chan- 
7 (Ireland. ) p 





Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Thursday next. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the Number of Vessels, specifying the 
different Nations, and the Aggregate Tonnage of 
each Flag or Nation, which passed the Sound at 
Elsinore, for the years 1845 to 1854 inclusive. 


Ordered, That Mr. Holford be discharged from 
further attendance on the Select Committee on Pub- 
lic Departments. 

Ordered, That Mr. Edward Eyerton be added to 
the Committee. 


Mr. Kendall, Mr. Michael Williams, Mr. Deedes, 
Mr. George Cavendish, Mr. Child and Mr. Bou- 
verie were nominated Members of the Select Com- 
mittee on Rating of Mines. 

A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- 
posed, That Mr. Hutchins be one other Member of 
the said Committee :—And a Debate arising there- 
upon ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question put, 
That the Debate be now adjourned ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right; 

The Noes to the Left. 

Tellers for the Yeas,/ a Haat d: 


Tellers for the Noes, {Mr — 

So it passed in the Negative. 

And the Question being again proposed, That 
Mr. Hutchins be one other Member of 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 Teen. withdrawn. 

And the Question being put, That Mr. Hutchins 
be one other Member of the said Committee :—It 
was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Then Mr. Philipps was nominated one other 
Member of the said Committee. 

A Motion was made, and the Question being put, 
That Mr. Grey be one other Member of the said 
Committee :—It passed in the Negative. 

Then Colonel Pennant, Mr. Ridley, Viscount 
Monch, Mr. Spooner, Mr. Hussey Vivian and Mr. 
Littleton were nominated other Members of the said 
Committee. 

Ordered, That the Committee have Power to send 
for Ya papers and records. 

rdered, That Five be the Quorum. 


a |e 


ox 
a 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
7 of the Number of Receivers over Estates 
OL. 111. 


of Excise Duty on Malt in Stock ; to alter and regu- 
late certain Drawbacks and Allowances in respect 
of Malt Duty; to repeal and reimpose the Excise 
Duty on Sugar used in brewing Beer ; and to amend 
the Law relating to Malt Roasters: 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, naving continued to sit 
till a quarter of an hour after One of the 
clock on Saturday morning, adjourned till 
Monday next. 





Lune, 2° die Junii; 
Anno 19° Victoria Regine, 1856. 


PRAYERS. 
M R. Duncan reported from the Select Committee 
on Public Petitions; That they had examined 
the Petitions presented upon the 30th day of May 


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


Sir William Somerville reported from the Com- 
mittee on Group 3 of Railway Bills; That in the case 
of the Lymington Railway Bill, they had examined 
the allegations contained in the Preamble of the Bill, 
and amended the same, by inserting a recital that the 
advantage of the Railway and Landing-place would 
be increased, and the Railway and Landing-place 
made more useful to the public, if the Town Quay and 
Bridge at Lymington formed part of the undertak ng, 
such recital appearing 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 ; 
and be printed. 


Lord Stanley reported the Aberdeen and Scottish 
Midland Junction Railway Companies Amalgamation 
(re-committed) Bill, with further Amendments. 

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


Mr. Wrightson reported the Conway and Llan- 
dudno Road Bill, with Amendments. 


Mr. Speaker laid u 


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ment Bill. 


Bill 156. 


Mr. Wilson presented a Bill to grant Allowances gpycise Bill. 


Bill 157. 


Public 
Petitions 
(Thirty-ninth 


last, and had directed him to make a Report thereof Saye) 


Lymington 
Railway Bill. 


Aberdeen and 
Scottish Mid- 
land Junction 
Railway Com- 
panies Amal- 
gamation Bill. 


Conway and 


Llandudno 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. *°#4 Bill. 


the Table,—Report from one Blenheim 
of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, That Estate Bill 




























































228 2° Junii. A. 1856, 


in the case of the Blenheim Estate Bill, no Standing 
Orders are applicable. 
Ordered, Ti at the Bill be read a second time. 


Bardney,&amp;c. § The Bardney, &amp;c., Drainage Bill was read the third 
Drainage Bill. time, 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. , 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 


Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


London and The London and North Western Railway Bill was 
thy = ay read the third time. 
er Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Monmouth A Motion being made, That the Monmouth Roads 
Roade 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. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 


Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Stockton and The Stockton and Darlington and Newcastle and 


Darlington ye Carlisle Union Railway Bill was read the third 


and Carlisle time. : ; 
Union Rail- Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 


way Bill. Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Rwinnerton's Swinnerton’s Name Bill was read the third time. 
Name 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. 


Clarke The House proceeded to take into consideration 
ae Clarke Thornhill’s Estate Bill, as amended in the 
— Committee. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Donington ‘The House proceeded to take into consideration 
oo the Donington Turnpike Trust Bill, as amended in 
rust Di 


the Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Grand Junc- ‘The House proceeded to take into consideration 
- Water the Grand Junction Water Bill, as amended in the 
- Committee. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


London and Ordered, That the London and South Western 
a ee Railway ( Yeovil to Exeter) Bill, as amended in the 
(Yeovil to Committee, be taken into consideration upon Thurs- 


Exeter) Bill day next. 


Mid-Kent The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Direct Rail- the Mid-Kent Direct Railway (Bromley to Saint 
+ tae Mary's Cray) Bill, as amended in the Committee. 
Mary's Cray) A Clause (Period for compulsory purchase of 
Bill lands), 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. 


North British | The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Railway Bill. the North British Railway Bill, as amended in the 
Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


West London Ordered, That the West London and Crystal Palace 
oe Railway Bill, as amended in the Committee, be taken 


way Bill, into consideration upon Thursday next. 





The House, according to Order, proceeded to take London Dio. 
into consideration the Zondon Diocesan Church °#4n Church 
Building Society Bill, as amended in the Com- Building 
mittee. yo. 

A Clause (The Provisions of 9 Geo. 2, c. 36, tc 
apply to all Grants, &amp;c., authorized by this 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, according to Order, proceeded to take Westminster 
into consideration the Westminster Terminus Rail- Terminus 
way Bill, as amended in the Committee. Railway Bil. 

A Clause (Not to take lands of W. S. Scholey, 

Esquire, without consent), 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 East Indian Railway Company Bill was, East Indian 


according to Order, read a second time; and com- Railway 
mitted. Company Bill, 


The Severn Navigation Improvement Commission Severn 
Bill was, according to Order, read a second time ; Navigation 
° mprovement 
and committed. Commis 
The Saint Sepulchre’s Manor (Dublin) Bill was, Saint Sepul- 
according to Order, read a second time ; and com- yawn 
mitted to a Select Committee. en 


The Order for reading the third time the London- Londonderry 
derry and Enniskillen Railway Bill, was read, and — Ennis. 
: illen Railway 
discharged. Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to the 
former Committee :—And that they have leave to sit 
and proceed forthwith. 


Mr. Hugh Adair reported from the Committee Shrewsbury 
on Group 7 of Railway Bills; That in the case pats 
of the Shrewsbury and Welchpool Railway Bill, 4 
they had examined the allegations contained in the 
Preamble of the Bill, and amended the same verbally, 
by striking out so much as related to the making 
agreements with the Shropshire Union Railways and 
Canal 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. Lascelles reported from the Committee on Wimbledon 
Group 2 of Railway Bills ; That in the case of the a 
Wimbledon and Croydon Railway Bill, they had ““*” 
examined the allegations contained in the Preamble 
of the Bill, and amended the same, by making some 
verbal alterations therein, and by striking out the 
recital relating to working arrangements with the 
London, Brighton and South Coast, and London and 
South Western Railway Companies ; and found the 
same, as amended, to be true ; and had gone through 
the Bill, and made Amendments thereuntv. 

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


The Lord Advocate reported from the Select Registration 
Committee on the Registration of Voters (Scotland) rth ve 4 Bill. 
Bill; That they had gone through the Bill, and ( Bill 158. 
made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 

Ordered. That the Bill be re-committed to a Com- 


mittee of the whole House, for To-morrow. 


Petitions relating to Church of Zreland ;—Church Public 
Rates;—Church Rates Abolition Bill ;— Ecclesi- Peon 
astical Courts Jurisdiction ;—Ecclesiastical Courts yjge Fortieth 
Jurisdiction Bill ;—Lord’s Day ;—Maynooth College Report. 
Act ;—Oath of Abjuration ;—Tithe Commutation 





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Poor Law 
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Orders of 
Removal, 
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Writs of 
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19 Vicroriz. 


Rent-charge Bill ;—Agricultural Statistics Bill ;— 
Civil Service ;—County Courts Act Amendment ;— 
Decimal Coinage ;—Education (Scotland) Bill ;— 
Education (Scotland) Bill, and Parochial Schools 
(Scotland) Bill ;—Friendly Societies Act ;—Juvenile 
Offenders (Ireland) Bill ;— London Corporation Bill ; 
—Nuisances Removal, &amp;c. (Scotland) Bill ;—Pa- 
rochial Schools (Scotland) Bill ;—Poor Law ;— Poor 
Law Amendment Bill ;—Public-houses (Scotland) 
Act ;—Rights of Neutrals ;— Scotch and Jrish Pauper 
Removals Bill;—Tenant Right (Jre/and) Bill ;— 
Wages ;—Wee Pawns, &amp;c. (Scotland) ;—and, Wills 
and Administrations Bill,—were 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 Return of the Valuation of the Counties | 
of Scotland, specifying the Amount of each Parish 
and Burgh, under the Valuation Act (17 &amp; 18 Vice. 
c. 41). 

Ordered, That 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 Unions and single Parishes included 
in the several Parliamentary Returns in which the | 
Poor were managed under the Provisions of the Act 
22 Geo. 3 (Gilbert’s Act), which since the Ist day 
of March 1837 have been dissolved, and become 
subject to the Provisions of the Poor Law Amend- 
ment Act; stating the Grounds in each Case on 
which such Dissolution has taken place, and 
whether with the consent of a majority of the 
Guardians or otherwise :—And, Copy of all Cor- 
respondence since the 3d day of April 1856, between 
the Visitor and Guardians of such Unions and single 
Parishes and the Poor Law Board, relative to the 
Clauses in the Poor Law Amendment Bill, for their 
compulsory Dissolution. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return showing the Number of Orders of Removal 
from Parishes signed by Justices and executed in 
England and Wales, during the year ending the 25th 
day of March 1855; stating the Number of Persons 
removed, the Nature of alleged Settlement, and the 
Amount of Expenses incurred in tne Removal, in- 
cluding the Cost of obtaining the Orders, serving 
the same, and Travelling Expenses of the Paupers 
removed, but not the Cost of Relief before removal; 
distinguishing the Orders so executed between 
Parishes in the same Union and between Parishes 
in different Unions; stating, also, the Number of 
Orders of Removal of Scotch and Jrish Paupers, 
and Paupers belonging to the Channel Islands and 
the Isle of Man, during the same Period :—And, 
similar Return during the year ending the 25th day 
of March 1856 (in continuation of Parliamentary 
Paper, No. 489, of Session 1854). 


Ordered, That a Message be sent to the Lerds, to 
request that their Lordships will be pleased tu com- 
municate to this House, a List of Writs of Error and 
Appeals from Courts of Law or Equity in the United 
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, distinguish- 
ing English, Scotch and Irish Cases, which have 
been heard by the House of Lords, from the 1st day 
of January 1846 to the present time ; distinguishing 
the Cases affirmed, reversed, varied and remitted, 
and showing the Date of the Sentence appealed from, 
and the Date of the Final Judgment of the House in | 
each Case :—Returns of the Number of Writs of 
Error and Appeals entered for Hearing before the 


2° Junii. 229 


of Writs of Error and Appeals heard by the House 
of Lords, in each year from the Ist day of Janu 

1846 to the present time :—Of the Number of Days 
on which the House of Lords has sat in each Ses- 
sion, from the 1st day of January 1846 to the pre- 
sent time, for the hearing of Appeals or Writs of 
Error :—And, of the Names of the Peers filling or 
having filled the Offices of Lord High Chancellor, 
Lord Chancellor of Zreland, Lord Chief Justice of 
England or Master of the Rolls, who have attended 
the House of Lords on the hewring of Appeals 
and Writs of Error, in each Session, from the Ist 
day of January 1846 to the present time, showing 


‘the Number of Times each Peer hus attended in 


each year: And that the Clerk do carry the said 
Message. 


Ordered, That a Message be sent to the Lords, to Appellate 
request, That their Lordships will be pleased to com- Jurisdiction 
municate to this House, a Copv of the Report from Vinie)” 
the Select Committee appointed by their Lordships 
on the Appellate Jurisdiction of the House of Lords : 


And that the Clerk do carry the said Message. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Cathedral 
Return from the Ecclesiastical Commissioners for 4 Cellegiate 
England of every Payment made to them since the 
20th day of January 1855, on account of any Sus- 
pended Stalls in the Cathedral and Collegiate 
Churches of England and Wales (in continuation of 
Parliamentary Paper, No. 44, of Session 1855). 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Chapters. 
Return from the Ecclesiastical Commissioners for 
England of the Grants or Reductions allowed by 
them since the Ist day of March 1855, to the seve- 
ral Chapters of England and Wales, to pay Substi- 
tutes for performing additional Duties cast upon 
them by the Suspension of Canonries; with the 
Names of the Persons who, as such Substitutes, 
have received such Grants (in continuation of Par- 
liamentary Paper, No. 147, of Session 1855). 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Indian De- Indian 
partment (Canada), which was presented upon the (ene 


30th day of M inted. r 
Oth day of May last, be printed No, 247. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Museum Museum 
of Practical Geology, which was presented upon the of Practical 
30th day of May last, be printed. a 
No. 248. 
Ordered, That the Return relative to Cheese, Cheese. 
which was presented upon the 30th day of May last, No. 249. 
be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Hereditary Hereditary 
Pensions Redemption, which was presented upon Fensions 


‘ Redemption. 
the 3uth day of May last, be printed. ie oie 


The following Paper was laid upon the Table by Civil Contin- 

the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, dated seucies. 

the 15th day of April last, for Returns of the 

Amount. voted for Civil Contingencies, and of the 
Expenditure, in each year from 1830 to 1855:—Of 

the Number and Names of Royal and other Com- 

missions, and Amount charged for them in Civil 
Contingencies, in each year from 1830 to 1855 :— 

And, of the Number and Names of Commissions not 

so charged, in the like period. 


Mr. Massey presented,—Return to an Address to Benefit Build- 
Her Majesty, dated the 19th day of February last, 2g Societies. 
for a Return of the Total Number of Benefit Building 
Societies enrolled under the Act 6 &amp; 7 Will. 4, c. 32, 
since the passing of the Act, specifying, as to each 
Society enrolled since 1st day of January 1845, the 
Name of such Society, Place of Meeting, Date of 





House of Lords, in each vear from the 1st day of! 
January 1846 to the present time :—Of the Number | 
Von. 111. 


Enrolment, and Name and Address of Secretary or 
Manager. 
@G3 Return 














Constabulary 
(Ireland.) 


Music in 
Kensington 
Gardens. 


Convict 
Discipline 
and Trans- 
portation. 


Capital 


Punishment 
(Colonies. ) 


Supply. 


Ecclesiastical 
Commission. 


Charity 
Commission, 


Statute Law 
Comunission. 


230 


Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 
7th day of April last, for a Return of the Number 
of Prisons in Great Britain and Ireland to which 
Persons who are committed for Criminal Offences 
are confined, and the Number of Escapes which 
have taken place from each during the last Five 
years. 

Return to an Order, dated the 9th day of May 
last, for a Return of the Names of all Cadets and 
Sub-Inspectors appointed or re-appointed to the 
Constabulary Force since the 1st 
1854, and specifying the instances in which the 
Parties had previously served in the Force. 

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


2° Juni. 


ay of January | 





A. 1856. 


4. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £.6,900, Civil Service 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of Commission, 
the Salaries and Expenses of the Civil Service Com- 
missioners, to the 31st day of March 1857. 

5. Motion made, and Question proposed, That a Temporary 
Sum, not exceeding £.8,152, be granted to Her Ma- Commissions, 
jesty, to defray the Charge of the Salaries and Ex- 
penses of sundry temporary Commissions, to the 
3ist day of March 1857. 

Whereupon Motion made, and Question, That a 
Sum, not exceeding £.7,252, be granted to Her 
Majesty, to defray the Charge of the Salaries and 
Expenses of sundry temporary Commissions, to the 
3ist day of March 1857——put, and negatived. 

Original Question put, and agreed to. 





6. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £.21,842, Patent Law 


Mr. Wilson presented,—Return to an Address to | be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Fees, Sa- Amendment 


Her Majesty, dated the 27th day of May last, for 
a Copy of Correspondence between the Archbi- 
shop of Canterbury and the First Lord of the Trea- 
sury on the suppression of Music in Kensington 
Gardens on Sundays. 

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


Mr. John Baill presented, by Her Majesty’s 
Command,—Copy of further Correspondence on the 
subject of Convict Discipline and Transportation (in 
continuation of Papers presented August 1855). 

Mr. John Ball also presented,—Return to an 
Address to Her Majesty, dated the 9th day of July 
1855, for 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 Papers do lie upon the 
Table. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into the Committee of Supply. 


(In the Committee.) 


1. Motion made, and Question put, That a Sum, 
not exceeding £.3,461, be granted to Her Majesty, 
to defray a portion of the Expenses of the Ecclesi- 
astical Commissioners for England, to the 31st day 
of March 1857; 

The Committee divided. 

Tellers for the; Mr. Hayter, 166 

Yeas, The Earl of Mulgrave: ; 
Tellers for the{ Mr. William Williams, 
Noes, Mr. Hadfield : f 66. 

2. Motion made, and Question proposed, That a 
Sum, not exceeding £.16,022, be granted to Her 
Majesty, to defray the Charge of the Salaries and 
Expenses of the Charity Commission for England 
and Wales, to the 31st day of March 1857. 

Whereupon Motion made, and Question put, That 
a Sum, not exceeding £.13,390, be granted to Her 
Majesty, to defray the Charge of the Salaries and 
Expenses of the Charity Commission for England 
and Wales, to the 31st day of March 1857; 
The Committee divided. 


Tellers for the{ Mr. William Williams, 1 
Yeas, Sir John Trollope: f = 

Tellers for the Mr. Hayter, ‘| 
Noes, The Earl of Mulgrave: Jf —_ 


Original Question put, and agreed to. 

3. Motion made, and Question put, That a Sum, 
not exceeding £.1,911, be roca to Her Majesty, 
to defray the Charge of the Salaries and Expenses 
of the Statute Law Commission, to the 31st day of 
March 1857; 

The Committee divided. 

Tellers for the Mr. Hayter, } 

Yeas, (The Earl of Mulgrave : 79, 

Tellers for the { Mr. Locke King, ) 

Noes,  \Mr. Hadfield; ae 





laries and Compensations payable under the Provi- ““* 
sions of the Patent Law Amendment Act, to the 
3ist day of March 1857. 

7. Motion made, and Question put, That a Sum, Board of 
not exceeding £.13,500, be granted to Her Majesty, Fisheries 
to pay the Salaries and Expenses of the Board of Stand) 
Fisheries in Scotland, to the 31st day of March 1857 ; 

The Committee divided. 

Tellers for thef Mr. Hayter, 162 

Yeas, \The Earl of Mulgrave: } ; 

Tellers for thes, Mr. William Williams, ) 

Noes, (Mr, Blackburn : f 38. 


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. 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 Wednesday 
next, again resolve itself into the said Committee. 





Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That a Mes- Message frou 
sage had been brought from the Lords, by one of the Lords. 
their Clerks, as followeth : 

The Lords have agreed to the Annuities (No. 2) Annuities 
Bill, without any Amendment: And also, (No. 2) Bill, 

The Lords have agreed to the Fire Insurances Fire In- _ 
Bill, without any Amendment: And also, surances Bill 

The Lords have agreed to the Leicester and Wel- Leicester 
ford Road Bill, without any Amendment: And a 
also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Gravesend Im- Gravesend 
provement Bill, without any Amendment: And also, ices 


The Lords have agreed to the Scarborough Water Scarborough 
Bill, without any Amendment: And also, Water Bill. 

The Lords have agreed to the Sleaford and Tat- Sleaford al 
tershall Turnpike Trust Bill, without any Amend- Zattershs 


Turnpike 
ment: And also, Trust Bill. 


The Lords have agreed to the Edinburgh Munici- Edinburgh 
pality 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 Ingham's 
for vesting in Trustees the undivided Parts, subject ®t *™ 
to the Limitations of the Wills of Benjamin Ingham, 
deceased, and Joshua Ingham, deceased, respectively, 
of Estates in the West Riding of the County of 
York ; and for authorizing Partitions of Parts of 
those Estates ; and for authorizing Leases and Sales 
of Parts of those Estates ; and for other purposes ; 
to which the Lords desire the concurrence of this 
House. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming the Pesechle 


adjourned Debate on the Question proposed upon land) — j 


the 25th day of April last, That the Parochial 
Schools (Scotland) Bill be now read a second time ; 

And the Question being again ow nergy :—The 
House resumed the said adjourned Debate. tes 





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Bducation 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 


Joint Stock 
Companies 
Bill. 


Ways and 
Means, 


Dubin 
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19 VicToriz. 


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


Martis, 3° die Junii, 1856: 


And the Question being put :—It was resolved in 
the Affirmative :—The Bill was accordingly read a 
second time ; and committed to a Committee of the 
whole House for Thursday next. 


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, ‘lhat the Bill be now read a second 
time :—And a Debate arising thereupon ; 

Ordered, That the Debate be adjourned till 
Thursday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Burial-grounds (Ireland) Bill ; 

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


The Order of the day being read, for the third 
reading of the Joint Stock Companies Bill ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That the Bill be now read the third 
time :—And a Debate arising thereupon ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being put, That the Debate be now adjourned :—It 
passed in the Negative. 

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

A Clause (Directors to be liable for debts of di- 
vidend if paid when the Company is known by them 
to be insolvent), was thrice read; and added to the 
Bill. 

Another Clause (Prohibition on holding land), 
was thrice read ; and added to the Bill. 

Then Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made to 
the Bill, by leaving out Clause 46. 

And the Question being put, That Clause 46 stand 
part of the Bill ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right ; 

The Noes to the Left. 

Tellers for the { Mr. Hayter, 1 a2 

Yeas, |The Earl of Mulgrave: Jf ~~ 

Tellers for the f Mr. Henley, 32 

Noes, Mr. Spooner : } ; 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Then other Amendments were made to the Bill. 

And Notice being taken, that the interest of the 
Prince of Wales, as Duke of Cornwall, is concerned 
therein ; 

Mr. Lowe, by Her Majesty's Command, ac- 
quainted the House, That Her Majesty, having been 
informed of the purport of the Bill, gives Her Con- 
sent, as far as the Prince of Wales’s interest is con- 
cerned, that the House may do therein as they shall 
think fit. 

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 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 Dublin Metropolitan Police Bill; 

Ordered, ‘That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Thursday next. 


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


mittee on the Church Rates Abolition Bill ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 
Vou, 111. , 


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231 
The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Juvenile 


Offenders 


mittee on the Juvenile Offenders (Jreland) Bill ; Treland) Bill. 


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


The Order of the day being read, for the third Oath of. 
reading of the Oath of Abjuration Bill ; Aljaretion 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon 
Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Grand Jury 
consideration the Grand Jury Assessments (Ireland) Gircland) Bill, 
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 resuming the Juries (Ire- 
adjourned Debate on the Amendment which, upon _ 
the 24th day of April last, was proposed to be made 
to the Question, That the Juries (Jreland) Bill be now 
read a second time ; 

Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 
till Thursday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Courts of 
_— on the Courts of Common Law (Jreland) Cireland) BU 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Advowsons 
into a Committee on the Advowsons Bill; and, after Bil. 
some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the 
Chair; and Mr. 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, upon Friday next, 
again resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Burial Acts 
reading of the Burial Acts Amendment Bill ; Amendment 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
this day. 


The Public Health Supplemental Bill was, ac- Public Health 
cording to Order, read the third time. ~ ccc, 

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 Wills and Ad- 
reading of the Wills and Administrations Bill; —. ™iistrations 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Agricultural 
reading of the Agricultural Statistics Bill ; Gtatioticn Bal. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Thursday the 12th day of this instant June. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third Sleeping 
reading of the Sleeping Statutes Bill; Gatutes Sa. 
Ordered, That the ‘Bill be read the third time upon 
Thursday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third Judicial 
reading of the Judicial Procedure, &amp;c. (Scotland) (SoStanay Bil 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon 
Wednesday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Procedure and 
mittee on the Procedure and Evidence Bill ; Evidence Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Sir William Fenwick Williams’ Annuity Bill was, Sir William 
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. 
GG4 


Fenwick 
Williams’ 
Annuity Bill. 


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Excise Bill. The Excise Bill was, according to Order, read a 
second time ; and committed to a Committee of the 
whole House, for this day. 

Joint Stock The Order of the day being read, for the second 

Winking reading of the Joint Stock Companies Winding-up 

-up : . 
Acts Amend- Acts Amendment Bill ; 
ment Bill ~ © Qydered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 


Friday next. 


Bleaching, &amp;e. The Order of the day being read, for the second 
 ~ (No.2) reading of the Bleaching, &amp;c; Works (No. 2) Bill ; 
Ordered; That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Thursday next. 


Recruiting 
(United 
States. ) 


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 so much of the Papers communicated by 
the President of the United States to the Senate in 
February 1856, relating to the Enlistment of Sol- 
diers within the Territory of the States, as is not 
contained in. the Papers lately issued to the House, 
entitled, “ Papers relating to Recruiting in the United 
States.” 

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


Lunacy. Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Copy of the Tenth Report of the Commissioners in 


Lunacy to the Lord Chancellor. 


Metropolis 


Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed 
Roads. 


to consider the expediency of removing the Toll-gates 
iow maintaitied by the Commissioners of Metropolis 
Roads, and the means by which such Roads should 
be kept in repair in case the Tolls shall be abolished. 


Summer 
Clothing for 
the Troops 
(Crimea.) 


Mr. Peel presented,—Return to an Address to Her 
Majesty, dated the 21st day of May 1855, for a Copy 
of the Contract entered into at Vienna by the Secre- 
tary for War, for the Supply of Summer Clothing to 
be issued to the Troops serving in the Crimea ; spe- 
cifying the Nature and Quality of the Articles to be 
furnished, and the Price agreed to be paid for the 
sane. 

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


Rating of 


Ordered, That the Select Committee on Rating 
Mines. 


of Mines do consist of Seventeen Members. 
Ordered, That Mr. Hume, Mr. Henry Herbert and 
Mr. Colvile be added to the Committee. 


Grand Juries. © Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
facilitate the Despatch of Business before Grand Juries 
in England and Wales: And that Mr. Bowyer, Mr. 
Warren and Mr. Montagu Chambers do prepare, and 


bring it in, 


Compensations 


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


Return of the Names of all Persons now receiving 
from the Exchequer Annual Pensions or Compensa- 
tions for the Loss of Offices of any nature which have 
been abolished in Jreland ; specifying as to each the 
Name of the Office in respect of which the same is 
paid, the Date of the Individual’s Appointment to 
such Office, the Date of its Abolition, and the Amount 
of the Pension or other Compensation. 


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till Two of the clock on Tuesday morning, 
adjourned till this day. 


2° —3°—4° Junii. 








A. 1856. 


Martis, 3° die Junii ; 
Anno 19° Victorie Regine, 1856. 


PRAYERS. 

“HE House met; and being counted by Mr. Adjournmen 
Speaker, it appeared that Forty Members were " 

not = yet it being Four of the clock, Mr. 

Speaker took the Chair, and again counted the 

House ; and Forty Members not being present :— 

The House was adjourned by Mr. Speaker, without 

a Question first put, till To-morrow. 





Mercurii, 4° die Junii ; 
Anno 19° Victoria Regine, 1856. 


PRAYERS. 
ORP ERED, That all Committees have leave to Committees, 
sit this day, during the sitting, and notwith- 
standing any adjournment of the House. 


Mr. FitzRoy reported the Dorset Central Rail- Dorset Central 
way Bill, with Amendments. Railway Bill 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Mr. FitzRoy reported the Glastonbury and Bru- Glastonbury 
ton Railway Bill, with Amendments. caivey aa? 

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


Mr. FitzRoy reported from the Committee on West of Fife 
the West of Fife Mineral Railway Bill; That they pe og 
had examined the ‘allegations contained in the Pre- . 
amble of the Bill, and verbally amended the same ; 
and found the same, as amended, to be true; and 
had gone through the Bill, and made Amendments 
thereunto. 

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


Mr. Duncan reported from the Select Committee Public : 
on Public Petitions ; ‘That they had examined the trorteth 
Petitions presented upon the 2d day of this instant Report.) 
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 Pennant reported the Cleobury North, Cleobury 
&amp;e. District Roads Bill, with Amendments. sete Boll 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. pin, 

Colonel Pennant reported the Halifax and.Hud- Halifax and 
dersfield Road (re-committed) Billi, with further Loar Bill. 
Amendments. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Hugh Adair reported from the Committee on Severn Valley 
Group 7 of Railway Bills; That in the case of the ®alway 
Severn Valley Railway Bill, they had examined 
the allegations contained in the Preamble of the 
Bill, and made verbal Amendments therein; and 
found the samé, as amended, to be true; and had 
gone through the Bill, and made Amendments 
thereunto. 

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


The House proceeded to take into consideration Bath Gas 
the Amendments, made by tle Lords to the Bath 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. 
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19 Vicroriz. 


ham The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Chelten- 
ham 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. 


Brough arid The Brough and Eamont Bridge Road Bill was 
Eamont Bridge yead the third time. 
ood Bil Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Crystal Palace ‘The Crystal Palace Company Bill was read the 
Company Bill. third time. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Oxford, The Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton Rail- 


Worcester and way (Additional Capital, &amp;c.) Bill was read the third 


Wolverhamp- time 


‘aasitional Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Capital, &amp;e-) Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 
Wandsworth The Wandsworth and Putney Gas Bill was read 
one the third time. 
= Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 
Clay Cross The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Water Bill. the Clay Cross Water Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 
GloucesterGas The House proceeded to take into consideration 
(No.2) Bil. the Gloucester Gas (No. 2) Bill, as amended in the 
Committee ; and an Amendment was made to the 
Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 
Godley Lane © The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Road Bill. the Godley Lane Road Bill, as amended in the 
Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 
Sittingbourne The House proceeded to take into consideration 
and Sheerness 


way Ril the Sittingbourne and Sheerness Railway Bill, as 
_ amended in the Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Swansea Vale The House proceeded to take into consideration 
ay Bill. the Swansea Vale Railway Bill, as amended in the 
Committee ; and an Amendment was made to the 
Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


nes The House proceeded to take into consideration 
te Bil. = Wainman’s Estate Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 
~~ The Bilenheim Estate Bill was read a second time ; 
and committed. 
—. Ingham’s Estate Bill was read the first time. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exa- 
miners of Petitions for Private Bills. 
Aberdee Toti i - 
oor A Motion was made, and the Question was pro 


land Junction POSed, ‘That Standing Order No. 181 be dispensed 
RailwayCom- With, and that the Aberdeen and Scottish Midland 
Pais Amal- Junction Railway Companies Amalgamation Bill, as 
—— in Committee and on re-committal, be con- 

You. 111. 


4° Juni. 








233 


sidered upon Friday next, notwithstanding printed 
copies of the Bill, as amended on re-committal, shall 
have been deposited only two clear days before the 
consideration of such Bill:—And the said Motion 
was, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 


Petitions relating to Registration of Voters (Scot- Public 
land) Bill ;—Bible ;— British Museum, &amp;c.;—Cam- Petitions. 
bridge University ;— Cambridge University Bill; — yige Forty- 
Church of Jreland ;—Ecclesiastical Courts Juris~ first Report. 
diction Bill, and Wills and Administrations Bill ;— 
Intoxicating Liquors ;— Lord’s Day ;—- Maynooth 
College Act ;— Roman Catholics (Jreland) ;—Bank- 
ruptcy and Insolvency (Jreland) Bill ;—Militia ;— 
Parochial Schools (Scotland) Bill ;— Poor Law (Ire- 
land) Bill;— Scotch and Jrish Pauper Removals 
Bill ;—Spirit ‘Trade (Ireland) Bill ;—Tenant Right 
(Lreland) Bill ;—Tenant Right (Zreland) Bill, and 
Juvenile Offenders (Jreland) Bill :---Tenants’ Com- 
pensation (Jreland) Bill ;—and, Wages,—were pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


The following Papers were laid upon the Table Copper, &amp;a 
by the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, 
dated the 14th day of February last, for Accounts 
of the Exports and Imports in the United Kingdom 
of Copper, Zine and Zinc Ore, and Tin, for the year 
ending with the 5th day of January 1856 :—And, 
of the Exports and Imports of Lead and Lead Ore, 
for three years ending with the 5th day of January 
1856. 

Return to an Order, dated the 2d day of this in- Lunacy. 
stant June, for a Copy of the Tenth Report of the 
Commissioners in Lunacy to the Lord Chancellor. 

The following Papers, pursuant to the directions Finance. 
of several Acts of Parliament, were also laid upon No. 252. 
the Table by the Clerk of the House,—The Finance 
Accounts, I. to VILI. of the United Kingdom of 
Great Britain and Ireland, for the Financial year 
1855-56, ended 31st March 1856. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Civil Con- civit Contin. 
tingencies, which was presented upon the 2d day of gencies. 
this instant June, be printed. No. 253. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Prisons, prisons. 
which was presented upon the 2d day of this instant Ny, 954, 
June, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Music in Music in 
Kensington Gardens, which was presented upon the Kensington 
2d day of this instant June, be printed. Caen 
No. 251. 

Ordered, That the Return relative to Capital Capital 
Punishment (Colonies), which was presented upon Punishment 


(Voss 4 (Colonies. ) 
the 2d day of this instant June, be printed. No. 255. 


Mr. Seymour presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- fast India. 
mand,—Copies of the Third and Fourth Reporis 
of Her Majesty’s Commissioners appointed to con- 
sider the Reform of the Judicial Establishments, Ju- 
dicial Procedure and Laws of India, &amp;c. 
Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Tenant Right 
reading of the Tenant Right (/reland) Bill ; (Ireland) Bill. 
And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
put, That the Bill be now read a second time ; 
The House divided. 
The Yeas to the Right ; 
The Noes to the Left. 
Tellers for thef Mr. Moore, 
Yeas, UMr. Maguire: 
Tellers for the (Sir Archibuld Campbell, 59 
Noes, \ Mr. Grogan: i 
So it was resolved in the Affirmative :—The Bill 
was accordingly read a second time ; and committed 
to a Committee of the whole House, for Wednesday 


next. 
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234. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on the Scientific and Literary So- 
cieties Bill. 

(In the Committee.) 


Preamble postponed. 

Crause, N° 1, amended, and agreed to. 

Ciause, N° 2 (Scientific Societies exempted from 
rates, on obtaining the certificates hereinafter men- 
tioned), 

An Amendment made. 

Question proposed, That the Clause, as amended, 
stand part of the Bill. 

Whereupon Motion made, and Question proposed, 
That the Chairman do report Progress, and ask 
leave to sit again :—Motion, by leave, withdrawn. 

Clause, as amended, agreed to. 

Crause, N° 3, amended, and agreed to. 

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, and amended the Title, as followeth : 

A Bill to amend the Act 6 &amp; 7 Vic. c. 36, to 
exempt from County, Borough, Parochial, and other 
local Rates, Land and Buildings occupied by Scien- 
tific or Literary Societies. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 

Ordered, Vhat the Bill be re-committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for Wednesday the 
18th day of this instant June. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself into 
a Committee on the Dissenters’ Marriages Bill. 


(In the Committee.) 


Preamble postponed. 

Ciause, N* 1 (No notice of marriage to be read 
or published before Poor Law Guardians, or be trans- 
mitted to the clerk of such guardians). 

Motion made, and Question proposed, That the 
Clause stand part of the Bill. 

Whereupon Motion made, and Question pro- 
pois That the Clause be postponed :— Motion, by 
eave, withdrawn. 

Original Question agreed to. 

Crause, N° 2 (Every notice of marriage to be 
accompanied by a solemn declaration by one of the 
parties, that there is no lawful hindrance to such 
marriage, &amp;c.) 

An Amendment made. 

Another Amendment proposed, in p. 2, 1.30: To 
leave out ** or otherwise.” 

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. 

Crausz, N* 3, amended, and agreed to. 

Causz, N° 4 (Notice of marriage without license 
to be affixed in Superintendent Registrar's Office). 

Amendments made. 

Another Amendment proposed, in p. 3, 1. 15: 
After the word “in” to insert the words “ and 
“ outside.” 

Question put, That those words be there in- 
serted ; 

The Committee divided. 

Tellers for the| Sir John Duckworth, 

Yeas, \ Dr. Phillimore : 

Tellers for the; Mr. Peflatt, 

Noes, (Mr. Hadfield : 

Other Amendments made. 

Clause, as amended, agreed to. 

Criause, N° 5, amended, and agreed to. 

Cravuses, N° 6 to N° 10, agreed to. 


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A, 1856. 


Crauss, N° 11 (Mode of solemnizing marriages 
in registered buildings). 

Amendment proposed, in p. 2, 1.15: After the 
word “ for” to insert the words “ the marriage of.” 

Question proposed, That those words be there in- 
serted :—Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 

Another Amendment proposed, at the end of the 
Clause, to add the following words: “ Provided 
“ always, That no such marriage as aforesaid shall 
“be solemnized in any such registered building 
“ without the consent of the minister, or of one of 
“ the trustees, owners, deacons, or managers thereof, 
“nor in any church or chapel of the United Church 
“ of England and Ireland, without the consent of the 
“ minister thereof.” 

Amendment proposed to the said proposed Amend- 
ment: After the word “ Zreland” to insert the words 
“ or of the Church of Rome.” 

Question, That those words be there inserted ——. 
put, and agreed to. 

Amendment, as amended, agreed to. 

Other Amendments made. 

Clause, as amended, agreed to. 

Crause, N° 12 (Superintendent Registrar to whom 
notice is given may grant license for marriage 
(under 3 &amp; 4 Vic. c. 72) in a district in which neither 
of the parties resides; and may also grant license 
or certificate for marriage in the usual place of 
worship of one of the parties). 

Amendments made. 

Clause, as amended, agreed to. 

Crauses, N° 13 to N° 15, agreed to. 

Crausz, N° 16, amended, and agreed to. 

Crauszs, N° 17 and N° 18, agreed to. 

Crause, N° 19, disagreed to. 

Crause, N° 20, agreed to. 

Cravuse, N° 21, disagreed to. 

Crauses, N° 22 to N® 25, agreed to. 

Clause (Any building licensed according to law as 
a place of worship may be registered for solemnizing 
marriages therein under the provisions of the first of 
the said recited Acts, although it has not been used 
as a place of worship during one year; and the cer- 
tificate for registration of such building shall be good 
and sufficient, although the same shall be signed by 
ten members of the congregatio# using the same as 
their place of worship, not being householders ; and 
such certificate shall only state that such building is 
their usual place of worship, and that they are 
desirous that it be registered as aforesaid) —— brought 
up, and read 1°. 

Motion made, and Question, That the Clause be 
read a second time——put, and negatived. 

Clause (Where any marriage shall have been law- 
fully celebrated before the registrar, or according to 
the rites of the Church of England, it shall not be 
necessary to give any notice to the registrar of any 
other and subsequent celebration of such marriage 
according to the religious rites of any church or 
other religious body, and the presence of the regis- 
trar shall not be required at any such celebration) 
—-—brought up, and read 1°. 

Motion made, and Question, That the Clause be 
read a second time :—Motion and Clause, by leave, 
withdrawn. 

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 Monday 


next; and be printed, 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming Joint Stock 
the adjourned Debate on the Question cobinted Banks Bill 
upon the 24th day of April last, That Mr. Speaker 


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19 Vicroriz. 


do now leave the Chair (for Committee on the Joint 
Stock Banks Bill) ; 
And the Question being again proposed :—The 
House resumed the said adjourned Debate. 
Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 


till To-morrow. 


Gaols, &amp;ce The Order of the day being read, for the second 
Bill. reading of the Gaols, &amp;c. Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
To-morrow. 
Supply. The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Supply ; 
Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, 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, To-morrow, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 
Judicial The Judicial Procedure, &amp;c. (Scotland) Bill was, 


Procedure, &amp;e. according to Order, read the third time. 
(Pestana) BOM. Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 


Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Specialty and = The Order of the day being read, for the second 
ae reading of the Specialty and Simple Contract Debts 
Bill. Bill; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time To- 
morrow. 
Registration © The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
of Voters 


(Scotland) Bill, mittee on the Registration of Voters (Scotland) 
Bill ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Supply. Mr. FitzRoy reported from the Committee of 
Supply, several Resolutions ; which were read, as 
follow : 

Ecclesiastical 


iast 1. That a Sum, not exceeding £.3,461, be granted 
Commission. +4 Her Majesty, to defray a portion of the Expenses 
of the Eccle-iastical Commissioners for England, to 
the 31st day of March 1857. 


Charity 2. That a Sum, not exceeding £.16,022, be 

Voumission. ranted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of the 
Salaries and Expenses of the Charity Commission 
for England and Wales, to the 31st day of March 
1857. 

Statute Law 3. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 1,911, be granted 

Commission. &gt; Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of the Relicien 
and Expenses of the Statute Law Commission, to 

7 the 31st day of March 1857. 

ivil Service 4, That a Sum, not exceeding £.6,900, be granted 

Commission. to Her Majesty, to defray the Gem of the Salaries 
and Expenses of the Civil Service Commissioners, to 
the 31st day of March 1857. 

Temporary 5. That a Sum, not exceeding £.8,152, be granted 


i008: to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of the Salaries 
and Expenses of sundry Temporary Commissions, 
to the 31st day of March 1857. 


ape lew 6. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 21,842, be 

‘ct “"* granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Fees, Salaries 
and Compensations payable under the Provisions of 
the Patent Law Amendment Act, to the 31st day 
of March 1857. 

veda 7. That a Sum, not exceeding £.13,500, be 


(Seotland.) — to Her Majesty, to pay the Salaries and 
xpenses of the Board of Fisheries in Scotland, to 
the 31st day of March 1857. 
The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 


Aan cts The Order of the day being read, for the second 
Bill, reading of the Burial Acts Amendment Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time To- 
morrow. 
Vou, 111. 





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235 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself into Excise Bi. 
a Committee on the Excise Bill; and, after somie ‘ 
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. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented River Po. 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Copy of any Regulations for the Navigation 
of the River Po, made by the authority of the River- 
bordering States, according to the Provisions of the 
Ninety-sixth Article of the Treaty of Vienna, 

Ordered, That 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. Bowyer presented a Bill to facilitate the Grand Juries 
Despatch of Business before Grand Juries in Eng- Bill. 
land and Wales: And the same was read the first Bill 161. 
time; and ordered to be read a second time upon 
Monday next; and to be printed. 


Sir William Somerville reported from the Com- Isle of Wight 
mittee on Group 3 of Railway Bills; That in the Steam Bridge | 
case of the Isle of Wight Steam Bridge and Ap- ji.” 
proaches Bill, they had examined the allegations 
contained in the Preamble of the Bill, and made 
certain verbal Amendments therein ; and found the 
same, as amended, to be true ; and had gone through 
the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


The Procedure before Justices (Scotland) Bill was Pussabes ; 
read the first time ; and ordered to be read a second (Scotland) Bill 
time upon Wednesday the 18th day of this instant“ ,; 

June ; and to be printed. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 








Jovis, 5° die Junii ; 
Anno 19° Victorie Regine, 1856. 


PRAYERS. 
N R. FitzRoy reported the Londonderry and Londonderry 
Enniskillen Railway (re-committed) Bill, with tag 
further Amendments. Bill. of 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. : 


Mr. FitzRoy reported from the Committee on London 

the London Printing and Publishing Company Bill ; Printing and 
J : % -” Publishing 

That they had examined the allegations contained in Company Bill. 
the Preamble of the Bill, and amended the same, 
by altering the number of shares stated to have been 
created, and inserting recitals stating the registry of 
the Company under the “ Limited Liability Act, 
1855,” the reduction of the capital of the Company, 
the arrangements with reference to the shares and 
the holders thereof consequent thereon, and the 
desirability of empowering the Company (restricted 
in this respect by the Deed of Settlement) to give 
Bills of Exchange, and make Promissory Notes, the 
necessity for the restriction being removed by placing 
the Company under the said Limited Liability Act, 
in order to make the same an accurate statement of 
the affairs 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. Strutt reported from the General Committee Railway and 
on Railway and Canal Bills; That they had with- anal Bills 
drawn from Group No. 11 certain vera, # Bills, ory 
and had formed them into a separate Group, No. 14. No. 256. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table; . 
and be printed, 


HH2 Mr. 





Nawab of 
Surat Bill. 


Nawab of 
Surat Bill 
(Special 
Report. ) 


Edinburgh 
Municipality 
Bill. 


Clarke 
Thornhill's 
Estate Bill. 


236 


Mr. Cardwell reported from the Committee on the 
Nawab of Surat Bill; That they had examined the 
allegations contained in the Preamble of the Bill, 
and made Amendments therein, for the reasons 
stated in their Special Report ; 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. Cardwell specially reported from the Com- 
mittee on the Nawab of Surat Bill ; That the Orders 
of the House have required that the Bill referred to 
your Committee should be treated as a Private Bill, 
and sent to a Committee of Five Members appointed 
by the Committee of Selection; but the subject- 
matter in dispute widely distinguishes the present 
from an ordinary case of private business, and 
questions of a public nature have been raised in the 
course of the inquiry : 

The Bill proposes to enact in substance— 

1. That an annuity of 150,000 rupees (£.15,000), 
which the East India Company by a Treaty made 
in the year 1800 agreed to pay to the then Nawab 
“ and his heirs,” but now regard as having been 
restricted to such heirs as might succeed to the office 
or dignity of Nawab, shall be declared to be payable 
to the heirs of the Nawab without any such restric- 
tion, and shall be paid accordingly. 

2. That an appeal to the Judicial Committee of 
Privy Council shall be provided for any person who 
may consider himself to have been aggrieved by any 
decision or order of the Bombay Government in 
respect to the estate of the last Nawab, under an 
Act of the Indian Legislature passed in 1848. 

In considering the evidence which has been laid 
before them, and has been discussed by counsel, 
your Committee have confined themselves to the 
province which they conceive the House intended to 
assign to them as a Private Bill Committee. They 
have weighed, and according to their judgment de- 
termined, the effect of the Treaty of 1800 as it ought 
to be interpreted according to the rules which govern 
the construction of agreements in a court of justice. 

They have investigated the circumstances which 
have attended the administration by the East India 
Company of the late Nawab’s estate, and have traced 
the history of the enactment passed in 1848 by the 
Indian Legislature, which withdrew from the ordi- 
nary courts of justice the adjudication of suits arising 
in connexion with that estate. 

They have examined how far any distinction ex- 
isted between the present and other cases of disputed 
property in Jndia, of such a nature as to render in- 
applicable in this instance the right of appeal to the 

rivy Council which Parliament has provided for 
the inhabitants of that country in general. 

Guided by these views, your Committee have 
passed, with some Amendments, the Preamble and 
Clauses of the Bill. 

Into other considerations of a political or of a | 
constitutional nature your Committee have declined 
to enter. What degree of weight these considera- 
tions may bear, your Committee have regarded as a 
question which properly belongs to the House itself, 
and has not been delegated to them. | 

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





The House proceeded to take into consideration | 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Edinburgh | 
Municipality Bill; and the same were twice read, | 
and agreed to. 

Ordered, ‘Vhat the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the Amendments made by their Lordships. 


Clarke Thornhill’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 





5° Juniz. 











A. 1856, 


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 Donington Turnpike Trust Bill was read the Donington 
third time. rnpike 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. Trust Bill 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bilk to 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 the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 

Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The London Diocesan Church Building Society London Dio. 
Bill was read the third time. cesan Church 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. ween, 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the si 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Mid-Kent Direct Railway (Bromley to Saint Mia-Kent 
Mary's Cray) Bill was read the third time. Direct Rail- 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. oo 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the Mary’s Cray) 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. Bill. 


The Westminster Terminus Railway Bill was read Westminster 
the third time. Terminus 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. naan OS 

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

The House, according to Order, proceeded to take London and 
into consideration the London and South Western South Western 
Railway (Yeovil to Exeter) Bill, as amended in the Creortl te 
Committee. Exeter) Bill, 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into West London 
consideration the West London and Crystal Palace — oes 
Railway Bill, as amended in the Committee ; te Bill, 

Ordered, That the Bill be taken into considera- 
tion upon Monday next. 


Petitions relating to Registration of Voters (Scot- Public 

land) Bill ;— British Museum, &amp;c. ;—Church Rates ; Petitions. 
—Lord’s Day ; — Maynooth College Act ; —Nun- yige Forty- 
neries ;—Public-houses and Beer-shops ;—Religious first Report. 
Endowments (Ireland) ;—JIndia (Courts and Magis- 
tracy, &amp;c.) ;—Jndia (Legislative Council) ;—County 
Rates ; —Fire Insurance ; — Agricultural Statistics 
Bill ;— Burial-grounds Act ;—Coalwhippers (Port 
of London) Bill;—Court of Exchequer (Scotland) 
Bill; — Decimal Coinage ; — Education (Scotland) 
Bill ;—Factories Bill ;—Leases and Sales of Settled 
Estates Bill ;—Zondon Corporation Bill ;—Nuisances 
Removal, &amp;c. (Scotland) Bill;—Parochial Schools 
(Scotland) Bill;— Poor Law Amendment Bill ;— 
Public Health Bill; — Punishment of Death ;— 
Scotch and Irish Pauper Removals Bill ;—Wages ; 
—and, Wee Pawns, &amp;c. (Scotland),—were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition relating to the Rating of Mines Bill, 
was also presented, and read ; a referred to the 


| Select Committee on Rating of Mines. 


Wem and 


Bronygarth 
Roads Bill. 


Viscount Galway reported the Wem and Brony- 
garth Roads Bill, with Amendments. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Transport 

that part of the Message from the Lords of the 26th "™ 
day of May last, wherein their Lordships request 
that this House will communicate to their Lordships, 
a Copy of the Keport from the Select Committee 
appointed by this House in the present Session of 
Parliament on ‘Transportation, together with the 

Minutes 









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19 VicToriz. 


Minutes of Evidence taken before the said Com- 
mittee, and the Appendix and Index thereto. 
Ordered, That a printed Copy of the said Report 
be communicated to the Lords, as desired by their 
Lordships: And that the Clerk do deliver the same. 


Com- The Order made upon the 25th day of April last, 
That there be laid before this House, a Return of all 
Tithes-commuted and apportioned under the Act 6 
&amp; 7 Will. 4, c. 71, from the 31st day of December 
1847 to the 3ist day of December 1856; distin- 
guishing between those assigned to Clerical Appro- 
priators and their Lessees, Parochial Incumbents, 
Lay Impropriators, and Schools and Colleges, &amp;c. 
(in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 298, 
of Session 1848), was read, and discharged. 


Ee 


Tithe Com Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 

mutation. = Return of all Tithes commuted and apportioned 
under the Act 6&amp;7 Will. 4, c. 71, from the 31st 
day of December 1847 to the 3ist day of December 
1855; distinguishing between those assigned to 
Clerical Appropriators and their Lessees, Parochial 
Incumbents, Lay Impropriators, and Schools and 
Colleges, &amp;c. (in continuation of Parliamentary Pa- 
per, No. 298, of Session 1848). 

Manchester Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 

and Salford = to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 

Hundred . 


Courts. to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return, from the Manchester and Salford 
Hundred Courts of Record, of the Total Number of 
Causes entered in the year 1855; the Number under 
£.5, above £.5, and under £.10, and above £.10 
and under £.20; of the Total Number of Causes 
tried, and the Number of Causes in which Defend- 
ants appeared by Attorney; the Total Amount of 
Monies for which Causes were entered; the Total 
Amount of Monies, exclusive of Costs, for which 
Judgments were entered, and the Total Amount of 
Costs ; the Gross Total of Fees received, and the 
Amount of Fees paid to each Officer of the Court ; 
the Scale of Fees charged in the Proceedings of the 
Court ; a List of the first Fifty Causes entered in the 
year 1855 in which the Defendant appeared by 
Attorney at the hearing of the Cause; the Names of 
the Plaintiff and Defendant ; the Amount of Money 
sued for; the Amount of Money for which Judgment 
was given in each Case ; and the Costs in each Case. 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Copies of the ‘Treasury Minutes and other Papers, 
dated in the years 1650 and 1851, relative to grant- 
ing Compensation Allowances tv the Paymasters of 
Constabulary in Jreland on the Abolition of their 
Offices :—And, of the Treasury Minutes and other 
Papers, dated in the years 1848 and 1849, relative 
to placing the Office of Paymaster of Constabulary 


in Ireland on the Schedule of the Superannuation 
Act. 


Constabi 
(oan)? 


Standing Mr. Deedes reported from the Select Committee 

Orders. on Standing Orders, several Resolutions; which were 
read, as follow: 

Bagenalstown 1. That in the case of the Bagenalstowz and 


— Wexford Railway Company Bill, Petition for dis- 

Company Rill, Pensing with Standing Order 131, the said Standing 
Order ought to be dispensed with. 

aie, ast eal That in the case of the Boston, Sleaford and 

Midland Coun. Midland Counties Railway Amendment, Petition for 

ties Railway, leave to deposit a Petition for Bill, the Standing 
Orders ought to be dispensed with ; that the Parties 
be permitted to deposit their Petition accordingly. 

The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 

were agreed to. 


a Mr. Monsell reported from the Select Committee 
Billigs3, °" the A/dershot Camp Bill; That they had exa- 


Vou, 111. 


5° Suniz. 


237 


mined the allegations of the Bill, and found the 
same to be true; and had gone through the Bill, 
and made Amendments thereunto. 
Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 
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, Horses and 
a Return, according to the Form annexed, of the Cartiages. 
Number of Horses and Carriages paying Taxes in 
each County in England, for 1854. 








= 
Namg Carriages Carriages | Number of | Total Amount 
of with with Horses, of 
County all Sizes, | Assessment, 


Four Wheels. | Two Wheels. 




















The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Cambridge 
mittee on the Cambridge University Bill; aa 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 


next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


A Message by Sir Augustus Clifford, Gentleman Royal Assent. 

Usher of the Black Rod: 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords, authorized by virtue of Her Ma- 
jesty’s Commission, for declaring Her Royal Assent 
to several Acts agreed upon by both Houses, desire 
the immediate attendance of this Honourable House 
in the House of Peers, to hear the Commission 
read. 

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

Mr. Speaker reported, That the House, at the 
desire of the Lords, authorized by virtue of Her 
Majesty’s Commission, had been at the House of 
Peers, where a Commission under the Great Seal 
was read, giving, declaring and notifying the Royal 
Assent to the several Acts therein mentioned; and 
that the Lords, thereby authorized, had declared the 
Royal Assent to the said Acts, as follow : 

An Act for raising the further Sum of Five mil- Annuities 
lions by way of Annuities : (No. 2) Bill. 
An Act to continue certain Compositions payable Bankers’ 
to Bankers who have ceased to issue Bank Notes: aaa 


An Act to amend the Laws relating to the Duties Fire In- 
on Fire Insurances : surances Bill. 

An Act for enabling the Company of Proprietors Lambeth 
of Lambeth Waterworks to raise further Money, and Water Bill. 
for other purposes : 

An Act for effecting certain Alterations in the Dundee 
Works of the Tidal Harbour of Victoria Dock at Harbour Bill. 
Dundee, and for other purposes in relation to the 
Harbour of Dundee : 

An Act to enable the Zincola Waterworks Com- Lincoln 
pany to raise a further Sum of Money : Water Bill. 

An Act for the incorporating of the Milford Rail- Milford Junc- 
way Company, and for the making of the Mi/ford = Railway 
Railway in the County of Pembroke : 

An Act to enable the East of Fife Railway Com- East of Fife 
pany to make a Deviation in the Line of their Rail- way Bill. 
way, and for other purposes : 

An Act for granting further Powers to the Hey- Heywood 
wood Gas-Light and Coke Company : Gas Bill. 

An Act for making a Railway from the Wilts, East Somerset 
Somerset and Weymouth Railway near Frome, to Railway Bill. 
Shepton Mallet, in the County of Somerset : 

An Act to enable the Eastern Counties and Lon- London, Til- 
don and Blackwall Railway Companies to raise BY ve Ace 
further Sum of Money for the purposes of the Lon- Railway (In- 
don, Tilbury and Southend Extension Railway, to crease of 
amend the Acts relating to such Undertaking, and — Se.) 
for other purposes : 

An Act to confirm an Award for the Settlement Cambridge 
of Matters in meen ee the aaatig ei Teen Bat. 





























































Filey Water 
Bill. 


Ulster Rail- 
way Bill. 


Wakefield 
Gas Bill. 


Worksop 
Gas Bill. 


Llanidloes 
and Newtown 
Railway Bill. 


Boston Gas 
Bill. 


Leicester 
and Welford 
Road Bill. 


Gravesend 
Improvement 
Bill. 


Scarborough 
Water Bill. 


Sleaford and 
Tattershall 
‘Turnpike 
Trust Bill. 
Doddington 
Rectory 
Division Bill. 


Copper, &amp;c. 
No, 257. 


Lunacy. 
No. 258. 


Wine and 
Spirits. 


238: 


Borough of Cambridge, and for other purposes con- 
nected therewith. 

An Act for supplying with Water the Town of 
Filey and the Environs and Neighbourhood thereof, 
and other Places in the East and North Ridings of 
the County of York, and for authorizing the Pur- 
chase of the Filey Gas Works, and for supplying 
the said Town with Gas, and for other purposes : 

An Act to enable the Ulster Railway Company 
to subscribe towards the Undertaking of the Porta- 
down and Dungannon Railway Company, and to 
authorize certain Arrangements between the said 
Companies, and for other purposes : 

An Act to empower the Wakefield Gas-Light 
Company to raise a further Sum of Money : 

An Act for incorporating the Worksop Gas Com- 
pany: 


An Act to amend and extend the Provisions of | 


“ The Llanidloes and Newtown Railway Act, 1853,” 
and to enable the Llanid/oes and Newtown Railway 


Company to make certain Deviations in their autho- | 


rized Line and Levels, and for other purposes : 

An Act to confer further Powers on the Boston 
Gas-Light and Coke Company : 

An Act for continuing the Term and amending 
and extending the Provisions of the Act relating to 
the Leicester and Welford Turnpike-road, in the 
Counties of Leicester and Northampton : 


An Act for more effectually paving, cleansing, | 


lighting and otherwise improving the Yown. of 
Gravesend, in the County of Kent: 

An Act to enable the Scarborough Waterworks 
Company to raise a further Sum of Money, and to 
extend the Limits for the Supply of Water, and to 
amend the Provisions of the Act relating to such 
Company : 

An Act to repeal the Acts relating to the Sleaford 
and Tattershall Turnpike-road, and to make other 
Provisions in lieu thereof : 


An Act to amend an Act made and passed in the 
Tenth year of the reign of Her present Majesty, in- 
tituled, “ An Act to divide the Parish and Rectory 
of Doddington, otherwise Dornington, into three 
separate and distinct Parishes and Rectories, and to 
endow the same out of the Revenues of that Rectory, 
and to make Provisions for the further Division of 
such Rectories and Parishes, and for other purposes 
connected therewith.” 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Copper, &amp;c., 
which was presented upon the 4th day of this instant 
June, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Lunacy, which 
was presented upon the 4th day of this instant June, 
be printed. 


The following Paper was laid upon the Table by 
the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, dated 
the 8th day of February 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 Guantities exported ; 
also the Quantities exported on Drawback, and the 
Quantities retained for actual Consumption in the 
United Kingdom, for the year ended the 31st day of 
December 1855 ; distinguishing the different Coun- 
tries from whence imported, and whether Red or 
White; together with the Quantities of each sort 
remaining in Bond on the 31st day of December 
1855, distinguishing London from the Country :— 
And, of the were of Proot Gallons of Run, 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 31st day of December 1855; together with the 
Quantities of each Sort remaining in Bond on the 31st 


5° Juniz. 





A. 1856, 


day of December 1855, distinguishing Zondon from 
the Country (in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, 
No. 305, of Session 1855). 


Viscount Palmerston presented, by Her Majesty’s Italy, 
Command,—Copy of Correspondence with Sardinia 
respecting the State of Affairs in Italy. 

iscount Palmerston also presented,—Return to Recruiting 
an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 2d day of this (United 
instant June, for Copy of so much of the Papers com- 5s.) 
municated by the President of the United States to 


| the Senate in February 1856, relating to the Enlist- 


ment of Soldiers within the Territory of the States, as 
is not contained in the Papers lately issued to the 
House, entitled “ Papers relating to Recruiting in the 
United States.” 

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


Mr. Massey presented, — Return to an Order, dated Constables 
the 19th day of May last, for Copies of Minutes of a ee and 
Court of Inquiry into the Conduct of Constable Clarie 
and Sub-Constable Walsh, ordered by his Excellency 
the Lord Lieutenant, upon the Complaint of 
Jackson and others, and referred to two Magistrates 
of the Randalstown Petty Sessions District, Messrs. 
Jones and M‘Clintoch ; and, of all Correspondence 
connected with such Inquiry between the Local and 
Stipendiary Magistrates of the District and the 
Authorities of Dubin Castle. 

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





Mr. Lowe presented,—Return to an Order, dated Vessels and 
the 21st day of May last, for a Return showing the Tonnage, &amp;. 
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 1855 (in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, 

No. 326, of Session 1855). 

Return to an Order, dated the 30th day of May Sound Dues. 
last, for a Return of the Number of Vessels, specify- 
ing the different Nations, and the Aggregate Tonnage 
of each Flag or Nation, which passed the Sound at 
Elsinore, for the years 1845 to 1854 inclusive. 

. jar That the said Returns do lie upon the 
able. 


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 Canada Company Canada 
Bill, with an Amendment; to which Amendment Company 
the Lords desire the concurrence of this House: And 
also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Saint Ives and Saint Ives oot 
West Cornwall Junction. Railway Bill, with an bate gr 
Amendment ; to which Amendment the Lords desire Railway Bill 
the concurrence of this House: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Shrewsbury Water Shrewsbury 
Bill, with an Amendment; to which Amendment Water Bill. 
the Lords desire the concurrence of this House: And 
also, ; 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Oxford Uni- 
to amend the Act of the seventeenth and eighteenth ¥™"Y 

ears of Her Majesty, concerning the University of 
Ozford and the College of Saint Mary, Winchester ; 
to which the Lords desire the concurrence of this 
House : And also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Shipton’s 
to enable George Shipton, Clerk, to exercise his —_ val Bill 
Office of Priest, and to hold any Benefice or Pre- 
ferment in the United Church of England and Jre- 
land; 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 John Talbot, uire, ~"" 
with Marianne his now Wife, and to enable him to 








marry 





and 
wall 





te 
; sppettion 


(House of 
Lords.) 


Supply. 


Board of 
Manufactures 


(Scotland. ) 


Highland 
Roods and 
Bridges. 


Bounties on 
Slaves, &amp;c. 


Ancient Laws 
and Institutes 
of Ireland. 


Process 
Servers in 
Ireland. 


Pensions 
(Merchant 
Service. ) 


istration 
of Joint Stock 
Companies. 


istration 
igns, 


Dues under 
Treaties of 
Reciprocity, 


Corn Returns. 


Distressed 
qritish Sea. 
men Abroad, 


Quarantine 


gements. 


Revising 
isters, 


Con 
Paige 
(Aldershot, ) 


19 Vicroriz. 


again, and for other purposes ; to which the 
Lords desire the concurrence of this House: And 
also, 

The Lords communicate a Copy of the Report from 
the Select Committee of the House of Lords on the 
Appellate Jurisdiction of the House ; together with 
the Minutes of Evidence taken before the said Com- 
mittee, as desired by this House. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself into 
the Committee of Supply. 


(In the Committee.) 


1. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £.2,000, 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray, to the 31st 
day of March 1857, the Charge on account of the 
Annuity to the Board of Manufactures in Scotland, 
in discharge of Equivalents under the Treaty of 
Union. 

2. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £. 5,000, 
be granted to Her Majesty, on account of the Com- 
missioners of Highland Roads and Bridges, to the 
31st day of March 1857. 

3. Resolved, 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 1857. 

4. 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 the 31st day of March 1857. 

5. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £. 9,000, 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Expense 
of the Pay of the Process Servers in Ireland, to the 
31st day of March 1857. 

6. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £. 70,900, 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge 
for Pensions to Masters and Seamen of the Mer- 
chant Service, and to their Widows and Children, 
under the Merchant Seamen’s Fund Act, and forCom- 
= pane to the late Officers of the Trustees of the 

erchant Seamen’s Fund, to the 31st day of March 
1857. 

7. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £.2,301, 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Salaries 
and Expenses of the Office for the Registration of 
Joint Stock Companies, to the 31st day of March 
1857. 

8. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £.1,790, 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of 
the Salaries and Expenses in the Registration of 
Designs Office, to the 31st day of March 1857. 

9. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £.29,000, 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge 
for Payments on account of the difference of Dues 
payable Ly British or Foreign Vessels under Trea- 
ties of Reciprocity, to the 31st day of March 1857. 

10. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £.3,800, 
be granted to Her Majesty, to pay the Salaries of 
Inspectors of Corn Returns, and the Expenses 
defrayed by Counties for Corn Returns, to the 
31st day of March 1857. 

11. Resolved, That a Sum, notexceeding £.17,000, 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray, in the year 
ending the 31st day of March 1857, the Charges on 
account of Distressed British Seamen Abroad. 

12. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £. 3,600, 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray Expenses 
connected with Quarantine Arrangements, to the 
31st day of March 1857. 

13. Resolved, 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 1857. 

14. Motion made, and Question put, That a Sum, 
not exceeding £. 7,338, be granted to Her Majesty, 
to defray the Charge for the Constabulary Police 
at the Military Camp of Aldershot, to the 31st day 
of March 1857; 


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239 


The Committee divided. 
Tellers for the { Mr. Hayier, 
Yeas, The Earl cf Mulgrave: 
Tellers for they Mr. William Williams, 14 
Noes, \ Mr. Hindley: ? 

15. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £.3,000, Barial- 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Expenses grounds. 
of the Inspection of Burial-grounds in England and 
Wales, to the 31st day of March 1857. 

16. Resolved, That a Sum,not exceeding £.21,262, Battersea 
be granted to Her Majesty, towards defraying the Park. 
Expense of forming a Park at Battersea, to, the 
31st a. of March 1857. ' 

17. Motion made, and Question put, That a Sum, Chelsea 
not exceeding £.35,753, be granted to Her Majesty, Embankment 
towards defraying, to the 31st day of March 1857, pte tomy 
the Expense of constructing an Embankment and vi 
Public Roadway between Battersea and Vauzhall 
Bridges, and an Approach from Sloane-street to 
Chelsea Bridge ; 

The Committee divided. 


jit. 


Tellers for thef Mr. Hayter, 109 
Yeas, (The Earl of Mulgrave: } ’ 
Tellers for they Mr. Michell, 66 
Noes, { Mr. Barrow : . 


18. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £. 1,544, Windsor Im. 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray, in the year provements, 
ending the 31st day of March 1857, the Charge 
for Services connected with the Improvements at 
Windsor. 

19. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £. 1,500, Carisbrooke 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge Castle. 
for Works at Carisbrooke Castle, Isle of Wight, to 
the 31st day of March 1857. 

20. inuhet That a Sum, not exceeding £.9,000, General 
be granted to Her Majesty, towards defraying, to Repository 
the 31st day of March 1857, 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 British Em- 
Sum, not exceeding £.6,912, be granted to Her &gt;assy _— 
Majesty, towards defraying the Expense of Works, — 
Furniture, Fittings, &amp;c. of the British Embassy 
Houses Abroad, to the 31st day of March 1857. 

Whereapon Motion made, and Question pro- 
posed, That a Sum, not exceeding £.4,582, be 
granted to Her Majesty, towards defraying the 
Expense of Works, Furniture, Fittings, &amp;c. of the 
British Embassy Houses Abroad, to the 31st day 
of March 1857. ; 

Whereupon Motion made, and Question pro- 
posed, That the Chairman do report Progress, and 
ask leave to sit again:—Motion, by leave, with- 
drawn. 

Amendment and Original Question, by leave, 
withdrawn. 

21. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £.2,084, British Sea- 
be granted to Her Majesty, towards defraying the men’s Hospital 
Expense of Works and Furniture at the British — 
Seamen’s Hospital at Constantinople, to the 31st 
day of March 1857. 

22. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £. 6,000, Spurn Point. 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Cost of 
certain Works at Spurn Point, River Humber, to 
the 31st day of March 1857. 

23. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £.627, Menai Straits. 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Cost of 
Works for the Improvement of the Navigation of 
the Menai Straits, to the 31st day of March 1857. 

24. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £. 1,053, Professors 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of (University 
the Salaries of certain Professors in the University CCN 
of Cambridge, to the 31st day of March 1857. 

25. Motion made, and Question proposed, That a Incumbered 
Sum, not exceeding £.15,529, be granted to Her Estates 
Majesty, to defray the Charge of the Salaries and (Ireland. .. 
Expenses of the Incumbered Estates Commission, 





Vou. 111. 


Ireland, to the 31st day of March 1857, 


HH4 Whereupon 































































240 5°—6° 


Whereupon Motion made, and Question pro- | 
posed, That the Chairman do report Progress, and ask | 
leave to sit azain:— Motion, by leave, withdrawn. 

Original Question put, and agreed to. 

26. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £.3,000, 
be nted to Her Majesty, to complete, in the year 
ending the 31st day of March 1857, the Expenses 
of the Jrish Census, 1851. 

Gallery of 27. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £.3,000, 

Arts (Dublin.) he granted to Her Majesty, towards the Erection of 
a Gallery of Arts in Dublin, in the year ending the 
31st day of March 1857. 


Irish Census, 
1851. 


Lighthouses 28. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £.29,400, 

Abroad. be granted to Her Majesty, to defray, in the year 
ending the 31st day of March 1857, the Expense 
of erecting and maintaining certain Lighthouses 
Abroad. 

Australian 29. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £.15,000, 

Expedition. be granted to Her Majesty, to defray, in the year 
ending the 31st day of March 1857, the Expense of 
the Australian Expedition. 

Public 30. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £.17,500, 

oy be granted to Her Majesty, to defray, in the vear 

"ending the 31st day of March 1857, the Charge of 

erecting at Scutart a Public Monument to the 
Memory of those who have fallen during the War 
with Russia. 

Orange River 31. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £.3,691, 

(Cape of ood PC granted to Her Majesty, to defray, in the year 

Hope.) ending the 3ist day of March 1857, pecuniary 


Claims arising out of Arrangements connected with 
the Orange River ‘Verritory (Cape of Good Hope). 
32. Motion made, and Question proposed, That 
a Sum, not exceeding £. 30,361, be granted to Her 
Majesty, to pay the Salaries and Expenses in the 
Department of the Commissioners for auditing the 
Public Accounts, to the 31st day of March 1857. 
Whereupon Motion made, and Question, That 
the Chairman do report Progress, and ask leave to 
sit again——put, and negatived. 
Original Question put, and agreed to. 
Resolutions to be reported. 


Commissioners 
for auditing 
Public 
Accounts. 





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


Veneris, 6° die Junii, 1856: 


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 re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


Parochial 
Schools _ 
lard) Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Parochial Schools (Scotland) Bill; 

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


Coalwhippers 
(Port of Lon- 
don) Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Coalwhippers (Port of London) Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Thursday the 19th day of this instant June. 
Excise Bill The House, according to Order, proceeded to take 
into consideration the Excise Bill, as amended in 
the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
this day. 


Education § The Order of the day being read, for resuming 
(Scotland) Bill. te adjourned Debate on the Question roposed 
upon the 2d day of this instant June, Thet the 
Education (Scotiand) Bill be now tead a second 
time ; 
Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 
till Thursday next. 





A. 1856. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Vico-Predident 
reading of the Vice-President of Committee of Coun- of Committe. 
cil on Education Bill ; of Council on 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time this "“°" Bil 
day. 


Junie. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Dublin 
reading of the Dub/in Metropolitan Police Bill ; Metropolitan 
And a Motion being made, and the Question being Police Bil, 
proposed, That the Bill be now read a second time; 

A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That this House do now adjourn :—And the 
said Motion and original Question were severally, 
with leave of the House, withdrawn. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time this 
day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Burial. 
mittee on the Burial-grounds (Jreland) Biil ; grounds (Ire- 
Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve #4) Bi 

itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take Grand Jury 
into consideration the Grand Jury Assessments (Zre- Assessments 
land) Bill, as amended in the Committee. (Ireland) Bill 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon 
Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming the Juries (Ire- 
adjourned Debate on the Amendment which, upon !#¢) Bill 
the 24th day of April last, was proposed to be made 
to the Question, That the Juries (Jreland) Bill be 
now read a second time ; 

Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned till 
Monday next. 


The Order of ‘the day being read, for the Com- Courts of 
mittee on the Courts of Common Law (Jreland) Bill ; ee 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday ‘ —_ 

next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Transfer of 
mittee on the Transfer of Works (Jreland) Bill; | Works (Ire- 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday next, lend) Ot 

resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Drainage 
reading of the Drainage (Jre/and) Bill ; (Ireland) Bill 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Monday next, 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Burial Acts 
reading of the Burial Acts Amendment Bill; Sa 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon” ~ 
Thursday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Formation,&amp;. 
mittee on the Formation, &amp;c. of Parishes Bill; &lt;n 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Tuesday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


R 


ating of 
Mines Bi 


The Order of the day being read, for the second uA 


reading of the Rating of Mines Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Wednesday the 18th day of this instant June. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming the Joint Stock 
adjourned Debate on the Question proposed upon Banks 
the 24th day of April last, That Mr. Speaker do now 
leave the Chair (for Committee on the Joint Stock 
Banks Bill) ; 

And the Question being again proposed :—The 
House resumed the said adjourned Debate. 

And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
put, That the Debate be now adjourned ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right; 

The Noes to the Left. se i 

, (Mr. Vance, 

Tellers for the Yeas, Mr. Spooner: 


Tellers for the Noes,{ aa eo ev 


to 


6. 


j 
1 os, 


So it d in the Negative. 
o it passed in the Negative ana 





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Esse 


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Judgments 
Execution, &amp;c. 
Bill 


ing 
oo Bill. 


Bleaching, &amp;c. 
Works (No. 2) 
Bill. 


Ways and 
Means. 


Specialty and 

Con- 
tract Debts 
Bill 


Scotch and 
Trish Pauper 
Removals Bill. 


Oxford Uni- 
versity Bill, 
Bill 164. 


National 
Gallery Site, 


Metropolis 


19 Vicroriz. 


And the Question being again proposed, That Mr. 
Speaker do now leave the Chair ; 

A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That this House do now adjourn :—And the 
said Motion was, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 

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 this 
day. , 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming the 
adjourned Debate on the Question proposed upon 
the 22d day of May last, That the Judgments 
Execution, &amp;c. Bill be now read a second time ; 

Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 
till Weduesday the 2d day of July next. 


The Sleeping Statutes 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 Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Bleaching, &amp;c. Works (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 this 
ay. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Gaols, &amp;c. Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Thursday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Ways and Means; 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
—s of the Specialty and Simple Contract Debts 

WW; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Thursday next. 


The Order for reading a second time, this day, 
the Scotch and Irish Pauper Removals Bill, was 
read, and discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday the 16th day of this instant June. 


_ The Oxford University Bill was read the first 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time upon 
Monday next; and to be printed. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to provide a Site for a new National Gallery: And 
that the Chancellor of the Exchequer and Mr. Wilson 
do prepare, and bring it in. 


The Select Committee on the Metropolis Roads 
was nominated of Lord Robert Grosvenor, Mr. 
Bramston, Sir John Shelley, Sir William Jolliffe, 
Colonel Pennant, Sir Benjamin Hall, Mr. Hildyard, 
Mr. Butler, Mr. Wyvill, Mr. Hastings Russell, Mr. 
Bonham Carter, Mr. Alcock, Mr. Alderman Challis, 
Mr. Grenfell and Mr. Wrightson ; with Power to 
send for persons, papers and records. 

Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 

Vou. 111. 


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241 
Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Insurance on 

to continue the Act for extending for a limited Time — ee 

the Provision for Abatement of Income Tax in re- Income Tax) 

spect of Insurance on Lives: And that Mr. Wilson Continuance. 

and the Chancellor of the Exchequer do prepare, 

and bring it in. 


A Motion being made, That this House will, this Annuities 
day, resolve itself into a Committee to consider of Redemption 
redeeming certain Annuities charged on Branches 
of the Gross Revenue, by Payments out of the Con- 
solidated Fund of the United Kingdom of Great 
Britain and Ireland; 

The Chancellor of the Exchequer, by Her Ma- 
jesty’s Command, acquainted the House, That Her 
Majesty, having been informed of the subject- 
matter of this Motion, recommends it to the consi- 
deration of this House. 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


Mr. Wilson presented a Bill to continue the Act Insurance on 
for extending for a limited Time the Provision for Lives (Abate- 
Abatement of Income Tax in respect of Insurance omen 
on Lives: And the same was read the first time ; Continuance 
and ordered to be read a second time this day ; and Bill. 
to be printed. Bill 166. 


The Chancellor of the Exchequer presented a Bill National 
to provide a Site for a new National Gallery : And Gallery Site 
the same was read the first time; and ordered to |. ‘ 
be read a second time upon Monday next; and to Bill 165. 
be printed. 


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








Veneris, 6° die Junii ; 
Anno 19° Victoria Regine, 1856. 


PRAYERS. 
R. Fitz Roy reported from the Committee on Bagenalstown ’ 
the Bagenalstown and Wexford Railway Bill ; ae 

That they had examined the allegations contained ““"*Y™ 
in the Preamble of the Bill, and amended the same, 
by striking out so much as recited the expediency 
of enabling the Bagenalstown and Wexford Railway 
Company to enter into working and traffic arrange- 
ments with certain other Railway Companies, the 
portions of the Bill to which that recital had refer- 
ence having been abandoned by the Promoters; 
and by inserting a recital defining the four several 
divisions, upon the completion of each of which, the 
Committee have, in pursuance of the Resolution of 
the House of the 5th instant, authorized the Com- 
pany to borrow one-third of the capital which shall 
actually have been 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 ; 
and be printed. 





| 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 Earl of Perth and Mel- Earl of Perth 
and Melfort’s 


| fort’s Compensation, Petition for leave to deposit a Compensation. 


Petition for a Bill, the Standing Orders ought to be 
dispensed with; that the Parties be permitted to 
present their Petition to the House, instead of de- 
positing the same in the Private Bill Office, pro- 
vided the Consent of the Crown be previously 
signified. 
The said Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 
II Mr. 




































































Public 
Petitions 

( Forty-first 
Report. ) 


Deeping Fen 
Drainage Bill. 


North British 
Railway Bill. 


Castle Douglas 
and Dumfries 
Railway Bill. 


Ceylon Rail- 
way Company 
Bill. 


Epsom and 
Leatherhead 
Railway Bill. 


Maybole and 
Girvan Rail- 
way Bill. 


Shipton’s 
Disabilities 
Removal Bill. 


Talbot's 
Divorce Bill. 


Public 
Petitions, 


_- 


Vide Forty- 
second Report. 


Private Bills 
«(Group M.) 





242 


Mr. Duncan reported from the Select Committee 
on Public Petitions; That they had examined the 
Petitions presented upon the 4th and 5th days of 
this instant June, and had directed him to make a 
Report thereof to the House. 

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


A Motion being made, That the Deeping Fen 
Drainage 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. 

A Clause (Saving rights of the Crown), was thrice 
read ; and added to the Bill. 

Then Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

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


The North British Railway 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 Custle Douglas and Dumfries Railway Bill, as 
amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Ceylon Railway Company Bill, as amended in 
the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Epsom and Leatherhead Railway Bill, as amended 
in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Maybole and Girvan Railway Bill, as amended 
in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Shipton’s Disabilities Removal Bill was read the 
first time. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exa- 
miners of Petitions for Private Bills. 


Ta/bot’s Divorce Bill was read the first time; and 
ordered to be read a second time. 


Petitions relating to Church Rates ;—Lord’s Day ; 
—Religious Endowments (Jreland) ;— Orange River 
Territory (South Africa); ~ Agricultural Statistics 
Bill ;— Capitation Grants ;— Dublin Metropolitan 
Police Bill ;—Education (Scotland) Bill ;—Hay and 
Straw ; — Imprisonment for Debt ;— Juvenile Of- 
fenders (Jreland) Bill ;—LZondon Corporation Bill; 
—Nuisances Removal, &amp;c. (Scotland) Bill;—Paro- 
chial Schools (Scotland) Bill;—Poor Law Amend- 
ment Bill ;—Punishment of Death ;—Scientific and 
Literary Societies Bill; — Scotch and Irish Pauper 
Removals Bill ;—Spirit Trade (Jreland) ;—Tenant 
Right (Jreland) Bill ;—Tenants’ Compensation (Jre- 
land) ;—aud, Vaccination Bill,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Tabie. 


Sir William Clay reported from the Committee 
on Group M. of Private Bills ; That Mr. Esmonde, 
one of the Members of the said Committee, was not 
present during the sitting of the Committee this day. 

Ordered, That Mr. Esmonde do attend the said 
Committee upon Monday next. 


6° Juniz. 








A. 1856. 





Sir William Clay reported from the Committee Birkenheaa 
on Group M. of Private Bills; That in the case of Docks Bi. 


the Birkenhead Docks 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. 


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 Orders given, and Contracts 
entered into, by the War Department, for Small 
Arms, from the 18th day of December 1854 to the 
31st day of May 1856, including all Contracts for 
Materials for Small Arms, and for setting up the 
same ; and also, Contracts for finished Arms, with 
the Date of Contract, and Quantity ordered, speci- 
fying separately, London, Birmingham, Belgium and 
France :—And, of ail Muskets, Rifles and other 
descriptions of Small Arms, and Materials for the 
same, received by the War Department, from the 
18th day of December 1854 to the 31st day of May 
1856, specitying separately, London, Birmingham, 
Enfield, Belgium and France. 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Copies of any Orders addressed to the Commanding 
Officers of Revenue Cruisers authorizing them to 
cruise in search of and to capture Enemy’s Ships 
during the late War :—And, of any Correspondence 
relative to the Claim of such Revenue Cruisers to 
Prize Money for Captures made at Sea in pursu- 
ance of such Orders. 


Sir George Grey presented, by Her Majesty’s 
Command,— Copy of a Minute of the Committee of 
Council on Education, regulating the Admission of 
Queen’s Scholars into Normal Colleges, and the 
Annual Examination of the Students in such Col- 
leges ; dated 2 June 1856. 

Copy of a Minute of the Committee of Council on 
Education, offering Grants for the Promotioa of 
Schools wherein Children of the criminal and aban- 
doned Classes may be reformed by industrial train- 
ing ; dated 2 June 1856. 

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 4th day of April last, for Returns showing 
the Amount of Fees charged at the House of Com- 
mons upon every Private Bill presented to the 
House from Session 1848 to 1855, both inclusive, 
specifying the Title of the Bill and the Total Amount 
of Fees charged thereon; also, the ‘Total Amount 
of Fees received in each of the said Sessions from 
Bills, Oppositions or otherwise, and the Application 
of such Fees:—And, of the Amount expended for 
such Salaries and Expenses at the House of Com- 
mons, during each of the years from the 1st day of 
April 1848 to the 1st day of April 1856, as were 
formerly defrayed out of the Fee Fund. 

Return to an Order, dated the 1st day of May 
last, for a Return of the Number of Bushels of Malt 
brought into Charge in each of the Three years 
ending the 31st day of March 1856. 

Return to an Order, dated the 30th day of May 
last, fora Return, showing to what purposes the 
House, Grounds and Meadow Land situated between 
the Soldiers’ Quarters in the middle of Hyde Park 
and the Receiving House of the Royal Humane 
Society, near the Serpentine, are now given up; 
what Rent (if any} is received for them ; by whom 
and to whom it is paid; and the Period at which 


the occupancy will expire. 
a Return 


Small Arms. 


Revenue 
Cruisers. 


Education, 
No. 250. 


Fees on Pri- 
vate Bills, &amp; 


Male. 


Hyde Park. 








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i 


Constabulary 
(Ireland. ) 
No. 260. 


Wine and 
Spirits. 
No, 261. 


Vessels and 
Tonnage, &amp;c. 
No, 262. 


Sound Dues. 
No. 263. 


Appellate 
Jurisdiction 
of the House 
of Lords. 


No. 264. 


Adjournment, 


Cape of Good 
Hope. 


Lewes, East- 
and 


bourne 
Hailsham 
Road Bill. 
Juvenile 


Offenders 
(Ireland.) 


Guatemala 
and Costa 
Rica, 


Supply. 


19 Vicroriz. 6° Juniz. 243 


Return to an Order, dated the 22d day of May being proposed, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 
last, for a Return of the Pensions exceeding £. 200 | Chair ; 
a year granted to Governor Generals and ex-Go-; An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
vernor Generals by the East India Company since | Question, by leaving out from the word “ That” to 
the passing of the Act 33 Geo. 3, c. 52; stating | the end of the Question, in order to add the words 
their respective Amounts, the Period for which | “ in the opinion of this House, the circumstances of Plumstead 
given, the Act of Parliament under which such | “ the Parish of Plumstead continue to demand the Parish. 
Pensions were granted respectively, and whether the | “ attention of the Government,” instead thereof. 
Grantees were in the Service of the East India| And the Question being put, That the words pro- 
Company at the time of the Grant :—And, similar | posed to be left out stand part of the Question :—It 
Return as to Gratuities exceeding £. 600. was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Return to an Order, dated the 5th day of this; Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 
instant June, for Copies of the Treasury Minutes | Chair :—The House accordingly resolved itself into 
and other Papers, dated in the years 1850 and 1851, | the Committee. 
relative to granting Compensation Allowances to | 
the Paymasters of Constabulary in Jreland on the 
Abolition of their Offices:—And, of the Treasury; 1, Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £.40,000, Public Works 
Minutes and other Papers, dated in the years 1848 | be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Cost of &amp;c- (South 
and 1849, relative to placing the Office of Paymaster executing Public Works, maintainiug Educational Africa.) 
of Constabulary in Jre/and on the Schedule of the | and Benevolent Institutions, and promoting Civiliza- 


Superannuation Act. ; 'tion among the Native Tribes in South Africa, to 
Ordered, That the Return relative to Constabulary | the 31st day of March 1857. 


(Ireland), be printed. | 2. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £.12,634, _—— = 
; : be granted to Her Majesty, to make good, in the \°o"™ 
? ? 
wp are atthe Reta rive to Wine an year ending the Sst dy of March 1887 the Lowe ™=™™*™ 
fis cheney - nieted pe y - a —— with — pe! oe 
° ? the several Lreasury (Commissariat ests, an | for 
Ordered, That the Return relative to Vessels and | Freight of Specie conveyed to the various Stations 
Tonnage, &amp;c., which was presected upon the Sth day Abroad. ‘ 
of this instant June, be printed. 3. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £.6,600, Agricultural 
| be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Cost of S‘tistics, 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Sound Dues, | collecting Agricultural Statistics in Jreland and Scot- — 2 
which was presented upon the 5th day of this ancient land, to the 31st day of March 1857. 


June, be printed. 





(In the Committee.) 


a | 4. Motion made, and Question put, That a Sum, Gallery of 
Ordered, That the Paper relative to the Appellate | not exceeding £.2,000, be granted to Her Majesty, Portits- 
Jurisdiction of the House of Lords, which was com- | towards carrying out measures for the formation of 
municated from the Lords upon the 5th day of this | a Gallery of the Portraits of the most eminent Per- 
instant June, be printed. | sons in British History, in the year ending the 31st 
| day of March 1857; 
Resolved, That this House will, at the rising of the} The Committee divided. 
House this day, adjourn till Monday next. _ Tellers for theyMr. Hayter, lo 
Yeas, The Earl of Mulgrave : Y atlas 
Tellers for the { Mr. Spooner, 


| 
| 1 
ey 
Noes, Mr.John George Phillimore: | 


Mr. Secretary Labouchere presented, by Her Ma- | 


jesty’s Command,— Further Papers relative to the | 


state of the Kafir Tribes (in continuation of Papers | 5. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £.10,000, Department 

ee ae ae “4 P do |; h _ be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Cost pe ry 
raered, that the said Papers do lie upon the removing the Science and Art Branch of the Edu- 

Table. cation Department of the Council Office from Marl- 


Viscount Galway reported the Lewes, Eastbourne. borough House to Kensington Gore, in the year 


and Hailsham Road Bill, with Amendments. ending the 31st day of March 1857. 

: . _ Motion made, and Question put, That a Sum, Road through 
rita demweietam, sanrmasiern emapedinarins | not exceeding £. 24,700, be granted to Her Majesty, we — 
Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a/ *© defray the Expense of constructing a Road through" * " 

Return of the Number of Offenders under the Age Saint James's Park, from Pall Mall to Buckingham 
of 15 years undergoing Sentences of Imprisonment Gate, and a Foot Bridge over the Ornamental 
in Ireland, on the 1st day of February 1856 ; with| ter, in the year ending the 31st day of March 


their respective Ages, Periods of Imprisonment and Oe 5 ; - 
the Nature of their Offences. The Committee divided. 


Tellers for the ( Mr. Hayter, ] 70 

Viscount Palmerston presented, by Her Majesty’s Yeas, |The Earl of Mulgrave: J” 

Command,—Copy of Correspondence with the late Tellers for “Ss ed oesynte renee, len. 
Mr. Wallerstein, Consul General for Guatemala and Noes, r. Stuart Wortley : J 


Costa Rica. ‘ 6. meee tase Sum, not meng ae Reed aengh 
. : : e granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Cost of “oy? 
— caiman waite swear: tenteg a New Road ‘Gough Holoeed Park to **™* 
Duddingstone, in the year ending 31st day of March 
Mr. Peel presented,—Return to an Address to | 1857. — ; 
Her Majesty, dated the 14th day of April last, for| Motion made, and Question proposed, That a Clerk of 
a Return of all those Guns which have burst at the| Sum, not exceeding £.6,184, be granted to Her ean 
Siege of Sebastopol; stating the Description and | Majesty, to pay, in the year ending the 31st day of 4 
Calibre of each Gun, Number of Rounds fired when| March 1857, Compensation to Mr. Patrick Boyle, 
the Gun became unserviceable, and supposed Cause | on the surrender of his Patent Office of Clerk of 
of such bursting :—And, like Return for Sweaborg. Justiciary in Scotland. i 
Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the| Whereupon Motion made, and Question pro- 
Table. posed, That the Chairman do report Progress, and 
ask leave to sit again :—Motion and Original Ques- 
The Order of the day being read, for the Com-| tion, by leave, withdrawn. 











mittee of Supply ; Resolutions to be reported. 
And a Motion being made, and the Question 
Vou. 111 IIl2 And 





Message from 
the Lords. 


Reformatory 
Schools ( Scot- 
land) Bill. 


Crowland and 
Eye Road Bill. 


National 
Gallery Bill. 


Peace Pre- 
servation 


(Ireland) Bill. 


Poor Law 
Amendment 
(No. 2) Bill. 


Joint Stock 
Companies 
Winding-up 
Acts Amend- 
ment Bill. 


West India 
Loans Bill. 


Public Health 
Bill. 


Bankruptcy 
and Insolvency 


(Ireland) Bill. Fy 


Prisons (Ire- 
land) Bill. 


Nuisances 
Removal, &amp;c. 
(Scotland) 
(No. 2) Bill. 


Registration 
of Voters 
(Scotland) Bill. 


244 


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


Sabbati, 7° die Junii, 1856 : 


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. 

Mr. Fitz Roy 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 Monday 
next, 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 Reformatory Schools 
(Scotland) Bill, without any Amendment: And also, 


The Lords have agreed to the Crowland and Eye 
Road Bill, without any Amendment: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the National Gallery Bill, 
with Amendments; to which Amendments the Lords 
desire the concurrence of this House: And also, 

The Lords Save passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 
for the better Preservation of the Peace in Ireland; 
to which the Lords desire the concurrence of this 
House. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Poor Law Amendment (No. 2) 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 Joint Stock Companies Winding-up 
Acts 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 Mon- 
day next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third 
reading of the West Jndia Loans Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon 
Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Public Health 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 Bankruptcy and Insolvency (Jre/and) 
i; 
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 Prisons (Zreland) Bill; 

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


The Nuisances Removal, &amp;c. (Scotland) (No. 2) 
Bill was, according to Order, read a second time ; 
and committed to a Committee of the whole House, 
for Monday next. 


The Order of the day —_ 
mittee on the Registration of Vo 


read, for the Com- 
ters (Scot/and) Bill; 


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





6°—7° Juniz. 





A. 1856. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Court of 
mittee on the Court of Exchequer (Scotland) Bill ; "xchequer 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday next, ‘8°°!and) Bil, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being 
mittee on the Vaccination Bill ; 

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


read, for the Com- Vaccination 
ill, 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Poor Law 
mittee on the Poor Law Amendment (Scvt/and) Bill; Amendment 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday (Scotland) Bil, 
next, resolve itself into the suid Committee. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Small Debts 
| into a Committee on the Small Debts Imprisonment !™prisonment 
Act Amendment (Scotland) Bill; and, after some meaty ng 
time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; land) Bill, _ 
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 second London Cor. 
reading of the London Corporation Bill ; poration Bill, 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Friday next. 


The Smoke Nuisance Abatement (Metropolis) Act, Smoke Nui- 
1853, Amendment Bill was, according to Order, aoe (len, 
‘read a second time ; and committed toa Cominittee potis) =" 
| of the whole House, for Thursday next. 





1853, Amend. 

ment Bill, 

} The Order of the day being read, for the second Wills and Ad. 
reading of the Wills and Administrations Bill ; ministrations 

| Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 

Thursday next. 


| The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Procedure and 

‘mittee on the Procedure and Evidence Bill ; Evidence 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- Ways and 
mittee cf Ways and Means ; Means. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Insurance on Lives (Abatement of Income Insurance on 
Tax) Continuance Bill was, according to Order, Lie Ee 
read a second time ; and committed to a Committee Pax) Continue 


of the whole House, for Monday next. ance Bill. 


Mr. FitzRoy reported from the Committee of Supply. 
Supply, several Resolutions; which were read, as 
follow : 

1. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 2,000, be granted 
to Her Majesty, to defray, to the 31st day of March 
1857, the Charge on account of the Annuity to the 


Board of 
Manufactures 
(Scotland. ) 


| Board of Manufactures in Scot/and, in discharge of 
Equivalents under the Treaty of Union. 

2. That a Sum, not exceeding £.5,000, be granted 
to Her Majesty, on account of the Commissioners of 
| Highland Roads and Bridges, to the 31st day of 
| March 1857. 2 
| 3. That a Sum, not exceeding £.12,000, be granted —_ 
to Her Majesty, to pay the Bounties on Slaves and en 
the Tonnage Bounties on Slave Vessels captured, to 
the 31st day of March 1857. 

4. That a Sum, not exceeding £.900, be granted 
to Her Majesty, to defray the Expense of the Com- 
mission appointed to superintend the Publication of 
the Ancient Laws and Institutes of Zreland, to the 
31st day of March 1857. 

5. That a Sum, not exceeding £.9,000, be granted 
to Her Majesty, to defray the Expense of the Pay 
of the Process Servers in Zreland, to the 31st day of 
March 1857, 

6, That 


Highland 
Ruads an 


Bridges. 





Ancient Laws 
and Institutes 
of Ireland. 


Process | 
Servers 10 
Ireland. 








ree 


nd 
lL, 





Pensions 
fers.) 


Bir Stock 


Companies. 


istration 
of Designs. 


Dues under 
Treaties of 
Reciprocity. 


Corn Returns. 


Distressed 
British Sea- 
men Abroad, 


Quarantine 
Arrangements. 


Revising 
Barristers. 


Constabulary 
Police 
(Aldershot. ) 


Barial- 
grounds. 


Battersea 
Park, 


Chelsea 
Embankment 
and Public 
Roadway. 


Windsor Im. 
provements. 


Carisbrooke 
Castle. 


General 

Repository 

for Public 
rds, 


British Sea- 


men’s Hospit 
(Cone a al to 


nople, 


Spurn Point. 


Menai Straits, 


19 Vicroriz. 


6. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 70,900, be granted 
to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge for Pensions 
to Masters and Seamen of the Merchant Service, and 
to their Widows and Children, under the Merchant 
Seamen’s Fund Act, and for Compensation to the late 
Officers of the Trustees of the Merchant Seamen’s 
Fund, to the 31st day of March 1857. 

7. That a Sum, not exceeding £.2,301, be granted 
to Her Majesty, to defray the Salaries and Expenses 
of the Office for the Registration of Joint Stock 
Companies, to the 31st day of March 1857. 

8. That a Sum, not exceeding £.1,790, be granted 
to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of the Salaries 
and Expenses in the Registration of Designs Office, 
to the 31st day of March 1857. 

9. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 29,000, 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 Recipro- 
city, to the 31st day of March 1857. 

10. That a Sum, not exceeding £.3,800, be granted 
to Her Majesty, to pay the Salaries of Inspectors of 
Corn Returns, and the Expenses defrayed by Coun- 
ties for Corn Returns, to the 31st day of March 
1857. 

11. That a Sum, not exceeding £.17,000, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray, in the year ending 
the 31st day of March 1857, the Charges on account 
of Distressed British Seamen Abroad. 

12. That a Sum, not exceeding £.3,600, be granted 
to Her Majesty, to defray Expenses connected with 
Quarantine Arrangements, to the 31st day of March 
1857. 

13. 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 1857. 

14, That a Sum, not exceeding £. 7,338, be granted 
to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge for the Con- 
stabulary Police at the Military Camp of Aldershot, 
to the 31st day of March 1857. 

15. That a 5um, not exceeding £.3,000, be granted 
to Her Majesty, to defray the Expenses of the In- 
spection of Burial-grounds in England and Wales, 
to the 31st day of March 1857. 

16. That a Sum, not exceeding £.21,262, be 
granted to Her Majesty, towards defraying the Ex- 
pense of forming a Park at Battersea, to the 31st 
day of March 1857. 

17. That a Sum, not exceeding £.35,753, be 
granted to Her Majesty, towards defraying, to the 
31st day of March 1857, the Expense of construct- 
ing an Embankment and Public Roadway between 
Battersea and Vauxhall Bridges, and an Approach 
from Sloane-street to Chelsea Bridge. 

18. That a Sum, not exceeding £.1,544 be granted 
to Her Majesty, to defray, in the year ending the 31st 


day of March 1857, the Charge for Services con- | 


nected with the Improvements at Windsor. 
19. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 1,500, be granted 
to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge for Works at 


Carisbrooke Castle, Isle of Wight, to the 31st day of ‘mittee on the Burial-grounds (Jreland) Bill; 


March 1857. 
20. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 9,000, be granted 
to Her Majesty, towards defraying, to the 31st day 


of March 1857, the Expense of providing 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. 

21. Thata Sum, not.exceeding £.2,084, be granted 


Works and Furniture at the British Seamen’s Hos- 
pital at Constantinople, to the 31st day of March 
1857. 

22. That a Sum, not exceeding £.6,000, be granted 
to Her Majesty, to defray the Cost of certain Works 
at Spurn Point, River 
March 1857. 

23. That a Sum, not exceeding £.627, be granted 
to a Majesty, to defray the Cost of Works for the 

OL. 111. 


6°—7° Juni. 





Q45 


Improvement of the Navigation of the Menai Straits, 
to the 31st day of March 1857. 

24. That a Sum, not exceeding £.1,053, be ted Professors 
to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of the Salaries (University of 
of certain Professors in the University of Cambridge, *™tdee.) 
to the 31st day of March 1857. 

25. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 15,529, be Incumbered 

ranted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of the Estates _ 
Salaries and Expenses of the Incumbered Estates (ireland) 
Commission (Ireland) ,to the 31st day of March 1857. ‘ 
26. That a Sum,not exceeding £. 3,000, be granted Irish Census, 


‘to Her Majesty, to complete, in the year ending the 1851. 


31st day of March 1857, the Expenses of the Lrish 
Census, 1851. 

27. That a Sum, not exceeding £.3,000, be Gallery of 
granted to Her Majesty, towards the Erection of a Arts (Dublin.) 
Gallery of Arts in Dublin, in the year ending the 
31st day of March 1857. 

28. That a Sum, not exceeding £.29,400, be Lighthouses 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray, in the year ending Abroad. 
the 31st day of March 1857, the Expense of erecting 
and maintaining certain Lighthouses Abroad. 

29. That a Sum, not exceeding £.15,000, be Australian 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray, in the year Expedition. 
ending the 31st day of March 1857, the Expense 
of the Australian Expedition. 

30, That a Sum, not exceeding £.17,500, be Public 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray, in the year ending Moaument 
the 31st day of March 1857, the Charge of erecting ** SU" 





Her Majesty, towards defraying the Expense of 


umber, to the 31st day of 


at Scutari a Public Monument to the memory of 
those who have fallen during the War with Russia. 
| 81. Thata Sum, not exceeding £. 3,691 be granted Orange River 
_ to Her Majesty, to defray, in the year ending the 31st jana 
| day of March 1857, pecuniary Claims arising out i vats 
| of Arrangements connected with the Orange River 
Territory (Cape of Gsood Hope). 
32. That a Sum, not exceeding £.30,361, be Commissioners 
| granted to Her Majesty, to pay the Salaries and ~ auditing 
| Expenses in the Department of the Commissioners 4 ccounts. 
‘for auditing the Public Accounts, to the 31st day of 
| March 1857. 
The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 
| were agreed to. 
| 
| The Order of the day being read, for the third Excise Bill. 
' reading of the Excise Bill; 
| Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon 
| Monday next. 

The Order of the da 
reading of the Vice-President of Committee of 
| Council on Education Bill ; 
| Ordered, 'lhat the Bill be read a second time upon 
| Thursday next. 


being read, for the second Vice-President 
of Committee 

of Council on 

Education Bill. 





The Order of the day being read, for the second Dublin 
Metropolitan 


reading of the Dublin Metropolitan Police Bill; 7, 5:toPRin' 


| Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
| Monday next. 


| The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Burial- 
" grounds (Ire- 


| Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday land) Bill. 


| next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Annuities 
into a Committee on Annuities Redemption. Retention. 


(In the Committee.) 


| Resolved, That it is expedient to redeem certain 
Annuities charged on Branches of the Gross Re- 
venue, by payments 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. Fitz Roy 
reported, That the Committee had come to a Reso-~ 
lution. 

Ordered, That the Report be received upon Mon- 


day next. 
I13 The 








Ad vowsons 
Bill. 


Bleaching, &amp;c. 


246 


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


mittee on the Advowsons Bill ; 


Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 


next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming 


— (No.2) the adjourned Debate on the Amendment which, 


Joint Stock 
Banks Bill. 


Aldershot 
Camp Bill. 


Sound Dues. 


Rating of 
Mines 
(Ireland. ) 


Wexford 
Harbour. 


Civil Service 
Estimates, 
Class 7. 


Nawab of 
Surat Bill, 


Peace Pre- 
servation 


(Lreland) Bill. 
Bill 167. 


upon the 5th day of this instant June, was proposed 
to be made to the Question, That the Bleaching, 
&amp;c. Works (No. 2) 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 resuming 
the adjourned Debate on the Question proposed 
upon the 24th day of April last, ‘That Mr. Speaker 
do now leave the Chair (for Committee on the Joint 
Stock Banks Bill) ; 

Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 
till Monday the 16th day of this instant June. 


The Order for the House to resolve itself into a 
Committee, upon Monday next, on the Aldershot 
Camp Bill, was read, and discharged. 

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


Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed 
to inquire into the operation of the Sound Dues, and 
to consider in what Degree they are detrimental to 
the Commerce of the Country :—And a Committee 
was appointed of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, 
Mr. Disraeli, Mr. Villiers, Mr. Newdegate, Mr. 
Cardwell, Lord Stanley, Mr. Mitchell, Viscount 
Chelsea, Mr. Milner Gibson, Mr. Bramley Moore, 
Mr. Hutt, Mr. Robert Phillimore, Mr. Deasy and 
Mr. Duncan ; with Power to send for persons, papers 


and records. 
Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That leave be given to bring in a Bill for as- 
similating the Taxation of Mines in Ireland with 
that of England :—And the said Motion was, with 
leave of the House, withdrawn. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Copy (with Plans annexed) of the Report of Captain 
Vetch to Admiral Beaufort, on the Improvement of 
the Harbour of Wexford, dated the 13th day of 
January 1855. 


Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed 
to inquire into the Charges made by Mr. Albano for 
Services at Paris and Madrid, and other items in- 
cluded in Class No. 7 of Estimates, &amp;c. Civil Ser- 
vices, Nos. 29 and 30. 


Ordered, That the Minutes of the Evidence taken 
before the Committee on the Nawab of Surat Bill 
be laid before this House. 


The Peace Preservation (Jre/and) Bill was read 
the first time ; and ordered to be read a second time 
upon Thursday next; and to be printed. 


And then the House. having continued to sit 
till Two of the clock on Saturday morning, 
adjourned till Monday next. 





6°—7°—9° Junii. 








A. 1856. 


Luna, 9° die Junii ; 
Anno 19° Victorie Regine, 1856. 


PRAYERS. 
M R. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Ingham’s 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Estate Bi, 
Bills, That in the case of Jngham’s Estate Bill, no 
Standing Orders are applicable. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time. 


Ordered, That the Committee on Group 9 of Rail 
Railway Bills have leave to sit this day till Five of (Group 
the clock, 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 6th day of this instant (fo"Y-seeond 
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 Canada 
the Amendment made by the Lords to the Canada Company Bill 
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 
og to the Amendment made by their Lord- 
ships. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Saint Ives and 
the Amendment made by the Lords to the Saint West Cornwall 
Ives and West Cornwall Junction Railway a 

. : way 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 Shrewsbury 
the Amendment made by the Lords to the Shrews- Water Bill 
bury 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 
— to the Amendment made by their Lord- 
ships. 


The Clay Cross Water Bill was read the third Clay Cross 
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 Gloucester Gas (No. 2) Bill was read the Gloucester 
third time. a (No. 3) 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. _ 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Godley Lane Road Bill was read the third Godley Lave 
time ; and Amendments were made to the Bill. Road 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 Sittingbourne and ary soon 
Sheerness Railway Bill be now read the third time ; railway Bil. 
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. 
Ordered, 





toa bby 











-gwansea Vale 
Railway Bill. 


Wainman’s 
Estate Bill. 


London and 
South Western 
aie | 

Yeovil to 
Exeter) Bill. 


Aberdeen 

and Scottish 
Midland Junc- 
tion Railway 
Companies 
Amalgama- 
tion Bill. 


Conway and 
Llandudno 
Road Bill. 


Halifax and 
Huddersfield 
Road Bill. 


Lymington 
Railway Bill. 


Salisbury Mar- 
ket Branch 
Railway and 
Market House 
Bill. 


Shrewsbury 
and Welchpool 
Railway Bill. 


West of Fife 
Mineral 
Railway Bill, 


West London 
and Crystal 
Palace Rail- 


way Bill, 


Aberdeen, 
Peterhead and 
Fraserburgh 
Railway Bill, 


Formartine 
and Buchan 
Railway Bill. 


Public 

Petitions, 
Vide Forty. 
third Ret, 


19 VicTorRiz. 


Ordered, That the Swansea Vale Railway Bill be 
read the third time To-morrow. 


Wainman’s Estate Bill was read the third time. 
Resolved, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
do pass. 
rdered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
d to the same, with Amendments; to which 
Amendments this House doth desire the concurrence 


of their Lordships. 


Ordered, That the London and South Western 
Railway (Yeovil to Exeter) Bill be read the third 
time To-morrow. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Aberdeen and Scottish Midland Junction Railway 
Companies Amalgamation Bill, as amended in the 
Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Ordered, That the Conway and Llandudno Road 
Bill, as amended in the Committee, be taken into 
consideration To-morrow. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Halifax and Huddersfield Road Bill, as amended 
in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Lymington Railway Bill, as amended in the 
Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Ordered, That the Salisbury Market Branch 
Railway and Market House Bill, as amended in the 
Committee, be taken into consideration To-morrow. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Shrewsbury and Welchpool Railway Bill, as 
amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the West of Fife Mineral Railway Bill, as amended 
in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to 
take into consideration the West London and Crystal 
Palace Railway Bill, as amended in the Committee ; 
and Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Ordered, Tixat the Bill be read the third time. 


Lord Stanley reported the Aberdeen, Peterhead 
and Fraserburgh Railway Bill, with Amendments. 

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


Lord Stanley reported from the Committee on 
Group 10 of Railway Bills; That in the case of the 
Formartine and Buchan Railway Bill, they had ex- 
amined 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. 


Petitions relating to Elective Franchise ;—Church 
Rates ;—Lord’s Day ;—Agricultural Statistics Bill ; 
—Coalwhippers (Port of London) Bill ;—Decimal 
Coinage ; — Friendly Societies Act ;— Judgments 
Execution, &amp;c. Bill;—Zondon Corporation Bill — 
Parish Schools (Scotland) ; — Parochial Schools 
(Scotland) Bill ; — Pawnbrokers ; — Public-houses 
(Scotland) Act ;— Punishment of Death ;—Scotch 
and Jrisk Pauper Removals Bill ;—Specialty and 
7 Contract Debts Bill ;—Vaccination Bill ;— 

OL. 11). 


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247 
and, Wages,—were presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition relating to Public Departments, was 


also presented, and read; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Public Departments. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Testamentary 
reading of the Testamentary and Matrimonial Ju- 9nd Mati 
risdiction Bill ; diction Bill, 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Monday the 23d day of this instant June. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Dissenters’ 
consideration the Dissenters’ Marriages Bill, as Marriages Bill. 
amended in the Committee ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be taken into consideration 
upon Thursday next. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Fishery Board 
Return, in detail, of the several Sums included in (Scotland.) 
Vote No. 8, Civil Contingencies, relative to the 
Fishery Board in Scotland ; viz., to the Commander 
of “ Princess Royal” Cutter, £.200; to the Com- 
mander of Her Majesty’s Steam Vessel “ Jackall,” 
£.100; to Marine Bepuunath, £.1,800. 


A Petition of George Earl of Perth and Melfort Earl of Perth 
being offered to be presented ; pence 
Viscount Palmerston, by Her Majesty’s Com- - ° 
man, acquainted the House, That Her Majesty, 
having been informed of the contents of the said 
Petition, recommends it to the consideration of the 
House. 
Then the said Petition was brought up, and read ; 
setting forth, That the Petitioner humbly represented 
to Her Majesty, that by a Charter we the Great 
Seal, bearing date at Whitehall on the ninth day of 
November One thousand six hundred and Eighty- 
eight, and which Charter was duly registered in the 
Register of the Great Seal of Scotland, on the 
twenty-eighth day of the said month of November, 
his then Majesty King James the Second erected the 
Lands and Baronies of Hayningross, Galstoun, Cess, 
nock, Riccartoun, Castlemaynes and Cumnock, and 
the other lands and hereditaments in the said Charter 
mentioned, and which had been previously erected 
into the Lordship or Barony of Melfort, into the 
Royalty and Lordship of Forth and Earldom and 
Barony of Melfort, and granted and disponed the 
said Royalty and Lordship of Forth and Earldom 
and Barony of Melfort to Euphemia Wallace 
Countess of Melfort, then the wife of John Earl of 
Melfort, for and during the term of her life, and 
after her decease to John Drummond, commonly 
called Lord Forth, the eldest son and heir apparent 
of the said Earl and Countess of Melfort and the 
heirs male of his body; and that a decreet of for- 
feiture was on the second day of July One thousand 
six hundred and Ninety-five, pronounced by the 
Parliament of Scot/and against the said John Earl 
of Melfort, in consequence of his then residence in 
France, but that no decreet of forfeiture nor any 
other criminal proceeding was ever had or taken 
against the said Euphemia Wallace Countess of Mel- 
fort, or against the said John Drummond or any of 
his descendants, and that the said John Drummond 
was, on the said second day of July One thousand 
six hundred and Ninety-five, an infant of tender 
years, and was then resident with his said father 
and mother in France; and that under pretence of 
the said decreet of forfaulture the Officers of State 
of their then Majesties King William and Queen 
Mary, seized upon and possessed themselves of the 
said Royalty and Lordship of Forth, and Earldom 
and Barony of Melfort, and of all the baronies, lands 
and hereditaments comprised therein, for the use of 
their said Majesties, and sold, disposed and dealt 
with the said lands and hereditaments, and the rents 
and proceeds thereof, as part of the hereditary estates 
and hereditary revenues of their said Majesties in 
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County 
Courts. 


County 
Courts. 


248 


their kingdom of Scot/and, and by reason thereof the 
said Euphemia Wallace Countess of Melfort, and 
the said John Drummond were, and the heirs male 
of the body of the said John Drummond have been 
unjustly, and without any lawful title, dispossessed 
and deprived of the said Royalty and Lordship of 
Forth, and Earldom and Barony of Melfort; that 
the Petitioner is the great grandson and heir male 
of the body of the said John Drummond, and hath 
recently, by Her Majesty's gracious favour, with the 
assent of Parliament, been restored to the dignities 
and honours of Earl of Perth and Earl of Melfort ; 
that the Petitioner having humbly represented the 
said several matters to Her Majesty, also humbly 
besought Her Majesty that some compensation might 
be made to him and the heirs male of his body out 
of the hereditary revenues of Scotland, in considera- 
tion of the said unjust seizure and disposition of the 
said Royalty and Lordship of Forth and Earldom 
and Barony of Melfort, to which application Her 
Majesty is graciously pleased to accede; that for 
enabling Her Majesty to carry into effect Her 
gracious intention and desire in the matters afore- 
said, the Petitioner prays that leave may be given 
to introduce into the House a Bill in the form there- 
unto annexed, under such regulations and restric- 
tions, and subject to such modifications and condi- 
tions as to the House may seem meet. 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into a Committee on the said Petition. 


Mr. Massey presented,—Return to an Address to 
Her Majesty, dated the 4th day of April last, for a 
Return of the Amount of Fees and Emoluments (in- 
cluding the Fees in Insolvent and Protection Cases) 
received for each District during the year beginning 
the 1st day of January 1855, —~ ending the 31st day 
of December 1855, by each Chief Clerk of the 
County Courts who is Chief Clerk of more than one 
District ; and the Amount of Salary, Fees or Emo- 
luments (including the Proportion, if any, of Fees 
paid in Insolvent or Protection Cases) paid by him 
for or during the same Period to the Assistant Cle:k 
of each District in which he (the Chief Clerk) does 
not reside. 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 
8th day of February last, for Returns from every 
County Court throughout England and Wales, esta- 
blished under the Act 9 &amp; 10 Vic. c. 95, of the Total 
Number of Plaints entered in each Court, from the 
Ist day of January to the 31st day of December 1855, 
both days inclusive :—Of the Total Number of 
Plaints entered in each Court above £.20 and not 
exceeding £.50, from the Ist day of January 1855 
to the 31st day of December 1855, both days inclu- 
sive :—Of the Total Number of Plaints entered in 
each Court during the Two years ended the 31st day 
of December 1855, under the 17th section of the Act 
13 &amp; 14 Vic. c. 61:-—-Of the Total Number of 
Causes tried by each Court, from the Ist day of 
January 1855 to the 31st day of December 1855, both 
days inclusive :—Of the Total Number of Causes 
tried by each Court, from the 1st day of January 
1855 to the 31st day of December 1855, both days 
inclusive, above £.20 and not exceeding £.50:—Of 
the Total Number of Causes tried by each Court 
during the Two years ended the 31st day of Decem- 
ber 1855, under the 17th section of the Act 13 &amp; 14 
Vic. c. 61 :—Of the Total Number of Appeals under 
tae last-mentioned Act, pending on the Ist day of 
January 1854, and the Total Number made from the 
1st day of January 1854 to the 31st day of Decem- 
ber 1855, both days inclusive, from the Decisions of 
each Court, and whether such Decisions were con- 
fiimed or reversed, and the Number of Appeals 
dropped or remaining undecided on the 3!st day of 
December 1855:—Of the Total Number of Days that 
exch Court has sat, from the 1st day of January to 
the 31st day of December 1855, both days inclusive, 
and the Average Number of Hours comprised in each 


9? Junii. 











