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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

  }

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

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

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

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

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

  @media (min-width: 890px) {

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

  }

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

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

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

      grid-column-gap: 2.5rem;
    }

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

  }

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

  }

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

  }

  @media (min-width: 890px) {

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

  }

  @media (min-width: 990px) {

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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








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


OF THE 


HOUSE of COMMONS. 



























JOURNALS 





OF THE 


HOUSE of COMMONS. 





From FEBRUARY the 3d, 1859, 


In the Twenty-sEconD YEAR of the Reign of 


QUEEN VICTORIA, 
To DECEMBER the 15th, 1859, 


In the TwentTy-THIRD YEAR of the Reign of 


QUEEN VICTORIA. 


i 


1859. 
Session I.—February 3d to April 19th, 1859; 


AND, 


SESSION II.—May 31st to December 15th, 1859. 


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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. 





1859—Szss. I. 
From February the 3d to April the 19th, 1859. 








‘VOL. 114. 


Von. 114, 





Message to 
attend Her 
Majesty. 


Writs issued 
in the Recess. 


JOUR 





NALS 


. OF THE 


HOUSE of COMMONS. 





Sess. 1.—1859. 





Jovis, 3° die Februarii ; 
Anno 22° Victoria Regine, 1859. 


PRAYERS. 
7 A MESSAGE from Her Majesty, b 


Pulman, Yeoman Usher of the Black 
Mr. Speaker, 
The Queen commands this Honourable House to 
—_ Her Majesty immediately, in the House of 
eers. 


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


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That, in pur- 
suance of the directions of the Acts passed in the 
24th year of the reign of his Majesty King George 
the Third, c. 26, and in the 21st and 22d years 
of the reign of Her Majesty Queen Victoria, 
c. 110, he had issued Warrants to the Clerk of the 
Crown, to make out new Writs for the Election of 
Members to serve in this present Parliament, 

For the Borough of Guildford, in the room of 
Ross Donnelly Mangles, Esquire, who had 
accepted the office of Member of the Council 
for India : 

For the Borough of Reigate, in the room of Sir 
Henry Creswicke Rawlinson, x.c.B., who 
had accepted the office of Member of the 
Council for India: 

For the Borough of Leominster, in the room of 
John Pollard Willoughby, Esquire, who had 
accepted the office of Member of the Council 
for India: 

For the City of Manchester, in the room of Sir 
John Potter, deceased: 

For the County of Hereford, in the room of 
Thomas William Booker Blakemore, Esquire, 
deceased : 

For the County of Brecknock, in the room of 
Sir Joseph Bailey, Baronet, deceased : 

For the rn of Linlithgow, in the room of 
George Dundas, Esquire, who had accepted 
the office of Lieutenant Governor of Prince 
Edward’s Island: And, 

For the Borough of Boston, in the room of 
William Henry Adams, Esquire, who had ac- 
cepted the office of Recorder of the Borough 
of Derby. 

Vou. 114. 


Mr. 
od : 





Several Members, returned upon new Writs, took Members take 
and subscribed the Oath required by the Act 21 and the Oath. 


22 Vic. c. 48. 


Mr.Speaker acquainted the House, That he had re- Operations 


ceived from the Right honourable Viscount Canning, 
Governor General of the British Possessions in the 
East Indies, the following Letters in respect to the 
Thanks of this House communicated to him, in 
obedience to the commands of this House of the 
8th day of February and the 16th day of March last; 
together with the General Order, No. 1051, by the 
Right honourable the Governor General :—And the 
same were read, as follow : 


Sir, Allahabad, the 11th May 1858. 

I have had the honour to receive your Letters of 
the 17th of February and 25th of March, trans- 
mitting the Resolutions which, on the 8th and 16th 
of that month, the House of Commons were pleased 
to pass with reference to the employment by the 
Government of India of the resources at its com- 
mand for the suppression of the Mutiny; to the 
achievement of important triumphs by the Forces of 
Her Majesty and of the Honourable East India 
Company ; and to the conduct of those persons who, 
though not holding military rank, have performed 
valuable military service. 

These Resolutions and your Letters have been 
published in General Orders, and Copies of the 
first and second Resolutions of the 8th of Fe- 
bruary, and of the Resolution of the 16th of March, 
have been sent to the Officers severally named 
therein. 

I shall hereafter have the honour of transmitting 
to you, for the information of the House of Commons, 
the Answers which I may receive from those 
Officers. 

The accompanying General Order shows the fur- 
ther steps which have been taken to give effect to 
the request of the House of Commons, as conveyed 
in the fast Resolution of the 8th of February. 

The expression of the Thanks and Approval of 
the House of Commons will not only be accepted 
as a high reward by all to whom it is addressed, 
but will, I am confident, prove a powerful encourage- 
ment to all in the zealous discharge of whatever 
duties await them. 

I request that you will submit to the House of 

B2+t Commons 




















4 


Commons the expression of my dutiful and grateful 
acknowledgment of the honourable testimony ‘o 
approbation which my humble services have received 
at their hands. 


I have the honour to be, Sir, 
Your most obedient servant, 
Canning. 
To the Right honourable John Evelyn Denison, 
Speaker of the House of Commons. 


No. 1051. 


GENERAL OrpeErR By THE Ricut HonouraBLeE 
THE Governor GENERAL. 
Foreign Department, Allaha 
She hth May 1858. +x, 
The Right honourable the Governor General jis 
pleased to notify that he has received from the Right 
honourable the Speaker of the House of Commons 
the following Letter, dated the 17th February 1858, 
transmitting certain Resolutions passed by the House 
of Commons, on the 8th of the same month : 


House of Commons, London, 
My Lord, 17th February 1858. 

In obedience to an Order of the House of Com- 
mons, | have the honour to transmit to your Lord- 
ship the enclosed Resolutions, which were agreed to 
unanimously by the House on the 8th instant. 

I have also to request your Lordship to com- 
municate these expressions of the Thanks and 
Approbation of the House of Commons to the 
several Governors, Commissioners, Officers, Non- 
commissioned Officers, Men, and other persons 
referred to in the said Resolution. 


I have, &amp;c. 
(signed) John Evelyn Denison, 


Speaker. 
To his Excellency 
The Right honourable Viscount Canning, 
Governor General, &amp;c. &amp;c. &amp;c. 


House or Commons. 
Lune, 8° die Februarii, 1858. 


Resolved, Nemine Contradicente, That the Thanks 
of this House be given to the Right honourable 
Viscount Canning, Governor General of the British 
Possessions in the East Indies; the Right honour- 
able Lord Harris, Governor of the Presidency of 
Madras; the Right honourable Lord Elphinstone, 
Governor of the Presidency of Bombay; Sir John 
Laird Mair Lawrence, 6.c.n., Chief Commissioner 
of the Punjab; and Henry Bartle Edward Frere, 
Esquire, Commissioner of Scinde, for the energy 
and ability with which they have employed the 
resources at their command to suppress the widely- 
spread Mutiny in Her Majesty’s Zndian Dominions. 

Resolved, Nemine Contradicente, That the Thanks 
of this House be given to his Excellency General 
Sir Colin Campbell, c.c.n., Commander in Chief in 


3° Februariz. 





A. 1859. 


European Troops in the service of the Honourable 


f| East India Company ; and of the great body of 


those Native Corps throughout India who have 
remained faithful to their Standards; and that the 
same be signified to them by the Commanders of 
the several Corps, who are desired to thank them 
for their gallant behaviour. 

‘Resolved, Nemine Contradicente, That this House 
doth highly appreciate and cordially approve of the 
courage, self-devotion, and exemplary conduct of 
those persons, who, though not holding military 
rank, have nevertheless performed valuable military 
service in the field, or in defence of various posts 
throughout the disturbed districts in India at which 
they were resident; aad that the Governor General 
be requested to thank these persons for their spirited 
and patriotic exertions. 

Ordered, That the said Resolutions be transmitted 
hy Mr. Speaker to the Governor General of India, 
and that his Lordship be requested to communicate 
the same to the several Officers referred to therein. 


" Denis Le Marchant, 
Cl. Dom. Com. 


II. The Right honourable the Governor General 
has also received the following Letter, dated the 
25th March 1858, transmitting a further Resolution 
passed by the House of Commons on the 16th of 
the same month :— 


My Lord, London, 25th March 1858, 

In compliance with the Order of the House of 
Commons, I beg leave to enclose to your Exceliency 
a Copy of the Vote of Thanks agreed to by this 
House unanimously, to be given to the Honourable 
Frederick James Halliday, ieutenant Governor of 
Bengal, for the energy and ability which he has 
dis Tajed during the recent important events in 
India. 

And I have to request your Excellency to be kind 
enough to deliver the Vote of Thanks already re- 
ferred to to Mr. Halliday at the earliest opportunity. 


I have, &amp;c. 
(signed) J. E. Denison, 
Speaker. 


(signed) 


The Right honourable Viscount Canning, 
Governor General, &amp;c. &amp;e. &amp;c. 


Hovsz or Commons. 
Martis, 16° die Martti, 1858. 


The House was moved, “ That the Resolution of 
the House of the 8th day of February last, ‘That 
the Thanks of this House be given to the Right 
honourable Viscount Canning, Governor General of 
the British Possessions in the East Indies; the 
Right honourable Lord Harris, Governor of the 
Presidency of Madras ; the Right honourable Lord 
Elphinstone, Governor of the Presidency of Bom- 
bay; Sir John Laird Mair Lawrence, c.c.B., Chief 





India; Major General Sic James Outram, G.c.B. ; 
Major General Sir Archdale Wilson, Baronet, K.c.B. ; | 
and Major General John Eardley Wilmot Inglis, | 
K.c.B., for the eminent skill, courage and perseve- | 
rance displayed by them in the achievement of so! 
many and such important triumphs over numerous. 
bodies of the Mutineers. 

Resolved, Nemine Contradicente, That the Thanks | 
of this House be given to the other gallant Officers 
of Her Majesty’s Army, Navy and Marines; and 
also of the Honourable East India Company’s 
Service, for the intrepidity, the patient endurance, 
and other high military qualities which have marked 
their discharge of those arduous duties which they 
have so successfully performed. 

Resolved, Nemine Contradicente, That this House 
doth highly approve and acknowledge the high 
courage, the devoted loyalty, and the brilliant 
services of the Non-commissioned Officers and Men 
of Her Majesty’s Military and Naval Forces ; of the 








Commissioner of the Punjab; and Henry Bartle 
Edward Frere, Esquire, Concigattnne of Scinde, 
for the energy and ability with which they have 
employed the resources at their command to sup- 
press the widely-spread Mutiny in Her Majesty’s 
Indian Dominions,’ might be read:”—And the 
same being read ; 

Resolved, Nemine Contradicente, That the like 
Thanks be given to the Honourable Frederick James 
Halliday, Lieutenant Governor of Bengal. 


(signed) \ Denis Le Marchant, 
Cl. Dom. Com. 


III. The Right honourable the Governor General 
has been pleased to order, That one complete Copy 
of the several Resolutions passed by the House of 
Commons on the 8th February and 16th: March 
1858 shall be preserved in the Archives of the Go- 
vernment of Sadia, in the Political or Foreign 
Department 





92 VicToriIZ. 


Department at Calcutta; and that similar Copies of 
the said Resolutions shall be transmitted to 
The Right honourable the Governor in Council 
of Bombay, 
The Right honourable the Governor in Council 
of Madras, 
The Chief Commissioner of the Punjab, and 
The Commissioner of Sindh, 
in order that they may be preserved in the Archives 
of those Presidencies and Drosdncen respectively. 


IV. The Right honourable the Governor General 
has been pleased further to order, 

1°. That a Copy of the Resolution I., dated the 
8th February, shall be presented to 

The Right honourable Lord Elphins‘one, 
The Right honourable Lord Harris, 

Sir John Laird Mair Lawrence, a.c.B., and 
Henry Bartle Edward Frere, Esquire. 

2°, That a Copy of the Resolution II., dated the 

8th February, shall be presented to 
His Excellency Geana Sir Colin Campbell, 
G.C.B., 
Major General Sir Jas. Outram, @.c.B., 
Major General Sir A. Wilson, Bart., K.c.B., and 
Major General Sir J. E. W. Inglis, k.c. B. 

3°. That a Copy of the Resolution dated 16th 
March, conveying the Thanks of the House of Com- 
mons to the Honourable I'rederick James Halliday, 
Lieutenant Governor of Bengal, be presented to the 
said the Honourable F. J. Halliday. 

4°. That two Copies of the Resolution III., dated 
8th February, conveying the Thanks of the House 
of Commons to the Officers of Her Majesty’s Army 
in India, and to the Officers of the Honourable Eust 
India Company’s Service, be forwarded to the Chief 
of the Staff, in order that they may be preserved, 
the one in the Archives of the Office of the Adjutant 
General of Her Majesty’s Forces in India, and the 
other in the Archives of the Office of the Adjutant 
General of the Honourable East India Company's 
Army ; 

And that two Copies of the same Resolution, 
conveying the Thanks of the House of Commons 
to the Officers of the Royal Navy and the Officers 
of the Royal Marines, be preserved in the Archives 
of the Government of Jndia in the Home Depatt- 
ment at Calcutta. 

5°. That three Copies of the Resolution 1V., dated 
the sth February, conveying the Thanks of the 
House of Commons to the Non-commissioned 
Officers and Men of Her Majesty’s Army, Navy, 
and Marines; to the Non-commissioned Officers 
and Men of the European Regiments, in the service 
of the Honourable East India Company ; and to the 
Non-commissioned Officers and Men of the Loyal 
Native Regiments, be forwarded to the Chief of the 
Staff, in order that they may be preserved, the first 
in the Archives of the Office of the Adjutant General 
of Her Majesty’s Forces in India, and the other two 
in the Archives of the Office of the Adjutant 
General of the Hunourable East India Company’s 
Ary ; 

And that one Copy of the same Resolution, con- 
veying the Thanks of the House to the Non-com- 
missioned Officers and Men of Her Majesty’s Navy 
and Marines, be preserved’ in the Archives of the 
Government of India in the Home Department at 
Calcutta. 

6°. That a Copy of the Resolution V., dated the 
Sth Febsuary 1858, conveying the Thanks of the 
House of Commons to persons, who, though not 
holding Military rank, have performed valuable 
Military Service, be preserved in the Archives of the 
Government of India in the Home Department at 
Calcutta. 


V. The Right honourable the Governor General 
has been pleased, further, to order, That the Copies 
of the Resolutions of the House of Commons spe- 
cified in clauses 1, 2, and 3, of paragraph [V. of this 

Vou, 114. 


3° Februarit. 





5 


General Order, be forwarded to the several Governors, 
Coinmissioners, and Officers named therein, with an 
official Letter under the autograph of the Right 
honourable the Governor General of India. 


G. F. Edmonstone, 
Secretary to the Government of India 
with the Governor General. 





Sir, Allahabad, 30th June 1858. 
In continuation of my despatch dated the 16th 
instant, [ have the honour to forward for your infor- 
mation the accompanying copy of a Letter from the 
Right honourable Lord Harris, Governor of Madras, 
expressing his deep sense of the recognition which 
his services have received from the House of Com- 
mons in the Resolution passed by the House on 
the 8th February last. 
I have the honour to be, Sir, 
Your most obedient servant, 
Canning. 
To the Right honourable John Evelyn Denison, 


Speaker of the House of Commons, 
&amp;e. &amp;e. &amp;e. 


(Copy.) 
Government House, Madras, 
My Lord, 19 June 1858. 

I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of 
your Lordship’s Letter, with which you communicate 
to me the copy of a Resolution of the House of 
Commons, containing the Thanks of the House to 
myself amongst others, for aiding in the suppression 
of the mutiny in India. 

I feel deeply sensible of this recognition by the 
House of Commons of my humble services, which, 
so far as they may have been of value, are mainly 
owing to unwearied and able support which I have 
received from the Officers, both Civil and Military, 
and from the Truops of the Madras Presidency. 


I have, &amp;c. 
(signed) Harris. 
The Viscount Canning, ™ 
&amp;e. &amp;e. &amp;e. 
Sir, Allahabad, 24 July 1858. 


I have the honour to forward, for your informa- 
tion, the accompanying copy of a Letter from the 
Right honourable Lord Elphinstone, c.c.u., Governor 
of Bombay, expressing his deep and grateful sense 
of the high honour which has been conferred upon 
him by the House of Commons, by including his 
name in the Resolution passed by the House on the 
8th February last. 


I have the honour to be, Sir, 
Your most obedient servant, 
Canning. 
To the Right honourable John Evelyn Denison, 
Speaker of the House of Commons, 


(Copy.) 
My Lord, Matheran, 16th June 1858, 

I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of 
your Lordship’s letter of the 11th of May, giving 
cover to a copy of a Resolution passed by the 
House of Commons on the 8th of February last, 
conveying the Thanks of the House to your Lord- 
ship, and to others who, under your Lordship’s direc- 
tions, have aided in suppressing mutiny and revolt in 
Her Majesty's Indian dominions. 

I beg that your Lordship will accept my best 
thanks for your cordial congratulations upon this 
occasion, and that you will be pleased to convey to 
the Honourable House the expression of my deep 
and grateful sense of the high honour which has been 
conferred upon me by the inclusion of my name in 
this Resolution. 


I have, &amp;c. 
(signed) Elphinstone. 
The Right honourable Viscount Canning, 
Seventies General of India, 
ke. ke. &amp;e. 
B 3 Sir, 





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Orders and 
Resolutions, 


Elections, 


aa, 1088: panying copy of a Letter from Sir John Lawrence, 
a.315 G 


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6 3° Februariz: 


Sir, Allahabad, the 11th August’1858. 
I have the honour to forward to you the accom- 


.c.B., Chief Commissioner of the Punjab, con- 
veying his deep sense of the great honour which has 
been conferred upon him in the Resolution passed by 
the House of Commons on the 8th February last. 


I have the honour to be, Sir, 
Your most obedient servant, 
Canning. 


To the Right honourable John Evelyn Denison, 
Speaker of the House of Commons, 


(Copy.) 


My Lord, Murree, 31st July 1858. 

I beg to acknowledge the receipt of your Lord- 
ship’s Letter of the 11th of May last, communicating 
to me cupy of a Resolution passed by the House 
of Commons on the 8th of February 1858, voting 
to me, among others, the Thanks of the House for 
my services in aiding to suppress the late Mutiny in 
India. I request that your Lordship will be good 
enough to convey to the House of Commons my 





deep sense of the great honour which has been 
conferred on me. | 

I have further to thank your Lordship for your | 
congratulations on this occasion. 


| 

I have, &amp;c. 
(signed) John Lawrence, | 
Chief Commissioner, Punjab. | 

To the Right honourable Viscount Canning, | 
Governor General of Jndia. 


Sir, Allahabad, the 11th August 1858. | 


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A. 185Y. 


for presenting Petitions, provided there be no ques- 
tion upon the Return for that place; and if anything 
shall come in question touching the Return or Elec- 
tion of any Member, he is to withdraw during the 
time the matter is in debate; and that all Members 
returned upon double Returns do withdraw till their 
Returns are determined. 


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

Resolved, That no Peer of the Realm, except such 
Peers of Ireland as shall for the time being be ac- 
tually elected, and shall not have declined to serve, 
for any County, City or Borough of Great Britain, 


‘hath any right to give his Vote in the Election of 


any Member to serve in Parliament. 

Resolved, That it is a high infringement of the 
liberties and privileges of the Commons of the 
United Kingdom, for any Lord of Parliament, or 
other Peer or Prelate, not being a Peer of 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 Jreland, at such Elections in Great 


am Boe 


I have the honour to forward for your information, | Britain gee: where such Peer shall appear 
the accompanying copy of a Letter from his Excel- | @s a Candidate, or by himself, or any others, be pro- 
lency General Sir Colin Campbell, c.c.B., Com- posed to be elected; or for any Lord Lieutenant or 
mander-in-Chief in India, expressing his grateful Governor of any County to avail himself of any au- 
acknowledgments of the honour conferred upon him thority derived from his Commission, to influence 
in the Resolution passed by the House of Commons the Election of any Member to serve for the Com- 
on the 8th February last. mons in Parliament. 
Resolved, That if it shall appear that any person 
-hath been elected or returned a Member of this 
House, or endeavoured so to be, by Bribery, or any 
other corrupt practices, this House will proceed with 
the utmost severity against all such persons as shall 
_ have been wilfully concerned in such Bribery or othe 
(Copy.) corrupt practices. 


I have the honour to be, Sir, 
Your most obedient servant, 
Canning. 
To the Right honourable John Evelyn Denison, 
Speaker of the House of Commons. 


My Lord, 

I have had the honour to receive your Lordship’s 
Letter of the 11th May, enclosing a Resolution of, 
the House of Commons, which conveys to me the| 
Thanks of the House for my share in the exertivns 
of the Army I had the hcnour to command during 
the late campaigns. I have the honour to request 
that your Lordship will do me the favour to forward, 
through the proper channel, to the House of Com- 
mons, my respectful and grateful acknowledgments 
of the honcur which has been conferred upon me. | 


hath been tampering with any Witness, in respect 
of his Evidence to be given to this House, or an 
Committee thereof, or directly or indirectly hath 
endeavoured to deter or hinder any person from 
appearing or giving Evidence, the same is declared 
to bea high crime and misdemeanor; and this House 
will proceed with the utmost severity against such 
offender. 

Resolved, That if it shall appear that any person 
hath given false Evidence in any case before this 
House, or any Committee thereof, this House will 

Ihave, &amp;e. | proceed with the utmost severity against such of- 
(signed) C. Campbell, General, | Peaider. 





Commander-in-Chief, East Indies.! | Ordered, That the Commissioners of the Police of Metropolitan 
‘the Metropolis do take care that, during the Session Police. 


The Right honourable 
The Viscount Canning, Governor General, 


of Parliament, the passages through the streets 
&amp;e. &amp;e. &amp;e, 


leading to this House be kept free and open, and that 
|no obstruction be permitted to hinder the passage of 
Ordered, That all persons who will question any | Members to and from this House, and that no dis- 
Returns of Members to serve in Parliament, for any | order be allowed in Westminster Hall, or in the pas- 
County, City, Borough or place in the United King-! sages leading to this House, during the sitting of 
dom, do question the same within Fourteen days! Parliament, and that there be no annoyance therein 
next, and so within Fourteen days next after any! or thereabouts; and that the Serjeant-at-Arms at- 
new Return shall be brought in. | tending this House do communicate this Order to the 
Ordered, That all Members who are returned for | Commissioners aforesaid. 
two or more places in any part of the United King-| 


dom do make their Election for which of the places! | Ordered, That the Votes and Proceedings of this Votes al 


they will serve, within One week from and after) House be printed, being first perused by Mr. Speaker; 
the expiration of the Fourteen days before limited! and that he do appoint the printing thereof ; = 
at 


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Allahabad, August 6th, 1858. | Resolved, That if it shall appear that any person Witnesses. 








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Privileges. 


Election 
Petitions. 


Banbury Writ. 


Galway Town 
Writ. 


Public Income 
and Expen- 
diture. 

No. 1. 


Property and 
Income Tax. 


No. 2. 


Property Tax 
and Popula- 
tion, &amp;e. 

No, 3. 


92 VicroriaA. 


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


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


Ordered, That all Petitions complaining of undue 
Elections and Returns be printed. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant 
to the Clerk of the Crown, to make out anew Writ 
for the electing of a Burgess to serve in this present 
Parliament for the Borough of Banbury, in the room 
of Henry William Tancred, 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 Bonen- 
ham, in the County of Buckingham. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant 
to the Clerk of the Crown in Ireland, to make out a 
new Writ for the electing of a Burgess to serve in 
this present Parliament for the Town and County 
of the Town of Galway, in the room of Anthony 
O’ Flaherty, Esquire, whose Election has been deter- 
mined to be void. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, an 
Account of the Gross Public Income and Expendi- 
ture for the year ended the 30th day of September 
1858 ; together with the Balance in the Exchequer 
at the commencement and at the termination of the 
year, and the Amount of Funded or Unfunded Debt 
created or redeemed in the said year :——And, like 
Account for the year ended the 31st day of December 
1858. 

Sir Stafford Northcote accordingly presented the 
said Account. 

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


Notice being taken, That the Return, which was 
rg upon the 29th day of July, in the last 


ion of Parliament, of the Amount of Property | 


assessed to the Income Tax for the year ended the 
5th day of — 1857, under Schedules (B.) and 
(D.), in each County in the United Kingdom, exclu- 
sive of, and distinguished from, that charged in the 
Parliamentary Cities or Boroughs :—— And, similar 
Return for each Parliamentary City or Borough, 
was imperfect ; 

Ordered, That the said Return be withdrawn, and 
an amended Return presented in lieu thereof. 

Sir Stafford Northcote accordingly presented the 
said amended Return. 

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


Notice being taken, That the Return, which 
was presented upon the 4th day of February, in the 
last Session of Parliament, in continuation of and 
to supplement the Return, No.317, of last Session of 
Parliament, showing in Columns the Annual Value 
of all the Real Property, including Railways and 
Canals, rated under Schedule (A.), for the year end- 
ing the 5th day of April 1857, in each County or 
Parliamentary eatin in the United Kingdom ; 
the Population of each according to the Census of 
1851; the present Number of Parliamentary Voters 
in each; the Number of Members of Parliament 
returned by each ; the Amount payable for the year 
ending the 5th day of April under Schedule (A.) in 
each, was imperfect ; 

Ordered, That the said Return be withdrawn, and 
an amended Return presented in lieu thereof. 

Sir Stafford Northcote accordingly presented the 
said amended Return. 

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

Vou. 114, 








3° Februari. 7 


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


Mr. Secretary Walpole presented, by Her Ma- Church Rates, 
jesty’s Command,—A Return from each Parish &amp;- 
within the several Archdeaconries in England and No 4 
Wales, setting forth the Gross Amount expended 
during the last Seven years for Church purposes, 
stating the Amount of any extraordinary Expen- 
diture within the Seven years materially affecting 
the Average ; also the Amount expended,—1st. On 
the Repair and Maintenance of the fabric of the 
Church and Churchyard ; 2d. For the celebration of 
Divine Worship ; 3d. For other purposes: Also, how 
much of the above Gross Amount was raised by 
Church Rates ; how much by special Endowments, 
and how much from voluntary Rules or Subscriptions ; 
stating also, what is the present state of Repair of the 
Church and Churchyard ; the Amount on which the 
Parish is rated to the Relief of the Poor; whether 
the Property of the Parish is much subdivided or 
chiefly in the hands of a few Proprietors; whether the 
Landowners generally are Churchmen or Dissenters ; 
whether the Church, if a Mother Church, derives any 
portion of its Rates from subordinate Districts hav- 
ing Churches of their own to maintain, and if so, to 
what Extent ; whether, if it be a District Church, it 
is liable to Rates for the Mother Church in addition 
to its own, and if so, to what Extent; and whether 
the Parish is under the operation of the Small Tene- 
ments Act, 13 &amp; 14 Vic. c. 99 : ——Also, a Copy of 
the Circular Letter from the Secretary of State for the 
Home Department, addressed to the several Arch- 
deacons, and dated 6th September 1858. 

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


Mr. Hardy presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- Poor Relief 
mand,—Copy of Thirteenth Annual Report of the (Scotland.) 
Board of Supervision for the Relief of the Poor m 
Scotland. 


Copy of the Twenty-fourth Report of the Com-~ National 
missioners of National Education in Ireland (for the i ~~ = 
year 1857), with Appendices ; Vols I. and II. ( ) 


Copy of Reports of the Inspectors of Factories Factories. 
to Her Majesty’s Principal Secretary of State for 
the Home Department, for the half-year ending 
3ist October 1858. 

Mr. Hardy also presented,—Return to an Address Houses, &amp;c. 
to Her Majesty, dated the 12th day of December, (Boroughs.) 
in the last Session of Parliament, for a Return, for 
the year 1857, showing, in Columns, the Number of 
Houses, Shops, Warehouses and other Buildings in 
each Borough in the United Kingdom, of the yearly 
Rent or Value of £. 10, and upwards; the Number 
of Parliamentary Voters in each; the Number of 
Members of Parliament returned by each; the 
Number of Houses, Shops, Warehouses and other 
Buildings, of the yearly Rent or Value of £.5 and 
under £.10; the Number at £.4 and under £.5; 
the Number at £.3 and under £.4; and the Num- 
ber under £.3 ; also, the Number of Houses, Shops, 
Warehouses and other Buildings, in each Borough, 
charged with Poor Rates, and the Number not so 
charged; together with the Population of each 
Borough, according to the Census of 1851. 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the Roads (Scot- 
15th day of March, in the last Session of Parlia- !*"4) 
ment, for a Return of the Number of Miles of Roads 
in each County of Scotland, both Turnpike and 
Commutation ; specifying, when certain Roads are 
partly situated in two Counties, the Length, as near 
as possible, in each, and distinguishing oe feral re 
Roads wholly or partially within one County are 
for purposes of Management considered in another ; 
also, the comparative Cost per Mile for the last 
Three years of keeping in Repair and Management 
of each Class of Road. 





B4 Return 











Poor Relief. 


Sanitary Im- 
rovements 
Metropolis.) 


Superintend- 
ent trars 
of &amp;c. 





8 


Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 
22d day of April, in the last Session of Parliament, 
for a Return of the Amount of Assessment and the 
Rate per Pound ineach Burgh under the Registration 
of Voters (Scotland) Act, distinguishing the Amount 
for each year since the passing of that Act. 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 
12th day of May, in the last Session of Parliament, 
for a Return of all Burial-grounds (distinguishing 
Consecrated from Unconsecrated) which still re- 
mained open for Interments on the 1st day of Ja- 
nuary 1858, within the Limits of the “ Burials 
within the Metropolis Act;” their Extent in Area; 
the Number of Interments which have taken place 
in each during the year 1857; the Number of 
Bodies buried in each Grave (not being a private 
Grave); and the Date of Closure of such as are 
under any Order for immediate or future Closure. 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 
81st day of May, in the last Session of Parlia- 
ment, for a Return from the Charity Trustees ap- 
= under the Authority of the Act 5 &amp; 6 

ill. 4, c. 76, in Cities and Boroughs in England 
and Wales, showing—1. The Gross Annual Amount 
of their Receipt and Expenditure as such Trustees 
for the years 1853, 1854, 1855, 1856 and 1857, re- 
spectively ; 2. Number of Trustees originally ap- 
pointed ; 3. Present Number of Trustees, distin- 
guishing those whose Names do not appear upon 
the last Burgess List; those who do not reside 
within Seven Miles of the City or Borough for which 
they were appointed Trustees ; and those who have 
ceased to act as such Trustees. 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 
Sth day of June, in the last Session of Parlia- 
ment, for Returns showing the Number of Paupers 
who became chargeable to the Twelve under- 
mentioned Unions in Jre/and, during the year ending 
the 25th day of March 1858, on being removed 
from England or Scotland; showing also the Names 
and Number now receiving Relief in those Unions 
who became chargeable at any time up to the 
present on their being removed from England or 
Scotland; stating the Names of the Unions from 
which they were sent; distinguishing the Number 
of Persons who were born in the Union to which 
they became chargeable from the Number who were 
not :—Name of Unien: Belfast, Cork, Drogheda, 
North Dublin, South Dublin, Dundalk, Limerick, 
Londonderry, Newry, Sligo, Waterford and Wexford 
(similar to Return up to the 25th day of March 
1854) :——And, of the Number of Paupers sent 
from the different Unions in England to Scotland. 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 
9th day of July, in the last Session of Parlia- 
ment, for Returns of Number of Houses in each 
District under the Metropolis Local Management 
Act iu respect to which the Medical Officer of Health 
has recommended the issue of Orders for Sanitary 
Improvement since the Ist day of January 1856: 
——Of Number of Houses in respect of which 
Orders for Sanitary Improvement have been issued 
by the Local Board of Vestry since the 1st day 
of January 1856:——Of .Number of Houses in 
which the Sanitary Improvements thus ordered have 
been afterwards certified by the Officer of the Local 
Board to haye been satisfactorily executed :——— 
And, of Number of other Nuisances injurious to 
Health similarly certified to have been remedied in 
each such District. 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 
9th day of July, in the last Session of Parliament, 
for a Return of the Amount of Fees and other 
Emoluments received by each Superintendent Re- 

istrar in respect of the Registration of Births, 
eaths and a registered in England and 
Wales during the year ending the 31st day of March 
1858, showing separately the Amount received by 


each for the Registration of Marriages, 





3° Februariz. 











A. 1859. 


Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the False Weights. 
12th day of July, in the last Session of Parliament, a sures 
for a Return of the Number of Persons amerced ne 
for or convicted of using False Weights and Mea- 
sures in the City of Westminster, and County of 
Middlesex, for the year ending the 31st day of De- 
cember 1857, specifying the Extent of the inac- 
curacy in each case, and the Amercement or Penalty 
inflicted ; also, whether any or what portion of such 
Amercement or Penalty has been paid to Parties 
hearing Appeals, informing, or otherwise enforcing 
the Law under the Acts 29 Geo. 2, c. 25, 31 Geo. 2, 
c.17,and 5&amp;6 Will. 4, c. 63. 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the Session Clerks, 
16th day of July, in the last Session of Parliament, 
for a Return of any Sessions at which the Clerk is 
an by Salary, and in such case the Extent of the 

urisdiction and the Amount of the Salary. 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the Bankruptcy 
20th day of July, in the last Session of Parliament, (Scotland. ) 
for a Copy of the Report of the Accountant in Bank- 
raptey in Scotland to the Court of Session for the 
year ending October 1857, with its Appendices. 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the Indictments, 
26th day of July, in the last Session of Parliament, se Comers 
fora Return of the Number of Indictments tried in “"™? 
the Queen’s Bench, at Bar, or at Nisi Prius, during 
the last Ten years, and of the Number of Motions 
for New Trials arising out of them, either on the 
part of the Crown or of the Defendant, with the 
Results of such Motions, and of the New Trials, if 
any, which took place in consequence. 

Keturn to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the Summary 
30th day of July, in the last Session of Parliament, Convictions. 
for Returns from the Metropolitan Police Districts, 
and from the Towns of Leeds, Liverpool, Birmingham 
and tlie City of Manchester, of the Number of Sum- 
mary Convictions under the Act 18 &amp; 19 Vic. c. 126, 
ss. 1, 2, and 3, respectively, distinguishing between 
ss. 1 and 3; specifying the Cases in which the Pri- 
soners pleaded Guilty; the Number of Cases in 
which the Justices or Stipendiary Magistrates con- 
victed summarily, notwithstanding there appeared 
previous Convictions against the Fimo ; the Pu- 
nishment awarded in such Case; the Number of 
Cases in which, because of such previous Conviction, 
the Justice or Stipendiary Magistrate declined to 
convict summarily ; the enbes of Cases in which 
the Prisoners declined to be summarily convicted ; 
the Number of Cases in which a Prisoner pleaded 
Guilty against whom previous Convictions existed ; 
and the Number of previous Convictions where more 
than one against each Prisoner summarily con- 
victed. 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the College of 
2d day of August, in the last Session of Parliament, Advocates 
for a Copy of a Communication (with Papers), ad- 
dressed on the 9th day of June 1858 to the Secre- 
tary of State for the Home Department, relating to 
the College of Advocates, Doctors’ Commons. 

Mr. Hardy also presented, pursuant to the direc- Police (Coun 
tions of several Acts of Parliament,—Copy of Re- ties and Bo- 
ports of the Inspectors of Constabulary for the year '"8S-) 
ended 29th September 1858, made to Her Majesty’s 
Principal Secretary of State, under the provisions 
of the Statute 19 &amp; 20 Vic. c. 69. 

No. 1. Eastern Counties, Midland and North 
Wales District. 

No. 2. Northern District. 

No. 3. Southern District. 

A Return of the Number of Causes instituted and Court of Ses- 

decided in the Court of Session, between the 1st day oo | aaa 
) 

of January 1858 and the 1st day of January 1859, 

showing the Number of Causes ready for Judgment 

but not disposed of at the last of these Dates. 

Copy of Annual Report and Account of the Ec- Ecclesiastical 
clesiastical Commissioners in Jreland, for year ended _ 

(Ireland. ) 
Ist August 1858. 

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

The 





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its 


T, 


Lunatics. 


22 Vicroriz. 





The following Papers were laid upon the Table by 
the Clerk of the House,— Return to an Order, dated 
the 27th day of July, in the last Session of Parlia- 
ment, for Returns of the Total Number of Lunatics 
in respect of whom Commissions of Lunacy are now 
in force, and the Total Amount of their Annual In- 
comes, and the Total Amount of the Sums allowed 
for their Maintenance :——For each year, from 1855 
to the Ist day of July 1858, inclusive, of the Number 
of Lunatics in respect of whom Commissions issued ; 
distinguishing those in respect of whom Commis- 
sions are now in force: Of the Total Amount of 
their Annual Incomes, and the ‘lotal Amount of 
the Sums allowed fur their Maintenance ; distin- 
oe the Number of Persons, and Amount of 

ncome, 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 have move than 
£.200 and less than £. 400 per 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 In- 
come : Of the Amounts of per-centage paid in 
each year, from the 2d day of December 1853 to 
the 1st day of July 1858, on Lunatics’ Incomes, 
and of the Payments made thereou in each year 
during the same Period, under the Provisions of 
the Lunacy Regulation Act, 1853 (in continuation 








3° Februarit. y 





of Parliamentary Paper, No. 242, of Session 1256) : 
Of the Number of Commissions of Lunac 





superseded in each year, from the 1st day of Ja-| than Fifteen Carriages, and letting the same for 
nuary 1850 to the Ist day of July 1858, and the | Hire:——And, of the Number of Hackney Car- 
Ac- | riages licensed during the last Two years, and the 


duration of the Commission in each Case : 
count of the Allowances made under the Lunacy 
Regulation Act, 1853, section 24, to the Masters 
and Visitors of Lunatics, for travelling and other | 
Expenses, in each of the years 1856 and 1857: 
Return of the Number of Visits made, Pa- 
tients seen, and Miles travelled by each of the 
Medical and Legal Visitors of Lunatics in each of 
the years 1856 and 1857; and the Number of Spe-| 
cial Reports made by the Medical Visitors of Lu- 
natics under the General Orders in Lunacy of the 











12th day of January 1855 :—-—Account of all Mo- 
nies received and paid by the Secretary of the Com- 
mission in Lunacy, and of all Charges and Expenses | 
incurred under or by virtue of or in execution of 
the Act 8 &amp; 9 Vic. c. 100, during the year ending 
the 31st day of July 1857: Of Report to the 
Lord Chancellor under the Act 8 &amp; 9 Vic. c. 100, 
s. 88, of the Number of Visits made, the Number 
of Patients seen, and the Number of Miles travelled 
by the several Commissioners in Lunacy during the 
Six months ending on the 4th day of February 1858 
(in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 292, 
of Session 1850): Returns be Commissioners 
in Lunacy of present Lists of Visitors appointed by 
Justices of Counties and Boroughs to visit Provin- 
cial Houses licensed for the reception of Lunatics: 
——Of Number and Dates of Visits made to each 
Provincial Licensed House by the Visitors during 
the statutory year ending Michaelmas 1857 :——Of 
Number and Dates of Visits made by the Commis- 
sioners in Lunacy during the statutory year ending 
the 31st day of December 1857 to each Licensed 
House :—1. Metropolitan; 2. Provincial : Of 
List of Licensed Houses, Metropolitan and Provin- 
cial; the Numbers for which they are respectively 
licensed ; the Number of Patients therein respec- 
tively on the 1st day of January 1858; the Num- 
ber of Attendants kept at each House at the same 
Date; and the Number of Attendants dismissed 
for Misconduct from each House during the year 
1857 (in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, 
No. 281, of Session 1854) : And, of the Num- 
ber of Coroners’ Inquests held on Lunatic Patients 
during the year ending the 31st day of December 
1857. 
Von, 114. 




















Return to an Order, dated the 27th day of July, Stage Car- 
in the last Session of Parliament, for Returns dis- Ti#8es, &amp; 
tinguishing where possible the Country from the 
Metropolis, of the Number of Stage Carriages 
and Omnibuses licensed, and the Number of Per- 
sons to whom Licenses have been issued, and the 
Duty thereon, for each year during the last Five 
years :——Of the Number of Persons licensed to 
let Horses for Hire in the year previous to the New 
Post Horse Act coming into operation, and the 
Duty received from them: Of the Number of 
Post Horse Licenses issued by the Commissioners 
of Inland Revenue for each year since the New Post 
Horse Act came into operation, distinguishing the 
Number in each Class as regards both Carriages 
and Horses:—~—Of the Number of Carriages of 
each Description let for Hire by Coachmakers and 
others, without Horses, and the Number of Persons 
assessed for the same, and the Duty thereon for the 
year 1852, and every succeeding year:——Of the 
Number of Carriages of each Description, and the 
Number of Horses and Ponies kept by Private 
Persons, and the Duty thereon for the same Period, 
and the Number of Persons assessed for the same : 
——Of the Number of Carriages of each Descrip- 
tion, and the Number of Horses kept by Common 
Carriers, and the Number of Persons assessed for 
the same, and the Duty thereon, for the same 
Period : Of the Number of Horses exempt from 
Assessed Tax by reason of their being used for 
working Stage Carriages and Omnibuses for the last 

ear: Of the Number of Persons keeping more 




























































Duty thereon. 

Return to an Order, dated the 29th day of July, Tax Collec- 
in the last Session of Parliament, for a Return of tors. 
the Number of Persons employed in collecting the 
‘Taxes paid into the Exchequer, distinguishing the 
Number employed for the Land, Assessed, Pro- 
perty and Income Tax, and those employed in the 
Excise Department of the Inland Revenue, and the 
Number employed in collecting the Customs Dues. 

The following Papers, pursuant to the directions Naval Receipt 
of several Acts of Parliament, were also laid upon 84 Expen- 
the Table by the Clerk of the House,—Copy of an 
Account of the Naval Receipt and Expenditure, for 
the year ended 31 March 1858. 

An Account of the Receipts and Disbursements Duchy of 
of the Duchy of Cornwall, in the year ended on the Com|wall 
31st December 1858. o 5. 

Copy of Treasury Minute, dated 5th October Colonial 
1858, granting a special Retired Allowance to Mr. ‘Gaabie.) 
Percival Kirton, \ate Colonial Surgeon at the 
Gambia. 

Copy of Treasury Minute, dated 6th September Barrack 
1858, granting a Special Retired Allowance to wih) (Wool. 
Major Robert John Little, of Royal Marines, late 
Barrack Master at Woolwich. 

Copy of Treasury Minute, dated 28th September Foreman of 
1858, granting a Special Retived Allowance to Works — 
Thomas Rennison, late Foreman of Works, Saint pistrict.) 
James’ Palace District. 

Copy of Treasury Minute, dated 17th November Convict 
1858, granting additional Retired Allowance to Mr. yea 3 = 
Willet, late Master of the Government Barque ‘**™"*) 7 
“ Lady Franklin,” attached to the Convict De- 
partment, Tasmania. a 

Copy of a Letter from the Secretary of State for Commissariat. ee! 
War, dated 12th November 1858, recommending as 
the Grant of a Special Retired Allowance to Samuel 
Petrie, Esquire, Director General of the Commis- oe 
sariat, and of its Enclosures; and also Copy of a . 
Treasury Minute, dated 23d November 1858, 
granting a Special Retired Allowance to Mr. Petrie. 

Copy of Treasury Minute, dated 12th November Registration . . 
1858, granting an additional Retired Allowance to Clerk (Hong an 
Alexander Lena, formerly Registration Clerk at 6) : 
Hong Kong. 

c Copy 

































































itd 


oe CON TEESE Fe uh ae. ameeah 


Convict Ser- 
vice. 


Assistant 
Secretary of 


Lunacy. 


Court of 


10 3°: Februariz. 


Copy of Treasury Minute, dated 9th September 
1858, granting a Special Retired Allowance to Mr. 
Francis Byrne, \ate First Class Warder in the 
Convict Service. , 

Copy of Treasury Minute, dated the 20th January 
1859, awarding a Special Retired Allowance to Sir 
C. E. Trevelyan, k.c.B., late Assistant Secretary of 
the Treasury. 

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 execution of the Act 8 &amp; 9 Vic. c. 100, 
8. 34, during the year ending 31st July 1858. 


Copy of a Certificate from the Lord Chief Justice 








A. 1859. 


On assuming, by your advice, the direct Govern- 
ment of that portion of My Dominions, I deemed 
it proper to make known by Proclamation the prin- 
ciples by which it was My intention to be guided, 
and the clemency which I was disposed to show 
towards those who might have been seduced into 
revolt, but who might be willing to return to their 
allegiance. I have directed that a Copy of that 
Proclamation should be laid before you. 

I receive from all Foreign Powers assurances of 
their friendly feelings. To cultivate and confirm 
those feelings, to maintain inviolate the faith of 
Public Treaties, and to cuntribute, as far as My 
influence can extend, to the preservation of the 


Queen’sBench. of the Court of Queen’s Bench, in regard to the | general Peace, are the objects of My unceasing 


Metropolitan 
Improve- 
ments. 


Lunacy 
(Scotland. ) 


Woods, Forests 
and Land 
Revenues. 


Episcopal 
Communion 
(Scotland.) 


Mr. Speaker 
reports Her 
Majesty's 
Speech. 


necessity of retaining Five Masters in the said Court. | 


Statement of the Advances for Metropolitan Im- | 
provements out of tle Consolidated Fund to the | 
Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Works, &amp;c.; and | 
of the Monies paid into the Consolidated Fund, be- | 
tween the 1st January and the 31st December 1858. | 

Return exhibiting the Number of Licenses granted | 
by the General Board of Lunacy for Scotland, for | 
the Continuance, Establishment or Renewal of | 
Private Asylums, and the Transfer of any such | 
License from any one Asvlum:to another. 

Return describing the Public, District and Private 
Asylums in Scotland, by their respective Localities, 
and stating the Names of the Superintendents of | 
each Asylum ; and showing also the Number of Pa- 
tients, Male and Female, received into and dis- 
charged from each Asylum, or removed or trans- 
ferred from any one House to another, classifying 
those discharged into three Divisions of “ Cured,” | 
“ Relieved” and ‘ Unaffected by Treatment,” 
during the year ended 31st December 1858. 

Return exhibiting the Number of Orders granted | 
by the Sheriffs for admission of Lunatics into any | 
Public, Private or District Asylum or House, | 
stating the Asylum or House to which such Order | 
was sent. ts 

Abstract Accounts of the Commissioners of Her | 
Majesty's Woods, Forests and Land Revenues, for | 
the year ended 31st March 1858. 





Copy of Entry from Register kept by the Sheriff | 
Clerk of Roxburghshire, under the Act 32 Geo. 3, | 
c. 63, for granting Relief to Pastors, Ministers and | 
Lay Persons of the Episcopal Communion in Scc¢- 
land. 

Ordered, That the Account relative to the Duchy | 
of Cornwall be printed. 


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





My Lords, and Gentlemen, 


In recurring, at the usual season, to the advice of | 


solicitude. 

I have concluded, with the Sovereigns who were 
parties to the Treaty of Paris of 1856, a Conven- 
tion relative to the organization of the Principalities 
of Moldavia and Wallachia. Those Rouman Pro- 
vinces are now proceeding to establish, under its 
provisions, their new form of Government. 

A Treaty of Commerce which I have concluded 
with the Emperor of Russia, and which will be laid 
before you, is a satisfactory indication of the com- 
plete re-establishment of tiose amicable relations 
which, until their late unfortunate interruption, had 
long subsisted between us, to the mutual advantage 
of vur respective Dominions. 

The measures which, in concert with My Ally the 
Emperor of the French, I thought it necessary to 
take upon the Coast of China, have resulted in a 
Treaty, by which further effusion of blood has been 
prevented, and which holds out the prospect of 
greatly-increased intercourse with that extensive and 
densely-peopled Empire. 

Another Treaty, into which I have entered with 
the Emperor of Japan, opens a fresh field for com- 
mercial enterprise in a populous ani highly civilised 
country, which has hitherto been jealously guarded 
against the intrusion of foreigners. As soon as the 
ratifications of these Treaties shall have been ex- 
changed, they will be laid before you. 

I have great satisfaction in announcing to you 
that the Emperor of the French has abolished a 
system of Negro Emigration from the East Coast of 
Africa, against which, as unavoidably tending, how- 


ever guarded, to the encouragement of the Slave 
Trade, My Government has never ceased to address 
| to His Imperial Majesty its most earnest but friendly 
representations. 


This wise act on the part of His Imperial Majesty 


induces me to hope that negotiations, now in pro- 
gress at Paris, may tend to the total abandonment 
of the system, and to the substitution of a duly 
regulated supply of substantially Free Labour. 


The state of the Republic of Mezico, distracted 
by Civil War, has induced Me to carry forbearance 
to its utmost limits, in regard to wrongs and indig- 
nities to which Briish residents have been subjected 


at the hands of the two contending parties. They 


have at length been carried to such an extent, that 


My Parliament, I am happy to think that, in the | have been compelled to give instructions to the 
internal state of the country, there is nothing to Commander of My Naval Forces in those Seas to 


excite disquietude, and much to call for satisfaction demand, and if necessary to enforce, due reparation. 


and thankfulness. Pauperism and crime have con- 
siderably diminished during the past year; and a 
spirit of general contentment prevails. 


Gentlemen of the House of Commons, 
I have directed that the Estimates of the ensuing 


The blessing of the Almighty on the valour of My | year shall be submitted to you. They have been 
Troops in Jndia, and on the skill of their Comman- | framed with a due regard to economy, and to the 
ders, has enabled me to inflict signal chastisement efficiency of the public service. 


upon those who are still in arms against My autho- 


The universal introduction of Steam-power into 


rity, whenever they have ventured to encounter My | Naval Warfare will render necessary a temporary 


Forces; and I trust that, at no distant period, I may | i 


nerease of expenditure in providing for the recon- 


be able to announce to you the complete pacification | struction of the British Navy; but I am persuaded 
of that great Empire, and to devote My attention| that you will cheerfully vote whatever sums you may 
to the improvement of its condition, and to the| find to be requisite for an object of such vital im- 
obliteration of all traces of the present unhappy] portance as the maintenance of the maritime power 





conflict. 


: of the Country. 


My 


e--) 


Resolution 
for Address. 


@2 Vicrorix. 


My Lords, and Gentlemen, 

Your labours have, in recent Sessions, been use- 
fully directed to various measures of legal and social 
improvement. In the belief that further measures 
of a similar character may be wisely and beneficially 
introduced, I have desired that Bills may be sub- 
mitted to you without delay, for assimilating and 
amending the Laws relating to Bankruptcy and In- 
solvency; for bringing together into one set of 
Statutes, in a classified form, and with such modifi- 
cations as experience will suggest to you, the Laws 
relating to Crimes and Offences in England and 
Ireland; for enabling the owners of land in England 
to obtain for themselves an indefeasible title to their 
estates and interests, and for registering such titles 
with simplicity and security. 

Your attention will be called to the state of the 
Laws which regulate the representation of the 
People in Parliament, and I cannot doubt but that 
you will give to this great subject a degree of calm 
and impartial consideration, proportioned to the 
magnitude of the interests involved in the result of 
your discussions. 

These, and other propositions for the amendment 
of the Laws, which will be brought under your 
notice as the progress of public business may permit, 
I commend to the exercise of your deliberate judg- 
ment; and I earnestly pray that your counsels may 
be so guided as to ensure the stability of the Throne, 
the maintenance and improvement of our Institu- 
tions, and the general welfare and happiness of My 
People. 


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

To thank Her Majesty for informing us that, in 
the internal state of the country, there is nothing to 
excite disquietude, and much to call for satisfaction 
and thankfulness; that pauperism and crime have 
considerably diminished during the past year; and 
that a spirit of general contentment prevails: 

To assure Her Majesty that we join with Her 
Majesty in thankfulness that the blessing of the 
Almighty on the valour of Her Majesty’s Troops in 
India, and on the skill of their Commanders, has 
enabled Her Majesty to inflict signal chastisement 
upon those who are still in arms against Her Ma- 
jesty’s authority, whenever they have ventured to 
encounter Her Majesty’s Forces; and humbly to 
express our cordial concurrence in Her Majesty’s 
hope that, at no distant period, Her Majesty may be 
able to announce to us the complete pacification of 
that great Empire, and that Her Majesty may be 
able to devote Her attention to the improvement of 
its condition, and to the obliteration of all traces of 
—— unhappy conflict : 

umbly to thank Her Majesty for informing us 
that, on assuming the direct Government of that 
portion of Her Majesty’s Dominions, Her Majesty 
deemed it proper to make known by Proclamation 
the principles by which it was Her Majesty’s inten- 
tion to be guided, and the clemency which Her Ma- 
jesty was disposed to show towards those who might 
have been seduced into revolt, but who might be 
willing to return to their allegiance; and for having 
directed that a Copy of that Proclamation should be 
laid before us : 

To express to Her Majesty the gratification with 
which we learn that Her Majesty continues to 
receive from all Foreign Powers assurauces of their 
friendly feelings, and that to cultivate and confirm 
those feelings, to maintain inviolate the faith of 
Public Treaties, and to contribute, as far as Her 
Majesty’s influence can extend, to the preservation 
of the eneral Peace, are the objects of Her Majesty’s 
unceasing solicitude : 

Humbly to. express our gratification that..Her 

Von. 114. 


3° Februariz. 





11 


Majesty has concluded, with the Sovereigns who 
were parties to the Treaty of Paris of 1856, a Con- 
vention relative to the organization of the Princi- 
palities of Moldavia and Wallachia, and that those 
Rouman Provinces are now proceeding to establish, 
under its provisions, their new form of govern- 
ment: 

To assure Her Majesty that we partake in the 
satisfaction with which Her Majesty informs us that 
Her Majesty has concluded a Treaty with the Em- 
peror of Russia, a Copy of which Her Majesty has 
graciously directed to be laid before us, and which 
is a satistactory indication of the complete re-esta- 
blishment of those amicable relations which, until 
their late interruption, have long subsisted, to the 
mutual advantage of the Dominions of Her Majesty 
and those of His Imperial Majesty : 

Humbly te express to Her Majesty our participa- 
tion in the pleasure with which Her Majesty has 
learnt that the measures which, in concert with Her 
Majesty’s Ally the Emperor of the French, Her Ma- 
jesty thought it necessary to take upon the Coast of 
China, have resulted in a Treaty by which further 
effusion of hlood has been prevented, and which 
holds out the prospect of greatly-increased inter- 
course with that extensive and densely-peopled 
Empire: 

To express our gratification that Her Majesty has 
entered into another Treaty with the Emperor of 
Japan, which opens a fresh field for commercial 
enterprise in a populous and highly civilised country 
which has hitherto been jealously guarded against 
the intrusion of foreigners; and humbly to thank 
Her Majesty for informing us that, as soon as the 
ratifications of these Treaties shall have been ex- 
changed, they will be laid before us: 

To assure Her Majesty that we partake in the 
great satisfaction which Her Majesty feels in an- 
nouncing to us that the Emperor of the French has 
abolished a svstem of Negro Emigration from the 
East Coast of Africa, against which, as unavoidably 
tending, however guarded, to the encouragement of 
the Slave Trade, Her Majesty’s Government have 
never ceased to address to His Imperial Majesty its 
most earnest but friendly representations : 

To express our humble concurrence with Her 
Majesty in the hope that by this wise act on the 
part of His Imperial Majesty the negotiations now 
in progress at Paris may tend to the total abandon- 
ment of the system, and to the substitution of a duly 
regulated supply of substantially Free Labour : 

Humbly to express our participation in Her 
Majesty’s regret, that, while the state of the Re- 
public of Mezico, distracted by Civil War, has 
rendered it necessary for Her Majesty to carry 
forbearance to its utmost limits, in regard to wrongs 
and indignities to which British residents have been 
subjected at the hands of the two contending parties, 
they have at length been carried to such an extent 
that Her Majesty has been compelled to give in- 
structions to the Commander of Her Majesty’s 
Naval Forces in those Séas to demand, and, if 
necessary, to enforce, due reparation : 

To thank Her Majesty for having directed that 
the Estimates for the ensuing year shall be sub- 
mitted to us: 

To thank Her Majesty for informing us, that, in 
Her Majesty’s opinion, the universal introduction of 
Steam-power into Naval Warfare will render neces- 
sary a temporary increase of expenditure in providing 
for the reconstruction of the British Navy, and to 
assure Her Majesty that we will cheerfully vote 
whatever sums we may find to be requisite for an 
object of such vital importance as the maintenance 
of the maritime power of the Country : 

Humbly to thank Her Majesty for informing us 
that, in the belief that further measures of legal and 
social improvement may be wisely and beneficially 
introduced, Her Majesty has desired that Bills may 
be submitted to us without delay, for ro 

c2 the 





















Committee 
to draw up 
Address. 


Queen's 
Speech re- 
ferred. 


Brazil. 


Russia. 


Moldavia and 
Wallachia. 


Railway and 
Canal Bills. 


No. 6. 


12 


the Laws relating to Bankruptcy and Insolvency ; 
for bringing together into one set of Statutes, in a 
classified form, and with sucli modifications as ex- 
perience may suggest to us, the Laws relating to 
Crimes and Offences in England and Ireland; for 
enabling the owners of land in England to obtain 
for themselves an indefeasible title to their estates 
and interests, and for registering such titles with 
simplicity and security : 

o thank Her Majesty for informing us that our 
attention will be called to the state of the Laws 
which regulate the representation of the People in 
Parliament; and we assure Her Majesty that we 
will give to that great subject that degree of calm 
and impartial consideration which is proportionate 
to the magnitude of the interests involved in the 
result of our discussions : 

Humbly to assure Her Majesty, that to these 
and other propositions for the amendment of our 
Laws, we shall give our earnest and zealous atten- 
tion, and that, in common with Her Majesty, we 
earnestly pray that our counsels may be so guided 
as to ensure the stability of the Throne, the main- 
tenance and improvement of our Institutions, arid 
the general welfare and happiness of Her Majesty’s 
loyal and faithful 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 ap- 
pointed of Mr. 7refusis, Mr. Beecroft, Mr. Chan- 
cellor of the Exchequer, Mr. Secretary Wa/pole, 
General Peel, Lord Stanley, Sir John Pakington, Mr. 
Henley, Lord John Manners, Mr. Attorney General, 
Lord Naas, Mr. Attorney General for Zreland, Sir 
William Jolliffe and Mr. Fitz Roy, or any Five of 
them :—And they are to withdraw immediately. 

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


Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer presented, by 
Her Majesty's Command,—Copy of Convention 
between Her Majesty and the Emperor of Brazil, 
for the settlement of Outstanding Claims by a 
Mixed Commission. Signed at Rio de Janeiro, 
June 2, 1858. 

Copy of Treaty of Commerce and Navigation 
between Her Majesty and the Emperor of all the 
Russias; with Three separate Articles thereunto 
annexed. Signed at Saint Petersburgh, January 12, 
1859. 

Copy of Convention between Great Britain, 
Austria, France, Prussia, Russia, Sardinia and 
Turkey, relative to the Organization of the Princi- 
palities of Moldavia and Wallachia, Signed at 
Paris, August 19, 1858. 

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


Ordered, That the Board of Trade do present to 
this House, a Report upon the Railway and Canal 
Bills of this Session, in compliance with the recom- 
mendation contained in the Fifth Report of the 
Select Committee on Railway and Canal Bills of 
the Session of 1853. . 

Mr. Henley accordingly presented a Report from 
the Board of Trade, relative to Railway and Canal 
Bills. 

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


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 


3°—4° Februarii. 





A. 1859. 


Veneris, 4° die Februari ; 
Anno 22° Victoria Regine, 1859. 


PRAYERS. 

PETITION of the North British Railway Border Union 

Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to autho- —_ Bri- 
rize the North British Railway Company to make a » 
Railway from their //awick Line to the Port Carlisle 
Railway, near Carlisle, with divers Branches there- 
from, and for other purposes, was presented, and 
read; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in 
accordingly, by Sir James Graham, Mr. Elliot and 
Mr. Marshall. 








ways. 


A Petition of Promoters of the Undertaking Burton-upon. 
therein meutioned, for leave to bring in a Bill to Trent Rail. 
authorize the construction of Railways in the Parish “*Y 
and neighbourhood of Burton upon-Trent, and the 
rebuilding of the Bridge over the Z’rent, in the same 
Parish, and for other purposes in relation thereto, 
was presented, and read; and a Bill was- ordered 
to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Joseph Ewart, 

Mr. George Carr Glyn and the Marquis of Staf- 
ford. 


Caterh 
Railwa 


A Petition of the Banff, Macduff and T brviGf Bent, Meek 
Junction Railwey Company, for leave to bring in a Sanction - 
Bill to grant further Powers to the Banff, Macduff Railway. 
and Turriff Junction Railway Company, and to 
change the Name of the Company, was presented, 
and read; and a Bill was ordered to brought in 
accordingly, by Lord Haddo and Sir James Elphin- 


stone. 


A Petition of the Formartine and Buchan Rail- Formartine 
way Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to enable — 
the Formartine and Buchan Railway Company to™ ~~’ 
divert their Railway near Ellon, and to abandon 
the Branch to Ellon, was presented, and read ; and 
a Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by 
Lord Haddo and Sir James Elphinstone. 


A Petition of the Colne Valley and Halstead Colne Valley’ 
Railway Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to i ¥ 
enable the Colne Valley and Halstead Railway Com- 
pany to extend their Railway trom Halstead in Essex, 
to the Audley End Station of the Eastern Counties 
Railway, in-the same County, and for other pur- 
poses relating to the same Company, was presented, 
and read; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in 
accordingly, by Mr. Beresford and Mr. Du Cane. 


A Petition of the Great North of Scotland Rail- Great North 
way Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to alter — 
and consolidate the Acts relating to the Great vt 
North of Scotland Railway Company, to regulate 
and define the Company’s Capital, and for other 
purposes, was presented, and read; and a Bill was 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Lord 
Haddo and Sir James Elphinstone. 


A Petition of Promoters of the Undertaking Victoria 
thereinafter mentioned, for leave to bring in a Bill neg ae 
for making Railways to connect the London and and Great 
North Western and Great Western Railways with Western June- 
the Victoria Station, Pimlico, and with the West %™ Bailway- 
End of London and Crystal Palace Railway, and 
for other purposes, was presented, and read; and 
referred to the Select Committee on Standing 
Orders. 


A Petition of the Great Northern Railway Com- Great North- 
pany, for leave to bring in a Bill to facilitate the e™ Railwey- 
communication between the Great Northern Rail- 
way and the North London Railway ; to improve 
the Station of the Great Northern Railway at King’s 
Cross; and to enable the Great Northern Railway 
Company to make arrangements with regard to 





certain 





92 Vicroria. 


certain parts of their Capital, and that of the East 
Lincolnshire Railway Company, was presented, and 
read; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in 
accordingly, by Mr. Edmund Denison and Colonel 
Duncombe. 


A Petition of John Maitland Ware, Levi 
Vaughan, William Vaughan, Thomas Arthur Nicholas 
and J’homas Davies, being Five of the Provisional 
Directors of the Fishguard Harbour Company, for 
leave to bring in a Bill for building and maintaining 
a Pier in the Harbour of Fishguard, in the County 
of Pembroke ; and making and constructing a Road 
and Quay in extension of the present Quay, in the 
Town of Fishguard ; and deepening, and otherwise 
improving the said Harbour, was presented, and 
read; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in ac- 
cordingly, by Viscount Emlyn and Mr. John Heury 
Philipps. 


Fishguard 
Har 


bour 
Improvement. 


Caterham 


A Petition of the Caterham Railway Company, 
Railway. 


for leave to bring in a Bill for the transfer of the 
Caterham Railway to the South Eastern Railway 
Company, and for other purposes, was presented, 
and read ; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in 
accordingly, by Mr. Alcock and Mr. John Locke. 


Mersey Docks, 
Liverpool, 

and Liverpool 
Corporation 
Property 
Ratlog. 


A Petition of the Select Vestry of the Parish of 
Liverpool, in the County of Lancaster, for leave to 
bring in a Bill to authorize the laying and levying 
of Poor's Rates, or other local Rates upon the 
Mersey Docks and Harbour Board, in respect of 
their Docks, and other Property belonging to them, 
in the Parish of Liverpool, and certain other Town- 
ships and Places ; and also to extinguish the partial 
exemption of the Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses 
of the Borough of Liverpool from rateability to the 
Relief of the Poor, and for other purposes, was pre- 
sented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
brought in accordingly, by Mr. Horsfall and Mr. 
Joseph Ewart, 


IudlowRoads. A Petition of Trustees of the Ludlow Turnpike 


Trust, for leave to bring in a Bill for repairing and 
maintaining certain Roads at and near Ludlow, in 
the County of Salop, known as the Ludlow First 
Turnpike Trust, the Lud/ow Second Turnpike Trust, 
and the Cainham Trust, and for placing such Roads 
under the same management, was presented, and 
read ; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in accord- 
ingly, by Viscount Newport and Mr. Robert Clive. 


Maidstone 


Water, A Petition of the there-undersigned, for leave to 


bring in a Bill for incorporating a Company under 
the title of the Maidstone Spring Water Company, 
for better supplying with Water the Inhabitants of 
the Municipal Borough of Muidstone, and of certain 
neighbouring Parishes, was presented, and read ; 
and a Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, 
by Mr. Whatman and Major Scott. 


Nuneaton 
1 Raley b 


A Petition of the there-undersigned, for leave to 
ring in a Bill for making a Railway from the Trent 
Valley Railway at Nuneaton, in the County of 
Warwick, wo Hinckley, in the County of Leicester, 
and fur other purposes, was presented, and read ; 
and referred to the Select Committee on Standing 
Orders. 


A Petition of the City of Norwich Waterworks 
Company, for leave to bring jn a Bill for regulating 
the Capital and borrowing Powers of the City of 
Norwich Waterworks Company, and for making 
better Provision against the waste of Water supplied 
by them, and for other purposes, was presented, and 
read ; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in accord- 
ingly, by Viscount Bury and Mr. Schneider. 

OL, 114, 


Norwich 
(City) Water. 





4° Februariz. 






















13 


A Petition of Promoters of the Poole and Bourne- Poole and 
mouth Water Undertaking thereinafter mentioned, for Bournemouth 
leave to bring in a Bill for better supplying with ‘ 
Water the Towns of Poole and Bournemouth, and 
Places adjacent thereto, and for other purposes, was 
presented, and read ; and a Bill was ordered to be 
brought in accordingly, by Mr. Ker Seymer, Mr. 

Danby Seymour and Mr. Franklyn. 


A Petition of Persons whose names are there- Isle of Wight 

unto subscribed, for leave to bring in a Bill for ae 

° ° bd ° stern 
making a Railway from Ryde through Brading, Section.) 
Sandown and Shanklin, to Bonchurch and Ventnor, 
with Approaches to the same; for a Telegraph in 
the Isle of Wight, and for other purposes, was pre- 
sented, and read; and referred to the Select Com- 
mittee on Standing Orders. 


A Petition of the Carmarthen and Cardigan Carmarthen 
Railway Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to Annan 
enable the Carmarthen and Cardigan Railway Com- - 
pany to construct their Railway upon the narrow 
gauge, commencing in the Parish of Saint Peter, 
in the County of the Borough of Carmarthen, and 
terminating in the Parish of Llangeller, in the County 
of Carmarthen, was presented, and read ; and a Bill 
was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. 

Jones, Mr. Pugh and Mr. Morris, 


A Petition of Trustees for executing the Act Droitwich 
thercinafter mentioned, for leave to bring in a Bill Reads. 
to repeal an Act passed in the fifth year of the 
reign of his Majesty King George the Fourth, inti- 
tuled, “ An Act for widening, improving and main- 
taining the Turnpike-road leading from the City 
of Worcester, through Droitwich, to Spadesbourne 
Bridge, within the Parish of Bromsgrove, in the 
County of Worcester, and other Roads therein men- 
tioned,” and for granting more effectual Powers in 
lieu thereof, was presented, and read; and a Bill was 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Viscount 
Elmley and Mr. Knight. 


A Petition of Trustees for executing the Act Hinckley and 
thereinafter mentioned, for leave to bring in a Bill Melbourne 
° . Roads. 

to repeal an Act passed in the tenth year of the 

reign of his Majesty King George the Fourth, inti- 

tuled, “‘ An Act for repairing the Road from Hinck- 

ley to Melbourne Common, and other Roads com- 
municating therewith, in the Counties of Leicester 

and Derby,” and granting more effectual Powers in 

liew thereof, was presented, and read; and a Bill 

was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Lord 

John Manners and Mr. Farnham. 


A Petition of the Bury Saint Edmund's Gas Com- Bury Saint 
pany, for leave to bring in a Bill for authorizing Edmund’sGas, 
the Bury Saint Edmund’s Gas Company to raise 
further Capital, and for regulating their Capital, and 
for other purposes, was presented, and read; and 
a Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, 
by Eail Jermyn and Mr. Hardcastle. 


A Petition of the Lymington Railway Company, Lymington 
for leave to bring in a Bill for authorizing the Railway. 
Lymington Railway Company to acquire the Ferry 
across the I.ymington River, and to provide Steam 
Vessels, and to raise further Capital, and for other 
purposes, was presented, and read; and a Bill was 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Wil- 
liam Alexander Mackinnon, Sir Yola Semone aud 
Mr. Hastings Russell. 


A Petition of the Hertford, Luton and Dunsta- Hertford. 
ble Railway Company, for leave to bring in a Bill Luton and 
for authorizing the Hertford, Luton and Dunstable Raiway. 
Railway Company to raise further Capital for the 
purposes of the Hertford Section of their Railway ; 

c3 and 



























Carlisle and 
Penrith, &amp;c. 
Roads, 


Mountsorrel 
Railway. 


Wirral Water. 


Whitehaven 
Harbour and 
Town. 


Mid-Sussex 
and Arundel 
and Little 
Hampton 
Junction 
Railway. 


Llynvi Valley 
Railway. 


Hereford 
and Brecon 
Railway. 


oe ~ 
e rt (isle 
of Wight) 
Railway. 





14 


and for extending the period for the completion of 
the Lutun Section of their Railway, and for other 
purposes, was presented, and read; and a Bill was 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Cow- 
per, Mr. Puller, Mr. Hastings Russell and Colonel 
Gilpin. 


A Petition of Trustees acting in execution of 
the Act thereinafter mentioned, for leave to bring 
in a Bill to repeal an Act passed in the eleventh 
year of the reign of King George the Fourth, 
chapter 110, intituled, “ An Act for more effectually 
repuiring the Road from Carlisle to Penrith, and 
from Penrith to Eamont Bridge, in the County 
of Cumberland,” and to make other Provisions in 
lieu thereof, was presented, and read; and a Bill 
was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Sir 
James Graham and Mr. Hodgson. 


A Petition of the Right honourable George John 
Danvers, Earl of Lanesborough, for leave to brin 
in a Bill for makiag a Railway from the Midland 
Railway, to or near the Town of Mountsorrel, in 
the County of Leicester, was presented, and read ; 
and a Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, 


by Lord John Manners and Mr. Packe. 


A Petition of the several Persons whose names 
are thereunto subscribed, for leave to bring in a 
Bill for better supplying with Water parts of the 
Parishes of Bebington and Woodchurch, in the 
County of Chester, and for other purposes, was 
presented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
brought in accordingly, by Sir Philip Egerton and 
Mr. Tollemache. 


A Petition of Trustees of the Port, Harbour and 
Town of Whitehaven, in the County of Cumberland, 
for leave to bring in a Bill for transferring the Go- 
vernment of the new Limits of the Harbour of 
Whitehaven, in the County of Cumberland, to the 
Harbour Trustees ; and for the alteration of certain 
Rates and Duties payable in respect of the said 
Harbour and in the Town of Whitehaven, was pre- 
sented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
brought in accordingly, by Captain Lowther and 
Mr. Lyall. 


A Petition of Persons whose names are thereunto 
subscribed, for leave to bring in a Bill for making a 
Railway from the Coultershaw Branch of the Mid- 
Sussex Railway to the Towns of Arundel and Little- 
hampton, and for other purposes connected there- 
with, was presented, and read ; and referred to the 
Select Committee on Standing Orders. 


A° Februari. 





- 4.1859. 


A Petition of Persons whose names are thereunto Carlisle, 
subscribed, and of the Caledonian Railway Com- Langholm 
pany, for leave to bring in a Bill for making a Rail- = 
way from the Caledonian Railway, near Mossband, 
in Cumberland, to the North British Railway at 
Hawick, with Branches to Gretna Junction Station, 
and to Canobie Colliery, and for other purposes, 
was presented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to 
be brought in accordingly, by the Earl of Dalkeith, 

Mr. Hope Johnstone and Mr. Buchanan. 


A Petition of the Caledonian Railway Company, Caledonian 
for leave to bring in a Bill to enable the Caledonian Railway. 
Railway Company to make Branch Railways to the 
Wilsontown Mineral Field, and for other purposes, 
was presented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to 
be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Hope Johnstone 
and Mr. Buchanan. 


A Petition of the Dundee and Perth and Aber- Dundee and 


| deen Railway Junction Company, for leave to bring Newtyle Rail. 


in a Bill for enabling the Dundee and Perth and” 
Aberdeen Railway Junction Company to improve 
the Dundee and Newtyle Railway, and for other 
purposes, was presented, and read; and a Bill was 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Sir John 
Ogilvy and Mr. Bazter. 


A Petition of the Scottish Central Railway Com- Scottish Cen. 
pany, for leave to bring in a Bill to consolidate and *#! Railway. 
amend the Acts relating to the Scottish Central 
Railway, was presented, and read; and a Bill was 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. 

Stirling and Mr. Blackburn. 


A Petition of the Manchester, Sheffield and Lin- Liverpool, 
colnshire Railway Company, and of the Great Garston and 
Northern Railway Company, for leave to bring in a Ramen 

: way Vompany, for leave to bring Railway. 
Bill to authorize the construction of a Railway from 
Liverpool to the neighbourhood of Garston, in Lan- 
cashire, was presented, and read; and a Bill was 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Ed- 
mund Denison and Mr. Greenall. 


A Petition of the South Yorkshire Railway and South York- 
River Dun Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to arp es 7 
amend the Acts relating to the South Yorkshire company. 
Railway and River Dun Company, and to regulate 
the crossing of certam Roads by the Railway of the 
Company, was presented, and read; and a Bill was 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Henry 
Berkeley and Mr. Hadfield. 


A Petition of the Waveney Valley Railway Com- Waveney. 
pany, for leave to bring in a Bill to enable the Valley Raik 
Waveney Valley Railway Company to extend their "*™ 





A Petition of the Zilynvi Valley Railway Com- | 
pany, for leave to bring in a Bill to authorize the | 
Liynvi Valley Railway Company to make Devia- | 
tions of their Main Line of Railway, and for other 
purposes, was presented, and read; and referred | 


to the Select Committee on Standing Orders. 


| 


| 


A Petition of Promoters of the Railway Under- 


taking thereinafter mentioned, for leave to bring | 
in a Bill for making a Railway from Brecon, through 
Hay, to the Line of the Shrewsbury and Hereford 
Railway Company at Hereford, was presented, and 
read; and referred to the Select Committee on 
Standing Orders. 


A Petition of the there-undersigned Promoters, 
for leave to bring in a Bill for making a Railway 
from West Cowes to Newport, in the Isle of Wight, 
and for other purposes, was presented, and read ; 
and a Bill was ordered to ke brought in accordingly, 
by Mr. Charles Cavendish Clifford, Mr. Hastings 
Reissell and Mr. Mangles. 








Railway fiom Harleston to Bungay and Ditching- 
ham, and for other purposes relating to the same 
Company, was presented, and read ; and a Bill was 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. 
Cobbold and Mr. Cayley. 


A Petition of the Worcester and Hereford Rail- Worcester 
way Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to enable gia 
the Worcester and Hereford Railway Company to oi 
make a Branch Railway to the Severn, at Worcester, 
and to enlarge their Station at Hereford, and for 
other purposes, was presented, and read; and a Bill 
was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. 

Price and Mr. Osman Ricardo. 


A Petition of the Warrington and Stockport Warrington 
Railway Company, the Manchester, Sheffield and Lin- ee 
colnshire Railway Company, and the Saint Helen’s “°"°™ 
Canal and Railway Company, for Jeave to bring 
in a Bill to transfer the Warrington and Stockport 
Railway to certain Companies, was presented, and 
read; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in 
accordingly, by Mr. Greenall.and:- Mr. Cross. 

A Petition 





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London and 
Weis” Railway Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to 





99 Vicroriz. 
A Petition of the Zondon and North Western 


mo authorize the London and North Western Railway 
Company to use certain Stations and Railways at 
Burton-upon-Trent, and to enter into agreements 
with certain other Railway Companies, was pre- 
sented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
brought in accordingly, by Mr. Joseph Ewart, Mr. 
George Carr Glyn and the Marquis of Stafford. 


London and A Petition of the Zondon and North Western 
North Wester? Railway Company, of the Great Northern Railway 


Any Company, and of the Manchester, Sheffield and Lin- 
Companies  colnshire Kailway Company, for leave to bring in a 


Narn and Bill for authorizing Working and Traffic Arrange- 

rangements.) ments between the London and North Western, 
Great Northern, and Manchester, Sheffield and Lin- 
colnshire Railway Companies, and for other purposes, 
was presented, and read; anda Bill was ordered to 
be brought in accordingly, by Mr. George Carr Glyn, 
Mr. Edmund Denison and Mr. Heneage. 


Leatherhead A Petition of the London, Brighton and South 

—s Coast Railway Company, for leave to bring in a Bill 

(No. An to authorize the London, Brighton and South Coast 
Railway Company to make a Railway from the 
Epsom and Leatherhead Railway at Leatherhead, 
tothe Reading, Guildford and Reigate Railway at 
Dorking, all in the County of Surrey, and for other 
purposes, was presented, and read ; and a Bill was 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Alcock, 
Mr. Locke King and Mr. Coningham. 


Finford Bridge A Petition of Trustees acting under the Powers 

and Banbury ond Authority of the Act thereinafter mentioned, 
for leave to bring in a Bill to renew the Term, and 
continue, ainend and enlarge the Powers of an Act 
passed in the third year of the reign of his Ma- 
jesty King George the Fourth, intituled, “ An Act 
for more effectually repairing the Road leading 
from the Cross-of-Hand, near Finford Bridge, in 
the County of Warwick, through the Town of 
Southam, in the same County, to the Borough of 
Banbury, in the County of Ozford,” and to make 
other Provisions in lieu thereof, and for other pur- 
poses, was presented, and read; and a Bill was 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Colonel 
North and Mr. Greaves. 


Breconshire A Petition of Persons whuse names are there- 
anal (Nes) Unto subscribed, for leave to bring in a Bill enabling 
“ the Company of Proprietors of the Brecknock and 
Abergavenny Canal Navigation to sell their Under- 

taking, and enabling them to discontinue parts of 

the same Navigation, was presented, and read; 

and a Bill was ordered to be brought in accord- 

ingly, by Major Morgan, Mr. Henry Bruce and Mr. 


Price. 


Bimingham, A Petition of Persons whose names are there- 
fae Ou unto subscribed, for leave to bring in a Bill to 


field Railway, authorize the Construction of a Railway from the 
Midland Railway to Sutton Coldfield, in the County 
of Warwick, was presented, and read; and a Bill 
was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. 
Shirley and Mr. Greaves. 


A Petition of Persons whose names are there- 
Canal ( d unto subscribed, for leave to bring in a Bill to au- 
(No.1) ; : 

thorize the construction of Railways from Brecon 
to Abergavenny, in the County of Monmouth, with 
a Branch to Brynmawr, in the County of Brecon, 
and for that purpose to convert parts of the Breck- 
nock and Abergavenny Canal into a Railway, and 
for other purposes, was presented, and read ; and a 
Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by 
Major Morgan, Mr. Henry Bruce and Mr. Price. 

Vou. 114. 


4° Februariz. 








15 


A Petition of the Lancashire and Yorkshire and Lancashire 
East Lancashire Railway Companies, for leave to 4 Yorkshire 
bring in a Bill for the Amalgamation of the East pote 
Lancashire Railway Company with the Lancashire Railway 
and Yorkshire Railway Company, and for other ©°™Pamies- 
purposes, was presented, and read; and a Bill was 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. 

William Brown, Mr. Cheetham and Mr. Wickham. 


A Petition of the Oldham, Ashton-under-Lyne Oldham, 

and Guide Bridge Junction Railway Company, for Ashton-under- 
heme ; wa WR? yne and 

leave to bring in a Bill to facilitate the construction Guide Bridge 

of the Oldham, Ashton-under-Lyne and Guide Junction 

Bridge Junction Railway, was presented, and read ; —— — 

and a Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, Funds, &amp;c) 

by Mr. Fox and Mr. Milner Gihson, 


A Petition of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Rail- Oldham, 
way Company, for leave to bring in a Bill enabiing a 
the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Company to Gaide Bridge 
exercise certain Powers with relation to the O/d- Junction Rail- 
ham, Ashton-under- Lyne and Guide Bridge Junction So 
Railway, was presented, and read; and a Bill was” ” - 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. 
Cobbett and Mr. Wickham. 


A Petition of the Norwich and Spalding Railway Norwich 
Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to enable the and Spalding 
Norwich and Spalding Railway Company to extend ®lway. 
their Railway trom Holbeach to Sutton Bridge, in 
Lincolnshire, was presented, and read; anda Bill 
was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. 

Cobbold and Mr, Cayley. 


A Petition of Trustees acting in execution of an Kirkwall 
Act passed in the ninth year of His late Majesty Harbour. 
King George the Fourth, intituled, “ An Act for 
maintaining, enlarging, improving and regulating 
the Harbour of the Burgh of Kirkwall, in Orkney,” 
for leave to bring in a Bill for enlarging, improving 
and maintaining the Harbour of the Burgh of Kirk- 
wall, in the County of Orkney, and for other pur- 
poses, was presented, and read; and a Bill was 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Lord John 
Hay and Mr. Dundas. 


A Petition of Suitors for a Bill for effecting the Brecon and 
objects thereinafter mentioned, for leave to bring in Merthyr . 
a Bill for making Railways in the District between 1744! Junc- 
ir; y tion Railway. 
Breconand Merthyr Tydfil, and for other purposes, 
was presented, and read ; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Standing Orders. 


A Petition of Ralph Sneyd,of Keele, in the County gitverdale and 
of Stafford, Esquire, and of Mary Stanier, of Made- Newcastle- 
ley Manor, in the same County, Widow, for leave to — — 
bring ina Bill to authorize the maintenance and 
use of the Silverdale and Newcastle-under-Lyme 
Railway, and the use of the Extension Railway to 
the Newcastle-under-Lyme Canal, and for other pur- 
poses, was presented, and read ; and a Bill was or- 
dered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Adderley, 

Mr. Jackson and Mr. Christy. 


A Petition of Subscribers to, and Promoters of Newcastle- 
the Undertaking or Company thereinafter referred | 
to, for leave to bring in a Bill for making a Railway 5!Y Madele 
from near the Madeley Station of the London and Junction . 
North Western Railway to the Silverdale and New- Railway. 
castle-under-Lyme Railway near to Silverdale Church, 
all in the County of Stafford, and for other pur- 
poses, was presented, and read ; and referred to the 
Select Committee on Standing Orders. 


A Petition of the Leominster and Kington Rail- Leominster 


way Company, for leave to bring ina Bill to ¢ and Kington 
further Powers to the Leominster and Kington Rail- ““""*” 


way Company, was presented, and read; and a Bill 
c4 was 











16 


was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. 
James King King and Mr. Hardy. 


Central Wales A Petitiun of Persons whose names are thereunto 

Railway. = subscribed, for leave to bring in a Bill for making 
a Railway from Knighton to Llandrindod, in the 
County of Radnor, to be called “ The Central Wales 
Railway,” and for other purposes, was presented, 
and read; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in 
accordingly, by Sir George Lewis, Mr. Robert Clive 
and Sir John alsh. 


A Petition of Shareholders of the Tenbury Rail- 
way Company, for leave to bring in a Bill for 
making a Railway from the Woofferton Station of 
the Shrewsbury and Hereford Railway, in the County 
of Hereford, to a point near Tenbury, in the County 
of Worcester, and for other purposes, was presented, 
and read; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in 
accordingly, by Viscount Newport, Mr. Robert Clive 
and Mr. Bor field. 


Tenbury 
Railway. 


A Petition of Provisional Directors of the Find- 
horn Railway Company, for leave to bring in a Bill 
for making a Railway from the Javerness and Aber- 
deen Junction Railway at or near Kinloss to lind- 
horn, was presented, and read; and a Bill was or- 
dered to be brought in accordingly, by Major 
Cumming Bruce and Mr. Matheson. 


Findhorn 
Railway. 


Lancashire 
and Yorkshire 


A Petition of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Rail- 
way Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to enable 
the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Company to 
extend their Railway from Thornhill to the Brad- 
ford, Wakefield and Leeds Railway, in the Township 
of Stanley-cum-Wrenthorpe, in the Parish of Wahe- 
field, and also to Dewsbury, all in the West Riding 
of Yorkshire, and for other purposes, was presented, 
and read ; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in 
accordingly, by Mr. Wickham and Mr. Crossley. 


Railway 
(Ossett and 
Dewsbury 
Branches.) 


Lawton, 
Burslem and 
Newcastle- 
under-Lyme 
Roads. 


A Petition of Trustees for executing an Act passed 
in the filty-fifth year of the reign of His late Majesty 
King George the Third, intituled, “ An Act to con- 
tinue the Term and alter and amend the Powers of 
three Acts of His present Majesty, for repairing the 
Road from Lawton, in the County of Chester, to 
Burslem and Newcastle-under-Lyme, in the County 
of Stafford, and other Roads therein mentioned, and 
also to make a new Road from Burslem aforesaid 
to Cobridge, and a Branch therefrom to Burslem 
Chureli,” and the Acts therein recited, for leave to 
bring in a Bill to repeal the Acts relating to the 
Lawton, Burslem and Newcastle-under-Lyme Turn- 
pike-roads, and to consolidate and amend the Pro- 
visions thereof, was presented, and read ; and a Bill 
was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. 
Alderman Copeland and Mr. Christy. 


Castle Douglas 
and Dumfries 
Railway. 


A Petition of the Castle Douglas and Dumfries 
Railway Company, and of the Glasgow and South 
Western Railway Company, for leave to bring in a 
Bill to authorize the. raising of a further Sum of 
Money for the completion of the Castle Douglas 
and Dumfries Railway, and to sanction a Deviation 

_ from the authorized Line of that Railway, was pre- 

_ ented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 

- brought in accordingly, by. Mr. Mackie and Mr. 

i. William Ewart. 


Hooton _ A Petition of Persons whose names are thereunto 
and Neston subscribed, for leave to bring in a Bill for making a 
ew Railway from Hooton, in the County of Chester, to 
. Greut- Neston, in the same County, to be called 
“ The Hooton and a 2 yor : “¥ 5 pe 
urposes, was presented, and read; and a Lill was 
' soled to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. John 
Tollemache and Sir Philip Egerton. 





4” Februarii. 








A. 1859. 


A Petition of Provisional Directors of the Vale Vale of Lian. 
of Llangollen Railway, for leave to bring in a Bill gellen Rail. 
for making a Railway from the Shrewsbury and “*™ 
Chester Section of the Great Western Railway, 
near Ruabon, in the County of Denbigh, to the 
Town of Llangollen, in the same County, and for 
other purposes, was presented, and read; and a Bill 
was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. 

Dod and Mr. William hk 


A Petition of the Stokes Pay Railway and Pier Stokes Bay 
Company, and of the Isle of Wight Ferry Company, Railway and 
for leave to bring in a Bill to lease the Stokes Bay“ 
Railway and Pier to the London and South Western 
Roilway Company, and to amalgamate the Stokes 
Bay Railway and Pier and the Jsle of Wight Fe 
Companies, and for other purposes, was presented, 
and read; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in 
accordingly, hy Mr. Duttonand Mr. Sclater Booth. 


A Petition of the Great Western and Brentford Great Westen 
Railway Company, for leave to bring in a Bill for $14 Brentfod 
authorizing a Lease of the Great Western and Brent- 
ford Railway, and the Docks and Works connected 
therewith, to the Great Western Railway Company, 
and for other purposes, was presented, and read ; 
and a Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, 
by Mr. Hanbury and Mr. Byng. 


A Petition of Persons whose names are there- Isle of Wight 
unto subscribed, for leave to bring in a Bill for Railways. 
making a Railway in the Is/e of Wight, was pre- 
sented, and read; and referred to the Select Com- 
mittee on Standing Orders. 


A Petition of Persons whose names are thereunto North Londo, 
annexed, for leave to bring in a Bill for making a Hp 
Railway from the Kew Station of the North and Benes 
South [Western Junction Railway to Richmond Court and 
Bridge, Kingston and Hampton Court, in the re- Kingston 
— Counties of Middlesex and Surrey, with a “ 

ranch from the said intended Railway to join the 
Great Western and Brentford Railway, in the 
Parish of Isleworth; and also another Branch from 
the jast-mentioned Railway to join the Great 
Western Railway, in the Parish of Ealing, and 
County of Middlesex, was presented, and read ; and 
referred to the Select Committee on Standing 
Orders. 


A Petition of the Isle of Wight Ferry Company, Isle of Wight 
for leave to bring in a Bill for extending the time Fey: 
limited for the construction of the Works authorized 
by “ The Isle of Wight Ferry Act, 1856,” to authorize 
new Works, and for other purposes, was presented, 
and read ; and referred to the Select Committee on 
Standing Orders. 


" A “~~ of the South Durham and Lancashire int ee 
nion Railway Company, for leave to bring in a %™ 

Bill to waite te South Durham and Lomadiine end, 
Union Railway Company to deviate their wuthorized 

Line of Railway ; to carry their Line over a certain 

Road by a level crossing ; and to construct a Road 

for providing better access to the Railway, at or 

near to Barnard Castle, and for other purposes, was 
presented, and read ; and a Bill was ordered to be 

brought in accordingly, by Mr. Peuse and Mr. 
Headlam. 


A Petition of the Magistrates and Town Council Falkirk Police 
of the Burgh of Falkirk, for leave to bring in a — 
Bill for regulating the Police of the Burgh of 
Falkirk, for transferring the Property and Rights 
of the Stintmasters and Feuars of Fa/kirk to the 
Magistrates and Council, for Paving, Draining, 
Lighting, Watching, and Improving the Burgh, and 
for regulating the supply of Water withinthe Burgh, 
and for other purposes, was presented, and read; and 
referred to the Select Committee on Standing 
Orders. j 
A Petition 





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Border Coun- 
ties Railway. 


Eastbourne 
Water. 


Gateshead 


Vv. 


Kingsbridge 
and South 
Devon Rail- 
way. 


Liverpool 
Stations 


Junction 
Railway. 


92 VicTorRiz. 


A Petition of the Border Counties Railway Com- 
pany, for leave to bring in a Bill for authorizing 
the Border Counties Railway Company to make 
and maintain the Jiddesdale Section of their 
Railway, and Deviations from the Line of the 
North Tyne Section of their Railway, and to raise 
further Capital, and for other purposes, was pre- 
sented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
brought in accordingly, by Mr. Liddell and Mr. 
Elliot. 


A Petition of Persons whose names are thereunto 
subscribed, for leave to bring in a Bill for better 
supplying with Water the Town of Eastbourne, and 
Places adjacent thereto, in the County of Susser, 
and for other purposes, was presented, and read ; 
and a Bill was ordered to be broughtin accordingly, 
by the Marquis of Hartington and Lord George 

avendish. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Bur- 
gesses of the Borough of Gateshead (as the Com- 
missioners for executing the Gateshead Quay Act, 
1855), for leave to bring ina Bill for the completion 
of the Gateshead Quay, in the Borough of Gates- 
head, and for authorizing arrangements with the 
North Eastern Railway Sonpuny with respect to 
the user of parts thereof, and for other purposes, was 

resented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
ion ht in accordingly, by Mr. Hutt, Mr. Shafto 
and Mr. Liddell. 


A Petition of Persons whose names are thereunto 
subscribed, for leave to bring in a Bill for making a 
Railway from Kingsbridge to the South Devon 
Railway, at or near to the Kingsbridge Road Sta- 
tion, to be called “ The Kingsbridge and South 
Devon Railway,” and for other purposes, was pre- 
sented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
brought in accordingly, by Mr. Buller and Mr. 
Kekewich. 


A Petition of Persons whose names are thereunto 
subscribed, for leave to bring in a Bill for making 
Railways between the joint Line of the Lancashire 
and Yorkshire and East Lancashire Railway Com- 

anies at Walton-on-the- Hill, the London and North 
Cece Railway at Wavertree, and the Saint Helen’s 
Railway near Garston, to be called “The Liverpool 
Stations Junction Railway,” and for other purposes, 
was presented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to 
be brought in accordingly, by the Marquis of Staf- 
ford, Mr. George Carr Glyn and Mr. Joseph Ewart. 


ponte Bldg A Petition of Persons whose names are thereunto 
Cross Railway. subscribed, for leave to bring in a Bill for the 


Wansbeck 
Way, 


making and maintaining of the London Bridge and 
Charing Cross Railway, and for other purposes, was 
presented, and read ; and a Bill was ordered to be 
brought in accordingly, by Lord Alfred Paget and 
Sir James Duke. 


A Petition of the Somerset Central Railway Com- 
* pany, for leave to bring in a Bill for authorizing the 
Somerset Central Railway Company to lay down 
Narrow Gauge Lines of Rails on their Railways, 
and to raise further Funds ; and for regulating their 
Capital and Borrowing Powers, and for other pur- 
poses, was presented, and read; and a Bill was 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Miles 
and Colonel Pinney. 


A Petition ef Persons whose names are thereunto 
subscribed, for leave to bring in a Bill for the 
making and maintaining of the Wansbeck Railway 
from Morpeth to a Junction with the North 
Section of the Border Counties Railway, and with 
Branches to the Morpeth Branch of the Blyth and 
Tyne Railway, and the Main Line of the North 
Eastern Railway respectively, and for other pur- 
poses, was presented, and read; and a Bill was 

Vou, 114. 


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17 


ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Sir George 
Grey and Mr. Liddell. 


A Petition of Persons whose names are thereunto Greenwich and 
subscribed, for leave to bring in a Bill to authorize South Eastern 


the construction of Docks and other Works on the 
South Shore of the River Thames, to be called 
“ The Greenwich and South Eastern Docks,” was 
pane and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 


rought in regen g by Sir William Codrington, 
Sir 5 en Duke and Mr. Malins. 


A Petition of the Local Board of Health for the Woolwich 
District of Woolwich, in the County of Kent, for Exemption. 


leave to bring in a Bill to exempt the Parish of 
Woolwich from being rated by the Metropolitan 
Board of Works, except for the Main Drainage 
of the Metropolis, was presented, and read; and 
a Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, 
by Mr. Charles Wykeham Martin and Sir William 
Codrington. 


A Petition of Persons whose names are thereunto Richmond 
subscribed, for leave to bring in a Bill for am Improvement. 
&gt; 


and improving the Town and Parish of Richmon 
in the County of Surrey, was presented, and read ; 
and a Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, 


by Mr. Locke King and Mr. Alcock. 


A Petition of Persons whose names are thereunto South Wales, 
Pembroke and 
Tenb: 
tion 


subscribed, for leave to bring in a Bill tor making 
Railways from Pembroke Dock to hey and from 
Pembroke Dock to the Pier at Hobbs’ Point, in the 
County of Pembroke, was presented, and read ; and 
a Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by 
Viscount Em/yn and Sir John Owen, 


A Petition of the Dock Company at Kingston- Kingston- 
upon-Hull, for leave to bring in a Bill to provide upon-Hull 


additional Dock Accommodation at Kingston-upon- 
Huli, and for the more efficient Regulation and 
Management of the Docks, and for other purposes, 
was presented, and read ; and a Bill was ordered 
to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. John Abel 
Smith and Mr. Martin Tucker Smith. 


A Petition of Commissioners for executing the 
Acts thereinafter mentioned, for leave to bring in a 
Bill for altering, amending and enlarging the Powers 
of the Acts relating to the Improvement and Market 
of the Town of Weston-super-Mare, in the County 
of Somerset ; for the Regulation of Boatmen plying 
for Hire within the Town; and for constructing a 
Sewer to the River Aze, in the Parish of Uphill, in 
the same County, was presented, and read; and a 
Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by 
Mr. Miles and Mr. Knatchbuill. 


A Petition of the Metro 
pany, for leave to bring ina Bill to alter, amend and 
enlarge the Provisions of the Acts relating to the 
Metropolitan Railway ; to authorize the alteration 
and relinquishment of certain of the Works; and 
to make further Provision with reference to the 
construction of such Railway, and for other pur- 
poses, was presented, and réad; and a Bill was 


ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Thomas’, 


Duncombe, Mr. Crawford and Sir James Duke: 


A Petition of Commissioners for executing thé-wear Navi- 


Act thereinafter mentioned, for the Improvement and — and 
jun 


Preservation of the River Wear and Port and Haven 
of Sunderland, in the County Palatine of Durham, for 
leave to bring in a Bill for vesting the Sunderidnd 
Docks in the Commissioners of the River Wear; for 


enabling the Commissioners toexecute certain Works; _ 


for amending the Provisions of the Acts relating to 
the Docks and River, and for other purposes, was 
ceeeeret and read ; and a Bill was ordered to be 

rought in accordingly, by Mr. Fenwick and Mr. 
Hudson. 


D A Petition 


litan Railway Com- Metropolitan 


Junc- 
way. 


Weston- 
super- Mare 
Improvement 
and Market. 


Railway (De- 
viations, &amp;c.) 


erland 








Victoria 
Station and 


Pimlico Rail- 


way. 


Sunderland 
and South 


Shields Water. 


Tyne Im- 


provement. 


West End of 
London and 


Crystal Palace 


Railway 


(No. 1.) 


Kast Suffolk 
Railway. 


18 


A Petition of the Victoria Station and Pimlico 
Railway Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to 
enable the Victoria Station and Pimlico Ruilwa 
Company to widen their Railway, and provide addi- 
tional Station accommodation, and to enter into ar- 
rangements with certain other Companies with refe- 
rence to the use of the Railway and Stations of the 
Company, was presented, and read ; and a Bill was 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Sir John 
Shelley and Mr. Francis Berkeley. 


A Petition of the Sunderland and South Shields 
Water Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to 
enable the Sunderland and South Shields Water 
Company to extend their Works, and obtain a fur- 
ther Supply of Water, and to raise additional Ca- 
pital, and for other purposes, was presented, and 
read ; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in ac- 
cordingly, by Mr. Fenwick and Mr. Hudson. 


A Petition of the Zyne Improvement Commis- 
sioners, for leave to bring in a Bill to amend the 
Provisions of the Tyne Improvement Acts, and to 
authorize the Tyne Improvement Commissioners to 
vary the Line of the Northern Pier at the mooth of 
the River, and for other purposes, was presented, 
and read ; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in 
accordingly, by Mr. Headlam and Mr. Ingham. 


A Petition of the West End of London and 
Crystal Palace Railway Company, for leave to bring 
in a Bill to authorize the West End of London and 
Crystal Palace Railway Company to sell or transfer 
a part of their authorized Extension to Farnborough 
Railway to the South Eastern Railway Company, or 
to abandon the same, and for other purposes, was 
presented, and read ; and referred to the Select Com- 
mittee on Standing Orders. 


A Petition of the West End of Zondon and 
Crystal Palace Railway Company, for leave to bring 
in a Bill to extend the Powers of the West End of 
London and Crystal Palace Railway Company, for 
the Purchase of Lands and Completion of their 
authorized Extension to Farnborough Railway, and 
for other purposes, was presented, and read; and 
referred to the Select Committee on Standing 
Orders. 


A Petition of the East Suffolk Railway Company, 
for leave to bring in a Bill to enable the East Suf- 


folk Railway Company to extend their Railway to 


Aldborough, in the County of Suffolk, and for other 


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


ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Lord Hen- 
niker and Sir FitzRoy Kelly. 


MuchWenlock A Petition of Promoters of the Undertaking 


and Severn 
Janction 
Railway. 


Norwood and 
Streatham 
Railway. 


Cork Harbour 


Reclamation. 


thereinafter mentioned, for leave to bring in a Bill 
for making a Railway from Much Wenlock, in the 
County of Salop, to communicate with the Severn 
Valley Railway and the River Severn, in the same 
County, was presented, and read; and a Bill was 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Viscount 
Newport and Mr. Robert Clive. 


A Petition of Promoters of the Undertaking 
thereinafter mentioned, for leave to bring in a Bill 
“or making a Railway from the Londou, Brighton 
and South Coast Railway, near the Nerwood Station, 
to the West End of London and Crystal Palace 
Railway, near Balham Hill, all in the County of 
Surrey, was presented, and read; and a Bill was 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Beale 
and Mr, Coningham. 


A Petition of Promoters of the Undertakin 
thereinafter mentioned, for leave to bring in a Bill 
for reclaiming certain portions of the Mud or Slob 
within the Harbour of Cork, was presented, and 





4” Februariz. 











A, 1859. 


read; and a Bill was ordered to be ht in ac- 
cordingly, by Mr. Serjeant Deasy and Mr. Macarthy. 


A Petition of the Sunderland Dock Company, Sunderland 
for leave to bring ina Bill to enable the Sunderland Dock. 
Dock Company to raise further Sums of Money, to 
amend the Act relating to the Company, and for 
other purposes, was presented, and read; and a Bill 
was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. 

Hudson and Mr. Fenwick. 


A Petition of Promoters of the Undertaking Maidstone 
thereinafter mentioned, for leave to bring in a Bil Spring Water, 
for better supplying with Water the Town and 
Parish of Maidstone, and the Neighbourhood 
thereof, in the County of Kent, was presented, and 
read ; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in ac- 
cordingly, by Mr. Beale and Mr. Joseph Locke. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses Weymouth 
of the Borough of Weymouth and Melcombe Regis, #24 Melcombe 
for leave to bring in a Bill to alter, amend and en- ee 5 Fa 
large the Powers and Provisions of “ The Weymouth 
and Melcombe Regis Markets and Pier Act, 1854,” 
was presented, and read ; and a Bill was ordered to 
be brought in accordingly, by Colonel Freestun and 
Mr. Campbell. 


A Petition of the Oxford, Worcester and Wolver- Oxford, Wor- 
hampton Railway Company, for leave to bring in a Gester and 
Bill to authorize the Oxford, Worcester and Wolver- ton Railways 
hampton Railway Company to extend their Kings- 
winford Branch, and to alter certain parts of their 
Main Line of Railway, and to carry into effect an 
agreement with the Great Western Railway Com- 
pany for the completion of the Main Line on the 
Narrow Gauge only, and for other purposes, was 
presented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
brought in accordingly, by Mr. John Hodgetts Foley 
and Mr. Langston. 


A Petition of Subscribers to the Undertaking shepton Mallet 
thereinafter mentioned, for leave to bring in a Bill Water. 
for more effectually supplying with Water the ‘Town 
of Shepton Mallet, and the Neighbourhood thereof, 
in the County of Somerset, was presented, and read ; 
and a Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, 
by Mr. Miles and Mr. Knatchbuli. 


A Petition of the Cleveland Railway Company, Cleveland 
for leave to bring in a Bill to authorize the Cleve- Railway. 
land Railway Company to extend their Railway 
from near the Town of Guisbrough to the River 
Tees, and for other purposes, was presented, and 
rend ; and a Bill was ordered to be Levught in ac- 
cordingly, by Lord Harry Vane, Mr. Cayley and 
Lord Adolphus Vane Tempest. 


A Petition of Owners or Occupiers of Property Llanrwst 
on the Lines, or in the Neighbourhood of the Roads ook Abe 
thereinafter mentioned, for leave to bring in a Bill , 
for making a Road from Llanrwst to Abergele, and 
two Branch Roads thereout, in the Counties of 
Denbigh and Caernarvon, was presented, and read ; 
and a Bill was ordered to be brought in accord- 
ingly, by Colonel Wynn, Colonel Biddulph and 
Mr. Mainwaring. 


A Petition of Suitors for a Bill for effecting the Beckenham 
objects thereinafter mentioned or referred to, for nk) 
leave to bring in a Bill for making a Railway from Saneer. 
the Line of the West End of London and Crystal 
Palace Railway Company at Beckenham, to the 
London, Brighton and South Coast Railway at 
Sydenham, and for other purposes connected there- 


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


ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Sir Brooke 
Bridges and Sir Robert Carden. 


A Petition 


ae 


cFPr FEY 


gZEESoe 


- -Be) Sm 








Dartmouth 
and Torbay 
Railway. 


East Kent 
Company. 


Ringw: ‘00d, 
Christchurch 


mouth Rail- 
way. 


Vale of Neath 
Railway. 


Swansea Vale 
Railway. 


Swanage 
Railway and 
Pier, 


Sevenoaks 
ilway, 


* for leave to bring in a Bill to authorize the Mersey | 


weet te te bem 


92 VicroriZ. 


4° Februari. 


19 


A Petition of the Magistrates and Council of the! A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses King’s Lynn 


City of ma Commissioners appointed and act- 
ing under “ The Glasgow Co tion Waterworks | 


Lof the Borough of ‘Ki 


ing’s Iynn, in the County 
Norfolk, for leave to bring in a Bill for making fur- 


of Borough and 


Port and 
Harbour Im- 


Act, 1855,” for leave to bring in a Bill to authorize , ther Provision for the better supply of Water to the.provement. 


the Commissioners of the Glasgow Corporation | 
Waterworks to raise a further Sum of Money, and | 
to amend “ The Glasgow Corporation Waterworks | 
Act, 1855,” was presented, and read; and a Bill | 
was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. | 
Buchanan and Mr. Daiglish. 

A Petition of the Dartmouth and Torbay Railway 
Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to authorize 
the Dartmouth and Torbay Railway Company to 
alter a portion of their Line of Railway, and for 
other purposes, was presented, and read ; and a Bill 
was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. 
Kehewich and Mr. Caird. 


A Petition of the East Kent Railway Company, 
for leave to bring in a Bill to change the Name of 
the East Kent Railway Company, and for other pur- 
poses connected with their Undertaking, was pre- 
sented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
brought in accordingly, by Sir Brooke /3ridges and 
Sir Robert Carden. 


A Petition of Suitors for a Bill fer effecting the 

urposes thereinafter mentioned, for leave to bring 
m a Bill for making a Railway from the Zondon and 
South Western Railway, in the Parish of Ringwood, | 
to Christchurch, and: an Approach Road at Christ- 
church, all in the County oF Southampton, and for 
other purposes, was presented, and read ; anda Bill 
was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. 
Dutton and Admiral Walcott. 





A Petition of nag na of —— ener Com- | 
for leave to bring in a Bill for authorizi 

ate arrangements Genes the Vale of ‘Neath 
Railway Company and other Companies having 
Railways, or other Works near to the Vale of Neath 
Railway, and for regulating the Capital and borrow- 
ing Powers of the Company, and for other purposes, 
was presented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to 


be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Henry Austin | P 


Bruce and Mr. Hussey Vivian. 


A Petition of the Swansea Vale Railway Com- 
pany, for leave to bring in a Bill to enable the 
Swansea Vale Railway Company to raise further 
Money, and for other purposes, was presented, and 
read; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in ac- 
cordingly, by Mr. Henry Austin Bruce, Mr. Hussey 
Vivian and Mr. Dillwyn. 


A Petition of Promoters of the Undertaking 
thereinafter mentioned, for leave to bring in a Bill 
for making a Pier in Swanage Bay, in the County 
of Dorset, and a Railway or Tramway in connexion 
therewith, and for other purposes, was presented, 
and read; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in 
accordingly, by Mr. Ker Seymer and Mr. Portman. 


A Petition of Directors and Promoters of the 
Sevenoaks Railway Company, for leave to bring in a 
Bill for making a Railway to Sevenoaks, and for 
other purposes connected therewith, was presented, 
and read ; and a’ Bill was ordered to be brought in 
accordingly, by Sir Brooke Bridges, Mr. Charles 
Wykeham Martin and Sir Robert Carden. 


A Petition of the Mersey Docks and Harbour Board, | 


Docks and Harbour Board to raise a further Sum of 
Money for Works at Liverpool, was presented, and 
read; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in ac- 
cordingly, by Mr. Horsfall and Mr. Joseph Ewart. 
Vou, 114. 








Borough of King’s Lynn and adjacent Districts; for 
regulating the Markets and Fairs of the Borough 
and the Port and Harbour thereof ; for the Improve- 
ment and Regulation of the Borough, and for other 
purposes, was presented, and read ; and a Bill was 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Lord 
Stanley and Mr. John Henry Gurney. 


A Petition of a Quorum of the Trustees acting in Leeds and 


the execution of the Act next thereinafter men- © 


tioned, for leave to bring in a Bill to repeal an Act 
of the ninth year of the reign of King George the 
Fourth, for making a Turnpike-road from the Town- 
ship of Hunslet, across the River Aire, to the Town- 


| ship of Leeds, and to make other Provisions in lieu 


thereof, was presented ,and read; and a Bill was 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Baines 
and Mr. Beecroft. 


A Petition of Promoters of the Undertaking 
thereinafter mentioned, for leave to bring in a Bill 
for making Docks and other Works in Falmouth 
Harbour, in the County of Cornwall, and for other 
purposes, was presented, and read; and a Bill was 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. 
Kendall, Mr. Thomas George Baring and Mr. 


| Sumuel Gurney. 


unslet Road 


Falmouth 
Docks and 
Harbour. 


A Petition of the Most honourable Henry Mar- Burton-upon- 
quess of Anglesey, for leave to bring in a Bill for the Treat Bridge, 


building of a new Bridge across the River 7rent at 
Burton-upon-Trent, and the taking down and re- 
moving of “ The Great Bridge of Burton-upon- 
Trent,’ and for other purposes, was presented, and 
read ; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in accord- 
ingly, by Viscount Jngestre and Mr. Bass. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses 
of the Borough of Portsmouth, for leave to bring in 
a Bill for making a Dock, with other conveniences, 
in the Camber, at Portsmouth, and a Railway or 
Tramway in connexion with the same, and for other 
urposes, was presented, and read ; and a Bill was 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Sir Francis 
Baring and Sir James Elphinstone. 


A Petition of Suitors for a Bill for effecting the 
objects thereinafter mentioned, for leave to bring in 
a Bill to incorporate a Company for making Rail- 
ways to supply Communication to the District be- 
tween Merthyr and Abergavenny, and for other 
purposes, was presented, and read; and a Bill was 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Craw- 
shay Bailey, Mr. Octavius Morgan and Colonel 
Clifford. 


A Petition of the Zondon and South Western 


Railway Company, for leave to bring in a Bill for 
authorizing the don and South Western Rail- 


way Company to make new Works, and to acquire 
and make arrangements respecting the Stokes Bay 
Railway and the Portsmouth Railway, and other 
Undertakings; and to raise further Funds, and 
create Annuities, and for other purposes, was pre- 
sented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
brought in accordingly, by Mr. Dutton and Mr. 
Mangles. 


Portsmouth 
New Docks 
and Railway. 


Merthyr, 
Tredegar and 
Abergavenny 
Railway. 


London and 


South Western 


Railway. 


A Petition of the London, Brighton and South London, 


Coast Railway Company, for leave to bring ina 
Bill to enable the London, Brighton and South 
Coast Railway Company to make certain altera- 
tions in their existing and authorized Railways; to 
make a new Railway at Worwood; to acquire addi- 
tional Lands for Station Accommodation, and to 
purchase or take on Lease other Undertakings, and 
for other purposes, was presented, and read; and a 

D2 Bill 


* 


a RR 


Brighton and ~ 


South Coast 
Railway. 


























































fierne Bayand § =A Petition of the Herne Bay and Faversham Rail- 
way Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to enable 
the Herne Bay and Faversham Railway Company 
to extend their Railway to Margate, to change their 
Name, and for other purposes connected with their 
Undertaking, was presented, and read ; and a Bill 
to be naorget in accordingly, by Sir 


Faversham 
Railway 


ae) 


Birkenhead, 


Lancashire 
and Cheshire 


Junction 
Railway. 


Bradford, 
Wakefield 
and Leeds 
Railway. 


Lancashire 


Sir Charles Burrell, the Ear 
Alexander Lennoz. 


lo 


was ordere 
Brooke Bridges and Sir Robert Carden. 

A Petition of the Birkenhead, Lancashire and 
Cheshire Junction Railway Company, for leave to 
bring in a Bill to authorize the Birkenhead, Lan- 
cashire and Cheshire Junction Railway Company to 
make a Railway from Hooton to Helsby, with 
Branches to Ellesmere Port and Tranmere Pool, 
and for other purposes, was presented, and read ; 
and a Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, 
by Sir Philip Egerton, Mr. John. Tollemache and 
Mr. Salisbury. 


A Petition of the Bradford, Wakefield and Leeds 
Railway Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to 
authorize the Bradford, Wakefield and Leeds Rail- 


4° Februari.’ 


Bi . taal, 
ill was ordered to be brought » sonnet 





KY AL 1859.° 


Dewsbury, Ossett, and the Bradford, We and | 
Leeds Railway, and a Branch at Wakefield, and 
or other = ey was presented, an ; 

a Bill a ered to be brought in accordingly, by 
Mr. Joseph Ewart, Mr. George Carr Glyn and the 
Marquis of Stafford. 


A Petition of the Londonderry Bridge Commis- Londonderry 
sioners, for leave in bring in a Bill to repeal the Bridge. 
existing Acts relating to the Bridge over the River | 
Foyle at Londonderry, to authorize the Removal of 
the existing Bridge and the Construction of a new 
Bridge, with Approaches thereto and other Works, 
and for other purposes, was presented, and read ; 
and a Bill was ordered to be. brought in accordingly, 
by Sir Robert Ferguson and Mr. Clark. 


A Petition of the Manchester, Sheffield and Manchester, 
Lincolnshire Railway Company, for leave to bring 5) oh 
in a Bill to authorize Arrangements between the Railway (Sale 
Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire, Great North- or Lease. ) 
ern, London and North Western, Midland, Zan- 
cashire and Yorkshire, and East Lancashire Rail- 
way Companies, or any of them, with reference 





to the Sale or Lease of the Manchester, Sheffield 


‘and Lincolnshire Undertaking, and the user of the 
| Railways of those respective Companies, or some 


way Company to construct a Branch Railway to|of them, and for other purposes, was presented, 
Methley, in the West Riding of the County of!and read; and a Bill was ordered to be brought 


York, and for other purposes, was presented, and 
read; and a Bill was ordered to as 
cordingly, by Mr. Charlesworth and Mr. Beecroft. 


A Petition of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Rail- 


and Yorkshire way Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to enable 


way 
oa Boyt 
an yton 
Branches. ) 


London and 


North Western 


Railway 
(Batley to 
Adwalton.) 


Leeds, Brad- 


ford and Hali- 


fax Junction 
Railway. 


Lordon and 


North Western 


Railway 
—— to 
taly bridge. ) 


London and 


North Western 


Railway 


the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Company to 
construct Branch Railways from Oldham to Roch- 


dale and Royton, in the County of Lancaster, and | 


for other purposes, was presented, and read; and 
a Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, 
by Mr. Cobbett, Sir Alexander Ramsay and Mr. 
Wickham. 


i 


A Petition of the London and North Western 
Railway Company, for leave to bring ina Bill to en- 
able the London and North Western Railway Com- 
pany to make a new Line of Railway from Batley 
to Adwalton, in the West Riding of the Count 
of York, and for other purposes, was presented, 
and read; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in 
accordingly, ‘by Mr. Joseph Ewart, Mr. George 
Carr Glyn and the Marquis of Stafford. 


A Petition of the Leeds, Bradford and Halifax 
Junction Railway Company, for leave to bring in a 
Bill to authorize the Leeds, Bradford and Halifax 
Junction Railway Company to construct a Branch 
Railway to the Lintnhive and Yorkshire Railway 
at Bradford, in the West Riding of the County of 
York, and for other purposes, was presented and 
read; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in 


accordingly, by Mr. Akroyd, Mr. Crossley and Mr. 
Beecroft. 


A Petition of the Zondon and North Western 
Railway Company, for leave to bring in a Bill 
for enabling the London and North Western Rail- 
way, Company to construct a Railway from Den- 
ton to Stalybridge, and other Works, and to ac- 
quire additional Lands in the Counties of Lancas- 
ter, Chester and Northampton, and for other pur- 
poses, was presented, and read; and a Bill was 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Joseph 
Ewart, Mr. George Carr Glyn and the Marquis 
of Stafford. 


A Petition of the Zondon and North Western 
Railway Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to 


(Extensions to enable the London and North Western Railway 


Ossett, &amp;c.) 


Company to make new Lines of Railway between 





‘in accordingly, by Lord Worsley and Mr. Milner 
rought in ac- | Gibson. 


A Petition of the Midland Railway Company, for Midland 
leave to bring in a Bill for enabling the Midland Railway. 
Railway Company to make an Extension of their 
Erewash Valley Line, and certain new Branches at 
or near Burton-upon-Trent, to acquire additional 
Lands in the County of Leicester, and for other pur- 
poses, was presented, and read; and a Bill was or- 
dered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Beale 
and Mr. Price. 


A Petition of the North Eastern Railway Com- North Eastern 
pany, for leave to bring in a Bill to enable the met A 
North Eastern Railway Company to construct pranches.) 
Branch Railways, for the purpose of uniting their 
Leeds and Thirsk and Church Fenton and Harro- 
gate Railways, and for other purposes, was pre- 
sented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
brought in accordingly, by Colonel Smyth and Mr. 

Beecroft. 


A Petition of the North Eastern Railway Com- North Eastern 
any, for leave to bring in a Bill to enable the Railway 
Yorth Eastern Railway Company to make a Branch fom) 
from their Leeds and Thirsk Railway to Pateley 
Bridge, to acquire additional Lands, and for other 
purposes, was presented, and read; and a Bill was 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Colonel 
Smyth and Mr. Beecroft. 


A Petition of the South Staffordshire and the South Staf- 

London and North Western Railway Companies, for — 
“ha : 7. Mer way. 

leave to bring in a Bill for authorizing the acquisi- 

tion of Lands by the South Staffordshire Railway 

Company, and the Transfer to them of a Tramway 

of the Birmingham Canal Company; and for au- 

thorizing a Lease of the South Staffordshire Under- 

taking to the London and North Western Railway 

Company ; and for authorizing the South Stafford- 

shire Railway Company to raise additional Capital, 

and for other purposes, was presented, and read ; 

and a Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, 

by Lord Alfred Paget and Mr. Charles Forster. 


A Petition of the Stockton and Darlington Rail- Stockton and 
way Company, for leave to bring in a Bill for ena- : 
bling the Stockton and Darlington Railway Com- oe 
pany to make new Railways and other Works in 
the County of Durham, and in the North Riding of 
the County of York, and for other purposes, was 
presented, 


, 


Whitel 
and To 


Ez 


Egzz 


Ez 























Whitehaven 
Port, Harbour 
and Town. 


Lianidloes 
and Newtown 
Railway. 


Lands Im- 
provement 
Company. 


North British 
and Selkirk 
and Galashiels 
Railway 
Companies. 


Hampstead 
Junction 
Railway. 


Railway, 


22'Vieroriz. 


ted; and read; and ‘a Bill was ordered to be 
frou t in accordingly, by Lord Harry Vane and 
r.' Pease. 


A Petition of the West London Railway Com- 
y, for leave to bring in a Bill for enabling the 
est London Railway Company to construct new 
Lines of Railway, a Dock and other Works in con- 
nexion with their Undertaking, to convert and ap- 
propriate part of the Kensington Canal, and for 
other purposes, was presented, and read; and a 
Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by 
Mr. Alderman Cubitt and Sir Robert Carden. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the Town and Neigh- 
bourhood of Whitehaven, in the County of Cum- 
berland, for leave to bring in a Bill for making 
better Provision for the Appointment and Election 
of Trustees tor executing the Acts for the Improve- 
ment and Regulation of the Port, Harbour and 
Town of Whitehaven, and for other purposes, was 

resented, and read; anda Bill was ordered to be 
—— in accordingly, by Mr. Howard and Mr. 
Steel. 


A Petition of the Lianidioes and Newtown Rail- 
way Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to au- 
thorize an Extension of the Lilunidloes and New- 
town Railway, near Wewtown, to the Shropshire 
Union Canal; and to enable the Léanid/oes and 
Newtown Railway Company to raise a further Sum 
of Money, and to lease their Undertaking, and for 
other purposes, was presented, and read ; and a Bill 
was ordered to be idought in accordingly, by Mr. 
David Pugh and Mr. Greene. 


A Petition of the Lands Improvement Company, 
for leave to bring in a Bill to alter and amend the 
Acts relating to the Lands [Improvement Company, 
was presented, and read; and a Bill was ordered 
to be brought in accordingly, by Colonel North 
and Sir James Elphinstone. 


A Petition of the North British Railway Com- 
pany and of the Selkirk and Galashiels Railway 
Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to amalgamate 
the Selkirk and Galashiels Railway Company with 
the North British Railway Company, and for other 
purposes, was presented, and read; and a Bill was 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Elliot 
and Mr. Lockhart. 


A Petition of the Hampstead Junction Railway 
Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to extend the 
time for making the Hampstead Junction Railway ; 
to authorize certain Deviations in the Line thereof, 
and for other purposes, was presented, and read ; 
and a Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, 
by the Marquis of Stafford and Mr. George Carr 
Glyn. 


A Petition of the Bridport Railway Company, 
for leave to bring in a Bill to afford facilities for 
raising Funds for the completion of the Bridport 
Railway, and to authorize the Lease thereof to the 
Great Western Railway Company, was presented, 
and read; aud a Bill was ordered to be brought 
in accordingly, by Mr. Kirkman Hodgson and Mr. 
Mitchell. 


A Petition of the there-undersigned, for leave to 
bring in a Bill for establishing Railway Communi- 
cation between Bedford and Cambridge, and for 
other purposes, was presented, and read; and a 
Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by 
Mr. Yorke and Mr. Barnard. 


A Petition of the there-undersigned, for leave to 
bring in a Bill for establishing Railway Communi- 
cation between Loughton, Epping and Chipping 
Ongar, in the County of Essex, and for other pur- 
poses, was presented, and read; and a Bill was 

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91 
ordered to be brought in acedrdingly,’ by Mr. Cob- 
bold:and: Mr. Cayley. 0° 


A Petition of Persons whose names are thereunto Mancheste 
subscribed, for leave to bring’ in a Bill for making Liverpool, 
Railways from Llanidioes, in the County of Mont- yntora Haven 
gomery, to Newbridge, in the County of Radnor, Junction 
and to Llandovery, in the County of Carmarthen, to Bailway. 
be called “ The Manchester, Liverpool, Swansea and 
Milford Haven Junction Railway,” and for other 
purposes, was presented, and read ; and a Bill was 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. David 
Pugh, Mr. Turner and Mr. Gurney. 


A Petition of Trustees acting in execution of an Blackburnand 
Act passed in the fifteenth year of the reign of Her Preston Road 
present Majesty, intituled, “ An Act for maintaining 
the Road from Blackburn to Preston, and the two 
Branches therefrom, and erecting a Bridge on the 
Line of the said Road over the River Ridbd/e, all in 
the County Palatine of Zancaster,” for leave to brin 
in a Bill for continuing the Term, and amending re 
extending the Provisions of the Act relating to the 
Blackburn and Preston Turnpike-road, and for con- 
structing a Bridge over the River Ribble in con- 
nexion therewith, and for other purposes, was pre- 
sented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
brought in accordingly, by Colonel Wilson Patten, 

Mr. Pilkington and Mr. Hornby. 


A Petition of the Most Noble Francis Duke of Tavistock 
Bedford, x.G., for leave to bring in a Bill for con- Markets, 
structing Market-houses and other Buildings, and nen nl 
making Market-places, and for better regulating 
and maintaining the Markets and Fairs in or near 
the Town of Tavistock; and for opening a new 
Street, and otherwise improving the said Town, and 
for other purposes, was presented, and read; and a 
Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by 
Sir John Trelawny and Mr. Arthur Russell. 


A Petition of Commissioners for putting in exe- Malltracth and 
cution the Acts thereinafter mentioned, or Owners, Corsddaugau 
Lessees or Occupiers of Land liable to be assessed 
under such Acts, for leave to bringin a Bill to 
alter, amend and extend the Acts for inclosing, 
embanking and draining the Marsh called Mail- 
traeth and Corsddaugau, in the County of Anglesey, 
and to provide for the Maintenance of the Embank- 
ments and Drainage, and for other purposes, was 
presented, and read ; and a Bill was ordered to be 
brought in accordingly, by Sir Richard Bulkeley 
and Mr, Stanley. 


Several Public Petitions were presented, and Public 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. Futitions: 
Vide First 
Report. 
Ordered, That the Return relative to Houses, &amp;c. Houses, &amp;e 
(Boroughs), which was presented upon the 3d day (Boroughs.) 
of this instant February, be printed. No. 7. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Roads (Scot- Roads 
land), which was presented upon the 3d day of this (Scotland.) 
instant February, be printed. No. 8. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Registration Registration 
of Voters (Scotland), which was presented upon the of Voters 


3d day of this instant February, be printed. warm 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Burial- Burial- 
grounds (Metropolis), which was presented upon the Cran ‘aa 


3d day of this instant February, be printed 

3d day of this instant February, be printed, No. 10. 
Ordered, That the Return relative to Charity charity 

Trustees, which was presented upon the 3d day of Trustees. 

this instant February, be printed. No. 11. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Poor Relief, Poor Relief 
which was presented upon the 3d day of this instant No. 12 


February, be printed. 
D3 Ordered, 

































Sanitary 


(Metropolis) 


No. 13. 


tend- 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Sanitary 
Improvements (Metropolis), which was presented 
upon the 3d day of this instant February, be 
printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Superinten- 


Tike oe dent Registrars of Births, &amp;c., which was presented 


&amp;e. 
No. 14. 


upon the 3d day of this instant February, be 
printed. 


False Weights | Ordered,That the Return relative to False Weights 


and Measures and Measures (Westminster, &amp;c.), which was pre- 
—* sented upon the 3d day of this instant February, be 
No. 15. Printed. 
College of Ordered, That the Return relative to the College 
Advocates of Advocates (Doctors’ Commons), which was pre- 
eel sented upon the 3d day of this instant February, be 
No. 16, Printed. 
Police Ordered, That the Paper relative to Police (Coun- 
Counties and ties and Boroughs), which was presented upon the 
ae 3d day of this instant February, be printed. 
0. 17. 
Ecclesiastical . Ordered, That the Paper relative to the Eccle- 
Commission siastical Commission (/reland), which was presented 
a.) upon the 3d day of this instant February, be 
No. 18. printed. 
Lunatics Ordered, That the Return relative to Lunatics, 
No. 19. which was presented upon the 3d day of this in- 
stant February, be printed. 
Stage Car- Ordered, That the Return relative to Stage Car- 
riages,&amp;c.  riages, &amp;c., which was presented upon the 3d day of 
No, 20. this instant February, be printed, 
Tax Col- Ordered, That the Return relative to Tax Col- 
lectors. lectors, which was presented upon the 3d day of this 
No. 21. instant February, be printed. 
Naval Receipt Ordered, That the Paper relative to Naval Re- 
and Expendi- ceipt and Expenditure, which was presented upon 
oe ss the 3d day of this instant February, be printed. 
Woods, Ordered, That the Accounts relative to Woods, | 
mee « and Forests and Land Revenues, which were presented 
ae ng upon the 3d day of this instant February, be 
No. 23, Printed. 
Session Ordered, That the Return relative to Session 
Clerks. Clerks, which was presented - the 3d day of 
No. 24. this instant February, be printed. 
Metropolitan _ Ordered, That the Account relative to Metropo- 
Improve- —_—_litan Improvements, which was presenter upon the 
ments, 3d day of this instant February, be printed. 
No. 25. 
Episcopal Mr. Hardy presented,—Return to an Address to 
and Capitular Her Majesty, dated the 2d day of August, in the 
eet .. last Session of Parliament, for a Return of the 
(Metropolis.) Gross and Net Income for the year 1857 of all 
Episcopal and Capitular Property within the Me- 
tropolis, as the same is defined by the Metropolis 
Local Management Act, showing the Deductions 
from the Gross Income under the Heads of Rates 
and Taxes, Repairs and Improvements, and other 
Charges. 
Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the: 
Table. 
Navy Mr. Corry presented,—Return to an Order, dated | 
(Pensions.) the 23d day of June, in the last Session of Parlia- 
ment, for a Return of the Number of Seamen, 
Marines and Warrant Officers in receipt of Out- 
Pensions for Wounds and Hurts, and the Amount 
of Pensions :——And, like Return of Pensions for 
Services, specifying the Number of each Class of 
Pensions. 
Coast Guard = Return to an Order, dated the 27th day of July, 
Stations. in the last Session of Parliament, for a Return of 
the various Coast Guard Stations in Great Britain, 
and the Number of Persons living at each Station ; 
the Number of Rooms at each Station, and the Size 


4° Februarii. 


end.” oem 





4. 1859. 


of the Rooms; and if any Ground is attached te 
the Station, and how much. 


the Number of Seamen and Marines Invalided at 
Home, from the 1st day of January 1856 to the 

3ist day of July 1858; stating the Date of Inva- 

liding, the Wounds or Injuries received, and the 

Date of awarding the Pension or Gratuity. 

‘ “ia That the said Returns do lie upon the 
able. 


The following Paper was laid upon the Table by 


the 26th day of July, in the last Session of Parlia- 
ment, for a Copy of Mr. Goldingham’s Report on 
the Annicut in Rajahmundry. 


Mr. Adderley presented, pursuant to the directions 
of several Acts of Parliament,—Copy of an Ordi- 
nance made by the Master and Fellows of Pem- 
broke College, in the University of Oxford, under 
the 2d section of the Act 19 &amp; 20 Vic. c. 31, to 
amend an Ordinance in relation to the said College 
made by the Ozford University Commissioners, 
under the Act 17 &amp; 18 Vic. c. 31, dated the 19th 
February 1857, and approved by Her Majesty in 
Council on the 5th of June following. 

Copy of an Order in Council of the 11th January 
1859, ——— two Bye-Laws made by the 
Trinity House Corporation of Kingston-upon- Aull, 
under the 338d section of “ The Merchant Shipping 
Act, 1854,” altering the Rates of Pilotage with 
respect to Steam Vessels within certain limits. 

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


new Writ for the electing of a Burgess to serve in 
this present Parliament for the University of Dub- 
lin, in the room of George Alexander Hamilton, 
Esquire, who, since his Election for the said Uni- 
versity, hath accepted the Office of Steward of Her 
Majesty’s Manor of Northstead. 


Resolved, That 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 Report sent in by Colonel 
Arthur Cotton, in July, to the Department of Public 
Works of the Government of India, relative to the 
Embankments required in Cattack: Of the Will 
under which the Government of Bengal adminis- 
ters the Property of Hadjee Mahomed Mohun of 
Hooghley :—-Ot the Correspondence of the Gover- 
nor of India with Major Phayre, the Commissioner 
of Pegu and the Governor of Ceylon, relative to the 
visit, at the expense of the British Government, in 
1858, of Deputies of the King of Burmah to view 
the Tooth of Budi in Ceylon :——Of the Reports of 
Dr. Sprenger on the Calcutta Madrissa, and the 











Correspondence of the Council of Education and 
the Government of Bengal on the subject of the 


| Madrissa, and all Correspondence relative to the 


'Madrissa since 1853 :——And, of the Regulation 





19 of 1810, of the Bengal Code of Regulations, 
Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty, by such Members of this House as are 


of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


id MR Penal Hy 





Return to an Order, dated the 2d day of August, Seamen and 
in the last Session of Parliament, for a Return of 


Marines 
Invalided, 


East India 


the Clerk of the House,— Return to an Order, dated (Annicut in 


ah- 
mundry.) 


Oxford 
University. 


Pilotage. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant Dublin Uni. 
to the Clerk of the Crownin Ireland, to make out a versity Writ 


East India 
(Public 
Works, &amp;c.) 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Electors. 


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 Electors in every 
County, Division of a County, City and Borough in 
Great Britain and Ireland, according to the Re- 
gister of Electors now in force. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 


Her 









nd 





Leave of 
Absence. 


Adjournment. 


Address 
reported, and 


agreed to. 


92 VieroriZ. 


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


Ordered, That the Earl of Gifford have leave of 
absence for two months ;—and, Mr. Watson Taylor 
six weeks, on account of ill health. 


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


Mr. Trefusis reported from the Committee ap- 
— to draw up an Address to be presented to 

et 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 : 

We thank Your Majesty for informing us that, in 
the internal state of the Country, there is nothing to 
excite disquietude, and much to call for satisfaction 
and thankfulness; that pauperism and crime have 
considerably diminished during the past year; and 
that a spirit of general contentment prevails : 

We assure Your Majesty that we join with Your 
Majesty in thankfulness that the blessing of the 
Almighty on the valour of Your Majesty’s Troops 
in India, and on the skill of their Commanders, has 
enabled Your Majesty to inflict signal chastisement 
upon those who are still in arms against Your Ma- 
jesty’s authority, whenever they have ventured to 
encounter Your Majesty’s Forces; and humbly to 
express our cordial concurrence in Your Majesty’s 
hope that, at no distant period, Your Majesty may 
be able to announce to us the pe ae ar gaa 
of that great Empire, and that Your Majesty may 
be able to devote Your attention to the improvement 
of its condition, and to the obliteration of all traces 
of the present unhappy conflict : ; 

We humbly thank Your Majesty for informing us 
that, on assuming the direct Government of that 
portion of Your Majesty’s Dominions, Your Majesty 
deemed it proper to make known by Proclamation 
the principles by which it was Your Majesty’s in- 
tention to be guided, and the clemency which Your 
Majesty was disposed to show towards those who 
might have been seduced into revolt, but who might 
be willing to return to their allegiance; and for 
having directed that a Copy of that Proclamation 
should be Jaid before us: 

We beg to express to Your Majesty the gratifica- 
tion with which we learn that Your Majesty con- 
tinues to receive from all Foreign Powers assurances 
of their friendly feelings, and that to cultivate and 
confirm those feelings, to maintain inviolate the faith 
of Public Treaties, and to contribute, as far as Your 
Majesty’s influence can extend, to the preservation 
of the general Peace, are the objects of Your Ma- 
jesty’s unceasing solieitude: 

We humbly express our gratification that Your 
Majesty has concluded with the Sovereigns who 
were parties to the Treaty of Paris of 1856, a Con- 
vention relative to the organization of the Principa- 
lities of Moldavia and Wallachia, and that those 
Rouman Provinces are now proceeding to establish, 
under its provisions, their new form of government : 

We assure Your Majesty that we partake in the 
satisfaction with which Your Majesty informs us 
that Your Majesty has concluded a Treaty with the 
Emperor of Russia, a Copy of which Your Majesty 
has graciously directed to be laid before us, and 
which is a satisfactory indication of the complete re- 
establishment of those amicable relations which, 
until their late interruption, have long subsisted, to 
the mutual pare of the Dominions of Your 
Majesty and those of His Imperial Majesty : 

OL. 114. 


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We beg humbly to express to Your Majesty our 
participation in the pleasure with which:Your Ma- 
Jesty has learnt that the measures which, in concert . 
with Your Majesty’s Ally the Emperor of the French, 
Your Majesty thought it necessary to take upon the 
Coast of China, have resulted in a Treaty, by which 
further effusion of blood has been prevented, and 
which holds out the prospect of greatly-increased 
intercourse with that extensive and densely-peopled 


~ 
e beg to express our gratification that Your 
Majesty has entered into another Treaty with the 
Emperor of Japan, which opens a fresh field for 
commercial enterprise in a populous and highly civi- 
lised country, which has hitherto been jealously 
arded against the intrusion of foreigners; and we 
humbly thank Your Majesty for informing us that, 
as soon as the ratifications of these Treaties shall 
have been exchanged, they will be laid before us : 

We assure Your Majesty that we partake in the 
great satisfaction which Your Majesty feels in an- 
nouncing to us that the Emperor of the French has 
abolished a system of Negro Emigration from the 
East Coast of Africa, against which, as unavoidably 
tending, however guarded, to the encouragement of 
the Slave Trade, Your Majesty’s Government have 
never ceased to address to his Imperial Majesty its 
most earnest but friendly representations : 

We beg to express our humble concurrence with 
Your Majesty in the hope that by this wise act on 
the part of his Imperial Majesty, the negotiations 
now in progress at Paris may tend to the total 
abandonment of the system, and to the substitution 
of a duly regulated supply of substantially Free 
Labour : 

We humbly express our participation in Your 
Majesty’s regret, that, while the state of the Re- 
public of Mezico, distracted by Civil War, has ren- 
dered it necessary for Your Majesty to carry for- 
bearance to its utmost limits, in regard to wrongs 
and indignities to which British ofa. arin have been 
subjected at the hands of the two contending parties, 
they have at length been carried to such an extent 
that Your Majesty has been compelled to give in- 
structions to the Commander of Your Majesty’s 
Naval Forces in those Seas to demand, and, if ne- 
cessary, to enforce, due reparation : 

We beg to thank Your Majesty for having di- 
rected that the Estimates for the ensuing year shall 
be submitted to us : 

We also thank Your Majesty for informing us, 
that in Your Majesty’s opinion the universal intro- 
duction of Steam-power into Naval Warfare will 
render necessary a temporary increase of expendi- 
ture in providing for the reconstruction of the Bri- 
tish Navy, and we assure Your Majesty that we will 
cheerfully vote whatever Sums we may find to be 
requisite for an object of such vital importance as 
the maintenance of the maritime power of the 
Country : 

We humbly beg to thank Your Majesty for in- 
forming us that, in the belief that further measures 
of legal and social improvement may be wisely and 
beneficially introduced, Your Majesty has desired 
that Bills may be submitted to us, without delay, 
for assimilating the Laws relating to Bankruptey 
and Insolvency ; for bringing together into one set 
of Statutes, in a classified form, and with such mo- 
difications as experience may suggest to us, the 
Laws relating to Crimes and Offences in England and 
Ireland ; for enabling the owners of land in England 
to obtain fo; themselves an indefeasible title to their 
estates and interests, and for registering such titles 
with simplicity and security : 

We thank Your Majesty for informing us that 
our attention will be cailed to the state of the Laws 
which regulate the Representation of the People in 
Parliament, and we assure Your Majesty that we 
will give to that great subject that degree of calm 
and impartial consideration which is proportionate 

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Queen's 


Speech to be 
considered. 


Occasional 
Forms of 
Prayer. 


Kitchen and 
Refreshment 
Rooms ( House 
of Commons. ) 


i» - Occasional * 
we Forms of 
” Prayer Bill. 


Bill 1. 


Main 
Drainage. 
No. 26. 





94, 4°—7° Februari. 


to the magnitude of the interests involved in the 
result of our discussions : 

We humbly assure Your Majesty, that to these 
and other propositions for the amendment of our 
Laws, we shall give our earnest and zealous atten- 
tion, and that, in common with Your Majesty, we 
earnestly pray that our Counsels may be so guided 
as to ensure the stability of the Throne, the main- 
tenance and improvement of our Institutions, and 
the general welfare and happiness of Your Ma- 
jesty’s loyal and faithful People. 

The said Address being read a second time ; 

Resolved, That this Boos 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 Iler Majesty's most graciousSpeech 
to both Houses of Parliament be taken into consi- 
deration upon Monday next. 


The House was moved, That the several Acts 
relating to the observance of the Thirtieth of Ja- 
nuary and other days, might be read; and the 
same being read ; 

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


(In the Committee.) 


Resolved, That the Chairman be directed to move 
the House, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
repeal certain Acts and parts of Acts which relate 
to the observance of the Thirtieth of January and 
other days. 

Resolution to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; and Mr, Fitz- 
Roy reported, That the Committee had come to a 
Resolution. 

Ordered, That the Report be now received. 

Mr. 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 to 
repeal certain Acts and parts of Acts which relate 
to the observance of the Thirtieth of January and 
other days:—And he moved the House accord- 
ingly. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in the Bill: 
And that Mr. Fitz Roy, Mr. Secretary Walpole and 
Mr. Hardy do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That a Standing Committee be appointed 
to control the arrangements of the Kitchen and Re- 
freshment Rooms in the Department of the Ser- 
jeant-at-Arms attending this House :—And a Com- 
mittee was appointed of Colonel French, Colonel 
Boldero, Mr. Alderman Cubitt, Mr. Seymour Fitz- 
gerald, Mr. Monckton Milnes, Mr. Hume, Mr. 
Robertson and Mr. Bramley- Moore. 

Ordered, That Three be the quorum. 


Mr. Secretary Walpole presented a Bill to repeal 
certain Acts and parts of Acts which relate to the 
Observance of the Thirtieth of January and other 
Days: 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 there be laid before this House, a 
Copy of Letter to the Right honourable Lord John 
Manners, u-v., First Commissioner of Her Majesty’s 
Works, from the Government Referees for the Main 
Drainage of the Metropolis, upon the “ Brief Ob- 








A. 1859. 


servations of Messrs. Bidder, Hawksley and Ba- 
zalgette, on the Answer of the Government Referees 
to Messrs. Bidder, Hawksley and Bazalgette’s Re- 
rt to the Metropolitan Board of Works upon the 
eport of the Referees.” 
Lord John Manners accordingly presented the 
said Paper. 
Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 
Table; and be printed. 


And then the House adjourned till Monday next. 








Lune, 7° die Februarii ; 
Anno 22° Victoria Regine, 1859. 
PRAYERS. 


R. Fitz Roy reported, That, in accordance with Private Billa 


the Standing Order passed last Session, he 
had conferred with the Chairman of Committees 
of the House of Lords, for the purpose of deter- 
mining in which House of Parliament the respective 
Private Bills should be first considered, and that 
they had determined that the Biils contained in the 
following List should originate in the House of 
Lords: viz. 
. Bagenalstown and Wexford Railway. 
. Belfast and County Down Railway. 
- Belfast and Londonderry Junction Railway. 
. Bombay, Baroda and Central India Rail- 
way Company. 
. Bray Commons. 
. Bury Saint Edmund's Gas. 
- Commercial Docks Acts Amendment. 
. Cork and Kinsale Junction Railway. 
. Dublin and Drogheda Railway. 
10. Dublin and Wicklow Railway. 
11. Dundalk and Enniskillen Railway. 
12. Dungarvan Harbour Embankment. 
13. Fishguard Harbour Improvement. 
14. General Hydraulic Power Company. 
15. Gloucester and Cheltenham Tramway Aban-- 
donment. 
16. Greenwich and South Eastern Docks. 
17. Holywood and Bangor Railway. 
18. Jpswich (Borough) Fishery. 
19. Kilrush and Kilkee Railway and Poul-- 
nasherry Embankment. 
20. Liverpool New Exchange Buildings. 
21. Liverpool Sanitary Amendment Act. 
22. London (City) Gas. 
23. Londonderry and Coleraine Railway. 
24. Londonderry and Lough Swilly Railway. 
25. Madras Irrigation and Canal Company. 
26. Maidstone, Brompton, Rochester, &amp;c. 
Water. 
27. Maidstone Spring Water. 
28. Maidstone Water. 
29. Marylebone (Borough) Gas. 
30. Midland Great Western Railway of Jre- 
land (Cavan to Clones, &amp;c.) 
31. Midland Great Western Railway of Ire- 
land (Sligo Extension). 
32. Midland Great Western Railway of Jre- 
land (Liffey Branch, &amp;c.) 
33. National Fire and Life Insurance Com- 
pany of Scotland. 
34. Newcastle-under-Lyme Burgesses Lands. 
35. Newry and Armagh Railway. 
36. North Western Railway of Lreland. 
37. Norwich Corn Exchange. 
88. Norwich New Street. 
39. People’s Provident Assurance Society. 
40. Pneumatic Post Company. 
41. Price’s Patent Candle Company. 
42. Queen Charlotie’s Lying-in Hospital. 
43. Railway Clearing System. , 
44, Saint George’s (Hanover-square) Burial- 
ground Appropriation. 
45. Scarborough 


Pe ohDo- 


cantan 





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Private Bills. 


Answer to 
Address. 


Operations 


in India, 


———— 


958 


92 VicToRIz. 


Scarborough Gas. 
Standard Life Assurance Company. 
Sunderland Dock. 
Thames Watermen and Lightermen. 
49. Tottenham and Edmonton Gas. 
50. Tralee and Killarney Railway. 
51. Trinity House of Leith. 
52. Ulster Railway. 
53. Victoria (London) Docks. 
54. Wisbech Gas. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


45. 
46. 
47. 
48. 


Ordered, That the Examiners of Petitions for 
Private Bills do make a Report of the several cases 
in which they have certified that the Standing 
Orders have, or have not, been complied with in 
respect of the Bills comprised in the List reported 
by the Chairman of the Committee of Ways and 
Means ; and, where they have not been complied 
with, they shall also report separately the facts upon 
which their decision is founded, and any special 
circumstances connected with the case. 


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

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

I rely with confidence on your careful considera- 
tion of the Measures which will be submitted to 
you ; and I shall at all times be ready to co-operate 
with you in improving and strengthening the Insti- 
tutions of the Country, and in promoting the happi- 
ness and prosperity of all classes of My Subjecis. 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That he had 
received from the Right honourable Viscount 
Canning, Governor General of the British Posses- 
sions in the East Indies, the following Letter, en- 
closing a Copy of a Letter from Henry Bartle 
Edward Frere, Esquire, Commissioner in Sind, in 
respect to the Thanks of this House communicated 
to him, in obedience to the commands of this House 
of the 8th day of February last; and the same were 
read, as follow :— 


Sir, Allahabad, September 15th, 1858. 

I have the honour to forward to you the accom- 
panying copy of a Letter from Mr. H. B. E. Frere, 
“Commissioner in Sind, expressing his grateful 

thanks for the honour conferred upon him in the 
Resolutions passed by the House of Commons on 
the 8th February last. 


I have the honour to be, Sir, 
Your most obedient servant, 


Canning. 
To the Right honourable John Evelyn Denison, 
Speaker of the House of Commons. 


(Copy.) 
My Lord, Kurrachee, 1st Sept. 1858. 

I have the honour to acknowledge your Lordship’s 
Letter, dated the 11th May last, with copies of the 
Resolutions, dated the 8th February, conveying to 
me, among others, the Thanks of the House of 
Commons for the mode in which the resources of 
this province were applied to the suppression of the 
late Mutiny. 

2. I would beg te tender my grateful thanks for 
the honour. Your Lordship is well aware that there 
is no possible act of public duty or personal sacri- 
fice for which a servant of your Lordship’s govern- 
ment would not consider himself richly rewarded 
by such an expression of the approbation of his 
countrymen. 

3. I have further to thank your Lordship for di- 
recting a copy of the Votes to be placed on the 
records of Sind, thereby including in the honour 
Vou. 114, 


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25 


conferred, all my associates, in every rank of the 
public service, whose devoted courage in the hour 
of danger, and sustained energy during many months 
of severe trial, contributed so materially, under the 
blessing of Divine Providence, to maintain order, 
and to uphold the authority of Government in this 
province. 























































I have, &amp;c. 
(signed) H. B. E. Frere, 
Commissioner in Sind. 


To the Right honourable 
Lord Viscount Canning, &amp;e. &amp;e. &amp;e. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Nuneaton and 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, arse 
. ; ; : way. 
in respect of non-compliance with the Standing 
Orders in the case of the Petition for the Nuneaton 
and Hinckley Railway Bill. 
Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Select 


Committee on Standing Orders. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Victoria Sta- 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, eee 
in respect of non-compliance with the Standing Great Western 
Orders in the case of the Petition for the Victoria Junction 
Station and North Western and Great Western B#ilway- 
Junction Railway Bill. 

Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Select 


Committee on Standing Orders. 


Mr. Speaker Jaid upon the Table,—Report from Mid-Sussex 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, 9"4 Arundel 
é ‘ A , and Little- 
in respect of non-compliance with the Standing hampton Junc 
Orders in the case of the Petition for the Mid- tion Railway. 
Sussex and Arundel and Littlehampton Junction 
Railway Bill. 

Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Select 


Committee on Standing Orders. 


Mr. Speaker Jaid upon the Table,—Report from Isle of Wight 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, ®!ays- 
in respect of non-compliance with the Standing 
Orders in the case of the Petition for the Jsle of 
Wight Railways Bill. 

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


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Neweastle- 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, uder-Lyme, 
in respect of non-compliance with the Standing py 
Orders in the case of the Petition for the Newcastle- Junction 
under-Lyme, Silverdale and Madeley Junction Rail- Railway. 
wav Bill. 

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


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

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


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from. North London, 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, Paddington, 
in respect of non-compliance with the Standing eae 
Orders in the case of the Petition for the North Court and 
London, Paddington, Richmond, Hampton Court —— 

me : . way. 
and Kingston Railway Bill. 

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


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Falkirk 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, Police and 
in respect of non-compliance with the Standing I™PFevement 
Orders in the case of the Petition for the Falkirk 
Police and Improvement Bill. 

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

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Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, 
in respect of non-cumpliance with the Standing 
Orders in the case of the Petition for the Thames 
River Conservancy Bill. 

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




























































Thames River 
Conservancy. 


Orders in the case of the Petition for the Hereford 
and Brecon Railway Bill. 

Ordered, ‘\hat the Report be referred to the Select 
Committee on Standing Orders. 


West End of 
London and 
Crystal Palace 
Railway 

(No. 1.) 


one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Biils, 
in respect of non-compliance with the Standing 
Orders in the case of the Petition forthe West End 
of London and Crystal Palace Railway (No. 1) Bill. 


Comunittee on Standing Orders. 


West End of Mr, Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 


— = one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, 
ier "ein respect of non-compliance with the Standing 
No. 2. Orde:s in the case of the Petition for the West End 
( ) 


of London and Crystal Palace Railway (No. 2) Bill. 
Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Select 
Committee on Standing Orders. 


South East 
and West 
London and 
Dulwich 
Railways. 


Nir. 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 ease of the Petition for the South 
Kast and West London and Du/wich Railways 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 Bi'ls, 
n respect of non-compliance with the Standing 
Orders in the case of the Petition for the Llyuvi 
» Valley Railway Bill. 

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





Llynvi Valley 
Railway. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, 
in respect of non-compliance with the Standing 
Orders in the case of the Petition for the Jsle of 
Wight Railway (Eastern Section) Bill. : 

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


Isle of Wight 
Railway 
(Eastern 
Section. ) 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Citizens 
of the City of York, for leave to bring in a Bill to 
authorize the abandonment of the Foss Navigation 
from a point about Two hundred vards above the 
York Union Workhouse, near the City of York; to 
alter, repeal and amend the Acts relating to the 
said Navigatiun, and for other purposes, was pre- 
sented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
brought in accordingly, by Colonel Smyth and Mr. 
Brown Westhead. 


York Im- 
provement. 


A Petition of Trustees for the Burgesses of the 
Borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme, in the County of 
Stafford, appointed by or under an Act passed in 
the 56th year of the reign of King George the 
Third, thereinafter more particularly mentioned or 
referred to, for leave to bring im a Bill to make 
better Provision for the management and applica- 


Newcastle- 
under-Lyme 


Lands. 





7° Februari. 


Sirhowy Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 
Tramroad. = 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 Sirhowy 
Tramroad Bill. 
Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Select 
Committee on Standing Orders. 
Hereford Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 
and Brecon one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, 
any. in respect of non-compliance with the Standing 


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


Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Select | 





A. 1859. 


tion of the Newcastle-under-Lyme Burgesses’ Lands, 
to repeal and amend the Act relating thereto, and 
for other purposes, was presented, and read; 
and a Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, 
by Mr. Jackson and Mr. Christy. 


A Petition of the Sittingbourne and Sheerness Sittingbourne 

Railway Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to #04 Sheerness 
RR gs ae : Railway 

enable the Sittingbourne and Sheerness Railway (additional 
Company to raise additional Capital, to amend the Capital, &amp;.) 
| Acts relating to the Company, and for other pur- 
poses, was presented, and read ; and a Bill was or- 
dered to be brought in accordingly, by Sir Brooke 





| Bridges and Mr. Butler Johnstone. 
| &lt;A Petition of the Magistrates and Council of the Glasgow 
City of Glasgow, for leave to bring in a Bill to enable ey es 
| the Magistrates and Council of the City of Glasgow pe hg — 
to lay out, maintain and improve the Kelvingrove and 

Queen’s Parks, and the Galleries of Art and Corpo- 
ration Halls in the said City, and for other purposes, 

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

Mr. Dalglish. 


A Petition of Owners of Salmon Fisheries in the Tweea 
River Tweed, for leave to bring in a Bill to amend Fisheries. 
“The Zweed Fisheries Act, 1857,” and to alter the 
annual and weekly Close times in the River Tweed, 
| was presented, and read; and a Bill was ordered 
to be brought in accordingly, by Sir Heury Davie 
aud Mr. Elliot. 


| A Petition of the Company of Proprietors of the Forth and 
Forth and Clyde Navigation, for leave to bring in Clyde Navi- 
| a Bill to extend the Time for the Sale of such Lands 8°" 
belonging to the Company of Proprietors of the 
| Forth and Clyde Navigation as may not be required 
| for the purposes of the said Navigation, was pre- 

sented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
brought in accordingly, by Mr. Frederick Dundas, 
Sir Edward Colebrooke and Mr. Ewing. 


A Petition of the Right honourable James Ear! of charleston 
Elgin aud Kincardine, Charles Dashwood Bruce, Es- Railway and 
quire, Merchaut in Loudon, Charles Lenox Cumming Harbour. 
Bruce, Esquiie, of Roseisle, Member of Parliament, 
Archibald Horne, Esquire, Accountant in Ldin- 
burgh, and the Honourable Thomas Charles Bruce, 
Barrister-at-Law, the surviving and acting Trustees 
on the Estates of the Right honourable Thomas 
Earl of Eigin and Kincardine, deceased, or of the 
Quorum ot the said Trustees, and of severa! other 
Persons, Subscribers to the Undertaking thereinafter 
mentioned, for leave to bring ina Bill for vesting the 
Charlesion Railway and Harbour in the Charieston 
Railway and Harbour Company, and for extending 
and improving the said Railway and Harbour, was 
presented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
brought in accordingly, by Mr. Fergus and Sir 
James Anderson. 


A Petition of a Quorum of the Trustees appointed Perth, Kinross 
and acting under an Act passed in the tenth year #4 _ 
of the reign of his Majesty King George the — 
Fourth, intituled, “An Act for more effectually 
making, amending, widening, repairing and main- 
taining the Great North Roads leading from the 
North Queensferry, and from the Harbour of Burnt- 
island, both in the County of Fife, by Kinross, to 
the City of Perth, and also the Road from the said 
North Queensferry to the Town of Dunfermline,” 
for leave to bring in a Bill for continuing an Act 
for more effectually making, amending, widening, 
repairing and maintaining the Great North Roads 
leading trom the North Queensferry and from Burnt- 
island, both in the County of fife, by Kinross, to the 
City of Perth, and for enabling the Trustees of the 
said Roads, and the Trustees of certain other Roads, 
to enter into mutual arrangements, was presented, 

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22 Vicroriz. 


and read ; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in 
accordingly, by Viscount Melgund, Mr. Stirling 
and Mr. Fergus. 


CityofLondon A Petition of the Board of Guardians of the 


Union. City of London Union, for Jeave to bring in a Bill 
to enable the Guardians of the City of Londovi 
Union to settle and discharge Claims of Tradesmen 
and others unsatisfied through the Frauds of some 
late Officers of the Union, was presented, and read ; 
and a Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, 
by Lord John Russell, Sir James Duke and Mr. 
Crawford. 
Travellers A Petition of the Accidental Death Insurance 
and Company, and of the Travellers and Marine Insu- 
Accidental rance Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to dis- 
Death In- solve the Accidental Death Insurance Company, 
myer’ and to amalgamate the Business of that Company 
Famation. with the Travellers and Marine Insurance Company, 
to be hereafter called “ ‘The Accidental Death In- 
surance Company ;” to regulate the Payment of 
Stamp Duties by the latter Company, and for other 
purposes, was presented, and read; and a Bill was 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Captain 
Lowther and Mr. Steuart. 
Mid-Kent A Petition of the Mid-Kent Railway Company, 
Geiny- for leave to bring in a Bill for making more direct 
Railway communication between the Mid-Kent 
Railway at Beckenham, aud the London, Brighton 
and South Coast Railway at Norwood, and for | 
other purposes, was presented, and read; and a 
Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by 
Mr. Whatman and Mr. Greenall. 
Mid-Sussex A Petition of Persons whose names are there- 
and Midhurst ynto subscribed, for leave to bring in a Bill for 
Railway. making a Railwav from the Coultersham Branch of 
the Mid-Sussexz Railway to the Town of Midhurst, 
in the County of Sussex, was presented, and read ; 
and a Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, 
by the Earl of March and Mr. William Vansittart. 
Wandsworth A Petition of the there-undersigned, for leave to 
9 bring in a Bill for making a Railway from the West 
— End of London aud Crystal Palace Railway to the 
London and South Western Railway, to be called 
“The Wandsworth and Putney Railway,” and for 
other purposes, was presented, and read ; anda Bill 
was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Sir 
Joseph Paxton and Mr. Beale. 
Atlantic A Petition of the Atlantic Telegraph Company, 
— for leave to bring in a Bill for enabling the Atlantic 
ompany- Telegraph Company to raise further Money; for 
altering and amending the Acts relating to the 
Company, and for other purposes, was presented, 
and read ; and a Bill was ordered to be brought 
in accordingly, by Mr. Stuart Wortley and Mr. 
Samuel Gurney, 
votes A Petition of the Red Sea and India Telegraph 
Telegraph Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to incorporate 
Company. and regulate the Red Sea and India Telegraph 
Company, and to enable the Company to establish 
and work Telegraphs between Great Britain and 
India, and other Countries, and for other purposes, 
was presented, and read; and a Bill was ordered 
to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Kinnaird and 
Mr. Gregson. 
on one A Petition of the there-undersigned, for leave to 
Junction" bring in a Bill to authorize the construction of Rail- 
Railway. ways, and to connect the same with the London and 


North Western, Great Western, London and South 

Western, Hampsicad Junction and West End of 

London and Crystal Palace Railways, in order to 

afford improved communication between those Rail- 

ways and the Districts North and South of the 

' Thames, and for other purposes, was presented, and 
Vou. 114. 


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27 


read ; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in ac- 
cordingly, by Sir Joseph Paxton and Mr. Beale. 


A Petition of the President and Secretary of the Cork Butter 
Committee of Merchants of the City of Cork, for Market. 
leave to bring in a Bill for the permanent Establish- 
ment, Regulation and Management of the Butter 
Market of the Committee of Merchants of the City 
of Cork, and for other purposes, was presented, and 
read ; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in ac- 
cordingly, by Mr. Fagan and Mr. Beamish. 


A Petition of the Great Western Railway Com- Great Western 
pany, for leave to bring in a Bill for authorizing the ®ilway. 
construction of a Railway for carrying the West 
London Railway over the Great Western Railway, 
by means of a Bridge, in substitution for the pre- 
sent level Crossing; for revising the Tolls uf the 
Great Western Railway Company, and for other 
purposes, was presented, and read; and a Bill was 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Ro- 
bert Clive and Sir Watkin Williams Wynn. 


A Petition of the Lancaster and Carlisle Railway Lancaster 
Company, for leave to bring in a Bill for authorizing 2°4 Carlisle 
the Lancaster and Carlisle Railway Company to a 
make new Works, and to make Arrangements with 
other Companies, and to raise further Funds, and 
for other purposes, was presented, and read; and a 
Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by 
Colonel Lowther, Mr. Charles Howard and Mr. 
Nicholson Hodgson. 


A Petition of Promoters of the Leatherhead Leatherhead 
and Dorking Railway, for leave to bring in a Bil] 204 Dorking 
for making a Railway from Leatherhead to Dorking, ite a} 
and for other purposes, was presented, and read; 
and a Bill was ordered to be brought in accordinzly, 
by Mr. Bonham-Carter and Mr. Jackson. 


A Petition of the Portsmouth Railway Company, Portsmouth 
for leave to bring in a Bill to amend “ The Ports- Railway. 
mouth Railway Amendment Act, 1858,” with re- 
spect to the use of the Landport Station at Ports- 
mouth of the London, Brighton and South Coast, 
and London andSouth Western Railway Companies, 
and for other purposes, was presented, and read ; 
and a Biil was ordered to be brought in accordingly, 
by Sir William Jolliffe and Sir James Elphin- 


stone. 


A Petition of the Wells and Fakenham Railway Wells and 
Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to extend the Fakenham 
Wells and Vakenham Railway to and along Weils — 
Quays, and to make Provision for the working of 
the Railway, and for other purposes, was presented, 
and read ; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in 
eee by Lord A/fred Paget and Mr. Cob- 
old. 


A Petition of the there-undersigned, for ieave to Birmingham 
bring in a Bill for making a Railway from the Zon- Etdington and 
don and North Western Railway to Sut/on Coldfield, field Railway 
in the County of Warwick, with a Branch there- (Western 
from, and for other purposes, was presented, and Line.) 
read ; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in ac- 


cordingly, by Mr. Spooner and Mr. Bright. 


A Petition of the Portsmouth Railway Company Portsmouth 
and the London and South Western Railway Com- and London 
pany, for leave to bring in a Bill for authorizing an — sg 
Amalgamation or Lease of the Portsmouth Railway Railway Com- 
with or to the London and South Western Railway panies. 
Company, and for other purposes, was presented, 
and read; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in 
accordingly, by Sir William Jolliffe and Captain 
Mangles. : 


A Petition of the Wimbledon and Dorking and Wimbledon 
Epsom and Leatherhead Railway Companies, for 24 Dorking 
leave to bring in a Bill for providing a joint Station ana peaue, 
E 2 


at head Railways , 










































South East 
and West 
London and 
Dulwich 
Railways. 


Maybole and 
Girvan Rail- 
way. 


Chichester 
Harbour Em- 
bankment. 


Sirhowy 
Tramroad, 


North, West 
and South 
London Junc- 
tion Railway. 


Salford 
Borough. 


Kensington 
Station and 
North and 
South London 
Junction 
Railway, 


: Indian and 
pe Australian 
Telegraph 
Company. 





28 


at Epsom for the use of the Wimbledon and Dorking 
and Epsom and Leatherhead Railway Companies, 
and for other purposes, was presented, and read ; 
and 2 Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, 
by Mz, Bonham-Carter and Mr. Jackson. 


A Petition of Promoters of the Undertaking there- 
inafter mentioned, for leave to bring in a Bill for 
incorporating the South East and West London and 
Dulwich Railways Company; and for making a 
Railway from the New Cross Station on the North 
Kent Railway to Dulwich, and for other oe 
was presented, and read; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Standing Orders. 


A Petition of the Maybole and Girvan Railway | 


Company, and of the Glasgow and South Western 
Railway Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to 
enable the Maybole and Girvan Railway Company 
to raise additional Capital ; to authorize a Deviation 
of their Line, and for other purposes, was presented, 
and read; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in 
accordingly, by Mr. Smollett and Mr. Blackburn. 


A Petition of Persons whose names are thereunto 
subscribed, for leave to bring ina Bill to embank 


and reclaim from the Sea certain Waste Lands. 


subject to be overflowed by the Tide, and forming 
part of Chichester Harbour, in the County of Sussez,, 
was presented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to 
be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Dutton, Mr. 
Bonham-Carter and Mr. John Abel Smith. 


A Petition of the Sirhowy Tramroad Company, 
for leave to bring in a Bill for changing tne Name of 
the Sirhowy Tramroad Company to the Name of 
“The Sirhowy Railway Company,” and for autho- 
rizing the Company to make new Works, and to 
maintain and work the Sirhowy Line as a Railway, 
and to raise further Funds, and for regulating their 
Capital and Borrowing Powers, and for other pur- 
peses, was presented, and read; and referred to the 
Si Ject Committee on Standing Orders. 


A Petition of the there-undersigned, for leave to 
bring in a Bill to authorize the construction of a 
Railway or Railways from the Kensington Station 
of the West London Railway to the South Eastern 
Railway at or near Spa Road, with Branches, was 
presented, and read; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Standing Orders. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses 
of the Borough of Salford, for leave to bring in a 
Bill to enable the Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses 
of the Borough of Salford to raise a further Sum of 
Money for the purposes of their Gas Works, was 

resented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
panier in accordingly, by Mr. Massey and Mr. 
Bazley. 


A Petition of Promoters of the Bill thereinafter 
mentioned, for leave to bring in a Bill for making a 
Railway from near Lillie Bridge, in the Parish of 
Saint Mary Abbotts, Kensington, to the North side 
of the High-street, Kensington, in the County of 
Middlesex, in order to afford improved communica- 
tion between certain of the Railways South of the 
Thames and the Western Districts of the Metro- 
polis, was presented, and read ; and a Bill was or- 
dered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Hanbury 
and Mr. Coz. 


A Petition of the Zndian and Australian Tele- 
graph Company (Limited), for leave to bring in a 

ill to incorporate and regulate the Jndia, Australia 
and China Telegraph Company, and for other pur- 
poses connected therewith, was presented, and read ; 
and a Bill was ordered to be brought in accord- 
ingly, by Sir James Duke and Captain Mangles. 


7° Februarii. 







A. 1859, 


A Petition of Trustees for executing the Act Reading ana 


for the Reading and Hatfield Turnpike-roads, in the 
Counties of Berks, Bucks, Oxford and Hertford, 
was presented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to 
be brought in accordingly, by Mr. George Vansit- 
tart and Mr. Charles Pascoe Grenfell. 


A Petition of the London and North Western Manchester, 
Railway Company, and the Manchester, Sheffield Sheffield and 
and Lincolnshire Railway Company, for leave to a ao 
bring in a Bill to provide for the Partition of the (Station at 
London Road Station at Manchester, and for the Manchester.) 
better Management of certain portions of the said 
Station, was presented, and read; and a Bill was 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by the Mar- 
quis of Stafford, Mr. Joseph Ewart, Mr. Milner 
Gibson and Mr. Bazley. 





A Petition of Persons whose names are there- Tendring 
unto subscribed, for leave to bring in a Bill to au- Hundred 
thorize the construction of a Railway from The “"™* 
Hythe, in the Neighbourhood of Colchester, to 
Wivenhoe, in Essex, to be called “The Tendring 
Hundred Railway,” was presented, and read; and 
a Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by 
Mr. Taverner John Miller and Mr. Cobbold. 


A Petition of the North Western Railway Com- North Wester 

pany, for leave to bring in a Bill to enable the North Railway. 
estern Railway Company to make a Branch 

Railway in the Neighbourhood of Luncaster, and 

for other purposes relating to the same Company, 

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

be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Beale and Mr. 

Garnett. 


A Petition of Persons whose names are there- Berks and 
unto subscribed, for leave to bring in a Bill to au- Hants Exten 
thorize the construction of a Railway from Hun- * Railway, 
gerford in Berkshire, to Devizes in Wiltshire, to be 
called “ The Berks and Hants Extension Railway,” 
was presented, and read ; and a Bill was ordered to 
be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Sotheron Estcourt, 

Mr. Griffith and Mr. Henry Baring. 


A Petition of John Pickering, of Chatham-place, Witney 
Blackfriars, in the City of London, Esquire, and of at 
William Holland Furlonge, of Cedar-house, Dul- A?) 
wich, in the County of Surrey, Esquire, for leave to 
bring in a Bill for connecting the Town of Witney 
with the existing Railways in the Parishesof Yarnton 
and Wolvercot, in the County of Ozford, and for 
other purposes, was presented, and read; anda Bill 
was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. 
_— Colonel North and Lord Alfred Church- 

ill. 


A Petition of Persons whose names are there- Kingstown 
unto subscribed, for leave to bring in a Bill for Water 
better supplying with Water the Inhabitants of the 
Towns of Kingstown, Monkstown, Dalkey, Bullock, 
Glasthule, and the Neighbourhood thereof, in the 
County of Dublin, was presented, and read; and a 
Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by 
Mr. Hatchell and Mr. Esmonde. 


The Order for referring the Petition for the Isle Isle of Wight 
of Wight Ferry Bill to the Select Committee on Fey: 
Standing Orders, was read, and discharged. 

Ordered, ‘Vhat the said Petition be referred back 
to the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills. 

Ordered, That the Examiner have leave to sit and 
proceed forthwith. 


A Bill for repairing and maintaining certain Ludlow Rosds 
Roads at and near Ludlow, in the County of Salop, Bill 
known as the Ludlow First Turnpike Trust, the 

Ludlow Second Turnpike Trust, and the Cainham 

Trust, and for placing such Roads under the same 
Management, 





thereinafter mentioned, for leave to bring in a Bill Hatfield Road, 

















































































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


A Bill for incorporating a Company, under the 


idstone 
Water Bil. Title of “The Maidstone Spring Water Company,” 
for better supplying with Water the Inhabitants of 
the Municipal Borough of Maidstone and of certain 
neighbouring Parishes, was read the first time; and 
ordered to be read a second time. 
Vale of A Bill for making a Railway from the Shrews- 
Llangollen = Sury and Chester Section of the Great Western 
Railway Bill. Railway, near Ruabon, in the County of Denbigh, 
to the on of Llangollen, in the same County, and 
for other purposes, was read the first time; and or- 
dered to be read a second time. 
South Dur- A Bill to enable the South Durham and Lanca- 
ham and shire Union Railway Company to deviate their 
Coad authorized Line of Railway; to carry their Line 
way Bill. over a certain Road by a level Crossing ; and to con- 
struct a Road for providing better access to the 
Railway at or near to Barnard Castle, and for other 
purposes, was read the first time ; and ordered to be 
read a second time. 
Hertford, A Bill for authorizing the Hertford, Luton and 
— = Dunstable Railway Company to raise further Ca- 
Railway Bil, pital for the purposes of the Hertford Section of 
their Railway, and for extending the period for the 
Completion of the Luton Section of their Railway, 
aud for other purposes, was read the first time ; ‘and 
ordered to be read a second time. 
Central Wales _ A Bill for making a Railway from Knighton to 
Railway Bill. Llandrindod, in the County of Radnor, to be called 
“The Central Wales Railway,” and for other pur- 
poses, was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time. 
Tenbury A Bill for making a Railway from the Woofferton 
Railway Bill. Station of the Shrewsbury and Hereford Railway, 
in the County of Hereford, to a Point near Tenbury, 
in the County of Worcester, and for other purposes, 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time. 
Findhorn A Bill for making a Railway from the Jnverness 
Railway Bill. and Aberdeen Junction Railway, at or near Kinloss, 
to Findhorn, was read the first time; and ordered 
to be read a second time. 
Kirkwall Har. A Bill for enlarging, improving and maintaining 
bour Bill. the Harbour of the Burgh of Kirkwall, in the County 
of Orkney, and for other purposes, was read the 
first time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 
Norwich A Bill for regulating the Capital and Borrowing 
ny) Water Powers of the Gity of Norwich Waterworks Com- 
pany, and for making better Provision against the 
waste of Water supplied by them, and for other pur- 
poses, was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time. 
Poole and A Bill for better supplying with Water the Towns 
enenth of Poole and Bournemouth, and Places adjacent 
. thereto, and for other urposes, was read the first 
time; and ordered to be read a second time. 
Border Union A Bill to authorize the North British Railway 
(North Bri- 


- Company to make a Railway fiom their Hawick 

Bi always Line we Port Carlisle oles, near Cariisle, 
with divers Branches therefrom, and for other pur- 

poses, was read the first time; and ordered to be 

read a second time. 


North British A Bill to amalgamate the Selkirk and Galashiels 


aide ten Railway Company with the North British Railway 
Railway Com. COmpany, and for other purposes, was read the first 
Penies Bill, time; and ordered to be read a second time, 


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29 


A Bill for building and maintaining a Pier in the Fishguard 
Harbour of Fishguard, in the County of Pembroke ; —o ‘ 
and making and constructing a Road and Quay in — 


extension of the present Quay, in the Town of fish- 


guard, and deepening and otherwise improving the 


said Harbour, was read the first time; and ordered 
to be read a second time. 


A Bill to authorize the laying and levying of Mersey Docks, 
Poor’s Rates or other Local Rates upon the Mersey Liverpool, and 
Docks and Harbour Board, in respect of their Docks Cupuaetian 
aifd other Property belonging to them in the Parish Property 


of Liverpool, and certain other Townships and Rating Bill, 


Places ; and also to extinguish the partial Exemp- 
tion of the Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses of the 
Borough of Liverpool from Rateability to the Relief 
of the Poor, and for other purposes, was read the 
first time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


A Bill to afford facilities for the raising Funds for Bridport 
the Compietion of the Bridport Railway, and to Railway Bill. 
authorize the Lease thereof to the Great Western 

Railway Company, was read the first time; and 

ordered to be.read a second time. 


A Bill for establishing Railway Communication Bedford, 
between Bedford and Cambridge, and for other pur- Potton and 
poses, was read the first time; and ordered to be Railway Bill 


read a second time. 


A Bill for continuing the Term and amending and Blaékburn 
extending the Provisions of the Act relating to 24 Preston 
the Blackburn and Preston Turnpike-road, and for bodes Bill 
constructing a Bridge over the River Ribble in con- 

nexion therewith, and for other purposes, was read 

the first time; and ordered to be read a second 

time. 


A Bill for establishing Railway Communication Epping 
between Loughton, Epping and Chipping Ongar, in Railways Bill. 
the County of Essex, and for other purposes, was 
read the first time ; and ordered to be read a second 
time. 


A Bill to extend the Time for making the Hamp- Hampstead 
stead Junction Railway ; to authorize certain Devia- Junction 
tions in the Line thereof, and for other purposes, was ey 
read the first time ; and ordered to be read a second 
time. 


A Bill to alter and amend the Acts relating to the Lands Im- 
Lands Improvement Company, was read the first | tay 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time. ad 


A Bill to authorize an Extension of the Llanidloes Lianidloes 
and Newtown Railway, near Newtown, to the Shrop- 284 Newtown 
shire Union Canal; and to enable the Llanidloes ay ae 
and Newtown Railway Company to raise a further 
Sum of Money, and to lease their Undertaking, and 
for other purposes, was read the first time; and 
ordered to be read a second time. 


A Bill for making Railways from Llanidloes, in Manchester, 
the County of Montgomery, to Newbridge, in the Pieenes aage 4 
County of Radnor, and Llandovery, in the County j,i1fora Haven 
af Carmarthen, to be called “ The Manchester, Li- Junction _ 
verpool, Swansea and Milford Haven Junction Rail- B4ilway Bill. 
way,” and for other purposes, was read the first 


time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


A Bill to enable the Zondon and North Western London and 
Railway Company to make a new Line of Railway North Western 
from Batley to Adwalton, in the West Riding of the (Baskey to 
County of York, and for other purposes, was read Adwalton) 


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


A Bill for enabling the London and North Wes- London and 
tern Railway Company to construct a Railway from —— 
Denton to Stalybridge, and other Works; and to (enon to 


acquire additional Lands in the Counties of Lan- Stalybridge) 





Vox. 114. 


E3 caster, 























London and 
North Western 
Railway 
(Extensions 


30 70 Februari. 


caster. Chester and Northampton, and for other pur- 
poses, was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time. 


A Billto enable the Landon and North Western 
Railway Company to make new Lines of Railway 
between Dewsbury, Ossett, and the Bradford, Wake- 


~ cre &amp;e.) fieldand Leeds Railway, and a Branch at Wakefield, 


Londonderry 
Bridge Bill. 


North Eastern 
Railway 
(Nidd Valley 
Branch) Bill. 


North Eastern 
Railway 
(Harrogate 
Branches) Bill. 


West London 
Railway Bill. 


Beckenham 
and Sydenhain 
Junction 
Railway Bill, 


Burton-upon- 
Trent Bridge 
Bill. 


Dartmouth 
and Torbay 
Railway Bill. 


East Kent 
Railway Com- 
pany Bill. 


Falmouth 
Docks and 
Harbour Bill. 


Herne Bay ani 
Faversham 
Railway 
(Margate Ex- 
tension) Bill. 


King’s Lynn 
Borough and 
Port and 
Harbour Im- 
rovement 


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


A Bill to repeal the existing Acts relating to the 
Bridge over the River Foyle, at Londonderry; to au- 
thorize the Removal of the existing Bridge, and the 


Construction of a new Bridge, with Approaches | 


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


A Bill to enable the North Eastern Railway Com- 
pany to makea Branch from their Leeds and Thirsk 
Railway to Pateley Bridge, to acquire additional 
Lands, and for other purposes, was read the first 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


A Bill to enable the North Eastern Railway Com- 
pany to construct Branch Railways for the purpose 
of uniting their Leeds and Thirsk and Church Fenton 
and Harrogate Railways, and for other purposes, 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time. 


A Bill for enabling the West London Railway 
Company to construct new Lines of Railway, a 
Dock, and other Works in connexion with their 
Undertaking ; to convert and appropriate part of the 
Kensington Canal, 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 Line of the 
West End of Zondon and Crystal Palace Railway 
Company at Beckenham, to the London, Brighton 
and South Coast Railway at Sydenham, and for 
other purposes connected therewith, was read the 
first time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


A Bill for the building of a new Bridge across 
the River 7rent, ut Burton-upon-Trent, and the 
taking down and removing of “ The Great Bridge 
of Burton-upon-Trent,” and for other purposes, was 
read the first time ; and ordered to be read a second 
time. 


A Bill to authorize the Dartmouth and Torbay 
Railway Company to alter a part of their Line ot 
Railway, and for other purposes, was read the first 
time; and ordered to be read a second time. 


A Bill to change the Name of the East Kent 
Railway Company, and for other purposes connected 
with their Undertaking, was read the first time ; and 
ordered to be read a second time. 


A Bill for making Docks and other Works in 
Faimouth Harbour, in the County of Cornwall, and 
for other purposes, was read the first time; and 
ordered to be read a second time. 


A Bill to enable the Herne Bay and Faversham 
Railway Company to extend their Railway to AMar- 
gate, to change their Name, and for other purposes 
connected with their Undertaking, was read the first 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


A Bill for making further Provision for the better 
Supply of Water to the Borough of King’s Lynn 
and adjacent Districts; for regulating the Markets 
and Fairs of the Borough and the Port and Harbour 
thereof; for the Improvement and Regulation of the 


A, 1859. 


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


A Bill to repeal an Act of the ninth year of the Leeds ana 
reign of King George the Fourth, for making a Hunslet Row 
Turnpike Road from the Township of Hunslet across ~ 
the thiver Aire to the Township of Leeds, 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 London, Brighton and South London, 
Coast Railway Company to make certain Alterations a and 
in their existing and authorized Railways; to make Railway Bil 
a new Railway at Worwood ; to acquire additional 
Lands for Station accommodation ; and to purchase 
or take on Lease other Undertakings, and for other 
purposes, was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time. 


A Bill for authorizing the Zondon and South London and 
Western Railway Company to make new Works, en 
° i y Bill. 
and to acquire and make Arrangements respecting 
the Stokes ay Railway and the Portsmouth Rail- 
way and other Undertakings; and to raise further 
Funds, and create Annuities, and for other purposes, 
was read the first time ; and ordered to be read a 
second time. 


A Bill to authorize the Mersey Docks and Har- Mersey Docs 
hour Board to raise a further Sum of Money for 204 Harbow 
Works at Liverpool, was read the first time; and - 
ordered to be read a second time. 


A Bill to incorporate a Company for making Merthyr, 
Railways to supply Communication to the District a 
between Merthyr and Abergavenny, and for other Railway Bil 
purposes, was read the first time ; and ordered to be 


read a second time. 


A Bill for making a Dock, with other Conve- Portsmouth . 
niences, in the Camber, at Portsmouth, and a Rail- New Docks 
way or Tramway in connexion with the same, and = a 
for other purposes, was read the first time; and 


ordered to be read a second time. 


A Bill for making a Railway from the Zondon Ringwood, 
and South Western Railway, in the Parish of Christchurch 
Ringwood, to Christchurch, and an Approach Road ant oe 
at Christchurch, all in the County of Southampton, way Bill. 
and for other purposes, was read the first time; and 
ordered to be read a second time. 


A Bill for making a Railway to Sevenoaks, and Sevenoaks 
for otiier purposes connected therewith, was read the Railway Bil 
first time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 








A Bill for making a Pier in Swanage Bay, in the Swanage 
County of Dorset, and a Railway or Tramway in eg 
_conrexion therewith, and for other purposes, was - 
_read the first time; and ordered to be read a second 

time. 


| A Bill to enable the Swansea Vale Railway Com- Swansea Vale 
| pany to raise further Money, and for other purposes, Railway 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
| second time. 
_ A Bill forauthorizing divers Arrangements between Vale of Neath 
the Vale of Neath Railway Company and other Com- Railway Bill 
— having Railways or other Works near to the 
Vale of Neath Railway, and for regulating the 

Capital and Borrowing Powers of the Company, 
| 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 Midland Mountsorrdl 
Railway to or near the Town of Mountsorrel, in the Railway Bil 
County of Leicester, was read the first time; and 
ordered to be read a second time. a Ban 

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Wake 
and L 


ford a 
Halifi 
tion I 


Eif 





lasgow 


orporation 


avistock 


Markets, 
Streets and 


mprovement 


Caterham 
Railway Bill. 
Wirral Water 
ocks Hie Bill. 
our 
Birkenhead, 
Lancashire 
and and Cheshire 
nny Junction Rail- 
Bill FB way Bill. 
ith . Bradford, 
ks Wakefield 
vay and Leeds 
Railway Bill. 
d, 
urch Leeds, Brad- 
ne- ford and 
ail- Halifax Junc- 
) tion Railway 
Bill. 
8 
Bill 
Manchester, 
Sheffield and 
hire 
Railway (Sale 
and or Lease) Bill. 
Vale 
Bill 
Midland 
Railway Bill 
Neath 
Bill 
South Star. 
fordshire 
Waitway Bill 
rrel 
Bill 








29 Vicrorifz. 


A Bill to repeal an Act passed in the eleventh | 
year of the reign of King George the Fourth, chapter 
110, intituled, “ An Act for more effectually repair- | 
ing the Road from Carlisle to Penrith, and from 
Penrith to Eamont Bridge, in the County of Cum- 
berland,’ and to make other Provisions in lieu | 
thereof, was read the first time; and ordered to be | 
read a second time. 


| 
| 





A Bill to authorize the Commissioners of the 
Glasgow Corporation Waterworks to raise a further 
J Pp 
Sum of Money; and to amend “ The Glasgow | 
Corporation Waterworks Act, 1855,” was read the 
I ? ’ 
first time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


A Bill for constructing Market-houses and other 
Buildings, and making Market-places, and for better 
regulating and maintaining the Markets and Fairs in 
or near the Town of Tavistock; and for opening a 
new Street, and otherwise improving the said Town, | 
and for other purposes, was read the first time ; and 
ordered to be read a second time. | 

A Bill for the Transfer of the Caterham Railway 
to the South Eastern Railway Company, and for | 
other purposes, was read the first time ; and ordered | 
to be read a second time. 


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rizing the South Staffordshire 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 enabling the Stockton and Darlington Stockton and 


Railway Company to make new Railways and other 
Works in the County of Durham, and in the North 
Riding of the County of York, and for other pur- 
poses, was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time. 


Darlington 
Railway Bill. 


A Bill to enable the Zancashire and Yorkshire Lancashire 


Railway Company to construct Branch Railways 
from Oldham to Rochdale and Royton, in the County 
of Lancaster, and for other purposes, was read the 
first time; and ordered to be read a second time. 


A Bill for making better Provision for the Ap- 
pointment and Election of Trustees for executing 
the Acts for the Improvement and Regulation of the 
Port, Harbour and Town of Whitehaven, and for 
other purposes, was read the first time ; and ordered 
to be read a second time. 


A Bill for making Railways from Pembroke Dock 
to Tenby, and from Pembroke Dock to the Pier at 
Hobb's Point, in the County of Pembroke, was read 


and Yorkshire 


Railway 


(Rochdale 
and Royton 


Branches) Bill. 


Whitehaven 
Port, Harbour 


and Town Bill. 


South Wales, 
Pembroke 

and Tenby 
Junction Rail- 


A Bill for better supplying with Water parts of} the first time; and ordered to be read a second way Bill. 


the Parishes of Bebington and Woodchurch, in the | 
County of Chester, and for other purposes, was read | 

ke . e | 
the first time; and ordered to be reada second time. | 


time. 


A Bill for regulating and improving the Town and 


| Parish of Richmond, in the County of Surrey, was 


A Billto authorize the Birkenhead, Lancashire 
and Cheshire Junction Railway Company to make a 
Railway from Hooton to Helsby, with Branches to 
Ellesmere Port and Tranmere Pool, and for other 
purposes, was read the first time; and ordered to 
be read a second time. 


A Bill to authorize the Bradford, Wakefield ani 
Leeds Railway Company to construct a Branch 
Railway to Meth/ey, 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. 


A Bill to authorize the Leeds, Bradford and 
Halifax Junction Railway Company to construct a 
Branch Railway to the Lancashire and Yorkshire 
Railway at Bradford, 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. 


A Bill to authorize Arrangements between the 
Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire, Great Nor- 
thern, London and North Western, Midland, Zan- 
cashire and Yorkshire, and East Lancashire Railway 
Companies, or any of them, with reference to the 
Sale or Lease of the Manchester, Sheffield and Lin- 
colushire Undertaking, and the user of the Railways | 
of those respective Companies, or some of them, and | 


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


A Bill for enabling the Dundee and Perth and 
Aberdeen Railway Junction Company to improve 


\the Dundee and Newtlyle Railway, and for other 


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


A Bill for making a Railway from West Cowes to 
Newport, in the Is/e of Wight, and for other pur- 
poses, was read the first time; and ordered to be 


| read a second time. 


A Bill for authorizing the Lymington Railway 
Company to acquire the Ferry across the Lymington 
River, and to provide Steam Vessels, and to raise 
further Capital, and for other purposes, was reac 
the first time; aud ordered to be read a second 
time. 


A Bill for authorizing the Border Counties Rail- 
way Company to make and maintain the Liddesdale 
Section of their Railway, and Deviations from the 
Line of the North J'ynxe Section of their Railway, 
and to raise further Capital, and for other purposes, 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time. 


A Bill for better supplying with Water ihe Town 


Richmond 
Improvement 
Bill. 


Dundee and 
Newtyle 
Railway Bil? 


Cowes and 
Newport (Isle 
of Wight) 
Railway Bill. 


Lymington 
Railway Bill. 


Border Coun- 
ties Railway 
ill. 


Eastbourne 


for other purposes, was read the first time; and | of Eastbourne, and Places adjacent thereto, in the Water Bill. 


ordered to be read a second time. 


A Bill for enabling the Midland Railway Com- 
any to make an Extension of their Erewash Valley 
ine, and certain new Branches at or near Burton- 

upon-Trent; to acquire additional Lands in the | 
County of Leicester, and for other purposes, was | 
read the first time ; and ordered to be read a second 
time. 


A Bill for authorizing the acquisition of Lands by 
the South Staffordshire Railway Company, and the 
Transfer to them of a Tramway of the Birmingham 
Canal Company ; and for authorizing a Lease of the 
South Staffordshire Undertaking to the London and 
North Western Railway Company; and for autho- 





Vou. 114. 


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


A Bill for the Completion of the Gateshead Quay, 
in the Borough of Gateshead, and for authorizing 
Arrangements with the North Eastern Railway 
Company with respect to the user of parts thereof, 
and for other purposes, was read the first time; and 
ordeved to be read a second time. 


A Bill to authorize the Construction of Docks 
and other Works on the South Shore of the River 
Thames, to be called “The Greenwich and South 
Eastern Docks,” was read the first time; and or- 


dered to be read a second time. 


E4 A Bill 


Gateshead 
Quay Bill. 


Greenwich 
and South 
Eastern Docks 
Bill, 















Kingsbridge 
and South 
Devon Rail- 
way Bill. 


Liverpool 
Stations June- 
tion Railway 
Bill. 


London Bridge 
and Charing 
Cross Railway 
Bill. 


Somerset 
Central Rail- 
way Bill. 


Wansbeck 
Railway Bill. 


Burton-upon- 
Trent Railway 
Bill. 


Banff, Mac- 
duff and 
Turriff Junc- 
tion Railway 
Bill. 


Cleveland 
Railway Bill. 


32 


A Bill for making a Railway from Kingsbridge to 
the South Devon Railway, at or near to the Kings- 
bridge Road Station, to be called “ The Kingsbridge 
and South Devon Railway,” and for other purposes, 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time. 


A Bill for making Railways between the joint 
Line of the Lancashire and Yorkshire and East 
Lancashire Railway Companies at Wa/ton-on-the- 
Hill, the London and North Western Railway at 
Wavertree, and the Saint Helen’s Railway near 
Garston, to be called “The Liverpool Stations 
Junction Railway,” and for other purposes, was 
read the first time ; and ordered to be read a second 
time. 


A Bill for making and maintaining of the London 
Bridge and Charing Cross Railway, and for other 
purposes, was read the first time; and ordered to 
be read a second time. 


A Bill for authorizing the Somerset Central Rail- 
way Company to lay down Narrow Gauge Lines of 
Rails on their Railway ; and to raise further Funds ; 
and for regulating their Capital and Borrowing 
Powers, and for other purposes, was read the first 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


A Bill for the making and maintaining of the 
Wansbech Railway from Morpeth toa Junction with 
the North Jyne Section of the Border Counties 
Railway, and with Branches to Junctions with the 
Morpeth Branch of the Blyth and Tyne Railway, 
and the Main Line of the North Eastern Railway, 
respectively, and for other purposes, was read the 
first time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


A Bill to authorize the Construction of Railways 
in the Parish and Neighbourhood of Burton-upon- 
Trent, and the rebuilding of the Bridge over the 
Trent, in the same Parish, and for other purposes 
in relation thereto, was read the first time; and 
ordered to be read a second time. 


A Bill to grant further Powers to “The Banff, 
Macduff and Turriff Junction Railway Company,” 
and to change the Name of the Company, was read 
the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
time. 


A Bill to authorize the Cleveland Railway Com- 


pany to extend their Railway from near the Town 


. of Guisbrough to the River Tees, and for other pur- 


Cork Harbour 
Reclamation 
Bill. 


Colne Valley 
and Halstead 
Railway Bill. 


Fast Suffolk 
Railway Bill. 


formartine 
and Buchan 
Railway Bill. 


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


A Bill for reclaiming certain portions of the Mud 
or Slob within the Harbour of Cork, was read the 
first time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


A Bill to enable the Colne Valley and Halstead 
Railway Company to extend their Railway from 
Halstead, in Essex, to the Audley End Station of 
the Eastern Counties Railway, in the same County, 
and for other purposes relating to the same Com- 
pany, was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time. 


A Bill to enable the East Suffolk Railway Com- 
pany to extend their Railway to A/dborough, in the 
County of Suffolk, and for other purposes, was read 
the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
time. 


A Bill to enable the Formartine and Buchan 
Railway Company to divert their Railway near 
Ellon, and to abandon the Branch to Ellon, was 

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





7° Februari. 








A, 1859. 


A Bill to alter and consolidate the Acts relating Great North 
to the Great North of Scotland Railway Company ; a 
to regulate and define the Company’s Capital, and ay Bill 
for other parposes, was read the first time ; and or- 
dered to be read a second time. 


A Bill to facilitate the Communication between Great 
the Great Northern Railway and the North London Northern 
Railway; to improve the Station of the Great ®#!way Bil 
Northern Railway at King’s Cross; and to enable 
the Great Northern Railway Company to make 
Arrangements with regard to certain parts of their 
Capital, and that of the East Lincolnshire Railway 
Company, was read the first time; and ordered to 
be read a second time, 


A Bill to provide additional Dock Accommoda- Kingston. 
tion at Kingston-upon- Hull, and for the more efficient 5 a 
Regulation and Management of the Docks, and for °°" . 
other purposes, was read the first time ; and ordered 
to be read a second time. 


A Bill for making a Road from Llanrwst to Aber- Llanrwst ant 
gele, and two Branch Roads thereout, in the Counties a 
of Denbigh and Caernarvon, was read the first time ; 
and ordered to be read a second time. 


A Bill for the Amalgamation of the East Zanca- Lancashire 
shire Railway Company with the Lancashire and — 
Yorkshire Railway Company, and for other pur- Lancashire 
poses, was read the first time; and ordered to be Railway Com 


read a second time. panies Bill. 


A Bill to enable the Lancashire and Yorkshire Lancashire 
Railway Company to extend their Railway from en 
Thornhill to the Bradford, Wakefield and Leeds (Ossett and 
Railway, in the Township of Stanley-cum-Wren- Dewsbury 
thorpe, in the Parish of Wakefield, and also to Branches)Bil 
Dewsbury, all in the West Riding of Yorkshire, and 
for other purposes, was read the first time; and 
ordered to be read a second time. 


A Bill to grant further Powers to the Leominster Leominster 
and Kington Railway Company, was read the first #4 Kington 
’ ’ . Railway Bil. 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


A Bill to authorize the London, Brighton and Leatherhead 
South Coast Railway Company to make a Railway 84 Dorking 
from the Epsom and Leatherhead Railway, at Lea- (No. 1) Bll 
therhead, to the Reading, Guildford and Reigate 
Railway, at Dorking, all in the County of Surrey, 
and for other purposes, was read the first time; and 
ordered to be read a second time. 


A Bill to authorize the Construction of a Railway Liverpool, 
from Liverpool to the Neighbourhood of Garston, Garston a 
= ; a . Allerton 
in Lancashire, was vead the first time ; and ordered a ijway Bil. 


to be read a second time. 


A Bill to alter, amend and enlarge the Provi- Metropolitan 
sions of the Acts relating to the Metropolitan Rail- Ralway 
way; to authorize the Alteration and Relinquish- ve) Bill. 
ment of certain of the Works ; and to make further 
Provision with reference to the Construction of such 
Railway, and for other purposes, was read the first 


time; and ordered to be read a second time. 


A Bill for making a Railway from Much Wen- Much beg 
lock, in the County of Salop, to communicate with peat Hs 
the Severn Valley Railway and the River Severn, in tion Railway 
the same County, was read the first time; and Bill 


ordered to be read a second time. 


A Bill for making a Railway from the London, Norwood and 
Brighton and South Coast Railway, near the Nor- oamnay 
wood Station, to the West End of Zondon and 
Crystal Palace Railway, near Balham Hill, all in the 
County of Survey, was read the first time; and 
ordered to be read a second time. aia 

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Norwich and =» A Bill to enable the Norwich and Spalding Rail- 
my pul. Way Company to extend their Railway from Hol- 


beach to Sutton Bridge, in Lincolnshire, was read 
the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
time. ° 


Oldham, A Bill to facilitate the Construction of the Old- 

Ashton-under- jam, Ashtun-under-Lyne and Guide Bridge Junc- 
yne and ° ° . Fs 

Guide Bridge tion Railway, was read the first time ; and ordered 
Junction Rail- to be read a second time. 

way (Contri- 

bution of 

Funds, &amp;c. ) 

Bill. 


Oldham, A Bill for enabling the Lancashire and Yorkshire 
Ashton-under- Railway Company to exercise certain Powers with 
Lede Bridge relation to the Oldham, Ashton-under-Lyne and 
Junction Rail- Guide Bridge Junction Railway, was read the first 


way (Working time; and ordered to be read a second time. 
of Line, &amp;c.) 
Bill. 


South York- A Bill to amend the Acts relating to the South 

ee Yorkshire Railway and River Dun Company, and 

Company Bill. to regulate the Crossing of certain Roads by the 
Railway of the Company, was read the first time ; 
and ordered to be read a second time. 


Guniationd A Bill to enable the Sunderland and South 

and South =" Shields Water Company to extend their Works 

_— and obtain a further Supply of Water, and to raise 
additional Capital, and for other purposes, was read 
the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
time. 

Shepton A Bill for more effectually supplying with Water 


— Water the Town of Shepton Mallet, and the Neighbour- 
hood thereof, in the County of Somerset, was read 
the first time; and ordered to be read a second 


time. 
Oxford, Wor- A Bill to authorize the Oxford, Worcester and 
all Wolverhampton Railway Company to extend their 
ton Railway Kingswinford Branch, and to alter certain parts of 
Bill their Main Line of Railway, and to carry into 
effect an Agreement with the Great Western Rail- 
way Company for the Completion of the Main Line 
on the Narrow Gauge only, and for other purposes, 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time. 
+ hil A Bill to amend the Provisions of the Tyne Im- 
Bil ens provement Acts, and to authorize the Tyne \m- 
—— Commissioners to vary the Line of the 
orthern Pier at the Mouth of the River, and for 
other purposes, was read the first time ; and ordered 
to be read a second time. 
ae . A Bill to enable the Victoria Station and Pimlico 
Pimlico Rai. Failway Company to widen their Railway, and 
way Bill. provide additional Station Accommodation, and to 
enter into Arrangements with certain other Com- 
panies with reference to the use of the Railway 
and Stations of the Company, was read the first 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 
van ai. 4 Bill to enable the Waveney Valley Railway 
way Bill, Company to extend their Railway from Harleston 
tu Bungay and Ditchingham, and for other pur- 
poses relating to the same Company, was read the 
first time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 
a. A Bill to enable the Worcester and Hereford 
Railway Bil, Railway Company to make a Branch Railway to 
the Severn at Worcester, and to enlarge their 
Station at Hereford, and for other purposes, was 
read the first time ; and ordered to be read a second 
time. 
al A Bill to transfer the Warrington and Stockport 
Railway Bil, Railway to certain Companies, was read the first 


time; and ordered to be read a second time. 
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33 


A Bill for vesting the Sunderland Docks in the Wear Navi- 
Commissioners of the River Wear; for enabling | newer 
the Commissioners to execute certain Works; for Docks Bill. 
amending the Provisions of the Acts relating to the 
Docks and River, and for other purposes, was read 
the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
time. 


A Bill to alter, amend and enlarge the Powers Weymouth 
and Provisions of “ The Weymouth and Melcombe So bnerhete 
Regis Markets and Pier Act, 1854,” was read the and Pier Bill. 


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


A Bill for altering, amending and enlarging the Weston-super- 
Powers of the Acts relating to the Improvement Mare Im- a 
and Market of the Town of Weston-super-Mare, in nie 
the County of Somerset; for the Regulation of 
Boatmen plying for Hire within the Town; and for 
constructing a Sewer to the River Aze, in the 
Parish of Uphill, in the same County, was read the 


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


A Bill to authorize the London and North Wes- London and 
tern Railway Company to use certain Stations and North Western 
‘ on . Railway (Ar- 
Railways at Burton-upon-Trent, and to enter into rangements) 
Agreements with certain other Railway Companies, Bill. 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 


second time. 


A Bill for authorizing Working and Traffic Ar- London and 
. ih North Western 
rangements between the London and North Wes- ana other 
tern, Great Northern, and Manchester, Sheffield Railway 
and Lincolnshire Railway Companies, and for other Companies 
‘ ; Working and 
purposes, was read the first time; and ordered to be "pramic ar- 


read a second time. rangemerts) 
Bill. 


A Bill to enable the Caledonian Railway Company Caledonian 
to make Branch Railways to the Wilsontown Mi- Railway Bill. 
neral Field, 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 Caledonian Carlisle, 
Railway, near Mossband in Cumberland, to the Langholm and 
North British Railway at Hawick, with Branches way Bil, 
to Gretna Junction Station and to Canobie Col- 
liery, and for other purposes, was read tive first time ; 


and ordered to be read a second time. 


A Bill to authorize the raising of a further Sum Castle Douglas 
of Money for the Completion of the Castle Douglas Reilway Bale 
and Dumfries Railway, and to sanction a Deviation 
from the authorized Line of that Railway, was read 
the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
time. 


A Bill to repeal the Acts relating to the Lawton, Lawior, _ 
Burslem and Newcastle-under- Lyme Turnpike-roads, Bursiem-and 
i es Newcastle- 
and to consolidate and amend the Provisions ynder-Lyme 
thereof, was read the first time; and ordered to be Roads Bill. 


read a second time. 


A Bill to consolidate and amend the Acts relating Scottish _ 
to the Scottish Central Railway, was read the first ae 
time; and ordered to be read a second time. y : 


A Bill to authorize the Construction of Railways Breconshire 
from Brecon to Ahergavenny, in the County of — and 
: . anal (No. 1) 
Monmouth, with a Branch to Brynmawr, in the piy, 
County of Brecon, and for that purpose to convert 
parts of the Brecknock and Abergavenny Canal into 
a Railway, and for other purposes, was read the 


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


A Bill enabling the Company of Proprietors of Breconshire 
the Breconshire and Abergavenny Canal Navigation Railway and 
to sell their Undertaking, and enabling them to-gir! (No. 2) 
discontinue parts of the same Navigation, was read 
the first time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


F A Bill 















Birmingham, 
Erdington and 
Sutton Cold- 
field Railway 
Bill, 


Silverdale and 
Newcastle- 
under-Lyme 
Railway Bill. 


Malitraeth 
and Corsddau- 
gau Marsh 
Bill. 


Whitehaven 
Harbour and 
Town Bill. 


Hooton and 
Neston 
Railway Bill. 


Stokes Bay 
Railway and 
Pier Bill. 


Great Western 
and Brentford 
Railway Bill. 


Woolwich 
Exempton Bill. 


Hinckley and 
Melbourne 
Roads Bill. 


Droitwich 
Roads Bill. 


Carmarthen 
and Cardigan 
Railway Bill 


$4. 


A Bill to authorize the Construction of a Rail- 
way from the Midland Railway to Sutton Coldfield, 
in the County of Warwick, was read the first time ; 
and ordered to be read a second time. 


A Bill to authorize the Maintenance and Use of 
the Silverdale and Newcustle-under-Lyme Railway, 
and the Use of the Extension Railway tothe New- 
castle-under-Lyme Canal, 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 Acts for 
inclosing, embanking and.draining the Marsh, called 
Malltraeth and Corsddaugau, in the County of An- 

lesey, and to provide for the Maintenance of the 
= seaert and Drainage, and for other pur- 
poses, was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time. 


A Bill for transferring the Government of the 
new Limits of the Harbour of Whitehaven, in the 
County of Cumberland, to the Harbour Trustees ; 
and for the Alteration of certain Rates and Duties 
payable in respect of the said Harbour and in the 
‘Vown of Whitehaven, was read the first time ; and 
ordered tv be read a second time. 


A Bill for making a Railway from Hooton, in the 
County of Chester, to Great Neston, in the same 
County, to be called “ The Hooton and Neston 
Railway,” and for other purposes, was read the first 
time; and ordered to be read a second time. 


A Bill to lease the Stokes Bay Railway and Pier 
to the London and South Western Railway Com- 
pany, and to amalgamate the Stokes Bay Railway 
and Pier and the Jsle of Wight Ferry Companies, 
and for other purposes, was read the first time; 
and ordered to be read a second time. 


A Bill for authorizing a Lease of the Great 
Western and Brentford Railway, and the Docks 
and Works connected therewith, to the Great West- 
ern Railway Company, and for other purposes, was 
read the first time ; and ordered to be read a second 
time. 


A Bill to exempt the Parish of Woolwich from 
being rated by the Metropolitan Board of Works 
except for the Main Drainage of the Metropolis, 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time. 


A Bill to repeal an Act passed in the tenth year 
of the reign of his Majesty King George the 
Fourth, intituled, “ An Act for repairing the Road 
from Hinckley to Melbourne Common, and other 
Roads communicating therewith in the Counties of 
Leicester and Derby,” and granting more effectual 
Powers in lieu thereof, was read the first time; and 
ordered to be read a second time. 


A Bill to repeal an Act passed in the fifth year 
of the reign of his Majesty King George the Fourth, 
intituled, “An Act for widening, improving and 
maintaining the Turnpike-road leading from the 
City of Worcester through Droitwich to Spadis- 
bourne Bridge, within the Parish of Bromsgrove, 
in the County of Worcester, and other Roads therein 
mentioned,” and for granting more effectual Powers 
in lieu thereof, was read the first time; and ordered 
to be read a second time. 


A Bill to enable “The Carmarthen and Cardigan 
Railway pony ” to construct their Railway upen 
the Narrow Gauge, commencing in the Parish of 


Saint Peter, in the County of the Borough of 
Carmarthen, and terminating in the Parish of Llan- 





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A. 1859. 


geller, in the County of Carmarthen, was read the 
first time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


A Bill for authorizing the Bury Saint Edmund's Bury Saint 
Gas Company to raise further Capital, and for re- yy 
gulating their Capital, and for other purposes, was 
read the first time; and ordered to be read a second 


time. 


A Petition of Holders of Bonds granted by the Westminster 
Westminster Improvement Commission, for leave I™mpreve- 
to bring in a Bill for amending the Constitution of ™ 
the Westminster Improvement Commission, and for 
facilitating Leases and Sales of Lands mortgaged 
by the Westminster Improvement Commissioners, 
and for winding up the Affairs of the Commission 
through the Court of Chancery, and for other pur- 
poses, was presented, and read; and a Bill was 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. John 
Alexander Kinglake and Mr. Tite. 


A Petition of the Lilanidloes and Newtown poop nl 
Railway Company, praying that Provision may be *¢*¢ 
made in the Lilien out Newtown Railway Bill —- 
for Extension of Time for making a Portion of the 
Railway, authorized by the Act of 1856, was pre- 
sented, and read; and referred to the Examiners of 
Petitions for Private Bills. 


Several Public Petitions were presented, and Public 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. Petitions, 
Vide First 
Report. 
Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer presented, by Chancery 
Her Majesty’s Command,—Copy of Report of the —, 
Commissioners appointed to inquire into the Duties ae 3 
of the Officers and Clerks of the Court of Chancery 
in Ireland ; with Minutes of Evidence, &amp;c. 
Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 
Table. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant Oxford Uni- 
to the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new versity Writ 
Writ for the electing of a Burgess to serve in this 
present Parliament for the University of Oxford, in 
the room of the Right honourable William Ewart 
Gladstone, who, since his Election for the said 
University, hath accepted the Office of Lord High 
Commissioner of the Jonian Islands. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, an Schools 
Account, with Map, of all Schools for the Children (Wilts) 
of the Labouring Classes, arranged by Parishes, in 0. 27. 
the County of Wilts, by the Reverend William 
Warburton, M.A., one of Her Majesty’s Inspectors 
of Schools. 

Mr. Adderley accordingly presented the said 
Paper. 

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


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Army. 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this House, 
a Copy of General Circular of the Commander in 
Chief, Lord Hill, dated the 26th day of June 1837. 
Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty, by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Hops. 
Returns of the Number of Cwts. of Hops exported 
and imported ; of the Number of Cwts. of Foreign 
Hops charged with Duty for Home Consumption ; 
and of the Amount of Drawback paid upon British 
Hops exported, in each year from 1837 to 1858 in- 
clusive ; also showing the Declared Value of Beer 
exported, and the Drawback paid in respect 
thereof, in each of the same years :——And, of the 
Number 





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Number of Acres of Land under Cultivation for 
Hops, and Amount of Duty charged in each Collec- 
tion, in each year from 1837 to 1858 inclusive ; 
showing the Average Amount of Duty per Acre in 
each Collection’ for each year and for the whole 
series of years ; also showing whether the Acres in 
the different Collections are according to Statute or 
any Local or Customary Admeasurement; and 
distinguishing the Amount of Old Duty only ; and 
showing the Average Price of Barley in each of the 
same years. 





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Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Appointments. Copy of any Treasury Minutes in relation to the 
Appoimtment of a Successor to the late Assistant 
Secretary of the Treasury, and other Arrangements 
with regard to the Permanent Offices of the Depart- 
ment consequent thereon. 


African Mails. © Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Copy of Correspondence and Treasury Minutes in 
relation to any new Contract for the Conveyance of 
the African Mails, and especially in relation to the 
Change by which the Port of last Departure and 
first Arrival has been changed from Plymouth to 
Liverpool. 


Resolved, That 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 Persons appointed to Offices or Em- 
ployment under the Acts for abolishing the Eccle- 
siastical Courts, and the Salaries or Emoluments 
thereof, and of all Persons to whom Compensation 
has been awarded under the said Acts, and the 
Amount thereof, and the Age of each of such Per- 
sons, and the Situation previously filled by them, 
distinguishing such of them as have been appointed 
to any Office or Employment 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. 


Ecclesiastical 
Courts. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be added to the Return 
showing the Population of each County and Division 
of a County, and of each Borough, according to the 
Census of 1851, the Number of Electors, &amp;c., re- 
printed in June 1858, two additional Columns, the 
one showing the Population in each case according 
to the Census of 1841, and the other showing the 
computed probable Population on the completion 
of the eighth year since the last Census, namely, on 
23d March 1859, the computation to be made from 
a comparison of the most recent and authentic 
materials in the hands of the Registrar General ; 
and, in cases where no other materials exist, the 
computation to be made according to the ratio of 
the ascertained Annual Increase or Decrease, as the 
case may be, between the Population in 1841 and 
1851; and the Column showing the Number of 
Parliamentary Voters in each County and Borough 
.to be taken from the most recent Returns which 
exist, and to distinguish betwixt the Number of 
“ Freemen” in Boroughs and of other Electors. 

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


Population, 
&amp;e, 


East India 


—a Lord Stanley presented, pursuant to the direc- 


tions of an Act of Parliament,—A Return of all 
Stocks, Loans, Debts and Liabilities chargeable on 
the Eust India Revenues at Home and Abroad, up 
to the latest period of time to which such Return 
can be made out, viz., England, 31st December 1858; 
India, 30th April 1857. 

A Return of all Monies raised on Loan under the 
Provisions of the Act 21st Vic. c. 3. 


East India 
(Loan,) 


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35 
Ordered, That the said Returns do lie upon the 


Table. 


General Peel presented,—Return to an Address Sales of Stores 
to Her Majesty, dated the 26th day of June 1857, (Tower, &amp;c.) 
for Returns, in tabular form, of the Sales made at 

the Tower and the several Naval Yards of the Home 
Establishment, since the 1st day of January 1855 ; 

stating the Amount received for each Description 

of Store, with the Average Rate, and Number of 
Purchasers at each Sale. 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the military 
26th day of July, in the last Session of Parlia- Stores 
ment, for a Return of the Amount of the Contract “eland-) 
for the Carriage of Stores in Ireland. 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the Divine Service 
29th day of July, in the last Session of Parlia- (At™y-) 
ment, for a Return showing the Distribution of the 

Sum voted in the Army Estimates for the year 

1857, for Allowances to Officiating Clergymen for 
performing Divine Service to the Military at Home 

and Abroad, aud also of any Salaries or Allowances 

paid to Chaplains or Assistant Chaplains of Her 
Majesty’s Forces for their Services during the said 

year; stating the Religious Denomination to which 

each Clergyman belonged, the Office, Title and 

Service in virtue of which such Allowance or Pay- 

ment was made, and the Names and Distribution 

of the Religious Books paid for out of the Sum so 

voted (in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 

90, of Session 1858). 

Reiurn to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the Courts 
30th day of July, in the last Session of Parliament, Martial. 
for Returns of the Number of General Courts 
Martial held on Non-commissioned Officers and 
Privates respectively, during the last Five years, 
both at Home and Abroad :——And, of the Num- 
ber of District Courts Martial heid during the same 
period (in continuation of Return ordered the 27th 
July 1858). 

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


_ Mr. Hardy presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- Marriages 
mand,—Copy of Eighth Report of the Registrar (Ireland.) 
General of Marriages in Jreland, under the Provi- 

sions of the Act 7 &amp; 8 Vic. ¢. 81. 

Copy of Report on the Condition and Progress Queen’s 
of the Queen’s University in Jreland, from 1st Sep- University 
tember 1857 to 1st September 1858, by the Right es 
honourable Maziere Brady, Vice-Chancellor of the 
University. 

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


The following Papers, pursuant to the directions Lunacy. 
of an Act of Parliament, were laid upon the Table 
bv the Clerk of the House,—Return to the Lord 
Chancellor, under the Act 8 &amp; 9 Vic. c. 100, s. 88, 
of all Sums received by the several Commissioners 
in Lunacy for travelling and personal expenses 
during the year ending on the 31st December 
1858. 

Return to the Lord Chancellor, under the Act 
8 &amp; 9 Vic. c. 100, s. 88, of the Number of Visits 
made, the Number of Patients seen, and the Num- 
ber of Miles travelled by the several Commissioners 
in Lunacy, during the Six months ending on the 
30th June 1858. 

Return to the Lord Chancellor, under the Act 
8 &amp; 9 Vic. c. 100, s. 88, of the Number of Visits 
made, the Number of Patients seen, and the Number 
of Miles travelled by the several Commissioners 
in Lunacy, during the Six months ending on the 31st 
December 1858. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Hocquard Hocquard r, 
v. The Queen, Ship “ Newport,” which was pre- ahip = Bow 
sented upon the 2d day of August, in the last Ses- 





Vou. 114. 


port.” 
sion of Parliament, be printed. No. 28. 
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36 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Episcopal 
and Capitular Property (Metropolis), which was 
presented upon the 4th day of this instant February, 
be printed. 


Ep and 
Capit 


Property 
(Metropolis ) 
No. 29. 


Navy Ordered, That the Return relative to Navy (Pen- 
(Pensions.) sions), which was presented upon the 4th day of 
No. 30. this instant February, be printed. 

Seamen and Ordered, That the Return relative to Seamen 
Marines; and Marines Invalided, which was presented upon 
N 31 the 4th day of this instant February, be printed. 

o. 31, 
Oxford Ordered, That the Paper relative to Oxford Uni- 
University. versity, which was presented upon the 4th day of 
No. 32. this instant February, be printed. 
Queen’s The House, according to Order, proceeded to 
pa take into consideration Her Majesty’s most gracious 
een Speech to both Houses of Parliament ; and the same 
was again read by Mr. Speaker. 

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

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

Oceasional The Order of the day being read, for the second 

Forms of reading of the Occasional Forms of Prayer Bill ; 

eaoaemes 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 “ this 
“day week.” 

And the Question being proposed, That the word 
“ now”’ stand part of the Question:—The said pro- 
posed Amendment was, with leave of the House, 
withdrawn. 

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

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

Schools. to amend the Law respecting Endowed Schools: 
And that Mr. Dillwyn and Mr. Massey do prepare, 
and bring it in. 

Superannua- § Ordered, That leave be given to bring ina Bill 

tion. 


to amend the Laws concerning Superannuations and 
other Allowances to Persons having held Civil 
Offices in the Public Service: And that Mr, Chan- 
cellor of the Exchequer and Sir Stafford North- 
cote do prepare, and bring it in. 


Manor Courts, Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 


&amp;c. (Ireland.) for the Abolition of Manor Courts, and the better 
Recovery of Small Debts in Jreland: And that Mr. 
Attorney General for Jredand and Lord Naas do 
prepare, and bring it in. 

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

Transfer of to facilitate the Sale and Transfer of Land, by sim- 

— plifying and consolidating the Law relating to Judg- 


ments, and by providing for the Protection of 
Purchasers against Crown Debts in Jreland; And 
that Mr. Attorney General for Jreland, Lord Naas 
and Mr. Solicitor General do prepare, and bring it 
ih. 


Receivers in 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 


Chancery for the Abolition of Receivers under the Court of 
—— Chancery in Jredand in certain cases, and for giving 
‘ further facilities to the Sale of Incumbered Estates : 
And that Mr. Attorney General for Ireland, Lord 
Naas and Mr. Solicitor General do ‘prepare, and 

bring it in. 
Markets Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
Ireland.) for the Regulation of Markets in Jreland: And 


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A. 1859. 


that Lord Naas and Mr. Attorney General for Zre- 
land do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Lunatic Poor 
to consolidate and amend the Law relating to the (Ieland.) 
Lunatic Poor in Jreland: And that Lord Naas and 
Mr. Attorney General for Jreland do prepare, and 
bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Highways. 
for the better Management of Highways in England: 
And that Mr. Hardy, Mr. Secretary Walpole and 
Sir William Jolliffe do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed Public 
to whom shall be referred all Petitions presented to Petitions. 
the House, with the exception of such as complain 
of undue Returns, or relate to Private Bills; and 
that such Committee doclassify and prepare Abstracts 
of the same, in such form and manner as shall 
appear to them best suited to convey to the House 
all requisite information respecting their 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 Petitions, as shall appear to require it :— 
And that such Committee have Power to report 
their Opinion and Observations thereupon to the 
House: — And a Committee was appointed of 
Mr. Gregson, Mr. Bonham-Carter, Mr. Thornely, 
Mr. Scott, Mr. Owen Stanley, Mr. Henry Austin 
Bruce, Mr. De Vere, Mr. Wise, Mr. Dillwyn, Mr. 
Charles Forster, Mr. Gard, Mr. Davison, Mr. 
Woods, Mr. Taverner Juhn Miller and Mr. Francis 
William Russell. 

Ordered, That Three be the Quorum. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to Tramways 
facilitate internal communication in Jreland by eland.) 
means of Tramroads or Tramways: And that Sir 
Robert Ferguson, Mr. Serjeant Deasy and Colonel 
Greville do prepare, and bring it in. 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That his Controverted 
Warrant for the Appointment of Members to serve Elections. 
on the General Committee of Elections was upon No. 33. 
the Table :—And tlie said Warrant was read, as fol- 
loweth : 

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

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

The Right honourable Sir William Meredyth 


Somerville, Baronet, Member for the City of 
Canterbury ; 


Sir William Heathcote, Baronet, Member for 
the University of Ozford; 

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

William Miles, Esquire, Member for the 
Eastern Division of the County of Somerset ; 
and, 

John Bonham-Carter, Esquire, Member for 
the City of Winchester ; 

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


Given under my hand, this 7th day of Fe- 
bruary 1859. 
Joun Evetyn Denison, Speaker. 


Ordered, That the said Warrant be printed. 


Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer presented a Bill Superannua- 
to amend the Laws concerning Superannuations and tion Bill. 
other Allowances to Persons having held Civil Bill 2. 
Offices in the Public Service: And the same was 


read 





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


courts, Mr. Attorney General for Jreland presented a 
ge. (Ireland) Bill for the Abolition of Manor Courts and the 
Bill better Recovery of Small Debts in Jreland: And 

Bill3- the same was read the first time ; and ordered to 
-be read a second time upon Wednesday the 16th 
day of this instant February : and to be printed. 


Highways Bill. Mr. Hardy presented a Bill for the better Man- 
Bill 4. agement of Highways in England: And the same 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 

second time upon Monday next; and to be printed. 


Markets Lord Naas presented a Bill for the Regulation of 
(Ireland) Bill. Markets in Jreland: And the same was read the 
Bill 5. first time; and ordered to be read a second time 
upon Monday the 21st day of this instant February ; 

and to be printed. 


Sale and Mr. Attorney General for Jreland presented a 
Eaetpcend) Bill to facilitate the Sale and Transfer of Land by 
Bill. simplifying and consolidating the Law relating to 
Bill6, Judgments, and by providing for the Protection of 
Purchasers against Crown Debts in Jreland: And 
the same was read the first time ; and ordered to be 
read a second time upon Friday the 18th day of this 

instant February ; and to be printed. 


Lunatic Poor + Lord Waas presented a Bill to consolidate and 
(Ireland) Bill. amend the Law relating to the Lunatic Poor in 
Bill7- Jreland: And the same was read the first time; 
and ordered to be read a second time upon Monday 
the 21st day of this instant February; and to be 

printed. 


Receiversin Mr. Attorney General for Jreland presented a 
Chancery Bill for the Abolition of Receivers under the Court 


oom &amp;c, Of Chancery in Ireland in certain cases, and for 


giving further facilities to the Sale of Incumbered 
Bills. Estates: And the same was read the first time; and 
ordered to be read a second time upon Friday the 


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


Tramways Sir Robert Ferguson presented a Bill to facilitate 

(Ireland) Bill. jnternal Communication in Jreland by means of 

Bil 9. =‘Tramroads or T ramways: And the same was read 

the first time; and ordered to be read a second 

time upon Wednesday the 16th day of this instant 
February ; and to be printed. 


Endowed Mr. Dillwyn presented a Bill to amend the Law 
Schools Bill. yespecting Endowed Schools: And the same was 
Bill 10. read the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
time upon Thursday the 17th day of this instant 

February ; and to be printed. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 








Martis, 8° die Februarii ; 


Anno 22° Victoria Regine, 1859. 


PRAYERS. 
Seen. HE Order for leave to bring in the Vewcastle- 
Burgesses under-Lyme Burgesses Lands Bill, was read, 
Lands, and discharged. 
Bay, aaint The Order for reading a second time the Bury 
Gas Bi, «Saint Edmund’s Gas Bill, was read, and discharged. 
Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 
pahguard The Order for reading a second time the Fish- 
Improvement guard Harbour Improvement Bill, was read, and 
discharged. 


Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


a ag The Order for reading a second time the Green- 
Eastern Docks Wich and South Eastern Docks Bill, was read, and 
Bill, discharged. 
Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 
Vou, 114. 





The Order for reading a second time the Maid- Maidstone 
stone Water Bill, was read, and discharged. Water Bill. 
Ordered, ‘hat the Bill be withdrawn. 


The Order for leave to bring in the Maidstone Maidstone 
Spring Water Bill, was read, and discharged. Spring Water. 


The Order for leave to bring in the Sunderland Sunderland 
Dock Bill, was read, and discharged. Beck. 


The Order for reading a second time the Liver- Liverpool 
pool Stations Junction Railway Bill, was read, and payee Macy 
discharged. a. 

Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Liverpool 
for enabling the London and North Western Rail- ae 
. : : Sir’ ay 
way Company to make a Railway from their existing (No. 2.) 
Line at Edge Hill, in the County of Lancaster, to 
the Saint Helen’s Raiiway, near Garston, in the 
same County, and for other purposes: And that the 
Marquis of Staffcrd, Mr. George Carr Glyn and 
Mr. suas Ewart do prepare, and bring it in. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table, a Report from Private 
the Examiners of Petitions for Private Biils, That 
in respect of the Bills comprised in the List reported 
by the Chairman of Ways and Means as intended 
to originate in the House of Lords, they had certi- 
fied that the Standing Orders have been complied 
with in the following cases : viz. 

Bagenalstown and Wexford Railway. 

belfast and County Down Railway. 

Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway 
Company. 

Bray Commons. 

Bury Saint Edmuna’s Gas. 

Commercial Docks Acts Amendment. 

Cork and Kinsale Junction Railway. 

Dublin and Drogheda Railway. 

Dublin and Wicklow Railway. 

Fishguard Harbour Improvement. 

General Hydrauiic Power Company. 

Gloucester and Cheltenham Tramway Aban- 
donment. 

Greenwich and South Eastern Docks. 

Holywood and Bangor Railway. 

Ipswich (Borough) Fishery. 

Liverpool New Exchange Buildings. 

Liverpool Sanitary Amendment Act. 

London (City) Gas. 

Londonderry and Coleraine Railway. 

Londonderry and Lough Swilly Railway. 

Madras Irrigation and Canal Company. 

Maidstone Spring Water. 

Maidstone Water. 

Marylebone (Borough) Gas. 

Midland Great Western Railway of Ireland 
(Cavan to Clones, &amp;c.) 

Midland Great Western Railway of Jreland 
(Liffey Branch, &amp;c.) 

National Fire and Life Insurance Company of 
Scotland. 

Newcastle under-Lyme Burgesses Lands. 

Newry and Armagh Railway. 

North Western Railway of Lreland. 

Norwich Corn Exchange. 

Norwich New Street. 

People’s Provident Assurance Society. 

Pneumatic Post Company. 

Price’s Patent Candle Company. 

Queen Charlotie’s Lying-in Hospital. 

Railway Clearing System. 

Saint George’s (Hanover-square) Burial-ground 
Appropriation. 

Scarborough Gas. 

Standard Life Assurance Company. 

Sunderland Dock. 

Thames Watermen and Lightermen. 

Lottenham and Edmonton Gas. 





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38 


Tralee and Killarney Railway. 
Trinity House of Leith. 

Ulster Railway. 

Victoria (London) Docks. 
Wisbech Gas ; 

And that they had certified that the Standing 
Orders have not been complied with in the following 
cases: viz. 

Belfast and Londonderry Junction Railway. 

Dundalk and Enniskillen Railway. 

Dungarvan Harbour Embankment. 

Maidstone, Brompton, Rochester, &amp;c., Water. 

Midland Great Western Railway of Ireland 
(Sligo Extension). 


Belfast and Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 
=v one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, 
Railway. That in the case of the Petition for the Belfast and 
Londonderry Junction Railway Bill, deposited in the 
Private Bill Office, the Standing Orders had not 
been complied with in respect to the particulars 
therein stated. 
Ordered, That the Report be referred to the 
Select Committee on Standing Orders. 


Dundalk and 
Enniskillen 
Railway. 


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 the Dundalk and 
Enniskillen Railway Bill, deposited in the Private 
Bill Office, the Standing Orders had not been com- | 
plied with in respect to the particulars therein 
stated. 

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


Dungarvan Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 
a one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, 
_ * That in the case of the Petition for the Dungarvan 


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Harbour Embankment Bill, deposited in the Private 


Bill Office, the Standing Orders had not been com- | 


plied with in respect to the particulars therein 
stated. 


| 


A. 1859. 


Mr. FitzRoy reported, That, in accordance with Private Bills, 

the Standing Order passed last Session, he had 
conferred with the Chairman of Committees of the 
House of Lords, for the purpose of determining in 
which House of Parliament the respective Private 
Bills should be first considered, and that they had 
determined that the following Bill should originate 
in the House of Lords: viz. 

Great Northern and Western (of Jreland) 

Railway. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 
A Petition of the Isle of Wight Ferry Company, Isle of Wight 


for leave to bring in a Bill for extending the Time Ferry: 
limited for the Construction of the Works autho- 
rized by “ The Jsle of Wight Ferry Act, 1856,” to 
authorize new Works, and for other purposes, was 
presented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
brought in accordingly, by Mr. Clifford and Mr. 
Buxton. 


A Petition of David Rickman White, of Wim- Malden and 
bledon, in the County of Surrey, Gentleman, and Sheen Valley 
Thomas Rogers, of Manor-road, Walworth, in the Desinnge 
said County of Surrey, Gentleman, Suitors for the 
Bill thereinafter mentioned, for leave to bring in a 
Bill for the more effectual Drainage of certain 
Lands in the Valley of Ma/den and Sheen, in the 
County of Surrey, and for preventing Floods 
therein, and for other purposes, was presented, and 
read ; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in ac- 
cordingly, by Mr. Alcock and Mr. Locke King. 


A Petition of the North Eastern Railway Com- North Eastem 


pany, the Bedale and Leyburn Railway Company, 2%¢ Bedale 
and the North Yorkshire and Cleveland Railway Railway Om 


Company, for leave to bring in a Biil for amalga- panies Amal 
mating the Bedale and Leyburn Railway Company 8*™#tion. 
with the North Eastern Railway Company, and for 

vesting in the latter the Undertaking of the former 
Company, and the Rosedale Branch and Property 

of the North Yorkshire and Cleveland Railway 


Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Company, and for other purposes, was presented, 


Select Committee on Standing Orders. 


| 


and read ; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in 
accordingly, by Colonel Smyth and Mr. Westhead. 


Maidstone, Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from | 
ee seg ke, One of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills,| A Bill for making a Railway from the London Birmingham, 
Water. That in the case of the Petition for the Mazdstone, 'and North Western Railway to Sutton Coldfield, in Erdington wl 
Brompton, Rochester, &amp;c., Water Bill, deposited in | the County of Warwick, with a Branch therefrom, reep eo 
the Private Bill Office, the Standing Orders had | and for other purposes, was read the first time ; and (Western 
not Leen complied with in respect to the particulars | ordered to be read a second time. Line) Bill. 
therein stated. 
Ordered, That the Report be referred to the A Bill for making more direct Railway Commu- Mid-Keat | 
Select Committee on Standing Orders. nication between the Mid-Kent Railway at Becken- Railway Bil 
ham and the London, Brighton and South Coast 
MidlandGreat Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table, —Report from | Railway at Norwood, and for other purposes, was 
ne a one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, read the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
time. 


That in the case of the Petition for the Midland 
Great Western Railway of Ireland (Sligo Exten- 
sion) Bill, deposited in the Private Bill Office, the 
Standing Orders had not been complied with in 
respect to the particulars therein stated. 

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


land (Sligo 
Extension. ) 


North, West 
and South 
London Junc- 
tion Railway. 


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

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


North Staf- Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 
a 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 North 
Staffordshire Railway Bill. 
rdered, That the Report be referred to the 
Select Committee on Standing Orders. 


A Bill to extend the Wells and Fakenham Rail- Wells and 
way to and along Wel/s Quays, and to make Pro- a 
vision for the Working of the Railway, and for — 
other purposes, was read the first time ; and ordered 
to be read a second time. 


A Bill for authorizing the Construction of a Great Westem 
Railway for carrying the West London Railway Railway 
over the Great Western Railway, by means of a 
Bridge, in substitution for the present level Cross- 
ing; for revising the Tolls of the Great Western 
Railway Company, and for other purposes, was 
read the first time ; and ordered to be read a second 
time. 


A Bill for authorizing the Zancaster and Carlisle leant 
Railway Company to make new Works, and to Riijway Bib 
make Arrangements with other Companies, and 
to raise further Funds, and for other purposes, 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 








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afford improved Communication between certain of 
the Railways South of the Thames and the Western 
Districts of the Metropolis, was read the first time ; 
and ordered to be read a second time. 


A Bill for making a Railway from the Coulter- Mid-Sussex 
shaw Branch of the Mid-Sussex Railway to the Fea mag oe 
Town of Midhurst, in the County of Sussex, was way Bill. 
read the first time ; and ordered to be read a second 


time. 


A Bill to dissolve the Accidental Death Insur- Travellers 
ance Company, and to amalgamate the Business of tan a 
that Company with the Travellers and Marine In- Accidental 
surance Company, to be hereafter called ‘“ The Death In- 
Accidental Death Insurance Company ;” to regulate piece atte 
the Payment of Stamp Duties by the latter Com- gamation Bill. 
pany, and for other purposes, was read the first time ; 


and ordered to be read a second time. 


| A Bill to authorize the Construction of a Railway Berks and 


“ford. i ae re Seee in, Wy/¢. Hants Exten- 
from Hungerford, in Berkshire, to Devizes, in Wilt- -* Railway 


shire, to be called “ The Berks and Hants Extension pjq), 
Railway,” was read the first time; and ordered to 
be read a second time. 


A Bill to provide for the Partition of the Zondon Manchester, 
Road Station at Manchester, and for the better Sheffield and 
Management of certain portions of the said Station, (™comshize 

Sct ; P » Railway (Sta- 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a tion at Man- 


second time. chester) Bill. 


A Rill to enable the North Western Railway North Western 
Company to make a Branch Railway in the Neigh- Railway Bill, 
bourhood of Lancaster, and for other purposes re- 
lating to the seme Company, was read the first 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


A Bill for the Reading and Hatfield Turnpike Reading - 
Roads, in the Counties of Berks, Bucks, Oxford — Roa 
and Hertford, was read the first time; and ordered 
to be read a second time. 


A Bill to authorize the Construction of a Railway Tendring 
Hundred 


Dalkey, Bullock, Glasthule, and the Neighbourhood | from the Hythe, in the Neighbourhood of Colchester, Railway Bill. 
thereof, in the County of Dublin, was read the first | t° Wivenhoe, in Essex, to be called “ The Tendring 


Jeatherhead = A Bill for making a Railway from Leatherhead 

and Dorking to Dorking, and for other purposes, was read the 

ro) Bill first time; and ordered to be read a second time. 

Portsmouth A Bill to amend “The Portsmouth Railway 

Railway Bill. 4 mendment Act, 1858,” with respect to the use of 
the Landport Station at Portsmouth of the London, 
Brighton and South Coast, and London and South 
Western Railway Companies, and for other pur- 
poses, was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time. 

Portsmouth’ A Bill for authorizing an Amalgamation or Lease 

allo of the Portsmouth Railway with or to the London 

Western Rail-} and South Western Railway Company, and for 

wayCom- other purposes, was read the first time ; and ordered 

panies Bill. &gt; be read a second time. 

Wimbledon A Bill for providing a Joint Station at Epsom | 

| for the use of the Wimbledon and Dorking and | 

and Leather- Epsom and Leatherhead Railway Companies, and 

head Railways for other purposes, was read the first time; and | 

Bill. ordered to be read a second time. 

Chichester A Bill to embank and reclaim from the Sea 

ee certain Waste Lands subject to be overflowed by 

Bill, the Tide, and forming part of Chichester Harbour, 
in the County of Sussex, was read the first time ; 
and ordered to be read a second time. 

CityofLon- A Bill to enable the Guardians of the City of 

don Union == London Union to settle and discharge Claims of 
Tradesmen and others unsatisfied through the 
Frauds of some late Officers of the Union, was 
read the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
time. 

Salford A Bill to enable the Mayor, Aldermen and Bur- 

Borough Bill. esses of the Borough of Salford to raise a further 
Tan of Money for the purposes of their Gasworks, 
was read the first time ; and ordered to be read a | 
second time. 

Kingstown A Bill for better supplying with Water the In-| 

Water Bill. habitants of the Towns of Kingstown, Monkstown, | 
time; and ordered to be read a second time. 

Maybole A Bill to enable the Maybole and Girvan Railway 

Railway Bill Company to raise additional Capital ; to authorize a 
Deviation of their Line, and for other purposes, 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time. 

Cork Butter © A Bill for the permanent Establishment, Regula- 

Market Bill. tion and Management of the Butter Market of the 
Committee of Merchants of the City of Cork, and 
for other purposes, was read the first time; and 
ordered to be read a second time. 

ee a A Bill to authorize the Construction of Railways, 

_ ae and to connect the same with the Zondon and North 

Railway Bill, Western, Great Western, Zondon and South Wes- 
tern, Hampstead Junction, and West End of London 
and Crystal Palace Railways, in order to afford im- 
proved Communication between those Railways 
and the Districts North and South of the Thames, 
and for other purposes, was read the first time ; and 
ordered to be read a second time. 

Sendewerth A Bill for making a Railway from the West End 

Railway Bil, Of Loxdon and Crystal Palace Railway to the Lon- 
don and South Western Railway, to be called “ The 
Wandsworth and Putney Railway,” and for other 
purposes, was read the first time; and ordered to 
be read a second time. 

aninevon A Bill for making a Railway from near Lillie 

Northand Bridge, in the Parish of Saint Mary Abbotts, Ken- 


Bouth London sington, to the North side of the igh-sireet, Ken- 


Monae sington, in the County of Middlesex, in order to 
OL. 114, 


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


A Bill to incorporate and regulate the India, Indian and 
Australia and China Telegraph Company, and for Australian 
: : Telegraph 
other purposes connected therewith, was read the Company Bill. 
first time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


A Bill to incorporate and regulate the Red Sea Red Sea and 
and India Telegraph Company, and to enable the caeniee. 
Company to establish and work Telegraphs be- pany Bill. 
tween Great Britain and India and other Countries, 
and for other purposes, was read the first time ; and 


ordered to be read a second time. 


A Bill for vesting the Charleston Railway and romana 
Harbour in the Charleston Railway and Harbour wer da 
Company, and for extending and improving the said 
Railway and Harbour, was read the first time; 


and ordered to be read a second time. 


A Bill to extend the Time for the Sale of such ar a 
Lands belonging to the Company of Proprietors of ¥'¥°° pa" 
the Forth and Clyde Navigation as may not be re- eo 
quired for the purposes of the said Navigation, was 
read the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
time. 


A Bill to enable the Magistrates and Council of Glasgow 
the City of Glasgow to lay out, maintain and im- Public Parks 
prove the Kelvingrove and Queen’s Parks, and the of Art Bill. 
Galleries of Art and Corporation Halls in the said 
City, and for other purposes, was read the first time ; 


and ordered to be read a second time. 





F4 A Bill 


































Perth, Kinross 


and Fife 
Roads Bill. 


Tweed 
Fisheries Bill. 


Sittingbourne 
and Sheerness 
Railway 
(Additional 
Capital, &amp;c.) 
Bill. 


York Im- 
provement 
Bill. 


Standing 
Orders. 


Committee of 
Selection, 


Private Bills. 


Enniskillen 
Writ. 


Public 
Petitions. 
Vide First 
Report. 


Bank of 
England. 


40 | 8° Februarii. A. 1859. 


A Bill for continuing an Act for more effec- 
tually making, amending, widening, repairing and 
maintaining the Great North Roads leading from 
the North Queensferry and from Burntisland, both 
in the County of Life, by Kinross, to the City of 
Perth; and for enabling the Trustees of the said 
Roads, and the Trustees of other Roads, to enter 
into mutual Arrangements, was read the first time ; 
and ordered to be read a second time. 


A Bill to amend “The Tweed Fisheries Act, 
1857,” and to alter the Annual and Weekly Close 
Times in the River Tweed, was read the first time ; 
and ordered to be read a second time. 


A Bill to enable the Sittingbourne and Sheerness 
Railway Company to raise additional Capital ; to 
amend the Acts relating to the Company, and for 
other purposes, was read the first time ; and ordered 
to be read a second time. 


A Bill to authorize the Abandonment of the Foss 
Navigation from a Point about Two hundred yards 
above the York Union Workhouse, near the City of 
York; to alter, repeal and amend the Acts re- 
lating to the said Navigation, and for other purposes, 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time. 


The Select Committee on Standing Orders was 
nominated of Colonel Wilson Patten, Mr. Henley, 
Sir William Heathcote, Sir Robert Ferguson, Mr. 
Robert Paimer, Mr. Bramston, Mr. Thornely, Mr. 
Eliott Lockhart, Mr. Bonham-Carter, Mr. Deedes 
and Mr. John Arthur Wynne. 


The Committee of Selection was nominated of Sir 
Robert Ferguson, Mr. Robert Palmer, Mr. Dunlop, 
Mr. Bonham-Carter, Mr. Deedes, and the Chairman 
of the Select Committee on Standing Orders. 


Ordered, That no Priyate Bill introduced into 
this House, not being brought from the Lords, be 
read a second time alter Wednesday the 23d day of 
this instant February, except with the especial leave 
of the House. 


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 Borough of Ennis- 
killen, in the room of the Right honourable Jumes 
Whiteside, who, since his Election for the suid | 
Borough, hath accepted the Office of Steward of | 
Her Majesty’s Manor of Hempholme. 


Several Public Petitions were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


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





the Amount of all Exchequer Bills or Treasury 
Bills, and other Government Securities, which have 
been purchased by the Governor and Company of 
the Bank of England, or on which any Sum or 
Sums have been lent and advanced for the Public 
Service by the Governor and Company of the said 
Bank, in the year ending the 5th day of January 
1859, 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 Ja- 
nuary 1859 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 
£.408,959. 12. 7. in one year, from the 31st Decem- 
ber 1357 to the 31st December 1858, by the Com- 
missioners appointed by the 26 Geo. 3, for the Re- 
duction of the National Debt. 

A Copy of all Applications made by the First 
Lord of the Treasury and the Chancellor of the Ex- 
chequer to the Governor and Deputy Governor of 
the Bank of England, for Advances to Government 
authorized by Parliament, from the 5th January 
1858 to the 5th January 1859 ; with a Copy of the 
Minutes of the Court of Directors thereon, and the 
Answers of the said Court thereto. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to East India East Indiz 
(Revenues), which was presented upon the 7th day (Revenues) 
of this instant February, be printed. No. 34, 


Ordered, That the Return relative to East India East India 
(Loan), which was presented upon the 7th day of (Loan.) 
this instant February, be printed. No. 35, 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Divine Ser- Divine Servig 
vice (Army), which was presented upon the 7th day (Army-) 
of this instant February, be printed. No. 36. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant Greenwich 

to the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ Writ. 

for the electing of a Burgess to serve in this pre- 

sent Parliament for the Borough of Greenwich, in 

the room of John Townsend, Esquire, who, since 

his Election for the said Borough, hath accepted the 

office of Steward of Her Majesty’s Manor of North- 

stead. 


Lord Stanley presented, pursuant to the directions East Indis 
of an Act of Parliament,—Copy of Regulations (Civil Ser- 
made by the Secretary of State for India in Council, —_ 
with the advice and assistance of the Civil Service 
Commissioners, for the Examination of Candidates 
for admission to Her Majesty's Civil Service of 
India. 

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


Mr. Adderley presented, pursuant to the directions East India 
of an Act of Parliament,—Copy of an Order in (India Office) 
Council, approving a Scheme for the permanent 
Establishment of the Secretary of State for Zndia 
in Council, submitted to Her Majesty, under the 
21 &amp; 22 Vic. c. 106, s. 15. 

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


Mr. Corry presented,—Return to an Order, dated Flogging 
the 8th day of July, in the last Session of Parlia- (Navy-) 
ment, for a Return of the Number of Persons 
flogged in the Navy in the year 1857 ; specifying 
the Name of the Ship, the Offence, the Sentence, 


(and Number of Lashes inflicted on each Person 


(in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 48, of 
Session 1,.1857.) 

Return to an Order, dated the 12th day of July, Corporal 
in the last Session of Parliament, for a Return of — 
Corporal Punishment inflicted in the Navy, from - 
the 1st day of January 1854 to the 31st day of De- 
cember 1857, and whether by Court Martial or not. 

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


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

The Honourable General Arbuthnott, John Bag- 
‘ . shaw, 







ia 
ffice.) 


ent 








92 Vicroriz. 


shaw, Esquire, Edward Ball, Esquire, William 
Hodgson Barrow, Esquire, Philip Bennet, Esquire, 
the Tascusiie William Smyth Bernard, Thomas 
Tyringham Bernard, Esquire, Adam Black, Es- 
uire, Colonel Boldero, the Honourable Philip Pley- 
dell Bouverie, John Boyd, Esquire, John Ivatt 
Briscoe, Esquire, John Brocklehurst, Esquire, 
Wiliiam Brown, Esquire, Major Cumming Bruce, 
General Buckley, Sir Charles Merrik Burrell, John 
Hales Calcraft, Esquire, Sir Charles Henry Coote, 
Richard Davison, Take Edmund Denison, Es- 
uire, Edward Divett, Esquire, Henry Drummond, 
‘squire, Thomas Slingsby Duncombe, Esquire, the 
Right honourable Edward Ellice, the Honourable 
John Edmund Elliot, Sir De Lacy Evans, John 
Fergus, Esquire, John Hodgetts Foley, Esquire, 
William Johnson Fox, Esquire, the Right honour- 
able Sir James Graham, Brampton Gurdon, Es- 
uire, George Hadfield, Esquire, George Granville 
sce Esquire, John Isaac Heard, Esquire, 
John Heathcoat, Esquire, the Right honourable Jo- 
seph Warner Henley, John James Hope Johnstone, 
Esquire, Willium Kirk, Esquire, Waiter Long, Es- 
uire, the Honourable Colonel Lowther, Thomas 
om Esquire, George Macartney, Esquire, Charles 
Aaron Moody, Esquire, Juseph Randolph Mullings, 
Esquire, Sir Charles Napier, Sir John Owen, Charles 
William Packe, Esquire, Robert Palmer, Esquire, 
Viscount Palmerston, Sir George Brooke Pechell, 
Nicholas Power, Esquire, David Pugh, Esquire 
(Montgomery), Osman Ricardo, Esquire, Lord John 
Russell, George Poulett Scrope, E-quire, Robert 
Aglionby Slaney, Esquire, Richard Spooner, Es- 
quire, Lord James Stuart, General Thompson, Tho- 
mas Thornely, Esquire, George Traill, Esquire, James 
Aspinall Turner, Esquire, Sir William Verner, 
Harry Spencer Waddington, Esquire, Admiral Wal- 
cott, John Ashley Warre, Esquire, Henry White, 
Esquire, Brodie M‘Ghie Wil/cox, Esquire, William 
Battie Wrightson, Esquire. General Wyndham, 

The Right honourable Spencer Horatio Walpole, 
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 Spencer 
Horatio Walpole, one of Her Majesty’s Principal 
Secretaries of State, be excused from serving on 
Election Committees during the time he may hold 
the said office. 

The Right honourable Sir Edward George Earle 
Lytton Bulwer Lytton, one of Her Majesty’s Prin- 
cipal Secretaries of State, having stated that he 
could not attend Election Committees without 
material inconvenience to the Public Service, during 
the time be may hold the said office ; 

Resolved, That the Right honourable Sir Edward 
George Earle Lytton Bulwer Lytton, one of Her 
Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State, be excused 
from serving on Election Committees during the 
time he may hold the said office. 

The Right honourable Jonathan Peel, 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 Jonathan 
Peel, 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 Lord Stanley, 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 Lord Stanley, 
one of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State, 
be excused from serving on Election Committees 
during the time he may hold the said office. 

Vou. 114. 


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41 


The Right honourable Benjamin Disraeli, Chan- 
cellor of the Exchequer, having stated that he 
could not attend Election Committees without 
material inconvenience to the Public Service, during 
the time he may hold the said office ; 

Resolved, That the Right honourable Benjamin 
Disraeli, Chancellor of the Exchequer, be excused 
from serving on Election Committees during the 
time he may hold the said office. 

The Right honourable Sir John Pakington, First 
Lord of the Admiralty, having stated that he could 
not attend Election Committees without material 
inconvenience to the Public Service, during the time 
he may hold the said office ; 

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

Sir Fitz Roy Kelly, Her Majesty’s Attorney Ge- 
neral, having stated that he could not attend Elec- 
tion Committees without material inconvenience 
to the Public Service, during the time he may hold 
the said office ; : 

Resolved, That Sir FitzRoy Kelly, Her Majesty’s 
Attorney General, be excused from serving on Elec- 
tion Committees during the time he may hold the 
said office. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Income Tax, 


Return showing the Number of Persons charved to 
the Income Tax for the years ended the 5th day of 
April 1857 and 1858, under Schedule (D.) ; distin-: 
guishing the Number charged in each of the fol- 
lowing classes: viz. under £.100 a year; £. 100 
and under £.150 a year; £.150 a year and under 
£.200 ; £.200 and under £. 300; £.300 and under 
£.400; £.400 and under £.500; £.500 and under 
£.600; £.600 and under £.700; £.700 and under 
£.800; £.800 and under £.900; £.900 and under 
£.1,000; £.1,000 and under £.2,000; £. 2,000 
and under £. 3,000; £.3,000 and under £.4,000; 
£.4,000 and under £.5,000; £.5,000 and under 
£.10,000 ; £. 10,000 and under £. 50,000 ; £. 50,000 
and upwards; and the Amounts of Tax received 
from each class :——Similar Return, under Schedule 
(E.), to £.5,000 a year and upwards:——Return 
showing the net Amount of Property and Income 
Tax for the same years, classed under the several 
Schedules (in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, 
No. 465, of Session 1858) :——And, similar Return 
for Ireland. 


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


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 1858 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 Mauri- 
tius, and British Possessions in India, for the years 
1831 to 1858 inclusive; distinguishing the Quan- 
tities imported from each Colony and each Posses- 
sion in each year: Similar Account of the 
Quantities of Foreign Sugar imported, stating from 
whence, and the Geentitios from each Place or 
Country : And, Account of the Quantity of Re- 
fined Sugar and Sugar Candy imported into the 
United Kingdom in the years 1848, 1849, 1850, 
1851, 1852, 1853, 1854, 1855, 1856, 1857 and 
1858, respectively ; stating the Quantity retained 
for Home Consumption, the Rates of Duty paid, 
and the Quantity exported (in continuation of Par- 
liamentary Paper, No, 235, of Session 1858). 

G Ordered, 





















42 


Foreign Sugar. Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 


Immigrants 


and Liberated 


Africans. 


Spirits. 


Return of the Quantity of Foreign Sugar entered 
for Home Consumption during each year, from 
1831 to 1858 inclusive ; distinguishing Refined from 
Unrefined ; and also the several Places from whence 
such Sugar was imported (in continuation of Par- 
liamentary Paper, No. 236, of Session 1858). 


Resolved, That an bumble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return showing the Number of Immi- 
grants and Liberated Africans admitted into each 
of the British West India Colonies, as well as the 
Places from whence they were introduced, for each 
year since 1847:—— And, similar Return for 
Mauritius (in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, 
No. 104, of Session 1858). 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Returns showing the Total Number of Gallons of 
Proof Spirits distilled in England, Scotland, Ire- 


8° Februari. . 





land, and the United Kingdom, respectively, for 


the year ending the 31st day of December 1858: | 





Of the Number of Gallons of Proof Spirits on 


A. 1859. 


continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 185, of 
Session 1858). 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Lighthouses, 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Copy of the Royal Commission on Light- 
houses, 
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. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Receivers, 
Return of the Receivers appointed by the Court of Court of 
Chancery in Ireland, at the Suit of Judgment Cre- (ireland) 
ditors, during the years 1857 and 1858 ; specifying, 
in each instance, the Amount stated to be due on 
foot of the Judgment; the estimated Rental; and, 
whether such Receiver has been since discharged. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Criminals 
Return, in a Tabular Form, of the Number of (ireland) 
Persons convicted of Crime atthe Assizes and Quarter 
Sessions in each County in Jreland, during the years 
1857 and 1858, respectively ; showing in each in- 
stance the Nature of the Offence charged, and the 
Sentence. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Landed 


which Duty was pid in each of the Three King-| Copies of Rules and Orders of Landed Estates Estates Cou 


doms, with the Rate per Gallon, and the Amount of | Court (Jrelund) : 


Returns of the Number of (Ireland.) 





such Duty ; also, the Total Number of Gallons and | Petitions presented to the said Court since the 1st 
Duty in the United Kingdom, for the year ending | day of November last—for Sale of Land; for Par- 
the 31st day of December 1858 :— — Showing, | tition; for an investigation of Title and Conveyance 
under separate Heads, the Number of Gallons of | with an Indefeasible Title ; for a Declaration of In- 
Proof Spirits, distaguishing the materials from  defeasible Title; and, relating to the Sale of Settled 
which made, importe:! into each Kmgdom from | Estates :——And, of the Number of Sales (if any) 


each of the others sespectively ; stating also the 
Rate per Gallon, and the Total Amount thereof (in 


eaci: 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 
= was actually ( 
ock, distinguishing Malt from Grain Spirits,in Eng- 


WVarehoused under Excise. 


land, for the year ending the 31st day of December | 


1858 :——Of the Total Number of Gallons of Proof 
Spirits permitted out of Distillers’ Stocks in Eng- 


land, and the Total Number of. Proof Gallons of 


British Brandy and Spirits of Wine permitted out 


of Rectifiers’ Stocks in England for Home Con-| 
sumption ; also, the Total Quantity of Proof Gal-| 


lons of Rum received into Rectifiers’ Stocks for 
Rectification, in England, Scotland and Ireland, for 
the year ending the 3ist day of December 1858 : 
Of the Total Number of Proof Gallons of 
Spirits distilled in England, Scotland and Ireland; 
distinguishing the Qu.ntities in each Country deli- 
vered, Duty paid, direct from Distillers’ Stocks, 
from the Quantities put into Bond, for the year 
ending the 31st day of December 1858 : Of the 
Tvtal Number of Proof Gallons of British Com- 
pounds and Spirits of Wine permitted from Rec- 
tifiers’ Stocks in England, Scotland and Ireland, 
for Exportation to Foreign Ports under Drawback, 
for the years ending the 5th day of January 1855 
to the 31st Day of December 1858 : —— Of the 
Total Number of Gallons of Spirits in Bonded 
Stores in England, Scotland and Ireland respec- 
tively, on the 31st day of December 1858: 
Of the ‘Total Number of Gallons of Proof Spirits 
permitted out from Distillers’ Stocks in England, 
Scotland and Ireland, for Exportation to Foreign 
Parts, for the year ending 3ist day of De- 
cember 1857:—— Similar Account for the year 
ending the 31st day of December 1858 »—-—And, 
of the Total Number of Gallons of Methylic Al- 
eohol sold by the Excise, and the Total Number of 
Gallons of Methylated Spirits sent out by Persons 
licensed to sell the same, under the Act 18 &amp; 19 
Vic. c.38, to the 3lst day of December 1858 (in 














had in said Court pursuant to Section 49 of the Act 
for Sale and Transfer of Land (JZrelund). 


A Motion was made, and the Question being put, Marriage Lav 
That leave be given to bring in a Bill to legalize Amendment 
Marriage with a deceased Wife’s Sister ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right ; 

The Noes to the Left. 


Tellers for the / Viscount Bury 7 
Yeas, \ Mr. Schneider : 366. 

Tellers for the{ Mr. Beresford Hope, 1 gs 
Noes, UMr. Drummond: heen 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative :—And that 
Viscount Bury, Mr. Schneider and Mr. Monckton 
Milnes do prepare, and bring it in. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being put, Sittings of 
That on every Tuesday and Thursday (being nights the House. 
on which Government business does not take pre- 
cedence), the House do not sit later than Twelve 
o'clock at night ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right ; 

The Noes to the Le‘t. 

Tellers for thef Mr. William Ewart, 

Yeas, \Mr. Laurie: 

Tellers for the fColonel Zaylor, 

Noes,  \Mr. Whitmore: 
So it was passed in the Negative. 


| 28, 
\asr, 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- East India 
osed, That an humble Address be presented to hes (Meerut) 

Saieste, that She will be graciously pleased to give 

directions, that there be ‘aid before this House, 

Copies of all Correspondence between the Com- 

mander-in-Chief’s and Judge Advocate General’s 

Departments and the Military Authorities at Meerut, 

whether Divisional, Brigade or Regimental, respect- 

ing the Court Martial at Meerut in April 1857 upon 

the 85 Troopers of the 3d Light Cavalry; toge 

with Copy, in extenso, of the Proceedings of the Court 

Martial and Correspondence consequent wee 

7: ? 





ment | 


Supply 
free 
terre 




















Church Rates 
Abolition. 


Poor. 


Church Rates 
Commutation. 


Colonization 
and Settle- 
ment (India. ) 


Elections, &amp;c. 


Printing, 


iy 2 


99 VicTorRIZ. 


——And, of ali Correspondence, Reports or Proceed- 
ings relating to the 36th Regiment Bengal Native In- 
fantry having, at Umballa, in March or April 1857, 
expelled from their Caste [excommunicated] those 
of their Comrades, constituting a Detachment of the 
36th Regiment, engaged in learning the Enfield 
Rifle practice at the Depét of Instruction at Umballa : 
—And the said Motion was, with leave of the House, 
withdrawn. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to abolish Church Rates: And that Sir John Tre- 
lawny, Mr. Dillwyn and General Thompson do 
prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed 
to consider the operation of the Act 9 &amp; 10 Vic. 
c. 66, which enacts, that no Poor Person shall be 
removable who shall have resided Five years in any 
Parish ; and of the Acts 10 &amp; 11 Vic. c. 110, and 
11 &amp; 12 Vic. c. 110, which enacts, that the relief 
given to such irremovable Persons shall be charged 
upon the Common Fund of the Union. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to regulate the Keeping and Sale of Poisons: And 
that Mr. Secretary Walpole, Mr. Hardy and Lord 
John Manners do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for voluntary Commutation of Church Rates: And 
that Mr. Alcock and Mr. Evans do prepare, and 
bring it in. 


Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed 
to inquire into the Progress and Prospects, and the 
best Means to be adopted for the Promotion of 
European Colonization and Settlement in India, 
especially in the Hill Districts and healthier Climates 
of that Country; as well as for the Extension of our 
Commerce with Central Asia. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to assimilate the Time and Mode of proceeding to 
Election of, and Polling for, Members of the House 
of Commons in England, Ireland and Scotland ; 
to limit the Time for proceeding to Election during 
the Recess; and for vacating Seats by Bankrupt 
Members of the House of Commons, and for other 
Election purposes: And that Mr. Collins, Mr. 
Bagwell and Mr. Blackburn do prepare, and bring 
it in. 

Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed to 
assist Mr. Speaker in all matters which relate to the 
Printing executed by Order of this House, and for 
the purpose of selecting and arranging for Printing, 
Returns and Papers presented in pursuance of 
Motions made by Members of this House :— And a 
Committee was appointed of Sir John Pakington, 
Sir Francis Baring, Mr. Secretary Walpole, Mr. 
Henley, Mr. Cardwell, Mr. Wilson, Mr. Sotheron 
Estcourt, Mr. Bonham-Carter, Mr. Greene, Mr. 
Diwett, Mr. Gaskell, Mr. Thornely and Sir Stafford 
Northcote. 

Ordered, That Three be the Quorum. 


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. 





Vou. 714. 


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43 


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. 


Mr. Henley presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- Wrecks and 
mand,—An Abstract of the Returns made to the Casualties. 


Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade 
of Wrecks and Casualties which occurred on and 
near the Coasts of the United Kingdom, from the 
Ist January to the 31st December 1858; with a 
Statement of the Number of Lives lost and saved ; 
of the Amounts granted ovt of the Mercantile 
Marine Fund, as Rewards for the Salvage of Life ; 
for Contributions towards the Maintenance of Life- 
boats ; and for Expenses in connexion with the Mortar 
and Rocket Apparatus for saving Life, during the 
same period; and a Précis of the special Inquiries 
instituted into the Causes of such Wrecks and Ca- 
sualties by order of the Board of Trade; to which 
a Wreck Chart of the United Kingdom is appended. 

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


Mr. Secretary Walpole presented a Bill to regu- Sale of Poisons 


late the Keeping and Sale uf Poisons: And the 
same was read the first time; and ordered tv be 
read a second time upon Monday next; and to be 
printed. 


Bill. 


Bill 11. 


Mr. Schneider presented a Bill to legalize Mar- Marriage Law 
riage with a Deceased Wife’s Sister : And the same Amendment 


was read the first time ; and ordered to be read a 
second time upon Wednesday the 16th day of this 
instant February ; and to be printed. 


ill. 


Bill 12. 


Sir John Trelawny presented a Bill to abolish Church Rates 
Church Rates: And the same was read the first Abolition Bill. 


time ; and ordered to be read a second time upon 
Wednesday the 23d day of this instant February ; 
and to be printed. 


Bill 13. 


Mr. Alcock presented a Bill for voluntary Com- Church Rates 
mutation of Church Rates: And the same was read Commutation 


the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
time upon Wednesday the 23d day of this in- 
stant February; and to be printed. 


Bill 14. 


Mr. Collins presented a Bill to assimilate the Elections, &amp;c. 
Time and Mode of proceeding to Election of, and Bill. 


Polling for, Members of the House of Commons in 
England, Ireland and Scotland; to limit the Time 
for proceeding to Election during the Recess ; and 
for vacating Seats by Bankrupt Members of the 
House of Commons, and for other Election pur- 
poses: And the same was read the first time ; and 
ordered to be read a second time upon Wednesday 
the 23d day of this instant February; and to be 
printed. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 








Mercurii, 9° die Februarii; 
Anno 22° Victorie Regine, 1859. 


PRAYERS. 
N R. Speaker laid upon the Table,—A Report 


from the Examiners of Petitions for Private 
Bills, That in respect of the Great Northern and 
Western (of Ireland) Railway Bill, reported by the 
Chairman of Ways and Means as intended to 
originate in the House of Lords, they had certified 
that the Standing Orders have been complied with. 


A Bill for amending the Constitution of the West- 
minsier Improvement Commission; and for facilita- 
ting Leases and Sales of Lands mortgaged by the 
Westminster Improvement Commissioners ; and for 
winding-up the Affairs of the Commission through 
G2 the 








Bill 15. 


Private Bills. 


Westminster 
rma 
Bi 









Isle of Wight 
Ferry Bill. 


Witney Rail- 
7 (No. 2) 
Bill. 


Atlantic 
Telegraph 
Company Bill. 


Public 
Petitions. 


Vide First 
Report. 


Shipping. 


44 


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


A Bill for extending the Time limited for the 
Construction of the Works authorized by “ The 
Isle of Wight Ferry Act, 1856 ;” to authorize New 
Works, and for other purposes, was read the first 
time; and ordered to be read a second time. 


A Bill for connecting the Town of a with 
the existing Railways in the Parishes of Yurnton 
and Wolvercot, in the County of Oxford, and for 
other purposes, was read the first time ; and ordered 
to be read a second time. 


A Bill for enabling the Atlantic Telegraph Com- 
pany to raise further Money; for altermg and 
amending the Acts relating to the Company, and 
for other purposes, was read the first time; and 
ordered to be read a second time. 


Several Public Petitions were presented, and read; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the Number and Tonnage of Sailing 
Vessels registered at each of the Ports of Great 
Britain and Ireland, including the Isle of Man and 
the Channel Islands, distinguishing those under and 
those above Fifty Tons Register, on the 31st day 
of December 1858 :——Similar Return of Steam 
Vessels and their Tonnage: Return of the 
Number and Tonnage of Vessels that entered and 
cleared Coastwise, at each of the Ports of Great 
Britain and Ireland, Isle of Man and Channel 
Islands (including their repeated Voyages), distin- 
guishing British from Foreign Vesse's, and Steam 
from Sailing Vessels, between the 31st day of De- 
cember 1857 and the 31st day of December 1858: 
——Like Return from and to the Colonies, further 
distinguishing British from Foreign Vessels ; also, 
from and to Foreign Ports, also distinguishing 
British from Foreign Vessels :—-—Aggregate Re- 
turn of the Number and Tonnage of Vessels entered 
and cleared at each of the Ports. of Great Britain 
and Jreland, Isle of Man and Channel Islands 
(including their repeated Voyages), in the Coasting, 
Colonial and Foreign Trades, in the year 1858, 
distinguishing British from Foreign Vessels :—— 
Return of the Number and Tonnage of Sailing 
Vessels registered at each of the Ports of the 
Colonies of the United Kingdom respectively, dis- 
tinguishing those under and those above Fifty Tons 
Register, on the 31st day of December 1858 :—— 
Similar Return of Steam Vessels and their Tonnage : 
—-—Returns of the Number of Vessels, with their 
Tonnage (distinguishing Steam from Sailing Vessels), 
that were built and registered, distinguishing Tim- 
ber from Iron Vessels; also, a similar Return of 
Vessels sold and transferred ; also, a similar Return 
of Vessels wrecked ; also, a similar Return of Vessels 
broken up, in the year 1858: Of the Number of 
Colonial-built Vessels and their Tonnage, registered 
at each of the Ports of the United Kingdom, in the 
year 1858 ; 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 em- 
ployed in the Trade of the United Kingdom, exhi- 
biting the Number and Tonnage of Vessels that 
entered Inwards and cleared Outwards (including 
their repeated Voyages), separating British from 
Foreign Vessels, also Steam from Sailing Vessels, 
and distinguishing the Trade with each Country, in 
the year 1858 (in continuation of Parliamentary 
Paper, No, 260, of Session 1858). 