A. 1856. 


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 ‘lotal Amount of Monies paid into 
each Court during the same period, in satisfaction of 
Debts sued for, without proceeding 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 
Suitors, and the Amount paid out to Suitors :—Of 
the Total Number of Causes tried in each Court 
during the same period, with the assistance of a Jury, 
- ny the Number of such Causes in which a 

erdict has been given in favour of the Party re- 
quiring 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 
Detendants :—Of the Total Number of Judgment 
Summonses issued by each Court during the same 
period :—Of the Total Number of Judgment Sum- 
monses heard by each Court during the same period : 
—Of the Total Number of Warrants of Commit- 
ment 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 Treasurer of each 
Court, on account of the General Fund of such 
Court, from the 1st day of January 1855 to the 31st 
day of December 1855, inclusive; and the Pay- 
ments made thereout, during such period, as given 
in the Balance Sheets rendered to the Commissioners 
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 Medical 
14th day of April last, for Returns from each of the Licenses 


Universities of Oxford, Cambridge, Dublin, London, 
Durham, Edinhurgh, Glasgow, Saint Andrew’s, 
King’s College and Marischal College at Aberdeen, 
and the Queen’s University in Jreland— 

Of the Number of Medical and Surgical 
Degrees granted by it in each year for the last 
Ten years ; distinguishing the Degree of Bachelor 
of Medicine from the Degree of Doctor of Medi- 
cine, and distinguishing those who before ob- 
taining such Degrees had already elsewhere 
obtained Diplomas or Licenses to practise ; 

Of the Duration of the Period of Professional 
Study required of the Candidates for the said 
Degrees ; 

Of the Minimum Age of Candidates for the 
same ; 

Of the Subjects in which Candidates are 
examined ; 

Of the mode of conducting the Examinations, 
whether vivd voce only, or vivd voce and by 
written Questions and Answers, and whether 
by Demonstrations, Dissections and Clinical 

xamination ; 

Of the Number of Medical Professors, and 
the Subjects of the Courses on the different 
Branches of Medical Study ; 

Whether more than one Examination for 
each Dezree is required; and, if more than 
one, with what interval ; 

Of the Proportion of rejected to successful 
Candidates for each Degree ; 

Of the Fees exacted foreach Degree ; 

Of the Privileges conferred by each Degree ; 

Who are the Examiners in the several Sub- 
jects of Examination respectively; when, for 
what Period, and by whom appointed :— 

From the Colleges of Physicians, and the a 
eges 








County 
rs, 


Gaols, 


County and 
Police Rates 
(Metropolis. ) 


British 
Guiana, 





19 Vicroriz. 


leges of Surgeons of London, Edinburgh and Dublin, 
and the Faculty of Physicians and Surgeons of 
Glasgow, respectively — 

Of the Number of Licentiates, Members 
and Fellows (distinguishing each Class), ad- 
mitted each year for the last Ten years ; 

Of the Duration of the Period of Professional 
Study required for Licentiates, Members and 
Fellows ; 

Of the Age at which Candidates are eligible 
for Examination ; 

Of the Subject of Examination ; 

Whether the Candidate is subjected to more 
than one Examination ; if to more than cne, at 
what interval ; 

Of the mode of conducting the Examinations, 
whether vivd voce only, or viva voce and by 
written Questions and Answers, and whether 
by Demonstrations, Dissections and Clinical 
; me so : 

Of the ‘Time generally occupied by the Exa- 
mination of a Candidate ; 

Of those who, obtaining such Licenses or 
Diplomas, have elsewhere obtained Licenses to 
practise ; 

Of the Proportion of rejected to successful 
Candidates ; 

Of the Fees exacted for each Examination ; 

Of the Privileges conferred by the Diploma 
or License ; 

Who are the Examiners in the several Sub- 
jects of Examination respectively ; when, for 
what Period, and by whom appointed :— 

And, from the Society of Apothecaries of London, 
and from the Apothecaries Hall of Lreland— 

Of the Number of Licenses to practise 
granted in each year for the last Ten years ; 

Of the Minimum Age at which Candidates 
are eligible for Licenses ; 

Of the Duration of the Period of Profes- 
sional Study required of Candidates ; 

Of the Subjects of Examination ; 

Of the mode of conducting the Examinations, 
whether vivd voce, or by written Questions and 
Answers, or both, and whether by Demonstra- 
tions, Dissections and Clinical Examinations ; 

Of the Time generally occupied by the Exa- 
mination of a Candidate ; 

Of the Privileges conferred by the License ; 

Who are the to in the several Sub- 
jects of Examination respectively ; when, for 

* what Period, and by whom appointed. 

Mr. Massey also presented, pursuant to the direc- 
tions of several Acts of Parliament, —Abstracts of 
the Accounts of the several County Treasurers in 
England and Wales, for the year ending Michaelmas 
1855. 

Copies of all Reports and of Schedules (B.) rela- 
tive to Gaols, transmitted to the Secretary of State. 

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 setting forth the Assessments on 
which the County and Police Rates are levied in 
each Parish within the Metropolitan Police District, 
according to last Rate, showing, first, County Rate ; 
second, Police Rate. 

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


Resolve, 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 be- 
tween the Governor of British Guiana and the 
Vou. 111. 


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249 


Secretary of State for the Colonies, on the subject 
of the recent Disturkances in that Colony. 

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





The following Paper, pursuant to Order, was laid Nawab of 
7 the Table by the Clerk of the House,—Minutes Surat Bill. 
of the Evidence taken before the Committee on the No. 265. 


Nawab of Surat Bill. 


The following Paper, pursuant to the directions of East India 


an Act of Parliament, was also laid upon the Table (Home 
ecounts. ) 


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 
1855 to 30th April 1856 :—2. Estimate of the Re- 
ceipts and Disbursements of the Home Treasury of 
the East India Company, from 1st May 1856 to 
30th April 1857 :—3. An Account of the Delts and 
Credits in England of the Government of Jndia on 
Ist May 1856 :—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 1st May 1856 : 
—i. An Account of new or increased Salaries, 
Establishments or Pensions payable in Great Bri- 
tain, granted or created between 1st May 1855 and 
Ist May 1856:—6. Allowances, Compensations, 
Remunerations and Superannuations granted to 
Officers and Servants of the Eust India Company, 
under the 93d Section of the Act 53 Geo. 3, c. 155, 
between Ist May 1855 and Ist May 1856 :—Com- 
pensations granted between Ist May 1855 and Ist 
May 1856, under the Act 3 &amp; 4 Will. 4, c. 85, s. 7; 
viz., 7- To the Widows and Children of deceased 
Officers and Servants of the East India Company 
in England :—8. To the Families of deceased Of-- 
ficers of the Company’s late Maritime Service in the 
form of Annuities. 

Ordered, That the Minutes of the Evidence re- 
lative to the Nawab of Surat Bill, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Fees on Fees on Pri- 


Private Bills, &amp;c., which was presented upon the vate Bills, &amp;c. 


6th day of this instant June, be printed. 


this instant June, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Guns, which Guas. 


was presented upon the 6th day of this instant June, 
be printed. 


No. 266. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to East India East India 


Pensions, which was presented upon the 6th day of Pensions. 
Ne. 267. 


No. 268. 


The Oath of Abjuration Bill was, according to Oath of 


Order, read the third time. 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Bill, in p. 2, by leaving out from the beginning of 
1. 8, to the end of |. 14, and inserting the words: 

“1, A. B., do truly and sincerely acknow- 
“ledge, profess, testify and declare in my con- 
“ science before God and the world that our 
“ Sovereign Lady Queen Victoria is lawful and 
“ rightful Queen of this Realm, and of all other 
“ Her Majesty’s dominions and countries there- 
“ unto belongmg: 
“ And I do swear that J will bear faith and 
“true allegiance to Her Majesty Queen Vic- 
“ toria, and Her will defend to the utmost of 
my power against all traitorous conspiracies 
‘and attempts whatsoever which shall be made 
“ against Her Person, Crown or Dignity : 
“ And I will do my utmost endeavour to 
disclose and make known to Her Majesty 
“and Her successors all treasons and traito- 
“ous conspiracies which | shall know to be 
 aoainst Her or any of them: 

“ And I do faithfully promise to the utmost 
“ of my power to maintain, support and defend 
“ the Succession of the Crown against all per- 
“‘ sons whatsoever, which Succession, by an Act 
“ intituled ‘ An Act for the further Limitation 

KK “ of 


Abjuration 
Bill. 





Message from 
the Lords, 


Honiton and 
Sidmouth 
Road Bill. 


Appellate 
Jurisdiction 
(House of 
Lords) Bill. 


Writs of Error, 


Cambridge 
University 
Bill. 


Bill 168. 


950 | 


“of the Crown and better securing the Rights 
“ and Liberties of the Subject, is and stands 
“limited to the Princess hia, Electoress 
“and Duchess Dowager of Hanover, and the 
“ heirs of her body being Protestants : 
“ And all these things I do plainly and sin- 

“ cerely acknowledge and swear according to 
“‘ these express words by me spoken, and ac- 
“ cording to the plain and common sense and 
“ understanding of the same words, without 
“any equivocation, mental evasion, or secret 
“ reservation whatsoever ; and I do make this 
“ recognition, acknowledgment and promise, 
“ heartily, willingly and truly, upon the true 
“ faith of a Christian, So help me God.” in- 
stead thereof. 

And the Question being put, That the words 

proposed to be left out stand part of the Bull; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right ; 

The Noes to the Left. 


Tellers for the fMr. Milner Gibson, 1is9 
Yeas, \Mr. Hayter : f 7 
Tellers for the{ Sir Frederic Thesiger, 1 10 
Noes, \Mr. Warren: = 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act for abrogating the Oath of Abju- 
ration and the Assurance, and for substituting an 
Oath for securing the Protestant Succession to the 
Crown. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 


Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


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 Honiton and Sid- 
mouth Road Bill, with an Amendment; to which 
Amendment the Lords desire the concurrence of this 
House: And also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 
to make better Provision for the discharge of the 
rage Jurisdiction of the House of Lords ; to 
which the Lords desire the concurrence of this 
House: And also, 

The Lords communicate to this House, a List of 
Writs of Error and Appeals from Courts of Common 
Law or Equity in the United Kingdom of Great 
Britain and Ireland, distinguishing English, Scotch 
and Irish Cases, which have been heard by their 
Lordships from the 1st day of January 1846 to the 
present time; distinguishing the Cases affirmed, 
reversed, varied and remitted, and showing the Date 
of the Sentence appeiled from, and the Date of the 
final Judgment in each Case :—Of the Number of 
Writs of Error and Appeals entered for Hearing 
before the House of Lords in each year, from the 1st 
day of January 1846 to the present time :—Of the 
Number of Writs of Error and Appeals heard by the 
House of Lords in each year, from the 1st day of 
January 1846 to the present time:—Number of 
Days on which the House of Lords has sat in 
each Session, from the 1st day of January 1846 to 
the present time, for hearing of Appeals or Writs 
of Error:—Names of the Peers filling or having 
filled the Offices of Lord High Chancellor, Lord 
Chancellor of Zreland, Lord Chief Justice of Eng- 
‘and or Master of the Rolls, who have attended the 
iTouse of Lords on the hearing of Appeals and Writs 
of Error, in each Session, from the 1st day of 
January 1846 to the present time, showing the 
Number of Times each Peer has\attended in each 
year, as desired by this House. 


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


(In the Committee.) 


Cravsg, N° 27 (Colleges to have Power to frame 
statutes). 


9° Junii. 








A. 1856. 


An Amendment made. 
Another Amendment proposed, in p, 7, 1, 24: 
After the word “statutes ” to insert the words “in 
“ the English language.” 
Question put, That those words be there in- 
serted ; 
The Committee divided. 
Tellers for the f Mr. Heywood, r 
Yeas, Mr. Craufurd : } ™ 
Tellers for thef Mr. Hayter, 7} 
Noes, \The Earl of Mulgrave : [i 
Another Amendment proposed, in 1. 24: After the 
word “ following ” to insert the words “ due regard 
“being always had to the main designs of the 
“ founder or donor.” 
Question put, That those words be there in- 
serted ; 
The Committee divided. 
Tellers for thef Mr. Wigram, 1 
Yeas, (Mr. Walpole : 7 
Tellers for the! Mr. Hayter, \ 
Noes, \The Earl of Mulgrave: wt 
Another Amendment proposed, in ]. 32: After 
the word “ such ” to insert the word “ headships.” 
Question put, That the word “ headships” be 
there inserted ; 
The Committee divided. 


Tellers for the Mr. Heywood, la 
Yeas, (Mr. Hadfield: - Sica 
Tellers for the) Mr. Hayter, hi 45 
Noes, (The Earl of Mulgrave: {°° 


Another Amendment proposed, in |. 43: After 
the words “ for the ” to insert the words “ encourage- 
“ment of studies in modern history, practical 
“science and modern languages, and for the.” 

Question put, That those words be there in- 
serted ; 

The Committee divided. 

Tellers for the {Mr. Heywood, } 55 


Yeas, Mr. Forster : 
Tellers for the (Mr. Hayter, 136 
Noes, {The Earl of Mulgrave: } i 


Another Amendment proposed, in p. 8, 1. 14: 
After the word “fellows” to insert the words “ for 
“ exempting students who may conscientiously object 
“to attend the existing Liturgical Services in the 
“ College Chapel from compulsory attendance.” 

Question put, That those words be there in- 
serted ; 

The Committee divided. 


Tellers for the bog Heywood, 90 
Yeas, Mr. Hadfield: . 
Tellers for the (Mr. Hayter, 128 
Noes, \The Earl of Mulgrave: J°“** 


An Amendment made. 

Another Amendment proposed, in p. 8, 1. 24: 
After the word *‘ College ” to insert the words “ or 
“ of Jesus College.” 

Question proposed, That those words be there 
inserted :—Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 

Clause, as amended, agreed to. 

Crause, N° 28, amended, und agreed to. 

Curavuse, N* 29 (When Colleges omit to make 
statutes, Commissioners may frame them). 

Amendments made. 

Another Amendment proposed, in p. 9, 1. 16: To 
leave out from the word “ thereof” to the end of 
the Clause. 

Question put, That the words “ Provided always, 
“ That ali such statutes ” stand part of the Clause ; 

The Committee divided. 


Tellers for thef Mr. Hayter, 1165. 
Yeas, The Earl of Mulgrave : J 
Tellers for the ; Mr. Chichester Fortescue, | gg. 
Noes, \|(Mr. Duncan: J 


Other Amendments made. 
Clause, as amended, agreed to. 
Cuavse, N° 30 (University may frame new 


anaes Amendment 














19 Vicroriz. 


Amendment proposed, in p. 9, 1.39: To leave 
out the words “religion and learning,” and insert 
the words “sound learning and religious education.” 

Question proposed, That those words be there 
inserted :—Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 

Amendments made. 

Clause, as amended, agreed to. 


Cravse, N° 31 (Commissioners may frame Uni- 
versity Statutes). 

Amendment proposed, at the end of the Clause, 
to add the following words: “ Provided always, 
“‘ That all such statutes when settled by the Com- 
“ missioners shall be laid before the Council of the 
“ Senate Two calendar months before the same are 
“ submitted to Her Majesty in Council, as herein- 
“ after directed ; and if within the next Two calendar 
“‘ months, or, if such statutes shall be laid before 
“ the Council in vacation, then within Two calendar 
“ months from the first day of the following term, 
“ Two-thirds of the Council shall, by writing under 
“ their hands and seals, declare that in their opinion 
“any one or more of such statutes will be preju- 
“ dicial to the University as a place of learning and 
“ education, or, where the same affect any such gift 
“ or endowment as aforesaid, will be at variance 
“ with the main designs of the original founder or 
« donor, then such statute or statutes shall not take 
“ effect, but it shall be lawful for the Commissioners 
“to frame and submit another statute or other 
“ statutes for the like purpose, and so on as often as 
* occasion shall require.” 

Question proposed, That those words be there 
added :—Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 

Clause agreed to. 


Crause, N° 32, amended, and agreed to. 

Cravses, N° 33 and N° 34, agreed to. 

Cuauses, N° 35 to N° 39, amended, and agreed 
to. 

Cuiauses, N° 40 and N° 41, agreed to. 

Cuause, N* 42, amended, and agreed to. 

Cravuse, N° 43, agreed to, 

Motion made, and Question, That the Chairman 
do report Progress, and ask leave to sit again 
put, and negatived. 


Crause, N° 44, amended, and agreed to. 
Cuavusess, N° 45 and N° 46, agreed to. 
Cuause, N° 47, amended, and agreed to. 


Crause, N° 48, agreed to. 

Clauses added. 

Clause (If Two-thirds of the governing body of 
any school or other place of education beyond the 
precincts of the University, enjoying any right of 
preference in elections to any University or College 
emolument by virtue of any statute, deed of com- 
position, or other instrument of foundation or en- 
dowment, shall be of opinion that it is desirable to 
amend the statutes, ordinances or directions by will 
or deed of the founder or endower of such school 
or place of education in any particular in which the 
same cannot be amended by the Council of the 
Senate, or by any College in the University, by 
virtue of this Act, with a view to render the same 
more available for the promotion of the interests of 
religion and learning, due regard being had to the 
main design of the founder or endower, it shall be 
lawful for them to frame such new or additional 
statute or statutes, or to propose such amendments 





G9°—10° Juniz. 


951 


Her Majesty in Council, in like manner as is herein - 
directed with reference to the statutes framed 
the Commissioners ; and if Her Majesty shall be 
graciously pleased to give Her Assent in Council to 
such statutes or amendments, the same shall there- 
after take full effect, anything in the deed of founda- 
tion or endowment, founders’ or endowers’ will or 
deed, or any decree or order confirming or varying 
the same, or any part thereof, notwithstanding) 
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. 











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


Martis, 10° die Junii, 1856 : 


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; and be printed. 


mittee of the whole House, for this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Dublin Mewepslieen Police 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. 


“ 


Tellers for the f Colonel Taylor, 1 52 
Yeas, UMr. Grogan : » eae 

Tellers for the Mr. Hayter, 65 
Noes, {The Earl of Mulgrave : } ~ 


So it passed in the Negative. 
And the Question being again proposed, That the 
word “ now” stand part of the Question ; 
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 thef Mr. Hume, 
Yeas, \ Mr. Grogan: J 
Tellers for the ; Mr. Hayter, } 69 
Noes, The Earl of Mulgrave : , 
So it passed in the Negative. 
And the Question being again proposed, That the 
word “now” stand part of the Question :—And a 
Debate arising thereupon ; 
Ordered, That the Debate be adjourned till Thurs- 
day next. 


} 46. 


The Ozford University Bill was, according to Or- Oxford — 
der, read a second time; and committed to a Com- = 


in the existing statutes or constitution of the school 
or place of education, as may appear to them to be 
required for such purpose as aforesaid, and to sub- 
mit the same to the Commissioners, and also to the 
Commissioners appointed under “The Charitable 
Trusts Act, 1853,” for their approbation ; and if the 
Commissioners, and the said Commissioners ap- 
pointed under “The Charitable Trusts Act, 1853,” 
approve of the same, such new or additional statute 
or statutes, or such amendments, shall be laid before 
Vou. 111, 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Burial- 
mittee on the Burial-grounds (Jreland) Bill ; grounds (Ire- 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday a 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 













The Order of the day being read, for the second Public Health 
reading of the Public Health Bill; / Bih 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 

Thursday next, wis 





9 


“a 


KK 





Prisons (Ire- 
land) Bi 


Grand Jury 
Assessments 
(Ireland) Bill 


National 
Gallery 
Site Bill. 


Annuities 
Redemption. 


Leases and 
Sales of Settled 
Estates Bill. 


Juvenile 
Offenders 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Juries (Ire- 
Jand) Bill. 


Courts of 
Common Law 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Transfer of 
Works (Ire- 
land) Bill. 


Drainage 
(ireland) Bill. 


Partnership 
Amendment 
(No, 2) Bill 


Lunatic Asy- 
lums (Ireland 


(No. 2) Bill. 


Supply. 





252 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Prisons (/reland) Bill ; 

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


being read, for the third 


The Order of the da 
i Assessments (Ireland) 


reading of the Grand Jury 
Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon 
Friday next. 





The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the National Gallery Site Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time | 
upon Thursday next. | 


Mr. FitzRoy reported from the Committee on | 
Annuities Redemption, a Resolution; which was | 
read, us followeth : 

That it is expedient to redeem certain Annuities 
charged on Branches of the Gross Revenue, by Pay- 
ments out of the Consolidated Fund of the United 
Kingdom of Great Britain and Jreland. 

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, the Chancellor 
of the Exchequer and Mr, Wilson do prepare, and 
bring it in. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Leases and Sales of Settled Estates 
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 Juvenile Offenders (Ireland) Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
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 24th day of April last, was proposed to be made 
to the Question, That the Juries (Jreland) Bill be 
now read a second time ; 

Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 
till Thursday next. 


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

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


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Transfer of Works (Jreland) Bill; 

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


The Order of the day being read, fur the second 
reading of the Drainage (Jreland) 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 Partnership Amendment (No. 2) Bill; 

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


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Lunatic Asylums (Jre/and) (No. 2) 
My 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Thursday next. 


Mr. FitzRoy reported from the Committee of 
Supply, several Resolutions; which were read, as 
follow : 


9°.— 10° Juni. 















A. 1856. 


1. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 40,000, be granted Public Works, 
to Her Majesty, to defray the Cost of executing ©¢- (South 
Public Works, maintaining Educational and Bene- —, 
volent Institutions, and promoting Civilization among 
the Native Tribes in South Africa, to the 31st day of 
March 1857. i 

2. That a Sum, not exceeding £.12,634, be granted Treasury’ 
to Her Majesty, to make good, in the year ending (Commis. 
the 31st day of March 1857, the Loss on Transactions _ Chests, 
connected with raising Money for the several Trea- 
sury (Commissariat) Chests, and for Freight of Spe- 
cie conveyed to the various Stations Abroad. 

3. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 6,600, be granted Agricultural 
to Her Majesty, to defray the Cost of collecting Agri- Statistics, 
cultural Statistics in Jreland and Scotland, to the — 
31st day of March 1857. 

4. That a Sum, not exceeding £.2,000, be granted Gallery of 
to Her Majesty, towards carrying out measures for Portraits. | 
the formation of a Gallery of the Portraits of the 
most eminent Persons in British History, in the 
year ending the 31st day of March 1857. 

5. Thata Sum, not exceeding £.10,000, be granted Department 
to Her Majesty, to defray the Cost of removing the of Science } 
Science and Art Branch of the Education Depart- "4" | 
ment of the Council Office from Marlborough aod 
to Kensington Gore, in the year ending the 31st day | 
of March 1857. 

. 6. Thata Sum, not exceeding £. 2,570, be granted Road'through 
to Her Majesty, to defray the Cost of forming a Holyrood 
New Road through Holyrood Park to Duddingstone, —_ 
in the year ending 31st day of March 1857. 

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 Wednesday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third West India 
reading of the West India Loans Bill ; Loans Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Thursday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Bankruptcy 
reading of the Bankruptcy and Insolvency (Jreland) and Insolvency 
Bill ; (Ireland) Bill, 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Thursday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Nuisances 
mittee on the Nuisances Removal, &amp;c. (Scotland) Removal, &amp;. 
‘ (Scotland) 
(No. 2) Bill; ' : , (No. 2) Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Court of 
mittee on the Court of Exchequer (Scotland) Bill: (eeotlond Bill 

Resolved, ‘That this House will, upon Friday next, _— 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Poor Law 
Amendinent 
(Scotland) Bill 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Poor Law Amendment (Scotland) 
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- Ways and 
mittee of Ways and Means ; Beene. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


i red i Insurance on 
The House, according to Order, resolved itself peace 


into a Committee on the Insurance on Lives (Abate- entof Income 
ment of Income Tax) Continuance Bill; and, after Tax) Caciew 
some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the ance Bill. 


Chair; and Mr. FitzRoy reported, That the Com- 


_amittee 








th, 


cy 
ll, 


ill. 





Excise Bill. 


Church Rates 
Abolition Bill. 


Grand Juries 
Bill. 


Joint Stock 
Companies 
Winding-up 
Acts Amend- 
ment Bill, 


Small Debts 
Imprisonment 
Act Amend- 
ment (Scot- 
land) Bill. 


Appellate 
Jurisdiction 
(House of 
lords) Bill, 


Bill 169. 


Stock in Trade 
Exemption. 


Supply. 


Civil Service 
Estimates, 
lass 7, 


Forest of Dean 
Central Rail- 
way [Advance, } 


19 Vicrortiz. 


mittee 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 Excise 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, fur the Com- 
mittee on the Church Rates Abolition Bill; 

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


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Grand Juries Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Thursday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming the 
adjourned Debate on the Amendment which, upon 
the 6th day of this instant June, was proposed to be 
made to the Question, That the Joint Stock Com- 
panies Winding-up Acts Amendment Bill be now 
read a second time; 

Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 
till Friday next. 


The Small Debts Imprisonment Act Amendment 
(Scotland) Bill was, according to Order, read the 
third time; and an Amendment was made to the 
Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 


Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the | 


Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Appellate Jurisdiction (House of Lords) Bill 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time upon Monday the 23d day of this 
instant June ; and to be printed. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
continue the Act for the Exemption of Stock in Trade 
from Rating: And that Mr. Bouverie and Mr. Grey 
do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
an Account of the Sums voted in Supply during the 
years 1854 and 1855, under the several Heads of 
Army, Navy, Ordnance and Miscellaneous Services; 
and also, Abstract of Grants for Miscellaneous Ser- 
vices during the years 1854 and 1855, in the same 
form as the Abstract now printed with the Annual 
Estimates, under the several! Heads of—1. Public 
Works and Buildings; 2. Salaries, &amp;c. Public De- 
partments: 3. Law and Justice; 4. Education, Sci- 
ence and Art; 5. Colonial and Consular Services; 
6. Superannuations and Charities; 7. Special and 
Temporary Objects ; with the Sum Total under each 
Head in each year. 


The Select Committee on the Civil Service Esti- 
mates, Class 7, was nominated of Sir Benjamin 
Hall, Mr. George Alexander Hamilton, Mr. Wise, 
Mr. Lloyd Davies and Mr. Marjoribanks; with 
Power to send for persons, papers and records. 

Ordered, That Three be the Quorum. 


A Motion being made, That this House will, upon 
Thursday next, resolve itself into a Committee to 
consider the expediency of authorizing an Advance 
out of the Land Revenues of the Crown to the 
Forest of Dean Central Railway Company ; 

Mr. Lowe, 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. 
Vox, 111. 


9°—1° Junie. 





253 


Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, resolye itself into the said Committee. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, @ Forest of Dean 
Copy of the Correspondence between the Office of Central Rail- 
Woods, &amp;c. and the Treasury, relative to an Ad- Wy [Advanee.] 
vance on Loan out of the Land Revenues of the No. 269. 
Crown to the Forest of Dean Central Railway 
Company. 

Mr. Wilson accordingly presented the said Paper. 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a gpirits ana 
Return of the Consumption of British, Foreign and Malt. 
Colonial Spirits in the United Kingdom, in each 
year from 1800 to 1855, both inclusive :—Like Re- 
turn for England, for the First Quarter ending the 
31st day of March 1856 :—Account showing the 
Number of Bushels of Malt charged with Duty, 
and the Average Price of Barley per Bushel, from 
1826 to 1855 :—Like Account for England, for the 
First Quarter ending the 31st day of March 1856: 
—Returns of the Quantity of Spirits made from 
Ma!t only, and Amount of Malt Drawback paid in 
England, Scotland and Ireland, in each year from 
1846 to 1855, both inclusive :-—Of the Quantity of 
Malt Spirits consumed in England, Scotland and 
Trelund in the above Period :—Of the Amount of 
Malt Drawback repaid in Scotland on Malt Spirits 
exported in the same Period :—Of the Amount re- 
paid in Engiand and Ireland on Malt Spirits im- 
on from Scotland in the same Period :—Of 

icenses granted: for the making of Methylated 
Spirits under the Act 18 &amp; 19 Vic. c. 38 :—Of the 
Quantities of Methylated Spirits made :—And, Re- 
turn (in Gallons) of Methylated Spirits made in 
| England from the Commencement of the Act to the 
| 31st day of March 1856 :—Like Return for Scot- 
| land :—And, like Return for Zreland. 


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





Martis, 10° die Junii; 
Anno 19” Victorie Regine, 1856. 


RAYERS. 


P 
T HE Castle Douglas and Dumfries Railway Bill Castle Douglas 
was read the third time. pw Patan 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. y 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Ceylon Railway Company Bill was read the Ceylon Rail- 
third time. a Company 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 


Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Epsom and Leatherhead Railway Bill was Epsom and 
read the third time. Leatherhead 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. yo 
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 London and 
reading of the London and South Western Railway ——— 
(Yeovil to Exeter) Bill ; (Yeovil to 


Ordered, ‘That the Bill be read the third time Exeter) Bill. 
upon Thursday next. 


The Swansea Vale Railway Bill was, according Swansea Vale 
to Order, read the third time. Railway 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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The 











254. 


Isle of Wight | ‘The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Steam — , the Isle of Wight Steam Bridge and Approaches 


a 7 Bill, as amended in the Committee ; and an Amend- 
ment was made to the Bill. ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time, 
Londonderry The House proceeded to take into consideration 
tillen Railway the Londonderry and Enniskillen Railway Bill, as 
Bill. amended in the Committee. a 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 
London The House proceeded to take into consicleration 
Hana hogy the London Printing and Publishing Company Bill, 


Company Bill, as amended in the Committee. ee 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 

Nawab of Ordered, That the Nawab of Surat Treaty Bill, 

a re! as amended in the Committee, be taken into consi- 

from Nawab of deration To-morrow. 

Surat. 


Wem and The House proceeded to take into consideration 
we by the Wem and Bronygarth Roads Lill, as amended 
"in the Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 
Conway and The House, according to Order, proceeded to take 
ey oy into consideration the Conway and Llandudno Road 
Bill, as amended in the Committee ; and an Amend- 
ment was made to the Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 
SalisburyMar- The House, according to Order, proceeded to take 


ket Branch into consideration the Salisbury Market Branch 
Railway and : 


Market House Aailway and Market House Bill, as amended in 
Bill. the Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Ingham’s 


Ingham’s Estate Bill was read a second time; 
Estate Bill. 


and committed. 


Earl of Perth 
and Melfort’s 
Compensation. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on the Petition for the Earl of 
Perth and Melfort’s Compensation Bill. 


(In the Committee.) 


Resolved, That the Chairman be directed to move 
the House, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
settle an Annual Payment out of the Hereditary 
Revenues of the Crown in Scotland on George Earl 
of Perth and Melfort, and the Heirs male of his 
body, on whom the title of Earl of Me/fort shall 
descend, in consideration of the unjust seizure and 
disposition of the Estates of Euphemia Wallace, 
heretofore Countess of Melfort. 


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 To-morrow. 

Shipton’s Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 
meer A one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, 
That in the case of Shipton’s Disabilities Removal 
Bill, no Standing Orders are applicable. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time. 


Leicester 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 Leicester, in the room 
of Richard Gardner, Esquire, deceased. 


Public Petitions relating to the Bible ;— British Museum, 
Petitions, &amp;e. ;—Church Rates ;— Ecclesiastical Courts; — 
Vide Forty- Lord’s Day ;—Maynooth College Act ;—Tithe Com- 


fourth Report. mutation Rent-charge Bill; — Fire Insurance ; — 
Bleaching, &amp;c. Works Bill ;—British Spirits ;— 
Commercial Relations with Turkey; — Cowty 





10° Juniz. 





A. 1856. 


Courts Acts Amendment Bill ;— Decimal Coinage ; 
—Education (Scotland) Bill ;—Fisheries (Zreland) ; 
—Juvenile Offenders (Ireland) Bill ;—Zondon Cor- 
poration Bill ;—Parochial Schools (Scotland) Bill ; 
—Public Health Bill;—Public-houses (Scotland) 
Act ;—Punishment of Death ;—Saturday Half-holi- 
days ;—Scotch and Jrish Pauper Removals Bill ;— 
Spirit Trade (Zreland) Bill ;—Vaccination Bill ;— 
and, Wages,—were presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Cowper reported from the Select Committee Medical Pro. 
on the Medical Profession Bill; That they had ‘sion Bill, 
gone through the Bill, and made Amendments Bill 170. 
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 the 19th 
day of this instant June. 


Mr. Cowper reported from the Select Committee Medical Quali. 
on the Medical Qualification and Registration Bill ; fication and 
That they had gone through the Bill, and directed em 
him to report the same, without Amendment. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Viscount Galway reported from the Committee Renfrewshire 
on Group Q. of Private Bills; That in the case of ®°#4s Bill 
the Renfrewshire Roads Bill, they had examined the 
allegations contained in the Preamble of the Bill, and 
amended the same, by inserting, in the last Clause 
thereof, the words “ as hereinafter modified,” instead 

of the words “such Powers as relate to the portion 

“ of road forming the subject of those arrangements,” 

in order that the said Preamble might be brought 

into conformity with the requisitions of 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. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Poor Relief 
Copy of a Return transmitted by the Guardians of (Birmingham, 
the Poor of Birmingham to the Poor Law Board, _ 
dated the 4th day of June 1856, showing the Total 
Amount expended for the Maintenance and Relief 
of the Poor, and the Cost per Head on the Popula- 
tion, in Forty-two Unions and Parishes, including 
the Parish of Birmingham, for the years ending 
Lady-day 1854 and 1855 respectively. 


Ordered, That a Message be sent to the Lords, to Metropolis 
request that their Lordships will be pleased to give ®oa4s. 
leave to the Earl of Lonsdale to attend to be examined 
as a Witness before the Select Committee appointed 
by this House on the Metropolis Roads: And that 
the Clerk do carry the said Message. 


Ordered, That the Marquis of Granby, Lord John Leave of 
Manners and Lord George Manners have leave of 4%" 
absence for three weeks, on urgent family affairs. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Insolvent 

Returns of the Names and Number of Petitioners 2° _ 
to the Insolvent Debtors’ Court, Portugal-street, — 
showing the Schedules filed and Cases heard since 
the Date when the last Commissioner was appointed : 
—Of the Number of Cases heard by each Commis- 
sioner, and adjudicated upon, and the Petitioner 
discharged forthwith :—And, of the Number of Cases 
remanded or adjourned by each Commissioner, and 
the Periods of each. 


The Chancellor of the Exchequer presented a Bill Annuities 
to authorize Issues out of the Consolidated Fund, for — — 
the redemption of certain Annuities charged on pi) 171. 
Branches of the Gross Revenue: And the same was 
read the first time ; and ordered to be read a second 


time upon Thursday next; and to be printed. - 
e 





— 





Sound Dues. 


Yuille, Short- 
ridge and 
Company. 


Waterford 
Post-office. 


Supply. 


County 
Treasurers. 


No, 270. 
East India 


(Home 
Accounts.) 


No, 271. 
Writsof Error, 


C. 
No, 272. 


Coals (Navy.) 


Naval Prize 
Bounty, &amp;c, 


Punishment 
of Death, 


19 VicToRriz. 


The Chancellor of the Exchequer presented, by 
Her Majesty’s Command,—Copy of Correspondence 
respecting the Sound Dues. 

"he Chancellor of the Exchequer also presented, 
—Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 
21st day of May last, for Copy of Correspondence 
which has passed between our own Government and 
the Government of Portugal since June 1854, on 
the subject of the Claims of Yuille, Shortridge and 
Company, against the latter, for breach of Treaty. 

Ordered, ‘That the Paper relative to Sound Dues 
be referred to the Select Committee on Sound Dues ; 


10°—11° Junzz. 











255 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- Married 
posed, That the Rules of the Common Law which Women. 
give all the Personal Property of a woman on mar- 
riage, and all subsequently acquired property and 
earnings, to the husband, are unjust in principle and 
injurious in their operation:—And the said Motion 
was, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being put, Postage 
That a Select Committee be appointed to inquire Labels. 
into the circumstances of the Purchase of the Ma- 
chine and Invention for perforating Postage Labels 


and that the Paper relative to Yuille, Shortridge and | by the Government from Mr. Archer, the Inventor ; 


Company do lie upon the Table. 


and also into the circumstances under which the 
existing Agreements between the Government and 


The following Papers were laid upon the Table | the Contractors for gumming and printing the Post- 


by the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, 
dated the 21st day of May last, for a Return of the 
Number of Letters delivered by the Waterford Post- 
office, according to the Weekly Account in each | 
Month, in the years 1854 and 1855. 

Return to an Order, dated the 9th day of this in- 
stant June, for an Account of the Sums voted in 
Supply during the years 1854 and 1855, under the 
several Heads of Army, Navy, Ordnance and Mis- 
cellaneous Services; and also, Abstract of Grants 
for Miscellaneous Services during the years 1854 
and 1855, in the same form as the Abstract now 
printed with the Annual Estimates, under the several 
Heads of—1. Public Works and Buildings; 2. Sa- 
laries, &amp;c. Public Departments; 3. Law and Justice ; 
4, Education, Science and Art; 5. Colonial and 
Consular Services ; 6. Superannuations and Chari- 
ties; 7. Special and Temporary Objects ; with the 


Sum Total under each Head in each year. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to County Trea- 
surers, which was presented upon the 9th day of 
this instant June, be printed. 


Ordered, That the East India (Home Accounts), 
which were presented upon the 9th day of this in- 
stant June, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to Writs of 
Error, &amp;c., which was communicated from the Lords 
upon the 9th day of this instant June, be printed. 


Mr. Osborne presented,— Return to an Order, dated 
the Ist day of April last, for a Return specifying the 
Quantity of Coals supplied to the Steam Vessels of 
Her Majesty’s Navy during 1855, and the Cost of 
such Coal. ; 

Mr. Osborne also presented, pursuant to the di- 
rections of an Act of Parliament,—An Account 
showing the Receipt and Expenditure of Naval Prize 
Bounty, Salvage and other Monies, between the 1st 
April 1855 and 31st March 1856. ; 

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


A Motion was made, and the Question being put, 
That a Select Committee be appointed to inquire 
into the operation of the Law imposing the Punish- 
ment of Death ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right ; 

The Noes to the Left. 


Tellers for the; Mr. William Ewart, l g4 
Yeas, (Mr Hadfield : ore 
Tellers for the ; Mr. Hayter, lise 
Noes,  \The Earl of Mulgrave: \ pica 


So it passed in the Negative. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That a Select Committee be appointed to in- 
quire what public measures can be adopted to ad- 
vance Science, and improve the position of its Cul- 
tivators :—And the said Motion was, with leave of 
the House, withdrawn. 

Vor. 111. 





| Railway Bill be now read the third time ; 








age and Receipt Labels were made; 
The House divided. 
The Yeas te the Right; 
The Noes to the Left. 
Tellers for the{ Mr. Whiteside, 
Yeas, Mr. Grogan : 
Tellers for thef Mr. Hayter, 
Noes, UThe Earl of Mulgrave ; 


So it passed in the Negative. 


} 39. 
} 57. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- Adjournment. 
posed, That this House do now adjourn:—And the 
said Motion was, with leave of the House, with- 
drawn. 


Notice being taken, that Forty Members were 
not present :—The House was told by Mr. Speaker ; 
and Forty Members not being present, and it being 
then after Four of the clock :—The House was ad- 


journed by Mr. Speaker, without a Question first 
put, till To-morrow. 





Mercuri, 11° die Junii; 
Anno 19° Victoria Regine, 1856, 


PRAYERS. 


O RDERED, That all Committees have leave Committees. 
to sit this day, during the sitting, and notwith- 
standing any adjournment of the House. 


Mr. Duncan reported from the Select Committee Public 
on Public Petitions; That they had examined the a, a 
Petitions presented upon the 9th day of this instant Report.) 3 
June ; and had directed him to make a Report thereof 
to the House. 

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


Ordered, That the Amendments made by the Lords National 
to the National Gallery Bill be taken into considera- Gallery Bill. 
tion To-morrow. 


The Maybole and Girvan Railway Bill was read Maybole 

the third time. a Ng 
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 Metropolitan Metropolitan 
Railway Bill. 
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 Morayshire Railway Bill was read the third Morayshire 
time; and an Amendment was made to the Bill. 
KK4 


Railway Bill. 
Resolved, 





Bagenalstown 
and Wexford 
Railway Bill. 


Dorset Central 
Railway Bill. 


Glastonbury 
and Bruton 
Railway Bill. 


Severn Valley 
Railway Bill. 


Wimbledon 
artd Croydon 
Railway Bill. 


Nawab of 
Surat Treaty 
Bill. 


Shipton's 
Disabilities 
Removal Bill. 


Talbot's 
Divorce Bill. 


Karl of Perth 
and Melfort’s 
Compensativn, 


Cleobury 
North, &amp;c. 
District Koads 
Bill. 








11° Junie. 


256 


Resolved, That the Bill do pass. Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- Kast Indian 

Ordered, That the Cierk i carry the Bill to the | mittee of Selection, That they have Power to sppoint Railway Com. 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. the Committee on the East Indian Railway Company ?*"Y 5 
Bill to meet any day after To-morrow. 


A. 1856. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 


the Bagenalstown and Wexford Railway Bill, as Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- Severn 


amended in the Committee. mittee of Selection, That they have Power to appoint Navigation 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. the Committee on the Severn Navigation Improve- Tnprovement 
ment Commission Bill to meet any day after To- Bill. oe 


The House proceeded to take into consideration morrow, 


the Dorset Central Railway Bill, as amended in the 


Committee. 


: . “ad 4: Mr. Bouverie presented a Bill to continue the Act Stock in Trag 
Ondaved, That the Bi be send the thivd time. for the Exemption of Stock in Trade from Rating : Exemption : 


‘ : ; And the same was read the first time; and ordered sad 
The House proceeded to take into consideration | 4, je read a second time upon Monday next; and Bill 172, 
the Glastonbury and Bruton Railway Bill, as amended | 4, pe printed 


in the Committee; and Amendments were made 

to the Bill. dies 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. Mr. Robert Phillimore reported from the Select Tithe Com. 

Committee on the Tithe Commutation Rent-charge arden 

. The House proceeded to take into consideration os posed Binge nega ay a _ 

the Severn Valley Railway Bill, as amended in the Ordered, That the Bill, —— o d, be printed Bill 173. 


Committee. Ordered, That the Biil be re-committed to a Com- 
Ordered; That the Bill be read the third time. mittee of the whole House, for Friday next. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration . wens 
the Wimbledon and Croydon Railway Bill, as Sir William Clay reported the Bournemouth Im- Bournemouth 


amended in the Committee ; and Amendments were provement and Pier (re-committed) Bill, with further ant Pie 
gay od nabary ary o"Dndered, ‘hat the Report do ta wpen the Dada 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. a a 


Colonel Boldero reported from the Committee on Railway Bills 
into consideration the Nawab of Surat Treaty Bill, Group 11 of Railway Bills; That Mr. Alderman (Group 11.) 
Se add inthe Cheatin Challis, one of the Members of the said Committee, 

And a Motion being made, and the Question being this ma present during the sitting of the Committee 
proposed, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- . - 
mittee, be taken into further consideration upon Wed- Order ed, That Mr. Alderman Challis do attend 
neoday next; the said Committee ‘To-morrow. 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the . - : ' 
Question, by leaving out from the word “ Bill” to | _ Sir William Clay reported from the Committee on Birkenhead 
the end of the Question, in order to add the words | Group M. of Private Bills; That in the case of the a 
“be read the third time,” instead thereof. Birkenhead Improvement Commissioners Bill, they pi, 

And the Question being proposed, That the words had examined the allegations contained in the Pre- 
proposed to be left out stand part of the Question : amble of the Bill, and amended the same, in order 
—The said proposed Amendment was, with leave of | to make it consistent with the Clauses of the Bill ; 
the House, withdrawn. and found the same, as amended, to be true; and 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- | had gone through the Bill, and made Amendments 
mittee, be taken into further consideration upon thereunto. 


Wednesday next. Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take 


Shipton’s Disabilities Removal Bill was read a} Ordered, That a Message be sent to the Lords, Mercantile 
second time ; and committed. to request that their Lordships will be pleased to a 
communicate to this House, a Copy of the Report 

Ordered, That Talbot's Divorce Bill be read a| from the Select Committee appointed by their Lord- 
second time To-morrow. ships on the Mercantile Law Amendment Bill (on re- 
commitment), together with the Proceedings of the 

Mr. LitzRoy reported from the Committee on the | Committee, and the Minutes of Evidence: And that 
Petition for the Earl of Perth and Melfort’s Com- | the Clerk do carry the said Message. 
pensation Bill, a Resolution; which was read, as 
followeth : . The Order made upon tie 10th day of this instant Poor Relief 

That the Chairman be directed to move the House, | June. That there be laid before this H ouse, a Copy (Birmingham, 
That leave be given to bring in a Bill to settle an} of a Return transmitted by the Guardians of the *° 
Annual Payment out of the Hereditary Revenues of | poor of Birmingham to the Poor Law Board, dated 
the Crown in Scotland on George Earl of Perth and | the ath dav of June 1856, showing the Total Amount 
Melfort, and the Heirs male of his body, on whom expended for the Maintenance ‘and Relief of the 
the title of Earl of Melfort shall descend, in con-| poor and the Cost per Head on the Population, in 
sideration of the unjust seizure and disposition of the | Forty-two Unions and Parishes, including the Parish 
Estates of Euphemia Wallace, heretofore Countess of | of Birmingham, for the years ending Lady-day 1854 
Melfort. : ; : , | and 1855 respectively, was read, and discharged. 

Ihe said Resolution being read a second time ; , 

Ordered, That the Petition for the said Bill be 


re-committed to a Committee of the whole House, | 
for Monday next. 





Petitions relating to Grand Juries, &amp;c. (Zreland) avon me 
Bill ;—Leases and Sales of Settled Estates Bill;—“"__ 
and, Spirit Trade (Jreland) Bill, --were presented, Vile Pea 

i T ur 
Ordered, That the Cleobury North, &amp;c. District and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 0 


Roads Bill be re-committed to the former Com- C bets ‘Trade 
mittee :—And that they have leave to sit and proceed The Order of the day being read, for the second odes 4) Bill 
upon Friday next, at half after Three o’clock. reading of the Spirit Trade (/reland) Bill ; 


Ordered, That Two be the Quorum. A Motion was made, and the Question was ae 
posed, 











th 
nt 


— 


ers 


ort. 


le 


sid 





rand Juries, 
4 (Ireland) 
Bill 


Ecclesiastical 
Courts Juris- 
diction Bill. 


Railway and 


Canal Traffic 
Bill. 


Tenant Right 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Advowsons 
Bill. 


Supply. 


Ways and 
Means. 


Judges and 
Chancellors 
Bill. 


Formation, &amp;c. 
of Parishes 
Bill 


Aldershot 


Camp Bill. 


Oxford 
University 
Bill, 


Insurance on 
Lives (Abate. 


ment of Income 


19 Vicroriz. 


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 Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Grand Juries, &amp;c. (Zreland) Bill ; 

Ordered, ‘That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday the 16th day of July next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Ecclesiastical Courts Jurisdiction Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday the 23d day of this instant June. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Railway and Canal Traffic Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Tuesday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Tenant Right (Zreland) Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
the 9th day of July next, resolve itself into the said 
Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Advowsons Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


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

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Ways and Means ; 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Judges and Chancellors Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Tuesday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Formation, &amp;c. of Parishes Bill ; 

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


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on the Aldershot Camp 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 House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on the Oxford University Bill ; 
and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker re- 
sumed the Chair; and Mr. FitzRoy reported, That 
the Committee had gone through the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration To-morrow. 


The Insurance on Lives (Abatement of Income 
Tax) Continuance Bill was, according to Order, read 


Tax) Continu- the third time. 
ance Bi 


iL. 


(Scotland. ) 


Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to abolish certain unnecessary Forms in the framing 
of Deeds in Scotland: And that the Lord Advocate 
oe Sir George Grey do prepare, and bring it in. 

OL. 111. 


11°—12° Juni. 








257 


The Select Committee on the Saint Sepulchre’s Saint 
Manor (Dublin) Bill was nominated of Mr. Hors- — 
man, Colonel Taylor, Mr. Bland, Mr. Tottenham, (Dubin) Bill. 
Mr. Hughes, Mr. Grogan, and Five Members to 

be added by the Committee of Selection ; with Power 

to send for persons, papers and records. 


Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring ina Bill for Hospitals 
the better regulation of the House of Industry Hos- (Uublin.) 
pitals and other a in Dublin, supported 
wholly or in part by Parliamentary Grants: And 
that Mr. Horsman snd Mr. Attorney General for 
Ireland do prepare, and bring it in. 


The Select Committee on Divorce Bills was no- Divorce Bills. 
minated of Mr. Massey, Mr. Walpole, Mr. Sotheron 
Estcourt, Sir John Pakington, Sir John Yarde Bui- 
ler, Mr. Headlam, Mr. Bonham Carter, Mr. Robert 
Phillimore and Mr. Freshfield. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming Joint Stock 
the adjourned Debate on the Question proposed Banks Bill. 
upon the 24th day of April last, That Mr. Speaker 
do now leave the Chair (tor Committee on the Joint 
Stock Banks Bill) ; 

Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 
till Wednesday next. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Malt, which Malt. 
was presented upon the 6th day of thisinstant June, No. 273. 
be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Supply, Supply. 
which was presented upun the 10th day of this in- No. 274, 
stant June, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Account relative to Naval Prize Naval Prize 
Bounty, &amp;c., which was presented upon the 10th Bounty, &amp;c. 
day of this instant June, be printed. No. 275. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 





Jovis, 12° die Junii ; 


Anno 19° Victorie Regine, 1556. 





PRAYERS. 


TT ‘HE Aberdeen and Scottish Midland Junction Aberdeen and 
Railway Companies Amalgamation Bill was Scottish Mid- 
read the third time. Railway Com- 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the panies Amal- 
Title be; An Act to unite and amalgamate the Un- 8*™tion Bill, 
dertaking of the Scottish Midland Junction Railway 
Company with the Undertaking of the Aberdeen 
Railway Company, to be thenceforth called ‘“ The 
Scottish North Eastern Railway Company,” and to 
regulate the Management of and confer additional 
Powers on the United Company, and for other 
&lt;&lt; 
rdered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Halifax and Huddersfield Road Bill was Halifax and 
read the third time. oe 
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 Lymington Rail- Lymington 
way Bill be now read the third time ; Railway Bill. 
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 (Power to raise additional capital on 
acquiring town quay or bridge), was thrice read ; 
and added to the Bill. 
LL Another 


258 


Another Clause (New Shares to be considered 
same as original shares), 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. 


Shrewsbury The Shrewsbury and Welchpool Railway Bill was 
ete read the third time. 
ye Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


West London The West Zondon and Crystal Palace Railway 
a tay oT Bill was read the third time. 
way Bill Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act for authorizing Traffic Arrange- 
ments between the West End of London and Crys- 
tal Palace, and the London, Brighton and South 
Coast Railway Companies, the Regulation and In- 
crease of Capital, and for other purposes. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 
West of Fife § The West of Fife Mineral Railway Bill was read 
— Bill the third time. 
way © Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 
London and The Order of the day being read, for the third 
—_ Western reading of the London and South Western Railway 
(Yeovil to (Yeovil to Exeter) Bill ; 


Exeter) Bill. And a Motion being made, That the Bill be now 
read the third time ; 

And Notice being taken, thut the interest of the 
Prince of Wales, as Duke of Cornwall, is concerned 
therein ; 

Mr. FitzRoy, by Her Majesty's Command, ac- 
quainted the House, That Her Majesty, having been 
informed of the purport of the Bill, yives Her Con- 
sent, us far as the Prince of Wales’s interest is con- 
cerned, that the House may do therein as they shail 
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. 


Uttoxeter and 
Blythe Marsh 
Road Bill. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Uttoxeter and Blythe Marsh Road Bill, as 
amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Talbot's 


Talbot’s Divorce Bill was read a second time; 
Divorce Bill. 


and committed. 

Ordered, That it be un 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. 


Blenheim Mr. FitzRoy reported the Blenheim Estate Bill, 
Estate Bill. = without Amendment. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 
Railway Bills Ordered, That the Committee on Group 11 of 
(Group 11.) Railway Bills have leave to sit this day till Five of 
the clock, during the sitting of the House. 

Public Petitions relating to Registration of Voters (Scot- 
Petitions. land) Bill ;—Church Rates ;—Lord’s Day ;—May- 
Vide Forty. "00th College Act;—Tithe Commutation Rent- 
fourth Report. charge Bill ;—Fire Insurance ;—Rating of Mines 


Bill ;—Agricultural Statistics Bill ;— Burial-grounds 
Act ;—Education (Scotland) Bill ;—hmprisonment 
for Debt ;—Medical Officers of Unions ;—Nuisances 





12° Juniz. 








A. 1856. 


Removal, &amp;c. (Scotland) Bill;—Parochial Schools 
(Scotland) Bill ;--Poor Law Amendment Bill ;— 
Public Health Bill;—Public-houses (Scotland) 
Act ;—Punishment of Death ;—Rights of Neutrals ; 
—Scotch and Jrish Pauper Removals Bill ;—Spirit 
Trade (Zreland) Bill ;—Tenant Right (Ireland) Bill; 
—Vaccination Bill ;—Wages ;—and, Wills and Ad- 
ininistrations Bill,—were presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Lord Stanley reported from the Committee on Inverness 
Group 10 of Railway Bills; That in the case of the and Aberdeen 
Inverness and Aberdeen Junction Railway Bill, they vunctien 
had examined the allegations contained in the Pre-  ""? Bi 
amble of the Bill, and amended the same, by striking 
out the recital relating to the running Powers over 
the Inverness and Nairn Railway and the Morayshire 
Railway respectively ; and found the same, as 
amended, to be true; and had gone through the 
Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

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


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Minerals, 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return of the Quantities of Coal, Iron Ore, 
Copper Ore, Lead Ore, ‘Tin Ore, Silver, Zinc Ores, 
Salt and other Minerals, raised in each of the Mining 
Counties of the United Kingdom, for the years 1854 
and 1835, 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. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Pensions. 
Return of all Pensions charged on the Civil List for 
1855, distinguishing those with and without De- 
duction, and specifying against each the Nature of 
the Deductions made; the same as returned to Par- 
lament in 1809. 


The Lord Advocate presented a Bill to abolish Deeds (Scot- 
certain unnecessary Forms in the framing of Deeds !n¢) Bill 
in Scotland: And the same was read the first time; _ Bill 174. 
and ordered to be read a second time upon Monday 
next; and to be printed. 


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

a Return of the Value of the Total Exports (British 
and Foreign) from the United Kingdom in 1855 :— 
Similar Return of the Exports from the United 
States in the same year :—Return of the Value of 
the Exports (British and Foreign) from the United 
Kingdom to the United States in 1855 :—And, 
similar Return of the Exports from the United 
States to the United Kingdom. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Copies of Memorial from the Captains, Commanders, 
Lieutenants and Masters of Greenwich Hospital, 
dated the 28th day of May 1856, to the Board of 
Admiralty, and of Letter from Admiral Sir James 
Gordon, the Governor, which accompanied it :— 
And, of the Reply thereto, signed by the Secretary 
of the Admiralty. 


Greenwich 
Hospital. 


The Chancellor of the Exchequer acquainted the Sardinian 
House, hat he lad a Message from Her Majesty to 
this House, signed by Her Majesty :—And_ he pre- 
sented the same to the House, and it was read by 
Mr. Speaker (all the Members of the House being 
uncovered); and is as followeth :— 


VICTORIA R. 


Her Majesty thinks it right to acquaint the House 
of Commons, that She has concluded a Convention 
with His Majesty the King of Sardinia, by which 
She has undertaken to recommend to Her Parliament 
to enable Her to advance, by way of Loan, to His 


Majesty the King of Sardinia, a Sum of One million 
pounds 








Poor Law 
(Gilbert’s 
Unions. ) 


Prisons, 


Poor Laws 
(Ireland.) 


Public 
Records. 


Burial Fees. 


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19 Vicrori2Z. 


pounds sterling, contemplated by a Convention made 
between Her Majesty and His Majesty the King of 
Sardinia on the 26th January 1855, in like manner, 
instalments and proportions, and subject in all re- 
spects to the same conditions as if the late War had 
not been brought to a close at the expiration of Twelve 
months from the payment of the first instalment of 
the Sum of One million pounds sterling under the 
last-mentioned Convention. 

The Government of His Majesty the King of 
Sardinia engages to accept the advance of this addi- 
tional Sum, on the same conditions in all respects, 
especially as to the calculation and payment of the 
Interest, as if such advance had been made under the 
last-mentioned Convention. 

Her Majesty has directed a Copy of this Conven- 
tion to be laid before the House of Commons, and 
She relies on the public spirit of the House of 
Commons for enabling Her to make good the en- 
gagement which She has contracted. VR 


Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into a Committee to take into 
consideration Her Majesty’s said most gracious 
Message. 


The Chancellor of the Exchequer presented, by 
Her Majesty’s Command,— Copy of Convention 
between Her Majesty and the King of Sardinia, 
respecting the advance of a Million sterling, contem- 
plated by the Convention of January 26,1855. Signed 
at Turin, June 8, 1856. 

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 Order, dated 
the 2d day of this instant June, for a Return of the 
Unions and single Parishes included in the several 
Parliamentary Returns in which the Poor were 
managed under the Provisions of the Act 22 Geo. 3 
(Gilbert’s Act), which, since the 1st day of March 
1837, have been dissolved and become subject to the 
Provisions of the Poor Law Amendment Act; stating 
the grounds in each case on which such Dissolution 
has taken place, and whether with the consent of a 
majority of the Guardians or otherwise: — And, Copy 
of all Correspondence since the 3d day of April 1856, 
between the Visitor and Guardians of such Unions 
and single Parishes and the Poor Law Board, relative 
to the Clauses in the Poor Law Amendment Bill 
for their compulsory Dissolution. 


Mr. Massey presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand,—Copy of Nineteenth Report of the Inspectors 
appointed under the Provisions of the Act 5 &amp; 6 

ull. 4, c. 38, to visit the different Prisons of Great 
Britain:—Il. Northern and Eastern District. 


Copy of Ninth Annual Report of the Commis- | 


sioners for administering the Laws for Relief of the 
Poor in ireland ; with Appendices. 

Copy of Seventeenth Report of the Deputy Keeper 
of the Public Records. 

Mr. Massey als» presented,—Return to an Address 
to Her Majesty, dated the 14th day of March last, 
for Returns of the Tables of Fees determined on by 
each of the Burial Boards under the Acts 15 &amp; 16 
Vic. c.85, 16 &amp; 17 Vic. c. 134, and 17 &amp; 18 Vie. c. 87, 
for Burials in the Consecrated and Unconsecrated 
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 (in continuation of 
Parliamentary Paper, No. 479, of Session 1855). 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 
24th day of April last, for a Return from the Clerks 
of the Peace of the Counties of England and Wales, 
of the Names of the Places appointed in each County, 
and Division of Counties, for taking the Poll at 
masters for Knights of the Shire, and the Number 

OL, 111. 


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259 


of Electors assigned to vote at each of such Polling- 
places. 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the Military Bande 
9th day of May last, for a Return of the Number of Sundays. 
Memorials, with the Total Number of Signatures 
attached thereto, praying for the discontinuance of the 
performance of Military Bands on Sundays, which 
have been forwarded through the Home Office, 
stating the Places from which such Memorials have 
been sent. 

Return to an Order, dated the 3d day of April Conveyances 
last, for a Return of the Gross Number of Convey- ar i. 
ances on the Sale of Lands registered in the Registry ) 
Office, Dubéin, during the years 1853, 1854 and 

13855 respectively, and not being Conveyances under 
\the Incumbered Estates Court, or Settlements, 
Mortgages, Re-conveyances, Leases, Surrenders or 
Deeds executed under the Renewable Leaseholds 
| Conversion Act; also, the Number of such Con- 
| veyances in which the Consideration appears to be 
under £. 500, the Number in which the Consideration 
appears to be over £.500 and not exceeding £.1,000, 
and the Number in which the Amount or Nature of 
the Consideration does not appear from the Memo- 
rial. 

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





The Order of the day being read, for the second Agricultural 
reading of the Agricultural Statistics Bill ; Cratiation SES. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 


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 sencies. 
Majesty, to defray the Charge of Civil Contingencies, 
to the 31st day of March 1857. 

Whereupon Motion made, and Question proposed, 

That a Sum, not exceeding £.90,000, be granted to 
Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of Civil Con- 
tingencies, to the 31st day of March 1857 :—Motion, 
by leave, withdrawn. 

Original Question put, and agreed to. 

2. Motion made, and Question proposed, That a Education. 
Sum, nor exceeding £.151,213, 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 1857. ; 

Whereupon Motion made, and Question, That a 
Sum, not exceeding £.96,921, 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 1857—-—put, and nega- 
tived. 

Original Question put, and agreed to. 

3. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £. 6,184, Compensation 
be granted to Her Majesty, to pay, in the year ending ‘0 Mr. Patrick 
the 31st day of March 1857, Compensation to Mr. 
Patrick Boyle on the surrender of his Patent Office 
of Clerk of Justiciary in Scotland. 


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 Rou 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. 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 : 

LL2 





The 





260 


JuvenileCon- The Lords have acreed to the Juvenile Convict 


(Ireland) Bill ~— é Ireland) Bill, without any Amendment: 
Public Health The Lords have agreed to the Public Health Sup- 


~ ns plemental Bill, without anv Amendment: And also, 


12°—13° Junii. 














A. 1856. 
The Order of the day being read, for the second Vice-Presi 





reading of the Vice-President of Committee of Council ° Commitee 
on Education Bill ; : wena on 
cation Bill, 


Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time this 
day. 


Cork and The Lords have agreed to the Cork and Youghal The West India Loans Bill was, according to West Indi 
vey Bill Rail- Railway Bill, ean any Amendment: And also, Order, ow a time ; and an Amendment was Loans Bil, r 
‘ mace to the Dill. 

Behe an f The Lords have _ to the Dewsbury, Batley| Resolved, That the Bill do pass. i 

Heckmond- ad Heckmondwike Water Bill, without any Amend-| Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 

wike Water ment: And also, | Lords, and desire their concurrence. 

Kettering The Lords have agreed to the Kettering and | The Annuities Redemption Bill was, according tO Annuities ; 

and Newport Wewport Pagnell Road Bill, without any Amend- Order, read a second time; and committed to a Redemption B 

Pagnell Road nent: And also, Committee of the whole House, for this day. Bill. 

GlasgowCourt- The Lords have agreed to the Glasgow Court-| The House, according to Order, resolved itself Forest of Dean 

a and houses and Public Offices Bill, without any Amend- | into a Committee on the Forest of Dean Centra] Central Rail- f 

Bill. Offices ent: And also, Railway [Advance]. way [Advance] ! 

( 
Alera Valley The Lords have agreed to the Alford Valley (In the Committee.) 
ailway Bill. Railway Bill, without any Amendment: And also, —_ | 

Clarke The Lords have agreed to the Amendments made | . Rae, Paes to a of “4 Ma- 

Enate bit, by this House to Clarke Thornhill’s Estate Bill, |}10% "a 40 advance, by wav of Loam te the Fou 
’ without any Amendment: And also, Se ee ee pategge 


Wainman’s 


A The Lords have agreed to the Amendments made 
Estate Bill. 


by this House to Wainman’s Estate Bill, without any 
Amendment: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Stockton and Mid- 
dleshrough New Road and Bridge Bill, with Amend- 


Stockton and 
Middlesbrough 
New Road and 


jdge Bill. 

_— concurrence of this House: And also, 

Coventry The Lords have agreed to the Coventry (City) 

(City)Gas Gas Bill, with Amenc'ments; to which Amendments 

_ the Lords desire the concurrence of this House: 
And also, 

HayandStraw ‘Ihe Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act to 

Trade Bill. prevent false Packing and other Frauds in the Hay 
and Straw Trade; to which the Lords desire the 
concurrence of this House: And also, 

Dawson's The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act to 

Estate Bill. authorize the granting of Leases of Parts of the Free- 
hold, Copyhold and Leasehold E-tates of the late 
Leonard Lewen Wheatley, Esquire, situated in the 
several Parishes of Suint Lawrence and Saint Peter 
the Apostie, in the Is'e of Thanet, of Meopham, near 
Gravesend, and Ash-next-Sandwich, and elsewhere, 
in the County of Kent, and within the Manor of Step- 
ney, otherwise Stelunheath Rutcl fe, in the Parish 
of Saint Dunstan, Stepney, and elsewhere, in the 
County of Middlesex ; to which the Lords desire the 
concurrence of this House: And also, 

Metropolis The Lords give leave to the Earl of Lonsdale to 

Roads. attend to give Evidence before the Select Committee 
appointed by this House in the present Session of 
Parliament, to consider the expediency of removing 
the Toll-gates on the Metropolis Roads (his Lord- 
ship, in his place, consenting), as desired by this 
House. 

Oxford The House, according to Order, proceeded to take 

— into consideration the Oxford University Bill, as 
amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time To- 
morrow. 
And the House having continued to sit till after 
Twelve of the clock on Friday morning ; 
Veneris, 13° aie Junii, 1856: 
Education The Order of the day being read, for resumi. 


(Scotland) Bill. the adjourned Debate on the Question proposed 
upon the 2d day of this instant June, That the Edu- 
cation (Sco land) Bill be now read a second time; 

Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 
till this day. 


Ways and 
Means. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Ways and Means ; 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said C.. mmittee. 


| 


| 


| 
| 


ments; to which Amendments the Lords desire the | 











of Dean Central Railway Company, the Sum of 
£.20,000, out of the Land Revenues of the Crown, 
upon such terms and conditions as may be pre- 
scribed by any Act to be passed in this Session of | 
Parliament. : 


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 received this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming the Dublin 
adjourned Debate on the Amendment which, upon Metropolitan 
the 9th day of this instant June, was proposed to be Felice Bill 
made to the Question, That the Dub/in Metropolitan 
Police Bull 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 second Peace Pre- 
reading of the Peace Preservation (/reland) Bill; servation 
And a Motion being made, and the Question (Ireland) Ba 
being proposed, That the Bill be now read a second 
lime ; 
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 f Mr. Hayter, 1 77 
Yeas, |The Earl of Mu/grave : Gas 
Tellers for the f Mr. Maguire, 10 


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 ‘Tuesday next, at Twelve o'clock. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Burial- 
mittee on the Burial-grounds ( Zreland) Bill; ~ 1 ee 
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 Prisons (Jreland) Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


Prisons (Ire- 
land) Bill. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Transfer of 
into a Committee on the ‘| ransfer of Works ( Jreland) aes Th 
Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. — 
resum 





sss 


an 
l. 


] 





Parochial 
Schools (Scot- 
jand) Bill. 


Burial Acts 
Amendment 
Bill. 


Poor Law 
Amendment 
(No. 2) Bill. 


Vaccination 
Bill. 


Smoke Nui- 
sance Abate- 
ment (Metro- 


polis) Act, 
1853, Amend- 
ment Bill. 


Wills and Ad- 
ministrations 


Public Health 
Bill, 


National 
Gallery Site 
Bill. 


trod 


meee 





19 Vicrorriz. 


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 this 


day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Parochial Schools (Scotland) Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Burial Acts Amendment 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 Poor Law Amendment (No. 2) 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 Vaccination Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Smoke Nuisance Abatement (Metro- 
polis) Act, 1853, Amendment Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Wills and Administrations Bill ; 

Ordered, ‘That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Monday the 23d day of this instant June. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Public Health 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 National Gallery Site Bill; 

And a Motion beng made, and the Question 
heing 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” stan‘! part of the Question :—The said pro- 
posed Amendment and Motion were severally, with 
leave of the House, withdrawn. 

P Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time this 
ay. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Juvenile Offenders (Zreland) Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 
resolve itself into the suid Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming the 
adjourned Debate on the Amendment which, upon 
the 24th day of April last, was proposed to be made 
to the Question, That the Juries (Jreland) Bill be 
now read a second time; 

Ordere/, That tue Debate be further adjourned 
till Thursday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Drainage (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 


(No, 2) a + of the Lunatic Axylums (/reland) (No. 2) 


ill ; 
VoL. 111. 





192° 13° Juni. 





261 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Tuesday next, at Twelve o'clock. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Bankruptcy 
ve of the Bankruptcy and Insolvency (Zreland) (ireland) Billy 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Thursday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into National 
consideration the Amendments made by the Lords Sallery Bill. 
to the National Gallery Bill ; Bill 175. 

Ordered, That the said Amendments be taken into 
consideration this day. 

Ordered, ‘That the Bill, as amended by the Lords, 
be printed. 


The Aldershot Camp Bill was, according to Order, Aldershot 
read the third time; and Amendments were made ©4™pP Bill. 
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 Gaols, &amp;e. 

reading of the Gaols, &amp;c. Bill; Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time this 

day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Specialty and 
reading of the Specialty and Simple Contract Debts Simple Con- 
Bill = Debts 

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 Order of the day being read, for the Com- Procedure ané 
mittee on the Procedure and Evidence Bill ; Evidence Bull. 
Resolved, That this Hoase will, upon Monday the 
23d day of this instant June, resolve itself into the 
sail Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into pissenters’ 
consideration the Dissenters’ Marriages Bill, as Marriages Bill. 
amended in the Commiitee ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be taken into consideration 
upon Wednesday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Grand Juries 
reading of the Grand Juries Bill ; Bill 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time this 
day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Advowsons 
mittee on the Advowsons. Bill ; Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to Survey of 
continue an Act for the Survey of Great Britain, Gres Britain, 
Berwick-upon-Tweed and the Isle of Man: And~~ 
that Mr. Monsell and Mr. Solicitor General do pre- 
pare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That Mr. Grenfell be discharged from Metropolis 
further attendance on the Select Committee on the Reads. 
Metropolis Roads. 

Ordered, That Mr. James MacGregor be added 
to the Committee. 


Colonel Boldero reported the Denny Junction Denny June 
Railway Bill, with Amen:iments. a Railway 
Ordered, hat the Report do iie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Colonel Bolero reported the Scottish Central Scottish 
Railway Pill, with Amendments. — 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; ““Y *" 

and be printed. 





LL3 Mr. 





Survey of 
Great Britain, 
&amp;c. Bill. 


Bill 176. 


Hospitals 
(Dublin) Bill. 
Bill 177. 


Railway Bills 
(Group 9.) 


Saint James's 
Park. 


No. 276. 


Vote of Credit. 
No. 277. 


Army. 
No. 279. 


Standing 
Orders. 


New Bruns- 
wick and 
Canada Rail- 
way and Land 
Company. 


Severn 
Navigation 
Improvement 
Commission 
Bill. 


Rhosydd 
Railway Bill. 


262 


Mr. Monsell presented a Bil to continue an Ac- 
for the Survey of Great Britain, Berwick-upont 
Tweed and the Isle of Man: 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 a Bill for the better Re- 
gulation of the House of Industry Hospitals and | 
other Hospitals in Dub/in, supported wholly or in| 
part by Parliamentary Grants: And the same was | 
read the first time ; and ordered to be read a second | 
time upon Thursday next ; and to be printed. 


Mr. Corry reported from the Committee on Group 
9 of Railway Bills ; That, to meet the convenience 
of Parties prosecuting Bills before them, the Com- 
mittee had adjourned to Thursday the 11th of June, 
at Twelve o'clock. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. | 


| 





Mr. Wilson presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand,—An Estimate fora Road into Saint James's | 
Park, and a Bridge over the Water in that Park. 

An Estimate of the Sum required to be voted | 
towards defraying the Expenses beyond the ordinary 
Grants for the years 1855-56 and 1856-57, for Mi- | 
litary and Naval Services occasioned by the late War. | 

Ordered, That the said Estimates be referred to | 
the Committee of Supply ; and be printed. | 


Mr. Peel presented, by Her Majesty’s Command, | 
— Supplementary Army Estimate for the year 
1856-57. 

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 quartér of an hour before Two of the 
clock on Friday morning, adjourned till this 
day. 





Veneris, 13° die Junii ; 
Anno 19° Victoria Regine, 1856. 


PRAYERS. 
C OLONEL Wilson Patten reported from the 


Select Committee on Standing Orders, a Reso- 
lution ; which was read, as fuolloweth : 

That in the case of the New Brunswick and Ca- 
nada Railway and Land Company, Petition for leave 
to deposit a Petition for Bill, the Standing Orders 
ought to be dispensed with; that the Parties be 
permitted to deposit their Petition accordingly. 

The said Resolution, being read a second time, | 
was agreed to. | 





Mr. FitzRoy reported from the Committee on | 
the Severn Navigation Improvement Commission | 
Bill; That the matters required by the Resolution 
of the House of the 27th day of May last to 
be proved before the Committee on the Bill, had 
been proved to their satisfaction; and that the 
Committee had examined the allegations contained 
in the Preamble of the Bill, and amended the same, 
by omitting the reference to the Company of Pro- 
— of the Worcester and Birmingham Canal 

avigation, and the Oxford, Worcester and Wolver- 
hampton Railway Company, those Companies being 
excluded from the operation of the clauses of the 
Bill as submitted to the Committee ; and found the 
same, as amended, to be true; and had gone through 
the Bil, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Fitz Roy reported the Rhosydd Railway Bill, 
with Amendments. 

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


12°—13° Juniz. 


| Title be, An Act to amend the Constitution of 











A. 1856. 


Mr. FitzRoy reported the East Indian Railway fast tnainn 
Company Bill, with Amendments. Railwa 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; ©°™Pauy Bin 
and be printed. 





N 
D 


Mr. Duncan reported from the Select Committee Public 
on Public Petitions; That they had examined the Petitions 
Petitions presented upon the 10th, 11th and 12th (Forty-fourth 
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 Londonderry and Eaniskillen Railway Bill Lona 

was read the third time. and Ennis- 
Resvlved, That the Bill do pass. Killen Railway 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 

Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The London Printing and Publishing Company London 


. “ q ( 
Bill was read the third time. Printing and 
Resolved, Tirat the Bill do pass: And that the puting | 
ompany Bill, 


“ The London Printing and Publishing Company 
(Limited).” 

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


The Salisbury Market Branch Railway and Mar- Salisbury 
ket House Bill was read the third time. Market Branch 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. Market Howe 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the Bill 


Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Wemand Bronygarth Roads Bill was read the Wem and 
third time ; and Amendments were made to the Bill. ey 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. eee 

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


The @louse proceeded to take into consideration Lewes, East- 


the Lewes, Eastbuurne and Hailsham Road Bill, as bourne and 
; , Hailsham 
amended in the Committee. Road Bill 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 
Dawson's Estate Bill was read the first time. Dawson's 


Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exa- Estate Bill 
miners of Petitions for Private Bills. 


Ordered, That a Message be sent to the Lords, Talbot's 
to request that their Lord-hips will be pleased to Dive: 
communicate to this House, a Copy of the Minutes 
of Evidence taken before their Lordships in the case 
of Talbot’s Divorce Bill: And that the Clerk do 
carry the said Message. 


Petitions relating to the British Museum, &amp;c. ;— Public 

Church Rates ;—Episcopal and Capitular Estates Petitions. 
Bill ; —Lord’s Day ; —Marriages (Scotland) ; — yiae Forty- 
Married Women ;—Maynooth College Act ;—Tithe fifth Report. 
Rent-charge ; —Wine ; — Arbitration ; -- Bleaching, 
&amp;c. Works Bill ;—County Courts Act Amendment ; 
—Education (Scotland) Bill ;— Education (Scotland) 
Bill, and Parochial Schools (Scotland) Bill ;—Lon- 
don Corporation Bill ;— Medical Officers of Unions ; 
—Parochial Schools (Scotland) Bill;—Poor Law 
Amendment Bill ;—Public-houses (Scotland) Act ;— 
Punishment of Death ;—Saint James's Park ;— 
Scotch and Irish Pauper Removals Bill ;—Tenant 
Right (Zreland) Bill ;—Vice-President of the Com- 
mittee of Council on Education Bill ;—and, Wages, 
—were presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 

A Petition relating to the Rating of Mines Bill, 
was also presented, and read ; and referred to the 
Select Committee on Rating of Mines. 


Ordered, That Mr. Cornwall Legh have leave of Leave of 
absence fora month, on account of a domestic afflic- 
tion; and, Sir Philip Egerton a month, on account 
of a domestic affliction. 
Ordered, 








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National 


Poor Relief. 


Cleobury 
North, &amp;c. 
District Roads 
Bill. 


Railway Bills 
(Group 9.) 


Railway Bills 
(Group 9.) 


Ecclesiastical 
Commission, 
&amp;e, (Second 
Report.) 

No. 278. 


Army 


Surgeons 
(Crimea), &amp;¢. 


East India, 


puterford 


No. 280, 





19 Vicroriz. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the whole Amount of the National Debt 
of Great Britain and Ireland (including any Foreign 
Loans which have been considered as forming part 
of the National Debt of Greut Britain), Funded and 
Unfunded, separately; also, of all Annuities for 
Terms of years ; and also, of the Charge for Manage- 
ment of the National Debt, stated year by year, from 
the year 1691 (as far as practicable) to tie 5th day 
of January 1856 ; the Jrish Debt only to be included 
from the Date of the Union. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return showing the Total Amount expended for the 
Relief of the Poor during the years ended at Lady- 
day 1854 and 1855; together with the Cost per 
Head on the Population in Fifty of the principal 
Towns in England and Wales. 


Colonel Pennant reported the Cleobury North, &amp;e. 
District Roads (re-committed) Bill, with further 
Amendments. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Corry reported from the Committee on Group 
9 of Railway Bills; That, to meet the convenience 
of Parties prosecuting Bills before them, the Com- 
mittee had adjourned to Tuesday the 17th instant, 
at Twelve o'clock. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Corry reported from the Committee on Group 
9 of Railway Bills; That Mr. John Greene, one of 
the Members of the said Committee, was not present 
during the sitting of the Committee this day. 

Ordered, That Mr. John Greene do attend the said 
Committee upon Tuesday next, at Twelve o'clock. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee on the 
Ecclesiastical Commission, &amp;c. have Power to report 
their Opinion thereupon from time to time to the 
House. 

Lord John Russell reported from the said Select 
Committee ; That they had made Progress in the 
matter to them referred, and had come to the fol- 
lowing Resolution : 

That it is the opinion of this Committee, that 
the Church Building Commission should, after a 
Date to be named in the Act of Parliament for that 
purpose, be consolidated with the Ecclesiastical Com- 
mission, and should be continued up to that Date. 

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


The Order made upon the 5th day of May last, 
for presenting to Her Majesty an humble Address, 
that She would be graciously pleased to give direc- 
tions, that there be laid before this House, Copies of 
a Memorial addressed to Her Majesty by the Army 
Surgeons in the Crimea, and forwarded by Dr. 
Hall:—Of a Memorial addressed to Her Majesty 
from the Medical Officers of the Army in the East, 
forwarded on the 29th day of October 1855, together 
with the Observations of Dr. Andrew Smith thereon: 
—And, of the Warrant submitted by Lord Panmure 
to the Treasury, in reference to the Army Medical 
Department, was read, and discharged. 


The following Paper, pursuant to the directions 
of several Acts of Parliament, was laid upon the 
Table by the Clerk of the House,—Resolution of 
the Court of Directors of the East India Company, 
being the Warrant or Instrument granting a Pen- 
sion to the Most honourable the Marquis of Dal- 
housie, kK. T. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Waterford 
Post-office, which was presented upon the 10th day 
of this instant June, be printed. 

Vou. 111. 





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263 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Military MilitaryBands 
Bands on Sundays, which was presented upon the Sundays. 
12th day of this instant June, be printed. No. 281. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Conveyances Conveyances 
of Land (Ireland), which was presented upon the % Land 


12th day of this iustant June, be printed. "aca 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Poor Law Poor Law 
(Gilbert's Unions), which was presented upon the (ilbert’s 


ons , Unions. ) 
12th day of this instant June, be printed. No. 283. 


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


_ The House, according to Order, resolved itself Supply. 
into the Committee of Supply. 


(In the Committee.) 


1. Motion made, and Question proposed, That a Entrance to 
Sum, not exceeding £.4,500, be granted to Her Ma- Saint James's 
jesty, to defray the Cost of forming an Entrance to _ 
Saint James's Park from Pail Mall, in the year 
ending the 31st day of March 1857. 

Whereupon Motion made, and Question proposed, 

That a Sum, not exceeding £.3,000, be granted to 
Her Majesty, to defray the Cos: of forming an 
Entrance to Saint James’s Park trom Pall Mail, in 
the year ending the 31st day of March 1857 :— 
Motion, by leave, withdrawn. 

Original Question put, and agreed to. 

2. Motion made, and Question put, That a Sum, Suspension 
not exceeding £.3,500, be granted to Her Majesty, remy in 
to defray the Cost of erecting a Suspension Bridge Park, — 
for Foot Passengers over the Water in the Inclosure 
in Saint Jumes’s Park, in the year ending the 31st 
day of March 1857 ; 

The Committee divided. 

Tellers for thef Mr. Hayter, 

Yeas, (The Earl of Mulgrave : 

Tellers for Ole Ker Seymer, 95 

Noes, Mr. Hutchins : - 

3. Resolved, That 56,000 Men be employed for Seamen, &amp;c. 
the Sea Service for Nine Months, from the 30th day 
of June 1856 to the 31st day of March 1857, in- 
cluding 16,000 Royal Marines and 6,600 Boys. 

4. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £. 601,922, Wages to d°. 
be granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum 
necessary 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 
1857. 

5. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £.167,338, Victuals to d°. 
be granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum 
necessary to defray the Charge of Victuals to Sea- 
men and Marines in Her Majesty’s Fleet, which 
will come in course of payment during the year 
ending on the 31st day of March 1857. 

6. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £. 500, Naval Stores. 
be granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum 
necessary to defray the Expense of Naval Stores for 
the Building, Repair and Outfit of the Fleet, the 
Purchase of Steani Machinery, and for other pur- 
poses connected therewith, which will come in course 
of payment during the year ending on the 31st day 
of March 1857. 

7. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £. 40,000, Deptford 
be granted to Her Majesty, for the Purchase, in the DY 
year ending on the 31st day of March 1857, of 
Ground for the purpose of extending Her Majesty’s 
Dockyard at Deptford, and for the Erection of a 
Fence Wall, &amp;c. 

8. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £. 500, Medicines and 
be granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum Medical Stores. 
necessary to defray the Charge of Medicines and 
Medical Stores, which will come in course of pay- 
ment during the year ending on the 31st day of 
March 1857. 

9. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £.1,000, Rewards to 
be granted to Her Majesty, for the payment, in the | mage 
year ending on the 31st day of March 1857, of Re- « Prometheus.” 

LL4 wards 



















Transport 
Service, &amp;c. 


Vote of Credit. 


Parochial 
Schools (Scot- 
land) Bill. 


Oxford 
University 
Bill. 


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wards to the Officers and Crew of Her Majesty’s 
Ship “‘ Prometheus,” for Services aguinst Riff Pirates. 

10. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding 
£.4,977,200, be granted to Her Majesty, to defray 
the Salaries and Contingent Expenses of the Trans- 
port Service, for the Freight of Ships, for the Vic- 
tualling and Conveyance of Troops on account of 
the Army and Ordnance Departments, and for Ex- 
penses arising from Prisoners of War, which will 
come in course of payment during the year ending 
on the 31st day of March 1857. 

11. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding 
£.2,000,000, be granted to Her Majesty, towards 
defraying the Expenses beyond the ordinary Grants 
for the years 1855-56 and 1856-57, for Military 
and Naval Services occasioned by the late War. 

Resolutions to be reported. 





18°—14° Juniz. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. FitzRoy 
reported, That the Committee had, come to several | 
Resolutions. 

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

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, upon Monday 
next, again resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Parochial Schools (Scotland) Bill ; 
And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 
air ; 


And the House having continued to sit till after 

Twelve of the clock on Saturday morning ; 
Sabbati; 14° die Junii, 1856: 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word ‘ That” to 
the end of the Question, in order to add the words 
“‘ this House will, upon this day six months, resolve 
* itself into the said Committee,” instead thereof. 

And the Question being put, That the words pro- 
posed to be left out stand part of the Question ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right ; 

The Noes to the Left. 

Tellers for the{ Mr. Hayter, 

Yeas, (The Earl of Mulgrave : 

Tellers for the M ajor Cumming Bruce, 

Noes, Mr. William Lockhart : 

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, at Twelve o'clock, again resolve itself into the 
said Committee. 


\126. 
} 90. 


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

A Clause was offered to be added to the Bill 
(It shall not be lawful for any of the Colleges of 
Oxford to introduce any new religious test, or new 
religious qualification relating to any College office 
or College emolument, into anv statute of any of 
such Colleges):—And the said Clause was brought 
up, and read the first time. 

A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That the said Clause be now read a second 
time :—And the said Motion and Clause were seve- 
rally, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 

Another Clause was offered to be added to the 
Bill (Power to Colleges to sell or exchange lands) : 





A. 1856. 


—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, with the Amendments, 
do pass. 

land, 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 resuming Education 
the adjourned Debate on the Question proposed (Scotland) Bi, 
upon the 2d day of this instant June, That the 
Education (Scotland) Bill be now read a second 
time ; 

Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 
till Friday next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Annuities 
into a Committee on the Annuities Redemption Bill; Redemption 
and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker re- B“- 
sumed the Chair; and Mr. Fitz Roy reported, ‘That 
the Con.mittee had gone through the Bill, and 
directed him to report the same, without Amendment. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Monday next. 


The House, accord ing to Order, resolved itself Smoke Nui- 
into a Committee on the Smoke Nuisance Abatement 8nce Abate- 


(Metropolis) Act, 1853, Amendment Bill. vole) aa 
(In the Committee.) oa _— 


Preambie postponed. 

Cravse, N° 1 (Provision in recited Act as to 
exemption of certain furnaces repealed). 

Amendment proposed, at the end of the Clause, to 
add the following words: “ also that steam vessels 
“below London Bridge, within the limits of the 
“ Metropolis, shall be subject to the operation of 
“ the said recited Act from and after the said 1st 
“ day of January 1858.” 

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

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, upon Monday 
next, again resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second National 
reading of the National Gallery Site Bill ; ad Site 

Ordered, That the Biil be read a second time upon” ~ 
Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Poor Law , 
reading of the Poor Law Amendment (No. 2) Bill; 3) Bill 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Ways and 
mittee of Ways and Means ; Mesas. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Mr. FitzRoy reported from the Committee of Supply. 
Supply, several Resolutions; which were read, as 
follow : 

1. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 100,000, 5; me gual 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of 8° 
Civil Contingencies, to the 31st day of March 1857. ; 

2. That a Sum, not exceeding £.151,213, be Education. 
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 1857. 
3. That 








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nsation 
to Mr. Patrick 


Boyle. 


Registration 
of Voters 
(Scotland) Bill. 


Tondon — 
Corporation 
Bill. 


Grand Jury 
Assessments 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Courts of 
Common Law 
({reland) Bill. 


Nuisances 
Removal, &amp;c. 
(Scotland ) 
(No. 2) Bill. 


Court of 
Exchequer 
(Scotland) Bill. 


Poor Law 
Amendment 
(Scotland) Bill. 


Vice-President 


of Committee 
of Council on 


Education Bill. 


Forest of Dean 


Central Rail- 


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3. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 6,184, be granted 
to Her Majesty, to pay, in the year ending the 31st 
day of March 1857, Compensation to Mr. Patrick 
Boyle on the Surrender of his Patent Office of Clerk 
of Justiciary in Scotland, 

The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Registration of Voters (Scotland) Bill; 

Resolved, ‘that this House will, upon Thursday 
next, at Twelve o’clock, resolve itself into the said 
Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the London Corporation Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Thursday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third 
reading of the Grand J ury Assessments (Jreland) 
Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon 
Thursday next, at Twelve o'clock. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Courts of Common Law (Jre/and) Bill ; 

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


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Nuisances Removal, &amp;c. (Scotland) 
(No. 2) Bill; 

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


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Court of Exchequer (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 Poor Law Amendment (Scotland) 

ill ; 

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


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Vice-President of Committee of 
Council on Education Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Friday next. 


Mr. FitzRoy reported from the Committee on 
the Forest of Dean Central Railway [Advance], a 
Resolution ; which was read, as followeth : 

That the Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Woods, 
Forests and Land Revenues be authorized to advance, 
by way of Loan, to the Forest of Dean Central 
Railway Company, the Sum of £.20,000, out of the 
Tand Revenues of the Crown, upon such terms and 
conditions as may be prescribed by any Act to be 
passed in this Session of Parliament. 

The said Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Burial-grounds (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 Prisons (/reland) Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday the 
23d day of this instant June, resolve itself into the 
said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third 
agro the Transfer of Works (Ireland) Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon 
Monday next. 
Von. 111. 





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265 


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

mittee on the Vaccination Bill; Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 

next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into National _ 
consideration the Amendments made by the Lords Gallery Bill. 
to the National Gallery Bill ; 

Ordered, That the said Amendments be taken into 
consideration upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Dublin | 
reading of the Dublin University Bill ; — 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Monday the 23d day of this instapt June. 


The Order of the day being read, fur resuming Bleaching, &amp;c. 
the adjourned Debate on the Amendment which, Works (No.2) 
upon the 5th day of this instant June, was proposed 
to be made to the Question, That the Bleaching, 

&amp;e. Works (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,” 
and adding the words “ Wednesday the 2d day of 
“ July next,” instead thereof. 

And the Question being put, That the words 
“* Monday next” stand part of the Question ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right ; 

The Noes to the Left. 


Tellers for the; Mr. Isaac Butt, ye 
Yeas, \Mr. Patrick O’Brien: f ** 
Tellers for the {Lord Naas, 1 so 


Noes, | Admiral Jones ; J 

So it passed in the Negative. 

And the Question being put, That the words 
“ Wednesday the 2d day of July next” be there 
added, instead thercof ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
said proposed Amendment, by leaving out the words 
“ 2d day of July next,” and adding the words “ 18th 
“‘ day of this instant June,” instead thereof. 

And the Question being proposed, That the 
words “ 2d day of July next” stand part of the said 
proposed Amendment :—The Amendment to the said 
proposed Amendment was, with leave of the House, 
withdrawn. 

And the Question being put, That the words 
“ Wednesday the 2d day of July next” be added 
instead of the words “ Monday next ” in the original 
Question :—It was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Then the Main Question, so amended, being put ; 

Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 
till Wednesday the 2d day of July next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Church Rates 
mittee on the Church Rates Abolition Bill; Abolition Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming Joint Stock 
the adjourned Debate on the Amendment which, ———— 
upon the 6th day of this instant June, was proposed pen Aan. 
to be made to the Question, That the Joint Stock ment Bill. 
Companies Winding-up Acts Amendment Bill be 
now read a second time ; 

Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 


till Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Tithe Com- 
mittee on the Tithe Commutation Rent-charge Bill ; Butetion 

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


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Formation, &amp;. 
mittee on the Formation, &amp;c. of Parishes Bill ; o? arishes 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, s 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 





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The Order of the day bein 
reading of the Gaols, &amp;c. Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Monday next. 


Gaole, &amp;c. read, for the second 


Bill. 


The Grand Juries Bill was, according to Order, 
read a second time ; and committed to a Committee 
of the whole House, for Monday next. 


Grand Juries 
Bill. 


Militia 


Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed 
Estimates. 


to prepare Estimates of the Charge of the Disem- 
bodied Militia of Great Britain and Ireland, for the 
year ending the 31st day of March 1857 :—And a 
Committee was appointed of Mr. Peel, Mr. Monsell, 
Sir George Grey, the Judge Advocate, Mr. Walpole, 
Mr. Horsman, Mr. Ellice, Sit Francis Baring, Wir. 
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. 


Mersey Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 

Conservancy. Copy of Report of Mr. James Walker, Civil Engineer, 
dated the 18th day of December 1855, to the Acting 
Conservator of the River Mersey, on the effects of 
the New North River Line of the Liverpool Docks 
on the Cheshire Shore, with Abstract Notes of Evi- 
dence and Plan accompanying the same. 


Seamen's Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
ae to make further Provision for the Establishment of 
: Savings Banks for Seamen: And that Mr. Lowe 
and Mr. Wilson do prepare, and bring it in. | 
Imports and Mr. John Ball presented,—Return to an Address 
Exports to Her Majesty, dated the 30th day of May last, 
war for a Return of the Duties payable under Colonial 
olonies, ) : : 

Enactments on Goods imported into and exported 
from the [British Colonies (in continuation of Par- 

liamentary Paper, No. 295, of Session 1855). 
Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 

Table. 

Siete Mr. Lowe presented a Bill to make further Pro- 


Savings Banks vision fur the Establishment of Savings Banks for 
i Seamen: And the same was read the first time; 
and ordered to be read a second time upon Thursday 
next ; and to be printed. 


Bill 178. 


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





Lune, 16° die Junii ; 


Anno 19° Victoria Regine, 1856. 


| 


PRAYERS. 


M*® Bonham Carter reported from the Select | 
Committee on Public Petitions; That the 
had examined the Petitions presented upon the isth 
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, | 


Public 
Petitions 
(Forty: fifth 
Report. ) 


Dawson’s 


ee Mr. - laid upon the Table,—Report from 


one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, 
That in the case of Dawson’s Estate Bil] no Standing 
Orders are applicable. 

Ordered, ‘\hat the Bill be read a second time. 


Stocktonand The House proceeded to take into consideration 

a the Amendments made by the Lords to the Stockton 

Bridge Bill. 2nd Middlesbrough New Road and Bridge Bill; 
and the same were twice read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 








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16° Juniz. A. 1856. 


Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the Amendments made by their Lordships. 


The Bagenalstown and Wesford Railway Bill was Bagenalstown 
read the third time. and Wexford 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the ®#ilway Bin, 
Title be, An Act to afford Facilities to the Bagenals- 
town and Wezford Railway Company for raising the 
Funds necessary to enable them to execute their 
Undertaking, and for other purposes. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


A Motion being made, That the Blenheim Estate Blenheim 
Bill be now read the third time; Estate Bill, 
Mr. FitzRoy, by Her Majesty’s Command, ac- 
quainted the House, That Her Majesty, having been 
informed of the ~ ow 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 dv carry the Bill to the 
Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the same, without Amendment. 


The Uttoxeter and Blythe Marsh Road Bill was Uttoxeter ana 
read the third time. Blythe Marsh 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. Reed Bal. 

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


The House proceeded to take into consideration Aberdeen, 
the Aberdeen, Pelerhead and Fraserburgh Railway Peterhead and 
Bill, as amended in the Committee. Railway Hall 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration pirkenhead 


the Birkenhead Improvement Commissioners Bill, Improvement 
as amended in the Committee. ga 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Bournemouth 
the Bournemouth Improvement and Pier Bill, as Imprvenen 
ainended in the Committee. “7 

Ordered, ‘That the Bill be read the third time. 


Ordered, That the Forest of Dean Central Rail- Forest of Dean 
way Bill be re-committed to a Committee of the whole Coma 
House. ' _ 

Ordered, Tiat it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee, That they have Power to make Provision 
therein, pursuant to the Resolution of the 13th day of 
this instant June, relative to the Forest of Dean 
Central Railway { Advance]. 

Resolved, That this House will, immediately, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee :—The House 
accordingly resolved itself into the Committee ; and, 
after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed 
the Chair; and Mr. FitzRoy reported, That the 
Committee had gone through the Bill, and made 


| Amendments thereunto. 


Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Renfrewshire 
the Renfrewshire Roads Bill, as amended in the Roads 
Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


to Medical 
Depa 
(army.) 


Ordered, That a Message be sent to the Lords, 
request that their Lordships will be pleased to give 


leave to His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge 
and to Lord De Ros, to attend to be examined as 
Witnesses before the Select Committee appointed by 
this House on the state of the Army (Medical De- 

rtment); And that the Clerk do carry the said 


Message. 


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of Perth 
gnd Melfort’® mittee on the Petition for the Earl of Perth and 


Compensation. hj o/fort’s Compensation Bill ; 
esolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. | 


Bighways 


Public 
Petitions. 
Vide Forty- 
sixth Report. 


East India. 
No, 284. 


Imports and 

Exports (Bri- 

tish Colonics.) 
No, 285. 


Bibles, &amp;c. 


Fishery Board 
(Scotland. ) 


Cambridge 
University 
Bill, 


Sardinian 
Loan, 





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


| 

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 ending 
the 25th day of March 1854, made out in the Form 
required by the Act 12 &amp; 13 Vie.c. 35; distinguish- 
ing Cities, Boroughs, Towns, Boards of Health and 
Places under Local Acts from the ordinary High- 
ways. 

Ordered, That 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 Registration of Voters (Scot- 
land) Bill ;—Bible ;—Church Rates ;—Lord’s Day ; 
— Mayoooth College Act ;—Oath of Abjuration ;— 
Agricultural Statistics Bill;—Bleaching, &amp;c. Works 
Bill; —Decimal Coinage ; —Education (Scotland) 
Bill ;—Juvenile Offenders (Zreland) Bill ;—Lunatic 
Asylums(Jreland) Bill; —Medical Officers of Unions; 
—Medical Profession Biil;—Nuisances Removal, 
&amp;e. (Scotland) Biil ;— Parochial Schools (Scotland) 
Bill ;—Public Health Bill ;—Rights of Neutrals ;— 
Scotch and Irish Pauper Removals Bill ;—and, 
Wages,—were presented, and read ; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to Eust India, 
which was presented upon the 13th day of this instant 
June, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Imports and 
Exports ( British Colonies), which was presented 
upon the 13th day of this instant June, be printed. 


The following Papers were laid upon the Table by 
the Clerk of the House,— Return to an Order, dated 
the 23d day of May last, for a Return of the Monies 
paid or allowed, during the years 1854 and 1855 re- 
spectively, for Drawback of Duty on Paper used for 
printing Bibles, Testaments and Prayer Books of the 
Churches established in England and Scotland. 

Return to an Order, dated the 9th day of this 
instant June, fur a Return in Detail, of the several 
Sums included in Vote No. 8, Civil Contingencies, 
relative to the Fishery Board in Scotland, viz.: To 
the Commander of Princess Royal Cutter, £.200 ; 
to th: Commander of Her Majesty’s Stceam-vessel 
Jackall, £.100; to Marine Department, £.1,800. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
consideration the Cambridge University Bill, as 
amended in the Committee ; 

Ordered, ‘\hat the Bill be taken into consideration 
upon Thursday next. 


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 Mes&lt;age of 
the 12th day of this instant June, relative to the 
Sardinian Loan ; 

Ordered, That the Copy of the Convention with 
the King of Sardinia, respecting the Advance of a 
Million sterling by way of Loan, which was presented 
upon the 12th day of this instant June, be referred 
to the Committee. 

Then the House resolved itself into the Committee. 


(In the Committee.) 


Queen’s Message read. 

Resolved, Thatthe Commissioners of Her Majesty’s 
Treasury be authorized to ixsue, out of the Consoli- 
dated Fund of the United Kingdom of Great Britain 
and Jre/and, the Sum of One Million pounds sterling, 





Vou. 111. 











16° Juniz. 267 


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. ; 


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 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 Drafts on Bankers Drafts on 
Bill, without any Amendment: And also, Bankers Bill. 

The Lords have agreed to the Pawnbrokers Bill, Pawnbrokers 
without any Amendment: And also, Bill. 

The Lords live agreed to the Banbridye Junction Banbridge 


Railway Bill, without any Amendment: And also, Junction 
: ye Railway Bill. 


The Lords have agreed to the Fleetwood, Preston Fieetwood, 
and West Riding Junction Railway Bill, without any — and 


Amendment: And also, a 


Railway Bill. 

The Lords have agreed to the Vale of Clwyd Vale of “iwyd 
Railway Bill, without any Amendment: And also, Railway Bill. 

The Lords have agreed to the Barnsdale and Barnsdale and 
Leeds Road Bill, without any Amendment: And —_ Road 
also, , 

The Lords have agreed to the Antrim and Cole- Antrim and 
raine Roads Bill, without any Amendment: And ana og 
also, _— 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act County Courts 
to amend the Acts relating to the County Courts ; Acts Amend- 
to which the Lords desire the concurrence of this ™°®* 52. 
House: And also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Mercantile 
to amend the Laws of England and Ireland affecting Law Amend- 
Trade and Commerce; to which the Lords desire ™*"* aa. 
the concurrence of this House: And also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Mercantile 
to amend the Laws of Scotland affecting Trade and Law (Scot- 
Commerce ; to which the Lords desire the concur- — re 
rence of this House: And also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Butterwick’s 
to enable the Trustees of the ‘Will of Matthew But- Estate Bill. 
terwick, Esquire, to sell the Rectory and Tithes of 
Thirsk, held by Lease for Lives under the Archbishop 
of York, and certain Policies of Assurance ; and for 
the Investment of the Proceeds, and for other pur- 
poses ; of which the short Title is “ Butterwick’s 
Estate Act, 1856 ;” to which the Lords desire the 
concurrence of this House: And also, 

The Lords communicate a Copy of the Minutes Talbot's 
of Evidence taken upon the second reading of Divorce Bill. 
Talbot's Divorce Bill, as desired by this House : 

And also, 

The Lords give leave to His Royal Highness the Medical 
Duke of Cambridge to attend to be examined as a Department 
Witness before the Select Committee appointed by 
this House in the present Session of Parliament on 
the Medical Department (Army), as desired by this 
House, His Royal Highness (in his place) consenting. 


Ordered, That the Copy of the Minutes of Evi- Talbot's 
dence in the case of Talbot's Divorce Bill, which Divorce Bill 
was this day communicated from the Lords, be re- 
ferred to the Select Committee on Divorce Bills. 


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

And a Motion bein 
being proposed, That 
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, To-morrow, resolve itself into a 
“‘ Committee, to consider of an humble Address to 

MM2 “ Her 


made, and the Question 
r. Speaker do now leave the 








Army 
Conimissions, 


Land Forces. 


Militia. 


Army Works 
Corps. 


Burial- 
grounds (Ire- 
land) Bill. 


Annuities 
Redemption 
Bill. 


Transfer of 
Works (Ire- 
land) Bill. 


268 


“ Her Majesty, praying that She will be graciously 
“ pleased to direct alterations to be made in the Rules 
“of the Military Service and in the Warrant of 
“ March 1856, to the effect that the regulation value 
“ of the Commissions of Officers in the Army who 
“shall have died of Cholera or Fever in active 
“service during the late 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,” 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 81 
Yeas, \The Earl of Mulgrave: J y 
Tellers for theJ Colonel Know, } $0. 


Noes, Mr. Grogan: 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 
Chair :—The House accordingly resolved itself into 
the Committee. 

(In the Committee.) 


1. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £.10, 
be granted to Her Majesty (in addition to the Sum 
of £.7,000,000 already voted, on account), towards 
defraying the Charge of Her Majesty's Land Forces 
at Home and Abroad, exclusive of Zndia, which will 
come in course of payment from the Ist day of April 
1856 to the 31st day of March 1857, inclusive. 

2. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £.10, 
be granted to Her Majesty (in addition to the Sum 
of £. 1,060,000, already voted, on account), towards 
defraying the Charge of the Embodied Militia of 
Great Briain and IJreland, which will come in 
course of payment from the Ist day of April 1856 
to the 3ist day of March 1857, inclusive. 

3. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £.10, 
be granted to Her Majesty (in addition to the Sum 
of £.250,000 already voted, on account), towards 
defraying the Charge of the Army Works Corps, 
which will come in course of payment from the Ist 
day of April 1856 to the 31st day of March 1857, 
inclusive. 

Resolutions to be reported. 


continued to sit till after 
uesday morning ; 


And the House — 


Twelve of the clock on 
Martis, 17° die Junii, 1856: 


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 Comfnittee 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 Burial-grounds (Jreland) Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, at Twelve o'clock, resolve itself into the said 
Committee. 


The Annuities Redemption 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 Transfer of Works (/reland) 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. 





16°—17° June. 








A. 1856. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Poor Law 
reading of the Poor Law Amendment (No. 2) Bill; Amendment 


Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time ‘X%®) Bill. 
upon Thursday next. 






The House was moved, That the nineteenth of Supply. 
the Resolutions which, upon the 12th day of Fe- 
bruary last, were reported from the Committee of 
Supply» and which Resolution was then agreed to, 
might be read; and the same was read, as fol- 
loweth : 

19. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 6,000,000, be Transport 
granted to Her Majesty, towards defraying the Sa- Service, &amp;. 
laries and Contingent Expenses on account of the 
Transport Service, for the Freight of Ships, for the 
Victualling and Conveyance 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 3tst day of March 1857. 

Ordered, That the said Resolution be rescinded. 


€£ee 


Mr. FitzRoy reported from the Committee of Supply, 
Supply, several Resolutions; which were read, as 
follow : 

1. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 4,500, be Entrance to 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Cost of form- Sint James's 
ing an Entrance to Saint James's Park from Pail —_. 
Mall, in the year ending the 31st day of March 
1857. 

2. That a Sum, not exceeding £.3,500, be Suspension 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Cost of Bridge (Saint 
erecting a Suspension Bridge for Foot Passengers oe § 
over the Water in the Inclosure in Saint James's - 
Park, in the year ending the 31st day of March 
1857. 

3. That 56,000 Men be employed for the Sea Seamen, &amp;c. 
Service for Nine Months, from the 30th day of June 
1856 to the 31st day of March 1857, including i 
16,000 Royal Marines and 6,600 Boys. 

4. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 601,922, be Wages tod 
granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum 
necessary 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 | 
1857. 

5. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 167,338, be Victuals tod’. , 
grante to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum ne- 
cessary 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 1857. 

6. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 500, be granted Naval Stores. 

to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum necessary to 
defiay the Expense of Naval Stores for the Building, 
Repair and Outfit of the Fleet, the Purchase of 
Steam Machinery, and for other purposes connected 
therewith, which will come in course of payment 
during the year ending on the 31st day of March 
1857. 

7. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 40,000, be Deptford 
granted to Her Majesty, for ds eden in the Dockyard. 
year ending on the 3ist day of March 1857, of 
Ground for the purpose of extending Her age i 
Dockyard at Deptford, and for the Erection of a 
Fence Wall, &amp;c. 

8. That a Sum, not exceeding £.500, be granted ae 
to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum necessary to Gyo.os. 
defray the Charge of Medicines and Medical Stores, 
which will come in course of a dusing the 
year ending on the 31st day of March 1857. 

9. That a Sum, not exceeding £.1,000, be granted eng 
to Her Majesty, for the payment, in the year ending QUrn ty. 
on the 31st day of March 1857, of Rewards to the «prometheus.” 
Officers and Crew of Her Majesty’s Ship “ Prome- 
theus,” for Services against Riff Pirates. 

10. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 4,977,200, oe 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Salaries and °r""% 
Contingent Expenses of the Transport Service, for 
the Freight of Ships, for the Victualling and Con- 
veyance 


Rewards to 











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19 Vicroriz. 


veyance f Troops on account of the Army and Ord- 
nance Departments, and for Expenses arising from 
Prisoners of War, which will come in course of pay- 
ment during the year ending on the Sist day of 
March 1857. 


yilitary 11. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 2,000,000, be 
wiNaval ranted to Her Majesty, towards defraying the Ex-| 
one penses beyond the ordinary Grants for the years | 
1855-56 and 1856-57, for Military and Naval 
Services occasioned by the late War. 
The first Resolution, being read a second time, | 
was agreed to. 
The second Resolution, 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. 
Tellers for the ( Mr. Hayter, lato 
Yeas, UThe Earl of Mulgrave : \ 
Tellers for thei Lord Elcho, \ 93 
Noes,  \Sir Joseph Paxton: rr 
So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 
Then the subsequent Resolutions, being read a 
second time, were agreed to. 
Ways and The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 


Means mittee of “_ and Means; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Scotch and The Order of the day being read, for the second 
Irish Pauper reading of the Scotch and Irish Pauper Removals 
Removals Bill. Bill : S 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Friday the 27th day of this instant June. 
Partnership The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
On) Bil, mittee on the “eye rig Amendment (No. 2) bill; 
£3 Resolved, That this House will, upon Tuesday 
next, at Twelve o’clock, resolve itself inta the said 
Committee. 
Swck in Trade The Stock in Trade Exemption Bill was, according 
— to Order, read a second time ; and committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for Wednesday next. 
Deeds (Scot- The Order of the day being read, for the second 
land) Bill. reading of the Deeds (Scotland) Bill ; 
Ordered, ‘That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Thursday next. 
— Health The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Public Heuith Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Tuesday next, at Twelve o'clock. 
Drainage The Drainage (Zreland) Bill was, according to 
(ltland) Bill. Order, read a second time; and committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for Monday next. 
suey of : The Survey of Great Britain, &amp;c. Bill was, ac- 
— cording to Order, read a second time: and com- 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for this 
day. 
anal The Order of the day being read, for the second 
Bill, Bite reading of the National Gallery Site Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Thursday next. 
Corto ‘The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 


(Ireland) mittee on the Courts of Common Law (/reland) 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- 
Scotland) | Mittee on the Nuisances Removal, &amp;c. (Scotland, 
(No. 2) Bill; 
Vou. 111. 


16°—17 Juniz. 





269 


Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 


next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com Court of 
mittee on the Court of Exchequer (Scotland) Bill ; ae = 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday‘ ) 


next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Poor Law 
mittee on the Poor Law Amendment (Scotland) Bill ; ee 
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 trom 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 oa 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 ; and, after some time spent therein, 
Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. FitzRoy 
~ ma That the Committee had gone through the 
ili. 


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- Vaccination 
mittee on the Vaccination Bill; Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 


next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to National 
take into consideration the Amendments made by @#llery Bill 
the Lords to the National Gallery 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 Lord- 
ships. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Leases and 


—? of the Leases and Sales of Settled Estates Se 


Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Agricultural 
reading of the Agricultural Statistics Bill ; * Statistics Bi. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Thursday next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Smoke Nui- 
into a Committee on the Smoke Nuisance Abatement “00? une. 
(M.tropolis) Act, 1853, Amendment Bill. 


polis) Act, 
(In the Committee.) 


1853, Amend- 
ment Bill. 

Crausz, N° 1, 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, | hat 
the Committee may have leave to sit again. 

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


The Order of the day being read, for resuming Joint Stock 
the adjourned Debate on the Amendment which, upon pa, ag 
the «th day of this instant June, was proposed to be 4 ct, Atmeni- 
made to the Question, ‘That the Joint Stock Com- ment Bill. 
panies Winding-up Acts Amendment Bill be now 
read a second time ; 

Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 
till Friday next. 























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270 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Gaols, &amp;c. Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday next. 


Gaols, &amp;c. 
Bill. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on the Grand Juries 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, and directed him 
to report the same, without Amendment. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time this 
day, at ‘I'welve o'clock. 


Grand Juries 
Bill. 


Ordered, That a Message be sent to the Lords, to 
request that their Lordships will be pleased to com- 
municate to this House, a Return of the Number of 
Appeals entered in each year in the Appeal List in the 
House of Lords, from the year 1835 to the year 
1855, both inclusive; the Number at the commence- 
ment of each Session; the Number of Appeals deci- 
ded, and the Number remaining, at the end of each 
Session; distinguishing the Appeals from Scotland 
in each year: And that the Clerk do carry the said 


Message. 
&gt; 
er 


Appeals 
— of 
rds.) 


A Motion was made, and the Question was 


Mersey Steel 
wm That an humble Address be presented to 


and Iron Com- 





Saye. ajesty, that She will be graciously pleased to give 
directions, that there be laid before this House, a 
Copy of the Report on the proving of the Gun ma- 
nufactured by the Mersey Steel and Iron Company, 
tried on the 22d and 23d day of May on the North 
shore near Liverpoo/; and whether this Gun is the 
Property of the Government :—And the said Motion 
was, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 
County Courts The County Courts Acts Amendment Bill was 
— — read the first time ; and ordered to be read a second 
Bill 179, “me Upon Monday next; and to be printed. 
Mercantile The Mercantile Law Amendment Bill was read 
—— the first time ; and ordered to be read a second time 
“) aeq «= Upon Thursday the 26th day of this instant June; 
Bill 180. “. . 
and to be printed. 
Mercantile The Mercantile Law (Scotland) Amendment Bill 
on hy nee q. was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
ment Bull, second time upon Thursday the 26th day of this instant 
Bill 181, June; and to be printed. 
HayandStraw The Hay and Straw Trade Bill was read the first 
Trade Bill. time; and ordered to be read a second time upon 
Bill 182. Monday next ; and to be printed. 
Butterwick's Butterwich’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. 

And then the House, having continued to sit 
till Two of the clock on Tuesday moraing, 
adjourned till this day. 

Martis, 17° die Junii ; 
Anno 19° Victoria Regine, 1856. 
PRAYERS. 

Committees. RDERED, That all Committees have leave 

to sit this day, during the sitting of the House. 
Roston, Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 
a and one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, 
Midland Coun- iy respect of non-compliance with the Standing Or- 
ties Railway. pec P ng 


ders in the case of the Petition for the Boston, Slea- 
ford and Midland Counties Railway Bill. 

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





16°—17° Juniz. 








A. 1856. 


The Lewes, Eastbourne and Hailsham Road Billi Lewes, Bast. 
was read the third time. bourne and 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 


Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Hailsham 
Road Bill, 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Denny June. 
the Denny Junction Railway Bill, as amended in tion Bailway 
the Committee. Ba. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Inverness 
the Inverness and Aberdeen Junction Railway Bill, and Aberdeen 
as amended in the Committee. a 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. — 


The House proceeded to take into consideration scottish 
the Scotiish Central Railway Bill, as amended in Central Rail. 
the Committee. way Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Mr. FitzRoy reported from the Committee on the Forest of Dean 
Forest of Dean Central Railway Bill, That they had Central Rail- 
gone through the Bill, and made Amendments **Y Bil- 
thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be now taken into consideration :—The 
tlouse accordingly proceeded to take the Bill into 
consideration ; and Amendments were made to the 
Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bili be read the third time. 


A Petition of the Boston, Sleaford and Midland Boston, 
Counti:s Railway Company, for leave to bring in a oan we 
Bill for amending “The Boston, Sleafurd and Mid- ties alleen 
land Counties Railway Act, 1853,” was presented, 
and read ; and referred to the Select Committee on 
Standing Orders. 


Petitions relating to Church Services ;—Lord’s Public 
Day ;—Maynooth College Act ;—Agricultural Sta- Petitions. 
tistics Bill ;—Medical Officers of Unions ;—Medical yiae rorty. 
Profession Bill;—Punishment of Death ;—Spirit sixth Report. 
Trade (Ireland) Bill ;—and, Testamentary Jurisdic- 
tion,—were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the ‘Table. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Number Militia. 
of Militia Regiments that volunteered for Service No. 286. 
Abroad, which was presented upon the 22d day of 
May last, be printed. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Peace Pre- 
mittee on the Peace Preservation (Ireland) 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. 

Cuause, N° 1, agreed to. 

Cuavse, N° 2 (Certain sections of 11 &amp; 12 Vic. 
c. 2, continued). 

An Amendment made. 

Another Amendment proposed, in p. 1, l. 13: To 
leave out the words “sixteenth, seventeenth, eigh- 


“ teenth, nineteenth and twentieth.” ‘ 
Question 















































19 VicroriZ. 17° Junie. 971 


» Question proposed, That the words proposed to | one of the Members of the said Committee, was not 
be left out stand part of the Clause. present during the sitting of the Committee this day. 
Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. | Ordered, That Mr. Lloyd Davies do attend the 
Question put, That Clause 2, as amended, stand | said Committee upon Friday next, at Twelve o'clock. 


bs 


part of the Bill ; 
The Committee divided. | Mr. Egerton reported from the Committee on Railway Bills 
“ Tellers for the{ Mr. Hayter, 98. | Group 14 of Railway Bills; That in consequence of (Group 14.) 
/ Yeas, (The Earl of Mulgrave : } * | there being no Lill ready for their consideration, the 
Tellers for the) Mr. Isaac Butt, \ 53. | Committee had adjourned to Friday next, at Twelve 
Noes, L\Colonel Greville : J °°" | o'clock. 


Clause, as amended, agreed to. Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


N°4(C t of Act). 
pment aa rh nee ag ren _— To leave tesolved, That an humble Address be presented Murder. 


L out all the words from the words “continue in | ‘© Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
“ force” to the end of the Clause, in order to add|‘t® give directions, that there be laid before this 
the words “for two years after the passing of the | House, a Return of the Names of all Persons con- 
« seme.” | victed of Murder, or Attempts to murder, attended by 

- Question proposed, That the words “ until the | dangerous Bodily Injuries, in each of the last Ten 
“ first” stand part of the Clause. | years ; distinguishing, in each Case, whether the Sen- 

Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. tence of Death was passed or recorded, and the 
An y ene eS wade. | Execution, Commutation or Pardon, as the case 

7 Chanieé. 00 eased. eavesd to. _may be; also, so far as it can be shown, whether - 
‘ Schedules agreed oo the Person murdered or attempted to be murdered 
Preamble agreed to. | was related, and in what degree, to the Convict, and 
Bill ee on th _— | whether such Relationship was legitimate or other- 
eS eee |wise, and the Age of such Person murdered or 
| attempted to be murdered: — Similar Return for 

Scotland :—And, Similar Return for Jreland. 

Ordered, ‘That the said Address be presented to 

Her Majesty, by such Members of this House as are 

of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 





Mr. Speaker resumed theChair; 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. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Fishery 
a Copy of a Treasury Minute, dated the 17th day of Board (Scot- 
| June 1856, appointing a Commission of Inquiry nto — 
ee ee the subject of the Grants administered by the Board “® 287- 
: oi of Fisheries in Scotland. 
— proposed, That the Bill be now read @ second | Mr. Wilson accordingly presented the said Paper. 


An Amendment was proposed to be made to the ape -isgatloned said Paper do lie upon 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 tne wor 


“ now ” stand part of the Question: —It was resolved | Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Stamped 
in the Affirmative. | 


, Return for each year, commencing the 5th day of Postage En- 
Ordered, That the Bill be now read a second | »°% er 8. Pak &amp;e. 
time othe Bill was accordingly read a second | pete o a — fo na has tty &gt; nig re 

an er —, to a Committee of the whole | Envelopes, classed under the followi Treads Me. 
ouse, for Friday next. | chinery, Paper, Salaries, Wages, Folding, Bands, and 
all other Contingencies:— Return showing how much 
cus di Geleht Gna per Million the said Envelopes cost, including any 
Resolved. That the Bill do pass per-centage allowed upon the Sale of them :— Return 
Orde mr ’ That om Clerk eco the Bill to the | S#0Wing, from similar Particulars or Contract Price, 
lL Lord — dd ms thei : y “| how much the Postage Labels cost (in continuation 
See ee of Parliamentary Paper, No.512, of Session 1846):— 
Also, the Amount received by the Inland Revenue 


lunatic Asy- | The Order of the day being read, for the second 
lums (Ireland) reading of the Lunatic Asylums (Zreland) (No. 2) 


And a Motion being 





ee ae 


Ordered, That Mr. Horsfall have leave of absence Leave of 
q| for a fortnight, on account of a domestic affliction. Absence. 


The Grand Juries Bill was, according to Order, | 


Grand Juries 
Bill. 


Ordered, That a Message be sent to the Lords, | 


Medical ~“ © 
: . for Penny and other Postage Stamps in the years 
7 * or op i Mery oe be Hoerwe - |ending the 31st day of December 1853, 1854 and 
oe Sere ee ee ee eee eee ee | Seek respectively; distinguishing the Amount re- 
examined as a Witness before the Select Committee | 0+ 164 for each kind of Sette y&lt; tame Mitten of Ges 
appointed by this House on the Medical Department | 4 1 ount received by the - ae Oia o-Aien. ‘the 
nae Army: And that the Clerk do carry the said | Amount received fn Pomny Receiptand Draft Stamps 
Message. | in the years ending the 31st day of December 1854 
— law The Marriage Law (Scotland) Amending Bill was | 2"4 1855 :—And, Copies of any Contracts or Agree- 
wll read the first time ; and ordered to be read a second | Ments entered into by the Commissioners of Inland 


Revenue for manufacturing or folding the Stamped 
Postage Envelopes, and for Printing and Gumming 
the Receipt Labels, since the commencement of those 
Systems, and of any Public Notice calling for Ten- 


Bill 183, time upon Monday next ; and to be printed. 













Van Almond Mr. Egerton reported the Perth, Almond Valley 


Methven Rail. 224 Methven Railway Bill, with Amendments. 


way Bill Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table; | 4¢"s for such Printing and Gumming, given to the 

and be printed. Trade, previously to such Contract or Agreement 

being made. 

— Mr. Egerton reported the Dunblane, Doune and 
Callander Callander Railway Bill, with Amendments. Mr. Massey presented,— Return to an Address to Light Duties. 
Railway Bil, Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table; Her Majesty, dated the 27th day of May last, for a 

and be printed. Return showing the Total Amount received for Light 
Retway Bi : 3 Duties in the United Kingdom in the year 1855; dis- 
(Grout &gt; Mr. Egerton reported from the Committee on | tinguishing those from Over-sea Ships from those 


Group 14 of Railway Bills ; That Mr. Lloyd Davies, 


engaged in the Coasting Trade. 
Von. 111. 


MM4 





Return 


Tithe Com- 
mutation. 


Education 
(Ireland.) 


Measage from 
the Lords. 


Shrewsbury 
and Hereford 
Railway Bill. 


Colne Valley 
and Halstead 
Railway Bill. 


Mercantile 
Law Amend- 
ment Bill, 


National 
Education 
(Ireland. ) 


972 


Return to an Order, dated the 5th day of this in- 
stant June, for a Return of all Tithes commuted and 
apportioned under the Act 6 &amp; 7 Will. 4, c.71, from 
the 31st day of December 1847 to the 31st day of 
December 1855; distinguishing between those as- 
signed to Clerical Appropriators and their Lessees, 
Parochial Incumbents, Lay Impropriators and Schools 
and Colleges, &amp;c. (in continuation of Parliamentary 
Paper, No. 298, of Session 1848). 

Mr. Massey also presented, pursuant to the direc- 
tions of an Act of Parliament,—Annual Report of 
the Commissioners of Education in Jreland, 1855-56. 

Ordered, That the said Papers 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 Shrewsbury and 
Hereford Railway Bill, without any Amendment: 
And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Colne Valley and 
Halstead Railway Bill, with Amendments ; to which 
Amendments the Lords desire the concurrence of 
this House: And also, 

The Lords communicate, a Copy of the Report 
from the Select Committee appointed by their Lord- 
ships in the present Session of Parliament on the 
Mercantile Law Amendment Bill (on re-commit- 
ment), as desired by this House. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being 
proposed, That an humble Address be presented to 
Her Majesty, praying that Her Majesty will be 
graciously pleased to direct, that such Modifications 
may be made in the Rules of the National System of 
Education in Jre/and, as will extend the advantages 
now enjoyed by non-vested Schools to any other than 
vested Schools now existing, or hereafter to be esta- 
blished, whatever their Regulations may be as to the 
mode of Religious Instruction; provided that no 
Children shall be compelled to learn any Catechism, 
Creed or Formulary to which their Parents or 
Guardians may object ; and provided that the Pa- 
trons shall be willing to place such Schools in con- 
nexion with the Board, to permit the Board’s con- 
trol over Books to be used in General Instruction, | 
and to receive officially the visits of the Government 
Inspectors :—And a Debate arising thereupon ; 


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


Mercurii, 18° die Junii, 1856: 


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 Lett. 
Tellers for they Mr. De Vere, 
Yeas, \Mr. Fagan: 
Tellers for the; Mr. Walpole, 
Noes, (Sir Wiliam Heathcote : 
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. 


2 


\ 32. 


184. 


ee, ee 


Tellers for the Qe nome e Alexander Ha-| san 
Yeas, | Sir William Heathcote : J 

Tellers for thes Mr. Hayter, \ 
ices 103. 


\ Viscount Monch : 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, praying that Her Majesty will be 
graciously pleased to direct, that such Modifications 
3 be made in the Rules of the National System 
of Education in Jreland, as will extend the advan- 
tages now enjoyed by non-vested Schools to any other 


17°—18° Junii. 








A. 1856. 


than vested Schools now existing, or hereafter to be 
established, whatever their Regulations may be as 
to the mode of Religious Instruction ; provided that 
no Children shall be compelled to learn any Cate- 
chism, Creed or Formulary to which their Parents 
or Guardians may object ; and provided that the Pa- 
trons shall be willing to place such Schools in con- 
nexion with the Board, to permit the Board's con- 
trol over Books to be used in General Instruction, 
and to receive Officially the visits of the Government 
Inspectors. 

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





Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Poor Law 
Returns of the Number of Inmates in the Union (Ireland) 


Workhouses in /reland at the Periods during the 
years ending the 25th day of March 1856, when the 
Total Number of Inmates in the Workhouse was at 
the Maximum and Minimum :—Of the Names, if any, 
of the Poor Law Inspectors in Jreland not residing 
within their District, and for how long and under 
what circumstances they have been permitted so to 
reside :—Of the Quantity of Land, if any, in the 
actual possession or occupation of Poor Law In- 
spectors in Jreland within the District of such In- 
spector, with the Name of such Inspector :—Of the 
Number of Attendances of the paid Poor Law Com- 
missioners in Jreland at the Office, Custom House, 
Dublin, or at a Board at Dublin Castle, during the 
year ending the 25th day of March 1856 :—And, 
of any Correspondence which has tuken place between 
the Poor Law Commissioners for Zreland and their 
late Secretary (Mr. Stanley), relative to a Suggestion 
by the latter of a re-construction of the Staff in the 
Poor Law Office, with a view to its being more 
economically worked, not included in former Re- 
turns. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Nawab of 
Copies of Treaty entered into in 1759 between Na- Surat Treaty, 


wab Moinedien Khan and Mr. Spencer on the part 
of the British Government :—Of Draft Agreement, 
dated the 1st day of September 1798, between His 
Highness Cotmuddowlah Meer Nizam Uddien Khan 
Bahader, the Nawab of Surat, of the one part, and 
Daniel Seaton, Esquire, on behalf of the East India 
Company, of the other part:—Of Letter from the 
Government Agent to the Secretary of the Govern- 
ment of Bombay, dated Surat, the 22d day of March 
1830, and the Enclosure sent therewith :—Of Letter 
from C. Norris, Esquire, Secretary to the Govern- 
ment of Bombay, in answer thereto, dated November 
1830 :—Of Letter from the Nawabs of Baroda and 
Surat, forwarding an Agreement between them for 
the succession of the Son of the former to the Dignity 
and Pension of the latter,and the Answer from the Go- 
vernment thereto :—And, of Letter from Jafur Alee 
to W. C. Andrews, dated the 14th day of December 
1847, with Translation of a General Declaration of 
the Nobility and Gentry of Hindostan. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That there be laid beforé’this House, Returns 
of all Proclamations issued by the Lord Lieutenant 
of Ireland under the authority of the Act 11 &amp; 12 
Vic. c. 2, or any Act continuing the same since the 
passing of that Act, specifying the Dates of such 
Proclamations, and the Counties, Baronies or Dis- 
tricts affected by each, distinguishing those Procla- 
mations which are now in force, and giving the Dates 
of the withdrawal of those that have been withdrawn : 
—Of any Notices to bring in Arms that have been 
issued for the same Period under like authority, spe- 
cifying the Date of each, and the District to which 
such Notice applied:—And, of any Orders made 
during the same Period for the revocation of Li- 
censes granted to Persons to carry Arms, specifying 


the Date of each Order, and the Name and sea ae 
0 





C. 


Crime and 


Outrage (Ire- 


land) Act. 





Bailways. 


Railway and 
Canal Traffic 
Bill. 


Judges and 
Chancellors 
Bill, 

y, 


Sardinian 
Loan. 


Supply. 


Land F orces, 


Militia, 





19 Vicroriz. 


of the Person whose License was so revoked :—And 
the said Motion was, with leave of the House, with- 
drawn. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the Number and Description of Persons 
employed on each of the Railways in England and 
Wales, Scotland and Ireland, respectively, on the 30th 
day of June 1856, which may at that Date be open 
for Traffic ; also, the Length of Line, with the Num- 
ber of Stations open for Public Tratfic on the same 
day :—Anud, 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 
1856 ; distinguishing the Length of each such Line 


17°—18° Juni. 


973 


3. That a Sum, not exceeding £.10, be granted to Army Works 
Her Majesty (in addition to the Sum of £.250,000 Corps. 
already voted, on account), towards defraying the 
Charge of the Army Works Corps, which will come 
in course of payment from the 1st day of April 1856 
to the 31st day of March 1857, inclusive. 

The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 





_ The House, according to Order, resolved itself Survey of 
‘Into a Committee on the Survey of Great Britain, a 


'&amp;e. Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. 


| Speaker resumed the Chair; and Viscount Duncan 


| reported, ‘That the Committee had gone through the 


Bill, and directed him to report the same, without 


or Branch Line on which the Works may be in pro-| Amendment. 


gress, and the Length on which they may not be in 
progress, at that Date ; and specifying the Act or 
Acts authorizing such Railways (in continuation of 
Parliamentary Paper, No. 511, of Session 1855). 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Railway and Canal Traffic 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:—lIt passed in the Ne- 
gative. 


And the Question being put, That the words 


“ upon this day six months” be added at the end of | 


the Question :—It was resolved in the Affirmative. 
Then the Main Question, so amended, being put ; 


Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon | 


this day six months. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second | 


reading of the Judges and Chancellors Bill ; | 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time | 
this day. 


Mr. Wilson reported from the Committee on Her | 
Majesty’s most gracious Message of the 12th day | 
of this instant June, relative to the Sardinian Loan, | 
a Resolution; 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. 

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, the Chancellor 
of the Exchequer and Mr. Wilson do prepare, and 
bring it in. 


Mr. Wilson reported from the Committee of 
Supply, several Resolutions ; which were read, as 
follow : 

1. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 10, be granted to 
Her Majesty (in addition to the Sum of £.'7,000,000 
already voted, on account), towards defraying the 
Charge of Her Majesty’s Land Forces at Home and 
Abroad, exclusive of ZJndia, which will come in course 
of payment from the 1st day of April 1856 to the 
31st day of March 1857, inclusive. 

2. That a Sum, not exceeding £.10, be granted to 
Her Majesty (in addition to the Sum of £.1,000,000 
already voted, on account), towards defraying the 
Charge of the Embodied Militia of Great Britain 
and Jreland, which will come in course of payment 
from the 1st day of April 1856 to the 31st day of 
March 1857, inclusive. 








Vou. 111. 


‘ Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time this 
ay. 


A Petition of Alexander Dobie, of Lancaster-place, Wolverhamp- 
Strand, Gentleman, was presented, and read ; setting to" Corpora- 
forth, That a certain Action has been commenced by po pan * 
Samuel Hughes against the Mavor, Aldermen and (1854-55.) 
Burgesses of the Borough of Wolverhampton, and 
the same is now pending in Her Majesty’s Court of 
Queen’s Bench at Westminster, and is to be tried at 
the sittings after this present Trinity Term 1856 ; 
that in order to establish the Claim of the Plaintiff 
in the said Action, it is necessary that the Petition 
to Parliament of the Corporation of Wolverhampton, 
for leave to introduce the Corporation Waterworks 
Bill to which the Corporation Seal was attached, on 
or about the 29th day of December 1854, and also 
the Parliamentary Committee Report and Plan 
made upon such Petition, should be produced at the 
trial of the said Action ; and praying that the proper 
Officer may be ordered to attend the said Court 
with the said Petition, Report and Plan, and to 
produce the same at the trial of the said Cause. 

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


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, 18° die Junii ; 


Anno 19° Victoria Regine, 1856. 





PRAYERS. : 
RDERED, That all Committees have leave Committees, 
to sit this day, during the sitting, and notwith- 
standing any adjournment of the House. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Coventry 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Coventry — ) Gas 
(City) 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 Cleobury 
the Cleobury Worth, &amp;e. District Roads Bill, as tone da ~ 
amended in the Committee. rou Bill 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration East Indian 
the East Indian Railway Company Bill, as amended Conse Bill. 
in the Committee. Pid 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Severn _ 
the Severn Navigation Improvement Commission Navigation 


, c ° Improvement 
Bill, as amended in the Committee. Comaniesion 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. _ Bil. 
NN Dawson's 
















Dawson's 
Estate Bill. 


Nawab of 
Surat Treaty 
Bill (changed 
from Nawab 
of Surat.) 


Public 
Petitions. 
Vide Forty- 
sixth Report. 


Message from 
the Lords. 


Cork Bridges, 
Waterworks, 
&amp;c. Bill. 


Knares- 
borough and 
Green Ham- 
merton Road 
Bill. 


Knares- 
borough and 
Pateley Bridge 
Road Bill. 


Whichwood 
Forest Bill. 


West Ham 
Gas Bill. 


Oxford 
University 
Bill. 


Army. 
No, 288. 


Bibles, &amp;c. 
No. 289. 


Fishery Board 
(Scotland. ) 


No. 290. 


Education 
(Ireland. ) 
No. 291. 


Light Duties. 
No. 292. 


Tithe Com- 
mutation. 


No. 293. 
Mercantile 


Law Amend- 
ment Bill. 


No. 294. 


Exports. 





974 


Dawson's Estate Bill was read a second time ; 
and committed. 


The House, according to Order, 
into farther consideration the Nawa 
Bill, as amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


roceeded to take 
i, of Surat Treaty 


Petitions relating to Church Rates ;—Imprison- 
ment for Debt ;— Medical Officers of Unions; — 
Parochial Schools (Scotland) Bill ;—Public Health 
Bill; —and, Savings Banks,—were presented, and 
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 Cork Bridges, 
Waterworks, &amp;c. Bill, without any Amendment : 
And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Knaresborough and 
Green Hammerton Koad Bill, without any Amend- 
ment: And also, 


The Lords have agreed to the Knaresborough and 
Pateley Bridge Road Bill, without any Amendment : 
Aud also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Whichwood Forest 
Bill, with Amendments ; to which Amendments the 
Lords desire the concurrence of this House: And 
also, 

The Lords have agreed to the West Ham Gas 
Bill, with an Amendment; to which Amendment 
the Lords desire the concurrence of this House: 
And also, 

The Lords disagree to the Amendment Clause 
(B.) added by the Commons to the Oxford Univer- 
sity Bill, and assign a Reason; and agree to the 
other Amendments. 


Ordered, That the Return of the Names of Offi- 
cers in the Army honourably mentioned in the De- 
spatches of Lord Gough, which was presented upon 
the 19th day of May last, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Bibles, &amp;c., 
which was presented upon the 16th day of this in- 
stant June, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Fishery 
Board (Scotland), which was presented upon the 
16th day of this instant June, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to Education 
(Ireland), which was presented upon the 17th day 
of this instant June, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Light Duties, 
which was a upon the 17th day of this in- 
stant June, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Tithe Com- 
mutation, which was presented upon the 17th day 
of this instant June, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to the Mercan- 
tile Law Amendment Bill, which was communicated 
from the Lords upon the 17th day of this instant 
June, be printed. 


The following Paper was laid upon the Table by 
the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, dated 
the 12th day of this instant June, for a Return of the 
Value of the Total Exports (British and Foreign) 
from the United Kingdom in 1855 :—Similar Re- 
turn of the Exports som the United States in the 
same year :—Return of the Value of the Exports 
(British and Foreign) from the United Kingdom to 
the United States in 1855 :—And, similar Return of 
the Exports from the United States to the United 


18° Juni. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Dwellings fo 
into a Committee on the Dwellings for Labouring rey 


land) Bill, 





Kingdom. 


| 





A. 1856. 


Classes (Jreland) Bill. 
{In the Committee.) 


Crause, N° 2 (Tenants obligations as to defaults). 

Amendments made. 

Another Amendment proposed, in p. 3, 1. 10: To 
leave out from the word “landlord” to the word 
“ whenever,” in ]. 24. 

Question put, That the words “and upon further 
“ proof” stand part of the Clause ; 

The Committee divided. 

Tellers for the f Sir William Somerville, Liss 

Yeas, 1 Sir John Shelley : 

Tellers for the (Colonel Greville, le 

Noes, { Mr. Moore: J 7. 
Amendments made. 
Clause, as amended, agreed to. 


Cravuses, N°3 and N° 4, amended, and agreed to. 
Crauses, N° 5 and N° 6, agreed to. 
Crause, N° 7, amended, and agreed to. 


Crausss, N° 8 and N° 9, agreed to. 

A Clause added. 

Clause (Every landlord of any tenement within 
this Act shall be bound to keep and maintain the 
said dwelling-house or place of abode in good and 
tenantable condition and repair; and in case it shall 
be proved that such dwelling-house or place of abode 
was, by the landlord’s default, unfit for occupation 
by reason of the want of such repairs, it shall not 
be lawful for such landlord to recover any rent or 
compensation for the use and occupation of the said 
premises during the period of time they were in such 


state and condition)——brought up, and read 1°. 
Question put, That the Clause be read a second 
time ; 
The Committee divided. 
Tellers for the {Colonel Greville, 1 39 
Yeas, Mr. Moore ; Naas 
Tellers for the {Sir William Somerville, 454 


Noes, (Colonel Caulfield : 
Clause (In case any person shall feel aggrieved 
by any order, decree or adjudication to be made by 
any Justices under this Act, it shail be Jawful for 
such person to appeal against the same, and such 
appeal shall be to the like Court, and subject to the 
same incidents, and be heard and dealt with in the 
same manner as an appeal under the twenty-fourth 
section of “The Petty Sessions (Ireland) Act, 
1851,” save that, in lieu of the seven days’ notice of 
the appellant’s intention to prosecute his appeal 
required by said Act, the appellant shall give notice 
in writing of his intention to prosecute his appeal, to 
the opposite party, five days at least before the com- 
mencement of the Sessions to which the appeal shall 
be made, and save that the recognizance to be 
entered into shall be in the form (B.) in the Schedule 
to this Act annexed, or to the like effect, and that 
such appeal shall not be dismissed on any point of 
form)——brought up, and read 1°. 
Question put, That the Clause be read a second 
time ; 
The Committee divided. 
Tellers for the{ Colonel Greville, 
Yeas, | Mr. M‘ Mahon : 
Tellers for the{ Sir William Somerville, 
Noes, (Colonel Adair : 
Another Clause added. 
Schedule A. agreed to. 
Schedule B. added. 
Preamble agreed to. 


Bill, as amended, to be reported. 


107. 


; 
s 
1 on 





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. 

r. 








for 
ire. 





voeth Western 
ja Bill. 


Por Law 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Registration 
of Leases 
(Scotland) Bill. 


Bill 198. 


Scientific 
and Literary 
Societies Bill. 


Procedure 
before Justices 
(Scotland) Bill. 


Rating of 
Mines Bill, 


Joint Stock 
Banks Bill. 


Dissenters’ 
Marriages Bill. 


Advowsons 
Bill, 


Tithe Com- 

a 
nt-char 

til, 


Supply. 


19 VicTorRiz. 


Mr. Corry reported from the Committee on Grou 
9 of Railway Bills That in the case of the Nort 
Western Railway Bill, they had examined the alle- 
gations contained in the Preamble of the Bill, and 
amended the same, by striking out therefrom what 
relates to running Powers and to the Deviation of 
the Main Line, and by inserting therein an allegation 
touching the grant of facilities for the conveyance of 
traffic to and from and over the North Western 
Railway ; and found the same, as amended, to be 
true; and had gone through the Bill, and made 
Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to the 
former Committee :—And that they have leave to 
sit and proceed forthwith. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Poor Law (Jreland) 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 To- 
morrow. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on the Registration of Leases 
(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 Wednesday the 2d 
day of July next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Scientific and Literary Societies Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
the 2d day of July next, resolve itself into the said 
Committee. 


The Procedure before Justices (Scotland) Bill was, 
according to Order, read a second time; and com- 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for 
Wednesday the 2d day of July next. 


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 
Wednesday the 2d day of July next. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming the 
adjourned Debate on the Question proposed upon 
the 24th day of April last, That Mr. Speaker do now 
leave the Chair (for Committee on the Joint Stock 
Banks Bill) ; 

Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 
till Tuesday next, at Twelve o’clock. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
consideration the Dissenters’ Marriages Bill, as 
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- 
mittee on the Advowsons 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 ‘lithe Commutation Rent-charge Bill ; 

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


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Supply ; 
_ Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 
Vou. 111. 


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275 


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


mittee of Ways and Means ; Means. 
Resolved, Vhat this House will, upon Friday 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 Exemption — 
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 
To-morrow. 


~ 


reading of the Gaols, &amp;e. Bill; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second — &amp;e. 
Lil. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Peace Pre- 
consideration the Peace Preservation (Zreland) Bill, servation 
as amended in the Committee ; (ieclend) 308. 

Ordered, That the Bill be taken into consideration 
To-morrow, at Twelve o'clock. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Judges and 
reading of the Judges and Chancellors Bill; Chancellors 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 2" 
To-morrow. 


The Survey of Great Britain, &amp;c. Bill was, ac- gurvey of 
cording tu Order, read the third time. Great Britain, 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. aaa 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 








Jovis, 19° die Juni; 
Anno 19° Victoria Regine, 1856. 


PRAYERS. 
O RDERED, That all Committees have leave Committees. 


to sit this day, during the sitting of the House. 


Mr. Corry reported from the Committee on Group North Western 
9 of Railway Bills; That in the case of the North Railway Bill. 
Western Railway (re-committed) Bill, they had 
amended the Preamble of the Bill, by omitting 
therefrom the allegation that it is expedient to grant 
Powers of Sale or Lease of the Undertaking to the 
Great Northern Railway Company; and had found 
the Preamble, so amended, to be true. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and, together with the former Report, be printed. 


A Motion being made, That the Aberdeen, Peter- Aberdeen, 
head and Fraserburgh Railway Bill be now read the Sta a and 
, , urgh 
third time ; Railway Bill. 
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 
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 
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 the Bournemouth Improvement Bournemouth 


and Pier Bill be read the third time To-morrow. Improvement 
and Pier Bill. 

The Dorset Central Railway Bill was read the Dorset Central 
third time. Railway Bill. 


Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 

Lords, and desire their concurrence. 
NN 2 


The 








Glastonbury 
and Bruton 
Railway Bill. 


Renfrewshire 
Roads Bill. 


Severn Valley 
Railway Bill. 


Public 
Petitions. 


Vide Forty- 
sixth Report. 


Exports. 
No. 295. 


Wexford 
Harbour. 


Greenwich 
Hospital. 


Registration 
of Voters 
(Scotland) Rill, 
and Parochial 
Schools (Scot- 
land) Bill. 


Bill 184. 


276 


The Glastonbury and Bruton 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 Renfrewshire Roads 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 Severn Valley Railway 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. 


| 


Petitions relating to the Ballot ;—Registration of | 
Voters( Scotland) Bill; —Church Rates ;— Dissenters’ | 
Marriages Bill ;—Gloucester and Bristol Dioceses ; 
— Maynooth College Act ;—Tithe Rent-charge ;— 
Court of Chancery ;— Decimal Coinage ;—Educa- | 
tion (Scotland) Bill,and Parochial Schools (Scotland) | 
Bill ;—Hay and Straw Trade Bill ;—Medical Officers | 
of Unions ;—Medical Profession Bill ;—Mercantile | 
Law Amendment Bill ;—Parochial Schools (Scot- 
/and) Bill;—Poor Law Amendment Bill ;—Poor 
Law Amendment (No. 2) Bill ;— Registration of 
Leases (Scotland) Bill ;—Scientitic and Literary So- | 
cieties Bill ;—Scotch and Jrish Pauper Removals 
Bill ;—Sound Dues ;—Stone, &amp;c. Buildings Pre- 
servation ;—Tenant Right (Jreland) Bill;—Testa- 
mentary Jurisdiction Bill;—Vaccination;—Vaccina- | 
tion Bill; —Wee Pawns, &amp;c. (Scotland) ;— and, 
Wills and Administrations Bill,—were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions relating to the Rating of Mines Bill,— 
were also presented, and read ; and referred to the 
Select Committee on Rating of Mines. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Exports, 
which was presented upon the 18th day of this in- 
stant June, be printed. 


19° Juni. 





A. 1856. 


The Yeas to the Right ; 
The Noes to the Left. 


Tellers for ~ Mr. Hayler, 4 
Yeas, The Earl of Mulgrave; {19 

Tellers for the { Mr. George Dundas, 
Noes, (Sir Archibald Campbell: J 49. 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

The Order of the day being read, tor the Com- 
mittee on the Parochial Schools (Scotland) Bill; 

Ordered, That the Registration of Voters (Scot- 
land) Bill and the Parochial Schools (Scot/and) Bill 
be committed to the same Committee. 

Ordered, ‘That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 
Chair :—The House accordingly resolved itself into 
the Committee. 


(In the Commitiee on the Registration of Voters 
(Scotland) Bill.) 
Preamble postponed. 
Crause, N° 1, amended, and agreed to. 
Curauses, N° 2 to N° 9, disagreed to. 
Crausess, N° 10 to N° 26, with Amendments to 
several of them, agreed to. 
Curause, N° 27, disagreed to. 
Cravuse, N° 28, amended, and agreed to. 
Cravuse, N° 29, disagreed to. 
Cuiavse, N° 30, amended, and agreed to. 
Cravusr, N’ 31, disagreed to. 
Crauses, N°32 and N°33, amended, and agreed to. 
Cuause, N° 34, disagreed to. 
CravuseE, N° 35, amended, and agreed to. 
Cravse, Ne 36, agreed to. 
Crauses, N° 37 to N° 40, amended, and agreed to. 
Crauseg, N° 41, disagreed to. 
Crauses, N° 42 to N° 54, with Amendments to 


several of them, agreed to. 


Crausg, N° 55 (Expenses of annual registrations 
how to be defrayed). 

Amendments made. 

Another Amendment proposed, in p. 20, 1.1: After 
“ninety-one” to insert the words: “ Provided 
“always, That for the purposes of this Act no 
“ person shall be liable to be assessed whose pro- 


“ perty is not of sufficient amount of valuation to 


Mr. Osborne presented,—Return to an Order, 
dated the 6th day of this instant June, for a Copy 
(with Plans annexed) of the Report of Captain 
Vetch to Admiral Beaufort, on the [Improvement of | 
the Harbour of Wexford, dated the 13th day of, 
January 1855. m 

Return to an Order, dated the 12th day of this 
instant June, for Copies of Memorial from the Cap-_ 
tains, Commanders, Lieutenants and Masters of 
Greenwich Hospital, dated the 28th day of May 
1856, to the Board of Admiralty, and of Letter 
from Admiral Sir James Gordon, the Governor, 
which accompanied it:—And, of the Reply thereto, | 
signed by the Secretary of the Admiralty. 

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


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Registration of Voters (Scotland) 
Bill; | 

And a Motion being made, and the Question | 
being proposed, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the | 
Char ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the | 
Question, by leaving out from the word “That” to 


“ entitle him to be placed on the Register of Voters 
“ heretofore mentioned.” 
Question put, That those words be there inserted ; 
The Committee divided. 


Tellers for the fMr. Eliott Lockhart, \ 59 
Yeas, Major Cumming Bruce: J ~~" 
Tellers for the{ Mr. Hayter, }ros 
Noes, _\'I'he Earl of Mulgrave : ; 


Clause, as amended, agreed to. 

Crause, N° 56, amended, and agreed to. 
Crauses, N° 57 to N° 67, disagreed to. 
Crauses, N° 68 and N° 69, agreed to. 
Cause, N° 70, amended, and agreed to. 
Crause, N° 71, disagreed to. 

Crause, N° 72, agreed to. 

Schedules A. and B. disagreed to. 
Schedule C. amended, and agreed to. 


Preamble amended, and 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 
Registration of Voters (Scotland) Bill, and amended 


the end of the Question, in order to add the words | the Title, as followeth : 

A Bill to amend the Law for the Registration of 
Persons entitled to vote in the Election of Members 
to serve in Parliament for Burghs in Scotland. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration upon Monday 
next ; and be printed. 


“ 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. 





Mr. 





Grand Jury 
nents 


(Ireland) Bill. 


Burial- 
grounds (Ire- 
land) Bill. 


Peace Pre- 
servation 
(Ireland) Bill. 


(xford 
University 
Bill. 


Whichwood 
Forest Bill. 


(Irelan 


Municipal 
Boroughs 


Post-office 
(Ireland, 


Sale of Lana 
d.) 


19 Vicrori2z. 


Mr. FitzRoy also reported, That the Committee 
had not made any further Progress in the Parochial 
Schools (Scotland) Bill. 

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 Grand Jury Assessments (Jreland) 
Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time To- 


morrow, 


The Order of the dav being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Burial-grounds (Jreland) Bill ; 

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


The House, according to Order, proceeded to 
take into consideration the Peace Preservation (Zre- 
land) Bill, as amended in the Committee. 

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

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out the words “ read the third 
“time To-morrow,’ and inserting the words “ re- 
“ committed,” instead thereof. 

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

Ordered, 'That the Bill be read the third time To- 
morrow. 


Ordered, That the Reason assigned by the Lords 
for disagreeing to one of the Amendments made by 
this House to the Ozford University Bill, be taken 
into consideration this day, at Six o'clock. 


Ordered, That the Amendments made by the 
Lords to the Whichwood Forest Bill, be taken into 
consideration this day, at Six o’clock. 


Mr. Massey presented,—Return to an Order, 
dated the 21st day of April last, for a Return of the 
Number of Conveyances on the Sale of Lands in 
Ireland, registered in the Registry Office, Dublin, 
during the years 1853, 1854 and 1855, respectively, 
excepting Conveyances from the Incumbered Estates 
Court, and Marriage Settlements, Mortgages, Re- 


19° Junie. 





277 


for disagreeing to one of the Amendments made by 
this House to the Oxford University Bill; and the 
same was read. 

Resolved, That this House doth not insist on their 
Amendment to the said Bill, to which the Lords 
have disagreed. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords; and acquaint them, that this House doth not 
insist on their Amendment to the said Bill, to which 
their Lordships have disagreed. 


Lords to the Whichwood Forest 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. 


Her Majesty’s Seen iti further Corres- 
pondence relative to the recent Expeditions against 
the Moriah Chiefs in the Neighbourhood of Sierra 
Leone {in continuation of Papers presented August 
1855). 

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


mittee of Supply ; 

And « 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 


“it is the opinion of this House, that it will be to army. 


“ the advantage of the Service to empluy General 
“ Officers from the Scientific Corps on the Staff of 
“ the Army,” instead thereof. 

And the Questicn being put, That the words pro- 
posed to be left out stand part of the Question :-- 
It was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 
Chair :—The House accordingly resolved itself into 
the Committee. 

(In the Committee.) 


1. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £.10, be Civil Esta- 
granted to Her Majesty (in addition to the Sum of blishments. 


£.450,000 already voted, on account), towards de- 





conveyances, Leases, Surrenders and Deeds under 


fraying the Charge of the Civil Establishments at 


the Renewable Leaseholds Conversion Act; and| Home and Abroad, Salaries, Allowances and Con- 
specifying in such Return the Number of sach Con- | tingencies, which will come in course of payment 


— registered in each year in which the con-| 
sideration expressed appears to be over the Sum of! 
£.1,000, and in which no consideration is expressed. | 

Mr. Massey also presented, pursuant to the di- 
rections of an Act of Parliament,—Return of the 
Accuunts of Boroughs in England and Wales, for 
one year, from 1st September 1854 to 31st August 
1855. 


Ordered, That the said Returns do lie upon the | 


Table. 


The following Paper was laid upon the Table by 


from the 1st day of April 1856 to the 31st day of 
March 1857, inclusive. 


2. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £.10, be Wages of 
granted to Her Majesty (in addition to the Sum of Artificers, &amp;c. 


£.450,000 already voted, on account), towards defray- 
ing the Charge of the Wages of Artificers, La- 
bourers and others, employed at Home and Abroad, 
which will come in course of payment from the 1st 
day of April 1856 to the 31st day of March 1857, 
inclusive. 


3. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £.10, be Clothing, 
Sum of Barrack 


granted to Her Majesty (in addition to the 


the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, dated | £. 4,000,000 already voted, on account), towards de- 


the 9th day of May last, for a Return of the Hours 


fraying the Charge of the Supplies of Clothing, Bar- 


at which the Scotch and Dublin Mails were to leave | rack Furniture, Xc., Provisions, Forage, Fuel and 
Belfast on the 30th day of April, and arrive at the | Light, which will come in course of payment from 


Towns of Ballymena, Ballymoney, Coleraine, New- 
town Limavady and Londonderry, and also the 
Hours at which the Return Mails left those ‘Towns 
respectively for Belfast, together with an Account 
of the Sums paid for conveying the Mails; dis- 
tinguishing the Mode of Conveyance, and the Pay- 
ment to each Company or Car Proprietor :—And, 
similar Return as to the Hours under the New 
System to be introduced on the 9th day of May. 
Vou, 111. 





| the 1st day of April 1856 to the 31st day of March 


1857, inclusive. 


4. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £. 10, be Stores. 


granted to Her Majesty (in addition to the Sum of 

2,500,000 already voted, on account), towards de- 
fraying the Charge of Stores for Land and Sea Ser- 
vice, which will come in course of payment from the 
Ist day of April 1856 to the 31st day of March 





1857, inclusive. 
5. Resolved, 


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The House, according to Order, proceeded to take Oxford _ 
into consideration the Reason assigned by the Lords University 


Tke House, according to Order, proceeded to take Whichwood 
into consideration the Amendments made by the Forest Bull. 


The Chancellor of the Exchequer presented, by sierra Leone. 


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


278 
5. Resolved, That aSum, not exceeding £.45,000, 
2 be granted to Her Majesty (in addition to the Sum of 
£.1,794,069 already voted, on account), towards de- 
fraying the Charge of Works, Buildings and Repairs, 
at Home and Abroad, which will come in course of 
payment from the 1st day of April 1856 to the 31st 
day of March 1857, inclusive. 

6. Motion made, and Question proposed, That a 
Sum, not exceeding £.38,404, be granted to Her 
Majesty (in addition to the Sum of £.200,000 already 
voted, on account), towards defraying the Charge 
of the Educational and Scientific Branches, which 
will come in course of payment from the 1st day of 
April 1856 to the 31st day of March 1857, inclusive. 

Whereupon Motion made, and Question put, That 
2 Sum, not exceeding £. 30,404, be granted to Her 
Majesty (in addition to the Sum of £. 200.000 
already voted, on account), towards defraying the 
Charge of the Educational and Scientific Branches, 


which will come in course of payment from the 1st 
Tellers for they Mr. Edward Ellice, 
i J 
Original Question put, and agreed to. 
the Sons of Officers who have died on Service, and 
inclusive. 


Works, 
Buildings an 
Repairs. 


Educational 
and Scientific 
Branches. 


inclusive ; 
The Committee divided. 
} 69. 
Tellers for they Mr. Hayter, u 60 
Noes, |The Earl of Mulgrave: , 
Education : . 
of Queen’s — granted to Her Majesty, for defraying the Charge of 
Cadets, the Gratuitous Education of Twenty Queen's Cadets, 
which will come in course of payment from the 1st 
day of April 1856 to the 31st day of March 1857, 


19°—20° Juniz. 





A. 1856. 


said Motion was, with leave of the House, with- 
drawn. 





The Order of the day being read, for the second Agricultura) I 
reading of the Agricultural Statistics Bill ; Statistics Bill, kl 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time this 
day. 
The Order of the day being read, for the second Coalwhippers } 
reading of the Coalwhippers (Port of London) Bill; (Port of Lon. 
And a Motion being made, and the Question °” Bi 
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 
“ Friday the 4th day of July next.” 

And the Question being put, That the word “ now” 
stand part of the Question :—It passed in the Nega- 
tive. 

And the Question being put, That the words 
“‘ upon Friday the 4th day of July next” 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 
| Friday the 4th day of July next. 

The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Smoke Nui- 
mittee on the Smoke Nuisance Abatement (Metro. ance Abate- 
polis) Act, 1853, Amendment Bill ; yong 
Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 1853, Amend- 
| itself into the said Committee. ment Bill. 

The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Medical Pro- 
mittee on the Medical Profession Bill ; fession Bill. 





day of April 1856 to the 31st day of March 1857, 
Yeas, Mr. Cowan: 
7. dtesolred, ThataSum, not exceeding £.1,500, be 
have left their Families in reduced circumstances, 
Resolutions to be reported. 





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


Veneris, 20° die Junii, 1856: 


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. 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. 


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 Sir William Fenwick 
Williams’ Annuity Bill, without any Amendment : 


And also, 


Message from 
the Lords. 


Sir William 
Fenwick 
Williams’ 
Annuity Bill. 


Eastern The Lords have agreed to the Eastern Counties 
Younties = : r j e 

Railway Bill. Railway Bill, without any Amendment: And also, 
Hampstead The Lords have agreed to the Hampstead Junction 


Junction 
Railway Bill. 


Lowestoft 
and Beccles 
Railway Bill. 


Railway Bill, without any Amendment: And also, 


The Lords have agreed to the Lowestoft and Bee- 
cles Railway Bill, without any Amendment: And 


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


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Vaccination 
mittee on the Vaccination Bill; Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Bbrial Acts 
Amendment 
Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Burial Acts Amendment Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Monday next. 


Juries (Ire- 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming tand) Bill 


the adjourned Debate on the Amendment which, 
upon the 24th day of April last, was proposed to 
be made to the Question, That the Juries (Jreland) 
Bill be now read a second time; 

| Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 
| till this day. 

| 





| 


d Bankruptcy 
and Insolvency 
(Ireland) Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the secon 

reading of the Bankruptcy and Insolvency (Zre/and) 
Bill; 

| Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 

this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Hospitals | 
reading of the Hospitals (Dublin) Bill ; (Dublin) Bill. 
_ Ordered, That the Biil be read a second time 
| this day. 


London Cor- 


also, 
Midland _ The Lords have agreed to the Midland Railway | 
Railway Bill. Bill, without any Amendment: And also, 


Luton District 


The Lords have agreed to the Zuton District Road 
Road Bill. ‘ 


Bill, with Amendments; to which Amendments the 
Lords desire the concurrence of this House. 


Poor Law 
Amendment 
(No. 2) Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Poor Law Amendment (No. 2) Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Monday next. 


Adjournment. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That this House do now adjourn :—And the 





ee = 


| The Order of the day being read, for the second 
| reading of the London Corporation Bill ; 

| Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
‘upon Thursday next. 


poration Bill. 


Seamen's 
Savings Banks 
Bill. 


The Seamen’s Savings Banks 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 taking into arene 
consideration the Cambridge University Bill, as a" ’ 
amended in the Committee ; 

Ordered, 








ncy 
ill. 


19 Vicrortz. 








Ordered, That the Bill be taken into consideration 
this day. 
Deeds (Scot- The Order of the day being read, for the second , 
jand) Bill. = yeading of the Deeds (Scotland) Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time this 
day. 
National The Order of the day being read, for the second 
Gallery Site peading of the National Gallery Site Bill ; 
Bill. Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Friday next. 
Courts of The Order of the day being read, for the Com- | 
poner 4 mittee on the Courts of Common Law (Jreland) Bill; 
(iseand) Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 
Poor Law The Order of the day being read, for resuming 
(ireland) Bill. the adjourned Debate on the Question proposed upon 
the 18th day of this instant June, That the Poor 
Law (Jreland) Bill be now read a second time ; 
Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 
till Monday next. 
Tithe The Order of the day being read, for the Com-| 
Commutation mittee on the Tithe Commutation Rent-charge Bill ; 
—_— Resolved, That this House will, upon Tuesday the 
Ist day of July next, resolve itself into the said | 
Committee. 
Stock in Trade The Stock in Trade Exemption Bill was, according | 
Exemption 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. 
Judges and The Order of the day being read, for the second | 
Chancellors yeading of the Judges and Chancellors Bill ; 
oe. Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time | 
upon Monday next. | 
Coatham Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
— to render valid certain Marriages in the Church at | 
"Y — *Coatham, in the Parish of Kirk Leatham, in the 
County of York: And that Mr. Massey and Sir | 
George Grey do prepare, and bring it in. 
Church Ordered, That leave be given to bring ina Bill | 
oe on, {oF transferring the Powers of the Church Building 
‘ Commissioners to the Ecclesiastical Commissioners 
for England: And that Sir George Grey and 
Viscount Palmerston do prepare, and bring it in. | 
| 
Corrupt Ordered, That leave be given to bring ina Bill | 
Myerention, © Continue the Corrupt Practices Prevention Act, | 
1854: And that Viscount Palmerston and Sir George | 
Grey do prepare, and bring it in. | 
Sound Dues. Ordered, That Mr. Newdegate be discharged from | 
further attendance on the Select Committee on the | 
Sound Dues. | 
Ordered, That Mr. Liddell be added to the Com- | 
mittee, | 
Vaccination. | 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- | 
posed, That an humble Address be presented to Her | 
Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased to give | 
directions, that there be laid before this House, Ke- 
turns of all Communications on the subject of Vac- 
cination, for the years 1850 to the 18th day of June 
1856, inclusive, made by the Registrar General to 
the Secretary of State for the Home Department : | 
—And, of all Communications on the subject of | 
Vaccination, for the years 1850 to the 18th day of, 
June 1856, inclusive, made by the Registrar General | 
to the President of the Board of Health :-——And the 
said Motion was, with leave of the House, with- 
drawn. | 

Vou. 111. 





19°—20° Junzz. 


279 


A Motion being made, That this House will, this Drainage 
day, resolve itself into a Committee to consider of pr 
authorizing Advances out of the Consolidated Fund 
of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ire- 
land, for the maintenance and repair of Navigations 
made in connexion with Drainage in Ireland, and 
the payment of the Officers and Servants of the 
Trustees thereof. 

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. 


Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 


itself into the said Committee. 


Sir George Grey presented a Bill for transferring Church 


‘the Powers of the Church Building Commissioners Building Com- 
to the Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England: 


mission Bill. 


And the same was read the first time; and ordered Bill 185. 


to be read a second time upon Monday next; and 


to be printed. 


Viscount Palmerston presented a Bill to continue Corrupt 
the Corrupt Practices Prevention Act, 1854: And Practices Fre- 
the same was read the first time ; and ordered to be — 
read a second time upon Thursday next; and to be Bill 186. 
printed. 


Mr. Massey presented a Bill to render valid certain Coatham 
Marriages in the Church at Coatham, in the Parish va en 
of Kirk Leatham, in the County of York: And the ** ys a 
same was read the first time; and ordered to be Bill 187. 
read a second time upon Monday next; and to be 
printed. 


Mr. Wilson presented a Bill to carry into effect a Sardinian 
Convention respecting a Loan by Her Majesty to 10a Bill. 
the King of Sardinia: And the same was read the Bill 188. 
first time; and ordered to be read a second time this 
day; and to be printed. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee on the Court Court of 
of Chancery (Ireland) Bills have leave to make a Chancery 
Geese - $ (Ireland) Bills. 
Special Report. 

Ordered, That the Committee have Power to re- 
port their Opinion thereupon to the House, together 
with the Minutes of the Evidence taken before them. 


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, 20° die Junii ; 
Anno 20° Victoria Regine, 1856. 

PRAYERS. 

M R. Bonham Carter reported from the Select Public 
Committee on Public Petitions; That they Petitions 

had examined the Petitions presented upon the 16th, —— 
17th, 18th and 19th days of this instant June, and 
had directed him to make a Report thereof to the 
House. 

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


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Butterwick’s 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, ©**4*e Bil 
That in the case of Butterwick’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 Colne Valley 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Colne he 
Valley and Halstead 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. 
| NN4 he 














280 QO° Junie. A. 1856. 








aes The Birkenhead \mprovement Commissioners Bill; | Ordered, That the North Western Railway Bill, 
Commissioners Wi's read the third time ; and Amendments were made | as amended in Committee, be referred to the Exa- 
Bill. to the Bill. miners of Petitions for Private Bills, with Instruction 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. to examine and report whether the Standing Orders 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the | of the House have been complied with in relation 

Lords, and desire their concurrence. to the Amendments made in Committee :—That all 

Petitions complaining of non-compliance with the 

oe §£ Mein being made, That the Denny Junction | Standing Orders in relation to the said Amendments 


tion Railway 
Bill. 


Forest of Dean 


Central Rail- 
way Bill, 


Inverness 
and Aberdeen 
Junction 
Railway Bill. 


Scottish 
Central Rail- 
way Bill. 


Bournemouth 
Improvement 
and Pier Bill. 


Rhosydd 
Railway Bill. 





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-| Colonel Wilson Patten reported from the Select 
sent, as far as Her Majesty’s interest is concerned, Committee on Standing Orders, a Resolution ; which 
that the House may do therein as they shall think | was read, as followeth : 
fit. | That in the case of the Boston, Sleaford and 
Then the Bill was read the third time. Midland Counties Railway Amendment Petition, 
A Clause (Future contracts to be subject to the | the Standing Orders ought to be dispensed with; 
assent of shareholders and approval by the Board of that the Parties be permitted to proceed with their 
Trade), was thrice read; and added to the Bill. | Bill, provided that proof be given before the Com- 
Then Amendments were mace to the Bill. | mittee on the Bill of Notices having been given to 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. _all the Owners, Lessees and Occupiers of the lands 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the in respect of which the extension of time is sought 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. by the Bill. 
_ That the Committee on the Bill do report how 
A Motion being made, That the Forest of Dean far such order has been complied with on the Report 
Central Railway Bill be now read the third time; | the Bill. : 
Mr. FitzRoy, by Her Majesty’s Command, ac-| rhe said Resolution, being read a second time, 
quainted the House, That Her Majesty, having been | WS agreed to, 
informed of the purport of the Bill, gives Her Con- | 
sent, as far as Her Majesty's interest is concerned,! The House was moved, That the Report from the 
that the House may do therein as they shall think | Select Committee on Standing Orders in respect of 
fit. | the Petition for the Boston, Sleaford and Midland 
Then the Bill was read the third time ; and Amend- | Counties Railway Bill, might be read ; and the same 
ments were made to the Bill. being read ; 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. | Ordered, That leave be given to bring ina Bill 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the ; for amending the Boston, Sleaford and Midland 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. | Counties Railway Act, 1853: And that Mr. Francis 
| Berkeley aud Mr. Ingram do prepare, and bring 
The Inverness and Aberdeen Junction Railway Bill | 't ™- 
was read the third time. 
A Clause (Meeting how to be convened), 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. 


be referred to the Examiners, with Instruction to hear 
| Parties and their Agents and Witnesses thereupon. 


Petitions relating to Reyistration of Voters (Scot- 
land) Bill ;—Bible ;—Church Rates ;—Intoxicating 
Liquors ;—Lord’s Day ;— Maynooth Coilege Act ;— 
Tithe Commutation Rent-charge Bill ; — County 
Rates ;— Agricultural Statistics Bill ;— Decimal 
Coinage ;—Education (Ireland) ;—Education (Scot- 
land) Bill ;~-Grand Juries, &amp;c. (Ireland) Bill; —Hay 
and Straw Trade Biil;—Joint Stock Companies 
Winding-up Acts Amendment Bill ;—Medical Offi- 
cers of Unions ;—Mercantile Law Amendment Bill; 
— Mines ;— Parochial Schools (Scotland) Bill ;— 
Scotch and Irish Pauper Removals Bill;— and, 
Tenant Right (Jreland) Bill,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


The Scottish Central Railway 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 Bournemouth Improvement and Pier | 
Bill ; 

And a Motion beirg 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 | 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
a Return of the Sums paid by the Board of Health 
for the West of London and Westminster Cemetery, 
including the Cost of the Arbitration under which it 
was purchased, and the Costs of the Conveyance ; 
the Amounts received since its Purchase for Vaults, 
Graves, Burial Services, &amp;c., and the Amount of 
Salaries, Repairs and other Expenses during the 
‘ same Period ; also, the Regulations under which the 
Then the Bill was read the third time; and Amend- Cemetery is now conducted as to Interments in 
ments were made to the Bill. | Vaults, Graves or Catacombs, and the Tariff or 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the Prices charged for Interments or otherwise. 
Title be, An Act for the Improvement of part of the 
District of Saint Peter, Bournemouth, in the Pa-| Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
rishes of Christchurch and Holdenhurst, in the | to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
County of Southampton, and for providing a Pier | to give directions, that there be laid before this 
there. House, a Return from all Local Boards of ‘Health 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the | acting under the Public Health Act, 1848, showing 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. | the following Particulars : 

The Date of the Constitution of such Local 

The House proceeded to take into consideration! Boards of Health ; 
the Rhosydd Railway Bill, as amended in the Com-| The Population of the respective Districts of 
mittee. | such Local Boards of Health, according to the 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. Census of 1851, so far as can be ascertained ; 





he 











North Wes 
Railway = 


Standing 
Orders, 


Boston, 

Sleaford and 
idland Coun- 

ties Railway, 


Boston, 
Sleaford and 
Midland Coun- 
ties Railway, 


Public 
Petitions. 


Vide Forty- 
seventh Re- 
port. 


West Londor 
and Westmin- 
ster Cemetery. 


Local Boards 
of Health. 








stern 

sill, 

id 

pun- 

iy. 

d 

un. Leave of 
Absence. 

y. 
Highways 
(Metropolis. ) 

Ir 

n- 

ry. 
Gold 
(Australia, ) 

. 


Saint Sepul- 

ehre’s Manor 

(Dublin) Bill. 
Bill 189, 





90 Victoriz. 





The Amount of Money, if any, borrowed or 
otherwise raised on the Security of the several 
Rates or Revenues levied or received under the 
Authority of 

The Powers transferred to such Local 
Boards ; 

The Public Health Act, 1848, with the 
consent of the General Board of Health ; 

Acts of Parliament subsequently obtained 
by such Local Boards, with Dates of such 
Acts respectively ; 

The Amounts of outlay incurred, or now esti- 
mated to be incurred, in effecting and completing 
the several purposes in respect of which any such 
Monies shall have been borrowed or otherwise 
raised ; 

The Total Assessable Value of the Property 
upon which the several Rates are levied ; 

The Amount in the Pound sterling annually 
levied in respect of such purposes in the last 
financial year of each Local Board, and the Total 
Receipts arising from all such Rates ; 

The Total Income and Expenditure of each 
Local Board for such purposes ; 

And, the Total Amount in the Pound of all 
Rates levied in the last financial year of each 
Local Board. 

Ordered, That 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. Ellice have leave of absence 
for a month, on account of a domestic affliction. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return of the Length of Highways in the 
following Parishes, as far as it can be obtained, not 
being part of the Metropolis Roads; the Amount 
of the last Assessment to the Poor ; and the Amount 
of Rate in the Pound levied for Highway Rate 
during the last year:—Chiswick, Ealing, New 
Brentford, Isleworth, Twickenham, Teddington, 
Cranford, Heston, Hillingdon, Hayes, Norwood, 
Hanwell, Acton, Willesden, Harrow, Great Stan- 
more, Little Stanmore, Kingsbury, Bushey, Edge- 
ware, Hendon, Tottenham, Hornsey, Enfield, EKd- 
monton, Walthamstow, Layton, Woodford, Wanstead, 
Saint Margaret's and Saint John’s Westminster, 
Chelsea, Kensington, Saint George’s Hanover-square, 
Fulham, Hammersmith, Paddington, Hampstead, 


20° Junie. 


281 


on Transportation ; 


thereof to the House. 

And a Motion being made, That the Report be 
referred to the Committee of Supply ; 

Sir George Grey, by Her Majesty’s Command, 
acquainted the House, That Her Majesty, having 
been informed of the subject-matter of this Motion, 
recommends it to the consideration of the House. 
Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Supply ; and be printed. 


their Clerks, as followeth : 


turn of the Number of Causes presented to the 
House of Lords from the year 1835 to the year 
1855, both inclusive (distinguishing those from Scot- 
land), the Number at the coumencement of each 
Session, the Number decided, and the Number re- 
maining at the end of each Session, as desired by 
this House. 
Ordered, That the said Return be printed. 


to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Copy of any recent Memorials or other 
Communications to the Committee of Privy Council 
for Trade from Persons interested as Proprietors, 
Shipowners or otherwise, in the Coal Trade, with 
respect to the Establishment of an Office for Coal- 
whippers. 

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


the House this day, adjown till Monday next. 





Saint Marylebone, Saint Pancras, Islington, Clerk- 
enwell, Saint Luke’s, Saint Leonard’s Shoreditch, 
Stohe Newington, Hackney and Bethnal Green. 
Ordered, That 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 
Honse, a Return, as complete as can be furnished, 
of the Quantity of Gold exported from the several 
Ports in Australia in each year, from the com- 


mencement of the Gold Discoveries to the end of 


the year 1855, and specifying to what Countries 
such Exports have been made. 

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


Colonel Taylor reported from the Select Com- 
mittee on the Saint Sepulchre’s Manor (Dublin) 
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, as amended, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a Com- | not be Inmates of Workhouses, or of any Schools 
mittee of the whole House, for Monday next. 
Vou. 111, 


Address to Her Majesty, dated the 4th day of this 
instant June, for Copy of any Regulations for the 
Navigation of the River Po, made by the Authority 
of the River-bordering States, according to the Pro- 
Vienna. 

Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 


| Table. 


L 


visions of the ninety-sixth Article of the Treaty of 


Mr. Baines reported from the Select Committee Transporta- 
That they had taken further tion — 
Evidence on the matters to them referred, which gus) 


they had agreed to report to the House. No, 296. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 
Mr. Peel reported from the Select Committee on Militia 
Militia Estimates; That they had prepared the said Estimates. 
Estimates; and directed him to make a Report No. 297. 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That a Mes- Message from 
sage had been brought from the Lords, by one of the Lords. 


The Lords communicate to this House,—A Re- Appeals 
' (House of 
ords.) 


No. 298. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Coalwhippers 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased Office. 


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


Viscount Palmerston presented,—Return to. an River Po. 


| Mr. Osborne presented,—Return to an Order, Mersey 
| dated the 13th day of this instant June, for a Copy Conservancy. 


of Report of Mr. James Walker, Civil Engineer, 
| dated the 18th day of December 1855, to the Acting 
Conservator of the River Mersey, on the effects of 


‘the New North River Line of the Liverpool Docks 
(on the Cheshire Shore, with Abstract Notes of Evi- 
dence and Plan accompanying the same. 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Pauper 


| Return 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 


for Pauper Children, on the 1st day of July 1856 ;’ 
00 distinguishing 


















282 90° Juniz. A. 1856. 


distinguishing the Number of such Children who! Another Clause was offered to be added to the 
shall then be attending Day Schools: 1. At the | Bill (Persons obtaining Scholarships not to sub- 
Cost of their Parents or Relatives; 2. At the Cost | scribe any declaration) :—And the said Clause was 
of the Poor Rates ; 3. At the Cost of other Parties ; | brought up, and read the first time. 

4. The Number of such Children who shall then And a Motion being made, and the Question 
not be attending any Day School; and also, 5.| being put, That the said Clause be now read a 
Those who shall then be in Work : second time; 





The House divided. 
The Number of Children of the Ages of The Yeas to the Right; 


| Serr The Noes to the Left. 











- - nN o ba ee) 
ieiahe cigie¢iMlcle {l= Tellers for the { Mr. Heywood, 1132 
ih ~io;» r x P . . _ ° 
Si BiB 5 FS SIZIZIZIE = Yeas, i Mr. John George Phillimore. | 
Ccassrs or CHILDREN. (§,5/&amp; 5 5/5 (5 = ton le peo (Pant Tellers for the { Mr. Wigram, lios 
as 7c c ' 7 . “sys e 
[EBEIE EZ EE se sys &amp; Noes, \Sir William Heathcote:  f 
n ” nn " ° ° . ° 
| pele E ELSE Sléisisis So it was resolved in the Affirmative :—The said 
Sh Rm Rm ele m1 | &amp; | Clause was accordingly read a second time, and 
| — -_- ON oF | ° . 
alsie ein jefe (si=(= 15 (5 | added to the Bill. 
rer | _ | | Another Clause was offered to be added to the 
° ne umber of Children who | . . * 8 + . . x 
warn attnuiiieg Say Gohesie | | | _ Bill (Dec laration on obtaining a Fellowship) :—And 
at the Cost of their Parents | | the said Clause was brought up, and read the first 
or Sr el the Ist day | | time. 
of Ju 5) - ° ° | | ° . . 
ce | {| A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 

9 y "bilder | * e 

a. ‘The enter of Canin whe | | posed, ‘That the said Clause be now read a second 
were attending Day Schools | { | \f, ° . . 
at the Cost of the Poor Rates | | | | time :—And the said Motivun and Clause were seve- 
on the Ist day of July 1856 - | rally, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 

3. The Number of Children who Another Ciause was offered to be added to the 
were attending Day Schools | Bill (Governing body of Colleges t re a For 
at the Cost of other Partics | I (GOV erning OUy oO ; Oo eges 0 prepare a brorm 
on the Ist day of July 1856* | | of Prayer) :—And the said Clause was brought up, 

4. The Number of Children who | j and read the first time. 

a ae wpe A | A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
ft posed, ‘That the said Clause be now read a second 

5. The Number of Children who : . . 
iia oa time :—And the said Motion and Clause were seve- 

rally, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 
Dated this day of 1856. 


* This class will comprehend children attending Charity or Free Schools, for whose 


An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 


instruction no payments are made by their parents or relatives. Bill, in p. 7; I, 18, by inserting, at the commence- 


Caledonian 
Canal. 


No, 299. 


Wexiord 
Harbour. 


No. 300. 


Greenwich 
Hospital. 
No, 301. 


Sale of Lands 
(Treland. ) 


No. 302. 


Militia, 
No. 303. 


Cambridge 
University 
Bill. 


ment of Clause 27, the words ‘ for promoting the 
The following Paper, pursuant to the directions , “ interests of religion and learning, and the main 
of several Acts of Parliament, was laid upon the | “ designs of founders and donors.” 
Table by the Clerk of the House,—Fifty-first Report And the Question being proposed, That those 
of the Commissioners for making and maintaining | words be there inserted: —‘I'he said proposed 
the Caledonian Canal. Amendment was, with leave of the House, with- 
| drawn. 
Ordered, That the Return relative to Wexford | hen an Amendment was made to the Bill. 


Harbour, which was presented upon the 19th day | Another Amendment was proposed to be made to 
of this instant June, be printed. | the Bill, in p. 8, |. 24, by inserting after the word 


| &amp; Colleoe”’ the words “ or of Jesus Collece.’’ 
; |“ College” the words “ or of Jesus College. 
— : ee ee ) : : 5 
H we gem the Return = , | And the Question being put, That those words 
ospital, which was presented upon the 19th day | be there inserted ; 


of this instant June, be printed. | The House divided. 
Ordered, That the Return relative to Sale of! The Yeas to the Right ; 
Lands (Jreland), which was presented upon the 19th | The Noes to the Left. 
day of this instant June, be printed. | Tellers for thef Mr. Wigram, 1 61 
; ; Yeas, Mr. Stafford ; ; 
Ordered, That the Return relative to the Number! Tellers for the{The Earl of Mulgrave, is 
of Men in the Militia who refused to be re-attested, | Noes, UMr. Hayter : ae 


which was presented upon the 22d day of May last,| So it passed in the Negative. 
be printed. | Then other Amendments were made to the Bill. 


Another Amendment was proposed to be made to 

The House, according to Order, proceeded to | the Bill, in p. 15,1. 39, by leaving out the word 
take into consideration the Cambridge University |“ any,” and inserting the word “ the,” instead 
Bill, as amended in the Committee. | thereof. 

A Clause was offered to be added to the Bill} And the Question being put, That the word “any ” 
(Statutes made by the Commissioners to be laid | stand part of the Bill; 
before the Council of the Senate before the-same| The House divided. 
are submitted to Her Majesty):—And the said) The Yeas to the Right ; 


Clause was brought up, and read the first time. The Noes to the Left. : 

A Motion was made, and the Question was pro-| Tellers for the f Mr, Hayter, iF 18. 
posed, That the said Clause be now read a second | Yeas, (The Earl of Mulgrave: J 
time :—And the said Motion and Clause were seve-; Tellers for thef Mr. Wigram, ay 41 
rally, with leave of the House, withdrawn. Noes, UMr. Walpoie: ow 


Another Clause was offered to be added to the| 50 it was resolved in the Affirmative. 


Bill (To provide against the introduction of anynew! Another Amendment was proposed to be made to 

religious test, &amp;c.):—And the said Clause was|the Bill, in p. 16,1. 5, by leaving out the words 

brought up, and read the first time. “entitle him to be or to become a Member of the 

A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- | “ Senate or.” 

posed, That the said Clause be now read a second And the Question being put, That the words 

time :—And the said Motion and Clause were seve- | proposed to be left out stand part of the Bill ; 

rally, with leave of the House, withdrawn. The House divided, - 
e 


Lunatic Asy- 


jums (Ireland) 


(No. 2) Bill. 
Bill 191. 


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The Yeas to the Right; 
The Noes to the Left. 


Tellers for the Mr. Hayter, 1 60 
Yeas, (The Earl of Mulgrave : oo 
Tellers for the { Mr. Fleywood, 1 4 
Noes, (Sir William Clay : 


So it passed in the Negative. 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made to 
the Bill, in p. 16, 1. 10, by inserting after the word 
“ qualifications” the words “and the duties of 
“ which office are ecclesiastical, and limited to the 
“jinculcation of the doctrinal formularies of the 
“ United Church of England and Ireland.” 

And the Question being proposed, That those 
words be there inserted: —The said proposed 
Amendment was, with leave of the House, with- 
drawn. 

Then another Amendment was made to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon 
Monday next ; and be printed. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on the Lunatic Asylums (reland) 
(No. 2) Bill. 


(In the Committee.) 


Preamble postponed. 

Crausss, N° 1 and N° 2, agreed to. 

Cuiause, N° 3 (Appointment of officers for asy- 
lums heretofore made to be valid). 

Amendment proposed, in p. 2,1. 18: After the word 
“ Asylums” to insert the words “ save and except 
“ all such appointments as have been decided by the 
“ Court of Queen’s Bench to have been illegal.” 

Question put, That those words be there inserted ; 

The Committee divided. 

Tellers for the {Colonel Dunne, 


‘ L 82 

Yeas, (Mr. Bland: » Boas 
Tellers for the fMr. Hayter, j on 
Noes, \The Earl of Mulgrave: J °" 


- Amendments made. 

Another Amendment proposed, at the end of the 
Clause: To add the words “ if the Lord Lieutenant 
“ shall think proper.” 

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

Clause, as amended, agreed to. 

Cuiausss, N° 4 and N® 5, amended, and agreed 
to. 

Crause, N° 6, agreed to. 

Criaust, N° 7 (Manager, matron and physician 
appointed by Lord Lieutenant). 

Amendment proposed, in p. 2, 1. 37: After the 
word “ matron”’ to insert the word “ chaplains.” 

Question proposed, That the word “ chaplains” be 
there inserted :—Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 

Question, That the Clause stand part of the Bill 
—— put, and negatived. | 

Crausss, N° &amp; and N° 9, amended, and agreed 
to. 


Crauses, N° 10 to N° 13, agreed to. 
Preamble amended, and agreed to. 


Bill as amended, to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; and Mr. Fitz Roy 
ean That the Committee had gone through the 
il. 
Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration upon Tuesday 
next ; and be printed. 


The Peace Preservation (Jreland) Bill was, ac- 
cording to Order, read the third time. 
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 


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| Amendments this House doth desire the concurrence 
| of their Lordships. 
| The Order of the day being read, for resuming the 
adjourned Debate on the Amendment which, upon 
the 6th day of this instant June, was proposed to be 
| made to the Question, That the Joint Stock Companies 
_Winding-up Acts Amendment 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 House having continued to sit till after 
Twelve of the clock on Saturday morning ; 

Sabbati, 21° die Junii, 1856: 

And the Question being put ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right ; 

The Noes to the left. 

Tellers for thef Mr. Malins, lige 

Yeas, (Mr. Spooner : | ices 

Tellers for the f Mr. Seymour Fitzgerald, } 77 

Noes, UMr. Hume : . 

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 Order of the day being read, for the second 
| reading of the Agricultural Statistics 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 Hospitals (Dubdin) Bill ; 
| _ Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Tuesday next, at Twelve o'clock. 





The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
| mittee on the Juvenile Offenders (/reland) Bill ; 
| Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 
| resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Mr. FitzRoy reported from the Committee of 
Supply, several Resolutions; which were read, as 
follow : 


already voted, on account), towards defraying the 
Charge of the Civil Establishments at Home and 
Abroad, Salaries, Allowances and Contingencies, 
which will come in course of payment from the Ist 
day of April 1856 to the 31st day of March 1857 
| inclusive. 

2. That a Sum, not exceeding £.10, be granted 
to Her Majesty (in addition to the Sum of £.450,000 
already voted, on account), towards defraying the 
| Charge of the Wages of Artificers, Labourers and 
| others, employed at Home and Abroad, which will 
come in course of payment from the 1st day of April 
1856 to the 31st day of March 1857, inclusive. 


Charge of the Supplies of Clothing, Barrack Furni- 
ture, &amp;c., Provisions, Forage, Fuel and Light, which 
will come in course of payment from the Ist day 
- April 1856 to the 31st day of March 1857, in- 
clusive. 


to Her Majesty (in addition to the Sum of £.2,500,000 
already voted, on account), towards defraying the 
Charge of Stores for Land and Sea Service, which 
will.come in course of payment from the Ist day of 





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April 1856 to the 31st ay of March 1857, inclusive. 
002 5. That 





Joint Stock 
Companies 
Winding-up 
Acts Amend- 
ment Bill. 


Agricultural 
Statistics Bill. 


Hospitals 
(Dublin) Bill. 


Juvenile 
Offenders 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Supply. 


1. That a Sum, not exceeding £.10, be granted Civil Esta- 
to Her Majesty (in addition to the Sum of £.450,000 Plishments. 


Wages of 
Artificers, &amp;c. 


|__3. That a Sum, not exceeding £.10, be granied to Clothing, 
| Her Majesty (in addition to the Sum of £.4,000,000 Barrack Fur- 
| already voted, on account), towards defraying the ™"® 


&amp;c. 


4. That a Sum, not exceeding £.10, be granted Stores. 





















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Works, 5, That a Sum, not exceeding £,.45,000, be 
7 granted to Her Majesty (in addition to the Sum of 
£.1,794,069, already voted, on account), towards 
defraying the Charge of Works, Buildings and Re- 
pairs, at Home and Abroad, which will come in 
course of payment from the 1st day of April 1856 to 
the 31st day of March 1857, inclusive. 
Educational 6. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 38,404, be 
= Scientific oranted to Her Majesty (in addition to the Sum of 
ranches. 5 
£. 200,000 already voted, on account), towards de- 
fraying the Charge of the Educational and Scientific | 
Branches, which will come m course of payment; 
from the 1st day of April 1856 to the 31st day of 
March 1857, inclusive. 
Education 7. That a Sum, not exceeding £.1,500, be granted 
= to Her Majesty, for defraying the Charge of the 
. vratuitous Education of ‘'wenty Queen’s Cadets, the | 
Sons of Officers who have died on Service, and have 
left their families in reduced circumstances, which 
will come in course of payment from the Ist day of | 
April 1856 to the 31st day of March 1857, inclusive. 
The said Resolutions, being read a second time, | 
were agreed to. 
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. 
Drainage The House, according to Order, resolved itself’ 
(Ireland) 


poe into a Committee on Drawage (Jreland) [Advances.] 


(In the Committee.) 


Resolved, That the Commissioners of Her Ma- 
jesty’s Treasury of the United Kingdom of Great | 
Britain and Ireland be authorized to direct the | 
advance of sums out of the Consolidated Fund of| 
the said United Kingdom, for making Loans for the 
maintenance and repair of Navigations made in 
connexion with Drainage in Jreland, and the pay- 
ment of the officers and servants of the Trustees | 
thereof; such advances to be made under the pro-| 
visions of any Act to be passed in the present Ses- | 
sion relating to Drainage in Jreland. 

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 received upon Mon- 
day next. 


The Sardinian Loan Bill was, according to Order, 
read a second time ; and committed to a Committee 
of the whole House, for Monday next. 


Sardinian 
Loan Bill. 


Dublin The Order of the day being read, for resuming 

Metropolitan the adjourned Debate on the Amendment which, 

Police Bill. upon the 9th day of this instant June, was proposed 
to be made to the Question, That the Dudlin Me- 
tropolitan Police Bill be now read a second time; 

Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 

till Friday next. 

Education The Order of the day being read, for resuming 

(Scotland) = the adjourned Debate on the Question proposed upon 

Bill. the 2d day of this instant June, That the Education 
(Scotland) Bill be now read a second time ; 

Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 

till Friday next. 

Vice-President The Order of the day being read, for the second 

of Committee yeading of the Vios-Beoddeet of Committee of 

——— °° Council on Education Bill; 

Bill Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Thursday next. 

Poor Law The Order of the day being read, for taking into 

ndment i i 
je 4) Bill consideration the Poor Law Amendment (Scotland) 


* Bill, as amended in the Committee ; 


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' Bill; 














A. 1856. 


Ordered, That the Bill be taken into consideration 
upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Ways ana 
mittee of Ways and Means ; Means, 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Parochial 
mittee on the Parochial Schools (Scotland) Bill; Schools (Scot 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday land) Bill 
next, at Twelve o’clock, resolve itself into the said 

Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third Grand Jury 
reading of the Grand Jury Assessments (Jreland) Assessments 
Bill: (Ireland) Bill, 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon 
Thursday next, at Twelve o’clock. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Smoke Nui- 
into a Committee on the Smoke Nuisance Abate- sance Abate- 


' 5 t() 
ment (Metropolis) Act, 1853, Amendment Bill. mo 
(In the Committee.) ee a 


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 Biil. 

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 Juries (Ire. 
the adjourned Debate on the Amendment which, land) Bill, 
upon the 24th day of April last, was proposed to 
be made to the Question, That the Juries (Jreland) 

Bill be now read a second time ; 

Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 

till Friday next. 


Bankruptcy 
and Insolvency 
(Ireland) Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Bankruptcy and Insolvency (Jreland) 


Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Friday next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Seamen's ” 
into a Committee on the Seamen’s Savings Banks Pay'"®* - 4 
Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. d 
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. 


Deeds (Scot- 


The Order of the day being read, for the second land) Bill. 


reading of the Deeds (Scotland) 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 Courts of Common Law (Jreland) 
Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Tuesday next, 
at Twelve o'clock, resolve itself into the said Com- 
mittee. 


Courts of 
Common Law 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Church Rates 


The Order of the day woe | read, for the Com- i 


mittee on the Church Rates 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- 
mittee on the Formation, &amp;c. of Parishes Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Tuesday 
the 1st day of July next, at Twelve o'clock, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. ie 


Formation, &amp; 
of Parishes 








COt- 


Bill, 


ie 
tee 


nd- 


ancy 
Bill, 


inks 


It- 


Aw 


Bill. 





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peellings for The House, according to Order, proceeded to | 
Jabouring — take into consideration the Dwellings for Labouring 
Cun Classes (Jreland) Bill, as amended in the Committee ; 
“7 192, 2d Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon 

Friday next; and be printed. 

Dissenters’ The House, according to Order, proceede to 
Marriages = take into consideration the Dissenters’ Marriages 


Bill Bill, as amended in the Committee. 

A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That this House do now adjourn :—And the 
said Motion was, with leave of the House, with- 
drawn. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into further consideration upon 
Tuesday next. 


Gaols, &amp;c. The Order of the day being read, for the second 
Bill. reading of the Gaols, &amp;c. Bill; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Wednesday next. 


The Order for reading a second time, upon Mon- 
day next, the Hay and Stra'w Trade Bili, was read, 
and discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Tuesday next. 


Hay and Straw 
Trade Bill. 








Barrack Resolved, That an humble Address be presented to 
‘ieland.) Jer Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased to 
_— give directions, that there be laid before this House, 
a Return showing the Names of the Barrack Masters 
and of all other Officers employed in the Manage- 
ment and Supervision of Barracks in Jreland ; the 
Dates of their Appointment, Rank in the Army, and 
Pay respectively ; also any subsequent Promotion 
of any of these Barrack Masters or other Officers ; 
the Dates of such Promotion, and Increase of | 
Salary consequent thereupon, and theSaiary attached | 
to each Station ; and the Number of Men occupying | 
the Barracks in each such Station on the 1st January | 
last :—Also, showing the Number of Barrack Sta- 
tions which have been reduced in Jreland within 
the last Two years. 
Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty, by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty's Most honourable Privy Council. 
Intestates’ Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
— for the uniform Administration of Intestates’ Es-' 
; tates: And that Mr. Locke King and Mr. Headlam 
do prepare, and bring it in. 
Metropolis Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
ae amend the Act of the last Session of Parliament, 
Amendment Chapter One hundred and twenty, for the better 
(No. 2.) Local Management of the Metropolis: And that 
Sir Benjamin Hall and Mr. Attorney General do 
prepare, and bring it in. 
Tntestates’ Mr. Locke King presented a Bill for the uniform 
ne Administration of Intestates’ Estates: And the same 
Bill 193, was read the first time; and ordered to be read 
‘a second time upon Tuesday next; and to be 
printed, 
tropolis Sir Benjamin Hall presented a Bill to amend the 
ment Act © Act of the last Session of Parliament, chapter One 


ane hundred and twenty, for the better Local Manage- 
(No, 2) Bill, 
Bill 194, 


ment of the Metropolis: And the same was read 
the first time ; and ordered to be read a second 
time upon Friday next; and to be printed. 


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


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-Vou. 111. 


Lune, 28° die Junii; 
Anno 20° Victorie Regine, 1856. 


PRAYERS. 
R. FitzRoy reported Dawson's Estate Bill, Dawson's 
I without Amendment. Estate Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Mr. £itzRoy reported Ingham’s Estate Bill, Ingham’s 
without Amendment. ete EE, 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Ordered, That the Luton District Road Bill be Luton District 
laid aside. Road Bill. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Luton District 
to amend certain Acts relating to the Luton District Road (No. 2.) 
Turnpike-road, and make other Provisions in lieu 
thereof: And that Mr. Hastings Russell and Colonel 
Gilpin do prepare, and bring it in. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration West Ham 
the Amendment made by the Lords to the West &amp;8 Bill 
Ham Gas Bill; and the same was twice read, and 
greed 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 East Indian Railway Company Bill was read East Indian 
the third time. Sunea 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 Isle of Wight Isle ae on 
Steam Bridge and Approaches Bill be now read the gn approaches 
third time; Bill. 

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 (Exemption of master of fishing or 
pleasure boats), 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. 


Ordered, That the Nawab of Surat Treaty Bill ati 
be read the third time To-morrow. Bi reaty 


The Severn Navigation Improvement Commission Severn 


Bill was read the third time. Fe mel 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. Galuaienien 


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


The Waveney Valley Railway Bill was read the Waveney | 
third time. a 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Wimbledon and Croydon Railway Bill was Wimbledon 
read the third time. pee 
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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286 23° Junie. A. 1856. 


Dunblane, The House proceeded to take into consideration Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from North Western 
Doune and the Dunblane, Doune and Callander Railway Bill, one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, Railway Bin, 
Railway Bil. as amended in the Committee ; and Amendments | in respect of non-compliance with the Standing Or- 
were made to the Bill. ; ‘ders in the case of the Amendments made in the Pe 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. | Committee on the North Western Railway Bill. . 
| Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Select 
‘Committee on Standing Orders. 






































































Perth, Almond The House, according to Order, proceeded to, 
Valley and ~~ take into consideration the Perth, Almond Valley | 


Methven Rail- Shean SMM ann saeeauaeiinade 8 _| Ordered, That there be laid before this House, King’s Inns 
way Bill. a Railway Bill, as amended in the Com ia Return of the Amount of all Monies received by (Dublin. ) Ni 
fo , , oe the Honourable Society of the King’s Inns, Dublin St 
The » Bil re ‘d time. r ; ’ ’ 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third ¢ in each year since the 30th day of June 1839 to the . 


| present time, from Students at Law, with a State- 
Earlof Perth The Order of the day being read, for the Com-| ment of the manner in which the same has been 
and Melfort’s mittee on the Petition for the Earl of Perth and | expended :—Like Return of all Sums received by 


Compensation. Melfort’s Compensation Bill ; | the said Society on the Admission of Barristers, with 
Resolved, That this House wi!l, To-morrow, re- ,2 Statement of the Expenditure of the same :—Like 
solve itself into the said Committee. Return of all Sums received by the said Society 


‘from Attorneys’ Apprentices, and of the Expenditure 
_of the same :— Like Return of all Sums received by 
Stirling and Mr. Egerton reported from the Committee on | the said Society on the Admission of Attorneys, and 
Dunfermline Group 14 of Railway Bills; That in the case of the. of the Expenditure of the same :—Like Return of 
ney ee Stirling and Dunfermline Railway Bill, they had j all Sums received by the said Society from the 
examined the allegations contained in the Preamble | Stamp Office, being a portion of the Stamp Duty 
of the Bill, and amended the same, by striking out | received on Attorneys’ Indentures, and of the Ex- 
the words “ according to the Provisions of the said | penditure of the same :—Like Return in Detail of 
“recited Acts” inl. 10, and by striking out the! the Expenditure made by the said Society, since 
words “ such additional expenditure” in 1. 15, and|the year 1793 to the present time, in building 
by inserting instead thereof the words “ the debts! Chambers for the Attorneys of Jreland :—And, like 
“and liabilities of,” and by inserting after the word | Return in Detail of the Expenditure made by the 
“ Company,” in |. 16, the word “they,” the Com-_ said Society under any other Head, from the year 
mittee being of opinion that these alterations were | 1793 to the present time, for the exclusive use or 
expedient ; and found the same, as amended, to be | benefit of the Attorneys of Ireland. | 
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, Colonel Robert 
Copies of all Papers and Correspondence that has Frith. 
passed between the East India Company, the Go- 

vernment of India, and the King of Oude, relating 
Honiton and The House proceeded to take into consideration , to the Claim of Colonel Robert Frith on the Go- 
Sidmouth = the Amendment made by the Lords to the Honiton | vernment of Oude. 
a and Sidmouth Road Bill; and the same was twice | 
read, and agreed to. | Ordered, That the Select Committee on Civil Civil Service 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the | Service Estimates, Class 7, have Power to report Estimates, 


Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House hath | their Observations thereupon to the House, together y 
agreed to the Amendment made by their Lord- | with the Minutes of the Evidence taken before “°°” 





ships. ‘them. 
Mr. Lloyd Davies reported from the said Select 
Boston, A Bill for amending the Boston, Sleaford and Committee; That they had considered the matter 


Sleaford and Midland Counties Railway Act, 1853, was read the to them referred, and directed him to make a Report 


Midland Coun- , 0, je . . | thereof to the House, tcgether with the Minutes of 
ties Railway first time ; and ordered to be read a second time. | too: Mihteenntelions a et 
Bill. . co mn 

; Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
Public Petitions relating to the Ballot ;—Registration of | and be printed. 


Petitions. Voters (Scotland) Bill; — Bible ;—Church Rates | 
Vide Forty- Abolition Bill ;—Maynooth College Act ;—Fire In-| The following Papers were laid upon the Table by Draftsmen of 
seventh Re- — surance ;—Wine ;—Agricultural Statistics Bill;— | the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, dated P rae 
pass. County Courts ;—Decimal Coinage ;— Dudlin Me- | the 28th day of April last, for a Return of the Sum” 
tropolitan Police Bill;—Grand Juries, &amp;c, (Zreland) | Total of all Monies paid or allotted to Drafismen 
Bill ;—Imprisonment for Debt ;—Juvenile Offenders | by the several Public Departments, during the year 
(Ireland) Bill;—Medical Officers of Unions ;— | 1855, for drafting or settling the Drafts of Parlia- 
Medical Profession Bill ;—Mercantile Law Amend-| mentary Bills; and, in case such Drafisman is a 
ment Bill; — Nuisances Removal, &amp;e. (Scotland) | Member of or employed under any Commission, 
(No. 2) Bill;—Parochial Schools (Scotland) Bill; | the Name of such Draftsman, and the Amount re- 
—Poor Law ;—Poor Law Amendment Bill ;—Poor | ceived by him. 
Law Amendment (Scot/and) Bill; — Procedure| Return to an Order, dated the 2d day of this Cathedral 
before Justices (Scot/and) Bill;—Pubiic Health | instant June, for a Return from the Ecclesiastical #%4 © 
Bill;—Scotch and Jrish Pauper Removals Bill ;— | Commissioners for England of every Payment made 
Sound Dues; — Tenant Right (Jreland) Bill; —|to them since the 20th day of January 1855, on 
Vaccination Bill;—Wee Pawns, &amp;c. (Scotland) ;— | account of any Suspended Stalls in the Cathedral 
anc, Wills and Admmistrations Bill,—were pre- | and Collegiate Churches of England and Wales (in 
, sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the |continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 44, of 
Table. | Session 1855). 
A Petition relating to the Local Dues on Shipping | Return to an Order, dated the 2d day of this in- Chapters. 
Bill, was also presented, and read; and referred to| stant June, for a Return from the Ecclesiastical 
the Select Committee on Local Charges upon Ship- | Commissioners for England of the Grants or Re- 
ping. ductions allowed by them since the 1st day of 
Petitions relating to the Rating of Mines Bill,— | March 1855, to the several Chapters of England 
were also presented, and read; and referred to the| and Wales, to pay Substitutes for performing addi- 
Select Committee on Rating of Mines. tional Duties cast upon them by the Suspension of 
Canonries ; 














Poor Relief. 


Nawab of 
Surat Treaty, 
&amp;e. 

No. 305. 


British 
Fisheries. 


Turnpike 
Trusts (Ire- 
land.) 


Highways. 


Mersey 
Conservancy. 
No. 306, 


rainage 
(Ireland) 
[Advances.] 


Sardinian 
Loan Bill, 


Drainage 
(Ireland) Bill 





* mittee on the Drainage (Zreland) Bill ; 








: 3 oO ee y 
20 Vicrortiz. 23° Juni. 287 
Canonries ; with the Names of the Persons who, as ; Motion relative to National Education (Jreland), re- 
such Substitutes, have received such Grants (in con-! solve itself into the said Committee. 

tinuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 147, of Ses-_ 
sion 1855). 
—. ~ pa orc Fina a ‘consideration the Registration of Voters (Scot/and) 
pes ? —o a ount | Bill, as amended in the Committee ; 


expended for the Relief of the Poor during the | Ordered, That the Bill be taken into consideration 


youre ended ot Lasy-dey 1064 smd 1868; together | after the Notice of Motion relative to National Edu- 
with the Cost per Head on the Population in Fifty |... 
cation (Jreland). 


of the principal Towns in England and Wales. 
Retura to an Order, dated the 17th day of this 
instant June, for Copies of Treaty entered into in| , ay 
1759 between Nawab Moinedien Khan and Mr. | mittee on the Court of Exchequer (Scotland) Bill ; 
Spencer on the part of the British Government :— | Resolved, That this House will, after the Notice o 
Of Draft Agreement, dated the 1st day of September | Motion relative to National Education (Ireland), re- 
1798, between His Highness Coimuddowlah Meer | $°lve itself into the said Committee. 
Nizam Uddien Khan Bahader, the Nawab of Surat, 
of the one part, and Daniel Seton, Esquire, on behalf 
of the East India Company, of the other part :—Of 
J.etter from the Government Agent to the Secretary 
of the Government of Bombay, dated Surat, the 22d 
day of March 1830, and the Enclosure sent there- 
with :—Of Letter from C. Norris, Esquire, Secre- 
tary to the Government of Bombay, in answer 
thereto, dated November 1830 :—Of Letter from | 
the Nawabs of Baroda and Surat, forwarding an 
Agreement between them for the Succession of the 
Son of the former to the Dignity and Pension of the 
latter, and the Answer from the Government there- 
to:—And, of Letter from Jafur Alee to W. C. 
Andrews, dated the 14th day of December 1847, 
with Translation of a General Declaration of the | 
Nobility and Gentry of Hindostan. - ; ; 
The vl owing Fim, pursuant to the directions of  Mittee on. the Nuisances Removal, &amp;c. (Scotland) 
an Act of Parliament, was also laid upon the Table | (No. 2) Bill; ' PF — ‘ 
by the Clerk of the House,—Copy of Report of the | Resolved, T hat this House will, after the Notice of 
Commissioners of British Fisheries for the year | Motion relative to National Education (Lreland), re- 
ended 31st December 1855, being Fishing, 1855. | solve itself into the said Committee. 
Ordered, That the Return relative to the Nawab | 
of Surat Treaty, &amp;c., be printed. | - 
| mittee on the Burial-grounds (/reland) Bill ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Registration 
of Voters 
(Scotland) Bill. 


Court of 
Exchequer 
f (Scotland) Bill. 


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


second Leases and 
Secon sales of Settled 
Estates Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the 
reading of the Leases and Sales of Settled Estates 
Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
after the Notice of Motion relative to National Edu- 
cation (Jreland). 





The Order of the day being read, for the second ——_ rg 
a of the County Courts Acts Amendment ——a 4 
ill ; 
| Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
after the Notice of Motion relative to National Edu- 
cation (Ireland). 





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

‘ Removal, &amp;c. 
(Scotland) 
(No. 2) Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Burial- 
: grounds (Ire- 
land) Bill. 
Mr. Massey presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- | 
mand,—Copy of Report of the Commissioner ap- 
pointed to inquire into the Turnpike Trusts (Jreland),| 
1856, with Notes of Evidence | The Order of the day being read, for the second Poor Law 
’ 4 . | onal £ the Poor L Agnendene No. 2) Bill: Amendment 
Mr. Massey also presented,—Return to an Address | teading of the Foor Law Amenc ment (No. 2) Bill; (No. 2) Bill. 
to Her Majesty, dated the 16th day of this instant Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
June, for a Return showing the particulars of the | after the Notice of Motion relative to National Edu- 
Receipts and Expenditure on account of the High- | cation (dreland). 
ways m each County of England and Wales for the | 
year ending the 25th day of March 1854, made out | The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Medical 
in the Form required by the Act 12 &amp; 13 Vic. ¢. 35 ;| mittee on the Medical Profession Bill; — 
distinguishing Cities, Boroughs, Towns, Boards of | Resolved, That this House will, after the Notice of ~ 
Health, and Places under Local Acts from the ordinary | Motion relative to National Education (Ireland), re- 
Highways. | solve itself into the said Committee. 
Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the | 
Table. 
| 





The Order of the day being read, for the Com- — 
| mittee on the Vaccination Bill; ; 
Resolved, ‘That this House will, To-morrow, re- 

| solve itself into the said Committee. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Mersey 
Conservancy, which was presented upon the 20th 
day of this mstant June, be printed. 





| 


| 
- The Order of the day being read, for the second Burial Acts 
The Order of the day being read, for receiving | reading of the Burial Acts Amendment Bill ;  ,aane 
the Report from the Committee on Drainage (Jre-| Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
land) [Advances] : _ after the Notice of Motion relative to National Edu- 
; Ordered, That the Report be received after the | cation (Jreland). 
Notice of Motion relative to National Education | 
(Ureland}. | ‘The Order of the day being read, for the second Church 
: Building 
P ‘ Commission 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time pijqi, 
after the Notice of Motion relative to National Edu- 


cation (Ireland). 


: | reading of the Church Building Commission Bill ; 
The Order of the day being read, for the Com- | 
mittee on the Sardinian Loan Bill ; 
Resolved, That this House will, after the Notice of 
Motion relative to National Education (Jreland), re- 


solve itself into the said Committee. The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Prisons (Ire- 


mittee on the Prisons (Jreland) Bill; land) Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, after the Notice of 

Motion relative to National Education (/reland), re- 

solve itself into the said Committee. 

O04 


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


Resolved, That this House will, after the Notice of 
Vou. 111, 





The 











Saint Sepul- 
chre’s Manor 
(Dublin) Bill. 


Appellate 
Jurisdiction 
(House of 
Lords) Bill. 


Wills and 
Aduninistra- 
tions Bill. 


Coatham * 
Marriages 


Validity Bill. 


Cambridge 
University 
Bill. 


Joint Stock 
Companies 
Winding-up 
Acts Amend. 
ment Biil. 


Supply. 


Poor Law 
Amendment 
(Scotland) Bill, 


Ways and 
Meaus. 


Smoke Nui- 
sance Abate- 
ment (Metro- 
polis) Act, 
1855, Amend. 
ment Bill. 


*Scamen's 
Savings Banks 
Bill. 


Deeds ( Scot- 
land) Bill. 


Testamentary 
and Matri- 
monial Juris- 
diction Bill. 


288 


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


93° Junie. 


A. 1856. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 


mittee on the Saint Sepulchre’s Manor (Dublin) | after the Notice of Motion relative to National Edu- 


Bill ; 
Resolved, That this House will, after the Notice of 


Motion relative to National Education ([reland), re- | 


solve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Appellate Jurisdiction (House of 
Lords) Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
after the Notice of Motion relative to National Edu- 
cation (Ireland). 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Wills and Administrations Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be 
after the Notice of Motion relative to National Edu- 
cation (Jreland). 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Coatham Marriages Validity Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 


ration (Ireland). 


The Order of the dav being read, for the third 
reading of the Cambridge University Bill ; 

Ordered, That the 
To-morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Joint Stock Companies W inding-up 
Acts Amendment Bill: 


| mittee on the Procedure and Evidence Bill ; 
| Resolved, That this House will, after the Notice of 


read a second time | 


| cation (Ireland). 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Ecclesiastical 
reading of the Ecclesiastical Courts Jurisdiction Courts Juris 


Bill: 4 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
after the Notice of Motion relative to National Edu- 
cation (Ireland). 


iction Bill, 


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


Motion relative to National Education (Zrelani), re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


‘reading of the Dudlin Univ ersity Bill ; 

| Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
after the Notice of Motion relative to National Edu- 
cation (Zrel/and). 


— oe 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Dublin 
University 


| The Order of the day being read, for the second Marriage Law 
after the Notice of Motion relative to National Edu- | reading of the Marriage Law (Scotland) Amending (Beotiaad) 


Bill; 

| Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
after the Notice of Motivn relative to National Edu- 
|eation (Ireland). 


Bill be read the third time | 


| The Order of the day being read, fer the Com- 
| mittee on the Advowsons Bill ; 

| Resolved, That this House will, after the Notice of 
| 


Motion relative to National Education (Jre/and), re- 


_, solve itself into the said Committee. 


Resolved, That this House will, after the Notice of | 


Motion relative to National Education (/reland), re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 
Com: | 


The Order of the day being read, for the 


mittee of Supply ; 


Resolved, That this House will, upon W ednesday | 


next, sesaive i itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for takine into | 
. : Sad 


consideration the Poor Law Amendment (Scotland) | 
sill, 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 of Ways and Means; 


Resolved, That this House will, after the Notice of 


Motion relative to National Education ( Jreland), re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into | 


consideration the Smoke Nuisance Abatement (Me- 
tropolis) Act, 1853, Amendment Bill, as amended 
in the Committee ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be taken into consideration 
after the Notice of Motion relative to National Edu- 
cation (Ireland), 


The Order of the day being read, for the third 
reading of the Seamen's Savings Banks Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
alter the Notice of Motion relative to National Edu- 
cation (Jreland). 

The Order of the day being read, for the second | 
reading of the Deeds (Scotlund) Bill: 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
after the Notice of Motion relative to National Edu- 
cation (Ireland). 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Testamentary and Matrimonial Juris- 
diction Bill; 





The Order of the day being read, for resuming 
,the adjourned Debate on the Question proposed 
| upon the 18th di iv of this instant June, That the 
Poor Law (Jreland) Bill be now read a second 
time ; 

Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 
‘till after the Notice of Motion relative to National 
| Education (Jreland). 


| The Order of the day being read, for the second 
| reading of the Judges and Chancellors Bill ; 

| Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 

| after the Notice of Motion relative to National Edu- 


cation (Jreland). 


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, desire the 
‘immediate attendance of this Honourable House in 
the House of Peers, to hear the Commission read. 

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

Mr. Speaker reported, That the House, at the desire 
of the Lords, authorized by virtue of Her Majesty's 
Commission, had been at the House of Peers, where 
a Commission under the Great Seal was read, giving, 
declaring and notifying the Royal Assent to the 
several Acts therein mentioned ; and that the Lords, 
thereby authorized, had declared the Royal Assent 
to the said Acts, as follow : 
| An Act to settle an Annuity on Sir William Fen- 
wick Williams, in consideration of his eminent Ser- 

vices 


vi 
| An Act to make further Provision for rendering 
| 
| 








Reformatory and Industrial Schools in Scotland § 
more available for the benefit of vagrant Children: 
| An Act for enabling the Commissioners of Pubiic 
| Works in Jreland to acquire certain Lands for the 
Site of a Prison for the Reception of Juvenile Con- ‘ 


victs : 
An 


Amending 


Bill. 


Advowsons 


Bill. 


Poor Law 
(Treland) Bill. 


Judges and 


Chancellors 


Bill. 


Royal Assent, 


sir William 
Fenwick 
Williams’ 
Annuity Bill. 


Reformatory 
—y (Scot- 
and) Bill. 


Juvenile Con- 
vict Prison 
(Ireland) Bill. 





— FP best 


tie pape enone 





Stical 
Juris. 
Bill. 


re 
dence 


ity 


re Law 
id) 
ng 


ons 


Ww 


) Bill. 


and 
lors 


ssent, 


iam 


: 
r Bill. 
tory 
(Scot- 
lL. 


 Con- 
on 
) Bill. 





Public Health ; } 
_ ral Board of Health applying the Public Health Act, | and Holyhead Railway, at or near to Rhyl, in the Railway Bull. 


Drafts on 
Bankers’ Bill. 


Pawnbrokers 
Bill. 

National 
Gallery Bill. 


Oxford 
University 
Bill. 


Whichwood 
Forest Bill. 


Canada ; 
Company Biil. 


Bath Gas Bill. 


Cheltenham 
Gas Bill. 


Crowland 
and Eye Road 
Bill. 


Edinburgh 
Manicipality 
Bill 


Cork and 
Youghal Rail- 
way Bill. 


Shrewsbury 
Water Bill. 


Saint Ives and 
West Cornwall 
Junction 
Railway Bill. 
Dewsbury, 
Batley and 
Heckmond- 
wike Water 
Bill. 


Kettering 

and Newport 
Pagnell Road 
Bill. 


Glasgow 
Court Houses 
and Public 
Offices Bill. 


Alford Valley 
Railway Bill, 


Banbridge 
Junction 
Railway Bill, 


Road Bill, 


Fleetwood, 
Preston and 
West Riding 
Junction 
Railway Bill. 


20 Vicrorix. 


An Act to confirm Provisional Orders of the Gene- | 


1848, to the Districts of Waterloo-with-Seaforth, West 
Ham, Sowerby Bridge and Moss-side; tor Altera- 
tion of the Boundaries of the Districts of Rusholme 
and Bishop Auckland, and for other purposes : 

An Act to amend the Law relating to Drafts on 
Bankers : 

An Act to amend the Acts relating to Pawn- 
brokers : 

An Act to extend the Powers of the Trustees and 
Director of the National Gallery, and to authorize 
the Sale of Works of Art belonging to the Public : 

An Act to amend the Act of the seventeenth and 


eighteenth years of Her Majesty, concerning the | 


_to enable that Company to raise further Sums of 


23° Juniz. 289 


An Act for making a Railway from the Chester Vale of Clwyd 


| County of Flint, to the Town of Denbigh, in the 
County of Denbigh, to be called “ The Vale of 
Clwyd Railway :” 

An Act to discontinue the taking of Toll on the Antrim and 
Turnpike Roads leading from the Town of 4ntrim arg A 
'towards Co/eraine, and to provide for the future aa 
| Maintenance of such Roads : 


| An Act to amend and consolidate the Acts relating Shrewsbury 


‘to the Sh -y aud Hereford Railway Company, 2nd Hereford 
e Shrewsbury au efore y pany, Railway Bill 


Money, to acquire additional Lands,-and for other 
purposes : 
An Act to authorize the making of a Turnpike Stockton 


University of Oxford, and the College of Saint Mury, | Road from the Township of Thornaby to Middles- 2"4 Middles- 


Winchester : 

An Act to amend the Whichwood Disaftoresting 
Act, 1853: 

An Act for granting certain additional Powers 
and Authorities to the Canada Company : 

An Act to confer further Powers on the Bath Gas- 
Light and Coke Company : 

An Act to confer further Powers on the Chelten- 
ham Gas-Light and Coke Company : 


An Act for continuing the Term and amending the 
Provisions of the Act for making and maintaining a 
Turnpike Road from the Town of Crowland, in the 
County of Lincoln, to the Town of Eye, in the County 
of Northampton : 

An Act to extend the Municipal Boundaries of 
the City of Edinburgh, to transfer the Powers of the 
Commissioners of Police to the Magistrates and 
Council, and for other purposes relating to the Mu- 
nicipality of the said City : 

An Act to authorize the Cork and Youghal Rail- 
way Company to extend their Railway into Cork, and 
for other purposes : 

An Act to make further Provision for supplying 
with Water the Borough of Shrewsbury, in the 
County of Salop : 

An Act to amend “ The Saint Ives and West 
Cornwall Junction Railway Act, 1853:” 


An Act for making better Provision for supplying 
the Districts of Dewsbury, Batley and Heckmondwike 
with Water, and for confirming an Agreement between 
the Local Boards of Health of those Districts, and 
for other purposes : 

An Act for the Continuance and Regulation of the 
Kettering and Newport Pagnell Turnpike Road 
Trust : 

An Act for enlarging and improving the Justiciary 
Court House and Court Houses and Public Build- 
ings of the City of Glasgow and County of Lanark, 
for erecting additional Buildings, for amending the 
Act relating thereto, and for other purposes : 

An Act to authorize the making of a Railway from 
the Great North of Scotland Railway to Alford, in 
the County of Aberdeen, to be called “ The A/ford 
Valley Railway :” 

An Act for altering the Name of the Banbridge, 
Newry, Dublin and Belfast Junction Railway Com- 
pany to the Name of “ The Banbridge Junction Rail- 
way Company,” for increasing their Capital, and ex- 
tending their Powers, and for other purposes : 

An Act to amend an Act passed in the seventh 
and eighth years of the Reign of his late Majesty 
King George the Fourth, intituled, “ An Act to alter, 
amend and enlarge the Powers and Provisions of an 
Act relating to the Road from Barnsdale, through 
Pontefract, to T'hwaite Gate, near Leeds, in the West 
Riding of the County of York,” and to continue the 
Term thereby granted : 

An Act for regulating the Capital of the Fleetwood, 
Preston and West Riding Junction Railway Com- 
pany, for making further Provision with respect to 
Tolls to be taken on the Railway, and for other 
purposes : 

Vou. 111. 


brough New 


| brough, in the North Riding of the County of York, joad and 
ws € me Le ae , a ae : 
with a Bridge over a Creek or Arm of the River Tees, Bridge Bill. 


and for other purposes : 

| An Act to enable the Mayor, Aldermen and Bur- Cork Bridges, 
|gesses of the Borough of Cork to remove certain _— 
| Bridges, and to build new Bridges in lieu thereof; ~~ - 

| to confirm certain Arrangements with the Cork Pipe 

_ Water ‘Trustees; to provide the necessary Funds for 

‘affording an improved Supply of Water at Cork; to 

alter, amend and enlarge certain Powers and Pro- 

visions of the Cork Improvement Act, 1852, and for 

other purposes : 

An Act to amend and extend the Provisions of the Kaares- 
several Acts relating to the Knaresborough and Green te = 
Hammerton Turnpike-road, in the County of York, merton Road 
and to create a further Term therein, and for other Bill. 
purposes : 

An Act to amend and extend the Provisions of the Knares- 
Act relating to the Knaresborough and Patele | oer eo 
Bridge Turnpike Road, and to create a further Term a ” 
therein, and for other purposes : 

An Act for regulating the Capital and Mortgage Eastern 
Debt of the Eastern Counties Railway Company, and — Bill 
for other purposes : peat 

An Act for extending the Time for the Completion Hampstead 
of the Works authorized by “ The Hampstead Junc- — Rin 
tion Railway Act, 1853 :” eo 

An Act for making a Railway from Lowestoft to Lowestoft 
join the East Suffolk Railway, in the Parish of Bec- ——. 
cles, all in the County of Suffolk, and for other pur- ~ we 
poses connected therewith : 

An Act to enable the Midland Railway Company Midland 
to raise additional Capital, and for other purposes: Railway Bill. 

An Act to amend the Provisions and extend the Coventry 
Limits of the Act relating to the City of Coventry (City) Gas 
Gas- Light Company : —_ 

An Act to authorize Sir Lional Milborne Swin- Swinnerton’s 
nerton, Baronet, and his Issue, to assume and bear Name Bill. 
the Surname of Pilkington, jointly with the Surnames 
of Milborne and Swinnerton, and to be called by the 
Surnames of Mi/borne Swinnerton Pilkington : 

An Act for continuing in force, during the Minority Clarke _ 
of Mrs. Clara Clarke Thornhill, the Wife of William a 
Capel Clarke Thornhill, of Swakeleys,in the County ~~” 
of Middlesex, Esquire, the Powers conferred by 
“ Thornhill’s Estate Act, 1852,” and “ Thornhill’s 
Estate Act, 1854,” and for other purposes : 

An Act for authorizing the Trecleen under the Wainman’s 
Will of William Wainman, Esquire, deceased, to ste Bill. 
grant Leases, and to make Sales, Exchanges and 
Partition of the Real Estates devised by or subject 
to the Trusts of the same Will, and for other pur- 
poses : 

An Act for giving effect to a Compromise relating Blenheim’s 
to the Estate of the Most Noble George Fourth Duke Estate Bill. 
of Marlborough, deceased, and, with a view thereto, 
for extinguishing the demisable quality of certain 
Copyhold Hereditaments, Parcels of the Manors 
comprised in the Estates and Hereditaments settled 
on the Dukedom, and for creating a Term of Years 
in a Portion of the said Copyhold Hereditaments. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- National 
posed, That this House has observed with satisfac- Education 





tion (Treland.) 


er 











290 


tion the progress made in the instruction of the 
poorer classes of Her Majesty’s Jrish Subjects, 
under the direction of the Commissioners of Na- 
tional Education ; and is of opinion that, in the ad- 
ministration of that system, or in any modification 
of its rules, there should be maintained a strict and 
undeviating adherence to its fundamental principles, 
securing parental authority and the rights of con- 
science to pupils of all denominations, by excluding 
all compulsory religious teaching, this House being 
convinced that no plan for the Education of the Zrish 
Poor, however wisely and unexceptionably contrived 
in other respects, can be carried into effectual opera- 
tion, unless it be explicitly avowed and clearly un- 
derstood, as its leading principle, that no attempt 
shall be made to influence or disturb the peculiar 
religious tenets of any sect or denomination of 
Christians ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by adding at the end thereof the words 
“ but that, consistently with these principles, it is 
“ the opinion of this House that no School should 
“be disentitled to receive aid from the funds of the 
“ Board, because the rules of such School require a 
‘‘ portion of Scripture to be read each day by every 
“child as a part of the general instruction of the 
“ School.”’ 

And the Question being proposed, That those 
words be there added:—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{ Viscount Bernard, 1L se 
Yeas, (Mr. George: ' 
Tellers for thef Mr. Hayter, las A 


Noes, (The Earl of Mulgrave : 


So it passed in the Negative. 


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


Martis, 24° die Junii, 1856: 


And the Question being again proposed, That 
those words be there added ; 

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 { Mr. Grogan, 1 a0 
Yeas, UMr. Isaac Butt: f 
Tellers for the ¢ Mr. Hayter, hee P 

Noes, (The Earl of Mulgrave: J°*** 


So it passed in the Negative. 

And the Question being put, That those words 
be there added ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right ; 

The Noes to the Left. 


Tellers for the f Mr. Grogan, ° 
Yeas, UMr. Isaac Butt : } 6 

Tellers for the Mr. Hayter, oo 
Noes, \The Earl of Mulgrave : j= 


So it passed in the Negative. 

Resolved, That this House has observed with 
satisfaction the progress made in the instruction of 
the poorer classes of Her Majesty’s Jrish Subjects, 
under the direction of the Commissioners of National 
Education ; and is of opinion that, in the adminis- 
tration of that system, or in any modification of its 
rules, there should be maintained a strict and unde- 
viating adherence to its fundamental principles, 
securing parental authority and the _ of con- 
science to pupils of all denominations, by excluding 
all compulsory religious teaching, this House being 
convinced that no plan for the Education of the Irish 
Poor, however wisely and unexceptionably contrived 


25°—94° Juniz. 





A. 1856. 


in other respects, can be carried into effectual opera- 
tion, unless it be explicitly avowed and clearly un- 
derstood, as its leading principle, that no attempt 
shall be made to influence or disturb the peculiar 
religious tenets of any sect or denomination of 
Christians. 


was read, as followeth : 

That the Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Trea- 
sury of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and 
Ireland be authorized to direct the Advance of Sums, 
out of the Consolidated Fund of the said United 
Kingdom, for making Loans for the maintenance 
and repair of Navigations made in connexion with 
Drainage in Ireland, and the payment of the Officers 
and Servants of the Trustees thereof; such Advances 
to be made under the Provisions of any Act to be 
passed in the present Session relating to Drainage 
in Jreland. 

The said Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 


into a Committee on the Sardinian 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 directed 
him to report the same, without Amendment. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time this 
day, at Twelve o’clock. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Drainage (Jreland) Bill ; 

Resolved, ‘That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to 
take into consideration the Registration of Voters 
(Scotland) Bill, as amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon 
Thursday next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on the Court of Exchequer (Scot- 
land) 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 in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration upon Thursday 
next ; and be printed. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Leases and Sales of Settled Estates 
Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 


The County Courts Acts Amendment Bill was, 
according to Order, read a second time ; and com- 


_ |mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for 


Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Nuisances Removal, &amp;c. (Scotland) 
(No. 2) Bill; 

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


The Ordgr of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Poor Law Amendment (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 Medical Profession Bill; 


Mr. FitzRoy reported from the Committee on Drainage 
Drainage (Ireland) [ Advances, ] a Resolution ; which ¢ treland) 


[Advances, ] 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Sardinian 


Loan Bill. 


Drainage 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Registration 
of Voters 
(Scotland) Bill. 


Court of 
Exchequer 
(Scotland) Bill. 


Bill 195. 


Leases and 
Sales of Settled 
Estates Bill. 


County Courts 
Acts Amend- 
ment Bill. 


Nuisances 
Removal, &amp;c. 
(Scotland) 
(No. 2) Bill. 


Poor Law 
Amendment 
(No. 2) Bill. 


Medical 
Profession 
Bill. 


Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 


next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 





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Buil 
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Bill. 


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Burial Acts 
Amendment 


Bi 


Church 


building reading of the Church Building Commission Bill ; 


mission Bill. 


prisons (Ire- 
und) Bill. 


gaint Sepul- 
chre’s Manor 
(Dublin) Bill. 


Appellate 
Jurisdiction 
(House of 
Lords) Bill. 


Wills and Ad- 
ministrations 
Bill. 


Coatham 
Marriages 
Validity Bill. 


Joint Stock 
Companies 
Winding-up 
Acts Amend- 
ment Bill. 


Bill 196. 


Ways and 
Means. 


Exchequer 
Bills, 


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23°—24° Junii. 291 


The Order of the day being read, for the second | dated Fund of the United Kingdom, or the growing 
reading of the Burial Acts Amendment Bill ; produce thereof. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time) Resolutions to be reported. 
upon Thursday next. 





| Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Fitz Roy 
The Order of the day being read, for the second | se That the Committee had come to several 
| Resolutions. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time; Ordered, That the Report be received this day, at 
upon Thursday next, at Twelve o'clock. | Twelve o'clock. 
Mr. Fitz Roy also acquainted the House, that he 
The Order of the day being read, for the Com- | Was directed to move, That the Committee may have 
mittee on the Prisons (Jreland) Bill ; leave to sit again. 


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


oe scelf The Order of the day being read, for taking into Smoke Nui- 


The House, according to Order - , a — 
: 5 : , consideration the Smoke Nuisance Abatement (Me- — aves 
7 &lt; 


into a Committee on the Saint Sepulchre’s Manor fs 
(Duhlin) Bill; and, after some time spent therein, se Aes oo Amendment Bill, as amended — Fo P 
Mr. Speaker he Chair ; . Fitz I ; :, : ; ‘ “te 
~- hen 4 Go ae hee ng dd = a a ty Ordered, That the Bill be taken into consideration ment Bill. 

’ - 5 5 


Bill, and directed him to report the same, without | this day. 


Amendment. The Seamen’s Savings Banks Bill was, a i 

; , , s s ‘ as, according s 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time | to Order, read the tied tina. : ; ™ | nr, 
upon Friday next. | Resolved, That the Bill do pass. Bill. 


" : | Ordered, That tl rk 'y 
The Order of the day being read, for the second | ior pe: peas ee sacha 


reading of the Appellate Jurisdiction (House of | 
Lords) Bill; | 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time | 








The Order of the day being read, for the second Deeds (Scot- 
reading of the Deeds (Scotland) Bill; land) Bill. 








upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Wills and Administrations Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a*second time 
upon Thursday next. 


The Coatham Marriages Validity Bill was, ac- 
cording to Order, read a second time; and com- 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for 
Thursday next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on the Joint Stock Companies 
Winding-up Acts 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, be printed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a Com- 
mittee of the whole House, for Thursday next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into the Committee of Ways and Means. 


(In the Committee.) 


1. Resolved, That, towards making good the Sup- 
nly granted to Her Majesty, the Commissioners of 
er Majesty’s Treasury be authorized to raise from 
time to time, but not later than the 31st day of 
March 1857, any Sum of Money not exceeding 
. 4,000,000 sterling, by the issue of Exchequer 
ills. 

2. Resolved, That in case the said Exchequer 
Bills be not issued for the full Sum of £.4,000,000, 
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 £. 4,000,000, authorized to be raised by these 
Resolutions. 