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A. 1859. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Returns showing the Amount of the Capital of the 
Funded Debt on the 1st day of July 1858, and on the 
lst day of February 1859 :——Of the Amount of 
the Unfunded Debt at the same Dates : And, of 
the Amount of Exchequer Bills which have been 
funded between the 1st day of July 1858 and the 
1st day of February 1859; the Dates of such fund- 
ing; the Rates at which the Conversions were 
effected ; and the Prices of Consols and of Exche- 
quer Bills at such Dates. 





A Petition of the North Staffordshire Railway 
Company, for leave to bring ina Bill for making 
certain Branches from the North Staffordshire 
Railway, in the Parishes of Stoke-upon-Irent and 
Wolstanton, in the County of Stafford, and for ex- 
tending the Time for completing certain Works, and 
for authorizing Arrangements with the London and 
North Western Railway Company, and for other 
purposes, was presented, and read; and referred to 
the Select Committee on Standing Orders. 


Mr. FitzRoy reported from the Committee to 
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 
Naval Services, to the 31st day of March 1860, be 
laid before this House. 

Ordered, ‘That an Estimate of the Charge for 
Army Services, to the 21st day of March 1860, be 
laid before this House. 

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

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


Ordered, That the Select Committee on Coloniza- 
tion and Settlement (India), do consist of Eighteen 
Members. 

The Committee was accordingly nominated of 
Mr. William Ewart, Mr. Baillie, Mr. Campbell, Mr. 
De Vere, Mr. Gregson, Mr. Kinnaird, Mr. Knight, 
Mr. Lowe, Mr. Lygon, Mr. Arthur Mills, Mr. Nisbet, 
Sir Erskine Perry, Mr. Richardson, Mr. Danby 
Seymour, Mr. John Benjamin Smith, Mr. William 
Vansittart, Mr. Villiers and Colonel Sykes; with 
Power to send for persons, papers and records, 

Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 


Ordered, That the Accounts relative to the Bank 
of England, which were presented upon the 8th day 
of this instant February, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to Applications 
for Advances from the Bank of England, which was 
presented upon the 8th day of this instant February, 
be printed. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to East India 


(Civil Service), which was presented upon the 8th 
day of this instant February, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to East India 
(India Office), which was presented upon the 8th 
day of this instant February, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Flogging 
(Navy), which was presented upon the 8th 
this instant February, be printed. 


ay of 
Ordered, 








Funded 
&amp;c. Debi, 





North Staf. P 
fordshire 
Railway. 


&lt;i 


Supply. 


ceo eS m he 


= TF ee 


Navy and 
Army. 


et eet ee = -— tee 


Colonization 
and Settle- 
ment (India) 


wi Oe Sa at 


Bank of 
England. 


No. 37. 


Bank of 
England. 
No. 38. 


East India 
(Civil Ser- 
vice.) 

No. 3% 
East India 
(India Office) 


No. 40. 


Flogging 
(Navy.) 
No. 








Debt, 


. 


Punishment 


(Navy-) 
No. 41. 


Public 
Petitions 
(First Report. ) 


North Eastern 
and Bedale 
and Leyburn 
Railway Com- 
ies Amal- 
gamation Bill. 


Malden and 
Sheen Valley 
Drainage Bill. 


Public 
Petitions. 


Vide Second 
Report. 


Ruabon and 
Denbigh Rail- 
way (Llangol- 
len Section.) 


Worcester 
County (East- 
ern Division) 
Writ. 


Hythe Writ. 


Constituen- 
cies, 


92 Vicrori2¢. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Corp ral 
Punishment (Navy), which was presented upon the 
8th day of this instant February, be printed. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 





Jovis, 10° die Februarii ; 
Anno 22° Victorie Regine, 1849. 


PRAYERS. 
M R. Gregson reported from the Select Com- 
LV mittee on Public Petitions; That they had 
examined the Petitions presented upon the 4th, 7th, 
8th and 9th days of this instant February, and had 
directed him to make a Report thereof to the 
House. 

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


A Bill for amalgamating the Bedale and Leyburn 
Railway Company with the North Eastern Railway 
Company, and for vesting in the latter the Under- 
taking of the former Company, and the Rosedale 
Branch and Property of the North Yorkshire and 
Cleveland Railway Company, and for other pur- 
poses, was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time. 


A Bill for the more effectual Drainage of certain 
Lands in the Valley of Malden and Sheen, in the 
County of Surrey, and for preventing Floods 
therein, and for other purposes, was read the first 
time; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Several Public Petitions were presented, and 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Person whose name is there- 
unto subscribed, for leave to bring in a Bill for 
making a Railway from the Great Western Rail- 
way, in the Parish of Ruabon, in the County of 
Denbigh, to the Town of Llangollen, in the same 
County, was presented, and read; and referred to 
the Select Committee on Standing Orders. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant 
to the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ 
for the electing of a Knight of the Shire to serve in 
this present Parliament for the Eastern Division of 
the County of Worcester, in the room of Lieutenant 
Colonel George Rushout, now Lord Northwick, 
called up to the House of Peers. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant 
to the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new 
Writ for the electing of a Baron to serve in this 
present Parliament for the Town and Port of Hythe, 
in the room of Sir John William Ramsden, Baronet, 
who, since his Election for the said Town and Port, 
hath accepted the Office of Steward or Bailiff of Her 
Majesty’s three Chiltern Hundreds of Stoke, Des- 
borougg and Bonenham, in the County of Bucking- 
ham. 


Resolved, That 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, arranged alphabetically, and num- 
bered, of the Name of each Constituency in Eng- 
land and Scotland now having fewer than 300 
Electors, or less than 6,000 Population by the 
Census of 1851, with the Number of Members re- 
turned by each :——And, like Return of the Con- 
stituencies returning Two or more Members, and 
having more than 300, but fewer than 1,000 Eiec- 
tors, and less than 20,000 Population. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 

Vou. 114. 


9°-—10° Februariz. 





45 


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 East India 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased (Education.) 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return showing the Total Amount dis- 
bursed upon Education in each Presidency, with its 
per-centage upon the Revenue, in 1856-57 ; the Items 
of Expenditure to be classified as follows : 

1. Amount paid in Salaries to Government 
Officers as Directors of Public Instruction, 
Deputies and Inspectors, in each Presidency ; 

2. Amount expended on Government Edu- 
cationzl Institutions, distinguishing those for 
general, medical, or other special purposes ; 

3. Amount expended in furtherance of Pri- 
vate Educational efforts, namely, in Grants in 
Aid, in each Presidency, and its per-centaye on 
the Revenue: 

——And, Copy of Correspondence with the Indian 
Government, showing the Progress of the Measures 
adopted for carrying out the Education Despatch 
of the 19th day of July 1854 (in continuation of 
Parliamentary Paper, No. 72, of Session 1858). 

Ordered, That 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 Superannu- 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased tions. 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Copy of all Orders in Council and Trea- 
sury Minutes now in force, regulating the Pensions 
or Superannuation Allowances to be granted to 
Persons who have been employed in the Civil Ser- 
vice of the Crown, but who are not considered to 
be entitled to the Scale of Superannuation provided 
by the Act 4 &amp; 5 Will. 4, c. 24. 

Ordered, That 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 Weedon 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased — = 
to give directions, that there be laid before this Sewn — 
House, a Copy of the Royal Warrants for inquiry 
into the state of Weedon, and for Manning the 
Navy. 
Ordered, That 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 Public Income 
Return of Public Income and Expenditure for Nine 2%4 xpen- 
Months, from the 31st day of March i858 to the 
31st day of December 1858, with the Balance in the 
Exchequer on the 31st day of December 1858. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, an Malt. 
Account of the Total Number of Quarters of Malt 
made in the United Kingdom, from the 1st day of 
October 1857 to the 1st day of October 1858 ; dis- 
tinguishing the Quantity made, and the Quantity 
used by Brewers, and by Victuallers, and by 
Retail Brewers, in each Country (in continuation of 
Parliamentary Paper, No. 338, of Session 1858). 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Brewers, &amp;c. 
Accounts 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, particularising each Class in 
each Collection, from the 10th day of October 1857 
to the 10th day of October 1858 (in continuation of 
Parliamentary Paper, No. 339, of Session 1858):—— 

@3 And, 
































Hops. 


Hep Duties. 


Commissariat 
Department. 


Colonels. 


Army. 


46 
And, of the Number of Barrels of Beer exported from 
the United Kingdom, and the Declared Value thereot, 
and where exported to, from the 1st day of October 
1857 to the 1st day of October 1858; distinguish- 
ing England, Scotiand and Ireland (in continua- 
tion of Parliamentary Paper, No. 280, of Session 
1857-58.) 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Accounts of the Total Number of Acres of Land 
in the United Kingdom under the Cultivation of 
Hops in the year 1858; distinguishing the Number 
of Acres in each Parish; and the Number of 
Pounds’ Weight charged with Duty in each Col- 
lection; and the Number of Pounds’ Weight 
charged with Duty in each Parish: Of the 
Amount of Duty charged on Hops in each Collec- 
tion of the Growth of the year 1858 ; distinguishing 
the Districts, and the old trom the new Duty in each 
District ; showing the Average Amount of Duty 
per Acre in each Collection (in continuation of Par- 
liamentary Paper, No. 88, of Session 1858) : ——Re- 
turns of the Quantity of British Hops exported 
from the United Kingdom to Foreign Countries, 
from the 1st day of January to the 30th day of 
June, and from the 1st day of July to the 31st day 
of December 1858, 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 Hops were grown : 
——Of the Quantity of Foreign Hops exported 
from the United Kingdom to Foreign Countries, 
from the ist day of January to the 30th day of 
June, and from the Ist day of July to the 31st day 
of December 1858, respectively ; distinguishing the 
Countries to which the same have been exported, 
and also the Quantities to each Country :——Of 
the Quantity of Foreign Hops imported into the 
United Kingdom, from the 1st day of January to 
the 30th day of June, and from the Ist day of 
July to the 31st day of December 1858, respec- 





10° Februari. 


A. 1859. 


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


Mr. Hardy presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- Agricultura 
mand,—Copy of the Agricultural Statistics of Zre- ey 
land, for the year 1857. ( d.) 

Return relative to Agricultural Statistics of Jre- 
land, of the Extent of Land under Crops, for the 
year 1858. 

Return relative to Agricultural Statistics of Ire- 
land, of the Live Stock, for the year 1658. 

Copy of Seventeenth Annual Report of the Copy- Copyhola 
hold Commissioners, 1859. Commission, 

Copy of the Report of the Tithe Commissioners Tithe Com. 








tively; distinguishing the Ports where imported, 
and the Countries from whence exported le 
the Total Number of Pounds’ Weight of Foreign | 
Hops charged with Duties for Home Consumption, 
from the ist day of January to the 30th day of 
June, and from the 1st day of July to the 31st day 
of December 1858, respectively :——And, of the | 
Quantity of Foreign Hops in Bond. on the 1st day | 
of January 1858, stating the Ports at which they 
are bonded (in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, 
No. 133, of Session 1858). 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, | 
Continuaticn of Return relative to the Hop Duties, 
No. 96, of Session 1852-53, to the present time : 
And, of the Rate of Duty charged per Cwt. upon 
British Uops and upon Foreign Hops in each of 
such years. 





General Peel presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
maud,—Copy of Royal Warrant, dated the 28th 
October 1858, and Report of the Committee ap- 
pointed to inquire mto the existing organization of 
the Commissariat Department ; with Evidence and 
a ener 

eneral Peel also presented,— A Supplemental 
Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 
29th day of June, in the last Session of Parlia- 
ment, for a Return of Colonels promoted to the 
Rank of Major General in the Brevets of 1851 and 
1854, having served Six years or more as effective 
Field Officers on Full Pay, and not being now Co- 
lonels of Regiments ; oe Length of each 
Officer’s Service as effective Mujor, and as effective 
Lieutenant Colonel on Full Pay, and distinguishing 
Cavalry from Infantry. 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 
7th day of this instant February, for a Return re- 
lative to the Army. 





to Her Majesty’s Secretary of State for the Home mission. 
Department, dated 31st January 1859 (for the year 
1858). 

Copy of Fourteenth Annual Report of the In- Inclosure 
closure Commissioners, 1859. Commission, 
Mr. Hardy also presented,—Return to an Ad- Education, 
dress tu Her Majesty, dated the 2d day of July, in 
the last Session of Parliament, for Returns of the 
Income, Expenditure, and Number of Pupils of all 
Training Institutions aided by Parliamentary Grants, 
for the year ending the 31st day of December 1857 ; 
the Returns to be made under the same Heads as 

in the Minutes 1857-8, pp. 737-8 and 760-3. 

Mr. Hardy also presented, pursuant to the direc- Landed 
tions of several Acts of Parliament,—Copy of Ge- ye mae 
neral Rules and Orders of the Landed Estates Court, cee 
Ireland, 20th October 1858. 

Accounts showing the Sums received and ex- Metropolitan 
= for the purposes of the Metropolitan Police, Police. 

vlice Superannuation Fund, Public Carriages, and 
Police Courts, in the year ended the 31st December 
1858. 

Copy of a General Order issued by the Commis- Poor Relief 
sioners for administering the Laws for the Relief of (Iteland.) 
the Poor in Jreland. 

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


The following ~~ was laid upon the Table by Treasury Ap. 
the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, Pointments. 


‘dated the 7th day of this instant February, for a 


Return relative to Treasury Appointments. 

The following Papers, pursuant to the directions Court of 
of several Acts of Parliament, were also laid upon beer y and 
the Table by the Clerk of the House,— Copy of (Seotland.). 
Warrant granting Compensation Allowances to 
Hector Mason and William Shiell, Assistant Clerks 
of the Court of Session, and to John Burron, De- 
pute Clerk of the Teind Court, Scotland, year 
1858. 

Copy of Warrant granting Compensation to Mr. Entails, &amp;e. 
William Pitt Dundas, for loss of Fees sustained by (Scotland.) 
him as Keeper of the Register of Entails, &amp;c., year 
ending 15th November 1858. 

Copy of Treasury Warrants establishing Rates of Postage. 
Postave. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bil] County jad) 
for consolidating and amending the Laws relating Ss (te#™™ 
to County Prisons in Ireland : And that Lord Naas 
and Mr. Secretary Walpole do prepare, and bring 
it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Municipal 
to amend the Law relating to Municipal Elections : £!¢ctio* 
And that Mr, Cross, Mr. Gilpin and Mr. Collins do 


prepare, and bring it in. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- Statute —_ 
posed, That there be laid before this House, a Re- 0 
turn showing the Total Sum which has been voted 
for the Statute Law Board and Statute Law Com- 
mission, from its commencement to the present 
time :—— Accounts, in detail, showing how that 
Amount has been expended :——Of the a 
whic 





_ BE 











92 Vicroriz. 


which have been paid to Draftsmen out of Contin- 
gencics for drawing Consolidation Bills :——Return 
of the Names of Draftsmen employed to prepare 
Consolidation Bills, and the Fees paid, or to be 
paid, to each Draftsman :——And, Copy of the 

inutes and Proceedings of the Statute Law Com- 
mission (in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, 
No. 78, Session 1855) :—And the said Motion was, 
with leave of the House, withdrawn. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Accounts showing the ‘lotal Sum which has been 
voted for the Statute Law Board and Statute Law 
Commission, from its commencement to the present 
time : —— Showing how that Amount has been 
expended :—-—Of the Sums which have been paid 
to Draftsmen out of Civil Contingencies for draw- 
ing Consolidation Bills (in continuation of Parlia- 
mentary Paper, No. 214, of Session 2, 1857) : 
Return of the Names of the Draftsmen employed 
to prepare Consolidation Bills, and the Fees paid 
or to be paid to each Draftsman :——And, Copy 
of the Minutes and Proceedings of the Statute Law 
Commission (in continuation of Parliamentary Pa- 
per, No. 78, of Session 1855). 


Statute Law 
Commission. 





Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Copy from the Diocesan Court of Down and 
Connor, of the Citations and Decrees of said Court 
in certain Suits now or lately depending therein, in 
which the Reverend J. G. Pooler was Promovant, 
and the Reverend David Jeffray, and Dr. Orr and 
Mr. William Orr, were Impugn nts, on a Charge of 
Brawling in Greyabbey Church, in the County of 
Down :——And, Account of the Amount and Par- 
ticulars of the Costs taxed ayainst any of the 
Parties in said Suits; and of the Amount and Par- 
ticulars of Fees charged against any of the Parties 
in said Suits, by or on behalf of the Judge or 
Officer of said Court, with the Dates of the Pay- 
ment thereof respectively. 


Rev. A . G. 
Pooler v. Rev. 
David Jeffray 
and others. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, ‘Ihat there be laid before this House, a 
Copy of the Judgment of the Master of the Rolls in 
Ireland, delivered on the 4th November last, in 
the case of Reverend Dr. O’ Fay against Major 
Burke, on a Petition for a specific Performance of 
an Agreement for a Lease :——And, of the Judg- 
ment of ihe Lord Chancellor and the Lord Justice 
of Appeal confirming the Master of the Rolls’ De- 
cree :—And the said Motion was, with leave of the 
House, withdrawn. 


Rev. Dr. 
O’Fay v. Major 
Burke, 


Manictpal Mr. Cross presented a Bill to amend the Law 
Hections Bill. relating to Municipal Elections: And the same was 
Bill16. read the first time; and ordered to be read a second 


time upon Tuesday the 22d day of this instant 
February ; and to be printed. 


Navy. Mr. Corry presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
No. 42. mand,—Navy Estimates, for the year 1859-60. 

Navy. Statement of Excess of Expenditure for Her Ma- 
No. 43. jesty’s Navy, for the year 1857-58. 

Fost-ffice Estimate for the Post-office Department (Packet 

Sune. Service), for the year 1859-60. 

Vice.) Ordered, That the said Papers be referred to the 
No.44, Committee of Supply, and be printed. 

York County Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant 

rest Riding) 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 West 
Riding of the County of York, in the room of the 
Honourable George Frederick Samuel Robinson, 
commonly called Viscount Goderich, now Earl of 


10°—11° Februariz. 


47 


Lord Naas presented a Bill for consolidating and County Pri- 
amending the Laws relating to County Prisons _ Ee ears 
Ireland: And the same was read the first time; Bill 17 
and ordered to be read a second time upon Thurs- ‘ 
day the 24th day of this instant February, and to 
be printed. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 





Veneris, 11° die Februarii ; 
Anno 22° Victoria Regine, 1859. 


PRAYERS. 


AT for enabling the Zordor and North Liverpool 
Western Railway Company to make a Rail- Stations Junc- 
way from their existing Line at Edgehill, in the (No &gt; BL 
County of Lancaster, to the Saint Helen’s Railway, 
near Garston, in the same County, and for other 
purposes, was read the first time. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exami- 
ners of Petitions for Private Bills. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Llanidloes 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, and Newtown 
That in the case of the Petition for additional Pro- ®4!v4y Bill 
vision in the L/anidloes and Newtown Railway Bill, 
the Standing Orders have been complied with. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,-—Report from Ruabon and 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, ey Y 
in respect of non-compliance with the Standing Or- len Section) 
ders in the case of the Petition for the Ruabon an 
Denbigh Railway (Llangollen Section) Bill. 

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


Several Public Petitions were presented, and Public 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. Petitions. 
Vide Second 
Report. 
The following Paper was laid upon the Table by Bankrupts’ 
the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, Certificates. 
dated the 14th day of July, in the last Session of 
Parliament, for a Return of the Number of Appli- 
cations for Bankrupts’ Certificates, heard before 
each Commissioner, during each of the last Five 
years, until the 5th day of July 1858, showing the 
Number granted (distinguishing the Classes), the 
Number suspended, and the Number refused ; also 
the Number of Bankrupts’ Examinations adjourned 
sine die in each year. 


Mr. Commissioner 





Certificates 


heel Granted. 


Year. Refused. 


Suspended. 





Ist Class. | 2d Class. | 3d Class. 




















The following Paper, pursuant to the directions Queen Anne’s 
of an Act of Parliament, was also laid upon the Bounty. 
Table by the Clerk of the House,—An Account of 
all Receipts and Disbursements by the Governors 
of Queen Anne’s Bounty, during the year ending 
on the 31st day of December 1857. 


Mr. Hardy presented, pursuant to the directions Criminals 
of an Act of Parliament,—A Classified Abstract of (Scotland.) 
the Criminal Reports by Sheriffs of Counties in 
Scotland, for the period from 15th March 1858 to 
29th September 1858. 

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


Ordered, That the Return relative to Colonels, Colonels. 
which was presented upon the 10th day of thisin- No. 45. 





Ripon, called up to the House of Peers. 
OL. 114. 


stant February, be printed. 
ae G4 Ordered, 










































Army. 
No. 46, 


Education. 
No. 47. 


Metropolitun 
Police. 


No. 48. 
Treasury Ap- 
pointments. 

No. 49. 


Bullion. 


Coinage. 


Property and 
Income Tax. 


Adjourament. 


Occasional 
Forms of 
Prayer Bill. 


Superannu- 
ation Bill. 


48 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Army, 
which was presented upon the 10th day of this in- 
slaut February, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Education, 
which was presented upon tle 10th day of this in- 
stant February, be printed. 


Ordered, ‘That the Accounts relative to the Me- 
tropolitan Police, which were presented upon the 
10th day of this instant February, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Treasury 
Appointments, which was presented upon the 10th 
day of this instant February, be printed. 


Ordered, 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 Siiver, and Bar Gold from Foreign Gold Coin, 
in each Month, from the 31st day of December 
1857 to the 31st day of December 1858 ; 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. 187, of 
Session 1858). 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Returns of the Number of Steam Ships and Vessels 
added to the Navy in the year 1848, and each sub- 
sequent year, divided into Ships of the Line, Fri- 
gat-&lt;, and other Classes of Vessels, and distin- 
euishing those which have been built, converted, and 
purchased ; with the Total of each Class in each 
year, and Grand Total in all the years :——And, of | 
the Number of Steam Ships and Vessels in the 
Navy afloat, and building or converting, on the Ist 
day of January 1859, divided into Ships of the Line, 
Frigates and other Classes of Vessels, and distin- 
guishing Screw and Paddle-wheel Vessels. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Accounts, in detail (in the same form as the Ac- 
counts contained in the Parliamentary Paper, No. 
150, of Session 1857-58), of all Gold, Silver and 
Copper Monies of the Realm coined at the Mint in 
each year, from the Ist day of January 1849 to the | 
8ist day of December 1858 ; and showing, in one | 
Tabular Statement, the Total Amount of Gold, Silver | 
and Copper Coinage in each year; the real Cost or 
Value of the Metal; and the Amounts represented 
by the Coin. 








Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a | 
Return showing the Amount of the Property and | 
Income Tax, under Schedules A. B. D. and E., 
charged in each Borough within the United King- 
dom, and in each County and Division of a County 
separately from the Boroughs within the same ; and 
also the Total Amount under the said Schedules in 
each Case, for the year ending the 5th day of April 
1857 :—An Abstract to be appended to the Return, 
showing the general Results as between Counties 
and Boroughis, and distinguishing between England 


and Wales, and Scotland and Ireland. 


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


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on the Occasional Forms of 
Prayer Bill; and, after some time spent therein, 
Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. FitzRoy 
reported, That the Committee had gone through the 
Bill; and directed him to report the same, without 
Amendment. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Superannuation Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Friday next. 


11° Februari. 


A. 1859. 


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

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


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Title to Lana. 
to simplify the Title to’ Landed Estates: And that ¢4 Estates 
Mr. Solicitor General, Mr.Secretary Walpole and 
Mr. Attorney General do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Registry 
to establish a Registry of Landed Estates: And .— 
that Mr. Solicitor General, Mr. Secretary Walpole : 
and Mr. Atturney General do prepare, and bring 
it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Ecclesiastical 
further to amend the Acts relating to the Eccle- Commission, 
siastical Commissioners, and the Act concerning the 
Management of Episcopal and Capitular Estates in 
England: And that Mr, Secretary Walpole, Mr. 

Henley and Mr. Deedes do prepare, and bring it in. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Magistrates 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased ewe 
to give directions, that there be laid before this reamed: 
House, a Return of all Magistrates created for the 
County Palatine of Lancaster during the years 
1854, 1855, 1856, 1857 and 1858; and the Date of 
each 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. 


The Select Committee on Irremovable Poor was Irremovable 

nominated of Mr. Sotheron Estcourt, Mr. Knight, Poor. 

Mr. Edward Pleydell Bouverie, Mr. Miles, Mr. 
Lockhart, Colonel Smyth, Mr. Egerton, Mr. Tol- 

lemache, Mr. Maguire, Mr. Cuobbett, Mr. Beecroft, 

Mr. Ayrton, Mr. Schneider, Mr. Gregory and Mr. 

Lygon; with Power to send for persons, papers 

and records, 


Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 


Mr. Deedes reported from the Select Committee Standing 
on Standing Orders, several Resolutions; which Orders. 
were read, as follow: 

1. That in the case of the Finford Bridge and Finford Bridge 
Banbury Road, Petition of Thomas B. Simpson for = Boake 

: } : : ‘ oad, 
dispensing with Standing Orders 158 and 159, the 
said Standing Orders ought to be dispensed with ; 
that the Parties be permitted to proceed with their 
Bill; and that the same may be read a first time 
forthwith. 

2. That in the case of the Oswestry and Newtown Oswestry 
Railway, Petition for leave to deposit a Petition So 
for Bill, the Standing Orders ought not to be dis- 
pensed with. 0 

3. That in the case of the Victoria Station and Pony 
North Western and Great Western Junction Rail- North Western 
way Petition, the Standing Orders ought to be and Great 
dispensed with; that the Parties be permitted to Western Jum 

° ° ° tion Railway. 
proceed with their Bill. 

4. That in the case of the Nuneaton and Hinckley Nuneaton 
Railway Petition, the Standing Orders ought to oe 
be dispensed with; that the Parties be permitted 
to proceed with their Bill, provided that they de- 
posit forthwith amended Lists of Owners and Oc- 
cupiers ; that the Committee on the Bill do report 
how far such Order has been complied with on the 
Report of the Bill. 

5. That in the case of the Isle of Wight Railway Isle of Wiebe 
(Eastern Section) Petition, the Standing Orders pay tem 
ought to be dispensed with; that the Parties be 
permitted to proceed with their Bill. 

6. That in the case of the Mid-Sussex and Arun- Mid-Susse® 
del and Littlehampton Junction Railway Petition, ont tae 
the Standing Orders ought not to be dispensed hamptonJume 
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7. That in the case of the Liynvi Valley Railway 
Petition, the Standing Orders ought to be dispensed 
with ; that the Parties be permitted to proceed with 


their Bill. 


8. That in the case of the Hereford and Brecon 
Railway Petition, the Standing Orders ought to be 
dispensed with ; that the Parties be permitted to 


proceed with their Bill. 


9. That in the case of the Brecon and Merthyr 
Tydfil Junction Railway Petition, the Standing 
Orders ought to be dispensed with; that the Par- 


ties be 


rmitted to proceed with their Bill. 


10. That in the case of the Mewcastle-under- 
Lyme, Silverdale and Madeley Junction Railway 
Petition, the Standing Orders ought to be dis- 
pensed with; that the Parties be permitted to pro- 
ceed with their Bill, provided that the reference to 
arbitration, under Clause 39 in the Bill, be upon 
the combined application of the Companies or 
Persons, Parties to any difference under the said 
Clause ; and that the Power to take Tolls under 
Clause 40 in the Bill be so limited as to exclude 
the London and North Western Railway from 
the operation of the said Clause; that the Com- 
mittee on the Bill do report how far such Order has 
been complied with on the Report of the Bill. 

11. That in the case of the Isle of Wight Rail- 
ways Petition, the Standing Orders ought not to be 


dispensed with. 


he ist, 3d, 4th, 5th, 7th, 8th, 9th and 10th Re- 
solutions, being read a second time, were agreed to. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Secretary Walpole presented a Bill further to 
amend the Acts relating to the Ecclesiastical Com- 
missioners, and the Act concerning the Management 
of Episcopai and Capitular Estates in England: 
And the same was read the first time; and ordered 
to be read a second time upon Monday the 21st day 
of this instant February ; and to be printed. 


Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer presented, by 
Her Majesty's Command,—Copy of Correspondence 
with Her Majesty’s Chargé d’Affaires in Peru, as 
to the Price of Guano (in continuation of Papers 


presented in August 1858). 


Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 


Table. 


The House was moved, That the Report from the 


Select Committee on Standing Orders in respect of 


the Petition for the Brecon and Merthyr Tydfil 
Junction Railway Bill, might be read; and the same 


being read ; 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 


for ——s Railways in the 


and Mert 


istrict between Brecon 


yr Tydfil, and for other purposes: And 
that Mr. Henry Austin Bruce and 


Mr. Henry 


Hussey Vivian 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 Victoria Station and North 
Western Junc- Western and Great Western Junction Railway Bill, 


Y might be read ; and the same being read ; 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for making Railways to connect the London and 
North Western and Great Western Railways with 


the Victoria Station, Pimlico, and with the West 


End of London and Crystal Palace Railway, and 


for other purposes: And that Mr. Henry Berkeley 


and Mr. Bittoyn do prepare, and bring it in. 


The House was moved, That the Report from the 
ect Committee on Standing Orders, in respect of 


the Petition for the Isle of Wight Railway (Eastern 
Section) Bill, might be read; and the same being 


read ; 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for making a Railway from Ryde through Brading, 
Sandown and Shanklin, to Bonchurch and Ventnor, 


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Februariz. 49 


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with Approaches to the same; for a Telegraph in 
the Isle of Wight, and for other pu : And that 
Captain Mangles and Mr. Clifford do prepare, and 


bring it in. 


The House was moved, That the Report from the Hereford 
Select Committee on Standing Orders in respect of — 
the Petition for the Hereford and Brecon 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 Brecon, through Hay, to 

the Line of the Shrewsbury and Hereford Railway 
Company at Hereford: And that Colonel Watkins 

and Major Morgan do prepare, and bring it in. 


The House was moved, That the Report from the Nuneaton 
Select Committee on Standing Orders in respect of sn4 Hinckley 
the Petition forthe Nuneaton and Hinckley Railway“ "*™" 
Bill, might be read; and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 

for making a Railway from the Trent Valley Rail- 

way at Nuneaton, in the County of Warwick, to 

Hinckley, in the County of Leicester, and for other 

purposes: And that Sir Robert Carden and Mr. 

Hankey do prepare, and bring it in. 


Mr. Solicitor General presented a Bill to simplify Title to Land- 
the Title to Landed Estates: And the same was ot Ketates 
read the first time ; and ordered to be read a second Bill 

time upon Monday: he 28th day of this instant = 
February ; and to be printed. 


Mr. Solicitor General presented a Bill to establish Registry 
a Registry of Landed Estates: And the same was of Landed 
read the first time ; and ordered to be read a second =*tates Bill. 
time upon Monday the 28tii day of this instant Bill 20. 
February ; and to be printed. 


Ordered, That Mr. Henley and Mr. John Arthur Standing 
Wynne be discharged from further attendance on Orders. 
the Select Committee on Standing Orders. 

Ordered, That Mr. FitzRoy and Mr. Lefroy be 
added to the Committee. 


And then the House adjourned till Monday next. 








Lune, 14° die Februarii ; 
Anno 22° Victofie Regine, 1859. 


PRAYERS. 


M R. Gregson reported from the Select Com- Public 


mittee on Public Petitions; That they had emer 


examined the Petitions presented upon the 10th port. ) 


and 11th days of this instant February, and had 
directed him to make a Report thereof to the 
House. 

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


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Llyfni Vale 
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 Liyfni 
Vale Railway Bill. 

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


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Thames Em- 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, bankment and 
in respect of non-compliance with the Standing ®#!ways. 
Orders in the case of the Petition for the Thames 
Embankment and Railways Bill. 

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


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Bur- Liverpool 
esses of the Borough of Liverpool, for leave to Corporation 
ring in a Bill for altering and repealing some of *“™ 








the Provisions of the “ Liverpool Corporation 
H Waterworks 

































Metropolitan 


50 


Waterworks Act, 1847,” and for other purposes, 
was ‘presented, and read; and a Bill was ordered 
to be t in accordingly, by Mr. Joseph Ewart 
and Mr. Horsfall. 


A Petition of the Metropolitan Railway 'Com- 


7 pany, for leave to bring in a Bill for the Abandon- 


of Under- 
takiag, &amp;c.) 


Llyfni Vale 
Railway. 


Thames Em- 
bank™ent and 
Railrays. 


Llynvi Valley 
Railway. 


Newcastle- 
under-Lyme, 
Silverdale and 


Madeley Junc- 


tion Railway. 


Victoria 
Station and 


North Western 


and Great 


ment of the Metropolitan Railway, and the Dis- 
solution of the Company, and for other purposes, 
was presented, and read ; and a Bill was ordered to 
be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Gilpin and Mr. 
Collins. 


A Petition of Promoters of the Bil! thereinafter 
mentioned, for leave to bring in a Bill for the 
Construction and Maintenance of a Harbour at 
Pont Liyfui, in the Parish of ‘Clynnog, in the 
County of Carnarvon, and Railway from the said 
Harbour to TYalyearn Quarries, in the Parish of 
Llandwrog, in the said County, was presented, and 
read; and referred to the Select Committee on 


Standing Orders. 


A Petition of the there-undersigned, for leave to 
bring in a Bill for making Embankments, and a 
Road, and Railways, on the Middlesex side of the 
River Thames, between the Cities of London and 
Westminster, and for other purposes, was presented, 
and read ; and referred to the Select Committee on 
Standing Orders. 


The House was moved, That the Report from the 
Select Committee on Standing Orders in respect of 
the Petition for the Zlynvi Valley Railway Bill, 
might be read ; and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
authorize the Liynvi Valley Railway Company to 
make Deviations of their main Line of Railway, 
and for other purposes: And that Mr. Va/bot and 
Mr. Crawshay (ailey 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 Newcastle-under-Lyme, Sil- 
verdale and Madeley Junction 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 near the Madeley Station 
of the London and North Western Railway to the 
Silverdale and Newcastle-under-Lyme Railway, near 
to Silverdale Church, all in the County of Sraf- 


ford, and for other purposes: And that Mr. Ad- 


derley, Mr. Christy and Mr. Jackson do prepare, and 
bring it in. 


A Bill for making Railways to connect the Lon- 
don and North Western and Great Western Rail- 
ways with the Victoria Station, Pimlico, and with 


Western Junc- the West End of London and Crystal Palace Rail- 


tion Railway 
Bill. 


Isle of Wight 
ilway 

(Eastern Sec- 

tion) Bill. 


Nuneaton 
and Hinckley 
Railway Bill. 


Mertiyr Tyd 
Me - 
fil Junction 

Railway Bill. 


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


A Bill for making a Railway from Ryde, through 
Brading, Sandown and Shanklin, to Bonchurch 
and Ventnor, with Approaches to the same; for a 
Telegraph in the Is/e of Wight, 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 the Trent 
Valley Railway at Nuneaton, in the County of War- 
wick, to Hinckley, in the County of Leicester, and 
for other purposes, was read the first time; and 
ordered to be read a second time. 


A Bill for making Railways in the District he- 
tween Brecon and Merthyr Tydfil, and for other 
purposes, was read the first time ; and ordered to be 

a second time, 


14° Februari. 


A, 1859. 
from Brecon, through Hereford « 


j and Brecon . 
and oe Railway Bill, 


A Billfor making a Railway 
Hay, to the Line of the Shrewsbury 
Railway Co at Hereford, was read the 


time; and ordered to be read a second time. 


A Bill to renew the Term, and continue, amend Finford Brigg, 
and enlarge ‘the Powers of an Act passed in the 2"4 Banbury 
third year of the reign of his Majesty xing George 
the Fourth, intituled, “ An Act for more effectually 
repairing the Road leading from the Cross of Hand, 
near Finford Bridge, in the County of Warwick, 
through the Town of Southam, in the same County, 
to the Borough of Banbury, in the County of Oz- 
ford,” and to make other Provisions in lieu thereof, 
and for other purposes, was read the first time; and 
ordered to be read a second time. 


The Banff, Macduff and Turriff Junction Rail- Banff, Macdut 


~ : .£ } and Turriff 
way Bill was read a second time; and committed. Tunction Rall 


way Bill 
The Beckenham and Sydenham Junction Railway Beckenham 
Bill was read a second time ; and committed. and Sydenhan 
Junction Rail. 
way Bill, 
The Bedford, Potton and Cambridge Railway Bill Beafora, 
was read a second time; and committed. Potton and . 
Cambrid 
Railway Bil 
The Birkenhead, Lancashire and Cheshire Junc- Birkenhead, 


tion Railway Bill was read a second time; and Lancashire 


" and Cheshire 
committed. Junction Rail- 


way Bill. 
The Birmingham, Erdington and Sutton Cold- Birmingham, 
field Railway Bill was read a second time; and Erdington 
; and Sutton 
committed. Coldfield Rail 
way Bill. 


The Birmingham, Erdington and Sutton Cold- Birmingham, 


Jield Railway (Western Line) Bill was read a second Erdington 


and Sutton 
Coldfield Rail- 
way (Western 
Line) Bill. 


The Blackburn and Preston Road and Bridge Bill Blackburn and 


was read a second time; and committed. Preston Road 
and Bridge 
Bill. 
The Border Counties Railway Bill was read a Border Cou- 
second time; and committed. 4 Railway 


time ; and committed. 


The Border Union (North British) Railways Bill Border Union 


Rompe eee North Bri- 
was read a second time; and committed. (on) Pel 
Bill. 
The Bradford, Wakefield and Leeds Railway Bill Brodterd, 
; . 2a0 ; . ; e. 
was read a second time ; and committed. Leeds Railway 
Bill. 
The Breconshire Railway and Canal (No. 1) Bill Breconshire 
was read a second time; and committed. Railway 
and Canal 
(No. 1) Bill, 


The Breconshire Railway and Canal (No. 2) Bill Breconshise 
was read a second time ; and committed. jee 
(No. 2) Bill 


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


The Burton-upon-Trent Bridge Bill d a Burton- 
e Burton-upon-Lrent Bridge Dill was rea oes n-upon- 


. 4 . nt 
second time ; and committed. Bill 


The Caledonian Railway Bill was read a second Caledonian 
time ; and committed. Railway Bill. 


The Carlisle and Penrith, &amp;c. Roads Bill was 


read a second time ; and committed. Roads _— ; 


The Carlisle, Langholm and Hawick Railway Bill Carlisle, 
was read a second time; and committed. yo 
Railway Bill 
Ordered, That the Carmarthen and Cardigan Cormertacs 





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The Castle Douglas and. Dumfries Railway Bill 
ot Bi Bill was read'a second time; and committed. 


Caterham The Caterham Railway Bill was read a second 
Railway Bill. time ; and committed. 


Centeal Wales The Central Wales Railway Bill was read a second 
Railway Bill. time; and committed. 


Charleston The Charleston Railway and Harbour Bill was 
Railway — read a second time ; and committed. 


Chichester The. Chichester Harbour Embankment Bill was 
Hnbnkment read a second time; and committed. 


CityofLondon Ordered, That the City of London Union Bill be 
Uniow Bill. read a second time ‘To-morrow. 


The Cleveland. Railway Bill was read a second 
time ; and committed. 


Colne Valley The: Colne Valley and: Halstead Railway Bill was 


and Halstead 
Railway Bill. read a second time; and committed. 


Cork Butter 
Market Bill. 


Cleveland 
Railway Bill 


The Cork Butter Market Bill was read a second 


time ; and committed. 


Cork Harbour Ordered, That the Cork Harbour Reclamation 
Remmation Bill be read a second time To-morrow. 

Dartmouth The Dartmouth and Torbay Railway Bill was read 
and Torbay 


Railway Bill. @ second time ; and committed. 


Droitwich The Droitwich Roads Bill was read a second 

a time ; and committed. 

Dundee and The Dundee and Newtyle Railway Bill was. read a 

— second time; and committed. 

—— The Eastbourne Water Bill was read a second 
time ; and committed. 

East Kent The East Kent Railway Company Bill was read 

— a second time; and committed. 

East Suffolk 


| The East Suffolk Railway Bill was read a second 
Railway Bil. time; and committed. 


pay Ly The Epping Railways Bill was read a second time; 


and committed. 


ue The Falmouth Docks and Harbour Bill was read 
and 


Harbour Bill, 2 Second time ; and committed. 


Findhorn The. Findhorn Railway Bill was read a second 
luilwey Bill. time; and committed. 
reed The Formartineand Buchan Railway Bill was read 


Railway Bill, @ Second time ; and committed. 


a The. Forth and Clyde Navigation Bill was read a 
eae second time ; and committed. 

The Gateshead Quay Bill was read a second time ; 
Qy Bil, and committed. : 
all The Glasgow Corporation Water Bill was read a 


WaterBin, Second time; and committéd. 


The Glasgow Public Parks and Galleries of Art 
id Galleries Bill was read a second time;. and committed. 


of Art Bill, 

entt North. The Great Northern Railway Bill was read a se- 
i,” ~=s cond time ; and committed. 

Ceexeth = The Great North of Scotland Railway Bill was 


Railway Bi, Teada second time; and committed. 
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14° Februariz. 51 


The Great. Western. and. Brentford Railway Bill Great Western: 
was. read a second time; and. committed. Railwey BL 


The Great Western Railway Bill was read a second Great Western 
time; and committed. Railway Bill. 


The Hampstead Junction Railway Bill was read a Hampstead 
second time; and committed. Junction Rail- 

way Bill. 

The Herne Bay and Faversham Railway (Mar- Herne Bayand 
gate Extension) Bill was read a second time; and Railway (hare 
committed. gate Ay 

sion) Bill. 


Ordered, That the Hertford, Luton and Dun- Hertford, 
stable Railway Bill be read a second time To- buton and 
morrow. Railway Bill 

The Hinckleyand Melbourne Roads Bill was read —— and 
a second time ; and committed. Lg — 


Roads Bill. 
Ordered, That the Isle of Wight Ferry Bill be read Isleof mes 
a second time To-morrow. Ferry Bil 


Ordered, That the Kensington Station and North Kensington. 
and South London Junction. Railway Bill be read a Station and 
second time upon Monday next. South London. 
Junction 
Railway Bill. 
The Kingsbridge and South Devon Railway Bill Kingsbridge 


r a Cc nd and South 
was read a second time; and committed. Shen 


way Bill. 
The King’s Lynn Borough and Port and Harbour King’s Lynn 


Borough and 
Improvement Bill was read a second time; and Desventt tiem 
committed. bour Im 

ment B 


The Kingston-upon-Hull Docks Bill was read a Kingston. 


upon-Hull 
second time; and committed. Locka Bill. 


The Kingstown Water Bill was read a second time; a 
and committed. ter Bill. 


The Kirkwall Harbour Bill was read a second me one 
time ; and committed. bour Bill. 


The Zaneashire and Yorkshire and East Lanca~ Lancashire 
shire Railway Companies Bill was read a second —— 
time ; and committed. Lenenshien 
Railway Com- 
panies Bill. 


The Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway (Ossett Lancashire 


and Dewsbury Branches) Bill was read a second md ¥ ees 

time ; and committed. (Oana end 
Dewsbury 
Branches) Bill. 


The Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway (Rochdale Lancashire 
and Royton Branches) Bill was read a second time ; #4 Yorkshire 
and committed. (Rochdale 

and Royton 
Branches) Bill. 

The Lancaster and Carlisle Railway Bill was read Lancaster 

a second time ; and committed. and Carlisle 
Railway Bill. 
The Lands Improvement Company Bill was read Lands Im- 


a second time; and committed. provement 
Company Bill. 


The Lawton, Burslem and Newcastle-under-Lyme Lawton, 
Roads Bill was read a second time; and com- Burslem and 


mitted. =ainee 
Roads Bill. 
The Leatherhead and Dorking Railway (No. t) Leatherhead 
Bill was read a second time ; and committed. = itway Dorking 
(No. 1) y Bill 
The Leatherhead and Dorking Railway (No. 2) Leatherhead 
Bill was read a second time ; and committed. Dorking 
Gailvay 
(No: 2) Bill. 
The Leeds and Hunslet Road Bill was read a se- Leeds and 
ae time; and committed. _ Road 


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Leeds, Brad- © The Leeds, Bradford and Halifax Junction Rail- 


a way Bill was read a second time ; and committed. 
Railway Bill. : 

Leominster Ordered, That the Leominster and Kington Rail- 
Railway Bill way Bill be read a second time To-morrow. 
Liverpool, The Liverpool, Garston and Allerton Railway Bill 
——, was read a second time ; and committed. 

way Bill. 

Llanidloes The Llanidloes and Newtown Railway Bill was 
Railway Ball read a second time; and committed. 

Llanrwst The Llanrwst and Abergele Roads Bill was read 


= — a second time; and committed. 


The London and North Western and other Rail- 
North Wester way Companies (Working and Traffic Arrange- 
Railway Com- ments) Bill was read a second time; and com- 


ies (Work- mj 
— { he mitted. 
Arrange- 
ments) Bill. 
London and The London and North Western Railway ( Batley 


a to Adwalton) Bill was read a second time; and 


(Batley to Ad- committed. 


walton) Bill. 

ee oy ae The London and North Western Rai!way (Denton 
Railway (Den, 10 Stalybridge) Bill was read a second: ‘me; and 
tonto Staly- committed. 

bridge) Bill. 

ents and The Zondon and North Western Railway (Ex- 
— tensions to Ossett, &amp;c.) Bill was read a second time ; 
(Extensions and committed. 

to Ossett, &amp;c.) 

Bill. 

London and The London and South Western Railway Bill 
Rallvey Da was read a second time; and committed. 


London Bridge The London Bridge and Charing Cross Railway 


ty Bill was read a second time; and committed. 

Bill. 

London, The London, Brighton and South Coast Railway 
yy Bill was read a second time ; and committed. 
Railway Bill. 

Londonderry § The Londonderry Bridge Bill was read a second 
Bridge Bill. time; and committed. 

Ludlow Roads The Ludlow Roads Bill was read a second time; 
_ and committed. 

Lymington Ordered, That the Lymington Railway Bill be 
Railway Bill. yead a second time ‘l'o-morrow. 

Malltraethand The Malltraeth and Cersddaugau Marsh Bill was 
a read a second time; and committed. 

Manchester, The Manchester, Liverpool, Swansea and Milford 
a. Haven Junction Railway Bill was read a second 
Milford Haven time ; and committed. 

Junction 

Railway Biil. 

Manchester, The Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Rail- 


Sheflieldand way (Sale or Lease) Bill was read a second time; 


Seaway Gale aud committed. 
or Lease) Bill. 


Manchester, The Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Rail- 
Sheffield and way (Station at Manchester) Bill was read a second 
Railway (Sta- time ; and committed. 

tion at Man- 

chester) Bill. 

Mayole The Maybole and Girvan Railway Bill was read 
and Girvan 4 second time; and committed. 

Railway Bill. 

Mersey Docks Ordered, That the Mersey Docks and Harbour 
Bill Bill be read a second time ‘To-morrow. 


14° Februariz. 


A. 1859. 


Ordered, That the Mersey Docks, Li 
Liverpool Corporation Propert 
read a second time upon Tu 


ay the 22d day of Gorm bertan 
this instant February. . 4 


Pro} 
Rating Sil, 
The Merthyr, Tredegar and Abergavenny Rail- Merthyr, 
way Bill was read a second time; and committed, Tredegar and 

Railway Bill 


The Metropolitan Railway (Deviations, &amp;c.) Bill Metropolitan 
was read a second time; and committed. (Deviasions, 


&amp;c.) Bill, 


The Midland Railway Bill was read a second Midland 
time ; and committed. Railway Bill, 


The Mid-Sussez and Midhurst Junction Railway ia-sussex 
Bill was read a second time ; and committed. and Midhurst 
Junction Rail 
way Bill. 
The Mountsorrel Railway Bill was read a second Mountsorrel 
time ; and committed. Railway Bill, 


The Much Wenlock and Severn Junction Railway MuchWenlock 
Bill was read a second time; and committed. and Severn 
Junction Rail. 
way Bill. 
Ordered, That the North and South London North and 
Junction Railway Bill be read a second time upon — London 


Thursday next, ee Ren 


The North British and Selkirk and Galashiels North British 
Railway Companies Bill was read a second time ; and Selkirk 


a and Galashiels 
and committed. Railway Com: 


panies Bill. 
The North Eastern Railway (Harrogate Branches) North Eastern 
Bill was read a second time ; and committed. Railway 
Harrogate 
ranches) Bill, 
The North Eastern Railway ( Vidd Valley Branch) North Eastern 
Bill, was read a second time; and committed. wry ! 
(Nidd V 
Branch) Bi 
The North Western Railway Bill was read a NorthWestern 
second time ; and committed. Railway Bill. 


The Norwich and Spalding Railway Bill was Norwich and 
read a second time; and committed. Spalding 


Railway Bill, 
The Norwich (City) Water Bill was read a Norwich 
second time ; and committed. (ry) Water 
The Norwcod and Streatham Railway Bill was Norwood and_ 
read a second time; and committed. ey 
way Bill, 


The Oldham, Ashton-under-Lyne and Guide Oldham, 
Bridge Junction Railway (Contribution of Funds, ee taps 
&amp;c.) Bill was read a second time ; and committed. Guide Bridge 
Junction Rail 
way (Contribution of 
Funds, &amp;c.) Bill. 


The Oldham, Ashton-under-Lyne and Guide Olcham, 
Bridge Junction Railway (Working of Line, &amp;c.) ae 
Bill was read a second time; and committed. Guide Bridge 
Junction 
Railway (Working of 


Line, &amp;c.) Bill. 
The Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton Rail- Oxford, Wor 


. . ; * ter and 
way Bill was read a second time ; and committed. Wolverhamp- 
ton Railway 
Bill. 
The Perth, Kinross and Fife Roads Bill was read Perth, Kinross 
a second time; and committed. and Fife Roads 
The Poole and Bournemouth Water Bill was read Poole and 
a second time; and committed. rater Bill ; 


The Portsmouth and London and South Western Portsmouth 
Railway Companies Bill was read a second time ; 4 Lento 


and committed: Western 
way Companies Bill, 





The 


verpool, and Mersey “nd 
Rating Bill be Liveryook end 








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out The Portsmouth New Docks and Railway Bill 


w Docks wag read a second time ; and committed. 
i Railway 

























































outh The Portsmouth Railway Bill was read a second 
time; and committed. 





tin, and «6. The: Reading and Hatfield Road Bill was read a 
Hatfield Road second time ; and committed. 


ped Seaand §=©Ordered, That the Red Sea and India Telegraph 
yl Company Bill be read a second time To-morrow. 

pany Bill. 

Bichme Ordered, That the Richmond Improvement Bill 
- ent be read a second time To-morrow. 


Sal The Salford Borough Bill was read a second time; 
Borough Bill. and committed. 


Scottish The Scottish Central Railway Bill was read a 
ns second time; and committed. 


Shepton Mallet The Shepton Mallet Water Bill was read a second 
Water Bill. time; and committed. 








Silverdale and = The Silverdaleand Newcastle-under-Lyme Railway 
ee Bill was read a second time; and committed. 
Railway Bill. 
Sittingbourne The Sittingbourne and Sheerness Railway (Addi- 
— tional Capital, &amp;c.) Bill was read a second time; 
( Aiditimal and committed. 

-_ &amp;e.) 


Somerset The Sumerset Central Railway Bill was read a 
—" second time ; and committed. 


SouthDurham The South Durham and Lancashire Union Rail- 
. way Bill was read a second time; and committed. 
Railway Bill. 

South Staf- The South Staffordshire Railway Bill was read a 
Railway Bill second time; and committed. 

South Wales, The South Wales, Pembrokeand Tenby Junction 
~ wd Railway Bill was read a second time; and com- 
Junction Rail- Mitted. 

way Bill. 


og al The South Yorkshire Railway and River Dun 
nin sy, Company Bill was read a second time; and com- 


Company Bill, mitted. 


Stokes Bay = =8=The Stokes Bay Railway and Pier Bill was read 
Pier Bil, 2 Second time; and committed. 


ose The Sunderland and South Shields Water Bill 
Shields Water was read a second time ; and committed. 


a The Swanage Railway and Pier Bill was read a 
ier Bil Second time ; and committed. 


Svansea Vale The Swansea Vale Railway Bill was read a second 
Railway Bill time ; and committed. 
ong The Tavistock Market, Streets and Improvement 
Streets ang Bill was read a second time ; and committed. 

ement 
a aa The Tenbury Railway Bill was read a second time ; 


and committed. 


qelting The Tendring Hundred Railway Bill was read a 
luilway By, Second time ; and committed. 


. - The Tweed Fisheries Bill was read a second time; 
and committed. 


Halal The Vale of Llangollen Railway Bill d 
ngo en Kraiiwa ul was read a 
lalway Bill, — time ; and committed. 4 
you. 114. 








14° Februarzz. 53. 


| The Vale of Neath Railway Bill was read a second Vale of Neath 
time ; and committed. Railway Bill 


Ordered, That the Victoria Station and Pimlico Victoria 
Railway Bill be read a second time upon Thurs- be = 


day next. way Bil, 


The Wandsworth and Putney Railway Bill was Wandeworth 


ime ° and Put 
read a second time; and committed. Railway Ball 


The Warrington and Stockport Railway Bill was Warrington 
read a second time; and committed. and Stockport 


Railway Bill. 
The Waveney Valley Railway Bill was read a Waveney 
second time; and committed. be 
way Bill. 


The Wear Navigation and Sunderland Docks Bill Wear Navi- 


; P i ation and 
was read a second time ; and committed. —_— 
Docks Bill; 
Ordered, That the Wells and Fakenham Railway Wells and 
Bill be read a second time upon Wednesday next. ae 
way Bill. 


Ordered, That the West London Railway Bill be West London 
read a second time upon Thursday next. Railway Bill. 


The Weston-super-Mare Improvement and Market Weston-super- 


Bill was read a second time; and committed. Mare Improve- 
ment and 


Market Bill. 
The Westminster Improvements Bill was read a Westminster 
second time; and committed. aa 


The Weymouth and Melcombe Regis Markets and Weymouth 
Pier Bill was read a second time; and committed, %4 Meleombe 


” Regis Markets 
and Pier Bill. 
The Whitehaven Harbour and Town Bill was read Whitehaven 
a second time; and committed. a 


The Whitehaven Port, Harbour and Town Bill Whitehaven 
? P ort, Harbour 
was read a second time ; and committed. and Town Bill. 
The Wimbledon and Dorking and Epsom and Wimbledon 
Leatherhead Railways Bill was read a second time; #24 Dorking 
, and Epsom 
and committed. 


and Leather- 
head Railways 
Bill. 


The Wirral Water Bill was read a second time; — Water 
and committed. 


Ordered, That the Woolwich Exemption Bill be Woolwich 
read a second time upon Monday next. eo 


The Worcester and Hereford Railway Bill was read Worcester 
a second time ; and committed. and Hereford 
Railway Bill. 
The York Improvement Bill was read a second York Im. 
time ; and committed. — 


The House was moved, That the Report from the Lianidloes 
Examiner of Petitions for Private Bills in respect oni og 
of the Petition for additional Provision in the Lia- “""*Y © 
nidloes and Newtown Railway Bill, might be read ; 
and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee on the Bill, that they have Power to make 
Provision therein pursuant to the prayer of the said 
Petition. 


The Order for the second reading of the Travellers Travellers 


and Marine Insurance and Accidental Death Insur- #"4 Marine . 
ance Companies Amalgamation Bill, was read, and Accidental. 


discharged. Death In- 
Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. surance Com~- 
panies Amal- 
gamation Bill. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring ina Bill to Travellers 
dissolve the Accidental Death Insurance Company, #74 Marine 
and to amalgamate the Business of that Company Accidental 
with the Travellers and Marine Insurance Company, Death In- 


to be hereafter called “ The Accidental Death In- &gt; 





surance Company ;” to regulate the Payment of i 
H 3 Stamp No. 2.) 





2. . 
. . 4 ‘ * 
ee ee 






AEE Sa OT EPR Te NEE AE ORONO HES BE 


ee er eee + are er ee 





Public 
Petitions. 


Vide Third 
Report. 


Houses, &amp;c. 


Army Con- 
missions. 


Lighthouses. 


Local Acts. 
No. 50. 


Public Income 
and Expendi- 


ture, 


* Mint. 


Irish Repro- 
ductive Loan 
Fund. 


Works and 
Public Build- 
ings. 


West India 
Islands, &amp;c. 
Relief. ° 


54 


Stamp Duties by the latter Company, and for other 
purposes: And that Captain Lowther and Mr. 
Steuart do prepare, and bring jt in. 


Several Public Petitions were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of Amount of Duty charged in the Metro- 
politan Districts, and for the rest of England and 
Wales, on Houses; the Duty and Licenses for Hack- 
ney Carriages, and for Stage Carriages; and the 
Licenses and Duty on Carriages and Horses let for 
Hire, for the year ended the 5th day of April 1858, 


Resolved, That 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 Statement by Sir Charles T're- 
velyan to General Peel, of Reasons for differing from 
the Report of the Committee appointed by Lord 
Panmure to examine the Proposals submitted by 
him to the Royal Commission on the Purchase and 
Sale of Commissions in the Army. 

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


Mr. Hardy presented,—Return to an Address to 
Her Majesty, dated the 8th day of this instant 
February, for a Return relative to Lighthouses. 

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


Mr. Corry presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand,—RKeports from the Admiralty relative to ap- 
plications for Local Acts. 

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


The following Paper was laid upon the Table by 
the Clerk of the eats 90a to an Order, 
dated the 10th dav of this instant February, for a 
Return relative to Public Income and Expenditure. 

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 Sums advanced in each year from the Con- 
solidated 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. 

An Account of Reseipts and Disbursements on 
account of the Irish Reproductive Loan Fund, to 
31st December 1858. 

Abstract Accounts of the Receipt and Expendi- 
ture of the Monies granted, or otherwise received 
and appropriated in the Department under the Con- 
trol or Management of the Commissioners of Her 
Majesty’s Works and Pubiic Buildings, in the year 
ended 31st March 1858 ; together with a Report of 
the Commissioners of Audit thereon. 

Account, pursuant to Act 6 &amp; 7 Vic. c. 63, inti- 
tuled, “‘ An Act for granting Relief to the Islands. of 
Antigua, Nevis, Dominica and Montserrat,” of all 
Sums advanced to the said Islands; and of all Sums 
repaid by reason of such Advances, with the Interest 
paid thereon, during the year ending 5th January 
1859. 

Account, pursuant to Act 11 &amp; 12 Vic, ¢. 22, in- 
tituled, “ 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 Colony ; 
and of all Sums repaid by reason of such Advances, 
with the Interest paid thereon, during the year ending 
5th January 1859. 


14° Februarzz. 


A. 1859. 





Ordered, That the Aecount: relative to Queen Queen Aum) = 


Anne's Bounty, which was presented the 11th . 
day of this instant February, be printed. No. 51, 
Ordered, That the Return relative to Bankrupts’ Bankrupys 


Certificates, which was presented - the 11th day, 
of this instant February, be printed. No. 62, 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to Criminals Criminals 
(Scotland), which was presented upon the 11th day (Seotlandy 
of this instant February, be printed. No. 68, 


Mr. Henley presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- Trade and 
mand,—Accounts relating to Trade and Navigation, N* 
for the Month ended. 31st December 1858, and 
Year ended 31st December 1858. 

Mr. Henley also presented,—Return to an Order, Lighthouses, 
dated the 16th day of July, in the last Session of 
Parliament, for a Return in continuation of an Ac- 
count rendered by Mr. James Walker, an Engineer 
of the Trinity House, from 1834.to 1842, both in- 
elusive, as given in Appendix No. 5 (P.) page 413, 
of the Report on Lighthouses to the House cof Com- 
mons in 1845, from the: years 1843 to 1857, both 
inclusive, divided under the same Heads. 

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


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- Adjournment 
posed, That this House do now adjourn :—And the 
said Motion was, witli leave of the House, with- 
drawn. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Population, 

to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased nye 
to give directions, that. there be laid before this °"~” 
House, a Return showing the Population and Num- 
ber of Inhabited Houses according to Census 1851, 
of Counties, Parliamentary Division of Counties, 
Cities and Boroughs in England and Wales, Scot- 
land and Ireland, distinguishing the separate Popu- 
lation and. Number of ‘Inhabited Houses in each, 
with the Total of each County and Parliamentary 
Division of a County, including Cities and Boroughs, 
and the Number of Representatives returned to 
Parliament ; also, as regards Cities: and Boroughs, 
the Number of Houses rated to Relief of the Poor 
in 1856 ; Gross and Net Value of Property assessed 
to Relief of the Poor in 1856; and Number of 
Electors on Registers in 1857 (in similar form to the 
Parliamentary Paper, No. 106, of Session 1853). 

Ordered, ‘Yhat 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 Highways Bill was, according to Order, read Highways 
a second time; and committed to a Committee of ™ 
the whole House, for Monday the 7th day of March 
next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Sale of Poisons Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third Occasional 
reading of the Occasional Forms of Prayer Bill; Prayer Bi 
Ordered, ‘That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Friday next. 


Sale of Poisons 
Bill. 


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


ly 5 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- East Indis 
osed, That this House will, To-morrow, resolve 
itself into a Committee to consider of enabling 
the Secretary of State in Council of India to raise 
Money in the United Kingdom for the Service of 
the Government of India :—And the said Motion 
was, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 








Moti 


Certificates, 


East In 
(Financ 


No. 


Liver 
Statio 
tion k 
(No. ! 


Teleg 
Comy 


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East India A Motion being made, That this House will, upon 

(Lomn.) Friday meres, He itself into a Committee to con- 
sider of enabling the Secretary of State in Council 
of India to raise Money in the United Kingdom, 
for the Service of the Government of India ; 

Lord Stanley, ‘by Her Majesty’s Command, ac- 
quainted the House, That Her Majesty, having 
been informed of the subject-matter of this Motion, 
recommends it to the consideration of the House. 

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

Piers and Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
Harbours. encourage and facilitate the Erection and Improve- 
ment of Piers and Harbours in Great Britain and 
Treland: And that Mr. Paull, Mr. Bramley-Moore 
and Mr. Lindsay do prepare, and bring it in. 
Bast India Lord Stanley presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
(Finances.) mand,—Copy of Financial Despatch to the Govern- 
No. 54. ment of India, dated 19th January 1859 (No. 6):— 
And, Review of the Finances of Jndia, as shown in 
the Actual Accounts of 1856-57, and as estimated 
for 1857-58 and 1858-59. 
ast India Copy of Financial Despatch, dated 31st Ja- 
(Finances) yuary 1859; together with an Estimate of the Re- 
No.5. ceipts and Disbursements of the Home Treasury of 
the Secretary of State for Jndia in Council, from 
ist May 1859 to 30th April 1860. 
East India Copy of Subscriptions to the Five per cent. Loan, 
(Loan.) aout 16th January 1657 in India. 
No. 86. Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table ; and be printed. 
And theu the House adjourned till To-morrow. 
Martis, 15° die Februari ; 
Anno 22° Victorie Regine, 1859. 

PRAYERS. 

Liverpool R. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report 
oo bate M from one of the Examiners of Petitions for 


(No.2) Bil. Private Bills, That in the case of the Liverpool 
Stations Junction Railway (No. 2) Bill, the Standing 
Orders have been complied with. 
Ordered, That the bill be read a second time. 


me and A Petition of Provisional Directors of the British 

Telegraph and Canadian Telegraph Company, for leave to 

Company, bring in a Bill for incorporating the British and 
Canadian Telegraph Company, and for other pur- 
poses, was presented, and read ; and a Bill was or- 
dered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Camp- 
bell and Mr. Wyld. 

“ag A Petition of the there-undersigned, for leave 

Railway, to bring in a Bill for making a Railway from the 
West London Railway at or near the Kensington 
Terminus thereof, to the authorized Line of the 
Victoria Station and Pimlico Kailway, and also a 
Dock or Basin near the Mouth of the Kensington 
Canal, and for other purposes, was presented, and 
read ; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in ac- 
cordingly, by Mr. Berkeley and Mr. Ayrton. 

pon The Burton-upon-Trent Railway Bill was read a 

vay Bil, Second time; and committed. 

ty ‘The Cowes and Newport (Isle of Wight) Railway 

e Wight) Bill was read a second time; and committed. 

Railway Bill, 

et wl The Hooton and Neston Railway Bill was read a 

vay Bil, Second time; and committed. 

ree end The London and North Western Railway (Ar- 


Railway (Ar. TANGements) Bill was read a second time ; and com- 


_) mnitted. 
"VoL. 114. 


14°—-15° Februarii. 





55 


Ordered, That the Malden and Sheen Valley Malden and 
Drainage Bill be read a second time To-morrow. — bi 4 
The North Eastern and Bedale and Leyburn North Eastern 
Railway Companies Amalgamation Bill was read a and Bedale 
second time ; and committed. | Railway Com- 
panies Amal- 
gamation Bill 


The Ringwood, Christchurch and Bournemouth Ringwood, 


Railway Bill was read a second time; and com- Chvistchurch 
mitted. ry 


mouth Rail- 
way Bill. 
The Sevenoaks Railway Bill was read a second Sevenoaks 
time ; and committed. Railway Bill. 


The Stockton and Darlington Railway Bill was Stockton and 
read a second time ; and committed. Darlington 
Railway Bill. 
The Tyne Improvement Bill was read a second Tyne Im- 
time; and committed. provement 
Bill. 
The Wansbeck Railway Bill was read a second Wansbeck 
time; and committed. Railway Bill. 


The Bridport Railway Bill was, according to Bridport __ 
Order, read a second time ; and committed. Railway Bill. 


The Carmarthen and Cardigan Railway Bill was, Carmarthen 


according to Oider, read a second time; and com- 2"¢ —— 
mitted. en 


The Order of the day being read, for the second City of London 
reading of the City of Zondon Union Bill; Union Bill. 

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

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out the word “ now,” and, at 
the end of the Question, adding the words “ upon 
“ this day six months.” 

And the Question being put, That the word 
“now” stand part of the Question ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right; 

The Noes to the Left. 

Tellers for the { Mr. Crawford, 1 

Yeas, \ Mr. Cox: J 

Tellers for thef Mr. Alderman Copeland, 

Noes, UMr. Hankey: } 

So it passed in the Negative. 

And the Question being put, That the words 
“upon this day six months” be added at the end 
of the Question :—It was resolved in the Affirma- 
tive. 

Then the Main Question, so amended, being 

ut ; 
, Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon this day six months. 


57. 
9. 


8 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Cork Harbour 
reading of the Cork Harbour Reclamation Bill; Reclamation 

Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


The Hertford, Luton and Dunstable Railway Hertford, 
Bill was, according to Order, read a second time ; Luton and 
and committed emer 

7 : Railway Bill, 

The Isle of Wight Ferry Bill was, according to Isle of Wight 

Order, read a second time ; and committed. Ferry Bill. 


The Leominster and Kington Railway Bill was, Leominster . 


according to Order, read a second time ; and com- and Kington 
mitted. Railway Bill. 


The Lymington Railway Bill was, according to Lymington 
Order, read a second time; and committed. Railway Bill. 


being read, for the second Mersey Docks 


reading of the Mersey Docks and Harbour Bill; — lm 








The Order of the day 
H 


4 And Bil 





56 


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 
“ Tuesday 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 the Mr. Horsfall, 


Yeas, \ Mr. Joseph Ewart : — 
Tellers for the( Mr. John Toilemache, 102 
Noes, {Mi Salisbury : } ' 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Ordered, That the Bill be now reada second time: 
—The Bill was accordingly read a second time; 
and committed. 


Red Seaand The Order of the day being read, for the second 
aka reading of the Red Sea and India Telegraph Com- 
pany Ba. pany Bill ; 
rdered, That the said Order be discharged. 
Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 
Red Sea and Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
—~ + to incorporate the Red Sea and India Telegraph 
car (No. 2.) Company, and to enable the Company to establish 
and work Telegraphs between Great Britain and 
India and other Countries, and for other purposes 
connected therewith: And that Mr. Kinnaird and 
Mr. Gregson do prepare, and bring it in. 
Richmond The Order of the day being read, for the second 


preremens reading of the Richmond Improvement Bill ; 
Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 
Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


Travellers A Bill to dissolve the Accidental Death Insurance 
enamel Company, and to amalgamate the Business of that 
Accidental Company with the Travellers and Marine [nsurance 
Death In. | Company, to be hereafter called “The Accidental 
suranceCom- Death Insurance Company,” to regulate the Pay- 
panies Amal- . “8 

gamation meat of Stamp Duties by the latter Company, and 
(No.2) Bill. for other purposes, was read the first time; and or- 

dered to be read a second time. 
Llynvi Valley A Bill to authorize the Liynvi Valley Railway 


Railway Bill. Company to make Deviations of their Main Line 
of Railway, and for other purposes, was read the 
first time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


A Bill for the Abandonment of the Metropolitan 
Railway, and the Dissolution of the Company, and 

(Abandonment fi , : ; 

of Under- or other purposes, was read the first time; and 

taking, &amp;e.) ordered to be read a second time. 


Metropolitan 
Railway 


Newcastle- A Bill for making a Railway from near the 
under-Lyme, Madeley Station of the London and North Western 
aN Railway, to the Si/verdale and Newcastle-under- 
y , 2 : 
Junction Rail- Lyme Kailway, near to Silverdale Church, all in the 
way Bill. County of Stafford, and for other purposes, was 
read the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
time. 
Liverpool A Bill for altering and repealing some of the 
es Provisions of “The Liverpool Corporation Water- 
* works Act, 1847,” and for other purposes, was read 
the first time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 
Indian and The Order for reading a second time the Jndian 
as oy and Australian Telegraph Company Bill, was read, 


c pi. and discharged. 
— Ordered, What the Bill be withdrawn. 


Indian and Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
a y for ory rg. | and regulating the India, Austra- 
Sms lia and China Telegraph Company, and for other 
pany of - 
(No, 2.) purposes: And that Sir James Duke and Captain 


. Mangles do prepare, and bring it in. 


15° Februariz. 





A. 1859. 


Colonel Wilson Patten reported from the Select Standing 
Committee on Standing Orders, several Resolu- OPders. 
tions; which were read, as follow : 
dington, Richmond, Humpton Court and Kingston Paddington, 
Railway Petition, the Standing Orders ought to be oe 
dispensed with; that the Parties be permitted to Court.and 
proceed with their Bill, provided that they be re- Kingston Raj 
stricted from taking any Land within the limits of ""” 
Deviation, for which Notice has not been dul 
given, without the consent of the Owners thereof ; 
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 Falkirk Police and Falkirk Polig 
Improvement Petition, the Standing Orders ought - Improve 
to be dispensed with ; that the Parties be permitted 
to proceed with their Bill, provided that they strike 
out of the Bill all Provisions transferring the 
Feuars’ Lands to the Commissioners; that the 
Committee on the Bill do report how far such 
Order has been complied with on the Report of the 
Bill. 

3. That in the case of the West End of London West End of 
and Crystal Palace Railway (No. 2) Petition, the London and 
Standing Orders ought to be dispensed with; that i 
— Parties be permitted to proceed with their (No. 2.) 

ill. 

4. That in the case of the West End of London West End of 
and Crystal Palace Railway (No. 1) Petition, the Copel fa 
Standing Orders ought to be dispensed with ; that Railway 
the Parties be permitted to proceed with their (No. 1.) 
Bill. 

5. That in the case of the Sirhowy Tramroad Sirhowy 
Petition, the Standing Orders ought to be dispensed T*#™roud. 
with ; that the Parties be permitted to proceed with 
their Bill. 

6. That in the case of the North, West and North, Wes 
South London Junction Railway Petition, the se i 
Standing Orders ought not to be dispensed with. tion Railway. 

The first, second, third, fourth and fifth Resolu- 
tions, bemg read a second time, were agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


The House was moved, That the Report from North Lond, 
the Select Committee on Standing Soden iN Richmond, 
respect of the Petition for the North London, Pad- Hampton 
dington, Richmond, Hampton Court and Kingston Court and 
— Bill, might be read; and the same being — a 
read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for making a Railway from the Kew Station of the 
North and South Western Junction Railway to 
Richmond Bridge, Kingston and Hampton Court, 
in the respective Counties of Middlesex and Surrey, 
with a Branch from the said intended Railway to 
join the Great Western and Brentford Railway, in 
the Parish of Isleworth; and also another Branch 
from the last-mentioned Railway to join the Great 
Western Railway, in the Parish of Ealing, and 
County of Middlesex: And that Mr. Hanbury and 
Mr. Byng do prepare, and bring it in. 


The House was moved, That the Report from the West Bel 
Select Committee on Standing Orders in respect of Ceystal Pulse 
the Petition for the West End of London and Railway 
Crystal Palace Railway (No. 1) Bill, might be read ; (No. 1.) 
and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to extend the Powers of the West End of Zondon 
and Crystal Palace Railway Company ; for the Pur- 
chase of Lands, and Completion of their autho- 
rized Extension to Farnborough Railway, and for 
other purposes: And that Sir Joseph Paxton and 


Mr. Beale do prepare, and bring it in. 


The House was moved, That the Report from the Sirhowy 
Select Committee on Standing Orders in respect of 








the 


1. That in the case of the North London, Pad- North Loniq, 











ee 


Settles 


5 * 


s "9 


West End of 
London and 
Crystal Palace 
Railway 

(No. 2.) 


Public 

Petitions. 

Vide Third 

Report. 

Fast India 

(Transport of 

Troops, &amp;c.) 
No, 57. 


Public Income 
and Expen- 
diture. 


No. 58. 


Mint, 
No, 59. 


Trish Repro- 
ductive Loan 
Fund. 


No. 60. 


Works arid 
Public Build- 
ings, 
No. 61. 
Lighthouses. 
No, 62, 


Arundel Port. 


Piers and 
Harbours Bill, 


Bill 21. 


Amy, 
No. 63, 


Army Com- 
Qissions, 


22 VicToriz. 


the Petition for the Sirhowy Tramroad Bill, might 
be read; and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for changing the Name of the Sirhowy Tramroad 
Company to the Name “The Sirhowy Railway 
Company,” and for authorizing the Company to 
make New Works, and to maintain and work the 
Sirhowy Line as a Railway, and to raise further 
Funds, and for regulating their Capital and Bor- 
rowing Powers, and for other purposes: And that 
Mr. Octavius Morgan and Mr. Godfrey Charles 
Morgan do prepare, and bring it in. 


The House was moved, That the Report from the 









15° Februari. 57 


Table; and that the Estimates be referred to the 
Committee of Supply, and be printed. 


Mr. Corry presented,—Return to an Order, dated Navy. 
the 11th day of this instant February, for Returns 
relative to the Navy. 

. ey That the said Return do lie upon the 
able. 


Mr. Henley presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- Shipping. 
mand,—Return of British Ships employed in the 
Trade of the United Kingdom, in the years 1854, 
1855, 1856, 1857 and 1858 (not including repeated 
Voyages). 





Select Committee on Standing Orders in respect of 


the Petition for the West End of Zondon and Crystal | 


Palace Railway (No. 2) Bill, might be read; and 
the same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to authorize the West End of London and Crystal 





Palace Railway Company to sell or transfer a part 
of their authorized Extension to Farnborough Rail- 
way to the South Eastern Railway Company, or to 
abandon the same, and for other purposes: And 
that Sir Joseph Paxton and Mr. Beale do prepare, 
and bring it in. 


Several Public Petitions were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to East India 
(Transport of Troops, &amp;c.), so far as relates to Army 
Chaplains, which was presented upon the 8th day 
of February, in the last Session of Parliament, be 
printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Public In- 
come and Expenditure, which was presented upon 
the 14th day of this instant February, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Account relative to the Mint, 
which was presented upon the 14th day of this 
instant February, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Account relative to the Jrish 
Reproductive Loan Fund, which was presented 
upon the 14th day of this instant February, be 
printed. 


Ordered, That the Accounts relative to Works 
and Public Buildings, which were presented upon 
the 14th day of this instant February, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Lighthouses, 
in continuation of an Account rendered by Mr. 
James Walker, which was presented upon the 14th 
day of this instant February, be printed. 


The following Paper, pursuant to the directions 
of an Act of Parliament, was laid upon the Table 
by the Clerk of the House,—The Report and Ge- 
neral Account of the Receipts and Disbursements of 
the Monies which have been received and paid by 
the Commissioners of Arundel Port, since the 31st 
day of December 1857, up to and including the 31st 
day of December 1858. 


Mr. Paull presented a Bill to encourage and 
facilitate the Hevetien and Improvement of Piers 
and Harbours in Great Britain and Jreland: And 
the same was read “the first time; and ordered to 
be read a second time upon Thursday the 24th day 
of this instant February ; and to be printed. 


General Peel presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand,—Army Estimates of Effective and Non- 
effective Services for 1859-60. 

General Peel also presented,—Return to an Ad- 
dress to Her Majesty, dated the 14th day of this 
instant February, for a Return relative to Army 
Commissions. 

Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 

VoL. 114, 


; the year ending November 20th, 1858 : 





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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Savings 
Returns in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, B4** 
No. 57, Session 1857-8, giving No.1 as a separate 
Return, of Accounts relating to Savings Banks, for 
And, in 
continuation of No. 57-1. of Session 1857-8, of Ac- 
counts relating to Savings Banks, for the year end- 
ing November 20th, 1858. 





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 Officers and 
Men, distinguishing each Arm of the Service, Ca- 
valry, Infantry, Horse and Foot Artillery, and En- 
gineers, on the Establishment annually, from 1800 
to 1858, both years inclusive ; stating the Numbers 
serving at Home, in the Colonies, and Jndia, the 
Enrolled Pensioners, and Embodied Militia and 
Volunteers, and the Amount annually voted for 
these Services, distinguishing Effective and Non- 
effective Services. 

Ordered, That 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 Addrcss be presented Army (Pur- 

to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased hase and Sale 
, oe , : . of Commis- 

to give directions, that there be laid before this gions.) 
House, a Copy of Proceedings of a War Office 
Committee, on what is therein termed “Sir C. Tre- 
velyan’s Scheme,” in relation to Army Purchase and 
Sale of Commissions ; and of which the Table of 
Contents commences with “‘ Questions to be deter- 
mined, page 3,” and terminates with the words 
“ Summary of Statements relative to Indian Army, 
page 99,” 

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

a 


are of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy 
Council. 


Ordered, That Mr. Cowan have leave of absence Leave of 
for a fortnight, on account of a domestic affliction, “sence. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- Lunatics. 
posed, That a Select Committee be appointed to 
inquire into the Operation of the Laws relating to 
the Care and Treatment of Lunatics, especially 
those so found by Inquisition :—And the said Mo- 
tion was, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 


Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed Lunatics, 
to inquire into the Operation of the Acts of Parlia- 
ment and Regulations for the Care and Treatment 
of Lunatics, and their Property. 








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 request, that this House will be pleased Foreign Office 
to communicate to their Lordships, a Copy of the Re-construc- 

1+ Report “™ 







































Bankruptcy 
and Insol- 
vency. 


Berks and 
Hants Exten- 
sion Railway 
Bill. 


Mid-Kent 
Railway Bill. 


Witney Rail- 
way (No, 2) 
Bill. 


Malden and 
Sheen Valley 
Drainage Bull. 


Wells and 
Fakenham 
Railway Bill. 


British and 
Canadian 
Telegraph 
Company Bill. 


Indian and 
Australian 
Telegraph 
Company 
(No. 2) Bill. 


Red Sea and 
India Tele- 
graph Com- 
pany (No. 2) 
Bill. 


Atlantic 
Telegraph 
Company Bill. 


Atlantic 
Telegraph 
Company 
(No, 2.) 


58 


Report from the Select Committee appointed by 
this House in the last Session of Parliament, to 
consider and report upon the Re-construction of 
the Foreign Office, in relation to the future Re- 
building of other Offices on a uniform Plan, due 
regard being had to public convenience and eco- 
nomy ; together with the Proceedings of the Com- 
mittee, Minutes of Evidence, aud 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. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to amend and consolidate the Laws relating to 
Bankruptcy and Insolvency: And that Lord John 
Russell and Mr. Headlam do prepare, and bring 
it in. 

Notice being taken, That Forty Members were 
not present :—The House was told by Mr. Speaker ; 
and Forty Members not being present, and it being 
then after Four of the clock :—The House was ad- 
journed by Mr. Speaker, without a Question first 
put, till To-morrow. 








Mercurii, 16° die Februarii ; 


Anno 22° Victoria Regine, 1859. 





PRAYERS. 
T HE Berks and Hants Extension Railway Bill 


was read a second time ; and committed. 


The Mid-Kent Railway Bill was read a second 
time ; and committed. 


The Witney Railway (No. 2) Bill was read a 


second time; and committed. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Malden and Sheen Valley Drainage 
Bill ; 

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


The Wells and Fakenham Railway Bill was, ac- 
cording to Order, read a second time; and com- 
mitted. 


A Bill for incorporating the British and Cana- 
dian Telegraph Company, and for other purposes, 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time. 


A Bill for incorporating and regulating the Jndia, 
Australia and China Telegraph Company, and for 
other purposes, was read the first time. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exa- 
miners of Petitions for Private Bills. 


A Bill to incorporate the Red Sea and India Te- 
legraph Company, and for enabling the Company to 
establish and work Telegraphs between Great Bri- 
tain and India and other Countries, and for other 
purposes connected therewith, was read the first time. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exa- 
miners of Petitions for Private Bills. 


The Order for reading a second time the Atlantic 
Telegraph Company Bill, was read, and discharged. 
Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
alter and amend the Acts relating to the Atlantic 
Telegraph Company, and to enable the Company 
to raise additional Capital, and for other purposes : 
And that Mr. Stuart Wortley and Mr. Samuel Gurney 
do prepare, and bring it in. 


15°—16° Februariz. 














A. 1859. 


The House was moved, That the Report from the Falkirk Policy 
Select Committee on Standing Orders in respect of #94 Improve. 
the Petition for the Falkirk Police and Improve- ™™ 
ment Bill, might be read; and the same being 
read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for regulating the Police of the Burgh of Falkirk ; 
for transferring the Property and Rights of the 
Stintmasters and Feuars of Fa/kirk to the Magis- 
trates and Council ; for Paving, Draining, Lighting, 
Watching and Improving the Burgh, and regulating 
the Supply of Water within the Burgh, and for 
other purposes: And that Captain Hamilton, Mr. 
Blackburn and Sir James Anderson do prepare, and 
bring it in. 


BEES 


Several Public Petitions were presented, and Public 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. Petitions. 
Vide Third 
Report. 
Ordered, That the Return relative to the Customs Customs De. 
Department (Port of London), which was presented partment (Port 
upon the 9th day of June, in the last Session of % £24) 
Parliament, be printed. No. 64, 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Navy, Navy. 
which was presented upon the 15th day of this in- No, 65, 
stant February, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Shipping, Shipping, 
which was presented upon the 15th day of this in- No, 66, 
stant February, be printed. 


The following Paper was laid upon the Table by Tyne Im. 
the Cle:k of the House,— Return to an Order, provement. 
dated the 30th day of July, in the last Session of Par- 
liament, for Copies of every Contract entered into 
between the Tyne Improvement Commissioners and 
any Person or Persons for the Construction of the 
Piers, Approaches and Works connected therewith, 
authorized to be constructed at the Mouth of the 
River Tyne, by the Tyne Improvement Act of 1852, 
or of any portion of such Piers, Approaches and 
Works ; together with the Date of the execution of 
every such Contract, and the Names and Descrip- 
tions of the Parties thereto :—— And, of every Bond 
granted to the Jyne Improvement Commissioners 
by any Person or Persons by way of Security for 
the due and proper fulfilment of any Contract for , 
the Construction of such Piers, Approaches and 
Works, or for any portion of them; together with 
the Date of the execution of every such Bond, 
and the Names and Descriptions of the Parties 
thereto. 


EEE 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Postal, &amp;. 
a Copy of the Contracts entered into by the Go- Communica 
A ; tion (England 
vernment, for improving the Postal and Passenger .nq Ireland.) 
Communication between England and Ireland, via 


Holyhead. 


Ordered, That Sir William Heathcote have leave Leave of 
of absence for a fortnight, on account of ill health, 4° 


Manor Courts, 
&amp;e. (Ireland) 


The Order of the 7 being read, for the second 
Bill. 


reading of the Manor Courts, &amp;c. (Zreland) Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Friday next. 


The Tramways (Jreland) Bill was, according to Tramways 
Order, read a second time; and committed to a (ireland) Bill 
Committee of the whole House, for Wednesday the 
16th day of March next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Marriage Law 
reading of the Marriage Law Amendment Bill; — Amendment 

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, 

























































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d) 


ill. 


Aw 
it 





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92 Vicrortz. 


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 _ , That the word 


“ now ” stand part of the Question 


Baron Mayer Amschel de Rothschild, returned for 
the Town and Port of Hythe, came to the Table to 
be sworn ; and stated, that, being a person profess- 
ing the Jewish Religion, he entertained a conscien- 
tious objection to take the Oath, which by an Act 

assed in the last Session has been substituted for 
the Oaths of Allegiance, Supremacy and Abjuration, 
in the form therein required :—Whereupon the Clerk 
reported the matter to Mr. Speaker, who desired 
Baron Mayer Amschel de Rothschild to withdraw : 
—And he withdrew accordingly. 

Resolved, That it appears to this House that 
Baron Mayer Amschel de Rothschild, a person pro- 
fessing the Jewish Religion, being otherwise entitled 
to sit and vote in this House, is prevented from so 
sitting and voting by his couscientious objection to 
take the Oath, which by an Act passed in the last 
Session of Parliament has been substituted for the 
Oaths of Allegiance, Supremacy and Abjuration, in 
the form therein required. 

Resolved, That any person professing the Jewish 
Religion may henceforth, in taking the Oath pre- 
scribed in an Act of the last Session of Parlia- 
ment to entitle him to sit and vote in this House, 
omit the words “and I make this Declaration upon 
the true faith of a Christian.” 

Baron Muyer Amschel de Rothschild, being again 
come to the Table, desired to be sworn on the Old 
Testament, as being binding on his conscience :— 
Whereupon the Clerk reported the matter to Mr. 
Speaker, who then desired the Clerk to swear him 
upon the Old Testament. 

Baron Mayer Amschel de Rothschild was sworn 
accordingly, and subscribed the Oath at the Table. 





Marrisge Law And the Question being put, ' That the word 


Amendment 
Bill, 


“ now ” stand part of the Question ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right ; 

The Noes to the Lett. 

Tellers for the; Viscount Bury, Liss 

Yeas, i Mr. Schneider : | ee 

Tellers for the {Mr. Beresford Hope, \ 7 

Noes, UMr. Drummond: , 

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. 


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

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Returns of the Amount of Capital and Loan which 
each Railway Company has been authorized to 
raise by Acts passed previous to and in 1858; 
the Amount of Share Capital actually paid up on 
the 31st day of December 1858, separating the 
ordinary Share Capital which does not receive, or 
is not entitled to receive, any preferential Dividend 
or Interest from that which bears a preferential Di- 
vidend or Rate of Interest, stating the Rate and 
Amount of Dividend upon such ordinary Share Ca- 
pital, as well as the Amount of each class of such 
ane Capital, with the Rate and Amount of 

nterest 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 1858; the Rates of Interest payable 
thereon, and the Sums to which such Rates of In- 
terest are applicable; distinguishing the several 
Sums raised by Shares or on Loan on which Di- 
Vou. 114. 


16°—17° Februarii. 


59 


vidend or Interest was not paid out of Revenue, and 
the Amount of such Dividend or Interest ; the Total 
Amount the Company retained Powers at the end 
of 1858 to raise, either on existing Shares, or by 
creating New Shares, or by Loans ; the Amount 
expended in the Construction of the Railway 
Works, Preliminary Expenses, and in Rolling 
Stock ; the Length of Line open for Traffic on the 
31st day of December 1858, distinguishing Single 
and Double Portions ; the Length of Line in course 
of Construction at the end of 1858; the Length of 
Line the Company is authorized to construct, but 
which was not commenced on the 31st day of De- 
cember 1858; and, consequently, the Total Length 
for which the Company has obtained Powers: 
Of the Amalgamation of Railway Companies which 
has been effected, either by Purchase, Lease, or 
otherwise, during 1858 ; stating the Nature of such 
Amalgamation, and the Date on which it com- 
menced, with the Act of Parliament under which it 
was effected :——And, from each Railway Com- 
pany, 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 1858, without the exercise of such 
Powers ; and the Capital appropriated by Parlia- 
ment for the Construction of such Lines or Branch 
Lines (in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 
431, of Session 1858). 





Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Post-office 


Copy of a Letter from the Postmaster General to 
the Treasury, dated the 15th day of January 1859, 
requesting Authority to extend the System of Com- 
pulsory Prepayment to Inland Letters: And, 
of the Treasury Warrant, dated the 29th day of 
January, sanctioning such Extension. 

Sir Stafford Northcote accordingly presented the 
said Paper. 

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





No .0.67. 


A Petition of the Sittingbourne and Sheerness Sittingbourne 
Railway Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to 7 
enable the Sittingbourne and Sheerness Railway (Workin - 

. 4 '- 
Company to run over and use Portions of the East rangements, 
Kent and South Eastern Railways, and to enter &amp;¢-) 


into working Arrangements with the South Eastern 
Railway Company; to enable the South Eastern 
Railway Company to enter into such Arrange- 
ments; to amend the Acts relating to the said Com- 
panies, and for other purposes, was presented, and 
read; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in ac- 
cordingly, by Sir Brooke Bridges and Mr. Butler 
Johnstone. 


Lord John Russell presented a Bill to amend Bankruptcy 


and consolidate the Laws relating to Bankruptcy 
and Insolvency: And the same was read the first 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time upon 
Wednesday the 16th day of March next; and to 
be printed. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 











Jovis, 17° die Februarii ; 
Anno 22° Victoria Regine, 1859. 


PRAYERS. 


an 
vency Bill, 


Bill 22. 


M R. Gregson reported from the Select Com- Public 
mittee on Public Petitions; That they had Petitions 


examined the Petitions presented upon the 15th, 
16th and 17th 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. 
I2 The 





Third Re- 
port.) 




























































60 = 17° Februari. A. 1859. 


a The Malden and Sheen Valley Drainage Bill was, | Eastern Railway Company to enter into such Ar- 
Drainage Bil according to Order, read a second time; and com- | rangements; to amend the Acts relating to the said 
mitted. Companies, and for other purposes, was read the 


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


—_ .. The North and South Zondon Junction Railway 
Junction Bill was, according to Order, read a second time;| Colonel Wilson Patten reported from the Select Standing 
Railway Bill, and committed. Committee on Standing Orders, several Resolutions ; Orders, 
Victoria The Victoria Station and Pimlico Railway Bill | Which were read, as follow : . 
Station and . : 1. That in the case of the North Staffordshire y 
was, according to Order, read a second time; and : e. - orth Stat. Cons 
— pect 8 y ‘ Railway Petition, the Standing Orders ought to be fordshire Ra IMM cies. 


dispensed with; that the Parties be permitted to “*” ‘ 


West Lond hers : : | proceed with their Bill. 
Railway Bill. to 9 sa ae tn hy y petro 2. That in the case of the Ruabon and Denbigh Ruabon wm 
‘ : . Railway (Llangollen Section) Petition, the Standing Denbigh ba 
ay 


. Orders ought not to be dispensed with. Liang 
West Endof : WwW P i 
+ agen tag emma to eget? tees? i 3. That in the case of the Llyfni Vale Railway eyes ae Cons 


Londonand = J ond d tal Palace Rail C fi - ; 
Crt Pa ioe chao ak Lal wa Coupletion of che ae. | Petition, the Standing Orders ought to be dispensed Ray.” Il 


with; that the Parties be permitted to proceed 
with their Bill. 

4. That in the case of the Thames Embankment Thames gp, 
and Railways Petition, the Standing Orders ought bankment aj 


West Endof A Bill to authorize the West End of London and | ®t to be dispensed with. Railways, 


(No.1) Bill. thorized Extension to Farnborough Railway, and 
for other purposes, was read the first time; and 
ordered to be read a second time. 


condor Paigce ClYStal Palace Railway Compary to sell or transfer P The 1st and - ~jcanaiaes being read a second 
eiver a part of their authorized Extension to Farnbo- ne, Sees Seem 


(No.2) Bill. rough Railway to the South Eastern Railway Com- Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


pany, or to abandon the same, and for other pur- 
poses, was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time, 


Ordered, That the Select Committee on Standing Private Bill, 
Orders have Power to report on the Cases referred 
to them in respect of Private Bills originating in 
North London, A Bill for making a Railway from the Kew the House of Lords, notwithstanding that the Peti- 
Paddington, Station of the North and South Western Junction | tions for the same shall not have been presented to 
Sannten ’ — Railway to Richmond Bridge, Kingston and Hamp- this House. 
Courtand ton Court, in the respective Counties of Middlesex 
——— Rail- and Surrey, with a Branch from the said intended g — + — pring ioe ee from the pees a 
way Rail to join the Great Western and Brentford | elect Committee on Standing Orders in_ respect for ire 

Se ee ae ee I of the Petition for the North Staffordshire Railway “*Y: 

Bill, might be read ; and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for a Branches from the North Staf- 
fordshire Railway, in the Parishes of Stoke-upon- 
Trent and Wolstanton, in the County of Stafford ; 
West London A Bill for making a Railway from the West and for extending the Time for completing certain 
and Pimlico 7 ndon Railway, at ‘ee: anew the Kensington Ter- Works, and for authorizing Arrangements with the Port 
aeaney oe. nines thereof, to the authorized Line of the Vic- | 20"don and North Western Railway Company, and - 

for other purposes: And that Lord Alfred Paget 


toria Station and Pimlico Railway; and also a \ ‘ | ayre 
Dock or Basin near the Mouth of the Kensington and Mr. Ricardo do prepare, and bring it in. 


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


Railway, in the Parish of Jsleworth; and also 
another Branch from the last-mentioned Railway to 
join the Great Western Railway, in the Parish of 
Ealing, and County of Middlesex, was read the first 
time; and ordered to be read a second time. 


The House was moved, That the Report from the Llyfoi Vale 
Select Committee on Standing Orders in respect of Railway. 


Falkirk Police A Bill for regulating the Police of the Burgh the Petition for the Llyfni Vale Railway Bill might Briti 


. Colu 
and Improve- oF Falkirk: fi terving the P . dRichts | be tead ; and the same being read ; 
ill. of £atkirk; for transferring the Property and hights ; ©, ise : 
_— of the Stintmasters and Feuars of Falkirk to the | , Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 


Magistrates and Council; for Paving, Draining, for the Construction and Maintenance of a Harbour 


Lighting, Watching and Improving the Burgh, and at Port Llyfui, in the Parish of Clynog, in the 
regulating the Supply of Water within he Deng, County of Carnarvon, and Railway from the said 


d for oth ' be Harbour to Talysarn Quarries, in the Parish of 
per ep hss, pepe pte eaeimeiduans Llandrog, in the said County: And that Mr. Wyld 


and Mr. Nicholson Hodgson do prepare, and} bring 


Sithowy A Bill for changing the Name of the Sirhowy | ' ™ 

— Tramroad Company to the Name ‘‘The Sirhowy| Several Public Petitions were presented, and Public 
Railway Company,” and for authorizing the Com- | read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. Petitions. 
pany to make New Works, and to maintain and Vide Fourth 
work the Sirhowy Line as a Railway, and to raise Report. 
further Funds, and for regulating their Capital} Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his War- Marylebone J Coa 
and Borrowing Powers, and for other purposes, was | rant to the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ. 
read the first time ; and ordered to be read a second | Writ for the electing of a Burgess to serve in this 
time. present Parliament for the Borough of Marylebone, 

in the room of the Honourable Hugh Fortescue, 

commonly called Viscount Ebrington, who, since 

his Election for the said Borough, hath accepted 


Atlantic A Bill to alter and amend the Acts relating to 
an the Atlantic Telegraph Company, and to enable 
No. 2) Bin, the Company to raise additional Capital, and for | ihe office of Steward of Her Majesty’s Manor of 
other purposes, was read the first time. Northstead 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exa- : 
miners of Petitions for Private Bills. Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Army oe 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased chee f Conte 
Sittingbourne A Bill to enable the Sittingbourne and Sheerness | to give directions, that there be laid before this missions.) 
a Railway Company to run over and use Portions of | House, a Copy of the Data and Calculations upon 
(Working Ar. the East Kent and South Eastern Railways, and | which Sir Charles Trevelyan founded the State- 
rangements, to enter into working Arrangements with the South | ments upon which the War Office Committee was 
&amp;c.) Bill Eastern Railway Company; to enable the South | called upon to report ele Dplmeteaneas of 
tate, 








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22 VicToRiz. 


State, and upon which he founded the Statements 
contained in his Letter to the Secretary of State, 
in answer to the Report of the Committee. 

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


The Order made upon the 10th day of this instant 
February, for presenting to Her Majesty an humble 
Address, that She would be graciously pleased to 
give directions, that there be laid before this House, 
a Return relative to Constituencies, was read, and 
discharged. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return, arranged alphabetically, and 
numbered, of the Names of a!l Constituencies 
in England and Scotland ; 
1. Having not more than 300 Electors; 2. More 
than 300, but not more than 1,000 Electors, and re- 
turning one Member only ; 


not more than 1,000 Electors, and returning more | 
than one Member; 4. More than 1,900, but not | 


more than 3,000 Electors; 5. More than 3,000, but | 
not more than 5,000 Electors, and returning one 
Member only; 6. More than 3,000, but not more 
than 5,000 Electors, and returning more than one 
Member; 7. More than 5,000 Electors, and re- 
turning less than three Members; 8. More than 
5,000 Electors, and returning more than two Mem- 
bers; with Columns showing the Annual Value of 
the Real Property rated under Schedule A., the Po- | 
pulation by the Census of 1851, Number of Voters, | 
and Number of Representatives, for each Consti- | 
tuency. 





Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 


Her Majesty, by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


Ordered, That a Copy of the Report, Estimate 
and Specification lately furnished to the Lords of 
the Admiralty for improving the Harbour of Port 
Patrick, by James Abernethy, Esquire, c.z., be 
added to the Papers ordered by the House on the 
27th day of July last. 


Resolved, That 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 Appointments, Civil, Mili- 
tary and Ecclesiastical, made or authorized by the 
Home Government, to the Colony of British Co- 
lumbia ; stating the Names of Persons appointed, 
the Dates of their Appointments, and the Salaries in 
each Case:——And, of any other Charges connected 
with the Colony authorized by the Home Govern- 
ment. 

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


Resolved, That 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 and Names of In- 
spectors of Coal Mines for England, Wales and 
Scotland, with their respective Salaries, and the 
Districts for which they act: ——Of the Number of 
Coal Mines within such several Districts respec- 
tively, and of the Visits of Inspection in every such 
District since the Act 18 &amp; 19 Vic. c. 108: 





And, for the same Period, of the Number and Dates 
of Accidents in every District whereby more than 
one Death was occasioned, and of the Nature of 
every such Accident; distinguishing the Cases in 
which the Mines had not been inspected by a Mine 
Inspector previously to such Accident from the 


17° Februari. 


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61 


Cases in which the Mines had been previously so 
visited, so far as the said Return can be furnished 
by the several 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. 


Copy of the Report of Messrs. Miller and Taplin 
on the “ Evaporative Power and Economic Value 
of Hartley Coal :”——And, of similar Report, by 
the same Gentlemen, on the Properties of Welch 
Steam Cval, presented to the Board of Admiralty. 


to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return of Royal Commissions issued 
from the year 1856 to the year 1858, both inclu- 
sive; with the Date and Duration of each Com- 
mission; the Subject-matter of Inquiry; the Num- 
| ber of Commissioners, whether Paid or Unpaid; 





3. More than 300, but | 22d the Total Expenses (in continuation of Par- 
| 


‘liamentary Paper, No. 415, of Session 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 there be laid before this House, a Incumbered 
Return of the Proceedings of the Commissioners Estates (Ire- 
for the Sale of Incumbered Estates in Zreland, from "4 


the 1st day of January 1852 to the 31st day of Oc- 
tober 1858 ; setting forth various Particulars as and 
in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 167, of 
Session 1852. 


Ordered, That Sir Thomas Winnington have Leave of 
leave of absence for a fortnight, on account of a Absence. 


domestic affliction, 


‘last Session of Parliament, for a Return of the 
|Total Estimated Amount of the Fee Fund of the 
County Courts for the year 1857; also the Total 
Estimated Amount of the Salaries of Registrars, 
and of Salaries and Allowances to High Bailiffs, 
respectively ; also the Names of displaced Regis- 
| trars, and the Amount of Annuities by way of Com- 
pensation granted to each; also the Names of Per- 
sons to whom Compensations under the Act 9 &amp; 10 
Vic. c. 95, have been made, and the Amount of 
Compensation paid to each of such Persons ; also 
the Amount of Expense for providing Court Houses, 
Offices, Stationery and Printing, on each of the 
County Court Circuits, and the Expense of Offices 
in each District Court of each Circuit. 





11th day of this instant February, 
lative to Magistrates (County Palatine of Zan- 
caster). 

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


day of this instant February, be printed. 


And that Mr. Locke King, Mr. Massey and Mr. 
Mellor do prepare, and bring it in. 


Newspapers, Pamphlets and other Publications, 
and to Printers, Type Founders, and Reading- 
rooms: And that Mr. Ayrton, Mr. Milner Gibson 





Vou. 114, 


and Mr. Collins do prepare, and bring it in. 
I3 + A Motion 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a coal, 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Commissions. 


Mr. Hardy presented,—Return to an Address County 
to Her Majesty, dated the 17th day of June, in the Courts. 


Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the Magistrates 
for a Return re- (County 


Ordered, That the Accounts relative to Trade and Trade and 
Navigation, which were presented upon the 14th Navigation. 


Ordered, That leave be given tu bring in a Bill for Real Estate 
the better settling the Real Estates of Intestates ; Intestacy. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to Newspapers, 
repeal certain Acts and parts of Acts relating to &amp;e. 





Education. 


Juries (Ire- 
land.) 


Edinburgh, 
&amp;c. Annuity 
Tax, 


Registration 
of County 
Voters (Scot- 
land.) 


Navy. 


Endowed 
Schools Bill. 


Marriage Law 
Amendment 
Bill. 


Real Estate 


Intestacy Bill. 


Bill 23. 


Registration 
of County 
Voters (Scot- 
land) Bill. 


Bill 24, 


Juries (Tre- 
land) Bill. 


Bill 25. 


Edinburgh, 

&amp;c. Annuity 

Tax Biil. 
Bill 26. 


Newspapers, 
&amp;ec. Bill. 
Bill 27. 


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A Motion was made, and the Question being put, 
That the Annual Vote of Money for Education in 
Great Britain be henceforth divided into two Votes ; 
one Vote to be taken for England, and another for 
Scotland :—It passed in the Negative. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
consolidate and amend the Laws relating to Juries 
in Ireland: And that Mr. John FitzGerald, Mr. 
Monsell and Mr. Bland do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to abolish the Ministers’ Money, or Annuity Tax, 
levied within the City of Edinburgh, the Parish of 
Canongate, and Burgh of Montrose, as Vacancies 
occur among the present Ministers, and to make 
Provision for their Successors: And that Mr. 
Black, Mr. Baxter and Mr. Cowan do prepare, and 


bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for the Amendment of the Law for the Registration 
of County Voters in Scotland: And that Sir Ed- 
ward Colebrooke and Mr. Dunlop do prepare, and 
bring it in. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
a Return of the Number of Men voted for the Sea 
Service in each year, from the year 1815 to 1858-59 
inclusive, distinguishing Boys, Marines, and Coast 
Guard. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Endowed Schools 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 Marriage Law Amend- 
ment 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 
upon Monday next. 


Mr. Locke King presented a Bill for the better 
settling the Real Estates of Intestates: And the 
same was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time upon Wednesday the 2d day of 
March next ; and to be printed. 


Sir Edward Colebrooke presented a Bill for the 
Amendment of the Law for the Registration of 
County Voters in Scotland: And the same was 
read the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
time upon Wednesday the 9th day of March next ; 
and to be printed. 


Mr. John FitzGerald presented a Bill to conso- 
lidate and amend the Laws relating to Juries in 
Ireland: And the same was read the first time; 
and ordered to be read a second time upon Wed- 
nesday next; and to be printed. 


Mr. Black presented a Bill to abolish the Mi- 


17°—18° Februari. 





nisters’ Money, or Annuity Tax, levied within the} 


City of Edinburgh, the Parish of Canongate, and | 


Burgh of Montrose, as Vacancies occur among tlie | 
present Ministers, and to make Provision for their | 
Successors : And the same was read the first time. 

Ordered, That the Biil be referred to the Exa- 
miners of Petitions for Private Bills; and be 
printed. 


Mr. Ayrton presented a Bill to repeal certain 
Acts and parts of Acts relating to Newspapers, 
Pamphlets and other Publications, and to Printers, 
Type Founders and Reading-rooms: And the same 











A. 1859. 


was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time upon Wednesday the 2d day of March 
next ; and to be printed. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 





Veneris, 18° die Februarii ; 
Anno 22° Victoria Regine, 1859. 


PRAYERS, 
A BILL for making certain Branches from the North sta. 
North Staffordshire Railway, in the Parishes fordshire _ 
of Stoke-upon-Trent and Wolstanton, in the County Railway Bil 
of Stafford, and for extending the Time for com- 
pleting certain Works, and for authorizing Arrange- 
ments with the London and North Western Railway 
Company, and for other purposes, was read the first 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


A Bill for the Construction and Maintenance of Liyfni Vat 
a Harbour at Pont Liyfni, in the Parish of Clynnog, Railway Bil, 
in the County of Carnarvon, and Railway from the 
said Harbour to Talysarn Quarries, in the Parish of 
Llandwrog, in the said County, was read the first 
time; and ordered to be read a second time. 


The Order, That the Breconshire Railway and Breconshire 
Canal (No. 2) Bill be committed, was read, and Railway 
: and Canal 
discharged. (No. 2) Bil. 
Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


Several Public Petitions were presented, and Public 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. Fotttions. 
Vide Fourth 
Report. 

Mr. Hardy presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- Prisons 
mand,—Copy of Twentieth Report of the General (Scotland) 
Board of Directors of Prisons in Scotland, to the 
Right honourable Spencer Horatio Walpole, 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. 84, and 14 &amp; 15 Vie. c. 27. 

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 

Table. 


The following Papers were laid upon the Table Bullion, 
by the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, 
dated the 11th day of this instant February, for a 
Return relative to Bullion. 

Return to an Order, dated the 16th day of this Postal, &amp;e. 


instant February, for a Return relative to Postal, Son (engi 
&amp;c. Communication (England and Ireland), and Ireland) 


The following Papers, pursuant to the directions Court of 
of several Acts of Parliament, were also laid upon Chancery. 
the Table by the Clerk of the House,—Copy of 
Order of the Court of Chancery for Payment of Su- 
perannuation Allowance to Zhomas Lording, of 
£.64 per annum for life. 

Copies of all Cases which have been stated and Assessed 
signed by Commissioners acting in the execution of ™** 
the Acts relating to the Assessed Taxes, and deter- 
mined subsequent to the 9th of February 1858, 
being the date of a like Return made under the 
directions of the same Act. 

An Account of Monies paid out of the Consoli- Greek Low 
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 which is 
guaranteed by this Country under the authority of 
the said Acts, and of the Amount repaid by the 
Greek Government on account of the same. 

An Account of all Additions which have been Public Debt 
made to the Annual Charge of the Public Debt by 
the Interest of any Loan that hath been made, or 
Annuities created, in the Jast Ten years (1849 to 
1858 inclusive); and also showing how the Charge 
incurred in respect of the same has been provided for. 

An Account, made up to the 31st December 1858, Russion 


of the Sums which have been paid and applied Dutch Low 
within 





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County Da nesday the 9th day of March next, the Registration 


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Pur- 
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missions. ) 


Revenues 


(Durham. ) 





92 VicToRIz. 


within the year 1858, 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 Majesty, on all or any of the Securities therein- 
mentioned, and towards paying and satisfying 
the Principal thereof (in case the Principal of any of 
the said Securities shall have been paid), and also 
for paying the Expenses of carrying the said Act 
into execution, and the Sinking Fund for the ex- 
tinction of the same. 

An Account of the Total Sums issued, up tothe 31st 
December 1858, out of the Consolidated Fund, and 
advanced to His Majesty the King of Sardinia, by 
virtue of the Acts 18 Vie. c. 17, and 19 &amp; 20 Vice. 
c. 39; and also of the Sums received from the 
Sardinian Government for Interest and Sinking 
Fund in respect thereof, in the sume period. 


The Order for reading a second time, upon Wed- 


of County Voters (Scotland) Bill, was read, and 
dedeemsh. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday the 16th day of March 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 Copy of the Treasury Minutes or Letters 
of the 20th day of July 1857, the 13th day of March 
and the 21st day of June 1858, and the 21st day of 
January 1859, and the Correspondence connected 
with them, relative to increasing the remuneration of 
Regimental Officers of the Army, and the impossi- 
bility of doing so, with eventual benefit to the 
Officers, unless they be relieved from the necessity of 
buying their Commissions. 

Ordered, That 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 Amounts received from the Eecle- 
siastical Revenues of the Diocese of Durham, for 
the years 1856, 1857, 1858 ; and, of the Sums ex- 
pended by the Ecclesiastical Commissioners in the 
same Diocese, during the same period (in continua- 
tion of Parliamentary Return made in Session 1856). 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
a Return (to be prepared from the most recent par- 
ticulars readily accessible, and to be restricted to a 
County Summary,) of the Number of Persons in 
each County and Division of a County in England 
and Wales assessed to the Poor Rate in respect of 
Property of the Annual Rateable Value of £.1 and 
under £.2; £.2 and under £.3; £.3 and under 
£.4; £.4 and under £.5; £.5 and under £.6; 
£.6 and under £.7; £.7 and under £.8; £.8 and 
under £.9; £.9 and under £.10; £.10 and under 
£.11; £. 11 and under £, 12 ; £. 12 and under £. 13 ; 
£.13 and under £. 14; £.14 and under £. 15; £.15 
and under £.20; £.20 and under £. 25; £.25 and 
under £. 30; £.30 and under £. 40; £. 40 and under 
£.50; €.50 and upwards, respectively; together 
with the gross Number of Persons assessed to such 
Rate in each County or Division of a County, and 
of the Number of separate Tenements or Holdings in 
the above-mentioned Rate in respect of which the 
Owners are rated instead of the Occupiers, under 
the Small Tenements Act, or any other General or 
Local Act, of the several Annual Rateable Values 
above-mentioned. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
oi Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
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63 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 


House, Returns of the Number of Coolies who have 
annually left the several Ports of India, distin- 
guishing the Ports of Departure and the Ports at 
which they Landed :——Of the Number of Women 
and Children who accompanied the Coolies :——Of 
the Number of Coolies who have annually returned 
to India, distinguishing the Ports of Departure and 
the Ports of Arrival :——Of the Number of Women 
and Children who returned annually with the 
Coolies :——-Of the Number of Coolies remaining in 
the several Colonies by the last Returns : And, 
Copies of the Instructions to the respective Pro- 
tectors of Coolies in India, and in the several 
Colonies. 

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








Sir Bulwer Lytton presented, by Her Majesty’s British 


Command,—Copy of Papers relative to the Affairs 
of British Columbia :—Part I. 

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


The Right honourable Sir Francis Thornhill 
Baring, Baronet, the Right honourable Sir William 
Meredyth Somerville, Baronet, Robert Palmer, 
Esquire, and William Miles, Esquire, being four of 
the Members appointed by Mr. Speaker to serve on 
the General Committee of Elections, and not ob- 
jected to by the House, were sworn at the Table by 
the Clerk. 

Ordered, That the Corrected Alphabetical List 
of Members to serve on Election Committees be re- 
ferred to the Committee. 


Ordered, That Mr. Bonham-Carter have leave of 
absence for a fortnight, on account of a domestic 
affliction ;—and Mr. Harris ten days, on account of 
ill health. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Copy of Report from Dr. Percey, ¥.x.s., to Sir 
Roderick Murchison, on the Inventions of Henry 
Cort, August 1856. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Returns of the Total Amount of Tonnage entering 
into and departing from the Port of London, in the 
years 1750, 1800, and 1857 :——And, of the Num- 
ber of Pilots authorized to act in and for the Port 
of London, in the years 1750, 1800, and 1857. 


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


Mr. Henley presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand,—A Return of the Number and Nature of 
the Accidents and the Injuries to Life and Limb 
which have occurred on all the Railways open for 
Traffic in England and Wales, Scotland and [reland 
respectively, from the Ist July to the 31st Decem- 
ber 1858. 

7 a That the said Return do lie upon the 
abie. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on the East India Loan. 


(In the Committee.) 


Resolved, That it is expedient to enable the Secre- 
tary of State in Council of India to raise Money in 
the United Kingdom, for the Service of the Govern- 
ment of India. 


Resolution to be reported. 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Fitz- 
Roy reported, That the Committee had come toa 


Resolution. 
14 Ordered, 





Columbia. 


Controverted 


ons. 


Leave of 
Absence, 


Cort’s Inven- 


tions, 


Tonnage 
and Pilots 
(Londen.) 


Adjournment. 


Railway 
Accidenta. 


East India 
Loan, 










































































































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64 18°—19°—21° Februariz. 


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


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That a Mes- 
sage had been brought from the Lords, by one of 
their Clerks, as followeth : 
ee The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An 

— Act to further amend the Law of Property, and to 
oe ey © alleve Trustees; to which the Lords desire the 


Message from 
the 


Bill concurrence of this House. 
a The Occasional Forms of Prayer Bill was, ac- 
orms 0 ° ° ° 
Prayer 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. 
Superannu- The Order of the day being read, for the second 
ation Bill. 


reading of the Superannuation Bill ; 

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

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


Sabbati, 19° die Februarii, 1859: 


And the Question being put:—It was resolved 
in the Affirmative :—The Bill was accordingly read 
a second time; and committed to a Committee of 
the whole House, for Monday next. 


Sale of Poisons The Sale of Poisons Bill was, according to Order, 
read a second time; and committed to a Com- 
mittee of the whole House, for Monday the 28th 


day of this instant February. 


Manor Courts, The Manor Courts, &amp;c. (Jre/and) Bill was, ac- 

&amp;c. (Ireland) cording to Order, read a second time; and com- 

Bill. mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for 
Monday next. 


Supply. The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Supply ; 
Resolved, That this House will, npon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 
Sale and The Order of the day being read, for the second 
Transfer of ~~ yeading of the Sale and Transfer of Land (Jre/and) 
——- wa. 
land) Bill =&gt; &gt; . 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 
‘Receivers The Order of the day being read, for the second 


- ed reading of the Receivers in Chancery (Jrelund) 
(“polition, &amp;c, Abolition, &amp;c. Bill ; 
Bi Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 


upon Monday next. 


Sale of Grain, _ Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 

&amp;e. for the Sale of Grain, Meal, Flour, Butter and 
Potatoes, and other Agricultural Produce, by the 
Pound Avoirdupois, the Score of Twenty Pounds, 
the Cental of One Hundred Pounds, and the Ton 
of Two Thousand Pounds: And that Mr. M‘Cann 
and Mr. William Brown do prepare, and bring 
it in. 


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

(1858) Amend- to amend the Medical Act (1858): And that Mr. 

_ Secretary Walpole and Mr. Hardy do prepare, and 
bring it in. 


Burial-places. Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
more effectually to prevent Danger to the Public 
Health from Places of Burial: And that Mr. Hardy 
and Mr. Secretary Walpole do prepare, and bring 


it in. 


A. 1859. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to Lunatic 
amend the Laws concerning the providing of Lunatic Asylums, t, 
Asylums for Counties and Boroughs, and the Main- 
tenance of Pauper Lunatics: And that Mr. Secretary 
Walpole and Mr. Hardy do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Lunatics 
to amend the Law concerning the Care and Treat- (Coe and 
ment of Lunatics: And that Mr. Secretary Walpole —_ 
and Mr. Hardy do prepare, and bring it in. 


Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer presented, by “Charles ¢ 
Her Majesty’s Command,—Copy of Correspondence Georges.” 
relative to the “ Charles et Georges.” 

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


Mr. Secretary Walpole presented a Bill to amend Medical Act 
the Medical Act (1858): And the same was read (1858) Amend. 
the first time; and ordered to be read a second “oan 
time upon Monday next ; and to be printed. ill 28, 


Mr. Secretary Walpole presented a Bill to amend yunatics' 
the Law concerning the Care and Treatment of (Care and 
Lunatics: And the same was read the first time; Fe 
and ordered to be read a second time upon Monday y; 

- Bill 29. 
next; and to be printed. 


Mr. Secretary Walpole presented a Bill to amend Lunatic 
the Laws concerning the providing of Lunatic Asylums, &amp; 
Asylums for Counties and Boroughs, and the”. 
Maintenance of Pauper Lunatics: And the same Bill 30. 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read 
a second time upon Monday uext; and to be 
printed. 


Lord Stanley presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- East India 
mand,— Extracts of Financial Letter from the (Financial 
Government of India, dated 13th July 1858, a 
No. 96; and of Financial Letter to Zndia, dated No. 69, 
8th September 1858, No. 1. 

Estimate of the Receipts and Disbursements of gast India 
the Home Treasury of the Secretary of State for (Receipts 
India in Council, from Ist May 1859 to 30th a 
April 1860. No “0 

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


Mr. Hardy presented a Bill more effectually to Burial-places 
prevent Danger to the Public Health from Places Bill. 
of Burial: And the same was read the first time ; Bill 31. 
and ordered to be read a second time upon Monday 
next; and to be printed. 


Mr. M‘Cann presented a Bill for the Sale of Sale of Graia, 
Grain, Meal, Flour, Butter and Potatoes, and other &amp;- Bill. 
Agricultural Produce, by the Pound Avoirdupois, Bill 32 
the Score of Twenty Pounds, the Cental of One 
Hundred Pounds, and the Ton of Two Thousand 
Pounds: And the same was read the first time; 
and ordered to be read a second time upon Friday 
the 4th day of March 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 Saturday morning, adjourned till Monday 
next. 








Luna, 21° die Februarii ; 
Anno 22° Victoria Regine, 1859. 


PRAYERS. 
M* Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Atlantic 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private a 
Bills, That in the case of the Atlantic Telegraph Com- (N09) Bil. 
pany (No. 2) Bill, the Standing Orders have been 
complied with. 





Ordered, That the Bill be read a second —,. 
r. 











92 VicToriz. 





Red Sea and 
India Tele- 
graph Com- 


pany (No. 2) 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, 
That in the case of the Red Sea and India Telegraph 
Company (No. 2) Bill, the Standing Orders have 
been complied with. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time. 


Indian and Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 
Australian one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, 
ee That in the case of the Indian and Australian Tele- 
(No.2) Bil. graph Company (No. 2) Bill, the Standing Orders 
have been complied with. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time. 
Publie Mr. Gregson reported from the Select Committee 
Petitions on Public Petitions ; That they had examined the 
og Re- Petitions presented upon the 17th and 18th 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. 
Brecon and The Brecon and Merthyr Tydfil Junction Railway 


Merthyr Tyd- Bij] was read a second time ; and committed. 
fil Junction 


Railway Bill. 

British and The British and Canadian Telegraph Company 
Shem Bill was read a second time; and committed. 
Company Bill. 


Finford Bridge The Finford Bridge and Banbury Road Bill was 
and Banbury yead a second time; and committed. 


Road Bill. 

Hereford and The Hereford and Brecon Railway Bill was read 
Brecon Rail- 9 second time ; and committed. 

way Bill. 

Isle of Wight The Isle of Wight Railway (Eastern Section) Bill 
Railway was read a second time; and committed. 

(Eastern Sec- 

tion) Bill. 

Liverpool The Liverpool Stations Junction Railway (No. 2) 


Stations Junc- 


tion Railway Bill was read a second time; and committed. 


(No. 2) Bill, 

Llynvi Valley The Llynvi Valley Railway Bill was read a second 

Railway Bill. time; and committed. 

Metropolitan The Metropolitan Railway (Abandonment of| 
( Abengone Undertaking, &amp;c.) Bill was read a second time; and | 
ment of Un- committed. 


taking, &amp;c.) 
Bill. 


21° Februari. 





Newcastle The Newcastle-under-Lyme, Silverdale and Made- 
under- Lyme, j 


Silverdale ana “Cy J unction Railway Bill was read a second time ; 
Madeley Junc- and committed. 


tion Railway 

Bill, 

ot ae The Nuneaton and Hinckley Railway Bill was 
Railway Bill read a second time; and committed. 

en The Kensington Station and North and South 
North ang London Junction Railway Bill was, according to 


South London Order, read a second time ; and committed. 
Junction 


Railway Bill, 
Woolwich The Order of the day being read, for the second 
Bi" ~=—s reading of the Woolwich Exemption 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 :—It passed in 
the Negative. 

And the Question being put, That the words 
“ upon this day six months” be added at the end of 
theQuestion :—It was resolved in the Affirmative. 


; hg the Main Question, so amended, being 
ut ; 





Vou. 114 





65 


Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon this day six months. 


Ordered, That Standing Order 173 be suspended Burton-upon- 
in the case of the Burton-upon-Trent Bridge Bill ; to — 
and that the Bill be referred to the General Com- — 
mittee on Railway and Canal Bills. 


Ordered, That Standing Order 173 be suspended Isle of Wight 
in the case of the Js/e of Wight Ferry Bill; and that Ferry Bill. 
the Bill be referred to the General Committee on 
Railway and Canal Bills. 


Several Public Petitions were presented, and read; Public 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. Petitions. 


—_—— 


Vide Fifth 
Report. 
Lord Stanley presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- East India 
mand,—Copy of Letter, dated East India House, (Revenue) 
London, 31st December 1858, relative to Revenue. No. 72. 
Copy of Letter, dated East India House, London, fast India 
25th January 1859, relative to Judicial Proceedings. (Judicial.) 
Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the No. 73. 
Table; and be printed. 


ee tage a Address be presented pear: en 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased °°" 
to give directions, that there be laid before this =m) 
House, a Return of Desertions from the Army be- 
tween the Ist day of January and the 31st day of 
December 1858, distinguishing the Numbers from 
each Regiment and Depét of each Arm of the Ser- 
vice ; specifying the Numbers deserted between En- 
listment and Attestation ; between Attestation and 
Final Approval; the Numbers after Final Approval, 
and after passing into the Ranks; those who de- 
serted before being clothed from Out-stations or 
Recruiting Districts; the Enlistments by Regi- 
mental Recruiting Parties or Staff, by the Corps of 
Pensioners, by Militia Staff; showing, finally, 
Total Number of Enlistments in the United King- 
dom in the year 1858, and the Total Number of the 
Recruits remaining in the Ranks on the 31st of last 
December. 

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


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Turnpike 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased Trusts (Mog. 
to give directions, that there be laid before this Wales.) 
House, a Return of the Turnpike Trusts in England : 
and North Wales; showing respectively the Ste 
ber of Miles; the Mortgage Debt; the Arrears of 
Interest; the Interest per Cent., whether under 
* Continuation Act” or Special Act ; and, if so, in 
what year to expire; average Total Expense per 
Mile for the last Three years; average Income for 
the last Three years; Number of Tollhouses and 
Gates, and estimated probable Value of them if the 
Property of Trustees. 

Ordered, That 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 Corruption in 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased Boroughs. 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return of all Boroughs reported against 
since the Reform Act for Corruption; with Copy 
in each case of the portions of the Report affecting 
such Boroughs, but omitting the Names of Indi- 
viduals who may have been implicated. 

Ordered, That 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, Corn and 
Accounts of the different varieties of Corn and Grain, &amp;c. 
Grain, Flour and Meal, reducing the latter to 

K + 


Imperial 








































East India 
(Oude Pro- 
clamation. ) 


Postage (Li- 


verpool and 
Canada. ) 


Fishery Piers 
and Harbours 
(Ireland. ) 


Deserted Chil- 


66 


Imperial Quarters, imported into the United King- 
dom in 1858; stating the Countries whence the 
same were brought, and the Quantities bronght 
from each, in 1858: Of the Quantities of Wheat 
and Wheat Flour, the latter being stated in Imperial 
Quarters of Wheat, imported into the United King- 
dom during each of the Six years ended with 1858 ; 
stating the Countries whence the same were brought, 
and the Quantities brought from each :——And, 
showing in Imperial Quarters the Quantities of 
Wheat and Wheat Flour, Barley and Barley Meal, 
Oats and Oat Meal, Rye and Rye Meal, Pease and 
Pease Meal, Beans and Bean Meal, and of Indian 
Corn and Meal, entered for Consumption in the 
United Kingdom during each of the Six years 
ending with 1858. 





Resolved, That 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 Answer of the Governor 
General of India to the Secret Despatch of the 
19th day of April 1858 ; with any Reply from the 
Secretary of State in Council, or from the Secretary 
of State; and of any subsequent Correspondence 
on the subject :——And, of Her Majesty’s gracious 
Proclamation to the Princes, Chiefs, and People 
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, 
Returns, actual or estimated, of the Gross Postage 
on Letters conveyed by the Montreal Ocean Steam 
Ship Company’s Vessels between Liverpool and 
Canada, outwards and homewards, whether vid 
Quebec or vid Portland, for each year separately, 
since they commenced carrying Mails ; distinguish- 
ing the Proportion accrumg to the Post Office 
Revenue of Great Britain :——And, of the Gross 
Postage on any United States Mails conveyed by 
the above Vessels between Portland and Liverpool, 
or vice versd, and of the Proportion of the same 
accruing to the Imperial Post Office. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
a Return of the Expenditure of two Sums of 
£.50,000 and £. 40,000 granted by the Acts 9 Vic. 
c. 3, and 10 &amp; 11 Vic. c. 75, for the Improvements 
of Fishery Piers and Harbours in Jreland ; specify- 
ing for what Work each Grant has been made, with 
the Name of the County in which it is situated ; 
the Gross Amount granted for each County; and a 
Statement of the Amount (if any) remaining unex- 
pended. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 


dren (Iveland.) ga Copy of all Correspondence that has passed 


Manning the 
Navy. 


Prisons. 


Schools of 
Art, &amp;c. 


between Boards of Guardians in Jreland and the 
Poor Law Commissioners since the 1st day of 
January 1858, on the subject of the Religious 
Registration of Deserted Children; and, of all 
Opinions given by Her Majesty’s Law advisers on 
the subject. 


Mr. Hardy presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand,—Copy of Report of the Commissioners 
appointed to inquire into the best means of Manning 
the Navy. 

Copy of Twenty-fourth Report of the Inspectors 
— under the Provisions of the Act 5 &amp; 6 

ul. 4, c. 38, to visit the different Prisons of 
Great Britain :—III. Northern District. 

Mr. Hardy also presented,—Return to an Address 
to Her Majesty, dated the 2d day of August, in the 
last Session of Parliament, for Returns of all Schools 
of Art or Design receiving aid from Government 
(whether in the form of Grants or the use of Public 





91° Februariz. 





A. 1859. 


Buildings, or of other appliances), in which Classes 
have been formed for the study of the Living 
Model :——And, of the Total Number of Sittings 
of the Female Life Model in such Schools during 
the past year, classified under the heads “‘ Whol! 
Nude, Partially Nude, or Clothed;” together oith 
the Total Number of Attendances of Students at 
such Sittings during the same period. 

Return to an Order, dated the 8th day of this Landea 
instant February, for Returns relative to the Landed Estates Cour 
Estates Court (Jreland). (Ireland. ) 
. — That the said Papers do lie upon the 

able. 


General Peel presented,— Return to an Order, East India 
dated the 19th day of March, in the last Session of (Army.) 
Parliament, for a Return of the Sea Kit supplied No. 74, 
to Soldiers on embarking for India, setting forth 
the different Articles, and the Charge for each re- 
spectively, and showing how the Expense is de- 
frayed ; also, the India Kit and Bedding (adapted 
to the Climate) as supplied to the Queen’s Troops 
on arriving in India, setting forth the Articles 
supplied, the Prices of each, and how the Expense 
is defrayed. 

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


The following Paper was laid upon the Table by Cort’s In- 
the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, dated ventions. 
the 18th day of this instant February, for a Return 
relative to Cort’s Inventions. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Army Com- Army Con. 
missions, which was presented upon the 15th day missions. 
of this instant February, be printed. No. 71. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Bullion, Bullion. 
which was presented upon the 18th day of this No. %5. 
instant February, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Account relative to the Greek Greek Loan. 
Loan, which was presented upon the 18th day of No. 76. 
this instant February, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Account relative to the Public Public Debt. 
Debt, which was presented upon the 18th day of No. 7. 
this instant February, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Account relative to the Russian Russian 
Dutch Loan, which was presented upon the 18th Dutch Loan, 
day of this instant February, be printed. No. 78 


Ordered, That the Account relative to the Sar- Sardinian 
dinian Loan, which was presented upon the 18th 4°" 
day of this instant February, be printed. No. 79 


Mr. Henley presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- Trade and 
mand,—Accounts relative to Trade and Navigation, Navigation 
for the Month ended 31st January 1859. No, 68 

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


Ordered, That the Orders of the day be now Orders of the 
read ; and the same being read ; Day. 
Ordered, That the said Orders be postponed till 
after the Notice of Motion relative to Church Rates. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Church Rates 
for facilitating Voluntary Provision for the purposes 
to which Church Rates are applicable, and for the 
extinction of Church Rates where such Provision 
is made: And that Mr. Secretary Walpole, Mr. 
Chancellor of the Exchequer and Sir John Paking- 
ton do prepare, and bring it in, 


Mr. FitzRoy reported from the Committee on East India 
East India Loan, a Resolution; which was read, 10% 
as followeth : 

That it is expedient to enable the Secretary of 
State in Council of Jndia to raise Money in the 
United Kingdom, for the Service of the Government 
of India. Tt 

he 





Sup 


Bee Bor 


BEE 





t. 


the 


ates. 





ets 
tieland) Bill 


Lunatic Poor 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Manor Courts, 
&amp;e, (Ireland) 
Bill. ; 


Sale and 
Transfer of 
Land (Ire. 
land) Bill. 


Receivers in 
Chancery 
(Ireland) 
Abolition, &amp;c. 
Bill. 


Superannu- 
ation Bill. 


Bill 33. 


Supply. 


Ecclesiastical 
Couniston 


Medical 
(1858) Amend. 
ment Bill, 


(Care 
Ment) Bill. 


22 VicroriZz. 


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, Lord Stanley 
and Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer do prepare, 
and bring it in. 


.The Markets (Ireland) Bill was, according to 
Order, read a second time; and committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for Thursday the 
3d day of March next. 


The Lunatic Poor (Ireland) Bill was, according 
to Order, read a second time ; and committed. 


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


Martis, 22° die Februarii, 1859: 


And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That the Bill be committed to a 
Committee of the whole House ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out the words ‘“‘ Committee of 
“the whole House,” in order to add the words “ Se- 
“lect Committee,” instead thereof. 

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

Resolved, That the Bill be committed to a Com- 
mittee of the whole House. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday the 
7th day of March next, resolve itself into the said 
Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Manor Courts, &amp;c. (Ireland) Bill; 

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


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Sale and Transfer of Land (Jreland) 
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 Receivers in Chancery (Ireland) 
Abolition, &amp;c. Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on the Superannuation Bill; and, 
after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed 
the Chair; and Mr. FitzRoy reported, That the 
Committee had gone through the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a Com- 
mittee of the whole House, for Monday next. 


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 second 
reading of the Ecclesiastical Commission Bill ; 

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


The Medical Act (1858) Amendment Bill was, ac- 
cording to Order, read a second time; and com- 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for 
Thursday next. 


The Lunatics (Care and Treatment) Bill was, ac- 
cording to Order, read a second time; and com- 
mitted to the Select Committee on Lunatics. 

Von. 114. 


21°—22° Februari. 








67 


The Lunatic Asylums, &amp;c. Bill was, according to Lunatic 
Order, read a second time ; and committed to the fara &amp;e, 
Select Committee on Lunatics. 


The Burial-places Bill was, according to Order, Burial-places 
read a second time; and committed to a Committee Bi 
of the whole House, for this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third Marriage Law 
reading of the Marriage Law Amendment Bill; Amendment 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time — 
upon Thursday the 3d day of March next. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Inclosure of 
to authorize the Inclosure of certain Lands in pur- Lands. 
suance of a Report of the Inclosure Commissioners 
for England and Wales: And that Mr. Hardy and 
Mr. Secretary Walpole do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Copper, &amp;c. 
a Return of all Exports and Imperts of Copper 
and Copper Ore, and Regulus, Tin and Tin Ores, 
Lead and Lead Ore, and Spelter, for the Twelve 
Months ending the 5th day of January 1859. 


A Motion being made, That leave be given to a 
bring in a Bill to abolish General Exemption from fis) Aboliticn 
Local Rates; 

Mr. Sotheron Estcourt, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand, acquainted the House, That Her Majesty, 
having been informed of the subject-matter of this 
Motion, gives Her Consent, as far as Her Majesty’s 
interest is concerned, that the House may do therein 
as they shall think fit. 

Ordered, That leave be giveu to bring in the Bill: 

And that Mr. Sotheron Esicourt and Sir Stafford 
Northcote do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Poor Law 
to provide for the Payment of Debts incurred by oe se 
Boards gf Guardians in Unions and Parishes, and bee) 
by Boards of Management in School Districts: 

And that Mr. Sotheron Estcourt and Mr. Knight do 
prepare, and bring it in. 


A Motion being made, That this House will, this Manor Courts, 
day, resolve itself into a Committee to consider of ri (Ireland) 
authorizing the Payment, out of the Consolidated Sree a 
Fund of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Stamps.] 
Ireland, of Compensations to Seneschals or Stewards 
of Manor Courts in Ireland, whose Offices may 
be abolished by any Act of the present Session ; and 
also of imposing Stamp Duties on Forms of Pro- 
cess to be served on Defendants under the said 
Act; 

Lord Naas, by Her Majesty’s Command, ac- 
quainted the House, That Her Majesty, having been 
informed of the subject-matter of this Motion, re- 
commends it to the consideration of the House. 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


Ordered, That the Board of Trade do present to Harbour, &amp;c. 
this House, a Report upon the Private Bills for Bis. 
Harbours, Docks, Navigations, &amp;c., in conformity No. 
= the practice in force with respect to Railway 

ills. 

Mr. Henley accordingly presented a Report from 
the Board of Trade relative to Harbour, &amp;c. Bills. 

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


80. 


Mr. Hardy presented a Bill to authorize the In- Inclosure of 
closure of certain Lands, in pursuance of a Report 14nds Bill 
of the Inclosure Commissioners for England and Bill 34. | 
Wales: And the same was read the first time ; and ey 
ordered to be read a second time upon Thursday 
next; and to be printed. 


K2 Mr. 





68 


Local Assess- Mr. Sotheron Estcourt presented a Billto abolish 
ee General Exemption from Local Rates: And the 
‘Il ‘°" same was read the first time; and ordered to be 


Bill. 1 : 

Bill 35. vead a second time upon Friday next; and to be 
printed. 

Poor Law Mr. Sotheron Estcourt presented a Bill to provide 


Boards (Pay- for the Payment of Debts incurred by Buards of 
hh Debts) Guardians in Unions and Parishes, and by Boards 
Bill 36. Of Management in School Districts: 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 One of the clock on Tuesday morning, 
adjourned till this day. 








Martis, 22° die Februari ; 
Anno 22° Victorie Regine, 1859. 


PRAYERS. 
Controverted R. Robert Palmer reported from the General 
Elections, Committee of Elections; That they had 


selected the Six following Members to be the 
Chairmen’s Panel, and to serve as Chairmen of 
Election Committees for the present Session :— 

John Morgan Cobbett, Esquire. 

Alexander Murray Dunlop, Esquire. 

James Milnes Gaskell, Esquire. 

The Right honourable Henry A. Herbert 

( Kerry). 
Lord Hotham. 
Henry Ker Seymer, Esquire. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Falkirk Police The Falkirk Police and Improvement Bill was 


and Improve- read a second time; and committed. 
ment Bill. 


North London The North London, Paddington, Richmond, 
Paddington, Hampton Court and Kingston Railway Bill was 
Richmond, d d ti 5 d ~ itted 

Hampton Court Tead a second time ; and committed. 

and iensen ° 
Railway Bill. 

Red Seaand The Red Sea and India Telegraph Company 
India Teles (No, 2) Bill was read a second time; and com- 
graph Com- 


pany (No. 2) mitted. 
ill, 


Sirhowy The. Sirhowy Tramroad Bill was read a second 
Tramroad = time ;_ and committed. 
Bill. 

Victoria The Victoria Station and North Western and 
Station and Great Western Junction Railway Bill was read 
North Western 


and Great West. ® Second time ; and committed. 
ern Junction 


Railway Bill. 

West Endof The West End of London and Crystal Palace 
London aud ~~ Railway (No. 1) Bill was read a second time; and 
Crystal Palace ‘tted 

Railway committed. 

CNo. 1) Bill. 

West End of Ordered, That the West End of Zondon and 
London en co ClYStal Palace Railway (No. 2) Bill be read a 
Railway second time To-morrow. 

(No. 2) Bill. 

West London Ordered, That the West Zondon and Pimlico 
and Pimlico Railway Bill be read a second time upon Friday 
Railway Bill. the 4th day of March next. 

Mersey Docks, The Order of the day being read, for the second 
Liverpool, | reading of the Mersey Docks, Liverpool, and Liver- 
Corporation” pool Corporation Property Rating Bill ; 

Property Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
Rating Bill. ~ypon Tuesday next. 

Travellers The Order for reading a second time the Travellers 
and Marine and Marine Insurance and Accidental Death Insu- 
a rance Companies Amalgamation (No. 2) Bill was 
Death In- read, and discharged. 

surance Com- 


panies Amalgamation (No. 2) Bill. 





91°—22° Februarii. 





A. 1859. 


Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Examiners 
of Petitions for Private Bills. 

Ordered, That the Examiner have leave to sit 
and proceed forthwith. 


Several Public Petitions were presented, and read ; Public 

and ordered to lie upon the Table. Petitions, 
Vide Fifth 
Report. 

Colonel Wilson Patten reported from the Select Standing 
Committee on Standiug Orders, several Resolutions ; Orders. 
which were read, as follow: 

1. That in the case of the South East and West south East 
London and Dulwich Railways Petition, the Standing 404 West Lon. 
Orders ought not to be dispensed with. el 

2. That in the case of the Kingston Railway Kingston ‘ 
Petition for leave to deposit Petition for a Bill, the Railway. 
Standing Orders ought not to be dispensed with. 

3. That in the case of the Kingston-upon-Thames Kingston. 
Gas Petition for leave to deposit Petition for a Bill, upon-Thame 
the Standing Orders ought to be dispensed with; °** 
that the Parties be permitted to deposit their 
Petition for Bill accordingly. . 

4, That in the case of the Belfast and London- Belfast and 
derry Junction Railway Petition for Bill, deposited Londonderry 
in the Private Bill Office, the Standing Orders = &gt; 
ought to be dispensed with; that the Parties be ~~ 
permitted to proceed with their Bill. 

5. That in the case of the Dundalk and Ennis- pundalk ani 
killen Railway Petition for Bill, deposited in the Enniskillea 
Private Bill Office, the Standing Orders ought to ®ailway. 
be dispensed with; that the Parties be permitted 
to proceed with their Bill. 

6. That in the case of the Dungarvan Harbour Dungarvan 
Embankment Petition for Bill, deposited in the Harbour En. 
Private Bill Office, the Standing Orders ought to be °™™*™« 
dispensed with; that the Parties be permitted to 
proceed with their Bill. 

7. That in the case of the Midland Great Western Midland 
Railway of Ireland (Sligo Extension) Petition for Gteat Westen 
Bill, deposited in the Private Bill Office, the Ireland (Sli 
Standing Orders ought to be dispensed with; that Extension.) 
the Parties be permitted to proceed with their Bill. 

8. That in the case of the Sunderland Dock sunderland 
(No. 2) Petition for leave to deposit a Petition for Dock (No.2) 
Bill, the Standing Orders ought to be dispensed 
with ; that the Parties be permitted to deposit their 
Petition for a Bill accordingly. 

The third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth 
Resolutions, being read a second time, were 
agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented. Recommittal 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased °f Prisonet® 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Copy of the Letter addressed to the 
Secretary of State for the Home Department by 
the Governor of Wandsworth House of Correction, 
under the direction of the Visiting Justices of that 
Prison, dated the 19th day of January 1859, re- 
lating to the Recommittal of Prisoners under the 
“ Criminal Justice 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. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Travellers 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, 24 ane 
That in the case of the Travellers and Marine ietaial 
a and Accidental Death Insurance Com- Death a 

anies Amalgamation (No, 2) Bill, the Standing surance 
on have ~ com ‘ied with, ; ie a 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time. (No. 2) Bill 

Resolved, That an humble Address be presented slave Trade 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased (Zanaibar.) 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Copies or Extracts of the Letters of the 
Government 





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Government of Bombay to Her Majesty’s Secretary 
of State for India, or the Court of Directors, for- 
warding Letters written in August and September 
1858 by Captain Rigby, the Company’s Agent at 
Zanzibar, on the subject of the Slave Trade at 
Zanzibar and along the Mozambique Coast. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, by such Members of this Hoyse 
as are of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Pivy 
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 Despatches from the Government 
of Madras, in so far as tliey relate to the Re- 
sumption of Lands held in Inam, of the Dates of 
the 15th day of January, the 6th day of February, 
and the Ist day of July 1857; the 8th day of 
January and the 15th day of May 1858 :——And, 
of the Reply of the Court of Directors, dated the 
ist day of September 1858. 

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


General Peel presented,—Return to an Address 
to Her Majesty, dated the 10th day of this instant 
February, for a Return relative to Weedon Inquiry 
and Manning the Navy. 

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


Mr. Corry 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 he printed. 


Sir Bulwer Lytton presented,—Return to an 
Address to Her Majesty, dated the 13th day of 
July, in the last Session of Parliament, for a Copy 
of all Papers and Correspondence, or Extracts of 
Correspondence, between the Imperial Government 
and Government of Canada, from the 1st day of 
June 1855, relative to the case of Mr. George H. 
Ryland, formerly Clerk of the Council in Canada, 
including Lord John Russell’s Despatch of the 20th 
July 1855; together with Instructions issued to 
Chief Justice Carter to examine and report on the 
case, and his Report thereon, with accompanying 
Papers. 

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


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
— That an humble Address be presented to 

er Majesty, praying that She will be graciously 
pleased to give directions that the General Reports 
of Her Majesty’s Inspectors, when prepared in ac- 
cordance with the Instructions of the Committee of 
Council on Education, should continue to be laid 
upon the Table of the House unaltered and un- 
abridged ; and that the detailed Reports, tabulated 
according to Districts, should be printed and made 
public as heretofore :—And the said Motion was, 
with leave of the House, withdrawn. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring ina Bill to 
establish Equitable Councils of Conciliation and 
Arbitration to adjust Differences between Masters 
and Operatives: And that Mr. Mackinnon and Mr. 
Slaney do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
provide for taking Evidence in Suits and Proceed- 
ings pending before Tribunals in Her Majesty’s 

ominions in Places out of the Jurisdiction of 
such Tribunals: And that Mr. Young, Lord Alfred 
Churchill and Mr. Lowe do prepare, and bring it in. 

Vou. 114. 


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69 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to facilitate Grants of Land to be made near popu- 
lous Places, for the use of regulated Recreation of 
Adults, and as Playgrounds for Children: And that 
Mr. Slaney, Mr. Thornely and Mr. Mackinnon do 


prepare, and bring it in. 


Recreation 
Grounds. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Conveyance 
to prohibit the Payment of the Expenses of convey-™ *« 
ing Voters to the Poll, and to facilitate Polling at 
Elections: And that Mr. Collier and Mr. Mellor 
do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Manslaughter. 
to enable Coroners in England and Wales to admit 
to Bail Persons charged with the Offence of Man- 
slaughter: And that Mr. Adams, Mr. Smith Child, 
and Mr. Gard do prepare, and bring it in, 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- Tolls on 
posed, That an humble Address be presented to a ae 
Her Majesty, praying that She will be graciously “°° ) 
pleased to direct, that further Instructions be given 
to the Royal Commissivners appointed to consider 
jhe best means of abolishing Turnpike Tolls within 

ix Miles of Charing Cross, to the effect that they 
will also take into consideration the best means of 
abolishing the Tolls on the Bridges within the same 
Area :—And the said Motion was, with leave of the 
House, withdrawn. 


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Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Adulteration 
for preventing the Adulteration of Articles of Food of Food or 
or Drink: And that Mr. Scholefield, Mr. Villiers ~*~ 
and Mr. Wise do prepare, aud bring it in. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented to Lunatic Asy- 
Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased to !ums (Ireland) 
give directions, that there be laid before this House, Comnaission. 
a Copy of the Communication of Dr. Corrigan (one 
of the Commissioners), assigning his Reasons for 
dissenting from a portion of the Report of the Com- 
missioners on Lunatic Asylums in 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. 


The Municipal Elections Bill was, according to Municipal 
Order, read a second time; and committed to a Elections Dill. 
Committee of the whole House, for Wednesday the 
2d day of March next, 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Sale and 


ite of the Sale and Transfer of Land (Ireland) Land Cn : a) 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
To-morrow. 
The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Burial-places 
mittee on the Burial-places Bill ; Bill. 


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


‘he House, according to Order, resolved itself Manor Courts, 
into a Committee on Manor Courts, &amp;c. (Ireland) Go oa 
[Compensations and Stamps.] } wy 09 
(In the Committee.) Stampe.} 

Motion made, and Question proposed, That Pro- 
vision be made, out of the Consolidated Fund of the 
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, for 
the payment of Compensations to Seneschals or 
Stewards of Manor Courts in Jreland, whose Offices 
may be abolished by any Act of the present Session. 


To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; and Sir Stafford 
Northcote reported, That the Committee had made 
Progress in the Matter to them referred ; and that 

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he was directed to move, That the Committee may 
have leave to sit in. 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, again 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Adulteration Mr. Scholefield presented a Bill for preventing the 
Sa ty Adulteration of Articles of Food or Drink : And the 
Bill 37. *#me was read the first time; and ordered to be 


read a second time upon Tuesday the 15th day of 
March next; and to be printed. 


Conveyance of 


Mr. Collier presented a Bill to prohibit the Pay- 


— Bill. ment of the Expenses of conveying Voters to the 
Bill 38. poll, and to facilitate Polling at Elections: And the 
same was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time upon Wednesday the 2d day of 

March next; and to be printed. 
nee _ Mr. Adams presented a Bill to enable Coroners 
Bills9. 2 England and Wales to admit to Bail Persons 


charged with the Offence of Manslaughter : And the 
same was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time upon Tuesday next; and to be 
printed. 


Evidence by Mr. Young presented a Bill to provide for taking 





—_— Evidence in Suits and Proceedings pending before 
Bill 40, Tribunals in Her Majesty’s Dominions in Places 
out of the Jurisdiction of such Tribunals: And the 
same was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time upon Frigay the 4th day of 

March next ; and to be printed. 

Education. Mr. Adderley presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand,—Copy of Minute by the Lords of the Com- 
mittee of the Privy Council on Education, dated 
26th July 1858. 

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 
Table. 
And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 
Mercuri, 23° die Februari; 
Anno 22° Victorie Regine, 1859. 
PRAYERS. 

Atlantic HE Atlantic Telegraph Company (No. 2) Bill 

Telegraph ‘as read wal $s - ; 

Company was read a second time ; and committed. 

(No. 2) Bill. 

Indian and The Indian and Australian Telegraph Company 

Telegraph (No. 2) Bill was read a second time; and com- 

Compan mitted. 

(No. 2) Bill. 

Liverpool The Liverpool Corporation Water Bill was read 

oo a second time; and committed. 

Llyfni Vale The Llyfni Vale Railway Bill was read a second 

‘Railway Bill. time; and committed. 

North Staf- The North Staffordshire Railway Bill was read 

fordshire d time: and itted 

Railway Bill. a second time; and committed. 

Sittingbourne ‘The Sittingbourne and Sheerness Railway (Work- 

end Sheerness ing Arrangements, &amp;c.) Bill was read a second 

(Working Ar. time; and committed. 

rangements, 

&amp;c.) Bill. 

West Endof _ The West End of London and Crystal Palace 

ry a Railway (No. 2) Bill was, according to Order, read 

Railway a second time; and committed. 

(No. 2) Bill. 


Weston-super- The Order, That the Weston-super-Mare Improve- 
— — ment and Market Bill be committed, was read, and 
Market Bill, discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


Sunderland Ordered, That in the case of the Petition for the 


Februarii A. 1859. 


titions for Private Bills have leave to sit and pro- 
ceed forthwith. 


A Petition of the London and North Western Manchester 
Railway Company, and of the Manchester, Sheffield Sheffield ana 
and Lincolnshire Railway Company, praying that menstine 
Provision may be made in the Manchester, Shef- (Station at 
Jield_ and Lincolnshire Railway (Station at Man- Manchester) 
cheifer) Bill for enabling the London and North Bi 
Western Railway Company to widen that part of 
their Railway, in the Parish of Manchester, which 
forms the connexion between the Ardwick Station of 
the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway, 
and the London Road Station, was presented, and 
read; and referred to the Examiners of Petitions 
for Private Bills. 


A Petition of the Warrington and Stockport Warrington 
Railway Company, the Manchester, Sheffield and #n4 Stockport 
Lincolnshire Railway Company, the Saint Helen’s “*™™*Y Bill 
Canal und Railway Company, and the London and 
North Western Railway Company, praying that 
Provision may be made in the Warrington and 
Stockport Railway Bill for vesting the Warrington 
Railway in the London and North Western and 
Saint [elen’s Railway Companies as Lessees, was 
presented, and read; and referred to the Examiners 
of Petitions for Private Bills. 


A Petition of the Wimbledon and Dorking Rail- Leatherhead 
way Company, praying that Provision may be made a 
in the Leatherhead and Dorking Railway (No. 2) (No, 2) Bill, 
Bill for enabling the Wimbledon and Dorking Rail- 
way Company to subscribe to and become Share- 
holders in the Leatherhead and Dorking Railway, 
was presented, and read ; and referred to the Exa- 
miners of Petitions for Private Bills. 


Several Public Petitions were presented, and read ; Public 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. Petitions. 
Vide Fifth 
Report. 
The Order of the day being read, for the second Church Rates 
reading of the Church Rates Abolition Bill ; Abolition Bill 
Ordered, ‘That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Church Rates 
reading of the Church Rates Commutation Bill ; — Commutation 
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 
“ Monday next.” 
And the Question being put, That the word 
“now” stand part of the Question:—It passed 
in the Negative. 
And the Question being put, That the words 
“upon Monday 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 
Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Elections, &amp;. 
reading of the Elections, &amp;c. Bill ; 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 Wed- 
nesday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Juries Vig 
reading of the Jwies (Ireland) Bill; land} 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday the 9th day of March next. 


&amp;e. ( 


mittee on the Manor Courts, &amp;c. (Zreland) Bil; = gin, 





Dock (No. 2.) Sunderland Dock (No. 2) Bill, the Examiner of Pe- 


A Motion 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Manor Couns ; 





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A Motion was made, and the Question was 
proposed, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 
Chair :—And the said Motion was, with leave of the 
House, withdrawn. 

Resolved, That this House will, after the other 
Orders of the day, resolve itself into the said Com- 
mittee. 


Receivers The Order of the day being read, for the second 
in Chancery reading of the Receivers in Chancery (Ireland) 
(rei, &amp;e. Abolition, &amp;c. Bill ; 
Bill. Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Thursday the 3d day of March next. 

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. 


Sale and 
Transfer of 
Land (Ire~ 
Jand) Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Sale and Transfer of Land (/reland) 
Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Thursday the 3d day of March next. 


Manor Courts, 
&amp;e. (Ireland) 
Compensa- 

a and 


Stamps] 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on Manor Courts, &amp;c. (Jreland) 
- [Compensations and Stamps.] 


(In the Committee.) 


Question again proposed, That Provision be made, 
out of the Consolidated Fund of the United King- 
dom of Great Britain and Ireland, for the Payment 
of Compensations to Seneschals or Stewards of 
Manor Courts in IJre/and, whose Offices may be 
abolished by any Act of the present Session :— 
Motion, by leave, withdrawn. 

Resolved, That the following Stamp Duties shall 
be charged on Forms of Process to be served on 
Defendants under any Act of the present Session for 
the Abolition of Manor Courts in Ireland :— 

£. 
For every original Process - - = = 


For every Copy thereof served - - - 
For every Certificateon Appeal - - - 


mi lo 
1Q2Qan 


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. 


Manor Courts, 


oy be The House, according to Order, resolved itself 


4) into a Committee on the Manor Courts, &amp;e. (Jre- 
land) Bill. 


(In the Committee.) 


Preamble postponed. 

Cravuse, N° 1, agreed to. 

Crausz, N° 2, amended, and agreed to. 
Crause, N° 3, agreed to. 


Cravuse, N° 4 (Power to award compensation 
to existing seneschals and stewards). 

Amendment proposed, in p. 2, 1. 34: To leave 
out the words “ seneschal or steward,” in order to 
insert the word “ officer.” 

Question proposed, That the words proposed to 
be left out stand part of the Clause. 

Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 

Amendments made. 

Another Amendment proposed, in p. 2, 1. 37: 
After the word “ office,” to insert the words “ and 
“every permanent president of any court of con- 
“ science, whose emoluments may be diminished by 
“reason of the passing of this Act.” 

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

Another Amendment proposed, in p. 3,1. 1: To 
leave out the words “ mo emoluments.” 4 

Vow. 114. 


23° Februart:. 


71 


Question put, That thé words “and emoluments ” 
stand part of the Clause; 

The Committee divided. : 

Tellers for the { Mr. Whitmore, 

Yeas, Lord Henry Lennvz : 
Tellers. for the{ Mr. Kirk, 

Noes, Mr. Beamish : 
Another Amendment made. 
Question put, That the Clause, as amended, stand 

part of the Bill; 
The Committee divided. 
Tellers for the { Mr. Whitmore, 

Yeas, Mr. Knight: 

Tellers for the (Mr. William Williams, 

Noes, \ Mr. Cox: 

CrausE, N° 5, amended, and agreed to. 
Crause, N° 6, postponed. 

Criausss, N° 7 and N° 8, agreed to. 

To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 


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46. 


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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, To-morrow, again 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Ordered, That Mr. Egerton be discharged from Irremovable 
further attendance on the Select Committee on F° 
Irremovable Poor. 

Ordered, That Mr. Grogan be added to the Com- 


mittee. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Population, 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased Bevenu &amp;¢ 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return of the present Estimated Popula- 
tion of England, Scotland and Ireland, respectively, 
according to the most recent Data possessed by the 
Registrar General ; and the Total Amount of Re- 
venue derived from Taxation of England, Scotland 
and Ireland, respectively, for the Two years ending 
the 31st day of December 1858, under the Depart- 
ments of Inland Revenue, Customs, and Post-office, 
respectively ; showing, also, the Number of Repre- 
sentatives which each of these Divisions of the United 
Kingdom would have, if the 654 Members of the 
House of Commons were allotted to them—1. Pro- 
portionately to such Population; 2. Proportionately 
to such Revenue; and 3. Proportionately to the 
mean of such Population and Revenue. 

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


Colonel Wilson Patten reported from the Com- Committee 


mittee of Selection; That they had formed several rinse Reports) 
Private Bills into Groups, and had directed him to ‘ No my 


report the same to the House. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Mr. Ingham reported from the General Committee Railway and 
on Railway and Canal Bills; That they had formed pine Repo rt.) 
certain Bills into Groups, and had directed him to ¢ No. 82 ' 
report the same to the Renan Bota 

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


Mr. Secretary Walpole: presented a Bill for faci- Church Rates 
litating Voluntary Provision for the purposes to Bill. 
which Church Rates are applicable, and for the Bill 41. 
Extinction of Church Rates where such Provision is 
made: And the same was read the first time; and 
ordered to be read a second time upon Monday 
next; and to be printed. 


The Order for the House to resolve itself into a Municipal 





Committee, upon Wednesday next, on the Municipal Blections Bil. 
Elections Bill, was read, and discharged. pie 
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pensations 
and Stamps.] 


Sunderland 
Dock (No. 2.) 


Landed 
Estates Court 
(Ireland. ) 


No. 83. 
Weedon 
Inquiry and 


Manning the 
Navy. 


No, 84. 
Mr. G. H. Ry- 
land. 


No. 85. 


Bankruptcy 
(Scotland.) 


No. 86. 


Public 
Petitions 


{Fifth Report.) 


72. 


Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
the 3d day of March next, resolve itself into the 
said Committee. 


A Motion being made, That this House will, 
To-morrow, resolve itself into a Committee to con- 
sider of authorizing the Payment, out of the Con- 
solidated Fund of the United Kingdom of Great 
Britain and Jreland, of Compensations to Persons 
who may be deprived of office or employment, or 
any emolument arising therefrom, by any Act of the 
present Session for facilitating the Sale and Transfer 
of Land in Jreland, and also of imposing Stamp 
Duties on certain Documents under the said Act ; 

Lord Naas, by Her Majesty’s Command, ac- 
quainted the House, That Her Majesty, having been 
informed of the subject-matter of this Motion, re- 
commends it to the consideration of the House. 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


A Petition of the Sunderland Dock Company, 
for leave to bring in a Bill toenable the Sunderland 
Dock Company to raise further Sums of Money ; 
to amen: the Act relating to the Company, and for 
other purposes, was presented, and read; and a 
Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by 
Mr. Hudson and Mr. Fenwick. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Landed 
Estates Court. (Jreland), which was presented i 
the 21st day of this instant February, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Weedon 
Inquiry and Manning the Navy, which was pre- 
sented upon the 22d day of this instant February, 
be printed. 

Ordered, That the Return relative to the case of 
Mr. G. H. Ryland, which was presented upon the 
22d day of this instant February, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Bankruptcy 
(Scotland), which was presented upon the 3d day of 
this instant February, “ printed. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 











Jovis, 24° die Februarii ; 
Anno 22° Victorie Regine, 1859. 


PRAYERS. 
M R. Gregson reported from the Select Com- 
1 mittee on Public Petitions; That they had 
examined the Petitions presented upon the 21st, 
22d and 23d days of this instant February; and 
had directed him to make a Report thereof to the 
House. 

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


Great Western A Petition of the Great Western Railway Com- 


Railway Bill. 


Sunderland 
. Dock (No. 2) 
Bill. 


Ruabon and 


way ( 
len Section.) 


pany, praying that Provision may be made in the 
Great Western Railway Bill, that all future half- 
yearly general meetings of the Company shall be 
held in London, was presented, and read; and re- 
ferred to the Examiners of Petitions for Private 
Bills. 


A Bill to enable the Sunderland Dock Company 
to raise further Sums of Money ; to amend the Act 
relating to the Company, and for other purposes, 
was read the first time ; and ordered to be read a 
second time.: 


‘Ordered, That the Petition of George Hammond 
Whalley, complaining of Statements made to the 
Select Committee on Standing Orders by the Op- 





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A. 1859. 
ponents to the Ruabon and Denbigh Railway (Lian- 
gollen Section) Bill, be referred to the Select Com- 
mittee on Standing Orders; and that it be an 
Instruction to the Committee to inquire whether an 
allegation contained in such Petition, that a certain 
Wood, stated in the said Statement to be an Orna- 
mental Wood, is not a Wood of that nature, is well 
founded ; and whether, in the event of such allega- 
tion being well founded, it is expedient to dispense 
with the Standing Orders in respect of the said 
Bill :—-That the Report of the said Committee of 
the 17th day of this instant February on the Pe- 
tition for the said Bill, the Petition for leave to bring 
in the said Bill, and the Report of the Examiner 
thereon, be referred back to the Committee. 


Mr. Robert Palmer reported from the General Controverted 
Committee of Elections; ‘That they had divided into Elections, 
Five Panels the List of Members to serve on Elec- 
tion 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 followeth :— 

No.1, C; No.2, D; No.3, E; No.4,A; No. 5, B. 

Ordered, That the said Panels be printed. 


Several Public Petitions were presented, and read ; Public 

and ordered to lie upon the Table. Petitions 
Vide Sixth 
Report. 

Mr. Henley presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- Railway Acts, 
mand,— A Return of the Railway Acts passed in 
Session 1858; showing the Length of each Line; 
the Capital Stock; the Sums authorized to be 
raised on Loan ; and the other principal Provisions 
contained therein. 

Mr. Henley also presented, pursuant to Order,— Railway and 
Further Reports from the Board of Trade relative Canal Bills 
to Railway and Canal! Bills. No. 6, 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table ; and that the Papers relative to Railway and 
Canal Bills be printed. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Ecclesiastical 
Copy of any Memorial addressed in January last to wT 
the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland by the Clerks in the — 
Office of the Ecclesiastical Commissioners for Jre- 
land, praying that the inquiry then being made into 


| some of the Public Offices in Jreland, with a view 


to their Amendment, and to a more Equitable Scale 
of Remuneration for the Officers employed, might 
be extended to them; and of the Reply thereto: 
And, of all Memorials presented within the 
last year by the said Clerks to the said Commis- 
sioners, on the subject of an increase to their Salary ; 
and of the Reply given thereto. 





Mr. Mackinnon presented a Bill to establish Masters and 
Equitable Councils of Conciliation and Arbitration Operatives 
to adjust Differences between Masters and Opera- “Bill 42. 
tives: And the same was read the first time; and ” © 
ordered to be read a second time upon Thursday 
the 10th day of March next ; and to be printed. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Lunatic 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased Agu 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Returns, in separate Columns, showing the 
Total Number of Admissions, Cures and Deaths 
in each of the County Pauper Lunatic Asylums 
throughout England and Wales, from the opening 
of each Asylum to the end of the last current year ; 
with Columns showing the per centage of Cures and 
Deaths, and the Cost per annum of each Patient: 
——And, in separate Columns, of the Number of 
Chronic, Idiotic, and Epileptic Cases admitted 
during each year, showing how many and how long 
resident in each Asylum at the close of the last 


current year. 
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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. 


Deaths Mr. Hardy presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
snd Marriage’ mand,—Copy of Fourth Annual Report of the Re- 
(Seotland. gistrar General of Births, Deaths and Marriages, in 
Scotland. 

Copy of Report of the Commissioners appointed 
to inquire into the State of the Municipal Affairs of 
the Borough of Belfast in Ireland; with Appendices 
and Minutes of Evidence. 

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


A Motion was made, and the Question being put, 
That there be laid before this House, Returns of 
the Steamers on the Home Station in Commission 
and Manned, their Force and Steam Power:—Of 
the First Reserve, and the Men borne on their 
books :—Of the Ships in the Second Reserve, and 
their state:—Of the Steamers Abroad:—Of the 
Steamers in the Third Reserve, and their state :— 
Of the Steamers building:—Of the Steamers con- 
verting, and the probable time they will be ready: 
—Of the Ships built and broken up since 1815, 
specifying those never at sea:—And, of the Ships 
altered :—It passed in the Negative. 


Borough of 
Belfast. 


Navy. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being put, 
That it would be advantageous to the public interests 
that Government should ascertain and publish peri- 
odically the Agricultural Statistics of Great Britain, 
in so far as they relate to the extent of Acres under 
the several crops of Corn, Vegetables and Grass ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right ; 

The Noes to the Leit. 

Tellers for the Yeas,! i 4 i tt: 


Tel fr the Nowe Bale 


Agricultural 
Statistics. 


——— 
es 
a 
bo 


So it passed in the Negative. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to rezulate the Expenses to be incurred by Persons 
serving the Office of High Sheriff in England and 
Wales: And that Mr. Darby Griffith, Mr. Sclater- 
Booth and Mr. Adams do prepare, and bring it in. 


High Sheriffs’ 
Expenses, 


Trial by Jury 


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


to amend an Act of the seventeenth and eighteenth 
years of Her Majesty, for allowing Verdicts on 
Trials by Jury in Civil Causes in Scotland to be re- 
ceived, although the Jury may not be unanimous: 
And that Mr. Dun/op and Mr. Moncreiff do prepare, 
and bring it in. 


Roman Ca- 
tholic Oath, 


A Motion was made, and the Question being 
put, That this House will immediately resolve itself 
into a Committee to consider the Act 10 Geo. 4, 
c. 7, in relation to the Oath thereby required to be 
taken and subscribed, instead of the Oaths of Alle- 
giance, Supremacy and Abjuration ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right ; 

The Noes to the Left. 


Tellers for thef Mr. John FitzGerald, lice 
Yeas, Mr. Fagan: hapa 
Tellers for thes Mr. Whitmore, 7 113 
Noes, Mr. Adams: ” le 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 
The House accordingly resolved itself into the 
Committee. 


(In the Committee.) 


Motion made, and Question put, That the Chair- 
man be directed to move the House, That leave be 
given to bring in a Bill to substitute an Oath for 
the Oath required to be taken and subscribed ~ ens 
Statute passed in the tenth year of the reign of King 


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73 


George the Fourth, for the Relief of His Majesty’s 
Roman Catholic Subjects; 
The Committee divided. : 


Tellers for the { Mr. John FitzGerald, lies 
Yeas, \ Mr. Fagan: f % 
Tellers. for the oar Newdegate, ¥08 
Noes, Mr. Knighiley: } : 


Resolution to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Fitz- 


Roy \eported, That the Committee had come to a 


Resolution. 

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 to 
substitute an Oath for the Oath required to be 
taken and subscribed by the Statute passed in the 
tenth year of the reign of King George the Fourth, 
for the Relief of His Majesty’s Roman Catholic 
Subjects :—And he moved the House accordingly. 
Ordered, ‘Vhat leave be given to bring in the Bill: 
And that Mr. Fitz Roy, Mr. John FitzGerald, Lord 
John Russell and Mr. Serjeant Deasy do prepare, 


and bring it in. 


A Motion was made, and the Question’ being Bleaching 
proposed, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 274 Dyeing 
place the Employment of Women, Young Persons nn, 
and Children in Bleaching Works and Dyeing Works 

under the Regulations of the Factories Act; 


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


Veneris, 25° die Februarii, 1859: 


And the Question being put ; 
The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right; 

The Noes to the Left. 
, F Mr. Crook, 

Tellers for the Yeas, Mr. Cobbett : \ 30. 
Sir William Jolliffe, \ 
Mr. Whitmore: ‘ p= 
So it passed in the Negative. 


Tellers for the Noes, 


Ordered, That a Standing Committee of Six- Library of the 
teen Members be appointed to assist Mr. Speaker House. 
in the direction of the Library, and to whom shall 
be referred all Matters relating thereto:—And a 
Committee was appointed of Colonel Wilson Patten, 
Lord John Jussell, Mr. Chancellor of the Exche- 
quer, Mr. Attorney General for Jreland, Sir James 
Graham, Mr. Secretary Walpole, Mr. Baines, the 
Lord Advocate, Mr. Sidney Herbert, Lord Naas, 
Lord Harry Vane, Mr. Monckton Milnes, Sir Wil- 
liam Heathcote, Mr. Massey and Sir George Lewis. 
Ordered, That Three be the quorum. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being County Pri- 
put, That there be laid before this House, a Return of sons (Jreland. ) 
the Names of the Members of the Board of Super- 
intendence of each County Prison in Jreland, spe- 
cifying the Number of Roman Catholics on each 
Board ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right ; 


The Noes to the Left. 

. Mr. Cogan, ts 
Tellers for the Yeas, Mr. Hatchel : . f $1. 
Tellers for the Noes,\ si" etm oly *, } 84. 


So it passed in the Negative. . 

The Order of the day being read, for the second County Pri- 
reading of the County Prisons (Zreland) Bill; “  _- sons (#reland) 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time this ® 





Von. 114, 








day. 
4 L The 

































































Piers and 
Harbours Bill. 


Medical Act 
(1858) Amend- 
ment Bill. 


Inclosure of 
Lands Bill 


Burial-places 
Bill. 


Manor Courts, 
&amp;c. (Ireland) 
[Compensa- 
tions and 
Stamps. | 


Manor Courts, 
&amp;c. (Ireland) 
Bill, 


Sale and 
Transfer of 
Land ({reland) 
[Compensa- 
tions and 
Stamps. | 


High Sheriffs’ 
Expenses Bill. 


Bill 43. 


Roman Ca- 
tholic Oath 
Bill. 


Bill 44. 


Law of Pro- 

rshen 
tees Re- 

lief Amend- 


ment Bill 
[Lords.] 


Bill 45. 


74 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Piers and Harbours Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Wednesday the 9th day of March next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
Mittee on the Medical Act (1858) Amendment 
Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The Inclosure of Lands Bill was, according to 
Order, read a second time ; and committed toa 
Committee of the whole House, for this day. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself into 
a Committee on the Burial-places Bill; and, after 
some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the 
Chair; and Mr. FitzRoy reported, That the Com- 
mittee had gone through the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration this day. 


Mr. FitzRoy reported from the Committee on 
Manor Courts, &amp;c. (Jreland) [Compensations. and 
Stamps}, a Resolution; which was read, as fol- 
loweth : 

That the following Stamp Duties shall be charged 
on Forms of Process to be served on Defendants 
under any Act of the present Session for the Avoli- 
tion of Manor Courts in Ireland :— 


For every original Process —- - - - 
For every Copy thereof served - - - 
For every Certificateon Appeal - - = 


pire 
i | &amp; 
1 Aan 


The said Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Manor Courts,.&amp;c. (Zreland) Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being 
mittee on Sale and ‘Transfer 
[Compensations and Stamps] ; 

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


read, for the Com- 
of Land (Ireland) 


Mr. Darby Griffith presented a Bill to regulate 
the Expenses to be incurred by Persons serving the 
Office of High Sheriff in England and Wales: And 
the same was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time upon Wednesday the 23d day of 
March next; and to be printed. 


Mr. John FitzGerald presented a Bill tosubstitute 
an Oath for the Oath required to be taken and sub- 
scribed by the Statute passed in the tenth year of 
the reign of King George the Fourth, for the Re- 
lief ot His Majesty’s Roman Catholic Subjects : 
And the same was read the first time ; and ordered 
to be read a second time upon Monday next; and 
to be printed. 


The Law of Property and Trustees Relief Amend- 
ment 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 One of the clock on Friday morning, ad- 
journed till this day. 


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A. 1859. 


Veneris, 25° die Februarii ; 
Anno 22° Victorie Regine, 185 9. 


PRAYERS. 


R. Speaker called the attention of the House Worcester 
to the Return to the Writ for the Election of County (Bay, 
a Member to serve in this present Parliament for S71; /"isin) 
the Eastern Division of the Samp of Worcester,in 
the room of Co!onel Rushout, now Lord Northwick, 
by which it appeared that the Honourable Frederic 
Henry Willam Gough Calthorpe was returned 
Member for the County of Worcester, instead of 
the Eastern Division of the said County ; 
Whereupon Mr. Henry Foley, a Member, in his 
lace, stated that he had been present at the 
lection for the Eastern Division of the County of 
Worcester, of which he is an Elector, and that it was 
within his knowledge that Mr. Ca/thorpe had been 
elected by a majority of Votes for the said Division, 
Ordered, That the Clerk of the Crown do attend 
this House forthwith, and amend the said Return. 
Whereupon the Clerk of the Crown attended, 
and amended the said Return accordingly. 


Ordered, That the Order made upon the 8th day Travellers 
of this instant February, limiting the time of the 2nd Marine 
second reading of Private Bills, be suspended in Fe me 
the case of the Travellers and Marine Insurance Death In. 
and Accidental Death Insurance Companies Amal- surance Com 
gamation (No. 2) Bill; and that the Bill be read 0 ee 
second time upon Monday next, provided Three (No. 2) Bill 
clear days’ notice thereof shall have been given in 


the Private Bill Office. 


Several Public Petitions were presented, and read ; Public 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. Petitions. 
Vide Sixth 
Report. 
Mr. Slaney presented a Bill to facilitate Grants Recreation 
of Land to be made near Populous Places for the @tounds Bill 
use of regulated Recreation of Adults, and as Play- Bill 46. 
grounds for Children: And the same was read the 
first time; and ordered to be read a second time 
upon Wednesday next ; and to be printed. 


Ordered, That 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 Samuel Warren, Esquire, who, since his 
Election for the said Borough, hath accepted the 
Office of Steward of the Manor of WVorthstead, in 
the County of York. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Post-office. 
Copies of a Letter from the Postmaster General, No. 87. 
dated the 24th dav of February 1859; and of a 
Minute and Memorandum, prepared by the Secretary 
to the Post-office, relative to the Regulation recently 

romulgated as to the Compulsory Prepayment of 
Pesta on Inland Letters, enclosed therein: —- 
And, of the Treasury Warrant repealing the Warrant 
of the 29th day of January 1859, which requires 
Compulsory Prepayment of Inland Letters. 

Sir Stafford Northcote 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 Lunatic Ay 

Copy of a Letter addressed to the Chief Secretary !ms( 
for Lreland by Dr. Nugent, Inspector of Lunatic 
Asylums, in reply to Statements in the Report of 
the Commissioners of Inquiry into Lunatic Asylums 
in Ireland: Returns showing the Date of the 
First Publication of such Letter :——And, showing: 
the Date at which the First Issue of the Commis- 
sioners’ Report was made, by whom made, and 
the Number of Copies then circulated. 
Ordered, 

















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

(Army-) an Account in detail of the Expenditure of £. 19,732, 
Commissioned Chaplains ; distinguishing Protes- 
tants and Roman Gatholies :——Similar Account 
of £.17,640, Officiating Clergymen at Home and 
Abroad :——Detailed Account of the Religious 
Books for the Distribution of which £. 2,000 is 
asked : And, showing the Cause of the Increase 
of £.'7,000 for the present year, under the head of 
“ Divine Service.” 





Mr. Dunlop presented a Bill to amend an Act of 
the seventeenth and eighteenth years of Her Ma- 
jesty, for allowing Verdicts on Trials by Jury in 
Civil Causes in Scotland to be received, although 
the Jury may not be unanimous: And the same 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time upon Wednesday the 30th day of March 
next; and to be printed. 


Trial by Jury 
eaten) 


Bill 47. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee on Standing 
Orders have leave to make a Special Report. 

Colonel Wi/son Patien reported from the said 
Committee to whom the Petition of George Ham- 
mond Whalley, complaining of Statements made to 
the Select Committee on Standing Orders by the 
Opponents to the Ruabon and Denbigh Railway 
(Liangollen Section) Bill was referred, and who were 
instructed to inquire whether an allegation contained 
in such Petition, that a certain Wood, stated in the 
said Statement to be an Ornamental Wood, is not 
a Wood of that nature, is well founded; and whether, 
in the event of such allegation being well founded, 
it is expedient to dispense with the Standing Orders 
in respect of the said Bill; and to whom the Report 
of the said Select Committee of the 17th of this 
instant February on the Petition for the said Bill, 
the Petition for leave tu bring in the said bill, and 
the Report of the Examiner thereon, were also 
referred back ; and who were empowered to make a 
Special Report to the House; That they had in- 
quired into the matter to them referred, and had 
agreed to the following Report thereupon: 

That it appeared to your Committee, that the 
Statement delivered in to the Committee by the 
Opponents to the Bill, to the effect that “ an Orna- 
mental” Wood was interfered with by the said Rail- 
way, is not a correct Statement, inasmuch as the | 
Wood referred to does not form part of a park, | 
ornamental grounds, or residential property ; that | 
therefore the complaint set forth in the allegation | 
contained in such Petition is well founded ; but the | 

Committee do not find it expedient to recommend | 
' that the Standing Orders ought to be dispensed | 

with in respect of the said Bill. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon tle Table. 


Standing 
Orders. 


Special Re- 
port. 





Colonel Wilson Patten reported from the Select 
Committee on Standing Orders, a Resolution ; 
which was read, as followeth: 

That in the case of the Mid-Sussex and Arundel 
mdLittle. 20d Littlehampton Junction Railway (No. 2), Petition 

Junce- for leave to deposit Petition for Bill, the Standing 
in, “ad Orders ought not to be dispensed with. 
) Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


| 


East India 


i The following Papers were laid upon the Table 


by the Clerk of the House,—Further Return to an 
Order, dated the 3d day of March 1857, for Re- 
turns showing the whole Outlay sanctioned by the 
Last India Company for the purposes of Railways 
in India, independently of the Cost of Land ; specify- 
ing the Amount for each several Railway, and the 
Rates of Interest at which the different Sums 
have been guaranteed : Showing the whole 
Amount which has been paid into the East India 
Company’s Treasury on account of Indian Rail- 
ways, and the whole Amount which has been paid 


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out of the East India Company’s Treasury on 
Vou. 114. 


75 


account of Indian Railways, down to the latest 
Period for which Accounts have been received in 
England :—--—-Showing the direction of Lines of 
Railway sanctioned in India, sketched on a Skele- 
ton Map of that Country, marking the Principal 
Stations, with their Distance from the Principal 
Terminus on each of the said Lines ; distinguishing 
the Portions of the said Lines completed, or to be 
completed within a given time, or already open for 
Traffic, from those Portions not yet completed or 
commenced upon; and specifying the Number of 
Miles of Railway open for ‘Traffic in each Presi- 
dency, with the Date at which the Construction of 
each several Jndian Railway was begun, so far as 
the above Particulars are already known in Eng- 
land: And, showing the Number of Miles of 
New Roads or Navigable Canals open for Traffic 
in each several Presidency of Jndia since the year 
1848, and the Total Amount of Money expended 
on their Construction; specifying the Localities 
of the above Lines of Communication, and dis- 
tinguishing the Number of Miles, and the direc- 
tion of such of the said New Roads as are continu- 
ously Stoned and Bridged and of the First Class 
throughout, and the Number of Miles and direction 
of such of the said Canals as are available for 
Steam Navigation. 

Return to an Order, dated the 9th day of this Funded Debt, 
instant February, for Returns relative to the Funded 
Debt, &amp;c. 

Return to an Order, dated the 14th day of this in- Houses, &amp;c. 
stant February, for a Return relative to Houses, Xc. 

The following Papers, pursuant to the directions Soane’s 
of several Acts of Parliament, were also laid upon Museum. 
the Table by the Clerk of the House,—Statement 
of the Funds of the Museum of the late Sir John 
Soane on the 15th of January 1859. 

Abstract of the Account rendered to the Lords Lunacy 
Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury, by the (Scotland. 
Secretary to the General Board of Lunacy in Scot- 
land, from the 1st November 1857 to 1st August 
1858. 





Mr. Henley presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- Shipping. 
mand,—Returns of the Tonnage of British and No. 88. 
Foreign Shipping, 1834—1858. 

Ordered, ‘\hat the said Returns do lie upon the 
Table; and be printed. 


Mr. Hardy presented,—Return to an Address to Superannu- 
Her Majesty, dated the 10th day of this instant ations. 
February, for a Return relative to Superannuations. 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the Lunatic Asy- 
22d day of this instant February, for a Return ums (Ireland) 
relative to the Lunatic Asylums (Jreland) Com- Commission. 
mission. 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the Re-committal 


| 22d day of this instant February, for a Return of Prisoners. 


relative to Re-committal of Prisoners. 
Ordered, That the said Returns do lie upon the 
Table. 


Mr. Corry presented,— Return to an Order, dated Navy. 
the 17th day of this instant February, for a Return 
relative to the Navy. 

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


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


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Supply. 
into the Committee of Supply. 


(In the Committee.) 


1. 62,400 Men and Boys for the Sea and Coast 
Guard Services, including 15,000 Royal Marines. 

2. £. 2,487,062 for Wages to Seamen and Ma- 
rines. 


Resolutions to be reported. 





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76 
And the House having continued to sit till after 
Twelve of the clock on Saturday morning ; 


Sabbati, 26° die Februarii, 1859 : 


‘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. 


Local Assess- 
ments Exemp- 
tion Abolition 
Bill. 


The Local Assessments Exemption Abolition Bill 
was, according to Order, read a second time; and 
committed to a Committee of the whole House for 
Friday next. 


Poor Law The Poor Law Boards (Payment of Debts) Bill 
Boards (Pay- was, according to Order, read a second time; and 
mal P°**) committed to a Select Committee. 

County Pri- The County Prisons (Jreland) Bill was, accord- 


mm reland) jing to Order, read a second time; and committed 
to a Committee of the whole House for Monday the 
21st day of March next. 


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

(1858) Amend- mittee on the Medical Act (1858) Amendment Bill; 

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


Inclosure of 


The House, according to Order, resolved itseif 
Lands Bill. 


into a Committee on the Inclosure of Lands 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. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration upon Monday next. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take 
into consideration the Burial-places Bill, as amended 
in the Committee. 

Ordered, ‘That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Monday next. 


Burial-places 
Bill. 


Manor Courts, The House, according to Order, resolved itself into 
&amp;c. (Ireland) a Committee on the Manor Courts, &amp;c. (Jreland) 
Bill. Bill. 

Bill 48. (In the Committee.) 

Crausg, N° 6. (Form of Process those in Sche- 
dule A.) 

Motion made, and Question proposed, That the 
Clause 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 agreed to. 

Two Clauses added. 

Schedule A., agreed to. 

Two Schedules added. 


Preamble amended, and agreed to. 
Bill, as amended, to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Fitz- 
Roy reported, That the Committee had gone through 
the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration upon Thursday 
next; and be printed. 


West Indian Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 


Colonies and to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Copies or Extracts of any Correspondence 
between the Colonial Office and the Governors of 


tius. 


95° —26§°— 98° Februariz. 





A. 1859. 


respect to the Condition of the Labouring Population 
of such Colonies, both Native and Immigrant, and 
the Supply of Labour :—-—And, of all Colonial Acts 
or Ordinances regulating the Condition of imported 
Labourers at present in force, and not already laid 
before 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. 


The Order for the House to resolve itself into a Sale of Poisons 
Committee, upon Monday next, on the Sale of 
Poisons Bill, was read, and discharged. 

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


The Order for reading a second time, upon Mon- Roman Ca. 
day next, the Roman Catholic Oath Bill, was read, tlle Oath 
and discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Tuesday the 29th day of March 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, 28° die Februarii ; 


Anno 22° Victorie Regine, 1859. 





PRAYERS. 
OLONEL Wilson Patten reported from the Committee of 
Committee of Selection; That they had made cond Rept) 
certain alterations in the Groups of Private Bills 
already formed, 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. Gregson reported from the Select Committee Public 
on Public Petitions ; That they had examined the Fetition | 
Petitions presented upon the 24th and 25th days of ort) 
this instant February, and had directed him to 
make a Report thereof to the House. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 


and be printed. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Great Westem 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, ®4!v*v = 
in respect of non-compliance with the Standing 
Orders in the case of the Petition for additional 
Provision in the Great Western Railway Bill. 

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


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Warrington 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, —— 
in respect ef non-compliance with the Standing . 
Orders in the case of the Petition for additional 
Provision in the Warrington and Stockport Rail- 
way Bill. 

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


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from ner 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, Leer 
in respect of non-compliance with the Standing Railway (St 
Orders in the case of the Petition for additional tion at Max 
Provision in the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincoln- chester) 
shire Railway (Station at Manchester) Bill. 

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


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Edinburgh, 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, oo 
That in the case of the Edinburgh, &amp;c. Annuity 


Tax Bill, no Standing Orders are applicable. 


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


. *,* ° . and 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, allway 





the West Indian Colonies and the Mauritius, with 


) 





That in the case of the Petition for additional Pro- (No, 2) Bill 
vision 





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22 Vicroriz. 


vision in the Leatherhead and Dorking Railway 
(No. 2) Bill, the Standing Orders have been com- 
plied with. 

Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Committee 
on the Bill, that they have Power to make Provision 
therein pursuant to the prayer of the said Petition. 


Londonderry 
Bridge Bill. 


A Petition of the Londonderry and Enniskillen 
Railway Company, praying that Provision may be 
made in the Londonderry Bridge Bill for repealing 
Section 21 of the Londonderry and Enniskillen 
Railway Act, 1854, was presented, and read; and 
referred to the Examiners of Petitions for Private 
Bills. 


The Travellers and Marine Insurance and Acci- 

a dental Death Insurance Companies Amalgamation 

(No. 2) Bill was, according to Order, read a second 
time ; and committed. 


surance Com- 
panies Amalgamation (No. 2) Bill. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Copy of Letter of W. S. Lindsay, Esquire, to the 
Earl of Hardwicke, Chairman of the Royal Com- 
mission for Manning the Navy, declining to sign 
the Report of the Commissioners. 

Mr. Sotheron Estcourt accordingly presented the 
said Paper. 

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


Manning the 
Navy. 


Public 
Petitions. 


Vide Votes, 
and Seventh 
Report. 
Controverted 
Elections. 


Several Public Petitions were presented, and read; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Public Petition was also presented, and read ; 
and referred to a Select Committee. 


John Bonham-Carter, Esquire, being one of the 
Members appointed by Mr. Speaker to serve on the 
General Committee of Elections, and not objected 
to by the House, was sworn at the Table by the 
Clerk. 


Resolved, That 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 
the year 1858, under the Act 16 &amp; 17 Vic. c. 30, 
for the better prevention and punishment of Aggra- 
vated 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. 


Aggravated 
Assaults Act. 


WarDepart- © Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
sm to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Copy of any Order in Council, or Minute 
of the Secretary of State for War, varying the Civil 
Establishment of the War Department as fixed by 
the Order in Council, bearing date the 6th day of 
June 1855, whereby the Office of Deputy As- 
sistant Secretary at War was abolished, and Colonel 
Munday removed from his Office of Permanent 
Under Secretary of State for War, with Date of 
his Appointment and Removal :——And, of any 
Treasury Minute granting a Pension of £.1,000 a 
year to Colonel Munday for loas of Office when not 
receiving a like Sum for his Services from the 
Public. 

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


di 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return showing the Amount charged for Clothing 
for each Regiment on the British Establishment for 
the year 1859-60. 

Vou. 114, 


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General Peel accordingly presented the said 
Return. 

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


Ordered, That there be laid! before this House, a Army Grants. 
Statement of the Sums required to make good the No. 90, 
Deficiency of certain Army Grants for the year 
1857-8. 

General Peel 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 Lunatic Asy- 
Copy of the Resolutions of the Board of Governors !ums (Ireland.) 
of the Armagh District Lunatic Asylum, at meeting 

held at Armagh on the 25th day of October 1858, 

in reference to the Report of the Commissioners of 

Inquiry into Lunatic Asylums in Jredand ; and of the 

Letter to the Governors, by Thomus Cuming, M.v., 

Visiting Physician, in the said Resolutions referred 

to. 


The following Papers were laid upon the Table Public Income 
by the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, — 
dated the 30th day of July, in the last Session of ' 

Parliament, for a Return of the Public Income and 

Expenditure in each year from 1816 to 1858, both 

inclusive, exhibiting the following Details :—On one ° 
side showing the Net Income derived under each 

head of Receipts, and the aggregate of the whole: 

—On the other side showing the Expenditure under 

each of the heads of Army and Ordnance, Navy, the 

Charge for the Management of the Debt, other 

Charges on the Consolidated Fund, and other Civil 

Services, and an aggregate of the whole :——And, 

Statement, in separate columns, showing the Excess ‘ 
or Deficiency, as the case may be, of the Income 
compared with the Expenditure, and showing the 
Additions to, and Reductions from, the Amount of 

the Public Debt in each year. 

Return to an Order, dated the 30th day of July, Customs, 
in the last Session of Parliament, fur a Return of 2*ci# &amp;¢. 
the Amount of Customs Duties collected in each 
year from 1816 to 1858, both inclusive, exclusive of 
Drawbacks and Bounties, and distinguishing the 
Cost of Collection, and the Net Sum available for 
the Exchequer in each year ; also, of the Amount 
of Excise Duties, Stamps and ‘Taxes, as collected 
under the separate Boards and the united Board of 
Inland Revenue, and showing the Aggregate 
Amount in each year, and distinguishing the Cost 
ot Collection, and the Net Aggregate Sum available 
for the Exchequer. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Com- Lighthouses. Pre: 
mission of Inquiry respecting Lighthouses, which No. 91, 
was presented upon the 14th day of this instant 
February, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Magistrates Magistrates 
(County Palatine of Lancaster), which was pre- Neer nd - 
sented upon the 17th day of this instant February, Sancaster.) 


be printed. No. 98. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to East India East India 
(Railways), which was presented upon the 25th day (Railways. ) 
of this instant February, be printed. No, 92. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Funded Funded Debt, 
Debt, &amp;c., which was presented upon the 25th day **- 
of this instant February, be printed. No. 93. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Superannua- Superannu- 
tions, which was presented upon the 25th day of *t0ns 
this instant February, be printed. No. 94. 


Asylums (Jreland) Commission, which was pre- 
sented upon the 25th day of this instant February, : 
be printed. : 








L 3 Ordered, 








Harbour, &amp;c. 
Bills. 


No. 80. 


Orders of the 
Day. 


Representa- 
tion of the 
People. 


Estates Biil. 


Registry of 
Landed 


Estates Biil. 











Church Rates 
Bill. 


78 


Re-committal Ordered, That the Return relative to Re-com- 
of Prisoners. ittal of Prisoners, which was presented upon the 
No. 96. . 95th day of this instant February, be printed. 
Navy. Ordered, That the Return relative to the Navy, 
No. 97. which was presented upon the 25th day of this in- 
stant February, be printed. 
Education Mr. Gathorne Hardy presented,—Return to an 
Grants |, . Address to Her Majesty, dated the 23d day of July, 
“in the last Session of Parliament, for a Return for the 
year 1857, of the Names of the Places in each Parish 
and each County in Scot/and in which any School 
is situated in respect of which any Money has been 
paid under the Authority of the Committee of 
Council on Education, stating the Amount paid for 
each Parish and each County respectively ; specifying 
the Religious Body with which each School is con- 
nected, and distinguishing the Parochial Schools 
from other Schools connected with the Estublished 
Church. 
Public Record Mr. Gathorne Hardy also presented, pursuant to 
Office, the directions of several Acts of Parliament,—Copy 
of Table of Fees to be charged in the Public Record 
Office. 
‘Poor Relief Copy of General Order of the Commissioners for 
(Ireland. ) administering the Laws for Relief of the Poor in 


Treland to the Guardians of the Poor of the Castle- 
town Union. 

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


Mr. Henley presented, pursuant to Order,—A 
further Report trom the Board of Trade relative to 
Iiarbour, &amp;c. Bills. 

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


Ordered, That the Orders of the day be now 
read ; and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That the said Orders be postponed till 
after the Notice of Motion relative to the Repre- 
sentation of the Peopte. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being 
proposed, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
amend the Laws relating to the Representation of 
the People in England and Wales, and to facilitate 
the Registration and Voting of Electors ; 

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 expedient to consider the Laws relating to 
“the Representation of the People in England and 
“ Wales, and Scotland and Ireland, not separately, 
“ but in one measure,” instead thereof. 

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

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
amend the Laws relating to the Representation of 
the People in Eng/and and Wales, and to facilitate 
the Registration and Voting of Electors: And that 
Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer, Lord Stanley 
and General Peel do prepare, and bring it in. 


TitletoLanded. The Title to Landed Estates Bill was, according 


to Order, read a second time; and committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for To-morrow. 


The Registry of Landed Estates Bill was, ac- 
cording 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 Church Rates Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday the 9th day of March next. 


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A. 1859. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Church Rate 

reading of the Church Rates Abolition Bill; Abolition Bil, 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 

upon Wednesday the 9th day of March next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Church Rates 
reading of the Church Rates Commutation Bill; | Commutation 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday the 9th day of March next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Superannu. 
mittee on the Superannuation Bill ; ation Bill, 
Resolved, ‘Vhat this House will, upon Friday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Sate and 
mittee on Sale and Transfer of Land (/reland) ——s 
. (Ire- 
[Compensations and Stamps] ; land) [Com. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, pensations 


resolve itseli into the said Committee. and Stamps} 


Mr. FitzRoy reported from the Committee of Supply. 
Supply, several Resolutions ; which were read, as 
follow : 

1. That 62,400 Men and Boys be employed for Sea and Coast 
the Sea and Coast. Guard Services for the year end- Guard Ser. 
ing on the 31st day of March 1860, including ““* 
15,000 Royal Marines. 

2. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 2,487,062, be Wages. 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of 
Wages to Seamen and Marines, which will come in 
course of payment during the year ending on the 
31st day of March 1860. 

The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Marine 
for the Regulation of Her Majesty’s Royal Marine Mutiny. 
Forces while on Shore: And that Mr. FitzRoy, 

Sir John Pakington and Mr, Corry do prepare, and 


bring it in. 


Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday Ways and 
next, resolve itself into a Committee to consider of Means. 
Ways and Means for raising the Supply granted to 
Her Majesty. 


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 House, according to Order, resolved itself Medical Act 
into a Committee on the Medical Act (1858) Amend- (1000) 
ment 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 in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration To-morrow. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take Inclosure of 
into consideration the Inclosure of Lands Bill, as 1@"4 Bill. 
amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 


To-morrow. 


The Burial-places Bill was, according to Order, Burial-places 
read the third time. - 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence, 

Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed Gas (Metro- 
to inquire into and report as to the existing arrange- ya 
ments for the Supply of Gas to the Metropolis. 


The Select Committee on Lunatics was nominated Lunatics. 
of Mr. Tite, Sir George Grey, Mr. Secretary Wal- 
pole, Mr. Whitbread, Mr. Drummond, Sir Lrskine 











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92 Vicroriz. 


Perry, Colonel Clifford, Mr. Briscoe, Mr. Kendall, 

Mr. Horsman, Mr. Rolt, Mr. Monckton Miines, Mr. 

Nisbett, Mr. Coningham and Mr. Kekewich ; with 

Power to send fur persons, papers and records. 
Ordered, That Five be the quorum. 


Feelesiastical The Order for reading a second time, upon Wed- 
Commission nesday next, the Ecclesiastical Commission Bill, 
&gt; was read, and discharged. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday the 9th day of March next. 
Representa- Mr. Chancelior of the Exchequer presented a 
i ot Bill to amend the Laws relating to the Sesiviet 
vt. ‘9. tion of the People in England and Wales, and to 
* facilitate the Registration and Voting of Electors : 
And the same was read the first time; and ordered 
to be read a second time upon Monday the 21st 
day of March next; and to be printed. 
Bdinburgh, Ordered, That the Edinburgh, &amp;c. Annuity Tax 
ed Bill be read a second time upon Wednesday the 
23d day of March next. 
Registry of A Motion being made, That thisHouse will, To- 
— and Morrow, resolve itself into a Committee to consider 


Title to Land- of imposing Stamp Duties on certain Instruments 
edEstates in the Landed Estates Court and the Office of Land 
[Stamps, &amp;c. ] Registry to be established by any Act or Acts of the 
present Session, and of collecting the Fees in the 
said Court and Office by means of Stamps; and 
also authorizing the Payment, out of the Consoli- 
dated Fund of the United Kingdom of Great Bri- 
tain and Ireland, of the Salaries and Pensions of the 
Judges of the said Landed Estates Court ; 
Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer, by Her Ma- 
jesty’s Command, acquainted the House, That Her 
Majesty, having been informed of the subject- 
matter of this Motion, recommends it to the con- 
sideration of the House. 
Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 





Martis, 1° die Martii ; 


Anno 22° Victorie Regine, 1859. 


PRAYERS. 

Standing OLONEL Wilson Patten reported from the 
Orders, Select Committee on Standing Orders, several 
Resolutions ; which were read, as follow : 

Swansea Har- 1. That in the case of the Swansea Harbour 
bur Trust. Trust, Petition for leave to deposit a Petition for 

Bill, the Standing Orders ought to be dispensed 
with ; that the Paities be permitted to deposit their 
Petition for a Bill accordingly. 
Mach Wenlock 2. That in the case of the Much Wenlock and 
— Severn Junction Railway Bill, Petition of William 
Railway, Burchell and others for dispensing with Standing 
Order 105, in the case of the Petition of the Ozford, 
Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway Company 
against the Bill, the said Standing Order ought not 
to be dispensed with. 
The first Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 
Dieta Ordered, That the Order made upon the 8th cay 
Bill (No.2) of February last, limiting the time of the second 





reading of Private Bills, be suspended in the case 
of the Sunderland Dock (No. 2) Bill. 





The Sunderland Dock (No. 2) Bill was read a 
second time; and committed. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Mersey Docks, Liverpool, and Liver- 
pool Corporation Property Rating Bill ; 


Von. 114. 


98° Februaritz.—1° Martiz. 





And a Motion being made, and the Question 















79 


being proposed, That the Bill be now read a second 
time ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out the word “ now,” and, at 
the end of the Question, adding the words “ upon 
“ this day six months.” 

And the Question being put, That the word “ now” 
stand part of the Question :—It 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 Affirma- 
tive. 

Then the Main Question, so amended, being put; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
this day six months. 


Ordered, That the Minutes of the Evidence taken Tweed River 


‘| before the Committee on the Tweed River Fisheries Fisheries Bill 


Bill and Tweed Fisheries Bill, in Session 1857, be 474 Tweed. 


referred to the Committee on the J'weed Fisheries (1857.) 
Bill. 


Sir Benjamin Hall reported from the Committee Privaet Bills 
on Group C. of Private Bills; That there being‘no (Group C-) 
Bill for the consideration of the Committee, they 
had adjourned until Tuesday next, at Twelve of the 
clock. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Sir Benjamin Hall reported from the Committee Chichester 
on Group C. of Private Bills; That in the case of Harbour Em- 
the Chichester Harbour Embankment Bill, they had saemeneiee 
examined the allegations of the Bill, and found the 
same to be true; and had gone through the Bill, 
and made Amendments thereunto; that they had 
considered the Admiralty Report referred to them by 
the House, and the Agreement entered into between 
the Admiralty and George Merritt and Thomas 
Greenhil/, Esquires, in 1851, and which bears date 
July the 9th in that year ; and the Committee are of 
opinion, that Power should be given to the Pro- 
moters of the scheme contemplated by the present 
Bill to proceed with their Works. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Ker Seymer reported from the Committee on Private Bills 
Group B. of Private Bills; That, for the conve- (Group 8.) 
nience of Parties, the Committee had adjourned until 
Friday next, at Twelve of the clock. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Several Public Petitions were presented, and read ; Public 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. Petitions. 


Vide Seventh 
Report. 
Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant Bury Saint 
to the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ Edmund's 
for the electing of a Burgess to serve in this pre- _ 
sent Parliament for the Borough of Bury St. Ed- 
mund, in the room of the Right honourable Fre- 
derick William Hervey, commonly called Earl 
Jermyn, now Marquis of Bristol, called up to the 
House of Peers. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant Wilts (North- 
to the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ ¢™ Division) 
for the electing of a Knight of the Shire to serve in = 
this present Parliament for the Northern Division 
of the County of Wilts, in the room of the Right 
honourable Thomas Henry Sutton Sotheron Est- 
court, who, since his Election for the said Division 
of the said County, hath accepted the Office’ of 
one of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of 
State. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrarit Sussex (West- 
to the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ —— ' 
for the electing of a Knight of the Shire to serve "”” 
in this present Parliament for the Western Divi- 

L4 sion 
























































Northumber- 
land (North- 
ern Divisiun) 
Writ. 


Tewkesbury 
Writ. 


Galway 
Harbour, 


National 
Education 
(Ireland.) 


80 


sion of the County of Sussex, in the room of the 
Honourable Charles Henry Gordon Lennox, com- 
monly called the Earl of March, who, since his 
Election for the said Division of the said County, 
hath accepted the Office of President of the Poor 
Law Board. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant 
to the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ 
for the electing of a Knight of the Shire to serve in 
this present Parliament for the Northern Division of 
the County of Northumberland, in the room of the 
Honourable A/gernon George Percy, commonly 
called Lord Zovaine, who, since his Election for 
the said Division of the said County, hath accepted 
the Office of Vice-President of the Committee of 
Privy Council for Trade and Plantations. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant 
to the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Whit 
for the electing of a Burgess to serve in this pre- 
sent Parliament for the Borough of Tewkesbury, in 
the room of the Honourable Frederick Lygon, who, 
since his Election for the said Borough, hath ac- 
cepted the Office of one of the Commissioners for 
executing the Office of Lord High Admiral of the 
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Copy of the Report lately made to the Admiralty 
by Captain Washington, rx. n., Captain Vetch, R. £., 
and Mr. Barry Gibbons, c.., on the capabilities 
and requirements of the Port and Harbour of 
Galway. 


Ordered, That there be laid befure this House, 
Returns of Name, Parish, and City or County, of 
all Model Farms and Agricultural Schools con- 
nected with the Commissioners of National Educa- 
tion in Jreland; the Date of Connexion; the Extent 
of Land for agricultural purposes under each; the 
Name of the Landlord; the Nature and Terms of 
the Tenure; the Purchase Money, if any, paid 
in each case for the Land; the Annual Rent; 
Griffith’ Valuation of each Farm; Total Amount 
expended up to the 31st day of December 1857 
upon each Farm and School for agricultural pur- 
poses exclusively, with the Amount received from 
Farm Produce, Bourders’ Fees, &amp;c., in each of 
the Schools managed by the Commissioners them- 
selves; Net Total of the Amount expended on 
Agriculture out of the Public Grants made to the 
Commissioners, from the introduction of Agricul- 
tural Instruction to the 31st day of December 1857; 
Valuation of all the Property held by the Commis- 
sioners in connexion with Agriculture, classified 
under Heads, such as Capitalised Interest in Land, 
Value of Buildings, Machinery, Implements, Live 
Stock, Crops, &amp;c.; and distinguishing the Valua- 
tion of the Central Model Farm, or Albert Institu- 
tion, Glasnevin, on the 31st day of December 1857: 
Of Number of Pupils on the Roll of each Agri- 
cultural School for the Quarter ending the 31st day 
of March last, with the Number of those who re- 
ceived Agricultural Instruction habitually, and also 
the Number who received Weekly Payment as be- 
longing to the Industrial Class : -—-Of Number of 
Resident Agricultural Boarders at present in each 
School, distinguishing the Numbers of those Free 
and of those partly Free ; the Numbers of each Re- 
ligious Persuasion ; the Numbers from each County ; 
and the Average Cost to the Commissioners for the 
Annual Support and Lodging of each Resident 
Boarder :——-Of the Names of all the Officers in 
the Service of the Commissioners, or employed by 
them, connected with the Agricultural Department, 
with the Rank or Duty, Salary and Emoluments, 
Religious Persuasion, and Town or County of Birth 
of each Officer: ———And, of the Total Number of 
Agricultural Boarders who had resided in those 








1° Martiz. 





A. 1839. 


Establishments up to the 31st day of March last, 
and of the Number of those who were then con- 
nected with National Schools, distinguishing the 
Numbers in the Central Model Farm, Glasnevin, 
from the others, and stating in each case the Num- 
bers of each Religious Persuasion ; of the Numbers 
then remaining connected with National Schools, 
state in how many of these is Agricultural Instruc- 
tion given. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Chronomete, 
Copies of the several Applications that have been 
made to the Board of Admiralty, the Hydrogra- 
pher, and the Astronomer Royal, since the 20th 
day of December 1852, for pecuniary Rewards on 
accvunt of Improvements made in Chronometers : 
And, List of the several Chronometers that have 
been placed on the Government Trials at the Royal 
Observatory at Greenwich, arranged in their order 
of merit, and distinguishing those Chronometers 
that have been purchased by the Board of Admi- 
ralty, with the Prices awarded for them (in conti- 
nuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 69, of Session 
1852-3). 





Ordered, That the Paper relative to Army Grants, Army Grant 
which was presented upon the 28th day of February 
last, be referred to the Committee of Supply. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Turnpike 
to Her, Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased Roads and 
to give directions, that there be laid before this (ieee) 
House, Returns from the County of Essex for each 
‘luropike Trust respectively, for each of the Three 
last years, of—the Amount of Toll Revenue; 
Amount of Mortgage Debt; and, Arrears of In- 
terest; with the Number of Miles of Road belong- 
ing to each Trust: Of the Names and Number 
of Miles of Road on each Turnpike Trust which 
may have expired since 1840:——Of the Number 
and Names of the bridges maintained out of the 
County Rate; the Annual Charge for the Mainte- 
nance of such Bridges during each of the Three last 
years; and the Total Annual Value of the Property 
now assessed to the County Rate :——And, of the 
Number and Names of all private or other Toll 
Bridges used by the Public. 

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





Ordered, That the Paper relative to Manning the Manning the 
Navy, which was presented upon the 28th day of Navy. 
Vebruary last, be printed. No, 99. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Public In- Public Incom 
come and Expenditure, which was presented upon 4n4 2x? 


the 28th day of February last, be printed. —~ 100. 


Ordered, ‘That the Return relative to Customs, Customs, 
Excise, &amp;c., which was presented upon the 28th day —s 
of February last, be printed. No, 101. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to piuagy nee 
Grants (Scotland), which was presented upon the 
28th day of February last, be printed. Leo 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Clothing oa 
(Army), which was presented upon the 28th day of eae 08. 
February last, be printed. “ 


The following Paper was laid upon the Table b Corn and 
the Clerk of ti thn mee Order, dated Grain, &amp;¢ 
the 21st day of February last, for Accounts relative 
to Corn and Grain, &amp;c. i 

The following Papers, pursuant to the directions Liverpool 
of several Acts of Parliament, were also laid upon Po 
the Table by the Clerk of the House,—An Account 
of the Receipt and Disbursement of Dock and Light 
Duties at the Port of Liverpool, from 25th June 1857 
to 24th June 1858, 

A Return 










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ers, 
Bankruptcy. 
inte 
Court of 
Probate, 
Court for 
Divorce and 
Matrimonial 
Causes, 
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; Donagha. 
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2. 
3. 
Port Patrick 
Harbour, 





Bakruptcy. 





92 Vicroriz. 


A Return showing the Total Amount of Monies 
paid into the Bank of England to the Credit of the 
Accountant in Bankruptcy, for the year ending the 
31st day of December 1858; distinguishing the 
Amount paid over by Her Majesty’s Commissioners 
of Inland Revenue; also, the Amount paid by Or- 
ders of the Lord Chancellor, the Lords Justices and 
the Commissioners, and the Amount transferred and 
paid out as Dividends, from the 31st day of De- 
cember 1857 to the 1st day of January 1859 ; also, 
the Balances standing on the following Accounts to 
the Credit of Richard Clarke, Esquire, the Ac- 
countant in Bankruptcy, on the 1st day of January 
1859; namely, Ist. The General Account of Bank- 
rupts Estates ; 2d. The Bankruptey Fund Account; 
3d. The Unclaimed Dividend Account; 4th. The 
Chief Registrar’s Account; together with an Ap- 
pendix to the last-named Account of the Payments 
made therefrom, showing to whom made, and 
whether as Salaries, Compensations, Annuities, 
Services, Travelling or other Expenses or Allow- 
ances. 

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 1858, upon every Estate under their 
Charge as such Official Assignees; and also, the 
Balances appearing by their Books to be then in 
the Bank of England, standing to the credit of the 
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 Expenses, 
under every Estate under their Charge, during the 
year 1858. 

Copy of further Rules and Orders for Her Ma- 
jesty’s Court of Probate. 

Return of all Rules and Regulations concerning 
the Practice, Proceeding, &amp;c., fixing or regulating 
Fees made by the Court tor Divorce and Matri- 
monial Causes, together with the Amount of Fees 
levied in the year ending 31st December 1858 : 
Also, a Return of the Annual Salaries of the Judge 
Ordinary, and of all Persons holding Offices in 
the said Court; the Incidental Expenses of the 
Court, and from what source defrayed :——Also, a 
Return of all Superannuations, Reversions, Annui- 
ties, Retiring Allowances and Compensations made 
payable under the Divorce and Matrimonial Causes 
Act. 





Mr. Corry presented,—Return to several Orders, 


- dated the 27th day of July, in the last Session of 
‘ Parliament, and the 17th day of February last, for 


Copies of a Report addressed to the Secretary of 
the Admiralty by Captain George Evans, r.N., dated 
the 31st day of July 1846, upon the several Ports 
and Harbours of Larne, Loch Ryan, Port Patrick, 
Donaghadee and Belfast, surveyed by order of the 
Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty :——Of any 
Memorials or Communications addressed to the 
Lords of the Treasury in 1855 and 1856, from Per- 
sons praying for inquiry as to the shortest and best 
Sea Passage between the North of Jreland and 
Scotland : ——And, of the Reports of Captains Veitch 
and Washington in January 1856, with Copies of 
Treasury Minute dated the 15th day of August 1856, 
and of all subsequent Minutes, Correspondence, Re- 
ports and Estimates in reference to the Improve- 
ment of Port Patrick and Donaghadee Harbours: 
And, that a Copy of the Report, Estimate 
and Specification lately furnished to the Lords of 
the Admiralty for improving the Harbour of Port 
Patrick, by James Abernethy, Esquire, c.£., be 
added to the Papers ordered by the House on the 
27th day of July last. 

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

Vou. 114. 





1° Martzz. 











81 


Mr. Hardy presented, pursuant to the directions Turnpike 


of an Act of Parliament,—Accounts for 1858, and 

Estimates for 1859, relative to Turnpike Roads 

(South Wales). 

. Ordered, ‘That the said Accounts do lie upon the 
able. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being Merchant 
proposed, That a Select Committee be appointed to Shipping. 


inquire into the operation of all Burthens and Re- 
strictions especially affecting Merchant Shipping ; 
An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by adding, at the end thereof, the words 
“and of the following Statutes: 9 &amp; 10 Vic. c. 93, 
“ An Act for compensating the Families of Persons 
“ killed by Accidents ; the Merchant Shipping Act, 
“ 1854; the Merchant Shipping Act Amendment 
“ Act, 1855; the Passengers’ Act, 1855; and the 
“* Chinese Passengers’ Act, 1855.” 
And the Question being put, ‘That those words be 
there added :—It was resolved in the Affirmative. 
Then the Main Question, so amended, being put ; 
Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed 
to inquire into the operation of all Burthens and 
Restrictions especially affecting Merchant Shipping, 
and of the following Statutes: 9 &amp; 10 Vic. c. 93, 
An Act for compensating the Families of Persons 
killed by Accidents; the Merchant Shipping Act, 
1854; the Merchant Shipping Act Amendment Act, 
1855; the Passengers’ Act, 1855; and the Chinese 
Passengers’ Act, 1855. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to Appeal in 
secure a Right of Appeal in Criminal Cases: And Criminal 
that Mr. M@‘ Mahon, Mr. Butt and Mr. Hadfield do on 


prepare, and bring it in. 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That a Mes- Message from 
sage had been brought from the Lords, by one of the Lords. 


their Clerks, as followeth : 


The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Clifton’s Name 
to authorize Charles Frederick Clifton, Esquire, and Bill. 


the Lady Edith Maud his Wife, and their Issue, to 
assume and bear the Surnames of “ Abney Hastings,” 
in lieu of the Surname of Clifton, and to bear the 
arms of “ Abney” and “ Hastings,” in compliance 
with a condition contained in a settlement made by 
Sir Charles Abney Hastings, Baronet, deceased, of 
certain Estates in the Counties of Derby and Leices- 
ter; to which the Lords desire the concurrence of this 
House. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill for Endowed 


the better regulation of Endowed Schools: 
that Mr. Dillwyn, Sir Richard Bethell and Mr. 
Massey do prepare, and bring it in. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Hull Citadel. 


to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Copies of all Letters that have passed, be- 
tween the 26th day of June 1858 and the present 
time, between Her Majesty’s Secretary of State for 
War, or the Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Woods 
and Forests, and a Committee mE ata Public 
Meeting held at Kingston-upon-Hull, on the 26th 
day of June 1858, commonly called the Park and 
Recreation Grounds Committee, in reference to the 
Site of the Citadel at Hull :——And, of any Memo- 
rials received by the same Departments from the 
above-named Committee, together with the Date of 
the receipt thereof. 

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


A Motion being made, That leave be given to Petitions of 
bring in a Bill to amend the Law relating to Peti- Right. 


M tions 





Affidavits by 
Commission. 


Superannu- 
ation. 


Manslaughter 
Bill. 


Title to 
Landed 
Estates Bill, 
and Registry 
of Landed 
Estates Bill. 
Bill 54. 


Bill 55. 


Medical Act 
(1858) Amend- 
ment Bill. 


Inclosure of 
Lands Bill. 


“ 


oO 
$2 1°... 


tions of Right, to simplify the Proceedings, and to 
make Provision for the Costs thereof ; 

Lord John Manners, by Her Majesty's Command, 
acquainted the House, That Her Majesty, having 
been informed of the subject-matter of this Motion, 
gives Her Consent, as far as Her Majesty’s interest 
is concerned, that the House may do therein as they 
shall think fit. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in the Bill: 
And that Mr. Bovill, Sir Richard Bethell, and Mr. 


Macaulay do prepare, and bring it in. 


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


Mercurii, 2° die Martii, 1859: 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
enable the Judges to appoint Commissioners within 
Ten Miles of London, and in the Js/e of Man and 
the Channel Islands, to administer Oaths in Com- 
mon Law: And that Mr. Bovil/, Mr. Roebuck and 
Mr. Hadfield do prepare, and bring it in. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return of the Number of Persons holding 
Offices in each of the Public Departments after 
mentioned, on the 1st day of March 1859, who have 
attained the age of 65, and would come within the 
Provisions of the thirteenth Clause of the Super- 
annuation Bill for compulsory Retirement, viz., 
Treasury, Offices of Secretaries of State, Privy 
Council, State Paper Office, Commander of the 
Forces, Quarter Master General’s Office, Adjutant 
General’s Office, War Department, Admiralty, Cus- 
toms, Excise, Taxes and Stamps, Post Office, Inland 
Revenue Department, National Debt Office, Exche- 
quer Offices, Woods and Forests, Poor Law De- 





Marti. A. 1859. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Registry o 
mittee on Registry of Landed Estates and Title to — 
Landed Estates [Stamps, &amp;c.]; Title al 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, ed Estates 
resolve itself into the said Committee. [Stamps, &amp;) 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Hull Citadg, 
Copy of any Correspondence that has passed since 
the 26th day of June 1858, between the Corporation 
of Kingston-on-Hull and the Lords of the Treasury, 
as to Hull Citadel. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a British 
Copy of a'l Communications made by the Officers Museum. 
and Architect of the British Museum to the Trustees, 
respecting the want of space for exhibiting the Col- 
lections in that Institution, as well as respecting 
the enlargement of its Buildings: And,, of all 
Minutes of the Trustees, and of all Communica- 
tions between the Trustees and the Treasury upon 
the same subject (the whole subsequent to, and in 
continuation of, Parliamentary Paper, No. 379, of 
Session 1857-8.) 





Mr. Dillwyn presented a Bill for the better regu- Endowed 
lation of Endowed Schools: And the same was read Schools (No.2) 
the first time ; and ordered to be read a second time ~~, 
upon Thursday the 17th day of this instant March ; Bill 60, 
and to be printed. 


Mr. M‘ Mahon presented a Bill to secure a Right Appeal in 
of Appeal in Criminal Cases: And the same was Criminal 
read the first time ; and ordered to be read a second aaae _ 
time upon Wednesday the 13th day of April next; Bill 61. 
and to be printed. 


Mr. Bovill presented a Bill to amend the Law re- Petitions of 
lating to the Petitions of Right, to simplify the Pro- Bight Bill 
ceedings, and to make Provision for the Costs Bill 52 





partment, Committee of Trade, Education, Army 
and Navy Pay Oftices, Royal Mint, Chief Secretary’s | 
and other Public Offices at.Dublin Castle, Stipen- | 
diary Magistrates (/relund), Registrar of Deeds | 
(Dublin), Board of Education (Dublin), Commis- | 
sioners of Public Works ( Dublin). | 

Ordered, That 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 Manslaughter Bill was, according to Order, 
read a second time ; and committed to a Committee 
of the whole House, for Tuesday next. 


The Orders of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittees on the Title to Landed Estates Bill, and the 
Registry of Landed Estates Bill ; 

Ordered, That the said Bills be committed to the 
same Committee. 

Then the House resolved itself into the Committee; 
and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker re- 
sumed the Chair; and Lord Naas reported, That 
the Committee had gone through the Bills. 

Ordered, That the Bills, as amended, be printed. 

Ordered, That the Bills be re-committed to a Com- | 
mittee of the whole House, for Monday the 14th day | 
of this instant March. 





| 

The House, according to Order, proceeded to take | 
into consideration the Medical Act (1858) Amend- | 
ment Bill, as amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bi!l be read the third time this | 
day. 

The Inclosure of Lands 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. 





thereof: And the same was read the first time; and 
ordered to be read a second time upon Monday next ; 
and to be printed. 


Mr. Bovill presented a Bill to enable the Judges Affidavits by 
to appoint Commissioners within Ten Miles of a 
London, and in the Isle of Man and the Channel Bill 53 
Islands, to administer Oaths in Common Law: And 7 
the same was read the first time ; and ordered to be 
read a second time upon Monday next ; and to be 
printed. 


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





Mercurii, 2° die Martii ; 
Anno 22° Victoria Regine, 1859. 


PRAYERS. 


LIFTON’s Name Bill was read the first Clifton’s 

time ; and ordered to be read a second time. Name Bill 

[Lords.] 
The Order, That the Liverpool Corporation Water Liverpool 

Bill be committed, was read, and discharged. a 
Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


Several Public Petitions were presented, and read ; Public 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. Petitions. 


Vide Seventh 
Report. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Corn and Corn -: 
Grain, &amp;c., which was presented upon the 1st day of &amp;™'™ 108 
this instant March, be printed. No. 105. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to the Court for Court wt 
Divorce and Matrimonial Causes, which was pre- ater 
sented upon the Ist day of this instant March, be Causes. 


printed. No. 106. 
r. 





Convey 
of Vot 


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geal Acts. 
No, 50. 


Galway 
Harbour. 
No. 107. 


Real Estate 
Intestacy Bill. 


Newspapers, 
&amp;e, Bill, 


Conveyance 
of Voters Bill. 


t 


&amp;e. 


uf 


22 VicTorRiz. 


Mr. Corry presented, by Her Majesty’s Command, 
—Further Reports from the Admiralty, relative to 
—_——— for Local Acts. 

r. Corry also presented,—Return to an Order, 
dated the 1st day of this instant March, for a Re- 
turn relative to Galway Harbour. 

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


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Real Estate Intestacy Bill ; 

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

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out the word “ now,” and, at 
the end of the Question, adding the words “ upon 
“ this day six months.” 

And the Question being put, That the word 
“ now ” stand part of the Question ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right ; 

The Noes to the Left. 

Tellers for the f Mr. Locke King, 

Yeas, \Mr. Mellor : 

Tellers for the {Sir William Jolliffe, 

Noes, (Colonel Taylor : 

So it passed in the Negative. 

- And the Question being put, That the words 

“ upon this day six months” be added at the end 
of the Question :—It was resolved in the Affirma- 
tive. 

Then the Main Question, so amended, being put ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon this day six months. 


76. 
jon. 


The Newspapers, &amp;c. Bill was, according to Or- 
der, read a second time ; and committed to a Com- 
mittee of the whole House, for Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Conveyance of Voters 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 
proposed, That the Debate be now adjourned :— 
And the said Motion was, with leave of the House, 
withdrawn. 

And the Question being again proposed, That the 
Bill be now read a second time ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 


Question, by leaving out the word “ now,” and, at | 
the end of the Question, adding the words “ upon 


“ this day six months.” 

And the Question being put, That the word 
“now ” stand part of the Question ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right ; 

The Noes to the Lett. 


Tellers for thes Mr. Collier, 172 
Yeas, Mr. Byng: } ; 
Tellers for the (Mr. Huat, Liss 
Noes, \UMr. Andrew Steuart: | aoa 


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 next. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming 
the adjourned Debate on the Question proposed 
upon the 23d day of February last, That the Eiec- 
tions, &amp;c. Bill be now read a second time; 

Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 
till Wednesday the 16th day of this instant March. 


The Recreation Grounds Bill was, according to 
Order, read a second time; and committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for Friday next. 
Vor. 114. 


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83 


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


mittee of Ways and Means; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Means. 


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


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


The Medical Act (1858) Amendment Bill was, Medical Act 


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 Select Committee on Gas (Metropolis) was 
nominated of Mr. Byng, Sir John Shelley, Mr. 
Ayrton, Mr. John Locke, Mr. John Abel Smith, the 
Judge Advocate, Mr. Alderman Cubitt, Mr, Adams, 
Mr. Barrow, Sir William Dunbar, Sir William 
Hayter, Mr. Francis Russell, Mr. Jackson, Mr. 
Thomas Mills, and Mr. Whitbread; with Power to 
send for persons, papers and records. 

Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return of the Number of Proprietors on 
the Valuation Roll of each County or Burgh, or 
Parliamentary Combination of Counties or Burghs, 
in Scotland, having Property under £.10, but not 
under £. 5 of annual value. 

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


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Copies of all Informations, Summonses, and 
Convictions, with the Amount of Fine and Costs 
paid in each Case, under the Act 29 Charles 2, 


intituled, “‘An Act for the better Observation of 


the Lord’s Day, commonly called Sunday,” before 
Her Majesty’s Justices of the Peace for the County 
of Southampton, from the 25th day of December 
1858 to the 1st day of March 1859; together with 
a Copy of a Memorial recently presented by the 
Inhabitants of the District to the Magistrates, com- 
laining of the conduct of the Police, with their 
Reply thereto. 
Ordered, That the said Address be ae to 
Her Majesty, by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


The Order for reading a second time, upon Friday 
next, the Sale of Grain, &amp;c. Bill, was read, and 
discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday the 30th day of this instant 
March. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 





Jovis, 3° die Martii ; 
Anno 22° Victorie Regine, 1859. 


PRAYERS. 
R. FitzRoy reported the Findhorn Railway 
Bill, with Amendments. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Mr. Fitz Roy reported the Leominster and King- 
ton Railway Bill, with Amendments. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 
mM 2 Mr. 


(1858) Amend- 
ment Bill. 


Gas (Metro- 
polis.) 


Proprietors 
(Scotland.) 


Lord’s Day 

Observance 

Act (South- 
ampton.) 


Sale of Grain, 
c. Bi 


Findhorn 
Railway Bill. 


Leominster 
and Kington 
Railway Bill. 


















84 


Shepton Mallet Mr. FitzRoy reported the Shepton Mullet Water 


Water Bill. 


Swansea Vale 


Railway Bill. 


Bill, with Amendments. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. FitzRoy reported the Swansea Vale Railway 
Bill, with Amendments. 

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


Formartine Mr. Fitz Roy reported the Formartine and Buchar 
ong —¥ Railway Bill, with Amendments. 
” Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 

and be printed. 

Banff, Macduff Mr. FitzRoy reported the Banff, Macduff and 

and Turriff ~~ Turriff Junction Railway Bill, with Amendments. 

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

Railway Bills Mr. Ingham reported from the Committee on 

(Group 1.) 


Public 
Petitions 
(Seventh Re- 
port. ) 


Londonderry 
Bridge Bill. 


Public 
Petitions. 


Vide Votes, 
and Eighth 
Report. 


Railway Bills 
(Group 7.) 


Ambassadors, 
&amp;c. 


Group 1 of Railway Bills ; That, for the convenience 
of Parties, the Committee had adjourned till Monday 
next, at Twelve of the clock. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Gregson reported from the Select Committee 
on Public Petitions; That they had examined the 
Petitions presented upon the 28th day of February 
last, and the 1st and 2d days of this instant March, 


and had directed him to make a Report thereof to | 


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


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 Provi- 
sion in the Londonderry Bridge 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. 


Several Public Petitions were presented, and read; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Several Public Petitions were also presented, and 
read ; and referred to a Select Committee. 


Mr. Ridley reported from the Committee on 
Group 7 of Railway Bills ; That the Parties opposing 
the Birkenhead, Lancashire and Cheshire Junction 
Railway Bill had stated that the evidence of Robert 
Lewis Jones was essential to enable them to establish 
their case, and it having been proved that his 
attendance could not be procured without the inter- 
vention of the House, he had been instructed to 
move, That the said Robert Lewis Jones do attend 
the said Committee on Friday the 4th day of March, 
at Eleven of the clock. 

Ordered, That Robert Lewis Jones do attend the 
said Committee To-morrow, at Eleven of the 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 of all the Ambassadors, Envoys, 
Ministers, Chargé d’ Affaires, Secretaries of Embassy 
and Legation, Paid and Unpaid Attachés, who have 
been appointed since the 1st day of January 1856; 
stating their Salaries,the Date of their Appointment, 
their previous Services in any Department, and 
whether the Paid and Unpaid Attachés have passed 
any Examination on their first nomination or pro- 
motion, according to the Regulations approved bythe 
Earl of Clarendon in 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. 





3° Martit. 











A. 1859. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Consuls, 4. 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return of all the Consuls General, Consuls, 
Vice Consuls, Consular Agents, Consular Assistants, 
Interpreters, Secretaries, and Students who have 
been appointed since the 1st day of January 1856 ; 
stating their Salaries, the Date of their Appointment, 
their previous Services in the Consular or any other 
Department, and whether they have passed any 
Examination previously to entering the Service, 
according to the Regulations approved by the Earl of 
Clarendon in 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. - 





Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Foreign Ofiy 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased Messengen, 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return of all the Queen’s Foreign Service 
Messengers, Extra Foreign Service Messengers, and 
Home Service Messengers, appointed since the 1st 
day of January 1850, as well as of those now 
attached to the Establishment of the Foreign Office ; 
stating the Date of Appointment, the Salaries, and 
previous Employment in any Department of Her 
Majesty’s Service. 

Ordered, That 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 Militia 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Returns of the Number of Volunteers given 
by each Regiment of Embodied Militia to the 
Regular Army, during the year 1858; distinguish- 
ing the Number of Men who volunteered in the 
Spring and Autumn of that year :——And, of the 
highest Number of Effectives in each of the above 
Regiments during the year 1858, and the Total 
Number of Volunteers given by each Regiment to 
the Regular Army, from the ist day of January 
1858 to the 5th day of February 1859; showing 
also in each case the relative proportion of the 
Volunteers so given to the above-mentioned Effec- 
tives. 

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





Ordered, That Lord John Hay have leave of Leave of 
absence for three weeks, on urgent business. Absence 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Militis 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased Voluntess 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return showing by Regiments the Num- 
ber of Militia Volunteers released from the Militia 
Engagement to serve in the Regular Forces of Her 
Majesty, between the 1st day of January 1854 and 
the 31st day of December 1858; showing also the 
Quota of each Regiment. 

Ordered, That 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 — Northcote presented, pursuant to Harbour, &amp; 

Order,—Further Reports from the Board of Trade Bills. 

relative to Harbour, &amp;c. Bills. No. 
Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 

Table ; and be printed. 


Mr. Gathorne Hardy presented, pursuant to the Dublin Mer 
directions of an Act of Parliament,—Abstract Ac- politam 
count of all Monies received and expended on ac- 
count of the Dublin Metropolitan Police Establish- 
ment, from the Ist January to the 31st December 
1858, both days inclusive. 

7 Ordered, 


We 





be, 


East India 
(Oude Pro- 
clamation. ) 


African Mails. 


Court of 
Chancery. 


Local Acts. 
No. 50. 


Jews Act. 


Wood Duties. 





92 Vicroriz. 


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


Lord Stanley presented,—Return to an Address 
to Her Majesty, dated the 2ist day of February 
last, for a Return relative to East India (Oude Pro- 
clamation.) 

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


The following Paper was laid upon the Table by 
the Clerk ofthe House,—Return to an Order, dated 
the 7th day of February last, for a Return relative 
to ane ails. 

e following Paper, pursuant to the directions 
of an Act of Parliament, was also laid upon the 
Table by the Clerk of the House,—Return from the 
Accountant General of the High Court of Chancery, 
showing the state of the several Funds in his name, 
called “The Suitors’ Fund” and “ The Suitors’ Fee 
Fund,” and the Charges upon the same respec- 
tively. 


Mr. Corry presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand,—A Further Report from the Admiralty re- 
lative to an Application for a Local Act. 

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 


3° Martii. 





Table ; and be printed. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being 
proposed, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
amend the Act 21 &amp; 22 Vic.c. 49, intituled, “ An 
Act to provide for the Relief of Her Majesty’s Sub- 
jects professing the Jewish Religion ;” 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word “ That” to tie | 
end of the Question, in order to add the words | 
“no Resolution, under the Provisions of the Act | 
“21 &amp; 22 Vic. c. 49, shall be moved in this House, 
“ unless at least one day’s notice of such Resolution 
“ shall have been previously given in the Votes,” 
instead thereof. ; 

And the Question being proposed, That the words 





proposed to be left out stand part of the Question : | P 


—The said proposed Amendment was, with leave 
of the House, withdrawn. 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made to 
the Question, by leaving out from the word “That” to 
the end of the Question, in order to add the words 
“a Select Committee be appointed to consider and 
“ report to the House on the best mode of carrying 
“ into effect the Provisions of the Act 21 &amp; 22 Vic. 
“‘c,49, to provide for the Relief of Her Majesty’s 
“ Subjects professing the Jewish Religion,” 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 
“a Select Committee be appointed to consider and 
“ report to the House on the best mode of carrying 
“ into effect the Provisions of the Act 21 &amp; 22 Vic. 
“c, 49, to provide for the Relief of Her Majesty’s 
“ Subjects professing the Jewish Religion,” be added 
instead thereof:—It was resolved in the Affirma- 
tive. 

Then the Main Question, so amended, being 
put; 

Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed 
to consider and report to the House on the best 
mode of carrying into effect the Provisions of the 
Act 21 &amp; 22 Vie. c. 49, to provide for the Relief 
of Her Majesty’s Subjects professing the Jewish 
Religion. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That it is the opinion of this House, that 
the Duties on Foreign and Colonial Wood should 


85 


be repealed :—And the said Motion was, with leave 
of the House, withdrawn. 

A Motion was made, and the Question being 
put, That it is the opinion of this House, that the 
Duties on Foreign and Colonial Wood should be 
repealed, as soon as the Revenue admits of it ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right ; 

The Noes to the Left. 

Tellers for the sMr. Mitchell, 


Yeas, Mr. Fenwick : } 
Tellers for the (Sir William Jolliffe, i Be $3 
Noes, {Colonel Taylor : | a 


So it passed in the Negative. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being Excisable 


proposed, That a Select Committee be appointed 
to inquire into the Laws regulating the Sale and 
Consumption of Excisable Liquors in Scotland ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out the words ‘* a Select 
“ Committee be appointed,” and inserting the words 
“an humble Address be presented to Her Majesty, 
“praying that She will be graciously pleased to 
‘ appoint a Royal Commission,” instead thereof. 

sind the Question being put, That the words “a 
“ Select Committee be appointed” stand part of the 
Question :—It passed in the Negative. 

And the Question being put, That the words “ an 
“humble Address be presented to Her Majesty, 
“ praying that She will be graciously pleased to ap- 
“ point a Royal Commission,” be inserted instead 
thereof :—It was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Then the Main Question, so amended, being put ; 

Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, praying that She will be graciously 
pleased t» appoint a Royal Commission to inquire 
into the Laws regulating the Sale and Consumption 
of Excisable Liquors in Scotland. 

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


quors 


Li 
(Scotland.) 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- West Indies. 


osed, That a Select Committee be appointed to 
inquire into the condition of the West Indies, and 
the best means of promoting Immigration into 
them :—And the said Motion was, with leave of the 
House, withdrawn. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Administra- 


to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return of the Names, Salaries, Date of 
Appointment, and Nature of Office of all Judicial 
Officers, Law Officers of the Crown, and other 
Principal Officers connected with the Administra- 
tion of Justice in the Colonies ; and specifying such 
Officers as shall have belonged to the Legal Pro- 
fession in England, Ireland or Scotland respec- 
tively. 

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


on of Justice 


(Colonies. ) 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill County 
to repeal the thirty-second section of the Act for Courts. 


the more easy Recovery of Small Debts and De- 
mands in England, and to make further Provision 
in lieu thereof: And that Sir Stafford Northcote and 
Mr. Attorney General do prepare, and bring it in. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Markets (Ire- 


mittee on the Markets ( /reland) Bill; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


land) Bill, 


The Order of the day being read, for the third Marriage Law 


reading of the Marriage Law Amendment Bill ; 
And a Motion being made, and the Question 








Vou. 114. 


M 3 being 


Amendment 














































































































Receivers 

in Chancery 
(Ireland) 
Abolition, &amp;c. 
Bill. 


Sale and 
Transfer of 
Land (Ire- 
land) Bill. 


Municipal 
Elections Bill. 
Bill 56. 


Law of Pro- 

Fhe 
tees Re- 

lief Amend- 


ment Bill 
[Lords.] 


Manor Courts, 
&amp;c. (Ireland) 
Bill. 





86 3°—4° 


being proposed, That the Bill be now read the third 
time ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out the word ‘ now,” and, at 
the end of the Question, adding the words “ upon 
“ this day six months.” 

And the Question being 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 {Viscount Bury, lis? 
Yeas, {M r. Knatchbull-Hugessen : {°° "* 
Tellers for the{ Mr. Beresford Hope, 89 
Noes, (Mr. Conolly : ian 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 


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


Veneris, 4° die Martii, 1859: 


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 second 
reading of the Receivers in Chancery (Jreland) 
Abolition, &amp;c. Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Friday the 25th day of this instant March. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Sale and Transfer of Land (Lreland) 
Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Friday the 25th day of this instant March. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on the Municipal Elections Bill ; 
and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker re- 
sumed the Chair; and Mr. FitzRoy reported, That 
the Committee had gone through the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for Thursday next. 


The Law of Property and Trustees Relief Amend- 
ment 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 taking into 
consideration the Manor Courts, &amp;c. (Ireland) Bill, 
as amended in the Committee : The Bill was re-com- 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House :—The 
House immediately resolved itself into a Committee. 


(In the Committee.) 
Preamble postponed. 


Motion made, and Question put, That the Chair-| 5. of Bengal, dated the 19th day of November 
’ 


|1858, on the Letter from the Earl of Ellenborough, 


man do now leave the Chair ; 
The Committee divided. 
Tellers for the/ Mr. Coz, lL ¢ 
Yeas, (Mr. James White : | Pigess 
Tellers for the Sir William Jolliffe, \ 9s 


Noes, (Colonel Taylor: 
Cause, N° 1 (Manor Courts abolished). 
Amendment proposed, in p. 1,1. 9: To leave out 

from the word “ Act” to the word “ provided,” in 

line 12, in order to insert the words “ no Seneschal 
or Judge shall hereafter be appointed to any Manor 

Court in Jreland, and upon the death of any person 

at present holding the office of Seneschal or Judge 

of any Manor Court, or on his ceasing to hold such 
office by resignation, removal, or otherwise, the 

Manor Court of which such person was Judge or 

Seneschal shall be abolished, and no action or suit 

shall be commenced or prosecuted therein.” 


|as are of 





Marti. 


A. 1859. 


Question put, That the words proposed to be left 


out stand part of the Clause ; 
‘Lhe Committee divided. 
Tellers for the{Sir William Jolliffe, 
Yeas, (Colonel Taylor : 
Tellers for the ;Mr. Coz, 
Noes, Mr. John Locke: 
An Amendment made. 
Clause, as amended, agreed to. 
Curavse, N° 2, agreed to. 
Crauses, N° 3 to N° 6, amended, and agreed to. 
Cravses, N° 7 and N° 8, agreed to. 
Crausss, N° 9 and N° 10, amended, and agreed 


| no, 
hae 


to. 
Clause (That nothing in this Act shall be con- 
strued to extend to abolish or alter the Jurisdiction 
of the Recorder’s Court, Lord Mayor’s Court, or 
Court of Conscience, as now constituted within the 
Borough of Dublin, or to confer any new concurrent 
jurisdiction for the recovery of debts, now exer- 
cised in these Courts, upon any other Court or Tri- 
bunal within said Borough) brought up, and 





read 1°. 
Motion made, and Question, That the Clause be 
read a second time——put, and negatived. 


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 this day. 


the United Kingdom for the Service of the Govern- 
ment of Jndia: And the same was read the first 
time; and ordered to be read a second time upon 
Monday next; and to be printed. 


mand,—Supplementary Estimate of Her Majesty’s 
Navy, for the year 1858-59. 

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


Sir Stafford Northcote presented a Bill to repeal County Coutts 


Lord Stan/ey presented a Bill to enable the Secre- East India 
tary of State in Council of India to raise Money in Loan Bill. 


Bill 57. 


Mr. Corry presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- Navy. 


No. 108. 


the thirty-second section of the Act for the more Bill. 


easy Recovery of Small Debts and Demands in 
England, and to make further Provision in lieu 
thereof: And the same was read the first time; and 
ordered to be read a second time this day; and to 
be printed. 


to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Copy of Minute by the Lieutenant Gover- 


dated the 28th day of April 1858, and the Memo- 
randum by Sir George Clerk, annexed to that Letter, 
on the subject of Education in India. 

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


lingford Workhouse, in the year 1854, for two De- 
serted or Foundling Children therein, namely, John 
and Richard Fatunati, and the Reply or Resolution 
of the Board of Guardians thereto: Of all the 
subsequent Letters that passed between the Poor Law 
Commissioners and the said Board of Guardians re- 
lative to those Children, and the Replies or Resolu- 








tions 


Bill 58. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented fast India 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased (Education.) 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Deserted co 
Copy of the Application of the Chaplain of the Ur- dren (Irelan 


ee = 


BPEoreg= 


at 2 























































30.___ 40 


tions of the said Board of Guardians thereto: Of 
any Letters addressed by the Poor Law Commis- 
sioners to the Master of said Workhouse relative to 
those Children, and the Workhouse Master’s Reply: 
Of Opinions of the then Attorney General 
A. Brewster, q.c., and the then Solicitor General, on 
the case submitted to them by the Poor Law Com- 
missioners relative to the said deserted Children : 
——aAnd, of the Judgment of the Court of Queen’s 
Bench on the Mandamus issued against the said 
Board of Guardians of the Urlingford Union in 
relation to the said Children,as of Hilary Term 1855. 


92 Vicroriz. 








And then the House, having continued to sit till 
Two of the clock on Friday morning, ad- 
journed till this day. 








Veneris, 4° die Martii; 


Anno 22° Victoria Regine, 1859. 


PRAYERS. 
West London HE Order of the dav being read, for the second 
and Pimlico reading of the West London and Pimlico 
Railway Bill. . P 

Railway Bill; 

Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 
Manchester, The Order, That the Manchester, Sheffield and 
ac Lincolnshire Railway (Sale or Lease) Bill be com- 

Ibs: 

Railway (Sale mitted, was read, and discharged. 
or Lease) Bill. Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 
Breconshire The Order, That the Breconshire Railway and 
Railway and 


Canal (No. 1) Bill be committed, was read, and 
discharged. 
Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


Canal (No. 1) 
Bill. 


Chichester Ordered, That the Chichester Harbour Embank- 

sade ment Bill be re-committed to the former Com- 
mittee :— And that they have leave to sit and 
proceed upon Tuesday next. 

Public Several Public Petitions were presented, and 

Petitions. read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Vide Bighth 

Report. 

Standing Colonel Wilson Patten reported from the Select 

Orders Committee on Standing Orders, several Resolutions ; 
which were read, as follow: 

Great Western 4, That inthe case of the Great Western Rail- 

mvay Bill way, 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. 

Warrington 2, That in the case of the Warrington and Stock- 

laleey Sea port Railway, Petition for additional Provision, the 
Standing Orders ought to be dispensed with; that 
the Parties be permitted to introduce their additional 
Provision, if the Committee on the Bill shall think 
fit. 

suanaiter, 3. That in the case of the Manchester, Sheffield 

Lincolnshire 204 Lincolushire Railway (Station at Manchester), 

Railway Petition for additional Provision, the Standing 

—". Orders ought to be dispensed with; that the Parties 

Bill, ) be permitted to introduce their additional Provision, 
if the Committee on the Bill shall think fit, pro- 
vided that they prove the Consent of the Owners of 
Property on the Line, and of the Mayor and Cor- 
poration of Manchester; that the Committee on the 
Bill do report how far such Order has been com- 
plied with on the Report of the Bill. 

The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 

were agreed to. 

inet? 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 Re- 
Vou. 114. 


Martiz. 














87 


venue and Expenditure of the Royal Harbour of 
Ramsgate Trust, for the year ending 24th June 
1858. : 


Lord Stanley presented,—Return to an Address Slave Trade 
to Her Majesty, dated the 22d day of February last, (2anzibar.) 
for a Return relative to the Slave Trade (Zanzibar). 

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


Mr. Gathorne Hardy presented,—Return to an Deserted Chit 
Order, dated the 21st day of February last, for a 4" (ireland) 
Return relative to Deserted Children (Jre/and). 

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


Ordered, That the Return relative to African African Mails: 
Mails, which was presented upon the 3d day ofthis No. 109, 
instant March, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to East India East India 
(Oude Proclamation), which was presented upon pe = 
the 3d day of this instant March, be printed. No. 110. 

Resolved, That an humble Address be presented East India 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased Salen 
to give directions, that there be laid before this : 
House, a Copy of any Reports or Correspondence 
which may have been received in the Department of 
the Secretary of State for War, or the Secretary of 
State for India, on the subject of the Mortality 
which occurred in the year 1858 among the Women 
and Children quartered in the Barrack at Dumdum, 
in the Presidency of Bengal. 

Ordered, That 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, Letters of 
a Return of the Number of “ Letters of Detention” Detention. 
issued by the Admiralty Court, since the 1st day 
of January 1856, upon Affidavits made by Parties 
alleging that they have Claims upon Ships or Vessels, 
Foreign or British, in any Ports or Harbours of the 
United Kingdom, with the Dates when such Letters 
of Detention were issued ; and also, the Dates when 
the Causes to which they related were severally 
heard and determined. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Manning the 
Copies or Extracts of the Report and Appendix of Navy. 
the Committee of 1852, on Manning the Navy. 


Mr. Ker Seymer reported the Sunderland and Sunderland 
South Shields Water Bill, wiih Amendments. and South 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. — wale 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Army (Ge- 

to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased neral Officers. ) 
to give directions, that there be laid before this House, 
Copy of the General Order, No. 432, dated Horse 
Guards, 25th April 1826 :——And, a Nominal Re- 
turn of those Officers, stating their Length of Ser- 
vice, who obtained Promotion upon Half-pay under 
the Provisions of that General Order, who have since 
become General Officers, and are receiving only the 
Half-pay of their Regimental Rankin place of £.1. 5s. 
a day, the Unattached Pay of a General Officer. 

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





Ordered, That there be laid ‘before this House, Queen’s 
Returns of the whole of the Expenditure paid out Colleges, &amp;¢, 
of the Consolidated Fund, or by Annual Votes of ‘ oa 
Parliament, for the erection of the Queen’s Colleges 
in Ireland, and for the Annual Support and Endow- 
ment of the same, including also the Queen’s Uni- * 
versity, for each year since their Foundation :—— 

Of the Number for each year of Matriculated Stu- 
M4 dents 


88 4° —5° Martiz. A. 1859. 


dents in each Queen’s College, and of the Number 
that have taken Degrees or Diplomas ; distinguish- 
ing their Religious Denominations :——And, of the 


Number of Students in each year who were Holders 
of Scholarships, Exhibitions, Bourses or other Emo- 
luments, paid out of the Public Funds, with the 
Value of each, stated in Classes, and the Number 
of each Religious Denomination who have obtained 
them. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Tabular Statement of the Number of Seamen (in- 
cluding Officers), Boys and Marines, voted for the 
Naval Service, and actually borne, from the year 
1756, inclusive :——Also the Number of Ships under 
their different Ratings, and whether Sailing or Steam, 
to the present time (1859), inclusive ; and of the 
Amount of Money voted in each year for the Ser- 
vice, and specifying the different periods of War or 
Peace. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid betore this 
House, a Copy of General Report on the Adminis- 
tration of the Punjab Territories, for the years 
1856-7 and 1857-8. 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Returns of the Number of Letter Carriers employed 
in each Division of the Zondon District Post-office ; 
the average Amount of Weekly Salary paid to each 
Postman thus employed, and the Number of Hours 
on Duty each Day : ——And, of the Average Amount 
of Salary and Poundage per annum paid to each 
Tradesman, being Letter Receivers in the London 
District; the Number of Despatches from each 
House in the Day, and average Number of Regis- 
tered Letters from each Office, with the Increase of 
the Duties within the last Ten years, and what extra 
Remuneration, if any, has been paid to the Re- 
ceivers on that account; and the whole Amount of 
Expense to which each Letter Receiver in the Lon- 
don District has been put in consequence of the 
recent Order from the Postmaster General to have 
two separate Boxes to divide the Local from the In- 
land, Foreign and Colonial Letters, with the Amount 
which has been paid by the Post-office to each 
Receiver for fitting his place for the accommodation 
of the Public ; showing the Loss each Receiver has 
sustained thereby, and the Number of Removals in 
consequence of some of the Receivers not com- 
pyins with such Order, by reason of the whole 

xpense of the Alterations not being defrayed by 
the Post-office. 


Resolved, That 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 Electoral Bill passed by the 
Legislature of New South Wales. 

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


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


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

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 erty in order to add the 


~ Coast Guard words “the Coast Guard Ships being comparatively 

























































“‘ useless, the time is arrived when they ought to be 
“* replaced by efficient ships,” 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 thefSir William Jolliffe, 1 a4 
Yeas, Colonel Taylor : cies 
Tellers for the; Sir Charles Napier, 37 
Noes, Mr. Jackson : } . 


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. Land Forces, 122,655 Men (exclusive of the 
Men employed in Her Majesty’s Indian Possessions), 
Commissioned and Non-Commissioned Officers in- 
cluded. 
2. £.3,724,474, for Pay and Allowances of Her 
Majesty’s Land Forces at Home and Abroad, exclu- 
sive of India. 
3. £. 562,369, for Miscellaneous Charges of Her 
Majesty’s Land Forces at Home and Abroad, ex- ’ 
clusive of India. 
4, £.150,000, for Embodied Militia of Great Bri- 
tain and Ireland. 
5. £.88,000, for Volunteer Corps in Great Bri- 
tain. 


Resolutions to be reported. 





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


Sabbati, 5° die Martti, 1859 : 


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 will, upon Monday next, 
again resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Superann- 
mittee on the Superannuation Bill ; ation 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- Sale and 
mittee on Sale and Transfer of Land (Jreland) Transtet of 
- Land (Ireland) 
[Compensations and Stamps] ; [Compensa- 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday the tions and 
25th day of this instant March, resolve itself into St™P*] 


the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Registry of 
into &amp; Committee on Registry of Landed Estates Lee 
and Title to Landed Estates [Stamps, &amp;c.] Landed Estates 


(In the Committee.) [ Stamps, &amp;¢.] 


1. Resolved, That the following Stamp Duties 
shall be charged on the under-mentioned Instru- 
ments in the Landed Estates Court and the Office 
of Land Registry to be established by any Act or 
Acts of the present Session : 


In the Landed Estates Court, 
Any Conveyance by the said Court shall bear 
the same Stamp as if it were a Conveyance 
by an ordinary vendor : 


In the Office of Land Registry, 

Any Order for Registry, if operating as a 
Conveyance, shall bear the same Stamp as 
if it were a Conveyance : 

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Any registered Instrument of Charge of Land 
shall be stamped in the same manner as if 
it were an unregistered Mortgage : 

Any Transfer of Land shall be stamped in the 
same manner as if it were a Conveyance of 
unregistered Land: 

Any Transfer of a Charge on Land shall be 
stamped in the same manner as if it were an 
assignment of an unregistered Mortgage. 

2. Resolved, That it is expedient to authorize the 
Collection of Fees in the said Court and Office by 
means of Stamps. 

3. Resolved, That Provision be made, out of the 
Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom of Great 
Britain and Ireland, for the payment of the Salaries 
and Pensions of the Judges of the said Landed 
Estates Court. 


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. 
Ways and The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
Means. mittee of Ways and Means ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 
Sale of Poisons The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
Bull mittee on the Sale of Poisons Bill ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 
Local Assess- The Order of tie day being read, for the Com- 


_ s- mittee on the Local Assessments Exemption Abo- 
Bill. lition Bill ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday the 
25th day of this instant March, resolve itself into 
the said Committee. 


ManorCourts, The House, according to Order, proceeded to 
&amp;c. (Ireland) take into consideration the Manor Courts, &amp;c. (Lre- 
land) Bill, as amended inthe Committee ; and an 
Amendment was made to the Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Monday next. 
Evidence by The Evidence by Commission Bill was, according 
to Order, read a second time ; and committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for Tuesday next. 


soveepers, The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
Bill 59 into a Committee on the Newspapers, &amp;c. 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 
Committee of the whole House, for Tuesday next. 


Recreation The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
Grounds Bill mittee on the Recreation Grounds Bill; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
next, resolve into the said Committee. 
ad Courts The Order of the day being read, for the second 
—s of the County Courts Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Friday next. 
ae Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 


a Return of the Amount of Tolls collected at Chel- 
sea New Bridge from the 29th day of March 1858 
(the day of opening the Bridge) to the 8th day of 
August in that year (when the Foot Toll was re- 
mitted on Sundays); and the Amount of Tolls re- 
ping from that date to the Ist day of February 
859. 
Vou. 114, 


Martiz. 89 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented East India 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased (Mr. Hudson, 


to give directions, that there be laid before this " 
House, Copies of all Correspondence, Minutes and 
Orders of the late Court of Directors and the Board 
of Control of the Government of India, the Go- 
vernment of Bombay, the Political Agent for Raj- 
pootana, the Magistrate and Superintendent of 
Police at Bombay, and of any Depositions taken by 
them respecting the departure of Mr. Hudson, Syed 
Uckber Ally, and Khirat Allie Khan from England, 
and their Arrest and Detention, and Discharge 
from such Ariest, in Bombay; and all subsequent 
Correspondence and Papers relating to those 
Events. 

Ordered, That 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 Public Offices 
make further Provision for enabling the Commis- Extension. 
sioners of Her Majesty’s Works to acquire a Site 
for additional Offices for the Public Service, near 
Whitehall and Her Majesty’s Palace at Westmin- 
ster: And that Lord John Manners aud Sir Staf- 
ford Northcote do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to Court of 
enable the Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Works Probate, &amp;c. 
to acquire a Site for the purposes of Her Majesty’s aol 
Court of Probate and other Courts and Offices : 

And that Lord John Manners and Sir Stafford 


Northcote do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bringin a Bill to Remission of 
amend the Law concerning the Remission of Pe- Penalties. 
nalties: And that Mr. Gathorne Hardy and Mr. 

Adderley do prepare, and bring it in. 


Lord John Manners presented a Bill to make public Offices 
further Provision for enabling the Commissioners of Extension 
Her Majesty’s Works to acquire a Site for addi- Bi. 
tional Offices for the Public Service, near Whitehall Bill 60. 
and Her Majesty’s Palace at Westminster; 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. 


Lord John Manners presented a Bill to enable Court of 
the Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Works to ac- FP pee ow 
_ a Site for the purposes of Her Majesty’s , Site) Bill. 
ourt of Probate and other Courts and Offices: pit] 61. 
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. Gathorne Hardy presented a Bill to amend Remission of 
the Law concerning the Remission of Penalties : Penalties Bill. 
And the same was read the first time; and ordered _ Bill 62. 
to be read a second time upon Monday next; and 
to be printed. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant Stirlingshire 

to the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ Writ. 

for the electing of a Commissioner to serve in this 

present Parliament for the Shire of Stirling, in the 

room of Peter Blackburn, Esquire, who, since his 

Election for the said Shire, hath accepted the Office 

of one of the Commissioners for executing the Offices 

of Treasurer of the Exchequer of Great Britain, and 

Lord High Treasurer of Ireland. , 


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





















































Luna, 7° die Martii ; 


Anno 22° Victorie Regine, 1859. 


PRAYERS. 
Falmouth R. FitzRoy reported the Falmouth Docks and 
ain Harbour Bill, with Amendments. 
’ Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 
Caledonian Mr. FitzRoy reported the Caledonian Railway 
Railway Bill. Bill, with Amendments. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 
Much Wenlock Mr. FitzRoy reported the Much Wenlock and 
and Severn Severn Junction Railway Bill, with Amendments. 
sme Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table; 
and be printed. 
Wimbledon Mr. FitzRoy reported the Wimbledon and Dor- 
and Dorking ing and Epsom and Leatherhead Railways Bill, 


— ol with Amendments. 


head Railways Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table; 

Bill. and be printed. 

Excisable The Treasurer of the Household reported to the 

Liquors House, That their Address of the 3d day of this 

(Scotland.) instant March, relative to Excisable Liquors (Scot- 
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 : 

I have received your Address praying that a 
Roya! Commission may be appointed to inquire into 
the Laws regulating the Sale and Consumption of 
Excisable Liquors in Scotland : 

And I have given directions that a Royal Com- 
mission shall issue for the purpose which you have 
requested. 

Public Mr. Gregson reported from the Select Committee 

Fetitions _ on Public Petitions; That they had examined the 

1 ~ Petitions presented upon the 3d and 4th 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. 

Kingston- A Petition of the Kingston-upon-Thames Gas 


upon-Thames Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to enable the 


_ Kingston-upon- Thames Gas Company toraise further 
Moneys by Shares and borrowing, was presented, 
and read; and referred to the Select Committee on 
Standing Orders. 

Kingston- Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 


upon-Thames one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, 


_ in respect of non-conipliance with the Standing 
Orders in the case of the Petition for the Kingston- 
upon- Thames Gas Bill. 

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

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

cester and oe b : “er 

eaten. hampton Railway Company, praying that Provision 


ton Railway ™ay be made in the Oxford, Worcester and Wolver- 

Bill. hampton Railway Bill for enabling the Company to 
carry the Railway across and upon the Level of 
certain Roads, was presented, and read; and referred 
tu the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills. 


Clifton’s Clifton’s Name Bill was read a second time ; and 
Name Bill committed. 

[Lords.} 

Salford The Order, That the Salford Borough Bill be 


Borough Bill. committed, was read, and discharged. 
Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


Salford Bo- Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
rough (No. 2.) to enable the Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses of 
the Borough of Salford to raise a further Sum of 


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A. 1859. 


Money for improving their Gasworks, and for other 
purposes: And that Mr. Massey and Mr. Bazley 


do prepare, and bring it in. 


The Order, That the North London, Paddington, North London, 
Richmond, Hampton Court and Kingston Railway Pddington, 


Bill be committed, was read, and discharged. oe 
Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. Court and 
Kingston 
Railway Bill, 


The Order, That the West End of London and West End of 
Crystal Palace Railway (No. 2) Bill be committed, — and 


was read, and discharged. — 
Ordered, ‘That the Bill be withdrawn. (No. 2) Bill, 


The Order, That the Liverpool, Garston and Aller- Liverpool, 
ton Railway Bill be committed, was read, and dis- Garston and 
charged oe 

wa = : P Railway Bill, 

Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


Mr. Edward Egerton reported from the Com- Railway Bills 
mittee on Group 3 of Railway Bills; That the (Group 3.) 
Parties promoting the Leatherhead and Dorking 
Railway (No. 2) Bill had stated that the Evidence 
of Charles William Kilner, Coal Merchant, Dorking, 
was essential to enable them to establish their case ; 
and it having been proved that his attendance could 
not be procured without the intervention of the 
House, he had been instructed to move, That Charles 
William Kilner do attend the said Committee To- 


morrow, the 8th day of March, at Eleven of the 


clock. 

Ordered, That Charles William Kilner do attend 
the i? Committee To-morrow, at Eleven of the 
clock. 


Mr. Ker Seymer reported the Morwich (City) Norwich 
Water Bill, with Amendments. (ry) Water 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. ~~" 


Several Public Petitions were presented, and Public 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. Petitions. 
Vide Ninth 
Report. 
Mr. Scholefield reported from the Committee on Railway and 
Group 6 of Railway and Canal Bills; That he had Canal Bills 
received a Letter from Mr. Caird, one of the Mem- ‘4?P &amp;) 
bers of the said Committee, stating that he was 
unable, on account of illness in his family, to attend 
the Committee this day. 
Ordered, That Mr. Caird be discharged from 
further attendance on the said Committee. 


Ordered, That a Message be sent to the Lords, to Lunatics. 
request that their Lordships will be pleased to give 
leave to the Earl of Shaftesbury to attend to be 
examined as a Witness before the Select Committee 
on Lunatics: And that the Clerk do carry the said 
Message. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Population, &amp;. 
Summary of Return, No. 63, of Session 1858, being of "ariohen 
a Return of the following Information in respect of No. 112 
each Parish, or part of Parish, in England and 
Wales, not within the Limits of any City or Parlia- 
mentary Borough, for the year ended at Lady-day 
1856, viz.:—1. Name; 2. Population (Census 
1851); 3. Gross Estimated Rental of the Property 
assessed to the Poor Rate; 4. Rateable Value (i. e. 
the Net Sum on which the Rate was laid); 5. Num- 
ber of Persons rated at £.10 and under £. 50, £.50 
and upwards ; 6. Number of Electors on the Par- 
liamentary Register; the preceding Particulars to 
be summarized so as to show, in regard to each 
Head of Information, separate Totals for each 
County Division, and for each County ; together 
with a Total for the entire District returned : 
And, Return showing the Number of County 
Electors, according to Return, No. 106, of Session 
1853 ; 





‘on a Railway from Beithul Harbour to Hydrabad, 


Postage, &amp;c. 
(United!States 
and North 
America.) 


National 
Education 
(Ireland. ) 





22 Vicroriz. 


1853; and the Number of County Electors according 
to Return, No. 63, of Session 1858. 
Mr. Knight accordingly presented the said Paper. 
Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 
Table ; and be printed. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Copy of Minute of Major Moore, then a 
Member of the Court of Directors of the East Zndia 
Company, on the alleged Debts of his Highness the | 
Nizam to the British Government, dated the 7th | 
day of November 1853, and of any other Minutes 
or Dissents of Members of the Court on the same 
subject :——Of Memorandum of Colonel A. Cotton 
on the Bombay Minutes of the Members of Council 


prepared in obedience to Orders of the Madras 
Government on the 13th day of September 1358 : | 
——Of Letter from Colonel A. Cotton, Command- 
ant of Engineers, to H. Forbes, Esquire, Acting 
Secretary to Government, dated the 5th day of 
March 1858 :——Of Reports on the Harbour of 
Beithul,in Sedashighur Bay, by Colonel A. T. Cotton, | 
Madras Engineers, and Lieutenant A. D. Taylor, | 
I. N.:——And, of Reports.on the direct and indi- | 
rect Effects of the Godavery and Krishna Annicuts | 
in Rajahmundry, Masulipatam, Guntoor, &amp;c., and | 
the Coleroon Annicuts in Tanjore and South Arcot. 
Ordered, That the said Address be presented | 
to Her Majesty, by such Members of this House | 
as are of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy | 
Council. 





Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Returns showing the estimated Number of Letters 
and Newspapers transmitted between the United 
Kingdom (distinguishing Jreland) and the United | 
States, and between the United Kingdom and Bri- 
tish North America, fur the years 1857 and 1858 ; 
with the estimated Amount of Revenue received for | 
Ocean Postage on such Letters and Newspapers 
for the same periods for Great Britain and Ireland 
separately :_——-Of the Number of Cabin and Steer- 
age Passengers, so far as can be ascertained, em- 
barking for or arriving from the United States and 
British North America at the Port of Galway | 
during the year ending the 31st day of December | 
1858: Of the Names, Tonnage, and Horse- | 
power of all Vessels employed during the enme| 
— for the conveyance of Mails, Passengers, and 

erchandize, between the Port of Galway and 
North America :——And, of all Goods and Mer- 
chandize (with the Declared Value of the same) 
entered at the Custom-house at the Port of Galway, 
for Export or Import, to or from North America 
and the British Possessions there, during the years 
1857 and 1858; with the Amount of Duties received 
on the same at the said Port. 











Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Returns of the Number of Pupils on the Rolls of 
all the Jrish National Schools for the quarter ending 
the 31st day of March 1858; specifying the Num- 
ber of each Religious Denomination :——Of the 
Number of Literary Teachers, Agricultural Teachers, 
Assistant Teachers, Pupil Teachers, Paid Monitors, 
Senior and Junior, and Workmistresses, in all Zrish 
National Schools ; specifying the Number of each 
Religious Denomination, with the Amount paid as 
Salary to those of each Religious Denomination, 
during the year ended the 31st day of March 1858: 
——Of the Number of Managers of each Religious 
Denomination on the 31st day of March 1858 :—— 
Of the Names of all Officers in the Board’s Service 
in receipt of Salaries or Emoluments, amounting in 
the Aggregate to One hundred pounds per annum, 
or upwards; distinguishing their Religion, Office 


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91 


and Rank therein, and County and Town of Birth : 
Of the Names of all Officers in the Board’s 
Service in receipt of Salaries or Emoluments under 
One hundred — per annum; distinguishing 
their Religion, Office, and Rank therein, and Coun 
and Town of Birth: Of the Names of the Com- 
missioners of National Education in Jreland, with 
the Number of Attendances made by each at Or- 
dinary, or General, and at Special Meetings of the 
Board ; distinguishing the Total Number of Meet- 
ings of each kind held, with the Number of Attend- 
ances made by each Member at each class of Meet- 
ing, from the Ist day of July 1855 to the 1st day 
Of the Names of the Commis- 
sioners, and of the Officers of the Board, who 
attended at Special, Sub and Finance Committees ; 
distinguishing the Total Number of Meetings of 
each kind held, with the Number of Attendances 
made by each Commissioner and Officer of the 
Board at each class of Meetings, from the 1st day 
of July 1855 to the 1st day of July 1358 :——Of 
the Titles of all Books published or sanctioned by 
the Jrish National Board, with the Names of the 
Authors or Editors of each Work :——&lt;And, Copy 
of such Portions of the General Report of 1855 by 
Mr. Keenan, Head Inspector, as bear upon the 
Practice of Religious Instruction in the National 
Schools then under his Inspection. 











Mr. Ingham reported the Great Western and Great Western 
and Brentford 
Railway Bill. 


Brentford Railway Bill, with Amendments. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Mr. Gathorne Hardy presented, by Her Majesty's Ecclesiastical 
Command,—Copy of Eleventh General Report from Co™™ission. 


the Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England ; with 
an Appendix (under the Acts 13 &amp; 14 Vic. c. 94, 
s. 26; and 17 &amp; 18 Pie. c. 116, s. 10). 


Copy of Eighth General Report from the Church Church 


Estates Commissioners, with an Appendix (under © 
the Acts 14 &amp; 15 Vic. c.104; 17 &amp; 18 Vie. c. 116; 
19 &amp; 20 Vic. c. 74; 20 &amp; 21 Vic. c. 74). 


Mr. Gathorne Hardy also presented,—Return to Army (Pur- 


an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 18th day of 
February last, for a Return relative to Army (Pur- 
chase of Commissions). 


Mr. Gathorne Hardy also presented, pursuant to Grand Jury 


the directions of an Act of Parliament,—Accounts 
of Presentments made by the Grand Juries of the 
several Counties, Cities and Towns of Jreland, in 
the year 1858. 

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


Mr. Corry presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- Local Acts. 


mand,—Further Reports from the Admiralty, rela- 
tive to Appiications for Local Acts. 


Mr. Corry also presented,—Return to an Order, Coal. 


dated the 17th day of February last, for a Return 
relative to Coal. 

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


The following Papers were laid upon the Table by Lunatics. 


theClerk of the House,— Further Return to an Order, 
dated the 27th day of July, in the last Session of Par- 
liament, for Returns of the Total Number of Lunatics 
in respect of whom Commissions of Lunacy are now 
in force, and the Total Amount of their Annual In- 
comes, and the Total Amount of the Sums allowed 
for their Maintenance :——- For each year, from 1855 
to the 1st day of July 1858, inclusive, of the Number 
of Lunatics in respect of whom Commissions issued ; 
distinguishing those in respect of whom Commis- 
sions are now in force: Of the Total Amount of 
their Annual Incomes, and the Total Amount of 
the Sums allowed for their Maintenance ; distin- 
guishing the Number of Persons, and Amount of 

N 2 Income, 



















































Hops, &amp;c. 
Hop Duties. 
Poor Rates. 


Fishery Piers 
and Harbours 
(Ireland. ) 


Thames 
Navigation, 


92 


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 have move than 
£.200 and less than £.400 per 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 In- 
come : Of the Amounts of per-centage paid in 
each year, from the 2d day of December 1853 to 
the 1st day of July 1858, on Lunatics’ Incomes, 
and of the Payments made thereon in each year 
during the same Period, under the Provisions of 
the Lunacy Regulation Act, 1853 (in continuation 
of Parliamentary Paper, No, 242, of Session 1856) : 
Of the Number of Commissions of Lunacy 
superseded in each year, from the 1st day of Ja- 
nuary 1850 to the Ist day of July 1858, and the 
duration of the Commission in each Case : Ac- 
count of the Allowances made under the Lunacy 
Regulation Act, 1853, section 24, to the Masters 
and Visitors of Lunatics, for travelling and other 
Expenses, in each of the years 1856 and 1857: 











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——Return of the Number of Visits made, Pa- 
tients seen, and Miles travelled by each of the 
Medical and Legal Visitors of Lunatics in each of 
the years 1856 and 1857; and the Number of Spe- | 
cial Reports made by the Medical Visitors of Lu- | 
natics under the General Orders in Lunacy of the 
12th day of January 1855 :——Account of all Mo- 
nies received and paid by the Secretary of the Com- 
mission in Lunacy, and of all Charges and Expenses 
incurred under or by virtue of or in execution of | 
the Act 8 &amp; 9 Vic. c. 100, during the year ending | 
the 31st day of July 1857:—-—Copy of Report to the | 
Lord Chancellor under the Act 8 &amp; 9 Vic. c. 100, | 
s. 88, of the Number of Visits made, the Number | 
of Patients seen, and the Number of Miles travelled 
by the several Commissioners in Lunacy during the 
Six months ending on the 4th day of February 185 
(in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 292, | 
of Session 1850): Returns be Commissioners , 
in Lunacy of present Lists of Visitors appointed by | 
Justices of Counties and Boroughs to visit Provin- | 
cial Houses licensed for the reception of Lunatics : | 
——Of Number and Dates of Visits made to each | 
Provincial Licensed House by the Visitors during | 
the statutory year ending Michaelmas 1857 :——Of | 
Number and Dates of Visits made by the Commis- | 
sioners in Lunacy during the statutory year ending 
the 31st day of December 1857 to each Licensed 
House :— 1. Metropolitan; 2. Provincial : ——List | 
of Licensed Houses, Metropolitan and Provin- | 
cial; the Numbers for which they are respectively | 
licensed ; the Number of Patients therein respec- | 
tively on the 1st day of January 1858; the Num- | 
ber of Attendants kept at each House at the same | 
Date; and the Number of Attendants dismissed 
for Misconduct from each House during the year 
1857 (in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, 
No. 281, of Session 1854):——And, Return of | 
the Number of Coroners’ Inquests held on Lunatic 
Patients during the year ending the 31st day of 
December 1857. 

Return to an Order, dated the 7th day of February 
last, for Returns relative to Hops, &amp;e. 

Return to an Order, dated the 10th day of Fe- 
suary last, for a Return relative to Hop Duties. 

Return to an Order, dated the 18th day of Fe- 
bruary last, fora Return relative to Poor Rates. 

Return to an Order, dated the 21st day of Fe- 
bruary last, for a Return relative to Fishery Piers 
and Harbours (Zre/and). 

The following Paper, pursuant to the directions of 
an Act of Parliament, was also laid upon the Table 
by the Clerk of the House,— An Account in Abstract 
of the several Sums of Money received and disbursed 
by the Commissioners of the Z’hames Navigation in 
the year 1858. 

















A. 1859. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Slave Trade Slave Trade 
(Zanzibar), which was presented upon the 4th day (Zanzibar.) 
of this instant March, be printed. No. 111, 





The East India Loan Bill was, according to East India 
Order, read a second time; and committed to a «an Bill. 
Committee of the whole House, for Friday next. 


Mr. FitzRoy reported from the Committee of Supply. 
Supply, several Resolutions; which were read, as 
follow : 

1. That a Number of Land Forces, not exceeding Land Forces, 
122,655 Men (exclusive of the Men employed in 
Her Majesty’s Indian Possessions), Commissioned 
and Non-Commissioned Officers included, be main- 
tained for the Service of the United Kingdom of 
Great Britain and Ireland, from the 1st day of 
April 1859 to the 31st day of March 1860, inclusive. 

2. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 3,724,474, be Charge of de, 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of 
the Pay and Allowances 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 1859 to the 3ist day of March 1860, 
inclusive, 

8. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 562,369, be Miscellaneous 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of Charges of a, 
the Miscellaneous Charges of Her Majesty’s Land 
Forces at Home and Abroad, exclusive of India, 
which will come in course of payment from the Ist 
day of April 1859 to the 31st day of March 1860, 
inclusive. 

4. That a Sum, not exceeding £.150,000, be pmbodied 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of Militia. 
the Embodied Militia of Great Britain and Jreland, 
which will come in course of payment from the 1st 
day of April 1859 to the 31st day of March 1860, 
inclusive. 

5. That a Sum, not exceeding £.88,000, be Volunteer 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of Corps. 
Volunteer Corps in Great Britain, which will come 
in course of payment from the 1st day of April 1859 
to the 31st day of March 1860, inclusive. 

The first Resolution being read a second time ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made there- 
unto, by inserting before the word “ exclusive’ the 
words “ exclusive of 15,005 Men, being the Depéts 
“* of Regiments in India stationed in Great Britain, 
“and.” 

And the Question being put, That those words be 
there inserted :—It was resulved in the Affirmative. 

And the said Resolution, so amended, was agreed 
to, as followeth: 

1. That 2 Namber of Land Forces, not exceeding 
122,655 Men (exclusive of 15,005 Men, being the 
Depots of Regiments in Jndia stationed in Great 
Britain, and exclusive of the Men employed in Her 
Majesty’s Indian Possessions), Commissioned and 
Non-Commissioued Officers included, be maintained 
for the Service of the United Kingdom of Great 
Britain and Ireland, from the 1st day of April 1859 
to the 31st day of March 1860, inclusive. 

Then the subsequent Resvlutions, being read a 
second time, were agreed to. 


High 
Bill. 





ay 


ee 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Mutiny. 
for punishing Mutiny and Desertion, and for the 
better Payment of the Army and their Quarters : 

And that Mr. Fitz Roy, General Peel and the Judge 
Advocate do prepare and bring it in. 


PESEF 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself supply. 
into the Committee of Supply. 


(In the Committee.) 


1. £.1,050,000, for the Deficiency upon certain 
Army Grants. 

2. £.133,383. 8s. 9d. for the Excess of the Naval 
Expenditure beyond the ordinary Grants. 
3. £. 12,000, 








Highways 
Bill. 
Bill 63. 


Superannu- 
ation Bill. 


Lunatic Poor 
(Iteland) Bill. 


nih 





and Title to 


292 Vicrorix. yee 

3. £. 12,000, for additional Shipwrights and other 
Artificers in Her Majesty’s Dockyards at Home. 

4. £.27,000, to complete the Purchase of Pro- 
perty in the Great Harbour of Malta. 

5. £.185,594, for Departments of the Secretary 
of State for War, and of the General Commanding 
in Chief. 

6. £.359,040, for Manufacturing Departments, 
Military Storekeepers, Barrack Masters, &amp;c. 

7. £. 626,153, for Wages of Artificers, Labourers, 
&amp;e. 
8. £. 1,003,604, for Provisions, Forage, Fuel and 
Light, Barrack Furniture, Bedding, &amp;c. 

9. £.715,088, for Warlike Stores for Land and 
Sea Service. 

10. £.325,072, for Fortifications at Home and 
Abroad. 

11. £.212,507, for Civil Buildings at Home and 
Abroad. 

12. £.797,122, 
Abroad. 

13. £.268,532, for Educational and Scientific 
Branches. 


Resolutions to be reported. 


for Barracks at Home and 





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


Martis, 8° die Martii, 1859: 


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. 

Resoived, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
next, again resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on the Highways Bill; and, after 
some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the 
Chair; and Mr. FitzRoy reported, That the Com- 
mittee had gone through the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for Friday the 18th 
day of this instant March. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Superannuation 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 Ways and Means ; 

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


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Lunatic Poor (Jreland) Bill ; 

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


Mr. FitzRoy reported from the Committee on 
Registry of Landed Estates and Title to Landed 


landedEstates Estates [Stamps, &amp;c.], several Resolutions ; which 


(Stamps, &amp;e.] 


were read, as follow : 

1. That the following —— Duties shall be 
charged on the undermentioned Instruments in the 
Landed Estates Court, and the Office of Land Re- 
gistry, to be established by any Act or Acts of the 
present Session : 


In the Landed Estates Court, 


Any Conveyance by the said Court shall bear 
the same Stamp as if it were a Conveyance 
by an ordinary vendor. 

VoL, 114, 


Martiz. 











93 
In the Office of Land Registry, 


Any Order for Registry, if operating as a Con- 
veyance, shall bear the same Stamp as if it 
were a Conveyance : 

Any registered Instrument of Charge of Land 
shall be stamped in the same manner as if 
it were an unregistered Mortgage : 

Any Transfer of Land shall be stamped in the 
same manner as if it were a Conveyance of 
unregistered Land : 

Any Transfer of a Charge on Land shall be 
stamped in the same manner as if it were an 
Assignment of an unregistered Mortgage. 

2. That it is expedient to authorize the Collec- 
tion of Fees in the said Court and Office by means 
of Stamps. 

8. That Provision be made, out of the Consoli- 
dated Fund of the United Kingdom of Great 
Britain and Ireland, for the payment of the Salaries 
and Pensions of the Judges of the said Landed 
Estates Court. 

The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 





The Manor Courts, &amp;c. (Ireland) Bill was, ac- Manor Courts, 


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. 


&amp;c. (Ireland) 
Bill. 


The Remission of Penalties Bill was, according Remission of 
to Order, read a second time; and committed to a Penalties Bill. 


Committee of the whole House, for Friday next. 


The Order of the day heing read, for the second petitions of 


reading of the Petitions of Right Bill; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 


Right Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Affidavits by 


reading of the Affidavits by Commission Bill ; 
Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 
Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


Commission 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to amdavits by 
enable the Judges to appoint Commissioners within Commission, 


Ten Miles of London, and in the Isle of Man and the * 


Channel Islands, to administer Oaths in Common 
Law, and to authorize the taking in the Country of 
Bail in Error, and Recognizances and Bail on the 
Revenue Side of the Exchequer: And that Mr. 
Bovill, Mr. Hadfield and Mr. Cross do prepare, 
and bring it in. 


Cc. 


General Peel presented a Bill for punishing yutiny Bi, 


Mutiny and Desertion, aud for the better Payment 
of the Army and their Quarters: And the same was 
read the first time ; and ordered to be read a second 
time this day. 


Mr. Corry presented a Bill for the Regulation of yfarine 
Her Majesty’s Royal Marine Forces while on Shore : Mutiny Bill. 


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


Mr. Bovill presented a Bill to enable the Judges affidavits by 
to appoint Commissioners within Ten Miles of Lon- Commission, 


don, and in the Isle of Mun and the Channel *° 


Islands, to administer Oaths in Common Law, and 
toj authorize the taking in the Country of Bail in 
Error, and Recognizances and Bail on the Revenue 
Side of the Exchequer: And the same was read the 
first time; and ordered to be read a second time 
upon Monday next; and to be printed. 


Bill 64, 


The Order for reading a second time, upon Wed- Piers and 
nesday next, the Piers and Harbours Bill, was read, Harbours 


and discharged. . 


n3 Ordered, 





Standing 
Orders, 


Kingston- 
upon-Thames 
Gas. 


Kingston- 
upon-Thames 
Gas. 


Hampstead 
Junction 
Railway Bill. 


94 7?—#° 


Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
= Wednesday the 23d day of this instant 
arch. 


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





—_— 


Martis, 8° die Marti ; 
Anno 22° Victorie Regine, 1859. 


PRAYERS. 

OLONEL Wilson Patten reported from the 
Select Committee on Standing Orders, a Reso- 
lution ; which was read, as followeth : 

That in the case of the Kingston-upon-Thames 
Gas Petition, the Standing Orders ought to be dis- 
pensed with; that the Parties be permitted to pro- 
ceed with their Bill. 

The said Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 


The House was moved, That the Report from the 
Select Committee on Standing Orders, in respect of 
the Petition for the Kingston-upon-Thames Gas 
Bill, might be read; and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to enable the Kingston-upon-Thames Gas Company 
to raise further Moneys by Shares and Borrowing : 
And that Mr. Alcock and Mr. Locke King do pre- 


pare, and bring it in. 


A Petition of the Hampstead Junction Railway 
Company, praying that Provision may be made in 
the Hampstead Junction Railway Bill for enabling 
the Company to raise Money by the creation of New 
Shares, was presented, and read; and referred to 
the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills. 


Banff, Macduff The House proceeded to take into consideration 


and Turriff 
Junction 
Railway Bill. 


Formartine 
and Buchan 
Railway Bill. 


Leominster 
and Kington 
Railway Bill. 


Shepton 
t Water 
Bill. 


Swansea Vale 
Railway Bill. 


Salford Bo- 
rough (No. 2) 
Bill. 


Private Bills 
(Group H.) 


the Banff, Macduff and Turriff 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 Formartine and Buchan Railway Bill, as 
amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Leominster and Kington Railway Bill, as 
amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Shepton Mallet Water Bill, as amended in the 
Committee. 

Ordered, Vhat the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Swansea Vale Railway Bill, as amended in the 
Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


A Bill to enable the Mayor, Aldermen and 
Burgesses of the Borough of Salford to raise a 
further Sum of Money for improving their Gas- 
works, and for other purposes, was read the first 
time. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Ex- 
aminers of Petitions for Private Bills. 


Mr. Hope Johnstone reported from the Committee 
on Group H. of Private Bills; That for the con- 








Marti. A. 1859. 


venience of the Members of the Committee, they 
had adjourned until Thursday next, at Twelve of the 






clock. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 
Hoy 
Mr. Ridley reported from the Committee on Railway Ri, ' 
Group 7 of Railway Bills; That Mr. Rebow, one (Gtup?,) 
of the Members of the Committee, had stated, that Hoy 


he was a shareholder in the Grand Junction Canal h 
Company, who were Petitioners against the London 
and North Western and other Railway Companies 
(Working and Traffic Arrangements) Bill, one of , 
the Bills under the consideration of the Committee, 
and that he did not on that account consider him- 
self in a position to attend and vote on the subject 
of such Bill. 

Ordered, That Mr. Rebow be discharged from j 
further attendance on the Committee on Group 7 
of Railway Bills, so far as regards the London and 
North Western and other Railway Companies 
(Working and Traftic Arrangements) Bill. 


Several Public Petitions were presented, and pypjic 

read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. Petitions, 
Vide Ninth 
Report. 

Mr. Gathorne Hardy presented, by Her Majesty’s 
Command,—Copy of me of tus Commiosionets Refuge.” . 
appointed to complete the Inquiry in the Terms re- . 
commended in the Report of the Select Committee 
of the House of Commons, in 1858, on Harbours 
of Refuge. 

Mr. Gathcrne Hardy aiso presented,—Return to Justices of the 
an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 11th day of Peace. 
May,in the last Session of Parliament, fora Return of 
the Names of the several Boroughs and of the several 
Counties of Cities and Towns in England and Wales, 
for which Persons have been assigned to act as 
Justices of the Peace ; and also the Names of the 
Persons so assigned to act as such Justices since the 
Ist day of January 1850; specifying the Names of 
the Persons recommending them ; the Dates of such 
Assigninents; the Borough or County of City or 
Town for which assigned so to act, and according 
to the following Tabular Form :— 





Name of 
Person 
recommending. 


Borough or County 
of City or Town 
for which appointed. 


Name of Person | 
assigned 
to act as Justice. 


Date of 
Appointment. 














Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the Population, 
7th day of February last, for a Return relative to * 
Population, &amp;c. 

Mr. Gathorne Hardy also presented, pursuant to Police (Cou 
the directions of an Act of Parliament,—Statements sougha) 
of the Grounds upon which the Secretary of State’s 
Certificates of the Efficiency of the Police of Coun- 
ties and Boroughs have been withheld, for the year 
ended 29th September 1858. 

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


EZ 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Houses, &amp;c., Houses “ 
which was presented upon the 25th day of February No. ll 
last, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Army (Pur- Arey Ala 
chase of Commissions), which was presented upon 5 issions.) 
the 7th day of this instant March, be printed. No. 114 









Ordered, That an Abstract of the Accounts rela- Grand Jury 
tive to Grand Jury Presentments (Jreland), which (7 iand.) 
were presented upon the 7th day of this instant” wy 445, 













March, be printed. 
, Ordered, 








 &amp; 


ath 


s of 


| of the 


(Coun 
d Bo- 
.) 





Coal. 
No. 116. 








992 Vicroriz. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Coal, which 
was presented upon the 7th day of this instant 
March, be printed. 

Ordered, That the Return relative to Hops, &amp;c., 
which was presented upon the 7th day of this instant 
March, be printed. 

Ordered, That the Return relative to Hop Duties, 


which was presented upon the 7th day of this instant 
March, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Poor Rates, 
which was presented upon the 7th day of this instant 
March, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Fishery 
Piers and Harbours (Jreland), which was _pre- 


Hops, &amp;«. 
No, 117. 


Hop Duties. 
No. 117. 


Poor Rates. 
No. 118. 


Piers 
and Harbours 
(Ireland. 


ie, 118. printed. 


Ordered, Thai there be laid before this House, a 
Copy of Report of the Anchor Committee, nominated 
by the Admiralty, “ to determine the relative Merits 
of different Descriptions of Anchors,” dated the 
1st day of February 1853: Of Contracts for 
Anchors and Chain Cables, specifying whether the 
Result of Public Competition or otherwise :——Of 
Particulars of Anchors broken, and otherwise 
disabled in use, on board various of Her Majesty’s 
Ships employed in the Baltic in 1854, 1855 and 
1856 :——Of Captain William Peel's application 
for ‘‘ Trotman’s Anchor” to be supplied to Her 
Majesty’s Frigate “ Diamond,” when fitting out at 
Sheerness in 1853; and Official Answer thereto :—— 
Of any Correspondence between the Admiralty and 
Mr. Jrotman, commencing the 27th day of January 
1859 :——Of Report from the Honourable Captain 
Denman ov “ Trotman’s Anchor,” supplied to Her 
Majesty’s Yacht “ Victoria and Albert :°——And, 
of any Reports, from Officers commanding Her 
Majesty’s Ships, with respect to Porter’s and 
Trotman’s Anchors. 


Anchors, &amp;c. 








Steam Vessels. © Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return in a Tabular Form, with consecutive 
Numbers, of the whole of the Steam Vessels re- 
gistered in the United Kingdom on or before the 1st 
day of January 1859; stating, in separate columns, 
the following Particulars: — Official Number of 
Vessel; Vessel’s Name; Port of Registry; Date 
of Registry; Date of Build; Registered Owners ; 
Dimensions of Vessels in Length and Breadth, and 
Depth of Hold; Tonnage (exclusive of Engine- 
room), and Gross Tonnage, distinguishing Vessels 
built of Lron and Vessels having Screw Propellers ; 
also distinguishing Vessels measured under the 
Merchant Shipping Act of 1854 from those measured 
under previous Acts, and estimated Horse Power 
of their Engines ; and giving the Aggregate Number 
of Vessels and Amount of Tonnage, with an Index 
for easy Reference attached to it, giving the Names 
of the Vessels in Alphabetical Order, with Numbers 
to each, corresponding with the consecutive Num- 
bers in the Return (in continuation of Parliamentary 
Paper, No. 488, of Session 1858). 


Mr. Fenwick reported from the Committee on the 
Tweed Fisheries Bill; That, for the convenience of 
Parties, the Committee had adjourned till Thursday 
next, at Twelve of the clock. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Fisheries Bill. 


Ordered, That the Minutes of the Evidence taken 
before the Select Committee on Gas (Metropolis), in 
the last Session, be referred to the Select Committee 


on Gas (Metropolis). 


Gas (Metro- 
Polis. ) 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this House, 


8° Martit. 


95 


Works Corps from its Formation to its Discharge, 
under the following Heads :— 





sented upon the 7th day of this instant March, be| ™ 


Cost of Pay, Cost of 





: Cost Time Time in 
Clothing | Transport vernmen 
Numbers. and to and from | of Stores. | in Crimea. be = 
Provisions. } Crimea. 

| 

Ist Division : 
Officers and those on 
Yearly Salary- - 
Foremen Artificers 


and Labourers 





2d Division : 
Officers, &amp;c. 
Foremen, &amp;c. 


3d Division : 


Officers, &amp;c. - 
Foremen, &amp;c. 
































“ru ---| | apes 





Ordered, That 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 Registered 
to Ifer Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased a 
to give directions, that there be laid before this House, eee 
a Return of the Total Number of Registered Electors 
in the Borough of Marylebone ; and of the Total 
Number that polled at the recent Election in 1859. 

Ordered, That 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- Newspapers, 

mittee on the Newspapers, &amp;c. Bill ; &amp;e. Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday 

next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Mr. Poulett Scrope reported from the Committee Private Bills 
on Group G. of Private Bills; That, for the con- (Group G.) 
venience of Members, the Committee had adjourned 
till Thursday next, at Twelve of the clock. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


The Order for reading a second time, To-morrow, Ecclesiastical 
the Ecclesiastical Commission Bill, was read, and Commission 
discharged. =. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday the 16th day of this instant 
March. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Divine Service 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased (At™y-) 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return showing the Distribution of the 
Sums voted in the Army Estimates for the year 
1858, for Allowances to Officiating Clergymen for 
performing Divine Service to the Military at Home 
and Abroad (in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, 
No. 36, of the present Session), stating the Names 
of the Commissione’ or other Permanent Chaplains 
and Assistant Chaplains to the Forces, with the 
Amount of their respective Salaries and Allowances, 
and the Religious Denominations to which they re- 
spectively belong, distinguishing those who were 
appointed during the said year, and specifying the 
Churches with which they had been previously con- 
nected, and showing also the Names and Cost of 
the Religious Books paid for out of the Sum so 
voted, and in what proportion they were distributed 
among the Soldiers of each Religious Denomina- 
tion :——-And, similar Return of the Religious In- 
struction provided for Her Majesty’s Forces serving 
in India, at the various Military Stations in that 
Country, or in the Field, during the past year, 
specifying the Name and Religious Denomination 
of each Chaplain or Assistant Chaplain appointed 
during the year, and the Amount of Outfit, if any, 
allowed him. 





a Keturn of the Total Expense of the Crimea Army 
Vou. 114. 








n4 Ordered, 







Enfield Esta- 
blishment. 


No. 120. 


Leave of 
Absence. 


French 
Emigration 
Scheme. 


_ Adjournment. 


Joint Stock 
Companies, 
&amp;e. 


The “Charles 
et Georges.” 


Poor Relie? 
(Ireland) Acts 
Amendmen‘*. 


9 6 ee a 


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


General Peel presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand,—Return showing the Total Cost and Total 
Production of the Enfield Establishment, from the 
Period of Reconstruction in 1854. 

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


Ordered, That Mr. Caird have leave of absence 
for a week, on account of illness in his family. 


Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer presented, by 
Her Majesty's Command,—Copy of Correspon- 
dence respecting the French Emigration Scheme. 

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


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


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That this House will immediately resolve 
itself into a Committee to consider the Act 19 &amp; 20 
Vic. c. 47, for the Incorporation and Regulation 
of Joint Stock Companies and other Associations : 
—And the said Motion was, with leave of the 
House, withdrawn. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being 
proposed, That an humble Address be presented to 
Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Copies of Despatches and Documents sent 
by or communicated to Her Majesty’s Government 
respecting the Deportation of Negroes from the 
Mozambique Coast, including the Despatches from 
the British Minister at Lisbon to the Portuguese 
Government, dated respectively the 22d day of 
July and the 17th day of November 1857 :——Of 
all the Correspondence which has taken place up 
to the present time respecting the “‘ Charles et 
Georges,” between Her Majesty’s Government and 
Mr. M‘Leod, now or late Her Majesty’s Consul at 
Mozambique :—— Of the Message of the 16th day 
of October, which is described in Mr. Howard's 
Despatch of the 21st day of October 1858, in the 
following words: —“ A further Message, of the 
16th instant, from the Earl of M/a/mesbury, respect- 
ing his former advice to drop the Prosecution :” 
——Of any Instructions respecting the “ Charles 
et Georges” which may have been addressed by 
the Earl of Malmesbury to Lord Cowley in the in- 
terval between the 18th day of March 1858 and 
the 3d day of October in the same year :——And, 
of any Correspondence which may have taken place 
between Count Lavradio and the Earl of Malmes- 
bury subsequently, on the same subject:—And a 
Debate arising thereupon ; 


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


Mercurii, 9° die Martii, 1859: 


Ordered, That the Debate be adjourned till 
Thursday next. 


The House was moved, That the several Acts re- 
lative to the Relief of the Destitute Poor in /re- 
land, 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 Com- 
mittee. 

(In the Committee.) 


Resolved, That the Chairman be directed to move 
the House, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to amend the Acts for the Relief of the Destitute 
Poor in Jreland, by removing Doubts as to the 


Martii. 


A, 1859, 


Religious Registration in Workhouses of Deserted 
Children, and providing for the Out-door Main- 
tenance of Orphan and Deserted Children. 


Resolution to be reported. 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Fitz- 
Roy reported, That the Committee had come to a 
Resolution. 

Ordered, That the Report be now received. 

Mr. 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 to 
amend the Acts for the Relief of the Destitute Poor 
in Ireland, by removing Doubts as to the Religious 
Registration in Workhouses of Deserted Children, 
and providing for the Out-door Maintenance of 
Orphan and Deserted Children:—And he moved 
the House accordingly. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in the Bill : 
And that Mr. FitzRoy, Mr. Gregory and Lord John 


Browne do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Combination 
to amend and explain an Act of the sixth year of °% Workme 
the reign of King George the Fourth, to repeal the 
Laws relating to the Combination of Workmen, 
and to make other Provisions in lieu thereof: And 
that Mr. Drummond, Mr. Duncombe and Sir 
Richard Bethell do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Registration 
for the Registration of Births, Deaths and Mar- o Births, &amp; 
riages in Ireland; And that Lord Naas and Mr. — 
Attorney General for Jreland do prepare, and 
bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Law Ascer. 
to afford Facilities for the more certain Ascertain- t#inment. 
ment of the Law administered in one part of Her 
Majesty’s Dominions when pleaded in the Courts 
of another part thereof: And that Mr. Dunlop, 

Sir Richard Betheli, Mr. FitzGerald and Mr. 
Malins do prepare, and bring it in. 


The House was moved, That the Act 21 &amp; 22 Oaths Act 
Vic. c. 48, relative to Oaths, might be read; and Amendment 
the same being read : 

Resolved, That this House will immediately re- 
solve itself into a Committee to consider the said 
Act:—The House accordingly resolved itself into 
the Committee. 


(In the Committee.) 


Resolved, That the Chairman be directed to move 
the House, ‘That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to settle the Form of Affirmation to be made in 
certain cases by Quakers and other Persons by Law 
permitted to make an Affirmation instead of taking 
an Oath. 

Resolution to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Fitz- 
Roy reported, That the Committee had come toa 
Resolution. 

Ordered, That the Report be now received. 

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

That the Chairman be directed to move the 
House, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
settle the Form of Affirmation to be made in certain 
cases by Quakers and other Persons by Law per- 
mitted to make an Affirmation instead of taking an 
Oath :—And he moved the House accordingly. _ 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in the Bill: 
And that Mr. FitzRoy, Mr. Edward Pleydell Bou- 
verie and Mr. Bright do prepare, and bring it m. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, @ Pembroke 
Copy of the Specifications, Drawings and Plans for Dock, 





the “ additional Bed of No. 10 Retorts for Gas,” in 
Pembroke 





Army. 


Bound 
Boron, 


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Pembroke Dockyard Gasworks, estimated at £.441 
(Navy Estimates, 1859-60, Vote 11, p. 64):—— 
Returns of the following Particulars relative to the 
said Gasworks, for the years 1856, 1857 and 1858, 
taking the whole Twelve months’ working im each 
year, viz. :—the Quantity of Coals carbonized ; the 
Price of the Coals per Ton delivered at the Works ; 
the Quantity of Gas made; the Quantity of Gas 
sold; Amount of Leakage per cent.; Amount of 
Gas Rental received ; Quantity of Coke made; 
Quantity of Coke sold; Amount received from Sale 
of Coke; Amount received by Sale of Breeze and 
Tar; Amount expended in Lime or Oxide of Iron 
for purifying the Gas; Cost of Retorts, Fire Clay, 
Fire Bricks, and Repairs; Number of Retorts in 
use, and whether Iron or Clay; Amount paid for 
Rates and Taxes; Amount paid for Salaries ; 
Amount paid for Wages; Amount paid for col- 
lecting Rental and Office Expenses; Amount of 
Reserve Fund retained out of each year’s Rental 
for Renewals or Depreciation of Works: And, 
of the Total Cost of the Works and Mains up to 
this time, together with Length and Sizes of the 
several Mains, and the Number of Lights burning. 





Resolved, That 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 Datesof Appoint- 
ment of all Officers now serving on the Staff of the 
Army at Home and Abroad, employed otherwise 
than regimenfally, in classes, distinguishing Cavalry, 
Artillery, Engineers and Infantry, and_ specifying 
the Amount of their respective Pay and Allowances, 
and the Date of their first Commissions. 

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


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return showing, from the Ordnance Sur- 
veys and the Reports of the Commissioners, re- 
specting the Boundaries of Boroughs in 1832, the 
Area in Square Miles of each Borough returning or 
contributing to return Members to serve in Parlia- 
ment, as they existed before 1832; also the Area 
in Square Miles under the Act passed in 1832 for 
extending the Boundaries ; and the Area in Square 
Miles of each Parliamentary Borough created in 
1832. 

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


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

P Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time this 
ay. 


_ The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on the Evidence by Commission 
Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. 
Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. FitzRoy 
reported, ‘hat 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. 


Mr. FitzRoy reported from the Committee of 
supply, several Resolutions; which were read, as 
follow : 

1, That a Sum, not exceeding £.1,050,000, be 

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granted to Her Majesty, towards defraying the 
deficiency upon certain Army Grants, for the year 
ended the 31st day of March 1858. : 

2. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 133,383. 8 s. 9d., Excess of 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Excess of Naval Expen- 
the Naval Expenditure beyond the ordinary Grants, *#**- 
for the year ended on the 31st day of March 1858. 

3. That a Sum, not exceeding £.12,000, be Additional 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Expense of Shipwrights, 
the employment of additional Shipwrights and “* 
other Artificers in Her Majesty’s Dockyards at 
Home, which will come in course of payment 
during the year ending on the 31st day of March 
1859. 

4. That a Sum, not exceeding £.27,000, be Great Harbour 
granted to Her Majesty, to complete the purchase, (Malta.) 
in the year ending the 31st day of March 1859, of 
Property in the Great Harbour of Malta, 

5. That a Sum, not exceeding £.185,594, be Secretary of 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of the State for War, 
Departments of the Secretary of State for War, pas 
and of the General Commanding in Chief, which in Chief. 
will come in course of payment from the Ist day of 
April 1859 to the 31st day of March 1860, inclu- 
sive. 

6. That a Sum, not exceeding £.359,040, be Manufacturing 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of Departments, 
the Manufacturing Departments, Military Store- o 
keepers, Barrack Masters, &amp;e., which will come in 
course of payment from the 1st day of April 1859 
to the 31st day of March 1860, inclusive. 

7. That a Sum, not exceeding £.626,153, be Wages of 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of Arttificers, &amp;c.. 
the Wages of Artificers, Labourers, &amp;c., which will 
come in course of payment from the Ist day of April 
1859 to the 31st day of March 1860, inclusive. 

8. That a Sum, not exceeding £.1,003,604, be Provisions, 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of Forage, &amp;c. 
Provisions, Forage, Fuel and Light, Barrack Fur- 
niture, Bedding, &amp;c., which will come in course of 
payment from the 1st day of April 1859 to the 31st 
day of March 1860, inclusive, 

9. That a Sum, not exceeding £.718,088, be Warlike 
eranted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of Stores. 
Warlike Stores for Land and Sea Service, which 
will come in course of payment from the 1st day 
of April 1859 to the 31st day of March 1860, in- 
clusive. 

10. That a Sum, not exceeding £.325,072, be Fortifications. 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of 
Fortifications at Home and Abroad, which will come 
in course of payment from the Ist day of April 1859 
to the 31st day of March 1860, inclusive. 

11. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 212,507, be Civil Build- 

granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of 8°. 
Civil Buildings at Home and Abroad, which will 
come in course of payment from the 1st day of 
April 1859 to the 31st day of March 1860, inclu- 
sive. 

12. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 797,122, be Barracks. 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of 
Barracks at Home and Abroad, which will come in 
course of payment from the Ist day of April 1859 
to the 31st day of March 1860, inclusive. 

13. That a Sum, not exceeding £.268,532, be Educational 
granted to Her Majesty, to ae the Charge of = — 
the Educational and Qrientific ranches, which ~~” 
will come in course of payment from the 1st day of 
April 1859 to the 31st day of March 1860, inclu- 
sive. 

The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 


The Mutiny Bill was, according to Order, read a Mutiny Bill. 
second time; and committed to a Committee of the 
whole House, for Monday next. 


The Marine Mutiny Bill was, 
Order, read a second time; and committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for Friday next. 


according to Marine 
Mutiny Bill. 





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Poor Relief 
(Ireland) Acts 
Amendment 
Bill. 


Bill 65. 


Combination 
of Workmen 
Bill. 


Bill 66. 


Law Ascer- 
tainment Bill. 
Bill 67. 


Registration 

of Births, &amp;c. 

(Ireland) Bill. 
Bill 68. 


Oaths Act 
Amendment 
Bill. 

Bill 69. 


Kingston- 
upon-Thames 
Gas Bill. 


Foreign Office. 


Public 
Petitions. 


Vide Ninth 
Report. 


Coals, Cinders 
and Culm, &amp;c. 


98 BP aes 


Mr. Gregory presented a Bill to amend the Acts 
for the Relief of the Destitute Poor in Ireland, by 
removing Doubts as to the Religious Registration in 
Workhouses of Deserted Children, and providing for 
the Out-door Maintenance of Orphan and Deserted 
Children: And the same was read the first time; 
and ordered to be read « second time upon Wed- 
nesday the 23d day of this instant March; and to 
be printed. 


Mr. Drummond presented a Bill to amend and 
explain an Act of the sixth year of the reign of King 
George the Fourth, to repeal the Laws relating to 
the Combination of Workmen, and to make other 
Provisions in lieu thereof: And the same was read 
the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
time upon Tuesday next ; and to be printed. 


Mr. Dunlop presented a Bill to afford Facilities 
for the more certain Ascertainment of the Law ad- 
ministered in one part of Her Majesty’s Dominions 
when pleaded in the Courts of another part thereof: 
And the same was read the first time; and or- 
dered to be read a second time upon Wednesday 
the 30th day of this instant March; and to be 
printed. 


Lord Naas presented a Bill for the Registration 
of Births, Deaths and Marriages in Jreland: And 
the same was read the first time; and ordered to 
be read a second time upon Monday next; and to 
be printed. 


Mr. Edward Pleydell Bouverie presented a Bill 
to settle the Form of Affirmation to be made in 
certain cases by Quakers and other Persons by Law 
permitted to make an Affirmation instead of taking 
an Oath: And the same was read the first time; 
and ordered to be read a second time upon Mon- 
day next; and to be printed. 


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till One of the clock on Wednesday morning, 
udjourned till this day. 





Mercurii, 9° die Martii ; 
Anno 22° Victorie Regine, 1859. 


PRAYERS, 
A BILL to enable the Kingston-upon-Thames 


Gas Company to raise further Monies by 
Shares and Borrowing, was read the first time ; and 
ordered to be read a second time. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Copy of the Report of Mr. Juhn Phipps, on the 
state of the Buildings now occupied as the Foreign 
Office, dated the 12th day of January 1859. 


Several Public Petitions were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Accounts of the Quantities of Coal, 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 1858; 
distinguishing the Quantity shipped at each of the 
said Ports, as compared with tlie vear 1857 :——-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 1858; distinguishing the 
Countries to which the same were sent, and com- 
paring the same with the year 1857; also distin- 
guishing the Ports of the United Kingdom from 





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A. 1859. 


which the same were shipped :——Of the Quanti- 
ties of Coals, Cinders, and Culm, and Patent Fuel, 
exported from the United Kingdom, in the year 
1858 ; with the Rate and Amount of Duty thereon : 
And, of the Quantities of Coals and Patent 
Fuel brought Coastways and by Inland Navigation 
into the Port of London, during the year 1858, com- 
paring the -ame with the Quantities brought during 
the year 1857. 





Resolved, That an humble Address be presented County Cou 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased Commitmeny, 


to give directions, that there be laid before this House, 
a Return of the Number of Commitments by Judges 
of County Courts, during the year ending on the 31st 
day of January 1859, for Debt, or Contemptof Court, 
or Fraud ; the Time for which such Commitments 
were made; the Duration of the Imprisonment; 
and the Amount of the Debt in each Case of Com- 
mitment. 

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


Lord John Manners presented,—Return to an Chelsea New 
Order, dated the 4th day of this instant March, for Bridge. 


a Return relative to Chelsea New Bridge. 
Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
Table. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Population, Population, 


&amp;e., which was presented upon the 8th day of this 
instant March, be printed. 


C. 


No. 121. 


The Juries (Jreland) Bill was, according to Or- Juries (Ite 
der, read a second time; and committed to a Com- land) Bill 


mittee of the whole House, for Wednesday the 23d 
day of this instant March. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Church Rates Bill ; 

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


A Member was sworn. 


Church Rates 
Bill. 


A Member 
takes the Oath, 


An Amendment was proposed to be made to the Church Rates 


” 


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 ; 

A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That the Debate be now adjourned :—And 
the said Motion was, with leave of the House, with- 
drawn. 

And the Question being put, That the word 
“ now” stand part of the Question ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right; 

The Noes to the Left. 

Tellers for the{Sir William Jolliffe, }in 

Yeas, _ |Colonel Taylor : : 

Tellers for the (oe John Trelawny, los4 

Noes, Mr. Hardcastle: , aaa 

So it passed in the Negative. 

And the Question being put, That the words 
“ upon this day six months” be added at the end 
of the Question :—It was resolved in the Affirma- 
tive. 

Then the Main Question, so amended, being put; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon this day six months. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Church Rates Abolition Bill; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a’ second time 
To-morrow. 
The 


Bill. 


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Abolition Bi 





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reading of the Church 


9°— 10° 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
Rates Commutation Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time To- 


morrow. 


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


ill. mittee on the Conveyance of Voters Bill; 


Resolved, That this House will, upon W ednesday 
the 23d day of this instant March, resolve itself into 
the said Committee. 


mittee on the Recreation Grounds 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 Friday next, | 


resolve itself into the said Committee. 


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


mnittee of Ways and Means ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Manslaughter 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. 


Mr. Ingham reported from the Committee on 
Group 1 of Railway Bills ; That the Parties opposing 
the Great Western Railway Bill had stated, that the 
Evidence of Mr. Kenneth Morrison was essential to 
enable them to establish their case ; and it having 
been proved that his attendance could not be pro- 
cured without the intervention of the House, he had 
been instructed to move, ‘That Mr. Kenneth Mor- 
rison do attend the said Committee To-morrow tlie 
10th day of March, at Two of the clock. 

Ordered, That Kenneth Morrison do attend the 
said Committee To-morrow, at Two of the clock. 


Sir Benjamin Hall reported from the Committee 
on Group C. of Private Bills; That the Parties 
promoting the Whitehaven Port, Harbour and Town 
Bill, had stated, that the Evidence of William 
Miller was essential to enable them to establish 
their case, and it having been proved that his at- 
tendance could not be procured without the inter- 
vention of the House, he had been instructed to 
move, That William Miller do attend the said Com- 


mittee on Thursday the 10th day of March, at | 


Twelve of the clock. 
Ordered, That William Miller do attend the said 
Committee To-morrow, at Twelve of the clock. 


The following Papers were laid upon the Table 
by the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, 
dated the 30th day of July, in the last Session of 
Parliament, for a Return of the Gross and Net 
Income of the Woods and Forests and other Crown 
Property in each year from 1816 to 1858, both in- 
clusive ; and showing the Sums of Money expended 
m each year for General, Current and Ordinary 
Cost of Management, and for Improvements, less 
or more of a permanent nature, including Draining, 
Planting, building Farm-houses, and such like ob- 
Jects ; also an Account of all Sums received in each 
year for the Sale of Crown Property and placed to 
Capital Account; and of all Sums re-invested in 
new Property from that Fund. 

Return to an Order, dated the 11th day of Fe- 
bruary last, for a Return relative to Property and 

ncome Tax. 

The following Paper, pursuant to the directions 
of an Act of Parliament, was also laid upon the 
Table by the Clerk of the House,—An Account of 

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Marti. 49 


the Receipts and Disbursements of the Duchy of 
Lancaster, in the year ended 21st December 1858; 
also, a separate Account of the Capital of the said 
Duchy, for the same period. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 











| and be printed. 


Jovis, 10° die Martii ; 


| Anno 22° Victorie Regine, 1859. 


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


PRAYERS. 


M R. Gregson reported from the Select Com- Public 


‘ : iti 2 T Petitions 
mittee on Public Petitions; That they had (Ninth Re- 


examined the Petitions presented upon the 7th, 8th port.) 
:and 9th days of this instant March, and had di- 


rected him to make a Report thereof to the House. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 


Mr. FitzRoy reported the Great Northern Rail- Great North- 
way Bill, with Amendments. ern Railway 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; _ 
and be printed. 


Mr. FitzRoy reported from the Committee on Weymouth 
the Weymouth and Melcombe Regis Markets and and Melcombe 
Pier Bill; That they bad examined the allegations poe gee 
contained in the Preamble of the Bill, and 
amended the same, by striking out so much of the 
recital as stated that a considerable sum of money 
had been expended on the Pier, and by adding that 
no money has been raised on mortgage of the Pier 
Rates ; 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. Fitz Roy reported the East Suffolk Railway rast Suffolk 
Bill, with Amendments. Railway Bill. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Mr. FitzRoy reported the Kirkwall Harbour Kirkwall 
Bill, with Amendments. Harbour Bill. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Ridley reported from the Committee on London and 
Group 7 of Railway Bills ; That in the case of the North Western 
London and North Western and other Railway pw hain 
Companies (Working and Traffic Arrangements) Companies 
Bill, they had examined the allegations contained (Working and 
in the Preamble of the Bill, and amended the same or 


sath p : » rangemerts) 
by striking out the recital of certain Acts; and Bill. 





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 Benjamin Hall reported from the Committee Private Bills 
on Group C. of Private Bills; That, for the con- (Group C.) 
venience of Parties, they had adjourned from Tues- 
day the 8th instant until this day. 

Ordered, That the Keport do lie upon the Table. 


Sir Benjamin Hall reported the Chichester Har- Chichester 
bour Embankment (re-committed) Bill, with further a 
ment 
Amendments. Bil 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Hope Johnstone reported the Lands Improve- Lands Im- 
ment Company Bill, with Amendments. ems 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. "?*”” 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Oxford, Wor- 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, a 
That in the case of the Petition for additional Pro- ,o. ee 
vision in the Ozford, Worcester and Wolverhampton Bill. 

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Railway 






















Rea Sea and 

India Tele- 

graph Com- 

— (No. 2) 
ill. 


Red Sea and 

India Tele- 

graph Com- 
any (No. 2) 

[Agreements 
¢] 


Tyne Improre- 
ment Bi 


Public 
Petitions. 
Vide Tenth 
Report. 


100 


Railway Bill, the Standing Orders have been com- 
plied 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. 


A Petition of the Red Sea and India Telegraph 
Company being offered to be presented ; 

Mr. Fitz Roy, by Her Majesty’s Command, ac- 
quainted 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, praying that Provision may 
be made in the Red Sea and India Telegraph Com- 
pany (No. 2) Bill, for confirming existing Arrange- 
ments or Agreements, and especially an Indenture of 
Agreement of the 18th day of November 1858, and 
for authorizing other Agreements or Arrangements 
between the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s 
‘Treasury and the Company, was brought up, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Resolved, ‘Yhat this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into a Committee to consider of making 
Provision that all Agreements and Arrangements, 
of what nature or kind soever, which, at the time 
of the passing of a Bill “ to incorporate the Red 
Sea and India Telegraph Company, and for ena- 
bling the Company to establish and work Tele- 
graphs between Great Britain and India and other 
Countries, and for other purposes connected there- 
with,” shall have been entered into between the 
Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s ‘Treasury 
and the Red Sea and India Telegraph Company, 
and especially an Indenture of Agreement of the 
Eighteenth day of November, One thousand eight 
hundred and fifty-eight, recited in the said Bill, 
shall be and continue as valid and effectual, to all 
intents and purposes whatsoever, as if the said 
Bill (which authorizes like Agreements and Ar- 
rangements after the passing thereof) had been 
passed before the making of such Agreements and 
Arrangements; and that all such Agreements and 
Arrangements be by the said Bill confirmed, and 
shall and may be enforced against the Company : 
—And also Provision, that the Lords Commis- 
sioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury may make and 
enter into, on behalf of Her Majesty, and of all De- 
partments of Her Majesty’s Government, such 
Agreements or Arrangements with the Company as 
to the Rates or Charges to be paid to the Company 
for the use of their Lines of Telegraph, and for the 
assistance of their Officers and Servants in the 
transmission and delivery of Messages for Her Ma- 
jesty, or on Her Majesty’s Service; and may intro- 
duce into any such Agreements or Arrangements 
such Terms and Provisions as to the Amount of the 
Rates and Charges to be demanded. as well from 
Her Majesty as from the public at large, and as to 
securing to the Company a minimum Annual Pay- 
ment for the transmission and delivery of Messages 
and Signals for Her Majesty, or on Her Majesty’s 
Service, or a minimum Dividend on the Capital, 
and generally in relation thereto, as the said Lords 
Commissioners and the Company may be able to 
agree on. 


A Petition of the Tyne Improvement Commis- 
sioners, praying that Provision may be made in the 
Tyve Improvement Bill for enabling the Commis- 
sioners to charge Pier Rates on Vessels clearing 
outwards, in lieu of those entering the Port, was pre- 
sented, and read; and referred to the Examiners of 
Petitions for Private Bills. 


Several Public Petitions were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 





10° Martiz. 











A. 1859. 


Mr. Ker Seymer reported the Wirral Water Bill 
with Amendments. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


? 


Ordered, That the General Committee on Railway 
and Canal Bills have leave to sit To-morrow, during 
the sitting of the House. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Copies of Correspondence between the late 
Court. of Directors, the President of the late Board 
of Control, and the present Secretary of State for 
India, respecting the Artillery Forces in Jndia, from 
the Commencement of the late Mutiny to the 
present Date. 

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


Resolved, That 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 Despatch from Lord Canning, 
Governor General of India, dated from Al/uhabad, 
vindicating his Council in Judia, in respect to 
certain unfavourable comments made on their 
conduct in this country. 

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


Resolved, That 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 Rank of all 
Military and Naval Officers on Full Pay holding 
Civil or Military Appointments (not Regimental) 
who, on the ist day of March, were on Leave of 
Absence ; showing when such Leave commenced, 
and when it has expired or will expire. 

Ordered, That 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 Total Expenditure, from the 1st 
day of September 1856 to the 21st day of March 
1859, upon the Establishment for the Manufacture of 
Brass Ordnance at Woolwich, separately specified 
under the following heads, viz. :—Buildings, Machi- 
nery, Stores, Salaries, Wages,and Miscellaneous Ex- 
penses ; the Number of each description of Ordnance 
cast; their Calibre; distinguishing those proved, 
completed, and placed ready for service in Store, 
from those rejected as being found imperfect before 
or after Proof, whilst in course of completion. 

Ordered, That 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 directiuns, that there be laid before this 
House, a Keturn of the Total Expenditure for one 
year, ending the 31st day of March 1859, upon the 
Establishment for the Manufacture of Iron Ordnance 
at Wovlwich, separately specified under the follow- 
ing heads, viz.:—Buildings, Machinery, Stores, 
Salaries, Wages, and Miscellaneous Expenses; the 
Number of each description of Ordnance cast ; their 
Calibre; distinguishing those proved, completed, 
and placed ready for service in Store, from those 
rejected as being found imperfect before or after 
Proof, whilst in course of completion (in continua- 
tion of Parliamentary Paper, No. 423, of Session 


1858). 
Ordered, 









Wirral 
Bi ae 





are 


East India 
(Artillery.) 


oa 


East India 
(Governor 
General. ) 


Military and 
Naval Officers, 


Brass Ord- 


nance Factory 
( Woolwich.) 


Iron Ordnance 
Factory 


(Weolwich.) 





Tater 


rE 


h.) 





County 
Commitments. 


22 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. 





Court The Order made upon the 9th day of this instant 


March, for presenting to Her Majesty an humble 
Address, that She would be graciously pleased to 
give directions, that there be laid before this House, 
a Return relative to County Court Commitments, 
was read, and discharged. 


County Court Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
Commitments. +4 Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return, from every County Court in 
England, of the Number of Persons taken to Prison 
under the Act 9 &amp; 10 Vic. c. 95, or any Act 
amending the same, in the year ended the 31st day 
of December 1858; specifying in each case the 
grounds of the Commitment, and especially the 
following Particulars, viz. : 
| *pazjTMUI0D WaT anp 
| Sururrurer quawspne jo qanouly 
“UOSIg Ul poureur 
-or Ayyenjoe oy skuqy jo sequinn 


“‘paqjiur | 
-u09 yor Joy skeq JO Joaquin 











satisfied 
do so. 


the Judgment 
and Costs, 
having had 
sufficient Means 





7 
For not having 
and Ability to 


*auleN | 





*paziuiM0d Udy oNp | 
Sutureutas quow%pne jo yunouy | 
“MOsiig Ul poureat 
-ar Ayyenqoew ey sXuqy jo saquiny 
*poqqiut | 
-u109 ory Joy skeq Jo Jequinyy 





6 
For having 
charged, 
or removed, or 
concealed Part of 
with intent 
to defraud his 
Creditors. 





his Property, 


ouleNy 





*pazjIuluMod uaa onp 

Sutureuraa quaw3pne jo junowy 
‘uosug ul paurew 

-91 A]]enjoe oy sivqg jo 1oquinN 
*paqqiur 

“109 yory am 10 skeqy JO rzaquIny 





a Gift or 


5 
For making 
Transfer of Part 
of his Property, 
with intent 
to defraud his 
Creditors. 


; holden at 


‘owWeN | 





*parziWUL0d UatTA Up | 
Zatuivuras juowSpue jo yunowy | 
“uostig Ut ponreu 
eax Aqyenqoe ay skeq yo aaquuny ) 
wrens 
-w109 yor 10s sXeq_ Jo s9qQuINN 








4. 
For contracting 
the Debt under 
False Pretences, 
or by means 
of Fraud 
or Breach of Trust,} 








or without reason- 

able Expectation 
of being able 

to pay the Debt. 


‘oweN | 





j *paz}TuWWOD Lay enp 
| Surarewes quewFpne jo junouwy 
*uostig Ul poureut 
-o1 Ayyenioe oy sfuq7 jo raquiny } 





~~ ‘paagrur 
-ur09 yorym soy skeqy Jo raquinyy 


answer 
the Questions 
authorized 
by the Act to 
the satisfaction of 
the Judge. 





3 
For refusing to 


| 
| 
| 
| 
| ‘amUN 





*pezj}iuiM0d Uaym enp 
Zurureurss quow3pne jo wun0owy 
‘uosiig Ul peureur | 

~o1 Ayyenjow ay skvq jo saquinn 
“pair | 

“woo YyoryM JOJ Skeq Jo 1lequinn 
| “Owen | 

*payiuos UsyA anp 
Satummmoer yuauZpne jo yunowy 
“uostag Ul poureul | 

-o1 Ajyenqor ay shu jo saquinny 


“pazqiut 
-wiod yotrym 103 skeq jo 19quiny 











2 
For refusing 
to be 
Sworn. 











The County Court of 





1. 
pursuant to 
Summons, 

or alleging a 





sufficient Excuse 
for not 
so appearing. 








For not appearing 


‘ouUN | 


Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty, by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourabie Privy Council. 
Probate Court. Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Returns of all Persons appointed to any Office or 
Employment in the Probate Court, or under the Act 
establishing the same, since the establishment 
thereof, and of the Salaries and Emoluments of each 
of such Persons for the year 1858, stating also what 
other Office, Business or Eimployment (if any) each 
of such Persons has had since his Appointment, and 
what was his Office or Business immediately previous 
to his Appointment : ——Of the Number of Probates 
applied for, and the Number granted in England 
and Wales, and the Number of Contentious Cases 
in the Probate Court in the year 1858; showing 
how many were determined in that year, and how 
many remained set down for Trial or Hearing and 
undetermined at the end of the year:——Of the 
Hours of keeping open each of the Registrar’s 
. Vou. 114. 


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101 


Offices in Town and Country each day of the week: 
And, of the Amount of Monies received at each 
Registry in 1858 ; showing how much was applicable 
to the Costs and Expenses of the Probate Court and 
other Charges consequent on the Acts establishing 
the same. 





Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Divorce and 
Returns of all Persons appointed to any Office or yay nm 
Employment in the Divorce and Matrimonial Causes “““"* 
Court since the Establishment thereof, and of the 
Salaries and Emoluments of each of such Persons 

for the year 1858, stating also what other Office, 
Business or Employment each of such Persons has 

had since his Appointment, and what was his Office 

or Business immediately previous to his Appoint- 
ment :——-Of the Number of Applications for Dis- 
solution of Marriage, Nullity of Marriage, Judicial 
Separation, Restitution of Conjugal Rights, dis- 
tinguishing those by Husbands and those by Wives, 

and Protection of Married Women’s Property, since 

the 11th day of January 1858 :——Of the Number 

of Cases in which Dissolutions have been decreed, 

and in which they have been refused, respectively : 
——Of the Number of Cases undefended at the 
Trial thereof : Of the Number of Cases now set 
down for Trial :—-—-Of the Number of Cases ap- 
pointed for Trial befure the full Court without a 
Jury :——Of the Number of Cases appointed for 
Trial by the full Court with a Jury:——Of the 
Number of Cases appointed for Trial by a single 
Judge and a Jury :——Of the Number of Cases in 
which the Petitioner was examined :——And, of 

the Number of Days occupied in hearing Petitions 

for Dissolution of Marriage, Nullity of Marriage, 
Judicial Separation, Restitution of Conjugal Rights, 

und Protection of Married Women’s Property. 





Lord Stanley presented,—Return to an Address East India 
to Her Majestv, dated the 4th day of this instant (Mr. Hudson, 
March, for a Return relative to East India (Mr. we) 
Hudson, &amp;c.) 

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


The following Paper was laid upon the Table by British 
the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, Museum. 
dated the Ist day of this instant March, for Returns 
relative to the British Museum. 

The following Paper, pursuant to the directions of Richmond 
an Act of Parliament, was also laid upon the Table Bridge. 
by the Clerk of the House,—-Richmond Bridge 
Cash Account, for the year 1857. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Woods and Woods and 
Forests, &amp;c., which was presented upon the 9th day Forests, &amp;c. 
of this instant March, be printed. No, 122, 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Property Property and 
and Income Tax, which was presented upon the 9th Income Tax. 
day of this instant March, be printed. No, 123. 


Ordered, That the Account relative to the Duchy Duchy of 
of Lancaster, which was presented upon the 9th day Lancaster. 
of this instant March, be printed. No. 124. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- Exchequer 
osed, That in future no Funding of Exchequer Bills. 
Bills, held by the Commissioners of Savings Banks, 
be made without the special authority of an Act of 
Parliament :—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 agreed to the Burial-places Bill, Burial-places 
without any Amendment : Bill. 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Ecton and 
to effect an Exchange of Ecclesiastival Patronage Welton Ex- 
between Her Majesty the Queen and Miss Sophia “*"® 

03 





Broadley ; 





































Military 
Organization. 


Church Rates. 


Newfoundland 
Fisheries. 


Hudson's Bay 
Company. 


102 


Broadley ; to which the Lords desire the concur- | 


rence of this House. 


Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed 
to inquire into the effects of the alterations in 
Military Organization regarding the War Office and 
Board of Ordnance which were made in the year 
1855, and also to inquire whether any changes are 
required to secure the utmost efficiency and economy 
in the administration of Military Affairs. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
osed, ‘That this House, considering that Church 
Rates are productive of frequent strife and litigation, 

and have ceased to be levied in an increasing num- 
ber of Parishes, deems it advisable that they should 
be wholly discontinued, except for payment of 
existing charges thereon, and that the muintenance 
of the Fabric of the Church should be confided to 
the zeal and liberality of the Clergy and Laity :—And 
the said Motion was, with leave of the House, with- 
drawn. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
_ That an humble Address be presented to 
Ter Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased to 
Jy? o ; 
give directions, that there be laid before this House, 
Copies or Extracts of any Correspondence between 
the Englishand French Authorities in Newfoundland, 
or between the Governor of Newfoundland and the 
Secretary of State for the Colonies, or between the 
English and French Governments, which ma show 
the construction placed by the French Authorities 
upon the Treaties which now regulate the Wew- 


with leave of the House, withdrawn. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 


10° Martiz. 





A. 1859. 


Cravusg, N° 11 (Personation by voters). 

An Amendment made. 

Another Amendment proposed, in p. 5, Ll. 31: 
After the word “ Justice” to insert the words “ of 
“ the county in which the borough is situate.”’ 

Question proposed, That those words be there 
inserted :—Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 

Another Amendment made. 

Clause, as amended, agreed to. 

Cause, Ne 12, amended, and agreed to. 

Crause, N° 13 (Bribery at Elections). 

Amendment proposed, in p. 6, 1. 1: To leave out 
“40s.” and insert “ £.50.” 

Question put, That “40s.” stand part of the 
Clause ; 

The Committee divided. 


; . fMr. Cross, 
Tellers for the Yeas,) ir. Gilpin : }261. 
Tellers for the Noes,{ Mr. — } 13. 


Clause agreed to. 

Crauses, N° 14 to N° 17, agreed to. 

Crauses, N* 18 and N° 19, amended, and agreed 
to, 


Cravusgs, N° 20 and N° 21, agreed to. 


Crausg, N° 22, amended, and agreed to. 

Clause added. 

Another Clause (That the ninth section of an Act 
passed in the sixth vear of the reign of King William 
| the Fourth, intituled, ‘An Act to provide for the 
| Regulation of Municipal Corporations in England 
and Wales,” be and the same is hereby repealed ; 
and instead thereof, be it enacted, That every male 








foundland Fisheries:—And the said Motion was, | person of full age who in the last day of Angust in 


any vear shall have occupied any house, warehouse, 
/countinghouse or shop within any borough during 
'the whole vear, and also during the time of such 


osed, That an humble Address be presented to | occupation shall have been an inhabitant householder 
Pier Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased | within the said borough, or within seven miles of the 
to give directions, that there be laid before this | said borough, shall, if duly enrolled in that year 
House, a Copy of any Correspondence between the | according to the —— the last-mentioned 
Colonial Office and the Hudson’s Bay Company, | Act contained, be a burgess of such borough, and 
with reference to the Charter or to the License of | ™ember of the body corporate of the mayor, alder- 
Trade of that Company, since the 22d day of Fe-|™cn and burgesses of such borough: provided 
bruary 1858, being the Date of the last Returns | always, That no such person shall be so enrolled in 


? . . ° ro . H ‘ , , PAs 
upon the subject :—And the said Motion was, with any year unless he shall have been rated in respect 




























Jews Act. 


Masters and 


— 3 


Markets 
(ireland) Bill. 


Municipal 
Elections Bill. 
Bill 70. 


leave of the House, withdrawn. 


The Select Committee on the Jews Act was nomi- 


nated of Mr. Thomas Duncombe, Mr. Walpole, Lord 


John Russell, Mr. Henley, Sir Richard Bethell, Mr. | 


Solicitor General, Sir James Graham, Lord John 
Manners, Sir George Grey, Lord Hotham, Mr. 
Byng, Mr. Newdegate, Mr. Dillwyn, Mr. Adams 


ry . &gt; ® } . . 
and Colonel Wilson Patten; with Power to send | iq premises, except such as shall become payable 


for persons, papers and records. 

Ordered, ‘Vhat Five be the Quorum. 

The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Masters and Operatives Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Thursday. the 24th day of this instant March. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Markets (/re/and) Bill; 

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


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


(In the Committee.) 


Preamble postponed. 

Crausss, N° i to N° 4, agreed to. 
Cxiauss, N° 5, amended, and agreed to. 
Cravuses, N° 6 to N° 9, agreed to. 
Crause, N° 10, amended, and agreed to. 


of such premises so occupied by him within the 
| borough, to all rates made for the relief of the poor 
|of the parish wherein such premises are situated, 
during the time of his occupation as aforesaid, and 
unless he shall have paid, on or before the last day 
/of August as aforesaid, all such rates, including 
| therein all borough rates, if any, directed to be paid 
| under the provisions of the last-mentioned Act as 
Shall have become payable by him in respect of the 


| 
| 


within six calendar months next before the said last 
'day of August: provided also, That the premises 
|in respect of the occupation of which any person 
shall have been so rated need not be the same 
premises, or in the same parish, but may be different 
premises in the same parish or in different parishes : 
provided also, That no person, being an alien, shall 
ve so enrolled in any year, and that no person shall 
be so enrolled in any year who, within six calendar 
months next before the said last day of August shall 
have received parochial relief: provided, That in 
every case provided in this Act, or in the said last- 
' mentioned Act, the distance of seven miles shall be 
computed by the nearest public road or way by land 
or water)——brought up, and read 1°. 
| Question put, That the Clause be read a second 
time ; 
The Committee divided. 
Tellers for thef Mr. Hadfield, 7 
Yeas, UMr. Gilpin: f 
Tellers for the { Mr. Cross, 7 
Noes, Mr. Andrew Steuart : J 
| The Tellers being come to the Table, Mr. Gilpin, 
one 








92 VicroriZ. 


one of the Tellers for the Yeas, stated that Mr. 
Arthur Kinnaird, Member for the City of Perth, 
had not voted, though he had been in the House 
when the Question was put; whereupon the Chair- 
man directed the Honourable Member for Perth to 
come to the Table, anil asked him if he had heard 
the Question put :—The Honourable Member having 
stated that he had heard the Question put, and 
having declared himself for the Yeas, the Chairman 
desired his name to be added to the Yeas :— 

The Tellers accordingly declared the Numbers, 
Yeas 97, Noes 187. 


Another Clause (So much of the twenty-eighth 
section of the Act of the fifth and sixth years of the 
reign of King William the Fourth, chapter seventy- 
six, as enacts that no person shall be qualified to be 
a councillor or alderman of any borough unless he 
shall be seised or possessed of real or personal estate 
of the amounts therein mentioned, or be rated to the 
relief of the poor of such borough upon the annual 
value therein mentioned respectively, shall be and is 
hereby repealed )——brought up, and read 1°. 

Question put, That the Clause be read a second 
time ; 

‘The Committee divided. 

Tellers for the { Mr. Foz, 7 

Yeas, \Mr. Biggs: j 

Tellers for the; Mr. Cross, 1 

Noes, Mr. Andrew Steuart: J 

Clause (That it shall not be obligatory onany person 
who shall hereafter be placed, elected, or chosen in or 
to the office of mayor,alderman, recorder, bailiff, town 
clerk, or common councilman, or inor to any office, 
or magistracy, or place, trust, or employment relating 
to the government of any city, corporation, borough, 
or cingue port within England and Wales, or the 
town of Berwich-upon- Tweed, either before, or upon, 
or after his admission into any of the aforesaid 
offices or trusts, to mike and subscribe the declara- 
tion contained in the second section of an Act passed 
in the ninth year of the reign of King George the 
Fourth, intituled, “ An Act for repealing so much of 
several Acts as imposes the necessity of receiving 
the Sacrament of the Lord’s Supper as a qualification 
for certain offices and employments,” or to make 
and subscribe the declaration contained in the first 
section of an Act passed in the first and second 
years of the reign of Her present Majesty, intituled, 
*“ An Act for the relief of Quakers, Moravians and 
Separatists elected to municipal oflices,” or to make 
and subscribe the declaration contained in the first 
section of an Act passed in the eighth and ninth 
vears of the reign of Her present Majesty, intituled, 
“An Act for the relief of persons of the Jewish 
Religion elected to municipal offices”) ——brought 
up, and read 1°. 

Question, That the Clause be read a second time 
——put, and negatived. 

Clause (The thirty-second and thirty-third sections 
of the said Act of Parliament of the filth and sixth 
years of the reign of King William the Fourth, 
chapterseventy-six,are hereby repealed) —— offered ; 
but it appearing that this Clause was inconsistent 
with Clause N°16, which the Committee had already 
agreed should stand pxrt of the Bill, the Chairman 
stated that it could not be received. 

Two Clauses added. 

Schedule agreed to. 

Preamble agreed to. 

Bil), as amended, to be reported. 


108, 


18 





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


Veneris, 11° die Martii, 1859: 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Fitz- 
Key eapeetan, That the Committee had gone through 
the Bill. 

Ordered, Tnat the Bill, as amended in the Com- 

Vou. 114. 


10°—11° Marti. 





103 


mittee, be taken into consideration upon Tuesday 
next ; and be printed. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Law of Pro- 
into a Committee on the Law of Property and we ey 
Trustees Relief Amendment Bili; and, after some tier Amend- 
time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; ment Bill 
and Mr. FitzRoy reported, That the Committee [Lords.} 
had gone through the Bili. Bill 71. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed toa Com- 


mittee of the whole House, for Thursday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming The “Charles 
the adjourned Debate on the Question proposed &amp; Georges. 
upon the 8th day of this instant March, relative to 
the “‘ Charles et Georges ;” 

Ordered, ‘hat the Debate be further adjourned 
till Tuesday next. 


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 Bull 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 thefMr. Beresford Hope, lios 
Yeas, (Mr. Stanhope: P cme 

Tellers for the f Sir John Trelawny, 1 17 
Noes, \Mr. Liggs: ae 


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 this 
day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Church Rates 
reading of the Church Rates Commutation Bill; Commutation 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Thursday the 7th day of April next. 


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till One of the clock on Friday morning, 
adjourned till this day. 





Veneris, 11° die Marti: 
Anno 22° Victoria Regine, 1859. 


PRAYERS. 


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 Lancashire and York- Lancashire 
shire Railway (Rochdale and Royton) Branches, i“ 
Petition from Owners, &amp;c., Rochdale, for dispensing (Rochdale 
with Standing Order 105, and for leave to be heard and Royton 
upon their Petition against the Bill, the said Stand- Branches) 





ing Order ought to be dispensed with; that the 
| Parties be perm:tted to be heard upon their Petition 
jagainst the Bill, notwithstanding 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 Lianidloes and New- Lianidloes 
town Railway, Petition of Messrs. Pritt for dis- ae 
; ae . ws ‘ , y Bill. 
pensing with Standing Order 155, the said Standing 
Order ought to be dispensed with. 
The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 





O04 Mr. 


































































































Birkenhead, 
Lancashire 


and Cheshire 
Junction Rail- 
way Bill. 


Vale of 
Llangollen 
Railway Bill. 


Leatherhead 
and Dorking 
Railway 

(No. 1) Bill. 


Leatherhead 
and Dorking 


Railway 
(No. 2) Bill. 


Salford Bo- 
rough (No. 2) 
Bill. 


Hampstead 
Junction 
Railway Bill. 


Banff, Macduff The Banff, Macduff and Turriff Junction Rail- 


and Turriff 
Junction 
Railway Bill. 


Formartine 
and Buchan 
Railway Bill. 


104 


Mr. Ridley reported from the Committee on 
Group 7 of Railway Bills; That in the case of the 
Birkenhead, Lancashire and Cheshire Junction 
Railway Bill, they had examined the allegations 
contained in the Preamble of the Bill, and amended 
the same, by striking out the paragraphs relating to 
the proposed contribution by the Company towards 
the construction of a new street in Birkenhead ; the 
Power to enter into agreements with the Mersey 
Docks and Harbour Board for working traffic on 
the quays at Birkenhead and Poulton-cum-Seacombe, 
and the proposed traffic arrangement with the 
Shropshire Union Railways and Canal Company 
(the Reridons relating to those objects having been 
withdrawn by the Promoters), and also by amend- 
ing the paragraphs relating to the capital arrange- 
ments of the Company and the working and other | 
arrangements with the London and North Western 
and Great Western Railway Companies ; and found 
the same, as amended, to be true; and had gone | 
through the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. | 

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





Mr. Scholefield reported from the Committee on | 
Group 6 of Railway Bills; That in the case of the | 
Vale of Llangollen Railway Bill, they had examined 
the allegations contained in the Preamble of the 
Bill, and amended the same, by striking out the 
recital with respect to altering and limiting the tolls 
to be taken at the Llangollen Bridge turnpike, the 
application for such Powers having been withdrawn 
by the promoters of the Bill; and found the same, 
us 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. Edward Egerton reported from the Com- 
mittee on Group 3 of Railway Bills; That in the 
case ofthe Leatherhead and Dorking Railway (No. 1) | 
Bill, they had examined the allegations contained 
in the Preamble of the Bill, but the same had not 
been proved to their satisfaction. | 

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

Mr. Edward Egerton reported from the Com- | 
mittee on Group 3 of Railway Bills ; That in the | 
case of the Leatherhead and Dorking Railway | 
(No. 2) Bill, they had examined the allegations con- | 
tained in the Preamble of the Bill, but the same | 
had not been proved to their satisfaction. 

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





Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from | 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, | 
That in the case of the Sa/ford Borough (No. 2) | 
Bill, the Standing Orders have been complied with. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, 
That in the case of the Petition for additional Pro- 
vision in the Hampstead Junction 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. 


way Bill was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

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


The Formartine and Buchan Railway Bill was 
read the third time. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 


11° Martiz. 











af. 1859. 


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


The Leominster and Kington Railway Bill was Leominster 
read the third time. and Ki 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Railway Bill, 


The Swansea Vale Railway Bill was read the Swansea Vale 
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. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Findhorn 
the Findhorn Railway Bill, us amended in the Com- Railway Bill 


| mittee. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Red Sea and 
into a Committee on the Red Sea and India Tele- ™4ia Tele- 


graph Company (No. 2) [Agreements, &amp;e.] oy 
(In the Committee.) oo 


Resolved, That all agreements and arrangements, 
of what nature or kind soever, which, at the time of 
the passing of a Bill “to incorporate the Red Sea 
and India Telegraph Company, and for enabling 
the Company to establish and work Telegraphs be- 
tween Great Britain and India and other Countries, 
and for other purposes connected therewith,” shall 
have been entered into between the Lords Commis- 
sioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury and the Red Sea 
and India Telegraph Company, and especially an 
Indenture of Agreement of the eighteenth day of 
November, One thousand eight hundred and fifty- 
eight, recited in the said Bill, shall be and continue as 
valid and effectual, to all intents and purposes what- 


| soever,as if the said Bill (which authorizes like agree- 


ments and arrangements after the passing thereof) 
had been passed before the making of such agree- 
ments and arrangements; and that all such agree- 
ments and arrangements be by the said Bill con- 
firmed, and shall and may be enforced against the 
er :—And that the Lords Commissioners of 
Her Majesty’s Treasury may make and enter into, 
on behalf of Her Majesty, and of all departments of 
Her Majesty’s Government, such agreements or 
arrangements with the Company as to the rates or 
charges to be paid to the Company for the use of 
their Lines of Telegraph, and for the assistance of 
their officers and servants in the transmission and 
delivery of messages for Her Majesty or on Her 
Majesty's service, and may iniroduce into any suck 
agreements or arrangements such terms and provi- 
sions as to the amount of the rates and charges to 
be demanded as well from Her Majesty as from the 
public at large, and as to securing to the Company 
a minimum annual payment for the transmission 
and delivery of messages and signals for Her Ma- 
jesty or on Her Majesty’s service, or a mirimum 
dividend on the capital, and generally in relation 
thereto, as the said Lords Commissioners and the 
Company may be able to agree on. 


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. 


Several Public Petitions were presented, and Public 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. aap 
Vide Tenth 
Report. 
Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant Harwich Writ 
to the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ 
for the electing of a Burgess to serve in this preseut 
Parliament 


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Bill 72. 


Local Acts. 
No. 50. 


Manning the 
Navy. 


Tonnage 
and Pilots 
(London. ) 


East India 
(Mr. Hudson, 
&amp;e.) 

No. 125. 
British 
Museum. 

No. 126. 


Belfast Lu- 


natic Asylum. 


Dwelling. 


houses (Scot- 


land.) 


Hull Citadel, 








22 Vicroriz. 


Parliament for the Borough of Harwich, in the room 
of John Bagshaw, Esquire, who, since his Election 
for the said Borough, hath accepted the Office of 
Steward or Bailiff of Her Majesty’s three Chiltern 
Hundreds of Stoke, Desborough and Bonenham, in 
the County of Buckingham. 


The Ecton and Welton Exchange Bill was read 
the first time. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exami- 
ners of Petitions for Private Bills; and be printed. 


Mr. Corry presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand,—Further Reports from the Admiralty rela- 
tive to Applications for Local Acts. 

Mr. Corry also presented,-—Return to an Order, 
dated the 4th day of this instant March, for a Re- 
turn relative to Manning the Navy. 

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 
the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, dated 
the 18th day of February last, for Returns relative 
to Tonnage and Pilots (London). 


Ordered, That the Return relative to East India 
(Mr. Hudson, &amp;c.), which was presented upon the 
10th day of this instant March, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the British 
Museum, which was presented upon the 10th day 
of this instant March, be printed. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
a Copy of the Correspondence which passed be- 
tween the Lord Lieutenant of Jreland and the Go- 
vernor of the Belfast District Lunatic Asylum, re- 
lating to certain alleged Errors in the Report of the 
Commissioners of Inquiry into the state of the 
Lunatic Asylums of Ireland, regarding the Belfast 
Asylum. 


Resolved, That 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 Burgh in Scotland, showing, 
from the Valuation Roll under the Lands Valuation 
Act, the Number of Dwelling-houses of £.10 real 
rent and upwards occupied by male householders ; 
also the Number occupied by male householders at 
£.8 and under £.10; the Number at £.6 and under 
£.8; the Number at £.5 and under £.6; the Num- 
ber at £.4 and under £.5; the Number at £.3 and 
under £.4; the Number at £.2 and under £.3 ; and 
the Number under £.2. 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Copies of all Correspondence with reference to the 
sale of the Citadel Site in Hu/l, between the Hull 
Dock Company and the Treasury, the War Depart- 
ment, and the Office of Woods and Forests. 


Resolved, That 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, Salaries, Date of 
Appointment, and Nature of Office of all Judicial 
Officers, Law Officers of the Crown, and other 
Principal Officers connected with the Administra- 
tion of Justice in the East Indian Possessions of the 
Crown and in Ceylon; and specifying such Officers 
as shall have belonged to the Legal Profession in 
a or Ireland and Scotland respectively. 

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. 
Vou, 114, 





11° Martiz. 









































105 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, an Greenwich 
Account of the Receipts and Expenditure of Green- Hospital 
wich Hospital during the year 1858; specifying the 
Amounts severally paid in Salaries, Lodging Money, 
and Value of Cals, Lights, Stores, and other 
Articles supplied to Officers of the Establishment, 
together with the Rate of Half-pay and Pensions 
received by each ; distinguishing the Expense of the 
Military and Civil Departments respectively : 
Of the Salaries paid to the Principals, Masters and 
Assistant Masters of the Upper and Lower Schools: 
——And, of the Names, Ages, and Dates of Ap- 
pointment of the existing Officers of the Civil and 
Military Departments; and the Number of Pen- 
sioners borne on the Books on the Ist day of Janu- 
ary and the 31st day of December 185s. 





Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Fire In- 
Return of all Sums paid into the Inland Revenue stance. 
Office in Great Britain and Jreland, for Duty on 
Insurance against 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 1858 (in continuation of Parliamentary 
Paper, No, 365, of Session 1858). 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Reforma- 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased tries, Schools, 
to give directions, that there be laid before this ™ 
House, a Return showing the Amounts of Grants 
which have been made by the Committee of Her 
Majesty’s Privy Council on Education to Reforma- 
tories, Ragged Industrial Schools, or any other 
Institutions, under whatever designation, in England 
and Scotland, in accordance with the Minute dated 
the 2d day of June 1856, from that date to the 31st 
day of December 1857:—ist. The Name and 
Character of the School or Institution, and where 
situated ; 2d. The Numbers in each School respec- 
tively on account of whom the Grants have been 
; made ; 3d. The Amount for Capitation Grant of 50s.; 
| 4th. Amount in aid of Teachers’ Salaries; 5th. 
| Amount in aid of Rent; 6th. Amount in aid of 
| Purchase of Tools and Raw Materials for Labour ; 
7th. Average Amount for each Pupil; 8th. Amount 
in aid of Building : 














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


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

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 
Chair ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word “ That” to 
the end of the Question, in order to add the words 
“ in conformity with the practice of the Public De- Construction 
“partments of laying before the House detailed and Conver- 
a“ Estimates for Works costing above One thousand *" Ships 
“ pounds, it is desirable that a Statement, in the 

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Ways and 
Means. 


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(£.1,222,383. 
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Consolidated 
Fund 
(£. 11,000,000.) 


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“ following form, showing the proposed Expendi- 
“ture in the construction and conversion of Her 
“ Majesty’s Ships, be annually laid before this 
“ House, with the Navy Estimates :” 


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instead thereof. 
And the Question being put, That the words pro- 
posed to be left out stand part of the Question ; 
The House divided. 
The Yeas to the Right ; 
The Noes to the Left. 
Tellers for the {Sir William Jolliffe, 1 117 
Yeas, {Colonel Taylor : j . 
Tellers for the fLord Clarence Paget, | 97. 
Noes, LMr. Milner Gibson : f “| 
So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 
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 Jeave of the House, with-| 
drawn. 
Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the | 
Chair :— The House accordingly resolved itself! 
into the Committee. 


(In the Committee.) 


£.995,647, for Victuals to Seamen and Marines. 
Resolution to be reported. 





And the House having continued to sit till after 
Twelve of the clock on Saturday morning ; 
Sabbati, 12° die Martii, 1859: 


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. 

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 


into the Committee of Ways and Means. 
(In the Committee.) 


1. Resolved, That, towards making good the 
Supply granted to Her Majesty, for the deficiency 
in the Grants for the Service of the years ending 
the 3lst day of March 1858 and 1859, the sum of | 
£. 1,222,383. 8s. 9d. be granted out of the Conso- | 
lidated Fund of the United Kingdom of Great Bri- | 
tain and Ireland. 

2. Resolved, That, towards making good the 
Supply granted to Her Majesty, the sum of) 
£.11,000,000 be granted out of the Consolidated | 
Fund of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and 
Ireland. 


Resolutions to be reported. 


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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 
Monday 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 East India 
into a Committee on the East India Loan Bill; and, 12 Bil. © 
afier some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed 
the Chair; and Mr. FitzRoy reported, That the 
Committee had gone through the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 


~~ mittee, be taken into consideration upon Monday 


next. 

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

‘mittee on the Superannuation Bill ; ation 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- Marine 
mittee on the Marine Mutiny Bill; Mutiny Bill, 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The County Courts Bill was, according to Order, County Courts 
read a second time; and committed to a Committee Bill. 
of the whole House, for Monday next. 


. t 


mittee on the Sale of Poisons Bill; B 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Sale of Poisons 
ill. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Remission of 

into a Committee on the Remission of Penalties Penalties Bill 
Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. 
Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. FitzRoy I 
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. 


geenom 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Newspapers, 
mittee on the Newspapers, &amp;c. Bill ; &amp;e, Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


i collemh 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Recreation 
into a Committee on the Recreation Grounds Bill ; Grounds Bil. 
_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 upon Monday 
next. 


loann-o) 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Church Rates 
reading of the Church Rates Abolition Bill; Abolition Bil 
Ordered, Tinat the Bill be read a second time 
upon Tuesday next, at Twelve of the clock. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Chinese War. 
Return of the Number of Officers, Sailors and Ma- 
rines killed, wounded, died and invalided in China, 
from the commencement of Hostilities in 1856 to 
the close of the War in 1858. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented East India 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased (Revenue) 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Returns showing, in parallel Columns, the 

| Gross Amount of the Indian Land Revenue (after 
deducting Repayments), for Bengal, Madras, Bom- 
bay, the Eastern Settlements, the District of Coorg, 
the Territory ceded by the Burmese, including Pegu 
and Mastahan, Nagpore, Oude, the North West 
Provinces, the Punjaub and Trans-Zndus Territory, 
Sind and Sattara, separately ; and showing, in se- 
parate Columns, the Charges for Collection, includ- 


ing 


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92 Vicroriz. 


ing Cost and Charges of Salt and Opium, all other 
Payments out of Income, and the Net Amount paid 
into the Government Treasuries, for each year from 
1834, or from the date of Annexation to the latest 
date ; and showing, in separate Columns, the Col- 
lective Amounts for all the Districts under the same 
Heads, in the following form :— 




















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hyeit 
Of the Gross Amount of the Customs Revenue 
for the same years ; the Charges for Collection, and 
the Net Amount paid into the Treasuries ; the same 
from Salt and Opium, and from all other sources: 
——And, of the Gross Amount of the Jndian Re- 
venue, the Total Payments out of Income, and the 
Net Receipts into the Treasury, for the same 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. 





Ordered, That the Earl of March be added to the 
Select Committee on Irremovable Poor. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That Mr. Cheetham be added to the Select 
Committee on Colonization and Settlement (India) : 
—And the said Motion was, with leave of the 
House, withdrawn. 


Ordered, That tiiere be laid before this House, an 
Account of all Exchequer Bills raised, or authorized 


to be raised, charged on the Aids or Supplies of 


1859, unprovided for. 
Sir Stafford Northcote accordingly presented the 
said Account. 
. _ Ordered, That the said Account do lie upon the 
Table; and be printed. 


Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer presented, by 
Her Majesty’s Command,—Estimates for the Re- 
venue Wepartments, Effective and Non-effective, for 
the year 1859, ending 31st March 1860. 

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


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





11°——_19°— 








Luna, 14° die Martii ; 
Anno 22° Victoria Regine, 1859. 


PRAYERS, 
M&amp; FitzRoy reported Clifton’s Name Bill, 


without Amendment. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Mr. FitzRoy reported the Glasgow Corporation 
Water Bill, with Amendments. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 
Vou. 114, 





14° Martiz. 107 


Mr. FitzRoy reported from the Committee on Tavistock 
the Tavistock Markets, Streets and Improvement — 
Bill; That they had examined the allegations con- fmpro 


tained in the Preamble of the Bill, and verbally Bill. 
amended the same; and found the same, as 
amended, to be true; and had gone through the 
Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. FitzRoy reported from the Committee on Red Sea and 
India Tele- 
[Agreements, &amp;c.], a Resolution; which was read, ea 


[ Agreements, 


the Red Sea and India Telegraph Company (No. 2) 


as followeth: 

That all agreements and arrangements, of what &amp;] 
nature or kind soever, which, at the time of the 
passing of a Bill “to incorporate the Red Sea and 
India Telegraph Company, and for enabling the 
Company to establish and work Telegraphs between 
Great Britain and India and other Countries, and 
for other purposes connected therewith,” shall have 
been entered into between the Lords Commissioners 
of Her Majesty’s Treasury and the Red Sea and 
India Telegraph Company, and especially an In- 
denture of Agreement of the Eighteenth day of 
November, One thousand eight hundred and fifty- 
eight, recited in the said Bill, shall be and continue 
as valid and effectual, to all intents and purposes 
whatsoever, as if the said Bill (which authorizes 
like agreements and arrangements after the passing 
thereof) had been passed before the making of such 
agreements and arrangements; and that all such 
agreements and arrangements be by the said Bill 
confirmed, and shall and may be enforced against 
the Company:— And that the Lords Commis- 
sioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury may make and 
enter into, on behalf of Her Majesty, and of all 
Departments of Her Majesty’s Government, such 
agreements or arrangements with the Company, as 
to the rates or charges to be paid to the Company 
for the use of their Lines of Telegraph, and for the 
assistance of their officers and servants in the 
transmission and delivery of messages for Her Ma- 
jesty or on Her Majesty’s Service, and may intro- 
duce into any such agreements or arrangements such 
terms and provisions as to theamount of the rates 
and charges to be demanded as well from Her Ma- 
jesty as from the public at large, and as to securing 
to the Company a minimum annual payment for the 
transmission and delivery of messages and signals 
for Her Majesty or on Her Majesty’s Service, or a 
minimum dividend on the capital, and generally in 
relation thereto, as the said Lords Commissioners 
and the Company may be able to agree on. 

The said Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 

Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee on the Bill, that they have Power to make 
Provision therein pursuant to the said Resolution. 


mittee on Public Petitions ; That they had exa- 
mined the Petitions presented upon the 10th and 
11th 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. 


nience of Parties, they had adjourned until Wed- 
nesday next, at Twelve of the clock. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


That in the case of the Petition for additional Pro- 
vision in the Tyne Improvement 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 Pro- 
vision therein pursuant to the Prayer of the said 











Petition. 


P2 Mr. 


























































Mr. Gregson reported from the Select Com- Public 


Sir Benjamin Hall reported from the Committee Private Bills 
on Group C. of Private Bills; That, for the conve- (Group C.) 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Tyne Im- 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, pasar 

































108 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 
prem one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, 
of Site) Bil. That in the case of the Court of Probate, &amp;c. (Ac- 

quisition of Site) Bill, the Standing Orders have 
been complied with. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time. 
Public Offices © Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 


Extension Bill. (16 of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, 
That in the case of the Public Offices Extension 
Bill, the Standing Orders have been complied with. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time. 


A Petition of Owners of Salmon Fisheries in the 
Fisheries Bill. River Tweed, praying that Provision may be made 
in the 7 weed Fisheries Bill for charging on Proxies 
granted under the Bill, only the Stamp Duty im- 
posed on Proxies by the Act 19 &amp; 20 Vic. c. 81, 
was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Tweed 
Fisheries 
{Stamp Duty 
on Proxies.) 


A Motion being made, That this House will, To- 
morrow, resolve itself into a Committee to consider 
of providing that every Proxy granted under the 
Provisions and for the purposes of “ The Tweed 
Fisheries Act, 1857,” or the Bill of the present 
Session to amend the said Act, shall be chargeable 
only with the Stamp Duty imposed on Proaies by 
the Act of the nineteenth and twentieth years of 
Her Majesty’s reign, chapter eighty-one ; 

Mr. Fitz Roy, by Her Majesty’s Command, ac- 
quainted the House, That Her Majesty, having been 
informed of the subject-mutter of this Motion, re- 
commends it to the consideration of the House. 

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


Shepton 


A Motion being made, That the Shepton Mallet 
— Water 


Water Bill be now read the third time; 

And Notice being taken, that the interest of the 
Prince of Wales, as Dake 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 
Consent, as far as the Prince of Wales’s interest is 
concerned, that the House may do therein as they 
shall think fit. 

Then the Bill was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

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


Falmouth The House proceeded to take into consideration 
— and the Falmouth Docks and Harbour Bill, as amended 
ur Bill. . : 
in the Committee. 

A Clause (Officers of Customs to have free access 
to Docks, without paymentof toll), was twice read ; 
and made part of the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 

Great Western The House proceeded to take into consideration 
allway Bill. the Great Western and Brentford Railway Bill, as 


amended in the Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Kirkwall The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Harbour Bill. the Kirkwall Harbour Bill, as amended in the 
Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 
Much Wenlock The House proceeded to take into consideration 
eo the Much Wenlock and Severn Junction Railway 
Railway Bill. Bill, as amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Horwich The House proceeded to take into consideration 
(city) wae the Norwich (City) Water Bill, as amended in 


the Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


14° Martiz. 











A. 1859. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration guna 
the Sunderlund and South Shields Water Bill, as "4 South 
amended in the Comwittee. a Water 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Wimbledon 
the Wimbledon and Dorking and Epsom and Lea- 4 Dorking 
therhead Railways Bill, as amended in the Com-2"4 Epsom 


. and Leather. 
mittee. head Railways 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. _Billl. 


The Kingston-upon-Thames Gas Bill was read a Kingston. 


second time; and committed. upon-Thameg 
Gas Bill, 


The Order, That the Sittingbourne and Sheerness Sittingbourne 
Railway (Working Arrangements, &amp;c.) Bill be com~ pi Sheerness 
mitted, was read, and discharged. (Workin Ar 

Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. rangements, f 
&amp;c.) Bill. 

Several Public Petitions were presented, and Public 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. Petitions, 

A Public Petition was a presented, and read ; via. Va, 
and referred to a Select Committee. and Tenth 

Report. 

Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Belvoir Agri- 
Copy of Correspondence between the Board of cultural Modd 
Education in Ire/and and the Patron of the Belvoir 5°! 
National Agricultural Model School, in the County 
of Clare. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Population, 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased *«: 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return of the Population and Number 
of Houses, according to the Census of 1851, in 
each of the Places named in Schedule 1 in the 
Representation of the People Bill, and in the 
Parishes of Chelsea, Kensington, and Hammersmith, 
respectively :———Of the Number of Persons rated 
to the Poor at £.10 and upwards: And, of the 
Number of Persons rated to the Poor at £.6 and 
upwards, in each of the Places named in Schedule 1 
in the Representation of the People Bill, and in the 
Parishes of Chelsea, Kensington, and Hammersmith, 
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. 





Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Metropolitan 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased Buildings Act 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Returns of all Fees paid to the Commis- 
sioners of Police under the Provisions of the Me- 
tropolitan Buildings Act, 18 &amp; 19 Vic. c. 122, for 
surveying dangerous Structures, since the Act came 
into operation : And, of the Number of Sum- 
monses issued by order of the said Commissioners 
for the Recovery of Surveyors’ Fees, with the Ex- 
pense attendant on each, stating out of what Funds 
the said Expenses were paid. 

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





Mr. Gathorne Hardy presented,— Return to an Ecclesiastical 
Order, dated the 24th day of February last, for a oT 
Return relative to the Ecclesiastical ‘Commission ‘ } 
(Ireland). 

Return to an Order, dated the 28th day of Lunatic’ As 
February last, for a Return relative to Lunatic lums (Ireland. 
Asylums (Jreland). 

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


Lord Stanley presented,-—Return to an Address East Indis 
to Her Majesty, dated the 4th day of this a (Mortal 
arch, 





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March, for a Return relative to East India (Mor- 
tality at Dumdum). 

Return to an Address to Her Majestv, dated the 
10th day of this instant March, for a Return rela- 
tive to East India (Governor General). 

Return to an Order, dated the 12th day of De- 
cember, in the last Session of Parliament, for a 
Return of the Name or Number of each Regiment 
and Regular and Irregular Corps in Jndia which 
has mutinied, or manifested a disposition to mutiny, 
since the 1st day of January 1857 ; of the Number 
of Officers and Men present with each Regiment 
and Corps at the Outbreak of any Mutiny; of the 
Date of the first Intimation received by any Officer 
of any Regiment or Corps being disposed to mu- 
tiny; and of the Date when Information thereof 
was received by the Governor General of India, and, 
so far as relates to the Bombay Army, by the Go- 
vernor of Bombay :——Also, the Date of the first 
Order issued by the Commanding Officer of the 
Regiment or Corps, and by the Governor General 
or Governor of Bombay, for adopting Measures for 


The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Commercial 
to grant further Powers to the Commercial Dock ae 
Company; to which the Lords desire the concur- Bin), 


rence of this House. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Registry of 


| into a Committee on the Registry of Landed Estates ne ee 


Bill. 
(In the Committee.) 
Preamble postponed. 
Cravuses, N° 1 to N° 4, 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. 

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


Mr, FitzRoy reported from the Committee of supply. 





the prevention of such Outbreak, or suppression of 
such mutinous disposition. 
Ordered, That the said Returns do lie upon the | 


Supply, a Resolution; which was read, as fol- 


| loweth : 


That a Sum, not exceeding £. 995,647, be granted victuals to 


Table. | to Her Majesiy, to defray the Charge of Victuals to Seamen and 


General Peel presented,—Return to an Address 
to Her Majesty, dated the 4th day of this instant 
March, for Returns relative to Army (General 
Officers). 

Return to an Order, dated the 25th day of Fe- 
bruary last, for Accounts relative to Chaplains, &amp;c. 
(Army). 

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


Seamen and Marines, which will come in course of M@tines- 
ayment during the year ending on the 31st day of 
larch 1860. 
The said Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 


Mr. FitzRoy reported from the Committee of Ways and 
Ways and Means, several Resolutions; which were Means. 
read, as follow: 





Lord John Manners presented,—Return to an 
Order, dated the 9th day of this instant March, for 
a Return relative to the Foreign Office. 

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


Mr. Corry presented,—Return to an Order, dated 
the 1st day of June, in the last Session of Parlia- 
ment, for a Return of the Number of Seamen who 
deserted, from the 1st of January 1854 to the 31st 
day of December 1857; and the Amount of Wages 
forfeited to the Crown. 

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


Ordered, That the Return relative to Chelsea 
New Bridge, which was presented upon the Yth day 
of this instant March, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Tonnage 
and Pilots (Zondon), which was presented upon the 
11th day of this instant March, be printed. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 


Bill. 
(In the Committee.) 


Preamble postponed. 


Causes, N° 1 to N° 3, 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- 
ress in the Bill ; and that he was directed to move, 
hat the Committee may have leave to sit again. 
Resolved, That this ~ fone will, upon Friday next, 
again resolve itself into the said Committee. 





Mr. ~ icon 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 Anniversary Days’ 
Observance (Occasional Forms of Prayer) Bill, 
without any Amendment : 


1. That, towards making good the Supply granted Consolidated 
to Her Majesty, for the deficiency in the Grants for Fund 
| the Service of the years ending the 31st day of March ve sap 
| 1858 and 1859, the Sum of £. 1,222,383. 8s. 9d. 
| be granted out of the Consolidated Fund of the 
United Kingdom of Great Pritain and Ireland. 

2. That, towards making good the Supply granted Uonsolidated 
to Her Majesty, the Sum of £. 11,000,000 be granted Fund 
out of the Consolidated Fund of the United King- :11:900.0) 
dom of Great Britain and Ireland. 

The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Bills be brought in upon the said 
Resolutions: And that Mr. FitzRoy, Mr. Chan- 
cellor of the Exchequer and Sir Stafford Northcote 
do prepare, and bring them in. 





| 
| 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 Navy Estimates be referred to a Select Com- Navy Esti- 
“ mittee,” instead thereof. mates. 
And the Question being put, That the words pro- 
posed to be left out stand part of the Question :—It 
was resolved in the Affirmative. 
Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 
Chair :—The House accordingly resolved itself into 
the Committee. 


(In the Committee.) 
1. £.142,957, for Expenses of the Admiralty 
Office. 


2. £.186,057, for Coast Guard Service, and for 
Royal Naval Coast Volunteers. 


Resolutions to be reported. 





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


Martis, 15° die Martii, 1859: 
Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Fitz- 





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Ways and 
Means. 


Mutiny Bill. 


Marine 
Mutiny Bill. 


East India 
Loan Bill. 


County Courts 
Bill. 


Remission of 
Penalties Bill. 


Lunatic Poor 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Registration 
of Births, &amp;c. 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Markets (Ire- 
land) Bill. 


Petitions of 
Right Bill. 


Affidavits by} 
Commission, 
&amp;c. Bill. 


Evidence by 
Commission 
Bill 


110 


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, upon Wednesday 
next, again resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Wavs and Means ; 

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


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


14°—15° Maritii. 





The House, according to Order, resolved itself | 
into a Committee on the Marine Mutiny 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 House, according to Order, proceeded to | 
take into consideration the East India Loan 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 the County Courts 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 Remission of Penalties Bill was, according 
to Order, read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That the Clerk de carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Lunatic Poor (Jreland) Bill; 

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


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Registration of Births, &amp;c. (Jrelund) 
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 Markets (Jreland ) Billi; 

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


The Petitions of Right Bill was, according to 
Order, read a second time; and committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for Friday next. 


The Affidavits by Commission, &amp;c. Bill was, ac- 
cording to Order, read a second time; and com- 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for 
Friday next. 


The Evidence by Commission Bill was, accord- 
ing to Order, read the third time. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 





A. 1859. 


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


The Oaths Act Amendment Bill was, according Oaths ag 
to Order, read a second time; and committed to a Amendment 
Committee of the whole House, for Wednesday Bill. 
next. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to Recreation 
take into consideration the Recreation Grounds Gtounds Biy 
Bill, as amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Biil be read the third time 
upon Weduesday next. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented East India 


to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased (Native Wo. 
to give directions, that there be laid before this °"? **) 


House, a Copy of the Despatch on the subject of 
the Regulation No. XIX. of 1810, Bengal Code, 
and the Regulation No. VII. of 1817, Madras Code, 
which connected the Government of Judia with the 
care, &amp;c. of Pagodas, Mosques, Xc. 

Ordered, That 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 Saint James, 
to render valid certain Marriages in the Church of Baldersty, 
Saint James, Baldersby, in the County of York : And Validity. 
that Mr. Secretary Sotheron Estcourt and Mr. Ga- 


thorne Hardy do prepare, and bring it in. 


The Select Committee on the Poor Law Boards poor Lay 

(Payment of Detts) Bill was nominated of Mr, Boards (Pay- 
Adams, Mr. Beach, Mr. Alderman Copeland, Mr. pavt tDeb) 
Crawford, Mr. Cox, Mr. Alderman Cubitt, Mr. Grey, ~ 
Mr. Hankey, Mr. Kirkman Hodgson, Mr. Noel, 
Mr. William Gore Langton, Mr. Puller and Mr. 
Robertson ; with Power to send for persons, papers 
and records. 

Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Ton Bridges 
Return of the several Toll Bridges in every County (Ireland) 
in Jreland, the Toils payable on each, with a refe 
rence to the Statutes or other Authority under which 
such Tolls are enacted. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Landed 
Return of the Salaries of the Judges and other Estates, Court 
Otlicers of the Landed Estates Court in [reland ; (Ireland.) 
and of the Compensations allotted to the several 
Retired Officers of the Incumbered Estates Court, 
under the Statute 21 &amp; 22 Vic. ce. 72. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Literary, &amp; 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased Institutions 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return of the Names and Locality of all 
the Literary, Scientific and Artistic Institutions 
which have obtained from the Certifying Barrister, 
or from the Lord Advocate, Certificates of Exemp- 
tion from Local Rates under the Act 6 &amp; 7 Vie. 

c. 36. 

Ordered, That 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, upon Friday next, Affidavits by 
resolve itself into a Committee to consider of im- he (Stamp 
posing a Stamp Duty on every Commission for puty.] 
appointing Persons to administer Oaths in pur- 
suance of the Provisions of any Act of the present 
Session for enabling the Judges to appoint Com- 
missioners within Ten Miles of London, and in the 
Isle of Man and the Channel Islands, to administer 


Oaths in Common Law. 
Mr. 





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Mr. Secretary Sotheron Estcourt presented a Bill | 
to render valid certain Marriages in the Church of | 
Saint James, Baldersby, in the County of York: | 
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 One of the clock on Tuesday morning, | 
adjourned till this day. 








| 


Martis, 15° die Martii ; 


| 
, . ‘ 
Anno 22° Victoria Regine, 1859. 


PRAYERS. 

M R. FitzRoy reported from the Committee or 
the King’s Lynn Borough and Port and 

Harbour Improvement Bill; That they had examined 
the allegations contained in the Preamble of the 
Bill, and amended the same, by confining the alle- 
gation of the expediency of repealing the Water- 
works Act to part of that Act (part only being re- 
pealed by the Bill as submitted to the Committee), 
and omitting the allegation of the expediency of 
making further Provision for the improvement of 
the Port and Harbour (such further Provision being 
omitted from the Bill so submitted); 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, 
That in the case of the Ecton and Welton Exchange 
Bill, no Standing Orders are applicable. 

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


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

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


Ordered, That the Findhorn Railway Bill be read 
the third time To-morrow. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on Tweed Fisheries [Stamp Duty 
on Proxies]. 

(In the Committee.) 


Resolved, That every Proxy granted under the 
Provisions and for the purposes of “ The Tweed 
Fisheries Act, 1857,” or the Bill of the present 
Session to amend the said Act, shall be chargeable 
only with the Stamp Duty imposed on Proxies by 
the Act of the nineteenth and twentieth years of Her 
Majesty's reign, chapter eighty-one. 

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 whenever any Private Bill, which, 
in pursuance of any Report from the Chairman of 
Ways and Means, under Standing Order 67, has 
originated in the House of Lords, shall have been 
brought from the House of Lords, such Bill, after 
having been read a first time, shall be referred to 
the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, before 
whom the compliance with such Standing Orders 
as shall not have been previously inquired into shall 
be proved. 

rdered, That the Examiner shall give at least 
Vou. 114. 


14°—15° Martiz. 








111 


Two clear days’ notice in the Private Bill Office of 
the day on which the same will be examined. 


The Commercial Docks Act Amendment Bill —— 
was read the first time. yen a 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Bill [Zords.] 


Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills. 


Several Public Petitions were presented, and Public 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. Petitions. 

A Public Petition was also presented, and read ; Vide Votes, 
and referred to a Select Committee. and Eleventh 

Report. 

Sir William Heathcote, Baronet, being one of the Controverted 
Members appointed by Mr. Speaker to serve on the #lections. 
General Committee of Elections, and not objected 
to by the House, was sworn at the Table by the 
Clerk. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to East India East India 


(Mortality at Dumdum), which was —— upon Senta} 
the 14th day of this instant March, be printed. No. 131 


Ordered, That the Return relative to East India East India 
(Governor General), which was presented upon the (Governor 


ey r General.) 
14th day of this instant March, be printed. No. 132. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to East India East India 
(Mutiny), which was presented upon the 14th day saat 
of this instant March, be printed. No. 133. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Army Army (Ge- 
(General Officers), which was presented upon the neral Officers. ) 
14th day of this instant March, be printed. No. 134, 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Chaplains, Chaplains, &amp;c. 
&amp;e. (Army), which was presented upon the 14th day ( Army.) 
of this instant March, be printed. No. 135. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Foreign Foreign Office. 
Office, which was presented upen the 14th day of No. 136. 
this instant March, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Seamen Seamen 
deserted, which was presented upon the 14th day deserted. 
of this instant March, be printed. No. 137. 


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 from the word “ That” to 
the end of the Question, in order to add the words 
“any amendment of the Law relating to Church 
“‘ Rates which should exempt persons contributing 
“ to the support of some other place of worship than 
“ the parish church from the payment of the rate, 
“ at the same time that the existing machinery for 
“ the support of the fabric of the Church of England 
“ should be continued in operation upon the mem- 
“ bers of her own communion, is worthy of the con- 
‘ sideration of this House,” instead thereof. 

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

_Another 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 tothe Right; 

The Noes to the Left. 


Tellers for the {Sir John Trelawny, 7 
Yeas, Mr. Cor: f 
Tellers for thef Mr. Beresford Hope, 7 
Noes, Mr. Deedes : f 


The Tellers being come to the Table, Sir John 
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Llanidloes 
and Newtown 
Railway Bill. 


‘ with the Provisions of the Bill) the use of the tram- 


Ordnance 


' Survey, &amp;c. 


Ecclesiastical 
Commission 
Bill. 


Liverpool 
Stations Junc- 
tion Railway 
(No. 2) Bill. 


Tweed 


». Fisheries 


[Stamp Duty 


- on Proxies.] 


112 


Trelawny, one of the Tellers for the Yeas, stated 
that Mr. Antrobus, Member for Wilton, not having 
heard the Question put, had not voted ; 

Whereupon Mr. Speaker directed the honourable 
Member for Wilton to come to the Table, and again 
stated the Question to him; on which the honour- 
able Member declared himself with the Yeas; and 
Mr. Speaker directed his vote to be added to the 
Yeas. - 

The Tellers accordingly declared the numbers, 
Yeas 242, Noes 168. i 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

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


Mr. Scholefield reported from the Committee on 
Group 6 of Railway and Canal Bills; That in the 
case of the Lianidloes and Newtown Railway Bill, 
they had examined the allegations contained in the 
Preamble of the Bill, and amended the same, by 
omitting those relating to the creation of additional 
capital, as to which no evidence was adduced ; and 
that they had inserted words defining (in accordance 


way to be by horse power; and found the same, as 
amended, to be true ; and had gone threugh the Bill, 
and made Amendments thereunto. ¥ 

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


General Peel presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand,—Copy of Report of the Progress ‘of-the 
Ordnance Survey and Topographical Bepat to the 
3ist December 1858. 

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


The Order for reading a second time, To-morrow, 
the Ecclesiastical Commission Bill, was read, and 
discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill’ be read a second time 
upon Wednesday the 6th day of April next. 


Mr. Ridley reported from the Committee on 
Group 7 of Railway Bills; That in the case of the 
Liverpool Stations Junction Railway (No. 2) Bill, 
they had examined the allegations contained in the 
Preamble of the Bill, and amended the same, by 
striking out so much thereof as related to working 
arrangements with other Companies, the Power to 
enter upon such working arrangements having been 
withdrawn from 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. 


Notice being taken, that Forty Members were not 
present :—The House was told by Mr. Speaker ; 


-15°—16 Martii. 





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, 16° die Martii ; 
Anno 22° Victoria Regine, 1859. 
PRAYERS. 


R. FitzRoy reported from the Committée on 
. Tweed Fisheries [Stamp Duty on Proxies], 
a Resolution ; which was read, as followeth: 

That every Proxy granted under the Provisions 
and for the purposes of “ The Tweed Fisheries Act, 
1857,” or the Bill of the present Session to amend 
the said Act, shall be chargeable only with the Stamp 
Duty imposed on Proxies by the Act of the nine- 


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teenth and’ twentieth years of Her. Majesty’s reign, 
chapter eighty-one. = 

The said Resolution, being read_a second time, 
was agreed to. 

Ordered, That it be:an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee on the Bill, that they have Power to make 
Provision therein pursuant to the said Resolution. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third Findhorn 
reading of the Findhorn Railway Bill ; Railway Bill 

And a Motion being made, That the Bill be now 
read the thirdtime;,. 

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. F , 

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 East Suffoi 
the East Suffolk Railway Bill, as amended in the Railway Bil, 
Committee. : 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Lands Im. 
the Lands Improvement Company Bill, as amended Provement 
in the’ Committee. Company Bill 

‘Ordered, That the Bili be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Weymouth 
the Weymouth and Melcombe Regis Markeis and and Melcombe 
Pier Bill, as amended in the Committee. pe tae 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Ordered, That the Order made upon the &amp;th day galford Bo- 
of February last, limiting the time of the second rough (No.2) 
reading of Private Bills, be suspended in thé case Bi 
of the Sa/ford Borough (No. 2) Bill. 


The Salford Borotigh (No. 2) Bill was read a Salford Bo. 
second time; and committed. ; — : 
The Ecton and Welton Exchange Bill was, ac- Ecton and 
cording to Order, read a second time; and com- Welton Ex 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for ree ” 

To-morrow. 


A Petition of the Swansea Harbour Trustees, for Swanses Har- 
leave to bring in a Bill to extend the Period limited bour Trust 
by “ The Swansea Harbour Act, 1854,” for the 
construction and completion of the Works thereby 
authorized, was presented, and read ; and referred to 
the Select Committee on Standing Orders. 


Several Public Petitions were presented, and read; Public 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. Petitions. 


Vide Blevgnth. 


Reporte, 
The following Paper was laid upon the Table by Malt...’ * 
the Clerk of the House,— Return to an Order, dated 


| the 10th day of February last, for an Account re- - 


lative to Malt. 


o 

Ordered, That the Return relative to Postal, &amp;c. Postal, &amp;. 
Communication (England and Ireland), which was Comtngieal 
presented upon the 18th day of February last, be anq Ireland) 
printed. No. 138. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Tram 


into a Committee on the Tramways (Ireland) Bill; ( Bill 74 ©: 


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. 
Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 
Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a 
Committee 


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Committee of the whole House, for Wednesday the 
30th day of this instant March. 


gakruptcy The Bankruptcy and Insolvency Bill was, accord- 
fo ing to Order, read a second time; and committed to 
vency 


a Committee. of the whole House, for Wednesday 
the 30th day of this instant March. 


The Registration of County Voters (Scotland) 

Bill was, according to Order, read a second time ; 

* and committed to a Committee of the whole House 
for Wednesday the 6th‘day of Aprilnext. 


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&amp;e. The Order of the day being read, for resuming 
the adjourned Debate. on the Question proposed 
upon the 23d day of:February last, That the Elec- 
tions, &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 Bill was accordingly read a 
second time ;- and committed to a Committee of the 
whole House, for To-morrow. : 


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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. 


Ianatic Poor The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
(ireland) Bill. ittee on the Lunatic Poor (Jre/and) Bill ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 

hair ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word “ Tiat” 
to the end’ of the Question, in order to add the 
words “ this House will, upon.this day six months, 
“resolve itself into the said Committee,” instead 
thereof, 

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

Another Amendment was proposed to be made 
to the Question, by leaving out from the word 
“That” to the end of the Question, in order to 
add the words “the Bill be committed to a Select 
“ Committee,” instead thereof. 

And the Question being put, That the words 
proposed to be left out stand part of the Question : 
—It passed in the Negative. 

And the Question beinz put, That the words 
“the Bill be committed to a Select Committee” be 
added instead thereof:—It was resolved in the 
Affirmative. 

‘J ‘Then the Main Question, so amended, being 
on. «pat; 


16° Martii. — 113 


of Norwich; to which the Lords desire the con- 
currence of this House : 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Victoria 
to extend the time for the Completion of certain (London) 
Works of the Victoria (London) Dock Company, 
and for other purposes; to which the Lords desire 
the concurrence of this House. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Oaths Act 
into a Committee on the Oaths Act Amendment — 
Bill. ° ; 

' (In the Committee.) 


Preamble postponed. 

Cuiause, N° 1 (Form of Affirmation to be made 
by Quakers and other Persons by Law permitted to 
make an Affirmation instead of taking an Oath). 

Motion made, and Question proposed, That .the 
Chairman do report Progress, and ask leave to sit 
again :— Motion, by leave, withdrawn. 

Clause agreed to. 

Crause, N° 2, 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 thesame, without 
Amendment. — 

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


The R:2creation Grounds Bill was, according to Recreation 
Order, read the third time. Grounds Bill. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Saint James, Baldersby, Marriages Validity Saint James, 
Bill was, according to Order, read a second time; a 
and committed to a Committee of the whole House, Validity Bill, 
for To-morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Adulteration 
reading of the Adulteration of Food or Drink +i in 
Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Tuesday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Combination 
reading of the Combination of Workmen Bill ; of Workmen 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time = 
upon Friday next. 





consideration the Municipal Elections Bill, as Elections 
amended in the Committee ; Bill 75. 
And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That the Bill, as amended in the 
Committee, be now taken into consideration ; 
An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 


Ordered, That the Bill be committed to a Select Question, by leaving out from the word “ Bill” to 


Committee. 


Message fron 
the Lede 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That a Mes- 


the end of the Question, in order to add the words 
“ be re-committed,” instead thereof. 


And the Question being proposed That the 


sage had been brought from the Lords, by one of| words proposed to be left.out stand part of the 


, thei aisle 
Uedisastical eir Clerks, as followeth : 


Question :—The said proposed Amendment was, 


The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act} with leave of the House, withdrawn. 
for the union of the Diocesan Courts and Registries 


Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 


ier | 
(Irelgnd) Bin, in Zreiand ; for the Regulation of the mode of Pro-| mittee, be now taken into consideration :—The 
cedure therein, and also in the Metropolitan Courts | House, accordingly, proceeded to take the Bill into 


x House : 
ich New 
Bill, 


Von. 114. 


The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 
for making a New Street from near Foundry Bridge 
to King-street, in the City and County of the City | upon Wednesday next ; and be printed. 


of Armagh and Dublin; and for Appeals therefrom ; | consideration. : 
to which the Lords desire the concurrence of this 


A Clause (Notice of Election), 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 

















Q Mr. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Musicigel 








114 


Mr. FitzRoy reported from the Committee of 

Supply, several Resolutions ; which were read, as 
follow : 
Admiral 1. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 142,957, be 
ome. granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Salaries of 
the Officers and the Contingent Expenses of the Ad- 
miralty Office, which will come in course of payment 
during the year ending on the 31st day of March 
1860. 

2. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 186,057, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Salaries and 
Expenses of the Coast Guard Service, and the 
Charges for the Royal Naval Coast Volunteers, 
which will come in course of payment during the 
year ending on the 31st day of March 1860. 

The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 





Supply. 


















































Coast Guard 
Service, &amp;c. 


The Mutiny 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. 


Mutiny Bill. 


Marine 


The Marine Mutiny Bill was, according to Order, 
Mutiny 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. 


East India 


The Order of the day being read, for the third 
Loan Bill. 


reading of the East India Loan Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Friday next. 
County Courts The County Courts Bill was, according to Order, 
Bil. read the third time. 

Resolved, ‘hat the Bill do pass. 

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


Sir Stafford Northcote presented a Bill to apply 
a Sum, out of the Consolidated Fund, to the Service 
of the year ending the Thirty-first day of March 
One thousand eight hundred and fifty-nine: And 
the same was read the first time; and ordered to 
be read a second time To-morrow. 


Consolidated 
Fund 


(£. 1,222,383. 
8s. 9d.) Bill. 


Sir Stafford Northcote presented a Bill to apply 
a Sum, out of the Consolidated Fund, to the Service 
of the year One thousand eight hundred and fifty- 
nine: And the same was read the first time; and 
ordered to be read a second time To-morrow. 


Consolidated 
Fund 

(£. 11,000,000) 
Bill. 


Cork Butter 


Mr. Poulett Scrope reported from the Committee 
Market Bill. 


on Group G. of Private Bills; That in the case of 
the Cork Butter Market Bill, they had examined 
the allegations contained in the Preamble of the 
Bill, and amended the same, by altering the con- 
stitution of the body of Trustees of the Butter 
Market, with a view to both producers and mer- 
chants of butter being equally represented ; but the 
Parties promoting the Bill had stated to the Com- 
- mittee, that it was not their intention to proceed 
with the same. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Londonderry 


ndonde Mr. Poulett Scrope reported from the Committee 
- Bridge Bill. 


on Group G. of Private Bills; That in the case of 
the Londonderry Bridge Bill, they had examined 
the allegations contained in the Preamble of the 
Bill, and amended the same, by striking out that 
part of it which empowered the Corporation of 
Londonderry, the Grand Juries of the City and 
County of Londonderry, of the County of Tyrone 
and of the County of Donegal, and the Irish Society, 
to raise Money for the purposes of the Act, as the 
same was abandoned in the Bill; and found the 
‘* same, as amended, to be true; that a Report from 
the Board of Admiralty had been referred to the 


16° Martii. 





A. 1859. 


Committee, and that they had duly considered the 
same, and had made Provision in the Bill pursuant 
to the Instruction of the House; and had gone 
through the Bill, and made Amendments there- 
unto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Poulett Scrope reported the Kingstown Water xi 
Bill, with Amendments. Water Bil 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Sir Benjamin Hall reported from the Committee Whitehaven 
on Group C. of Private Bills; That in the case of Port, Harboy 
the Whitehaven Port, Harbour and Town Bill, they @4 Town Bi, 
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. 


Sir Benjamin Hall reported from the Committee whitchaven 
on Group C. of Private Bills; That in the case of Harbour and 
the Whitehaven Harbour and Town Bill, they had Tw" Bill 
examined the allegations contained in the Preamble 
of the Bill, and amended the same, by making Pro- 
visions in the Bill for the election of Trustees; the 
division of a district therein described into Wards, 
and the qualification of Voters ; 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 Benjamin Hall ng from the Committee Private Bills 
on Group C. of Private Bills; That there being no (Group C,) 
Bill for. consideration, they had adjourned until 
Monday next, at Twelve of the clock. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Shirley reported from the Committee on Kingston. 
the Kingston-upon-Hull Docks Bill; That at the upon-Hull 
meeting of the Committee this day, a Letter was Docks Bil 
received from Sir John Trelawny, one of the Mem- 
bers of the said Committee, stating that he was 
unable, on account of illness, to attend the Com- 
mittee this day. 

Ordered, That ‘Sir John Trelawny be discharged 
from further attendance on the said Committee. 


Mr. Shirley reported from the Committee on the Kingston- 
Kingston-upon-Hull Docks Bill; That, for the con- saan | 
venience of Parties, the Committee had adjourned 7 
until Monday next, the 21st instant, at Twelve of 
the clock. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


The Ecclesiastical Courts and Registries ( Zreland) Ecclesiastical 
Bill was read the first time; and ordered to be read neers 
a second time upon Thursday the 24th day of this (retand) Bil 


instant March ; and to be printed. | Lords.] 
Bill 76. 
The Norwich New Street Bill was read the first Norwich New 
time. pe .K 


Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exa- 


miners of Petitions for Private Bills. 


The Victoria (London) Docks Bill was read the Victoria (Lo 
first time. silt Lorit] 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exa- 
miners of Petitions for Private Bills. 


Mr. Ingham reported from the Committee on Railway Bili 
Group 1 of Railway Bills ; That, for the convenience (GP 1) 
of Parties, the Committee had adjourned till Friday 
next, at Twelve of the clock. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


And then the House adjourned til] To-morrow. 








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Yalden and 
Sheen Valley 
Drainage Bill 


— * 
Railway Bill 


Merthyr, 
Tredegar, and 
Abergavenny 
Railway Bill. 


Central Wales 
Railway Bill. 


Patt 
(Eleventh 
Report. 


Clifton’s 
Name Bill 
{Lords} 


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992 VicrortiZ. 


Jovis, 17° die Marti: ; 
Anno 22° Victorie Regine, 1859. 


PRAYERS. 

OLONEL Wilson Patten reported from the 
Select Committee on Standing Orders, a Re- 
solution; which was read, as followeth : 

That in the case of the Malden and Sheen Valley 
Drainage Bill, Petition of Messrs. Leakey, Chap- 
man and Clarke for dispensing with Standing Order 
146 in respect of said Bill, the said Standing Order 
ought not to be dispensed with. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Ridley reported from the Committee on 
Group 7 of Railway Bills; That in the case of the 
Warrington and Stockport Railway Bill, they had 
examined the allegations contained in the Preamble 
of the Bill, and amended the same, by substituting 
the Name of the Zondon and North Western for 
that of the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire 
Railway Company, in pursuance of the leave granted 
by the House on the 4th of March instant; and also 
by omitting the paragraph which states the expedi- 
ency of reserving to the Great Northern Railway 
Company Power to participate in the Lease or 
Purchase of the Warrington Railway ; and found 
the same, as amended, to be true; and had gone 
through the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

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


Mr. Scholefield reported the Merthyr, Tredegar, 
and Abergavenny Railway Bill, with Amendments. 

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


Mr. Scholefield reported the Central Wales Rail- 
way Bill, with Amendments. 

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


Mr. Gregson reported from the Select Committee 
on Public Petitions ; That they had examined the 
Petitions presented upon the 14th, 15th and 16th 
days of this instant March, and had directed him to 
make a Report thereof to the House. 

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


Clifton’s Name Bill was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the same, without Amendment. 


A Motion being made, That the Falmouth Docks 


0, and Harbour Bill be now read the third time; 


And Notice being taken, that the interest of the 
Prince of Wales, as Duke of Cornwall, is concerned 
therein ; 

Lord Lovaine, 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 the Prince of Wales’s interest is 
concerned, that the House may do therein as they 
shall think fit. 

Then the Bill was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

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


a peners The Great Western and Brentford Railway Bill 
Railway Bij, WS 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. 114. 


17° Martiz. 





115 


A Motion being made, That the Kirkwall Har- Kirkwall 
bour Bill be now read the third time ; Harbour Bill. 

Lord Lovaine, by Her Majesty’s Command, ac- 
quainted the House, That Her Majesty, having 
been informed of the purport of the Bill, gives Her 
Consent, as far as Her Majesty’s interest is con- 
cerned, that the House may do therein as they shall 
think fit. 

Then the Bill was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

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


The Much Wenlock and Severn Junction Railway Much Wen- 
Bill was read the third time. — -— 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. ten eben 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the Bill 


Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Norwich (City) Water Bill was read the third Norwich 
time. (City) Water 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. _ 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Wimbledon and Dorking and Epsom and Wimbledon 
Leatherhead Railways Bill was read the third time. - a 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. poe 2 nel 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the head Railway 
ill, 


Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Mr. Fitz Roy reported from the Committee on the Red Sea and 
Red Sea and India Telegraph Company (No. 2) a 
Bill; That they had examined the allegations con- an (No. 2) 
tained in the Preamble of the Bill, and amended bill. 
the same, by omitting the statement of the sum 
called and paid up upon the Shares, that being a 
fluctuating sum, which it was proved would vary 
considerably before the passing of the Bill; and 
found the same, as amended, to be true; and had 
made Provision in the Bill, 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. 


Ordered, That the Minutes of the Evidence taken South Eastern 
before the Committee on the South Eastern Railway Railway | 
(Greenwich Junction to Dartford, &amp;c.) Bill, in [Greenwich 
Session 1857, be referred to the Committee on the Dartford, &amp;c.) 


London Bridge and Charing Cross Railway Bill. _ Bill (1857.) 


Ordered, That the Whitehaven Harbour and Town whitehaven 
Bill, as amended in the Committee, be referred to Harbour and 
the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, to T°¥® Bil 
inquire and report whether any Standing Orders not 
previously inquired into are applicable to the Bill, 
as amended, and whether they have or have not 
been complied with. 

Ordered, That the Examiner have leave to sit 
and proceed forthwith. 


Several Public Petitions were presented, and read ; Public 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. Petitions. 
A Public Petition was also presented, and read ; yige Votes, 
and referred to a Select Committee. and Twelfth 
Report. 
Lord Lovaine presented, by Her Majesty's Com- Railway 
mand,—Copy of Reports of the Inspecting Officers Accidents 
of the Railway Department to the Lords of the 
Committee of Privy Council for Trade, upon certain 
Accidents which have occurred on Railways during 
the Months of May, June, July, August, September, 
October, November and December 1858 (Part 
Fifth). 
Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 
Table. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Parliamentary 
Return of all Sums of Money expended annually Committees. 
on account of each Parliamentary Committee, ftom 





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Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of all Benefices to which permanent Aug- 
mentations have been made by the Ecclesiastical 
Commissioners out of their Common Fund; giving 
in each case the Patronage of such Benefice, whe- 
ther Public or Private, together with the Amount of 
Augmentation, and the Sum, if any, contributed 
from private sources. 


Ecclesiastical 


? Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
a 


tronage. = Return of all cases of Patronage which the Eccle- 
siastical Commissioners have consented to transfer, 
either in Perpetuity or for one or more Nominations, 
in consideration of the building of a Church or 
Parsonage-house, or of an Endowment being wholly 
or in part provided ; stating in each case the Nature 
of the consideration, and the Term for which the 
Patronage has been transferred. 


Electors. Mr. Gathorne Hardy pre-euted,— Return to an 
Address to Her Majesty, dated the 4th day of Fe- 
bruary last, for a Return relative to Electors. 
Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 
17th day of February last, for a Return relative to 
Constituencies. 
Aggravated Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 
Assaults Act. osth day of February last, for a Return reiative to 
the Aggravated Assaults Act. 
Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 
(Marylebone) 8th day of this instant March, for a Return relative 
to Registered Electors (Marylebone). 
Deserted Chil- Return to an Order, dated the 3d day of this in- 
dren (Ireland) stant March, for a Return relative to Deserted 
Children (Jreland). 


Constituen- 
cies. 


Registered 
Electors 


Medical Mr. Gathorne Hardy also presented, pursuant to 

Council. the directions of several Acts of Parliament,—Re- 
turns of Receipts and Expenditure of the General 
Council of Medical Education and Registration of 
the United Kingdom, and of the Branch Council for 
England, Scotland, and Ireland, respectively, to the 
5th January last. 

Committals Returns from the Clerks of the Crown and Clerks 

(Ireland) = of the Peace of the several Counties, &amp;c., in Jre- 
land, of the Number of Persons committed to the 
different Gaols thereof for Trial, in the year 1858. 

Ordered, That the said Returns do lie upon the 
Table. 
Local Acts. Mr. Corry presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
No. 50. mand,—A further Report from the Admiralty, rela- 
tive to Applications for Local Acts. 

Chronometers. Mr. Corry also presented,—Return to an Order, 
dated the 1st day of this instant March, for a Re- 
turn relative to Chronometers. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 

Table; and that the first be printed. 
East India Lord Stanley presented,—Return to an Address 
(Lands in to Her Majesty, dated the 22d day of February 
= last, for a Return relative tu East India (Lands in 

Enam). 

Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 

Table. 
Malt. Ordered, That the Return relative to Malt, which 
No. 139. was presented upon the 16th day of this instant 


March, be printed. 


17° Martiz. 





A. 1859, 


A Motion was made, and the Question was Pro-: British 
posed, That a Select Committee be appointed to in- Museum, 
quire intothe re-organization of the British Museum: 
—And the said Motion was, with leave of the 
House, withdrawn. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- Rog; 
posed, That this House will, To-morrow, resolve Quarter. 
itself into a Committee to consider of an humble ™*#ter. 
Address to be presented to Her Majesty, praying 
that She will be graciously pleased to give directions, 
that the benefits conferred by the Royal Warrant of 
the 17th day of December 1855, upon Regimental 
Quartermasters retiring subsequent to the Date of 
the Declaration of the War with Russia, may be 
extended to those Regimental Quartermasters who 
completed the period of Service specified in the 
Warrant, but had retired previous to that Date: 
—And the said Motion was, with leave of the 
House, withdrawn. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being put, sousehoia 
That a Select Committee be appointed to inquire Infantry. 
into the nature and extent of certain Privileges en- 
joyed by Her Majesty’s Household Infantry, and 
mentioned in the Report of a Commission appointed 
on the 12th day of April 1858, as “ the Privileges of 
the Guards ;” also, to inquire whether such Privi- 
leges have a tendency to produce dissatisfaction or 
diminish the efficiency of the Army ; 

The House divided. 

‘The Yeas to the Right ; 

The Noes to the Left. 


Tellers for mi John Trelawny, 31 
Yeas, Mr. Coningham : } . 
Tellers for ~~ William Jolliffe, Liss 
Noes, Colonel Taylor : hoa 


So it passed in the Negative. 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That a Mes- Messageston 
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 Tottenham 
for incorporating “ The Tottenham and Edmonton and Edmosm 
Gas Light and Coke Company,” and extending their * Bil 
Powers, and for other purposes ; to which the Lords 
desire the concurrence of this House. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to Parliamentay 
amend the Laws which regulate the Gualification he 
and Registration of Parliamentary Voters in Jre- — 
land: And that Mr. Brady ané Major Ormsby 

Gore do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to Admiralty 
enable Serjeants, Barristers-at-Law, Attornies and Cu 
Solicitors to practise in the High Court of Admi- 
ralty: And that Mr. Hadfield and Sir Richard 
Bethell do prepare, and bring it in. 


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. Hadfield, Mr. 
Malins and Mr. Atherton do prepare, and bring 
it in. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being put, Fire 
That leave be given to bring’ in a Bill to reduce the 
Duty on Fire Insurances ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right ; 

The Noes to the Leit. 

Tellers for thes Mr. Henry B. Sheridan, 09, 

Yeas, Mr Hadfield : 

Tellers for the{Sir Wi/ham Jolliffe, }uz. 

Noes, ae Taylor : 

So it passed in the Negative. 

: , Ordered, 





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ay Har- 
: sea Port 
» Act (1853) 
Amendment, 
t India 
a China 
otal (Exports and 
: Imports. ) 
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mentary 
5 (Ire 
East India 
(Revenue. ) 
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table (Kevenue. ) 
ances 


22 Vicroriz. 


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117 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill | lective Total Amounts for all the Districts under the 
to amend the Galway Harbour and Port Act (1853): / same Heads, in the following form : 


And that Sir Stafford Northcote and Mr. Black- 
burn do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
a Return for each year since 1813, of the Value, 
Computed or Declared, of the Manufactures and 
Produce,—1. Exported from the United Kingdom 
to India and to China and Hong Kong, specifying, 
separately, the Values and Quantities of the follow- 
ing Goods, viz., Woollens, distinguishing Woollen 
and Worsted Stuffs, Cottons and Cotton Yarn; 
2. Imported into the United Kingdom from India 
and from China and Hong Kong, specifying the 
Values and Quantities of Cotton from Jndia, and 
Tea and Silk respectively from China; 3. Exported 
from India to China and Hong Kong, specifying, 
separately, the Value and Quantity of Opium and 
Cotton; and, 4. Imported into India from China and 
Hong Kong. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to issue a Royal Commission for the following pur- 
poses; viz. 

1. To inquire into and report on the Civil, 
Municipal and Ecclesiastical Laws and Cus- 
toms now in force in Jersey, including the Laws 
relating to the Tenure of Land, Trusts and 
Uses, and also the Rights of the Feudal Lords 
in the said Island : 

2. To inquire into and report on the Con- 
stitution of the Tribunals by which those Laws, 
Customs, and Rights are administered, and into 
the Practice and Forms of Procedure used by 
them respectively : 

3. To inquire into and report on all Defects 
in and Abuses of the said Laws and Customs 
in the constitution of said Tribunals, and in 
their Practice and Form of Procedure, and to 
suggest Remedies for amending the same : 

4. To inquire into the present state of Pri- 
sons in Jersey, and the mode of classifying 
Prisoners : 

5. To inquire into and report on the admi- 
nistration of the several Public Charities of the 
said Island. 

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


The Order made upon the 11th day of this instant 
March, That an humble Address be presented to Her 
Majesty, that She would be graciously pleased to 
give directions, that there be laid before this House, 
a Return relative to East India (Revenue), was 
read, and discharged. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return showing separately, in parallel 
Columns, 1. The Gross Amount of the Indian Land 
Revenue, the Receipts from Tributes, Sayer, Ab- 
karry, &amp;c., and their Totals, in three separate Co- 
lumns (after deducting Repayments), for Bengal, 
distinguishing the Eastern Settlements, the District 
of Coorg, the Territory ceded by the Burmese, Pegu 
and Martaban, Nagpore, Oude, the North-West 
Provinces, the Punjaub and Trans-Indus Territory ; 
Madras; Bombay, distinguishing Sind and Sattara; 
and showing, in separate Columns, the Charges for 
Collection, the Rate per cent. on Receipts, all other 
Payments out of Income, and the Net Amount paid 
into the Government Treasuries for each year from 
1834, or from the Date of Annexation to the latest 
Date ; and showing, in separate Columns, the Col- 





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—2. The Gross Amount of the Customs Revenue in 
each District, and in the same form, after deducting 
Repayments, the Charges for Collection, the Rate 
per cent., and the Net Amount paid into the Trea- 
suries, for the same years :—3. The Gross and Net 
Receipts from Salt in each District, in the same 
form, and for the same years :—4. The Gross and 
Net Receipts from Opium in each District, in the 
same form, and for the same years :—5. The Gross 
and Net Receipts from all other sources collectively 
in each District, in the same form, and for the same 
vears:—6. The Total Gross Amount of Receipts 
from all sources in each District, and collectively 
for all Parts, after deducting Repayments, the Total 
Charges for Collection, the Rate per cent., the Total 
Amount of other Payments, and the Net Amount 
paid into the Treasury, in the same form, and for 
the same 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. 


to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return showing separately, in parallel 
Columns, the Expenditure under the different Heads, 
as stated below, for the general Government of 
India, for the Government of Bengal, distinguishing 
the Eastern Possessions, the District of Coorg, the 
Territory ceded by the Burmese, Pegu and Mar- 
taban, Nagpore, Oude, the North-West Provinces, 
the Punjaub and Trans-Indus Territory ; Madras ; 
Bombay, distinguishing Sind and Sattara; and the 
Collective Total Amounts of each under all the 
above Heads :—1. Charges of the Civil and Poli- 
tical Establishments, including Contingent Charges, 
in the following form :— 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented East India 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased (Expenditure.) 





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—2. Judicial and Police Charges, in the same 
form, and for the same years: — 3. Buildings, 
Roads and other Public Works, exclusive of Re- 
pairs and of Military Buildings, in the same form, 
and for the same years:—4. Military Charges, in- 
cluding Military Buildings, in the same form, and 
for the same years:—5. Indian Navy and other 
Marine Charges, in the same form, and for the 
same years:—6. Mint Charges, for the same years: 
—7. Interest on Debt, in the same form, and for 
the same Years :—8. Any other Charges not included 
in the above, in the same form, and for the same 
years :—9. Charges in England, in the same years, 
under the separate Heads of—~1. Dividends to Pro- 





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1836 - 
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(Debt, &amp;c.) 


East India 
(Income and 
Expenditure. ) 





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eon of East India Stock ; 2. Interest on Home 
ebt; 3. General Charges of Home Establish- 
ments; 4. All other Charges ; and the Total of the 
whole. 

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


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return showing the Amount of the In- 
terest-bearing Debt of the Government of Jndia, 
and of the hast India Company in India and at 
Home, at the commencement of the year 1834-5, 
and of the Interest payable thereon ; also, showing 
the Amount of Debt contracted in each year since, 
brought down to the latest Date, in India and in 
England, with the Rates of Interest payable thereon; 
also the Amount of Debt redeemed in each year, 
and showing the Amount of Debt at the close of 
each year, with the Amount of Interest payable 
thereon. 

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


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return showing in each year, from 1834 
to the latest Date, the Income and Expenditure of 
the Government of Jndia and of the East India 
Company ; together with the Balances in the Indian 
Treasuries and at Home, at the beginning and the 
close of each year; and also showing the Surplus 
or Deficiency of each year; under the following 
Heads, and in the following torm :— 






































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Excise Duties. 


Licensed 
Trades. 


Letters of 
Detention. 




















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, 
an Account of the Quantities of the several Articles 
(specifying in detail the different varieties of Li- 
censes) charged with Duties of Excise in the United 
Kingdom, in the years ending the 31st day of March 


1857 and 1858, with the Gross Amount of the Duty’ 


on each Article, and the Total Duty. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, an 
Account of the ‘Trades that cannot be carried on in 
the United Kingdom without Excise Licenses :—— 
Of the Sums charged for such Licenses : Of the 
Number of Licenses granted for carrying on each 
Trade in 1858 :——And, of the Total Amount of 
Revenue derived therefrom. 





The Order made upon the 4th day of this instant 
March, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return relative to Letters of Detention, was read, 
and discharged. 


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A. 1859. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Letters of 
a Return of all Cases in which Actions have been Detention, 
entered in the High Court of Admiralty of England 
against British or Foreign Vessels, from the ist day 
of January 1856 to the 1st day of March 1859; 
specifying the Name of the Vessel; the Cause of 
the Action; whether a Warrant of Arrest issued or 
not; the Date of such Warrant; whether the Ves- 
sel was released by Decree of the Court, and, if so, 
the Date of such Decree, and also the Date of the 
Judgment of the Court in each Case. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Nottingham 
for confirming a Scheme of the Charity Commis- Charities. 
sioners for Sir Thomas White’s Charity and the Free 
Grammar School, in the Town of Nottingham: And 
that Mr. Adderley and Mr. Paget do prepare, and 


bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to Savings Banks 
continue an Act of the eleventh and twelfth years eer 
of Her present Majesty, for amending the Laws a 
relating to Savings Banks in Jreland: And that 
Sir Stafford Northcote and Mr. Blackburn do pre- 


pare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That Mr. Lygon be added to the Select Irremovable 
Committee on Irremovable Poor, Poor. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being put, Navy. 
That there be laid before this House, a Copy of 
Letters from Sir Baldwin Walker, on the state of 
the Navy, to the Admiralty or the First Lord of the 
Admiralty, from March 1858 to the end of the year ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right ; 

The Noes to the Left. 


Tellers for the {Sir Charles Napier, lo 
Yeas, \Mr. Lindsay : oe ‘ 
Tellers for ~~ Wiliam Jolliffe, lia 
Noes, Colonel Taylor : - 


So it passed in the Negative. 


The Select Committee on Merchant Shipping was Merchant 
nominated of Sir George Lewis, Lord Lovaine, Mr. Shipping. 
Cardwell, Mr. Thomas Baring, Mr. Crawford, Mr. 
Horsfall, Lord Clarence Paget, Sir James Elphin- 
stone, Mr. Fenwick, Mr. Bentinck, Mr. Wilcox, Mr. 
Liddell, Mr. Dalglish, Mr. Francis Russell, and 
Mr. Lindsay; with Power to send for persons, 
papers and records. 

Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, gunboats 
Returns of the Names and Horse Power of the (India and 
Gunboats on the East India and China Station :—— ©hi™) 
Of the Dates of their leaving England and Arrival 
in India or China, specifying the Ports of Departure 
and Arrival :——Of the Ports they touched at on 
their Passage out, and the Periods they remained 
at each :——And, of the Total Number of Days of 
each Vessel at Sea to reach her Destination ; if they 
Sailed separately, or were Convoyed by any of Her 
Majesty’s Ships or, Vessels; whether they were Towed 
at any time on their Passage ; and, if so, what part 
of the distance. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Endowed 


reading of the Endowed Schools (No. 2) Bill; a Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time ‘“” 


upon Thursday the 31st day of this instant March. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 8 wee a 
into a Committee on the Law of Property and FY ices Re- 


Trustees Relief Amendment Bill. lief Amend- 
’ ment Bill 
(In the Committee.) [Lords.] 


Crausss, N° 1 and N° 2, agreed to. 
To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. = 
“y 


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22 VicToRiz. 


Roy reported, That the Committee had made Pro- 
press in the Bill; and that he was directed to move, 
That the Committee may have leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, again 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Newspapers, &amp;c. Bill; 

Resolved, That this ase will, To-morrow, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


Newspapers, 
Se. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on the Ecton and Welton Ex- 
change 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 
To-morrow. 


Blections, &amp;c. 
Bill, 
Bill 77. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on the Elections, &amp;c. 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 amended 
the Title, as followeth : 

A Bill to assimilate the Time and Mode of pro- 
ceeding to Election of Members of the House of 
Commons in England, Ireland and Scotland; to 
limit the Time for proceeding to Election during the 
Recess ; and for vacating Seats by Bankrupt Mem- 
bers of the House of Commons ; and for other Elec- 
tion purposes. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for Wednesday the 
30th day of this instant March. 


Oaths Act The Oaths Act Amendment 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. 


‘int James, The House, according to Order, resolved itself 

Bilderby, into a Committee on the Saint James, Baldersby, 

Validity Bill. Marriages Validity 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 | 


Tu-morrow. 


ponlidated The Consolidated Fund (£.1,222,383. 8s. 9d.) | 
(£.1999,389, Bill was, according to Order, read a second time; | 


8. 94.) Bill, and committed to a Committee of the whole House, 
for To-morrow. 


Consolidated 
Fund 

{f. 1 1,000, 
_ 


The Consolidated Fund (£.11,000,000) Bill was, 
according to Order, read a second time; and com- 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for 
To-morrow. 


Afdaviteby The Order for the House to resolve itself into a 
te. (Stamp’ Committee, To-morrow, on Affidavits by Commis- 
Duty, sion, &amp;c. [Stamp Duty], was read, and discharged. 

tomate by _ Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, resolve 
te. (Stamp. itself into a Committee to consider of imposing a 


Duties, ] Stamp Duty on every Commission for appointing 
persons to administer Oaths, and on every Affidavit, 
Declaration or Affirmation made before the London 
Commissioners, in pursuance of the Provisions of any 
Act of the present Session for enabling the Judges 
to appoint Commissioners within Ten Miles of 
London, and in the Isle of Man and the Channel 
Islands, to administer Oaths in Common Law. 
Von. 114. 





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119 


Mr. Adderley presented a Bill for confirming a Nottingham 
Scheme of the Charity Commissioners for Sir Thomas Charities Bill. 
White’s Charity and the Free Grammar School, in Bill 78. 
the Town of Nottingham: And the same was read 
the first time ; and ordered to be read a second time 
To-morrow ; and to be printed. 


Sir Stafford Northcote presented a Bill to amend Galway Har- 
the Galway Harbour and Port Act (1853): And the tour and Port 
same was read the first time. ee 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred tothe Examiners Bill. 


of Petitions for Private Bills ; and be printed. Bill 79. 
: 9 i i Savings Banks 
Sir Stafford Northcote presented a Bill to continue “ee 4) 


an Act of the eleventh and twelfth years of Her \ + continu. 
present Majesty, for amending the Laws relating to ance Bill. 
Savings Banks in Ireland: And the same was read __ Bill 80. 
the first time; and ordered to be read a second 

time upon Monday next; and to be printed. 


Sir Bulwer Lytton presented,—Return to an Immigrants 
Address to Her Majesty, dated the 8th day of — 
. a. ricans. 
February last, for Returns relative to Immigrants 
and Liberated Africans. 
Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
Table. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 


Veneris, 18° die Marti ; 
Anno 22° Victoria Regine, 1859. 


PRAYERS. 


N R. Edward Egerton reported the Portsmouth Portsmouth 
and London and South Western Railway 2nd fendon 

Companies Bill, with Amendments. Western Rail- 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; way Com- 


and be printed. panies Bill. 


Mr. Edward Egerion reported from the Com- Railway Bills 
mittee on Group 3 of Railway Bills; That, for the (GTP 5.) 
convenience of Parties, the Committee had adjourned 
to Monday the 28th March, at Twelve of the clock. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Birkenhead, 
the Birkenhead, Lancashire and Cheshire Junction ——— 
Railway Bill, as amended in the Committee. Junction Rail- 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. way Bill. 

The House proceeded to take into consideration ——. 
the Caledonian Railway Bill, as amended in the “™'™*) *™ 
Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 

Chichester 


Ordered, That the Chichester Harbour Embank- leeches 
ment Bill, as amended in the Committee, be taken Embankment 
into consideration upon Monday next. Bill. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Gte4t 
Northern 


the Great Northern Railway Bill, as amended in Raiiway Bill, 
the Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


P . son London and 
The House proceeded to take into consideration yori Western 


the Zondon and North Western and other Railway and other 
Companies (Working and Traffic Arrangements) Railway Com- 
Bill, as amended in the Committee. panies ( Woek- 


; ‘ - i d 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. ‘aaa 
Bill. 


Vale of Lian- 
gollen Rail- 
way Bill. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Vale of Llangollen Railway Bill, as amended in 
the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Wirral Water 
the Wirral Water Bill, as amended in the Com- BP 
mittee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 

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120 


Public Offices The Public Offices Extension Bill was, according 
Extension Bill. 14 Order, read a second time ; and committed to a 
Select Committee. 


Court of The Court of Probate, &amp;c. (Acquisition of Site) 


= wana Bill was, according to Order, read a second time ; 
of Site) Bill. and committed to a Select Committee. 
Mid-Sussex A Petition of Promoters of the Mid-Sussezx 
ge ed and Midhurst Junction Railway Bill, praying that 
way Bill. Provision may be made in the said Bill for construct- 
ing the Railway according to amended plans and 
sections, was presented, and read ; and referred to 
the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills. 
Admiralty Mr. Hadfield presented a Bill to enable Serjeants, 
Court Bill. Barristers at Law, Attornies and Solicitors to prac- 
Bill 81. tise in the High Court of Admiralty : And the same 
' was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time upon Wednesday the 30th day of this 
instant March; and to be printed. 
Charitable Mr. Hadfield presented a Bill to amend the Law 
— relating to the Conveyance of Lands for Charitable 
Bill 82. Uses: And the same was read the first time ; and 
ordered to be read a second time upon Wednesda 
the 30th day of this instant March; and to be printed. 
spnenete, Mr. Scholefield reported from the Committee on 
Swantes gna Group 6 of Railway and Canal Bills; That in the 


Milford Haven case of the Manchester, Liverpool, Swansea and 
Junction Milford Haven Junction Railway Bill, they had 
Railway Bill. examined the allegations contained in the Preamble 
of the Bill, and amended the same, by striking out 
the recitals referring to the extension from Newbridge 
to the Vale of Towy Railway, the same not having 
been proved to their satisfaction ; and had also ver- 
bully amended the same, by omitting the repetition 
of the names of the Companies 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. 


Tottenham 
and Edmonton 
Gas Bill 
[Lords.]} 


The Tottenham and Edmonton Gas Bill was read 
the first time. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exa- 
miners of Petitions for Private Bills. 


Whitehaven 
Harbour and 
Town Bill. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the ‘Table,—Report from 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, 
That in the case of the Whitehaven Harbour and 
Town Bill, no Standing Orders not previously 
inquired into are applicable to the said Bill, as 
amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration. 


Colonel Wilson Patten reported from the Select 
Committee on Standing Orders, a Resolution ; which 
was read, as followeth : 

That in the case of the Swansea Harbour Trust, 
Petition for Bill, the Standing Orders ought to be 
dispensed with; that the Parties be permitted to 
proceed with their Bill, provided that the extension 
of time for completion of tne Works authorized to 
be made be limited to nine months from the expi- 
ration of their present term; 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. 


Standing 
Orders. 


Swansea Har- 
bour Trust. 


Swansea Har- 


The House was moved, That the Report from the 
bour Trust. 


Select Committee on Standing Orders, in respect of 
the Petition for the Swansea Harbour Trust Bill, 
might be read; and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to hae in a Bill to 


extend the period limited by the Swansea Harbour 





18° Martii. 











A. 1859. 


Act, 1854, for the constructio and completion of 
the Works thereby authorized: And that Mr. Didl- 
wyn and Mr. Hussey Vivian do prepare, and bring 
it in. 






























— — 


Several Public Petitions were presented, and read; Public 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. Petitions, 

Several Public Petitions were also presented, and Vide Votes, 
read; and referred to Select Committees. and Twelfth 

Report. 

Mr. Brady presented a Bill to amend the Laws Parliamentary 
which regulate the Qualification and Registration Voters (Ire. 
of Parliamentary Voters in Ireland; And the same ~~’, 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a Bill 83, 
second time upon Friday next; and to be printed. 


Sir Bulwer Lytton presented,— Return to an Ad- British 
dress to Her Majesty, dated the 17th day of Fe- Columbia, 
bruary last, for Returns relative to British Co- f 
lumbia. ’ 
Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
Table. 


Mr. Gathorne Hardy presented, pursuant to the Universities 
directions of an Act of Parliament,—-Copies of two (Scotland) 
Ordinances by the Scottish Universities Commis- 
sioners with reference to the University of Edinburgh, 
and the Universities and Colleges of Aberdeen. 

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


Ordered, That the Return relative to Electors, Electors, 
which was presented upon the 17th day of this instant No, 140, 
March, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Constituen- Constituen- 
cies, which was presented upon the 17th day of this “**- 
instant March, be printed. No. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Chrono- Chronometers. 
meters, which was presented upon the 17th day of No. 142 
this instant March, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to East India East India 
(Lands in Enam), which was presented upon the i 


17th day of this instant March, be printed. No. 143. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Immigrants por gs eh 
and Liberated Africans, which was presented upon “4 li 


ter : Africans. 
the 17th day of this instant March, be printed. No. 14, 


141, 


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


a Income Tax 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, (Dublin, 


Return of Income Tax assessed upon the County 
and City of Dublin for each of the years 1856, 
1857 and 1858, ending the Ist day of April; the 
Amount collected or in Arrear at the close of each 
year; and showing any Deficiency caused by the 
Defalcation of Income Tax Collectors or their 
Assistants ; the Names of any such Defaulters and 
their Sureties, with the Amount of each Security ; 
the Date of closing each year’s Collection, and 
issuing the Schedules and Book for the ensuing 
year. 

National 


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


Returns showing the Sums expended under the 
following Heads in each year from 1846 to 1859, 
severally: British Museum Establishment, British 
Museum Buildings, British Museum Purchases, 
National Gallery, Scientific Worksand Experiments, 
Royal Geographical Society, British Historical Por- + 
trait Gallery, ions and Art Departinent, Museum 
of Practical Geology and Royal Society :——And, 
of the Sums expended in the Pevchase and Laying- 
out of the Grounds and in Buildings on the Ken- 
sington Gore Estate, in each year from 1851 to 
1858, inclusive (in continuation of Parliamentary 
Paper, No. 313, of Session 1857-8). 

Resolved, 








Immigration 


Loans. 
| 
ry 
§ui nue 
sion Bil. 
rs. 
ed 


92 Vicroriz. 


Resolved, That 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, up to the present Date, of all Loans 
made by the British Government, or guaranteed by 
it, to the several West Indian Colonies, British 





Guiana and Mauritius, for Immigration purposes, | 


and of any Amounts which the Colonies have repaid 
on account of such Loans; distinguishing the Sums 
loaned or guaranteed to or repaid by each Co- 
lony : And, of the Amount each of these several 
Colonies has voted for Immigration purposes, spe- 
cifying the Amounts paid for Importation and for 
Back Passage. 

Ordered, That 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 on the Superannuation Bill ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
as proposed, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 

hair ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word “ That” to 
the end of the Question, in order to add the words 
“ all deductions from Salaries, in order to form a 
‘¢ fund for Superannuations, having been abolished, 
“it is not expedient to add to the amount of public 
‘“‘ charge by an increase in the scale of Superannu- 
“ ation,” instead thereof. 

And the Question being put, That the words 
proposed to be left ont stand part of the Question ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right ; 

The Noes to the Left. 


Tellers for the {Sir William Jolliffe, 1131 
Yeas, { Colonel Taylor : | amas 
Tellers for the {My Henry Willoughby, } 29 
Noes, Mr. William Williams: y 


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. 

Crausg, N* 1 (Sections 10,11, 13, 14, 15, 17, 19, 
and 24, of 4 &amp; 5 Will. 4, c. 24, repealed). 

Amendment proposed, in p. 1, 1. 16: After the 
word “eleven” to insert the word “twelve.” 

Question, That the word “twelve ” be there 
inserted——put, and negatived. 

Clause agreed to. 

Crausz, N° 2 (Ordinary rate of superannuation 
allowance). 

Amendment proposed, in p. 2, Is. 6and 7: To leave 
out the words “ in an established capacity.” 

Question proposed, That the words proposed to 
be left out stand part of the Clause :—Amendment, 
by leave, withdrawn. 

An Amendment made. 

Another Amendment proposed, in p. 2, I. 20: 
After the word “ Service ” to insert the words “and 
“also an allowance of one-sixtieth for each three 
“ years’ service of all persons who entered into the 
“ service of the State between the 30th day of Sep- 
“tember 1829 and the 1st day of July 1857, and 
“ who had paid the abatement on their salaries de- 
“ ducted by virtue of the Act 4 &amp; 5 Will. 4.” 

_ Question proposed, That those words be there 
inserted :—Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 

Another Amendment proposed, in p. 2, |. 24: 
To leave out from the words “ provided always” to 
the end of the Clause, in order to insert the words 
“That no such superannuation, except as herein- 
“ after provided, shall be granted in respect of any 


z re, not enumerated in the Schedule to this 
ct.” 


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Question, That the words “That if any question 
“should arise” stand part of the Clause——put, 
and agreed to. 

Another Amendment made. 

Clause, as amended, agreed to. 

Cuausg, N° 3, agreed to. 

Cuiavuse, N° 4, amended, and agreed to. 
Cuausss, N° 5 and N° 6, agreed to. 

Crause, N° 7 (Allowances on abolition of 





offices). 
Amendment proposed, in p. 4, Is. 7 and 8: To 
leave out the words “if ten years were added to the 
“number of years which he may have actually 
“ served.” 
Question put, That the words proposed to be 
left out stand part of the Clause ; 
The Committee divided. 
Tellers for the {Sir William Jolliffe, 161 
Yeas, (Colonel Taylor : } ; 
Tellers for the {Sir Francis Baring, } 38 
Noes, Mr. Rich: ‘ 
Another Amendment proposed, in p. 4, ls. 11 and 
12: To leave out the word “two-thirds” in order 
to insert the word “three-fourths.” 
Question, That the word “ two-thirds” stand 
part of the Clause—-—put, and agreed to. 
Clause agreed to. 
Crause, N° &amp;, disagreed to. 
Cuauses, N° 9 and N° 10, agreed to. 
Cause, N° 11 (Evidence of infirmity of persons 
under sixty). 
Amendment proposed, in p.5,1.5: After “sixty” 
to insert “‘ five.” 
Question put, That the word “five”’ be there 
inserted ; 
The Committee divided. 
Tellers for the on George Lewis, 
Yeas, Mr. Massey : 


}100. 

Tellers for thefSir William Jolliffe, hs 

Noes, (Colonel Taylor : a 

Clause agreed to. 

Cuause, N° 12, agreed to. 

Cravuse, N* 13 (Compulsory retirement at sixty- 
five). 

Amendment proposed, in p. 5, 1. 21: After the 
word “behaviour” to insert the words “ and not 
“ being an office included within the terms of any 
“ Order or Warrant made by the Commissioners of 
“ the Treasury under the provisions of section 4 of 
“ this Act.” 

Question proposed, That those words be there 
inserted :—Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 

Another Amendment proposed, in p. 5, |. 23: 
After the word “‘ shall” to insert the words “ after 
“ the ist day of January 1863 be obliged to.” 

Question proposed, That those words be there 
inserted :—Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 

Clause postponed. 

Cravuse, N° 14, amended, and agreed to. 

CrausE, N° 15, agreed to. 

Cravuse, N° 16, amended, and agreed to. 

Cxauses, N° 17 to N° 20, agreed to, 

Clause (For the purposes of this Act, no person 
hereafter to be appointed shall be deemed to have 
served in the permanent Civil Service of the State 
unless such person holds his appointment directly 
from the Crown, or has been admitted into the 
Civil Service with a certificate from the Civil Service 
Commissioners ; nor shall any person, already ap- 
pointed to any office, be held to have served in the 
permanent Civil Service as aforesaid, unless such 
person belong to a class which is already entitled 
to Superannuation allowance, or to a class in which, 
if he had been appointed thereto subsequently to 
the passing of this Act, he would, by virtue of the 
provision lastly hereinbefore contained, have become 
entitled to such allowance ; and no person shall be 








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Highways 
Bill. 


Supply. 


Ways and 
Means. 


East India 
Loan Bill. 


Sale of Poisons 
Bill. 


Bill 84. 


Title to 
Landed 
Estates Bill. 


Registry of 
Landed 
Estates Bill. 


Registration 
of Births, &amp;c. 
(Ireland) Sill. 


Markets 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Saint James, 
Baldersby, 
Marriages 
Validity Bill. 


Consolidated 
Fund 
(£.1,222,383. 
$s, 9d.) Bill, 
and Consoli- 


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entitled to any Superannuation allowance under 
this Act, unless his salary or remuneration has 
been provided out of the Consolidated Fund of the 
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, or 
out of monies voted by Parliament)——-brought up, 
and read 1°. 

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

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, 19° die Martii, 1859: 

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, hat 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 Highways Bull; 

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 Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Ways and Means; 

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


The Order of the day being read, for the third 
reading of the Last India Loan Bill ; 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time | reading ot the Ecton and Welton Exchan e Bill ; 


upon Monday next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on the Sale of Poisons 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 
Committee of the whole House, for Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Title to Landed Estates 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 Registry of Landed Estates 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 Registration of Births, &amp;c. (Jreland) 
Bill ; 


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Ordered, That the said Bills be committed to the 4ated Fund 
same Committee. 

Then the House resolved itself into the Com- 
mittee; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. 
Spewker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Fitz Roy re- 
ported, That the Committee had gone througb the 
Bills, and directed him to report the same, without 
Amendment. 

Ordered, That the Bills be read the third time 
upon Monday next. 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That a Mes- Message from 


sage had been bronght from the Lords, by one of *"¢ Lords, 
their Clerks, as followeth: 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Debtor and 
to amend the Law of Debtor and Creditor, Bank- ©Tditor Bill 
ruptcy, Insolvency, and Execution; to which the 
Lords desire the concurrence of this House: 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Fishguard 
for building and maintaining a Pier in the Harbour Harbour 
of Fishguard, in the County of Pembroke; and i ""™ 
making and constructing a Road and Quay in ex- 
tension of the present Quay, in the Town of Fish- 
guard; and deepening and otherwise improving the 
said Harbour; to which the Lords desire the con- 
currence of this House. 


The Nottingham Charities Bill was, according to Nottingham 


Order, read a second time; and committed to a Charities Bill 
| Committee of the whole House, for Tuesday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Law of 
mittee on the Law of Property and Trustees Relief Property and 
Amendment Bill ; Amendment 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Tuesday Bill [Lords] 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third Ecton and 
: benny = 
And a Motion being made, That the Bill be now [Lords] 


read the third time ; 

Mr. FitzRoy, by Her Majesty’s Command, ac- 
quainted the House, That Her Majesty, having 
been informed of the purport of the Bill, gives Her 
Consent, as far as Her Majesty’s interest is con- 
cerned, that the House may do therein as they shall 
think fit. 

Then the Bill was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the same, without Amendment. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself ery 
into a Committee on the Petitions of Right Bill; “. 85 
and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker 9" 
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; and be printed. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself into Affidavits by 


Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon! g Committee on the Affidavits by Commission, &amp;c. Commission, 


Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Markets (Jreland) Bill; 

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


The Saint James, Baldersby, Marriages Validity 
Bill was, aceording 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 Orders of the day being read, for the Commit- 
teeson the Consolidated Fund (£. 1,222,383. 8s. 9d.) 
— and the Consolidated Fund (£. 11,000,000) 

ill 


| Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. 





&amp;c. Bill. 


Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Fitz Roy re- 
ported, That the Committee had gone through the 
Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration upon Monday 
next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Combination 
reading of the Combination of Workmen Bill; we 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 


| upon Wednesday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- —&lt; 
mittee on the Newspapers, &amp;c. Bill ; me, 
Resolved, That this House will, upon beams 

the 


£.11,000,009 
Sy , ) 


Trustees Relief 


ow 


——™ So ee 


be 


 o eet kt Pe eee 





Contracts 
(Public De- 
partments.) 


Poor Law 


and 


(ireland) Act 
ery 


Titles to Land 
(Scotland. ) 


British 
Museum. 





92 Vicrori. 


the 6th day of April next, resolve itself into the said 
Committee. 


The Select Committee on Military Organization 


ion. was nominated of Viscount Palmerston, Lord John 


Russell, Lord Hotham, Sir James Graham, the 

Judge Advocate, Mr. Ellice, Mr. Sidney Herbert, 

Mr. Walpole, Mr. Horsman, Sir John Ramsden, Sir 

William Codrington, Mr. Monsel/, Colonel Wilson 

Patten, the Earl of March and Captain Vivian ; 

with Power to send for persons, papers and records. 
Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 


Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed 
to inquire into the principle adopted for making 
Contracts for the Public Departments, and the 
effect which the present system has upon the Ex- 
penditure of Public Money. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to amend the Laws in force for the Relief of the 
Destitute Poor in Jreland; and to amend an Act 
of the fourteenth and fifteenth years of Her Majesty, 
providing for the better distribution, support and 
management of Medical Charities in Jreland ; And 
that Lord Naas and Mr. Attorney General for Jre- 
land do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to extend certain Provisions of “ The Titles to Land 
(Scotland) Act, 1858,” to Titles to Land held by 
Burgage Tenure, and to amend the said Act: And 
that the Lord Advocate and Mr. Secretary Sotheron 
Estcourt do prepare, and bring it in. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being 
proposed, That a Select Committee be appointed to 
inquire how far, and in what way, it may be desirable 
to find increased space for the extension and ar- 
rangement of the various collections of the British 
Museum, and the best means of rendering them 
available for the promotion of Science and Art ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word “Museum” 
to the end of the Question. 

And the Question being put, That the words pro- 
posed to be left out stand part of the Question ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right; 

The Noes to the Left. 

Tellers for the; Mr. Gregory, 

Yeas, -Mr. Blackburn : 

Tellers for the f Mr. Gladstone, 

Noes, \Mr. Stirling : 


And it appearing, upon the Report of the Division 
by the Tellers, that Forty Members were not pre- 
sent ; and it being then half an hour after One of 
the clock on Saturday morning :—The House was 
adjourned by Mr. Speaker, without a Question first 
put, till Monday next. 


21. 


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Lune, 21° die Martii ; 
Anno 22° Victoria Regine, 1859. 


PRAYERS. 


M R. FitzRoy reported from the Committee on 
the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire 
Railway (Station at Manchester) Bill; That they had 
examined the allegations contained in the Preamble 
of the Bill, and amended the same, by adding thereto 
the recital as to widening the Line in Manchester; 
and found the same, as amended, to be true; and 
had gone through the Bill, and made Amendments 
thereunto. 

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


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123 


Mr. Fitz Roy reported the Glasgow Public Parks Glasgow 
and Galleries of Art Bill, with Amendments. Public Parks 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 204 Galeries 


Mr. FitzRoy reported from the Committee on Poole and 
the Poole and Bournemouth Water Bill; That they Bournemouth 
had examined the allegations contained in the "““* _ 
Preamble of the Bill, and amended the same, by 
striking out all reference to Bournemouth, that dis~ 
trict being excluded from the Provisions of the Bill; 
and found the same, as amended, to be true; and 
had gone through the Bill, and made Amendments 


thereunto. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. FitzRoy reported from the Committee on Travellers 
the Travellers and Marine Insurance and Accidental and Marine 
Death Insurance Companies Amalgamation (No. 2) yr on 
Bill; That they had examined the allegations con- Death In. 
tained in the Preamble of the Bill, and amended the surance Com- 
same, hy adding the words “ and which last-men- P&amp;eeom 
“‘ tioned Policies (hereinafter called ‘ Excepted Po- (No. 2) Bill. 
“ licies’) are provided for as hereinafter mentioned,” 
in order to make the same more accurately describe 
the Provisions of the Bill; and by striking out a 
recital proposing Provisions with regard to the pay- 
ment of Stamp Duties, to which the Board of Inland 
Revenue did not accede; 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 York Improvement York Im- 
Bill, with Amendments. provement 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. = 


Mr. FitzRoy reported the Castile Douglas and Castle Douglas 
Dumfries Railway Bill, with Amendments. peta 

Ordered, That the Keport do lie upon the Table; “*"*Y ass 
and be printed. 


Mr. Ridley reported from the C:mmittee on London and 
Group 2 of Railway Bills; ‘That in the case of the South Western 
London and South Western Railway Bill, they had Railway Bill. 
examined the allegations contained m the Preamble 
of the Bill, and amended the same, by striking out 
the paragraphs relating to the Stokes Bay Railway 
and Pier Company, and the Isle of Wight Ferry 
Company, and the expediency of carrying into effect 
an Arrangement for a Lease of the Portsmouth 
Railway, and of authorizing such Lease, all Provi- 
sions relative to those Companies and to such Ar- 
rangement or Lease having been omitted from the 
Bill as submitted to the Committee ; and of abbre- 
viating the paragraphs reciting the expediency of 
authorizing Arrangements with the London, Brighton 
and South Coast Railway Company; and found the 
same, as amended, to be true; and had gone 
through the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

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


Mr. Ridley reported from the Committee on Railway Bills 
Group 2 of Railway Bills; That, for the convenience (Group 2.) 
of Parties, they had adjourned to Thursday next, at 
Eleven of the clock. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Gregson reported from the Select Committee Public 
on Public Petitions; That they had examined the Se in 
Petitions presented upon the 17th and 18th days of Seon} 7 
this instant March, and had directed him to make a 
Report thereof to the House. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 


and be printed. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Norwich New 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, 5tveet Bill 
That in the case of the Norwich New Street Bill, woe 
originating in the House of Lords, and referred ~ 
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the first reading thereof, no Standing Orders not 
previously inquired into are applicable. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time. 


ey Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 
‘Amendment one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, 
Bill [Zords.} That in the case of the Commercial Docks Acts 
Amendment Bill, originating in the House of Lords, 
and referred on the first reading thereof, no Standing 
Orders not previously inquired into are applicable. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time. 
Victoria (Lon- Mr, Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 
Bill [Lords } one of the eens af Petitions for Private Bilis, 
That in the case of the Victoria (London) Docks 
Bill, originating in the House of Lords, and referred 
on the first reading thereof, no Standing Orders not 
previously inquired into are applicable. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time. 
East Suffolk A Motion being made, That the East Suffolk 


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- 
sent, as far as Her Majesty’s interest is concerned, 
that the House may do thereia 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. 


Lands Im- 
provement 
Company Bill. 


The Lands Improvement Company 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. 


Weymouth The Weymouth and Melcombe Regis Markets and 
~ — Pier Bill was read the third time. 
oa Ps Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 


kets and Pier \ 
Bill Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 
Glasgow The House proceeded to take into consideration 
a the Glasgow Corporation Water Bill, as amended in 
‘the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 
King's Lynn § The House proceeded to take into consideration 
—- _. the King’s Lynn Borough and Port and Harbour and 
bour Improve- !mprovement Bill, as amended in the Committee ; 
ment Bill. | and an Amendment was made to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 
Llanidloes The House proceeded to take into consideration 
a the Llanidloes and Newtown Railway Bill, as 

way Bill. amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 
Londoncerry § The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Bridge Bill. the Londonderry Bridge Bill, as amended in the 

Committee. * 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 

Chichester The Order of the day being read, for taking into 


oe ~~ consideration the Chichester Harbour Embankment 
~_ Bill, as amended in the Committee ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be taken into consideration 
upon Monday the 11th day of April next. 
A Bill to extend the Period limited by “ The 


Swansea Har- 


4 Trust Swansea Harbour Act, 1854,” for the Construction 
° and Completion of the Works thereby authorized, 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time. 
Malden ond Sir Benjamin Hall reported from the Committee 
~ y ap Na ; 
Drainage Bil. °° Group C. of Private Bills; That the Parties pro- 


moting the Malden and Sheen Valley Drainage Bill 


21° Martit. 





A. 1859. 


had stated to the Committee, that it was not their 
intention to _— with the same. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


The Fishguard Harbour Improvement Bill was Fishguara 
read the first time. Tbour 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Ex- Bil ret 
aminers of Petitions for Private Bills. 


A Petition of the North Eastern Railway Com- North Eastern 
pany, praying that Provision may be made in the "4 Bedale 
North Eastern and Bedale and Leyburn Railway aie an 
Companies Amalgamation Bill for enabling the panies Amal. 
Stockton and Darlington Railway Company to 8*mation Bill, 
afford reasonable facilities for the forwarding and 
transmission of Cleveland Traffic over the Middles- 
brough and Guisbrough Railway, and to other places, 
was presented, and read; and referred to the Ex- 
aminers of Petitions for Private Bills. 


Several Public Petitions were presented, and Public 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. etitions, 
Vide Thir- 
teenth Report, 
Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Cities and 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased ra 
to give directions, that there be laid before thin 
House, a Return of all Cities and Boroughs in 
England and Wales paying an Annual Amount of 
Direct Taxation (Property, Income, &amp;c. and As- 
sessed) less than £. 4,500, arranged in the order of 
the Amount puid by each, and setting forth such 
Amount ; also, distinguishing by Italics those Cities 
and Boroughs which are included in Schedule G, of 
the Representation of the People 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. 


Mr. Gathorne Hardy presented, by Her Majesty’s Charity 
Command,—Copy of Sixth Report of the Charity Commission. 
Commissioners for England and Wales. 

Mr. Gathorne Hardy also presented,—Return to Lunatic Asy- 
an Order, dated the 26th day of February last, for '™s (Ireland) 
Returns relative to Lunatic Asylums (Jreland). 

Return to an Order, dated the 7th day of this National 
instant March, for Returns relative to National mn) 
Education (Zreland). 

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


General Peel presented,—Return to an Address War Depart 
to Her Majesty, dated the 28th day of February met. 
last, for a Return relative to the War Department. 

. a That the said Return do lie upon the 
able. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Registered Registered 
Electors (Marylebone), which was presented upon Electors 


one . (Marylebone.) 
the 17th day of this instant March, be printed. No. 145. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to British British | 
Columbia, which was presented upon the 18th day of Columbia. 
this instant March, be printed. No, 146. 


Mr. Corry presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- Local Acts. 
mand,—A Further Report from the Admiralty No, 50. 
relative to Applications for Local Acts. 

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


The Consolidated Fund (£. 1,222,383. 8s. 9d.) Consolidated 
Bill was, according to Order, read the third time. ¢¢ 1,999,388. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 8s, 94.) Bill 
Title be, An Act to apply the Sum of One million 
two hundred and twenty-two thousand three hundred 
and eighty-three pounds, eight shillings, and nine- 
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-nine. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. o- 
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cunsolidated The Consolidated Fund (£. 11,000,000) 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 Eleven millions, 
out of the Consolidated Fund, to the Service of the 

ear One thousand eight hundred and fifty-nine. 

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


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11,000,000) 


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The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Representation of the People Bill ; 

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

An Amendment was proposed to be made to 
the Question, by leaving out from the word 
“That” to the end of the Question, in order to add 
the words “ this House is of opinion, that it is 
“ neither just nor politic to interfere, in the manner 
“ proposed in this Bill, with the Freehold Franchise 
“as hitherto exercised in the Counties in Exgland 
“and Wales ; and that no re-adjustment of the Fran- 
“ chise will satisfy this House or the Country, which 
“ does not provide for a greater extension of the Suf- 
“ frage in Cities and Boroughs than is contemplated 
“in the present Measure,” instead thereof. 

And the Question being proposed, That the words 
proposed to be left out stand part of the Question: 
—And a Debate arising thereupon ; 


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


Martis, 22° die Martii, 1859: 


Ordered, That the Debate be adjourned till this 
day. 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That a Mes- 
sage had been brought from the Lords, by one of 
their Clerks, as followeth : 

Inclosure Bill The Lords have agreed to the Inclosure Bill, 
fehnged from without any Amendment : 
Lands. ) 


Scarborough 
Gas Bill, 


Message from 
the Lords. 


The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 

to enable the Scarborough Gas Company to raise a 
further Sum of Money, and for other purposes; to 
which the Lords desire the concurrence of this 
House : 
) naa The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 
Company Bill for making further Provisions with respect to the 
Standard Life Assurance Company ; to which the 
Lords desire the concurrence of this House. 


ny The Order of the day being read, for the third 
reading of the East India Loan Bill; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Friday next. 
Supply. The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Supply ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 
waz aad 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. 
hey, bial _ The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on the County Prisons ( [reland) 
Bilge, Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. 
Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. FitzRoy 
reported, That the Committee had gone through 
the Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 
Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a Com- 
mittee of the whole House, for Monday next. 
(rants Banks The Savings Banks (Ireland) Act Continuance 
pontinnance Bill was, according to Order, read a second time; 


and committed to a Committee of the whole House, 
for Monday next. 


VoL. 114, 


21°—22° Martiz. 


| Lord John Manners, Mr. Headlam, 


125 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Superannu- 
mittee on the Superannuation Bill ; ation 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 Affidavits by 
consideration the Affidavits by Commission, &amp;c, Commission, 
Bill, as amended in the Committee ; Se. Be. 
Ordered, That the Bill be taken into consideration 

upon Friday next. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to Patents for 
amend the Law concerning Patents for Inventions, Inventions 
with respect to Inventions for Improvements in Owan) 
Instruments and Munitions of War: And that ‘ 
Mr. Attorney General, Mr. Solicitor General and 


General Peel do prepare, and bring it in. 


The Select Committee on the Public Offices Ex- Public Offices 
tension Bill was nominated of Lord John Manners, Extension Bill 
Sir Benjamin Hall, Mr. Whitmore, Sir John Shelley, 
Mr. Stirling, Mr. Byng, 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. 


The Select Committee on the Court cf Probate, court of 
&amp;e. (Acquisition of Site) Bill was nominated of Probate, &amp;c. 
Sir Robert ake) BL 
Carden, Mr. Ayrton, Mr. Lygon, Mr. Crawford, ‘ 
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. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Coal Mines. 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 

to give directions, that there be laid before this 

House, a Copy of a Letter of the 5th instant, ad- 

dressed to the Secretary of State for the Home 
Department, from Mr. Dunn, accompanying his 

Return, as an Inspector of Coal Mines, to the 

Order of the House of the 17th day of February 

last. 

Ordered, That 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 Lunacy Regu- 
to amend the Lunacy Regulation Act, 1853: And lation Act - 
that Mr. Solicitor General and Mr. Secretary Lamon, a 


Sotheron Estcourt do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Common 
to make further Provision for the purchase of Com- Rights, &amp;c. 
mon and other Rights by Her Majesty’s Principal tan _— 
Secretary of State for the War Department, and in 
relation to Land vested in or taken by such Secre- 
tary of State: And that Mr. Solicitor General, Mr. 
Attorney General and General Peel do prepare, and 
bring it in. 


Mr. Fenwick reported from the Committee on the Tweed 
Tweed Fisheries Bill; That, for the convenience of Fisheries Bill. 
Parties, the Committee had adjourned to Friday 
the 25th day of March, at half-past Three of the 
clock. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Fenwick reported from the Committee on the Tweed 
Tweed Fisheries Bill; That Mr. Buzton, one of the Fisheries Bill. 
Members of the said Committee, was not present 
during the sitting of the Committee this day. 

Ordered, That Mr. Buzton do attend the said 
Committee upon Friday next. 


Mr. Attorney General presented a Bill to amend Patents for 

the Law concerning Patents for Inventions, with Inventions 
: . Munitions of 

respect to Inventions for Improvements in Instru- Way) Bill, 


ments and Munitions of War: And the same was gi) 87. 








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Lunacy Regu- 

lation Act 
1853) Amend- 

ment Bill. 


Bill 88. 


Common 
Rights, &amp;c. 
(War Depart- 


Debtor and 
Creditor Bi 


r 
[Lords.] 
Bill 90. 


Standing 
Orders. 


East Kent 
Railway Bill. 


Jersey. 


Tottenham 
and Edmonton 
Gas Bill 
[Lords.] 


126 


read the first time ; and ordered to be read a second 
time upon Thursday next; and to be printed. 


Mr. Solicitor General presented a Bill to amend 
the Lunacy Regulation Act, 1853: And the same 
was read the first time ; and ordered to be read a se- 
cond time upon Wednesday rext ; and to be printed. 


Mr. Solicitor General presented a Bill to make 
further Provision for the purchase of Common and 
other Rights by Her Majesty’s Principal Secretary 
of State for the War Department, and in relation to 
Land vested in or taken by such Secretary of State: 
And the same was read the first time; and ordered 
to be read a second time upon Wednesday next; 
and to be printed. 


The Debtor and Creditor Bill 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 half an hour after Twelve of the clock on 
Tuesday morning, adjourned till this day. 





Martis, 22° die Martii ; 
Anno 22° Victoria Regine, 1859. 


PRAYERS. 


OLONEL Wilson Patten reported from the 
Select Committee on Standing Orders, a Re- 
solution; which was read, as followeth : 

That in the case of the East Kent Railway Bill, 
Petition of Robert Barnett for dispensing with 
Standing Order 105, in the case of the Petition of 
Owners, &amp;c. of Land adjacent to the Western Ex- 
tension of the East Kent Railway against the Bill, 
the said Standing Order ought not to be dispensed 
with. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


The Comptroller of the Household reported to 
the House; That their Address of the 17th day of 
this instant March, relative to Jersey, had been pre- 
sented to Her Majesty; and that Her Majesty had 
been pleased to receive the same very graciously, 
and to give the following Answer : 

I have received your Address, praying that a 
Royal Commission may be issued for the following 
purposes ; viz. 

1. To inquire into and report on the Civil, 
Municipal and Ecclesiastical Laws and Cus- 
toms now in force in Jersey, including the Laws 
relating to the Tenure of Land, Trusts and 
Uses, and also the Rights of the Feudal Lords 
in the said Island : 


2. To inquire into and report o» the Con: | 
stitution of the Tribunals by which those Laws, | 
Customs and Rights are administered, and into 
the Practice and Forms of Procedure, used by 
them respectively : 

3. To inquire into and report on ail Defects 
in and Abuses of the said Laws and Customs 
in the constitution of said Tribunals, and in 
their Practice and Form of Procedure, and to 
suggest Remedies for amending the same: 

4. To inquire into the present state of Pri- 
sons in Jersey, and the mode of classifying 
Prisoners : 

5. To inquire into and report on the admi- 
nistration of the several Public Charities of the 
said Island : 

And, having taken your Address into considera- 
tion, I have directed that a Commission shall issue 
for the several purposes mentioned in the Address. 


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


21°—22° Martiz. 


A. 1859. 


Gas Bill, originating in the House of Lords, and 

referred on the first reading thereof, no Standi 

Orders not previously inquired into are applicable. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time. 


| Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Mid-Sussex 

one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, 224 Midhury 
in respect of non-compliance with the Standing 2ution Rat 
Orders in the case of the Petition for additional 
Provision in the Mid-Sussex and Midhurst Junction 
Railway Bill. 

Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Se- 

lect Committee on Standing Orders. 


The Great Northern Railway Bill was read the Great North. 
third time. ern Railway 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. ma. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Sunderland and South Shields Water Bill Sunderland 

was read the third time. and South 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. — Water 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 


‘| Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


A Motion being made, That the Vale of Zlan- Vale of Lan. 
gollen Railway Bill be now read the third time ; gollen Railway 
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 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 Wirral 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. 


Wirral Water 
Bill. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Tavistock 
the Tavistock Markets, Streets and Improvement a 
Bill, as amended in the Committee. Improvement 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. _ Bill. 

The House proceeded to take into consideration Warrington 
the Warrington and Stockport Railway Bill, as and Sua 
amended in the Committee. saint: 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


consideration Whitehaven 
Harbour and 
Town Bill. 


The House proceeded to take into 
the Whitehaven Harbour and Town Bill, as amended 
in the Committee. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The Commercial Docks Acts Amendment Bill Ome 
was read a second time ; and committed. ‘Amendment 


Bill {Lerds.] 


Bill was read a Victoria 
(London) 


Docks Bill 
[Lords.] 
The Standard Life Assurance Company Bill was Standard Lil 
read the first time. ; es ‘pany Bal 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exami- fords] 
ners of Petitions for Private Bills. 


The Victoria (Zondon) Docks 
second time; and committed. 


The Scarborough Gas Bill was read the first a 
time. - [Lords 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exami- 
ners of Petitions for Private Bills. 


Several Public Petitions were presented, and Public 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. nao 
Vide Thit- 
teenth 





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Gaghoim and 
Hawick Rail- 
way Bill 


Poor Rates. 


Trade and 
Navigation. 
No. 68. 


Population, 
he. 


Rast India 
(Native Wor- 
thip, &amp;c.) 


Local Acts, 
No. 50. 


Assessed 
Taxes (Scot- 
land.) 


No. 147. 


92 Vicroriz. 


Mr. Adair reported from the Committee on Group 
12 of Railway and Canal Bills; That in the case of 
the Carlisle, Langholm and Hawick Railway Bill, 
they had examined the allegations contained in the 
Preamble of the Bill, but the same had not been 

roved to their satisfaction. 

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, a Return in extension of the Return, No. 118, 
of the present Session, relative to Poor Rates, so 
far as it relates to Occupiers, of the Number of 
Persons rated to the Relief of the Poor in the several 
represented Cities and Boroughs in England and 
Wales; together with the Population and the present 
Number of Registered Electors in each City and 
Borough. 

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


Lord Lovaine presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand,—Accounts relating to Trade and Navigation, 
for the Month ended 28th February 1859, and for 
Two Months ended 28th February 1859. 

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


Mr. Gathorne Hardy presented,—Return to an 
Address to Her Majesty, dated the 14th day of this 
instant March, for Returns relative to Population, 
&amp;e. 

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


Lord Stanley presented,—Return to an Address 
to Her Majesty, dated the 14th day of this instant 
March, for a Return relative to East India (Native 
Worship, &amp;c.) 

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


Mr. Corry presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand,—A Further Report from the Admiralty re- 
lative to Applications for Local Acts. 

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


The following Paper, pursuant to the directions 
of an Act of Parliament, was laid upon the Table 
by the Clerk of the House,—Copies of Cases re- 
specting Assessed Taxes determined by the Judges 
in Scotland, for the year 1858. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Lunatic Asy- 
lums (Jreland), which was presented upon the 21st 
day of this instant March, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to National 
Education (Zreland), which was presented upon the 
21st day of this instant March, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the War 
Department, which was presented upon the 21st day 
of this instant March, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Deserted 
Children (/reland), which was presented upon the 
17th day of this instant March, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Deserted 
Children (Ireland), which was presented upon the 
4th day of this instant March, be printed. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 


to Sita directions, that there be laid before this 
OL. 114, 





99°—23° Martz. 








127 


House, a Return showing how far Transit Duties 
still continue to be levied by the Native Govern- 
ments of India: Showing in what Towns of 
India a system of Municipal Government has been 
adopted ; how far Natives are admitted thereto, as 
well as Europeans, and with what Result :——And, 
showing the Number of Honorary Magistrates or 
Justices of the Peace who have been appointed in 
India, and in what parts 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 leave be given to bring in a Bill to Weights and 
amend the Act of the fifth and sixth years of King Measutes = 
William the Fourth, relating to Weights and Mea- “"°"°™"™" 
sures: And that Mr. John Locke, Mr. Hunt and Mr. 

Adams do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Married 
to amend the Law of Scotland in regard to the ne P 
relationship of Husband and Wife: And that Mr. °°" ) 
Moncreiff and Mr. Dunlop do prepare, and bring 
if in. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Church Rates 
mittee on the Church Rates Abolition Bill; Abolition Bill. 
A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the Chair :— 
And the said Motion was, with leave of the House, 
withdrawn. 
Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Adulteration 
reading of the Adulteration of Food or Drink Bill; of Food or 


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


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Nottingham 
mittee on the Nottingham Charities Bill ; Charities Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Law of Pro- 
mittee on the Law of Property and Trustees Relief perty and 
. Trustees 
Amendment Bill; lef Amend- 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday ment Bill 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. [Lords.] 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming the Representa- 

adjourned Debate on the Amendment which, upon i = L~ 
the 21st day of this instant March, was proposed to "” ° 
be made to the Question, That the Representation 
of the People Bill be now read a second time; 
and which Amendment was, to leave out from the 
word “ That” to the end of the Question, in order 
to add the words “ this House is of opinion, that it 
* is neither just nor politic to interfere, in the man- 
“‘ ner proposed in this Bill, with the Freehold Fran- 
“ chise as hitherto exercised in the Counties in 
“ England and Wales; and that no re-adjustment 
“ of the Franchise will satisfy this House or the 
“‘ Country, which does not provide for a greater 
“ extension of the Suffrage in Cities and Boroughs 
“than is contemplated in the present Measure,” 
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 Wednesday morning ; 
Mercurii, 23° die Martti, 1859: 


Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 
till Thursday next. 
R4 * Lord 


128 29°—93° Marti. A. 1859. 


Poor Law Lord Naas qresented a Bill to amend the Laws 
ot aay in force for the Relief of the Destitute Poor in 
(Ireland) Act Jreland, and to amend an Act of the fourteenth and 
Amendment fifteenth years of Her Majesty, providing for the 
= better Distribution, Suqqort and Management of 
Bill 91. Medical Charities in Jreland: And the same was 
read the first time; and ordered to be read a second 

time upon Monday next ; and to be printed. 


Weights and Mr. John Locke presented a Bill to amend the 
Measures Act Act of the fifth and sixth years of William the 
Bi rent Fourth, relating to Weights and Measures: And 
Bill 92, the same was read the first time ; and ordered to be 
read a second time upon Wednesday next ; and to 

be printed. 


TitlestoLand The Lord Advocate presented a Bill to extend 
(Scotland) Bill. certain Provisions of “ The Titles to Land (Scot- 
Bill 93. Jand) Act, 1858,” to Titles to Land held by Burgage 
Tenure, and to amend the said Act: And the same 
was read the first time ; and ordered to be read a 
second time upon Tuesday the 12th day of April 

next ; and to be printed. 


Vale of Neath Mr. Scholefield reported from the Committee on 
Railway Bill. Group 6 of Railway Bills; That in the case of the 
Vale of Neath Railway Bill, they had examined the 
allegations contained in the Preamble of the Bill, 
and amended the same, by altering the paragraph 
relating to the acquisition by the Vale of Neath 
Railway Company, of the Undertaking, Works and 
Property of the Briton Ferry Floating Dock Com- 
pany, so as to confine the same (in conformity with 
the Bill as submitted to the Committee) to the ex- 
pediency of making Provision for the leasing of 
part of their Lands and Works; and by omitting 
certain statements respecting the user by the Vale 
of Neath Railway Company of a part of the South 
Wales Railway ; and also respecting the expediency 
of making Provisions for communications across 
the Aberdare Railway, and for making additional 
sidings to facilitate interchange of traffic between 
that Railway and the Vale of Neath Railway, the 
Clauses for those purposes having been omitted from 
the Bill as submitted to the Committee; and by 
correcting (in conformity with the evidence) certain 
Dates and Sums relative to the particulars of the 
Capital of the Company; and found the same, as 
amended, to be true; and had gone through the Bill, 
and made Amendments thereunto. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


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


Mercurii, 23° die Martii ; 


Anno 22° Victoria Regina, 1859. 





PRAYERS. 
fenton and HE London and North Western and other 
— re Railway Companies (Working and Traffic Ar- 


Railway Com- rangements) Bill was read the third time. 

ies(Work- esolved, ‘Vhai the Bill do pass. 
— Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
ments) Bili Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Norwich New : . . . 
Street Bill The Norwich New Street Bill was read a second 


[Lords.] time; and committed. 

Public Several Public Petitions were presented, and 
Petitions. read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Vide Votes, A Public Petition was also presented, and read ; 
and Thir- and referred to a Select Committee. 

teenth Report. 

Greenwich Mr. Gathorne Hardy presented,—Return to an 


Union. Address to Her Majesty, dated the 27th day of 




















July, in the last Session of Parliament, for Copies 
of the Complaint made (December 1857) by the 
Reverend C. S. F. Money, Incumbent of Saint 
John’s, Deptford, against Dr. Arthur, Medical 
Officer of the Deptford District of the Greenwich 
Union, to the Guardians of the Greenwich Union, 
and by them transmitted to the Poor Law Board, 
together with all the Correspondence and subse- 
uent Proceedings and Orders thereon :——Of the 
mat aa made (February 1858) by the Reverend 
T. P. Courtenay, the Curate of Saint John’s, Dept- 
ford, against Dr. Arthur, to the Poor Law Board, 
together with all the Correspondence and_subse- 
uent Proceedings and Orders thereon : Of the 
signation of Dr. Arthur, and the subsequent 
Correspondence thereon between him and _ the 
Guardians of the Greenwich Union and the Poor 
Law Board; also as to his Re-election by the 
Guardians, and the Non-confirmation thereof by the 
Poor Law Board: And, of Dr. Arthur’s Letter 
(1st July 1858) of Complaint to the Right honour- 
able the Secretary of State for the Home Depart- 
ment on the subject. 
Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the A 
Table. B 


The following Papers, pursuant to the directions Public Ac. 
of several Acts of Parliament, were laid upon the countants, 
Table by the Clerk of the House,—An Account of 
the Arrears and Balances due to and from all Public 
Accountants, arising upen Final Accounts which 
have been stated or declared, or signed und passed ; 
so far as the said particulars canbe ascertained from 
the Books of the Commissioners for anditing the 
Public Accounts, completed to 5th January 1859. 

A Return of Accounts depending in the Office of 
the Commissioners for auditing the Public Accounts 
which have not been audited, stated, declared, or 
signed and passed, completed to 28th February 
1859. 

A Return of Officers and Departments whose 
Accounts are audited or inspected by the Commis- 
sioners for auditing the Public Accounts, 1859. 

The Forty-fifth Report of the Commissioners for Highland 
Repair of Roads and Bridges in Scotland. Roads and ( 

Ordered, That the Paper relative to Highland Bt4s* , 
Roads and Bridges be printed. Ne, 1, 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Population, Population, 
&amp;c., which was presented upon the 22d day of this &amp;- 
instant March, be printed. Ne, 153. i 
Ordered, That the Return relative to East India Rast as ‘ 
(Native Worship, &amp;c.), which was presented upon pe eg 
the 22d day of this instant March, be printed. No. 154. 





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ea ex 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Queen Queen Anne's } 
Anne’s Bounty, which was presented upon the 8th Bounty: 4 
day of June, in the last Session of Parliament, be No.1 


printed. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to Universities Universities 
(Scotland), which was presented upon the 18th day ar nd 
of this instant March, be printed. x 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Church Bett 
mittee on the Church Rates Abolition Bill ; Aa 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 


next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The High Sheriffs’ Expenses Bill was, according High Shetif 
to Order, read a second time; and committed to a **P° 
Committee of the whole House, for Thursday the 


31st day of this instant March. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Paiaberds 
reading of the Edinburgh, &amp;c. Annuity Tax Bill; Tax Bid. 
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,” ee - 





ities 
d.) 
156, 


n Bill 





22 VicTroriz. 


the end of the Question, adding the words “ upon 
“ this day six months.” 

And the Question being put, That the word 
“now” stand part of the Question ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right ; 

The Noes to the Left. 


Tellers for the {re Black, 1 e16 
Yeas, Mr. Bazter: _ 
Tellers for the {ies Cumming Bruce, hh 76 
Noes, Mr. Scott: ' 


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 next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 


Piers and 
Harbours Bill. reading of the Piers and Harbours Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Thursday the 7th day of April next. 


Poor Relief The Order of the day being read, for the second 
(Ireland) Acts reading of the Poor Relief (Jreland) Acts Amend- 
Amendment ent Biil ; 

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

An-Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out the word “ now,” and, at 
the end of the Question, adding the words “ upon 
“ this day six months.” 

And the Question being proposed, That the word 
“now” stand part of the Question :—And a Debate 
arising thereupon ; 

Ordered, That the Debate be adjourned till To- 
morrow. 


Juries (Tre- 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
land) Bill, 


mittee on the Juries (Jre/and) Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
the 6th day of April next, resolve itself into the said 
Committee. 


Conveyance The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
of Voters Bill. mittee on the Conveyance of Voters Bill ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
the 13th day of April next, resolve itself into the 
said Committee. 


Municipal The Order of the day being read, for the third 
Hections Bil. reading of the Municipal Elections Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Friday next. 


Markets (Ire- 


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


mittee on the Markets (Jre/and) Bill; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


nation The Order of the day being read, for the second 
il, Teading of the Combination of Workmen Bill; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday the 6th day of April next. 
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- 
mittee of Ways and Means; 

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


ana, Regu. The Order of the day being read, for the second 
(1853) Ameng. "eading of the Lunacy Regulation Act (1853) 
ment Bill, Amendment Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday next. 
Vou. 114. 


23° Mariii. 











129 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Common 
reading of the Common Rights, &amp;c. (War Depart- er tense 
ment) Bill; ment) Bill. 

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


The Order of the day being read, for the second Adulteration 
reading of the Adulteration of Food or Drink Bill; bag 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon ‘Tuesday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Nottingham 
mittee on the Nottingham Charities Bill ; Charities Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Decimal 
a Copy of the Minutes of the Proceedings, from Coinage. 
the 1st day of May 1857, of the Commissiuners to 
inquire into the subject of Decimal Coinage. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee on the Lunatic Poor 
Lunatic Poor (Jreland) Bill do consist of Sixteen (Ireland) Bill. 
Members. 

The Committee was accordingly nominated of Mr. 

Serjeant Deasy, Lord Claud Hamilton, Mr. Bugweil, 
Mr. Kekewich, Mr. Henry Herbert, Mr. Spaight, 
Lord John Browne, Mr. Close, Sir William Somer- 
ville, Colonel Greville, Mr. Grogan, Mr. Ker Seymer, 
Mr. Tottenham, Colonel Clifford, Mr. Monsell and 
Lord Naas. 

Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 


A Petition of the Atlantic Telegraph Company Atlantic 
being offered to be presented ; — 
The Earl of March, by Her Majesty’s Command, (No.2) Bin. 
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, praying that Provision 
may be made in the Atlantic ‘Telegraph Company 
(No. 2) Bill forempowering the Lords Commissioners 
of Her Majesty’s Treasury and the Company, by 
mutual agreement, to rescind, modify, or alter exist- 
ing agreements or arrangements between them, and 
to authorize other agreements or arrangements be- 
tween the said Lords Commissioners and the said 
Company, was brought up, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- Atlantic Tele- 
solve it-elf into a Committee to consider of making staph Com- 
Provision that it shall be lawful for the Lords Com- Pat os 

-eaih9 : 7 greements, 
missioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury and the &amp;c.} 
Atlantic Telegraph Company, by mutual agreement, 
from time to time to rescind, modify, or alter any 
agreements or arrangements now :n force under the 
Atlantic Telegraph Act, 1857, or which may at any 
time hereafter be made or entered into between 
them; and that, for assisting and facilitating the 
completion of the Company’s undertaking, the 
Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury 
may, on behalf of Her Majesty and Her Majesty’s 
Government, from time to time make and enter into 
such :greements or arrangements with the Company, 
as they may think proper, for appropriating or 
applying any fixed or varying annual payment or 
sum to or for dividend upon all or any part of the 
present capital of the Company, or any further 
capital required by the Company, or for securing or 
guaranteeing to the Company a fixed or varying 
rate of interest or dividend upon all or any part of 
such present or further capital, and generally for 
securing to the Company any privileges or advan- 
tages in relation to all or any part of their capital, 
or any privileges or advantages to Her Majesty, or 
Her Majesty’s Government, or the Public Service. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 


8 


Public 
Petitions 
(Thirteenth 
Report. ) 


Tyne Im- 
provement 
Bill. 


Carmarthen 
and Cardigan 
Railway Bill. 


Sirhowy 
Tramroad 
Bill. 


Caledonian 
Railway Bill. 


Glasgow 
Corporation 
Water Bill. 


.King’s Lynn 
Waterworks, 
Markets and 
Borough Im- 


provement Bill 
(changed from 


King’s Lynn 
Borough and 


Jovis, 24° die Marti ; 
Anno 22° Victorie Regine, 1859. 


PRAYERS. 

R. Gregson reported from the Select Com- 
mittee on Public Petitions; That they had 
examined the Petitions presented upon the 21st, 
22d and 23d 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. Stanley reported from the Committee on 
Group D. of Private Bills; That in the case of the 
Tyne Improvement Bill, they had examined the alle- 
gations contained in the Preamble of the Bill, and 
amended the same, by inserting Provisions for the 
purpose of more clearly explaining the reasons for 
borrowing additional Loans of Money for Piers and 
also for the Docks ; the reasons for postponing 
the Amount of the Sinking Funds by the Act of 
1852 required to be formed ; and also for referring 
to a Report of the Commissioners appointed by the 
Crown on Harbours of Refuge, recommending a 
Sum of Money to be granted out of the Consoli- 
dated Fund to aid the Extension of Piers as autho- 
rized by the Bill; and found the same, as amended, 
to be true; and had gone through the Bill, and 
made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Scholefield reported the Carmarthen and Car- 
digan Railway Bill, with Amendments. 

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


Mr. Scholefield reported from the Committee on 
Group 6 of Railway and Canal Bills; That in the 
case of the Sirhowy Tramroad Bill, they had ex- 
amined the allegations contained in the Preamble 
of the Bill, and amended the same, by omitting 
therefrom the puragraph having reference to the 
proposed capitalization of the past expenditure of 
the Company out of revenue, the clauses for autho- 
rizing such capitalization having been omitted from 
the Bill as submitted to the Committee, and by 
striking out the recital referring to the working over 
and use by the Sirhowy ‘Tramrvad Company of that 
part of the Monmouthshire Company’s line which lies 
between Nine-Mile Point and the Risca Station, the 
Provisions having reference to such recital having 
been withdrawn from the Bill by the desire of its 
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 Caledonian 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 Glasgow Corporation 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. 


A Motion being made, That the King’s Lynn 
Waterworks, Markets and Borough Improvement 
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- 


Port and Har- sent, as far as Her Majesty’s interest is concerned, 
that the House may do therein as they shall think 
fit. 


bour Improve- 


ment), 





94° Martie. 





A. 1859, 


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: And that the 
Title be, An Act for making further Provision fur the 
better Supply of Water to the Borough of King’s 
Lynn, and adjacent Districts; for regulating the 
Markets and Fairs of the Borough, for the Improve- 
ment and Regulation of the Borough, and for other 
purposes, 

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


The Lianidfoes and Newtown Railway Bill was 
read the third time. 


Title be, An Act to authorize the Construction of a 
Tramway from the Lianidloes and Newtown Railway, 
near Newtown, to the Shropshire Union Canal; and 
to enable the Llanidloes and Newtown Railway Com- 
pany to lease their Undertaking; and for other 
—- 

rdered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


A Motion being made, That the Londonderry 
Bridge Bill be now read the third time ; 

Mr. FitzRoy, by Her Majesty’s Command, ac- 
| quainted the House, That Her Majesty, having been 
| informed of the purport of the Bill, gives Her Con- 
| sent, as far as Her Majesty’s interest is concerned, 
| that the House may do therein as they shall think fit. 
| Then the Bill was read the third time; and verbal 





| Amendments were made to the Bill. 


Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 


Hill to Garston) Bill, as amended in the Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


into a Committee on the Atlantic ‘Telegraph Com- 
pany (No. 2) [Agreements, &amp;c.] 


(In the Committee.) 


Resolved, That it shall be lawful for the Lords 
Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury and the 
Atlantic Telegraph Company, by mutual agreement, 
from time to time to rescind, modify or alter any 
agreements or arrangements now in force under the 





Atlantic Telegraph Act, 1857, or which may at any 
time hereafter be made or entered into between 
them; and that, for assisting and facilitating the 
| completion of the Company’s undertaking, the Lords 
_Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury may, on 
| behalf of Her Majesty and Her Majesty’s Govern- 
‘ment, from time to time make and enter into such 
| agreements or arrangements with the Company as 
| they may think proper, for appropriating or apply- 
ing any fixed or varying annual payment or sum to 
or for dividend upon all or any part of the present 
capital of the Company, or any further capital re- 
quired by the Company, or for securing or guaran- 
iteeing to the Company a fixed or varying rate of 
interest or dividend upon all or any part of such 
present or further capital, and generally for securing 
to the Company any privileges or advantages in rela- 
tion to all or any part of their capital, or any al 
eges 








the London and North Western Railway (Edge No 


Llanidloes 


and Newtown 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the ®#lway Bill 


Londond 
Bridge Bill. 


London and 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Atlantic Tele- 
graph Com- 
pany (No. 2) 


[ Agreements, 


&amp;e.] 


rth Western 
Railway 
(Edge Hill to 
Garston) Bill 
(changed. from 
Liverpool Stations Junction 
Railway (No. 2.)) 





Sura 


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wow 


nae 





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92 VicToriz. 


leges or advantages to Her Majesty, or Her Ma- 
jesty’s Government, or the Public Service. 


Resolution to be reported. 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Fitz- 


Q4° Martiz. 


' 
| 
} 


| 


Roy reported, That the Committee had come to a}| 


Resolution. 
Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow. | 


West London §©=s Ordered, That the Minutes of the Evidence taken 
Railway |... before the Committees on the West London Railway 


(on) Bill (Thames Extension) Bill in Session 1845, and on the 


(1845), &amp;e» Great Western Railway (Branch to join the West 
London Railway, &amp;c.) Bill in Session 1847, be re- 
ferred to the Committee on the West London Rail- 
way Bill. 

Public Several Public Petitions were presented, and read ; 

Petitions. = and ordered to lie upon the Table. | 

Vide Four- 

teenth Report. 

Union Mr. Adair reported from the Committee on Group | 


aT 12 of Railway and Canal Bills; That in the case of 


the Border Union (North British) Railways Bill, | 


131 


thereof as has not already been published : And, 
of the Correspondence of the Governor General of 
India with the President of the Board of Control, 
and with the Secret Committee of the East India 
Company, from the 1st day of September 1537 to 
the 1st day of October 1839, relative to the Ex- 
pedition to Affghanistan, or of such part thereof as 
has not been already published. 

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





The following Papers were laid upon the Table Hull Citadel, 
by the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, 
dated the 1st day of this instant March, for a Copy 


‘of Correspondence that has passed between the 
| Corporation of Kingston-on-Hull and the Lords 


of the Treasury, as to Hudl Citadel. 

Retum to an Order, dated the 11th day of this fun Citadel. 
instant March, for Copies of all Correspondence 
with reference to the Sale of the Citadel Site in 
Hull, between the Hull Dock Company and the 
Treasury, the War Department and the Office of 
Woods and Forests. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Greenwich Greenwich 


they had examined the allegations contained in the ' Union, which was presented upon the 23d day of Union. 


Preamble of the Bill, and amended the same, to | this instant March, be printed. 


make parts reiating to certain Powers of using a| 
Station at Carlisle, and providing for facilitating | 


No. 157. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Slaughter- 


the transmission of the traffic over other Railways, |to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased houses (Metro- 


more in accordance with the Provisions of the Bill | 
applicable to those subjects ; and found the same, 





to give directions, that there be laid before this ?*/ 
House, a Return of the Number and Situation of 


as amended, to be true; and had gone through the | the Slaughter-houses licensed under the Metropo- 


Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 


litan Market Act, 1857; and of the Slaughter- 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; | houses on behalf of which Applications for License 
and be printed. | 





have been refused. 
Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 


The Order for the House to resolve itself into a| Her M ajesty, by such Members of this House as are 
Committee, To-morrow, on the Local Assessments | of Her Majesty's Most honourable Privy Council. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Court of 
Return from each Examiner of the Court of Chan- Chancery. 
cery of the Names of the Causes and Matters in 
which he was engaged in the year 1858 in the 
Examination of Witnesses, with the Days on which 
such Examinations were taken; and also the Num- 


the Border Counties Railway Bill, they had examined | per of Hours occupied, the Hours for which the 


Local Assess- 
tm Abnition 
Bl Exemption Abolition Bill, was read, and discharged. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
the 4th day of May next, resolve itself into the said 
Committee. 
BorderCoun- Mr. Adair reported from the Committee on Group 
— 12 of Railway and Canal Bills ; That in the case of 
the allegations contained in the Preamble of the Bill, | 7 
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. 
Population, Mr. Gathorne Hardy presented,—Return to an | 
Hevenue, &amp;. Address to Her Majesty, dated the 23d day of Fe- 
bruary last, for a Return relative to Population, | 
Revenue, &amp;c. | 
Hull Citadel. Return to an Address to Her Majesty, 
Ist day of this instant March, for Copies of all | 
Letters and Memorials which have passed between | 
the Secretary of State for War or the Commissioners 
of Woods and Forests, and the Hull Park and Re- 
creation Grounds Committee, in reference to the 
2 Site of Hull Citadel. 
Bettes Court Return to an Order, dated the 14th day of this 
(Ireland. instant March, for a Return relative to the Landed 
Estates Court (Jreland). 
Ordered, That the said Returns do lie upon the 
Table. 
(re dia Lord Stanley presented,—Return to an Order, 
Delhi.) dated the 24th day of March, in the last Session of 
Parliament, for a Copy of the Evidence taken before 
— appointed for the Trial of the King of 
’ elhi. 
(Catena, Return to an Order, dated the 13th day of July, 


Afghanistan.) 12 the last Session of Parliament, for Copies of the 
Correspondence of Sir Alexander Burnes with the 
Governor General of India, during his Mission to 
Cabul in the years 1887 and 1838, or such part 





Vou. 114. 


ppointments for such Examinations were given, 
and the Amount of Fees charged in each case, 
made out Day by Day :——And, separate Return 
of the Appointments given for the Examination of 
Witnesses, and not kept by the Parties, with the 
Days and Hours for which the same were given. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Criminal Cases 
a Keturn of the Number of the Criminal Cases (Ieland.) 
entered for Trial at the several Assizes, Special 


| —_— ‘ a . ae mr ‘ 
dated the | Commissions, Commissions of Oyer and Terminer, 


and Quarter Sessions, in Ireland, from the 1st day 
of April 1850 to the 1st day of April 1859, in which 
the Juries empanelled have disagreed, and have 
been in consequence discharged without returning 
any Verdicts; together with the Names of the 
Parties charged, the Place and Date of Trial, and 
a short Statement of the Offence charged in each 
case. 


The Masters and Operatives Bill was, according Masters and 
to Order, read a second time; and committed to — 
a Committee of the whole House, for Wednesday” ~ 


next, 


The Ecclesiastical Courts and Registries (Zre- Ecclesiastical 
land) Bill was, according to Order, read a second Sama 
time; and committed to a Committee of the whole (Ireland) Bil 


House, for Monday the 4th day of April next. [Lords.] 


The Patents for Inventions (Munitions of War) Patents for 
Bill was, according to Order, read a second time; (Manitions of 
and committed to a Committee of the whole House, War) Bill, 
for To-morrow. 

The 


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132 


ere The Order of the day being read, for resuming 
People Bil. the adjourned Debate on the Amendment which, 


upon the 21st day of this instant March, was pro- 
posed to be made to the Question, That the Represen- 
tation of the People Bill be now read a second time; 
and which Amendment was, to leave out from the 
word “ That” to the end of the Question, in order 
to add the words “ this House is of opinion, that it 
“is neither just nor politic to interfere, in the 
“ manner proposed in this Bill, with the Freehold 
“ Franchise as hitherto exercised in the Counties in 
“ England and Wales ; and that no re-adjustment 
“of the Franchise will satisfy this House or the 
“ Country, which does not provide for a greater 
“ extension of the Suffrage in Cities and Boroughs 
“than is contemplated in the present Measure,” 
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, 25° die Martii, 1859: 


Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 
till this day. 


Message from 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That a 
the Lords. 


Message had been brought from the Lords, by one 
of their Clerks, as followeth : 


Mutiny Bill. The Lords have egreed to the Mutiny Bill, 
without any Amendment : 

Marine _ The Lords have agreed to the Marine Mutiny 

Mutiny Bill. Bj}], without any Amendment : 

Consolidated The Lords have agreed to the Consolidated 


Fund m ; j a 
(£. 11,000,000) Fund (£.11,000,000) Bill, without any Amend 
Bill. ment: 


Consolidated The Lords have agreed to the Consolidated 
d 999 2: - : : ‘ 
(£. 1,299,383. Fund (£. 1,222,383. 8s. 9d.) Bill, without any 
8s. $d.) Bill. Amendment : 

County Courts The Lords have agreed to the County Courts 
Bill. 


Bill, without any Amendment. 


Poor Relief The Order of the day being read, for resuming 
(Ireland) Acts the adjourned Debate on the Amendment which, 
Amendment . i oe 
Bill. upon the 23d day of this instant March, rine! nl 
osed to be made to the Question, That the Poor 
Xelief (Jreland) Acts Amendment Bill be now read 
a second time ; 
Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 
till Tuesday next. 


Common The Common Rights, &amp;c. (War Department) 

rg am ‘ Bill was, according to Order, read a second time; 

soe BL and committed to a Committee of the whole 
House, for this day. 

Nottingham The House, according to Order, resolved itself 


Charities Bill. into a Committee on the Nottingham Charities 
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 amended the Title, as followeth: 

A Bill for amending and contirming a Scheme of 
the Charity Commissioners for Sir Thomas White's 
Charity, and the Free Grammar School, in the Town 
of Nottingham. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration this day. 


Mersey Docks 
and Harbour 
Bill. 


Sir George Lewis reported the Mersey Docks and 
Harbour Bill, with Amendments. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till One of the clock on Friday morning, 
adjourned till this day. 





24°—25° Martiz. 








A. 1859. 


Veneris, 25° die Martti ; 
Anno 22° Victorie Regine, 1859. 


PRAYERS. 


OLON EL 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 Herne Bay and Faver- Herne Bay ana 

sham Railway (Margate Extension) Bill, Petition Faversham 
a . : ailwa 

of Commissioners of Sewers in the Eastern part of (Margate Er 

Kent for dispensing with Standing Order 105, the tension) Bil, 

said Standing Order ought not to be dispensed 

with. 

2. That in the case of the Lancashire and York- Lancashire 
shire Railway (Rochdale and Royton Branches) Bill, ona Yeckening 
Petition of Lord Wensleydale and Rev. T. Worsley, (Rochdale 
for dispensing with Standing Order 105, the said and Royton 
Standing Order ought not to be dispensed with. ranches) Rill 

3. That in the case of the Mid-Sussex and Mid- Mid-Sussex 
hurst Junction Railway Bill, Petition for additional 44 Midhurst 
Provision, the Standing Orders ought to be dis- Railway Bil. 
pensed with; that the Parties be permitted to in- 
troduce their additional Provision, if the Committee 
on the Bill shall think fit, provided that they prove 
the consent of the Owners of Land intended to be 
taken for the proposed Deviation; that the Com- 
mittee on the Bill do report how far such order 
has been complied with on the Report of the Bull. 

The third Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Shirley reported from the Committee on the Kingston. 
Kingston-upon-Hull Docks Bill; That the Parties upon-Hull 
promoting the said Bill had stated to the Committee, Docks Bill. 
that it was not their intention to proceed with the 
same. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Fishguard 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, Harbour “% 
That in the case of the Fishguard Harbour Improve- Bi rror: 

: “ee tel wad sage Bill [Lords.] 
ment Bill, originating in the House of Lords, an 
referred on the first reading thereof, no Standing 
Orders not previously inquired into are applicable. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from North Eastern 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, — pvr 
in respect of non-compliance with the Standing Railway Com- 
Orders in the case of the Petition for additional panies Amal- 
Provision in the North Eastern and Bedale and mation Bill 
Leyburn Railway Companies Amalgamation Bill. 

Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Select 


Committee on Standing Orders. 


Mr. Scholefield reported the Hereford and Bre- Hereford 
con Railway Bill, with Amendments. marten 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; ane 

and be printed. 


Mr. Scholefield reported from the Committee on Railway Bills 
Group 6 of Railway Bills; That the Parties pro- (Group 6) 
moting the Liyfui Vale Railway Bill had stated, 
that the evidence of Thomas Colliver was essential 
to enable them to establish their case ; and it having 
been proved that his attendance could not be pro- 
cured without the intervention of the House, he had 
been instructed to move, That the said Thomas 
Colliver do attend the said Committee on Monday 
the 28th day of March, at Twelve of the clock. _ 

Ordered, That Thomas Colliver do attend the said 
Committee upon Monday next, at Twelve of the 
clock. 


The Tavistock Markets, Streets and Improve- Tavistock 
ment Bill was read the third time. Mertat 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. Impre 

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


Streets and 


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22 Vicrortiz. 


Warrington The Warrington and Stockport Railway Bill was 
and Stockport read the third time. 
pailway BY. Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 


Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 


Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Central Wales The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Railway Bill. the Central Wales Railway Bill, as amended in the 


25° Martii. 





133 


that the Lords, thereby authorized, had declared 
the Royal Assent to the said Acts, as follow: 

An Act to apply the Sum of One million two Consolidated 
hundred and twenty two thousand three hundred Fund 
and eighty three pounds eight shillings and nine- e-37) Bill 
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-nine : 

An Act to apply the Sum of Eleven millions, out Consolidated 
of the Consolidated Fuud, to the Service of the a 
year One thousand eight hundred and Fifty-nine : ea ae 


An Act for punishing Mutiny and Desertion, and Mutiny Bill. 
for the better Payment of the Army and their 
Quarters : 

An Act for the Regulation of Her Majesty’s Marine 
Royal Marine Forces while on Shore : Mutiny Bill. 

An Act more effectually to prevent Danger to the Burial-places 
Public Health from Places of Burial : Bill. 

Au Act to repeal certain Acts and parts of Acts Anniversary 
which relate to the Ob:ervance of the ‘Thirtieth of Days Obser- 
January and other Days: emeeiuans 

An Act to authorize the Inclosure of certain Lands, Inclosure Bill. 
in pursuance of a Report of the Inclosure Commis- 
sioners for England and Wales : 

An Act to repeal the Thirty-second Section of County Courts 
the Act “ for the more easy Recovery of Small Bil. 

Debts and Demands in England,” and to make fur- 
ther Provision in lieu thereof: 


An Act to effect an Exchange of Ecclesiastical Ecton and 


Patronage between Her Majesty the Queen and beamed = 3 
Miss Sophia Broadley : change Bi 
bitin y° [ Lords.] 


An Act to authorize Charles Frederick Clifton, Ciifton’s 
Esquire, and the Lady Edith Maud his Wife, and Name Bill 
their Issue, to assume and bear the Surnames of 4°’! 
“ Abney Hastings,” in lieu of the Surname of Ciif- 





d Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 
Mid-Wales Ordered, That the Mid-Wales Railway Bill, as 
pailwsy Bill ~omended in the Committee, be taken into considera- 
(clnged from ton upon Tuesda te 
(rancheste?, p ay nex 
8 ome and Milford Haven 
Janction Railway). 
1 pedSeaand The House proceeded to take into consideration 
; India Tele the Red Sea and India Telegraph Company (No. 2) 
| eto) Bill, as amended in the Committee. 
. Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 
Atlantic Telee Mr, Fitz Roy reported from the Committee on the 
or No.3) Atlantic ‘Telegraph Company (No. 2) [Agreements, 
fAgreements, &amp;c.], a Resolution ; which was read, as foiloweth : 
ke] That it shall be lawful for the Lords Commissioners 
of Her Majesty’s Treasury and the Atlantic Tele- 
graph Company, by mutual agreement, from time 
to time to rescind, modify or alter any agreements 
or arrangements now in force under the Atlantic 
Telegraph Act, 1857, or which may at any time 
hereafter be made or entered into between them; 
and that, for assisting and facilitating the completion 
of the Company's undertaking, the Lords Commis- 
sioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury may, on behalf of 
Her Majesty and Her Majesty’s Government, from 
time to time make and enter into such agreements 
or arrangements with the Company as they may 
think proper, for appropriating or applying any fixed 
or varying annual payment or sum to or for dividend 
upon all or any part of the present capital of the 
Company, or any further capital required by the 
Company, or for securing or guaranteeing to the 
Company a fixed or varying rate of interest or divi- 
dend upon all or any part of such present or further 
capital, and onnally for securing to the Company 
any privileges or advantages in relation to all or any 
“ part of their capital, or any privileges or advantages 
to Her Majesty, or Her Majesty’s Government, or 
the Public Service. 
The said Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 
Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee on the Bill, that they have Power to make 
Provision therein pursuant to the said Resolution. 
Public Several Public Petitions were ted, and read ; 
Petitions, presented, and read ; 
— and ordered to lie upon the Table. 
Vide Votes, Several Public Petitions were also presented, and 
: tenth Repo rt, Ped; and referred to Select Committees. 
Royal Assent. 


A Message was delivered by Sir Augustus Clif- 

ford, Gentleman 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 ‘. 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 

Vou. 114. 


ton, and to bear the Arms of “ Abney” and “ Has- 
tings,” in compliance with a condition contained in 
a Settlement made by Sir Charles Abney Hastings, 
Baronet, deceased, of certain Estates in the Coun- 
ties of Derby and Leicester. 





General Peel presented,—Return to an Address Militia. 
to Her Majesty, dated the 3d day of this instant No. 158. 
March, for Returns relative to the Militia. 

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





Mr. Gathorne Hardy presented,—Return to an Belfast Lu- 
Order, dated the i1th day of this instant March, for 24tic Asylum. 
a Return relative to the Belfast Lunatic Asylum. 

Return to an Order, dated the 14th day of this Belvoir Agri- 
instant March, for a Return relative to the Belvoir — Model 
Agricu'tural Model School. — 

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


Ordered, That the Return relative to Population, population, 
Revenue, &amp;c., which was presented upon the 24th Revenue, &amp;c. 
day of this instant March, be printed. No. 159. 


Ordered, That the Return of Letters that have Hull Citadel. 
passed between the Secretary of State for War, &amp;c., No. 160. 
and the Hull Park and Recreation Grounds Commit- 
tee, and of any Memorials relative to Hull Citadel, 
which was presented upon the 24th day of this 
instant March, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return of Correspondence that Hull Citadel. 


has passed between the Corporation of Kingston-on- No. 160. 
Hull and the Lords of the Treasury, relative to 
Hull Citadel, which was presented upon the 24th 
day of this instant March, be printed. 

Ordered, That the Return of unease inns Hull Citadel. 
between the Hull Dock Company and the Treasury, No, 160. 


&amp;e., relative to Hull Citadel, which was presented 
upon the 24th day of this instant March, be 


printed. 
Ordered, 





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134 


Landed Ordered, That the Return relative to the Landed 

— Estates Court (Ireland), which was presented upon 

( N ) the 24th day of this instant March, be printed. 

o. 161. 
East India Ordered, That the Return relative to East India 
Canty (King of Delhi), which was presented upon the 24th 
No. 162, “ay of this instant March, be printed. 

Incresseand The following Papers, pursuant to the direc- 

ae tions of several Acts of Parliament, were laid upon 

Offices.) the Table by the Clerk of the House,—Accounts 
of every Increase and Diminution which has taken 
place in the year 1858, in the Number of Persons 
employed, or in the Salaries, Emoluments, Allow- 
ances and Expenses in all Public Offices or Depart- 
ments ; with an Abstract. 

Superannu- = An Account of all Allowances or Compensations 

Offices)” ublic sranted as Retired Allowances or Superannuations 

in all Public Offices or Departments, which re- 

mained payable on the Ist of January 1858; the 
Annual Amount which was granted in the year 
1858 ; the Annual Amount which ceased within the 
year ; and the Total Amount remaining payable on 
the 31st of December 1858. 

Treaty of Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 

Vienna, &amp;. to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Copies or Extracts of the Treaty of Vienna, 
dated the 9th day of June 1815, relating to Aus- 
trian Rights in Jtaly :——Of a Despatch from Sir 
William A’Court to Viscount Castlereagh, dated 
Naples, the 18th day of July 1815, communicating 
the purport of a Treaty between Austria and Sici/y 
of the 12th day of June (July) 1815:——Of the 
Treaty between Austria and Tuscany, dated the 12th 
day of June 1815:—— Of the Treaty between 
Austria, Great Britain, Prussia, Russia and Spain, 
dated the 10th day of June 1817, and Extracts of 
Treaties referred to therem:——Of the Treaty 
between Austria, Sardinia, Lucea, Tuscany and 
Modena, dated the 28th day of November 1844: 
——Of the Treaty between Austria and Modena, 
dated the 24th day of December 1847 :-——And, 
of the Treaty between Austria and Parma, dated 
the 17th day of February 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. 

Adjournment. Resolved, That this House will, at the rising of 
the House this day, adjourn till Monday next. 
Foreign Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer presented, by 
a Mes- Her Majesty’s Command,— Papers relating to the 
. Emoluments of Her Majesty’s Foreign Service 
Messengers attached to the Foreign Office, 1858. 

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

Railway Lord Loraine presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 

Accidents.  mand,—Copy of General Report to the Lords of 
the Committee of Privy Council for Trade, upon 
the Accidents which have occurred on Railways 
during the year 1858. 

Copy of Reports of the Inspecting Officers of 
the Railway Department to the Lords of the Com- 
mittee of Privy Council for Trade, upon certain 
Accidents which have occurred on Railways during 
the months of January, February and March 1859: 
(Part First.) 

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

Local Acts. Mr. Corry presented, by Her Majesty’s — 
No. 50. 


mand,— Further ~j from the Admiralty relative 


to Applications for Local Acts. 


95°— 26" Martiz. 


A. 1859. 


Ordered, That the General Committee on Rail- Railwa and 
way and Canal Bills have leave to sit this day, Canal Bi 
during the sitting of the House. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming Representa. 
the adjourned Debate on the Amendment which, = of the 
upon the 21st day of this instant March, was pro- Sople Bill 
posed to be made to the Question, That the Repre- 
sentation of the People Bill be now read a second 
time; and which Amendment was, to leave out from 
the word “That” to the end ofthe Question, in order 
to add the words “ this House is of opinion, that it 
“is neither just nor politic to interfere, inthe manner 
“ proposed in this Bill, with the Freehold Franchise 
“as hitherto exercised in the Counties in England and 
“ Wales ; and that no re-adjustment of the Franchise 
“ will satisfy this House or the Country, which does 
“ not provide for a greater extension of the Suffrage 
“ in Cities and Boroughs than is contemplated in 
“ the present Measure,” instead thereof ; 

And the Question being again proposed, That the 
words proposed to be left out stand part of the 
Question :—The House resumed the said adjourned 
Debate. 


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


Sabbati, 26° die Martii, 1859: 


Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 
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 passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Convict Pri- 
for the Government of the Convict Prisons in Her sons Abroad 
Majesty’s Dominions Abroad ; to which the Lords #4 
desire the concurrence of this House: 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Tralee and 
for reviving the Powers and extending the Time for Killarney 
the Completion of the Railway and Works authorized ®*w4y Bil. 
by “The Tralee and Killarney Railway Act, 1853 ;” 
to which the Lords desire the concurrence of this 
House : 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act purdy's 
to enable Thomas Augustus Purdy, Clerk, to exer- Disabilities 
cise his Office of Priest, and to hold any Benefice Removal 5S 
or Preferment in the United Church of England 
and Jfreland ; to which the Lords desire the concur- 
rence of this House. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Receivers in 
reading of the Receivers in Chancery (Lreland) Chancery 
Abolition, &amp;e., Bill ; ae 

olition, Ke., ill ; _ ition, &amp;¢. Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Sale and 
reading of the Sale and Transfer of Land (Zreland) — 
Bill ; tand) Bill 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Sale and 
mittee on Sale and Transfer of Land (Jreland) ey 
(Compensations and Stamps] ; Compensa- 

| Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday tions and 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. Stamps-] 





| 
| The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Highways 
mittee on the Highways 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- ee 

| mittee on the Sale of Poisons Bill ; - 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday the 


Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the| 8th day of April next, resolve itself into the said 
Table ; and be printed. 





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22 Vicroriz. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Title to the Landed Estates 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 Registry of Landed Estates 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 Registration of Births, &amp;c. (Jreland) 
Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday next. 


The Order of the day heing read, for the third 
reading of the East India Loan Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon 
Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Superannuation 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 Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Wavs and Means; 

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


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on the Patents for Inventions 
(Munitions of War) Bill; and, after some time 
spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and 
Mr. FitzRoy reported, That the Committee had 
gone through the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration upon Monday 
next, 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Common Rights, &amp;c. (War Depart- 
ment) Bill; 

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 ottingham Charities 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 Debtor and Creditor 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 Parliamentary Voters (Ireland) Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Monday next. 


_ The House, according to Order, proceeded to take 
into consideration the Petitions of Right Bill, as 
amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Monday next. 


_ The House, according to Order, proceeded to take 
into consideration the Affidavits by Commission, 
&amp;ec. Bill, as amended in the Committee; and an 
Amendment was made to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Monday next. 

Vou. 114. 


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135 


The Municipal Elections Bill was, according to Municipal 
Order, read the third time. ' _ Elections Bill, 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Purdy’s Disabilities Removal Bill was read the Purdy’s — 
first time; and ordered to be read a second time. ae 
[Lords.] 

Colonel Wilson Patten reported from the Com- Committee of 
mittee of Selection ; That they had made alterations Orhied Re- 
in the Groups of Private Bills already formed, and port.) 
had directed him to make a Report thereof to the No, 163, 
House. 

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


Mr. Ingham reported from the Committee on Great Western 
Group 1 of Railway Bills; That in the case of the Railway Bill. 
Great Western Railway Bill, they had examined 
the allegations contained in the Preamble of the 
Bill, and amended the same, by striking out so 
much thereof as related to the alteration of Tolls; 
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, having continued to sit 
till One of the clock on Saturday morning, 
adjourned till Monday next. 





Luna, 28° die Martii ; 
Anno 22° Victoria Regine, 1859. 

PRAYERS. 
\ q R. Edward Egerton reported from the Com- mid-Sussex 
i mittee on Group 3 of Railway Bills ; That in 2nd Midhurst 
the case of the Mid-Sussex and Midhurst Junction — aa 
Railway Bill, in pursuance of the Resolution of the” 
Standing Orders Committee, reported to the House, 
and agreed to on the 25th of March instant, that 
the Parties be permitted to introduce their addi- 
tional Provision if the Committee on the Bill think 
fit, provided that they prove the consent of the 
owners of land intended to be taken for the pro- 

osed deviation, it was proved to the satisfaction of 
the Committee that such consents had been given ; 
and that the Committee had made Provision in the 
Bill, pursuant to the said Resolution; that they had 
examined the allegations of the Bill, and found the 
same to be true; and had gone through the Bill, 
and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table; 

and be printed. 


Mr. Edward Egerton reported from the Com- Railway Bills 
mittee on Group 3 of Railway Bills ; ‘That, for the (Group 3.) 
convenience of Parties, the Committee had adjourned 
till Thursday next, at Twelve of the clock. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Edward Egerton reported from the Com- Portsmouth 
mittee on Group 3 of Railway Bills; That in the ®ailway Bill 
case of the Portsmouth Railway Bill, they had 
examined the allegations contained inthe Preamble 
of the Bill, but the same had not been proved to 
their satisfaction. 

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


Mr. Stanley reported the Sunderland Dock (No. 2) Sunderland 
Bill, with Amendments. a (No. 2) 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table.” ~ 


Mr. Fenwick reported from the Committee on the Tweed __ 
Tweed Fisheries Bill; That they had examined the Fisheries Bill. 
allegations contained in the Preamble of the Bill, 

s4 and 





Tweed 
Fisheries Bill 
(Special Re- 
port.) 

Vide Sup- 
plement to 
the Votes. 


Charleston 
Railway and 
Harbour Bill. 


North British 


and Selkirk = North British and Selkirk and Galashiels 
and Galashiels 


Railway Com- Companies Bill ; That they had examined the allega- 


panies Bill. 


North Eastern 


Railway 
(Nidd Valley 
Branch) Bill. 


Gateshead 
Quay Bill. 


Atlantic Tele- 


graph Com- 
pany (No. 2) 
Bill. 


Hooton and 
Neston Rail- 
way Bill. 


136 
aid amended the same, so as to make it consistent 
with the Provisions of the Bill; and found the 
same, as amended, to be true; and had made Pro- 
vision in the Bill, pursuant to the Instruction of the 
House; that a Report from the Board of Admi- 
ralty had been referred to the Committee, and that 
they had duly considered the same ; and had gone 
through the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That the Committee on the Tweed 
Fisheries Bill have leave to make a Special Report. 

Mr. Fenwick reported from the said Committee ; 
That they had agreed to a Special Report, which 
they had directed him to make to the House. 

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


Mr. Fitz Roy reported from the Committee on the 
Charleston Railway and Harbour Bill; That they 
had examined the allegations contained in the Pre- 
amble of the Bill, and amended the same, by limiting 
the Main Line of Railway, and altering the northern 
Terminus thereof, and striking out the Branch to 
Baimule Coal Pit, and by reciting more fully some 
of the provisions of the deeds mentioned in the 
Preamble ; and found the same, as amended, to be 
true; and had gone through the Bill, and made 
Amendments thereunto. 

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


Mr. Fitz Roy reported from the Committee on the 
Railway 


tions contained in the Preamble of the Bill, and 
amended the same, so as to show more correctly the 
share capital and liabilities of the Selkirk and Ga- 
lashiels Railway Company ; and found the same, as 
amended, to be true; and had gone through the 
Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

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


Mr. Fitz Roy reported the North Eastern Railway 
(Nidd Valley Branch) Bill, with Amendments. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the ‘I'able; 
and be printed. 


Mr. Fitz Roy reported from the Committee on the 
Gateshead Quay Bill; That they had examined the 
allegations contained in the Preamble of the Bill, 
and amended the same, by adding a recital stating 
the expediency of passing the present Bill by way 
of amendment of the Gateshead Quay Act, 1855, 
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 from the Committee on the 
Atlantic Telegraph Company (No. 2) Bill; That 
they had examined the allegations contained in the 
Preamble of the Bill, and amended the same, by in- 
serting an allegation that the Company have not 
granted any preference or priority in payment of 
interest or dividend on any part of their capital ; 
and found the same, as amended, to be true; and 
had niade 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. Fitz Roy reported from the Committee on the 
Hooton and Neston Railway Bill; That the Parties 
promoting the Bill had stated to the Committee, 
that it was not their intention to proceed with the 
same. 


28° Martiz. 


A. 1859. 


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


Mr. rere reported from the Committee on Brecon ang 
Group 6 of Railway and Canal Bills; That in the Merthyr 
case of the Brecon and Merthyr Tydfil Railway Fg Kn 
Bill, they had examined the allegations contained in Bill, . 
the Preamble of the Bill, and amended the same, by 
correcting the description of one of the proposed 
Lines, by omitting the reference to other proposed 
Lines which were omitted from the enacting part of 
the Bill, as submitted to the Committee, and by 
omitting certain allegations explanatory of the cir- 
cumstances under which an agreement had been 
made with another proposed Company, and alleging 
the expediency of making Provisions for carrying 
the same into effect, the Provision for that purpose 
having been omitted from the Bill as submitted to 
the Committee ; and found the same, as amended, 

to be true; and had gone through the Bill, and 
made Amendments thereunto. 

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


Mr. Gregson reported from the Select Committee Public 

on Public Petitions; That they had examined the Petitions 
Petitions presented upon the 24th and 25th days of ieee 
this instant March, and had directed him to make 

a Report thereof to the House. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 

and be printed. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,— Report from standard Life 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, Assurance 
That in the case of the Standard Life Assurance es ae 
Company Bill, originating in the Lords, and referred 
on the first reading thereof, no Standing Orders not 
previously inquired into are applicable. 

Ordered, That the Bill be :ead a second time. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Scarborough 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, — = 
That in the case of the Scarborough Gas Bill, ori- Lord] 
ginating in the Lords, and referred on the first 
reading thereof, no Standing Orders not previously 
inquired into are applicable. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Galway Har- 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, pop 
in respect of non-compliance with the Standing 4 mendient 
Orders in the case of the Galway Harbour and Bill. 

Port Act (1853) Amendment Bill. 
Ordered, ‘Vhat the Report be referred to the Select 


Comniittee on Standing Orders. 


A Motion being made, That the Birkenhead, Lan- Birkenhead, 
cashire and Cheshire Junction Railway Bill be now ery 
read the third time ; Junction 

Mr. FitzRoy, by Her Majesty’s Command, ac- way 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: And that the 
Title be, An Act to authorize the Birkenhead, Lan- 
cashire and Cheshire Junction Railway Company to 
make a Railway from Hooton to Helsby, with a 
Branch to Zranmere Pool, and for other purposes. 

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


A Metion being made, That the Whitehaven Har- Leber 
bour and Town Bill be now read the third time ; é; 
Mr. FitzRoy, by Her Majesty’s Command, ac- 








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92 VicToriZz. 


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 transferring the Government 
of the New Limits of the Harbour of Whitehaven, 
in the County of Cumberland, to the Harbour 
Trustees, for making better Provision for the Elec- 
tion of Trustees, and for the Alteration of certain 
Rates and Duties payable in respect of the said 
Harbonr and in the Town of Whitehaven. 

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


Carmarthen The House proceeded to take into consideration 
wi Cardigan the Carmarthen and Cardigan Railway Bill, as 
Railway Bill. smended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Glasgow Public Parks and Galleries of Art Bill, 
as amended in the Committee. 


Glasgow 
Public Parks 
and Galleries 


= Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 
Kingstown The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Water Bil. the Kingstown Water Bill, as amended in the Com- 

mittee ; and Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 
Manchester, The House proceeded to take into consideration 


Shefield and the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway 

oo (Station at Manchester) Bill, as amended in the 
y (Sta- 

tion at Man- Committee. 


chester) Bil. Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Poole and The House proceeded to take into consideration 
—— the Poole and Bournemouth Water Bill, as amended 
wer Bil, in the Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Travellers The House proceeded to take into consideration 
ov al . the Travellers and Marine Insurance and Accidental 
Death Insurance Companies Amalgamation (No. 2) 
DethIn- Bill, as amended in the Committee. 
no pay Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 
gamation 
(No. 2) Bill 
YorkImprovee The House proceeded to take into consideration 
ent Bi the York Improvement Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 
Sransea Ordered, That the Order made upon the 8th day 
Harbour Trust of February last, limiting the time of the second 
reading of Private Bills, be suspended in the case 
of the Swansea Harbour Trust Bill. 
Sransea The Swansea Harbour Trust Bill was read a 
prtour Trust second time ; and committed. 
Tottenham The Tottenham and Edmonton Gas Bill was read 
Cu monton a second time; and committed. 
[Lords,} 
Tralee and 


The Tralee and Killarney Railway Bill was read 
the first time. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exa- 
miners of Petitions for Private Bills. 


Wee Bex: 

~ met Mr. Stanley}reported from the Committee on Grou p 

Deietand N, of Private Bills; That in the case of the Wear 
Bil, ‘Navigation and Sunderland Docks Bill, they had 


examined the allegations contained in the Preamble 
of the Bill, and amended the same, by striking out 


@ recital as to the Pil . 
Vou. 134: llotage, and by adding a re- 


28° Martit. 








137 


cital as to the expediency of altering the nature of 
the Commission, in order to make the Preamble con- 
sistent with the Provisions of the Bill, as passed 
by the Committee ; and fownd 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. 


Several Public Petitions were presented, and Public 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. Petitions. 
Vide Fifteenth 
Report. ; 
Resolved, That aun humble Address be presented Weights and 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased Measures. 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Copy of a Letter from the Comptroller 
General of the Exchequer to the Secretarv of State 
for the Home Department, dated the 9th dav of 
February 1859, and of the enclosed Copy of a Re- 
port from the Astronomer Royal, on the subject of 
Weights and Measures. 
Ordered, That 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. Adair reported the Dundee and Newtyle Dundee and 
Railway Bill, with Amendments. — 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table; "”” 

and be printed. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented War Depart- 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased ™°™ 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Copies of any Letters and Communications 
between the War Department and the Treasury, in 
the months of January and February 1857, referring 
to the modifications of the Superior Appointments 
of that Establishment, with their Lordships’ Rea- 
sons for approving of the same: And, of all 
Letters (with Memorandum or Minute of any per- 
sonal Communication between Mr. Chancellor of 
the Exchequer and Sir Benjamin Hawes), referred 
to in Parliamentary Paper, No. 149, dated the 22d 
day of this instant March, now on the Table of the 
House, in respect to the Claim of Colonel Mundy 
to a Pension of £.1,000, in consequence of being 
deprived of his office of Permanent Under Se- 
cretary of State for War, by virtue of an Order in 
Council dated the 2d day of February 1857. 

Ordered, That 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. Gathorne Hardy presented, by Her Ma- Turnpike 
jesty’s Command,—Copy of First Report, with Ab- Trusts. 
stracts of Accounts relating to the circumstances of 
the undermentioned Turnpike Trusts applying for 
Local Acts in the present Session of Parliament, 
made by direction of the Secretary of State for the 
Home Department, under the Powers conferred 
upon him by the Act of 3 &amp; 4 Will. 4, c.80:— 

No.1. Finford Bridge and Banbury Road. 
2. Hunslet and Leeds Road. 
3. Carlisle and Eamont Bridge Road. 

Copy of Seventh Annual Report of the Commis- Medical 
sioners for administering the Laws for Relief of the Charities 
Poor in Jreland, under the Medical Charities Act, 

14 &amp; 15 Vic. c. 68. 

Mr. Gathorne Hardy also presented,—Return to Boundaries of 
an Address to Her Majesty, dated the sth day of Boroughs. 
this instant March, for a Return relative to Boun- 
daries of Boroughs. 

Return to several Addresses to Her Majesty, Coal Mines. 
dated the 17th day of February last, and the 21st 
day of this instant March, for Returns relative to 
Coal Mines. vi 


T Return 













National 
Education 
(Ireland. ) 


Queen’s 
Colleges, &amp;c. 
(Ireland.) 


Increase and 
Diminution 
(Public 
Offices. ) 


No. 164. 


Superannu- 
ations (Public 
Offices. ) 


No. 165. 


Representa- 
tion of the 
People Bill. 


Message from 
the Lords. 


Belfast and 
Londonderry 
Junction 
Railway Bill, 


Londonderry 
and Lough 
Swilly Rail- 
way Bill. 


Bury Saint 
Edmuno’s 
Gas Bill. 


County Pri- 
sons (Ireland) 
Bill. 


Savings Banks 


(ireland) Act 
tinuance 


138 


Return to an Order, dated the 1st day of this 
instant March, for Returns relative to National 
Education (Jreland). 

Return to an Order, dated the 4th day of this 
instant March, for Keturns relative to Queen’s Col- 
leges, &amp;c. (Jreland). 

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


Ordered, That the Abstract of the Accounts re- 
lative to Increase and Diminution (Public Offices), 
which was presented upon the 25th day of this 
instant March, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Account relative to Superan- 
nuations (Public Offices), which was presented upon 
the 25th day of this instant March, be printed. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming 
the adjourned Debate on the Amendment which, 
upon the 21st day of this instant March, was pro- 
posed to be made to the Question, That the Repre- 
sentation of the People Bill be now read a second 
time; and which Amendment was, to leave out 
from the word “ That” to the end of the Question, 
in order to add the words “ this House is of opinion, 
“ that it is neither just nor politic to interfere, n 
‘“‘ the manner proposed in this Bill, with the Free- 
“ hold Franchise as hitherto exercised in the Coun- 
“ ties in England and Wales; and that no re-ad- 
‘¢ justment of the Franchise will satis!y this House 
“or the Country, which does not provide fur a 
“ oreater Extension of the Suffrage in Cities and 
“ Boroughs than is contemplated in the present 
“ Measure,” 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 Tuesday morning ; 


Martis, 29° die Martii, 1859: 


Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 
till this day. 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That a Mes- 
sage had been brought from the Lords, by one of 
their Clerks, as followeth : 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 
to enable the Ballymena, Ballymoney, Coleraine, 
and Portrush Junction Railway Company to make 
a Junction Railway at Coleraine; to which the 
Lords desire the concurrence of this House: 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An 
Act to confer further Powers on the Londonderry 
and Lough Swilly Railway Company for the Com- 
pletion of their Railway; to which the Lords desire 
the concurrence of this House : 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 
for authorizing the Bury Saint Edmund’s Gas 
Company to raise further Capital, and for regulating 
their Capital, and for other purposes; to which the 
Lords desire the concurrence of this House. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the County Prisons (Jreland) 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 Savings Banks (Jreland) 
Act Continuance 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 amended the Title, as fol- 
loth 

A Bill to amend and continue an Act of the 
eleventh and twelfth years of Her present Ma- 





28°—99° Martiz. 





A. 1859. 


jesty, for amending the Laws relating to Savings 
Banks in Ireland. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Poor Law ang 
reading of the Poor Law and Medical Charities Medical Cha. 
(Ireland) Act Amendment Bill; Act Ame 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time men me 


upon Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Sale ana 
mittee on Sale and Transfer of Land (Lreland) [Com- Transfer of 
pensations and Stamps] ; tendy (oe 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday pensations 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. and Stamps, 


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 ana 

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, proceeded to take Patents for 
into consideration the Patents for Inventions (Mu- Inventions 
nitions of War) Bill, as amended in the Com- War) Bil 
mittee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
this day. 


The House, according to Order, resolved. itself common 
into a Committee on the Common Rights, &amp;c. (War Rights, &amp;. 
Department) Bill; and, after some time spent se , 
therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. 

Fitz Roy reported, That the Committee had gone 

through the Bill, and directed him to report the 

same, without Amendment. 

, Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time this 
ay. 


The Nottingham Charities Bill was, according to Nottingham 
Order, read the third time. Charities 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- Law of Pro- 
mittee on the Law of Property and Trustees Relief porty a8 ud 
Amendment Bill ; ‘Amendment 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday Bill [Lords] 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Parliamentary 
reading of the Parliamentary Voters (Jreland) Jao Bill, 
Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday next. 


The Petitions of Right Bill was, according to Or- Petitions of 
der, read the third time. Right Bill 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Affidavits by Commission, &amp;c. Bill was, ac~ Affidavite by 
cording to Order, read the third time. eg IE 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The House was moved, That the Entry in the Masters and 
Votes of the 24th day of this instant March, of the Bill, 
Proceedings of the House on the second reading 
of the Masters and Operatives Bill, might be read ; 
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22 Vicrorix. 


And the House being informed, That the said 
Bill had been read a second time by mistake; 

Ordered, That the Proceedings upon the second 
reading of the said Bill be null and void. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday the 4th day of May next. 


Roman Catho- The Order for reading a second time, this day, the 
lic Oath Bill. Roman Catholic Oath Bill, was read, and discharged. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 

Tuesday the 5th day of April next. 


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till One of the clock on Tuesday morning, 
adjourned till this day. 





Martis, 29° die Martii ; 
Anno 22° Victoriz Regine, 1859. 


PRAYERS. 


OLONEL Wilson Patten reported from the 
Select Committee on Standing Orders, 
several Resolutions; which were read, as follow: 
1. That in the case of the North Eastern and 
Bedale and Leyburn Railway Companies Amalga- 
Seen Com- mation Bill, ” Petition for ” sddiseal Provision, 
panies Amal- the Standing Orders ought to be dispensed with; 
gamation Bill. that the Parties be permitted to introduce their addi- 
tional Provision accordingly, if the Committee on 
the Bill shall think fit. 





Standing 
Orders. 


North Eastern 
and Bedale 


Fishguard 2. That in the case of the Fishguard Harbour 
on” Improvement Bill, Petition of Messrs. Sudlow for 
Bill, dispensing with Standing Order 169, the said 
Standing Order ought to be dispensed with ; that 
the Parties be permitted to proceed with their Bill. 
Standard Life 3, That in the case of the Standard Life Assur- 
Company Bil ance Company Bill, Petition of Messrs. Gregory 
for dispensing with Standmg Order 169, the said 
Standing Order 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. 
Lyfni Vale Mr: Scholefield reported from the Committee on 


Railway Bill. Group 6 of Railway Bills; That in the case of the 
Liyfii Vale Railway Bill, they had examined the 
allegations contained in the Preamble of the Bill, 
but the same had not been proved to their satisfac- 
tion. 

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


alsa ond The London and North Western Railway ( Edge 
Railway Hill to Garston) Bill was read the third time. 
(Edge Hillto Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 


Garmon) Bill. Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


~The The Red Sea and India Telegraph Company 
gaphCom- (No. 2) 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 (No. 2) 


a eke The House proceeded to take into consideration 
" the Mersey Docks and Harbour Bill, as amended 
in the Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Mid-Wales 


Railway Bil. The House, according to Order, proceeded to take 


into consideration the Mid-Wales Railway Bill, as 
amended in the Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Gs Bil The Scarborough Gas Bill was read a second 
5 


time ; and committed. 
Vou, 114. 


28°—29° Martiz. 








139 


The Bury Saint Edmund's Gas Billi was read the Bury Saint 
first time. Edmund's 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Ex- (herded 
aminers of Petitions for Private Bills. 


The Belfast and Londonderry Junction Railway Belfast and 
Bill was read the first time. Londonderry 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Ex- ee 
aminers of Petitions for Private Bills. | Lords. 


Mr. Adair reported the Forth and Clyde Naviga- Forth and 
tion Bill, with Amendments. Clyde = 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. oe 


Ordered, That the Hereford and Brecon Railway Hereford and 
Bill be re-committed to the former Committee: —And —a 
that they have leave to sit and proceed forthwith, “*7 *™ 


Ordered, That the Merthyr, Tredegar and Aber- Merthyr, 
gavenny Railway Bill be re-committed to the former ee — 
Committee :—And that they have leave to sit and Railway Bill 


proceed forthwith. 


Several Public Petitions were presented, and Public 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. Petitions. 


A Public Petition was also presented, and read ; yiae Votes, 


and referred to a Select Committee. and Fifteenth 
Report. 


Mr. Gathorne Hardy presented,—Return to an Proprietors 
Address to Her Majesty, dated the 2d day of this (Scotland.) 
instant March, for a Return relative to Proprietors 
(Scotland). 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the riterary, &amp;c. 
14th day of this instant March, for a Return relative Institutions. 
to Literary, &amp;c., Lustitutions. 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the Poor Rates. 
22d day of this instant March, for a Return relative 
to Poor Rates. 

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


General Peel presented,—Return to an Address Army (Pur- 
to Her Majesty, dated the 15th day of February chase and 
last, for a Return relative to Army (Purchase and —a 
Sale of Commissions). ; 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the Army (Pur- 
17th day of February last, fora Return relative to x mg Sl 
Army (Purchase and Sale of Coramissions). missions.) 

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


The following Papers were laid upon the Table Brewers, &amp;c. 
by the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, 
dated the 10th day of February last, for Accounts 
relative to Brewers, &amp;c. 

Return to an Order, dated the 10th day of Fe- Hops. 
bruary last, for Accounts relative to Hops. 

Return to an Order, dated the 23d day of this Decimal 
‘instant March, for a Return relative to Decimal Coinage. 
Coinage. 

The following Paper, pursuant to the directions Bridlington 
ofan Act of Parliament, was also laid upon the Piers and 
Table by the Clerk of the House,—Abstract of the #*our- 
General Annual Account of the Commissioners of 
Bridlington Piers and Harbour, from the 26th day 
of July 1857 to the 26th day of July 1858. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Boundaries Boundaries of 
of Boroughs, which was presented upon the 28th Boroughs. 
day of this instant March, be printed. No. 166. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to National National 
Education (Ireland), which was presented upon the Education 


28th day of this instant March, be printed. sgn 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Queen’s Queen's 
Colleges, &amp;c. (Ireland), which was presented upon a 
the 28th day of this instant March, be printed. = No. 168 

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Sale of Grain, 
&amp;c. Bill 


Leave of 
Absence. 


Post-office 
(Receiving- 
houses, &amp;c.) 


Postal Sub- 
sidies, &amp;c. 
(Canada, &amp;c.) 


Aggravated 
Assaults Act 
Amendment. 


Cruelty to 
Animals Acts 
Amendment. 


Indemnity. 


East India 
(Financial 
Despatches, 
&amp;c.) 


140 99°—30° Martii. A, 1859. 


The Order for the House to resolve itself into a| Public Debt (in continuation of Parliamentary 
Committee, To-morrow, on the Sale of Grain, &amp;c. | Paper, No. 179, of Session 1858). 
Bill, was read, and discharged. Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday | Her Majesty, by such Members of this House as are 
the 13th day of April next, resolve itself into the said | of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 
Committee. 
| The Order of the day being read, for the second Adulteration 
| reading of the Adulteration of Food or Drink Bill ; °f Food or 
Committee, To-morrow, on the Edinburgh, &amp;c. An-; Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
nuity Tax Bill, was read, and discharged. /upon Tuesday the 5th day of April next. 
esolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday | 
the 4th day of May next, resolve itself into the said | The Order of the day being read, for resuming Poor Relief 
Committee. | the adjourned Debate on the Amendment which, (Ireland) Acts 
| upon the 23d day of this instant March, was pro- eae 


The Order for the House to resolve itself into a 


Ordered, That Sir William Heuthcote have leave | 


of absence for a month, on account of ill health. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, ; 


Returns of the Number of Post-office Receiving- 
houses abolished in the Metropolitan District, by 
order of the Postmaster General, within the last | 
Six Months, specifying the Names of the Streets | 
or Places in which such Receiving-houses were 
situated, with the Number of Pillar Letter Boxes 
set up in lieu of the same; stating also what time 
elapsed in each Case between the closing of the 
Otiice and the Erection of the Pillar Box; also, 
whether any Notice was given by the Postmaster 
General to the Inhabitants of the various Districts 
previousto the closing of the Receiving-houses of such 
Districts :——And, of the Amount of Salary paid 
annually to the Proprietors of the Receiving-houses 
abolished, and the Amount of Compensation, if 
any, awarded to them for the loss of their Offices. 


Resolved, That 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 Address from both Branches 
of the Legislature of Canada to Her Majesty, re- 
lative to Postal Subsidies and the Intercolonial 
Railway : And, of the Correspondence between 
the Delegates from Canada, New Brunswick, and 
Nova Scotia, and Her Majesty’s Government, re- 
lative to the Intercojonial Railway from Halifax to 
Quebec. 

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





Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to amend the Act of the sixteenth and seventeenth 
years of Victoria, for the Prevention and Punish- 
ment of Aggravated Assau!ts oa Women and Chil- 
dren: And that Viscount Raynham and Mr. Ben- 
tinck do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring ina Bill 
to amend the Acts for the more effectual Prevention 
of Cruelty to Animals: And that Viscount Rayn- 
ham and Sir James East do prepare, and bring it 
in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring ina Bill 
to indemnify such Persons in the United Kingdom 
as have omitted to qualify themselves for Offices 
and Employments, and to extend the Time limited 
for those purposes respectively: And that Mr. Ga- 
thorne Hardy aud Mr, Secretary Sotheron Estcourt 
do prepare, and bring it in. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 


House, a Copy of Financial Despatches between the | 


Government of Jndia and the Secretary of State for 
India, respecting new Loans required for Jndia (in 
continuation of Parliamentary Papers, Nos. 55 and 
69, of the present Session) : And, of all Noti- 
fications of the Government of Jndia concerning the 














posed to be made to the Question, That the Poor 


| Relief (Ireland) Acts Amendment Bill be now read 


a second time; 
Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 


till To-morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Debtor and 
reading of the Debtor and Creditor Bill; Creditor Bill 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time “1 

upon Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming Represeuta- 

the adjourned Debate on the Amendment which, tion of the 
upon the 21st day of this instant March, was pro- Fevle Bill 
posed to be made to the Question, That the Repre- 
sentation of the People Bill be now read a second 
time; and which Amendment was, to leave out 
from the word “ That” to the end of the Question, 
in order to add the words “ this House is of opinion, 
“that it is neither just nor politic to interfere, in 
“the manner proposed in this Bill, with the Free- 
“ hold Franchise as hitherto exercised in the Coun- 
“ties in England and Wales; and that no re-ad- 
‘* justment of the Franchise will satisfy this House 
“or the Country, which does not provide for a 
‘‘ oreater extension of the Suffrage in Cities and 
‘“ Boroughs than is contemplated in the present 
“* Measure,” 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 Wednesday morning ; 


Mercurii, 30° die Martii, 1859: 


Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 
till Thursday next. 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That a Mes- Message from 
sage had been brought from the Lords, by one of the Lords. 
their Clerks, as followeth : 

The Lords have agreed to the Oaths Act Amend- Oaths Act 


ment Bill, without any Amendment : amma 


The Lords have agreed to the Medical Act (1858) Motied Ae 
Amendment Bill, with Amendments; to which the (18) : 
Lords desire the concurrence of this House : 

The Lords have agreed to the Manor Courts, &amp;c. Manor Courts, 
(Ireland) Bill, with Amendments; to which the 2 (Ireland) 
Lords desire the concurrence of this House : ‘ 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Companies’ 
for the Incorporation, Regulation and winding up ‘&lt; (1859) 
of Trading Companies and other Associations; to 
which the Lords desire the concurrence of this 
House : 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act sad og 
for making a Railway from the Cork and Bandon sin Raiway 
Railway to the Town of Kinsale, in the Couneg of Bill. 

Cork, with a Branch Railway or Tramway to Kin- 
sale Harbour, and for other purposes ; to which the 
Lords desire the concurrence of this House : ; 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Seyret 
for changing the Name of “‘ The People’s Provident Society 
Assurance Society” to the Name of “The Zu- pin 
ropean Assurance Society ;” and for authorizing the 


taking 





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see) ack 

c 
Greunuance 
Bill. 


Patents for 
Inventions 
(Munitions 0: 
War) Bill. 


Common 
Rights, &amp;c. 
(War Depart- 
ment) Bill. 


Church Rates 
Abolition Bill. 


vated 
Assaults Act 
Amendment 
Bill. 


Bill 94. 


Cruelty to 
Animals Acts 
Amendment 
Bill. 


Bill 95. 


Journal. 


Border Coun. 
Be Railway 


Border 
Gforth B 
Bu Railways 


92 VicToriz. 


taking of the Guarantee of the Society instead of 
other Security required from Persons in Public 
Offices and Employments, and for other purposes ; 
to which the Lords desire the concurrence of this 
House. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take 
into consideration the Savings Banks (Ireland) Act 
Continuance Bill, as amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon 
Friday next. 


The Patents for Inventions (Munitions of War) 
Bill was, according to Order, read the third time. 

Resclved, That the Bill do pass. 

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


The Common Rights, &amp;c. (War Department) 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 for the House to resolve itself into a 
Committee, this day, on the Church Rates Abolition 
Bill, was read, and discharged. 

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


Viscount Raynham presented a Bill to amend the 
Act of the sixteenth and seventeenth years of Victoria, 
for the Prevention and Punishment of Aggravated 
Assaults on Women and Children: And the same 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time upon Wednesday the 20th day of April 
next; and to be printed. 


Viscount Raynham presented a Bill to amend the 
Acts for the more effectual Prevention of Cruelty to 
Animals: And the same was read the first time; 
and ordered to be read a second time upon Wednes- 
day the 20th day of April next; and to be 
printed. 


Ordered, That the Journal of this House, from 
the end of the last Session to the end of the pre- 
sent Session, with an Index to the 114th Volume, 
be printed. 

Ordered, That Eight hundred and Fifty Copies 
of the said Journal and Index be printed, by the ap- 
pointment and under the direction of Sir Denis Le 
Marchant, the Clerk of this House. 

Ordered, That the said Journal and Index be 
me by such Person as shall be licensed by Mr, 

peaker, and that no other Person do presume to 
print the same. 


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 Martii; 
Anno 22° Victoria Regine, 1859. 
PRAYERS, 


T H E House proceeded to take into considera- 
tion the Border 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 Border Union (North British) Railways Bill, 
as amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 
Von. 114, 


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141 


Purdy’s Disabilities Removal Bill was read a Purdy’s 


Disabilities 
pe 
The Cork and Kinsale Junction Railway Bill was Cork and 
read the first time. Kinsale Junc- 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exami- Bm tural 
ners of Petitions for Private Bills. 


second time; and committed, 


The People’s Provident Assurance Society Bill People’s 
was read the first time. oe 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exami- Society Bill 


ners of Petitions for Private Bills. [Lords.] 


Several Public Petitions were presented, and Public 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. Petitions. 
Vide Fifteenth 
Report. 
Ordered, That the Return relative to Proprietors Proprietors 
(Scotland), which was presented upon the 29th day (Seotland.) 
of this instant March, be printed. No. 169. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Literary, &amp;c. Literary, &amp;e. 
Institutions, which was presented upon the 29th day stitutions. 
of this instant March, be printed. No. 170. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Poor Rates, Poor Rates. 
which was presented upon the 29th day of thisinstant No. 171. 
March, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return of Proceedings of a War Army (Pur- 
Office Committee on Sir Charles Trevelyan’s Scheme ¢h#8¢ and 


: , - Sal Yeo 
relative to Army (Purchase and Sale of Commis- aed “y 


sions), which was presented upon the 29th day of No, 179, 
this instant March, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return of the Data on which Army (Pur- 
Sir Charles Trevelyan’s Statements relative to Army chase and 

: e “Sie Sale of Com- 
(Purchase and Sale of Commissions) were founded, jnissions.) 

which was presented upon the 29th day of this yo, 473, 


instant March, be printed. 


O:dered, That the Return relative to Brewers, &amp;c., Brewers, &amp;c. 
which was presented upon the 29th day of this No, 174, 
instant March, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Hops, which Hops. 
was presented upon the 29th day of this instant No, 175. 
March, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Decimal Decimal 
Coinage, which was presented upon the 29th day of Coinage. 
this instant March, be printed. No. 176. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Coal Mines, Coal Mines. 
which was presented upon the 28th day of this No. 177. 
instant March, be printed. 


Mr. Moncrieff presented a Bill to amend the Law Married 
of Scotland in regard to the relationship of Husband 4 yee 
and Wife: And the same was read the first time; -— 
and ordered to be read a second time upon Wednes- ”" 96- 
day next; and to be printed. 


Mr. Gathorne Hardy presented a Bill to indemnify Indemnity 
such Persons in the United Kingdom as have omitted Bill. 
to qualify themselves for Offices and Employments, 
and to extend the Time limited for those purposes 
respectively: And the same was read the first time ; 
and ordered to be read a second time To-morrow. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Queen’s 
Copy of the Correspondence which has passed Colleges (Ire- 
between the Presidents of the Queen’s Colleges in land. 
Ireland and the Jrish Government, in reference to 
the Residence of the Presidents in their respective 
Colleges. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a National 
Copy of the Minute of the Commissioners of the 0 
Board of National Education in Jreland, dated the “***"*) 
7th day of August 1848, dismissing William Kenealy, 
then Master of a National School at Churchtown, 

County of Cork, for having written an anonymous 
inflammatory Placard; together with the Letter or 
T3 Letters 


















Trial by J 
“_ 


Law Ascer- 


tainment Bill. 


Tramways 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Bankruptcy ‘ 


142 
Letters of Mr. Gould Adams, 3.P., and the Report 
of Head Inspector Butler, and of all other Documents 
and Correspondence having reference to the said 
Minute : And, of the Verdict of the Jury in an 
Action for Libel brought by William Kenealy against 
Durham Dunlop and James Baxter, and tried at the 
Kilkenny Assizes on the 13th day of March 1859. 





The Trial by Jury (Scotland) Bill was, according 
to Order, read a second time; and committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for Wednesday the 
13th day of April next. 


The Law Ascertainment Bill was, according to 
Order, read a second tinfe; and committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for Wednesday the 
13th day of April next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on the Tramways (Jreland) Bill ; 
and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker 
resumed the Chair; and Mr. FitzRoy reported, 
That the Committee had gone through the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration upon Wednesday 
next. 


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


end Insolvency mittee on the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Bill ; 


Elections, &amp;c. 
Bill 


Admiralty 
Court Bill. 


Charitable 
Uses Bill. 


Weights and 
Measures Act 
Amendment 
Bill. 


Markets (Ire- 
land) Bill. 


Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be committed to a Select | 
Committee. 

The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Elections, &amp;c. Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Tuesday the 
12th day of April next, resolve itself into the said 
Committee. 


The Admiralty Court Bill was, according to Order, 
read a second time; and committed to a Committee 
of the whole House, for Wednesday the 13th day of 
April next. 


The Charitable Uses Bill was, according to Order, 
read a second time; and committed to a Committee 
of the whole House, for Wednesday the 20th day of 
April next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Weights and Measures Act Amend- 
ment Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Wednesday the 13th day of April next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself into 
a Committee on the Markets (/reland) Bill. 


(In the Committee.) 


Preamble postponed. 

Crause, N° 1, agreed to. 

Crause, N° 2, amended, and agreed to. 

Cuavuse, N° 3 (Extent of Act). 

Amendment proposed, in p. 2, |. 25: After the 
word “ Parliament ” to insert the following words : 
“ That it shall and may be lawful for anv body who 
“¢ are entitled by virtue of any local Act to the tolls 
“and customs leviable in any market to apply to 
“* the Lord Lieutenant to have the Provisions of this 
“ Act extended to and take effect in such Market; 
“and the Lord Lieutenant may, on the receipt of 
“such application, direct the Commissioner to in- 
“ quire whether it would be desirable to comply with 
“same; and upon the receipt of the report of said 
“ Commissioner in the affirmative, it shall and may 
“be lawful for the Lord Lieutenant in Council to 
“ direct that the Provisions of this Act shall be ex- 
“ tended to and take effect in said Market.” 











30° Marti. 


serted :—Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 
Clause agreed to. 


Cuausg, N° 4, amended, and agreed to. 

Cravuszs, N° 5 to N° 8, agreed to. 

Cuausz, N° 9, amended, and agreed to. 

Crausgs, N° 10 and N° 11, agreed to. 

Craussz, N° 12, amended, and agreed to. 

Crausg, N° 13, agreed to. 

Cuausg, N° 14, amended, and agreed to. 

Cuiausss, N° 15 to N° 21, agreed to. 

Ciavuss, N° 22, amended, and agreed to, 

Cuavses, N° 23 and N° 24, agreed to. 

Ciause, N° 25, amended, and agreed to. 

Crauses, N° 26 and N° 27, agreed to. 

CravuseE, N° 28 (Market-days). 

Amendment proposed, in p. 8, 1. 12: To leave out 
from the word “ prescribed” to the end of the 
Clause. 

Question proposed, That the words proposed to 
be left out stand part of the Clause :—Amendment 
by leave, withdrawn. 

Clause agreed to. 

Crausz, N° 29 (Sales, except of articles for do- 
mestic consumption, prohibited elsewhere than in 
markets). 

Motion made, and Question put, That the Clause 
stand part of the Bill; 

The Committee divided. 


aa , fColonel Taylor, 
Tellers for the Y eas,) Mr. Whitmore : 


J Mr, Brady, 
?LMr. Cogan: 


Cuavuses, N° 30 to N° 33, agreed to. 
To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 


2 





\ 123. 
Tellers for the Noes } 35. 


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 Wednesday 
next, again resolve itself into the suid Committee. 


A. 1859. 


Question proposed, That those words be there in- 


The Lunacy Regulation Act (1853) Amendment Lunacy Re- 


Bill was, according to Order, 


+me « gulation Act 
read a second time; ¢1858) Amend- 


and committed to the Select Committee on Lunatics. trent Bill 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Regicteatin 
irths, &amp;. 
(Ireland) Bill. 


— of the Registration of Births, &amp;c. (Ireland) 
ill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday next. 


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


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


cording to Order, read a second time; and com- 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for 
Wednesday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming Poor 
the adjourned Debate on the Amendment which, ‘ 
upon the 23d day of this instant March, was pro- pip. 


nosed to be made to the Question, hat the Poor 
lief (Ireland) Acts Amendment Bill be now read 
a second time ; 
Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 
till Thursday the 7th day of April next. 
Resolved, 


Means. 


The Parliamentary Voters (Jreland) Bill was, ac- Parliamentary 
Voters (Ire- 


land) Bill. 


Relief 


Ireland) Acts 






ay 


Eso 


~a.p&gt; 


meg 


pwmEe &gt; 








St 


Population, 
be. ( 


Local Acts. 
No. 50. 


Great North 
of Scotland 
Railway Bill. 


Public Offices 
Extension Bill. 
Bill 97. 


Kingston. 
a 


Lymington 
Railway Bill, 


South Wales, 


Pembroke and 


ta as 
y 


EE 


92 Vicroriz. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 


d.) to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 


to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return of Population, and Income Tax 
paid, in the Counties and Burghs of Scotland re- 
spectively ; showing in what Proportions the Mem- 
bers, according to the present Number returned 
from Scotland, ought to be assigned to eac'; and 
also, if the Number were increased according to 
Return No. 159, how such Number would be dis- 
tributed between the Counties and Burghs according 
to the calculations of the said Return. 

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


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to amend the Acts relating to the Constabulary 
Force in Jreland: And that Lord Naas and Mr. 
Attorney General for Jreland do prepare, and bring 
it in. 


Lord Claud Hamilton presented, by Her Majesty’s 
Command,—A further Report from the Admiralty 
relative to Applications for Local Acts. 

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


Mr. Adair reported the Great North of Scotland 
Railway Bill, with Amendments. 

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


Lord John Manners reported from the Select 
Committee on the Public Offices Extension Bill; 
That they had examined the allegations of the Bull, 
and found the same to be true; and had gone 
through the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a Com- 
mittee of the whole House, for Monday next. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 





Jovis, 31° die Marti ; 
Anno 22° Victoria Regine, 1859. 


PRAYERS. 
R. FitzRoy reported from the Committee on 
the Hertford, Luton and Dunstable Railway 


in, Bill; That they had examined the allegations con- 


tained in the Preamble of the Bill, and amended 
the same, by adding, that the dissolved Hertford 
Company had incurred liabilities which are yet 
unsatisfied ; 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 the Kingston-upon- Thames 
Gas Bill, with Amendments. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. FitzRoy reported the Lymington Railway 
Bill, with Amendments. 

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


Mr. FitzRoy reported from the Committee on 
the South Wales, Pembroke and Tenby Junction 
Railway Bill; That they had examined the allega- 
tions contained in the Preamble of the Bill, and 
amended the same, by omitting the paragraph which 
states the expediency of authorizing the Company 
and the South Wales Railway Company to make 
working and other arrangements, and of em- 
es the South Wales Railway Company to 

OL. 114, 


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143 


contribute towards the expense of the Undertaking ; 
and found the same, as amended, to be true, and 
had gone through the Bill, and made Amendments 
thereunto. 

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


Mr. Adair reported from the Committee on Maybole 
Group 12 of Railway and Canal Bills; That in 2=¢ Girvan 
the case of the Maybole and Girvan Railway Bill, atta ticvs- 
they had examined the allegations contained in 
the Preamble of the Bill, and amended the same, 
by striking out the statement therein as to the 
acquisition of certain shares by the Glasgow and 
South Western Railway Company ; and found the 
same, as amended, to be true; and had gone through 
the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

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


Ordered, That a Message be sent to the Lords, Military 

to request that their Lordships will be pleased to Organization. 
give leave to His Royal Highness the Duke of 
Cambridge, the Duke of Newcastle, Earl Grey and 

Lord Panmure, to attend to be examined as Wit- 

nesses before the Select Committee on Military 
Organization: And that the Clerk do carry the 

said Message. 


Mr. Gregson reported from the Select Committee Public 
on Public Petitions ; That they had examined the Fetitions 
Petitions presented upon the 28th, 29th and 30th — 
days of this instant March, and had directed him 
to make a Report thereof to the House. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 


and be printed. 


The Carmarthen and Cardigan Railway Bill was Carmarthen 
read the third time. and Cardigan 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the mange 
Title be, An Act to enable the “ Carmarthen and 
Cardigan Railway Company” to construct their 
Railway upon the Narrow Gauge. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Glasgow Public Parks and Galleries of Art Glasgow 


Bill was read the third time. Public Parks 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. ry 


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


The Kingstown Water Bill was read the third Kingstown 
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 Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Rail- Manchester, 


way (Station at Manchester) Bill was read the third Sheffield and 
time. Lincolnshire 


Rail Sta- 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the tion at Mane 


Title be, An Act to provide fur the Partition of the chester) Bill. 
London Road Station at Manchester, and for the 
better management of certain Portions of the said 
Station ; and for improving the Access thereto. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Poole Water Bill was read the third time. Poole Water 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the Pill (changed 
Title be, An Act for better supplying with Water om tenn 
the Town of Poole and Places adjacent thereto, mouth Water.) 
and for other purposes. 

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

The York Improvement Bill was read the third York 
time. ment 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 


T4 Ordered, 
































































144 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Vale of Neath The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Railway Bill. the Vale of Neath Railway Bill, as amended in the 
Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 





Dartmouth The Order, That the Dartmouth and Torbay Rail- 
a way Bill be committed, was read, and discharged. 
Per Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 
Public Several Public Petitions were presented, and 
Petitions. = read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 
Vide Sixteenth 
Report. 
Hereford and Mr, Scholefield reported the Hereford and Brecon 
Brecon Rail- Railway (re-committed) Bill, with farther Amend- 
— ments. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 
Merthyr, Mr. Scholefield reported the Merthyr, Tredegar 
a and ond Abergavenny Railway (re-committed) Bill, with 
ergavenny 
Railway Bill, further Amendments. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 
Chichester Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
~ wed a Copy of the Report of the Lords Commissioners 
wenouet” the Admiralty, in the year 1851, relative to the 
Embankment of certain Waste Lands in Chichester 
Harbour subject to be overflowed by the Tide ; and 
also a Deed of Covenant, founded upon the same, 
between the Lords Commissioners of the Admi- 
ralty and Messrs. Morritt and Greenhill, dated the 
9th day of July 1851. 
Postal Com- Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
with Nort, Copies of all Applications, Reports, Papers or Com- 
America. munications made to any Department of the Go- 
vernment relating to Proposals for new Contracts 
to establish Steam Communication for Postal pur- 
poses, between Great Britain or Ireland and North 
America, since the 1st day of January 1858; and 
the Replies thereto :—— And, of Reply given by the 
Government, dated the 9th day of November 1858, 
to the Liverpool, New York and Philadelphia 
Company, on the same subject. 
Galway and Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
— Copy of the Instructions of the 11th day of June 
1852, from the Admiralty to the Committee ap- 
a to inquire into the suitableness and capa- 
ilities of the Ports of Galway and of the Shan- 
non for a Transatlantic Packet Station, in con- 
nexion with a Harbour of Refuge; and, of the Re- 
port and Minutes of Evidence of the said Com- 
mittee, together with the Sailing Directions for the 
River Shannon, drawn up by Lieutenant Wo/fe, R.N. : 
And, of all Memorials addressed by any Public 
Bodies at Galway or Limerick to any of the De- 
partments of the Government respecting the suit- 
ability of the Shannon and the Port of Galway for 
the purposes of Steam Communication with Worth 
America ; and the Replies thereto. 
Pasteboard Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Sakere. Return for the year 1857, of the Number of Paste- 
board Makers (not being Paper Makers) under the 
Excise Survey, in London, Manchester, Liverpool 
and Birmingham, respectively ; with the Weight of 
Paper opened in the presence of the Exciseman in 
each Town, the Weight of Pasteboard sent out, 
the Amount of Duty paid, and the Number of 
Persons actually contributing to that Duty. 
Army (Mor- § Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
wr “4 45 st to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 


to give directions, that there be laid before this 


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A. V859. 


House, a Copy of all Correspondence, up to the 
latest Date, concerning the Mortality and Sickness 
of the 41st Regiment at Trinidad, and concerning 
the unhealthy location of the Barracks 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, 





Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a The Clock 
Return stating the Cost of the Clock in the Clock (New Palace, 
Tower of the oe Palace at Westminster, and of al] ¥stminster,) 
the Expenses connected therewith, up to the present 
period; an Estimate of the Amount further re- 
quired ; and a Statement of the probable time of 
its being completed. 


Mr. Gathorne Hardy presented, by Her Ma- Turnpike 
jesty’s Command,—Copy of Second Report, with Trusts, 
Abstracts of Accounts relating to the circumstances 
of the undermentioned Turnpike Trusts applying 
for Local Acts in the present Session of Parlia- 
ment, made by direction of the Secretary of State 
for the Home Department, under the Powers con- 
ferred upon him by the Act of the 3 &amp; 4 Will. 4, 

c. 80: 
No. 4. Droitwich Roads. 
No. 5. Blackburn and Preston Road. 
No. 6. Hinckley and Melbourne Roads. 
" Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 
able. 


Lord Stanley presented, pursuant to the direc- ast India 
tions of an Act of Parliament,—Resolutions of the (Salaries, &amp;,) 
Court of Directors of the East India Company, being 
the Warrants or Instruments granting any Salary 
or Gratuity. 

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

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


Mr. Corry presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- Local Acts. 
mand,—A Further Report from the Admiralty re- No, 50. 
lative to Applications for Local Acts. 

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


Ordered, That there be laid befure this House, Foreign 
au Account of the Sums paid under the Act 59 Geo.3, Shipping: 
c. 54, and subsequent Orders of the Lords Com- 
missioners of the Treasury, in the year 1858, for the 
difference of Rates and Charges due to Corpora- 
tions, 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. Merchandize, 
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 1858 (in continuation of Parlia- 
mentary Paper, No. 468, of Session 1658) :—— 
And, Statement of the Claims on the Consolidated 
Duties of Customs, or on Monies voted by Parlia- 
ment on account of Differential Dues which have 
ceased, with the Causes or presumed Causes of their 
cessation. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill pero’ 
to amend the Confirmation and Probate Act, 1858 * 4 o¢ (1858) 
And that The Lord Advocate, Mr. Attorney Gene- Amendment 
ral and Mr. Secretary Sotheron Estcourt do pre- 
pare, and bring it in. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented East Indis 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously “™ (Despatches) 







22 Vicrorrz. 31° Martitti.—1° Aprilis. 145 



















































to give directions, that there be laid before this} The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Sale and ” 
House, Copies of Despatches from the Governor | mittee on the Sale and Transfer of Land (Zreland)  poery hg 
General in Council to the Secretary of State for | [Compensations and Stamps]; tand) {Come 
India of the 26th day of January and the Sth day} Resolved, That this House will, after the other pensations 
of February 1859; and of the Despatches in Reply | Orders of the day, resolve itself into the said Com- 04 Stamps.] 
of the Secretary of State for India to the Gover- | mittee. 
nor General in Council of the 9th and 16th days of 
March 1859. : ? : 
Ordered, That the said Address be presented to ae cm By Aceding ges Fe or om per oe 
: ; ‘ 
oe pry Se we os = me a a - rh upon the 21st day of this instant March, was pro- 
ster.) ee Leelee _ to 8 es That he Repre- 
sentation of the People Bill be now read a second 
mb Resolved, That an humble Address be presented time ; and which Amendment was, to leave out 
,' to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased | 41 ’the word “ That ” to the end of the Question, 
to give directions, a. — be laid hes this | in order to add the words “ this House is of opinion, 
House, on Seen = the — Go - aig “ that it is neither just nor politic to interfere, in 
meme oe . Poe dav of M os shay eps “ the manner proposed in this Bill, with the Freehold 
a poset who 1D 1 . ane a -s i. | “ Franchise as hitherto exercised in the Counties 
day o j aia sm ? “pr Re — qd Disb esti" | « in England and Wales; and that no re-adjustment 
mated of the foes . wr Ge as a “of the Franchise will satisfy this House or the 
Mens OS he Heme Srenenty of We SIOverRanANS OF) 0 Country, which does not provide for a greater 
India, from the is ps, ay per te the _= “extension of the Suffrage in Cities and Boroughs 
day of April 1860 : SENS OF SED END OES" | 0 thie ig contemplated in the present Measure,” 
scribed to each of the Public Loans open in India, Sanunih thimeall 
in each Month, from the 1st day of January 1851:| “aig the Qusution helen edsiie proposed, That 
——Accounts of gig - ans of the coat the words proposed to be left out stand part of the 
rantee Fund of the East India Company ; together Question :—The House resumed the said adjourned 
with an Estimate of the probable Amount thereof! p pote 
when the same shall become applicable to the Re- ‘ tte 
demption of the Capital Stock of the said Com-| And the House having continued to sit till after 
pany, on the Assumption — — the remainder | Twelve of the clock on Friday morning ; 
of the Period for which such Fund is to accumu- at eel ~ Ji 
| late, the Average Pricejof the Public Stocks will be Vanarte, 3° dle Apettie, 1880: 
me the same as that which has prevailed since the same | And the Question being put ; 
was first created : Of the Amount of Interest} The House divided. 
payable in England on Debt incurred since the 1st} The Yeas to the Right ; 
day of May 1857: Of the Amount of Interest} The Noes tothe Left. 
payable in India on Debt incurred there since the| Tellers for the Sir William Jolliffe, 1eo1 
1st day of May 1857, deducting therefrom the In- Yeas, \ Colonel Taylor : | ior 
terest of Four per Cent. Stock subscribed to the| Tellers for the; Mr. Brand, Lese 
Loan and cancelled :—— Of the Balance in the Noes, Mr. Knatchbull-Hugessen : { “"* 
Home Treasury on the 1st day of May 1857, and| So it passed in the Negative. 
cn the last day to which the same has been made| And the Question being proposed, That the 
up, exclusive in each rch of er on —— words “ this omg is of Pe sg = it is neither 
of Public Works guaranteed :——And, of the Ba- | “ just nor politic to interfere, i: the manner pro- 
lances in the Iuilen Treasuries on the Ist day of | “ —_ in this Bill, with the Freehold Franchise as 
May 1857, and on the last day to which the same | “ hitherto exercised in the Counties in England 
have been made up (converted into Sterling, at the | “and Wales; and that no re-adjustment of the 
rate of Two Shillings the Company’s Rupee). , ¥ i acne will satisfy “9 | aga or the Country, 
Ordered, That the said Address be presented |‘‘ which does not provide for a greater extension 
to Her Majesty, by such Members of this House | “ of the Sutfrage in Cities and oroughs than is 
as are of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy |“ contemplated in the present Measure,” be added, 
Council. instead thereof ; rhe Pia 
An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Juries (Ire- Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill | said proposed Assentantul, by adding at the end 
lund) (No.2) to consolidate and amend the Laws relating to | thereof the words “and that at any Election of a 
Juries in Jreland: And that Mr. Attorney General | “ Member or Members to serve in Parliament, the 
for Ireland and Lord Naas do prepare, and bring | “ Votes shall be taken by Ballot.” 
it in. And the ere: ae es oe those 
; words be there added: — And a Debate arising 
Police and Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to| thereupon; 
nee ans amend the Police and Towns Improvement Act,soas} And a Motion being made, and the Question 
Amendment, to enable Towns and populous Places in Scotland to | being put, That the Debate be now adjourned :— 
avail themselves of its Provisions for Sanitary and | It passed in the Negative. 
other Improvements, without at the same time} And the Question being put, That those words 
adopting its Provisions as regards the Establish-| be there added ; 
ment and Maintenance ofa Police Force: Andthat| The House divided. 
Lord Elcho and Mr. Moncreiff do prepare, and| The Yeas to the Right ; 
bring it in. The Noes * rt a - 
Tellers for thes Mr. Wyld, 
Endowed The Order of the day being read, for the second Yeas, {Mr Nicoll : } - 
: (No, 2) Bill reading of the Endowed Schools (No. 2) Bill ; Tellers for the{Sir Andrew Agnew, leog 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time Noes, (Mr. Dutton: Does 
upon Tuesday the 12th day of April next. So : com in the 1m sgh eeieian a 
And the Question being put, That the words 
High Sheriffs’ The Order of the day being read, for the Com- |‘ this House is of opinion, that it is neither just nor 
mittee on the High Sheriffs’ Expenses Bill ; “ politic to interfere, in the manner proposed in this 
Resolved, That this House will, after the other | “ Bill, with the Freehold Franchise as hitherto ex- 
) Orders of the day, resolve itself into the said|* ercised in the Counties in England and Wales ; 
Committee. “and that no re-adjustment of the Franchise will 
Vou, 114. U “ satisfy 












































146 
“ satisfy this House or the Country, which does not 
“ provide for a greater extension of the Suffrage in 
“ Cities and Boroughs than is contemplated in the 
“ present Measure,” be added to the word “ That ” 
in the original Question :—It was resolved in the 
Affirmative. 
Then the Main Question, so amended, being put ; 
Resolved, That this House is of opinion, that it is 
neither just nor politic to interfere, in the manner 
‘proposed in this Bill, with the Freehold Franchise 
as hitherto exercised in the Counties in England 
and Wales; and that no re-adjustment of the Fran- 
chise will satisfy this House or the Country, which 
does not provide for a greater extension of the 
Suffrage in Cities and Boroughs than is con- 
templated in the present Measure. 


Message from 
the Lords. —_ sage had been brought from the Lords, by one of 
their Clerks, as followeth : 

MidlandGreat The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 
Western Rail- to enable the Midland Great Western Railway of 
lord (Liffey Ireland Company to construct a Branch Railway 
Branch, &amp;c.) to the River Liffey, and for other purposes; to 
Bill. ~ ne the Lords desire the concurrence of this 

ouse : 


Midland The Lords have passed a Bili, intituled, An Act 
ee uaa to enable the Midland Great Western Railway of 
Ireland (Sligo Zreland Company to abandon a portion of their 
Extension) authorized Line between Longford and Boyle, and to 
Bill. construct a New Line in substitution therefor, and 
for other purposes ; to which the Lords desire the 
concurrence of this House : 
Trinity House The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 
of Leith Bill. 


to amend the Acts relating to the Corporation of the 
Master and Assistants of the Trinity House of Leith, 
and to make further Provision for the Management 
and Application of the Funds and Revenues thereof ; 
to which the Lords desire the concurrence of this 
House : 

The Lords have arses a Bill, intituled, An Act 


Price’s Patent 


CandleCom- for conferring on Price's Patent Candle Company, 

pany Bill. —_ Limited, further Powers for the raising of Money, 
and for other purposes ; to which the Lords desire 
the concurrence of this House. 

Indemnity The Indemnity Bill was, according to Order, 
Bill. read a second time ; and committed to a Committee 
of the whole House, for Monday next. 

High Sheriff’ The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 


Expenses Bill. mittee on the High Sheriffs’ Expenses Bill; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Sale and The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
eae of mittee on the Sale and Transfer of Land (/reland) 
land) (Com. [Compensations and Stamps] ; 
pensations Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday 
and Stamps.) ext, resolve itself into the said Committee. 
Aggravated The Order for reading a second time, upon Wed- 
Assaults Act nesday the 20th day of this instant April, the Ag- 
—_— gravated Assaults Act Amendment Bill, was read, 
and discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Wednesday the 11th day of May next. 

Charitable The Order for the House to resolve itself into a 

Uses Bill. Committee, upon Wednesday the 20th day of this 
instant April, on the Charitable Uses Bill, was read, 
and discharged. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
the 11th day of May next, resolve itself into the 
said Committee. 

Trinity House The Trinity House of Leith Bill was read the 
tends} Bill first time. 


Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Ex- 
aminers of Petitions for Private Bills. 


31° Martitz.—1°—4° Aprilis. 


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A. 1859: 


Price’s Patent Candle Company Bill was read Price's Patent 
the first time. Candle Com. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Ex- Prarie) 

aminers of Petitions for Private Bills. ' 


The Midland Great Western Railway of Jreland Midland Great 
(Liffey Branch, &amp;c.) Bill was read the first time. Western Rail. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Ex- 70) fs 
aminers of Petitions for Private Bills. - Branch, &amp;e) 
Bill [ Lords,] 

The Midland Great Western Railway of Zre/and Midlana 
(Sligo Extension) Bill was read the first time. Great Western 


dered, That the Bill be referred to the Ex- relent (Siga 


aminers of Petitions for Private Bills. 


Mr. Ridi. 
Group 2 of 


Extension) 
Bill [Lords.] 


reported from the Committee on Mid-Kent 
ailway Bills; That in the case of the Railway Bill 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That a Mes-| Mid-Kent Railway Bill, they had examined the 


allegations contained in the Preamble of the Bill, but 
the same had not been proved to their satisfaction. 

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


Mr. Ridley reported from the Committee on Beckenham 
Group 2 of Reiteay Bills; That in the case of the 224 Sydenham 
Beckenham and Sydenham Railway Bill, they had ®*!v4y Bil. 
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 this House will, at the rising of Adjournment. 
the House this day, adjourn till Monday next. 


Ordered, That all Committees have leave to sit Committees. 
this day notwithstanding the adjournment of the 
House. 


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till Two of the clock on Friday morning, 
adjourned till Monday next. 





Luna, 4° die Aprilis ; 
Anno 22° Victoria Regine, 1859. 


PRAYERS. 


R. Fitz Roy reported from the Committee on wansbeck 
the Wansbeck Railway Bill; That they had Railway Bill 

examined the allegations contained in the Preamble 
of the Bill, and amended the same, by striking out 
the recitals enumerating the Acts that had been 
ope relating to the Companies mentioned in the 

ill, and made other Amendments therein, to make 
it consistent with the Provisions of the Bill, as 
amended ; 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. Ridley reported from the Committee on London, 4 
Group 2 of Railway Bills; That in the case of the Brightat 
London, Brighton and South Coast Railway Bill, Raiiway Bill. 
they had examined the allegations contained in the 
Preamble of the Bill, and amended the same, by 
omitting the Provisions relating to the sale or lease 
of the Epsom and Leatherhead Railway, the certi- 
ficate from the Board of Trade, under the 136th 
Standing Order, not having been produced to the 
Committee ; and found the same, as amended, to be 
true; and had gone through the Bill, and made 
Amendments thereunto. 

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


Mr. Ridley reported from the Committee on Railway Bills 
Group 2 of Railway Bills ; That the Parties opposing (Group *) 
the Herne Bay and Faversham Railway (Margate 





Extension) 





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22 Victoriz. 


Extension) Bill had stated, that the evidence of 
George Burge was essential to enable them to 
establish their case ; and it having been proved that 


‘his attendance could not be procured without the 


Cork and 
Kinsale Junc- 
tion Railway 
Bill (Lords. ] 


Belfast and 
Londonderry 
Junction Rail- 
way Bill 
[Lords.] 


Tralee and 


Railway Bill 
[Lor 


Price’s Patent 
Candle Com- 
pany Bill 
[Lords 


Trinity House 
of Leith Bill 


Border Union 
Bri 


43 


4 


) Railways 


intervention of the House, he had been instructed 
to move, That the said George Burge do attend the 
said Committee on Tuesday the 5th day of April, 
at Eleven of the clock. 

Ordered, That George Burge do attend the said 
Committee To-morrow, at Eleven of the clock. 


Mr. Gregson reported from the Select Committee 
on Public Petitions; That they had examined the 
Petitions presented upon the 31st day of March last, 
and had directed him to make a Report thereof to 
the House. 

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


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, 
That in the case of the Cork and Kinsale Junction 
Railway Bill, originating in the Lords, and referred 
on the first reading thereof, the Standing Orders 
not page’ inquired into, and which are appli- 
cable to the Bill, have been complied with. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, 
That in the case of the Belfast and Londonderry 
Junction Railway Biil, originating in the Lords, and 
referred on the first reading thereof, the Standing 
Orders not previously inquired into, and which are 
applicable to the Bill, have been complied with. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, 
That in the case of the Tralee and Killarney Rail- 
way Bill, originating in the Lords, and referred on 
the first reading thereof, no Standing Orders not 
previously inquired into are applicable. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, 
That in the case of Price’s Patent Candle Company 
Bill, originating in the Lords, and referred on the 
first reading thereof, no Standing Orders not pre- 
viously inquired into are applicable. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, 
That in the case of the Trinity House of Leith Bill, 
originating in the Lords, and referred on the first 
reading thereof, no Standing Orders not previously 
inquired into are applicable. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, 
That in the case of the Bury St. Edmund's Gas Bill, 
originating in the Lords, and referred on the first 
reading thereof, no Standing Orders not previously 
inquired into are applicable. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, 
Thatin the case of the People’s Provident Assurance 
Society Bill, originating in the Lords, and referred 
on the first reading thereof, no Standing Orders not 
previously inquired into are applicable. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time. 


The Border Union (North British) Railways Bill 
was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Vou. 114, 


4° Aprilis. 











147 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 


Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Mersey 
the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

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


Docks and Harbour Bill was read Mersey Docks 
= Harbour - 


The Mid- Wales Railway Bill was read the third Mid-Wales 
time. Railway Bill. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act for making a Railway from 
Llanidloes, in the County of Montg , to New- 
bridge, in the County of Radnor, to be called 
“The Mid-Wales Railway,” and for other pur- 
poses. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Great Western 
the Great Western Railway Bill, as amended in the Railway Bill. 
Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Mid-Sussex 
the Mid-Sussex and Midhurst Junction Railway ~ Midhurst 
Bill, as amended in the Committee ieee i 

mu, J : : : Railway Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration North British 
the North British and Selkirk and Galashiels Rail- #4 Selkirk 

; : F ‘ and Galashiels 

way Companies Bill, as amended in the Committee. Railway Com- 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. _ panies Bill. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration North Eastern 
the North Eastern Railway (Widd Valley Branch) Railway 
Bill, as amended in the Committee. Granch) Bil 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 
The House proceeded to take into consideration Sirhowy 
the Sirhowy Tramroad Bill, as amended in the Ttamroad Bill. 
Committee. 
A Clause (Contracts may be renewed after notice 
given), was twice read; and made part of the Bill. 
Another Clause (Meetings how to be convened), 
was twice read; and made part of the Bill. 
Then an Amendment was made to the Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Tyne Im- 
the Tyne Improvement Bill, as amended in the Prvement 
Committee ; and Amendments were made to the ° 
Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The Fishguard Harbour Improvement Bill was Fishguard 


read a second time; and committed. Harbour 
Improvement 


Bill [ Lords.} 
The Standard Life Assurance Company Bill was Standard Life 
read a second time; and committed. Assurance 
Company Bill 
[ Lords.] 
Colonel Pennant reported from the Committee Private Bills 
on Group A. of Private Bills; That Mr. Thornhill, (Grup 4.) 
one of the Members of the said Committee, was 
not present during the sitting of the Committee 
this day. 
Ordered, That Mr. Thornhill do attend the said 
Committee To-morrow. 


A Petition of the Indian and Australian Telegraph Indian and 
Company being offered to be presented ; —— 
Lord Lovaine, by Her Majesty’s Command, Guanes 
acquainted the House, That Her Majesty, having (No. 2) Bill. 
been informed of the contents of the said Petition, 

recommends it to the consideration of the House. 
Then the said Petition, praying that Provision 
may be made in the Indian and Australian Tele- 
graph Company (No. 2) Bill, for authorizing the 
v2 ords 


























































ee ee ee 


a ee EN RN ne ee LN RN NTN Nt TA TN At SRR TR RAAT aT NARI I e NMRA A AMR Rm W Ss ° 
&gt; ae 


Indian and 


Australian 
— 
pany 
(No. 2) a 
ments, &amp;c.] 


Public 
Petitions. 


Vide Seven- 
teenth Report. 


Londonderry 
and Lough 
Swilly Rail- 
way Bill 
[Lerds.] 


Passing Tolls, 
&amp;c. 


148 * 


Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury to 
make agreements with the Company, was brought 
up, and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, 
resolve itself into a Committee to consider of making 
Provision, that the Lords Commissioners of Her 


gree- Majesty’s Treasury may make and enter into, on 


behalf of Her Majesty, and all departments of Her 
Majesty’s Government, such agreements or arrange- 
ments with the Company now called “ The Indian 
and Australian Telegraph Company (Limited),” 
(but by a Bill now pending in this House, intituled, 
A Bill to incorporate and regulate the India, 
Australia and China Telegraph Company, and for 
other purposes, intended to be re-incorporated by 
the latter name), as to the rates or charges to be 

id to the Company for the use of their lines of 
Talegenh, and for the assistance of their officers 
and servants in the transmission and delivery of 
messages for Her Majesty or on Her Maijesty’s 
service; and may introduce into any such agreements 
or arrangements such terms and provisions as to the 
amount of the rates and charges to be demanded as 
well from Her Majesty as from the public at large, 
and as to securing to the Company a minimum 
annual payment for the transmission and delivery 
of messages and signals for Her Majesty or on Her 
Majesty’s service, and generally in relation thereto, 
as they may think proper, and may be able to 
agree on. 


Several Public Petitions were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


The Londonderry and Lough Swilly Railway 
Bill was read the first time. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the 
Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 


to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased | Return showing the Number of Accounts, and the Banks. 


to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Returns from the Warden and Assistants 
of Dover Harbour, and from the Trustees of Whitby, 
Ramsgate and Bridlington Harbours, of the Gross 
Amount of Passing Tolls received by them respec- 
tively in the years 1856, 1857 and 1858, specifying 
the Amount received in each year in respect of each 
Harbour: Of their respective Annual Receipts 
for the same years from other sources, specifying 
the several sources, and the Amount received from 
each source :———Of their Expenditure for the same 
= Of all Debts now charged upon the said 
assing Tolls and other Revenues respectively : 

Of any Charges on Ships or Goods carried in Ships 
levied by any municipal or other local authority in 
the said Harbours of Dover, Whitby, Ramsgate or 
Bridlington, which are not applied for the benefit 
of the Ships or Goods on which they are charged, 
epecilying the Gross Amount received in each of 
the said years 1856, 1857 and 1858; the Mode in 
which it has been applied; and the Bodies by whom 
and the Authorities under which it has been so 
levied and applied : From the Trinity House of 
Hull of the Gross Amount of Charges levied by 
them on Ships and on Goods carried in Ships in the 
years 1856, 1857 and 1858, specifying for each 
year the Title and Amount of every such Charge, 
and the Total Amount received :—— Of the Amount 
received by them in the same years out of Public 
Monies in respect of Differential Duties on Foreign 
Ships or Goods carried in Foreign Ships :——Of 
Revenue received by them from other sources: 
Of their Expenditure for the same years, s we 
the several Heads under which the same has been 
incurred :——And, similar Returns from the Trinity 
House of Newcastle-on- Tyne. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 




















4° Aprilis. 








4. 1859. 


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 Acres in the Cultivation 
of Hops, in each year ending the 30th day of June, 
from 1815 inclusive, to the present time: Of the 
Amount of old Duty in each of the same years: 
Of the Date of each occasion when Payment 
of the Duty has been deferred during the same 
period :——Of the Average Price of Barley for each 
| of the same years: And, of the Quantities of 

Malt in Quarters charged with Duty in each of the 
same years. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Returns for the year ended the 31st day of March 
1858, of the Trades in which Duties of Excise are 
| levied :—-—Of the Credit which is allowed in each 
| Trade :———Of the Trades in which Sureties for 
Payment of Duties are required ; and a Description 
of the Sureties required :——Of the Number of 
Cases in each Trade in which Sureties have been 
called upon to pay Duties by default of their Prin- 
cipals during the Seven years ending the 31st day of 
March 1858 :——Of the Cases in which Sureties 
have been called upon to pay Duties, wherein the 
Principals have been Brewers as well as Maltsters, 
during the same period :——And, Specification of 
the Number and respective Amounts of Losses 
incurred by the Revenue during the same period. 














Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Copy of Report presented to the Privy 
Council by the National Vaccine Board, March 1859, 
for the preceding year. 
| Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
| Her Majesty, by such Members of this House as are 
| of Her Majesty's Most honourable Privy Council. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 





| Total Amount at the Credit of such Accounts, in 
Savings Banks, in respect of which no Withdrawal 

( has taken place, nor any Payment been made in, b 

| Depositors, during the Ten years ended the 20t 

| day of November 1858. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be 


Hops, &amp;e. tic 


Ad 


Licensed Sh 
Trades, v 


National Vac- 
cine 


Savings 


resented East India 


iY) 


to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased ed 


|to give directions, that there be laid before this 
| House, a Copy of all Correspondence between the 
|Home Government and the Supreme Government 
|of India, on the subject of the Principality of 
Dhar ; ——And, of all Correspondence on the above 
| subject, between the Supreme Government of India 
_and the Native Authorities of Dhar. 
| Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
| Her Majesty, by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


of the General Board of Commissioners in Lunacy 
for Scotland. 

Copy of the Eleventh Annual Report of the Poor 
Law Board, 1858-59. 

Mr. Gathorne Hardy also presented,—Return to 
an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 2d day of 
March last, for a Return relative to the Lord’s Day 
Observance Act (Southampton). 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 
28th day of March last, for a Return relative to 
Weights and Measures. 

Return to an Order, dated the 10th day of Fe- 
bruary last, for a Return relative to the Suits of the 
Reverend J. G. Pooler v. Reverend David Jeffray 
and others. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 


Table. 
— Ordered, 





Mr. Gathorne Hardy presented, by Her Ma- Lunacy 
jesty’s Command,—Copy of First Annual Report (Scotland. ) 


Pogr Law. 


Lord’s Day 
Observance 
Act (South- 
ampton.) 


Weights and 
ures. 

Reverend 

J. G. Pooler 

David Jeffrey 

and others. 


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22 VicrorizZ. 


Belfast Luna- Ordered, That the Return relative to the Belfast 
tic Asylum [Lynatic Asylum, which was presented upon the 25th 
No. 178. day of March last, be printed. 

Adjournment. 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. 

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 : 

Shepton Mallet The Lords have agreed to the Shepton Mallet 

Water Bil. Water Bill, without any Amendment: 

Swansea Vale = ‘[‘he Lords have agreed to the Swansea Vale 

Railway Bil. Railway Bill, without any Amendment : 

Bvideace by The Lords have agreed to the Evidence by Com- 

— mission Bill, with Amendments; to which the Lords 
desire the concurrence of this House: 

Kirkwall 1, . the Lords have agreed to the Kirkwall Har- 

Harbour Bil. your Bill, with Amendments ; to which the Lords 
desire the concurrence of this House: 

Vexatious The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 

indictments to prevent vexatious Indictments for certain Mis- 

demeanors ; to which the Lords desire the concur- 
rence of this House : 

National The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 

— for incorporating the National Fire and Life Insu- 

Company of rance Company of Scotland, by the Name of “ The 

Scotland Bill. Scottish National Insurance Company,” for enabling 
the Company to sue and be sued, and to take and 
hold Property, and for other purposes relating to 
the Company; to which the Lords desire the con- 
currence of this House : 

Newry and The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 

—_— to enable the Newry and Armagh Railway Com- 
pany to make alterations in their authorized Line 
of Railway, and to construct a short Branch at 
Newry ; to which the Lords desire the concurrence 
of this House : 

Military The Lords vive leave to the Duke of Newcastle, 

Organization, the Euri Grey and the Lord Panmure, to attend 
to give Evidence before the Select Committee ap- | 
pointed by this House, in the present Session of | 
Parliament, on Military Organization, their Lord- 
ships, in their places, consenting; as desired by this 
House. 

Harwich A Petition of Robert Crickmar, of King’s Quay- 

Blection. street, in the Borough of Harwich, Gentleman, and 
Rickman Elliss, of Hurwich, aforesaid, Confec- 
tioner, Electors of the Borough of Harwich, com- 
plaining of an undue Election and Return for the 
said Borough, was presented, and read [Vide Ap- 
pendix to Votes, No. 1]. 

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. 

_ the —_ Ordered, That the first nine Orders of the day be 
now read; and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That the said Orders be postponed till 
after the other Orders of the day. 

Last india The East India Loan Bill was, according to Or- 

* 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. 

Superannu. T : 

ation Bill, he Order of the day being read, for the Com- 


mittee on the Superannuation Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 
VoL. 114, 


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149 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- County Pri- 
mittee on the County Prisons (Zreland) Bill; Bill. (ireland) 
| Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, resolve 


| itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Poor Law and 
‘reading of the Poor Law and Medical. Charities Medical Cha- 
(Ireland) Act Amendment Bill ; mm —_ 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time ment Bill. 


To-morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Law of Pro- 
mittee on the Law of Denpetp and Trustees Relief ty te 
Amendment Bill ; lief Amend- 
Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- ment Bill 
solve itself into the said Committee. [Lords.] 


The Debtor and Creditor Bill was, according to Debtor and 
Order, read a second time; and committed to the Creditor Bill 
‘ ~ . [ Lords. } 
Select Committee on the Bankruptcy and Insol- 
vency Bill. 


The Savings Banks (Ireland) Act Continuance Savings Banks 
Bill was, according to Order, read the third time. (Ireland) Act 
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- 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 ; —— 

| Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 

‘next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 

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

| mittee on the Ecclesiastical Courts and Registries a and 
egistrics 

| dreland) Bill; (Ireland) Bill 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday [Zords.} 
/next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


| The House, according to Order, resolved itself Public Offices 
into a Committee on the Public Offices Extension =*tension 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 Bili be read the third time 
| To-morrow. 


| The House, according to Order, resolved itself Indemnity 
| into a Committee on the Indemnity 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 Amendment. 

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


| The Order of the day being read, for the second Receivers in 

reading of the Receivers in Chancery (Jreland) Abo- Mae ap (Ire- 

ne ; and) Aboli- 

lition, &amp;e. Bill ; tion, &amp;c. Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 

upon Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Sale and 
reading of the Sale and Transfer of Land (Ireland) Transfer of 
Bill: Land (Ire- 

’ , . _ land) Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 

upon Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Highways 
mittee on the Highways Bill ; Bill. 

Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- TitletoLanded 
mittee on the Title to Landed Estates Bill; Estates Bill. 
Resolved. That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 
u3+ The 














Registry 
of Landed 
Estates Bill. 



































































Belfast 
Borough. 


Evidence by 
Commission 
Bill. 


Lagan Navi- 
gation. 


Exchequer 
Bonds. 


No. 179. 


Belfast 
Borough Bill. 


Bill 98. 


Navy (Altera- 
tions of Ships, 
&amp;c.) 


No. 180. 


Navy. 
No. 181. 


Navy 
Estimates 
(1852-58.) 


No. 182. 
Marine 
Engines. 

No. 183. 





The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Registry of Landed Estates Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for carrying into effect the epoit of the Commis- 
sioners: appointed to inquire into the State of the 
Municipal Affairs of the Borough of Belfast, in 
Ireland: And that Lord Naas and Mr. Attorney 
General for Zreland do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That the Amendments made by the 
Lords to the Evidence by Commission Bill be taken 
into consideration upon Thursday next. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 


Returns of the Items of Expenditure of £. 12,000 | 


granted to the Lagan Navigation Company (Act 
6 &amp; 7 Vic. c. 104), which Sum was to have been 
expended on the Improvement of the Lagan Navi- 
gation prior to the Ist day of August 1848; also, 
Items of the Expenditure of any further Sums 
granted to the Lagan Company; with Particulars 
of how much of the aforesaid Loans have been 
repaid ; what Payments have been made on account 
of the Rentcharge of £.300 per annum reserved to 
the Crown, from the 1st day of August 1847; what 


Moiety of the Excess of the Lagan Navigation | 


Company’s Income above £. 1,000 per annum, after 
Payment of Charges and Interest on Money bor- 


rowed, has been laid out or set apart for the Im- | 


cetera of the Navigation; what Balance of 
rincipal and Interest remains due, and to whom, 
on the Debentures enumerated in Schedule A. as 
the Joint Stock of the Company; what Sums of 
Money have been borrowed by the Company under 


the Act 6 &amp; 7 Vic.; and what Balances remain due | 


for Principal and Interest :——Of the Receipts from 
Tolls or otherwise since the passing of the Act, and 
Particulars of Disbursements: —— And, Copy of 
Registry of the present Proprietors of the Lagan 
Navigation Company. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, | 


an Account of Exchequer Bonds payable in the 
year 1859 and unprovided for. 

Sir Stafford Northcvte accordingly presented the 
said Account. 


Ordered, That the said Account do lie upon the | 


Table; and be printed. 


Lord Naas presented a Bill for carrying into 
effect the Report of the Commissioners appointed 
to inquire into the State of the Municipal Affairs 
of the Borough of Belfast, in Ireland: And the 
same was read the first time. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exa- 
miners of Petitions for Private Bills; and be 
printed. 


Sir John Pakington presented, by Her Majesty’s 
Command,—Copy of Report of the Surveyor of the 
Navy respecting the alleged unnecessary Alterations 
of Her Majesty's Ships during the last Eleven years, 


and on the Votes and Expenditure under Votes, | 


Nos. 8, 9 and 10, of the Navy Estimates during the 
same period. 

Statement of the Sums required to be voted, on 
Account, towards defraying the Charges for Navy 
Services, which will come in course of payment 


during the year ending the 31st day of March 1860. | 


Copy of the Report of a Committee appointed by 


150 4° Aprilis. A. 1859. 


required to be voted, on Account, for the Navy, be 
referred to the Committee of Supply, and be printed ; 
and that the other Papers do lie upon the Table, 
and he printed. 


General Peel presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- Army, 
mand,—Statement of the Sums required to be voted, No. 184, 
“on Account,” towards defraying the Charges for 
Army Services, which will come in course of pay- 
ment during the year ending the 31st day of March 
1860. 

Account of the Amount due by the Public to Military gy. 
Depositors in Military Savings Banks on the 31st vings Banks, 
March 1855, and of the Receipts, Interest and Dis- 
bursements in the said Military Savings Banks 
during the year then next ensuing, ending on the 
31st March 1856, together with the Number of Ac- 
counts open on the said 31st March 1856; also, an 
Account of the Sums paid over by the Secretary of 
State for War to the Commissioners for the Reduc- 
tion 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 of State for War by the said Commis- 

sioners to have been received thereon, and invested 
in further aid of the Fund for Military Savings 
| Banks (pursuant to Acts 5 &amp; 6 Vic. c. 71, and 
8 &amp; 9 Vie. c. 27). 

Account of the Amount due by the Public to 
| Depositors in Military Savings Banks on the 31st 
March 1856, and of the Receipts, Interest and Dis- 
bursements in the said Military Savings Banks 
during the year then next ensuing, ended on the 
3ist March 1857, together with the Number of 
Accounts open on the said 31st March 1857 :—— 
Also, an Account of the Sums paid over by the 
Secretary of State for War to the Commissioners 
for the Reduction of the National Debt for Invest- 
‘ment in Bank Annuities on account of the Fund 
for Military Savings Banks; and of the Dividends 
reported to the Secretary of State for War by the 
said Commissioners to have been received thereon, 
and invested in further aid of the Fund for Military 
Savings Banks, 

Ordered, That the Paper relative to the Sums 
required to be voted, on Account, for the Army, be 
referred to the Committee of Supply, and be printed ; 

and that the Accounts relating to Military Savings 
Banks do lie upon the Table. 





| Sir Stafford Northcote presented, by Her Ma- Revenue 
jesty’s Command,—Estimate of the Sums required Departments 
\'to be voted on account of the Revenue Departments, No. 186. 
| for the year ending 31st March 1860. 

| Votes “ on Account” are required for the year end~ No. 186. 
ing 31st March 1860. 

_ Ordered, That the said Estimates be referred to 

| the Committee of Supply ; and be printed. 

| 


| Lord Stanley presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- East India 


_mand,—Copy of Financial Despatch from India, er 
dated 22 February 1859, No. 28; and of Financial No. 187. 


Despatch to India, dated 31st March 1859, No. 26. 
Lord Stanley also presented,—Return to an Ad- East India 

dress to Her Majesty, dated the 29th day of March Neer = 

last, for Copy of Financial Despatches, &amp;c. respect- g¢,) 

_ing new Loans required for India, and of Notifi- 

fications concerning the Public Debt. 

| Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the East India 

31st day of March last, for Returns relative to East (Finanee.) 


An Estimate showing the Civil Services for which Civil Services. 


the Treasury to inquire into the Navy Estimates, | 4ndia (Pinance). 


cea, Ordered, 'Ihat the said Papers do lie upon the 
? te ro sod dheloied on yo terre art ery | Table; and that the first be printed. 
Copy of Report by the Committee on Marine| And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 
Engines to the Lords Commissioners of the Admi- | 
ey ; with Replies by the Surveyor of the Navy. 


rdered, That the Paper relative to the Sims | 


aor QO 


es 


ao het 








92 VicTorizZ. 


Martis, 5° die Aprilis ; 
Anno 22° Victoria Regine, 1859. 


PRAYERS. 
Border Coun- T HE Border Counties Railway Bill was read the 
ties Railway third time. 
- Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 


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


Atlantic The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Telegraph = the Atlantic Telegraph Company (No. 2) Bill, as 
Co.) Bill amended in the Committee. 

‘ Ordered, That the Bi!l be read the third time. 
Brecon and The House proceeded to take into consideration 


Merthyr Tyd- the Brecon and Merthyr Tydfil Junction Railway 
a evey Bill Bill, as amended in the Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Castle Douglas The House proceeded to take into consideration 
and Dumfries the Castle Douglas and Dumfries Railway Bill, as 
Railway Bill. amended in the Committee. 
A Clause (Glasgow and South Western Railway 
Company not to vote in reference to certain agree- 
ments), 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. 
Charleston The House proceeded to take into consideration 
a the Charleston Railway and Harbour Bill, as 
amended in the Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Forth and The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Clyde Navie the Forth and Clyde Navigation Bill, as amended 
gation Bilh = , 5 
in the Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 
Gateshead The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Quy Bil. the Gateshead Quay Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 
Great North = The House proceeded to take into consideration 
of Scotland 


Railway Bin, the Great North of Scotland Railway Bill, as 
amended in the Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


wa The House proceeded to take into consideration 
legar and 


Abergavenny the Merthyr, Tredegar and Abergavenny Railway 


Railway Bill, Bill, as amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 
a, The Belfast and Londonderry Junction Railway 
Junction Bill was read a second time ; and committed. 
Railway Bill 
(Lords. 
ind Kin- The Cork and Kinsale Junction Railway Bill 
Railway Bill Was read a second time; and committed. 
(Lords. 
sand The People’s Provident Assurance Society Bill 
mee Society Was read a second time; and committed. 
Bill (Lords. 
Take ~y The Tralee and Killarney Railway Bill was read 
Railway Bill @ Second time ; and committed. 
(Lords. 
Indian and 


Australian . Lhe House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on the Zndian and Australian 
(No) a Yelegraph Company (No. 2) [Agreements, &amp;c.] 


(In the Committee.) 


Resolved, That the Lords Commissioners of Her 
Majesty's Treasury may make and enter into, on 
behalf of Her Majesty, and all departments of Her 
Majesty’s Government, such agreements or arrange- 


ments with the Company now called “The Indian 
Vou. 114, 


5° Aprilis. 








151 


and Australian Telegraph Company (Limited),” 
(but by a Bill now pending in this House, intituled, 
A Bill to incorporate and regulate the India, 
Australia and China Telegraph Company, and for 
other purposes, intended to be re-incorporated by 
the latter name), as to the rates or charges to be 
aid to the Company for the use of their lines of 
Tae, and for the assistance of their officers 
and servants in the transmission and delivery of 
messages for Her Majesty or on Her Majesty’s 
service, and may introduce into any such agreements 
or arrangements such terms and provisions as to the 
amount of the rates and charges to be demanded as 
well from Her Majesty as from the public at large, 
and as to securing to the Company a minimum 
annual payment for the transmission and delivery 
of messages and signals for Her Majesty or on Her 
Majesty’s service, and generally in relation thereto, 
as they may think proper, and may be able to 
agree on. 


Resolution to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Forster 
reported, That the Committee had come to a Re- 
solution. 


Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow. 


Mr. Ingham reported from the Committee on Hampstead 
Group 1 of Railway and Canal Bills; That in the Junction 
case of the Hampstead Junction Railway Bill, they nae 
had examined the allegations contained in the 
Preamble of the Bill, and amended the same, for 
the purpose of referring to the Power to raise more 
money; 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. Ridley reported from the Committee on Caterham 
Group 2 of Railway Bills; That in the case of the Railway Bill. 
Caterham Railway Bill, they had examined the 
allegations contained in the Preamble of the Bill, 
and amended the same, by inserting in the recital 
relating to the Capital and Shares of the Company 
words stating that all the Shares were fully paid up 
except the Sum of £. 70, and in the recital relating 
to the liabilities of the Company, by omitting the 
statement that the Sum of £.1,000 included the 
liabilities of the Company beyond the arrears of the 
interest of their Debenture Debt; that they had 
also omitted the recital of the South Eastern Rail- 
way Company’s Acts, and had inserted a recital of 
the Proceedings in the Court of Chancery with 
respect to the Caterham Railway, in order to make 
the Preamble more consistent with the objects of 
the Bill; and found the same, as amended, to be 
true; and had gone through the Bill, and made 
Amendments thereunto. 

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


Mr. Edward Egerton reported from the Com- Isle of Wight 
mittee on Group 3 of Railway Bills; That in the Ferry Bill. 
case of the Isle of Wight Ferry 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. 


Mr. Edward Egerton reported from the Com- Railway Bills 
mittee on Group 3 of Railway Bills; That, for the (Group 3.) 
convenience of the Parties, the Committee had 
adjourned to Monday uext, the 11th of April, at 
Twelve of the clock. . 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


The Newry and Armagh Railway Bill was read Newry and 
the first time. fallesy a 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the fords.) 

Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills. 


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152 


Public Several Public Petitions were presented, and 

Petitions. = read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Vide Seven- 

teenth Report. 

Ecclesiastical Mr. Gathorne Hardy presented,—Return to an 

Courts. Address to Her Majesty, dated the 7th day of 
February last, for a Return relative to Ecclesiastical 
Courts. 

County Court Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 


Commnitments. » 941, day of March last, for a Return relative to 
County Court Commitments. 
Metropolitan § Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 
Buildings Act. 4th day of March last, for Returns relative to the 
Metropolitan Buildings Act. 
Queen's Col- Return to an Order, dated the 30th day of March 
leges(Ireland.) jast’ for a Return relative to Queen’s Colleges 
(Ireland). 
Ordered, That the said Returns do lie upon the 
. Table. 


Court of 


ing’ aper was } ] 
Cheneery- The following Paper was laid upon the Table by 


the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, 
dated the 24th day of March last, for Returns 
relative to the Court of Chancery. 


Weights and Ordered, That the Return relative to Weights 


Measures. and Measures, which was presented upon the 4th 
No. 188. day of this instant April, be printed. 

East India Ordered, That the Return of Financial Despatches, 

(Financial De- ¢ | relative to new Loans required for Jndia, and 

spatches, &amp;c.) ae : : . Ae 
No. 199, Of Notifications concerning the Public Debt, which 

was presented upon the 4th day of this instant 
April, be printed. 

East India Ordered, That the Return relative to East Indiu 

F ogee (Finance), which was presented upon the 4th day 
INO. . 


of this instant April, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Accounts relative to Military 
Savings Banks, which were presented upon the 4th 


Military Sa- 
vings Banks. 


No. 191. day ot this instant April, be printed. 
Lord’s Day Ordered, That the Return relative to the Lord’s 
y onty ee Day Observance Act (Southampton), which was 
aay "presented upon the 4th day of this instant April, be 
No. 192, printed. 
Public Resolved, That Government Orders of the day 
Business. 


take precedence of Notices of Motions on this and 
all subsequent days until the end of the Session. 


Roman Catho- 


ton The Order of the day being read, for the second 
lic Oath Bill. 


reading of the Roman Catholic Oath Bill; 
Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 
Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


Church Rates 


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


mittee on the Church Rates Abolition 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 Superannuation Bill. 


Superennu- 
ation Bill. 


(In the Committee.) 


Postponed Ciavusg, N° 13 (Compulsory retire- 
ment ut Sixty-five). 

Amendment proposed, in p. 5, |. 22: To leave 
out the word “ Sixty-five”’ and insert the word 
“‘ Seventy,” instead thereof. 

Question put, That the word “ Sixty-five ” 
stand part of the Clause ; 

The Committee divided. 


Tellers for the {Sir William Jolliffe, loay 
Yeas, (Colonel Taylor : seers 
Tellers for the f Mr. Cogan, los 
Noes, UMr. Black: — 


Another Amendment proposed, in |. 24: After 
the word “ shall” to insert the words “ after the 
“« First day of January One thousand eight hundred 
*‘ and Sixty-three be compelled to.” 

Question put, That those words be there inserted ; 
| 


5° Aprilis. 











































































A, 1859. 


The Committee divided. 


Tellers for thef Mr. Andrew Steuart, \ 50 
Yeas, Colonel Knox: a eee 

Tellers for the (Sir William Jolliffe, pF 
Noes, {Colonel Taylor : | sasen 

Another Amendment proposed, in p. 5, 1. 27: To 


leave out from the word “ receive” to the end of 
the Clause, in order to add the words “ the full 
“ Superannuation Allowance which could be granted 
“ by the Act under which he entered the service, 
“for the service which he shall then have com- 
“ pleted, and in addition thereto the Allowance 
“ under this Act for each year’s service beyond the 
** quinquennium.”’ 

Question proposed, That the words proposed to 
be left out stand part of the Clause :—Amendment, 
by leave, withdrawn. 

Another Amendment proposed: At the end of 
the Clause to add the following words: “ Provided 
“that this enactment shall not apply to persons 
“holding any of the offices mentioned in the 
“Schedule to this Act. It shall be lawful for the 
“ Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury, by 
“ Order or Warrant, under the hands of any two 
“or more of them, to add to the said Schedule any 
“ other office or offices which now exist, or may be 
““ jnereafter created or established, the nature and 
“ functions of which shall render its or their ex- 
‘‘ clusion from the operation of the said enactment 
“ desirable ; in every which Order or Warrant the 
“yeasons for adding such office shall be stated; 
“ and a Copy of every such Order or Warrant shall 
“ be laid before Parliament within one month after 
“ the making thereof, if Parliament be then sitting, 
“and if not, then within one month after the next 
“ sitting of Parliament.” 

Question proposed, That those words be there 
added :—Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 

Question, That the Clause stand part of the Bill 
——put, and negatived. 

Two Clauses added. 

Clause (Whereas by the Act passed in the nine- 
teenth and twentieth years of Her Majesty, chapter 
one hundred and ten, intituled, “ An Act for the 
better Regulation of the House of Industry Hos- 
pitals and other Hospitals in Dublin, supported 
wholly or in part by Parliamentary Grants,” pro- 
vision is made for the grant of Superannuation 
Allowances to the officers or servants of such House 
of Industry Hospitals or of the Lock Hospital 
in Dublin, who, from confirmed sickness, age or 
infirmity, shall become incapable of executing their 
offices in person; and whereas the funds annually 
voted by Parliament for the maintenance of the 
said Hospitals are inadequate to maintain the said 
Hospitals and to pay ech Superannuation Allow- 
ances; and it is expedient that provision for the 
payment of such Superannuation Allowances be 
made under this Act; be it enacted, That it shall be 
lawful for the Commissioners of Her Majesty’s 
Treasury to grant such Superannuation or Compen- 
sation Allowances to the several officers or servants 
of the said Hospitals mentioned in the Schedule 
hereto annexed, according to their respective periods 
of service, previously to 1st April 1857, in the Civil 
Service of the State, and subject to the like rules 
and provisions as they are hereby empowered to 
grant to persons who shall have served in the Civil 
Service of the State)——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. Grogaa, 


Yeas, UMr. Vance: _ 
Tellers for the (Sir William Jolliffe, lias 
Noes, \Mr. Whitmore: sm 


Schedule agreed to. 
Preamble agreed to. 
Bill, as amended, to be reported. 





Mr. 


Message from 
the Lords. 


dhorn 
men Bill. 


= 
e' 
transfer Bill 


Maidstone 
Water Bill. 


County Pri- 
sons (Ireland) 
Bill. 


Poor Law 
and Medical 
Charities 
(Ireland) Act 
Amendment 
Bill. 


Law of Pro- 


Public Offices 
Extension Bill. 


Indemnity 
Bill 


22 Vicrori2. Le 


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. 


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 Findhorn Railway 
Bill, with Amendments ; to which the Lords desire 
the concurrence of this House : 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 
for preventing the abuse of Return Tickets on Rail- 
ways; to which the Lords desire the concurrence 
of this House: 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 
for incorporating a Company under the Title of the 
Maidstone Spring Water Company, for better sup- 

lying with Water the Inhabitants of the Municipal 
Besomgh of Maidstone, and of certain neighbouring 
Parishes ; to which the Lords desire the concur- 
rence of this House. 


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

mittee on the County Prisons (Jreland) Bill; 
Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 
Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Poor ln and Medical Charities 
(Ireland) Act Amendment Bill; 
Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 
Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Law of Property and Trustees Relief 
Amendment Bill ; 

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


The Public Offices Extension 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 Indemnity 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. 


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


Regis 
of Landed 
Estates Bill. 


Mail Service 
(Galway and 
America, ) 


lam 


mittee on the Title to Landed Estates 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 Registry of Landed Estates Bill ; 
Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 
Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Copy of all Correspondence on the subject of the in- 
tended Mail Service between Galway and America. 


Ordered, That a Committee be appointed to in- 
quire what temporary Laws of a public and general 
nature are now in force, and what Laws of the like 
nature have expired since the last Report upon the 
subject ; and also, what Laws of the like nature are 
about to expire at particular periods or in conse- 
quence of any contingent public events, and to re- 
port the same, with their Observations thereupon, to 
the House :—And a Committee was appointed of 
Sir Stafford Northcote, Mr, Fitz Roy, Mr. Attorney 
General, Mr. Solicitor General, Mr. Adderley, Mr. 
Couper, Sir William Jolliffe, General Peel, Mr. Wil- 
liam Williams, Lord Naas, Lord John Manners and 
Mr. Gathorne Hardy; with Power to send for per- 
sons, papers and records. 

Ordered, That Three be the quorum. 

Vou. 114. 








153 


The Order made upon the 30th day of March National 
last, that there be laid before this House, a Return Education 
relative to National Education (Zreland), was read, (ireland. ) 
and discharged. 


Aprilis. 


Ordered, That the Amendments made by the Medical Act 
Lords to the Medical Act (1858) Amendment Bill ana Say 
be taken into consideration upon Thursday next. —— 


The Order for readi 
day next, the Church 
read, and discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


a second time, upon Thurs- Church Rates 
tes Commutation Bill, was ccc 


The Order for reading a second time, To-morrow, Ecclesiastical 
the Ecclesiastical Commission Bill, was read, and — 
discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


The Order for the House to resolve itself into Elections, &amp;c. 
a Committee, upon Tuesday next, on the Elections, 3! 
&amp;c. Bill was read, and discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


Ordered, That the Amendments made by the Manor Courts, 
Lords to the Manor Courts, &amp;c. (Ireland) Bill be &amp;¢- (Ireland) 
° P ‘ Bill. 
taken into consideration upon Thursday next. 


The Maidstone Water Bill was read the first Maidstone 
time. Water Bill 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exa-“"! 

miners of Petitions for Private Bills. 


General Peel presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- Army. 
mand,—Supplemental Estimate for the Army for No. 193. 
the year 1859-60. 

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


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 








Mercuri, 6° die Aprilis ; 
Anno 22° Victoria Regine, 1859. 


PRAYERS. 


OF DERED, That the Hereford and Brecon Hereford and 
Railway Bill, as amended in the Committee, be a 
taken into consideration To-morrow. — 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Hertford, 
the Hertford, Luton and Dunstable Railway Bill, Luton and 
as amended in the Committee. Dalley Bal 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. ‘ 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Kingston- 
the Kingston-upon- Thames Gas Bill, as amended in "pon-Thames 
the Committee. Coo 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Ordered, That the Lymington Railway Bill, as Lymington 
amended in the Committee, be taken into considera- Railway Bill. 
tion To-morrow. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Tweed __ 
the Tweed Fisheries Bill, as ameuded in the Com- Fisheries Bill 
mittee; and Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Price's Patent Candle Company Bill was read Price’s Patent 
a second time ; and committed. Candle Com- 
pany Bill 
[Lords. | 
The Trinity House of Zeith Bill was read a Trinity House 
second time; and committed. of Leith Bill 


[Lords.] 
Mr. FitzRoy reported from the Committee on Indian and 
the Indian and Aaetvelian Telegraph Company Australian 
(No. 2) [Agreements, &amp;c.], a Resolution; which company 


Company 
was read, as followeth : (No. 2) [Agree- 


That the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s ™&amp;2t® &amp;c.] 





x 


Treasury 






Dundee and 
Newtyle Rail- 
way Bill. 


Private Bills. 


Private Bills. 


Kingston 
Railway. 


Public 
Petitions. 


Vide Seven- 





teenth Report. 


Ecclesiastical 
Courts. 


No. 194. 


Commitments. 


No, 195. 


154 6° Aprilis. A. 1859. 


Treasury may make and enter into, on behalf of 
Her Majesty, and all departments of Her Ma- 
jesty’s Government, such agreements or arrange- 
ments with the Company now called “ The Jndian 
and Australian Telegraph Company (Limited),” (but 
by a Bill now pending in this House, intituled, 
A Bill to incorporate and regulate the India, Aus- 
tralia and China Telegraph Company, and for 
other purposes, intended to be re-incorporated by 
the latter name), as to the rates cr charges to be 
= to the Company for the use of their lines of 

elegraph, and for the assistance of their officers 
and servants in the transmission and delivery of 
messages for Her Majesty or on Her Majesty’s 
Service, and may introduce into any such agree- 
ments or arrangements such terms and provisions as 
to the amount of the rates and charges to be de- 
manded as well from Her Majesty as from tie 
public at large, and as to securing to the Company a 
minimum annual payment for the transmission and 
delivery of messages and signals for Her Majesty 
or on Her Majesty's Service, and generally in rela- 
tion thereto, as they may think proper, and may be 
able to agree on. 

The said Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 

Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee on the Bill, that they have Power to make 
Provision therein pursuant to the said Resolution. 


Ordered, That the Dundee and Newtyle Railway 
Bill be re-committed to the former Committee :— 
And that they have leave to sit and proceed To- 
morrow. 


Ordered, That in case the Committee on any 
Private Bill, or Group of such Bills, shall report 
their opinion to the House, that any Bill or Bills 
not yet considered by them should not be entered 
upon, or that the consideration of any Bill already 
partly considered should not be a with, all 
further Proceedings upon such Bills shall be sus- 
pended during the present Session. 


The House was moved, That the Standing Order 
of the House, No. 169, relative to the time between 
the first and second reading of Private Bills, might 





be read ; and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That the said Standing Order be re- 
pealed. 

Ordered, There shali be not less than three clear 
days, nor more than seven, between the first and 
second reading of any Private Bill, unless any such 
Bill have been referred to the Examiners of Petitions 
for Private Bills, in which case the Bill shall not be | 
read a second time later than seven clear days after 
the Report of the Examiner, or of the Select Com- 
mittee on Standing Orders, as the case may be. 

Ordered, That the said Order be a Standing 
Order of this House. 


A Petition of Benjamin Looker and William 
Adolphus Marriott, praying for an inquiry into the 
truth of certain allegations in the Petition of Messrs. 
Bircham, Dalrymple and Drake, deposited in the 
Private Bill Office on the 22d of February last, 
relative to the Kingston Railway, was presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Several Public Petitions were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Eccle- 
siastical Courts, which was presented upon the 5th 
day of this instant April, be printed. 

County Court Ordered, That an Abstract of the Return relative 
to County Court Commitments, which was presented 





upon the 5th day of this instant April, be printed. 



































Ordered, That the Return relative to the Metro- Metropotita, 
politan Buildings Act, which was presented upon Buildings ay 
the 5th day of this instant April, be printed. No. 196, 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Queen’s Queen's gy. 
Colleges ([reland), which was presented upon the eges (Irelanq) 
5th day of this instant April, be printed. No. 197, 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Supply, 
into the Committee of Supply. 


(In the Committee.) 


1. £. 2,000,000, to pay off and discharge Exche- 
quer Bonds. 

2. £.13,277,400, to pay offand discharge Exche- 
quer Bills. 

3. £. 1,125,000, on account, for the Charge of 
the Revenue Departments. 

4. Motion made, and Question proposed, That 
a Sum, not exceeding £.1,854,000, be granted to 
Her Majesty, on account, for or towards defraying 
the Charge of certain Civil Services, to the 31st day 
of March 1860. 

Amendment proposed, to reduce the Sum by 
£. 10,000. 

Question proposed, That the Sum be reduced by 
£. 10,000. 

Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 

Original Question put, and agreed to. 

5. £. 20,000, on account, for the Contingent 
Expenses of the several Scientific Departments of 
the Navy. 

6. £. 50,000, on account, for the Contingent Ex- 
penses of Her Majesty’s Naval Establishments at 
Home. 

7. £. 8,000, on account, for the Contingent Ex- 
penses of Her Majesty’s Naval Establishments 
Abroad. 

Motion made, and Question proposed, That a 
Sum, not exceeding £.450,000, be granted to Her 
Majesty, on account, towards defraying the Charge 
of Wages to Artificers, Labourers and others em- 

sloyed in Her Majesty’s Naval Establishments at 

ome, which will come in course of payment during 
the year ending on the 31st day of March 1860. 

Motion, by leave, withdrawn. 


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, To-morrow, 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, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to Superannu- 
take into consideration the Superannuation Bill, as #4 
amended in the Committee ; and Amendments were 
made to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 


To-morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Markets (i 
mittee on the Markets dhuhend ) Bill; -—y 
Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 
Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


° istration 
The Order of the day being read, for the second Regist, &amp;¢. 
reading of the Registration of Births, &amp;c. (Ireland ) (Ireland) Bil 
Bill ; 
Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 
Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


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22 Vicroriz. 


The Order of the day being 
Jot. mittee on the Registration of C 
voter land ) Bill ; 


read, for the Com- 
ounty Voters (Scot- 


Bill. . . 
wad Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 
Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 
Newspapers, The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
&amp;e. Bill mittee on the Newspapers, &amp;c. Bill ; 
Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 
Combination The Combination of Workmen Bill was, according 
of Workmen to Order, read a second time; and committed to a 
= Committee of the whole House, for To-morrow. 
Tramways The House, according to Order, proceeded to 
(Ireland) Bill. take into consideration the Tramways (Jreland) Bill, 


as amended in the Committee; and Amendments 
were made to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
‘To-morrow. 


Naval Medical Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
Supplemental to continue the Act for the Regulation of the An- 


onan I nuities and Premiums of the Naval Medical Sup- 
Act Continue plemental Fund Society: And that Mr. Corry and 
ance, r. Lygon do prepare, and bring it in. 

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


ment Supple- to confirm certain Provisional Orders under the 


mental. Local Government Act (1858): And that Mr. Ga- 
thorne Hardy and Mr. Secretary Sotheron Estcourt 
do prepare, and bring it in. 

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

New Bridge. to empower the Commissioners of Her Majesty’s 
Works and Public Buildings to acquire additional 
Space for the Western Approach to Westminster 
New Bridge: And that Lord John Mauners and 
Sir Stafford Northcote do prepare, and bring it in. 

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

— to continue the Act for charging the Maintenance 

&gt; ama of certain Paupers upon the Union Funds: And 
that the Earl of March and Sir Stafford Northcote 
do prepare, and bring it in. 

Railway Bills Mr. Ingham reported from the Committee on 

(Group 1.) Group 1 of Railway Bills ; That, for the convenience 
of Parties, the Committee had adjourned till Mon- 
day next, at Twelve of the o’clock. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 

Private Bills © Mr. Eliot Yorke reported from the Committee on 

(Group 1.) Group I. of Private Bills; That, for the convenience 
of Members, the Committee had adjourned until 
Friday next, the 8th instant, at Twelve of the 
clock. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 

— , The National Fire and Life Insurance Company 

intumen“® of Scotland Bill was read the first time. 

Company of Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exa- 

Sutland) miners of Petitions for Private Bills. 

(Lords. } 

piivay The Railway Tickets Transfer Bill was read the 
first time; and ordered to be read a second time 

[Lords } To-morrow ; and to be printed. 

Bill 99. 

perme Bay and Mr. Ridley reported from the Committee on 

Railway Group 2 of Railway and Canal Bills ; That in the 

Margate case of the Herne Bay and Faversham Railway 

pretaion (Margate Extension) Bill, they had examined the 


allegations contained in the Preamble of the Bill, 
and amended the same, by omitting the recital 
having reference to the using the Lines of other 
Railway Companies, the corresponding Provisions 
having been struck out of the Bill; and found the 
same, as amended, to he true; and had gone through 
the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 
Vow. 114. 


6°—7° Aprilis. 











155 


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


Lord John Manners presented a-Bill to em- Westminster 
power the Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Works New Bridge 
and Public Buildings to acquire additional Space BZ 
for the Western Approach to Westminster New Bill 100. 
Bridge: 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. Gathorne Hardy presented a Bill to con- Local Govern- 
firm certain Provisional Orders under the Local ment — 


Government Act (1858): And the same was read -— 
the first time; and ordered to be reada second time !!! 191. 


To-morrow ; and to be printed. 


Sir Stafford Northcote presented a Bill to con- Pauper Main- 
tinue the Act for charging the Maintenance of oe Act 
certain Paupers upon the Union Funds: And the — 
same was read the first time; and ordered to be pity 199. 


read a second time To-morrow ; and to be printed. 


Sir Stafford Northcote presented a Bill to con- Naval Medical 
tinue the Act for the Regulation of the Annuities Supplemental 

, ; 5 Fund Society 
and Premiums of the Naval Medical Supplemental Annuities, &amp;c. 
Fund Society: And the same was read the first Act Continu- 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time To- #2¢¢ Bill 


morrow ; and to be printed. Bill 103. 


The Order for the House to resolve itself into a Ecclesiastical 
Committee, To-morrow, on the Ecclesiastica] Courts ee 
and Registries (Ireland) Bill, was read, and dis- (Ireland) Bill 
charged. [Lords.]} 

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


The Order for reading a second time, To-morrow, Piers and _ 
the Piers and Harbours Bill, was read, and dis- #atbours Bill. 
charged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 








Jovis, 7° die Aprilis ; 
Anno 22° Victorie Regine, 1859. 


PRAYERS. 


M R. Adair reported the Dundee and Newtyle Dundee and 
Railway (re-committed) Bill, with further Newtyle Rail- 
Amendments. 


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


Mr. Ridley reported from the Committee on Wandsworth 
Group 2 of Railway Bills ; That in the case of the and Putney 
Wandsworth and 5 oe Railway Bill, the Com- ®*!vsy Bill 
mittee were of opinion that the consideration of the 
said Bill should not be entered upon during the 
present Session. 

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


Mr. Fitz Roy reported the Mountsorrel Railway Mountsorrel 
Bill, with Amendments. Railway Bill. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Mr. FitzRoy reported the East Kent Railway East Kent 
Company Bill, with Amendments. ——— 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; ? 


and be printed. 


Mr. FitzRoy reported from the Committee on Commercial 
the Commercial Docks Acts Amendment Bill; That a 
they had examined the allegations contained in the Bill [Lords.] 
Preamble of the Bill, and amended the same, by 
striking out some words which appeared to the 

x2 Committee 

























































Purdy’s 
Disabilities 
Removal Bill 
[Lords.} 


Colonization 
and Settle- 
ment (India.) 


No. 198. 


Public 
Petitions 
(Seventeenth 
Report. ) 


Harwich 
Election. 


Private Bills 
(Group A.) 


Private Bills 
Group (A.) 


Hinckley and 
Melbourne 
Roads Bill. 


Droitwich 
Roads Bill. 


156 


Committee surplusage; 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 Purdy’s Disabilities Re- 
moval Bill, without Amendment. ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee on Coloni- 
zation and Settlement (India) have Power to report 
their Observations thereupon to the House, together 
with the Minutes of the Evidence taken before 
them. 

Mr. William Ewart reported from the said Com- 
mittee ; That they had considered the matters to 
them referred, and directed him to make a Report 
to the House, together with the Minutes of the Bvi- 
dence taken befure them. 

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


Mr. Gregson reported from the Select Committee 
on Public Petitions ; That they had examined the 
Petitions presented upon the 4th, 5th and 6th 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 Letter from Mr. John Hum- 
phreys, as Agent for Robert Crickmar and Rickman 
Llliss, informing him that it is not their intention 
to proceed with their Petition complaining of an 
undue Election and Return for the Borough of 
Harwich :—And the said Letter was read, as {ol- 
loweth : 

40, Parliament-street, 
Sir, Westminster, 7th April 1859. 

As Agent for Robert Crickmar and Rickman 
Eliliss, in the matter of their Petition against the 
Return of Henry Jervis White Jervis, Esquire, for 
the Borough of Harwich, I beg to inform you that 
it is not intended to proceed with the said Peti- 
tion. 

I have the honour to be, Sir, 
Your very obedient Servant, 
John Humphreys. 


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


The Order for referring the said Petition to the 
General Committee of Elections, was read, and dis- 
charged. 


Colonel Pennant reported from the Committee 
on Group A. of Private Bills; That Mr. Hill and 
Mr. Wrightson, Members of the said Committee, 
were not present within one hour after the time ap- 
pointed for the meeting of the Committee this day. 

Ordered, That Mr. Hill and Mr. Wrightson be 
discharged from further attendance on the said 
Committee. 


Colonel Pennant reported from the Committee on 
Group A. of Private Bills; That, at the meeting of 
the Committee this day, a Letter was received from 
Mr. Thornhill, one of the Members of the said 
Committee, stating that he was unable, on account 
of illness, to attend the Committee this day. 

Ordered, That Mr. Thornhill be discharged from 
further attendance on the said Committee. 


Colonel Pennant reported the Hinckley and Mel- 
bourne Roads Bill, with Amendments. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Colonel Pennant reported the Droitwich Roads 
Bill, with Amendments. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


7° Aprilis. 





A. 1859. 


Colonel Pennant reported from the Committee on Carlisle ang 
Group A. of Private Bills ; That in the case of the Penrith, &amp;, 
Carlisle and Penrith, &amp;c. Roads Bill, they had Roads Bil, 
examined the allegations contained in the Preamble 
of the Bill, and amended the same, by striking 
out certain recitals which appeared unnecessary ; 
and found the same, as amended, to be true; and 
had gone through the Bill, and made Amendments 
thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Kirkwall 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Kirk- Harbour Bil, 
wall Harbour 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 Great Western Railway Bill was read the Great Westem 
third time. Railway Bill 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act for authorizing the Construction 
of a Railway for carrying the West London Railway 
over the Great Western Railway by means of a 
Bridge, in substitution for the present Level Crossing, 
and for other purposes. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 





The North British and Selkirk and Galashiels North British 
Railway Companies Bill was read the third time, nd Selkirk 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. Subenaae 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the panies Bill, 


Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


A Motion being made, That the Tyne Improve- Tyne Im- 
ment Bill be now read the third time ; hoe 
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 Fier 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 a 
verbal Amendment was made to the Bill. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act to amend the Provisions of the 
Tye Improvement Acts, to authorize an Alteration 
of the Piers at the Mouth of the River, 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 Portsmouth 
the Portsmouth and London and South Western - —_ 
Railway Companies Bill, as amended in the Come western 
mittee ; and Amendments were made to the Bill. Railway Com- 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. _Panies Bill 


The House proceeded to take into consideration South Wales, 
the South Wales, Pembroke and Tenby Junction Pembroke 


. , ; b 
Railway Bill, as amended in the Committee. pane, 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. _ way Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Hereford snd 
consideration the Hereford and Brecon Railway Broce 
Bill, as amended in the Committee ; ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be taken into consideration 
upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
consideration the Lymington Railway Bill, as 
amended in the Committee ; } 

Ordered, That the Bill be taken into consideration 
To-morrow. 


Lymington 
Railway Bill. 


Several Public Petitions were presented, and read ; ek 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. — 

Vide Eighteenth 
Mr, Report. 











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jhiels 
om- 








Expiring 


No. 199. 


Nuneaton 
and Hinckley 
Railway Bill. 


Bedford, 
Potton and 
Cambridge 
Railway Bill. 


Diocesan 
Courts, &amp;c. 


22 Vicroriz. 


Mr. Adderley reported from the Committee on 
Expiring Laws; That they had considered the 
matters to them referred, and directed him to make 
a Report thereof to the House. 

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


Mr. Scholefield reported from the Committee on 
Group 5 of Railway Bills; That in the case of the 
Nuneaton and Hinckley Railway Bill, in pursuance 
of the Order of the House of February 12th, it had 
been proved to the Committee that amended lists 
of Owners and Occupiers had been deposited on 
the 12th day of February; that they had examined 
the allegations of the Bill, and found the same to be 
true; and had gone through the Bill, and made 
Amendments thereunto. 

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


Mr. Scholefield reported from the Committee on 
Group 5 of Railway Bills; That in the case of the 
Bedford, Potton and Cambridge Railway Bill, they 
had considered 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 presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Returns from the several Officers of each of 
the Diocesan and other Courts in England, in those 
Dioceses to which any addition has been made 
under the authority of the Act 6 &amp; 7 Will. 4, c. 77, 
of an Account in writing of the Gross and Net 
Amount of all Fees, Allowances, Gratuities, Perqui- 
sites and Emoluments received by such Officers 
respectively since the Orders in Council sanctioning 
such additions respectively came into operation, on 
account of their several Offices and Employments, 
in respect of any causes or matters arising within 
those parts of such Dioceses as have been so added 
thereto, and which, during the continuance of the 
temporary Provisions of the above-mentioned Act, 
were not within the Jurisdiction of the Bishop of 
such Dioceses, and which Account by the Act 10 &amp; 
11 Vic. c. 98, s. 2, was directed to be kept by such 
Officers respectively : And, from the Treasurer 
of the Governors of the Bounty of Queen Anne, of 
Copies of all Letters or other Communications 
addressed by him to the Ordinary, and also to any 
of the Officers of the Diocesan or other Courts in 
those Dioceses in England to which Dioceses any 
addition has been made under the authority of the 
Act 6 &amp; 7 Will. 4, c. 77, in relation to the Fees 
which by the Act 10 &amp; 11 Vic. c. 98, s. 2, were 
directed to be paid over by such Officers respectively 
to such Treasurer, and to be retained by him until 
Parliament should provide for the Appropriation 
thereof, and of the Answers received by such Trea- 
surer to such Letters or other Communications. 

Ordered, That 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 Account of the manner in 
which the Sum of £.2,000, voted last year on Army 
Estimates, under the head of Divine Service, was 
expended ; stating the Titles of the Books distri- 
buted. 

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

Vou. 114, 


7° Aprilis. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Small Arms. 





157 


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 Ist day of April 1858 to the 3ist day of 
March 1859 inclusive, including all Contracts for 
Finished Arms, and for setting up the same, with 
the Date of Contract and Quantity ordered ; speci- 
ying, separately, London, Birmingham, Belgium, 
rance and America:——And, of all Muskets, 
Rifles, and other descriptions of Small Arms, received 
by the War Department, from the 1st day of April 
1858 to the 31st day of March 1859 inclusive, speci- 
ying, separately, London, Birmingham, Belgium, 
‘rance and America. 
Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty, by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Enfield 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased Factory. 


to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Statements of the Total Sum expended at 
Enfield Factory, from the 1st day of April 1858 to 
the 31st day of March 1859 inclusive, the Amounts 
under the following Heads to be separately specified, 
viz. :—Building, Machinery, Stores of all kinds, 
Salaries, Wages and Miscellaneous Expenses ; 
And, of the Number of Guns delivered into Store, 
from the 1st day of April 1858 to the 31st day of 
March 1859 inclusive, from Enfield. 

Ordered, That 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 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased Leaseholds. 


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 either agreed upon, and referred 
to the Church Estate Commissioners, or declined by 
the Lessees, or whether such Applications have been 
declined by the Lessors, or remain under considera- 
tion (in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 
399, of Session 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. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming Poor Relief 
the adjourned Debate on the Amendment which, (Ireland) Acts 
upon the 23d day of March last, was proposed to ).1/' 7 


be made to the Question, That the Poor Relief 
(Ireland) Acts Amendment Bill be now read a 
second time; 
Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 
Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Smithfield 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased Site. 


to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Copy of any Correspondence during the 
last and present year between Her Majesty’s Go- 
vernment and the Corporation of the City of Lon- 
don respecting the Appropriation of the Site of 
Smithfield. 

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


Lord Stanley presented,—Return to an Address East India 
to Her Majesty, dated the 4th day of this instant (Principality 
April, of Dhar.) 


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Queen’s Col- 
lege (Cork.) 


Cities and 
Beroughs 
(Taxation. ) 


Court of 
Chancery 
(Ireland. ) 


Army (Mor- 
tality, &amp;c. at 
Trinidad.) 


National Vac- 
cine Board. 


Court of 
Session (Scot- 
jand.) 


Manor Courts, 
&amp;c. (Ireland) 
Bill. 


Supply. 


Exchequer 
Bonds, 


Exchequer 
Bills. 


Revenue 
Departments. 


Civil Services. 


Scientific 
Departments 
of the Navy. 


158 


April, for a Return relative to East India ( Princi- 
pality of Dhar). 

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


Mr. Gathorne Hardy presented, by Her Majesty’s 
Command,—Copy of the Report of the President of 
Queen’s College, Cork, for the Academic year of 
1857-58, with Appendices. 

Mr. Gathorne Ranly also presented,—Return to 
an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 21st day of 
March last, for a Return relative to Cities and 
Boroughs (Taxation). 

Mr. Gathorne Hardy also presented, pursuant to 
the directions of an Act of Parliament,—Copy of 
General Orders in Chancery in Jreland, dated 3d 
day of January 1859, with Schedule of Fees. 

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


General Peel presented,—Return to an Address 
to Her Majesty, dated the 31st day of March last, 
fora Return relative to Army (Mortality, &amp;c. at 
Trinidad). 

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


Mr. Adderley presented,—Return to an Address 
to Her Majesty, dated the 4th day of this instant 
April, for a Return relative to the National Vaccine 
Board. 

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


The following Paper, pursuant to the directions 
of an Act of Parliament, was laid upon the Table 
by the Clerk of the House,—Copy of Warrant 

ranting a Compensation Allowance to the Executor 
of the late Thomas Knox Beveridge, sometime one 
of the Assistant Clerks in the Court of Session in | 
Scotland, for the period from 3ist December 1857 
to 11th April 1858. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to 
take into consideration the Amendments made by 
the Lords to the Manor Courts, &amp;c. (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 Lord- 
ships. 


Mr. FitzRoy reported from the Committee of 
Supply, several Resolutions; which were read, as 
follow : 

1. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 2,000,000, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to pay off and discharge 
Exchequer Bonds payable on the 8th day of May 
1859. 

2. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 13,277,400, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to pay off and discharge 
Exchequer Bills charged on the Aids of 1859, un- 
provided for. 

3. That a Sum, not exceeding £.1,125,000, be 
granted to Her Majesty, on account, for or towards 
defraying the Charge of the Revenue Departments, 
which will come in course of payment during the 


7° Aprilis. 





year ending the 31st day of March 1860. 
4. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 1,854,000, be | 
granted to Her Majesty, on account, for or towards | 


defraying the Charge of certain Civil Services, to } 


the 3ist day of March 1860. 

5. That a Sum, not exceeding £.20,000, be 
granted to Her Majesty, on account, towards de- 
fraying the Salaries of the Officers and the Con- 
tingent Expenses of the several Scientific Depart- 
ments of the Navy, which will come in course of 
a during the year ending on the 31st day of 

arch 1860. 








A. 1859. 


6. That a Sum, not exceeding £.50,000, - be 
granted to Her Majesty, on account, towards de- 
fraying the Salaries of the Officers and the Con- 
tingent Expenses of Her Majesty’s Naval Establish- 
ments at Home, which will come in course of pay- 
ment during the year ending on the 31st day of 
March 1860. 





Naval Esta. 


blishmen 
Home, we 


7. That a Sum, not exceeding £.8,000, be granted Ditto Abroag 


to Her Majesty, on account, towards defraying the 
Salaries of the Officers and the Contingent Expenses 
of Her Majesty’s Naval Establishments Abroad, 
which will come in course of payment during the 
year ending on the 31st day of March 1860. 

The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Supply. 


into the Committee of Supply. 


(In the Committee.) 


1. £.450,000, on account, for Wages to Artificers, 
Labourers and others in Naval Establishments at 
Home. 

2. £.15,000, on account, for Wages to Artificers, 
Labourers and others in Naval Establishments 
Abroad. 

3. £.700,000, on account, for Naval Stores for 
the Building, Repair and Outfit of the Fleet, the 
Purchase of Steam Machinery, and for other pur- 
poses connected therewith. 

4, £.180,000, on account, for New Works, Im- 
provements and Repairs in the Naval Establish- 
ments. 

5. £.15,000, on account, for Medicines and Me- 
dical Stores. 

6. £.22,000, on account, for divers Naval Mis- 
cellaneous Services. 

7. £.350,000, on account, for Half-Pay, Reserved 
Half-Pay and Retirement to Officers of the Navy 
and Royal Marines. 

8. £.240,000, on account, for Military Pensions 
and Allowances. 

9. £.80,000, on account, for Civil Pensions and 
Allowances, 

10. £.70,000, on account, for Freight of Ships, 
Victualling and Conveyance of Troops, on account 
of the Army. 

11. £. 300,000, 
Service. 

12. £.150,000, on account, for Clothing and 
Necessaries. 

13. £.12,000, on account, for Rewards for Mili- 
tary Service. 

14. £.35,000, on account, for Pay of General 
Officers. 

15. £.240,000, on account, for Pay of Reduced 
and Retired Officers. 

16. £.90,000, on account, for Pensions to Widows 
of Officers, and of Allowances on the Compassionate 
List. 

17. £.20,000, on account, for Pensions and 
Allowances to Wounded Officers. 

18, £.13,000, on account, for Chelsea and Kil- 
mainham Hospitals, and the In-Pensioners thereof. 

19. £.550,000, on account, for Out-Pensioners of 
Chelsea Hospital, &amp;c. 

20. £.60,000, on account, for Superanauation and 
Retired Allowances. 

21. £.30,000, for Buildings, Machinery, Stores 
and Wages for the Rifled Ordnance Factory at 
Woolwich Arsenal. 


Resolutions to be reported. 


on account, for the Packet 


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 the Com- Ways and 


mittee of Ways and Means; 
Resolved, 





and 





Medical Act 
(1858) Amend- 
ment Bill. 


Tramways 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Superannu- 
ation Bill. , 


Local Govern- 
ment Supple- 
mental Bill. 


Pauper 
Maintenance 
Act Continu- 
ance Bill. 


29 Vicroriz. 


Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to 
take into consideration the Amendments made by 
the Lords to the Medical Act (1858) Amendment 
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 ap- 
pointed of Mr. Secretary Sotheron Estcourt, Mr. 
Adderley, Sir Stafford Northcote, the Earl of March 
and Lord Lovaine :—And they are to withdraw im- 
mediately. 

Ordered, That Three be the quorum. 


The Tramways (Ireland) 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 Superannuation Bill was, according to Order, 


7° Aprilis. 





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 
— of the Local Government Supplemental 

ill; 

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


The Pauper Maintenance Act Continuance Bill 
was, seneeliag to Order, read a second time; and 
committed to a Committee of the whole House, for 
To-morrow. 


Naval Medical The Naval Medical Supplemental Fund Society 


Supplemental 
Fund Society 


Annuities, &amp;c. Act Continuance Bill was, according 


Annuities, &amp;c, t0 Order, read a second time; and committed to a 


Act Continu- 
ance Bill. 


Evidence by 
Commission 
Bill, 


Newspapers, 
&amp;e. Bil 


Combination 
of Workmen 
Bill. 


Yacht Clubs, 


Committee of the whole House, for To-morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
consideration the Amendments made by the Laok: 
to the Evidence by Commission Bill ; 

Ordered, That the said Amendments be taken 
into consideration To-morrow. 


The Railway Tickets Transfer Bill was, according 
to Order, read a second time; and committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for Monday next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself into 
a Committee on the Newspapers, &amp;c. Bill; and, after 


some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the 
Chair. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on the Combination of Workmen 
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, with- 
out Amendment. 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Copies of all Correspondence relating to the War- 
rants granted to the Royal Western Yacht Club of 
Ireland, especially those in the years 1832, 1842, 
1849, 1853 and 1858, and particularly the Admiraity 
Warrant to the Royal Western Yacht Club of Jre- 
land of the 6th day of February 1832, and Letters 
&lt;= 31st day of July 1849, the 29th day of April, 

OL. 114. 


159 


and the 2d day of May 18538; also Letter addressed 
by the late Maurice O’Connell, Esquire, m.P., to 
the Lords of the Admiralty, and Sir James Gra- 
ham’s Reply, dated the 23d day of May 1853: 
Of any Letters or Minutes of any Applications 
made by the Royal St. George’s, the Holyhead, or 
any other Yacht Club, for permission to wear the 
White Ensign, with the Answers thereto: Of 
any Memorials or Letters from the Royal Yacht 
Squadron to the Lords of the Admiralty relative to 
their Claim for the exclusive use of the White Ensign, 
with the Answers thereto, since the granting of the 
Warrant to that Club: Of Memorial presented 
by the Royal Western Yacht Club of Ireland, 
through his Excellency the Lord Lieutenant, to the 
Lords of the Admiralty, with the Reply thereto :—— 
And, of General Warrants granted to all Royal 
Yacht Clubs, with the Dates on which separate 
Warrants were issued to the Yacht Owners of the 
several Clubs, authorizing them to carry the respec- 
tive Club Ensigns. 











Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer presented, by “ Charles et 
Her Majesty's Command,—Copy of further Cor- Georges. 


respondence relating to the case of the “ Charles 
et Georges.” 

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


gone through the Bill, and made Amendments 
thereunto. 
Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 
Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed toa Com- 
mittee of the whole House, for Thursday next. 


ords for disagreeing to one of the Amendments 
made by their Lordships to the Medical Act (1858) 
Amendment Bill; That they had drawn up Reasons 
accordingly, which they had directed him to report 
to the House ; and the same were read, as follow : 

The Commons disagree to the Amendment made 
by the Lords in p. 2, 1. 18, for the following 
Reasons : 

Because it is a new Enactment extending 
Provisions of the amended Act, and therefore 
beyond the scope of this Bill: 

Tecoma it introduces terms objected to by 
certain other Colleges: and, 

Because the Amendment has not been com- 
municated to the Medical Council. 

With the preceding exception, the Commons 
agree to the Amendments made by the Lords, and 
to Clauses A. and B. 

The said Reasons, being read a second time, were 
agreed to. 

Ordered, That a Message be sent to the Lords to 
communicate the said Reasons (with the Bill and 
Amendments): And that the Clerk do carry the 
same. 











The Lord Advocate presented a Bill to amend 
| the Confirmation and Probate Act, 1858: And the 
'same was read the first time; and ordered to be 
_read a second time To-morrow; and to be printed. 


The Convict Prisons Abroad Bill was read the 
first time ; and ordered to be read a second time 
upon Monday next ; and to be printed. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 





x4 


Lord Naas reported from the Select Committee Lunatic Poor 
on the Lunatic Poor (Jre/and) Bill; That they had (Ireland) Bill 


Bill 104, 


Mr. Adderley reported from the Committee ap- Medical Act 
ony to draw up Reasons to be assigned to the (1858) Amend- 


Confirmation 
and Probate 
Act (1858) 
Amendment 
Bill. 

Bill 105. 


Convict Pri- 
sons Abroad 


Bill [ Lords.] 


Bill 106. 



























































Veneris, 8° die Aprilis ; 
Anno 22° Victorie Regine, 1859. 
PRAYERS. 
R. Speaker acquainted the House, That a 
Message had been brought from the Lords, 
by one of their Clerks, as followeth : 


Common The Lords have agreed to the Common Rights, 
(War Depart. &amp;C- (War Department) Bill, without any Amend- 


Message from 
the Lords. 


ment) Bi ment: 

Patents for The Lords have agreed to the Patents for Inven- 

Inventions —_ tions (Munitions of War) Bill, without any Amend- 

(Munitions of 2 

War) Bill, ment: 

East India The Lords have agreed to the East India Loan 

Loan Bill. — Bill, without any Amendment: 

Wimbledon The Lords have agreed to the Wimbledon and 

= oy Dorking and Epsom and Leatherhead Railways 

and Leather- Bill, without any Amendment: 

head Railways 

Bill. 

nae The Lords have agreed to the Manslaughter Bill, 

, with Amendments; to which the Lords desire the 

concurrence of this House. 

Standing Ordered, That Three be the Quorum of the Select 

come. Committee on Standing Orders for the remainder of 
the Session. 

Ordered, That the Committee have leave to sit 
this day till Five of the clock, during the sitting of 
the House. 

Findhorn _ The House proceeded to take into consideration 

Railway Bill. the Amendments made by the Lords to the Find- 
horn Railway 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. 

Atlantic The Atlantic Telegraph Company (No. 2) Bill 
—— was read the third time. 
r No.2) Bill. Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

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

Brecon and The Brecon and Merthyr Tydfil Junction Railway 
Merthyr Tyd- 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. 


Castle Douglas The Castle Douglas and Dumfries Railway Bill 
and Dumfries 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. 


A Message was delivered by Sir Augustus Clif- 
ford, Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod : 


Mr. Speaker, 


The Lords, authorized by virtue of Her Majesty’s 
Commission, for declaring Her Royal Assent to 
several Acts agreed upon by both Houses, 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 a returned ; 

Mr. Speaker reported, That the House, at the 
desire of the ia 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 tothe several Acts therein mentioned ; and 
that the Lords, thereby authorized, had declared the 
Royal Assent to the suid Acts, as follow : 


Royal Assent. 


8° Aprilts. 











A. 1859. 


An Act to enable the Secretary of State in East Inaig 
Council of India to raise Money in the United Loan Bi 
Kingdom for the Service of the Government of 
India: 

An Act to settle the Form of Affirmation to be Oaths ay 
made in certain cases by Quakers, and other Persons Amendment 
by Law permitted to make an Affirmation instead 
of taking an Oath: 

An Act to amend the Law concerning Patents Patents for 
for Inventions with respect to Inventions for Im- ventions 
provements in Instruments end Munitions of War: ery mane ot 


An Act to make further Provision for the Pur- Common 
chase of Common and other Rights by Her Majesty’s ps &amp;e, 
Principal Secretary of State for the War Depart- ment) B 
ment, and in relation to Land vested in or taken by 
such Secretary of State : 

An Act for more effectually supplying with Water Shepton Mallet 
the Town of Shepton Mallet, and the Neighbour- Wter Bill 
hood thereof, in the County of Somerset : 

An Act to enable the Swansea Vale Railway Swansea Vale 
Company to raise further Money, and for other #lway Bill 
purposes : 

An Act for providing a Joint Station at Epsom Wimbledon 
for the use of the Wimbledon and Dorking and = eg 
Epsom and Leatherhead Railway Companies, and and Leathe 


and Leather. 
for other purposes. head Railways 


Bill. 

A Motion being made, That the Charleston Rail- Charleston 
way and Harbour Bill be now read the third time; — 4 

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. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

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


The Forth and Clyde Navigation Bill was read Forth and. 
the third time. — ig 
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 Gateshead Quay Gateshead 
Bill be now read the third time ; Quay 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 tie Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire tieir concurrence. 


The Great North of Scotland Railway Bill was Great North 
read the third time. beens 

Resolved, Vhat 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 Merthyr, Trede- Merthyr, al 
gar and Abergavenny Kailway Bill be now read the ene 
third time; Railway Bill. 

Mr. FitzRoy, by Her Majesty’s Command, ac- 
quainted the House, That Her Majesty, having been 
informed of the ag 90 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. - 

e 





Vale 
sill. 


n 
ing 


er 
ways 


ind 
Bill, 


th 
ill. 


and 
nny 
ill. 





Travellers 
oem and 
Accidental 
Death In- 
surance Come 
panies Amal- 
gemation 

(No. 2) Bill. 


London and 
South Western 
Railway Bill. 


Lymington 
ilway Bill. 


Buty Saint 
Edmuna’s Gas 
Bill [Lords.] 


Westminster 
New Bridge 
Bill. 


Liynvi Valley 
Railway Bill. 


Westminster 
Improvements 
Bill. 


Norwood and 
Streatham 
Railway Bill. 


Private Bills 
(Group 1.) 


Standing 
Orders. 


Galway Har- 
dour and Port 
Act (1853) 
Amendment 


Public 
Petit 


as 
Mgheen 

th 
Report, 
ele 
Falmouth 
Docks 
Harbour Bil, 


Norwich 
sity) Water 


92 VicTorRiz. 


The Travellers and Marine Insurance and Acci- 
dental Death Insurance Companies Amalgamation 
(No. 2) Bill was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act to dissolve the Accidental Death 
Insurance Company, and to transfer the Business of 
that Company to the Travellers and Marine Insur- 
ance Company, to be hereafter called “The Acci- 
dental Death Insurance Company,” and for other 


urposes. 
Godered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 


Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the London and South Western Railway Bill, as 
amended in the Committee; and Amendments were 
made to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take 
into consideration the Lymington Railway Bill, as 
amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The Bury Saint Edmund's Gas Bill was read a 
second time ; and committed. 


Ordered, That in the case of the Westminster New 
Bridge Bill, the Examiner of Petitions for Private 
Bills have leave to sit and proceed forthwith. 


The Order, That the Liynvi Valley Railway Bill 
be committed, was read, and discharged. 
Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


Mr. Eliot Yorke reported from the Committee on 
Group I. of Private Bills; That in the case of the 
Westminster Improvements Bill, the Committee 
were of opinion that the consideration of such Bill 
should not be entered upon during the present 
Session. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Ridley reported from the Committee on 
Group 2 of Railway Bills; That in the case of the 
Norwood and Streatham Railway Bill, the Com- 
mittee were of opinion that the consideration of 
such Bill should not be entered upon during the 
present Session. 

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


Ordered, That the Committee on Group I. of 
Private Bills have leave to sit To-morrow, notwith- 
standing any adjournment of the House. 


Colonel Wilson Patten reported from the Select 
Committee on Standing Orders, a Resolution; which 
was read, as followeth : 

That in the case of the Galway Harbour and 
Port Act (1853) Amendment Bill, the Standing 
Orders ought to be dispensed with ; that the Parties 
be permitted to proceed with their Bill. 

The said Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 


Several Public Petitions 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 Falmouth Docks 
and Harbour Bill, with an Amendment; to which 
the Lords desire the concurrence of this House : 

The Lords have agreed to the Worwich (City) 
Water Bill, with Amendments; to which the Lords 
desire the concurrence of this House : 


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161 


The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Dublin and 
to enable the Dublin and Drogheda Railway Com- eave 
pany to create Debenture Stock, and to issue New ented ' 
Shares for redeeming existing Preference Shares 
subject to Redemption ; and to enlarge their Station 
at Dublin, and for other purposes; to which the 
Lords desire the concurrence of this House : 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act London (City) 
to regulate the Capital and Undertaking of the City &amp;* Bill 

of London Gas-Light and Coke Company, and to 
re-incorporate that Company ; to which the Lords 

desire the concurrence of this House : 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Ulster Rail- 
to enable the Ulster Railway Company to extend ¥#Y Bill 
their Railway from Monaghan tv Clones, and to 

enlarge their Stations at Belfast and Portadown, 

and to make Arrangements with the Dundalk and 
Enniskillen Railway Company, and to create De- 

benture Stock, and for other purposes: to which 

the Lords desire the concurrence of this House. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Londonderry 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, 224 Lough 
That in the case of the Londonderry and Lough a * 
Swilly Railway Bill, originating in the Lords, and {Lords.] 
referred on the first reading thereof, the Standing 

Orders not previously inquired into, and which are 
applicable to the Bill, have been complied with. 

Ordered, ‘Vhat the Bill be read a second time. 


The London City Gas Bill was read the first London City 
time. Gas Bill 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Ex- aaa 
miners of Petitions for Private Bills. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Weighing 
Return of the Number of Weighing Machines made Machines. 
by Mr. James, and used respectively in the Ports 
of London and of Liverpool, and elsewhere, to weigh 
articles charged with Customs Duty; enumerating 
the several articles for which they are used; and 
stating how many, if any, of such Machines are 
under the Crown Lock :——Similar Return re- 
specting the Weighing Machines of Mr. Pooley: 

Copy of the Memorial of Messrs. Rawlings to 

the Treasury, with Report of the Board of Inland 
Revenue, respecting the use of Weighing Machines 

for the purpose of charging Paper with Duty: 
And, Return of the Names of Wholesale Stationers 
using Weighing Machines for the purpose of 
charging the Excise with Drawback on Paper for 
Export. 








Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Royal Com- 

to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased ™**°"* 
to give directions, that there be laid before this House, 
a Return showing the Number of Royal Commis- 
sions issued since the ist day of January 1858 
to the latest date, with the date of each, and the 
object for which it was appointed. 

Ordered, That 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 Common 
to ler Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased al 
to ) he directions, that there be laid before this House, “°"** 
a Copy of Report of the Assistant Commissioner of 
the Police of the Metropolis, specially charged with 
the control of Common Lodying-houses, on the con- 
dition of Single Rooms occupied by Families in 
the Metropolis. 

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


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





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the House this day, adjourn till Monday nest.. 
Resolved, 
























































National ° 


Education 
(Ireland. ) 


East India 
(Punjab.) 






162 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there belaid before this House, 
Copies of all Contracts or Agreements entered into 
7: the East India Company, or by the present 

uncil for India, with any Company formed for 
making Railways, Public Roads, Canals, Works 
for Irrigation, or other Public Works in J/ndia, by 
which Contracts or Agreements a Rate of Interest 
is guaranteed upon the Capital of such Companies 
already paid up, or hereafter to be paid up :—— 
And, Statement, giving the Title and Object of such 
Companies; the Amount of the Capital of each 
Company; the Rate of Interest guaranteed; and 
the conditions or circumstances (if any) under which 
the Government of Jndia is liable for the Repay- 
ment of such Capital, either at the option of the 
Companies or of that of the Government. 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Copy of all Correspondence, from the Ist day of 
July 1857 to the present date, which passed between 
the Commissioners of National Education in Ireland 
and Mr. James W. Kavanagh, Head Inspector of 
National Schools, omitting such only as is of a mere 
routine nature, or not bearing upon any matter in 
dispute between Mr. pyar Be and any other 
Party, excluding also the Returns respecting the 
Ballandine National Schools; and so much of the 
Correspondence, &amp;c. as is contained in Parliamen- 
tary Paper, No. 386 of last Session : And, Re- 
turn of the Names of the Members appointed on the 
Special Committee of the 11th day of September 1857, 
in reference to Mr. Kavanagh, with the Names of 
those subsequently added; the precise Matters which 
the Committee was first appointed to investigate, 
with a Statement of any others afterwards added ; 
the Dates of the several Sittings of the Committee, 
with the Members present at each; and, Copy of 
the Minutes of the Business transacted; of the 
Report of the Committee, with the Names of those 
Members (as laid before the Board on the 27th 
day of November 1857) of the Committee present 
when it was adopted ; uf the Names of the Com- 
missioners present at the Board’s meeting of the 
27th day of November 1857; and of all Commu- 
nications which the Members of the Board or 
other public Parties may, have forwarded to the 
Commissioners, or to the Resident Commissioner, 
in reference to the case of Mr. Kavanagh, within 
the whole of the above period. 





Lord Stanley presented,— Return to an Address 
to Her Majesty, dated the 4th day of March last, 
for a Return relative to East India (Punjab). 

~ crore That the said Return"do lie upon the 
Table. 


General Peel presented,—Return to an Address 
to Her Majesty, da‘ed the 30th day of July, in the 
last Session of Parliament, for a Return of the 
Number of Men voted for the Army, in each 
vear from 1816 to 1858, both inclusive; of the 
Sums voted for the Army in each of those years, 
distinguishing the Effective and Non-effective Votes, 
and the Cost of the Civil Establishments; and the 
Sums for the Ordnance, distinguishing the Cost of 
the Civil Establishment, and showing a Total of the 
Votes in each year; also, of the Actual Expendi- 
ture in each of those years, distinguished in a 
similar way : Also the Number of Men voted 
for the Navy in each of those years; of the Sums 
voted, distinguishing the Effective from the Non- 
effective Services ; the Cost of the Civil Establish- 
ment; and showing a Total of the whole; also of 
the Actual Expenditure in each year, distinguished 
in like manner ; also showing, in separate Columns, 





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ouse as are, 











A, 1859. 


the Aggregate Votes and Actual Expenditure for 
Army, Ordnance and Navy. 

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


Ordered, That the Return relative to East India East tndis 


(Principality of Dhar), which was presented upon (Principality 
the 7th day of this instant April, be printed. - Ne as 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Cities and Cities ana 
Boroughs (Taxation), which was presented upon the Boroughs 


. e ° . T i 
7th day. of this instant April, be printed. ¢ ne, an 


‘ Ordered, That the Return relative to Army (Mor- Army (Mo. 
tality, &amp;c. at Trinidad), which was presented upon ~— foe as 
the 7th day of this instant April, be printed. No fe 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the National National Va, 
Vaccine Board, which was presented upon the 7th Cine Board 
day of this instant April, be printed. No, 203, 


Mr. FitzRoy reported from the Committee of supply. 
Suppty,’several Resolutions ; which were read, as 
follow: . 

1. That a Sum, not exceeding £.450,000, be Wages to 
peer to Her Majesty, on account, towards de- — 
raying the ae of —— to Artificers, Labourers _ 
and others employed in Her Majesty’s Naval Esta- 
blishments at Home, which will come in course of 
+ ger during the year ending on the 31st day of 

arch 1860. . 

2. That a Sum, not exceeding £.15,000, be Wages to 
granted to Her Majesty, on account, towards de- Artificers, &amp;e. 
traying the Charge of Wages to Artificers, Labourers 
and others employed in Her Majesty’s Naval Esta- 
blishments Abroad, which will come in course of 
coment during the year ending on the 31st day of 

arch 1860. 

3. That a Sum, not exceeding £.700,000, be Naval Stores, 
granted to Her Majesty, on account, towards de- “* 
fraying the Expense of Naval Stores for the 
Building, Repair and Outfit of the Fleet, the Pur- 
chase of Steam Machinery, and for other purposes 
connected therewith, which will come in course of 
payment during the year ending on the 31st day of 
March 1860. 

4. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 180,000, be New Works, 
granted to Her Majesty, on account, towards de- 
fraying the Charge of New Works, Improvements 
and Repairs in the Naval Establishments, which will 
come in course of payment during the year ending 
onthe 31st day of March 1860. 

5. That a Sum, not exceeding £.15,000, be Medicines 
granted to Her Majesty, on account, towards de- ebay, 
fraying the Charge of Medicines and Medical ; 
Stores, which will come in course of payment during 
the year ending on the 31st day of March 1860. 

6. That a. Sum, not exceeding £.22,000, be Naval 
granted to Her Majesty, on account, towards de- Misco 
fraying the Charge of divers Naval Miscellaneous 
Services, which will come in course of payment 
during the year ending on the 31st day of March 
1860. 

7. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 350,000, be Half-Pay, &amp;. 

granted to Her Majesty, on account, towards de- 
fraying the Charge of Half-Pay, Reserved Half- 
Pay, and Retirement to Officers of the Navy and 
Royal Marines, which will come in course of pay- 
ment during the year ending on the 31st day of 
March 1860. 

8. That a Sum, not exceeding £.240,000, be Military pe 
granted to Her Majesty, on account, towards de- {i inces 
fraying the Charge of Military Pensions and Al- 
lowances, which will come in course of payment 
during the year ending on the 31st day of March 
1860. 

9. That a Sum, not exceeding £.80,000, be Civil Pension 
granted to Her Majesty, on account, towards de- * 
fraying the Charge of Civil Pensions and Allow- 
ances, which will come in course of payment 
during 


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and 


Rewards 
for Military 
Service. 


_—e, 


Pay of Re- 
duced and Re- 
tired Officers. 


Pensions to 
Widows, &amp;c. 


Pensions and 
to Wounded 


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Kilmainham 


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during the year ending on the 31st day of March 
1860. 

10. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 70,000, be 
oa to Her Majesty, on account, towards de- 
raying the Charge for the ae of Ships, for the 
Victualling and Conveyance of Troops, on account 
of the Army, which will come in course of —— 
during the year ending on the 31st day of March 
1860. . 

11. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 300,000, be 

nted to Her Majesty, on account, towards de- 
oe the Charge of the Packet Service for the 
year ending on the 31st day of March 1860. | 

12. That a Sum, not exceeding £.150,000, be 

nted to Her Majesty, on account, towards de- 
rat the Charge of Clothing and. Necessaries, 
which will come in course of payment during the 
year ending on the 31st day of March 1860. 

13. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 12,000, be 

ted to Her Majesty, on account, towards de- 
fraying the Charge of Rewards for Military Ser- 
vice, which will come in course of -payment dyring 
the year ending on the 31st day of March 1860. 

14. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 35,000, be 
granted to Her Majesty, on account, towards de- 
fraying the Charge of the Pay of General Officers, 
which will. come in course of payment during the 

year ending on the 31st day of March 1860. 

15. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 240,000, be 
= to Her Majesty, on account, towards deé- 

ying the Charge of the Pay of Reduced and 
Retired Officers, which will come in course of pay- 

ment during the year ending on-the 31st day of 
March 1860. 

16. That a Sum, not exceeding £.90,000, be 
ranted to Her Majesty, ‘on account, towards de- 
raying the Charge of Pensions to Widows of 
Officers, and of Allowances on the Compassionate 
List, which will come in course of payment during 
the year ending on the 31st day of March 1860. 

17. That a Sum, not exceeding £.20,000, be 
granted to Her Majesty, on account, towards de- 
fraying the Charge of Feosions and Allowances to 
Wounded Officers, which will come in course of 
— during the year ending on the 31st day of 

arch 1860. 

18. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 13,000, be 
— to Her Majesty, on account, towards de- 
raying the Charge of Chelsea and Kilmainham 
Hospitals, and the In-Pensioners thereof, which 
will come in course of payment during the year 
ending on the 31st day of March 1860. 

19. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 550,000, be 
— to Her Majesty, on account, towards de- 
raying the Charge of Out-Pensioners of Chelsea 
Hospital, &amp;c,, which will come in course of payment 
during the year ending on the 31st day of March 
1860. 7 

20. That a Sum, not exceeding £.60,000, be 
granted to Her Majesty, on account, towards de- 
fraying the Charge of Superannuation and Retired 
Allowances, which will come in course of oe 
during the year ending on the 31st day of March 
1860. 

21. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 30,000, be 
— to Her Majesty, towards defraying the 

harge for Buildings, Machinery, Stores and Wages 
for the Rifled Ordnance Factory at Woolwich Ar- 
senal, which will come in course of payment 
during the year ending on the 31st day of March 
1860. 

The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 


_ The House, age | to Order, resolved itself 
into the Committee of Ways and Means. 
(In the Committee.) 


1. Resolved, That, towards making good the 
Supply granted to Her Majesty, the Sum of 
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163 


£.13,277,400 be raised by Exchequer Bills, for the 
Service of the year 1859. 

2. Resolved, That, towards making good the Consolidated 
Supply granted to Her Majesty, the Sam of Fué- 
£.10,813,708 be granted out of the Consolidated 
Fund of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and 
Ireland. 


Resolutions to be reported. 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Fitz- 
Roy reported, That the Committee had come te 
several Resolutions. 

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





.The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Sale of Poisons 
mittee on the Sale of Poisons Bill ; = 
Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 
Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Sale and 
mittee on Sale and Transfer of Land (Jreland) int rome a) 
[Compensations and Stamps]; [Compensa- 

Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 


tions and 

Stamps. ] 
The Order of the day being read, for the second Sale and 

reading of the Sale and Transfer of Land (Ireland) tole 

Bill ; land) Bill. 
Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 
Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Receivers 
reading of the Receivers in Chancery (Jreland) (indiana) 
Abolition, &amp;c. Bill; Abolition, &amp;. 

Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. _ Bill. 
Ordered, That:the Bill be withdrawn. 


The Local Government Supplemental Bill was, Local Govern- 
according. to Order, read a second time; and com- meet gg 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for 
Monday next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Pauper Main- 
into a Committee on the Pauper Maintenance Act —— 
Continuance Bill; and, after some time spent pil. 
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 Confirmation and Probate Act (1858) Amend- Confirmation 
ment Bill was, according to Order, read a second y casa), 
time; and committed to a Committee of the whole phic 
House, for Monday next. Bill. 

The House, according to Order, resolved itself Naval Medical 
into a Committee on the Naval Medical Supple- a 
mental Fund Society Annuities, &amp;c. Act Continuance poe g A 
Bill; and, after some time spent therein, sewer pl Act Continu- 
resumed the Chair; and Mr. FitzRoy reported, That ance Bill. 
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 House, according to Order, resolved itself Law of Pro- 
into a Committee on the Law of Property and petty _ 
Trustees Relief Amendment Bill. eg toe 


(In the Committee.) Lede} 
Cravuse, N° 3 (Restriction of effect of waiver, 
7 Geo. 4, c. 29, s. 4). 


Motion made, and Question, That the Chairman 
do now leave the Chair——put, and agreed to. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair. 


¥2 The 



























































Evidence by 
Commission 
Bill. 


Combination 
of Workmen 
Bill. 


Galway Har- 
bour and Port 
Act (1853) 
Amendment 
Bill. 


Post-office. 


Westminster 
New Bridge 
Bill. 


National 
Fire and Life 
Insurance 
Company of 
Scotland Bill 
[ Lords.] 


Maidstone 
Water Bill 
[Lords.] 


Public 
Petitions 
Eighteenth 
port.) 


Hertford, 
Luton and 
Dunstable 
Railway Bill. 


Kingston- 
upon-Thames 
Gas Bill. 


Purdy’s 
Disabilities 
Removal Bill 
[Lords.} 


164 8°—11° 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to 
take into consideration the Amendments made by 
the Lords to the Evidence by 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 Lordships. 


The Combination of Workmen 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 Galway Harbour and Port Act 
(1853) Amendment Bill be read a second time upon 
Tuesday next. 


Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer presented, by 
Her Majesty’s Command,—Copy of Fifth Report 
of the Postmaster General on the Post-office. 

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


And then the House adjourned till Monday 


next. 














Luna, 11° die Aprilis ; | 
‘ ‘ | 
Anno 22° Victorie Regine, 1859. 
PRAYERS. | 
M R. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 
i one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private 
Bills, That in the case of the Westminster New 
Bridge Bill, the Standing Orders have been com- 
plied with. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time | 
upon Friday next. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, 
That in the case of the National Fire and Life In- 
surance Company of Scotland Bill, originating in 
the Lords, and referred on the first reading thereof, 
no Standing Orders not previously inquired into 
are applicable. | 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time. | 





Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from | 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, | 
That in the case of the Maidstone Water Bill, origi- 
nating in the Lords, and referred on the first read- 
ing thereof, no Standing Orders not previously 
inquired into are applicable. | 


Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time. | 


Mr. Gregson reported from the Select Committee | 


on Public Petitions ; That they had examined the | 
Petitions presented upon the 7th and sth days of | 
this instant April, and had directed him to make a | 
Report thereof to the House. 

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


The Hertford, Luton and Dunstable 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 Kingston-upon-Thames 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. 


Purdy’s Disabilities Removal Bill was read the 
third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 





Aprilis. A. 1859. 


Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the same, without Amendment 


A Motion being made, That the South Wales, South Wales 
Pembroke and Tenby Junction Railway Bill be now a 
read the third time; Jaman 

Mr. FitzRoy, by Her Majesty’s Command, ac- way Bil, 
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, 

a the House may do therein as they shall think 
t. 

Then the Bill was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

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


The Tweed Fisheries Bill was read the third Tweed 
time. Fisheries Bil, 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act to amend “The Zweed Fisheries 
Act, 1857,” and to alter the Annual Close Times in 
the River Tweed. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Caterham 
the Caterham Railway Bill, as amended in the Railway Bill 
Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Hampstead 


the Hampstead Junction Railway Bill, as amended Reallway Bi 


in the Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration London, 
the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway Bill, Brighton and 
as amended in the Committee ; and Amendments South Cout 

; Railway Bill, 
were made to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Maybole and 
the Maybole and Girvan Railway Bill, as amended peed 
in the Committee. ° 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Wansbeck 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Railway Bill 


the Wansbeck Railway Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Wear Navi- 
gation and 
Sunderland 
Docks Bill. 


Ordered, That the Wear Navigation and Sunder- 
land Docks Bill, as amended in the Committee, be 
taken into consideration To-morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Chichester 


| consideration the Chichester Harbour Embankment Lace FER 


Bill, as amended in the Committee ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be taken into considera- 
tion upon Monday the 25th day of this instant 
April. 


Bill. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to Hereford 4s 
take into consideration the Hereford and Brecon vay Bill. 
Railway Bill, as amended in the Committee ; and 
Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Mr. Scholefield reported from the Committee on Oxford, Wor 
Group 5 of Railway Bills ; That in the case of the Mr amp 
Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway Bill, con Railway 
they had examined the allegations contained in the Bill. 
Preamble of the Bill, and amended the same, by 
inserting therein several recitals for the purpose of 
more fully explaining the reasons and grounds on 
which they conceive it to be expedient and proper 
that the enactments to which they relate should be 
sanctioned, and had made provision in the Bill pra- 
suant to the Instruction of the House ; and found the 








same, 








# Bill, 


Bill, 


Bill, 


n and 


a 


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23°3 





orcester 
A Hereford 
Railway Bill. 


Tenbury 
pailway Bill, 


Railway Bills 
(Group 5.) 


Metropolitan 
Railway (De- 
viations, &amp;c. ), 
North and 


South London and South London Junction Railway, the Victoria 
Junction Rail- 


way, Victoria 
Station and 
Pimlico Rail- 
way, West 
London Rail- 


way, Kensing- the Victoria Station and North Western and Great 


ton Station 


and North and 


South Lond z : 
+ ean Rail- Bills should not be entered upon during the present 


sas 
ir 
my (Aban- 


ford Railway Bill, with Amendments. 


92 VicTORIz£. 


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. Scholefield reported the Worcester and Here- 


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


Mr. Scholefield reported the Tenbury Railway 
Bill, with Amendments. 

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


Mr. Scholefield reported from the Committee on 
Group 5 of Railway Bills; That Mr. Paget, one 
of the Members of the said Committee, had stated 
that he was unable to attend the Committee this 
day, inasmuch as he wasinterested in the Worcester 
and Hereford Railway Bill, which Bill was con- 
sidered this day by the Committee. 

Ordered, That Mr. Paget be discharged from 
further attendance on the said Committee, so far as 
regards the Worcester and Hereford Railway Bill. 


Mr. Ingham reported from the Committee on 
Group 1 of Railway Bills; That in the case of the 
Metropolitan Railway (Deviations, &amp;c.), the North 


Station and Pimlico Railway, the West Zondon 
Railway, the Kensington Station and North and 
South London Junction Railway, the Metropolitan 
Railway (Abandonment of Undertaking, &amp;c.), and 


Western Junction Railway Bills, the Committee 
were of opinion that the consideration of the said 








Session. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. | 


donment of Undertaking, &amp;c.), and Vic- 


toria Station and North Western and 
Great Western Junction Railway Bills. 


Railway Bills 
(Group 1.) 


Lunatics. 
No, 204, 


Jews Act. 
No, 205. 


Private Bills, 
No. 206, 


Mr. Ingham reported from the Committee on 
Group 1 of Railway Bills; That Mr. Charlesworth, 
one of the Members of the said Committee, was 
not present during the sitting of the Committee 
this day. 

Ordered, That Mr. Charlesworth be discharged | 
from further attendance on the said Committee. | 





Ordered, That the Select Committee on Lunatics 
have Power to report their Observations thereupon 
to the House; together with the Minutes of the | 
Evidence taken before them. | 

Mr. Walpole reported from the said Committee ; 
That they had considered the matters to them 
referred, and directed him to report the Minutes of 
the Evidence taken before them to the House; 
together with an Appendix. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table; 


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and be printed. 





165 


roceed with the same Bill in the next Session of 
arliament. 

Ordered, That the Promoters of every such Bill 
shall give Notice in the Private Bill Office, not later 
than the day prior te the close of the present 
Session, of their intention to suspend any further 
proceedings thereon ; or, in the case of Bills which 
shall have been suspended on the Report of a Com- 
mittee, or which having passed this House shall 
then be pending in the House of Lords, of their 
intention to proceed with the same Bill in this 
House in the next Session. 

Ordered, That an Alphabetical List of all such 
Bills, with a Statement of the stage at which the 
same were suspended, shall be prepared by the 
Private Bill Office, and printed. 

Ordered, That, not later than three clear days 
after the next meeting of Parliament, every Bill 
which has been introduced into this House shall be 
deposited in the Private Bill Office, in the form 
required by Standing Order No. 166, with a declara- 
tion signed by the agent annexed thereto, stating 
that the Bill is the same, in every respect, as the 
Bill with respect to which proceedings have been 
so suspended, at the last stage of its proceeding in 
the House, in the present Session ; and, where an 
sum of money has etn deposited, that such deposit 
has not been withdrawn, together with a certificate 
of that fact from the proper officer of the Court of 
Chancery in England or Ireland, or the Court 
of Exchequer in Scotland, as the case may be. 

Ordered, That such Bills, indorsed by one of the 
Clerks in the Private Bill Office,as having been 
duly deposited with such declarations and certifi- 
cates annexed, be laid by one of the Clerks of that 
Office upon the Table of the House, in the next 
Session of Parliament, in the order in which they 


| shall stand upon such List, but not exceeding Fifty 


Bills on any one day. 

Ordered,}Vhat, in respect of every Bill so laid 
upon the Table, the Petition for the Bill, and the 
Order of leave to bring in the same in the present 
Session, shall be read, and thereupon such Bill 
shall be read a first time ; and a second time (if the 
Bill shall have been read a second time previously 
to its being suspended) ; and if such Bill shal! have 
been reported by any Committee in the present 
Session, the Order for referrmg the Bill to a Com- 
mittee shall be dispensed with, and the Bill ordered 
to lie upon the Table, or to be read a third time, as 
the case may be. 

Ordered, That in case any Bill brought from the 
House of Lords in the present Session, upon which 
the proceedings shall have been suspended in this 
House, shall be brought from the House of Lords 
in the next Session of Parliament, the agent for 
such Bill shall deposit in the Private Bill Office, 
prior to the first reading thereof, a declaration, 
stating that the Bill is the same, in every respect, as 
the Bill which was brought from the House of 
Lords in the present Session; and where any sum 
of money has been deposited, that such deposit has 


; ; |not been withdrawn, together with a certificate of 

Ordered, That the Select Committee on the | that fact from the proper officer; and so soon as 
Jews Act have Power to report their Observations | one of the Clerks in the Private Bill Office has 
thereupon to the House; together with the Minutes | certified that such deposit has been duly made, the 


of the Evidence taken before them. 

Mr. Walpole reported from the said 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. 


Ordered, That the Promoters of every Private 
Bill which has been introduced into this House, 
or brought from the House of Lords in the present 
Session of Parliament, shall have leave to suspend 





a further proceeding thereupon, in order to 
OL. 114, 


Bill shall be read a first time, and be further pro- 
ceeded with in the same manner as Bills introduced 
into this House during the present Session. 

Ordered, That all Petitions presented in the 
present Session against Private Bills, and which 
stood referred to the Committees on such Bills, shall 
stand referred to the Committees on the same Bills, 
in the next Session of Parliament. 

Ordered, That no Petitioners shall be heard 
before the Committee on such Bill, unless their 
Petition shall have been presented within the time 
limited in the present Session. 

Ordered, That in case the time limited for pre- 
senting Petitions against any such Bill shall not 

¥3 have 


























Railway Bills. 


Stokes Bay 
Railway and 
Pier Bill. 


Blackburn and 
Preston Road 
and Bridge 
Bill. 


Reading and 
Hatfield Road 
Bill. 


field Road Bill, with 


166 


have expired at the close of the present Session, 
Petitioners may be heard before the Committee 
on such Bill, provided their Petition be presented 
previous to, or not later than, seven clear days after 
the second reading thereof in the next Session. 

Ordered, That all Instructions to Committees on 
Private Bills in the present Session, which shall be 
suspended previously to their being reported by 
any Committee, be Instructions to the Committee 
on the same Bills in the next Session. 

Ordered, That the said Orders be Standing 
Orders of this House ; and be printed. 


The House was moved, That the Standing Order 
of the House, No. 130, relative to Railway Bills, 
might be read; and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That the said Standing Order be re- 
pealed. 

Ordered, That the Committees on Railway Bills 
shall direct their attention especially to the following 
heads of inquiry, and shall require evidence from 
the Promoters thereon, namely :— 

1. The financial arrangements made or pro- 
posed by the Company formed for the execu- 
tion of the Railway; the number and amount 
of shares actually subscribed for or agreed to 
be taken ; the amount of share capital and of 
loans proposed to be authorized ; and the suffi- 
ciency of the estimate for the works. 

2. The merits, in an engineering point of 
view, of the proposed Railway; the character 
of the gradients and curves; the number and 
extent of the tunnels, if any; the planes, if any, 
to be worked by assistant engines; the cross- 
ings, if any, of public roads on the level; and 
any peculiar engineering difficulties, with the 
modes proposed for overcoming them. 

3. The degree of favour or objection with 
which the project is regarded by the landowners 
and others in the neighbourhood of the pro- 
posed Railway. 

Ordered, That every Committee on a Railway 
Bill shall report specially to the House,— 

Whether any Report from any public depart- 
ment in regard to the Bill, or the objects thereof, 
has been referred by the House to the Com- 
mittee ; and, if so, in what manner the several 
recommendations contained in such Report have 
been dealt with by the Committee : 

Whether it be intended that the Railway 
shall cross on a level any turnpike road or high- 


way : 
And me other circumstances which, in the 
opinion of the Committee, it is desirable that 


the House should be informed of. 
Ordered, That the said Orders be Standing Orders 
of this House. 


Mr. Edward Egerton reported from the Committee 
on Group 3 of Railway Bills; That in the case of 
the Stokes Bay Railway and Pier Bill, the Com- 
mittee were of opinion that the consideration of the 
said Bill should not be entered upon during the pre- 
sent Session. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Colonel Pennant reported from the Committee on 
Group A. of Private Bills; That in the case of the 
Blackburn and Preston Road and Bridge Bill, they 
nad examined the allegations contained in the Pre- 
amble of the Bill, and amended the same in one of the | 
recitals, of money having been borrowed under the | 
Powers of a previous Act ; and found the same, as 
amended, to be true; and had gone through the 
Bill, and meade Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Colonel Pennant reported the Reading and Hat- 


mendments. 


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A. 1859. 


Colonel Pennant reported from the Committee on Lawton, 


Group A. of Private Bills; That in the case of the Burslem ang 
Lawton, Burslem and Newcastle-wnder-Lyme Roads, Neveaste 
the Leeds and Hunslet Road, the Llanrwst and Roads, 
Abergele Roads, the Ludlow Roads, the Perth, #04 Hunslet 
Kinross and Fife Roads, and the Finford Bridge ary Ty 
and Banbury Road Bills, the Committee were of Roads, Lady 


i oa ry that the consideration of the said Bills Rene rert 


should not be entered upon during the present pis, 

oamee. " and Finford 
dered, That th t do li . Bridge and 
ere at the Report do lie upon the Table Banbury Roa 


Mr. Eliot Yorke reported from the Committee on Private Bills 
Group I. of Private Bills ; That Mr. Hardy, one of (Group L) 
the Members of the said Committee, was not pre- 
sent during the sitting of the Committee this day. 

Ordered, That Mr. Hardy be discharged from 
further attendance on the said Committee. 


Ordered, That the Minutes of the Proceedings of Lunatic Poor 
the Select Committee on the Lunatic Poor (Ireland) (Ireland) Bill, 
Bill be printed. No. 20%, 


Several Public Petitions were presented, and read ; Public 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. Petitions, 
A Public Petition was also presented, and read ; Vide Votes, 
and referred to a Select Committee. and Nineteenth 
Report. 
The Dublin and Drogheda Railway Bill was read Dublin and 
the first time. ae 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Ex- [Tord] 
aminers of Petitions for Private Bills. 


The Ulster Railway Bill was read the first time. Ulster Rail. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Ex- tDeds} 
aminers of Petitions for Private Bills. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Lunacy. 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Copy of the Supplement to the Twelfth 
Report of the Commissioners in Lunacy to the Lord 
Chancellor. 

Ordered, That 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 PoorRatesand 
Comparative Statement of the Number of Paupers P*urers™. 
of all classes (except Lunatic Paupers in Asylums No. 908. 
and Vagrants) in receipt of Relief on the last day of 
each week in the months of April, May, June, July, 
August, September, October, November, December, 

1858 and 1859 respectively ; also for the months of 
January, February and March 1859 and 1860 re- 
spectively :——Statement of the Number of Paupers, 
distinguishing the Number of Adult able-bodied 
Paupers, relieved on the 1st day of July 1859 :-—— 
Similar Statement for the 1st day of January 1860 : 
——Statement of the Amount expended for In- 
maintenance and Out-relief only, for the half-year 
ended at Michaelmas 1859 :——Similar Statement 
for the half-year ended at Lady-day 1860:—— 
Statements of the Amount of Poor Rates levied and 
expended during the year ended at Lady-day 
1859 :——Of the Number of Insane Paupers charge- 
able to the Poor Rates on the 1st day of January 
1859 :——And, Similar Statement for the 1st day of 
January 1860. ; 
. The Earl of March accordingly presented the said 

aper. 

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


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented i 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased (Fon) 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Copy of Minute by the Honourable Major 





Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


General 


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Polytechnic 
Accident, &amp;c. 


East India 
(Education. ) 
No. 210, 
East India 
(Artillery. ) 
Ways and 
Soe. 


Exchequer 


Consolidated 


bis 


(£13,977,400.) for raising a Sum, by Exchequer Bills, for the Ser- | 


92 VicToRIZ. 


General Sir James Outram, dated the 17th day of 
August 1858. 

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


Resolved, That 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 Direct Taxation 
(Property, Income, and Assessed), paid by each 
City and Borough within the United Kingdom, dis- 
tinguishing between England and Wales and Scot- 
land and Ireland; the several Cities and Boroughs 
arranged in the order of the Amount of such Taxa- 
tion paid by each ; and grouped in classes of £. 1,000 
as under £.1,000; of from £.1,000 to £. 2,000; 
from £, 2,000 to £. 3,000, &amp;e. : And, like Return 
for each County or Parliamentary Division of a 
County separately from the Boroughs within the 
same :—In both cases distinguishing by one asterisk 
those Boroughs which return one Member, and by 
one or three asterisks those Counties which return 
one or three Members. 

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





Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Copies of the Presentment and Official Re- 
port of Mr. Marsh Nelson, architect, made tu the 
Coroner of Middlesex of the Inquest on the late ac- 
cident at the Polytechnic :——And, of Mr. Nelson’s 
Report (Drury-lane Theatre) with reference tu the 
Regulations at present in force for the security of 
the Public in buildings appropriated for public 
amusements. 

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


Lord Stanley presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand, —Copy of Regulations of the Royal Military 
College at Addiscombe for the Admission of Candi- 
dates for Cadetships in the Engineers and Artillery 
of Her Majesty’s Indian Forces; under the 34th 
Clause of the Act 21 &amp; 22 Vic. c. 106. 

Copy of Regulations for the Admission and Ex- 
amination of Cadets for the Junior or Infantry De- 


11° Aprihs. 


167 


of the Exchequer and Sir Stafford Northcote do 
prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Consolidated 
to apply a Sum, out of the Consolidated Fund, to — 
the Service of the year One thousand eight hun-°™*"™ 
dred and fifty-nine, and to appropriate the Supplies 

ranted in this Session of Parliament: And that 

r. FitzRoy, Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer and 

Sir Stafford Northcote do prepare, and bring it in. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Local Govern- 
into a Committee on the Local Government Supple- —ee 
mental Bill; and, after some time spent therein, “e 
Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. oe 
reported, That the Committee had gone throu 
the Bill, and directed him to report the same, with- 
out Amendment. 

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


The Pauper Maintenance Act Continuance Bil Pauper sfain- 

was, according to Order, read the third time. — Act 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. — 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to 


the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


| The House, acéording to Order, resolved itself Confirmation 
into a Committee on the Confirmation and Probate and Probate 
Act (1858) Amendment Bill; and, after some time — 
spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Bill. 
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 Naval Medical Supplemental Fund Society Naval Medical 
Annuities, &amp;c. Act Continuance Bill was, according a 
to Order, read the third time. Annuities, , 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. Act Continu - 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the ce Bill. 


Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Railwsy 
into a Committee on the Railway Tickets Transfer transfor Bill 
Bill. [Lords.} 

(In the Committee.) 

Preamble postponed. 

Cuiauses, N° 1 and N° 2, agreed to. 


Crause, N° 3 (Penalty on fraudulent sale and 
transfer of excursion, double, or return tickets). 








partment of the Royal Indian Military College at 
Addiscombe, and for their Instruction and Training 
in that Institution. 

Copy of Educational Despatch, No. 4, dated India 
Office, Zondon, 7th April 1859. 


Lord Stanley also presented,-—Return to an Ad- 
dress to Her Majesty, dated the 10th day of March 
last, for a Return relative to East India (Artillery). 


Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 


Table ; and that the three first be printed. 





Amendments made. 

Another Amendment proposed, in p. 2,1. 10: To 
leave out the words “ shall be held to have com- 
“ mitted an offence,” in order to insert the words 
|“ where any Railway Company shall issue any 
| “ ticket for the purpose of being used by any person 
'“ named therein, with the words ‘ not transferable’ 

“ printed thereon, any other person who shall use 
“ or attempt to use such ticket, or any part thereof, 
' or any person who shall have altered the name on, 
|“ or shall have sold or transferred such ticket, or 


Mr. FitzRoy reported from the Committee of |“ any part thereof, for the purpose of being used 
Ways and Means, several Resolutions; which were | “ by such other person.” 


read, as follow: 

1. That, towards making good the Supply granted 
to Her Majesty, the Sum of £. 13,277,400 be raised 
by Exchequer Bills, for the Service of the year 1859. 

2. That, towards making good the Supply granted 
to Her Majesty, the Sum of £. 10,813,708 be granted 
out of the Consolidated Fund of the United King- 
dom of Great Britain and Ireland. 


The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 


vice of the year One thousand eight hundred and 


a ner And that Mr. FitzRoy, Mr. Chancellor | Committee of the whole House, for To-morrow. 


OL. 114, 


Question proposed, That the words “ shall be 
| “ held to have committed an offence,” stand part of 
| the Clause. 
| Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 
| Motion made, and Question, That the Chainnan 

do report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 
| Motion, by leave, withdrawn. 

Motion made, and Question, That the Chairman 
do now leave the Chair put, and agreed to. 











} p 
| Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair. 
The Convict Prisons Abroad Bill was, according Convict Pri- 
to Order, read a second time; and committed to a sons Abroad 
Bill [Lords.] 


y4 Sir 









168 


Electoral Bill Sir Stafford Northcote presented,— Return to an 
sed South Address to Her Majesty, dated the 4th day of 
ales.) y, da 
No. 211. March last, fora Return relative to the Electoral 
Bill (New South Wales). 
Ordered, hat the said Return do lie upon the 
Table ; and be printed. 
| ae ga Mr. Gathorne Hardy presented, by Her Majesty’s 
™ Command,— Copy of Third Report, with Abstracts 
of Accounts relating to the circumstances of the 
under-mentioned Turnpike Trusts applying for Local 
Acts in the present Session of Parliament, made b 
direction of the Secretary of State for the Home 
Department, under the Powers conferred upon him 
by the Act of the 3d &amp; 4th of Will. 4, c. 80. 
No. 7. Reading and Hatfield Roads. 
8. Llanrwst and Abergele Roads. 
9. Lawton, Burslem and Newcastle Roads. 
10. Ludlow Roads. 

Copy of Twenty-fourth Report of the Inspectors 
—- under the Provisions of the Act 5 &amp; 6 

ill. 4, c. 38, to visit the ditferent Prisons of Great 
Britain :—1. Southern District. 

Mr. Gathorne Hardy also presented,— Return to 
an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 8th day of 
this instant April, for a Return relative to Common 

- Lodging-houses. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 

Table. 


Consolidated = Sir Stafford Northcote presented a Bill to apply 
vrais) Bil, a Sum, out of the Consolidated Fund, to the Service 
of the year One thousand eight hundred and fifty- 
nine, and to appropriate the Supplies granted in this 
Session of Parliament: And the same was read the 
first time ; and ordered to be read a second time 


Prisons. 


Common 
Lodging. 
houses. 








11°—12° Aprilis. 





| 
| 


To-morrow. 
Exchequer Sir Stafford Northcote presented a Bill for raising 
(a13ar7 400) ® Sum, by Exchequer Bills, for the Service of the 
Bil, | | year One thousand eight hundred and fifty-nine: 
And the same was read the first time; and ordered 
to be read a second time To-morrow. 
Clearance Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, resolve 
a. for itself into a Committee to consider of the Unship- | 
Freight. ment of Goods, and the Shipowners’ Lien for 
Freight. 
East India Ordered, That the Return relative to East India 
(Punjab.) (Punjab), which was presented upon the sth day of 
No.212. this instant April, be printed. 
Army, Ord- Ordered, That the Return relative to Army, Ord- 
ary. and nance and Navy, which was presented upon the 
No. 213. 8th day of this instant April, be printed. 
And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 
Martis, 12° die Aprilis ; 
Anno 22° Victorie Regine, 1859. 
PRAYERS. 
London Bridge QRDE RED, That the Committee on the Lon- 
cr 4 don Bridge and Charing Cross Railway Bill 
Bill. have leave to sit this day, duing the sitting of the 
Housc. 
Norwich The House proceeded to take into consideration 


cry) Water the Amendments made by the Lords to the Nor- 
wich (City) 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 
— to the Amendments made by their Lord- 
ships. 





Falmouth The House proceeded to take into consideration 
so tng the Amendment made by the Lords to the Falmouth 









A. 1859. 


Docks and Harbour 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 Lymington Railway Bill was read the third Lymingtog 
time. Railway Bil 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act for authorizing the Lymington Rail- 
way Company to acquire the Ferry across the 
Lymington River, and to raise further Capital, 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 Carlisle ana 

the Carlisle “a Penrith, &amp;c. Roads Bill, as amended Penrith, &amp;. 

in the Committee. . Roads Bill, 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Commercial 
the Commercial Docks Acts Amendment Bill, as Docks Acts 
. ° : Amendment 
amended in the Committee. Bill [Lords} 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Dundee and 
the Dundee and Newtyle Railway Bill, as amended Newtyle Rail. 
in the Committee. way Ba 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Mountsorrel 
the Mountsorrel Railway Bill, as amended in the Railway Bill 
Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Nuneaton 
the Nuneaton and Hinckley Railway Bill,as amended #4 Hinckley 
in the Committee. cee 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Wear Navi- 
consideration the Wear Navigation and Sunderland &amp;*tion and 
: - 5 Sunderland 
Docks Bill, as amended in the Committee ; Docks Bill, 
Ordered, That the Bill be taken into consideration 
upon Thursday next. 


The Galway Harbour and Port Act (1853) Galway Har 
Amendment Bill was, according to Order, read eri i 
sec: nd time ; and committed to a Select Committee. ‘Amendment 
Bill. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from London (City) 


‘one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private &amp;4* Bill 


Bills, That in the case of the London (City) Gas [ Lords.) 


Bill, originating in the Lords, and referred on the 
first reading thereof, no Standing Orders not pre- 
viously inquired into are applicable. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time. 


Mr. Scholefield reported from the Committee on Witney Rail- 
Group 5 of Railway and Canal Bills; That in the poy (No.2) 
case of the Witney Railway (No. 2) Bill, they had“ 
examined the allegations contained in the Preamble 
of the Bill, and amended the same, by striking out 
the reference to the proposed junctions, Powers to 
effect which were not proposed to be taken by the 
amended 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. 


Public 


Several Public Petitions were presented, and Publi 
Petitions. 


read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. poe 
Vide Nine- 
hire Report 

Mr. Walpole reported from the Select Committee Lena 
on the Lunatics (Care and Treatment) Bill; That ao at) Bill 
they had directed him to report the same to the 
House, without Amendment. 

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Mr. Walpole reported from the Select Committee 

»&amp; on the Lunatic Asylums, &amp;c. Bill; That they had 

directed him to report the same to the House, 
without Amendment. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


"r 


Regu Mr. Walpole reported from the Select Committee 


Lancy 
iion Act on the Lunacy Regulation Act (1853) Amendment 
(SL Bill; That they had directed him to report the same 


to the House, without Amendment. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


pailieorough Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 

nin. Copies of the Resolutions of the Board of Guar- 

dians adopted on and since the 16th day of October | 

1854, together with the Correspondence which took | 

place between the Poor Law Commissioners and | 

the Board of Guardians, as well as the Corres- | 

ndence which took place between the Poor Law 

Shasdadinas and the late Catholic Chaplain, re- 

lating to the Catholic Chaplaincy of the Bailie- 
borough Union. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
an Account of the Gross Public Income and Expen- 
diture for the year ending the 31st day of March | 
1859; together with the Balance in the Exchequer 
at the commencement and at the termination of the 
year; and the Amount of Funded or Unfunded 
Debt created or redeemed in the said year. 

Sir Stafford Northcote accordingly presented the 
said Account. 

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





&lt;i 


Public Income 
and Expen- 
diture. 


No, 214. 


Science and Mr. Adderley presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 

Art. mand,—Copy of Sixth Report of the Department of 
Science and Art. 

East India Mr. Adderley also presented, pursuant to the 

(India Office.) directions of several Acts of Parliament,—Copy of 
an Order in Council, get be Representation 
of the Secretary of State for Jndia, for making 
additions to the Salaries of certain Persons on the 
Establishment of the Jndia Office. 


Cambridge Copies of three Statutes framed by the Cambridge 
—. University Commissioners, in relation to Saint John’s 
College, under the Act 19 &amp; 20 Vic. c. 88. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table. 
lome Tax The following Papers were laid upon the Table by 
(Dublin) the Clerk of the House,— Return to an Order, dated 
the 18th day of March last, for a Return relative to 
Income Tax (Dublin). 
Foreign Return to an Order, dated the 31st day of 
Sipping. = March last, for an Account relative to Foreign 
Shipping. 
Common Ordered, That the Return relative to Common 
iting ging-houses, which was presented upon the 
No.915, 21th day of this instant April, be printed. 
tis Ordered, That the Return relative to East India 
egal (Artillery), which was presented upon the 11th day 


of this instant April, be printed. 


Titesto Land The Order of the day being read, for the second 

{fetland) reading of the Titles to Land (Scotland ) Bill; 
Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 
Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


teal Govern. The Local Government Supplemental Bill was, 
wena 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. 


Coitmation — ‘The Confirmation and Probate Act (1858) Amend- 


12° Aprilis. 





iad Probate 
Act(igsg) | Ment Bill was, according to Order, read the third 
patdinent time. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Vou. 114. 





169 


Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 


Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


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 Prition) Bill 
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 Londonderry Bridge Lonéonderry 
Bill, without any Amendment : Bridge Bill. 

The Lords have agreed to the Sunderland and Sunderland 


South Shields Water Bill, without any Amendment ; 2%4 South 
’ Shields Water 
Bill. 
The Lords have agreed to the Weymouth and Weymouth 
Melcombe Regis Markets and Pier Bill, without any #84 Melcombe 


Regis Markets 
Amendment : and Pier Bill. 


The Lords have agreed to the Glasgow Corpora- Glasgow 


; : ss ° Corporation 
tion Water Bill, without any Amendment : Waree Bill 


The Lords have agreed to the Recreation Recreation 
Grounds Bill, with Amendments; to which the Grounds Bill. 
Lords desire the concurrence of this House : 

The Lords have agreed to the Leominster and Leominster 
Kington Railway Bill, with an Amendment; to Railway Bill 
which the Lords desire the concurrence of this 
House : 

The Lords have agreed to the Great Northern Great North- 
Railway Bill, with Amendments; to which the et Railway 
Lords desire the concurrence of this House : = 

The Lords have agreed to the King’s Lynn King’s Lynn 
Waterworks, Markets and Borough Improvement Waterworks, 
Bill, with Amendments ; to which the Lords desire Senvast hes 
the concurrence of this House : een 

Lal. 

The Lords have agreed to the Tavistock Markets, Tavistock 
Streets and Improvement Bill, with Amendments ; Markets, P 
. which the Lords desire the concurrence of this tmprovement 

ouse : Bill 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Iagenalstown 
to revive and extend the Powers of the Bagenals- ané Wexford 
town and Wezford Railway Company for the Pur- ““"*” ” 
chase of Lands; and to extend their Powers for 
completing their Undertaking ; and to enable them 
to make a Deviation in the Line of their Railway ; 
and to increase the Powers ofthe said Company for 
borrowing on Mortgage; and to enable the Great 
Southern and Western Railway Company to sub- 
scribe towards the said Undertaking; and to enable 
the said Companies to make Working and Trattic 
Arrangements, and for other purposes; to which 
the Lords desire the concurrence of this House: 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Gloucester and 
to authorize the Abandonment of the Gloucester Cheltenham 
and Cheltenham Tramroads; and to enable the aceniedes 
Midland and Great Western Railway Companies Bill. 
to sell and dispose of the same; and for other pur- 
poses; to which the Lords desire the concurrence 
of this House : 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act GreatNorthern 
to enable the Great Northern and Western (of Zre- ppg seam 
land) Railway Company to extend their Railway to Raiiway = 
Castlebar, and for other purposes; to which the 
Lords desire the concurrence of this House : 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Bray Com- 
for inclosing the Commons or Waste Lands, called "8 Bill. 

“ The Commons of Bray,” in the Parish of Old 
Connaught, in the County of Dublin; to which the 
Lords desire the concurrence of this House : 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Greenwich 
to authorize the Construction of Docks and other haa ae 
Works on the South Shore of the River Thames, to Bill. 
be called “ The Greenwich and South Eastern 
Docks;” to which the Lords desire the concur- 
rence of this House : 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Dundalk and 
to enable the Dundalk and Enniskillen Railway Railway: Bill 
Company to make new Lines of Railway to Cavan 


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170 


and Belturhet, and for other purposes; to which 
the Lords desire the concurrence of this House: 


— and The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 
Railway Bil. to enable the Dublin and Wicklow Railway Com- 


pany to extend their Railway to Gorey, in the 
County of Wexford, and for other purposes; to 
which the Lords desire the concurrence of this 
House. 


Exchequer 
Bills 

(£. 13,277,400) 
Bill. 


The Exchequer Bills (£. 13,277,400) Bill was, 
according to Order, read a second time; and com- 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for To- 
morrow. 


Clearance 
Inwards 

and Lien for 
Freight. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on Clearance Inwa'ds and Lien 
for Freight. 

(In the Committee.) 


Resolved, That the Chairman be directed to move 
the House, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
facilitate the Unshipment of Goods, and secure the 
Shipowners Lien for Freight. 


Resolution to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Fitz- 
Rey reported, That the Committee had come to 
a Resolution. 

Ordered, That the Report be now received. 

Mr. FitzRoy accordingly reported a Kesolution ; 
which was read, as followeth : 

That the Chairman be directed to move the 
House, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
facilitate the Unshipment of Goods, and secure the 
Shipowners Lien for Freight :—And he moved the 
House accordingly. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in the 
Bill: And that Mr. FitzRoy, Lord Lovaine and 
Sir Stafford Northcote do prepare, and bring it in. 


Convict Pri- 
sons Abroad 
Bill [Lords.] 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Convict Prisons Abroad Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


Endowed 


School (No. 2) The Order of the day being read, for the second 
1u, 


reading of the Endowed Schools (No. 2) Bill; 
Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 
Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


Ballot. A Motion was made, and the Question being put, 
That leave be given to bring in a Bill to cause the 
Votes of the Parliamentary Electors of Great 
Britain and Ireland to be taken by way of Ballot ; 
The House divided. 
The Yeas tothe Right; 
The Noes to the Left. 
Tellers for they; Mr. Henry Berkeley, L o9 
Yeas, Sir John Shelley: ot oeater 
Tellers for the {Sir William Jolliffe, Lyoe 
Noes, {Colonel Taylor : =v 
So it passed in the Negative. 
East India Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
— to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 


to give directions, that there be laid before this House, 
a Return of the Total Amount of Charge borne by 
the Indian Revenues, in pursuance of sections 40 
and 58 of the Act 3 &amp; 4 Wil/. 4, c. 85, so far as the 
same relate to the Legislative Member of Council 
and the Law Commission: Of the Annual Cost 
in India of the Financial Department, with the 
Salaries of Financial Secretary, Accountant General, 
Civil Auditor, &amp;c., at the respective Seats of Go- 
vernment : Similar Return of the Total Charge, 
so far as the same can be estimated, of the Afghan 
War, the first and second China War, and the Per- 
sian War : Similar Return of the Estimated Cost 











12° Aprilis. 





A. 1859, 


Year 1859-60, including Deficiencies in Collections, 
Loss by Plunder, and Destruction of Public Build- 
ings, and the probable Amount payable by way of 
Compensations :——Return of the Amount of Pub- 
lic Debt in Zndia up to the 30th day of April 1859, 
or to the latest period to which Accounts have been 
received, including Debt not bearing Interest, with 
Explanation of the character of the latter :——And, 
separate Statement of the Amount of Public Debt, 
so far as the same can be estimated, mceurred in 
respect of Public Works. 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Boroughs 
Comparative Statement of the Area, Population, and (Ireland) 
Number of Electors in the several Boroughs in Jre- 
land, previous and subsequent to the Reform Act of 
1832, arranged in a tabular form: 





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The Vexatious Indictments Bill was read the first Vexatious 
time; and ordered to be read a second time To- = 


morrow ; and to be printed. ae 


The Order for the House to resolve itself into a Trial by Jury 
Committee, To-morrow, on the Trial by Jury (Scot- apg 
land) Bill, was read, and discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


The Order for the House to resolve itself into a Law Ascer- 
Committee, To-morrow, on the Law Ascertainment tainment Bill. 
Bill, was read, and discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


Mr. Ingham reported from the Committee on London Bridge 
Group 1 of Railway and Canal Bills; That in the ed© = 
ease of the London Bridge and Charing Cross Rail- pi, 
way Bill, they had examined the allegations con- 
taincd in the Preamble of the Bill, and amended the 
same, by striking out of the recitals the intention to 
confer Powers upon certain Companies of subscribing 
to the Undertaking, and making working arrange- 
ments, such Powers not being now sought in respect 
of those Companies; and found the same, as amended, 
to be true; and had gone through the Bill, and made 
Amendments thereunto. 

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


The Order for reading a second time, To-morrow, Appeal in 
the Appeal in Criminal Cases Bill, was read, and Criee Bill 
discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bil! be withdrawn, 


Ordered, That the Amendments made by the Manslaughter 
Lords to the Manslaughter Bill be taken into con- Bill. 
sideration To-morrow. 


Ordered, That the Amendments made by the Recreate 
Lords to the Recreation Grounds Bill be taken to &amp; 





of the late Rebellion up to the end of the Financial 


consideration upon Thursday next. 
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Clearance 
Inwards 

and Lien for 
Freight Bill. 


92 VicrorIz. 


Lord Lovaine presented a Bill to facilitate the Un- 
shipment of Goods, and secure the Shipowners Lien 
for Freight: And the same was read the first time ; 
10g. and ordered to be read a second time upon this day 
fortnight ; and to be printed. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 


Bill 








Mercurti, 13° die Aprilis ; 
Anno 22° Victoria Regine, 1859. 
PRAYERS. 


Falkirk Police R. Eliot Yorke reported from the Committee 


aol Ingeove- on Group I. of Private Bills; That in the case 

nent Bil. of the Falkirk Police and Improvement Bill, they 
had examined the allegations containéd in the Pre- 
amble of the Bill, and verbally amended the same ; 
and found the same, as amended, to be true; and 
had, pursuant to the Order of the House of 15th 
February, struck out of the Bill all Provisions 
transferring the feuars’ lands to the Commissioners ; 
and had gone through the Bill, and made Amend- 
ments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 

Salford Mr. Eliot Yorke reported the Salford Borough 

oe (No. 2) Bill, with Amendments. 

= Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 

Iondonderry The Londonderry and Lough Swilley Railway 

ea ka. Bill was read a second time; and committed. 

way Bill 

[Lords.] 

Private Bills. Ordered, That in the case of all Private Bills 


originating in the House of Lords, which are un- 
cape’ the Standing Orders be suspended; and 
that it be an Instruction to the Committee of Selec- 
tion, that they have Power to appoint Committees 
on such Bills to meet forthwith. 


Bapaslotown The Bagenalstown and Wexford Railway Bill was 
Wexford read the first time. 


tea} _ Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Ex- 
aminers of Petitions for Private Bills. 

Gineester and The Gloucester and Cheltenham Tramway Aban- 

a donment Bill was read the first time. 

Abandonment Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Ex- 


Bill [Lord.] aminers of Petitions for Private Bills. 


Great Northern 


— The Great Northern and Western (of Jreland) 
of Ireland) 


Railway Bill was read the first time. 


fie 


y Bill Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Ex- 

[Lords.) aminers of Petitions for Private Bills. 

~ he The Bray Commons Bill was read the first time. 

[Lords Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Ex- 
aminers of Petitions for Private Bills. 

ee The Greenwich and South Eastern Docks Bill 

th eatas 

Eastern Docks WS tead the first time. 

Bill(Zord.} Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Ex- 
aminers of Petitions for Private Bills. 

Taadaik and = The Dundalk and Enniskillen Railway Bill was 

Railway pi, ead the first time. 

[Lords.: Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Ex- 
aminers of Petitions for Private Bills. 

Wezsd ~The Dublin'and Wicklow Railway Bill was read 

Railway Bi the first time. 

(Lords. Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Ex- 
aininers of Petitions for Private Bills. 

Soll Several Public Petitions were presented, and read ; 

— and ordered to lie upon the Table. 
Vide Nine. 
tenth Report, 


Von. 114, 


12°— 13° Aprils. 





171 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself into Exchequer 
a Committee on the Exchequer Bills (£.13,277,400) Bills 
Bill ; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker eerie 
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 


To-morrow. 


The Orders of the day being read, for the Cum- Consolidated 
mittees on the Consolidated Fund (Appropriation) priasicey Dal, 
Bill, and the Convict Prisons Abroad Bill ; ee 

Ordered, That the said Bills be committed to the vict Prisons 
same Committee. Abroad Bill 

Then the House resolved itself into the Com-'4"™! 
mittee; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. 

Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. FitzRoy re- 
——. That the Committee had gone through the 

ills, and directed him to report the same, without 
Amendment. 

Ordered, That the Bills be read the third time 
To-morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Ecclesiastical 
mittee on the Ecclesiastical Courts and Registries Dourts and 
(Ireland) Bill; “ 


, f (Ireland) Bill 
Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. [ Lords. ] 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Vexatious 
reading of the Vexatious Indictments Bill ; ay emer 
Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. Sean 


* The House, according to Order, proceeded to take Manslaughter 
into consideration the Amendments made by the Bill. 
Lords to the Manslaughter Bill; and the same were Bill 109. 
read, 
Ordered, That the said Amendments be taken into. 
further consideration To-morrow ; and be printed. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Conveyance of 
mittee on the Conveyance of ee Bill ; Voters Bill. 
Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 
Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


The Sale of Grain, &amp;c. Bill was, according to Sale of Grain, 
Order, read a second time; and committed to a &amp;c.-Bill. 
Committee of the whole House, for this day three 
months. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Admiralty 
mittee on the Admiralty Court Bill ; Court Sun. 

Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Weights and 
reading of the Weights and Measures Act Amend- eee Act 
ment Bill; Bil, _ 

Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


ner That an humble Address be presented Béecetion 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased “T#2'8 
to give pose (ay that there be laid befire ee 
House, a Return, for the year 1858, of the Names 

of the Places in each Parish and each County in 
Scotland in which any School is situated in respect 

of which any Money has been paid under the autho- 

rity of the Committtee of Council on Education ; 

stating the Amount paid for each School, and for 

each Parish and each County respectively ; speci- 

fying the Religious Body with which each School 

is connected; and distinguishing the Parochial 

Schools from other Schools connected with the 
Established Church (in continuation and amplifica- 

tion of Parliamentary Paper, No. 102, of the present 


). 
Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
as 
are 


Her Majesty, by such Members of this House 
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~ ne ner Sal AONE CRNAs ne tetateN ee AE lt OE NED IO AA NOTH AWA SRD I SEIS S 
— Ss 


172 13°—14° Aprilis. 


are of Her Majesty's Most honourable Privy 
Council. 


Probate Court. Ordered, That there be added to the Returns 
relative to the Probate Court, ordered on the 10th 
day of March last, a Return of the Number of 
Grants of Administration issued in England and 
Wales in the year 1858. 


Episcopal Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 

end Cepitular + Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 

(Metropolis.) to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return of the Income for the year 1857 
of all Property situate within the Metropolis, as 
defined by the Metropolis Local Management Act, 
held by or in trast for the Bishop of Winchester, 
and any Canon, Prebend or other Officer of Saint 
Paul's and Westminster Cathedrals (in continuation 
of Parliamentary Paper, No. 29, of the present 
Session). 

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








Cambridge Ordered, That the Paper relative to Cambridge 
University. University, which was presented upon the 12th day 
No. 217. of this instant April, be printed. 
Income Tax Ordered, That the Return relative to Income Tax 
(ain. (Dublin), which was presented upon the 12th day 
No. 218. of this instant April, be printed. 
Foreign Ordered, That the Retnrn relative to Foreign 
Shipping. Shipping, which was presented upon the 12th day 
No, 219. of this instant April, be printed. 
And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 
Jovis, 14° die Aprilis ; 
Anno 22° Victoria Regine, 1859. 
PRAYERS. 
Court of RDERED, That the Select Committee on 
(Acquisition the Court of Probate, &amp;c. (Acquisition of Site) 


of Site) Bill. Bill, have Power to report the Minutes of the Evi- 
Bill 110, dence taken before them. 
No. 220. Lord John Manners reported from the said Com- 
; mittee ; 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 Minutes of the Evidence, to- 
gether with the Minutes of Proceedings, be printed. 


Public Mr. Gregson reported from the Select Committee 
Petitions on Public Petitions ; That they had examined the 
port.) Petitions presented upon the 11th, 12th and 13th 
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. FitzRoy reported the Scarborough Gas Bill, 
without Amendment. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Scarborough 
Gas Bill 
[Lords.} 


Victoria (Lon- Mr, FitzRoy reported from the Committee on the 
Bil [Leds) Victoria (London) Docks Bill; That a Report from 
“the Board of Trade in regard to the Bill had been 
referred by the House to the Committee, and duly 
onstdianh by them; that they had examined the 
allegations of the Bill, and found the same to be 
true; and had gone through the Bill, and directed 
him to report the same, without Amendment. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 









A. 1859. 

Mr. Fitz Roy reported from the Committee on the Portemess 
Portsmouth New Docks and Railway Bill; That New Des. 
they had examined the allegations contained in the Bin atte, 
Preamble of the Bill, and amended the same, by 
striking out so much thereof as related to the Rail- 
way or Tramway, all the Provisions relative thereto 
having been omitted from the Bill as submitted to 
the Committee, and by altering the statement of 
the amount of moneys due by the Corporation 
under the Quay Act; and found the same, as amended, 
to be true; and had gone through the Bill, and made 
Amendments thereunto. 

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


Mr. FitzRoy reported from the Committee on the Sevenoaks 
Sevenoaks Railway Bill; That they had examined Railway Bin 
the allegations contained in the Preamble of the 
Bill, and amended the same, by omitting the name 
of the Western Extension Line, and describing it 
by reference to the Act authorizing it (the names of 
the East Kent Railway money and their Railway 
being intended to be changed by another Bill now 
before the House) ; 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 the Somerset Central Rail- Somerset 
way Bill, with Amendments. Central Rail. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; way Bm 


and be printed. 


Mr. Fitz Royreported the Standard Life Assurance Standard Lif 
Company Bill, without Amendment. — 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. - from} 


Mr. FitzRoy reported the People’s Provident People’s Pro 


Assurance Society Bill, without Amendment. a 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. gi (Lend vd 


Mr. FitzRoy reported the Cork and Kinsale Cork andkia 
Junction Railway Bill, without Amendment. ae 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; Lords} 

; f 
and be printed. 


Mr. FitzRoy reported the Belfast and London- Belfast and 
derry Junction Railway Bill, with an Amendment. a 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table; Raiiway Bill 


and be printed. [Lords] 


Mr. FitzRoy reported the Fishguard Harbour Fishguard 
Improvement Bill, without Amendment. a 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. Bit [Lorde] 

Mr. FitzRoy reported the Tralee and Killarney Tralee and 
Railway Bill, without Amendment. sey at 

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


The Maybole and Girvan Railway Bill was read Maybole 

the third time. Palvay Bill 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. : 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bilito tbe 


Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Wansbeck Railway Bill was read the third Wansbeck 
time. 4 Railway 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 East Kent 
the East Kent Railway Company Bill, as amended ney Ba 
in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third soaps 





BREGE 


Zete 


Priva 


Eek 


27Ee2 


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Wear Navi- 


Docks Bill 


Private Bills. 


Public 
Petitions. 


Vide rts 


92 VicToriz. 


gemeBayand The House proceeded to take into consideration 
pailway (Mar- 
Exten- 


Gn) Bil 


the Herne Bay and Faversham Railway (Margate 
Extension) Bill, as amended in the Committee; and 
Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House, according tv Order, proceeded to 
take into consideration the Wear Navigation and | 
Sunderland Docks 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, in the case of all Private Bills 
originating in the House of Lords, which have 
passed Committee in this House, the Standing | 
Orders be suspended ; and that such Bills be read | 
the third time, or considered and read the third | 
time, as the case may be, ‘To-morrow. 


A Petition of Trustees acting in the execution of | 
the Local and Personal Act 9 Geo. 4, c. 67, for 
making* a Turnpike-road from the Township of | 
Hunslet across the River Aire, to the Township of | 
Leeds, praying that Provision may be made in the 
Leeds and Hunslet Road Bill for causing the Tolls 
to cease on payment of Trustees’ Debts by the Council | 
of Leeds, and the amount paid apportioned between 
the Townships of Leeds and Hunslet, and the Roads 
thereafter to be Township Roads, and the Bridge a 
Borough Bridge, was presented, and read; and re- 
ferred to the Examiners of Petitions for Private | 
Bills. 





Several Public Petitions were presented, and read ; | 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Public Petitions, page 381. 


Statistical 
Abstract, 


gi 


Lord Lovaine presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 


mand ,—Statistical Abstract for the United King- 


doi in each of the last Fifteen years, from 1844 to 
1858. 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return, in a tabular form, of the Gross Produce of 
the Revenue arising from the Sale of Stamps for 
Bills of Exchange and Promissury Notes in England 


and Wales, in Scotland and in Ireland, respectively, | 


stating the same for each official quarter of each of 


14° Aprils. 





173 


next preceding the 6th day of April 1859 (to be 
signed in each case by one of the Directors and the 
Secretary or Manager) : 





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the Five years 1654 to 1858, both inclusive, and for 
the first quarter of 1859, distinguishing throughout 
the entire Return the Amount of Revenue arising 
under each denomination of Stamp, and as regards 
the Duties imposed by the change of the scale of 
Duties under the Act 17 &amp; 18 Vic. c. 83; dis- 
tinguishing the Revenue under each denomination 
of Stamp employed for each of the purposes of 
Inland Bills, of Sevsian Bills drawn in the United 
Kingdom, and of the Duty credited by means of ad- 
hesive Stainps on Foreign Bills drawn out of, but 
payable within, the United Kingdom (in continua- 
tion of Parliamentary Paper, No. 474, of Session 
1854), 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Copy of the Report of the Commissioners of Cus- 
toms on the expediency of establishing Bonding 
Warehouses in large Manufacturing and other 























| | | 
| | 


Mr. Secretary Sotheron Estcourt accordingly pre- 
sented the said Return. : 

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


read, and discharged. 


Command,—Copy of Twenty-third Report of the 
Inspectors appointed, under the Provisions of the 
Act 5 &amp; 6 Will. 4 ©. 38, to visit the different Pri- 
sons of Great Britain: U1. Midland District. 





Towns for the convenience of the Inhabitants of 


those Towns ; and, at the same time, into the best | 1858. 
Mr. Gathorne Hardy also presented,—Return to Small Tene- 


mode of securing the Revenues of the Country by | 


enforcing the due and regular payment of Duties an Address to Her Majesty, 


chargeable on Merchandize and other articles’ 
bonded therein, and preventing Frauds. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return relating to the condition of Benefit Building 
Societies, registered under the Act 6 &amp; 7 Will. 4, 


¢. 32, at the end of the financial year of each Society 
Vou. 114, 


May, in the last Session of Parliament, for a Return 


ofthe Names of the Parishes in England where an 
Order has been made by the Vestry to put in force 
| the Act 13 &amp; 14 Vic. c. 99, for the better assessing 
_ and collecting the Poor Rates and Highway Rates in 
| respect of Small Tenements. 








The Order for referring the Belfast Borough Bill Belfast Bo- 
to the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills was Tous! Bill. 


Mr. Gathorne Hardy presented, by Her Majesty's Prisons 
Tables of the Number of Marriages, Births and Births, Deaths 
Deaths registered in England in the years 1857 and *"4 Marriages 


dated the 10th day of ™*™*- 


Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the Private Bills. 


Z3+ 20th 


Reformatories, 
Schools, &amp;c. 


Lunacy. 


Reverend 
J.G. Pooler 
v. Reverend 
David Jeffray 
and others. 


Greenwich 
Hospital. 


Postal Com- 
munication 
with North 
Awerica. 
Mail Service 
(Galway and 
America. ) 


Army (De- 
sertions and 
Enlistments. ) 


Militia 
Volunteers. 


Army. 


Army (Divine 
Service.) 


East India 
(the Nizam, 
&amp;c.) 


East India 
(Sir James 
Outram. ) 


Operations 


in India. 


174 


20th day of May, in the last Session of Parliament, 
for Returns of all Parliamentary Expenses incurred 
by Railway Companies in each Session, from their 
first Act inclusive to the end of the Session1857 ; 
distinguishing them under the following Heads: 
Parliamentary Fees ; Fees to Counsel ; Attendance 
of Witnesses ; Other General Expenses: Of the 
Total Expenses incurred before each Committee, in 
which the several Companies entered an Appearance: 
——Of the proportion which the Total Parlia- 
mentary Expenses bear to the Total Capital of each 
Company :——For the last Ten years, of the Parlia- 
mentary Expenses in each year of Gas Companies, 
Water Companies, and Turnpike Trusts, under the 
heads Parliamentary Fees ; Fees to Counsel; At- 
tendance of Witnesses ; Other General Expenses ; 
and of the proportion which the Total Parliamentary 
Expenses bear to the Total Capital of each Company 
or Trust :——And, of the Committees on Private 
Bills during the last Parliament, with the Number 
of Days on which each Committee sat. 

Return toan Address to Her Majesty, dated the 
11th day of March last, for a Return relative to Re- 
formatories, Schools, &amp;c, 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 
11th day of this instant April, for a Return relative 
to Lunacy. 

Mr. Gathorne Hardy also presented,—Further 
Return tv an Order, dated the 10th day of February 
last, for a Return relative to the suits of the Reverend 
J. G. Pooler v. Reverend David Jeffray and others. 

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





Mr. Corry presented,—Return to an Order, dated 
the 11th day of March last, for Accounts relative to 
Greenwich Hospital. 

Return to an Order, dated the 31st day of March 
last, for a Return relative to Postal Communication 
with North America. 


Return to an Order, dated the 5th day of this 
instant April, for a Return relative to Mail Service 
(Galway and America). 

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


General Peel presented,—Return to an Address 
to Her Majesty, dated the 21st day of February last, 


for a Return relative to Army (Desertions and En- | 


listments). 


Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the | 


3d day of March last, for a Return relative to Mi- 
litia Volunteers. 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the Sth 
day of March last, for a Return relative to the Names 
and Dates cf Appointment of Staff Officers in the 
Army. 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 
7th day of this instant April, for a Return relative 
to Army (Divine Service’. 

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


Lord Stanley presented,—Return to an Address 
to Her Majesty, dated the 7th day of March last, for 
Returns relative to East India (the Nizam, &amp;c.) 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 
11th day of this instant April, fora Return relative 
to East India (Sir James Outram). 


Ordered, That the said Returns do lie upon the | 


Table. 


Resolved, Nemine Contradicente, That the Thanks 
of this House be given to the Right honourable 
Charles John Viscount Canning, G.c.B., Her Ma- 
jesty’s Viceroy and Governor General of India; 
the Right honourable John Lord Elphinstone, G.c.n., 
Governor of the Presidency of Bombay; Sir John 
Laird Mair Lawrence, Baronet, G.c. B., late Lieute- 
nant Governor of the Punjab; Sir Robert North 
Collie Hamilton, Baronet, Agent to the Governor 





14° Aprilis. 





A. 1859. 


General in Central India; Henry Bartle Edward 
Frere, Esquire, Commissioner of Scinde ; and Ro- 
bert Montgomery, Esquire, late Chief Commissioner 
in Oude, for the ability with which they have 
severally employed the resources at their disposal 
for the re-establishment of Peace in Her Majesty's 
Indian Dominions. 

Resolved, Nemine Contradicente, That the Thanks 
of this House be given to General the Right honour- 
able Lord Clyde, a.c.s., Commander in Chief in 
India ; Lieutenant General Sir James Outram, Ba- 
ronet, G.c.B.; Major General Sir Hugh Henry 
Rose, G.c.B.; Major General Henry Gee Roberts ; 
Major General George Cornish Whitlock ; Major 
General Sir Archdale Wilson, Baronet, k.c.B.; Major 
General Sir James Hope Grant, k.c.B.; Major 
General Sir William Rose Mansfieid, k.c.B.; Major 
General Sir Thomas Harte Franks, k.c.B. ; Major 
General Sir Edward Lugard, x.c.B. ; Major General 
Sir John Michel, k.c.B.; Brigadier General Robert 
Walpole, c.n.; Brigadier General Sir Robert Napier, 
K.¢.B,; and Captain Edward Sotheby, x°n., c.B., 
|for the eminent skill, courage and perseverance 
| displayed by them during the military operations 

by which the late Insurrection in Jndia has been 
| effectually suppressed. 
| Resolved, Nemine Contradicente, That the Thanks 
| of this House be given to the other gallant Officers 
_of Her Majesty’s Army and Navy, and also of 
| Her Majesty’s Indian Forces, for the intrepidity, 
zeal and endurance evinced by them in the arduous 

operations of the late Jndian Campaign. 

Resolved, Nemine Contradicente, That this House 
doth highly approve and acknowledge the valour, 
'self-devotion, and brilliant services of the Non- 
‘commissioned Officers and Private Soldiers, both 
| European and Native, and of the Petty Officers 
and Seamen and Non-commissioned Officers and 
| Marines, who have taken part in the suppression of 
the recent disturbances in Jndia; and that the same 
| be signified to them by the Commanders of their 
several Corps, who are desired to thank them for 
| their gailant behaviour. ; 
| Ordered, That the said Resolutions be transmitted 
_by Mr. Speaker to the Governor General of India ; 
|} and that his Lordship be requested to communicate 
| the same to the several Officers referred to therein. 


| 
| 





| The Exchequer Bills (£. 13,277,400) Bill was, Exchequer 
| according to Order, read the third time. a 977,400) 
| Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the /°?"” 
Title be, An Act for raising the Sum of Thirteen 
million two hundred and seventy-seven thousand 
four hundred pounds, by Exchequer Bills, for the 
Service of the year One thousand eight hundred 
and Fifty-nine. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 


Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Consolidated Fund (Appropriation) Bill was, Consolidated 
according to Order, read the third time. F nd Bil 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. — 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Convict Prisons Abroad Bill was, according Convict Pri 
to Order, read the third time. a (tarde) 
| 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 House, according to Order, proceeded to Manslaughter 
take into further consideration the Amendments Bill 
made by the Lords to the Manslaughter Bill. _ 
The said Amendments being read a second time, 
several were agreed to; and several were disagreed 
to. 
| Ordered, That a Committee be appointed to draw 


| up Reasons to be assigned to the Lords for disagree- 
ing 








Jew 


sé8 


Ma 
Inj 


so 


Per 


Grounds Bill. 


Lunatic Poor 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Jews Act. 


Forgery. 


Malicious 
Injuries, 
400) 


Coin 
Ofences 


red 
il 


Personation, 


1] 


iter? 


22 VicToriz. 
ing to the Amendments to which this House hath 


disagreed :—And a Committee was appointed of 


Mr, Secretary Sotheron Estcourt, Mr. Adams, Mr. 
Gathorne Hardy, the Earl of March, and Mr. At- 
torney General :—And they are to withdraw imme- 
diately. 

Ordered, That Three be the Quorum. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to 
take into consideration the Amendments made by 
the Lords to the Recreation Grounds Bill; and the 
same were twice read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the Amendments made by their Lordships. 


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

mittee on the Lunatic Poor (JZreland) Bill; 
Ordered, That the said Order be discharged, 
Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


The House was moved, That the Report from 
the Select Committee on the Jews Act, might be 
read ; and the same being read ; 

Resolved, That, on the meeting of a New Par- 
liament, no Resolution in pursuance of the Act 
21 &amp; 22 Vic. c. 49, which shall have the effect of 
admitting a Member professing the Jewish Religion 
to be sworn at the Table, be taken into considera- 
tion before Twelve of the clock on the fourth day 
appointed for taking the Oaths required by Law. 

Ordered, That the said Resolution be a Standing 
Order of this House. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
consolidate and amend the Statute Law of England 
and Jreland relating 1o Offences against the Per- 
son: And that Mr. Attorney General, Mr. Attorney 
General for Jreland and Mr. Secretary Sotheron 
Estcourt do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
consolidating and amending the Laws relating to 
Forgery: And that Mr. Attorney General, Mr. 
Attorney General for Jreland and Mr. Secretary 
Sotheron Estcourt do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to consolidate and amend the Statute Laws of Eng- 
land and Ireland relating to Malicious Injuries to 
Property: And that Mr, Attorney General, Mr. At- 
torney General for Jre/and and Mr. Secretary So- 
theron Estcourt do prepare, and bring it in, 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
consolidate and amend the Statute Law of the 
United Kingdom against Offences relating to the 
Coin: And that Mr. Attorney General, Mr. Attor- 
ney General for Irelandand Mr. Secretary Sotheron 
Estcourt do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
consolidating and amending the Laws relating to 
Personation: And that Mr. Attorney General, Mr. 
Attorney General for /reland and Mr. Secretary 
Sotheron Estcourt do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
consolidate the Statute Law of England and Ire- 
land relating to Libellous and Threatening Writings : 
And that Mr. Attorney General, Mr. Attorney Ge- 
neral for Zrelund and Mr. Secretary Sotheron Est- 
court do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring ina Bill to 
consolidate and amend the Statute Law of England 
and Jreland relating to Larceny and other similar 
Offences: And that Mr. Attorney General, Mr. 
Attorney General for Ireland and Mr. Secretary 


14° Aprils. 





° 175 


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 Indemnity Bill, Indemnity 
without any Amendment : Bill. 

The Lords have agreed to the Nottingham Nottingham 
Charities Bill, without any Amendment: Charities Bill. 

The Lords have agreed to the Saint James, Bal- Saint James, 
dersby, Marriages Validity Bill, without any Amend- Beldersby, 

S arriages 
ment: Validity Bill 

The Lords have agreed to the Banff, Macduff Banff, Mac- 
and Turriff Junction Railway Bill, without any auf and 
Amendment : iy + 

nt: a Railway 


The Lords have agreed to the Formariine and formartine 


ilw. j 7 : and Buchan 
Buchan Railway Bill, without any Amendment: Railway Bill. 


and Brentford Railway Bill, without any Amend- Raileey Bl. 


ment: 
The Lords have agreed to the Whitehaven Har- Whitehaven 


3i j . Harbour and 
bour and Town Bill, without any Amendment : Town Bill. 





(Jreland) Act Continuance Bill, with Amendments; — Act 
to which the Lords desire the concurrence of this — 
House: 

The Lords have agreed to the Affidavits by Com- Affidavits by 
mission, &amp;c. Bill, with Amendments; to which the — 
Lords desire the concurrence of this House: eens 

The Lords have agreed to the East Suffolk Rail- East Suffolk 


way Bill, with an Amendment ; to which the Lords Railway Bill. 





| desire the concurrence of this House: 
| 


| 


The Lords do not insist upon their Amendment Medical Act 
to the Medical Act (1858) Amendment Bill, to (1858) Amend- 
which this House has disagreed : eos 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Norwich Corn 
to incorporate “The Norwich Corn Exchange Com- £xchange Bill 

any, Limited,” and to define and regulate their 
ndertaking ; to which the Lords desire the con- 
currence of this House. 


Mr. Adams reported from the Committee appointed Manslaughter 
to draw up Reasons to be assigned to the Lords for Bil. 
disagreeing to certain of the Amendments made by 
their Lordships to the Manslaughter Bill; That 
they had drawn up Reasons accordingly, which they 
had directed him to report to the House; and the 
same were read, as follow: 

The Commons disagree to the Amendment in 
p- 1,1. 16, for the following Reason : 

Because Commissions of Assize and General 
Gaol Delivery are not held in and for Boroughs. 

The Commors disagree to the Amendment in 
p. 2, Is. 3 and 4, for the following Reason : 

Because the words proposed to be struck 
out by your Lordships would assimilate the 
practice in the Coroners’ Court to that which 
prevails in Magistrates’ Courts on admission to 
bail, and which has a beneficial operation by 
reminding the sureties of the extent of their 











Sotheron Estcourt do prepare, and bring it in. 
VoL, 114. 


liability and the condition of their recogni- 
zance. ' 

The Commons disagree to Clause A. for the fol- 
lowing Reason : 

Because the effect of this Clause, as it ap- 
pears, would be to exclude Wales from the 
operation of the Act, although the necessity 
for it is as great, and has been as strongly 
pointed out by learned Judges and others in 
Wales as in England ; by the omission of this 
Clause the Act would apply to Wales. 

With the preceding exceptions, the Commons 
agree to the Amendments made to the Bill. 

The said Reasons, being read a second time, were 
agreed to. 

Ordered, That a Message be sent to the Lords to 
communicate the said Reasons (with the Bill and 
Amendments): And that the Clerk do carry the 
same. 

z4 Mr. 


The Lords have agreed to the Great Western Great Western 


The Lords have agreed to the Savings Banks Savings Banks 


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Offences 


against the 
Person Bill. 


Bill 111. 


Forgery Bill. 
Bill 112. 


Malicious 
Injuries Bill. 
Bill 113. 


Coinage 
Offences Bill. 


Bill 114. 


Personation 
Bill 


Bill 115. 


Criminal 
Writings Bill. 
Bill 116. 


Larceny Bill. 
Bill 117. 


East India 
(Punjab. ) 


Belvoir Agri- 
cultural Model 
School. 


No. 223. 


Dubiin and 
Drogheda 
Railway Bill 
[ Lords. ] 


Ulster Rail- 
way Bill 
[Lords } 


176 


Mr. Attorney General presented a Bill to conso- 
lidate and amend the Statute Law of England and 
Treland relating to Offences against the Person : 
And the same was read the first time; and ordered 
to be read a second time upon Monday next; and 
to be printed. 


Mr. Attorney General presented a Bill for conso- 
lidating and amending the Laws relating to For- 
gery: And the same was read the first time; and 
ordered to be read a second time upon Monday 
next; and to be printed. 


Mr. Attorney General presented a Bill to conso- 
lidate and amend the Statute Laws of England and 
Ireland relating to Malicious Injuries to Property : 
And the same was read the first time; and ordered 
to be read a second time upon Monday next; and 
to be printed. 


Mr. Attorney General presented a Bill to conso- 
lidate and amend the Statute Law of the United 
Kingdom against Offences relating to the Coin: 
And the same was read the first time ; and ordered 
to be read a second time upon Monday next; 
and to be printed. 


Mr. Attorney General presented a Bill for consoli- 
dating and amending the Laws relating to Persona- 
tion: And the same was read the first time; and 
ordered to be read a second time upon Monday 
next; and to be printed. 


Mr. Attorney General presented a Bill to conso- 
lidate the Statute Law of England and Ireland re- 
lating to Libellous and Threatening Writings: And 
the same was read the first time ; and ordered to be 
read a second time upon Monday next; and to be 


-printed. 


Mr. Attorney General presented a Bill to consoli- 
date and amend the Statute Law of England and 
Treland relating to Larceny and other similar Of- 
fences: And the same was read the first time ; and 
ordered to beread a second time upon Monday next; 
and to be printed. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Papers relating to the Mutiny in the Punjab in 
1857. 

Mr. Henry Baillie accordingly presented the said 
Papers. 

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


Ordered, That the Return relative to Belvoir Agri- 
cultural Model School, which was presented upon 
the 25th day of March last, be printed. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 








Veneris, 15° die Aprilis ; 
Anno 22° Victorie Regine, 1859. 


PRAYERS. 
M* Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report | 
from one of the Examiners of Petitions for 
Private Bills, That in the case of the Dublin and 
Drogheda Railway Bill, originating in the Lords, 
and referred on the first reading thereof, the 
Standing Orders not previously inquired into, and 
which are applicable to the Bill, have been com- 
plied with. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private 
Bills, That in the case of the Ulster Railway 


14°15° 





| Lords; and acquaint them, that 





Bill, originating in the Lords, and referred on the 


A. 1859. 


Aprilis. 
first reading thereof, the Standing Orders not pre-: 
viously inquired into, and which are applicable to 


the Bill, have been complied with. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration King’s 1, 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the King’s Waterworks, 
Lynn Waterworks, Markets and Borough Improve- Markets and 
ment Bill; and the same were twice read, and neon 
agreed to. Bill 

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 Tayistock 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Tavis- Markets, 
tock Markets, Streets and Improvement Bill ; and trees 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 House, according to Order, proceeded to Leominster 
take into consideration the Amendment made by 4nd Kington 
the Lords to the Leominster and Kington Railway *!¥¥ Bill 
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 ayreed to the Ameudment made by their 
Lordships. 


The Commercial Docks Acts Amendment Bill Commercial 
was read the third time. Docks Acts 
oe” That the Bill, with the Amendments, Bill (Lords) 

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 
this House doth desire the concurrence of their 
Lordships. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third Fishguard 
reading of the Fishguard Harbour Improvement Harbour 
Bill ; Bil [Lods} 

And a Motion being made, That the Bill be now ? 
read the third time ; 

Lord John Manners, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand, acquainted the House, That Her Majesty, 
oe 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 acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the same, without Amendment. 


The People’s Provident Assurance Society Bill Pepi 

was, according to Order, read the third time. prea fes=n 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. Bill [Lords.] 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 

this House hath 

agreed to the same, without Amendment. 


The Scarborough Gas Bill was, according to Scarborough 
Order, read the third time. ay 

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 Standard Life Assurance Company Bill was, Standard Life 
according to Order, read the third time. rvs 
Resolved, ‘That the Bill do pass. [Lords] 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the same, without Amendment. =" 
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Victoria (Lon- The Victoria (London) Docks Bill was, according 
don) Docks to Order, read the third time. 
Bill [Lords] 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. 

Belfast and The House, according to Order, proceeded to 
Londonderry take into consideration the Belfast and Londonderry 
rovay Bill Junction Railway Bill, as amended in the Com- 
[Lords.] mittee. 

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

Resolved, That the Bill, with the Amendment, 
do pass. 

Girdered, 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 
this House doth desire the concurrence of their 
Lordships. 

Cork and Kine The House, according to Order, proceeded to 


sale Junction take into consideration the Cork and Kinsale Junc- 
firey Bil tion Railway Bill. 

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

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords; and acquaiut them, that this House hath 
agreed to the same, without Amendment. 


Tralee and The House, according to Order, proceeded to 
ee oy take into consideration the Tralee and Killarney 
Los} ‘Railway Bill. 

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

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the same, without Amendment. 

Westminster The Westminster New Bridge Bill was, according 


ae to Order, read a second time; and committed to 
j a Select Committee. 


Railway and 
Canal Bills 
(Group 12.) 


Mr. Adair reported from the Committee on 
Group 12 of Railway and Canal Bills; That Mr. 
Chichester Fortescue, one of the Members of the 
said Committee, was not present during the sitting 
of the Committee this day. 

Ordered, That Mr. Chichester Fortescue be dis- 
charged from further attendance on the said Com- 
mittee. 

Ordered, That the Committee have leave to sit 
To-morrow, notwithstanding any adjournment of 
the House. 

Gas (Metro- Ordered, That the Select Committee on Gas 
(Metropolis) have Power to report the Minutes of 
the Evidence taken before them. 

Mr. Byng reported from the said Committee ; 
That they had considered the matters to them 
referred, and directed him to report the Minutes of 
the Evidence taken before them to the House, 
together with an Appendix. 

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


No. 224, 


Norwich Corn 


7 The Norwich Corn Exchange Bill was read the 
[Lords] . 


first time. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Ex- 
aminers of Petitions for Private Bills. 


Guano, Lord John Manners presented, by Her Majesty’s 


ge ety of Correspondence with the 
Agent of the Peruvian Government, as to the 
VoL. 114. 


15° Aprils. 


177 


Price of Guano (in continuation of Papers pre- 

sented in February last). 

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


Mr. Seymour Fitzgerald presented, by Her Ma- Moreton Bay 
jesty’s Command,—Further Papers relative to the District. 
Separation of the Moreton Bay District from Mew 
South Wales, and the Establishment of a separate 
Government (in continuation of Papers presented 
3d July 1858). 
Papers relative to the Hudson’s Bay Company’s Hudson's Bay 
Charter and License of Trade. Company. 
Mr. Seymour Fitzgerald also presented,—Re- Administra- 
turn to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the (Colonion, fe) 
7th day of June, in the last Session of Parliament, oe 
for a em of Judicial Offices, Law Offices of the 
Crown, and other principal Offices connected with 
the Administration of Justice in the Colonies, and 
in India ; specifying the Number and Descriptions 
of such Offices, and the Salaries attached to each: 
And, to several Addresses to Her Majesty, Administra- 
dated the 8th day of June, in the last Session of ——. 
Parliament, and the 3d day of March last, for — 
Return of the Names, Salaries, Date of Appoint- 
ment, and Nature of Office of all Judicial Officers, 
Law Officers of the Crown, and other principal 
Officers connected with the Administration of 
Justice in the Colonies, and specifying such Officers 
as shall have belonged to the Legal Profession in 
England, Ireland or Scotland respectively. 
. Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
able. 





Mr. Gathorne Hardy presented, by Her Majesty’s Harbours of 
Command,—Copy of Supplementary Report of the Refuge. 
Commissioners appointed to complete the Inquiry 
in the Terms recommended in the Report of the 
Select Committee of the House of Commons, in 
1858, on Harbours of Refuge. 

A Paper, intituled “ Judicial Statistics, 1858 : Judicial 
England and Wales. Part I. Police—Criminal Statistics. 
Proceedings—Prisons. Part Il. Common Law— 
Equity—Civil and Canon Law.” 

An Abstract of the General Statements of the Turnpike 
Income and Expenditure of the several Turnpike Trusts. 
Trusts in England and Wales, from 1st January 
1856 to 31st December 1856, inclusive, pursuant to 
the Act 3 &amp; 4 Will. 4, c. 80. 

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


Ordered, That the Return relative to Small Te- Small Tene- 
nements, which was presented upon the 14th day ments. 
of this instant April, be printed. No. 225. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Private Private Bills. 
Bills, which was presented upon the 14th day of this No, 226. 
instant April, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Reforma- Reformatories, 
tories, Schools, &amp;c., which was presented upon the Schools, &amp;c. 
14th day of this instant April, be printed. No, 227. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Lunacy, Lunacy. 
which was presented upon the 14th day of this No, 228. 
instant April, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Greenwich Greenwich 
Hospital, which was presented upon the 14th day Hospital. 
of this instant April, be printed. No. 229 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Postal Com- Postal Com- 
munication with North America, which was pre- —— 
sented upon the 14th day of this instant April, be ~ 


America. 
printed. No. 230. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Mail Service Mail Service 
(Galway and America), which was presented upon (Galway and 


the 14th day of this instant April, be printed. ‘ee 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Army (De- Army (De- 
sertions and Enlistments), which was presented stj0ns ond ) 
upon the 14th day of this instant April, be printed. 





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Militia 
Volunteers. 
No. 233. 
East India 
the Nizam, 
c.) 
No. 234. 
Army. 
No. 235. 


Army (Divine 
Service.) 
No. 236. 


East India 
(Sir James 
Outram. ) 


No. 237. 


East India 
(Punjab.) 
No. 238. 


Public 
Petitions. 


Vide Reports 


178 
Ordered, That the Return relative to Militia Vo- 


lunteers, which was presented upon the 14th day of 
this instant April, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to East India 
(the Nizam, &amp;c.), which was presented upon the 
14th day of this instant April, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Names 
and Dates of Appointment of Staff Officers in the 
Army, which was presented upon the 14th day of 
this mstant April, be printed. 

Ordered, That the Return relative to Army (Di- 
vine Service), which was presented upon the 14th 
day of this instant April, be printed. 

Ordered, That the Return relative to East India 
(Sir James Outram), which was presented upon the 
14th day of this instant April, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Papers relative to East India 
(Punjab), which were presented upon the 14th day 
of this instant April, be printed. 


Several Public Petitions were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


on Public Petitions, page 381. 


Savings 
Banks. 


Exchequer, 
&amp;e. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Returns from each Savings Bank in England and 
Wales, Scotland and Ireland, containing, in Columns, 
the Names of the Officers, their respective Salaries, 
and other Allowances, if any; the Amount of Se- 
curity each gives ; the Number of Accounts remain- 
ing open; the Total Amount owing to Depositors ; 
the Total Amount invested with the Commissioners 
for the Reduction of the National Debt; the Rate 
of Interest paid to Depositors on the various 
Amounts of Deposit, and the average Rate of 
Interest on all Accounts; and the Total Amount of 
the separate Surplus Fund, on the 20th day of No- 
vember 1857, and on the 20th day of November 
1858, respectively ; 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 Management, 
inclusive of all Payments and Salaries, for the 
years ended the 20th day of November 1857 and 
the 20th day of November 1858; also the year in 
which Business commenced in each Bank, and the 
Name of the Day or Days, and the Number of 
Hours in the Week, on which the Banks are open 
for the Deposit and Withdrawal of Monies (in con- 
tinuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 55, of Session 
1857). 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Accounts of the Balance of Votes unissued from the 
Exchequer on the 31st day of March 1858: Of 
the Cash Balances at the credit of the several Votes 
of Parliament and other Accounts in the Paymaster’s 
Books on the 31st day of March 1858 :——Of the 
Supply Grants under the several Heads, specifying 
each, on which there is a Surplus of Money voted, 
and setting forth the different years in which the Ac- 
cumulation of unexpended but appropriated Mone 
has arisen, to be made up to the 31st day of Moreh 
1858 :——Of the Balances on the Miscellaneous 
Deposit Funds in the hands of the Paymaster 
General on the 31st day of March 1858 :——Of all 
Monies received by the Paymaster General, except 
such as were drawn from the Exchequer, or were 
Repayments of Monies issued for Services from the 
Exchequer, for the years 1857 and 1858 :——And, 
similar Accounts for the year ended the 31st day of 
March 1859 (in continuation of Parliamentary 
Paper, No. 205, of Session 2, 1857). 








15° Aprils. 





A. 1859. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented East India 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased (Salaries, &amp;e) 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return of the Annual Salaries, converted 
into Sterling Money, at the rate of Two Shillings the 
Company’s Rupee, with all other Allowances, 

a pon del or Outfits, of the Offices of Governor 
General, Governors, Lieutenant Governors, Chief 
Justices, Puisne Judges, Bishops, Chaplains, and all 
Civil and Military Covenanted Servants of the 
Indian Government, in the General, Judicial, Re- 
venue, Salt, Opium, Political and Miscellaneous, 
Post Office, Public Works, Canal, Roads, Medical, 
and Public Instruction Departments of the Admi- 
nistration in India; specifying the Number of Per- 
sons in each of the aforesaid Official Grades, and 
distinguishing the different Presidencies, Lieutenant 
Governorships or other Places in which such Offices 
are held. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to ( 

Her Majesty, by such Members of this House as are 





of Her Majesty's Most honcurable Privy Council. 
] 
Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Church Rates, 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased &amp;c. 


to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return of the Rateable Value of the Pro- 
perty assessed to the Poor Rate in the Parishes in 
which, according to the Returns No. 2 and No. 39, 
of Session 1859, no Church Rates were made 
(wherever in those Returns the Place named is a 
District or other Ecclesiastical Division, forming 
part of a Parish, the Rateable Value of Property in | 
the entire of such Parish to be given; the partial 
character of the above Returns in this respect to be 
indicated 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 this House will, at the rising of Adjournment. 
the House this day, adjourn till Monday next. 


Mr. Adderley presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- paucation. 
mand,—Copy of Report of the Committee of 
Council on Education ; with Appendix, 1858-59. 

Mr. Adderley also presented, pursuant to the di- Public Health. 
rections of an Act of Parliament,—Copy of Report 
of the Medical Officer of the Privy Council on the 
Public Health. 

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


Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer presented, by Civil Service. 
Her Majesty’s Command,—Copy of Fourth Report 
of Her Majesty’s Civil Service __ feeder erlang 
. Ordered That the said Paper 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 passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Sandwith’s 
to dissolve the Marriage of William Sandwith, Divore:,. 
Esquire, with Georgina Mary his now Wife, and @4*) 
to enable him to marry again, and for other pur- 
poses ; to which the Lords desire the concurrence 
of this House : 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Liverpool 
to repeal the Acts relating to the Company of Pro- Exchange Bill 
prietors of the Liverpool Exchange, and to incorporate 
the Liverpool Exchange Company, and for other 
purposes connected therewith; to which the Lords 
desire the concurrence of this House. 


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, a Copy of the Correspondence between 
James Coleman Fitzpatrick and the Colonial Office, 





relative 





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th. 


om 





99 VicToRI£. 


15°—18° Aprilis. 


179 


relative to the Gold Coast (in continuation of Par- | Suffolk Railway Bill; and the same was twice 


liamentary Paper, No. 433, of Session 1856). 


Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
iRiene as are | Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 


Her Majesty, by such Members of this 


of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


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 C 
then after Four of the clock :—The House was ad- | 
journed by Mr. Speaker, without a Question first 


put, till Monday next. 








Lune, 18° die Aprilis ; 


Anno 22° Victoria Regine, 1859. 


PRAYERS. 
Standing RDERED, That the Select Committee on 
Orders. Standing Orders have leave to sit this day, 
during the sitting of the House. 
Leeds and Mr. Speaker laid upon the ‘Table,—Report from 
_ Road 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 Leeds and Hunslet Road Bill. 
Ordered, That the Report be referred to the 
Select Committee on Standing Orders. 
Bray Com- Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 
ttorée) one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, | 
That in the case of the Bray Commons Bill, origi- 
nating in the Lords, and referred on the first reading 
thereof, no Standing Orders not previously inquired 
into are applicable. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time. 
Greenwichand Mr, Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from | 
= Bil one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, 
[Lords.] That in the case of the Greenwich and South 
Eastern Docks Bill, originating in the Lords, and 
referred on the first reading thereof, no Standing 
Orders not previously inquired into are applicable. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time. 
Standing Colonel Wilson Patten reported from the Select 
Orders. Committee on Standing Orders, a Resolution; which 
was read, as followeth : 
leedsand "§ That in the case of the Leeds and Hunslet Road 


—_ Road 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, provided that Notices of the intention to intro- 
duce the said additional Provision be published 
forthwith in three successive weeks in a Newspaper 
of the Borough of Leeds; 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. 
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. 
argent The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Bu! the Amendments made by the Lords to the Great 


Northern Railway Bill; and the same were twice 
read, and, with Amendments to several of them, 
agreed to. 
Ordered, That the Clerk to 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 this House doth 
desire the concurrence of their Lordships. 
Tasca The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendment made by the Lords to the East 


| time ; and committed. | Lords. ] 


read, and agreed to. 
| Ordered, "That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 


| agreed to the Amendment made by their Lordships. 


| The House proceeded to take into consideration Charing Cross 
the Charing Cross Railway Bill, as amended in the Bailway Bill 


Z (changed from 
ommittee. London Bridge 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. and Charing 
| wan) Rail- 
way. 


| The House proceeded to take into consideration 


ae and 
| the Reading and Hatfield Road Bill, as amended in Hatfield Road 
' the Committee. : 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Salford Bo- 
‘the Salford Borough (No. 2) Bill, as amended in Tough (No. 2) 
the Committee. ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Tenbury _ 
the Tenbury Railway Bill, as amended in the Com- Bailway Bill. 
mittee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 





The House proceeded to take into consideration Witney Rail- 

\the Witney Railway (No. 2) Bill, as amended in pay (Ne?) 
d ill. 

| the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


| The House proceeded to take into consideration Worcester 
(the Worcester and Hereford Railway Bill, as 9%4 Hereford 
; : ? Railway Bill 
amended in the Committee. 


| Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The Maidstone Water Bill was read a second -peneag = 
ater Bi 


The National Fire and Life Insurance Company National _ 
of Scotland Bill was read a second time ; and com- z — — Lite 
mitted. Company of 

Scotland Bill 

[ Lords. | 

Mr. Adair reported from the Committee on Scottish Cen- 
Group 12 of Railway and Canal Bills ; That in the = Railway 
case of the Scottish Central Railway Bill, they had ~~ 


| examined the allegations contained in the Preamble 


of the Bill, and amended the same, so as to show 
the financial position of the Company at the date 
of the last half-yearly Report, 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 ; 
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 Glasgow Public Glasgow _ 


Parks and Galleries of Art Bill, without any Amend- Furie Farks 
ment: 


of Art Bill, 
The Lords have agreed to the Kingstown Water Kingstown 

Bill, without any Anendment : Water Bill. 
The Lords. have agreed to the York Improvement York Im- 

Bill, without any Amendment : provement Bill. 
The Lords have agreed to the Superannuation Superannu- 

Bill, with an Amendment; to which the Lords *tion Bill 

desire the concurrence of this House : 

The Lords have agreed to the Combination of Combination 

Workmen Bill, with an Amendment; to which the oo 

Lords desire the concurrence of this House : : 

The Lords have agreed to the Municipal Elections Municipal __ 

Bill, with Amendments ; to which the Lords desire Elections Bill. 

the concurrence of this House : 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Bombay, 

for ene the Bombay, Baroda and Central Perods ond 

ia 


Ind ailway Company ; and for making Provision er Coe. 


with respect to the Capital of the Company; and pany Bill. 





Vou. 114. 





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Trade and 


Navigation. 
No. 68, 


Railways. 


Railway 
Accidents, 


Railways. 





180 18° Aprils. A. 1859. 


for other purposes ; to which the Lords desire the 
concurrence of this House : 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 
for the Regulation and Improvement of the Oyster 
Fishery in the River Orwell, within the Borough of 
Ipswich ; to which the Lords desire the concur- 
rence of this House. 


Lord Lovaine presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand,—Accounts relative to Trade and Navigation, 
for the Month ended 31st March 1859, and Three 
Months ended 31st March 1859. 

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 3ist December 1858, distinguished in 
different Classes, and the Receipts from each Class 
of Passengers and from Goods, &amp;c.; the Aggregate 
Number of Miles travelled by each Class of 
Passengers; the Number of Passenger Trains and 
of Goods Trains respectively ; the Number of Miles 
travelled by such Trains, and the Length of Railway 
open at the Commencement and at the Termination 
of the half-year; compiled from Returns made in pur- 
suance of the Provisions of the Act 3 &amp; 4 Vic.c. 97; 
together with a Summary comparing the Traffic with 
that during the corresponding period in 1857. 

Copy off Reports of the Inspecting Officers of the 
Railway Department to the Lords of the Committee 
of Privy Council for Trade, upon certain Accidents 
which have occurred on Railways during the 
Months of January, February and March 1859. 
(Part Second.) 

Lord Lovaine also presented, — Return to an 
Order, dated the 17th day of June, in the last Ses- 
sion of Parliament, for a Return showing, under the 
following Heads, the Sums of Money raised and 
expended under Powers granted by Parliament to 
the Railway Companies, from the Date of their In- 
corporation to the 31st day of December 1857, in 
England and Wales, Scotland and Ireland, respec- 
tively ; also, of the Number and Description of 
Persons employed on each of the Railways which 
may at that Date be open for Traftic; the Length 
of Line (Main and Branches), with the Number of 
Stations on each open for the Accommodation of 


the Public :— 





Name of Company and Date of Incorporation. 
Capital authorised by the Act of Parliament 


Debentare and Loans authorised in like manner. 





















































Railways. 




















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Return to an Order, dated the 16th day of Fe- 
bruary last, for Returns of the Amount of Capital and 
Loan each Railway Company has been authorized to 
raise by Acts passed previous to and in 1858, &amp;c. 

Lord Lovaine also presented, pursuant to the di- 
rections of an Act of Parliament,—A Return, for the 
— ending 31st December 1858, of all Bye-laws, 

egulations, Orders or Ordinances relating to 
Pilots or Pilotage for the time being in force issued 
by the respective Pilotage Authorities of the United 
ingdom: —— Of the Names and Ages of the 
Pilots or Apprentices licensed or authorized to act 








by the respective Pilotage Authorities, and of all 
Pilots or Apprentices acting either mediately or im- 
mediately under such Authorities, whether so 
licensed or authorized or not :——Of the Service 
for which each Pilot or Apprentice is licensed : 
——Of the Rates of Pilotage for the time being in 
force, at the Ports under the Jurisdiction of the 
respective Pilotage Authorities, including therein 
the Rates and Descriptions of all Charges upon 
Shipping made for or in respect of Pilots or Pilot- 
age :——Of the Total Amount received for ae 
at the respective Ports aforesaid ; distinguishing the 
several Amounts received from British Vessels and 
from Foreign Vessels respectively, and the several 
Amounts received in respect of different Classes of 
Vessels paying different Rates of Pilotage, ac- 
cording to the Scale of such Rates for the time 
being in force, and the several Amounts received 
for the several Classes of Service rendered by Pi- 
lots; and also the Amount paid by such Vessels (if 
any) as have, before reaching the limits of Pilotage 
Water, if Outward bound, or their Port of Destina- 
tion, 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-Commissioners appointed by them in respect 
of Pilots or Pilotage (in continuation of Parliamen- 
tary Paper, No. 174, Session 1858). 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table ; and that the Accounts relative to Trade and 
Navigation be printed. 


The Ipswich (Borough) Fishery Bill was read the Ipswich 
first time, (Borough) 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Ex- ieee 


aminers of Petitions for Private Bills. 


Sandwith’s Divorce (India) Bill was read the first Sanawith’s 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time. Divorce 
(India) Bill 
[Lords.] 
The Bombay, Baroda and Central Jndia Railway Bombay, 
Company Bill was read the first time. — a 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Ex- Reilway Com 


aminers of Petitions for Private Bills, pany - 
Lords. 


The Liverpool Exchange Bill was read the first Liverpool 
time. Exchange Bill 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Ex- /#"! 
aminers of Petitions for Private Bills. 


Several Pablic Petitions were presented, and Public 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. siemens 
Vide Reports 
on Public Petitions, page 381. 


Ordered, That there be added to the Return Yacht Clubs 
relative to Yacht Clubs, ordered on the 7th day of 
this instant April, any Statement of the Reason for 
the Admiralty withdrawing the White Ensign from 
the Royal Western Yacht Club of Jreland in 1858, 
specifying whether the circumstance that the Se- 
cretary of the Royal Western Yacht Club was in the 
habit of holding out the Privilege of the White 
Ensign as an inducement to Persons to join that 
Club had any influence over that decision ; and a 
List of the Vessels belonging to the Royal Western 
Yacht Club, specifying Name, Tonnage, and Ports 
to which they belong. 


Resolved, That an _—_ Address be pea amy 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased &gt; legraphic 
to give ecdioen, that there be laid before this Communice 
House, a Copy of further Correspondence respect- tions. 
ing the Establishment of Telegraphic Communica- 

tion 


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tion in the Mediterranean and with Jndia (in con- 
tinuation of Papers presented upon the 29th day of 
June 1858). 

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


Mr. Secretary Sotheron Estcourt presented, by 
Her Majesty’s Command,—Copy of an Address to 
The Queen from the Owners of British Ships and 
others interested in the Prosperity of British Navi- 
gation, and of the subsequent Correspondence in 
reference thereto. 

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


General Peel presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand,— Copy of Report of the Commissioners ap- 
pointed to inquire into the Organization of the Zn- 
dian Army, together with the Minutes of Evidence 
and Appendix. 

Copy of Report of Major General Hancock on 
the Indian Army. 

General Peel also presented,—Return to an Ad- 
dress to Her Majesty, dated the 8th day of March 
last, for Returns relative to Divine Service (Army). 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 


Facto relati 
(Weal -~ ¥ 10th day of March last, for a Return relative to the 


Brass Ordnance Factory ( Woolwich). 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 
10th day of March last, for a Return relative to the 
Iron Ordnance Factory ( Woolwich). 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 


Naval Officers. 1 th day of March last, for a Return relative to 


Military and Naval Officers. 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 
7th day of this instant April, for Returns relative to 
Enfield Factory. 

eturn to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 
7th day of this instant April, for Returns relative to 


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


Ordered, That the Amendment made by the 
Lords to the Superannuation Bill be now taken into 
consideration :—The House accordingly proceeded 
to take the said Amendment into consideration. 

The said Amendment, being read a second time 
(and it appearing that the words omitted by such 
Amendment were inconsistent with other Provisions 
of the Bill), was agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
— to the Amendment made by their Lord- 
ships. 


Ordered, That the Amendment made by the 
Lords to the Combination of Workmen Bill be now 
taken into consideration:—The House accordingly 
proceeded to take the said Amendment into con- 
sideration; 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. 


Ordered, That the Amendments made by the 


Rlections Bill Lords to the Municipal Elections Bill be now 


taken into consideration :—The House accordingly 
proceeded to take the said Amendments into 
consideration ; and the same were twice read, and 
agreed to. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
on to the Amendments made by their Lord- 
ships. 
OL, 114, 


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181 


Mr. Gathorne Hardy presented,—Return to an Population, 
Address to Her Majesty, dated the 14th day of Inhabited 
February last, for a Return relative to Population, ~°“™ = 
Inhabited Houses, &amp;c. 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the Smithfield 
7th day of this instant April, for a Return relative Site. 
to Smithfield Site. 

Return to an Order, dated the 8th day of Febru- Criminals 
aN for a Return relative to Criminals (Jre- (Ieland.) 
and ). 

Return to an Order, dated the 8th day of this National 
instant April, for Returns relative to National Edu- Education 
cation (Ireland). — 

Mr. Gathorne Hardy also presented, pursuant to Poor Relief 
the directions of an Act of Parliament,—A Return (Ireland.) 
of the Expenditure on the Relief of the Poor in 
each Union in Jreland, for the year ended 29th 
September 1858, and of the Total Numbers relieved 
in and out of the Workhouse in each Union during 
the same period. 

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


Mr. Corry presented,—Return to an Order, dated Pembroke 
the 8th day of March last, for Returns relative to Dockyard 
Pembroke Dockyard Gasworks. rptonger 

Return to an Order, dated the 31st day of March Galway and 
last, for Returns relative to Galway and Shannon Shannon 
Ports. vam 

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


Lord John Manners presented,—Return to an The Clock 
Order, dated the 31st day of March last, for a (New Palace, 
Return relative to the Clock (New Palace, West- Westminster.) 
minster), 

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


Lord Stanley presented,—Return to an Address fast India 
to Her Majesty, dated the 8th day of this instant (Railways 
April, for Returns relative to East India (Railways, ae.) 

&amp;c.) 
Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
Table. 


The following Papers were laid upon the Table Spirits. 
by the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, 
dated the sth day of February last, for Returns 
relative to Spirits. 

Return to an Order, dated the 10th day of Fe- statute Law 
bruary last, for Accounts relative to the Statute Commission. 
Law Commission. 

Return to an Order, dated the 15th day of Febru- Savings 
ary last, for Returns relative to Savings Banks. Banks. 

Return to an Order, dated the 4th day of March Post-office. 
last, for Returns relative to the Post-office. 

Return to an Order, dated the 9th day of March Coals, Cinders 
last, for Accounts relative to Coals, Cinders and 4nd Culm, &amp;c. 
Culm, &amp;c. 

Return to an Order, dated the 17th day of March Excise Duties. 
last, for an Account relative to Excise Duties. 

Return to an Order, dated the 17th day of March Licensed 
last, for an Account relative to Licensed Trades. Trades. 

Return to an Order, dated the 31st day of March Pasteboard 
last, for a Return relative to Pasteboard Makers. Makers. 

Return to several Orders, dated the 10th day of Probate Court. 
March last, and the 13th day of this instant 
April, for Returns relative to the Probate Court. 

Return to an Order, dated the 10th day of March Divorce and 
last, for Returns relative to the Divorce and Matri- Matrimonial 
monial Causes Court. eaten 

The following Papers, pursuant to the directions National Debt. 
of several Acts of Parliament, were also laid upon 
the Table by the Clerk of the House,—An Account 
of the Gross Amount of all Sums received and |p 
by the Commissioners for the Reduction of the 
National Debt, on account of Banks for Savings 

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Administra- 


tion of Justice ; F ' ° ; : 
(Colonies, &amp;c.) tration of Justice (Colonies, &amp;c.), which was pre 


No. 239. 


Treaty of 
Vienna, &amp;c. 


Savings Banks 
(Ireland) Act 
Continuance 
Bill. 


Affidavits by 
Commission, 
&amp;c. Biil. 


Proprietors, 
&amp;c. (Scotland.) 


Offences 


against the 
Person Bill. 


182 


and Friendly Societies in Great Britain and Ire- 
land, from their commencement at 6th August 1817 
to the 20th November 1858, inclusive :—Also, an 
Account of all Expenses incurred by the said Com- 
missioners, for Salaries of Clerks or other Incidental 
Expenses, during the preceding year. 

An Account of the * seme 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 Natienal Debt, and the Gross Amount of 
Annuities for Lives and for Terms of Years which 
have been granted for the same, within the year 
ending 5th January 1859. 

An Account of the Gross Amount of all Monies 
received and paid by the Commissioners for the Re- 
duction of the National Debt, and of the Gross 
Amount of Stock bought and sold by and trans- 
ferred to the said Commissioners on account of the 
Fund for the Military Savings Banks, from the 19th 
September 1845 to the 5th January 1859, both days 
inclusive. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Adminis- 


sented upon the 15th day of this instant April, be 
printed. 


Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer presented,— 
Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 
25th day of March last, for Returns relative to the 
Treaty of Vienna, &amp;c. 

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


Ordered, That the Amendments made by the 
Lords to the Savings Banks (Ireland) Act Con- 
tinuance Bill be now taken into consideration :— 
The House accordingly proceeded to take the said 
Amendments into consideration ; and the same were 
twice read, and agreed to. 

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 Amendments made by the 
Lords to the Affidavits by Commission, &amp;c. Bill be 
now taken into consideration :—The House accord- 
ingly 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 
ugreed to the Amendments made by their Lord- 
ships. 


Resolved, That 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 Proprietors on 
the Valuation Roll of each County or Burgh, or 
Parliamentary Combination of Counties or Burghs, 
in Scotland, having Property of the Value of £. 5 
and under £.10; distinguishing the Female Pro- 

rietors, and Trustees for others :——And, similar 

eturn of Occupants of Property of less than £. 50 
and more than £.10; also distinguishing the Fe- 
male Proprietors, and Trustees for others. 

Ordered, That 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 Offences against the Person Bill ; 
Ordered,That the said Order be discharged. 
Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


18°—19° Aprilis. 





A. 1859. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Forgery 
reading of the Forgery Bill ; : es 
Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 
Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Malicions 
— of the Malicious Injuries Bill ; Injuries Bil, 

Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Coinage 
reading of the Coinage Offences Bill; Offences Bill, 

Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Personation 
reading of the Personation Bill; Bil 
Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 
Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Criminal 
reading of the Criminal Writings Bill ; Writings Bill 

Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Larceny Bil, 
reading of the Larceny Bill ; 

Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Manchester 
to enable Her Majesty to acquire certain Property Post-office. 
at Manchester, for the purpose of erecting a Post- 
office, and for other purposes : And that Sir Stafford 
ae and Lord John Manners do prepare, and 

ring it in, 


Notice wpe Bane 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. 








Martis, 19° die Aprilis ; 
Anno 22° Victorie Regine, 1859. 


PRAYERS. 


oe Stafford Northcote presented a Bill to enable Manchester 
Her Majesty to acquire certain Property at —— 
Manchester, for the purpose of erecting a Post- — 118. 
office, and for other purposes; and the same was ~' 
read the first time. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exa- 

miners of Petitions for Private Bills; and be 

printed, 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That a Mes- Message from 
sage had been brought from the Lords, by one of th Lords. 
their Clerks, as followeth : ; 

The Lords have agreed to the Pauper Mainte- Pauper Main- 
nance Act Continuance Bill, without any Amend- tenance Act 


Continuance 
ment: 


Bill. 
The Lords have agreed to the Local Government Local Govern 


Supplemental Bill, without any Amendment: meek yi 


The Lords have agreed. to the Public Offices Public Offices 
Extension Bill, without any Amendment : Extension Bill 


sate bate 
Probate Act (1858) Amendment Bill, without any {% (1858) 


Amendment : 1 

The Lords have agreed to the Naval Medical cont 
Supplemental Fund Society Annuities, &amp;c, Act Con- Fund Society 
tinuance Bill, without any Amendment : Act Conta 








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The Lords have agreed to the Confirmation and Confirmation 


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Bil. 


Mr. ait eek 


22 Vicroriz. 


Consolidated The Lords have agreed to the Consolidated Fund 
Fund (Bill, (Appropriation) Bill, without any Amendment : 





Exchequer The Lords have agreed to the Exchequer Bills 
m3377 400) (£. 13,277,400) Bill, without any Amendment: 
Bill. 


Remissionof The Lords have agreed to the Remission of 

Penalties Bill Penalties Bill, without any Amendment : 

Travellers The Lords have ed to the Travellers and 

and Marimend Marine Insurance and Accidental Death Insurance 

Accidental Companies Amalgamation (No. 2) Bill, without any 

Death In- Amendment: 

surance Come 

panies Amalgamation (No. 2) Bill. 

Mersey Docks The Lords have agreed to the Mersey Docks and 

_— Harbour Bill, without any Amendment : 

Poole Water # The Lords have agreed to the Poole Water Bill, 

Bill. without any Amendment : 

Commercial The Lords have agreed to the Amendments made 

csadaaaed by this House to the Commercial Docks Acts 

Bill [Lords.] Amendment Bill, without any Amendment : 

Great Northe § The Lords have agreed to the Amendments made 

aw by this House to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships to the Great Northern Railway Bill, 
without any Amendment : 

Belfast and The Lords have agreed to the Amendment made 

— by this House to the Belfast and Londonderry 

oe Bil Junction Railway Bill, without any Amendment : 

[Lords. 

Manslaughter = The Lords do not insist upon their Amendments 

mu. to the Manslaughter Bill, to which this House has 
disagreed. 

Polytechnic Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 

Accident, &amp;€. t Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be added to the Return 
relative to the Polytechnic Accident, &amp;c., addressed 
for on the 11th day of this instant April, a Copy 
of the Official Report of Mr. Christopher Eales, 
Architect, made to the Coroner of Middlesex, on the 
Accident at the Polytechnic Institution. 

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

Poor Rate Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 

Exemption. Return of all Houses and Buildings and Lands 
which are exempted in any Parish from the pay- 
ment of Poor Rate; with the Estimated Rateable 
Value of such Property, and the Amount of the 
Net Rateable Value of the Property of the Parish 
assessed in the Current Rate. 

Ratepayers. Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return of the Number of Persons rated 
to the Poor, at the Sums of £.50, £.40, £. 30, 
£.20, £.10, and upwards, respectively, in each 
County or Division of County, exclusive of the 
Represented Cities and Towns in England and 
Wales ; distinguishing, as far as possible, the 
Number who are Householders (in the same Form 
as Return, No. 508, of Session 1854). 

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

Railway Acts. Ordered, That the Return relative to Railway 

No. 231, Acts, which was presented upon the 24th day of 
February last, be printed. 

Colonies, Mr. Seymour Fitzgerald presented,— Return to 

No.240, an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 30th day of 


July, in the last Session of Parliament, for a Return 
of the Cost of the several Colonies of the British 
Empire at the Expense of the British Exchequer, 
; from the years 1853 to 1857, both inclusive, under 


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183 


the following Heads, and in the Form annexed, as 
far as can be furnished :— 





Jamaica. Leeward Islands — 





each 
1853, | 1854. | 1855. ] 1866, | 1857.| 1853. | 1854. | 1855. 1856.| 1857. | Colony- 








Clerks, &amp;c. 
Pensions - 
Police - 
Jails e 
Hospitals 

lospitals 
Fortifications 

other Military De- 

fences- « - 
Barracks 
Lighthouses - - 
Other Public Works 
Survey Department 
Medical and Surgical 
Schools and Educa- 

tion - - e 
Indian Department 
Ecclesiastical - ° 
Miscellaneous 

Charges and Aids 
Cost of Regular 
Naval C ° 
Steamers,&amp;c.- - 


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Total of &lt;= | | 


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


Mr. Corry presented, ~Return to an Order, dated Chichester 
the 31st day of March last, for a Return relative to —— 
Chichester Harbour Embankment. - . 

Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the N®% 221. 
Table; and be printed. 


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The following Paper was laid upon the Table by Postage 
the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, dated (Liverpool and 
the 21st day of February last, for Returns relative 
to Postage (Liverpool and Canada). No, 241. 
Ordered, That the said Return be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Sums raised Railways. 
and expended on Railways, which was presented No. 242. 
upon the 18th day of this instant April, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Capital Railways. 
and Loan authorized to be raised by each Railway No. 243. 
Company, which was presented upon the 18th 
day of this instant April, be printed. 


Ordered, That an Abstract of the Return relative Pilotage. 
to Pilotage, which was presented upon the 18th day No. 244. 
of this instant April, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Divine Divine Service 
Service (Army), which was — upon the (Army.) 
18th day of this instant April, be printed. No. 245. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Brass Brass Ord- 
Ordnance Factory ( Woolwich), which was presented Dance Factory 


upon the 18th day of this instant April, be printed. ype 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Iron Iron Ordnance 
Ordnance Factory (Woolwich), which was pre- (Wooly ch.) 
sented upon the 18th day of this instant April, be" 1 ; 

“ &gt; 0. 247. 
printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Military and Military and 
Naval Officers, which was presented upon the 18th oe — 
day of this instant April, be printed. . 3. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Enfield Enfield Fac- 
Factory, which was presented upon the 18th day *Y- 
of this instant April, be printed. No, 249. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Small Arms, Small Arms. 
which was presented upon the 18th day of this No, 250. 
instant April, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Population, ae en 
Inhabited Houses, &amp;c., which was presented upon ema 


Houses, &amp; 
the 18th day of this instant April, be printed. Ne. 068. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Criminals Criminals 
(Ireland), which was presented upon the 18th day (!teland.) 





Vou. 114. 


of this instant April, be printed. No. 252, 
AA4 + Ordered, 




















Smithfield 
Site. 
No. 283. 


National 
Education 
(Ireland.) 
No. 254. 
Poor Relief 
(Ireland.) 
No, 255. 


Pembroke 
Dockyard 
Gasworks. 
No. 256. 
Galway and 
Shannon 
Ports. 


No. 257. 


The Clock 
(New Palace, 
Westminster. ) 


No. 258. 
East India 
(Railways, 
&amp;c. ) 

No. 259, 
Spirits. 

No. 260. 


Statute Law 
Commission. 


No. 261. 
Savings 
Banks. 

No. 262. 


Post Office. 
No. 263. 


Coals, Cinders 
and Culm, &amp;c. 


No. 264, 


Excise Duties. 
No. 265. 


Licensed 
Trades. 
No. 266. 


Pasteboard 
Makers. 


No. 267. 


Probate Court. 
No. 268. 


Divorce and 
Matrimonial 
Causes Court. 


No. 269. 
National Debt. 
No. 270. 


Parliamentary 
Papers, 
No. 271. 


Roya] Assent. 


184 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Smithfield 
Site, which was presented upon the 18th day of 
this instant April, be printed. 

Ordered, That the Return relative to National 
Education (ZJreland), which was presented upon the 
18th day of this instant April, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Poor Relief 
(Ireland), which was presented upon the 18th day 
of this instant April, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Pembroke 
Dockyard Gasworks, which was presented upon 
the 18th day of this instant April, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Galway 
and Shannon Ports, which was presented upon the 
18th day of this instant April, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Clock 
(New Palace, Westminster), which was presented 
upon the 18th day of this instant April, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to East India 
(Railways, &amp;c.), which was presented upon the 
18th day of this instant April, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Spirits, 
which was presented upon the 18th day of this 
instant April, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Statute 
Law Commission, which was presented upon the 
18th day of this instant April, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Savings 
Banks, which was presented upon the 18th day of 
this instant April, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Post 
Office, which was presented upon the 18th day of 
this instant April, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Coals, 
Cinders and Culm, &amp;c., which was presented upon 
the 18th day of this instant April, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Excise 
Duties, which was presented upon the 18th day of 
this instant April, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Licensed 
Trades, which was presented upon the 18th day of 
thisinstant April, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Pasteboard 
Makers, which was presented upon the 18th day of 
this instant April, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Probate 
Court, which was presented upon the 18th day of 
this instant April, be printed. 


Ordered, That an Abstract of the Return relative 
to the Divorce and Matrimonial Causes Court, which 
was presented upon the 18th day of this instant 
April, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Accounts relative to the Na- 
tional Debt, which were presented upon the 18th 
day of this instant April, be printed. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—List of the 
Bills, Reports, Estimates, and Accounts and Papers 
printed by Order of the House of Commons, and of 
tiie Papers presented by Command, Session 1, 1859 ; 
with a General Alphabetical Index thereto: —17th 
Parliament, 3d Session, 22° Victoria, 3 February to 
19 April 1859. 

Ordered, That the said Paper be printed. 


A Message was delivered 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 


19° Aprilis. 





A. 1859: 


several Acts agreed upon by. both Houses, and for 
proroguing the present Parliament, desire the im- 
mediate 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 the Lords, thereby autho- 
rized, declared the Royal Assent to the said Acts, 
as follow: 

An Act for raising the Sum of Thirteen million Exchequer 
two hundred and seventy-seven thousand four hun- Bills 
dred pounds by Exchequer Bills, for the Service of (6 18.877 000) 
the year One thousand eight hundred and fifty-nine : 

An Act to apply a Sum, out of the Consolidated Consolidatea 
Fund, to the Service of the year One thousand eight Fund 
hundred and fifty-nine, and to appropriate the Sup- a ae 
plies granted in this Session of Parliament : : 

An Act for the Abolition of Manor Courts, and Manor Courts, 
the better Recovery of Small Debts in Ireland: —_ &amp;« (Ireland) 


An Act to provide for taking Evidence in Suits Evidence by 
and Proceedings pending before Tribunals in Her Commission 
Majesty’s Dominions in Places out of the Jurisdic- 
tion of such Tribunals : 

An Act to amend the Medical Act (1858) : Medical Act 
(1858) Amend- 
ment) Bill. 

An Act to indemnify such Persons in the United Indemnity 
Kingdom as have omitted to qualify themselves for Bill. 
Offices and Employments, and to extend the Time 
limited for those purposes respectively : 

An Act fur amending and confirming a Scheme Nottingham 
of the Charity Commissioners for Sir Thomas Charities Bill, 
White's Charity and the Free Grammar School in 
the Town of Nottingham: 

An Act to render valid certain Marriages in the Saint James, 
Church of Saint James, Baldersby, in the County mr 

iages 
of York: Validity Bill. 

An Act for the Government of the Convict Prisons Convict Pa 
} 1 4 ini . sons TOA 
in Her Majesty’s Dominions Abroad : Bill [Lords] 

An Act to facilitate Grants of Land to be made Recreation 
near Populous Places for the Use of regulated Re- Grounds Bill. 
creation of Adults and as Playgrounds for Children : 

An Act to continue the Act for charging the Main- Pauper 


tenance of certain Paupers upon the Union Funds : Maintenance 
Act Conti- 


nuance Bill 
An Act to confirm certain Provisional Orders Local Govern 


under the Local Government Act (1858) : — 


An Act to enable Coroners in England to admit Manslaughter 
to Bail Persons charged with Manslaughter : Bill. 

An Act to make further Provision for enabling public Offices 
the Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Works to ac- Extension Bill 

uire a Site for additional Offices for the Public 
Service near Whitehall and Her Majesty’s Palace 
at Westminster : 

An Act to amend the “ Confirmation and Probate Come 
Act, 1858 :” ‘Act (1858) 
Amendment 
Bill. 

An Act to continue the Act for the Regulation of Naval Medical 


the Annuities and Premiums of the Naval Medical Supplement 


Supplemental Fund Society : Annuities, &amp;c. 
Act Continu- 
ance Bill. 

} - Remission of 
An Act to amend the Law concerning the Re meg 


mission of Penalties : 


An Act to continue an Act of the eleventh and Savings Banks 
twelfth years of Her present Majesty, for amending er ore 
the Laws relating to eninge Banks in Jreland: — Bin. 
missioners within Ten Miles of London, and in the Commiss 
Isle of Man and the Channel Islands, to administer 
Oaths in Common Law, and to authorize the taking 
in the Country of Bail in Error, and Recognizances 
and Bail on the Revenue side of the Exchequer : 





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Seperannua- An Act to amend the Laws concerning Super- 
tion Bill. annuations and other Allowances to Persons having 
held Civil Offices in the Public Service : 
Combination § An Act to amend and explainan Act of the sixth 
of Workmen year of the reign of King George the Fourth, to 
= repeal the Laws relating to the Cumbination of 
Workinen, and to make other Provisions in lieu 
thereof : 

Municipal An Act to amend the Law relating to Municipal 

Bections Bill. Elections : 

Kirkwall An Act for enlarging, improving and maintaining 

Harbour Bill. the Harbour of the Burgh of Kirkwall, in the County 
of Orkney, and for other purposes : 

Iondonderry § An Act to repeal the existing Acts relating to the 

Bridge Bil. Bridge over the River Foyle at Londonderry ; to 
authorize the Removal of the existing Bridge, and 
the Construction of a New Bridge, with Approaches 
thereto, and other Works, and for other purposes : 

Sunderland An Act to enable the Sunderland and South 

and South Shields Water Company to extend their Works, 

_ Water oad obtain a further Supply of Water, and to raise 
additional Capital, and for other purposes : 

Weymouth An Act to alter, amend and enlarge the Powers 


haere and Provisions of “The Weymouth and Melcombe 
et er Bil, Regis Markets and Pier Act, 1854 :” 


Glasgow An Act to authorize the Commissioners of the 

— Glasgow Corporation Waterworks to raise a fur- 
ther Sum of Money, and to amend “The Glasgow 
Corporation Waterworks Act, 1855 :” 

Findhorn An Act for making a Railway from the Inverness 


Railway Bill. and Aberdeen Junction Railway at or near Kinloss 
to Findhorn : 

Banff, Macduff An Act to grant further Powers to “‘ The Banff, 

and Turriff’ Macduff and Turriff Junction Railway Company,” 


Railway Bill, and to change the Name of the Company: 


Ieemertia ine aa Act to enable the Formartine and Buchan 
and Buchan §=Railway Company to divert their Railway near 
Beboey Dal. Ellon, a to a the Branch to Ellon 7 
Great Western An Act for authorizing a Lease of the Great 
Qailvay Bil. Western and Brentford Railway, and the Docks and 
Works connected therewith, to the Great Western 
Railway Company, and for other purposes : 
Whitehaven = An Act for transferring the Government of the 
ayy New Limits of the Harbour of Whitehaven, in the 
County of Cumberland, to the Harbour Trustees ; 
for making better Provision for the Election of 
Trustees, and for the Alteration of certain Rates and 
Duties » age in respect of the said Harbour, and 
in the Town of Whitehaven : 
—. An Act for making Docks and other Works in 
Harbour Bil, ‘‘almouth Harbour, in the County of Cornwall, and 
for other purposes : 
(cyt ater 1p AD Act for regulating the Capital and Borrowing 
“ Powers of the City of Norwich Waterworks Com- 
any, and for making better Provision against the 
aste of Water supplied by them, and for other 
purposes : 
Pubs Parks n Act to enable the Magistrates and Council of 
and Gallerie, the City of Glasgow to lay out, maintain and im- 
ort Bill, prove the Kelvingrove and Queen’s Parks, and the 
Galleries of Art and Corporation Halls, in the said 
City, and for other purposes : 
Kingstown 
Water Bill 


An Act for better supplying with Water the 
Inhabitants of the Towns of Rae, Monkstown, 
Dalkey, Bullock, Glasthule, and the Neighbourhood 
thereof, in the County of Dublin: 

An Act to authorize the Abandonment of the 
Foss Navigation, from a Point about Two hundred 
yards above the York Union Workhouse, near the 
City of York ; to alter, repeal and amend the Acts re- 
Ti tte lating to the said Navigation, and for other purposes: 
and Harbour’ y, A" Act to authorize the Mersey Docks and 
Bil Harbour Board to raise a further Sum of Money 
for Works at Liverpool : 

An Act for better supplying with Water the Town 
of Poole, and Places adjacent thereto, and for 
other purposes : 

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185 


An Act to dissolve the Accidental Death Insu- Travellers 
rance Company, and to transfer the Business of = Marine 
that Company to “The Travellers’ and Marine 4 -cidental 
Insurance Company, to be hereafter called “The Death In- 
Accidental Death Insurance Company,” and for surance Com- 


. panies Amal- 
other purposes : gamation 


(No. 2) Bill, 

An Act for making a Railway from the Cork and Cork and 
Bandon Railway to the Town of Kinsale, in the Kinsale Junc- 
County of Cork, with a Branch Railway or Tram- pi [Doras 
way to Kinsale Harbour, and for other purposes : 

An Act for building and maintaining a Pier in the Fishguard 
Harbour of Fishguard, in the County of Pembroke, Harbour 
and making and constructing a Road and Quay in }™ (Lords) 
extension of the present Quay in the Town of Fish- on 
guard, and deepening and otherwise improving the 
said Harbour : 

An Act for changing the Name of “ The People’s People’s 
Provident Assurance Society,” to the Name “The Provident 
European Assurance Society,” and for authorizing Society Bill 
the taking of the Guarantee of the Society instead [LZords.] 
of other Security required from Persons in Public 
Offices and Employments, and for other purposes : 

An Act to enable the Scarburough Gas Com- scarborough 
pany to raise a further Sum of Money, and for Gas Bill 
other purposes : [Lords.} 

An Act for making further Provisions with re- Standard Life 


, i 7 : Assurance 
spect to the Standard Life Assurance Company : Company Bill 
- _  LLerds.] 

An Act for reviving the Powers and extending Tralee and 


the Time for the Completion of the Railway and Killarney _ 
Works authorized by “The Tralee and Killarney Torde} = 
Railway Act, 1853 :” 
An Act to extend the Time for the Completion Victoria 
of certain Works of the Victoria (Londen) Dock —. 
Company, and for other purposes : [ Lords.) 
An Act to grant further Powers to the Commer- Commercial 
cial Dock Company : Docks Acts 
Amendment 
Bill [ Lords. ] 
An Act to enable the Ballymena, Ballymoney, Belfast ana 
Coleraine and Portrush Junction Railway Company ae 
to make a Junction Railway at Coleraine : ter _ 
An Act for making further Provision for the King’s Lynn 
better Supply of Water to the Borough of King’s bor 
Lynn and adjacent Districts, for regulating the Borough 
Markets and Fairs of the Borough, for the Im- Improvement 
provement and Regulation of the Borough, and for Bill. 
other purposes : 
An Act for constructing Market-houses and other Tavistock 
Buildings, and making Market-places, and for Markets, 


better regulating and maintaining the Markets and foe ee 


rovements 
Fairs in or near the Town of Tavistock, and for Bill. 
opening a new Street, and otherwise improving the 
said Town, and for other purposes : 

An Act to grant further Powers to the Leominster Leominster 
and Kington Railway Company : Railway” Bil 

An Act to facilitate the Communication between Great 
the Great Northern Railway and the North London Northern _ 
Railway, to improve the Station of the Great Sailway Bil. 
Northern Railway at King’s Cross, and to enable 
the Great Northern Railway Company to make 
Arrangements with regard to certain parts of 
their Capital, and that of the East Lincolnshire 
Railway Company : 

An Act to enable the East Suffolk Railway Com- East Suffolk 
pany to extend their Railway to Aldborough, in Bailway Bill. 
the County of Suffolk, and for other purposes : 

An Act to enable Thomas Augustus Purdy, Clerk, Purdy’s — 
to exercise his Office of Priest, and to hold any Remerel an 
Benefice or Preferment in the United Church of prords,} 
England and Ireland. 


And afterwards, a Speech of the Lords Commis- Lords Com- 
sioners was delivered to both Houses by the Lord missioners’ 
High Chancellor, as followeth : _— 


My Lords, and Gentlemen, 
We are commanded by Her Majesty to inform 





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you, that it is Her —— intention forthwith to 
dissolve the present Parliament, with a view to 
enable Her Posgie to express, in the mode pre- 
scribed by the Constitution, their opinion upon the 
state of Public Affai's. 


Gentlemen of the House of Commons, 


We are commanded by Her Majesty to thank 
you for the wise liberality with which you have 
granted the necessary Supplies for the Military 
and Naval Defences of the Country, and for the 
provision which you have made for the exigencies 
of the other branches of the Public Service, during 
the interval which must elapse before the Estimates 
for the year can be considered by the new Parlia- 
ment, which Her Majesty will direct immediately to 
be called. 


My Lords, and Gentlemen, 


Her Majesty commands us to inform you, that 
the appeal which She is about to make to Her 
People has been rendered necessary by the diffi- 
culties experienced in carrying on the Public Busi- 
ness of the Country, as indicated by the fact that 





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A. 1859. 


within little more than a year two successive Admi- 
nistrations have failed to retain the confidence of 
the House of Commons; and Her Majesty prays 
that, under the blessing of Divine Providence, the 
steps which She is about to take may have the 
effect of facilitating the discharge of Her high 
functions, and of enabling Her to conduct the Go- 
vernment of the Country under the advice of a 
Ministry possessed of the confidence of Her Par- 
liament and Her People. 


Then a Commission for proroguing the Parlia- 
ment was read. 


After which the Lord Chancellor said ; 
My Lords, and Gentlemen, 


B 
the 
now read, we do, in Her Majesty’s Name, and in 
obedience to Her Commands, prorogue this Parlia- 
ment to Thursday the Fifth day of May next, to be 
then here holden; and this Parliament is accord- 
ingly prorogued to Thursday the Fifth day of May 
next. 








virtue of Her Majesty’s Commission, under Parliament 
reat Seal, to us and other Lords directed, and Prorogued. 




















JOURNALS 


OF THE 


HOUSE of COMMONS. 





1859—Ssss. II. 
From May the 31st to December the 15th, 1859. 














VOL. 114—continued. 


VoL. 114—continued. 


By The QUEEN. 
A PROCLAMATION, 


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


VICTORIA R. 


HEREAS We have thought fit, by and with 

the advice of Our Privy Sounal, to dissolve 
this present Parliament, which stands prorogued to 
Thursday the Fifth day of May next: We do, for 
that end, publish this Our Royal Proclamation ; and 
do hereby dissolve the said Parliament accordingly ; 
and the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and the 
Knights, Citizens and Burgesses, and the Com- 
missioners for Shires and Burghs, of the House of 
Commons, are discharged from their meeting and 
attendance on the said Thursday the Fifth day of 
May next: And We, being desirous and resolved, 
as soon as may be, to meet Our People, and to have 
their advice in Parliament, do hereby make known to 
all Our loving Subjects Our Royal will and pleasure 
to call a new Parliament: And do hereby further 
declare, That, with the advice of Our Privy Council, 





We have given Order that Our Chancellor of that 
part of Our United Kingdom called Great Britain, 
and Our Chancellor of Ireland, do respectively, 
upon Notice thereof, forthwith issue out Writs, in due 
form and according to Law, for calling a new Par- 
liament: And We do hereby aiso, by this Our Royal 
Proclamation under Our Great Seal of Our United 
Kingdom, require Writs forthwith to be issued ac- 
cordingly by Our said Chancellors respectively, for 
causing the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and 
Commons, who are to serve in the said Parliament, 
to be duly returned to, and give their attendance in, 
Our said Parliament; which Writs are to be re- 
turnable on Tuesday the Thirty-first day of May 
next. 


Given at Our Court at Windsor, this Twenty- 


third day of April, in the year of our Lord One 
thousand eight hundred and Fifty-nine, and in 
the twenty-second year of Our reign. 


GOD save The QuEEN. 











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OF THE 


HOUSE of COMMONS. 








Sess. I1.—1859. 








Parliamentum, inceptum et tentum apud civitatem Westmonas- 


teriensem, die Martis, 31° die Maii, anno 22° regni Domine 


nostre Vicrortz, Dei gratia Britanniarum Regine, Fidei 


Defensoris ; annoque Domini 1859. 


O N which day, being the first day of the meeting 
of this Parliament, pursuant to a Proclama- 
tion (hereunto annexed), Sir Denis Le Marchant, 
Clerk of the House of Commons, and Thomas 
Erskine May and Henry Ley, Esquires, Clerks 
Assistant, attending in the House, and the other 
Clerks attending, according to their duty, Charles 
Romilly, Esquire, Clerk of the Crown in Chan- 
cery in Great Britain, delivered to the said Sir 
Denis Le Marchant a Book, containing a List of 
the Names of the Members returned to serve in this 
Parliament. 
Several of the Members repaired to their Seats. 


A Message was delivered by Mr. Pulman, Yeo- 
man Usher of the Black Rod: 


Gentlemen, 


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 went up to the House of 
Peers ; where the Lord Chancellor and other Lords 
named in the Commission, sitting on a Form, 
between the Throne and the Woolsacks; 


The Lord Chancellor said, 
My Lords, and Gentlemen of the House of 


Commons, 


H ER Majesty not thinking fit to be here present 

this day in Her Royal Person, has been 
leased, in order to the opening and holding of this 
arliament, to cause Letters Patent to be passed 

under Her Great Seal, constituting us, and several 

other Lords therein named, Her Commissioners, to 

do all things in Her Majesty’s Name, on Her part 

meee to be performed in this Parliament ; this 
OL. 114. 





will more fully appear by the Letters Patent them- 
selves, which must now be read. 


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


VICTORIA R. 


ICTORIA, by the Grace of God of the 
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland 
Queen, Defender of the Faith: To all to whom 
these presents shall come, greeting. Whereas, by 
the advice of Our Council, for certain arduous and 
urgent affairs concerning Us, the state and defence 
of Our said United Kingdom of Great Britain and 
Ireland, and the Church, We have ordered a certain 
Parliament to be holden at Our City of Westminster, 
on Tuesday the Thirty-first day of May instant: And 
forasmuch as, for certain causes, We cannot con- 
veniently be present in Our Royal Person in Our 
said Parliament on the said Thirty-first day of May 
instant, Know ye, That We, trusting in the discre- 
tion, fidelity and care of Our most dear Cousin 
and faithful Councillor George William Frederick 
Charles Duke of Cambridge; The Most Reverend 
Father in God and Our faithful Councillor John 
Bird Archbishop of Canterbury, Primate of all 
England and Metropolitan; Our well-beloved and 
faithful Councillor Frederic Lord Chelmsford, Chan- 
cellor of that part of Our said United Kingdom called 
Great Britain; The Most Reverend Father in God 
and Our faithful Councillor Thomas Archbishop of 
York, Primate of England and Metropolitan; Our 
most dear Cousins and Councillors James Brown-. 
low William Marquis of Salisbury, President of 
Our Council; Charles Philip Earl of Hardwicke, 
Keeper of Our Privy Seal; Edward Adolphus 
Duke of Somerset, Charles Duke of Richmond, 
Henry Charles Duke of Beaufort, Master of Our 
Horse; Francis Duke of Bedford, Walter Francis 
cc2 Duke 



















































































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Duke of Buccleuch and Queensberry, George Douglas 
Duke of Argyll, James Duke of Montrose, Henry 
Pelham Duke of Newcastle, Algernon Duke of 
Northumberland, Augustus Frederick Duke of Lein- 
ster, Arthur Richard Duke of Wellington, Richard 
Plantagenet Duke of Buckingham and Chandos, 
Brownlow Marquis of Exeter, Steward of Our 
Household; Henry Marquis of Lansdowne, James 
Marquis of Abercorn, George Hamilton Marquis of 
Donegal, Henry Marquis of Anglesey, George Ho- 
ratio Marquis of Cholmondeley, Frederick William 
Robert Marquis of Londonderry, Francis Nathaniel 
Marquis Conyngham, Ulick John Marquis of Clan- 
ricarde, Frederick William Marquis of Bristol, 
John Marquis of Breadalbane, Richard Marquis of 
Westminster, Constantine Henry Marquis of Nor- 
manby, George John Earl De Lawarr, Chamberlain 
of Our Household ; Henry John Earl of Shrewsbury, 
Edward Geoffrey Earl of Derby, William Basil 
Percy Earl of Denbigh, John Ear\ of Westmorland, 
George Larl of Chesterfield, John William Earl of 
Sandwich, George William Frederick Earl of Carlisle, 
Gorge Earl of Jersey, Archibald William Earl of 
Eglinton, James Earl of Elgin and Kincardine, 
George Earl of Aberdeen, Archibald John Earl of 
Rosebery, Charles Augustus Earl of Tankerville, 
George William Frederick Earl of Clarendon, Hugh 
Earl Fortescue, George Earl of Beverley, John 
George Brabazon Earl of Bessborough, Robert Earl 
of Roden, James Howard Earl of Malmesbury, one 
of Our Principal Secretaries of State; Richard 
John Earl of Donoughmore, James Alexander Earl 
of Rosslyn, Thomas Earl of Wilton, Henry Earl 
Grey, Nilliam Earl of Lonsdale, Dudley Earl of 
Harrowby, Gilbert Earl of Minto, Edward Gran- 
ville Earl of Saint Germans, Thomas Philip Earl De 
Grey, Richard William Penn Earl Howe, Granville 
George Earl Granville, Edward Earl of £llen- 
borough, Henry Richard Charles Earl Cowley, 
Lucius Viscount Falkland, John Robert Viscount 
Sydney, Stapleton Viscount Combermere, Stratford 
Viscount Stratford de Redcliffe, Charles Viscount 
Eversley ; The Right Reverend Father in God and 
Our faithful Councillor Archibald Campbell Lord 
Bishop of London; Our well-beloved and faithful 
Councillors William Lennox Lascelles Lord De Ros, 
Peter Robert Lord Willoughby de Freshy, George 
Lord Kinnaird, Thomas Henry Lord Foley, Charles 
Lord Colchester, John George Weld Lord Forester, 
John Singleton Lord Lyndhurst; William Lord 
Heytesbury, Henry Lord Brougham and Vauz, Fox 
Lord Panmure, William Bingham Lord Ashburton, 
Charles Lord Glenelg, Edward John Lord Hather- 
ton, George Stevens Lord Strafford, Edward John 
Lord Stanley (of Alderley), Thomas Lord Monteagle 
(of Brandon), John Lord Campbell, Robert Monsey 
Lord Cranworth, John Cam Lord Broughton, 
Edward Burtenshaw Lord Saint Leonards, James 
Lord Wensleydale, Edward Lord Belper, Robert 
Lord Ebury, Thomas Babington Lord Macaulay, 
and Thomas Lord Kingsdown, by the advice of Our 
said Council, do give and grant, by the tenor of 
these presents, unto the said Duke of Cambridge, 
Archbishop of Canterbury, Lord Chelmsford, Arch- 
bishop of York, Marquis of Salisbury, Earl of 
Hardwicke, Duke of Somerset, Duke of Richmond, 


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A..1859. Sess. 1K. 


Earl of Eglinton, Earl of Elgin and Kincardine, 
Earl of Aberdeen, Earl of Rosebery. Earl of 
Tanhkerville, Earl of Clarendon, Earl Fortescue, 
Earl of Beverley, Earl of Bessborough, Earl of 
Roden, Earl of Malmesbury, Earl of Donoughmore, 
Earl of Rosslyn, Earl of Wilton, Earl Grey, Earl 
of Lonsdale, Earl of Harrowby, Earl of Minto, 
Earl of Saint Germans, Earl De Grey, Earl Howe, 
Earl Granville, Earl of Ellenborough, Earl Cowley, 
Viscount Falkland, Viscount Sydney, Viscount 
Combermere, Viscount Stratford de Redcliffe, 
Viscount Eversley, Lord Bishop of London, Lord 
De Ros, Lord Willoughby de Ereshy, Lord 
Kinnaird, Lord Foley, Lord Colchester, Lord 
Forester, Lord Lyndhurst, Lord Heytesbury, 
Lord Brougham and Vaux, Lord Panmure, Lord 
Ashburton, Lord Glenelg, Lord Hatherton, Lord 
Strafford, Lord Stanley (of Alderley), Lord Mont- 
eagle (of Brandon), Lord Campbell, Lord Cran- 
worth, Lord Broughton, Lord Saint Leonards, 
Lord Wensleydale, Lord Belper, Lord Ebury, 
Lord Macauluy and Lord Kingsdown, or any 
Three of them, full Power, in Our name, to begin 
and hold Our said Parliament, and to open and 
declare, and cause to be opened and declared, 
the causes of holding the same, and to proceed 
upon the said affairs in Our said Parliament, and 
in all matters arising therein, and to do everything 
which for Us, and by Us, for the good govern- 
ment of Our said United Kingdom of Great 
Britain and Ireland, and other Our Dominions 
thereto belonging, shall be there to be done; and 
also, if necessary, to continue, adjourn and pro- 
rogue Our said Parliament; commanding also, by 
the tenor of these presents, with the assent of Our 
said Council, as well all and every the Arch- 
bishops, Bishops, Earls, Viscounts, Barons and 
Knights, as all others whom it concerns to meet 
in Our said Parliament, that to the same Duke of 
Cambridge, Archbishop of Canterbury, Lord 
Chelmsford, Archbishop of York, Marquis of 
Salisbury, Earl of Hardwicke, Duke of Somerset, 
Duke of Richmond, Duke of Beaufort, Duke of 
Bedford, Duke of Buccleuch and Queensberry, Duke 
of Argyll, Duke of Montrose, Duke of Newcastle, 
Duke of Northumberland, Duke of Leinster, Duke 
of Wellington, Duke of Buckingham and Chandos, 
Marquis of Exeter, Marquis of Lansdowne, Marquis 
of Abercorn, Marquis of Donegal, Marquis of 
Anglesey, Marquis of Cholmondeley, Marquis of 
Londonderry, Marquis Conyngham, Marquis of 
Clanricarde, Marquis of Bristol, Marquis of 
Breadalbane, Marquis of Westminster, Marquis of 
Normanby, Earl De Lawarr, Earl of Shrewsbury, 
Ear] of Derby, Earl of Denbigh, Earl of Westmor- 
land, Earl of Chesterfield, Earl of Sandwich, Earl 
of Carlisle, Earl of Jersey, Earl of Eglinton, Earl 
of Elgin and Kincardine, Earl of Aberdeen, Earl 
of Rosebery, Earl of Tankerville, Earl of Claren- 
don, Earl Fortescue, Earl of Beverley, Earl of 
Bessborough, Earl of Roden, Earl of Malmesbury, 
Earl of Donoughmore, Earl of Rosslyn, Earl of 
Wilton, Earl Grey, Earl of Lonsdale, Earl of 
Harrowby, Earl of Minto, Earl of Saint Germans, 
Earl De Grey, Earl Hewe, Earl Granville, Earl of 
Ellenborough, Earl Cowley, Viscount Falkland, 


Duke of Beaufort, Duke of Bedford, Duke of| Viscount Sydney, Viscount Combermere, Viscount 
Buccleuch and Queensberry, Duke of Argyll, Duke | Stratford de Redcliffe, Viscount Eversley, Lord 


of Montrose, Duke of Newcastle, Duke of Northum- 
verland, Duke of Leinster, Duke of /Vellington, 
Duke of Buckingham and Chandos, Marquis of 
Exeter, Marquis of Lansdowne, Marquis of Abercorn, 
Marquis of Ronen Marquis of Anglesey, Marquis 
of Cholmondeley, Marquis of Londonderry, Marquis 
Conyngham, Marquis of Clanricarde, Marquis of 
Bristol, Marquis of Breadalbane, Marquis of West- 
minster, Marquis of Normanby, Earl De Lawarr, 
Earl of Shrewsbury, Earl of Derby, Earl of Den- 
high, Earl of Westmorland, Earl of Chesterfield, 
Earl of Sandwich, Earl of Carlisle, Earl of Jersey, 











Bishop of Zondon, Lord De Ros, Lord Willoughb 

de Eresby, Lord Kinnaird, Lord Foley, Lord Col- 
chester, Loid Forester, Lord Lyndhurst, Lord 
Heytesbury, Lord Brougham and Vaux, Lord 
Panmure, Lord Ashburton, Lord Glenelg, Lord 
Hatherton, Lord Strafford, Lord Stauley (of 
Alderley), Lord Monteagle (of Brandon), Lord 
Campbell, Lord Cranworth, Lord Broughton, Lord 
Saint Leonards, Lord Wensleydale, Lord Belper, 
Lord Ebury, Lord Macaulay, and Lord Kings- 
down, and any Three of them, they dilizently in- 
tend in the premises in the form aforesaid. In 
Witness 


2s 


House directed 
to choose &amp; 
Speaker. 


Mr, Evelyn 
Denison clf&gt;sen 
Speaker. 


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92 VicToRizZ. 


Witness whereof, We have caused these Our 
Letters to be made Patent. Witness Ourself, at 
Westminster, the Thirtieth day of May, in the 
twenty-second year of Our reign. 


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


And then the Lord Chancellor said, 


My Lords, and Gentlemen, 


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


And the House being returned ; 


Colonel John Wilson Putten, addressing himself 
to the Clerk (who, standing up, pointed to him, and 
then sat down), proposed to the House for their 
Speaker, the Right honourable John Evelyn De- 
nison, and moved, “ That the Right honourable 
John Evelyn Denison do take the Chair of this 
House as Speaker ;” which Motion was seconded 
by the Right honourable Sir Francis Thornhill 
Baring, Baronet. 

The House then calling Mr. Evelyn Denison to 
the Chair, he stood up in his place, and expressed 
the sense he had of the honour proposed to be con- 
ferred upon him, and submitted himself to the 
House. 

The House then again unanimously calling Mr. 
Evelyn Denison to the Chair, he was taken out of 
his place by the said Colonel John Wilson Patten 
and Sir Francis Thornhill Baring, and conducted 
to the Chair; where, standing on the upper step, 
he returned his humble acknowledgments to the 
House for the great honour they had been pleased 
to confer upon him by unanimously choosing him 
to be again their Speaker. 

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

Then Mr.Chancellor of the Exchequer, having 
congratulated Mr. Speaker elect, moved, “ That 
the House do now adjourn ;” and Viscount Pal- 
merston having also congratulated Mr. Speaker 
elect ; 


The House accordingly adjourned till To-morrow. 





Mercurii, 1° die Junii ; 
Anno 22° Victoria Regine, 1859. 


HE House being met; and Mr. Speaker 
elect having taken the Chair ; 


A Message was delivered by Mr. Pulman, Yeo- 
man Usher of the Black Rod : 


Mr. Speaker, 


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


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

OL. 114, 





31° Maizi.—1°—2°—3°—6° Juni. 














191 
Then the Lord Chancellor, one of the said Lords 


Commissioners, signified Her Majesty’s approba- - 
tion of Mr. Speaker elect. i 


The House being returned ; 


Mr. Speaker reported, That ‘the House had been 
in the House -of Peers; where Her Majesty was 
pleased, by Her Commissioners, to approve of the 
choice the’ House had made of him to be their 
Speaker; and that he had in their name and on 
their behalf, by humble Petition to Her Majesty, 
laid claim to their ancient and undoubted Rights and 
Privileges, particularly to freedom from arrest and 
molestation of their Persons and Servants; to free- 
dom of Speech in Debate; to free access to Her 
Majesty when occasion shall require; and that the 
most favourable construction should be put upon all 
their proceedings; which, he said, Her Majesty, 
by Her said Commissioners, had confirmed to them 
in as full and ample a manner as they have been 
heretofore granted or allowed by Her Majesty or 
any of Her Royal predecessors. 

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

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

And thereupon Mr. Speaker first alone, standing Mr. Speaker 
upon the upper step of the Chair, took and sub- t#kes the Oath. 
scribed the Oath. 

Then several Members took and subscribed the Members 
Oath ; and several Members professing the Roman *#Ke Oaths. 
Catholic Religion took and subscribed the Roman 
Catholic Oath ; and one Member, having been one 
of the People called Quakers, and entertaining con~ 
scientious objections to the taking of an Oath, made 
and subscribed the Affirmation required by Law. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 





Jovis, 2° die Junii ; 
Anno 22° Victoria Regine, 1859. 


PRAYERS. 


EV ERAL other Members took and subscribed Members 
the Oath ; and several Members professing the “**¢ Oaths. 
Roman Catholic Religion took and subscribed the 
Roman Catholic Oath. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 





Veneris, 3° die Junii ; 
Anno 22° Victorize Regine, 1859. 


PRAYERS. 


EVERAL other Members took and subscribed Members 
the Oath; and several Members professing the ‘e Oaths. 
Roman Catholic Religion took and subscribed the 
Roman Catholic Oath; and several Members, being 
of the People called Quakers, made and subscribed 
the Affirmation required by Law. 


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


And then the House accordingly adjourned till 
Monday next. 








Luna, 6° die Junii; 


Anno 22° Victoria Regine, 1859. 


PRAYERS, 
EVERAL other Members took and subscribed Members 
the Oath ; and several Members professing the ke Oaths. 
Roman Catholic Religion took and subscribed the 
Roman Catholic Oath. 
Baron 


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Members 
take Oaths. 


Message to 
attend Her 
Majesty. 


Members take 
the Oath. 


Operations 
in India. 





192 es 

Baron Lionel Nathan de Rothschild, Member for | 
the City of London, came to the Table to be sworn; 
and stated, that, being a person professing the 
Jewish Religion, he had a conscientious objection 
to take the Oath in the form required by the Act | 
22 Vic. c. 48:—The Clerk having reported the cir- 
cumstance to Mr. Speaker, Baron Lionel Nathan de 
Rothschild was directed to withdraw; and he with- 
drew accordingly. 

Resolved, That it appears to this House that Baron | 
Lionel Nathan de Rothschild, a person professing 
the Jewish Religion, being otherwise entitled to sit 
and vote in this House, is prevented from so sitting | 
and voting by his conscientious objection to take | 
the Oath which by an Act passed in the twenty- 
second year of Her Majesty has been substituted 
for the Oaths of Allegiance, Supremacy and Abju- 
ration in the form therein required. 

Resolved, That any person professing the Jewish 
Religion may henceforth, in taking the Oath pre- 
scribed in an Act passed in the twenty-second year 
of Her Majesty to entitle him to sit and vote in this 
House, omit the words “ and I make this Declara- 
tion upon the true faith of a Christian.” 

Whereupon Baron Lionel Nathan de Rothschild, 
Alderman David Salomons and Baron Mayer Am- 
schel de Rothschild, being Members professing the 
Jewish Religion, having come to the Table, were 
sworn upon the Old Testament; and took the Oath, 
omitting the words “ and I make this Declaration 
upon the true faith of a Curistian,” and subscribed 
the same. 

Several other Members took and subscribed the 
Oath ; and several Members professing the Roman 
Catholic Religion took and subscribed the Roman 
Catholic Oath; and one Member, being one of the 
People called Quakers, made and subscribed the 
Affirmation required by Law, 





And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 








Vartis, 7° die Junii ; 
Anno 22° Victoriw Regine, 1859. 
PRAYERS. 
EV ERAL other Members took and subscribed 
the Oath; aud several Members professing the 
Roman Catholic Religion took and subscribed the 
Roman Catholic Oath. 


A Message from Her Majesty, by Mr. Pulman, 
Yeoman Usher of the Black Rod: 


Mr. Speaker, 

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

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


Several other Members took and subscribed the 
Oath. 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That he had 
received from the Right honourable Sir John Law- 
rence, Baronet, G.c.B., a Letter in return to the 
Thanks of this House, communicated to him in 
obedience to their Commands of the 14th day of 
April last. 


And the said Letter was read, as followeth :— 


To the Right Honourable 
The Speaker of the House of Commons. 


Sir, London, 31st May 1859. 

T have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of 
an authenticated Copy of the Thanks of the House 
of Commons on the 14th of April last, to several 
Noblemen and Gentlemen for their Services in India 


H°—T7? Junie. 


time the matter is in debate ; and that all Members 





A. 1859. Sess. If. 


during the year 1858, and to myself among the 
number of the latter. I beg to express my deep 
sense of the great honour which has thus been done 
to me. 



















Ln- 3-4 


I have the honour to be, 
Your most obedient Servant, 
John Lawrence, 
late Lieutenant Governor of the Punjab, 


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

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


returned upon double Returns do withdraw till their 
Returns are determined. 

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

Resolved, That no Peer of the Realm, except such 
Peers of Jreland as shall for the time being be ac- 


we 


tually elected, and shall not have declined to serve, 


for any County, City or Borough of Great Britain, 
hath any right to give his Vote in the Election of 
any Member to serve in Parliament. 

Resolved, That it is a high infringement of the 
liberties aud privileges of tie Commons of the 
United Kingdom, for any Lord of Parliament, or 
other Peer or Prelate, not being a Peer of Jreland 
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 Jre/and, at such Elections in Great 
Britain respectively, where such Peer shall appear 
as a Candidate, or by himself, or any others, be pro- 
posed to be elected ; or for any Lord Lieutenant or 
Governor of any County to avail himself of any au- 
thority derived from his Commission, to influence 
the Election of any Member to serve for the Com- 
mons in Parliament. 
| Resolved, That if it shall appear that any person 
‘hath been elected or returned a Member of this 
House, or endeavoured so to be, by Bribery, or 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 appear that any person Witnesses. 
hath been tampering with any Witness in respect 
,of his Evidence to be given to this House, or an 


= oe pew 


| Committee thereof, or directly or indirectly ha 


‘endeavoured to deter or hinder any person from 
\appearing or giving Evidence, the same is declared 
to bea high crime and misdemeanor ; and this House 
will proceed with the utmost severity against such 
offender. 