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 Ex- 
chequer Bonds shall be payable half-yearly, and 
~~ be charged upon and issued out of the Consoli- 

oL. 111. 








Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Thursday next. 


Tie Order of the day being read, for the second Testamentary 
reading of the Testamentary and Matrimonial Juris- 224 Matri-. 
diction Bill ; — — 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Thursday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Eeclesiastical 
reading of the Ecclesiastical Courts Jurisdiction Courts Juris- 
Bill ; diction Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Thursday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Procedure and 
mittee on the Procedure and Evidence Bill ; Evidence 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 Dublin — 
reading of the Dublin University Bill ; — 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time uport nas 
Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Marriage Law 
reading of the Marriage Law (Scotland) Amending 7 - 
Bill; mending Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Advowsons 
mittee on the Advowsons Bill ; Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming Poor Law 
the adjourned Debate on the Question proposed upon (Ireland) Bill. 
the 18th day of this instant June, That the Poor Law 
(Ireland) Bill be now read a second time ; 

Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 
till Wednesday next. 


The Judges and Chancellors Bill was, according Judges and 
to Order, read a second time ; and committed to a a 
Committee of the whole House, for this day. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Bedford 
Return of all Sums paid out of or charged upon the ©2#tity- 
Funds of the Bedford Charity, from the year 1851 
to the present time, on account of Lega! Expenses. 

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292 


Contracts The Select Committee on Contracts for Public | 
for Public == Departments was nominated of Mr. Monsell, Colonel | 
Departments. 


Captain Laffan, Colonel Lindsay, Sir Charles Napier, | 
Mr. Lloyd Davies, Viscount Goderich, Colonel | 


Mr. Muntz, Mr. Liddell and Viscount Monck; with 
Power to send for persons, papers and records. | 
Ordered, That Five be the Qucrum. | 
| 
Queen’s Col- Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill | 
leges (Ireland.) t) extend the Provisions of an Act of the eighth | 
and ninth years of Her present Majesty, for enabling 
Her Majesty to endow new Colleges for the Advance- 
ment of Learning in Ireland: And that Mr. Horsman 
and Mr. Attorney General for Zreland do prepare, 

and bring it in, 


National 


The Chancellor of the Exchequer presented, by | 
Gallery Site. 


Her Majesty’s Command,—Copies of Papers on 
the subject of a Site for a new National Gallery. 
Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 


Table. 


Civil Service. Mr. Wilson presented, by Her Majesty's Com- 
No. 223-(1.) mand,— Civil Service Estimates, Class VIIT.: Grant 


—VIll. to London Diocesan Church Building Society. 
Ordered, That the said Estimates be referred to 
the Committee of Supply; and be printed. 
Queen’s Col- Mr. Horsman presented a Bill to extend the Pro- 


leges (Ireland) yisions of an Act of the 
Bill. 


Bill 197. 


eighth and ninth years of 
Her present Majesty, for enubling Her Majesty to 
endow new Colleges for the Advancement of Learn- 
ing 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. 
And then the House, having continued to sit 
till Two of the clock on Tuesday morning, 
adjourned till this day, | 





| 

| 
Martis, 24° die Junii; 

Anno 20° Victorie Regine, 1856. 

} PRAYERS. | 

Committees. O RDERED, That all Committees have leave | 


to sit this day, during the sitting of the House. 
Luton District 


) A Bill to amend certain Acts relating to the Luton | 
—y (No.2) District Turnpike Road, and make other Provisions | 
1 , in lieu thereof, was read the first time. | 
Ordered, That Standing Order 201 be suspended | 

in the case of the said Bill. | 
Ordered, That the said Bill be read a second time | 
this day. | 
| 


The Cleobury North, &amp;c. District Roads 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, 


Cleobury 
North, &amp;c. 
i District Roads | 
/ Bill. 
| 


The Conway and Llandudno 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. 


Conway and 
Llandudno 
Road Bill. 


o— Treaty reading of the Nawab of Surat Treaty Bill ; 
, Anda Motion being made, and the Question being 
proposed, That the Bill be now read the third time ; 








93°—94° Junie. 


_be dispensed with, Notices of the consideration of 
the Bill, and of the third reading, being given the 


Rhosydd__ The Rhosydd Railway Bill was read the third time. | 
Railway Bill. Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 
Nawab of The Order of the day being read, for the third 





A. 1856. 


An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out the word “now,” and, at 


Boldero, Colonel Gilpin, Mr. Mitchell, Mr. Corry, | the end of the Question, adding the words “ upon 
|“ this day three months.” 


And the Question being put, That the word 


Smyth, Mr. Brand, Mr. Moffatt, Colonel Dunne, |“ now”’ stand part of the Question ; 


The House divided. 
The Yeas to the Right; 
The Noes to the Left. 


Tellers for the {Sir Fitz Roy Kelly, | or 
Yeas, \Sir Erskine Perry: s7is. 

Tellers for — James Hogg, lL - 
Noes, Mr. Mangles: ; 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

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

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

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


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Earl of Perth | 
mittee on the Petition for the Earl of Perth and and Melfort's 7 
Melfort’s Compensation Bill ; Compensation, 

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


Ordered, That the Stirling and Dunfermline Rail- Stirling ana 
way Bill, as amended in the Committee, be taken Dunfermline 
into consideration on the deposit of Copies of the “vay Bil. 
amended Bill for one clear day ; and that Notice of 
the third reading may be given on the day of the 
consideration of the Bill; and that the Standing : 
Orders in relation thereto, Nos. 181, 206 and 209, 


day previously, 


Colonel Wilson Patten reported from the Select standing 
Committee on Standing Orders, a Resolution; which Orders. 


'was read, as followeth : 


That in the case of the North Western Railway North Western 
Bill (as amended in Committee), the Standing Or- Railway Bill. 
ders ought not to be dispensed with; but that the 
Parties be permitted to proceed with their Bill, on 
striking out the Clauses 4 and 5 of the said Bill, in 
respect of which the Standing Orders have been re- 
ported not to have been complied with. 

The said Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 


Ordered, That the North Western Railway Bill North Western 
be re-committed to the former Committee :—And Railway Bill. 
that they have leave to sit and proceed To-morrow. 


Mr. Thornely reported from the Select Committee Public 


on Public Petitions; That they had examined the ean 
Petitions presented upon the 20th and 23d days of See) 


this instant June, and had directed him to make a 
Report thereof to the House. 

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


Ordered, That the Return relative to Draftsmen praftsmen of 
of Parliamentary Bills, which was presented upon Parliamentary 
Sar . Bills. 
the 23d day of this iastant June, be printed. No. 208 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Poor Relief, Poor Relief. 
which was presented upon the 23d day of this in- Nv. 309. 
stant June, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Highways, Highways. 
which was presented upon the 23d day of this in- No, 310. 
stant June, be printed. 


Mr. Attorney General for Zreland reported from the Court of Chan- 
Select Committee on the Court of Chancery (Zreland) — (Ireland) 
Bill, the Court of Chancery (Jreland) (Jurisdiction) No $11. 
Bill, the Court of Chancery (Ireland) (Procedure) ‘ 

Bill, the Court of Chancery (Ireland) (Receivers) 
Bill, the Court of Chancery (Ireland) (Appeals) Bill, 
and the Court of Chancery (Ireland) (Sales of Estates) 
Bill; That they had taken Evidence on the ae 
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Receivers, 


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20 Vierorta. 24° Junie. 295 
of the said Bills, and had agreed to several Reso- to appoint Receivers for the purpose of discharging 


lutions, which they had directed him to report to arrears or interests on mortgages, should be re- 
the House, together with the Minutes of the Evi-| pealed. 
dence taken before them: And the Resolutions of! 18. ‘That the several Acts which regulate the right 5 &amp; 6 Will. 4, 


the Committee are as follow: ; |of a judgment creditor in Ireland, against the real te Viet 
That it is the opinion of this Committee :— estate of his debtor, require to be reconsidered. e. 105. as 


1. That the system of conferring an indefeasible| 19. That this Committee, being of opinion that 7 &amp; 8 Vict. 


titie on judicial sales of encumbered estates in Jre- the system of conferring an indefeasible title on®% | _. 
Pa 5 12 &amp; 13 Vict. 
‘and should be perpetuated. judicial sales of encumbered estates should be con- ¢ 95. 
2. That the benefits flowing from that system | tinued without intermission, recommends that the 13 &amp; 14 Vict 
should be extended to unencumbered estates. Encumbered Estates Court should be continued for © ?% 


3. That a tribunal ought to exist in J/reland, | a period not exceeding one year. 
having power to confer an indefeasible title on the! 20, That in licu of the present appeal from the 
sale of estates, the titles to which, being submitted | Encumbered Estates Court to the Privy Council, 
to a judicial investigation, should be found satis- | ali future appeals shouid be to the Court of Appeal 
factory. in Chancery. 
4, That it is essential that the constitution of the) 21. That such appeal should be of right. 
Court of Chancery in Ireland should be altered,and | 22. That the place for holding the sittings of the 
its procedure and practice reformed. Court should with all convenient speed be changed 
5. That the Masters in Ordinary should have | from its present locality to the Four Courts. 
original jurisdiction and all the powers of a Court) Mr. Attorney General for Jreland further reported (Special 
of Equity over all administration suits, foreciosure | from the said Select Committee ; That, having regard Report.) 
suits, partnership accounts, and such other matters, | to the said Resolutions, the Committee had not con- 
under the 15th section of Sir John Romilly’s Act, | sidered it expedient to go through the said Bills, 
as petitioners should wish to set down, and to be’ which they had directed him to report to the House. 
heard by any Master in Ordinary. — | Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
6. That the Lord Chancellor, Master of the Rolls, | and be printed. 
and, subject to such Rules as the Chancellor shall 
make, the Masters in Ordinary should have power Ordered, That the Court of Chancery (Ireland) Court of Chan- 
to obtain the assistance of valuators, surveyors, ac- Bill be re-committed to a Committee of the whole Bill (Ireland ) 
countants, merchants, engineers, actuaries or other House for Tuesday next. ai 
scientific persons, and enable such Court or Judge | 
to determine any matter at issue m any cause or, The Order of the day being read, for the second — Health 
lil. 


P e . | . , . * 2, . 
proceeding, and to act upon the certificate of such | reading of the Public Health Bill ; 
persons. | And a Motion being made, and the Question 


7. That, subject to the above rules, every Equity | being proposed, That the Bill be now read a second 
Judge should dispose of the whole suit before him, | time :—And a Debate arising thereupon ; 
without any reference. Ordered, That the Debate be adjourned till this 

8. That the practice of receiving evidence viv | day. 
voce in the Court of Chancery before the Judge who | 
has to decide the cause is a sound one, and that it is| The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Partnership 
desirable that increased facilities should be afforded | mittee on the Partnership Amendment (No. 2) Bill ; Amendment 
for a more extensive application of the system. | Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday a hme 

9. That a Court of Appeal in Chancery should be | next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 
constituted, to consist of the Lord Chanceilor and 
an additional Judge to be Lord Justice of the Court| The Order of the day being read, for resuming Joint Stock 
of Appeal, with power to the Court to call in the aid | the adjourned Debate on the Question proposed upon Banks Bill. 
of a Judge of one of the superior Courts of Common | the 24th day of April last, That Mr. Speaker do 
Law. /now leave the Chair (for Committee on the Joint 

10. That all appeals from orders or decrees of the | Stock Banks Bill) ; 

Master of the Rolls, and all rehearings of decisions| Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 
of the Lord Chancellor, should be determined by | till To-morrow. : 
the Court of Appeal. 

11. That the Lord Chancellor, Master of the| ‘The Hospitals (Dublin) Bill was, according to Hospitals 
Rolls, and Judge of the Court of Appeal, or two of | Order, read a second time; and committed to a (Dublin) Bill 
them, should be armed with extensive powers ‘to ,|Cummittee of the whole House, for Friday next. 
reform and regulate the practice and procedure of | 
the Court, so as to attain economy, simplicity and The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Courts of 
expedition, and sliould be bound to make general | mittee on the Courts of Common Law (Jreland) Bill; (ireland) 1 
orders accordingly. | Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday *~ ) 

12. That the law and practice of the Court of | next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 

Chancery in Ireland, in relation to the appointment 
of Receivers over real estate, requires to be further! The Sardinian Loan Bill was, according to Or- Sardinian 


amended. der, read the third time. Loan Bill. 
13. That the appointment of Receivers should be | Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
discouraged. Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 


14. That, in order to lessen the necessity for the | Lords, and desire their concurrence. 
appointment of Receivers, in suits for the sale of 
land, the sale should take place at the earliest prac- Mr. Fitz Roy reported from the Committee of Ways and 
ticable stage of the suit. Ways and Means, several Resolutions ; which were Means. 
15. That the Court should be empowered to refuse , read, as follow: 
the appointment of a Receiver, unless it should be, 1. That, towards making good the 5g? mes Exchequer 
made appear to the Court that the interests and pro- , to Her Majesty, the Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Bills. 
tection of the parties required it. | Treasury be authorized to raise, from time to time, 
16. That the Court should be also empowered to | but not later than the 31st day of March 1857, any 
refuse a Receiver, where it appeared that the ap-| Sum of Money, not exceeding £. 4,000,000 sterling, 
pointment of a Receiver would not be productive of | by the issue of Exchequer Bills. 
substantial benefit to the parties. 2. That in case the said Exchequer Bills be not 
17. That the Act 11 &amp; 12 Geo. 3, c. 10 (Zrish), | issued for the full Sum of £. 4,000,000, then the Com- 
by which Courts of Equity in /redand are authorized | missioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury be authorized 
Vow. 111. | PP3 to 


























Church Rates 
Abolition Bill. 


Luton District 


Road (No. 2) 
Bill. 


Public 
Petitions. 
Vide Forty- 
eighth Report. 


Committees. 


Stirling and 
Dunfermline 
Railway Bill. 


Butterwick’s 
Estate Bill. 


Public 
Petitions. 





Vide Forty- 
eighth Report. 


294 


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 £.4,000,000, autho- 
rized to be raised by these Resolutions. 

3. 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. 

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. Fitz Roy, the Chancellor 
of the Exchequer and Mr. Wilson do prepare, and 
bring it in. 


The Order for the House to resolve itself into a 
Committee, upon Thursday next, on the Church 
Rates Abolition Bill, was read, and discharged. 

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


The Luton District Road (No. 2) Bill was, ac- 
cording to Order, read a second time; and com- 
mitted. 


Petitions relating to Registration of Electors ;— 
Maynooth College Act ;—Wine;— Grand Juries, &amp;e. 
(Ireland) Bill ;—Medical Officers of Unions ;—and, 
Mercantiie Law Amendinent Bill,—were presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


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 Junii ; 
Anno 20° Victoria Regine, 1856. 


PRAYERS. 
RDERED, That all Committees have leave 


to sit this day, during the sitting, and notwith- 
standing any adjournment of the House. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take 
into consideration the Stirling and Dunfermline 
Railway Bill, as amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Butterwich’s Estate Bill was read a second time ; 
and committed. 


Petitions relating to British Museum, &amp;c.;—Church 
Rates ;—Church Rates Abolition Bill ;—Lord’s Day; 
— Maynooth College Act ;—Religious Endowments 
(Ireland) ;~Tithe Tuntsiean ;—County Rates ;— | 
Wine ; — Agricultural Statistics Bill ; — Factories | 
Bill; — Harbour of Refuge (North-east Coast of 
(Jreland);— Harden Inclosure ;—Leases and Sales of 
Settled Estates Bill ;— Medical Officers of Unions :— 
Medical Profession Bill ;—Mercantile Law Amend- 
ment Bill ;—Poor Law Amendment (Scotland) Bill ; 
—Public Health Bill ;—Saturday Half-holidays ;— 
and, Wills and Administrations Bill, —were pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 

Petitions relating to the Rating of Mines Bill,— 
were also presented, and read; and referred to the 
Select Committee on Rating of Mines. 

A Petition relating to the Civil Service Superan- 


94°—95° Junie. 


out any Amendment: And also, 





A. 1856. 


ferred to the Select Committee on Civil Service 
Superannuation. 


















































Ordered, That a Message be sent to the Lords, to Appeals, &amp;e. 
request, That their Lordships will be pleased to (House of 
communicate to this House, a Return of the Number Aante.) 
of Appeals and Writs of Error from 1835 to 1855 
inclusive, heard before the House of Lords, in which, 
upon the Motion for reversing the Judgment, the 
Number of the Lords present who voted for and 
against such Motion was equal: And that the 
Clerk do carry the said Message. 


“4 


— es 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Poor Relies 
Copy of Letter transmitted by the Guardians of the (Birmingham, 
Poor of Birmingham to the Poor Law Board, with ** 
the Enclosure, dated the 4th day of June 1856, 
showing the Total Amount expended for the Main- 
tenance and Relief of the Poor, and the Cost per 
Head on the Population in Forty-two Unions and 
Parishes, including the Parish of Birmingham, for 
the years ending Lady-day 1854 and 1855 respec- 
tively. ) 


— 4 = &amp; ute 


"Ret 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Wines. 
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 (in continuation of Parliamentary 
Paper, No. 306, of Session 1855). 


ph ha td 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Maynooth ( 
reading of the Maynooth College Bill ; College 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. Spooner, 1 174 
Yeas, Mr. Newdegate : 
Tellers for thef Mr. Henry Herbert, }168. 


Noes,  \(Mr. Maguire: 
So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 
And the Question being again proposed, That the 
Bill be now read a second time :—And a Debate 


arising thereupon ; 
Ordered, That the Debate be adjourned till 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 Excise Bill, without Excise Bill. 
any Amendment: And also, 

he Lords have agreed to the Insurance on Lives Insurance on 
(Abatement of Income Tax) Continuance Bill, with- ta nace 
Tax) Continu- 
ance Bill. 

The Lords have agreed to the West India Loans West India 
Bill, without any Amendment: And also, Loans Bill 

The Lords have agreed to the Rotherham and Rotherham 
Barnby Moor Road Bill, without any Amendment : and ome 
And also, Bil 

The Lords have agreed to the Glasgow Paving Glasgow 
Bill, without any Amendment: And also, Paving Bill 

The Lords have agreed to the Wolverhampton Wolverhamp- 
Water Bill, without any Amendment: And also, tm Water Bill 
The Lords have agreed to the Blackburn, &amp;c. Blackburn, &amp;c. 
Roads Bill, without any Amendment: And also, Roads Bill. 
The Lords have agreed to the Wandsworth and Wandsworth 


Putney Gas Bill, without any Amendment: And 34 Duney 





nuation Bill, was also presented, and read; and re- 


also, 
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90 VicToRIZ. 


yiddlesbrough The Lords have agreed to the Middlesbrough 
Improvement Tmprovement Bill, with Amendments; to which 
Bill Amendments the Lords desire the concurrence of 
this House : And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Tormoham Water 
Bill, with Amendments ; to which Amendments the 
Lords desire the concurrence of this House: And 
also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Eastern Union 
Railway Bill, with Amendments ; to which Amend- 
ments the Lords desire the concurrence of this 
House: And also, 


Tormoham 
Water Bill. 


Eastern Union 
Railway Bill. 


London, The Lords have agreed to the London, Tilbury 
ae = and Southend Railway (Extension and Branches) 
— (Ex- Bill, with Amendments; to which Amendments the 


tensionand § J,ords desire the concurrence of this House: And 
Branches) Bill. also, 


Yarmouthand The Lords have agreed to the Yarmouth and 


Haddiseoe = Haddiscoe Railway Bill, with Amendments; to 

Railway Bill. Which Amendments the Lords desire the concur- 
rence of this House: And also, 

Endowed The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 

School at for confirming a Scheme of the Charity Commis- 

Moulton Bil“: = , 
sioners for the endowed School at Moulton, in the 
County of Lincoln; to which the Lords desire the 
concurrence of this House: And also, 

Magdalen The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 

Le go) for confirming a Scheme of the Charity Commis- 

*"" sioners for Saint Mary Magdalen Hospital, near 

Bath; to which the Lords desire the concurrence 
of this House. 

Gaols, &amp;c. The Order of the day being read, for the second 


Bill. reading of the Gaols, &amp;c., Bill; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday next. 


95° Juni. 





295 
The Intestates’ Personal Estates Pill was, ac- Intestates’ 
cording to Order, read a second time; and com- Personal 


mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for Rotates Bi. 
To-morrow. 


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

mittee on the Vaccination Bill; Lill. 
Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 

solve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third Cambridge 
reading of the Cambridge University Bull; _— 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time To- ~~“ 
morrow. : 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Poor Law 
consideration the Poor Law Amendment (Scotland) ren 
Bill, as amended in the Committee ; ome 

Ordered, That the Bill be taken into consideration 
upon Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Drainage 
mittee on the Drainage (Jredand) Bill ; (Ireland) Bill. 
Resolved, ‘That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Smoke Nui- 
consideration the Smoke Nuisance Abatement (Me- — — 
tropolis) Act, 1853, Amendment Bill, as amended oo 
in the Committee ; 1853, Amend- 

Ordered, That the Bill be taken into consideration ™¢2* Bill. 


To-morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Advowsons 
mittee on the Advowsons Bill; Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 








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. 
Poor Law " The Order of the day being read, for resuming 
(ireuind) Bill. the adjourned Debate ‘on the Question proposed 
upon the 18th day of this instant June, That the 
Poor Law (Ire/and) Bill be now read a second time ; 
Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 
till Monday next. 
egy The Order of the day being read, for resuming the 


adjourned Debate on the Question proposed upon 
the 24th day of April last, That Mr. Speaker do now 
leave the Chair (for Committee on the Joint Stock 
Banks Bill) ; 

Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 
till To-morrow, at ‘Twelve o’clock. 
wey bed The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
(No. 2) Bill. consideration the Lunatic Asylums (Ireland) (No. 2) 
Bill, as amended in the Committee ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be taken into consideration 
upon Friday the 4th day of July next. 


Dissenters’ 


ae . The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
Marriages Bill. f,, a 


rther consideration the Dissenters’ Marriages Bill, 
as amended in the Committee ; 

’ Ordered, That the Bill be taken into further con- 
sideration To-morrow, at Twelve o’clock. 


Hay and Straw 
Trade Bill, 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Hay and Straw Trade Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Friday next. 
Vou. 111. 


next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


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

mittee on the Judges and Chancellors Bill ; —_— 
Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re-~ 

solve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming Public Health 
the adjourned Debate on the Question proposed Bill. 
upon the 24th day of this instant June, That the 
Public Health Bill be now read a second time ; 

Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 


till To-morrow. 


Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, at Parochial 
Twelve o'clock, resolve itself into a Committee, -to oe 
consider of exempting any Person elected to the Soni 
Office of Schoolmaster in any Parish or District in 
Scotland from being required, as a condition of his 
Tenure of Office, to acknowledge, profess, or sub- 
scribe any Confession of Faith, ‘Test or Formula. 


Mr. Corry reported from the Committee on the North Western 
North Western Railway (second re-committed) Bill ; Railway Bill. 
‘That, in pursuance of the Resolution of the House 
of the 24th June instant, they had struck out 
from the said Bill Clauses 4 and 5, and had also 
struck out Clause 6, as dependent upon those two 
Clauses ; that they had also amended the Preamble 
of the Bill, by striking out therefrom the following 
paragraph, which they had reported to the House 
to be proved, inasmuch as the Clauses aforesaid, 
founded upon the said paragraph, had been declared 
to be inconsistent with the Standing Orders :-—“ And 
whereas the North Western Railway, in connexion 
with the Midland Railway, the Great Northern 
Railway, the Lancaster and Carlisle Railway and the 
Caledonian Railway, will form the shortest route 
between London on the one hand, and Glasgow 
and many parts of Scotland on the other hand, and 
between many other places to or from which the Com- 
panies owning or working over the said Railways, or 
some of them, have made arrangements among them- 
selves for sending traffic by other and longer routes, 
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296 


and in order to provide against any undue interrup- 
tion, diversion or delay in the passage of such traffic 
to its destination, it is expedient that the Provisions 
hereinafter contained should be made.” 

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


Exchequer 
ills 


The Chancellor of the Exchequer presented a Bill 
for raising a Sum of Money by Exchequer Bills 
and Exchequer Bonds for the Service of the year 
One thousand eight hundred and fifty-six : And the 
same was read the first time ; and ordered to be read 
a second time To-morrow ; and to be printed. 


(£. 4,000,000) 
Bill. 


Bill 199. 


County Courts 


A Motion being made, That this House will, To- 
Judges’ 


morrow, resolve itself into a Committee to consider 
of authorizing the payment, out of the Consolidated 
Fund of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and 
Ireland, of the Salaries of the Judges of County 
Courts, and of the Remuneration of any Deput 
Judge during the period he may act after the death 
of a Judge ; 

Mr. Hayter, by Her Majesty’s Command, ac- 
quainted the House, That Her Majesty, having been 
informed of the subject-matter of this Motion, recom- 
mends it to the consideration of the House. 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


Trade and 
Navigation. 


No. 39. 


Mr. Lowe presented, by Her Majesty’s Command, 
—Accounts relating to Trade and Navigation, Month 
ended 31st May 1856, and Five Months ended 31st 
May 1856. 

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


Cathedraland Ordered, That the Return relative to Cathedral 
—- and Collegiate Churches, which was presented upon 


No. 307, the 28d day of this instant June, be printed. 


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


Chapters. 
No. 312. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 


Jovis, 26° die Junii ; 


Anno 20° Victorie Regine, 1656. 





PRAYERS. 


RDERED, That all Committees have leave 
to sit this day, during the sitting of the House. 


Committees, 


Dawson'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. 


The Dunblane, Doune and Callander Railway 
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. 


Dawson's 
Estate Bill. 


Dunblane, 
Doune and 
Callander 
Railway Bill. 


Ingham’s 


Enrate Bill Ingham’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. 


Perth, Almond 
Valley and 
Methven 
Railway Bill. 


The Perth, Almond Valley and Methven Railway 
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. 


Stirling and 
Dunfermline 
Railway Bill. 


The Stirling and Dunfermline Railway Bill was 
read the third time, 


25°—96° Juni. 





A. 1856. 


Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Ordered, That in the case of the Luton District Luton Districy 
Road (No. 2) Bill, Standing Orders 177, 178 and Road (No, 2) 
202 be dispensed with ; and that it be an Instruction 
to the Committee of Selection, that they have Power 
to appoint the Committee on the Bill, with leave to 
sit and proceed forthwith. 


Ordered, That a Committee be appointed to in- Perth Burgh 
spect the Journals of the House of Lords, with 4 Harbour 
relation to any Proceedings upon the Perth Burgh - 
and Harbour Bill, and to make Report thereof to the 
House :—And a Committee was appointed of Mr, 
Kinnaird, Mr. Cowan, Mr. Brotherton, Mr. Duncan, 

Mr. Henry Gore Langton and Sir Andrew Agnew : 
And they are to withdraw immediately. 
Ordered, That Three be the Quorum. 


Petitions relating to Registration of Voters (Scot- puniic 

land) Bill; — Bible ; — British Museum, &amp;c. ; — Petitions. 
Church Rates ;—Ecclesiastical Courts ;—Maynooth Vide Fort 
College Act;—County Rates ;—Wine ; — County eighth Report 
Courts ;—Grand Juries, &amp;c. (Ireland) Bill;—Hay 
and Straw Trade Bill ;—Juvenile Offenders (Ireland) 
Bill ;—Medical Officers of Unions; — Mercantile 
Law Amendment Bill;—Nuisances Removal, &amp;c. 
(Scotland) Bill ;— Parochial Schools (Scotland) Bill ; 
—Poor Law Amendment Bill;— Public Health Bill; 
—Punishment of Death ;—Scientific and Literary 
Institutions ;— Scotch and Jrish Pauper Removals 
Bill ;—Tenant Right (Jreland) Bill ;—Testamentary 
Jurisdiction ;—Transfer of Land ;—and, Wills and 
Administrations Bill,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Parochial 
intoa Committee on Parochial Schoolmasters (Scot- ‘Genat 
land) [Tests]. (Tests. ) 

(In the Committee.) 


Resolved, That any person elected to the office 
of Schoolmaster in any parish or district in Scotland, 
shall not be required, as a condition of his admission 
to or enjoyment of the said Office, to acknowledge, 
profess or subscribe any Confession of Faith, Test 
or Formula. 


Resolution to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. FitzRoy 
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 any person elected to the office of School- 
master in any parish or district in Scotland, shall 
not be required, as a condition of his admission to 
or enjoyment of the said office, to acknowledge, 
profess or subscribe any Confession of Faith, Test 
or Formula. 

The said Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Petia . 
into a Committee on the Parochial Schools (Scotland) tad) BL E 
Bill. 


(In the Committee.) 


Preamble postponed. 

Curavusg, N° 1 (Amount of Salaries). 

Amendments made. 

Another Amendment proposed, in Ps 2,1.3: To 
leave out the words “ of any one of the teachers of 
“such an order,” and insert the words “ of the 
“teacher of one of these schools shall be oy 

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20 VicroriZ. 


“ the above limits, and that of the teacher of any 
“ one of the others.” 

Question proposed, That those words be there 
inserted :—Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 

An Amendment made. 

Clause, as amended, agreed to. 

Cuauses, N° 2 to N° 5, amended, and agreed to. 

Crausez, N°’ 6 (Retiring allowances may be pro- 
vided to Schoolmasters). 

Amendment proposed, in p. 3, 1. 29: To leave 
out the words “ of greater annual amount than four 
“fifth parts of the salary of the office fo the time 
“ being.” 

Question proposed, That the words proposed to 
be left out stand part of the Clause :— Amendment, 
by leave, withdrawn. 

Amendments made. 

Another Ameridment proposed at the end of the 
Clause, to add the words: “ Provided always, That 
“ not more than two persons shall at one and the 
“same time be in the enjoyment of such retiring 
“ allowance.” 

Question proposed, That those words be there 
added :—Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 

Clause, as amended, agreed to. 


Cuiavuse, N° 7 (Prosecution of Schoolmaster at 
the instance of the Heritors and Minister, or of the 
Inspector). 

mendments made. 


Another Amendment proposed, in p. 3, 1.41: To 
leave out the words “ or of the Inspector of Schools 
“for the time being of the district within which 
“ such school is situated.” ; 

Question put, That the words “or of the In- 
“ spector of Schools ” stand part of the Clause ; 

The Committee divided. 

Tellers for the f Mr. Hayter, 101 

Yeas, The Earl of Mulgrave : ’ 
Tellers for thef Mr. Blackburn, 50 

Noes, Sir Archibald Campbell : . 
Amendments made. 


Another Amendment proposed, in p. 4, Ll. 1: 
After the word “either” to insert the words “ or of 
“any three heads of families being parents or 
“ guardians of children attending the school, but 
“ any.” 

omiien proposed, That those words be there 
inserted :—Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 

An Amendment made. 


Another Amendment proposed at the end of the 
Clause, to add the words: “ Provided always, That 
“ no proceedings shall be instituted by the Inspector 
“ without the consent of the Heritors or Minister 
“ of the parish.” 

Question proposed, That those words be there 
added :—Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 

Clause, as amended, agreed to, 


Cxavsz, N° 8 (In case of moral delinquency on 
Inspector’s report, Heritors and Minister may depose 
Schoolmaster). 

An Amendment made. 


Another Amendment proposed, in p. 4, 1. 6: To 
leave out all the words from “require” to “ sentence,” 
in ]. 15, both inclusive, in order to insert the words 
“ bring such charges as they may think fit to make 
“ against him.” 

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. 

Crausez, N° 9 (Schoolmaster not required to sub- 
scribe Confession of Faith). 

Amendment proposed, in p. 4, l. 25: To leave 
out from the word “thereof” to the end of the 
Clause, in order to insert the words “ who shall 
“declare when elected that he is not of the Esta- 


“blished Church of Scotland, shall not be required, 
Vou. 111. 







26° Juniz. 297 


“ as a condition of his admission to or enjoyment of 
“ the said office, to sign before the Presbytery of 
“ the Bounds the Formula of the Church of Scotland 
“ required by the sixteenth section of the forty-third 
“ George the Third, chapter fifty-four, but shall in 
“ Jieu thereof make the following Declaration : 

“&lt;«], A. B., do hereby declare, that I do 
“ sincerely own and believe the whole doctrine 
“ contained in the Confession of Faith approven 
“by the General Assemblies of the National 
** Church, and ratified by law in the year One 
“thousand six hundred and ninety, and fre- 
“ quently confirmed by divers Acts of Parlia- 
“ment since that time, to be the truths of 
“God; and I do solemnly and sincerely, in 
“he presence of God, profess, testify and de- 
‘ clare, that as Schoolmaster of 
si , in the discharge of the said office, 
“IT will not exercise the functions thereof to 
“the prejudice or subversion of the Church 
“of Scotland as by law established, or the 
“ doctrines and privileges thereof,’” instead 
thereof. 

Question put, That the words “shall not be re- 
“ quired” stand part of the Clause ; 

The Committee divided. 

Tellers for the (Mr. Hayter, } 07 

Yeas, = | The Earl of Mulgrave: : 
Tellers for the {ia Graham Montgomery, | ., 
Noes, Mr. Blackburn : } ; 


Another Amendment proposed, in p. 4, 1.26: To 
leave out from the word “required” to the end of 
the Clause, in order to add the words “to make 
“ or subscribe the Confession of Faith and Formula 
“ of the Church of Scotland mentioned in an Act 
“passed in the forty-third year of his Majesty 
“ George the Third, chapter three, section fifty-four. 


“* Every person hereafter to be elected to any such 
“ office shall make and subscribe, in the presence of 
“ the Minister and Heritors, the Declaration follow- 
“ ing: 
“&lt;], A. B., do solemnly and sincerely, in 
“the presence of God, profess, testify and de- 
“ clare, that while 1 am Parochial (or ) 
** Schoolmaster of , | will endeavour 
“ faithfully, and to the best of my ability, that 
“ my teaching shall be in accordance and con- 
“ sistent with the Holy Scriptures, and with the 
“ Shorter Catechism; and that I will not exer- 
“ cise the functions of the said office to the 
“ prejudice or subversion of the Church of 
“ Scotland as by law established, or the doctrines 
“ and privileges thereof.’ 
“And such Declaration shall be recorded in the 
“ Minutes of the Minister and Heritors of the parish 
“ in which the office is held, before any such person 
“ shall enter on the functions of such office,” instead 
thereof. 
Question proposed, That the words “as a con- 
“ dition of his admission,” 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, To-morrow, again 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


reading of the Grand 
Bill ; 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time To- 


morrow. 


ury Assessments (Jreland) 


reading of the Church Building Commission Bill ; 


Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
this day. 





eat The 





The Order of the Ny being read, for the third Grand Jury 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Church 













































































Joint Stock 
Banks Bill. 


Dissenters’ 
Marriages 
Bill. 


Perth Burgh 
and Harbour 
Bill. 


Perth Burgh 
and Harbour 
Bill. 


Perth Burgh 
and Harbour 


(No. 2) Bill. 


298 26° Suniz. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming the 
adjourned Debate on the Question proposed upon 
the 24th day of April last, That Mr. Speaker do now 
leave the Chair (for Committee on the Joint Stock 
Banks Bill) ; . 

Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 
till this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking 
into further consideration the Dissenters’ Marriages 
Bill, as amended in the Committee ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be taken into further con- 
sideration this day. 


Mr. Kinnaird reported from the Committee ap- 
pointed to inspect the Journals of the House of Lords 
with relation to any Proceedings upon the Perth 
Burgh and Harbour Bill, and to make Report thereof 
to the House; That they had inspected the said 
Journals accordingly, and found the following En- 
tries : 

“ Die Lune, 23° Junii, 1856. 

“The Earl of Selkirk reported from the 
Select Committee on ‘The Perth Burgh and 
Harbour Bill;’ ‘That they had considered the 
said Bill, and examined the allegations thereof, 
which were found to be true; and that the 
Committee had gone through the Bill, and made 
some Amendments thereto.’ 

“ Which Amendments were read by the 
Clerk, as follows; viz. 

“Page 5,1. 29. Leave outfrom (borrowed) 

to (And) in p. 6, lL. 8. 
“Page 7,1.15. Leave out (And whereas) 
and insert (and). 
1.18. Leave out from (Council) 
to (but) in 1. 24. 
“Page 8,1. 4. Leave out from(Perth) to 
(The) in 1. 7. 
1.18. Leave out (first, second, 
third and fourth). 

“Page 9,1.18. Leave out (Harbour). 

1.27. Leave out (Harbour). 

“ Page 10,1. 3. Leave out (Harbour). 

1.18. Leave out (Harbour). 

1. 30. Leave out (Harbour). 

“ Page 11,1. 3. Leave out (Harbour). 

1. 9. Leave out (Harbour). 

“ Page 12, 1.25. Leave out (Harbour). 
“ Page 18, 1.11. Leave out from the second 
(the) to (as) in 1. 13, and insert 
(ancient Royalty of the Burgh 
of Perth in so far as it is in- 
cluded within the boundaries 
described in Schedule (M.) to 
an Act of the second and third 
oe of the reign of his late 
ajesty King William the 
Fourth, intituled, ‘An Act to 
amend the Representation of 

the People in Scotland’). 
1.14. Leave out (of the City). 

“ Leave out Clauses 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 
46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 
58, 59 and 60. 

“ Page 27,1. 16. Leave out (the said recited 

Acts or). 

“ In the Title to the Bill: 

l. 5. Leave out from (Harbour) 
to (and) in |. 7. 

“* Ordered, That the further consideration of 
the said Amendments be put off to this day 
Three Months.” 





Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
provide for the arrangement of the Financial Affairs 
of the City of Perth; for the Maintenance of the 


A. 1856. 


Port and Harbour, and for other purposes therewith 
connected : And that Mr. Kinnaird and Mr. Dunlop 
do prepare, and bring it in. 


The following Papers were laid upon the Table by Income Tax, 


the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, dated 
the 21st day of February last, for a Return showing 
the Number of Persons charged to the Income Tax 
for the years ended the 5th day of April 1854 and 
1855, under Schedule (D.) ; distinguishing the Num- 
ber charged in each of the following Classes: viz. 
under £.100 a year; £.100 and under £.150a 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 con- 
tinuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 482, of Ses- 
sion 1855) :—And, similar Return for Jreland. 


Return to an Order, dated the 5th day of this Horses and 
instant June, for a Return, according to the Form Cattiages. 


annexed, of the Number of Horses and Carriages 
paying Taxes in each County in England for 1854: 








| 
Name Carriages Carriages | Number of | Total Amount 
of with with Horses, of 
County. | Four Wheels. | Two Wheels. | all Sizes. | Assessment. 

















The following Paper, pursuant to the directions of Public Works 


an Act of Parliament, was also laid upon the Table by @ 
the Clerk of the House,—An Account to the 31st day 
of March 1856, of the Amounts placed at the dis- 

sal of the Commissioners of Public Works in Zre- 
land for Loans, pursuant to the Act 1 &amp; 2 Will. 4, 
c. 33, and subsequent Acts, showing the Amounts 
advanced, and the Amounts remaining unissued :— 
An Account of the Loans advanced by the said 
Commissioners under the said Acts, the Monies 
received on account thereof, and paid into the Ex- 
chequer, and the Balance of Principal and Interest 
outstanding, distinguishing each Class of Loans, 
and also showing the Amounts advanced and repaid 
in respect of each such Class, during the year ending 
the 31st March 1856. 


A Bill to provide for the Arrangement of the Perth Burgh 


Financial Affairs of the City of Perth ; for the Main- 
tenance of the Port and Harbour, and for other 
purposes therewith connected, was read the first 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time To- 
morrow. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee on Masters Masters and 


and Operatives be revived. 


The Comptroller of the Household reported to the National 


House; That their Address of the 23d day of this 
instant June, relative to National Education (Jre- 
land), had been presented to Her Majesty, and that 
Her Majesty had been pleased to receive the same 
very graciously, and to give the following answer: 

1 fully recognize the duty of extending as widely 
as possible the blessings of Education in Ireland; 
and your wishes and recommendations will always 
receive the consideration justly due to them. 

It affords Me great satisfaction to know that ex- 
perience has proved the existing system of National 
Education 








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26° Junie. 299 


important object. 
It is My earnest desire to see that system upheld | of the several Unions and Parishes in England and 
and strengthened by a strict adherence to those rules | Wales on the 25th day of March 1856 ; distinguish- 
which, by excluding all compulsory religious teach- | ing—1. Illegitimate Children whose Mothers are in 
ing, have hitherto secured parental authority, the | the Workhouse; 2. Illegitimate Children whose 
rights of conscience, and the religious liberty of all | Mothers are not in the Workhouse ; 3. Children of 
denominations of Christians. | Widows who are in the Workhouse; 4. Children of 
| Widows who are not inthe Workhouse; 5. Children 

Railways. Mr. Lowe presented, by Her Majesty’s Command, | of Widowers who are in the Workhouse; 6. Children 
—Copy of Report to the Lords of the Committee of | of Widowers who are not in the Workhouse; 7. 

Privy Council for Trade and Foreign Plantations, of Children whose Father and Mother are dead; 8. 

the Proceedings of the Department relating to Rail- | Children deserted by Father; 9. Children deserted 

ways, for the year 1855. | by Mother; 10. Children deserted by both Parents ; 

Railways. Mr. Lowe also presented,—Return to an Order, | 11. Children whose Father is transported or suffer- 
dated the 31st day of January last, for Returns ‘ing Imprisonment for Crime; 12. Children whose 

showing, for each Railway Company, the Amount | Residence in the Workhouse is caused by the bo- 

of Capital and Loan which the Company has been | dily or mental infirmity of Father or Mother ; 13. 
authorized to raise by Acts passed previous to and | Children of Able-bodied Parents who are in the 

in 1855; the Amount of Share Capital actually paid | Workhouse ; 14. Children of Able-bodied Parents 

up on the 31st day of December 1855, separating | who are not in the Workhouse; 15. Children not 

the ordinary Share Capital which does not receive, | falling within any of the foregoing Classes ; distin- 





Education in Jreland to have greatly promoted this| Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Children in 
Return of the Number of Children in the Workhouses Workhouses. 


rks 


ur 
ll. 





or is not entitled to receive, any Preferential Divi- | 
dend or Interest, from that which bears a Prefe- 
rential Dividend or Rate of Interest; stating the 
Amount 6f 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 
1855; the Rates of Interest payable thereon, and 
the Sums to which such Rates of Interest are appli- 
cable; the Total Amount the Company retained 
Powers at the end of 1855 to raise, either on exist- 
ing Shares, or by creating new Shares or by Loans; 
the Length of Line open for Traffic on the 31st day 
of December 1855, distinguishing single and double 
portions ; the Length of Line in course of Construc- 
tion at the end of 1855; the Length of Line each 
Company is authorized to construct, but which was 
not commenced on the 31st day of December 1855, 
and, consequently, the Total Length for which each 
Company has obtained Powers:—Of the Amal- 
gamation of Railway Companies, which has been 
effected either by Prccheas, ‘Lease or otherwise, 
during 1855; stating the nature of such Amalgama- 
tion, and the Date on which it commenced, with 
the Act of Parliament under which it was effected : 
—And, from each Railway Company, showing the 
Length of each Line, or part of a Line or Branch 
Line, for which the Powers granted by Parliament 
for the compulsory Purchase of the Land required 
for their Construction had been allowed to expire, 
previous to the 31st day of December 1855, without 
the exercise of such Powers, and the Capital appro- 
priated by Parliament for'the Construction of such 
Lines or Branch Lines. 

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


Ordered, That Sir Thomas Dyke Acland have 
leave of absence for the remainder of the Session, on 
account of a domestic affliction. 


Civil Appoint. Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
¥ to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 


to give directions, that there be laid before this House, 
Returns of the Names and Rank of the several Officers 
of the Army and Navy now holding Civil Appoint- 
ments in the Public Service within the United King- 
dom :—Of the Date, Description and Annual Salary 
and Emolument of each such Civil Appointment :— 
And, of the Annual Amount of Half-pay (if any), 
which each such Military or Naval Officer respec- 
tively receives, in addition to the Salary and Emo- 
lument of each such Civil Appointment. 

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

oL. 111. 


guishing also the Number of each Class capable of 
entering upon Service, and the Number of Boys and 
Girls respectively under Three years old, Three years 
old and under Seven, and Seven years old and up- 
wards (in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 
180, of Session 1853). 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, National 
Returns of the Amount of National Debt existing on Debt. 


the 5th day of April since the year 1854 ; specifying 
the Description of Stock, the Interest payable on 
each Description, the Reduction or Increase of In- 
terest payable each year, with the Cause of such Re- 
duction or Increase ; and showing the Amount of 
Stock created or redeemed in each year (in continua- 
tion of Parliamentary Paper, No. 496, of Session 
1855) :—And, of the Amount of Stock cancelled 
each year in exchange for Terminable Annuities since 
their creation; specifying the Amount of Terminable 
Annuities in existence in each year ending the 5th 
day of January since their creation up to the year 
1853, and on the 5th day of April in all subsequent 
years up to April 1856, inclusive. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Army 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased (Crimea.) 


to give directions, that there be laid before this House, 
Returns of the Names, with their Rank and Regiment 
(or Corps), of all Officers of the Army who remained 
in the Crimea from the first landing there till the 
end of the War:—Of the Names, Rank and Regi- 
ment (or Corps), of all Officers who remained from’ 
the first landing until they died or fell in Action :— 
Of the Names, Rank and Regiment (or Corps), of 
all Officers who remained from the first landing to 
the end of the War, with the exception of an inter- 
val of Absence, stating such imterval:—Of the 
Names, Rank and Regiment (or Corps), of all 
Officers who, arriving at any Period after the first 
landing, remained till the end of the War, or who 
died or fell in Action; with the Date of their Arrival, 
and of their Death :—And, of the Names, Rank and 
Regiment (or Corps), of all Officers who left the 
Crimea before the end of the War, with the Date of 
their Arrival and Departure, and the Causes of such 
Departure. 

Ordered, That 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 Magdalen Hospital, Bath, Bill was read the Magdalen 
first time ; and ordered to be read a second time er gg 


upon Thursday next; and to be printed. 


The Endowed School at Moulton Bill was read Endowed 
the first time ; and ordered to be reac a second time S¢h 





upon Thursday next; and to be printed. -&lt; 
| : Qe@ 2 Ordered, Bill 201, 




























Spirit Licenses 
(Ireland. ) 


Army. 


Civil Service 
(East India. ) 


Recruiting 
(United 
States. ) 


Central 
America. 


Wills and Ad. 
ministrations 


Registration 
of Voters 
(Scotland) Bill. 


Poor Law 
Amendment 
(No. 2) Bill. 


$00 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
a Return of the Number of Licenses granted to 
Spirit Dealers in Jrefand, not being Retailers, in 
1852, 1853, 1854 and 1855; distinguishing those to 
whom Retail or Public-house Licenses were also 
granted :—Like Return of the Number of Licenses 
granted fur the Retail of Spirits in Quantities not 
greater at one time than Two Quarts not to be con- 
sumed on the Premises; setting forth the Numbers 
of those whose Premises were valued at or under 
£.25 annually, at £.25 and under £.30, at £.30 and 
under £.40, at £.40 and under £.50, and upwards, 
for the like Period :—Like Return of the Number of 
Spirit Retailers or Publicans who sell Spirits, Beer, 
&amp;c. to be consumed on the Premises; setting forth 
the Number of those whose Premises have been 
valued under £.10, £. 20, £.25, £.30, £.40 and £.50 
annually, respectively, as also those above £.50 :— 
And, Like Return of the Number of Retail Licenses 
granted for the Sale of Beer to be consumed on the 
Premises to Persons who have not Retail Spirit or 
Public-house Licenses ; distinguishing those whose 
Premises are valued at £.20 or under from those 
valued at £.20 and upwards. 


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 the Lieutenant-Colonels of the 
Army on the 1st day of December 1854, who had 
been promoted to that Rank before the 20th day of 
June 1854 (including those who were afterwards 
promoted in succession to deceased Generals, but 
ante-dated on the 28th day of November 1854) ; 
showing the Number of Officers of the Army and 
Ordnance who have been promoted over each of 
them to the Rank of Colonel by the operation of the 
Warrant of the 6th day of October 1854; specifying 
the Amount of Service on Full and Half-pay; also 
those Officers who have not served Six years as Re- 
gimental Field Officers, and those Officers who have 
received Brevet Promotion for Services in the Field. 

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


Mr. Vernon Smith presented, pursuant to the 
directions of an Act of Parliament,—Copy of further 
Correspondence respecting the Regulations framed 
by the Commissioners for the Affairs of India, for 
the Examination of Candidates for appointment to 
the Civil Service of the East India Company (in con- 
tinuation of the Parliamentary Paper, No. 34, of 
1855). 

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


Viscount Pa/merston presented, by Her Majesty's 
Command,— Further Papers relative to Recruiting in 
the United States. 

Copy of further Correspondence with the United 
States respecting Central America. 

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


The Wills and Administrations Bill was, accord- 
ing to Order, read a second time ; and committed to 
u Committee of the whole House, for To-morrow. 


The Registration of Voters (Scotland) Bill was, ac- 
cording to Order, read the third time; and Amend- 
ments were made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That 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 Poor Law Amendment (No. 2) Bill; 
And a Motion being made, and the Question being 


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A. 1856, 


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 adjourned; 


And the House paving continued to sit till after 
Twelve of the clock on Friday morning ; 


Veneris, 27° die Junii, 1856; 


And the Question being put ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right, 

The Noes to the Left. 

Tellers for the Sir George Brooke Pecheli, 

Yeas, { Mr. Spooner : 

Tellers for the f Mr. Hayter, 

Noes, \The Earl of Mulgrave : 

So it passed in the Negative. 

And the Question being again proposed, That the 
Bill be now read a second time; 

A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That this House do now adjourn :—And the 
said Motion and Original Question were severally, 
with leave of the House, withdrawn. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Thursday next, at Twelve o'clock. 


\5 
j&gt;3- 
ly 
J 


uw 
. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself into Drainage 
(Ireland) Bill, 


a Committee on the Drainage (Jredand) Bill. 
(In the Committee.) 


Preamble postponed. 

Cravuse, N° 1 (Navigations to vest in Trastees 
for the use of Counties). 

An Amendment made. 

Another Amendment proposed, in p. 3, 1. 6: After 
the word “ Navigations ” to insert the words “ when 
“ completed.” 

Question, ‘That those words be there inserted—-— 
put, and negatived. 

Clause, as amended, agreed to, 

Cravse, N° 2, agreed to. 

Cravusss, N° 3 to N° 5, amended, and agreed to. 

Curavse, N° 6, agreed to. 

Cuavusss, N° 7 and N° 8, amended, and agreed to. 

Cravuse, N° 9, agreed to. 

Ciavuss, N° 10, amended, and agreed to. 

Crause, N° 11, agreed to. 

Cuiausg, N° 12, amended, and agreed to. 

Crauses, N° 13 to N° 22, agreed to. 

Cravusgs, N° 23 to N° 25, amended, and agreed to. 

Cause, N° 26, agreed to. 

Crausg, N° 27 (In case of neglect of Navigaticns, 
same to be repaired). 

Amendment proposed, in p. 10, 1. 39: Afier the 
word “ representation” to insert the words “ of 
“ Twenty rate-payers residing within the districts 
“ chargeable.” 

Question, That those words be there inserted— — 
put, and nezatived. 

Amendments made. 

Clause, as amended, agreéd to. 


Cravuses, N° 28 to N° 36, 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. 


The Cambridge University Bill was, 
Order, read the third time. 
A Clause (Colleges, with 





tates 


according to Connell” 


consent of Church Es- om. 


Vice-President 
of Committee 
of Council on 
Education Bill. 


Coatham 
Marriages 
Validity Bill. 


Smoke Nui- 
sance Abate- 
ment (Metro- 
is) Act, 
Amend- 
ment Bill. 


County Courts 


Judges’ 
(iaes, &amp;e.] 


Exchequer 
Bills 


(£.4,000,000) 
Bill, 


Public Health 
Bill. 


Mercantile 
Law Amend- 
ment Bill, 


Mercanti 
Law (Seus. 


( 
land) Amend- 
ment Bill, 


Corporation 


20 Vicrortz. 


tates Commissioners, to sell Estates, &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 second 
reading of the Vice-President of Committee of Coun- 
cilon Education Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Monday next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on the Coatham Marriages Validity 
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 this 
day. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take 
into consideration the Smoke Nuisance Abatement 
(Metropolis) Act, 1853, Amendment Bill, as amended 
in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time this 
day. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself into 
a Committee on County Courts [Judges’ Salaries, 
&amp;e. ] 
(In the Committee.) 


Resolved, That provision be made out of the Con- 
solidated Fund of the United Kingdom of Great 
Britain and Ireland, for payment of the Salaries of 
the Judges of County Courts, and of the remunefation 
of any Deputy Judge, during the period he may act 
after the death of a Judge. 

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 reccived this day. 


The Exchequer Bills (£. 4,000,000) Bill was, ac- 
cording to Order, read a second time; and com- 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for this 
day. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming 
the adjourned Debate on the Question proposed 
upon the 24th day of this instant June, That the 
Public Health Bill be now read a second time; 

And the Question being again So :—The 
House resumed the said adjourned Debate. 

And the Question being put:—It was resolved in 
the Affirmative :—The Bill was accordingly read a 
second time; and committed to a Committee of the 
whole House, for this day. ’ 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Mercantile Law Amendment Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Monday next. 


The Mercantile Law (Scotland) Amendment Bill 
was, according to Order, read a second time ; and 
committed to a Committee of the whole House, for 
Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the London Corporation Bill ; 
Ordered, That the said Urder be discharged. 
Piret That the Bill be withdrawn. 
OL. 111. 








26°—27° Juniz. 301 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Corrupt 
reading of the Corrupt Practices Prevention Bill ; :, 
' Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 


Practices Pre- 
vention Bill. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take Court of 
into consideration the Court of Exchequer (Scot- (onan, nen 
land) Bill, as amended in the Committee; and — 
Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Burial Acts 
reading of the Burial Acts Amendment Bill ; az 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Joint Stock 
mittee on the Joint Stock Companies Winding-up —— 
Acts Amendment Bill ; Acts ‘a&gt; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday ment Bill. 


next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Deeds (Scotland) Bill was, according to Order, Deeds (Scot- ’ 
read a second time; and committed to a Committee #4) Bill. 
of the whole House, for ‘Tuesday next, at Twelve 
o’clock. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Testamentary 
reading of the Testamentary and Matrimonial Juris- and Matti. , 
diction Bill; diction Bill. 
4 Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time this 

ay. 


The Order of the day heing read, for the second Ecclesiastical 
reading of the Ecclesiastical Courts Jurisdiction = - — 
Bill ; Iction D1 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time this 
day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Procedure 
mittee on the Procedure and Evidence Bill; -— Evidence 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Courts of 
into a Committee on the Courts of Common Law Common Law 
(Ireland) 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 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 Intestates” 
into a Committee on the Intestates’ Personal Estates Nera my 
, , states 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 tls day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Vaccination 
mittee on the Vaccination Bill ; Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Judges and _ 
into a Committee on the Judges and Chancellors —=_— 
Bill. 

(In the Committee.) 


Preamble postponed. 
Motion made, and Question put, That the Chair- 
man do report Progress, and ask leave to sit again ; © 
ees The 


(Ireland) Bill. - 




































































OI EAS RAT 













































Ma th 
Cc Bill, 


Church 
Building 
Commission 


Joint Stock 
Banks Bill 


Dissenters’ 
Marriages 
Bill. 


Revenue 
(Transfer of 
Charges.) 


Contracts 
for Public 


Departments, 


Luton District 


Road (No, 2) 
Bill. 


Shipton’s 
Disabilities 


Removal Bill. 


302 


The Committee divided. 

Tellers for the { Mr. Malins, } es 
Yeas, UMr. Vance : : 

Tellers for the | Mr.John George ee 31 
Noes, UMr. Craufurd: ; 

Motion made, and Question put, That the Chair- 

man do now leave the Chuir ; 

The Committee divided. 

Tellers for the os Mowbray, 9 
Yeas, Mr. Malins: 

Tellers for thef Mr.John George Phitimere,} 3 
Noes, \Mr. Craufurd : 


To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 


9 


- 


1. 





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, ‘hat the Committee may have leave to sit 
again. 

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


The Order of the day being read, for resuming 
the adjourned Debate on the Question proposed 
upon the 25th day of this instant June, That the 
Maynooth College Bill be now read a second time ; 

Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


The Church Building Commission Bill was, ac- 
cording to Order, read a second time; and com- 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for 
Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming the 
adjourned Debate on the Question proposed upon 
the 24th day of April last, That Mr. Speaker do now 
leave the Chair (for Committee on the Joint Stock 
Banks Bill) ; 

Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 
till Wednesday next. . 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to 
take into further consideration the Dissenters’ Mar- 
riages Bill, as amended in the Committee; and 
Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon 
Monday next. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
alter the Mode of providing for certain Expenses now 
charged upon certain parts of the Public Revenue : 
And that Mr. Wilson and the Chancellor of the 


Exchequer do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That Viscount Monck be discharged 
from further attendance on the Select Committee on 
Contracts for Public Departments. 

Ordered, That Mr. Jackson be added to the 
Committee. 


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till Two of the clock on Friday morning, 
adjourned till this day. 





die Junii ; 


Anno 20° Victorie Regine, 18 56. 





97° 


V eneris, 


PRAYERS. 
M R. FitzRoy reported the Luton District Road 
(No. 2) Bill, without Amendment. 

Ordered, ‘That the Bill be read the third time. 


Mr. FitzRoy reported Shipton’s Disabilities Re- 


moval Bill, without Amendment. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


26°—27° Juniz. 





A. 1856. 


Mr. Bonham Carter re from the Select Public 
Committee on Public Petitions; That they had exa- Petitions 
mined the Petitions presented upon the 24th, 25th (Forty-eighth 
and 26th days of this instant June, and had directed — 
him to make a Keport thereof to the House. 

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


The Saint Sepulchre’s Manor (Dublin) Bill was, Saint Sepui. 

according to Order, read the third time. chre’s Manor 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. (Dublin) Bill, 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 


Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Ordered, That Standing Orders, Nos. 172 and 201, Perth Burgh 
be suspended in respect of the Perth Burgh and #4 Harbour 
Harbour (No. 2) Bill. (No. 2) Bi 

Then the Bill was, according to Order, read a se- 
cond time; and committed. 


Ordered, That the North Western Railway Bill, North Western 
as amended in the Committee, be now taken into Railway Bill. 
consideration :—The House accordingly proceeded 
to take the Bill into consideration. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon 
Monday next. 


Petitions relating to Registration of Voters (Scot- Public 

land) Bill;—Church Rates ;— Episcopal and Capi- Petitions. 
tular Estates Act; — Maynooth College Act ; — vide Forty. 
Religious Endowments (/reland);— Ameer Alli ninth Report. 
Moorad Khan Talpoor ; — County Rates ;—Wine ; 
—Bleaching, &amp;c. Works Bill ; alan Race ; — 
Medical Officers of Unions; — Mercantile Law 
' Amendment Bill ; — Metropolis Local Management 
| Act Amendment Bill ;—Poor Law Amendment Bill ; 
| —Scotch and Jrish Pauper Removals Bill ;—Tenants’ 
Congpensatien (Ireland) ;— Testamentary Jurisdic- 
tion Bill ;—and, Wages,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 





Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Income Tax, 
a Return of the Names of Persons employed in the &amp; (London.) 
Assessment and Collection of Income ‘Tax and Land 
and Assessed Taxes, in the City of Zondon, during 
the year ending the 5th day of April 1856; the Ca- 
pacity in which employed, Rate of Poundage, 
Amount of Salaries or Allowances received, and 
whether employed in other Duties or not; and of 
the Total Amount of Income Tax, Land Tax and 
Assessed Taxes in the same period (in continuation 
of Parliamentary Paper, No. 528, of Session 
1854-55). 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, New Ross 
Copies of all Correspondence between the Poor Law Union. 
Commissioners in Jre/and and the Guardians of the 
New Ross Union since the 1st day of December 
last, and of the Minutes of the Board of Guardians 
of the said Union, in reference to the change of the 
Religious Registry of Margaret Coltman, a Pauper 
Inmate of the Workhouse, with a Statement of the 
Age of such Pauper. 


Ordered, That Mr. Pollard-Urguhart have leave Leave of 
of absence for ten days, on urgent business. Aboee. 


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


Mr. Massey presented,—Return to an Address to Church Rates 
Her Majesty, dated the 10th day of August 1854, for 
‘a Return of all Monies received and expended by 
Churchwardens and Chapelwardens in England and 
Wales, from Easter 1853 to Easter 1854; distinguish- 
ing the Sums received by them from Church Rates, 
from other Sources of Official Receipt applicable in 
aid or in lieu of Church Rates; and distinguishing, 


from other'kinds of Expenditure defrayed by oe 
a 














hth 
i. 
‘if, Church Rates. 
gh 
ur 
l. 
Poor Law 
(Ireland. ) 
tern 
ill. 
y- 
ort. 
aX, 
jon.) 
Constabulary 
(Ireland. ) 
Income Tax. 
No. 313. 
; Horses and 
Carriages, 
No. 314, 
Public Works 
(Ireland, ) 
No, 315, 
Railways, 
No. 316. 
Civil Service 
: Rast India.) 
— No. 317. 
Su 
nates ply. 








20 VicroriIzZz. 


all Expenses incurred in building, improving and 
maintaining in Repair Churches or Chapels, and any 
Buildings or Fences appertaining thereto; also, 
stating, with respect to Parishes or Places where no 
Church Rate has been made, whether Opposition has 
been the Cause thereof; also, an Account of any 
Sum or Sums of Money borrowed under the Pro- 
visions of any Act of Parliament on the security of 
Church Rates (in a similar Form to Parliamentary 
Paper, No. 565, of Session 1839). 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated 
the 17th day of July 1855, for 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 re- 
fused, 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; (3) 
whether divided into Ecclesiastical Districts, and if 
so, how many. 

Return to an Order, dated the 17th day of this in-| 
stant June, for Returns of the Number of Inmates in | 
the Union Workhouses in Jreland at the periods | 
during the years ending the 25th day of March 1856, 
when the Total Number of Inmates in the Workhonse | 
was at the Maximum and Minimum :—Of the Names, | 
if any, of the Poor Law Inspectors in Ireland not | 
residing within their District, and for how long and | 
under what circumstances they have been permitted | 
so to reside :— Of the Quantity of Land, if any, in the 
actual Possession or Occupation of Poor Law In- 
spectors in Jreland within the District of such In- 
spector, with the Name of such Inspector :—Of the | 
Number of Attendances of the paid Poor Law Com- 
missioners in Jreland at the Office, Custom House, | 
Dublin, or at a Board at Dudlin Castle, during the | 
year ending the 25th day of March 1856 :—And, of | 
any Correspondence which has taken place between | 
the Poor Law Commissioners for Jreland and their 
late Secretary (Mr. Stanley), relative to a Suggestion | 
by the latter of a re-construction of the Staff in the| 
Poor Law Office, with a view to its being more 
economically worked, not included in former Re-| 
turns. 

Mr. Massey also presented, pursuant to the direc- 
tions of an Act of Parliament,—Statement of the 
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 1856. 

, _— That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table. 





Ordered, That the Return relative to Income Tax, ; 


which was presented upon the 26th day of this instant 
June, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Horses and | 
Carriages, which was presented upon the 26th day | 


of this instant June, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Account relative to Public 
Works (Zre/and), which was presented upon the 26th 
day of this instant June, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Amount 
of Capital and Loan authorized to be raised by each 


Railway Company, which was presented upon the | 


26th day of this instant June, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to Civil Service | 


(East India), which was presented upon the 26th 
day of this instant June, be printed. 


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

And a Motion bein 
being proposed, That Mr. 
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 
. 5 humble Address be presented to Her Ma- 

OL, 111. 


made, and the Question 
Speaker do now leave the 


27° Junie. 


303 


“jesty, praying Her Majesty to be graciously National 


“ pleased to issue a Royal Commission to determine 
“the Site of the New National Gallery, and to re- 
“ port on the desirableness of combining with it the 
“ Fine Art and Archeological Collections of the 
“ British Museum, in accordance with the Recom- 
“ mendation of the Select Committee on the Na- 
“ tional Gallery in 1853,” 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, 


Vs 
Yeas, LThe Earl of Mulgrave : | aes 
Tellers for thes Mr. Granville Vernon, Liss 
Noes, (Mr. Wells: | ates 


So it passed in the Negative. 

And the Question peing put, That the words “ an 
“humble Address be presented to Her Majesty, 
“‘ praying Her Majesty to be graciously pleased to 
“issue a Royal Commission to determine the Site 
“ of the New National Gallery, and to report on the 
*‘ desirableness of combining with it the Fine Art 
“‘ and Archeological Collections of the British Mu- 
“ seum, in accordance with the Recommendation of 
“ the Select Committee on the Nationai Gallery in 
“1853” be added instead thereof :—It was resclved 
in the Affirmative. 

Then the main Question, so amended, being put; 

Resolved, That an humble Address be presented to 
Her Majesty, praying Her Majesty to be graciously 
pleased to issue a Royal Commission to determine the 
Site of the New National Gallery, and toreport on the 
desirableness of combining with it the Fine Art and 
Archeological Collections of the British Museum, 
in accordance with the Recommendation of the Se- 
lect Committee on the National Gallery in 1853. 

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


Gallery Site. 


Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday Supply. 


next, resolve itself into the Committee of Supply. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the National Gallery Site Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Monday next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself into 
a Committee on the Exchequer Bills (£.4,000,000) 
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. 


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 Transfer of Works 
(Ireland) Bill, without any Amendment: And also, 


The Lords have agreed to the Factories Bill, with- 
out any Amendment: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Sardinian Loan 
Bill, without any Amendment: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the North British Rail- 
way Bill, without any Amendment: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Penrith and Cocker- 
mouth Roads Bill, without any Amendment: And 
also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Deeping Fen 
Drainage Bill, without any Amendment: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Stockport and 
Warrington Road Bill, without any Amendment: 
And also, 











aQq4 The 





National 


Gallery Site 


Exchequer 
Bills 
(£.4,000,000) 
Bill. 


Message from 
the Lords. 


Transfer of 
Works (Ire- 
land) Bill. 


Factories 
Bill. 


Sardinian 
Loan Bill. 


North British 
Railway Bill. 


Penrith and 
Cockermouth 
Roads Bill. 


Deeping Fen 
Drainage Bill. 


Stockport and 
Warrington 
Road Bill. 


















































































Elgin and 
Lossiemouth 
Harbour 
Improvement 
Bill 


Carmarthen 
and Cardigan 
Railway Bill. 


Peace Pre- 
servation 
(Ireland ) Bill. 


Leeds Water 
Bill. 


Bell’s Estate 
Bill. 


Drainage 
(Ireland ) Bill. 


Scotch and 
Irish Pauper 
Removals Bill. 


Juvenile 
Offenders 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Dublin 
Metropolitan 
Police Bill. 


Parochial 
Schools (Scot- 
land) Bill. 


Biil 203. 


304 


The Lords have agreed to the Elgin and Lossie- 
mouth Harbour Improvement Bill, without any 
Amendment: And also, 


The Lords have agreed to the Carmarthen and 
Cardigan Railway Bill, without any Amendment: 
And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Amendments made 
by this House to the Peace Preservation (Jreland) 
Bill, without any Amendment: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Leeds Water 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 enable the Trustees of the Will of John Bell, 
Esquire, to sell a Teasehold Estate for Lives in the 
County of York, known as “ Wildon Grange,” held 
ofthe Archbishopof York; and forthe Re-investment 
of the Proceeds in the Purchase of Real Estates of 
Inheritance ; of which the short Title is “ Bell’s 
Estate Act, 1856 ;’’ to which the Lords desire the 
cencurrence of this House. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to 
take into consideration the Drainage (reland) 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 
reading of the Scotch and Jrish Pauper Removals 
Bill ; 

Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


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


Sabbati, 28° die Junii, 1856: 


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

mittee on the Juvenile Offenders (Jreland) Bill; 
Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 
Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming the 
adjourned Debate on the Amendment which, upon 
the 9th day of this instant June, was proposed to be 
made to the Question, That the Dub/in Metropoli- 
tan Police Bill be now read a second time ; 

Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 
till Tuesday next, at Twelve o’clock. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on the Parochial Schools (Scot- 
land) Bill. 

(In the Committee.) 


CrausE, N° 9 (Schoolmaster not required to sub- 
scribe Confession of Faith). 

Question again proposed, That the words “as a 
“condition of bis admission” stand part of the 
Clause put, and agreed to. 

Clause agreed to. 

Crause, N° 10, disagreed to. 

Criause, N° 11 (Schoolmaster not of the Esta- 
blished Church may be examined as Ministers and 
Heritors may direct, and not by Presbytery). 

Amendments made. 





Question put, That the Clause, as amended, stand 
part of the Bi’. 
The Committee divided. 
Tellers for they Mr. Hayter, 
Yeas, |The Earl of Mulgrave: }ros. 
Tellers for the { Mr. Blackburn, 7 
Noes,. \Major Cumming Bruce: f{ - 
Curavse, N° 12, disagreed to. 
Crauses, N° 13 and N° 14, agreed to. 
Cravuss, N° 15, amended, and agreed to. 
Clause added. 


97 °—28° Junii. 











A. 1856. 


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; and be printed. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Wills and Aa. 
into a Committee on the Wills and Administrations tainletrations 
Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker B 
resumed the Chair; and Mr. FitzRoy reported, ill 204, 
That the Committee had gone through the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a Com- 
mittee of the whole House, for Thursday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming Education 
the adjourned Debate on the Question proposed (Scotland) Bil, 
upon the 2d day of this instant June, That the 
Education (Scotland) 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 resuming Juries (Ire- 
the adjourned Debate on the Amendment which, !#24) Bil. 
upon the 24th day of April last, was proposed to be 
made to the Question, That the Juries (Zre/and) Bill 
be now read a second time ; 

Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 
till Tuesday next, at Twelye o’clock. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Bankruptcy 
. ; = . vi 
i of the Bankruptcy and Insolvency (Jreland) (Ireland) Bil) 

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 :—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 third Dwellings for 
reading of the Dwellings for Labouring Classes seo 
(Jreland) Bill; land) Bill. 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
veing 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. 

{i William Somerville, 


Tellers for the Mr. George Alexander Has! 85. 


Yeas, . : | 
milton : 
Tellers for the (Colonel Greville, Lag 
Noes, {Mr De Vere: te 


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. 

Resolved, That the Biil do pass. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. on 

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Ad- 
Ds 


Bill, 


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ill, 


for 





20 VicToRIz. 


Metropolis The Metropolis Local Management Act Amend- 
Local Manage- ment (No. 2) Bill was, according to Order, read a 
a oaaent second time ; and committed to a Committee of the 
(No. 2) Bill whole House, for Monday next. 





Burial- The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
ds (Ire- mittee on the Burial-grounds (Jreland) Bill ; 


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

County Courts Mr. Wilson reported from the Committee on 

[Judges’ County Courts [Judges’ Salaries, &amp;c.], a Resolution ; 


»“"~ which was read, as followeth : 

That provision be made out of the Consolidated 
Fund of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and 
Ireland, tor payment of the Salaries of the Judges 
of County Courts, and of the remuneration of any 
Deputy Judge, during the period he may act after 
the death of a Judge. 

The said Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 


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

Acts Amend- mittee on the County Courts Acts Amendment Bill; 

=o Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


97° —28° Suni. 





| 


Nuisances The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
eo mittee on the Nuisances Removal, &amp;c. (Scot/and) 
ffo.2) Bil, (No. 2) Bill ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 
Marriage Law = The Marriage Law (Scotland) Amending Bill 
ae was, according to Order, read a second time; and 
Bill. committed to a Committee of the whole House, for 
Monday next. 
Queen’s The Order of the day being read, for the second | 
fer ane reading of the Queen’s Colleges (Jreland) Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Thursday next. 
Hospitals The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
prone Bil. into a Committee on the Hospitals (Dublin) Bill; 
Bill 205. and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker re- 
sumed the Chair; and Mr. FitzRoy reported, That 
the Committee had gone through the Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 
Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a Com- 
mittee of the whole House, for Thursday next. 
ae Rates The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
tolition Bill. mittee on the Church Rates Abolition Bill; 
Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 
Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 
— The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
f mittee of Ways and Means ; 
Resolved, That tiis House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 
shan The Order of the day being read, for the third 
(Ireland) Bill. es of the Grand Jury Assessments (Jre/and) 
ill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon 
Monday next. 
—— The Coatham Marriages Validity Bill was, ac- 
Validity Bill 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. 
att Hel The Smoke Nuisance Abatement (Metropolis) 
Ment (Metsp. Act, 1853, Amendment Bill was, according to Or- 
Polis) Act, der, read the third time; and Amendments were 
a ane made to the Bill. 


Resolved, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
do pass. 
OL. 11i. 





305 


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 House, according to Order, resolved itself Public Health 
into a Committee on the Public Health Bill; and, Bi 
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 Order of the day being read, for the third Coon of 
reading of the Court of Exchequer (Scotland) Bill; Exchequer 
And a Motion being made, That the Bill be now Scotland) Bill 
read the third time ; 
Sir George Grey, by Her Majesty’s Command, 
acquainted the House, That Her Majesty, having 
been informed of the purport of the Bill, gives Her 
Consent, as far as Her Majesty’s interest is con- 
cerned, that the House may do dessin 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 second Testamentary 
reading of the Testamentary and Matrimonial Ju- #4 ey ad 
risdiction Bill ; diction — 

Ordered, ‘That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Ecclesiastical 
reading of the Ecclesiastical Courts Jurisdiction Bill; Courts Juris- 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon aes 
Friday next. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take Intestates’ 
into consideration the Intestates’ Personal Estates Personal 
Bill, as amended in the Committee. eeeenimens 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon 
Monday next. 


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

mittee on the Vaccination Bill; Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, wpon Monday 

next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take Poor Law 
into consideration the Poor Law Amendment (Scot- Amendment 
land) Bill, as amended in the Committee. (Scotland) Ball 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon 
Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Hayand Straw 
reading of the Hay and Straw Trade Bill ; Trade Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Friday next. 


The Order for reading a second time, upon Mon- Burial Acts 
day next, the Burial Acts Amendment Bill, was car 
read, and discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Friday next. 


The Order for reading a second time, upon Wed- Carlisle 
nesday next, the Curlis/e Canonries Bill, was read, — 
and discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Burmese War. 
Return of the Names of Officers commanding Bri- 
gades in the last Burmese War, and of their Brigade 
Majors ; distinguishing those who have heen pro- 
moted in consequence of the Conquest of Pegu trom 
those who have not been so promoted. 
RR+ 


_ Ordered, 















Oxford College 


Estates. 


Court of 
Chancery 
(Ireland) 
(Receivers. ) 


Incumbered 
Estates 
(Ireland.) 


Court of 

Appeal in 
Chancery 
(Ireland. ) 


Distillation 
from Rice. 


Oxford College Lord Robert Cecil presented a Bill to give to 


Estates Bill. 
Bill 207. 


Bankruptcy 


and Insolvency 


(Ireland) 
(Salaries, &amp;c. ] 


Distillation 
from Rice Bill. 


Bill 208. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
give to Colleges in the University of Oxford Power 
to sell and exchange Lands under certain conditions: 
And that Lord Robert Cecil and Mr. Mowbray do 
prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to amend the Law and Practice of the Court of 
Chancery in Jreland, in relation to the Appointment 
of Receivers over Real Estate, and to expedite the 
Sale of Estates in the said Court: And that Mr. 
Attorney General for Ireland and Mr. Horsman do 
prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given tv bring in a Bill to 
extend the Period for applying for a Sale under the 
Acts for facilitating the Sale and Transfer of Incum- 
bered Estates in /reland, and to amend the said 
Act: And that Mr. Attorney General for Ireland 
and Mr. Horsman do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
constitute a Court of Appeal in Chancery, and to 
amend the Law relating to Appeals from the In- 
cumbered Estates Court in /reland: And that Mr. 
Attorney General for Jreland and Mr. Horsman do 
prepare, and bring it in. 


Resolved, That this House will, immediately, re- | — 


solve itself into a Committee, to consider of permitting 
the use of Rice in the Distillation of Spirits:—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 
permit the use of Rice in the Distillation of Spirits. 


Resolution to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Cowper 
reported, That the Committee had come toa Re- 
solution. 

Ordered, That the Report be now received. 

Mr. Cowper according!y 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 permit the 
use of Rice in the Distillation of Spirits :—And he 
moved the House accordingly. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in the Bill: 
And that Mr, Wilson and the Chancellor of the Ex- 


chequer do prepare, and bring it in. 


Colleges in the University of Oxford Power to sell 
and exchange Lands under certain conditions: And 
the same was read thie first time ; and ordered to be 
read a second time upon Monday next; and to be 


printed. 


A Motion being made, That this House will, upon 
Monday next, resolve itself into a Committee to 
consider of authorizing the Payment, out of the Con- 
solidated Fund of the United Kingdom of Great 
Britain and Ireland, of the Salaries, Compensations, 
Annuities and Retiring Pensions which may become 
payable under the Provisions of any Act of the 
present Session relating to Bankruptcy and Insol- 
vency in Jreland; and also of imposing Stamp 
Duties in lieu of Fees on Documents in the Court 
of Bankruptcy and Insolvency in Jreland; 

Sir George Grey, by Her Majesty’s Command, 
acquainted the House, That Her Majesty, having 
been informed of the subject-matter of this Motion, 
recommends it to the consideration of the House. 

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


Mr. Wilson presenied a Bill to permit the use of 
Rice in the Distillation of Spirits: And the same 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time upon Monday next; and to be printed. 


97° —28°—30° Juniz. 


A. 1856. 
Mr. Attorney General for Zreland presented a Bill Court of 
to amend the Law and Practice of the Court of Chancery 
Chancery in Jreland, in relation to the Appointment ae 
of Receivers over Real Estate, and to expedite the Bill, — 
Sale of Estates in the said Court: And the same was __ Bill 299, 
read the first time ; and ordered to be read a second 
time upon Tuesday next; and to be printed. 


Mr. Attorney General for Jreland presented a Bill Court of 
to constitute a Court of Appeal in Chancery, and to Appeal in 


amend the Law relating to Appeals from the In- Tolentt 
cumbered Estates Court in Jredand: And the seme Bill son 


was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time upon Tuesday next ; and to be printed. 


Mr. Attorney General for Zreland presented a Bill Incumbered 
to extend the Period for applying for a Sale under peveel Bi 
the Acts for facilitating the Sale and Transfer of In-* .,. : ~ 
cumbered Estates in Jreland, and to amend the said Bill 211. 
Act: And the same was read the first time; and 
ordered to be read a second time upon Tuesday 
next ; and to be printed. 


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








Luna, 30° die Junii ; 
Anno 20° Victorie Regine, 1856. 


PRAYERS. 


T HE House proceeded to take into consideration London, 

the Amendments made by the Lords to the a _ 

London, Tilbury and Southend Railway (Extension Railway (Ex- 

and Branches) Bill; and the same were twice read, tension and 

and agreed to. Branches) Bill. 
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 Middles- 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Middles- brough — 
brough Improvement Bill; and the same were twice Ri) 
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 Tormoham 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Tormo- Water Bill 
ham 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 Lord- 
ships. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Yarmouth 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Yar- teiiway Bill 
mouth and Haddiscoe 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 North Western Railway Bill was, according North Wester 
to Order, read the third time; and Amendments Railway 
were made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act to extend the Time granted to the 
North Wes'ern Railway Company for the Completion 
of their Undertaking, and to enable them to make 
Arrangements with other Companies. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. os 

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Boston, «The Boston, Sleaford and Midland Counties Rail- 
— Coun. Way Bill was read a second time ; and committed. 
- Railway 

Juton District | Ordered, That the Luton District. Road (No. 2) 


Road (No.2) Bill be now read the third time :—The Bill was ac- 
Bill cordingly 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. 


Bell’s Estate Bill was read the first time. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exami- 
ners of Petitions for Private Bills. 


Bell’s Estate 
Bill. 


Public Petitions relating to Parliamentary Papers ; — 
Petitions. British Museum, &amp;c.;— Church Rates ;— Church 
Vide Forty- Rates Abolition Bill ;—Gloucester and Bristol Dio- 


ninth Report. ceses;— Tithe Commutation Rent-charge Bill; — 
County Rates ;—Wine;—County Courts ;—County 
Courts Acts Amendment Bill;—Decimal Coinage ; 
— Grand Juries, &amp;c. (Ireland) Bill ;— Hospitals 
(Dublin) Bill ;—Zondon Corporation Bill ;—Medical 
Officers of Unions ;— Medical Profession Bill;— 
—Mercantile Law Amendment Bill ;— Public Health 
Bill ;—Scientific and Literary Institutions ;—Scien- 
tific and Literary Societies Bill ;—Sound Dues ;— 
and, Testamentary Juri- diction Bill,—were presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 
Petitions relating to the Rating of Mines Bill,— 
were also presented, and read ; and referred to the 
Select Committee on Rating of Mines. 


New Westmin- 
ster Bridge. 


No. 318, 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Copy of a Report presented to the First Commis- 
sioner of Public Works by Messrs. Rendel and Simp- 
son, Civil Engineers, on the New Westminster 
Bridge. 

Sir Benjamin Hall accordingly presented the said 
Paner. 

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 
Table ; 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 : 

Poliee(Coun- ‘The Lords have agreed to the Police Counties and 

ties and Bo- = Borouchs Bill, with Amendments ; to which Amend- 

Troughs) Bill, id . ‘ . oes 
ments the Lords desire the concurrence of this 
House: And also, 

Monmouth The Lords have agreed to the Monmouth Roads 

Roads Bill. = Bill, with Amendments ; to which Amendments the 
Lords desire the concurrence of this House: And 
also, 

Nawab of The Lords request, That this House will be pleased 


Surat Treaty to communicate to their Lordships, a Copy of the 
Minutes of Evidence taken before the Committee 
appointed hy this House in the present Session of 
Parliament on the Nawab of Surat Treaty Bill. 

Ordered, That a Printed Copy of the said Minutes 
of Evidence be communicated to the Lords, as de- 
sired by their Lordships: And that the Clerk do 
deliver the same. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this House, 
a Keturn, in detail, of the Total Amount of the Ex- 
penses incurred in the Royal Arsenal at Woolwich, 
in the preparation of the Fireworks for the Celebra- 
tion of the Peace, including the Cost of Materials, 
Workmen’s Wages, and all Experiments connected 
therewith. 

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


Fireworks 
(Woolwich 
Arsenal. ) 


hitional 
allery Site 
Bil y 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the National Gallery Site Bill ; 

Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 

Te That the Bill be withdrawn. 

OL. 111, 


30° Junie. 





507 

A Message by Mr. Pulman, Yeoman Usher of the 
Black Rod : 

Mr. Speaker, 

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

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

Mr. Speaker reported, That the House, at the de- 
sire of the Lords, authorized by virtue of Her Ma- 
jesty’s Commission, had been at the House of Peers, 
where a Commission under the Great Seal was read, 
giving, declaring and notifying the Royal Assent to 
the several Acts therein mentioned; and that the 
Lords, thereby authorized, had declared the Royal 
Assent to the said Acts, as follow: 

An Act to grant Allowances of Excise Duty on Excise Bill. 
Malt in Stock ; to alter and regulate certain Draw- 
hacks and Allowances in respect of Malt Duty; to 
repeal and re-impose the Excise Duty on Sugar 
used in brewing Beer; and to amend the Law re- 
lating to Malt Roasters : 

An Act to continue the Act for extending, for a Insurance on 
limited Time, the Provision for Abatement of Income Eves (Abate- 
, ‘ ment of Income 
lax in respect of Insurance on Lives: Tax) Continu- 
ance Bill. 

An Act to authorize the West India Relief Com- West India 
missioners to grant further Time for the Repayment 0s Bill. 
of Monies advanced by them in certain cases : 

An Act to amend the Act for transferring to Transfer of 
Counties in Jreland certain Works constructed wholly at (Ire- 

° ‘: ' . +. and) Bill. 
or in part with the Public Money : 

An Act for the better Preservation of the Peace in Peace Pre- 


te bs servation 
Ireland : (Ireland) Bill. 


An Act for the further Amendment of the Laws Factories Bill. 
relating to Labour in Factories : 

An Act to carry into effect a Convention respect- Sardinian 
ing a Loan by Her Majesty to the King of Sardinia ; 10a Bill. 

An Act for more effectually repairing the Road from Rotherham 
Barnby Moor, in the County of Nottingham, to = Barnby 
Maltby, in the County of York, and from Whiston pi" _— 
to Rotherham, in the said County of York: 

An Act for better paving the City of Glasgow, and Glasgow 
for other purposes in relation to the Statute Labour ¥@ving Bill. 
of the said City: 

An Act for the Transfer of the Wolverhampton Wolverhamp- 
Waterworks to the Wolverhampton New Waterworks (0 Water 
Company, and for other purposes : ves 

Au Act for repairing the Road from Blackburn, ii Biackburn, &amp;e. 
the County Palatine of Lancaster,to dddingham and Roads Bill. 
Cocking End, in the West Riding of the County of 
York, and the Road from Old Accrington to its Junc- 
tion with such Road in Habergham Eaves, in the said 
County of Lancaster : 

An Act for making a Railway from the Chappel Colne Valley 
Station of the Colchester, Stour Valley, Sudbury and ant Halstead 
Halstead Railway to ‘Halstead, in the County of ““""*’ _ 
Essex, and for other purposes : 

An Act to incorporate “ The Wandsworth and Wandsworth 
Putney Gas-Light and Coke Company,” and for = Putney 

é as Bill. 
other purposes : 

An Act to continue the Honiton and Sidmouth Honiton and 


\ ska’ st ¢ . me Sidmouth 
Turnpike Trust, and for other purposes : Rend Den. 


An Act to incorporate “ The West Ham Gas Com- West Ham 
pany,” to enable them to raise further Money, to con- Gas Bill. 
firm a Contract between the said Company and the 
Commercial Gas Company, and for other purposes : 

An Act to authorize the North British Railway North British 
Company to raise more Money, and to build a Bridge Railway Bili. 
over Leith Wynd, in Edinburgh, and for other pur- 
poses : 

An Act for more effectually repairing 
from Penrith to Cockermouth, and other Roads con- 
nected therewith, and for making and maintaining 
several new Roads, all in the County of Cumber- 
land : 

An 


ithe Road Penrith and 
Cockermouth 


Roads Lill. 


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Deeping Fen 
Drainage Bill. 


Stockport and 
Warrington 
Road Bill. 


Elgin and 
Lossiemouth 
Harbour Im- 
provement 
Bill. 
Carmarthen 


and Cardigan 
Railway Bill. 


Dawson's 
Estate Bill 


Ingham's 
Estate Bill. 


Church Rates. 


No. 319. 


Supply. 


Enlistment 
(United 
States. ) 


Grand Jury 
Assessments 


(Ireland) Bill 


308 


An Act to consolidate the Drainage Trusts in 
Deeping Fen, in the County of Lincoln, and for other 
purposes relating to the said Fen : 

An Act for more effectually repairing certain 
Roads in the County of Chester, of which the short 
Title is “ Stockport and Warrington Road Act, 
1856 :” 

An Act for enlarging and improving the E/gin and 
Lossiemouth Harbour, for raismg a further Sum of 
Money, and for other purposes : 


An Act to enable the Carmarthen and Cardigan 
Railway Company to make a Deviation of a portion 
of their Line of Railway, and to abandon Parts 
thereof, and to grant further Powers to the Company, 
and for other purposes : 

An Act to authorize the granting of Leases of Parts 
of the Freehold, Copyhold and Leasehold Estates 
of the late Leonard Lewen Wheatley, Esquire, situate 
in the several Parishes of Saint Lawrence and Saint 
Peter the Apostle, in the Isie of Thanet, of Meopham, 
near Gravesend, and Ash-next-Sandwich, and else- 
where, in the County of Kent, and within the Manor 
of Stepney, otherwise Stebunheath Ratcliffe, in the 
Parish of Saint Dunstan, Slepney, and elsewhere, in 
the County of Middlesex : 

An Act for vesting in Trustees the undivided Parts, 
subject to the Limitations of the Wills of Benjamin 
Ingham, deceased, and Joshua Ingham, deceased, 
respectively, of Estates in the West Riding of the 
County of York; and for authorizing Partitions of 
Parts of those Estates; and for authorizing Leases 
and Sales of Parts of those Estates, and for other 
purposes. 


Ordered, That an Abstract of the Return of 
Parishes in which Church Rates have been refused, 
which was presented upon the 27th day of this in- 
stant June, be printed, 


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

And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
proposed, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the Chair ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word ‘ That” to 
the end of the Question, in order to add the words 
“‘ the conduct of Her Majesty's Government, in the 
“ differences that have arisen between them and the 
“ Government of the United States, on the question 
“ of enlistment, has not entitled them to the appro- 
“ bation of this House,” instead thereof. 

And the Question being proposed, That the words 
proposed to be lett out stand part of the 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{ Sir John Walsh, Li10 

Yeas, UMr. Milner Gibson : ro 

Tellers for the{ Mr. Hayter, 1 

Noes, \The Earl of Mulgrave : J 


So it passed in the Negative. 


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


Martis, 1° die Julii, 1856: 


And the Question being again proposed, That the 
words proposed to be left out stand part of the 
Question ; 

Ordered, That the Debate be adjourned till this 
day. 


The Grand Jury Assessments (Zre/and) Bill was, 
according to Order, read the third time. 

A Clause was offered to be added to the Bill 
(Notwithstanding any thing contained in the Act of 


30° Juniz.—1° Juli. 








A. 1856. 


the 7th year of King Wiliam the Fourth, chapter 
116, it shall not be necessary for the high constable 
or cess collector to enter into fresh securities at each 
assizes, provided that the bond and warrant of at- 
torney to be executed by him and his sureties, as 
by the said Act required, be conditioned for his duly 
collecting and paying to the treasurer of the county, 
on or before the first day of each assizes, from time 
to time, so long as he shall continue high constable 
or collector, whether by his then present or any 
future appointment, all such public money as he is 
or shall be required by such treasurer to collect : 
Provided always, that it shall be lawful for the Grand 
Jury, at each assizes, if they in their discretion think 
fit, to require new and fresh or additional securities 
to be given, pursuaut to the provisions of the said 
Act):—And the said Clause was brought up, and 
read the first time. 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being put, That the said Clause be now read a 
second time :—It passed in the Negative. 

Another Clause was offered to be added to the 
Bill (And whereas the present collector of the barony 
of Rathdown, in the county of Dublin, holding his 
office under the Act of seventh and eighth Victoria, 
chapter one hundred and six, has discharged the 
duties of collector in such barony fora period of 
thirty-four years, and the emoluments of his office 
would be materially diminished by the division of 
such barony, and it is just and reasonable from the 
length of his services that the Grand Jury of the 
said county of Dublin should have power to make 
compensation to the said collector for any loss he 
may sustain by reason of such division, it shall be 
lawful for the Grand Jury of the said county, at any 
presenting term, in the event of the said barony uf 
Ruthdown being divided for the purposes of collection 
as hereinbefore provided, to fix and determine by 
presentment a reasonable allowance as compensation 
for the loss of emoluments he would sustain; and 
from and after such allowance being so fixed as 
compensation, and fiated by the judge, it shall be 
lawful for the Grand Jury of the said county, and 
they are hereby required, at each presenting term, 
during the life of the said collector, without previous 
application at presentment sessions, to present to be 
raised off the said barony or the county at large the 
amount of such allowance):—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 (Personal service of notice requiring 
payment, to be deemed good service), was thrice 
read; and added to the Bill. 

Auother Clause was offered to be added to the 
Bill (All candidates who have passed the examina- 
tion prescribed by the seventh and eighth Victoria, 
chapter one hundred and six, and obtained the 
necessary certificate, shall be eligible for appoint- 
ment in any county in Jreland, and shall be placed 
on the Lord Lieutenant's list accordingly) :—And the 
said Clause was brought up, and read the first time. 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being put, That the said Clause be now read a second 
time :—It passed in the Negative. 

Another Ciause (If contractor for county works 
be guilty of neglect, Justices may make an order for 
contract to be executed within a certain period), was 
thrice read ; and added to the Bill. 

Another Clause was offered to be added to the 
Bill (In making such applotment, the treasurer shall 
omit therefrom every tenement consisting wholly or 
in part of a dwelling-house, the total annual valua- 
tion of which tenement, as set forth in such final list 
or in such revised valuation as aforesaid, shall not 
exceed the sum of three pounds) :—And the said 
Clause was brought up, and read the first time. 

And a Motion being made, and the —— 

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GrandJuries . 
(Irelaud) Bil. Title be, An Act to amend the Acts relating to 


Grand Juries in Jreland. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Burial- 
grounds (Ire. 
land) Bill. 


Exchequer 
Lilly” , 
(£.4,000,000) 
Bill. 


Church 

Building Com. 

taission Billy 
Bill 219, 








90 Vicroriz. 


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. Vortescue, 1 90 
Yeas, Mr. Serjeant O’ Brien ; ; ates 
Tellers for the /Mr. Hayter, lies 
Noes, |The Earl of Mulgrave: | ae 


So it passed in the Ne2ative. 

Another Clause was offered to be added to the 
Bill (Where any person occupying land subject to 
Grand Jury Cess, and holding the same by lease, or 
a valid agreement for a lease, executed afier the 
passing of this Act, shall be liable to pay a rent in 
respect of the same, he may deduct from such rent 
one-half of the sum which he shall have paid as 
Grand Jury Cess in respect of each acre of land, 
and so in proportion for any less = than an 
acre) :—And the said Clause was brought up, and 
read the first time. 


30° Juniz.—1° Juli. 





And a Motion being made, and the Question | 
being put, That the said Clause be now read a/| 
second time :—It passed in the Negative. 

Another Clause was offered to be added to the | 
Bill (Cutting sods, &amp;c., to injury of public road— | 
Penalties) :—And the said Clause was brought up, 
and twice read, with blanks; and committed to a | 
Committee of the whole House :—The House ac-| 
cordingly resolved itself into the Committee ; and, | 
after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed | 
the Chair; and Mr. FitzRoy reported, 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. 

Then Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on the Burial-grounds (Jre/and) 
Bill. 

(In the Committee.) 

Crause, N° 10, disagreed to. 

Crause, N° 11, amended, and agreed to. 

CrauseE, N° 12, agreed to. 

Crause, N° 13, amended, and agreed to. 

Crausr, N° 14, agreed to. 

Criavusr, N° 15, amended, and agreed to. 

Crause, N° 16, agreed to. 

To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; and Mr. Fitz Roy 
repo: ted, 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 Exchequer Bills (£.4,000,000) Bill was, ac- 
cording to Order, read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act for raising the Sum of Four millions 
by Exchequer Bills and Exchequer Bonds for the 
Service of the year One thousand eight hundred and 
Fifty-six. 

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 Church Building Commis- 





309 
sion Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr, 
Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Fitz Roy 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 toa Com- 
mittee of the whole House, for Wednesday next, 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Corrupt 
reading of the Corrupt Practices Prevention Bill; Practices 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon — 
Thursday next. . 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Mercantile 
reading of the Mercantile Law Amendment Bill; Law Amend- 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time ™¢?* Bill 


upon Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Mercantile 
mittee on the Mercantile Law (Scotland) Amend- Law (Scot- 
an land) Amend- 
ment Bill; ment 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 Vice-President 
reading of the Vice-President of Committee vay ooops 
Council on Education Bill ; _ Education Bill. 

Ordered, ‘That the Bill be read a second time 


upon Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Partnership 
mittee on the Partnership Amendment (No. 2) Bill; Amendment 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday (No, 2) Bim. 
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 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- Medical Pro- 
mittee on the Medical Profession Bill; fession 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- Prisons (Ire- 
mittee on the Prisons (Jreland) Bill ; land) Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, this day, at Twelve 
o'clock, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Appellate 
reading of the Appellate Jurisdiction (House of Jurisdiction 
Lords) Bill; Lords) Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second tithe 
upon Monday next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Bankruptcy 
into a Committee on Bankruptcy and Insolvency pt a 
(Ireland) [Salaries, Xe. ] (Salaries, &amp;c.] 

(In the Committee.) 


1. Resolved, That the Salaries, Compensations, 
Annuities and Retiring Pensicns, which may be- 
come payable, in pursuance of any Act of the present 
Session relating to Bankruptcy and Insolvency in 
Ireland, be paid out of the Consolidated Fund of the 
United Kingdom of Great Britam and Ireland. 

2. Resolved, That the following Stamp Duties in 
lieu of Fees shall be charged for and in respect of 
the under-mentioned Documents in the Court of 
Bankruptcy and Insolvency in Jreland: 








Vou. 111. 





Stamp Duty 
Documents, in 
lieu of Fees, 
Every petition for adjudication of Bankruptcy, | £. s. d. 
or for arrangement between any debtor and 

his creditors - - - - - -| l-- 
Every summons of traderdebtor = -| - 5 - 
Every copy of such summons - - - -l[- - 
Every summons for a witness - ee je ap cen g 
Every copy of such summons - =~ - -| - - 6 
Every affidavit and every deposition - -l- - 
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$10 








30° Juniz.—1° Juli. 






A. 1856. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Marriage Lay | 


Stamp Duty | mittee on the Marriage Law (Scotland) Amending (Scotland) ) 
Documents. r Pa Bill : Amending Bill, 
leu oF Fees, ak ° ° . 
ey Sree | Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 
Every requisition for a sitting of the Courtin | £. s. d. resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Bankruptcy for any of the following purposes, 
that is to say ; adjudication, choice of assignees, 
proof of debts, final examination, audit, divi- 
dend, examination of witnesses, to proceed in 
summons against trader debtor, and every re- 
quisition for a sitting of the Court or meeting, 
pursuant to the statute, under a petition for 
arrangement - - - - - - 1-- 
Every allocatur by any officer of the Court for 

any costs, charges or disbursements, where | 

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such bill of costs shall not exceed £.5 - of « 26] 
Exceeding £.5 and not exceeding £.10 - -| - 2 G6 
” 10 ” 20 - -| - 5 = 
”. | - 
» - rs D« «l wo Oe 
» 2 is Ss «| ofice 
” 50 »” 100 - | —- 15 = 
- 100 - - - - - | 1 = «= 


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. 





Poor Law The Order of the day being read, for resuming 
(Ireland) Bill. the adjourned Debate on the Question proposed 
upon the 18th day of June last, That the Poor Law 

(Jreland) Bill be now read a second time; 

Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned | 

till this day. 


Drainage The Drainage (Jreland) Bill was, according to 
(Ireland) Bill. Oyder, read the third time. 

A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That this House do now adjourn :—And the 
said Motion was, with leave of the House, with- 
drawn. 

‘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. 


Parochial 
Schools (Scot- 
land) Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
consideration the Parochial Schools (Scotland) Bill, 
as aménded in the Committee ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be taken into considera- 
tion upon Thursday next. 


Metropolis The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
Local Manage- into a Committee on the Metropolis Local Manage- 
ment Act F ‘ “ 
Amendment ment Act Amendment (No. 2) Bill; and, after some 
(No. 2) Bill. 


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. 


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





ing to Order, read the third time. 


to Order, read a second time; and committed to a Estates Bill, 


reading of the Dublin University Bill; 


upon Thursday next. | 


| Order, read the third time. 


riage register books and forms to the Secretary of 
the West London Synagogue of British Jews), was 
thrice read ; and added to the Bill. 


Title be, 
Marriage and Registration Acts. 


mittee on the Judges and Chancellors Bill ; 


The Intestates’ Personal Estates Bill was, accord- Intestates 
Personal 


Resolved, That the Bili do pass. Estates Bill, 


Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 


Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Oxford College Estates Bill was, according Oxford College 


| Committee of the whole House, for this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Dublin 
University 
Ordered, ‘That the Bill be read a second time a 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Advowsons 


into a Committee on the Advowsons 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, and directed him 
| to report the same, without Amendwent. ( 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 


this day. 


The Dissenters’ Marriages Bill was, according to Dissenters 
Marriages 
A Clause (Persons desirous may add the religious ” 


ceremony ordained by the Church), was thrice read; 
and added to the Bill. 


Another Clause (Superintendent Registrar may 


grant license for marriage to be solemnized in re- 

gistered building out of the districts wherein the 

parties reside), was thrice read ; and added to the ! 
Bill. 


Another Clause (Provisions as to existing Acts), 


was thrice read ; and added to the Bill. 


Another Clause (Registrar-general to furnish mar- 


Then an Amendment was made to the Bill. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the Marriage and 


. Penviaiona of Registration 
An Act to amend the Provisions of the (tee nd. 
ment 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- Judges and 
Chancellors 


Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 


itself into the said Committee. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Army 


to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased (Crimea) 
to give directions, 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:—Like Return of the Number wounded :— 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com-| And, Return of the Total Number of Horses belong- 
| ing to the Cavalry in the Crimea which have been 


Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday | killed, and the Total Number which have died from 


Means. mittee of Ways and Means ; 
Resolved, What this House will, upon Wednesday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 
Vaccination 
Bill. mittee on the Vaccination Bill ; 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 
Poor Law The Order of the day being read, for the third | 
Amendment adine : » Poor , , ne 2 vn 
(Scotland) Bill, _ ing of the Poor Law Amendment (Scotland) | 
&gt; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Friday next. 
Distillation ‘The Distillation from Rice Bill was, according to 
from Rice Bill. Order, read a second time; and committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for this day. 





Her Majesty, by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


suspend the making of Lists and the Ballots for the Suspensio™ 
Militia of the United Kingdom: And that Mr. Peel 
and Sir George Grey do prepare, and bring it in. » 


| other Causes, up to the 1st day of June 1856 (in con- 
_tinuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 204, of Ses- 
sion 1854-55). 


Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to Militia Ballots 


Ordered, 








Law 
g Bill, 


Ts 
us 


a.) 


, Ballots 
1siOl. 








Turnpike Acts 
Continuance. 


Wills and Ad- 
ministrations 
(Stamps. ] 


Militia Ballots 
Suspension 

Bill. 
Bill 213. 


Turnpike Acts 
Continuance 
Bill. 

Bill 214. 


Poor Law 
(Ireland. ) 


No. 320. 


Constabulary 
(Ireland. ) 


No. 321. 


Committees. 


Leeds Water 
Bill. 


Shipton’s 
Disabilities 
Removal Bill. 


Earl of Perth 
and Melfort’s 


Compensation. 


Public 
Petitions. 


Vide Fiftieth 
uM port, 


30° Junit.—1° Julit. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to | 
continue certain Turnpike Acts in Great Britain: 
And that Mr. Massey and Sir George Grey do pre- 
pare, and bring it in. 


90 Vicrori2Z. 311 
The following Papers were laid upon the Table Prizes 
by the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, (Revenue 
dated the 22d day of May last, for Returns of all Cust &amp;¢) 
Prizes taken at Sea during the late War, by Revenue 
Cruisers or other Vessels attached to the Coast 
Guard Service:— And, of the Realised Value of 
such Prizes respectively; and of the manner in « 
which the Proceeds have been disposed of. 


Return to an Order, dated the 6th day of June Revenue 
last, for Copies of any Orders addressed to the Com- Cruisers. 
manding Officers of Revenue Cruisers, authorizing 
them to cruise in search of and to capture Enemy’s 
Ships during the late War :—And, of any Corre- 
spondence relative to the Claim of such Revenue 
Cruisers to Prize Money for Captures made at Sea 
in pursuance of such Orders. 


Return to an Order, dated the 9th day of June last, Spirits and 
for a Return of the Consumption of British, Foreign M™- 
and Colonial Spirits in the United Kingdom, in each 
year from 1800 to 1855, both inclusive :—Like Re- 
turn for England, for the First Quarter ending the 
31st day of March 1856 :—Account showing the 
Ntmber of Bushels of Malt charged with Duty, 
and the Average Price of Barley per Bushel, from 
1826 to 1855 :—Like Account for England, for the 
First Quarter ending the 31st day of March 1856: 

Ordered, That the Paper relative to Constabulary |—Returns of the Quantity of Spirits made from 
(Ireland), which was presented upon the 27th day of | Malt only, and Amount of Malt Drawback paid in 
June last, be printed. England, Scotland and Ireland, in each year from 
And tl he H aia ae 1846 to 1855, both inclusive :-—-Of the Quantity of 

nd then the House, ggene, onan niga ©. St) Malt Spirits consumed in England, Scotland and 

till Two of the clock on Tuesday morning, | Freund in the above Period :—Of the Amount of 

adjourned till this day. | Malt Drawback repaid in Scotland on Malt Spirits 
| exported in the same Period :—Of the Amount re- 
| paid in Engiand and Ireland on Malt Spirits im- 
| ported from Scotland in the same Period :—Of 
| Licenses granted for the making of Methylated 
| Spirits under the Act 18 &amp; 19 Vic. c. 38 :—Of the 

PRAYERS. | Quantities of Methylated Spirits made :—And, Re- 

RDERED, That all Committees have leave | turn (in Gallons) of Methylated Spirits made in 

to sit this day, during the sitting of the House. | Pe pr Serene - = . 
| 31st day of March 1856 :—Like Return for Scoé- 

The House proceeded to take into consideration | land :—And, like Return for Ireland. 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Leeds| The following Paper, pursuant to the directions Civil List 
Water Bill; and the same were twice read, and | of an Act of Parliament, was also laid upon the Pensions. 
agreed to. |Table by the Clerk of the House,—A List of all 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the | Pensions granted between the 20th day of June 
Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House hath | 1855 and the 20th day of June 1856, and charged 
agreed to the Amendments made by their Lordships. | upon the Civil List. 

Shipton’s Disabilities Removal Bill was read the | The House, according to Order, resolved itself Prisons (Ire- 
third time. into a Committee on the Prisons (Ireland) Bill. land) Bill 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. | 


Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into a Committee to consider of authorizing the 
Collection, by means of Stamps, of the Fees to be 
payable in Her Majesty’s Court of Probate and Ad- 
ministration, and the Testamentary and District 
Offices to be established by any Act of the present 
Session relating to Wills and Administrations. 


Sir George Grey presented a Bill to suspend the 
making of Lists and the Ballots for the Militia of the 
United Kingdom: And the same was read the first 
time; and ordered to be read a second time this 
day ; and to be printed. 


Mr. Massey presented a Bill to continue certain 
Turnpike Acts in Great Britain: And the same was 
read the first time ; and ordered to be read a second 
time this day ; and to be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Poor Law | 
(Ireland), which was presented upon the 27th day of | 
June last, be printed. 








Martis, 1° die Julii ; 


Anno 20° Victorie Regine, 1856. 


Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the (In the Committee.) 


Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 


Preamble postponed. 
agreed to the same, without Amendment. 


Cuausgs, N° 1 and N° 2, agreed to. 
&gt; &gt; foo] 


| 
r 6 tae P 

The Order of the day being read, for the Com- | Crause, N°3 (Jurisdiction of Queen’s Bench 
mittee on the Petition for the Earl of Perth and | under Prisons Act transferred to Lord Lieutenant). 
Melfort’s Compensation Bill ; | Amendment proposed, in p- 3, 1. 5: After the 

Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. words Lord Lieutenant” to insert the words “ and 
| Privy Council.” 

Petitions relating to the Bible ;—Church Rates ;— | Question, That those words be there inserted —— 
Dissenters’ Marriages Bill ;—Tithe Rent-charge ;— | put, and negatived. 
County Rates ; —Wine ; —Agricultural Statistics | Clause agreed to. 
Bill ;—County Courts ;—Decimal Coinage ;—Dul-| Cuxause, N° 4 (Board of Superintendence, with 
wich College ;—Grand Juries, &amp;c. (Ireland) Bill;— | approval of Grand Jury and Lord Lieutenant, to 
Hospitals (Dublin) Bill; —Medical Officers of make bye-laws, &amp;c.) 
Unions ;—Medical Profession ;—Medical Profession, Amendment proposed, in p. 4, |. 11: To leave 
Bill ;—Mercantile Law Amendment Bill;—Metro- | out from the words “ Lord Lieutenant” to the word 
polis Local Management Act Amendment Bill ;— |“ and” in 1. 18. 
Scientific and Literary Institutions ;—Scientific and| Question put, That the words “ and it shall be 
Literary Societies Bill ;—Scotch and Irish Pauper | “ lawful for the Lord Lieutenant” stand part of the 
Removals Bill ;—Testamentary Jurisdiction Bill ;— | Clause ; 
and, Turnpike-gates (London),—were presented, and| The Committee divided. 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. Tellers for thef Mr. Hayter, } 66 

A Petition relating to the Rating of Mines Bill, Yeas, LThe Earl of Mulgrave: ° 
was also presented, and read; and referred to the Tellers for the f Colonel Dunne, 71 9 
Select Committee on Rating of Mines. Noes, Colonel French : . 
Vou. 111, RR4 Another 



























Dublin 
Metropolitan 
Police Bill. 


Juries (Ire- 
land) Bill. 


Courts of 
Common Law 
(Ireland) Bill. 


312 


Another Amendment proposed, in p. 4, 1. 26: To 
leave out the word ‘‘ repeal.” 

Question, That the word “ repeal” stand part of 
the Clause——put, and agreed to. 

Clause agreed to. 

Cuiavses, N° 5 to N° 10, agreed to. 

CiavuseE, N° 11, amended, and agreed to. 

Cuausss, N° 12 to N° 17, agreed to. 

Cuausz, N° 18, amended, and agreed to. 

Cuiause, N° 19 (Appointments of prison officers, 
other than local inspector, chaplain or medical 
officer, to be probationary in the first instance). 

Amendment proposed, in p. 10, 1. 37: After the 
word “ be” to insert the words “ local inspector.” 

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

Clause agreed to. 


Ciausgs, N° 20 and N° 21, amended, and agreed 
to. 

Cuiause, N° 22 (Lord Lieutenant may dismiss 
governor, local inspector, chaplain and medical 
officer). 

Amendment proposed, in p. 12, 1. 39: To leave 
out from the word “ inspectors’” to the word “ stand,” 
inclusive, in |. 41, in order to insert the words 
“ Board of Superintendence duly summoned and 
“ held for the purpose shall.” 

Question proposed, That the words “ general of 
“ prisons, or one of them,” stand part of the Clause : 
—Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 

Clause disagreed to. 

Ciause, N° 23, amended, and agreed to. 

Ciause, N° 24, agreed to. 

Crause, N° 25, amended, and agreed to. 

CuiauseE, N° 26, agreed to. 

Cuavse, N° 27, amended, and agreed to. 

Ciauses, N° 28 to N° 54, 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 To-morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming the 
adjourned Debate on the Amendment which, upon 
the 9th day of June last, was proposed to be made 
to the Question, That the Dublin Metropolitan Police 
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 resuming the 
adjourned Debate on the Amendment which, upon 
the 24th day of April last, was proposed to be made 
to the Question, ‘That the Juries (Jreland) 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 said proposed Amendment and Motion were 
severally, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 

Ordered, That the bill be withdrawn. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on the Courts of Common Law 
(Ireland) Bill; and, after some time spent therein, 
Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. FitzRoy 
reported, That the Committee had gone through the 
Bil, and directed him to report the same, without 
Amendment. 


1° Juliz. 





A. 1856. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 


upon Thursday next. 





The House, according to Order, resolved itself Deeds (Scot 
into a Committee on the Deeds (Scotland) Bill ; 84) Bill 
and, alter some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker 
resumed the Chair; and Mr. J%tzRoy 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- Formation, &amp;¢, 
mittee on the Formation, &amp;c. of Parishes Bill; of Parishes 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, at Twelve o'clock, resolve itself into the said 
Committee. 


Mr. Bonham Carter reported from the Select Public 
Committee on Public Petitions ; That they had ex- Petitions 
amined the Petitions presented upon the 27th and Aa 
30th days of June last, and had directed him to : 
make a Report thereof to the House. 

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


Ordered, That the Amendments made by the Police (Coun- 


Lords to the Police (Counties and Boroughs) Bill ties and Bo. 
be taken into consideration upon Friday next. "or 
ul 216, 


Ordered, That the Bill, as amended by the Lords, 
be printed. 


Mr. Massey presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- Convict 
mand,—Copy of Report on the Discipline of the Prisons. 
Convict Prisons, and Operation of the Act 16 &amp; 17 
Vic. c. 99, by which Penal Servitude was substi- 
tuted for'lransportation, 1834-1855, by Colonel Jebb, 

C.B., Surveyor-geheral of Prisons, Chairman of the 
Directors, &amp;e. 

Mr. Massey also presented,—Return to an Ad- Minerals 
dress to Her Majesty, dated the 12th day of June 
last, for a Return of the Quantities of Coal, Iron 
Ore, Copper Ore, Lead Ore, Tin Ore, Silver, Zinc 
Ores, Salt and other Minerals, raised in each of the 
Mining Counties of the United Kingdom, for the 
years 1854 and 1855 respectively. 

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


_ Ordered, That the Return relative to the Metropo- Metropolitan 
litan Police, which was presented upon the 19th day Police. 
of May last, be printed. No, 322. 


Ordered, That an Abstract of the Return relative to Church Rates 
Church Rates, being Monies received and expended No, 323. 
by Churchwardens, which was presented upon the 
27th day of June last, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Notices of Motions be post- Notices of 
poned till after the Order of the day for resuming Motions. 
the adjourned Debate on the Amendment on going 
into Committee of Supply. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Tithe Com- 
mittee on the Tithe Commutation Rent-charge Bill ; egy 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- gill, - 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


Court of Chan- 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- cery (Ireland) 


mittee on the Court of Chancery (Ireland) Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, after the other 
Orders of the day, resolve itself into the said Com- 
mittee. 


Court of Chan- 
cery (Ireland) 
(Receivers) 
Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Court of Chancery (Jreland) (Re- 
ceivers) Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 








after the other Orders of the day. 
The 





' Court of The Order of the day being read, for the second 
icy reading of the Court of Appeal in Chancery (Zreland) 
(ireland) Bill. Bill ; 
| Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
‘ after the other Orders of the day. 


Incumbered The Order of the day being read, for the second 
ye reading of the Incumbered Estates (Zreland) Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
after the other Orders of the day. 


Supply. The Order of the day being read, for resuming the 
adjourned Debate on the Amendment which, upon 
the 30th day of June last, was proposed to be made 
to the Question, That Mr. Speaker do now leave 
the Chair (for Committee of Supply); and which 
Amendment was, to leave out from the word “ That” 
to the end of the Question, in order to add the 

Eolistment words “ the conduct of Her Majesty’s Government, 

9 “in the differences that have arisen between them 
“and the Government of the United States, on the 
“ question of enlistment, has not entitled them to 
“the approbation of this House,” 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 
l Twelve of the clock on Wednesday morning ; 


Mercurii, 2° die Juliit, 1856: 


And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
put, That the Debate be now adjourned :—It passed 
in the Negative. 

And the Question being put, That the words pro- 
posed to be left out stand part of the Question ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right ; 

The Noes to the Left. 


Ke, 


" 


Tellers for they Mr. Hayter, 
Yeas, .The Earl of Mulgrave : } 
Tellers for thes Mr. Moore, 1 
Noes, Mr. Henry Baillie : 


Mr. Hayter, one of the Tellers for the Yeas, 
acquainted Mr. Speaker, that three Members had 
not voted; whereupon Mr. Speaker having desired 
the Members to come to the Table, Sir Benjamin 
Hall, Mr. Jackson and Mr. Traill came to the 
Table accordingly, and stated that they were in the 


- House when the Question was put, and having 
declared themselves with the Yeas, Mr. Speaker 
. desired their names to be added to the Yeas. 
Whereupon the Tellers announced the numbers ; 
tess Yeas 274, Noes 80. 
3. So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 


And the Question being again proposed, That 
Mr. Speaker do now leave the Chair:—And a De- 
bate arising thereupon ; 

F Ordered, That the Debate be adjourned till this 
ay. 


— Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Returns of the Number of Sick in the Workhouse 
Hospitals of Belfast, Cork and Galway, on the 1st 

day of July 1856; stating the Nature of the Diseases 

ge under Treatment:— And, of the Average Daily 
Number of Patients in the above-named Hospitals 

in the past year. 


4 ne br gna Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed 
m) 8°. to inquire into the Proceedings which have been 
taken in relation to the New Westminster Bridge, 
and to consider the present state of that structure, 
and the course which should be adopted in relation 


| thereto ; and to report their opinion to the House. 
pan~ 


_ ey Mr. FitzRoy reported from the Committee on 
(Ireland) *Y Bankruptcy and Insolvency (Jreland) [Salaries, 


(Salaries, &amp;c,j &amp;c.], several Resolutions; which were read, as 
follow : 





90 Vicroriz. 1°—2° Juli. 313 


1. That the Salaries, Compensations, Annuities, 
and Retiring Pensions, which may become payable 
in pursuance of any Act of the present Session re- 
lating to Bankruptcy and Insolvency in Jreland, be 
aid out of the Consolidated Fund of the United 
ingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. 

2. That the following Stamp Duties in lieu of 
Fees shall be charged for and in respect of the 
under-mentioned documents in the Court of Bank- 
ruptcy and Insolvency in Jreland : 





Stamp Duty 
Documents. in 
lieu of Fees. 





&amp; 
&amp; 


Every petition for adjudication of Bankruptcy, | £. 
or for arrangement between any debtor and 
his creditors + - = - 
Every summons of trader debtor 
Every copy of such summons - 
Every summois for a witness - 
Every copy of such summons - 
Every affidavit and every deposition - - 
Every requisition for a sitting of the Court in 
Bankruptcy for any of the following purposes, 
that is to say, adjudication, choice of assignees, 
roof of debts, final examination, audit, divi- 
end, examination of witnesses, to proceed in 
summons against trader debtor, and every re- 
quisition for a sitting of the Court or meeting, 
pursuant to the statute, under a petition for 
ao - - - - - -j}1- 
Every allocatur by any officer of the Court for 
any costs, charges or disbursements, where 


eee 

Bh. 

bee 
erptte 


mei be ol 
taaiit 





such bill of costs shall not exceed £.5 - -| - 1 6 
Exceeding £.5 and not exceeding £.10 - - 26 
. a re M- -| - 5 = 

”» 20 ” 30 - - - 7 6 

” 30 ” 50 - 7 -~ 10 - 

* 50 s 100 - -| -15 - 

» 100 oo ¢ &amp; 8 &amp; (eh } ee 


The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 


The Order of the day being read, for oe Poor Law 
the adjourned Debate on the Question proposed (Ireland) Bill. 
upon the 18th day of June last, That the Poor Law 
(Lreland) Bill be now read a second time ; 

Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 
till this day. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take Metropolis 
into consideration the Metropolis Local Manage- L&lt;cal aan 
ment Act Amendment (No. 2) Bill, as amended in ee 
the Committee. (No, 2) Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time this 
day. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Distillation 
into a Committee on the Distillation from Rice Bill ; om Rice Bill. 
and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker re- 
sumed 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 this 
day. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Oxford College 
into a Committee on the Oxford College Estates Estates Bill 
Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker 
resumed the Chair; and Mr. Fitz Roy ae 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 Advowsons Bill was, according to Order, read Advowsons 
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. 





Vou. 111. 





ss The 





Judges and 
— 


Wills and Ad- 
ministrations 
[Stamps. ] 


Militia Ballots 
Suspension 
Bill. 


Turnpike Acts 
Continuance 
Bill. 


Court of Chan- 
cery (Ireland) 
Bill. 


Court of Chan- 
eery (Ireland) 
( Receivers) 
Bill. 


Court of 
Appeal in 
Chancery 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Incumbered 
Estates (Ire- 
land) Bill. 


314 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on the Judges and Chancellors 


Bill. 
(In the Committee.) 


Cravuse, N° 1 (Archbishops, &amp;c., not to appoint 


Judicial Officers). 


Motion made, and Question put, That the Chair- 


man do report Progress, and ask leave to sit again ; 
The Committee divided. 
Tellers for thef Lord Robert Cecil, las 
Yeas, Mr. Seymour Fitzgerald: J 
1 Mr. John George Philli- 
Tellers for the f wane 
Noes, \M r. Craufurd: 
Question proposed, That the Clause stand part 
of the Bill. 
Whereupon Motion made, and Question proposed, 
That the Chairman do now leave the Chair. 
Motion, by leave, withdrawn. 


To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 


| 38. 





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 House, according to Order, resolved itself 


into a Committee on Wills and Administrations 
[Stamps]. 
(In the Committee.) 

Resolved, That it is expedient to authorize the 
collection, by means of Stamps, of the Fees to be 
payable in Her Majesty’s Court of Probate and 
Administration, and the Testamentary and District 
Offices to be established by any Act.of the present 
Session relating to Wills and Administrations. 

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 this day. 


The Militia Ballots Suspension Bill was, according 
to Order, read a second time; and committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for Thursday next. 


The — Acts Continuance Bill was, ac- 
cording to Order, read a second time; and com- 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for this 


day. 


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

mittee on the Court of Chancery (Zreland) Bill ; 
Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 
Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


The Court of Chancery (Jre/and) (Receivers) Bill 
was, according to Order, read a second time ; and 
committed to a Committee of the whole House, for 
Thursday next. 


The Court of Appeal in Chancery (Jreland) 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 Incumbered Estates (Zreland) Bill; 

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

A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That this House do now adjourn :—And the 
said Motion and original Question were severally, 
with leave of the House, withdrawn. 





1°—2° Julit. 





A. 1856. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
this day. 


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, 2° die Julii; 
Anno 20° Victorie Regine, 1856, 


PRAYERS. 


O RDERED, That all Committees have leave Committees, 
to sit this day, during the sitting, and notwith- 
standing any adjournment of the House. 





The House proceeded to take into consideration Eastern Union 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Eastern Railway Bill, 
Union Railway Bill; and the same were twice 
read, and, 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. 


Petitions relating to Lord’s Day ;—County Rates ; Public 
— Bleaching, &amp;c. Works Bill mcr Lia Courts Acts Petitions, 
Amendment Bill ;—Hospitals (Dublin) Bill ;—Joint yi Finicth 
Stock Companies Winding-up Acts Amendment Report. 
Bill; ——Judgments Execution, &amp;c. Bill;— Medical 
Officers of Unions ;—Public-houses (Scotland) Act; 
—Scientifie and Literary Institutions ;—and, Scien- 
tific and Literary Societies Bill,—were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition relating to the Rating of Mines Bill, 
was also presented, and read; and referred to the 
Select Committee on Rating of Mines. 


Ordered, That an Abstract of the Return relative Prizes 
to Prizes (Revenue Cruisers, &amp;c.), which was pre- (Revenue 
sented upon the Ist day of this instant July, we &amp;e.) 
printed. 0. 325. 


Ordered, That an Abstract of the Return relative Revenue 
to Revenue Cruisers, which was presented upon the Cruisers. 
1st day of this instant July, be printed. No. 325. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Spirits and Spirits and 
Malt, which was presented upon the 1st day of this Malt 
instant July, be printed. No. 326. 


Ordered, That the Account relative to Civil List Civil List 
Pensions, which was presented upon the 1st day of Pensions. 
this instant July, be printed. No. 327. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Minerals, Minerals. 
which was presented upon the 1st day of this instant No, 328. 
July, be printed. 


Mr. Lowe presented,—Return to an Address to Coalwhippers 
Her Majesty, dated the 20th day of June last, for a Office. 
Copy of any recent Memorials or other Communi- No. 324. 
cations to the Committee of Privy Council for 

Trade, from Persons interested as Proprietors, Ship- 

owners, or otherwise, in the Coal Trade, with respect 

to the establishment of an Office for Coalwhippers. 

Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 

Table; and be printed. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming the Judgments | 
adjourned Debate on the Question proposed upon Rivcutiom 
the 22d day of May last, That the Judgments Exe- 

cution, &amp;c., Bill be now read a second time ; 

And the Question being again proposed :—The 

House resumed the said adjourned Debate. 

And the Question being put :—It was resolved in 

the Affirmative. 

; The 








ant ae 








90 VicrorizZ. 


The Bill was accordingly read a second time. 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That the Bill be committed ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by adding, at the end thereof, the words 
“ for this day three months.” 

And the Question being pruposed, That those 
words be there added :—The said proposed Amend- 
ment was, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 

Ordered, That the Bill be committed to a Com- 
mittee of the whole House, for Wednesday next. 


Beeching, &amp;e. The Order of the day being read, for resuming the 
Works (No. 2) adjourned Debate on the Amendment which, upon 
Bill the 13th day of June last, was proposed to be made 
to the Question, That the Bleaching, &amp;c., Works 
(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 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 Yeas, - a 


Tellers for the Noes, We gna” 


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 Billbe read a second time upon 
this day six months. 


Y os 


a 
j209. 


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 : 

~ at . The Lords have agreed to the Industrial and Pro- 

Societies Bil, Vident Societies Bill, without any Amendment: And 
also, 

Seamen's The Lords have agreed to the Seamen’s Savings 


Savi ¥ ‘ 
tt Banks Banks Bill, without any Amendment: And also, 


ie pe The Lords have agreed to the Luton, Dunstable | 
Welrya Junc- and Welwyn Junction Railway Bill, without any 


Sa liny Amendment: And also, 


—— _ The Lords have agreed to the Scottish Drainage 

ieneemens and Improvement Company Bill, without any 

Company Bill, Amendment : And also, 

Ymington The Lords have agreed te the Lymington Railway 
may Bill. Bill, without any Amendment: And also, 

Brough and The Lords have agreed to the Brough and Ea- 


Ser nate mont Bridge Road Bill, without any Amendment: 
And also, 


Donington The Lords have agreed to the Donington Turn- 
—_ pike Trust Bill, without any Amendment: And 
also, 
ween The Lords have agreed to the Clay Cross Water 
* Bill, without any Amendment: And also, 
Sittingbourne The Lords have agreed to the Sittingbourne and 
pete mess Sheerness Railway Bill, without any Amendment: 
my Bil, And also 
Bankruptcy The Lords have agreed to the Bankruptcy (Scot- 


(Scotland) Bill land) Bill, with Amendments; to which Amend- 
ments the Lords desire the concurrence of this 


House: And also, 


The Lords have agreed to the Joint Stock Com- 
pany’s Bill, with Amendments; to which Amend- 


menis the Lords desire the concurrence of this 
House: And also, 


Joint Stock 
Tea 


® Sulit. 





Vou 111. 





315 


The Lords have agreed to the Stockton and Dar- 
lington and Newcastle and Carlisle Union Railwa 
Bill, with Amendments ; to which Amendments the 
Lords desire the concurrence of this House: And 
also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Edinburgh Water 
Bill, with Amendments ; to which Amendments the 
Lords desire the concurrence of this House: And 
also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Gloucester Gas 
(No. 2) Bill, with Amendments; to which Amend- 
ments the Lords desire the concurrence of this 
House: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Salisbury Market 
Branch Railway and Market House Bill, with 
Amendments; to which Amendments the Lords 
desire the concurrence of this House: And also, 





Stockton and 
Darlington 
and Newcastle 
and Carlisle 
Union Rail- 
way Bill. 
Edinburgh 
Water Bill. 


Gloucester 
Gas (No, 2) 


Salisbury 
Market Branch 
Railway and 
Market House 
Bill. 


The Lords have agreed to the Epsom and Leather- Epsom and 


head Railway Bill, with an Amendment; to which 
Amendment the Lords desire the concurrence of 
this House: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Swansea Vale Rail- 
way Bill, with an Amendment ; to which Amend- 
ment the Lords desire the concurrence of this 
House: And also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 
for enabling Leases and Sales to be made of Lands 
and Hereditaments in the Counties of Vorthumber- 
land and Durham, belonging to the Families of 
Thoroton and Croft, and tor other purposes, called 
“The Thoroton and Croft Estate Act, 1856 ;” to 
which the Lords desire the concurrence of this 
House: And also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 


Leatherhead 
Railway Bill, 


Swansea Vale 
Railway Bill. 


Thoroton’s 
and Croft’s 
Estate Bill, 


Walmesley’s 


for enabling Leases for Mining, Agricultural and Estate Bill. 


Building purposes, to be made of the Estates of 
John Walmesley, Esquire, deceased, and Sales of 
Portions thereof, and for other purposes, the short 
Title of which is “ Walmesley’s Estate Act, 1856 ;” 
to which the Lords desire the concurrence of this 
House: And also, 


The Lords request, That this House will be Committee for 


pleased to give leave to the Right honourable Henry 
Thomas Lowry Corry (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 the Earl of Belmore, claiming a Right to vote 
at the Election of Representative Peers for [réland, 
stands referred. 

And Mr. Lowry Corry, being present in his place, 
declared that he was willmg, with leave of the House, 
to goto the House of Lords, as desired by their 
Lordships. 

Resolved, That the Right Honourable Henry 
Lowry Corry have leave to go to the House of 
Lords, as desired by their Lordships, if he think fit. 

Ordered, That a Message be sent to the Lords, 
to acquaint them, that this House hath given leave to 
the Right Honourable Henry Lowry Corry to go 
to the House of Lords, as desired by their Lord- 
ships, if he think fit: And that the Clerk do carry 
the said Message. 


Thoroton’s and Croft’s Estate Bill was read the 
first time. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exa- 


miners of Petitions for Private Bills. 


Walmesley’s Estate Bill was read the first time. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exa~ 
miners of Petitions for Private Bills. 


The Orders of the day being read, for 


Privileges. 


Thoroton’s 
and Croft’s 
Estate Bill. 


Walmesley’s 
Estate Bill. 


the Com- Registration 


Leases 


mittees on the Registration of Leases (Scotland) Bill, (Scotland) Bill, 
Scientific and Literary Societies Bill, and, Procedure Scientific 


before Justices (Scotland) Bill; 
Ordered, That the said Bills be committed to the 

same Committee. 
ss2 


and Literary 
Societies Bill, 
and, Procedure 
before Justices 
Then (Scotland) Bill. 


Rating of 
Mines Bill. 


Gaols, &amp;c. 
Bill. 


Procedure and 


316 


Then the House resolved itself into the Com- 
mittee. 


(In the Committee on the Scientific and 
Literary Societies Bill.) 


Motion made, and Question proposed, That the 
Preamble be postponed. 

Whereupon Motion made, and Question pro- 
posed, That the Chairman do report Progress, and 
ask leave to sit again. 

Motion, by leave, withdrawn. 

Original Question put, and agreed to. 

Crausz, N° 1, agreed to. 

Crause, N° 2 (Scientific Societies exempted from 
rates, on obtaining the Certificates hereinafter men- 
tioned). 

Motion made, and Question proposed, That the 
Clause stand part of the Bill. 

Whereupon Motion made, and Question put, That 
the Chairman do report Progress, and ask leave to 
sit again ; 

The Committee divided. 

Tellers for the Yeas, = — 

Tellers for the Noes, | oo Al —- 117. 

Question again proposed, That the Clause stand 
part of the Bill ; 

And it being a quarter before Six o’clock,—the 
Chairman left the Chair. 


25. 


— a eS 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Fitz Roy 
reported, ‘That the Committee had gone through the 
Registration of Leases (Scotland) Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration To-morrow. 

Mr. FitzRoy also reported, That the Committee 
had made Progress in the Scientific and Literary 


2 Juli. 





Societies 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. 

Mr. FitzRoy also reported, That the Committee 
had not made any Progress in the Procedure before 
Justices (Scotland) Bill. 

Ordered, That the Order of the day for the House 
to resolve itself into a Committee on the said Bill 
be now read ; and the same being read ; 

Resolved, That this House will, immediately, 
resolve itself into the said Committee :—The House 
accordingly resolved itself into the Committee ; and, 
after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed 
the Chair; and Mr. 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 Rating of Mines 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 Gaols, &amp;c. Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Wednesday next. 


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


Evidence Bill. mittee on the Procedure and Evidence Bill; 


Joint Stock 
Banks Bill. 


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


The Order of the day being read, for resuming the 
adjourned Debate on the Question proposed upon 
the 24th day of April last, That Mr. Speaker do now 
leave the Chair (tor Committee on the Joint Stock 


Banks Bill) ; 
Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 
till Wednesday next. 








A. 1856. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Church 
mittee on the Church Building Commission Bill ; Building 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, resolve Soemeeton 
itself into the said Committee. 





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

mittee of Ways and Means; Means. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 

resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take Prisons (Ire. 
into consideration the Prisons (Jreland) Bill, ag !4"4) Bill. 
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- Tithe Com. 
mittee on the Tithe Commutation Rent-charge Bill ; mutation 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, resolve _— 
itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming Supply. } 
the adjourned Debate on the Question proposed 
upon the Ist day of this instant July, That Mr. 
Speaker do now leave the Chair (for Committee of 
Supply) ; 

Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned till 


To-morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming the Poor Law 
adjourned Debate on the Question proposed upon (Ireland) Bill, 
the 18th day of June last, That the Boot Law (Jre- | 
land) Bill be now read a second time ; 

Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 
till To-morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third Metropolis 
reading of the Metropolis Local Management Act 1cal Manage- 


Amendment (No. 2) Bill; oven 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time To- (No. 2) Bill. 


| morrow. 


The Distillation from Rice Bill was, according to Distillation 
Order, read the third time. from Rice Bill, 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Ozford College Estates Bill was, according Oxford College 
to Order, read the third time; and Amendments =*t#tes 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. 


Mr. FitzRoy reported from the Committee on Wills and Ad- 
Wills and Administrations [Stamps], a Resolution ; os 
which was read, as followeth : 

That it is expedient to authorize the collection, 
by means of Stamps, of the Fees to be payable in 
Her Majesty’s Court of Probate and Administration, 
and the Testamentary and District Offices to be 
established by any Act of the present Session re- 
lating to Wills and Administrations. 

And a Motion being’ made, and the Question 
being proposed, That the said Resolution be now 
read a second time:—And a Debate arising there- 
upon ; 

“Guteal, That the Debate be adjourned till To- 


morrow. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Tarnpike Acts 
into a Committee on the Turnpike Acts Continuance par 
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 Amend- 
ment. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time To- 





morrow. 
The 





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Zj 


\d- 





Education 
(Manchester. ) 


{ommons’ 
Inclosure 
{No. 2.) 


Court of Ap- 
peal in Chan- 
cery (Ireland) 


Wai te) 


Public Health 
Bill. 


Commons’ 
Tnclosure 
(No, 2) Bill 


Bill 216. 


20 Vicrorie. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Incumbered Estates (Jreland) Bill ; 

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


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 Applications for Augmenta- 
tion or Endowment of Benefices received by thie 
Ecclesiastical Commissioners and not yet provided 
for, stating in each case}the Name of the Satetien, 
and whether in Public or Private Patronage ; the | 
Amount, as far as can be ascertained, of its present | 
Income, and the Amount of Benefaction, if any, 
offered to meet a Grant by the Commissioners. | 

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





| 
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 Correspondence between the | 
Committee of the Model Secular School of Man-. 
chester and the Committee of Council on Education. | 

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

Ordered, That leave be given to bring ina Bill to | 
authorize the Inclosure of certain Lands in pursuance 
of a Special Report of the Inclosure Commissioners | 
for England and Wales: And that Mr. Massey and | 
Sir George Grey do prepare, and bring it in. 

A Motion being made, That this House will, To- | 
morrow, resolve itself into a Committee to consider | 
of authorizing the payment, out of the Consolidated | 
Fund of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and 
Ireland, of the salary and retiring pension of the 
Judge of the Court of Appeal in Chancery who may 
be appointed in pursuance of any Act of the present 
Session ; and also of authorizing advances, by way 
of lo&amp;m, to meet any deficiency that may arise in 
the Suitors’ Fee Fund in the Court of Chancery in 
Ireland ; 

Mr. Attorney General for Jreland, by Her Ma- 
jesty’s Command, acquainted the House, That Her 
Majesty, having been informed of the subject- 
matter of this Motion, recommends it to the con- 
sideration of the House. 

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


The Order for the House to resolve itself into a 
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. 


Mr. Massey presented a Bill to authorize the In- 
closure of certain Lands, in pursuance of a Special 
Report of the Inclosure Commissioners for England 
and Wales: And the same was read the first time ; 
and ordered to be read a second time To-morrow; 
and to be printed. 


And it being Six of the clock, Mr. Speaker 
adjourned the House till To-morrow, without 
putting the Question. 


2° 3° Juli. 





Jovis, 3° die Julii ; 
Anno 20° Victorie Regine, 1856. 


PRAYERS. 


RDERED, That all Committees have leave Committees. 
to sit this day, during the sitting of the House. 


Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed Standing 

to revise the Standing Orders of the House :-——-And ae 
a Committee was appointed of Colonel Wilson Pat-“*"°™ 
ten, Lord John Russell, Sir James Graham, Mr. 
Vernon Smith, Mr. Disraeli, Mr. Henley, Mr. Fitz- 
Roy, Mr. Evelyn Denison, Mr. Thomas Greene, Sir 
Robert Ferguson, Sir Erskine Perry, Mr. Deedes, 
Mr. Estcourt, Mr. Walpole and Colonel French; with 
Power to send for persons, papers and records. 

Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 


Petitions relating to Appellate Jurisdiction (House Public 
of Lords) Bill; —Church of Ireland ;—~Church Fetitions. 
Rates ;—Lord’s Day ;—County Rates ;—Wine ;— vide Fiftieth 
County Courts ;—Grand Jury Assessments ( [reland) Report. 
Bill ; — Hampstead Heath; — Hospitals (Dublin) 

Bill ;— Medical Officers of Unions ;—Medical Pro- 
fession Bill ;—Mercantile Law Amendment Bill ;— 
Metropolis Local Management Act Amendment 
Bill;—Ordnance Survey (Scotland) ;— Poor Law 
Amendment Bill;—Poor Law Amendment (No. 2) 
Bill ;—Public Health Bill;—Scientific and Literary 
Institutions ;—Scientific and Literary Societies Bill ; 
— Scotch and Irish Pauper Removals Billy—Smoke; 
— Testamentary Jurisdiction ;—Vaccination Bill ;— 
and, Wills and Administrations Bill,—were pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 
A Petition relating to the Episcopal and Capitular 


' Estates Act, was also presented, and read ; and re- 


ferred to the Select Committee on Ecclesiastical 
Commission, &amp;c. 

A Petition relating to the Rating of Mines Bill, 
was also presented, and read; and referred to the 
Select Committee on Rating of Mines. 


The following Papers were laid upon the Table by Reafora 
the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, dated Charity. 
the 23d day of June last, for a Return of all Sums 
paid out of or charged upon the Funds of the Bed- 
ford Charity, from the year 1851 to the present time, 
on account of Legal Expenses. 

Return to an Order, dated the 25th day of June 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 (in continuation of Patrlia- 
mentary Paper, No. 306, of Session 1855). 

The following Paper, pursuant to the directions of Woods, Forests 
an Act of Parliament, was also laid upon the Table —_— 
by the Clerk of the House,—The Thirty-fourth Re- “W) sgo 
_ of the Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Woods, phate 

orests 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 Vic. ec. 42. 

Ordered, That the Paper relative to Woods, 
Forests and Land Revenues, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Hyde Park, pyde Park. 
which was presented upon the 6th day of June last, No, 329, 
be printed. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second poor Law 
reading of the Poor Law Amendment (No. 2) Bill; Amendment 
And a Motion being made, and the Question being (N° 2) Bill. 
proposed, That the Biil be now read a second time ; 
An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out the word “ uew,” 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 :—And a Debate 
arising the:eupon ; 





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ss3 Ordered, 

















Formation, &amp;c. 
of Parishes 
Bill. 


Burial- 
grounds (Ire- 
land) Bill. 


Queen’s 
Colleges (Ire- 
land) Bill. 


Bankruptcy 
and Insolvency 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Medical 

Department 

(Army.) 
No, 331, 


318 


Ordered, That the Debate be adjourned till this 
day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Formation, &amp;c. of Parishes Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Tuesday next, 
at Twelye o'clock, resolve itself into the said Com- 
mittee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Burial-grounds (Jreland) Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Queen’s Colleges (Jreland) Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time this 
day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Commit- 
tee on the Bankruptcy and Insolvency (Zre/and) Bill ; 


S° Julii. 





A, 1856. 


pitals may have been necessary; but your Com- 
mittee trust the recurrence to such alternatives may 
be avoided for.the future. 

14. That a person duly qualified to compound 
medicines, and attested for military service, should 
form a part of the medical establishment of eve 
regiment ; and that those persons should be selected 
either from the Medical Staff Corps, from the ranks 
of the regular Army, or from the orphan sons of 
soldiers educated at the Military Asylum; that 
they should be regularly trained and educated with 
a view to the duties to be discharged ; and that no 
one shall be considered eligible for employment until 
he has given proof, on examination by a Board, 
that he may, with safety to the sick soldier, be in- 
trusted to compound the medicines to be adminis- 
tered to him. 

15. That the Medical Staff Corps, which was 
raised for service during the late war, should continue 
a part of the peace establishment; and that it is 
desirable it should be recruited from the ranks of 


Resolved, Thatthis House will, To-morrow, resolve | the Army, provided volunteers offer in sufficient 


itself into the said Committee. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee on the Me- | 
dical Department (Army) have Power to report their 
Opinion thereupon to the House ; together with the | 
Minutes of the Evidence taken before them. 

Mr, Stafford 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 Evidence taken before them :— | 
And the Resolutions of the Committee are as follow: | 

1. That the governing power of the Army Medical | 
Department should be vested, as at present, in one | 
indiv:dual, and not in a Board. 


numbers, possessing the requirements deemed essen- 
tial to qualify for the particular service on which 
the corps is to be employed. 

16. That the sentnel, of providing clothing and 
earthenware vessels for eating and drmking at Has- 


| lar Hospital be extended to the general hospitals of 


the army ; that accommodation {for sick officers be 
provided in them, and that a Military Lunatic 
Asylum be provided, as embraced in the design for 
the New Military Hospital at Southampton. 

17. That the question of hospital stoppages be 
left to the discretion of the Horse Guards and the 
War Office. 

18. That at the outbreak of any future war, 


separate transport should be provided for the convey- 


2. That the Commander-in- Chief should exercise | ance of all medical stores; but your Committee leave 
a control over the appointments and promotions of | the minor arrangements of detail to the Executive. 


the Director-general. 

8. That the principle of general competition, or | 
of special examination, in recognized Medical | 
Schools, be applied, as far as practicable, to ad- | 
mission into the Army Medical Department. 

4. That no Medical Officer shall be promoted to | 
be Staff Surgeon of the First Class until he shall | 
have served not less than Three years as a Regi- | 
mental Medical Officer. 

5. That the rules which guide promotion be pub- 
lished. 

6. That retirement be optional after 21, and com- 
pulsory from Regimental and Second Class Staff 
Surgeon duty after 35 years’ service. 

7. That facilities be given for the purposes of 
study in Civil Hospitals, such precautions being 
taken as will guarantee the period of absence being 
passed in such study. 

8. That the regulation which requires Officers of 
the department to serve two years in the rank to 
which they have been promoted, upon the pay of| 
their previous rank, be abolished. | 

9. That the pay of the Army Surgeons and As- | 
sistant Surgeons be increased, as may be determined | 
by the Executive Government ; but this Committee | 
is in favour of 10s. per diem as the pay of the As- 
sistant Surgeon on first appointment. 

10. That the relative position of Medical and 
Combatant Officers be not changed, and that the 
Army Surgeons be not made a more military body 
than at present. 

11. That the system of Confidential Reports 
should be placed upon the same footing with those 
relating to Combatant Officers. 

12. That the Committee agree with the recom- 
mendation of the Director-general as to leave of 
absence, honorary distinctions, funeral honours, 
special services and relative rank. 

13. That as it has been stated to this Committee 
that the supply of Medical Officers was insufficient 
during the late War, the establishment of Civil Hos- 








19. The Committee in the course of its inquiries 
have had incidentally brought before them the ad- 
mirable manner in which the Army and Civil Sur- 
geons have performed their duties in the East, and 

our Committee are glad to take this opportunity 
of recording the high opinion they entertain of their 
merits. 

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














Mr. Massey presented,—Return to an Order, dated County 


the 3d day of April last, for Returns of the Dates § 


of the Commissions issued by the Jrish Government 
for the Examination of Candidates for the Office of 
County Surveyor in /reland since the passing of the 
Act 3 &amp; 4 Will. 4, c. 78, to the present time :—Of 
the Names of the Examiners appointed in the above- 
named Commissions for such Examinations :—Of 
the Names ofall Persons certified to be qualified by 
the said Boards of Examiners, and returned to the 
Irish Government for Appointment, with the Dates 
of such Examination and Return, from the passing 
of the said Act to the present time:—Of the Allo- 
cation of qualified Candidates to the various Coun- 
ties and Districts, showing the Acceptance or Refusal 
of Office, the Transfer, Retirement, Dismissal or Death, 
with the Date of each Event, from the passing of the 


said Act to the present time :—And, of the Names 


of all Persons now eligible for Appointment to the 
Office of County Surveyor in Jredand. 

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


urveyors- 
(Ireland. ) 


Ordered, That the Select Committee on Public Public Monies. 


Monies have Power to adjourn from place to place. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee on Local 
Charges upon Shipping have Power to report the 
Minutes of the Evidence taken before them. 

Mr. Lowe reported from the said Select Com- 
mittee; ‘That they had considered some of the 
matters 


Local Charges ) 
upon Shipping. 


No. 332. 








Supply. 


British Em- 
bassy Houses 
Abroad. 


British 
Protestant 
Cemetery at 
Madrid. 


Disembodied 
Militia, 


Wills and Ad- 
ninistrations 
(Stamps. 


nies. 


Vills and Ad. 


rges 
pings 
32, 





90 VicrorIZz. 


matters to them referred, and had taken Evidence 
thereupon, which they had agreed to report to the 
House, without any expression of opinion. 

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


Mr. Wilson presented a Bill to alter the mode of 
providing for certain Expenses now charged upon 
certain parts of the Public Revenue: And the same 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
sccond time To-morrow ; and to be printed. 


Viscount Palmerston presented, by Her Majesty’s 
Command,—Copy of Convention between Her Ma- 
jesty, the Emperor of the French and the King of 
Sardinia, on one part, and the Sultan on the other, 
extending the term previously stipulated for the eva- 
cuation of the Ottoman Empire. Signed at Constan- 
tinople, May 13, 1856. 

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


The Order of the day being read, for resuming 
the adjourned Debate on the Question proposed 
upon the 1st day of this instant July, That Mr. 
Speaker do now leave the Chair (for Committee of 
Supply) ; 

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.) 


1. Resolved, Thata Sum, not exceeding £.6,912, 
be granted to Her Majesty, towards defraying the 
Expense of Works, Furniture, Fittings, &amp;c., for the 
British Embassy Houses Abroad, to the 31st day of 
March 1857. 

2. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £.827, be 
granted to Her Majesty, for the maintenance of the 
British Protestant Cemetery at Mudrid, to the 31st 
day of March 1857. 

3. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding £.228,950, 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of 
the Disembodied Militia, to the 31st day of March 
1857. 


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. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming the 
adjourned Debate on the Question proposed upon the 
2d day of this instant July, That the Resolution which 
was that day reported from the Committee on Wills 
and Administrations [Stamps] be now read a second 
time ; 

And the Question being again proposed :—The 
House resumed the said adjourned Debate. 

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

The said Resolution was accordingly read a second 
time, and agreed to, as followeth : 

That it is expedient to authorize the Collection, by 
means of Stamps, of the Fees to be payable in Her 
Majesty’s Court of Probate and Administration, and 
the Testamentary and District Offices to be esta- 
blished by any Act of the present Session relating to 
Wills and Administrations. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Wills and Administrations Bill; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
proposed, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 

air ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 


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319 


Question, by leaving out from the word “ That” to 
the end of the Question, in order to add the words 
“this House will, upon Tuesday next, resolve itself 
“ into the said Committee,” instead thereof. 

And the Question being put, That the words pro- 
posed to be left out stand part of the Question :— 
It passed in the Negative. 

And the Question being put, That the words “ this 
“ House will, upon Tuesday next, resolve itself into 
“ the said Committee,” be added instead thereof :— 
It was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Then the Main Question, so amended, being put; 

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


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Church 
mittee on the Church Building Commission Bill; mrt 

And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
proposed, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 
Chair ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word “ That” to 
the end of the Question, in order to add the words 
“ this House will, upon this day three months, resolve 
itself into the said Committee,” instead thereof. 

And the Question being put, That the words pro- 
posed to be left out stand part of the Question ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right; 

The Noes to the Left, 


Tellers for thes Mr. Hayter, Liss 
Yeas, The Earl of Mulgrave : i 
Tellers for the { Mr. Hadfield, 9 


Noes, Mr. Kershaw: 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do leave the Chair :— 
The House accordingly resolved itself into the Com- 
mittee ; 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 To- 


morrow. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Vaccination 
into a Committee on the Vaccination Bill; and, after Bil. 
some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the Bill 218. 
Chair; and Mr. FitzRoy reported, That the Com- 
mittee had gone through the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a Com- 
mittee of the whole House, for Monday next. 


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


Veneris, 4° die Julii, 1856: 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Militia Ballots 
into a Committee on the Militia Ballots Suspension ~ 
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 this 
day. 


The Magdalen Hospital, Bath, Bill was, according Magdalen 
to Order, read a second time; and committed to a Hospital, 
Committee of tle whole House, for Monday next, Bath, Bill 


The Endowed School at Moulton Bill was, accord- Endowed 
ing to Order, read a second time; and committed to School a 
a Committee of the whole House, for Monday next. ~° 


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


mittee on the Nuisances Removal, &amp;c. (Scotland) a ae 
(No. 2) Bill; (No. 2) Bill. 


Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 








Vou. 111. 





next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 
ss4 The 














ospitals 





520 
The Order of the day beimg read, for the Com- 


H 
(Dublin) Bill. yittee on the Hospitals (Dublin) Bill; 


Corrupt 


Practices Pre- readi 


vention Bill. 


Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 

of the Corrupt Practices Prevention Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Thursday next. 


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

Amendment jpittee on the Partnership Amendment (No. 2) Bill; 

ane eee Resolved; That this Hibbs will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 

Parochial The Order of the day being read, for taking into 

Schools (Scot- consideration the Parochial Schools (Scotland) Bill, 

mandy Sas. as amended in the Committee : The Bill was re-com- 


Courts of 


Common Law 
(Ireland) Bill 


Deeds (Scot- 
land) Bill. 


Prisons (Ire- 
land) Bill. 


Poor Law 


(Ireland) Bill. adjourned Debate on the Question 


Metropolis 
Local 
ment Act 

Amendment 
No.2) Bill. 


anage- 


mitted to a Committee of the whole House :—The 
House immediately resolved itself into the Com- 
mittee. 

(In the Committee.) 


Preamble postponed. 

Crauses, N° 1 to N° 14, with Amendments to 

everal of them, agreed to. 

Clauses added. 

Clause (The assessment for all the purposes of 
this Act, and of the said recited Acts, shall not in 
any parish, in any one year, exceed the rate of Three- 
pence in the pound on the real annual value of the 
subjects liable; and any sum over and above that 
produced by such rate shall be defrayed out of 
monies to be voted by Parliament for educational 
purposes) 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. Fitz- 
Roy 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. 

5 Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time this 
ay. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third 
reading of the Courts of Common Law (Jreland) Bill; 


* Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 


upon Monday next. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take 
into consideration the Deeds (Scotland) Bill, as 
amended in the Committee. 

. Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time this 
ay. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third 
reading of the Prisons (Jreland) Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 


upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming the 
yroposed upon 
the 18th day of June last, That the Boar Law (/re- 
land) Bill be now read a second time ; 
Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 
till this day. 


The Metropolis Local Management Act Amend- 
ment (No. 2) Bill,was, according to Order, read the 
third time. 

A Clause (18 &amp; 19 Vic. c. 120, s. 144—Section 
declared to extend.to authorize applications to Par- 
liament for proyiding Parks, &amp;c.), was thrice read ; 
and added to the Bill, 
+, Then Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That thé Bill.do pass. 


¢ e 


5° 4° Juli. 








A. 1856. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 


Lords, and desire their concurrence. 




































The Turnpike Acts Continuance Bill was, ac- Turnpike Acts 
cording to Order, read the third time. Hontinuance 


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 Incumberea 
reading of the Incumbered Estates (Zreland) Bill; Estates (Ire. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time !**4) Bil 

this day. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Court of Ap. 


into a Committee on the Court of Appeal in Chan- Peal in Chan. 
cery (Ireland) [Salary of Judge, &amp;c.] [Seley ee) 
(In the Committee.) udge, &amp;c. 


1. Resolved, That provision be made, out of the 
Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom of Great 
Britain and Ireland, for payment of the salary and 
retiring pension of the Judge of the Court of Appeal 
in Chancery in Ireland, who may be appointed in 
pursuance of any Act of the present Session. 

2. Resolved, That it is expedient to authorize 
advances, by way of loan, out of the said Consoli- 
dated Fund, to make good any deficiency that may 
arise in the Suitors’ Fee Fund in the Court of Chan- 
cery in Ireland. 


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 Commons’ Inclosure (No. 2) Bill was, ac- Commons’ 
cording to Order, read a second time; and com- (No. 5) Bil 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for this ‘”* ) 
day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Court of Chan- 
mittee on the Court of Chancery (Zreland) (Re- °ety (Ireland) 
. : (Receivers) 
ceivers) Bill ; Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 

itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Court of Ap- 
aoe on the Court of Appeal in Chancery (Jreland) Dery (Iveland) 
ill ; Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will,-this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Joint Stock Companies Winding-up winding-up 
Acts Amendment Bill ; Acts Amend- 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve ment Bill. 
itself into the said Committee. 


Joint Stock 
Companies 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Dublin | 
reading of the Dublin University Bill ; one 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time this 


day. 


The House, nesses Order, proceeded to take Degen 
into consideration the Registration of Leases (Scot- €Scotland) Ril 
land) Bill, as amended in the Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Monday next. 
—— 
re 
Societies Bil 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Scientific and Literary Societies Bill; 

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

The House, according to Order, proceeded to take Procedure 
into consideration thes Réopeduee&lt; before Justices valor ae) 
(Scotland) Bill, as amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time this 


day. 
, The 








Acts 
Dee 


Ap- 
han- 
land) 





Tithe Com- 
mutation 
Rent-charge 
Bill. 


Poor Law 
Amendment 
(No. 2) Bill. 


Queen's 
Colleges (Ire- 
land) Bill. 


Australian 
Postal Service. 


New Westmin- 
ster Bridge. 


Criminal 
Appropriation 
of Trust 
Property Bill. 


Bill 219, 


Civil Service 
Superannu- 
ation, 


Public 
Petitions 
(Fiftieth Re- 
port.) 


Coalwhippers 
(Port of Lon- 
don) Bill, 


ly Estate 


Monmouth 
Roads Bill. 





20 Vicroriz. 3°—4. 
The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 


mittee on the Tithe Commutation Rent-charge Bill ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the cay being read, for resuming 
the adjourned Debate on the Amendment which 
was this day proposed to be made to the Question, 
That the Poor Law Amendment (No. 2) Bill be now 
read a second time ; 

Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 
till this day. . 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Queen’s Colleges (Jreland) Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Monday next. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Copy of all Tenders, and of all Correspondence re- 
lating thereto, for the Australian Postal Service, as 
now proposed to be performed. 


The Select Committee on the New Westminster 
Bridge was nominated of Sir Benjamin Hall, Mr. 
Henley, Mr. Bramston, Colonel Boldero, Mr. Jack- 
son, Mr. Ker Seymer and Mr. Tite; with Power to 
send for persons, papers and records. 

Ordered, That Three be the Quorum. 


Mr. Attorney General presented a Bill to amend 
the Law relating to the Criminal Appropriation of 
Property held by Persons as Trustees or Bailees : 
And the same was read the first time; and ordered 
to be read a second time upon Monday next; and 
to be printed. 

And then the House, having continued to sit 


till a quarter of an hour after One of the clock 
on Friday morning, adjourned till this day. 








Veneris, 4° die Julii ; 
Anno 20° Victoria Regine, 1856. 


PRAYERS. 
RDERED, That the Select Committee on 
Civil Service Superannuation have leave to sit 
this day till Five of the clock, during the sitting of 
the House. 


Mr. Bonham Carter reported from the Select Com- 
mittee on Public Petitions ; That they had examined 
the Petitions presented upon the Ist, 2d and 3d 
days of this instant July, and had directed him to 
make a Report thereof to the House. 

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


The House being informed, That the Sheriffs of 
the City of Zondon attended at the door, they were 
called in; and at the Bar presented, A Petition of 
the Lord Mayor, Aldermen and Commons of the 


City of London, in Common Council assembled : 


—And then they withdrew. 

And the said Petition, praying that the Coal- 
whippers (Port of Zondon) Bill may pass into a 
Law, was read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


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


one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, 


Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time. | 


The House proceeded to take into consideration | 


the Amendment made by the Lords to the Monmouth 
Roads Bill. 


The said Amendment, being read a second time 
Vou. 111, 


321 


(and it appearing that the Amendment in Clause 9, 
striking out the words “ to the Tollgate near,” or a 
part of the Road, was because it merely gave a more 
correct description of the Road in question, and did 
not at all affect the limits of taxation), 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 Lordships. 


© Sulit. 


Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- Perth Burgh 
mittee of Selection, That they have Power to appoint 8nd Harbour 
the Committee on the Perth Burgh and Harbour aaa dees 
(No. 2) Bill, to sit and proceed forthwith. 

Ordered, That the Minutes of the Evidence taken 
before the Committee on the former Bill of this 
Session be referred to the Committee on the Bill. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant Calne 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 Calne, in the room 
of the Right honourable Henry Petty Fitzmaurice, 
commonly called the Earl of Shelburne, who, since 
his Election for the said Borough, hath accepted 
the Office of Steward or Bailiff of Her Majesty’s 
Manor of Hempholme. 


The Order for the House to resolve itself into a Formation, &amp;c, 
Committee, upon Tuesday next, at Twelve o'clock, a 
on the Formation, &amp;c. of Parishes Bill, was read, 
and discharged. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, at Twelve o'clock, resolve itself into the said 
Committee. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee on the Me- Metropolis 
tropolis Roads have Power to report their Observa- Roads. 
tions thereupon to the House, together with the No. 333. 
Minutes of the Evidence taken before them. 

Lord Robert Grosvenor reported from the said 
Select Committee ; That they had considered the 
matters to them referred, and directed him to make 
a Report thereof to the House, together with the 
Minutes of the Evidence taken before them. 

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


Petitions relating to the Bible ;—Lord’s Day ;— Public 
Wine :— Agricultural Statistics ;—Henry Cort ;— Petitions. 
County Courts ;— Education (Scotland) Bill, and vide Fifty- 
Parochia] Schools (Scotland) Bill;—Imprisonment first Report. 
for Debt ;—Judgments Execution, &amp;c. Bill ;—Me- 
dical Officers of Unions ;—Medical Profession Bill ; 
'_—Mercantile Law Amendment Bill;—Pcor Law 
' Amendment Bill ;—Public Health Bill ;—Scientific 
and Literary Societies Bill; —-Sound Dues ;—Testa- 
mentary Jurisdiction ;— and, Vaccination Bill,— 
were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
‘the Table. 





Resolved, That this House will, at the rising of Adjournment. 
the House this day, adjourn till Monday next. 
| Mr. Massey presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- Prisons 
-mand,—Copy of Thirty-fourth Report of the In-(eland) 

spectors General on the general state of the Prisons 
of Ireland, 1855 ; with Appendices. 

Copy of Report of the Commissioners of Fisheries, Fisheries 
Treland, for 1855, to His Excellency the Lord Lieu- (eland.) 
tenant, pursuant to the Act 5 &amp; 6 Vic. ¢. 106. 

Mr. Massey also presented,—Return to an Ad- Education. 


That in the case of Bell’s Estate Bill, no Standing | dress to Her Majesty, dated the 2d dav of this in- (Manchester. ) 
Orders are applicable. 


stant July, for Copy of the Correspondence between 
the Committee of the Model Secular School of 
Manchester, and the Committee of Council on Edu- 

cation. 

Mr. Massey also presenied, pursuant to the direc- Fines and 
tions of an Act of Parliament,—An Abstract of the Penalties 
Accounts of all Fines and other Penal Sums in Zre- “2°24 

TT land 









































Wines. 
No. 334. 


County 
Surveyors 
(Ireland. ) 
No. 335. 
Bedford 
Charity. 
No. 336. 


Supply. 


British Em- 
bassy Houses 
Abroad. 


British 
Protestant 
Cemetery at 
Madrid. 


Disembodied 
Militia, 


Militia Pay. 


Church 
Building Com- 
mission Bill. 


Partnership 
Amendment 
(No. 2) Bill. 


Bill 116. 





322 


land accounted for under the Provisions of the Act 
14 &amp; 15 Vic. c. 90, for the year ending the 31st 
March 1855, showing the Total Amount imposed 
within said Period, the Proceedings had in respect 
thereto, and the Money received on account thereof, 
as well as on account of Arrear cases, up to 31st 
March 1856. 

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


Ordered, That the Return relative to Wines, 
which was presented upon the 3d day of this instant 
July, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to County 
Surveyors (Jreland), which was presented upon the 
3d day of this instant July, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Bedford 
Charity, which was presented upon the 3d day of 
this instant July, be printed. 


Mr. FitzRoy reported from the Committee of 
Supply, several Resolutions; which were read, as 
follow : 

1. ThataSum, not exceeding £. 6,912, be granted 


4° Juli. 


A. 1856. 


“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, 19 
Yeas, (The Earl of Mulgrave : f - 
Tellers for the) Mr. Muntz, le 
Noes, Mr. Spooner : Y Seca 


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. 

Cuausss, N° 1 and N° 2, agreed to. 

Crause, N° 3 (Lender not to be deemed a 
partner). 

Amendment proposed, at the end of the Clause, 
to add the words “ but in case of the insolvency or 
“ bankruptcy of such trader, no portion of such loan 
“as aforesaid shall be recoverable until after all 
“ other creditors shall have been fully satisfied as to 





to Her Majesty, towards defraying the Expense of 
Works, Furniture, Fittings, &amp;c. for the British Em- 
bassy Houses Abroad, to the 31st day of March | 
1857. 

2. That a Sum, not exceeding £.827, be granted | 
to Her Majesty, for the maintenance of the British | 
Protestant Cemetery at Madrid, to the 31st day of | 
March 1857. 

3. That a Sum, not exceeding £.228,950, be | 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of | 
the Disembodied Militia, to the 31st day of March | 
1857. 

The said Resolutions, being read a second time, | 
were agreed to. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
defray the Charge of the Pay, Clothing and con- 
tingent and other Expenses of the Disembodied 
Militia in Great Britain and Ireland, to grant Al- 
lowances in certain cases to Subaltern Officers, Ad- 
jutants, Paymasters, Quartermasters, Surgeons, As- 
sistant Surgeons and Surgeons Mates of the Militia ; 
and to authorize the Employment of the Non-com- 
missioned Officers: And that Mr. FitzRoy, Mr. 
Peel and Viscount Palmerston do prepare, and bring 
it in. 


The Church Building Commission Bill was, ac- 
cording to Order, read the third time. 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Bill, in p. 2, 1. 26, by leaving out from the word | 
* provided ” to the word “and,” in 1, 40. 

And the Question being put, That the words | 
proposed to be left out stand part of the Bill :—It | 
was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made to | 
the Bill, in p. 2, 1. 40, by leaving out from the word | 
“and” to the end of the Clause. | 

And the Question being put, That the wante| 
proposed to be left out 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 Com- 
mittee on the Partnership Amendment (No. 2) Bill ;| 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 
Chair ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word “ That” to 
the end of the Question, in order to add the words 
“ this House will, upon this day three months, re- 





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“ their lawful claims on the said business.” 
Question put, That those words be there added ; 
The Committee divided. 

Tellers for the f Mr. Gregson, 1 
Yeas, Mr. Spooner : J 6s. 

Tellers for the) Mr. Hayter, } 
Noes, The Eart of Mulgrave: - 
Another Amendment proposed, at the end of the 

lause, to add the words: “ Provided always, That 
any person making a loan to any trader, and re- 
ceiving a share of the profits as compensation for 
** such loan, shall, in the event of the trader becoming 
“ insolvent, repay to the estate of such insolvent 
trader all monies drawn out by him either on 
account of the principal of the loan so made as 
aforesaid, or on account of the profits received as 
aforesaid, within the year immediately preceding 
the insolvency of such trader.” 


Question put, That those words be there added ; 
The Committee divided. 


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Tellers for the tq Spooner, lios 
Yeas, Mr. Archibald Hastie: {°° ”* 
Tellers for the (Mr. Hayter, L sis 
Noes, The Earl of Mulgrave: J°~"" 


Clause, as amended, agreed to. 

Cravses, N° 4 and N° 5, agreed to. 

Clauses added. 

Clause (All actions, suits and other proceedings 
may be commenced or defended in the name of the 
style or firm under which any trade or undertaking 
shall have been carried on) 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. 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 
reading of the Parochial Schools (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 


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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 (Sir Michael Shaw Stewart, \ 79 

Noes, \ Mr. Eliot Lockhart: | aa 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

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

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

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


Message from © Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That a Mes- 
the Lords. sace had been brought from the Lords, by one of 
=] f—) ? y 


their Clerks, as followeth : 
Annuities The Lords have agreed to the Annuities Re- 
eo demption Bill, without any Amendment: And also, 


Stockin Trade ‘The Lords have agreed to the Stock in Trade 
Exemption Exemption Bill without any Amendment: And 
Bill also, 

Bawtry and The Lords have agreed to the Bawtry and Tinsley 


a Koad Road Bill, without any Amendment: And also, 
Bill. 


Godley-lane The Lords have agreed to the Godley Lane Road 
Road Bill. Bill, without any Amendment: And also, 
Fasten Union The Lords have agreed to the Amendment made 


Railway Bill. by this House to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships to the Eastern Union Railway Bill, with- 
out any Amendment: And also, 

Reformatory . The Lords have agreed to the Reformatory and 

and Industrial Industrial Schools Bill, with Amendments ; to which 


Schools Bill. Amendments the Lords desire the concurrence of 
this House: And also, 

Ceylon The Lords have agreed to the Ceylon Kailway 

Railway Com- Company Bill, with Amendments ; to which Amend- 

~ ments the Lords desire the concurrence of this 


House: And also, 


Divorce and The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 


Matrimonial to transfer the Jurisdiction in Matrimonial Causes, 
Causes Bill, and to establish a Court of Divorce; to which the 
Lords desire the concurrence of this House: And 
also, 
Appeals. The Lords communicate to this House, a Return 
of the Number of Appeals and Writs of Error from 
1835 to 1855 inclusive, heard by the Lords, in which, 
upon the Motion for reversing the Judgment, the 
Number present who voted for and against such 
Motion was equal, as desired by this House. 
Militia Ballots The Militia Ballots Suspension Bill was, ac- 
Suspension 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. 
Tncambered The Order of the day being read, for the second 
stat 


+ ee reading of the Incumbeied Estates (Jreland) Bill; 
And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
proposed, That the Bill be now read a second time ; 


land) 


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


Sabbati, 5° die Juilti, 1856: 


And the Question being put :—It was reso!ved in 
the Affirmative:—-The Bill was accordingly read 
a second time; and committed to a Committee of 
the whole House, for Monday next. 


Hospitals The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
(Dublin) Bil. mittee on the Hospitals (Dublin) Bill; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Deeds (Scot 
lands” —" 


The Deeds (Scotland) Bill was, according to Or- 
der, read the third time. 
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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 Commons’ 
into a Committee on the Commons’ Inclosure (No. 2) (No.2) Bill 
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 
Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming the Poor Law 
adjourned Debate on the Amendment which, upon —- 
the 3d day of this instant July, was proposed to _— 
made to the Question, That the Poor Law Amend- 
ment (No. 2) Bill be now read a second time ; 

Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 
till Monday next. 


The House, according to order, proceeded to take Police (Coun- 
into consideration the Amendments made by the ties and Bo- 
Lords to the Police (Counties and Boroughs) Bill. — 

The said Amendments being read a second time ; 
several were agreed to; one was disagreed to; and 
another was 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 Amendment to which this House 
hath disagreed :—And a Committee was appointed 
of Sir George Grey, Mr. FitzRoy, Mr. Wilson and 
Mr. Robert Palmer: And they are to withdraw im- 
mediately. 

Ordered, That Three be the Quorum. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Coalwhippers 
reading of the Coalwhippers (Port of Zondon) Bill ; arg page 
Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. saat 

Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Mercantile 
mittee on the Mercantile Law (Scotland) Amend- 1“¥ (Scot- 
“nD land) Amend- 
ment Bill; ment 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- Burial- 
mittee on the Burial-vrounds (/reland) Bill; grounds (Ire- 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday _— 

next, resolve itself into the said Committee. . 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Bankruptcy 
mittee on the Bankrupte a and Insolvency 
oe ee on the ankruptcy and Insolvency (Ireland) (ireland) Bill 

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


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Ways and 
into the Committee of Ways and Means. _— 


(In the Committee.) 


1. Resclved, That, towards making good the Consolidated 
Supply granted to Her Majesty, the Sum of Fund 
£.24,548,773. 0s. 7d., be granted out of the Con- 
solidated Fund of the United Kingdom of Great 
Britain and Ireland, 

2. Resolved, That, towards making good the Sup- Surplus of 
ply granted to Her Majesty, there be issued and Ways and 
applied, to the service of the year 1856, the Sum of” — 
£.562,028. 138., being the Surplus of Ways and 
Means granted for the service of preceding years. 

Resolutions to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Fitz- 
Roy reported, ‘That the Committee had come to 
several Resolutions. 

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


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Lunatic Asy- | The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
tums (Ireland) consideration the Lunatic Asylums (Zreland) (No. 2) 
(No, 2) Bill. Bill, as amended in the Committee ; 
Ordered, ‘Vhat the Bill be taken into consideration 
upon Monday next. 


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

Acts Amend- mittee on the County Courts Acts Amendment Bill; 

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


Burial Acts The Order of the day being read, for the second 


Amendment reading of the Burial Acts Amendment Bill ; 

Bill. Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Friday next. 

Mercantile The Order of the day being read, for the second 

Law Amend- 


r reading of the Mercantile Law Amendment Bill ; 
a Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 


Thursday next. 


Vice-President The Order of the day being read, for the second 


of Committee reading of the Vice-President of Committee of 


of Councilon 5 : . “n 
Education Bil, Conc on Education Bill; 


Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Thursday next. 


Poor Law The Order of the day being read, for the third 
Amendment reading of the Poor Law Amendment (Scotland) 
(Scotland) Bill. Bill ar 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon 
Monday next. 


Court of Ap- Mr. Fitz Roy reported from the Committee on the 
peal inChan- Court of Appeal in Chancery (Zreland) [Salary of 
foley ot Judge, &amp;e ], several Resolutions; which were read, 
Selon fa.) as follow: 

1. That provision be made, out of the Consolidated 
Fund of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and 
Ireland, for payment of the Salary and Retiring Pen- 
sion of the Judge of the Court of Appeal in Chancery 
in Jreland, who may be appointed in pursuance of 
any Act of the present Session. 

2. That it is expedient to authorize Advances, by 
way of Loan, out of the said Consolidated Fund, to 
make good any Deficiency that may arise in the 
Suitors’ Fee Fund in the Court of Chancery in Jre- 
land. 

The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 


CourtofChan- The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
cery (Ireland) mittee on the Courtof Chancery (Jreland) (Receivers) 
(Receivers) : 
Bill. Bill; : : 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Tuesday next, 
at ‘Twelve o'clock, resolve itself into the said Com- 
mittee. 


Court of Ap- The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
a (ireland) mittee on the Court of Appeal in Chancery (Jreland) 
Bill, Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Tuesday 
next, at Twelve o'clock, resolve itself into the said 


Committee. 
Revenue The Revenue (Transfer of Charges) Bill was, ac- 
(Transfer of cording to Order, read a second time; and com- 
Charges) Bill. . 


mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for Mon- 
day next. 


Hay and Straw 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
Trade Bill. 


reading of the tlay and Straw ‘Trade Bill; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Tuesday next. 
Marriage Law The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
(Scotland) — mittee on the Marriage Law (Scotland) Amending 
Amending Bill: ° 5 
Bill. ae is ; . ao 
£esolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


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A. 1856, 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Joint Stock 
mittee on the Joint Stock Companies Winding-up Lompanies 
Acts Amendment Bill ; imme 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday ment Bill. ‘ 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Procedure before Justices (Scotland) Bill was, Procedure 
according to Order, read the third time. fore Justi 
Resolved, That the Bill, with the Amendments, do S°#"4) Bill 
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. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Ecclesiastical 
reading of the Ecclesiastical Courts Jurisdiction Bill ; Courts Juris. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time “tion Bill 
upon Wednesday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Testamentary 
reading of the Testamentary and Matrimonial Juris- #4 Matri- 
diction Bill ; dietien a 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon ; 
Wednesday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Dublin 
reading of the Dublin ~ fons. Bill; University 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time - 
upon Monday next. 


Ordered, That the Amendments made by the Lords Reformatory 
to the Reformatory and Industrial Schools Bill be #4 Industrial 
taken into consideration upon Wednesday next. Schools Bill 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended by the Lords, Bill 220, 
be printed. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- Lighthouses 
posed, That there be laid before this House, a Copy (Ireland.) 
of Correspondence between the Port of Dublin Cor- 
poration and the Board of Trade, relative to a Con- 
tract for Oil for the supply of the Zrish Lighthouses, 
advertised for on the 7th day of February last :—And 
the said Motion was, with leave of the House, 
withdrawn. 


Ordered, That Sir John Shelley and Sir William New Westmine 
Jolliffe be added to the Select Committee on the New ster Bridge. 
Westminster Bridge. 


The Divorce and Matrimonial Causes Bill was read Divorve and 
the first time ; and ordered to be read a second time —— 
upon Friday next ; and to be printed. Bill 221. 

Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Site of Smith 
Copy of the Report of the Committee appointed to eld, &amp;e. 
inquire into the appropriation of the Site of Smith- 

Jield, &amp;c., and the establishment of a New Metropo~ 
litan Dead Meat Market. 


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, upon Monday next, 
resolve itself into a Committee to consider the said 
Acts. 


Ordered, That the Amendments made by the Joint Stock 
Lords to the Joint Stock Companies Bill be taken Compan'es 


. : ° ce : ill. 
into consideration upon Monday next; and be printed. Bill 222. 


And then the House, having continued to sit till 
half an hour after One of the clock on Satur- 
day morning, adjourned till Monday next, 








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325 


| Bill ; — Scientific and Literary Societies Bill ;-- 

























. Luna, 7° die Juli; Scotch and Irish Pauper Removals Bill ;—Testa- 
p Anno 20° Victorie Regine, 1856. | mentary Jurisdiction ;—Vaccination Bill ;—Wages ; 
nd. ‘ |—and, Wills and Administrations Bill,—were pre- 
PRAYERS. ‘sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
on's M R. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from | Table. 
and aly 4 one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private} Petitions relating to the Rating of Mines Bill— 
~ - Bills, That in the case of Thoroton’s and Croft's were also presented, and read ; and referred to the 
Bill, Estate Bill, no Standing Orders are applicable. | Select Committee on Rating of Mines. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time. 
The House being informed, That the Sheriffs of Ward 
Walmesley’s Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from | the City of Zondon attended ut the door, they were —. 
state Bill. ~— One of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, | called in; and at the Bar presented,—A Petition of on 
That in the case of Walmesiey’s Estate Bill, no} the Lord Mayor, Aldermen and Commons of the 
Standing Orders are applicable. | City of London, in Common Council assembled :— 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time. And then they withdrew. 
| And the said Petition, praying the House to ex- 
al puterwick's Mr. FitzRoy reported Butterwick’s Estate Bill, | tend the franchise of the City of London in Ward 
9 Estate Bill. ~~ without Amendment. Elections to all occupiers within the City who are 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. on the Parliamentary Register for the City of Zon- 
| don, was read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 
Fainburgh The House proceeded to take into consideration 
7” Water Bil. the Amendments made by the Lords to the Edin-| Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Militia 
is burgh Water Bill; and the same were twice read, and | to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased ©olne's- 
agreed to. to give directions, that there be laid before this 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the | House, a Return of the Names of Colonels of 
Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath | Militia in Great Britain and Ireland, appointed 
agreed to the Amendments made by their Lord- since the 30th day of March 1853, who have re- 
ships. ceived Pay during the time their Regiments have 
been embodied. 
Epsom and The House proceeded to take into consideration Ordered, That the said Address be presented to. 
meg the Amendment made by the Lords to the Epsom | Her Majesty, by such Members of this House as are 
ye and Leatherhead Railway Bill; and the same was of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 
‘al twice read, and agreed to. | 
, Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the, A Message by Mr. Pu/man, Yeoman Usher of the Royal Assent 
’ Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House hath | Black Rod: 
agreed to the Amendment made by their Lord- | Mr. Speaker, 
ships. The Lords, authorized by virtue of Her Majesty’s 
Commission, for declaring Her Royal Assent to 
$ Salisbury The House proceeded to take into consideration , several Acts agreed upon by both Houses, desire 
fees the Amendments made by the Lords to the Salisbury | the immediate attendance of this Honourable House 
Market House Market Branch Railway and Market House Bill; in the House of Peers, to hear the Commission 
Bill. and the same were twice read, and agreed to. | read. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the; Accordingly Mr. Speaker, with the House, went. 
Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath | up to the House of Peers :—And being returned ; 
agreed to the Amendments made by their Lord-| | Mr. Speaker reported, That the House, at the de- 
ships. sire of the Lords, authorized by virtue of Her Mc- 
, jesty’s Commission, had been at the House of Peers, 
ws Stockton and = The House proceeded to take into consideration | where a Commission under the Great Seal was read, 
— the Amendments made by the Lords to the Stockton | giving, declaring and notifying the Royal Assent to 
estleand and Darlington and Newcastle and Carlisle Union | the several Acts therein mentioned; and that the 
| musle Union Railway Bill; and the same were twice read, and | Lords, thereby authorized, had declared the Royal 
maeay Bill. agreed to. | Assent to the said Acts, as follow: 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the; An Act to amend an Act of the seventeenth and Industrial 
; Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House hath | eighteenth years of Her present Majesty, relating to ae 
: ee ae ie 7 
. agreed to the Amendments made by their Lord- | Industrial and Provident Societies : ‘ 
. ships. An Act to make further Provision for the Esta- Seamen’s 
' blishment of Savings Banks for Seamen: — Banks 
Swansea Val T se j iderati , ’ ? 
Railway Bill. hg ee moe ig aly tn An Act to authorize Issues out of the Consoli- suite 
Vale Railway Bill; and the same was twice read dated Fund for the Redemption of certain Annuities Bi 
ple plicorncan ef ? ’| charged on Branches of the Gross Revenue: _ 
Ord, ered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the An Act to continue the Act for the Exemption of Becks in Tethe 
Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House hath aoteeeh: Ses Te ieee NG Bill. 
agreed to the p mover awe made by their Lord-| An Act to enable the Luton, Dunstable and Luton, Dun- 
ships. Welwyn Junction Railway Company to alter the —_ — 
_— present authorized Junction of their Railway with gion Railway 
hall's Estate Bell's Estate Bill was read a second time; and|the Leighton Buzzard and Dunstable Branch of Bill, 
committed. the London and North Western Railway, and for 
— _ 7 , other purposes : 
| iol Haron Sir John Yarde Buller reported the Perth Burgh} An Act to enable the Eastern Counties and Lon- London, 
. (No.2) Bi, @d Harbour (No, =) bill, with Amendments. don and Blackwall Railsay Companies to extend oe ~ 
Ordered, That the Report du lie upon the Table. | the London, Tilbwry and Southerd Extension Rail- Railway (Ex- 
ie - om. way to the London and Llackwall Railway, with tension and | 
Petitions Petitions relating to Appellate Jurisdiction (House | Branches therefrom, and to authorize certain Ar- Branches) Bill. 
_ of Lords) Bill;—Church Rates ;—County Rates; |rangements with reference thereto, and for other 
Vide Fity. —Wine ;—Bedford Charity ;—Cork Hospitals ;— | purposes : 
‘ Report. Decimal Coinage ;—I mprisonment for Debt ;—Me- An Act to authorize the Division of the Borough Midates- 





dical Officers of Unions ;—Mercantile Law Amend- | of Middlesbrough into Wards; to enable the Local brough Im- 
ment Bill ;—Poor Law;—Queen’s Colleges (Zreland) | Board of Health of the District of Middlesbrough to ee 
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‘Tormoham 
Water Bill. 


Yarmouth 
and Haddiscoe 
Railway Bill. 


Scottish 

Drainage and 
Improvement 
Company Bill. 


Lymington 
Railway Bill. 


Brough and 
Eamont Bridge 
Road Bill. 


Donington 
Turnpike 
Trust Bill. 


Clay Cross 
Water Bill. 


Sittingbourne 
and Sheerness 


Railway Bill. 


Leeds Water 
Bill. 


Eastern Union 
Railway Bill. 


Bawtry and 
Tinsley Road 


Bill. 


Godley Lane 
Road Bill. 


Shipton’s 
Disabilities 
Removal Bill. 


Police (Coun- 
ties and Bo- 
roughs) Bill. 


326 
purchase Gas Works, and light the District, and 
to enlarge the Market-place; to enable the Corpo- 
ration to estabiish a Public Wharf and a Passage 
over the River Tees; to confer cther Powers on the 
Local Board and the Corporation, and for other 
purposes : 

An Act for the better Supply of the Town of 
Torquay and the Neighbourhood thereof with Water, 
and for other purposes : 

An Act for making a Railway from Yarmouth to 
the East Suffolk Railway, in the Parish of Haddis- 
coe, with a Branch Railway connected therewith, 
and for other purposes : 

An Act for incorporating the Scottish Drainage 
and Improvement Company, and to afford greater 
Facilities for the Improvement of Land in Scotland : 


An Act for making a Railway from Lymington, in 
the County of Southampton, to the London and 
South Western Railway at Brockenhurst, in the 
same County, to be called the “ Lymington Rail- 


way,” with a Landing-place at Lymington aforesaid, | 


and for other purposes : | 

An Act to repeal the Acts relating to the Brough | 
and Eamont Bridge Turnpike-road, and to make 
other Provisions in lieu thereof: 

An Act to renew the Term, and continue, amend 
and enlarge the Powers of an Act passed in the 
third year of the Reign of his Majesty King George 
the Fourth, intituled, “An Act for repairing and 
amending the Roads from Donington High Bridge 
to Hale Drove, and to the Eighth Milestone, in the 
Parish of Wigtoft, and to Langret Ferry, in the 
County of Lincoln :” 

An Act for supplying with Water the Inhabitants 
of Clay Cross and the Neighbourhood, in the County 
of Derby: 

An Act for making a Railway from Sittingbourne 
to Sheerness, all in the County of Kent, and for 
other purposes : 

An Act to sanction a Supply of Water to the 
Town and Neighbourhood of Leeds, from the River 
Wharfe : 

An Act to attach further Advantages to certain 
Portions of the Capital of the Eastern Union Rail- 
way Company : 


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A, 1856. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee on Civil 
Service Superannuation have Power to report the 
Minutes of the Evidence taken before them. 

The Chancellor of the Exchequer reported from 
the said Select Committee, and to whom also was 
referred “The Civil Service Superannuation Bill ;” 
That. they had considered the matters to them re- 
ferred, and had taken Evidence thereupon, which 
they had directed him to report to the House ; and 
that they had gone through the Civil Service Super- 
annuation Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

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





| Ordered, That the Civil Service Superannuation 
Bill, as amended in the Committee, be printed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a 
| Committee of the whole House, for To-morrow. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Copies of any Letters written by Captain Lang to 
the Council of Bombay in reference to the Claim of 
the Rajah of Edur to the Raj of Ahmednuggur :— 
Of the Minute of Lord Ellenborough in Council, or 
any Order by him, directing the Attachment placed 
on the Raj by Captain Lang to be removed, and 
all Communications on the subject to cease :—Of 
the Memorial afterwards submitted by the Rajah of 
Edur to the Bombay Council :—Of the Minute of 
the Governor General, Lord Hardinge, on such Me- 
morial :—Of any Order of the Court of Directors or 
the Bombay Council altering or varying such Mi- 
nute:—Of the Authority to Mr. Willoughby to in- 
quire and report on the Case :—Of Mr. Willoughby’s 
Report thereon :—Of any Minute giving effect to 
such Report:—Of any Memorial forwarded by the 
Maha Rajah of Johdpore to the Bombay Council, 
the Governor General, the Court of Directors or the 
Board of Control, in reference to the Claim of his 
Family to the said Raj :—And, of the Letters and 
Reports from resident Political Officers in reference 
to the Rights of the respective Claimants to the 
said Raj. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Medical Profession Bill ; 





An Act to repeal “An Act for amending and 
maintaining the Turnpike-road from Bawtry, through | 
the Town of Tinsley, to the Road from Rotherham | 
to Sheffield, in the West Ridine of the County of | 
York,” and to make other Provisions in lieu thereof : | 
An Act for continuing the Term, and amending | 
and extending the Provisions of the Act relating to | 
ihe Godley Lane Turnpike-road, in the West Riding 
of the County of York : 

An Act to enable George Shipton, Clerk, to ex-| 
ercise his Office of Priest, and to hold any Benefice 
or Preferment in the United Church of England and | 
Ireland. | 





Sir George Grey reported from the Committee | 
appointed to draw up Reasons to be assigned to the | 
Lords for disagreeing to an Amendment made by 
their Lordships to the Police (Counties and Bo- 
roughs) Bill; That they had drawn up a Reason | 
accordingly, which they had directed him to report 
to the House: And the same was read, «s followeth: 

Because the Commons do not consider it advi- 
sable to give encouragement to the removal of Con- 
stables from one County to another. 

And the Commons hope that your Lordships will 
be satisfied with this Reason, and will not insist 
upon the Amendment to which the Commons have 
disagreed. 

The said Reason, being read a second time, was 
agreed to, 

Ordered, That a Message be sent to the Lords to 
communicate the said Reason (with the Bill and 
Amendments): And that the Clerk do carry the 
same, 





Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 
Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


Mr. Massey presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand,—Copy cof Tables showing the Number of 


Persons committed or held to bail for Trial at the 
Assizes and Quarter Sessions in each County in the 


| year 1855, and the Result of the Proceedings, with 


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


Mr. Osborne presented,—Return to an Order, 
dated the 10th day of April last, for a Return of 
Ships engaged as Regular Transports, with the Names 
(stating whether Steam or Sailing), from the Ist day 
of January 1855 to the 1st day of April 1856; the 
Date of Engagement, witha List of the Ships in the 
Service at the latter Date, their Register ‘Tonnage, 
Rates of Freight, and Mulcts or Deductions from 
the same, and why made; in Steam Ships, the Horse- 
power, the Time occupied in their Passages, and, 
where Information has been received, the Quantity 
of Coals or Fuel consumed per Hour. 

Ordered, That the said Keturn 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 May last, for Copies of all Treaties, 
Conventions and Arrangements with the Native 
States of India, made since the 1st day of May 1834. 

Return to an Order, dated the 23d day of June 
last, for Copies of all Papers and Correspondence 
that has passed between the East India Companys 

the 


Civil Service 
Superannu. 
ation, and 
— Service 
uperannua. 
Bill. 435 


No. 387, : 


Civil Service 
Superannu- 
ation Bill, 


Bill 223, 


Raj of Ahmed. 
nuggur, 


Medical Pro- 
fession Bill, 


Criminal 
Offenders 
{Ireland.) 


Transports. 


East India. 


Colonel Robert 
Frith. 





ce 


= 


ned. 


TO 
ill, 


rts. 


dia. 


Robert 





90 Vicrori¢m. 


the Government of India, and the King of Oude, 
relating to the Claim of Colonel Robert Frith on 
the Government of Oude. 

poor Relief Return to an Order, dated the 25th day of June 

Birmingham, jast, for a Copy of Letter transmitted by the Guar- 

*) dians of the Poor of Birmingham to the Poor Law 
Board, with the Enclosure, dated the 4th day of June 
1856, showing the Total Amount expended for the 
Maintenance and Relief of the Poor, and the Cost 
per Head on the Population in Forty-two Unions and 
Parishes, including the Parish of Birmingham, for 
the years ending Lady-day 1854 and 1855 respec- 
tively. 


Education Ordered, That the Return relative to Education 
(Manchester) (Manchester), which was presented upon the 4th day 


No. 338. of this instant July, be printed. 
Fines and Ordered, That the Paper relative to Fines and 
Penalties Penalties (Jreland), which was presented upon the 
(ieland.) 4th day of this instant July, be printed. 
No. 339. ‘ 
Ways and Mr. Fitz Roy reported from the Committee of Ways 
Means. and Means, several Resolutions ; which were read, as 
follow : 
Consolidated 1. That, towards making good the Supply granted 
fu. | to Her Majesty, the Sum of £.24,548,773. 0s. 7d. 
be granted out of the Consolidated Fund of the 
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. 
Surplus of 2. That, towards making good the Supply granted 
Waysand to Her Majesty, there be issued and applied to the 
Means. Service of the year 1856 the Sum of £.562,028. 13 s., 
being the Surplus of Ways and Means granted for 
the Service of preceding years. 
The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 
Consolidated Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
ooh aa 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-six, 
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. 
Appellate The Order of the day being read, for the second 
Haliction reading of the Appellate Jurisdiction (House of 
lords) Bill, Lords) 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 ; 
And the House having continued to sit till after 
Twelve of the clock on Tuesday morning ; 
Martis, 8° die Julit, 1856: 
And the Question being put ; 
The House divided. 
The Yeas to the Right; 
The Noes to the Left. 
Tellers for thef Mr. Hayter, jinn 
Yeas, \The Earl of Mulgrave : : 
Tellers for the; Mr. Bowyer, laee 
Noes, \ Mr. Robert Phillimore: f° °~ 
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 toa Committee of the whole House, for 
Thursday next. 
ne nee ftom Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That a Mes- 
sage had been brought from the Loids, by one of 
Grand Jur; their Clerks, as followeth : 
ty “"“* The Lords have agreed to the Grand Juries Bill, 


with Amendments ; to which Amendments the 
Vou. 111. 


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327 


Lords desire the concurrence of this House: And 
also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Survey of Great Survey of 
Britain, &amp;c., Bill, with Amendments; to which Great Britain, 
Amendments the Lords desire the concurrence of ~~ —_ 
this House. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself into Incumbered 
a Committee on the Incumbered Estates (Ireland) and) Ba 
Bill. 

(In the Committee.) 


Preamble postponed. 

Crauses, N° 1 and N° 2, agreed to. 

Clause (So much of the first section of the said 
firstly recited Act of the twelfth and thirteenth year 
of Her Majesty as provides that the Court for the 
Sale and Transfer of Incumbered Estates in Ireland 
shall consist of any number of persons, not exceed- 
ing Three, to be Commissioners under said Act, is 
hereby repealed, and said Court shall hereafter con- 
sist of two Commissioners only; and the officers 
under said Act heretofore attached to the first Com- 
missioner shall be distributed between the remaining 
two Commissioners in manner best calculated to 
facilitate the despatch of the business of said Court) 
——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. Whiteside, } 

Yeas, (Mr. Napier : 48. 

Tellers for the f Mr. Hayter, 1 83 

Noes, (The Earl of Mulgrave: Jf ~"* 
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, with- 
out Amendment. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time this 
day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Vaccination 
mittee on the Vaccination Bill; Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, at Twelve o'clock, resolve itself into the said 
Committee. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Magdalen, 
into a Committee on the Magdalen Hospital, Bath, a 
Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker me, Oe 
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 this 
day, at Twelve o’clock. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Endowed 
into a Committee on the Endowed School at Moulton Schol at 
hee ‘ : , Moulton Bill. 
Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. 
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 this 
day, at Twelve o’clock. 


The Courts of Common Law (Ireland) Bill was, Courts of 
according to Order, read the third time. Common Law 
a ‘ - ,. _ (Ireland) Bill. 
A Clause (Court or Judge may, on the application * 
to such Court or Judge for such purpose, order cer- 
tain documents to be taken as sufficient evidence of 
Will, &amp;c.), was thrice read; and added to the Bill. 
Another Clause (Superior Courts of Common 
Law may, in action of ejectment, order real Title to 
be tried on such ejectment), was thrice read; and 


added to the Bill. 





TT 4 Another 








328 


Another Clause was offered to be added to the 
Bill (Whereas the Officers of the Superior Courts of 
Common Law at Dublin, who discharge the duties of 
Town Registrars to the Chief Justices or Chief Baron 
of said Courts respectively, and who also perform the 
duties of Clerks of Nisi Prius of the Consolidated 
Nisi Prius Court at Dublin, hold their Offices during | 
pleasure: And whereas it is expedient that the said | 
Officers who now hold their said Offices during 
pleasure should be re-appointed, and should hold 
such Offices during good behaviour ; be it enacted, 
That the persons now holding the said Offices of 
Registrar Clerk of Nisi Prius in the Courts of 
Queen’s Bench, Common Pleas and Exchequer at 
Dublin, shall be and the same are hereby appointed 
and declared to be such Officers in the said Superior 
Courts, and they and their successors shall respectively | 
hold such Offices during good behaviour) :—And | 
the said Clause was brought up, and read the first | 
time. 

A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That the said Clause be now read a second 
time :—And the said Motion and Clause were seve- 
rally, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 

Another Clause (Provision in case Plaintiff in | 
replevin shall delay to file the Summons and Plaint, 
and proceed to trial), was thrice read ; and added to | 
the Bin. 

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. 








Prisons (Iree © The Order of the day being read, for the third 


land) Bil. = yeading of the Prisons (Jre/and) Bill; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon 
Thursday next. 
Registration The Order of the day being read, for the third | 
of Leases : . 


eading of the Registration of Leases (Scotland) Bill; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time this 
day, at Twelve o'clock. 


(Scotland)Bill. * 


Hospitals The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
(Dublin) Bill. mittee on the Hospitals (Dublin) 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 Mercantile Law (Scotland) Amend- 
ment Bill; 

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


Mercantile 
Law (Scot- 
land) Amend- 
ment Bill. 





Burial- The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
ner ee mittee on the Burial-grounds (Jreland) Bill ; 
2 Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Bankruptcy The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
ireland) BUC mittee on the Bankruptcy and Insolvency (/reland) 


Bil; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Lunatic Asy- The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
— Sora consideration the Lunatic Asylums (Z7eland) (No. 2) 
— Bill, as amended in the Committee ; 
And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That the said Order be discharged : 
—And a Debate arising thereupon ; 
Ordered, That the Debate be adjourned till Fri- 


day next. 
Poor Law The Order of the day being read, for resuming 
Amendment the adjourned Debate on the Amendment which, 


No. 2) Bill. abe. ° 
—— upon the 3d day of this instant July, was proposed 


to be made to the Question, That the Poor Law 
Amendment (No. 2) Bill be now read a second time ; 

Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 
till Thursday next. 


7°—B° Juli. 









A, 1856. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Revenue 
into a Committee on the Revenue (Transfer of (Transfer of 
Charges) Bill; and, after some time spent therein, harges) Bill 
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, at Twelve o'clock. 











































































The Order of the day being read, for the second Leases and 
reading of the Leases and Sales of Settled Estates Sales of Settlea 
Bill Estates Bill, 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Thursday next. 


The Commons’ Inclosure (No. 2) Bill was, ac- Commons 
cording to Order, read the third time. Inclosure 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. (No. 2) Bill. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 


Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Nuisances 
into a Committee on the Nuisances Removal, &amp;c. Removal, &amp;e. 
(Scotland) (No. 2) Bill; and, after some time spent aay 
therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bill 204 
FitzRoy reported, That the Committee had gone 7 
through the Bill. 

Ordered, ‘Vhat the Bill, as amended, be printed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for Thursday next, 


at Twelve o'clock. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Criminal 


reading of the Criminal Appropriation of Trust Pro- ee, 
perty Bill; Property Bill. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Thursday next. 


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 on the Goods, Wares and Merchandise here- 
after nentioned, imported into the United Kingdom, 
shall cease and determine on and after the 6th day 
of July instant, viz.: 

Bichromate of Potash. 
Old Metal of any sort fit only to be re-manufactured. 


2. Resolved, That, in lieu of the Duties of Cus- 
toms now chargeable on the articles under mentioned, 
imported into the United Kingdom, the following 





Duties shall be charged on and after the 6th day 
of July instant, viz. : 

£. @ d. 

Spruce Beer, the barrel - - - - 1- - 

Vinegar, the gallon - — - - = -} - = 8 
Musical Instruments, viz. :— | 
Instruments of Copper and other | 

sorts of Metal, thelb, - -| - = 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 this day, at 
Twelve o'clock. 


Queen’s 
Colleges (Ire~ 
land) Bill 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Queen’s Colleges (Zreland) Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Thursday next. 


Poor Law 
Amendment 
(Scotland) Bi 


The Order of the day being read, for the third 
reading of the Poor Law Amendment (Scot/and) 
Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon 





Friday next. 
The 








rr of 
) Bi. 


ind 
Settled 
Bill, 


Bill. 


es 
l, &amp;e. 
dl) 
Bill, 
224. 


al 
riation: 


i 
ry Bill 


1S. 


1's a 
g (ite 
Bill. 


La¥ 
rdment 
land) Bill: 





Joint Stock 
Companies 
Bill. 


Tithe Com- 
mutation 
Rent-charge 
Bill. 


Dublin 
University 


Grand Juries 
Bill. 


Town of 
Liverpool. 


20 VicToriz. 


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329 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take | the Parties to whom the Sale or Lease was made; the 


into consideration the Amendments made by the 
Lords to the Joint Stock Companies 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 the Com- 
mittee on the Tithe Commutation Rent-charge 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 Dublix Daiventty Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Thursday next. 


Ordered, That the Amendments made by the 
Lords to the Grand Juries Bill be taken into con- 
sideration upon Wednesday next. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Re- 
turns from the Town of Liverpool of earliest Tariff 
of Town Dues, including Anchorage :—Of present 
Tariff of ditto, and any other Tariffs used from time 
to time :—Of Changes made in the Tariff from time 
to time, either by way of Imposition of New Items, 
or Abolition of Old Items,or by way of Augmentation 
or Reduction of or Composition for Duties previously 
levied, with the Date of each Change, and the 
Authority by which it was made:—Copies of any 
Tables or Lists in the possession of the Corporation 
which have been at any time used by the Corpora- 
tion, as containing the Tariff of Town Dues, with 
their respective Dates :—Return of Amount of Town 
Dues for each year, from the time they were first 
received by the Corporation, or from the earliest Date 
at which the Return can be furnished, to the present 
time :— Accounts of the various Amounts spent by 
the Corporation from time to time on Shipping pur- 
poses since they first received Town Dues, giving for 
each Item so spent,—the Date; a full and explicit 
Description of the Shipping purpose to which it has 
been applied ; the Authority under which it has been 
expended; in cases where such Expenditure has 
produced any Return, the Amount of such Return, 
whether in the shape of Annual or Temporary Re- 
ceipts, or of Purchase Money, or both, or otherwise : 
—Of the Amount of the Debt now charged directly 
or collaterally on the Borough Fund, giving the Date 
at which each portion of the Debt was contracted ; 
the Purpose for which it was contracted ; the Autho- 
rity tes a which it was contracted ; the Terms on 
which it was contracted :—Return of the Quantity of 
Land reclaimed from the Mersey by the Expenditure 
of Monies belonging to the Dock Estate, and claimed 
by the Corporation as their Property, and an Account 
of any subsequent Grants or Sales of any such Land, 
giving, in the case of each Grant or Sale, the Date of 
the Transaction; the Party to whom such Land was 
granted or sold; the Quantity, Description and 
Situation of the Land granted or sold; the Price or 
Consideration (if any) paid or given by the Dock 
Estate ; the Mode in which the Price (if any) was 
determined ; the Authority, whether by Act of Par- 
liament or otherwise, under which the Grant or Sale 
was made, to be accompanied by a Map, showin 
the original and present Condition of the Land so 
granted or sold :—Accounts of all Purchases by the 
Corporation of Land on the Cheshire side of the Mer- 
sey, giving in each case the Date of the Purchase ; 
the Parties from whom the Purchase was made ; the 
Quantity, Description and Situation of the Land 
purchased ; the Price given; to be accompanied by 
a Map, showing the Situation of the Land :—And, 
of all Sales or Leases by the Corporation of Liver- 
pool of Land onthe Cheshire side of the Mersey, 


giving in each case the Date of the Sale or Lease; 
Vo. 111. 





Quantity, Description and Situation of the Land sold 
or leased; in case of a Lease, the Term for which 
leased ; the Price, Rent or other Consideration re- 
ceived; to be accompanied by a Map, showing the 
Situation of the Land. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to Turnpike Acts 
continue certain Acts for regulating Turnpike-roads Continuance 
in Ireland: And that Mr. Horsman and Mr. Attor- 


ney General for Jreland do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to Railways Act 
continue the Railways Act (Jreland), 1851: And —— 
that Mr. Horsman and Mr. Attorney General for a og 


Ireland do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to Criminal 
amend the Act of the last Session of Parliament, for J™stice- 
diminishing Expense and Delay in the Administration 
of Criminal Justice in certain cases: And that Mr. 
Deedes and Sir Edward Dering do prepare, and 
bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to Grand Jury 
enable the Grand Jury of Mayo to re-present the ©ess (Mayo.) 
Arrears of Grand Jury Cess still due to Contractors 
and others: And that Mr. Attorney General for Jre- 
land and Mr. Horsman do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to Unlawful 
continue the Act of the second and third years of Oaths (Ire- 
Her Majesty, chapter seventy-four, for preventing ) 
the administering and taking of Unlawful Oaths in 
Ireland, as amended by an Act of the eleventh and 
twelfth years of Her Majesty’s Reign: And that Mr. 
Attorney General for Ireland and Mr. Horsman do 
prepare, and bring it in. 


The House was moved, That the several Acts im- Assessed 
posing Duties of Assessed Taxes might be read ; Te 
and the same being read ; 

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


A Motion being made, That this House will, this Appellate 
day, resolve itself into a Committee to consider of ‘ieee 
authorizing the Payment, out of the Consolidated Lords) [Sala- 
Fund of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and ries and Re- 
Ireland, of the Salaries and Retiring Pensions of the em = 
Persons who may be appointed Deputy Speakers of =~ 
the House of Lords under the Provisions of any Act 
of the present Session relating to the Appellate Ju- 
risdiction of the House of Lords; 

Sir Georye Grey, by Her Majesty’s Command, 
acquainted the House, That Her Majesty, having 
been informed of the subject-matter of this Motion, 
recommends it to the consideration of the House. 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


Mr. Wilson presented a Bill to apply a Sum out Consolidated 
of the Consolidated Fund and the Surplus of Ways Fund (Appro- 
and Means to the Service of the year om thousand Pration) Bill 
eight hundred and Fifty-six, and to appropriate the Bill 225. 
Supplies granted in this Session of Parliament: And 
the same was read the first time ; and ordered to be 
read a second time this day ; and to be printed. 


Mr. Deedes presented a Bill to amend the Act of Criminal 
the last Session of Parliament, for diminishing Ex-7"ti¢e Bill 
pense and Delay in the Administration of Criminal Bill 226. 
Justice in certain cases: And the same was read 
the first time ; and ordered to be read asecond time 
this day ; and tv be printed. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Dublin Union 
Returns of the Paid Officers of the North and South Wrhouses. 
Dublin Union Workhouses for the year ending the 
Ist day of July last, specifying their Names, Occu- 

uv pations, 

























































330 


pations, Amount of Annual Salary and Allowances, 
together with the Value or Cost of such Allowances : 
—And, of the Value or Cost of Extra Allowance to 
Paupers for any Duties performed during the above 
Period, specifying the Duties for which Allowances 
are granted. 


Unlawful Mr. Attorney General for Ireland presented a Bill 
fond) Ba to continue the Act of the second and third years 
Bill 227 of Her Majesty, chapter seventy-four, for preventing 


the administering and taking of Unlawful Oaths in 
Ireland, as amended by an Act of the eleventh and 
twelfth years of Her Majesty’s Reign: And the same 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time upon Wednesday next; and to be printed. 


Militia Pay 
Bill. 
Bill 228. 


and Ireland; to grant Allowances, in certain cases, | 
to Subaltern Officers, Adjutants, Paymasters, Quar- | 
termasters, Surgeons, Assistant Surgeons and Sur- | 
geons’ Mates 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 this day ; and to be printed. 


Grand Jury Mr. Attorney General for Jreland presented a Bill 
my (Mayo) to enable the Grand Jury of Mayo to re-present the 


Arrears of Grand Jury Cess still due to Contractors 


Bill 229. - 
and others: 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. 

Railways Act Mr. Horsman presented a Bill to continue the 
on. Railways Act (Jreland), 1851: And the same was 


tinuance Bill, read the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
Bill 230. time upon Wednesday next ; and to be printed. 


Turnpike Acts 
Continuance 
(Ireland) Bill, 


Bill 231. 


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 Wednesday next; and to 
be printed. 


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


Martis, 8° die Julii; 


Anno 20° Victorie Regine, 185 6. 





PRAYERS. 


Committees. RDERED, That all Committees have leave 
to sit this day, during the sitting of the House. 

Thoroton’s Thoroton’s and Croft’s Estate Bill was read a 

and Croft's second time; and committed. 

Estate iill. 

Walmesley’s Walmesley’s Estate Bill was read a second time ; 

Estate Bill. and committed. 

Pablic Petitions relating to Church Rates ; — County 

Petitions. 


Rates ;—Wine;— County Courts ;— Medical Officers 
Vide Fifty. of Unions;—Mercantile Law Amendment Bill ;— 
second Report. Metropolitan Drainage ;— Public Health Bill ;— 
Public-housés (Scotland) Act ; — Scientific and 
Literary Societies Bill ;—Scotch and Jrish Pauper | 
Removals Bill ;— and, Wills and Administrations 
Bill,—were presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


Transports. Ordered, That the Return relative to Transports, 

No. 345. which was presented upon the 7th day of this instant 
July, be printed. 

East India. Ordered, That the Return relative to East India, 

No. 341. which was presented upon the 7th day of this instant 


July, be printed. 


7°—8° Julit. 


Mr. Peel presented a Bill to defray the Charge | 
of the Pay, Clothing and Contingent and other Ex- | 
penses of the Disembodied Militia in Greut Britain | 








A. 1856. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Poor Relief Poor Relic 
(Birmingham, &amp;c.), which was presented upon the (Birmingham, 
7th day of this instant July, be printed. ~ 

| No, 342, 
_ The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Public Health 
mittee on the Public Health Bill; Bill. 
_ Anda Motion being made, and the Question being 
| proposed, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the Chair ; 
An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word “ That” to 
| the end of the Question, in order to add the words 
“this House will, upon this day three months, re- 
“solve itself into the said Committee,” instead 
| thereof. 
, And the Question being put, That the words pro- 
posed to be le/t out 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; Mr. Knight, 
Noes, \Mr. Thomas Duncombe: 
So it passed in the Negative. 

And the Question being put, That the words 
“ this House will, upon this day three months, re- 
“ solve itself into the said Committee,’ be added 
instead thereof :—It was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Then the main Question, so amended, being put; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon this day 
three months, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


| 


} 61. 


} 73. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Court of Chan. 
mittee on the Court of Chancery (Jre/and) Receivers S79 se 
Bill, and the Court of Appeal in Chancery (Ireland) Bin, and Court 
Bill ; of Appeal 

Ordered, That the said Bills be committed to the (Ireland) El 
same Committee. 

Then the House resolved itself into the Com- 
mittee. 


{In Committee on the Court of Chancery 
(Ireland) (Receivers) Bill.) 

Preamble postponed. 

Crausg, N° 1, agreed to. 

Ciause, N° 2 (Court to have a discretion in 
appointing Receivers). 

Amendment proposed, at the end of the Clause : 
To add the following words: “no Receiver to be 
“ appointed unless the debt sought to be recovered 
“ shall exceed £.150.” 

Question proposed, That those words be there 
added :—Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 

Clause agreed to. 

Cravsss, N° 3 to N° 5, agreed to. 

Preamble agreed to. 

Bill to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. FitzRoy 
reported, ‘hat the Committee had gone through the 
Court of Chancery (Jreland) Receivers Bill, and 
directed him to report the same, without Amendment. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Thursday next. 

Mr. FitzRoy also reported, That the Committee 
had gone through the Court of Appeal in Chancery 
(Ireland) 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 third Magialen 
reading of the Magdalen Hospital, Bath, Bill ; wath, Bill 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Thursday next. 


read, for the third Endowed 
School at 
Moulton } 


The Order of the day won | 
reading of the Endowed School at Moulton Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Thursday next. ne 












Ith 


lane 
nd) 
) 
ourt 


'y 
sill, 


Bill. 











Leases 
Gotland) Bil 


, 


ue 
(rransfer of 
Charges) Bill. 


Customs. 


Public 
Petitions 
(Fifty-first 
Report.) 


Customs Bill. 
Bill 130. 


Oxford 
University. 


National 


Gallery Site. 


90 Vicroriz. 


The Registration of Leases (Scotland) Bill was, 
according to Order, read the third time ; and Amend- 
ments were made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That 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 Revenue (Transfer of Charges) Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Thursday next. 


Mr. FitzRoy reported from the Committee on 
the Customs Acts, several Resolutions; which were 
read, as follow: 

1. That the Duties of Customs chargeable on the 
Goods, Wares and Merchandise hereafter mentioned, 
imported into the United Kingdom, shall cease and 
determine on and after the 6th day of July instant, 
viz. : 

Bichromate of Potash. 
Old Metal of any sort fit only to be re-manufactured. 

2. That, in lieu of the Duties of Customs now 
chargeable on the articles under mentioned imported 
into the United Kingdom, the following Duties 
shall be charged on and after the 6th day of July 
instant, viz. : 


£. &amp; d. 
Spruce Beer, the barrel - - - -| l-- 
inegar, the gallon - = - - - - - 3 
Musical Instruments, viz.:— 
Instruments of Copper and other 
sorts of Metal, the lb. - -}| =- - 9 


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. Fitz Roy, the Chancellor 
of the Exchequer and Mr. Wilson do prepare, and 
bring it in. 


Mr. Bonham Carter reported from the Select 
Committee on Public Petitions ; That they had ex- 
amined the Petitions presented upon the 4th and 7th 
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. Wilson presented a Bill to amend certain 
Duties of Customs: And the same was read the 
first time; and ordered to be read a second time 
To-morrow ; and to be printed. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Copies of Orders in Council referring to a 
Committee of the Privy Council certain Regulations 
and Ordinances of zeter, Lincoln and Corpus 
Christi Colleges, Oxford, in Amendment of their 
respective Statutes; and of any Petitions or Me- 
morials or Correspondence which have been referred 
to the said Committee. 

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


‘of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


Resolved, That this House do meet To-morrow, 
at Three of the clock. 


The Comptroller of the Household reported to the 
House; That their Address of the 27th day of June 
last, relative to the Site of the New National Gallery, 
had been presented to Her Majesty, and that Her 
Majesty had been pleased to receive the same very 
graciously, and to give the following answer : 

[ have received your Address, praying that a 
Royal Commission may issue, to determine the Site 
of a New National Gallery, and to report on the 

OL. 111, 


8°—9° Juliz. 


331 


desirableness of combining with it the Fine Art and 
Archeological Collections of the British Museum : 
And; having taken the subject into consideration, 
I have directed that a Commission shall issue for 
the purposes which you have requested. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a County Courts. 
Return showing the New Charges which will be No. 340. 
placed upon the Public Exchequer by the County 

Courts Bill, now before the House. 

Mr. Wilson accordingly presented the said Return. 

Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 

Table ; and be printed. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee on Masters Masters and 
and Operatives have Power to report their Observa- Operatives. 
tions thereupon to the House, together with the No- 343. 
Minutes of the*Evidence taken before them. 

Mr. Mackinnon reported from the said Select 
Committee ; That they had considered the matters 

to them referred, and directed him to make a Report 

thereof to the House, together with the Minutes of 

the Evidence taken before them. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 

and be printed. 


Mr. 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 Small Debts Im- Small Debis 
prisonment Act Amendment (Sco¢land) Bill, without re my 
any Amendment: And also, ment (Beot- 
land) Bill. 

The Lords have agreed to the West London and West London 
Crystal Palace Railway Bill, without any Amend- and Crystal 
ment: And also a. 

° ? way Bill. 

The Lords have agreed to the Bagenalstown and Bagenalstown 
Wexford Railway Bill, without any Amendment : a 
And also, a 

The Lords have agreed to the London Printing London 
and Publishing Company Bill, with Amendments ; ere and 
to which Amendments the Lords desire the con- Company Bill. 
currence of this House. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being put, Naval Officers. 
That, in the opinion of this House, the disadvan- 
tageous position of the Captains, Commanders, Lieu- 
tenants and Masters of the Royal Hpspital at Green- 
wich, and of the Retired Captains under the Orders 
in Council of 1840, 1851 and 1856, and of the senior 
Commanders and Lieutenants of Her Majesty’s 
Navy, is worthy of the early and favourable con- 
sideration of the Board of Admiralty ; 
The House divided. 
The Yeas to the Right; 
The Noes to the Left. 
Tellers for the { oaGon Scobell, ‘ 
Yeas, Sir George Brooke Pechell : ~ 
Tellers for the fMr. Hayter, 
Noes, (The Earl of Mulgrave : } 38. 
So it passed in the Negative. 


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. 





Mercuri, 9° die Julii ; 
Anno 20° Victorie Regine, 1856. 


PRAYERS. 


O RDERED, That all Committees have leave to Committees. 
sit this day, during the sitting, and notwith- 





standing any adjournment of the House. 
uvu2 


The 





















Ceylon Rail- 
way Company 
Bill. 


Public 
Petitions. 


Vide Fifty - 
second Report. 


Civil Service. 


Tenant Right 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Judgments 
Execution, 
&amp;c. Bill. 


Message from 
the Lords. 


Exchequer 
Bills 

( £.4,000,000) 
Bill. 


332 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Ceylon 
Railway Company 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. 


Petitions relating to Lord’s Day ;—County Rates ; 
—Education (Scotland) Bill, and Parochial Schools 
(Scotland) Bill ;—Medical Officers of Unions ;— 
Rights of Neutrals;—Tenant Right (Jre/and) Bill; 
—and, Vaccination Bill,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. , 

A Petition relating to the Rating of Mines Bill, 
was also presented, and read; and referred to the 
Select Committee on Rating of Mines. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Civil Service ; 

A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the Chiair: 
—And the said Motion was, with leave of the House, 
withdrawn. 


Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Tenant Right (Jreland) 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 Judgments Execution, &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 tou 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 ihe Question ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right; 

The Noes to the Left. 

Tellers for thes Mr. Craufurd, 

Yeas, { Sir John Shelley : 

Tellers for the {Colonel French, 

Noes, \Mr. M‘ Mahon: 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

And the Question being again proposed, That 
Mr. Speaker do now leave the Chair :—And a De- 
bate arising thereupon ; 

And 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. Vance, 


} 74, 


\ 
j 99. 


} 63. 


Yeas, \|Mr. Whiteside: 
Tellers for the | Mr. Craufurd, } - 
Noes, Sir John Shelley: , 
So it 


assed in the Negative. 
And the Question being again proposed, That Mr. 
Speaker do now leave the Chair ; 
Ordered, That the Debate be adjourned till To- 
morrow. 


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 Exchequer Bills 
(£.4,000,000) Bill, without any Amendment; And 
also, 


G° Juli. 





A. 1856. 


The Lords have agreed to the Bournemouth Im- Bournemouth 
provement and Pier Bill, without any Amendment : Improvement 
And also, and Pier Bill 

The Lords have agreed to the Morayshire Rail- Morayshire 
way Bill, without any Amendment: And also, Railway Bill, 
| The Lords have agreed to the Renfrewshire Roads Renfrewshire 
| Bill, without any Amendment: And also, Roads Bill. 

Tke Lords have agreed to the Halifax and Hud- Ualifax ana 
dersfield Road Bill, without any Amendment: And Huddersfieig 
also, Road Bil. 

__ The Lords have agreed to the Sleeping Statutes Sleeping 
' Bill, with Amendments ; to which Amendments the Statutes Bill, 
| &gt; ag desire the concurrence of this House: And 

so, 

The Lords have agreed to the Cambridge Univer- Cambridge 
sity Bill, with Amendments ; to which Amendments University 
n Lords desire the concurrence of this House: And Bill 

also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Castle Douglas and Castle Douglas 
| Dumfries Railway Bill, with an Amendment ; to and Dumfries 
which Amendment the Lords desire the concurrence ®#i!way Bill. 
of this House: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to one of the Amendments gmoke Nai- 
made by this House to the Smoke Nuisance Abate- sance Abate. 
ment (Metropolis) Act, 1853, Amendment Bill, with- pole) Ace 
out any Amendment; to others, with Amendments ; 1853, Aun: 
and disagree to one Amendment, for which they ment Bill. 
assign Reasons, 








The Order of the day being read, for the second Gaols, &amp;. 

reading of the Gaols, &amp;c. Bill; Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 

upon Friday next. 


| The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Procedure and 
mittee on the Procedure and Evidence Bill ; Evidence Bill, 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday next, 


| resolve itself into the said Committee. 
| 


| The Order of the day being read, for resuming the Joint Stock 
| adjourned Debate on the Question proposed upon Banks Bill, 
the 24th day of April last, That Mr. Speaker do now 
leave the Chair (for Committee on the Joint Stock 
Banks Bill) ; 

Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 
till Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming the Poor Law 
adjourned Debate on the Question proposed upon (Iceland) Bill. 
the 18th day of June last, That the Poor Law (Jre- 
land) Bill be now read a second time ; 

Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 
till To-morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Scientific and 
mittee on the Scientific aud Literary Soci@ties Bill; Literary Bill 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday next, 5H? 

resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Ecclesiastical 
reading of the Ecclesiastical Courts Jurisdiction Bill ; Courts = 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time “™™ 
upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Testamentary 
reading of the Testamentary aud Matrimonial Juris- "4 jy 
diction Bill; ellen Bill 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Reformatory 
consideration the Amendments made by the !.ords ede 
to the Reformatory and Industrial Schools Bill ; 

Ordered, That the said Amendments be taken 
into consideration To-morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Grand Juries 
consideration the Amendments made by the Lords +11 232 
to the Grand Juries Bill ; Bi p 

Ordered, That the said Amendments be taken 
into consideration To-morrow, at Twelve o'clock ; 





and be printed. 
The 





il 
‘ 


ie 





20 VicrorizZ. 


Ualawfal The Unlawfnl Oaths (Jre/and) Bill was, according 

Oashe (Ite to Order, read a second time; and committed to a 

land) Committee of the whole House for To-morrow, at 
Twelve o'clock. 

Railways Act The Railways Act (Jreland), 1851, Continuance 

(Ireland), |. Bill was, according to Order, read a second time; 

ot Bill and committed to a Committee of the whole House 
for ‘To-morrow, at Twelve o'clock. 

qumnpike Acts The Turnpike Acts Continuance (Jreland) Bill 


Consinnnnee was, according to Order, read a second time; and 
(ireland) Bi. .ommitted to a Committee of the whole House for 
To-morrow, at Twelve o’clock. 


Customs Bill. The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Customs Bill ; 
Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 
Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 
Judges and The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
Chancellors mittee on the Judges and Chancellors Bill ; 
- Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 
WillsandAd- The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
—_— mittee on the Wills and Administrations Bill ; 


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


HayandStraw The Order of the day being read, for the second 
‘Trade Bill. reading of the Hay and Straw Trade Bill; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Tuesday next. 
Civil Service The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
a. mittee on the Civil Service Superannuation Bill; 
——_— Resolved, That this House will, ‘l'o-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the suid Committee. 
dncumbered The Order of the day being read, for the third 
Estates (Ire- reading of the Incumbered Estates (Ireland) Bill ; 
deat) Bil. Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time To- 
morrow. 
Assessed The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
Taxes, into a Committee on the Assessed Taxes Acts. 
(In the Committee.) 
Racehorse Resolved, That, from and after the 5th day of 


Bey. April 1857, in lieu of the annual Duty of £.3. 17s., 
now chargeable under the Acts relating to the 
Assessed ‘Taxes for every horse kept or used for the 
purpose of racing or running for any plate, prize or 
sum of money, or other thing, or kept in training for 
any of the said purposes, there shall be charged an- 
nually an Excise Duty of the like amount for every 
horse which shall start or run for any plate, prize or 
sum of money, or other thing. 


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 To-morrow, 
at Twelve o'clock. 


Appellate . ° ° . 
Tlsietien The House, according to Order, resolved itself into 


(Houseof | ® Committee on the Appellate Jurisdiction (House 
lords) (Sala- of Lords) [Salaries and Retiring Pensions}. 


Ties and 
(In the Committee.) 


Retiring 
Pensions, ] 
Resolved, That provision be made, out of the 

Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom of Great 
Britain and Ireland, for payment of the Salaries 
and Retiring Pensions of the persons who may be 
appointed Deputy Speakers of the House of Lords 
under the provisions of any Act of the present Ses- 
sion relating to the Appellate Jurisdiction of the 
House of Lords. 


Resolution to be reported. 





Vou. 111. 


9° Julie. 








333 


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 To-morrow, 
at Twelve o’clock. 


The Consolidated Fund (Appropriation) Bill was, Consolidated 
according to Order, read a second time; and com- Fund (Appro- 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for ‘To- Priation) Bill. 
morrow. 


The Criminal Justice Bill was, according to Or- Criminal 
der, read a second time ; and committed to a Com- Justice Bill. 
mittee of the whole House, for To-morrow, at 
Twelve o'clock. 


The Militia Pay Bill was, according to Order, Militia Pay 
read a second time ; and committed toa Comnnittee Bill. 
of the whole House, for To-morrow, at Twelve 
o'clock. 


Ordered, That the Amendments made by the cambridge 
Lords to the Cambridge University Bill be taken University 
into consideration upon Monday next; and be “&gt;. 
printed. Bil 938. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to Indemnity. 
indemnify such Persons in the United Kingdom as 
have omitted to qualify themselves for Offices and 
Employments, and to extend the Time limited for 
those purposes respectively: And that Mr. Massey 
and Sir George Grey do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to Episcopal 
continue the Act to facilitate the Management and and Capitular 
Improvement of Episcopal and Capitular Estates in — 
England: And that Sir George Grey and Mr. 
Massey do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to General Board 
continue the General Board of Health: And that of Health 
Mr. Cowper and Sir George Grey do prepare, and Continuance. 
bring it in. 


Mr. Massey presented a Bill to indemnify such Indemnity 
Persons in the United Kingdom as have omitted Bill 
to qualify themselves for Offices and Employments, _ Bill 234. 
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 To-morrow ; 
and to be printed. 


Sir George Grey presented a Bill to continue the Episcopal 
Act to facilitate the Management and Improve- and Capitular 
ment of Episcopal and Capitular Estates in England : Estates Con 

, tinuance Bill. 
And the same was read the first time; and ordere Bill 235 
to be read a second time To-morrow; and to be _ 


printed. 


Mr. Cowper presented a Bill to continue the General Board 
General Board of Health: And the same was read rs Health 
the first time; and ordered to be read a second — 
time upon Friday next; and to be printed. Bill 236. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Customs 
for the further Alteration and Amendment of the (No 2) 
Laws and Duties of Customs: And that Mr. Wilson 
and the Chancellor of the Exchequer do prepare, 
and bring it in. 


Mr. Lowe presented, by Her Majesty’s Com-= Paris Universal 
mand,—Copies of Reports on the present state of Exhibition. 
Design applied to Manufactures, as shown in the 
Paris Universal Exhibition : Parts II and ITI. 

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


Mr. Wilson presented a Bill for the further Altera- Customs 
tion and Amendment of the Laws and Duties of (No. 2) Bill. 
Customs: And the same was read the first time; Bill 130, 
and ordered to be read u second time To-morrow ; 
and to be printed. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 
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Jovis, 10° die Julii ; 
Anno 20° Victoria Regine, 1856. 
PRAYERS. 


Committees. RDERED, That all Committees have leave 
to sit this day, during the sitting of the House. 


Butterwick’s Butterwich’s Estate Bill was read the third time. 
Estete 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. 


ee, ‘ Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
eaiord an M &gt; ’ FF ave 2 - 
Midland Coun. ™ittee of Selection; That they have Power to ap 


ties Railway point the Committee on the Boston, Sleaford and 
ill. idland Counties Railway Bill, with leave to sit 
and proceed forthwith. 


Public Petitions relating to Church Rates ;—Lord’s Day ; 
Petitions. —Wine ;— Anatomy Act ;— Burial Acts Amend- 


10° Juli. 





Vide Fifty- ment Bill ;--County Courts ;—-Decimal Coinage ;— 
second Report. General Board of Health Continuance Bill ;—Grand 
Jury Assessments (Jreland) Bill ;—Medical Officers | 
of Unions ;— Medical Profession Bill; — Public | 
Health Bill;—Queen’s Colleges (Jreland) Bill ;— | 
Rights of Neutrals ;—Scientific and Literary Socie- 
ties Bill;—and, Henry Tommey,—were presented, | 
and read ; and ordered o lie upon the Table. 
A Petition relating to the Rating of Mines Bill, | 
was also presented, and read ; and referred to the | 
Select Committee on Rating of Mines. | 


Imports The following Papers were laid upon the Table | 


tAuaetee by the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, | 

&amp;c.) ’ dated the 6th day of March last, for Accounts of | 
the Quantities of the principal Articles imported into | 
the United Kingdom from the British Settlements | 
in Australia, distinguishing each Colony, in each of | 
the Six years ending the 5th day of January 1856 : | 
—Of the Exports from the United Kingdom to the | 
same Settlements for the same Period, specifying in 
separate Divisions the Quantities and Declared 
Value of the principal Articles of British Produce 
and Manufactures, and the Quantities of the princi- | 
pal Articles of Foreign and Colonial Merchandise :— | 
Similar Returns of Quantities and Declared Value 
imported from, and exported to, the United States 
of America:—Similar Returns for the Canadian 
Possessions :—Similar Returns for the British West 
Indies :—And, similar Returns for Brazil. 

Saint James's, Return to an Order, dated the 21st day of April 

&amp;c. Parks. — Jast, for an Account, in Detail, of the Expenditure 
of £.12,773. 19s. 3d. by the Commissioners of 
Works, on Saint James’, &amp;c. Parks, for the year 
ending the 3ist day of March 1855:—And, like 
Account for the year ending March 1856. 

Spirit Licenses Return to an Order, dated the 26th day of June 

(Lreland. ) last, for a Return of the Number of Licenses granted | 
to Spirit Dealers in Jreland, not being Retailers, in | 
1852, 1853, 1854 and 1855; distinguishing those to 

whom Retail or Public-house Licenses were also | 





granted :—Like Return of the Number of Licenses | 
granted for the Retail of Spirits in Quantities not | 
greater at one time than Two quarts, not to be con- | 
sumed on the Premises ; setting forth the Numbers 
of those whose Premises were valued at or under | 
£.25 annually, at £.25 and under £.30, at £.30 and | 
under £.40, at £.40 and under £.50, and upwards, | 
for the like Period :—Like Return of the Number of | 
Spirit Retailers or Publicans who sell Spirits, Beer, 
&amp;c. to be consumed on the Premises ; setting forth 
the Number of those whose Premises have been 
valued under £.10, £.20, £.25, £.30, £.40 and £.50 
annually, respectively, as also those above £.50 :— 
And, Like Return of the Number of Retail Licenses 
sear for the Sale of Beer to be consumed on the 
?remises to Persons who have not Retail Spirit or 








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\¢ 


A. 1856. 


Public-house Licenses ; se those whose 
Premises are valued at £.20 or under from those 
valued at £.20 and upwards. 

The following Paper, pursuant to the directions of Lunatic 
an Act of Parliament, was also laid upon the Table 4sylums, 
by the Clerk of the House,— Abstracts of Accounts 
of Monies received and paid on account of the seve- 
ral County and Borough Lunatic Asylums in Eng- 
land and Wales, during the year ending 31st De- 
cember 1855. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Vaccination 
mittee on the Vaccination Bill ; Bill. 
Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 
Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Nuisances 
into a Committee on the Nuisances Removal, &amp;c. Removal, &amp;c, 


(Scotland) (No. 2) Bill. (No.3) Ka 


(In the Committee.) 


Preamble postponed. 

Crausss, N° 1 to N° 3, agreed to. 

Cuausss, N° 4 and N°’ 5, amended, and agreed 
to. 

Cuavses, N° 6 to N° 12, agreed to. 

Ciause, N° 13, amended, and agreed to, 

Cuauses, N° 14 and N° 15, agreed to. 

Cuauss, N° 16, amended, and agreed to. 

Ciauses, N° 17 to N° 45, agreed to. 

Cravuse, N° 46, amended, and agreed to. 

Crausgs, N° 47 to N° 55, agreed to. 

Cravuse, N° 56, amended, and agreed to. 

Cuausts, N° 57 to N° 66, agreed to. 

Crause, N° 67, amended, and agreed to. 

Criause, N° 68, agreed to. 

Crause, N° 69 (In execution of 18 &amp; 19 Vice. c. 
68, Limits of Burgh, as defined in s. 2, to compre- 
hend several Parishes as one united Parish). 

Amendment proposed, at the end of the Clause, to 
add the following words: “ Provided always, That 
“ in any parish where the Kirk Session, or the He- 
ritors and Kirk Session, shall have erected and 
maintained, and are presently maintaining, any 
school or schools, or chapel or chapels, or preach- 
“ ing station or stations, for the improvement of the 
moral and religious condition of the inhabitants of 
such parish, the maintenance of which depends 
upon and has heretofore been paid out of the funds 
derivable from said burying grounds, then, and in 
every such case, this Act shall not apply thereto, 
unless special provision shall be made by the Town 
Council, to the satisfaction, in case of dispute, of 
the sheriff for the time being of the county within 
which such burgh is situated, of funds sufficient 
“to maintain permanently, under the management 
“ of the Kirk Session, or Heritors and Kirk Session, 
« such school or schools, chapel or chapels, preach- 
“ ing station or stations, and all and every necessary 
““ expense connected with the payment of salaries or 
“ allowances, and the upholding of the fabrics con- 
nected therewith, at present paid out of the funds 
“ derivable from said burying grounds.” 

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

Clause agreed to. 

Criavuse, N° 70, amended, and agreed to. 

Crauss, N° 71, agreed to. 

Schedules 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 To-morrow. 


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Unlawful 
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Railways Act 
Ireland), 


1951, Continu- 


ance Bill, an 


Turnpike Acts 


Continuance 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Taxes. 


Racehorse 
Duty. 


Appellate 
Jurisdiction 
(House of 
Lords) [Sala- 
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The Orders of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittees on the Unlawful Oaths (Jreland) Bill, the 
Railways Act (Jreland) 1851, Continuance Bill, and 
the Turnpike Acts Continuance (Jreland) Bill; 

Ordered, That the said Bills be committed to the 
same Committee. 