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











§e 





Votes and 
Proceedings. 


Privileges. 
Petitions. 


Business of 
the House. 


Outlawries 
Bill. 


Dublin 
Hospitals. 


aw i 
rT haeaae 


Direct Tax- 
ation, 


29 Vicroxrte. 


House, or any Committee thereof, this House will 
og with the utmost severity against such of- 
nder. 

Ordered, That the Commissioners of the Police of 
the Metropolis do take care that, during the Session 
of Parliament, the passages through the Streets 
leading to this House be kept free and open, and that 
no obstruction be permitted to hinder the passage of 
Members to and from this House, and that no dis- 
order be allowed in Westminster Hall, or in the pas- 
sages leading to this House, during the sitting of 
Parliament, and that there be no annoyance therein 
or thereabouts; and that the Serjeant-at-Arms at- 
tending this Llouse do communicate this Order to 
the Commissioners aforesaid. 


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


Ordered, ‘that a Committee of Privileges be ap- 
pointed. 


Ordered, That all Petitions complaining of undue 
Elections and Returns be printed. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the ‘Table,—Rules, Orders 
and Forms of Proceeding of the House of Commons, 
relating to Public Business, 1859. 


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


Lord Stanley presented,—Return to an Order, 
dated the 30th day of July 1858, for Returns of the 
Number of General Courts Martial held on Officers, 
Non-Commissioned Officers and Privates respec- 
tively (distinguishing between them), in the Service 
of the East India Company during the last Five 
years ; briefly indicating tie Nature of the Charge; 
together with the Finding and Sentence: And, 
of the Number of District Courts Martia! during the 
same period. 


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





Mr. Gathorne Hardy preseited, by Her Majesty's 
Command,—Copy of Second Annual Report of the 
Board of Superintendence of Dublin Hospitals; 
with Appendices. 

Mr. Gathorne Hardy also presented,—Return to 
an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 11th day of 
March, in the last Session of Parliament, for a Re- 
turn from each Burgh in Scotland, showing, from 
the Valuation Roll under the Lands Valuation Act, 
the Number of Dwelling-houses of £.10 real rent 
and upwards occupied by male householders ; also, 


_ the Number occupied by male householders at £. 8 


and under £.10; the Number at £.6 and under £.8; 
the Number at £.5 and under £.6; the Number at 
£.4 and under £.5: the Number at £.3 and under 
£.4; the Number at £.2 and under £.3; and the 
Number under £. 2. 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 
11th day of April, in the last Session of Parliament, 
for a Return of the Amount of Direct Taxation 
(Property, Income, and Assessed), paid by each 
City'and Borough within the United Kingdom, dis- 
tinguishing between England and Wales and Scot- 
land and Ireland; the several Cities and Boroughs 
arranged in the order of the Amount of such Taxa- 
tion paid by each ; and grouped in classes of £. 1,000 
as under £.1,000; of from £.1,000 to £. 2,000; 
from £. 2,000 to £. 3,000, &amp;c. :——And, like Return 
for each County or Parliamentary Division of a 
County separately from the Boroughs within the 
same :—TIn both cases distinguishing by one asterisk 

Vor. 114. 


7° June. 


193 


those Boroughs which return one Member, and by 
one or three asterisks those Counties which return 
one or three Members. 


Session of Parliament, for Copies of the Present- 
ment and Official Report of Mr. Marsh Nelson, 
architect, made tu the Coroner of Middlesex of the 
Inquest on the late accident at the Polytechnic :—— 
And, of Mr. Nelson’s Report (Drury-lane Theatre) 
wit!) reference to the Regulations at present in force 
for the security of the Public in buildings appro- 
priated for public amusements: And, that 
there be added to the Return relative to the Poly- 
technic Accideni, &amp;c., addressed for on the 11th day 
of April last, a Copy of the Official Report of Mr. 
Christopher Eales, architect, made to the Coroner of 
Middlesex on the accident at the Polytechnic Insti- 
tution. 





for a Return of the Rateable Value of the Pro- 
perty assessed to the Poor Rate in the Parishes in 
which, according to the Returns No. 2 and No. 39, 
of Session 1859, no Church Rates were made 
(wherever in those Returns the Place named is a 
District or other Ecclesiastical Division, forming 
part of a Parish, the Rateable Value of Property in 
the entire of such Parish to be given; the partial 
character of the above Returns in this respect to be 
indicated in each case). 


of an Ordinance by the Scottish Universities Commis- 
sioners with reference to the University of Glasgow. 

Copy of an Ordinance by the Scottish Universities 
Commissioners with reference to the University of 
Saint Andrew. 





| of tie Metropolitan Cattle Market. 


ireceived by the Registrar of County Treasurers 
| Accounts and Receiver of Fee Fund in /re/and, for 
| the year ended 25th March 1859. 

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

| 


The following Papers were laid upon the Table by Sugar, &amp;e. 


-the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, dated 
| the 8th day of February, in the last Sessiov of Par- 
liament, fora Tabular Return showing the Quantities 
‘of Sugar of the several Sorts imported into the 
| United Kinedom, and the Quantities retained for 
| Home Consumption; together with the Rates of 
| Duty charged thereon, and the Net Revenue accru- 
| ing therefrom, in each year from 1800 to 1858 in- 
| clusive; followed by a Comparative Statement of the 
Average Prices of British Plantation and Foreign 
Sugar (ordmary Yellow Havaunah), 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 Lritish Possessions in 
India, for the years 1831 to 1858 inclusive; dis- 
tinguishing the Quantities imported from each Co- 
lony 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 Quan- 
tity of Refined Sugar and Sugar Candy imported 
into the United Kingdom in the years 1848, 1849, 
| 1850, 1851, 1852, 1853, 1854, 1855, 1656, 1857 
}and 1858, respectively ; stating the Qaantity re- 
| tained for Home Consumption, the Rates of Duty 
paid, and the Quantity exported (in continuation of 
Parliamentary Paper, No. 235, of Session 1858). 
Return to an } 








| 
| 


bruary, in the last Session of Parliament, for a Return 
of the Quantity of Foreign Sugar entered for Home 





DD2 


Consumption 





Return to several Addresses to Her Majesty, Polytechnic 
dated the 11th and 19th days of April, in the last Accident, &amp;. 


Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the Church Rates, 
15th day of April, in the last Session of Parliament, ®¢- 


Mr. Gathorne Hardy also presented, pursuant to Universities 
the directions of several Acts of Parliament,—Copy (Scotland.) 


Annual Return of Proceedings of the Corporation Metropolitan 
| of London, with an Abstract of Accounts in respect Cattle Market. 


| An Account in Charge and Discharge of Fees County 
&gt; Treasurers 


rder, dated the 8th day of Fe- Foreign Sugar. 








194 
Consumption during each year, from 1831 to 1858 
inclusive ; distinguishing Refined from Unrefined ; 
and also the several Places from whence such Sugar 
was imported (in continuation of Parliamentary 
Paper, No. 236, of Session 1858). 

eturn to an Order, dated the 11th day of Fe- 
bruary, in the last Session of Parliament, for Ac- 
counts, in detail (in the same form as the Accounts 
contained in the Parliamentary Paper, No. 150, 
of Session 1857-58), of all Gold, Silver and Copper 
Monies of the Realm coined at the Mint in each 
year, from the Ist day of January 1849 to the 31st 
day of December 1858 ; and showing, in one Ta- 
bular Statement, the Total Amount of Gold, Silver 
and Copper Coinage in each year; the real Cost or 
Value of the Metal; and the Amounts represented 
by the Coin. 

Return to an Order, dated the 2ist day of 
February, in the last Session of Parliament, for a 
Return of all Exports and Imports of Copper and 
Copper Ore, and Regulus, Tin and Tin Ores, Lead 
and Lead Ore, and Spelter, for the Twelve Months 
ending the 5th day of January 1859. 

Return to an Order, dated the 11th day of 
March, in the last Session of Parliament, for a 
Return of all Sums paid into the Inland Revenue 
Office in Great Britain and Ireland, for Duty on 
Insurance against 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 1858 (in continuation of Parliamentary 
Paper, No. 365, of Session 1858). 

Return to an Order, dated the 29th day of 
March, in the last Session of Parliament, for 
Returns of the Number of Post-office Receiving- 
houses abolished in the Metropolitan District, by 
order of the Postmaster General, within the last 
Six Months, specifying the Names of the Streets 
or Places in which such Receiving-houses were 
situated, with the Number of Pillar Letter Boxes 
set up in lieu of the same; stating also what time 
elapsed in each Case between the closing of the 
Office and the Erection of the Pillar Box; also, 
whether any Notice was given by the Postmaster 
General to the Inhabitants of the various Districts 
previous to the closing of the Receiving-houses of 
such Districts :——And, of the Amount of Salary 
= annually to the Proprietors of the Receiving- 

ouses abolished, and the Amount of Compensa- 
tion, if any, awarded to them for the loss of their 
Offices. 

Return to an Order, dated the 8th day of 
April, in the last Session of Parliament, for a 
Return of the Number of Weighing Machines made 
by Mr. James, and used respectively in the Ports 
of London and of Liverpool, and elsewhere, to weigh 
articles charged with Customs Duty ; enumerating 
the several articles for which they are used; and 
stating how many, if any, of such Machines are 
under the Crown Lock:——Similar Return _re- 
specting the Weighing Machines of Mr. Pooley: 
—— Copy of the Memorial of Messrs. Rawlings to 
the Treasury, with Report of the Board of Inland 
Revenue, respecting the use of Weighing Machines 
for the purpose of charging Paper with Duty :—— 
And, Return of the Names of Wholesale Stationers 
using Weighing Machines for the purpose of 
charging the Excise with Drawback on Paper for 
Export. 

Keturn to an Order, dated the 14th day of 
April, in the last Session of Parliament, for a Copy 
of the Report of the Commissioners of Customs on 
the Expediency of establishing Bonding Warehouses 
in large Manufacturing and other Towns for the 
convenience of the Inhabitants of those Towns ; and, 
at the same time, into the best mode of securing 
the Revenues of the ape ge A enforcing the due 
and regular payment of Duties chargeable on 


Merchandize and other articles bonded therein, and 
preventing Frauds. 





7° Junii. 








A. 1859. ‘Sess. IT. 


The following Paper, pursuant to the directions of 
an Act of Parliament, was also laid upon the Table 
by the Clerk of the House,—An Account by the 
Commissioners of Public Works in Jreland, to the 
31st March 1859, of the Amounts placed at their 
disposal for Loans, by the Acts 1 &amp; 2 Will. 4, c. 33, 
and subsequent Acts; showing the Amounts ad- 
vanced, the Amounts unissued, the Repayments into 
the Exchequer on account thereof, the Balance of 
Principal and Interest outstanding, distinguishing 
each class of Loans, and showing the Amounts 
advanced and repaid during the year ending 31st 
March 1859. 


Mr. Speaker reported, That the House had, this Mr. Speaker 
day, attended Her Majesty in the House of Peers, ‘eports Her 


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


My Lords, and Gentlemen, 


I avail myself with satisfaction, in the present 
anxious state of public affairs, of the advice of M 
Parliament, which I have summoned to meet wit 
the least possible delay. 

I have directed that Papers shall be laid before 
you, from which you will learn how earnest and un- 
ceasing have been My endeavours to preserve the 
Peace of Europe. 

Those endeavours have unhappily failed, and War 
has been declared between France and Sardinia on 
one side, and Austria on the other. Receiving 
assurances of friendship from both the contending 
parties, I intend to maintain between them a strict 
and impartial neutrality ; and I hope, with God’s 
assistance, to preserve to My People the blessings of 
continued peace. 

Considering, however, the present state of Europe, 
I have deemed it necessary, for the security of My 
Dominions and the honour of My Crown, to increase 
My Naval Forces to an amount exceeding that 
which has been sanctioned by Parliament. 

I rely with confidence on your cordial concurrence 
in this precautionary measure of defensive policy. 

The King of the Two Sicilies having announced 
to Me the death of the King his father, and his own 
accession, I have thought fit, in concert with the 
Emperor of the French, to renew My diplomatic 
intercourse with the Court of Naples, which had 
been suspended during the late reign. 

All My other Foreign Relations continue on a 
perfectly satisfactory footing. 


Gentlemen of the House of Commons, 


The Estimates for the year, for which provision 
has not been made by the late Parliament, will be 
immediately laid before you, together with such 
Supplementary Estimates as present circumstances 
render indispensably necessary for the public 
service. 


My Lords, and Gentlemen, 


I have directed a Bill to be —— for giving 
effect, so far as the aid of Parliament may be 
required, to certain suggestions of the Commis- 
sioners whom I had appointed to — into the 
best mode of efficiently manning the Royal Navy ; 
and I recommend this important subject to your 
immediate attention. 

Measures of legal and social improvement, the 
progress of which in the late Parliament was neces- 
sarily interrupted by the Dissolution, will again be 
brought under your consideration. ; 

{ should with pleasure give My sanction to any 
well-considered measure for the Amendment of the 
Laws which regulate the Representation of My 
People in Parliament ; and should you be of opinion 
that the necessity of giving your immediate _— 


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to measures of urgency relating to the Defence and 
Financial Condition of the Country will not leave 
you sufficient time for legislating, with due delibe- 
ration, during the present Session, on a subject at 
once so difficult and so extensive, I trust that at 
the commencement of the next Session your earnest 
attention will be given to a Question of which an 
early and satisfactory Settlement would be greatly 
to the public advantage. 

1 feel assured that you will enter with zeal and 
diligence on the discharge of your Parliamentary 
Duties; and I pray that the result of your delibera- 
tions may tend to secure to the Country the con- 
tinuance of peace abroad, and progressive improve- 
ment at home. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being 
roposed, That an humble Address be presented to 
er Majesty, to convey to Her Majesty the Thanks 
of this House for Her Majesty’s most gracious 
Speech from the Throne : 

To thank Her Majesty for informing us that Her 
Majesty has with satisfaction availed Herself, in 
the present anxious state of public affairs, of the 
advice of Her Parliament, which Her Majesty has 
summoned with the least possible delay : 

To thank Her Majesty for having directed that 
Papers should be laid before us, from which we 
shall learn how earnest and unceasing have been 
Her Majesty's endeavours to preserve the Peace of 
Europe: 

Humbly to assure Her Majesty that we partake 
in Her Majesty's regret that those endeavours have 
unhappily failed, and that War has been declared 
between France and Surdinia on one side, and 
Austria on the other: 

To express our gratification at learning that Her 
Majesty, receiving assurances of friendship from 
both the contending parties, intends to maintain 


- between them a strict and impartial neutrality ; and 


that Her Majesty hopes, with God’s assistance, to 
preserve to Her People the blessings of continued 
peace : 

Humbly to thank Her Majesty for informing us 
that, considering the present state of Europe, Her 
Majesty has deemed it necessary, for the security 
of Her Majesty’s Dominions and the honour of 
Her Majesty’s Crown, to increase Her Majesty’s 
Naval Forces to an amount exceeding that which 
has been sanctioned by Parliament: 

Humbly to assure Her Majesty, that Her Ma- 
jesty may rely with confidence on our cordial con- 
currence in this precautionary measure of defensive 

licy : 

Te thank Her Majesty for informing us, that the 
King of the Two Sicilies having announced to Her 
Majesty the death of the King his father and his 
own accession, Her Majesty has thought fit, in 
concert with the Emperor of the French, to renew 
Her Majesty’s diplomatic intercourse with the 
Court of Naples, which had been suspended during 
the late reign: 

Humbly to express our gratification at learning 
from Her Majesty that all Her Majesty’s other 
Foreign Relations continue on a perfectly satisfac- 
tory footing : 

o thank Her Majesty for having directed that 
the Estimates for the year, for which provision has 
not been made by the late Parliament, shall be 
immediately laid before us, together with such Sup- 
plementary Estimates as present circumstances 
render indispensably necessary for the public service: 

To convey to Her Majesty our humble thanks 
for having directed a Bill to be prepared for giving 
effect, so far as the aid of Parliament may be 
required, to certain suggestions of the Commis- 
sioners whom Her Majesty had appointed to inquire 
into the best mode of efficiently manning the Royal 
Navy, and for recommending this important subject 
to our immediate attention : 

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195 


Humbly to assure Her Majesty that we rejoice 
to learn that measures of legal and social improve- 
ment, the progress of which was necessarily inter- 
rupted by the Dissolution, will again be brought 
under our consideration : 

Humbly to thank Her Majesty for informing us 
that Her Majesty would with pleasure give Her 
Majesty’s sanction to any well-considered measure 
for the Amendment of the Laws which regulate the 
Representation of Her Majesty’s People in Parlia- 
ment; and humbly to assure Her Majesty that, 
should we be of opinion that the necessity of giving 
our immediate attention to measures of urgency 
relating to the Defence and Financial Condition of 
the Country will not leave us sufficient time for 
legisiating with due deliberation during the present 
Session on a subject at once so difficult and so 
extensive, we trust to be enabled at the commence- 
ment of the next Session to give our earnest attention 
to a Question of which an early and satisfactory 
Settlement would be greatly to the public advan- 
tage: 

Humbly to express our gratification that Her 
Majesty feels assured that we shall enter with zeal 
and diligence on the discharge of our Parliamentary 
Duties; and, in common with Her Majesty, we 
pray that the result of our deliberations may tend 
te secure to the Country the continuance of peace 
abroad and progressive improvement at home ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by adding, at the end thereof, the words 
“ But we beg humbly to submit to Her Majesty, 
“ that it is essential for securing satisfactory results 
** 10 our deliberations, and for facilitating the dis- 
* charge of Her Majesty’s high functions, that Her 
“* Majesty’s Government should possess the con- 
“ fidence of this House and of the Country; and 
“ we deem it our duty respectfully to represent to 
‘“‘ Her Majesty that such confidence is not reposed 
“‘ in the present advisers of Her Majesty.” 

And the Question being proposed, That those 
words be there added:—And a Debate arising 
thereupon ; 


And the House having continued to sit till after 
Twelve of the clock on Wednesday morning ; 
Mercurii, 8° die Junii, 1859: 
Ordered, That the Debate be adjourned till 
Thursday next. 


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





Mercurii, 8° die Junii; 
Anno 22° Victorie Regine, 1859. 


PRAYERS. 
H E House was moved, That the Standing 
Orders of the House of the 11th day of April, 
in the last Session of Parliament, relating to Private 
Bills suspended in the last Session of Dectinansat, 
might be read ; and the same being read ; 


The House was moved, That the Petition for the Atlantic 
2) Bill, which Telegraph 


February, in (Noa) Bil 


Atlantic Telegraph Company (No. 
was presented upon the 7th day of 
the last Session of Parliament, and the Order of 
leave for bringing in the said Bill made upon the 
16th day of February, in the last Session of Parlia- 
ment, might be read; and the same being read ; 

The said Bill was read the first and second time ; 
and (the Bill having been reported and considered 
in the last Session of Parliament) ordered to be read 
the third time. 


iti Berks and 
The House was moved, That the Petition for ™~ Bubs 


Berks and Hants Extension Railway Bill, whic 
was presented upon the 7th day of February, a 
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196 


the last Session of Parliament, and the Order of 
leave for bringing in the said Bill made upon the 
same day, might be read ; and the same being read ; 

The said Bill was read the first and second time ; 
and committed. 


Birkenhead, 
Lancashire 
and Cheshire , ‘ 
Junction way Bill, which was presented upon the 4th day of 
Railway Bill. Fel 
Order of leave for bringing in the said Bill made 
upon the same day, might be read; and the same 
being read ; ' 

The said Bill was read the first and second time ; 
and (the Bill having been reported and considered 
in the last Session of Parliament) ordered to be read 
the third time. 


The House was moved, That the Petition for the 


Birmingham, Tie House was moved, That the Petition for the 
a Birmingham, Erdington and Sution Coldfield Rail- 
Coldfield Rail- way Bill, which was presented upon the 4th day 
way Bill. of February, in the last Session of Parliament, and 
the Order of leave for bringing in the said Bill made 
upon the same day, might be read; and the sanie 
being read ; 
The said Bill was read the first and second time ; 
and committed. 


Birmingham, 
gg Birmingham, Erdington and Sutton Coldfield Rail- 
ficld Railway Way (Western Line) Bill, which was presented upon 
(Western the 7th day of February, in the last Session of 
Line) Bill. Parliament, and the Order of leave for bringing in 
the said Bil made upon the same day, might be 
read; and the same being read ; 
The said Bill was read the first and second time ; 
and committed. 


Blackburn and 
Preston Road 
and Bridge 
Bill. 


Blackburn and Preston Road and Bridge Bill, 
which was presented upon the 4th day of February, 
in the last Session of Parliament, and the Order of 
leave for bringing in the said Bill made upon the 
sume day, might be read; and the same being 
read ; 

The said Bill was read the first and second time ; 
and (the Bill having been reported in the last Session 
of Parliament) ordered to lie upon the Table. 


The House was moved, That the Petition for the 
Border Counties Railway Bill, which was presented 
upon the 4th day of February, in the last Session of 
Parliament, and the Order of leave for bringing in 
the said Bill made upon the same day, might be 
read ; and the same being read ; 

The said Bill was read the first and second time ; 
and (the Bill having been reported and considered 
in the last Session of Parliament) ordered to be read 
the third time. 


Border Coun- 
ties Railway 
Bill. 


The House was moved, That the Petition for the 
Border Union (North British) Railways Bill, which 
was presented upon the 4th day of February, in the 
last Session of Parliament, and the Order of leave 
for bringing in the said Bill made upon the same 
day, might be read; and the same being read ; 


Border Union 
(North Bri- 
tish) Rail- 
ways Bill. 


and (the Bill having been reported and considered 
in the last Session of Parliament) ordered to be 
read the third time. 


The House was moved, That the Petition for the 
Bradford, Wakefield and Leeds Railway Bill, which 
was presented upon the 4th day of February, in the 
last Session of Parliament, and the Order of leave 
for bringing in the said Bill made upon the same 
day, might be read; and the same being read ; 

The said Bill was read the first and second time ; 
ana committed. 


Bradford, 
Wakefield 
and Leeds 
Railway Bill. 


Birkenhead, Lancashire and Cheshire Junction Rail- | 


The House was moved, That the Petition for the | 


The House was moved, That tiie Petition for the | 





8° Juni. 


A. 1859. Sess. II. 


The House was moved, That the Petition for the Brecon ang 
Brecon and Merthyr Tydfil Junction Railway Bill, Hetthyr Tya- 
which was presented upon the 4th day of February, Railway Bi 
in the last Session of Parliament, and the Order of 
leave for bringing in the said Bill made upon the 


11th day of February, in the last Session of Parlia- 





| 
| 


ruary, in the last Session of Parliament, and the | 


ment, might be read ; and the same being read ; 

The said Bill was read the first and second time; 
and (the Bill having been reported and considered 
in the last Session of Parliament) ordered to be read 
the third time. 


The House was moved, That the Petition for the Bridport 


| Bridport Railway Bill, which was presented upon Railway Bill 


the 4th day of February, in the last Session of 
Parliament, and the Order of leave for bringing in 
the said Bill made upon the same day, might be 
read ; and the same being read ; 

The said Bill was read the first and second time ; 
and committed. 


The House was moved, That the Petition for the British ana 
British and Canadian Telegraph Company Bill, Canadian 
“i rl . - Y } Telegraph 
wich was presented upon the 15th day of February, qo, 
. eo : A pany 
in the last Session of Varliament, and the Order of Bin. 
leave for bringing in the said Bill made upon the 
same day, might be read ; and the same being read ; 
The said Bill was read the first and second time ; 
and committed. 


The House was moved, That the Petition for the Burton-upon. 
Burton-upon-Trent Bridge Bill, which was_pre- a Bridge 
sented upon the 4th day of February, in the last 
Session of Parliament, and the Order of leave for 
bringing in the said Bill made upon the same day, 
might be read; and the sae being read : 

The said Bill was read the first and second time ; 
and committed. 


The House was moved, That the Petition for the Burton-upon- 
Burton-upon-Trent Railway Bill, which was _pre- Trent Rail- 
sented upon the 4th day of February, in the last ee 
Session of Parliament, and the Order of leave for 
bringing in the said Bill made upon the same day, 
might be read; and the same being read ; 

The said Bill was read the first and second time ; 
und committed. 


The [louse was moved, That the Petition for the Caledonian 
Caledonian Railway Bill, which was presented upon Railway Bill. 
the 4th day of February, in the Jast Session of 
Parliament, and the Order of leave for bringing in 
the said Bill made upon the same day, might be 
read; and the same being read ; 

The said Bill was read the first and second time ; 
and (the Bill having been reported and considered 
in the last Session of Parliament) ordered to be read 
the third time. 


The House was moved, That the Petition for Carlisle and 
the Carlisle and Penrith, &amp;c., Roads Bill, which Penrith 1 
was presented upon the 4th day of February, in 
the last Session of Parliament, and the Order of 
leave for bringing in the said Bill made upon the 
same day, might be read; and the same being 
read ; 

The said Bill was read the first and second time ; 


, ot be ; and (the Bill having been reported and considered 
The said Bill was read the first and second time ; | 


in the last Session of Parliament) ordered to be read 


the third time. 


The House was moved, That the Petition for the ary 
Carmarthen and Cardigan Railway Bill, which was ee Bill. 
presented upon the 4th day of February, in the last 
Session of Parliament, and the Order of leave for 
bringing in the said Bill made upon the same day, 
might be read; and the same being read ; 

The said Bill was read the first and second time ; 
and (the Bill having been reported and considered 
in the last Session of Parliament) ordered to be read 
the third time. ; , 

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castle Douglas The House was moved, That the Petition for the 

wd Dumfries Castle Douglas and Dumfries Railway Bill, which 

Baila was presented upon the 4th day of February, in the 
last Session of Parliament, and the Order of leave 
for bringing in the said Bill made upon the same 
day, might be read; and the same being read ; 

The said Bill was read the first and second time ; 
and (the Bill having been reported end considered 
in the last Session of Parliament) ordered to be read 
the third time. 


Caterham The House was moved, That the Petition for the 

Railway Bill. Caterham Railway Bill, which was presented upon 
the 4th day of February, in the last Session of Par- 
liament, and the Order of leave for bringing in the 
said Bill made upon the same day, might be read ; 
and the same being read ; 


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The said Bill was read the first and second time; 
and (the Bill having been reported and considered 
in the last Session of Parliament) ordered to be read 
the third time. 


Central Wales The House was moved, That the Petition for the 

Railway Bill. Central Wales Railway Bill, which was presented 
upon the 4th day of February, in the last Session of 
Parliament, and the Order of leave for bringing in 
the said Bill made upon the same day, might be 
read ; and the same being read ; 

The said Bill was read the first and second time ; 
and (the Bill having been reported and considered 
in the last Session of Parliament) ordered to be read 
the third time. 


Charing Cross ‘The House was moved, That the Petition for the 
ae hee London Bridge and Charing Cross Railway Bill, 
(oien Bridge (afterwards changed to Charing Cross Railway,) 
and Charing which was presented upon the 4th day of February, 
~ ue in the last Session of Parliament, and the Order of 
; leave for bringing in the said Bill made upon the 
same day, might be read; and the same being read ; 
The Charing Cross Railway Bill was read the 
first and second time; and (the Biil having been 
reported and considered in the last Session of Par- 

liament) ordered to be read the third time. 


Charleston 
Railway and 
Harbour Bill. 


The House was moved, That the Petition for the 
Charleston Railway and Harbour Bill, which was 
presented upon the 7th day of February, in the last 
Session of Parliament, and the Order of leave for 
bringing in the said Bill made upon the same day, 
might be read; and the same being read ; 

The said Bill was read the first and second time; 
and (the Bill having been reported and considered 
in the last Session of Parliament) ordered to be read 
the third time. 


Chichester 
Harbour Em- 
bankment 
Bill, 


The House was moved, That the Petition for the 
Chichester Harbour Embankment Bill, which was 
presented upon the 7th day of February, in the last 
Session of Parliament, and the Order of leave for 
bringing in the said Bill made upon the same day, 
might be read; and the same being read; 

The said Bill was read the first and second time ; 
and (the Bill having been reported in the last Ses- 
sion of Parliament) ordered to lie upon the ‘Table. 


—. The House was moved, That the Petition for the 

ye" Cleveland Railway Bill, which was presented upon 

the 4th day of February, in the last Session of Par- 

liament, and the Order of leave for bringing in the 

said Bill made upon the same day, might be read ; 
and the same being read ; 

The said Bill was read the first and second time ; 


and committed. 


ne, The House was moved, That the Petition for the 


Railway Bi, Colne Valley and Halstead Railway Bill, which was 
presented Fm the 4th day of February, in the last 
oe of Parliament, and the Order of leave for 

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197 


bringing in the said Bill made upon the same day, 
might be read ; and the same being read ; 

The said Bill was read the first and second time ; 
and committed. 


The House was moved, That the Petition for the Cowes and 
Cowes and Newport (Isle of Wight) Railway Bill, pg (Isle 
. i en of Wight) 
which was presented upon the 4th day of February, Raitway Bill. 
in the last Session of Parliament, and the Order of 
leave for bringing in the said Bill made upon the 
same day, might be read; and the same being 

read ; 
The said Bill was read the first and second time ; 
and committed. 


The House was moved, That the Petition for the Droitwich 
Droitwich Roads Bill, which was presented upon Roads Bill 
the 4th day of February, in the last Session of Par- 
liament, and the Order of leave for bringing in the 
said Bill made upon the same day, might be read ; 
and the same being reat ; 

The said Bill was read the first and second time ; 
and (the Bill having been reported in the last Session 
of Parliament) ordered to lie upou the Table. 


The House was moved, That the Petition for the Dundee and 
Dundee and Newtyle Railway Bill, which was pre- Newtyle Rail- 
sented upon the 4th day of February, in the last “* Bil 
Session of Parliament, and the Order of leave for | 
bringing in the said Bill made upon the same day, 
might be read; and the same being read ; 

The said Bill was read the first and second time ; 
and (the Bill having been reported and considered 
in the last Session of Parliament) ordered to be read 
the third time. 


The House was moved, That the Petition for the gasthourne 
Easthourne Water Bill, which was presented upon Water Bill. 
the 4th day of February, in the last Session of Par- 
liament, and the Order of leave for bringing in the 
said Bill made upon the same day, might be read ; 
and the same being read ; 

The said Bill was read the first and second time ; 
and commiited. 


The House was moved, That the Petition for the Rast Kent 
East Kent Railway Company Bill, which wis pre- Railway 
sented upon the 4th day of February, in the last a nae 
Session of Parliament, and the Order of leave for 
bringing in the said Bill made upon the same day, 
might be read; and the same being read ; 

The said Bill was read the first and second time ; 
and (the Bill having been reported and considered 
in the last Session of Parliament) ordered to be 
read the third time. 


The House was moved, That the Petition for the Epping Rail- 
Epping Railways Bill, which was presented upon ways Bill. 
the 4th day of February, in the last session of Par- 
liament, and the Order of leave for bringing in the 
said Bill made upon the same day, might be read ; 
and the same being read ; 

The said Bill was read the first and second time ; 
and committed. 


The House was moved, That the Petition for the Falkirk 
Falkirk Police and Improvement Bill, which was Police and 
presented upon the 4th day of February, in the — 
last Session of Parliament, and the Order of leave ~ 
for bringing in the said Bill made upon the 16th 
day of February, in the last Session of Parliament, 
might be read ; and the same being read ; 

The said Bill was read the first and second time ; 
and (the Bill having been reported in the last Ses- 
sion of Parliament) ordered to lie upon the ‘lable. 


The House was moved, That the Petition for the Finford Bridge 
Finford Bridge and Banbury Road Bill, which was 404 Banbury 
presented upon the 4th day of February, in the last’ 
Session of Parliament, and the Order of leave for 

pp4 


Road Bill. 


bringing 

























































Forth and 
Clyde Navi- 
gation Bill. 


Gateshead 
Quay Bill. 


Great North 
of Scotland 
Railway Bill. 


Great Western 
Railway Bill. 


Hampstead 
Junction 
Railway Bill. 


Hereford 
and Brecon 
Railway Bill. 


Herne Bay and 
Faversham 
Railway 
(Margate 
Extension) 
Bill 


198 


bringing in the said Bill made upon the same day, 
might be read; and the same being read ; 

The said Bill was read the first and second time; 
and committed. 


The House was moved, That the Petition for the 
Forth and Clyde Navigation Bill, which was pre- 
sented upon the 7th day of February, in the last 
Session of Parliament, and the Order of leave for 
»tinging in the said Bill made upon the same day, 
might be read ; and the same being read ; 

‘The said Bill was read the first and second tine ; 
and (the Bill having been reported and considered 
in the last Session of Parliament) ordered to be 
read the third time. 


The House was moved, That the Petition for the 
Gateshead Quay Bill, which was presented upon 
the 4th day of February, in the last Session of Par- 
liament, and the Order of leave for bringing in the 
said Bill made upon the same day, might be read ; 
and the same being read ; 

The said Bill was read the first and second time ; 
and (the Bill having been reported and considered 
in the last Session of Parliament) ordered to be 
read the third time. 


The House was moved, That the Petition for the 
Great North of Scotland Railway Bil!, which was 
resented upon the 4th day of February, in the last 
Session of Parliament, and the Order of leave for 
bringing in the said Bill made upon the same day, 
might be read ; and the same being read ; 

The said Bill was read the first and second time; 
and (the Bill having been reported and considered 
in the last Session of Parliament) ordered to be read 
the third time. 


The House was moved, That the Petition for the 
Great Western Railway Bill, which was presented 
upon the 7th day of February, in the last Session 
of Parliament, and the Order of leave for bringing 
in the said Bill made upon the same day, might be 
read; and the same being read ; 

The said Bill was read the first and second time ; 
and (the Bill having been reported and considered 
in the last Session of Parliament) ordered to be read 
the third time. 


The House was moved, That the Petition for the 
Hampstead Junction Railway Bill, which was pre- 
sented upon the 4th day of February, in the last 
Session of Parliament, and the Order of leave for 
bringing in the said Bill made upon the same day, 
might be read; and the same being read ; 


8° Junit. 


The said Bill was read the first and second time; | 


A. 1859. Sess. If. 
and (the Bill having been reported and considered 


in the last Session of Parliament) ordered to be 
read the third time. 


The House was moved, That the Petition for the 
Hertford, Luton and Dunstable Railway Bill, which Luton and 
was presented upon the 4th day of February, in the Pamela 
last Session of Parliament, and the Order of leave way Oat 
for bringing in the said Bill made upon the same 
day, might be read ; and the same being read ; 

he said Bill was read the first and second time; 
and (the Bill having been reported and considered 


jin the last Session of Parliament) ordered to be 


read the third time. 


The House was moved, That the Petition for the Hinckley and 
Hinckley and Melbourne Roads Bill, which was pre- Melbourne 
sented upon the 4th day of February, in the last Roads Bill. 
Session of Parliament, and the Order of leave for 
bringing in the said Bill made upon the same day, 
might be read ; and the same being read ; 

The said Bill was read the first and second time; 
and (the Bill having been reported in the last Session 
of Parliament) ordered to lie upon the Table. 


The House was moved, That the Petition for the Indian ana 
Indian and Australian Telegraph Company (No, 2) Australian 
Bill, which was presented upon the 7th day of Fe- Fem on 
bruary, in the last Session of Parliament, and the (No, 2) Bill, 
Order of leave for bringing in the said Bill made 
upon the 15th day of February, in the last Session 
of + cree might be read; and the same being 
read ; 

The said Bill was read the first and second time; 
and committed. 


The House was moved, That the Petition for the Isle of Wight 
Isle of Wight Railway (Eastern Section) Bill, which Railway 
was presented upon the 4th day of February, in the Section) Bil 
last Session of Parliament, and the Order of leave 
for bringing in the said Bill made upon the 11th day 
of February, in the last Session of Parliament, 
might be read; and the same being read ; 

The said Bill was read the first and second time ; 
and committed. 


The House was moved, That the Petition for the Kensington 
Kensington Station and North and South London Station and 
Junction Railway Bill, which was presented upon a a 
'the 7th day of February, in the last Session of Par- Junction Rail 

liament, and the Order of leave for bringing in the way Bill 

said Bill made upon the same day, might be read ; 
| and the same being read ; 

The said Bill was read the first and second time; 
and committed. 





The House was moved, That the Petition for the Kingsbridge 


and (the Bill having been reported and considered | Kingsbridge and South Devon Railway Bill, which and South 


in the last Session of Parliament) ordered to be read 
the third time. 


The House was moved, That the Petition for the 
sented upon the 4th day of February, in the last 
bringing in the said Bill made upon the 11th day 


of February, in the last Session of Parliament, 
might be read ; and the same being read ; 


| Kingston-upon-Thames Gas Bill, which was pre- Upom 
| sented upon the 7th day of March, in the last Session 


Devon 


"was presented upon the 4th day of February, in the way Bill. 
last Session of Parliament, and the Order of leave 
for bringing in the said Bill made upon the same 


id 
Hereford and Brecon Railway Bill, which was pre- | 7 


, might be read; and the same being read ; 
The said Bill was read the first and second time; 


: ; /and committed. 
Session of Parliament, and the Order of leave for | 


The House was moved, That the Petition for the Kingston- 
Thames 


Gas Bill. 


The said Bill was read the first and second time; | of Parliament, and the Order of leave for bringing 
and (the Bill having been reported and considered | in the said Bill made upon the 8th day of March, in 


in the last Session of Parliament) ordered to be read 
the third time. 


The House was moved, That the Petition for the 
Herne Bay and Faversham Railway (Margate Ex- 
tension) Bill, which was presented upon the 4th day 
of February, in the last Session of Parliament, and 
the Order of leave for bringing in the said Bill made 
upon the same day, might be read; and the same 
being read ; 

The said Bill was read the first and second time ; 


the last Session of Parliament, might be read; and 
the same being read ; 

The said Bill was read the first and second time ; 
and (the Bill having been reported and considered 
in the last Session of Parliament) ordered to be read 
the third time. 


The House was moved, That the Petition for the Lancashire 
Lancashire and Yorkshire and East Lancashire Rail- - roy 
way Companies Bill, which was presented upon the 
4th day of February, in the last Session of Parlia- Railway om 





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Public 
Petitions. 
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92 Vicroriz. 


ment, and the Order of leave for brin a ee the 
said Bill made upon the same day, might be read ; 
and the same being read ; 

The said Bill was read the first and second time ; 
and committed. 


The House was moved, That the Petition for the 
Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway (Ossett and 
Dewsbury Branches) Bill, which was presented upon 
the 4th day of February, in the last Session of Par- 
liament, and the Order of leave for bringing in the 
said Bill made upon the same day, might be read ; 
and the same being read ; 

The said Bill was read the first and second time ; 
and committed. 


The House was moved, That the Petition for the 
Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway (Rochdale and 
Royton Branches) Bill, which was presented upon the 
4th day of February, in the last Session of Parlia- 
ment,and the Order of leave for bringing in the said 
Bill made upon the same day, might be read; and 
the same being read ; 

The said Bill was read the first and second time ; 
and committed. 


Several Public Petitions were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Brooking Soady, of Woodland, in 
the County of Devon, Gentleman, and Thomas Pin- 
sent, of Kingsteignton, in the said County of Devon, 
Gentleman, complaining of an undue Election and 
Return for the Borough of Ashburton, was pre- 
sented, and read [ Vide Appendix to Votes, No. 1]. 

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. 


A Petition of Thomas Bogue, of Marygate, Parish 
of Berwick-upon-Tweed; William Smith, of Ava 
Lodge, in the same Parish ; and Alexander Robert- 
son, 1st, of West-end, Tweedmouth, complaining of 
an undue Election and Return for the Borough of 
Berwich-upon- Tweed, was presented, and read [ Vide 
Appendix to Votes, No. 2]. 

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 ot the matter of the said Petitiou. 


A Petition of Thomas Frederick Charles Vernon 
Wentworth, Esquire, complaining of an undue 
Election and Return for the Borough of Aylesbury, 
ag presented, and read [Vide Appendix to Votes, 

0. 3]. 

A Petition of George De Fraine and William 
Hobley, Electors of the Borough of Aylesbury, 
in the County of Bucks, who had a right to vote 
and voted at the last Election of Members to serve 
in this present Parliament for the said Borough, 
complaining of an undue Election and Return for 
the said Borough, was also presented, and read 
[ Vide Appendix to Votes, No. 4]. 

Ordered, That the said Petitions 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 Petitions. 


A Petition of John Clowes, of South Quay, Great 
Yarmouth, in the County of Norfolk, Solicitor, and 


Henry Danby Palmer, of High Road, Southtown, 
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199 


in the County of Suffolk, Timber Merchant, Electors 
for the Borough of Great Yarmouth, complaining of 
an undue Election and Return for the Rseoarh of 
Great Yarmouth, was presented, and read [ Vide Ap- 
pendix to Votes, No. 5]. 

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. 


Ordered, That a Message be sent to the Lords, Municipal 

to request that their Lordships will be pleased to — and 
‘ ; , ranchise 

communicate to this House, a Copy of the Report acts, 
from the Select Committee appointed by their 
Lordships in the last Session of Pa:liament on the 
Municipal Rates and Franchise Acts, together with 
the Minutes of Evidence: And that the Clerk do 
carry the said Message. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Endowed 
to amend the Law relating to Endowed Schools: 5ehools. 
And that Mr. Dillwyn, Sir Richerd Bethell and 
Mr. Massey do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to East Indiu East India 
(Cabul and Affghanistan), which was presented —_ and 
upon the 24th day of March, in the last Session of ~ * eres 
Parliament, be printed. No. 1. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Jury Trial 
to amend an Act of the seventeenth and eighteenth — 

: é a ee ct Amend- 
years of Her Majesty, for allowing Verdicts on ment, 
Trials by Jury in Civil Causes in Scotland to be 
received, although the Jury may not be unanimous: 

And that Mr. Dunlop and Mr. Moncreiff do pre- 
pare, and bring it in. 


Mr. Dillwyn presented a Biil to amend the Law Endowed 
relating to Endowed Schools: And the same was Schools Bill. 
read the first time ; and ordered to be read a second —_ Biil 1. 
time upon Wednesday the 29th day of this instant 
June ; and to be printed. . 


Mr. Dunlop presented a Bill to amend an Act of Jury Trial 
the seventeenth and eighteenth vears of Her Ma- a 
‘ . ‘ = Seis - Act Amend- 
jesty, for allowing Verdicts on Trials by Jury in ment Bil. 
Civil Causes in Scotland to be received, although Bij] 9. 
the Jury may not be unanimous: And the same was 
read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time upon Wednesday next; and to be 
printed. 


Mr. Atherton presented, pursuant to the directions Duchy of 
of an Act of Parliament,—Copy of the new and Lancaster 
additional Customs, Articles, Rules and Orders (ee couts, 
made by the Steward and Grand Jury at a High &amp;c.) 
Peak Great Barmote Court, Duchy of Lancaster, 
held at Monyash, in the County of Derby, the Fifth 
day of April One thousand eight hundred and fifty- 
nine. 
Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 
Table. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Justices Justices of 
of the Peace, which was presented upon the 8th day the Peace. 
of March, in the last Session of Parliament, be No.2. 
printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to County County Courts. 
Courts, which was presented upon the 17th day of No. 3. 
February, in the last Session of Parliament, be 
printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to East India East India 
(Courts Martial), which was presented upon the 7th (Courts 


4a ‘ Martial. 
day of this instant June, be printed. a “ 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Dwelling- Dwelling- 
houses ( Scot/and), which was presented upon the 7th ney (Beet 
day of this instant June, be printed. 

EE 


Ordered, 





















Direct Tax- 
ation. 


No. 6. 
Church Rates, 
&amp;c. 


No. 7. 


Sugar, &amp;c. 
No. 8. 


Foreign Sugar. 
No. 9. 


Coinage. 
No. 10 


Copper, &amp;c. 
No. 11. 


Fire Insurance. 
No. 12. 


Lancaster 
and Carlisle 
Railway Bill. 


Lands Im- 
provement 
Company Bill. 


Lawton, 
Burslem and 
Newcastle- 
under-Lyme 
Roads Bill, 


Leeds, Brad- 
ford and Hali- 
fax Junction 
Railway Biil. 


Leeds and 
Hunslet Road 
Bill. 


200 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Direct Tax- 
ation, which was presented upon the 7th day of 
this instant June, be printed. 

Ordered, That the Return relative to Church 
Rates, &amp;c., which was presented upon the 7th day 
of this instant June, be printed. 

Ordered, That the Return relative to Sugar, Kc., 
which was presented upon the 7th day of this in- 
stant June, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Foreign 
Sugar, which was presented upon the 7th day 
of this instunt June, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Coinage, 
which was presented upon the 7th day of this 
instant June, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Copper, &amp;c., 
which was presented upon the 7th day of this 
instant June, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Fire In- 
surance, which was presented upon the 7th day of 
this instant June, be printed. 


And then the House aijjourne | till To-morrow. 
Jovis, 9° die Junii ; 


Anno 22° Victorie Regine, 1859. 


PRAYERS. 
lit’ House was moved, That the Petition for 
the Lancaster and Carlisle Railway Bill, which 
was presented upon the 7th day of February, in the 
last Session of Parliament, and the Order of leave 
for bringing in the said Bill made upon the same 
day, might be read ; and the same being read ; 
The said Bill was read the first and second time ; 
and conimitted. 


The House was moved, That the Petition for the 
Lands Improvement Company Bill, which was pre- 
seated upon the 4th day of February, in the last 
Session of Parliiment, and the Order of leave for 
bringing in the said Bill made upon the same day, 
might be read ; and the same being read ; 

‘The said Bill was read the first and second time; 
and (the Bill having been reported and considered 
in the last Session of Parliament) ordered to be 
read the third time. 


The House was moved, That the Petition for the 
Lawton, Burslem and Newcastle-under-Lyme Roads 
Bill, which was presented upon the 4th day of Fe- 
bruary, in the last Session of Parliament, and the 
Order of leave for bringmg in the said Bill made 
upon the same day, might be read; and the same 
being read ; 

The sid Bill was read the first and second time ; 
and committed. 


The House was moved, That the Petition for the 
Leeds, Bradford and Halifax Junction Railway 
Bill, which was presented upon the 4th day of Fe- 
bruary, in the last Session of Parliament, and the 
Order of leave for brineing in the said Bill made 
upon the same day, might be read ; and the same 
being read ; 

The said Bill was read the first and second time ; 
and committed. 


The House was moved, That the Petition for the 
Leeds and Huns/et Road Bill, which was presented 
upon the 4th day of February, in the last Session 
of Parliament, and the Order of leave for bringing 
in the said Bill made upon the same day, might be 
read ; and the same being read ; 

‘The suid Bill was read the first and second time; 
and committed. 





8°—9" Juni. 





A. 1859. Sess. El. 


The House was moved, That the Petition for the Lianidiog 
Llanidloes and Newtown Railway Bill, which was "4 Newtoy 
presented upon the 4th day of February, in the last y Bil 
Session of Parliament, and the Order of leave for 
bringing in the said Bill made upon the same day, 
might be read ; and the same being read ; 

The said Bill was read the first and second time; 
and (the Bill having been reported and considered 
in the last Session of Parliament) ordered to be 
read the third time. 





The House was moved, That the l’etition for the Lianrws 
Lianrwst and Abergele Rvads Bill, which was pre- and Aber 
sented upon the 4th day of February, in the last °° 
Session of Parliament, and the Order of leave for 
bringing in the said Bill made upon the same day, 
might be read ; and the same being read ; 

The sxid Bill was read the first and second time ; 
and committed. 


The House was moved, | hat the Petition for the London, 
London, Brighton and South Coast Railway Bill, Brighton and 
which was presented upon the 4th day of February, inatiwee a 
in the last Session of Parliament, and the Order 
of leave for bringing in the said Bill made upon the 
same day, might be read; and the same being read; 

The said Bill was read the first and second time ; 
and (the Bill having been reported and considered 
in the last Session of Parliament) ordered to be 
read the third time. 


The House was moved, That the Petition for the London and 


London and North Western and other Railway —— 


Companies (Working and Traffic Arrangements) Railway Com 
Bill, which was presented upon the 4th day of panies (Work- 
February, in the last Session of Parliameut, and the ig and Trait 
Order of leave for bringing in the said Bill made mente Bill 
upon the same day, might be read; and the same 
being read ; 

The said Bill was read the first and second time ; 
and (the Bill having been reported and considered 
in the last Session of Parliament) ordered to be read 


the third time. 


The House was moved, That the Petition for the London and 
London and North Western Railway (Arrangements) bees 
&gt;: . ailway (Ar- 
Bill, which was presented upon the 4th day of Fe- pangements) 
bruary, in the last Session of Parliament, and the Bill 
Order of leave for bringing in the said Bill made 
upon the same day, might be read; and the same 
being read ; 

The said Bill was read the first and second time; 
and committed. 


The House was moved, That the Petition for the London and 

Loudon and North Western Railway (Batley to p® 
. ° ailway 

Adwalton) Bill, which was presented upon the 4th (Batley to 
day of February, in the last Session of Parliament, Adwalton) 
and the Order of leave for bringing in the said Bill Bill 
made upon the same day, might be read; and the 
same being read ; 

The said Bill was read the first and second time; 


‘and committed. 


The House was moved, That the Petition for the London and 
London and North Western Railway (Denton to hel 
Stalybridge) Bill, which was presented upon the 4th ton to staly- 
day of February, in the last Session of Pariiament, bridge) 
and the Order of leave for bringing in the said Bill 
made upon the same day, might be read; and the 
same being read ; ; 

The said Bill was read the first and second time ; 


and committed. 


The House was moved, That the Petition for the Lankens and 
Liverpool Stations Junction Railway Bill, which Lee 
was presented upon the 4th day o February, in (Edgehill 
the last Session of Parliament, and the Order of Garston) 
leave for amy, be the Liverpool Stations Junction (oie oak Bi 
Railway (No. 2) Bill (afterwards changed to London tions 


and North Western Railway (Edgehill to Garston), Railway 
made (No. 2-) 















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99' Vicroriz. 


made upon the 8th day of February, in the last 
Session of Parliament, might be read; and the 
same being read ; 

The London and North Western Railway (Edge- 
hill to Garston) Bill was read the first and second 
time; and (the Bill having been reported and con- 
sidered in the last Session of Parliament) ordered to 
be read the third time. 


and The House was moved, That the Petition for the 
North Western 7 4non and North Western Railway (Extensions to 
Railway eto Ossett, kc.) Bill, which was presented upon the 4th 
Seeett, &amp;¢.) day of February, in the last Session of Parliament, 
Bill. and the Order of leave for bringing in the said Bill 
made upon the same day, might be read ; and the 

same being read ; 
The said Bill was read the first and second time ; 

and committed. 


and The House was moved, That the Petition for the 
South Western Jondon and South Western Railway Bill, which 
alway was presented upon the 4th day of February, in 


the last Session of Parliament, and the Order of 


leave for biinging in the said Bill made upon 
the same day, might be reid; and the same be- 
ing read; 

"The said Bill was read the first and second time; 
and (the Bill having been reported and considered 
in the last Session of Parliament) ordered to be read 
the third time. 


IudlowRoads The House was moved, That the Petition for the 
Bill Ludlow Roads Bill, which was presented upon the 
4th day of February, in the last Session of Parlia- 
ment, and the Order of leave for bringing in the 
said Bill made upon the same day, might be read ; 
and the same being read ; 
The said Bill was read the first and second time; 
an! coumitted. 


Lymington The House was moved, That the Petition for the 

allway Bill. Lymington Railway Bill, which was presented upon 
the 4th day of February, in the last Session of Par- 
liament, and the Order of leave for bringing in the 
said Bilt made upon the same day, might be read; 
and the same being read ; 

The said Bill was read the first and second time; 
and (the Bill having been reported and considered 
in the last Session of Parliament) ordered to be 
yead the third time. 


a. The House was moved, That the Petition jor the 
Mars aur Malltraeth and Corsddaugau Marsh Bill, which was 
Bill. presented upon the 4th day of February, in the last 
Session of Parliament, and the Order of leave for 
bringing in the said Bill made upon the same day, 

might be read: and the same being read ; 
The said Bill was read the first and second time; 

and committed. 


so erppat) The House was moved, That the Petition for the 
incolnshire ‘“anchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire lailw ay 


Railway (Sta- (Station at Manchester) Bill, which was presented 

nb upon the 7th day of February, in the last Session 
of Parliament, and the Order cf leave for bringing 
in the said Bill made upon the same day, might be 
read ; and the same being read ; . 

The said Bill was read the first and second time; 
and (the Bill having been reported and considered 
in the last Session of Parliament) ordered to be read 
the third time. 


aes and The House was moved, That the Petition for the 
my Bi  aybole and Girvan Railway Bill, which was pre- 
sented upon the 7th day of February, in the last 
Session of Parliament, and the Order of leave for 
bringing in the said Bill made upon the same day, 
might be read ; and the same being read ; 
Che said Bill was read the first and second time; 
and (the Bill having been reported and considered 


in the last Session of Parliament) ordered to be read 
the third time. 


Vou. 114, 


Bi! 4 


9° Juniz. 











- L 


The House was moved, That the Petition for the Merthyr, 
Merthyr, .Tredegar and Abergavenny Railway Biil, Tredegar and 
which was presented upon the 7th day of February, far mo Bil 
in the last Session of Parliament, and the Order of 
leave for bringing in the said Bill made upon the 
same day, might be read; and the same being 
read ; 

‘The said Bill was read the first and second time; 
and (the Bill having been reported and considered 
in the last Session of Parliament) ordered to be read 
the third time. 


The House was moved, That the Petition for the Metropolitan 
Metropolitan Railway (Abandonment of Under- Railway 

“ail ngr s . = ted the (Abandonment 
taking, &amp;c.) Bill, which was presented upon of Water 
14th day of February, in the last Session of Par- taking, &amp;c. ) 
liament, and the Order of leave for bringing in the Bill. 
said Bill made upon the same day, might be read ; 
and the same being read ; 

The said Bill was read the first and second time; 


and committed. 


The House was moved, That the Petition for the Metropolitan 
Metropolitan Railway (Deviations, &amp;c.) Bill, which Railway (De- 
' . —s - viations, &amp;c.) 
was presented upon the 4th day of February, in pin. 
the last Session of Parliament, and the Order of 
leave for bringing in the said Bill made upon the 
same day, might be read; and the same being 
read ; 

The said Bill was read the first and second time ; 


and committed. 


The House was moved, That the Petition for the Midland _ 
Midland Railway Bill, which was presented upon Railway Bill 
the 4th day of February, in the last Session of 
Parliament, and the Order of leave for bringing in 
the said Bill made upon the same day, might be 
read ; and the same being read ; 

The said Bill was read the first and second time ; 
and committed. 


The House was moved, That the Petition for the y54-sussex 
Mid-Sussex and Midhurst Junction Railway Bill, and Midhurst 
which was presented upon the 7th day of February, in Junction 
the last Siakin of “et set and “ Order pr seatndianes 
for bringing in the said Bill made upon the same 
day, might be read; and the same being read; 

The said Bill was read the first and second time; 
and (the Bill having been reported and considered 
in the last Session of Parliament) ordered to be read 
the third time. 


The House was moved, That the Petition for the mia-Wales 
Manchester, Liverpool, Swansea and Milford Haven Railway Bill 
Junction Railway Bill, (afterwards changed to Mid- se, eg 
Wales Railway,) which was presented upon tie 4th Liverpool, : 
day of February, in the last Session of Parliament, Swansea and 
and the Order of leave for bringing in the said Bill — 
made upon the same day, might be read; and the Railway. 
snme being rexd ; 

The Mid-Wales Railway Bill was read the first 
and second time; and (the Bill having been reported 
and considered in the last Session of Perliament) 
ordered to be read the third time. 


The House was moved, That the Petition for the mMountsorrel 
Mountsorrel Railway Bill, which was presented Railway Bill 
upon the 4th day of February, in the last Session of 
Parliament, and the Order of leave for bringing in 
the said Bill made upon the same day, might be 
read ; and the same being read ; 

The said Bill was read the first and seewnd time ; 
and (the Bill having been reported and considered 
in the last Session of Parliament) ordered to be read 
the third time. 


The House was moved, That the Petition for the MuchWenlock 
Much Wenlock and Severn Junction Railway Bill, 2"4 Severn | 
which was presented upon the 4th day of February, vay Bill gs 
in the last Session of Parliament, and the Order of 
leave for bringing in the said Bill made upon 


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Newcastle- 
under-Lyme, 
Silverdale 
and Madeley 
Junction 
Railway Bill. 


North British 
and Selkirk 
and Galashiels 
Railway Com- 
panies Bill, 


North Eastern 
and Bedale 
and Leyburn 
Railway Com- 
panies Amal- 
gamation Bill. 


North Eastern 
Railway 
(Harrogate 
Branches) Bill. 


North Eastern 
Railway 
(Nidd Valley 
Branch) Bill. 


North and 
South London 
Junction 
Railway Bill. 


North Staf- 
fordshire 
Railway Bill. 





202 


the same day, might be read ; and the same being 
read ; 

The said Bill was read the first and second time ; 
and (the Bill having been reported and considered 
in the last Session of Parliament) ordered to be read 
the third time. 


The House was moved, That the Petition for the 
Newcastle-under-Lyme, Silverdale and Madeley 
Junction Ralway Bill, which was presented upon 
the 4th day of February, in the last Session of 
Parliament, and the Order of leave for bringing in 
the said Bill made upon the 11th day of February, 
in the last Session of Parliament, might be read ; 
and the same being read ; 

The said Bill was read the first and second time ; 
and committed. 


The House was moved, That the Petition for the 
North British and Selkirk and Galashiels Railway 
Companies Bill, which was presented upon the 4th 
day of February, in the last Session of Parliament, 
and the Order of leave for bringing in the said Bill 
made upon the same day, might be read ; and the 
same being read; 

The said Bill was read the first and second time ; 
and (the Bill having been reported and considered 
in the last Session of Parliament) ordered to be read 
the third time. 


The House was moved, That the Petition for the 
North Eastern and Bedale and Leyburn Railway 
Companies Amalgamation Bill, which was presented 
upon the 8th day of February, in the last Session of 
Parliament, and the Order of leave for bringing in 
the said Bill made upon the same day, might be 
read ; and the same being read ; " 

The said Bill was read the first and second time ; 
and committed. 


The House was moved, That the Petition for the 
North Eastern Railway (Harrogate Branches) Bill, 
which was presented upon the 4th day of February, 
in the last Session of Parliament, and the Order of 
leave for brinying in the said Bill made upon the 
same day, might be read ; and the same being read ; 

The said Bill was read the first and second time; 
and committed. 


The House was moved, That the Petition for the 
North Eastern Railway (Nidd Valley Branch) Bill, 
which was presented upon the 4th day of February, 
in the last Session of Parliament, and the Order of 
leave for bringing in the said Bill made upon the 
same day, might be read ; and the same being read ; 

The said Bill was read the first and second time ; 
and (the Bill having been reported and considered 
in the last Session of Parliament) ordered to be 
read the third time. 


The House was moved, That the Petition for the 
North and South London Junction Railway Bill, 
which was presented upon the 7th day of February, 
in the last Session of Parliament, and the Order 
of leave for bringing in the said Bill made upon 
the same day, might be read; and the same being 
read ; 

The said Bill was read the first and second time ; 
and committed. 


The House was moved, That the Petition for the 
North Staffordshire Railway Bill, which was pre- 
sented upon the 9th day of February, in the last 
Session of Parliament, and the Order of leave for 
bringing in the said Bill made upon the 17th day 
of February, in the last Session of Parliament, 
might be read; and the same being read ; 

The said Bill was read the first and second time ; 


and committed. 





9° Junit. 





A. 1859. Sess. IT. 


The House was moved, That the Petition for the North was 
North Western Railway Bill, which was presented Railway Big 
upon the 7th day of February, in the last Session of 
Parliament, and the Order of leave for bringing in 
the said Bill made upon the same day, might be 
read ; and the same being read ; 

The said Bill was read the first and second time; 
and committed. 


The Honse was moved, That the Petition for the Norwich ani 
Norwich and Spalding Railway Bill, which was Spalding 
presented upon the 4th day of February, in the way Bil 
last Session of Parliament, and the Order of leave 
for bringing in the said Bill made upon the same 
day, might be read ; and the same being read ; 

The said Bill was read the first and second time; 
and committed. 


The House was moved, That the Petition for the Norwood and 
Norwood and Streatham Railway Bill, which was Streatham 
presented upon the 4th day of February, in the last ®ailway Bil, 
Session of Parliament, and the Order of leave for 
bringing in the said Bill made upon the same day, 
might be read ; and the same being read ; 

The said Bill was read the first and second time; 
and committed. 


The House was moved, That the Petition for the Nuneaton 
Nuneaton and Hinckley Railway Bill, which was and Hinckley 
presented upon the 4th day of February, in the last Baillway Bill 
Session of Parliament, and the Order of leave for 
bringing in the said Bill made upon the 11th day 
of February, in the last Session of Parliament, might 
be read ; and the same being read ; 

The said Bill was read the first and second time; 
and (the Bill having been reported and considered 
in the last Session of Parliament) ordered to be 
read the third time. 


The House was moved, That the Petition for the Oldham, 
Oldham, Ashton-under-Lyne and Guide Bridge Ashton-under. 
Junction Railway (Contribution of Funds, &amp;c.) Lie Begs 
Bill, which was presented upon the 4th day of Junction 
February, in the last Session of Parliament, and the Railway &gt; 
Order of leave for bringing in the said Bill made Fonts be) 
upon the same day, might be read; and the same Bill. 
being read ; 

The said Bill was read the first and second time ; 
and committed, 


The House was moved, That the Petition for the Oldham, 
Oldham, Ashton-under-Lyne and Guide Bridge rig 
Junction Railway (Working of Line, &amp;c.) Bill, Guide Bridge 
which was presented upon the 4th day of Fe- Junction Rail- 
bruary, in the last Session of Parliament, and the pry Ble 
Order of leave for bringing in the said Bill made Bill. 
upon the same day, might be read; and the same 
being read ; 

The said Bill was read the first and second time ; 
and comunitted. 


The House was moved, That the Petition for the Oxford, Wor 
Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway Bill, one 
which was presented upon the 4th day of February, ton Railway 
in the last Session of Parliament, and the Order of Bill. 
leave for bringing in the said Bill made upon the 
same day, might be read; and the same being read; 

The said Bill was read the first and second time; 
and (the Bill having been reported in the last 
Session of Parliament) ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


The House was moved, That the Petition for the Pett, ee 
Perth, Kinross and Fife Roads Bill, which was ®t a. pin 
resented upon the 7th day of February, in the 
ast Session of Parliament, and the Order of leave 
for bringing in the said Bill made upon the same 
day, might be read; and the same being read ; 
The said Bill was read the first and second time ; 


and itted, 
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Portsmouth 
New Docks 
and Railway 
Bill. 


Reading and 
Hatfield Road 
Bill. 


Red Sea and 
India Tele- 
graph Com- 


pry (No. 2) 


Ringwood, 
Christeburch 
and Bourne- 
mouth Rail- 
way Bill. 


Salford Bo- 
rough (No, 2 
~~ a 0, 2) 


92 Vicrorie. 


The House was moved, That the Petition for the 
Portsmouth and London and South Western Railway 
Companies Bill, which was presented upon the 7th 
day of February, in the last Session of Parliament, 
and the Order of leave for bringing in the said Bill 
made upon the same day, might be read; and the 
same being read ; 

The said Bill was read the first and second time; 
and (the Bill having been reported and considered 
in the last Session of Parliament) ordered to be read 
the third time. 


The House was moved, That the Petition for the 
Portsmouth New Docks and Railway Bill, which was 
presented upon the 4th day of February, in the last 
Session of Parliament, aud the Order of leave for 
bringing in the said Bill made upon the same day, 
might be read; and the same being read ; 

The said Bill was read the first and second time; 
and (the Bill having been reported in the last Session 
of Parliament) ordered to lie upon the Table. 


The House was moved, That the Petition for the 
Reading and Hatfield Road Bill, which was pre- 
sented upon the 7th day of February, in the last 
Session of Parliament, and the Order of leave for 
bringing in the said Bill made upon the same day, 
might be read; and the same being read ; 

The said Bill was read the first and second time; 
and (the Bill having been reported and considered 
in the last Session of Parliament) ordered to be read 
the third time. 


The House was moved, That the Petition for the 
Red Sea and India Telegraph Company (No. 2) Bill, 
which was presented upon the 7th day of February, 
in the last Session of Parliament, and the Order of 
leave for bringing in the said Bill made upon the 
15th day of February, in the last Session of Parlia- 
ment, might be read ; and the same being read ; 

The said Bill was read the first and second time ; 
and (the Bill having been reported and considered 
in the last Session of Parliament) ordered to be 
read the third time. 


The House was moved, That the Petition for the 
Ringwood, Christchurch and Bournemouth Railway 
Bill, which was presented upon the 4th day of Fe- 
bruary, in the last Session of Parliament, and the 
Order of leave for bringing in the said Bill made 
upon the same day, might be read; and the same 
being read ; 

The said Bill was read the first and second time; 
and committed. 


The House was moved, That the Petition for the 
Salford Borough (No.2) Bill, which was presented 
upon the 7th day of February, in the last Session 
of Parliament, and the Order of leave for bringing 
in the said Bill made upon the 7th day of March, in 
the last Session of Parliament, might be read; and 
the same being read ; 

The said Bill was read the first and second time; 
and (the Bill having been reported und considered 
in the last Session of Parliament) ordered to be read 
the third time. 


The House was moved, That the Petition for the 
Scottish Central Railway Bill, which was presented 
upon the 4th day of February, in the last Session 
of Parliament, and the Order of leave for bringing 
in the said Bill made upon the same day, might be 
read; and the same being read ; 

The said Bill was read the first and second time ; 
and (the Bill having been reported in the last Session 
of Parliament) ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Several Public Petitions were presented, and read; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Vou, 114, 


9° Junie. 


A Petition of Hugh Culling Eardley Childers, of — 


203 


24, Curzon-street, May-fair, in the County of Mid- 
dlesex, Esquire, complaining of an undue Election 
and Return for the cat of Pontefract, was pre- 
sented, and read [ Vide Appendix to Votes, No. 6 

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. 


A Petition of Samuel Richard Green, of Thorn- Wakefield 
hill-street, in the Borough of Wakefield, in the West Election. 


Riding of the County of York, Engineer and Iron- 
founder, and John Tuting Sweeting, of Westgate, in 
Wakefield atoresaid, Innkeeper, two of the Electors 
of the Borough of Wakefield, complaining of an 
undue Election and Return for the said Borough, 
— presented, and read {Vide Appendix to Votes, 
No. 71. 

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 ot the matter of the said Petition. 


A Petition of Electors of the Borough of Hud- Huddersfield 
dersfield, complaining of an undue Election and Re- Election. 


turn for the said Borough, was presented, and read 


| | Vide Appendix to Votes, No. 8]. 


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. 


A Petition of the Trustees of the British Mu- mah 


seum being offered to be presented ; 

Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer, by Her Ma- 
jesty’s Command, acquainted the House, That Her 
Majesty, havins been informed of the contents of 
the said Petition, recommends it to the consideration 
of the House. 

Then the said Petition was brought up, and read ; 
setting forth, That the only Funds belonging to the 
Petitioners for the support of the British Museum 
consist of Thirty thousand pounds, Three per centum 
Reduced Bank Annuities, the annual dividend 
whereof amounts to Nine hundred pounds ; of a be- 
quest of the late Earl of Bridgewater, the annual 
proceeds of which amount to about Four hundred 
and fifteen pounds; and also of a bequest of the 
late Lord Farnborough, the annual proceeds of 
which amount to Eighty-six pounds three shillings 
and fourpence; that the Establishment is necessarily 
attended with an expense far beyond the annual 
produce of the above-mentioned Suns, and the Trust 
cannot, with benefit to the Public, be carried on 
without the aid of Parliament; and praying the 
Honse to grant them such further support towards 
enabling them to carrv on the execution of the Trust 
reposed in them by Parliament for the general be- 
nefit of learning and useiul 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, British 
an Account of the Income and Expenditure of the Museum, 


British Museum for the Financial year ended the 
31st day of March 1859 ; of the estimated Charges 
and Expenses for the year ending the 31st day of 
March 1860; of the Sum necessary to discharge the 
same; and of the Number of Persons admitted to 
visit the Museum in each year from 1853 to 1858, 
both years inclusive; together with a Statement of 
the progress made in the arrangement of the Col- 





EES lections, 









204 9° Junie. A.185Y. Sess. LI, 


° lections, and an Account of Objects added to them, {the 1st April 1858, to the 31st March 1859, with 
in the year 1858. Civil Situations, under the Provisions of the Act 
20 &amp; 21 Vic. c. 66, s. 29. 
Italy. Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer presented, by Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Her Majesty’s Command,—Copy of Correspond- | Table. ° 
ence repecting the Affairs of Jtaly, January to May 
1859. Mr. Gathorne Hardy presented, by Her Ma- Turnpike 
Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the | jesty’s Command,—Copy of General Report rela- Trusts, 
Table. tive to Turnpike Trusts in England and Wales, made 
by direction of the Secretary of State, under Act 
Metropolis The following Papers, pursuant to the directions | 3 &amp; 4 Will. 4, c. 80. 
Turnpike of several Acts of Parliament, were laid upon the| Copy of Twentieth Report made by the Deputy puptic 
Roads. 5 ™. 1: - ole ’ — n : 
Table by the Clerk of the House,—The Thiity-third | Keeper of the Public Records (9th May 1859). Records. 
Report of the Commissioners of the Metropolis} Mr. Gathorne Hardy also presented,—Return to Populati 
Turnpike Roads North of the Thames. an Addiess to Her Majesty, dated the 30:h day of &amp;c. (Scotland) 
Margate Pier An Account of the Receipt and Application of} March, in the last Session of Parliament, for a Re- 
and Harbour. 4}) Monies which have been received by the Di-| turn of Population, and Income Tax paid, in the 
rectors of the Margate Pier and Harbour Company,| Counties and Burghs of Scotland respectively ; 
from the 6th day of April 1858 to the 19th day of | showing in what Proportions the Members, accord- 
April 1859, both days inclusive. ing t» the present Number returned from Scotland, 
Postage. Copy of Treasury Warrants establishing Rates of'| ought to be assigned to each; and also, if the 
Postage. Number were increased according to Return No. 159, 
Army. Account of the Receipt and Expenditure for Army | how such Number would be distributed between the 
and Militia Services for the year ended 31st March | Counties and Burghs according tv the Calculations 
1858; together with a final Statement of the Ac-| of the said Return. 
count for the year 1856-7. ‘ Ordered, ‘That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table. 























































own 





Dover Mails. Ordered, That there be laid before this House, ) ‘ ; 
Copies of any Contracts, or renewals of Contracts |. Mr. Adderley presented, pursuant to the direc- Cambridge 
made by Government since the 3d day of March | tions of an Act of Parliament,—Copy of a Statute University, 

i ‘ J ~ % . ae . - “n) 3 
1857, for the Conveyance of the Mails between Dover made oy the major part of the governing body of 
and Calais and Dover and Ostend (in continuation | Seint John’s College on the 7th December 1857, and 
of Parliamentary Paper, No. 89, of Session 1857) ; approved on the 12th Aprii 1859, by the Cambridge 
of all Applications to the Admiralty or Treasury Universiry Commissioners. - ” 
relating to the same ; of the Replics to such Appli- Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the Table. 
cations ; of any Treasury Minutes upon the Sub- 
ject; and of all Correspondence between the Admi- | 





Ordered, That the Paper relative to Universities Universities 
(Scotland), being Copy of an Ordinance with refe- (Scotland.) 


¢ Treasurv. ai ’ aster Gener 1 : . 7 . : 
a an id the Postmaster General, with | ‘ence to the University of Glasgow, which was pre- N18. 
, acTeuo. ‘sented upon the 7th day of this instant June, be 
| printed. 


Parliamentary Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Committees. Copy of all Sums of Money expended annually on} Ordered, That the Paper relative to Universities Universities 
account of each Parliamentary Committee, from the | (Sco!land), being Copy of an Ordinance with refe- (Scotland.) 
year 1835 to 1858, both inclusive, under the follow- | rence to the University of Saint Andrew, which was No, 14, 
ing Heads :— | presented upon the 7th day of this instant June, 
| ems eee 
Expenses of 
Number | 
of 7. Printing, | ¢ 7 
Days sat. Wit- Engraving Shorthand | Miscel- 
nesses. and Writers. | laneous. a . ae . 
Lithography. | Ordered, That the Account relative to Pu'lic Public Works 


eer Works (/reland), which was presented upon the 7th (Ireland. ) 
day of this instant June, be printed, No. 16. 





' Ordered, ‘That the Return relative to Bonding Bonding 
Total. | Warehouses, which was presented upon the 7th day Warehouses 
of this instant June, be printed. No. 15. 


Name 





Com- 
mittee. | 
| 
| 


ee ee 
—~ -— 

















| 
| Ordered, That leave be viven to bring in a Bill to Church Rates 
| | abolish Church Rates: And that Sir John Trelawny Abolition. 
| vand Mr. Dillwyn do prepare, and bring it in. 
Army. Resolved, That an humble Address be presented | 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased | Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Italy. 
togive directions, that there be laid before this House, | to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
a Return of the Number of Officers and Men, | to give directions, that there be laid before this ‘/ouse, 
distinguishing each Arm of the Service, Cavalry, | a Copy of the Instructions given to each Officer sent 
Infantry, Horse and Foot Artillery, and Engineers, by the British Government to the Head Quarters of 
annually, from 1800 to 1858, both years inclusive; | the Armies in Italy of Austria, Sardinia and France, 
stating the Numbers serving at Home, in the Colo-| together with any Correspondence that has passed 
nies, vid in /uiéia; the Enrolled Pensioners, and | between the Government of England and those 
Embodied Militia and Volunteers ; and the Amount! Countries relative to such Missivn. 
annually voted for these Services, distinguishing| Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Effective and Non-effective Services. Her Majesty, by such Members of this House as are 
Ordered, That the said Address be presented to| of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 
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 aang: 
to regulate the Expenses of the Offices of High — 
Army. General Peel presented, by Her Majesty’s Com-| Sheriff: Aud that Mr. Griffith, Mr. Sclater-Booth 
mand,—Statement of Sums paid to Relatives of| and Lord Henniker do prepare, and bring it in. 
deceased Ofticers of Her Majesty’s Army in lieu ; 
of Pensions, &amp;c., during the year 1858-59. Ordered, That a Standing Committee be appointed Rabe 
Arny. General Peel also presented, pursuant to the direc-| to control the arrangements of the Kitchen and Rooms (House 
tions of an Act of Parliament,—Return of Officers} Refreshment Rooms in the department of the Ser- of Commons) 
who have been allowed to receive their Half-pay since | jeant-at-Arms attending this Howse :— And a Com- 
' mittee 

















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2 AE, TRE Ce ER Re ow 





99 Vicroriz. 


mittee was appointed of Colonel French, Mr. 
Alderman Cubitt, Mr. Seymour FitzGerald, Mr. 
Hume, Mr. Dalglish, Mr. Monckton Milnes, Colonei 
Dunne and Mr. Roupell. 

Ordered, ‘Yhat Three be the quorum. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
repeal certain Acts and parts of Acts relating to 
Newspapers, Pamphlets and other Publications, 
and to Printers, Type-founders and Reading- 
rooms: And that Mr. Ayrton and Mr. Milner 
Gibson do prepare, and bring it in. 


Newspapers, 
&amp;e. 


Ordered, That leave be given to biing ina Bill for 
carrying into effect the Report of the Commis- 
sioners appointed to inquire into the state of the 
Municipal Affaiis of the Borough of Belfast, in 
Ireland: And that Lord Naas, Mr. Aitorney Gene- 


Belfast 
Borough. 


ral for Jreland, and Mr. Solicitor General for Jre-' 


land do prepare, and bring it in. 


Constabulary 
Force (Ire- 
Jand.) 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
tv amend the Acts relating to the Constabulary 
Force in Jreland: And that Lord Maus and Mr. 
Solicitor General for Jreland do prepare, and bring 
it in. 


Edinburgh Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
-. rn abolish the Ministers’ Money or Annuity Tax levied 
“within the City of Edinburgh, Parish of Canongate, 
and Burgh of Montrose, and to make Provision four 
their Successors: And that Mr. Bluck and Mr. 

Bazter do prepare, and bring it in. 


g”-—10° Junit. 





Motion for 
Address, 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming | 
the adjourned Debate on the Amendment which, 
upon the 7th day of this instant June, was proposed 
to be made to the Question, That an humble Ad-| 
dress be pre-ented to Her Majesty, to convey to 
Her Majesty the Thanks of this House for Her 
Majesty's most gracious Speech from the Throne: 

To thank Her Majesty for informing us that Her 
Majesty has with satisfaction availed Herself, in 
the present anxious state of public affairs, of the 
advice of Her Parliament, which Her Majesty has 
summoned with the least possible delay : 

To thank Her Majesty for having directed that 
Papers should be laid before us, from which we 
shall learn how earnest and unceasing have been 
Her Majesty’s endeavours to preserve the Peace of 
Europe : 

Humbly to assure Her Majesty that we partake 
in Her Majesty’s regret that those endeavours have 
uphappily failed, and that War has been declared 
between France and Sardinia on one side, and 
Austria on the other: 

To express our gratification at learning that Her 
Majesty, receiving assurances of friendship from 
both the contending parties, intends to maintain 
between them a strict and impartial neutrality ; and 
that Her Majesty hopes, with God’s assistance, to 
preserve to Her People the blessings of continued 
peace : 

Humbly to thank Her Majesty for informing us 

that, considering the present state of Europe, Her 
Majesty has deemed it necessary, for the security 
of Her Majesty's Dominions and the honour of Her 
Majesty’s Crown, to increase Her Majesty’s Naval 
Forces to an amount exceeding that which has been 
sanctioned by Parliament: 
_ Humbly to assure Her Majesty, that Her Ma- 
jJesty may rely with confidence on our cordial con- 
currence in this precautionary measure of defensive 
policy : 

To thank Her Majesty for informing us, that the 
King of the Two Sicilies having announced to Her 
Majesty the death of the King his father and his 
own accession, Her Majesty has thought fit, in 
concert with the Emperor of the French, to renew 
Her Majesty’s diplomatic intercourse with the 








Vou. 114. 





205 


Court of Naples, which had been suspended during 
the late reign: 

Humbly to express our gratification at learning 
from Her Majesty that all Her Majesty’s other 
Foreign Relations continue on a perfectly satisfac- 
tory footing : 

To thank Her Majesty for having directed that 
the Estimates for the vear, for which provision has 
not been made by the late Parliament, shall be 
immediately laid before us, together with such Sup- 
plementary Estimates as present circumstances ren- 
der indispensably necessary for the public service : 

To convey to Her Majesty our humble thanks 
for having directed a Bill to be prepared for giving 
effect, so far as the aid of Parliament may be 
required, to certain suggestions of the Commissioners 
whom Her Majesiy had appointed to inquire into 
the best mode of efficiently manning the Royal 
Navy, and for recommending this important subject 
to our immediate attention : 

Humbly to assure Her Majesty that we rejoice 
to learn that measures of legal and social improve- 
ment, the progress of which was necessarily inter- 
rupted by the Dissolution, will again be brought 
under our consideration : 

Humbly to thank Her Majesty for informing us 
that Her Majesty would with pleasure give Her 
Majesty’s sanction to any well-considered measure 
for the Amendment of the Laws which regulate the 
Representation of Her Majesty’s People in Parlia- 
ment; and humbly to as-ure Her Majesty that, 
should we be of opinion that the necessity of giving 
our immediate attention to measures of urgency 
relating to the Defence and Financial Condition of 
the Country will not leave us sufficient time for 
legislating with due deliberation during the present 
Session ou a subject at once so difficult and so 
extensive, we trust to be enabled at the commerce- 
ment of the next Session to give our eainest attention 
to a Question of which an early and satisfactory 
Settlement would be greatly to the public advan 
tage : 

Humbly to express our gratification that Her 
Majesty feels assured that we shall enter with zeal 
and diligence on the discharge of our Parliamentary 
Duties; and, in common with Her Majesty, we 
pray that the result of our deliberations may tend 
to secure to the Country the continuance of peace 
abroad and progressive improvement at home ; and 
which Amendment was, at the eud of the Question, 
to add the words “ But we beg humbly tu submit 
“to Her Majesty, that it is essential for securing 
“ satisfactory results to our deliberations, and for 
“ facilitating the discharge of Her Majesty’s high 
“ functions, that Her Majesty’s Government should 
“ possess the confidence of this [louse and of the 
“ Country ; and we deem it our duty respectfully 
“ to represent to Her Majesty that such confidence 
“is not reposed in the present advisers of Her Ma- 
“ jesty ;” 

And the Question being again proposed, That 
those words be there added :--'The House resumed 
the said adjourned Debate. 


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


Veneris, 10° die Junii, 1859: 


Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 
till 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 : 


The Lords have passed,— 
Bagenalstown and Weaford Railway Bill : 
Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway 
Company Bill ; 
Bray Commons Bill ; 
Bury Saint Edmund’s Gas Bill ; 


EE4 Dublin 































Church Rates 
Abolition Bill. 


Bill 3. 


Edinburgh, 
&amp;c. Annuity 
Tax Abolition 
Bill. 

Bill 4. 


High Sheriffs’ 
Expenses Bill. 


Bill 5. 


Newspapers, 
&amp;c. Bill. 


Bill 6. 


Shipping. 






206 


Dublin and Drogheda Railway Bill; 

Dublin and Wicklow Railway Bill; 

Dundath and Enniskillen Railway Bill; 

Gloucester and Cheltenham Tramway (Aban- 
donment) Bill; 

Great Northern and Western (of Zreland) Rail- 
way Bill; 

Greenwich and South Eastern Docks Bill ; 

Ipswich (Borough) Fishery Bill ; 

Liverpool Exchange Bill ; 

London (City) Gas Bill ; 

Londonderry and Lough Swilly Railway Bill ; 

Maidstone Water Bill; 

Midland Great Western Railway of Ireland 
(Sligo Extension) Bill; 

Midland Great Western Railway of Zreland 
(Liffey Branch, &amp;c.) Bill ; 

National Fire and Life Insurance Company of 
Scolland Bill; 

Newry and Armagh Railway Bill ; 

Norwich Corn Exchange Bill; 

Norwich New Street Bill; 

Price’s Patent Candle Company Bill ; 

Sandwith’s Divorce (India) Bill: 

Tottenham and Edmonton Gas Bill ; 

Trinity House of Leith Bill ; 

Ulster Railway Bill ; 

to which they desire the concurrence of the Com- 
mons. 


Mr. Dillwyn presented a Bill to abolish Church 
Rates : And the same was read the first time; and 
ordered to be read a second time upon Tuesday the 
2ist day of this instant June; and to be printed. 


Mr. Black presented a Bill to abolish the Minis- 
ters’ Money or Annuity Tax levied within the City 
of Edinburgh, Parish of Canongate, and Burgh of 
Montrose, and to make Provision for their Succes- 
sors: 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. 

Ordered, ‘Vhat the Examiner have leave to sit 
and proceed forthwith. 


Mr. Griffith presented a Bill to regulate the Ex- 
penses of the Office of High Sheriff: And the same 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time upon Thursday next ; and to be printed. 


Mr. Ayrton presented a Bill to repeal certain Acts 
and parts of Acts relating to Newspapers, Pamph- 
lets and other Publications, and to Printers, ‘Type- 
founders and Reading-rooms: And the same was 
read the first time ; and ordered to be read a second 
time upon Friday next; and to be printed. 


Mr. Corry presented,—Return to an Order, dated 
the 9th day of February, in the last Session of Par- 
liament, for a Return of the Number and Tonnage 
of Sailing Vessels registered at each of the Ports of 
Great Britain and Ireland, including the Isle of 
Man and the Channel Islands, distinguishing those 
under and those above Fifty Tons Register, on the 
31st day of December 1858 :——Similar Return of 
Steam Vessels and their Tonnage :——Return of 
the Number and Tonnage of Vessels that entered 
and cleared Coastwise, at each of the Poris of 
Great Britain and Ireland, Isle of Manand Channel 
Islands (including their repeated Voyages), distin- 
guishing British from Foreign Vessels, and Steam 
from Sailing Vessels, between the 31st day of De- 
cember 1857 and the 31st day of December 1858 : 
Like Return from and to the Colonies, further 
distinguishing British from Foreign Vessels; also, 
from and to Foreign Ports, also distinguishing 
British from Foreign Vessels :——Aggregate Re- 
turn of the Number and Tonnage of Vessels entered 
and cleared at each of the Ports of Great Britain 





9°—10° Juni. 





A. 1859. Sess. II. 


and Jreland, Isle of Man and Channel Islands 
(including their repeated Voyages), in the Coasting, 
Colonial and Foreign Trades, in the year 1858, 
distinguishing British from Foreign Vessels :—-—— 
Return of the Number and Tonnage of Sailing 
Vessels registered at each of the Ports of the 
Colonies of the United Kingdom respectively, dis- 
tinguishing those under and those above Filty Tons 
Register, on the 31st day of December 1858 :—— 
Similar Return of Steam Vesse!s and their Tonnage : 
Returns of the Number of Vessels, with their 
Tonnage (distinguishing Steam from Sailing Vessels), 
that were built and registered, distinguishing Tim- 
ber from Iron Vessels; also, a similar Return of 
Vessels sold and trans/erred; also, a similar Return 
of Vessels wrecked; also, asimilar Return of Vessels 
broken up, in the year 1858 : ——Of the Number of 
Colonial-built Vessels and their Tonnage, registered 
at each of the Ports of the United Kingdom, in the 
year 1858; 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 em- 
ployed in the Trade of the United Kingdom, exhi- 
biting the Number and Tonnage of Vessels that 
entered Inwards and cleared Outwards (including 
their repeated Voyages), separating British from 
Foreign Vessels, also Steam from Sailing Vessels, 
and distinguishing the Trade with each Country, in 
the year 1858 (in continuation of Parliamentary 
Paper, No. 260, of Session 1858). 





in the last Session of Parliament, fora Returnin a 
Tabular Form, with consecutive Numbers, of the 
whole of the Steam Vessels registered in the United 
Kingdom on or before the 1st day of January 1859 ; 
stating, in separate columns, the following Particu- 
lars :—Official Number of Vessel ; Vessel’s Name; 
Port of Registry ; Date of Registry ; Date of Build; 
Registered Owners; Dimensions of Vessels in Length 
and Breadth, and Depth of Hold; Tonnage (exclu- 
sive of Engine-room), and Gross Tonnage, distin- 
guishing Vessels built of Iron and Vessels having 
Screw Propellers ; also distinguishing Vessels mea- 
sured under the Merchant Shipping Act of 1854 
from those measured under previous Acts, and esti- 
mated Horse Power of their Engines ; and giving 
the Aggregate Number of Vessels and Amount of 
Tonnage, with an Index for easy reference attached 
to it, giving the Names of the Vessels ia Alphabe- 
tical Order, with Numbers to each, corresponding 
with the consecutive Numbers in the Return (in 
continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 488, of 
Session 1858). 


of the Receipt and Expenditure (under the Seamen’s 
Fund Winding-up Act), from 1st January to 31st 
December 1858; with an Account of the Sums re- 
ceived and paid for the Wages and Effects of de- 
ceased Seamen in the year 1858. 


under the Act 17 &amp; 18 Vic. c. 104, showing the 
Balance of Cash and Amount of Exchequer Bills 
held on ist January 1858; with the Income and 
Expenditure from that period to 31st December 
1858. 

Ordered, That the said Papers 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 Friday morning, adjourned till this 
day. 








Return to an Order, dated the 8th day of March, Steam Vessels, 


Mr. Corry also presented, pursuant to the direc- Merchant 
tions of several Acts of Parliament,—An Account —— 


. er - tile 
An Account of the Mercantile Marine Fund, ase 


Railway Bill. 


Silverdale and 
Newcastle- 
under-Lyme 
Railway Bill. 


Sirhowy 
Tramroad Bill. 


Sittingbourne 
and Sheerness 
Railway 
(Additional 
Capital, &amp;c. ) 
Bill, 


99 VicToRIz. 


Veneris, 10° die Junii ; 
Anno 22° Victoria Regine, 1859. 


PRAYERS, 

eH H E House was moved, That the Petition for 
the Sevenoaks Railway Bill, which was pre- 

sented upon the 4th day of February, in the last 
Session of Parliament, and the Order of leave for 
bringing in the said Bill made upon the same day, 
might be read ; and the same being read ; 

The said Bill was read the first and second time ; 
and (the Bill having been reported in the last Ses- 
sion of Parliament) ordered to lie upon the Table. 


The House was moved, That the Petition for the 
Silverdale and Newcastle-under-Lyme Railway Bill, 
which was presented upon the 4th day of February, 
in the last Session of Parliament, and the Order of 
leave for bringing in the said Bill made upon the 
same day, might be read; and the same being 
read ; 

The said Bill was read the first and second time ; 
and committed. 


The House was moved, That the Petition for the 
Sirhowy Tramroad Bill, which was presented upon 
the 7th day of February, in the last Session of Par- 
liament, and the Order of leave for bringing in the 
said Bill made upon the 15th day of February, in 
the last Session of Parliament, might be read; and 
the same being read ; 

The said Bill was read the first and second time ; 
and (the Bill having been reported and considered 
in the last Session of Parliament) ordered to be 
read the third time. 


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207 


Order of leave for bringing in the said Bill made 
upon the same day, might be read; and the same 
being read ; 

The said Bill was read the first and second time ; 
and (the Bill having been reported and considered 
in the last Session of Parliament) ordered to be read 
the third time. 


The House was moved, That the Petition for the South York- 
South Yorkshire Railway and River Dun Company shire Railway 
Bill, which was presented upon the 4th day of Fe- Sua a 
bruary, in the last Session of Parliament, and the 
Order of leave for bringing in the said Bill made 
upon the same day, might be read; and the same 
being read ; 

The said Bill was read the first and second time; 
and committed. 


The House was moved, That the Petition for the Stockton and 
Stockton and Darlington Railway Bill, which was ee. 
presented upon the 4th day of February, in the last — 
Session of Parliament, and the Order of leave for 
bringing in the said Bill made upon the same day, 
might be read ; and the same being read ; 

The said Bill was read the first and second time ; 
and committed. 


The House was moved, That the Petition for the Stokes Bay 
Stokes Bay Railway and Pier Bill, which was pre- may and 
sented upon the 4th day of February, in the last — 
Session of Parliament, and the Order of leave for 
bringing in the said Bill made upon the same day, 
might be read ; and the same being read ; 

‘The said Bill was read the first and second time ; 
and committed. 


The House was moved, That the Petition for the Sunderland 


The House was moved, That the Petition for the | Sunderland Dock (No. 2) Bill, which was presented Dock (No. 2) 


Sittingbourne and Sheerness Railway (Additional upon the 23d day of February, in the last Session of 


Bill. 


Capital, &amp;c.) Bill, which was presented upon the | Parliament, and the Order of leave for bringing in the 


7th day of February, in the last Session of Parlia- 


said Bill made upon the same day, might be read ; 


| 
ment, and the Order of leave for bringing in the | and the same being read ; 
said Bill made upon the same day, might be read;| The said Bill was read the first and second time ; 
and the same being read ; /and (the Bill having been reported in the last Ses- 


The said Bill was read the first and second time ; | sion of Parliament) ordered to lie upon the Table. 


and committed. 


The House was moved, That the Petition for the 
Somerset Central Railway Bill, which was presented 
upon the 4th day of February, in the last Session of 
Parliament, and the Order of leave for bringing in 
the said Bill made upon the same day, might be 
read ; and the same being read ; 

The said Bill was read the first and second time ; 
and (the Bill having been reported in the last Ses- 
sion of Parliament) ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Somerset 
Central Rail- 
way Bill. 


SouthDurham The House was moved, That the Petition for the 
tw South Durham and Lancashire Union Railway Bill, 
nion . &gt; 
Railway Bill, Which was presented upon the 4th day of February, 
in the last Session of Parliament, and the Order of 
leave for bringing in the said Bill made upon the 
same day, might be read; and the same being 
read ; 
The said Bill was read the first and second time ; 
and committed. 


South Staf- 
fordshire 
Railway Bill. 


The House was moved, That the Petition for the 
South Staffordshire Railway Bill, which was pre- 
sented upon the 4th day of February, in the last 
Session of Parliament, and the Order of leave for 
bringing in the said Bill made upon the same day, 
might be read; and the same being read ; 

The said Bill was read the first and second time ; 
and committed. 

Panels The House was moved, That the Petition for the 
Tenby Junc. S0uth Wales, Pembroke and Tenby Junction Rail- 
= way way Bill, which was presented upon the 4th day of 
February, in the last Session of Parliament, and the 

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The House was moved, That the Petition for the en 
Swanage Railway and Pier Bill, which was pre- ae 
sented upon the 4th day of February, in the last 
Session of Parliament, and the Order of leave for 
bringing in the said Bill made upon the same day, 
might be read ; and the same being read ; 

The said Bill was read the first and second time ; 
and committed. 


The House was moved, That the Petition for the Swansea Har- 
Swansea Harbour Trust Bill, which was presented — Trust 
upon the 16th day of March, in the last Session of ~~ 
Parliament, and the Order of leave for bringing in 
the said Bill made upon the 18th day of March, in 
the last Session of Parliament, might be read ; and 
the same being read ; 

The said Bill was read the first and second time; 
and committed. 


The House was moved, That the Petiticn for the Tenbury _ 
Tenbury Railway Bill, which was presented upon Bailway Bill. 
the 4th day of February, in the last Session of 
Parliament, and the Order of leave for bringing 
in the said Bill made upon the same day, might be 
read; and the same being read ; 

The said Bill was read the first and second time; 
and (the Bill having been reported and considered 
in the last Session of Parliament) ordered to be 
read the third time. 


The House was moved, That the Petition for the Tendring 
Tendring Hundred Railway Bill, which was pre- 
sented upon the 7th day of February, in the last 
Session of Parliament, and the Order of leave for 

FF 


Hundred 
Railway Bill. 


bringing 






























































































Tweed 
Fisheries Bill. 


Tyne Im- 
— 
il. 


Vale of 
Llangollen 
Railway Bill. 


Vale of Neath 
Railway Bill. 


Victoria 
Station and 
North Western 
and Great 
Western Junc- 
tion Railway 
Bill. 


Victoria 
Station and 
Pimlico Rail- 
way Bill. 


Wandsworth 
and Putney 
Railway Bill. 


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bringing in the said Bill made upon the same day, 
might be read ; and the same being read; 

The said Bill was read tie first and second time ; 
and committed. 


The House was moved, That the Petition for the 
Tweed Fisheries Bill, which was presented upon the 
7th day of February, in the last Session of Parlia- 
ment, and the Order of leave for bringing in the said 
Bill made upon the same day, might be read; and 
the same being read ; 

The said Bill was read the first and second time ; 
and (the Bill having been reported and considered 
in the last Session of Parliament) ordered to be 
read the third time. 


The House was moved, That the Petition for the 
Tyne Improvement Bill, which was presented upon 
the 4th day of February, in the last Session of Par- 
liament, and the Order of leave for bringing in the 
said Bill made upon the same day, might be read ; 
and the same being read ; 

The said Bill was read the first and second time ; 
and (the Bill having been reported and considered 
in the last Session of Parliament) ordered to be read 
the third time. 


The House was moved, That the Petition for the 
Vale of Llangollen Railway Bill, which was pre- 
sented upon the 4th day of February, in the last 
Session of Parliament, and the Order of leave for 
bringing in the said Bill made upon the same day, 
might be read; and the same heing read ; 

The said Bill was read the first and second time ; 
and (the Bill having been reported and considered 
in the last Session of Parliament) ordered to be read 
the third time. 


The House was moved, That the Petition for the 
Vale of Neath Railway Bill, which was presented 
upon the 4th day of February, in the last Session 
of Parliament, and the Order of leave for bringing in 
the said Bill made upon the same day, might be 
read ; and the same being read ; 

The said Bill was read the first and second time; 
and (the Bill having been reported and considered 
in the last Session of Parliament) ordered to be read 
the third time. 


The House was moved, That the Petition for the 
Victoria Station and North Western and Great 
Western Junction Railway Bill, which was pre- 
sented upon the 4th day of February, in the last 
Session of Parliament, and the Order of leave for 
bringing in the said Bill made upon the 11th day 
of February, in the last Session of Parliament, 
might be read; and the same being read ; 

The said Bill was read the first and second time; 
and committed. 


The House was moved, That the Petition for the 
Victoria Station and Pimiico Railway Bill, which 
was presented upon the 4th day of February, in 
the last Session of Parliament, and the Order of 
leave for bringing in the said Bill made upon the 
same day, might be read; and the same being 
read ; 

The said Bill was read the first and second time; 
and committed. 


The House was moved, That the Petition for the 
Wandsworth and Putney Railway Bill, which was 
presented upon the 7th day of February, in the 
last Session of Parliament, and the Order of 
leave for bringing in the said Bill made upon 
the same day, might be read ; and the same being 


The said Bill was read the first and second time; 


and committed. 


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The House was moved, That the Petition for the Wansbeck 
Wansbeck Railway Bill, which was presented upon Railway Bi, 
the 4th day of February, in the last Session of 
Parliament, and the Order of leave for bringing in 
the said Bill made upon the same day, might be 
read ; and the same being read ; . 

The said Bill was read the first and second time; 
and (the Bill having been reported and considered 
in the last Session of Parliament) ordered to be read 
the third time. 


The House was moved, That the Petition for the Warrington 
Warrington and Stockport Railway Bill, which was 24S 
presented upon the 4th day of February, in the last Railway Bill 
Session of Parliament, and the Order of leave for 
bringing in the said Bill made upon the same day, 
might be read ; and the same being read ; 

The said Bill was read the first and second time; 
and (the Bill having been reported and considered 
in the last Session of Parliament) ordered to be read 
the third time. 


The House was moved, That the Petition for the Waveney 
Waveney Valley Railway Bill, which was presented Valley Rail. 
upon the 4th day of February, in the last Session of *Y Bill 
Parliament, and the Order of leave for bringing in 
the said Bill made upon the same day, might be 
read ; and the same being read ; 

The said Bill was read the first and second time; 
and committed. 


The House was moved, That the Petition for the Wear Navi- 
Wear Navigation and Sunderland Docks Bill, which gation and 
was presented upon the 4th day of February, in ae 
the last Session of Parliament, and the Order of 
leave for bringing in the said Bill made upon the 
— day, might be read; and the same being 
read ; 

The said Bill was read the first and second time; 
and (the Bill having been reported and considered 


|in the last Session of Parliament) ordered to be 


read the third time. 


The House was moved, That the Petition for the Wells and 
Wells and Fakenham Railway Bill, which was pre- Fakenham 
sented upon the 7th day of February, in the last oo 
Session of Parliament, and the Order of leave for 
bringing in the said Bill made upon the same day, 
might be read ; and the same being read ; 

The said Bill was read the first and second time; 
and committed. 


The House was moved, That the Petition for the West End of 
West End of Zondon and Crystal Palace Railway nore | = 
(No. 1) Bill, which was presented upon the 4th day ialiway 
of February, in the last Session of Parliament, and (No. 1) Bill 
the Order of leave for bringing in the said Bill made 
upon the 15th day of February, in the last Session 
of Parliament, might be read; and the same being 
read ; 

The said Bill was read the first and second time ; 
and committed. 


The House was moved, That the Petition for the West London 
West London Railway Bill, which was presented **¥°Y 
upon the 4th day of February, in the last Session 
of Parliament, and the Order of leave for bringing 
in the said Bill made upon the same day, might be 
read ; and the same being read ; 

The said Bill was read the first and second time ; 
and committed. 


The House was moved, That the Petition for the Westminster 
Westminster Improvements Bill, which was pre- — 
sented upon the 7th day of February, in the last 
Session of Parliament, and the Order of leave for 
bringing in the said Bill made upon the same day, 
might be read; and the same being read ; 

The said Bill was read the first and second time ; 
and committed. = 

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Water The House was moved, That the Petition for the 


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99 VicToRIz. 


Wirral Water Bill, which was preseuted upon the 
4th day of February, in the last Session of Puarlia- 
ment, and the Order of leave for —- in the 
said Bill made upon the same day, might be read ; 
and the same being read ; 

The said Bill was read the first and second time ; 
and (the Bill having been reported and considered 
in the last Session of Parliament) ordered to be 
read the third time. 


The House was moved, That the Petition for the 
Witney Railway (No. 2) Bill, which was presented 
upon the 7th day of February, in the last Session 
of Parliament, and the Order of leave for bringing 
in the said Bill made upon the same day, might be 
read ; and the same being read ; 

The said Bill was read the first and second time; 
and (the Bill having been reported and considered 
in the last Session of Parliament) ordered to be 
read the third time. 


The House was moved, That the Petition for the 
Worcester and Hereford Railway Bill, which was 
presented upon the 4th day of February, in the last 
Session of Parliament, and the Order of leave for 
bringing in the said Bill made wpon the same day, 
might be read ; and the same being read ; 

The said Bill was read the first and second time; 
and (the Bill having been reported and considered 
in the last Session of Parliament) ordered to be read 
the third time. . 


Ordered, That when any Private Bill which has 
originated in the House of Lords shall have been 
brought from the House of Lords, such Bill, if the 
same shall not have been reported upon by the 
Examiner in the last Session of Parliament, shall, 
after having been read a first time, be referred to 
the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, before 
whom the compliance with such Standing Orders 
as shall not have been previous'y inquired into shall 
be proved. 

Ordered, That the Examiner shall give at least 
two clear days’ notice in the Private Bill Office of 
the day on which the same wi!l be examined. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the ‘Table,—A Certificate 
from the Chief Clerk of the Private Bill Office, 
That the Declarations and Certificates required by 
the Standing Orders of the House of 11th April 
have been duly deposited in respect of the following 
Private Bills brought from the House of Lords, 
9th June, viz. : 

Bagenalstown and Wexford Railway Bill. 

Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway 
Company Bill. 

Bray Commons Bill. 

Bury St. Edmund’s Gas Bill. 

Dublin and Drogheda Railway Bill. 

Dublin and Wicklow Railway Bill. 

Dundalk and Enniskillen Railway Bill. 

Gloucester and Cheltenham Tramway (Aban- 
donment) Bill. 

Great Northern and Western (of Zreland) Rail- 
way Bill. 

Greenwich and South Eastern Docks Bill. 

Ipswich (Borough) Fishery Bill. 

Liverpool Exchange Bill. 

London (City) Gas Bill. 

Londonderry and Lough Swilly Railway Bill. 

Maidstone Water Bill. 

Midland Great Western Railway of Ireland 
(Sligo Extension) Bill. 

Midland Great Western Railway of Ireland 
(Liffey Branch, &amp;c.) Bill. 


National Fire and Life Insurance Company of 


_ Scotland Bill. 
Newry and Armagh Railway Bill. 
Norwich Corn Exchange Bill. 
Norwich New Street Bill. 


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209 


Price’s Patent Candle Company Bill. 
Sandwith’s Divorce (India) Bill. 
Tottenham and Edmonton Gas Bill. 
Trinity House of Leith Bill. 

Ulster Railway Bill. 


The Bagenalstown and Wexford Railway Bill was Bagenalstown 
read the first time; and referred to the Examiners and Wexford 
of Petitions for Private Bills. ua 

The Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway Bombay, 
Company Bill was read the first time; and referred Baroda and 


to the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills. io 


Company Bill 
[ Lords. ] 
The Bray Commons Bill was read the first time; Bray Com- 
and ordered to be read a second time. mons Bill 
[Lords.] 
The Bury Saint Edmund’s Gas Bill was read the Bury Saint 


fi nds | time; ar itted. Edmuna’s Gas 
rst and second time ; and committe Bill [Lorde] 


The Dubilin and Drogheda Railway Bill was read Dublin and 
the first time; and ordered to be read a second Drogheda | 
j Railway Bill 
time. [ Lords.] 


The Dublin and Wicklow Railway Bill was read Dublin and 
the first time; and referred to the Examiners of Wicklow - 
Petitions for Private Bills arene, Og 

[ Lords. | 

The Dundalk and Enniskillen Railway Bill was Dundalk and 
read the first time ; and referred to the Examiners Enniskillen 
of Petitions for Private Bills —— 

7 - [Lords.] 

The Gloucester and Cheltenham Tramway Aban- Gloucester and 
donment Bill was read the first time ; and referred — 
to the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills. pe A 
Bill [Lords.] 

The Great Northern and Western (of Zre/and) Great Northern 
Railway Bill was read the first time; and referred ‘of Ireland). 
to the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills. Railway Bill 
[ Lords. ] 

The Greenwich and South Eastern Docks Bill pony ate 
was read the first time ; and ordered to be read a tg Se 
second time. Bill [ Lords.] 


The Ipswich (Borough) Fishery Bill was read the Ipswich 


first time; and referred to the Examiners of Peti- (Borough) 
2 3 . Fishery Bill 
tions for Private Bills. [Lords. ] 


The Liverpool Exchange Bill was read the first Liverpool _ 
time ; and referred to the Examiners of Petitions een y Bill 
for Private Bills. erds. 


The London (City) Gas Bill was read the first Random ORY) 
$ 1 


‘ ‘ ‘ ‘ : as Bi 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time. [Lords.] 


The Londonderry and Lough Swilly Railway Bill Londonderry 
was read the first and second time; and com- Seilly Beil 
mitted. way Bill 
[ Lords. | 
The Maidstone Water Bill was read the first and Maidstone 


second time; and committed. Water Bill 
[ Lords. ] 


The Midland Great Western Railway of Jre/and Midland Great 
(Liffey Branch, &amp;c.) Bill was read the first time; a 
and referred to the Examiners of Petitions for Pri- j,,)j (Liffey 
Branch, &amp;c.) 
Bill [Lords.] 


The Midland Great Western Railway of Jrelund Midland 
(Sligo Extension) Bill was read the first time; and + ee 
referred to the Examiners of Petitions for Private [reland (Sligo 
Bills. Extension) 

Bill [ Lords] 


The National Fire and Life Insurance Company National 
of Scotland Bill was read the first and second time; = ae 
and committed. Company of 
Scotland Bill 





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Newry and 
Armagh 
Railway Bill 
[ Lords. ] 


Norwich Corn 
Exchange Bill 
[Lords. ] 


Norwich New 
Street Bill 
[Lords.] 


Price’s Patent 

Candle Com- 
any Bill 
Lords.) 

Sandwith’s 

Divorce 

(India) Bill 

[ Lords.} 


Tottenham 


and Edmonton 


Gas Bill. 
[Lords,] 


Trinity House 
of Leith Bill 
[Lords.] 


Ulster Rail- 
way Bill 
[Lords.] 


Metropolitan 
Railway 
( Deviations, 
&amp;c.) Bill. 


Public 
Petitions. 


Vide First 
Report. 


Navy. 


Operations 
in India, 


Gloucester 
City Election 


210 


The Newry and Armagh Railway Bill was read 
the first time; and referred to the Examiners of Pe- 
titions for Private Bills. 


The Norwich Corn Exchange Bill was read the 
first time ; and referred to the Examiners of Peti- 
tions for Private Bills. 


The Norwich New Street Bill was read the first 
and second time ; and committed. 


Price’s Patent Candle Company Bill was read 
the first and second time; and committed. 


Sandwith’s Divorce (India) Bill was read the first 
time; and ordered to be read a second time. 


The Tottenham and Edmonton Gas Bill was read 
the first and second time; and committed. 


The Trinity House of Leith Bili was read the first 
and second time ; and committed. 


The Ulster Railway Bill was read the first time; 
and ordered to be read a second time. 


A Petition of the Metropolitan Railway Com- 
pany, praying that Provision may be made in the 
[etropolitan Railway (Deviations, &amp;c.) Biull, for 
enabling the Corporation of London to subscribe to 
the Undertaking, and for other purposes, was pre- 
sented, and read; and referred to the Examiners of 
Petitions for Private Bills. 


Several Public Petitions were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
a Return of all the Ships of the Royal Navy not 
in active Service, with the Name and Class of each, 
distinguishing Ships lying in Ordinary from those 
otherwise laid up in Harbour, and stating the Date 
when each Ship was launched and was last actively 
employed ; also a List of all the Ships which have 
been broken up or sold since January 1830 without 
having been commissioned. 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That he had 
received from Major General Sir Edward Lugard, 
k.c.B., a Letter in return to the Thanks of this 
House, communicated to him in obedience to their 
commands of the 14th day of April last :—And the 
said Letter was read, as followeth: 


Sir, London, 10th June 1859. 

I have had the honour to receive a Copy of the 
Vote of Thanks agreed to unanimously by the Ho- 
nourable House of Commons on the 14th of April 
last, and as one of the Major Generals therein 


10° Juniz. 


A, 1859. Sess. Il. 


undue Election and Return for the said City, was 
presented, and read [ Vide Appendix to Votes, No. 9]. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to 
the General Committee of Elections. 

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


Mr. Gathorne Hardy presented, by Her Majesty’s Convict Pri. 
Command,—Copy of Fifth Annual Report of the 8 (Ireland) 
Directors of Convict Prisons in Ireland, for the 
year ended 31st December 1858; with Appendix, 

Copy of Final Report of the Decimal Coinage Decimal 
Commissioners; with an Appendix. Coinage. 

Copy of Fourteenth Annual Report of the Com- Charitable 
missioners of Charitable Donations and Bequests Donations 


d B 
for Ireland. (ireland) 


Copy of Twenty-first Annual Report of the Com- Loan Fund 
missioners of the Loan Fund Board of Ireland, — of 
pursuant to the Act 6 &amp; 7 Vic. c. 91. ne 

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


Mr. Corry presented, pursuant to the directions Seamen’s Sa. 
of an Act of Parliament,—An Account of all De- Vings Bank. 
posits received and repaid by the Board of Trade No. 17. 
under the authority of the Seamen’s Savings Bank 
Act, 1856, 19 &amp; 20 Vic. c. 41, during the year 
ended 20th November 1858, and of the Interest 
thereon. 

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


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Court Court of 
of Chancery, which was presented upon the 3d day Chancery. 
of March, in the last Session of Parliament, be No. 18. 
printed. 

Ordered, That the Paper relative to Metropolis Metropolis 


Turnpike Roads, which was presented upon the 9th Turnpike 
aod . Roads. 
day of this instant June, be printed. No. 19 


Ordered, That the Account of Receipt and Ex- Amy. 
penditure for the Army, which was presented upon No. 20. 
the 9th day of this instant June, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to Sums paid to Army. 
Relatives of deceased Officers of Her Majesty’s No. 21, 
Army, which was presented upon the 9th day of 
this instant June, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return of Officers of Her Ma- Army. 
jesty’s Army on Half-Pay holding Civil Situations, No, 22. 
which was presented upon the 9th day of this instant 
June, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Population, Population, 
&amp;e. (Scotland), which was presented upon the 9th &amp;¢. (Scotland) 
day of this instant June, be printed. No. 23. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to Cambridge Cambridge 
University, which was presented upon the 9th day University. 
of this instant June, be printed. No. 24. 





named, I beg you will assure the House that | am 
deeply sensible of the great honour it has conferred 
upon me in noticing my services, and that you will 
express my grateful Thanks for this very distin- 
guished mark of their approbation of my conduct 
during the late operations for suppressing the In- 
surrection in Jndia. 


I have the honour to be, Sir, 
Your most obedient humble Servant, 
Edward Lugard, 
Major General. 
To the Right honourable 
The Speaker of the House of Commons, 
&amp;e. &amp;e. &amp;e. 


A Petition of Thomas Eycott, of King-street, in 

* the City of Gloucester, Furniture-broker, and James 
Haines, of Northgate-street, in the same City and 
County of the same City, Tailor, complaining of an 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Shipping, Shipping. 
| which was presented upon the 9th day of this in- No, 26. 
, stant June, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Steam Steam Vessels. 
Vessels, which was presented upon the 9th day of No. 26. 
this instant June, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Account relative to the Mer- anor os 
chant Seamen’s Fund, which was presented upon “yo, 
the 9th day of this instant June, be printed. ‘ 


Ordered, That the Account relative to the Mer- Mowe 
cantile Marine Fund, which was presented upon the re pe 
9th day of this instant June, be printed. se 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Court Gans 
of Chancery, which was presented upon the 5th ote a 
day of April, in the last Session of Parliament, be , 


ted. 
printe The 








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Thames Con- 


ervancy: 
ri. 
and.) 
Finance 
Accounts. 
No. 30. 
” Administra- 
tion of Justice 
d (East India 
and Ceylon.) 
a- 
Kk, 
Motion for 
Address. 
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99 VicToria. 


The following Papers, pursuant to the directions 
of several Acts of l’arliament, were laid upon the 
Table by the Clerk of the House,—A General 
Report of the Proceedings of the Conservators of 
the River Thames, appointed by and under the 
Powers of “ The Thames Conservancy Act, 1857,” 
from the 7th of October 1857 to the 31st day 
of December 1858; with an Account of the 
Receipts and Application of the Monies which have 
been received and applied by virtue of the Thames 
Conservancy Act, 1857, for the year ending 29th 
September 1858. 

The Finance Accounts, I.—VIII. of the United 
Kingdom of Great Britain aud Ireland, for the Fi- 
nancial year 1858-9, ended 31st March 1859. 

Ordered, That the Finance Accounts be printed. 


Lord Stanley presented,—Return to an Address 
to Her Majesty, dated the 11th day of March, in 
the last Session of Parliament, for a Return of the 
Names, Salaries, Date of Appointment, and Nature 
of Office of all Judicial Officers, Law Officers of 
the Crown, and other principal Officers connected 
with the Administration of Justice in the East In- 
dian Possessions of the Crown, and in Ceylon, and 
specifying such Officers as shall have belonged to 
the Legal Profession in England, Ireland and 
Scotland respectively. 

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


The Order of the day being read, for resuming 
the adjourned Debate on the Amendment which, 
upon the 7th day of this instant June, was proposed 
to be made to the Question, That an bumble Ad- 
dress be presented to Her Majesty, to convey to 
Her Majesty the Thanks of this House for Her 
Majesty’s most gracicus Speech from the Throne : 

To thank Her Majesty for informing us that Her 
Majesty has with satisfaction availed Herself, in 
the present anxious state of public affairs, of the 
advice of Her Parliament, which Her Majesty has 
summoned with the least possible delay : 

To thank Her Majesty for having directed that | 
Papers shoald be laid before us, trom which we! 
shall learn how earnest and unceasing have been 
Her Majesty’s endeavours to preserve the Peace of 
Europe: 

Humbly to assure Her Majesty that we partake 
in Her Majesty’s regret that those endeavours have 
unhappily failed, and that War has been declared 
between France and Sardinia on one side, and 
Austria on the other : 

To express our gratification at learning that Her 


10°—11° Junie. 





Majesty, receiving assurances of friendship from 
both the contending parties, intends to maintain | 
between them a strict and impartial neutrality ; and 
that Her Majesty hopes, with God’s assistance, to 
preserve to Her People the blessings of continued | 
peace : 

Humbly to thank Her Majesty for informing us | 
that, considering the present state of Europe, Her | 
Majesty bas deemed it necessary, for the security 
of Her Majesty’s Dominions and the honour of| 
Her Majesty’s Crown, to increase Her Majesty’s | 
Naval Forces to au amount exceeding that which 
has been sanctioned by Parliament : 

Humbly to assure Her Majesty, that Her Ma-| 
jesty may rely with confidence on our cordial con- 
om in this precautionary measure of defensive 
policy : 

To thank Her Majesty for informing us, that the 
King of the Two Sicilies having announced to Her 
Majesty the death of the King his father and his 
own accession, Her Majesty has thought, fit, in 
concert with the Emperor of the French, to renew 
Her Majesty’s diplomatic intercourse with the 
Court of Naples, which had been suspended during 
the late reign : 

Humbly to express our gratification at learning 


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from Her Majesty that all Her Majesty’s other 
Foreign Relations continue on a perfectly satisfac- 
tory footing : 

To thank Her Majesty for having directed that 
the Estimates for the year, for which provision has 
not been made by the late Parliament, shall be im- 
mediately laid before us, together with such Supple- 
mentary Estimates as present circumstances render 
indispensably necessary for the public service : 

To convey to Her Majesty our humble thanks 
for having directed a Bill to be prepared for giving 
effect, so far as the aid of Parliament may be 
required, to certain suggestions of the Commis- 
sioners whom Her Majesty had appointed to inquire 
into the best mode of efficiently manning the Royal 
Navy, and for recommending this important subject 
to our immediate attention : 

Humbly to assure Her Majesty that we rejoice 
to learn that measures of legal and social improve- 
ment, the progress of which was necessarily inter- 
rupted by the Dissolution, will again be brought 
under our consideration : 

Humbly to thank Her Majesty for informing us 
that Her Majesty would with pleasure give Her 
Majesty’s sanction to any well-considered measure 
for the Amendment of the Laws which regulate the 
Representation of Her Majesty’s People in Parlia- 
ment; and humbly to assure Her Majesty that, 
should we be of opinion that the necessity of giving 
our immediate attention to measures of urgency 
relating to the Defence and Financial Condition of 
the Country will not leave us sufficient time for 
legislating with due deliberation during the present 
Session on a subject at once so difficult and so 
extensive, we trust to be enabled at the commence- 
ment of the next Session to give our earnest atten- 
tion to a Question of which an early and satisfac- 
tory Settlement would be greatly to the public 
advantage : 

Humbly to express our gratification that Her Ma- 
jesty feels assured that we shall enter with zeal and 
diligence on the discharge of our Parliamentary 
duties; and, in common with Her Majesty, we 
pray that the result of our deliberations may tend 
to secure to the Country the continuance of peace 
abroad and progressive improvement at home; and 
which Amendment was, at the end of the Question, 
to add the words “ But we beg humbly to submit 
“to Her Majesty, that it is essential for securing 
“ satisfactory results to our deliberations, and for 
“ facilitating the discharge of Her Majesty’s high 
“ functions, that Her Majesty’s Government should 
“ possess the confidence of this House and of the 
“Country ; and we deem it our duty respectfully 
“ to represent to Her Majesty that such confidence 
“ jis not reposed in the present advisers of Her Ma- 
“¢ jesty ;” 

And the Question being again proposed, That 
those woras be there added :—The House resumed 
the said adjourned Debite. 


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


Sabbati, 11° die Junii, 1859: 


And the Question being put; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right ; 

The Noes to the Left. 

Tellers for the /Sir William Hayter, 
Yeas, \ Mr. Knatchbull-Hugessen : 

Tellers for the (Sir William Jolliffe, 
Noes, (Colonel Taylor : 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Then the Main Question, so amended, being put ; 


}323. 
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Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Resolution 
to Her Majesty, to convey to Her Majesty the for Adaress. 


Thanks of this House for Her M 
cious Speech fromthe Throne: 
To thank Her Majesty for informing us that Her 
FFS3 Majesty 


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219 10°—11° Juni. A. 1859. Sess. IT. 


Majesty has with satisfaction availed Herself, in 
the present anxious state of public affairs, of the 
advice of Her Parliament, which Her Majesty has 
summoned with the least possible delay : 

To thank Her Majesty for having direcied that 
Papers should be laid before us, from which we 
shall learn how earnest and unceasing have been 
Her Majesty’s endeavours to preserve the Peace of | 
Europe: 

Humbly to assure Her Majesty that we partake | 
in Her Majesty’s regret that those endeavours have 
unhappily failed, and that War has been declared 
between France and Sardinia on one side, and 
Austria on the other : 

To express our gratification at learning that Her 
Majesty, receiving wssurances of friendship from | 
both the contending parties, intends to maintain 
between them a strict and impartial neutrality; and 
that Her Majesty hopes, with God’s assistance, to 
preserve to Her People the blessings of continued 

ace: 

Humbly to thank Her Majesty for informing us 
that, considering the present state of Europe, Her 
Majesty has deemed it necessary, for the security 
of Her Majesty’s Dominions and the honour of Her 
Majesty’s Crown, to increase Her Majesty’s Naval | 
Forces to an amount exceeding that which has been 
sanctioned by Parliament : 

Humbly to assure Her Majesty, that Her Ma-| 
jesty may rely with confidence on our cordial con- | 
currence in this precautionary measure of defensive | 
policy : 

To thank Her Majesty for informing us, that the | 
King of the Two Sicilies having announced to Her | 
Majesty the death of the King his father and his | 
own accession, Her Majesty has thought fit, in | 
concert with the Emperor of the French, to renew 
Her Majesty’s diplomatic intercourse with the | 
Court of Naples, which had been suspended during | 
the Jate reign : 

Humbly to express our gratification at learning | 
from Her Majesty that all Her Majesty’s other | 
Foreign Kelations continue on a perfectly satisfac- | 
tory footing : 

To thank Her Majesty for having directed that 
the Estimates for the year, for which provision has 
not been made by the late Parliament, shall be 
immediately laid before us, together with such Sup- | 
plementary Estimates as present circumstances ren- 
der indispensably necessary for the public service : 

To convey to Her Majesty our humble thanks 
for having directed a Bill to be prepared for giving 
effect, so far as the aid of Parliament may be re- 
quired, to certain suggestions of the Commissioners | 
whom Her Majesty had appointed to inquire into | 
the best mode of efficiently manning the Royal 
Navy, and for recommending this important subject | 
to our immediate attention: 

Huibly to assure Her Majesty that we rejoice 
to learn that measures of legal and social improve-| 
ment, the progress of which was necessarily inter- | 
rupted by the Dissolution, will again be brought 
under our consideration : | 

Humbly to thank Her Majesty for informing us | 
that tler Majesty would with pleasure give Her| 
Miujesty’s sanction to any well-considered measure 
for the Amendment of the Laws which regulate the 
Representation of Her Majesty’s People in Parlia- 
ment; and humbly to assure Her Majesty that, 
should we be of opinion that the necessity of giving | 
our immeediate attention to measures of urgency 
relating to the Defence and Financial Condition of 
the Country will not leave us sufficient time for 
legislating with due deliberation during the present 
Session on a subject at once so difficult and so 
extensive, we trust to be enabled at the commence- 
ment of the next Session to give our exrnest atten- 
tion to a Question of which an early and satisfactory 
Settlement would be greatly to the public advan- 
tage: 








Humbly to express our gratification that Her 

Majesty feels assured that we shall enter with zeal 
and diligence on the discharge of our Parliamentary 
duties ; and, in common with Her Majesty, we pray 
that the result of our deliberations may tend to 
secure to the Country the continuance of peace 
abroad and progressive improvement at home :— 
But "we beg humbly to submit to Her Majesty, that 
it is essential for securing satisfactory results to our 
deliberations, and for facilitating the discharge of 
Her Majesty’s high functions, that Her Majesty’s 
Government should possess the confidence of this 
House and of the Country; and we deem it our 
duty respectfully to represent to Her Majesty that 
such confidence is not reposed in the present ad- 
visers of Her Majesty. 

Ordered, Vhat a Committee be appointed to draw Committee 

up an Address to be presented to Her Majesty upon ‘? draw up 
the said Resolution:—And a Committee was ap- &lt;. 
pointed of the Marquis of Hartington, Mr. Han- 
bury, Viscount Palmerston, Lord John Russell, Mr. 
Sidney Herbert, Mr. Milner Gibson, Sir George 
Grey, Sir Francis Baring, Sir Andrew Agnew, Vis- 
count Castlerosse, Mr. Byng, and Mr. Moncrieff, or 
any live of them :—And they are to withdraw im- 
mediately. 

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


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That a Mes- Message from 
save had been brought from the Lurds, by one of the Lords. 
their Clerks, as followeth: 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Law of Pro. 
to further amend the Law of Property, and to re- = 
lieve Trustees; to which the Lords desire the con- Relief Amend 
currence of this House. ment Bill, 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Criminal Jus 
to amend the Act for the better Administration of tie: Middlesex 
ee ‘ ~ - na ( Assistant 
Criminal Justice in Middlesex : And that Mr. Secre- Judge.) 

tary Sotheron Estcourt and Mr. Attorney General 


do prepare, and bring it in. 


Resolved, ‘That an humble Address be presented New Zealand 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 4" 
to vive directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Copy cf a Letter (dated Wellington, New 
Zealand, the 29th day of December 1858), addressed 


_to Her Majesty’s Principal Secretary of State for 


the Colonies by the Speaker (Sir Charles Clifford), 
and four other Members of the House of Repre- 
sentatives (Mr. 7. E. Featherstone, Mr. William 
Fitzherbert, Mr. William Fox, and Mr. C. D. R. 
Ward), calling the attention of the Secretary of 
State to certain Evidence given before a Committee 
of the House of Commons in favour of a guarantee 
by the Imperial Legislature of a Loan of £.500,000 


to the Colony of New Zealand. 


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


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Galway Har 
to amend the Galway Harbour and Port Act (1853): wre (1888) 
And that Sir Stafford Northcote and Mr. Blackburn ‘4 mendment. 


do prepare, and bring it in. 


A Motion being made, and the Question being pro- Colonization 
posed, That a Select Committee be appointed to in- nd Bert 
quire into the progress and prospects, and the best , 
means to be adopted for the promotion, of European 
Colonization and Settlement in Jndia; especially in 
the Hill districts and healthier climates of that coun- 
try ; as wellas for the extension of our Commerce with 
Central Asia ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by adding, at the end thereof, the words 
“and of ascertaining what materials and products 
“ required in this country for consumption and for 
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“ manufacturing purposes can be supplied in India; 
“« what obstructions exist to the cheap and expedi- 
“ tious transmission and exportation of the same ; 
“ and to the import and transit of British manufac- 
“tures into India; and the means of removing the 
“ same,” 

And the Question being proposed, That those 
words be there added :—The said proposed Amend- 
ment was, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 

Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed 
to inquire into the progress and prospects, and the 
best means to be adopted for the promotion, of 
European Colonization and Settlement in India; 
especially in the Hill districts and healthier climates 
of that country ; as well as for the extension of our 
Commerce with Central Asia:—And a Committee 
was appointed of Mr. William Ewart, Mr. Henry 
Bailiie, Mr. Gregson, Mr. Kinnaird, Mr. Knight, 
Mr. Lowe, Mr. Arthur Mills, Sir Erskine Perry, | 
Mr. Richardson, Mr. Danby Seymour, Mr. John 
Benjamin Smith, Mr. Vansitiart, Mr. Villiers and 
Colonel Sykes; with Power to send for persons, 

apers and records. 

Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 


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

Food, &amp;. for preventing the Adulteration of Articles of Food 

Prevention: or Drink: And that Mr. Scholefield, Mr. Wise and 
Mr. Villiers do prepare, and bring it in. 

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

, to repeal a certain Toll levied upon Fishing Vessels 

_ passing the Nore: And that Lord Lovaine and 
Sir Stafford Northcote do prepare, and bring it 
in. 

Italy. Mr. Seymour Fitzgerald presented, by Her Ma- 
jesty’s Command,—Copy of further Correspondence 
respecting the Affairs of Italy, 1859. 

Convict Esta- Copy of Annual Report on the Convict Establish- 

ll ments at Bermuda and Gibraltar, preceded by 

Gibraltar.) | Instructions on the Form to be observed in such 
Reports. 

lake Superior Tunes relative to the Exploration of the Country 

— between Lake Superior and the Red River Settle- 

ment. ment. 

British North Papers relative to the Exploration, by Captain 

America. Palliser, of that portion of British North America 
which lies between the Northern Branch of the 
River Saskatchewan and the Frontier of the United 
States; and between the Red River and Rocky 
Mountains. 

West India Mr. Seymour Fitzgerald also presented,— Return 


a tu an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 25th day 
"* of February, in the last Session of Parliament, for 
Copies or Extracts of any Correspondence between 
the Colonial Office and the Governors of the West 
Indian Colonies and the Mauritius, with respect to 
the condition of the Labouring Population of such 
Colonies, both Native and Immigrant, and the 
Supply of Labour : And, of all Colonial Acts or 
Ordinances regulating the condition of Imported 
Labourers at present in force, and not alreacly laid 
before Parliament. Part I. British Guiana.— 

Jamaica.— Trinidad. 
Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 

Table. 





teneal Sus Mr. Secretary Sotheron Estcourt presented a Bill 
to amend the Act for the better Administration of 


rm Bi, Criminal Justice in Middlesex: And the same was 


Bill7, read the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
time upon Thursday next ; and to be printed. 
Thing Ves. Lord Lovaine presented-a Bill to repeal a cer- 


the Nore Ta tain Toll levied upon Fishing Vessels passing the 
Bill 8, 


Nore: And the same was read the first time. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Ex- 
miners of Petitions for Private Bills; and be 
printed. 


10°—11° Junzz. 


the same was read the first time ; and ordered to 





213 


Sir Stafford Northcote presented a Bill to amend Galway Har- 
the Galway Harbour and Port Act (1853): And — —— 
the same was read the first time. pod ie me. 


A 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Ex- Bill. a ashs 


aminers of Petitions for Private Bills; and be Billg. 


printed. 


Mr. Scholefield presented a Bill for preventing Adulteration 
the Adulteration of Articles of Food or Drink : And of Food, &amp;c. 
be uaa 
read a second time upon Tuesday the 2ist day of pi) 49 
this instant June ; and to be printed. : 


A Petition of Sir Thomas Herbert, Knight Com- Dartmouth 
mander of the Bath, and Vice-Admiral of the White, Election. 
of Cadogan-place, in the County of Middlesex, com- 
plaining of an undue Election and Return for the 
Borough of Dartmouth, was presented, and read 
[ Vide Appendix to Votes, No. 10]. 
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. 


A Petition of Electors of the City and County of Norwich City 
the City of Norwich, complaining of an undue Election. 
Election and Return for the said City, was pre- 
sented, and read. 

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. 


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








Sabbati, 11° die Junii ; 
Anno 22° Victorie Regine, 1559. 


PRAYERS. 


H E Select Committee on Standing Orders was Standing 

nominated of Colonel Wilson Patten, Mr, Orders. 
Henley, Mr. Watpole, Sir Robert Ferguson, Mr. 
Wrightson, Mr. Deedes, Mr. Bonham-Carter, Mr. 
Bramston, Mr. Lockhart, Mr. Lefroy and Mr. 
Whitbread. 


The Committee of Selection was nominated of Committee of 
Sir Robert Ferguson, Mr. Dunlop, Mr. Bonham- Selection. 
Carter, Mr. Deedes, Mr. Ker Seymer and the 
Chairman of the Select Committee on Standing 
Orders. 


The Marquis of Hartington reported from the Address 
Committee appointed to draw up an Address to be reported, and 
presented to Her Majesty, That they had drawn up “8tee4 
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 informing us that Your 
Majesty has with satisfaction availed Yourself, in 
the present anxious state of public affairs, of the 


advice of Your Parliament, which Your Majesty 
has summoned with the least possible delay : 

We thank Your Majesty for having directed that 
Papers should be laid before us, from which we 
shall learn how earnest and unceasing have been 





Vou, 114. 


Your 


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214 


Your Majesty’s endeavours to preserve the Peace 
of Europe: 

We humbly assure Your Majesty that we partake 
in Your Majesty’s regret that those endeavours 
have unhappily failed, and that War has been 
declared between France and Sardinia on one side, 
and Austria on the other : 

We beg to express our gratification at learning 
that Your Majesty, receiving assurances of friend- 
ship from both the contending parties, intends to 
maintain between them a strict and impartial neu- 
trality ; and that Your Majesty hopes, with God’s 
assistance, to preserve to Your people the blessings 
of continued peace : 

We humbly thank Your Majesty for informing 
us that, considering the present state of Europe, 
Your Majesty has deemed it necessary, for the 
security of Your Majesty's Dominions and the 
honour of Your Majesty’s Crown, to increase Your 
Majesty’s Naval Forces to an amount exceeding 
that which has been sanctioned by Parliament: 

We humbly assure Your Majesty, that Your 
Majesty may rely with confidence on our cordial 
concurrence inthis precautionary measure of defen- 
sive policy: 

We thank Your Majesty for informing us, that 
the King of the Two Sicilies having announced to 
Your Majesty the death of the King his father and 
his own accession, Your Majesty has thought fit, in 
concert with the Emperor of the French, to renew 
Your Majesty’s diplomatic intercourse with the 
Court of Naples, which had been suspended during 
the late reign : 

We humbly express our gratification at learning 
from Your Majesty that all Your Majesty’s other 
Foreign Relations continue on a perfectly satisfac- 
tory footing : 

We thank Your Majesty for having directed that 
the Estimates for the year, for which provision has 
not been made by the late Parliament, shall be 
immediately laid before us, together with such Sup- 
plementary Estimates as present circumstances ren- 
der indispensably necessary for the public service : 

We beg to convey to Your Majesty our humble 
thanks for having directed a Bill to be prepared for 
giving effect, so far as the aid of Parliament may be 
required, to certain suggestions of the Commissioners 
whom Your Majesty had appointed to inquire into 
the best mode of efficiently manning the Royal 
Navy, and for recommending this important subject 
to our immediate attention : 

We humbly assure Your Majesty that we rejoice 
to learn that measures of legal and social improve- 
ment, the progress of which was necessarily inter- 
rupted by the Dissolution, will again be brought 
under our consideration : 

We humbly thank Your Majesty for informing 
us that Your Majesty would with pleasure give 
Your Majesty’s sanction to any well-considered 
measure for the amendment of the Laws which 
regulate the Representation of Your Majesty’s 
People in Parliament; and humbly assure Your 
Majesty that, should we be of opinion that the 
necessity for giving our immediate attention to 
measures of urgency relating to the Defence and 
Financial Condition of the Country will not leave us 
sufficient time for legislating with due deliberation 
during the present Session on a subject at once so 
difficult and so extensive, we trust to be enabled at 
the commencement of the next Session to give our 
earnest attention to a Question of which an early 
and satisfactory Settlement would be greatly to the 

ublic advantage : 

We humbly express our gratification that Your 
Majesty feels assured that we shall enter with zeal 
and diligence on the discharge of our Parliamentary 
duties; and, in common with Your Majesty, we 
pray that the result of our deliberations may tend 
to secure to the Country the continuance of peace 
abroad and progressive improvement at home :—But 


11° Jenze. 








A. 1859. Sess. II. 


we beg humbly to submit to Your Majesty, that it 
is essential for securing satisfactory results to our 
deliberations, and for facilitating the discharge of 
Your Majesty’s high functions, that Your Majesty’s 
Government should possess the confidence of this 
House and of the Country; and we deem it our 
duty respectfully to represent to Your Majesty that 
such confidence is not reposed in the present 
advisers of Your Majesty. 

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. 

Ordered, That 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 Queen's 
Speech to both Houses of Parliament be taken into Speech toby 
consideration upon Friday next. — 


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


Lord Naas presented a Bill for carrying into Belfast 
effect the Report of the Commissioners appointed Borough Bill 
to inquire into the state of the Municipal Affairs of Bill 11, 
the Borough of Belfast, in Ireland: 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. 


Lord Naas presented a Bill to amend the Acts Constabulary 
relating to the Constabulary Force in Ireland: And my (Ine 
: and) Bill. 
the same was read the first time; and ordered tu Bill 
be read a second time upon Friday next; and tobe ?™ 
printed. 


Notice being taken, that the Petition of Electors Norwich 
of the City and County of the City of Norwich, Blection. 
which was presented upon the 10th day of this in- 
stant June, complaining of an undue Election and 
Return for the said City, was not indorsed by the 
Examiner of Recognizances ; 

The Order for referring the said Petition to the 
General Committee of Elections, was read, and 
discharged. 

Ordered, That the Petition be withdrawn. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee on Standing Standing 
Orders have leave to sit, notwithstanding the ad- Orders. 
journment of the House. 


Ordered, That the Committee of Selection have Committee of 
leave to sit, notwithstanding the adjournment of the Selection. 


House. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the West —— 
India Colonies and Mauritius, which was presented yrauritius 


upon the 10th day of this instant June, be printed. —_ No, 31, 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Adminis- Admini 
tration of Justice (East India and Ceylon), which (oy india 
was presented upon the 10th day of this instant and Ceylon.) 


June, be printed. No. 32 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to the Thames aor 
Conservancy, which was presented upon the 10th per 
day of this instant June, be printed. ; 


The following Paper was laid upon the Table by pelea 
the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, dated (Durham.) 
the 18th day of February, in the last Session of 
Parliament, for a Return of the Amounts received 
from the Ecclesiastical Revenues of the Diocese of 
Durham, for the years 1856, 1857, 1858 ; and, of 
the Sums expended by the Ecclesiastical Commis- 
sioners in the same Diocese, during the same period 
(in continuation of Parliamentary Return made in 
Session 1856). 


And then the House adjourned till Friday next. 








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Veneris, 17° die Junii ; 
Anno 22° Victorie Regine, 1859. 


PRAYERS. 


Committee of OLON EL Wilson Patten reported from the 
oct peport:) Committee of Selection ; That they had formed 
-_ several Bills into Groups, and directed him to make 


_ s — thereof to the House. 
rdered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 
pailay and «6©6-_Ws Mr. - Ingham reported from the General Com- 
Canal Bills mittee on Railway and Canal Bills; That they had 


(First Reports) formed the List of Railway and Canal Bills into 
No. 35 - certain Groups. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Controverted § Mr, Speaker acquainted the House, That, in pur- 
Blections =» suance of the Act 42 Geo. 3, c. 106, for regulating 
(ireland) ‘the Trials of Elections or Returns of Members to 
serve in Parliament, he had received from Ralph 
Smith Cusack, Esquire, Clerk of the Crown and 
Hanaper in Ireland, a List of Barristers who have 
consented to act as Commissioners for the purposes 
of the said Act. 
Ordered, That the said List be deposited in the 
Office of the Clerk of this House. 


Atlantic The Atlantic Telegraph Company (No. 2) Bill was 

Telegraph ~—=—_— read the third time. 

(No.2) Bill, Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

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

Birkenhead, © A Motion being made, That the Birkenhead, Lan- 

~ ocell cashire and Cheshire Junction Railway Bill be now 

Junction read the third time; 

Railway Bill. Sir John Trollope, 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. 
Border Coun- The Border Counties Railway Bill was read the 


wy third time. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Border Union 
- ways 


The Border Union (North British) Railways 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 Brecon and Merthyr Tydfil Junction Rail- 
Tydfl Tunes ~*~ Bill was read the third time. 
esolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


fuisdonian The Caledonian Railway Bill was read the third 
y time. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their 4ncurrence. 
Carlisle and The Carlisle and Penrith, &amp;c. Roads Bill was 
Dona 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. 
Von, 114. 


17° Juniz. 





215 


The Castle Douglas and Dumfries Railway Bill Castle Douglas 
was read the third time. nett 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. ee 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 


Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Caterham Railway Bill was read the third Caterham 
time. Railway 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 Central Wales Central Wales 
Railway Bill be now read the third time; Railway Bill. 
Sir John Trollope, 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 us 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 earry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Ordered, That the Charing Cross Railway Bill Charing Cross 
be read the third time upon Tuesday next. eee 


A Motion being made, That the Charleston Rail- Charleston 
way and Harbour Bill be now read the third time; -_ 
Sir John Trollope, 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 Dundee and Newtyle Railway Bill was read Dundee and 
the third time. Newtyle Rail- 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass, bite 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The East Kent Railway Company Bill was read East Kent 
the third time. a 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. tata 

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


The Forth and Clyde Navigation Bill was read the Forth and 
third time. Clyde Navi- 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. ees 

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


A Motion being made, That the Gateshead Quay Gateshead 
Bill be now read the third time ; Quay Bill. 
Sir John Trollope, 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 Great North of Scotland Railway Bill was Geant Benth 
read the third time. ah cg - 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. eens 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 

Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Great Western Railway Bill was read the Great western 
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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216 


Hampstead The Hampstead Junction Railway Bill was tead 
Junction 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. 

— py and The Herne Bay and Faversham Railway (Mar- 
a gate Extension) Bill was read the third time. 
(Margate Ex- Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 


tension) Bill. Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 


Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Hertford, The Hertford, Luton and Dunstable Railway Bill 
Luton and ; ; 
Dunstable Wes 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. 
Kingston- The Kingston-upon- Thames Gas Bill was read the 
upon-Thamcs hird ti 
Gas Bill. third time. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 
Llanidloes 


The Lianidloes and Newtown 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. 


and Newtown 
Railway Bill. 


London and The London and North Western and other Rail- 
North Western 


andother Way Companies (Working and Trattic Arrangements) 
Railway Com- Bill was read the third time. 
panies (Work- Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 


aiceeceass Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Bill. Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


—— and The London and North Western Railway (Edge- 
= hill to Garston) Bill was read the third time. 
(Edge-hill to Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Garston) Bill § Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


London and A Motion being made, That the Zondon and South 


Railway Ba Western Railway Bill be now read the third time ; 
Sir John Trollope, by Her Majesty’s Command, 
acquainted the House, That Her Majesty, having 
been informed of the purport of the Bill, gives Her 
Consent, as far as Her Majesty’s interest is con- 
cerned, that the House may do therein as they shall 
think fit. 
Then the Bill was read the third time. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act for authorizing the London and 
South Western Railway Company to make New 
Works, and to raise further Funds, and for other 
purposes. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 
London, The London, Brighton and South Coast Railway 
on oy etry 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. 
Lymington The Lymington Railway Bill was read the third 
Railway Bill. time. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 
Manchester, The Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Rail- 
—a way (Station at Manchester) Bill was read the third 
Railway time. 
(Station at Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Manchester) —_ Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 


Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


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A. 1859. Sess. IT. 


The Maybole and Girvan Railway Bill was read 
the third time. Given na 
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 Merthyr, Tre- Merthyr 
degar and Abergavenny Railway Bill be now read Tredegar ang 
the third time ; Raley 

Sir John Trollope, 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 ae 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. 


way Bill, 


The Mid- Wales Railway Bill was read the third Mid-Wales 
time. Railway Bil. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Mountsorrel Railway Bill was read the third Mountsorrel 
time. Railway Bill 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Much Wenlock and Severn Junction Railway much Wenlock 
Bill was read the third time. and Severn 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. Junction 


Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the Railway Ba 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The North British and Selkirk and Galashiels North British 

Railway Companies Bill was read the third time. "4 eB 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. Railway Com 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the panies Bill. 


Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The North Eastern Railway (Nidd Valley Branch) North Eastern 
Bill was read the third time. at all 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. Sranch) Bil 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Portsmouth and London and South Western Portsmouth 
Railway Companies Bill was read the third time. "4 —— 
Resolved, ‘Vhat the Bill do pass. Western 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the Railway Com 
Lords, and desire their concurrence, panies Bill 


The Reading and Hatfield Road Bill was read Reading 
the third time. ead poy 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Red Sea and India Telegraph Company Red Sea and 
(No. 2) Bill was read the third time. India Tele- 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. pany (No.2) 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the Bill 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Salford Borough (No. 2) Bill was read the galford 
third time. Borough 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. Ga 8 

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


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ae Sirhowy Tramroad Bill was read the third Sirhow) pull 
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 South Wales, South Wakes 
Pembroke and Tenby Junction Railway Bill be now a 
read the third time ; . Junction 
Sir way Bill. 


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’ Sir John mig by Her Majesty’s Command, 
acquainted the House, That Her Majesty, having 
been informed of the purport of the Bill, gives Her 
Consent, as far as Her Majesty's interest is con- 
cerned, that the House may do therein as they shall 
think fit. 

Then the Bill was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

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


The Tenbury 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 Tweed Fisheries 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 Tyne Improve- 
ment Bill be now read the third time ; 

Sir John Trollope, 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 mterest 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. 


A Motion being made, That the Vale of Lilan- 
gollen Railway Bill be now read the third time ; 

Sir John Trollope, by Her Majesty’s Command, 
acquainted the House, That Her Majesty, having 
been informed of the purport of the Bill, gives Her 
Consent, as far as Her Majesty’s interest is con- 
cerned, that the House may do therein as they shall 
think fit. 

Then the Bill was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

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


The Vale of Neath 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 Wansbeck 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 Warrington and Stockport 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 Wear Navigation 
and Sunderlund Docks Bill be now read the third 
time ; 

Sir John Trollope, 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 «s 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. 
‘Vow. 114. 


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217 


The Wirral Water Bill was read the third time. Wirral Water 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. Bill. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 

Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Worcester and Hereferd Railway Bill was Worcester 
read the tiird time. and Hereford 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. Railway Bill. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Portsmouth 
the Portsmouth New Docks and Railway Bill, as New Docks 
amended in the Committee. Bill a 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Scottish 
the Scottish Central Railway Bill, as amended in bay ga 
the Committee. ne 

A Clause (Dividends and Annuities on Stock 
substituted for Scottish Central Stock), was twice 
read; and made part of the Bill. 

Another Clause (Apportionment of Dividends and 
aren was twice read ; and made part of the 

ill. 

Another Clause (Powers vested in Arbitrators 
appointed under this Act), was twiceread ; and made 
part of the Bill. 

Then Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Sevenoaks 
the Sevenoaks Railway Bill, as amended in the Railway Bill. 
Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Thé House proceeded to take into consideration Somerset _ 
the Somerset Central Railway Bill, as amended in — 
the Committee. ae 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The Dublin and Drogheda Railway Bill was read pa ing 
, " ‘ rogheda 
a second time ; and committed. Railway Bill 
[Lords.] 


The Greenwich and South Eastern Docks Bill 


Greenwich 


was read a second time; and committed. and South — 
Eastern Docks 
Bill [ Lords.] 
Ordered, That the London (City) Gas Bill be London (City) 
read a second time upon Tuesday next. Gas Bill 
. [ Lords. ] 


Sandwith’s Divorce (India) Bill was read a second Sandwith’s 
time; und committed. ie 
Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- ; Lorde} 
mittee, That they do hear Counsel and examine 
Witnesses for the said Bill; and also, that they do 
hear Counsel and examine Witnesses »gainst the 
Bill, if the Parties concerned think fit to be heard 

by Counsel, or produce Witnesses. 


The Ulster Raitway Bill was read a second time ; Ulster Rail- 


- way Bill 
and committed. [Lords.] 


A Petition of the Victoria Station and Pimlico Victoria F 
Railway Company, praying that Provision may be Station and 
made in the Victoria Station and Pimlico Railway pis 
Bill for enabling the Company to make Traffic and 
other Arrangements with other Companies, was 
presented, and read ; and referred to the Examiners 
of Petitions for Private Bills. 


A Petition of Promoters of the Undertaking Kensington 
thereinafter mentioned, praying that Provision may Station and 
be made in the Kensington Station and North and —— bl 
South Junction Railway Bill, for making an altera- tion Railway 
tion in the Line or Course and Levels of the Rail- Bill. 
way, and for other purposes, was presented, and 
read ; and referred to the Examiners of Petitions 
for Private Bills. 

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218 


Public Several Public Petitions were presented, and 
Petitions. ~~ read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Vide First 

Report. 

Norwich Corn Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 


fLorasy Bill one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, 
] That in the case of the Norwich Corn Exchange 
Bill, brought from the House of Lords, and re- 
ferred on the first reading thereof, the Standing 
Orders not previously inquired into, and which are 
applicable to the Bill, have not been complied with 

in respect to the particulars therein stated. 
Ordered, That the Report be referred to the 

Select Committee on Standing Orders. 


17° Junit. 


A. 1859. Sess. If: 


ing Orders not previously inquired into, and which 
are applicable to the said Bill, have been complied 
with. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Metropolitan 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, Railway 
That in the case of the Petition for additional Pro- (2eviation, 
vision in the Metropolitan Railway (Deviations, 

&amp;c.) Bill, the Standing Orders have been complied 
with. 

Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee on the Bill, that they have Power to make 
Provision therein pursuant to the prayer of the said 
Petition. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from rainburgh 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, &amp;. Annuity 
That in the case of the Edinburgh, &amp;c. Annuity Tax = Abolition 
Abolition Bill, no Standing Orders are applicable. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday the 20th day of July next. 





Dublin and Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 
Railway’ Bil one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, 
[ Lords, } That in the case of the Dublin and Wicklow Rail- 
way Bill, brought from the House of Lords, and 
referred on the first reading thereof, the Standing 
Orders not previously inquired into, and which are 

applicable to the Bill, have been complied with. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time. 
Midland Great | Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 


Western Rail- 
way of Ireland 
(Sligo Ex- 
tension) Bill 

| Lords.] 


one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, 
That in the case of the Midland Great Western Rail- 
way of Jreland (Sligo Extension) Bill, brought from 
the House of Lords, and referred on the first reading 
thereof, the Standing Orders not previously inquired 
into, and which are applicable to the Bill, have been 
complied with. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time. 
Midland Great Mr.Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from | 
a, «ne of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, | 
(Liffey Branch, That in the case of the Midland Great Western | 


&amp;c.) Bill Railway of Jreland (Liffey Branch, &amp;c.) Bill, | 
[Lords] brought from the House of Lords, and referred | 
on the first reading thereof, the Standing Orders | 

not previously inquired into, and which are appli- | 

cable to the Bill, have been complied with, | 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time. | 

Newry and Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from | 
Armagh one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, | 
Railway Bill,» ; . r P 
[ Lords. ] hat in the case of the Newry and Armagh Railway | 


Bill, brought from the House of Lords, and relerred | 
on the first reading thereof, the Standing Orders | 
not previously inguired into, and which are appli- 
cable to the Bill, lass been complied with. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time. 


Great Northern 
and Western 
(of Ireland} 
Railway Bill 
[Lords.] 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, 
That in the case of the Great Northern and Wes- | 
tern (of Ireland) Railway Bill, brought from the | 
House of Lords, and referred on the first reading | 
thereof, the Standing Orders not previously in: | 
quired into, and which are applicable to the said | 
Bill, have not been complied with in respect to the | 
particulars therein stated. 

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





Dundalk and = Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 





——_, one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, 
[Lords. ] That in the case of the Dundalk and Enniskillen 
Railway Bill, brought from the House of Lords, and 
referred on the first reading thereof, the Standing 
Orders not previously inquired into, and which are 
applicable to the said Bill, have been complied with. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time. 
Isagenalstown Mr. Speaker laid ‘upon the Table,—Report from 
———— one of the Examiners of ,Petitions for Private Bills, 
[Lords. That in the case of the Bagenalstown and Wezford 


Railway Bill, brought from the House of Lords, 
and referred on the first reading thereof, the Stand- 





Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from riverpoot 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, Exchange Bil 


'That in the case of the Liverpool Exchange Bill, (Lords. } 


brought from the House of Lords, and referred on 
the first reading thereof, no Standing Orders not 
previously inquired into are applicable, 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time. 


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


| one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, (Borough) 
| That in the case of the Ipswich (Borough) Fishery 


Fishery Bill 
Bill, brought from the House of Lords, and referred — 


on the first reading thereof, no Standing Orders not 
previously inquired into are applicable. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Gloucester and 


one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, Cheltenham 
That in the case of the Gloucester and Cheltenham T™ay 
r . (Abandon- 
Tramway (Abandonment) Bill, brought from the ment) Bill 
House of Lords, and referred on the first reading [Lords.] 
thereof, no Standing Orders not previously inquired 

into are applicable. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time. 


Mr, Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Bombay, 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, Baroda and 
That in the case of the Bombay, Baroda and Central ee 
India Railway Company Bill, brought from the Company Bill 
House of Lords and moe on the first reading [Zords.] 
thereof, no Standing Orders not previously inquired 
into are applicable. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented East India 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased (King of 
to give directions, that there be laid before this i) 
House, Copy of a Letter of the Chief Commissioner 
of the Punjab, forwarding to the Governor General 
of India the Proceedings on the Trial of the King 
of Delhi. 

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


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


The Order for reading a second time, upon Wed- Endowed, . 
nesday the 29th day of this instant June, the En- 
dowed Schools Bill, was read, and discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Wednesday the 6th day of July next. 


The Comptroller of the Household reported to the — 
House, That Her Majesty, having been attended 
with their Address of Saturday last, was pleased to 
receive 














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ity Athlone 
tion Election. 





22 VicrorizZ. 17° Juniz. 219 


receive the same very graciously, and to give the 
following Answer : 

I receive with much satisfaction the assurance of 
the House of Commons, that, whilst I maintain a 
strict neutrality between the contending parties in 
the War now kindled in the North of Jta/y, I may 
rely on their cordial concurrence in the measures of 
defensive policy which have appeared to Me to be 
necessary for the security of My Dominions, and the 
honour of My Crown: 

Tam at all times desirous that My Government 
should be in accordance with the Representatives of 
My People in the House of Cummons; and I have, 
therefore, taken measures to act upon the advice 
which you tender to Me, by the formation of a new 
Administration. 


A Petition of Robert Preston Bayley, of Rook- 
wood House, in the County of Galway, Esquire, a 
Candidate at the last Election of a Member to serve 
in this present Parliament for the Borough of Ath- 
lone, complaining of an undue Election and Return 
for the said Borough, was presented, and read [ Vide 
Appendix to Votes, No, 11]. 

A Petition of James William Fair, of Victoria- 
place, in the Town of Athlone, and County of West- 
meath, Solicitor, complaining of an undue Election 
and Return for the said Borough, was also pre- 
sented, and read [Vide Appendix to Votes, No. 12]. 

Ordered, That the said Petitions 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 maiter of the said Petitions. 


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. 


A Petition of Electors of the City and County of Norwich 
the City of Norwich, complaining of an undue Hlection. 
Election and Return for the said City, was pre- 
sented, and read [ Vide Appendix to Votes, No. 18]. 
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. 


A Petition of William Duesbury Thornton Dues- Beverley 
bury and Charles Reynard, both of Beverley, in the Election. 
East Riding of the County of York, Esquires, com- 
plaining of an undue Election and Return for the 
said Borough, was presented, and read [Vide Ap- 
pendix to Votes, No. 19]. 

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. 


A Petition of the Reverend William Astley Cave Leicester 
Browne Cave, of Stretton-en-le-Field (near Ashby- County 
de-la-Zouch), in the County of Derby, Clerk, Master ery 
of Arts, complaining of an undue Llection and Re- Election. 
turn for the Northern Division of the County of 
Leicester, was presented, and read [Vide Appendix 
tc Votes, No. 20]. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 


Weymouth A Petition of Joseph Slade, Gentleman, Richard 


Das Election Cotterel/, Gentleman, and Henry Weston Harris, 


General Committee of Elections. 
Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant 


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Gentleman, all of Weymouth and Melcombe Regis, 

in the County of Dorse/, complaining of an undue 

Election and Return for the said Borough, was 

a and read [Vide Appendix to Votes, 
0. 13]. 

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. 


A Petition of Thomas Frederick Charles Vernon 
Wentworth, Esquire, complaining of an undue 
Election and Return for the Borough of dylesbury, 
was presented, and read [ Vide Appendix to Votes, 
No. 14]. 

A Petition of Samuel George Smith the younger, 
complaining of an undue Election and Return for 
the said borough, was also presented, and read 
[Vide Appendix to Votes, No. 15]. 

A Petition of Electors of the Borough of Ayles- 
bury, in the County of Bucks, complaining of an 
undue Election and Return for the said Borough, 
was also presented, and read [Vide Appendix to 
Votes, No. 16]. 

Ordered, That the said Petitions 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 Petitions. 


A Petition of Electors of the Borough of Maid- 
stone, in the County of Kent, complaining of an 
undue Election and Return for the said Borough, 
ag ane and read [Vide Appendix to Votes, 

0. 17}. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to 
the General Committee of Elections. 

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant 

Vou. 114. 


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. 


A Petition of Electors of the Borough of Preston, Preston 
complaining of an undue Election and Return for Election. 
the said Borough, was presented, and read [ Vide 
Appendix to Votes, No. 21]. 

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. 


A Petition of Electors of the County of Clare, in Clare Election. 
Ireland, complaining of an undue Election and Re- 
turn for the said County, was presented, and read 
[Vide Appendix to Votes, No. 22]. 
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. 


A Petition of Electors of the Borough of Bury, Bury Election. 
in the County of Lancaster, complaining of an undue 
Election and Return for the said Borough, was 
a and read [Vide Appendix to Votes, 
No. 23]. 

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. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Newspapers, 
reading of the Newspapers, &amp;c. Bill ; &amp;c, Bill, 
And a Motion being made, and the Question 





@G3 being 






































Queen's 
Speech con- 
sidered. 


Constabulary 
Force (Ire- 
land) Bill. 


Jury Trial 
(Scotland) Act 
Amendment 
Bill. 


High Sheriffs’ 
Expenses Bill. 


Criminal Jus- 
tice, Middlesex 
( Assistant 
Judge) Bill, 


Tolls on Steam 
Carriages. 


Church Rates 
Abolition Bill. 


Limerick 
City Election. 


Agricultural 
Statistics, &amp;c. 
(Treland.) 


Factories. 


Police (Scot- 
land.) 


220 


being proposed, That the Bill he now read a second 
time :—And a Debate arising thereupon ; 

Ordered, That the Debate be adjourned till 
Friday the 1st day of July next. 


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

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

Resolved, That this House will, upon Tuesday 
next, resolve itself into a Committee to consider that 
Motion. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Constabulary Foree (Zreland) Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Friday the 1st day of July next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the secona 
reading of the Jury Trial (Scotland) Act Amend- 
ment Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Friday the Ist day of July next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the High Sheriffs’ Expenses Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Friday the Ist day of July next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of. the Criminal Justice, Middlesex (As- 
sistant Judge) Bill; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That the Bill be now read a second 
time :—And a Debate arising thereupon ; 

Ordered, That the Debate be adjourned till 
Friday the 1st day of July next. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for regulating the Tolls on Steam Carriages in use | 
on Common Roads: And that Mr. Garnett, Mr. | 
Ridley and Colonel Wilson Patten do prepare, and 
bring it in. 


The Order for reading a second time, upon Tues- 
day next, the Church Rates Abolition Bill, was 
read, and discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday the 6th day of July next. 


A Petition of James Spaight, of Limerich, Es- 
quire, complaining of an undue Election and Re- 
turn for the said City, was presented, and read 
[ Vide Appendix to Votes, No. 24]. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
General Committee of Elections. 

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


Mr. Gathorne Hardy presented, by Her Ma- 
jesty’s Command,—Tables relative to Agricultural 
Statistics (Jreland), showing the estimated Average 
Produce of the Crops for the year 1858; and the 
Emigration from Jrish Ports, trom 1st January to 
31st December 1858. 

Copy of Reports of the Inspectors of Factories 
to Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for 
the Home Department, for the half-year ending 
30th April 1859. 

Mr. Gathorne [Jardy also presented, pursuant to 
the directions of several Acts of Parliament,—Re- 
port of the Inspector of Constabulary for the year 
ended 15th March 1859, made to Her Majesty’s 
Principal Secretary of State for the Home Depart- 
ment, under the Provisions of the Act 20 &amp; 21 Vic. 
c. 72. 


17°—@1° Junii. 











A. 1859. Sess. ET. 


Copy of an Act of Sederunt for farther regulating Bankruptey 














Proceedings in Sequestrations, awarded previous to (Scotland) 


ist November 1856, by the Lords of Council and 
Session, in pursuance of the Powers vested in them 
by the hackesptes (Scotland) Act. 

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


The following Papers were laid upon the Table by East Indis 
the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, dated 04 Ching 


the 17th day of March, in the last Session of Par-{ 
liament, for a Return, for each year since 1813, of 
the Value, Computed or Declared, of the Manufac- 

tures and Produce,—1. Exported from the United 

Kingdom to /ndia and to China and Hong Kong, 

specifying, separately, the Values and Quantities of 

the following Goods, viz., Woollens, distinguishing 

Woollen and Worsted Stuffs, Cottons and Cotton 

Yarn ; 2. Imported into the United Kingdom from 

India and from China and Hong Kong, specifying 

the Values and Quantities of Cotton from Jndia, and 

Tea and Silk respectively from China; 3. Exported 

from India to China and Hong Kong, specifying, 

separately, the Value and Quantity of Opium and 

Cotton; and, 4. Imported into Zndia from China and 

Hong Kong. 


spony 


&lt;2 hed 


Return to an Order, dated the 4th day of April, Hops, &amp;. 


in the last Session of Parliament, for Returns of the 
Number of Acres in the Cultivation of Hops, in 
each year ending the 30th day of June, from 1815 
inclusive, to the present time : Of the Amount 
of old Duty in each of the same years : —--Of the 
Date of each occasion when payment of the Duty 
has been deferred during the same Period :——Of 
the Average Price of Barley for each of the same 
years : And, of the Quantities of Malt in 
Quarters charged with Duty in each of the same 
years. 








Return to an Order, dated the 9th day of this British 
instant June, for an Account relative to the British Museum. 


Museum. 


No. 36, 


The following Paper, pursuant to the directions Assessed 


of an Act of Parliament, was also laid upon the 
Table by the Clerk of the House,—Copies of 
all Cases which have been stated and signed by 
Commissioners acting in the execution of the Acts 
relating to the Assessed Taxes, and determined sub- 
sequent to the 12th of February 1859, being the 
Date of a like Return made under the directions of 
the same Act. 

Ordered, That the Return relative to the British 
Museum be printed. 


axes. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Ecclesias- Ecclesiastical 
. ° Revenues 
tical Revenues (Durham), which was presented upon (pyrham) 


the 11th day of this instant June, be printed. 


And then the House adjourned till Tuesday 
next. 





Martis, 21° die Junii ; 
Anno 28° Victorie Regine, 1859. 


PRAYERS. 


No. 37. 


R. Speaker acquainted the House, That he — 


‘i had received from Major General Sir Arch-" 
dale Wilson, x.c.B., Baronet, of Delhi, a Letter m 
return to the Thanks of this House, communicated 
to him in obedience to their Commands of the 14th 
day of April last:—And the said Letter was read, 
as followeth : 

Ashwelthorpe Hall, Wymondham, Norfolk, 
Sir, 17th June 1859. 

I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of 
a copy of a Vote of Thanks by the House of Com- 
mons for my services during the military rec ve 
by which the late Insurrection in Jndia has been 
effectually suppressed ; and request the favour - 

a you 








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is 





98 Vactortz: 


our submitting to the House my Thanks for the 
high honor they have a second time conferred 
upon me. 
I have the honor to be, Sir, 
Your most obedient Servant, 
A. Wilson, M. Genl. 
k.c.B., Bart., of Delhi. 


The Right honourable The Speaker 
of the House of Commons. 


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 Brooking Soady and Thomas 
Pinsent, relating to the Borough of Ashburton, is 
unobjectionable. 


Ashburton 
Election. 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That he had 
this day received a Report from the Examiner of 
Recognizances, stating that the Recognizance to 
the Election Petition of Thomas Frederick Charles 
Vernon Wentworth, relating to the Borough of 
Aylesbury, is unubjectionable. 

Mr. Speaker also acquainted the House, That he 
had this day received a Report from the Examiner of 
Recognizances, stating that the Recognizance to the 
Election Petition of George De Fraine and William 
Hobley, relating to the Borough of Aylesbury, is 
unobjectionable. 


Aylesbury 
Election. 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That he had 
this day received a Report from the Examiner of 
Recognizances, stating that the Recognizance to the 
Election Petition of Samuel Richard Green and 
John Tuting Sweeting, relating to the Borough of 
Wakefield, is unobjectionable. 


Wakefield 
Election. 


Huddersfield 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That he had 
Election. 


this day received a Report from the Examiner of 
Recognizances, stating that the Recognizance to the 
Election Petition of Thomas Pearson Crossland and 
John Haigh, relating to the Borough of Hudders- 
field, is unobjectionable. 


ged Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That he had 
ty Hlection. this day received a Report from the Examiner of 
Recognizances, stating that the Recognizance to the 


Qi? Juniz. 








221 


Provision in the Victoria Station and Pimlico Rail- 
way Bill. 

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





Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Fishing Ves- 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, se!s passing 


in respect of non-compliance with the Standing 
Orders in the case of the Fishing Vessels passing 
the Wore Bill. 

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


the Nore Bill. 


A Petition of Promoters of the Bill thereinafter Eastbourne 
mentioned, praying that Provision may be made in Water Bill 


the Eastbuurne Water Bill, for construction of the 
Reservoir according to altered Plans, was presented, 
and read ; and referred to the Examiners of leti- 
tions for Private Bills. 


The Lands Improvement Company Bill was read Lands Im- 


the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

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


provement 
Company Bill. 


The Witney Railway (No. 2) Bill was read the witney Rail- 


third time. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 


Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


way (No. 2) 
Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third Charing Cross 


reading of the Charing Cross Railway Bill; 

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

Sir William Hayter, by Her Majesty's Command, 
acquainted the House, That Her Majesty, having 
been informed of the purport of the Bill, gives Her 
Consent, as far as Her Majesty’s interest is con- 
cerned, that the House may do therein as they shall 
think fit. 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word “ That” to 
the end of the Question, in order to add the words 
“ an humble Address be presented to Her Majesty, 
“ praying that She will be graciously pleased to 


Election Petition of Thomas Eycott and James |“ appoint a Commission to investigate and report 


Haines, relating to the City of Gloucester, is unob- 
jectionable. 


ay 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 Sir Thomas Herbert, x.c. B., 
relating to the Borough of Dartmouth, is unob- 
jectionable. 

ne Har- Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 


Aa (isss) one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, 

Amendment That in the case of the Galway Harbour and Port 

Bil. Act (1853) Amendment Bill, the Standing Orders 
have been complied with. 


‘ Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time. 


Perm ae Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 
North aad one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, 
South London IN respect of non-compliance with the Standing 


a Orders in the case of the Petition for additional 
y Provision in the Kensington Station and North and 

South London Junction Railway Bill. 
Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Select 

Committee on Standing Orders. 

Victoria Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 
Paige and one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, 
vay Bill § i respect of non-compliance with the Standing 


Orders in the case of the Petition for additional 
Vou. 114, 


| 





“ upon the various Railway projects, of which the 


|‘ Termini are proposed to be established within 


“ or in the immediate vicinity of the Metropolis,” 
instead thereof. 

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

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

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act for the making and maintaining of 
the Charing Cross Railway, and for other purposes. 

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 London (City) Gas 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 

ca4 time : 


Railway Bill. 


London (City) 
Gas Bill 
[Lords.] 























Burton-upon- 
Trent Bridge 
Bill. 


Private Bills. 


Norwich New 
Street Bill 
{ Lords. } 


Sandwith’s 

Divorce 
India) Bill 

Tord 


Public 
Petitions. 
Vide First 
Report. 


Coal Mines. 


East India 
and China 
(Exports and 
Imports.) 


No. 38. 
Hops, &amp;c. 


No. 39. 
Police (Scot- 
land.) 

No. 40. 


Constituen- 
cies. 


Statute Law 
Consolidation. 


East India 
(Judicial 
Procedure.) 


222 21° Juni. A. 1859. Sess. II. 


time:—The Bill was accordingly read a second 
time; and committed. 


Ordered, That Standing Order 173 be suspended 
in the case of the Burton-upon-Trent Bridge Bill ; 
and that the Bill be referred to the General Com- 
mittee on Railway and Canal Bills. 


Ordered, That in the case of Unopposed Private 
Bills, suspended in the last Session of Parliament, 
of which Members had charge who are not Mem- 
bers of the present Parliament, the Committee of 
Selection have Power to refer them to the Chairman 
of Ways and Means, and one Member for the place 
to which the Bill refers, and one Member not 
locally or otherwise interested. 


Ordered, That a Message be sent to the Lords, to 
request that their Lordships will be pleased to give 
leave to the Duke of Wellington and the Earl of 
Albemarle to attend to be examined as Witnesses 
before the Committee on the Norwich New Street 
Bill: And that the Clerk do carry the said Message. 


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 
Evidence taken before their Lordships in the case of 
Sandwith’s Divorce ( India) Bill: And that the Clerk 
do carry the said Message. 


Several Public Petitions were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Mr. George Clive presented, by Her Majesty’s 
Command,—Copy of Reports of the Inspectors of 
Coal Mines to Her Majesty’s Secretary of State, to 
December 1858. 

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


Ordered, That the Return relative to East India 
and China (Exports and Imports), which was pre- 
sented upon the 17th day of this instant June, be 
printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Hops, &amp;c., 
which was presented upon the 17th day of this 
instant June, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to Police (Scot- 
land), which was presented upon the 17th day of 
this instant June, 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 the large Constituencies in the 
United Kingdom which contain more than Four 
thousand Electors ; with the Names of the Mem- 
bers elected by them to serve in this present Parlia- 
ment :——And, of all the small Constituencies which 
contain less than Four hundred Electors ; with the 
Names of their present Representatives. 

Ordered, That 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 Fourth Report of Her Ma- 
— Commissioners for conselidating the Statute 

aw. 

Ordered, That 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 Despatch, dated the 12th day of 
May 1859, from the Secretary of State for India 
in Council, in regard to Judicial Procedure in 
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. 





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. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring ina Biil to Public Im. 
enable a majority of Two-thirds of the Ratepayers Provements, 
of any Parish or District, duly assembled, to rate 
their District in aid of Public Improvements for 
general benefit within their District: And that Mr. 

Slaney and Mr. Cowper do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ee 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Poor Law 
to provide for the Payment of Debts incurred by Boards (Pay. 
Boards of Guardians in Unions and Parishes and ™°™* Debts) 
Boards of Management in School Districts: And 
that the Earl of March and Mr. Knight do prepare, 
and bring it in. C 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a County Rates 
Return for each of the years 1854, 1855, 1856, (Ireland.) 
1857 and 1858, of Amount paid out of County 
Rates in Zreland, on foot of Expenses of Prosecu- 
tions and Witnesses at Prosecutions at Assizes and 
Quarter Sessions. 


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 Debtor and 
to amend the Law of Debtor and Creditor, Bank- Creditor Bill. 
ruptcy, Insolvency and Execution; to which the 
Lords desire the concurrence of this House. 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act The Com- 
for the Incorporation, Regulation and Winding-up Panies Bill 
of Trading Companies and other Associations; to — 
which the Lords desire the concurrenve of this 
House. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Adulteration 
reading of the Adulteration of Food, &amp;c., Prevention of Food, &amp;e, 
Bill; — 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Tuesday the 5th day of July next. 


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

Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
the 30th day of this instant June, resolve itself into 
the said Cemmittee. 


The Order for reading a second time, upon Wed- Church a 
nesday the 6th day of July next, the Church Rates Abolition B 
Abolition Bill, was read, and discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Wednesday the 13th day of July next. 


A Petition of Electors of the County of os- Roscommon 
common, complaining of an undue Election and Election. 
Return for the said County, was presented, and 
read [Vide Appendix to Votes, No. 25]. 
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. 


A Petition of Joseph Bayly, of Number 154, King- Great 
street, Great Yarmouth, in the County of ‘Norfolk, a 
Surgeon; and Robert Pilgrim,of Number51, Market- 





place, 





‘ay. 
bts.) 


fom 


tes 
Bill. 


Sandwich 


Cheltenham 
Election. 


Kidderminster 
Election. 


Bridgewater 
Hection. 


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93 Vicrorizx. 


place, Great Yarmouth aforesaid, Linendraper, Elec- 


tors for the Borough of Great Yarmouth, complain- 
ing of an undue Election and Return for the said 
Borough, was presented, and read [ Vide Appendix 
to Votes, No. 26]. 

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. 


A Petition of John Ralph, of Deal, in the County 
of Kent, Smith; and Henry Langley, of Deal afore- 
said, Woolsorter, complaining of an undue Election 
and Return for the ‘own and Port of Sandwich, 
was presented, and read [Vide Appendix to Votes, 
No. 27]. 

Ondbed 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. 


A Petition of Electors of the Borough of Chelten- 
ham, in the County of Gloucester, complaining of 
an undue Election and Return for the said Borough, 
was presented, and read [Vide Appendix to Votes, 
No. 28]. 

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. 


A Petition of Electors of the Borcugh of Kidder- 
minster, complaining of an undue Election and 
Return for the said Borough, was presented, and 
read [ Vide Appendix to Votes, No. 29]. 

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. 


A Petition of Electors for the Borough of Bridge- 
water, in the County of Somerset, complaining of an 
undue Election and Return for the said Borough, 
was presented, and read [Vide Appendix to Votes, 
No. 30]. 

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. 


A Petition of Electors of the Borough of Lyme 
Regis, in the County of Dorset, complaining of an 
undue Election and Return for the said Borough, 
= presented, and read [Vide Appendix to Votes, 

0. 31}. 

Orne That the said Petition be referred to 
the Genera! Committee of Elections. 

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


A Petition of William Jones, of Regent-street, in 
the Town or Borough of Kingston-upon-Hull, in the 
County of the same Town, Commission Agent; and 
Richard Mitchell, of Manor-street, in the said Town 
or Borough of Kingston-upon-Hull, Hairdresser, 
complaining of an undue Election and Return for 
the said Borough, was presented, and read [Vide 
appendix to Votes, No. 32]. 

Petition of the several Persons whose names 
Vou. 114. 


21° Juniz. 








223 


are thereunto subscribed, complaining of an undue 
Election and Return for the said Borough, was also 
presented, and read [Vide Appendix to Votes, 
No. 33]. 

Ordered, That the said Petitions 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 Petitions. 


A Petition of Robert Dempster, Flax Spinner ; and Newry 
Thomas Cardwell, Merchant, both of Newry, in the Election. 


County of Armagh, complaining of an undue 
Election and Return for the said Borough, was 
presented, and read [Vide Appendix to Votes, 
No. 34]. 

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. 


A Petition of Donald Nicoll, complaining of an Frome 
undue Election and Return for the Borough of Election. 


Frome, was presented, and read [Vide Appendix to 
Votes, No. 35}. 

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. 


A Petition of Electors of the King’s County, in King’s County 
Ireland, complaining of an undue Election and Re- Election. 


turn for the said County, was presented, and read 
[ Vide Appendix to Votes, No. 36]. 

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. 


A Petition of Robert James Roy Campbell, of Weymouth 


Woodvale, in the County of Surrey, Esquire, com- 
plaining of an undue Election and Return for the 
Borough of Weymouth and Melcombe Regis, was 
presented, and read [Vide Appendix to Votes, 
No. 37]. 

A Petition of Colonel William Lockyer Freestun, 
of Weymouth and Melcombe Regis, in the County of 
Dorset, complaining of an undue Election and Re- 
turn for the said Borough, was also presented, and 
read [ Vide Appendix to Votes, No. 38]. 

Ordered, That the said Petitions 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 Petitions. 


A Petition of John Hawhins, William Ainsworth Preston 
and Edward Hollins, all of the Borough of Preston, Election. 


in the County of Lancaster, Cotton Spinners and 
Manufacturers, complaining of an undue Election 
and Return for the said Borough, was presented, 
and read [ Vide Appendix to Votes, No. 39]. 

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. 


A Petition of William Henry Banks and Henry new Windsor 
Thompson, complaining of an undue Election and Election. 


HH Return 








on Ne ia at Nil aA la ea 


Chatham 
Election. 


Peterborough 
Election. 


Athlone 
Election. 


Beverley 
Election. 


294 91° Junie. 


Return for the Borough of New Windsor, was pre- 
sented, and read [ Vide Appendix to Votes, No. 40]. 

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, 


A Petition of Electors of the Borough of Chat- 
ham, complaining of an undue Election and Return 
for the said Borough, was presented, and read 
[Vide Appendix to Votes, No. 41]. 

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. 


A Petition of Thomas Scoley, of Peterborough, in 
the County of Sietheneten, bahenen, and Henry 
Freeman, of Peterborough aforesaid, Farmer, com- 
plaining of an undue Election and Return for the 
said City, was presented, and read [Vide Appendix 
to Votes, No. 42]. 

A Petition of William Vergette, William Headdey, 
Joseph Searjeant, and James Wilson Bamber, com- 
plaining of an undue Election and Return for the 
said City, was also presented, and read [Vide Ap- 
pendix to Votes, No. 43]. 

Ordered, That the said Petitions 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 Petitions. 


A Petition of William Wallace, of King-street, in 
the Town of Athlone, and County of Roscommon, 
Solicitor, complaining of an undue Election and Re- 
turn for the Borough of Ath/one, was presented, 
and read [ Vide Appendix to Votes, No. 44]. 

A Petition of Lawrence Kelly and Thomas Gill, 
Electors of the Borough of Athlone, in Ireland, com- 
plaining of an undue Election and Return for the 
said Borough, was also presented, and read [Vide 
Appendix to Votes, No. 45]. 

Ordered, That the said Petitions 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 Petitions. 


A Petition of Edward Auchmuty Glover, of Bur- 
ton-street, Eaton-square, in the County of Middle- 
sex, Esquire, complaining of an undue Election and 
Return for the Borough of Beverley, was presented, 
and read | Vide Appendix to Votes, No. 46]. 

A Petition of John Nutchey and others, Electors 
of the Borough of Beverley, in the County of York, 
complaining of an undue Election and Return for 
the said Borough, was also presented, and read [ Vide 
———_ to Votes, No. 47]. 

Petition of Charles Robinson Empson and Ri- 
chard Southwick, Electors of the Borough of Bever- 
ley, complaining of an undue Election and Return 
for the said Borough, was also presented, and read 
[Vide Appendix to Votes, No. 48]. 

Ordered, That the said Petitions 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 Petitions. 


A Petition of John Park Arthur and John Gra- 
ham, two of the Electors of the City of Carlisle, 
complaining of an undue Election and Return for 








A. 1859. Sess. IT. 


the City of Carlisle, was presented, and read [Vide 
possess to Votes, No. 49]. 

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. 
















































A Petition of Patrick Dowdall, Proprietor of Dundalk 
“The M Examiner and Louth Advertiser ;” and Election, 
Matthew Moore Graham, Surveyor, both of Dun- 
dalk, in the wag: te! Louth, in Ireland, complain- 
ing of an undue Election and Return for the said 
Borough, was presented, and read [Vide Appendix 
to Votes, No. 50]. 

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. 


por 


A Petition of William Mitchell Day, of the Wakefela 
Borough of Wakefield, in the County of York, and Election. 
an Elector of the said Borough of Wakefield, pray- 
ing to be admitted a Party to defend the Return 
for the said Borough, was presented, and read [ Vide 
Appendix to Votes, No. 51]. 

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. 


ew 


A Petition of Owen Richards, of Bala, in the Merioneth 
County of Merioneth, Doctor of Medicine; and Hugh Election. 
Richard Pugh, of the same place, Surgeon, com- 
plaining of an undue Election and Return for the 
said County, was presented, and read [ Vide Appen- 

dix to Votes, No. 52). 

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. 


A Petition of Sir William Russell, of Charlton Dover 
Park, in the County of Gloucester, Baronet, com- Election. 
laining of an undue Election and Return for the 
= and Port of Dover, was presented, and read 
[ Vide Appendix to Votes, No. 53]. 
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. 


mm eR 


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A Petition of Electors of the Borough of Bod- Bodmin 
min, in the County of Cornwall, complaining of an Election. 
undue Election and Return for the said Borough, 
was presented, and read [Vide Appendix to Votes, 

No. 54]. 

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. 


A Petition of Henry Cary, of Athy-street, in the Carlow 
Town of Carlow, in the County of Carlow, Esquire ; Borough 
and Yhomas Harris Carroll, of Dublin-street, m 
the Town of Carlow, in the said County of Carlow, 
Esquire, Electors of the Borough of Carlow, regis- 
tered and entitled to vote, and who did vote at the 


late Election of a Burgess to serve in ar 
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23 VicToriz. 


for the said Borough, complaining of an undue 

Election and Return for the said Borough, was 

ee and read [Vide Appendix to Votes, 
o. 55. 

he a Petition of Henry Cary, of Athy-street, 
in the Town of Carlow, in the County of Carlow, 
Esquire ; and Thomas Harris Carroll, of Dublin- 
street, in the Town of Carlow, in the said County 
of Carlow, Esquire, Electors of the Borough of 
Carlow, registered and entitled to vote, and who 
did vote at the late Election of a Surgess to serve 
in Parliament for the said Borough, complaining of 
an undue Election and Return for the said Borough, 
was also presented, and read [Vide Appendix to 
Votes, No. 56]. 

Ordered, That the said Petitions 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 Petitions. 


Kent(Westen A Petition of Charles Wykeham Martin, of Leeds 

Division)  § Castle,in theCounty of Kent; and James Whatman, 

Bection. of Vintners, in the same County, Esquires,complain- 
ing of an undue Election and Return for the Wes- 
tern Division of the said County, was presented, 
and read [ Vide Appendix to Votes, No. 57]. 

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. 


Barnstaple A Petition of Sir William Augustus Fraser, Ba- 
ronet, complaining of an undue Election and Return 
for the Borough of Barastaple, was presented, and 

read [Vide Appendix to Votes, No. 58]. 

Another Petition of Sir William Augustus Fraser, 
Baronet, complaining of an undue Election and 
Return for the said Borough, was also presented, 
and read [Vide Appendix to Votes, No. 59]. 

Ordered, That the said Petitions 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 Petitions. 


Poor Law The Earl of Murch presented a Bill to provide 
oe for the Payment of Debts incurred by Boards of 
Bil, s) Guardians in Unions, and Parishes and Boards of 
Bill13, Management in School Districts: And the same 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time upon Monday the 4th day of July 

next; and to be printed. 


Wolvethamp- A Petition of Joseph Needham, of No.1, New 
Man, Water Inn, Strand, Middlesex, Gentleman, was presented, 
854-5.) and read ; setting forth, That an action is pending 
in Her Majesty’s Court of Common Pleas at West- 
minster, between the Wolverhampton New Water- 
works Company, Plaintiffs, and John Hawkesford, 
Defendant, which will be tried at the sittings of 
Nisi Prius, after Trinity Term, 1859, before the 
Chief Justice of the said Court, at Westminster 
Hall; that it is necessary and material to the case 
of the said Plaintiffs in the said action, that the 
printed copy of the Subscription Contract of the 
said Wolverhampton New Waterworks Company, 
deposited, pursuant to the Standing Orders of the 
House, with the Clerk of the Private Bill Office, 
rior to the said Company obtaining their Act of 
neorporation, may be given in Evidence upon the 
said Trial on behalf of the Plaintiffs ; that the Pe- 
titioner is Attorney in the said action for the Plain- 
tiffs; and praying that the Clerk of the Journals of 
the House may be permitted to produce to the 
Court and Jury at Westminster Wall, on the Trial 
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21°—22" Juniz. 225 


of the said Cause, the said printed copy of the 
Subscription Contract of the Wolverhampton New 
Waterworks Company, deposited prior to the ap- 
plication for the Act incorporating the said Com- 


pany: 
rdered, That leave be given to the proper 
Officer to attend accordingly. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 











Mercurii, 22° die Junii ; 
Anno 23° Victoriz Regine, 1859. 
PRAYERS. 


\ R. Speaker acquainted the House, That his Controverted 
1¥A Warrant for the Appointment of Members Elections. 
to serve on the General Committee of Elections No.4l- 
was upon the Table :—And the same was read, as 
followeth : 


GENERAL ComMiITTEE OF ELECTIONS. 


Mr. Speaker’s Warrant for the Appointment of 
Members to serve on the General Committee 
of Elections for 1859 [Session 2]. 


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

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

The Right honourable Spencer Horatio Wal- 
pole, Member for the University of Cam- 
bridge ; 

The Right honourable Sir William Meredyth 
Somerville, Baronet, Member for the City of 
Canterbury ; 

Sir William Miles, Baronet, Member for the 
Eastern Division of the County of Somerset ; 

Henry Ker Seymer, Esquire, Member for the 
County of Dorset ; 

And John Bonham-Carter, Esquire, Member 
for the City of Winchester ; 

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


Given under my hand this 22d day of June 
1859. 
Joun Evetyy Denison, Speaker. 


Ordered, That the said Warrant be printed. 


A Motion being made, That the Portsmouth portsmouth 
New Dock Bill be now read the third time ; New Dock Bilt 
Sir William Jolliffe, by Her Majesty’s Command, ———— 
acquainted the House, That Her Majesty, having New Docks 
heen informed of the purport of the Bill, gives Her and Railway.) 
Consent, as far as Her Majesty’s interest is con- 
eerned, 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 making a Dock, with other 
Conveniences, in the Camber, at Portsmouth, and 
for other purposes. 
Ordered, ‘hat the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Scottish Central Railway Bill was read the gcottish 
third time. Central Rail- 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. were 

Ordered, That the Clerk do earry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Sevenoaks Railway Bill was read the third gevenoaks 
time. Railway Bill. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 








HH2 The 






Somerset 
Central Rail- 
way Bill. 


Bagenalstown 
and Wexford 
Railway Bill 
[Lords. | 
Dublin and 
Wicklow 
Railway Bill 
[Lords. | 


Dundalk and 
Enniskillen 
Railway Bill 
[Lords.] 


Gloucester and 


Cheltenham 
Tramway 
Abandonment 
Bill [Lords.} 


Ipswich 
Borough) 
ishery Bill 


Liverpool 
Exchange Bill 
[Lords.] 


Midland Great 
Western Rail- 
way of Ire- 
land (Liffey 
Branch, &amp;c.) 
Bill [ Lords, } 


Midland 
Great Western 
Railway of 
Ireland (Sligo 
Extension ) 
Bill [ Lords.] 


Newry and 
Armagh 
Railway Bill 
[Lords.} 


North Eastern 
and Bedale 
and Leyburn 
Railway Com- 
panies Amal- 
gamation Bill. 


Bray Com- 
mons Bill 
[Lords.] 


Midland Rail- 
way Bill and 
Juondon and 
North Western 
Railway (Ar- 
rangements) 
Bill. 


Burton-upot - 
‘Trent Rail- 
way Bill and 
Burton-upon- 
Trent Bridge 
Bill. 


Birmingham, 
Erdington and 
Sutton Cold- 
field Railway 
( Western 
Line) Bill. 


226 


The Somerset 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 Bagenalstown and Wexford Railway Bill was 
read a second time; and cOmmitted. 


The Dublin and Wicklow Railway Bill was read 
a second time; and committed. 


The Dundalk and Enniskillen Railway Bill was 
read a second time; and committed. 


The Gloucester and Cheltenham Tramway Aban- 
donment Bill was read a second time; and com- 
mitted. 


The Jpswich (Borough) Fishery Bill was read a 
second time; and committed. 


The Liverpool Exchange Bill was read a second 
time ; and committed. 


The Midland Great Western Railway of Ireland 
(Liffey Branch, &amp;c.) Bill was read a second time ; 
and committed. 


The Midland Great Western Railway of Zreland 
(Sligo Extension) Bill was read a second time ; and 
committed. 


The Newry and Armagh Railway Bill was read 
a second time ; and committed. 


The House was moved, That the Report which, 
upon the 29th day of March, in the last Session of 
Parliament, was made from the Select Committee on 
Standing Orders in respect of the Petition for 
additional Provision in the North Eastern and 
Bedale and Leyburn Railway Companies Amal- 
gamation Bill, might be read; and the same being 
read ; 

Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee on the North Eastern and Bedale and Ley- 
burn Railway Companies Amalgamation Bill, that 
they have Power to make Provision therein pur- 
suant to the prayer of the said Petition. 


Ordered, That in the case of the Bray Commons 
Bill, Standing Order 169 be suspended, and that 
the Bill be read a second time upon Thursday the 
30th day of this instant June, provided three clear 
days’ notice thereof be given at the Private Bill 
Office. 


Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee on Group 4 of Railway Bills, that they have 
Power tv consolidate the Midland Railway Bill and 
the London and North Western Railway (Arrange- 
ments) Bill into one Bill. 


22" Junie. 


A. 1859. Sess. IT. 


the Main Line, in the Parish of Aston-juzxta-Bir. 
mingham, was presented, and read. 

A Petition of the London and North Western 
Railway Company, and of Promoters of the Bir- 
mingham, —— and Sutton Coldfield Railway 
(Western Line) Bill, praying that Provision may be 
made in the said Bill for interpretation of the ex- 
pression “ the Company,” and for suspending the 
dividends on ordinary shares should the Railways 
not be completed, &amp;c., within a limited period, was 
also presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petitions be referred to 
the Exminers of Petitions for Private Bills. 


Resolved, That this House will, at the rising of Adjournment 
the House this day, adjourn till Thursday the 30th 
day of this instant June. 


Ordered, That all Committees on Private Bills Private Bills, 
have leave to sit, notwithstanding the adjournment 
of the House. 


Ordered, That the Committee of Selection have Committee of 
leave to sit, notwithstanding the adjournment of Selection. 
the House. 


Ordered, That the General Committee on Rail- Railway and 
way and Canal Bills have leave to sit, noiwith- Canal Bills, 
standing the adjournment of the House. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee on Standing Standing 
Orders have leave to sit, notwithstanding the ad- Orders, 
journment of the House. 


Several Public Petitions were presented, and Public 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. ae. 
Vide First 
Report. 
The Clerk read the List of Members who have Controverted 
claimed to be excused from serving on Election Hlections 
Committees, as being upwards of Sixty years of age, 
as followeth :— 
The Honourable General Arbuthnott, Edward 
Ball, Esquire, William Hodgson Barrow, Esquire, 
the Honovrable Colonel Bernard, Thomas Tyring- 
ham Bernard, Esquire, Adam Black, Esquire, the 
Honourable Philip Pleydeli Bouverie, John Boyd, 
Esquire, Thomas William Bramston, Esquire, John 
Ivatt Briscoe, Esquire, John Brocklehurst, Esquire, 
Major Cumming Bruce, General Buckley, Sir 
Charles Merrik Burrell, Matthew Elias Corbally, 
Esquire, Richard Davison, Esquire, Edward Divett, 
Esquire, Henry Drummond, Esquire, Thomas 
Slingsby Duncombe, Esquire, the Right honourable 
Edward Ellice, Sir De Lacy Evans, John Hodgetts 
Foley, Esquire, William Johnson Fox, Esquire, 
George Carr Glyn, Esquire, the Right honourable 
Sir James Graham, Samuel Gregson, Esquire, 
Charles Pascoe Grenfell, Esquire, Brampton Gurdon, 
Esquire, George Hadfield, Esquire, George Gran- 
ville Harcourt, Esquire, the Right honourable Jo- 
seph Warner Henley, John James Hope Johnstone, 
Esquire, James Kershaw, Esquire, Walter Long, 





Esquire, the Honourable Colonel Lowther, William 


| John Lysley, Esquire, Charles Aaron Moody, Esquire, 


William Murray, Esquire, Sir Charles Napier, Jo- 


Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com-} seph William Noble, Esquire, the Right honourable 
mittee on Group 4 of Railway and Canal Bills,| Richard More O' Ferrall, Sir John Owen, Charies 


that they have Power to consolidate the Burton- | 
upon-Trent Railway Bill and the Burton-upon-| 


Trent Bridge Bill into one Bill. 


William Packe, Esquire, Viscount Palmerston, Sir 
George Brooke Pechell, David Pugh, Esquire, 
(Montgomery), Osman Ricardo, Esquire, Lord John 


| Russell, George Poulett Scrope, Esquire, Robert 
A Petition of the Zondon and North Western | 


Aglionby Slaney, Esquire, Richard Spooner, Es- 


Railway Company, and of the there-undersigned | quire, John Steel, Esquire, Lord James Stuart, 
Persons, praying that Provision may be made in | 
the Birmingham, Erdington and Sutton Coldfield | 
Railway (Western Line) Bill, for enabling the 
Company to make an alteration in the course of 








George Trail, Esquire, James Aspinall Turner, Es- 

uire, Sir William Verner, Admiral Walcott, Sir 

ite Walsh, John Ashley Warre, Esquire, Colonel 

Henry White, Brodie M‘Ghie Willcox, wihen 
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Tiverton Writ. 


Oxford Uni- 
versity Writ. 


London Writ. 


New Radnor 
Writ, 


Wilts (South- 
ern Division) 
ri 


Halifax Writ. 


Morpeth Writ, 


Ashton-under- 
Lyne Writ, 


93 VicrorizZz. 





William Battie Wrightson, Esquire, General Wynd- 
ham, 


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 forthe Borough of Tiverton, in the room 
of the Right honourable Henry John Temple Vis- 
count Palmerston, who, since his Election for the 
said Borough, hath accepted the Office of First 
Commissioner for executing the Offices of Treasurer 
of the Exchequer of Great Britain and Lord High 
Treasurer of Lreland. 


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 Univeisity of Oxford, in the 
room of the Right honourable William Ewart Glad- 
stone, who, since his Election for the said University, 
hath accepted the Office of Chancellor and Under- 
Treasurer of Her Majesty’s Exchequer. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant 
to the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ 
for the electing of a Citizen to serve in this present 
Parliament for the City of London, in the room of 
the Right honourable Lord John Russell, who, since 
his Election for the said City, hath accepted the 
Office of one of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries 
of State. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant 
to the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ 
for the electing of a Burgess to serve in this present 
Parliament for the Borough of New Radnor, in the 
room of the Right honourable Sir George Cornewall 
Lewis, Baronet, who, since his Election for the said 
Borough, hath accepted the Office of one of Her 
Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant 
to the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ 
for the electing of a Knight of the Shire to serve in 
this present Parliament for the Southern Division 
of the County of Wilts, in the room of the Right 
honourable Sidney Herbert, who, since his Election 
for the said Division of the said County, hath ac- 
cepted the Office of one of Her Majesty's Principal 
Secretaries of State. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant 
to the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ 
for the electing of a Burgess to serve in this present 
Parliament for the Borough of Halifax, in the 
room of the Right honourable Sir Charles Wood, 
Baronet, G. c. B., who, since his Election for the said 
Borough, hath accepted the Office of one of Her 
Majesty’s Prine:pal Secretaries of State. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant 
to the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ 
for the electing of a Burgess to serve in this present 
Parliament for the Borough of Morpeth, in the 
room of the Right honourable Sir George Grey, 
Baronet, @.c. B., who, since his Election for the said 
Borough, hath accepted the Office of Chancellor of 
the Duchy of Lancaster. 


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 Ashton-under-Lyne, 
in the room of the Right honourable Thomas Milner 
Gibson, who, since his Election for the said Bo- 
rough, hath accepted the Office of Commissioner 
for administering the Laws for Relief of the Poor 
in England. 

Von. 114, 


22° Juni. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant Oxford City 
to the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ Writ- 


227 


for the electing of a Citizen to serve in this present 
Parliament for the City of Ozford, in the room of 
the Right honourable Edward Cardwell, who, since 
his Election for the said City, hath accepted the 
Office of Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of 
Ireland. 


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 Berough of Lewes, in the room 
of the Right honourable Henry FitzRoy, who, since 
his Election for the said Borough, hath accepted the 
Oftice of First Commissioner of Her Majesty’s 
Works and Public Buildings. 


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 
Partiament for the Borough of Calne, in the room 
of the Right honourable Robert Lowe, who, since 
his Election for the said Borough, hath accepted 
the Office of Vice-President of the Committee of 
Privy Council on Education. 


for the electing of a Burgess to serve in this present 
Parliament for the Borough of Devonport, in the 
room of the Right honourable James Wilson, who, 
since his Election for the said Borough, hath ac- 
cepted the Office of Vice-President of the Com- 
mittee of Privy Council for Trade and Plantations. 


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 Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 
in the room of the Right honourable Thomas Emer- 
son Headlam, who, since his Election for the said 
| Borough, hath accepted the Office of Her Majesty’s 
Judge Advocate General. 


for the electing of a Burgess to serve in this present 
Parliament for the Borough of Wolverhampton, in 
the room of Sir Richard Bethell, who, since his 
Election for the said Borough, hath accepted the 
Office of Her Majesty’s Attorney General. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant Reading 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 Reading, in the 
room of Sir Henry Singer Keating, who, since his 
Election for the said Borough, hath accepted the 
Office of Her Majesty’s Solicitor General. 


for the electing of a Commissioner to serve in this 
present Parliament for the City of Edinburgh, in 
the room of the Right honourable James Moncreiff, 
who, since his Election for the said City, hath 
accepted the Office of Lord Advocate of Scotland. 


to the Clerk of the Crown in Jreland, to make out 
a new Writ for the electing of a Burgess to serve 
in this present Parliament for the Borough of Ennis, 
in the room of the Right honourable John David 
FitzGerald, who, since his Election for the said 
Borough, hath accepted the Office of Her Majesty’s 
Attorney General for Jreland. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant Cork County 
to the Clerk of the Crown in Ireland, to make out “i 








HH3 a new 








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


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant Devonport 
to the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ Writ. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant Wolverhamp- 
to the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ * Writ. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant Edinburgh 
to the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ City Wnt. 


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








Kerry Writ. 


Wigtown 
District of 
Burghs Writ. 





228 22° Junii. 


a new Writ for the electing of a Knight of the 
Shire to serve in this present Parliament for the 
County of Cork, in the room of Rickard Deasy, 
Esquire, who, since his Election for the said County, 
hath accepted the Office of Her Majesty’s Solicitor 
General for Ireland. 


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 Right honour- 
able Valentine Augustus Browne, commonly called 
Viscount Castlerosse, who, since his Election for the 
said County, hath accepted the Office of Treasurer 
of Her Majesty's Household. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant 
to the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ 
for the electing of a Commissioner to serve in this 


A. 1859. Sess. II. 


Edward Hugessen Knatchhull-Hugessen, Esquire, 
who, since his Election for the said Town and Port, 
hath accepted the Office of one of the Commis- 
sioners for executing the Offices of Treasurer of the 


surer of Lreland:—And a Debate arising there- 
upon ; 

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 Mr. Speaker do issne his. Warrant 
to the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ 
for the electing of a Baron to serve in this present 
Parliament for the Town and Port of Sandwich, in 
the room of Edward Hugessen Knatchbull-Hugessen, 
Esquire, who, since his Election for the said Town 
and Port, hath accepted the Office of one of the 
Commissioners for executing the Offices of Trea- 
surer of the Exchequer of Great Britain and Lord 
High Treasurer of /reland. 


Exchequer of Great Britain and Lord High Trea-: 





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wey Parliament for the Wigtown District of 
urghs, in the room of Sir William Dunbar, A ; 
Baronet, who, since his Election for the said Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant Norwich Writ, 
District of Burghs, hath accepted the Office of one | to the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ 
of the Commissioners for executing the Offices of | for the electing of a Citizen to serve in this present 
Treasurer of the Exchequer of Great Britain and | Parliament for the City of Norwich, in the room of 
Lord High Treasurer of Ireland. the Right honourable Wi/ltam Coutts Keppel, com- 
monly called Viscount Bury, who, since his Election 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant | —s os — bo — a Mer Office of 
to the Clerk of the Crown in Jre/and, to make ee eeeens stearate, ee idea 
a new Writ for the electing of a Burgess to serve 
in this present Parliament for the Borough of 





——“ -&amp; es 


Clonmel Writ. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant Monmouth 
Clonmel, in the room of John Bagwell, Esquire to the Cle:k of the Crown, to make out a new Writ County Writ. 
, q Stall ; ; - michal 
who, since his Election for the said Borough, hath | for the electing ofa Knight of the Shire to serve in 
; ’. this present Parliament for the County of Mon- 
accepted the Office of one of the Commissioners deal € Colonel Edward Arth ' 
for executing the Offices of Treasurer of the ip (SSS ee Se — spore i 
. 


chequer of Great Britain and Lord High Treasurer | Somerset, who, since his Election for the said 
of Ieee? : County, hath accepted the Office of Steward or 


| Bailiff of Her Majesty’s. Three Chiltern Hundreds 

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant | . — or omeniiteg h, and Bonenham, in the County 
to the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ | of Buckingham. 
for the electing of a Burgess to serve in this present | , 
Parliament for the Borough of Bedford, in the room | _ Colonel Wilson Patten reported from the Select Standing 
of Samuel Whitbread, Esquire, who, since his Committee on Standing Orders, several Resolutions ; Orders. 
Election for the said Borough, hath accepted the | which were read, as follow : Ape 
Office of one of the Commissioners for executing} 1. That in the case of the Tacumshin Embank- Tacumshin 
the Office of Lord High Admiral of the United | ment, Petition for leave to deposit a Petition for Pmbankment 
Kingdom of Great Britain and Iveland. Bill, the Standing Orders ought to. be dispensed 
with; that the Parties be permitted’ to deposit 
their Petition for a Bill accordingly. 

2. That in the case of the Great Northern and Great 
Western (of Jreland) Railway Bill, the Stand- Northern 


and Western 





Bedford Bo- 
rough Writ. 


Cork City 


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


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


2»w Writ for the electi a Citize serve in|. —r 
a new Writ for the electing of a Citizen to serve in ing Orders ought to be dispensed with ; that the sd Westen 


this present Parliament for the City of Cork, in . eau lg ; } 
the room of William Trant Fagan, Esquire, Parties be permitted to proceed with their Bill. oat Bill 


deceased. 3. That in the case of the Norwich Corn Ex- Norwich Corn 


change Bill, the Standing Orders ought to be dis- =~ ™ Bill 
pensed with; that the Parties be permitted to pro- ! ie 
ceed with their Bill. 

4. That in the case of the South Eastern Railway, gouth Eastern 
Petition for leave to deposit a Petition for Bill, the Railway. 
Standing Orders ought to be dispensed with ; that 
the Parties be permitted to deposit their Petition 
for a Bill accordingly. ; 

The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 


Sandwich 


ow A Motion was made, and the Question being 
rit. 


proposed, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant 
to the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Wri! 
for the electing of a Baron to serve in this present 
Parliament for the Town and Port of Sandwich, | 
in the room of Edward Hugessen Knatchbull- 
Hugessen, Esquire, who, since his Election for the 
said Town and Port, hath accepted the Office of 
one of the Commissioners for executing the Offices 
of Treasurer of the Exchequer of Great Britain 
and Lord High Treasurer of Zreland ; a 

The ost was moved, That the Petition of John| _ The House was moved, That the Report from ~ &gt; oe 
Ralph, of Deal, iu the County of Kent, Smith, and Select Committee on Standing Orders, in respect “1 and Western 
Henry Langley, of Deal aforesaid, Woolsorter, | ‘he Great Northern aad Western (of [reland) Rail- (of Ireland) 
which was presented upon the 21st day of this| ¥@Y Bill, might be read; and the same being trends’) 
instant June, complaining of an undue Election and | "2d ; a dti 
Return for the said Town and Port, might be read;| Ordered, That the Bill be read @ second time. 
and the same being read ; , 

And the Question being again proposed, That} Mr. Garnet presented a Bill for regulating the Tolls on Steam 
Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant to the Clerk of| Tolls on Steam Carriages in use on Common Roads: or " 
the Crown, to make out a new Writ for the electing | And the same was read the first time ; and ordered Bill 14. 
of a Baron to serve in this present Parliament for | to be reac! a second time upon Wednesday the 6th 


the Town and Port of Sandwich, in. the room of| day of July next; and to be printed. Ordered. 














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and Mr. Brand presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
Navigation. ~mand,—Accounts relating tu Trade and Navigation, 
No. 42. for the Month ended 3ist May 1859, and Five 
Months ended 31st May 1859. 
Ordered, That the said Accounts do lie upon 
the Table; and be printed. 

Appeal in Cri- Mr. M* Mahon presented a Bill to secure a Right 
minal Cases of Appeal in Criminal Cases: And the same was 
Bil. read the first time ; and ordered to be read a second 

Bill15. time upon Wednesday ‘the 6th day of July next; 
and to be printed. 
And then the House adjourned till Thursday 
the 30th day of this instant June. 
Jovis, 30° die Junii ; 
Anno 23° Victoria Regine, 1859. 
PRAYERS. 
Railway and R. Ingham reported from the General Com- 
— mittee on Railway and Canal Bills; That 
a) ~ they had formed several additional Bills into a 
No. 43, Group, and directed him to make a Report thereof 
to the House. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table; 
and be printed. 
Kingsbridge Mr. Scholefield reported from the Committee on 
——. Group 2 of Railway Bills; That in the case of the 
way Bill Kingsbridge and South Devon 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. 
Swansea Mr. Antrobus reported from the Committee on 
og Group A. of Private Bills ; That in the case of the 
Swansea Harbour Trust Bill, they had examined 
the allegations of the Bill, and found the same to 
be true; and that the Order of the House of the 
18th of March had been complied with; and that 
they had gone through the Bill, and made Amend- 
ments thereunto. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 
Railway Bills Mr. Ingham reported from the Committee on 
(Group 5.) Group 5 of Railway Bills; That Mr. Angerstein, 
one of the Members of the said Committee, was 
_ present during the sitting of the Committee this 
ay. 
Ordered, That Mr. Angerstein do attend the said 
Committee upon Monday next. 
ls Mr. Ingham reported from the Committee on 
P 4.) Group 5 of Railway Bills ; That, for the convenience 
of Parties, the Committee had adjourned to Mon- 
day the 4th of July, at Twelve of the clock. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 
ony Colonel Wilson Patten reported from the Com- 
cond Report.) Muttee of Selection ; That they had formed several 
No. 44, 2dditional Bills into a Group, and directed him to 
make a Report thereof to the House. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 
li Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That he had 
tion, this day received a Report from the Examiner of 





93 VicroriZx. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to secure a Right of Appeal in Criminal Cases: And 
that Mr. M‘Mahon, Mr. Butt and Mr. Hadfield do 


prepare, and bring it in. 


in Cri- 


minal Cases. 








ecognizances, stating that the Recognizance to the 
Election Petition of John Clowes and Henry Danby 
Palmer, relating to the Borough of Great Yarmouth, 
is unobjectionable. 


22°— 30° Juni. 


229 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That he had Aylesbury 
this day received a Report from the Examiner of #!¢tio- 
Recognizances, stating that the Recognizance to the 
Election Petition of Thomas Frederick Charles 
Vernon Wentworth, relating to the Borough of 
Aylesbury, is unobjectionable. 

Mr. Speaker also acquainted the House, That he 

had this day received a Report from the Examiner 

of Recognizances, stating that the Recognizance to 

the Election Petition of Samuel George Smith the 
younger, relating to the Borough of Aylesbury, is 
unobjectionable. 

Mr. Speaker also acquainted the House, That he 

had this day received a Report from the Examiner 

of Recognizances, stating that the Recognizance to 

the Election Petition of Richard Henry Simons and 
others, relating to the Borough of Aylesbury, is un- 
objectionable. 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That he had Maidstone 
this day received a Report from the Examiner of Election. 
Recognizances, stating that the Recognizance to the 
Election Petition of William Russell and Joseph 

Pobjoy Sawer, relating to the Borough of Maid- 

stone, is unobjectionable. 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That he had Norwich 
this day received a Report from the Examiner of Election. 
Recognizances, stating that the Recognizance to the 
Election Petition of John Wright and others, 
relating to the City and County of the City of 
Norwich, is unobjectionable. 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That he had Beverley 
this day received a Report from the Examiner of Election. 
Recognizances, stating that the Recognizance to the 
Election Petition of William Dueshury Thornton 
Duesbury and Charles Reynard, relating to the 
Borough of Beverley, is unobjectionable. 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That he had Preston 
this day received a Report from the Examiner of Election. 
Recognizances, stating that the Recognizance to the 
Election Petition of James Carr and others, relating 
to the Borough of Preston, is unobjectionable. 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That he had Bury Election. 
this day received a Report from the Examiner of 
Recognizances, stating that the Recognizance to the 
Election Petition of James Park and Thomas 
Horrocks, relating to the Borough of Bury, is un- 
objectionable. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Belfast Bo- 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, rough Bill. 
in respect of non-compliance with the Standing 
Orders in the case of the Belfast Borough Bill. 

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


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Eastbourne 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, Wter Bill. 
in respect of non-compliance with the Standing 
Orders in the case of the Petition for additional 
Provision in the Eastbourne Water Bill. 

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


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Birmingham, 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, Erdington 
in respect of non-compliance with the Standing pode my a 
Orders in the case of the Petition of the London and way (Western 
North Western Railway Company, and of the Line) Bill. 
there-undersigned Persons, for additional Provision 
in the Birmingham, Erdington and Sutton Coldfield 
Railway (Western Line) Bill. 

Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Select 





Vou. 114, 


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230 


Sunderland The House proceeded to take into consideration 
ag (No.2) the Sunderland Dock (No. 2) Bill, as amended in 
the Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The Bombay, Baroda and Central Zndia Railway 


Bombay, 

ee Company Bill was read a second time; and com- 
Railway mitted. 

Company Bill 

[ Lords.] 


Galway Har- 
bour and Port 


The Galway Harbour and Port Act (1853) 
Amendment Bill was read a second time; and 


Act (1853 : 

y once woot committed to a Select Committee. 

Bill. : 

Bray Com- The Bray Commons Bill was, according to Order, 
mons Bill read a second time ; and committed, 

(Lords. ] 

Norwich Corn The House was moved, That the Report from the 


pen Bill Select Committee on Standing Orders, in respect of 
(Lords.) the Norwich Corn Exchange Bill, might be read ; 
and the same being read ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second.time. 


Norwich New 
Street Bill 
[ Lords. } 


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 the Select Committee 
appointed by their Lordships on the Worwich New 
Street Bill; and that they ‘will give leave to the 
proper Officer to attend before the Committee of 
this House on the said Bill, and produce a Peti- 
tion of Merchants, Bankers and others, which was 
presented to their Lordships upon the 4th day of 
March, in the last Session of Parliament, in favour 
of the Bill: And that the Clerk do carry the said 
Message. 


Standing 


Colonel Wilson Patten reported from the Select 
Orders. 


Committee on Standing Orders, several Resolutions; 
which were read, as follow: 

Bagenalstown 
and Wexford 


Railway Bill 
[ Lords. | 


1. That in the case of the Bagenalstown and 
Wexford Railway Bill, Petition for dispensing with 
Standing Order 126, the said Standing Order ought 
to be dispensed with ; that the Parties be permitted 
to proceed with their Bill, provided that, pursuant 
to Clause 14 in the Bill, no dividend shall be paid 
on the ordinary Capital of the Company until the 
Railway shall be completed and opened for public 
traffic; that the Committee on the Bill do report 
how far such Order has been complied with on the 
Report of the Bill. 


Kens 2. That in the case of the Kensington Station and 
a North and South London Junction Railway Bill, 
South London Petition for additional Provision, the Standing Or- 
Junction _—_— ders ought to be dispensed with; that the Parties 
Railway Bill. be permitted to introduce their additional Provision 
accordingly, if the Committee on the Bill shall think 
fit, provided that they prove the consent of the 
Owners and Lessees of the land proposed to be 
taken, and produce a Report from the Board of 
Trade as to the effect of the said additional Pro- 
vision; that the Committee on the Bill do report 
how far such Order has been complied with on the 
Report of the Bill. 

3. That in the case of the Victoria Station and 
Pimlico Railway Bill, Petition for additional Pro- 
vision, the Standing Orders ought to be dispensed 


Kensington 


Victoria 
Station and 
Pimlico Rail- 


way Bill. : , : 

” with; that the Parties be permitted to introduce 
their additional Provision accordingly, if the Com- 
mittee on the Bill shall think fit. 

Fishing Ves- 4. That in the case of the Fishing Vessels passing 


sels passing 


the Nore bi, te Wore Bill, the Standing Orders ought to be 


dispensed with; that the Parties be permitted to 
proceed with their Bill. 


The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 


30° Juni. 





A. 1859. Sess. II. 


Several Public Petitions were presented, and read; Public 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. Petitions, 


Vide First 
Report, 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant Northampton 
to the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ Borough Writ, 
for the electing of a Burgess to serve in this present 
Parliament for the Borough of Northampton, in the 
room of the Right honourable Robert Vernon Smith, 
now Baron Lyveden, called up to the House of 
Peers. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant Wickiow writ 


‘| to the Clerk of the Crown in Ireland, to make out 
‘ja new Writ for the electing of a Knight of the 


Shire to serve in this present Parliament for the 
County of Wicklow, in the room of the Right ho- 
nourable Granville Leveson Proby, commonly called 
Lord Proby, who, since his Election for the said 
County, hath accepted the Office of Comptroller of 
Her Majesty’s Household. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant Lichfield writ. 


to the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ 
for the electing of a Citizen to serve in this present 
Parliament for the City of Lichfield, in the room of 
the Honourable Alfred Henry Paget, commonly 
called Lord Alfred Henry Paget, who, since his 
Election for the said City, hath accepted the 
Office of Chief Equerry and Clerk Marshal to Her 
Majesty. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant Gloucester 
to the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ County _ 
for the electing of a Knight of the Shire to serve Cron) Welk 
in this present Parliament for the Western Division 1 
of the County of Gloucester, in the room of Lieu- 
tenant Colonel Robert Nigel Fitzhardinge Kings- 
cote, c.B., who, since his Election for the said 
Division of the said County, hath accepted the 
Office of one of the Grooms in Waiting upon Her 
Majesty. 


The Right honourable Sir George Cornewall controverted 
Lewis, one of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries Elections. 
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 
Cornewall Lewis, one of Her Majesty’s Principal 
Secretaries of State, be excused from serving on 
Election Committees during the time he may hold 
the said office. 

The Right honourable Sir Charles Wood, one of 
Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State, having 
stated that he could not attend Election Committees 
without material inconvenience to the Public Ser- 
vice, during the time he may hold the said office ; 

Resolved, That the Right honourable Sir Charles 
Wood, one of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries 
of State, be excused from serving on Election 
Committees during the time he may hold the said 
office. 


Ordered, That Mr. Marshall have leave of absence Leave of 
for a month, on account of ill health. Absence. 


Viscount Palmerston presented,—Return to an Italy. 
Address to Her Majesty, dated the 9th day of this 
instant June, for a Return relative to Italy. 

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


Lord John Russell presented, by Her Majesty's Postal Come 
Command,—Copy of Convention between Her Ma- Portugal.) 
jesty and the King of Portugal, relative to Commu- 
nication by Post. Signed at Lisbon, April 6, 1859. 

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 


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Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Billto 
consolidate, assimilate and amend the Statute Law 
of England and Ireland, with respect to the Admi- 
nistration of Justice in Criminal Cases: And that 
Mr. Whiteside, Sir Fitz Roy Kelly and Mr. Walpole 
do prepare, and bring it in. 


Criminal 
Procedure. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to consolidate and amend the Statute Law of Eng- 
land and Ireland relating to Offences against Pub- 
lic Justice: And that Mr. Whiteside, Sir FitzRoy 
Kelly and Mr. Walpole do prepare, and bring it 
in. 


Public Justice 
Offences. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to consolidate and aménd the Statute Law of Eng- 
land and Ireland relating to Malicioys Injuries to 
Property: And that Mr. Whiteside, Sir Fitz Roy 
Kelly and Mr. Walpole do prepare, und bring it in. 


Malicious 
Injurics. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to consolidate and amend the Statute Law of the 
United Kingdom against Offences relating to the 
Coin: And that Mr. Whiteside, Sir Fitz Roy Kelly 
and Mr. Walpole do prepare, and bring it in. 


Coinage 
Offences. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to consolidate and amend the Laws relating to Per- 
sonation: And that Mr. Whiteside, Sir FitzRoy 
Kelly and Mr. Walpole do prepare, and bring it in. 


Personation. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to consolidate and amend the Laws relating to For- 
gery: And that Mr. Whiteside, Sir Fitz Roy Kelly 
and Mr. Walpole do prepare, and bring it in. 


Forgery. 


Offences 
against the 
Person, 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to consolidate and amend the Statute Law of Eng- 
land and Ireland relating to Offences against the 
Person: And that Mr. Whiteside, Sir Fitz Roy Kelly 
and Mr. Walpole do prepare, and bring it in. 
Larceny, &amp;e. Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to consolidate and amend tie Statute Law of Eng- 
land and Ireland relating to Larceny and other similar 
Offences: And that Mr. Whiteside, Sir FitzRoy 
Kelly and Mr. Walpole do prepare, and bring it in. 


Criminal 


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


to consolidate the Statute Law of England and 
Ireland relating to libellous and_ threatening 
Writings: And that Mr. Whiteside, Sir Fitz Roy 
Kelly and Mr. Walpole do prepare, and bring it 
in. 
Punishment, Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to consolidate and amend the Statute Law relating 
to the Punishment of Offenders: And that Mr. 
Whiteside, Sir FitzRoy Kelly and Mr. Walpole do 
prepare, and bring it in. 

Oaths, &amp;c, Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to consolidate and amend the Statute Law of Eng- 
land and Ireland relating to Oaths, Affirmations and 
Declarations, and Offences connected therewith : 
And that Mr. Whiteside, Sir FitzRoy Kelly and 
Mr. Walpole do prepare, and bring it in. 


Mediterra- 
hean, &amp;c. Tele- 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 


graphic Com. t0 Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
munication, 


to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Copies of further Correspondence respecting 
the Establishment of Telegraphic Communication 
in the Mediterranean and with India (in continua- 
tion of Papers presented 29th June 1858). 
Ordered, That the said Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, by such Members of this House 


as are of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy 
Council. 
Vou. 114, 


30° Junii. 





93 1 


Ordered, That leave be given tv bring in a Bill Sale of Grain, 
for the Sale of Grain, Meal, Flour, Butter, Potatoes, ** 
and oiher Articles, Wholesale and Retail, by the 
Pound Avoirdupois, the Score of Twenty Pounds, 
the Cental of One hundred Pounds, and the Ton of 
Two thousand Pounds: And that Mr. M‘Cann and 
Mr. Caird do prepare, and bring it in. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Bible Board 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased (Scotland.) 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Copy of the Royal Warrant constituting 
the Board of Her Majesty’s sole and only Master 
Printers in Scotland, commonly called the Bible 
Board tor Scot/and :——And, of the Letters of In- 
structions directed to the said Board; and of the 
several Reports from time to time presented by the 
Board 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 leave be given to bring in a Bill Metropolis 
to regulate the Proceedings of Gas Companies and Gs Regula- 
others supplying the Metropolis-with Gas: And that _— 

Sir John Shelley, Mr. Byng, Mr. John Locke and 
Mr. Ayrton do prepzre, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed Lunatics. 
to inquire into the operation of the Acts of Parlia- 
ment and Regulations for the care and treatment of 
Lunatics and their Property. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Patriotic 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased Fun4- 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return showing, in a Tabular Form, the 
Name of every Child who has at any time been 
maintained at the Charge of the Royal Commis- 
sioners of the Patriotic Fund in any Orpbage, 
Asylum, School, or other Institution, or in any 
Family or Place under the care of any Person 
other than its Mother; the Age of such Child; 
the Date at which it was so placed; and (in the 
case of any Child which has at different times been 
in more than one such Institution or Place as afore- 
said), distinguishing each of such Institutions or 
Places, and stating the Date at which such Child 
was sent to and removed from each of them; and 
(if any Child is not still in any such Institution or 
Place), stating its subsequent Destination, so far as 
the same is known; and showing the Name of 
the Father of such Child; his Rank in the Ser- 
vice, his Regiment, Ship, &amp;c., as the case may 
be; the Time and Place of his Death; and 
stating whether the Mother is dead; and, if not, 
stating her Name and her present Residence, so 
far as the same is known: 








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


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

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


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


Queen’s Speech read. 

Resolved, That a Supply be granted to Her 
Majesty. 

Resolution to be reported. 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Mas- 


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

Ordered, That the 
morrow. 


Report be 


Marylebone 


Ordered, Vhat 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 Marylebone, in the | 


room of the Right honourable Sir Benjamin Hall, 
Baronet, now Baron Lianover, called up to the 
House of Peers. 


Law of Pro- 
perty and 

Trustees Re- 
lief Amend- 


The Law of Property and Trustees Relief Amend- 
ment Bill was read the first time; and ordered to 
be read a second time upon Monday next; and to 


ment Bill be printed. 
[Lords.] 
Bill 16. 
Message from Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That a Mes- | 
the Lords. 


their Clerks, as followeth : 
Great Western 
Railway Bill. Railway Bill, with Amendments: to which the 
Lords desire the concurrence of this House. 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An 
Act to enable William Thomas Greive, Clerk, to 
exercise his Office of a Priest, and to hold any Be- 
nefice or Preferment in the United Church of Eng- 
land and Ireland ; to which the Lords desire the 
concurrence of this House. 


Greive'’s 
Disabilities 
Removal Bill. 


Municipal The Lords communicate a printed Copy of Report 

—— from the Select Committee appointed by their Lord- 

Acts. ships, in the last Session of Parliament, on the Mu- 
nicipal Rates and Franchise Acts ; together with | 
the Minutes of Evidence taken before the said 
Committee, as desired by this House. 

Sandwith’s The Lords communicate Minutes of Evidence 

Tanda) Bill taken upon the Second Reading of Sandwith’s Di- 

{Lords. } vorce (Jndia) Bill, as desired by this House, and 


request that the same may be returned to them. 
Ordered, That the said Minutes of Evidence be 
referred to the Select Committee on Divorce Bills. 


Criminal Pro- 
cedure Bill. 


Bill 17. 


Mr. Whiteside presented a Bill to consolidate, 
assimilate and amend the Statute Law of England 
and /reland with respect to the Administration of 
Jusuce in Criminal Cases: And the same was read 
the first time; and ordered to be read a second time 
upon Thursday the 14th day of July next; and to 
be printed. , 


Public Justice 


Mr. Whiteside presented a Bill to consolidate and 
Offences Bill. 


amend the Statute Law of England and Ireland 


Bill 18. relating to Offences against Public Justice: And 
the same was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time upon Thursday the 14th day of 
July next: and to be printed. ° 

Malicious Mr. Whiteside presented a Bill to consolidate and 
Injuries Bill. amend the Statute Law of England and Jreland 

Bill 19. relating to Malicious Injuriesto Property: And the 
same was read the first time ; and ordered to be read 
a second time upon Thursday the 14th day of July 
next; and to be printed. 

Coinage Mr. Whiteside presented a Bill to consolidate and 
on amend the Statute Law of the United Kingdom 


against Offences relating to the Coin: And the same 
was read the first time ; and ordered to be read a 


received To- | 


The Lords have agreed to the Great Western | 


4.1859. Sess. IT. 


second time upon Thursday the 14th day of July 
next ; and to be printed. 


Mr. Whiteside presented a Bill to consolidate and Personation 
amend the Laws relating to Personation: And the Bil 
same was read the first time; and ordered to be Bill 21, 

read a second time upon Thursday the 14th day of 
_ July next; and to be printed. 


Mr. !Vhiteside presented a Bill to consolidate and Forgery Bill, 
amend the Laws relating to Forgery: And the same _ Bill 29, 
_was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time upon Thursday the 14th day of July 
next; and to be printed. 


Mr. Whiteside presented a Bill to consolidate Offences 
and amend the Statute Law of England and Jreland against the 
relating to Offences against the Person: And the P¢ts Bill. 
same was read the first time ; and ordered to be Bill 23, 
read a second time upon Thursday the 14th day of 
July next; ond to be printed, 


Mr. Whiteside presented a Bill to consolidate and Larceny, &amp;e. 
amend the Statute Law of Enevland and Ireland Sill 
relating to Lareeny and other similar Offences: And _ Bill 24. 

| the same was read the first time; and ordered to be 
'read a second time upon Thursday the 14th day of 


| July next; and to be printed. 


Mr. Whiteside resented a Bill to consolidate the Criminal 


sage had been brought from the Lords, by one of| Statute Law of England and Ireland relating to Writings Bill 


libellous and threatening Writings: And the same _ Bill 25. 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time upon Thursday the 14th day of July 


next: and to be printed, 


\ir. Whiteside presented a Bill to consolidate and Punishment 
/amend the Statute Law relating to the Punishment Bill. ; 
,of Offenders: And the same was read the first Bill 26. 
time ; and ordere:! to be read a second time upon 
Thursday the 14th day of July next; and to be 
| printed, 


Mr. Whiteside presented a Bill to consolidate and Oaths, &amp;e. 
amend the Statute Law of Eugland and Ireland Bill. 
relating to Oaths, Affirmations and Declarations, Bill 27. 
and Offences connected therewith: And the same 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time upon Thursday the 14th day of July 
next; and to be printed. 


Mr. M‘Cann presented a Bill for the Sale of Grain, Sale of Grain, 
Meal, Flour, Butter, Potatoes, and other Articles, *¢- Bill. 
Wholesale and Retail, by the Pound Avoirdupois, Bill 28. 
the Score of Twenty Pounds, the Cental of One 
hundred Pounds, and the Ton of Two thousand 
Pounds: And the same was read the first time ; and 
ordered to be read a second time upon ‘Thursday 
next; and to be printed. 


Mr. George Clire presented, by Her Majesty’s Fisheries 
Command,—Copy of Report of the Commissioners (Ireland.) 
of Fisheries, Jreland, for 1858, to his Excellency 
the Lord Lieutenant, pursuant to the Act 5 &amp; 6 Vic. 

c. 106. 

Mr. George Clive also presented,— Return to an Statute Law 
Address to Her Majesty, dated the 21st day of this Consolidation. 
instant June, for a Return relative to Statute Law 
Consolidation. 

Mr. George Clive also presented, pursuant to the Militia 
directions of several Acts of Parliament,—Returns (Ireland. ) 
‘of Qualifications of Officers of Militia delivered to 
Clerks of the Peace in Ireland. 

Copy of an Act of Sederunt respecting Counter- Jury my 
mand of Notices of Trial ia Jury Causes. (Scotian 

Statement of Amount of the Constabulary Force Constabulary 
employed in each County, County of a City and (Ireland. ) 
County of a Town in Ireland, on the 1st day of 
January 1859. : 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 





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Table Sir 





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fie 


i 


Detention. 


Dover Mails. 


Ecclesiastical 
Patronage. 


National 
Collections, 


93 VicToRIz. 


Sir Charles Wood presented,—Return to an Ad- 
dress to Her Majesty, dated the 17th day of this in- 
stant June, for a Return relative to East India (King 
of Delhi). 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 
21st day of this instant June, for a Return relative 
to East India (Judicial Procedure). 

Ordered, That the said Returns do lie upon the 


Table. 


Mr. Laing presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand,— Copy of Third Report of the Commissioners 
of Her Majesty’s Customs on the Customs. 

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


Lord Clarence Paget presented,—Return to an 
Order, dated the 17th day of March, in the last 
Session of Parliament, for a Return of all Cases in 
which Actions have been entered in the High 
Court of Admiralty of England against British or 
Foreign Vessels, from the Ist day of January 1856 
to the 1st day of March 1859; specifying the 
Name of the Vessel; the Cause of the Action; whe- 
ther a Warrant of Arrest issued or not; the Date of 
such Warrant; whether the Vessel was released by 
Decree of the Court; and, if so, the Date of such 
Decree, and also the Date of the Judgment of the 
Court in each case. 

Return to an Order, dated the 9th day of this 
instant June, for a Return relative to Dover Mails. 

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


The following Papers were laid upon the Table 
by the Clerk of the House,—Return to several Or- 
ders, dated the 17th day of March, in the last Ses- 
sion of Parliament, for a Return of all Benefices 
to which permanent Augmentations have been 
made by the Ecclesiastical Commissioners out of 
their Common Fund; giving in each case the Pa- 
tronage of such Benefice, whether Public or Private, 
together with the Amount of Augmentation, and the 
Sum, if any, contributed from private sources : 
—-—. And, fora Return of all cases of Patronage 
which the Ecclesiastical Commissioners have con- 
sented to transfer, either in Perpetuity or for one or 
more Nominations, in consideration of the building 
of a Church or Parsorage-house, or of an Endow- 
ment being wholly or in part provided; stating in 
each case the Nature of the consideration, and the 
Term for which the Patronage has been trans- 
ferred. 

Return to an Order, dated the 18th day of March, 
in the last Session of Parliament, for Returns show- 
ing the Sums expended under the following Heads, 
in each year from 1846 to 1859, severally : British 
Museum Establishment, British Museum Buildings, 
British Museum Purchases, National Gallery, 
Scientific Works and Experiments, Royal Geogra- 

hical Society, British Historical Portrait Gallery, 
Science and Art Department, Museum of Practical 
Geology an: Royal Society : And, of the Sums 
expended in the Purchase and Laying-out of the 
Grounds and in Buildings on the Kensinyton Gore 
Estate, in each year.from 1851 to 1858, inclusive 
(in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 313, 
of Session 1857-8). 

The following Papers, pursuant to the directions 
of several Acts of Parliament, were also laid upon 
the Table by the Clerk of the House,—An Account 
of all Monies received during the year ended the 
31st day of March 1859, to the Account of Her 
Majesty’s Exchequer at the Bank of England and 
of Ireland, under the respective heads of Public 
Revenue; the Amount of all Royal Orders and 
Treasury Warrants received, and of the Credits and 
Transfers made by the Comptroller General of the 
Exchequer, the Payments by the Bank of England, 
and the Balance remaining to the Account of the 
Exchequer, at each Bank on 31st March 1859. 

- Vou. 114. 


30° Junwt.—1° Julia. 


233 


The Thirty-seventh Report of the Commissioners Woods, Forests 
of Her Maiesty’s Woods, Forests and Land Reve- and Land 
nues, in obedience to the Acts 10 Geo. 4, c. 50, and ~*"°""™* 

2 Will. 4, c. 1, beimg the Eighth Report under the 
Act of the 14 &amp; 15 Vic. c. 42, dated 30th June 
1859. 

Returns of the Official Assignees of the Court Bankruptcy. 
of Bankruptcy, showing the Total Amounts of their 
Receipts and Payments for the year ending the 
31st December 1858, upon every Estate under their 
Charge as such Official Assignees; and also, the 
Balances appearing by their Books to be then in 
the Bank of England, standing to the credit of the 
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 
showing the several Sums allowed to them as 
Official Assignees for Remuneration and for Petty 
Expenses, under every Estate under their Charge, 
during the vear 1856. 

Abstract of Accounts of Loan Societies in Eng- Loan Societies, 
land and Wales, to the 31st December 1858; by 
John Tidd Pratt, Esquire, the Barrister appointed 
to certify the Rules of Savings Banks. 

Copy of a Treasury Minute, dated 15th June Lady Vere 
1859, renewing the ‘Feeuen of Lady Vere C. L. C.L. Cameron. 
Cameron. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Manning Manning the 
the Navy, which was presented upon the 11th day Navy. 
of March, in the last Session of Parliament, be No. 45, 
printed, 


Mr. Chichester Fortescue presented, by Her Ma- Emigration 
jesty’s Command,—Copy of Nineteenth General 
Report of the Emigration Commissioners, 1859. 

Papers relative to the Waste Lands Acts of New Waste Lands 
Zealand of the years 1856 and 1858, and to the Acts (New 
Grants made under the authority of those Acts.  7*#!@n¢-) 

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


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 








Veneris, 1° die Julii ; 
Anno 23° Victorie Regine, 1859. 


PRAYERS. 

C OLONEL Wilson Patten reported from the gtanding 
Select Committee on Standing Orders, a Re- Orders. 
solution ; which was read, as followeth: 

That in the case of the Birmingham, Erdington Birmingham, 
and Sutton Coldfield Railway (Western Line) Bill, Erdington and 
Petition for additional Provision, the Standing Or- ——S 
ders ought to be dispensed with; that the Parties ; Western y 
be permitted to introduce their additional Provision Line) Bill. 
accordingly, if the Committee on the Bill shall 
think fit. 

The said Resolution, ‘being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 


Mr. Scholefield reported the Ringwood, Christ- ringwood, 


church and Bournemouth Railway Bill, with Amend- Christchurch 
ments. and Bourne- 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table; prey 


and be printed. 


The Hereford and Brecon Railway Bill was read Hereford and 
the third time. Brecon Rail- 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. way Bal 

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


A Motion being made, That the Nuneaton and Nuneaton 
Hinckley Railway Bill be now read the third time; ae 
Mr. d Pleydell Bouverie, by Her Majesty's“? 
Command, acquainted the House, That Her Majesty, 
having been informed of cr purport of the Bill, gives 
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934. 1° Juli. A. 1859: Sess Tf. 


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. 


Oxford, Wor- The House proceeded to take into consideration 

—— the Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway 

ton ~ ys Bill, as amended in the Committee. 

Bill. Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a 
Select Committee to be nominated by the Com- 


mittee of Selection. 


Great The Great Northern and Western (of Ireland) 
~_ Railway Bill was read a second time; and com- 
(of Ireland) mitted. 

Railway Bill 

[Lords f 


Norwich Corn The Norwich Corn Exchange Bill was read a 


Exchange Bill : . . 
[Lords ] second time ; and committed. 


Stockton and Ordered, That the Minutes of the Evidence taken 

—. _ before the Committees on the Stockton and Darling- 

fe. (1858,) * ton Railway Bills, and the Durham and Cleveland 
Union Railway Bill, in Session 1858, be referred to 
the Committee on Group 6 of Railway and Canal 
Bills in reference to the Stockton and Darlington 
Railway Bill. 


Birmingham, Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 
em one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bilis, 
field Railway That in the case of the Petition for additional Pro- 
(Western vision in the Birmingham, Erdington and Sutton 
Line) Bill. Coldfield Railway (Western Line) Bill, of the Lon- 
don and North Western Railway Company, and 
Promoters of the Birmingham, Erdington and Sutton 
Coldfield Railway (Western Line) 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. 


Public Several Public Petitions were presented, and 

Petitions. —_ read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Vide First 

Report. 

Italy. Ordered, That the Return relative to Zéaly, which 
No. 46. was presented upon the 30th day of June last, be 


printed. 


Constabulary | Ordered, That the Paper relative to Constabulary 
(Ireland.) = (Ireland), which was presented upon the 30th day 
No. 47. of June last, be printed. 


East India Ordered, That the Return relative to East India 
(King of (King of Delhi), which was presented upon the 30th 


Delhi.) . . 
No. 4g. “ay of June last, be printed. 
East India Ordered, That the Return relative to East India 
a (Judicial Procedure), which was presented upon the 
ea 4 30th day of June last, be printed. 


Dover Mails. Ordered, That the Return relative to Dover Mails, 
No. 50. which was presented upon the 30th day of June 
last, be printed. 


Benefices, and Ordered, That the Return relative to Benefices, 
Ecclesiastical and Ecclesiastical Patronage, which was presented 


Patronage. : 
No. 61, Upon the 30th day of June last, be printed. 


National Ordered, That the Return relative to National 
Collections. ~~ Co}/ections, which was presented upon the 30th day 
No. 52. of June last, be printed. 


Exchequer. Ordered, That the Account relative to the Exche- 


No. 53. quer, which was presented upon the 30th day of 


une last, be printed. 


Woods, Forests Ordered, That the Paper relative to Woods, Fo- 
andLand = —=— rests and Land Revenues, which was presented upon 


ser the 30th day of June last, be printed. 








Ordered, That the Paper relative to Loan So- Loan Sccietigs 
cieties, which was presented upon the 30th day of No, 55, 
June last, be printed. . 

































































Ordered, That the Paper relative to Municipal Municipal 
Rates and Franchise Acts, which was communicated Rates and ~ 
from the Lords upon the 30th day of June last, be Acts. 


printed. No. 56, 


Sir Charles Wood presented,—Supplementary and East India 
complete Return to an Address to Her Majesty, (A™Y.) 
dated the 13th day of April 1858, for a Return of 
the Actual Strength, both of the Queen’s and the 
East India Company’s Forces in the three Presi- 
dencies, and in the Punjaub, at the Date of the last 
Returns received from thence. 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, an Hocquard 
Account of the Cost and Damages settled and paid * The Queen, 
in the case of Hocquard v. The Queen, on Appeal 
to Her Majesty in Council from the Vice-Admiralty 
Court of Saint Helena. 


te Tt 


The House was moved, That the Report from the Fishing Ves. 
Select Committee on Standing Orders, in respect of og my 
the Fishing Vessels passing the Wore Bill, might" - 
be read ; and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Fast India 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased (Public Debt) 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Copies of all Notifications of the Government 
of India concerning the Public Debt (in continua- 
tion of Parliamentary Paper, No. 179, of Session 
1858) :——And, of Financial Despatches between 
the Government of Jndia and the Secretary of State 
for India (in continuation of Parliamentary Papers 
of the last Session), 

Ordered, That 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 Right honourable Sidney Herbert, one of Controverted 
Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State, having Elections. 
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 Sidney Her- 
bert, 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. 

Sir Richard Bethell, Her Majesty’s Attorney 
General, 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 Sir Richard Bethell, Her Ma- 
jesty’s Attorney General, be excused from serving 
on Election Committees during the time he may 
hold the said Office. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Election wi 
to Her Majesty, that She willbe graciously pleased E*Pen*% 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return from each Election Auditor of the 
Total Amount of the Audited Expenses incurred by 
each Candidate to serve as a Member in the present 
Parliament, especially distinguishing the Expenses, 
if any, of conveying Electors to the Poll ; the Num- 
ber and Expenses of the Polling Places, and of 
Rooms engaged as Committee Rooms ; the Number 
and Expcases of Election Agents, Committee Men, 
Clerks, Messengers, Paid Canvassers and others ; 
the Expenses of printing Addresses, Placards and 
Advertisements ; setting forth also the Total Num- 
ber of Voters on the Registry, and the Total Num- 
ber of Votes polled for each Candidate. 


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


Ordered, That Mr. Adair have leave of absence 
for the remainder of the Session, on account of. ill 
health. 


Resolved, That upon Thursday the 14th day of 
this instant July, and upon every succeeding Thurs- 
day during the present Session, Government Orders 
of the day shall have precedence of Notices of 
Motions. 


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


Ordered, That there he 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 1859, 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 au- 
thorized, but which may not be open for Traffic on 
the 30th day of June 1859, 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. 459, of Session 1858). 


Mr. Massey reported from the Committee to 
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 Monday 


19 Jali. 


The Order. of the day being read, for the second High Sheriffs” 
Expenses Bill. 





235 


reading of the High Sheriffs’ Expenses Bill; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second. time 
upon Wednesday next. 


the adjourned Debate on the Question proposed t 
upon the 17th day of June last, That the Criminal 
Justice, Middlesex (Assistant Judge) Bill be now 
read a second time ; 

Ordered, ‘That the Debate be further adjourned 
till Monday next. 


to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return of the Names of the several 
Boroughs and of the several Counties of Cities and 
Towns in England and Wales for which Persons 
have been assigned to act as Justices of the Peace ; 
also, the Names of the Persons so assigned to act 
as such Justices; the Dates of such Assignments ; 
and the Borough or County of City or Town for 
which so assigned to act (in continuation of Parlia- 
mentary Paper, No. 2, of Session 2, 1859). 
Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty, by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to amend the Act of the fifth and sixth years of 
King William the Fourth, chapter sixty-three, 
relating to Weights and Measures: And that Mr. 
John Locke, Mr. Hutt and Mr. Buxton do prepare, 
and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to enable the Commissioners of Her Majesty’s 
Works to acquire a Site for the purposes of Her 
Majesty’s Court of Probate and other Courts and 
Offices: And that Mr. FitzRoy and Mr. Laing do 
prepare, and bring it in. 





next, resolve itself into a Committee to consider of 
the Supply granted to Her Majesty. 


Ordered, That an Estimate of the Charge for 
Naval Services, to the 31st day of March 1860, be 
laid before this House. 

Ordered, That an Estimate of the Charge for 
Army Services, to the 31st day of March 1860, be 
laid before this House. 

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

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


The Order of the day being read, for resuming 
the adjourned Debate on the Question proposed 
upon the 17th day of June last, That the News- 
papers, &amp;c. Bill be now read a second time ; 

And the Question being again proposed :—The 
House resumed the said adjourned Debate. 

And the Quesiion 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 Wednesday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Constabulary Force (/reland) Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday the 11th day of this instant July. 


The Jury Trial (Scotland) Act Amendment Bill 
was, according to Order, read a second time ; and 
committed to a Committee of the whole House, for 
Monday next. 

Vow 114, 








Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed 
to whom shall be referred all Petitions presented 
to the House, with the exception of such as com- 
| plain of undue Returns, or relate to Private Bills; 
| and that such Committee do classify and prepare 
| Abstracts of the same, in such form and manner as 
| shall appear to them best suited to convey to the 
| House all 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 Petitions, as shall appear to re- 
| quire 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. Henry Austin Bruce, 
Mr. Alderman Cubitt, Mr. Davison, Mr. Dillwyn, 
Mr. Charles Forster, Mr. Gard, Captain Gray, 
Mr. Gregson, Mr. Hunt, Mr. Taverner John Mil- 
ler, Mr. Abel Smith, Mr. Stanley, Mr. Wise, and 
Mr. Woods. 

Or dered, That Three be the Quorum. 


The Order for reading a second time, upon Wed- 
nesday next, the Tolls on Steam Carriages Bill, was 
read, and discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for regulating the use of Locomotives on Turnpike 
and other Roads, and the Tolls to be levied on 
such Locomotives, and on the Waggons and Car- 
riages drawn or propelled by the same: And that 
Mr. Garnett, Colonel Wilson Patten and Mr. Rid- 
ley do prepare, and bring it in. 

113 Mr, 





The Order of the day being read, for resuming Criminal Jus- 


ice, Middlesex 


(Assistant 
Judge) Bill. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Justices of 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased the Peace. 


Weights and 
Measures, 


Court of 
Probate, &amp;c. 
(Acquisition 
of Site.) 


Public 
Petitions. 


Tolls on Steam 
Carriages Bill. 


Locomotive, 





Court of 

(Acquisition 

of Site) Bill. 
Bill 29. 


Locomotive 
Bill. 
Bill 30. 


West London 
Railway Bill. 


Adulteration 
of Food, &amp;c. 
Prevention 
Bill. 


Weights and 
Measures Bill. 


Bill 31. 


Railway Bills 
(Group 3.) 


Stokes Bay 
Railway and 
Pier Bill. 


236 


Mr. Fitz Roy presented a Bill to enable the Com- 
missioners of Her Majesty's Works to acquire a 
Site for the purposes of Her Majesty’s Court of 
Probate, and other Courts and Offices: And the 
same was read the first and second time; and (the 
Bill being in every respect the same as the Bill 
reported, with Amendments, by a Select Committee 
in the last Session of Parliament) ordered to be 
printed, as amended. 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a Com- 
mittee of the whole House, for Monday next. 


Mr. Garnett presented a Bill for regulating the 
use of Locomotives on Turnpike and other Roads, 
and the Tolls to be levied on such Locomotives, 
and on the Waggons and Carriages drawn or pro- 
pelled by the same: And the same was read the 
first time ; and ordered to be read a second time 
upon Wednesday next; and to be printed. 


A Petition of the West London prornagy 2 Com- 
pany, the London and North Western Railway 
Company, the Great Western Railway Company, 
the ped and South Western Railway Company, 
and the London, Brighton and South Coast Rail- 
way Company, praying that Provision may be 
made in the West London Railway Bill for: pro- 
viding for the Construction, by said Companies 
alone, of the Works contemplated by the said Bill, 
instead of enabling the West London Railway Com- 
pany to construct them, and the other Companies 
to contribute thereto, was presented, and read ; and 
referred to the Examiners of Petitions for Private 
Bills. 


The Order for reading a second time, upon Tues- 
day next, the Adulteration of Food, &amp;c., Prevention 
Bill, was read, and discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Thursday next. 


Mr. John Locke presented a Bill to amend the 
Act of the fifth and sixth years of King William 
the Fourth, chapter sixty-three, relating to Weights 
and Measures: And the same was read the first 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time upon 
Wednesday the 20th day of this instant July; and 
to be printed. 


And then the House adjourned till Monday 


next, 





Luna, 4° die Julii ; 
Anno 23° Victorie Regine, 1859. 


PRAYERS. 


Shigeo Earl of March reported from the Com- 
mittee on Group 3 of Railway Bills; That 
Mr. Mundy, one of the Members of the Committee, 
had stated that he was interested in the North 
Eastern Railway Company, who were Petitioners 
against the Bradford, Wakefield and Leeds Railway 
Bill, one of the Bills under the consideration of the 
Committee, and that he did not on that account con- 
sider himself in a position to attend and vote on 
the subject of such Bill. 

Ordered, That Mr. Mundy be discharged from 
further attendance on the said Committee, so far 
as regards the Bradford, Wakefield and Leeds 
Railway Bill. 


Mr. Scholefield reported from the Committee on 
Group 2 of Railway Bills; That in the case of 
the Stokes Bay Railway and Pier Bill, they had 
examined the allegations contained in the Preamble 
of the Bill, and amended the same, by striking out 
a recital relating to “ The Isle of Wight Ferry Act, 
1856,” and by adding a recital, that it is not con- 
templated by the present Act to issue Preference 


1°—4° Juliz. 













A. 1839. Sess, If 


Shares; and found the same, as amended, to be 
true; and had gone through the Bill, and made 
Amendments thereunto. 

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























































Mr. Gregson reported from the Select Com- Public 
mittee on Public Petitions; That they had exa- Petitions 
mined the Petitions presented from the 8th day of (Fitst: 
June last, to the 1st day of this instant July, both 
inclusive ; and had directed him to make a Report 
thereof to the House. 

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


Mr. Antrobus reported the Norwich New Street Norwich New 
Bill, with Amendments. Street Bill 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table, {4°rd#] 


Mr. Antrobus reported fromm the Commiitee on Trinity House 
Group A. of Private Bills; That in the case of the of Leith Bil 
Trinity House of Leith Bill, they had examined the (Lenin 
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. 


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

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


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

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


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That he had Athlone 
this day received a Report from the Examiner of Election. 
Recognizances, stating that the Recognizance to 
the Election Petition of James William Fair, re- 
lating to the Borough of Athlone, is unobjec- 
tionable. 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That he had Leicester 
this day received a Report from the Examiner of peed 
ag ering stating that the Recognizance to \yivision) 
the Election Petition of the Reverend Wiéilliam Election. 
Astley Cave Browne Cave, relating to the Northern 
Division of the County of Leicester, is unobjec- 
tionable. 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That he had Limerick City 
this day received a Report from the Examiner of Election 
Recognizances, stating that the Recognizance to the 
Election Petition of James Spaight, relating to the 
County of the City of Limerick, is unobjection- 
able. 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That he had Sandwich 
this day received a Report from the Examiner of Election. 
Recognizances, stating that the Recognizance to the 
Election Petition of John Ralph and Henry 
Langley, relating to the Town and Port of Sand- 
wich, is unobjectionable. 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That he had Cheltenham 
this day received a Report from the Examiner of Election. 
Recognizances, stating that the Recognizance to the ‘ 
Election Petition of John Knatchbull and John 
Henry Morgan, relating to the Borough of Chelten- 
ham, is unobjectionable. mm 

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Blection. 


93 VicroRIZ. 


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 Ayres and others, relating 
to the Borough of Kidderminster, is unobjection- 
able. 


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 Henry Clement Heard and 
Reuben Bond, relating to the Borough of Bridge- 
waler, is unobjectionable. 





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 William Jones and Richard | 


Mitchell, relating to the Borough of Kingston-upon- 
Hull, is unobjectionable. 


Tacumshin A Petition of William Radley Standish Motte, 
Embankment. Esquire, for leave to bring in a Bill to amend the 
Tacumshin Embankment Act, 1854, and to extend 
the Time for the completion of the Works autho- 
rized by that Act, was presented, and read; and 
referred to the Select Committee on Standing 


Orders. 


SouthEasten A Petition of the South Eastern Railway Com- 


Railway. any, for leave to bring in a Bill for amending some 
of the Acts relating to the South Eastern Railway 
Company, with respect to the Accounts to be kept 
by them, was presented, and read; and referred to 
the Select Committee on Standing Orders. 

Sittingbourne A Petition of the Sittingbourne and Sheerness 

— Railway Company, praying that Provision may he 


(Additional made in the Sittingbourne and Sheerness Railway 
Capital, &amp;c.) (Additional Capital, &amp;c.) Bill for enabling the Com- 
pany to lease their Railway Undertaking to the 
ast Kent Railway Company, and for other pur- 
—, was presented, and read ; and referred to the 

xaminers of Petitions for Private Bills. 





4° Juliz. 





Great Western The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Railway Bill. the Amendments made by the Lords to the Great 
Western Railway Bill; and the same were twice 

read, and agreed to. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the Amendments made by their Lord- 


ships. 
Chichester The House proceeded to take into consideration'the 
— “ Chichester Harbour Embankment Bill, as amended 
Bill. in the Committee; and Amendments were made to 
the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 
ee The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Bill, t the Swansea Harbour Trust Bill, as amended in the 

Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 

Clvelen * Ordered, That the Minutes of the Evidence taken 


Union Railway before the Committee on the Durham and Cleveland 
Bill (1858,) Union Railway Bill in Session 1858, be referred to 
the Committee on the Clevelund Railway Bill. 


The Order, That the Blackburn and Preston Road 
and Bridge Bill do lie upon the Table, was read, 
and discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee on Group B. of Private Bills:—And that 


they have leave to sit and proceed To-morrow. 
Vou. 114, 


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237 


Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- Midland Rail- 
mittee on Group 4 of Railway Bills, that they have pote Bo a 
Power to consolidate into two Bills, in such manner western 
as they shall think most desirable, all or any of the Railway (Ar- 
Provisions of the Midland Railway Bill, the London rengements), 
and North Western Railway (Arrangements) Bill, Trent a 
the Burton-upon-Trent Railway Bill, and the Bur- way, and 
ton-upon- Trent Bridge Bill. Trent Belge 
Bills, 
Ordered, That Greive’s Disabilities Removal Bill rec 


: : . bilities 
be read the first time To-morrow. Removal Bill 


[Lords.] 
Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That he had Kingston- 

this day received a Report from the Examiner of »po2-Hull 

Recognizances, stating that the Recognizance to the 

Election Petition of James Beeton and Robert Scott, 

relating to the Borough of Kingston-upon-Hull, is 

unobjectionable. 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That he had Frome 
this day received a Report from the Examiner of lection. 
Recognizances, stating that the Recognizance to the 
Election Petition of Donald Nicoll, relating to the 
Borough of Frome, is unobjectionable. 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That he had Preston 
this day received a Report from the Examiner of Election. 
Recognizances, stating that the Recognizance to the 
Election Petition of John Hawkins and others, 
relating to the Borough of Preston, is unobjection- 
able. 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That he had New Windsor 
this day received a Report from the Examiner of Election. 
Recognizances, stating that the Recognizance to 
the Election Petition of William Henry Banks and 
Henry Thompson, relating to the Borough of New 
Windsor, is unobjectionable. 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That he had Peterborough 
this day received a Report from the Examiner of Election. 
Recognizances, stating that the Recognizance to the 
Election Petition of William Vergette and others, 
relating to the City of Peterborough, is unobjection- 
able. 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That he had Beverley 
this day received a Report from the Examiner of =lection. 
Recognizances, stating that the Recognizance to the 
Election Petition of Edward Auchmuty Glover, re- 
lating to the Borough of Beverley, is unobjection- 
able. 

Mr. Speaker also acquainted the House, That he 
had this day received a Report from the Examiner 
of Recognizances, stating that the Recognizance to 
the Election Petition of John Nutchey and others, 
relating to the Borough of Beverley, is unobjection- 
able. 

Mr. Speaker also acquainted the House, That he 
had this day received a Report from the Examiner 
of Recognizances, stating that the Recognizance to 
the Election Petition of Charles Robinson Empson 
and Richard Southwick, relating to the Borough of 
Beverley, is unobjectionable. 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That he had Merioneth 
this day received a Report from the Examiner of Election. 
Recognizances, stating that the Recognizance to the 
Election Petition of Owen Richards and Hugh Ri- 
chards Pugh, relating to the County of Merioneth, 
is unobjectionable. 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That he had Kent (Western 
this day received a Report from the Examiner of Division) 
Recognizances, stating that the Recognizance to the “°°"™ 
Election Petition of Charles Wykeham Martin and 
James Whatman, relating to the Western Division 





of the County of 5mm, is unobjectionable. 


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238 


Several Public Petitions were peeninnee read; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


vil 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will Le graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return of all Loans and Repayments of 
Debts at the several Presidencies in /ndia, and in 
England, annually, from the year 1800 to the latest 
Dates inclusive; specifying the Rates of Interest at | 
which the several Loans were contracted, together | 
with the Annual Gross Revenue of each Presidency, 
and Total Annual Revenue of British India from | 
all Sources; with a Column showing the Annual | 
per-centage pressure of the interest of the Debts in | 
relation to the Gross Revenue. 

Ordered, That 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 Right honourable William Ewart Gladstone, | 
Chancellor of the Exchequer, having stated that he | 
could not attend Election Committees without 
material inconvenience to the Public Service, during 
the time he may hold the said Office ; 

Resolved, That the Right honourable William | 
Ewart Gladstone, Chancellor of the Exchequer, be | 
excused from serving on Election Committees during 
the tine he may hold the said Office. 


: 





Controverted 
Elections. 


East India 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
(New Tariff.) 


to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Copy of the New Jndian Tariff now in 
force, and of any Correspondence which has passed 
between the Home Authorities and the Authorities 
in India on the subject. 

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


att 





Mr. Laing presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand,—Estimates, &amp;c. for Civil Services, for the | 
year ending 31st March 1860 : | 

I.—Public Works and Buildings. 

I1,—Salaries and Expenses of Public Depart- 
ments. 

111.—Law and Justice. 

IV.—Education, Science and Art. 

V.—Colonial, Consular, and other Foreign 
Services. 

V1.—Superannuation and Retired Allowances 
and Gratuities for Charitable and 
other purposes. 

VII.—Miscellaneous, Special and Temporary 
Objects. 
And, General Abstract of the Grants to be proposed 
for Civil Services for 1859, compared with similar 
Charges for 1858. 
Revenue Estimates, Revenue Departments, Effective and 
Departments. Non-Effective, for the year 1859, ending 31st March 

No. 59. 1860. 

Civil Contin- Account of the Expenditure charged against the 
gencies. Grant for Civil Contingencies in the year ended 

No. 60. 31st March 1859; with the Balances unexpended, 
and the Amount of Advances outstanding at the 
commencement and at the close of the year ; also, 
Statement of the Comparative Expenditure in 
1857-8 and 1858-9, and an Estimate of the 
Amount required for the year 1859-60. 

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


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant 
to the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ 
for the electing of a Burgess to serve in this present 
Parliament for the Borough of Ashton-under-Lyne, 
in the room of the Right honourable Thomas Milner 
Gibson, who, since his Election for the said Borough, 
hath accepted the Office of President of the Com- 
mittee of Privy Council for Trade and Plantations. 


Civil Services. 
No. 58. 


Ashton-under- 
Lyne Writ. 





4° Sulit. 


| 1854, 1855, 1856, 1857, 1858 and 1859; also the 








A. 1859. Sess. II. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant Wolverhamp. 
to the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ = Writ. 
for the electing of a Bu to serve in this present 
Parliament for the Borough of Wolverhampton, in 

the room of the Right honourable Charles Pelham 

Villiers, who, since his Election for the said 

Borough, hath accepted the Office of Commissioner 

for administering the Laws for relief of the Poor in 

England. 






Ordered, That Mr. Davison have leave of absence Leave of 
for a fortnight, on urgent business. Absence, 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a gaint Mary. 
Return showing the Number of In-door and also of lebone, &amp;. 
Out-door Poor (excepting Lunatic Paupers in Workhouse, 
Asylums) receiving Relief on the Ist day of January 
and the Ist day of July in the following years, riz., 


Total Cost of Maintenance of In-door Poor in each (Acq 
ofthe above years, and the average Cost per Head ; 
also the Population of each Parish at the last 
Census; the Number which each Workhouse is 


‘calculated to hold, according to existing Puor Law 


Regulations respecting Space and Ventilation; and 
the Total Superficial Space occupied by the Work- 
house of the Parish of Saint Marylebone : —— Like 


' Return for each of the Parishes of Saint Pancras 
and Paddington :——Statement, whether the Pau- 


- Children are maintained and educated in the 
orkhouses or elsewhere : And, Copy of a 
printed Address from Mr. Farnall, Poor Law In- 
spector, delivered on Friday the 11th day of July 
1857, to the Directors of the Poor of Saint Mary- 
lebone, and of any Answer which may have been 
received thereto. 





Resolved, That an humble Address be presented East India 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased (Salaries, &amp;.) 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Returns of the Salaries of the Members of 
the Legislative Council fur Bengal, North Western 
Provinces, Madras and Bombay: Of the Salaries 
of the Cleiks employed in the said Council : 
And, of the Expense of the House, Offices and 
Printing incurred by the Legislative Council from 
the Time of its Establishment to the present Period. 

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








The Orcer of the day being read, for the Com- Supply. 
mittee of Supply ; 

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


The Order of the day being read, for the second Poor Law 
reading of the Poor Lay Boards (Payment of Boards 
Debts) Bill; Bill 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 


The Law of Property and Trustees Relief Amend- Law of Pro- 
ment Bill was, according to Order, read a second perty and 
time; and committed to a Committee of the whole jj.¢ amend- 


House, for Monday next. ment Bill 
[Lords.] 
The House, according to Order, resolved itself Jury Trial 


cot Amend 
Amendment Bill; and, after some time spent therein, one Bill. 
Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. rum 
reported, That the Committee had gone throu 

the Bill, and directed him to report the same, with- 

out Amendment. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 


To-morrow. 
The Order of the day being read, map Crtntes 2a 

upon the 17th day of June last, That the Criminal (sts) Bil 

Justice, 


into a Committee on the Jury Trial (Scotland) Act C 





the adjourned Debate on the Question 





















&gt; 

5 
Court of 
Probate, &amp;e. 

uisition 

sie) Bill. 
Diplomatic 
Pensions. 
River Thames 

) 

) 





93 VicToRIZz. 


Justice, Middlesex (Assistant Judge) Bill be now 
read a second time ; 

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 the word “ now,” and, at 
the end of the Question, adding the words ‘‘ upon 
“ this day six months.” 

And the Question being proposed, That the word 
“ now” stand part of the Question :—The said pro- 
posed Amendment was, with leave of the House, 
withdrawn. 

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


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Court of Probate, &amp;c. (Acquisition of 
Site) Bill ; 

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


Ordered, That leave be given to being in a Bill 
to remove doubts as to the Qualification of Persons 
holding Diplomatic Pensions to sit in Parliament: 
And that Mr. Monckton Milnes and Mr. Kinnaird 
do prepare, and bring it in. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Returns from the Metropolitan Board of 
Works, and from all District Boards established 
under the Metropolis Local Management Act, and 
from the City (of London) Commissioners of Sewers, 
of any and all Operations performed by them 
between the 25th day of March last and the 18th 
day of June instant, with the object of preventing 
the occurrence of Noisome Effluvia from the River 
Thames, and particularly of the Quantities of Lime 
or other Deodorizing Agents day by day used for 
that purpose ; specifying, in Tabular Form, when, 
where, and to or Amount such Agents or any of 
them were respectively employed, and the Sums of 
Money expended on and about the use thereof: 
Tabular Returns from the Metropolitan Board 
of Works and the Board of Conservancy of the 
River Thames respectively, of the daily or other 
ascertained Quantities of Fresh. Water which have 
passed into the Tideway of the River Thames from 
the Weir at Teddington Lock, and from other 
principal Streams which discharge into the said 
Tideway between Teddington Lock and Chelsea 
Bridge, and particularly of the daily Quantities in 
the years 1858 and 1859 :——From all the Metro- 
politan Waterworks Companies of the daily Quanti- 
ties of Water delivered by them respectively in the 
_ 1858 and 1859: From the Astronomer 

oyal of the daily Quantities of Rain fallen at 
Greenwich, and at any other Places within the 
ee Area of the Thames of which he possesses 
particulars, during each of the last three years, and 
of the daily Mean Temperature of the Atmosphere 
at Greenwich, and of the Water of the River 
Thames : From the Medical and other Officers 
of Her Majesty’s Hospital Ship “ Dreadnought,” 
moored in the Thames, of any and all Observations 
and Experiments made by them, or under their 
direction, with reference to the condition of the 
River in the years 1858 and 1859 :——And, Returns 
from the Metropolitan Board of Works, of any | 
Communications, Resolutions, and Measures of | 
the years 1858 and 1859, in reference to the 
suggested Improvement of the River Z’hames by 
embanking the same, and by forming low-level 
Sewers within the embanked spaces. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, by such Members of this House 
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£39 


as are of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy 
Council. . 


A Motion was made, and the Question being put, River Thames 
That leave be given to bring in a Bill to provide for Purification 
the Prevention of Noisome Effluvia from the River “M°oPelis.) 
Thames within the Metropolis :—It passed in the 
Negative. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Picture 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased Gaileries. 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Copies of all Letters and Memorials ad- 
dressed to the Committee of Council on Edueation, 
or the Trustees of the National Gallery, with refe- 
rence to the Admission of the Public in the Evening 
to the Turner and Vernon Galleries of Pictures, aud 
of the Answers thereto. 

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


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill paw Ascer- 
to afford facilities for the wore certain ascertainment tainment 
of the Law administered in one part of Her Majesty’s Facilities. 
Dominions when pleaded in the Courts of another 
part thereof: And that Mr. Dunlop, Mr. Malins 
and Mr. Mel/or do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to Public Health. 
make perpetual the Public Health Act, 1858: And 
that Mr. Lowe and Sir George Lewis do prepare, and 
bring it in, 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring ina Bill to Clerk of the 
provide for the Authentication of certain Orders of Council. 
the Privy Council in the absence of the Clerk of the 
Council in Ordinary: And that Mr. Lowe and Sir 
George Lewis do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed yfititary 
to inquire into the Effects of the Alterations in Organization. 
Military Organization regarding the War Office and 
Board of Ordnance which were made in the year 
1855; and also to inquire whether any Changes 
are required to secure the utmost Efficiency and 
Economy in the Administration of Military Affairs. 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That a Mes- Message from 
sage te been brought from the Lords, by one of the Lords. 
their Clerks, as followeth : 

The Lords have agreed to the Red Sea and India Red Sea and 
Telegraph Company (No. 2) Bill, with Amend- India Tele. 


ments ; to which the Lords desire the concurrence 8™P4 Com- 
. pany (No. 2) 
of this House. Bill. 


The Lords have agreed to the Caledonian Railway Caledonian 
Bill, with Amendments ; to which the Lords desire Railway Bill. 
the concurrence of this House. 


The Select Committee on Divorce Bills was nomi- Divorce Bills. 
nated of Mr. Walpole, Sir John Pakington, Mr. 
Headlam, Mr. Bonham-Carter, Mr. Mellor, Mr. 
Clive, Mr. Adderley, Mr. Steel and Mr. Hussey 
Packe. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Reformatory 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased Schools. 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return for the year 1859, giving a Tabu- 
lated List, alphabetically arranged in their respec- 
tive Counties, of all Reformatory Schools which 
have been certified and sanctioned by the Secretary 
of State under the Statutes 17 &amp; 18 Vic. c. 74, and 
17 &amp; 18 Vic. c. 86, respectively, with the Date of 
Certificate ; also the &gt; of Juveniles (distin- 
guishing Boys irom Girls) which each of such 


Schools is capable of accommodating, and the 
Number contained in each at the latest Date for 


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which the Return can be given, according to the | 


following form : 


—_—— 
" . . F al Number of 
\County Name Date Accommodation. Actual Nu | Date 
J | of | Inmates. } , 
No. j or of Ce 6 be : . — | of 
Town. School. —_ Return. 


cate. | Boys. | Girls. | Total. Boys. Girls. | Total. 


ae a | | 











j | | } 
| | 





Total | 


Ordered, That 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 Lunatics was nomi- 
nated of Mr. Tile, Sir George Grey, Mr. Walpole, 
Mr. Whitbread, Mr. Drummond, Sir Erskine Perry, 
Colonel Clifford, Mr. Briscoe, Mr. Kendall, Mr. 
Jlorsman, Mr. Rolt, Mr. Monckton Milnes, Mr. 
Henley, Mr. Coningham and Mr. Kekewich ; with 
Power to send for persons, papers and recor ds. 

Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 


Lunatics. 


Contracts 
(Public De- 
partments.) 


Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed 
to inquire into the principle adopted for making 
Contracts for the Public Departments, and the 
effect which the present System has upon the Ex- 
penditure of Public Money. 


Mr. Secretary Sidney Herbert presented, by Her 
Majesty’s Command,—Army Estimates of Effec- 
tive and Non-effective Services for 1859-60. 

Supplemental Army Estimate for 1859-60. 

Supplementary Army Estimate for 1859-60 ; with 
a Statement showing the Amount of the Estimates 
for 1859-60, laid before Parliament (Sessional Pa- 
pers, Nos. 63 and 193), and of a further Supple- 
mentary Estimate ; with the Sums already voted, 
and the Sums remaining to be voted. 

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


Army. 
No. 61. 


Public Health Mr. Lowe presented a Bill to make perpetual 

Bill. the Public Health Act, 1858: And the same was 

Bill 32. yead the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
time upon Thursday next; and to be printed. 


Clerk of the 
Council Bill. 


oa Authentication of certain Orders of the Privy 
lll 33. 


Council in the absence of the Clerk of the Council 
in Ordinary: And the same was read the first 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time upon 
Thursday next; and to be printed. 


Navy. Mr. Brand presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
No. 62. mand,—Navy Estimates for the year 1859-60. 
Post-office Estimate for the Post-oftice Department (Packet 
Department Service), for the year 1859-60. 
Packet 
rvice. \ 
No. 63. 
Navy. Abstract of Navy Estimates, and further Sup- 
No. 57. plementary Estimate for the year 1859-60 ; with a 
Statement showing the Amount of the Estimates | 
for 1859-60, laid before Parliament (Nos. 42 and 
44), and of further Supplementary Estimate; with | 
the Sums already voted on account, and the Sums 
remaining to be voted. 
Ordered, Vhat the said Estimates be referred to 
the Committee of Supply ; and be printed. 
| 
Diplomatic Mr. Afonckton Milnes presented a Bill to remove | 
Pensions Bill. doubts as to the Qualification of Persons holding | 
Bill 34. Diplomatic Pensions to sit in Parliament: And the | 


same was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time upon Wednesday the 20th day 
of ths instant July ; and to be printed. 





4 ae 


Mr. Lowe presented a Bill to provide for the | 


Juli. A. 1859. Sess. II. 


Mr. Dunlop presented a Bill to afford facilities Law Ascen 
for the more certain Ascertainment of the Law ad- tainment 


ministered in one part of Her Majesty’s Dominions **lities Ba, 
when pleaded in the Courts of another part thereof; _ Bill %, 


‘And the same was read the first time ; and ordered 
to be read a second time upon Monday next; and 
to be printed. 


Mr. Clive presented, by Her Majesty’s Command, Reforma 
—Copy of Second Report of the Inspector ap- Schools, 
pointed under the Provisions of the Act 5 &amp; 6 Will. 4, 

c. 38, to visit the certified Reformatory Schools of 
Great Britain. 

Copy of Twelfth Annual Report of the Commis- Poor Reties 
sioners for administering the Laws for Relief of the (Ireland) 
Poor in Jreland; with Appendices. 

Mr. Céive also pre-ented,—Return to an Address Turnpike 
to Her Majesty, dated the 1st day of March, Roads and 
in the last Session of Parliament, for Returns ieee 

nn . x.) 
from the County of Essex for each Turnpike 
Trust respectively for each of the Three last years 
of—the Amount of Toll Revenue; Amount of 
Mortgage Debt; and, Arrears of Interest; with 
the Number of Miles of Road belonging to each 
Trust :——Of the Names and Number of Miles of 
Road on each Turnpike Trust which may have ex- 
pired since 1840 :——Of the Number and Names 
of the Bridges maintained out of the County Rate; 
the Annual Charge for the Maintenance of such 
Bridges durmg each of the Three last years; and 
the Total Annual Value of the Property now as- 
sessed to the County Rate :——And, of the Num- 
ber and Names of all Private or other Toll Bridges 
used by the Public. 

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


Sir Charies Wood presented,—Retura to an East India 
Address to Her Majesty, dated the 4th day of Fe- (Public 
bruary, in the last Session of Parliament, for Copies beta dane: 
of the Report sent in by Colonel Arthur Cotton, in 
July, to the Department of Public Works of the 
Government of /ndia, relative to the Embankments 
required in Cattach :——Of the Will under which 
the Government of Bengal administers the Pro- 
perty of Hadjee Mahomed Mohun of Hooghley : 
——Of the Correspondence of the Governor of 
India with Major Phayre, the Commissioner of 
Pegu and the Governor of Cey/on, relative to the 
Visit, at the Expense of the British Government, in 
1858, of Deputies of the King of Burmah to view 
the Tooth of Budh in Ceylon :——Of the Reports 
of Dr. Sprenger on tie Calcutta Madrissa, and the 
Correspondence of the Council of Education and 
the Government of Bengal on the subject of the 
Madrissa, and all Correspondence relative to the 
Madrissa since 1853 :——And, of the Regulation 
19 of 1810, of the Bengal Code of Regulations. 

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


Ordered, That the Return relative to East India East India 
(Army), which was presented upon the Ist day of (Army) 
this instant July, be printed. No. 64. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 





Martis, 5 die Julii ; 
Anno 23° Victorie Regine, 1859. 


PRAYERS. 


OLONEL Wilson Patten reported from the Committee of 
Committee of Selection ; That they had made CThird Re- 

an alteration in one of the Groups already formed, port.) 
and had agreed to make a Report thereof to the No, 65. 
House. 

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





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93 VicToriZ. 5° Juliz. 941 


guniing Colonel Wilson Paticn reported from the Select ; Baronet, Henry Ker Seymer, Esquire, and John 
es Bil orders. Committee on Standing Orders, several Resolu- Bonham-Curter, Esquire, the Members appointed by 
tions ; which were read, as follow : | Mr. Speaker to serve on the General Committee of 
urne 1. That in the case ofthe Eastbourne Water Bill, Elections, and not objected to by the House, were 
water Bil. © Petition foradditional Provision, the Standing Orders | sworn at the Table by the Clerk. 
ought to be dispensed with; that the Parties be| Ordered, That the Committee have leave to sit 
permitted to introduce their additional Provision | this day, during the sitting of the House. 
accordingly, ifthe Committee onthe Billshall think fit. | | Ordered, That the Corrected Alphabetical List of 
itory guuth Eastern 2. That in the case of the South Eastern Railway, Members to serve on Election Committees be re- 
| Railway. Petition for Biil, the Standing Orders ought not to | ferred to the Committee. 
be dispensed with. 
The first Resolution, being read a second time, | 
was agreed to. 
liet Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That he had Weymouth 
this day received a Report from the Examiner [ 
Recognizances, stating that the Recognizance to the . es 
Election Petition of Joseph Slade and others, rela- 

Mr. Scholefie/d reported from the Committee on | ting to the Borough of Weymouth and Melcombe 
Kerport = Group 2 of Railway Bills ; That in the case of the | Aegis, is unobjectionable. _ 

Civol Wight) Cowes and Newport (Isle of Wight) Railway Bill, | Mr. Speaker also acquainted the House, That he 
— they had examived the allegations contained in the | had this day received a Report from the Examiner 
Preamble of the Bill, and amended the same, by | of Recognizances, stating that the Recognizance to 
striking out the reference to the Quay at West the Election Petition of Robert James Roy Camp- 
Cowes, Powers to acquire which were not proposed | bell, relating to the Borough of Weymouth and 

to be taken by the amended Bill; aud found the | Me/combe Regis, is unobdjectionable. 
same, as amended, to be true; and had gone through | _Mr. Speaker also acquainted the House, That he 
the Lill, and made Amendments thereunto. had this day received a Report from the Examiner 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; | of Recognizances, stating that the Recognizance to 
and be printed. the Election Petition of Colonel William Lockyer 
Freestun, relating to the Borough of Weymouth and 

| Melcombe Regis, is unobjectionable. 


€ Cowes and 


Bridport Mr. Scholefield reported from the Committee on 
ilway Bil. Group 2 of Railway Bills; That in the case of the 
Bridport Railway Bill, they had examined the 
allegations contamed in the Preamble of the Bill, 
and amended the same, by inserting a paragraph 
reciting the agreement for the lease to the Great, 
Western Railway Company, which agreement was 
set out at length in a Schedule to the Bill, and was 
confirmed by the Bill; and found the same, as | 
amended, to be true; and had gone through the 
Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from West London 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table; | one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, Railway Bill 
and be printed. | That in the case of the Petition for additional Pro- 
‘vision in the West Zondon Railway Bill, the 
Cine Valley Mr. Zngham reported from the Committee on | Standing Orders have been complied with. 
ai Hlstead Group 5 of Railway and Canal Bills; That in the) Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
Ruilway Bil, Gace of the Colne Valley and Halstead Railway Bill, | mittee on the Bill, That they have Power to make 
they had examined the allegations contained in the Provision therein pursuant to the prayer of the said 
Preamble of the Bill, and amended the same, by | Petition. 
reciting the expediency of extending the Colne 
Valley and Halstead Railway to Haverhill, instead| The Order of the day being read, for the first Greive’s 
of to the Eastern Counties Railway at Audley End, | reading of Greive’s Disabilities Removal Bill; Disabilities 
the Bill, as amended, being limited to tiie smaller | And a Motion being made, and the Question teens ” 
Work ; and found the same, as amended, to be true ; being proposed, That the Bill be now read the first 
and had gone through the Bill, and made Amend- time :-—And a Debate arising thereupon ; 
ments thereunto. | A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upen the Table ; | posed, That the Debate be now adjourned :—And 
and be printed. 'the said Motion was, with leave of the House, 
| withdrawn. 
Epping Mr. Ingham reported the Epping Railways Bill, | Ordered, That the Bill be now read the first 
Ralvays Bill. with Amendments. ‘ : ‘'time:—The Bill was accordingly read the first 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 
and be printed. | 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That he had Carlisle 
this day received a Report from the Examiner of P!ction. 
Recognizances, stating that the Recognizance to the 
Election Petition of Johu Park Arthur and John 
Graham, relating to the City of Carlisle, is unobjec- 
tionable. 


Sr : ; | Ordered, That a Message be sent to the Lords, Hereford and 
ahage Mr. Massey reported from the Committee on the | ,, acquaint their Lordships that the Hereford and —_ Rail- 


Pay and Swanage Railway and Pier Bill; ‘That they had | Brecon Railway Bill, as sent by this House to the = 
examined the allegations contained in the Preamble | F{ouse of Lords, did not through the inadvertence 
of the Bill, and amended the same, by striking out | ofan agent eontale captain teenies ene be 
the word “ Railway,” the construction of a Railway | this House in the last Session of Parliament, and 
not being proposed by the Bill, as amended; and | which ought to have been contained in the Bill, as 
found the same, as amended, to be true; and had | prought into this House in the present Session, and 
— — the Bill, and made Amendments | were certified to be so contained ; and to request 
ereunto. son St allel St alee ‘tus rover 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table; rs — —— ed ‘ Bill a 
and be printed. cordingly: And that the Clerk do carry the said 
a ; . j __| Message. 
preted = The Right honourable Sir Francis Thornhill 
Pontes. Baronet, the Right honourable Spencer! Several Public Petitions were presented, and Public 
= Walpole, the Right honourable Sir William | read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. Petitions. 
eredyth Somerville, Baronet, Sir William Miles, Vide Second 
Vou. 114. KK2 Mr. Report. 

















242 


Message from Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That a 


the Lords. = Message had been brought from the Lords, by one 
of their Clerks, as followeth: 

Manchester, The Lords have agreed to the Manchester, Shef- 

Sheffield and 


peer sear field and Lincolnshire Railway (Station at Man- 
Railway (Sta. Chester) Bill, without any Amendment. 

tion at Man- 

chester) Bil. 

South Wales, The Lords have agreed to the South Wales, 
Pembroke and Pembroke and Tenby Junction Railway Bill, without 


Tenby Junc- 
tion Railway any Amendment. 


Bill. 

Tyne Im- The Lords have agreed to the Tyne Improvement 
— Bill, without any Amendment. 

Kingston- The Lords have agreed to the Kingston-upon- 
— Thames Gas Bill, with an Amendment; to which 


the Lords desire the concurrence of this House. 
The Lords have agreed to the North Eastern 
Railway (Nidd Valley Branch) Bill, with an 
Amendment; to which the Lords desire the con- 
currence of this House. 
London and The Lords have agreed to the Zondon and North 
North Western Western Railway (Edgehill to Garston) Bill, with 
Railway 2 . 
(Edgehillto an Amendment ; to which the Lords desire the con- 
Garston) Bill. currence of this House. 


North Eastern 
Railway 
(Nidd Valley 
Branch) Bill. 


5° Sulit. 





Great North The Lords have agreed to the Great North of | 
de aes Scotland Railway Bill, with Amendments; to 
away’ which the Lords desire the concurrence of this 


House. 
ee ol The Lords have agreed to the Reading and Hat- 
Bill. ee field Road Bill, with Amendments; to which the 


Lords desire the concurrence of this House. 


Vexatious The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 
— to prevent Vexatious Indictments for certain Mis- 
; demeanors; to which the Lords desire the con- 
currence of this House. 
Inland Mr. Laing presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
Revenue. mand,—Copy of Third Report of the Commis- 
sioners of Her Majesty’s Inland Revenue on the 
Inland Revenue. 
Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 
Table. 
Hoequard The following Paper was laid upon the Table by 


v. The Queen. the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, 
dated the ist day of this instant July, for an Ac- 
count relative to the case of Hocquard v. The Queen. 


Land Tax. The following Paper, pursuant. to the directious of 
an Act of Parliament, was also laid upon the Table 
by the Clerk of the House,—A Statement of the 
Expenses incurred under the Acts for the Re- 
demption and Sale of the Land Tax, and for dis- 
charging the Incidental Expenses attending the 
execution of those Acts, from the 31st March 1858, 
the period to which the last Account was made up, 
to the 31st March 1859. 

Rast, Taais Ordered, That the Return relative to East India 

. ° y . . 
Works, &amp;e.) ( a pri &amp;e.), om ory presented upon the 
Ne. 68. th day of this instant July, be printed. 
Population, Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 


&amp;e. (Seotland.) t9 Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return, in extension of the Return, “ Po- 
pulation, &amp;. (Scotland)” of the present Session, to 
include along with the Income Tax the Amount of 
the Tax on Inhabited Houses, tle Land Tax, the 
Tax on Licenses of all kinds, and other Assessed cr 
Direct Taxes; and thereafter to make the Divisions 
of Members anew, based on the Total Amount of 
the Direct Taxation. 

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








A. 1859. Sess. IT. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Royal Com. 


to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased missions, 


to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return showing the Number of Royal 
Commissions issued since the 1st day of Januar 
1858 to the latest Date, with the Date of each, and 
the object for which it was ye Peg 

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


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


Copy of the Report of the Anchor Committee no- 
minated by the Admiralty, to determine the relative 
merits of different descriptions of Anchors, dated 
the 1st day of February 1853 :——Of Contracts 
for Anchors and Chain Cables, specifying whether 
the result of public competition or otherwise ;—— 
Of particulars of Anchors broken, and otherwise 
disabled in use, on Board various of Her Majesty’s 
Ships employed in the Baltic, 1854, 1855 and 
1856: Of Captain William Peel's Application 
for Trotman’s Anchor, to be supplied to Her Ma- 
jesty’s Frigate ‘‘ Diamond” when fitting out at 
Sheerness in 1853, and Official Answer thereto: 
Of any Correspondence between the Admiralty 
and Mr. Trotman, commencing the 27th day of 
January 1859 : Of Report from the Honourable 
Captain Denman on Trotman’s Anchor, supplied to 
Her Majesty’s Yacht “ Victoria and Albert :”” —— 
And, ot any Reports from Officers commanding 
Her Majesty’s Ships with respect to Trotman’s 
Anchors. 











Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Justices of the 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased Pesce (County 
= alatine of 
Lancaster.) 


to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return of the Names of the several Bo- 
roughs in the County Palatine of Lancaster, for 
which Persons have been assigned to act as Jus- 
tices of the Peace; and also the Names of the Per- 
sons so assigned to act as such Justices, with the 
Dates of such Assignments, since the 1st day of 
January 1850. 

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


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Magistrates 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased = 


to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return of all Magistrates created for each 
County in England and Wales, since the 1st day of 
January 1850. 

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


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Magistrates 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased (Comilr 
to give directions, that there be laid before this Lancaster.) 


House, a Return of all Magistrates created for the 
County Palatine of Lancaster, since the 31st day of 
December 1858 (in continuation of Parliamentary 
Paper, No. 98, of Session 1859). 

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


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That he had Deratagle 


this day received a Keport from the Examiner of 
Recognizances, stating that the Recognizance to 
the Election Petition of Sir William Augustus 
Fraser, Baronet, relating to the Borough of Barn- 
staple, is unobjectionable. 


r. Speaker also acquainted the House, —_ a. 
a 





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of the 


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Controverted 
Elections. 


Controverted 
Elections. 


Mr. G. i. Ry- 
land, " 


panies 
Arbitration. 


Imprisonment 
for Small 
Debts, 


Volunteer 
Corps, 


23 Vicroriz. 


had this day received a Report from the Examiner 
of Recognizances, stating that the Recognizance to 
the Election Petition of Sir William Augustus 
Fraser, Baronet, relating to the Borough of Barn- 
staple, is unobjectionable. 


Sir Francis Baring reported from the General 
Committee of Elections; That they had selected 
the following Twelve Members to be the Chairmen’s 
Panel, and to serve as Chairmen of Election Com- 
mittees for the present Session :— 

Peter Blackburn, Esquire. 

The Right honourable Edward Pleydell Bou- 
verie. 

Alexander Murray Dunlop, Esquire. 

Thomas William Evans, Esquire (Derby, S.) 

James Milnes Gaskell, Esquire. 

Sir John Hanmer. 

Gathorne Hardy, Esquire. 

The Right honourable Henry Arthur Herbert 
(Kerry). 

Lord Hotham. 

Anthony Lefroy, Esquire. 

The Right honourable William Monsell. 

The Right honourable Sir John Trollope. 

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 ot Members to serve on Elec- 
tion 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_ followeth :— 
No.1, C; No.2, D; No. 3,B; No.4,A; No. 
5, E. 

Ordered, That the said Panels be printed. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being 


5° Juli. 


243 


nition be furnished to Volunteer Rifle Corps under 
the Provisions of the Act 44 Geo. 3, c. 54, as well 
as to Artillery Corps in Maritime Towns, and to 
assure Her Majesty that this House will make good 
the same :— And the said Motion was, with leave of 
the House, withdrawn. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Admiralty 
to enable Serjeants, Barristers at Law, Attorneys Court. 


and Solicitors, to practise in the High Court of 
Admiralty: And that Mr. Hadfield and Mr. Col- 
lier do prepare, and bring it in. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
amend the Foreign Enlistment Act (59 Geo. 3, 
c.69), so far as it relates to Transports and Store 
Ships :—And the said Motion was, with leave of the 
House, withdrawn. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being put, 
That leave be given to bring in a Bill to alter and 
amend the Act 6 Anne, c.7, with respect to va- 
cating Seats in Parliament on acceptance of Office ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right ; 

The Noes to the Left. 

Tellers for the (Mr. Wrightson, 

Yeas, Mr. Ingham : 

Tellers for the Mr. Ayrton, 

Noes, Mr. Augustus Smith: 

Se it passed in the Negative. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being put, 
That an humble Address be presented to Her Ma- 
jesty, praying that She will be graciously pleased to 
issue a Royal Commission to inquire into and re- 
port as to the best means of abolishing the Tolls on 
the Turnpike Roads and Bridges in England end 
Wales :—It passed in the Negative. 





put, That a Select Committee be appointed to in- 
quire into the Arrangements under which Mr. G. 
H. Ryland was induced to resign the Patent Office 
of Clerk of the Council in Canada; whether that 
Step was taken under a distinct Guarantee from 
the Imperial Lord High Commissioner Lord Sy- 
denham; and, if so, whether that Guarantee has 
ever been fully and fairly carried out by the Im- 
perial Government ; 
The House divided. 
The Yeas to the Right ; 
The Noes to the Leit. 
Tellers for thes Mr. Gregory, Ba 
Yeas, Mr. Jackson : J 
Tellers for the Mr. Brand, 71 
Noes, UMr. Kuatchbull-Hugessen : § 
So it passed in the Negative. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to enable Railway Companies to settle their differ- 
ences with other Companies by Arbitration: And 
that Colonel Wilson Patten and Mr. Deedes do 
prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
limiting the Power of Imprisonment for Small 
Debts exercised by the County Court Judges: And 
that Mr. Collier, Mr. Malins and Mr. Atherton do 
prepare, and bring it in. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That this House will, upon Tuesday next, 
resolve itself into a Committee to consider of an 
humbie Address to Her Majesty, praying that She 
will be graciously pleased to give directions, that 
the necessary Arms, Accoutrements and Ammu- 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for Voluntary Commutation of Church Rates: And 
that Mr. Alcock and Mr. Evans do prepare, and 


bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for the more effectual Preservation and Increase of 
the Breed of Salmon and Fish of the Salmon kind, 
and for the better regulating the Fisheries in the 
Rivers of England: Aud that Mr. Hopwood and 
Mr. Fenwick do prepare, and bring it in. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Returns showing the Number of Officers 
who, having entered the Army since the Ist day of 
January 1841, were on the Ist day of January 
1859 holding the substantive Rank of Lieutenant 
Colonel in Her Majesty’s Regiments of Foot 
Guards, and the Number of such in Her Majesty’s 
Regiments of Infantry of the Line :——Of Batta- 
lions belonging to Her Majesty’s Foot Guards: 
——And, of the Number belonging to Her Ma- 
jesty’s Infantry of the Line: 


Foreign En- 
listment. 


Members ac- 
cepting Office. 


Turnpike and 
Bridge Tolls. 


Church Rates 
Commutation. 


Salmon 
Fishery. 


Army. 





Number 
of Lieutenant -Colonels. 


Number 
of Battalions. 





Foot Guards - - - e 
Infantry of the Line- = - 








| 





Von. 114. 


Ordered, That the said Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, by such Members of this House 
KK 3 us 































Army. 


244 5°—6" 


as are of Her Majesty's Most honourable Privy 
Council. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 


to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return showing the Number of General 
avd other Officers holding Staff Appointments in 
Great Britain and Jreiand, specifying the Number 
who belong, or who being now on Half-Pay have 
belonged, to Her Majesty’s Foot Guards, and the 
Number who belong, or who being now on Half- 


Pay have belonged, to Her Majesty’s Infantry of 


the Line: 





Julii. A. 1859. Sess. IT. 


attending any Day School; 5. those who shall then 
be in work : 























ne 
The Number of Children of the Ages of 

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ler let le le (Sis @latela’ 
Zlale ~lio{/siaia JiSlsis 
1s; sii s/S/ 5/5 siglsle 
FIST ISIEIVTIVIsIs sisisis 
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Classes of Children. clolelctliscisia nt B. ot ol Bes 
SlsislE|/aslslsisislEeitlg 
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| Sixis]ele 
1. The Number of Children who | | 
were attending Day Sckools | 
at the Cost of their Parents 














Lieutenant Colonels. 





General Officers. 
Suhaltern Officers. 


Colonels. 
Majors. 
Captains, 
Totals. 





Foot Guards 


Half-Pay (formerly of ditto) 











Totals - -/| 





or Relatives, on the Ist day 
of July 1859 - - - | 


2. The Number of Children who 
were attending Day Schools 
at the Cost of the Poor Rates, 
on the Ist day of July 1859 | 

8. The Number of Children who | 
were attending Day Schools 
at the Cost of other Parties, 
on the Ist day of July 1859 * 


| 
4. The Number of Children who 
were then not attending any | 
| | 











Day School - * of 


5. The Number of Children who | | 
were then in work - - | | 
; ! 





























Infantry of the Line - ° 
Half-Pay (formerly of ditto) 


Army (Half- 
Pay } Officers. 


Tramways 
(Ireland. ) 


Pauper 
Children. 





! 
| 
Totals - - | 


| 


Ordered, That 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, That this House will, To-morrow, resolve itself 
into a Committee to consider of an humble Ad- 
dress to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously 
pleased to grant the Half-Pay of £.400 a year, Un- 
attached Pay, to certain General Officers who ob- 
tained Promotion upon Half-Pay under the Pro- 
visions of the General Order of the 23d day of 
April 1826, who have since become General Offi- 
cers, and are now receiving only the Half-Pay of 
their Regimental Rank, and to assure Her Ma- 
jesty that this House will make good the same ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right ; 

The Noes to the Left. 


Tellers for the{ Colone! Worth, = 
Yeas, 1 Colonel Dunne : ae 
Tellers for the{ Mr. Brand, 1 42 
Noes, \ Mr. Knatchbull-Hugessen: § ™ 


So it passed in the Negative. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to facilitate Internal Communication in Jreland by 
means of Tramroads or Tramways: And that Sir 
Robert Ferguson, Colonel Greville and Colonel 
French do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return showing the Number of Children between 
Three and Fifteen Years of Age who shall be charge- 
able to the Poor Rates of the several Parishes and 
Unions in England and Wales, but who shall not be 
Inmates of Workhouses, or of any Schools for Pau- 
per Children, on the 1st day of July 1859; distin- 
guishing the Number of such Chiidren who shall 
then be attending Day Schools: 1. at the Cost of 
their Parents or Relatives; 2. at the Cost of the 
Poor Rates; 3. at the Cost of other Parties; 4. 
the Number of such Children who shall then not be 


| | 
* This Class will comprehend Children attending Charity or Free Schools, for whose 
instruction no Payments are made by their Parents or Relatives. 
(in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 437, 
of Session 1856). 





And the House having continued to sit till after 

Twelve of the clock on Wednesday morning ; 
Mercurii, 6° die Julii, 1859: 

The House was moved, That the Act of the tenth Roman Catho. 
year of His Majesty King George the Fourth, li Relief Act. 
chapter seven, for the Relief of His Majesty’s 
Roman Catholic Subjects, might be read; and the 
same being read; 

Resolved, That this House will immediately re- 
solve itself into a Committee to consider the said 
Act :—The House accordingly resolved itself into 
the Committee. 





(In the Committee.) 


Resolved, That the Chairman be directed to move 
the House, That leave be given tc bring in a Bill 
to amend an Act of the tenth year of King George 
the Fourth, for the Relief of His Majesty’s Roman 
Catholic Subjects. 


Resolution to be reported. 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Massey 
reported, That the Committee had come to a Re- 
solution. 

Ordered, That the Report be now received. 

Mr. Massey 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 an 
Act of the tenth year of King George the Fourth, for 
the Relief of His Majesty,s Roman Catholic Sub- 
jects :—And he moved the House accordingly. 
' Ordered, That leave be given to bring in the 
Bill: And that Mr. Massey, Sir William Somer- 
ville, Mr. Henry Herbert and Mr. Pollard-Ur- 
| quhart do prepare, and bring it in. 











Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Shipowners. 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Copy of the Supplementary Correspon- 
dence between the General Shipowners’ Society, 
London, and the Secretary of State for the Home 
Department, in reference to the Address to The 
Queen from the Owners of British Shipping (in 
continuation of Parliamentary Paper presented, by 





er 





Military 
Organization. 


Army. 


Jury Trial 
(Scotland) 
Act Amend- 
ment Bill. 


Admiralty 
Court Bill, 


Bill 36. 


Salmon 
Fishery Bill, 
Bill 37, 


I VicrTORIé. 


Her Majesty’s Command, on the 18th day of April 
last). 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented t« 
Her Majesty, by such Members of this House as arv 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


The Select Committee on Military Organization 
was nominated of Sir James Graham, Lord Hotham, 
Mr. Secretary Sidney Herbert, General Peel, Mr. 
Ellice, Mr. Walpole, Mr. Horsman, Colonel Wil- 
son Patten, Sir John Ramsden, The Earl of 
March, Mr. Monsell, Colonel Dunne, Colonel 
Percy Herbert, Sir De Lacy Evans and Mr. Mow- 
bray ; with Power to send for persons, papers and 
records. 


Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return showing the Number of Officers 
who, having entered the Army since the 1st day of 


| 





245 


Sir William Somerville presented a Bill to amend Roman Catho- 
an Act of the tenth year of King George the lit Relief Act 
ca me athe = oe mendment 
Fourth, for the Relief of His Majesty’s Roman Bin. 
Catholic Subjects: And the same was read the first _ Bill 39. 
time; and ordered to be read a second time upon 


Thursday next; and to be printed. 


Mr. Alcock presented a Bill for voluntary Com- Church Rates 
mutation of Church Rates: And the same was read Commutation 
the first time; and ordered to be read a second” - 1 
time upon Wednesday the 20th day of this instant Bill 40. 
July; and to be printed. 


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








January 1841, were, on the Ist day of January | 
1859, holding the Position of Acting Major in Her | 
Majesty’s Regiments of Guards, and the Number | 


of Officers holding the Rank of substantive Lieu- | 


tenant Colonel in Her Majesty’s Regiments of the 
Line (Cavalry and Infantry). 


Ordered, That the said Addiess be presented to | 


Her Majesty, by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented | 


to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return showing the Number of General 
and other Officers holding Staff Appointments, both 
at Home and Abroad, specifying the Number who 
belong, or who being now on Half-Pay have be- 
longed, to Her Majesty's Guards, and the Number 
who belong, or being now on Half-Pay have be- 
longed, to Her Majesty's Cavalry and Infantry of 
the Line; distinguishing those on the General Staff 
of the Army from those on the Personal Staff of 
General Officers, and stating the Number of each 
Rank on the Staff who had exchanged or been pro- 
moted from either Branch of the Service into the 
other. 

Ordered, That 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 Jury Trial (Scotland) Act Ameidment 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. 


Mr. Hadfield presented a Bill to enable Ser- 
jeants, Barristers-at-Law, Attorneys and Solicitors 
to practise in the High Court of Admiralty: And 
the same was read the first time; and ordered to 
be read a second time upon Thursday next; and 
to be printed. 


Mr. Hopwood presented a Bill for the more 
effectual Preservation and Increase of the Breed 
of Salmon and Fish of the Salmon kind, and for 
the better regulating the Fisheries in the Rivers of 
England: And the same was read the first time ; 
and ordered to be read a second time upon W ed- 
nesday the 13th day of this instant July; and to 
be printed. 


_ Sir Robert Ferguson presented a Bill to facilitate 
* internal Communication in Jreland by means of 
Tramroads or Tramways: And the same was read 
the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
time upon Wednesday the 13th day of this instant 
July; and to be printed. 

VoL. 114, 








Mercurii, 6° die Julii ; 
Anno 23° Victoria Regine, 1859. 
PRAYERS. 


HE Fishing Vessels passing the Wore Bill was Fishing Ves- 
sels passing 


read a second time; and committed to a Se- 


the Nore Bill. 


lect Committee. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- Colne Valley 
posed, That the Colne Valley and Halstead ht. 
way Bill, as amended in Committee, be referred to“? 
the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, with 
Instruction to examine and report whether the 
Standing Orders of the House have been complied 
with in relation to the Amendments made in Com- 
mittee; that all Petitions complaining of non- 
compliance with the Standing Orders in relation to 
the said Amendments be referred to the Examiners, 
with Instructions to hear Parties and their Agents 
and Witnesses thereupon :—And the said Motion 
was, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 


Several Public Petitions were presented, and Public 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. Petitions. 


Vide Second 
Report. 
Colonel Wilson Patten presented a Bill to en- Railway 
able Railway Companies to settle their differences ——— 
with other Companies by Arbitration: And the pi 
same was read the first time; and ordered to be J 
Bill 41, 
read a second time upon Wednesday next; and 
to be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Hocquard Hocquard 
v. The Queen, which was presented upon the dth % The Queen. 
day of this instant July, be printed. No. 67. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Navy (Screw 
Return of the Number of Screw Ships and Vessels Steamers.) 
of Her Majesty’s Navy afloat on the Ist day of No. 68, 
February in the years 1855 and 1858. 

Mr. Whitbread accordingly presented the said 
Return. 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Navy. 
a Return of the Ships and Vessels added to the No. 69. 
Navy between the 31st day of March 1858 and the 
1st day of June 1859, distinguishing those which were 
added in accordance with the general scheme of 
works for the year, and those which were added in 
consequence of subsequent orders; and also of 
the Frigates and Sloops which would have been 
launched according to the general scheme of works 
for 1858-9, but which were deferred on account of 
“ Men being removed to convert Ships of the 

ine. 

Mr. Whitbread accordingly presented the said 
Return. 





K Kk 4 


Ordered, 








Wavy (Dock- 
yards.) 


No. 70, 


Endowed 
Schools Bill. 


A Member 
takes the Oath. 


Endowed 
Schools Bill. 


Appeal in 
Criminal Cases 
Bill. 


Newspapers, 
&amp;c. Bill. 


High: Sheriffs’ 
Expenses Bill. 


Locomotive 
Bill, 


Supply. 


Tendring 
Hundred 
Railway Bill. 


246 


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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the Sums voted, and of the Sums ex- 
pended for Wages in the Dockyards in the years 
1857-8 and 1858-9; showing in the latter year 
the Sum inserted in the Original, in the Revised, and 
Supplemental Estimate. 

Mr. Whitbread accordingly presented the said 
Return. 

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


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Endowed Schools 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 moaths.” 

And the Question being proposed, That the word 
“ now” stand part of the Question—— 


A Member was sworn. 


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. Dillwyn, lo10 
Yeas, \Sir Erskine Perry: a 

Tellers for the {Sir Stafford Northcote, 1,9, 
Noes, UMr. Puller: rare 


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. 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That the Bill be committed to a 
Select Committee:—And a Debate arising there- 
upon ; 

Ordered, That the Debate be adjourned till To- 
morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Appeal in Criminal Cases 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 Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Newspapers, &amp;c., Bill; 

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


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the High Sheriffs’ Expenses Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Friday next. 


The Locomotive Bill was, according to Order, 
read a second time; and committed to a Select 
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. 


Mr. Jagham reported the Tendring Hundred 
Railway Bill, with Amendments. 

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


6° Juliz. 





A. 1859. Sess. II. 


Sir Francis Baring reported from the General Controverteg 
Committee of Elections; That they had appointed ®t». 
Thursday, the 21st day of July instant, to choose, 
from Panel No. 1, the Select Committees severally 
to try and determine the Borough of Ashburton, the 
Borough of Berwich-upon-Tweed, the Borough of 
Pontefract, and the Borough of Wakefield Election 
Petitions ; and Friday, the 22d day of July instant, 
to choose, from the same Panel, the Select Com- 
mittees severally to try and determine the Borough 
of Huddersfield, the City of Gloucester, the Borough 
of Dartmouth, and the Borough of Aylesbury Elec- 
tion Petitions. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Sir Edmund Hayes reported from the Committee on Metropolitan 
Group 1 of Railway Bills; That in the case of the Ballway 
Metropolitan Railway (Deviations, &amp;c.) Bill, they = ame 
had examined the allegations contained in the Pre- 
amble of the Bill, and amended the same, by reciting 
more fully the Works which the Company are autho- 
rized to construct, and the Capital of the Company, 
which the Committee considered should be reduced ; 
and found the same, as amended, to be true; and 
had made Provision in the Bill, pursuant to the 
Instruction of the House of the 17th day of June; 
and had gone through the Bill, and made Amend- 
ments thereunto. 

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


Sir Edmund Hayes reported from the Committee Norwood and 
on Group 1 of Railway Bills; That in the case of Streatham 
the Worwood and Streatham Railway Bill, they had ®#!vay Bit. 
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. 


Sir Edmund Hayes reported from the Committee Railway Bills 
on Group 1 of Kailway Bills ; That in consequence (Group 1.) 
of there being no Bill ready for the consideration of 
the Committee, the Committee had adjourned to 
Friday next, at Twelve of the clock. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That he had Roscommon 
this day received a Report from the Examiner of Election. 
Recognizances, stating that the Recognizance to 
the Election Petition of Denis O’ Conor and Patrick 
Grehan, relating to the County of Roscommon, is 
unobjectionable. 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That he had Great 
this day received a Report from the Examiner of Yarmouth 
Recognizances, stating that the Recognizance to _—— 
the Election Petition of Joseph Bayly and Robert 
Pilgrim, relating to the Borough of Great Yar- 
mouth, is unobjectionable. 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That he had Newry 
this day received a Report from the Examiner of Blection 
Recognizances, stating that the Recognizance to 
the Election Petition of Robert Dempster and 
Thomas Cardwell, relating to the Borough of Newry, 
is unobjectionable. 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That he had King’s County 
this day received a Report from the Examiner of Election. 
Recognizances, stating that the Recognizance to 
the Election Petition of D. Hume and John F. 

Cassidy, relating to King’s County in Jreland, is 
unobjectionable. 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That he had Chatham 
this day received a Report from the Examiner of Election. 
Recognizances, stating that the Recognizance to the 
Ejection Petition of George Wilstead and George 
Pattison, relating to the Borough of Chatham, is 
unobjectionable. 

Mr. 


+4 


Eee 


wey 


__—— — i &lt;_&lt; 


Hi 


re 


Hi 


Dundalk 
Blection. 


Clare Election. 


Message from 
the Lords, 


Gateshead 
Quay Bill. 
Hampstead 
Junction 
Railway Bill. 
Vale of Neath 
Railway Bill, 


Atlantic 
Telegraph 
Company 
(No, 2) Bill. 


Journal, 


Divorce and 
Causes, 


93 VicTori2Z. 


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 Sir William Russell, Ba- 
ronet, relating to the Borough of Dover, is unob- 


jectionable. 


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 William Butten and John 
Barnicot, relating to the Borough of Bodmin, is un- 
objectionable. 


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 Henry Cary and Thomas 
Harris Carroll, relating to the Borough of Carlow, 
is unobjectionable. 

Mr. Speaker also acquainted the House, That he 
had this day received a Report from the Examiner 
of Recognizances, stating that the Recognizance to 
the Election Petition of Henry Cary and Thomas 
Harris Carroll, relating to the Borough of Carlow, 
is unobjectionable. 


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 Patrick Dowdall and Matthew 
Moore Graham, relating to the Borough of Dundalk, 
is unobjectionable. 


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 Nicholas Butler and John 
Barrymore Macnamara, relating to the County of 
Clare, is unobjectionable. 


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 Gateshead Quay 
Bill, without any Amendment. 

The Lords have agreed to the Hampstead Junc- 
tion Railway Bill, without any Amendment. 


The Lords have agreed to the Vale of Neath Rail- 
way Bill, with Amendments; to which the Lords 
desire the concurrence of this House. 

The Lords have agreed to the Atlantic Telegraph 
Company (No. 2) Bill, with Amendments ; to which 
the Lords desire the concurrence of this House. 


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 114th Volume, be 
printed. 

Ordered, That Eight hundred and fifty Copies 
of the said Journal and Index be printed, by the 
appointment and under the direction of Sir Denis 

Marchant, the Clerk of this House. 

Ordered, That the said Journal and Index be 
printed by such Person as shall be licensed by Mr. 
Speaker, and that no other Person do presume to 
print the same. 


The following Paper, pursuant to the directions 
ofan Act of Parliament, was laid upon the Table 
by the Clerk of the House,—Report of the Com- 
missioners acting under and by virtue of an Act of 
Parliament passed in the 56th year of the reign of 
his Majesty King George the Third, intituled, “ An 
Act for the more effectual Security and Improve- 
ment of the Harbour of New Shoreham, in the 
County of Sussex.” 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Returns of the Number of Causes for Dissolutions 


6°—7° Juliz. 


247 


of Marriage filed in the Registry for Divorce and 
Matrimonial Causes, the Dates when they were 
filed, and the Dates when the alleged Acts of Adul- 
tery were committed :——-Of the Number of Causes 
for Judicial Separation filed in the said Registry, 
the Dates when they were filed, and the Dates when 
the alleged Acts uf Adultery or Cruelty were com- 
mitted :——Of "&gt; a of ne “y Restitu- 
tion of Conjugal Rights filed in the sai istry, 
the Dates aa Fn were filed, and the Daten: 
the Parties in the Suit separated : Of the Num- 
ber of Causes for Nullity of Marriage, and the 
Dates of filing, and the Dates of the alleged Mar- 
riage taking place : And, of the Number of Cases 
for Applications for Orders of Protection of Married 
Women’s Property, the Dates of filing, and Dates 
of the Desertions by Husbands. 








And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 





Jovis, 7° die Julii ; 
Anno 23° Victoria Regine, 1859. 


PRAYERS. 


M*: Gregson reported from the Select Com- Public 
mittee on Public Petitions; That they had Nanna ys _ 
examined the Petitions presented upon the 4th, 5th ae 
and 6th days of this instant July ; and had directed 
him to make a Report thereof to the House. 

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


Mr. Ingham reported the Norwich and Spalding Norwich and 
Railway Bill, with Amendments. sy Rail- 
Ordered, ‘That the Report do lie upon the Table ; “*” ™ 
and be printed. 


Mr. Ingham reported from the Committee on Wells and 
Group 5 of Railway and Canal Bills; That in the | re 
case of the Wells and Fakenham Railway Bill, they ®“"*7 
had examined the allegations contained in the Pre- 
amble of the Bill, and amended the same, by making 
certain alterations therein, rendered necessary by the 
circumstances 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 ; 
and be printed. 


Mr. Massey reported the Waveney Valley Rail- Waveney | 
way Bill, with Amendments. a 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; — 

and be printed. 


Mr. Massey reported from the Committee on the South Dur- 
South Durham and Lancashire Union Railway oo 
Bill; That they had examined the allegations con- Ynion Rail- 
tained in the Preamble of the Bill, and made verbal way Bill. 
Amendments therein; and found the same, as 
amended, to be true; and had gone through the Bill, 
and made Amendments thereunto. 

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


Mr. Massey reported the Greenwich and South Greenwich and 


Eastern Docks Bill, without Amendment. pd — 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. [Lords.] 


Mr. Massey reported the British and Canadian British and 
Telegraph Company Bill, with Amendments. Conaiinn 


Ordered, ‘That the Report do lie upon the Table. Connany Bill 


Mr. Massey reported Price’s Patent Candle Com- Price’s Patent 
pany Bill, without Amendment. poe * 
Ordered, That the Bill be rcad the third time. fLords.] 


f Ordered, That the Select Committee on the Oz- Oxford, Wen, 
ord, Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway (re~%s*t 9° 

committed) Bill have leave to sit this day till Five bg wrong 
Bill. 


of the clock, during the sitting of the House. 





Vou. 114. 


LL Ordered, 



























































AO Ge fH ARID 1 IS TRIE ANA IGE DA PGE 6 BOON sidiatiiithiinal 


OER MOE 




















248 7° Jultt. A. 1859. Sess. IT. 


Railway Bills Ordered, That the Committee on — 2 of 
(Group 2.) —_ Railway Bills have leave to sit this day till Five of 
the clock, during the sitting of the House. 


Caledonian The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Railway Bill the Amendments made by the Lords to the Cale- 
donian 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. 


Red Sea and The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Indis ‘Tele- the Amendments made by the Lords to the Red Sea 
Sa (ile 2) and India Telegraph Company (No. 2) Bill; and 
Bull. the same were read. 

Ordered, That the further consideration of the 


said Amendments be adjourned till Monday next. 


Swansea Har- The Swansea Harbour Trust Bill was read the 
— Trust third time. 
; Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Falkirk Police The House proceeded to take into considera- 
a tion the Falkirk Police and Improvement Bill, as 
; amended in the Committee; and Amendments were 
made to the Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Birmingham, Mr, Ridley reported from the Committee on 
nen ge Group 4 of Railway Bills; That in the case of the 
sid Railway Birmingham, Erdington and Sutton Coldfield Rail- 
Bill. way Bill, they had examined the allegations con- 
tained in the Preamble of the Bill, but the same had 

not been proved to their satisfaction. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 

and be printed. 


Birmingham, Mr. Ridley reported from the Committee on 
Erdington 24 Group 4 of Railway and Canal Bills; That in the case 
ficld Railway Of the Birmingham, Erdington and Sutton Cold- 
(Western _—_ field Railway (Western Line) Bill, they had examined 
Line) Bill. “the allegations contained in the Preamble of the 
Bill, and amended the same, by striking out all 
reference to a Company to be incorporated by the 
Bill, and referring to the Zondon and North Western 
Railway Company as the Company to make the 
Railway, the Provisions of the Bill being altered in 
that respect ; 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, 


Public Several Public Petitions were presented, and read; 
Petitions. and ordered to lie upon the Table. 
Vide Third 


Report. 
National Por- Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer presented, by 
trait Gallery. Her Majesty’s Command,—Second Report of the 
Trustees of the National Portrait Gallery to the 
Lords of Her Majesty’s Treasury. ' 
Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 
Table. 


Railway and Mr. Wi/son presented, pursuant to an Order of 
Canal Bills. the 3d day of February, in the Jast Session of Par- 
No. 71. liament,—A Further Report of the Board of Trade 
on the Railway and Canal Bills of Session 1859. 

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 

Table; and be printed. 


Bills of Ex- The following Paper was laid upon the Table by 
ee the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, 
Notes. dated the 14th day of April, in the last Session of 








Parliament, for a Return, in a Tabular Form, of 
the Gross Produce of the Revenue arising from the 
Sale of Stamps for Bills of Exchange and Promis- 
sory Notes in England and Wales, in Scotland and 
in Jreland, respectively, stating the same for each 
Official Quarter of each of the Five years, 1854 
to 1858, both inclusive, and for the First Quarter 
of 1859; distinguishing throughout the entire Re- 
turn the Amount of Revenue arising under each 
Denomination of Stamp, and as regards the Duties 
imposed by the Change of the Scale of Duties, 
under the Act 17 &amp; 18 Vic. c. 83; distinguishing 
the Revenue under each Denomination of Stam 
employed ‘for each of the purposes of Inland Bills, 
of Foreign Bills drawn in the United Kingdom, and 
of the Duty credited by means of Adhesive Stamps 
on Foreign Bills drawn out of, but payable within, 
the United Kingdom (in continuation of Parlia-. 
mentary Paper, No. 474, of Session 1854), 


&gt; 


Mr. Clive presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- Marriages 
mand,—Copy of Ninth Report of the Registrar 4) 
General of Marriages in Ireland, under the Provi- Al 
sions of the Act 7 &amp; 8 Vic, c. 81. 
Mr. Clive also presented,—Return to an Address Proprietors, 
to Her Majesty, dated the 18th day of April, in the © (Scotland) - 
last Session of Parliament, for a Return of the A 
Number of Proprietors on the Valuation Roll of 
each County or Burgh, or Parliamentary Combina- 
tion of Counties or Burghs in Scotland, having 
Property of the Value of £.5 and under £.10; dis- 
tinguishing the Female Proprietors, and Trustees 
for others :——And, similar Return of Occupants of 
Property of less than £50 and more than £, 10; 
also distinguishing the Female Proprietors, and 
Trustees for others. 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the Constituencies. 
21st day of June last, for Returns relative to Con- 
stituencies. 

Mr. Clive also presented, pursuant to the direc- Cambridge 
tions of an Act of Parliament,—Copy of Report of University, 
the Commissioners appointed under the Cambridge 
University Act, 19 &amp; 20 Vic. c. 88. 
. Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 

‘able. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Turnpike Turnpike 
Roads and Bridges (Essex), which was presented —- 
upon the 4th day of this mstant July, be printed. (Essex. ) 


No. 72. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Vessels and 
Return showing the Number of Vessels and Ton- Tonnage &amp; 
nage entered Inwards and Outwards at each of the 
Twelve principal Ports of the United Kingdom; 
also, the Official Value of Imports and Exports for 
each of the said Ports, during the year 1858 (in 
continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 276, of 
Session 1857-58). 


The Order made upon the 10th day of June last, New Zealand 
That an humble Address be presented to Her Ma- 4°*™ 
jesty, that She would be graciously pleased _ to give 
directions, that there be laid before this House, a 
Return relative to the Vew Zealand Loan, was read, 
and discharged. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented New Zealand 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 4°*™ 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Copy of a Letter (dated Wellington, New 
Zealand, the 29th day of December 1858), addressed 
to Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for 
the Colonies, by the Speaker (Sir Charles Clifford), 
and four other Members of the House of Repre- 
sentatives (Mr. 7. E. Featherstone, Mr. William 
Fitzherbert, Mr. William Fox and Mr. C. D. R. 
Ward), calling the attention of the Secretary of 
State to certain Evidence given before a Committee 
of the House of Commons, in favour of a guarantee 








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Parkhurst 
Prison. 
" 
) 
Leave of 
Absence. 
~ Conveyance of 
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— Mails (North 
America. ) 
cies, 
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Adjournment. 
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d Public Income 
&amp;e, and Expen- 
diture, 
No, 73. 
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Criminal 
Justice 
(Middlesex. ) 
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93 VicToriZ. 


by the Imperial Legislature, of a Loan of £. 500,000 
to the Colony of New Zealand :——And, Copy or 
Extract of any Letter which may have been received 
at the Colonial Office from Mr. Sewell, in reference 
to the same. 

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


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented | 


to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return of the Number of Prisoners Park- 
hurst is capable of containing; together with the 
Average Number confined there for the last Three 
years, ending the 30th day of December 1858. 

Ordered, That 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. Brady have leave of absence | 
for a fortnight, on urgent business. 
| 

Resolved, That an humble Address be preseutec 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Copies of all Correspondence between Her 
Majesty’s Government and the Provincial Govern- 


ment of Canada, in reference to the Conveyance of | 
Mails between this Country and British North | 


America : Of an Address to Her Majesty, voted 
by the Parliament of Canada, on the same subject : 
And, of all Correspondence between Her Ma- 
jesty’s Government and the British and North 
American Royal Mail Steam Packet Company or 
Sir Samuel Cunard, Baronet, on the subject of the 
Prolongation or Renewal of the Contract made with 
that Company for the Conveyance of the Mails to 
and from North America. 

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








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 there be laid before this House, 
an Account of the Gross Public Income and Ex- 
penditure for the year ended the 30th day of June 
1859; together with the Balance in the Exchequer 
at the Commencement and at the Termination of 
the year, and the Amount of Funded or Unfunded 
Debt created or redeemed in the said year. 

Mr. Laing accordingly presented the said Account. 

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





Resolved, Thai 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 Days during 
which the Assistant Judge and Deputy Assistant 
Judge have each respectively sat at the Middlesex 
Sessions in each year since 1844, and of the Amount 
of Fees or Salary which have been paid to the 
Deputy Assistant Judge in each year since 1844: 
And, cf the Number of Days the Recorder and 
the Common Serjeant have each sat in their re- 
— Courts, and the Amount of their respective 

alaries. 

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

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A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- Packet and 
posed, That a Select Committee be appointed to fone 
inquire into the manner in which Contracts ex- se 
tending over periods of years have from time to 
time been formed or modified by Her Majesty’s 
Government with various Steam Packet Companies 
for the Conveyance of the Mails by Sea ; and like- 
wise into any agreements or other arrangements 
which have been adopted at the public charge, 
actual or prospective, for the purposes of Telegraphic 
Communications beyond Sea, and to report their 
Opinion thereon to the House ; together with any 
Recommendations as to Rules to be observed here- 
after by the Government in making Contracts for 
services which have not yet been sanctioned by 
Parliament, or which extend over a series of years ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by inserting after the words “by Sea” 
the words “ beyond the limits of the United King- 

“ dom.” 

And the Question being proposed, That those 
words be there inserted :—The said proposed 
Amendment was, with leave of the House, with- 
rawn. 

Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed 


| to inquire into the manner in which Contracts ex- 
| tending over periods of years have from time to 
| time been formed or modified by Her Majesty’s 
| Government with various Steam Packet Companies 
| for the Conveyance of the Mails by Sea; and like- 


wise into any agreements or other arrangements 
which have been adopted at the public charge, 
actual or prospective, for the purposes of Telegraphic 
Communications beyond Sea, and to report their 


| Opinion thereon to the House; together with any 


Recommendations as to Rules to be observed here- 
after by the Government in making Contracts for 
services which have not yet been sanctioned by 
Parliament, or which extend over a series of yeais. 

Ordered, That the Committee have Power to 
report from time to time. 


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 request that this House will be pleased Tweed __ 
to communicate to their Lordships, Minutes of Fisheries Bill. 
Evidence taken before the Committee appointed by 
this House in the last Session of the last Parlia- 
ment (1859), on the 7 weed Fisheries Bill. 

Ordered, That the said Minutes of Evidence be 
communicated to the Lords, as desired by their 
Lordships ; and that their Lordships be requested 
to return the said Minutes of Evidence to this 
House: And that the Clerk do deliver the same. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Highways. 
for the better Management of Highways in Eng- 
land: And that Sir George Lewis and Mr. Clive do 
prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That Lord Hotham be discharged from Military _ 
further attendance on the Select Committee on Fs#nization 
Military Organization. 

Or dered, That Colonel Lindsay be added to the 
Committee. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being Metropolis 


put, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to restrict Catriageways. 


the Erection of permanent Structures in the Carriage- 
ways of the Metropolis ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right ; 

The Noes to the Left. 


Tellers for the Yeas, mg bar 165. 
Tellers for the Noes,{ i - 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative: And that 
Mr. Cowper and Mr. Puller do prepare, and bring 


it in. 
LL2 Ordered, 


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emmy et eae a ame Sen te St 


Court of 


Sale of Grain, 
&amp;c. Bill. 


Adulteration 
of Food, &amp;c. 
Prevention 
Biil, 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Returns from the Accountant General of the Court 
of Chancery, of the Amounts of Suitors’ Cash in 
Court on the 1st day of October in the following 
years, viz., 1854, 1855, 1856, 1857 and 1858, and 
on which Interest is not payable to the Suitors: 
—Ot the Amount thereof invested in Stock 
placed to “ Account of Monies placed out for the 
Benefit and better Security of the Suitors of the 
High Court of Chancery,” and the Amount of such 
Stock respectively on the 1st day of October in the 
following years, viz., 1854, 1855, 1856, 1857 and 
1858:——Of the Balance of Suitors’ Cash in the 
Bank of England on the 1st day of October in the 
following years, viz., 1854, 1855, 1856, 1857 and 
1858:—— Of the Amount of Cash invested in 


Stock placed to the Account of Securities purchased | for Wednesday the 20th day of this instant July. 


with Surplus Interest arising from Securities carried 
to the “ Account of Monies placed out for the 


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A. 1859. Sess. If. 


Question, by leaving out the word “ now,” and, at 
the end of the Question, adding the words “ upon 
“ this day three months.” - 
And the Question being put, That the word 
“ now” stand part of the Question ; 
The House divided. 
The Yeas to the Right; 
The Noes to the Left. 


Tellers for the Yeas,{ Mr — } 297, 
r Mr. G / 
Tellers for the } oes, os Cranfoed ne 103. 


So it was resolved in the Aftirmative. 

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, 


- on™ tet bet 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Court of 


Benefit and better Security of Suitors of the High | into a Committee on the Court of Probate, &amp;e, Probate, &amp;. 


| 


Court of Chancery,” and the Amount of such Stock | (Acquisition of Site) Bill; and, after some time (Acquisition 


respectively on the Ist day of October in the fol- 
lowing years, viz.,1854, 1855, 1856, 1857 and 1858: 
——Of the Amount of the Cash laid out in the 
Purchase of Stock placed to Account of Monies 
placed out to provide for the Officers of the High 
Court of Chancery ; distinguishing the Amount of 
the Cash which has arisen from the Surplus Fees, 
from the Amount of Cash which has arisen from 
the Surplus Interest laid out in the Purchase of 
such Stock, and the Amount of such Stock on the 
25th day of November in the following years, viz., 
1854, 1855, 1856, 1857 and 1858: ——Of the Result 
of the second Investigation made under the Act 
16 &amp; 17 Vic. c. 98, into the several Acccunts stand- 
ing in the name of the Accountant General to the 
Credit of any Cause or Matter the Dividends of 
which shall not have been received for Fifteen 
years or upwards prior to such second Investigation, 
showing the Total Amount of the Stock on Ac- 
counts not dealt with; the Number of such Ac- 
counts, and the Amount of the Annual Dividends 
accruing thereon ; the Amount of Dividends appro- 
priated under Orders made by the Lord Chancellor 
in pursuance of such Act; the Amount standing to 
the Credit of “ The Suitors’ Unclaimed Dividend 
Account,” and the Amount carried over to an 
Account called “ The Suitors’ Fee Fund Account,” 
mentioned in the said Act:——Of the Amount of 
each description of Stock and Securities in Court 
on the Ist day of October in the following years, 
viz., 1854, 1855, 1856, 1857 and 1858, exclusive of 
the Amount of Stock purchased with Suitors’ Cash : 
——Of the Amount of Payments into Court, and 
of the Payments out of Court, for the year ending 
the 1st day of October in the following years, viz. 
1854, 1855, 1856, 1857 and 1858: Of the 
Amount of Stock transferred into Court, and the 
Amount of Stock transferred out of Court, for the 
year ending the Ist day of October in the following 
years, viz., 1854, 1855, 1856, 1857 and 1858 :—— 
And, of the Number of Accounts in the Books of 
the Accountant General on the 1st day of October 
1858 (in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, 
No. 73, of Session 1855, except as to Interest in 
first Return, and the second Investigation, &amp;c. in 
sixth Return). 





The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Sale of Grain, &amp;c. Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Tuesday the 19th day of this instant July. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Adulteration of Food, Xc. Prevention 
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 





i : f Si i 
spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and es 


Mr. Massey 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 Public Health Bill was, according to Order, Public Health 
read a second time; and committed to a Committee Bill. 
of the whole House, for To-morrow. 


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


The Admiralty Court Bill was, according to Order, Admiralty 
read a second time ; and committed to a Committee Court Bill. 
of the whole House, for Tuesday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Roman Catho. 

reading of the Roman Catholic Relief Act Amend- lic Relief Act 
t Bill: Amendment 

ment Bill; Bil. 

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 
Tuesday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming Endowed | 
the adjourned Debate on the Question proposed Schools Bill 
upon the 6th day of this instant July, That the 
Endowed Schocls Bill be committed to a Select 
Committee ; 

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 Order ‘of the day being read, for resuming Appeal in 
the adjourned Debate on the Question proposed —, 
upon the 6th day of this instant July, That the ™ 
Appeal in Criminal Cases Bill be now read a second 
time ; 

Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 
till Tuesday next. 


Sir John Shelley presented a Bill to regulate the Metropolis 
Proceedings of Gas Companies and others supplying _ oa 
the Metropolis with Gas: And the same was read Bill 42. 
the first time. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exa- 
miners of Petitions for Private Bills; and be 
printed. 


Mr. Cowper presented a Bill to restrict the Erec- Metropolis 
tion of permanent Structures in the Carriageways ea 
of the Metropolis: And the same was read the Bill 43, 
first time ; and ordered to be read a second time 
upon Wednesday the 20th day of this instant July ; 
and to be printed. 9; 

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Sir George Lewis presented a Bill for the better 
Management of Hlighwops in England: And the 
same was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time upon Monday next; and to be 
printed. 





And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 





Veneris, 8° die Julti ; 
Anno 23° Victorie Regine, 1859. 


PRAYERS. 


Isle of Wight \ HI R. Scholefield reported from the Committee on 
1¥A Group 2 of Railway Bills; That in the case 
aye of the Isle of Wight Railway (Eastern Section) Bill, 
they had examined the allegations contained in the 
Preamble of the Bill, and amended the same, by 
limiting the Powers of the Company to the making 
of a Railway from Ryde to a Field numbered 143, 
in the Parish of Brading, the Promoters of the Bill 
having abandoned a portion of the proposed Railway 
between Shanklin and Ventnor; 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. 


Oxfora, Wor- Mr. Scholefield reported the Ozford, Worcester 
and Wolverhampton Railway (re-committed) Bill, 
Wolverhamp- with further Amendments. 


wv Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table; 
and be printed. 
Wandsworth Sir Edmund Hayes reported from the Committee 
eta on Group 1 of Railway Bills; That the Parties pro- 
J moting the Wandsworth and Putney 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. 
Railway Bills Sir Edmund Hayes reported from the Committee 
(Group 1.) 


on Group 1 of Railway Bills; That, for the con- 
venience of Parties, the Committee had adjourned 
to Tuesday next, at Twelve of the clock. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Bradford, The Earl of March :reported from the Committee 
og on Group 3 of .Raibway Bills; That in the case of 
Bil. ’ the Bradford, Wakefield and Leeds Railway Bill, 
they had exammmed he allegations contained iu the 
Preamble of the Bill, and amended the same, in 
order to make “the Preamble consistent with the 
Provisions of the Bill as passed by the Committee ; 
and found the same, as amended, to be true; and 
had gone through the Bill, and made Amendments 
thereunto. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


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 George Sarsfield Mac- 
namara Moore and George Nathaniel Shore, relating 
to the Borough of Lyme Regis, is unobjectionable. 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That he had 
this.day received a Report from the Examiner of 
ognizances, stating that the Recognizance to ‘the 
Election Petition of Thomas Scoley and Henry 
Freeman, relating to the City of Peterborough, is 

unobjectionable. 
—~T- seenied Mr. Speaker laid.upon the Table,—Report from 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, 
_ Phat in the case of the Petition for additional Pro- 
ae in the Sittingbourne and Sheerness Railway 

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251 


(Additional Capital, &amp;c.) 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 House proceeded to take into consideration Great North 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Great ¢ 
North of Scotland Railway Bill; and the same were ~~"? 
twice read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the Amendments made by their Lord- 
ships. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Resting and 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Reading —— Road 
and Hatfield Road 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 Kingston- 
the Amendment made by the Lords to the Kingston- — 
upon-Thames 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 Lord- 
sbips. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration London and 
the Amendment made by the Lords to the London a ae 
and North Western Railway ( Edgehill to Garston) (Edgehill to 
Bill; and the same was twice read, and agreed to. Garston) Bill. 

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 North Bastern 
the Amendment made by the Lords to the North ny A 
Eastern Railway (Nidd Valley Branch) Bill; and branch) Bill 
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 Ringwood, 
the Ringwood, Christchurch and Bournemouth Rail- pe een 
way Bill, as amended in the Committee. nenthieie 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. way Bill. 

Several Public Petitions were presented, and Public 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. Petitions. 

Vide Third 
. Report. 

Mr. Ridley reported from the Committee on Midland 
Group 4 of Railway Bills; That in the case of the a 
Midland Railway Bill, the Zowdon and North xorch Western 
Western Railway (Arrangements) Bill, the Burton- Railway (Ar- 
upon-Trent Railway Bill, and the Burton-upon- ——— 
Trent Bridge Bill, the Committee had, pursuant to ed mn 
the Instruction of the House of the 22d day of June, Railway Bill; 
and the further Instruction of the House of the 4th and Burton. 
day of July 1859, considered the question of the pro- Bridge Bill, 
posed consolidation of the Bills into two Bills; and, 
it appearing to the Committee expedient that the 
necessary Powers in rélation to the construction 
and user of proposed new Railways at Burton-upon- 

Trent, and the construction of a new Bridge there, 
in lieu of the existing Bridge, should be included in 
one Bill, and the other objects sought by the Mid- 
land ‘Railway should form the subject of a separate 


Bill, the Committee had consolidated the said Bills 

into two Bills; the one, “ for making and main- Midland 

taining in.and near to Burton-upon-Trent of Branch Railway and 

Railways from the Midland Railway, and the Trent Bridge 
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building of a new Bridge across the River Trent at 
Burton-upon-Trent, and the taking down and re- 
moving of the Great Bridge at Burton-upon-Trent, 
Midland Rail. and for other purposes ;” the other, “ for enabling 
Val Bi the Midland Railway Company to make an exten- 
" sion of their Erewash Valley Line, to acquire addi- 
tional Lands in the County of Leicester and for 
other purposes ;” that they had examined the allega- 
tions of the consolidated Bills, and found the same 
to be true; and had gone through the Bills, and 
made Amendments thereunto. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Lawton, Colonel Pennant reported the Lawton, Burslem 

pass and and Newcastle-under-Lyme Roads Bill, with Amend- 

ewcastle- 

under-Lyme ments. 

Roads Bill. Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 

Blackburn Colonel Pennant reported from the Committee 

we on Group B. of Private Bills; That in the case of 

Bridge Bill. the Blackburn and Preston Road and Bridge Bill, 
they had examined the allegations of the Bill, 
and found the same to be true ; and that the Order 
of the House of the 15th of April had been complied 
with ; and that they had gone through the Bill, and 
made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 

Leeds and Colonel Pennant reported the Leeds and Hunslet 

—— Road Road Bill, with Amendments. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 

Lianrwst and = Colonel Pennant reported the L/anwrst and Aber- 

a. gele Roads Bill, with Amendments. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 

Standing Mr. Bonham-Carter reported from the Select 

Onders. Committee on Standing Orders, a Resolution ; 
which was read, as followeth : 

Tacumshin That in the case of the Zacumshin Embankment 

Embankment. Petition for Bill, the Standing Orders ought to be 
dispensed with; that the Parties be permitted to 
proceed with their Bill. 

The said Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 

Indian Army. Sir Charles Wood presented, by Her Majesty’s 
Command,—Papers connected with the Re-organi- 
zation of the Army in Jndia, supplementary to the 
Report of the Army Commission. 

East India gi, Charles Wood also presented,—Return to an 

(New Tariff) Address to Her Majesty, dated the 4th day of this 
instant July, for a Return relative to East India 
(New Tariff). 

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

Cambridge Mr. Lowe presented, pursuant to the directions of 

University. an Act of Parliament,—Copy of Statutes framed by 
the Cambridge University Commissioners, under the 
Act 19 &amp; 20 Vic. c. 88,8. 29, for the future Govern- 
ment and Regulation of Trinity College, and of 
St. John’s College, respectively. 

Copy of two Statutes framed by the Cambridge 
University Commissioners, under the Act 19 &amp; 20 
Vic, c. 88, s. 29, for the conversion into Exhibitions 
ot certain Scholarships at St. John’s College, Cam- 
bridge. 

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

pow Har- The following Paper, pursuant to the directions 

ur, 


of an Act of Parliament, was laid upon the Table 
by the Clerk of the House,—An Account of Re- 
— and Expenditure by the Honourable Warden 
and Assistants of the Harbour of Dover, in the 
County of Kent, from the 10th day of October 1857 
to the 10th day of October 1858. 


8° Jultz. 



























































A. 1859. Sess. IT. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Bills of Bins o¢ py, 
Exchange and Promissory Notes, which was pre- change and 
sented upon the 7th day of this instant July, be Notes. 
printed. No. 75, 

Ordered, That the Return relative to Proprietors, Proprietors, 
&amp;c. (Scotland), which was presented upon the 7th &amp;c. (Scotland) 
day of this instant July, be printed. No. 76, 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Constitu- Constituencies, 
encies, which was presented upon the 7th day of No, 97 
this instant July, be printed. ; 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Ecclesiastical 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 404 Church 
to give directions, that there be laid before this arses 
House, a Return of all Monies paid by the Ec- 
clesiastical Commissioners, or the Church Estates 
Commissioners, during the years 1855, 1856, 1857, 
and 1858, out of Funds administered by them to 
Solicitors, Surveyors, and other Officers, specifying 
the Names and Particulars of each transaction (in 
continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 292, 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 Huuse, Mr. Henry T. 
a Copy of Memorial presented to the Commissioners Wrenfordsley. 
of Her Majesty’s Treasury by Henry T. Wrenford- 
sley, of - eet Mount-street, in the City of Dublin, 
on the 18th day of June 1859. 


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


com wWwO 


Mr. Ingham reported from the General Committee Railway and 
on Railway and Canal Bills ; That they had with- Canal Bills 
drawn certain Bills from a Group, and had formed —a 

° ; " . port.) 
them into a separate Group; and had directed him” wo, 74 
to make a Report thereof to the House. 

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


A Petition of Electors of the City and County of Norwich 
the City of Norwich, complaining of an undue “4 
Election and Return for the said City, was pre- 
sented, and read [ Vide Appendix to Votes, No. 60]. 

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. 


ie i in 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That a Mes- Merman Grae 
sage had been brought from the Lords, by one of ‘te Lords. 
their Clerks, as followeth: 

The Lords have agreed to the North British and North a 
Selkirk and Galashiels Railway Companies Bill, "4 5° Nhicts 
without any Amendment, Railway Com- 

panies Bill. 
The Lords have agreed to the Border Union Border a7 
(North British) Railways Bill, with Amendments ; oN) Rallwaye 
to which the Lords desire the concurrence of this piv, 
House. 
The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Newcastle. 
to make better Provision for the Management and — 
Application of the Mewcastle-under-Lyme Burgesses Lands Bill. | 
Lands; to repeal and amend the Act relating | 
thereto, and for other purposes; to which the | 


Lords desire the concurrence of this House. 
The House, according to Order, resolved itself Supply- 


into the Committee of Supply. 
(In the Committee.) 


1. Motion made, and Question proposed, That 








10,000 additional Men and Boys be employed ed 











Court of 

Probate, &amp;c. 
(Acquisition 
of Site) Bill. 


Public Health 
Bill, and Clerk 
of the Council 
Bill. 


93 VictoriZ. 


the Sea Service, for Eleven calendar months, ending 
on the 31st day of March 1860, including 2,000 
Royal Marines ; 

Whereupon Motion made, and Question, That 
the Chairman do report Progress, and ask leave to 
sit again——put, ard negatived. 

Original Question put, and agreed to. 

Motion made, and Question, That the Chairman 
do report Progress, and ask leave to sit again—— 

ut, and negatived. 

2. £.479,695, for Wages, &amp;c. to additional Sea- 
men and Marines. 

Motion made, and Question, That the Chairman 
do report Progress, and ask leave to sit again 
put, and negatived, = 

3. £. 247,212, for Victuals to additional Seamen 
and Marines. 

Resolutions to be reported. 





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


Sabbati, 9° die Julii, 1859: 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Massey 
reported, That the Committee had come to several 
Resolutions. 

Ordered, That the Report be received upon 
Monday next. 

Mr. Massey also acquainted the House, that he 
was directed to move, That the Committee may 
have leave to sit again. 

Resolved, .That this House will, upon Monday 


next, again resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to 
take into consideration the Court of Probate, &amp;c. 
(Acquisition of Site) Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Monday next. 


The Orders of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittees on the Public Health Bill, and the Clerk 
of the Council Bill; 


Ordered, That the said Bills be committed to the 


same Committee. 

Then the House resolved itself into the Committee ; 
and, afler some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker 
resumed the Chair; and Mr. Massey reported, 
That the Committee had gone through the Bills, 
and directed him to report the same, without 
Amendment. 

Ordered, Vhat the Bills be read the third time 
upon Monday next. 


8°— 9° Juli. 





253 


simplify and consolidate the Law relating to Judg- 
ments, and to provide for the Protection of Pur- 
chasers against Crown Debts in Jre/and: And 
that Mr. Whiteside, Mr. Malins and Mr. George 
do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Returns showing, in parallel Columns, the Receipt, 
| Expenditure, Investments and Balances of the 
Capital of the Land Revenues in each year from 
1849-50 to 1858-59, both years inclusive; showing, 
also, all the larger items of Receipt and Expenditure, 
under distinctive Headings, and the Total Amount, 
under each of such Headings, in the Ten years; 
and the Total Amounts of Receipt and Expenditure 
in each year, exclusive of and inclusive of the 
Balances :——Showing, in parallel Columns, the 
Receipt, Expenditure, Payments to the Exchequer, 
and Balances, on account of the Income of the 
Land Revenues, in each year from 1349-50 to 
1858-59, both years inclusive; showing, aiso, all 
large items of Receipt and Expenditure, under 
distinctive Headings, and the Total Amount under 
each of such Headings, in the Ten years; and the 
Total Amounts of Receipt and Expenditure in each 
of the Ten years, inclusive of and exclusive of the 
Balances :——And, showing the Sums paid into 
the Exchequer on account of the Surplus Income 
of the Land Revenues in each year from 1549-50 
tu 1858-59, both yearsinclusive; and the Payments 
made out of Issues from the Exchequer in the same 
| years for Salaries, Expenses, Law Charges, Retired 
| Allowances, and for Royal Parks and Gardens, 
| formerly pavable out of the income of the Land 
| Revenues, and the Net Surplus of the Income paid 
| to the Exchequer alter deducting such Payments. 














| Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
| for the better Regulation of the Corporation of the 
City of London: And that Sir George Lewis und 
| Mr. Clive do prepare, and bring it in. 

| 
| The Select Committee on the Locomotive Bill 
| was nominated of Mr. Garnett, Mr. Georze Ridley, 

Colonel Hilson Patten, Sir William Miles, Sir 

| Robert Ferguson, Mr. Beaumont, Colone! Pennant, 
| Mr. Wrightson, Mr. Bazley, Mr. Arthur Mills, Mr. 
| Finlay, Mr. Caird, Mr. Andrew Steuart and the 
| Judge Advocate; with Power to send for persons, 
| papers and records. 


| Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 
| 


| 
Criminal Jus- The House, according to Order, resolved itself} Reso/ved, That an humble Address be presented 


tice, Middlesex 

(Assistant 

Judge) Bill. 
Bill 45. 


High Sheriffs’ 
ses Bill, 


Contract 
(Public De- 
partments, ) 


into a Committee on the Criminal Justice, Middle- | to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
sex (Assistant Judge) Bill; and, after some time | togive directions, that there be laid before this House, 
spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and |@ Return of the Average Amount during the last 
Mr. Massey reported, ‘That the Committee had | Five years of Military Forces maintained in each 


gone through the Bill. 
Ordered, ‘\hat the Bill, as amended, be printed. 
Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for Tuesday next. 


The High Sheriffs’ Expenses Bill was, according 
to Order, read a second time; and committed to 
a Committee of the whole House, for Tuesday the 
19th day of this instant July. 


The Select Committee on Contracts (Public 
Departments) was nominated of Mr. Corry, Sir 
Charles Napier, Mr. Turner, Colonel Dunne, Lord 
Claud Hamilton, Mr. Westhead, Colonel North, 
Mr. Jackson, Mr. Roebuck, Colonel Gilpin, Mr. 
Newdegate, Viscount Duncan, the Judge Advocate, 
Lord Lovaine and Mr. Whitbread; with Power to 
send for persons, papers and records. 

Ordered, That Fie be the Quorum, 

- Vou, 114. 





Colony at the Expense of the British Exchequer, 
‘including in the case of the Cape the Germau 
| Settlers on Full Pay, and the entire Expenditure 
on their account since their arrival in that Colony : 
——And, similar Return of the average of Military 
Forces of all kinds maintained in each Colony at 
the Expense of its own Exchequer, and the Amount 
of Expenditure so incurred by each Colony during 
each of the Five last 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. 


Sir George Lewis presented a Bill for the better 
Regulation of the Corporation of the City of Lon- 
don: And the same was read the first time; and 
ordered to be read a second time upon Thursday 





next; and to be printed. 
LL4 


Mr. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to Judgments 
, (Ireland.) 


Land 
Revenues, 


London 
Corporation. 


Locomotive 
sill. 


Military 
Forces (Co- 
lonies. ) 


London Cor- 
poration Bill. 


Bill 46. 






























































































254 8°—9°—11° Juliz. A. 1859. Sess. II, 


The Yeas tothe Right ; 


Mr. Whiteside presented a Bill to simplify and 
The Noes to the Left. 


consolidate the Law relating to Judgments, and to 





provide for the Protection of Purchasers against; ‘Tellers for the (Sir James Graham, 71 

Crown Debts in Jre/and: And the same was read | Yeas, (Sir Henry Willoughby : j 180. 
the first time; and ordered to be read a second Tellers for the, Mr. Gregson, Wis 
time upon Thursday next; and to be printed. Noes, UMr. Kinnaird: j 177. 


So it passed in the Negative. 

Then the House proceeded to take the said 
Amendments into further consideration; and the 
same were twice read, and (it appearing that the 
| Proviso added to Clause 17 was in further expla- 
———— | nation of other Provisions of the Bill, as sent up 

_to the Lords by this House, and not otherwise 
Lune, 11° die Julii ; | affecting the guarantee authorized by the Bill), 
| Were agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
| Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House hath 


PRAYERS. pomsieeer “tg saws . 
M R. Gregson reported from the Select Com- | agreed to the Amendments made by their Lord- 


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till a Quarter of an hour before One of the 
clock on Saturday morning, adjourned til 
Monday next. 





Anno 23° Victoria Regine, 1859. 


mittee on Public Petitions; That they had | onipe. 
examined the Petitions presented upon the 7th and | : . ; 
sth days of this instant July; and had directed | The Falkirk Police and Improvement Bill was Falkirk Police 
- : : . read the third time. and Improve- 
him to make a Report thereof to the House. Resolved. That the Bill d : And that the "&amp;* Bill 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table; | ,p. ‘ au CO pees: ARS Cees Ge 
niall ton wale | Litle be, An Act for improving, paving, draining 
‘ . and lighting the Burgh of Fadkirk, and for regu- 
; ; | lating the Supply of Water withiu the Burgh, and 
Mr. Ridley reported from the Committee on for providing for the Transference of the Property 
Group 4 of Railway Bills; That in the case of the | of the Stintmasters and Feuars of Falkirk to the 
South Staffordshire Railway Bill, they had exa-/} Magistrates and Council, and for other purposes, 
mined the allegations contained in the Preamble} Qydered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
of the Bill, and amended the same, by striking out | Lords, and desire their concurrence. 
so much thereof as related to the Tramway of the | 
Birmingham Canal Company, to the Lease to the} A Motion being made, That the Greenwich and Greenwich 
London and North Western Railway Company, and | South Eastern Docks Bill be now read the third 24 South 
to Directors, in order to make the same consistent | time ; Ts Docks 
with the Provisions of the Bill, as passed by the; Mr, Fitz Roy, by Her Majesty’s Command, ac- Bill [ Lorde.) 
Committee ; and found the same, as amended, to | quainted the House, That Her Majesty, having been 
be true; and had gone through the Bill, and made informed of the purport of the Bill, gives Her Con- 








Amendments thereunto. oi | sent, as far as Her Majesty’s interest. is concerned, 
Ordered, hat the Report do lie upon the Table ; | that the House may do therein as they shall think 
and be printed. | fit. 


Then the Bill was read the third time. 
Mr. Ridley reported from the Committee on|  Jtesolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Group 4 of Railway Bills; That Mr. Ball, one of _ Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
the Members of the said Committee, was not pre- | Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
sent during the sitting of the Committee this day. | agreed to the same, without Amendment. 
Ordered, That Mr. Ball do attend the said Com- 
mittee To-morrow, at Eleven of the clock. 





| 
\ 
| Price's Patent Candle Company Bill was read Price's Patent 


| the third time. Cunile Com 
m &gt; ” " . any Bi 
Mr. Cobbe't reported from the Committee on | Resolved, That the Bill do pass. Prords.] 


Ordered, That the Clerk do cairy the Bill to the 
.ords ; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
| agreed to the same, without Amendment. 


Group 6 of Railway Bills; ‘That in the case of the | 
Cleveland Railway Bill, they had examined the 
allegations contained in the Preamble of the Bill, 
and amended the same, by reciting that the Com- 
pany have not raised any money on mortgage or 
bond; 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 Cowes and 
Bil es amended inthe Commitee, &gt; aaa 

.= Pe Railway Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Bridport 
the Bridport Railway Bill, as amended in the Railway Bill 
Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 





The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Vale 


of Neath Railway Bill; and the same were twice ; . ; 
read, and agreed to. | The House proceeded to take into consideration Droitwich 


Ordered, ‘Vhat the Clerk do carry the Bill to the | the Droitwich Roads Bill, as amended in the Com- Roads Bill. 
Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath | mittee. sa 
avreed to the Amendments made by their Lord-| Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 
ships. | 
; The House proceeded to take into consideration Epping Rail- 
The Order of the day being read, for taking | the Epping Railways Bill, as amended in the Com- Ways Bill 
into further consideration the Amendments made | mittee. 
by the Lords to the Red Sea and India Telegraph Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 
Company (No. 2) Bill; 
And a Motion being made, and the Question! The House proceeded to take into considera- Hinckley and 
being put, That the further consideration of the | tion the Hinckley and Melbourne Roads Bill, as Malou 
said Amendments be further adjourned till Monday | amended in the Committee; and an Amendment 
the 25th day of this instant July ; was made to the Bill. 
The House divided. Ordered, That the Bill be read the third ae 
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93 VicTORI&amp;. 


ich New The House proceeded to take into consideration 


geet Bil = the Norwich New Street Bill, as amended in the 

[Lords.] Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 
stokes Bay The House proceeded to take into consideration 
pailway 204 the Stokes Bay Railway and Pier Bill, as amended 
er Bil. in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 
Swanage The House proceeded to take into consideration 
failway nd the Swanage Railway and Pier Bill, as amended in 
Vier Bill. the Committee ; and Amendments were made to 

the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 
Greive’s Ordered, That Greive’s Disabilities Removal Bill 
Disabilitie’ be read a second time To-morrow. 

Removal Bill 

|Lords. } 

Feweastle- The Newcas'le-under-Lyme Burgesses Lands Bill 

under-Lyme was read the first time. 

a Bill Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exa- 

{Lords.] miners of Petitions for Private Bills. 

Mesagefron Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That a Mes- 

theLords. sage had been brought from the Lords, by one of 
their Clerks, as followeth: 

Gurlisleand © The Lords have agreed to the Carlisle and Pen- 

—s rith, &amp;c. Roads Bill, with Amendments; to which 

"the Lords desire the concurrence of this House. 

Much Wen- § The Lords have agreed to the Much Wenlock and 

oy Severn Junction Railway Bill, with Amendments ; 

tion Railway to which the Lords desire the concurrence of this 

Bill House. 

Earl of Kin- The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 

_ Estate to authorize the Exchange of certain detached 
Portions, situate in the County of Forfar, of the 
entailed Estate of Haulkertoun, for the Lands of 
Balbithan and Wester Finirvay, in the County of 
Aberdeen, to be entailed in lieu thereof, and for 
other purposes; to which the Lords desire the con- 
currence of this House. 

— The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 

itary : : : 

Amendment tO suspend in certain cases the operation of the 

i twenty-eighth section of “The Liverpool Sanitary 
Amendment Act, 1854,” and for other purposes; to 
which the Lords desire the concurrence of this 
House. 

ChurchRates. ‘The Lords request, that this House will be 
pleased to give leave to Sir John Salusbury T're- 
lawny, Baronet, a Member of this House, to attend 
the Select Committee appointed by their Lordships 
in the present Session of Parliament on Church 
Rates, in order to his being examined as a Witness 
before the said Committee. 

Lancashire 


al The Earl of March reported from the Committee 
Rilvay O01 Group 3 of Railway Bills; That in the case of the 
(Osett and Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway ( Ossett and Dews- 
oe bury Branches) Bill, they had examined the allega- 
es) Bill. tions 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. 


pain and The Earl of Mareh reported from the Committee 
— on Group 3 of Railway Bills; That in the case of 
(Extensions the London and North Western Railway (Exten- 
_ &amp;e.) sions to Ossett, &amp;c.) Bill, they had examined the 


allegations contained in the Preamble of the Bill, | 


but the same had not been proved to their satis- 
faction. 

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


aad Yorkshire _The Earl of March reported the Lancashire and 
sd Eat Yorkshire and East Lancushire Railway Companies 


lancashire Bill, with Amendments. 
may Com Ordered, That the Report do lie upon.the Table ; 
and be printed. 
Vou, 114. 


11° Juli. 








255 
Colonel Pennant reported the Finford Bridge and Fates Bridge 
a 


Banbury Road Bill, with Amendments. yo be 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Sir Francis Baring reported from the General Controverted 
Committee of Elections; That they had appointed "!ctions. 
Tuesday, the 26th day of July instant, to choose, 
from Panel No. 2, the Select Committees severally 
to try and determine the Borough of Maidstone, 
the City of Norwich, the Borough of Bury, and the 
County of Leicester (Northern Division) Election 
Petitions; and that they had further appointed 
Wednesday, the 27th day of July instant, to choose, 
from the same Panel, the Select Committees seve- 
rally to try and determine the City of Limerick, the 
Town and Port of Sandwich, the Borough of Chel- 
tenham, and the Borough of Kidderminster Election 
Petitions. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Several Public Petitions were presented, and Public 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. Petitions. 
Vide Fourth 
Teport. 
Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Foreign 
Returns of the Number of Foreign Seamen em- ype onl 
ployed in British Ships registered in the United ” 
Kingdom, for the years 1851 to 1858 inclusive, 
distinguishing each year:——And, of the Number 
of Apprentices in British Ships from 1849 to 1858 
inclusive, distinguishing each year. 





Mr. Clive presented, by Her Majesty's Com- Queen's Col- 
mand,—Copy of the Report of the President of lege (Belfast.) 
Queen’s College, Belfast, for the year 1857-58. 

Copy of the Report of the President of Queen’s Queen’s Col- 
College, Galway, for the year 1857-58. lege (Galway.) 
Mr. Clive also presented,—Return to an Address Shipowners. 
to Her Majesty, dated the 5th day of this imstant 

July, for a Return relative to Shipowners. 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the Parkhurst 
7th day of this instant July, for a Retarn relative Prison. 
to Parkhurst Prison. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 


| Table. 


Ordered, That the Copies of Statutes relating to Cambridge 
Trinity College and St. John’s College, in the University. 
University of Cambridge, which were presented No. 79. 
upon the 8th day of this instant July, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Copies of Statutes relating to Cambridge 
the conversion into Exhibitions of certain Scholar- University. 
ships at St. John’s College, in the University of No. 80. 
Cambridge, which were presented upon the 8th day 
of this instant July, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to East India East India 
(New Tariff), which was presented upon the 8th (New Tariff) 
day of this instant July, be printed. No. él. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to Cambridge Cambridge 
University, which was presented upon the 7th day University. 
of this instant July, be printed. No. 82. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to Statute Law Statute Law 
Consolidation, which was presented upon the 30th Consolidation. 
day of June last, be printed. No. 78. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to the National National Por- 
Portrait Gallery, which was presented upon the ‘it Gallery. 
7th day of this instant July, be printed. No. 83. 


Mr. Massey reported from the Committee of Supply. 
Supply, several Resolutions; which were read, as 
follew : 

1. That 10,000 additional Men and Boys be em- Additional 
ployed for the Sea Service for Eleven calendar Seamen and 
Months, ending on the 31st day of March 1860, 
including 2,000 Royal Marines. 

2. That a Sum, not exceeding £.479,695, be Wages, &amp;. 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of 

MM ages, 
























Victuals. 


Ways and 
Means. 


Supply. 


256 


Wages, &amp;c., to additional Seamen and Marines, 
which will come in course of payment in the 
Eleven Months ending on the 31st day of March 
1860. 

3. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 247,212, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of 
Victuals to additional Seamen and Marines, which 
will come in course of payment in the Eleven 
Months ending on the 31st day of March 1860. 

The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 


Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
next, resolve itself into a Committee to consider of 
Ways and Means for raising the Supply eranted to 
Her Majesty. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into the Committee of Supply. 


(In the Committee.) 


1. £. 3,000, for the Additional Employment of 
Clerks in the Establishments at Whitehall and 
Somerset House to meet the increase of Business 
consequent upon the addition to the Fleet. 

2. £. 100,000, for Expense of forming a Volun- 
teer Force of Seamen. 

3. £..41,358, to complete the Sum for the several 
Scientific Departments of the Navy. 

4. £.103,089, to complete the Sum for Her Ma- 
jesty’s Naval Establishments at Home. 

5. £. 20,083, to complete the Sum for Her Ma- 
jesty’s Naval Establishments Abroad. 

6. £. 1,077,782, to complete the Sum for Wages 
to Artificers, Labourers and others employed in 
Her Majesty’s Naval Establishments at Home. 

7. £.59,330, to complete the Sum for Wages to 
Artificers, Labourers and others employed in Her 
Majesty’s Naval Establishments Abroad. 

8. £.2,117,130, to cumplete the Sum for Naval 
Stores, &amp;c. 

9. Motion made, and Question proposed, That a 
Sum, not exceeding £.467,411, be granted to Her 
Majesty, to complete the Sum necessary to defray 
the Charge of New Works, Improvements and 
Repairs in the Naval Establishments, which will 
come in course of payment during the year end ing 
on the 31st dav of March 1860; 

Whereupon Motion made, and Question proposed, 
That the Item, £. 50,000, for the Purchase of Pro- 
perty on the Great Harbour at Malia, be omitted 
from the proposed Vote :—Motion, by leave, with- 
drawn. 

Original Question put, and agreed to. 

Motion made, and Question, That the Chairman 
do report Progress, and ask leave to sit again—— 
put, and negatived. 

10. £. 45,000, to complete the Sum for Medi- 
cines and Medical Stores. 

11. £.52,221, to complete the Sum for divers 
Naval Miscellaneous Services. 

Motion made, and Question, That the Chairman 
do report Progress, and ask leave to sit again—— 
put, and negatived. 

Motion made, and Question proposed, That a 
Sum, not exceeding £. 368,311, be granted to Her 
Majesty, to complete the Sum necessary to defray 
the Charge of Half-pay and Retirement to Officers 
of the Navy and Royal Marines, which will come in 
course of payment during the year ending on the 
3ist day of March 1860 :—Motion, by leave, with- 
drawn. 

Resolutions to be reported. 

And the House having continded to sit till after 
Twelve of the clock on Tuesday morning ; 


Martis, 12° die Julii, 1859 : 
Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; and Mr. Massey 


11°—12” Juliz. 





A. 1859. Sess. II. 


reported, That the Committee had come to several 
Resolutions. 

Ordered, That the Report be received this day, 

Mr. Massey 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 Poor Law 
reading of the Poor Law Boards (Payment of Debts) Boards (Pay. 
Bill; Bn oe) 

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 a Debate 
arising thereupon ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being put, That the Debate be now adjourned ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right ; 

The Noes to the Left. 

Tellers for the { Mr. Henley, 

Yeas, \Sir Brooke Bridges : } “. 

Tellers for they Mr. Brand, } 

Noes, { Mr Knatchbull-Hugessen : 

So it passed in the Negative. 

And the Question being put, That the word 
“ now” stand part of the Question ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right ; 

The Noes to the Left. 

Tellers for thef Mr. Brand, 7 

Yeas, UMr. Kuatchbull-Hugessen : { “= 

Tellers for thef Mr, Waiter, } a 


Noes, UMr. John Locke : 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

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


The Order of the day being read, for the second Highways 

reading of the Highways Bill; Bill 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 

upon Thursday next. 


The Court of Probate, &amp;c. (Acquisition of Site) Court of 
Bill was, according to Order, read the third time. thenahien 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. of Site) 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 Public Health 
reading of the Public Health Bill pe. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon 
Thursday next. 


The Clerk of the Council Bill was, according to Clerk of the 
Order, read the third time. Council Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

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

The Constabulary Force (Ireland) Bill was, ac- Constabalaty 
cording to Order, read a second time; and com- land) Bill 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for 
Friday next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself a 
into a Committee on the Law of Property and irustees 
Trustees Relief Amendment Bill. Relief 

(In the Committee.) 
Cuiavuses, N° 1 and N° 2, agreed to. 
To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. as | 
reported, 


ment Bill 
(Lords. 








eee 


Pa 





AW 
) (Pay. 
t Debts) 


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= Fh 





law Aster 
faclties Bill. 


Westminster 
New Bridge. 


Pawnbrokers. 


Westminster 
New Bridge 
Bill, 


Bill 48. 


Pawn! 
a brokers 
Bill 49, 


93 VicroriZ. 


reported, That the Committee had made Progress | 
in the Bill; and that he was directed to move, That 
the Committee may have leave to sit again. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, again resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Law Ascertainment Facilities Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Thursday next. 








Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to empower the Commissioners of Her Majesty’s | 
Works ard Public Buildings to acquire additional | 
space for the Western Approach to Westminster | 
New Bridge: And that Mr. FitzRoy and Mr. Laing | 
do prepare, and bring it in. 

The House was moved, That the Act 39 &amp; 40| 
Geo. 3, c. 99, relative to Pawnbrokers, might be | 
read; and the same being read ; 

Resolved, That this Horse will immediately re- 
solve itself into a Committee to consider the said 
Act :—The House accordingly resolved itself into | 
the Committee. | 

(In the Committee.) | 


Resolved, ‘Vhat the Chairman be directed to move 
the House, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to amend an Act of the thirty-ninth and fortieth 

ears of King George the Third, for better regu- 
lating the Business of Pawnbrokers. | 

Resolution to be reported. 

| 








Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Mas- 
sey reported, That the Committee had come to a | 
Resolution. 

Ordered, That the Report be now received. 

Mr. -Wassey 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 an Act of the thirty-ninth and fortieth years 
of King George the Third, for better regulating 
the Business of Pawnbrokers :—And he moved the 
House accordingly. 





Ordered, That leave be given to bring in the Bill : | 


And that Mr. Massey, Mr. Henry Brinsley Sheri- 
dan and Mr. Whalley do prepare, and bring it in. 


Mr. FitzRoy presented a Bill to empower the 
Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Public Works and 
Buildings to acquire additional space for the 
Western Approach to Westminster New Bridge: 
And the same was read the first time. 

The House was moved, That the Report from 
the Examiner of Petitions for Private Bills, made 
upon the 11th day of April, in the last Session of 
Parliament, in respect of the Westminster New 
Bridge Bill, might be read; and the same being 
read ; 

The said Bill (being in every respect the same 
as the Bill presented, read a first and second time, 
and committed to a Select Committee, in the last 
Session of Parliament) was read a second time; and 
committed to a Select Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be printed. 


Mr. Henry Brinsley Sheridan presented a Bill to 
amend an Act of the thirty-ninth and fortieth years 
of King George the Third, for better regulating the 
Business of Pawnbrokers: And the same wus read 
the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
time upon Wednesday next; and to be printed. 


Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed 
to assist Mr. Speaker in all matters which relate to 
the Printing executed by Order of this House, and 
for the purpose of selecting and arranging for 
vem Returns and Papers presented in pursu- 

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| ford Railway Bill, without Amendment. 
| Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; { Zords.} 


957 


ance of Motions made by Members of this House : 

—And a Committee was appointed of Mr. Wilson, 

Sir John Pakington, Sir Francis Baring, Mr. Wal- 

pole, Mr. Henley, Mr. Cardwell, Mr. Sotheron Est- 

court, Mr. Bonham-Carter, Mr. Divett, Mr. Gas- 

oa Sir Stafford Northcote, Mr. Greene and Mr. 
aing. 


Ordered, That Three be the Quorum. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Harbours of 
Detailed Statement relative to Harbours of Refuge, Refuge. 
showing the Total Estimated Cost of the Works No. 84, 
proposed; 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 
1860; and the Sums that will be necessary for the 
Completion of the Works: And, Copy of Re- 
ports of the Engineers in Charge of the Works for 
the Four Quarters of the year ending the 31st day 
of March 1859 (in continuation of Parliamentary 
Paper, No, 262, of Session 1858). 

Mr. Laing accordingly presented the said Paper. 

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





Mr. Secretary Sidney Herbert presented,—Return Army. 
to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 9th day 
of June last, for a Return relative to the Army. 

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 
Tuesday morning, adjourned till this day. 








Martis, 12° die Julii ; 
Anno 23° Victorie Regine, 1859. 


PRAYERS. 


M R. Massey reported the Dublin and Drogheda Dublin and 
Railway Bill, without Amendment. Raleay Bill 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; | Zoras. } 


and be printed. 


Mr. Massey reported the Bagenalstown and Wex- Bagenalstown 
and Wexford 
Railway Bill 


and be printed. 


Mr. Massey reported from the Committee on the North Eastern 
| North Eastern and Bedale and Leyburn Railway and Bedale 

Companies Amalgamation Bill; That they had exa- Railwey Com- 
mined the allegations contained in the Preamble of panies Amal- 


the Bill, and amended the same, by making some gamation Bill. 


.| verbal corrections 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. Massey reported from the Committee on the Malltraeth and 
Malltraeth and Corsddaugau Marsh Bill; That they Corsddaugau 
had examined the allegations contained in the Pre- “sh Bill. 
amble of the Bill, and amended the same, to make 
it accord with the facts of the case as proved before 
them ; and found the same, as amended, to be true; 
and had gone through the Bill, and made Amend- 
ments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Massey reported the Bury Saint Edmund’s Bury Saint 
Gas Bill, with an Amendment. Edmund’s Gas 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table, Bi! l“orés] 


Mr. Massey reported the Liverpool Exchange Liverpool 
Bill, without Amendment. Exchange 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. Bill (ords.] 





MM2 Sir 














258 


ban age P Sir Edmund Hayes reported from the Committee 
Pimlico Rail. 02 Group 1 of Railway Bills; That in the case of 
way Bill. the Victoria Station and Pimlico Railway Bill, they 
had examined the allegations contained in the Pre- 
amble of the Bill, and amended the same, by striking 
out the paragraphs as to the expediency of widening 
the Railway and enlarging the Station of the Com- 
pany, no new Works being authorized by the Bill 
as passed by the Committee; and that the Com- 
mittee had made other alterations in the Preamble 
consequent upon the introduction of the Provisions 
sought in the Petition for additional Provision; 
and found the same, as amended, to be trze; and 
had made Provisidn in the Bill, pursuant to the 
Instruction of the House of the 30th day of June; 
and had gone through the Bill, and made Amend- 
ments thereunto. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 
North and Sir Edmund Hayes reported from the Committee 
—— on Group 1 of Railway Bills ; That the Parties pro- 
Railway Bill, moting the North and South Londun Junction Rail- 
way Bill had stated to the Committee, that it was 
not their intention to proceed with the same. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 
Metropolitan § Sir Edmund Hayes reported from the Committee 
Railway on Group 1 of Railway Bills; That the Parties 
(Abandonment ‘ 4 ‘ 
of Under- promoting the Metropolitan Railway (Abandon- 
taking, &amp;c.) ment of Undertaking, &amp;c.) Bill had stated to the | 
Bill. Committee, that it was not their intention to pro- | 
ceed with the same. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 
Victoria Sta- Sir Edmund Hayes reported from the Committee 
—— — on Group 1 of Railway Bills; That the Parties pro- 
Great Western Moting the Victoria Station and North Western and 
Junction Great Western Junction Railway Bill had stated to 





Railway Bill. 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. 


The Earl of March reported the Leeds, Bradford 
and MHalifax Junction Railway Bill, with Amend- 
ments. 

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


Leeds, Brad- 
ford and 
Halifax Junc- 
tion Railway 


Bill. 


12° Juliz. 


| amended in the Committee. 


\in the Committee. 





London and The Earl of March reported from the Committee | 
ae on Group 3 of Railway Bills; That in the case of | 
ey the London and North Western Railway (Batley to | 


Savaien) Adwalton) Bill, they had examined the allegations | 
Bill. 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. 
| 
Public Im- Mr. Slaney presented a Bill to enable a majority 
rovements of Two-thirds of the Ratepayers of any Parish or 
“. 50 District, duly assembled, to rate their District in aid | 
' "of Public Improvements for general benefit within | 
their District: And the same was read the first | 
time; and ordered to be read a second time upon | 
Wednesday the 20th day of this instant July; and 
to be printed. 
Atlantic The House proceeded to take.into consideration 
Soy the Amendments made by the Lords to the Atlantic 
(No. 2) Bill. Telegraph Company (No. 2) Bill; and the same 


were twice read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the Amendments made by their Lordships. 








A. 1859. Sess. IT, 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Border y 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Border (North Bri. 
Union (North British) Railways Bill; and the same ee 
were twice read, and agreed to. hee 

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 Ringwood, Christchurch and Bournemouth Ringwooa, 


Railway Bill was read the third time. Christchurch 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. oy 


Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the way Bil 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Blackburn ana 
the Blackburn ond Preston Road and Bridge Bill, Preston Road 
as amended in the Committee. on rie 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Bradford, 
the Bradford, Wakefield and Leeds Railway Bill, as Wakefield ana 
amended in the Committee. — Railway 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Colne Valley 
the Colne Valley and Halstead Railway Bill, as 4 Halstead 
amended in the Committee. Railway Bill, 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Metropolitan 
the Metropolitan Railway (Deviations, &amp;c.) Bill, as Railway 
: BL 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. ‘ 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Tendring 
the Zendring Hundred Railway Bill, as amended in Hundred Rail- 
the Committee. adi 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Wells and 
the Wells and Fakenham Railway Bill, as amended ew mae 
way Bill, 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Greive's 


reading of Greive’s Disabilities Removal Bill; Disabilities | 
And a Motion being made, and the Question [7orc.,} 


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. Stirling, } 84 

Yeas, (Mr. Lygon: ; 

Tellers for the{ Mr. Andrew Steuart, }as2 

Noes, LMr. Griffith : wh 

So it passed in the Negative. 

And the Question being put, That the words 
“ upon this day three months” be added at the 
end of the Question :—It was resolved in the Affir- 
mative. 

Then the Main Question, so amended, being 


ut; 2 
r Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon this day three months. 


C. of Private Bills 


Ordered, That the Committee on Group To- (Group C:) 


Private Bills have leave to sit and proceed 
morrow, at Twelve of the clock. 


Tacumshin 


The House was moved, That the Report from we 


the Select Committee on Standing Orders, in 
respect 











mn and 


ige 


ld and 
allway 


ulley 
itead 
Bill, 





Ludlow Roads 


Perth, Kinross 
and Fife Roads 
Bill. 


Railway Bills 
(Group 4.) 


Railway Bills 
(Group 6.) 


Public 
Petitions. 


Vide Fourth 
Report. 
Navy. 

No, 85. 


Fast India 
(Revenues, 
&amp;e.) 





93 VicToRizZ. 


respect of the Petition for the Tacumshin Em- 
bankment Bill, might be read; and the same 
being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to amend “The TYacumshin Embankment Act, 
1854,” and to extend the time for the completion 
of the Works authorized by that Act: And that Mr. 
M‘Mahon and Mr. George do prepare, and bring 
it in. 


12° Juli. 





Colonel Pennant reported from the Committee on | 
Group B. of Private Bills; That in the case of the 
Ludlow Roads Bill, they had examined the allega- 
tions contained in the Preambie of the Bill, and | 
amended the same, by stating the expediency of 
such amalgamation, and the Total Amount of the 
Principal Sums due on the Three Trusts ; and found | 
the same, as amended, to be true; and had gone | 
through the Bill, and made Amendments there- 
unto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 





Colonel Pennant reported the Perth, Kinross and | 
Fife Roads Bill, with Amendments. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. | 


Mr. Ridley reported from the Committee on 
Group 4 of Railway Bills; That Mr. Walter, one 
of the Members of the said Committee, was not 
present during the sitting of the Committee this 
day. 
eviont, That Mr. Walter do attend the said 
Committee To-morrow, at Eleven of the clock. 


Mr. Cobbett reported from the Committee on) 
Group 6 of Railway Bills ; ‘That, at the meeting of | 
the Committee this day, a Letter was received from 
Lord Alfred Hervey, cne of the Members of the 
said Committee, stating that he was unable, on 
account of illness, to attend the Committee this 
day. 
‘Ordered, That Lord Alfred Hervey be discharged 


from further attendance on the said Committee. 


Several Public Petitions were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Lord Clarence Paget presented, by Her Majesty's 
Command,—Supplementary Estimate of Her Ma- 
jesty’s Navy for the year 1859-60. 

Ordered, That the said Estimate be referred to 
the Committce of Supply ; and be printed. 


Sir Charles Wood jresented,—Return to an Ad- 
dress to Her Majesty, dated the 12th day of April, 
in the last Session of Parliament, for a Return of 
the Total Amount of Charge borne by the Indian 
Revenues, in pursuance of sections 40 and 53 of 
the Act 3 &amp; 4 Wiil.4, c.85, so far as the same 
relate to the Legislative Member of Council and 
the Law Commission : Of the Annual Cost in 
India of the Financial Department, with the Sa- 
laries of Financial Secretary, Accountant General, 
Civil Auditor, &amp;c., at the respective Seats of Go- 
vernment : Similar Return of the Total Charge, 
0 far as the same can be estimated, of the Affghan 
War, the first and second China War, and the 
Persian War :—— Similar Return of the estimated 
Cost of the late Rebellion up to the end of the Fi- 
nancial year 1859-60, including Deficiencies in 
Collections, Loss by Plunder, and Destruction of 
Public Buildings, and the probable Amount pay- 
able by way of Compensations : Return of the 
Amount of the Public Debt in India up to the 30th 
day of April 1859, or to the latest Period to which 
Accounts have been received, including Debt not 
bearing Interest, with Explanation of the Cha- 
racter of the latter: And, separate Statement of 














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the Amount of Public Debt, so far as the same can 
be estimated, incurred in respect of Public Works. 
Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 
4th day of this instant July, for Returns relative to 
East India (Salaries, &amp;c.) 
Ordered, That the said Returns do lie upon the 
Table. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Ship- 
owners, which was presented upon the 11th day of 
this instant July, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Parkhurst 


this instant July, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Army, 
which was presented upon the 11th day of this 
instant July, be printed. 


Mr. Collier presented a Bill limiting the Power 
of Imprisonment for Small Debts exercised by the 
County Court Judges: And the same was read the 
first time ; and ordered to be read a second time 
upon Wednesday the 20th day of this instant July ; 
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 one of the Warrants of the Go- 


vernor General of India, dated the 3d day of No- 
vember 1840, conferring in Perpetuity on Cove- 
nanted Officers in the Service of the East India 
Company, Grants of Land in the Deyrale Dhoon, 
North West Provinces of Bengal :——And, Re- 
turn of the Number of Claims (preferred for Com- 
pensation) arising out of the Cancelment of the 
said Warrants; the Amount paid in each case; 
the Adjustment when and where made; and the 
Reasons for Non-adjustment where not 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. 


Ordered, That there he laid before this House, a 


East India 


(Salaries, &amp;c.) 


Shipowners. 
No. 86. 


Parkhurst 


| Prison, which was presented upon the 11th day of Prison. 


No. 87, 


Army. 
No. 88. 


Imprisonment 


for Small 
Debts Bill. 


Bill 51, 


East India 
(Deyrale 
Dhoon.) 


Consular 


Copy of a Report made to the late Secretary of Service. 


State for Foreign Affairs by Sir Staffurd Northcote, 
Mr. G. A. Hamilton, Sir Emerson Tennent, Mr. 
Farrer and Mr. Seymour FitzGerald, with the Ap- 
pendices annexed thereto, with reference to a Plan 
proposed by Mr. Murray with regard to Consular 
Fees and the Payment of the Consular Service. 


Ordered, That there be added to the Return re- 
lative to Anchors, ordered on the Sth day of this 
instant July, Copies of any Papers relating to 
the Original Invention of the Tumbling Fluke An- 
chor as invented and presented by Lieutenant Bel- 
cher to the Admiralty in 1818:—— And, of the 
Official Reports of a Board of Captains trans- 
mitted by the Commander-in-Chief of the Worth 
American Squadron, about the early part of the 
year 1823, with his Remarks thereon. 


A Petition of Philip Back and Gardiner Chris- 
topher Stevens, both cf the City of Norwich, com- 
plaining of an undue Election and Return for the 
said City, was presented, and read [Vide Appendix 
to Votes, No. 62]. 

A Petition of John Godwin Johnson and Roger 
Kerrison, both of the City of Norwich, Esquires, 
complaining of an undue Election and Return for 
the said City, was also presented, and read [Vide 
Appendix to Votes, No. 61]. 

Ordered, That the said Petitions 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 Petitions. 





Vou, 114. 





MM3 Mr. 


Anchors, 


Norwich 
Election. 



















Message from 
the Lords. 


Lymington 
Railway Bill. 


Worcester 
and Hereford 
Railway BilL 
Tenbury 
Railway Bill. 


Castle Douglas 
and Dumfries 
Railway Bill. 


Portsmouth 
and London 
and South 
Western Rail- 
way Com- 
panies Bill. 


Sevenoaks 
Railway Bill. 


Llanidloes 
and Newtown 
Railway Bill. 


Hertford, 
Luton and 
Dunstable 
Railway Bill. 


Sessional 
Divisions Bill. 


Leave of 
Absence. 


Hong Kong. 





266 


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 Lymington Rail- 
way Bill, without any Amendment. 

The Lords have agreed to the Worcester and 
Hereford Railway Bill, without any Amendment. 


The Lords have agreed to the Tenbury Railway 
Bill, without any Amendment. 

The Lords have agreed to the Castle Douglas and 
Dumfries Railway Bill, with Amendments; to 
which the Lords desire the concurrence of this 
House. 

The Lords have agreed to the Portsmouth and 
London and South Western Railway Companies 
Bill, with Amendments ; to which the Lords desire 
the concurrence of this House. 


The Lords have agreed to the Sevenoaks Railway 
Bill, with Amendments ; to which the Lords desire 
the concurrence of this House. 

The Lords have agreed to the Llanidloes and 
Newtown Railway Bill, with Amendments; to 
which the Lords desire the concurrence of this 
House. 

The Lords have agreed to the Hertford, Luton 
and Dunstable Railway Bill, with Amendments ; to 
which the Lords desire the concurrence of this 
House. 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 
for amending the Acts for the better Regulation of 
Divisions in the several Counties of England and 
Wales ; to which the Lords desire the concurrence 
of this House. 


Ordered, That Lord Edward Howard have leave 
of absence for a fortnight, on account of a domestic 
affliction. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That an humble Address be presented to 
Her Majesty, praving that She will be graciously 
pleased to give directions, that there be laid before 
this House, Copies of all Correspondence, Judge’s 
Notes, or other Papers, on the following subjects, 
or any of them :— 

1. The Resignation of the Justiceship of the 
Peace for Hong Kong by Mr. Thomas Chisholm 
Anstey, sent in to the Local Government on 
the 13th day of May 1858 : 

2. His Suspension onthe 7th day of August 
1858 from the Attorney Generalship of the 
Colony of [long Kong, and from the office of 
Counsel to the Superintendency of Trade in 
China: 

3. The Case of The Queen v. Tarrant for 
Libel, tried at the November Sessions (1858) 
of the Hong Kong Supreme Court (Criminal 
side) : 

4. The Charge of alleged Complicity of 
Mr. Caldwell, 3.e., and Protector of Chinese 
at Hong Kong, with Hong Kong Pirates: 

5. The Charges made against the acting 
Colonial Secretary (Dr. Bridges) with reference 
to the foregoing subjects, and also the Opium 
Farm Monopoly : 

6. The Charges made against the Lieutenant 
Governor of Hong Kong (Colonel Caine) and 
his Chinese Compiador, with reference to Ex- 
tortion and Bribe-taking, in the years 1846 
and 1848: 

7. The Proceedings against Mr. \/ay, Super- 
intendent of Police at Hong Kong, Mr. Tarrant, 
Registrar of Deeds there, and the Police Court 
Interpreter Zong Akou, and the Dismissal of 
the Police Court Interpreter Assam, for havin 
severally given Evidence against the said 
Parties, or any of them : 


19° Jultz. 


A. 1859. Sess. IT. 


8. The Imperial Regulations (if any) 
which the several Suspensions or Removals 
before mentioned were authorized : 

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


to amend the Law for the Regulation of 
Corporations in England and Wales: And that 
Mr. Hadfield, Sir Morton Peto, Mr. Kershaw and 
Mr. Baines do prepare, and bring it in. 


the same, to the Erection of Dwellings for the 
Labouring Classes in Ireland: And that Sir William 
Somervilie, Mr. George and Sir Robert Ferguson 
do prepare, and bring it in. 


Her Majesty, praying that She will be graciously 
pleased to instruct the Civil Service Examiners, 
that all Persons who entered any Service or Pro- 
fession prior to the 21st day of May 1855, to which 
Service or Profession the present System of Ex- 
aminations is applicable, shall be considered eligible 
for Promotion without being subjected to any 
Examination:—And the said Motion was, with 
leave of the House, withdrawn. 


posed, That it be an Instruction to the Select Com- 
mitiee on Printing, that on every Return ordered 
to be Printed by this House, in addition to the 
Date of the Order for Printing, there be also 
Printed the Date at which such Return was actually 
sent to Press:—And the said Motion was, with 
leave of the House, withdrawn. 


The Select Committee on the Endowed Schools 
Bill was nominated of Mr. Dillwyn, Mr. Attorney 
General, Lord Stanley, Sir James Graham, Mr. 
Lowe, Sir Hugh Cairns, Sir Stafford Northcote, 
Mr. Puller, Sir Erskine Perry, Mr. Adderley, Lord 
Robert Cecil, Sir John Pakington, Mr. Henry 
Austin Bruce, Mr. Hope and Mr. Baines. 

Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 


Ordered, ‘That the Select Committee on Packet 
and Telegraphic Contracts do consist of Nineteen 
Meinbers. 

Mr. Cobden, Sir Francis Baring, Sir Stafford 
Northcote, Lord John Manners, Mr. Corry, Sir 
Henry Willoughby, Mr. Scholefield and Mr. Dunlop 
were nominated Members of the said Committee. 

A Motion was made, and the Question being 
put, That Mr. Baxter be one other Member of the 
said Committee ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right ; 

The Noes to the Left. 

Tellers for thef Mr. Brand, 

Yeas, Mr. Knatchbull-Hugessen: 

Tellers for thef Mr. Maguire, 

Noes, Mr. Brady: 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Then Mr. Leicester Vernon, Captain Gladstone, 
Lord Naas, Mr. Hubbard, Mr. Hope, Mr. Wilson, 
Mr. Laing, Mr. Henry Herbert and Mr. Crawford 
were nominated other Members of the said Com- 
mittee. 

A Motion was made, and the Question being 
proposed, That Mr. Bazley be one other Member 
of the said Committee:—And a Debate arising 
thereupon ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being put, That the Debate be now adjourned :— 


}135. 
1 


f 34. 








It passed in the Negative. 
Ordered, 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Municipal 
unicipal Corporations, 








Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Dwellings for 
to extend the Act to facilitate the Improvement of Labouring 


Landed Property in Jreland, and the Acts amending cnenee (Ire. 


and. ) 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- Civil Service 
posed, That an humble Address be presented to Commission, 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- Printing. 


Endowed 
Schools Bill. 


Packet and 
Telegraphic 
Contracts. 





93 Victoria. 


Ordered, That Mr. Bazley be 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. 


Boundaries 
(Ireland.), to amend the Act of the twentieth and twenty-first 
years of Victoria, chapter forty-five, relating to the 
Survey of Boundaries in Jreland: And that Mr, 
Cardwell and Mr. Attorney General for Ireland do 
prepare, and bring it in. 

f 


The House, according to Order, resolved itsel 
into a Committee on the Admiralty Court Bill. 


(In the Committee.) 


Cuiause, N° 1 (Serjeants, Barristers, Attorneys 
and Solicitors to be at liberty to practise in the 
High Court of Admiralty). 

Motion made, and Question, That the Chairman 
do report Progress, and ask leave to sit again—— 
put, and negatived. 

Clause amended, and agreed to. 

Bill, as amended, to be reported. 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Mas- 
sey 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 Question proposed 
upon the 7th day of this instant July, That the 
Roman Catholic Relief Act Amendment Bill be 
now read a second time ; 

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 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 Gresten :—And a 
Debate arising thereupon ; 


And the House havin 
Twelve of the clock on 


Roman Catho- 
lic Relief Act 
Amendment 
Bill. 


continued to sit till after 
ednesday morning ; 


Mercurii, 13° die Julii, 1859: 


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 sColonel Dickson, 

Yeas, | Lord Claud Hamilton : 

Tellers for the{Sir William Somerville, har 0 

Noes, (Mr. Henry Herbert : : 

So it passed in the Negative. 

And the Question being again proposed, That 
the word “ now” stand part of the at 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being put, That this House do now adjourn :—It 
passed in the Negative. 

And the Question being again proposed, That 
the werd “ now” stand part of the Question :— 
And a Debate arising thereupon ; 

Ordered, That the Debate be adjourned till 
Tuesday next. 


}r42. 


fi 


5 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming 
the adjourned Debate on the Question proposed 
upon the 6th day of this instant July, That the 
Appeal in Criminal Cases Bill be now read a se- 
cond time ; 

Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 
till Tuesday the 26th day of this instant July. 

Vou. 114. 


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261 





| The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Criminal Jus- 


-_ “see . . tice, Middlesex 
pean Fe om — Justice, Middlesex (As- (Assistant 
| sistant Judge ul; Judge) Bill. 


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


ply, several Resolutions; which were read, as 
follow : 


: 
Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill | Mr. Massey reported from the Committee of Sup- Supply. 


| 1. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 3,000, be granted Additional 


to Her Majesty, to provide for the additional Em- 
| ployment of Clerks in the Establishments at White- 
| hall and Somerset House, to meet the increase of 
Business consequent upon the addition to the Fleet 
during the year ending on the 31st day of March 
| 1860. 

| 2 That a Sum, not exceeding £. 100,000, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Expense of 
forming a Volunteer Force of Seamen, which will 
come in course of payment during the year ending 
on the 31st day of March 1860. 

| 3. That a Sum, not exceeding £.41,358, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum ne- 
cessary to defray the Salaries of the Officers and 
the Contingent Expenses of the several Scientific 
Departments of the Navy, which will come in 
course of payment during the year ending on the 
31st day of March 1860. 

4. That a Sum, not exceeding £.103,089, be 
granted to Hler Majesty, to complete the Sum ne- 
cessary to defray the Salaries of the Officers and 
the Contingent Expenses of Her Majesty’s Naval 
Establishments at Home, which will come in course 
of payment during the year ending on the 31st day 
of March 1860. 

5. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 20,083, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum ne- 
cessary to defray the Salaries of the Officers and 
the Contingent Expenses of Her Majesty’s Naval 
Establishments Abroad, which will come in course 
of payment during the year ending on the 31st day 
of March 1860. 

6. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 1,077,782, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum ne- 


Labourers and others employed in Her Majesty’s 
Naval Establishments at Home, which will come in 
course of payment during the year ending on the 
31st day of March 1860. 

7. That a Sum, not exceeding £.39,330, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum ne- 
cessary to defray the Charge of Wages to Artificers, 
Labourers and others employed in Her Majesty’s 
Naval Establishments Abroad, which will come in 
course of payment during the year ending on the 
3ist day of March 1860. 

8. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 2,117,130, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum ne- 
cessary to defray the Expense of Naval Stores for 
the Building, Repair and Outfit of the Fleet, the 
Purchase of Steam Machinery, and for other pur- 
poses connected therewith, which will come in 
course of payment during the year ending on the 
31st day of March 1860. 

9. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 467,411, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum ne- 
cessary to defray the Charge of New Works, Im- 
provements and Repairs in the Naval Estabiish- 
ments, which will come in course of payment during 
the year ending on the 31st day of March 1860. 

10. That a Sum, not exceeding £.45,000, be 
granted to Her Majesty to complete the Sum ne- 
cessary to defray the Charge of Medicines and Me- 
dical Stores, which will come in course of payment 
during the year ending on the 31st day of March 
1860. 

11. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 52,221, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum ne- 
cessary to defray the Charge of divers Naval Mis- 





MM4 





cessary to defray the Charge of Wages to Artificers, “ 


Clerks. 


Volunteer 
Seamen. 


Scientific 
Departments 
of the Navy. 


Naval Esta- 
blishments 
at Home. 


Naval Esta- 
blishments 
Abroad 


Wages to 
Artificers, &amp;c. 
t Homme. 


Wages to 
Artificers, &amp;c. 
Abroad. 


Naval Stores, 
&amp;c. 


New Works, 
&amp;e. 


Medicines 
and Medical 
Stores. 


Naval Mis- 
cellaneous 
rvices. 


cellaneous Services, which will come in course of 
payment 


* 





262 


mee during the year ending on the 31st day of 
arch 1860. 

The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 
were agreed to, 











Municipal Mr. Hadfield presented a Bill to amend the Law 
— for the Regulation of Municipal Corporations in 
: England and Wales: And the same was read the 
Bill 52. : : 

first time; and ordered to be read a second time 

upon Thursday next; and to be printed. 
—- for Sir William Somerville presented a Bill to extend 
omay: the Act to facilitate the Improvement of Landed 
land) Bill. Property in Jreland, and the Acts amending the 
Bill 53, same, to the Erection of Dwellings for the Labour- 
ing Classes in Ireland: And the same was read the 
first time; and ordered to be read a second time 

upon Tuesday next; and to be printed. 

And then the House, having continued to sit 
till Two of the clock on Wednesday morn- 
ing, adjourned till this day. 

Mercurii, 18° die Julii; 
Anno 23° Victorie Regine, 1859. 
PRAYERS, 
Birmingham, HE House proceeded to take into considera- 


ee gage tion the Birmingham, Erdington and Sutton 


field Railway Coldfield Railway (Western Line) Bill, as amended 
Spee A in the Committee. 
ane) Dill. Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Isle of Wight 
Railway 
(Eastern Sec- 
tion’ Bill. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Isle of Wight Railway (Eastern Section) Bill, as 
amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Llanrwst and 
Abergele 
Roads Bill. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Llanrwst and Abergele Roads Bill, as amended 
in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Norwich and 
Spalding 
Railway Bill. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Norwich and Spalding Railway Bili, as amended 
in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Oxford, Wor. 
cester and 
Wolverhamp- 
ton Railway 
Bill. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton Rail- 
way Bill, as amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 
South Durham The House proceeded to take into consideration 
and Lanca- the South Durham and Lancashire Union Rail- 
shire Union : : ‘ 

Railway Bil. Way Bill, as amended in the Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Waveney _ The House proceeded to take into consideration 
— the Waveney Valley Railway Bill, as amended in 
the Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 
Tacumshin A Bill to amend “The Zacumshin Embankment 


nent Act, 1854,” and to extend the Time for the Comple- 
: tion of the Works authorized by that Act, was 
read the first time ; and ordered to be read a second 


ime. 
Liverpool The Liverpool Sanitary Amendment Bill was 
ese A read the first time. 
Bill [ Lords. } Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Ex- 
aminers of Petitions for Private Bills. 
Beet of Kie- The Earl of Kintore’s Estate Bill was read the 
ores iistate . 
Bill [Lords.} first time. 


Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Ex- 
uminers of Petitions for Private Bills. 





12°—13" Juliz. 











A. 1859. Sess. II. 


Several Public Petitions were presented, and read; Public 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. Petitions, 


Vide Fourth 
Report. 






ee: 





Ordered, That there be added to the Return re- Anchors, 
lative to Anchors, ordered on the 5th day of this 
instant July, Copies of any Reports from Officers 
commanding Her Majesty’s Ships, with respect to 
Porter’s Anchors. 


Ordered, That Sir Montague Cholmeley have leave Leave of 
of absence for a fortnight, on account of ill health, Absence. 


Mr. Milner Gibson presented,—Return to an Foreign 
Order, dated the 11th day of this instant July, for Seamen and 
Returns relative to Foreign Seamen and Apprentices. Apprentices 

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


oe 


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 three months.” ; 
And the Question being put, That the word A 
“now” stand part of the Question ; 
The House divided. 
The Yeas to the Right ; 
The Noes to the Left. 
Tellers for the (Mr. Dillwyn, , 
Yeas, Mr, daa: 1263. ; 
Tellers for the( Mr. Du Cane, 19 
Noes, 1 Lord Robert Montagu: } “ ' 
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. | 


The Salmon Fishery Bill was, according to Or- Salmon _ 
der, read a second time; and committed to a Com- Fishery Bill. 
mittee of the whole House, for Wednesday the ) 
27th day of this instant July. 


The Tramways (Jreland) Bill was, according to Tramways | 
Order, read a second time; and committed to a (Ireland) Bill 
Committee of the whole House, for Monday next. 


The Railway Companies Arbitration Bill was, Railway Com- 
according to Order, read a second time; and com- meer 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for ; 
Wednesday the 27th day of this instant July. 

The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Newspapers, &amp;c. Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


Newspapers, 
&amp;c. Bill. 


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 Comunittee. 


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

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. ’ 


The Order of the day being read, fur the second 
reading of the Pawnbrokers Bill; . 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Thursday the 21st day of this instant July. 


Pawnbrokers 
Bill. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to Admiralty 
take into consideration the Admiralty Court Bill, Cou Bill. 
as amended in the Committee. ; 

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

Mr. 











93 VicroriZ. 





jondon (City) Mr. Barrow reported from the Committee on 
Gas Bill. Group C. of Private Bills; That the Parties op- 
posing the London (City) Gas Bill had stated to 
the Committee, that the Evidence of Mr. George 
Boilase Childs was essential to enable them to 
establish their case, and it having been proved 
that his attendance could not be procured without 
the intervention of the House, he had been instructed 
to move, That the said Mr. George Boilase Childs 
do attend the said Committee on Friday next, the 
15th day of July, at Twelve of the clock. 
Ordered, That Mr. George Boilase Childs do 
attend the said Committee upon Friday next, at 
Twelve of the clock. 
settled Estates Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
Act (1856) to amend the Settled Estates Act (1856): And that 
Amendments iv, Whiteside and Mr. Malins dv prepare, and 
bring it in. 
MrHenryT. The following Paper was laid upon the Table by 
Wrenfordsley. ¢})¢ Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, dated 
the 8th day of this instant July, for a Return rela- 
tive to Mr. Henry T. Wrenfordsley. 
Legitimacy The following Papers, pursuent to the directions 
Declaration of several Acts of Parliament, were also laid upon 
- the Table by the Clerk of the House,—Copy ofa 
Rule and Order for Her Majesty’s Court for Di- 
vorce and Matrimonial Causes, made under the 
Provisions of “ The Legitimacy Declaration Act, 
1858.” 
Chamber of Annual Accounts of the Chamberlain of the City 
London. of London. 
Weighing Ordered, That the Return relative to Weighing 
Machines = Machines, which was presented upon the 7th day 
No. 89. of June last, be printed. 
Rast India Ordered, That the Return relative to Easi India 
a (Revenues, &amp;e.), which was presented upon the 
No. 90. 12th day of this instant July, be printed. 
East India Ordered, That the Return relative to East India 
(Salaries, &amp;¢.) (Salaries, &amp;c.), which was presented upon the 12th 
No.91. day of this instant July, be printed. 
Settled Estates Mr. Whiteside presented a Bill to amend the 
&gt;, Settled Estates Act (1856): And the same was read 
Bill, the first time; and ordered to be read a second | 
Bill 54. time upon Tuesday next; and to be printed. 
And then the House adjcurned till To-morrow. 
Jovis, 14° die Julit ; 
Anno 23° Victoriz Regine, 1859. 
PRAYERS. 
oll M*® Gregson reported from the Select Com- 
(Fourth Re- mitiee on Public Petitions; That they had 
port.) examined the Petitions presented upon the 11th, 
12th and 13th days of this instant July; and had 
directed him to make a Report thereof to the 
House. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 
faniteton Mr. Marsh reported from the Committee on 
North ang. CToup 1 of Railway Bills; That in the case of the 
South London Kensington Station and North and South London 
Rallvay Bill Junction Railway Bill, in pursuance of the Resolu- 


tion of the House of the 30th day of June last, the 
Committee had considered the proposed additional 
Provision in reference to an alteration in the line of 
Railway, and, the Parties having proved to the Com- 
mittee the consent of the owners and lessees of the 
land proposed to be taken, and having also produced 
a Report from the Board of Trade as to the effect of 
the additional Provision, and the Committee being of 
Opinion that the proposed alteration of the Line is 
' desirable, had inserted the proposed additional Pro- 
VoL. 114, 


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263 


vision for carrying that object into effect ; that they 
had examined the allegations contained in the Pre- 
amble of the Bill, and amended the same, in order to 
carry out the Resolution of the House, and to make 
the Preamble consistent with the Provisions of the 
Bill as passed by them; and found the same, as 
amended, to be true; and had gone through the 
Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

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


West London 


Mr. Marsh reported from the Committee on 
Railway Bill. 


Group 1 of Railway Bills; That in the case of the 
West London Railway Bill, they had examined the 
allegations contained in the Preamble of the Bill, and 
amended the same, in order to carry out the Instruc- 
tions of the House, and to make the Preamble con- 
sistent with the Provisions of the Bill as passed by 
the Committee; and found the same, as amended, 
to be true; and had made Provision in the Bill, 
pursuant to the Instruction of the House of July 
5th; and had gone through the Bill, and made 
Amendments thereunto. 

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


Mr. Cobbett reported the North Eastern Railway North Eastern 


(Harrogate Branches) Bill, with Amendments. a c 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; branches) Bill 


and be printed. 


Mr. Cobbett reported from the Committee on Lancaster 
Group 6 of Railway Bills; That in the case of the or neg: 
Lancaster and Carlisle Railway Bill, they had exa- ““""*Y ™ 
mined the allegations contained in the Preamble of 
the Bill, and amended the same, by striking out so 
much thereof as referred to the proposed Pier or 
Jetty, and the working or use by the Company of 
the North Western Company’s Line of Railway, 
Harbour, Dock and Works, the Provisions in refer- 
ence to which had been withdrawn by the Pro- 
moters; and also by correcting the recitals with 
reference to the capital of the Lancaster and Preston 
Junction Railway Company; and found the same, 
as amended, to be true; and had gone through the 
Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

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


Mr. Cobbett reported from the Committee on South York- 
Group 6 of Railway Bills; That in the case of the prot om A 
South Yorkshire Railway and River Dun Company Conpeny Bill. 
Bill, they had examined the allegations contained 
in the Preamble of the Bill, and verbally amended 
the same; and found the same, as amended, to be 
true; and had gone through the Bill, and made 
Amendments thereunto. 

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


Mr. Cobbett reported from the Committee on North Western 
Group 6 of Railway Bills; That the Parties pro- Railway Bill 
moting the North Western Railway Bill had stated 
to the Committee, that it was not their intention to 
proceed with the same. 

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


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Newcastle- 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, under-Lyme 
That in the case of the Newcastle-under-Lyme Bur- pe ao 
gesses Lands Bill, brought from the Lords, and [ Zords.] 
referred on the first reading thereof, no Standing 
Orders not previously inquired into are applicable. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time. 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, ‘That he had Great 
this day received a Letter from Mr. W. Newton —_ 
Finch, as Agent for John Clowes and Henry Danby oy 
Palmer, informing him that it is not their imtention 
to proceed with their Petition complaining of an 
undue Election and Return for the Borough of 


NN+ Great 























































Sittingbourne 
and Sheerness 
Railway 
Additional 
Yapital, &amp;c. ) 
Bill. 


Stockton and 
Darlington 
Railway Bill. 


West End of 
London and 
Crystal Palace 
Railway 

(No. 1) Bill. 


Gloucester and 
Cheltenham 
Tramway 
Abandonment 
Bill [ Lords. ] 


264 


Great Yarmouth; and the said Letter was read, as 
followeth : 


Sir, 90, Chancery-lane, 18 July 1859, 
Pursuant to the Election Petitions Act, 1848, I 
hereby beg to give you notice that it is not intended 
to proceed with the Petition of John Clowes and 
Henry Danby Palmer, complaining of an undue 
Election and Return for the Borough of Great 
Yarmouth. 
I have the honour to be, Sir, 
Your obedient Servant, 
W. Newton Finch, 
Agent for the Petitioners. 
To the Right honourable John Evelyn Denison, 
Speaker of the House of Commons. 
The Order for referring the said Petition to the 
General Committee of Elections, was read, and dis- 
charged. 


Mr. Massey reported from the Committee on the 
Sittingbourne and Sheerness Railway (Additional 
Capital, &amp;c.) Bill; That, in pursuance of the Reso- 
lution of the House of the 8th day of July instant, 
the Committee had considered the proposed addi- 
tional Provision in reference to the Power to lease 
the Undertakings of the Company to the East Kent 
Railway Company, and to enable that Company to 
take such lease; and it appearing to the Committee 
that such Provisions will tend to the more conve- 
nient working of the Undertakings of the Sitting- 
bourne and Sheerness Railway, and to the interest 
of the public, the Committee have inserted the pro- 
posed additional Provisions for carrying such ob- 
jects into effect ; that they had examined the allega- 
tions contained in the Preamble of the Bill, and 
amended the same, to meet the altered circum- 
stances of the Capital since the deposit of the Bill, 
and to include the said additional Provision; and 
found the same, as amended, to be true; and had 
gone through the Bill, and made Amendments 
thereunto. 

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


Mr. Massey reported from the Committee on 
Group 6 of Railway Bills; That in the case of the 
Stockton and Susie Railway Bill, they had 
examined the allegations contained in the Preamble 
of the Bill, and amended the same, by striking out 
so much thereof as related to the construction of 
part of the Works originally contemplated, and to 
the Power to enter into arrangements with the North 
Eastern Railway Company, the Provisions in refer- 
ence towhich had been withdrawn bythe Promoters ; 
and found the same, as amended, to be true; and 
had gone through the Bill, and made Amendments 
thereunto. 

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


Mr. Massey reported from the Committee on the 
West End of London and Crystal Palace Railway 
(No.1) Bill; That they had examined the allega- 
tions contained in the Preamble of the Bill, and 
amended the same, by striking out the recital 
stating the expediency of giving to the Company 
the Power to run over and use all or any part of the 
Mid-Kent Railway, and a part of the London, 
Brighton and South Coast Railway ; and also the 
Power for the Company, the London, Brighton and 
South Coast Railway Company, and the Mid-Kent 
Railway Company to enter into agreements respect- 
ing 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; 
und be printed. 


Mr. Massey reported from the Committee on the 
Gloucester and Cheltenham Tramway Abandon- 
ment Bill; That they had examined the allega- 


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A. 1859. Sess. If, 


tions contained in the Preamble of the Bill, and 
made verbal Amendments therein.; and found the 
same, as amended, to be true ; and had gone through 
the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto, 

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


Mr. Massey reported the Newry and Armagh x 

Railway Bill, without Amendment. + 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon ‘the Table; too Bil 

and be printed. . 


Sees EB Ve 


Mr. Massey reported the Londonderry and Lough Londonderry 
Swilly Railway Bill, with an Amendment. and 

Ordered, That the Report co lie upon the Table ; a _ 
and be printed. (Lords. } 


Mr. Massey reported the National Fire and Life Nationa 
Insurance Company of Scotland Bill, with Amend- Fire and Tig 
ments. — 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. Scotland Bil 

[Lorde,] 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Cafliéle an - 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Carlisle Penrith, te, 
and Penrith, &amp;c. Roads Bill; and the same were 
twice read, and agreed to. ’ 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the : 
Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the Amendments made by their Lordships. 


nS i eo’ 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Much Wenlock 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Much and Severn 
Wenlock and Severn Junction Railway Bill; and —_ ay Bil, 
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 Bridport Railway Bill was read the third Bridport 
time. Railway Bil. 

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 Cowes and Wew- cowes and 
port (Isle of Wight) Railway Bill be now read the ——— 
third time; Savey 

Sir William Jolliffe, 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 ajesty’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 Droitwich Roads Bill was read the third time. Droitwich 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. Roots E. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 

Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Hinckley and Melbourne 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. 


Hinckley and 
Melbourae 
Roads Bill. 


_ The Norwich New Street Bill was read the third — 
time, [ Lords.) 

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 
this House doth desire the concurrence of their 
Lordships. 


The Stokes Bay Railway and Pier Bill was read aoe ~~ * 


the third time. Pier 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that —— 
itle 





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gwanage 
way 


Tramway 
and Pier Bill 
(changed from 
Bailway and 
Pier. ) 


British and 
Canadian 


Telegraph 
Company Bill. 


Westminster 
New Bridge 
Bill 


Public 
Petitions. 
Vide Fifth 
Report. 
Railway Bills 
(Group 4.) 


Railway Bills 
(Group 8.) 


Sandwith’s 
ivorce 


fae) ma 


Joint Stock 
=a 


fl 


ft 


23 VicrorRiz. 


Title be, An Act to enable the Stokes Bay Railway 
and Pier Company to raise additional vat 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 


Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


A Motion being made, That the Swanage Tram- 

way and Pier Bill be now read the third time; 

ir William Jolliffe, by Her Majesty’s Command, 
acquainted the House, That Her Majesty, having 
been informed of the purport of the Bill, gives Her 
Consent, as far as Her Majesty’s interest is con- 
cerned, that the House may do therein as they 
shall think fit. 

Then the Bill was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act for making a Pier in Swanage Bay, 
in the County of Dorset, and a Tramway in con- 
nexion therewith, and for other purposes. 

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


Ordered, That the British and Canadian Tele- 
graph Company Bill, as amended in the Committee, 
be taken into consideration upon Monday next. 


The Select Committee on the Westminster New 
Bridge Bill was nominated of Mr. a Sir 
John Shelley, Mr. William Williams, Sir Henry 
Willoughby, Mr. Hanbury and Mr. Knatchbull- 
Hugessen ; and Five Members to be added by the 
Committee of Selection. 

Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 


Several Public Petitions were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Ridley reported from the Committee on 
Group 4 of Railway Bills; That Mr. Ball, one of 
the Members of the said Committee, was not 
present within one hour of the meeting of the Com- 
mittee this day. 

Ordered, That Mr. Ball do attend the said Com- 
mittee To-morrow, at Eleven of the clock. 


Mr. Ingham reported from the Committee on 
Group 8 of Railway Bills; That Colonel Wil- 
liams, one of the Members of the said Committee, 
was not present within one hour after the time 
appointed for the meeting of the Committee this day. 

Ordered, That Colonel Williams do attend the 
said Committee To-morrow. 


Mr. Walpole reported Sandwith’s Divorce (India) 
Bill, without Amendment. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the Names, Objects, Places where Busi- 
ness is or was conducted, and Date of Registration, 
of all Joint Stock Companies, “ Limited,” formed 
since the passing of the Act 18 &amp; 19 Vic. c. 133; 
stating also the Nominal Capital, the Capital paid 
up, Date and Nature of the last Return to the Re- 
gistration Office, and whether still in operation, or 
being wound up: And, like Return of Joint 
Stock Banks, “ Limited,”’ formed since the passing 
of the Act 21 &amp; 22 Vic. c. 30. 





The Order made upon the 12th day of this instant 
July, That there be laid before this House, a Return 
relative to the Consular Service, was read, and 
discharged. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Copy of a Report made to the late Secre- 
tary of State for Foreign Affairs, by Sir Stafford 
Northcote, Sir Emerson Tennent, Mr. George 
ae Hamilton, Mr. Farrer and Mr. Seymour 

OL. 114, 


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205 


FitzGerald, together with the Appendices annexed 
thereto, with reference to a Plan proposed by Mr. 
Murray, with regard to Consular Fees and the 
Payment of the Consular Service : And, of any 
Minute or Communication from the Board of Trade 
on the said Report. 

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





Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Newspapers, 
Return of the Registered Newspapers of the United ec. 
Kingdom, and of the Number, if any, of Stamps at 
One Penny issued to each, for each Quarter 
respectively, from December 1857 to the 30th day 
of June 1859; also, of Stamps at Three-halfpence 
issued to any such Newspaper during such period : 
And, similar Return of Registered Publications 
and of Stamps issued to them during the same 
period (in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, 
No. 489, of Session 1858). 





Resolved, That an humble Address be presented apne 

to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased Conpene. 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Copy of Correspondence between the’ 
Treasury, the Foreign Office, the Office of Woods, 
&amp;c., the Admiralty, and the Submarine Telegraph 
Company, on the subject of the recent Convention 
between that Company and the French Govern- 
ment. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented tu 
Her Majesty, by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Counc?! 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Flogging 
Return of the Number of Persons Flogged in the (Navy.) 
British Navy in the year 1858; specifying the 
Name of the Ship, the Offence, the Sentence, and 
the Number of Lashes inflicted on each Person, and 
whether by Court Martial or not (in continuation of 
Parliamentary Paper, No. 41, of Session 1859). 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Flogging 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased (Army and 
to give directions, that there be laid before this mm.) 
House, a Return of the Number of Persons Flogged 
inthe Army and Militia of Great Britain and 
Ireland, in the year 1858, specifying the Offence, 
the Regiments, the Place of Station, the Time, the 
Sentence, and the Number of Lashes inflicted on 
each Person (in continuation of Parliamentary 
Paper, No. 519, of Session 1858). 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Trinity House 

Returns of the Annual Amount of Earnings re- Pilots. 
turned by the Trinity House Pilots resident in the . 
Towns of Dover and Deal respectively, from the 
year 1854 to the 1st day of January 1859: And, 
of the Amount of Earnings returned by the said 
Pilots, from the 1st day of April 1859 to the 1st day 
of July 1859. 





Ordered, That the Earl of Gifford have leave Leave of 
of absence for the remainder of the Session ;—and, Absence. 
Mr. Tottenham and Major Hamilton a fortnight, 
on account of ill health;—and, Captain Archdall 
ten days, on account of a domestic affliction. 


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 Dundee and New- Dundee and 


tyle Railway Bill, without any Amendment. oa a 


The Lords have agreed to the Salford Borough Salford Bo- - 
(No. 2) Bill, without any Amendment. om (No. 2) 
NN2 The 





Caterham 
Railway Bill. 


Mavbole 
and Girvan 
Railway Bill. 


Forth and 
Clyde Navi- 
gation Bill. 


Turnpike 
Tolls (Metro- 
polis. ) 


East India 


(Public Debt.) dress to Her Majesty, dated the 1st day of this 


Chamber of 
London, 


No. 92. 


Foreign 
Seamen and 
Apprentices. 


No. 93. 
Supply. 


Criminal Jus- 
tice, Middlesex 


( Assistant 
Judge) Bill. 


266 


The Lords have agreed to the Caterham Railway | 
Bill, with an Amendment; to which the Lords 
desire the concurrence of this House. 

The Lords have agreed to the Maybole and Girvan 
Railway Bill, with Amendments; to which the Lords 
desire the concurrence of this House. 

The Lords have agreed to the Forth and Clyde 
Navigation Bill, with Amendments; to which the 
Lords desire the concurrence of this House. 


Mr. Clive presented, by Her Majesty’s Command, 
—Copy of Report of the Commissioners appointed 
to inquire as to the best means of affording relief to 
the Inhabitants of the Metropolitan Districts within 
Six Miles of Charing Cross, by the Abolition of Turn- 
pike-gates and Toll-bars; together with the Minutes 
of Evidence and Appendix. 

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


Sir Charles Wood presented,—Return to an Ad- 


instant July, for Returns relative to East India 
(Public Debt). 

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


Ordered, That the Accounts relative to the Cham- 
ber of London, which were presented upon the 13th 
day of this instant July, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Foreign 
Seamen and Apprentices, which was presented upon 
the 13th day of this instant July, be printed. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into the Committee of Supply. 


(In the Committee.) 


1. £.368,311, tocomplete the Sum for Half-pay, 
Reserved Half-pay and Retirement to Officers of 
the Navy and Royal Marines. 

2. £.243,957, to complete the Sum for Military 
Pensions and Allowances. 

3. £.83,416, to complete the Sum for Civil Pen- 
sions and Allowances. 

4. £.175,000, to complete the Sum for Freight of 
Ships, for the Victualling and Conveyance of Troops, 
on account of the Army. 

5. £. 704,008, on account, for the Packet Service. 

6. £.100,000, for Gratuities to Seamen. 

7. £.410,000, for Embodied Militia. 

8. £.108,375, for Wages of Artificers, Labourers, 
&amp;e. 

9. £.300,000, to complete the Sum for Clothing 
and Necessaries. 

Motion made, and Question, That the Chairman 
do report Progress——-put, and negatived. 

10. £.93,180, for Provisions, Forage, Fuel and 
Light, Barrack Furniture, Bedding, &amp;c. 

Resolutions to be reported. 





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


Veneris, 15° die Julii, 1859: 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Massey 
reported, That the Committee had come to several 
Resolutions. 

Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 

Mr. Massey also acquainted the House, that he 
was directed to move, That the Committee may 
have leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, again 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Criminal Justice, Middlesex (Assistant 
Judge) Bill ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 


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A, 1859: Sess. II. 


being put, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee that they have Power to extend the Pro- 
visions of the Bill to all Persons holding judicial 
appointments in the United Kingdom :—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.) 






TREEVEE 


SQ 


Preamble postponed. 

Cuausz, N° 1 (The Justices of Middlesex may 
grant 300/.a year out of the County rates as an 
addition to the salary of the Assistant Judge). 

. Question put, That the Clause stand part of the 

ill; 

The Committee divided. 

Tellers for thefMr. Brand, 7 

Yeas, Mr. Knatchbull- Hugessen : jie. 

Tellers for the fom Byng, a 

Noes, Mr. Robert Hanbury : y= 

Cuause, N° 2 (In such case Assistant Judge not 
to practise as a Barrister). , 

Amendment proposed, at the end of the Clause, 
to add the words “ or hold any other office.” 

Question proposed, That those words be there 
added :—Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 

Clause ayreed to. 

Crauses, N°3 and N° 4, amended, and agreed 
to. 

Crause, N° 5, agreed to, 

Clause (So soon as the present Assistant Judge 
shall cease to hold his office as such Judge, the 
tenth section of the said Act shall be repealed so 
far as relates to the salary of any future Assistant 
Judge)——brought up, and read 1°. 

Question proposed, That the Clause be read 2°; | 


oy 


— 


Whereupon Motion made, and Question put, 
That the Chairman do now leave the Chair; 
The Committee divided. 
Tellers for the{ Mr. Ayrton, 
Yeas, LMr. Edwin James: } 23. 
Tellers for thes Mr. Brand, Yes 
Noes, Mr. Knatchbull-Hugessen: J°*"* 
Question, That the Clause be read 2°——put, 
and agreed to. 
Clause read 2°, agreed to, and added. 
Preamble agreed to. 
Bill, as amended, to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Massey 
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. 


London Cor- 


The Order of the day being read, for the second } 
f poration Bill. 


reading of the London Corporation 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 Highways Bill; ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time this 
day. 


Highways 
Bill. 


Poor Law 
Boards (Pay- 
ment of Debts) 
Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Poor Law Boards (Payment of Debts) 
Bill ; 

Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 

A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- 
posed, That the Bill be committed to a Select 
Committee :— And a Debate arising thereupon; 

Ordered, That the Debate be adjourned till this 
day. 


The Order of the da 
reading of the Public a Ses) 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 


this day. 
is day The 


being read, for the third Public Health 
ealth Bill Bill. 


Public Justice 
Offences Bill. 


Malicious 
Injuries Bill 


Coinage 
Offences Bill. 


Personation 
Bill. 


Forgery Bill. 


Offences 


against the 
Person Bill. 


Larceny, &amp;c. 
Bill. 


Criminal 
Writings Bill. 


Punishment 
Bill. 


Oaths, &amp;c. 
Bill. 


Judgments 
(Ireland) Bill, 


Law Ascer. 
tainment 
Facilities Bill. 


Municipal 
poyporstions 


Church Rate: 
Abolition Bill, 





95 Vicrorix. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Law of Property and Trustees Relief 
Amendment Bill ; 

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


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Criminal Procedure Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Public Justice Offences Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Malicious Injuries Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Coinage Offences Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Personation Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Forgery Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Offences against the Person Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Larceny, &amp;c. Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Criminal Writings Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Punishment Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Oaths, &amp;c. Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Judgments (Jreland) Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday next. 


The Law Ascertainment Facilities 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 the second 
reading of the Municipal Corporations 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 Church Rates Abolition Bill ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 

next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 

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267 
The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Newspapers, &amp;c. Bill ; 


Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


Newspa 
&amp;e + ha 


The Admiralty Court Bill was, according to Admiralty 
Order, read the third time. Court Bill. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Metropolitan 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased Drainage 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return from Her Majesty’s Office of 
Works, and from the Metropolitan Board of Works, 
of Communications, Proposals, Tenders and Reso- 
lutions of the years 1857, 1858 and 1859, for pre- 
venting the Sewage of the er from passing 
into the River Thames within the Metropolis, by the 
formation of Low Level Sewers unconnected with a 
River Embankment or High Level intercepting 
Sewers. 

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


Ordered, That Mr. Dudley Fortescue be added Locomotive 
to the Select Committee on the Locomotive Bill. Bi 


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





Veneris, 15° die Julii ; 
Anno 23° Victorie Regine, 1859. 


PRAYERS. 
RDERED, That the Committee on Group C., Private Bills 
of Private Bills have leave to sit this day till (Group C) 
Five of the clock, during the sitting of the House. 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That he had Athlone 
this day received a Report from the Examiner of ection. 
Recognizances, stating that the Recognizance to the 
Election Petition of William Wallace, relating to 
the Borough of Athlone, is unobjectionable. 

Mr. Speaker also acquainted the House, That he 
had this day received a Report from the Examiner of 
Recognizances, stating that the Recognizance to the 
Election Petition of Lawrence Kelly and Thomas 
Gill, relating to the Borough of Athlone, is unob- 
jectionable. 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That he had Athlore 
this day received a Letter from Messrs. Holmes Election. 
&amp; Co., as Agents for Wilkam Wallace, informing 
him that it is not his intention to proceed with his 
Petition complaining of an undue Election and 
Return for the Borough of Athlone :—And the said 
Letter was read, as followeth : 

18, Abingdon-street, Westminster, 8.W., 
Sir, 15th July 1859. 

As Agents for William Wallace, in the matter of 
his Petition delivered in on the 21st day of June 
last, complaining cf an undue Election and Retuin 
for the Borough of Athlone, we hereby beg to inform 
= that itis not intended to proceed with the said 

etition. 
We have the honour to be, Sir, 
Your very obedient servants, 
Holmes &amp; Co. 


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


The Order for referring the said Petition to the 
General Committee of Elections, was read, and 


discharged. 
7 NN3 Mr. 


















































































yma aA a AACN Nt _ 


Sandwich 


Berwick- 
upon-T weed 
Election. 


Controverted 
Elections. 


Controverted 
Elections. 


268 
Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That he had 
this day received a Letter from Messrs. Wilkinson 
&amp; Stevens, as Agents for John Ralph and Henry 
Langley, informing him that it is not their intention 
to proceed with their Petition complaining of an 
undue Election and Return for the Town and Port 
of Sandwich:—And the said Letter was read, as 
followeth : 
London, 2, Nicholas-lane, Lombard-street, 
Sir, 15th July 1859. 

As Agents for John Ralph and Henry Langley, 
in the matter of their Petition delivered in on the 
2ist day of June last, complaining of an undue 
Election and Return for the Town and Port of 
Sandwich, and the Parishes of Deal and Walmer, 
we hereby beg to inform you that it is not intended 
to proceed with the said Petition. 


We have the honour to be, Sir, 
Your very obedient servants, 
Wilkinson &amp; Stevens. 


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


The Order for referring the said Petition to the 
General Committee of Elections, was read, and 
discharged. 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That he had 
this day received a Letter from Mr. Robert Douglas, 
as Agent for Thomas Bogue, William Smith and 
Alexander Robertson, informing him that it is not 
their intention to proceed with their Petition com- 
— of an undue Election and Return for the 

orough of Berwick-upon-Tweed:—And the said 
Letter was read, as followeth : 


Sir, Berwick-upon- Tweed, 14th July 1859. 
Pursuant to the Election Petitions Act, 1848, 
I hereby beg to give you notice that it is not in- 
tended to proceed with the Petition of Thomas 
Bogue, William Smith and Alexander Robertson, 
complaining of an undue Election and Return for 
the Borough of Berwick-upon- Tweed. 


I have the honour to be, Sir, 
Your most obedient servant, 
Robert Douglas, 
Agent for the Petitioners. 


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


The Order for referring the said Petition to the 
General Committee of Elections, was read, and 
discharged. 


Sir Francis Baring reported from the General 
Committee of Elections; That they had appointed 
Monday, the 1st day of August next, to choose, 
from Panel No. 3, the Select Committees severally 
to try and determine the Borough of Bridgewater, 
the maak of Kingston-upon-Hull, the Borough 
of Frome and the Borough of Preston Election Pe- 
titions ; and that they had further appointed Tues- 
day, the 2d day of August next, to choose, from 
the same Panel, the Select Committees severally 
to try and determine the Borough of New Windsor, 
the Borough of Beverley, the County of Merioneth, 
and the Western Division of the County of Kent 
Election Petitions. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Sir Francis Baring reported from the General 
Committee of Elections; That they had selected 
the following Six additional Members :— 

Henry Austin Bruce, Esquire, 
John Morgan Cobbett, Esquire, 
John Henry Philipps, Esquire, 
Christopher William Giles Puller, Esquire, 
Lord Stanley, 
William Stirling, Esquire, 
be Members of the Chairmen’s Panel, and to 


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A. 1859. Sess: If. 


serve as Chairmen of Election Committees for the 
present. Session. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Butler reported the Dundalk and Ennis- Dundatk ang 
killen Railway Bill, with Amendments. Enniskillen 

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


Mr. Butler reported the Ulster Railway Bill, with Ulster Rail. 
Amendments. way Bill 

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


Mr. Butler reported the Dublin and Wicklow Dublin ana 
Railway Bill, with Amendments. Wicklow — 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; [Lordy Bill 
and be printed. ' 


the Amendments made by the Lords to the Castle 2%4 Dumfries 
Douglas and Dumfries Railway Bill; and the same Ballwey 
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 Amendments made by the Hertford, 
Lords to the Hertford, Luton and Dunstable Rail-Luton and 


way Bill be taken into consideration upon Monday Railway Bal 
next. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Llanidloes 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Z/anid- "4 Newtown 
loes and Newtown Railway Bill; and the same were cates 
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 Portsmouth 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Ports- and London 
mouth and London and South Western Railway Com- peta 
panies Bill; and the same were twice read, and, Railway Com- 
with an Amendment to one of them, agreed to. —_Panies 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, with an Amendment; to which this House doth 
desire the concurrence of their Lordships. 


The Blackburn and Preston Road and Bridge Blackburn 

Bill was read the third time. ado 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. Bridge Bill. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 


Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Bradford, Wakefield and Leeds Railway Bill Bradford, 
was read the third time. pee me 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the Railway Bill. 
Title be, An Act to authorize the Bradford, Wake- 
field and Leeds Railway Company to raise a further 
Sum of Money, and for other purposes. _ 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Ordered, That the Chichester Harbour Embank- Chichester 


ment Bill be read the third time upon Monday a aeaiendil 
next. Bill. 


The Colne Valley and Halstead Railway Bill was ary Mice | 
read the third time. Railway Bill. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act to enable the Colne Valley and 
Halstead Railway Company to extend their Railway 
from Halstead to Haverhill, in the County of Essex. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 





Lords, and desire their concurrence. 
The 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Castle Douglas 








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93 VierortI&amp;. 


The Liverpool Exchange Bill was read the third 
Exchange Bill time, ‘ 
(Lords. 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 Metropolitan Railway (Deviations, &amp;c.) Bill 


tro) itan . . 
ay was read the third time. 


Railway 


— Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
= Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 
Tendring The Tendring Hundred Railway Bill was read the 
Hundred third time. 
Railway Bi Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 
Lawton, The House _ to take into consideration 
Burslem and the Lawton, Burslem and Newcastle-under-Lyme 
ol Roads Bill, as amended in the Committee. 
Roads Bill. Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 
and The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Hunslet Road the Leeds and Hunslet Road Bill, as amended in the 
= Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 
Midland The House proceeded to take into consideration the 


Railway and Midland Railway and Burton-upon-Trent Bridge 


Burton-upon- +1) ded in the Committee. 

‘ ill, as amended in ae 
= and Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 
Midland Rail- Ordered, That the Midland Railway (Hrewash 


may (Erevash Valley) Bill, as amended in the Committee, be taken 
Valley) Bi into consideration upon Monday next. 


Oldham, The Order, That the Oldham, Ashton-under-Lyne 
Ashton-under- and Guide Bridge Junction Railway (Contribution 


Weis Bridge of Funds, &amp;c.) Bill be committed, was read, and 
Junction Rail- discharged. 
gorge Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


Funds, &amp;c. ) 
Bill. 


Public 
Petitions. 
Vide Fifth 
Report. 
Criminal 
Offenders 
(Scotland. ) 


Several Public Petitions were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Clive presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand,—Tables of Criminal Offenders for the year 
1858, reported by Her Majesty’s Advocate for 
Scotland, in terms of the Statute 1 Gul. 4, c. 37, 
with Alterations and Additions, ordered and required 
by one of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of 
State, in virtue of the Powers therein contained. 

Mr. Clive also presented,— Return to an Address 
to Her Majesty, dated the 1st day of this instant 
July, for a Return relative to Justices of the Peace. 
‘ — That the said Papers do lie upon the 

able. 


Navy. Lord Clarence Paget presented,—Return to an 
Order, dated the 10th day of June last, for a Return 
relative to the Navy. 

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


Justices of the 
ace. 


East India 
(Public Debt.) (P 
No, 94, 


Ordered, That the Return relative to East India 
ublic Debt), which was presented upon the 14th 
day of this instant July, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Mr. Henry 
Wrenfordsley, which was presented upon the 
13th day of this instant July, be printed. 


Mr. Henry T, 
Wrenfordsley. T. 
No. 95. : 


—.. Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
“"g-) Returns of the Ports and Places in ihe United 
Kingdom approved by the Lords Commissioners of 
the Treasury, or the Commissioners of Customs, for 
the purpose of Warehousing Goods liable to 

Vou. 114. 


15° Juliz. 


269 


Customs Duties; together with the Amount of 
Duties collected at each Port or Place, and the 
Amount of Customs Expenditure for Officers’ 
Salaries and other Outgoings incurred thereat, 
during the year ended the 31st day of December 
last :———Of the Quantity of Tea, Sugar, Coffee, 
Wines and Spirits, and Tobacco, directly imported 
into, and removed under the Warehousing Regula- 
tions, to each Port or Place, during the year ended 
the 31st day of December last, each Return to be 
shown in separate Columns :——Of all Losses to 
the Crown ascertained to have taken place during 
the Removal of Goods under Bond from one Bonded 
Port or Place to another, during the year ended 
|the 31st day of December last:——And, of ali 
| Losses to the Crown ascertained to have taken 
| place on Goods deposited in the Warehouses ap- 
| proved by the Lords Commissioners of the Treasury, 
or the Commissioners of Customs, stating the Names 
of Places, and the Causes of Loss, for the year 
ended the 31st day of December last. 





Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Customs — 
Returns of all Deficiencies ascertained to have = 
taken place during the Removal of Goods under _ 
Bond from one Bonded Port or Place to another, 
during the year ended the 51st day of December 
last :——-Of all Deficiencies ascertained to have 
taken place on Goods deposited in the Warehouses 
approved of by the Lords Commissioners of the 
Treasury, or the Commissioners of Customs, for the 
year ended the 31st day of December last: 
And, of the Aggregate Amount of the Salaries of 
the Officers and Clerks employed in, and other 
Expenses incidental to, the Warehousing Depart- 
ments of the Customs, so far as the same can be 
estimated, for the year ended the 31st day of De- 
cember last. 





Resolved, That an humble Address be presented China and 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased J4P@- 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Copies or Extracts of Correspondence 
during the years 1857, 1858 and 1859, relating to 
the Earl of Elgin’s Special Missions to China and 
Japan. 
Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty, by such Members of this am as are 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


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. £.414,537, for Warlike Stores for Land and 
Sea Service. 

2, £.123,500, for Fortifications at Home and 
Abroad. 

3. £.23,450, for Civil Buildings at Home and 
Abroad. 

4. £.36,370, for Barracks at Home and Abroad. 

5. £.1,825, for Educational and Scientific 
Branches. 

6. £.13,370, to complete the Sum for Rewards 
for Military Service. 

7. £.41,067, to complete the Sum for the Pay 
of General Officers. 

8. £. 265,702, to complete the Sum for the Pay 
of Reduced and Retired Officers. 

9. £.95,916, to complete the Sum for Pensions 
to Widows of Officers, and of Allowances on the 
Compassionate List. ' 

10: £.24,433, to complete the Sum for Pensions 
and Allowances to Officers for Wounds. 

11. £. 17,734, to complete the Sum for Chelsea 
and Kilmainham Hospitals, and the In-Pensioners 
thereof. 

















NN4 


12, £.595,380, 


ie ete oe 





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


270 


12. £.595,380, to complete the Sum for Out- 
Pensioners of Chelsea Hospital, &amp;c. 

13, £.73,903, to complete the Sum for Super- 
annuation and Retired Allowances. 

14, £,657,155, to complete the Sum for the 
Customs Department. 

15. £.1,049,864, to complete the Sum for the 
Inland Revenue Department. 

16. £.1,551,213, to complete the Sum for Post 
Office Services, and the Collection of the Revenue. 


17. £.356,221, to complete the Sum for Super- | 


annuations and Compensation Allowances, Pensions 
and other Non-effective Charges, in the Depart- 
ments of Customs, Inland Revenue and Post Office. 

Motion made, and Question put, That the Chair- 
man do report these Resolutions to the House ; 

The Committee divided, 

Tellers for thef Mr. William Williams, | 19 

Yeas, \Mr. Butler : — 

Tellers for the{ Mr. Brand, 

Noes, UMr. Knatchbull-Hugessen : } 

18, £.41,988, to complete the Sum for Main- 
tenance and Repair of the Royal Palaces. 

19. £.82,740, to complete the Sum for Main- 
tenance and Repair of Public Buildings. 

20. £.18,000, to complete the Sum for Furniture 
in the various Public Departments. 

21. £.58,525, for Works and Expenses at the 
New Houses of Parliament. 

22. £.19,130, to complete the Sum for the Pro- 
bate Court and District Registries. 

23. £.5,390, for Maintenance and Repairs to 
Embassy Houses, &amp;c. Abroad. 

24. £.5,500, to complete the Sum for enlarging 
and completing the New Consular Offices, &amp;c., and 
the Prison at Constantinople. 

Motion made, and Question proposed, That a 
Sum, not exceeding £.174,000, be granted to Her 
Majesty, towards defraying the Expense of con- 
structing certain Harbours of Refuge, to the 31st 
day of March 1860; 

Whereupon Motion made, and Question pro- 
posed, That the item of £.75,000 for Works at 
Alderney be omitted from the proposed Vote :— 
Motion and Original Question, by leave, withdrawn. 

25. £.80,000,on account, for Holyhead Harbours. 

26. £.20,403, for Port Patrick Harbour. 

27. £.70,421, to complete the Sum for Public 
Buildings in the Department of the Commissioners 
of Public Works in Zreland. 

28. £. 68,959, to complete the Sum for the Offices 
of the two Houses of Parliament, aud Allowances 
to Retired Officers. 

29. £.34,600, to complete the Sum for the De- 
partment of Her Majesty’s Treasury. 

30. £.17,911, to complete the Sum for the Home 
Department. 

31. £.42,800, to complete the Sum for the De- 
partment of Her Majesty’s Secretary of State for 
Foreign Afiairs. 

32. £. 21,178, to complete the Sum for the De- 
partment of Her Majesty’s Secretary of State for 
the Colonies. 

33. £. 10,593, to complete the Sum for the De- 
partment of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy 
Council. 

34. £. 33,942, to complete the Sum for the Com- 
mittee of Privy Council for Trade, including the 
Office of the Registrar of Merchant Seamen. 

35. £.1,720, to complete the Sum for the Lord 
Privy Seal. 

36. £.3,855, to complete the Sum for the Civil 
Service Conimission. 

37. £.13,762, to complete the Sum for the De- 
partment of Her Majesty’s Paymaster General. 

38. £.4,898, to complete the Sum for the Depart- 
ment of the Comptroller General of the Exchequer. 

39. £.19,746, to complete the Sum for the Office 
of the Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Works and 
Public Buildings. 


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A. 1859. Sess. IT. 


40. £.18,514, to complete the Sum for the Office 
of Woods, Forests and Land Revenues. 

41. £.9,498, to complete the Sum for the De- 
partment of Public Records, including the State 
Paper Office. 

42, £.223,369, for the Administration of the 
Laws relating to the Poor. 

43. £. 25,052, to complete the Sum for the Esta- 
blishment of the Mint. 

44, £.13,925, to complete the Sum for the In- 
spectors of Factories, Mines, &amp;c. 

45. £.3,179, to complete the Sum for the De- 
partment of the Queen’s and Lord Treasurer’s Re- 
membrancer in the Exchequer, Scotland, of certain 
Officers in Scotlaid, and other Charges, formerly 
paid from the Hereditary Revenue. 

46. £.4,431, to complete the Sum for the Officers 
and Attendants of the Household of the Lord Lieu- 
tenant of Jreland. 

47. £.15,904, for the Offices of the Chief Secre- 
tary to the Lord Lieutenant of Jreland, in Dublin 
and London. 

48. £.5,204, tocomplete the Sum for the Depart- 
ment of the Paymaster of Civil Services in Zreland. 

49. £.1,709, to complete the Sum for the In- 
spectors of Lunatic Asylums in /reland. 

50. £. 16,105, to complete the Sum for the Board 
of Public Works in Ireland. 

51. £.22,466, to complete the Sum for the De- 
partment of the Commissioners for auditing the 
Public Accounts. 

52. £.12,621, to complete the Sum for the Copy- 
hold, Inclosure and Tithe Commission. 

53. £.8,680, to complete the Sum for the Imprest 
Expenses under the Inclosure and Drainage Acts 
of the Copyhold, Inclosure and ‘Tithe Commission. 

54. £.26,300, to complete the Sum for the De- 
partment of the General Register Office, England 
and Wales. 

55. £.2,296, to complele the Sum for the De- 
partment of the General Register Office, Dublin. 

56. £.3,302, to complete the Sum for the De- 
partment of the Registrar General of Births, &amp;c., 
Ldinburgh. 

57. £.10,652, to complete the Sum for the Na- 
tional Debt Office. 

58. £.1,300, to complete the Sum fur the Esta- 
blishment under the Public Works Loan Commis- 
sioners. 

59. £.670, to complete the Sum for the Esta- 
blishment under the West India Islands Relief 
Commissioners. 

60. £.2,642, to complete the Sum for the Office 
of the Commissioners in Lunacy in England, and 
the Board of Lunacy in Scotland. 

61. £. 723, to complete the Sum for the General 
Superintendent of County Roads in South Wales. 

62. £.1,128, to complete the Sum for the De- 
partment of the Registrars of Friendly Societies in 
England, Scotland and Ireland. 

G3. £. 22,000, to complete the Sum for Foreign 
and other Secret Services. 

64, £. 237,111, to complete the Sum for Sta- 
tionery, Printing and Binding for the several Pub- 
lic Departments, and for Printing, &amp;c., for the two 
Houses of Parliament, including the Expense of the 
Stationery Office. 

65. £.76,750, to complete the Sum for Postage 
of Letters on the Public Service in the several De- 
partments. . 

66. £.31,545, for Law Charges, and the Salaries, 
Allowances and Incidental Expenses in the Oftice 
of the Solicitor for the Affairs of Her Majesty's 
Treasury. . 

67. £.150,000, for Prosecutions at Assizes and 
Quarter Sessions, formerly paid out of County Rates. 

68. £.164,275, to complete the Sum for the 
Police in Counties and Boroughs in England and 
Wales, and for Police in Scotland. 


69. £. 1,500, for the Crown Office, Queen’s Bench. 
wisest 10. £.4,300, 








92 VicToRizZ. 


70. £.4,300, to complete the Sum for the De- 
artment of the Registrar of the Admiralty, and the 
xpenses of the Admiralty Court, Dublin. 

71. £. 5,176, for the Insolvent Debtors’ Court. 

72. £. 22,740, to complete the Sum for the Court 
of Probate and Divorce and Matrimonial Causes. 

78. Motion made, and Question proposed, That 
a Sum, not exceeding £. 126,150, be granted to Her 
Majesty, to complete the Sum necessary to defray 
the Salaries and Expenses of the County Courts, to 
the 31st day of March 1860 ; 

Whereupon Motion made, and Question pro- 
posed, That the Sum of £. 85,000, on account of the 
Expense of Building and providing Court Houses, 
Offices, Stationery, Printing, &amp;c., be omitted from 
the proposed Vote:—Motion, by leave, with- 
drawn. 

Original Question put, and agreed to. 

74. £.14,130, to complete the Sum for the Police 
Courts of the Metropolis. 

75. £.90,610, to complete the Sum for the Me- 
tropolitan Police. 

76. £. 2,500, to complete the Sum for the Queen’s 
Prison. 


Resolutions to be reported. 





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


Sabbati, 16° die Julii, 1859: 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Massey 
reported, That the Committee had come to several 
Resolutions. 

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

Mr. Massey also acquainted the Hovse, 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. 


Message from | Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That a Mes- 
the sage had been brought from the Lords, by one of 
their Clerks, as-followeth : 

London and The Lords have agreed to the Zondon and South 
ing Western Railway Bill, with Amendments: to which 
Te the Lords desire the concurrence of this House. 
Border Coun- The Lords have agreed to the Border Counties 


any Railway Bill, with Amendments; to which the 
Lords desire the concurrence of this House. 

Supply. Mr. Massey reported from the Committee of Sup- 

ply, several Resolutions ; which were read, as fol- 

low: 

1. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 368,311, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum 
necessary to defray the Charge of Half-Pay, Re- 
served Half-Pay, and Retirement to Officers of the 
Navy and Royal Marines, which will come in course 
of payment during the year ending on the 31st day 
of March 1860. 

2. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 243,957, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum 
necessary to defray the Charge of Military Pensions 
and Allowances, which will come in course of pay- 
ment during the year ending on the 31st day of 
March 1860. 

3. That a Sum, not exceeding £.83,416, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum 
necessary to defray the Charge of Civil Pensions 
and Allowances, which will come in course of pay- 
ment during the year ending on the 31st day of 
March 1860. 

4. That a Sum, not exceeding £.175,000, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum 
necessary to defray the Charge for the Freight of 
Ships, for the Victualling and Conveyance of Troops, 
on account of the Army, which will come in course 
of payment during the year ending on the 31st day 
of March 1860. 

Vou, 114. 


Half-Pay, &amp;c, 
(Navy and 
ines.) 


Military 
Pensions and 
Allowances, 


Civil Pensions 
and Allow- 
alices, 


set of 





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271 


5. That a Sum, not exceeding £.'704,008, be Packet 
granted to Her Majesty, on account, towards defray- 5¢¥*- 
ing the Charge of the Packet Service for the year 
ending on the 31st day of March 1860. 

6. That a Sum, not exceeding £.100,000, be Gratuities to 
granted to Her Majesty, to provide for the payment Se#™e2- 
of Gratuities to Seamen now serving in Her Ma- 
jesty’s Ships, who have, at least, Five years to serve, 
or who engage to serve for Five years if so required. 

7. That a further Sum, not exceeding £. 410,000, Embodied 
be granted to Her Majesty, towards defraying the Militia. 
Charge of the Embodied Militia of Great Britain 
and Lreland, which will come in course of payment. 
during the year ending on the 31st day of March 
1860. 

8. That a further Sum, not exceeding £. 108,375, Wages of 
be granted to Her Majesty, towards defraying the Atificers, &amp;e. 
Charge of the Wages of Artificers, Labourers, &amp;c., 
which will come in course of payment during the 
year ending on the 31st day of March 1860. 

9. That a Sum, not exceeding £.300,000, be Clothing and 
granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum neces- Necessaries, 
sary to defray the Charge of Clothing and Neces- 
saries, which will come in course of payment during 
the year ending on the 31st day of March 1860. 

10. That a further Sum, not exceeding £. 93,180, Provisions, 
be granted to Her Majesty, towards defraying the Forage. &amp;c. 
Charge of Provisions, Forage, Fuel and Light, 

Barrack Furniture, Bedding, &amp;c., which will come 
in course of payment during the year ending on the 
31st day of March 1860. 

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 Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take Criminal Jus- 
into consideration the Criminal Justice, Middlesex tice, Middlesex 


— Judge) Bill, as amended in the Com- Gage) Bill 
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; penton 
Ordered,: That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 
The Order of the day being read, for the second Highways 
reading of the Highways Bill; Ba. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 
The Order of the day being read, for the third Public Health 
reading of the Public Health Bill; = 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Monday next. 
The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Constabulary 
mittee on the Constabulary Force (Ireland) Bill ; ion pg 


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


The Order of the day being read, for resuming Poor Law 
the adjourned Debate on the Question proposed Boards (Pay- 
upon the 14th day of this instant July, That the pi, she 
Poor Law Boards (Payment of Debts) Bill be com- 
mitted to a Select Committee ; 

And the Question being again proposed :—The 
House resumed the said adjourned Debate. 

Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 


till Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Municipal 
reading of the Municipal Corporations Bill ; Corporations 
And a Motion being made, and the Question 
OO being 













Newspapers, 
&amp;c. Bill. 


Army (Staff 
Officers.) 


Cambridge 
University 
Commission 
Continuance. 


Packet and 
Telegraphic 
Contracts. 


Bankruptcy 
and In 


Amendment, 


Army (Sale of 
Commissions, ¢. Her M 


&amp;c.) 


vency is ‘ 
( s) Act to amend the Jrish Bankruptcy and 


272 


being proposed, That the Bill be now read a second 
time :—And a Debate arising thereupon ; 

Ordered, That the Debate be adjourned till Tues- 
day next, at Twelve of the clock. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on the Newspapers, &amp;c., Bill. 
(In the Committee.) 


Clause amended, and agreed to. 
Title amended. 
Bill, as amended, to be reported. 


J5°—16° Julia. 








Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Massey | 
reported, That the Committee had gone through the | 
Bill, and amended the Title, as followeth : | 

A Bill to repeal a certain Act and parts of Acts | 
relating to Newspapers, Pamphlets and other | 
Publications ; and to Printers, Typefounders and | 
Reading Rooms. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration upon Monday 
next. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return of the Names, Age and Rank 
(distinguishing Brevet from Substantive Rauk) of 
all Officers serving on the Staff in Great Britain 
and Jreland, including the Staff at the Horse 
Guards ; the Dates of their present Appointments ; 
the Time, if any, during which they have held other 
Appointments, and of what Rank on the Staff, and 
the Emoluments now received by each Officer, in- 
cluding Staff-Pay and Allowances, Half-Pay, Pen- 
sions, or the Colouelcies of Regiments : And, 
similar Return of all Officers serving on the Staff 
in Colonies and Garrisons Abroad, exclusive 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, Tivat leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to continue the Powers of the Commissioners under 
an Act of the nineteenth and twentieth years of 
Her Majesty, concerning the University of Cam- 
bridge and the College of King Henry the Sixth at 
Eton: And that Sir George Lewis and Mr. Clive 
do prepare, and bring it in. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being 
put, That the Select Committee on Packet and 
felegraphic Contracts do consist of Twenty-one 
Members ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right ; 

The Noes to the Lett. 

Tellers for the( Mr. Butt, 

Yeas, UMr. Hennessy : } 47. 

Tellers for the { Mr. Brand, 1 

Noes, Mr. Knatchbull-Hugessen : js 134. 


So it passed in the Negative. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 


Insolvency 
Act (1857): And that Mr. Attorney General for 





Ireland and Mr. Solicitor General for Jreland do 
prepare, and bring it in. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
ajesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Copy of the Horse Guards Memorandum 
upon the Sale of Half-Pay Commissions, dated the 
10th day of December 1824: Of the General 
And, of the 





Order of the 2d day of May 1825 : 











A. 1859. Sess. II. 


Memorandum, dated Horse Guards, the 25th day 
of March 1826, relative to Brevet Field Officers. 
Ordered, That 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 En- Endowea 
dowed Schools Bill do consist of seventeen Schools Bi, 
Mewbers. 


The House was moved, That the Acts 16 &amp; 17 Universities 
Vic. c. 89, and 21 &amp; 22 Vic. c. 83, relative to the (Scotland) 
Universities of Scotland, might be read; and the 
same being read ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That this House will immediately 
resolve itself into a Committee to consider the said 
Acts :—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 thes Mr. Baillie Cochrane, 7 
Yeas, Major Cumming Bruce: § = 

Tellers for they Mr. Dunlop, a a 
Noes, UMr. Bazter: f 54. 


So it passed in the Negative. 

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

(In the Committee.) 

Resolved, That the Chairman be directed to move 
the House, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to remove doubts as to Admission to the Office of 
Principal in the Universities of Scotland. 


Resolution to be reported. 


Mr. Speaker resamed the Chair; and Mr. Clive 
reported, That the Committee had come to a 
Resolution. 

Ordered, That the Report be now received. 

Mr. Clive 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 
remove doubts as to Admission to the Office of 
Principal in the Universities of Scotland :—And he 
moved the House accordingly. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in the Bill: 
And that Mr. Clive, Mr. Dunlop and Mr. Baxter 


do prepare, and bring it in. 





Mr. Barrow reported from the Committee on Private Bills 
Group C. of Private Bills ; That, on the application (Group ©.) 
of the Parties promoting the London (City) Gas 
Bill, they had adjourned until Tuesday next, at 
Eleven of the clock. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Cardwell presented a Bill to amend the Act Boundarie®. | 
of the twentieth and twenty-first years of Victoria, —T 
chapter forty-five, relating to the Survey of Boun- Bill 55. 
daries 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. 


Sir George Lewis presented a Bill to continue Cambridge 
the Powers of the Commissioners under an Act of eat A 
the nineteenth and twentieth years of Her Majesty, continuance 
concerning the University of Cambridge and _ the Bill. 
College of King Henry the Sixth at Eton: Andthe Bill 56. 
same was read the frst time; and ordered to be 
read a second time upon Monday next; and to be 
printed. 


Mr. Dunlop presented a Bill to remove doubts Universities 
as to Admission to the Office of Principal in the a 
Universities of Scotland; And the same was 


the 


~ ER EEE 


hh” hl 


—_— &lt;&lt; 








beat 


Ireland) _ 


= E 


ill 58. 


Public 
Petitions 


(Fifth Report.) 


Liverpool 


Amendment 
Bill [ Lords. ] 


Farl of Kin- 
tore’s Estate 
Bill [ Lords. ] 


Metropolis 
Gas Regu- 
lation Bill. 


Forth and 
Clyde Navi- 
gation Bill. 


Maybole and 
Girvan Rail- 
way Bill. 








93 VicToRIZ. — 15°—16°—18° Jultz. 


the first time; and ordered to be read asecond time | ham Railway Bill; and the same was twice read, 
upon Thursday next ; and to be printed. and agreed to. 


273 


Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 

Mr. Attorney General for Ireland presented a} Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
Bill to amend the /rish Bankruptcy and Insolvency | agreed to the Amendment made by their Lordships. 
Act (1857): And the same was read the first time ; ; ' 
and ordered to be read a second time upon Tuesday} A Motion being made, That the Epping Railways Epping Rail- 
next; and to be printed. Bill be now read the third time ; ways Bill. 
: Mr. Milner Gibson, by Her Majesty’s Command, 
till a ' ¢ sen, Sheen ir the | 8cquainted the House, That Her Majesty, having 

&amp; querer of Gm Sour See | been informed of the purport of the Bill, gives Her 
clock on Saturday morning, adjourned till Consent, as fur as Her Majesty’s interest is con- 
Monday next. cerned, that the House may do therein as they shall 
= | think fit. 
- Then the Bill was read the third time. 

Lune, 18° die Julii ; 


Anno 23° Victorie Regine, 1859. 


And then the House, having continued to sit 











| Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
| Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
| Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


PRAYERS. | , " 
R. Gregson reported from the Select Com-| A Motion being made, That the Isle of Wight Isle of Wight 
mittee on Public Petidons; That they had Railway (Eastern Section) Bill be now read the third a io 

. “4s : time ; aster 
examined the Petitions presented upon the 14th and | ss - — tion) Bill. 
15th days of this ae ga , and had directed him | Mr. Milner Gibson, by Her Majesty Ss Command, 
to make a Report thereof to the House. acquainted the House, That Her Majesty, having 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; been informed of rg fag or of the Bill, gives Her 

d be stated Consent, as far as Her Majesty’s interest is con- 

” P ; cerned, that the House may do therein as they shall 


. . al fj ‘think fit. 
Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from | a 


one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, | o ; ( 
; . nino dh j.| Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
That in the case of the Liverpool Sanitary Amen Title be. A eens ac ig oe Song 


. Bi iginating in the Lords, and referred on . , ; 
ment Bill, originating in ’ through Brading and Sandown to Shanklin, for a 


the first reading thereof, no Standing Orders not *" i : / : 
previously inquired into are applicable. Telegraph in the Isle of Wight, and for other pur- 


. — poses. 
Coiired, Tit Ge SS heseeteeene ies Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 


Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report _ 
i f Petitions for Private Bills, 
That igen Rarl of Kintore’s Estate The Llanrwst and Abergele Roads Bill was read Llanrwst and 
TT Revelved, That the Bill do pass: And that the Ronde Bl 
j ti . D ? € . Ss: : 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time Wein, Aadaniee abies Mahe einen 
&lt;—— the Table,—Report from to Abergele, and.a Branch Koad thereout, in the 
ee ee ee, ¥en -,.. Counties of Denbigh and Carnarvon. 
one of wet - pon na ene Seg elon Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
in respect of non-complia anding | tords. and desire the; nh 
Oulens in the case of the Metropolis Gas Regulation | ii iia atic 


Bill. | The Norwich and Spalding Rail Bil i 
Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Select | 4), third + ana and Spalding Railway Bill was read ec at 
Committee on Standing Orders. | Resolved, That the Bill do pass. Railway Bill. 


Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 

The House proceeded to take into consideration | Lords, and desire their concurrence. 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Forth 
and Clyde Navigation Bill; and the same were) The Orford, Worcester and Wolverhampton Rail- Oxford, Wor- 


twice read, and agreed to. way Bill wes read the third time. —_ -_ 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the Resolved, That the Bill do pass. : beh —s% 


Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath |_ Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the Bil, 
agreed to the Amendments made by their Lord-| Lords, and desire their concurrence. 
ships. 
“ Sandwith’s Divorce (India) Bill was read the ganawith’s 
The House proceeded to take into consideration | third time. Divorce _ 
the Amendments made by the Lords tothe Maybole| Resolved, That the Bill do pass. = Bill 
and Girvan Railway Bill ; and thesame were twice} Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
read, and agreed to. Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the | agreed to the same, without Amendment. 
Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath; Ordered, That the Minutes of the Evidence taken 
agreed to the Amendments made by their Lord-! before the Lords in the case of the said Bill be re- 
ships. turned to their Lordships: And that the Clerk do 
deliver the same. 
The House, according to Order, proceeded to take 
into consideration the Amendments made by the, The South Durham and Lancashire Union Rail- South Durham 
Lords to the Hertford, Luton and Dunstable Rail-| way Bill was read the third time. and Lanca- 
way Bill ; and the same were twice read, and agreed | Resolved, That the Bill do pass. Railway Ball 
to. | Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the | Lords, and desire their concurrence. 
Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the Amendments made by their Lord-| The Waveney Valley Railway Bill was read the Waveney 
ships. third time. Valley Rail- 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. way Bill. 
The House proceeded to take into consideration} Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill tu the 
the Amendment made by the Lords to the Cater-| Lords, and desire their concurrence, 
Vou. 114. 002 A Motion 



















Wells and 
Fakenham 
Railway Bill. 


Chichester 
Harbour Em- 
bankment 
Bill. 


Bagenalstown 
and Wexford 
Railway Bill 
[Lords.] 


Bury Saint 
Edmund’s 
Gas Bill 
[Lords. | 


Cleveland 
Railway Bill. 


Dublin and 
Drogheda 
Railway Bill 
[Lords.] 


Finford Bridge 
and Banbury 
Road Bill. 


Lancashire 
and Yorkshire 
and East 
Lancashire 
Railway Com- 
panies Bill. 


Leeds, Brad- 
ford and Hali- 
fax Junction 
Railway Bill. 


Newry and 
Armagh 
Railway Bill 
[ Lords. 


North Eastern 
and Bedale 
and Leyburn 
Railway 
Companies 
Amalgama- 
tion Bill, 





974 


A Motion being made, That the Wells and Fa- 
kenham Railway Bill be now read the third time; 

Mr. Mi/ner Gibson, by Her Majesty’s Command, 
acquainted the House, That Her Majesty, having been 
informed of the purport of the Bill, gives Her Con- 
sent, as far us Her Majesty’s interest is concerned, 
that the House may do therein as they shall think fit. 

Then the Bill was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

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


The Order of the day being read, for the third 
reading of the Chichester Harbour Embankment 
Bill; 

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

Mr. Milner Gibson, by Her Majesty’s Command, 
acquainted the House, That Her Majesty, having been 
informed of the purport of the Bill, gives Her Con- 
sent, as far as Her Majesty's interest is concerned, 
that the House may do therein as they shall think fit. 

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 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 House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Bagenalstown anc Weaford Railway Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House preceeded to take into consideration 
the Bury Saint Edmund’s Gas Bill, as amended in 
the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Biil be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Cleveland Railway Bill, as amended in the 
Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Dublin and Drogheda Railway Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Finford Bridge and Banbury Road Bill, as 
amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Lancashire and Yorkshire and East Lancashire 
Railway Companies Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The Heuse proceeded to take into consideration 
the Leeds, Bradford and Halifax Junction Railway 
Bill, as amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Newry and Armagh Railway Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read tte third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the North Eastern and Bedale and Leyburn Rail- 
way Companies Amalgamation Bill, as amended in 
the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 





18° Juli. 


A. 1859. Sess. IT. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Perth, 
the Perth, Kinross and Fife Roads Bill, as amended "4 Fife 
in the Committee. Roads Bil, 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration South staf. 
the South Staffordshire Railway Bill, as amended frdshire 
in the Committee. Railway Bil, 

A Clause (Not to take Lands of Philip Williams, 

Esquire, in the Parish of Walsall), was twice read ; 
and made part of the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Victoria 
the Victoria Station and Pimlico Railway Bill, as Station ana 
amended in the Committee. a 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. "" 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into British and 
consideration the British and Canadian Telegraph a 
Company Bill, as amended in the Committee ; Company Bi 

Ordered, That the Bill be taken into considera- 
tion To-morrow. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take Midland Rail. 
into consideration the Midland Railway (Erewash a Ay 
Valley) Bill, as amended in the Committee; and os 
an Amendment was made to the Bill, 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The Tacumshin Embankment Bill was read a Tacumshin 
second time ; and committed. x 
The Select Committee on the Fishing Vessels Fishing Ves- 
passing the Wore Bill was nominated of Mr. Mil- oe 
ner Gibson, Sir James Duke, Mr. Crawford, Mr. oe 
Bramston, Mr. Deedes and Mr. Alderman Salomons ; 
and Five Members to be added by the Committee 
of Selection. 


Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 


The Select Committee on the Galway Harbour Galway Har- 
and Port Act (1853) Amendment Bill was nomi- pen 
nated of Mr. Laing, Sir Thomas Burke, Mr. G're- Amendment 


gory, Lord Dunkellin, Mr. Lever and Mr. Ennis ; Bil. 


|and Five Members to be added by the Committee 


of Selection. 


Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 


Mr. Ingham reported the Lancashire and York- Lancashire 


shire Railway (Rochdale and Royton Branches) re haga 
Bill, with Amendments. (Rochdale 


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


Mr. Sotheron Estcourt reported from the Com- Westminster 
mittee on the Westminster Improvements Bill; That Improvements 
Mr. Crossley, one of the Members of the said Com- 
mittee, was not present during the sitting of the 
Committee this day. 

Ordered, That Mr. Crossley be discharged from 
further attendance on the said Committee. 


Com- Westminster 


Mr. Sotheron Estcourt reported from the 
That, Improvements 


mittee on the Westminster Improvements Bill ; : 
for the convenience of Parties, the Committee had ~* 
adjourned till Thursday next, at Twelve of the 
clock. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Scholefield reported the Great Northern and se 
Western (of Jreland) Railway Bill, without Amend~ Us" Western 
ment. (of Ireland) 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; at Bill 


and be printed. 


Several Public Petitions were presented, and rae. 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. ee 


Vide Sixth 
Report. 





Ordered, 


Branches) Bill. 





re 
joi) 


(Me 


at 








il. 
sh 


Poor Law 
(Metropolis. ) 


Leave of 
Absence. 


Exchequer, 
&amp;e. 


Justices of the 
(Count 


Palatine of 
ter, ) 


93 VicrortIzZ. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Returns, in a tabular form, of the Number of In- 
spectors General, Deputy Inspectors General, As- 
sistant Deputy Inspectors General, County Inspec- 
tors, First Class Sub-Inspectors, Second Class Sub- 
Inspectors, Third Class Sub-Inspectors, Receivers, 
Surgeons, Assistant Surgeons, Veterinary Surgeons, 
Paymasters, Chief Clerks, First Class Head Con- 
stables, Second Class Head Constables, Third Class 
Head Constables, Constables, Sub-Constables, Com- 
mandant of Depot, and Adjutant of Depdét, now 
forming the Constabulary Force in Jreland; and 
stating the Pay and Emoluments of each Class, and 
the Numbers in each Class who profess the Pro- 
testant and Roman Catholic Religions respectively : 
Of the Number of Promotions or Appoint- 
meats to each Class above the Rank of Sub-Con- 
stable in each year for Ten years past ; and stating 
in each instance the Number of Protestants and 
Roman Catholics promoted :——And, of the Num- 
ber of Sub-Constables who have left the Force 
within the Three years ending the 19th day of July 
1858. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the Cases of Embezzlement or Default 
by Officers engaged in Poor Law Administration in 
the Unions and Parishes or Districts comprised 
within the Limits of the Metropolis, as defined by 
the Metropolis Locai Management Act, during the 
last Six years; distinguishing the Unions, Parishes 
or Districts to which Orders for keeping Accounts 
may have been issued by the Poor Law Commis- 
sioners or by the Poor Law Board; stating the 
Office of the Defaulter, the Amount of the Sum 
lost, and whether Sureties had been taken for the 
due performance of the Duties, and whether any 
Proceedings have been taken against the Sureties, 
and whether any and what Proportion of the Sums 
embezzled or lost has been recovered; and showing, 
in the case of any Defalcation, whether the Dis- 
bursement of Monies received had been entrusted to 
the collecting Officer. 





Ordered, That Mr. Robert Clive have leave of 
absence for the remainder of the Session, on account 


of ill health. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Accounts of the Balance of Votes unissued from 
the Exchequer on the 31st day of March 185s: 
——Of the Cash Balances at the Credit of the 
several Votes of Parliament, and other Accounts in 
the Paymaster’s Books on the 31st day of March 
1858 :——Of the Supply Grants under the several 
Heads, specifying each, on which there is a Surplus 
of Money voted, and setting forth the diflerent years 
in which the Accumulation of Unexpended but 
Appropriated Money has arisen, to be made up to 
the 31st day of March 1858 :——-Of the Balances 
on the Miscellaneous Deposit Fund in the Hands of 
the Paymaster General on the 31st day of March 
1858 :——Of all Monies received by the Paymaster 
General, except such as were drawn from the Ex- 
chequer or were Repayments of Monies issued for 
Services from the Exchequer for the year 1857 and 
1858 :——And, similar Accounts for the year ended 
the 31st day of March 1859 (in continuation of Par- 
liamentary Paper, No. 205, of Session 2, 1857). 


Mr. Clive presented,—Return to an Address to Her 
Y Majesty, dated the 5th day of this instant July, for 
a Return relative to Justices of the Peace (County 
Palatine of Lancaster). 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 
5th day of this instant July, for a Return relative to 
Magistrates (County Palatine of Lancaster). 


_ Mr. Clive also presented, pursuant to the direc- 

tions of an Act of Parliament,—Report of the Pro- 

seedings of the Registrar of Friendly Societies in 
Vor. 114. 


18° Juliz. 


| 





975 


Scotland, in his Office of Registrar, and of the 
principal matters transacted by Friendly Societies, 
which have come under his cognizance during the 
past year. 

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


The following Papers, pursuant to the directions British 
of several Acts of Parliament, were laid upon the Fisheries. 
Tabie by the Clerk of the House,—Copy of Report 
by the Commissioners for the British Fisheries, of 
their Proceedings in the year ended 31st December 
1858 ; being Fishing 1858. 

A List of all Pensions granted@between the 20th Civil List 
day of June 1858 and the 20th day of June 1859, Pensions. 
and charged upon the Civil List. 


Mr. Laing presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- Printed 
mand,—Return of the Cost of Printing Reports Papers 
and Papers presented by Command of Her Majesty, 
during the Session of 1858, specifying the Number 
of Copies printed, with the Name of the Public 
Department which authorized the same. 

Copy of Twenty-seventh Report from the Board Public Works 
of Public Works, Zre/and; with the Appendices, (eland.) 
1858. 

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


Ordered, That the Return relative to Justices of Justices of the 
the Peace, which was presented upon the 15th day Peace. 
of this instant July, be printed. No. 96. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Navy, Navy. 
which was presented upon the 15th day of this No. 97. 
instant July, be printed. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself into Ways ana 
the Committee of Ways and Means. Means. 


(In the Committee.) 


Resolved, That, towards making good the Supply Consolidated 
granted to Her Majesty, the Sum of £.7,000,000 be re 
granted out of the Consolidated Fund of the United saa ati 
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. 


Resolution to be reported. 





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

Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow. 

Mr. Massey 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. Massey reported from the Committee of supply. 
Supply, several Resolutions; which were read, as 
follow : 

1. That a further Sum, not exceeding £. 414,537, Warlike 
be granted to Her Majesty, towards defraying the Stores. 
Charge of Warlike Stores for Land and Sea Service, 
which will come in course of payment during the 
year ending on the 31st day of March 1860. 

2. That a further Sum, not exceeding £. 123,500, Fortifications, 
be granted to Her Majesty, towards defraying the 
Charge of Fortifications at Home and Abroad, 
which will come in course of payment during the 
year ending on the 31st day of March 1860. 

3. That a further Sum, not exceeding £. 23,450, Civil Build- 
be granted to Her Majesty, towards defraying the ™8* 
Charge of Civil Buildings at Home and Abroad, 
which will come in course of payment during the 
year ending on the 31st day of March 1860. 

4. That a further Sum, not exceeding £. 36,370, Barracks. 
be granted to Her Majesty, towards defraying the 
Charge of Barracks at Home and Abroad, which 
will come in course of payment during the year 





ending on the 31st day of March 1860. 
03 5. That 


































Educational 
and Scientific 
Branches. 


Rewards 
for Military 
Service. 


Pay of General 


Officers. 


Pay of Re- 
duced and Re- 
tired Officers. 


Pensions to 
Widows, &amp;c. 


Pensions, &amp;c. 
for Wounds. 


Chelsea and 
Kilmainham 
Hospitals. 


Out- Pension- 
ers of Chelsea 
Hospital, &amp;c. 


Superannua- 
tion and Re- 
tired Allow- 
ances 


Customs 
Department. 


Inland Re- 
venue Depart- 
ment. 


Post-office 
Services. 


Superannua- 
tions, &amp;c. in 
Revenue De- 
partments. 








276 


5. That a further Sum, not exceedin 
granted to Her Majesty, towards defra ing the 
Charge of the Educational and Scientific Branches, 
which will come in course of payment during the 
year ending on the 31st day of March 1860. 

6. That a Sum, not exceeding £.13,370, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum 
necessary to defiay the Charge of Rewards for 
Military Service, which will come in course of pay- 
ment during the year ending on the 31st day of 
March 1860. 

7. That a Sum, not exceeding £.41,067, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum 
necessary to defi&amp;y the Charge of the Pay of 
General Officers, which will come in course of pay- 
ment during the year ending on the 31st day of 
March 1860. 

8. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 265,702, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum 
necessary to defray the Charge of the Pay of 
Reduced and Retired Officers, which will come in 
course of payment during the year ending on the 
31st day of March 1860. 

9. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 95,916, be 
eranted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum 
necessary to defray the Charge of Pensions to 
Widows of Officers, and of Allowances on the Com- 
passionate List, which will come in course of pay- 
ment during the year ending on the 31st day of 
March 1860. 

10. That a Sum, not exceeding £.24,433, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum 
necessary to defray the Charge of Pensions and 
Allowances to Officers for Wounds, which will 
come in course of payment during the year ending 
on the 31st day of March 1860. 

11. That a Sum, not exceeding £.17,734, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum 
necessary to defray the Charge of Chelsea and Ki/- 
mainham Hospitals, and the In-Pensioners thereof, 
which will come in course of payment during the 
year ending on the 31st day of March 1860. 

12. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 595,380, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum 
necessary to defray the Charge of Out- Pensioners 
of Chelsea Hospital, &amp;c., which will come in course 
of payment during the year ending on the 31st day 
of March 1860. 

13. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 73,903, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum 
necessary to defray the Charge of Superannuation 
and Retired Allowances, which will come in course 
of payment during the year ending on the 31st day 
of March 1860. 

14. That a Sum, not exceeding £.657,155, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum 
necessary to defray the Salaries and Expenses of 
the Customs Department, which will come in course 
of payment during the year ending on the 31st day 
of March 1860. 

15. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 1,049,864, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum 
necessary to defray the Salaries and Expenses of 
the Inland Revenue Department, which will come 
in course of payment duriny the year ending on the 
31st day of March 1860. 

16, That a Sum, not exceeding £. 1,551,213, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum 
necessary to defray the Charges for Post-office 
Services, and the Collection of the Revenue, which 
will come in course of payment during the year 
ending on the 3ist day of March 1860. 

17. That a Sum, not exceeding £.356,221, be 
evanted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum 
necessary to defray the Charge for Superannuations 
and Compensation Allowances, Pensions and other 
Non-effective Charges, in the Departments of 
Customs, Inland Revenue and Post-office, which 
will come in course of payment during the year 
ending on the 31st day of March 1860. 


£.1,825, be 


18° Judi. 








A. 1859. Sess. IT. 


18. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 41,988, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum 
necessary for the Maintenance and Repair of the 
Royal Palaces, to the 31st day of March 1860. 

19. That a Sum, not exceeding £.82,740, be Public Bugg, 
granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum ings, &amp;. 
necessary to defray the Expense of Maintenance 
and Repair of Public Buildings ; for providing the 
necessary supply of Water for the same ; for Rents 
of Houses be the temporary accommodation of 
Public Departments, and Charges attendant thereon, 
to the 31st day of March 1860, 

20. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 18,000, be ee. 
granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum a 
necessary to defray the Charge for the Supply and 
Repair of Furniture in the various Public Depart- 
ments, to the 31st day of March 1860. 

21. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 58,525, be Works, &amp; 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge for (New Houses 
Works and Expenses at the New Houses of Parlia- °P#tliament) 
ment, to the 31st day of March 1860. 

22. That a Sum, not exceeding £.19,130, be Probate Court, 
granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum &amp;«. 
necessary to provide Premises in London and the 
Country for the Probate Court and District Re- 
gistries. 

23. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 5,390, be Embassy 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Expense of Houses, &amp;, 
Maintenance and Repairs to Embassy Houses, &amp;c. 

Abroad, to the 31st day of March 1860. 

24, That a Sum, not exceeding £,5,500, be New Consular 
granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum Offices, &amp;., 
necessary towards defraying, in the year ending the ae 
3ist day of March 1860, the Expense of enlarging 
and completing the New Consular Offices, &amp;c. and 
the Prison at Constantinople. 

25. That. a Sum, not exceeding £. 80,000, be Holyhead 
granted to Her Majesty, on account of the Works Harbours. 
/at the New Packet Harbour and Harbour of Re- 

' fuge at Holyhead, to the 31st day of March 1860. 

| 26. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 20,403, be port Patrick 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Expense of Harbour. 
the Pay of the Establishment and the necessary 

| Works at Port Patrick Harbour, to the 31st day 

| of March 1860. 

| 27. That a Sum, not exceeding £.70,421, be Public Build. 
granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum ings (Ireland) 
| necessary to defray the Expense of erecting, re- 

pairing and maintaining the several Public Build- 

ings in the Department of the Commissioners of 

Public Works in Jreland, to the 31st day of March 

1860. 

28. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 68,959, be Houses of 
granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum Parliament. 
neeessary to pay the Salaries and Expenses in the 
Offices of the two Houses of Parliament, and Al- 
Jowances to Retired Officers, to the 31st day of 
March 1860. 

29. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 34,600, be Treasury. 
‘granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum 
‘necessary to pay the Salaries and Expenses of the 
| Department of Her Majesty’s Treasury, to the 31st 
| day of March 1866. 
| 80. That a Sum, not exceeding £17,911, be Home : 
‘granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum Departmen 
/necessary to pay the Salaries and Expenses of the 
| Office of Her Majesty’s Secretary of State for the 
Home Department, to the 31st day of March 1860. 

31. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 42,800, be Foreign ‘ 
cranted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum Department. 
necessary to pay the Salaries and Expenses in the 
Department of Her Majesty’s Secretary of State 
for Foreign Affairs, and also of the Queen’s Mes- 
sengers and Extra Couriers attached to that De- 
partment, to the 31st day of March 1860. o 

32. That a Sum, not exceeding £.21,178, be Coloni 
granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum 
necessary to pay the Salaries and Expenses in the 
Department of Her Majesty’s Secretary of State 
for the Colunies, to the 31st day of March 1860. 

33. That 


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priry Council. 


Lord Privy 


Civil Service 
Commission. 


Paymaster 
General. 


Comptroller 
General of the 
Exchequer. 


Works and 
Public 
Buildings. 


Woods, Forests 


and Land 
Revenues. 


Public 
Records. 


Poor Laws 
Administra- 
tion. 


Mint. 


Factories, 
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23 VicToria. 


33. That a Sum, not exceeding £.10,593, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum 
necessary to pay the Salaries and Expenses in the 
Department of Her Majesty’s Most honourable 
Privy Council, to the 31st day of March 1860. 

34. That a Sum, not exceeding £.33,942, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum 
necessary to pay the Salaries and Expenses in the 
Office of the Committee of Privy Council for 
Trade, including the Office of the Registrar of 
Merchant Seamen, to the 31st day of March 
1860. 

35. That a Sum, not exceeding £.1,720, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum 
necessary to pay the Salary of the Lord Privy 
Seal, and the Expenses of his Establishment, to the 
31st day of March 1860. 

36. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 3,855, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum 
necessary to defray the Expense of conducting the 
business of the Civil Service Commission, to the 
31st day of March 1860. 

37. That a Sum, not exceeding £.13,762, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum 
necessary to defray the Salaries and Expenses in 
the Department of Her Majesty's Paymaster Gene- 
ral, to-the 31st day of March 1860. 

38. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 4,898, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum 
necessary to pay the Salaries and Expenses in the 
Department of the Comptroller General of the 
Exchequer, to the 31st day of March 1860. 

39. ThataSum, not exceeding £.19,746,begranted 
to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum necessary to 


pay the Sularies and Expenses of the Office of 


the Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Works and 
Public Buildings, to the 31st dav of March 1860. 

40. That a Sum, not exceeding £.13,514, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum 
necessary to pay the Salaries and Expenses of the 
Office of Woods, Forests, and Land Revenues, to the 
31st day of March 1860. 

41. That a Sum, not exceeding £.9,498, be granted 
to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum necessary to 
pay the Salaries and Expenses of the Department 
of Public Records, including the State Paper Office, 
to the 31st day of March 1860. 

42. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 223,369, 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 1860, 

43. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 25,052, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum 
necessary to defray the Charge of the Establish- 


ment of the Mint, including Expenses of the Coin- | 


age, to the 31st day of March 1860. 


44. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 13,925, be | 


granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum 
necessary to pay the Salaries and Expenses of the 
Inspectors of Factories, Mines, &amp;c., to the 31st day 
of March 1860, 

45. That a Sum, not exceeding £.3,179, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum neces- 
sary to pay the Salaries of the Department of the 
Queen’s and Lord Treasurer’s Remembrancer in the 
Exchequer, Scotland, of certain Officers in Scot- 
land, and other Charges, formerly paid from the 
Hereditary Revenue, to the 31st day of March 
1860. 

46. That a Sum, not exceeding £.4,431, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum neces- 
sary to defray the Charge of Salaries for the Officers 
and Attendants of the Household of the Lord 
Lieutenant of Ireland, to the 31st day of March 
1860. 

47. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 15,904, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to pay the Salaries and 
Expenses of the Offices of the Chief Secretary to 
the Lord Lieutenant of Jreland in Dublin and Lon- 
don, to the 31st day of March 1860, 

Vou, 114. 


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277 


48. That a Sum, not exceeding £.5,204, be Paymaster of 
granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum neces- Grund) 
sary to defray the Charge of the Department of “a 
Paymaster of Civil Services in Ireland, to the 31st 
day of March 1860. 

49. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 1,709, be Lunatic Asy- 
granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum neces- !¥™8 (Ireland. 
sary to defray the Salaries and Expenses of the 
Office of the Inspectors of Lunatic Asylums in Ire- 
land, to the 31st day of March 1860. 

50. That a Sum, not exceeding £.16,105, be Board of 
granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum neces- Public Works 
sary to pay the Salaries and Expenses of the Board ey 
of Public Works in Jreland, to the 31st day of 
March 1860. 

51. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 22,466, be Audit Office. 
granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum 
necessary to pay the Salaries and Expenses in the 
Department of the Commissioners for Auditing 
the Public Accounts, to the 31st day of March 
1860. 

52. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 12,621, be Copyhold, 
granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum —— 
necessary to defiay the Expense of the Copyhold, mission. 
Inclosure, and. Tithe Commission, to the 31st day 
of March 1860. ; 

53. That a Sum, not exceeding £.8,680, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum 
necessary to pay the [mprest Expenses under the 
Inclosure and Drainage Acts of the Copyhold, 

Inclosure and Tithe Commission, to the 31st day 
of March 1860. 

54. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 26,300, be General Re- 
granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum Sister Office. 
necessary to pay the Salaries and Expenses in the 
Department of the General Register Office, 

England and Wales, to the 31st day of March 
1860. 

55. That a Sum, not exceeding £.2,296, be General Re- 
granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum —— 
necessary to pay the Salaries and Expenses in the ‘Pu&gt;i™) 





Department of the General Register Ottice, Dub/in, 

| to the 31st day of March 1860. 

| 56. That a Sum, not exceeding £.3,302, be Registrar 
granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum General of 
necessary to pay the Salaries and Expenses in the ( diane) 
Department of the Registrar General of Births, a 
ke., Edinburgh, to the 31st day of March 1860. 

| 57. That a Sum, not exceeding £.10,652, be National Debt 
|granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum Office. 
-hecessary to pay the Salaries and {xpenses in the 

National Debt Office, to the 31st day of March 

1860. 

| 58. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 1,300, be Public Works 
granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum oan Com- 
|necessary to defray the Salaries and Expenses of ™“*°"*T* 
the Establishment under the Public Works Loan 
Commissioners, to the 31st day of March 186v. 

59. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 670, be granted West India 
to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum necessary to Islands Relief 
defray the Expenses of the Establishment under S°™™'* 
the West India Islands Relief Commissioners, to 
the 31st day of March 1860. 

60. That a Sum, not exceeding £.2,642, be Commissioners 
granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum ne- Lunacy, Xe. 
cessary to pay the Contingent Expenses of the Office 
of the Commissioners in Lunacy in England, and 
the Salaries and Expenses of the Board of Lunacy 
in Scotland, to the 31st day of March 1860. 

61. That a Sum, not exceeding £.723, be granted Superintend- 
to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum necessary to on : rer 4 
defray the Salary and Expenses of the General Wates _ 
Superintendent of County Roads in South Wales, 
to the 31st day of March 1860. 

62. That a Sum, not exceeding £.1,128, be Registrars 
granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum —” 
necessary to pay the Salaries and Expenses in the ~°“*"* 
Department of the Registrars of Friendly Societies 
in England, Scotland and Ireland, to the 31st day 
of March 1860, 

004 





63. That 








978 18° Juli. A. 1859. Sess. II, 


Secret 63. That a Sum, not exceeding £.22,000, be 

Gervices. granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum 
necessary to defray the Charge of Her Majesty’s 
Foreign and other Secret Services, to the 31st day 
of March 1860. 


ey, 64. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 237,111, be 
eter granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum 


necessary to defray the Expense of Stationery, 
Printing, and Binding, for the several Public De- 
partments, and for Printing, &amp;c. for the two Houses 
of Parliament, including the Expense of the 
Stationery Office, to the 31st dav of March 1860. 

Postage (Pub- 65, That a Sum, not exceeding £. 76,750, be 

lic Service.) ranted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum 
necessary to defray the Charge for Postaze of 
Letters on the Public Service in the several Depart- 
ments, to the 31st day of March 1860. 

Law Charges. 66. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 31,545, 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; also, the Salary and Allowance 
of Counsel for advising the Treasury on matters 
relating to the Slave Trade, to the 31st day of 
March 1860. 

Prosecutions 67. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 150,000, be 

= el granted to Her Majesty, to defray, to the 31st day 

Sessions. of March 1860, the Expenses of Prosecutions at 
Assizes and Quarter Sessions, formerly paid out of 
County Rates, including Salaries in lieu of Fees to 
Clerks of Assize and other Officers under the 
Criminal Justice Act. 

Police in 68. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 164,275, be 

ae granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum 

"” necessary to defray certain Charges connected with 
the Police in Counties and Boroughs in Eugland 
and Wales, and for Police in Scotland, to the 31st 
day of March 1860. 
Crown Office, 69. That a Sum, not exceeding £.1,500, be 
Queen’sBench. ranted to Her Majesty, towards rE the 


Expenses of the Crown Office, Queen’s Bench, to 
the 31st day of March 1860. 
Admiralty 70. That a Sum, not exceeding £.4,300, be 
Court granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum 


Dublin. . A . &gt; . 
any necessary to defray the Salaries and Expenses in 


the Department of the Registrar of the Admiralty, 
and the Expenses of the Admiralty Court, Dublin, 
to the 31st day of March 1860. 
Insolvent 71. That a Sum, not exceeding £.5,176, be 
Debtors'Court. oranted to Her Majesty, to defray the Salaries of 
the Commissioners and other Officers, and the 
Expenses of the Insolvent Debtors’ Court, to the 
31st day of March 1860. 
Court of 72. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 22,740, be 
—— _ granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum 
Matrimonial mecessary to defray the Salaries and Expenses of 
Causes. the Court of Probate and Divorce and Matrimonial 
Causes, to the 31st day of March 1860. 
CountyCourts. 73. That a Sum, not exceeding £.126,150, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum 
necessary to defray the Salaries and Expenses of 
the County Courts, to the 31st day of March 1860. 
Police Courts, 74, That a Sum, not exceeding £. 14,130, be 
(Metropolis. ) granied to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum 
necessary to defray the Expenses of the Police 
Courts of the Metropolis, to the 31st day of 
March 1860, 
Metropolitan 75. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 90,610, be 
Police. granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum 
necessary towards defraying the Expenses of the 
Metropolitan Police, to the 31st day of March 


1860. 
Queen's 76. That a Sum, not exceeding £.2,500, be 
Prison. granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum 


necessary to defray the Salaries and Expenses of 
the Queen’s Prison, to the 31st day of March 
1860. 

The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 














Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That a Mes- Message 
sage ‘my been ae from the Lords, by one of the ha 
their Clerks, as followeth : 

The Lords have agreed to the Amendments Norwich Ney 
made by this House to the Norwich New Street fie Bill 


































































” 


Bill, without any Amendment. ds.) 
The Lords have agreed to the Witney Railway Wi 
(No. 2) Bill, with Amendments; to which the Wy (No.3) 
Lords desire the concurrence of this House. Bi. 
The Lords request, that this House will be Church Rate, 
pleased to give leave to the Right honourable 
Thomas Sotheron Estcourt, and Thomas Alcock, 
Esquire, Members of this House, to attend on 
Thursday next, in order to their being examined as 
Witnesses before the Select Committee appointed by 
their Lordships in the present Session of Parliament 
on Church Rates. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Supply. 
into the Committee of Supply. 


(In the Committee.) 


1. £.78,847, to complete the Sum for Royal 
Parks, Pleasure Grounds, &amp;c., and other Charges 
connected therewith. 

2. £.2,342, to complete the Sum for the Lord 
Advocate and the Solicitor General, Scotland, 

3. £.12,075, to complete the Sum for the Court 
of Session in Scotland. 

4. £.6,811, to complete the Sum for the Court 
of Justiciary in Scotland. 

5. £. 5,550, for Criminal Prosecutions carried on 
under the authority of the Lord Advocate. 

6. £.620, to complete the Sum for the Legal 
Branch of the Exchequer in Scotland. 

7. £. 50,000, for Sheriffs and Stewards, including 
Procurators Fiscal not paid by Salaries, and the 
Expenses of Criminal Prosecutions, &amp;c., in Sheriff 
Courts in Scotland. 

8. £.7,955, to complete the Sum for such Procu- 
— Fiscal in Scot/land as are no longer paid by 

ees. 

9. £.5,120, to complete the Sum for such Sheriff 
Clerks, Scotland, as are not chargeable on the Re- 
venues of Customs and Excise. 

10. £. 2,300, for the Solicitor of the Crown, and 
Expenses in matters of Tithes, and the Expenses of 
the Agent of the Officers of State in maintaining 
Rights of the Crown in Civil Actions, &amp;c., in Scot- 
land, 

11. £. 10,847, to complete the Sum for the Gene- 
ral Register House, Edinburgh. 

12. £. 544, to complete the Sum for the Depart- 
ment of the Commissary Clerk, Edinburgh. 

13. £.1,032, to complete the Sum for the Depart- 
ment of the Accountant in Bankruptcy in Scotland. 

14. £.51,630, for Criminal Prosecutions and 
other Law Charges in Jreland. 

15. £.1,671, to complete the Sum for Officers of | 
the Court of Chancery in Ireland, formerly charged 
on the Consolidated Fund. 

16. £.1,408, to complete the Sum for certain 
Officers and the Incidental Expenses of the Court of 
Queen’s Bench in Jreland. 

17. £.1,211, to complete the Sum for certain 
Officers, and the Incidental Expenses of the Court 
of Common Pleas in Jreland. : 

18. £.10,370, to complete the Sum for certain 
Officers, and the Incidental Expenses of the Court 
of Exchequer in Jreland. 

19. £.200, for the Clerk to the Taxing Officers 
for the Three Law Courts, Ireland. : 

20. £.3,933, to complete the Sum for the Regis- 
trars to the Judges and of the Registrars of Nisi 
Prius in Jreland. 

21. £.1,368, to complete the Sum for the Office 
for the Registration of Judgments in Ireland. 

22. £.300, for Commissioners of the High Court 
of Delegates. 

23. £.4,282, to complete the Sum for the Jutges 


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Criminal Jus- 


93 VicrorIZ. 


and Officers, and the Incidental Expenses of the 
Court of Bankruptcy and Insolvency in Jreland, 
and the Compensations awarded under the Act of 
the twentieth and twenty-first years of Her Majesty, 
chapter sixty. 

24. £.4,105, to complete the Sum for the Court 
of Probate in /reland, and the Expenses of the said 
Court, and of the District Registries. 

25. £.4,211, to complete the Sum for the Officers 
of the Landed Estates Court, /re/and. 

26. £.450, for Revising Barristers in the City of 
Dublin. 

27. £.300, for the Clerk to the Court of Errors, 
and Incidental Expenses of the said Court and of 
the Court of Exchequer Chamber in Jreland. 

28. £.1,100, to complete the Sum for the Police 
Justices of Dublin Metropolis. 

29. £.31,378, to complete the Sum for Divisional 
Police Courts and the Metropolitan Police, Dublin. 

30. £.450,768, to complete the Sum for the Con- 
stabulary Force in Jreland, 

31. £.1,597, to complete the Sum for the Four 
Courts Marshalsea Prison, Dublin. 

32. £.13,038, to complete the Sum for Inspection 
and General Superintendence over all the Prisons 
in the United Kingdom. 

33. £. 250,154, to complete the Sum for Govern- 
ment Prisons and Convict Establishments at Home. 

34. £.177,544, to complete the Sum for the 
Maintenance of Prisoners in County Gaols, Refor- 
matory Institutions and Lunatic Asylums, and the 
Expenses of the Removal of Convicts. 

35, £.25,111, to complete the Sum for the Trans- 
portation of Convicts, Xe. 

36. £. 159,399, to complete the Sum for the 
Convict Establishments in the Colonies. 

Resolutions to be reported. 





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


Martis, 19° die Julii, 1859: 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Massey 
reported, ‘That the Committee had come to several 
Resolutions. 

Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 

Mr. Massey also acquainted the House, that he 
was directed to move, That the Committee may 
have leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, wwon Wednesday 
next, again resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third 


tice, Middlesex reading of the Criminal Justice, Middlesex (Assistant 


(Assistant 
Judge) Bill. 


London Corpo- 


tation Bill. 


Judge) Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
this day. 

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 
Friday next, at Twelve of the clock. 


Highways Bill. The Order of the day being read, for the second 


Public 
eh 


University 
mtiauance 


(Inland) Bin, 


reading of the Highways Bill ; 
P Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time this 
ay. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third 
reading of the Public Health Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time this 
day, at Twelve of the clock. 


_ The Cambridge University Commission Con- 
tinuance Bill was, according to Order, read a 
second time ; and committed to a Committee of the 
whole House, for this day. 


‘The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Tramways (Ireland) Bill ; 

Reselved, That this fon will, upon Friday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 
Vou. 114. 


18°—19° Juli. 





279 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Law Ascer- 
mittee on the Law Ascertainment Facilities Bill; *™™*"* |. 
- ‘ A 7 ? Facilities Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming Poor Law 
the adjourned Debate on the Question proposed ae 
upon the 14th day of this instant July, That the — " 
Poor Law Boards (Payment of Debts) Bill be com- 
mitted to a Select Committee ; 

Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 
till Friday next, at Twelve of the clock. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to Newspapers, 
take into consideration the Newspapers, &amp;c. Bill, as &amp;¢- Bill. 
amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time this 
day. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Poor Law 
Tabular Return of the Numbers respectively of Un- wea) (Ire- 
married Male and Female Inmates of each Poor 
Law Union in Jreland, between the Ages of Fifteen 
and Twenty Years; specifying the Length of Time 
vn an average for which the Persons of each Class 
have resided in each such Union; and the Cost of 
Maintenance, Clothing, &amp;c. of such Persons per 
annum in such Unions. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Ecclesiastical 
further to amend the Acts relating to the Eccle- Commission. 
siastical Commissioners, and the Act concerning 
the Management of Episcopal and Capitular Estates 
in England: And that Sir George Lewis and Mr. 

Clive do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to Fireworks Act 
amend the Act of the ninth and tenth years of Amendment. 
William the Third, chapter seven, relating to Fire- 
works: And that Mr. /ohn Locke and Mr. Roupell 
do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to Universities 
repeal part of an Act passed in the thirteenth year yey es 
* 7: . . ct Amend- 
of Elizabeth, chapter twenty-nine, concerning the ment. 

several Incorporations of the Universities of Oxford 
and Cambridge .and the Confirmation of the Char- 
ters, Liberties and Privileges granted to either of 
them: And that Mr. Cardwell, Mr. Chancellor of 
the Exchequer and Mr. Langston do prepare, and 


bring it in. 


Ordered, That Mr. Longfield and Mr. Bowyer be Endowed _ 
added to the Select Committee on the Endowed S¢hools Bill. 
Schools Bill. 


Ordered, That Mr. Villiers and Mr. Lowe be Colonization 
added to the Select Committee on Colonization and _ 
Settlement (India). 

Ordered, That the Reports which were made from 
the Select*Committees on Colonization and Settle- 
ment (India), in Sessions 1858 and 1859, be referred 
to the Committee. 


Sir George Lewis presented a Bill further to amend Ecclesiastical 
the Acts relating to the Ecclesiastical Commis- Commission 
sioners, and the Act concerning the Management of ™ Bill 59 
Episcopal and Capitular Estates in England: And eke 
the same was read the first time ; and ordered to be 
read a second time upon Thursday next; and to be 
printed. 


Mr. Cardwell presented a Bill to repeal part of an Universities 
Act passed in the thirteenth year of L£/izabeth, yey oem ms 
chapter twenty-nine, concerning the several Incorpo tent Bill, 
rations of the Universities of Oxfordand Cambridge, in) go, 
and the Confirmation of the Charters, Liberties and 
Privileges granted to either of them: 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. 








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280 


Fireworks Act Mr. John Locke presented a Bill to amend the 


Amendment 
Bill. 
Bill 61. 


London and 
South West- 
ern Railway 
Bill. 


Hunslet and 
Leeds Road 
Bill (changed 
From Leeds 
and Hunslet 
Road. ) 


Lawton, 
Burslem and 
Newcastle- 
under-Lyme 
Roads Bill. 


Midland 
Railway and 
Burton-upon- 
Trent Bridge 
Bill. 


Gloucester and 


Cheltenham 
Tramwa 


Act of the ninth and tenth years of William the 
Third, chapter seven, relating to Fireworks: And 
the same was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time upon Monday next; and to be 
printed. 


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





Martis, 19° die Julii ; 
Anno 23° Victorie Regine, 1859. 


PRAYERS. 

T HE House proceeded to take into consideration 

A the Amendments made by the Lords to the 
London and South Western Railway Bill; and the 
same were twice read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the Amendments made by their Lord- 
ships. 


The Hunslet and Leeds 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 Lawton, Burslem and Newcastle-under-Lyme 
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 Midland Railway and Burton-upon- Trent 
Bridge 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 Gloucester and Cheltenham Tramway Abandon- 


peo ment Bill, as amended in the Committee. 


Bill [Lords.] 


Kensington 
Station and 
North and 


South London 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Kensington Station and North and South Lon- 
don Junction Railway Bill, as amended in the Com- 


Junction Rail. mittee. 


way Bill. 


Lancaster and 


Carlisle Rail- 
way Bill. 


Londonderry 
and Lough 
Swilly Rail- 
way Bill 
[Lords.] 


Malltraeth and 


Corsddaugau 
Marsh Bill. 


South York- 


shire Railway 
, and River Dun 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Ordered, That the Lancaster and Carlisle Rail- 
way Bill, as amended in the Committee, be taken 
into consideration To-morrow. ’ 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Londonderry and Lough Swilly Railway Bill, 
as amended in the Committee. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Malltraeth and Corsddaugau Marsh Bill, as 


‘amended in the Committee. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the South Yorkshire Railway and River Dun Com- 


Company Bill. pany Bill, as amended in the Committee. 


Stockton and 
Darlington 
y 


dered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Stockton and Darlington Railway Bill, as 
amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 





18°—19°? Juliz. 








A. 1859. Sess. II. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to British 
take into consideration the British and Canadian Canadian” 
Telegraph Company Bill, as amended in the Com- Telegraph 
mittee ; and Amendments were made to the Bill, °™P" Bit 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time, 


The Newcastle-under-Lyme Burgesses’ Lands Newcast). 
Bill was read a second time ; and committed. under-Lyme 
Burgesses’ 
Lands Bil) 
[Lords] 
Several Public Petitions were presented, and Public 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. Petitions, 
Vide 
on 
Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That he had Norwich 
this day received a Report from the Examiner of Election, 
Recognizances, stating that the Recoynizance to the 
Election Petition of Josiah Fletcher and others, re- 
lating to the City and County of the City of Nor- 
wich, is unobjectionable. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Justices of Justices of the 

the Peace (County Palatine of Lancaster), which Pe2e (County 
: oe Palatine of 

was presented upon the 18th day of this instant Lancaster.) 


July, be printed. No. 98 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Magistrates Magistrates 
(County Palatine of Lancaster), which was _pre- (County Pal, 


sented upon the 18th day of this instant July, be pone: » 
printed. agi 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to Friendly Friendly 
Societies (Scot/and), which was presented upon the Societies 


18th day of this instant July, be printed. (Scotland.) 
No. 100. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to Civil List civil List 
Pensions, which was presented upon the 18th day Pensions. 
of this instant July, be printed. No. 101. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Printed Printed 
Papers, which was presented upon the 18th day of Papers. 
this instant July, be printed. No, 102, 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Church Rates. 
that part of the Message from the Lords of the 
18th day of this instant July, wherein their Lord- 
ships request that this House will give leave to the 
Right honourable Thomas Sotheron Estcourt and 
Thomas Alcock, Esquire, Members of this House, 
to attend their Lordships on Thursday next, in 
order to their being examined as Witnesses before 
the Select Committee appointed by their Lordships 
in the present Session of Parliament on Church 
Rates. 

And Mr. Sotheron Estcourt and Mr. Alcock, 
being present in their places, severally declared that 
they were willing, with leave of the Dean to go to 
the House of Lords, as desired by their Lordships. 

Resolved, That the Right honourable Thomas 
Sotheron Estcourt and Thomas Alcock, Esquire, 
have leave to go to the House of Lords, as desired 
by their Lordships, if they think fit. 

Ordered, That a Message be sent to the Lords, 
to acquaint them that this House hath given leave 
to the Right honourable Thomas Sotheron Estcourt 
and Thomas Alcock, 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. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third Public Health 
reading of the Public Health ill ; ae. 
And a Motion being made, and the Question be- 
ing proposed, That the Bill be now read the third 

time ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the words “ That the” 
to the end of the Question, in order to add the words 
“ said Order be discharged,” instead thereof. 

And the Question being put, That the words pro- 
posed to be left out stand part of the Question ; 


The House divided. : 
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93 VicTrori2Z. 


The Yeas to the Right ; 

The Noes to the Left. 

Tellers for thef Mr. Brand, } 101 

Yeas, (Mr. Knatchbull-Hugessen : . 

Tellers for thes Mr. Ayrton, v os 

Noes, \ Sir Minto Farquhar : J . 

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. 


Municipal The Order of the day being read, for resuming 

Corporations the udjourned Debate on the Question proposed 
upon the 15th day of this instant July, That the 
Municipal Corporations Bill be now read a second 
time ; 

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 words “ That the” 
to the end of the Question, in order to add the words 
“subject of declaration as a qualification for the 
“ exercise of municipal offices be referred to a Select 
“ Committee,” instead thereof. 

And the Question being put, That the words pro- 
posed to be left out stand part of the Question ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right; 

The Noes to the Left. 

Tellers for the 4 Hadfield, lise 

Yeas, Sir Morton Peto: = 

Tellers for the Mr. Sotheron Estcourt, } a 


Noes, Mr. Lygon: 

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. 


Silverdale Mr. Ridley —— the Silverdale and Newcas- 

~~ jong tle-under-Lyme Railway Bill, with Amendments. 

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


Mr. Ridley reported from the Committee on 
Group 4 of Railway Bills; That in the case of the 
Mslsley Tones Newcastle-under-Lyme, Silverdale and Madeley 
tin Railway Junction Railway Bill, they had examined the 
Bill. allegations contained in the Preamble of the Bill, 
but the same had not been proved to their satisfac- 
tion. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Newcastle. 
under-L e, 
Sil 


Berks and Mr. Massey reported the Berks and Hants Ex- 

ann betee tension Railway Bill, with Amendments. 

Bl,” «= Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Norwich Corn Mr. Massey reported the Norwich Corn Exchange 
lords Bill Bill, without Amendment. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Ambassadors, Resolved, That an humble Address be oe ome 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return of all the Ambassadors, Envoys, 
Ministers, Chargé d’Affaires, Secretaries of Em- 
bassy and Legation, Paid and Unpaid Attachés, 
who have been appointed since the 1st day of Janu- 
ary 1856; stating their Salaries, the Date of their 
Appointment, their previous Services in any De- 
partment, and whether the Paid and Unpaid At- 
tachés have passed any Examination on their first 
Nomination or Promotion, according to the Regu- 


19° Julie. 


281 


lations approved by the Earl of C/arendon in 1856, 
or by the Earl of Malmesbury in 1858. 

Ordered, That 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 Consuls, &amp;c. 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return of all the Consuls General, Con- 
suls, Vice Consuls, Consular Agents, Consular 
Assistants, Interpreters, Secretaries and Students, 
who have been appointed since the 1st day of Janu- 
ary 1856; stating their Salaries, the Date of their 
Appointment, their previous Service in the Consular 
or any other Department, and whether they have 
passed any Examination previously to entering the 
Service, according to the Regulations approved by 
the Earl of Clarendon in 1866. 

Ordered, That 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 Foreign 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased Office Mes- 
to give directions, that there be laid before this °"8** 
House, a Return of all the Queen’s Foreign Service 
Messengers, Extra Foreign Service Messengers, 
and Home Service Messengers, appointed since the 
Ist day of January 1850, as well as of those now 
attached to the Establishment of the Foreign Office ; 
stating the Date of Appointment, the Salaries, and 
sts Employment in any Department of Her 
ajesty’s Service. 
Ordered, That the said Address he presented to 
Her Majesty, by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty’s Mest honourable Privy Council. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Cadets. 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return of the Names of the Cadets who 
have obtained Admission to the Royal Military 
Academy of Woolwich since 1855 inclusive, of their 
Places of Education, of the Places obtained by them 
on Admission tothe Academy and at the Examina- 
tion for Commissions on leaving the Academy, and 
of the Special Prizes obtained by each; with a 
corresponding Return of final Places, and of Prizes 
obtained by the Nomination Candidates. 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Anchors. 
Return of the Prices paid to Messrs. Brown, Lennox 
and Company, for Anchors, for the use of Her Ma- 
jesty’s Navy, from 1841 to 1858, inclusive: 
Copy of Contract entered into with that Firm : 
And, Return of the Number of Anchors (of 30 cwt. 
and upwards) in Stock on the Ist day of January 
1859. 








Resolved, That an humble Address be presented County Courts 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased Commitments. 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return of the Questions addressed by the 
Committee of County Court Judges to the Judges 
of those Courts, on County Court Commitments, 
and the Answers received thereto. 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Agricultural 
Returns from each of the Agricultural Schools in Schools 


Ireland, and from the Albert Model Farm, stating (Ireland.) 





Vou. 114. 








the 


PP2 





Adjournment, 


Lunatic Asy- 
lums. 


Session of 
Parliament. 


Queen's 
Printers’ 
Patent. 


Message from 
the Lords. 


Portsmouth 
and Londcn 
and South 
Western 
Railway Com- 
panies Bill. 
East Kent 
Railway Com- 
pany Bill. 


Birkenhead, 
Lancashire 
and Cheshire 
Junction 
Railway Bill. 


Ministers of 
the ‘Crown. 





282 19°—20° Juliz. A. 1859. Sess. IT. 


the Number of Statute Acres contained in the 
Farm connected with each Establishment, the Rent 
paid for it, if under Lease for what Term, the Con- 
sideration, if any, which was paid for the Lease, 
and how much has been Jaid out in permanent Im- 
provements of the Land; specifying how many 
Acres are Arable, and how many Meadow, Pasture 
or otherwise; stating the Quantity, Description 
and Value of the Live and Dead Stock, and 
Growing Crops, on any day on which the Accounts 
may have been made up in the year 1855: Of 
the Amount paid between that day and the same 
date of the year 1856 for Rates and Taxes, for 
Labour, for the Purchase and Repair of Imple- 
ments, for Live Stock, for Food for their Main- 
tenance, for Seed, for Manure, and any other out- 
going, and the Value of the Labour of the Pupils of 
the Establishment upon the Farm: —— Of the 
Quantity and Value of all Produce, specifying the 
different kinds; distinguishing whether sold in the 
Market, or consumed in the Establishment, or 
otherwise :——And, similar Return for 1856, 1857 
and 1858, so made out as to show the Profit or 
Loss arising from the Occupation of each Farm. 





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. 


The following Paper, pursuant to the directions 
of an Act of Parliament, was laid upon the Table 
by the Clerk of the House,—Abstracts of Accounts 
of Monies received and paid on account of the 
several County and Borough Asylums in Exgland 
and Wales duing the year ending on the 31st De- 
cember 1858. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being put, 
That an humble Address be presented to Her Ma- 
jesty, representing the Inconvenience of protracting 
the Session of Parliament during the Summer 
Months, and praying that Her Majesty would be 

raciously pleased to provide a Remedy for such 
Seesadethinee by assembling Parliament for the 
Despatch of Business before Christmas ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right; 

The Noes to the Left. 

Tellers for thef Mr. Charles Forster, 48 

Yeas, Mr. William Ewart : } ‘ 

Tellers for the f Mr. Bentinck, jaa 

Noes, Mr. Malins: . 
So it passed in the Negative. 


Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed 
to inquire into the Nature and Extent of the 
Queen’s Printers’ Patent for England and Wales, 
so far as relates to the Right of Printing the Holy 
Scriptures ; and to report their Opinion as to tke 
propriety of any future Grant of that Patent. 


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 Amendment made 
by this House to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships to the Portsmouth and London and South 
Western Railway Companies Bill, without any 
Amendment. 

The Lords have agreed to the East Kent Rail- 
way Company Bill, with Amendments; to which 
the Lords desire the concurrence of this House. 

The Lords have agreed to the Birkenhead, Lan- 
eashire and Cheshire Junction Railway Bill, with 
Amendments ; to which the Lords desire the con- 
currence of this House. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being put, 
That there be laid before this House, a Return, in 








Chronological Order, of all Ministers of the Crown 
appointed since the Act of Union in 1800, with the 
Dates of their respective Acceptances of, and Re- 
tirements from, Office ; distinguishing Cabinet Mi- 
nisters from those not in the Cabinet: And, 
similar Return of all Persons appointed to the Office 
of Lord Lieutenant of Jreland, Chief Secretary for 
Ireland, and Lord High Chancellor of Ireland, 
during the like period:—It passed in the Nega- 
tive. 





A Motion was made, and the Question being put, Barristers 
That leave be given to bring in a Bill to amend (Ireland) 
certain Laws and Statutes relating to the Admission 
of Barristers to practise in Ireland ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right : 

The Noes to the Left. 

Mr. M‘ Mahon, , He 

Tellers for the Yeas,{ 4 Brady: p 79. 

Tellers for the Noes, 7 —" \123, 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative: And that 
Mr. M‘Mahon, Mr. Bowyer and Mr. Brady do 
prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Thames 
to extend the Powers of the Conservators of the Conservancy. 
River Thames: And that Sir George Lewis and 
Mr. Clive do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Medical Acts 
to amend the Medical Acts: And that Mr. White- Amendment, 
side and Lord Naas do prepare, and bring it in. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented East India 

to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased (famine 
to give directions, that there be laid before this nage 
House, Returns of the Names of the Examiners 
appointed to examine the Candidates who presented 
themselves, on the 10th day of May last, for Ad- 
mission to the Engineers’ Establishment and Public 
Works Department of India :——Of the Names of 
the successful Candidates in order of Merit, their 
respective Ages, Places of Education, and the 
Names of the Civil Engineers to whom they were 
respectively articled Pupils for Three years :—— 
Of the Marks which were assigned on each subject 
to every Candidate, whether successful or other- 
wise :——And, of the Examination Papers on each 
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. 


oc 


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


Mercurii, 20° die Julit, 1859: 


A Motion was made, and the Question being Packet and 
proposed, That it be an Instruction to the Select Telegraphic 
Committee on Packet and Telegraphic Contracts 
not to proceed to inquire into the Mail Packet 
Contract for the Conveyance of Mails between 
Dover and Calais, and between Dover and Ostend, 
until the Petition of Sir William Russell, Baronet, 
complaining of an undue Election and Return for 
the Town and Port of Dover, shall have been 
disposed of ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out frum the word “That” to 
the end of the Question, in order to add the words 
“the Petition of Sir William Russell, which was 
“ presented upon the 18th day of this instant July, 

- i referred to the Select Committee on Packet 
“ and Telegraphic Contracts,” instead thereof. 
And the Question being proposed, That the words 


proposed to be left out stand part of the —— ; 





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93 VicrorizZ. 


—The said proposed Amendment was, with leave 
of the House, withdrawn. 

Then the Main Question being put ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right; 

The Noes to the Left. 

Tellers for the ae Pleydell Bou- 

Yeas, Mr. Collier : 
Tellers for the {Colonel Taylor, 
Noes, LMr. Whitmore ; 

So it passed in the Negative. 


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. 


Adjournment. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Sale of Grain, &amp;c. Bill ; 

Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


Sale of Grain, 
&amp;e. Bill. 


High Sheriffs’ The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
Expenses Bill. mittee on the High Sheriffs’ Expenses 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 12th day of this instant July, was proposed 
to be made to the Question, That the Roman 
Catholic Relief Act Amendment Bill be now read 
a second time ; 

Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 
till Thursday next. 


Roman Catho- 
lic Relief Act 
Amendment 
Bill. 


Dwellings for The Dwellings for Labouring Classes (Jreland) 

— Bill was, according to Order, read a second time ; 

(Ireland) Bill. 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 Settled Estates Act (1856) Amend- 


Settled Estates 


Amendment ; 
, ment Bill; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Tuesday next. 
Bankruptcy | The Bankruptcy and Insolvency (Jreland) Act 
ae Amendment Bill was, according to Order, read 
Amendment 9 second time; and committed to a Committee of 
the whole House, for Thursday next. 
Ways and Mr. Massey reported from the Committee of Ways 
- and Means, a Kesolution; which was read, as fol- 
loweth : 
Crnolidated That, towards making good the Supply granted 


to Her Majesty, the Sum of £. 7,000,000 be granted 
(£.7,000,000.) 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. Massey, Mr. Chancellor 
of the Exchequer, Mr. Laing and Mr. Brand do 
prepare, and bring it in. 


Supply. The Order of the day being read, for receiving 
the Report from the Committee of Supply ; 
Ordered, That the Report be received upon 
Thursday next. 
Criminal Jus- The Order of the day being read, for the third 


emery reading of the Criminal Justice, Middlesex (Assistant 
Judge) Bin, Judge) Bill; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Thursday next. 


Highways Bill, The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Highways Bill; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 
Vou, 114. 


19°—20° Juliz. 





283 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Cambridge 


into a Committee on the Cambridge University re 
o * . : ommission 

Commission Continuance Bill; and, after some Continuance 

time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the Bill, 

Chair; and Mr. Massey 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 Thursday next. 


The Newspapers, &amp;c. Bill was, according to Newspapers, 
Order, read the third time. &amp;e. Bill. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 

Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Mr. Brady presented a Bill to amend certain Barristers 
Laws and Statutes relating to the Admission of (Ireland) Bill. 
Barristers to practise in Zreland: And the same Bill 62. 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 

second time upon Friday next; and to be printed. 


Mr. Whiteside presented a Bill to amend the Medical Acts 
Medical Acts: And the same was read the first ——— 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time upon Bill 63 
Friday next ; and to be printed. ' 


Sir George Lewis presented a Bill to extend the Thames Con- 
Powers of the Conservators of the River Thames ; 8*¥8ucy Bill. 
And the same was read the first time. Bill 64. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Ex- 
aminers of Petitions for Private Bills; and be 
printed. 
Ordered, That the Examiner have leave to sit 
and proceed upon Thursday next. 


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, 20° die Julii ; 
Anno 23° Victorie Regine, 1859. 


PRAYERS, 


T HE House proceeded to take into considera- Border Coun 
tion the Amendments made by the Lords to ties Railway 
the Border Counties Railway Bill: And the same 
were twice read, and agreed to. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the Amendments made by their Lord- 
ships. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration geyencaks 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Seven- Railway Bill. 
oaks Railway Bill: And the same were twice read, 
and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the Amendments made by their Lord- 
ships. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Dundalk and 
the Dundalk and Enniskillen Railway Bill, as Enniskillen 
amended in the Committee. (corde Bill 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration North Eastern 
the North Eastern Railway (Harrogate Branches) awe 
Bill, as amended in the Committee. (Hasrogate 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. _ 


The House proceeded to take into consideration pister Rail- 
the Ulster Railway Bill, as amended in the Com- way Bi 
mittee. (lets) 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 








PP3 The 





West End of 
London and 


— 


(No.1) Bill 


Lancaster 
and Carlisle 
Railway Bill. 


Private Bills. 


Public 
Petitions. 


Vide Sixth 
Report. 


Turnpike 
Trusts. 


Foreign 
Shipping. 


284 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the West End of London and Crystal Palace Rail- 
way (No. 1) 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 Lancaster and Carlisle 
Railway Bill, as amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Ordered, That Standing Orders, Nos. 172, 179, 
180, 208, 211 and 212, be suspended for the re- 
mainder of the Session. 

Ordered, That all Private Bills, already reported 
to the House, be considered To-morrow, provided 
printed Copies of the Bill, as amended, shall have 
been deposited with the Doorkeepers, for the use 
of Members, on or before this day. 

Ordered, That every Private Bill, not already re- 
ported to the House, be considered on the second 
sitting day of the House next after such Bill is re- 
ported, provided that printed Copies of the Bill, as 
amended, be deposited with the Doorkeepers, for 
the use of Members, un the day after such Bill shall 
have been reported. 

Ordered, That every Private Bill shall stand for 
Third Reading on the next sitting day of the House 
after the day on which the Bill shali have been 
considered. 

Ordered, That when it is intended to bring up 
any Clause, or to propose any Amendment, on the 
Consideration of any Private Bill ordered to lie 
upon the Table, or any verbal Amendment on the 
Third Reading of any Private Bill, Notice shall be 
given thereof, in the Private Bill Office, on the day 
previous to such Consideration or Third Reading. 


Several Public Petitions 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 Turnpike Trusts in England 
and North Wales, showing, with respect to each 
Trust, the Name of the Trust; the Short Title and 
Date of Local Act; the Date at which the Local 
Act will expire; or whether the I.ocal Act is con- 
tinued by the “ Turnpike Acts Continuance 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. Laing presented,—An amended Return to 
an Order, dated the 31st day of March, in the last 
Session of Parliament, for an Account of the Sums 
paid under the Act 59 Geo. 3, c. 54, and subse- 
quent Orders of the Lords Commissioners of the 
‘treasury, in the year 1858, for the difference of 
Rates and Charges due to Corporations, Companies 
or Individuals for Foreign Vessels which, under 
‘Treaties of Reciprocity or otherwise, are admitted 
into the Ports of the United Kingdom at the same 
Rates of Charge as British Vessels; specifying 
each of the several Rates, on what account the 
same was paid, whether for Light Dues, Dock 
Dues, Dues on Ships or Merchandize, Pilotage or 
otherwise ; also the Total Amount (under the Reci- 
procity Treaties) paid to such Corporations, Com- 
panies or Individuals, up to the 31st day of De- 
cember 1858 (in continuation of Parliamentary 
Paper, No. 468, of Session 1858) : And, State- 
ment of the Claims on the Consolidated Duties of 
Customs, or on Monies voted by Parliament on 
account of Differential Dues which have ceased, 
with the Causes or presumed Causes of their Ces- 
sation. 

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








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A. 1859. Sess. IT. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Edinburgh, 
reading of the Edinburgh, &amp;c. Annuity Tax Aboli- Te: 
tion 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 &gt; Mr. Black, 

Yeas, Mr. Bazter: 

Tellers for the (Lord Elcho, 

Noes, Mr. William Miller : 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

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


}e2. 


}1o8, 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Weights and 
reading of the Weights and Measures Bill ; Measures Bill, 
And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That the Bill be now read a second 
time ; 
An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out the word “ now,” and, at 
the end of the Question, adding the words “ upon 
“ this day three months.” 
And the Question being proposed, That the word 
“now,” stand part of the Question:—The said 
proposed Amendment was, with leave of the House, 
withdrawn. 
Ordered, That the Bill be now read a second 
time :—The Bill was accordingly read a second 
time; and committed to a Committee of the whole 
House, for Tuesday next. 


The Diplomatic Pensions Bill was, according to Diplomatic 
Order, read a second time; and committed to a Pensions Bill 
Committee of the whole House, for 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 Clerk of the Council Clerk of the 
Bill, without any Amendment. Council Bill 

The Lords have agreed to the Herne Bay and Herne Bay and 
Faversham Railway (Margate Extension) Bill, with Faversham 
Amendments ; to which the Lords desire the con- (Maree Ex 
currence of this House. tension) 


The Lords have agreed to the Mountsorrel Rail- Mountsorrel 
way Bill, with Amendments; to which the Lords Railway Bill 
desire the concurrence of this House. 

The Lords have agreed to the Somerset Central Somerset 
Railway Bill, with Amendments; to which the Lords any ge 
desire the concurrence of this House. , 

The Lords have agreed to the Wear Navigation Wear Navi- 
and Sunderland Docks Bill, with Amendments ; to aero 
which the Lords desire the concurrence of this Docks Bill 
House. 

The Lords have agreed to the Wirral Water Bill, Wirral Water 
with Amendments; to which the Lords desire the Bill 
concurrence of this House. 

The Lords have agreed to the Vale of Llangollen Vale fi 
Railway Bill, with Amendments; to which the Lords way 
desire the concurrence of this House. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Church Rates 
reading of the Church Rates Commutation Bill; Cammuta 
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 








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Question, by leaving out the word “ now,” and, at 
the end of the Question, adding the words “ upon 
“ this day three months.” 

And the Question being proposed, That the word 
“now” stand part of the Question:—The said 
proposed Amendment and Motion were severally, 
with leave of the House, withdrawn. 

Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


Adulterstion | The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
of Food, &amp;. mittee on the Adulteration of Food, &amp;c. Prevention 
nw Bill; 
= Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 
Metropolis The Order of the day being read, for the second 
CarriagewayS reading of the Metropolis Carriageways Bill ; 
Bil Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 
Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 
Public Im- The Order of the day being read, for the second 
ae reading of the Public Improvements Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
To-morrow. 
Imprisonment The Imprisonment for Small Debts Bill was, 
hg according to Order, read a second time; and com- 
as mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for 
Wednesday next. 
Criminal Pro- The Order of the day being read, for the second 
cedure Bill. reading of the Criminal Procedure Bill; 
Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 
Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 
Public Justice The Order of the day being read, for the second 
Offences Bill. peading of the Public Justice Offences Bill ; 
Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 
Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 
Malicious The Order of the day being read, for the second 
Injuries Bil. ~yeading of the Malicious Injuries Bill ; 
Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 
Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 
Coinage The Order of the day being read, for the second 
Offences Bill. reading of the Coinage Offences Bill ; 
Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 
Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 
Personation The Order of the day being read, for the secund 
mm. reading of the Personation Bill; 
Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 
Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 
Forgery Bil. © The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Forgery Bill; 
Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 
Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 
Offences The Order of the day being read, for the second 
—. reading of the Offences against the Person Bill ; 
Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 
Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 
larceny, &amp;. The Order of the day being read, for the second 
Hil. reading of the Larceny, &amp;c. Bill; 
Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 
Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 
Criminal The Order of the day being read, for the second 
Writings Bill. reading of the Criminal Writings Bill ; 
Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 
Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 
Funishment The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Punishment Bill ; 
Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 
Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 
athe, &amp;e, The Order of the day being read, for the second 


reading of the Oaths, &amp;c. Bill; 
Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 
Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 

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285 


The Judgments (Ireland) Bill was, according to Judgments 
Order, read a second time; and committed to a (Ireland) Bill, 
Committee of the whole House, fur Tuesday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Ways and 
mittee of Ways and Means ; Means. 
Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 

solve itself into the said Committee. 


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

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 

solve itself into the said Committee, 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Municipal 
into a Committee on the Municipal Corporations — 
Bill. ° 

(In the Committee.) 


Preamble postponed. 

Clause, N° 1 (Obligation to make Declarations 
contained in 9 Geo. 4, c. 17, s.2; 1 &amp; 2 Vic. c. 5, 
s.1,and 8 &amp; 9 Vic. c. 52,8. 1, abolished). 


To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Baz- 
ter reported, That the Committee had made Pro- 
gress in the Bill; and that he was directed to move, 
That the Committee may have leave to sit again. 
Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, again 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Local Govern- 
to confirm certain Provisional Orders under the ™¢2* Supple- 
Local Government Act (1858): And that Mr. Clive 

and Sir George Lewis do prepare, and bring it in. 


Mr. Fitz Roy reported from the Select Committee Westminster 
on the Westminster New Bridge Bill; That they io Bridge 
had examined the allegations of the Bill, and found "Bal 
the same to be true; and had gone through the ™ eae 
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 Friday next. 


Mr. Ingham reported from the Committee on London and 
Group 8 of Railway Bills; That in the case of the North Western 
London and North Western Railway (Denton to ron d to 
Stalybridge) Bill, they had examined the allegations Stalybridge) 
contained in the Preamble of the Bill, and amended Bill. 
the same, by striking out so much thereof as had 
reference to the construction of the new lines of 
Railway from Denton to Stalybridge, and the ac- 

uisition of certain lands in connection therewith, 
the Provisions in reference to which had been with- 
drawn by the Promoters; and found the same, as 
amended, to be true; and had gone through the 
Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

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


Mr. Ingham reported from the Committee on Oldham, 
Group 8 of Railway Bills; That in the case of the —- 
Oldham, Ashton-under-Lyne and Guide Bridge Guide Bridge 
Junction Railway (Working of Line, &amp;c.) Bill, they Junction Rail- 
had examined the allegations contained in the Pre- w*y (Working 
amble of the Bill, but the same had not been proved Ri,” “) 
to their satisfaction. 

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


Mr. Ridley reported from the Committee on North Stat 

Group 4 of Railway Bills; That in the case of the pr 
North Staffordshire Railway Bill, they had ex- ee 
amined the allegations contained in the Preamble of 

tlie Bill, and amended the same, by striking out so 

much thereof as related to a proposed Railway at 

Knutton, and the use of a Railway belonging to 

Ralph Sneyd, Esquire, which had not been proved 

to their satisfaction ; also by referring to the Rail- 





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ways instead of the Undertakings generally of the 
North Staffordshire and London and North Western 
Railway Companies, the Clauses of the Bill, as 
altered, having a like restricted signification ; and also 
by striking out all reference to a Power to alter 
existing shares of the Company, that Power having 
been abandoned by the Promoters; and found the 
same, as amended, to be true; and had gone through 
the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

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


Midland Mr. Ridley reported from the Committee on 
ee ag Group 7 of Railway Bills; That in the case of the 
Ireland (Liffey Midland Great Western Railway of Ireland (Liffey 
ph &amp;-) Branch, Xc.) Bill, they had examined the allega- 
ill [Zords.] tions contained in the Preamble of the Bill, and 
amended the same, by striking out so much thereof 
as related to the revival of the borrowing Powers 
contained in the therein recited Act of 10 &amp; 11 
Vic. c. 176, in order to make the same consistent 
with the Provisions of the Bill; and found the same, 
as amended, to be true; and had gone through the 

Bill, and made an Amendment thereunto. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 

and be printed. 


Local Govern- Mr. Clive presented a Bill to confirm certain 
a Provisional Orders under the Local Government Act 
Bill 66 (1858): And the same was read the first time ; and 
* ordered to be read a second time upon Friday next ; 

and to be printed. 


Consolidated © Mr, Brand presented a Bill to apply a Sum out 

re 000) of the Consolidated Fund to the Service of the year 

Bil. One thousand eight hundred and fifty-nine: And 
the same was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time To-morrow. 


High Sheriffs’ The Order for the House to resolve itself into a 
Expenses Bill. Committee, To-morrow, on the High Sheriffs’ Ex- 
penses Bill, was read, and discharged. 

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


Pontefract Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That he had 
Eiection. this day received a Letter from Mr. W. AM. Wilkin- 
son, as Agent for Hugh Culling Eardley Childers, 
Esquire, informing him that it is not his intention 
to proceed with his Petition complaining of an undue 
Election and Return for the Borough of Pontefract : 

—And the said Letter was read, as falloweth :— 

44, Lincoln’s Inn Fields, W.C. 

Sir, 20 July 1859. 
As Agents for Hugh Culling Eardley Childers, 
Esquire, in the matter of his Petition delivered in 
on the Ninth day of June last, complaining of an 
undue Election and Return for the Borough of 
Pontefract, | beg hereby to inform you that it is 
not intended to proceed with the said Petition. 


I have the honour to be, Sir, 
Your obedient Servant, 
W. M. Wilkinson. 


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


The Order for referring the said Petition to the 
General Committee of Elections, was read, and dis- 
charged. 


Caledonian The following Paper, pursuant to the directions 
Canal. __ of an Act of Parliament, was laid upon the Table 
No. 103. by the Clerk of the House,—Fifty-fourth Report of 
the Commissioners of the Caledonian Canal. 
Ordered, That the said Paper be printed. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 





Jovis, 21° die Julii ; 
Anno 23° Victoria Regine, 1859. 


PRAYERS. 

M \R. Deedes reported from the Select Committee Standing 
on Standing Orders, a Resolution ; which wag Orders. 
read, as followeth : 

That in the case of the Metropolis Gas Regula- Metropolis 
tion Bill, the Standing Orders ought not to be {as Regula. 
dispensed with. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Tabie,—Report from Thames Con- 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, 8etvancy Bill 
That in the case of the Thames Conservancy Bill, 
the Standing Orders have been complied with. 

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


Mr. ee reported from the Select Committee Public 
on Public Petitions; That they had examined the Petitions 
Petitions presented upon the isth, 19th and 20th (Sixth Re- 
y abe 8 : ° port.) 

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 Witney 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Witney Railway _ 
Railway (No. 2) Bill; und the same were twice (No. 2) Bill 
read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the Amendments made by their Lord- 
ships. 


The Bagenalstown and Wexford Railway Bill was Bagenalstown 

read the third time. and Wexford 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. (Lorde Bill 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 

Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 

agreed to the same, without Amendment. 


A Motion being made, That the British and British and 


Canadian Telegraph Company Bill be now read Teleeroph 


the third time; Company Bill. 


Mr. Headlam, 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 Bury Saint Edmund’s Gas Bill was read the Bury Saint 


third time. — 
Resolved, That the Bill, with the Amendment, Fy oras.j 


do pass. 

Sedwed, 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 
this House doth desire the concurrence of their 
Lordships. 


A Motion being made, That the Cleveland Rail- Cleveland, 
way Bill be now read the third time ; Railway 

Mr. Headlam, 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 1s 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. a 

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pablin and The Dublin and Drogheda Railway Bill was 

Drogheda yead the third time. 

galway Bill “Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

[Lads] Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the same, without Amendment. 

paitk and = The Dundalk and Enniskillen Railway Bill was 

funiskillen yead the third time. 

fords} Bill“ Resolved, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
do pass. 

Ordeveil, 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 

this House doth desire the concurrence of their 
Lordships. 

FinfordBridge The Finford Bridge and Banbury Road Bill was 


and Banbury yead the third time. 
Bead Bill Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

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


Gloucester The Gloucester and Cheltenham Tramway Aban- 
and aan donment Bill was read the third time. 
&gt; mma Resolved, ‘That the Bill, with the Amendments, 


Bill [Lords.] 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 
this House doth desire the concurrence of their 


Lordships. 
Kensington The Kensingion Station and North and South 
Sutin and =~ London Junction Railway Bill was read the third 
North and : 
fouth London time. . 
Junction Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 


allway Bil. ‘Title be, An Act for making the Kensington Station 
and North and South London Junction Railway, 
and for other purposes. 


Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the the third time ; 


Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Lancashire 


aad Yorkshire 5) ire Railway Companies Bill was read the third 


and Rast Lan- 

cashire Rail. time. 

way Com- Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

ei Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 

Lancaster A Motion being made, That the Lancaster and 

Ralvay Bal Carlisle Railway Bill be now read the third time; 

‘ Mr. Headlam, 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 | 7, 
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. 
eee The Leeds, Bradford and Halifax Junction Rail- 
Junction W@Y Bill was read the third time. 
Railway Bill. Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That the Cierk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 
led int The London and North Western Railway (Sutton 
Railway Coldfield Branch) Bill was read the third time. 
fon Cold. Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Bil (chen) Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
from Birming- Lords, und desire their concurrence. 


= Erdington and Sutton Cold- 
Railway (Western Line.)) 


sttnderry The Londonderry and Lough Swilly Railway Bill 
Srill Rail. was read the third time. 
may Bill Resolved, That the Bill, with the Amendment, 
(Lor, do pass. 
rdered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
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Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the same, with an Amendment; to which 
this House doth desire the concurrence of their 
Lordships. 


The Malltraeth and Corsddaugau Marsh Bill was Malltraeth and 
read the third time. a 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 


Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Midland Railway (Erewash Valley) Bill was Midland Rail- 
read the third time. vouneee 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. oe 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry tie Bill to the 


Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Mid-Susser and Midhurst Junction Railway Mid-Sussex 
Bill was read the third time. - Midhurst 
Resolved, That the Biil do pass. Railway Bill. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Newry and Armagh Railway Bill was read Newry and 
the third time. — Bin 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. [ Lords} 

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 North Eastern and Bedale and Leyburn Rail- North Eastern 
way Companies Amalgamation Bill was read the ec ee el 
third time. 


; Railway Com- 
Resolved, ‘That the Bill do pass. panies Amal- 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the gamation Bill. 


Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


A Motion being made, That the North Eastern North Eastern 


Railway (Harrogate Branches) Bill be now read ron 


Branches) Bill. 
Mr. Headlam, by Her Majesty’s Command, 


acquainted the House, That Her Majesty, having 


The Lancashire and Yorkshire and East Lanca- | 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 Norwich Corn Exchange Bill was read the Norwich Corn 
third time. Exchange Bill 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. ss 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
rds; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the same, without Amendment. 


The Perth, Kinross and Fife Roads Bill was Perth, Kinross 
an 


d Fife 
. : Roads Bill. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 


Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 


Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The South Staffordshire Railway Bill was read South Staf- 
fordshire 


the third time. Railway Bill 


Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act to authorize the South Stafford- 
shire Railway Company to acquire certuin Lands, 
and raise additional Capital, and for other pur- 

oses. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 


Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The South Yorkshire Railway and River Dun South York- 

Company Bill was read the third time. po ems 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. Compete Bill. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 

Lords, and desire their concurrence. 

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The Stockton and Darlington Railway Bill was 
read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act for enabling the Stockton and 
Darlington Railway Company to make a new Rail- 
way and other Works, and for other purposes. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the | 
Lords, and desire their concurrence, 


Stockton and | 


Dailington 
Railway Bill 


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* A. 1859. Sess. IL. 


A Message was delivered by Sir Augustus Clifford, Ro 
Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod: Ford, al Asmat, 
Mr. Speaker, 
The Lords, authorized by virtue of Her Ma- 
jesty’s Commission, for declaring Her Royal Assent 
to several Acis agreed upon by both Houses, desire 
the immediate attendance of this Honourable House 


|in the House of Peers, to hear the Commission 


| read. 


Sunderland 
Dock (No. 2) 
Bill. 


Ordered, That the Sunderland Dock (No. 


Ulster Rail- 
way Bill 


[ Lords.] 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 | 
this House doth desire the concurrence of their | 
Lordships. 

Victoria 
Station and 
Pimlico 
Railway Bill. 


The Victoria Station and Pimlico Railway Bill 
was read the third time. 

Resolved, ‘\hat the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title b», An Act to enable the Victoria Station and 
Pimlico Railway Company to raise further Sums 
of Money, and to enter into Arrangements with cer- 
tain other Companies with reference to the use of 
the Railway and Stations of the Company. 

Ordered, That tiie Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


West End of 
London and 
Crystal Palace 
Railway 

(No. 1) Bill. 


Berks and 
Hants Exten- 
sion Railway 
Bill. 


Ordered, That the West End of Lundon and 
Crystal Palace Railway (No. 1) Bill be read the 


third time To-morrow. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Berks and Hants Extension Railway Bill, as 
amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Dublin and 
Wicklow 
Railway Bill 
| Lords. | 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Dublin and Wicklow Railway Bill, as amended 
in the Committee. 

A Clause (Confirming agreement with Henry 
Hodgson, Esquire), was twice read; and made part 
of the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Great North- The House proceeded to take into consideration 


ern and West- ee T —— ccna a esi. 
sundetiedentt mig my Northern and Western (of Zredand) Rail 
i &gt; ° 


Railway Bill P : . 
[Lords. | Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Lancashire 
and Yorkshire 
Railway 

( Rochdale 

and Royton 
Branches) Bill. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway (Rochdale 
and Royton Branches) Bill, as amended in the 
Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Ludlow Roads 


ad The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Li. 


the Ludlow Roads Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


National 
Fire and Life 
Insurance 
Company of 
Scotland Bill 
[ Lords. | 


Silverdale and 
Newcastle. 
under-Lyme 
Railway Bill. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the National Fire and Life Insurance Company of 
Scotland Bill, as amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, ‘Vhat the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Silverdale and Newcastle-under-Lyme Railway 
Bill, as amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Sittingbourne 

and Sheerness 
ilwa; 

( Additional 

tame &amp;c.) 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Sittingbourne and Sheerness Railway (Additional 
Capital, &amp;c.) Bill, as amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


2)! 
Bill be vead the third time upon Monday next. 