Then the House resolved itself into the Com- 
mittee; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. 
Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. FitzRoy re- 

orted, 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. 


Mr. FitzRoy reported from the Committee on 
the Assessed Taxes Acts, a Resolution; which was 
read, as followeth : 

That, from and after the 5th day of April 1857, in 
lieu of the annual Duty of £.3. 17s. now chargeable 
under the Acts relating to the Assessed Taxes for 
every horse kept or used for the purpose of racing | 
or running for any plate, prize or sum of money, or 
other thing, or kept in training for any of the said 
purposes, there shall be charged annually an Excise 
Duty of the like amount for every horse which shall 
start or run for any plate, prize or sum of money, or 
other thing. 

The said Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 

Ordered, That a Bill be brought in upon the said 
Resolution: And that the Chancellor of the Ex- | 
chequer and Mr. Wilson do prepare, and bring it in. 





Mr. Fitz Roy reported from the Committee on the | 
Appellate Jurisdiction (House of Lords) [Salaries | 
and Retiring Pensions], a Resolution; which was | 
read, as followeth : 

That provision be made, out of the Consolidated 
Fund of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and 
Ireland, for payment of the Salaries and Retiring | 
Pensions of the persons who may be appointed De- | 
puty Speakers of the House of Lords under the pro- | 
visions of any Act of the present Session relating to 
the Appellate Jurisdiction of the House of Lords. 

The said Resolution, being read a second time, | 
was agreed to. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Militia Pay Bill; 


10° Juliz. 





335 


Crause, N° 33, amended, and agreed to. 

Cravuses, N° 34 and N° 35, agreed to. 

Postponed Crausgs, N° 6 and N° 7, amended, 
and agreed to. 

Postponed Crause, N° 8, agreed to. 

Clauses added. 

Clause (For the purpose of providing for the 
spiritual person serving any church or chapel, a con- 
venient house of residence, or for a site thereof, or 
for a garden thereto, it shall be lawful for any body 
or person to give, grant or convey to the Ecclesias- 
tical Commissioners for England, any messuage, 
lands, tenements or hereditaments, and for the said 
Commissioners to receive the same, subject to such 
conditions and stipulations, for the purpose of more 
effectually securing the same to and for the use of 
such spiritual person aforesaid and his successors 
for ever as may be agreed upon between the said 
Commissioners and the body or person so giving or 
conveying the same, and without any license or writ 
of ad quod damnum, the Statute of Mortmain, or any 
other statute to the contrary notwithstanding ; and 
in case it shall become necessary or expedient to sell 


_ or exchange the said premises, such sale or exchange 


shall not be made without such premises having 
first been offered to the body or person who shall 
have given or conveyed the same, or to their or his 
heirs or successors, who shall be entitled to the right 
of pre-emption thereof)——brought up, and read 
jet 

Amendment proposed :—To leave out the words 
“ and without any license or writ ad quod damnum, 
“the Statute of Mortmain, or any other statute to 
“ the contrary notwithstanding.” 

Question, That the words proposed to be left out 
stand part of the Clause put, and agreed to. 

Another Amendment proposed :—To add the fol- 





lowing words : “ Provided that all grants hereby au- 
'“ thorized shall be subject to the Mortmain enact- 
_“ ments, and especially the 9th Geo. 2, c. 14.” 


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

Amendments made. 

Clause, as amended, agreed to, and added. 

Another Clause added. 

Schedule disagreed to. 

Preamble agreed to. 


Bill, as amended, to be reported. 











Resolved, That this House will, after the other 
Orders of the day, at Twelve o’clock, resolve itself 
into the said Committee. 


Formation, &amp;e. The House, according to Order, resolved itself 


of Parishes 


Bill 237, 








into a Committee on the Formation, &amp;c. of Parishes 
Bill. 
(In the Committee.) 


Crause, N° 9, disagreed to. 
Crausss, N° 10 and N° 11, agreed to. 
Crauss, N° 12, amended, and agreed to. 
Crause, N°’ 13, agreed to. 
Crause, N° 14, amended, and agreed to. 
CrausE, N° 15, agreed to. 
Crausgs, N° 16 and N° 17, amended, and agreed 
to. 
Crauses, N° 18 and N° 19, disagreed to. 
Crause, N° 20, amended, and agreed to. 
Crause, N° 21, disagreed to. 
; Cravuses, N° 22 and N° 23, amended, and agreed 
Oo. 
Curavse, N° 24, agreed to. 
Causes, N° 25, amended, and agreed to. 
Crauses, N° 26 to N° 28, agreed to. 
; Crausgs, N° 29 and N° 30, amended, and agreed 
o 


Cravuses, N° 31 and N° 32, agreed to. 
Vou. 111. 


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 Lords to the Grand Juries Bill; and the same 
were twice read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, Tiat the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
mag to the Amendments made by their Lord- 
ships. 


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 the Com~ 
mittee on the Militia Pay Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolv 
itself into the said Committee. ' 


discharged. 
Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 
uu4 





Resolved, 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to Grand Juries 
take into consideration the Amendments made by Bill. 


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


The Order for reading a second time, To-morrow, Burial Acts 
the Burial Acts Amendment Bill, was read, and — 























Hampton 
Court and 
Kew Gardens. 


Barracks, xc. 


Legacy, he. 
Duties. 


336 


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 Bills taxed in the Taxing 
Masters’ Office in Chancery in any Charity Suit or 
other Matter between the 1st day of January 1852 


and the 1st day of January 1856 ; showing the Names | 


of the Charities; the Parishes or Places in which 
such Charities are situated; the Names of the Suits 
or Matters; the Names of the Solicitors to whom 
the Costs are respectively payable in each Suit or 
Matter, and for whom acting ; the Amounts of each 
Bill as certified; the Dates of the Orders under 
which such Bills were taxed respectively ; and if the 
Costs were payable out of the Charity Funds, or 
by what other Party or Parties:—The Column de- 
scribing the Parish or Place in which the Charities 
are respectively situated being filled up by the Cha- 
rity Commissioners thus : 


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—And, of all Bills brought into the Houses of Lords 
or Commons in Charity Cases, between the 1st day 
of January 1848 and the Ist day of January 1856, 
by the Solicitor to the Attorney General, and what 
has become thereof; and the Amount of the Costs 
in each case respectively, and by whom pa'd or 
payable. 

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


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return of the Number of Visitors admitted 
to see the Apartments and Pictures at Hampton 
Court and the Gardens at Kew, during the year 
1855; distinguishing the Number in each Month, 
and the Number on the several Sundays (in con- 
tinuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 198, of Ses- 
sion 1855). 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Returns of the Amount expended on Barracks in 
the United Kingdom in each year from 1820 to 
1853, both inclusive, distinguishing the Amount ex- 
pended on Erection of New, Enlargement and Re- 
pairs of Barracks :—Of the Amount voted for Bar- 
racks in the United Kingdom in each of the years 
1854, 1855 and 1856:—And, of the Amount ex- 
peaded for Huts in the United Kingdom in each of 
thase years. 


Grdered, 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 and in Ireland, in the years 1854 
and 184%, with an additional Column showing the 
Amount of Tax received on each of the several 
Rates ; also the Amount of Duty in the Abstract 
on each of abe several Rates :—And, of the Total 
Amount of Revenue received in the United King- 
dom, in eacls of the years 1854 and 1855, for 
Stamp Duties om Legacies, Probates, Administra- 
tions and Testameytary Inventories ; een 
the Amount from Eland and Wales, Scotland an 
Ireland ; with an Abstract of the whole Amount of 


10° Juliz. 





A. 1856. 


Duty received since 1797; and showing the Total 
Amount of Duty on Legacies, Probates and Admi- 
nistrations received since 1797 (in continuation of 
Parliamentary Paper, No. 234, of Session 1855). 


‘an Act of Parliament,—Pilotage Returns for the 


year 1855: A Return of all Bye-laws, Regulations, 
Orders or Ordinances relating to Pilots or Pilotage 
for the time being in force issued by the respective 
| Pilotage Authorities of the United Kingdom:—Of 
the Names and Ages of the Pilots or y ata 
licensed or authorized to act by the respective Pi- 
lotage Authorities, and of all Pilots or Apprentices 
acting either mediately or immediately under such 
| Authorities, whether so licensed or authorized or 
|not:—Of the Service for which each Pilot or A 
| prentice is licensed :—Of the Rates of Pilotage for 
| the time being in force, at the Ports uncer the Juris- 
‘diction of the respective Pilotage Authorities, in- 
| cluding therein the Rates and Descriptions of all 
Charges upon Shipping made for or in respect of 
Pilots or Pilotage :—Ot the Total Amount received 
for Pilotage at the respective Ports aforesaid ; ‘dis- 
tinguishing the several Amounts received from Bri- 
tish Vessels and from Foreign Vessels respectively, 
and the several Amounts received in respect of difle- 
rent Classes of Vessels paying different Rates of 
Pilotage, according to the Scale of such Rates for 
the time being in force, and the several Amounts re- 
ceived 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 Pilot- 
age Water, if Outward bound, or their Port of 
Destination, if Inward bound, to take or pay for two 
or more Pilots, whether licensed by the same or by 
different Pilotage Authorities ; together with the 
Numbers of the Vessels of each of the several Classes 
paying such several Amounts as aforesaid :—Of the 
Receipt and Expenditure of all Monies received 
by or on behalf of the respective Pilotage Authorities 
aforesaid, or by or on behalf of any Sub-Commis- 
sioners appointed by them in respect of Pilots or 
Pilotage. 
. — That the said Returns do lie upon the 
able. 





Report of the Committee appointed to inquire into 
the Appropriation of the Site of Smithfield, and the 
Establishment of a New Metropolitan Dead Meat 
Market, was read, and discharged. 


Committee appointed to inquire into the Appropria- 

tion of the Site of Smithfield, and the Establishment 

of a New Metropolitan Dead Meat Market. 

‘ -reiiaes That the said Paper do lie upon the 
able. 


Treasurers (Jre/and), which was presented upon the 
25th day of April last, be printed. 


into a Committee on the Consolidated Fund (Ap- 
propriation) Bill. 
(In the Committee.) 

Preamble postponed. 
Crauses, N° 1 to N° 29, agreed to. 
Curavuse, N° 3u (Treasury may, on application, 
alter the proportionate Amounts for such separate 
Services, provided the total Grant to each Depart- 
ment be not exceeded). 

Amendment 39 pay in p. 31,1. 1: To leave out 
from the words “ Army Services ” to the end of the 
Clause. 








Question 


Mr. Lowe presented, pursuant to the directions of Pilotage.. 


The Order made upon the 4th day of this instant Site of 
July, That there be laid before this House, Copy of Senithfield, Be.- 


The Chancellor of the Exchequer presented, by Site of Smith- 
Her Majesty’s Command,—Copy of Keport of the ld &amp;. 


Ordered, That the Account relative to County County 
Treasurers 


(Ireland.) 


No, 344. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Consolidated 
Fund (Appro- 
priation) Bill. 








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Message from 
the Lords. 


Evidence in 
Foreign Suits 


Dallington 
Estate Bill. 


Dallington 
Estate Bill. 


Appellate 
Jurisdiction 
(House of 
Lords) Bill. 


Yention Bill, 


Partnership 
Amendment 
(So. 2) Bill, 


10°—1 


Question proposed, That the words “ Provided 
‘€ always, that if the exigencies of the Public Service” 
stand part of the Clause :—Amendment, by leave, 
withdrawn. 

Clause agreed to. 

Crauses, N° 31 to N° 38, agreed to. 

Preamble agreed to. 


Bill to be reported. 


20 Vicroriz. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Fitz- 
Roy reported, That the Committee had gone through 
the Bill, and directed iim to report the same, with- 
out Amendment. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon 
Monday 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 
for taking Evidence in Her Majesty's Dominions in 
relation to Civil and Commercial Matters pending 
before Foreign Tribunals; to which the Lords desire 
the concurrence of this House: And also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 
for vesting in Trustees the Estates of the late Sarah 
Reddall, deceased, situate in the County of North- 
ampton, known as the Dallington Estate, for the 
— of enabling Leases, Sales, Exchanges and 

artitions to be made of the same, and for other 
purposes ; to which the Lords desire the concurrence 
of this House. 


The Dallington Estate Bill was read the first 
time. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exa- 
miners of Petitions for Private Bills. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Appellate Jurisdiction (House of 
Lords) Bill; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
proposed, ‘That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 
Chair ; ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word “ ‘That” to 
the end of the Question, in order to add the words 
“the Bill be committed to a Select Committee,” 
instead thereof. 

And the Question being proposed, That the words 
proposed to be left out stand part of the Question ; 


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


Veneris, 11° die Julii, 1856: 


And the Question being put ; 
The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right; 

The Noes to the Left. 


Tellers for the (Mr. Hayter, Liss 
Yeas, |The Earl of Mulgrave : P homers: 

Tellers for thef Mr. Raikes Currie, | or 
Noes, (Mr. Evelyn Denison : * inane 


So it passed in the Negative. 

And the Question being put, That the words “ the 
Bill be committed to a Select Committee” be added 
instead thereof :—It was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Then the Main Question, so amended, being put; 

Ordered, That the Bill be committed to a Select 
Committee. 


The Corrupt Practices Prevention Bill was, ac- 
cording to Order, read a second time; and committed 
to a Committee of the whole House, for this day. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to 
take into consideration the Partnership Amendment 
(No. 2) Bill, as amended in the Committée. 

, Ordere:, That the Bill be read the third time this 
ay, 


Vou. 111. 





1° Julie. 337 


The Revenue (Transfer of Charges) Bill was, ac- Revenue 
cording to Order, read the third time ; and an Amend- amma’ 3 
ment was made to the Bill. 0 

Resolved, Vhat 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- Civil Service 
mittee on the Civil Service Superannuation Bill ; ——— 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve “ ™ 
itself into the said Committee. 


The Incumbered Estates (Zreland) Bill was, ac- Incumbered 
cording to Order, read the third time. Eatates (ize- 
A Clause was offered to be added to the Bill (So band) BES. 
much of the first section of the said firstly recited 
Act of the twelfth and thirteenth year of Her Ma- 
jesty, as provides that the Court for the Sale and 
Transfer of Incumbered Estates in Jieland shall 
consist of any number of persons, not exceeding 
Three, to be Commissioners under said Act, is hereby 
repealed, and said Court shall hereafter consist ot 
Two Commissioners only; and the Officers under 
said Act heretofore attached to the first Commis- 
sioner shall be distributed between the remaining 
two Commissioners, in manner best calculated to 
facilitate the despatch of the business of said Court) : 
—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 Customs (No. 2) Bill was, according to Or- Customs 
der, read a second time; and committed to a Com- (N°. 2) Bill. 
mittee of the whole House, for this day. 


The Magdalen Hospital, Bath, Bill was, according Magdalen 

to Order, read the third time. Hospital, 
Resolved, That the Bil do pass. seaadaaene 
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 Endowed School at Moulton Bill was, ac- Endowed 
cording to Order, read the third time. School at - 
An Amendment was proposed to be made to the as 
Bill, in p. 9, by leaving out paragraph 39 of the 
Schedule. 
And the Question being put, That paragraph 39 
stand part of the Schedule :—It was resolved in the 
Affirmative. 
Another Amendment was proposed to be made to 
the Bill, in p. 11, by leaving out paragraphs 47, 
48 and 49 of the Schedule. 
And the Question being put, That paragraphs 47, 
48 and 4y stand part of the Schedule :—1t was re- 
solved in the Affirmative. 
Resolved, Tit 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 second Vice-President 
reading of the Vice-President of Committee of po ane pe 
Council on Education Bill ; __ Education Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 


upon Monday next. 


. 
The House, according to Order, proceeded to Court of 


. ‘ - . . A li 
take into consideration the Court of Appeal in Gnaey 


Chancery (Jreland) Bill, as amended in the Com- (jreland) Bill. 





mittee. Bill 238, 
xx A Clause 


Court of Chan- 
cery (Ireland) 
(Receivers) 
Bill. 


Queen's 
Colleges (Ire- 
land) Bill. 


Prisons (Ire- 
land) Bill. 


Hospitals 
(Dublin) Bill 


Burial- 
grounds (Ire- 
land) Bill. 


Bankruptcy 


and Insolvency 


(Ireland) Bill. 


Poor Law 
Amendment 
(No. 2) Bill. 


338 | 


A Clause (Appeals to be brought within three 
months, unless special leave obtained), was twice 
read ; and made part of the Bill. 

Another Clause (Court empowered to make ge- 
neral orders for certain purposes), was twice read ; 
and made part of the Bill. 

Then Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Monday next; and be printed. 


The Court of Chancery (Jreland) (Receivers) 
Bill was, according to Order, read the third time. 

A Clause (No Receiver to be appointed where 
sum due shall not exceed £.150), was thrice read ; 
ani added to the Bill. 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Bill, by adding, at the end of Clause 2, the words 
“ Provided always, that no Receiver shall be ap- 
“ pointed in any case in which the debt sought to 
“ be recovered shall not exceed the sum of £. 150, 
“nor in which the estate over which the Receiver 
“ is sought to be appointed shall not produce £. 100 
“a year applicable to the payment of the demand 
“of the party seeking the appointment of the Re- 
“* ceiver.” 

And the Question being proposed, That those 
words be there added :—The said proposed Amend- 
ment was, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That 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 Queen’s Colleges (Zreland) Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Tuesday next, at Twelve o’clock. 


The Prisons (Jreland) Bill was, according to 
Order, read the third time. 

A Clause (Governor, &amp;c. of any prison may be 
removed by Board of Superintendence), 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- 
mittee on the Hospitals (Dublin) 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 Burial-grounds (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 Com- 
mittee mav 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- 
mittee on the Bankruptcy and Insolvency (Jreland) 


Resolved, That this House will, upon Tuesday 
next, at Twelve o’clock, resolve itself into the said 
Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming 
the adjourned Debate on the Amendment which, 
upon the 3d day of this instant July, was proposed 
to be made to the Question, That the Poor Law 
Amendment (No. 2) Bill be now read a second 
time ; 

Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


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A. 1856. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Leases ana 


reading of the Leases and Sales of Settled Estates Sales of Settleg 
Bill ; Estates Bill, 


Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 





The Order of the day being read, for the second Criminal 
reading of the Criminal Appropriation of Trust Pro- Appropriation 
perty Bill; of Trust 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 


Property Bill, 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- wits ana ag. 
mittee on the Wills and Administrations Bill ; ministrations 

Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. ill, 
Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


The Indemnity Bill was, according to Order, read Indemnity 
a second time; and committed to a Committee of Bill. 
the whole House, for this day. 


The Episcopal and Capitular Estates Continuance ppiscopat 
Bill was, according to Order, read a second time ; and Capitular 
and committed to a Committee of the whole House, Estates Con- 
: , tinuance Bill, 
for this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second jfercantite 
reading of the Mercantile Law Amendment Bill; — Law Amend- 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time ™e™* Bill. 

upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Dublin 

reading of the Dublin University Bill ; University 
Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. Bul 
Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming Poor Law 
the adjourned Debate on the Question proposed (Ireland) Bill 
upon the 18th day of June last, That the Poor Law 
(Ireland) Bill be now read a second time; 

Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 
till Wednesday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Reformatory 
consideration the Amendments made by the Lords and Industrial 
to the Reformatory and Industrial Schools Bill;  5¢20ls Bill 

Ordered, That the said Amendments be taken 
into consideration this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming Judgments 
the adjourned Debate on the Question proposed Execution, &amp;. 
upon the 9th day of this instant July, That Mr.” 
Speaker do now leave the Chair (for Committee on 
the Judgments Execution, &amp;c. 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 re- 
solved 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 Monday next. 


Bill 239. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself into Criminal | 
a Committee on the Criminal Justice Bill; and, after Justice 8 
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. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Militia Pay Bill; 
Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 


Militia Pay 
Bill. 











itself into the said Committee. 
Ordered, 





y 





20 Vicroriz. 
Ordered, That the Amendments made by the 


Survey of 
= Lords to the Survey of Great Britain, &amp;c. Bill be 


taken into consideration this day. 


Ordered, That the Amendments made by the 
Lords to the Sleeping Statutes Bill be taken into 
consideration this day. 


Sleeping 
Statutes Bill. 


Stamp Duties. Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to reduce the Stamp Duties on certain Instruments 
of Proxy, and to amend the Laws relating to the 
stamping of Articles of Clerkship to Attorneys and 
others: And that the Chancellor of the Exchequer 


and Mr. Wilson do prepare, and bring it in. 


Income and 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
Land Taxes. be 


to grant Relief in assessing the Income Tax on 
Lands in Scotland in respect of certain Public Bur- 
dens charged thereon; to alter and regulate the 
Allowances to Clerks to the Commissioners of In- 
come Tax; and to amend the Laws relating to the 
Redemption and Purchase of the Land Tax: And 
that the Chancellor of the Exchequer and Mr. 
Wilson do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ecclesiastical 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
Courts, &amp;c. 


for abolishing the Testamentary Jurisdiction of cer- 
tain Ecclesiastical Courts, and for continuing certain 
Temporary Provisions concerning Ecclesiastical Ju- 
risdiction in England for a limited Period: And 
that Mr. Headlam and Mr. Robert Phillimore do 
prepare, and bring it in. 


Income and 


lend Tones The Chancellor of the Exchequer presented a Bill 
Bill. 


to grant Relief in assessing the Income Tax on 
Lands in Scotland in respect of certain Public Bur- 
dens charged thereon; to alter and regulate the 
Allowances to Clerks to the Commissioners of In- 
come Tax; and to amend the Laws relating to the 
Redemption and Purchase of the Land Tax: And 


Bill 240. 


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


be read a second time upon Monday next; and to 


be printed. 


Ecclesiastical 


Mr. Headlam presented a Bill for abolishing the 
_ &amp;e. 


Testamentary Jurisdiction of certain Ecclesiastical 
Courts, and for continuing certain Temporary Pro- 
visions concerning Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction in Eing- 
land for a limited Period: And the same was read 
the first time ; and ordered to be read a second 
time upon Monday next ; and to be printed. 


Bill 241. 


The Chancellor of the Exchequer presented a Bill 
to reduce the Stamp Duties on certain Instruments 
of Proxy, and to amend the Laws relating to the 
stamping of Articles of Clerkship to Attorneys and 
others: And the same was read the first time; and 
ordered to be read a second time upon Monday 
next ; and to be printed. 


Stamp Duties 
Bill. 


Bill 242. 


Racehorse 
Duty Bill. 


The Chancellor-of the Exchequer presented a Bill 
to repeal and re-impose, under new Regulations, the 
Duty on Racehorses: And the same was read the 
first time; and ordered to be read a second time 
upon Monday next; and to be printed. 


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till Two of the clock on Friday morning, 
adjourned till this day. 


Vou. 111. 


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Veneris, 11° die Julit ; 
Anno 20° Victorie Regine, 1856. 


PRAYERS. 


M®* Bonham Carter reported from the Select Public 
Committee on Public Petitions; That they Fetitions P 
had examined the Petitions presented upon the 8th, — 

9th and 10th days of this instant July, and had : 


directed him to make a Report thereof to the House. 





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

The House proceeded to take into consideration London 
| the Amendments made by the Lords to the London Printing and 
| Printing and Publishing Company Bill; and the Came 
| 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 the Examiner of Petitions for Dallington 
| Private Bills have leave to sit and proceed, and =state Bill. 
| report forthwith, on the Dallington Estate Bill. 


Mr. Fitz Roy reported from the Committee on the Boston, 
Boston, Sleaford and Midland Counties Railway Sleaford and 
; 2 . 4 ° Midland Coun- 
Bill; That they had examined the allegations con- ties Railway 
tained in the Preamble of the Bill, and amended Bill. 
the same, by inserting words more fully describing 
the Company and the objects of the Bill; and found 
the same, as amended, to be true; and had gone 
through the Bill, and made Amendments there- 
unto. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee on the Rating Rating of 
of Mines have Power to report their Observations Mines. 
thereupon to the House, together with the Minutes No. 346. 
of the Evidence taken before them. 
| Mr. Kendall 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 Church Rates ;—Lord’s Day ; Public 
—County Rates ;—Wine ;—Army Works Corps ;— Fetitious. 
County Courts ;—County Courts Acts Amendment yjq Fifiy- 
| Bill; — Medical Officers of Unions ;— Mercantile third Report. 
Law Amendment Bill; — Rights of Neutrals ; — 

Testamentary Jurisdiction ;—Turnpike Gates (Lon- 
don); — Vaccination Bill; — and, Wages,—were 
presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the 
| ‘Table. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Spirits. 
Return of the Total Number of Gallons of Spirits 
distilled and charged with Duty for Home Con- 
sumption in the United Kingdom, in each year from 
1800 to 1855, both inclusive; distinguishing the 
Quantities consumed in England, Scotland and Ire- 
land respectively ; also, the Total Number of Gal- 
lons of Foreign and Colonial Spirits of all sorts 
entered for Home Consumption in the United King- 
dom, in each year from 1800 to 1855, both in- 
clusive ; distinguishing the Quantities consumed in 
England, Scotland and Ireland respectively (in con- 
tinuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 363, of Ses- 
sion 1852). 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Savings 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 4». 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 

x x2 House, 


















Newspaper 
Stamps. 


Joint Stock 
Banks Bill. 


Highways 
( Metropolis.) 


Dallington 
Estate Bill. 


Smoke Nui- 
sance Abate- 
ment ( Metro- 
polis) Act, 
1853, Amend.- 
ment Bill. 


Civil Contin- 
gencies. 


No. 347. 


340 


House, a Return from each Savings Bank in Eng- 
land and Wales, Scotland and Ireland, containing, 
in Columns, the Names of the Officers, their re- 
spective Salaries, and other Allowances, if any; the 
Amount of Security each gives; the Numbers of 
Accounts remaining open ; the Total Amount owing 
to Depositors ; the Total Amount invested with the 
Commissioners for the Reduction of the National 
Debt; the Rate of Interest paid to Depositors on 
the various Accounts 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 1855; the Rate per centum per 
annum on the Capital of the Bank for the Expenses 
of Management; the Annual Number of Receipts 
from Depositors ; the Annual Number of Payments ; 
the Average Amount of Receipts; the Average 
Amount of Payments; the Number and Amount 
of Annuities granted ; the Annual Expenses of Ma- 
nagement, inclusive of all Payments and Salaries, for 
the year ended the 20th day of November 1855 ; 
also, the Day or and the 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. 493, of Session 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, 
Returns of the Number of Newspaper Stamps at 
One Penny issued to Newspapers in Tole, Wales, 
Scotland and Ireland, from the 1st day of July 1855 
to the 1st day of July 1856 (in continuation of Par- 
liamentary Paper, No. 438, of Session 1854-55) :— 
Also, of the leone Stamps issued as above, 
during the same period. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming 
the adjourned Debate on the Question proposed 
upon the 24th day of April last, That Mr. Speaker 
do now leave the Chair (for Committee on the Joint 
Stock Banks Bill) ; 

Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 
till Tuesday next, at Twelve o’clock. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return similar to that moved for on the 
20th day of June last, for the remaining Parishes in 
the County of Middlesex. 

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


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, 
That in the case of the Dallington Estate Bill, no 
Standing Orders are applicable. 

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

Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee of Selection to appoint the Committee on the 
Bill, to sit and proceed on any day not earlier than 


Monday next. 


Ordered, That the Reasons assigned by the Lords 
fo’ disagreeing to one of the Amendments made by 
this House to the Smoke Nuisance Abatement 
(Metropoiis) Act, 1853, Amendment Bill, be taken 
into consideration upon Monday next. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, an 
Account of the Amount voted for Civil Contingen- 
cies, and the Amount received in Repayment of Ad- 
vances out of that Fund, together with the Amount 
expended, and the Amount advanced by way of 
Loan, ineach year from the Ist day of January 1846 
to the 31st day of March 1856, showing the Ba- 


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A. 1856. 


lances at the Commencement and at the Termination 
of each year :—And, Statement of outstanding Ad- 
vances made from Civil Contingencies on the 31st 
day of March 1856. 

Mr, Wilson accordingly presented the said Ac- 
count. 

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





Ordered, That there be laid before this House, an Public Income 
Account of the Gross Public Income and Expendi- and Expen- 
ture for the year ended the 30th day of June 1856, “- 
together with the Balance in the Exchequer at the No. 348. 
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. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Belize. 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to Rive directions, that there be laid before this Hone, 
a Copy of Letter addressed by the Under Secretary 
of State for the Colonies, in November 1836, to 
S. Coxe, Esquire, defining the Boundaries of the 
British Settlement of Belize. 
Ordered, That 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. Massey presented,—Return to an Address to Oxford 
Her Majesty, dated the 8th day of this instant July, University. 
for Copies of Orders in Council referring to a Com- 
mittee of the Privy Council certain Regulations and 
Ordinances of Exeter, Lincoln and Corpus Christi 
Colleges, Oxford, in Amendment of their respective 
Statutes; and of any Petitions or Memorials or 
Correspoudence which have been referred to the said 
Committee. 

Return to an Order, dated the 6th day of June Juvenile 
last, for a Regurn of the Number of Offenders under Offenders 
the Age of 15 years undergoing Sentences of Impri- sania 
sonment in Jreland, on the Ist day of February 
1856; with their respective Ages, Periods of Impri- 
sonment, and the Nature of their Offences. 

Mr. Massey also presented, pursuant to the direc- Pawnbrokers 
tions of an Act of Parliament,—Returns from the Ireland.) 
Marshal of the City of Dublin, of the Pawnbrokers 
of Ireland, for the year ending 31st December 1855. 

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


Ordered, That an Abstract of the Accounts re- Grand Jury 
lative to Grand Jury Presentments (Jrelund), which Presentments 


Ire 
were presented upon the 1st day of May last be ¢ 
printed. . He, OO 


Ordered, That an Abstract of the Return relative Municipal 
to Municipal Boroughs (Eng/and and Wules), which Boroughs 


England and 
was presented upon the 19th day of June last, be alee.) 
printed. No. 350. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Imports and Imports and 
Exports (Australia, &amp;c.), which was presented upon Exports 


i fae Australia, &amp;c.) 
the 10th day of this instant July, be printed. ( No. 351. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Saint James's Saint seme 
&amp;c. Parks, which was presented upon the 10th day &amp; Par . 
of this instant July, be printed. No, 36 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Lunatic kanatie 
Asylums, which was presented upon the 10th day of Asy — 
this instant July, be printed. No. 


Ordered, That an Abstract of the Returns relative Pilotage. 
to Pilotage, which were presented upon the 10thday No. 354. 
of this instant July, be printed. 


Mr. Baines reported from the Select Committee Transporta- 


on Transportation; That they had considered the tion = 
matters to them referred ; and had come to several No, 355- 


Resolutions, 





c.) 





90 VicTortiz. 


11° Jule. 





341 


Resolutions, which they had directed him to report ; applies to all persons once convicted, whether dis- 


. 


to the House, together with the Minutes of the 


vi-| charged upon tickets-of-leave, or absolutely at the 


dence taken before them :—And the Resolutions of| expiration of their sentences. 


the Committee are as follow: 


15. That, to render this system of tickets-of-leave 


1. That the punishment of Transportation is more | adapted both for the reformation of offenders and the 
effectual and deterring, better adapted for the ultimate | interests of the public, the conditions endorsed upon 
reformation of convicts, and more beneficial to this | the tickets-of-leave ought to be enforced more strictly 
country, than any other secondary punishment for than appears to have been hitherto the case. 


serious crimes which has yet been tried. 


16. That every convict, on his release with a 


2. That the Committee therefore recommend the | ticket-of-leave, ought to be reported to the police of 


continuation of the sentence of ‘Transportation, so 
‘far as Her Majesty’s dominions may afford safe and 
proper facilities for that purpose. 

3. That if such facilities can be obtained, sentences 
of Ten years’ Transportation should be revived. 

4. That convict prisons beyond the seas ought to 
be regarded as places for carrying out the sentence 
of Transportation. 

5. ‘That every punishment by Penal Servitude 
should include, first, a certain fixed period of Im- 
prisonment and Hard Labour on public works, to be 
undergone at all events; secondly, a further period, 
which should be capable of being abridged by the 
good conduct of the convict himself. 

6. That it appears, from the evidence before the 
Committee, that bad effects upon the discipline of 
convicts on the public works have already been 


‘caused by the regulations under which it has been 


made known that no tickets-of-leave, or other re- 
raission of sentence, would in any case be granted to 
men sentenced to Penal Servitude. 

7. That, with a view to give full effect to the 
principle indicated in Resolution 5, the sentences 
of Penal Servitude prescribed by the Act should be 
changed and lengthened, so as to be identical with 
the terms of Transportation for which they are re- 
spectively substituted. 

8. That the sentences of Penal Servitude now in 
force might be adopted, with some few changes, as 
the fixed periods recommended in Resolution 5. 

9. That the scale of secondary punishment would 
be more complete if a shorter period of Penal Ser- 
vitude than any now in force were enacted, as an 
intermediate sentence between the present term of 
ordinary imprisonment now usually inflicted, and the 
former sentence of Seven years’ Transportation or 
its equivalent. 

10. That the Hulk system, which appears by the 
evidence to be already, in a great measure, relin- 
quished, should be finally abandoned, with as little 
delay as possible. ; 

11. That the system of licenses to be at large, or 
tickets-of-leave, authorized by section 9 of the Act, 
has been too short a time in operation in this country 
to enable the Committee to form a clear and decided 
opinion either as to the effects which it has already 
produced, or as to its probable ultimate working. 

12. That that system appears to be founded upon 
a principle wise and just in itself, viz., that of ena- 
bling a convict to obtain, by continued good conduct 
while undergoing his punishment, the remission of 
a portion of his sentence, upon the express condition, 
however, that, in case of subsequent misconduct, his 
liability to punishment shall revive for the residue 
of the term specified in the original sentence. 

13. That there has been much of misapprehension 
and exaggeration with regard to the conduct of per- 
sons released upon tickets-of-leave, who have been 
frequently confounded (even by several of the Wit- 
nesses on this inquiry) under one common spe 
tion of * ticket-of-leave men,” with convicts whose 
sentences had fully and absolutely expired. 

14. That there is reason to believe that the con- 
duct of a large proportion of the whole number of 
persons discharged upon tickets-of-leave has hitherto 
been good; and that in other cases persons so 
discharged have relapsed into crime from the diffi- 
culty, arising from their former characters becoming 
known, of procuring or retaining honest employment 
in ~ country, a difficulty, however, which obviously | 

QL. bil. 





the town or district to which he is sent. 

17. That full information of any change in the 
regulations affecting persons under sentence of 
Transportation or Penal Servitude, should from time 
to time be furnished by the Home Office to the 
Judges, Recorders and Chairmen of Quarter Ses- 
sions. 

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


Resolved, That this House will, at the rising of Adjournment. 
the House this day, adjourn till Monday 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 Turnpike Acts Turnpike Acts 
Continuance Bill, without any Amendment: And — 
also, = 

The Lords have agreed to the Advowsons Bill, Advowsons 
without any Amendment: And also, Bill. 


The Lords have agreed to the Militia Ballots Sus- Mititia Ballots 
pension Bill, without any Amendment: And also, —~ ocmaaae 
35 


The Lords have agreed to the Distillation from pistitation 
Rice Bill, without any Amendment: And also, from Rice Bill. 


The Lords have agreed to the Lewes, Eastbourne Lewes, 


and Hailshum Road Bill, without any Amendment : Eastbourne 
And al and Hailsham 
hd also, Road Bill. 


The Lords have agreed to the Conway and Llan- Conway and 
dudno Road Bill, without any Amendment: And Llandudno 
also, Road Bill. 

The Lords have agreed to the West of Fife Mineral West of Fife 

° : . P 3 ineral 
Railway Bill, without any Amendment: And also, Railway Bill 

The Lords have agreed to the Maybole and Girvan Maybole 


: . . ° ad Girvan 
Railway Bill, without any Amendment: And also, = iIway Bill. 


The Lords have agreed to the Forest of Dean Forest of Dean 
Central Railway Bill, without any Amendment: And Central 
also, Railway Bill. 

The Lords have agreed to the Amendments made Procedure 
by this House to the Procedure before Justices (Scot- before Justices 
land) Bill, without any Amendment: And also, (Scotland) Bill. 


The Lords have agreed to the Amendment made Ceylon Rail- 
by this House to the Amendments made by their Pay Company 
Lordships to the Ceylon Railway Company Bill, 
without any Amendment: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Court of Exchequer Court of 
( Scotland) Bill, with Amendments ; to which Amend- ee 
ments the Lords desire the concurrence of this House: S°°##"4) Bill 
And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Dwellings for La- Dwellings for 
bouring Classes (Zreland) Bill, with Amendments ; Clamee (he 
to which Amendments the Lords desire the concur- jand) Bill. 
rence of this House: And also, ’ 

The Lords have agreed to the Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 
Company Bill, with Amendments ; to which Amend- Company Bill. 
ments the Lords desire the concurrence of this House: E 
And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Grand Junction Grand June- 
Water Bill, with Amendments; to which Amend- tion Water 
ments the Lords desire the concurrence of this” 
House: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Leeds Improvement Leeds Im- 
Acts Amendment Bill, with Amendments ; to which Provement 


‘ Acts Amend 
Amendments the Lords desire the concurrence of ment Bill. 





this House: And also, 
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342 


London and 


South Western W ostern Railway (Yeovil to Exeter) Bill, with 
Amendments ; to which Amendments the Lords 
Exeter) Bill. desire the concurrence of this House: And also, 


Railway 
(Yeovil to 


Thames Haven 
Dock and 
Railway Bill. 


Davidson's 
Divorce Bill. 


County Courts 
Acts Amend- 
ment Bill. 


The Lords have agreed to the London and South 


The Lords have agreed to the Thames Haven Dock 
and Railway 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 
dissolve the Marriage of Madgwick Spicer Davidson, 
Gentleman, with Katharine Anne, his now Wife; 
and to enable the said Madgwick Spicer Davidson 
to marry again; and for other purposes therem men- 
tioned ; to which the Lords desire the concurrence of 
this House. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the County Courts Acts Amendment 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 
“ it is not expedient to impose, at the present time, 
“upon the State a Charge so heavy as One hundred | 
“and seventy thousand pounds per annum, towards 





11° Julie. 





A. 1856. 


Question, That the Clause, as amended, stand 
part of the Bill——put, and agreed to. 

Crauses, N° 21 and N°-22, amended, and agreed 
to. 
Cravuse, N° 23 (In certain cases, Superior Judge 
may order cause to be tried in County Court). 

Amendment proposed, in p. 6, 1.8: After the 
word “ discretion,” to insert the words “on the 
“ consent of both parties, signed by them, or their 
“ respective attorneys.” 

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

Clause agreed to. 

Crauses, N° 24 to N° 45, agreed to. 

Cravse,. N° 46, amended, and agreed to. ° 

Criauses, N° 47 to N° 55, agreed to. 

Cuause, N° 56, amended, and agreed to, 

Crauszs, N° 57 to N° 63, agreed to. 

Cravuseg, N° 64, amended, and agreed to. 

Crauses, N° 65 to N° 71, agreed to. 

Criause, N° 72, amended, and agreed to. 

Criavse, N° 73, agreed to. 

Clauses added. 

Another Clause (Salaries of the Judges).— W hereas 
by the fourteenth section of the said Act passed in 


“the maintenance of the County Courts,” instead | the Session of Parliament holden in the fifteenth and 
thereof. | sixteenth years of the reign of Her present Majesty, 


And the Question being put, That the words pro- 


| chapter fifty-four, it was enacted, that after the 


posed to be left out: stand part of the Question :— | passing of the said Act, the greatest salaries to be 


It was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 
Chair :—The House accordingly resolved itself into 
the Committee. 

(In the Committee.) 


Preamble postponed. 

Crauses, N° 1 to N° 4, agreed to. 

Criause, N° 5 (Qualification of Deputy Judge). 

Amendment proposed, in p. 2, 1. 14: At the be- 
ginning of the Clause to insert the words “ any 
“ special pleader of ten years’ standing may be ap- 
“ pointed a Judge of a County Court, and.” 

Question proposed, That those words be there 
inserted :—Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 

Another Amendment proposed, in p. 2, 1.14: At 
the beginning of the Clause to insert the words 
“‘ any solicitor or attorney of ten vears’ standing may 
“be appointed a Judge of a County Court, and.” 

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

Clause agreed to. 

Criausss, N° 6 to N° 8, agreed to. 

Ciauses, N° 9 to N° 13, amended, and agreed to. 

Ciause, N° 14, agreed to. 

Ciause, N° 15 (Districts of the Courts in the 
Metropolis to be treated as one District for certain 
purposes). 

Amendment proposed, in p. 4, 1. 6: After the 
word “ business” to insert the words “ or have em- 
* ployment.” 

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

Clause agreed to. 

Crausg, N° 16, agreed to. 

Criavuse, N° 17, amended, and agreed to. 

Cause, N° 18, agreed to. 

Criavuse, N° 19, amended, and agreed to. 

Crause, N° 20 (In certain cases, on agreement 
of the parties, County Court shall have power to 
try causes, although the matters be beyond its ju- 
risdiction). 

Amendment proposed, in p. 5, l. 22: After the 
word “ actions” to insert the words “ or suits.” 

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

An Amendment made. 





| received in any case by the Judges of the County 
Courts should be One thousand five hundred pounds, 
but that in no case should any Judge be paid a less 
salary than Twelve hundred pounds: And whereas 
the Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury have 
ordered that the salaries of the Judges whose names 
are mentioned in the Schedule marked (D.) annexed 
to this Act, should be fixed at the amounts set 
opposite their respective names in such Schedule, 
and such salaries are now paid to such Judges ac- 
cordingly: And whereas it is desirable that the 
salaries of the Judges of the County Courts should 
be fixed by Parliament at one uniform rate; Be it 
enacted, That every Judge of a County Court shall 
be paid a salary of Twelve hundred pounds a year, 
and no more: Provided always, That the Judges 
mentioned in the said Schedule shall continue to 
receive the salaries therein mentioned to be payable 
to them respectively, so long as they shall continue 
to be Judges of the County Courts ; and provided 
also, that nothing herein contained shall atfect the 
right or title of any County Court Judge to receive 
any sum or sums of money now or hereafter to be 
made payable to him for defraying his travelling 
expenses brought up, and read 1°; 2°. 

Amendment proposed, in p. 21,1. 4: To leave out 
the word “ Twelve,” and to insert the word “ Fif- 
“ teen,” instead thereof. 

Question put, That the word “ Twelve” stand 
part of the Clause ; 

The Committee divided. 

Tellers for the f Mr. Hayter, liss 

Yeas, The Earl of Mulgrave : J 

Tellers for the! Sir John Pakington, } 63 

Noes, LMr. Malins : 

Clause agreed to, and added. 

Clause (Registrars to be paid by Salaries).—The 
Registrars of the Courts shail be paid by salaries, to 
be fixed and regulated from time to time by the 
Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury, with the 
consent of the Lord Chancellor, and such salaries 
shall be inclusive of all salaries to the clerks em- 
ployed by the Registrars in the business of their 
respective Courts——brought up, and read 1°; 2°. 

Motion made, and Question, That the Chairman 
do report Progress, and ask leave to sit again—— 
put, and negatived. 

Amendment proposed, in p. 21, 1. 12: To leave out 


from the word “ salaries” to the end of the —_ 
an 
























~ 






Partnership 
Amendment 
(No. 2) Bill. 


Customs 
(No.2) Bill. 


ca 
lod) Bill 


90 VicToriz. 


and add the words, “‘ and the principle on which the 
“ said salaries of the Registrars shall be fixed and 
“regulated, shall be that the Registrar of each 
“ Court in which the plaints entered do not exceed 
“ the number of Two hundred in a year, sball have 
“an annual salary of One hundred and twenty 
“pounds; and that in Courts where the plaints 
“ exceed Two hundred in the year, the salaries shall 
“ be increased by sums of Five pounds for every 
“ ‘Twenty-five additional plaints up to One thousand 
“ plaints inclusive, and then by sums of Four pounds 
” for every Twenty-five additional plaints, and that 
“such salaries shall be confined to proceedings 
“ within the Ordinary and Common Law Jurisdic- 
“tion of the Court: Provided, That no Registrar 
“ shall be paid a less salary than One hundred and 
“ twenty pounds per annum.” 

Question put, That the words “ to be” stand part 
of the Clause ; 

The Committee divided. 

Tellers for the; Mr. Hayter, 

Yeas, (The Earl of Mulgrave: 
Tellers for thef Mr. Kendall, 162 
Noes, Mr. Spoouer : a 

Question proposed, ‘That the words “and the 
“ principle on which the said salaries of the Regis- 
“trars shall be fixed and regulated, shall be that 
“the Registrar of each Court in which the plaints 
“ entered do not exceed the number of Two hundred 
“in a year, shall have an annual salary of One hun- 
“dred and twenty pounds; and that in Courts 
“ where the plaints exceed Two hundred in the year, 
“the salaries shall be increased by sums of Five 
“ pounds for every Twenty-five additional plaints 
“up to One thousand plaints inclusive, and then by | 
** sums of Four pounds for every Twenty-five addi- 
“ tional plaints, and that such salaries shall be con- 
“ fined to proceedings within tie Ordinary and Com- | 
“mon Law Jurisdiction of the Court: Provided, 
“ That no Registrar shall be paid a less salary than 
“One hundred and twenty pounds per annum,” 
be there added: — Amendment, by leave, with- 
drawn. 

Amendments made. 

Clause, as amended, agreed to, and added. 

Other Clauses added. 

To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 


73. 


vet 











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


Sabbati, 12° die Julii, 1856 : 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Fifz- 
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 Tuesday 
next, at Twelve o'clock, again resolve itself into the 
said Committee. 





| 


The Order of the day being read, for the third | 
reading of the Partnership Amendment (No. 2) Bill; | 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon | 
Monday next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself into 
a Committee on the Customs (No. 2) 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, and directed him 
to report the same, without Amendment. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon 
Monday next. 


The Unlawful Oaths (Jreland) Bill was, according 
to Order, read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, Vhat the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 

Von, 111. 


11°—12° Juliz. 











343 


The Railways Act (Jreland), 1851, Continuance Railways Act 
Bill was, according to Order, read the third time. ag 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. ance Bill. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Turnpike Acts Continuance (Jreland) Bill a Acts 
was, according to Order, read the third time. (Ireland) 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- Civil Service 
mittee on the Civil Service Superannuation Bill ; a 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday __ 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the dav being read, for the second Coed meee 
reading of the General Board of Health Continuance pd nanan 
Bill ; Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third Poor a . 
ae of the Poor Law Amendment (Scotland) (Scotland) Bill. 
wl; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Monday next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Episcopal 
into a Committee on the Episcopal and Capitular onde ag 
Estates Continuance Bill; and, after some time tinuance 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 


upon Monday next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Indemnity 
into a Committee on the Indemnity 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, 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- Militia Pay 

mittee on the Militia Pay Bill; = 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Tuesday 

next, at Twelve o’clock, resolve itself into the said 


Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Divorce and 
reading of the Divorce and Matrimonial Causes ae 
Bill ; auses ° 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Thursday next. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to Nuisances 
take into consideration the Nuisances Removal, &amp;c. aa 
(Scotland) (No. 2) Bill, as amended in the Com- (No, 2) Bill. 
mittee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 


upon Monday next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Marriage Law 
into a Committee on the Marriage Law (Scotland) — 
Amending Bill; and, after some time spent therein, py), . 
Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. FitzRoy pi) 44. 
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- a se 
mittee on the Mercantile Law (Scotland) Amend- °°" 


. land) Amend- 
ment Bill; ment Bill, 


Resolved, 


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a ce OS a aD eta ie il ta we a sa AS EAT a 


Lunatic Asy- 
lums (Ireland) 
(No. 2) Bill. 


Corrupt 
Practices 
Prevention 
Bill. 


Reformatory 
and Industrial 
Schools Bill. 


Survey of 
Great Britain, 
&amp;c. Bill. 


Sleeping 
Statutes Bill. 


Criminal 
Justice Bill. 


Formation, &amp;c. 
of Parishes 
Bill. 


Bill 245. 


Joint Stock 
Companies 
Winding-up 
Acts Amend- 
ment Bill. 


Gaols, &amp;c. 
Bill, 


Sugar, Ke. 


344 


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


The Order of the day being read, for resuming the | 
adjourned Debate on the Question proposed upon | 
the 7th day of this instant July, That the Order for | 
taking into consideration the Lunatic Asylums (Jre- 
land) (No. 2) Bill, as amended in the Committee, | 
be discharged ; 

Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned | 
till Monday next. 

} 

The Order of the day being read, for the Com- | 
mittee on the Corrupt Practices Prevention Bill; | 

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


The Order of the day being read, for taking into | 
consideration the Amendments made by the Lords | 
to the Reformatory and Industrial Schools Bill ; 

Ordered, That the said Amendments be taken | 
into consideration upon Wednesday next. 


} 
The Order of the day being read, for taking into | 
consideration the Amendments made by the Lords 
to the Survey of Great Britain, &amp;c. Bill; 
Ordered, That the said Amendments be taken 
into conside:ation upon Monday next. ! | 
The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
consideration the Amendments made by the Lords | 
to the Sleeping Statutes Bull ; 
Ordered, That the said Amendments be taken | 
into consideration upon Wednesday next. | 
The Criminal Justice 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 Formation, &amp;c. of Pa- 
rishes Bill, as amended in the Committee; and 
Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Monday next; and be printed. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Joint Stock Companies Winding-up 
Acts Amendment 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 Gaols, &amp;c, Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday next. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Returns of the Quantities of Unrefined Sugar im- 
ported and cleared for Consumption, in oa year 
ending the 5th day of July from 1842 to 1856, 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 Su- 
gar:—Of the same in every respect of Molasses :— | 
Uf the same in every respect of the Aggregate of 
Unrefined and Refined Sugar and Molasses, con- | 
verting Molasses into Sugar at the Rate of Three | 
pounds of Molasses to One pound of Sugar :—Of! 
the same of Rum :—Of the Amount of Duty re-| 
ceived on Refined and Unrefined Sugar and on Mo- 
lasses in each of the above years; distinguishing the 
Amounts paid on Foreign and Colonial Dosdiete, 
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, 








11°—12°— 14° Juli. 





A. 1856. 


of the Average Prices per cwt. of Muscovads Sugar 
exclusive of Duty, from the London Gazette, and 
the Average Prices per cwt. of Havannah Sugar 
(ordinary yellow), exclusive of Duty, from the Lon- 
dén Mercantile Prices Current, for each of the above 
years (in recapitulation and continuation of Parlia- 
mentary Paper, No. 504, of Session 1855). 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to Lunatic 
amend the Lunatic Asylums Act, 1853: And that Asyhame Act 
Sir Geurge Brooke Pechell and Lord Alfred Hervey “tment. 
do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That the Amendments made by the Court of 
Lords to the Court of Exchequer (Scotland) Bill be coe , 
taken into consideration upon Monday next. nd) Bi. 


A Motion being made, That this House will, upon County Courts 
Monday next, resolve itself into a Committee to a_i 
consider of authorizing the payment, out of the Con- pensations.] 
solidated Fund of the United Kingdom of Great 
britain and Ireland, of the Compensations to be 
granted to persons entitled to any franchise or office 
in the Hundred or Wapentake Court of Wirral, in 
the County of Chester, who may suffer loss under 
the provisions of any Act of the present Session re- 
lating to County Courts ; 

Sir George Grey, by Her Majesty’s Command, 
acquainted the House, That Her Majesty, having 
been informed of the subject-matter of this Motion, 
recommends it to the consideration of the House. 

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


Ordered, That a Message be sent to the Lords, to Transporta- 
request that their Lordships will be pleased to com- tion. 
municate to this House, a Copy of the Report from 
the Select Committee appointed by their Lontibips 
to inquire into the subject of Transportation ; to- 
gether with the Minutes of Evidence and Appendix: 
nd that the Clerk do carry the said Message. 


Ordered, That a Message be sent to the Lords, to Capital 
request that their Lordships will be pleased to com- Punishments. 
municate to this House, a Copy of the Report from 
the Select Committee appointed by their Lordships 
to inquire into the subject of Capital Punishments ; 
together with the Minutes of Evidence and Ap- 

endix: And tat the Clerk do carry the said 
Message. 


Sir George Brooke Pecheil presented a Bill to Lunatic Asy- 
amend the Lunatic Asylums Act, 1853: And the —— : 
same was read the first time; and ordered to bez 
read a second time upon Monday next; and to be pin) 94g, 


printed. 


Mr. Pellatt presented a Bill to amend the Law Imprisonment 
of Imprisonment for Debt: And the same was read for Debt Bill 
the first time ; and ordered to be read a second time _ Bill 247. 
upon this day three months ; and to be printed. 


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








Luna, 14° die Julii; 
Anno 20° Victorie Regine, 1856. 


PRAYERS. 
T HE House proceeded to take into consideration Castle Douglas 
the Amendment made by the Lords to the a aey Bi 
Castle Douglas and Dumfries Railway Bill; and 
the same was twice read, aid 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 se, 
ie 








Perth Burgh 
and Harbour 
(No. 2) Bill. 
Boston, 

ot Sleaford and 

' Midland Coun 

; ties Railway 
Bill. 

ill. 

rts 

j- 

| ten 
Davidson’s 
Divorce Bill. 
Thoroton’s 
and Croft’s 
Estate Bill. 
Walmesley’s 
Estate Bill. 
Bell’s Estate 
Bill, 
Dallington 
Estate Bill. 

ts. 
Public 
Petitions. 
Vide Fifty- 
third Report. 

sy- 

nt 

is 
Malt, &amp;e. 

ent 

ill. 

7. 

uglas Savings 

fries 

Bill. 
Savings 








20 Vicroriz. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Perth Burgh and Harbour (No. 2) Bill, as 
amended in the Committee ; and Amendments were 
made to the Bill. 

Ordered, That Standing Order No. 209 be sus- 
pended ; and that the Bill be read the third time To- 
morrow. 


Ordered, That in the case of the Boston, Sleaford 
_and Midland Counties Railway Bill, amended Prints 

having been deposited, the Bill, as amended in the 
Committee, be now taken into consideration :—The 
House accordingly proceeded to take the Bill into 
consideration. 

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

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

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


Davidson’s Divorce Bill was read the first time ; 
and ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. FitzRoy reported from the Committee on 
Thoroton’s and Croft’s Estate Biil; That they had 
examined the allegations contained in the Preamble 
of the Bill, and verbally amended the same; and 
found the same, as amended, to be true; and had 
gone through the Bill, and made Amendments 
thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. FitzRoy reported Walmesley’s Estate Bill, 
without Amendment. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Mr. FitzRoy reported Bell’s Estate Bill, with 
Amendments. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. FitzRoy reported the Dallington Estate Bill, 
with Amendments. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Petitions relating to the Episcopal and Capitular 
Estates Continuance Bill;—Pertaub Sing and Bissen 
Sing ;—County Rates ;— Fire Insurance ;— Local 
Dues on Shipping, &amp;c. Bill ;— Wine ;— Grand Jury 
Assessments (/reland) Bill;—Joint Stock Companies 
Winding-up Acts Amendment Bill ;—Medical Of- 
ficers of Unions ;—Mercantile Law Amendment Bill; 
— Poor Law Amendment Bill ; — and, Saturday 
Half-Holidays,—were presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Returns of the Number of Bushels of Malt brought 
to Charge in each of the Three years ending the sth 
or 1st day of July 1854-55 and 1856, as the years 
may end on one or other of those days :—Of the 
Number of Bushels of Malt in Stock on which 
additional Duty was charged in May 1854, and the 
Amount received therefrom :—Of the Number of 
Bushels of Malt in Stock on the 5th day of July 
1856, and the Amount to be returned thereon :—Of 
the Average Price of Barley for each of the Three 

ears before named: — Of the Amount in “ Old 

uty” charged on English Hops for each of the 
before-named Three years:—And, of the Number 
of Cwts. of Foreign Hops imported in each of the 
same Three years. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return relating to Savings Banks for the year ending 
the 20th day of November 1855 (in continuation of 
Parliamentary Paper, No. 207, of Session 1855). 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Returns relating to Savings Banks, for the year 
Vou. 111. 


14° Juli. 





345 


ending the 20th day of November 1855 (in con- 
tinuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 208, of Ses- 
sion 1855). 


from the 1st day of January 1850 to the 23d day of 
June 1856, in the Prescot Division of the County 
Palatine of Lancaster, for refusing to act as Col- 
lectors or Assessors of Government Taxes :—Of the 
Amounts of the Fines levied on such Persons, and 
the Clause of any Act or Acts of Parliament autho- 
rizing the same :—And, of the Proportion of such 
Fines paid to the Surveyor of Taxes of the above 
District, and retained by him for his own use; the 
Proportions paid to the Magistrates’ Clerks, and 
retained by them for their own use; and the Balance, 
if any, paid into Her Majesty’s Treasury. 


Lords to the Reformatory and Industrial Schools 
Bill, was read, and discharged. 

Ordered, That the said Amendments be taken 
into consideration upon Thursday next. 


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 
on the Burial Acts: And that the Clerk do carry 
the said Message. 


of this instant July, be printed. 


Offenders (Ireland), which was presented upon the 
11th day of this instant July, be printed. 


mand,—Copy of Twenty-first Report of the Inspec- 
tors appointed under the Provisions of the Act 5 &amp; 6 
Will. 4, c. 38, to visit the different Prisons of Great 
Britain :—Southern and Western District. 


Amount of all Monies received by the Honourable 
Society of the King’s Inns, Dublin, in each year 
since the 30th dav of June 1839 to the present time, 
from Students at Law, with a Statement of the man- 
ner in which the same has been expended :—Like 
Return of all Sums received by the said Society on 
the Admission of Barristers, with a Statement of the 
Expenditure of the same :— Like Return of all Sums 
received by the said Society from Attorneys’ Ap- 
prentices, and of the Expenditure of the same :— 
Like Return of all Sums received by the said So- 
ciety on the Admission of Attorneys, and of the 
Expenditure of the same :— Like Return of all Sums 
received by the said Society from the Stamp Office, 
being a portion of the Stamp Duty received on At- 
torneys’ Indentures, and of the Expenditure of the 
same :—Like Return in Detail of the Expenditure 
made by the said Society, since the year 1793 to 
the present time, in building Chambers for the At- 
torneys of Jreland :—And, like Return in Detail of 
the Expenditure made by the said Society under 
any other Head, from the year 1793 to the present 
time, for the exclusive use or benefit of the Attor- 
neys of Lreland. 


Poor Law Commissioners in Jreland and the Guar- 
dians of the New Ross Union since the 1st day of 
December last, and of the Minutes of the Board of 
Guardians of the said Union, in reference to the 





Change of the Religious Registry of Margaret Colt- 
YY 


man, 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Collectors’ 
Returns of all Persons, with their Names and Occu- Fines (Prescot 
pations in full, on whom Fines have been levied P*¥ision-) 


The Order for taking into consideration, upon Reformatory 
Wednesday next, the Amendments made by the 2d Industrial 


Ordered, That a Message be sent to the Lords, to Burial Acts. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Oxford Oxford 
University, which was presented upon the 11th day er 


Ordered, That the’ Return relative to Juvenile Juvenile 


Mr. Massey presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- Prisons. 


Mr. Massey also presented,—Return to an Order, King’s Inns 
dated the 23d day of June last, for a Return of the (Dublin. 


Return to an Order, dated the 27th day of June New Ross 
last, for Copies of all Correspondence between the Union. 

























































































Income Tax, 
&amp;c. (London.) 


No. 358. 


Australian 
Postal Service. 


No. 359. 


East India 
( Tanjore.) 


Royal Assent. 





346 


man, a Pauper Inmate of the Workhouse, with a 
Statement of the Age of such Pauper. 

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 27th day of June last, for a Return of the 
Names of Persons employed in the Assessment and 
Collection of Income Tax and Land and Assessed 
Taxes, in the City of London, during the year ending | 
the 5th day of April 1856; the Capacity in which | 
employed, Rate of Poundage, Amount of Salaries | 
or Allowances received, and whether employed in 
other Duties or not; and of the Total Amount of, 
Income 'l'ax, Land Tax and Assessed Taxes in the | 
same Period (in continuation of Parliamentary Pa-- 
per, No. 528, of Session 1854-55). 

Return to an Order, dated the 3d day of this in- 
stant July, for a Copy of all Tenders, and of all Cor- 
respondence relating thereto, for the Australian 
Postal Service, as now proposed to be performed. | 

Return to an Order, dated the 15th day of April 
last, for Copies of all Engagements, Agreements, | 
and Treaties made between the East India Com- | 
pany and the different Rajahs of Tanjore, from the | 
year 1749 to 1855:—Of the Instructions of the | 
Court of Directors of the East India Compauy to | 
Lord Pigot, for the Restoration of the Tanjore | 
Country to the Rajah, which took place in 1776, | 
and of the Correspondence between them and Lord 
Pigot thereupon :-—Of all Grants or Alienations of | 
Lands to the East India Company by the different 
Rajahs of Janjore, previous to the assumption of 
the whole of the Territories of Tanjore by the East | 
India Company :—Of the Correspondence between | 
the Rajah Ameer Sing, the British Agent or Resi- | 
dent at Tanjore, the Madras Government, and the 
Supreme Government of Jndia, upon the accession 
of the said Rajah to the Raj of Tanjore :—Of the 
Correspondence between the Rajah Ameer Sing, the 
British Resident at Tanjore, the Madras Govern- 
ment, and the Supreme Government of Indid, re- 
lative to the Deposition of the said Rajah, in order 
to place the Rajah Surfoojee in the Raj of Tanjore: 
—Of the Correspondence between the Rajah Sur- 
foojee, the Resident at Madras, and the Supreme 
Government of Jndia, previous to and upon the ac- 
cession of the said Rajah Surfoujee to the Raj, and 
of the overtwes made by him to the said Company, 
or to their representatives in Zndia, previous to his 
accession, or previous to the Treaty concluded be-~ 





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tween him and the Company :—Of the Correspond- 
ence between the British Resident at Tanjore, the 
Madras Government, and the Supreme Government, 
upon the death of the said Rajah Surfoojee, and 
upon the succession of the late Maha Rajah Sevagee 
to the Guddy of his Father the said Surfoojee :—Of 
the Report or Reports of the Resident at Tanjore 
to the Madras Government, aud the Correspondence | 
between him and that Government; and also the | 
Proceedings and Report of the Madras Govern- | 
ment to the Court of Directors thereupon; and also | 
of all Documents referred to in the Reports, &amp;e. of 
the Resident and of the Madras Government :— 
And, of the Decision of the Court of the East India 
Company, upon the right to succession to the vacant 
Guddy of Tanjore, and respecting the Family and 
Relations of the said late Maha Rajah. 

Ordered, That the Returns relative to Income Tax, 
«xe. (London); and, Australian Postal Service, be 
printed, 





A Message by Mr. Pu/man, Yeoman Usher of 

the Black Rod: 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords, authorized by virtue of Her Ma-'| 
jesty’s Commission, for declaring Her Royal Assent | 
to several Acts agreed upon by both Houses, desire | 
the immediate attendance of this Honourable House | 
in the House of Peers, to hear the Commission read. | 

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

Mr. Speaker reported, That the House, at the 
desire of the Lords, authorized by virtue of Her 
Majesty’s Commission, had been at the House of 
Peers, where a Commission under the Great Seal 
was read, giving, declaring and notifying the Royal 
Assent to the several Acts therein mentioned; and 
that the Lords, thereby authorized, had declared the 
Royal Assent to the said Acts, as follow : 

An Act for raising the Sum of Four millions by Exchequer 
Exchequer Bills and Exchequer Bonds, for the Bills 
Service of the year One thousand eight hundred and me 
fifty-six : 

An Act to exempt Imprisonments under the Act Small Debts 
5 Geo. 4, c. 96, from the Operation of the Act !™prisonment 
abolishing in Scotland Imprisonment for Civil Debts mee ng 
of small Amount: land) Bill. 

An Act for the Incorporation and Regulation of Joint Stock 
Joint Stock Companies, and other Associations : mane 


An Act for amending the Procedure before Ma- Procedure 
gistrates and Justices of Peace in Scotland: before Justices 
(Scotland) Bill, 
An Act to permit the use of Rice in the Distilla- Distillation 
tion of Spirits : {rou Rice Bill, 
An Act for confirming a Scheme of the Charity Magdalen 
Commissioners for Saint Mary Magdalen Hospital, Hospital, 
. Bath, Bill. 
near Bath: ° 
An Act for confirming a Scheme of the Charity Endowed 
Commissioners for the Endowed School at Moulton, School at 
‘ : Moulton Bill, 
in the County of Lincoln : 
An Act to facilitate the Despatch of Business Grand Juries 
before Grand Juries in England and Wales: Bill. 
An Act to continue certain Turnpike Acts in Turnpike Acts 


Great Britain: Continuance 


An Act to enable Parishioners and others, forming Advowsons 
a numerous Class, to sell Advowsons held by or in Bill 
trust for them, and to apply the Proceeds in pro- 
viding Parsonage Houses, augmenting small Livings, 
and to other beneficial purposes; and for giving 
other Powers to such Persons: 
An Act to suspend the making of Lists and the Militia Ballots 


Ballots for the Militia of the United Kingdom: —_Sspension 


An Act for authorizing Traffic Arrangements West London 
between the West End of London and Crystal Pa- = pnd 
lace, and the London, Brighton and South Coast way Bill 
Railway Companies; the Regulation and Increase 
of Capital, and for other purposes : 

An Act to afford Facilities to the Bagenalstown 
and Wexford Railway Company, for raising the 
Funds necessary to enable them to execute their 
Undertaking, and for other purposes : 

An Act for more effectually repairing several 
Roads leading to and from the Town of Monmouth, 
and for making several Lines of Road to communi- 
cate therewith, in the Counties of Monmouth, Gilou- 
cester and Hereford : 

An Act for the Improvement of Purt of the Bournemouth 
District of Saint Peter, conan in the Parishes Te aa 
of Christchurch and Holdenhurst, in the County of- 
Southampton, and for providing a Pier there: 

An Act to enable the Morayshire Railway Com- 
pany to construct a Railway from Orton to Craigel- R 
lachie, and for other purposes : 

An Act for carrying into effect certain Arrange- Renfrewshire 
ments between the Trustees of the Renfrewshire Roads Bil 
Turnpike-roads, and the Lord Provost, Magistrates 
and Council, and Police and Statute Labour Com- 
mittee of Glasgow; and for continuing in other 
respects the Acts relating to the said Roads: 

An Act to repeal the Act relating to the Turn- 
pike-roads from Halifax to Huddersfield, m the 
West Riding of the County of York, and to grant a 
further Term in the said Roads, and further Powers 
for the Management thereof, and other purposes = 

An Act for better supplying with Water the City Ediaberss 
of Edinburgh and Town and Port of Leith, and Water 
Places adjacent : 

An 


Bagenalstown 
and Wexford 
Railway Bill. 


Monmouth 
Roads Bill. 


Morayshire 
ailway Bill. 


Halifax and 
Huddersfield 
Road Bill. 











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Salisbury Mar- 
ket Branch 
Railway and 
Market House 
Bill. 

Stockton and 
Darlington, 
and Newcastle 
and Carlisle 
Union Rail- 
way Bill. 


Epsom and 
Tatherhead 
Railway Bill. 


Swansea Vale 
Railway Bill. 


Lewes, East- 
bourne and 
Hailsham 
Road Bill. 


Conway and 
Llandudno 
Road Bill. 


West of Fife 
Mineral 
Railway Bill. 


Maybole 
and Girvan 
Railway Bill. 


Forest of Dean 
Central Rail- 
way Bill. 


Ceylon Rail- 
way Company 
Bill. 


Butterwick’s 
Estate Bill. 


Orders of the 
Day. 


Italy. 


Message from 
the Lords, 


Charities Bill, 


Cairness 
Estate Bill, 


90 Vicroriz. 


An Act for incorporating the Salisbury Railway 
and Market-house Company; for authorizing them 
to make and maintain a Railway and a Market-house 
at Salisbury, and for other purposes : 

An Act for making a Railway from the Stocksfield 
Station of the Mewcastle-upon-Tyne and Carlisle 
Railway, to the Stockton and Darlington Railway, 
near Conside lronworks, with a Branch to the Der- 
went Iron Company’s Railway, and for other pur- 

oses : 

An Act for making a Railway frem the Epsom 
Branch of the London, Brighton and South Coast 
Railway, at Epsom, to Leatherhead : 

An Act to enable the Swansea Vale Railway 
Company to make Extension and Branch Railways, 
and for other purposes : 

An Act to repeal the Act for more effectually 
making, straightening, repairing and improving the | 
Roads from near the Town of Lewes to Polegate, in | 
the Parish ot Hailsham, and from thence to East- | 
bourne and to Polegate, to Hailsham Common, in | 
the County of Sussex, and to make other Provisions 
in lieu thereof: 

An Act for making and maintaining a Turnpike- 
road from Conway to Llandudno, in the County of 
Carnarvon, and for other purposes : 

An Act for making a Railway from Dunfermline | 
to Killairnie, with a Branch to Kingseat, in the 
County of Fife, to be called “The West of Fife 
Mineral Railway :” 

An Act for making a Railway from the Town of 
Maypbole to the Town and Harbour of Girvan, to be 
called “The Maybole and Girvan Railway :” 

An Act for making a Railway from the South 
Wales Railway, near Brimspill, in the Parish of | 
Awre, to Howbeach Valley, in the Forest of Dean, 
with Branches; and for other purposes : | 

An Act for incorporating the Ceylon Railway | 





Company, and for other purposes connected there- |, 


with : 

An Act to enable the Trustees of the Will of 
Matthew Butterwick, Esquire, to sell the Rectory 
and Tithes of Thirsk, held by Lease for Lives under 
the Archbishop of York, and certain Policies of 
Assurance; and for the Investment of the Proceeds; | 
and for other purposes ; of which the short Title is | 
“ Butterwich’s Estate Act, 1856.” 


The Orders of the day being read ; 
Ordered, That the said Orders be postponed till 
after the Notice of Motion relative to Jtaly. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being put, 
That an humble Address be presented to Her Ma- 





jesty, that She will be graciously pleased to give | 


directions, that there be laid befure this House, Co- | 
pies or Extracts of any recent Communications which | 
have taken place Letween Her Majesty’s Govern- | 
ment and the Governments of Austria, Rome and | 
the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, relating to the 
Affairs of Italy :—It passed in the Negative. 


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 continue for a limited time the Exemption of | 
certain Charities from the Operation of the Charitable | 
Trusts Acts; to which the Lords desire the concur- | 
rence of this House: And also, 
The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act | 
to amend and enlarge the Powers of an Act passed | 
in the twelfth and thirteenth years of the reign of Her | 
present Majesty Queen Victoria, intituled, “ An Act | 
for authorizing the Trustees of the late Thomas 
Gordon to sell his Estates of Cairness and others, 
in the County of Aberdeen, and to apply the Price 
thereofin Payment of the Debts and Sestene affect- 
ing the same; and for laying out the Residue of the 
Price in the Purchase of other Lands to be entailed, 
in — of the Trust Deed of Settlement by the said 
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347. 


Thomas Gordon; 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 Brydges’ 
for enabling Partitions, Sales, Exchanges and Leases Estate- 
to be made of certain Parts of the Estates devised 
by the Will of Sir John William Head Brydges, 
deceased, and for other purposes; to which the 
Lords desire the concurrence of this House. 


Cairness Estate Bill was read the first time. Cairness 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exami- Estate Bill. 
ners of Petitions for Private Bills. 


Brydges’ Estate Bill was read the first time. Brydges’ 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exami- Estate Bill. 
ners of Petitions for Private Bills. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third Consolidated 
reading of the Consolidated Fund (Appropriation) Fund (Appro- . 
Bill ; priation) Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time To- 


morrow. 


The Partnership Amendment (No. 2) Bill was, Partnership 
according to Order, read the third time. Amendment 
An Amendment was proposed to be made to the Cote 
Bill, by adding, at the end of Clause 3, the words 
“ Provided also, That no such Loan shall be deemed 
“ to be protected by this Act, unless the lender thereof 
“ shall, within Fourteen days after the same shall 
*“* have been advanced, cause to be inserted in his own 
“ name in the Gazettes of London, Edinburgh or Dub- 
** din, according as the principal place of business of 
“ the borrower may be in England, Scotland or Ire- 
“* land, a statement of such advance, exhibiting the 
“* amount thereof, the person to whom and the term 
“ for which the same is made, the portion of the 
“ profits which the lender stipulates to receive on 
‘ account thereof, and the nature of the business by 
“ which such profits are intended to be acquired.” 
And the Question being put, That those words be 
there added ; 
The House divided. 
The Yeas to the Right ; 
The Noes to the Left. 


Tellers for the f Mr..John George Phillimore,) , 
Yeas, Mr. Glyn: 
Tellers for the) Mr. Hayter, Lies 
Noes, The Earl of Mulgrave: f° 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That the Bill do pass :—And the said Motion 
was, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 

Ordered, ‘That the Bill be withdrawn. 


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


Martis, 15° die Julii, 1856 : 


The Income and Land Taxes Bill was, according Income and 
to Order, read a second time ; and committed to a = Taxes 


Committee of the whole House, for this day. 


The Stamp Duties Bill was, according to Order, Stamp Duties 
read a second time; and committed to a Committee ® 
of the whole House, for this day. 


The Racehorse Duty Bill was, according to Order, Racehorse 
read a second time; and committed to a Committee Pty Bill. 
of the whole House, for this day. 


The Episcopal and Capitular Estates Continuance Episcopal. 
Bill was, according to Order, read the third time. a 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. tinuance 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 third Court of 
a of the Court of Appeal in Chancery ( /re- = 
land) Bill; (Ireland) Vill, 
y¥2 Ordered, 























































348 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time this 
day. 


County Courts The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
a mittee on the County Courts Acts Amendment 
men m- . 

ions.) LCOmpensations | ; ' 
Pensations.! "Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 


Vice-President The Order of the day being read, for the second 

of Committee yeading of the Vice-President of Committee of Coun- 

of Councilon _. ° ‘ll: 

Education Bill. cil on Education Bil 3 7 
Ordered, Yhat the Bill be read a second time upon 


Thursday next. 


Cambridge The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
University consideration the Amendments made by the Lords 
to the Cambridge University Bill ; 
Ordered, ‘That the said Amendments be taken 
into consideration upon Friday next. 
Leases and The Order of the day being read, for the second 
Sales of Settled reading of the Leases and Sales of Settled Estates 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time this 
day. 


Criminal The Order of the day being read, for the second 
ee reading of the Criminal Appropriation of Trust Pro- 
Property Bill. perty Bill 

ro . A ? 
ated Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Thursday next. 


Mercantile The Mercantile Law Amendment Bill was, ac- 
Law Amend- cording to Order, read a second time ; and committed 
ment Bill. ‘ ° . : . 

to a Committee of the whole House, for this day. 


Smoke Nui- The House, according to Order, proceeded to take 

sance Abate- jnto consideration the Reasons assigned by the Lords 

oy og for disagreeing to one of the Amendments made by 

1853, Amend- this House to the Smoke Nuisance Abatement (Me- 

ment Bill. tropolis) Act, 1853, Amendment Bill; and the same 
were again read. 

Resolved, That this House doth agree to the 
Amendments made by their Lordships to the Amend- 
ments made by this House to the said Bill, without 
Amendment; and doth insist on the Amendment 
made by this House to the said Bill, to which their 
Lordships have disagreed. 

Ordered, That a Committee be appointed to draw 
up Reasons to be assigned to the Lords for insisting 
on the Amendment made by this House to the said 
Bill, to which the Lords have disagreed:—And a 
Committee was appointed of Mr. Pellatt, Viscount 
Palmerston, Sir George Grey, Mr. Wilkinson, Mr. 
Ridley, the Marquis ot Blandford, Mr. Thornely and 
Mr. Henley: And they are to withdraw immediately. 

Ordered, That Three be the Quorum. 


Customs The Customs (No. 2) Bill was, according to Or- 
(No. 2) Bill. der, 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. 


Civil Service The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
Superannu- mittee on the Civil Service Superannuation Bill ; 
ation Bill. 


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


General Board The General Board of Health Continuance Bill 


of Health was, according to Order, read a second time; and 

Continuance = «ommitted to a Committee of the whole House for 
this day, at Twelve o’clock. 

Poor Law The Order of the day being read, for the third 


Amendment reading of the Poor Law Amendment (Scotland) 
(Scotland) Bill. 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 


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A. 1856. 





the end of the Question, adding the words “ upon t 
“ this day three months.” . 
And the Question being put, That the word “now ” Bi 
stand part of the Question ; 
The House divided. 
The Yeas to the Right ; 
The Noes to the Left. : 
Tellers for the; Mr. Hayter, 1 B 
Yeas, |The Earl of Mulgrave: f o6. 
Tellers for the, Mr. Blackburn, te 5 
Noes, Mr. William Lockhart : ee 
So it was resolved in the Affirmative. J 
Ordered, That the Bill be now read the third - 
time :—The Bill was accordingly read the third 
time. 
A Clause (Annual instalments need not exceed 
One-thirtieth of sum borrowed), was thrice read; ' 
and added to the Bill. ‘ 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. I 


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


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 Nuisances Removal, &amp;c. (Scotland) (No. 2) Nuisances 
Bill was, according to Order, read the third time. Removal, &amp;. 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the Oyo. 2) BAL 
Bill in p. 6, l. 20, by inserting after the word “along” ~ ~ 
the words “ or within fifty yards of.” 

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

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. 


ee ge re ae 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Marriage Law 
into a Committee on the Marriage Law (Scotland) (Scotland) 
Amending Bill; and, after some time spent therein, as 
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 Thursday | 
next. | 


ae age agp a 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Mercantile 

into a Committee on the Mercantile Law (Scotland) Lav (Scot. 
: m “ ) Amend. 

Amendment Bill; and, after some time spent therein, mont Bill 
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 Com- Corrupt 
mittee on the Corrupt Practices Prevention Bill; Practices 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve — 
itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for yoy J into Survey of 
consideration the Amendments made by the Lords pag y 
to the Survey of Great Britain, &amp;c. Bill; : 

Ordered, That the said Amendments be taken into 
consideration this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Court of 
consideration the Amendments made by the ‘Lords yee 
to the Court of Exchequer (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 the second feclesiastical 
reading of the Ecclesiastical Courts, &amp;c. Bill; — &amp;e. 
Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 
Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn, a 
e 





aw 


and 
Chancellors 


Judgments 
Execution, &amp;c. 


formation, &amp;c. 
of Parishes 
Bill 


Joint Stock 
Companies 
Winding-up 
Acts Amend. 
ment Bill. 


Lunatic 
Asylums Act 
Amendment 
Bill 


Lunatic Asy- 
lums (Ireland ) 
{No. 2) Bill. 


Court of 
Exchequer 
(Scotland) Bill, 


oe ‘ ries, 
and 
Bill, ) 


Bridence in 
oreign Suits 
Bill. 


Bill 249, 


Charities Bill. 
Bill 250, 





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

mittee on the Tithe Commutation Rent-charge 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 Judges and Chancellors 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 Judgments Execution, &amp;c. Bill ; 

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


The Formation, &amp;c. of Parishes Bill was, ac- 
cording to Order, read the third time. 

A Clause ( Voluntary offerings may he appropriated 
to the income of minister), was thrice read; and 
added to the Bill. 

Another Clause (Commissioners may apportion 
endowment), was thrice read; and added to the 
Bill. 

Then an Amendment was made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act to extend the Provisions of an 
Act of the sixth and seventh years of Her Majesty, 
for making better Provision for the Spiritual Care 
of Pupulous Parishes, and further to provide for the 
Formation and Endowment of separate and distinct 
Parishes. 

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 Joint Stock Companies Winding-up 
Acts Amendment Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The Lunatic Asylums Act Amendment Bill was, 
according to Order, read a second time; and com- 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for this 
day. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming the 
adjourned Debate on the Question proposed upon 
the 7th day of this instant J uly, That the Order for 
taking into consideration the Lunatic Asylums (Jre- 
land) (No. 2) Bill, as amended in the Committee, be 
discharged ; 

Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 
till this day, at Twelve o'clock. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take 
into consideration the Amendments made by the 
Lords to the Court of Exchequer (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 Lord- 
ships. 


The Order for reading a second time, upon Wed- 
nesday next, the Grand Juries, &amp;c. (Jre/and) Bill, 
was read, and discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Wednesday the 23d day of this instant July. 


The Evidence in Foreign Suits Bill was read the 
first time ; and ordered to be read a second time 


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upon Thursday next ; and to be printed. 


The Charities Bill was read the first time; and 
ordered to be read a second time upon Thursday | 
next, at Twelve o’clock ; und to be printed. 

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349 


Ordered, That the Amendments made by the Dwellings for 
Lords to the Dwellings for Labouring Classes (Zre- ——— 
land) Bill be taken into consideration upon Thurs- jana) — 


day next. 


Ordered, That the Amendments made by the Bankruptcy 
Lords to the Bankruptcy (Scotland) Bill be taken os 
into consideration upon Thursday next. , 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bil] Coast Guard 
to provide for the better Defence of the Coasts of **TY 
the Realm, and the more ready Manning of the 
Navy, and to transfer to the Admiralty the Govern- 
ment of the Coast Guard: And that Sir Charles 
Wood and Sir Maurice Berkeley do prepare, and 
bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to Lunatic Asy- 
amend the Acts relating to Lunatic Asylums in @™s (Super- 
Ireland, so far as relates to Superannuations: And Cireland) 
that Sir Robert Ferguson and Admiral Jones do 
prepare, and bring it in. 


Sir Charles Wood presented a Bill to provide for Coast Guard 
the better Defence of the Coasts of the tein and Service Bill. 
the more ready Manning of the Navy, and to transfer 
to the Admiralty the Government of the Coast 
Guard: And the same was read the first time; and 
ordered to be read a second time this day, at Twelve 
o’clock ; and to be printed. 


Bill 248. 


Sir Robert Ferguson presented a Bill to amend Lunatic Asy- 
the Acts relating to Lunatic Asylums in Ireland, so a 
far as relates to Superannuations : And the same ([reland) Bill. 
was read the first time; and ordered to be reada_ pi 251. 


second time this day; and to be printed. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Army 
to Her Majesty, that Sie will be graciously pleased (C™ime-) 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return of the Killed in Action, Died of 
Wounds, and Wounded, of the British Army in the 
Crimea, distributed according to their Service on 
the Staff or Regimentally ; distinguishing Officers 
from Non-commissioned Officers and Rank and 
File, and specifying the Date of the Arrival and 
Departure of each Regiment. 

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. 


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till Two of the clock on ‘Tuesday morning, 
adjourned till this day. 








Martis, 15° die Julii ; 
Anno 20° Victoria Regine, 18 56. 


PRAYERS. 
RDERED, That all Committees have leave Committees. 
to sit this day, during the sitting of the House. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant Dorset Writ. 
to the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ 
for the electing ofa Knight of the Shire to serve in 
this present Parliament for the County of Dorset, 
in the room of the Right honourable George Bankes, 
deceased. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Crystal Palace 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Crystal Company Bill. 
Palace 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 


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350 


agreed to the Amendments made by their Lord- 
ships. 


Gloucester The House proceeded to take into consideration 
| (No.2) the Amendments made by the Lords to the Glou-| 


cester Gas (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 Lord- 
ships. 


Grand June- § The House proceeded to take into consideration 


ony Water the Amendments made by the Lords to the Grand | 
, Junction 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 Lord- 
ships. 
Leeds Im- The House proceeded to take into consideration | 
ee rs 4 the Amendments made by the Lords to the Leeds 
me ah ~ Improvement Acts 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. 
London and The House proceeded to take into consideration 


South Western the Amendments made by the Lords to the London 


ilw: " : “ane 
Treoril to and South Western Railway (Yeovil to Exeter) 
Exeter) Bill. Bil] ; 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. 


Thames Haven 
Dock aud 
Railway Bill. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Thames 
Haven Dock and 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 hestdinante made by their Lord- 
ships. 


Perth Burgh 
and Harbour 
(No. 2) Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third 
reading of the Perth Burgh and Harbour (No. 2) 
Bill; 

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

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 | 
Consent, as far as Her Majesty’s interest is concerned, | 
that the House may do therein as they shall think | 
fit. } 

Then the Bill was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

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





Ordered, That the Examiner of Petitions for 
Private Bills have leave to sit and proceed, and to 
report forthwith on the Cairness Estate Bill. 


Cairness 
Estate Bill. 


Davidson's 


Ordered, That Standing Order, No. 171, be sus- 
Divorce Bill. 


pended in the case of Davidson’s Divorce Bill; and 
that the Bill be read a second time upon Thursday 
next. 


Cairness 


.§ i 1 a 
erage Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 


one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills; 
That in the case of the Cairness Estate Bill, no 
Standing Orders are applicable. 


15° Juliz. 








A. 1856. 


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

Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee of Selection to appoint the Committee on 
the Bill to sit and proceed upon Friday next. 


Petitions relating to Members of Parliament ;— Public 
Registration of Voters (Scotland) Bill ;—Episcopal Petitions, 
and Capitular Estates Bill;— Wine;--Burial-grounds Vide Fife 
(Ireland) Bill;—County Courts ;— Decimal Coin- fourth aoe 
age ;—Grand Juries, kc. (/re/and) Bill ;— Grand 
Jury Assessments (Jreland) Bill ;— Joint Stock 
Companies Winding-up Acts Amendment Bill ;— 
Juvenile Offenders (Jreland) Bill ;—Medical Officers 
of Unions ;—Poor Law Amendment ( Scotland) Bill ; 
—Queen’s Colleges (Ireland); — Sound Dues ;— 
and, Vaccination Bill,—were presented, and read; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to King’s Inns King’s tnns 
(Dublin), which was presented upon the 14th day (Dublin.) 
of this instant July, be printed. No. 360. 


The following Paper was laid upon the Table by Coinage. 
the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, dated 
the 31st day of January last, for an Account in 
detail (in the same Form as the Account contained 
in the Parliamentary Paper, No. 46, of last Session) 
of all Gold, Silver and Copper Monies of the Reali 
coined at the Mint, for each year from the 1st day 
of January 1846 to the 31st day of December 1855 ; 
and also showing, in one Tabular Statement, the 
Total Amount of the Gold, Silver and Copper 
Coinage in each year, the real Cost or Value of the 
Metal, and the Amount represented by the Coin. 


The Coast Guard Service Bill was, according to Coast Guard 
Order, read a second time; and committed to a Setvice Bill. 
Committee of the whole House, for Thursday next. 


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


(In the Committee.) 


Preamble postponed. 

Cravse, N° 1, amended, and agreed to. 

Cuiausz, N° 3 (Adjutants, Quartermasters and 

Non-commissioned Officers of Militia may be em- 

Question put, That the Clause stand part of the 

Bill; 

Tellers for thef Mr. Hayter, } 62 
Yeas, \The Earl of Mulgrave: : 
Noes, Colonel Dunne : J 

Clause agreed to. 

Cxiavuses, N° 6 and N° 7, amended, and agreed 

to. 

Schedule agreed to. 

Preamble agreed to. 


CrauseE, N° 2, agreed to. 
ployed in their counties). 
The Committee divided. 
Tellers for the {Colonel Gilpin, laa. 
Crausss, N° 4 and N° 5, agreed to. 
Crauses, N° 8 to N° 27, 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 Thursday 
next. 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That a Mes- Meesege from 
sage had been brought from the Lords, by one of the Let 
their Clerks, as followeth : Th 

e 





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meos 


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y- 
eport, 


ns 





church The Lords have agreed to the Church Building 
Building Clom- Commission Bill, without any Amendment: And 
mission also, 


glastonbury The Lords have agreed to the Glastonbury and 

sad Bruton §=6. Bruton Railway Bill, without any Amendment: 

Railway Bill. And also, 

ANlershot The Lords have agreed to the Aldershot Camp 

camp Bil. Bill, with an Amendment; to which Amendment 
the Lords desire the concurrence of this House: 


And also, 
Imprisoned The Lords have agreed to the Imprisoned Debtors’ 
Debtors’ Discharge Society Bill, with Amendments ; to which 


disomy ill Amendments the Lords desire the concurrence of 
this House: And also, 

Registration The Lords have agreed to the Registration of 

of Voters Voters (Scotland) Bill, with Amendments ; to which 

(Scotland) Bill. 4 Mendments the Lords desire the concurrence of 
this House: And also, 

Drainage The Lords have agreed to the Drainage (Jreiand) 

(Ireland) Bill. Bill, with Amendments; to which Amendments 
the Lords desire the concurrence of this House: 
And also, 

London and The Lords have agreed to the Zondon and North 

North Western Western Railway Bill, with Amendments; to which 

ilway Bill. Amendments the Lords desire the concurrence of 
this House: And also, 

Grand Juries The Lords have agreed to the Grand Juries (Jre- 

(reland) Bill. 747) Bill, with Amendments; to which Amend- 
ments the Lords desire the concurrence of this 
House: And also, 

Capital The Lords communicate to this House, a Copy of 

Punishments. the Report from the Select Committee appointed by 
their Lordships to take into consideration the pre- 
sent mode of carrying into effect Capital Punish- 
ments; together with the Minutes of Evidence and 
Appendix, as desired by this House: And also, 

Burial Acts. The Lords communicate to this House, a Copy of 
the Report from the Select Committee appointed by 
their Lordships to consider the Burial Acts; to- 
gether with the Proceedings of the Committee, 
as desired by this House. 


(Queen's The Order of the day being read, for the second 
Colleges (Ire- reading of the Queen’s Colleges (Zreland) Bill; 


an) Be. Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time this 
day. 
Hospitals The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 


(Dublin) Bill. mittee on the Hospitals ( Dublin) Bill ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, at Twelve o’clock, resolve itself into the said 


90 VicTorizZ. 15° Julie. 351 


resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for resumin 
the adjourned Debate on the Question ceanaat 
upon the 24th day of April last, That Mr. Speaker 
do now leave the Chair (for Committee on the Joint 
Stock Banks Bill) ; 

Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 
till this day. 





Mr. Pellatt reported from the Committee ap- 
pointed to draw up Reasons to be assigned to the 
Lords for insisting on the Amendment made by 
this House to the Smoke Nuisance Abatement 
(Metropolis) Act, 1853, Amendment Bill, to which 
their Lordships have disagreed; That they had 
drawn up Reasons accordingly, which they had 
directed him to report to the House; and the same 
were read, as follow : 

1. Because it was an understanding with the 
Committee on the Public Health Amend- 
ment Bill of 1855, that upon the establish- 
ment of efficient local authorities for the 
administration of the Acts of Parliament 
affecting sanitary matters, the portion of the 
Smoke Nuisance Abatement Act, 1853, em- 
powering one of Her Majesty’s Secretaries 
of State to institute proceedings for the 
abatement of nuisances from trades, should 
be repealed. 

. Because the Metropolis Local Management 
Act creates local authorities for the purpose 
of enforcing the provisions of the Nuisances 
Removal and Diseases Prevention Act, 
which refer to the carrying on of trades likely 
to become nuisances under the provisions of 
the Smoke Nuisances Abatement Act. 

3. Because one of these Boards of Works has 
particularly exhibited great energy in adopt- 
ing proceedings, and has lately, on the 
average, acted upon as many as 40 notices 
in a week, to the manifest improvement of 
the sanitary condition of the district. 

4. Because it has been proved that the local 
authorities created under the Metropolis 
Local Management Act are willing and able 
effectually to protect the public against the 
description of nuisances referred to. 

The said Reasons, being read a second time, were 
agreed to. 


i) 





Committee. Ordered, That a Message be sent to the Lords 
| to communicate the said Reasons (with the Bill and 
Barial- The Order of the day being read, for the Com- | Amendments): An: that the Clerk do carry the 


tee mittee on the Burial-grounds (Jreland) Bill ; 
_ Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 


next, at Twelve o'clock, resolve itself into the said | 


Committee. 


Bankruptcy The Order of the day being read, for the Com- | 
milnsolvency mittee on the Bankruptcy and Insolvency (Zreland) | 


(Ireland) Bill. Bill: 


Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, at Twelve o'clock, resolve itself into the said 
Committee. 


| 
| 


| Same, 


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 lrome, in the room 
of the Honourable Richard Saint Lawrence Boyle, 
commonly called Viscount Dungarvan, now Earl of 


| Cork and Orrery, called up to the House of Peers, 


as Baron Boyle. 


Ordered, That the Amendments made by the 


County Courts The Order of the day being read, for the Com- | Lords to the Registration of Voters (Scotland) Bill 
ment Bil], ~‘Mittee on the County Courts Acts Amendment | be taken into consideration this day. 


Bill; 
_ Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


| 


Mr. Duncan reported from the Select Committee 


Resolved, That this House will, this day, again 


Joint Stock 
Banks Bill. 


Smoke Nui- 
sance Abate- 
ment (Metro- 
polis) Act, 
1853, Amend- 
ment Bill. 


Frome Writ. 


Registration 
of Voters 
(Scotland) Bill. 


Public 


‘on Public Petitions; That they had examined the Petitions 


| Petitions presented upon the 11th and 14th davs of ‘ 


ot Health The House, according to Order, resolved itself into | this instant July, and had directed him to make a 
Continu; a Committee on the General Board of Health Con- | Report thereof to the House. 
By aance po 


tinuance Bill; and, after some time spent therein, 

Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. FitzRoy 

reported, That the Committee had made Progress 

m the Bill; and that he was directed to move, 

That the Committee may have leave to sit again. 
Vox, 111. 





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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Copies of all Correspondence between the East India 
yy4 Company 


Fifty-third 
Report. ) 


East India 
(Captain 
Robert Frith.) 





















































Unity Joint 
Stock Mutual 
Banking 
Association. 
No. 361. 


Contracts 
for Public 
Departments. 


No. 362. 


Adjournment. 


Public Works 
(Ireland. ) 


Wine Duties. 


Message from 
the Lords. 


Saint Sepul- 
chre’s Manor 


(Dublin) Bill, 4 


Severn Valley 
Railway Bill. 


Isle of Wight 
Steam Bridge 
and Appcoaches 
Bill. 


Metropolitan 
Railway Bill. 


Wem and 
Bronygarth 
Roads Bill. 


Inverness 
and Aberdeer 
Junction 
Railway Bill. 


Stirling and 
Dunfermline 
Railway Bill. 


Luton District 
Road (No. 2) 
Bill. 


Cleobury 
North, &amp;c. 
District Roads 
Bill. 


352 


Company and their Residents at Lucknow, from the 
years 1775 to 1801, inclusive, respecting the ap- 
pointment of Captain Robert Frith to the Command 
of the Temporary Brigade in the Service of the King 
of Oude, and including the Letter of the Governor 
General (Lord Wellesley) to Saadid Ali Khan, Nabob 
of Lucknow. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Copy of any Cases and Opinions laid before the 
Board of Trade, with reference to the Application 
for a Royal Charter for the Incorporation of the 
Unity Joint Stock Mutual Banking Association. 

Mr. Lowe accordingly presented the said Paper. 

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


Ordered, That the Select Committee on Contracts 
for Public Departments have Power to report their 
Observations thereupon to the House, together with 
the Minutes of the Evidence taken before them. 

Mr. Monsell reported from the said Select Com- 
mittee ; That they had considered the matters to 
them referred, and directed him to make a Report 
thereof to the House, together with the Minutes of 
the Evidence taken before them. 

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


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


The Chancellor of the Exchequer presented, by 
Her Majesty’s Command,—Copy of the Twenty- 
fourth Report from the Board of Public Works, 
Ireland; with Appendices. 

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


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That, with a view to promote increased com- 
mercial relations with France, Spain, Portugal and 
other Wine-growing Countries, this House will re- 
solve itself into a Committee to take into considera- 
tion a Reduction of the Duty upon Foreign and 
Colonial Wines :—And the said_ Motion was, with 
leave of the House, 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 Saint Sepulchre’s 
Manor (Dublin) Bill, without any Amendment: 
nd also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Severn Valley 
Railway Bill, without any Amendment: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Isle of Wight 
Steam Bridge and Approaches 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 Wem and Brony- 
garth Roads Bill, without any Amendment: And 
also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Inverness and 
Aberdeen Junction Railway Bill, without any 
Amendment: And also, 


The Lords have agreed to the Stirling and Dun- 
fermline Railway Bill, without any Amendment : 
And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Luton District 
Road (No. 2) Bill, without any Amendment: And 
also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Cleobury North, 
Ke. District Roads Bill, without any Amendment : 
And also, 


15° Julia. 








A. 1856, 


The Lords have agreed to the Dunblane, Doune 
and Callander Railway Bill, without any Amend- 
ment: And also, 


The Lords have agreed to the Wimbledon and 
Croydon Railway Bill, without any Amendment : 
And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Ely Tidal Harbour 
and Railway Bill, with Amendments; to which 


Amendments the Lords desire the concurrence of 


this House: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Mid-Kent Direct 
Railway (Bromley to Saint Mary’s Cray) Bill, with 
Amendments; to which Amendments the Lords 
desire the concurrence of this House: And also, 


The Lords have agreed to the East Indian Rail- 
way Company Bill, with Amendments; to which 








Dunb 


Doune an 
Callander 


Railway Bill, 


ee 
bay, di 
Railway Bil. 
Ely Tidal 
Harbour and 
ilway Bill, 





Mid-Kent 
Direct Rail. 
way (Brom 
. Saint ley 
ary’s C 
Bill) Tay) 


East Indian 
Railway 


Amendments the Lords desire the concurrence of ©°™P#2y Bill. 


this House: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Shrewsbury and 
Welchpool Railway Bil, with Amendments ; to 
which Amendments the Lords desire the concur- 
rence of this House: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Oxford, Worcester, 
and Wolverhampton Railway (Additional Capital, 
&amp;e.) Bill, with Amendments ; to which Amendments 
the Lords desire the concurrence of this House: 
And also, 


The Lords have agreed to the Londonderry and 
Enniskillen Railway Bill, with Amendments; to 
which Amendments the Lords desire the concur- 
rence of this House. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
ag That an humble Address be presented to 

er Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased to 
give directions, that there be laid before this House, 
an Account stating in detail the Sums received for 
Commissions sold by Her Majesty’s Government, 
whether for first Commissions or subsequent Pro- 
motions, or differences in steps of rank ; and also 
how such Sums were credited to the Public :—And 
the said Motion was, with leave of the House, with- 
drawn. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being put, 
That an humble Address be presented to Her Ma- 
jesty, that She will be graciously pleased to give 
directions, that there be laid before this House, a 
Copy of the Correspondence between the Minister 
at War and General Beatson, lately employed as 
Commander of a Turkish Contingent, as to certain 
Charges preferred against that Officer :—It passed in 
the Negative. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
abolish the Office of Cursitcr Baron of the Exche- 
quer: And that the Chancellor of the Exchequer 
and Viscount Palmerston do prepare, and bring 
it In. 


Mr. Lowe presented, pursuant to the directions 
of an Act of Parliament,—Copy of an Order in 
Council of the 24th June 1856, approving certain 
Bye-laws made by the Pilotage Authorities of the 
Port of Liverpool, under the 333d section of the 
Merchant Shipping Act, 1854, for the Government 
of the Pilots licensed by them. 

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


The Hay and Straw Trade Bill was, according 
to Order, read a second time ; and committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for Thursday next. 


The Consolidated Fund (Appropriation) Bill was, 
according to Order, read the third time; and 
Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Resoived, 


Shrewsb 
and Welch 
Railway ri 


Oxford, Wor- 
cester and 
Wolverhamp. 
ton Railwa’ 
(Addition 
Capital, &amp;c,) 
Bill. 


Londonderry 
and Ennis- 
killen Railway 
Bill. 


Army 
Commissions; 


General 
Beatson. 


Cursitor 
Baron of the 
Exchequer. 


Pilotage. 


Hay and Straw 
Trade Bill. 


Consolidated 
Fund (Appro- 
priation) 





lore 


mp 


Cc.) 


S- 
lway 


ons; 


‘th 
er. 


Straw 


ated 
ppro- 








90 VicroriZ. 


Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Income and The Orders of the day being read, for the Com- 
Land Taxes =mittees on the Income and Land ‘Taxes Bill, the 
a Bil, Stamp Duties Bill, and the Racehorse Duty Bill; 
and Racehorse Ordered, That the said Bills be committed to the 
Duty Bil. same Committee. 

Then the House resolved itself into the Committee. 


(In the Committee on the Stamp Duties Bill.) 


Preamble postponed. 

CuausE, N° 1 (Stamp Duties on certain Proxies 
and Mandates repealed, and new Duties granted in 
lieu). 

Amendment proposed, in p. 2, 1. 5: To leave out 
the word “ Sixpence,” in order to insert the words 
“‘ One penny.” 

Question, That the word “ Sixpence” stand part 
of the Clause——put, and agreed to. 

Clause agreed to. 

Cuiauses, N° 2 and N° 3, agreed to. 

Clause added. 

Preamble agreed to. 


Bill, as amended, to be reported. 





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


Mercurii, 16° die Julii, 1856: 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Jitz- 
Roy reported, That the Committee had gone through 
the Bills. 

Ordered, That the Bills, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration upon Thursday 
next, at Twelve o'clock. 

Court of The Court of Appeal in Chancery (Jre/and) Bill 
Chincery  W8s according to Order, read the third time; and 
(ireland) Bil, 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. 


Leases and The Order of the day being read, for the second 
puts of Settled reading of the Leases and Sales of Settled Estates 
* Bill; 
And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That the Bill be now read a second 
time 5 
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 re- 
solved in the Affirmative. 
Ordered, That the Bill be now read a second time : 
—The Bill was accordingly read a second time ; and 
committed to a Committee of the whole House, for 
Friday next. 


Mercantile The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
a mittee on the Mercantile Law Amendment Bill; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 
pent The Mercantile Law (Scotland) Amendment Bill 
land) wel q. Was, according to Order, read the third time. 
ment 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 
ayreed to the same, without Amendment. 
al The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
Prevention  ™Mittee on the Corrupt Practices Prevention Bill ; 


Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 
Vou. 111. 


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353 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Survey of 
consideration the Amendments made by the Lords ¢rest Britain, 
to the Survey of Great Britain, &amp;c. Bill ; — 

Ordered, That the said Amendments be taken 
into consideration upon Thursday next, at Twelve 
o'clock. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Joint Stock 
mittee on the Joint Stock Companies Winding-up Companies 
Acts Amendment Bill ; im. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday ment Bill. 


next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Lunatic 
into a Committee on the Lunatic Asylums Act Asylums Act 
Amendment Bill; and, after some time spent therein, ma, 
Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. FitzRoy 
are. That the Committee had gone through the 

ill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration upon Thursday 
next, at Twelve o'clock. 


‘The Lunatic Asylums (Superannuations) (Zreland) Lunatic Asy- 
Bill was, according to Order, read a second time; ——e 
and committed to a Committee of the whole House, (Ireland) Bill. 
for Thursday next, at Twelve o’clock. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Queen’s 
reading of the Queen's Colleges (/reland) Bill ; a 
Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. yon 

Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself County Courts 

into a Committee on the County Courts Acts Amend- — — 
(In the Committee.) . 

Other Clauses added. 

Clause (All the provisions of this Act applicable 
to Superior Courts and Judges thereof shall apply 
to the Court of Common Pleas at Lancaster and 
Court of Pleas at Durham, and the Judges thereof 
respectively being Judges of one of the Common 
Law Courts at Westminster; and all the said pro- 
visions applicable to Masters of Superior Courts, 
shall apply to the respective Prothonotaries of the 
Coart of Common Pleas at Lancaster and Court of 
Pleas at Durham, and their respective deputies act- 
ing in the execution of the duties of such officers : 
Provided, ‘That any Writs of Certiorari to be issued 
by the order of such Courts, or of a Judge thereof, 
shall be issued out of the Chanceries of the Counties 
Palatine of Lancaster and Durham respectively, and 
shall be made returnable into the said Court of 
Common Pleas at Lancaster and Court of Pleas at 
Durham respectively, in the same manner as other 
Writs of Certiorari of such Counties Palatine respec- 
tively) brought up, and read 1°. 

Motion made, and Question, That the Clause be 
read a second time———put, and negatived. 

Another Clause added. 

Schedules (A.) and (B.) amended, and agreed to. 

Schedules (D.) and (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 Bill. 


Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration upon ‘Thursday 
next; and be printed. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself General Board 
into a Committee on the General Board of \Health ¢ Health 
‘ ° : . ontinuance 
Continuance Bill; and, after some time spent therein, pi, 
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. 
ZZ Resolved, 





Joint Stock 
Banks Bill. 


Registration 
of Voters 
(Scotland) Bill. 


Sleeping 
Statutes Bill. 


Aldershot 
Camp Bill. 


Drainage 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Grand Juries 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Cursitor 
Baron of the 
Exchequer 
Bill. 


Bill 253. 


Racehorses. 


Committees, 


Dorchester 
Writ. 


Standing 

Orders 

Revision. 
Ne, 363. 


354 


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


The Order of the day being read, for resuming the 
adjourned Debate on the Question proposed upon the 
24th day of April last, That Mr. Speaker do now 
leave the Chair (for Committee on the Joint Stock 
Banks Bill) ; 

Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 
till Thursday next, at Twelve o'clock. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take 
into consideration the Amendments made by the 


15°—16°—17° Julie. 


Walmesley’s Estate Bill was read the third time. Walmesley’s 





Lords to the Registration of Voters (Scotland) Bill; 
and the saine 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 for taking into consideration, this day, 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Sleeping 
Statutes Bill, was read, and discharged. 

Ordered, That the said Amendments be taken 
into consideration upon Thursday next, at Twelve 
o'clock. 


Ordered, That the Amendment made by the 
Lords to the Aldershot Camp Bill be taken into con- 
sideration upon Thursday next, at Twelve o'clock. 


Ordered, That the Amendments made by the 
Lords to the Drainage (Zreland) Bill be taken into 
consideration upon Thursday next, at Twelve 
o'clock. 


Ordered, That the Amendments made by the 
Lords to the Grand Juries (Jreland) Bill be taken 
into consideration upon Thursday next, at Twelve 
o'clock. 


The Chancellor of the Exchequer presented a Bill 
to abolish the Office of Cursitor Baron of the Exche- 
quer: 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 there be laid before this House, a 
Return showing the Amount of Duty collected on 
Racehorses, in each of the last Five years, ended the 
5th day of April 1856, distinguishing each year. 

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


Thursday next. 





Jovis, 17° die Julii ; 


Anno 20° Victoria Regine, 1856. 





PRAYERS. 


RDERED, That all Committees have leave ! 
to sit this day, during the sitting of the House. | 
| 
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 Dorchester, in room | 
of Henry Gerard Sturt, 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 Bo- 


nenham, in the County of Buckingham. 


Mr. Greene reported from the Select Committee 
appointed to revise the Standing Orders of the House; | 
That they had considered the matters to them re-| 
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 Monday next ; and be printed, 





A. 1856. 


Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords; and acquaint them, that this Hlouse hath 


agreed to the same, without Amendment. 


Davidson's Divorce Bill was, according to Order, Davidson’s 


read a second time ; ani] committed. 

Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee, that they do hear Counsel, and examine 
Witnesses for the said Bill, and also that they do 
hear Counsel, and examine Witnesses against the 
Bill, if the Parties concerned think fit to be heard 
by Counsel, or produce Witnesses. 

Ordered, That a Message be sent to the Lords, to 
request that their Lordships will be pleased to com- 
municate to this House, a Copy of the Minutes of 
the Evidence taken before their Lordships in the 
case of the said Bill: And that the Clerk do carry 
the said Message. 


Petitions relating to Church Rates ; — County pubtic 
Rates ;—Rating of Mines Bill ;—Wine ;—Civil Ser- Petitions. 


vice Superannuation Bill ;—County Courts ;—Grand 


Jury Assessments (Ireland) Bill ;—F. H. Maberly ; fourth Report, 


—Medical Officers of Unions;— Mercantile Law 
Amendment Bill ;—and, Nuisances Removal, &amp;c. 
(Scotland) Bill,—were presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, ‘That there be laid before this House, a Business of 
Return of the Number of each of the following Mo- the House. 


tions which have been made in the House before the 
Orders of the Day and Notices have been disposed 
of, or in any Committee of the whole House, in the 
Sessions 1850, 1851, 1852, 1852-3, 1854, 1854-5 
and 1856 ; viz. :—That this House do now adjourn : 
—That this House, at its rising, will adjourn till 
Monday next, or any future day :—That the Debate 
be now adjourned:—That the Chairman do report 
Progress :—That the Chairman do now leave the 
Chair :—And distinguishing, in each Class, the Num- 
ber of such Motions which were withdrawn, nega- 


| tived or agreed to by the House or the Committee, 


and the Number upon which there were Divisions 
{in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 490, 
of Session 1854-5). 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, sittings of the 
a Return of the Number of Days on which the House. 


House sat in the present Session, stating, for each 
Day, the Date of the Month, and the Bay of the 
Week, the Hour of Meeting, and the Hour of Ad- 


journment; and the Total Number of Hours occu- 


ied in the Sittings of the House, and the Average 
lime ; and showing the Number of Hours on which 
the House sat each Day, and the Number of Hours 
after Midnight ; and the Number of Entries in each 
Day's Votes and Proceedings (in continuation of 
Parliamentary Paper, No, 488, of Session 1854-5). 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Divisions of 


Return of the Number of Divisions of the House in 
the present Session ; stating the subject of the Di- 
vision, and the Number of Members in the Majority 
and Minority, Tellers included ; also, the Aggregate 
Number in the House on each Division ; distinguish- 
ing the Divisions on Public Business from Private, 
and also the Number of Divisions before and after 
Midnight (in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, 


| No, 492, of Session 1854-5). 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the Number of Select Committees ap- 
pointed in the Session of 1856 ; the Subjects of In- 
quiry ; 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 
Expense of the attendance of Witnesses, -_ the 

ame 




















Public 
Petitions. 


Public Bills. 


Private Bills. 


Private Bills, 


20 VicTroriz. 


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 continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 489, 
of Session 1854-5). 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Returns of the Number of Public Petitions presented 
in each of the Five 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 1856, with the Total Number of Signatures in 
each year; showing the Average Number of Peti- 
tions presented and privted, and Signatures, for each 
Period of Five years; Abstracts of the Sums paid 
for Printing, Folding, &amp;e., 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 fiom 1833 to 1856, 
inclusive, showing the ‘Total and Average Expense 
of each Period of Five years (in continuation of Par- 
liamentary Paper, No. 486, of Session 1854-5.) 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, an 
Alphabetical List of the Public Bills which have 
been introduced into the House 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 distinguish- 
ing those which have since become Law (in conti- 
nuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 487, of Session 
1854-5). 


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 :—Ruilways; Roads and Bridges ; 
Waterworks; Ports; Piers; Harbours and Docks; 
Canals and Naviyations; Churches, Chapels and 
Burial-grounds ; Paving, Lighting aud Improving; 
Gaols and other County buildings; Inclosures ; 
Small Debts Courts; and all other Bi!ls 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 Dey of the 
Sitting of each Committee ; the Number of Days on 
which each Committee sat; the Number of Days on 
which each Selected Member has served; the Bills 
the Preambles of which were reported to have been 
proved; the Bills the Preambles of which were re- 
ported to have been not proved; the Bills referred 
back to the Committee of Selection, or to the Gene- 
ral Committee on Railway and Canal Bills, as 
having become Unopposed; and the Bills withdrawn, 
or not proceeded with by the Parties :—And, of al! 
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 Memberattended (in continua- 
tion of Parliamentary Paper, No. 485, of Session 
1854-5). 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Returns showing the Total Amounts proposed to be 
raised by way of Capital or Loan, under the provi- 

Von. 111, 


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355 


sions of the Private Bills introduced into the House 
of Commons in the years 1852, 1853, 1854, 1855 
and 1856 respectively :—And, of the Amounts pro- 
posed to be so raised by such of the said Bills 
as have become Acts in each of the said years re- 
spectively (in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, 
No. 484, of Session 1854-5). 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Petitions for 
Return of all Petitions for Private Bills deposited Private Bills. 
in the Private Bill Office for the present Session, 
with the Name and Address of the Agents respec- 
tively who have deposited the same (in continua- 
tion of Parliamentary Paper, No, 491, of Session 
1854-5). 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Acts of 
Return of the Total Number of Acts passed in each Parliament. 
Session since the year 1800; distinguishing the 
Number of Public, Private‘and Local and Personal 
Acts, and the Number relating to Great Britain, 
England, Scotland and Ireland, and those relating 
to the United Kingdom. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Medical Medical 
Licenses, which was presented upon the 9th day of eeyngeal 
June last, be printed. Ne, 364, 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Coinage, which Coinage. 
was presented upon the 15th day of this instant July, No. 365. 
be printed. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to Capital Pu- Capital 
nishments, which was communicated from the Lords Puan 
upon the 15th day of this instant July, be printed. ‘No. 366. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to Burial Acts, Burial Acts. 
which was communicated from the Lords upon the No. 367. 
15th day of this instant July, be printed. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Charities Bill. 
reading of the Charities 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 thrée 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 To-morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Hospitals 
mittee on the Hospitals (Dublin) Bill; pa a _ 
And a Motion being made, and the Question quenie thee 
being proposed, ‘That Mr. Speaker do now leave the land) Bill. 
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 thef Mr. Hayter, ai 
Yeas, |The Earlof Mulgrave: f ™* 

Tellers for the Mr. Cowan, : 
Noes, \ Mr. William Williams: J 2? 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Burial-grounds (Jreland) Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Hospitals (Dublin) Bill, and 
the Burial-grounds (Jreland) Bill, be committed to 
the same Committee. : : 


Z22 Ordered, 




























Bankruptcy 


356 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 
Chair :—The House accordingly resolved itself into 
the Committee. 


(In the Committee on the Hospitals 
(Dublin) Bill.) 

Preamble postponed. 

Crausss, N° 1 and N° 2, agreed to. 

Crause, N° 3, amended, and agreed to. 

Cravsss, N° 4 to N° 8, agreed to. 

Cravse, N° 9 (Lord Lieutenant may grant super- 
annuations to officers, &amp;c., of House of Industry 
Hospitals, not exceeding two-thirds of salary). 

Amendment proposed, in p. 3, 1. 35: To leave 
out the words “ two thirds,’ in order to insert the 
words “ one half.” 

Question proposed, That the words proposed to 
be left out stand part of the Clause :—Amendment, 
by leave, withdrawn. 

Question put, That the Clause stand part of the 
Bill ; 

‘The Committee divided. 


Tellers for the { Mr. Hayter, 1 43 
Yeas, L The Earl of Mulgrave: J“ 
Tellers for the f Mr. William Williams, 4 
Bs 


Mr. William Brown : 


Crauses, N* 10 to N* 12, amended, and agreed 
to. 

Crause, N° 13, agreed to. 

Crause, N° 14 (Lord Lieutenant may appoint a 
Secretary to the Board). 

Proposed to fill the blank in p. 5, 1. 17, with the 
word “ three.” 

Afterwards proposed to fill the blank with the 
words “ one hundred and fifty.” 

Question put, That the blank be filled with the 
word “ three ;” 

The Committee divided. 

Tellers for thef Mr. Hayter, 


Noes, 


} 
Yeas, (The Earl of Mulgrave: =f ™ 
Tellers for thef Mr. Seymour Fitzgerald, | 51 
Noes, Mr. Vance: os 


An Amendment made. 
Clause, as amended, agreed to. 