Accoriingly Mr. Speaker, with the House, went 
up to the House of Peers :—And being returned ; 
Mr, Speaker reported, That the House, at the 


The Ulster Railway Bill was read the third 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 provide for the Authentication of cer- Clerk of the 
| tain Orders of the Privy Council in the absence of Council Bill, 
| the Clerk of the Council in Ordinary : 
| An Act to provide for the Partition of the Zondon- Manchester, 
road Station at Manchester, and for the better Ma- Sheffield and 
nagement of certain Portions of the said Station, ae 


: : Railway (Sta. 
and for improving the Access thereto: tion poy me. 


chester) Bill 
| Au Act for making Railwavs from Pembroke South Wales, 
| Dock to Tenly, and from Pembroke Dock to the Pembroke 


| Pier at Hobb’s Point, in the County of Pembroke : paar 


way Bill. 
| An Act to amend the Provisions of the Tyne Im- Tyne Im. 
| provement Acts, to authorize an Alteration of the Provement 
Piers at the Mouth of the River, aad for other pur- ~~” 

| poses : 
| An Act for the Completion of the Gateshead Gateshead 
Quay, in the Borough of Gateshead, and for autho- Quy Bill 
rizing Arrangements with the North Eastern Rail- 
'way Company with respect tu the user of parts 
| thereof, and for other purposes : 
| An Actto extend the Time for making the Hamp- Hampstead 
| stead Junction Railway, to authorize certain Devia- Junction 
| 4s ost . me . Cs Railway Bill. 
tions in the Line thereof, and for other purposes : 
| An Act for authorizing the Construction of a Great Westem 
| Railway for carrying the West London Railway Railway Bill 
‘over the Great Western Railway by means of a 
| Bridge, in substitution for the present Level Cross- 
ing, and for other purposes : 

An Act to amalgamate the Selkirk and Gala- North British 
shiels Kailway Company with the North British and Selkirk 


: d Galashiels 
Railway Company, and for other purposes : habeas Com- 


panies Bill. 

An Act to enable the Caledonian Railway Com- Caledonian 
pany to make Branch Railways to the Wilsontown Railway Bill 
Mineral Field, and for other purposes : 

An Act for making a Railway from the Wooffer- 
ton Station of the Shrewsbury and Hereford Railway, 
in the County of Hereford, to a Point near Tenbury, 
in the County of Worcester, and for other purposes : 

An Act to enable the Worcester and Hereford Worcester 
Railway Company to make a Branch Railway to lene 
the Severn, at Worcester, and to enlarge their Station y 
at Hereford, and for other purposes : 

An Act for authorizing the Lymington Railway Lymington | 
Company to acquire the Ferry across the Lymington Kailway B 
River, and to raise further Capital, and for other 
purposes : 

An Act to alter and consolidate the Acts relating Great North 
to the Great North of Scotland Railway Company, tse * 

’ . y 
to regulate and define the Company’s Capital, and 
for other purposes : : 

An Act for the Reading and Hatfield Turnpike 
Roads, in the Counties of Berks, Bucks, Oxfor 
and Hertford : 

An Act to enable the Kings!on-upon- Thames Gas Kings. 
Company to raise further Monies by Shares and (Pe Bill. 
Borrowing : 

An Act for enabling the London and North London ae 
Western Railway Company to make a Railway from Railway 
their existing Line at Edgehill, in the County of (Ragehill to 
Lancaster, Garston) Bill. 


‘Tenbury 
Railway Bill. 


Reading 
and Hatfield 
Road Bill. 













nn ~ 





23 Vicrorre. 


Lancaster, to the Saint Helen’s Railway, near Gar- 
ston, in the same County, and for other purposes : 
goth Easter&gt; ~=An Act to enable the North Eastern Railway 


BilWy vie a to make a Branch from their Zeeds and 

ead Bll Thirsk Railway to Pa/eley Bridge, to acquire addi- 
tional Lands, and for other purposes: 

Dundee and An Act for enabling the Dundee and Perth and 

Nentyle Rail- 4 berdeen Railway Junction Company to improve 

ag the Dundee and Newtyle Railway, and for other 

‘purposes : 

galford An Act to enable the Mayor, Aldermen and Bur- 

Borough gesses of the Borough of Salford to raise a further 

(fo.2) Bill. Sum of Money for improving their Gas Works, and 
for other purposes : 

Greenwich An Act to authorize the Construction of Docks 

wiSouth and other Works on the South Shore of the River 


fastern Dock® TRames, to be called “The Greenwich and South 


Bil [Lord] Eastern Docks :” 

price’s Patent An Act for conferring on Price's Patent Candle 
Candle Com- Company, Limited, further Powers for the raising 
os) of Money, and for other purposes : 

peiSeaand _ An Act to incorporate the Red Sea and India 
india Tele- Telegraph Company, and for enabling the Company 
graph Com- to establish and work Telegraphs between Great 
pany ( Britain and India and other Countries, and for other 

purposes connected therewith : 
YaeofNeath An Act for authorizing divers Arrangements be- 


hailway Bill. tween the Vale of Neath Railway Company, and 
other Companies having Railways or other Works 
near to the Vale of Neath Railway, and for regu- 
lating the Capital and borrowing Powers of the 
Company, and for other purposes : 


= An Act to alter and amend the Acts relating to 
a the Atlantic Telegraph Company, and to enable the 


(No.2) Bil. Company to raise additional Capital, and for other 
purposes : 

Border Union ~=An Act to authorize the North British Railway 

ey Railways Company to make a Railway from their Hawick 

Bill Line to the Port Carlisle Railway, near Carlisle, with 
divers Branches therefrom, and for other purposes : 


Norwich New = =An Act for making a new Street from near 


(lors) Foundry .Bridge to King-street, in the City and 
County of the City of Norwich : 

— _ An Act to repeal an Act passed in the eleventh 

Roads Bil, year of the reign of King George the Fourth, 
chapter 110, intituled, “ An Act for more effec- 
tually repairing the Road from Carlisle to Penrith, 
and from Penrith to Eamont Bridge, in the County 
of Cumberland,’ and to make other Provisions in 
lieu thereof : 

~ quae An Act for making a Railway from Much Wenlock, 

Iain in the County of Sudop, to communicate with the 


Railway Bill, Severn Valley Railway and the River Severn, in the 
same County: 

An Act to repeal the Acts relating to the Com- 
pany of Proprietors of the Liverpool Exchange, and 
to incorporate the Liverpool Exchange Company, 
and for other purposes connected therewith : 
nd Dumfrics An Act to authorize the raising of a further Sum 
Railway Bill, Of Money for the Completion of the Castle Douglas 
and Dumfries Railway, and to sanction a Devia- 
tion from the authorized Line of that Railway : 


Liverpool 
Exchange Bill 
[Lords.) 


— am An Act to authorize the Construction of a Tram- 

Railway Bil, Way from the Zilanidloes and Newtown Railway, 
near Newtown, to the Shropshire Union Canal, and 
to enable the Lilanidloes and Newtown Railway 
Company to lease their Undertaking, and for other 
purposes : 

eet ie Act for authorizing an Amalgamation or 

We soath Lease of the Portsmouth Railway with or to the 


London and South Western Railway Company, and 
ily As for other purposes : 


a An Act to extend the Time for the Sale of such 
gation Bi, Lands belonging to the Company of Proprietors of 
the Forth and Clyde Navigation as may not be re- 
ier quired for the purposes of the said Navigation : 
Railway By, . An Act for the Transfer of the Caterham Railway 


to the South Eastern Railway Company, and for 
other purposes : 


Q1° Julie. 


289 


An Act to enable the Maybole and Girvan Rail- Mayboie and 
way Company to raise additional Capital, to autho- pasty ~" a 
rize a Deviation of their Line, and for other pur- — 
poses ; 

An Act for authorizing the Hertford, Luton and Hertford, 
Dunstable Railway Company to raise further Ca- Luton and 
pital for the purposes of the Hertford Section of Railway Bill, 
their Railway, and for extending the Period for the 
Completion of the Luton Section of their Railway, 
and for other purposes : . 

An Act to dissolve the Marriage of William Sandwith’s 
Sandwith, Esquire, with Georgina Mary his now Divorce 
Wife, and to enable him to marry again, and for (rede y 
other purposes. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration West London 
the West London Railway Bill, as amended in the Railway Bill 
Committee ; and Amendments were made to the 
Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Several Public Petitions were presented, and Public 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. Petitions. 
Vide Seventh 
Report. 
Mr. Milner Gibson presented, by Her Majesty’s Trade and 
Command,— Accounts relating to Trade and Na- Navigation. 
vigation, for the Month ended 30th June 1859, and No. 42. 
Six Months ended 30th June 1859. 
Copy of Report to the Lords of the Committee Railways. 
of Privy Council for Trade and Foreign Plantations 
of the Proceedings of the Department relating to 
Railways, for the year 1858, by Captain Douglas 
Galton, X.8. 
Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table ; and that the first be printed. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Trinidad 

to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased (Mortality, 
to give directions, that there be laid before Gaiden, c.) 
a Copy of continuation of the Correspondence con- 
cerning the Mortality and Sickness of the 41st 
Regiment at 77inidad, and concerning the unhealthy 
Location of the Barracks in that Colony, dated 
War Office, the 7th day of April 1859. 

Ordered, That 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, New Foreign 
Copies of the Official Letters by which Mr. Scott and Indian 
was appointed the Architect of the proposed new OMe 
Foreign and Indian Offices. 


Mr. Massey reported the Tottenham and Ed- Tottenham 
monton Gas Bill, with Amendments. and Edmonton 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. (itords] 


Mr. Massey reported from the Committee on fastbourne 
the Eastbourne Water Bill; That they had exa- Water Bill. 
mined the allegations of the Bill, and found the 
same to be true; and had made Provision in the 
Bill, pursuant to the Resolution of the House of 
5th July; and had gone through the Bill, and made 
Amendments thereunto, 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Scholefield reported the Midland Great Midland Great 
Western Railway of Ireland (Sligo Extension) Bill, bere 
with an Amendment. y 


s (Sligo Exten- 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; sion) Bill 
and be printed. [Lords.] 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Boroughs, &amp;c. 
Returns for each Parliamentary Borough in Eng- 
land and Wales and in Ireland, having fewer than 
25,000 Inhabitants according to the Census of 1851, 
showing the present Number of Dwelling-houses 
in each such Borough occupied by Male House- 





Vow 114. 


@Q3 holders, 


Army (Assist- 
ant Surgeons’ 
Examita- 
tions.) 


Names 
of Successful 
Candidates. 


290 


holders, of which the Gross Annual Real Rent or 
Value is £.10 and upwards; the Number at £.8 
and under £.10; the Number at £.6 and under 
£.8; the Number at £.5 and under £.6; the 
Number at £.4 and under £.5; the Number at 
£.3 and under £.4; and the Number under £.3; 
And, of the Number of Members of Parlia- 
ment returned by each of these Boroughs, and the 
Number of Parliamentary Voters in each, according 
to the latest Returns, and distinguishing the Num- 
ber of Freemen from the Number of £.10 Voters ; 
the Return to be arranged beginning with the 
smallest Borough and ending with the largest, and 
to have the Columns added up :—These Returns to 
be furnished by the Commissioners of Inland Re- 
venue, to be prepared by the Local Officers em- 
ployed by them for laying on the Property Tax. 





Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this House, 
a Return of the Names of the successful Candi- 
dates at the Competitive Examination heid for 


and Kast Indian Armies since the year 1855 inclu- 
sive; also, the Names of the Examiners, the Place 
or School of Medical Education of each Candidate, 
successful and unsuccessful, according to the fol- 
lowing Tabular Form :— 


Place or School | 

of Medical Education 
of each Candidate, 

Successful or Unsuccessful. 


Number 
of Unsuccessful 
Candidates. 


Names 





of Examiners. 





Church Rates. 


Bible Board 
(Scotland. ) 


Lighting Pic- 
ture Galleries 
by Gas, 


I 
| 








—And, Copies of the Examination Papers sct to 
the Candidates at each Examination. 

Ordered, Yhat 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 proceeded to take into consideration 
that part of the Message from the Lords of the 
11th day of this instant July, wherein their Lord- 
ships request, that this House will give leave to Sir 
John Saiusbury Trelawny, Baronet, a Member of 
this House, to attend the Select Committee ap- 
pointed by their Lordships in the present Session 
of Parliament on Church Rates, in order to his 
being examined as a Witness before the said 
Committee. 

And Sir John Salusbury Trelawny, 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 Sir John Salusbury Trelawny have 
leave to go to the House of Lords, as desired by 
their Lordships, if he think fit. 

Ordered, That a Message be sent to the Lords, to 
acquaint them that this House hath given leave to 
Sir John Salusbury Trelawny 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. Clive presented,— Return to an Address to 
Her Majesty, dated the 30th day of June last, for 
a Return relative to the Bible Board (Scotland). 

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


Mr. Lowe presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand,—Copy of Report of the Commission ap- 
ee to consider the subject of lighting Picture 

alleries by Gas. 

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





21° Juliz. 


A. 1859. Sess. IT. 


Sir Charles Wood presented, pursuant to the di- 


of the Receipts and Disbursements of the Home 
Treasury of the East India Company, from 1st May 
1857 to 30th April 1858 :—2. Anestimated Account 
of the Receipts and Disbursements of the Home 
Treasury of the Government of India, from 1st May 
1858 to 30th April 1859 :—3. An Account of the 
Debts and Credits in England of the Government 
of India on 1st May 1859 :—4. A List of the Esta- 
blishment of the Secretary of State in Council of 
India, avd the Salaries and Allowances payable in 
respect thereof on 1st May 1859 :—5. An Account 
of new or inereased Salaries, Establishments or 
Pensions, granted or created in Great Britain, 
between Ist May 1858 and Ist May 1859 :—6. Al- 
lowances, Compensations, Remunerations and Super- 
annuations granted under the 93d Section of the 
Act 53 Geo. 8, c. 155, between Ist May 1858 and 
1st May 1859:—Compensations granted between 
Ist May 1858 and 1st May 1859, under the Act 
(3 &amp; 4 Will. 4,¢. 85,8. 7; viz.:—7. To the Widows 











. 5 : East Indig 
rections of an Act of Parliament,—1. An Account (Home 


Accounts,) 


@tand Children of deceased Officers and Servants of — 
Appointment of Assistant Surgeons in the Pvc on | the India Home Establishment :—s8. To the Families 


of deceased Officers of the Company’s late Mari- 
time Service in the form of Annuities :—9. List of 
Compensations granted under Section 17 of Act 
21 &amp; 22 Vic. c. 106, to Secretaries, Officers and 
Servants on the Home Establishment of the East 
India Company, and on the Establishment of the 
Board of Commissioners for the Affairs of Zndia. 

Accounts respecting the Territorial Revenues and 
Disbursements of the Government of India, for the 
year 1857-58; with an Estimate of the same for 
the succeeding year, and Appendices, containing 
Comparative Statements for the year 1857-58, and 
Estimate for 1858-59. 

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





Lord Clarence Paget presented,—Return to se- 
veral Orders, dated the 7th and 18th days of April, 
in the last Session of Parliament, for a Return of 
Copies of all Correspondence relating to the War- 
rant granted to the Royal Western Yacht Club of 
Treland, especially those in the years 1832, 1842, 
1849, 1853 and 1858, and particularly the Admiralty 
Warrant to the Royal Western Yacht Club of Jre- 
land of the 6th day of February 1832, and Letters 
of the 31st day of July 1849, tle 29th day of April, 
and the 2d day of May 1858 ; also Letter addressed 
by the late Maurice Q’Connell, Esquire, M. P., to 
the Lords of the Admiralty, and Sir James Gra- 
ham’s Reply, dated the 23d day of May 1853 :—— 
Of any Letters or Minutes of any Applications 
made by the Royal Saint Greorge’s, the Holyhead, or 
any other Yacht Club, for permission to wear the 
White Ensign, with the Answers thereto: Of 
any Memorials or Letters from the Royal Yacht 
Squadron to the Lords of the Admiralty relative to 
their Claim for the exclusive use of the White Ensign, 
with the Answers thereto, since the granting of the 
Warrant to that Club :——Of Memorial presented 
by the Royal Western Yacht Club of Ireland, 
through his Excellency the Lord Lieutenant, to the 
Lords of the Admiralty, with the Reply thereto:—— 
And, of General Warrants granted to all Royal 
Yacht Clubs, with the Dates on which separate 
Warrants were issued to the Yacht Owners of the 
several Clubs, authorizing them to carry the respec- 
tive Club Ensigns : — And, that there be 
added to the Return relative to Yacht Clubs, or- 
dered on the 7th day of April last, any Statement of 
the Reason for the Admiralty withdrawing the 
White Ensign from the Royal Western Yacht Club 
of Ireland, in 1858, specifying whether the circum- 
stance that the Secretary of the Royal Western 
Yacht Club was in the habit of holding out the 
privilege of the White Ensign as an inducement to 
persons to join that Club had any influence ~ 

a 

















East India 
(Territorial 
Accounts.) 


Yacht Clubs. 


Yacht Clubs. 





nts.) 


dia 
rial 
8.) 


lubs. 


ibs. 





Trinity House 
Pilots. 


Licensed 
Trades. 


Foreign 
Shipping. 
No. 104. 


Ways and 
Means. 


Income Tax. 


93 Vicroriz. 


that decision; and a List of the Vessels belonging 
to the Royal Western Yacht Club, specifying Name, 
Tonnage and Ports to which they belong. 

Return to an Order, dated the 14th day of this 
instant July, for Returns relative to Trinity House 
Pilots. 

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


Mr. Laing presented,—Return to an Order, dated 
the 4th day of April, in the last Session of Parlia- 
ment, for Returns for the year ended the 31st day of 
March 1858, of the Trades in which Duties of 
Excise are levied :——Of the Credit which is allowed 
in each ‘Trade :——Of the Trades in which Sureties 
for Payment of Duties are required ; and a Descrip- 
tion of the Sureties required :——-Of the Number of 
Cases in each Trade m which Sureties have been 
called upon to pay Duties by default of their Piin- 
cipals during the Seven years ending the 31st day of 
March 1858: Of the Cases in which Sureties 
have been called upon to pay Duties, wherein the 
Principals have been Brewers as well as Maltsters, 
during the same period :——&lt;And, Specification of 
the Number and respective Amounts of Losses 
incurred by the Revenue during the same period. 

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





Ordered, That the Return relative to Foreign 
Shipping, which was presented upon the 20th day 
of this instant July, be printed. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into the Committee of Ways and Means. 


(In the Committee.) 


1. Motion made, and Question proposed, That, 
towards raising the Supply granted to Her Majesty, 
in addition to the Rates and Duties granted and now 
chargeable under the Act passed in the 16th and 17th 
vears of Her Majesty’s reign, chapter 34, for grant- 
ing to Her Majesty Duties on profits arising from 
property, professions, trades and offices, there shall 
be charged, collected and paid, for and in respect of 
all property, profits and gains charged or chargeable 
under the said Act, either by assessment, contract 
of composition or otherwise, the following additional 
Rates and Duties, that is to say: upon any as- 
sessment made on the annual value or amount of 
any property, profits or gains (except prorerty, 
profits and gains chargeable under Schedule (B.) of 
the said Act), the additional Rate or Duty of Four- 
pence for every Twenty shillings of the annual value 
or ameunt of all such property. profits and gains 
respectively ; and for and in respect of the occu- 
pation of lands, tenements, hereditaments and heri- 
tages chargeable under Schedule (B.) of the said 
Act, the additional Rate or Duty of T'wo-pence in 
England, and ot One penny halfpenny in Scotland 
and Ireland respectively, for every Twenty shillings 
of the annual value thereof; and such additional 
Rates and Duties respectively shall be collected and 
paid with and over and above the first moiety of the 
Duties assessed or charged under the said Act. 

Whereupon Motion made, and Question, That, 
towards raising the Supply granted to Her Majesty, 
im addition to the Rates and Duties granted and now 
chargeable under the Act passed in the 16th and 
17th years of Her Majesty’s reign, chapter 34, for 
granting to Her Majesty Duties on profits arising 
from property, professions, trades and offices, there 
shall be charged, collected and paid, for and in 
respect of all property, profits and gains charged 
or chargeable under the said Act, either by assess- 
ment, contract of composition or otherwise, the 
following additional Rates and Duties, that is to 
say: upon any assessment made on the annual value 
or amount of any property, profits or gains (except 
Property, profits and gains chargeable under Sche- 

OL, 114, 


21°—22” Jultz. 








291 


dule (B.) of the said Act), the additional Rate or 
Duty of Three-pence for every Twenty shillings of 
the annual value or amount of all such property, 
profits and gains respectively ——put, and ne- 
gatived. 

Original Question again proposed. 

Amendment proposed, in l. 16: After the word 
“ thereof” to insert the words “ and for every One 
“ pound of dividend on the Long Annuities, ex- 
“piring in January 1860, One farthing in the 
“ pound.” 

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

Another Amendment proposed, in 1.16: To leave 
out from the word “thereof” to the end of the 
proposed Resolution. 

Question proposed, That the words proposed to 
be left out stand part of the proposed Resolution : 
—Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 

Original Question put, and agreed to. 

2. Resolved, Provided alwavs, That where any 
dividends, interest or other profits or gains becoming 
due or payable half-yearly, are assessed or charged 
half-yearly with the Rate or Duty under the said 
Act, there shall be charged upon the first assess- 
ment or charge which shall be hereafter made on 
such dividends, interest, profits and gains, the addi- 
tional Rate or Duty of Eight-pence for every Tweaty 
shillings of the haif-yearly amount thereof; and 
where any profits or gains becoming due or payable 
quarterly are assessed or charged quarterly with 
the Rate or Duty under the said Act, there shall be 
charged upon the first two quarterly assessments or 
charges respectively which shall be hereafter made 
on such last-mentioned profits and gains, the addi- 
tional Rate or Duty of Eight-pence for every Twenty 
shillings of the quarterly amount of such last- 
mentioned profits and gains; and the said additional 
Rates and Duties charged in such half-yearly aud 
quarterly assessments respectively, shall be collected 
and paid with and over and above the Rates and 
Duties assessed or charged therein, respectively 
under the said Act. 


3. Resolved, That, towards raising the Supply Malt Daty. 


granted to Her Majesty, the time limited for pay- 
ment of the Duty of Excise on Malt by every 
Maltster or Maker of Malt, who shall have given 
security by bond in the manner directed by the Act 
passed in that behalf in respect of all Malt begun 
to be made on or after the 1st day of October 1859, 
shall be Twelve weeks in lieu of Eighteen weeks 
after the making of such account or return of Duty 
as in the said Act is mentioned. 

Resolutions to be reported. 





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


Veneris, 22° die Julii, 1859: 


Mr, Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Massey 
reported, That the Committee had come to several 
Resolutions. 

Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 

Mr. Massey 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- Message from 
sage had been brought from the Lords, by one of the Lords. 


their Clerks, as followeth : 


The Lords have agreed to the Merthyr, Tredegar Merthyr, 
and Abergavenny Railway Bill, with Amendments ; Tredegar and 
to which the Lords desire the concurrence of this 


House. 


The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Pneumatic 
to confer certain Powers upon the Pneumatic Despatch _ 
Despatch Company (Limited); to which the Lords C°™P#Y Bill. 


desire the concurrence of this House. 


QQ3 The 





292 


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

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


Supply. 


Supply. Mr. Massey reported from the Committee of 
Supply, several Resolutions; which were read, as 
follow : 

1. That a Sum, not exceeding £.78,847, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum ne- 
cessary to defray, to the 31st day of March 1860, 
the Expense of maintaining and keeping in Repair 
the Roval Parks, Pleasure Groun:'s, &amp;e., and other 
Charges connected therewith. 

2. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 2.342, be granted 
to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum necessary to 
defiay the Salaries of the Lord Advocate and of the 
Solicitor General, Scot/and, to the 31st day of March 
1860. 

Court of 3. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 12,075, be granted 
nea.) (Seot- to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum necessary to 

defray the Salaries and Expenses of the Court of 
Session in Scotland, to the 31st day of March 
1860. 

4. ThataSum, not exceeding £.6,811, be granted 
to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum necessary to 
defray the Salaries and Expenses of the Court of 
Justiciary in Scotlind, to the 31st day of March 
1860. 

5. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 5,550, be granted 
to Her Majesty, to defray the Expenses of Criminal 
Prosecutions carried on under the authority of the 
Lord Advocate, to the 31st day of March 1860. 

6. That a Sum, not exceeding £.620, be granted 
to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum necessary to 
defray the Salaries and Expenses of the Legal 
Branch of the Exchequer in Scotland, to the 31st 
day of March 1860. 

7. That a Sum, not exceeding £.50,000,be granted 
to Her Majesty, to defray, to the 31st day of March 
1860, the charge of Sheriffs and Stewards, includ- 
ing Procurators Fiscal not paid by Salaries, and 
the Expenses of Criminal Prosecutions, &amp;c. in 
Sheriff Courts in Scotland. 

8. That a Sum, not exceeding £.7,955, be granted 
to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum necessary 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 1860. 

9. That a Sum, not exceeding £.5,120, be granted 
to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum necessary to 
defray the Salaries of such of the Sheriff Clerks, 
Scotland, as are not chargeable on the Revenues of 
Customs and Excise, to the 31st day of March 1860. 

10. That a Sum,not exceeding £.2,300,be granted 

to Her Majesty, to defray, to the 31st day of March 
1860, the Salary of the Solicitor of the Crown, and 
Expenses in matters of Tithes, and the Expenses 
of the Agent of the Officers of State in maintaining 
Rights of the Crown in Civil Actions, &amp;c. in Scot- | 
land. 
General _ 11. That aSum, not exceeding £.10,847, be granted 
a aoe aga to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum necessary to 
a defray the Salaries and Expenses of the several 
Offices in Her Majesty’s General Register House, 
Edinburgh, to the 31st day of March 1860. 

12. That a Sum, not exceeding £.544, be granted 
to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum necessary to 
defray the Salaries and Expenses in the Depart- 
ment of the Commissary Clerk, Edinburgh, to the 
31st day of March 1860. 

13. Thata Sum, not exceeding £.1,032, be granted 
to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum necessary to 
defray the Salaries and Expenses in the Depart- 
ment of the Accountant in Bankruptcy in Scotland, 
to the 31st day of March 1860. 

14. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 51,630, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Expense of 
Criminal Prosecutions and other Law Charges in 
Ireland, to the 31st day of March 1860. 


Royal Parks, 
Pleasure 
Grounds, &amp;c. 


Lord Advocate 
and Solicitor 
General 
(Scotland.) 


Court of 
Justiciary 
(Scotland. ) 


Criminal 
Prosecutions 
(Scotland. ) 


Exchequer 
(Scotland. ) 


Sheriffs, &amp;c. 
(Scotland. ) 


Procurators 
Fiscal 
(Scotland.) 


Sheriff Clerks 
{Scotland. ) 


Solicitor of the 
Crown, &amp;c. 
(Scotland. ) 


Commissary 
Clerk 
(Edinburgh. ) 


Accountant 
in Bankruptcy 
(Scotland. ) 


Law Charges 
(Ireland.) 


21° Juli. 





A. 1859. Sess. Il. 


15. That a Sum,not exceeding £.1,671, be granted Court of 
to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum necessary to Chancery 
defray the Salaries and Expenses of certain Officers Ireland} 
of the Court of Chancery in Ireland, formerly 
charged on the Consolidated Fund, to the 31st day 
of March 1860. 

16. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 1,408, be granted Court of 
to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum necessary to Queen's 
defray the Salaries of certain Officers, and the in. “7eland.) 
cidental Expenses of the Court of Queen’s Bench 
in Ireland, to the 31st day of March 1860. 


17. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 1,211, be granted Court of 
to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum necessary to Common Pleas 
defray the Salaries of certain Officers, and the fa. 
cidental Expenses of the Court of Common Pleas 
in Ireland, to the 31st day of March 1860. 


18. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 10,370, be Court of 
granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum ne- ine 
cessary to defray the Salaries of certain Officers, ) 
and the incidental Expenses of the Court of Ex- 
chequer in Ireland, to the 31st day of March 
1860. 

19. That a Sum, not exceeding £.200, be granted Clerk to 
to Her Majesty, to defray the Salary of the Clerk Taxing 
to the Taxing Officers for the Three Law Courts, + py 
Treland, to the 31st day of March 1860. (Ireland.) 


20. That a Sum, not exceeding £.3,933, be granted Registrars to 
to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum necessary to Judges, &amp;e. 
defray the Salaries of the Registrars to the Judges eae, 
and of the Registrars of Nisi Prius in Lreland, to 
the 31st day of March 1860. 

21. That a Sum, not exceeding £.1,368, be granted Registration 
to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum necessary to of Judgments 
defray certain Salaries and the incidental Expenses — 
in the Office for the Registration of Judgments in 
Ireland, to the 31st day of March 1860. 


22. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 300, be granted High Court of 
to Her Majesty, for the payment of Fees to Advo- Delegates. 
cates appointed to act as Commissioners of the 
High Court of Delegates, to the 31st day of March 
1860. 


23. Thata Sum, not exceeding £. 4,282, be granted Court of Bank. 


to Tuptcy and 
Insolvency 
(Ireland.) 


to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum necessary 
defray, to the 31st day of March 1860, the Salaries 
of the Judges and Officers, and the incidental Ex- 
penses of the Court of Bankruptcy and Insolvency 
in Ireland, and the Compensations awarded under 
the Act of the twentieth and twenty-first years of 
Her Majesty, chapter sixty. 

24, That a Sum, not exceeding £.4,105, be granted Court of 
to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum necessary to (treland.) 
defray the Salaries of the Court of Probate in Ire- 
land, and the Expenses of the said Court, and of 
the District Registries, to the 31st day of March 
1860. 

25. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 4,211, be granted 
to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum necessary to 
defray the Salaries of the Officers of the Landed 
Estates Court, Jreland, to the 31st day of March 
1860. 

26. That a Sun, not exceeding £.450, be granted Revising 
to Her Majesty, for remuneration to Revising Bar- eatin.) 
risters in the City of Dublin, to the 31st day of 
March 1860. 

27. That a Sum, not exceeding £.300, be granted uke 
to Her Majesty, to defray the Salary of the Clerk grrors, &amp;e. 
to the Court of Errors, and the incidental Expenses ( Ireland.) 
of the said Court and of the Court of Exchequer 
Chamber in Jreland, to the 31st day of March 
1860. 

28. That a Sum,not exceeding £.1,100, be granted —, 
to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum necessary to (Dublin.) 
defray the Salaries of the Police Justices of Dublin 
Metropolis, to the 31st day of March 1860. 

29. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 31,378, ra 
granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum ne- (Dublin.) 
cessary towards defraying the Expense of the 
Divisional Police Courts and the Metropolitan 
Police, Dublin, to the 31st day of March 1860. 

30. That 


Landed 
Estates Court 
(Ireland.) 





Constabulary 
Force 
(Ireland. ) 
Four Courts 
Marshalsea 
Prison 
(Dublin. ) 


tion, &amp;c. 
IP Prisons 


Prisons and 
Convict Esta- 
blishments. 


Maintenance 
of Prisoners, 
&amp;e. 


Transporta- 
tion of 
Convicts, &amp;c. 


Convict Esta- 
blishments 
(Colonies. ) 


Cambridge 
University 
Commission 
Continuance 
Bill. 


Criminal 
Justice, 
Middlesex 
(Assistant 


Judge) Bill. 


Ecelesiastical 
Commission 


Bankruptcy 


Insolvency into a Committee on the Bankruptcy and Insolvency 
Amendment 
Bil. 








Q1°— 22° Julho. 293 


The Consolidated Fund (£. 7,000,000) Bill was, Consolidated 
according to Order, read a second time; and com- sa seuaeetl 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for this pi” 
day. 


23 VicrorizZz. 


30. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 450,768, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum ne- 
cessary to defray the Expense of the Constabulary | 
Force in Jreland, to the 31st day of March 1860. 

31. That a Sum, not exceeding £.1,597,be granted | 
to Her Majesty, to complete the Sui necessary to}; The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Law of 
defray the Expenses of the Four Courts Marshalsea | mittee on the Law of Property and Trustees Relief ac pi ef 
Prison, Dublin, to the 31st day of March 1860. Amendment Bill ; Pree ane 

32. That a Sum, not exceeding £.13,038, be} Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday Bill [Lords.] 
granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum ne- | next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 
cessary to defray the Charge of Inspection and | 
General Superintendence over all the Prisons in| The Pawnbrokers Bill was, according to Order, Pawnbrokers 
the United Kingdom, to the 31st day of March | read a second tine; and committed to a Committee Bill. 

1860. : | of the whole House, for this day. 

33. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 250,154, be | : 
granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum ne- | 
—s. ” defray the Charge of Government | mittee on the Church Rates Abolition Bill; 
Prisons and Convict Establishments at Home, to | Resolved, That this House will, upon Tuesday next, 


the Sst day of M arch 1860. i at Twelve of the clock, resolve itself into the said 
34. That a Sum, not exceeding £.177,544, be | Committee 


granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum ne- 
cessary to defray the Expense of the Maintenance 
of Prisoners in County Gaols, Reformatory Institu- 
tions and Lunatic Asylums, and the Expenses of the 
Removal of Convicts, to the 31st day of March 1860. 

35. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 25,111, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum ne- 
cessary tu defray Expenses connected with the 
Transportation of Convicts, &amp;c., to the 31st day of 
March 1860. 

36. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 159,399, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum ne- 
cessary to defray the Expense o: the Convict Esta- 
blishments in the Colonies, to the 3!stday ot March 
1860. 

The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Church Rates 
Abolition Bill. 


The Universities (Scotland) Bill was, according Universities 
to Order, read a second time ; and committed to a oo 
Committee of the whole House, for this day. - 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming Roman Catho- 
the adjourned Debate on the Amendment which, lic Relief Act 
upon the 12th day of this instant July, was proposed Amendment 
to be made to the Question, That the Roman 
Catholic Relief Act Amendment Bill be now read a 
second time; 

Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Diplomatic 
into a Committee on the Diplomatic Pensions Bill ; Pensions Bill 
and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker re- 
sumed the Chair; and Mr. Jassey reported, That 
the Committee had gone throug! the Bill, -and di- 
rected him to report the same, without Amend- 


The Cambridge University Commission Conti- 
nuance Bill was, according to Order, read the third 
time. 


Resolved, That the Bill do pass. ment. ; 4 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time this 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Public Im- 
reading of the Public Improvemerts Bill; — 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
this day. 


The Criminal Justice, Middlesex (Assistant Judge) 
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 Or Jer, resolved itself Municipal 
ints a Committee on the Municipal Corporations _— 


Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Ecclesiastical Commission Bill ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That the Bill be now read a second 
time :—And a Debate arising thereupon ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being put, That the Debate be now adjourned ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right ; 

The Noes to the Left. 


(In the Committee). 


Crause, N° 1 (Obligation to make Declarations 
contained in 9 Geo. 4, c.17,s. 2, 1 &amp; 2 Vie. ¢. 5, 
s. 1, and 8 &amp; 9 Vic. c. 52, s. 1, abolished). 

Motion made, and Question put, That the Chair- 
man do report Progress, and ask leave to sit again ; 

The Committee divided. 


To} ‘ Tellers for the; Mr. Newdegate, Aw 
—" Otte prong } 62. Yeas, | Mr. Andrew Steuart : ‘bas 
Tellers for thes Mr, Brand, Tellers for thej Mr. Hadfield, \ 56. 


VA. af 75 Noes \Mr. Brady: J 
Use. Kanateibull- Bugesen 7 Motivn made, and Question put, That the Chair- 


man do now leave the Chair; 
The Committee divided. 
Tellers for the; Mr. Stanhope, 
Yeas, (Mr. Andrew Steuart: 
Tellers for the f Mr. Hadfield, 
Noes, Mr. Brady: 


To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 


Noes, 

So it passed in the Negative. 

Ordered, That the Bill be now read a second 

time :—The Bill was accordingly read a second 

time; and committed to a Committee of the whole 
House, for Thursday next. 


las, 
54 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 





(Ireland) Act Amendment Bill; and, after some 
time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; 
and Mr. Massey reported, That the Committee had 
gone through the Bill, and directed him to report 
the same, without Amendment. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time this 


day. 
"Vou. 114, 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Mas- 
sey 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 Wednesday 
next, again resolve itself into the said Committee. 

QeQa4 








The 











London Cor- 
poration Bill. 


Poor Law 
Boards (Pay- 


ment of Debts) 


Bill. 


State of the 
Thames. 


London (City) 


Gas Bill 
[ Lords.] 


Birkenhead, 
Lancashire 
and Cheshire 


Junction Rail. 


way Bill. 


East Kent 


Railway Com- 


pany Lill 


Berks and 
Hants Exten- 
sion Railway 
Bill. 


Dublin and 
Wicklow 
Railway Bill 
| Lords. } 


Great 
Northern 
and Western 
(of Ireland) 
Railway Bill 
| Lords. } 


Lancashire 


and Yorkshire 


Railway 
(Rochdale 
and Royston 


Branches) Bill, 


294 


The Order for reading a second time this day, at 
Twelve of the clock, the Zondon Corporation Bill, 
was read, and discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday nest. 


The Order for resuming, this day, at Twelve of 


the clock, the adjourned Debate on the Question 
proposed upon the 14th day of this instant July, 
That the Poor Law Boards (Payment of Debts) 
Bill be committed to a Select Committee, was 
read, and discharged. 

Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 
till this day. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being 
proposed, That a Select Committee be appointed to 
inquire into the causes of the present state of the 
Thames, and to suggest such remedies as may be 
deemed expedient for its improvement ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being put, That this House do now adjourn:—It 
was resolved in the Affirmative. 


And it being then Two of the clock on Friday 
morning, the House accordingly adjourned 
till this day. 


Veneris, 22° die Julii ; 
Anno 23° Victoria Regine, 1859. 


PRAYERS. 
M R. Barrow reported the London (City) Gas 
Bill, with Amendments. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Birken- 
head, Lancashire and Cheshire 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 heth 
agreed to the Amendments made by their Lord- 
ships. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the East 
Kent Railway Company Bill; and the same were 
twice read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, ‘That the Clerk do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 


The Berks and Hants Extension 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. 


Ordered, That the Dublin and Wicklow Railway 
Bill be read the third time upon Monday next. 


The Great Northern and Western (of Jre/and) 
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 acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the same, without Amendment. 


The Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway (Roch- 
dale ani’ Royton Branches) 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. 


21°—92° Juliz. 


| third time. 


A.185Y. Sess. IT, 


The Ludlow 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. 


Ludlo 
Bill. w Roads 


The National Fire and Life Insurance Company National 
of Scotland Bill was read the third time. Fire and Life 
Resolved, That the Bill, with the Amendments, oo F 
do pass, Scotland Rill 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the [Zords.) 
Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the same, with Amendments; to which 
this House doth desire the concurrence of their 
Lordships. 


T he Silverdale and Newcastle-under-Lyme Ruil- Sitverdate ana 
wav Bill was read the third time. ae 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. ali 
1. 4 . Rail i 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the res 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Szttingbourne and Sheerness Railway (Addi- Sittingbourne 
tional Capital, &amp;c.) Bill was read the third time, 2% Sheerness 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. rye 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the Capital, &amp;.) 
Lerds, and desire their concurrence. Bill. 


The West London Railway Biil was read the West London 
Railway Bill, 





Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act for the making and maintaining 
of the West London Extension Railway, and for 
other purposes. 

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


The West End of London and Crystal Palace West End of 
Railway (No. 1) Bill was, according to Order, read Soad ae 
the third time. Railway 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. (No. 1) Bill. 

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


The House proceeded to take into consideration London and 
the London and North Western Railway (Denton to North Western 
Stalybridge) Bill, as amended in the Committee. je ag 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. _ bridge) Bill. 

The House proceeded to take into consideration Midland Great 
the Midland Great Western Railway of Zreland a Rail- 

° ae . . : ay of Ire- 
(Liffey Branch, &amp;c.) Bill, as amended in the Com- jana (Liffey 
wittee. Branch, &amp;c.) 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. Bill [Lords] 


Ordered, That the North Staffordshire Railway North Staf- 
Bill, as amended in the Committee, be taken into fordshire 
1 : Railway Bill. 
consideration upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Thames Con- 
reading of the T’umes Conservancy Bill ; servancy Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
this day. 

Ordered, That the Committee on the Bray Bray Com- 
Commons Bill have leave to sit this day during the ™o"s Ba 

seg [Lords.} 

sitting of the House. 


The Pneumatic Despatch Company Bill was pneumatic 
read the first time. aes 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Ex- Lords.) 
aminers of Petitions for Private Bills. 


Ordered, That in the case of the Universities Universities 
Incorporation Act Amendment Bill, the Examiner Incorporation 
eas , ° : : Act Amen 
of Petitions for Private Bills have leave to sit and jycn¢ Bill. 
proceed this day. 


Several Public Petitions were presented, and Public 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. Petitions. 
Vide Seventh 
Mr. Beport 











ighting Pic- 
= Galleries 
by Gas. 

No. 166. 
fast India 


(Home 
Accounts. ) 


No. 107. 


Bast India 

(Territorial 

‘Accounts ) 
No. 108. 


Trinity House 
Pilots. 

No, 109. 
Licensed 
Trades. 

No. 110. 


Yacht Clubs. 
No, 111. 


Ashburton 
Election. 


Wakefield 
Election. 


Locomotive 
Bill. 
Bill 67. 


Leave of 
Absence, 


Adjournment. 


(Neutrality, ) 





93 VicroRiz. 


Mr. Clive presented,—Return to an Address to 
Her Majesty, dated the 5th day of this instant July, 
for a Return relative to Royal Commissions. 

Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon 
Table. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Bible 
Board (Scotland), which was presented upon the 
21st day of this instant July, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to Lighting 
Picture Galleries by Gas, which was presented upon 
the 21st day of this instant July, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Accounts relative to East 
India (Home Accounts), which were presented upon 
the 21st day of this instant July, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Accounts relative to East 
India (Territorial Accounts), which were presented 
upon the 21st day of this instant July, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Trinity 
House Pilots, which was presented upon the 21st 
day of this instant July, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Licensed 
Tradex, which was presented upon the 21st day of 
this instant July, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Yacht 
Clubs, which was presented upon the 21st day of 
this instant July, be printed. 


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 Borough of 
Ashburton, to which they had annexed the Petition 
referred to them by the House relating thereto : 

Richard Montesquieu Bellew, Esquire, 

Gilbert Greenall, Esquire, 

Rainald Knightley, Esquire, 

Richard Brinsley Sheridan, Esquire (Dor- 
chester), 

The Right honourable Edward Pleydell-Bou- 
verie, Chairman. 

Ordered, .That the Report do 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 Borough of 
Wakefield, to which they had annexed the Petition 
referred to them by the House relating thereto: 

Alexander Hugh Baring, Esquire ( Thetford), 

James Caird, Esquire, 

Sir James Dalrymple Elphinstone, 

Kirkman Daniel Hodgson, Esquire, 

The Right honourable William Monseil, Chair- 
man. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Garnett reported from the Select Committee 
on the Locomotive Bill ; That they had gone through 
the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for Monday next. 


Ordered, That Sir Charles Mordaunt ;—Colonel 
Powell ;— Earl Grosvenor ;-—and, Major Gordon 
Duff, have leave of absence for the remainder of 
the Session, on account of ill health. 


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


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
— directions, that there belaid before this House, 

OL. 114, 


22° 23° Julii. 


the | d 











295 


a Copy of a Despatch addressed by Her Majesty’s 
Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs to 
Her Majesty’s Minister at Berlin, dated the 22d 
ay of June, with reference to the Neutrality of 
Prussia with regard to the War in Italy. 

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


Ordered, That there be added to the Returns re- Anchors. 


lative to Anchors, ordered on the 5th day of this 
instant July, the Names of any of Her Majesty’s 
Ships in Commission for the last Two years, sup- 
plied with other than the Admiralty or Established 
Anchor of the Navy; also specifying what descrip- 
tion of Anchor, with any Reports thereon. 


Ordered, That the Report which, in the last Ses- Lunatics. 


sion of Parliament, was made from the Select Com- 
mittee on Lunatics, be referred to the Select Com- 
mittee on Lunatics. 


Mr. Secretary Sidney Herbert presented, by Her Militia, 


Majesty’s Command,—Copy of Report of the Com- 
missioners appointed to inquire into the Establish- 
ment, Organization, Government and Direction of 
the Militia of the United Kingdom; together with 
the Minates of Evidence and Appendix. 

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


Mr. Chichester Fortescue presented,—Return to Postal 


an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 29th day of 
March, in the last Session of Parliament, for Copies 
of the Address from both Branches of the Legisla- 
ture of Canada to Her Majesty, relative to Postal 
Subsidies and the Intercolonial Railway :——And, 
of the Correspondence between the Delegates from 
Canada, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, and Her 
Majesty’s Government, relative to the Intercolonial 
Railway from Halifax to Quebec. 


Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the Military 
sth day ofthis instant July, for Returns relative to Forces 


Military Forces (Colonies). 


Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the New Zealand 
7th day of this instant July, for a Return relative to Loan. 


the New Zealand Loan. 
Ordered, That the said Returns do lie upon the 
Table. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Supply. 


into the Committee of Supply. 
(In the Committee.) 


Motion made, and Question proposed, That a 
Sum, not exceeding £. 586,920, be granted to Her 
Majesty, to complete the Sum necessary to defray 
the Charge for Public Education in Great Britain, 
to the 3ist day of March 1860 ; 

Whereupon Motion made, and Question pro- 
posed, ‘That a Sum, not exceeding £. 486,920, be 
granted to [ler Majesty, to complete the Sum ne- 
cessary to defray the Charge for Public Education 
in Great Britain, to the 31st day of March 1860: 
—Motion, by leave, withdrawn. 

Original Question put, and agreed to. 

Resolution to be reported. 





continued to sit till after 


And the House —— 
Saturday morning ; 


Twelve of the clock on 
Sahbati, 23° die Juliit, 1859: 


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

Ordered, That the Report be received upon Mon- 
day next, at Twelve of the clock. 

Mr. Massey 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 

RR next, 





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next, at Twelve of the clock, again resolve itself 
into the said Committee. 


Messagefron § Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That a Mes- 
the Lords. sage had been brought from the Lords, by one of 
their Clerks, as followeth : 
Swansea The Lords have agreed to the Swansea Harbour 
mene Trust Bill, without any Amendment. 
Gloucesterand The Lords have agreed to the Amendments made 
— by this House to the Gloucester and Cheltenham 
faheniee- Tramway Abandonment Bill, without any Amend- 
ment) Bill ment. 
[Lords.] 
oo Tie Lords have agreed to the Amendments made 
[Lords.] Ly this House to the Ulster Railway Bill, without 
any Amendment. 
Bury Saint ‘fhe Lords have agreed to the Amendment made 
ey pale Gas by this House to the Bury Saint Edmund’s Gas Bill, 
[Lords.] 4 
without any Amendment. 
Mid-Wales The Lords have agreed to the Mid- Wales Railway 
Reliway Bil. Bill, with Amendments; to which the Lords desire 
the concurrence of this House. 
Tweed The Lords have agreed to the Tweed Fisheries 


Dishesies Bil. Bill, with Amendments; to which the Lords desire 
the concurrence of this House. 


Lucette’s The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 

a tp confirmi:g and giving effect to an Agreement for 
a Lease by the Westminster Improvement Commis- 
sioners of Land in Victeria-strect and Dean-street, 
in the City of Westminster, to Alfred Lucette, of 
which the short Title is ‘* Lucelte’s Estate Act, 
1859 ;”’ to which the Lords desire the concurrence 
of this House. 

Ways and Mr. Massey reported from the Committee of Ways 

Means. and Means, sever] Resolutions ; which were read, 
as follow: 

Income Tax. 1, That, towards raising the Supply granted to 


Her Majesty, in addition to the Rates and Duties 
granted and now chargeable under the Act passed 
in the 16th and 17th years of Her Maje-ty’s reign, 
chapter 34, for granting to Her Majesty Duties on 
profits arising from property, professions, trades 
and offices, there shall be charged, collected and 
paid, for and in respect of all property, profits and 
gains charged or chargeable under the said Act, 
either by assessment, contract of composition or 
otherwise, the following additional Rates and Duties, 
that is to say: upon any assessment made on the 
annual value or amount of any property, profits or 
gains (except property, profits and gains chargeable 
under Schedule (B.) of the said Act), the additional 
Rate or Duty of Four-pence for every Twenty shil- 
lings of the annual value or amount of all such 
property, profits and gains respectively ; and for and 
in respect of the occupation of lands, tenements, 
hereditaments and heritages chargeable under Sche- 
dule (B.) of the said Act, the additional Rate or 
Duty of Two-pence in England, and of One penny 
halfpenny in Scotland and Ireland respectively, for 
every ‘I'wenty shillings of the annual value thereof; 
and such additional Rates and Duties re&lt;pectively 
shall be collected and paid with and over and above 
the first moiety of the Duties assessed or churged 
under the said Act, 

2. Provided always, That where any dividends, 
interest or other profits or gains becoming due or 
payable half-yearly, are assessed or charged half- 
yearly with the Rate or Duty under the said Act, 
there shall be charged upon the first assessment 
or charge which shall be hereafter made on such 
dividends, interest, profits and gains, the additional 
Rate or Duty of Eight-pence for every Twenty 
shillmgs of the half-yearly amount thereof; and 
where any profits or gains becoming due or payable 

uarterly are assessed or charged quarterly with 
the Rate or Duty under the said Act, there shall be 
charged upon the first two quarterly assessments or 
charges respectively which shall be hereafter made 


3° Juli A. 1859. Sess. IT. 


on such last-mentioned profits and gains, the addi- 
tional Rate or Duty of Eight-pence for every Twenty 
shillings of the quarterly amount of such last- 
mentioned profits and gains; and the said additional 
Rates and Duties charged in such half-yearly and 
quarterly assessments respectively, shall be collected 
and paid with and over and above the Rates and 
Duties assessed or charged therein respectively 
under the said Act. 

8. That, towards raising the Supply granted to Malt Duty, 
Her Majesty, the time limited for payment of the 
Duty of Excise on Malt by every Maltster or 
Maker of Malt, who shall have given security by 
bond in the manner directed by the Act passed in 
that behalf in respect of all Malt bezun to be made 
on or after the Ist day of October 1859, shall be 
‘Twelve weeks in lieu of Eighteen weeks alter the 
making of such account or return of Duty as in the 
said Act is mentioned. 

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. Massey, Mr. 
Chancellor of the Exchequer and Mr. Laing do 
prepare, aud bring them in. 


The Boundaries (Jre/and) Bill was, according to Boundaries 
Order, read a second time; and committed to a (Ireland) Bil, 
Committee of the whole House, for Monday next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself into Westminster 
a Committve on the Westminster New Bridge Bill; jam Bridge 
and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker . 
resumed the Chair; and Mr, Massey 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 Local Government Supplemental Bill was, Local Govern. 
according to Order, read a second time; and com- ™ent Supple. 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for nents oe 

Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Ways and 
mittee of Ways and Means; Means. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 

next, resoive itself into the said Committee. 


The Bankruptcy and Insolvency (Zreland) Act Bankruptcy 
Amendment Bill was, according to Order, read the Cialang) aot” 
third time. Amendment 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. Bill. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 

Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself so en: 
into a Committee on the Consolidated Fund {. 7,000,000) 
(£.7,000,000) Bill; and, after some time spent Bill. 
therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. 

Massey reported, That the Commitiee had gone 

through the Bill, and directed him to report the 

same, \ithout Amendment. 

Ordered, ‘Vhat the Bill be read the third time 

upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- sey ae 
mittee on the Constabulary Force ( [redand) Bill ; land) 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- Tramways. . 
mittee on the Tramways (Ireland) Bill; (Ireland) 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 

resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Law Ascer- 
mittee on the Law Ascertainment Facilities Bill ; toieities Bill 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 


next, resolve itself into the said Committee. =a 





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garristers The Order of the day — read, for the second 
(ieand) Bill. reading of the Barristers (Zreland) Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Medical Acts Amendment 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 thej Mr. Whiteside, hi 
Yeas, Mr. George : , 
Tellers for the {Sir Edward Grogan, 14 
Noes, UMr. Vance: ; 
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 Tuesday 
next. 


Medical Acts 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on the Pawnbrokers Bill; and, 
after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker re- 
sumed the Chair; and Mr. Massey reported, That 
the Committee had gone through the Bill, and di- 
rected him to report the same, without Amend- 
ment. 


Pawnbrokers 


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9 


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97 


Return of Henry William Schneider, Esquire, and 
Viscount Bury, until the Examiner of Recognizances 
has reported on three other Petitions, subsequently 
presented to this ‘House, against the Return of Vis- 
count Bury, and which subsequent Petitions relate 
to the same Election as the Petition presented 
against the Return of Henry William Schneider, 
Esquire, and Viscount Bury, on the 17th day of 
June last :—It passed in the Negative. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Proprietors, 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased &amp; Scotland.) 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return of the Occupants of Property ineach 
County in Scotland of less than £. 50 and not less 
than £.10 of yearly Value, distinguishing the Male 
Occupants into three classes, namely,—ist. The 
Number whose Occupancies include a Dwelling- 
house of the estimated Annual Value of not less 
than £.10; 2d. The Number whose Occupancies 
include a Dwelling-house of the estimated Annual 
Value of less than £.10, but not less than £.6; 
and 3d. The Number not included under either of 
these Heads :—All Persons to be omitted in the 
Enumeration who are known to be now qualified to 
be placed on the Roll of Parliamentary Electors by 
reason of their being the Occupants of other Pro- 
perty of not less than £. 50 of Annual Value, or by 
reason of their being the Owners of other Property 





Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon 
Monday next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on the Universities (Scotland) 
Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. 
Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Massey re- 
_ That the Committee had gone through the 

ill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration upon Monday 
next. 


Universities 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 


Diplomatic 


The Diplomatic Pensions Bill was, according to 
Pensions Bill. 


Order, read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

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


Public Im- 


— 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Public Improvements Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Friday next. 


Poor Law The Order of the day being read, for resuming 
le the adjourned Debate on the Question proposed 
Bill, *) upon the 14th day of this instant July, That the | 
Poor Law Boards (Payment of Debts) Bill be com- 
mitted to a Select Committee ; 
And the Question being again proposed :—The 
House resumed the said adjourned Debate. 
And the Question being put :—It was resolved in 
the Affirmative. 
Thames Con- The Thames Conservancy Bill was, according to 
mrvancy Bill Order, read a second time; and committed to a 
Select Committee. 
law of Pro. The Order for the House to resolve itself into a 
~— Committee, upon Monday next, on the Law of Pro- | 
lief Amend- perty and Trustees Relief Amendment Bill, was 
[lard] read, and discharged. 
, Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 
ha A Motion was made, and the Question being put, 


That it be an Instruction to the General Committee 


of Elections to suspend their Proceedings in the 


matter of the Petition of Electors of the City and 

County of the City 

sented upon the 17th day of June last, against the 
Vou. 114. 





of Norwich, which was pre- 


of not less than £.10 of Annual Value (in continua- 
| tion of Parliamentary Paper, No. 76, of the present 
| Session). 

| Ordered, That the said 
Her 


Address be presented to 
Majesty, by such Members of this House 
_as are of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy 
| Council. 


| Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Emigration. 
| 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 Persons who 
| have emigrated through the agency of the Emigra- 
| tion Commissioners during the last Twelve Months 
of which the Reports are complete, and Names of 
the Colonies to which they have gone :——And, of 
the Total Cost of their Emigration, including that 
of the agency of Emigration Offieers and of the 
Board, and what Portions of that Cost have been 
provided by Colonies, and how much by each 
Colony contributing ; and whether the Commis- 
sioners have any other Duties besides those con- 
nected with the Superintendence of Emigration ; 
and, if so, of what Description. 

Ordered, That 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 Police (Coun- 
amend the Law concerning the Police in Counties ties = 

and Boroughs in England and Wales: And that ee 
Mr. Clive and Sir George Lewis do prepare, and 


bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to Queen’s Re- 
‘regulate the Office of Queen’s Remembrancer, and membrancer, 
to amend the Practice and Procedure on the Re- ~” 
venue Side of the Court of Exchequer: And that 
| Sir George Lewis and Mr. Clive do prepare, and 

bring it in. 


The Select Committee on the Queen’s Printers’ Queen’s 
Patent was nominated of Mr. Buines, Mr. Clive, Printers’ 
Mr. Walpole, Mr. William Ewart, Sir Charles ®*™ 
Douglas, Lord Robert Cecil, Mr. Bright, Mr. Sel- 
wyn, Mr. Crum Ewing, Mr. Arthur Mills, Mr. 
Crossley and Mr. Lefroy; with Power to send for 
persons, papers and records. 

Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 

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Lucette’s 


Lucette’s 
Estate Bill 
[Lords.]} 


Income Tax, 
&amp;c. Bill. 


Bill 68. 


Queen’s Ke- 
membrancer, 
&amp;c. Bill. 


Bill 69. 


Police (Coun- 
ties and Bo- 
roughs) Law 
Amendment 
Bill. 


Bill 70. 


Vexatious 
Indictments 
Bill [ Zords.] 


Bill 71. 


Norwich 
Election. 


Universities 
Incorporation 
Act Amend- 
ment Bill. 


Pneurzatic 
Despatch 
Company Bill 
[ Lords. | 


Merthyr, 

Tredegar and 
Abergavenny 
Railway Bill. 


298 


Luceite’s Estate Bill was read the first time. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exami- 
ners of Petitions for Private Bills. 


Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer presented a Bill 
for granting to Her Maje-ty additional Rates of 
Income Tax, and to reduce the Period of Credit 
allowed for Payment of the Excise Duty on Malt: 
And the same was read the first time; and ordered 
to be read asecond time upon Monday next; and to 
be printed. 


Sir George Lewis presented a Bill to regulate the 
Office of Queen’s Remembrancer, and to amend the 
Practice and Procedure on the Revenue Side of the 
Court of Exchequer: And the same was read the 
first time; and ordered to be read a second time 
upon Monday next; and to be printed. 


Mr. Clive presented a Bill to amend the Law con- 
cerning the Police in Counties and Boroughs in 
England and Wales: And the same was read the 
first time ; and ordered to be read a second time 
upon Monday next; and to be printed. 


The Vexatious Indictments Bill was read the first 
time; and ordered to be read a second time upon 
Monday next; and to be printed. 


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








Lune, 25° die Julii ; 
Anno 23° Victoria Regine, 1859. 


PRAYERS. 

M* Speaker acquainted the House, That he 

had this day received a Report from the 
Examiner of Recognizances, stating that the Re- 
cognizance to the Election Petition of John Godwin 
Johnson and Roger Kerrison, relating to the City 
and County of the C.ty of Norwich, is unobjection- 
able. 

Mr. Speaker also acquainted the House, That he 
had this day received a Report from the Examiner 
of Recognizances, stating that the Necognizance to 
the Election Petition of Philip Back and Gardiner 
Christopher Sterens, relating to the City and 
County of the City of Norwich, is unobjection- 
able. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, 
That in the case of the Universities Incorporation 
Act Amendment Bill, no Standing Orders are 
applicable. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time this 
day. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, 
That in the case of the Pneumatic Despatch Com- 
pany Bill, brought from the Lords, and referred on 
the first reading thereof, no Standing Orders not 
previously inquired into are applicable. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Merthyr, 
Tredegar and Abergavenny 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 Lord- 
ships, with an Amendment; to which this House 
doth desire the concurrence of their Lordships. 


99°__93°__95° Julit. 





A. 1859. Sess. IT. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration M 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Mount. Railway pi, 
sorrel 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 
oe to the Amendments made by their Lord- 
ships. 






The House proceeded to take into consideration Somerset 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Somerset Central Rai. 
Central Railway Bill; and the same were twice “*Y 5il 
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 Wear Navi. 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Wear gation and 
Navigation and Sunderland Docks Bili; and the ae . 

- . ocks Bill, 
same were twice read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the Amendments made by their Lord- 
ships. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Wirral Water 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Wirral Bill. 
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 London and North Western Railway (Denton rondon ana 
to Stalybridge) Bill was read the third time. North Western 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the roca 
Title be, An Act for enabling the London and North Stalybridge) 
Western Railway Company to construct New Bill 

Works, and acquire additional Lands, in the Coun- 
ties of Lancaster and Northampton, and tor other 
purposes. 


Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 


Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Midland Great Western Railway of Jredand Midland 
(Liffey Branch, &amp;c.) Bill was read the third time, Great Wester 
Resolved, That the Bill, with the Amendment, do eoand (Lily 
ass. Branch, &amp;c.) 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the Bill [Lords 
Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the same, with an Amendment; to which 
this House doth desire the concurrence of their 
Lordships. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third Dublin and 
reading of the Dublin and Wicklow Railway Bill ; pate 
And a Motion being made, That the Bill be now ttorde] 
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, 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 
this House doth desire the concurrence of their 
Lordships. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third Sunderland 


reading of the Sunderland Dock (No. 2) Bill; Dock (No. 3) 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 


To-morrow. 
The 


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ourne 
Water Bill. 


jdland 

on Western 
way of 

Ireland (Sligo 
Extension) 
Bill [Lords.] 
Tottenham 
and Edmonton 
Gas Bill 
[Lords. ] 


North Staf- 
fordshire 
Railway Bill. 


Earl of Kin. 
tore’s Estate 
Bill | Lords ] 


Liverpool 
Sanitary 
Amendment, 
Bill [Lords.] 


Gloucester 
City Election. 


Dartmouth 
tion, 


93 Vicrori2z. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Eastbourne Water Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration the 
Midland Great Western Railway of Zreland (Sligo 
Extension) Bill, as amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Lottenham and Edmonton Gas 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 North Stoffordshire Railway 
Bill, as amended in the Committee. 

A Clause (Saving Rights of Crown and the 
Duchy of Lancaster), was twice read; and made 
part of the Bill. 

‘Then Amendments were made to the Bill. 


25° Jultz. 





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Ordered, That Standing Order 188 be dispensed | 


with in the case of the said 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 Con- 
sent, as far as Her Majesty’s interest is concerned, 
that the House may do therein as they shall think 
fit. 

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

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act for making a Branch from the 
North Staffordshire Railway, in the Parish of 
Stoke-upon-lT'rent, in the County of Stafford; and 
for extending the Time for completing certain 
Works; and for authorizing Arrangements with the 
London and North Western Railway Company, 
and for other purposes. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do cairy the Bill to the 


Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Earl of Kintore’s Estate Bill was read a 
second time ; and committed. 


The Liverpool Sanitary Amendment Bill was read 
a second time ; and committed. 


Sir Francis Baring reported from the General 
Committee of Elections, the names of the Members 
of the Select Committee appointed to try and 
determine the matter of the Petition complaining 
of an undue Election and Return for the City of 
Gloucester, to which they had annexed the Petition 
referred to them by the House relating thereto : 

Walter Buchanan, Esquire, 

Lord Robert Gascoigne-Cecil, 

Sir Henry Ferguson- Davie, 

James Banks Stanhope, Esquire, 

Gathorne Hardy, Esquire, Chairman. 
Ordered, That the Report do 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 
determine the matter of the Petition complaining 
of an undue Election and Return for the Borough 
of Dartmouth, to which they had annexed the 
Petition referred to them by the House relating 
thereto: 

The Honourable Charles Wentworth Howard 
(Cumberland), 

Martin Tucker Smith, Esquire (Wycombe), 
Robert Stephenson, Esquire, 
William Earle Welby, Esquire, 
Anthony Lefroy, Esquire, Chairman. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 
Vou. 114. 





299 


Sir Francis Baring reported from the General 
Committee of Electious, the names of the Members 
of the Select Committee appointed to try and 
determine the matter of the Petition complaining 
of an undue Election and Return for the Borough 
of Aylesbury, to which they had annexed the 
Petitions referred to them by the House relating 
thereto, and the Lists of Voters severally delivered 
in to the Committee on behalf of the Petitioners 
and of the Sitting Members : 

William Patrick Adam, Esquire, 
Sir Charles Earwichke Douglas, 
Captain Gladstone (Devizes), 
Lord Lovaine, 
The Right honourable Sir John Trollope, 
Chairman. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Aylesbury 
Election. 


Sir Francis Baring reported from the General Huddersfield 
Committee of Elections, the names of the Members Election. 
of the Select Committee appointed to try and 
determine the matter of the Petition complaining 
of an undue Election and Return for the Borough 
of Huddersfield, to which they had annexed the 
Petition referred to them by the House relating 
thereto, and the Lists of Voters severally delivered 
in to the Committee on behalf of the Petitioner 
and of the Sitting Member: 

Colonel Cartwright, 
The Right honourable William Francis Cowper, 
William Orme Foster, Esquire (Stafford South), 
John Vance, Esquire, 
The Right honourable Henry Arthur Herbert 
(Kerry), Chairman. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Several Public Petitions were presented, and read ; Public 
aud ordered to lie upon the Table. Petitions. 


Vide Eighth 
Report. 
Ordered, That the Return relative to the British British 
Museum, which was presented upon the 17th day Museum. 
of June last, be referred to the Committee of 


Supply. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Supply. 
into the Committee of Supply. 


(In the Committee.) 


Motion made, and Question proposed, That a Sum, 
not exceeding £.63,394, be granted to Her Ma- 
jesty, to complete the Sum necessary to defray the 
Expenses of the General Management of the De- 
partment of Science and Art, of the Schools through- 
out the Kingdom in connection with the Depart- 
ment, and of the Geological Surveys of Great Bri- 
tain and Ireland, &amp;c., to the 31st day of March 1860 ; 

Whereupon Motion made, and Question pro- 
posed, That a Sum, not exceeding £. 62,394, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum ne- 
cessary to defray the Expenses of the General 
Management of the Department of Science and Art, 
of the Schools throughout the Kingdom in connec- 
tion with the Department, and of the Geological 
Surveys of Great Britain and Ireland, &amp;c., to the 
3ist day of March 1860 :—Motion, by leave, with- 
drawn. 

Original Question put, and agreed to. 

Resolution to be reported. 





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

Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow. 

Mr. Massey also acquainted the House, that he 
was directed to move, That the Committee may 
have leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, at 
Six of the clock, again resolve itself into the said 
Committee. 

Mr. 


RR3 


Supply. 


Public 
Education. 


Ashburton 
Election. 


Wakefield 
Blection. 


Public 
Petitions 
(Seventh 
Report.) 


Income Tax, 
&amp;c. Bill. 


Royal Com- 
missions. 


No. 115. 


Postal Sub- 
sidies, &amp;c. 
(Canada, &amp;c.* 
No. 112. 
Military 


Forces 
(Colonies. ) 


No. 114. 
New Zealand 
Loan. 

No. 1183. 


Commitments 
(Metropolis.) 


Submarine 
Telegraphs. 


300 


Mr. Massey reported from the Committee of 
Supply, a Resolution; which was read, as fol- 
loweth : 

That a Sum, not exceeding £. 586,920, 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 1860. 

The said Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 


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 Ashburton, were called over; and being 
come to the Table, they were sworn by the Clerk. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to 
the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Committee do meet To-morrow, 
in one of the Commitiee Roonis of the House, at 
Eleven of the clock. 


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 Wakefield, were called over ; and being 
come to the Table, they were sworn by the Clerk. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred: to 
the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Committee do meet To-morrow, 
in one of the Committee Rooms of the House, at 
Twelve of the clock. 


Mr. Gregson reported from the Select Committee 
on Public Petitions; That they had examined the 
Petitions presented upon the 21st and 22d days of 
this instant July; and had directed him to make 
a Report thereof to the House. 

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


The Order for reading a second time, this day, 
the Income Tax, &amp;c. Bill, was read, and discharged. 

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


Ordered, That the Return relative to Royal 
Commissions, which was presented upon the 22d 
day of this instant July, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Postal 
Subsidies, &amp;c. (Canada, &amp;c.), which was presented 
upon the 22d day of this instant July, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Military 
Forces (Colonies), which was presented upon the 
22d day of this instant July, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the New 
Zealand Loan, which was presented upon the 22d 
day of this instant July, be printed. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Returns of the Number of Persons com- 
mitted for Drunkenness and Petty Misdemeanors 
in the Metropolis, during the year 1858; distin- 
guishing how many were discharged by the 
Magistrate :———And, of the Numbers confined in 
the Station-house during the Sundays, for like 
period. 

Ordered, That the said Address be 
Her Majesty, by such Members of this 


* senna to 
ouse as are 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Copies of any Contract entered into by 
Her Majesty’s late Government for the laying down 


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A. 1859. Sess. IT, 


a Line of Submarine Telegraphic Communication 
between England and Gibraltar: Of any Cor- 
respondence between the Contractors and Her Ma- 
jesty’s late Government in reference thereto :—— 
And, of the Propositions made on behalf of the 
Great Jndian Submarine Telegraph Company, 
bearing date respectively the 12th day of April 
1858 and the 30th day of April 1859, for carrying 
out a Line from Falmouth to Denies, vid Gibraltar, 
Malta and Alexandria, either as a whole or in 
Sections. 

Ordered, That 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 a Letter from Mr. Stopford, Chairman of 


the Royal Jrish Fisheries Company, to the In- 
specting Commissioner of Fisheries, Zreland, con- 
tvining Suggestions for the Improvement of the 
Trish Fisheries, with any Minutes thereon made by 
the Inspecting Commissioner of Fisheries, or by the 
Commissioners of the Board of Works as Com- 
missioners o! Fisheries. 


Ordered, That Colonel Dunne have leave of ab- 
sence for a week, on urgent business. 


Lord John Russell presented,—Return to an Ad- 
dress to Her Majesty, dated the 22d day of this 
instant July, for a Return relative to Prussia (Neu- 
trality). 

Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 


Table. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Copy of a Memorial presented to the 
Secretary of State for the Home Department, by 
Mr. Thomas Maudesley and Mr. Philip Grant, on 
Tuesday the 12th day of this instant July, com- 
plaining of systematic violations of the Factories 
Regulation Acts :——Of any Correspondence that 
may have taken place since the 12th day of this in- 
stant July, between the Secretary of State for the 
Home Department and the Factory Inspectors, or 
either of them, relating to the said Memorial :—— 
And, of certain Suggestions for an alteration in 
the Factory Act, made by Mr. Leonard Horner to 
Mr. Secretary Walpole, and referred to in Mr. 
Horner’s Report for the half-year ending on the 
31st day of October 1858, page 12; together with 
any Letters from Mr. Inspector Horner to Mr. Se- 
cretary Walpole, relating to or accompanying the 
said Suggestions. 

Ordered, That 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. Clive presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand,—Tables showing the Number of Persons 
committed or held to Bail for Trial at the Assizes 
and Quarter Sessions in each County in Ireland, in 
the year 1858, and the Result of the Proceedings ; 
with other particulars. 

Mr. Clive also presented,—Return to an Address 
to Her Majesty, dated the 4th day of this instant 
July, for a Return relative to Reformatory Schools. 


Fisheries 
(Ireland.) 


Leave of 
Absence, 


Prussia 
( Neutrality.) 


Factories 
Regulation 
Acts. 


Criminal 
Offenders 


(Ireland. ) 


Reformatory 
00! 


Mr. Clive also presented, pursuant to the direc- Registers 
tions of several Acts of Parliament,—Copy of an (Scotland. ) 


Act of Sederunt as to Production of Registers 
under the Custody of the Registrar General (Scot- 
land). 

Copy of General Rules and Orders of the Landed 
Estates Court (Ireland), July 15, 1859. 

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

e 


Landed 
Estates 
(Ireland. ) 





Court 








National 
Defences. 





93 Vicrorti@. 


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 


“ in the opinion of this House, taking into conside- | 


“ ration the relations existing between some of the 
“ oreat Military Powers of the Continent, it is ad- 
« visable that a Commission be appointed, consist- 


“ ing of Civilians, and Military and Naval Officers, | 


“ to inquire into and collect Information concerning 
“the present condition of our National Defences ; 
“to ascertain what Improvements may be made 
“ therein, in order to eusure the utmost efficiency 


“ combined with economy ; and to report thereon | 


“to Her Majesty’s Government,” 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 &lt;A ffirmative. 

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do now leave thie 
Chair :—The House accordingly resolved itself into 
the Committee. 

(In the Committee.) 


1. Motion made, and Question proposed, That 
a Sum, not exceeding £. 169,468, be granted to Her 
Majesty, to complete the Sum necessary to defray 
the Charge for Public Education in Jre/and, under 
the Charge of the Commissioners of National Edu- 
cation in Jreland, to the 31st day of March 1860; 

Whereupon Motion made, and Question proposed, 
That a Sum, not exceeding £. 146,779, be granted 
to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum necessary to 
defray the Charge for Public Education in Lreland, 
under the Charge of the Commissioners of National 
Education in freland, to the 3ist day of March 
1860 :-—Motion, by leave, withdrawn. 

Original Question put, and agreed to, 

2. £. 655, for the Commissioners of Education in 
Ireland. 

3. £.3,650, for the University of London. 

4. £.7,650, for Scottish Universities. 

5. £.1,297, to complete the Sum for the Queen’s 
University in Zreland. 

6. £, 2,800, for the Queen’s Colleges in Ireland. 

7. £.500, for the Roval Jrish Avademy. 


8. Motion made, and Question proposed, That a | 
Sum, not exceeding £.1,500, be granted to Her | 
Majesty, to complete the Sum necessary to pay the | 


Salaries of the Theological Professors and the In- 
cidental Expenses of the General Assembly’s Col- 
lege at Belfast, and Retired Allowances to /’ro- 
fessors of the Belfast Academical Institution, to 
the 31st day of March 1860; 

Whereupon Motion made, and Question put, 
That a Sum, not exceeding £.450, be granted to 
Her Majcsty, to complete the Sum necessary to 
pay the Salaries of the Theological Professors, 
and the Incidental Expenses of the General As-- 
sembly’s College at Belfast, and Retired Allowances 
to Professors of the Belfast Academical Institution, 
to the 31st day of March 1860; 

The Committee divided. 


Tellers for they Mr. Bazter, 1 - 
Yeas, \ Sir John Shelley : | ti 
Tellers for the; Mr. Brand, lies 
Noes, Mr. Knatchbull-Hugessen : |~ ~~" 


Original Question put, and agreed to. 

9. £.47,425, to complete the Sum for the British 
Museum Establishment. 

Motion made, and Question, That the Chairman 
do report these Resolutions to the House——put, 
and negatived. 

10. £.12,270, to complete the Sum for New 
Buildings and Fittings at the British Museum. 


Resolutions to be reported. 





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301 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Massey 
reported, That the Committee had come to several 
Resolutions. 

Ordered, That the Report be received To- 
morrow. 

Mr. Massey 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 trom 
|sage had been brought from the Lords, by one of the Lords. 
| their Clerks, as followeth : 
__ The Lords have agreed to the Portsmouth New Portsmouth 
Dock Bill, without any Amendment. New 
Bill. 
The Lords have agreed to the Amendment mide Londonderry 


‘by this House to the Londonderry and Lough and Lough 
| Swill Railway Bill. with one i d Swilly Rail- 
Swelly Kailway bill, without any Amendment. way Bill 
| [ Lords. | 


| The Lords have agreed to the Amendments made Dundalk and 
by this House to the Dunda/k and Enniskillen Rail- eee 


| way Bill, without any Amendment. fords _ 


The Lords have agreed to the Brecon and Mer- Brecon and 
thyr Tydfil Junction Railway Bill, with Amend- eare 
ments; to which the Lords desire the concurrence 29%! June 


— tion Railwa. 
of this House. Bill. 7 


The Lords have agreed to the Charing Cross Charing Cross 
Railway Bill, with Amendments; to which the Railway Bill. 
Lords desire the concurrence of this House. 


The Lords have agreed to the Zondon, Brighton London, 
and South Coast Railway Bill, with Amendments: ay -_ 
to which the Lords desire the coucurrence of this Railway Bill 
House. 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Attorneys 
to amend the Act for consolidating and amending 4@4 Solicitors 

waging 6. 3 Bill, 
several cf the Laws relating to Attorneys and So- 
licitors practising in England and iWales; to which 
the Lords desire the concurrence of this House. 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Earl Vane’s 

for authorizing the Trustees of the Settled Estates Estate Bill. 
in Wales, of Earl Vane and Countess Vane, to raise 
Five thousand pounds by mortg.ge of the same 
Estates ; and to become Sharehoiders to the extent 
lof such Sum in the Newtown and Machyulleth Rail- 
'way Company; and to sell to the Company purt of 
‘the Settled Estates in consideration of a yearly 
Rent-charge, and for other purposes; to which the 
Lords desire the concurrence of this House. 

The Lords have passed a [Jill, intiiuled, An Act Thames 
for the better Regulation of Watermen, Barge- Watermenand 
owners and others, connected with the Navigation — 
of the River Thames, betwecn Tediingtoa Lock and ~ 
Lower Hope Point; to which the Lords desire the 
concurrence of this House. 

Tie Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Robins’s 
for effecting a Partition of the Landed Estates of Estate Bill. 
Josiah Robins, deceased, in and near to Birming- 
ham, and elsewhere ; and for facilitating the Erection 
and Endowment of a Church thereon; and for 
authorizing the Application of Moneys, subject to 
the Trusts of his Will, towards the Expenses of 
making Bridges for the benefit of Parts of his 
Estates, and for other purposes; to which the 
Lords desire the concurrence of this House. 

The Lords request, that this House will be Lunatics. 
pleased to communicate to their Lordships, a Copy 
of the Report from the Select Committee appointed 
by this House in the last Session of Parliament on 
Lunatics, together with the Minutes of Evidence 
taken be‘ore the said Committee, and the Appendix 
and Index thereto. 





The Order of the day being read, for the second Highways 
reading of the Highways Bill ; Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Thursday next. 
RR4 The 





Boundaries 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Westminster 
New Bridge 
Bill. 


Local Govern- 
ment Supple- 
mental Bill. 


Ways and 
Means. 


Consolidated 
Fund 

( £.7,000,000 ) 
Bill. 


Queen's Re- 
membrancer, 
&amp;c. Bill. 


Police (Coun- 
ties and Bo- 
roughs) Law 
Amendment 
Bill. 


Constabulary 
Force (Ire- 
lan) Billi. 


Bill 72. 


Vexatious 
Indictments 
Bill [Lords } 


Fireworks 
Act Amend- 
ment Bill. 


Dwellings for 
Labouring 
Classes (Ire- 
land) Bill. 


302 


The House, according to Order, resolved itseif 
into a Committee on the Boundaries (Ireland ) 


Bill. 


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


Martis, 26° die Julii, 1859: 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. 
Massey 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 Westminster New Bridge Bill was, according 
to Order, read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That the Cle:k do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Local Government Supplemental 
Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Ways and Means; 

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


The Consolidated Fund (£. 7,000,000) 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 Seven mil- 
lions out of the Consolidated Fund to the Service 
of the year One thousand eight hundred and fifty- 
nine, 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 


Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Queen’s Remembrancer, &amp;c. Bill was, «ae- 
cording to Order, read a second time; and com- 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for 
this day. 


The Police (Counties and Boroughs) Law Amend- 
ment Bill was, according to Order, read a second 
time ; and committed to a Committee of the whole 
House, for Thursday next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itse!f 
into a Committee on the Constabulary Foice (Jre- 
land) Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. 
Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Massey 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 
Comuittee of the whole House, for Thursday next. 


The Vexatious Indictments Bill was, according 
to Order, read a second time; and committed toa 
Committee of the whole House, for Thursday next. 


The Fireworks Act Amendment Bill was, ac- 
cording to Order, read a second time; and com- 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for this 
day. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on the Dwellings for Labouring 
Classes (Jreland ) Bill; and, after some time spent 
therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. 
Massey repoited, That the Committee had made 
Progress in the Bill; and that he was directed to 
move, That the Committee may have leave to sit 
again. 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, again 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


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A.1859. Sess. IT. 


_ The House, according to Order, resolved itself Adulte 
into a Committee on the Adulteration of Food, &amp;c, ° Food, &amp;, 
Prevention Bi!l; and, after some time spent therein, Be 
Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Massey pin»: 
— That the Committee had gone through the a 

ill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for Monday next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Locomotive 
into a Committee on the Locomotive Bill. Bill, 
(In the Committee.) 


Preamble postponed. 


Cuause, No. 1 (Scale of Tolls), 
To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Massey 
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 Pawnbrokers Bill was, according to Order, Pawnbrokers 
read the third time; and a verbal Amendment was Bill. 
made to the Bill. 

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, proceeded to Universities 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 


take into consideration the Universities (Scotland) 
Bill, as amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
this day, at Twelve of the clock. 


The Universities Incorporation Act Amendment Universities 
Bill was, according to Order, read a second time ; Incorporation 
and committed to a Committee of the whole House, Act Amend 


for Thursday next. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill militia Ballots 
to suspend the making of Lists and the Ballots for Suspension. 
the Militia of the United Kingdom: And that Mr. 

Secretary Sidney Herbert and the Judye Advocate 
do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Military Sa- 
to amend and consolidate the Laws relating to vings Banks. 
Military Savings Banks: And that Mr. Secretary 
Sidney Herbert and Mr. Laing do prepare, and 
bring it in. 


Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed Militia 
to prepare Estimates of the Charge of the Disem- Ustimates. 
bodied Militia of Great Britain and Ireland, for the 
year ending on the 31st dav of March 1860 :—And 
a Committee was appointed of Mr. Secretary Sidney 
Herbert, General Peel, the Judge Advocate, Sir 
George Lewis, Mr. Ellice, Sir John Ramsden, Mr. 
Clive, Colonel Kingscote, Colonel Wilson Patten, 
Colonel Smyth, Colonel Pinney, Colonel North, 
and all Colonels of Militia. 

Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 


Roman Catho- 


. i ing in a Bill 
Ordered, That leave be given to bring ina Bi Lg otto 


to amend the Law relating to Roman Catholic 
Charities: And that Sir George Lewis aud Mr. 
Clive do prepare, and bring it in. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Geelong and 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased aren 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Copy or Extract ofany Despatch from the 
Governor of Victoria, which may have been re- 
ceived by Her Majesty’s Government, respecting 
the Affairs of the Geelong and Melbourne Railway. 

Ordered, That 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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93 VicTORIZ. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to enable Her Majesty to confirm an Act passed by 
theLegislature of Antigua, intituled, “ An Act to ex- 
tend the Operation of the Laws of Antigua to the 
Island of Barbuda:” And that Mr. Chichester For- 
tescve and Mr. Laing do prepare, and bring it in. 


Barbads 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
[egislatures’ to repeal, as regards the Colony of Victoria, and to 
fuer enable other Colonial Legislatures to repeal, certain 
begs Provisions of the Imperial Acts of the fifty-fourth 
year of George the Third, chapter fifteen, and of 
the fifth and sixth years of William the Fourth, 
chapter sixty-two: And that Mr. Chichester For- 

tescue and Mr. Laing do prepare, and bring it in. 


Manufactures Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
along to continue certain Acts relating to Linen, Hempen 
Hinuanees “and other Manufactures in Jreland: Aud that Mr. 
Cardwell and Mr. Solicitor General for Jreland do 

prepare, and bring it in. 


county Cess Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 

(Irland) Acts tq continue certain Acts relating to the Collection of 

Continuance. County Cess in Jreland: And that Mr. Cardwell 
and Mr. Solicitor General for Jreland do prepare, 
and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to amend the Laws relating to the Police District 
of Dublin Metropolis: And that Mr. Cardwell and 
Mr, Solicitor General for Jreland do prepare, and 
bring it in. 


Dublin Police. 


Ordered, That Lord Robert Montagu be added 
to the Select Committee on the Queen’s Printers’ 
Patent. 


Queen's 
Printers’ 


Thames Con- The Select Committee on the Thames Conservancy 
wrvancy Bill. Bill was nominated of Mr. Clive, Mr. Henley, Sir 
John Shelley, Mr. Cowper and Mr, Ayrton; and 
Five Members to be added by the Committee of 
Selection. 
Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 


hap The Select Committee on the Poor Law Boards 

nentof Debts) (Payment of Debts) Bill was nominated of Mr. 

Bill, Villiers, Mr. Walter, Mr. Crawford, Mr. Edwin 
James, Mr. Sotheron Estcourt, Mr. Kekewich, Mr. 
Grey, Mr. Ayrton, Mr. John Locke, Mr. Edward 
Pleydell Bouverie, the Earl of Murch, Sir George 
Lewis, Mr. Henley, Mr. Puller and Mr. Gore 
Langton; with Power to send for persons, papers 
and records, 

Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 

MilitiaBallots Mr. Secretary Sidney Herbert presented a Bill to 

_ suspend the makiny 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. 


Military Sa. © Mr. Secretary Sidney Herbert presented a Bill to 
xr "™** amend and consolidate the Laws relating to Military 
Bill 74 Savings Banks: And the same was read the first 


time ; and ordered to be read a second time this day; 
and to be printed. 


denn catho- Sir George Lewis presented a Bill to amend the 
** Law relating to Roman Catholic Charities : And the 


25°—20° Juli. 


303 


Mr. Cardweil presented a Bill to continue certain Manufactures 
Acts relating to Linen, Hempen and other Manu- ba Acts 
factures in Ireland; And the same was read the py 
first time; and ordered to be read a second time pj) 77, 


upon ‘Thursday next ; and to be printed. 


Mr. Cardwell presented a Bill to amend the Laws Dublin Police 
relating to the Police District of Dublin Metro- Bil 
polis: And the same was read the first time; and Bill 78. 
ordered to be read a second time upon Thursday 

next; and to be printed. 


Mr. Chichester Forlescue presented a Bill to re- Colonial 
peal, as regards the Colony of Victoria, and to Legislatures’ 
enable other Colonial Legislatures to repeal, certain Repeal Bill 
Provisions of the Imperial Acts of the fifty-fourth “py 99 
year of George the ‘Third, chapter fifteen, and of the ‘ 
fifth and sixth years of William the Fourth, chapter 
sixty-two: And the same was read the first time ; 

and ordered to be read a second time upon Thurs- 

day next; and to be printed. — 


Mr. Chichester Fortescue presented a Bill to enable Barbuda 
Her Majesty to confirm an Act passed by the Legis- — 
lature of Antigua, intituled, “ An Act to extend the Bill 80 
Operation of the Laws of Antigua to the Island of ~~" 
Barbuda:” And the same was read the first time ; 
and ordered to be read a second time upon Thurs- 
day next; and to be printed. 


Ordered, That the Minutes of the Evidence taken Locomotive 


before the Select Committee on the Locomotive Bil 
Bill be laid before this House. 


Robins’s Estate Bill was read the first time. Robins’s 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Ex- Estate Bill 
aminers of Petitions for Private Bills. [Lords.} 


Earl Vane’s Estate Bill was read the first time. Baril Vane’s 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Ex- Estate Bill 
aminers of Petitions for Private Bills. [Lords.] 


The Thames Watermen and Lightermen Bill Thames 
was read the first time. bree oe m0 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Ex- purr, 
. t =. ; Bill [Lords.] 
aminers of Petitions for Private Bills. 


The following Paper, pursuant to Order, was Locomotive 
laid upon the Table by the Clerk of the House,— Bill. 
Minutes of the Evidence taken before the Select No. 116. 
Committee on the Locomotive Bill. 

The following Paper was also laid upon the Table Income Tax. 
by the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, 
dated the 8th day of February, in the last Session of 
Parliament, for a Return showing the Number of 
Persons charged to the Income Tax for the years 
ended the 5th day of April 1857 and 1858, under 
Schedule (D.); distinguishing 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 and under £.900; 
£.900 and under £.1,000; £.1,000 and under 
£.2,000; £.2,000 and under £.3,000; £.3,000 





Bill 75, | S@me was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time upon Thursday next ; and to be 
printed, 

i es Mr. Cardwell presented a Bill to continue cer- 
pontinuance tain Acts relating to the Collection of County Cess 
in Jreland: And the same was read the first time ; 

Bill 76, and ordered to be read a second time upon Thurs- 


day next ; and to be printed. 
OL. 114, 


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 Re- 
turn, 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. 465, of Session 1858): 
And, similar Return for Jreland. 

88 The 








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i 


Patents for 
Inventions. 


Dartmouth 
Election. 


Aylesbury 
Election. 


Gloucester 
City Election. 


Huddersfield 
Election. 


Mid-Wales 
Railway Bill. 


Vale of Lian- 


304 


The following Papers, pursuant to the directions 
of several Acts of Parliament, were also laid upon 
the Table by tke Clerk of the House,—Copy of 
Cases respecting Assessed Taxes determined by the 
Judyes in Scotland, 1859. 

Copy of Report of the Commissioners of Patents 
for Inventions, 1858. 

Ordered, That the said Minutes of Evidence be 
printed. 


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





Martis, 26° die Julii ; 
Anno 23° Victoria Regine, 1859. 


PRAYERS. 


4% HE names of the five Members appointed to 
try and determine the matter of the Petition 

complaining of an undue Election and Return for 
the Borough of Dartmouth, were called over; and 
being come to the Table, they were sworn by the 
Clerk. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to 
the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Committee do meet To-mor- 
row, in one of the Committee-rooms of the House, 
at One of the clock. 


The names of the five Members appointed to 
try and determine the matter of the Petitions com- 
— of an undue Election and Return for the 

orough of Aylesbury, were called over; and being 
come to the Table, they were sworn by the Clerk. 

Ordered, That the Petitions and Lists relative to 
the said Election be referred to the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Committee do meet To-mor- 
row, in one of the Committee-rooms of the House, 
at ‘Twelve of the clock. 


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 
City of Gloucester, were called over; and being 
come to the Table, they were sworn by the Clerk. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to 
the Committee. 

Ordered, Vhat the Committee do meet To-mor- 
row, in one of the Committee-rooms of the House, 
at Eleven of the clock. 


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 Huddersfield, were called over; and 
being come to the Table, they were sworn by the 
Clerk. 

Ordered, That the Petition and Lists 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 he House, 
at Twelve of the clock. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Mid- 
Wales Railway Bill ; and the same were twice read, 
and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the Amendments made by their Lord- 
ships. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 


gollen Railway the Amendments made by the Lords to the Vale of 


Llangollen Railway Bill. 
The first Amendment, p. 7: After Clause 20, in- 
sert Clause (A.), being read a second time; 


Q5°—-26° Sulit. 


A. 1859. Sess. II: 


Au Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Clause, by adding, at the end thereof, the words 
“ Provided vmee &lt;t wnly That, except for the con- 
“ struction of a double line of Railway, the Com- 
“ pany shall not take in such properties, or either 
“ of them, any land, except such as shall be certi- 
“ fied by the Board of Trade to be necessary for 
“ Works actually required by the Company for the 
“* purposes of the traffic upon the Railway. 

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 { Colonel Biddulph, 
Yeas, | Mr. Scully : 
Tellers for the ; Colonel Wynne, 

Noes, Mr. Humberston : 

So it passed in the Negative. 

And the said Amendment made by the Lords 
was agreed to. 

Then the subsequent Amendments, being read a 
second time, 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. 


1 oe 


puss. 


The Eastbourne Water Bill was read the third Eastbourne 


time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

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


The Midland Great Western Railway of Zre/and Midland Great 


(Sligo Extension) Bill was read the third time. 





Resulved, That the Bill, with the Amendm 
do pass. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to 


ent, (Sligo Ex. 
tension) Bill 
the [Lords.] 


Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the same, with an Amendment; to which 
this House doth desire the concurrence of their 


Lordships. 


The Tottenham and Edmonton Gas Bill was read Tottenham 


the third time. 


Resolved, ‘Vhat the Bill, with the Amendmerts, neal 


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 
this House doth desire the concurrence of their 


Lordships. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third Sunderland 


reading of the Sunderland Dock (No. 2) Bill; 
Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 
Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration London (City) 


the London (City) Gas Bill, as amended in 


Comunittee. 


Dock (No. 2) 
Bill. 


Gas Bill 
the [Lords.] 


And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
put, That the Biil be re-committed to another Com- 
mittee to be appointed by the Committee of Selec- 
tion; and tliat the Committee have leave to sit and 


roceed on Friday :—It passed in the Negative. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Ordered, That Standing Order 203 be suspen 


in the case of the Pneumatic Despatch Company (onnany Bil 


Bill; and that the Bill be read a second time 
morrow. 


ded Pneumatic 


T0- [ Lords.) 


in the case of the Zacumshin Embankment Bill ; an 


Ordered, That Standing Order 204 be &lt;3 spam Paka 


that it be an Instruction to the Committee of Selec- 
tion, that they have Power to appoint the Com- 
mittee on the Bill, with leave to sit and proceed on 





Friday. 


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Public 
Petitions. 


Vide Votes, 
and Eighth 
Report. 
Prussia 
(Neutrality.) 
No. 117. 


Reformatory 
Schools. 
No, 118. 


Income Tax. 
No. 119. 


Church Rates 


93 VicToriZ. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, 
That in the case of Lucette’s Estate Bill no Standing 
Orders are applicable. 

Ordered, ‘Vhat the Bill be read a second time. 


Mr. Peel reported from the Committee on the 
Bray Commons 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; that inasmuch as there are 
no churchwardens or overseers in the Parish to 
which the Bill relates, having in their hands funds 
for fencing and maintaining, and in whom could be 
vested the open space set apart in the Bill for pur- 
poses of recreation and exercise to the neighbouring 
population, the same has been vested in the Lord of 
the Manor and Commissioners of the Township of 
Bray for the time being, the same to be efficiently 
fenced, out of monies to be raised under the Bill, 
and to be afterwards efficiently and permanently 
maintained by the said Commissioners, out of mo- 
nies in their hands, collected for the improvement 
of the said Township, under the provisions of the 
“Towns Improvement ( /re/and) Act, 1854.” 

Ordered, ‘That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Several Public Petitions were presented, and read ; 
and ordered tu lie upon the Table. 

A Public Petition was also presented, and read ; 
and referred to a Select Committee. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Prussia 
(Neutrality), which was presented upon the 25th day 
of this instant July, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Reformatory 
Schools, which was presented upon the 25th day of 
this instavt July, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Income Tax, 
which was presented upon the 25th day of this 
instant July, be printed. 


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


Abolition BL mittee on the Church Rates Abolition 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, To-morrow, resolve itself into a 
“ Committee to consider the propriety of establish- 
“ing, in lieu of Church-rates, thenceforth to be 
“ abolished, a charge on all hereditaments, in respect 
“ of the occupancy of which Church-rates have been 
“ paid within the last seven years; such charge to 
“ be levied with the County-rate at an uniform rate 
“of poundage, the occupier being in all cases en- 
“ titled to deduct from his rent the amount of the 
“ charge levied on his occupation,” 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. 


r Sir John Trelawny, | 

Tellers for the Yeas, Lord Henley : joi. 
Mr. Newdegate, 1 

Tellers for the Noes,{ sit Henry Stracey: J 99. 


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. 
‘ Cravsg, No. 1 (Church rates abolished). 
Amendment proposed, in page 1, line 12: After 
the word “levied” to insert the words “ respectively, 
“ in the following cases,” 
Vou. 114. 


26° Julte. 








305 


Question proposed, That those words be there 
inserted. 

And it being Ten minutes before Four of the clock, 
the Chairman left the Chair to report Progress. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Massey 
reported, ‘That the Committee had made Progress 
in the Bill; and that he was directed to move, That 
the Committee may have leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, again 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Universities (Scotland) Bill was, according to Universities 
Order, read the third time. (Scotland) 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. — 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 


Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Mr. Barrow reported from the Committee on Maidstone 
Group (C.) of Private Bills ; That in the case of the Water Bill 
Maidstone Water Bill, they had examined the alle- 
gations contained in the Preamble of the Bill, but 
the same had not been proved to their satisfaction. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Clive presented,—Return to an Address to County Court 
Her Majesty, dated the 19th day of this instant Commitments. 
July, for a Return relative to County Court Com- 
mitments. 

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


Mr. Deedes reported from the Select Committee Fishing Ves- 
on the Fishing Vessels passing the Wore Bill; That Te 
they had examined the allegations of the Bill, and ee, 
found the same to be true; and had gone through 
the Bill, and directed him to report the same, with- 
out Amendment. 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a Com- 
mittee of the whole House. 

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

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

Resolved, That the Bill do pass, 

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

Mr. Enais reported from the Select Committee Galway Har- 
on the Galway Harbour and Port Act (1853) bour and Port 
Amendment Bill; That they had examined the oe 
allegations of the Bill, and found the same to be piu, 
true; and had gone through the Bill, and directed 
him to report the same, without Amendment. 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a Com- 
mittee of the whole House, for Thursday next, at 
Twelve of the clock. 


Mr. Massey reported from the Committee on the Ipswich 
Ipswich Borough Fishery Bill; That they had exa- (Borough) 
: os ie : Fishery Bill 
mined the allegations contained in the Preamble of [ zords.} 
the Bill, and made verbal Amendments therein, and 
found the same, as amended, to be true; and had 
gone through the Bill, and made Amendments there- 
unto. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Notice being taken, that Forty Members were 
not present :—The House was told by Mr. Speake ; 
and Forty Members not being present, and it being 
then after Four of the clock:—The House was 
adjourned by Mr. Speaker, without a Question first 
put, till To-morrow. 


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Ge ae 
bes 
Nee 


27° Julii. A. 1859. Sess. II, 
Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
ouse Eccletiaatigy i 


a Return of all Persons appointed and now em- 
ployed by the Ecclesiastical Commissioners, and 
the Salaries and Emoluments thereof, specifying the 
Salary paid to each Person, from 1853 to 1858, 
inclusive. 


Mercurii, 27° die Julit; 
Anno 23° Victorie Regine, 1859. 


PRAYERS. 
IR Francis Baring reported from the General 
Committee of Elections, the names of the 
Members of the Select Committee appointed to try 
and determine the matter of the Petition complain- 


Maidstone 
Election. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Army (Stay 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased fticers,) 
to give directions, that there be added to the Re- 


ing of an undue Election and Return for the 
Borough of Maidstone, to which they had annexed 
the Petition referred to them by the House relating 
thereto : 

Francis Bernard Beamish, Esquire, 

Sir James Buller East, Baronet, 


turn relative to Army (Staff Officers), addressed for 
on the 15th day of this instant July, a similar Return 
of all Officers employed at the War Department. 
Ordered, ‘That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty, by such Members of this Hess as are 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


George Grenfell Glyn, Esquire (Shaftesbury), 
George Ward Hunt, Esquire, 
Alexander Murray Dunlop, Esquire (Chair- 
man). 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Northfeet 
Copy of all Correspondence which has taken place, Dock Com. 
and of any Tenders made by the Directors of the 
Northfleet Dock Company to the Admiralty, 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Westminster 


Norwich to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased Bates. 


Sir Francis Baring reported from the General 
Election. 


Bury Election. 


Leicester 
County 

( Northern 
Division) 
Election. 


London (City) 
Gas Bill 
[ Lords. ] 


Pneumatic 
Despatch 
Company Bill 
| Lerds.] 


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 City of Nor- 
wich, to which thev hud annexed the Petition re- 
ferred to them by the House relating thereto: 

John George, Esquire, 

The Honourable Henry George Liddell, 

Charles Paget, Esquire (Nottingham), 

Christopher Rice Mansell Tulbot, Esquire, 

Thomas William Evans, Esquire, Chairman. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Sir Francis Paring 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 
Bury, to which they had annexed the Petition re- 
ferred to them by the House relating thereto : 

Charles Salisbury Butler, Esquire, 
William Ewart, Esquire (Dumfries), 
Sir Edward Clarence Kerrison, Baronet, 
George Sclater-Booth, Esquire, 

Peter Blackburn, Esquire, Chairman. 

Ordered, That the Report do 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 deter- 
mine the matter of the Petition complaining of 
an undue Election and Return for the Northern 
Division of the County of Leicester, to which they 
had annexed the Petition referred to them by the 
House relating thereto: 

John Henry Gurney, Esquire, 

Sir Edmund Samuel Hayes, Baronet, 

Samuel Trehawke Kekewich, Esquire, 

James Haughton Langston, Esquire, 

William Stirling, Esquire, Chairman. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


The London (City) Gas Bill was 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 
this House doth desire the concurrence of their 
Lordships. 


The Pneumatic mis ppm Company Bill was, 


according to Order, read a second time; and com- 


mitted. 


to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return from each Vestry and District 
Board and Board of Guardians or Commissioners 
appointed for any purpose in the City and Liberty 
ot Westminster, elected under the Provisions of the 
Metropolis Local Management Act, 1855, or of 
any Local or General Act; setting forth, in Columns, 
the Value of Property in each Parish or District as 
assessed to the County Rate in each year since 
1855; the Sum on which the Rates are levied for 
the Relief of the Poor at the present time; the 
Total Amount levied in the year 1857-58; the Ex- 
penditure of such Amount under the Heads of 
Salaries (specifying each Office and the Salary at- 
tached thereto), Police, County Rate, Poor Law 
Relief, Burial Boards, Baths and Washhouses, Re- 
gistration of Voters, or other Expenditure ; the Rate 
in the Pound levied in each of the several Parishes 
or District Boards for the purpose of General Rate 
(Paving, Lighting and Cleansing), stating each 
respectively, Sewerage, Debt, Payments to the 
Metropolitan Board of Works, “ Public Concern,” 
or other Payment, under Section 92. of the Metro- 
polis Local Management Act; giving the Names of 
all Officers, their Salaries, Fees, Poundage, Per- 
quisites, Value of House Rent, and also all Offices 
and Salaries and Expenditure, under any Special or 
Local Acts, for any purpose whatsoever. 

Ordered, That 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, 


Return from the Dean and Chapter of Westmiuster, a ta 


and from all Officers appointed by or through them, 
setting forth the Dates and Titles of all Acts of 
Parliament, Charters and other Instruments under 
which they are constituted; the Names of all 
Officers and Duties of each Office; Date of Appoint- 
ments, specifying under what authority appointed ; 
and Amount of all Salaries, Emoluments, Fees, Per- 
quisites, Poundage or Charges, during the past year. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Lunatics 


that part of the Message from the Lords of the 25th 
day of this instant July, wherein their Lordships 
request that this House will communicate to their 
Lordships, a Copy of the Report from the Select 
Committee appoited by this House in the last 
Session of Parliament on Lunatics; together with 
the Minutes of Evidence taken before the said 
Committee, and the Appendix and Index thereto. 
Ordered, That a printed Copy of the said Report 
be communicated to the Lords, as desired by their 
Lordships: And that the Clerk do deliver the same. 


Public 
Petitions. 


Vide Righth 
Report. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to Patents for Patents for 
Inventions, which was presented upon the 25th day Inventions 
of this instant July, be printed. a No, 120, 

e 


Several Public Petitions were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 











93 VicroRiz. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on the Salmon Fishery Bill; and, 
after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed 
the Chair.—— 


Railway The Orders of the day being read, for the Com- 
Companies mittees on the Railway Companies Arbitration Bill, 
eee tm- and the Imprisonment for Small Debts Bill ; 
mentfor Ordered, That the said Bills be committed to the 
Debts same Committee. 
Bill Then the House resolved itself into the Com- 
mittee. 





sid 


‘Fabery Bill. 


“s 


(In the Committee.) 


Motion made, and Question proposed, That the 
Preamble be postponed ; 

Whereuvon Motion made, and Question pro- 
posed, That the Chairman do report Progress, and 
ask leave to sit again:—Motion, by !eave, with- 
drawn. 

Original Question put, and agreed to. 

Cuavuses, N° 1 and N° 2, agreed to. 

Preamble agreed to. 

Bill to be reported. 


Imprisonment 
for Small 


Debts Bill. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Massey 
reported, That the Committee had gone through 
the Bills, and directed him to report the same, 
without Amendment. 

Ordered, That the Bills be read the third time 
To-morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the High Sheriffs’ Expenses Bill ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
proposed, That Mr. Speaker do now leave tie 
Chair ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word “That” to 
the end of the Question, in order to add the words 
“this House will, upon this day three months, re- 
“solve itself into the said Committee,” instead 
thereof. 

And the Question being put, That the words 
proposed to be left out stand part of the Question ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right ; 

The Noes to the Left. 


Tellers for the Yeas, 


h Sheriffs’ 
em Bill. 


Mr. Griffith, 
Sir John Shelley: 
Mr, Wise, 
Mr. Deedes: 

So it passed in the Negative. 

And the Question being put, That the words 
“ this House will, upon this day three months, 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 this day 
three months, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


} 112. 
Tellers for the Noes, | jus. 


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 : 

The Lords have agreed to the Amendments made 
by this House to the Midland Great Western Rail- 
way of freland (Liffey Branch, &amp;c.) Bill, without 
any Amendment. 


Midland Great 
Western Rail- 
way of Ire- 
land (Liffey 
Bill [ Lords} 
Tottenham The Lords have agreed to the Amendments made 
eo by this House to the J'ottenham and Edmonton Gas 


[Lords Bill, without any Amendment. 


National The Lords have agreed to the Amendments made 
Hire and Life by this House to the National Fire and Life In- 
surance Company of Scot/and Bill, without any 


97° Julii. 





307 


The Lords have agreed to the Amendment made Merthyr, 

by this House to the Amendments made by their Tredegar and 
Lordships to the Merthyr, Tredegar and Abergavenny Railay Bil “4 
Railway Bill, without any Amendment. 

The Lords have agreed to the Public Health Public Health 
Bill, with Amendments; to which the Lords desire Bill. 

the concurrence of this House. 

The Lords have agreed to the Scottish Central scottish 
Railway Bill, with Amendments; to which the Lords Central Rail- 
desire the concurrence of this House. di 

The Lords have agreed to the Lands Improvement Lands Im- 
Company Bill, with Amendments; to which the Provement 
Lords desire the concurrence of this House. ~— 
The Lords have agreed to the Amendments made Dublin and 
by this House to the Dublin and Wicklow Railway se 
Bill, with Amendments ; to which the Lords desire [Lords } 

the concurrence of this House. 

The Lords have passed a Bill aker 

to empower the Legislature of Canada to make —* 
Laws regulating the Appointment of a Speaker of (Canada) Bill. 
the Legislative Council; to which the Lords desire 

the concurrence of this House. 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act North W 

to make further Provision for the Regulation of the 7e*rteries 
Trade with the Indians, and for the Administration America) Bill. 
of Justice in the North Western Territories of Ame- 

rica; to which the Lords desire the concurrence of 

this House. 





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, intituled, An Act Speaker of the 


North Westera 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Municipal 
into a Committee on the Municipal Corporations —_— 
Bill. f 


(Ia the Committee.) 


Crause, N° 1, agreed to. 

Crause, N° 2 (Repeal of 5 Geo. 1, c. 4, s. 2.) 

Motion made, and Question put, That the Clause 
stand part of the Bill; 

The Committee divided. 


Tellers for they Mr. Hadfield, , 
Yeas, J Mr Hankey : jaar. 

Tellers for the; Mr. Sotheron Estcourt, 85 
Noes, \Sir Brooke Bridges : » Se 


Preamble agreed to. 
Bill to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Massey 
reported, That the Committee had gone through the 
Bill, and directed him to report the same, without 
Amendment. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time ’ 


To-morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second London Cor- 
reading of the London Corporation Bill ; poration Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Menday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Barristers 
reading of the Barristers ([re/and) Bill; (Izeland) Bill. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Wednesday next. 


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

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, ‘That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 
Chair ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word “ That” to 
the end of the Question, in order to add the words 
*‘ an humble Address be presented to Her Majesty, Greenwich 
“praying that She will be graciously pleased to Hospital. 
“ appoint a Commission to inquire into the Manage- 
“ ment of Greenwich Hospital,” instead thereof. 

And the Question being put, That the words 
proposed to be left out stand part of the Question ; 
e House divided. 





Com of 
Bu Amendment. 
[Lords.} 
nt The Lords have agreed to the Amendment made 
Railwe"™ by this House to the Midland Great Western Rail- 
y of : , : ‘ 

Ireland (Sligo Wy Of Jreland (Sligo Extension) Bill, without any 
Extension Amendment. 

[Lords] . Vox. 114. 














The 


ss3 







Q7° Julie. A. 1859. Sess. IT. 


The Yeas to the Right ; 

The Noes to the Lett. 

Tellers for the; Mr. Brand, 142 

Yeas, \ Mr. Knatchbull-Hugessen : } P 

Tellers for the (Sir Charles Napier, 89 

Noes, (Mr. John Locke : } . 

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.) 


i. Motion made, and Question proposed, That 
a Sum, not exceeding £. 15,985, be granted to Her 
Majesty, to defray the Expenses of the National 
Gallery, including the purchase of Pictures, to the 
81st day of March 1860 ; 

Whereupon Motion made, and Question put, 
That the Item of £.650 for Travelling Expenses 
be omitted from the proposed Vote ; 

The Committee divided. 

Tellers for thes Mr. Coningham, 40. 

Yeas, \ Mr. Brady: 
Tellers for the¢ Mr. Brand, 471 
Noes, Mr. Kuatchbull- Hugessen : : 
Original Question again proposed ; 
Whereupon Motion made, and Question put, 


That the Item of £.10,000 for the purchase of 


Pictures be omitted from the proposed Vote ; 
The Committee divided. 
Tellers for the! Mr. Bentinck, 64 
Yeas, | Mr. Ball ; : 
Tellers for thef Mr. Brand, 
Noes, Mr. Knatchbull-Hugessen : . _ 

Original Question put, and agreed to. 

2. £. 6,439, for Magnetic Observations Abroad, 
inclnding the Superintendent’s Establishment at 
Woolwich. 

3. £.500, for the Royal Geographical Society. 

4. £. 1,000, for the Royal Society. 

Resolutions to be reported. 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Massey 
reported, That the Committee had come to several 
Resolutions. 

Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow. 

Mr. Massey also acquainted the House, that he 
was directed to move, That the Committee may have 
leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, at 
Twelve of the clock, again 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 Comittee. 


Settled Estates The Order of the day being read, for the second 
Act (1856) reading of the Settled Estates Act (1856) Amend- 
Amendment ‘ 
Bill. ment Bill; 

Ordered, ‘That the Bill be read a second time 


ry 
To-morrow. 


Weightsand The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
Measures Bill. mittee on the Weights and Measures Bill; 
Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve ‘self into the said Committee. 


Judgments | The O.der of the day being read, for the Com- 
(reland) Bill. ritiee on the Judgments (Jreland) Bill ; 
Resolved, ti:at this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


Medical Acts The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
Amendment wittee on the Medical Acts Amendment Bill ; 
Resolved, ‘That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


Supply The Order of the day being read, for receiving 

(25 July, the Report from the Committee of Supply ; 

sitting. Ordered, That the Report be received To- 
morrow. 





The Income Tax, &amp;c. Bill was, according to Income Tax, 
Order, read a second time; and committed to a &amp;c. Bil 
Committee of the whole House, for To-morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for receiving the Supply 
Report from the Committee of Supply ; (25 July, 
Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow. sitting} 
The Boundaries (Jre/and) Bill was, according to Boundaries 
Order, read the third time. (Ireland) Bi, 

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 Local Govern 
into a Committee on the Local Government Supple- ™ent Supple. 
mental Bill; and, after some time spent therein, ™™!! 
Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Mass 
reported, That the Committee had gone dent 
the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration To-morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Queen's Re. 
mittee on the Queen’s Remembrancer, &amp;c. Bill ; membrancer, 
Resolved, That this House will, ‘To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Fireworks 
mittee on the Fireworks Act Amendment Bill ; —— 
Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Dwellings for 
into a Committee on the Dwellings for Labouring re ena 
Classes (Jreland) Bill; and, after some time spent landy Bi gi 
therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr, 

Massey 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 Militia Ballots Suspension Bill was, according Militia Ballots 
to Order, read a second time; and committed to ot aan 
Committee of the whole House, for To-morrow. : 


The Military Savings Banks Bill was, according Military 
to Order, read a second time; and committed to a Savings Banks 
&gt; mn Bill. 
Committee of the whole House, for To-morrow, 


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, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


Ordered, That, in all cases where the Seat of any New Writs. 
Member has been declared void by an Election 
Committee on the ground of Bribery, no Motion 
for the issuing of a new Writ shall be made without 
Two days’ previous Notice being given in the Votes. 


Mr. Secretary Sidney Herbert reported from the Militia 
Select Committee on Militia Estimates ; That they “. = 
had prepared the said Estimates, and directed him “* 121, 
to report the same to the House. 

And a Motion being made, That the Report be 
referred to the Committee of Supply ; 

Mr. Secretary Sidney Herbert, by Her Majesty’s 
Command, acquainted the House, That Her Ma- 
jesty, having been informed of the subject-matter 
of this Motion, recommends it to the consideration 
of the House. 

Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Supply ; and be printed. 


Mr. Monsell, from the Select Committee ap- Wakefield 
pointed to try and determine the matter of the Pe- Election. 
tition of Samuel Richard Green and John —— 
Sweeting, complaining of an undue Election an 
Return for the Borough of Wakefield, informed the 
House, That the Committee had determined, 

That William Henry Leatham is not duly elected 


a Burgess 











I3 VicToRia. 





a Burgess to serve in this present Parliament for 
the Borough of Wakefield. 

That the last Election for the said Borough is a 
void Election. 

And the said Determinations were ordered to 
be entered in the Journals of this House. 

Mr. Monsell, from the said Select Committee, 
further informed the House, That the Committee 
had agreed to the following Resolutions : 

That William Henry Leatham was by his Agents 
guilty of bribery at the last Election. 

That it was proved to the Committee, that 
Thomas Beaumont has been bribed with the pay- 
ment of £.10; that John Jackson has been bribed 
with the payment of £.30; that John Cousins has 
been bribed with the payment of £.25; that George 
Senior has been bribed with the payment of £.30 ; 
but that it was not proved that such bribery was 
committed with the knowledge and consent of the 
Sitting Member. 

That there is reason to believe that corrupt 
practices have extensively prevailed at the last 
Election for the said Borough of Wakefield. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 





Mr. Lefroy, from the Select Committee appointed 
to try and determine the matter of the Petition com- 
plaining of an undue Election and Return for the 
Borough of Dartmouth, informed the House, That 
the Committee had determine‘, 

That Edward Wyndham Harrington Schenley, 
Esquire, is not duly elected a Burgess to serve in this 
present Parliament for the Borough of Dartmouth. 

That the last Election for the said Borough is a 
void Election. 

And the said Determinations were ordered to be 
entered in the Journals of this House. 


Dartmouth 
Election. 


27° —28° Sulit. 





Mr. Lefroy, from the said Select Committee, fur- 
ther informed the House, That the Committee had 
agreed to the following Resolutio:s : 

That Edward Wyndham Harrington Schenley, 
Esquire, was by his Agents guilty of bribery at the 
last El: ction for the said Boreugh. 

That it was proved to the Committee, that 
Richard Mitchelmore received £.10 from William 
Tucker, to induce him to abstain from voting ; 
that Elizabeth Phillips recvived £.20 from Wel- 
liam Tucker for the hire of rooms at the Dolphin 
Public-house, her husband being a voter, and 
voting for Mr. Schenley half an hour afterwards. 

That large sums of money were received by Cap- 
tain Bulley, and distributed by him to various 
Members of Mr. Schen/ey’s Committee ; but it does 
not appear that the legal Expenses of the Election 
were defrayed from that source. 

' Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Public Health Ordered, That the Amendments made by the 
Lords to the Public Health Biil be taken into con- 


sideration To-morrow. 


The Attorneys and Solicitors Bill was read the 
first time ; and ordered 1o be read a second time 
upon Friday next; and to be printed. 


and Solicitors 
Bill [Lords.} 
Bill 81, 


Law of Pro. The Order for the House to resolve itself into a 
a Committee, To-morrow, on tiie Law of Property and 
Amendment ‘Trustees Relief Amendment Bill, was read, and 
Bill Lords.) discharged. 
Resolved, Vhat this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 
New Foreign 


md ieee Mr. FitzRoy presented,—Return to an Order, 


: dated the 21st day of this instant July, fora Return 
No, 199, Telative to the New Foreign and Indian Offices. 

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


_ And it being Six of the clock, Mr. Speaker ad- 
journed the House till To-morrow, without putting 
the Question. 


Vou. 114. 





Jovis, 28° die Julii; 
Anno 23° Victoria Regine, 1859. 


PRAYERS. 
S IR Francis Baring reported from the Geueral Kidderminster 
Committee of Elections, the names cf the Election. 
Members of the Select Committee appointed to try 
and determine the matter of the Petition complain- 
ing of an undue Election and Return for the 
Borough of Kidderminster, to which they had 
annexed the Petition referred to them by the House 
relating thereto : 
John Biggs, Esquire, 
Lord Robert Clinton, 
Viscount Galway, 
Colonel North Nig sree, 
Sir John Hanmer, Baronet, Chairman. 
Ordered, Vhat the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Sir Francis Baring reported from the General Cheltenham 
Committee of Elections, the names of the Members Election. 
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 
Cheltenham, to which they had annexed the Peti- 
tion referred to them by the House relating thereto, 
and the List of Voters delivered in to the Committee 
on behalf of the Sitting Member : 

Edward Fellowes, Esquire, 
William Pollard-Urquhart, Esquire, 
Hastings Russell, Esquire, 
Charles G. Wynne, Esquire (Carnarvon), 
Lord Stanley, Chairman. 
Ordered, ‘Vhat the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Sir Francis Baring reported from the General Limerick City 
Committee of Elections, the names of the Members Election. 
of the Select Committee appointed to try and deter- 
mine the matter of the Petition complaining of an 
undue Election and Return for the City of Limerick, 


to which they had annexed the Petition referred to 


them by the House relating thereto : 
Ralph William Grey, Esquire, 
Allan Elliot Lockhart, Esquire, 
Taverner John Miller, Esquire, 
Meaburn Staniland, Esquire, 
James Milnes Gaskell, Esquire, Chairman. 
Ordered, That the Keport do lie upon the Table. 


The names of the five Members appointed to try Leicester 
and determine the matter of the Petition complain- County 
ing of an undue Election and Return for the Civision). 
Northern Division of the County of Leicester, were Election. 
called over; and being come to the Table, four of 
the said Members were sworn by the Clerk ; and 








John Heury Gurney, Esquire, one other of the said 
Members, having been one of the People called 
Quakers, and entertaining conscientious objections 
to the taking of an Oath, made an Affirmation, ad- 
ministered by the Clerk, to the effect of the Oath 
required to be taken by Law. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee. 

Ordered, That the Committee do meet To-morrow, 
in one of the Committee-rooms of the House, at 
Twelve of the clock’. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Brecon and 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Brecon Merthyr Tyd- 
and Merthyr Tydfil Junction Railway Bill; and Railway Bill 
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 London, 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the London, Brighton and 
Brighton and South Coast Railway Bill; and the Railway Bill 
same were twice read,.and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 





ss4 Lords ; 


Tweed 
Fisheries Bill. 


Bray Com- 
mons Bill 
[ Lords.] 


Ipswich 
(Borough) 
Fishery Bill 
| Lords. ] 


Thames Con- 
servancy Bill. 


Lucette’s 
Estate Bill 
[ Lords.] 


Public 
Petitions. 


Vide Ninth 
Report. 


Maidstone 
“lection. 


28° Sulit. A. 1859. Sess. II, 


Lords ;"and' acquaint them, that this House hath 


agreed to the Awendments made by their Lordships. 


i * 

The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Tweed 
Fisheries Bill; and the same were twice read, and 
agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the Amendments made by their Lordships. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Bray Commons Bill, as amended in the Com- 


mittee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Ipswich (Borough) Fishery Bill, as amended in 
the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee on the Thames 
Conservancy Bill have leave to sit and proceed To- 
morrow. 


Ordered, That Standing Order 203 be suspended 
in the case of Lucette’s Estate Bill. 

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


Several Public Petitions we'e presented, and read; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


The names of the five Members appointed to try 
and determine the matter of the Petition complain- 
ing of an undue Election and Return for the 
Borough of Maidstone, were called over; and being 
come to the Table, they were sworn by the Clerk. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee. 

Ordered, That the Committee do meet To-morrow, 
in one of the Committee-rooms of the House, at 
Eleven of the clock. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into the Committee of Supply. 


(In the Committee.) 


1. £.4,050, for the Civil Establishment of the 
Bermudas. 

2. £.6,628, for the Ecclesiastical Establishment 
of the British North American Provinces. 

3. £.2,342, for the Jndian Department in Canada. 

4. £.42,998, for British Columbia. 

5. Motion made, and Question proposed, That a 
Sum, not exceeding £.24,728, be granted to Her 
Majesty, to defray the Charge of the Salaries of 
the Governors, Lieutenant Governors and others, in 
the West Indies, and certain other Colonies, to the 
31st day of March 1860 ; 

Whereupon Motion made, and Question pro- 
posed, That the item of £.1,800, for the Salary of 
the Governor of Western Australia, be omitted from 
the proposed Vote :—Motion, by leave, withdrawn. 

Original Question put, and agreed to. 

6. £.19,350, for Stipendiary Justices in the West 
India Colonies and the Mauritius. 

7. £.10,230, for Civil Establishments on the 
Western Coast of Africa. 

8. £.6,533, forthe Island of Saint Helena. 

9. £.960, fur Heligoland. 

10. £. 2,067, to complete the Sum for the Falk- 
land Islands. 

11. £. 4,299, to complete the Sum for Labuan. 

12. £. 12,708, for the Emigration Board. 

13. £.13,000, for the Support of Captured Ne- 
groes and Liberated Africans. 

14. £.11,050, for Mixed Commissions established 





under the Treaties for suppressing the Traffic in 
Slaves. 

15. Motion made, and Question proposed, That 
a Sum, not exceeding £. 76,404, be granted to Her 
Majesty, to complete the Sum necessary to defray 
the Expense of the Consular Establishments Abroad, 
to the 3ist day of March 1860; 

Whereupon Motion made, and Question, That a 
Sum, not exceeding £. 70,029, be granted to Her 
Majesty, to complete the Sum necessary to defray the 
Expense of the Consular Establishments Abroad, to 
the 31st day of March 1860——put, and negatived. 

Original Question put, and agreed to. 

16. £. 67,363, for Establishments in China, Japan 
and Siam. 

17. £.20,000, to complete the Sum for Extra- 
ordinary Disbursements of Her Majesty’s Embassies 
and Missions Abroad. 

18. £.121,989, to complete the Sum for Super- 
annuation Allowances and Compensations. 

19. £.1,170, for Toulonese and Corsican Emi- 
grants, Saint Domingo Sufferers, American Loyalists, 
and others. 

20. £. 325, for the Refuge for the Destitute. 

21. £.3,428, for Polish Refugees, and Allowances 
to distressed Spaniards. 

22, £.4,176, for Miscellaneous Allowances for- 
merly defrayed from the Civil List, the Hereditary 
Revenues, &amp;c. 

23. £.1,717, to complete the Sum for Treasurers 
of Public Infirmaries in Jreland. 

24. £.2,600, for the Westmoreland Lock Hos- 
pital, Dublin. 


Resolutions to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Massey 
reported, That the Committee had come to several 
Resolutions. 

Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow. 

Mr. Massey also acquainted the House, that he 
was directed to move, That the Committee may have 
leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, at Six of 
the clock, after the first Order of the day, again 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Galway Har- 
into a Committee on the Galway Harbour and Port bour ere 
Act (1853) Amendment Bill; and, after some time pobre! 
spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; and Bill. 

Mr. Massey reported, That the Committee had gone 
through the Bill; and directed him to report the 
same, without Amendment. 

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

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 


Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The names of the five Members appointed to try Norwich 
and determine the matter of the Petition, complain- Election. 
ing of an undue Election and Return for the City 
of Norwich, were called over; and being come to 
the Table, they were sworn by the Clerk. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee. 

Ordered, That the Committee do meet To-morrow, 
in one of the Cowmittee-rooms of the House, at 
Eleven of the clock. 


The names of the five Members appointed to try Bury Election. 
and determine the matter of the Petition complain- 
ing of an undue Election and Return for the Borough 
of Bury, were called over; and being come to the 
Table, they were sworn by the Clerk. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee. 

Ordered, That the Committee do meet To- 
morrow, in one of the Committee-rooms of the 
House, at Twelve of the clock, 

Ordered, 





Wakefield 
Bection. 


— 


aden, 
woe Hl 
Hlection. 


New Windsor 
Ekction. 


93 VicToRIZ. 


Ordered, That the Minutes of the Evidence taken 
before the Select Committee on the Wakefield 
Election Petition be laid before this House. 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That he had 
this day received a Letter from John Ayers, John 
Fawhe, John Wadeley, and Samuel Tovey, informing 
him that it is not their intention to proceed with 
their Petition complaining of an undue Election 
and Return for the Borough of Kidderminster :— 
And the said Letter was read, as followeth : 

To the Right Honourable the Speaker 

of the House of Commons. 
Sir, Kidderminster, July 26, 1859. 

We, the undersigned, John Fawkhe, John Ayers, 
John Wadeley, and Samuel Tovey, being the Peti- 
tioners complaining of an undue Election and 
Return for the Borough of Kidderminster, hereby 
beg to inform you that it is not our intention to pro- 
ceed with the said Petition. 


We have the honour to be, Sir, 
Your most obedient servants, 
John Ayers. 
John Fawke. 
Samuel Tovey. 


John Wadeley. 


Ordered, That no further Proceedings be taken 
upon the said Petition. 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That he had 
this day received a Letter from Mr. John Lazxelbye, 
as Agent for William Jones and Richard Mitchell, 
informing him that it is not intended to proceed 
with their Petition complaining of an undue Elec- 
tion and Return for the Borough of Kingston-upon- 
Hull :—And the said Letter was read, as followeth : 

Sir, 

Pursuant to the Election Petitions Act, 1848, I 

hereby give you Notice, that it is not intended to 
roceed with the Petition of William Jones and 
Richard Mitchell, complaining of an undue Elec- 
tion and Return for the Borough of Kingston-upon- 
Hull. 
I have the honour to be, Sir, 
Your obedient servant, 
John Laxelbye, 
Agent for the Petitioners. 
Hull, 234 July 1859. 


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


The Order for referring the said Petition to the 
General Committee of Elections, was read, and dis- 
charged. 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That he had 
this day received a Letter from William Henry 
Banks and Henry Thompson, informing him that 
itis not their intention to proceed with their Petition 
complaining of an undue Election and Return for 
the Same of New Windsor :—And the said Letter 
was read, as followeth : 


Sir, Windsor, 27 July 1859. 
Pursuant to the Provisions of the Election Peti- 
tions Act, 1848, we beg to give you Notice, that we 
do not intend to proceed with our Petition, pre- 
sented on the 21st of June last, complaining of an 
undue Election and Return for the Borough of Vew 
Windsor. 
We have the honour to be, Sir, 
Your obedient servants, 
William Henry Banks. 
Henry Thompson. 


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


The Order for referring the said Petition to the 
General Committee of Elections, was read, and dis- 
charged. 

Vou. 114. 





98° Julit. 





311 


Improvements Bill have leave to make a Special 
Report. 7 

Mr. Sotheron Estcourt reported from the said 
Committee, That they had agreed to the following 
Special Report :-— 

That the object contemplated by the proposed 
Bill, viz., that of winding-up a concern which 
for many years past has been in a state of insol- 
vency, appears to the Committee to be one well 
deserving the interposition of Parliament, although 
the mode of doing so proposed by the Bill did not 
appear to the Committee to be satisfactory. 

That for this object it is desirable to create a new 
Commission, with Powers limited to a _ certain 
period ; and that in the composition of this Com- 
mission, the present Commissioners, the mortgagees, 
and the bondholders ought to be adequately repre- 
sented, and that one additional Commissioner should 
be appointed by the Board of Works to watch 
particularly over the public interests. 

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


to the Committee, that it was not their intention to 
proceed with the same. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


on Public Petitions; That they had examined the 
Petitions presented upon the 25th, 26th and 27th 
days of this instant July ; and had directed him to 
make a Report thereof to the House. 

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


the 7th day of June last, be printed. 





'through the Bill, and made Amendments there- 
unto. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Roupell a fortnight, on account of ill health. 


Ireland paid into the Exchequer in the year ended the 
31st day of December 1858: Accounts of the Net 
Public Income and Expenditure of Ireland for the 
year ended the 31st day of December 1858; 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 Inland Revenue District of Jre- 
land, in the year ended the 31st day of December 
1858 :——Of the Amount of Duties of Customs col- 
lected at each Port of Ire/and, in the year ended the 
31st day of December 1858 :——Of the Amount 
of Stamp Duties collected in Dublin, and in each 
Stamp District of Zreland, in the year ended the 
31st day of December 1858 :—-—Of the Amount of 
Postage collected in each County of Jreland, in the 
year ended the 31st day of December 1858 :—— 
Statements showing the Quantities of the following 
Articles retained for Home Consumption in Jreland, 
in the year ended the 31st day of December 1858 : 
viz., Wine, Spirits, Foreign and Home-made, To- 
bacco, 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 

TT following 











Ordered, That the Committee on the Westminster Westminster 
Improvements 


Bill (Special 
: Report.) * 


Mr. Sotheron Estcourt reported from the Com- Westminster 
mittee on the Westminster Improvements Bill; Sia, 
That the Parties promoting the said Bill had stated 3! 


Mr. Gregson reported from the Select Committee Public 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Poly- Polytechnic 
technic Accident, &amp;c., which was presented upon a ay &amp;e. 


Mr. Diilwyn reported from the Select Committee Endowed 


on the Endowed Schools Bill; That they had gone Schools Bill. 


Ordered, That Colonel Stuart have leave of ab- Leave of 
sence for the remainder of the Session ;—and, Mr. Absence. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, an Revenue 
Abstract of the Net Produce of the Revenue of (Ieland.) 


Public 


Conveyances 
(Metropolis.) 


312 


following Articles exported fiom Ireland in the 
year ended the 31st day of December 1858, distin- 
guishing the Exports to Great Britain from those 
to Foreign Countries: viz., Oxen, Sheep, Swine, 
Horses, Bacon and Hams, Beef and Pork, Butter, 
Wheat and Wheat Flour, Oats and Oatmeal, Irish 
Spirits, Linen Manufactures, Linen Yarn and Cot- 
ton Manufactures (in continuation of Parliamentary 
Paper, No. 466, of Session 1858.) 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Copy of the Regulations issued by the Commis- 
sioners of Police for the Regulation of Public Con- 
veyances to and from the City through Piccadiélly : 
——And, of any Correspondence that may have 
taken place between the Commissioners of Police 
and His Grace the Duke of Wellington, or any 
Person in his behalf, on the question of Public 
Conveyances stopping before Apsley House. 


William Henry (Qydered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Barber. 


Mercantile 
Marine Fund, 


&amp;e. 


East India 
(Public Debt.) 


East India 
— Native 


nfantry.) 


Copy of the Memorial dated the 1st day of July 
instant, from William Henry Barber to the Lords 
of the Treasury, praying their Lordships to ecusider 
the Claims referred to in the Report of the House 
of Commons’ Select Committee on his case, and to 
award to the Memorialist such a Sum as may be 
adequate to the replacement of his bare pecuniary 
Losses. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
togive directions, that there be laid before this House, 
an Account of the Annual Income and Expenditure 
of the Mercantile Marine Fund, showing, in detail, 
the Sums received and disbursed annually and col- 
lectively for the whole term, under each separate 
head of Income and Expenditure ; also, the Balance 
on hand in Cash and Exchequer Bills on the 31st 
day of December 1858:——And, similar Account 
with respect 'o the Merchant Seamen’s Fund. 

Ordered, That 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, Thut an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Accounts of the Public Debt of India as it 
stood on the Ist of May 1834, and at the date of 
the last Accounts received ; showing, separaiely, the 
Amount of each Loan and the Rate of Interest 
borne by the same; and of all Sums received, and 
of all Sums paid off, in respect of such Loans ; and 
also, of all Sums transferred from one Loan to 
another during the period above referred to (con- 
verted into Sterling Money at the fixed rate of 2s. 
per Company’s Rupee). 

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


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Copy of a Letter from Sir R. Ai ontgomery 
to Lord Stan/ey, of the 29th day of April 1859, and 
of a Statement of Facts connected with the execution 
of the 26th Native Infantry forwarded 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. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the state of Business in the Audit Office, 
in May 1858 and in May 1859 (in continuation of 
Parliamentary Paper, No. 137, of Session 2, 1857). 


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A. 1859. Sess. II. 


Mr. Clive presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- Conyigi 
mand,—Copy of Reports of the Directors of Convict Prisons, 
Prisons, on the Discipline and Management of 
Pentonville, Millbank and Parkhurst Prisons, and 
of Portland, Portsmouth, Dartmoor, Chatham and 
Brixton Prisons, with Fulham Refuge and the In- 
valid Prison at Lewes, for the year 1858. 

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


Lord John Russell presented,— Return to an Ad- Consular 
dress to Her Majesty, dated the 14th day of this Service. 
instant July, for a Return relative to the Consular 
Service. 

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


Lord John Russell presented, by Her Majesty’s Prussia 
Command,—Copy of a further Despatch from Lord (Neutrality, 
John Russell to Lord Bloomfield. 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That the said Paper do lie upon 
the Table ; 


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


Veneris, 29° die Julii, 1859: 


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


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That a Mes- Message from 
sage had been brought from the Lords, by one of the Lords, 
their Clerks, as followeth : 

The Lords have agreed to the Stokes Bay Rail- stokes Bay 


way and Pier Bill, without any Amendment. Railway and 
Pier Bill. 


The Lords have agreed to the Hereford and Yorefora 
Brecon Kiailway Bill, with an Amendment ; to which and Brecon 
the Lords desire the concurrence of this House. Railway Bill 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act gale of Gas 
for regulating Measures used in Sales of Gas; Bill 
to which the Lords desire the concurrence of this 
House. 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Londonderry 
to facilitate Arrangements by the Londonderry and 4nd Coleraine 
Coleraine Railway Company with their Creditors, allway Bill 
and for other purposes; to which the Lords desire 
the concurrence of this House. 


The Order of the day being 
mittee on the Income Tax, &amp;c. Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, at 
Twelve of the clock, resolve itself into the said 


Committee. 


read, for the Com- Income Tax, 
&amp;c. Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- guppy, 
mittee of Supply ; 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, at 
Twelve of the clock, resolve itself into the said 
Committee. 


Mr. Massey reported from the Committee of supply 
Supply, a Resolution; which was read, as fol- om 


loweth : Sitting. 


That a Sum, not exceeding £.63,394, be granted Department 
to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum necessary to = ye 
defray ihe Expenses of the General Management ™ 
of the Department of Science and Art, of the Schools 
throughout the Kingdom in connexion with the De- 
partment, and of the Geological Surveys of Great 
Britain and Ireland, &amp;c., to the 31st day of March 
1860. : 

The said Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 


Mr. Massey reported from the Committee of Supply 
Supply, several Resolutions; which were read, as [25 Saly, 
follow : Sitting. 

1. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 169,468, be Pat 
granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum ne- ireland.) 


cessary to defray the Charge for Public ge 








lity.) 


ay 
and 


yn 
Bill. 


ERS 








Duiversity of 
London. 
Universities. 
wee nity 
({reland. ) 


’s Col- 


93 VicrortizR. 


in Jreland, under the Charge of the Commis- 
sioners of National Education in Ireland, to the 
31st day of March 1860. 

2. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 655, be granted 
to Her Majesty, to pay the Salary of the Secretary 
and the Expenses of the Office of the Commissioners 
of Education in Jreland, to the 31st day of March 
1860. 

3. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 3,650, be granted 
to Her Majesty, towards defraying the Expenses of 
the University of London, to the 31st day of March 
1860. 

4. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 7,650, be granted 
to Her Majesty, to pay Grants to Scottish Uni- 
versities, formerly defrayed from the Hereditary 
Revenues of the Crown, to the 31st day of March 
1860. 

5. That a Sum, not exceeding £.1,297, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum ne- 
cessary to defray the Expenses of the Queen’s 
University in Jre/and, to the 31st cay of March 
1860. 

6. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 2,800, be granted 


keges Ireland.) t Her Majesty, to defray certain Expenses of the 


Boye Irish 
Academy. 


General 
Assembly’s 
Belfast, &amp;c. 


British 
Museum. 


ly 
pr ly 
National 


Gallery, 


Magnetic 
qarvations, 


Geographical 


Royal Society. 


Queen’s Colleges in Jreland, to the 31st day of 
March 1860. 

7. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 500, be granted 
to Her Majesty, towards defraying the Expense of 
the Royal Jrish Academy, to the 31st day of March 
1860. 

8. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 1,500, he granted 
to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum necessary to 
pay the Salaries of the Theological Professors and 
the Incidental Expenses of the General Assembly’s 
College at Belfast, and Retired Allowances to Pro- 
fessors of the Belfast Academical Institution, to the 
3ist day of March 1860. 

9. That a Sum, not exceeding £.47,425, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum ne- 
cessary to defray the Salaries and Expenses of the 
British Museum Establishment, to the 31st day of 
March 1860. 

10. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 12,270, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum ne- 
cessary to defray the Expense of New Buildings 
and Fittings at the British Museum, to the 31st day 
of March 1860. 

The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 


Mr. Massey reported from the Committee of Sup- 
ply, several Resolutions; which were read, as 
follow ; 

1, That a Sum, not exceeding £. 15,985, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Expenses of 
the National Gallery, including the Purchase of 
Pictures, to the 31st day of March 1860. 

2. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 6,439, be granted 
to Her Majesty, to defray the Expense of Mag- 
netic Observations sooo, including the Superin- 
tendent’s Establishment at Woolwich; also, for 
Observations and Services under the direction of 
the Astronomer Royal, and for Meteorological Ob- 
servations at Sea, Xc., to the 31st day of March 
1860. 

3. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 500, be granted 
to Her Majesty, to enable the Royal Geographical 
enely to provide Accommodation for their Meet- 
ings, &amp;c., to the 31st day of March 1860. 

4, That a Sum, not exceeding £. 1,000, be granted 
to Her Majesty, to enable the Royal Society to 
carry on certain Experiments for Public Objects, 
in the year ending the 3ist day of March 1860, 

The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Ecclesiastical Commission Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 

Vou. 114. 


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313 
The Order of the day being read, for the second Highways 
reading of the Highways Bill ; Bill. 


Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 
Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Police (Coun- 
mittee on the Police (Counties and Boroughs) Law ties and Bo- 
Amendment Bill ; Pree thoes 
Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve Bill. 


itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Universities 
into a Committee on the Universities Incorporation Incorporation 
Act Amendment Bull; and, after some time spent a —" 
therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. 

Massey reported, That the Oommittee had gone 
through the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 


mittee, be taken into consideration this day. . 


The Roman Catholic Charities Bill was, accord- Roman Catho- 
ing to Order, read a second time; and committed lic Charities 
to a Committee of the whole House, for Monday 
next. 


The County Cess (Jreland) Acts Continuance County Cess 
Bill was, according to Order, read a second time ; ra 
and committed toa Committee of the whole House, pin, 


for this day. 


The Manufactures (Ireland) Acts Continuance Manufactures 
Bill was, according to Order, read a second time; — Acts 
and committed to a Committee of the whole House, — 


for this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Dublin 
reading of the Dublin Police Bill ; Police Bill, 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 


The Colonial Legislatures’ Power of Repeal Bill Colonial 
was, according to Order, read a second time; and oe ere pag 
committed to a Committee of the whole House, for Repeal Bill 


this day. 


The Barbuda Government Bill was, according to Barbuda 
Order, read a second time; and committed to a Government 
Committee of the whole House, for this day. Bill. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to Local Govern- 
take into consideration the Local Government Sup- ment Supple- 
plemental Bill, as amended in the Committee. mente oe 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
this day. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Queen’s Re- 
into a Committeé on the Queen’s Remembrancer, membrancer, 
&amp;e. Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. ** = 
Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Massey re- 
ported, That the Committee had gone through the 
Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration this day. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Militia Ballots 
into a Committee on the Militia Ballots Suspension Suspension 
Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. ill 
Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Massey re- 
ported, That the Committee had gone through the 
Bill, and directed him to report the same, without 
Amendment. 

Ordered, That the Bili be read the third time this 
day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Military 
mittee on the Military Savings Banks Bill ; Savings Banks 
Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve Bill. 
itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Constabulary 
into a Committee on the Constabulary Force (Jre- Foose (i 
land) Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr, *"®) 





TT2 Speaker 


314 


Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr, Massey 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 this 
day. 


Vexatious 
Indictments 
Bill [Lords.] 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on the Vexatious Indictments 
Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker 
resumed the Chair; and Mr. Massey 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. 
Public Health The House, according to Order, proceeded to take 
= into consideration the Amendments made by the 
Lords to the Public Health 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. 


Law Ascer- 
tainment 
Facilities Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Law Ascertainment Facilities 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 Locomotive Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


Railway Com- 
panies Arbi- 
tration Bill. 


The Railway Companies Arbitration 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. 


Imprisonment 
for Small 
Debts Bill. 


The Imprisonment for Small Debts 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. 


Municipal 
Corporations 
Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third 
reading of the Municipal Corporations Bill ; 
And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
proposed, That the Bill be now read the third time ; 
An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out the word “ now,” and, at. 
the end of the Question, adding the words “ upon 
“ this day three months.” 
And the Question being put, That the word 
“ now” stand part of the Question ; 
‘The House divided. 
The Yeas to the Right ; 
The Noes to the Left. 
Tellers for the Yeas, f Mr. Hadfield, 1 
(Mr. Hankey: j 
{ Mr. Henley, \ 
UMr. Lygon: j 
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. 


101 


Tellers for the Noes, 61. 


Settled Estates 
Act (1856) 
Amendment 
Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Settled Estates Act (1856) Amend- 
ment Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 


Weights and 
Measures Bill. 


Rill 82. 


The House, re em a Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on the Weights and Measures Bill; 
and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker 


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A. 1859. Sess. IT. 


resumed the Chair ; and Mr, Massey 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- Judgments 
wnittee on the Judgments (Jreland) Bill ; (Ireland) Bi, 

Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Medical Acty 
mittee on the Medical Acts Amendment Bill ; Amendment 
And a Motion being made, and the Question Bi 
being proposed, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 
Chair ; 
And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
put, That this House do now adjourn ; 
The House divided. 
The Yeas to the Right ; 
The Noes to the Left. 
Tellers for the (Sir Edward Grogan, &gt; 
Yeas, Mr. Vance: if 63. 
Tellers for thef Mr, Whiteside, } 91 


Noes, (Mr. John Locke : 

So it passed in the Negative. 

And the Question being again proposed, That 
Mr. Speaker do now leave the Chair:—The said 
Motion was, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Fireworks 
mittee on the Fireworks Act Amendment Bill; Act Amend- 
Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve ™&amp;™* Bill. 

itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to Dwellings for 
take into consideration the Dwellings for Labouring Labouring 
Classes (Ireland) Bill, as amended in the Com- tana) BAL 
mittee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
this day. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Church Rates 
into a Committee on the Church Rates Abolition 4&gt;olition Bill 
Bill. 

(In the Committee.) 


Cuavusg, N° 1 (Church rates abolished). 
Question again proposed, That the words “ re- 
“ spectively, in the following cases,” be inserted after 
the word “ levied” in p. 1, i. 1235 
Whereupon Motion made, and Question put, 
That the Chairman do now Jeave the Chair ; 
The Committee divided. 
Tellers for thef Mr. Stanhope, 
Yeas, LMr. Lygon: 
Tellers for the {Sir John Trelawny, 
Noes, Sir John Shelley : 


60. 


85 


1 

J 

} 86. 
Question again proposed, That those words be 
there inserted. 


To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; and Mr. Massey 
reported, That the Commitiee had made Progress 
in the Bill; and that he was directed to move, That 
the Committee may have leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, again 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Stamp Duties 
to repeal the Stamp Duties on Licenses to exercise 
the Faculty of Physic, and to amend the Laws 
relating to Hawkers and Pedlars: And that Mr. 
Laing and Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer do 
prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Coinage. 
to extend the Enactments relating to the Copper 
Coin to Coin of Mixed Metal: And that Mr. Lane 
an 














98 VicroRiz. 


and Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer do prepare, 
and bring it in. 


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

peters of Ad- t¢ amend the Law relating to Probates and Letters 

siete of Administration in Zre/and: And that Mr. Solicitor 

(ielend General for Jre/and and Mr. Cardwell do prepare, 
and bring it in. 

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

snd Provident t_ enable Charitable and Provident Societies and 

Societies, Sc. Penny Savings Banks to invest all their Proceeds 
in Savings Banks: And that Mr. Chancellor of the 
Exchequer and Mr. Laing do prepare, and bring 
it in. 

Yetropolitan A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- 

Police. posed, That leave be given to bring ia a Bill to 
extend the Provisions of the Metropolitan Police 
Act for the Prevention of Obstructions from Ad- 
vertisements in the Highways:— And a Debate 
arising thereupon ; 

Ordered, That the Debate be adjourned till this 
day. 

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

lunteer Force for the Establishment of a Reserve Volunteer Force 

of Seamen. = Of Seamen, and for the Government of the same: 
And that Lord Clarence Paget and Mr. Whitbread 
do prepare, and bring it in. 

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

of india Act to amend the Act for the better Government of 

Amendment. dia: And that Mr. Baring and Sir Charles Wood 
do prepare, and bring it in. 

Bast India A Motion being made, That this House will, upon 

Loan. Monday next, resolve itself into a Committee to 
consider of enabling the Secretary of State in Coun- 
cil of India to raise Money in the United Kingdom, 
for the Service of the Government of India; 

Sir Charles Wood, by Her Majesty’s Command, 
acquainted the House, That Her Majesty, having 
been informed of the subject-matter of this Motion, 
recommends it to the consideration of the House. 

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

Charitable Mr. Laing presented a Bill to enabie Charitable 
ent and Provident Societies and Penny Savings Banks 
BL’ “to invest all their Proceeds in Savings Banks: And 
Billgg, the same was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time upon Monday next; and to be 
printed. 
Coinage Bill. © Mr. Laing presented a Bill to extend the Enact- 
Bill 84. ments relating to the Copper Coin to Coin of Mixed 
Metal: And the same was read the first time; and 
ordered to be read a second time upon Monday 
next; and to be printed. 
— Duties Mr. Laing presented a Bill to repeal the Stamp 
Duties on Licenses to exercise the Faculty of Physic, 
Bill 85. and to amend the Laws relating to Hawkers and 
Pedlars: And the same was read the first time; 
and ordered to be read a second time upon Monday 
next ; and to be printed. 
ates nd Mr. Solicitor General for Zreland presented a Bill 
or Sit to amend the Law relating to Probates and Letters 
(Ireland) Bin, Of Administration in Zreland: And the same was 
Bill gg, "ead the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
time upon Monday next ; and to be printed. 
fare Vo- Lord Clarence Paget presented a Bill for the 
of Seamen Bi, /Stablishment of a Reserve Volunteer Force of Sea- 
Bill g7, men, and for the Government of the same: And the 


same was read the first time ; and ordered to be read 
a second time upon Monday next; and to be printed. 
Vou. 114. 


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315 


Mr. Baring presented a Bill to amend the Act for Government 
the better Government of India: And the same was of India Act 
read the first time ; and ordered to be read a second RI 


: Bill. 
time upon Monday next; and to be printed. Bill 88. 


The Londonderry and Coleraine Railway Bill was Londonderry 
an 


read the first time. 4 | 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exa- (Lorde ) 


miners of Petitions for Private Bills. 


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


day. 








Veneris, 29° die Julii ; 
Anno 23° Victorie Regine, 1859. 
PRAYERS. 
4 | ‘HE Bray Commons Bill was read the third Bray com- 
time, mons Bill 
Resolved, That the Bill, with the Amendments, [Lords] 
do j ra 
rdered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the same, with Amendments; to which 
this House doth desire the concurrence of their 


Lordships. 


A Motion being made, That the Ipswich (Bo- Ipswich 
rough) Fishery Bill be now read the third time; (Borough) 
Lord Stanley, by Her Majesty’s Command, ac- t Lords} ” 
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, with the Amendments, 
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 
this House doth desire the concurrence of their 
Lordships. 


do 


Lucette’s Estate Bill was, according to Order, Lucette’s 
read a second time; and committed. Estate Bill 
[Lords.] 
Ordered, That in the case of the Londonderry Londonderry 
and Coleraine Railway Bill, the Examiner of Peti- and Coleraine 
tions for Private Bills have leave to sit and proceed t Lords. Bill 
. rds. } 
forthwith. 


Several Public Petitions were presented, and Public 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. Petitions. 





Vide Ninth 
Report. 


The names of the five Members appointed to Cheltenham 
try and determine the matter of the Petition com- Election. 
plaining of an undue Election and Return for the 
Borough of Cheltenham, were called over; and 
being come to the Table, they were sworn by the 
Clerk. 

Ordered, That the Petition and List relative to the 
said Election be referred to the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Committee do meet To-morrow, 
in one of the Committee-rooms of the House, at 
Eleven of the clock. 


The names of the five Members appointed to Limerick City 
try and determine the matter of the Petition com- Election. 
plaining of an undue Election and Return for the 
City of Limerick, were called over; and being 
come to the Table, they were sworn by the Clerk. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee. 

Ordered, That the Committee do meet To-morrow, 
in one of the Committee-rooms of the House, at 
half-past Eleven of the clock. 


TT3 Mr. 











East India: 






No. 124. 


























East India 
26th Native 
try.) 
No. 125. 


Northfleet 
Dock Com- 
pany. 


Income Tax, 
Sc. Bill. 

















Supply. 















316 99° Julie. A. 1859. Sess. II. 


Mr. Baring presented,—Return to an Address| of Recovery and Fever Hospital, Cork-street, Dub- 


(Public Debt.) +. Her Majesty, dated the 28th day of this instant lin. 


July, for Accounts relative to East India (Public| 5. £, 400, to complete the Sum for the Meath 
Debi). Hospital, Dublin. 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the} 6. £. 50, to complete the Sum for Saint Mark's 
28th day of this instant July, for a Return relative | Ophthalmic Hospital, Dubdtin. 


to East India (26th Native Infantry). 7. £.950,to complete the Sum for Doctor Stee- 
Ordered, That the said Returns do lie upon the | vens’ Hospital, Dublin. 
Table ; and be printed. 8. £.165, 10 complete the Sum for the Board of 


Superintendence of Hospitals in Dublin. 

Lord Clarence Paget presented,—Return to an 9. £. 5,931, to complete the Sum for Charitable 
Order, dated the 27th day of this instant July, for | Allowances charged on the Concordatum Fund in 
a Return relative to the Northfleet Dock Company. | Ireland, &amp;c. 

Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the | 10. Motion made, and Question proposed, That 
Table. a Sum, not exceeding £. 29,193, be granted to Her 

| Majesty, to complete the Sum necessary to defray 

The House, according to Order, resolved itself) the Expense of Nonconforming, Seceding and Pro- 
into a Committee on the Income Tax, &amp;c. Bill. 'testant Dissenting Ministers in Jreland, to the 31st 
' day of March 1860; 
| Whereupon Motion made, and Question put, 

Preamble postponed. That the item “ £. 69. 4s. 8 d. for New Ministers 

Crause, N° 1 (Additional rates of Income Tax | (1 at £.69. 4s. 8d.)” be omitted from the proposed 
granted on assessments made on the amount of Vote ; 





(In the Committee.) 





annual profits). | The Committee divided. 
Amendment proposed, in p. 2, 1. 15: After the | Pellers for the f Mr. Baxter, \ 40. 
word “respectively ” to insert the words “ except , Yeas, Mr. Baines : J 
“ Schedule B.” | Tellers for ma Mr. Brand, Vise 
Question, That those words be there inserted | ‘ Noes, | Mr. Knatchbull-Hugessen : . 
put, and negatived. | Original Question put, and agreed to. 
Cienen eanted to. | Motion made, and Question proposed, That a 
o 


oy: ae , Sum, not exceeding £. 3,965, be granted to Her 
7 °9 . t &gt; | ’ &gt; ’ ? &gt; 

Ciause, N = (Additional rates of Duty to be | Majesty, to complete the Sum necessary to pay the 
charged on half-yearly and quarterly assessments). | Selntien onl Banannes of the Oller te haeies 

Amendment proposed, atthe end of the Clause, = -¢] ‘L a a a A h ‘ 
add the words “except always that where anv | U2der the Local Government Act, to the 31st day 

to ac ee re y Y | of March 1860 :-—Motion, by leave, withdra 

“ dividend orinterest expires on theTenth day of Octo- 11. Motion a sagen Cicnetion es That ma 
° ” 5 ’ +] 


rT; . - a ‘ ‘ Nii aie ' ; 
rs ber, One thousand eight hundred and fifty-nine, not exceeding £. 8,588, be granted to Her Majesty, 
the additional rate of Four-pence only on every to defray a portion of the Expenses of the Beele 


** pound of such dividend or interest shall be charged, |. eee 
« ea and paid upon the first assessment | *tastical Commissioners for England, to the 31st 
day of March 1860; 


“ or charge which shall be hereafter made; and that ey ere ee 

‘“‘ where any dividend or interest expires on the Fifth Acne na : 

és : : Tellers for thes Mr. Brand, 
day of January, One thousand eight hundred and eo \Mr. Bagwell : 
sixty, the additional rate of Four-pence only on = ge tes ah a? JS 

Ri . : r Tellers for thef/ Mr. Welliam Williams 
every pound of dividend or interest on the first Noes, \Mr. Danby Seymour : } 72. 

“ assessment on the Tenth of October, One thousand yey Sf (Pig wage 

Ph ape oa 12 £.11,695, to complete the Sum for the 
eight hundred and fifty-nine, and the additional | ,, ~.,°~7. .? ; 

be et “ Charity Commission for England and Wales. 
rate of Two-pence only on every pound of dividend emer 

“or interest on the second assessment on January Resolutions to be reported. 

“ fifth, One thousand eight hundred and sixty.” 5 ; 
Question put, That those words be there added ; Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Massey 
The Committee divided. reported, That the Committee had come to several 


Tellers for the; Sir Henry Willoughd Resolutions. | ; 
e 7 — 7 _ Pig y wlloughby, \ 37. Ordered, That the Report be received upon Mon- 


Pee , day next. 
— the i fs } 72. Mr. Massey «\so acquainted the House, that he 
was directed to move, That the Committee may have 
leave to sit again. 
Resolved, That this House will, this day, at Six of 
the clock, again resolve itself into the said Com- 
mittee. 


1 82. 





Clause agreed to. 
Crauses, N° 3 to N° 7, agreed to. 
Clause added. 


Preamble agreed to. 
Bill, as amended, to be reported. 











sey reported, That the Committee had gone through | Petition of Brooking Soady and Thomas Pinsent, 
the Bill. complaining of an‘ undue Election and Return for 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com-' the Borough of Ashburton, informed the House, That 
mittee, be taken into consideration upon Monday | the Committee had determined, 


next, at Twelve of the clock. | That John Harvey Astell, Esquire, is duly elected 


a Burgess to serve in this present Parliament for 
The House, according to Order, resolved itself | the Borough of Ashburton. 
into the Committee of Supply. | And the said Determination was ordered to be 


(In the Committee.) entered in the Journals of this House. 


1. £500, to a the Sum for the Rotunda; Mr. Henley reported from the Select Committee on 
Lying-in Hospital, Dublin. the Thames Conservancy Bill; That they had exa- 
2. £.100, to complete the Sum for the Coombe | mined the allegations contained in the Preamble of 
Lying-in Hospital, Dublin. the Bill, but the same had not been proved to their 
3. £.5,600, to complete the Sum for the House | satisfaction ; and that they had directed him to re- 
of Industry, Dublin. port the Bill to the House, without Amendment. 
4. £.1,500, to complete the Sum for the House} Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the by 











eeera* _ Mr. Bouverie, from the Select Committee ap- Ashburton 
Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Mas- | pointed to try and determine the matter of the Election. 


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23 VicTORIZ. 


‘Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, ‘hat he had 
this day received a Letter from Mr. E. C. Morley, 
as Agent for Donald Nicoll, informing him that it is 
not intended to proceed with his Petition com- 

laining of an undue Election and Return for the 
Biscerh of Frome :—And the said Letter was read, 


as followeth : 

10, King’s Bench Walk, Temple, 
Sir, London, 29 July 1859, E.C, 
As Agent for Donald Nicoll, Esquire, in the matter 
of his Petition, delivered in on the 21st day of June 
last, complaining of an undue Election and Return 
for the Borough of Frome, | hereby beg to inform 
ou, that it is not intended to proceed with the said 
etition. 


Frome 
, Bastion. 


I have the honour to be, Sir, 
Your very obedient servant, 
E. C. Morley. 
To the Right honourable the Speaker 
of the House of Commons. 


The Order for referring the said Petition to the 
General Committee of Elections, was read, and 
discharged. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, 
That in the case of Earl Vane’s Estate Bill, no 
Standing Orders are applicable. , 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time. 


Earl Vane’s 
Estate Bill 
[Lords.] 


Robins’s 
Estate Bill 
[ Lords. ] 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Priva‘e Bills, 
That in the case of Rodins’s Estate Bill, no Standing 
Orders are applicable. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time. 


Thames Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,— Report ‘rom 
ee ant one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, 
That in the case of the Thames Watermen and 


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317 


Mr. Hardy, from the Select Committee appointed Gloucester 
to try and determine the matter of the Petition of City Election. 
Thomas Eycott and James Haines, complaining of an 
undue Election and Return for the City of Glou- 
cester, informed the House, ‘That the Committee had 
determined, 

That William Philip Price, Esquire, is not duly 
elected a Citizen to serve in this present Parliament 
for the City of Gloucester. 

That Charles James Monk, Esquire, is not duly 
elected a Citizen to serve in this present Parliament 
for the City of Gloucester. 

That the last Election for the said City was a void 
Election. 

And the said Determinations were ordered to be 
entered in the Journals of this House. 

Mr. Hardy, from the said Select Committee, fur- 
ther informed the House, That the Committee had 
agreed to the following Resolutions : 

1. That WilliamPhilip Price, Esquire, and Charles 
James Monk, Esquire, were, by their Agents, guilty 
of bribery at the last Election. 

That it was proved to the Committee, that— 


George Welsh had been bribed £. s. d. 
with - - - ° ar ee 
Anthony Bond - - Os wie 
William Merritt - Pn soe 
Thomas Evans ~ - “eo et 
John Keeling ° « ales abe ad 
George Bowers - = -10 - - 
Thomas May ~ « | ern 
Thomas Bowers - ~ ~~ 
George Huggins - - — ni 
John Wadley - o an oe eT 
Walter Seymour Davey - - 4 
James Coates . « eT 
Henry Lane - - - — ee 
Samuel Jeffs - - - ie 
James Vaile - - “ — 
Arthur Peters - - - 610 - 
Edwin Harris - 7 So eo 


but that it was not proved that such bribery was 
committed with the knowledge an consent of the 
said William Philip Price, Esquire, and Charles 
James Monk, Esquire. 

2. That it appears to the Committee, that other 
bribes were paid by the Agents of William Philip 
Price, Esquire, and Charles James Monk, Esquire, 
to persons whose names have not been proved 











_ Lightermen Bill, brought from the Lords, and re- 
ferred on the first reading thereof, no Standing Or- 
ders not previously inquired into are applicable. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time. 
Iondonderry © Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 
Siva Bul” one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, 
{Lords. That in the case of the Londonderry and Coleraine 
Railway Bill, brought from the Lords, and referred 
on the first reading thereof, no Standing Orders not 
previously inquired into are applicable. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time. 
lawof Pro. = The Order for the House to resolve itself into a | 


a Committee, upon Monday next, on the Law of Pro- 
Amendment petty and Trustees Relief Amendment Bill, was 
Bill [Lords.] read, and discharged. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 


next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Endowed _ Ordered, That the Endowed Schools Bill, as 
Schools Bill. amended, be printed. 
Bill 89. Ordered, ‘That the Bill be re-committed tu a 
Committee of the whole House, for Monday next. 
Tacumshin Mr. Massey reported from the Committee on the 


Eubankment Tacumshin Embankment Bill; That they had ex- 
amined the allegations contained in the Preamble 
of the Bill, and amended the same, in consequence 
of the time for the completion of the Works under 
the existing Act having expired on the 3d day of 
July, subsequent to the introduction 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. 


Bir ce Gas The Sale of Gas Bill was read the first time; 
Bill - and ordered to be read a second time upon Monday 


next; and to be printed. 
Vow. 114. 








before the Committee, and that bribes were exten- 
sively offered to voters, and voters were colourably 
employed as messengers. 
3. That the Committee have reason to believe 
that corrupt practices extensively prevailed at the 
last Election for the City of Gloucester. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 
Ordered, That the Minutes of the Evidence taken yinutes 
before the Committee be laid before this House. _ ordered. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented East India 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased (T4vancore.) 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Copies of the Official Papers sent from India, 
touching the recent Disturbances in 7’ravancore. 

Ordered, That 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 East India 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased (Paumben 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Copies of all Reports and Information re- 
specting the deepening of the Paumben Passage, the 
Navigation of Palks Straits and the Gulf of Manas : 
——Statement of the present Depth of Water, and 
whether the Government of Jndia have taken any 
measures to increase it: And, Return of the 
Amount of Tonnage which has annually passed 
through from 1840 till the time of the last Return, 
in the hands of Her Majesty’s Government. 

TT4 Ordered, 





East India 
(Ship Canal, 
Isthmus of 
Kraa,) « 


Loughs Corrib, 
Mask and 
Curra Drain 
age. 


Queen’s 
University, 
&amp;c. (Ireland.) 


Trinity House 
Pilots (Port 
of London.) 


Leave of 
Absence. 


Adjournment. 


County 
Treasurers. 


Saint Mary- 
le-bone, &amp;c. 
Work houses. 


Message from 
the Lords. 


Consolidated 
Fund 

(£. 7,000,000) 
Bill. 


318 


Ordered, That 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, Copy of, or Extracts from, the Correspond- 
ence of Her Majesty’s Consul at Siam, relating to 
the projected Ship Canal across the Isthmus of Kraa. 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Feturns of the Amount of Money received for the 
Drainage of Loughs Corrib, Mask and Curra: 
And, of the Amount expended on the said Works, 
separating the Salaries of Officials, both in Dublin 
and through the Districts, from the Amount paid for 
Manual Labour down to the present time, as also 
for Compensation Claims. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Returns of the Number of Students who took their 
first Degrees in the Queen’s University (/reland), 
from the 31st day of March 1858 to the 31st day of 
March 1859:—— Of the Number of Matriculated 
Students in the Colleges of Cork, Belfast and Gal- 
way, on the 31st day of March 1859: Of the 
Number of Non-Matriculated Students on the same 
day :--—-Of the Number on the same day holding 
Scholarships or Exhibitions: —— And, of the 
Amount paid out of the Consolidated Fund, or by 
Annual Votes of Parliament, for the Support and 
Maintenance of Queen’s Colleges and University, 
from the 81st day of March 1858 to the 31st day of 
March 1859. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Copies of the Memorials and Correspondence rela- 
tive to the Application by certain Free Watermen of 
the Port of London to the Trinity House and the 
Board of ‘Trade, to be examined as to their compe- 
tency to act as Pilots in the said Port of London, 
and, if found competent, to have permissive (not 
compulsory) Licenses granted to them ; and also of 
the List of Harbour Masters, Shipowners, Dock 
Masters and others, who have certified as to the 
expediency, utility and equity of such permissive 
Licenses being granted. 


Ordered, That Mr. Cooper have leave of absence 
for a fortnight; —Mr. Way a fortnight ;— Lord 
Burghley a fortnight;—and, Mr. Tottenham and 
Major Sibthorp, the remainder of the Session, on 
account of ill health. 


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


Mr. Clive presented, pursuant to the directions of 
an Act of Parliament, —Return of the Abstracts of 
the Accounts of the several County Treasurers in 
England and Wales, for the year ending Michaelmas 
1858. 

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


Mr. Gilpin presented,— Return to an Order, dated 
the 4th day of this instant July, for Returns relative 
to Saint Marylebone, &amp;c., Workhouses. 

Ordered, That the said Return 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 Consolidated Fund 
(£. 7,000,000) Bill, without any Amendment. 


29°—30° Juliz. 





A. 1859. Sess. II. 


The Lords have agreed to the Droitwich Roads Droitwiy*! 
Bill, without any Amendment. Bi 


The Lords have agreed to the Hinckley and Mel- Hinckley ana 
= 


bourne Roads Bill, without any Amendment. = 
The Lords have agreed to the Amendments made London (City) 


by this House to the London (City) Gas Bill, without as Bi 

any Amendment. (Lords.} 

The Lords have agreed to the Amendments made Ipswich 

by this House to the Jpswich (Borough) Fishery (Sorough) 
she! 


Bill, without any Amendment. [Lends 


The Lords have agreed to the Charleston Railway Charleston 
and Harbour Bill, with Amendments; to which the Railway ang 
Lords desire the concurrence of this House. Harbour Bill, 

The Lords have agreed to the Ringwood, Christ- Ringw 
church and Bournemouth Railway Bill, with Amend- Christchurch 
ments ; to which the Lords desire the concurrence *"4 Bourne. 
of this House. ver ba 

The Lords have agreed to the Wansbeck Railway Wansbeck 
Bill, with Amendments ; to which the Lords desire Railway Bil, 
the concurrence of this House. 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Chief Super. 
to provide for the exercise of the Duties of Chief intendent 
Superintendent in China, in certain cases; to which (China) Bill, 


the Lords desire the concurrence of this House. 


Ordéred, That a Committee be appointed to in- Court of 
spect the Journals of the House of Lords with Probate, &amp;e. 
relation to any Proceedings upon the Court of ae 
Probate, &amp;c. (Acquisition of Site) Bill, and to make ®) 
a Report thereof to the House :—And a Committee 
was appointed of Mr. FitzRoy, Mr. Forster, Mr. 
Knatchbull-Hugessen, Mr. Clive and Mr. Massey :— 
And they are to withdraw immediately. 

Ordered, That Three be the Quorum. 


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 
Quesiion, by leaving out from the word “ That ”’ to 
the end of the Question, in order to add the words 
“the expense of completing the necessary Works of National 
“ National Defence, projected or already in progress, Defence. 
“ should be met by a Fund specially provided for 
“ that purpose, and independent of the annual Votes 
“ of Parliament,” instead thereof. 

And the Question being proposed, That the words 
proposed to be left out stand part of the Question ; 


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


Sabbati, 30° die Julii, 1859: 


And the Question being put ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right; 

The Noes to the Left. 

Tellers for the{ Mr. Brand, 167 

Yeas, \UMr. Knatchbull-Hugessen :} . 

Tellers for the f Mr. Horsman, \ 70 

Noes, (Sir Charles Napier: apse 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

And the Question being again proposed, That 
Mr. Speaker do now leave the Chair:—The said 
Motion was, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 

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


Mr. Massey reported from the Committee of Sup- Supply. 
ply, several Resolutions; which were read, as 
follow : 

1. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 4,050, be Bermudas. 
granted to Her Majesty, towards defraying the 
Charge of the Civil Establishment of the Bermudas, 
to the 31st day of March 1860. Ts “4 

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93 VicToRia. 


2. That a Sum, not exceeding £.6,628, be 
hment granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of 
ty the Ecclesiastical Establishment of the British 
, North American Provinces, to the 31st day of March 

“ 1860. 


peclesiastical 
Betablis 


Indian De- 3. That a Sum, not exceeding £.2,342, be 

partment = granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of 

(Canada-) ‘the Indian Department in Canada, to the 31st day 
of March 1860. 

British 4. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 42,998, be 

Columbia.  oranted to Her Majesty, towards defraying the 
Charge of British Columbia, to the 31st day of 
March 1860. 

Gorernors,&amp;e. §, That a Sum, not exceeding £.24,728, be 

Wass Indios granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of 

,&lt; heg the Salaries of the Governors, Lieutenant Governors, 
and others, in the West Jndies and certain other 
Colonies, to the 31st day of March 1860. 

Stipendiary 6. That a Sum, not exceeding £.19,350, be 

a tata granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Salaries, Al- 

tonics and lowances and Contingencies of the Stipendiary 


the Mauritius.) Justices in the West India Colonies and the Mau- 
rilius, to the 31st day of March 1860. 

7. That a Sum, not exceeding £.10,230, be 
granted to Her Majesty, towards defraying the 
Charge of the Civil Establishments on the Western 
Coast of Africa, to the 31st day of March 1860. 

8. That a Sum, not exceeding £.6,533, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray Charges con- 
nected with the Island of Saint Helena, to the 31st 
day of March 1860. 


Western Coast 
of Africa. 


Saint Helena. 


Heligoland. 9. That a Sum, not exceeding £.960, be granted 
to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of Heligo/and, 
to the 31st day of March 1860. 

Falkland 10. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 2,067, be 

Islands. granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum ne- 
cessary towards defraying the Charge of the Falk- 
land Islands, to the 31st day of March 1860. 

Labuan. 11. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 4,299, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum ne- 
cessary towards defraying the Charge of Labuan, 
to the 31st day of March 186v. 

Emigration. 12. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 12,703, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of the 
Emigration Board, and of the Emigration Officers 
at the different Ports of this Kingdom, also to de- 
fray certain Expenses connected with Emigration, 
to the 31st day of March 1860. 

Captured 13. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 13,000, be 

oy granted to Her Majesty, to defray, to the 31st day 

Africans, of March 1860, Expenses incurred for the Support 
of Captured Negroes and Liberated Africans, and 
other Charges under the Acts for the Abolition of 
the Slave Trade. 

Mixed Com- 14, That a Sum, not exceeding £. 11,050, be 

— ranted to Her Majesty, to pay, to the 31st day of 
March 1860, the Salaries and Expenses of the 
Mixed Commissions established under the Treaties 
with Foreign Powers for suppressing the Traffic in 
Slaves. 

= 15. That a Sum, not exceeding £.76,404, be 

ments, «=Ss«s@Yanted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum ne- 
cessary to defray the Expense of the Consular Es- 
tablishments Abroad, to the 31st day of March 
1860. 

etablish. 16. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 67,363, be 

Ching, Japan granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Expenses of 

mdSiam, the Establishments in China, Japan and Siam, to 

i the 31st day of March 1860. 

Embassies and 17. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 20,000, be 

— granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum ne- 
cessary for the Extraordinary Disbursements of 
Her Majesty’s Embassies and Missions Abroad, to 
the 31st day of March 1860. 

eran. 18. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 121,989, be 

ces, ge ~«=S«gvanted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum ne- 


cessary to defray the Charge of Superannuation Al- 
lowances, and Compensations to Persons formerly 
employed in the Public Service, to the 31st day of 
March 1860. 

Vou, 114. 


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319 


19. That a Sum, not exceeding £.1,170, be Toulonese 
granted to Her Majesty, to enable Her Majesty to socks 
grant Relief, to the 31st day of March 1860, to 
Toulonese and Corsican Emigrants, Saint Domingo 
Sufferers, American Loyalists, and others who have 
heretofore received Allowances from Her Majesty. 

20. That a Sum, not exceeding £.325, be granted Refuge for the 
to Her Majesty, towards the Support of “ The Re- Pes*tute 
fuge for the Destitute,” to the 31st day of March 
1860. 

21. That a Sum, not exceeding 
granted to Her Majesty, for Payment of the Su 
sistence of the Polish Refugees, and Allowances to 
distressed Spaniards, to the 31st day of March 1860. 

22. That a Sum, not exceeding £.4,176, be Miscellaneous 
granted to Her Majesty, to pay, to the 31st day of Alowances. 
March 1860, Miscellaneous Allowances formerly 
defrayed from the Civil List, the Hereditary Reve- 
nues, &amp;c., and for which no permanent Provision has 
been made by Parliament. 

25. That a Sum, not exceeding £.1,717, be Public 
granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum ne- jaaeas 
cessary to pay, to the 31st day of March 1860, to* ) 
the Treasurers of Public Infirmaries in Jreland, the 
Allowances granted under certain Acts of Pazrlia- 
ment. 

24. That a Sum, not exceeding £.2,600, be Westmoreland 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Expense of Lock Hospital 
the Westmoreland Lock Hospital, Dublin, to the ny 
31st day of March 1860. 

The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 


2 49 Polish 
£. 3,428, hs Retugees, &amp;c. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to Vexatious 
take into consideration the Vexatious Indictments Indictments 
Bill, as amended in the Committee. ae eee 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Ways and 
mittee of Ways and Means; Means. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Eeclesiastical 
mittee on the Ecclesiastical Commission Bill ; Commission 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Tuesday 
next, at Twelve of the cleck, resolve itself into the 
said Comunittee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Police (Coun- 
mittee on the Police (Counties and Boroughs) Law a =) ae 
Amendment Bill ; pee bee 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Tuesday Bill. 
next, at Twelve of the clock, resolve itself into the 
said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to Universities 
take into consideration the Universities Incorpora- corporation 
: . : Act Amend- 
tion Act Amendment Bill, as amended in the Com- ment Bill. 

mittee. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Monday next. 


" j County Cess 
The House, according to Order, resclved itself (ireland) Acts 


into a Committee on the County Cess (Ireland) tontinuauce 
Acts Continuance Bill; and, after some time spent Bill. 
therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. 
Massey reported, That the Conimittee had gone 
through the Bill, and directed him to report the 
same, without Amendment. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Monday next, at Twelve of the clock. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Manufactures 
into a Committee on the Manufactures (Jreland) | eer ma Ly 
Acts Continuance Bill; and, after some time spent pin, 
therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; and Mr. 

Massey reported, That the Committee had gone 


vv through 





Local Govern- 
ment + le- 
mental Bill. 


Militia Ballots 
Suspension 
Bill. 


Military Sa- 
vings Banks 
Bill. 


320 


through the Bill, and directed him to report the} 
same, withont Amendment. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Monday next, at Twelve of the clock. 


The Orders of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittees on the Colonial Legislatures’ Power of Re- 
peal Bill, and the Barbuda Government 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. Massey re- 

rted, That the Committee bad gone through the 

ills, and directed him to report the same, without 
Amendment. 

Ordered, That the Bills be read the third time 

upon Monday next, at Twelve of the clock. 


The Local Government Supplemental 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, accorditg to Order, proceeded to 
take into consideration the Queen’s Remembrancer, 
&amp;c. Bill, as amended in the Committee. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Monday next, at Twelve of the clock. 


The Militia Ballots Suspension Bill was, accord- 
ing to Order, read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. * 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 


into a Committee on the Military Savings Banks 
Bill. 


(In the Committee.) 


Preamble postponed. 

Crauszs, N° 1 to N° 3, agreed to. 

Crause, N° 4 (What to be provided for by the 
Regulations). 

Amendment proposed, in p. 1, 1. 38 : To leave out 
the word “Fifteen,” in order to insert the word 
“ Five.” . ° 

Question, That the word “ Fifteen” stand part of 
the Clause put, and agreed to. 

Clause agreed to. 

Crauss, N° 5, agreed to. ‘ 

Cravusg, N° 6 (Deposits to be applied to public 
expenditure, and payments made out of grants for 
ordinary services). 

Amendment proposed, in p. 4, 1]. 15: After the 
word “Moneys” to insert the words “shall be 
“separately invested as in the General Savings 
“ Bank, and all Sums payable for principal and in- 
“ terest shall be repaid in the same manner as under 
“ the regulations of the Savings Banks Act.” 

Question, That those words be there inserted 

put, and negatived. 

Crauses, N° 7 to N° 16, agreed to. 

Preamble agreed to. 

Bill to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Mass 
reported, That the Committee had gone doegh 
the Bill, and directed him to report the same, with- 
out Amendment. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Monday next, at Twelve of the clock. 


The Constabul Force (Ireland) Bill was, ac- 
cording to Quilon, bal the third time. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 


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A. 1859. Sess. If. 


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 Attorneys and Solicitors Bill ; aon 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time PH! (Zorda) 
upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Tramways 
mittee on the Tramways (Jreland) Bill; (Ireland) Big, 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Public Im. 
reading of the Public Improvements Bill ; ‘eee 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon this day three months. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Law Ascer. 
mittee on the Law Ascertainment Facilities Bill; ae 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday ame 


next, resolve into the said Committee. 


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


(In the Committee.) 


Cravuse, N° 1 (Scale of Tolls). 
Motion made, and Question, That the Chairman 
do leave the Chair——put, and agreed to. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Medical Acts 
mittee on the Medical Acts Amendment Bill ; Amendment 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Tuesday ®- 
next, resolve itself into tle said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Fireworks 
into a Committee on the Fireworks Act Amendment Act + 
Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. “&gt; - 
Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. ae re DUNO. 
— 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 Monday next. 


The Dwellings for Labouring Classes (Jreland) Dwellings for 
Bill was, according to Order, read the third time. — 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. land) Bi 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Church 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
‘ Abolition Bill. 


mittee on the Church Rates Abolition Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon this day 
three months, resolve itself into the said Com- 
mittee. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming Metropolitan 
the adjourned Debate on the Question proposed Police. 
upon the 28th day of this instant J uly, That leave be 
given to bring in the Metropolitan Police Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 
till Monday next. 


The Order for reading a second time, upon Mon- rondon Cor- 
day next, the London Corporation Bill, was read, poration Bill 
and discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Turnpike 
to continue certain Turnpike Acts in Great Britain: 
And that Mr. Clive and Sir George Lewis do pre- 
pare, and bring it im. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring ina Bil] Turnpike 
to confirm certain Provisional Orders made under Trusts Ar 
an Act of the fifteenth year of Her present Mayety, 








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ES 


| 





23 Vicroriz. 


to facilitate Arrangements for the Relief of Turnpike 
Trusts: And that Mr. Clive and SirjGeorge Lewis 
do prepare, and bring it in. 
Law* Ordered, That the Minutes of the Evidence taken 
(Pay- before the Select Committee on the Poor Law 
of Debts) F oards (Payment of Debts) Bill, in the last Session 
of Parliament, be laid before this House. 


FLY? 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for the Amendment of the Laws relating to the 
Customs: And that Mr. Laing and Mr. Chancellor 
of the Exchequer do prepare, and bring it in. 


i 


Poor Law Ordered, That Mr. Kekewich be discharged from 
Boards (Pay- further attendance on the Select Committee on the 
— Poor Law Boards (Payment of Debts) Bill. 
Ordered, That Mr. Alderman Cubitt be added to 
the Committee. 


Turnpike Mr. Clive presented a Bill to confirm certain Pro- 
eel visional Orders made under an Act of the fifteenth 


Bill year of Her present Majesty, to facilitate Arrange- 
Bill 92. ments for the Relief of Turnpike Trusts: And the 
same was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time upon Monday next; and to be 

printed. 


Turnpike Acts Mr. Clive presented a Bill to continue certain 
Continuance Turnpike Acts in Great Britain: And the same 
Bill was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 


Bill 98. second time upon Monday next ; and to be printed. 
Customs Bill. Mr. Laing presented a Bill for the Amendment 
Bill94. of the Laws relating to the Customs: And the same 
was read the first time; and ordered io be read a 
second time upon Monday next; and to be 
printed. 
Courtof | Mr. FitzRoy reported from the Committee ap- 
Probate, &amp;e." pointed to inspect the Journals of the House of 
(Acquisition r ; s , ‘ 
ofSite) Bil, Lords, with relation to any Proceedings upon the 


Court of Probate, &amp;c. (Acquisition of Site) Bill, and 
to make a Report thereof to the House; That they 
had inspected the said Journals accordingly, and 
found the following entry : 
“ Die Veneris, 29° die Julii, 1859.” 
“87. Court of Probate, &amp;c. (Acquisition of Site) 
Bill. House in Committee (according to 
Order); an Amendment made: The Report 


thereof to be received on this day Three 
Months.” 





Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 

Com of Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
oe a to enable the Commissioners of Her Majesty’s 
of Site)(No.2,) Works to acquire a Site for the purposes of Her 
ajesty’s Court of Probate and other Courts and 

Offices: And that Mr. FitzRoy and Mr. Laing do 


prepare, and bring it in. 


Wakefield The following Papers, pursuant to Orders, were 
¥ on. laid upon the Table by the Clerk of the House,— 
0. 126. Minutes of the Evidence taken before the Select 


Committee on the Wakefield Election Petition. 
pale Minutes of the Evidence taken before the Select 
ment of Debts) Committee on the Poor Law Boards (Payment of 

Debts) Bill, in the last Session of Parliament. 
Ordered, That the Minutes of the Evidence re- 
lative to the Wakefield Election Petition be printed ; 
and that the Minutes of the Evidence relative to 
the Poor Law Boards (Payment of Debts) Bill be 
referred to the Select Committee on the Poor Law 
Boards (Payment of Debts) Bill. 


ot a Mr. Fitz Roy presented a Bill to enable the Com- 
(Acquisition ™2Ssioners of Her Majesty’s Works to acquire a Site 
= )(No, 2) for the purposes of Her Majesty’s Court of Probate 
bai and other Courts and Offices: And the same was 
95 read the first time ; and ordered to be read a second 
uume upon Monday next; and to be printed. 
Vou. 114. 


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321 


The Sessional Divisions Bill was read the first Sessional 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time upon Bill (Lorde j 


Monday next ; and to be printed. Bill 96. 


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








Lune, 1° die August ; 
Anno 23° Victorie Regine, 1859. 


PRAYERS. 
R. Evans, from the Select Committee ap- Norwich 
pointed to try and determine the matter of Election. 
the Petition of John Wright and others, complair- 
ing of an undue Election and Return for the City 
and County of the City of Morwich, informed the 
House, That the Committee had determined, 

That Henry William Schneider, Esquire, is not duly 
elected a Citizen to serve in this present Parliament 
for the said City and County of the City of Norwich. 

That the Righthonourable William Coutts Keppel, 
commonly called Viscount Bury,was not duly elected, 
by the Election held upon the 30th April 1859, a 
Citizen to serve in this present Parliament for the 
said City and County of the City of Norwich. 

That the Election held upon the 30th April 1859 
for the said City and County of the City of Norwich 
is a void Election. 

And the said Determinations were ordered to be 
entered in the Journals of this House. 

Mr. Evans, from the said Select Committee, fur- 
ther informed the House, That the Committee had 
agreed to the following Resolutions: 

That the said Henry William Schneider and 
Viscount Bury were (by their Agents) guilty of 
bribery at the last-mentioned Election. 


That it was proved to the Committee, that— 


David Storrer had been bribed £. s. d. 

by the payment of = - &gt;.) oom 
James Gallant - - « k-o « 
John Parke - « « a ae 
Robert James Ditron = - - 6- - 
Cain Mann - ° ° so ae 
James Dawson’ - ~ o A = «= 
John Walker - ° o ts. 
James Viall - - - - § &lt;= « 
Stephen Buxton - . ie 
Jumes Steward - § -- 


but that it was not proved that the above acts of 
bribery were committed with the knowledge and 
consent of the said Henry William Schneider and 
Viscount Bury. 

That it appears to the Committee, that Robert 
French voted for the said Henry William Schneider 
in expectation of receiving a contribution alleged by 
the Witness to have been promised to him a the 
said Henry William Schneider towards losses in- 
curred by his brother by fire; it further appears 
that the said Henry William Schneider did, by a 
letter of the 28th of May, subsequent to the said 
Election, undertake to forward, through his Agent, 
a contribution, but that no contribution was actually 
paid; the Committee, however, are not satisfied, on 
the entire Evidence, that this was intended as a cor- 
rupt agreement on the part of the said Henry 
William Schneider. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 

Ordered, That the Minutes of the Evidence taken Minutes 
before the Committee be laid before this House. ordered. 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That he had Kent (West- 
this day received a Letter from Messrs. Bircham, er Division) 
Dalrymple and Drake, as Agents for Charles Wyhke- 
hen Mlaveha, Esquire, and James Whatman, Esquire, 
informing him that it is not their intention to pro- 
ceed with their Petition complaining of an undue 
Election and Return for the Western Division - 

vuu2 e 





Charing Cross 
Railway Bill. 


Dublin and 
Wicklow 
Railway Bill 
[Lords. ] 


Lands 
Improvement 
Company Bill. 


Scottish 
Central 
Railway Bill. 


Hereford 
and Brecon 
Railway Bull. 


Earl Vane’s 
Estate Bill 
[ Lords. ] 
Robins'’s 
Estate Bill 
[Lords.] 


Thames 


Watermen and 


Lightermen 
Bill [Zords.] 


Tacumshin 
Embankment 
Bill. 


322 


the County of Kent :—And the said Letter was 
read, as followeth: 
46, Parliament-street, Westminster, 
Sir, July 30, 1859. 

As Agents for Charles Wykeham 
Leeds Castle, in the County of Kent, and James | 
Whatman, of Vinters, in the same County, Es-' 

uires, in the matter of their Petition, delivered in on 
the 21st day of June last, complaining of an undue 
Election and Return for the Western Division of 
the County of Kent, we hereby beg to inform you, 
that it is not intended to proceed with the said 
Petition. 
We have the honour to be, Sir, 
Your very obedient servants, 
Bircham, Dalrymple &amp; Drake, 
Agents for the Petitioners. 
To The Right honourable the Speaker 
of the House of Commons. 


The Order for referring the said Petition to the 
General Committee of Elections, was read, and dis- 
charged. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Charing 
Cross Railway Bill; and the same were twice read, 
and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the Amendments made by their Lord- 
ships. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Amend- 
ments made by this House to the Dublin and 
Wicklow Railway Bill; and the same were twice 
read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the Amendments made by their Lordships, 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Lands 
Improvement Company Bill; and the same were 
twice read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the Amendments made by their Lord- 
ships. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Scoftish 
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. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendment made by the Lords to the Hereford 
and Brecon Railway Bill; and the same was 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 Amendment made by their Lord- 
ships. 


Earl Vane’s Estate Bill was read a second time; 
and committed. 


Robins’s Estate Bill was read a second time; 
and committed. 


The Thames Watermen and Lightermen Bill was 
read a second time ; and committed, 


Ordered, That Standing Order 71, and the Order 


of the House of the 20th day of July last, so far 


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A. 1859. Sess. IT. 


as regards the consideration of the Tacumshin Em- 
bankment amended Bill, be suspended in the case 
of the said Bill; and that the Bill, as amended in 
the Committee, be now taken into consideration :— 


Martin, of | The House accordingly proceeded to take the Bill 


into consideration. : 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Ordered, That in the case of the Londonderry and Londonderry 
Coleraine Railway Bill, Standing Order 203 be dis- 224 Colerain 
pensed with ; and that the Bill be now read a second Railway Bill 
time:—The Bill was accordingly read a second 
time; and committed. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to Chester ana 
extend the Powers of an Act passed in the thirteenth saiyhead 
and fourteenth years of Her Majesty, chapter on2 Holyhesd. 
hundred and eleven, relating to the laying down of Bi) 9g, 
Railways at Holyhead Harbour: And that Mr. 
Cardwell and Mr. Solicitor General for Ireland do 
prepare, and bring it in. 

Mr. Cardwell accordingly presented the said Bill : 

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. 

Ordered, That the Examiner have leave to sit and 
proceed forthwith. 


The Order for reading a second time, this day, Customs Bill, 
the Customs Bill, was read, and discharged. 
Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


The House was moved, That the several Acts Customs 
relative to the Customs, might be read; and the (X® ®) 
same being read ; 

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

(In the Committee.) 


Resolved, That the Chairman be directed to move 
the House, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for the Amendment of the Laws relating to the 
Customs. 


Resolution to be reported. 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Mas- 
sey reported, That the Committee had come to a 
Resolution. 

Ordered, That the Report be now received. 

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

hat the Chairman be directed to move the 
House, That leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
the Amendment of the Laws relating to the Cus- 
toms :—And he moved the House accordingly. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in the 
Bill: And that Mr. Massey, Mr. Laing and Mr. 
Chancellor of the Exchequer do prerare, and bring 
it in. 





Public 
Petitions. 


Vide Tenth 

Report. 
Mr. Laing présented a Bill for the Amendment of ong 

the Laws relating to the Customs: And the same ¢ pe 

was read the first time; and ordered to be read a Bill 97. 

second time this day, at Six of the clock, after the 

fifteenth Order of the day; and to be printed. 


Several Public Petitions were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take Income Tax, 
into consideration the Income Tax, &amp;c., Bill, as * 8 
amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 


To-morrow, at Twelve of the clock. 


The 











93 Vicrorig. 

The House, according to Order, resolved itself 

into the Committee of Supply. 
(In the Committee.) 

1. £. 3,965, to complete the Sum for the Office 
in London under the Local Government Act. 

Motion made, and Question proposed, That a 
Sum, not exceeding £. 26,275, be granted to Her 
Majesty, to complete the Sum necessary to pay the 
Salaries and Expenses of sundry temporary Com- 
missions, to the 31st day of March 1860 ; 

Whereupon Motion made, and Question put, 
That the item of “ £.2,361, for the Statute Law 
Consolidation Commission,” be omitted from the 
proposed Vote ; 

The Committee divided, 

Tellers for thes Mr. Wise, \ 91 

Yeas, \Sir John Shelley : : 

Tellers for thef Mr. Brand, 80 

Noes, {Mr Knatchbull-Hugessen : } y 

2. Original Question, as amended, That a Sum, 
not exceeding £.23,914, be granted to Her Majesty, 
to complete the Sum necessary to pay the Salaries 
and Expenses of sundry temporary Commissions, 
the 31st day of March 1860——put, and agreed 
to. 

3. Motion made, and Question proposed, That a 
Sum, not exceeding £.20,095, be granted to Her 
Majesty, to complete the Sum necessary to de- 
fray the Fees, Salaries, Expenses and Compensa- 
tions, payable under the Provisions of the Patent 
Law Amendment Act, to the 31st day of March 
1860; 

Whereupon Motion made, and Question, That 
the item of “ £. 8,300, for Fees payable to the Law 
Officers of the Crown in England,” be reduced by 
the Sum of £. 4,150—— put, and negatived. 

Original Question put, and agreed to. 

4, £.9,254, to complete the Sum for the Board of 
Fisheries in Scotland. 

5. £.1,000, to complete the Sum for the Annuity 
to the Board of Manufactures in Scotland. 

6. £.5,000, for the Commissioners of Highland 
Roads and Bridges. 

7. £.900, for the Commission appointed to su- 

erintend the Publication of the Ancient Laws and 
Fostitutes of Ireland. 

8. £. 58,700, for Pensions to Masters and Seamen 
of the Merchant Service, and to their Widows and 
Children. 

9. £.15,000, to complete the Sum for Distressed 
British Seamen Abroad. 

10. £.4,000, to complete the Sum for Quaran- 
tine Arrangements. 

11. £.40,000, to complete the Sum for Payments 
on account of the difference of Dues payable by 
British or Foreign Vessels under Treaties of Reci- 
procity. 

12. £.15,000, for Bounties on Slaves and the 
Tonnage Bounties on Slave Vessels captured. 

13. £. 36,700, for certain Lighthouses Abroad. 

14. £.1,000, for Half Salary payable to the 
Officers lately employed in the Settlement of the 
Orange River Territory (Cape of Good Hope). 
Resolutions to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Mas- 
sey reported, That the Committee had come to 
several Resolutions. 

Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow. 

Mr. Massey 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. 


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323 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 


Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Manufactures (Zreland) Acts Continuance Manufactures 
Bill was, according to Order, read the third time. (Ireland) Acts 
Resolved, That,the Bill do pass. _— 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill tothe ~ 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Colonial Legislatures’ Power of Repeal Bill Colonial 
was, according to Order, read the third time. a 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. Repeal Bill. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Barbuda Government Bill was, according to Barbuda 
Order, read the third time; and a verbal Amend- ee 
ment was made to the Bill. ri 

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 Queen’s Re- 
reading of the Queen’s Remembrancer, &amp;c. Bill ;  ™embrancer, 
And a Motion being made, That the Bill be now 
read the third time ; 
Sir George Lewis, by Her Majesty’s Command, 
acquainted the House, That Her Majesty, having 
been informed of the purport of the Bill, gives Her 
Consent, as far as Her Majesty’s interest is con- 
cerned, That the House may do therein as they shall 
think fit. 
Then the Bill was read the third time. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Military Savings Banks Bill was, according Military Sa- 
to Order, read the third time. vings Banks 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. = 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 





Lord Stanley, from the Select Committee ap- Cheltenham 
| pointed to try and determine the matter of the Pe- Election. 
| tition of John Knatchbull and John Harry Morgan, 
| complaining of an undue Election and Return for 
the Borough of Cheltenham, informed the House, 
That the Committee had determined, 

That Colonel Francis William Fitzhardinge Berke- 
ley is duly elected a Burgess to’ serve in this pre- 
sent Parliament for the Borough of Cheltenham. 

And the said Determination was ordered to be 
entered in the Journals of this House. 

Lord Stanley, from the said Select Committee, 
further informed the House, That the Committee 
had agreed to the following Resolution : 

That, having examined the Agents on both sides, 
in order to ascertain the circumstances under which 
the Petition was withdrawn, the Committee are of 
opinion, that the circumstances attending the for- 
bearance to prosecute the charges contained therein 
do not appear to call for any special remark. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Gregson reported from the Select Committee Pubiic 
on Public Petitions; That they had examined the Petitions 
Petitions presented upon the 28th and 29ths day of or » 
July last; and had directed him to make a Report 
thereof to the House. 

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


The following Paper, pursuant to Order, was laid Gloucester 
upon the Table by the Clerk of the House,—Mi- City Election. 
nutes of the Evidence taken before the Select Com- No. 127. 


eA ol “ae County Cess (Ireland) Acts Continuance 


Continuance Bill was, according to Order, read the third time. 
Bi. Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Vou. 114, 


mittee on the Gloucester City Election Petition. 
The following Paper was also laid upon the Table Divorce and 
by the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, Matrimonial 
uuU3 dated Cause 













Saint Mary- 
lebone, &amp;c. 
Workhouses. 


No. 128. 


Royal Assent. 


Consolidated 


Public Health 
Bill. 
Bagenalstown 
and Wexford 
Railway Bill 
| Lords. | 


Dublin and 
Drogheda 
Railway Bill 
[Lords.] 


Newry and 
Armagh 
Railway Bill 
[Lords. } 


Norwich Corn 
Exchange Bili 
[Lords. | 


Gloucester and 
Cheltenham 
Tramway 
Abandonment 
Bill [ Lords. } 


Ulster Rail- 
way Bill 
| Lords. } 


Bury Saint 
Edmund’s Cias 
Bill [ Lords.} 


Border Coun- 
ties Railway 
Bill. 


London and 
South Western 
Railway Bill. 


324 


dated the 6th day of July last, for Returns relative 
to Divorce and Matrimonial Causes. 

Ordered, That the said Minutes of Evidence be 
printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Saint Mary- 
lebone, &amp;c. Workhouses, which was presented upon 
the 29th day of July last, be printed. 


A Message was delivered by Sir Augustus Clif- 

ford, Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod : 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords, authorized by virtue of Her Majesty’s 
Commission, for declaring Her Royal Assent to 
several Acts agreed upon by both Houses, 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 tothe several Acts therein mentioned ; and 
that the Lords, thereby authorized, had declared the 
Royal Assent to the svid Acts, as follow: 

An Act to apply the Sum of Seven millions out of 
the Consolidated Fund to the Service of the year 
One thousand eight hundred and Fifty-nine : 


An Act toamend and make perpetual “The Pub- 
lic Health Act, 1858 :” 

An Act to revive and extend the Powers of the 
Bagenalstown and Wexford Railway Company, for 
the Purchase of Lands, and to extend their Powers 
for completing their Undertaking, and to enable 
them to make a Deviation in the Line of their Rail- 
way, and to increase the Powers of the said Com- 
pany for borrowing on Mortgage, and to enable the 
Great Southern and Western Railway Company to 
subscribe towards the said Undertaking, and to 
enable the said Companies to make Working and 
Traffic Arrangements, and for other purposes : 

An Act to enable the Dublin and Drogheda Rail- 
way Company to create Debenture Stock, and to 
issue new Shares for redeeming existing Preference 
Shares subject to Redemption, and to enlarge their 
Station at Dub/in, and for other purposes : 

An Act to enable the Newry and Armagh Rail- 
way Company to make Alterations in their autho- 
rized Line of Railway, and to construct a short 
Branch at Newry: 

An Act to incorporate “ The Norwich Corn Ex- 
change Company, Limited,” and to define and re- 
gulate their Undertaking : 

An Act to authorize the Abandonment of the 
Gloucester and Cheltenham Tramroads, and to enable 
the Midland and the Great Western Railway Com- 
panies to sell and dispose of the same, and for other 
purposes : 

An Act to enable the Ulster Railway Company 
to extend their Railway from Monughan to Clones, 
and to enlarge their Stations at Belfast and Poria- 
down, and to make Arrangements with the Dundalk 
and Lnniskillen Railway Company, and to create 
Debenture Stock, and for other purposes : 

An Act for authorizing the Bury Saint Edmund’s 
Gas Company to raise farther Capital, and for re- 
gulating their Capital, and for other parposes : 

An Act for authorizing the Border Counties Rail- 
way Company to make and maintain the Liddesdale 
Section of their Railway, and Deviations from the 
Line of the North Tyne Section of their Railway, 
and to raise further Capital, and for other pur- 
poses : 

An Act for authorizing the London and South 
Western Railway Company to make New Works, 
and to raise further Funds, and for other purposes : 


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4.1859. Sess. IT. 


An Act for making a Railway to Sevenoaks, and Sevenoaks 
for other purposes connected therewith : Railway Buy, 

An Act for connecting the Town of Witney with wi; 
the existing Railwa He the Parishes of Yoru way (Roa 
and Wolvercot, in the County of Ozford, and for Bi 
other purposes : 

An Act to confer further Powers on the London- Londong 
derry and Lough Swilly Railway Company, for the Pte 
Completion of their Railway : _ ae 

[Lords] 

An Act to enable the Dundalk and Enniskillen Dunaate ang 

Railway Company to make New Lines of Railway Enniskillen 


to Cavan and Belturbet, and for other purposes : [Lords Bill 


An Act to enable the Great Northern and Western Great Northern 
of Ireland Railway Company to extend their Rail- (et oe 
way to Castlebar, and for other purposes: Railway Bi 
[Lords.] 

An Act to authorize the Birkenhead, Lancashire Birkenhead, 
and Cheshire Junction Railway Company to make Lancashire 
a Railway from Hooton to Helsby, with a Branch 5°4Cheshive 


Junction 
to Tranmere Pool, and for other purposes : Railway Bill, 


An Act to extend the Period limited by “ The Swansea Hap. 
Swansea Harbour Act, 1854,” for the Construction bour Trust 
and Completion of the Works thereby authorized : 

An Act to enable the Midland Great Western Midland Great 
Railway of Ireland Company to construct a Branch W Wot nen 
Railway to the River Liffey, and for other pur- (Liffey Branch, 
poses : i be) 

An Act to change the Name of the East Kent East Kent 
Railway Company, and for other purposes connected pr 
with their Undertaking : 

An Act for making a Railway from the Midland Mountsorrel 
Railway to or near the Town of Mountsorrel, in the oon Bil 
County of Leicester : — 

An Act for authorizing the Somerset Central Somerset 
Railway Company to lay down Narrow Gauge Central Rail- 
Lines of Rails on their Railways; and to raise Y 3” 
furtner Funds; and for regulating their Capital 
and Borrowing Powers, and for other purposes : 

An Act for vesting the Sunderland Docks in the Wear Navi- 
Commissioners of the River Wear; for enabling SV" ne 

cae 4 underland 
the Commissioners to execute certain Works ; for pocks Bill. 
amending the Provisions of the Acts relating to the 
Docks and River, and for other purposes : 

An Act for better supplying with Water Parts of Wirral Water 
the Parishes of Bebbington and Woodchurch, in the Bi 
County of Chester, and for other purposes : 

An Act for incorporating the National Fire and aga 
Life Insurance Company of Scotland, by the Name —— 
of “The Scottish National Insurance Company ;” Company of 
for enabling the Company to sue and be sued, and Scotland Bill 
to take and hold Property, and for other purposes [Lorde] 
relating to the Company : 

An Act for making a Dock, with other Conve- Portsmouth 


niences, in the Camber at Portsmouth, and for other gi 


purposes : 

An Act for incorporating the Tottenham and —— 
Edmonton Gas - Light and Coke Company, and &amp;4, Bil 
extending their Powers, and for other purposes: —[Lords. 

An Act to enable the Midland Great Western es 
Railway of Zreland Company to abandon a Portion piiiway of 
of their authorized Line between a and [reland (Sligo 


. ine i itution Entension) 
Boyle, and to construct a New Line in substitution Bil (ards 


therefor, and for other purposes : ’ 
An Act for making a Railway from Llanidloes, in Mid-Wales 


° . iL. 
the County of Montgomery, to Newbridge, in the Railway B 


County of Radnor, to be called “ The Mid-Wales 
Railway,” and for other purposes : 
An Act for making a Railwa 
bury and Chester Section of the Great Western 
Railway, near Ruabon, in the County of Denbigh, 
to the Town of Llangollen, in the same County, and 
for other purposes : s P Sere 
An Act to incorporate a Company for maki , 
Railways to sagghy Ovanenulestion nd the District Tredeesr amd 
between Merthyr and Abergavenny, and for other — a 


purposes : An 


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Railway 





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Bill 


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Brighton and 
South Coas 
Railway Bill. 


—e Bill. 
London (City) 
Gas Bill 
{Lords. } 


Droitwich 
Roads Bill. 


ae 


dation ; and to purchase or take on Lease other Un- 


33 Vicroriz. 


An Act to enable the Stokes Bay Railway and 
Pier Company to raise additional Capital: 


An Act for the Regulation and Improvement of 
the Oyster Fishery in the River Orwell, within 
the Borough of [pswich: 


An Act for making Railways in the District be- 
tween Brecon and Merthyr Tydfil, and for other 
purposes : 

An Act to enable the London, Brighton and 
South Coast Railway Company to make certain 
Alterations in their existing and authorized Rail- 
ways; to make a new Railway at Norwood; to 
acquire additional Lands for Station Accommo- 


dertakings, and for other purposes : 

An Act to amend “ The J'weed Fisheries Act, 
1857,” and to alter the Annual Close Times in the 
River Tweed: 

An Act to regulate the Capital and Undertaking 
of “ The City of London Gas-Light and Coke 
Company,” and to re-incorporate that Company: 

An Act to repeal an Act passed in the fifth year 
of the reign of his Majesty King George the 
Fourth, intituled, “ An Act for widening, improving 
and maintaining the Turnpike Road leading from 
the City of Worcester, through Droitwich to Spades- 
bourne Bridge, within the Parish of Bromsgrove, 
in the County of Worcester, and other Roads therein 
mentioned,” and for granting more effectual Powers 
in lieu thereof: 


1° A ugustt. 





Hinckley and An Act to repeal an Act passed in the tenth 

Melbourne ear of the reign of his Majesty King George the 

ioe Be. Fourth, intituled, “ An Act for repairing the Road 
from Hinckley to Melbourne Common, and other 
Roads communicating therewith, iu the Counties of 
Leicester and Derby,” and granting more effectual 
Powers in lieu thereof: 

Bradford, An Act to authorize the Bradford, Wakefield and 

haa! and Teeds Railway Company to raise a further Sum of 

i. Money, and for other purposes : 

South Dur- An Act to enable the South Durham and Lan- 

tumand =~ _cashire Union Railway Company to deviate their 

a Ral authorized Line of Railway; to carry their Line 

way Bill. © over a certain Road by a Level Crossing; and to 

. construct a Road for providing better Access to the 

Railway at or near to Burnard Castle, and for 
other purposes. 

Military Ordered, That a Message be sent to the Lords, 

Organization. to request that their Lordships will be pleased to 
give leave to His Royal Highness the Duke of Cam- 
bridge to attend to be examined as a Witness before 
the Select Committee on Military Organization : 
And that the Clerk do carry the said Message. 

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 : 

—. The Lords have agreed to the Bradford, Wake- 

rms field and Leeds Railway Bill, without any Amend- 

Railway Bill. ment. 

South Durham The Lords have agreed to the South Durham 

—. and Lancashire Union Railway Bill, without any 

Railway Bil, Amendment. 

ee The Lords have agreed to the Blackburn and 

Road ant Preston Road and Bridge Bill, with Amendments ; 

Bridge Bill, — the Lords desire the concurrence of this 

ouse. 
patinaente The Lords have au a Bill, intituled, An 
(India) Bin, Ct to dissolve the Marriage of James Edward 


Dickinson, a Surgeon in the Honourable East India 
Company’s Service in the East Indies, with Hen- 
rietta Louisa his now Wife, and to enable him to 
marry again, and for other purposes therein men- 
tioned; to which the Lords desire the concurrence of 
this House. 

Vou, 114. 


325 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That he had Merioneth 
this day received a Letter from Mr. R. H. Wyatt, Blection. 
as Agent for Owen Richards and Hugh Richard 
Pugh, informing him that it is not intended to 
proceed with their Petition complaining of an 
undue Election and Return for the County of Me- 
rioneth : — And the said Letter was read, as fol- 


loweth : 
28, Parliament-street, Westminster, 8. W., 
Sir, 1 August 1859. 

As Agent for Owen Richards and Hugh Richard 
Pugh, in the matter of their Petition, delivered in on 
the 21st day of June last, complaining of an undue 
Election and Retuin for the County of Merioneth, I 
hereby beg to inform you that it is not intended to 
proceed with the said Petition. 


I have the honour to be, Sir, 
Your very obedient servant, 
R. W. Wyatt. 
To the Right Honourable the Speaker 
of the House of Commons. 


The Order for referring the said Petition to the 
General Committee of Elections, was read, and dis- 
charged. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Chester and 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, Holyhead 
That in the case of the Chester and Holyhead Hielyhead Bill. 
Railway at Holyhead Bill, the Standing Orders 
have been complied with. 

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 for the House to resolve itself into a Ecclesiastical 
Committee, To-morrow, at Twelve of the clock, on Commission 
the Ecclesiastical Commission Bill, was read, and 
discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


Ordered, That Sir Montague Cholmeley have leave Leave of 
of absence for the remainder of the Session, on Absence. 
account of ill health. 


Mr. Lowe presented, pursuant to the directions of Cambridge 
several Acts of Parliament,—Copies of two Statutes University. 
made by the Cambridge University Commissioners, 
the 29th March 1859, under the 19 &amp; 20 Vic. c. 88, 
for converting into Exhibitions certain Scholarships 
at Saint John’s College, founded by Mr. Aston and 
by Dr. Lupton and Mr. Hebblethwaite, respectively. 

Copy of an Order in Council of the 29th July India Office. 
1859, approving a Representation of the Secretary 
of State for India for raising the Salaries of two 
Officers on the Establishment of the India Office. 

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


Mr. Clive presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- Inclosure 
mand,—Copy of Special Report of the Inclosure Commission. 
Commissioners, 1859. 

Mr. Clive also presented,—Return to an Order, County Rates 
dated the 21st day of June last, for a Return relative (Ireland.) 
to County Rates (Jreland). 

Return to an Order, dated the 18th day of July Constabulary 
last, for Returns relative to the Constabulary Force Force 
(Lreland). ee 

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


Sir Charles Wood presented,— Return to an Ad- Rast India 
dress to Her Majesty, dated the 19th day of July (Examina- 
last, for Returns relative to East India (Exami- “™*-) 
nations). 

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


Mr. Laing presented,—Return to an Order, dated William 
the 28th day of July last, for a Return relative to Henry Barber. 
the case of William Henry Barber. 
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326 


Return to an Order, dated the 28th day of July 
last, for a Return relative to the Audit Office. 

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


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on the East India Loan. 


(In the Committee.) 


Resolved, That it is expedient to enable the 
Secretary of State in Council of India to raise 
Money in the United Kingdom for the Service of 
the Government of India. 


Resolution to be reported. 


East India 
Loan, 





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


Martis, 2° die Augusti, 1859: 
Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Massey 


reported, ‘That the Committee had come to a Re- 
solution. 
Ordered, That the Report be received this cay. 


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 Admiralty Court 
Bill, without any Amendment. 

The Lords have agreed to the Jury Trial (Scot- 
land) Act Amendment Bill, without any Amend- 


Message from 
the Lords. 


Admiralty 
Court Bill. 


Jury Trial 
(Scotland) Act 


Amendment 
Bill ment, 


Diplomatic The Lords have agreed to the Diplomatic 
Pensions Bill. Pensions Bill, without any Amendment. 

Criminal Jus- The Lords have agreed to the Criminal Justice 
tice, Middlesex A7jddlesex (Assistant Judge) Bill, without any 


Assistant 
Sadge) Bill Amendment. 


Llanrwst and 
Abergele* 
Roads Bill. 
Oxford, Wor- 
cester and 
Wolverhamp- 
ton Railway 
Bill. 

Perth, Kin- 
ross and Fife 
Roads Bill. 


Swanage 
Tramway and 
Vier Bill. 


The Lords have agreed to the Llanrwst and 
Abergele Roads Bill, without any Amendment. 


The Lords have agreed to the Oxford, Worcester 
and Wolverhampton Railway Bill, without any 
Amendment, 


The Lords have agreed to the Perth, Kinross and 
Fife Roads Bill, without any Amendment. 


The Lords have agreed to the Swanage Tramway 
and Pier Bill, without any Amendment. 


The Lords have agreed to the Metropolitan Rail- 
way (Deviations, &amp;c.) Bill, with an Amendment ; 
to which the Lords desire the concurrence of this 

louse. 

The Lords have agreed to the Cowes and New- 
port (Isle of Wight) Railway Bill, with Amend- 
ments; to which the Lords desire the concurrence 
of this House. 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 
for authorizing Leases of parts of the Settled Estate, 
in the Parishes of Huddersfield, Almondbury and 
Kirkheaton, in the West Riding of the County of 
York, of Sir John William Ramsden, Baronet; and 
of which the Short Title is “ Ramsden’s Estate 
(Leasing) Act, 1859 ;” to which the Lords desire 
the concurrence of this House. 


Metropolitan 
Railway 
(Deviations, 


&amp;c.) Bill, 


Cowes and 
Newport (Isle 
of Wight) 
Railway Bill. 


Sir John 
Ramsden‘s 
Estate Dill. 


Mr. Massey reported from the Committee of 
Supply, several Resolutions ; which were read, as 
follow : 

1. That a Sum, not exceeding £.500, be granted 
to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum necessary 
towards defraying the Expense of the Rotunda 
Lying-in Hospital, Dudlin, to the 31st day of March 
1860: 

2. Thata Sum, not exceeding £.100, be granted 
to Her Majesty, to ee the Sum necessary 
towards defraying the Expense of the Coombe 
Lying-in Hospital, Dublin, to the 31st day of March 
1860. 


Supply. 


Rotunda 
Lying-in Hos- 
pital (Dublin.) 


Coombe 
Lying-in Hos- 
pital ( Dublin.) 


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af 


A. 1859. Sess. II. 


3. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 5,600, be granted 
to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum necessary House of 
to defray the Expense of the Hospitals of the House dustry 
of Industry, Dublin, to the 31st day of March (Dublin. ) 
1860. 

4. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 1,500, be granted House of 
to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum necessary to- Recovery anj 
wards defraying the Expense of the House of Re- Fever 
covery and Fever Hospital, Cork-street, Dublin, to ital (Dublin, 
the 31st day of March 1860. 

5. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 400, be granted Meath 
to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum necessary to- pital Dublig) 
wards defraving the Expense of the Meath Hospital, 

Dublin, to the 31st day of March 1860. 

6. That a Sum, not exceeding £.50, be granted Saint Mar 
to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum necessary to- Ophthalmie 
wards defraying the Expense of Saint Mark’s Op- ca 
thalmic Hospital, Dublin to the 31st day of March’ ™~ 
1860. 

7. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 950, be granted Doctor 
to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum necessary to- Stevens’ 
wards defraying the Expense of Doctor Steevens’ ( Dublin) 
Hospital, Dublin, to the 31st day of March 1860. 

8. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 165, be granted guperintena. 
to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum necessary to ence of Hos- 
defray the Expenses of the Board of Superintendence Pi*#! (Dublin) 
of Hospitals in Dublin, to the 31st day of March sy 
1860. a? 

9. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 5,931, be Charitable 
granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum ne-~ Allowances 
cessary to pay, to the 31st day of March 1860, © (“eland,) 
Charitable Allowances charged on the Concordatum 
Fund in Ireland, and other Allowances and Bounties 
formerly defrayed from Grants for the Lord Lieu- 
tenant’s Household, Civil Contingencies, &amp;c. 

10. That a Sum, not exceeding £.29,193, be Non-conform. 
granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum ne- ing, &amp;e. 
cessary to defray the Expense of Non-conforming, (ireland) 
Seceding and Protestant Dissenting Ministers in 
Ireland, to the 31st day of March 1860. 

11. That a Sum, not exceeding £.3,588, be Ecclesiastical 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray a portion of the Commis. 
Expenses of the Ecclesiastical Commissioners for “°° 
England, to the 31st day of March 1860. 

12. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 11,695, be Charity 
granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum ne- Commission. 
cessary to pay the Salaries and Expenses of the 
Charity Commission for England and Waies, to the 
31st day of March 1860. 

The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 


The Vexatious Indictments Bill ‘vas, according Vexatious 
to Order, read the third time. Indictments 
Resolved, Thut the Bill, with the Amendment, do Bill [Lords.] 
pass. 
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 
this House doth desire the concurrence of their 


Lordships. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Roman 
mittee on the Roman Catholic Charities Bill ; pave os Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, this day, at “*""* 
Twelve of the clock, resolve itself into the said Com- 

mittee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Dublin Police 

reading of the Dublin Police Bill; om. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 

upon Wednesday next. 


The Charitable and Provident Societies, &amp;c. Bill Charitable 
was, according to Order, read a second time; and ee 
committed to a Committee of the whole House, for pin, 
this day, at Twelve of the clock. 


The Coinage Bill was, according to Order, read a Coinage Bill 
second time; and committed to a Committee of the 
whole House, for Wednesday next. ai 
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on. 





23 VicToriz. 


read a second time; and committed to a Committee 
of the whole House, for this day. 


prbatesand The Order of the day being read, for the second 

yetters of = reading. of the Probates and Letters of Administra- 

Aland) tion (Jreland) Bill ; 

} Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday next. 


Reserve The Reserve Volunteer Force of Seamen Bill was, 
Volunteer according to Order, read a second time; and com- 
Fore of mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for 
. Friday next, at Twelve of the clock. 
Government The Government of Jndia Act Amendment Bill 
ofIndia Act ~was, according to Order, read a second time; and 
- nt committed to a Committee of the whole House, for 
Thursday next. 
Ways and The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
Means. mittee of Ways and Means ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 
Universities The Universities Incorporation Act Amendment 


Incorporation Bj|l was, according to Order, 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. 
Turnpike The Turnpike Trusts Arrangements Bill was, ac- 
Trusts Ar- cording to Order, read a second time; and com- 
rangements = itted to a Committee of the whole House, for this 
day. 
Turnpike Acts The Turnpike 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. 
Customs The Customs (No. 2) Bill was, according to 
(No.2) Bill. QOryder, read a second time; and committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for Monday next. 
Law Ascer- The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
Sedlities pil, into a Committee on the Law Ascertainment Faci- 
* lities Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. 
Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Massey re- 
ported, That the Committee had gone through the 
Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration this day, at 
Twelve of the clock. 
ly and The Attorneys and Solicitors Bill was, according 
iC} 


(Lords, Bill to Order, read a second time; and committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for Wednesday 


next, 
Settled Estates The Order of the day being read, for the second 
ae (1886) reading of the Settled Estates Act (1856) Amend- 
ent ea 
Bill ment Bill ; 


And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That the Bill be now read a 
second time :—And a Debate arising thereupon ; — 

Ordered, That the Debate be adjourned till this 


day. 


Sale of Gas The Order of the day being read, for the second 
me (Lords) reading of the Sale of Gas Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 

upon Friday next. 

Court of The Court of Probate, &amp;c. (Acquisition of Site) 
(heme Be (No. 2) Bill was, according to Order, read a second 
of Site) time; and committed to a Committee of the whole 
(No.2) Bil. House, for this day, at Twelve of the clock. 


1°—2° August. 


 guump Duties The Stamp Duties Bill was, according to Order, 
Bill. 


327 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Sessional 
reading of the Sessional Divisions Bill ; ee Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time | 
upon Wednesday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Adulteration 
mittee on the Adulteration of Food, &amp;c. Prevention of Food, &amp;c. 
Bill; — 

Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Weights and 
mittee on the Weights and Measures Bill ; Measures Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Endowed 
mittee on the Endowed Schools Bill ; Schools 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- Tramways 
mittee on the Tramways (Jreland) Bill; (Ireland) Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Fireworks Act 
mittee on the Fireworks Act Amendment Bill ; Arhendment 
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 this 
day. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming Metropolitan 
the adjourned Debate on the Question proposed Police. 
upon the 28th day of July last, That leave be given 
to bring in a Bill to extend the Provisions of the 
Metropolitan Police Act for the Prevention of Ob- 
structions from Advertisements in the Highways of 
the Metropolis ; 

And the Question being again proposed: —The 
House resumed the said adjourned Debate. 

And the Question being put :—It was resolved in 
the Affirmative: And that Mr. Cowper and Mr. 
Puller do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That the Minutes of the Evidence taken Irremovable 
before the Select Committee on Irremovable Poor, Poor. 
in the last Session of Parliament, be laid before this 
House. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being partmouth 
proposed, 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 Dartmouth, in the 
room of Edward Wyndham Harrington Schenley, 
Esquire, whose Election has been determined to be 
val J 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out kom the word “ That” 
to the end of the Question, in order to add the 
words “no Writ do issue for the Borough of Dart- 
“ mouth until the House has had an opportunity 
‘of considering the Evidence taken before the 
“ Committee which has declared such Election to 
“ be void on account of bribery,” instead thereof. 

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

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his War- 
rant to the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new 
Writ for the electing of a Burgess to serve in this 

resent Parliament for the Borough of Dartmouth, 
in the room of Edward Wyndham Harrington 
Schenley, Esquire, whose Election has been de- 





Vou. 114, 





{aoe to be void. 
xx Resolved, 


Procurators 
Fiscal 
(Scotland. ) 


University 
and College 
Estates Act 
(1858), &amp;c. 
Amendment. 


Budrum 
and Cnidus 
Expedition. 


Militia Laws 
Amendment. 


University 
and College 
Estates Act 
(1858), &amp;c. 
Amendment. 


Bill 100. 


Poor Law 
Boards 
(Payment of 
Debts) Bill. 


Bill 99. 


Minutes 
of Evidence. 


No. 129. 
Militia Laws 
Amendment 
Bill. 


Bill 101. 


Metropolitan 
Police Bill. 


Bill 102. 


328 


Resolved, That 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 Treasury Minutes of 1850, 
under which certain of the Procurators Fiscal in 
Scotland were placed on Salary :——Return by the 
Crown Agent of the Total Number of Cases of 
Sudden and Suspicious Death inquired into and 
reported by each of such Procurators Fiscal, during 
the years 1848, 1849, and 1850 :——And, like 
Retura for the years 1856, 1857, and 1858; the 
Number for each year is not required. 

Ordered, That 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 
exiend the Provisious of the University and College 
Estates Act (1858), and also the Provisions of the 
Act passed in the third and fourth years of Her 
Majesty, chapter one hundred and thirteen, so far 
as the same relate to Universities and Colleges : 
And that Mr. Walpole, Mr. Cuancellor of the Ex- 
chequer and Mr. Selwyn 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, 
such a Selection, as may be of public interest, from 
the Despatches of Mr. Charles T’. Newton to the 
Foreign Office, respecting the Budrum and Cnidus 
Expedition, between December 1857 and July 1859 
(Nos. 39-85). 

Ordered, That 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 
further to amend the Laws relating to the Militia: 
And that Mr. Secretary Sidney Herbert and the 
Judge Advocate do prepare, and bring it in. 


Mr. Walpole presented a Bill to extend the Pro- 
visions of the University and College Estates Act 
(1858), und also the Provisions of the Act passed 
in the third and fourth years of Her Majesty, 
chapter one hundred and thirteen, so far as the 
same relate to Universities and Colleges: And the 
same was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time upon Wednesday next; and to 
be printed. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee on the Poor 
Law Boards (Payment of Debts) Bill have Power 
to report the Minutes of the Evidence taken before 
them to the House. 

Mr. Villiers reported from the said Committee ; 
That they had gone through the Bill, and made 
Amendments thereunto, which they had directed 
him to report to the House, together with the 
Minutes of Evicence taken before them, and the 
Minutes of Evidence of the Committee of the last 
Session of Parliament. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a Com- 
mittee of the whole House, for this day. 

Ordered, That the said Minutes of Evidence be 
printed. 


Mr. Secretary Sidney Herbert presented a Bill 
fuither to amend the Laws relating to the Militia: 
And the same was read the first time; and ordered 
to be read a second time upon Wednesday next; 
and to be printed. 


Mr, Cowper presented a Bill to extend the Pro- 
visions of the Metropolitan Police Act for the Pre- 
vention of Obstructions from Advertisements in the 
Highways of the Metropolis: And the same was 


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A. 1859. Sess IT. 


read the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
time upon this day month; and to be printed. 


The Chief Superintendent, China, Bill was read Chief Super. 
the first time ; and ordered to be read a second time cht 
a, 


[Lords.} 
Bill 103, 
The North Western Territories (British America) North Wester 
Bill was read the first time ; and ordered to be read Territories 
and to be 


upon Weduesday next; and to be printed. 


— 

[Lora 
Bill 104, 
The Speaker of the Legislative Council (Canada) Speaker of the 

Bill was read the first time ; and ordered to be read Legislative 

a second time upon Wednesday next; and to be (Canada) Bas 

printed. [Lords.] 


printed. 


Bill 106, 


Sir John Ramsden’s Estate Bill was read the first Sir John 
time. Ramsden’s 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Ex- tee e 
aminers of Petitions for Private Bills. : 
Ordered, That the Examiner have leave to sit 
and proceed this day. 


Dickinson’s Divorce (India) Bill was read the Dickinson's 


first time ; and ordered to be read a second time. (indie) Bl 


And then the House, having continued to sit \Zords.) 
till half an hour after One of the clock on 
Tuesday morning, adjourned till this day. 








Martis, 2° die Augusti ; 
Anno 23° Victorie Regine, 1859. 
PRAYERS. 


I R Francis Baring reported from the General Kingston. 
Committee of Elections, the names of the upon-Hull 
Members of the Select Committee appointed to try “ectio™ 
and determine the matter of the Petition complain- 
ing of an undue Election and Return for the Bo- 
rough of Kingston-upon-Hull, to which they had 
annexed the Petition referred to them by the House 
relating thereto : , 
Sir Andrew Agnew, Baronet, 
Sir Minto Townshend- Farquhar, Baronet, 
Colonel Fulke Greville, 
Lord Naas, 
Christopher William Giles Puller, Esquire, 
Chairman. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Sir Francis Baring reported from the General Bridgewater 
Committee of Elections, the names of the Members #ection. 
of the Select Committee appointed to try and de- 
termine the matter of the Petition complaining of 
an undue Election and Return for the Borough of 
Bridgewater, to which they had annexed the Peti- 
tion referred to them by the House relating thereto : 

John George Dodson, Esquire, 

Viscount Eimley, 

Thomas Chandler Haliburton, Esquire, 
Grosvenor Hodgkinson, Esquire, 

Henry Austin Bruce, Esquire, Chairman. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Sir Francis Baring reported from the General Preston 
Committee of Elections, the names of the Members Election. 
of the Select Committee appointed to try and de- 
termine the matter of the Petitions complaining of 
an undue Election and Return for the Borough of 
Preston, to which they had annexed the Petitions 
referred to them by the House relating thereto : 

The Honourable George Henry Charles Byng, 
Richard Davey, Esquire (Cornwall), 
Abel Smith, Esquire ( Herts), 
Colonel Wynn (Montgomeryshire), — 
John Henry Philipps, Esquire, Chairman. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the — 
e 











Thames 
Watermen and 


"I 


Bl [Lord 


Dickinson’s 
Divorce 










India) Bill 
Lords, 


23 Vicrori2z. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Charles- 
ton Railway and Harbour Bill; and the same 
were twice read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the Amendments made by their Lordships. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Wans- 
beck 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. 


A Motion being made, That the Tacumshin 
Embankment Bill be now read the third time ; 

Mr. Cardwell, by Her Majesty’s Command, ac- 
quainted the House, That Her Majesty, having been 
informed of the purport of the 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, ‘\Vhat the Bill do pass. 

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


The Select Committee on the Chester and Holy- 
head Railway at Holyhead Bill was nominated of 


_ Mr. Cardwell, Sir Richard Bulkeley, Mr. Cornwall 


Legh, Mr. Wilbraham Egerton, and five Members 
to be aided by the Committee of Selection. 
Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 
Ordered, That the Committee do meet To-morrow. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
pesed, That in the case of the Thames Watermen 
and Lightermen Bill, Standine Order 176 be sus- 
pended, and that it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mitiee of Selection that they have power to ap- 
point the Committee for any day not earlier than 
five clear days alter the second reading of the Bill: 
—And the said Motion was, with leave of the House, 
withdrawn, 


Ordered, That the Standing Order made upon 
the 6th day of April, in the last Session of Par- 
liament, and Standing Orders 176, 203 and 204, be 
dispensed with in the case of Dickinson’s Divorce 
(India) Bill ; and 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, that they do hear Counsel and examine 


, Wiuesses 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 heari| 
by Counsel or produce Witnesses. 

Ordered, That the Committee have leave to sit 
and proceed upon Thursday next. 

Ordered, That a Message be sent to the Lords, 
to request that their Lordships will be pleased to 
communicate to this House, a Copy of the Minutes 
of the Evidence taken before their Lordships in the 
case of the said Bill: And that the Clerk do carry 
the said Message. 

A Petition of Messrs. Durnford and Company, 
Parliamentary Agents, stating that the Petitioners 
are Agents for the said Bill; that Henrietta Louisa 
Dickinson is now resident in India, and cannot in 
the present Session be served with a Copy of the 
said Bill and Order of Commitment, and for the at- 
tendance of Parties, Witnesses, Counsel and Agents, 
as required by the rules and practice of the House ; 
and praying that they may have leave to serve a 
wee, of the said Bill and Orders upon Archibald 
Nisbelt, as the Solicitor and Agent for the said 
Henrietta Louisa Dickinson, and that such service 
may be considered good service upon her, was pre- 
sented, and read. 

Vou. 114. 


2° Augusti. 


329 


Ordered, That service of the Orders of the House 
and of the Copy of the said Bill upon the said 
Archibald Nisbett be deemed good service; and 
that personal service thereof on the said Henrietta 
Louisa Dickinson be dispensed with. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from sir John 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, Ramsden’s 
That in the case of Sir John Ramsden’s Estate nerds] ° 
Bill, no Standing Orders are applicable. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time. 


Several Public Petitions were presented, and Public 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. seamen 
Vide Tenth 
Report. 
Ordered, That the Account relative to County County 
Treasurers (Ire/and), which was presented ups the Treasurers 


7th day of June last, be printed. ae 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Divorce and Divorce and 
Matrimonial Causes, which was presented upon the Matrimonial 


‘er A Causes. 
1st day of this instant August, be printed. No. 131. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to Cumbridge Cambridge 
University, which was presented upon the Ist day University. 
of this instant August, be printed. No. 132. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to County County Rates 
Rates (Ireland), which was presented upon the 1st (Ireland.) 
day of this instant August, be printed. No. 133. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Con- Constabulary 
stabulary Force (/reland), which was presented upon nd) (re- 
theslst day of this instant August, be printed. No 134 


Ordered, That the Return relative to East India fast India 
(Examinations), which was presented upon the (Examinations.) 
ist day of this instant August, be printed. No. 136, 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the case of William Henry 
William Henry Barber, which was presented upon Barber. 
the 1st day of this instant August, be printed. No. 136. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Audit Audit Office. 
Office, which was presented upon the 1st day of this No. 137. 
instant August, be printed. 


Sir Charles Wood presented,—Return to an Ad- East India 
dress to Her Majesty, dated the 12th day of July Sacenp 
last, for a Return relative to Eust India (Deyrah ; 
Dhoon). 

Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 


Table. 


The Income Tax, &amp;c. Bill was, according to Or- Income Tax, 
der, read the third time. &amp;e. Bill. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, Vhat the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The House, according to Order, res lved itself Police (Coun- 


into a Committee on the Police (Counties and Bo- ties — S ne 
roughs) Law Amendment Bill. yea deny 
: Bill. 
In the C ttee. : 
(in the Committee.) Bill 106. 


CuiauseE, \° 1 (Police Districts under 3 &amp; 4 Vice. 
c. 88, s. 27, may be consolidated or merged). 

Amendment proposed, at the end of the Clause, 
to add the words “ Chief constables appointed, 
‘and to be appointed, in counties, under the Acts 
“of the second and third years of Her Majesty, 
“ chapter ninety-three, the third and fourth years 
‘‘of Her Majesty, chapter eighty-eight, and the 
“ nineteenth and twentieth years of Her Majesty, 
chapter sixty-nine, shall be styled County Com- 
‘‘ missioners of Police.” 

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

Clause agreed to. 

Crausg, N° 2, disagreed to. 

Criavuses, N° 8 to N° 20, with Amendments to 


several of them, agreed to. 
Clause added. 


ce 








xx2 Clause 


330 


Clause (The high sheriff of any county may agree 
with the justices of the peace for such county for 
the employment of the police constables in lieu of 
javelin men at the assizes, and thereupon the chief 
constable, on the requisition of the high sheriff, 
shall place under his orders a sufficient number of 
such constables, to keep order in and within the 
precinct of the court of assize, and upon such 
agreement being entered into as aforesaid, it shail be 
lawful for the high sheriff to discontinue the employ- 
ment of javelin men, anything contained in the 
Act of the thirteenth and fourteenth years of his 
Majesty King Charles the Second notwithstanding ) 

-brought up, and read 1°. 

Question put, That the Clause be read a second 
time ; 

The Committee divided. 

Tellers for the Yeas, Mr rat 9 } 95. 
\ 53. 


Teliers for the Noes,{ 


Question, That the Clause be added to the Bill 
—— put, and negatived. 

Clauses added. 

Clause (The chief constable of any county police 
force, and the watch committee of any city, borough, 
district or place, is and are hereby empowered to sus- 
pend or dismiss any constable within their respective 
jurisdictions for misconduct or dereliction of duty ; 
and, in case of such suspension or dismissal, all or 
any arrears of pay due to the said constable shall 
be forfeited ; and the said chief coustable or watch 
committee is and are hereby also empowered, at 

' his or their discretion, to fine any such constable in 
a sum of money not exceeding one week’s pay, and 
tu reduce the said constable from a superior to an 
inferior rank, such fine and reduction in rank to be 
in addition to any other punishment to which the 
said constable may be liable; and all punishments, 
penalties and fines, such as above enumerated, here- 
tofore imposed or inflicted under any rules framed 
under and by virtue of the third section, two and 
three Victoria, chapter ninety-three, shall be deemed 
to have been legally imposed or inflicted)-— 
brought up, and read 1°. 

Mction made, and Question proposed, That the 
Clause be read a second time :—Motion and Clause, 
by leave, withdrawn. 

Clauses added. 

Bill, as amended, to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Mas- 
sey 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 ; 
aud be printed. 


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

mittee on the Roman Catholic Charities Bill; 
Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 
Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


Roman Catho- 
he Charities 
Bill. 


Charitable 
and Provident 
Societies, &amp;c. 
Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Charitable and Provident Societies, 
&amp;e. Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


Law Ascer- 
tainment 
Facilities Bill. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to 
take into consideration the Law Ascertainment 
Facilities Bill, as amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 


To-morrow. 


Court of 
Probate, &amp;c. 
(Acquisition 
of Site) 
(No. 2) Bill. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on the Court of Probate, &amp;c. 
(Acquisition of Site) (No. 2) Bill; and, after some 
time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; 


2° Augusti. 





A. 1859: Sess. IT. 


and Mr. Massey reported, That the Committee had 
gone through the Bill, and directed him to report 
the same, without Amendment. 

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

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carrv the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Mr. Massey reported the Newcastle-under-Lyme 
Burgesses Lands Bill, with Amendments. wank 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. pa og) 

nds 


(Lords, 
Mr. Massey reported from the Committee on the Bombay 
Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway Com- Baroda ana 
pany Bill; That they had examined the allegations Penal India 
contained in the Preamble of the Bill, and amended Company Bill 

the same, by inserting two paragraphs reciting, [Lords] 
firstly, the original power of the Company to issue 
debentures to such an extent as might be agreed on 
between the Company and the Hast India Com- 
pany ; and, secondly, that the issue of debentures 
to the amount of £.300,000 had been authorized 
by the Secretary of State in Council for India, in 
consequence of the addition of a clause to the Bill, 
confirming the issue of debentures to the amount 
of £. 300,000; 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. Speaker acquainted the House, That he had Bridgewater 
this day received a Letter from Messrs. Bazter, Election, 
Rose &amp; Norton, as Agents for Henry Clement Heard 
and Reuben Bond, informing him that it is not 
intended to proceed with their Petition complaining 
of an undue Election and Return for the Borough of 
Bridgewater :—Avd the said Letter was read, as 
followeth : 

6, Victoria-street, Westminster Abbey, 
Sir, August 2d, 1859. 

As Agents for Henry Clement Heard and Reuben 
Bond, in the matter of their Petition, delivered in 
on the 2lst day of June last, complaining of an 
undue Election and Return for the Burough of 
Bridgewater, we hereby beg to inform you that it 
is not intended to proceed with the said Petition. 


We have the honour to be, Sir, 
Your very obedient servants, 
Baxter, Rose &amp; Norton. 


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


Ordered, That no further Proceedings be taken 
upon the said Petition. 


Sir John Trollope, from the Select Committee Aylesbury 
appointed to try and determine the matter of the Election. 
Petitions complaining of an undue Election and 
Return forthe Borough and Hundreds of Aylesbury, 
informed the House, That the Committee had 
determined, 

That Thomas Tyringham Bernard, Esquire, is 
duly elected a Burgess to serve in this present Par- 
liament for the Borough and Hundreds of Ayles- 
bury. 

That Samuel George Smith, junior, Esquire, is 
duly elected a Burgess to serve in this present 
Parliament for the said Borough and Hundreds. 

That Thomas Frederick Charles Vernon Went- 
worth, Esquire, is not duly elected a Burgess to 
serve in this present Parliament for the said Borough 
and Hundreds. 

And the said Determinations were ordered to be 
entered in the Journals of this House. 

Sir Juhn ‘Trollope, from the said Select Com- 
mittee, further informed the House, That’ the 

Committee 

































































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Clerk of the 
Crown to 
amend Return. 


Return 
amended 


Minutes 


Foreign Office 
and War 


Gold Coinage 
(Sydney. ) 


Sovereign 
Sydney. 


Coast Guard 
Stations, 


93 VicTorRiz. 


Committee had agreed to the following Resolu- 
tions: 

That Thomas Frederick Charles Vernon Went- 
worth, Esquire, was, by his Agent, Benjamin Child, 
ruilty of bribery at the last Election for the said 

orough and Hundreds. 

That it was proved to the Committee, that an 
attempt was made by Benjamin Child and Harry 
Scott to bribe Joseph Poulton, by the offer of two 
guineas for cart hire, but that it was not proved that 
such bribery was committed with the knowledge 
and consent of the said J’homas Frederick Charles 
Vernon Wentworth, Esquire. 

Sir John Trollope, from the said Select Com- 
mittee, further informed the House, That they had 
altered the poll taken at such Election, by striking 
off the name of Thomas Waite, as not having had 
a right to vote at such Election. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 

Ordered, That the Clerk of the Crown do attend 
this House forthwith, with the last Return for the 
Borough of Ay/esbury, and amend the same, by 
rasing out the name of Thomas Frederick Charles 
Vernon Wentworth, Esquire. 

The Clerk of the Crown attending, according to 
Order, amended the said Return accordingly. 

Ordered, That the Minutes of the Evidence taken 
before the Committee be laid before this House. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of all Money disbursed by the Treasury on 
account of the Plans for the Foreign Office and 
the War Office, of the Block Plans for laying out 
the adjacent Ground, and other objects connected 
with the Architectural Competition and Exhibition 
in 1856-7, including Prizes, fitting up Westminster 
Hall as a Place of Exhibition, and all other Con- 
tingent Expenses. 


Resolved, That 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 Gold coined at 
the Sydney Branch of the Royal Mint up to the 
latest Dates (in continuation of the Return for 1855 
and 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. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Copy of all Correspondence between Sir 
William Denison, Governor y tamer of New South 
Wales, and the Secretary of State for the Colonies, 
with reference to making the Sovereign coined at 
the Sydney Branch of the Royal Mint an Imperial 
one, or of making it a Legal Tender throughout the 
British Empire :——-Of any Memorial or Petition 
from the Executive Council and Houses of Parlia- 
ment in New South Wales :——And, of the Cor- 
respondence between the Colonial Office and the 
Treasury 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. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this Hou-e, 
Returns of the Number of Cottages erected by the 
Admiralty at each Coast Guard Station since the 
31st day of March 1856; together with the Num- 
ber of Men for whom Accommodation is in each 
case provided, and the Average Cost of each Cottage 
at every such Station :——And, of all Coast Guard 
Stations and Cottages leased by the Admiralty for 
the Coast Guard, since the 31st day of March 1856, 
for a period exceeding 21 years ; together with the 
Number of Men for whom Accommodation is in 
each case provided, and the Annual Rent of each 
Cottage at every such Station. 

Vow 114, 


2° Augustt. 


331 


Mr. Dunlop, from the Select Committee appointed Maidstone 
to try and determine the matter of the Petition Blectiom 
complaining of an undue Election and Return for 
the Borough of Maidstone, informed the House, 
That the Committee had determined, 

That William Lee, Esquire, is duly elected a Bur- 
gess to serve in this present Parliament for the 
Borough of Maidstone. 

That Charles Buxton, Esquire, is duly elected a 
Burgess to serve in this present Parliament for the 
Borough of Maidstone. 

And the said Determinations were ordered to be 
entered in the Journals of this House. 

Mr. Dunlop, from the said Select Committee, fur- 
ther informed the House, That the Committee had 
agreed to the following Kesolutions : 

That Henry Smith, an elector, was proved, on his 
own admission, to have been bribed by the sum of 
10/.; but there was no proof that such act of bribery 
was committed with the knowledge or consent of 
the Sitting Members, or their Agents. 

That Richard Rose and John Honey, two other 
electors who voted for the Sitting Members, were, 
after having so voted, paid the sum of 25s. eaci:, as 
and for travelling expenses, by one Edward Mason ; 
but that in neither case was the payment made by 
the authority of the Sitting Members, or of their 
Agents. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Publication of 
Copies of Reports made to the Jrish Government Ancient Laws, 
by the Commissioners for the Publication of the ** tea) 
Ancient Laws and Institutes of Jreland, showing 
the Progress made in the Work to the present 
time. 


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. 


Ordered, That Captain Anson have leave of ab- leave of 
sence for a fortnight, on account of ill health ;—and, “sence. 
Mr. Monsell the remainder of the Session, on account 
of illness in his family. 


Lord Clarence Paget presented, by Her Majesty’s Navy. : 
Command,—Statistical Report on the Health of the No. 138. : 
Roval Navy, for the year 1857. 

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


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Merchant 
to Her Majesty, praying Her Majesty to be gra- Semen. 
ciously pleased to enter into Negotiations with the 
Government of the United States of America, for 
the purpose of preventing the Assaults and Cruelties 
committed on Merchant Seamen engaged in ‘l'raffic 
between this Country and the United States, and 
of bringing to justice the perpetrators of such 
offences, many of whom escape with impunity, in 
consequence of the defects of the present system of 
International 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. 


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. 





Beverley 
Election. 


Bodmin 
Election. 


Earl of 
Kintore’s 
Estate Bill 
[ Lords.] 


Thames 
Watermen and 
Lightermen 
Bill [Lords.] 


Sir John 
Ramsden’s 
Estate Bill 
[Lords.} 


Preston 
_ Election. 


Taunton Writ. 


3° August. 


Mercwii, S° die Augusti ; 
Anno 23° Victoria Regine, 1859. 


Prayers. 
S I R Francis Baring reported from the General 
x) Committee of Elections, the names of the 
Members of the Select Committee appointed to try 
and determine the matter of the Petitions complain- 
ing of an undue Election and Return for the Borough 
of Beverley, to which they had annexed the Peti- 
tions referred to them by the House relating thereto : 
Charles Cavendish Clifford, Esquire (I. W.), 
William James Garnett, Esquire, 
Charles Jasper Selwyn, Esquire, 
John Benjamin Smith, Esquire (Stockport), 
John Morgan Cobbett, Esquire, Chairman. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That he had 
this day received a Letter from Messrs. Ho/mes and 
Co., as Agents for William Butten and John Barni- 
cot, informing him that it is not intended to proceed 
with their Petition complaining of an undue Elec- 
tion and Return for the Borough of Bodmin :—And 
the said Letter was read, as followeth : 

18, Abingdon-street, Westminster, S. W., 
Sir, 2d August 1859. 

As Agents for William Butten and John Barni- 
cot, in the matter of their Petition, delivered in on 
the 21st day of June last, complaining of an undue 
Election and Return for the Besenah of Bodmin, 
we hereby beg to inform you that it is not intended | 
to proceed with tle said Petition. 


We have the honour to be, Sir, 
Your very obedient servants, 
Holmes &amp; Co. 
To the Right honourable the Speaker 
of the House of Commons. 

The Order for referring the said Petition to the 
General Committee of Elections, was read, and dis- 
charged. 


Mr. Massey reporied the Earl of Kintore’s Estate 
Bill, without Amendment. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. | 

Ordered, That in the case of the Thames Water- 
men and Lightermen Bill, Standing Order 176 be 
suspended ; and that it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee of Selection that they have Power to appoint | 
the Committee on the Bill, with leave to sit on any | 
day not earlier than five clear days after the second 
reading. 


Ordered, That in the case of Sir John Rams- 
den’s Estate Bill, Standing Order 203 be sus- 
pended; and that the Bill be read a second time To- | 
morrow. | 





The names of the five Members appointed to try 
and determine the matter of the Petitions complain- 
ing of an undue Election and Return for the Borough | 
of Preston, were called over; and being come to 
the Table, they were sworn by the Clerk. 

Ordered, That the said Petitions be referred to 
the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Committee do meet To-morrow, | 
in one of the Committee-rooms of the House, at 
Eleven of the clock. | 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant | 
to the Clerk of the Crown, to inake out anew Writ | 
for the electing of a Burgess to serve in this present 
Parliament for the Borough of Taunton, in the 


room of the Right honourable Henry Labouchere, 
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- 








A. \859. Sess. If, 
borough and Bonenham, in the County of Bucking- 


ham, 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant Devon 

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 Devonport, in the 

room of Sir Thomas Erskine Perry, who, since his 
Election for the said Borough, hath accepted the 

Office of one of the Members of Her Majesty’s 
Council of Jndia. 


Mr. Cardwell reported the Chester and Holyhead Chester ana 
Railway at Holyhead Bill, with Amendments. Holyhead 
Ordered, That the Report be printed. Bee 
Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a —"s 
Committee of the whole House. 
Resolved, That this House will immediately re- 
solve itself into the said Committee :—The House 
accordingly resolved itself into the Committee ; and, 
after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed 
the Chair; and Mr. Massey reported, That the 
Committee had gone through the Bill, and directed 
him to report the same, without Amendment. 
Ordered, That the Bill be now read the third 
time :—The Bill was accordingly read the third time. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 


Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Several Public Petitions were presented, and public 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. Petitions, 
Vide Tenth 
Report. 
Lord Clarence Paget presented, by Her Majesty’s Navy 
Command,—Copy of Report of the Committee on (Dockyard 
Dockyard Economy, with Remarks thereon by the #°°™Y:) 
Surveyor of the Navy, Accountant General, Store- No, 139, 
keeper General, and Director of Works. 
Ordered, ‘Vhat the said Paper do lie upon the 
Table ; and be printed. 


The following Papers, pursuant to Orders, were Norwich 
laid upon the Table by the Clerk of the House,— Election. 
Minutes of the Evidence taken before the Select No. 140, 
Committee on the Norwich Election Petition. 

Minutes of the Evidence taken before the Select aylesbury 
Committee on the Aylesbury Election Petitions, Election. 

Ordered, That the said Minutes of Evidence be No. 141. 
printed. 


Ordered, That an Abstract of the Return relative Letters of 
to Letters of Detention, which was presented upon Detention. 
the 30th day of June last, be printed. No. 142, 


Ordered, That the Return relative to East India East India 
(Deyrah Dhoon), which was presented upon the 2d ‘edn 
day of this instant August, be printed. No. 1 43. 

The Order of the day being read, for the second Barristers 
reading of the Barristers (Zreland) Bill ; (Ireland) Bill 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Law of 
into a Committee on the Law of Property and Property and 
pa ° Trustees Relief 
lrustees Relief Amendment Bill. Amendment 


(In the Committee.) Bill [Lords] 


Crause, N° 3 (Restriction of effect of waiver, 
7 Geo. 4, c. 29, s. 4). 

Question, That the Clause stand part of the Bill 

put, and negatived. 

Crauses, N° 4 to N° 7, agreed to. 

Cravsgs, N’ 8 and N° 9, amended, and agreed 
to. ' 

Cravuses, N° 10 to N° 12, agreed to, 

Cuiauses, N° 13 and N° 14, disagreed to. 

Cravses, N° 15 to N° 24, agreed to. 

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Fisheries Bill, 
Supply, 








93 VicToRIZ. 


Crausez, N° 25, disagreed to. 

Cuavsz, N° 26, amended, and agreed to. 
Crause, N° 27, disagreed to. 

CiauseE, N° 28, agreed to, 

Crause, N° 29, amended, and agreed to. 
Crauseg, N° 30, agreed to. 

Crause, N° 31, amended, and agreed to. 


Crause, N° 32 (As to liability of executor or 
administrator in respect of rents, covenants, or 
agreements). 

Amendment proposed, in p. 9, 1. 44: After the 
word ‘‘lease”’ to insert the words “ or any convey- 
‘ ance or rent-charge.”’ 

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

Clause agreed to. 

Cravsgs, N° 33 and N° 34, agreed to. 

Crause, N° 35, amended, and agreed to. 


Cuiavuse, N° 36, agreed to. 

Clause added. 

Clause (When the executor or administrator of a 
mortgagee of freehold or copyhold land shall be 
entitled to receive the money secured by the mort- 
gage, and the legal estate in such land shall be 
vested in any other person or persons claiming by, 
through or under the mortgagee, such executor or 
administrator may, upon or after the discharge or 
satisfaction of the debt secured by such mortgage, 
convey the legal estate then vested in such other 
person or persons as afuresaid, as fully and effectu- 
ally as if the conveyance had been made by such 
other person or persons)——brought up, and 
read 1°. 

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

Clause (A trustee, executor, or administrator 
may compound any bad or doubtful debt, or give 
time for payment, when in his judgment it is for 
the benefit of the estate to do so)——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. Massey 
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. 


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 Nuneaton and 
Hinckley Railway Bill, with Amendments; to 
which the Lords desire the concurrence of this 
House. 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An 
Act to make further Provision concerning the 
Court for Divorce and Matrimonial Causes; to 
which the Lords desire the concurrence of, this 
House. 

The Lords return the Minutes of the Evidence 
taken before the Committee of the House of Com- 
mons on the Tweed Fisheries Bill, as desired by 
this House. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into the Committee of Supply. 


(In the Committee.) 


1. £.40,000, for promoting the Improvement of 
the Kaffirs, and the Settlement and Government of 
British Kaffraria. 

2, £, 59,215, to complete the Sum for Expenses 
on account of the Treasury Chest. 

Vou. 114. 


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335 


3. £.30,000, for certain Submariaz Telegraph 
Companies, 

4. £. 12,000, for the Expedition to the Niger and 
other Rivers of Africa under the charge of Dr. 
Baikie, including the Hire of a Steamer, 

5. £. 7,949, for the Expedition to the River Zam- 
besi, in Africa, under Dr. Livingstone. 

6. £.4,700, for Inspectors of Corn Returns. 

7. £. 1,046, to complete the Sum for the Regis- 
tration of Joint Stock Companies. 

8. £.703, to complete the Sum for the Registra- 
tion of Designs Office. 

9. £.11,850, tocomplete the Sum for the Remune- 
ration to Revising Barristers in England and Wales. 

10. £.1,332, to complete the Sum for the Con- 
stabulary Police at the Military Camps of A/der- 
shott and Shorncliffe. 

11. £. 3,000, for the Inspection of Burial grounds 
in England and Wales. 

12. Motion made, and Question put, That a Sum, 
not exceeding £. 2,000, be granted to Her Majesty, 
towards the formation,: in the year ending the 31st 
day of March 1860, of the Gallery of Portraits of 
the most Eminent Persons in British History ; 

The Committee divided. 

Tellers for the (Mr. Brand, 

Yeas, {Sir William Dunbar: 

Tellers for the (Mr. Deedes, 

Noes, UMr. Ayrton: 

13. £.2,050, to complete the Sum for expense of 
adjusting and defining Boundaries of Counties, Ba- 
ronies and Parishes in Ireland. 

14. £.2,140, to complete the Sum for collecting 
Agricultural and Emigration Statistics in Jreland. 

15. £. 23,000, for the Purchase of certain Ground 
and Houses required asa site for a New Court or 
Courts of Law and Offices in extension of the Four 
Courts, Dublin. 

16. £. 1,300, for the Pitcairn Islanders in Nor- 
folk Island. 

17. £.11,440, for Public Offices in connexion 
with Her Majesty’s General Register House, Edin- 
burgh. 

18. Motion made, and Question put, That a Sum, 
not exceeding £. 2,000, be granted to Her Majesty, 
for the Purchase, in the yeartending the 31st day of 
March 1860, of Sir George Hayter’s Historical 
Picture, representing the moving the Address to the 
Crown in the House of Commons on opening the 
first Reformed Parliament in 1833 ; 

The Committee divided. 

Tellers for the f Mr. Brand, 

Yeas, (Sir Wilkam Dunbar : 

Tellers for the { Mr. Deedes, 

Noes, Colonel Wi/liams : J 

And the Numbers being equal, the Chairman de- 
clared himself with the Yeas. 

19. £. 1,060, for the Purchase of old Gun Metal 
for Colossal Statues of the late Brigadier General 
Neill, to be erected in the County of Ayr, and of the 
late Sir Henry Havelock, to be erected in the Town 
of Sunderland; and for Gates, Medallions, &amp;c., in 
the Monument to be erected at Chatham, to the 
Memory of Officers and Men of the Royal Engineers 
who fell in the Crimean War. 

20. Motion made, and Question put, That a Sum, 
not exceeding £. 9,988, be granted to Her Majesty, 
to defray the Expense of constructing, in the year 
ending the 31st day of March 1860, Seven Fire-proof 
Rooms adjoining the Sheepshanks Gallery at South 
Kensington, to receive the Vernon, Turner, and other 


Pictures belonging to the National Gallery, and of 
Yeas, Sir William Dunbar : 
not exceeding £.5,000, be granted to Her Majesty, 


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The Committee divided. 
Tellers for the {oe Brand, 
1 23, 
Noes, Mr. Seymour: 
21. Motion made, and Question put, That a Sum, 





a separate Entrance thereto ; 
jute. 
Tellers for the {Mr. Stirling, 
xx4 as 





Message from 
the Lords. 


Bray Com- 
mons Bill 
[Lords.] 


Dickinson’s 
Divorce 
(India) Bill 
[ Lords. } 


Kingston- 
upon-lIull 
Election. 


Bury 
Election. 


Dublin 
Police Bill. 


Coinage Bill. 


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circumstances ; 
jie. 
Tellers for the} Mr. Augustus Smith, 


as a Donation to W. H. Barber, in consideration of 
The Committee divided. 
Tellers for thef Mr. Brand, 
Noes, » age Cavendish C wp} 24. 


the Sufferings he has undergone, and of his distressed 
Yeas, (Sir William Dunbar: 
Resolutions to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Massey 
reported, That the Committee had come to several 
Resolutions. 

Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow, 
at Twelve of the clock. 

Mr. Massey also acquainted the House, that he 
was directed to move, That the Committee may 
have leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, at 
Twelve of the clock, again resolve itself into the 
said Committee. 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That a Mes- 
sage had been brought from the Lords, by one of 
their Clerks, as followeth : 

The Lords have agreed to the Amendments made 
by this House to the Bray Commons Bill, without 
any Amendment. 

The Lords communicate a printed Copy of the 
Proceedings before the Judges of the Supreme Court 
of Judicature at Fort William, in Bawa, on Dickin- 
son’s Divorce (India) Bill, as desired by this House. 

Ordered, That the said Paper be referred to the 
Select Committee on Divorce Bills. 


The names of the five Members appointed to try 
and determine the matter of the Petition com- 


— of an undue Election and Return for the 


orough of Kingston-upon-Hull, were called over ; 
and Colonel Fulke Greville, one of such Members, 
not appearing within one hour after Four of the 
clock ; 

The House was moved, That the 69th section of 
the Act 11 &amp; 12 Vic. c. 98, to amend the Law for 
the Trial of Election Petitions, might be read ; and 
the same being read ; 

Ordered, That Colonel Fulke Greville, Member 
for the County of Longford, having been appointed 
to serve as one of the Members of the Select Com- 
mittee to try and determine the matter of the Peti- 
tion complaining of an undue Election and Return 
for the Borough of Kingston-upon-Hull, and not 
having attended in his place within one hour after 
Four of the clock this day, being the day appointed 
for swearing the said Committee, be taken into the 
custody of the Serjeant-at-Arms attending this 
House. 


Mr. Blackburn, from the Select Committee ap- 
pointed to try and determine the matter of the 
Petition of James Park and Thomas Horrocks, com- 
plaining of an undue Election and Return for the 
Borough of Bury, informed the House, That the 
Committee had determined, 

That the Right honourable Frederick Peel is 
duly elected a Burgess to serve in this present 
Parliament for the Borough of Bury. 

And the said Determination was ordered to be 
entered in the Journals of this House. 


The Dublin Police Bill was, according to Order, 
ead asecond time; and committed to a Committee 
of the whole House, for To-morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Coinage Bill ; 

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


3° Augusti. 








A. 1859. Sess. IT. 


The Probates and Letters of Administration Probates and 
(Ireland) Bill was, according to Order, read a Letters of 
second time; and committed to a Committee of fdminisee, 
the whole House, for To-morrow. ' wi, ea 


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

mittee of Ways and Means; Means, . 
Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 

solve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- at 
mittee on the Attorneys and Solicitors Bill ; Solicitors Bil 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday (Lords.] 

next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


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


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Tramways 
mittee on the Tramways (Jreland) Bill; (Ireland) Bill, 
Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second University 
reading of the University and College Estates and College 
Act (1858), &amp;c. Amendment Bill; ne 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon Amendment 
Friday next. Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Militia Laws 
reading of the Militia Laws Amendment Bill; — 

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


The Chief Superintendent, China, Bill was, ac- Chief Super. 
cording to Order, read a second time; and com- a 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for Cha Bill 

? | Lords.] 
To-morrow. 


The North Western Territories (British America) North Westem 
Bill was, according to Order, read a second time; ne 
and committed to a Committee of the whole House, ( merica) Bil 
for To-morrow. [ Lords.] 

The Speaker of the Legislative Council (Cunada) Speaker of the 
Bill was, according to Order, read a second time ; en 
and committed toa Committee of the whole House, (Canada) Bill 
for To-morrow. [ Lords.) 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Police — 
consideration the Police (Counties and Boroughs) Cui 
Law Amendment Bill, as amended in the Com- jay yp oe 
mittee ; ment Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be taken into consideration 
To-morrow. 


The Law Ascertainment Facilities Bill was, ac- Lew am 
cording to Order, read the third time. e astieten fl 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. a 

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


Medical Acts 


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


mittee on the Medical Acts Amendment Bill; 
Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for receiving Supply- 
the Report from the Committee of Supply ; 

Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow, 
at Twelve of the clock. 


Mr. Masse 
East India 
as fulloweth : 

That it is expedient to enable the Secretary of 
State in Council of India to raise Money in the 
United Kingdom for the Service of the Government 
of India. ie 


reported from the Committee on the East Indis 
oan, a Resolution ; which was read, /°™™ 








Acts 
ent 





93 VicToRIZ. 


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. Massey, Sir Charles 
Wood and Mr. Baring do prepare, and bring 


it in. 


stamp Duties The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
Bill. mittee on the Stamp Duties Bill ; 
Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


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

Trusts a mittee on the Turnpike Trusts Arrangements Bill ; 

- Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 

qurpikeActs The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 

Continuance mittee on the Turnpike Acts Continuance Bill ; 

=. Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 

gettled Estates The Order of the day being read, for resuming 

Act (1856) the adjourned Debate on the Question proposed 

— upon the Ist day of this instant August, That the 
Settled Estates Act (1856) Amendment Bill be now 
read a second time; 

Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 

till To-morrow. 

Weightsand ©The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 

Measures Bill. mittee on the Weights and Measures Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House wili, To-morrow, resolve 

itself into the said Committee. 

Fireworks Act The Order of the day being read, for resuming 


-— the adjourned Debate on the Question proposed 
upon the Ist day of this instant August, That Mr. 
Speaker do now leave the Chair (for Committee on 
the Fireworks Act Amendment Bill); 
Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 
till To-morrow. 


Poor Law The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 


Boards (Pay- yj : 
mat of Debts) i on the Poor Law Boards (Payment of Debts) 


&gt; 
Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, resolve 


itself into the said Committee. 


Charitable The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
peg mines on the Charitable and Provident Societies, &amp;c. 
mS Bill; 
Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 
Superannua- Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
—. to amend the Superannuation Act (1859): And 
that Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer and Mr. 
Laing do prepare, and bring it in. 
hg Mr. Baring presented a Bill to enable the Secre- 
.Bill. tary of State in Council of India to raise Money in 
Bill 109. the United Kingdom for the Service of the Govern- 
ment of India: And the same was read the first 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time upon 
Friday next ; and to be printed. 
ance Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer presented a Bill 
t to amend the Superannuation Act (1859): And the 
Bill same’ was read the first time; and ordered to be 
Bill108. read a second time upon Friday next; and to be 
printed. 
eatte The Divorce Court Bill was read the first time ; 
[Lords and ordered to be read a second time To-morrow ; 
Bill 197, 24 to be printed. 


And it being Six of the clock, Mr. Speaker 
adjourned the House till To-morrow, without putting 
the Question. 


Vou. 114. 


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335 


Jovis, 4° die Augusti ; 
Anno 23° Victorie Regine, 1859. 


PRAYERS. 
H E House proceeded to take into consideration Blackburn and 
the Amendmenis made by the Lords to the Preston Road 
Blackburn and Preston Road and Bridge 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 Cowes and 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Cowes ie = 
and Newport (Isle of Wight) Railway Bill; and {iitesy Bal.” 
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 Ringwood, 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Ring- Christchurch 
wood, Christchurch and Bournemouth Railway Bill; —_ Rail. 
and the same were twice read, and agreed to. way 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 Lordships. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Metropolitan 
the Amendment made by the Lords to the Metro- Railway 
politan Railway (Deviations, &amp;c.) Bill; and the Ke) Bi 
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 House proceeded to take into consideration Bombay, 
the Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway Baroda and 
Company Bill, as amended in the Committee. ee India 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. Company Bill 
[ Lords. ] 
Ordered, That the MNewcastle-under-Lyme Bur- Newcastle. 
gesses Lands Bill, as amended in the Committee, under-Lyme 


be taken into consideration To-morrow. Burgesses 
Lands Bill 


[ Lords.] 
Sir John Ramsden’s Estate Bill was, according Sir John 


to Order, read a second time; and committed. Ramsden’s 
Estate Bill 


| Lords. ] 

Ordered, That in the case of the Londonderry and Londonderry 
Coleraine Railway Bill, Standing Orders 176 and and Coleraine 
204 be suspended ; and that it be an Instruction to fronds = 
the General Committee on Railway and Canal Bills, : 
and to the Committee of Selection, that they have 
Power to appoint the Committee on the Bill to 
meet any day not earlier than seven clear days 
after the second reading. 


The names of the five Members appointed to try Beverley 
and determine the matter of the Petitions com- Election. 
plaining of an undue Election and Return for the 
Borough of Beverley, were called over; and being 
come to the Table, they were sworn by the Clerk. 
Ordered, That the said Petitions be referred to 
the Committee. 
Ordered, That the Committee do meet To-morrow, 
in one of the Committee-rooms of the House, at 
Eleven of the clock. 


Several Public Petitions were presented, and Public 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. Petitions. 


Vide Eleventh 
Report. ° 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself supply. 
into the Committee of Supply. 


(In the Committee.) 


1. £.1,000, for Carisbrook Castle. 
2. £. 6,000, for Class Room Accommodation, New 
¥yY 


Library 


Supply 


[ist August.] 


Office under 
the Local 
Government 


Act. 


Temporary 
Commissions. 


Patent Law 
Amendment 


Act. 


Board of 


Fisheries 
(Scotland. ) 


Board of 
Manufactures 
(Scotland.) 


Highland 
Roads and 


Brid 


Ancient Laws 
and Institutes 
of Ireland. 


Pensions, &amp;c. 


{ Merchant 
ice.) 


ges. 


336 


Library and Professor’s House at King’s College, 
Aberdeen. 

3. £.11,500, for completing the Embankment 
Wall in Thames-street, for removing the dilapidated 
Hundred Steps, and forming a New Approach to the 
Nortli Terrace, Windsor Castle. 