Curausss, N° 15 to N° 18, 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 
Hospitals (Dublin) Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration: To-morrow. 

Mr. FitzRoy also reported, That the Committee 
had not made any further Progress with the Burial- 
grounds (Ireland) Bill. 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, again 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


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


and Insolvency mittee on the Bankruptcy and Insolvency (Jreland) 


(Ireland) Bill. 
Income and 


Land Taxes 
Bill. 


Stamp Duties 
Bill. 


Bill; 
Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 
Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take 
into consideration the Income and Land Taxes 
Bill, as amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time To- 
morrow, at One o’clock. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take 
into consideration the Stamp Duties Bill, as amended 
in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time To- 
morrow, at One o'clock. 


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A. 1856. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to Racehorse 
take into consideration the Racehorse Duty Bill, as Duty Bin, 
amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time To- 
morrow, at One o’clock. 





The House, according to Order, proceeded to take Survey of 
into consideration the Amendments made by the Great Bri 
Lords to the Survey of Great Britain, &amp;c. 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 Lord- 
ships. 


a tent eet ant SS 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take runatic 
into consideration the Lunatic Asvlums Act Amend- Asylums Act 
ment Bill, as amended in the Committee. Smentment 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time To- 
morrow, at One o’clock. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Lunatic Asy- 
mittee on the Lunatic Asylums (Superannuations) lums (Super. 
(Ireland) Bill; (Ireland) Bal, 
Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve ) 
itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take Ajdershot 
into consideration the Amendment made by the Camp Bill. 
Lords to the Aldershot Camp 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 
— to the Amendment made by their Lord- 
ships. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take Drainage I 
into consideration the Amendments made by the (Ireland) Bill 
Lords to the Drainage (Jreland) 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 Grand Juries 
into consideration the Amendments made by the (Ireland) Bil. 
Lords to the Grand Juries (Zreland) 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 
tig to the Amendments made by their Lord- 
ships. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take Sleeping _ 
into consideration the Amendments made by the Statutes Bill 
Lords to the Sleeping Statutes Bill; and the same 
were twice read, and agreed to:—And the Title of 
the Bill, as amended by the Lords, is as followeth : 

An Act to repeal certain Statutes which are not Statutes not 
in use. in Use Re 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the Bill. 
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 resuming Joint Stock 
the adjourned Debate on the Question proposed Banks Bill. 
upon the 24th day of April last, That Mr. Speaker 
do now leave the Chair (for Committee on the Joint 
Stock Banks Biil) ; 

Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 
till this day. 


The following Papers were laid upon the Table Brewers, &amp; 
by the Clerk oF the House,—Return to an Order, 

dated the 3d day of April last, for a Return of the 

Number of Persons in each of the several Counties 

in the United Kingdom licensed as Brewers, Victu- 

allers, to sell Beer to be drunk on the Premises, ” 

se 





| 


— 





Tring, 
Reading and 
Basingstoke 
Railway 
Company. 


Lunacy. 


Talbot’s 
Divorce Bill. 


Electric 
Telegraph 
India.) 


Tonnage of 
Veasels. 


Medical 
Museums. 


20 Vicrori«. 


sell Spirits in Scotland and Ireland; stating the 
Number of each Class who brew their own Beer; 
particularising each Class in each County, from the 


ber 1855. 

Further Return to an Order, dated the 5th day of | 
May last, for Returns from the Official Assignee of | 
the Court of Bankruptcy, who had charge of the | 
Bankruptcy of the Tring, Reading and Basingstoke | 
Railway Company; showing the Date of the Bank- | 
ruptcy, the Amount collected, the Amount proved, 
the Expense of Administration, the Rate of Divi- 
dend, the Date of the Declaration of Dividend, and 
the Application of the Surplus, if any :—And, from 
the Official Manager appointed by the Court of 
Chancery in the same matter; showing the Date of 
the First Order made by the Court of Chancery, the 
Amount of Assets received, the Amount paid for 
Expenses incurred, or on any other account, and 
the Amount, if any, now standing to the Credit of 
the said Cause. 

The following Paper, pursuant to the directions 
of an Act of Dalian. was also laid upon the 
Table by the Clerk of the House,—An Account of 
all Monies received and paid by the Secretary of the 
Commissioners in Lunacy, and of all Charges and 
Expenses incurred under or by virtue or in execu- 
tion of the Act 8 &amp; 9 Vic. c. 100, s. 34, during the 
year ending on 31st July 1855. 


Mr. Freshfield reported Talbot's Divorce Bill, 
without Amendment. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Ordered, That tiere be laid before this House, 
Copies of Reports submitted by the Superintendent 
of the Electric Telegraph in Jndia in August and 
October 1855 and in February 1856, on the Com- 
— and Working of the Lines:—And, of the 

inute of the Governor General in Council, dated 
in February 1856; and the Letter of the Court of 
Directors of the East India Company written on 
that Minute. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Returns of the Total Tonnage of Vessels entered 
Inwards with Cargoes of Corn :—Of the Total Ton- 
nage of Vessels entered Inwards conveying Cattle 
only :—Of the Total Tonnage of Vessels entered 
Inwards conveying Passengers only :—And, of the 
Total Tonnage of Vessels entered Inwards conveying 
Passengers and Cargo ; all during the year between 
the 1st day of July 1855 and the 30th day of June 
1856, 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Returns from the Colleges of Physicians of 
London, Edinburgh and Ireland, the Colleges of 
Surgeons of England, Edinburgh and Ireland, the 
Faculty of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow, the 
Societies of Apothecaries of London and Dublin, 
and the Universities in England, Scotland and Ire- 
land; stating, whether any Museum for medical 
purposes is maintained out of the Funds of the In- 
stitution; under what Conditions such Museum, if 
any, is open to Students or Members of the Medical 
Profession ; the Annual Cost of such Museum in 
each of the last Ten years, distinguishing the Ex- 
penditure for Building, for Salaries and Wages, for 
Catalogues, and for preserving and increasing the 
Collection ; the Total Number of the Catalogued 
Specimens in each of the last Ten years; what 
Lectureships for medical purposes are maintained 
by the Funds of the Institution, and at what Annual 
Cost; under what Conditions have the Lectures, if 
any, been open to the Public, or to Students. or 
Members of the Medical Profession ; whether any 


17° Jultz. 
sell Beer not to be drunk on the Premises, and to| 





10th day of October 1854 to the 10th day of Octo- | 





Vou. 111. 


357 


Expenses have been incurred for Medical Libraries, 
Botanic Gardens, or other Objects of Medical 
Science, and, if so, at what Average Annual Cost 
for the last Ten years, and under what Conditions 
available to the Public or to Students or Members 
of the Medical Profession. 

Ordered, That 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- Corrupt 
Practices 
Prevention 


mittee on the Corrupt Practices Prevention Bill ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 31), 
being proposed, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 
Chair ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word “ That” to 
the end of the Question, in order to add the words 
“ this House will, upon this day three months, resolve 
“‘ itself into the said Committee,” instead thereof. 

And the Question being proposed, That the words 
proposed to be left out stand part of the Question : 
—The said proposed Ameudment 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, and directed him to report the same, without 
Amendment. 

Ordered, ‘That the Bill be read the third time To- 
morrow, at One o'clock. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Vice-President 


C J of Committee 
resident of Committee of pe se en 


Education Bill, 


reading of the Vice- 
Council on Education Bill; 

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

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out 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 a second 
time:—The Bill was accordingly read a second 
time; and committed to a Committee of the whole 
House, for To-morrow. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself General Board 


: : . . of Health 
into a Committee on the General Board of Health Tentiemeaan 


Continuance Bill; and, after some time spent 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 Amendmeat, 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time To- 
morrow, at One o’clock. 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That a Mes- Message from 
sage had been brought from the Lords, by one of *he Lords. 


their Clerks, as followeth : 


The Lords have agreed to the Revenue (Transfer Revenue 


of Charges) Bill, without any Amendment: And . sauen) Tal 


The Lords have agreed to the Perth, Almond Perth, Almond 
Valley and Methven Railway Bill, with Amend- Valley and 


ments; to which Amendments the Lords desire the Railway, Bill, 


also, 


concurrence of this House: And also, 


The Lords have agreed to the Dorset Central Dorset Central 
Railway Bill, with Amendments; to which Amend- Bailway Bill, 


ments the Lords desire the concurrence of this 
House: And also, 
The Lords have 
for confirming a Scheme of the Charity Commis- Coll 
sioners for the College of God’s Gift in Dulwich, in 
the County of Surrey, with certain Alterations; to 
zz3 which 





a Bill, intituled, An Act Dulwich 


























358 17°—18° Juliz. A, 1856. 


which the Lords desire the concurrence of this 
House: And also, 
Stoke Poges The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 
Hospital Bill. for confirming a Scheme of the Charity Commis- 
sioners for Stoke Poges Hospital, in the County of 
Bucks, with certain Alterations ; to which the Lords 
desire the concurrence of this House. 


County Courts The House, according to Order, proceeded to take 

Acts Amend- jnto consideration the County Courts Acts Amend- 

ap — ment Bill, as amended in the Committee; and 
Bill 256. 4 mendments were made to the Bill. 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made 
to ihe Bill, in p. 7, 1. 36, by mserting, after the 
word “ costs,” the words “ except where the Plaintiff 
“ lives more than twenty miles from the Defendant.” 

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

Then other Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon ‘Tuesday next, at Twelve o’clock; and be 
printed. 


Militia Pay The House, according to Order, proceeded to take 
Bill. into consideration the Militia Pay Bill, as amended 
in the Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
To-morrow, at One o'clock. 


Evidence in The Evidence in Foreign Suits Bill was, according 
— Suits to Order, read a second time; and committed to a 
. Committee of the whole House, for Monday next. 


Divorce and The Order of the day being read, for the second 
Matrimonial yeading of the Divorce and Matrimonial Causes 
Causes Bill. Bill: 5 
Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 
Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


Criminal The Order of the day being read, for the second 


Appropriation yeading of the Criminal Appropriation of ‘Trust Pro- 

ot Trust ‘ty Bill: 

Property Bill. Perty Dull; - ; ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 


upon Monday next. 





Marriage Law The House, according to Order, proceeded to 

yma take into consideration the Marriage Law (Scotland) 

Bill. Amending Bill, as amended in the Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 


To-morrow, at One o’clock. 


Bankruptcy The House, according to Order, proceeded to 
eo take into consideration the Amendments made by 
eo the Lords to the Bankruptcy (Scotland) Bill. 
The said Amendments being read a second time, 
several were agreed to, and one was disagreed to. 
Ordered, That a Committee be appointed to 
draw up Reasons to be assigned to the Lords for 
disagreeing to the Amendment to which this House 
hath disagreed :—And a Committee was appointed 
of the Lord Advocate, Mr. Baines, Mr. Duncan, 
Mr, Bouverie and Mr. FitzRoy: And they are to 
withdraw immediately. 
Ordered, That Three be the Quorum. 
Const ooens The Orders of the day being read, for the Com- 
ate | sooscn mittees on the Coast Guard Service Bill, and the 
Taw Amend- Mercantile Law Amendment Bill; 
ment Bill. Ordered, That the said Bills be committed to the 
same Committee :—Then the House resolved itself 
iato the Committee. 


(In the Committee on the Mercantile Law 
Amendment Bill.) 
Preamble postponed. 
Crausgs, N° 1 and N° 2, disagreed to. 
Crausss, N° 3 to N° 5, agreed to. 


Criavusg, N° 6 (Guarantee to or fora firm to cease 
upon a change in the firm, except in special cases). 





Question put, That the Clause stand part of the Bill ; 








The Committee divided. 





Tellers for thef Mr. Hayter, } 
Yeas, LThe Earl of Mulgrave : 95. 
Tellers for they Mr. Mullings, 
Noes, Mr. Vance: } 38. 


Crausg, N° 7, agreed to. 

Craussg, N° 8, disagreed to. 

Crause, N° 9, agreed to. 

CrauseE, N° 10, amended, and agreed to. 
Crausg, N° 11, agreed to. 


Crausess, N° 12 to N° 20, agreed to. 
Preamble agreed to. 


Bill, as amended, to be reported. 





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


Veneris, 18° die Julii, 1856 : 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Fitz Roy 
reported, That the Committee had gone through the 
Coast Guard Service Bill, and directed him to report 
the same, without Amendment. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time this 
day, at One o’clock. 

Mr. Fitz Roy also reported, That the Committee 
had gone through the Mercantile Law Amendment 
Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration this day, at One 
o clock. 


The Cursitor Baron of the Exchequer Bill was, Cursitor 
according to Order, read a second time ; and com- Baron or the 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House. a 

Resolved, That this House will, immediately, re- - 
solve itself into the said Committee :—The House 
accordingly resolved itself into the Committee ; and, 
after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed 
the Chair; and Mr. 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, at One o’clock. 


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


mittee on the Judgments Execution, &amp;c. Bill; Execution, &amp;. 


And a Motion being made, and the Question Bi 
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 
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 thef Mr. Craufurd, = 
Yeas, (Sir John Shelley : } oi. 
Tellers for the (Mr. Whiteside, 
Noes, (Mr. Patrick O’ Brien: } wisi 


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 ; 

A Moticn was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That the Debate be now adjourned :—And 
the said Motion and original Question were se- 
verally, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 


Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to Reformatory 
take into consideration the Amendments made by and Industrial 
the Lords to the Reformatory and Industrial Schools hols Bill: 
Bill. 


The said Amendments, as far as the Amendment in 


p. 3,1, 25, being read a second time, were agreed to. 
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P. 3, 1. 25, the next Amendment, being read a 
second time ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being put, That this House doth disagree with the 
Lords in the said Amendment ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right ; 

The Noes to the Left. ‘ 

Tellers for the) Mr. Hayter, } 46 

Yeas, (|The Earl of Mulgrave: . 

Tellers for the ; Mr. Gordon, iv 

Noes, Lord Robert Cecil: J 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Then the subsequent Amendments, being read a 
second time, were agreed to. 

Ordered, That a Committee be appointed to draw 
up Reasons to be assigned to the Lords for disagree- 
ing to the Amendment to which this House hath 
disagreed :— And a Committee was appointed of 
Sir George Grey, Mr. Massey, the Lord Advocate, 
Mr. Henley, Mr. FitzRoy, Sir Stafford Northcote 
and Mr. Kinnaird: And they are to withdraw im- 
mediately. 

Ordered, That Three be the Quorum. 


l. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Joint Stock Companies Winding-up 
Acts Amendment 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 ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right; 

The Noes to the Lett. 

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Companies 
Winling-up 
Acts Amend- 
ment Bill. 


Tellers for the Yeas,) Mr. yp mom $1. 
Tellers for the Noes,f — i = 40. 
So it passed in the Negative. 
And the Question being put, That the words 
‘“¢ this House will, upon this day three months, re- 
“solve itself into the said Committee,” be added 
instead thereof :—It was resolved in the Affirmative. 
Then the main Question, so amended, being put ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon this day 
three months, resolve itself into the said Committee. 
Dvellings The House, according to Order, proceeded to 
a take into consideration the Amendments made by 
land) BAL * the Lords to the Dwellings for Labouring Classes 
(Jreland) 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 Amendmenis made by their Lord- 
ships. 


HayandStraw The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
Trade Bill. mittee on the Hay and Straw Trade Bill; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Poor Law The Order of the day being read, for resumin 
(Ireland) Bill. the adjourned Debate on the Question mal 
— the 18th day of June last, That the Poor Law 
(Jreland) Bill be now read a second time; 
Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 
till this day. 


_ &amp;e. The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Gaols, &amp;c. Bill ; 
Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 


Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


17°—18° Juliz. 


359 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Burial- 


j ; jal-or grounds (Ire- 
a a Committee on tlie Burial-grounds (Jreland) fund) oar 


(In the Committee.) 

Crauses, N° 17 to N° 30, agreed to. 

Cravse, N° 31, amended, and agreed to. 

Cravusess, N° 32 to N° 37, agreed to. 

Postponed CLause, N° 7, amended, and agreed to. _ 

Clauses added. : 

Clause (It shall not be lawful for the Lord Lieute- 
nant to order that burials in any burial-ground should 
be discontinued, unless it shall appear that burials in 
such burial-grounds are, or are likely to be, injurious 
to the public health) brought up, and read 1°. 

Motion made, and Question, That the Clause be 
read a second time——- put, and negatived. 


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 Bili, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, he taken into consideration this day. 


Notice being taken, that Forty Members were 
not present :—The House was told by Mr, Speaker ; 
and Forty Members not being present, and it being 
then a quarter of an hour before Three of the clock 
on Friday morning :—The House was adjourned by 
Mr. Speaker, without a Question first put, till this 
day. 





Veneris, 18° die Juilii; 
Anno 20° Victorie Regine, 1856. 


PRAYERS. 


QRDER ED, That all Committees have leave committees, 
to sit this day, during the sitting of the House. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration past Indian 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the East Railway 
Indian Railway 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 
_— to the Keemintale made by their Lord- 
ships. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration py Tidal 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Ely Harbour and 
Tidal Harbour and Railway Bill; and the same were Railway 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 Lord- 
ships. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration yondon and 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the London North Western 
and North Western Railway Bill; and the same Railway 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 
— to the Amendments made by their Lord- 
ships. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration yondonderry 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the London- and Ennis- 
derry and Enniskillen Railway Bill; and the same Killen Rail- 
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 Mid-Kent 


the Amendments made by the Lords to the Mid- poory one Al 


Kent Direct Railway (Bromley to Saint Mary’s to Saint Mary’ 





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Oxford, Wor- 
cester and 
Wolverhamp- 
ton Railwa 

( Addition 
Capital, &amp;c.) 
Bill. 


Bell’s Estate 
Bill. 


Dallington 
Estate Bill. 


'Thoroton’s 
and Croft’s 
Estate Bill. 


Brydges’ 
Estate Bill. 


Income and 
Land Taxes 
Bill, 


Stump Duties 
Bill. 


Racehorse 
Duty Bill. 


Coast Guard 
Service Bill. 


Corrupt 
Practices 
Prevention 
Bill, 


360 


Cray) 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 Ozford, 
Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway (Additional 
Capital, &amp;c.) 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 
Bell's Estate Bill, as amended in the Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 





The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Dallington Estate Bill, as amended in the Com- 


| 
mittee. | 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Thoroton’s and Croft’s Estate Bill, as amended in | 
the Committee. | 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from | 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, | 
That in the case of Brydges’ Estate Bill, no Standing | 
Orders are applicable. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time. | 


The Income and Land Taxes Bill was, according 
to Order, read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act to grant Relief in assessing the 
Income Tax on Lands in Scotland, in respect of 
certain Public Burdens charged thereon; to alter 
and regulate the Allowances to Clerks to the Com- 
missioners of Income Tax; and to amend the Laws 
relating to the Land, Assessed and Income Taxes, | 
and the Redemption and Purchase of the Land Tax. | 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the | 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


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

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act to reduce the Stamp Duties on 
certain Instruments of Proxy; to amend the Laws 
relating to the Stamping of Articles of Clerkship to 
Attorneys and others; and to exempt from Stamp 
Duty Admissions to the Freedom of the City of 
London by Redemption. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence, 


The Racehorse Duty Bill was, according to Or- 
der, read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, ‘Vhat the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Coast Guard Service 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 Corrupt Practices Prevention 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. 


18° Julai. 


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A. 1856. 
The General Board of Health Continuance Bill General Boar 


was, according to Order, read the third time. of Health 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. pontiouance 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 

Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Militia Pay Bill was, according to Order, Militia Pay 
read the third time; and an Amendment was made Bill. 
to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, ‘Vhat the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Cursitor Baron of the Exchequer Bill was, Cursitor 


according to Order, read the third time; and a of the 
| Amendments were made to the Bill. Bill, — 


Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, ‘Vhat the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Lunatic Asylums Act Amendment Bill was, Lunatic 


according to Order, read the third time. ~~ a Act 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. — 


Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 


Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Marriage Law (Scotland) Amending Bill was, Marriage Law 


according to Order, read the third time. ss 
Resolved, That the Bill, with the Amendments, do pil,” 


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. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take Mercantile 
into consideration the Mercantile be Amendment Lv — 
Bill, as amended in the Committee ; and Amend- a 
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, a Assurance 
Return containing a Copy of every Account regis- Companies. 
tered by Assurance Companies conformably with 
the Provisions of the Act 7 &amp; 8 Vic. c. 110, up to 
the Day of making such Return, and not included 
in the Parliamentary Paper, No. 178, of the present 
Session. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee on the Epis- Ecclesiastical 
copal and Capitular Estates Bill have leave to make Comrbira 
; ce. (Third 
a Special Report. Report), and 
Sir George Grey reported from the Select Com- Episcopal 
mittee on the Ecclesiastical Commission, &amp;c., and to ry 
whom the Episcopal and Capitular Estates Bill was (Special Re- 
referred ; That they had considered the matters to port.) 
them referred, and directed him to make a Report No. 369. 
thereof to the House, together with the Minutes 
of the Evidence taken before them; That, for the 
Reasons stated in their Report, the Committee did 
not consider it expedient to gothrough the Episcopal 
and Capitular Estates Bill, and had directed him 
to report the same to the House accordingly ; and 
that the Committee had agreed to several Resolu- 
tions, which they had directed him to report to the 
House :—And the Resolutions of the Committee 
are as follow : 
1. That the present constitution of the Ecclesias- 
tical Commission be continued, with the modification 
that the second Church Estates Commissioner ap- 
pointed by the Crown should be paid; and that the 
ayment of the salary of such Commissioner should 
be defrayed from the funds of the Commission. 
2. That the Act 14 &amp; 15 Vic. c. 104, entitled 
“ An Act to facilitate the Management and Im- 
provement of Episcopal and Capitular Estates in 
England,” as amended and continued by the Act 
17 &amp; 18 Vic, c. 116, be continued for one year, with 
a view 





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a view to the further continuance uf the said Act, 
with certain amendments, till the end of the year 
1859. 

3. That in estimating, for purposes of enfran- 
chisement or surrender, the values of the interests of 
lessees of farms and houses under leases granted for 
terms of 21 years, an extension of the unexpired 
term to the Ist of August 1880, at the accustomed 
rate of fine, shall, as a rule, be allowed. No lease 
for such aforesaid term to be extended beyond the 
said date. That in all cases where an Ecclesiastical 
Corporation, the Ecclesiastical Commissioners, or 
the Church Estate Commissioners acting for either 
body, shall have entered into treaty with lessees of 
Church property for sale or enfranchisement of their 
leaseholds, it shall be lawful for either party to re- 
quire the other party to join in referring to arbitra- 
tion the finding of the annual value of such property, 
and of the value of the fee-simple; and when such 
values have been found, it shall be binding on both 
parties, if either party require, to proceed to such 
sale or enfranchisement, on terms to be computed 
according to such finding: Provided always, that 
where such lease shall relate to lands (except build- 
ing ground), the beneficial interest of the lessee shall 
be valued at the same rate of interest at which the 
value of the fee-simple has been determined ; and 
where such lease shall relate to houses or building 
ground, it shall be lawful for the arbitrators simply 
to find the gross sum to be paid for such sale or en- 
franchisement in such manner as they shall deem 


4. In all cases where a lessee of Church property, 
whether for life or years, and whether his interest 
under his lease shall extend beyond 21 years or not, | 
shall have entered into a treaty with an Ecclesiastical | 
Corporation, or the Commissioners for the sale or 
the enfranchisement of his leasehold, it shall be 
lawful for the parties to such treaty to have recourse 
to arbitration in like manner, as to houses and lands 
respectively, as is provided in the case of lessees for 
the term of 21 years, and that in all cases regard 
should be had to the long-continued practice of 
renewal. 

5. That it is desirable that landed estates sufficient 
to afford the clear statutory income of each Bishop 
should be secured to each See; that the manage- 
ment of such estate should be in the Bishop, but 
that the Ecclesiastical Commissioners should provide 
for a periodical inspection of such landed estates, in 
order to the maintenance thereof, by and at the ex- 
pense of the Bishop, in proper repair and condition; 
that any difference of opinion between any Bishop 
and the Ecclesiastical Commissioners, as to repairs 
and the condition of such estates, or as to the outlay 
from time to !ime required thereon, should be decided 
by arbitration. 

6. That power should be given to the Estates 
Committee to prepare forms of accounts according 
to which the several Chapters shall enter and regulate 
all their receipts, expenditure, and periodical divi- 
sions ; also, to require from the said Chapters copies 
of such accounts, and to object to any item in the 
expenditure which may appear to them not properly 
payable out of the corporate funds, and to require 
information in detail as to any items so objected to; 
provided that in the event of the Chapter not agree- 
ing to withdraw such item, it shall be competent for 
the Chapter and the Estates Committee to submit 
the question to arbitration, and the award of the 
arbitrators or umpire shall be final. 

7. That it is expedient to provide that where any 
Ecclesiastical Corporation is in the receipt of an in- 
come fixed by Act of Parliament, and where the 
estates of such corporation yield a revenue greater 
than the said income, and where a portion of such 
revenue arises out of tithes, or from any lands or 
other hereditaments assigned in lieu of tithes, in 
such case it shall be lawful for the Commissioners 
to make, out of the said tithes, lands or other here- 





18° Juliz. 





Vou. 111. 


. 
361 
ditaments assigned in lieu of tithes, such provision 
as may seem to them needful for the spiritual wants 
of the place in which such tithes now arise, or have 
heretofore arisen, in the same manner, and to the 
same extent in and to which such provision might 
be made, if the said tithes, lands or hereditaments 
were actually vested in the Commissioners. 

8. That it is desirable to amend the Act 3 &amp; 4 
Vie. c. 118, s. 67, in such manner as to enable the 
Commissioners, if they shall think fit, in making 
additional provision in populous places for the cure 
of souls, to give a preference to those places in which 
such additional provision is met by local contribu- 
tions : Provided always, that such preference shall 
not be admitted to the prejudice of those places 
whose interests are saved by the proviso in the said 
clause relating to local claims. ; 

9. That the provisions of the 3 &amp; 4 Vic. c. 113, 
s. 67, respecting local claims upon the Commis- 
sioners in respect of tithes which may become vested 
in them, shall be applicable to any improved value 
resulting from glebe lands to which the Common 
Fund may become entitled. 

10. That the Church Building Commission should, 
after a date to be named in the Act of Parliament 
for that purpose, be consolidated with the Ecclesi- 
astical Commission, and should be continued up to 
that date. 

11. That with a view of exercising a closer in- 
spection over the detail management of the property 
than they have hitherto done, it is desirable that the 
members of the Church Estates Commission should 
visit in person, from time to time, any property 
which is placed under their management. 

12. That the present system of management by 
the agents of the Church Estates Commission should 
be reconsidered, with a view to its greater efficiency, 
and a possible diminution of expense. 

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





Sir George Grey reported from the Committee Reformatory 
appointed to draw up Reasons to be assigned to the and Industrial 


Lords for disagreeing to an Amendment made by 
their Lordships to the Reformatory and Industrial 
Schools Bill; That they had drawn up a Reason ac- 
cordingly, which they had directed him to report 
to the ies :—And the same was read, as followeth : 

That the Commons disagree to the Amendment 
of the Lords, p. 3, 1. 25; 

Because this Bill has been framed upon the 
assumption that a sentence of imprisonment is 
in all cases to precede sending a youthful 
offender to a Reformatory; and the repeal of 
the provisions of the present Act, requiring that 
no youthful Offender shall be sent to a Refor- 
matory till after the expiration of a sentence of 
imprisonment, would render many of the pro- 
visions of this Bill inoperative, and incapable of 
being carried into effect. 

The said Reason, being read a second time, was 
agreed to. 

Ordered, ‘That a Message be sent to the Lords to 
communicate the said Reason (with the Bill and 
Amendments): And that the Clerk do carry the 
same. 


Schools Bill. 


The Lord Advocate reported from the Committee Bankruptcy 
appointed to draw up Reasons to be assigned to (Scotland) 
the Lords for disagreeing to one of the Amendments 3#- 


made by their Lordships to the Bankruptcy (Scot- 
land) Bill; That they had drawn up a Reason ac- 
cordingly, which they had directed him to report to 
the House :—&lt;aAnd the same was read, as followeth : 

The Commons disagree to Clause A., for the 
following Reason ; 

Because the Clause imposes on the Trustee 
duties inconsistent with his administration of 
the Bankrupt Estate, according to the Law of 
Scotland. 

3A The 


Public 
Petitions 
(Fifty-fourth 
Report. ) 


Stoke Poges 
Hospital Bill. 


Bill 255. 


Dulwich 
College Bill. 


Bill 254. 


National Vac- 
cine Board. 


No. 370. 


Stipendiary 
Magistrates. 


No. 371. 


County Courts. 
No. 372. 


Brewers, &amp;c. 
No. 373. 


Department 
of Science 
and Art. 


Criminal 
Offenders 
(Scotland. ) 


Friendly 
Societies. 


Public 
Departments. 


No, 368. 


Public 
Petitions. 
Vide Fifty- 
fifth Report. 





562 

The Commons agree to the other Amendments to 
the Bill. 

The said Reason, being read a second time, was 

greed 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, 


Mr. Brotherton reported from the Select Com- 
mittee on Public Petitions ; That they had examined 
the Petitions presented upon the 15th and 17th days 
of this instant July, and had directed him to make 
a Report thereof to the House. ’ 

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


The Stoke Poges Hospital Bill was read the first 
time; and ordered to be read a second time To- 
morrow ; and to be printed. 


The Dulwich College Bill was read the first 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time To- 
morrow ; and to be printed. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to the National 
Vaccine Board, which was presented upon the 13th 
day of March last, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Stipendiary 
Magistrates, which was presented upon the 15th day 
of April last, be printed. 


Ordered, That an Abstract of the Return relative 
to the Number of Plaints entered and tried in County 
Courts from 1st January to 31st December 1855, 
which was presented upon the 9th day of June last, 
be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Brewers, 
&amp;c., which was presented upon the 17th day of this 
instant July, be printed. 


Mr. Lowe presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand,—Copy of Third Report of the Department 
of Science and Art. 

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


Mr. Massey presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand,—Tables of Criminal Offenders for the year 
1855, reported by Her Majesty’s Advocate for 
Scotland, in terms of the Statute 1 Gul. 4, c. 37, 
with Alterations and Additions; ordered and re- 
quired by one of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries 
of State, in virtue of the Powers therein contained. 

Ordered, That the said Paper 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,— Report of the Regis- 
trar of Friendly Societies in England. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee on Public 
Departments have Power to report the Minutes of 
the Evidence taken before them. 

Sir Benjamin Hall reported from the said Select 
Committee; That they had considered the matters 
to them referred; and directed him to report the 
same to the House, together with the Minutes of 
the Evidence taken before them ; and an Appendix. 

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


Petitions relating to the Bible ;—Church Rates ;— 
Lord’s Day ;— Rating of Mines Bill ;— British 
Museum ;—County Courts ;—Decimal Coinage ;— 
Dulwich College Bill;—Finance ;— Medical Officers 
of Unions ;—Poor Law ; Poor Law Amendment 








18° Julie. 





A. 1856. 


(Scotland) Act;—Rights of Neutrals ;—Vaccina- 
tion Bill;—-and, Wee Pawns, &amp;c. (Scotland),— 
were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Ordered, That Mr. Bentinck have leave of absence 
for a fortnight, on account of ill health. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- 
posed, That this House will, at.the rising of the 
House this day, adjourn till Monday next ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out the words ‘ Monday next,” 
and adding the word “To-morrow,” instead thereof. 

And the Question being proposed, ‘That the words 
“ Monday next” stand part of the Question :—The 
said proposed Amendment was, with leave of the 
House, withdrawn. 

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, 
Copies of the Informations and Warrant against 
Mr. James Sadleir, and of the Bills of Indictment, 
if any, found against him, and of the Names of the 
Witnesses, and finding of the Grand Jury thereon. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Copy of a further Treasury Minute, dated the 4th 
day of July 1856, relative to the Amount of Remu- 
neration to be allowed to Sir Charles Barry for his 
Services as Architect of the New Palace at West- 
minster. 

Mr. Wilson accordingly presented the said Paper. 

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





Leave of 
Absence. 


Adjournment, 


Mr. James 
Sadleir, 


New Palace at 
Westminster, 


No. 374, 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to Cambridge 


take into consideration the Amendments made by 
the Lords to the Cambridge University Bill. 

The said Amendments, as far as the Amendment 
in p. 16,1. 26, being read a second time, were agreed 
to. 

P. 16, l. 26, the next Amendment, being read a 
second time ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made there- 
unto, by leaving out the words “be or to become 
“a Member of the Senate,’ and inserting the 
words “take any part in those proceedings of the 
“ Senate which direct the course of study, and de- 
“ termjne the books prescribed for the examinations 
“in Church of England Theology,” instead thereof. 

And the Question being put, That the words 
proposed to be left out stand part of the said 
Amendment ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right; 

The Noes to the Leit. 

Tellers for theJ Mr. Hayter, Logo 

Yeas, (The Earl of Mulgrave: aes 

Tellers for the; Mr. Heywood, 71 

Noes, Mr. Hadfield : } ’ 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

And the Question being put, That this House 
doth e with the Lords in the said Amendment ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right; 

The Noes to the Left. 


Tellers for the {re Hayter, 90 
Yeas, The Earl of Mulgrave: : 
Tellers for thes Mr. Miall, 73 
Noes, { Sir John Shelley : i 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Then the subsequent Amendments, being read a 
second time, were agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do me | the Bill to the 
Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 


agreed to the Amendments made by their Lord- 
ships, 


The 


University 
Bi 








Civil Service 
ao 
ation Bill. 


5 and 
oe Settled 


Estates Bill. 


Message from 
the Lords, 


Prisons 
(Ireland) Bill, 


Incumbered 
Estates (Ire. 
land) Bill, 


90 Vicroriz. 








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

mittee on the Civil Service Superannuation 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 Leases and Sales of 


Settled Estates Bill. 


(In the Committee.) 


Preamble postponed. 

Cravses, N° 1 to N° 22, agreed to. 

Cuiause, N° 23, amended, and agreed to. 

Cuausss, N° 24 to N° 27, agreed to. 

Cravse, N° 28, amended, and agreed to. 

Cravsgs, N° 29 to N° 39, agreed to. 

Cuause, N° 40, amended, and agreed to. 

Curavsss, N° 41 to N° 44, agreed to. 

Clause (The Court shall not be at liberty to grant 
any application under this Act, in any case where 
the applicant, or any party entitled, has previously 
applied to either House of Parliament for a Private 
Act to effect the same or a similar object, and has 
not obtained such Act)——brought up, and read 1°. 

Motion made, and Question put, That the Clause 
be now read a second time ; 

The Committee divided. 

Tellers for the f Mr. Hadfield, 1 84 

Yeas, Lord Robert Grosvenor; J ~~" 

Tellers for the; Mr. Malins, 42 

Noes, \Mr. Warren: - 

Amendment proposed, in |. 3: To leave out the 
words “ or a similar.” 

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. 

Clause (Before making any application to the 
Court under this Act, the party intending to apply 
shall give notice of such intended application, by 
advertisement in the London Gazette, three calendar 
months before making such application, and by ad- 
vertisement to be inserted once every week during 
such three months, in a London daily paper, and 
also in a country paper circulating in the count 
where the estate is situated, and by printed handbills 
posted on the most usual and conspicuous places in 
the same county ; and any person or body corporate, 
whether interested in the estate or not, may apply 
to the Court of Chancery, by motion for leave to be 
heard in opposition to any such application, and the 
Court is hereby authorized to permit such person or 
corporation to appear and be heard in opposition to 
any such application, on such terms and in such 
manner as it shall think fit-——brought up, and 
read 1°. 

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

Ancther Clause amended, agreed to, and added. 

Preamble agreed to. 


Bill, as amended, to be reported. 











Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; and Mr. Fitz Roy 
 -.i That the Commitee had gone through the 

ill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration upon Monday 
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 agreed to the Prisons (Jreland) 
Bill, without any Amendment: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Incumbered Es- 
— (Jreland) Bill, without any Amendment : And 

so, 
Vou. 111. 


18° Juliz. 





363 


The Lords have agreed to the Uttoreter and Uttoxeter and 
Blyth Marsh Road Bill, without any Amendment: PIyth jlarsh 
And also, wana 

The Lords have agreed to the Bardney, &amp;c. Bardney, &amp;c. 
Drainage Bill, without any Amendment: And also, Drinsse Bill 

The Lords have agreed to the oe of Commissioners 
Supply (Scotland) Bill, with Amendments; to of Supply 
er Pen od the Lords desire the concur- ©°°##m4) Bill. 
rence of this House: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Parochial Schools Parochial 
(Scotland) Bill, with Amendments; to which Schools (Scot- 
Amendments the Lords desire the concurrence of 4) Bil 
this House: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Intestates’ Per- Intestates’ 
sonal Estates Bill, with an Amendment ; to which Zereonal . 
Amendment the Lords desire the concurrence of this "*"** 3! 
House: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Aberdeen and Aberdeen and 
Scottish Midland Junction Railway Companies ese 
Amalgamation Bill, with Amendments; to which Railway Com- 
Amendments the Lords desire the concurrence of panies Amal- 
this House: And also, gamation Bill 

The Lords have agreed to the Severn Navigation Severn Navi- 
Improvement Commission Bill, with Amendments ; et 
to which Amendments the Lords desire the concur- Commission 
rence of this House: And also, Lill. 


The Lords have agreed to the Westminster Ter- Westminster 
minus Railway Bill, with Amendments; to which mg 
Amendments the Lords desire the concurrence of . 
this House: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Oxford, Worcester Oxford, Wor- 
and Wolverhampton Railway (Extension of Time, —= 
&amp;c.) Bill, with an Amendment; to which Amend- 45. Railwae 
ment the Lords desire the concurrence of this House : (Extension of 
And also, Time, &amp;c.) Bill. 

The Lords do not insist upon the Amendment Police (Coun- 
made by their Lordships to the Police (Counties and 18 — La 
Boroughs) Bill, to which the Commons have dis-*””” _— 
agreed; and agree to the Amendments made by 
the Commons to one other of the Amendments made 
by their Lordships: And also, 

The Lords communicate to this House, a Copy of Davidson’s 
the Minutes of Evidence taken upon the second Divorce Bill. 
reading of Davidson’s Divorce Bill, as desired by 
this House. 


Ordered, That the Copy of the Minutes of Evidence Davidson's 
relative to Davidson’s Divorce Bill, which was this Divorce Bill. 
day communicated from the Lords, be referred to 
the Select Committee on Divorce Bills. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to Hospitals 
take into consideration the Hospitals (Dublin) Bill, (Mublin) Bill. 
as amended in the Committee; and Amendments 
were made to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 


upon Monday next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Vice-President 
into a Committee on the Vice-President of Com- . ono 
mittee of Council on Education Bill. 


Education Bill. 
(In the Committee.) 


Crause, N° 1 (Power to appoint a Vice-Presi- 
dent of the Committee of Council on Education ; 
Salary ; Vice-President may sit in the House of 
Commons). 

Amendments made. 

Proposed to fill the blank with “ £. 2,000.” 

Whereupon Motion made, and Question put, That 
the Chairman do report Progress, and ask leave to 
sit again ; 

The Committee divided. 

Tellers for the{ Mr. Hadfield, 7 30 

Yeas, LMr. Newdegate : J 

Tellers for the ioe Hayter, } 91 

Noes, The Earl of Mulgrave ; : 
Afterwards proposed to fill the blank with 
“ £.1,900." 

Question put, That the blank be filled with 
“ £,.2,000 ;” 
3A2 The 








Charities Bill. 


Poor Law 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Burial- 
grounds (Ire- 
land) Bill. 


Lunatic Asy- 
lums (Super- 
annuations) 

(Ireland) Bill. 


Joint Stock 
Banks Bill. 


364. 
The Committee divided. 


Tellers for the ;Mr. Hayter, 1 - 
Yeas, \ The Earl of Mulgrave : Tog 
Tellers for the ( Mr. Hadfield, le 
Noes, Mr. Thornely : | as 


An Amendment made. 

Another Amendment proposed: At the end of the 
Clause to add the following words: “ Provided 
“ always, that the duties of the said Vice-President 
“ shall extend to the superintendence of grants of 
“ monies for educational purposes in all parts of the 
“ United Kingdom, and the application thereof, and 
“ the reporting of the benefits that shall from time 
“ to time result therefrom.” 

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

Clause, as amended, 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 upon Monday 
next, 


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


(In the Committee.) 
Preamble postponed. 


Crause, N° 1 (Exemption continued until 1st 
September 1857). 

Amendment proposed, in p. 2, 1. 1: To leave out 
the word “ September,” and msert the word “July,” 
instead thereof. 

Question put, That the word “ September”’ stand 
part of the Clause ; 

The Committee divided. 

Tellers for the (Mr. Hayter, 

Yeas, The Earl of Mulgrave : 

Tellers for the { Mr. Mowbray, 

Noes, UMr. Kinnaird: 

Clause agreed to. 

Preamble agreed to. 


Bill to be reported. 


or 


\ « 
J 
46, 





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


Sabbati, 19° die Julii, 1856: 


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. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming 
the adjourned Debate on the Question proposed 
upon the 18th day of June last, That the Poor Law 
(freland) Bill be now read a second time ; 

Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 
till Wednesday next. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to 
take into consideration the Burial-grounds (Zreland) 
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 Lunatic Asylums (Super- 
annuations) (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, 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 resuming 
the adjourned Debate on the Question proposed 





18°—19° Juliz. 


A. 1856. 
upon the 24th day of April last, That Mr. Speaker 


do now leave the Chair (for Committee on the Joint 
Stock Banks Bill) ; 

And the Question being again proposed :—The 
House resumed the said adjourned Debate. 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word “That” to 
the end of the Question, in order to add the words 
“ this House will, upon this day 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 ; 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. 


es 


a a 


* 


Ordered, That the Amendments made by the Parochial 
Lords to the Parochial Schools (Scotland) Bill be —a 
taken into consideration upon Monday next; and _— 
be printed. 


a east eee 


Bill 257. 


Ordered, That the Amendments made by the Commissioners 
Lords to the Commissioners of Supply (Scotland) of Supply : 
Bill be taken into consideration upon Monday next; “&gt; _ 
and be printed. = os. 


Ordered, That the Amendment made by the Intestates’ | 
Lords to the Intestates’ Personal Estates Bill be seer : 
taken into consideration upon Monday next. — 


Ordered, That the several Accounts and Papers East India 
which have been presented to the House in this Ses- Company's 
sion of Parliament, relating to the. Revenues of the A‘counts. 
East India Company, be referred to the considera- 
tion of a Committee of the whole House. 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Postage 
Copy of any Contract made with Messrs. Bacon Stamps. 
and Petch for Postage Stamps in 1856. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to Dwellings for 
extend the Act to facilitate the Improvement of aoe, 
Landed Property in Zre/and, and the Acts amending janq) (No.2) 
the same, to the erection of Improved Dwellings for 
the Labouring Classes in Jreland: And that Sir 
Wiiliam Somerville and Mr. George Alexander 
Hamilton do prepare, and bring it in. 


Mr. Osborne presented,—Return to an Order, Arctic 
dated the 1st day of May last, for Copies of further Expeditions, 
Papers relative to the recent Arctic Expeditions in 
search of Sir John Franklin, and the Crews of Her 
Majesty’s Ships “ Erebus” and “ Terror,” including 
the Reports of Dr. Kane and Messrs. Anderson and 
Stewart (in continuation of Papers presented in 
Sessions 1854 and 1854-5) :—And, of any Corres- 
pondence relative to the adjudication of the Sum of 
£.10,000 as a Reward for the discovery and ascer- 
taining the fate of the Crews of Her Majesty’s Ships 
“ Erebus’ and “ Terror.” 

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


Sir Willi : : Dwellings for 
Sir William Somervi/le presented a Bill to extend | pene 


the Act to facilitate the Improvement of Landed Gjassos (ire- 
Property in [re/and, and the Acts amending the same, land) (No. 2) 
to the erection of Improved Dwellings for the Labour- Bill. 

ing Classes in Jreland: And the same was read the Bill 259. 
first time; and ordered to be read a second time 

upon this day three months; and to be printed. 


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till One of the clock on Saturday morning, 
adjourned till Monday next. 














18°— 
Luna, 21° die Julii ; 


Anno 20° Victorie Regine, 1856. 


90 Vicrorigz. 


PRAYERS. 

HE House proceeded to take into considera- 

tion the Amendments made by the Lords to 
the Dorset Central 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. 


t Central 
aeiway Bill. 


{mprisoned The House proceeded to take into consideration 
ae = the Amendments made by the Lords to the Impri- 
aaa Bil. soned Debtors’ Discharge Society 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. 
Perth, Almond The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Vale ail the Amendments made by the Lords to the Perth, 
way Bill. Almond Valley and Methven 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. 
Shrewsbury The House proceeded to take into consideration 


had the Amendments made by the Lords to the Shrews- 

_ bury and Welchpool 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. 


Talbot's 
Divorce Bill. 


Talbot’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. 


Standing 
Orders 


The House, — to Order, proceeded to take 
Revision. 


into consideration the Report from the Select Com- 
mittee on Standing Orders Revision ; and the same 
was again read. 

Ordered, That no Amendments, not being merely 
verbal, shall be made to any Private Bill on the 
Third Reading. 

Resolved, That the several Standing Orders re- 
lating to Private Bills, as amended by the said Com- 
mittee, be agreed to. 

Ordered, ‘That Standing Order, No. 84, relating to 
Private Bills, be repealed. 

Ordered, That no Amendments, not being merely 
verbal, shall be made to any Bill on the Third 
Reading. 

Ordered, That on Wednesdays and other Morn- 
ing Sittings of the House, all Committees shall have 
leave to sit, except while the House is at Prayers, 
during the sitting, and notwithstanding any adjourn- 
ment of the House. 

A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- 
posed, That this House will not receive any Petition 
or proceed upon any Motion for a Charge upon the 
Revenues of the Kast India Company, without the 
recommendation of the Court of Directors, sanctioned 
by the Commissioners for the Affairs of India 





Royal Assent. 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 
Vou. 111. 


19°—21° Juli. 


365 


several Acts agreed upon by both Houses, desire 
the immediate attendance of this Honourable House 
in the House of Peers, to hear the Commission read. 

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

Mr. Speaker reported, That the House, at the 
desire of the Lords, authorized by virtue of Her 
Majesty’s Commission, had been at the House of 
Peers, where a Commission under the Great Seal 
was read, giving, declaring and notifying the Royal 
Assent to the several Acts therein mentioned ; and 
that the Lords, thereby authorized, had declared the 
Royal Assent to the said Acts, as follow: 

An Act for transferring the Powers of the Church Church 
Building Commissioners to the Ecclesiastical Com- Building Come 
missioners for England: os 

An Act to constitute the Court of Session the Court of 
Court of Exchequer in Scotland, and to regulate Exchequer 
Procedure in Matters connected with the Exchequer ; °"#"4) _. 

An Act to abolish the Jurisdiction of the Court of Saint Sepul- 
the Liberties and Manor of Suint Sepulchre, in and ee 
near Dublin, and for the future Regulation of certain on 
Markets of the said Manor : 

An Act to amend the Laws of Scvtland affecting Mercantile 


Trade and Commerce : Law (Scot- 
land) Amend- 


ment Bill. 
An Act to amend the Law for the Registration of Registration 
Persons entitled to vote in the Election of Members (Scotland Bin 
to serve in Parliament for Burghs in Scotland : and) Ei, 


An Act to alter the Mode of providing for certain Revenue 
Expenses now charged upon certain Parts of the (Trausfer of 

f ‘ Charges) Bill. 
Public Revenue: 


An Act to continue an Act for the Survey of Survey of — 
Great Britain, Berwich-upon-Tweed and the Isle of ee 
Man: _— 

An Act to provide for the Maintenance of Navi- Drainage _ 
gations made in connexion with Drainage, and to (!*+!@nd) Bill. 
make further Provision in relation to Works of 
Drainage in Ireland : 

An Act to amend the Acts relating to Grand Grand Juries 
Juries in Ireland : (Ireland) Bill. 

An Act to repeal certain Statutes which are not in Statutes not 
use: in use Repeal 

Bill. 

An Act to encourage the providing of Improved Dwellings for 

Dwellings for the Labouring Classes in Ireland:  Labouring 
Classes (Ire- 
land) Bill. 

An Act to extinguish certain Rights of Way, and Aldershot 
to stop up certain Roads and Paths near the Camp Camp Bill. 
at Aldershot : 

An Act to extend the Period for applying for a Incumbered 
Sale under the Acts for facilitating the Sale and Estates (Ire- 
Transfer of Incumbered Estates in Jreland, and to !#"4 Bill. 
amend the said Acts: 

An Act to further amend the Laws relating to Prisons (Ire- 
Prisons in Jreland : land) Bill. 


An Act to render more effectual the Police in Police (Coun- 


: 2 ; ge ties and Bo- 
Counties and Boroughs in England and Wales : roughs) Bill 
An Act to amend the Constitution of “ The Zon- London 
don Printing and Publishing C imited.” Printing and 
ing and Publishing Company, Limited Publishing 
Company Bill. 


An Act for enabling the Somerset Central Railway Glastonbury 
se to construct a Railway from Glastonbury and Bruton 
to near Bruton, and for other purposes: Railway Bill. 


An Act for making a Railway from Castle Douglas Castle Douglas 
by Dalbeattie to the Glasgow and South Western er 
Railway at Dumfries, and for other purposes : wiesaraats 


An Act for authorizing Deviations from the au- Severn Valley 
thorized Line of the Severn Valley Railway, and Railway Bill 
for making further Provision with respect to Shares 
in the Capital of the Severn Valley Railway Com- 
pany, and for facilitating the Completion of their 
Undertaking, and for other purposes : 

An Act for establishing and maintaining a Ferry Isle of Wight 
and Floating Bridge between Stokes Bay and Ryde, Steam Bridge 
in the County of Southampton, with Landing-places oe eprom 
and Approaches thereto : 








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366 


Metropolitan An Act to extend the Times limited for certain 
Railway Bill. Hurposes, by the Acts relating to the Metropolitan 
tailway, and to enable the Metropolitan Railwa 
Company to form a Junction with the Great Northern 
Railway, and for other purposes : 
Wem and An Act for more effectually repairing the Road 
we A garth leading from Wem to the Lime Rocks at Brony- 
oads Bill, : ' : 
garth, in the County of Salop, and for making several 
Lines of Road connected with the same, in the 
Counties of Salop and Denbigh: 
Inverness An Act for making a Railway from the Town of 
~ Aberdeen Nairn to the Town of Keith ; 
unction 
Railway Bill. 
Stirling and An Act to enable the Stirling and Dunfermline 
Dunfermline 


Railway Company to create additional Shares in 
their Undertaking, and for other purposes : 

Luton District An Act to amend certain Acts relating to the 
— (No.2) Tuton District Turnpike-Road, and make other 
Provisions in lieu thereof: 


Railway Bill. 


Cleobury An Act for continuing the Term and amending 

by ” and extending the Provisions of the Act relating to 

Bill the Cleobury North and Ditton Priors District, and 
the Cleobury Mortimer District of Turnpike-roads, 
in the Counties of Salop and Worcester ; 

Dunblane, An Act for making a Railway from the Scottish 

a Central Railway at Dunblane by Doune to Callan- 


der, to be called “ The Dunblane, Doune and Callan- 


Railway Bill. ; 
der Railway :” 


Wimbledon An Act for authorizing a Lease of the Wimbledon 
on and Croydon Railway, and for authorizing the Pur- 
y chase of additional Lands, and the raising of addi- 
tional Capital by the Wimbledon and Croydon Rail- 
way Company, and for other purposes : 
Leeds Im- An Act for granting further Powers for lighting, 
provement “ansine. sewerine . enee . 4 
aig oe cleansing, sewering and improving the Borough of 
ment Bill, | -Leeds, and for other purposes : 


Grand Junc- 
tion Water 
Bill. 


An Act for regulating the Rates and Charges to 

be taken by the Grand Junction Waterworks Com- 
pany fur a Supply of Water to Parts of the Parish 
of Paddington, and for other purposes : 
Crystal Palace An Act to grant further Powers to the Crystal 
Company Bill. Palace Company for the raising of Capital for the 
internal Management of their Undertaking, and with 
respect to Dulwich Wood : 


Gloucester An Act to consolidate the Powers of the Glouces- 
sy (No.2) ter Gas-Light Company, to enable them to raise 


Money, and for other purposes : 
An Act for the making of a Dock and Works at 


Thames Haven 


Railway Bith Thames Haven, and for other purposes : 

London and An Act for the making, by the London and South 
a Western Railway Company, of a Railway from 
(Yeovil to Yeovil to Exeter, to be called “ The Exeter Extension 
Exeter) Bill. Railway,” and for other purposes : 


Fast Indian An Act to amend the Acts relating to the Easé 


Railway ° ot ate ‘ ; 
Company Bill Indian Railway Company : 
Ely Tidal An Act for making a Railway from the Taff Vale 


Harbour and 


ailwe a Oe s G % 
Railway Bill Railway to the River Ely, in the County of Glamor 


gan; for converting Part of the said River into a 
Tidal Harbour, and regulating the Access thereto ; 
for authorizing Arrangements with the Taff Vale 
Railway Company ; and for other purposes : 

London and An Act for altering the Crewe and Shrewsbury 
North Western Line of the Zondon and North Western Railway, for 
Rainy Om. making Provision with respect to Station Accommo- 
aation at Shrewsbury, and for other purposes : 


Londonderry — An Act to enable the Londonderry and Enniskillen 

and Ennis- = Railway Company to create Preference Shares, with 

killen Rail- “ie ‘Lr a x 

way Bill. priority of Dividend over all the existing Shares of 
the Company, and for other purposes : 

Mid-Kent An Act for making a Railway from the authorized 


Direct Rail- 
way (Bromley 
to Saint Mary 
Cray) Bill. 


Line at the West End of London and Crystal Palace 
Railway (Extension to Bromley and Farnborough), 
at Shortlands, in the Parish of Beckenham, in the 
County of Kent, to Saint Mary Cray, in the same 
County : 


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A. 1856. 


An Act to enable the Oxford, Worcester and Oxford, Wor. 
Wolverhampton Railway Company to raise further cester and 
Money for the Completion of the Broad Gauge, and a 
for other purposes; and to convert their Mortgage (Additiona 


Debt into Stock : Capital, &amp;¢, 
Bi. 


An Act to repeal an Act passed in the fourth year of Uttoxeter ana 
the refgn of his late Majesty King George the Fourth, Blythe Marsh 
intituled, “ An Act for more effectually amending and ; 
keeping in Repair the Roads from the Town of Ut- 
toxeter to the ‘Town of Newcastle-under-Lyme, in the 
County of Stafford, so far as relates to the Uttoxeter 
District of the said Roads, and for making certain New 
Pieces of Road to communicate therewith, all in the 
said County of Stafford,” and to confer larger and 
additional Powers and Provisions in lieu of those 
therein contained, and for other purposes : 

An Act to amend “ An Act for draining, embank- Bardney, &amp;e. 

ing and improving the Fen Lands and Low Grounds Drainage Bill 
within the Parishes, Hamlets, Townships or Places 
of Bardney, Southrow otherwise Southry, Tupholme, 
Bucknall, Horsington, Stixwould, Edlington and 
Thimbleby, in the County of Lincoln,” and to confer 
further Powers on the Commissioners under such 
Act, and for other purposes : 

An Act for enabling Leases for Mining, Agricul- Walmesley's 

tural and Building purposes to be made of the Estate Bill. 
states of John Walmesley, Esquire, deceased, and 

Sales of Portions thereof, and for other purposes, 

the short Title of which is “ Walmesley’s Estate Act, 

1856.” 





And the Question being again proposed, That this Standing 
House will not receive any Petition, or proceed upon Orders 
any Motion for a Charge upon the Revenues of the —— 
East India Company, without the recommendation No. 378. 
of the Court of Directors, sanctioned by the Com- 
missioners for the Affairs of Jndia:— The said 
Motion was, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 

Resolved, That this House will not receive any 
Petition, or proceed upon any Motion for a Charge 
upon the Revenues of Jndia, but what is recom- 
mended by the Crown. 

Resolved, That the several Standing Orders re- 
lating to Public Matters, as amended by the said 
Committee, be agreed to. 

Ordered, That the said Orders and Resolutions be 
Standing Orders of this House, and do take effect 
at the close of the present Session of Parliament. 

Ordered, That the Standing Orders of this House 
be printed. 


Brydges’ Estate Bill was read a second time ; and Brydges’ 
committed. Estate Bill. 
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 appoint the 
|Committee on the Bill to meet To-morrow, or on 
jany subsequent day:—And the said Motion was, 
with leave of the House, withdrawn. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee on Public Public Monies. 
'Monies have Power to report their Observations No. 375. 
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 matters 
to them referred, and directed him to make a Report 
thereof to the House, together with the Minutes of 
the Evidence taken before them. 

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


Mr. FitzRoy reported the Cairness Estate Bill, 
with Amendments. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Cairness 
Estate Bill. 


The following Papers were laid upon the Table by — 


‘the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, dated ( : 
the 9th day of May last, for un Abstract of the Net 
Produce 











o 


id 
h 


ies. 





Public Income 
and Expen- 
diture. 


‘Compensa- 
tions (Ireland.) }, 


Spirits, 


20 VicToriz£. 


Produce of the Revenue of Jreland paid into the Ex- 
chequer in the year ended the 31st day of December 
1855 :—Accounts of the Net Public Income and 
Expenditure of Jreland for the year ended the 31st 
day of December 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 Zreland, in the year ended the 31st day 
of December 1855 :—Of the Amount of Duties of 
Customs of the Revenue Districts of Zreland, in the 
year ended the 31st ~~ of December 1855 :—Of 
the Amount of Stamp Duties collected in Dublin, 
and in each Stamp District of Jreland, in the year 
ended the 31st day of December 1855:—Of the 
Amount of Postage collected in each County of Jre- 
land, in the year ended the 31st day of December 
1855 :—Statements showing the Quantities of the 
following Articles retained for Home Consumption 
in Ireland, in the year ended the Sist day of De- 
cember 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- 
wrought, Timber, Deals and Coals :—And, showing 
the Quantities of the following Articles exported 
from Jreland, in the year ended the 31st day of De- 
cember 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 and Oatmeal, Jrish Spirits, Linen Manufac- 
tures, Linen Yarn, and Cotton Manufactures (in 
continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 430, of 
Session 1855). 

Return to an Order, dated the 27th day of May 
last, for an Account of the Public Income and Ex- 
penditure of the United Kingdom, in the years ending 
the 31st day of March 1855 and 1856; 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, 
and on account of the Sums voted for the Army, 
Navy, Ordnance, and Miscellaneous Services; also 
Public Works, Bounties, Post Office, the Quaran- 
tine, and Warehouse Establishments; and all other 
— not coming under any of the foregoing 

feads; with an Appendix, showing the several 
Items composing each Head of the Account (in 
continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 453, of 
Session 1855). 

Return to an Order, dated the 2d day of June 
st, for a Return of the Names of all Persons now 
receiving from the Exchequer Annual Pensions or 
Compensations for the loss of Offices of any nature 
which have been abolished in Jreland; specifying 
as to each the Name of the Office in respect of which 
the same is paid, the Date of the Individual’s Ap- 
pointment to such Office, the Date of its Abolition, 
and the Amount of the Pension or other Compensa- 
tion. 

Return to an Order, dated the 11th day of this 
instant July, for a Return of the Total Number of 
Gallons of Spirits distilled and charged with Duty 
for Home Consumption in the United Kingdom, in 
each year from 1800 to 1855, both inclusive; dis- 
tinguishing the Quantities consumed in England, 
Scotland and Ireland respectively ; also, the Total 
Number of Gallons of Foreign and Colonial Spirits 
of all sorts entered for Home Consumption in the 
United Kingdom, in each year from 1800 to 1855, 
* Von. 111, 


21° Julie. 


367 


both inclusive; distinguishing the Quantities con- 
sumed in England, Scotland and Ireland respectively 
(in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 363, 
of Session 1852). 

Return to an Order, dated the 15th day of this Racehorses. 
instant July, fora Return, showing the Amount of 
Duty collected on Racehorses, in each of the last 
Five years, ended the 5th day of April 1856, dis- 
tinguishing each year. 

Return to an Order, dated the 17th day of this Petitions for 
instant July, fora Return of all Petitions for Private Private Bills. 
Bills deposited in the Private Bill Office for the 
present Session, with the Name and Address of the 
Agents respectively who have a, 0 the same 
(in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 491, 
of Session 1854-55). 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to Friendly Friendly 
Societies, which was presented upon the 18th day 5°ieties. 
of this instant July, be printed. No. 376. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Customs 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased Tift. 
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, as well as of the British Possessions, 
information of which has been received since the 1st 
day of August 1855; giving the Foreign Weights, 
Measures and Monies, as well as the English equiva- 
lents, appended to the Description of each Article 
the Duty upon which has been altered ; and, under 
the Heading of each State, Dependency or Posses- 
sions, the Scale according to which the Reduction 
into such English equivalents is made; giving, 
further, the Dates at which each Alteration has been 
made, the Date of its taking effect, and a reference 
to the Document or Publication in which the Official 
Notice of such Alteration first appeared; stating 
also, whether or where, in each State, Dependency 
or Possession, any fixed Scale for the Valuation of 
Articles subject to ad valorem Duties is used, and 
the general effect of such use upon the Rate of such 
Duties. 

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


The Judge Advocate presented, by Her Majesty’s Army- 
Command,—Copy of Report of the Board of General 
Officers appointed to inquire into the Statements 
contained in the Reports of Sir John M‘ Neill and 
Colonel Tulloch, and the Evidence by them taken 
relative thereto, animadverting upon the conduct of 
certain Officers on the General Staff, and others in 
the Army. 

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


Ordered, That James Sadleir, Esquire, do attend James Sadleir, 
this House, in his place, upon Thursday next. Eaquive, 


Petitions relating to Latter-day Saints or Mor- Public 
monites ;—Tithes ;—Jndia (Legislative Council) ;— Petitions. 
County Rates;—Dulwich College Bill; —Grand viae Fitty- 
Jury Assessments (Jreland) Bill;—Medical Officers fifth Report. 
of Unions ;—Mercantile Law Amendment Bill;— 

Rights of Neutrals;—Saturday Half-holidays ;— 
and, Scientific and Literary Institutions,—were pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


The Charities Bill was, according to Order, read Charities Bill. 
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 Hospitals (Dublin) Bill was, according to Hospitals — 
Order, read the third time. , ° —~ (Dublin) Bill, 
3a4 Resolved, 


































































Burial- 
grounds (Ire- 
land) Bill. 


Mercantile 
Law Amend- 
ment Bill. 


Lunatic Asy- 
lums (Super- 
annuations) 

(Ireland) Bill. 


Joint Stock 
Banks Bill. 


East India 
Company’s 
Revenue 
~ccounts. 





368 


Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 


Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Burial-grounds (Jrelend) Rill 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 Mercantile Law Amendment Bill was. accord- 
ing to Order, 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 Lord ships. 


The Lunatic Asylums (Superannuations) (Zreland) 
Bill was, according to Order, read the third time; 
and Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That 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 Joint Stock Banks 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 Lett. 

(Q3y y 

Tellers for the Yeus,{ ir Hon “ “ie . } 92. 
] 
J 


Ny *g 
Tellers for the Noes,{ Mr - 
So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 
Ordered, Vhat the Bill be now read the third 
time :—The Bill was accordingly read the third time. 
Resolved, Vhat 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 Last India Company’s 
Revenue Accounts. 


(In the Committee.) 


1. Resolved, That the Total Net Revenues of the 
Bengal Presidency, for the year ended the 30th day 
of April 1854, amounted to £.8,096,682 sterling ; 
and the Charges thereof for the same period, other 
than Military Charges, amounted to £.2,200,944 
sterling. 

2. Resolved, That the Total Net Revenues of the 
North Western Provinces, including the newly ac- 
quired Territory, for the year ended the 30th day of 
April 1854, amounted to £.5,656,674 sterling ; and 
the Charges thereof for the same period, other than 
Military Charges, amounted to £.1,547,106 sterling. 

3. Resolved, That the Net Revenues of Bengal and 
the North Western Provinces, together, for the year 
ended the 30th day of April 1854, amounted to 
£.13,753,356 sterling; and the Charges there- 
upon, including the Military Charges, amounted to 
£.9,774,486 sterling, leaving a surplus available for 
the general Charges of India uf £.3,978,870 sterling. 

4. Resolved, That the Total Net Revenues of the 
Madras Presidency (Fort Saint George), for the year 
ended the 30th day of April 1854, amounted to 
£. 3,315,513 sterling; and the Net Charges thereof, 


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A. 1856. 


for the same period, amounted to £.3,539,334 ster- 
ling, showing an excess of Charges over Revenue, 
in the above Presidency, of £. 223,821 sterling. 

5. Resolved, That the Total Net Revenues of the 
Bombay Presidency, for the year ended the 30th 
day of April 1854, amounted te £.2,636,211 ster- 
ling; and the Net Charges thereof, for the same 
period, amounted to £.2,977,113 sterling, showing 
an excess of Charges over Revenue in the above 
Presidency of £.340,902 sterling. 

6. Resolved, That the Total Net Revenues of the 
several Presidencies, for the year ended the 30th 
day of April 1854, amounted to £.19,705,080 
sterling ; and the Charges thereof amounted to 
£.16,290,933 sterling, leaving a surplus Revenue of 
£.3,414,147 sterling. 

7. Resolved, That the Interest on the Registered 
Debt of India paid in the year ended the 30th day 
of April 1854, amounted to £.2,195,975 sterling, and 
the Ramen defrayed in England on account of the 
Indian Territory in the same period amounted to 
£. 3,262,289 sterling, leaving a deficiency of Indian 
Income for the year ended as aforesaid, to defray 
the above Interest and Charges, of £. 2,044,117 
sterling. 

Resolutions to be reported. 


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


Martis, 22° die Julii, 1856: 


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. 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 : 


(Ireland) (Receivers) Bill, without any Amendment: ¢ery (Ireland) 
And also, — 


The Lords have agreed to the Coatham Marriages Coatham 
iditv Bi i . Marriages 
Validity Bill, without any Amendment: And also, Veh ality Bill. 
The Lords have agreed to the Indemnity Bill, Indemnity 
without any Amendment: And also, Bil 


The Lords have agreed to the Episcopal and Episcopal 
Capitular Estates Continuance Bill, without any 2°4Capitular 


Estates Con- 
Amendment: And also, tinuance Bill 


The Lords have agreed to the Customs (No, 2) Customs | 
Bill, without any Amendment: And also, (So. 3) Ball 


The Lords have agreed to the Railways Act (Jre- Railways Act 
land), 1851, Continuance Bill, without any Amend- (Ireland) 1851 


Continuance 
ment: And also, Bill. 


The Lords have agreed to the Turnpike Acts Turnpike Acts 
Continuance (Jreland) Bill, without any Amend- Continuance 
ment: And also, (leben) Se 


The Lords have agreed to the Waveney Valley Waveney | 


Railway Bill, without any Amendment: And also, ns 


The Lords have agreed to the Metropolis Local Metropolis 
Management Act Amendment (No. 2) Bill, with — 
Amendments; to which Amendments the Lords (oy ament 
desire the concurrence of this House: And also, (No. 2) Bill. 

The Lords have agreed to the Ozford College Oxford Col- 
Estates Bill, with Amendments ; to which Amend- lege Estates 
ments the Lords desire the concurrence of this” ° 
House: And also, 


The Lords have agreed to the Commons’ Inclosure Commons’ 
(No. 2) Bill, withan Amendment; to which Amend- aye 
ment the Lords desire the concurrence of this House : “” 7 
And also, 

The fords have agreed to the Scottish Central Scottish ; 
Railway Bill, with an Amendment; to which way Bill 
Amendment the Lords desire the concurrence of this 


House: And also, " 
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The Lords have agreed to the Court of Chancery Court of Chan- 


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20 VicrortZ. 


Bishops of The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 
London and = to provide for the Retirement of the present Bishops 
Durham Re: of London and Durham; to which the Lords desire 


—— the concurrence of this House: And also, 

Sherburn The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 

Hospital Bill for confirming a Scheme of the Charity Commis- 
sioners for Sherburn Hospital, in the County of 
Durham ; to which the Lords desire the concurrence 
of this House. 

vice-President The House, according to Order, proceeded to take 


oF awn into consideration the Vice-Presiderit of Committee 
of Cortion Bill. of Council on Education Bill, as amended in the 
mmittee. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time this 
day, at Twelve o’clock. 


Leases and The House, cooneng, Order, proceeded to take 
Salesof Settled jnto consideration the Leases and Sales of Settled 


Estates Bill Fstates Bill, as amended in the Committee ; and | 
Amendments were made to the Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time this 
day. 
Evidence in The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 


— Suits mittee on the Evidence in Foreign Suits Bill; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Criminal — The Order of the day being read, for the second 
— reading of the Criminal Appropriation of Trust | 
Property Bil. Property Bill ; 
Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 
Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 





HayandStraw The House, according to Order, resolved itself’ 
Trade Bil. into a Committee on the The and Straw Trade Bill ; 
Bill 261. 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, at 
Twelve o'clock; and be printed. 


Parochial The House, according to Order, proceeded to take 
Schools (Seot- into consideration the Amendments made by the 
Lords to the Parochial Schools (Scotland) Bill. 

The said Amendments being read a second time, 
several were agteed to; several were disagreed to ; 
and several 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 appointed of 
the Lord Advocate, Viscount Duncan, Sir George 
Grey, Viscount Monck, Mr. FitzRoy and Mr. Kin- 
naird: And they are to withdraw immediately. 

Ordered, That Three be the Quorum. 


Commissioners ©The House, according to Order, proceeded to take 
Soy into consideration the Amendments made by the 
n0)Bil: Lords to the Commissioners of Supply (Scotland) 
Bill. 
The said Amendments, being read a second time 
(and it appearing that the specification of the right 
of acting and voting as Commissioners of Supply 
contained in Clause 3 was merely a re-enactment of 
the existing law), 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. 


Pete! The House, according to Order, proceeded to take 
Istates Bill into consideration the Amendment made by the 


Lords to the Intestates’ Personal Estates Bill; and 
the same was twice read, and agreed to. 


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369 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry tae Bill to the 
Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 


agreed to the Amendment made by their Lord- 
ships. 


The Stoke Poges Hospital Bill was, according to Stoke Poges 
Order, read a second time; and committed to a Hospital Bill. 
Committee of the whole House, for this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Dulwich 
reading of the Duiwich College Bill ; College Bill. 

Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a fast India 
Return of the Charges to the East India Govern- (Opium.) 
ment incurred in the Growth and Monopoly of 
Opium ; specifying Salaries of all Descriptions, the 
Cost of Manufacture, of Sales, of Transport to Cal- 
cutta, Warehouse Rent, and other Expenditure, for 
Ten years, including the last year in which Returns 
are complete :—Like Return showing the Amount 
of Advances, under the following Heads,—Out- 
standing Balances, including Interest at the com- 
mencement of year; Sums received in Cash on ac- 
count of Balances; Sums struck off as irrecoverable ; 
Contract Price paid to Cultivator; Advances during 
the year ; and outstanding Claims at the end of the 
year :—Like Return of Losses incurred on bad or 
insecurely packed Opium, including Drawbacks 
allowed to Perchacen :—Like Return of the Value 
of the Houses, Stock, &amp;c. available to Government 
if the Monopoly were abolished :—Like Return of 
the Charges to the East India Company on the 
Opium manufactured in Native States and trans- 
mitted to Ports of Exportation in the Company’s 
Territories :— And, like Abstract Return of the Gross 
and Net Receipts received by the Company’s Trea- 


| Sury. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to Proctors in 
repeal the 8th Section of the 53 Geo. 3, c. 127, Ecclesiastical 
whereby Proctors in Ecclesiastical Courts in Eng-°°™™ 
land, allowing their Names to be used by Persons 
not entitled to act as Proctors, or allowing such 
Persons to participate in any Profit and Benefit, shall 
be struck off the Roll: And that Mr. Hadfield and 
Mr. Robert Phillimore do prepare, and bring it in. 


The Select Committee on the Appellate Jurisdic- Appellate 
tion (House of Lords) Bill was nominated of Mr. as 
Raikes Currie, Lord John Russell, Mr. Attorney Vords) Bill. 
General, Sir James Graham, Mr. Henley, Mr. Glad- 
stone, Lord Stanley, the Lord Advocate, Mr. Attor- 
ney General for Jreland, Mr. Walpole, Sir Francis 
Baring, Mr. Baines, Mr. Cairns, Mr. Evelyn Deni- 
son and Mr. Malins; with Power to send for per- 
sons, papers and records. 


Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 


Ordered, That the Amendments made hy the Metropolis 
Lords to the Metropolis Local Management Act Local Manage- 
Amendment (No. 2) Bill be taken into consideration yy 
this day ; and be printed. (No. 2) Bill. 


Bill 262. 


Ordered, That the Amendments made by thé Oxford College 
Lords to the Oxford College Estates Bill be taken Estates Bill. 
into consideration this day; and be printed. Bill 263. 


Ordered, That the Amendment made by the Commons’ 
Lords to the Commons’ Inclosure (No. 2) Bill be Ene, 
taken into consideration this day. — 


Mr. Hadfield presented a Bill to repeal the 8th Proctors in 
Section of the 53 Geo. 3, c. 127, whereby Proctors — 
in Ecclesiastical Courts in England, allowing their °° ®- 
Names to be used by Persons not entitled to act as Bill 260. 
Proctors, or allowing such Persons to participate in 
any Profit and Benefit, shall be struck: off the Roll : 

And the same was read the first time ; and ordered 
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$70 


to be read a second time this day, at Twelve o'clock ; 
and to be printed. 





Bishops of The Bishops of London and Durham Retirement 
— _ Bill was read the first time ; and ordered to be read 
tirement Bill. @ second time this day; and to be printed. 
Bill 264, 
Bishops of Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
gg Copies of all Correspondence which has passed 
No. 377, between Her Majesty's Government and the Lords 
“Bishops of London and Durham, touching the Re- 
signation by them of their Sees. 
Viscount Palmerston accordingly presented the 
said Paper. : 
Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 
Table ; and be printed. 

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

Martis, 22° die Julai ; 
Anno 20° Victoria Regine, 1856. 
PRAYERS. 
Committees. ORDERED, That all Committees have leave | 
to sit this day, during the sitting of the House. 

Aberdeen and The House proceeded to take into consideration 
oe the Amendments made by the Lords to the Aberdeen 
Railway Com- and Scottish Midland Junction Railway Companies 
panies Amal- Amalgamation Bill; and the same were twice read, 
gamation Bill. 


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. 


Oxford, Wor- The House proceeded to take into consideration 


— = the Amendment made by the Lords to the Ozford, 
ton Railway Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway (Extension 


(Extension of of Time, &amp;c.) Bill; and the same was twice read, 
Time, &amp;c.) Bill. 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 Amendments made by the Lords to the Severn 
Navigation Improvement Commission 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. 


Severn Navi- 
gation Im- 
provement 
Commission 


Westminster 
Terminus 
Railway Bill. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the West- 
minster Terminus 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. 


Rell's Estate Bell’s Estate Bill was read the third time. 
Bill Resolved, That the Bill, with the Amendments, do 
ss. 

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. 


TDallington 
Estate Bill. 


The Dallington Estate Bill was read the third 
time. 


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A. 1856. 


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. 


Thoroton’s and Croft's Estate Bill was read the Thoroton’s 
third time. and Croft’s 
Resolved, That the Bill, with the Amendments, do =*t#te Bill. 
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 the Cairness Estate Bill, as amended Cairness 
in the Committee, be now taken into consideration, =state Bil. 
amended prints having been deposited yesterday :— 

The House accordingly proceeded to take the Bill 
into consideration. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Ordered, That Standing Order, No. 178, be sus- Davidson's 
pended in respect of Davidson’s Divorce Bill; and Divorce Bill. 
that the Select Committee on Divorce Bills have 
leave to sit and proceed on the said Bill upon Friday 
next, 


The County Courts Acts Amendment Bill was, County Courts 
according to Order, read the third time; and an Acts Amend- 
Amendment was made to the Bill. maamieens 

A Clause was offered to be added to the Bill 
(Plaintiff not to recover costs in actions under Twenty 
pounds brought in Superior Courts) :—And the said 
Clause was brought up, and read the first time. 

Anda Motion being made, and the Question being 
put, That the said Clause be now read a second time : 
—It passed in the Negative. 

Then another Amendment was made to the Bill. 

Another Clause was offered to be added to the 
Bill (Articled clerks to attorneys or solicitors may 
appear as advocates) :—And the said Clause was 
brought up, and read the first time. 

A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That the said Clause be now read a second 
time :—And the said Motion and Clause were seve- 
rally, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 

Another Clause was offered to be added to the 
Bill (An attorney may act for another attorney in 
special cases) :— And the said Clause was brought 
up, and read the first time. 

And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
put, That the said Clause be now read a second time : 
—It passed in the Negative. 

Another Clause was offered to be added to the 
Bill (Lord Chancellor may permit Registrar or as- 
sistant clerk to reside out of the district) :—And the 
said Clause was brought up, and read the first time. 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being put, That the said Clause be now read a 
second time :—It passed in the Negative. 

Then other Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made to 
the Bill, by adding, at the end of Clause 81, the 
words “ Provided always, That in regulating the 
“ amount of salary to be paid to any Registrar ap- 
“ pointed under the Act of the ninth and tenth 
“ Victoria, chapter ninety-five, regard shall be had 
“to the additional duties and expense occasioned 
“ by the division of the Court of which he is or may 
“ be Registrar, into separate Courts or branches.” 

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

Then other Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Notice being taken, that an Aniendment made ine 
Clause 10, raised the compensation to certain Regis- 


trars from one-fourth to one-third of the yearly 
amount 








ll. 


1s 


Bill. 


Courts 
1end- 








90 Victrortiz. 


amount of the fees received by them, whereby the 
public charge was increased ; 
Ordered, That the said Amendment be cancelled, 
as being informal, on the third reading. 
Resolved, That the Bill, with the Amendments, do 
ass. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 





92° Juliz. 371 


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. 





Petitions relating to the Bible ;—Decimal Coin- Public 
age ;— Licenses (Drivers) ;— Medical Officers of Petitions. 


Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House hath | Unions;— Metropolis Local Management Act Amend- Vide Fifty- 


agreed to the same, with Amendments; to which 
Amendments this House doth desire the concurrence 


of their Lordships. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third | 
of Committee reading of the Vice-President of Committee of Coun- 


cil on Education 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 f Mr. Hayter, La 

Yeas, \The Earl of Mulgrave: | 

Tellers for the { Mr. Henley, } 35 

Noes, |(Mr. Newdegate: - 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Ordered,'\ hat 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 
(Vice-President shall supervise grants for education 
in Ireland) :—And the said Clause was brought up, 
and read the first time. 

And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
put, That the said Clause be now read a second time : 
—It passed in the Negative. 

Resolved, That the Bill, 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 whic 
Amendwents this House doth desire the concurrence 
of their Lordships. 


? 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
consideration the Hay and Straw Trade 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 Proctors in Ecclesiastical Courts Bill ; 

Anda Motion being made, and the Question being 
put, That the Bill be now read a second time :—It 
passed in the Negative. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee on Adultera- 
tion of Food have Power to report their Observations 
thereupon to the House, together with the Minutes 
of the Evidence taken before them. 

Mr. Scholefield reported from the said Select 
Committee; That they had considered the matters 
to them referred, and directed him to make a Re- 
port thereof to the House, together with the Minutes 
of the Evidence taken before them. 

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


Ordered, That the Select Committee on Sound 
Dues have Power to report their Observations there- 
Pare to the House, together with the Minutes of the 

vidence taken before them. 

The Judge Advocate reported from the said Select 
Committee; That they had considered the matters 
to them referred, and directed him to make a Ke- 

Vou. 111. 


|ment Bill;—Proctors in Ecclesiastical Courts Bill ; sixth Report). 


| —Rights of Neutrals ;—Sound Dues ;— Vaccination 
Act ;—4nd, Vaccination Bill,—were presented, and 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


the Petitions presented upon the 18th and 21st 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. 


| Returns showing, in detail, the Total Expense incur- 

red in providing Conveyance by Special Trains, Ac- 
commodation in Steamers or Sailing Vessels, and 
Refreshments, for Members of the two Houses of 
Parliament, on the day of the late Naval Review at 
Spithead ; stating also the Number of Tickets issued 
for Members of each House :—And, of the Total 
Expense incurred in providing Conveyance by Spe- 
cial ‘Trains, Omnibuses at the Farntorough Station, 
and Luncheon, on the occasion of the Review at 
Alde shot, on the 16th day of this instant July. 


give directions, that there be laid before this House, 
a Return stating which of the under-mentioned Local 
Authorities is acting for each Parish in England 
under the Provisions of the Nuisances Removal Act, 
|and specifying the Parishes for which a Sanitary 
| Inspector has been appointed:—1. Local Board of 
| Health ; 2. Town Council; 3. Improvement Com- 
|missioners or ‘Trustees; 4. Highway Board; 5. 
Nuisances Removal Committee ; 6. Inspectors for 
| Lighting and Watching; 7. Guardians and Over- 
| seers of the Poor and Surveyors of the Highways for 
| the Parish or Place. 

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





| Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Public Health 


Mr. Bonham Carter reported from the Select Com- Public 


; : ot. -T j Petitions 
mittee on Public Petitions; That they had examined (Pitty. Afth 


Report). 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Reviews at 
Spithead and 
Aldershot. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented to Nuisances 
Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pieased to Removal Act. 


to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased Act 


|to give directions, that there be laid before this 
| House, Returns of the Number of Towns to which 
the Public Health Act, 1848, was applied between 
'the 18th day of April and the 30th day of June 
1856:—Of the Number of Applications for the 
sanction of the General Board of Health to the 
Mortgage of Rates for Permanent Works, and the 
Amcunt of Loans sanctioned between the Ist day of 
January 1854 and the 30th day of June 1856 :— 
And, of the Number of Reports by Superintending 
Inspectors made to the General Board of Health 
between the Ist day of January 1854 and the 30th 
day of June 1856, on the examination of Plans and 
Works of Drainage or Water Supply, and on In- 
quiries under the Public Health Act (in continuation 
of Parliamentary Paper, No. 231, of Session 1855). 
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. 


appointed to draw up Reasons to be assigned to the 
| Lords for disagreeing to certain Amendments made 
| by their Lordships to the Parochial Schools (Sevt- 
land) Bill; That they had drawn up Reasons ac- 

3 B2 cordingly, 





The Lord Advocate reported from the Committee Paroch‘al 
Schools ( Scot- 
lt.) Bill. 































































































372 29° Juli. A. 1856. 


~ cordingly, which they had directed him to report to] Ordered, That the Return relative to Spirits, spirits, 
the House :—And the same were read, as follow: | which was presented upon the 21st day of this in- No, gg4 
The Commons disagree to Clause A. for the fol-| stant July, be printed. , 
lowing Reason : 

Because by the provisions of the Clause an 
additional charge will be thrown upon a parish 
by the appointment of an assistant or assistants 
to the parochial schoolmaster. Ordered, That the Return relative to Petitions for Petitions for 

And the Commons trust your Lordships will be| Private Bills, which was presented upon the 21st Private Bills, 
satisfied with the above Reason, and not insist upon | day of this instant July, be printed. No. 386, 
the Clause to which the Commons have disagreed. 


The Commons propose to amend the first Amend-| A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- Bible. 

ment, in p. 5, by reinstating Clause 12 and Clause | posed, ‘That an humble Address be presented to Her 

14, and isagree to the omission of Clause 18, for Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased to give 

the following Reason : ; : a directions as to Her may seem meet, for the 

Because the law at present in force in Scot-| appointment of a Royal Commission, consisting of 

land, by which no person can be admitted as a} Jearned men well skilled in the original languages of 

schoolmaster in any parochial school who does | the Holy Scriptures, and conversant with modem 

not sign the Confession of Faith, and is not an} biblical ‘scholarship, to consider of such amend- 

adherent of the Established Church, while it is} ments of the authorized version of the Bible as have 

unnecessary and ineffectual as a security for the| been already proposed, and to receive suggestions 

religious character of the schoolmaster, is un-| from all persons who may be willing to offer them ; 
suited to the existing state of the community | to point out errors of translation, and such words | 

in Scotland, operates as an exclusion of persons | and phrases as have either changed their meaning or 

it was intended to protect, unreasonably limits | hecome obsolete in the lapse of time ; and to report 

the choice of those in whom the election of! the Amendments which they may be prepared to 


schoolmasters is vested, and reduces what was | recommend :—And the said Motion was, with leave 
intended to be a national system of Education | of the House, withdrawn. 


to the position of an institution purely denomi- 


. national. ; A Motion was made, and the Question being put, Members’ 

The said Reasons, being read a second time, were | That, except upon the introduction of a measure to Speeches. 
agreed to, the House, no Member do speak for more than half 

Ordered, That a Message be sent to the Lords to| an hour at one time upon the same Question ; nor 


communicate the said Reasons (with the Bill and | upon any occasion for more than one hour ; 
Amendments): And that the Clerk do carry the} The accom divided. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Racehorses, Racehorses. 
which was presented upon the 21st day of this in- No, 3g5 
stant July, be printed. 


same. The Yeas to the Right ; 
The Noes to the Left. | 
Churches Mr. Massey presented,—Return to an Address to} Tellers for thef Mr. Wilkinson, | 
and Schools. Ffer Majesty, dated the 8th day of May last, for a Yeas, LMr. Heywood ; on 
Return of all Sums which have been granted by any} Tellers for the f Mr. Hayter 
Public Department of the Gov ithin tl The Earl of , 57. 
| t overnment Ww the Noes, The Earl of Mulgrave : 


lust ‘Ten years, in aid of the erection of Churches; §o it passed in the Negative. 
or Schools, or have been expended by such Depart- 
ments for such purposes, stating in each case the 


particulars, namely, the Locality and Date, and the A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- Spanish 


Amount of the Sum granted or expended posed, That the just claims of certain numbers of Claims. 
Dublin Union Return to an Order, dated the 7th day of this in- ae Her Majesty's subjects, on the Spanish 
Workhouses. stant July, for Returns of the Paid Officers of the Government, for an honourable settlement of the 
North and South Dublin Union Workhouses for the ager - ee Certificate of Coupon not funded, 
year ending the 1st day of July last, specifying their reer mn yy i consider ye of yr hg Se 
Names, Occupations, Amount of Annual Salary and with &gt; eo “i ee ae ee 
Allowances, together with the Value or Cost of such = 
Allowances :—And, of the Value or Cost of Extra y : . 
Allowance to Paupers for any Duties performed A Motion was made, and the Question being put, General 
during the above Period, specifying the Duties for That the Under Secretary for War having admitted Beatson. 
which Allowances are granted. that, upon anonymous information, a secret inquiry 
Court of Mr. Massey also presented, pursuant to the direc- | had been ordered into the conduct of a General 
Chancery. —_ tions of several Acts of Parliament,—Office Copy Officer, this House feels itself bound to express its 
of Order for payment of Superannuation Allowance | Teprobation of such a proceeding ; 
to Thomas Bacon, Second Clerk in the Accountant T he House divided. 
General’s Office of the High Court of Chancery, of The Yeas to the Right ; 
£,800 per annum, dated 7 July 1856. The Noes to the Left. 


Militia Returns of Qualifications of Officers of Militia, Tellers for the { Mr. Loebuch, tos. 
(Ireland.) = delivered to Clerks of the Peace in Ireland. Yeas, \Colonel French : J 
Patents for Copy of Report of the Commissioners of Patents Tellers for the f Mr. Hayter, Vay. 
Inventions. for Inventions, 1855. Noes, — (The Earl of Mulgrave : J 
Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the So it passed in the Negative. 
Table. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Flogging 
Revenue, &amp;c. Ordered, That the Return relative to Revenue, &amp;c. | to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased (Army ) 
ee (Ireland), which was presented upon the 21st day|to give directions, that there be laid before this 

No. 381. of this instant July, be printed. House, a Return of the Number of Persons flogged 


in the Army in each of the years 1854 and 1855; 


ion Ordered, That the Return relative to Public In- specifying the Offence, the Regiment, the Place of 





ly come and Expenditure, which was presented upon | Station, the ‘Time, the Sentence, and the Number of 
No. 382, the 21st day of this instant July, be printed. Lashes inflicted (in continuation of Parliamentary 
Paper, No. 294, of Session 1854). 
Compensa- Ordered, That the Return relative to Compensa-| Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
sar raion tions (Ireland), which was presented upon the 21st| Her Majesty, by such Members of this House as are 
No. 383. day of this instant July, be printed. of Her Majesty's Most honourable Privy Council. 


Ordered, 


Flogging 
(Navy-) 


Siave Trade 
(Brazil. ) 


Charities. 


East India 
Company’s 
Revenue 
Accounts. 


20 VicrorRIz. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the Number of Persons flogged in the 
Navy in the years 1853, 1854 and 1855; distin- 
guishing each year, specifying the Name of the 
Ship, the Offence, the Sentence and Number of 
Lashes inflicted, and stating the highest and the 
lowest Number given in each Class (in continuation 
of Parliamentary Paper, No. 552, of Session 1853). 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented to 
Jer Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased to 
- directions, that there be laid before this House, 
opies of recent Correspondence on the Slave 
Trade between Her Majesty’s Minister, Mr. Jer- 
ningham, at Rio de Janeiro, and the Brazilian 
Government :—And, of the Correspondence on the 
same Subject between the Brazilian Minister in 
London and Her Majesty’s 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. 


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 an Inquiry made by an | 
Inspector of the Charity Commission in 1854, into | 
the State and Management of the Estates and Pro- 
perty of the Charterhouse, and into the General 
Affairs of that Charity. 


29° Juli. 





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


Council. 


| 
Mr. FitzRoy reported from the Committee on the | 


East 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 1854, amounted to £. 8,096,682 sterling ; and 
the Charges thereof for the same period, other than 
Military Charges, amounted to £. 2,200,944 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 
1854, amounted to £.5,656,674 sterling; and the 
Charges thereof for the same period, other than 
Military Charges, amounted to £. 1,547,106 sterling. 

3. That the Net Revenues of Bengal and the 
North-Western Provinces, together, for the year 
euded the 80th day of April 1854, amounted to 
£.13,753,356 sterling; and the Charges thereupon, 
including the Military Charges, amounted to 
£.9,774,486 sterling, leaving a surplus available 
for the general Charges of India of £.3,978,870 
sterling. 

4. That the Total Net Revenues of the Madras 
Presidency (Fort Saint George), for the year ended 
the 30th day of April 1854, amounted to £. 3,315,513 
sterling ; and the Net Charges thereof, for the same 
period. amounted to £. 3,539,334 sterling, showing 
an excess of Charges over Revenue, in the above 
Presidency, of £. 223,821 sterling. 

5. That the Total Net Revenues of the Bombay 
Presidency, for the year ended the 30th day of April 
1854, amounted to £.2,636,211 sterling; and the 
Net Charges thereof, for the same period, amounted 
to £.2,977,113 sterling, showing an excess of 
Charges over Revenue in the above Presidency of 
£. 340,902 sterling. 

6. That the Total Net Revenues of the several 
Presidencies, for the year ended the 30th day of 
April 1854, amounted to £.19,705,080 sterling ; 
and the Charges thereof amounted to £. 16,290,933 
‘sterling, leaving a surplus Revenue of £. 3,414,147 
sterling. 

7. That the Interest on the Registered Debt of 
India paid in the year ended the 30th day of April 
1854, amounted to £.2,195,975 sterling, and the 








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373 


Charges defrayed in Exgland on account of the 
Indian Territory in the same period amounted to 
£. 3,262,289 sterling, leaving a deficiency of Indian 
Income for the year ended as aforesaid, to defray 
the above Interest and Charges, of £. 2,044,117 
sterling. 

The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 


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 Unlawful Oaths Unlawful 
(Zreland) Bill, without any Amendment: And also, — (Ire- 

and) Bill. 

The Lords have agreed to the Formation, &amp;c. of Formation, &amp;c. 
Parishes Bill, with Amendments; to which Amend- ° Parishes 
ments the Lords desire the concurrence of this 
House: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Courts of Com- Courts of 
mon Law (Jreland) Bill, with Amendments; to Common Law 


‘which Amendments the Lords desire the concur- “#4 Bill 


rence of this House: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Nuisances Re- Nuisances 
movai, &amp;e. (Scotland) (No. 2) Bill, with Amend- Removal, &amp;c. 
ments; to which Amendments the Lords desire the (No. 3) Hall 
concurrence of this House: And also, ; ; 

The Lords have agreed to the Perth Burgh and Perth Burgh 
Harbour (No. 2) Bill, with Amendments; to which #24 Harbour 
Amendments the Lords desire the concurrence of S%?) Bill 
this House: And also, 

The Lords do not insist upon their Amendment Bankruptcy 
made to the Bankruptcy (Scotland) Bill, to which (Scotland) 
the Commons disagree: And also, -_ 

The Lords return the Smoke Nuisance Abate- Smoke Nui- 
ment (Metropolis) Act, 1853, Amendment Bill, with 8*"¢e Abate- 
the Amendment made by the Commons, to which ho 
the Lords disagreed, and on which the Commons 1853, Amend- 
insisted, agreed to, with an Amendment: And ™ent Bill. 
also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Sheep, &amp;c. 
to continue certain Acts to prevent the spreading of Contagious 
Contagious or Infectious Disorders among Sheep, arson 
Cattle and other Animals; to which the Lords 
desire the concurrence of this House. 


The Leases and Sales of Settled Estates Bill was, Leases and 
according to Order, read the third time. — — 
Resolved, That the Bill, with the Amendments, sie 

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 concur- 
rence of their Lordships. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Stoke Poges 
mittee on the Stoke Poges Hospital Bill; Hospital Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Metropolis 
consideration the Amendments made by the por ame — 
to the Metropolis Local Management Act Amend- peel nc 
ment (No. 2) Bill; (No. 2) 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 Oxford College 
consideration the Amendments made by the Lords Estates Bill 
to the Oxford College Estates Bill ; 

Ordered, That the said Amendments be taken into 
consideration after the other Orders of the day. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to Commons 
take into consideration the Amendment made b age 
the Lords to the Commons Inclosure (No. 2) Bill; sateen 
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 
3B2 


agreed 









S74 22°—93° Juliz. A. 1856. 


agreed to the Amendment made by their Lord- ending the 31st day of December 1853, 1854 and 


ships. | 1855, respectively ; distinguishing the Amount re- 

ceived for each kind of Stamp :—Same Return of the 

Bishops of The Order of the day being read, for the second Amount received by the Post Office:—Also, the 

a reading of the Bishops of London and Durham Amountreceived for Penny Receipt and Draft Stamps 

tirement Bill. Retirement Bill; in the years ending the 31st day of December 1854 

And a Motion being made, and the Question and 1855 :—And, Copies of any Contracts or Agree- 

being proposed, That the Bill be now read a second ments entered into by the Commissioners of Inland 

time :—And a Debate arising thereupon; Revenue for manufacturing or folding the Stamped 

Ordered, That the Debate be adjourned till To- Postage Envelopes, and for Printing and Gumming 

morrow. the Receipt Labels, since the commencement of those 

Systems, and of any Public Notice calling for Ten- 

Metropolis The Order of the day being read, for taking into ders for such Printing and Gumming, given to the 

Local Manage- consideration the Amendments made by the Lords ‘Trade, previously to such Contract or Agreement 

Amendment to the Metropolis Local Management Act Amend-_ being made. 

(No. 2) BilL ment (No. 2) Bill; | The following Paper, pursuant to the directions National Deb 
Ordered, That the said Amendments be taken into | of an Act of Parliament, was also laid upon the Table Office. 

consideration To-morrow. by the Clerk of the House,—Copy of ‘Treasury Mi- 


/nute, dated 17 July 1856, granting a Retired Al- 
Oxford College The Order of the day being read, for taking into| lowance to Mr. Charles Liveing, Principal Check 
Estates Bill. ¢onsideration the Amendments made by the Lords Officer in the National Debt Office. 
to the Oxford College Estates Bill; 
Ordered, That the said Amendments be taken’ Ordered, That the Return relative to Churches Churches 
into consideration To-morrow. and Schools, which was presented upon the 22d day and Schools. 
of this instant July, be printed. No. 387. 


Formation,&amp;c. Ordered, That the Amendments made bv the, Ordered, That the Return relative to Dublin Dablin Union 


f Parish . : " Jar H - ° 
eae °s Lords to the Formation, &amp;c. of Parishes Bill be [pion Workhouses, which was presented upon the Workhouses. 


Bill 265. on into consideration upon Thursday next ; and 22d day of this instant July, be printed. No. 388, 
e printed. | : 
| The Sheep, &amp;c. Contagious Diseases Prevention shee 
: | Ne . g § p, &amp;e. 
Courts of Ordered, That the Amendments made by the’ Biji was read ‘the first time; and ordered to be read Contagious 
ireland) _ Lords to the Courts of Common Law (/reland) Bill) 4 ceeond time. Diseases Pre- 
ean’) ™ be taken into consideration upon Thursday next. | (rdered. That the Bill be now read a second eo 
_ a rae , Bill 266. 
| —The Bill was accordingly read a second time; and 
Nuisances Ordered, That the Amendments made by the committed to a Committee of the whole House, for 


Removal, &amp;c. Lords to the Nuisances Reimoval, &amp;c. (Scotland) To-morrow. 
(No 2) Bal (No. 2) Bill be taken into consideration upou Thurs-_ Ordered, That the Dill be printed. 
day next. 
| The Order of the day being read, for the second Grand Juries, 

Smoke Nui- Ordered, That the Amendment made by the Lords peadine of the Grand Satien a ( Treland) Bill; &amp;e. (Ireland) 

» Abat De , 2a z ie ‘ . i . 
om (Metro- “ .~ = 5 rig outs A — —— to A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- = 
polis) Act, the Smoke sNuisance Abatement (Metropolis) Act, posed, That the Bill be now read a second time :— 
1853, Amend- 1853, Amendment Bill be taken into consideration ‘and the said Motion was, with leave of the House, 

&gt; 


ment Bill. = ypon ‘Thursday next. obtidienen 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 
| The Order of the day being read, for resuming the Poor Law __ 
‘adjourned Debate on the Question proposed upon (Ireland) Bill. 





ae ee “ the 18th day of June last, That the Poor Law (/re- 
Merecurit, 23° die Sulit ; | land) Bill ol now read a second time; 
Anno 20° Victoria Regine, 1856. | Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 
— Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 
s. | 
Committees. RDERED, That all Committees have leave | 


to sit this day, during the sitting, and notwith- | The Order of the day being read, for the Com- — a Baits 
standing any adjournment of the House. | mittee on the Evidence in Foreign Suits Bill ; Bil, 
_— Resolved, That this House will, after the other 


| Orders of the day, resolve itself into the said Com- 


Public Petitions relating to Religious Endowments (Jre- site 
Petitions. land) ;—Rajah of Coorg ;—Fire Insurance ;—Dul- | ™°* 


Vide Fifty. wich College Bill;—Lunatic Asylums Bill ;—and, | 


sixth Report. Vice-President of the Committee of Council on! . y ’ 
Education Bill, — were presented, and read; and mittee on the Stoke Poges Hospital Bill ; 
ordered to lie upon the Table. | Resolved, That this House will, after the other 
Orders of the day, resolve itself into the said Com- 


Stamped The following Paper was laid upon the Table by | mittee. 
Postage En- the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, dated | 
velopes, &amp;¢- the 17th day of June last, for a Return for each The Order of the day being read, for resuming the Bishops of 
year, commencing the 5th day of April 1846 to the adjourned Debate on the Question proposed upon —*. 
5th day of April 1856, of the Amount expended for | the 22d day of this instant July, That the Bishops ¢irement Bill 
producing Stamped Postage Envelopes, classed of London and Durham Retirement Bil! be now read 
under the following Heads—Machinery, Paper, a second time ; 
Salaries, Wages, Folding, Bands, and all other Con-| And the Question being again proposed :—The 
tingencies :—Return, showing how much per Million | House resumed the said adjourned Debate. 
the said Envelopes cost, including any per-centage| An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
allowed upon the Sale of them :—Return, showing | Question, by leaving out the word “now,” and, at 
from similar Particulars or Contract Price, how| the end of the Question, adding the words “ upon 
much the Postage Labels cost (in continuation of |“ this day three months.” 
Parliamentary Paper, No. 512, of Session 1846) :— And the Question being put, That the word “now 
Also, the Amount received by the Inland Revenue /| stand part of the Question ; 
for Penny and other Postage Stamps in the years| The House divided. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Stoke Poges 
Hospital Bill. 


The: 





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Metropolis 
Local Manage- 
ment Act 
Amendment 
(No.2) Bill. 


Oxford College 
Estates Bill. 


Evidence in 
Foreign Suits 
Bill. 

Stoke Poges 
Hospital Bill. 


i 


Bullion, &amp;e. 





20 Vicrortz. 


The Yeas to the Right ; 

The Noes to the Lett. 

Tellers for the f Mr. Hayter, 1h51 

Yeas, The Earl of Mulgrave : ‘eee 

Tellers for the) Sir William Heathcote, } 

Nees, LLord Robert Cecil: 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Ordered, That the Bill be now read a second 
time :—The Bill was accordingly read a second 
time ; and committed to a Committee of the whole 
House for To-morrow, at Twelve o’clock. 


72. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
consideration the Amendments made by the Lords 
to the Metropolis Local Management Act Amend- 
ment (No. 2) Bill; 

Ordered, That the said Amendments be taken 
into consideration To-morrow, at Twelve o'clock. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take 
into consideration the Amendments made by the 
Lords to the Ozford College Estates 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 the Com- 
mittee on the Evidence in Foreign Suits Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on the Stoke Poges Hospital Bill ; 
and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker re- 
sumed the Chair; and Viscount Monck reported, 
That the Committee had gone through the Bill. 

Ordered, ‘That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration ‘To-morrow, at 
Twelve o'clock. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Detailed Accounts of the Receipt and Expenditure 
for Navy, Army, Commissariat and Ordnance Ser- 
vices, for the year to the 31st day of March 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, an Account 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 Vice. c. 32, 
(in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 173, 
of Session 1854—55):—Returns of the Quarterly 
Averages of the Weekly Liabilities and Assets of 
the Bank of England (in continuation of Parlia- 
mentary Paper, No. 173, of Session 1854-55, from 
the latest Dates given therein to the present time) : 
—Of the Monthly Average Aggregate Amount of 
Promissory Notes payable to Bearer on Demand, in 
Circulation in the United Kingdom ; distinguishing 
those circulated by the Banks of England and Ire- 
land, and by Private and Joint Stock Banks in Eng- 
land, Scotland and Ireland; together with the Bul- 
lion in the Bank of England (in continuation of Par- 
liamentary Paper, No. 173, of Session 1854-55, up 
to the present time): —Of the minimum Rate of 
Interest at the Bank of England on the 1st of each 
Month in the years 1852, 1853, 1854, 1855, and 
first Six Months of 1856 :—Of the General Weekly 
Average Prices of Wheat, Barley, Oats, Rye, Beans 
and Peas per Quarter (in continuation of Parlia- 
mentary Paper, No. 953, of Session 1853) :—And, 
of the Quantities of Wheat and Wheat Flour, and 
of all other kinds of Grain and Meal, stated in 
Quarters, imported into Great Britain during each 
Month of 1853, 1854, 1855, and first Six Months of 


1856; distinguishing each kind separately, and |. 


whether imported from Ireland, the Colonies, or 
Vou. 111. 


23° Sulti. 





375 


Foreign Parts, giving the Monthly Averages thereof, 
also the Average Price and Totals for each year, 
and for the first Six Months of 1856 (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, That the Select Committee on the New New West- 
Westminster Bridge have Power to report their Ob- pinster 
servations thereupon to the House, together with the ‘om 
Minutes of the Evidence taken before them. — 

Mr. Henley reported from the said Select Com- 
mittee ; That they had considered the matters to 
them referred ; and directed him to make a Report 
thereof to the House, together with the Minutes of 
the Evidence taken before them. 

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


A Petition of George Basil Eyston and Richard Committee of 

Mills, of Gray’s-Inn Square, in the County of Mid- | mean ge 
dlesex, Solicitors for Sir Charles Robert Tempest, of fonda)” 
Broughton Hall, Skipworth, in the County of York, 
Baronet, was presented, and read; setting forth, 
That the Petitioners, as the Solicitors for the said 
Sir Charles Robert Tempest, Baronet, presented a 
Petition to the House of Lords claiming the Peerage 
of the Lord De Scales, and which Petition has been 
referred to the Committee of Privilegés ; that such 
Committee of Privileges has been appointed to be 
held on Thursday next, the 24th day of July 1856, 
at Three of the clock in the afternoon, to proceed on 
the said Claim; that the Petitioners are advised 
that it will be necessary to produce at the Bar of the 
House of Lords in support of the said Claim certain 
Journals of the House for the 11th and 17th days 
of July, in the fortieth year of the reign of his late 
Majesty King George the Third, and in the year 
1800; and praying that leave may be given to the 
proper Officer to attend at the Bar of the House of 
Lords with the said Journals of the 11th and 17th 
days of July, in the fortieth year of the reign of his 
late Majesty King George the Third, 1800, on Thurs- 
day the said 24th day of July instant. 

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


The Chancellor of the Exchequer presented, by NewChurches. 
Her Majesty’s Command,—the Thirty-sixth Annual No, 390. 
Report of Her Majesty’s Commissioners for building 
New Churches. 

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


Mr. John Ball presented,—Return to an Address Gold (Aus- 
to Her Majesty, dated the 20th day of June last, tralia.) 

for a Return, as complete as can be furnished, of the 

Quantity of Gold exported from the several Ports in 
Australia in each year, from the commencement of 

the Gold Discoveries, to the end of the year 1855, 

and specifying to what Countries such Exports-have 

been made. 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the Belize. 
11th day of this instant July, for Copy of Letter ad- No. 391. 
dressed by the Under Secretary of State for the 
Colonies, in November 1836, to S. Coxe, Esquire, 
defining the Boundaries of the British Settlement of 
Belize. 

Ordered, That the said Returns do lie upon the 
Table; and that the Return relative to Belize be 
printed. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 
































































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LL ES TT TT TT TT I TL A Ae ee eas iT st AN A a aS Se aC PSS CER a a RN nensmn=netn rman 


NE AA OR SR A OECD SONS TORL AS MOAT I A~ Se C=o SE 





























































Committees. 


Scottish 
Central 
Railway Bill. 


Perth Burgh 
and Harbour 
(No. 2) Bill 


Public 
Petitions. 


Vide Fifty- 
aixth Report. 


Stamped 








376 


Jovis, 24 die Julii ; 
Anno 20° Victorie Regine, 1856. 


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 Amendment made by the Lords to the Scottish 
Central 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 Lord- 
ships. 


Ordered, That Standing Order, No. 212, be sus- 
ended in the case of the Perth Burgh and Harbour 
(No. 2) Bill, and that the Lords’ Amendments be 
considered, and Amendments thereto, by the Pro- 
moters, be proposed this day :—The House accord- 
ingly proceeded to take the said Amendments into 
consideration; 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. 


Petitions relating to the British Museum, &amp;c. ;— 
Lord’s Day ;— Medical Officers of Unions ;—Metro- 
olis Local Management Act Amendment Bill ;— 
oor Law Unions ;—Sherburn Hospital Bill ;—and, 
Tenant Right (Jre/and) Bill,—were presented, and 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Stamped 





an _ Postage Envelopes, &amp;c., which was presented upon 
No. 392, the 23d day of this instant July, be printed. 
Gold ( Aus- Ordered, That the Return relative to Gold (Aus- 
tralia.) tralia), which was presented upon the 23d day of this 
No. 393. instant July, be printed. 
Trade and Mr. Lowe presented, by Her Majesty’s Command, 
Navigation. — __ Accounts relating to Trade and Navigation, for the 
No. 39. Month ended 30th June 1856, and Six Months 
ended 30th June 1856. 
Army Prize Mr. Lowe also presented, pursuant to the directions 
Money. of an Act of Parliament,—The Account of Unclaimed 
Army Prize Money, from the 18th January 1809 to 
31st December 1855. 

Ordered, That the said Accounts do lie upon the 
Table ; and that the Accounts relative to Trade and’ 
Navigation be printed. 

Bishops of The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
eek od mittee on the Bishops of London aud Durham Re- 
tirement Bill. tirement Bill ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
heing proposed, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 
Charr ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word “ That” to 
the end of the Question, in order to add the words 
“this House will, upon this day three months, 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 

ow a, Member was sworn. 


24° Jultz. 


And the Question being again proposed, That the Bish 
words proposed to be left out stand part of the Ques- Londen = 
tion:—The said proposed Amendment was, with 4, 





A. 1856. 


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. 
Cuause, N° 1 (Sees of London and Durham to 
become vacant). 

Amendment proposed, in p. 1, 1. 19: To leave out 
the words “ by the said Charles James Lord Bishop 
“ of London,” in order to insert the words “ by any 
“ Bishop of his province.” 

Question, That the words proposed to be left out 
stand part of the Clause——put, and agreed to. 
Clause agreed to. 


Crause, N° 2, agreed to. 
Criavuse, N° 3 (Pensions to be payable to the 
said Bishops). 

Amendment proposed, in p. 2, |. 14: To leave out 
from the words “ There shall be” to the word “ life,” 
in 1. 17. 

Question put, That the words “ paid to the said 
“‘ Bishop” stand part of the Clause ; 

The Ganaiites divided. 

Tellers for the; Mr. Hayter, 108 

Yeas, The Earl of Mulgrave ; } P 

Tellers for the fMr. Thomas Duncombe, 30 

Noes, (Mr. Hadfield : ° 

Another Amendment proposed, in p. 2, 1. 15: To 
leave out the words “ Six thousand,” and insert the 
words “ Three thousand five hundred,” instead 
thereof. 

Question put, That the words “ Six thousand ” 
stand part of the Clause ; 

The Committee divided. 

Tellers for the fMr. Hayter, }; 04 

Yeas, The Earl of Mulgrave : ' 

Tellers for thei Mr. Roebuck, 19 

Noes, \Mr. Hadfield: ; 

It being Ten minutes before Four o’clock, the 
Chairman left the Chair. 

Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Fitz- 
Roy reported, That the Committee had made Pro- 

ress in the Bill, and that he was directed to move, 
‘hat the Committee may have leave to sit again. 


Resolved, That this House will, this day, again 
resolve itself intu the said Committee. 


consideration the Amendments made by the Lords 


ment (No. 2) Bill; 
Ordered, That the said Amendments be taken 
into consideration this day, at Six o'clock. 


Bill, as amended in the Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time To- 


morrow. 


The following Papers were laid upon the Table 
by the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, 
dated the 20th day of June last, for a Return of the 
Sums paid by the Board of Health for the West of 
London and Westminster Cemetery, including the 
Cost of the Arbitration under which it was pur- 
chased, and the Costs of the Conveyance; the 
Amounts received since its Purchase for Vaults, 
Graves, Burial Services, &amp;c., and the Amount of 
Salaries, Repairs and other Expenses during the 
same Period ; also, the Regulations under which the 
Cemetery is now conducted as to Interments in 
Vaults, Graves or Catacombs, and the Tariff or 
Prices charged for Interments or otherwise. 





Return 





ham Re. 
ment Bill, 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Metropolis 
4 Local Manage- 


. t Act 
to the Metropolis Local Management Act Amend- ‘Amendment 


(No. 2) Bill. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to Stoke Oe 
take into consideration the Stoke Poges Hospital 2°?" 


West London 
and Westmin- 
ster Cemetery. 





-” 


jis 
\nage- 
t 

nent 
Bill. 


oge? 
} Bill 


ondon 


»etmin- 
meterye 


Sugar, &amp;c. 


Electric 
(India. ) 


Chamber of 
Tendon. 


Registers 
(Scotland.) 


20 Vicroriz. 


Return to an Order, dated the 11th day of this 
instant July, for Returns of the Quantities of Un- 
refined Sugar imported and cleared for Consump- 
tion, in cath Vine ending the 5th day of July from 
1842 to 1856, 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 Molasses :—Of the same in every respect 
of the Aggregate of Unrefined and Refined Sugar 
and Molasses, converting Molasses into Sugar, at 
the rate of Three pounds of Molasses to One pound 
of Sugar :—Of the same of Rum:—Of the Amount 
of Duty received on Refined and Unrefined Sugar, 
and on Molasses, in each of the above years; distin- 
wren. the Amounts paid on Foreign and Colonial 

roduce, 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 fuscovado 
Sugar, exclusive of Duty, froin the London 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. 504, of Session 1855). 

Return to an Order, dated the 17th day of this 
instant July, for Copies of Reports submitted by 
the Superintendent of the Electric Telegraph in 
India in August and October 1855, and in February 
1856, on the completion and working of the Lines: 
—And, of the Minute of the Governor General in 
Council, dated in February 1856; and the Letter 
of the Court of Directors of the East India Com- 
pany written on that Minute. 

The following Paper, pursuant to the directions of 
several Acts of Parliament, was also laid upon the 
Table by the Clerk of the House,—Annual Accounts 
from the Chamber of London. 


Mr. Massey preseuted,—Return to an Address to 
Her Majesty, dated the 13th day of March last, for 
a Return of all the Records or Registers, General 
and Particular, in Scotland, other than Books of 
Courts, for the Registration of Deeds, Sasines, In- 
hibitions, Adjudications, Protests, and every other 
Legal Instrument or Writ, embracing the following 
Particulars :— 

I. As to Particular Registers :—1. The Places 
at which kept; 2. Description of the several 
Registers there kept; 3. The District for which 
provided ; 4. Name of the Keeper of each Re- 
gister; 5. His Age; 6. Date of his Appoint- 
ment; 7. His Profession or Employment when 
appointed ; 8. Whether he still carries on such 
Profession or Employment; 9. Salary and 
Emoluments of his Office; 10. Whence these 
are derived; 11. Whether he performs his | 
Duties in Person or by Deputy; 12. Days and 
Hours during which the Office is kept open for 
Business ; 13. The Number of Deeds or Instru- 
ments recorded in each Register respectively in 
the year 1855 ; and, 14. The Cumulo Amount of 
Fees for Registrations therein during that year. 

II. As to the General Registers kept at Edin- 
burgh:—The same Particulars as those above 
set forth in regard to Particular Registers, with 
the exception of Nos. 1 and 3, and with the 
followiny Addition, viz.: The Number of Assist~ 
ants and Clerks employed in keeping each 
Register, and the Cumulo Amount of their 
Salaries and Emoluments. 

III. The usual Scale of Fees in the General 
and Particular Register respectively for record- 
ing each Deed or [nstrument; by what Autho- 
rity these Fees are fixed and are exigible; whe- 
ther any and what additional Fees, or Increase 
of Fees, has been established since the passing | 

Vou. 111. 





94° Juliz. 


377 


of the Statutes of 10 &amp; 11 Vic., abridging the 
Forms in the Transference of Land and the 
Constitution and Transference of Heritable Se- 
curities ; and whether the Salaries or Allow- 
ances to engrossing Clerks have been aug- 
mented since such Addition or Increase has 
been obtained. 

IV. The mode in which Searches are made, 
and Certificates of Search obtained ; the Official 
Form of such Certificate; the Scale of Fees 
for allowing a Search to be made ; the Fees for 
an Official Search ; and, separately, the Fees 
for a full Official Search for Forty years in 
regard to Incumbrances on Land, and Writs 
affecting Land, or the Power of disponing it 
in the General Registers at Edinburgh, and the 
Particular Registers at Glasgow, respectively. 





Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the Church 
24th day of April last, for a Return of the Number Leaseholds. 


of Leaseholds (every Lease being considered as a 
distinct Leasehold) in the several Dioceses of Eng- 
land and Wales, in respect of which Applications 
have been made by the Lessees either to the Arch- 
bishops and a or Deans and Chapters re- 
spectively, for the Purchase of the Reversion or for 
the Sale of the Term, or for both in part ; and whe- 
ther on such Application Terms have been either 
agreed upon and referred to the Church Estate 
Commissioners, or declined by the Lessees, or whe- 
ther such Applications have been declined by the 
Lessors, or remain under consideration (in continu- 
ation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 375, of Session 
1854). 


Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the Rural Police 
23d day of May last, for a Return of the Number (Scotland.) 


of Rural Police in each County in Scotland; Date 
when established; Salaries; the Annual Cost to 
each County for the years 1853, 1854 and 1855 ; 
Value of Property in each County; and Rate of 
Assessment—to be made out in the following Tabu- 
lar Form : 






























































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2 ba Number of Annual . 2 
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8 3 3 : Police employed. , Cost. F 3 gy 
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Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the Valuation 
od day of June last, for a Return of the Valuation (Scotland. ) 


of the Counties of Scotland, specifying the Amount 
of each Parish and Burgh, under the Valuation Act 
(17 &amp; 18 Vie. c. 41). 


Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the Hamptor 
10th day of this instant July, for a Return of the Courtand Kew 


Number of Visitors admitted to see the Apartments 
and Pictures at Hampton Court, and the Gardens 
at Kew, during the year 1855; distinguishing the 
Number in each Month, and the Number on the 
several Sundays (in continuation of Parliamentary 
mtr No. 198, of Session 1555). 


Gardens. 


eturn to an Order, dated the 19th day of Fe- Corporate 
bruary last, for Returns from each Corporation, Accounts 


Town Council, Town Commissioners or Water Com- 
missioners, 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 1855, and including therein the Borough 

3c Fund, 


(Ireland. ) 

























Grand Jury 
Cess Applot- 
ment(Irelaud.) 


Mr. James 
Sadilcir. 


Bank of 
England 





378 24° Julie. 


Fund, if any, showing the Receipts, viz.—1st. Ba- 
lance, if any, in the hands of the Treasurer on the 
ist day of January 1855; 2d. Amount received 
from Rents; 3d. Amount received from Tolls, As- 
sessments, or Rates; 4th. Amount of Money bor- 
rowed ; 5th. Receipts from all other Sources, all 
during that year; and, 6th. Balance, if any, due 
to the Treasurer on the 31st day of December 
1855:—And the Payments, viz—Ist. Balance, if 
any, due to the Treasurer on the 1st day of Ja- 
nuary 1855; 2d. Lighting, Watching and Cleansing 
Expenses ; 3d. Repairs; 4th. Improvements; 5th. 
Salaries ; 6th. Law Charges; 7th. Interest paid on 
Debts; 8th. Annuities paid; 9th. Debts paid off; 
10th. Incidental Expenses, all during that year; 
and, 11th. The Balance, if any, in the hands of 
the Treasurer on the 31st day of December 1855: 
—Showing the Amount of Debt due by each such 
Body on the 1st day of January 1855 and on the 
3ist day of December 1855, in Classes, distin- 
megs, ee The Bonded Debt ; 2d. The Amount 

ue to Contractors; 3d. The Amount due to any 
Bank; 4th. The Amount due to other Parties ; 
5th. The Amoant due to Treasurer; 6th. The 
Rate of Interest payable on each Class; 7th. The 
Increase—or, 8th. ‘The Decrease—of each Class of 
Debt during the year; 9th. The entire Amount of 
Interest accruing due during the year; 10th. The 
Amount of Sinking Fund, if any, which the Public 
Body was bound by Law to set aside for the Reduc- 
tion of Debt; and, 11th. The Amount of Money so 
set aside or paid off:—Similar Returns from each 





A. 1856. . 


Minimum Rates of Interest charged by the Bank of 
England for each Quarter in each year since 1848 ; 
and also, whether any Commission is charged b 
the Branch Banks in addition to the Rate of In- 
terest, and what Commission (in continuation of 
Parliamentary Papers, Nos. 395 and 584, of Ses- 
sion 1848). 


































Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Bullion, &amp;¢. 
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. ¢. 32:— 
And, of the Monthly Average Aggregate Amount 
ot Promissory Notes payable to bearer on demand, 
in Circulation in the United Kingdom ; distinguish- 
ing 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 Parliamentary Paper, No. 
173, of Session 1855). 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented to Guano. 
Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased to . 
give directions, that there be laid before this House, 
Copies or Extracts of Correspondence with the 
Colonial Office, respecting a Grant made by the 
Crown to raise and take away Guano from the 
Islands of Jibleea, Huskie, and Ghwrzoad, on the 
South Coast of Arabia; and, of the License under 
which the Grant has been made. 





Port, Harbour or Dock Commissioners, or other si- 
milar Body having Power to levy Tonnage or Goods 
Rates in any Port in Zreland :—And, similar Returns 
for the year 1854, from each of the Municipal Corpo- 
rations of Belfast, Clonmel, Cork, Drogheda, Dublin, 
Kilkenny, Limerick, Londonderry, Sligo and Water- 
ford, from Carrickfergus, Cavan and Westport Town 
Commissioners, from the Harbour Commissioners 
of Belfast, the Corporation for preserving and im- 
proving the Port of Dublin, the Newry Navigation 
Company, and Waterford Harbour Commissioners 
(in continuation of Parliameutary Paper, No. 500, 
of Session 1855). 

Return to an Order, dated the 25th day of April 
last, for a Return of the Sums ordered to be levied 
by any Grand Jury in Jreland, under the Act 
18 &amp; 19 Vic. c. 74, for the Expenses of any County 
Officer in making any Applotment of Grand Jury 
Cess ; stating the Assizes at which, and Barony, 
Half Barony, or other Denomination of Land, off 
which such Sums were ordered to be raised. 

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


Mr. Horsman presented,—Return to an Order, | 


dated the 18th day of this instant July, for Copies 
of the Informations and Warrant against Mr. James 
Sadleir, and of the Bills of Indictment, if any, found 
against him, and of the Names of the Witnesses 
and finding of the Grand Jury thereon. 

Ordered, ‘That the said Retarn do lie upon the 
Table. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Returns of the highest and lowest Rate of Interest 
changed by the Bank of England on all Loans or 
Discounts in each Month from the date of the last 
Return to the latest Period to which it can be made 
up; distinguishing Loans on Security of Real Es- 
tate, Louns on Stock or Public Securities, and the 
Discount of Commercial Paper :—Of the several 
Rates at which the Bank of England has advanced 
Money on Loan or Discount, with the date at which 
such Rate has been established, and the Period 
during which it has prevailed, and the Amount of 
Money advanced under each such Rate, from the 
ist day of January 1848 to the Ist day of July 
1856 :—And, Tabular Return of the Maximum and 


Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 

Her Majesty, by such Members of this oe as are 

| of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 

| Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Ecclesiastical 
Returns of the Revenues derived from Lands by Revenues 

‘the Archbishops and Bishops of Jreland, distin- "4 

guishing the Amount received from Rents, and the 

Amount received from Fines, and the Gross and 

Net Amounts; the Number of Acres of Land from 

which the Rents and Fines are derived; the Aver- 

age Value per Acre of those Lands; and Total 

Value :—Of the Revenues derived from the Lands 

of the Church in the hands of the Ecclesiastical 

Commissioners, distinguishing Rent and Fines, and 

stating to what extent Perpetuities have been 

mere under the Act 3 &amp; 4 Will. 4:—Of the 
umber of Acres of Ecclesiastical Lands in the 

hands of the Commissioners: —Of what Leases 

have been made in perpetuity by Archbishops and 

Bishops under the Act 3 &amp; 4 Will. 4, c. 37:—Of 

the Number of Acres of Church Lands in Jreland, 

whether held by the Archbishops and Bishops, or by 

the Ecclesiastical Commissioners:—Of the Rents 

and Fines of all such Lands now payable :--Of the 

Actual Value per Acre of all such Lands, and of 

the Total Value :—Of the Total Ecclesiastical Tithes 

of Ireland as now payable under the last Commuta- 

tion Act:—Of the Total Lay Tithes of Ireland :— 

And, of the Value of Church Leases for Twenty-one 

years, as ascertained from Sales in the Court of 

Chancery and Incumbered Estates Courts, in Years’ 

Purchase. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Eliza 
a es the Correspondence between the Poor Canningforl. 
Law Board and the Guardians of the Poor for the 
City of Bristol, on the Subject of the Death of 
Eliza Canningford. 
Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Poor Law. 
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 1855 and Lady-day 1856, respectively :—Show- 
ing, also, the Number of Paupers of all Classes in 
receipt of Relief, on the 1st day of July 1855 and 
the 1st day of July 1856, in Unions, &amp;c. in England 
and Wales :—Of the Number of Adult Able-bodied 
Paupers 















Recruits. 


Military Esta- 
blishments 
(Colonies. ) 


tical 
| 


Tevant and 
Turkey. 


Australian 
Colonies, 


rford. 


AW 









Barracks, &amp;c. 


20 VicroriZ. 


Paupers in receipt of Relief, on the 1st day of July 
1855 and the ist day of July 1856 :—And, showing 
the Classes to which the Adult Able-bodied Paupers 
relieved belong. 


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 Aggregate Number of Re- 
cruits who have entered the English, Scotch and 
Trish Militia, respectively :—Of the Number who 
have entered each Militia Regiment in each of the 
Three Forces :—And, of the Number of Volunteers 
to the Line from each Regiment of Militia in the 
Three Forces, and,by the Regiments of the Line, 
and in what Proportions these Volunteers have 
been received. 

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


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this | 
House, Copies or Extracts of any Despatches from 
the Secretary of State for the Colonies to the Go- 
vernor General of Canada, or the Lieutenant 
Governors of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and 
Prince Edward’s Island, on the Military Establish- 
ment to be maintained in those Colonies, of a later 
Date than the Despatch of Earl Grey to the Earl 
of Elgin of the 14th day of March 1851 :—Of the 
Report of the Commissioners appointed by Letters 
Patent under the Great Seal of the Province of 
Canada, dated the 27th day of October 1854, to 
investigate and report upon the best means of re- 
organizing the Militia of Canada, and providing an 
efficient and economical System of Public Defence, 
and to report upou an improved System of Police for 
the better Preservation of the Public Peace :— And, 
of any Act or Acts passed by the Parliament of 
Canada, in pursuance of this Recommendation. 

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


Viscount Palmerston presented,— Return to an 
Address to Her Majesty, dated the 26th day of 
February last, for Copies of the Police Reports of 
the British Consuls in the Levant and Turkey, and 
of any Returns of Criminal Cases heard and deter- 
mined in the Consular Courts, or transferred to the 
Criminal Tribunal of Malta, for the years 1852, 
1853, 1854 and 1855:—And, Return of Civil Suits 
of all descriptions in which Her Majesty’s Consuls 
in the Levant and Turkey have been called upon to 
adjudicate, stating the Name and Nationality of 
Plaintiff and Defendant, the Nature of each Suit, 


Q4° Sulit. 





the Decision, and whether any Appeal was wade 
against such Decision. 

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


Mr. Labouchere presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand,—Further Papers relative to the alterations in 
the Constitutions of the Australian Colonies (in con- 
tinuation of Papers presented 20th April and 14th 
May 1855). 

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


Mr. Peel presented,—Return to several Addresses 
to Her Majesty, dated the 3d and 10th days of 
April last, for a Return, so far as the same can be 
given, of the Deaths, and the Causes of Death, in 
the year 1851, in the Barracks of the United King- 
dom, with an Account of the Average Number of 
Non-commissioned Officers and Privates quartered 
in each during the same year:—And, of the Num- 
ber of Deaths and Invalided during the same year, 
in - Regiment of the Household Brigade, and 

OL. 111. 





379 


the Brigade of Guards, separately :——«——— And, for Army. 
a Return of the Number of Troops in each Barrack 

in the United Kingdom on the 1st day of each 
Month in the year 1851 ; together with the Number 

of Sick and Prisoners absent from or kept in each 
Barrack, as the case may be, on the same Days. 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the Militia 
7th day of this instant July, for a Return of the Colonels. 
Names of Colonels of Militia in Great Britain and 
Ireland, appointed since the 30th day of March 
1353, who have received Pay during the time their 
Regiments have been embodied. 

Return to an Order, dated the 27th day of June Burmese War. 
last, for a Return of the Names of Officers com- 
manding Brigades in the last Burmese War, and of 
their Brigade Majors ; distinguishing those who have 
been promoted in consequence of the Conquest of 
Pegu, from those who have not been so promoted. 

‘ ee That the said Returns do le upon the 
able. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being Mr. James 
proposed, That Mr. James Sadleir, having absconded Sadleir. 
from public justice, be expelled this House ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word “ That” to 
the end of the Question, in order to add the words 
“the Papers presented to this House, this day, re- 

“ lating to Mr. James Sadleir, be printed,” instead 
thereof. 

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

And the Question being again proposed, That Mr. 
James Sadleir, having absconded from public justice, 
be expelled this House ; 

And the Previous Question being put, That that 
Question be now put :—It passed in the Negative. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Metropolis 
consideration the Amendments made by the Lords — 
to the Metropolis Local Management Act Amend- Amendment 
ment (No. 2) Bill; (No. 2) 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 the Com- Evidence in 
mittee on the Evidence in Foreign Suits 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- Sheep, &amp;c. 
mittee on the Sheep, &amp;c. Coutagious Diseases Pre- Contagious 
vention Bill; pee ny 

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 Courts of 
consideration the Amendments made by the Lords Common Law 
to the Courts of Common Law (Ireland) Bill; aaa 

Ordered, That the said Amendments be taken 
into consideration after the other Orders of tie day. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Nuisances 
consideration the Amendments made by the Lords to Removal, &amp;. 
the Nuisances Removal, &amp;c. (Scotland) (No. 2) Bill; (No 3) Ba. 

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 Hay and Straw 
consideration the Hay and Straw Trade Bill, as Trade Bill. 
amended in the Committee; 

Ordered, That the Bill be taken into consideration 
after the other Orders of the day. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Formation, &amp;, 
consideration the Amendments made by the Lords oo 
to the Formation, &amp;c. of Parishes Bill ; 





3c2 Ordered, 






































































380 


Ordered, That the said Amendments be taken into 
consideration after the other Orders of the day. 


Smoke Nui- The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
nd a: consideration the Amendment made by the Lords to 
polis) Act, | oue of the Amendments made by this House to the 
1853, Amend- Smoke Nuisance Abatement (Metropolis) Act, 1853, 
soe Amendment Bill; 

Ordered, That the said Amendment be taken into 

consideration after the other Orders of the day. 

Bishops of The House, according to Order, resolved itself into 
a a Committee on the Bishops of London and Durham 


tirement Bill. Retirement Bill. 
(In the Committee.) 


Cravse, N° 3 (Pensions to be payable to the said 
Bishops). 

Amendment proposed, in p. 2, 1. 16: To leave out 
the words “ Four thousand five hundred,” and insert 
the words “ Three thousand.” 

Question put, That the words “ Four thousand five 
hundred” stand part of the Clause ; 

The Committee divided. 

Tellers for the f Mr. Hayter, } 52 

Yeas, i The Earl of Mulgrave : ; 

Tellers for the fMr. Roebuck, Lae 

Noes, Sir Henry Willoughby: J" 

Clause agreed to. 

Crausez, N° 4, agreed to. 

Crause, N° 5 (New Bishop to take, subject to 
future provisions). 

Amendment proposed, in p. 3,1. 1: To leave out 
the werds “ within the space of three years next 
“after the passing of this Act,” and to insert the 


words “ relating to the extent of his duties or the | 


“ amount of his emoluments,” 

Question proposed, That the words proposed to 
be left out cakous of the Clause. 

Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 

Another Amendment proposed, in p, 3, 1. 2: To 
Jeave out the words “ any law, statute or canon to 
“ the contrary notwithstanding.” 

Question proposed, That the words proposed to 
be left out stand part of the Clause. 

Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 

Clause 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, with- 
out Amendment. 

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


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 : 

Income and The Lords have agreed to the Income and Land 
—_ Taxes Taxes Bill, without any Amendment: And also, 


Stamp Duties The Lords have agreed to the Stamp Duties Bill, 


mu. without any Amendment: And also, 

Racehorse The Lords have agreed to the Racehorse Duty 
Duty Bill = Bill, without any Amendment: And also, 

Coast Guard § The Lords have agreed to the Coast Guard Ser- 
Service Bil. yice Bill, without any Amendment: And also, 
Corrupt The Lords have agreed to the Corrupt Practices 


Practices Pre- 


vention Bill, Frevention Bill, without any Amendment: And 


also, 
General Board The Lords have agreed to the General Board of 
= Health Con- Frealth Continuance Bill, without any Amendment : 
inuance Bill. 
And also, 
The Lords have agreed to the Militia Pay Bill, 
without any Amendment: And also, 
The Lords have agreed to the Cursitor Baron of 
the Exchequer Bill, without any Amendment: And 
also, 


Militia Pay 
Bill. 
Cursitor Baron 


of the Exche- 
quer Bill. 


24° Juli. 





A. 1856. 


The Lords have agreed to the Lunatic Asylums Lunatic Asy- 
Act Amendment Bill, without any Amendment; lums Act 
And also, Amen 


The Lords have agreed to the Deeds (Scotland) Deeds (Scot. 

Bill, without any Amendment: And also, land) Bill. 
The Lords have agreed to the Judicial Procedure, Judicial 

ke. (Scotland) Bill, without any Amendment: And Procedure, &amp;e. 

also, (Scotland) Bill, 
The Lords have agreed to the Court of Appeal in Court of 

Chancery (Jreland) Bill, without any Amendment: ope in 


And also, (Ireland) Bill, 


The Lords have agreed to the Amendments made Marriage Law 
by this House to the Marriage Law (Scotland) (Scotland) — 
Amending Bill, without any Amendment : And also, “™¢™4isBill. 

The Lords have agreed to the Amendments made Mercantile 
by this House to the Mercantile Law Amendment L4w Amend- 
Bill, without any Amendment: And also, amines 

The Lords have agreed to the Amendments made Dallington 
by this House to the Dallington Estate Bill, without Estate Bill, 
any Amendment: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Amendments made Bell’s Estate 
by this House to Bell’s Estate Bill, without any Bill. 
Amendment: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Amendments made Thoroton’s 
by this House to Thoroton’s and Croft’s Estate Bill, ag 
without any Amendment: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Criminal Justice Criminal 
Bill, with an Amendment; to which Amendment 9"tice Bill 
the Lords desire the concurrence of this House: 

And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Poor Law Amend- Poor Law 
ment (Scotland) Bill, withan Amendment ; to which rer 
Amendment the Lords desire the concurrence of °°") 
‘this House : And also, 

The Lords do not insist on Clause (A) added to Parochial 


Schools (Scot- 
land) Bill, 





the Parochial Schools (Scotland) Bill, to which the 
|Commons disagree :—The Lords do not agree to 
the Amendment made by the Commons to the 
'Amendment made by the Lords, and insist on the 
Amendment made by the Lords, to which the 
Commons disagree, for which they assign Reasons: 
And also, 

The Lords communicate to this House, Copy of Transporta- 
Report from the Select Committee of the House of “™ 
Lords, appointed to inquire into the Provisions and 
Operations of the Act to substitute in certain cases 
other Punishment in lieu of Transportation: And 
also, 

The Lords request, That this House will be pleased Civil Service 
to communicate to their Lordships, a Copy of the Superannua- 
Report from the Select Committee appointed by "°™ 
this House, in the present Session of Parliament, to 
consider the existing regulations respecting the Grant 
of Superannuation Allowances to persons who have 
held Civil Offices in Her Majesty’s Service ; together 
with the Minutes of Evidence taken before the said 
Committee : And also, 

The Lords request, That this House will be pleased Ecclesiastical 
to communicate to their Lordships, a Copy of the Commission 
Report from the Select Committee appointed by “ 
this House, in the present Session of Parliament, to 
inquire into the present constitution of the Ecclesi- 
astical Commission for England; together with the 
Minutes of Evidence taken before the said Com- 
mittee: And also, 

The Lords request, That this House will be pleased 
to communicate to their Lordships, a Copy of the 
Report from the Select Committee appointed by 
this House, in the present Session of Parliament, on 
the Court of Chancery (Jreland) Bills ; together with 
the Minutes of Evidence taken before the said Com- 
mittee. 


Court of 
Chancery 
(Ireland) Bills. 


into Metropolis 
ment Act 
Amendment 
(No, 2) Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for es: 
consideration the Amendments made by the 
to the Metropolis Local Management Act Amend- 
ment (No. 2) Bill; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
proposed, That the said Amendments be now read ; 





An 





Ke, 
sill. 





90 VicroriI2#. 


An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the words “ That the” 
to the end of the Question, in order to add the words 
“ consideration of such Amendments be postponed 
“ till To-morrow,” instead thereof. 

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

Ordered, That the said Amendments be now read: 
—The said Amendments were accordingly read a 
first and second time. 

And a Motion being made, and the Question being 

ut, That this House doth disagree with the Lords 
in the Amendment in p. 1: To leave out Clause |. ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right ; 

The Noes to the Left. 

Tellers for thef Mr. Butler, } 

Yeas, (Mr. Murrough : ™ 

Tellers for thes Mr. Hayter, } 58 

Noes, The Earl of Mulgrave: : 

‘So it passed in the Negative. 

And the said Amendment was agreed to. 

Several other of the said Amendments were agreed 
to; and one of the said Amendments was agreed to, 
with an Amendment. 

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 concurrenee of their 
Lordships. 


Evidence in The Orders of the day being read, for the Com- 
Foreign Suits “mittees on the Evidence in Foreign Suits Bill, and 


ody the Sheep, &amp;c. Contagious Diseases Prevention Bill; 
Contagious Ordered, That the said Bills be committed to the 


agg same Committee. 

° Then the House resolved itself into the Com- 
mittee; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. 
Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. FitzRoy re- 
ported, 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. 


Courts of The House, according to Order, proceeded to take 

(Inet) Eur, ito consideration the Amendments made by the 

nd) Bill. ¥ ords to the Courts of Common Law (Ireland) 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. 


Nuisances The House, according to Order, proceeded to take 

— into consideration the Amendments made by the 

(No.2) Bin, Lords to the Nuisances Removal, &amp;c. (Scotland) 
(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 Lord- 
ships. 


av andStraw The House, according to Order, proceeded to take 
into consideration the Hay and Straw Trade Bill, as 
amended in the Committee. 

A Clause was offered to be added to the Bill 
(Every person who shall publicly hawk or -cause to 
be hawked for sale any tee or Straw in any place 
within the limits of this Act other than a public Hay 
Market (the same not being less than eighteen 
trusses), shall, at or upon the delivery thereof, be 
provided with a proper steelyard or other weighing 
machine, for the purpose of weighing the same, and 
if any dispute arise in respect to the weight of any 
such Hay or Straw, it shall be lawful for either party 

Vou. 111. 


D4? Julie. 











381 


to convey the same to the nearest Police Station 
where any weights and scales are deposited ; where- 
upon the Inspector of Police or other officer in 
attendance shall re-weigh the same, and such re- 
weighing shall be conclusive to all parties) :—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 
To-morrow. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take Formation, &amp;e. 
into consideration the Amendments made by the of Parishes 
Lords to the Formation, &amp;c. of Parishes 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 Smoke Nui- 
into consideration the Amendment made by the 8#ce Abate- 
Lords to one of tlie Amendments made by this House org 
to the Smoke Nuisance Abatement (Metropolis) Act, 1853, Amend- 
1853, Amendment Bill; and the same was twice ment 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 Amendment made by their Lord- 
ships. 


Ordered, That the Amendment made by the Criminal 
Lords to the Criminal Justice Bill be taken into Justice Bill. 
consideration To-morrow. 


Ordered, That the Amendment made by the Poor Law 
Lords to the Poor Law Amendinent (Scotland) Bill a. 
be taken into consideration To-morrow. (Sectaneye 


Ordered, That the Reasons assigned by the Parochial 
Lords for disagreeing to the Amendment made by Schools (Scot- 
this House to one of the Amendments made by #24) Bill 
their Lordships to the Parochial Schools (Scotland) 

Bill, and for insisting on one of the Amendments 
made by their Lordships to the said Bill, be taken 
into consideration To-morrow. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Mr. James mr. James 
Sadleir, which was presented this day, be printed. _Sadleir. 
No. 394, 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 4 meer Ali 
Copies of any Despatches addressed to the Gover- Morad. 
nor General of Jndia, in reply to the Despatch of 
Lord Dathousie, dated the 27th day of February 
1851, on the Subject of the Confiscation of the 
Territories of the Ameer Ali Morad :—Of all Cor- 
respondence that has passed between his Highness 
Ameer Ali Morad and the Authorities of India, on 
the subject of that Confiscation, subsequent to the 
Proclamation of the 19th day of January 1852 :— 
Of any Correspondence that has taken place be- 
tween Ameer Ali Morad and the Authorities in 
India, relative to his intended visit to England :— 
Of the Depositions or other Information on the 
Claims of Ali Morad, recorded by Captain Pope, 
on the occasion of his visit to Khyrpoor, in August 
1843, as stated by Captain Pope in his Letter to 
F. Thomason, Esquire, Secretary to the Government 
of India, dated Sukkur, October 24th, 1843, and 
published in page 63, of Parliamentary Papers, 
No. 73, of Session 1852 :—Of all Correspondence 
between the Magistrate of Sukkur and the Govern- 
ment of Scinde, between the years 1843 and 1845, 


‘or during the same period between the Government 


of Scinde and that of India, respecting the with- 
3c3 holding 































































Brydges’ 
Estate Bill. 


Public 
Petitions 
(Fifty-sixth 
Report.) 


Davidson’s 
Divorce Bill. 


Cairness 
Estate Bill. 


Public 
Petitions. 
Vide Fifty- 
seventh Re- 
port. 


Kerry Writ. 


Nottingham 
Writ. 


382 


holding from Ameer Ali Morad of the Pergunnahs 
of Meerpoor, Mahtela and Meherkee, and of any 
Correspondence between the same Parties relative 
to their restitution to him in 1845:—Of the Procla- 
mation of Mr. Commissioner Freere, dated the 19th 
day of January 1852, confiscating the Territories of 
the Ameer Ali Morad :—And, Return of the several 
Pergunnahs and Districts confiscated by this Pro- 
clamation, and of the Gross Revenue received by 
the Indian Government from each of those Districts, 
in each of the years since the Date of the Procla- 
mation. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 





Veneris, 25° die Julii ; 
Anno 20° Victorie Regine, 1856. 


PRAYERS. 
N R. FitzRoy reported Brydges’ Estate Bill, 


without Amendment. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Mr. Bonham Carter reported from the Select 
Committee on Public Petitions; That they had exa- 
mined the Petitions presented upon the 22d, 23d 
and 24th days of this instant July; and had directed 
him to make a Report thereof to the House. 

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


Mr. Walpole reported Davidson’s Divorce Bill, 
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. 


The Cairness 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. 


Petitions relating to the Bible ;—Lord’s Day ;— 
Maynooth College Act ;—County Courts Act Amend- 
ment Bill ;— Medical Officers of Unions ;—Medical 
Profession Bill ; —Omnibus Traffic (Metropolis) ;— 
Tenant Right (Jreland) ;—Turnpike Gates (London) ; 
—and, Vaccination Bill,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant 
to the Clerk of the Crown in Jreland, to make out 
a new Writ for the electing of a Knight of the Shire 
to serve in this present Parliament for the County 
of Kerry, in the room of the Honourable Valentine 
Augustus Browne, commonly called Viscount Castle- 
rasse, who, since his Election for the said County, 
hath accepted the Office of Comptroller of Her Ma- 
jesty’s Household. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant 
to the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ 
for the electing of a Burgess to serve in this present 
Parliament for the Borough of Nottingham, in the 
room of the Right honourable Edvard Strutt, who, 
since his Election for the said Borough, hath ac- 
cepted the Office of Steward or Bailiff of Her Ma- 
jesty’s Manor of Hempholme, in the County of York. 


24° — 95° Jultt. 








A. 1856. 





Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Customs 
Return showing the Amount received (in the past Duties. 


year) as Customs Duty on each Article of Import 
yielding a less Sum in Import Duty than £. 10,000 ; 
with the Rate of Duty on each Article, and the Total 
Amount received on all. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Emigration 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased (Australian 


to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Copies or Extracts of any Despatches rela- 
tive to Emigration to the Australian Colonies (in 
continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 42, of 
Session 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. 


Colonies, ) 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Emigration 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased (North 


House, Copies or Extracts of Despatches relative 
to Emigration to the North American Colonies (in 
continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 464, of 
Session 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. 


to give directions, that there be laid before this —- 


lonies. ) 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Gold Coast. 


to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Copies of Warrant appointing James Cole- 
man Fitzpatrick, Esquire, Judicial Assessor or As- 
sistant to the Native Sovereigns or Chiefs in the 
Countries adjacent to Her Majesty’s Forts and Set- 
tlements on the Gold Coast :—Of the Instructions, 
if any, addressed from the Colonial Office to the said 


James Coleman Fitzpatrick at the time of his Ap- , 


pointment :—Of any Correspondence between the 
said James Coleman Fitzpatrick, Governor Hill, 
Brodie Cruichshanke, Esquire, and the Duke of 
Newcastle, Her Majesty’s Senestery of State for the 
Colonies, relative to the administration by the said 
James Coleman Fitzpatrick of the Estates of Per- 
sons dying unrepresented on the Gold Coast, and 
also be ow to the return of the said James Coleman 
Kitzpatrick to England in November 1853 :—Of 
Correspondence which has passed between the said 
James Coleman Fitzpatrick and the Colonial Office 
relative to such unrepresented Estates, since the re- 
turn of the said James Coleman Fitzpatrick in No- 
vember 1853:—And, of the Warrant appointing 
Henry Connor, Esquire, Judicial Assessor, on the 
resignation of the said James Coleman Fitzpatrick, 
and of any Instructions accompanying such Ap- 
pointment; and also, Copy of any Warrant subse- 
quently issued to him varying or altering his pre- 
vious Appointment. 

Ordered, That 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, East Indi# 
Copies of Minutes and Correspondence between the (Roads. ) 


late Governor General and the Home Departments 
of the Government of Jndia, in reference to the 
project of the Hindostan and Tibet Road, with the 
several Reports of Major Kennedy and Lieutenant 
Briggs relating thereto, and an Account of the Ex- 
pense attending Construction thereof: — And, of 
Reports of Engineer ; and an Account of the Ex- 
penditure incurred in reference to the Construction 
of the New Road between Kalka and the Military 


Sanitary Station of shai. 
- _ Ordered, 


jundant 
List (Public 


Departments. ) 


Aldershot 
Camp. 


Railway 
Accidents. 


Railway 
Passengers, 
ke, 


Trade and 
Navigation. 


Statistical 
Tables, 


Tariffs, 


ae v dabiteniet. “wihine 2h 


20 Vicroriz. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the Number of Persons on the Redundant 
List of the Public Departments at the commence- 
ment of the year 1855; the Number that have 
died or become incapable of Service during the year 
1855; 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 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 Return showing the Total Number of | 
Acres purchased by the Nation at Aldershot, and 
the Total Cost of the Land so purchased ; the Cost 
of the Huts and other Buildings in each year, in 
Detail, and any other Expense connected with the | 
permanent Establishment of the Camp; and the | 
Total Number of Troops stationed at Aldershot in 
each year, distinguishing Cavalry, Artillery, Engi- 
neers, Infantry, Militia and Foreign Legion. 

Ordered, ‘That 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. Lowe presented, by Her Majesty’s Command, 
—Return of the Number and Nature of the Acci- 
dents 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 1856. 


Return showing the Number of Passengers con- 
veyed on all the Railways in England and Wales, 
Scotland and Ireland respectively, during the Half- 
year ended the 30th June 1856, distinguished in 
different Classes, and the Receipts from each Class 
of Passengers, and from Goods, &amp;c., compiled from 
Returns made in pursuance of the provisions of the 
Act 3 &amp; 4 Vic. c. 97 :—Also the Length of Railway 
open at the Commencement and at the Termination 
of the Half-year ; together with a Summary com- 
paring the Traffic with that in the corresponding 
Period in 1855, and a Supplement showing the 
Aggregate Number of Miles travelled by each Class 
of Passengers, the Number of Passenger Trains 
and of Goods Trains respectively ; and the Number 
of Miles travelled by such Trains during the above- 
mentioned Half-year. 


Annual Statement of the Trade and Navigation 
of the United Kingdom with Foreign Countries and 
British Possessions, in the year 1855, 


Statistical Tables relating to the Colonial and 
other Possessions of the United Kingdom: Part I. 

Statistical Tables relating to Foreign Countries, 
compiled, for the most part, from the Official Re- 
turns of the respective Countries: Part III. (con- 
tinuing 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), 

Statistical Tables relating to Foreign Countries, 
compiled, for the most part, from the Official Re- 
turns of the respective Countries: Part IV. (con- 
tinuing the Information for the respective Coun- 
tries, from the Supplemental Volume (Section A.) to 
Part XVIII. of Tables of Revenue, Population, 
Commerce, &amp;c. of the United Kingdom). 


A Return of the Rates of Duty upon the principal 
Articles (so far as the same can be given) levied in 
each of the years 1855 and 1856 by the Tariffs of 
Foreign Countries, in which Changes were made 
within that Period; and showing the Per-centage, 
Increase or Decrease :—List of Countries included 
in this Return: Sweden, France, Austria, Roman 


25° Julie. 








383 


Mr. Lowe also presented,—Return to an Address to Bullion, &amp;c. 
Her Majesty, dated the 23d day of this instant July, 
for an Account 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 Vie. c. 32, (in 
continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 173, of 
Session 1854—55) :—Returns of the Quarterly Ave- 
rages of the Weekly Liabilities and Assets of the 
Bank of England (in continuation of Parliament- 
ary Paper, No. 173, of Session 1854-55, from the 
latest Dates given therein to the present time): 
—Of the Monthly Average Aggregate Amount of 
Promissory Notes payable to Bearer on Demand, in 
Circulation in the United Kingdom ; distinguishing 
those circulated by the Banks of England and Ire- 
land, and by Private and Joint Stock Banks in Eng- 
land, Scotland and Ireland; together with the Bul- 
lion in the Bank of England (in continuation of Par- 
liamentary Paper, No. 173, of Session 1854-5, up 
to the present time) :—Of the Minimum Rate of 
Interest at the Bank of England on the 1st of each 
Month in the years 1852, 1853, 1854, 1855, and 
first Six Months of 1856 :—Of the General Weekly 
Average Prices of Wheat, Barley, Oats, Rye, Beans 
and Peas, per Quarter (in continuation of Parlia- 
mentary Paper, No. 953, of Session 1853) :—And, 
of the Quantities of Wheat and Wheat Flour, and 
of all other kinds of Grain and Meal, stated in 
Quarters, imported into Great Britain during each 
Month of 1853, 1854, 1855, and first Six Months 
of 1856 ; distinguishing each kind separately, and 
whether imported from Ireland, the Colonies, or 
Foreign Parts, giving the Monthly Averages thereof, 
also the Average Price and Totals for each year, 
and for the first Six Months of 1856 (in continua- 
tion of Parliamentary Paper, No. 953, of Session 
1853). 

Return to an Order, dated the 17th day of June Railways. 
last, for a Return of the Number and Description of 
Persons employed on each of the Railways in Eng- 
land and Wales, Scotland and Ireland, respectively, 
on the 30th day of June 1856, 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 1856 ; 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. 511, of Session 1855). 

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


Mr. Massey presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- Convict 
mand,—Copy of Reports of the Directors of Con- Prisons. 
vict Prisons on the Discipline and Management of 
Pentonville, Parkhurst and Milbank Prisons, and 
of Portland, Portsmouth, Dartmoor and Brixton 
Prisons, and the Hulks, for the year 1855. 

Copy of Nineteenth Report of the Inspectors Prisons. 
rage under the provisions of the Act 5 &amp; 6 

ill. 4, c, 38, to visit the different Prisons of Great 
Britain: 1. Home District. 

Copy of Report by Her Majesty's Commissioners Lunacy _ 
appointed 1o inquire into the state of Lunatic (Beotland.). 
Asylums in Scotland, and the existing Law in refer- . 
ence to Lunatics and Lunatic Asylums in that part 
of the United Kingdom; together with the Kvi- 
dence and an Appendix. 

Copy of ‘T'wenty-second Report of the Commis- 
sioners of National Education in Ireland (for the 
year 1855), with Appendices: Vol. L. 


An Abstract of the General Statements of the Turnpike 


National 
Education 
(Ireland.) 








States, Merico, Peru (in continuation of the Re- 
turn presented in August 1855). 
Vor. 111. 





Income and Expenditure of the several Turnpike Trusts 
Trusts in Scotland, between the Term of hit- Scotand-d 
3c 4 sunday 













































































384 


sunday 1853 and the Term of Whitsunday 1854, 
pursuant to the Act 12 &amp; 13 Vic. c. 31. 

An Abstract of the General Statements of the 
Income and Expenditure of the several Turnpike 
Trusts in England and Wales, from 1st January 
1854 to 31st December 1854, inclusive, pursuant to 
the Act 3 &amp; 4 Will. 4, c. 80. 

Tables showing the Number of Criminal Offenders 
committed for Trial or Bailed for Appearance at the 
Assizes and Sessions in each County in England 


‘Turnpike 
Trusts. 


Criminal 
Offenders. 


25° Julia. 





and Wales, in the year 1855, and the Result of the | 
Proceedings, made out by. Order of Her Majesty’s | 
Principal Secretary of State for the Home Depart- | 
ment from the Criminal Registers kept in that, 
Office. 


Coal Mines. Copy of Reports of Messrs. Dunn, Dickinson, Mor- 


ton, Williams, Wynne and Mackhworth, Inspectors of 


Coal Mines, to Her Majesty’s Secretary of State. 
Copy of Report to the Right honourable William 
Cowper, M.P., Presideut of the General Board o 
Health, on the Metropolis Water Supply, under the 
Provisions of the Metropolis Water Act. 


Metropolis 
Water Supply. 


Highways. 





A. 185€. 


of Health to the Mortgage of Rates for Permanent 
Works, and*the Amount of Loans sanctioned be- 
tween the Ist day of January 1854 and the 30th day 
of June 1856 :—And, of the Number of Reports by 
Superintending Inspectors made to the General 
Board of Health between the 1st day of January 
1854 and the 30th day of June 1856, on the Ex- 
amination of Plans and Works of ae or 
Water Supply, and on inquiries under the Public 
Health Act (in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, 
No. 231, of Session 1855). 

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


| The following Papers were. laid upon the Table by Superannus- 
the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, dated tions, &amp;, 
| the 10th day of March last, for a Return of the Sala- 
ries and Emoluments, on the 1st dey of January 
/1835 and on the 1st day of January 1856, in the 
several Branches of the Civil Service now subject to 
| Superannuation Deductions ; distinguishing, in sepa-, 
_rate Columns, the Rate of Salary per Head, and the 
| Numbers in each Class in which either Increase \or 


: 


An Abstract of the General Statements of the | Decrease of Salary has taken place :—Similar, Re-; 


Receipts and Expenditure on account of the High- turn for all such Political Offices as are usually held, 
ways of the several Parishes, Townships, &amp;c. in| by Members of either House of Parliament :-—Simi-, 
England and Wales, for the year ending 25th | Jar Return for the Diplomatic and Consular Depart- 


March 1854, pursuant to the Act 12 &amp; 13 Vic. | 


c. 35. 


Election Mr. Massey also presented,— Further Return to an 


Auditors, 


under the Bribery revention Act (1854), showing in 
a Tabular Form, for England, 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 Elec- 
tors or not in the particular County, Riding, District, 
Town, Borough, Burgh or Burghs for which they 
are appointed to act. 


Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 
11th day of June 1855, for a Return from each Dio- 
cese in England and Wales of the Number of Per- 
sons baptized in each Church or Chapel of the 
Church of England in the year 1851, the year of 
the Census, and the Total Number thereof. 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 
4th day of April last, for a Return of all Cases con- 
cerning the correction of Criminous Clerks in Holy 
Orders in which Commissions have issued in Eng- 
land, with the Report of such Commissions, and 
of all Causes tried in the Arches Court of Canter- 
bury, and in the Appellate Court of York :—And, 
like Return from all the Ecclesiastical Courts of 
Ireland, during the period elapsing frum the 1st day 
of January 1846 to the Ist day of January 1856, 
both inclusive. 


Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 
21st day of April last, for a Return of all Convic- 
tions under the Criminal Justice Act, from the 
passing of the Act to the 31st day of March 1856; 
specifying Numbers convicted in each Month, Na- 
ture of Crime committed, and Sentence passed in 
each case. 


Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 
29th day of April last, fora Return of the Number of 
Wills proved and Administrations granted, in each 
year during the last Five years, by the Episcopal 
Archdeaconry and Peculiar Courts proposed to be 
abolished by the Wills and Administrations Bill, in 
a Tabular Form, showing the Number of Probates 
and Administrations, in each year, under each pro- 
gressive Rate of Stamp Duty. 


Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the | 
22d day of this instant July, for Returns of the 
Number of Towns to which the Public Health Act, 
1848, was applied between the 18th day of April 
and the 30th day of June 1856 :—Of the Number of 
Applications for the Sanction of the General Board 


Baptisms 
(Church of 
England. ) 


Criminous 
Clerks. 


Criminal 
Justice Act. 


Wills and 
Administra- 
tions. 


Public Health 
Act. 


Address to Her Majesty, dated the 11th day of May | 
1855, fora Return of all Election Auditors appointed | 


| 


ments :—And, Return of any General Alterations of 
Pay that have taken place since the Ist day of 
January 1830 in those Classes of the Post-office, 
Ordnance and Navy Departments receiving Weekly 
Pay. 
Return to an Order, dated the 10th day of April Commissions, 

last, for a Return of the Number of Commissions of 
Inquiry appointed since the year 1830 ; distinguish- 
ing each, and, if expired, the Date thereof, and the 


| Expense of each, &amp;c. to the present period, in the 


same Form as larliamentary Paper, No. 720, of 
Session 1850. 


Return to an Order, dated the 10th day of June Insolvent 
last, for Returns of the Names and Number of Pe- Debtors’Court, 
titioners to the Insolvent Debtors’ Court, Portugal- 
street, showing the Schedules filed and Cases heard 
since the Date when the last Commissioner was ap- 
pointed :—Of the Number of Cases heard by each 
Commissioner, and adjudicated upon, and the Pe- 
titioner discharged forthwith :—And, of the Number 
of Cases remanded or adjourned by each Commis- 


sioner, and the periods uf each. 


Return to an Order, dated the 26th day of June National Debt, 
last, for Returns of the Amount of National Debt 
existing on the 5th day of April since the year 1854; 
specifying the description of Stock, the Interest pay- 
able on each Description, the Reduction 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 
(in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 496, of 
Session 1855) :—And, of the Amount of Stock can- 
celled each year in exchange for Terminable Annui- 
ties since their creation ; specifying the Amount of 
Terminable Annuities in existence in each year end- 
ing the 5th day of January since their creation up to 
the year 1853, and on the 5th day of April in all sub- 
sequent years up to April 1856, inclusive. 


Return to an Order, dated the 10th day of this Legacy, &amp;. 
instant July, for Returns showing the Amount of Duties. 
Capital on which the several Rates of cy Duty 
have been paid in Great Britain and in freland, in 
the years 1854 and 1855, with an additional Co- 
lumn, showing the Amount of Tax received on each 
of the several Rates; also the Amount of Duty in 
the Abstract on each of the several Rates :—And, of 
the Total Amount of Revenue received in the 
United Kingdom, in each of the years 1854 and 
1855, for Stamp Duties on Legacies, Probates, Ad- 
ministrations and Testamentary Inventories ; distin- 
guishing the Amount from LEngiand and Wales, 
Scotland and Ireland; with an Abstract of the 





whole 





urt. 


ebt. 


* 





Malt, &amp;c. 


Collectors’ 
Fines (Prescot 
Division.) 


Navy, Army, 
&amp;e. 


Poor Law. 


Army, 
Commissariat 
and Ordnance. 


Office of 
Works, 


Army Prize 
Money. 
No. 395. 


Sugar, &amp;c. 
No. 396. 


Chamber of 
don. 


No. 397. 
Regist 
(Scotland.) 

No. 398. 


20 Vicrortia. 


whole Amount of Duty received since 1797; and 
showing the Total Amount of Duty on Legacies, 
Probates and Administrations received since 1797 
{in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 234, 
of Session 1855). 

Return to an Order, dated the 14th day of this 
instant July, for Returns of the Number of Bushels 
of Malt brought to charge in each of the Three 
years ending the 5th or ist day of July 1854-55 
and 1856, as the years may end on one or other of 
those days :—Of the Number of Bushels of Malt in 
Stock on which additional Duty was charged in 
May 1854, and the Amount received therefrom :— 
Of the Number of Bushels of Malt in Stock on the 
5th day of July 1856, and the Amount to be re- 
turned thereon :—Of the average Price of Barle 
fur each of the Three years before named :—Of the 
Amount in “old Duty” charged on English Hops 
for each of the before-named Three years :—And, of 
the Number of Cwts. of Foreign Hops imported in 
each of the same Three years. 

Return to an Order, dated the 14th day of this 
instant July, for Returns of all Persons, with their 
Names — Occupations in full, on whom Fines have 
been levied from the 1st day of January 1850 to the 
23d day of June 1856, in the Prescot Division of 
the County Palatine of Lancaster, for refusing to 
act as Collectors or Assessors of Government Taxes : 
—Of the Amounts of the Fines levied on such Per- 
sons, and the Clause of any Act or Acts of Parlia- 
ment authorizing the same :—And, of the proportion 
of such Fines paid to the Surveyor of Taxes of the 
above District, and retained by him for his own use ; 
the proportions paid to the Magistrates’ Clerks, and 
retained by them for their own use; and the Ba- 
lance, if any, paid into Her Majesty’s Treasury. 

Return to an Order, dated the 23d day of this in- 
stant July, for Detailed Accounts of the Receipt 


95° Julit. 





385 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Church Church 
Leaseholds, which was presented upon the 24th day Leaseholds. 
of this instant July, be printed. No, 399. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Rural Police Rural Police 
(Scotland), which was presented upon the 24th day (Scotland.) 
of this instant July, be printed. No. 400. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Hampton Hampton 
Court and Kew Gardens, which was presented upon €ou" and Kew 
the 24th day of this instant July, be printed. We. 468 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Grand Jury Grand Tuay 
Cess Applotment (Jreland), which was presented part — earl 


upon the 24th day of this instant July, be printed. No. 402. 
Ordered, That the Return relative to the Burmese Burmese War. 


Y | War, which was presented upon the 24th day of this No, 403. 


instant July, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to Transporta- Transporta- 
tion, which was communicated from the Lords upon “2 
the 24th day of this instant July, be printed. No, 404. 


Mr. Labouchere presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- Crown Lands, 
mand,—Further Papers relative to Crown Lands in Australian 
the Australian Colonies (in continuation of Papers 
presented 10th August 1854). 

Further Papers relative to the Discovery of Gold Gold 
in Australia (in continuation of Papers presented ‘“ 
February 1856). 

Further Papers relative to Addresses, Resolutions, War with 
&amp;e., from the British Colonies, on the subject of the Russia. 
War with Russia (in continuation of Papers pre- 
sented August 1855). 

* ws That the said Papers do lie upon the 
able. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Army in 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased **¢ ™** 





and Expenditure for Navy, Army, Commissariat, 


to give directions, that there be laid before this House, 


and Ordnance Services, for the year to the 31st day | a Return concerning the late Army of the East:— 


of March 1855. 
Return to an Order, dated the 24th day of this 


instant July, for Returns showing the Amount of| : 


Money expended for In-maintenance and Out-door 
Relief in Unions, &amp;c., under the Poor Law Amend- 
ment Act in England and Wales, during the half- 
years ended Lady-day 1855 and Lady-day 1856, 
respectively :—Showing, also, the Number of Paupers 
of all Classes in Receipt of Relief, on the 1st day of 
July 1855 and the 1st day of July 1856, in Unions, 
&amp;e., in England and Wales:—Of the Number of 
Adult Able-bodied Paupers in Receipt of Relief, on 
the Ist day of July 1855 and the Ist day of July 
1856 :—And, showing the Classes to which the 
Adult Able-bodied Paupers relieved belong. 

The following Papers, pursuant to the directions 
of several Acts of Parliament, were also laid upon 
the Table by the Clerk of the House,—Accounts of 
Army, Commissariat and Ordnance Receipt and 
Expenditure, for the year ended 31st March 1855, 
with Reports of the Commissioners of Audit. 

Copy of Treasury Minute, dated 15 July 1856, 
granting a Retired Allowance to Mr. Thornborrow, 
Assistant Secretary of the Office of Works. 


Ordered, That the Account relative to Army Prize 
Money, which was presented upon the 24th day of 
this instant July, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Sugar, &amp;c., 
which was presented upon the 24th day of this in- 
stant July, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Accounts relative to the Cham- 
ber of London, which were presented upon the 24th 
day of this instant July, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Registers 
(Scotland), which was presented upon the 24th day 
of this instant July, be printed. 

Vou. 111. 








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—And, similar Return for Royal Artillery and Royal 
~—— and Miners. 
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. 


The Bishops of Zondon and Durham Retirement Bishops of 
Bill was, according to Order, read the third time ; a 
and Amendments were made to the Bill. ptremcamg «A 

Resolved, That the Bill, with the Amendments, do 


s. 
Onde, That the Clerk do 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 Evidence in Foreign Suits Bill was, according Evidence in 
to Order, read the third time ; and an Amendment Foreign Suits 
was made to the Bill. Bill 

Resolved, 





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386 


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. 


Sheep, &amp;c. The Sheep, &amp;c., Contagious Diseases Prevention 
Sintagions .. Bill was, according to Order, read the third time. 
vention 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. 
Criminal ‘The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
Justice Bill. ¢onsideration the Amendment made by the Lords 
to the Criminal Justice Bill ; 
‘Ordered, That the said Amendment be taken into 
consideration after the Notice of Motion relative to 
Public Bills. 
Poor Law The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
(Bostiand) Bill consideration the Amendment made by the Lords 
)6M to the Poor Law Amendment (Scotland) Bill ; 
Ordered, That the said Amendment be taken into 
consideration after the Notice of Motion relative to 
Public Bills, 
Parochial The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
Schools (Peo consideration the Reasons assigned by the Lords for 
sane disagreeing to the Amendment made by this House 
to one of the Amendments made by their Lordships 
to the Parochial Schools (Scotland) Bill, and for 
insisting on one of the Amendments made by their 
Lordships to the said Bill ; 
Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 
Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 
Hay and The Hay and Straw Trade Bill was, according to 


—¥ Trade Qrder, read the third time. 


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. 


Stoke Poges 


The Stoke Poges Hospital Bill was, according to 
Hospital Bill. 


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 
agreed to the same, with Amendments; to which 
Amendments this House doth desire the concurrence 
of their Lordships. 


Public Bills. Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 


a Return of the Number of Public Bills, and their 
Titles, the Orders for which, in any of their Stages, 
have been discharged during the present Session, 
and the Date of the Discharge of each of such 
Orders. 


Message from 


oy ah Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That a Mes- 


sage had been brought from the Lords, by one of 
their Clerks, as followeth : 


an The Lords have agreed to the Burial-grounds 
{Treland) pi. (Jreland) Bill, without any Amendment : And also, 


Lunatic Asy- 
lums (Super- 
annuations ) 


(Ireland) Bill. 
Joint Stock 
Banks Bill. 


The Lords have agreed to the Lunatic Asylums 
(Superannuations) (Zreland) Bill, withoutany Amend- 
ment: And also, 


The Lords have agreed to the Joint Stock Banks 
Bill, without any Amendment: And also, 


25° Jultt. 

































































A. 1856. 


The Lords have agreed to the Amendments made Perth Burgh 
by this House to the Amendments made by their 92d Harbour 
Lordships to the Perth Burgh and Harbour (No. 2) (N® 2) Bill. 
Bill, without any Amendment: And also, 


The Lords have agreed to the Amendments made County Courts 
by this House to the County Courts Acts Amend- Acts Amend. 
ment Bill, without any Amendment: And also, _™°* Bill. 


The Lords have agreed to the Marriage and Re- Marriage 
: . ° : d 
gistration Acts Amendment Bill, with Amendments ; Registration 
to which Amendments the Lords desire the concur- a 
rence of this House: And also, 


The Lords disagree to one of the Amendments Leases and 
made by this House to the Leases and Sales of Salesof Settled 
Settled Estates Bill, for which they assign a Reason, ***¢ Bill 
and agree to the other Amendments. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take Criminal 
into consideration the Amendment made by the Justice Bill 
Lords to the Criminal Justice Bill; and the same 
was twice read, and, with an Amendment 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 an Amendment; to which Amendment this 
— doth desire the concurrence of their Lord- 
ships. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take Poor Law 
into consideration the Amendment made by the Amendment 
Lords to the Poor Law Amendment (Scotland) Bill; (Seotlend) Bie. 
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 Amendments made by the Lords Marriage and 
to the Marriage and Registration Acts Amendment Registration 
Bill be now taken into consideration :—The House een Bil, 
accordingly proceeded to take the said Amendments 
into consideration ; 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 the Reason assigned by the Lords Leases and 
for disagreeing to one of the Amendments made by ware 
this House to the Leases and Sales of Settled Estates . 

Bill be taken into consideration To-morrow. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, New Palace at 
Copies of further Correspondence between the Trea- Westminster. 
sury and Sir Charles Barry, respecting his Remu- No. 405. 
neration as Architect of the New Palace at West- 
minster, up to the present time (in continuation of 
Parliamentary Paper, No. 117, of the present Ses- 
sion). 

Mr. Wilson accordingly presented the said Paper. 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Foreign 
a Copy of a Report which has been addressed to amr ns 
the Right honourable the Secretary of State for War, No, 406 
entitled, Report on Foreign Military Education. _ weiner? 
Captain Laffan 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 Aberdeen 
provide for the Union of the Universities of King’s Colleges. 
College and Marischal College, Aberdeen: And that 
Mr. Bouverie and Mr. Thompson do prepare, and 
bring it in. = 

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20 VicrortZ. 25°—26° Julti. 387 
Parliamentary Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—List of Bills, | of Settled Estates Bill; That they had drawn up 


Papers. Reports, Estimates, and Accounts and Papers) Reasons accordingly, which they had directed him 
No. 407. printed by Order of the House, and of Papers pre-| to report to the House :—And the same were read, as 


Ordered, ‘That the said Paper be printed. Because it is an universal principle that no 
judicial power or authority created by Parlia- 


Aberdeen Mr. Thompson presented a Bill to provide for the | ment onght to have a retrospective operation, 


sented by Command, in Session 1856. | follow : 


Colleges Bill. [Jnion of the Universities of King’s College and | and the Court of Chancery, therefore, ought not 
Bill 267. Marischal College, Aberdeen: And the same was | to be invested with powers for the purpose of 
read the first time ; and ordered to be read a second | reviewing the past decisions of the Houses of 

time upon this day Three months ; and to be printed. | Parliament in matters of private right, which 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. | Pa sep oe ae anddiemes a 


| land. 
| Because, after a discussion and a determina- 
Sabbati, 26° die Julii; | tion of a question of private right upon an 
| Estate Bill in either House of Parliament, per- 
Anno 20° Victoria Regine, 1856. | sons entitled in remainder are justified in making 
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Paavens | Rrangencts nd eteiing, epetaton 
a hn a RDERED, That Brydges’ Estate Bill be now solicited by a tenant for life ought not to be 


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. 


granted, and it would be unjust to permit that 
conclusion to be reviewed and altered after the 
lapse of an indefinite time. 

The said Reasons, being read a second time, were 
agreed to. 

Ordered, That the said Reasons be communicated 
to the Lords (with the Bill and Amendments): And 
Parliamentary Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a | that the Clerk do carry the same. 
seg. Return showing, in Columns, the Net Amount re- 

ceived annually from the Sale of Parliamentary | 
Papers printed by Order of the House of Commons ; 
distinguishing the Amount received for whole Sets | seg se Siok: imine tal) teen ad 
of Papers and the Amount for Miscellaneous Papers, | iH 3a orem he &gt; snr N re Pa _— 
and showing the Amount for each year, commencing | nagar sag wrtloenng his C — ne 7 avonnet 
in 1852, specifying the Increase or Decrease in each | _ oe the P were : a nae Di Ade 
year respectively; and in one Sum the Total Net | Showing the Fort of Embarkation and Disembarka- 


Receipt to the end of the year 1855 (in continuation | 40" and of the Annual Value of na and _ 
of Parliamentary Paper, No. 63, of Session 1852) : | Ports to and from France, during the years 1852 to 
—And, similar Return from Her Majesty’s Sta- | song asnaasean of Parliamentary Paper, No. 
tegen PP. id 5 nt, | 462: of Session ‘ia 

sea i arenaciattntin ot ahmed tial cums | Ordered, That the said Address be presented 


'to Her Majesty, by such Members of this Hous 
Fast India Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a | ae 4 aa ‘Her. Majesty's aie penadain Privy 
— Copy of any Correspondence or Orders on the sub-} Qouncil 
¢ Bishops . : ; uncil. 
and Priests.) ject of the Payment, out of Public Monies, of Roman | 
Catholic Bishops and Priests in India, for the Dis- | 


charge of Clerical or other Duties. 








' “7 , weal | to give directions, that there be laid before this 
— Petitions relating to the British Museum, &amp;c. ;— | House, a Return from the Metropolitan Prisons of 


Petitions. . : . f : . 
mame Medical Officers of Unions ;—and, Rights of N eu- | London and Middlesex and Horsemonger-lane, show- 
Vide Fifty-  trals, were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie | jno how often the same individual has been com- 
} 5 


= Re- upon the Table. | mitted (by his initial Letters), with the Dates of such 

; ; Commitments and their Duration; the Sum due on 
ed 3 The House, according to Order, proceeded to take | each Commitment, and the County Court from which 
pales OF Hettled 


. 1) - into consideration the Reason assigned by the Lords | they were so sent; the specific Grounds as men- 
Estates Bill. : ; bed jay ’ Pp : 
for disagreeing to one of the Amendments made by | tioned in the Warrant, and if practicable, the Names 
this House to the Leases and Sales of Settled Estates | of the Plaintiffs at whose Suit they were committed, 


Bill; and the same was again read. _. during the years 1852 to 1855 inclusive. 
Resolved, That this House doth insist on the said Ordered, That the said Address be presented 
Amendment. | to Her Majesty, by such Members of this House 


Ordered, That a Committee be appointed to draw | as are of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy 
up Reasons to be assigned to the Lords for insisting | Council. 
on the said Amendment :—And a Committee was 
appointed of Lord Robert Grosvenor, Sir John Shel- 


and Mr. Hadfield; And they are to withdraw im- 
mediately. 
Ordered, That Three be the Quorum. 


Aggregate Monthly Balances of Public Monies in 
the Bank, under ali Accounts, from the Date of the 
last Return to the present time :-—Of the Quarterly 


} ; Advances to the Government under the head of 
Bishops Ordered, That there be laid before this House, | Deficiency Bills :—Of the Amount paid each year 
eee Copies or Extracts of any Correspondence relating |) the Bank for the Management of the Public 
to the Discontinuance of an Allowance heretofore | Debt:—Of the Amount received each Quarter by 
made to the Bishops of the Episcopal Communion | the Bank for Interest or Advances on Deficiency 
in Scotland. Bills, or on any other Securities, the Term of such 
Advance, and the Rate of Interest :—Of the Ave- 
seamen and Lord Robert Grosvenor reported from the Com-| rage Annual Amount of the Issue of Bank Notes 
omnna mittee appo'ated to draw up Reasons to be assigned | and of Bank Post Bills by the Bank:—Of the 
to the Lords for insisting upon one of the Amend-| Amount paid each year by the Bank as a Compo- 
ments made by this House to the Leases and Sales | sition, or in lieu of Stamp Duties :—Of the Average 
Vou: 111. 3D2 Annual 








Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Traffic with 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased France. 








Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Committals 
(to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased (Metropolis.) 


+4. : . Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Bank of 
ley, Mr. Solicitor General, Mr. Greene, Mr. Massey, | Returns by the Bank of England of the Average England, &amp;c. 








Grants for 
Religious 
Purposes. 


Adjournment. 


Message from 
the Lords, 


Consolidated 
Fund (Appro- 
priation) Bili. 


Stoke Poges 
Hospital Biil. 


Bishops of 
London and 
Durham Re- 
tirement Bill. 


Hay and Straw 
Trade Bill. 


Cairness 
Estate Bill. 


Evidence in 
Foreign Suits 
Bill. 


Vice-President 
of Committee 
of Council on 
Education Bill. 


Metropolis 
Local Manage- 
ment Act 
Amendment 
(No. 2) Bill. 


Hospitals 
(Dublin) Bill. 


Reformatory 
and Industrial 
Schools Bill. 


Hospitals 
(Dublin) Bill. 



























































388 26° Julti. A. 1856. 


Annual Amount of the Issue of Promissory Notes 
by Private and by Joint Stock Banks in Great Bri- 
tain :—Of the Amount paid each year by Private 
and by Joint Stock Banks in Great Britain for 
Stamp Duties, and for Composition in lieu of Stamp 
Duties :—Of the Minimum and Maximum Amount 
of the Balances of Public Money on all the Ac- 
counts at the Credit of the Government, on any Day 
in each Quarter, after deducting the Amount ad- 
vanced on Deficiency Bills :—And, of the Maximum 
Amount advanced on Deficiency Bills, on any _ 
in each Quarter, after deducting the Amount on all 
Government Accounts (in continuation of Parlia- 
mentary Paper, No. 462, of Session 1854). 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of all Grants for Religious Purposes from 
the Consolidated Fund and by Votes of Parliament 
made to the different Religious Denominations in 
England, Scotland and Ireland, for the last Five 
years ; distinguishing the Amount paid to each De- 
nomination in each year:—Similar Return of all 
Sums paid to the Theological Professors of each 
Religious Denomination :—And, similar Return of 
all Grants for Religious Purposes made to the dif- 
ferent Denominations in the British Colonies and 
Dependencies. 


Resolved, That this House will, at the rising of 
the House this day, adjourn till Tuesday 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 agreed to the Consolidated Fund 
(Appropriation) Bill, without any Amendment: And 
also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Amendments made 
by this House to the Stoke Poges Hospital Bill, 
without any Amendment: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Amendments made 
by this House to the Bishops of London and Dur- 
ham Retirement Bill, without any Amendment : 
And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Amendments made 
by this House to the Hay and Straw Trade Bill, 
without any Amendment: And also, 


The Lords have agreed to the Amendments made 
by this House to the Cairness Estate Bill, without 
any Amendment: And also, 


The Lords have agreed to the Amendment made 
by this House to the Evidence in Foreign Suits Bill, 
without any Amendment: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Amendments made 
by this House to the Vice-President of Committee 
of Council on Education Bill, without any Amend- 
ment: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Amendment made 
by this House to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships to the Metropolis Local Management Act 
Amendment (No. 2) Bull, without any Amendment : 
And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Hospitals (Dublin) 
Bill, with Amendments; to which Amendments the 
Lords desire the concurrence of this House: And 
also, 

The Lords do not insist upon their Amendment 
to the Reformatory and Industrial Schools Bill, to 
which the Commons have disagreed. 


Ordered, That the Amendments made by the 
Lords to the Hospitals (Dublin) Bill be now taken 
into consideration :—The House accordingly pro- 
ceeded to take the said Amendments into considera- 
tion ; 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 following Papers were laid upon the Table Business of 
by the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, ‘he House. 
dated the 17th day of this instant July, for a 

Return of the Number of each of the following Mo- 

tions which have been made in the House before the 

Orders of the day and Notices have been disposed 

of, or in any Committee of the whole House, in the 
Sessions 1850, 1851, 1852, 1852-3, 1854, 1854-5 

and 1856; viz.:—1. That this House do now ad- 
journ:—2. That this House, at its rising, will ad- 

journ 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 Pro- 

gress :—5. That the Chairman do now leave the 

Chair :—And distinguishing, in each Class, the Num- 

ber of such Motions which were withdrawn, nega- 

tived, or agreed to by the House or the Committee, 

and the Number upon which there were Divisions 

(in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 490, 

of Session 1854-5). 


Return to an Order, dated the 17th day of this Sittings of 
instant July, for a Return of the Number of Days the House. 
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 
Proceedings (in continuation of Parliamentary Pa- 
per, No. 488, of Session 1854-5). 


Return to an Order, dated the 17th day of this Divisicns of 

instant July, for a Return of the Number of Divi- the House. 
sions of the House of Commons in the present Ses- 
sion ; stating the subject of the Division, and the 
Number of Members in the Majority and Minority, 
Tellers included; also, the Aggregate Number in 
the House on each Division ; distinguishing the Di- 
visions on Public Business from Private, and also 
the Number of Divisions before and after Midnight 
(in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No, 492, 
of Session 1854-5). 

Return to an Order, dated the 17th day of this Select 
instant July, fora Return of the Number of Select Committees, 
Committees appointed in the Session of 1856; 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 who served on no Select Committee at 
all (in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 

489, of Session 1854-5). 

Return to an Order, dated the 17th day of this Public 
instant July, for Returns of the Number of Public Petitions: 
Petitions presented in each of the Five years ending 
1788-9, 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 1856, with the Total Number of Signa- 
tures in each year; showing the Average Number 
of Petitions presented and printed, and Signatures, 
for each Perivud 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 




















Public Bills. 


Private Bills. 


Private Bills. 


Public Bills. 


icts. 


Me. 3 
Sadlein, 





90 Vicroriz. 


Reports and Appendixes, and Indexes to Reports 
and Appendixes on Public Petitions, in each year, 
from 1833 to 1856, inclusive, showing the Total and 
Average Expense of each Period of Five years (in 
continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 486, of 
Session 1854-5). 

Return to an Order, dated the 17th day of this 
instant July, 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 
Parliamentary Paper, No. 487, of Session 1854-5). 


Return to an Order, dated the 17th day of this 
instant July, for 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 :—Rail- 
ways; Roads and Bridges; Waterworks ; Ports ; 
Piers; Harbours and Docks; Canals and Naviga- 
tions ; Churches, Chapels, and Burying-grounds ; 
Paving, Lighting and [mproving ; Gaols and other 
County Buildings ; Inclosures ; Small Debts Courts ; 
and all other Bilis 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 
Selected Member has served; the Bills the Pre- 
ambles 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 Com- 
mittee on Railway and Canal Bills, as having be- 
come Unopposed ; and the Bills withdrawn, or not 
proceeded with by the Parties :—And, of all Pri- 
vate Bills which, in the present Session, have been 
referred by the Committee of Selection to the 
Chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means ; 
together with the Names of the Members who 
served on each Committee ; the Number of Days 
on which each Committee sat; and the Number of 
Days on which each Member attended (in continu- 
ation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 485, of Session 
1854-5). 

Return to an Order, dated the 17th day of this 
instant July. for Returns showing the Total Amounts 
proposed to be raised by way of Capital or Loan, 
under the Provisions of the Private Bills intro- 
duced into the House of Commons in the years 
1852, 1858, 1854, 1855, and 1856 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 (in continuation of 
Parliamentary Paper, No. 484, of Session 1854-5). 

Return to an Order, dated the 25th day of this 
instant July, for a Return of the Number of Public 
Bills, and their Titles, the Orders for which, in any 
of their Stages, have been discharged during the 
present Session, and the date of the discharge of 
each of such Orders. 


Mr. Massey presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand,—Copy of Report of the Commissioner ap- 
pointed wo A the provisions of the Act 5 &amp; 6 Vic. 
c. 99, to inquire into the operation of that Act, and 
into the state of the Population in the Mining Dis- 
tricts, 1856. 

Mr. Massey also presented,—Further Return to an 
Order, dated the 18th day of this instant July, for 
Copies of the Informations and Warrant against 
Mr. James Sadleir, and of the Bills of Indictment, 
Vou, 111. 


26° Sulit. 








589 


if any, found against him, and of the Names of the 
Witnesses and Finding of the Grand Jury thereon. 

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


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That a Mes- Message from 
sage res been brought from the Lords, by one of the Lords. 
their Clerks, as followeth: 

The Lords have agreed to the Amendment made Criminal 
by this House to the Amendment made by their Justice Bill. 
Lordships to the Criminal Justice Bill, without any 
Amendment: And also, 

The Lords do not insist upon their disagreement Leases and 
to the Amendment made by the Commons to the | en a 
Leases and Sales of Settled Estates Bill, upon which — 
the Commons insist. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Valuation Valuation 
(Scotland), which was presented upon the 24th day (S¢otland. ) 
of this instant July, be printed. No. 408, 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Railways, Railways. 
which was presented upon the 25th day of this in- No, 409. 
stant July, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Bullion, &amp;c., Bullion. &amp;e. 
which was presented upon the 25th day of this in- No. 410. 
stant July, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Criminous Criminous 
Clerks, which was presented upon the 25th day of “lerks. 
this instant July, be printed. No. 411. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Election Au- Election 
ditors, which was presented upon the 25th day of Auditors. 
this instant July, be printed. No. 412, 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Public Public Health 
Health Act, which was presented upon the 25th day 4c , 
of this instant July, be printed. No. 413. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Superannu- Superannua- 
ations, &amp;c., which was presented upon the 25th day tions, &amp;c. 
of this instant July, be printed. No. 414, 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Commis- Commissions, 
sions, which was presented upon the 25th day of No. 415. 
this instant July, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the National National Debt. 
Debt, which was presented upon the 25th day of ¥o.416. 
this instant July, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Legacy, &amp;c. Legacy, &amp;c. 
Duties, which was presented upon the 25th day of Duties. 
this instant July, be printed. No, 417. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Malt, &amp;c., Malt, &amp;e. 
which was presented upon the 25th day of this in- No. 418. 
stant July, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Navy, Army, Navy, Army, 
&amp;c., which was presented upon the 25th day of this ** 
instant July, be printed. No, 419. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Poor Law, Poor Law. 
which was presented upon the 25th day of this in- No. 420. 
stant July, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Army, Com- Army, 


missariat and Ordnance, which was presented upon pe yer 
the 25th day of this instant July, be printed. No “a , 


And then the House adjourned till Tuesday 


next. 


3D3 



























































Public 
Petitions. 
Vide Fifty- 
seventh Re- 
port. 


Army. 
No. 422. 


Salt (East 
India.) 


Caroline Cort 
and Catherine 


Seymer. 


Slave Trade. 


Slave Trade 
(Brazil. ) 


Public 
Petitions 


Military 
* Prisons. 


,, on Public Petitions ; That they had examined the | 


Martis, 29° die Julii ; 
Anno 20° Victoria Regine, 1856. 


PRAYERS. 


ETITIONS relating to Metropolis Drainage ; 

—Lord’s Day;—and, Poor Law (Medical 

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


The Judge Advocate presented, by Her Majesty’s 
Command,—Index to the Report of the Board of 
General Officers appointed to inquire into State- 
ments in the Reports of Sir John M‘Neill and Co- 
lonel Tulloch ; also, Index to Report and Appendix 
of the Commissions of Inquiry. 

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


Mr. Vernon Smith presented, by Her Majesty’s 
Command,—Papers in continuation of the Appendix 
to the Report of the Commissioner on Salt in Bri- 
tish India. 

Copy of Conclusion of the Commissioner’s Re- 
port on the Manufacture, Sale, and Tax on Salt in 
British India; in continuation of the Report laid 
before Parliament by Her Majesty’s Command, on 
the 24th of April 1856. 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Copy of the Warrant in the reign of Geo. 3, granting | 
a Pension of £.25 per annum to Caroline Cort and 
Catherine Seymer, with a Statement of the Deduc- 
tions made therefrom, and of the Authority by 
which such Deductions were made; and also, a 
Copy of the Warrant granting the same Pensions in 
the reigns of Geo. 4, and Will. 4. 





Mr. Hayter presented, by Her Majesty’s Com-| 
mand,—Copy of Correspondence with the British | 
Commissioners at Sierra Leone, Havana, the Cape | 
of Good Hope and Loanda, and Reports from Bri- 
tish Vice-Admiralty Courts, and from British Naval 
Officers, relating to the Slave Trade, from April 1, 
1855, to March 31, 1856 :—Class A. 

Copy of Correspondence with British Ministers 
and Agents in Foreign C8untries, and with Foreign 
Ministers in England, relating to the Slave Trade, | 
from April 1, 1855, to March 31, 1856 :—Class B. 


Mr. Hayter also presented,—-Return to an Ad- 
dress to Her Majesty, dated the 22d day of this 
instant July, for Copies of recent Correspondence 
on the Slave Trade, between Her Majesty’s Minis- | 
ter, Mr. Jerningham, at Rio de Janeiro, and the 
Brazilian Government :—And, of the Correspon- 
dence on the same subject between the Brazilian | 
Minister in London and Her Majesty’s Govern- | 
ment. 

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


| 
| 
Mr. Duncan reported from the Select Committee | 
Petitions presented upon the 25th, 26th and 29th | 
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. Peel presented, by Her Majesty’s Command, | 
—Copy of 


99° Juliz. 





A. 1856. 





Mr. Peel also presented,—Return to an Address Barrack 


to Her Majesty, dated the 20th day of June last, 
for a Return showing the Names of the Barrack 
Masters and of all other Officers employed in the 
Management and Supervision of Barracks in Jre- 
land ; the Dates of their Appointment, Rank in the 
Army, and Pay respectively; also any subsequent 
Promotion of any of these Barrack Masters or other 
Officers ; the Dates of such Promotion, and Increase 
of Salary consequent thereupon, and the Salary 
attached to each Station. 


No. 


Return to-an Address to Her Majesty, dated the Army 


26th day of June last, for a Nominal Return of the 
Lieutenant Colonels of the Army on the Ist day of 
December 1854, who had been promoted to that 
Rank before the 20th day of June 1854 (including 
those who were afterwards promoted in succession 
to deceased Generals, but ante-dated on the 28th 
day of November 1854); showing the Number of 
Ofticers of the Army and Ordnance who have been 
promoted over each of them to the Rank of Colonel 
by the operation of the Warrant of the 6th day of 
October 1854; specifying the Amount of Service on 
Full and Half-pay; also those Officers who have 
not served Six years as Regimental Field Officers, 
and those Officers who have received Brevet Pro- 
motion for Services in the Field. 


No. 


Masters 
(Ireland.) 


423, 


424. 


Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the Aldershot 
25th day of this instant July, for a Return showing ©2™P. 


the Total Number of Acres purchased by the Nation 
at Aldershot, and the Total Cost of the Land so 
purchased ; the Cost of the Huts and other Build- 
ings in each year, in Detail, and any other Expense 
connected with the Permanent Establishment of the 
Camp ; and the Total Number of Troops stationed 


|at Aldershot in each year, distinguishing Cavalry, 


Artillery, Engineers, Infantry, Militia, and Foreign 
Legion. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table; and that the Returns relative to Barrack 
Masters (Jreland); Army; and, Aldershot Camp, 
be printed. 


No. 


425. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Library of the 
the Standing Committee on the Library of the House. 


House. 
Ordered, That the said Report be printed. 


No. 


426, 


Mr. Massey presented,—Return to an Address to Poor Removal. 


Her Majesty, dated the 21st day of April last, for a 
Return for the year ending the 25th day of March 
1856 : 





























— ———— ee 
Orders signed by Jus- Orders signed by | Orders signed by 
tices and executed, Justicesandex-| Justices andex- 
—as to Paupers of — Orders of Removal ecuted,—as to | ecuted,—as to 
having Settlements | me appealed against Irish Paupers; | Scotch Paupers; 
in Parishes in Eng- oe _— and and Cost of Re- | and Cost of Re- 
land and Wales ; A ae f moval, includ- | moval, includ- 
and Cost of Re- [ty actually litigated, | ing Cost of Or- | ing Cost of Or- 
moval, including be . ss ders, Service ders, Service, 
Cost of Orders, Ser- paid — with Result ; and Travelling and Travelling 
vice, and Travelling meatied and Cost of such Expenses; but Expenses; but 
Expenses; but not Ovds Litigation not the Cost of | not the Cost of 
the Cost of Relief — ’ Relief before | Relief before 
before Removal. Removal. Removal. 
° . - } 
£ 
E E ° 2 é 
an . eo &amp; ‘ ok | @ 
g iso) | ie Bie |g |8isol a/b] a2! 2 
= © 3 
2 (24/7 2 z |e | 3 |2/ 84] = || 54) § 
OjeS) 2 iS | Peis 1S | B[S\Hsl ez lol&amp;sl 
Ss | s4 2 Se] Bi /Sg iS. | F [si sh] 8 |S) sai 2 
piss] S$ ls3] 2/82/88) 9 181/831 5 |S) 83) s 
2\123| 3 |28] 2 |€elee! S$ |a!e3| 3 12123! = 
E|&amp;s| ¢ |S) 2 | 58/58) $15) 55) 8 ls) se) 3 
Zz As S 25/4 |429/4e| © Z2\28)} 0 |2]45!' © 
ee | \—— | 
| £.a.d. £. 5.4. £24: £.8.d.) £. sd. 
} 
| 
| 





Return to an Address to Her Majesty, 
eport on the Discipline and Manage-| 9th day of May last, for Returns of the Number o 
ment of the Military Prisons, 1855, by Colonel | Paupers admitted into the Poor Law Union and 


























dated the Paupers, &amp;c. 


f (Metropolis. 
No. 427. 


Jebb, c. B., Inspector General of Military Prisons, | other Workhouses of the Metropolis, during the 
year ending the 25th day of March —= = 
umber 


&amp;e. 





noval. 


iby 
lex- 
| to 
ers ; 


lud- 


ice, 
ling 
but 
t of 
fore 


° | Cost of Removal, &amp;c. 
~ 


, &amp;e. 
lis.) 
427. 





Belfast, &amp;c. 
Hospitals. 


Oxford 
University. 


No. 428, 


Municipal 
Boroughs 
(Ireland. ) 


No. 429. 


Russian 
Prizes. 
No. 430, 


Trade of 
Countries. 


Customs Du- 
ties (Canada 
and the West 
Indies 


No. 431. 


British 
Guiana, 
No. 432, 


Military 
Ments 


(Colonics. ) 


90 VicToRIZ. 


Number of Persons who have been under Medical 
Treatment, and of Deaths; the Salary and Extras 
of the Medical Officer in charge; by who the 
Drugs are supplied; if by the Guardians, stating 
the Cost :—And, of the Number of Prisoners con- 
fined in the various Gaols and Houses of Detention 
in the Metropolis, during the year ending the 25th 
day of March 1856 ; the Amount of Sickness, and 
Number of Deaths ; the Salary and Extras of the 
Medical Officer in charge; by whom the Drugs are 
supplied ; if by the Authorities, stating the Cost. 


Return to an Order, dated the 1st day of this 
instant July, for Returns of the Number of Sick in 
the Workhouse Hospitals of Belfast, Cork and 
Galway, on the 1st day of July 1856; stating the 
Nature of the Diseases under ‘Treatment :—And, of 
the Average Daily Number of Patients in the above- 
named Hospitals in the past year. 


Mr. Massey also presented, pursuant to the direc- 
tions of several Acts of Parliament,—Copy of an 
Ordinance framed by the Oxford University Com- 
mission under the 17 &amp; 18 Vic. c. 81, for the Con- 
version of Four Fellowships in Brasenose College, 


Oxford, into Scholarships. 


Abstract of Statement of Monies received and 
— on account of certain Boroughs in Jre- 
land. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table ; and that the Papers relative to Paupers, &amp;c. 
(Metropolis); Oxford University; and, Municipal 
Boroughs (Jreland), be printed. 


Sir Charles Wood presented,—Return to an Order, 
dated the 23d day of May last, for a Return of the 
Names and Number of Russian Armed Vessels and 
Merchant Vessels captured in the years 1854 and 
1855; stating their Armament, Tonnage and Car- 
goes, and what Number were condemned in Eng- 
land or elsewhere as Prizes, and what Number de- 
stroyed; also the Names of Her Majesty’s Ships, 
and Captains engaged in the Capture of the said 
Vessels. 

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


Mr. Lowe presented, by Her Majesty’s Command, 
—Abstract of Reports on the Trade of various 
Countries and Places for the year 1855, received by 
the Board of Trade (through the Foreign Office), 
from Her Majesty’s Ministers and Consuls. 

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


Mr. John Ball presented,—Return to an Address 
to Her Majesty, dated the 30th day of May last, for 
Copies or Extracts of any Correspondence which has 
taken place between the Colonial Office and the 
Governors of our Worth American and West Indian 
Colonies, on the subject of a proposal for the mutual 
Abolition of Customs Duties upon the productions 
of Canada and the West Indies. 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 
9th day of June last, for Copies or Extracts of Cor- 
respondence between the Governor of British Guiana 
and the Secretary of State for the Colonies, on the 
subject of the recent Disturbances in that Colony. 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 
24th day of this instant July, for Copies or Extracts 
of any Despatches from the Secretary of State for 
the Colonies to the Governor General of Canada, 
or the Lieutenant Governors of Nova Scotia, New 
Brunswick and Prince Edward's Island, on the Mi- 
litary Establishment to be maintained in those Co- 
lonies, of a later date than the Despatch of Earl 
Grey to the Earl of Eljin of the 14th day of:March 
1851 :—Of the Report of the Commissioners ap- 
oe by Letters Patent under the Great Seal of the 

nage of Canada, dated the 27th day of October 

OL. 111. 


29° Juliz. 


| 





391 


1854, to investigate and report upon the best means 
of re-organizing the Militia of Canada, and providing 
an efficient and economical System of Public De- 
fence, and to report upon an improved System of 
Police for the better preservation of the Public Peace: 
—And, of any Act or Acts passed by the Parliament 
of Canada, in pursuance of this Recommendation. 


Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 
25th day of this instant July, for Copies of Warrant 
appointing James Coleman Fitzpatrick, Esquire, 
Judicial Assessor or Assistant to the Native Sove- 
reigns or Chiefs in the Countries adjacent to Her 
Majesty’s Forts and Settlements on the Go/d Coast : 
—Of the Instructions, if any, addressed from the 
Colonial Office to the said James Coleman Fitzpatrick 
at the time of his Appointment:—Of any Corres- 
pondence between the said James Coleman Fitzpa- 
trick, Governor Hill, Brodie Cruickshanke, Esquire, 
and the Duke of Newcustle, Her Majesty’s Secretary 
of State for the Colonies, relative to the administra- 
tion by the said James Coleman Fitzpatrick of the 
Estates of Persons dying unrepresented on the Gold 
Coast, and also relative to the return of the said 
James Coleman Fitzpatrick to England in November 
1853 :—Of Correspondence which has passed between 
the said James Coleman Fitzpatrick and the Colonial 
Otfice relative to such unrepresented Estates, since 
the return of the said James Coleman Fitzpatrick in 
November 1853 :—And, of the Warrant appointing 
Henry Connor, Esquire, Judicial Assessor on the 
resignation of the said James Coleman Fitzpatrick, 
and of any Instructions accompanying such Ap- 
pointment ; aud also, Copy of any Warrant subse- 
quently issued to him varying or altering his pre- 
vious Appointment. 

Ordered, That the said Returns do lie upon the 
Table; and that the Returns relative to Customs 
Duties (Canada and the West Indies); British 
Guiana; and, Gold Coast, be printed. 


The following Papers were laid upon the Table 
by the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, 
dated the 30th day of April last, for a Return of the 
Medical Officers under the Poor Law Acts, showing 
the Name of each Union, Names of Districts into 
which divided, Population of each District, Area in 
Acres of each District, and Amount of Salary paid 
to each Medical Officer, stating the Amount of An- 
nual Salary, or Amount of Fee when paid by Case; 
the Return to be made up to Lady-day for each of 
the Three years ending the 25th day of March 1853, 
1854 and 1855 respectively. 





Gold Coast. 
No. 433. 


Poor Law 
(Medical 
Relief. ) 

No. 434. 


——— — 




















— 
Names of = ‘ Amount of Salary 
Name “er Population | Acres in | Number : 
of ae of each | each ofthe |_| paid to each. __ |Remarks. 
Union. | divided. District. | District. | Officers. | Annual. | By Case. | 
| | | 
| | | 
| 
Return to an Order, dated the 27th day of May Paupers 
y y 


last, for a Return of the Number of Paupers em- 
ployed from the Ist day of May 1855 to the Ist day 
of May 1856, by the Guardians of each of the 
Metropolitan Parishes, in cleansing the Streets ; the 
Number of Days in the Year they have been so 
employed; and the Amount of Pay they have re- 
ceived. 


(Metropolis. } 
No, 435. 


Return to an Order, dated the 2d day of June Orders of 
last, for a Return showing the Number of Orders of Hemoval. 


Removal from Parishes, signed by Justices and exe- 
cuted in England and Wales, durmg the year ending 
the 25th day of March 1855; stating the Number 
of Persons removed, the Nature of alleged Settle- 
ment, and the Amount of Expenses incurred in the 
Removal, including the Cost of obtaining the Orders, 
serving the same, and Travelling Expenses of the 
Paupers removed, but not the Cost of Relief before 
Removal; distinguishing the Orders so executed 

3vo4 between 


No. 436. 










































Paoper 
Children. 


No, 437. 




















392 29°. Julie. HS! ave’ 


between ‘Parishes ‘in the,same Union and between | ‘*Return sto, an Opder, dated -the #of this Eliza Canning. 
Parishes in different Unions ; stating also, the Num-| instant J uly, ‘for a of ‘the’ Corrés a ence be: ford. 
ber, of ‘0 ers of Removal of Scotch and Jrish Pau- | tween the/Poor ‘Law#Board ‘and (the uardidns of « No. 439, 
‘Paupers belonging ‘to the Channel Islands - Poor for the Cit ity ‘of Bristol, on’ the "Bubjeteror 
wt anal She | sle of Man, during the same period :— | the Depth yf: Bliza fanning ford. th "Dale 
Return during the year ending the 25th * Return’ to’an ‘Order, dated the 25th’ day! ‘df thig Redundant 

an of “March 1856 (in continuation of Parliamen- | jngtant Sly, fp ‘for’ . Réturn of the Number of ,Pérsons List:(Public 
tary Paper, No. 489, of Session 1854). on the -. eae “of the Public Departments ?¢P*ttments.) 

Return to an Order, dated the 20th day of June | at the ci ement of the year 1855; the Num- No. 440. 
last, for a Return showing the Number of Children | ber that have’ died or become incapable of Service 
between Three Years and Fifteen Years of Age who during the ‘year 1855; the Number that have re- 
shall ‘be chargeable to the Poor Rates of the several | entered the Pablic’ Service, durin ng the year; the ** 
Parishes and ‘Unions in England and Wales, but Number that have’ been/added* durihg- the year ; and + 
who shall not be Inmates of Workhouses, or of any | the Number that *remained’ on ‘the List’ at: "he close 
Schools for Pauper Children, on the 1st day of July | of the year 1855. ) Jo Aiea 


1856; Wistinguishing the Number of such Children | The following Papers, pitrsuant to the ‘directions East India, 
who shall then be attending Day Schools: 1. At | of several Acts of Parliament, wére also ‘laid ‘upon 

the Cost of their Parents or Relatives; 2. At the | the Table by the Clerk of the "House, —Resolations 

Cost of the Poor Rates; 3. At the Cost of other | of the Court of Directors of the East India. Com- Pw of 
Parties; 4. The Number of such Children who shall | pany, granting any Pension. Wed 


a not be attending any Day School ; and also, |" Resolutions of the Court of Directors of the East oa 





















































. Those who shall then he in Work : | India Company, granting any Salary or Gratuity. ' 
The Number of Children of the Ages of |. The Report of the Commissioners acting under and Shoreham. 
. 7 by virtue of an Act of Parliament passed 1 in the 56th guren: 
a lis ‘ole is)a os | year of the reign’ of ‘his: Majesty :King George" the * 
eS dh bred hf be 2/8/8 E\3 18 | Third, intituled, , AnAct for the more ceffegtual'Security 
RE Teng Ssislziziz 3 2)5/3/8/8\ 8 and Improvement of the Harbour of! New Shorenam, 
SSES OF -DREN. sis|s's|s| ‘siciscizis pad ga 
on hae sialzizg E/E/¥ = | in the County of: Sussex. 
ar. 3 $/8/8 8) sle|p : 2 Ordered, That’ the’Returns relative: to Poor. Laie 
g8\8 § g| § 6 5 /2/5)5 5 | Medical Relief; Reet ees ;: Orders! of 
me mm Rm S| ole + | Removal; Pauper Children’; !Children-)in*,Work- 
oFr'in Olin Da Dimi mi me lm |e 
oat fondle -| houses ; Eliza 'Canninifford ; and, Redundant List 

1, The Number of Children who | | | | Zen (Public Departments), -be printed. 

sees es eel | | anne 

tt of their Parents = ‘ : 

= intutin cn te ben day | Pt | Ordered, That an Abstract of the Return relative Workmen. 
of July 1896 - - =| | | ; | | to Workmen, which was presented upon the 8th No. 441. 

2. The Number of Children who} | | | day of May last, be printed. 
were attending Day Schools | | : 
pate me ele pa Ordered, That an Abstract of the Return relative, Burial Fees. 

sn ete - naa al to Burial Fees, which was seeanniae “pay the 12th, No. 442. 

; mb ctundign Day ‘Schnale day of June last, be’ printed. eis bhoa 

at the Cost of, other Parties 
on the Ist day of July 1856° ‘| * | | ‘Ordered, : ‘That an Abstract, of the, Return isis Criminal 

4. The Nusber ‘of Children who |_| | ; to the Criminal’ Justice’ Act, which was presented: Justice Act. 
wore we TD attendingsany |? | «| | | fe jaye. “ the 25th day, of this instant ‘July, be printed, ~ No. 443, 

ay School, » &amp;*. .- = a es } 2) ,! ait ; 

my Zane Nembe ane veg | Je" | Ordered,'That an ‘Abstract of the Return relative Wills and Ad- 
ae id a Oa | : * | to, Wills and? Administrations, which was presented ministrations., J | 

aia YO ana’? 1856... upon the’ 25th day of’ this instant July, be printed. No. 444. 
* This class will comprehend children attending Charity or Free Schools, for whose 
instruction no payments are made by their parents or relatives. 7 i Ordered, That an Abstract of the Return relative Baptisms : c 
- (Church of 
Children in Return to. an Order, dated the 26th day of June last, to ‘Baptisins (Church of England), which was pre Goglsud.) 


Workhouses, fora Retuin of the Number of Children in the Work- sented upon the 25th day of this instant July, be No. 445.. 


“Rett 
Ad -—=y 
ee 


No. 438. 


he 


. wards (in continuation of )Parlianientary Paper, No. - Ordered, That the Return of. the ‘Alphabetical Public Bills. 


- houses’of thé several Unions and ‘Parishes in England printed. 


. ‘ C 
and Wales on the 25th day of March 1856; distin- Ordered, That an Abstract of the Return relative tnsolvent U 
ee arene SS wort — Mothers to the Insolvent Debtors’ Court, which was presented Debtors’ Court: B 
are in the Workhouse; evitimate Children whose the 25th d f thi tant July, b ted. N 446, 
Mothers are not in the Workhouse ; 3. Children of iti iat icant a is instant July, be printe Oi 
Widows who are in the Workhouse; 4. Children of} Ordered, That the Return relative to the Business Business of - 
Widows who are not in the Workhouse ; 5. Children | of the House, which was presented upon the 26th the House. (R 


of Widowers who are in the Workhouse; 6. Children day of this instant July, be printed. - No, 447. 
of Widowers who are not in the Workhouse; 7. 
Children whose Father and Mother are dead; 8.| Ordered, That the Return relative to the Sittings of sittings of % | C 


Children deserted by Father; 9. Children deserted | the Houise, which‘was presented upon the 26th day the House. ’ a 

by Mother; 10. Children deserted by both Parents ; | of this. instant July, be printed. No, 448; 

11. Child ‘hose Father is transported ffer- 

ing Ishptispganent “for Criane t 12. Children or wae Ordered, That the Return relative to the Divisions Divisions of” of z 

Residence in the Workhouse is caused by the = of the House, which was presented upon the 26th day the Housg » 

dily-or ‘mental ‘infirmity of Father or Mother ; of this instant July, be printed. py Noe 438 . 

Children of -Able-bodied Parents who are in a O whet) | 
rdered, That' the Return relative to Select Com- select Epi 

Workhouse, 14. Children of .Able-bodied Parents | 1 ittees, which was presented upon the 26th,day BY ei in 

who are not in the Workhouse; 15. Children not this instant July, be printed. No. 450. me 

falling within any-of the foregoing Classes ; distin- : 


guishing.also the Number of, each Class capable of - Ordered, That the Return relative to*Public Rett Publics Cus 


entering upon Service, j and the Number of Boys and tions, whith" was presented upon’ the, 26th ‘day }° Noe 
Girls respectively: under. Three years old, Three years this instant July, be printed. 


old and under Seven,.and'Seven years old and up- tem, t 





180, of Session 1853). - List of the» ‘Public Bills which have been*introduced _ No. 452- 
i ‘ccs It duiing 












145.. 


it 
Court: 


446, * 
s of 
ise. 
447, 
s of 
use. 


448; 


ns of 
ug¢ ft ” 
449.. 
veh! /) 
ittees. 
450. 


Bills. 
452. 















Private Bills. 
No. 453. 


Private Bills. 
No. 454. 


Public Bills. 
No. 455. 


Mr. James 
Sadleir. 
No, 394. 


Criminal 
Procedure, 
No, 456. 


Royal Assent. 


Consolidated 
Fund (Appro- 
priation) Bill. 


Charities Bill. 


Cambridge 
University 
Bill. 


Court of Chan- 
cery (Ireland) 
(Receivers) Bill. 


Coatham 
triages 
Validity Bill. 


Indemnit 
Tia 


Episcopal 

and Capitular 
Estates Con- 
tinuance Bill. 


Customs 
No. 2) Bill. 


Railways Act 


1851, Continu- 
%ce Bill. 


‘Piunpike Acts 


tinuance 


(Ireland) Bill. 





90 VicToRIz. 


during the present Session, which was presented 
upon the 26th day of this instant July, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return of the Number of Pri- 
vate Bills introduced into this House, and brought 
from the House of Lords, and of Acts passed in the 
present Session, which was presented upon the 26th 
day of this instant July, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Private Bills, 
showing the Total Amounts proposed to be raised 
by way of Capital or Loan, which was presented 
upon the 26th day of this instant July, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Number 
of Public Bills, and their Titles, which was pre- 
sented upon the 26th day of this instant July, be 
printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Mr. James 
Sadleir, which was presented upon the 26th day of 
this instant July, be printed. 


Sir George Grey presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand,—Copy of Report on Criminal Procedure, to 
the Lord Chancellor, by Charles Sprengel Greaves, 
Esquire, one of Her Majesty’s Counsel. 

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


A Message by Sir Augustus Clifford, Gentleman 

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 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 a Sum out of the Consolidated 
Fund and the Surplus of Ways and Mears to the 
Service of the year One thousand eight huntred aud 
Fifty-six, and to appropriate the Supplies grated in 
this Session of Parliament : 

An Act to continue for a limited Time the Ex- 
emption of certain Charities from the Operation of 
the Charitable Trusts Acts : 

An Act to make further Provision for the good 
Government and Extension of the University of 
Cambridge, of the Colleges therein, and of the Col- 
lege of King Henry the Sixth at Eton: 

An Act to amend the Law and Practice of the 
Court of Chancery in Jreland, in relation to the 
Appointment of Receivers over Real Estate, and to 
expedite the Sale of Estates in the said Court : 


An Act to render valid certain Marriages in the 
Church at Coatham, in the Parish of Kirk Leatham, 
in the County of York : 


An Act to indemnify such Persons in the United 
Kingdom as _ have omitted to qualify themselves for 
Offices and Employments, ol to extend the Time 
limited for those purposes respectively : 

An Act to continue the Act to facilitate the Ma- 


nagement and Improvement of Episcopal and Ca- 
pitular Estates in England : 


An Act for the further Alteration and Amendment 
of the Laws and Duties of Customs: 


An Act to continue “ The Railways Act (/reland), 
1851 ;” 


An Act to continue certain Acts for regulating 
Turnpike-roads in Ireland : 
Vou. 111. 


29° Juliz. 


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393 


An Act to consolidate and amend the Laws re- Bankruptcy 
lating to Bankruptcy in Scotland: on) 


An Act to continue the Act of the second and third jarey 
years of Her Majesty, chapter seventy-four, for pre- 0ats (ire- 
venting the administering and taking of Unlawful #24 Bil 
Oaths in Jreland, as amended by an Act of the 
eleventh and twelfth years of Her Majesty’s Reign: 


An Act to constitute all legally qualified Persons Commissioners 
in Scotland, Commissioners of Supply, without being of —— a 
named in an Act of Supply : aren 


An Act for the Uniform Administration of Intes- Intestates’ 


? . Personal 
tates’ Estates : Estates Bill. 


An Act to give to the University of Oxford, and Oxford Col- 
to Colleges in the said University, and to the College lege Estates 
of Saint Mary of Winchester, near Winchester, 

Power to sell and exchange Lands under certain 
Conditions : 


An Act to authorize the Inclosure of certain Semmens 
Lands in pursuance of a Special Report of the In- 200s". 
ee No. 2) B 

closure Commissioners for England and Wales : aa 


An Act for amending the Law of Marriage in eae Law 
Scotland : ae 
Bill. 

An Act to grant Relief in assessing the Income Income and 
Tax on Lands in Scotland in respect of certain Land Taxes 
Public Burdens charged thereon; to alter and regu- 
late the Allowances to Clerks to the Commissioners 
of Income Tax ; and to amend the Laws relating to 
the Land, Assessed and Income Taxes, and the Re- 
demption and Purchase of the Land Tax: 


An Act to reduce the Stamp Duties on certain Stamp Duties 
Instruments of Proxy ; to amend the Laws relating Bill 
to the Stamping of Articles of Clerkship to Attorneys 
and others ; and to exempt from Stamp Duty, Ad- 
missions to the Freedom of the City of London by 
Redemption : 


An Act to repeal and reimpose under new segu- Racehorse 
lations the Duty on Racehorses : Duty Bill. 


An Act to provide for the better Defence of the Coast Guard 
Coasts of the Realm, and the more ready Manning vice Bill 
of the Navy, and to transfer to the Admiralty the 
Government of the Coast Guard : 


An Act to continue the Corrupt Practices Pre- Coerape ins 
j . ‘actices 
vention Act, 1854: ventian Gea 


An Act to continue the General Board of Health : General Board 
of Health 
Continuance 
Bill. 


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, and Surgeons Mates 
of the Militia, and to authorize the Employment of 
the Non-Commissioned Officers : 


An Act to abolish the Office of Cursitor Baron of Cursitor 


‘ Baron of the 
the Exchequer : Exchequer Bill. 


An Act to amend the Lunatic Asylums Act, Lunatic 
1853: Asylums Act 
Amendment 
Bill. 
An Act to abolish certain unnecessary Forms in Deeds (Scot- 


the framing of Deeds in Scotland : land) Bill. 


An Act to amend and re-enact certain Provisions Judicial Pro- 
of an Act of the fiffy-fourth year of King George a — 
the Third, relating to Judicial Procedure and Se- (°™*" 


curities for Debts in Scotland: 


An Act to constitute a Court of Appeal in Chan- Court of 
cery, and to amend the Law relating to Appeals Appeal in 


F Cha 
from the Incumbered Estates Court in Jreland ; (ireland) Bill, 


An Act to amend the Laws of England and Ire- Mercantile 


; ‘ Law Amend. 
land, affecting Trade 9 aaa 3 An Rt Bill 



































394 


Sheep, &amp;c. 
Contagious 
Diseases Pre- 
vention Bill 


Courts of 
Common Law 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Nuisances 
Removal, &amp;c. 
(Scotland) 
(No. 2) Bill. 


Formation, &amp;c. 
of Parishes 
Bill. 


Smoke Nui- 
sance Abute- 
ment ( Metro- 
polis) Act, 
1853, Amend- 
ment Bill. 


Burial- 
grounds (Ire- 
land) Bill. 


Lunatic 
Asylums 
(Superannua- 
tions) (Ire- 
land) Bill. 


Joint Stock 
Banks Bill. 


County Courts 
Acts Amend- 
ment Bill. 


Stoke Poges 
Hospital Bill. 


Evidence in 
Foreign Suits 
Bill. 


Bishops of 
London and 
Durham Re- 
tirement Bill. 


Hay and Straw 
Trade Bill. 


Metropolis 
Local Manage- 
ment Act 
Amendment 
(No. 2) Bill. 


Vice-President 
of Committee 
of Council on 
Education Bill, 


Reformatory 
and Industrial 
Schools Bill. 


Poor Law 
Amendment 
(Scotiand ) 
Bill. 
Marriage and 
Registration 
Acts Amend- 
ment Bill. 


Criminal Jus- 


tice Bill. Parliament, for diminishing Expense and Delay in 
the Administration of Criminal Justice in certain 
Cases : 

Leases and An Act to facilitate Leases and Sales of Settled 

Sales of Settled Estates: 

Estates Bill. States 

Hospitals — An Act for the better Regulation of the House of 

(Dublin) Bill. Industry Hospitals, and other Hospitals in Dublin, 
supported wholly or in part by Parliamentary 
Grants : 

ng a An Act to revive and extend certain of the Powers 

way Bill. ~ of the Waveney Valley Railway Company with rela- 
tion to their Railway : 

Westminster An Act for authorizing the Abandonment of Parts 

Railway BML of the authorized Lines of the Westminster Terminus 


spreading of Contagious or Infectious Disorders 
among Sheep, Cattle, and other Animals : 


to enlarge the Jurisdiction of the Superior Courts of 
Common Law in Ireland: 


of Nuisances, Regulation of Lodging-houses, and 


An Act to continue certain Acts to prevent the 
An Act to further amend the Procedure in and 


An Act to make better Provision for the Removal 


the Health of Towns in Scotland : 

An Act to extend the Provisions of an Act of the 
sixth and seventh years of Her Majesty, for making 
better Provision for the Spiritual Care of Populous 
Parishes, and further to provide for the Formation 
and Endowment of separate and distinct Parishes: 

An Act to amend the Smoke Nuisance Abate- 
ment (Metropolis) Act, 1853: 


An Act to amend the Laws relating to the Burial 
of the Dead in Ireland: 


An Act to amend the Acts relating to Lunatic 
Asylums in Jreland, so fir as relates to Superan- 
nuations: 


An Act to amend the Law with respect to the 
Election of Directors of Joint Stock Banks in Exg- 
land : 

An Act to amend the Acts relating to the County 
Courts : 


An Act for confirming a Scheme of the Charity 
Commissioners for Stoke Poges Hospital, in the 
County of Bucks, with certain Alterations : 


An Act to provide for taking Evidence in Her 
Majesty s Dominions, in relation to Civil and Com- 
mercial Matters pending before Foreign Tribunals : 


An Act to provide for the Retirement of the pre- 
sent Bishops of London and Durham: 


An Act to prevent the False Packing and other 
Frauds in the Hay and Straw Trade: 


An Act to amend the Act of the last Session of 
Parliament, chapter one hundred and twenty, for 
the better Local Management of the Metropoilis : 


An Act for the Appointment of a Vice-President 
of the Committee of Council on Education : 


An Act to amend the Mode of committing Cri- 
minal and Vagrant Children to Reformatory and 
Industrial Schools : 


An Act to amend the Law relating to the Relief 
of the Poor in Scotland : 


An Act to amend the Provisions of the Marriage 
and Registration Acts: 


An Act to amend the Act of the last Session of 


29° Juliz 





A. 1856. 


Railway, and the making of other Lines of Railway 


in lieu thereof; and for reducing the Capital of the 


Westminster Terminus Railway Company, and for 
other purposes : 


An Act to render more effectual the Powers of Severn Nayi- 

raising Money given by “The Severn Navigation 8#tion Im- 
om 0 provement 

Act, 1853,” and for other purposes : Commission 

ll, 

An Act for making a Railway from the Oswestry Shrewsbury 

and Newtown Railway, in the Parish of Buttington, #4 Welch- 

in the County of Montgomery, to Shrewsbury, with = Railway 

a Branch thereout to Minsterley, in the County of 

Salop, and for other purposes : 


An Act for extending the Operations of the So- Imprisoned 
ciety for the Discharge and Relief of Persons im- a Dis- 
prisoned for Small Debts throughout England and Bi” —7 
Wales : 


An Act to unite and amalgamate the Undertaking Aberdeen and 
of the Scottish Midland Junction Railway Company Scottish Mid- 
with the Undertaking of the Aberdeen Railway Com- a 
pany, to be thenceforth called “ The Scottish North panies ‘Amal. 
Eastern Railway Company,” and to regulate the gamation Bill, 
Management of, and, confer additional Powers on, 

the United Company, and for other purposes : 


An Act for making a Railway from the South- Dorset Central 
ampton and Dorchester Railway to Blandford Saint Railway Bill. 
Mary, in the County of Dorset, and for other pur- 

poses : 

An Act for making a Railway from the Scottish Perth, Almond 
Midland Junction Railway, near the Dunkeld Road Valley, and 


; M il. 
Bridge, to Methven, in the County of Perth: way Bill se 


An Act to extend the Time limited for completing Oxford, Wor. 
the Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway, — a 
and for adapting the same to the Broad Gauge, and ,5, Railway 


ton Railway 
for other purposes : ( Extension of 


Time, &amp;c.) 
Bill. 
An Act to enable the Scottish Central Railway Scottish Cen- 
Company to make Branch Railways to the Town of pe Railway 
. + 7 ill. 
Denny, in the County of Stirling: 


An Act to provide for the Arrangement of the Perth Burgh 
Financial Affairs of the City of Perth, for the Main- x Synal" 
tenance of the Port and Harbour, and for other pur- ~~ 
poses therewith connected : 


An Act for enabling Leases and Sales to be made Thoroton’s 
of Lands and Hereditaments in the Counties of = — 
Northumberland and Durham, belonging to the “““*™ 
Families of Thoroton and Croft, and for other pur~ 

poses, called “ The Thoroton and Croft Estate Act, 

1856 :” 


An Act for vesting in Trustees the Estates of the Dallington 
late Surah Reddall, deceased, situate in the County Estate Bill 
of Northampton, known as the Dallington Estate, 

for the purpose of enabling Leases, Sales, Exchanges 

and Partitions to be made of the same, and for 

other purposes : 


An Act to enable the Trustees of the Will of John Bell’s Estate 
Bell, Esquire, to sell 2 Leasehold Estate for Lives, Bil. 
in the County of York, known as “ Wildon Grange,” 
held of the Archbishop of York,and for the Re-invest- 
ment of the Proceeds in the Purchase of Real Estates 
of Inheritance, of which the short Title is “ Bell’s 
Estate Act, 1856 :” 


An Act to amend and enlarge the Powers of an 
Act passed in the twelfth and thirteenth years of the 
reign of Her present Majesty Queen Victoria, inti- 
tuled, “ An Act for authorizing the Trustees of the 
late Thomas Gordon to sell his Estates of Cairness, 
and others in the County of Aberdeen, and to apply 
the Price thereof in Payment of the Debts and Bur- 
dens affecting the same, and for laying out the 
Residue of the Price in the Purchase of other Lands 
to be entailed in terms of the Trust’ Deed of Settle- 
ment by the said Thomas Gordon, and for other 


Cairncss 
Estate Bull. 








- ESE REE SR RaERRRp EN AS it Rr : oe 


purposes : An 











dis- 
‘iety 


and 
lid- 
tion 
‘om 
al- 
Bill, 


ntral 
sill. 


nond 


Rail- 


Jor. 


mp- 
ay 
n of 


Yen- 
fay 


rgh 
our 


aoe 


in 


tate 





d 
ate Bill 


albot’s 
wel Bill. 


Davidson’s 


Divorce Bill. 


Lords Com- 
missioners’ 


Speech. 


90 VicrorRIZ. 


An Act for enabling Partitions, Sales, Exchanges 
and Leases to be made of certain parts of the Es- 
tates devised by the Will of Sir John William Head 
Brydges, deceased, and for other purposes : 


An Act to dissolve the Marriage of John Talbot, 
Esquire, with Marianne his now Wife, and to enable 
him to marry again, and for other purposes : 


An Act to dissolve the Marriage of Madgwick 
Spicer Davidson, Gentleman, with Katharine Anne 
his now Wife; and to enable him, the said Madg- 
wick Spicer Davidson \o marry again ; and for other 
purposes therein mentioned. 


And afterwards, a Speech of the Lords Commis- 
sioners was delivered to both Houses by the Lord 
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 to you Her warm acknow- 
ledgments for the zeal and assiduity with which you 
have applied yourselves to the discharge of your 
public duties during the Session. 


When Her Majesty met you in Parliament at the 
opening of the Session, Her Majesty was engaged, 
in co-operation with Her Allies, the Emperor of the 
French, the King of Sardinia and the Sultan, in an 
arduous War, having for its object matters of high 
European importance; and Her Majesty appealed 
to your loyalty and patriotism for tie necessary 
means to carry on that War with the energy and 
vigour essential to success. 

You answered nobly the appeal then made to you; 
and Her Majesty was enabled to prepare for the 
operations of the expected Campaign Naval and 
Military Forces worthy of the power and reputation 
of this Country. 

Happily it became unnecessary to apply those 
Forces to the purposes for which they had been 
destined. A Treaty was concluded by which the 
objects for which the War had been undertaken were 
fully attained ; and an honourable Peace has saved 
Europe trom the calamities of continued Warfare. 

Her Majesty trusts that the benefits resulting from 
that Peace will be extensive and permanent; and 
that while the friendships and alliances which were 
cemented by common exertions during the con- 
test will gain strength by mutual interests in Peace, 
those asperities which inherently belong to conflict 
will give place to the confidence and good-will with 
which a faithful execution of engagements will in- 
spire those who have learnt to respect each other as 
antagonists. 


Her Majesty commands us to thank you for your 
support in the hour of trial, and to express to you 
Her fervent hope that the prosperity of Her faithful 
People, which was not materially checked by the 
pressure of War, may continue and be increased by 
the genial influence of Peace. 

Her Majesty is engaged in negotiations on the 
subject of questions in connexion with the Affairs 
of Central America ; and Her Majesty hopes that 
the differences which have arisen on those matters 
between Her Majesty’s Government and that of the 
United States may be satisfactorily adjusted. 

We are commanded by Her Majesty to inform 
you, that Her Majesty desires to avail Herself of 
this occasion to express the pleasure which it af- 
forded Her to receive during the War in which She 
has been engaged numerous and honourable proofs 
of loyalty and public spirit from Her Majesty's 
Indian Territories, and from those Colonial Pos- 
sessions which constitute so valuable and important 
a part of the dominions of Her Majesty’s Crown. 

Her Majesty has given Her cordial assent to the 
Act for rendering more effectual the Police in 
Vou, 111. 


29° Julit. 








395 


Counties and Boroughs in England and Wales. 
This Act will materially add to the security of per- 
son and property, and will thus afford increased en- 
couragement to the exertions of honest industry. 


Her Majesty rejoices to think that the Act for 
the improvement of the internal arrangements of the 
University of Cambridge will give fresh powers of 
usefulness to that ancient and renowned seat of 
learning. 


The Act for regulating Joint Stock Companies 
will afford additional facilities for the advantageous 
employment of capital, and will thus tend to promote 
the development of the resources of the Country ; 
while the Acts passed relative to the Mercantile 
Laws of England and of Scotland will diminish the 
inconvenience which the differences of those Laws 
— to Her Majesty’s Subjects engaged in 
trade. 


Her Majesty has seen with satisfaction that you 
have given your attention to the arrangements con- 
nected with County Courts. It is Her Majesty’s 
anxious wish that justice should be attainable by all 
classes of Her Subjects with as much speed and 
with as little expense as may be consistent with the 
due investigation of the merits of causes to be tried. 


Her Majesty trusts that the Act for placing the 
Coast Guard under the direction of the Board of 
Admiralty will afford the groundwork for arrange- 
ments for providing, in time of Peace, means appli- 
cable to national defence on the occurrence of any 
future emergency. 


Gentlemen of the House of Commons, 


We are commanded by Her Majesty to thank 
you for the readiness with which you have granted 
the Supplies for the present year. 


My Lords, and Gentlemen, 


Her Majesty commands us to congratulate you 
on the favourable state of the Revenue, and upon 
the thriving condition of all branches of the National 
Industry ; and She acknowledges with gratitude the 
loyalty of Her faithful Subjects, and that spirit of 
order and that respect for the law which prevail in 
every part of Her dominions. 


Her Majesty commands us to express Her confi- 
dence that on your return to your homes you will 
promote, by your influence and example, in your 
several districts, that continued and progressive im- 
provement which is the vital principle of the well- 
being of nations; and Her Majesty fervently prays 
that the blessing of Almighty God may attend your 
steps, and prosper your doings for the welfare and 


happiness of Her People. 


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 Parliament 
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 Par- 
liament to Tuesday the 7th day of October next, 
to be then here holden; and this Parliament is 
accordingly prorogued to Tuesday the 7th day of 
October next. 








3E2 Martis, 





Parliament 
prorogued. 


Parliament 
prorogued. 


396 


Martis, '7° die Octobdris ; 
Anno 20° Victoria Regine, 1856, 
4 ie House being met, pursuant to the last 


Prorogation ; and Mr. Speaker being in the 
country ; 


A Message was brought from the Lords, by Mr. 
Pulman, Yeoman Usher of the Black Rod : 


Gentlemen of the House of Commons, 


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


Accordingly the House, with the Clerk, went up 
to the House of Peers; where the Commission;was 
read, for the further proroguing of the Parliament 
until Thursday the 13th day of November next; 
and the Parliament was accordingly prorogued until 
Thursday the 13th day of November next. 








Jovis, 13° die Novembris ; 
Anno 20° Victorie Regine, 1856. 


ie ~ 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 








7° Octobris.—13° Novembris.—16° Decembris. A. 1856. 


this Honourable House in the House of Peers, to 
hear the Commission read. 


Accordingly the House, with the Clerk Assistant, 
went up to the House of Peers; where the Com- 
mission was read, for the further proroguing of the 
Parliament until Tuesday the 16th day of December 
next; and the Parliament was accordingly pro- 
rogued until Tuesday the 16th day of December 
next. 








Martis, 16° die Decembris ; 


Anno 20° Victorie Regine, 1856. 


T HE House being met, pursuant to the last Parliament 
Prorogation; and Mr. Speaker being in the Prorogued. 


country ; 


A Message was brought from the Lords, by Mr, 
Pulman, Yeoman Usher of the Black Rod: 


Gentlemen of the House of Commons, 


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


argon | the House, with the Clerk Assistant, 
went up to the House of Peers; where the Com- 
mission was read, for the further proroguing of the 
Parliament until Tuesday the 3d day of February 
next; and the Parliament was accordingly pro- 
rogued until Tuesday the 3d day of February 
next. 











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