4. £.60,000, for the New Bridge at Westminster. 

5. £.40,000, for the Western Approaches to the 
New Bridge at Westminster. 

6. £. 100,000, for the Site of the proposed Foreign 
Office. 

7. £. 30,000, for a New Office for the Secretary 
of State for Foreign Affairs. 

8. £.1,650, for the Erection of a Pedestal for 
Baron Marochetti’s Statue of Richard Ceur de Lion 
in Old Palace Yard. 

9. £. 5,641, to discharge Accounts of the Archi- 
tect and Surveyor to the Commissioners of Works 
and Buildings, for Professional Services from time 
to time in reference to undertakings contemplated 
by the Commissioners, but not carried out. 


Resolutions to be reported, 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr, Afassey 
reported, That the Committee had come to several 
Resolutions. 

Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow, 
at Twelve of the clock. 

Mr. Massey also acquainted the House, that he 
was directed to move, That the Committee may 
have leave to sit again. 

Resolved, Vhat this Hovse will, this day, at Six 
of the clock, again resolve itself into the said Com- 
mittee. | 


Mr. Massey reported from the Committee of Sup- 
ply, several Resolutions ; which were read, as follow : 

1. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 3,965, be granted 
to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum necessary to 
pay the Salaries and Expenses of the Office in 
London under the Loca! Government Act, to the 
31st day of March 1860. 

2. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 23,914, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum | 
necessary to pay the Salaries and Expenses of | 
sundry temporary Commissions, to the 31st day | 
of March 1860 

3. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 20,095, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum 
necessary to defray the Fees, Salaries, Expenses 
and Compensations payable under the Provisions 
of the Patent Law Amendment Act, to the 31st day 
of March 1860. 

4. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 9,254, be granted 
to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum necessary to 

ay the Salaries and Expenses of the Board of 
isheries in Scotland, to the 31st day of March 1860. 

5. Thata Sum, not exceeding £. 1,000, be graated 
to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum necessary to 
defray, to the 31st day of March 1860, the Charge 
on account of the Annuity to the Board of Manufac- 
tures in Scotland, in discharge of Equivalents under 
the Treaty of Union. 

6. Thata 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 1860. 

7. 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 Ireland, to 
the 31st day of March 1860. 

8. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 58,700, be 
granted to Her Majesty, tc 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 Com- 
a to the late Officers of the Trustees of the 

erchant Seamen’s Fund, to the 31st day of March 
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9. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 15,000, be pis 
granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum British go. 
necessary to defray, in the year ending the 31st day "2 Abroad, 
of March 1860, the Charges on account of Distressed 
British Seamen Abroad. 

10. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 4,000, be Quarantine 
granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum Arrange. 
necessary to defray Expenses connected with Qua- ™*™* 
rantine Arrangements, to the 31st day of March 
1860. 

11. That a Sum, not exceeding £.40,000, be Payment 

, " 
granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum under Treaties 
necessary to defray the Charge for Payments on % Reciprociyy 
account of the difference of Dues payable by British 
or Foreign Vessels under Treaties of Reciprocity, 
to the 31st day of March 1860. 

i2. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 15,000, be Bounties on 
granted to Her Majesty, to pay the Bounties on Slaves, &amp;, 
Slaves and the Tonnage Bounties on Slave Vessels 
captured, to the 31st day of March 1860. 

13. That a Sum, not exceeding £.36,700, be Lighthouses 
granted to Her Majesty, to deiray, in the year Abroad, 
ending the 31st day of March 1860, the Expense 
of erecting and maintaining certain Lighthouses 
Abroad. 

14, That a Sum, not exceeding £. 1,000, be Settlement of 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray, in the year Orange River 
ending the 3ist day of March 1860, the Charge “"": 
for Half Salary payable to the Officers lately em- 
ployed in the Settlement of the Orange River Terri- 
tory (Cape of Good Hope). 

The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 
were agrved to. 


Mr. Massey reported from the Committee of Sup- supply. 
ply, several Resolutions; which were read, as [84 August) 
follow : 

1. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 40,000, be Improvement 
granted to Her Majesty, for promoting the Improve- of the Kaffirs 
ment of the Kaffirs, and the Settlement and Go- oe 
vernnent of British Kaffraria, in the year ending 
the 31st day of March 1860. 

2. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 59,215, be Treasury 
granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum Chest. 
necessary to defray Expenses on account of the 
Treasury Chest, to the 31st day of March 1860. 

3. That a Sum, not exceeding £.30,000, be Submarine 
granted to Her Majesty, to fulfil the Engagements Telegraph 
entered into by Her Majesty’s Government with — 
certain Submarine ‘l’elegraph Companies, in the year 
ending the 31st day of March 1860. 

4. That a Sum, not exceeding £.12,000, be Expedition 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Cost of the t the Niger, 
Expedition to the Niger and other Rivers of Africa 
under the charge of Dr. Baikie, including the Hire 
of a Steamer, in the year ending the 31st day of 
March 1860. 

5. That a Sum, not exceeding £.7,949, be Expedition to 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Expense of et 
the Expedition to the River Zambesi, in Africa, ‘ ve 
undcr Dr. Livingstone, in the year ending the 31st 
day of March 1860, 

6. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 4,700, be Corn Returns 
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 1860. 

7. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 1,046, 
granted to Her Majesty, to complete the S 
necessary to defray the Salaries and Expenses of 
the Office for the Registration of Joint Stock Com- 
panies, to the 31st day of March 1860. 

8. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 703, be granted Registration 
to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum necessary to Designs 
defray the Charge of the Salaries and Expenses in 
the Registration of Designs Office, to the 31st day 
of March 1860. 

9. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 11,850, be Revising 
granted ‘to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum 


necessary to defray the Charge for the saeamage 


be Registration 
um of Joint Stock 


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police (Alder- 
shott and 


jon 
Maral 
grounds. 


National Por- 
trait Gallery. 


Boundaries of 
Counties, &amp;c. 
(Ireland. ) 


Agricultural 
and Emigra- 
tion Statistics 
(Ireland. ) 


New Courts of 
Law, &amp;c. 
(Dublin. ) 


Pitcairn 
Islanders. 


General Re- 


gister House 
(Edinburgh. ) 


Sir George 
Hayter’s His- 
torical Picture. 


ee of 
er 
General Neill 
and Sir Henry 
Havelock, &amp;. 


Picture Gal- 
lery at South 


on. 


¥. H Barber, 


al 


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tion to Revising Barristers in England and Wales, 
to the 31st day of March 1860. 

10. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 1,332, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum 
necessary to defray the Charge for the Constabulary 
Police at the Military Camps of Aldershott and 
Shorncliffe, to the 31st day of March 1860. 

11. That a Sum, not exceeding £.3,000, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Expense of 
the Inspection of Burial-grounds in England and 
Wales, to the 31st day of March 1860. 

12. That a Sum, not exceeding £.2,000, be 
granted to Her Majesty, towar’s the formation, in 
the year ending the 31st day of March 1860, of the 
Gallery of Portraits of the most Eminent Persons 
in British History. 

13. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 2,050, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum 
necessary for the Expense of adjusting and defining 
the Boundaries of Counties, Baronies and Parishes 
in Ire/and, in the year ending the 31st day of March 
1860. 

14. That a Sum, not exceeding £.2,140, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum 
necessary for defraying, in the year ending the 31st 
day of March 1860, the Cost of collecting Avri- 
cultural and Emigration Statistics in [reland. 

15. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 23,000, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to enable the Commis- 
sioners of Public Works in JZreland, in the year 
ending the 31st day of March 1860, to purchase 
certain Ground and Houses required as a Site fora 
New Court or Courts of Law and Offices in Exten- 
sion of the Four Courts, Dublin, including Costs of 
Arbitration, Incidental Expenses, &amp;c. 

16. That a Sum, not exceeding £.1,300, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Expense of 
the Pitcairn Islanders in Norfolk Island, to the 
31st day of March 1860. 

17. That a Sum, not exceeding £.11,440, be 
granted to Her Majesty, towards the Erection, in 
the year ending the 31st day of March 1860, of a 
New Building, to contain additional accommodation 
for Public Offices in connexion with Her Majesty’s 
General Register House, Edinburgh. 

18. That a Sum, not exceeding £.2,000, be 
granted to Her Majesty, for the Purchase, in the 
year ending the 31st day of March 1860, of Sir 
George Huyter’s Historical Picture, representing 
the moving the Address to the Crown in the House 
of Commons on opening the first reformed Parlia- 
ment in 1833. 

19. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 1,060, be 
granted to Her Majesty, for the Purchase, in the 
year ending the 31st day of March 1860, of old Gun 
Metal to be employed in the construction of 
Colossal Statues of the late Brigadier General Neil, 
to be erected in the County of Ayr, and of the late 
Sir Henry Haveloek, to be erected in the Town of 
Sunderland, and for Gates, Medallions, &amp;e. in the 
Monument to be erected at Chatham to the Memory 
of Officers and Men of the Royal Engineers who fell 
in the Crimean War. 

20. That a Sum, not exceeding £.9,988, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Expense of 
constructing, in tle year ending the 31st day of 
March 1860, Seven Fire-proof Rooms adjoining the 
Sheepshanks Gallery at South Kensington, to receive 
the Vernon, Turner, and other Pictures belonging 
to the National Gallery, and of a separate Entrance 
thereto. 

21. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 5,000, be 
granted to Her Majesty, as a Donation to W. H. 
Barber, in consideration of the Sufferings he has 
undergone, and of his distressed Circumstances. 

The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 
Were agreed to. 


Mr. Stirling, from the Select Committee ap- 
pointed to try and determine the matter of the 
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337 


Petition of the Reverend William Astley Cave, com- Division) 
plaining of an undue Election and Return for the Election. 
Northern Division of the County of Leicester, in- 

formed the House, That the Committee had deter- 

mined, 

That the Right Honourable John James Robert 
Manners, commonly called Lord John Manners, and 
Edward Bourchier Hartopp, Esquire, are duly elected 
Knights of the Shire to serve in this present Parliament 
for the Northern Division of the County of Leicester. 

And the said Determination was ordered to be 
entered in the Journals of this House. 


Public 
Petitions 
(Tenth Re- 
port.) 


Mr. Gregson reported from the Select Committee 
on Public Petitions; That they hai examined the 
Petitions presented upon the Ist, 2d and 3d days 
of this instant August, and had directed him to 
make a Report thereof to the House. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Mr. Milner Gibson presented, by Her Majesty’s Railway 
Command,—Copy of Reports of the Inspecting Accidents. 
Officers of the Railway Department to the Lords 
of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade, upon 
certain Accidents which have occurred on Railways 
during the Months of February, April and May 
1859 (Part Third). 

Mr. Milner Gibson also presented,—Return to an Trinity House 
Order, dated the 29th day of July last, for a Return Ey on 
relative to Trinity House Pilots (Port of London). alent 

Ordered, That tle said Papers do lie upon the 
Table. 


Mr. Clive presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- Births, Deaths 
mand,—Copy of Twentieth Annual Report of the and Marriages. 
Registrar General of Births, Deaths and Marriages 
in England, 1857. 

Copy of Thirty-seventh Report of the Inspectors Prisons 
General on the et State of the Prisons of Ire- (reland.) 
land, 1858 ; with Appendices. 

Mr. Clive also presented,—Keturn to an Address 
to Her Majesty, dated the 13th day of April, in the 
last Session of Parliament, fora Reiurn, for the year 
1858, of the Names of the Places in each Parish and 
each County in Scotland in which any School is 
situated in respect of which any Money has been 
paid under the authority of the Committee of Coun- 
cil on Education ; stating the Amount paid for each 
School, and for each Parish and each County 
respectively ; specifying the Religious Body with 
which each School is connected ; and distinguishing 
the Parochial Schools from other Schools connected 
with the Established Church (in continuation and 
amplification of Parliamentary Paper, No. 102, of 
the present Session). 

Return to an Order, dated the 25th day of July Fisheries 
last, for a Return relative to Fisheries (Ireland). ~ (!reland.) 

Mr. Clive also presented, pursuant to the direc- Pawnbrokers 
tions of an Act of Parliament,—Returns of the “eland.) 
Marshal of the City of Dublin, of the Pawnbrokers 
of Ireland, for the year ending the 31st day of 
December 1858. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table. 


Education 
Grants 
(Scotland. ) 


Mr. Laing presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- Treasury 
mand,—An Account showing all the Sums which Best 
have been received into the Treasury Chest (late 
Commissariat Chest Account), and which have 
been paid out of the same, between the Ist April 
1857 and 3ist March 1858, and of the Assets and 
Liabilities of the Chest on the latter day. 

Mr. Laing also presented,—Return to an Order, Land 
dated the sth day of July last, for Returns relative Revenues. 
to Land Revenues. 

Further Return to an Order, dated the 21st day New Foreign 
of July last, fora Return relative to the new Foreign = — 
and Indian Offices. ' 

Ordered, That thé said Papers do lie upon the 
Table. 

Sir 


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East India 
(Debt, &amp;c.) 


Packet and 
Telegraphic 
Contracts. 


Queen’s 
Printers’ 
Patent. 

No. 144. 


Limerick City 
Election. 


Minutes 
ordered, 


East India 
(Civil Ser- 
vice.) 


Election 
Compromises. 


358 


Sir Charles Wood presented,—Return to an Ad- 
dress to Her Majesty, dated the 17th day of March, 
in the last Session of Parliament, for a Return 
showing the Amount of the Interest-bearing Debt 
of the Government cf India and of the East India 
Company in India, and at Home, at the commence- 
ment of the year 1834-5, and of the Interest pay 
able thereon; also showing the Amount of Debt 
contracted in each year since, brought down to the 
latest date, in India and in England, with the Rates 
of Interest payable thereon; also the Amount of 
Debt redeemed in each year, and showing the 
Amount, of Debt at the close of each year, with the 
Amount of Interest payable thereon. 

Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
Table. 


Ordered, That a Message be sent to the Lords, 
to request that their Lordships will be pleased to 
give Thawe to Lord Llanover to attend to be ex- 
amined as a Witness before the Select Committee 
on Packet and Telegraphic Contracts: And that 
the Clerk do carry the said Message. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee on the 
Queen’s Printers’ Patent have Power to report their 
Observations thereupon to the House, together 
with the Minutes of the Evidence taken before them. 

Mr. Baines reported from the said Committee ; 
That they had considered the matters to them re- 
ferred, 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. Gaskell, from the Select Committee ap- 
— to try and determine the matter of the 
etition of James Spaight, Esquire, complaining of 
an undue Election and Return for the County of 
the City of Limerick, informed the House, That 
the Committee had determined, 

That Majer Gavin is duly elected a Citizen to 
serve in this present Parliament for the County of 
the City of Limerick. 

And the said Determination was ordered to be 
entered in the Journals of this House. 

Mr. Gaskell, from the said Select Committee, 
further informed the House, That the Committee 
had agreed to the following Resolutions : 

That certain riotous and tumultuous proceedings 
took place at and after the last Election for the 
said City ; but that it was not proved to the Com- 
mittee that such proceedings took place at the 
instigation or with the sanction of Major Gavin or 
his Agents. 

That no application was made to the Returning 
Officer for an adjournment of the Poll in conse- 
quence of such proceedings, and that it was not 
proved to the Committee that they were of such 
a duration or of such a character as to prevent the 
votes of the Electors from being recorded. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 

Ordered, That the Minutes of the Evidence taken 
before the Committee be laid before this House. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Copy of a Despatch from the Govern- 
ment of India, dated the 3d day of June 1859, 
reviewing the Report of the Commissioner for the 
Revision of the Civil Salaries and Establishments 
throughout 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. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being 
proposed, That, in the opinion of this House, any 


4° Augusti. 





A. 1859. Sess. I, 


Minister would be guilty of a breach of the Pri- 
vileges of this House who should advise the Crown 
to confer the Office of Steward of the Chiltern 
Hundreds, or of the Manor of East Hendred, or of 
the Manor of Northstead, or of the Manor of 
Hempholme, or of Escheator of Munster, upon any 
person charged with corrupt practices at an Elec- 
tion, and who, for the purpose of evading the juris- 
diction of this House, has entered into an agree- 
ment to vacate his Seat upon the withdrawal of the 
Petition charging him with such corrupt practices : 
—And a Debate arising thereupon :—— 


The House was moved, That the 70th section of Kingston. 
the Act 11 &amp; 12 Vic. c. 98, to amend the Law for + ag 
the Trial of Election Petitions, might be read; and ““"™™ 
the same being read ; 

And Colonel Fulke Greville not having been 
brought into the House within three hours after 
Four of the clock, the swearing of the five Members 
appointed to try and determine the matter of the 
Petition complaining of an undue Election and 
Return for the Borough of Kingston-upon- Hull, was 
adjourned till To-morrow, at Twelve of the clock. 





Ordered, That the Debate be adjourned till To- Election 
morrow. Compromises, 
Ordered, That Dr. Michell, Member for the 
Borough of Bodmin, do attend this House, in his 
place, To-morrow, at Six of the clock. 


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 Pawnbrokers Bill, Pawnbrokers 
without any Amendment. Bill 

The Lords have agreed to the Boundaries (Jre- Boundaries 
land) Bill, without any Amendment. (Ireland) Bill 

The Lords have agreed to the Hunslet and Leeds Hunslet 


; ; i ‘ and Leeds 
Road Bill, without any Amendment. Road Bill 


The Lords have agreed to the Lawton, Burslem Lawton, 
and Newcastle-under-Lyme Roads Bill, without any er 
Amendment. under-Lyme 
Roads Bill. 

The Lords have agreed to the London and North London and 
Western Railway (Sutton Coldfield Branch) Bill, North Western 


° Railwa 
without any Amendment. Sutton Cold 


oe Branch) 
3ill. 
The Lords have agreed to the Ludlow Roads Ludlow Roads 
Bill, without any Amendment. = 
The Lords have agreed to the 


Sittingbourne and Sittingbourne 


Sheerness Railway (Additional Capital, &amp;c.) Bill, Silay (adh 


without any Amendment. tional Capital, 


&amp;c.) Bill. 
The Lords have agreed to the North Eastern and North Eastem 
Bedale and Leyburn Railway Companies Amalga- = ote 


mation Bill, without any Amendment. Railway Com- 
panies Amal- 
gamation Bill 


The Lords have agreed to the Finford Bridge and Finford Bridge 


Banbury Road Bill, without any Amendment. _ — 


The Lords have agreed to the West End of Lon- West End é 
don and Crystal Palace Railway (No. 1) Bill, with- Cepveal Piie 
out any Amendment. Railway 

(No. 1) Bill. 


The Lords have agreed to the Cambridge Univer- are 
sity Commission Continuance Bill, with an Amend- (very, 
ment; to which the Lords desire the concurrence of Continuance , 
this House. Bill. 


The Lords have agreed to the Berks and Hants a and 
Extension Railway Bill, with an Amendment; to .i.. Railway 
which the Lords desire the concurrence of this Bill 
House. . 

The Lords have agreed to the British and Cana- — 1 
dian Telegraph Company Bill, with an Amendment} qyjograpir 
to which the Lords desire the concurrence of this Company Bill 


House. 
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Valley 
CoMetalstend 
pailway Bill. 

ter 
ur 


Bato sat 
Bill. 

Norwich and 
Spalding 
Railway Bill. 
Malltraeth and 


daugau 
oman Bill 


Military 
Organization. 


Friendly 
Societies. 


Supply. 


Ways and 
Means, 


Account 


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93 Vicroriz. 


The Lords have agreed to the Colne Valley and 
Halstead Railway Bill, with Amendments ; to which 
the Lords desire the concurrence of this House. 

The Lords have agreed to the Chichester Harbour 
Embankment Bill, with Amendments ; to which the 
Lords desire the concurrence of this House. 

The Lords have agreed to the Norwich and Spald- 
ing Railway Bill, with Amendments ; to which the 
Lords desire the concurrence of this House. 

The Lords have agreed to the Malltraeth and 
Corsddaugau Marsh Bill, with Amendments; to 
which the Lords desire the concurrence of this 
House. 

The Lords give leave to His Royal Highness the 
Duke of Cambridge 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 Military Organization, as desired by 
this House. 


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 Registrar 
of Friendly Societies in England. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into the Committee of Supp!y. 


(In the Committee.) 


1. Motion made, and Question put, That a Sum, 
not exceeding £. 17,000, be cantehte Her Majesty, 
for cleansing the Serpentine River, Hyde Park, in 
the year ending the 31st day of March 1860 ; 
The Committee divided. 
Tellers for the ¢Mr. Brand, 


1 
Yeas, Sir William Dunbar : J mm 
Tellers for the (Sir John Shelley, lie 
Noes, (Mr. Alcock: ‘Nampa 


2. Motion made, and Question put, That a Sum, 
not exceeding £. 12,000, be granted to Her Majesty, 
for the purpose of restoring, in the year ending the 
31st day of March 1860, the Crinan Canal, which 
was destroyed by the failure of one of the Embank- 
ments, caused by the tempestuous weather in January 
and February 1859 ; 

The Committee divided. 


Tellers for the f Mr. Brand, 1 87 
Yeas, {Sir William Dunbar : omg 
Tellers for the (Colonel French, 40 
Noes, Mr. Edwin James: : 
3. £. 135,000, for the Sub-Marine Cable between 
England and Gibraltar. 


4. £.10,000, for the Expenses of a Coinage of 
Copper mixed with other Metal. 

5. £.174,000, for Harbours of Refuge. 

6. £. 50,000, for Civil Contingencies. 

7. £. 462,850, for the Disembodied M ilitia. 

Resolutions to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Massey 
reported, That the Committee had come to several 
Resolutions. 

Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow, 
at Twelve of the clock. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Ways and Means ; 

Ordered, That so much of the Finance Accounts 
which were presented upon the 10th day of June 
last, as relates to the Disposition of Grants (Supply 
and Ways and Means), be referred to the Com- 
mittee. 

Then the House resolved itself into the Com- 
mittee, 

(In the Committee.) 


1. Resolved, That, towards making good the, 
Supply granted to Her Majesty, there be issued and 
applied to the Service of the year 1859, the Sum of | 
£.250,106. 9s., being the Surplus of Ways and 
Means granted for the Service of preceding years. 


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Von. 114. 





339 


2. Resolved, That, towards making good the Consolidated 
Supply granted to Her Majesty, the Sum of Fund. 
£. 11,924,362. 11s. be granted out of the Consoli- 
dated Fund of the United Kingdom of Great Britain 
and Ireland. 


Resolutions to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Massey 
reported, That the Committee had come to several 
Resolutions. 

Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow. 

Mr. Massey also acquainted the House, that he 
was directed to move, That the Committee may have 
leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, at 
Twelve of the clock, again resolve itself into the said 
Committee. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Coinage Bill. 
into a Committee on the Coinage Bill; and, after 
some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the 
Chair; and Mr. Massey reported, That the Com- 
mittee had gone through the Bill, and directed him 
to report the same, without Amendment. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
To-morrow, at Twelve of the clock. 


The Militia Laws Amendment Bill was, according yivitia Laws 
to Order, read a second time; and committed to a Amendment 
Committee of the whole House, for To-morrow. ill. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Stamp Duties 
into a Committee on the Stamp Duties Bill. Bill. 
(In the Committee.) 


CuauseE, N° 1, amended, and agreed to. 


Crause, N° 2, agreed to. 
Clause added. 


To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Massey 
reported, That the Committee had made Progress 
in the Bill; and that he was directed to move, That 
the Committee may have leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, again 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Government 
mittee on the Government of Jndia Act Amendment ° India Act 
Bill : — 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Dublin Police 
into a Committee on the Dublin Police Bill; and, Bil 
after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed 
the Chair; and Mr. Massey reported, That the 
Committee had gone through the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration To-morrow. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Probates and 
into a Committee on the Probates and Letters of Letters of Ad- 
Administration (Ireland) Bill; and, after some time (ireland) Bill 
spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; an 
Mr. Massey reported, That the Committee had gone 
through the Bill, and directed him to report the 
same, without Amendment. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
To-morrow, at Twelve of the clock. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take Police (Coun- 
into consideration the Police (Counties and Bo- ties and Bo- 
roughs) Law Amendment Bill, as amended in tie 7208s) Law 
Committee. 

A Clause (The Brighton Watchmen’s Superannu- 
ation Fund shall be transferred to the Brighton 
Police Superannuation Fund), was twice read; and 
made part of the Bill. 


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340 


Another Clause (Police Constables may be em- 
ployed within the precincts of the Court of Assize), 
was brought up, and read a first and second time, 
and amended ; and made part of the Bill. 

Another Clause (Chief Constable empowered to 
suspend Constables), was brought up, and read a 
first and second time, and amended ; and made part 


of the Bill. 

Another Clause (Moiety of penalty imposed upon 
summary conviction may be directed to be paid for 
the benefit of the Superannuation Fund), was brought 
up, and read a first and second time, and amended ; 
and made part of the Bill. 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Bill, in p. 4, |. 23, by inserting, after the word “ age,” 
the words “ if appointed subsequent to the passing of 
“ this Act, or under fifty years of age if appointed 
“ before the passing of this Act.” 

And the Question being put, ‘That those words 
be there inserted :-—It passed in the Negative. 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made 
to the Bill, in Clause 10, 1.38, by inserting, after 
the word “ office,” the words ‘ or has been dis- 
“ charged from the force by reason of any other 
“ cause than that of misconduct.” 

And the Question being put, That those words 
be there inserted :—It oaatiie the Negative. 

Then Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
To-morrow, at Twelve of the clock. 


continued to sit till after 
riday morning ; 


And the House — 
Twelve of the clock on 


Veneris, 5° die Augusti, 1859: 


The Orders of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittees on the Turnpike Trusts Arrangements Bill, 
and the Turnpike Acts Continuance 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. Massey re- 
ported, That the Committee had gone through the 
Turnpike Trusts Arrangements Bill, and directed 
him to report the same, without Amendment. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time this 
day, at Twelve of the clock. 

Mr. Massey also reported, That the Committee 
had gone through the Turnpike Acts Continuance 
Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration this day. 


Turnpike 
Trusts Ar- 
rangements 
Bill, and 
Turnpike Acts 
Continuance 
Bill. 


Turnpike 
Trusts Ar- 
rangements 
Bill. 


Turnpike Acts 
Continuance 


Bill. 


The Order of the day being read. for the Com- 
mittee on the Charitable and Provident Societies, 
&amp;e. Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resalve 
itself in'o the said Committee. 


Charitable 
and Provident 
Societies, &amp;c. 
Bill. 


a The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 

Divisions Bill mittee on the Sessional Divisions Bill ; 

(Lords. ] Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


Chief Superin. The Orders of the day being read, for the Com- 
tendent, China, ittees on the Chief Superintendent, China, Bill, 
~ de the North Western Territories (British America) 
Territories Bill, and, the Speaker of the Legislative Council 
(British == (Canada) Bill; 

find} ant Ordered, ‘that the said Bills be committed to the 
Speaker of the S8me Committee. 

—* Then the House resolved itself into the Com- 
(Canada) Bin Mittee ; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. 
[ Lords. } Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Massey re- 


Chief Super- ported, That the Committee had gone through the 
Chief Superintendent, China, Bill, and directed 
him to report the same, without Amendment. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time this 
day, att Twelve of the clock. 


intendent, 
China, Bill 
|Lords.] 


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A. 1859. Sess. II. 


Mr. Massey also reported, That the Committee North Wester, 
had gone through the North Western Territories Territories 
(British America) Bili. jm 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- [Zorde} 
mittee, be taken into consideration this day. 

Mr. Massey also reported, That the Committee Speaker of thy 
had gone through the Speaker of the Legislative ¢@ _ 
Council (Canada) Bill, and directed him to report (Canada) Ba 
the same, without Amendment. [Lords,] 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
this day, at Twelve of tie clock. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Divorce Court 
reading of the Divorce Court Bill; Bill (Lords) 
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 Jeaving 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 tou the Left. 
Tellers for the Mr. Brand, lis 
Yeas, Sir William Dunbar: aa 
Tellers for the ; Mr. Hennessy, \ 13 


Noes, \ Mr. MacEvoy : 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Ordered, That the Bill be now read a second 
time :—The Bill was accordingly read a second 
time; and committed to a Committee of the whole 
House, for this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Endowed 
mittee on the Endowed Schools Bill; Schools Bill. 

Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Tramways 
into a Committee on the Tramways (/reland) Bill ; (ieland) Bill 
and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker Bill 111. 
resumed the Chair; and Mr. Massey 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 this day three 
months. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Medical Acts 
mittee on the Medical Acts Amendment Bill; Amendment 

And a Motion bemg 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 

ut, That the Debate be now adjourned :—It passed 
in the Negative. 

And the Question being again proposed, That 
Mr. Speaker do now leave the Chair ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word “ That ” to 
the end of the Question, in order to add the words 
“this House will, upon this day three months, re- 
“solve itself into the said Committee,” instead 
thereof. 

And the Question being put, That the words 
proposed to be left out stand part of the Question : 
—It was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 
Chair:—The House accordingly resolved itself into 
the Committee. 


(In the Committee.) 


Preamble postponed. 

Cravsz, N® 1 (Licentiates in Surgery of any Uni- 
versity entitled to be registered under first recited Act, 
in like manner as Masters in Surgery). 


Amendments made. 
Motion 


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23 Vicrorix. 


Motion made, and Question put, That the Chair- 
man do report Progress ; 
The Committee divided. 


Tellers for the Yeas,! Mr. Crum Ewing, 
*\ Mr. Cowper : 


Tellers for the Noes,| Jum th nieside j 9. 


Another Amendment made. 
Clause, as amended, ayreed to. 
Cuause, N° 2, disagreed to. 


Crauses, N° 3 to N° 6, agreed to. 
Preamble amended, and agreed to. 


Bill, as amended, to be reported. 


} 19. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Massey 
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. 


settled Estates The Order of the day being read, for resuming 


Act (1856) 
Amendment 


Bill. 


Poor Law 
Boards ( Pa 


the adjourned Debate on the Question proposed 
upon the Ist day of this instant August, That the 
Settled Estates Act (1856) Amendment Bill be now 
read a second time ; : 

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 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. Whiteside, 

Yeas, Mr. Malins : 

Tellers for the Mr. Byng, 

Noes, (Sir John Shelley: 

So it passed in the Negative. 

And the Question being put, That the words 
“ upon this day three months” be added at the end 
of the Question:—It was resolved in the Affir- 
mative. 

Then the Main Question, so amended, being put ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon this day three months. 


\ 36. 


} 68. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Weights and Measures Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming 
the adjourned Debate on the Question proposed 
upon the 1st day of this instant August, That Mr. 
Speaker do now leave the Chair (for Committee on 
the Fireworks Act Amendment Bill); 

Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 
till this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 


matt Debt) ee on the Poor Law Boards (Payment of Debts) 
ill « 


(oe, 









Resolved, That this House will, this day, at Twelve 
of the clock, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring ina Bill to 
facilitate the Appointment of new Trustees to Public 
Charities: And that Mr. Hardcastle and Sir Morton 


Peto do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Billto 
facilitate the Erection of Cottages for Labourers by 
the Proprietors of Entailed Estates in Scotland : 
And that Mr. William Ewart, Mr. Dunlop and 
Mr. Black do prepare, and bring it in. 

‘Von. 114. 


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341 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to provide for the Establishment of a Reserve Force 
of Men who have been in Her Majesty’s Service : 
And that Mr. Secretary Srduey Herbert and the 
Judge Advocate do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to continue the Corrupt Practices Prevention Act 
(1854): And that Sir George Lewis and Mr. Clive 


do prepare, and bring it in. 


to amend and extend the Provisions of the Acts for 
the Inclosure, Exchange and Improvement of Land: 
And that Sir George Lewis and Mr. Clive do pre- 
pare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to continue certain temporary Provisions concerning 
Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction in England: And that 
Sir George Lewis and Mr. Clive do prepare, and 
bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to continue and amend the Act concerning the Ma- 
nagement of Episcopal and Capitular Estates in 
England: And that Sir George Lewis and Mr. Clive 
do prepare, and bring it in. 


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 ge George Lewis 
and Mr. Clive do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to authorize the Inclosure of certain Lands, in pur- 
suance of a Special Report of the Inclosure Com- 
missioners of England and Wales: And that Sir 
George Lewis and Mr. Clive do prepare, and bring 
it in. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the several Counties or Districts, or 
Baronies of Counties in Zredand, proclaimed under 
the Provisions of the Crime and Outrage Act, from 
the period of the passing of that Act in 1847 to its 
discontinuance in the Session of 1856; specifying 
the particular Crime or Ovtrage for which each 
particular County, District or Barony was so pro- 
claimed, the Date of each such Proclamation, and 
likewise of the withdrawal of such Proclamation : 
——And, similar Return respecting the Peace Pre- 
servation Act, passed in 1856, and to expire in 1860. 


Mr. Hardcastle presented a Bill to facilitate the 


And the same was read the first time ; and ordered 
to be read a second time upon this day month ; and 
to be printed. 


prietors of Entailed Estates in Scotland: And tlie 
same was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time upon this day month ; and to be 
printed. 


of Men who have been in Her Majesty’s Service : 
And the same was read the first time; and ordered 
to be read a second time this day; and to be 
printed. 


Corrupt Practices Prevention Act (1854) : 
same was read the first time; and orderea to be 
read a second time this day; and to be printed. 

Sir 





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Reserve Force. 


Corrupt 
Practices 
Prevention 
Act (1854) 
Continuance. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Inclosure Acts 


Amendment. - 


Ecclesiastical 
Jurisdiction 
Continuance. 


Episcopal 
and Capitular 
Estates Act 
Continuance. 


Stock in Trade 
Exemption. 


Inclosure. 


Crime and 
Outrage Act, 
&amp;c. (Ireland. ) 


Public Cha- 


Appointment of new Trustees to Public Charities : tities Bill. 


Bill 112. 


Mr. William Ewart presented a Bill to facilitate Cottages 
the Erection of Cottages for Labourers by the Pro- (Scotland) Bill. 


Bill 113. 


Mr. Secretary Sidney Herbert presented a Bill to Reserve Force 
provide for the Establishment of a Reserve Force Bil 


Bill 110. 


Sir George Lewis presented a Bill to continue the Corrupt 
And the Practices Pre- 
vention Act 
(1854) Con- 
tinuance Bill. 


Bill 114. 





342 


Inclosure Acts Sir George Lewis presented a Bill to amend and 


Amendment extend the Provisions of the Acts for the Inclosure, 
= Exchange and Improvement of Land: And the 
Bill 115. came was read the first time ; and ordered to be 
read a second time this day ; and to be printed. 
Stock in Trade Mr. Clive presented a Bill to continue the Act for 
Exemption the Exemption of Stock in Trade from Rating: 
— And the same was read the first time ; and ordered 
Bill 116. 19 be read a second time this day; and to be 
printed, 
Kecleeiastical Mr. Clive presented a Bill to continue certain 
Jurisdiction temporary Provisions concerning Ecclesiastical Ju- 
ee risdiction in England: And the same was read the 
Bill 117, first time; and ordered to be read a second time 
ill 11 ae vs ? " 
this day; and to be printed. 
Episcopal Mr. Clive presented a Bill to continue and amend 


and Capitular 


Katater Aut the Act concerning the Management of Episcopal 


Continuance and Capitular Estates in England: And the same 
Bill. was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
Bill 118. second time this day ; and to be printed. 
Inclosure Bill. Mr. Clive presented a Bill to authorize the In- 
Bill 119. closure of certain Lands, in pursuance of a Special 
Report of the Inclosure Commissioners of England 
and Wales: And the same was read the first time; 
and ordered to be read a second time this day ; and 
to be printed. 
Navy and Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
- — Detailed Accounts of the Receipts and Expenditure 
0. 145. 


for Navy and for Army Services, in the year ended 
the 31st day of March 1858. 

Mr. Laing accordingly presented the said Ac- 
counts. 

Ordered, That the said Accounts do lie upon 
the Table; and be printed. 
Church Rates. Ordered, That a Message be sent to the Lords, 
to request that their Lordships will be pleased to 
communicate to this House, a Copy of the Report 
from the Select Committee appointed by their Lord- 
ships on Church Rates, together with the Minutes 
of the Evidence taken before the said Committee : 
And that the Clerk do carry the said Message. 


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till Two of the clock on Friday morning, 
adjourned till this day. 








Veneris, 5° die Augusti ; 
Anno 23° Victorie Regine, 1859. 
PRAYERS. 


Farl of Kin- HE Earl of Kéntore’s Estate Bill was read the 

ae third time. 

iis 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. 

Bombay, The Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway 

Baroda and _ Company Bill was read the third time. 
RailwayCom. _ /vesolved, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
any Bill do pass. 

Lords } 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 
this House doth desire the concurrence of their 
Lordships. 

Newcastle- The House, according to Order, proceeded to 
mcer-Lyme take into, consideration the Mewcastle-under-Lyme 
Lanie Bil | Burgesses Lands Bill, as amended in the Com- 
[Lords.] mittee; and an Amendment was made to the Bill, 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


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A. 1859. Sess. II. 


Several Public Petitions were presented, and Public 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. Petitions, 
Vide Eleventh 
Report, 
The following Papers, pursuant to Orders, were Irremovable 
laid upon the Table by the Clerk of the House,— Poor, 
Minutes of the Evidence taken before the Select No. 146, 
Committee on Irremovable Poor in the last Session 
of Parliament. 
Minutes of the Evidence taken before the Select Limerick City 
Committee on the Limerick City Election Petition, "ction. 
Ordered, That the said Minutes of Evidence be No. 147. 


printed. 
Mr. Laing presented, — Return to an Order, Foreign Office 
dated the 2d day of this instant August, fora Return on ~ = 
relative to the Foreign Office and War Office. 
Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 


Table. 


Sir Charles Wood presented,—Return to an Ad- East India 
dress to Her Majesty, dated the 29th day of July (Ttavancore,) 
last, for a Return relative to East India ( Travan- 
core). 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the East India 
4th day of this instant August, for a Return relative (Civil Ser- 
to East India (Civil Service). — 

Ordered, That the said Returns do lie upon the 
Table. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Trinity Trinity House 


House Pilots (Port of London), which was pre- pk sg 
sented upon the 4th day of this instant August, be yy, sal 


printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Education Education 
Grants (Scotland), which was presented upon the heer iy (Scot 
ae ° and. ) 
4th day of this instant August, be printed. No. 149 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Fisheries Fisheries 
(Ireland), which was presented upon the 4th day (Ireland.) 
of this instant August, be printed. No. 150. 


Ordered, That the Account relative to the Trea- Treasury 
sury Chest, which was presented upon the 4th day Chest 
of this instant August, be printed. No, 161. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Land Reve- Land 
nues, which was presented upon the 4th day of this oa 
instant August, be printed. = 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the New New Foreign 
Foreign and Jndian Offices, which was presented he 
upon the 4th day of this instant August, bey) 


printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to East India East India 
(Debt, &amp;c.), which was presented upon the 4th day (Debt &amp;.) 
of this instant August, be printed. No, 154. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to Friendly _—— 
Societies, which was presented upon the 4th day of’ No. 155. 
this instant August, be printed. ‘ 


153. 


The Serjeant-at-Arms attending this House in- Kingston, 
formed the House, That he had taken Colonel Fulhe fection. 
Greville into his custody. 

Whereupon the Attorney General for Ireland (a 
Member of this House) stated, that he was autho- 
rized by Colonel Fulke Greville to express his 
sincere regret that he had put the House and the 
Parties to inconvenience by his absence; that he 
had been in Jreland attending to his duties as 
Colonel of his Regiment of Militia ; and that imme- 
diately on receiving notice of his appointment to 
serve upon the Kingston-upon-Hull Election Com- 
mittee, he had started for London; and that on 
arriving in Dublin, he had been taken into the 
custody of the Serjeant-at-Arms. 

Ordered, That Colonel Fulke Greville be dis- 
charged out of the custody of the Serjeant-at- 
Arms, attending this House, upon payment of his 





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ly 
ih ort, 
forning 
Sitting. | 
Carisbrook 
Castle. 


King’s College 
(Aberdeen. ) 


Embankment 
Wall, &amp;c. 
Windsor. 


Westminster 
New Bridge. 


Approaches 
to Westmin- 
ster New 
Bridge. 


Foreign Offiee. 


Statue of 
Richard Cour 
de Lion, 


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Works | : 
Buildings, 





93 Vicroriz. 


The Order of the day being read, for the swear- 
ing of the Kingston-upon-Hull Election Com- 
mittee ; 

The names of the five Members appointed to try 
and determine the matter of the Petition complain- 
ing of an undue Election and Return for the said 
Borough, 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 Eleven of the clock. 


Mr. Massey reported from the Committee of 
Supply, several Resolutions ; which were read, as 
follow : 

1. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 1,000, be granted 
to Her Majesty, for the Repair and Maintenance of 
Carisbrook Castle, in the year ending the 31st day 
of March 1860. 

2. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 6,000, be granted 
to Her Majesty, towards defraying the Expense of 
erecting improved Class Room Accommodation, 
New Library, and Professor's House at King’s 
College, Aberdeen, including Repairs upon the 
existing Buildings, in the year ending the 31st day 
of March 1860, 

8. That a Sum, not exceeding £.11,500, be 
granted to Her Majesiy, for completing, in the 
year ending the 31st day of March 1860, the Em- 
bankment Wall in Thames-street, for removing the 
dilapidated Hundred Steps, and forming a New 
Approach to the North Terrace, Windsor Castle, 
from Thames-street. 

4. That a Sum, not exceeding £.60,000, be 
granted to Her Majesty, towards defraying the Ex- 
pense of erecting a New Bridge at Westminster, in 
the year ending the 31st day of March 1860. 

.5. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 40,000, be 
granted to Her Majesty, towards defraying the 
Cost of the Formation of the Western Approaches 
to the New Bridge at Westminster, in the year end- 
ing the 31st day of March 1860. 

6. That a Sum, not exceeding £.100,000, be 
granted to Her Majesty, for the Purchase of a 
portion of the Site of the proposed Foreign Office, 
in the year ending the 31st day of March 1860. 

7. That a Sum, not exceeding £.30,000, be granted 
to Her Majesty, towards defraying the Expense of 
erecting a New Office for the Secretary of State 
for Fureign Affairs, in the year ending the 31st day 
of March 1860. 

8. That a Sum, not exceeding £.1,650, be granted 
to Her Majesty, for the erection of a Pedestal for 
Baron Marochetti’s Statue of Richard Ceur de 
Lion in Old Palace Yard, in the year ending the 
31st day of March 1860. 

9. That a Sum, not exceeding £.5,641, be granted 
to Her Majesty, to discharge Accounts of the 
Architect and Surveyor to the Commissioners of 
Her Majesty’s Works and Buildings for Profes- 
sional Services rendered by him from time to time 
in reference to undertakings contemplated by the 
Commissioners, bat not carried out, and for which 
no funds were provided. 

The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 


Mr. Massey reported from the Committee of 
Supply, several Resolutions; which were read, as 
follow : 

1. That aSum, not exceeding £. 17,000, be granted 
to Her Majesty, for cleansing the Serpentine River, 
Hyde Park, in the year ending the 31st day of 
March 1860. 

2. That a Sum, not exceeding £.12,000, be granted 
to Her Majesty, for the purpose of restoring, nm the 
year ending the 31st day of March 1860, the Crinan 
Canal, which was destroyed by the failure of one of 

Vou. 114. ; 


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343 


the Embankments, caused by the tempestuous wea- 
ther in January and February 1859. 

3. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 135,000, be Telegraphic 
nee to Her Majesty, towards defraying the psegy oe a 

xpense of constructing a Sub-Marine Cable for ana on 
Telegraphic Communication between England and raltar.) 
Gibraltar, in the year ending the 31st day of March 
1860. 

4, That a Sum, not exceeding £.10,000, be granted Coinage of 
to Her Majesty, to provide, in the year ending the Copper. 
Slst day of March 1860, for the Expenses of a 
Coinage of Copper mixed with other Metal, in sub- 
stitution of the existing Copper Coinage, including 
the Cost of the Metal. 

5. That a Sum, not exceeding £.174,000, be Harbours of 
granted to Her Majesty, towards defraying the Ex- Refuge. 
pense of constructing certain Harbours of Refuge, 
to the 31st day of March 1860. 

6. That a Sum, not exceeding £.50,000, be granted Civil Con- 
to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum necessary to tingencies. 
defray the Charge of Civil Contingencies, to the 
31st day of March 1860. 

7. That a Sum, not exceeding £. 462,850, be Disembodied 
granted to Her Majesty, towards defraying the Militia. 
Charge of the Disembodied Militia of Great Britain 
and freland, which will come in course of payment 
in the year ending the 31st day of March 1860. 

The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Militia Pay. 
to defray the Charge of the Pay, Clothing and 
Contingent and other Expenses of the Disembodied 
Militia in Great Britain and Ireland; to grant 
Allowances in certain cases to Subaltern Officers, 
Adjutants, Paymasters, Quartermasters, Surgeons, 
Assistant Surgeons and Surgeons’ Mates of the 
Militia; and to authorize the Employment of the 
Non-commssioned Officers: And that Mr. Massey, 
Mr. Secretary Sidney Herbert and the Judge Ad- 
vocate do prepare, and bring it in. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Reserve 
into a Committee on the Reserve Volunteer Force of V™nteer 


a F f 
Seamen Bill. rei Bill. 


(In the Committee.) 
Preamble postponed. 
Crausez, N° 1, agreed to. 
And it being ten minutes before Four of the 


clock, the Chairman left the Chair to report Pro- 
gress, 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Massey 
reported, That the Committee had made Progress 
in the Bill; and that he was directed to move, That 
the Committee may have leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, at Six 
of the clock, after the third Order of the day, again 
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 raising the Supply granted Stamp Duties, 
to Her Majesty, in lieu of the Stamp Duties con- 
tained in the Schedule to the Act passed in the 
fifty-fifth year of the reign of King George the 
Third, chapter one hundred and eighty-four,and now 
payable upon Probates of Wills and Letters of 
Administration in England and Ireland, and upon 
Inventories to be exhibited and recorded in any 
Commissary Court in Scotland, where the estate and 
effects for or in respect of which such Probate or 
Letters of Administration shall be granted, or where- 
of such Inventory shall be exhibited or recorded, 
shall be of the value of One million pounds or up- 

ZZ wards, 


$44 


wards, there shall be charged and paid the following 
Duties respectively (that is to say) : 

For every £. 100,000 of the whole value of such 
estate and effects, and any fractional part of 
£.100,000,— 

Where the deceased shall have left any will 
or testament, or testamentary disposition, of his 
personal or movable estate and effects, the 
Stamp Duty of £.1,500 ; 

And where the deceased shall vot have left 
any such will or testament, or testamentary 
disposition, the Stamp Duty of £.2,250. 


Resolution to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Massey 
reported, That the Committee had come to a Reso- 
lution. 

Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow. 


The Coinage 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. 


Coinage Bill. 


Probates and The Probates and Letters of Administration (Jre- 
Letters of 


~ land’ Bill was, according to Order, read the third 
Administra- |. 
tion (Ireland) time. 
Bill. Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Police 
(Counties and 
Boroughs) 
Law Amend- 
ment Bill. 


The Police (Counties and Boroughs) law Amend- 
ment 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. 


Turnpike 
Trusts Ar- 
Tangemeats 
Bill. 


The Turnpike Trusts Arrangements Bill was, ac- 
cording to Order, read the third time. 

Resolved, That tie Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That tlhe Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Chief Super- 
intendent, 
China, Bill 
[Lords.] 


The Chief Superintendent, China, Bill was, ac- 
cording to Order, read the third time. 

Resolved, Tivat 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 Speaker of the Legislative Council (Canada) 
Bill was, according to Order, read the third time. 

Resolved, Vhat 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. 


Speaker of the 
Legislative 
Council 
(Canada) Bill 
[ Lords. } 


Poor Law The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
Boards (Pay- into a Committee on the Poor Law Boards (Pay- 
ment of Debts) ‘ 2 

ment of Debts) Bill. 


Bill. 
(In the Committee.) 
Preamble postponed. 
To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Massey 
reporte:', That the Committee had made Progress 
in the Bill; and that he was directed to move, That 
the Committee may have leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, at Six 
of the clock, after the fourth Order of the day, again 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Mr. Masseyreported Earl Vane’s Estate Bill, with- 
out Amendment. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Mr. Massey reported Robdins’s Estate Bill, with 
Amendments. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


5° Auguste. 





A. 185¥. Sess. 11. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Army (Pe 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased * “: 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Continuation of the Correspondence which 
has been laid before Parliament between the Trea- 
sury and War Department, concerning an Increase 
of Pay of Officers in the Army, should such con- 
tinuance of Correspondence have taken 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 Northampton 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased Hospital 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Copies of Charges of [ll-usage and Cruelty 
towards Patients in the Northampton Hospital, 
brought under the notice of the Secretary of State, 
in June or July 1857, by Mr. John Perceval, in con- 
sequence of a Letter received by him from one 
Charles Verity; and also of the Evidence taken by 
the Commissioners in Lunacy on their inquiry into 
such Charges; together with their Report or Reports 
thereon. 

Ordered, That 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, Patent Office, 
Returns of the Names of Officers, Clerks and others 
employed by the Commissioners of Patents in the 
Patent Office, or the Kensington Museum, with the 
Fees, Salaries and Duties of each : Of the Num- 
ber and Description of the Periodical and other 
Publications issued by the Commissioners, and whe- 
ther sold or gratuitously distributed to Libraries : 
——Of the Number of Books and other Publica- 
tions in the Free Library at the Patent Office, Num- 
ber of Visitors thereto, and Size and Accommoda- 
tion of the Room provided :——And, of the Number 
of Models and Portraits exhibited at the Museum 
of the Commissioners of Patents, Kensington, and 
Number of Visitors. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming Election Com 
the adjourned Debate on the Question proposed Promises 
upon the 4th day of this instant August, That, in the 
opinion of this House, any Minister would be guilty 
of a breach of the Privileges of this House who 
should advise the Crown to confer the Office of 
Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds, or of the Manor 
of East Hendred, or of the Manor of Northstead, 
or of the Manor of Hempholme, or of Escheator of 
Munster, upon any person charged with corrupt 
practices at an Election, and who, for the purpose 
of evading the jurisdiction of this House, has en- 
tered into an agreement to vacate his Seat upon the 
withdrawal of the Petition charging him with such 
corrupt practices ; 

And the Question being again proposed :—The 
House resumed the said adjourned Debate. 

And the Order of the day being read, for the 
attendance of Dr. Michell in his place this day; __ 

And Dr. Michell attending accordingly in his 
place, was heard concerning the withdrawal of the 
Bodmin Election Petition, and the understanding 
between himself and the Parties to such Petition in 
relation thereto :—-And then he withdrew. 

And tlie Question being put ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right ; 

The Noes to the Left. 

Tellers for thef Mr. Roebuck, 

Yeas, Mr. Griffith : 

Tellers for the { Mr. Brand, 

Noes, Sir William Dunbar : 

So it passed in the Negative. 








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98 VicroriZ. 





Ways and Mr. Massey reported from the Committee of Ways 
Means. and Means, several Resolutions; which were read, 
as follow : 
gurplus of 1. That, towards making good the Supplv granted 
Waysand = to. Her Majesty, there be issued and applied to the 
Mess. Service of the year 1859, the Sum of £. 250,106. 9s., 
being the Surplus of Ways and Means granted for 
the Service of preceding years. 
Consolidated 2. That, towards making good the Supply granted 
Fund. to Her Majestv, the Sum of £.11,924,362. 11s. be 
granted out of the Consolidated Fund of the United 
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. 
And a Motion being made, and Question pro- 
posed, That the said Resolutions be now read a 
second time; 
An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from ithe word “ That” to 
the end of the Question, in order to add the words 
Industrial  “ the Treasury be requested to interfere between the 
(Gotan) “ Board of Education and the Office of Works, in 


“order that a proper building may be at length 
“ erected for the Industrial Museum of Scotland, on 
“ the site which was procured about five years ago,” 
instead thereof. 

And the Question being proposed, That the words 
proposed to be left out stand part of the Question : 
—The said proposed Amendment was, with leave of 
the House, withdrawn. 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made to 
the Question, by leaving out from the word “ That” 
to the end of the Question, in order to add the words 
Army (India. ) “ under present circumstances, it is not necessary 
“ or expedient to carry into effect the recent Order 
“for despatching 6,700 men to Jndia, from the 
“ depots of Regiments serving in India,” instead 
thereof. 

And the Question being put, That the words 
proposed to be left out stand part of the Question: 
—It was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Ordered, That the said Resolutions be now read 
a second time :—The said Resolutions were accord- 
ingly read a second time; and agreed to. 


Consolidated Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 

Fund (Appro- 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-nine, 
and to appropriate the Supplies granted in this Ses- 
sion of Parliament: And that Mr. Massey, Mr. 
Chancellor of the Exchequer and Mr. Lainy do 
prepare, and bring it in. 

Message from Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That a 

the Lords. = Message had been brought from the Lords, by one 

= of their Clerks, as followeth: 

oad sepia The Lords have agreed to the Militia Ballots 

Bill, Suspension Bill, without any Amendment. 

Court of The Lords have agreed to the Court of Probate, 

Probate, &amp;c. 


(Acquisition &amp;e. (Acquisition of Site) (No. 2) Bill, without any 
att) (No.2) Amendment. 


Local Govern. The Lords have agreed to the Local Government 
ak Supplemental Bill, without any Amendment. 

—_ ' The Lords have agreed to the Colonial Legisla- 
ae tures’ Power of Repeal Bill, without any Amend- 
Repeal Bill. ment. 

Marbuds The Lords have agreed to the Barbuda Govern- 
RL’ = ment Bill, without any Amendment. 

ene The Lords have agreed to the Eastbourne Water 


Bill, without any Amendment. 


ninth Eastern The Lords have agreed to the North Eastern 
Yate Railway (Harrogate Branches) Bill, without any 
) Bin, Amendment. 


nt ork. The Lords have agreed to the South Yorkshire 


and River D2, Railway and River Dun Company Bill, without any 
y Bill, Amendment. 
Vou. 114, 





5° Auguste. 





345 


The Lords have agreed to the Amendment made Vexatious 
by this House to the Vexatious Indictments Bill, ep prem 

: [Lords. ] 
without any Amendment. 

The Lords have agreed to the Dwellings for Dwellings for 
Labouring Classes (JZreland) Bill, with Amendments ; —— 
to which the Lords desire the concurrence of this Ireland} Bill. 
House. 

The Lords have agreed to the Railway Companies Railway 
Arbitration Bill, with Amendments; to which the Companies 


Lords desire the concurrence of this House. — 


The Lords have agreed to the Epping Railways Epping Rail- 
Bill, with Amendments ; to which the Lords desire ¥*Y® Bill. 
the concurrence of this House. 

The Lords have agreed to the Lancashire and Lancashire 
Yorkshire and East Lancashire Railway Companies "4 Yorkshire 
Bill, with Amendments; to which the Lords desire one Se 


, Lancashire 
the concurrence of this House. Railway Com- 


panies Bill. 
The Lords have agreed to the Leeds, Bradford Leeds, Brad- 
and Halifax Junction Railway Bill, with Amend- rd and 
. ‘ vs Halifax Junc- 
ments ; to which the Lords desire the concurrence tion Railway 


of this House. Bill. 


The Lords have agreed to the Tendring Hundred Tendring 
Railway Bill, with Amendments; to which the Lords Hundred Rail- 
desire the concurren:e of this House. — 

The Lords have agreed to the Victoria Station Victoria 
and Pimlico Railway Bill, with Amendments ; to Station and 


which the Lords desire the concurrence of this Pimlico Reil- 
way Bill. 
House. 


The Lords have agreed to the South Staffordshire South Staf- 
Railway Bill, with an Amendment; tv which the frdshire 
Lords desire the concurrence of this House. seaatanaasicete 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Marriages 
to remove doubts as to the Validity of certain (Lisbon) Bill 
Marriages of British Subjects at Lisbon ; to which 
the Lords desire the concurrence of this House. 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Charitable 
further to continue the Exemption of certain Chari- Trusts Acts 
ties from the Operation of the Charitable Trusts pega 
Acts; to which the Lords desire the concurrence of 
this House. 

The Lords give leave to the Lord Lianover to Packet and 
attend, in order to his being examined as a Witness Telegraphic 
before the Select Committee appointed by this C™Tct® 
House in the present Session of Parliament on 
Packet and Telegraphic Contracts, as desired by 
this House. 


The East Jndia Loan Bill was, according to Order, East India 
read a second time ; and committed to a Committee Loan Bill. 
of the whole House, for Monday next. 


The House, »ccording to Order, resolved itself Reserve 
into a Committee ur the Reserve Volunteer Force Yolunteer 

a ; Force of 
of Seamen Bill. 


Seamen Bill. 
(in the Cornmittee.) 


CuauseE, N° 2 (Term of service). 

Amendment proposed, in p. 2, lines 5 and 6: To 
leave out the words “ of every fifth year.” 

Question, That the words proposed to be left out 
stand part of the C!lause——put, and agreed to. 

Clause agreed to. 

Crauses, N° 3 to N° 28, with Amendments to 
several of them, agreed to. 

Preamble agreed to. 

Bill, as amended, to be reported. 








Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Massey 
reported, That the Committee had gone through 
the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration To-morrow. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Poor Law 
into a Committee on the Poor Law Boards (Pay- ed (Fey. 
ment of Debts) Bill. he bts) 


ZZ 2 (In 


Superannua.- 
tion Act 
Amendment 
Bill. 


Charitable 
and Provident 
Societies, &amp;c. 
Bill. 


University 
avd College 
Estates Act 
(1858), &amp;e. 
Amendment 
Bill. 


Militia Laws 
Amendment 
Bill. 


Stamp Duties 
Bill. 


Government 
of India Act 
Amendment 
Bill. 


Dublin Police 
Bill. 


346 


(In the Committee.) 


Crauses, N° 1 to N° 3, amended, and agreed to. 

Crauses, N° 4 and N° 5, agreed to. 

Cravuse, N° 6 (No call ur order to be invali- 
dated). 

Amendment proposed, in p. 3, 1. 38: To leave 
out from the word “aforesaid” to the end of the 


Clause. 
Question proposed, That the words ‘ Provided 
“always, that when the Fund” stand part of the 


Clause. 
Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 


Clause agreed to. 

Crause, N° 7, 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 Saturday morning ; 


Sabbati, 6° die Augusti, 1859: 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Massey 
reported, That the Committee had gone through 
the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Superannuation Act Amendment 
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 Charitable and Provident 
Societies, &amp;c. Bill; and, after some time spent 
therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. 
Massey reported, That the Committee had gone 
through the Bill, and directed him to report the 
saine, without Amendment. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time this 


day. 


The University and College Estates Act (1858), 
&amp;c. Amendment Bill was, according to Order, read 
a second time; and committed to a Committee of 
the whole House, for this day fortnight. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on the Militia Laws Amendment 
Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. 
Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Massey re- 
ported, That the Committee had gone through the 
Bill, and directed him to report the same, without 
Amendment. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Stamp Duties Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on the Government of Jndia Act 
Amendment Bill; and, after some time spent 
therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. 
Massey reported, That the Committee had gone 
through the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration this day. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to 
take into consideration the Dublin Police Bill, as 
amended in the Committee. 

* Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
this day. 


5°— August. 





A. 1859. Sess: TI: 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to Turnpike 
take into consideration rhs Turnpike Acts Con- Continua 
tinuance 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 Reserve Force Bill was, according to Order, Reserve Fore 
read a second time ; and committed to a Committee Bill. 
of the whole House, for this day. 


The Corrupt Practices Prevention Act (1854) Corrupt 
Continuance Bill was, according to Order, read a 
second time; and committed to a Committee of the 
whole House, for this day. 


Practices Pre. 
vention Act 
(1854) Con. 
tinuance Bill, 


The Inclosure Acts Amendment Bill was, ac- Inclosure Acts 
cording to Order, read a second time; and com- Amendment 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for this 
day. 


The Stock in Trade Exemption Bill was, ac- Stock in Trade 
cording to Order, read a second time; and com- Enamupticn 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for this” * 
day. 


The Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction Continuance Bill Eeclesiastical 
was, according to Order, read a second time ; and Jurisdiction 
committed to a Committee of the whole House, for oe 
this day. 


The Episcopal and Capitular Estates Act Con- Episcopal and 
tinuance Bill was, according to Order, read a second V*pitular 
: 3 : Estates Act 
time; and committed to a Committee of the whole Continuance 
House, for this day. Bill. 


The Inclosure Bill was, according to Order, read Inclosure Bill 
a second time; and committed to a Committee of 
the whole House, for this day. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Sessional _ 
into a Committee on the Sessional Divisions Bill; (Lorde Bill 
and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker re- 
sumed the Chair; and Mr. Massey reported, That 
the Committee had gone through the Bill, and 
directed hin 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 North Western 
take into consideration the North Western Terri- —— 
tories (British America) Bill, as amended in the America) Bill 
Committee. [ Lords. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
this day. 


Divorce Court 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
Bill (Lords.] 


mittee on the Divorce Court Bill; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Sale of Gas 


The Order of the day being read, for the second oot toa) 


reading of the Sale of Gas Bill; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That the Bill be now read a second 
time ; 

An Ameudment 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 Questicn 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 Monday next. “i 

e 












Acta, I syyol The House, according to Order, proceeded to 
©... BR popetty and take into consideration the Law of Property and 
Trostees re Trustees Relief Amendment Bill; as amended in the 
ie Committee. 
(Lords) A Clause (As to investments by Trustees), was 
Bill 120. twice read; and made part of the Bill. 
Another Clause (As to liability of executor or 
ree administrator in respect of rents, covenants or 
agreements in conveyances on rents-charge), 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. 
t 
jtomeysand The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
il golicitors Bill mittee on the Attorneys and Solicitors Bill; 
(Lorde J Resclved, That this House will, upon Mondty 
et next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 
| 
Yelical Acts The House, according to Order, proceeded to 
Amendment take into consideration the Medical Acts Amend- 
ment Bill, as amended in the Committee; and 
ade Amendments were made to the Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
this day. 
Weightsand The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
Mesures Bill. into a Committee on the Weights and Measures Bill ; 
. and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker 
, resumed the Chair; and Mr. Massey reported, That 
the Committee had gone through the Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
A mittee, be taken into consideration this day. 
y 


Fireworks Act The Order of the day being read, for resuming 
; =e the adjourned Debate on the Question proposed upon 
the 1st day of this instant August, That Mr. 
Speaker do now leave the Chair (for Committee on 
IL the Fireworks Act Amendment Bill) ; 

And. the Question being again proposed :—The 
House resume the said adjourned Debate. 

And the Question being put :—It was resolved in 
the Affirmative :—The House accordingly resolved 

1 itself into the Committee. 
(In the Committee.) 

Preamble postponed. 

Cuause, N° 1 (Fireworks manufactured or kept 
for sale within one hundred yards of any other 
house, &amp;c. may be seized and destroyed). 

Amendment proposed, in p. 1, 1. 15: To leave out 
the words “ or kept for sale ;” 

Whereupon Motion made, and Question put, 

a That the Chairman do report Progress ; 
The Committee divided. 
me 
Tellers for the Yeas,{ Mr para : \ 35. 


Tellers for the N oes, | Mr. a \ 11. 


é 


To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Massey 
reported, ‘hat the Committee had made Progress in 
the Bill; and that he was directed to move, That 
the Committee may have leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, again resolve itself into the said Committee. 


da, Foreign Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the Cost of the Designs, Models, Plans 
and Working Drawings for a New Foreign Office, 
by Mr. G. G. Scott, now exhibited in the Library 
of the House, and of obtaining Builders’ Estimates, 
and all other matters therewith connected. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
repeal the thirty-first section of the Act of the 
sixteenth and seventeenth years of Victoria, chapter 
ninety-five, and to alter the Limit of the Number of 
European Troops to be maintained for local Service 
in India: And that Sir Charles Wood and Mr. 
Baring do prepare, and bring it in. 

Vou, 114. 


Hy 








93 Vicroriz. 5°—6° Augusti. 347 


| Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Delta of the 
Copies or Extracts of Captain Spratt’s Reports on Nile, &amp;. 
the subject of the Deposits of the Delta of the 

Nile, and on the true Position of Péelusium and 

Farama, 


The Charitable Trusts Acts Continuance Bill was Charitable 
read the first time ; and ordered to be read a second 2rasts Acts 


time upon Tuesday next; and to be printed. Bill [Lords } 


Bill 121. 


Mr. Secretary Sidney Herbert presented a Bill Militia Pay 
to defray the Charge of the Pay, Clothing, and Bill 
Contingent and other Expenses of the Disembodied 
Militia in Great Britain and Ireland; to grant 
Allowances in certain cases to Subaltern Officers, 
Adjutants, Paymasters, Quartermasters, Surgeons, 
Assistant Surgeons, and Surgeons’ 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. 


Sir Charles Wood presented a Bill to repeal tie European 
thirty-first section of the Act of the sixteenth Troops (India) 
and seventeenth years of Victoria, chapter ninety- Bi 
five, and to alter the Limit of the Number of European Bill 122. 
Troops to be maintained for local Service in India: 

And the same was read the first time ; and ordered 
to be read a second time this day; and to be 
printed. 


Mr. Laing presented a Bill to apply a Sum out of Consolidated 
the Consolidated Fund, and the Surplus of Ways Fund ( Appro- 
and Means, to the Service of the year One thousand Priation) Bill. 
eight hundred and filty-nine ; and to appropriate the 
Supplies granted in this Session of Parliament: 

And the same was read the first time ; and ordered 
to be read a second time this day. 


Ordered, That the Amendments made by the Dwellings for 
Lords to the Dwellings for Labouring Classes (Jre- Labouring 
land) Bill be taken into consideration upon Monday a 


next. 


Ordered, That the Amendments made by the Railway 
Lords to the Railway Companies Arbitration Bill be Companies 


taken into consideration upon Monday next. | aay 


The Marriages (Zisbon) Bill was read the first Marriages 
time; and ordered to be read a second time upon (Lisbon) Bill 


~ yin “ ream rel | Lords. } 
Monday next; and to be printe Bill 123. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee on Lunatics Lunatics. 
have Power to report their Observations thereupon No, 156. 
to the House, together with the Minutes of the 
Evidence taken before them. 

Mr. Walpole reported from the said Committee ; 

That they had considered the matters to them 
referred, and directed him to make a Report thereof 
to the House, together with the Minutes of the 
Evidence taken before them, and an Appendix. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Mr. Secretary Sidney Herbert presented,—Keturn Army. 
to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 5th day of 
July last, fur Returns showing the Number of Officers 
who, having entered the Army since the 1st day of 
January 1841, were, on the ist day of January 1859, 
holding the substantive rank of Lieutenant Colovel 
in Her Majesty’s Regiments of Foot Guards, &amp;c. 
Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the Army. 
5th day of July last, for a Return showing the 
Number of Officers who, having entered the Army 
since the Ist day of January 1841, were, on the Ist 
of January 1859, holding the position of Acting 
Major in Her Majesty’s Regiments of Guards, &amp;c. 
Ordered, That the said Returns do lie upon the 
Table. 





zz3 Mr. 





Earl Vane’s 
Estate Bill 
[ Lords. | 


Newcastle- 
under- Lyme 
Burgesses 
Lands Bill 

| Lords.) 


348 


Mr. Milner Gibson presented, by Her Majesty’s 
Command,—Return of the Number and Nature of 
the Accidents and the Injuries to Life and Limb 
which have occurred on all the Railways open for 
Traffic in England and Wales, Scotland and Ireland 
respectively, from the 1st January to the 30th June 
1859. 

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 31st December 1858, distinguished | 


in different Classes, and the Receipts from each 


5°—6° Augusti. 


A, 1859. Sess. II. 


Receipts from Depositors ; the Annual Number of 
Payments ; the Average Amount of Receipts; the 
Average Amount of Payments; the Number and 
Amount of Annuities granted ; the Annual Expenses 
of Management, inclusive of all Payments and 
Salaries, for the years ended the 20th day of No-' 
vember 1857 and the 20th day of November 1858; 
also the year in which Business commenced in each 
Bank, and the Name o! the Day or Days, and the 
Number of Hours in the Week, on which the Banks 
_are open for the Deposit and Withdrawal of Monies 
| (in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 55, of 





Class of Passengers and from Goods, &amp;c.; the | Session 1857-58). 


Agoregate Number of Miles travelled by each Class | 
| Table. 


of Passengers ; the Number of Passenger 'l'rains and 
of Goods Trains respectively ; the Number of Miles 


travelled by such Trains, and the Length of Rail- | 


way open at the Commencement and at the Ter- | 


mination of the half-year; compiled from Returns 
made in pursuance of the Provisions of the Act 
3 &amp; 4 Vic. c. 97; together with a Summary com- 
paring the Traffic with that in the corresponding 
period in 1857. 

Mr. Milner Gibson also presented,—Return to an 
Order, dated the 1st day of July last, for Returns 
relative to Persons employed on Railways. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table. 


And then the House, having continued to sit till 
a quarter of an hour after Two of the clock 
on Saturday morning, adjourned till this day. 





Sabbati, 6° die Augusti : 
Anno 23° Victoria Regine, 1859. 


PRAYERS. 
kK RL Vane’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. 


Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Foreign Foreign Ofig 
| Office and War Otlice, which was presented upon and War 
| the 5th day of this instant August, be printed. Mice, 

| 


| 


| of this instant August, be printed. 


| Ordered, That the Return relative to East India East India 
(Civil Service), which was presented upon the 5th (Civil Service) 


day of this instant August, be printed. 


| Ordered, That the Return of Officers who, having Army. 
entered the Army since 184], were, on Ist January No, 160, 


1859, Acting Majors, &amp;c., which was presented upon 
‘the 5th day of this instant August, be printed. 


1859, Lieutenant Colonels, &amp;c., which was presented 
‘upon the 5th day of this instant August, be printed. 


| 


the 5th day of this instant August, be printed. 

The Consolidated Fund (Appropriation) Bill was, 
according to Order, read a second time; and com- 
'mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for 
| Monday next. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to East India Bast India 
( Travancore}, which was presented upon the 5th day (Travancore) 


Ordered, That the Return of Officers who, having Army. 
entered the Army since 1841, were, on 1st January No, 161, 


| Ordered, That the Return relative to Persons Railways. 
employed on Railways, which was presented upon No. 162, 


Consolidated 
Fund (Appro- 
priation) Bill. 


Mr. Massey reported from the Committee of Ways he and 
eans. 


} 
Moti sing made, T New -under- ; . 
A Motion being made, That the Newcastle-under- | . 4 Means, a Resolution ; which was read, as fol- 


Lyme Burgesses Lands Bill be now read the third | 


. loweth: 
time ; | 
| 


That, towards raising the Supply granted to Her Stamp Duties. 


Mr. Mi/ner Gibson, by Her Majesty’s Command, } 


acquainted the House, That Her Majesty, having 
been informed of the purport of the Bill, gives Her 
Consent, as far as Her Majesty’s interest is con- 
cerned, that the House may do therein as they shall 
think fit. 

Then the Bill was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill, 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 
this House doth desire the concurrence of their | 


° | 
Lordships. 
! 


Mr. Laing presente!,— Return to an Order, dated | 


| Majesty, in lieu of the Stamp Duties coutained in 
the Schedule to the Act passed in the fifty-fifth 
| year of the reign of King George the Third, chapter 
one hundred and eighty-four, and now payable upon 
_Probates of Wills and Letters of Administration in 
| England and Ireland, and upon Inventories to be 


exhibited and recorded in any Commissary Court in 
| Scotland, where the estate and effects for or in re- 
| spect of which such Probate or Letters of Adminis- 
| tration shall be granted, or whereof such Inventory 
shali be exhibited or recorded, shall be of the value 
of One million pounds or upwards, there shall be 
charged and paid the following Duties respectively 
(that is to say): 

For every £.100,000 of the whole value of such 


the 15th day of April, in the last Session of Parlia- | eye -_ effects, and any fractional part of 
. , &gt; 


ment, for Returns from each Savings Bank in Eng- | : 
land and Wales, Scotland and Ireland, containing, | Where the deceased shall have left any will 


in columns, the Names of the Officers, their respec- | or testament, or testamentary disposition, of his 
tive Salaries and other Allowances, if any; the | personal or movable estate and effects, the Stamp 
Amount of Security each gives; the Number of Duty of £.1,500 ; eee 
Accounts remaining open ; the Total Amount owing And where the deceased sha a 

to Depositors ; the Total Amount invested with the any such will or testament, or testamentary 
Commissioners for the Reduction of the National disposition, the Stamp Duty of ernie, : 

Debt ; the Rate of Interest paid to Depositors on The said Resolution, being read a second time, 

the various Amounts of Deposit, and the Average | ¥@8 agreed to. 

Rate of Interest on all Accounts ; and the Total} ‘ty. House, according to Order, resolved itself Stamp Duties 
Amount of the separate Surplus Fund, on the 20th Fe B 


day of November 1857, and on the 20th day of sree ctf: na bu ree at Bill 125. 
November 1858, respectively ; the Rate per centum (In the Committee.) 

per annum on the Capital of the Bank for the Ex-| Resolution reported this day from the Committee 

penses of Management; the Annual Number of | of Ways and Means, read. we 











61, 


32, 


ted 
)pTO- 
Bill. 


ities. 








93 Vicronia. 
Clause added. 


Preamble amended, and agreed to. 
Title amended. 


Bill, as amended, to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Massey 
reported, That the Committee had gone through the 
Bill, and amended the Title, as followeth : 

A Bill to alter the Stamp Duties payable upon 
Probates of Wills and Letters of Administration, to 
repeal the Stamp Duties on Licenses to exercise the 
Faculty of Physic, and to amend the Laws relating 
to Hawkers and Pedlars. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration upon Monday 
next; and be printed. 


Charitable The Charitable and Provident Societies, &amp;c. Bill 
wl Provitent was, according to Order, read the third time. 
pacts “Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 
MilitiaLaws The Militia Laws Amendment Bill was, according 
Amendment to Order, read the third time. 
= Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 
Militia Pay The Militia Pay Bill was, according to Order, read 
Bil. a second time; and committed to a Committee of 
the whole House, for Monday next. 
Reserve The House, according to Order, proceeded to take 
oe, into consideration the Reserve Volunteer Force of 
Samen Bill. Seamen Bill, as amended in the Committee; and 
Bill 124, Amendments were mude to the Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Monday next; and be printed. 
Government © The House, according to Order, proceeded to take 
a into consideration the Government of Jndia Act 
Bill, Amendment Bill, as amended in the Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon 
Monday next. 
ee The Dublin Police 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. 
Tumpike Acts The Turnpike Acts Continuance Bill was, accord- 
tinuance ing to Order, read the third time. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 
-~ plea The Orders of the day being read, for the Com- 
ice Hep. Mittees on the Reserve Force Bill, the Corrupt Prac- 
vention Act tices Prevention Act (1854) Continuance Bill, the 
— Inclosure Acts Amendment Bill, the Stock in Trade 
~ col Exemption Bill, the Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction Con- 
Amendment tinuance Bill, the Episcopal and Capitular Estates 
Le Act Continuance Bill, and the Inclosure Bill ; 


Exemption Bill, Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction Con- 


Bill, 


Episcopal and Capitular Estates 


Continuance Bill, and Inclosure Bill. 


St 


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. Massey re- 
ported, That the Committee had gone through the 
Reserve Force Bill, and directed him to report the 
same, without Amendment. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon 
Monday next. 

Vou. 114. 


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349 


Mr. Massey also reported, Tliat the Committee Corrupt 
had gone through the ete Practices Prevention re 
Act (1854) Continuance Bill. (1854) Con- 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- tinuance Bill. 
mittee, be taken into consi eration upon Monday 
next. 

Mr. Massey also reported, That the Committee Inclosure Acts » 
had gone through the Inclosure Acts Amendment firquue” 
Bill, the Stock in Trade Exemption Bill, the Eccle- in Trade Ex- 
siastical Jurisdiction Continuance Bill, the Episco- emption Bill, 
pal and Capitular Estates Act Continuance Bill, oo 
and the Inclosure Bill, and directed him to report Continuance 
the same, without Amendment. Bill, Episcopal 

Ordered, That the Bills be read the third time pare 


upon Monday next. Continuance 
Bill, and 
Inclosure Bill. 
The European Troops (Jndia) Bill was, accord- European 
ing to Order, read a second time; and committed 1708 (India) 
to « Committee of the whole House, for Monday 
next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third Sessional _ 
reading of the Sessional Divisions Bill ; Loria] Bill. 

Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a 
Committee of the whole House. 

Resolved, That this House will immediately re- 
solve itself into the said Committee :—The House 
accordingly resolved itself into the Committee; and, 
after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed 
the Chair; and Mr. Massey reported, That the Com- 
mittee had gone through the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be now taken into consideration :—The 
House accordingly proceeded to take the Bill into 
consideration. 

Ordered, That the Bill be now read the third time: 
—The Bill was accordingly read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill, with the Amendment, do 

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 
this House doth desire the cuncurreuce of their 
Lordships. 


The North Western Territories (British America) North Western 
Bill was, according to Order, read the third time. Fer a 
Resolved, That the Bill, with the Amendment, America) Bill 
do pass. [Lords.} 
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 
this House doth desire the concurrence of their 


Lordships. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to Poor Law 
take into consideration the Poor Law Boards (Pay- Boards (Pay- 
ment of Debts) Bill, as amended in the Committee ; Bi, *) 
and an Amendment was made to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 


upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third Medical Acts 
reading of the Medical Acts Amendment Bill ; Amendment 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Monday next. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to Weights and 
take into consideration the Weights and Measures Measures Bill. 
Bill, as amended in the Committee. 

A Clause (Not to abridge the power of the Leet 
surys &amp;c.), was twice read; and made part of the 

ill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 


upon Monday next. 
" “ ZZ4 Ordered, 





Cambridge 
University 
Commission 
Continuance 
Bill. 


Preston 
Election. 


Hudderstield 
Election. 


Minutes 
ordered. 


Royal Assent. 


350 


Ordered, That the Amendment mace by the Lords 
to the Cambridge University Commission Continu- 
ance Bill be taken into consideration upon Monday 
next. 


And then the House adjourned till Monday 


next. 


6°—8" Augusti. 








Luna, 8° die August ; 
Anno 23° Victoria Regine, 1859. 


PRAYERS. 
( RDERED, That the Select Committee on the 
Preston Election Petition have leave to sit this 
day till Five of the clock, during the sitting of the 
House. 


Colonel Herbert, from the Select Committee ap- 
pointed to try and determine the matter of the 
Petition of Thomas Pearson Crossland and John 
Haigh, complaining of an undue Election and Re- 
turn for the Borough of Huddersfield, nformed the 
House, That the Committee had determined, 

That Edward Aldum Leatham, Esquire, is duly 
elected a Burgess to serve in this present Parliament 
for the Borough of Huddersfield. 

Aud the said Determination was ordered to be 
entered in the Journals of this House. 

Colonel Herbert, from the said Select Committee, 
further informed the House, That the Committee had 
agreed to the following Resolutions : 

That it was proved to the Committee, that George 
Moxon «nd John Chapman were bribed to vote for 
the said Edward Aldam Leatham, by Jabez Wells, 
by the promise of the payment of 107. more than 
their value, for pigs. 

That Joe Crossley, a publican, was bribed to vote 
for the said Edward Aldam Leatham, by Edward 
Firth, by the promise of 5/., under the pretence of 
engaging a non-elector’s committee-room in his 
house, in which it was proved that none of the 
legitimate business of the Election was carried on. 

That Godfrey Hudson, a publican, was bribed to 
vote for the said Edward Aldam Leatham, by having 
part of his house engaged, under the same pretence, 
by Jabez Wells. 

That Henry Partridge, « publican, was bribed to 
vote for the said Edward Aldam Leatham, by having 
part of his house engaged, under the same pretence, 
by John Wilson. 

That Joseph Ibberson, a publican, was bribed to 
vote for the said Edward Aldam Leatham, by having 
part of bis house engaged, under the same pretence, 
by Jabez Wells. 

That Aquila Priestley, a publican, was bribed to 
vote for the said Edward Aldum Leatham, by the 
gift of halt a barrel of beer, by Joseph Cliffe. 

That there was no evidence to show that the 
aforesaid acts of bribery were committed with the 
knowledge and consent of the said Edward Aldam 
Leatham, or his Agents. 

That the Committee have altered the Poll taken 
at the last Election for the Borough of Huddersfield, 
by striking off the names of George Moxon, John 
Chapman, Joe Crossley, Godfrey Hudson, Henry 
Partridge, Joseph Ibberson and Aquila Priestley, for 
the reasons aforesaid. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 

Ordered, That the Minutes of the Evidence taken 
before the Committee be laid before this House. 


A Message was delivered by Sir Augustus Clifford, 

Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod: 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords, authorized by virtue of Her Majesty’s 
Commission, for declaring Her Royal Assent to 
several Acts agreed upon by both Houses, desire 
the immediate attendance of this Honourable House 





A. 1859. Sess. If. 


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 enable Serjeants, Barristers-at-Law, Admiral 
Attorneys and Solicitors to practise in the High Court 
Court of Admiralty : 

An Act to amend an Act of the seventeenth and Jury Trial 
eighteenth years of Her Majesty, for allowing Ver- (Scotland) Ag 
dicts on Trials by Jury in Civil Causes in Scotland ,menémeat 
to be received, although the Jury may not be una- 
nimous : 

An Act to remove Doubts as to the Qualification Diplomatic 
of Persons holding Diplomatic Pensions to sit in Pensions Bill 
Parliament : 

An Act to amend the Act for the better Adminis- Criminal Ju. 


tration of Criminal Justice in Middlesex : tice, Middlesex 
( Assistant 


Judge) Bill, 
An Act to amend an Act of the thirty-ninth and Pawnbrokers 
fortieth years of King George the Third, for better Bill 
regulating the Business of Pawnbrokers : 
An Act to amend the Act of the twentieth and Boundaries 
twenty-first years of Victoria, chapter forty-five, (Ireland) Bill, 
relating to the Survey of Boundaries in Ireland : 


An Act to provide for the Exercise of the Duties Chief Super. 


of Chief Superintendent in China, in certain cases; imtendent, 
China, Bill 
[Lords.] 


An Act to empower the Legislature of Canada to Speaker of the 
make Laws regulating the Appointment of a Speaker a 
of the Legislative Council : (Cn) 

Lords.} 
An Act to suspend the making of Lists and the Militia Ballots 


Ballots for the Militia of the United Kingdom; Suspension 


An Act to enable the Commissioners of Her Ma- Court of 


jesty’s Works to acquire a Site for the purposes of Probate, &amp;e, 


Her Majesty’s Court of Probate, and other Courts Cr She) (Ne) 
Bill. 


and Offices : 


An Act to confirm certain Provisional Orders under Local Govern- 


the Local Government Act (1858) : merit 


An Act to repeal, as regards the Colony of Vic- Colonial 
toria, and to enable other Colonial Legislatures to Legislatures 
repeal certain Provisions of the Imperial Acts of the Repeal Bill. 
fifty-fourth year of George the Third, chapter fifteen, 
and of the fifth and sixth years of William the 
Fourth, chapter sixty-two : 

An Act to enable Her Majesty to confirm an Act Barbuda 
passed by the Legislature of Antigua, intituled, An Govern? 
Act to extend the Operation of the Laws of Antigua 
to the Island of Barbuda: 

An Act to prevent Vexatious 
certain Misdemeanors : 


: for Vexatious 
Indictments Indictments 


Bill | Lords.] 
An Act for the making and maintaining of the Charing 

Charing Cross Railway, and for other purposes : i / 

to Lands 


Improvement 
Company 


An Act to alter and amend the Acts relating 
the Lands Improvement Company : 


An Act to consolidate and amend the Acts re- Sonat 
lating to the Scottish Central Railway : “ 


way Bill. 


An Act for makinga Railway from Brecon through Hereford and 
Hay, to the Line of the Shrewsbury and Hereford egy 
Railway Company at Hereford : sain ain 

An Act to enable the Dublin and Wicklow Rail- Lager aieg 
way Company to extend their Railway to Gorey, 0 ,,5 pil 
the County of Wexford, and for other purposes: — [Lords] 


An Act for making a Road from Llanrwst to Aber- nyt 
gele, and a Branch Road thereout, in the Counties jroads 


of Denbigh and Caernarvon: a 


—, wh ant_tntnli tei af tat bet eo 


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Senat = wa4wS 











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nt 


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Oxford, Wor- 
cester and 
Wolverhamp- 
ton Railway 
Bill 


Kinross 
and Fife Roads 
Bill. 


Swanage 
Tramway and 
Pier Bill. 


Bray Com- 
mons Bill 
|Lords.} 


Charleston 
Railway and 
Harbour Bill. 


Wansbeck 
Railway Bill. 


Blackburn and 
Preston Road 
and Bridge 

Bill. 


Ringwood, 
Christchurch 
and Bourne- 
mouth Rail- 
way Bill, 


Cowes and 
Newport (Isle 
of Wight) 
Railway Bill. 
Metropolitan 
Railway 
(Deviations, 
&amp;c) Bill. 


Hunslet and 
Bill, 


Lawton, 
Burilem and 
Newcastle. 
under-Lyme 
Roads Bill. 


Uondon and 
Western 
way (Sut- 


ton Coldfield 


) Bill. 
Ludlow 
Wil Roads 


eile 


(Additional 


ee, 


North Eastern 


and Bedale 


Bay2ybur 
ation Bill, 


93 VicTorizZ. 


An Act to authorize the Oxford, Worcester and 
Wolverhampton Railway Company to extend their 
Kingswinford Branch, and to alter certain parts of 
their Main Line of Railway, and to carry into effect 
an Agreement with the Great Western Railway Com- 

any for the completion of the Main Line on the 
pl Gauge only, and for other purposes : 

An Act for continuing an Act for more effectually 
making, amending, widening, repairing and main- 
taining the Great North Roads leading from the 
North Queensferry and from Burntisland, both in the 
County of Fife, by Kinross, to the City of Perth; 
and for enabling the Trustees of the said Roads, 
and the Trustees of other Roads, to enter into 
mutual Arrangements : 

An Act for making a Pier in Swanage Bay, in 
the County of Dorse/, anda Tramway in connexion 
therewith, and for other purposes : 

An Act for inclosing the Commons or Waste 
Lands called ‘“‘ The Commons of Bray,” in the 
Parish of Old Connaught, inthe County of Dublin : 

An Act to authorize the Charleston Railway and 
Harbour Company to purchase and acquire the 
Charleston Railway and Harbour, and to extend 
and improve the said Railway and Harbour: 

An Act for the making and maintaining of the 
Wansbeck Railway from Morpeth to a Junction with 
the North Zyne Section of the Border Counties 
Railway, and with Branches to the Morpeth Branch 
of the Blyth and Tyne Railway, and the Main Line 
of the North Eastern Railway respectively, and for 
other purposes : 

An Act for continuing the Term and amending 
and extending the Provisions of the Act relating to 
the Blackburn and Preston Turnpike-road, and for 
constructing a Bridge over the River Ribble in con- 
nexion therewith, and for other purposes: 

An Act for making a Railway from the London 
and South Western Railway, in the Parish of Ring- 
wood, to Christchurch, and an Approach Road at 
Christchurch, all in the County of Southampton, 
and for other purposes : 

An Act for making a Railway from West Cowes 
to Newport, in the Isle of Wight, and for other pur- 
poses : 


An Act to alter, amend and enlarge the Provisions 
of the Acts relating to the Metropolitan Railway, 
1o authorize the alteration and reiinquishment of 
certain of the Works, and to make a further Pro- 
vision with reference to the Construction of such 
Railway, and for other purposes : 

An Act to repeal an Act of the ninth year of the 
reign of King George the Fourth, for making a 
Turnpike-road from the Township of Hunslet, across 
the River Aire, to the Township of Leeds, and to 
make other Provisions in lieu thereof: 

An Act to repeal the Acts relating to the Lawton, 
Burslem and Newcastle-under-Lyme Turnpike-roads, 
and to consolidate and amend the Provisions thereof : 


An Act for making a Railway from the London 
and North Western Railway to Sut/on Coldfield, in 
the County of Warwick, with a Branch therefrom, 
and for other purposes : 


An Act for repairing and maintaining certain 
Roads at and near Ludlow, in the County of Salop, 
known as the Ludlow First Turnpike Trust, the 
Ludlow Second Turnpike Trust, and the Cainham 
Trust, and for placing such Roads under the same 
Management : 

An Act to enable the Sittingbourne and Sheerness 
Railway Company to raise additional Capital, to 
amend the Acts relating to the Company, and for 
other purposes : 


An Act for amalgamating the Bedale and Ley- 
burn Railway Company with the North Eastern 
Railway Company, and for vesting in the latter the 
Undertaking of the former Company and the Rose- 

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351 


dale Branch and Property of the North Yorkshire 
and Cleveland Railway Company, and for other pur- 
poses : 

An Act to renew the Term, and continue, amend Finford Bridge 
and enlarge the Powers of an Act passed in the third ae ga 
year of the reign of his Majesty King George the 3 
Fourth, intituled, “ An Act for more effectually re- 
pairing the Road leading from the Cross-of-Hand, 
near Finford Bridge, in the County of Warwick, 
through the Town of Southam, in the same County, 
to the Borough of Banbury, in the County of 
Oxford;” and to make other Provisions in lieu 
thereof, and for other purposes : 

An Act to extend the Powers of the West End of West End of 
London and Crystal Palace Railway Company, for London and 
the Purchase of Lands and Completion of their au- fo lea 
thorized Extension to Farnborough Railway, and (No. 1) Bill. 
for other purposes : 

An Act for better supplying with Water the Town Eastbourne 
of Eastbourne and Places adjacent thereto, in the Water Bill. 
County of Sussex, and for other purposes : 

An Act to enable the North Eastern Railway North Eastern 
Company to construct Branch Railways, for the pur- ‘menos _ 
pose of uniting their Leeds and Thirsk and Church ienndies) Bill. 
Fenton and Harrogate Railways, and for other pur- 
poses : 

An Act to amend the Acts relating to the South South York- 
Yorkshire Railway and River Dun Company, and parerg teers 
to regulate the crossing of certain Roads by the Company Bill, 
Railway of the Company: 

An Act to authorize the Exchange of certain Earl of Kin- 
detached Portions, situate in the County of Forfar, a c Lords} 
of the Entailed Estate of Haulkertown for the Lands 
of Bal/bithan and Wester Fintruy, in the County of 
Aberdeen, to be entailed in lieu thereof, and for 
other purposes. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee on the King- Kingston- 
ston-upon-Hull Election Petition have leave to sit — 
this day till Five of the clock, during the sitting of “°°"°™ 
the House. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Chichester 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Chi- ante 
chester Harbour Embankment Bill; and the same pi — 
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 Herne Bay and 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Herne — 
Bay and Faversham Railway (Margate Extension) (Maarante Ex- 
Bill; and the same were twice read, and agreed to. tension) 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 Lancashire 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Zun- and Yorkshire 
cashire and Yorkshire and East Lancashire Railway #74 ra*t 
Companies Bill ; and the same were twice read, and Railway Com- 
agreed to. panies 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 Leeds, Prad- 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Leeds, ford and 
Bradford and Halifax Junction Railway Bill; and tien Refbowey 
the same were twice read, and agreed to. Bill. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
aureed to the Amendments made by their Lord- 
ships. 

The 


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352 8° Augustt. A. 1859. Sess. IT. 

The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Mall- 
traeth and Corsddaugau Marsh 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. 


Malltraeth and 
Corsddaugau 
Marsh Bil. 


Mr. Massey reported Lucette’s Estate Bill, with- Lucette’s 
Estate Bill 
[ Lords.) 


out Amendment. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time, 


Mr. Massey reported the Pneumatic Despatch Pneumatic 
Company Bill, with Amendments. ’ Despatch 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table, Co™P#&gt;y Bil 


{ Lords.) 
Several Public Petitions were presented, and Public 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. Petitions, 
Vide Eleventh 
Report. 
Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Divorce Court 


Return of the Number of 5 sony which have 
been made to the Court of Diverce, for Divorce 


Norwich and 
Spalding 
Railway Bill. 


Ordered, That the Amendments made by the 
Lords to the Norwich and Spalding Railway Bill 
be taken into consideration To-morrow. 


Nuneaton 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
and Hinckley 


Railway Bill. 


Railway Bill. 


Victoria 
Station and 
Pimiico 
Railway Bill. 


Berks and 
Hants Exten- 
sion Railway 
Bill. 


British and 
Canadian 
Telegraph 
Company Bill. 


South Staf- 
fordshire 
Railway Bill. 


Robins’s 
Estate Bill 
[Lords.} 


Thames 


7 , 
Watermen and Li 


Lightermen 
Bill [ Lords. ] 


the Amendments made by the Lords to the Nun- 
eaton and Hinckley 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. 


Ordered, That the Amendments made by the 
Lords to the Tendring Hundred Railway Bill be 


taken into consideration To-morrow. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Victoria 
Station and Pimlico Railway Bill; and the same 
were twice read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the Amendments made by their Lord- 
ships. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendment made by the Lords to the Berks 
and Hants Extension Railway Bill; and the same 
was twice read, and agreed to, 

Ordered, Tha‘ the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the Amendment made by their Lord- 


ships. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendment made by the Lords to the British 
and Canadian Telegraph Company Bill; and the 
same was twice read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the Amendment made by their Lord- 
ships. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendment made by the Lords to the South 
Staffordshire 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. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Robins’s Estate Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time To- 
morrow. 


Mr. Evans reported the Thames Watermen and 
ehtermen Bill, with Amendments. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration To-morrow, 
— printed Copies thereof be lodged with the 

oorkeepers this day. 


Mr. Massey reported the Liverpool Sanitary 
Amendment Bill, without Amendment. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 














a vincu/o, and of the Number granted ; the Dates 
when the respective events occurred on which the 
Applications were founded :——And, similar Return 
of Cases of Application for Judicial Separation. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Returns of the Amount of Monies paid for 
Wages at the Royal Gunpowder Mills (Waltham 
Abbey), including the Salaries of the Superinten- 
dent, his Assistant and Engineer, &amp;c., from the 1st 
day of April 1854 to the 31st day of March 1859, 
and the Amount paid for Coals, Wood for Charcoal, 
and for Brimstone, during the same period of time: 

Of the Total Number of Barrels of Gunpowder 
produced by these Works and passed at Purfleet 
during the same period :——Of the Quantity of 
Powder issued for Consumption for the Public 
Service, from the Ist day of April 1854 to the 31st 
day of March 1859: Of the Quantity of Powder 
contracted for from other Parties during the same 
period of time, giving the Names of the Contractors 
and the Number of Bariels in each Contract, also 
the Contract Price per Barrel delivered at Purfleet : 

Of the duration of each Contract, and the 
Number of Barrels 1o be delivered each year during 
the existence of these Contracts, giving the Names 
of the Contractors :——Of the Number of Barrels 
rejected of each Contract, showing the Reason for 
rejection, viz., Number of Barrels rejected for short 
range ; Number rejected for defective cube ; Num- 
ber rejected fur not containing the proper Quantity 
of Saltpetre, or for other cause :——Of the Quantity 
of Foreign Powder received during the same period 
of time, showing the Number of Barrels fit for 
Service, and the Price per Barrel paid for such 
Powder; also the Quantity sold, with the Reasons 
for Sale, and the Price per Barrel for the same: 

And, of the Quantity of Saltpetre bought 
during the above-stated period, and the Price per 
cwt. at Five per centum Refraction, showing 
whether it was bought by open Contract or by 
Purchase through Private Individuals. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty, by such Members of this House 
as are of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy 
Council. 


Royal Gun. 
powder Mills 


Abbey), &amp;, 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Government 


to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Returns of the Prices paid to Contractors 
for all Supplies, from the Ist day of January 1857 
to the Ist he of August 1859, to the War Depart- 
ment, and which have now determined :——And, 
of the Instances during the same period of the Non- 
payment of Contractors by the Government within 
the Terms of their Contract, and to whom Interest 
upon the Sums overdue has subsequently been 
granted and paid; with the Names of the Parties 
and the Dates and Amounts of such Payments. 
Ordered, That the said Address be —— to 
Her Majesty, by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 
Ordered, 











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Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant 
to the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ 
for the electing of a Burgess to serve in this pre- 
sent Parliament for the Borough of Bodmin, in the 
room of William Michell, Esquire, m.p., who, since 
his Election for the said Borough, hath accepted 
the Office of Steward of the Manor of Northstead. 


Orderef, That there be laid before this House, 
an Alphabetical List of all Election Petitions pre- 
sented during the Session 1859, showing the Names 
of the Places, Names of Members petitioned against, 
the Dates of Presentation, and Petitions to defend 
Returns ; and in what manner any of such Petitions 
may have been disposed of, whether by the Sureties 
to the Recognizances being reported as objec- 
tionable, or by being withdrawn; with the Dates 
of the Reports and such Withdrawals, or otherwise, 
together with the Names of the Agents: ——Re- 
turns of all Reports, Special Reports, and Determi- 
nations or Resolutions of any Election Committees 
reported to this House :——Of the Names of all | 
Members who have been unseated, and for what | 
Causes they have been so unseated :——Of the | 
Names of all Places the Writs for which have been | 
suspended, and to what Dates they have been so | 
suspended, or further suspended, or, after suspen- | 
sion, have been granted afterwards :——Of the Total 
Number of Select Committees which have sat on 
Election Petitions ; the Names of the Chairman and | 
Members serving on each Election Comm'ttee, and 
the Number of Days on which each Election Com- 
mittee sat; the Names of the Members of the Ge- | 
neral Committee of Elections; and the Names of 
the Members selected as the Chairmen’s Panel :—— 
Of the Total Number of Select Committees which 
have sat on Election Petitions :——Of the Total 
Number of Election Petitions presented :——And, 
of the Total Number of Election Petitions which | 
have been withdrawn (in continuation of Pavrlia- 
mentary Paper, No. 343, of Session 2, 1857). 





Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Returns of Details, with Names and Dates, of the 
Monies borrowed by the Conservators of the River 
Thames, and stated by them in their Annual Return 
to the House at the lump Sum of £ 130,900: 
Of the Cost of constructing the new Steam Boat | 
Pier at Pauls Wharf by the Conservators of the | 
Thames; the Names and Salaries of Pier Master | 
and others appointed to Duties in connexion with the | 
same; the Charges proposed to be made for the | 
use of the same by the Public, and the reason of its | 
non-usage by the River Steamers; with any Cor- | 
respopdence which has passed on the subject | 
between the Conservators and the Steam-boat 
Companies :———Of the Particulars of the Forty- | 
three Grants of Accommodation on the Banks of | 
the Thames referred to in Conservators’ Report; | 
the Parties to whom made; the Localities where | 
made ; the Payment (annual or otherwise) in consi- 
deration of which they have been made; and the | 
Length and Number of Square Feet of projection 
into the Waterway of the River in each case :—— | 
And, of the Particulars of the Payment of £. 3,250 
for a Steam Vessel, referred to in the first Annual | 
Repoit o! the Conservators, with Date of Payment, | 
and to whom made; together with Particulars of | 
any subsequent Payments for the Repair, Adorn- | 
ment or Alteration of the said Steam Vessel, and 
of any Money agreed to be paid for the same under 
Contract or otherwise ; and also Particulars of the 
Reductions in the Number of Harbour Masters ; 
and the Expense of the Harbour Service referred 
to in the Report as the consequence of such Pur- 
chase of the said Steam Vessel. 





Mr. Clive presented,—Return to an Address to 
Her Majesty, dated the 24th day of March, in the 
last Session of Parliament, for a Return of the 
Vou, 114. 





8° August. 





353 


Number and Situation of the Slaughter-houses 
licensed under the Metropolitan Market Act, 1857; 
and of the Slaughter-houses ou behalf of which Ap- 


plications for License have been refused. 


Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the Diocesan 


7th day of April, in the last Session of Parliament, 
for Returns from the several Officers of each of the 
Diocesan and other Courts in England, in those 
Dioceses to which any addition has been made 
under the Authority of the Act 6 &amp; 7 Will. 4, c.77, 
of an Account in writing of the Gross and Net 
Amount of all Fees, Allowances, Gratuities, Per- 
quisites and Emoluments received by such Officers 
respectively since the Orders in Council sanctioning 
such additions respectively came into operation, on 
account of their several Offices and Employments, 
in respect of any causes or matters arising within 
those parts of such Dioceses as have been so added 
thereto, and which, during the continuance of 
the temporary Provisions of the above-mentioned 
Act, were not withia the Jurisdiction of the Bishop 
of such Dioceses, and which Account, by the Act 
10 &amp; 11 Vic. c. 98, s. 2, was directed to be kept by 
such Officers respectively : And, from the Trea- 
surer of the Governors of the Bounty of Queen 
Anne, of Copies of all Letters or other Communica- 
tions addressed by him to the Ordinary, and also to 





/any of the Officers of the Diocesan or other Courts 


in those Dioceses in England to which Dioceses any 
addition has been made under the Authority of the 
Act 6 &amp; 7 Will. 4, c. 77, in relation to the Fees 
which, by the Act 10 &amp; 11 Vic. c. 98, s. 2, were 
directed to be paid over by such Officers respec- 
tively to such Treasurer, and to be retained by him 
until Parliament should provide for the Appropria- 


tion thereof; and of the Answers received by such 


Treasurer to such Letters or other Communications. 
Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 
13th day of April, in the last Session of Parlia- 


ment, for a Return of the Income, for the year 1857, 
'of all Property situate within the Metropolis, as 


defined by the Metropolis Locul Management Act, 
held by or in Trust for the Bishop of Winchester, 
and any Canon, Prebend or other Officer of Saint 


| -Paul’s and Westminster Cathedrals (in continuation 
of Parliamentary Paper, No. 29, of the last Session). 


Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 
5th day of July last, for a Return relative to Magis- 
trates (England and Wales). 

Return to »n Address to Her Majesty, dated the 
25th day of July last, for Returns relative to the 
Factories Regulation Acts. 

Ordered, That the said Returns do lie upon the 
Table. 


Mr. Laing presented,— Return to an Order, dated 
the 4th day of April, in the last Session of Parlia- 
ment, for a Return showing the Number of Ac- 
counts, and the Total Amount at the credit of such 


Accounts, in Savings Banks, in respect of which 


no Withdrawal has taken place, nor any Payment 


been made in, by Depositors during the Ten years 


ended the 20th day ef November 1858. 


Courts, &amp;e. 


Episcopal 

and Capitular 
operty 

(Metropolis. ) 


Magistrates 
( England and 
Wales 


ales.) 


Factories 
Regulation 
Acts. 


Savings 
nks. 


No. 164. 


Mr. Laing also presented, pursuant to the direc- Sheriff Clerk 
tions of an Act of Parliament,—Copy of Warrant (Haddington. ) 


granting Compensation for loss of Fees to the 
Sheriff Clerk of the County of Haddington. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table; and that the first be printed. 


Mr. Milner Gibson P aowansiany by Her Majesty’s Trade and 
t 


Command,—Annual 
Navigation of the United Kingdom for 1358. 


atement of the Trade and Navigation. 


Miscellaneous Statistics of the United Kingdom : Statistics. 


—Pait II. 

Statistical Tables relating to Foreign Countries : 
—Part VI. 

Statistical Tables relating to the Colonial and 
other Possessions of the United Kingdom :—Part 


IV. 
3A2 Mr. 





Passing Tolls, 
&amp;e. 


No. 163. 


Huddersfield 
Election. 


Public Con- 
veyances 
( Metropolis. ) 


Savings 
Banks. 


No. 165. 


County 
Treasurers. 


No. 166. 


Orders of 
the Day, 


Affairs of 
Italy. 


$54 


Mr. Milner Gibson also presented,—Return to 
an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 4th day of 
April, in the last Session of Parliament, for Returns 
from the Warden and Assistants of Dover Harbour, 
and from the Trustees of Whitby, Ramsgate and 
Bridlington Harbours, of the Gross Amount of 
Passing Tolls received by them respectively in the 
years 1856, 1857 and 1858, specifying the Amount 
received in each year in respect of each Harbour : 
——Of their respective Annual Receipts for the 
same years from other sources, specifying the 
several sources, and the Amount received from each 
source: ——Of their Expenditure for the same 
years :——Of all Debts now charged upon the said 
Passing Tolls and other Revenues respectively :—— 
Of any Charges on Ships or Goods carried in Ships 
levied by any municipal or other local authority in 
the said Harbours ot Dover, Whitby, Ramsgate or 
Bridlington, which are not applied for the benefit 
of the Ships or Goods on which they are charged, 
specifying the Gross Amount received in each o 
the said years 1856, 1857 and 1858; the Mode in 
which it has been applied ; and the Bodies by whom 
and the Authorities under which it has been so 
levied and applied :——From the Trinity House of 
Hull of the Gross Amount of Charges levied by 
them on Ships and on Goods carried in Ships in the 
years 1856, 1857 and 1858, specifying for each 
year the Title and Amount of every such Charge, 
and the Total Amount received :— —Of the Amount 
received by them in the same years out of Public 
Monies in respect of Differential Duties on Foreign | 
Ships or Goods carried in Foreign Ships :——Of 


8°— 9° Augustt. 





Revenue received by them from other sources :—— 
Of their Expenditure for the same years, specifying | 
the several Heads under which the same has been | 
incurred :——And, similar Returns from the Trinity | 
House of Newcastle-on- Tyne. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the | 
Table; and that the last be printed. 


The following Paper, pursuant to Order, was laid 
upon the Table by the Clerk of the House,— | 
Minutes of the Evidence taken before the Select 
Committee on the Huddersfield Election Petition. 

The following Paper was also laid upon the Table 
by the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, 
dated the 28th day of July last, for Returns relative 
to Public Cunveyances (Metropolis). 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Savings 
Bauks, which was presented upon the 6th day of 
this instant August, be printed. 


Ordered, That an Abstract of the Return relative 
to County, Treasurers, which was presented upon 
the 29th day of July last, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Orders of the day be now 
read ; and the same being read ; 





Ordered, That the said Orders be postponed till | 
after the Notice of Motion relative to the Affairs of | 
Italy. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- 
nosed, That an humble Address be presented to 
er Majesty, stating that in the opinion of this 
House it would be consistent neither with the honour 





A. 1859; Sess. II. 


And the House having continued to sit till after 
Twelve of the clock on Tuesday morning ; 


Martis, 9° die Augusti, 1859: 


And the Question being put :—It passed in the 
Negative. 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That a Mes- Message 
sage had been aeceahe from the Lorde by one of the lous 
their Clerks, as followeth : 

The Lords have agreed to the Military Savings Military 
Banks Bill, without any Amendment. Savings Baas 


The Lords have agreed to the Universities Incor- Universities 
poration Act Amendment Bill, without any Amend- Incorporation 
ment. Act Amend. 

ment Bill, 

The Lords have agreed to the Income Tax, &amp;c. Income Tax, 
Bill, without any Amendment. &amp;e, Bill, 

The Lords have agreed to the Queen’s Remem- Queen's Re 


brancer, &amp;c. Bill, without any Amendment. a 
Cc, 


The Lords have agreed to the County Cess (Zre- Courty Coss 


land) Acts Continuance Bill, without any Amend- (Ireland) Acts 
ment. Continuance 
Bill. 
The Lords have agreed to the Universities (Scot- Universities 
land) Bill, without any Amendment. (Sectland) 
| 


The Lords have agreed to the Constabulary Constabulary 


lis F 
Force (Jreland) Bill, without any Amendment. (Trolend) Bat 


The Lords lave agreed to the Manufactures (Zre- Manufactures 
land) Acts Continuance Bill, without any Amend- (Ireland) Acts 
ment. 


Trel 
Continuance 
Bill. 


The Lords have agreed to the Amendments made Bombay, 
by this House to the Bombay, Baroda and Central eee and 
India Railway Company Bill, without any Amend- ane 
ment. Company Bill 
[ Lords] 
The Lords have agreed to the Kensington Station Kensington 


;and North and South Zondon Junction Railway Station and 


Bill, with an Amendment; to which the Lords peep 


desire the concurrence of this House. Junction 
Railway Bill. 

The Lords have agreed to the Lancashire and Lancashire 
Yorkshire Railway (Rochdale and Royton Branches) snd Yorkshire 
Bill, with an Amendment ; to which the Lords desire (Rochdale 
the concurrence of this House. and Royton 

Branches) Bill. 

The Lords have agreed to the Midland Railway Midland Rail- 
(Erewash Valley) Bill, with an Amendment; to a Many 
which the Lords desire the concurrence of this “"" 
House. 

The Lords have agreed to the Falkirk Police and Falkirk Police 
Improvement Bill, with Amendments ; to which the pay 9 
Lords desire the concurrence of this House. 

The Lords have agreed to the Central Wales Central Wales 
Railway Bill, with Amendments; to which the Railway Bill. 
Lords desire the concurrence of this House. 

The Lords have agreed to the Mid-Sussex and Mid-Sussex 
Midhurst Junction Railway Bill, with Amendments ; = bees i 
to which the Lords desire the concurrence of this way Bill. 


House. 


The Lords have agreed to the Wells and Faken- — nod 
ham Railway Bill, with Amendments; to which the piiway Bill 


Lords desire the concurrence of this House. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Connclianaes 
into a Committee on the Consolidated Fund (Ap- priation) Bill 


propriation) Bill; and, after some time spent therein, 


nor the dignity of this Country, which throughout’ Mr, Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Massey 
the late negotiations on the Affairs of Italy has | reported, That the Committee had gone through the 
preserved a strict and impartial Neutrality between | Bil], and directed him to report the same, without 


the contending Powers, and used its earnest endea- | 
vours to prevent the outbreak of hostilities, to take | 
part in any Conference for the purpose of settling 
the details of a Peace the preliminaries of which 
have been arranged between the Emperor of the 
French and the Emperor of Austria ; 

And the Previous Question being proposed, That 
that Question be now put ; 





Amendment. eas 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
this day. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to Stamp Dalit 
take into consideration the Stamp Duties Bill, as 
amended in the Committee ; and Amendments were 


made to the Bill. Ordered, 





Bese set' sso 


we weeks sSO 








_ Wnclosure Bil, The Inclosure Bill was, according to Order, read 
the third time. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 
Vou. 114. 






23 Victoriz. 8°—9° Augusti. 355 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
this day. 


The Orders of the day being read, for the Com- 


pe. 2) Bill, mittees on the Customs (No. 2) Bill, the East India 

ae Loan Bill, the European Troops (Jndia) Bill, and 

Buropean. the Militia Pay Bill; 

troops (India) Ordered, That the said Bills be committed to the 

ery same Committee. 

Bill. Then the House resolved itself into the Com- 
mittee ; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. 

Castes Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Massey re- 

No.2) Bil, ported, That the Committee had gone through the 

fist India Customs (No. 2) Bill, the East India Loan Bill, and 


hontai the European Troops ( India) Bill. 
Troops (India) Ordered, That the Bills, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration this day. 
Militia Pay Mr. Massey also reported, That the Committee 
i had gone through the Militia Pay Bill, and directed 
him to report the same, without Amendment. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time this 


z 


day. 
Reserve The Reserve Volunteer Force of Seamen Bill 
Volunteer was, according to Order, read the third time. 
Force Bill Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 


Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Government The Government of Jndia Act Amendment Bill 
of heer was, according to Order, read the third time. 
i —- Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Reserve Force The Reserve Force Bill was, according to Order, 
read the third time; and a verbal 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. 


Inclosure Acts The Order of the day being read, for the third 
ement reading of the Inclosure Acts Amendment Bill ; 

And a Motion being made, That the Bill be now 
read the third time ; 

Sir Charles Wood, by Her Majesty’s Command, 
acquainted the House, That Her Majesty, having 
been informed of the purport of the Bill, gives Her 
Consent, as far as Her Majesty’s interest is con- 
cerned, that the House may do therein as they shall 
think fit. 

Then the Bill was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Stock in Trade The Stock in Trade Exemption Bill was, according 
Samption 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. 


Peclesiastical The Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction Continuance Bill 
a was, according to Order, read the third time. 
Bill. Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 


Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Episcopal The Episcopal and Capitular Estates Act Con- 
mi Capitular tinuance Bill was, according to Order, read the 
Continuance third time. 
Bill Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take Corrupt 

into consideration the Corrupt Practices Prevention Practices Pre- 
Act (1854) Continuance Bill, as amended in the Vise} Gee. 
Committee. tinuance Bill, 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 

this day. 


The Poor Law Boards (Payment of Debts) Bill Poor Law 
was, according to Order, read the third time. Bente 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. i “) 
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- Divorce 
mittee on the Divorce Court Bill ; Court Bill 
Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve Let 
itself into the said Committee. 


The Marriages (Lisbon) Bill was, according to Marriages 
Order, read a second time; and committed to a trmdey Bill 
Committee of the whole House, for this day. } 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take Cambridge 
into consideration the Amendment made by the University 
Lords to the Cambridge University Commission em 
Continuance Bill; and the same was twice read, 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 Lordships. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself into gate of Gas 
a Committee on the Sale of Gas Bill; and, after Bill [Zords.] 
some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the Bill 126. 
Chair; and Mr. Massey 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 
Committee of the whole House, for Wednesday 

next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third Law of Pro- 
reading of the Law of Property and Trustees Relief pret 
Amendment Bill ; Amendment 

And a Motion being made, That the Bill be now Bill [Lords.] 
read the third time; 

Sir Charles Wood, by Her Majesty’s Command, 
acquainted the House, That Her Majesty, having been 
informed of the purport of the Bill, gives Her Con- 
sent, as far us 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, 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 
this House doth desire the concurrence of their 
Lordships. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Attorneys and 
into a Committee on the Attorneys and Solicitors Solicitors Bill 
Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker 
resumed the Chair; and Mr. Massey reported, That 
the Committee had gone through the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Fireworks Act 
mittee on the Fireworks Act Amendment Bill; a 
Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take Dwellings for 
into consideration the Amendments made by the Labouring 
Lords to the Dwellings for Labouring Classes (Zre- (jreland) Bill. 
land) 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 





3a3 up 





Railway 
Companies 
Arbitration 
Bill. 


Weights and 
Measures Bill. 


Barristers 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Orders of 
the Day. 


Bast India 
(Uncove- 
nanted Ser- 
vants. ) 


Wexford 
Harbour. 


Opium (Hong 
Kong.) 


So. (Ireland.) 


356 


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 
William Somerville, Sir Robert Ferguson, Mr.Bellew, 
Mr. Bagwell, Mr. O’ Brien and Colonel Dunne :— 
And they are to withdraw immediately. 

Ordered, ‘That Three be the Quorum. 


The Order of the day being read, fur taking into 
consideration the Amendments made by the Lords 
to the Railway Companies Arbitration Bill ; 

Ordered, That the said Amendments be taken 
into consideraticn this day. 


The Medical Acts Amendment Bill was, according 
to Order, read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Weights and Measures 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 for reading a second time, upon Wed- 
nesday next, the Barristers (Jreland) Bill, was read, 
and discharged. 

Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


Ordered, That all the Orders of the day appointed 
for this day be considered at One of the 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 of the Number of Uncovenanted 
Servants in the Service of the Jndian Government 
in the receipt of 250 Rupees per Month, and up- 
wards; and stating how many are of Native and 
of European blood. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty, by such Members of this House 
as are of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy 
Council. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the Names of the Persons appoiuted by 
the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, under 
the Provisions of the Local and Personal Act 15 &amp; 16 
Vic. c. 151, s. 68, as ** Admiralty Commission for im- 
proving Wexford Harbour :’——And, of the Dates 
of their Appointments, and of the several Meetings 
held by them. 


Resolved, That 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 Ordinance (No. 2 of 1858) 
passed by the Hong Kong Legislative Council, “ for 
Licensing and Regulatmg the Sale of Prepared 
Opium,” specifying the Date of its Contirmatioa by 
Her Majesty’s Government : —— Of the Grants 
thereunder made of the sole Privilege of preparing 
Opium, and selling the same within Hong Kong: 
——Oft the Report and Minutes of a Committee of 
the said Council upon certain circumstances con- 
nected with the first Grant of such Privilege, and 
the Minute of Council adopting such Report :—— 
And, of all Correspondence relating to the matters 
aforesaid. 

Ordered, That 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 every Registry in Jreland, stating in 


°—~9° Augusti. 





A. 1859. Sess. Tf. . 


what Town situated, whether in a Private House or 
a Public Building, and whether such House or Build- 
ing is Fire-proof; if not Fire-proof, whether the 
Books and Documents are kept in Fire-proof Safes; 
if not, how kept:——-Of the Name of Registrar, 
Place of Residence, Date of Appointment, Profes- 
sion, and whether he is a Public Notary; if a 
Clergyman, what Preferment he holds :——Of the 
Name of Deputy Registrar, Place of Residence, 
Date of Appointment, Profession, and whether he is 
a Public Notary; if a Clergyman, what Preferment 
he holds: } the Name of Apparitor, Place of 
Residence, Date of Appointment, and whether he 
has any other Occupation or Employment :——Of 
the Name of Seal Keeper, Place ot Residence, Date 
of Appointment, and whether he has any other Occu- 
pation or Employment :——Of the Name of Vicar 
Generali, Place of Residence, Date of Appointment, 
Profession ; if a Clergyman, what Preferment he 
holds :——Of the Names of Surrogates, Places of 
Residence, Profession; distinguishing those who 
hold Commissions enabling them to hear Causes, 
and those who are only empowered to issue Marriage 
Licenses : Of the Names of Proctors, Places of 
Residence, Dates of Admissivn ; specifying whether 
they are Solicitors or Attorneys, whether they had 
served Apprenticeship to Proctors, or had been 
articled Clerks in Proctors’ Offices: —— Of the 
Names of Advocates resident in the Diocese : 
And, Copy of Table of Fees payable to Registrars, 
Vicars General, Surrogates, Apparitors, Seal Keepers 
and Notaries Public, for the transaction of Eccle- 
siastical Business, and for Marriage Licenses :—— 
Returns to be furnished by the Diocesan Registrars 
in Jreland, 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a The Ser. 
Copy of the Letter of Mr. Hawksley, c.x., to the pentine. 


Chief Commissioner of Works, in reference to the 
cleansing of the Serpentine. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Navy 
Return of all Persons holding Civil Stations in the (Civilians.) 


Navy, of every description, who have served Afloat, 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Hops. 


Return of the Total Number of Acres of Land in 
the United Kingdom under the Cultivation of Hops 
in the year 1859, distinguishing the Number of Acres 
in each Parish. 


Mr. Philipps, from the Select Committee ap- Preston 
pointed to try and determine the matter of the Hlection. 


Petitions of James Carr and others, and John Haw- 
kins and others, complaining of an undue Election 
and Return for the Borough of Preston, informed the 
House, That the Committee had determined, 

That Charles Pascoe Grenfell, Esquire, is duly 
elected a Burgess to serve in this present Parliament 
for the Borough of Preston. 

That Richard Assheton Cross, Esquire, is duly 
elected a Burgess to serve in this present Parliament 
for the Borough of Preston. 

And the said Determinations were ordered to be 
entered in the Journals of this House. 

Mr. Philipps, from the said Select Committee, 
further informed the House, That the Committee had 
agreed to the following Resolutions : 

That it was proved to the satisfaction of the Com- 
mittee, that an attempt was made to bribe Thomas 
Caterall by the offer of Thirty shillings by Robert 
Constantine ; but it was not proved that this attempt 
was made with the knowledge or consent of the said 
Charles Pascoe Grenfell, Esquire, or his Agents. 

That a payment of One pound, in eight half crowns, 
was made by Thomas Rydings to Thomas Taylor, to 
induce him to record his vote for the said Charles 
Pascoe Grenfell, Esquire, but that it was not proved 
that this payment was made with the knowledge “ae 

consen 





Norwich and 
Railway Bill. 


Tendring 
Railway Bill. 


28 VicrortreR. 


consent of the said Charles Pascoe Grenfell, or his 
Agents. 

That it appeared to the Committee that an objec- 
tionable system of employing paid canvassers has 
prevailed for many years in the Borough of Preston, 
amongst whom persons having votes are included ; 
but that neither the number of voters so employed 
on the present occasion, nor the circumstances under 
which they were engaged, lead to the conclusion of 
any systematic attempt to influence the Election by 
their employment. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till a quarter of an hour before Three of the 
clock on Tuesday morning, adjourned till 


this day. 








Martis, 9° die Augusti ; 
Anno 23° Victorie Regine, 1859. 


PRAYERS. 


T fl E House proceeded to take into considera- 
tion the Amendments made by the Lords to 
the Epping Railways Bill; and the same were twice 
read, and agreed to. 
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the Amendments made by their Lordships. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take 
into consideration the Amendments made by the 
Lords to the Worwich and Spalding Railway Bill; 
and the same were twice rewd, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the Amendments made by their Lordships. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to 
take into consideration the Amendments made by 
the Lords to the Tendring Hundred Railway Bill ; 


and the same were twice read, and agreed to. 


8°—9° dugust:. 357 


tended to be proposed thereto, a Copy of such 
Amendments shall be deposited in the Private Bill 
Office, and Notice thereof given this day. 

Ordered, That as regards Private Bills to be re- 
turned by the House of Lords, with Amendments, 
such Amendments be considered on the next sitting 
day of the House after the day on which the Bill 
shall have been returned from the Lords. 

Ordered, ‘\hat where any Amendments are in- 
tended to be proposed thereto, a Copy of such 
Amendments shall be deposited in the Private Bill 
Office, and Notice thereof given on the day on 
which the Bill shall have been returned from the 
Lords. 


Sir William Somerville reported from the Com- Dwellings for 
mittee appointed to draw up Reasons to be assigned Labouring 
to the Lords for disagreeing to one of the Amend- and) Ba 


ments made bv their Lordships to the Dwellings 
for Labouring Classes (Ireland) Bill; That they 
had drawn up a Reason accordingly, which they 
had directed him to report to the House; and the 
same was read, as followeth: 

The Commons disagree to the Amendment made 
by the Lords, in p. 3, |. 23, for the following Reason : 

Because the Amendment limits the time dur- 
ing which Loans out of Money granted by 
Parliament for the Improvement of Landed 
Property in Jreland may be advanced for the 
purposes of the Act. 

And the Commons hope your Lordships will be 
satisfied with this Reason, and will not insist upon 
the Amendment to which the Commons have dis- 
agreed. 

The Commons agree to the other Amendments to 
the Bill. 

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 Clerk do carry the Bill to the} Several Public Petitions were presented, and Public 
Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath | read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. es = 
agreed to the Amendments made by their Lordships. Vide Twelfth 
verpoo . : : Report. 
fan. hy: — - Sanitary Amendment Bill was! 4 petition of Hugh Culling Eardley Childers, of Pontefract 
ee re No. 24, Curzon-street, Mayfair, in the County of Election. 


Bill (Lords. ] 


Thames 


Watermen and ta 
itermen 


[Lords.] 


Private Bills. 


Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Jords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the same, without Amendment. 


Lucette’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. 


Robins’: Estate Bill was, according 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 
this House doth desire the concurrence of their 
Lordships. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to 
ke into consideration the Thames Watermen and 
Lightermen Bill, as amended in the Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Ordered, That Standing Order 215 be suspended 
for the remainder of the Session. 

Ordered, That as regards Private Bills already 
returned by the House of Lords, with Amendments, 
such Amendments be considered To-morrow. 

Orgeret. That where any Amendments are in- 

OL. 114. 





Middlesex, Esquire, submitting to the House a 
statement of the circumstances attending the with- 
drawal of his Petition against the Return for the 
Borough of Pontefract; and praying that an in- 
quiry may be instituted as to the allegations therein 
set forth, and that the House will give the Petitioner 
such relief as to the House may seem fitting, was 
presented, and read. 

A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That a Select Committee be appointed to 
inquire into and report upon the allegations con- 
tained in the said Petition; and that such Com- 
mittee be chosen by the General Committee of 
Elections :—And the said Motion was, with leave of 
the House, withdrawn. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the 
Table; and be printed. 


Mr. Laing presented,— Return to an Order, dated Old Stores. 


the 30th day of July 1858, for a Return showing, 
1. The Amount ool ints the Exchequer in each of 
the last Three vears as the Produce of the Sale of 
Old Stores ; 2. The Proportions of such Amounts 
paid in by each Department; 3. A Statement of 
the Articles sold from which such Receipts have 
been derived; 4. A Statement showing, as far as 
can be, the Dates when the Stores so sold were 
purchased ; 5. A Statement of the Reasons for the 
Sales being made. 


Return to an Order, dated the 7th day of July last, Vessels and 
for a Return relative to Vessels and Tonnage, &amp;c. Tonnage, &amp;c.: 


3a4 Return 


























re 





Mining 
Districts. 


Criminal 
Justice 
(Middlesex. ) 


Education 
(Treland.) 


Metropolitan 
Board of 
Works. 


Diocesan 
Courts, &amp;c. 


No. 167. 


Episcopal and 
Capitular 
Property 
(Metropolis. ) 
No. 168. 


Factories 
Regulation 
Acts. 


No. 169. 
Huddersfield 
Election. 


No. 170. 


Consolidated 
Fund (Appro- 
priation) Bill. 


Stamp Duties 
Bill. 


Customs 
(No. 2) Bill. 


East India 
Loan Bill. 


358 


Return to an Order, dated the 18th day of July 
last, fur Accounts relative to the Exchequer, &amp;c. 

Return to an Order, dated the 28th day of July 
last, for Returns relative to Revenue (Jreland). 

Return to an Order, dated the 8th day of this 
instant August, for a Return relative to Hops. 

Ordered, That the said Returns do lie upon the 
Table. 


Mr. Clive presented, by Her Majesty’s Command, 
—Copy of Report of the Commissioner appointed 
under the Provisions of the Act 5 &amp; 6 Vic. c. 99, to 
inquire into the operation of that Act, and into the 
State of the Population in the Mining Districts, 
1859. 

Mr. Clive also presented,—Return to an Address 
to Her Majesty, dated the 7th day of July last, for 
Returns relative to Criminal Justice (Middlesex). 

Mr. Clive also presented, pursuant to the direc- 
tions of several Acts of Parliament,—Annual Re- 
port of the Commissioners of Education in Jredand, 
for the year 1858-9. 

Copy of Repurt of the Metropolitan Board of 
Works. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Diocesan 
Courts, &amp;c., which was presented upon the 8th day 
of this instant August, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Episcopal 
and Capitular Property (Metropolis), which was 
presented upon the 8th day of this instant August, 
be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Factories 
Regulation Acts, which was presented upon the 8th 
day of this instant August, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Minutes of the Evidence taken 
before the Select Committee on the Huddersfield 
Election Petition, which were presented upon the 
8th day of this instant August, be printed. 


The Consolidated Fund (Appropriation) 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 Stamp Duties 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 Customs (No. 2) Bill, as 
amended in the Committee. 

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 House, according to Order, proceeded to 
take into consideration the East India Loan Bill, 
as amended in the Committee. 

And a Motion being made, and the Question be- 
ing proposed, That the Bill be now read the third 
time ; 

A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That this House do now adjourn :—And the 
said Motion was, with leave of the House, with- 
drawn. 

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. 


9° August. 





A. 1859. Sess. IT. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
consideration the European ‘l'roops (India) Bill, as 
amended in the Committee ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be taken into considera- 


tion To-morrow. 


European 
ae (India) 


The Militia Pay Bill was, according to Order, Militia Pay 
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 Corrupt Practices Prevention Act (1854) Corrupt 
Continuance Bill was, according to Order, read the a 
third time. (1854) Con 

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 Com- Divorce Court 
mittee on the Divorce Court Bill; Bill (Lords, ) 
Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Marriages 

into a Committee on the Marriages (Lisbon) Bill; _—— Bil 
, 

and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker re- 
sumed the Chair; and Mr. Massey reported, That 
the Committee had gone through the Bill, and di- 
rected him to report the same, without Amendment. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time To- 
morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Attorneys 
consideration the Attorneys and Solicitors Bill, as $v tLerdsy 
amended in the Committee ; ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be taken into consideration 
To-morrow. 


The Charitable Trusts Acts Continuance Bill was, Charitable 
according to Order, read a second time; and com- Trusts Acts 


mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for To- Bill |Zerds} 
morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Railway 
consideration the Amendments made by the Lords ee 
° ° ° . ; rbitration 
to the Railway Companies Arbitration Bill ; Bill. 
Ordered, That the said Amendments be taken 
int? consideration To-morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Fireworks Act 
mittee on the Fireworks Act Amendment Bill ; Amendment 
Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


Mr. Walpole reported Dickinson’s Divorce (India) Dickinson's 
Bill, without Amendment. trndin) Bill 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. (Lords. 
Sir Robert Ferguson reported from the Select Standing 
Committee on Standing Orders, a Resolution ; which '4es. 

was read, as followeth : 

That in the case of the Londonderry and wae Londenterey” 
Railway Bill, Petition for dispensing with Standing *"¢ 
Order 126, the said Steading Order ought to ttords rm 
dixpensed with; that the Parties be permitted to 
proceed with their Bill. 

The said Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 


Mr. Gregson reported from the Select Committee en 
on Public Petitions; That they had examined the (Eleventh Re- 
Petitions presented upon the 4th, 5th and 8th days port.) 
of this instant August, and had directed him to make 
a Report thereof to the House. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 

Ordered, That the Select Committee on Coloni- Colonization 
zation and Settlement (Jndia) have Power to report jrent (India.) 


their Observations thereupon to the House, No. 171. 
w 








) 


ch 





Londonderry 
gnd Coleraine 
Railway Bill 

(Lords. | 


sir John 2 

n’s 
Estate Bill 
[ Lords.) 


Spirits. 


Valuation 
Rolls (Scot- 
land.) 


Chopwell 
Woods (Dur- 
ham.) 


Treaties, &amp;c, 


93 Vicronixz. 


with the Minutes of the 
them. 

Mr. Ewart reported from the said Committee ; 
That they had considered the matters to them 
referred, and directed him to make a Report thereof 
to the House, together with the Minutes of the 
Evidence taken before them, and an Appendix. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the ‘Table ; 
and be printed. 


Evidence taken before 


Mr. Massey reported the Londonderry and Cole- 
raine Railway Bill, without Amendment. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Mr. Massey reported Sir John Ramsden’s Estate 
Bill, without Amendment. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the Number of Gallons of British, 
Foreign and Colonial Spirits respectively, distin- 
guishing the same consumed in Scotland, for the 
Ten years ending on or about the 31st day of De- 
cember 1858, alter giving effect to the Quantities 
sent, Duty paid, from one part of the United King- 
dom to other parts; and also giving effect to the 
Quantities methylated and exported on Drawback, 
according 10 the mode of enumeration adopted in 
the Third Report of the Commissioners of Inland 
Revenue; such Return to be divided into two equal 
periods of Five years, with the Columns added up, 
and the Quantities transferred, methylated and ex- 
ported ; when not fully ascertained, for any year or 
part of a year, from the want of separate Accounts, 
to be computed from the Data furnished by the ex- 
perience of subsequent years, in which separate 
Accounts have been kept :——And, like Return for 
the same period for England. 


Resolved, That 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 Valuation Rolls, of the 
Number of Male Persons in each County and 
Borough in Scotland who are Owners of Lands or 
Houses of the Annual Value of Forty shillings, and 
not Owners of Lands or Houses of the Annual Value 
of Five pounds, excluding from the enumeration all 
Persons who are known to hold their Property by 
any terminable tenure. 

Ordered, That 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 Income and Expenditure 
of the Crown Estate of Chopwell Woods, in the 
County of Durham, under the several heads, from 
May 1853 to May 1859, for each year respectively ; 
the Amount to be given in sucha manner as to ex- 
hibit the actual result of the system of Management 
pursued, as compared with the system indicated in 
the Thirtieth and Thirty-first Reports of the Com- 
missioners of Woods, &amp;c., founded on the several 
Reports of Mr. James Brown contained in the Ap- 

endix to those Reports; all as sanctioned by the 
rds Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury: 
And, Debtor and Creditor Account for each 
year, to bring out the differences of Income and 
xpenditure, as compared with the Estimates of 
Mr. Brown; with such Observations as the Deputy 
Surveyor may afford in explanation of such differ- 
ences, whether in Excess or Diminution of the 
Estimates. 





Resolved, That 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 such parts of all Treaties and Con- 
ventions now existing, and still obligatory, as con- 

Vou. 114. 


9° August. 











359 


tain an engagement of guarantee, under which the 
Government of this Country is engaged expressly, 
or by construction and inference separately, or in 
conjunction with any other Power or Powers, to in- 
terfere by Force of Arms, or by Armed Demonstra- 
tion, or by the Contribution of any Military Con- 
tingent or Pecuniary Subsidy, to attack or defend 
any Government or Nation, with reference to its in- 
ternal Arrangements or Foreign Relations, or on any 
other Contingency whatsoever. 

Ordered, That 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 Foreign 
ce. 


a Return of the Number of square feet of Floors in 
Mr. Scott’s Plan for the New Foreign Office, show- 
ing how much Space is occupied by Offices, and how 
much by Dwelling-houses and Reception-rooms. 


Mr. Cobbett, from the Select Committee appointed Beverley 


to try and determine the matter of the Petitions o 
William Duesbery and Charles Reynard; of Edward 
Auchmuty Glover; of Charles Robinson Empson and 
Richard Southwick; and of John Nutchey, John 
Thompson, Thomas Duffill and Thomas Gittens, com- 
plaining of an undue Election and Return for the 
Borough of Beverley, informed the House, That the 
Committee had determined, 

That Ralph Walters, Esquire, is not duly elected 
a Burgess to serve in this present Parliament for the 
Borough of Beverley. 

That Henry Edwards, Esquire, is duly elected a 
Burgess to serve in this present Parliament for the 
Borough of Beverley. 

That the last Election for the said Borough, so 
far as regards the Return of Ralph Walters, Esquire, 
is a void Election. 

And the said Determinations were ordered to be 
entered in the Journals of this House. 

Mr. Cobdett, from the said Select Committee, fur- 
ther informed the House, That the Committee had 
agreed to the following Resolutions : 

That Ralph Walters, Esquire, was, by his Agents, 
guilty of bribery at the last Election. 

That it was proved to the Committee, that John 
Best was bribed by the payment of 21. by Daniel 
Boyes. 

That John Pougher was bribed by the payment of 
21. by Daniel Boyes. 

That James Stokell was bribed by the payment of 
21. by Daniel Boyes and Robert Taylor. 


That William Anderson was bribed by the pay- — 


ment of 2/. 

That William Ruston was bribed by the payment 
of 21. by Daniel Boyes. 

That William Armstrong was bribed by the pay- 
ment of 17. by Daniel Boyes. 

That Isaac Bentley was bribed by the payment of 
21. by Daniel Boyes. 

That James Turner Bishoprick was bribed by 
the payment of 2/. by Daniel Boyes and Robert 
Taylor. 

That John Watson was bribed hy the payment of 
2l. by Daniel Boyes and Robert Taylor. 

That Thomas Kirk, the younger, was bribed by 
the payment of 51. by Daniel Boyes; but that it 
was not proved that such bribery was committed 
with the knowledge and consent of the Sitting Mem- 
ber, Ralph Walters, Esquire. 

That it was proved to the Cummittee, that Charles 
Stamford had been bribed by a payment of Thirty 
shillings by David Nutchey. 

That Thomas Whitelock was offered the sum of 


51. for his own vote, and the sum of 211. for the” 


votes of himself and four other voters who worked 

in the same place with him, by Jacolina Wilkin. 
That Wiliam ~ = was offered the sum of 3 /. for 

his vote by James Baker ; but that it was not proved 


that such bribery was committed with the knowledge. 


3B and 


f Election, 


Minutes 
ordered. 


Maidstone 
Electlon. 


Message from 
the Lords. 


Galway Har- 
bour and Port 
Act (1853) 
Amendment 
Bill. 

Fishing Ves- 
sels passing 
the Nore Bill. 


London and 
North Western 
Railway (Den- 
ton to Staly- 
bridge) Bill. 
Silverdale 

and Newcastle- 
under-Lyme 
Railway Bill. 
Waveney 
Valley Rail- 
way Bill. 

Law of 
Property and 
Trustees Re- 
lief Amend- 
ment Bill 
[Lords.] 


Newcastle- 
under-Lyme 
Burgesses 
Lands Bill 
[Lords.] 


Westminster 
New Bridge 
Bill. 


Imprisonment 
for Small 
Debts Bill. 


Chester and 
Holyhead 
Railway at 
Holyhead Bill. 


Law Ascer- 
tainment 
Facilities Bill 


West Londen 
Railway Bill. 


Bridport 
Railway Bill. 


Lancaster 
and Carlisle 
Railway Bill. 


North Staf- 
fordshire 
Railway Bill. 


360 


and consent of the Sitting Member, Henry Edwards, 
Esquire, or of his Agents. 

That it appears to the Committee, that an ob- 
jectionable practice of employing voters as messen- 
gers or runners hus prevailed in the Borough of 
Beverley ; but that neither the number of voters so 
employed at the last Election, nor the circumstances 
under which they were engaged, lead the Committee 
to believe that an attempt was made corruptly to 
influence the Election by such means. 

That it was proved to the Committee, that at the 
last Election for Bever/ey, bribery was carried on 
systematically by two persons of the name of Daniel 
Koyes and Robert Taylor; and the Committee re- 
commend that these twe persons should be prose- 
cuted by Order of the House. 

That the Committee recommend that no Writ for 
the Borough of Beverley do issue until the Evidence 
taken before this Committee be printed. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 

Ordered, That the Minutes of the Evidence taken 
before the Committee be laid before this House. 


Ordered, That the Minutes of the Evidence taken 
before the Select Committee on the Maidstone Elec- 
tion l’etition be laid before this Honse. 


9°—10° Augusti. 





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 Galway Harbour 
and Port Act (1853) Amendment Bill, without any 
Amendment, 


The Lords have agreed to the Fishing Vessels 
passing the Nore Bill, without any Amendment. 


The Lords have agreed to the London and North 
Western Railway ( Denton to Stalybridge) Bill, with- 
out any Amendment. 


The Lords have agreed to the Si/verdale and 
Newcastle-under- Lyme Kailway Bill, without any 
Amendment. 


The Lords have agreed to the Waveney Valley 
Railway Bill, without any Amendment. 


The Lords have agreed to the Amendments made 
by this House to the Law of Property and Trustees 
Relief Amendment Bill, without any Amendment. 


The Lords have agreed to the Amendments made 
by this House to the Newcastle-under-Lyme Bur- 
gesses Lands Bill, without any Amendment. 


The Lords have agreed to the Westminster New 
Bridge Bill, with an Amendment; to which the 
Lords desire the concurrence of this House. 

The Lords have agreed to the Imprisonment for 
Small Debts Bill, with an Amendment; to which 
the Lords desire the concurrence of this House. 

The Lords have agreed to the Chester and Holy- 
head Railway at Holyhead Bill, with Amendments ; 
to which the Lords desire the concurrence of this 
House. 

The Lords have avreed to ‘he Law Ascertainment 
Facilities Bill, with Amendments; to which the 
Lords desire the concurrence of this House. 

The Lords have agreed to the West London 
Railway Bill, with Amendments; to which the Lords 
desire the concurrence of this House. 

The Lords have agreed to the Bridport Railway 
Bill, with Amendments ; to which the Lords desire 
the concurrence of this House. 

The Lords have agreed to the Lancaster and 
Carlisle Railway Bill, with Amendments ; to which 
the Lords desire the concurrence of this House. 

The Lords have agreed to the North Staffordshire 
Railway Bill, with Amendments; to which the 
Lords desire the concurrence of this House. 


| 





A. 1859. Sess. II. 


The Lords have agreed to the Stockton and Dar 
lington Railway Bill, with Amendments; to which 
the Lords desire the concurrence of this House. 

The Lords communicate a printed Copy of the 
Report from the Select Committee appointed by the 
House of Lords on Church Rates, together with the 
Minutes of Evidence, as desired by this House. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
establish Equitable Councils of Conciliation to adjust 
differences hetnecn Masters and Operatives: And 
that Mr. Mackinnon, Mr. Ingham, Mr. Slaney and 
Mr. Selwyn do prepare, and bring it in. 


Resolved, ‘That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return of any Correspondence which took 
place during the year 1858, between the Moderator 
of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church 
in Ireland, or any Members of that Church, and the 
Secretary of State for War, or any other Official 
Persons, regarding the Appointment of Ministers of 
that Church to the office of Chaplain or Assistant 
Chaplain of Her Majesty’s Forces. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty, by such Members of this Hous as are 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


The House was moved, That the Standing Order 
of the House, No. 34, relative te deposit of Plans, 
&amp;e. with Parish Clerk, &amp;c., miglit be read; and the 
same being read ; 

Ordered, That the said Standing Order be re- 

ealed. 

Ordered, That on or before the 30th day of No- 
vember, a Copy of so much of the said Plans and 
Sections as relates to each Parish in or through 
which the work is intended to be made, maintained, 
varied, extended or enlarged, or in which any lands 
or houses intended to % taken are situate (see 
Fig. 5), together with a copy of so much of the 
Bock of Reference as relates to such Parish, shall 
be deposited with the Parish Clerk of each such 
Parish in England, or, in the case of any Extra- 
srg Place, with the Parish Clerk of some 

arish immediately adjoining thereto, or in case of 
any place within the limits of the Metropolis, as 
defined by the Act 18 &amp; 19 Vic. c. 120, intituled, 
“ An Act for the better Local Management of the 
Metropolis,” except the City of Zondon, with the 
Clerk of the Vestry of each Parish in Schedule A., 
and with the Clerk of the District Board of Parishes 
in Schedule B. of the said Act, with the School- 
master of each such Parish in Scot/and, or if there 
be no Schoolmaster of any such Parish, then with 
the Session Clerk, or in Royal Burghs with the 
Town Clerk, and with the Clerk of the Union within 
which such Parish is included in Jreland. (See 
Appendix, Act 1 Vic. c. 83.) 

Ordered, That the said Order be a Standing Order 
of this House. 


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. 


Stockton ang 
Railway Bill, 
Church Rates, 


Masters and 
Operatives, 


Army (Pres. 
byterian 
Chaplains ) 


Private Bills, 





Mercurii, 10° die Augusti ; 
Anno 23° Victoria Regine, 1859. 


PRAYERS. 
\ R. Selwyn presented a Bill to establish Equi- 
4 table Gocnits of Conciliation to adjust differ- 
ences between Masters and Operatives: And the 


same was read the first time ; and ordered to be read 
a second 


Masters and 
ves 


Bill 127. 











&amp; FTE 


i) 


i. 





Bridport Rail- 
way Bill. 


Central Wales 
allway Bill. 


Colne Valley 
and Halstead 
Railway Bill. 


Falkirk Police 
and Improve- 
ment Bill. 


Lancaster 
and Carlisle 
Railway Bill. 


Mid-Sussex 
and Midhurst 
Junction 
Railway Bill. 


North Staf- 
fordshire 
Railway Bill. 


Stockton and 
ington 
Railway Bill. 


Wells and 
Fakenham 
Railway Bill. 


West London 
Railway Bill. 


93 Vieroria. 


a‘second time upon this day month; and to be 
printed. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Brid- 
port Railway Bill; and the same were twice read, 
and agreed to, 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the Amendments made by their Lordships. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Central 


10° August. 





Wales Railway Bill; and the same were twice read, 
and agreed to. 

Ordered, ‘That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the | 
Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House hath | 
agreed to the Amendments made by their Lordships. | 


} 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Colne 
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. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Falkirk 
Police and Improvement Bill; and the same were 
twice read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the Amendments made by their Lordships. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Zan- 
caster and Carlisle Railway Bill; and the same were 
twice read, and agreed to, 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the Amendments made by their Lordships. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Mid- 
Sussex and Midhurst 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 House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the North 
Staffordshire Railway Bill; and the same were 
twice read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the Amendments made by their Lordships. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Stockton 
and Darlington Railway Bill; and the same were 
twice read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the Amendments made by their Lordships. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Wells 
and [akenham Railway Bill; and the same were 
twice read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the Amendments made by their Lordships. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the West 
London Railway Bill; and the same were twice 
read, and, with Amendments to several of them, 





361 


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 this House doth desire 
the concurrence of their Lordships. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Kensington 
the Amendment made by the Lords to the Kensing- Station and 
ton Station and North and South London Junction je | 
Railway Bill; and the same was twice read, and Junction 
agreed to. Railway Bill. 

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 Lancashire 
the Amendment made by the Lords to the Lancas- = Yorkshive 
shire and Yorkshire Railway (Rochdale and Royton (Rochdale ona 
Branches) Bill; and the same was twice read, and Royton 
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 Amendment made by their Lordships. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Midland Rail- 
the Amendment made by the Lords to the Midland Alar gg 
Railway (Erewash Valley) Bill; and the same was ai 
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. 


Dickinson’s Divorce (India) Bill was read the Dickinson’s 
third time. a 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. ord.) : 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House hath 


agreed to the same, without Amendment. 


Sir John Ramsden’s Estate Bill was read the third Sir John 


— Estate Bill 
. ‘ state Bi 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. [ Lords. ] 


Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the same, without Amendment. 


Ordered, That in the case of the Thames Water- Thames 
men and Lightermen Bill, Standing Order 182, and tae and 
the Order of the House of the 20th day of July last, pit [Lords] 
be suspended, and that the Bill be now read the 
third time:—The Bill was accordingly read the 
third time ; and a verbal Amendment was made to 
the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
do pass. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the same, with Amendments; to which 
this House doth desire the concurrence of their 
Lordships. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Pneumatic 
the Pneumatic Despatch Company Bill, as amended Despateh 
. : Company Bill 
in the Committee. [ Lords.] 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Ordered, That in the case of the Londonderry Londonderry 
and Coleraine Railway Bili, Standing Order 188, and Coleraine 
and the Order of the House of the 20th day of July ta 
last, be suspended, and that the Bill be now taken 
into consideration:—The House accordingly pro- 
ceeded 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 acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the same, without Amendment. 


Ordered, That the Amendments made by the Chester and 
Lords to the Chester and Holyhead Railway at Boyhesd | 





Von. 1 1 4, 


Holyhead Bill be now taken into consideration :— Holyhead Bill, 
3B2 The 





Public 
Petitions. 


Vide Twelfth 
Report. 


Sugar, &amp;c. 


$62 


The House 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 Lordships. 


Several Public Petitions were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the ‘Table. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Returns of the Quantities of Unrefined Sugar im- 
ported and cleared for Consumption in each year 
ending the ath day of July, from 1842 to 1859, 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 


10° Augusti. 





Refined Sugar : Of the same in every respect 
of Melasses:——Of the same in every respect of| 
the Aggregate of Unrefined and Refined Sugar and | 
Melasses, converting Melasses into Sugar at the! 
Rate of Three pounds of Melasses to One pound | 
of Sugar :——Of the same of Rum:——Of the! 
Amount of Duty received on Refined and Unrefined 
Sugar and on Melasses, in each of the above years ; 
distinguishing the Amounts paid on Foreign and on 
Colonial Produce, and the Rates of Duty chargeable 
in each year: Of the Amount of Duty received | 
on Rum in each year, and the Rate at which it was 
charged :——And, of the Average Prices per ewt. | 
of Muscovado Sugar, exclusive of Duty, from the | 
London Gazette; and the Average Prices per cwt. | 
of Havannah Sugar (ordinary Yellow), exclusive of 
Duty, from the London Mercantile Prices Current, | 


A. 1859, Sess. TI. 


1857 and 1858, between the Cunard Steam Packet 
Company and the Treasury, Admiralty, General 
Post Office or Colonial Office, respecting the re- 
newal of their Contract for the Conveyance of the 
North American Mails: Of the Contract bear- 
ing date the 24th day of June 1858 :——And, of 
any Correspondence between any Members of the 
Canadian Government and the Colonial Office in 
relation thereto. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty, by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- 
posed, That a Select Committee be appointed to 
inquire into the allegations contained in the Peti- 
tion of Hugh Culling Eardley Childers, Esquire, 
which was presented upon the 9th day of this in- 
stant August, relative to the withdrawal of the 
Pontefract Election Petition ; 

And Mr. Overend, Member for Pontefract, being 
present, was heard in his place in relation to the 
allegations of such Petition concerning himself :— 
And then he withdrew. 

Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed 
to inquire into the allegations contained in the 
Petition of Hugh Culling Eardley Childers, Es- 
quire, which was presented upon the 9th day of this 


instant August, relative to the withdrawal of the 


Pontefract Election Petition :—-And a Committee 
was appointed of Mr. Walpole, Mr. Edward Crau- 
furd, Captain Jervis, Lord Robert Clinton, Mr. 
Selwyn, Mr. Philipps and Mr. Glyn; with Power 
to send for persons, papers and records. 

Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 


Pontefract 
Election 

(Childers? 
Petition.) 


Savings 


for each of the above years (in recapitulation and | Returns of the Names of the different Savings Banks Banks, 


continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 462, of in the United Kingdom :——Of the Amount due 
Session 1857-58). | to Depositors by each Bank on the 20th day of 
|November 1858:——Of the Amount of Security 
Resolved, That an humble Address be presented | given by the Trustees and Managers in each Savings 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased | Bank respectively, with the Names, Conditions and 
to give directions, that there be laid before this | Residences of and the Amount of liability of each 
House, Returns showing what Oaths are required | Security : And, of the Amount due to each 
as a Qualification in order to the under-mentioned Savings Bank ; the Gross Amount due to all Savings 
Persons being allowed to practise their respective | Banks by the Commissioners for the Reduction of 
Professions, viz.:—Doctors, Advocates, Proctors of | the National Debt ; and the Gross Amount of Se- 
Civil Law, Queen’s Counsel, Serjeants at Law, | Curity given by the Trustees and Managers in all 
Barristers, Attorneys, Notaries, Physicians, School- | the Savings Banks. 
masters and Ushers :——And, showing also under | ‘ 
what authority such Oaths are administered ; dis- | Mr. Chichester Fortescue presented, by Her Colonial 
tinguishing such as are udministered in a Court of | Majesty's Command,—Copy of the Reports made Possessions. 
Law from such as are administered by any Society | for the year 1857, to the Secretary of State having 
or Body of Persons especially authorized in that be- | the Department of the Colonies; in continuation of 
half. the Reports annually made by the Governors of the 
Ordered, That the said Address be presented to | British Colonies, with a view to exhibit generally 
Her Majesty, by such Members of this House | the past and present state of Her Majesty’s Colo- 
as are ot Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy | nial Possessions; transmitted with the Blue Books 
Council. ' | for the year 1857. 
Copy of further Correspondence on the subject of Australian 
Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Convict Discipline and ‘Transportation (Australian ee ie ee 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased | Colonies) (in continuation of Papers presented 25th .44 Trans- 
to give directions, that there be laid before this | August 1857). portation.) 
House, a Return of the Brevets conferred in the 
Three Regiments of Regular Bombay Light Cavalry, | Mr. Chichester Fortescue also presented,— Return Gold Coast. 
from the Ist day of January 1857 to the latest | to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 15th day 
Date, together with detailed Reports of the | of April, in the last Session of Parliament, for a 
Field Services of the respective Regiments, and the | Copy of the Correspondence between James Cole- 


Oaths. 


East India 
( Bombay 
Light Ca- 
valry.) 


North Ame- 
rican Mails. 


Distances marched by each Regiment during the 
above period. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty, by such Members of this House 
as are of Her Majesty's Most honourable Privy 
Council. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Copies of any Correspondence, in the years 





man Fitzpatrick and the Colonial Office, relative to 
the Gold Coast (in continuation of Parliamentary 
Paper, No. 433, of Session 1856). 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 
7th day of July last, for Returns relative to the 
Conveyance of Mails (North America). 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 
25th day of July last, for a Return relative to the 
Geelong and Melbourne Railway. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table. 

Mr. 


Conveyance of 
Mails (North ,, 
America.) 


Geelong and 
Melboune 
Railway. 








Con- 
pline 
\- 


te 


ce of 
) 





08 Vicroriz. 


church Mr. Clive presented,—Return to an Address to 

[eweholds. Per Majesty, dated the 7th day of April, in the last 
Session of Parliament, for a Return of the Number 
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 Bishops, 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 
whether, on such Application, Terms have been 
either agreed upon, and referred to the Church 
Estate Cummissioners, or declined by the Lessees, 
or whether such Applications have en declined 
by the Lessors, or remain under consideration (in 
continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 399, of 
Session 1856). 

Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 

Table. 

Bast India Sir Charles Wood presented,—Return to an Ad- 

Education.) dress to Her Majesty, dated the 10th day of Febru- 
ary, in the last Session of Parliament, for a Return 
showing the Total Amount disbursed upon Educa- 
tion in each Presidency, with its per-centage upon 
the Revenue, in 1856-57; the Items of Expendi- 
ture to be classified as follows: 

1. Amount paid in Salaries to Government 
Officers as Directors of Publie Instruction, 
Deputies and Inspectors, in each Presidency; 

2. Amount expended on Government Edu- 
cational Institutions, distinguishing those for 
general, medical, or other special purposes ; 

3. Amount expended in furtherance of Pri- 
vate Educational Efforts, namely, in Grants in 
Aid, in each Presidency, and its per-centage on 
the Revenue: 

And, Copy of Correspondence with the Indian Go- 
vernment, showing the Progress of the Measures 
adopted for carrying out the Education Despatch 
of the 19th day of July 1854 (in continuation of 
Parliamentary Paper, No. 72, of Session 1858). 
Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
Table. 
Maidstone The following Papers, pursuant to Orders, were 
ae. laid upon the Table by the Clerk of the House,— 
Minutes of the Evidence taken before the Select 
Committee on the Maidstone Election Petition. 

Beverley Minutes of the Evidence taken before the Select 

Election. Committee on the Beverley Election Petitions. 

Old Stcres. Ordered, That the Return relative to Old Stores, 
No. 172. which was presented upon the 9th day of this in- 

stant August, be printed. 

Vessels and Ordered, That the Return relative to Vessels and 
canage &amp;e. Tonnage, &amp;c., which was presented upon the 9th 
No. 173, day of this instant August, be printed. 

Exchequer, Ordered, That the Return relative to the Exche- 

&amp; quer, &amp;c., which was presented upon the 9th day of 
No. 174. this instant August, be printed. 

ae Ordered, That the Return relative to Revenue 
No a (Ireland), which was presented upon the 9th day of 

“*®- this instant August, be printed. 

Hops, Ordered, That the Return relative to Hops, which 

No. 176. was presented upon the 9th day of this instant 
August, be printed. 

eation Ordered, That the Paper relative to Education 
No n (Ireland), which was presented upon the 9th day of 
O17. this instant August, be printed, 

petrepoitan Ordered, That the Paper relative to the Metro- 

of : é “ 

Works, politan Board of Works, which was presented’ upon 
No, 17g, the 9th day of this instant August, be printed. 

agama Ordered, That the Paper relative to Church Rates, 


which was communicated from the Lords upon the 
9th day of this instant August, be printed. 


10° Augusti. 


363 
The House, according to Order, resolved itself Sale of Gas 
into a Committee on the Sule of Gas Bill. Bill [Lords] 


(In the Committee.) 


Preamble postponed. 
Causes, N° 1 to N°3, agreed to. 


Crausz, N° 4 (Copies of the models of gas- 
holder to be provided by order of general or quarter 
sessions in England, and by meetings of Justices in 
Scotland), 

Amendment proposed, in p. 2, 1.33: To leave out 
from the word “ town” to the word “next” in 
1. 35, in order to insert the words “ and in boroughs 
“having a separate court of quarter sessions, the 
“ Recorder of such borough as may adopt this Act 
“ as hereinafter provided.” 

Question, That the words proposed to be left 
out stand part of the Clause——put, and agreed to. 
Another Amendment proposed, in p.3, |. 34: To 
leave out from the word “ determine” to the word 
“and” inl. 39. 

Question, ‘That the words proposed to be left out 
stand part of the Clause——put, and agreed to. 
Clause agreed to. 

Cuause, N° 5 (Copies of models of gas-holders 
to be provided by grand juries in [reland). 

Motion made, and Question proposed, That tie 
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 disagreed to. 

Crause, N° 6, disagreed to. 

Cuavsses, N°7 to N° 19, with Amendments to 
several of them, agreed to. 

Cuiause, N° 20, disagreed to. 

Criauses, N° 21 to N° 30, with Amendments to 
several of them, agreed to. 

Preamble agreed to. 


Bill, as amended, to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Massey 
reported, That the Committee had gone through the 
Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration To-morrow. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take European 
into consideration the European Troops (India) Bill, Troops (India) 
as amended in the Committee. = 

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- Divorce Court 
mittee on the Divorce Court Bill ; Bill (Lords.] 
Resolved, Vhat this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


The Marriages (Lisbon) Bill was, according to Marriages 

Order, read the third time. (Lisbon) Bill 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. sates. 
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 taking into Attorneys 
consideration the Attorneys and Solicitors Bill, as —_ Sper 
amended in the Committee ; an) 

Ordered, That the Bill be taken into consideration 
To-morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Charitable 


mittee on the Charitable Trusts Acts Continuance Trusts Acts 
Bill: Continuance 
3 Bill [Lords.] 


Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 





Vou. 114. 





3B3 The 





RailwayCom- The House, according to Order, 


panies Arbi- 
tration Bill. 


Fireworks Act 


Amendment 


Metropolitan 
and City 
Police Force. 


East India 
(Oudh.) 


Divorce Court, 


Wakefield 
Election. 


jects, the 


364 16°—-11° 
proceeded to 
take into consideration the Amendments made by 
the Lords to the Railway Companies Arbitration 
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 Fireworks Act Amendment Bill ; 
Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 
Ordered, That the Bill be 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 comparative Weekly Pay of 
the Inspectors, Sergeants and Privates of the Metro- 


politan and City of London Police Force, and tie | 
Allowances or other Emoluments made to the re- | 
spective Inspectors, Sergeants and Privates of cach | 


Force. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty, by such Members of this Res as are 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Copy of a Letter from the Government of 
India to Lord Stanley, dated the 17th day of May 
1859, with reference to certain Claims upon the late 
Native Government of Oudh. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty, by such Members of this House 
as are of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy 
Council. 


The Order made upon the 8th day of this instant 
August, That there be laid before this House, Re- 
turns relative to the Divorce Court, was read, and 
discharged. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, as followeth : 


Most Gracious Sovereign, 

We, Your Majesty’s most dutiful and loyal Sub- 
Commons of the 
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, in 
Parliament assembled, beg leave humbly to repre- 
sent to Your Majesty, that a Select Committee of 
the House of Commons, appointed to try a Petition 
complaining of an undue Election and Return for 
the Borough of Wakefield, have reported to the 
House, that there is reason to believe that corrupt 
practices have extensively prevailed at the last Elec- 
tion for the said Borough of Wakefield: 

We therefore humbly pray Your Majesty, that 
Your Majesty will be graciously pleased to cause 
inquiry to be made, pursuant to the Provisions of 
the Act of Parliament passed in the sixteenth year 


of the reign of Your Majesty, intituled, “ An Act to Si 


provide for more effectual Inquiry into the existence 
of Corrupt Practices at Elections for Members to 
serve in Parliament,” by the appointment of Mr. 
Serjeant Pigott, William Henry Willes, Esquire, and 
Wyndham Slide, Esquire, as Commissioners for the 
purpose of making inquiry into the existence of such 
corrupt practices. 

Ordered, That the said Address be communicated 
to the Lords at a Conference, and their concurrence 
desired thereto. 

Ordered, That a Conference be desired with the 
Lords upon the subject-matter of an Address to 
be presented to Her Majesty, under the Provisions 
of the Act of the 15th and 16th of Her present 
Majesty, c. 57: And that the Clerk do go to the 
Lords, and desire the said Conference. 





August. A. 1859. Sess. II. 


Ordered, That the Select Canenitinn on Packet Packet and 
and Tel hie Contracts have Power to rt Telegraphic 
their ications thereupon to the ioenn. 4 Contracts, 
gether with the Minutes of Evidence taken before No. 180, 
them. 

Mr. Cobden reported from the said Committee ; 

That they had made Progress in the matters to them 
referred, and directed him to make a Report thereof 
to the House, together with the Minutes of the Evi- 
dence taken before them, and an Appendix. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table; 
and be printed. 


eer? 





| 

| 

| Ordered, That the Amendment made by the Lords Imprisonment 
to the Imprisonment for Small Debts Bill be taken —— 

| into consideration To-morrow. ebts Bill, 

| Ordered, That the Amendments made by the Law Ascer. 


| Lords to the Law Ascertainment Facilities Bill be paar 
| taken isto consideration To-morrow. we 


eof? Ba so 


Ordered, That the Amendment made by the Lords Westminster 
_to the Westminster New Bridge Bill be taken into New Bridge 
_ consideration To-morrow. a. 

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 Coinage Bill, with- Coinage Bil, 
out any Amendment. 
| The Lords have agreed to the Probates and Probates and 
| Letters of Administration (Ireland) Bill, without Letters of 
any Amendment. Aaa 
any e e tion (Ireland) 
Bill. 

The Lords have agreed to the Turnpike Trusts Turnpike 
Arrangements Bill, without any Amendment. Trusts Ar. 

— 

The Lords have agreed to the Tacumshin Embank- Tacumshin 
ment Bill, without any Amendment. Enbelea 

The Lor's have agreed to the Amendment made North Western 
by this House to the North Western Territories pes ge 
(British America) Bill, without any Amendment. oa 
[Lords. ] 

The Lords have agreed to the Amendments made Robins's 
by this House to Robins’s Estate Bill, without any (herds 
Amendment. : 

The Lords have agreed to the Police (Counties Police | 
and Boroughs) Law Amendment Bill, with Amend- re 
ments ; to which the Lords desire the concurrence paw pa 
of this House. ment Bill. 

The Lords have agreed to the Midland Railway Midland 
and Burton-upon-Trent Bridge Bill, with Amend- — = 
ments ; to which the Lords desire the concurrence 
of this House. 


Trent Bridge 
Bill. 

The Lords request, that this House will be pleased Gloucester 
to communicate to their Lordships, Copies of the 79 "ig 
Reports and Evidence taken before the Select Com- fiections. 
mittees of this House appointed in the present Session 
of Parliament to consider the Petitions complaining 
ofthe Elections of Members to serve in Parliament 
for the City of Gloucester and Borough of Wake- 
eld. 

Ordered, That Printed Copies of the said Reports 
be communicated to the Lords, as desired by their 
Lordships: And that the Clerk do deliver the same. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 


An 
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Jovis, 11° die Augustt ; 
Anno 23° Victorie Regine, 1859. 


PRAYERS. 
T HE House proceeded sir wp omg 
the Amendments made by the the 5 
Midland Railway and Burton-upon-Trent Bridge aay Bruge 
Bill; and the same were twice read, and agreed to. Bill 


Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords ; 


consideration Midland 
Lords to the Railway and 








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and 


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Poeumatic 
Lords. } 


Public 
Petitions. 
Vide Twelfth 
Report. 


Cathedral and 


Collegiate 
Churches. 


Chapters. 


Annuity Tax 
(Edinburgh. ) 


Dublin Port. 


93 VectorRrm. 


Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed 'to the: Amendments made by their Lordships. 


The Pneumatic Despatch Company Bill was 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 
this House doth desire the concurrence of their 
Lordships. 


Several Public Petitions were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return from the Ecclesiastical Commissioners for 
England, of every Payment made to them since the 
Ist day of August 1857, on account of any sus- 
pended Stall or Stalls in the Cathedral and Colle- 
giate Churches of England and Wales (in continua- 
tion* of Parliamentary Paper, No. 338, of Session 
1857). 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return from the Ecclesiastical Commissioners for 
England, of the Grants or Reductions allowed by 
them, since the Ist day of August 1857, to the 
several Chapters of England and Wales, to pay 
Substitutes for performing additional Duties cast 
upon them by the suspension of Cangnries; with 
the Names of the Persons who as such Substitutes 
have received such Grants (in continuation of Par- 
liamentary Paper, No. 339, of Session 1857). 


Resolved, That 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 Summonses raised 
— Persons for Payment of Annuity Tax in 

inburgh, from the 10th day of August 1857 to 
the 10th day of August 1859: Of the Number 
of Persons arrested during the same period :—— 
Of the Number of Persons imprisoned dnring the 
same period : Of the Amounts for which each 
Person was imprisoned during the same period :—— 
Of the Number of Arrestments of Bank Accounts, 
Rents or other Monies during the same period: 
Of the Number of Cases of Poinding and Sales 
during the same period : Of the highest and 
lowest Amount for which Individuals have been 
—— during the same period: ——Of the 

ighest and lowest Rents upon which Assessments 
have been levied : And, of the Names of Public 
Buildings assessed, and Amount paid by 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. 

















Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Accounts of all Receipts and Disbursements by the 
Corporation for preserving and maintaining the Port 
of Dublin, from the 31st day of December 1857 to 
the latest period to which the same have been made 
up ; distinguishing the same under different Heads, 
and under what Authority: Of all Monies 
borrowed by Debenture or otherwise, ander the 
Authority of the Act 26 Geo. 3, c. 19, and of the 
Act 32 Geo, 3, c. 35, or of any other Act; the Rate of 
Interest at which the same was borrowed ; what 
part of the same has been paid off; and the Annval 
Amount of the Interest payable on the subsisting 
Debt or Debts :——And, Statement of the Surplus 
Receipts above Disbursements for the year colitg 
on the 31st day of December 1858; and of the 
Total Surplus on the above day, and of the Applica- 

Vou. 114. 





1¥" Augusti. 


365 


tion or Investment of such Surplus, and the Dates 
thereof, and of the Dividends received therefrom 
(in continuation of Parliamentary Papers, No. 57, 
of Session 1851 ; No. 105, of Session 1853 ; No. 271, 
of Session 1855 ; and No. 469, of Session 1857-58). 


A Motion was made, and the Question being put, Adjournment. 
That this House do now adjourn :—It passed in the 
Negative. 


Lord John Russell presented, by Her Majesty’s Slave Trade. 
Command,—Class A. Copy of Correspondence with 
the British Commissioners at Sierra Leone, Havana, 
the Cape of Good Hope and Loanda, and Reports 
from British Vice-Admiralty Courts, and from 
British Naval Officers, relating to the Slave Trade, 
from April 1, 1858, to March 31, 1859. 

Class B. Copy of Correspondence with the Bri- 
tish Ministers and Agents in Foreign Countries, 
and with Foreign Ministers in England, relating to 
the Slave Trade, from April 1, 1858, to March 31, 

1859. 

Copy of Reports by Her Majesty’s Secretaries of Manufactures 
Embassy and Legation, on the Manufactures and ®"¢Commerce. 
Commerce of the Countries in which they reside. 

Lord John Russell also presented,— Return to an China and 
Address to Her Majesty, dated the 15th day of July J#Pa2. 
last, for a Return relative to China and Japan. 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the Foreign Office 
19th day of July last, fora Return relative to Foreign Messengers. 
Office Messenyers. 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the Ambassadors, 
19th day of July last, for a Return relative to Am- &amp; 
bassadors, &amp;c. 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the Consuls, &amp;c. 
19th day of July last, for a Return relative to Con- 
suls, &amp;c. 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the East India 
29th day of July last, for a Return relative to Ease (Ship Canal, 


India (Ship Canal, Isthmus of Kraa). ea) a 


Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the Budrum and 
1st day of this instant August, for a Return relative — Expe 
to the Budrum and Cnidus Expedition. 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the ‘Treaties, &amp;. 
9th day of this instant August, for a. Returm relative 
to Treaties, &amp;c. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table. 


Mr. Laing presented,— Return to an Address. to Her Commissions, 
Majesty, dated the 17th day of February, in the last 
Session of Parliament, for a Return of Royal. Com- 
missions issued from the year 1856 to the year 
1858, both inclusive; with the Date and Duration 
of each Commission ;. the Subject-matter of Inquiry ; 
the Number of Commissioners, whether paid or 
unpaid; and the Total Expenses (in continuation of 
Parliamentary Paper, No. 415, of Session 1856). 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the submarine 
14th day of July last, for a Return relative to Sub- Telegraph 
marine Telegraph Company. ow 

Return to an Order, dated the 10th day of this Sugar, &amp;. 
instant August, for Returns relative to Sugar, dc. 

Mr. Laing also presented, pursuant to the direc- Education 
tions of an Act of Parliament,—Copy of Treasury Department. 
Minute, dated 5th August 1859, granting a Special 
Retired Allowance to Mr. Charles W. Hutchinson, 
late an Assistant Clerk in the Education Department. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table. 


Mr. Clive presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- Costs of 
mand,—Copy of Report of the Commissioners ap- Prosecutions. 
pointed to inquire into the Costs of Prosecutions. 

An Abstract of the General Statements of the Highways. 
Receipts and Expenditure on account of the High- 
ways of the several Parishes, Townships, &amp;c. in 
England and Wales, for the year ending 25th March 
1857, pursuant to the Act 12 &amp; 13 Vic. c. 35. . 

3B4+ Mr. 














Local Govern- 


ment Act 
(1858.) 


East India 


366 

Mr. Clive also presented, pursuant to thedirections 
of an Act of Parliament,—Copy of First Annual Re- 
port presented by the Secretary of State for the 
Home Department to Parliament, on the execution 
of the Local Government Act, 1858. 


Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table. 


Sir Charles Wood presented,—Return to an Ad- 


(Expenditure.) dress to Her Majesty, dated the 17th day of March, 


| 
For the General 


in the last Session of Parliament, for a Return 
showing separately, in parallel Columns, the Ex- 
penditure under the different Heads, as stated 
below, for the general Government of India, for the 
Government of Bengal, distinguishing the Eastern 
Possessions, the District of Coorg, the Territory 
ceded by the Burmese, Pegu and Martaban, Nag- 
pore, Oude, the North-West Provinces, the Punjaub 
and Trans-Jndus Territory; Madras; Bombay, 
distinguishing Sind and Sattara ; and the Collective 
Total Amounts of each under all the above Heads : 
—1. Charges of the Civil and Political Establish- 
ments, including Contingent Charges, in the follow- 
ing form :— 





For the a 
Government of | Government of | The Eastern — of Ke. Ke. 
India. Bengal. Possessions. rg. 





1834 
1835 - 
1836 - 
&amp;e. &amp;e. 


East India 
(Income and 





Expenditure.) 


| } 








—2. Judicial and Police Charges, in the same 
form, and for the same years : — 3. Buildings, 
Roads and other Public Works, exclusive of Re- 
pairs and of Military Buildings, in the same form, 
and for the same years :—4. Military Charges, in- 
cluding Military Buildings, in the same form, and 
for the same years:—5. Indian Navy and other 
Marine Charges, in the same form, and for the 
same years:—6. Mint Charges, for the same years: 
—7. Interest on Debt, in the same form, and for 
the same years :—8. Any other Charges not included 
in the above, in the same form, and for the same 
years :—-9, Charges in England, in the same years, 
under the separate Heads of—1. Dividends to Pro- 
prietors of East India Stock ; 2. Interest on Home 
Debt; 3. General Charges of Home Establish- 
ments ; 4. All other Charges; and the Total of the 
whole. 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 
17th day of March, in the last Session of Parlia- 
ment, for a Return showing in each year, from 1834 
to the latest Date, the Income and Expenditure of 
the Government of Jndia and of the East India 
Company ; together with the Balances in the Indian 
Treasuries and at Home, at the beginning and the 
close of each year; and also showing the Surplus 
or Deficiency of each year; under the following 
Heads, and in the following form :— 
































INCOME. EXPENDITURE. 
. tie tox © ae -. fa a oa a ee 
24/812 1.18 | [8 2 &amp; | le |e igs leet 
| « a ro} = 
e* 2 a | @ @ |5 ls 3 3 ~lo FS Ss 
igs | 2128 Tele | fs @ iE | le le [e2albbe 
a. 3| 8/8 Ja 8 13 is | lSele IB e3/Guk 
ae 6 |.= 1g 2 | |B \% fs | |$8ig gales 
Se ly 8S le fole iS ¢ 8 | set lescless 
lef |S 28 Pi © igss | |csie |8SSiste 
— is Bgise |g  \s ar: 3m lclesic [S885 
a a rr) 7° 
e.2 £9 28 1 &amp; has a is EAI £ alg ABZISBo 
ea ifm Blissi/@#/° (Bele \3 ©.\3 log mle se 
os} Fs | 3 iZ Si 6 xoe |=|S iq SRSA az 
rs] E a r=] 3 s|- 8 } 
lg- (cee sEis \S5)E 8 Mem Fllsllseshises 
Sa 886838) § Biles gle igbie |S)" siscelpeg 
lSey SoS 2327 esis les] 2 lt |Es 86 818 o Sm™i,oes\zo".; 
ses ERS ES a3 2 \=s &amp; O,mi sk les etizeelsees 
See 5eS8s 8305 \sEl 5 sels sm sias gsbbeigesa 
&amp; = me sa) coll jan ee - me SIS a n a 
a | =o | 
|g. i¢'e a! a lalelelelelselels. se.) 2] ¢. 
1834 - | | | 
1835 | 
1836. | 
&amp;e. &amp;e. | | } 
} i 


























11° Augusti. 


A. 1859. Sess. IT. 


Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the rast India 







































17th day of March, in the last Session of Parlia- (Revenue) Court 
ment, for a Return showing separately, in parallel o- 
Columns, 1. The Gross Amount of the Indian Land 
Revenue, the Receipts from Tributes, Sayer, Ab- 
karry, &amp;c., and their Totals, in three separate Co- 
lumns (after deducting Repayments), for Bengal, 
distinguishing the Eastern Settlements, the District 
of Coorg, the Territory ceded by the Burmese, Pegu Gold 
and Martaban, Nagpore, Oude, the North-West Ne 
Provinces, the Punjaub and Trans-Jndus Territory ; 
Madras ; Bombay, distinguishing Sind and Sattara; Geek 
and showing, in separate Columns, the Charges for Melb 
Collection, the Rate per cent. on Receipts, all other Rail’ 
Payments out of Income, and the Net Amount paid Ne 
into the Government Treasuries for each year ae Conv 
1834, or from the Date of Annexation to the latest Mail 
Date; and showing, in separate Columns, the Col- «3 
lective Total Amounts for all the Districts under the 
same Heads, in the following form : _ 
BENGAL, &amp;e. N 
¢ leslar 38 ct 
4 5 4 2. 3 = * : (tae 
__|@ |BslP8els | 43 z\£ N 
zt | B/ESEls [92 | &amp; 2 
"(22 )2se] 82) 22) * | Fe Be 
g2/)22|\)2Ge!183/ 253) 3 | 33 N 
So je |z2 |5 |e o |z 
1834 - East 
1835 - (Rai 
1836 - 
&amp;e. &amp;e. 
—2. The Gross Amount of the Customs Revenue in 
each District, and in the same form, after deducting 
Repayments, the Charges for Collection, the Rate 
per cent., and the Net Amount paid into the Trea- 
suries, for the same years:—3. The Gross and Net 
Receipts from Salt in each District, in the same 
form, and for the same years :—4, The Gross and 
Net Receipts from Opium in each District, in the 
same form, and for the same years :—5. The Gross 
and Net Receipts from all other sources collectively 
in each District, in the same form, and for the same 
years:—6. The Total Gross Amount of Receipts 
from all sources in each District, and collectively 
for all Parts, after deducting Repayments, the Total 
Charges for Collection, the Rate per cent., the Total 
Amount of other Payments, and the Net Amount 
paid into the Treasury, in the same form, and for 
the same years. 
Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the East India 
4th day of July last, for a Return relative to East (Loans, &amp;.) 
India (Toans, &amp;c.) Der 
Ordered, That the said Returns do lie upon the We 
Table. 
Mr. Baring presented,—Return to an Address to East India 
Her Majesty, dated the 10th day of this instant (Oudh.) 
August, for a Return relative to East India (Oudh.) 
Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
Table. 
Lu 
Mr. FitzRoy presented;—Return to an Order, Ts 
dated the 5th day of this instant August, for a Re- °™ 
turn relative to the New Foreign Office. 
Return to an Order, dated the 8th day of this The Ser- 
instant August, for a Return relative to the Ser- a 
pentine. ? ae We 
Ordered, That the said Returns do lie upon the Bet 
Table ; and that the last be printed. nae 
Lord Clarence Paget presented,—Return to an meses 
Order, dated the 8th day of this instant August, for #@*b™* 
Returns relative to Wexford Harbour. An 


Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 

















Table. 
The 





Gold Coast. 
No. 182. 


Geelong and 

Melbourne 

Railway. 
No. 183. 


Conveyance of 


Mails (North 
America. ) 
No. 184. 


Church 
Leaseholds. 
No. 185. 
Bast India 
(Education. ) 
No. 186. 
Beverley 
Election. 
No. 187. 


East India 
(Railways. ) 


Devonport 
Writ, “ 


Lunacy. 


Weedon, &amp;e, 
Establish. 
Mente, 





23 VicToRiz. 


The following Paper, pursuant to the directions 
of an Act of Parliament, was laid upon the Table 
by the Clerk of the House,—Copy of Order in the 
matter of the Suitors of the High Court of Chancery 
for paymeut of Superannuation Allowance to Henry 
Edgeworth Bicknell, Esquire, of £. 2,250 per aunum. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Gold 
Coast, which was presented upon the 10th day of 
this instant August, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Geelong 
and Melbourne Railway, which was presented upon 
the 10th day of this instant August, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Conveyance 
of Mails (North America), which was presented 
upon the 10th day of this instant August, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Church 
Leaseholds, which was presented upon the 10th day 
of this instant August, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to East India 
(Education), which was presented upon the 10th day 
of this instant August, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Minutes of the Evidence taken 
before the Select Committee on the Beverley Election 
Petitions, which were presented upon the 10th day 
of this instaut August, 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 Amount of Capital raised 
by each East Indian Railway Company, &amp;c., and 
paid by them into the Home and into the Indian 
Treasuries respectively, and the ‘Total Amount in 
each year ending the 30th day of April, from the 
commencement of Railway Operations in Judia to 
the present time; and showing the Amount of 
Interest received on such Principal Sums; the 
Amount of Disbursements on account of such Rail- 
ways in each year, in England and in India; the 
Total Amount, distinguishing Principal and Interest, 
and the Balance of Principal due from the Govern- 
ment of India at the end of each year; and also the 
Amount paid into the Home Treasury, between the 
1st day of May and the 1st day of August 1859, 
and the Disbursements on account of Railways in 
England, between the same Dates. 

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. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant 
to the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ 
for the electing of a Burgess to serve in this present 
Parliament for the Borough of Devonport, in the 
room of the Right honourable James Wilson, who. 
since his Election for the said Borough, hath ac- 
cepted the Office of Steward of Her Majesty’s 
Manor of Hempholme. 


Sir George Lewis presented, pursuant to the direc- 
tions of an Act of Parliament,—Copy of Thirteenth 
Report of the Commissioners in Lunacy to the 
Lord Chancellor. 

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 
Table. 


Mr. Secretary Sidney Herbert presented, by Her 
Majesty’s Command,—Copy of Report of the Com- 
missioners appointed to inquire into the state of the 
Store and Clothing Depéts at Weedon, Woolwich, 
and the Tower, &amp;c.; together with the Minutes of 
Evidence and Appendices. 

Mr. Secretary Sidney Herbert also presented,— 
Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 
5th day of July last, for a Return of General and 
Vou. 114. 


11° August?. 

















367 
other Officers holding Staff Appointments, with 
Tabular Statement. 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the army. 
5th day of July last, for a Return of General and 
other Officers holding Staff Appointments, distin- 
guishing those on the General and Personal Staff. 
~ Return to several Addresses to Her Majesty, Army (Staff 
dated the 15th and 27th days of July last, for Officers.) 
Returns relative to Army (Staff Officers). 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the army (Sale of 
15th day of July last, for a Return relative to Army a 
: “os c.) 

(Sale of Commissions, &amp;c.). 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the Cadets. 
19th day of July last, for a Return relative to 
Cadets. 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the Trinidad 
21st day of July last, for a Return relative to Trini- oo 
dad (Mortality, &amp;c.). os 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the Army 
21st day of July last, for Returns relative to Army  remnaone AON 
(Assistant Surgeons’ Examinations). minations.) 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the Army (Pay of 
5th day of this instant August, for a Return relative Officers.) 
to Army (Pay of Officers). 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the Army (Pres- 
9th day of this instant August, for a Return relative byterian 
to Army (Presbyterian Chaplains). Chaplains.) 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take Imprisonment 
into consideration the Amendment made by the fer Small 
Lords to the Imprisonment for Small Debts Bill; ?*? 2" 
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 Order of the day being read, for taking into Law Ascer- 
consideration the Amendments made by the Lords Pimento 
to the Law Ascertainment Facilities Bill ; ein ss 

Ordered, Vhat the said Amendments be taken 
into consideration after the other Orders of the 
day. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take Westminster 
into consideration the Amendment made by the oo Bridge 
Lords to the Westminster New Bridge Bill; andthe  ~ 
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 Order of the day being read, for the Com- Charitable 


mittee on the Charitable Trusts Acts Continuance Trsts Acts 
Continuance 


Bill [ Lords.] 


Bill; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question be- 
ing proposed, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 

hair ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word “ That” to 
the end of the Question, in order to add the words 
“ this House will, upon this day three months, re- 
* solve itself into the said Committee,” instead 
thereof. 

And the Question being 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. Brand, 70 

Yeas, Sir William Dunbar : } " 

Tellers for the f Mr. Newdegate, lL ga 

Noes, Mr. Kinnaird: Ye aa 

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, 
3c Mr, 





ai Sere 





Divorce Court 


Bill [Lords] 


Sale of Gas 
Bill [Lords.] 


368 


Mr. Speaker resulied the Chair; and Mr. os 
reported, That the Committee had gone throug 
the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be now taken into consideration :—The 
House accordingly proceeded to take the Bill into 
consideration. 

Ordered, That the Bill be now read the third 
time:—The Bill was accordingly read the third 
time. 

Resolved, That the Bill, with the Amendment, 
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 an Amendment; to which 
this House doth desire the concurrence of their 
Lordships. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
intu a Committee on the Divorce Court Bill. 


(In the Committee.) 


Preamble postponed. 

Crause, N° 1, agreed to, 

Craussg, N° 2 (Judge Ordinary and eight of the 
other Judges to appoint the sittings). 

Amendment proposed, in p. 2, 1. 2: After the 
word “alone” to insert the words “ Provided al- 
“ ways, That such Court does and shall hold a 
“ sitting for the disposal of the business of the said 
“ Court for not less than three consecutive days, at 
“ the least, once in every forinight from the Second 
“ of November to the Tenth of August in every year, 
“ except during the periods allotted for the attend- 
“ance of the Judges upon their circuits, or for the 
ordinary vacations.” 

Question proposed, ‘That those words be there in- 
serted : -Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 

Clause agreed to. 

Crausez, N° 3, agreed to. 

Crauses, N° 4 and N° 5, disagreed to. 

Crauss, N° 6, agreed to. 

Craussz, N° 7, disagreed to. 

Three Clauses added. 

Preamble agreed to. 


Bill, as amended, to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Massey 
reported, That the Committee had gone through 
the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be now taken into consideration :—The 
House accordingly proceeded to take the Bill into 
consideration. 

Ordered, That the Bill be now read the third 
time :—The Bill was accordingly read the third 
time. 

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 
this House doth desire the concurrence of their 
Lordships. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
consideration the Sale of Gas Bill, as amended in 
the Committee: The Bill was re-committed to a 
Committee of the whole House :—The House im- 
mediately resolved itself into the Committee ; and, 
after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed 
the Chair; and Mr. Massey 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 ; and an Amendment was made to the 
Bill. 





11° Augusts. 


A.185Y. Sess. Lf, 


Ordered, That the Bill be now read the third 
time:—The Bill was accordingly read the third 
time. 

Resolved, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
do pass. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the same, with Amendments; to which 


this House doth desire the concurrence of their 
Lordships. 


their Clerks, as followeth: 


in the Painted Chamber. 

Ordered, That a Committee be appointed to 
manage the Conference :—And a Committee was 
appointed of Mr. Charles Forster, Sir George Grey, 
Mr. Solicitor General, Lord Fermoy, Mr. Knight, 
Mr. Baillie Cochrane, Mr. Griffith and Mr. Han- 
hey. 

Then the Names of the Managers were called 
over; and they went to the Conference :—And being 
returned ; 

Mr. Charles Forster reported, That the Managers 
had been at the Conference, which was managed 
on the part of the Lords by the Lord President, and 
that they had delivered to their Lordships the Ad- 
dress agreed upon by this House, to which they 
desired the concurrence of their Lordships; and 
that they had left the said Address with their 
Lordships. 


consideration the Attorneys and Solicitors Bill, as 
amended in the Committee ; 


And Notice being tuken, 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. 








House or Commons. 


Jovis, 11° die Augusti, 1859. 


By virtue of an Act passed in the twenty-fourth 
year of the reign of his late Majesty King George 
the Third, intituled, “ An Act to repeal so much of 
two Acts made in the tenth and fifteenth years of 
the reign of his present Majesty, as authorizes the 
Speaker of the House of Commons to issue his 
Warrant to the Clerk of the Crown for making out 
Writs for the Election of Members to serve in Par- 
liament, in the manner therein-mentioned, and for 
substituting other Provisions for the like purposes ;” 

I do hereby nominate, appoint and authorize the 
Honourable Harry George Vane, commonly called 
Lord Harry Vane, the Right honourable Thomas 
Henry Sutton Sotheron Estcourt, Colonel John Wil- 
son Patten, William Battie Wrightson, Esquire, and 
Thomas William Brumston, Esquire, being Mem- 
bers of the House of Commons, or any one or more 
of them, to execute ull and singular the Powers 
given to the Speaker of the Houxe of Commons 
for the time being, for issuing Warrants to the 
Clerk of the Crown, in cases as in the said Act 
specified. 

Given under my hand and seal, this Eleventh day 
of August in the year of our Lord One thousand 
eight hundred and Fifty-nine. 


Joun Evetyn Denison, (L. 8.) 
Speaker. 





Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That a Mes- Message 
sage had been brought from the Lords, by one of the Lords, 


The Lords do agree to a Conference, as desired Wakefield 
by the Commons, and appoint the same presently Election, 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Attorneys 
and Solicitors 








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93 VictorRIzZ. 


Veneris, 12° die Augusti ; 
Anno 23° Victoria Regine, 1859. 


PRAYERS. 
RDERED, That the Select Committee on 
«the Pontefract Election ( Childers’ Petition) 
have leave to sit this day till Five of the clock, 
during the sitting of the House. 


Ordered, That in the case of all Private Bills 
brought from the House of Lords this day, with 
Amendments, such Amendments be taken into con- 
sideraiion forthwith. 


A Petition of William Ferrand, of Harden 
Grange, near Bingley, in the County of York, Es- 
quire, complaining of an undue Election and Re- 
turn for the Borough of Devonport, was presented, 
and read [ Vide Appendix to Votes, No. 64]. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
General Committee of Elections. 

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant 
or Warrants for such persons, papers and records 
as shall be thought necessary by the several Parties 
on the hearing of the matter of the said Petition. 


Mr. Puller, from the Select Committee appointed 
to try and determine the matter of the Petition of 
James Beeton and Robert Scott, complaining of an 
undue Election and Return for the Borough of 
Kingston-upon-Hul/, informed the House, That the 
Committee had determined, 

That Joseph Hoare, Esquire, is not duly elected 
a Burgess to serve in this present Parliament for 
the Borough of Kingston-upon- Hull. 

That the last Election for the said Borough of 
Kingston-upon-Hull, so far as regards the Retuin 
of the said Joseph Hoare, Esquire, is a void Elec- 
tion. 

And the said Determinations were ordered to be 
entered in the Journals of this House. 

Mr. Puller, from the said Select Committee, fur- 
ther informed the House, That the Committee had 
agreed to the following Resolutions : 

That it has been proved before the Committee, 
that at the last Election for the said Borough, as 
many as 487 persons were employed on behalf of 
the said Joseph Hoare, Esquire, and 493 persons on 
behalf of Messrs. Clay and Lewis, as Messengers, 
Canvassers, Clerks, Booth Agents and Check 
Clerks. 

That of the persons so employed on behalf of the 
said Joseph Hoare, Esquire, more than 300 persons 
appear to have been voters for the said Borough, 
and to have received from the Agents of the said 
Joseph Hoare, Esquire, in respect of such employ- 
ment, sums varying in amount from 2s, 6d. up 
to £. 3. 5s. 

That amongst the voters so employed were the 
following persons, to whom the several sums were 
paid which are set opposite their names :— 


£. 8s. d. 
Francis Smith Jackson - - -10 6 
John Clarkson - - - -~15 - 
John Robinson - - - - 7 = 
John Turpin - - - «a Bi ge 
William Shakesby - - - - 5 - 
John Duncan . - - -10 6 
Thomas Duncan - - - -—- 2 6 
John Francis Watson - -16- 
Percival Beautyman - - 210 6 
Charles Welcome Beautyman - 2 3 6 
Thomas Goold - - - 116 6 
William Commander - - -15 - 
Richard Rolliston - - - -15 - 
James Furniss - - - -15 &lt;- 
George Johnson - - - 110 - 
John Lankester - - - 110 - 


Von. 114. 


12° Augusti. 











369 

£..s. d. 
Robert Young sme? us tgaggQea 
George Newmarch - - &gt; angg dg 
William Tait - - ee 
George Lockwood - - “3 6 @ 
George Hollingsworth -~- - —15 6 
Thomas Linsey - - o wg 
John Biggins - - eg gre 
George Brown -— - oe GQ ee 
James Guy - - - - ‘3 19 


That some of the said voters were allowed to 
continue at their usual work during all the time of 
their employment, and to come only at their dinner 
hour and in the evening; but nevertheless were 
paid at the same rate as those who attended all day ; 
some were so old and infirm as to be incapable of 
rendering any efficient service ; some were paid for 
a longer number of days than that for which they 
were engaged, or during which they were in attend- 
ance; while none of them appear to have rendered 
adequate services or work for the payment which 
they received. 

That it does not appear to the Committee that 
any act of bribery was committed with the know- 
ledge or consent of the said Joseph Hoare, Esquire, 
who appears to the Committee to have always 
shown the greatest anxiety to check any irregular 
proceedings in the conduct of the Election. 

The Committee desire to draw the attention of 
the House to the circumstance, that Mr. William 
Henry Moss, Election Auditor for the Borough of 
Hull, appeared as Agent for the Petitioner, and that 
he took an active part in obtaining evidence in sup- 
port of the Petition: it appears to the Committee 
that such a course of proceeding is open to grave 
objections. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That the Minutes of the Evidence taken Minutes 


before the Committee be laid before this House. 


Several Public Petitions were presented, and Public 


read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Chichester Fortescue presented, by Her Ma- British 
jesty’s Command,—Further Papers relative to the Columbia. 


Affairs of British Columbia: Part 2. Copies of 
Despatches from the Governor of British Co/umbia 
to the Secretary of State for the Colones, and 
from the Secretary of State to the Governor, relative 
to the Government of the Colony. 


Mr. Chichester Fortescue also presented,—Return Emigration. 


to au Address to Her Majesty, dated the 22d day of 
last, for Returns relative to Emigration. 


Jul 
Tatars to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the Gold Coinage 
2d day of this instant August, for a Return relative (Sydney.) 


to Gold Coinage (Sydney). 


Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the Sovereign 


2d day of this instant August, for Returns relative = 
to the Sovereign coined at Sydney. 7 


Mr. Chichester Fortescue also presented, pursuant British 
to the directions of an Act of Pariiament,—Copies Columbia. 


of Proclamations issued by the Governor of British 
Columbia, between the 8th May 1858 and the 14th 
February 1859. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Emigration. 


to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this House, 
Copies or Extracts of Despatches relative to Emi- 
gration to the North American Colonies (in conti- 
nuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 165, of Ses- 
sion 1858). 

Ordered, That the said Address be ‘presented 
to Her Majesty, by such Members of this House 
as are of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy 
Council. 

302 Mr. 


Trade and 
Navigation. 


No. 42. 


Railway 
Accidents. 


Trade of 
Foreign 
Countries. 


Joint Stock 
Companies, 
&amp;e. 

No. 188. 
Newspapers, 
&amp;e. 


Customs 


379 


Mr. Laing presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand,—Accounts relating to Trade and Navigation, 
for the Mouth ended 31st July 1859, and Seven 
Months ended 31st July 1859. 

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 April, May, June and July 1859 (Part Fourth). 

Abstract of Reports on the Trade of various 
Countries and Places, for the years 1858 and 1859, 
received by the Board of Trade (through the Fo- 
reign Office) from Her Majesty’s Ministers and 
Consuls (No. 7). 

Mr. Laing also presented,—Return to an Order, 
dated the 14th day of July last, for Returns relative 
to Joint Stock Companies, &amp;c. 


Return to an Order, dated the 14th day of July 
last, for Returns relative to Newspapers, &amp;c. 
Return to several Orders, dated the 15th day of 


(Warehousing.) July last, for a Return relative to Customs (Ware- 


Customs (De- 
ficiencies, &amp;c.) 


Spirits. 


Yellow Fever 
(Lisbon. ) 


Lunatic Asy- 
lums (Ireland.) 


Picture 
Galleries. 


Metropolitan 
Drainage. 


Mercantile 
Marine Fund, 
&amp;e. 


Poor Law 

Unions 

(Ireland. ) 
No. 189. 


Publication 
of Ancient 
Laws, &amp;c. 
(Ireland. ) 


No. 190, 
Universities 
(Scotland. ) 

No. 191. 


Municipal 
Boroughs 
(Ireland. ) 

No. 192. 
Bankruptcy 
ana Insolvency 


(Ireland. ) 


Police 
(Counties 
and Burghs) 
( Scotland.) 


housing) :——«=———-And, for a Return relative to 
Customs (Deficiencies, &amp;c.) 

Return to an Order, dated the 9th day of this 
instant August, for Returns relative to Spirits, 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table; and that the Papers relative to Trade and 
Navigation, and Joint Stock Companies, &amp;c., be 
printed. 


Mr. Clive presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand,—Copy of Report on the Pathology, Thera- 
peutics and General Aitiology of the Epidemic of 
Yellow Fever which prevailed at Lisbon during the 
latter half of the year 1857. 

Copy of the Ninth Report on the District, Cri- 
minal and Private Lunatic Asylums in Ireland; 
with Appendices. 

Mr. Clive also presented,—Return to an Address 
to Her Majesty, dated tie 4th day of July last, for 
a Return relative to Picture Galleries. 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 
14th day of July last, for a Return relative to Me- 
tropolitan Drainage. 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 
28th day of July last, fur Accounts relative to the 
Mercantile Marine Fund, &amp;c. 

Return to an Order, dated the 18th day of July 
last, for a Return relative to Poor Law Unions 
(Lreland). 


Return to an Order, dated the 2d day of this 
instant August, for a Return relative to the Publi- 
cation of Ancient Laws, &amp;c. (Lreland). 


Mr, Clive also presented, pursuant to the directions 
of several Acts of Parliament,—Copy of Ordinance 
by the Scoitish Universities Commissioners, with 
reference to Graduation in Medicine in the Uni- 
versity of Edinburgh. 

Abstract of Statement of Monies received and 
expended on account of certain Municipal Boroughs 
in Lreland. 


Returns from the Official Assignees of the Court 
of Insolvency and Bankruptcy in Jreland, showing 
the state of every Bankruptcy and Insolvency 
under their Charge for the year ending 31st De- 
cember 1858. 

Report of every Case in which the Secretary of 
State’s Certificate of Efficiency, under the 66th 
Section of the Statute 20 &amp; 21 Vic. c. 72, to render 
more effectual the Police in Counties and Burghs in 
Scotland, has been withheld. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table; and that the Papers relative to Poor Law 
Unions (Jre/and), Publication of Ancient Laws, &amp;c. 
(Ireland), Universities (Scotland), and Municipal 
Boroughs (Zreland), be printed. 


12° August. 





A. 1859. Sess. II. 


Sir Charles Wood presented,—Return to an Ad- East Inaig 


‘dress to Her Majesty, dated the 29th day of July (Paumben 


last, for Returns relative to East India (Paumben Passage, &amp;e,) 
Passage, &amp;c.) 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the East India 
8th day of this instant August, for a Return relative (Uncovenanieg 
to East India (Uncovenanted Servants). ' Servants.) 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the East India 
11th day of this instant August, fora Return relative (Bailways,) 
to East India (Railways). 

Return to an Order, dated the 21st day of May East India 
1858, for Copies of all Papers not already presented (Annexations, 
to the House, connected with the various Annexa- “* 
tions of Territory in India, including Minutes by 
individual Directors, since the Annexation of Sat- 
tarah. 

Ordered, That the said Returns do lie upon the 
Table. 


Lord Clarence Puget presented, by Her Majesty’s Marine 
Command,—Copy of amended Report to the Lords xgines. 
Commissioners of the Admiralty, by the Committee 
on Marine Engines, with Replies by the Surveyor 
of the Navy. 

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 
Table. 


Mr. FitzRoy presented,—Return to an Order, New Foreign 
dated the 9th day of this instant August, for a Re- Office 
turn relative to the New Foreign Office. 

Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
Table. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Foreign Foreign Office 
Office Messengers, which was presented upon the Messengers. 
11th day of this instant August, be printed. No, 193, 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Ambassa- Ambassadors, 
dors, &amp;c., which was presented upon the 11th day &amp;. 
of this instant August, be printed. No. 194, 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Consuls, Consuls, &amp;e. 
&amp;c., which was presented upon the 11th day of this No, 196, 
instant August, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Commissions, Commissions, 
which was presented upon the 11th day of this in- No, 196, 
stant August, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Sugar, &amp;c., gugar, &amp;c. 
which was presented upon the 11th day of this in- No, 197, 
stant August, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to East India East India 
(Expenditure), which was presented upon the 11th (Expenditure) 
day of this instant August, be printed. No, 198. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to East India East India 
(Income and Expenditure), which was presented (Income an 


upon the 11th day of this instant August, be printed. ap 


Ordered, That the Return relative to East India fast India 
(Revenue), which was presented upon the 11th day ( Revenue.) 
of this instant August, be printed. No. 200. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to East India East India 
(Loans, &amp;c.), which was presented upon the 11th (Loans, &amp;e.) 
day of this instant August, be printed. No. 201. 

Ordered, That the Return relative to East India ae 
(Oudh), which was presented upon the 11th day of a " o8. 
this instant August, be printed. * 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the New New Foreign 
Foreign Office, which was presented upon the 11th —* enti 
day of this instant August, be printed. ™ 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to Lunacy, Lunacy. 
which was presented upon the 11th day of this No. 204 
instant August, be printed. 

Ordered, That the Return relative to Officers of Army. 
the Army holding Staff Appointments, with Tabular No. 205. 
Statement, which was aindin the 11th day 
of this instant August, rinted. 

gust, be p Ordered, 





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grmy. 


No. 206. 


Army (Staff 
Officers.) 

No. 207. 
Army (Sale of 
Commissions, 
&amp;.) 

No. 208. 
Trinidad 
(Mortality, ’ 
dc.) 

No, 209. 
Army (Pay of 
Officers. ) 

No, 210. 
Army (Pres- 
byterian 
Chaplains.) 

No, 211. 
Submarine 
Telegraph 


Company. 
No, 212. 


Standing 
Orders. 
No, 213. 


Private Bills. 


Sittings of the 


93 VicToriz. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Officers of 
the Army on the General and Personal Staff, which 
was presented upon the 11th day of this instant 
August, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Army (Staff 
Officers), which was presented upon the 11th day of 
this instant August, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Army (Sale 
of Commissions, &amp;c.), which was presented upon 
the 11th day of this instant August, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Trinidad 
(Mortality, &amp;c.), which was presented upon the 11th 
day of this instant August, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Army (Pay | 
of Officers), which was presented upon the 11th day | 
of this instant August, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Army 
(Presbyterian Chaplains), which was presented upon 
the 11th day of this instant August, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Sub- 
marine Telegraph Company, which was presented 
upon the 11th day of this instant August, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Standing Orders of this House, 
relating to Private Bills and other matters, 1859, 
be printed. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Returns of the Number of Private Bills introduced 
and brought from the House of Lords, and of Acts 
passed in {the Sessions of 1859, classed according 
to the following subjects :—Railways ; Roads and 
Bridges ; Waterworks; Ports; Piers; Harbours 
and Docks; Canals and Navigations; Churches, 
Chapels and Burying Grounds; Paving, Lighting 
and Improving; Gaols and other County Buildings ; 
Inclosures; Small Debts Courts; and all other Bills 
and Acts :——Of all the Private Bills which, in the 
Sessions of 1859, have been treated as Opposed 
Bills ; specifying those which have been classified 
in Groups by the Committee of Selection, or by the 
General Committee on Railway and Canal Bills; 
together with the Names of the Selected Members 
who served on each Committee; the first and also 
the last Day of the sitting of each Committee; the 
Number of Days on which each Committee sat ; 
the Number of Days on which each Selected Mem- 
ber has served; the Bills the Preambles of which 
were reported to have been proved; the Bills the 
Preambles of which were reported to have been not 
proved; the Bills referred back to the Committee 
of Selection, or to the General Committee on Rail- 
way and Canal Bills, as having become unopposed ; 
and the Bills withdrawn, or not proceeded with by 
the Parties :—— And, of all Private Bills which, in 
the Sessions of 1859, have been referred by the 
Committee of Selection, or by the General Com- 
mittee on Railway and Canal Bills, to the Chairman 
of the Committee of Ways and Means; together 
with the Names of the Geaken 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 continuation of Par- 
liamentary Paper, No. 0.101, of Session 1857-8). 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
a Return of the Number of Days on which the 
House sat in the Sessions of 1859, stating, for each 
Day, the Date of the Month, and the Day of the 
Week, the Hour of Meeting, and the Hour of Ad- 
journment; 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 


12° dugusti. 





Vo. 114. 


371 


Votes and Proceedings (in continuation of Parlia- 
mentary Paper, No, 0.107, of Session 1857-8). 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Divisions of 
Return of the Number of Divisions of the House in “¢ House. 


the Sessions of 1859; stating the Subject of the 
Division, and the Number of Members in the 
Majority and Minority, Tellers included; also the 
Aggregate Number in the House on each Division, 
distinguishing the Divisions on Public Business 
from Private ; and also the Number of Divisions 
before and after Midnight (in continuation of Par- 
liamentary Paper, No. 0.106, of Session 1857-8). 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Select" 
Return of the Number of Select Committees ap- Committees. 


pointed in the Sessions of 1859; the Subjects of 
Inquiry; the Names of the Members appointed to 
serve on each, and of the Chairman of each; the 
Number of Days each Committee met, and the 
Number of Days each Member attended ; the Total 
Expense of the attendance of Witnesses at each 
Select Committee, and the Name of the Member 
who moved for such Committee; also, the Total 
Number of Members who served on Select Com- 
mittees, and the Number of Members who served 
on no Select Committee at all (in continuation of 


| Parliamentary Paper, No. 0.103, of Session 157-8). 


The House was moved, That the Order made Diocesan 
f Courts, &amp;e. 


upon the 7th day of April, in the last Session o 
Parliament, for presenting to Her Majesty an 
humble Address, that She would be graciously 
pleased to give directious, that there be laid before 
this House, Returns from the several Officers of 
each of the Diocesan and other Courts in Lngland, 
in those Dioceses to which any addition has been 
made under the authority of the Act 6&amp;7 Will. 4, 
ce. 77, of an Account in writing of the Gross and Net 
Amount of all Fees, Allowances, Gratuities, Per- 
quisites and Emoluments received by such Officers 
respectively since the Orders in Council sanctioning 
such additions respectively came into operation, on 
account of their several Offices and Employments, 
in respect of any causes or matters arising within 
those parts of such Dioceses as have been so added 
thereto, and which, during the continuance of the 
temporary Provisions of the above-mentioned Act, 
were not within the Jurisdiction of the Bishop of 
such Dioceses, and which Account by the Act 10 &amp; 
11 Vie. c. 98, s. 2, was directed to be kept by such 
Officers respectively : And, from the Treasurer 
of the Governors of the Bounty of Queen Anne, of 
Copies of all Letters or other Communications ad- 
dressed by him to the Ordinary, and also to any 
of the Officers of the Diocesan or other Courts in 
those Dioceses in England to which Dioceses any 
addition has been made under the authority of the 
Act 6 &amp; 7 Will. 4, c.77, in relation to the Fees 
which by the Act 10 &amp; 11 Vic. c. 98, s. 2, were 
directed to be paid over by such Officers respec- 
tively to such Treasurer, and to be retained by him 
until Parliament should provide for the Appropria- 
tion thereof, and of the Answers received by such 
Treasurer to such Letters or other Communications, 
might be read; and the same being read ; 

And the House being informed that no Returns 
had been made by the Officers of the Diocesan 
Courts of the several Dioceses of Lincoln ;—Ox/ord ; 
— Peterborough ;— Gloucester ;— Bristol ;— Roches- 
ter ;—and, Worcester ; 

Ordered, That the Returns relating to the said 
Diocesan Courts be laid before this House forthwith. 





Ordered, That there be laid before this House, West 
an Account of the whole Sum of Money oapenie mee 


in the Building, Furnishing, Lighting and Ventila- 
ting of the New Palace at Westminster, from the 
commencement to the present time. 

3c3 [ Ordered, 


Poor Law 
Board, &amp;c. 
(Ireland.) 


Public 
Petitions. 


Gamc Laws. 


Pauper 
Children 
(Scotland. ) 


372 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Copies of all Reports made by Visiting Commis- 
sioners in Lunacy of Visitations to Workhouses in 
England and Wales during the period of Eighteen 
Months, from the Ist day of rein 4 1857 to the 
31st day of July 1858, specifying those Reports 
which were communicated by the Commissioners | 
in Lunacy to the Poor Law Board: Of all Com- | 
munications received from the Poor Law Board, or | 
from any Boa:d of Guardians by the Commissione's | 
in Lunacy, with reference to such Reports, or any | 
of them :——Of any Communications addressed to | 
the Poor Law Board in explanation of Statements | 
made in the Supplement to the Twelfth Annual | 
Report of the Commissioners in Lunacy : And, | 
of any Entry made by the Visiting Commissioners | 
in Lunacy in the Visitors’ Book of any Workhouse | 
in England or Wales, from January 1857 to July | 
1858. 


} 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a | 


Return of the Number of Commissioners for ad- 
ministering the Laws for the Relief of the Poor in 
Ireland, and of the several Assistant Commissioners, 
Medicai and other Inspectors, Auditors, Solicitors, 
First, Second, Third, and Fourth Class Clerks, and 
other Officers employed by or under such Com- 
missioners ; stating the Class to which each Officer 
belongs, his Salary or Allowances, and whether he 
professes the Protestant or the Roman Catholic 
Religion, respectively : And, like Return irom 
the Board of Public Works (Jreland), as to the 
Commissioners, Assistant Commissioners, Secretary, 
Accountant, Architect, Engineer, Solicitor, Clerks, 
and other Officers of the Jrisk Board of Public 
Works. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the Number of Petitions presented and 
printed in the Five years ending 1859, with the 
Total Number of Signatures in each year; and the 
Average Number of Public Petitions presented and 
printed, and Signatures :——Abstracts of the Sums 
paid for Printing, Folding, &amp;c. Reports and Appen- 
dixes, and Indexes 1o Reports and Appendixes on 
Pub ic Petitions in the year 1859: And, of the 
Sums paid for Printing, Volding, &amp;c., distinguishing 
the Cost of Paper of the Reports and Appendixes, 
and Indexes to Reports and Appendixes on Public 
Petitions, for Five years ending 1859, showing the 
Total and Average Seton (in continuation of Par- 
liamentary Paper, No, 0.108, of Session 1857-8). 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return of the Total Number of Persons 
committed for Offences against the Game Laws to 
each Prison in the United Kingdom during the year 
ending the 30th day of June last :——And, of all 
Instructions or Orders now in force, issued by the 
Commissioners of Inland Revenue, as to Charges 
for Double Certificate Duty ; and the Total Number 
of such Charges during the above year, with the 
Total Amount recovered thereby. 

Ordered, That 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 Total Number of Pauper 
Children not above Fourteen years of age in each 
Parish in Scotland, specifying the Number of such 
Children who are in regular attendance at School, 
and the Amount expended for Education by each 
Parochial Board during the year ending at Whit- 
sunday last. 


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A. 1859. Sess. 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, 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Gola 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased (Australia,) 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return of the Quantity of Gold exported 
from the several Ports in Austra/ia during the year 
1858, and specifying to what Countries such Exports 
have been made (in continuation of Parliamentary 
Paper, No. 480, of Session 1857-8). 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty, by such Members of this House as 

a 


are of Her jesty’s Most honourable Privy 
Council. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Isle of Man, 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Copies of any Correspondence between the 
Secretary of State for the Home Department, the 
Lieutenant Governor of the Jsle of Mun, the House 


| of Keys and the Office of Woods, &amp;c., since the 1st 


day of January 1857, as to the Forests in the Isle 
of Man. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty, by such Members of this House as 
are of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy 
Council. 


Ordered, ‘That there be laid before this House, a Redundant 
Return of the Number of Persons on the Redundant List (Public 
List cf the Public Departments at the commence- a 
ment of the year 1857, the Number that have died 
or become incapable of Service during the year, the 
Number that have re-entered the Bublic Service 
during the year, the Number that have been added 
to the List during the year, and the Number that 
remained on the List at the close of the year 1857 : 
~—— And, similar Return for the year 1858. 


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 Militia Laws Amend- Militia Laws 
ment Bill, without any Amendment. geen: 

The Lords have agreed to the Amendments made West London 
by this House to the Amendments made by their Railway Bill 
Lordships to the West London Railway Bill, with- 
out any Amendment. 

The Lords have agreed to the Amendments made eee 
by this House to the Pneumatic Despatch Company Company Bill 
Bill, without any Amendment. [Lords.] 


The Lords have agreed to the Reserve Force Reserve Force 
Bill, with Amendments; to which the Lords desire 
the concurrence of this House. 

The Lords have agreed to the Poor Law Boards Poor Law 
(Payment of Debts) Bill, with Amendments ; to Boards Oe 
which the Lords desire the concurrence of this pin, 
House. 

The Lords have agreed to the Warrington and Warrington 
Stockport Railway Bill, with Amendments; to Saabenr 
which the Lords desire the concurrence of this 
House. 

The House, according to Order, proceeded to take Law Ascer 
into consideration the Amendments made by the tintties Bl 
Lords to the Law Ascertainment Facilities 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 
Lordships. 


Ordered, That the Amendments made by the Police 
Lords to the Police (Counties and Boroughs) Law borough i 
Amendment Bill be now taken into consideration: aw 
—The House accordingly proceeded to take  yegaatage 

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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. 


peserve Force Ordered, That the Amendments made by the 
Bill. Lords to the Reserve Force Bill be now taken into 
consideration :—The House accordingly proceeded 
to take the said Amendments into consideration ; 
and the same were twice read, and agreed to. 
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. 


poor Law Ordered, That the Amendments made by the 
purds (Pay- Lords to the Poor Law Boards (Payment of Debts) 
pant of Debts) Bil] be now taken into consideration :—The House 
om accordingly proceeded to take the said Amendments 
into consideration. 
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 dis- 
agreeing to the Amendment to which this House 
hath disagreed :—And a Committee was appuinted 
of Mr. Gilpin, Mr. Clive, Mr. Whi!bread, Colonel 
Taylor, Mr. Clay, Mr. Ayrton and Mr. Massey :— 
And they are to withdraw immediately. 
Ordered, That Three be the Quorum. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
und Stockport the Amendments made by the Lords to the War- 
rington and Stockport Railway Bill; and the same 
were twice read, und 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. 

Mewage from Mr. +5 goers acquainted the House, ‘That a Mes- 
the Lords. sage had been brought from the Lords, by one of 
their Clerks, as followeth : 

Bankruptcy The Lords have agreed to the Bankruptcy and 
md insolvency Insolvency (Ireland) Act Amendment Bill, without 


(nian) Act any Amendment. 


Consolidated The Lords have agreed to the Consolidated Fund 
wiatin Bil, (Appropriation) Bill, without any Amendment. 
a Duties The Lords have agreed to the Stamp Duties Bill, 


without any Amendment. 


Customs The Lords have agreed to the Customs (No. 2) 
(No.2) Bil. Bill, without any Amendment. 
Rast India The Lords have agreed to the East India Loan 
lon Bill. Bill, without any Amendment. 
Milt Pay The Lords have agreed to the Militia Pay Bill, 
without any Amendment. 
_ The Lords have agreed to the Reserve Volunteer 
sg Force of Seamen Bill, without any Amendment. 
Seamen Bill. 
ferertment of The Lords have agreed to the Government of 
Amendm India Act Amendment Bill, without any Amend- 
Amendment : 
ment. 
panrare Acts The Lords have agreed to the Inclosure Acts 
Bill Amendment Bill, without any Amendment. 
Bente Tale The Lords have agreed to the Stock in Trade 
Bill Exemption Bill, without any Amendment. 
jecalantica The Lords have agreed to the Ecclesiastical 


Continuance Jurisdiction Continuance Bill, without any Amend- 
Bul ment. 


Ceuopal and The Lords have agreed to the Episcopal and 
Estates Act Capitular Estates Act Continuance Bill, without 
Amendment. 
OL 114, 


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12° Auguste. 





373 


The Lords have agreed to the Corrupt Practices Corrupt 
Prevention Act (1854) Continuance Bill, without Practices Pre- 


vention Act 
any Amendment. (1854) Con- 


: tinuance Bill. 
The Lords have agreed to the Turnpike Acts Turnpike Acts 


Continuance Bill, without any Amendment. — cr 
The Lords have agreed to the Dublin Police wuplin Police 
Bill, without any Amendment. Bill. 


_The Lords have agreed to the Charitable and Pro- ory 
vident Societies, &amp;c. Bill, without any Amendment. Seatslion den 
Bill. 

The Lords have agreed tu the Inclosure Bill, Inclosure Bill. 
without any Amendment. 

The Lords have agreed to the European Troops European 
(India) Bill, without any Amendment. ee (india) 
The Lords have agreed to the Amendment made Sessional __ 
by this House to the Sessional Divisions Bill, without (Lene) aes 
any Amendment. 

The Lords have agreed to the Amendments made Sale of Gas 
by this House to the Sale of Gas Bill, without any Bm [Lede] 
Amendment. 

The Lords have agreed to the Amendments made Charitable 
by this House to the Charitable Trusts Acts Con- os 
tinuance Bill, without any Amendment. Bill [Lords.] 
The Lords have agreed to the Amendments made Thames 

by this House to the Thames Watermen and Watermen and 


: . , Ligh 
Lightermen Bill, without any Amendment. Bill t Lords 


The Lords have agreed to the Weights and Weights and 
Measures Act Amendment Bill, with Amendments ; Measures —. 
to which the Lords desire the concurrence of this Ry 


House. 


Ordered, That the Amendments made by the Weights and 
Lords to the Weights and Measures Act Amend- Measures Act 
ment Bill be now taken into consideration :—The os 
House accordingly proceeded to take the said 
Amendments into consideration ; und 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.Motion was made, and the Question was pro- Kingston- 
posed, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant to upon-Hull 
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 Kingston-upon-Hull, 
in the room of Joseph Hoare, Esquire, whose 
Election has been determined to be void :—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 do agree to the Address of this House Wakefield 
to Her Majesty, under the Provisions of the Act Election. 
15 &amp; 16 Vie. c. 57, with respect to the Borough of 
Wakefield Election, and have filled up the blank 
with “ Lords Spiritual and Teniporal and.” 

Ordered, That Viscount Palmerston, Sir George 
Lewis, Mr. Secretary Sidney Herbert and Sir George 
Grey do wait upon Her Majesty with the said 
Address. 

Ordered, That a Message be sent to the Lords, 
to acquaint them therewith : And that the Clerk do 
carry the said Message. 


A Petition of John Coope Haddan, of 14, Bess- west Metro- 
borough-gardens, Pimlico, in the County of Mid- politan Rail- 
dlesex, Civil Engineer, was presented, and read; heen I 
setting forth, That an action has been commenced pankment 
and is now pending in Her Majesty’s Court of Bill (1857.) 
Common Pleas at Westminster, by the Petitioner 
against Mr, Nathaniel Mason, of 13, Bedford-row, 

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ment of Debts) 


City Election. That an humble Address be presented to Her Ma- 


in the said County of Middlesex, Gentleman, which 
action has been referred, by a Judge’s Order, to 
Mr. Robert Baxter, of 6, Victoria-street, Westminster, 
as the Arbitrator between the Parties; that the 
Petitioner is the Plaintiff in the said action; that 
Mr. Robert Baxter, the said Arbitrator, has ap- 
ointed the 245th and 26th days of October next for 
Bening the Parties in the said action; that the 
Petitioner, on the 29th day of November 1856, 
deposited with the proper Officer of the House, 
Plans and Sections, Published Map, and Gazette 
Notice of an intended Railway, called the West 
Metropolitan Railway and Thames Embankment ; 
that the Petitioner is advised that it is material for 
the Petitioner’s case, on the hearing of the said 
cause by the said Arbitrator, that the said Plans 
and Sections, Published Map and Book of Refe- 
rence, should be produced and shown to the said 
Arbitrator; and praying that permission may be 
given to the proper Officer or Officers to produce 
to the said Arbitrator the Plans, Sections, Pub- 
lished Map and Book of Reference above men- 
tioned. 

Ordered, That leave be given to the proper 
Officers to attend accordingly. 


Mr. Gi/pin reported from the Committee ap- 
pointed to draw up Reasons to be assigned to the 
Lords for disagreeing to one of the Amendments 
made by their Lordships to the Poor Law Boards 
(Payment of Debts) Bill; That they had drawn up 
a Reason accordingly, which they had directed him 


to report to the House ; and the same was read, as | 


followeth : 

The Commons disagree to Clause A. added by 
the Lords, for the following Reason : 

Because the Clause restricts the power of rating 
given by the Bill. 

And the Commons trust your Lordships wiil be 
satisfied with this Reason, and will not insist upon 
the Amendment to which the Commons have dis- 
agreed, 

With the preceding exception, the Commons 
agree to the Amendments made to the Bill. 

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. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being put, 


jesty, 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 Jreland, in Parliament assembled, beg leave 
humbly to represent to Your Majesty, that a Select 
Committee of the House of Commons, appointed to 
try a Petition complaining of an undue Election and 
Return for the City of G/oucester, have reported to 
the House, that there is reason to believe that cor- 
rupt practices extensively prevailed at the last Elec- 
tion for the City of Gloucester : 

We therefore humbly pray Your Majesty, that 
Your Majesty will be graciously pleased to cause 
inquiry to be made, pursuant to the Provisions of 
the Act of Parliament passed in the sixteenth year 
of the reign of Your Majesty, intituled, “ An Act to 
provide for more effectual inquiry into the existence 
of Corrupt Practices at Elections for Members to 
serve in Parliament,” by the appointment of James 
Vaughan, Esquire, Lucius Henry Fitzgerald, Es- 
quire, and Richard Griffiths Welford, Esquire, as 
Commissioners for the ae of making inquiry 
into the existence of such corrupt practices ; 


12° dugusti. A. 1859. Sess. IT, 






. 





The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right ; 

The Noes to the Left. 

Tellers for the{ Mr. Edwin James, } 

Yeas, (Mr. Augustus Smith : 59. 

Tellers for thef Colonel Sykes, 

Noes, | LMr. Brady: = 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Ordered, That the said Address be communicated 
to the Lords at a Conference, and their concurrence 
desired thereto. 

Ordered, That a Conference be desired with the 
Lords upon the subject-matter of an Address to be 
presented to Her Majesty, under the Provisions of 
the Act of the 15th &amp; 16th of Her present Majesty, 
ce. 57: And that the Clerk do go to the Lords, and 
desire the said Conference. 











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 from the Official Managers of every 
Joint Stock Company wound up or winding up 
under the Joint Stock Companies’ Winding-up Act, 
1848, and the Joint Stock Companies’ Winding-up 
Amen:!ment Act, 1849:——Of the Date of Ap- 
pointment :——Of the Name of the Company :—— 
Of the Gross Amount of Monies received from the 
Company’s Assets, and showing, in separate Co- 
lumns, the Amounts received during the First and 
every subsequent year from the Date of Official 
Manager’s Appointment :——Similar Return of the 
Gross Sums received from Shareholders or Contri- 
butories on account of Calls, or by way of compro- 
mise of Calls, and showing, in separate Columns, 
the Amounts received during the First and every 
subsequent year :——Where the Salary or Remu- 
‘neraticn allowed to Official Managers has been by 
way of per-centage, the Amount on which such 
per-centage was calculated ; the Rate per cent. and 
the Total per-centage allowed; and showing, in 
separate Columns, the Amount allowed for the First 
and every subsequent year :——-Where the Remu- 
neration to the Official Manager has been by Salary, 
the Amount of such Salary for each year since his 
Appointment :——Returns of the Total Amount 
paid or allowed to Official Managers for the Ser- 
vices of Clerks or Officers employed by them in the 
Winding-up of such Company; and showing, in 
separate Columns, the Amount allowed for the First 
vear and every subsequent year:——Of the Total 
of all other Payments made in full, and allowed to 
each Official Manager for Travelling Expenses, 
Rent, Rates and Taxes, and showing, in separate 
Columns, the Amount paid in the First and every 
subsequent year :——Of the Net Amount divided 
among Creditors :—-—Of the Amount of Dividends 
unpaid to Creditors : Of the Amount refunded 
to Shareholders or Contributories : And, of the 
Balance remaining undistributed. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty, by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


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Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Yates and 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased Lsde- 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 

House, a Copy of the Conviction of Yates and Lag- 

den at the last Rutlandshire Quarter Sessions, held 

on the 30th day of June last ; and of the Sentences 

passed upon them 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 the Select Committee on the Pon- Pontefract 
tefract Election (Childers’ Petition) have Power to roe 
report their Observations thereupon to the House, petition) 
together with the Minutes of the Evidence taken wo, 214. 
before them. x 

Mr. Walpole reported from the said Committee ; 






















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23 VicTorRiz. 


That they had considered the matters to them re- 
ferred, 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 Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That this House feels bound, before the 
sion closes, to express the deep respect it entertains 
for the firm and honourable manner in which the 
Government of Portugal has acted on its Treaties 
with Great Britain, in restraining Negro Exportation 
from the Eastern Coast of Africa in 1857 and 
1858 :—That this House fully recognizes the zeal 
with which the Emperor of the French has resolved 
to check the Slave Trade in all its forms through 
his Dominions:—And the said Motion was, with 
leave of the House, withdrawn. 


sive Trade. 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That a Mes- 

sage had been brought from the Lords, by one of 
their Clerks, as followeth : 
Gloucester The Lords do agree to a Conference, as «lesired 
City Election. by the Commons in their Message of this day, and 
appoint the same to be held presently in the Painted 
Chamber. 

Ordered, That a Committee be appointed to 
manage the Conference :—And a Committee was 
appointed of Mr. Edwin James, Sir Ferguson Davie, 
Mr. Vance, Mr. Scully, Mr. Hubbard, Mr. Lowe, 
Mr. Augustus Smith, Mr. Hankey and Mr. Hennessy. 

Then the Names of the Managers were called 
over; and they went to the Conference :—And being 
returned ; 

Mr. Edwin James reported, That the Managers 
had been at the Conference, which was managed on 
the part of the Lords by the Duke of Somerset ; 
and that they had delivered to their Lordships the 
Address agreed upon by this House, to which they 
desiredthe concurrence of their Lordships; and that 
they had left the said Address with their Lordships. 


Message from 
the Lords. 


Message from | Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That a Mes- 

teLords. sage had been brought from the Lords, by one of 
their Clerks, as followeth : 

Poor Law The Lords do not insi-t upon Clause A. of the Poor 

ade a Law Boards (Payment of Debts) Bill, but propose, 

Bill. as a consequential Amendment, to restore the word 
“ four” in Clause 5 of the Bill. 

Ordered, That the said Amendment be now taken 
into consideration :—The House accordingly pro- 
ceeded to take the said Amendment into conside- 
ration; 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. 

Homage from Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That a Mes- 

lords. sage had been brought from the Lords, by one of 
their Clerks, as followeth : 

Gloucester The Lords do agree to the Address of this House 


ity Election. to Her Majesty, under the Provisions of the Act 
15 &amp; 16 Vic. c. 57, with respect to the Gloucester 
City Election, and do fill up the blank with “ Lords 
Spiritual and Temporal and.” 

Ordered, That Viscount Palmerston, Sir George 
Lewis, Mr. Secretary Sidney Herbert and Sir Geurge 
Grey do wait upon Her Majesty with the said 
Address. 

Ordered, That a Message be sent to the Lords, to 
acquaint them therewith: And that the Clerk do 
carry the said Message. 


prlamentary Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—List of the 
N Bills, Reports, Estimates and Accounts and Papers 
9, 215, printed by Order of the House of Commons, and of 
the Papers presented by Command, Session 2, 


12°—13° Augusti. 








375 


—18th Parliament, 1st Session, 22° &amp; 23° Victoria, 
31 May to 13 August 1859. 

Also, Indexes to Reports of Select Committees Indexes to 
on Parliament, East India, &amp;c. Reports, &amp;c. 
Ordered, That the said Papers be printed. 


Notice being taken, that Forty Members were not 
present :—The House was told by Mr. Speaker ; and 
Forty Memhers 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. 




































































Sabbati, 13° die Augusti ; 
Anno 23° Victorie Regine, 1859. 


PRAYERS. 
RDERED, That there be laid before this Kinsale Riots. 
House, Copies of the Official Reports made by 
the Civil and by the Military Authorities, who held 
Investigations regarding the recent Rioting at Kin- 
sale, between some of the Soldiers of the Antrim 
Militia Artillery and some of the Inhabitants of 
Kinsale. 
Mr. Cardwellaccordingly presented the said Paper. 
Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 
Table. 


Several Public Petitions were presented, and read ; Public 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. Petitions. 
Vide Twelfth 
Report. 
Mr. Gregson reported from the Select Committee Pubiic 
on Public Petitions; That they had examined the (Pete ae 
Petitions presented upon the 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th oan 
and 13th days of this instant August; and had 
directed him to make a Report thereof to the House. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Ordered, That: Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant Liskeard 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 Liskeard, in the 
room of Ralph William Grey, Esquire, who, since 
his Election for the suid 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 Hertford 

to the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ Borough Writ 
for the electing of a Burgess to serve in this present 

Parliament for the Borough of Hertford, in the 

room of the Right honourable William Francis 

Cowper, who, since his Election for the said Borough, 

hath accepted the Office of Vice-President of the 

Committee of Council for Trade and Plantations. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant Berwick-upon- 
to the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ ceahaee 
fur the electing of a Burgess to serve in this present 
Parliament for the Borough of Berwick-upon- Tweed, 
in the room of Ralph Anstruther Earle, 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, Des- 
borough and Bounenham, in the County of Bucking- 
ham. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Taxing 
Returns of the Number and Names of the Taxing Masters (Comt 
Masters of the Court of Chancery in England :—— ° a 
Of the several Clerks in their Offices, with the Date 
of their several Appointments: Copy of their 
several Appointments, and of any Order or Direction 
of the Lord Chancellor for the time being for the 
same :———Statement of the Duties of each of such 
Clerks, aud the Hours and Times of Attendance at 
the Office : And, of Salary paid to each, and the 











1859; with a general Alphabetical Index thereto: 
Vou, 114. 





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Authority and Act of Parliament under which every 
such Clerk is appointed and paid. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of all Benefices in the Diocese of Durham 
from which the Ecclesiastical Commissioners have 
received any Money in respect to the Episcopal and 
Capitular Estates during the past Financial year, 
specifying the Amount Slerived from each Benefice. 


Public Income 
and Expendi- 


ture. 


Ordered, That there be laid befure this House, an 
Account of the Public Income and Expenditure of 
the United Kingdom, in the years ending the 31st 
day of March 1858 and 1859; distinguishing the 
actual Payments for the Expenses incurred in the 
Collection and Management of the Revenue; the 
Charges of the Public Debt (the Terminable Annui- 
ties being valued by Estimate); the Expenses of 
the Civil Government ; the Allowances to the Royal 
Family and His Majesty the King of the Be/gians; 
the Establishment of the Lord Lieutenant of Jre- 
land; the Expenses of the two Houses of Parlia- 
ment, and the Civil Departments ; the other Pensions 
on the Consolidated Fund, on the Gross Revenue, 
and the Civil List; also, the Payments for the Ad- 
ministration of Justice, Diplomatic Expenses, and 
the Sums voted for the Army, Navy, Ordnance, and 
Miscellaneous Services; also, the Public Works, 
Bounties, Post Office, the Quarantine, and Ware- 
house Establishments, and all other Payments not 
coming under any of the foregoing heads; with an 
Appendix, showing the several Items composing 
each head of the Account (in continuation of Par- 
liamentary Paper, No. 455, of Session 1858). 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of all Annual Salaries paid under the Jrish 
Ecclesiastical Commission, with the Names of the 
Recipients, and the Situations they hold, and the 
Number of years’ Service in every instance :—— 
And, detailed Account of the Income and Expendi- 
ture of the Commissivn for the year 1858. 


Ecclesiastical 
Commission 
(Ireland. ) 


Pontefract 
Election 
(Childers’ 
Petition.) 


A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- 
posed, That the Report from the Select Committee 
on the Pontefract Election (Childers’ Petition) be 
now read ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word “ That” to 
the end of the Question, in order to add the words 
“the Order made upon the 20th day of July last, 
“ for discharging the Order for referring the Pons. 
“ fract Election Petition to the General Committee 
“ of Elections, be discharged,” instead thereof. 

And the Question being proposed, That the words 
proposed to be left out stand part of the Question : 
—And a Debate arising thereupun ; 

A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That the Debate be now adjourned :— And 
the said Motion was, with leave of the House, with- 
drawn. 

And the Question being again proposed, That 
the words proposed to be left out stand part of the 
Question:—The said proposed Amendment and 
Motion were severally, with leave of the House, 
withdrawn. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- | 


pore, That the Order made upon the 20th day of 
uly last, for discharging the Order for referring the 
Pontefract Election Petition to the General Com- 
mittee of Elections, be read, and discharged :—— 
And.the said Motion was, with leave of the House, 
withdrawn. 


East India 
Ameer Ali 
orad.) 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Copicvs of any Despatches, not included in 
the last Return, which have been addressed to the 
Government of India or the Government of Bombay, 


13° dugusti, 


A. 1859. Sess. II. 


relative to the case of Meer Ali Morad of Khyr- 
pore: Of any Communications received from 
the Government of Jndia, the Government of Bom- 
bay, or the Commissioners of Scinde, relating to 
same :—-—Of any Memorial presented by or on 
behalf of Meer Ali Morad since his return to India 
in 1857, and of any Documents accompanying same, 
and of any Replies thereto :——And, of any Corres- 
pondence relating to the Affairs of Meer Ali Morad 
between Meerza Ali Akbar and the Secretary of 
State for India, and of any Documents accompany- 
ing same (in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, 
No. 158, of Session 1858). 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, by such Members of this House 
as are of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy 
Council. 





Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That a Mes- 
sage had been brought from the Lords, by one of the Lords, 
their Clerks, as followeth : 

The Lords have agreed to the Amendments made Divorce 
by this House to the Divorce Court Bill, without Bill (Lord) 
any Amendment. 

The Lords request, That this House will be eaten". 
pleased to communicate to their Lordships, a Copy and Settle. 
of the Report from the Select Committee appointed ™* (India) 
in the present Session of Parliament on Colonization 
and Settlement (Zndia), together with the Minutes 
of Evidence taken before the said Committee. 

Ordered, That a Printed Copy of the said Report 
be communicated to the Lords, as desired by their 
Lordships : And that the Clerk do deliver the same. 


The Order made upon the 27th day of July last, New Writs 
That in all cases where the Seat of any Member 
has been declared void by an Election Committee 
on the ground of bribery, no Motion for the issuing 
of a new Writ shall be made without two days’ 
previous Notice being given in the Votes, was read, 


and discharged. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant Kingston- 
to the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ upowHull 
for the electing of a Burgess to serve in this present 
Parliament for the Borough of Kingston-upon- 

Hull, in the room of Joseph Hoare, Esquire, whose 
Election has been determined to be void. 


Mr. Laing presented,— Return to several Ad- Mediter- 
dresses to Her Majesty, dated the 30th day of ranean, Sa, 
June and 25th day of July last, for a Return re- Fee sto 
lative to Mediterranean, &amp;c. Telegraphic Commv- tion. 
nication : -—— And, for Returns relative to Sub- submarine 
marine Tclegraphs. Telegraphs. 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the Isle of Man. 
12th day of this instant August, for a Return re- No, 216. 
lative to the Isle of Man. 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, 
the 12th day of this instant August, for Returns 
relative to the Redundant List (Public Depart- 
ments). 

_ Mr. Laing also presented, pursuant to the direc- ~——— 
tions of an Act of Parliament,—Copy of Treasury j,14) 
Minute, dated 9th August 1859, regulating the 
Office of the Registrar of Deeds in Ireland. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table; and that the Return relative to the Isle of 
Man, and an Abstract of the Return relative to the 
Redundant List (Public Departments), be printed. 





dated Redundant 
. List (Public: 


No. 217. 


Mr. Clive presented,—Return to an Address to River Thames 
Her Majesty, dated the 4th day of July last, for No. 236. 
Returns relative to the River Thames. 

Return to an Order, dated the 29th day of “| Loughe Cue 
last, for Returns relative to Loughs Corrib, Mask Gira Drain 
and Curra Drainage. 

Ordered, That the said Returns 
Table; and be printed. 


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pmigration. Mr. Chichester Fortescue presented,—Return to 
No. 218. an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 12th day of 
this instant August, for a Return relative to Emi- 
ation. 
Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
Table ; and be printed. 
ingston- The following Paper, pursuant to Order, was laid 
‘Hull upon the Table by the Clerk of the House,—Mi- 
a ee nutes of the Evidence taken before the Select Com- 
NO. ° 


mittee on the Kingston-upon-Hull Election Petition. 
parliamentary The following Papers were also laid upon the 
Committees» Table by the Clerk of the House,—Return to an 
Order, dated the 9th day of June last, for a Re- 
turn relative to Parliamentary Committees. 

Return to an Order, dated the 27th day of July 
last, for a Return relative to the Ecclesiastical 
Commission, 


Reclesiastical 
Commission. 


Blection Return to an Order, dated the 8th day of this 

Peitions. instant August, for Returns relative to Election Pe- 

No. 220.  titions. 

Sittings of Return to an Order, dated the 12th day of this 

the House. instant August, for a Return relative to Sittings of 
the House. 

Public Return to an Order, dated the 12th day of this 

Petitions. instant August, for Returns relative to Public Pe- 
titions. : 

Select Com- Return to an Order, dated the 12th day of this 

—. instant August, for a Return relative to Select 
Committees. 

Private Bills.  Keturn to an Order, dated the 12th day of this 
instant August, for Returns relative to Private Bills. 

ee Return to an Oriter, dated the 12th day of this 

* instant August, for a Return relative to Divisions 

of the House. 

Friendly The following Paper, pursuant to the directions 

fteand) of an Act of Parliament, was also laid upon the 
Table by the Clerk of the House,—Report of the 
Proceedings of the Registrar of Friendly Societies 
in Ireland in his Office of Registrar, and of the 
principal matters transacted by Friendly Societies 
which have come under his cognizance during the 
past year. 

Ordered, That the said Minutes of Evidence, 
and the Return relative to Election Petitions, be 
printed. 

—s Ordered, That the Return relative to the Mer- 
- nd, cantile Marine Fund, &amp;c., which was presented 
No, 99], Upon the 12th day of this instant August, be printed. 

East India Ordered, That the Return relative to East India 

ag (Paumben Passage, Xc.), which was presented upon 
No, 999, the 12th day of this instant August, be printed. 

East India Ordered, That the Return relative to East India 

er. (Uncovenanted Servants), which was presented upon 

vants ) the 12th day of this instant August, be printed. 
No, 223, 

Past India Ordered, That the Return relative to East India 

Muilways.) (Railways), which was presented upon the 12th day 
No, 224. of this instant August, be printed. 

tlie Ordered, That the Return relative to East India 

) "* (Annexations, &amp;c.), which was presented upon the 
No, 295, 12th day of this instant August, be printed. 

de rteign Ordered, That the Return relative to the New 
No.2 Foreign Office, which was presented upon the 12th 
“0.226, day of this instant August, be printed. 

pitepotitan Ordered, That the Return relative to Metro- 
No = politan Drainage, which was presented upon the 

see" 12th day of this instant August, be printed. 

Snigration, Ordered, That the Return relative to Emigra- 

No, 228, tion, which was presented upon the 12th day of this 
instant August, be printed. 

(yacneee Ordered, That the Return relative to G old Coinage 

No, 299, (Sydney), which was presented upon the 12th day 


of this instant August, be printed. 
VoL, 114. 


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377 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the So- a 
vereicn coined at Sydney, which was presented upon Sydney. 
the 12th day of this instant August, be printed. No. 229. 

Ordered, That the Return relative to Newspapers, Newspapers, 
&amp;c., which was presented upon the 12th day of this ** 
instant August, be printed. No, 230. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Customs Customs 
(Warehousing,) and Customs (Deficiencies, &amp;c.), (Ware- 


which was presented upon the 12th day of this BUS) 

instant August, be printed. (Deficiencies, 
&amp;e.) 

No. 231. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Spirits, Spirits. 
which was presented upon the 12th day of this No, 232, 
instant August, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Picture Picture 
Galleries, which was presented upon the 12th day Galleries. 
of this instant August, be printed. No. 233. 


Mr. Secretary Sidney Herbert presented, by Her Military 
Majesty’s Command,—Copy of Report on_ the Prisons. 
Discipline and Management of the Military Prisons, 

1858, by Colonel Jebd, c.8., Inspector General of 
Military Prisons, &amp;c. 

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 

Table. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Hythe 

Copies of any Reports relative to the Instruction of he iad 
My ool. 

Volunteers in the Government Musketry School at 
Hythe. Ne, 234. 

Mr. Secretary Sidney Herbert accordingly pre- 
sented 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 _———_ 
further to amend the Act of the eighteenth and a = 
nineteenth years of Victoria, chapter one hundred Amendment. 
and twenty, for the better Local Management of 
the Metropolis: And that Mr. Tite, Mr. Alder- 
man Cubiit and Mr. Briscoe do prepare, and bring 
it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to Roman Catho- 
amend the Law regarding Roman Catholic Chari- 2 
table Trusts: And that Mr. Bowyer and Mr. amendment. 


Hennessy do prepare, and bring it in. 


Mr. Tite presented a Bill further to amend the Metropolis 
Act of the eighteenth and nineteenth years of Vic- Local Manage- 
toria, chapter one hundred and twenty, for the 4 vonament 
better Local Management of the Metropolis : And Bill 
the same was read the first time; and ordered tobe Bill 198. 
read a second time upon this day week; and to be 
printed. 


Mr. Hennessy presented a Bill to amend the Law Roman Catho- 
regarding Roman Catholic Charitable Trusts : And /ic ee 
the same was read the first time ; and ordered to be amendment 
read a second time upon this day week ; and to be Bill 


printed. Bill 129. 


A Message was delivered by Sir Augustus Clifford, Royal Assent. 

Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod: 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords, authorized by virtue of Her Ma- 
jesty’s Commissions, for declaring Her Royal Assent. 
to several Acts agreed upon by both Houses, and 
for proroguing the present Parliament, 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 the Lords, thereby autho- 

$D2 rized, 


378 
rized, declared the Royal Assent to the said Acts, 
as follow: 

An Act for granting to Her Majesty additional 


Income Tax, 


&amp;c. Bill. Rates of Income Tax, and to reduce the Period of 
Credit allowed for Payment of the Excise Duty on 
Malt: 

Consolidated An Act to apply a Sum out of the Consolidated 


Fund (Appro- Fund and the Surplus of Ways and Means to the 
priation) Bill. Service of the year One thousand eight hundred 
and Fifty-nine, and to appropriate the Supplies 
granted in this Session of Parliament : 

An Act to alter the Stamp Duties payable upon 
Probates of Wills and Letters of Admmistration, to 
repeal the Stamp Duties on Licenses to exercise 
the Faculty of Physic, and to amend the Laws re- 
lating to Hawkers and Pedlars : 

Military An Act to amend and consolidate the Laws re- 
~~‘ Banks Jating to Military Savings Banks : 


Stamp Duties 
Bill. 


Universities An Act to repeal part of an Act passed in the 
Incorporation thirteenth year of Elizabeth, chapter twenty-nine, 


Act Au” concerning the several Incorporations of the Uni- 
versities of Ozford and Cambridge, and the Con- 
firmation of the Charters, Liberties and Privileges 
granted to either of them : 

Queen's Re- An Act to regulate the Office of Queen’s Remem- 

Seer, brancer, and to amend the Practice and Procedure 

on the Revenue side of the Court of Exchequer : 

County Cess An Act to continue certain Acts relating to the 

— Collection of County Cess in Ireland : 

Bill. 

Universities An Act to remove Doubts as to Admission to the 


(Scotland) Bill. Office of Principal in the Universities of Scotland : 


mye An Act to amend the Acts relating to the Con- 
! and) stabulary Force in Jreland : 
Manufactures An Act to continue certain Acts relating to Linen, 


Eons) Acts Hempen and other Manufactures in Jreland : 
ontinuance 
ill. 


Cambridge An Act to continue the Powers of the Commis- 
University —_ sioners under an Act of the nineteenth and twentieth 
Commission : . : ; 

Continuance Years of Her Majesty, concerning the University of 


Bill. Cambridge and the College of King Henry the 
Sixth, at Eton: 


Law of - An Act to further amend the Law of Property, 
rty anc ss = ae © 
rustees Relief 224 to relieve Trustees : 
Amendment 
Bill | Lords.) 
North Western An Act to make further Provision for the Regu- 
Fae lation of the Trade with the Indians, and for the 
itish 


America) Bi) Administration of Justice in the North Western 


| Lords. } Territories of America: 


Coinage Bill | An Act to extend the Enactments relating to the 
Copper Coin to Coin of mixed Metal: 
Probates and An Act to amend the Law relating to Probates 


Letters of Ad- and Letters of Administration in Jreland : 
muitistration 


(Ireland) Bill. 


Turnpike 
‘Trusts Ar- 


An Act to confirm certain Provisional Orders 
made under an Act of the fifteenth year of Her 


dead paws Majesty, to facilitate Arrangements for the 
telief of Turnpike Trusts : 

RailwayCom- An Act to enable Railway Companies to settle 

panies Arbi- 


their Differences with other Companies by Arbi- 
tration : 

Marriages An Act to remove Doubts as to the Validity of 
(Zords'} Bill certain Marriages of British Subjects at Lisbon: 


tration Bill. 


Imprisonment 
for Small 
Debts Bill. 


An Act limiting the Power of Imprisonment for 
Small Debts exercised by the County Court 
Judges : 

Militia Laws An Act further to amend the Laws relating to the 
et Militia : 


Beakraptcy An Act to amend the Jrish Bankruptcy and In- 
and insolvency « , Agt ( 5 ° 

(Ireland) ‘Aew Solvency Act (1857): 

Amendment 

Bill. 

Customs An Act for the Amendment of the Laws relating 
(No. 2) Bill. to the Customs : 


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A. 1859. Sess. IT. 


An Act to enable the Secretary of State in Council East India 
of India to raise Money in the United Kingdom “an Bit, 
for the Service of the Government of India: 

_ An Act to defray the Charge of the Pay, Cloth- mititia 
ing, and contingent and other Expenses of the Dis- Pay Bill. 
embodied 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 for the Establishment of a Reserve Volun- Reserve 
teer Force of Seamen, and for the Government of Volunteer 
the same: tae * 

amen Bill, 

An Act to amend the Act for the better Govern- Government 
ment of India : of India Act 

Amendment 
Bill. 

An Act to amend and extend the Provisions of Inclosure Acts 
the Acts for the Inclosure, Exchange and Improve- Amendment 
ment of Land: 7” 

An Act to continue the Act for the Exemption of Stock in Trade 
Stock in Trade from Rating : aren 

An Act to continue certain temporary Provisions Ecclesiastical 
concerning Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction in England ; Jurisdiction 

Continuance 
Bill. 

An Act to continue and amend the Act concern- Episcopal 
ing the Management of Episcopal and Capitular 2%4 Capitular 
Estates in England: ated ns 
Bill. 

An Act to continue the Corrupt Practices Preven- Corrupt 


tion Act, 1854: Practices Pre- 
vention Act 


(1854) Con. 

tinuance Bill 

An Act to amend the Act of the fifth and sixth Weights aud 
years of King William the Fourth, chapter sixty- a Act 


three, relating to Weights and Measures : Bill. mer 


An Act to continue certain Turnpike Acts in Turnpike Acts 


eheten © Continuance 
Great Britain: Bil 


An Act to amend the Laws relating to the Police Dublin Police 
District of Dublin Metropolis : Bill. 


An Act to enable Charitable and Provident So- Charitable 


cieties and Penny Savings Banks to invest all their and Provident 
: : = Societies, &amp;e. 
Proceeds in Savings Banks : Bill 


An Act to authorize the Inclosure of certain Inclosure Bill 
Lands, in pursuance of a Special Report of the In- 
closure Commissioners of England and Wales : 


An Act to repeal the thirty-first section of the Trosee (ladis} 
Act of the sixteenth and seventeenth years of Vic- pin 
toria, chapter ninety-five, and to alter the Limit of 
the Number of European Troops to be maintained 


for Local Service in India: 


An Act to make further Provision concerning the Divorce Court 
Court for Divorce and Matrimonial Causes : Bill |Lord} 


An Act for regulating Measures used in Sales of Sale of Gas 
emanate aes es . Bill [Lord 


An Act for amending the Acts for the better Re- Sessional 
culation of Divisions in the several Counties of (Zorde,| 


England and Wales : 


An Act further to continue the Exemption of ene og 
certain Charities from the operation of the Charitable ¢ontinuance 


Trusts Acts : Bill { Lords.) 


An Act to afford Facilities for the more certain por seh mys 
Ascertainment of the Law administered in one part Facilities Bill 
of Her Majesty’s Dominions when pleaded in the 


Courts of another part thereof: 
An Act to amend the Law concerning the Police Police (hi 


d 
in Counties and Boroughs in England and Wales : pond Bill 


An Act to provide for the Establishment of a Reser 
Reserve Force of Men who have been in Her Ma- 


Force Bill. 











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poor Law An Act to provide for the Payment of Debts 

paris (PAY incurred by Boards of Guardians in Unions and 

_ *) Parishes, and Boards of Management in School 
Districts : 

Galway Har- = An Act to amend the Galway Harbour and Port 


d Port 
wa (1853) Act (1858) : 


Amendment 

Bill 

fishing Ves- An Act to repeal a certain Toll Jevied upon Fish- 
wt Fore Biil ing Vessels passing the Nore : 

Chester and An Act to extend the Powers of an Act passed in 
Holyhead == the thirteenth and fourteenth years of Her Majesty, 


bed Bill. chapter one hundred and eleven, relating to the lay- 
ing down of Railways at Holyhead Harbour : 


Westminster An Act to empower the Commissioners of Her 
oe Majesty’s Works and Public Buildings to acquire 


additional Space for the Western Approach to West- 
minster New Bridge : 


Newcastle- An Act to make better Provision for the Manage- 
under-Lyme ment and Application of the ewcastle-under-Lyme 
parts Bill Burgesses’ Lands, to repeal and amend the Act re- 
[Lords. } lating thereto, and for other purposes : 

Bombay, An Act for regulating the Bombay, Baroda and 
Bote sad Central India Railway Company, and for making 
Say Con- Provision with respect to the Capital of the Com- 
pay Bill © pany, and for other purposes : 

[Lords.] 

Chichester An Act to embank and reclaim from the Sea cer- 


Harbour sae tain Waste Lands subject to be overflowed by the 
bankment Bill ride, and forming part of Chichester Harbour, in 
the County of Sussex : 


HemeBayand An Act to enable the Herne Bay and Faversham 
Faversham Railway Company to extend their Railway to Mar- 
Ralway ux. gate, to change their Name, and for other purposes 


tension) Bill. connected with their Undertaking : 


Lancashire An Act for the Amalgamation of the East Zan- 
and Yorkshire cashire Railway ys with the Lancashire and 


jast Lan- ‘ - “ 
eons Rall. Yorkshire Railway Company, and for other pur- 


way Com- poses : 
panies Bill. 
leeds, Brad- An Act to authorize the Leeds, Bradford and 


frdand Hale Halifax Junction Railway Company to convert 

Railway Bill. their Mortgage or Bond Debt into Shares or Stock, 
and for other purposes : 

Malltracthand An Act to alter, amend and extend the Acts for 

1 inclosing, embanking and draining the Marsh called 
Malltraeth and Corsddaugau, in the County of 
Anglesey ; and to provide for the Maintenance of 
the Embankments and Drainage, and for other 
purposes : 


Nuneaton An Act for making a Railway from the Trent 
and Hinckley V : 
Railway Bill alley Railway at Nuneaton, in the County of 


Warwick, to Hinckley, in the County of Leicester, 
and for other purposes : 


Victoria An Act to enable the Victoria Station and Pim- 
- yn and lico Railway Company to raise further Sums of 
Railway Bill. M oney : 

Berks and An Act to authorize the Construction of a Railway 
te from Hungerford, in Berkshire, to Devizes, in Wilt- 
Bi, -—s« Shire, to be called “The Berks and Hants Extension 


Railway :” 
7 and An Act for incorporating the British and Ca- 
adian —_nadian Telegravh Company, and for other pur- 
Telegraph oS 
Company Bil], POSes : 


Bouth Staf. An Act to authorize the South Staffordshire 
i rage Company to acquire certain Lunds and 
raise additional Capital, and for other purposes : 
en and An Act for enabling the London and North 
a Western Railway Company to construct New Works, 
(Dentonto | and acquire additional Lands in the Counties of Zan- 


pals bridge) caster and Northampton, and for other purposes : 


Rilverdale and An Act to authorize the Maintenance and Use of 
ander Lyme the Silverdale and Newcastle-under-Lyme Railway, 
Railway Bi, and the Use of the Extension Railway to the Mew- 


castle-under-Lyme Canal, and for other purposes : 
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379 


An Act to enable the Waveney Valley Railway Waveney 
Company to extend their Railway from Harleston Lay ga 
to Bungay and Ditchingham, and for other purposes *Y 
relating to the same Company: 

An Act for establishing Railway Communication Epping Rail- 
between Loughton, Epping and Chipping Ongar, in ¥*Y8 Bill. 
the County of Essex, and for other purposes : 

An Act to enable the Norwich and Spalding Norwich and 
Railway Company to extend their Railway from Spalding 
Holbeach to Sutton Bridge in Lincolnshire : aw a 

An Act to authorize the Construction of a Rail- Tendring 
way from the Hythe, in the Neighbourhood of Co/- ar mate 
chester, to Wivenhoe, in Essex, to be: called “The “"*? * 
Tendring Hundred Railway :” 

An Act to afford Facilities for raising Funds for Bridport _ 
the Completion of the Bridport Railway, and to Railway Bill. 
authorize the Lease thereof to the Great Western 
Railway Company : 

An Ret for making a Railway from Knighton to Central Wales 
Llandrindod, in the County of Radnor, to be called Railway Bill. 
“The Central Wales Railway,” and for other pur- 

oses : 
4 An Act thy enable the Colne Valley and Halstead Cree Valley. 
Railway Company to extend their Railway from *"¢ “a'stea 
Halstead to averhill, in the County of Boe OE at cs 

An Act for improving, paving, draining and Falkirk Police 
lighting the “x of Falkirk, and for regulating #4 — 
the Supply of Water within the Burgh, and for ™*™*™ 
providing for the Transference of the Property of 
the Stintmasters and Feuars of Falkirk to the Ma- 
gistrates and Council, and for other purposes: _ 

An Act for authorizing the Lancaster and Car- Lancaster 
lisle Railway Company to make new Works and to 4n¢ Carlisle 
make Arrangements with other Companies, and to ®*!!way Bill 
raise further Funds, and for other purposes : 

An Act for making a Railway from the Coulter- Mid-Sussex 
shaw Branch of the Mid-Sussex Railway to the 2°4 Midhurst 


Town of Midhurst, in the County of Sussez : Railway Bil. 


An Act for making a Branch from the North North Staf- 
Staffordshire Railway, in the Parish of Stoke-upon- rene ” 
Trent, in the County of Stafford, and for extending y 
the Time for completing certain Works, and for 
authorizing Arrangements with the London and 
North Western Railway Company, and for other 
purposes : 

An Act for enabling the Stockton and Darlington Stockton and 
Railway Company to make a new Railway and other ee 
Works, and for other purposes : tig 


An Act to extend the Wells and Fakenham Rail- Wells and 
a aq and along Wells Quays, and for other pur- Railway Bil. 

An Act for making the Kensington Station, and Kensington 
North and South Zondon Junction Railway, and for ee 
other purposes : South London 
Junction 
Railway Bill. 

An Act to enable the Lancashire and Yorkshire Lancashire 
Railway Company to construct Branch Railways = Yorkshire 
from Oldham to Rochdale and Royton, in the County (Rochdale 
of Lancaster, and for other purposes : and Royton 

Branches) Bill. 

An Act for enabling the Midland Railway Com- Midland Rail- 
pany to make an Extension of their Erewash Valley be any 
Line, to acquire additional Lands in the County of **" a 
Leicester, and for other purposes : 

An Act to suspend in certain cases the operation Liverpool 
of the twenty-eighth section of “The Liverpool Sanitary 
Sanitary Amendment Act, 1854,” and for other pur- pi rords.] 


oses : 
An Act to facilitate Arrangements by the Lon- Lendendetey 
donderry and Coleraine Railway Company with their p* itwey Bill” 


Creditors, and for other purposes : [ Lords. ] 


An Act for the making and maintaining of the West London 
West Zondon Extension Railway, and for other Railway Bill. 
purposes : 

An Act to amend “The Yacumshin Embank- Tacumshin 
ment Act, 1854,” and to extend the Time for the = ra 
Completion of the Works authorized by that ao: ° 

3D3 n 





Midland Rail- 
way and 
Burton-upon- 
Trent Bridge 
Bill. 


Pneumatic 


Despatch 
Company Bill 
{ Lords.) 


Thames 


Watermen and Barge Owners and others connected with the Navi- 


Lightermen 
Bill [ Lords.] 


Warrington 


and Stockport 


* Railway Bill. 


Earl Vane’s 
Estate Bill 
| Lords. | 


Lucette’s 
Estate Bill 
[Lords.] 


Sir John 
Ramsden’s 
Estate Bill 
[ Lords.] 


Robins’s 
Estate Bill 
[ Lords. } 


Dickinson's 
Divorce 
(India ) Bill 
[ Lords.] 


Lords Com- 
missioners” 
Speech. 





jesty with a view to ascertain whether, if Conferences 


380 13° Auguste. 


An Act for making and maintaining, in and near 
Burton-upon-Trent, of Branch Railways from the 
Midland Railway, and the building of a new Bridge 
across the River T’rent at Burton-upon- Trent, and 
the taking down and removing of “The Great 
Bridge at Burton-upon-Trent,” and for other pur- 
poses : 

An Act to confer certain Powers upon “ The 
Pneumatic Despatch Company (Limited) :” 


An Act for the better Regulation of Watermen, 


gation of the River Thames between Teddington Lock 
and Lower Hope Point: 

An Act to transfer the Warrington and Stockport 
Railway to certain Companies : 


An Act for authorizing the Trustees of the Settled 
Estates in Wales, of Earl Vane and Countess Vane, 
to raise Five thousand pounds by Mortgage of the 
same Estates, and to become Shareholders to the 
extent of such Sum in the New/own and Machyn- 
Uleth Railway Company, and to sell to the Company 
part of the Settled Estates in consideration of a 
yearly Rent Charge, and for other purposes : 

An Act for confirming and giving effect to an 
Agreement for a Lease by the Westminster Improve- 
ment Commissioners of Land in Victoria-street and 
Dean-street, in the City of Westminster, to Alfred 
Lucette, of which the Short Title is * Lucette’s Estate 
Act, 1859 :” 

An Act for authorizing Leases of parts of the 
Settled Estates in the Parishes of Huddersfield, 
Almondbury and Kirkheaton, in the West Riding of 
the County of York, of Sir John William Ramsden, 
Baronet, and of which the Short Title is “ Ramsden’s 
Estate (Leasing) Act, 1859 :” 

An Act for effecting a Partition of the Landed 
Estates of Josiah Robins, deceased, in and near to 
Birmingham and elsewhere, and for facilitating the 
Erection and Endowment of a Church thereon, and 
for authorizing the Application of Moneys, subject 
to the Trusts of his Will, towards the Expenses of 
making Bridges for the benefit of parts of his 
Estates, and for other purposes : 

An Act to dissolve the Marriage of James Ed- 
ward Dickinson, a Surgeon in the Honourable East 
India Company’s Service in the East Indies, with 
Henrietta Louisa his now Wife, and to enable him to 
marry again, and for other purposes therein-men- 
tioned. . 


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 Pariiament, and at 
the same time to convey to you Her Majesty’s 
acknowledgments for the zeal and assiduity with 
which you have applied yourselves to the perform- 
ance of your important daties during the Session of 
Parliament now about to close. 

Various circumstances which occasioned inter- 
ruptions in the usual course of business prevented 
the completion of important measures which Her 
Majesty pointed out to the attention of Her Par- 
liament in the beginning of the present year; but 
Her Majesty trusts that those matters will be taken 
into your earnest consideration at anearly period of 
your next Session. 

The War which had broken out in Northern Italy 
having been brought to a close by the Peace of 
Villafranca, overtures have been made to Her Ma- 


should be held by the Great Powers of Europe, for 
the purpose of settling arrangements connected with 
the present state and future condition of Italy, a 


| A. 1859. Sess. II. 


Plenipotentiary would be sent by Her Majesty to 
assist at such Conferences; but Her Majesty has 
not yet received the information necessary to enable 
Her to decide whether Her Majesty may think fit 
to take part in any such Negotiations. 

Her Majesty would rejoice to find Herself able 
to contribute to the establishment of arrangements 
calculated to place the general Peace on satisfactory 
and lasting foundations. 

Her Majesty, in accordance with the Stipulations 
of the Treaty of Tiensing, has instructed Her Pleni- 
potentiary in China to repair to the Imperial Court 
at Pekin; and Her Majesty trusts that such direct 
communication with the Imperial Government will 
have a beneficial effect upon the relations between 
the two Countries. 

Her Majesty commands us to inform you that 
She looks forward with confidence to the continued 
maintenance of those friendly relations which so 
happily subsist between Her Majesty and all Foreign 
Powers and States. 

Her Majesty is glad to be able to congratulate 
you on the complete restoration of tranquillity in 
Her Indian Dominions. 

It will be Her earnest endeavour to promote their 
internal improvement, and to obliterate the traces of 
those conflicts which Her Majesty witnessed with 
such deep concern. 

The Financial Arrangements of that portion of 
Her Majesty’s Empire will continue to engage Her 
Majesty’s serious attention. 

Her Majesty has had much satisfaction in giving 
Her Assent to the Bills which you presented to Her 
for the formation of a Naval and of a Military 
Reserve Force. A complete and permanent system 
of National Defence must at all times be an object 
of paramount importance. 





Gentlemen of the House of Commons, 


Her Majesty commands us to convey to you Her 
cordial thanks for the readiness and zeal with which 
you have provided the necessary Supplies for the 
service of the year. 


My Lords, and Gentlemen, 


Her Majesty commands us to express to you Her 
heartfelt gratification at witnessing the general well- 
being and contentment which prevail throughout 
Her Dominions: the happiness of Her Majesty’s 
People is the object dearest to Her heart. 

In returning to your respective Counties you will 
have duties to perform intimately connected with 
the attainment of this great end; and Her Majesty 
fervently prays that the blessing of Almighty God 
may attend your exertions in the performance of 
those duties, for the common good of all classes of 
Her Majesty’s Subjects. 


Then a Commission for proroguing the Parliament 
was read. 


After which the Lord Chancellor said : 
My Lords, and Gentlemen, 


the Great Seal, to us and other Lords directed, and P 
uow read, we do, in Her Majesty’s Name and in 
obedience to Her Commands, prorogue this Parlia- 
ment to Thursday the 27th day of October next, to 
be then here holden ; and this Parliament is accord- 
ingly prorogued to Thursday the 27th day of October 
next. 














By virtue of Her Majesty’s Commission, under Parliament 





ae 











23 Vicroriz. 


Jovis, 27° die Octobris ; 
Anno 23° Victoria Regine, 1859. 


g &amp; House being met, pursuant to the last 
Prorogation ; and Mr. Speaker being in the 
country ; 


A Message was brought from the Lords, by Sir 
Augustus Clifford, Gentleman 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 15th day of December next; 
and the Parliament was accordingly prorogued until 
Thursday the 15th day of December next. 


97° Octobris.——15° Decembris. 





Jovis, 15° die Decembris ; 
Anno 23° Victorie Regine, 1859. 


P I ‘HE House being met, pursuant to the last Parliament 
Prorogation; and Mr. Speaker being in the Preregued. 


country ; 


A Message was brought from the Lords, by Sir 
Augustus Clifford, Gentleman 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 Hlonourable House in the House of Peers, to 
hear the Commission read. 


Accordingly the House, with the Second Clerk 
Assistant, went up to the House of Peers; where 
the Commission was read, for the further pro- 
roguing of the Parliament until Tuesday the 24th 
day of January next; and the Parliament was 
accordingly prorogued until Tuesday the 24th day 
of January next. 








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